Former Lady Hop Grower
Now Breeds Fine Show Dogs
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Applcgalo Valley There is
always plenty going on,
where 150 little dogs arc
concerned. At Rogucland ken
nels in Applcgntc, Wilma
Smith has carved a niche for
herself In the international
business of breeding fine
Pomeranians.
' This week three puppies, at
the tender age of six months
or so, are sitting on the iron
ing board, posing on the table
and are being walked up and
down the road so they will
know how to lead and stand
at the dog shows this fall.
. Also visiting at the kennels
were more than 20 puppies
awaiting their shipment by
air to Maine. When Mrs.
Smith ships dogs of her own,
she also sells for other kennels
in the county to make up the
consignment.
These pups were from the
Weeping Birch kennel at Tal
ent, Delta Waters kennel
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Table Rock - As this is
written the curtain is being
rung down on another great
show, at which Richavd Nixon
became the Republican par
ty's nominee for president of
a great country, the United
States of America.
Each party now has a young
and vigorous candidate and
we may expect a red hot cam
paign with no holds barred.
With all the noise, demonstra
tions and nominating speech
es, we can't say the Republi
cans didn't show both sides
of the picture. They told of
the great things they had ac
complished in the last seven
years, but also told of the
many serious mistakes the
Democrats have made recent
ly, and for many years back.
Personally, Nixon seems to
feel that his fitness for the
presidency stems from the
fact that he has been hard up
for money from his boyhood
days until even now. His
salary and $10,000 expense
money, with prices what they
are, are merely chicken feed.
If we don't miss our guess,
both candidates will have
plenty of dough to carry on
one of the hottest and most
expensive campaigns ever
held in these United States.
It's no crime to have been
poor. Maybe it's an asset.
Now it is a crime to have
plenty of money, if it was
made honestly.
A 73 foot well, supplying
1,000 gallons of water per
hour, was recently drilled
on the Guy Nalson farm by
the Goff Brothers, well
drillers of Medford.
We notice the while, which
will eventually replace the
yellow line, is beginning to
appear down the center of
some of our highways. This
should please O. T. Wilson,
who has claimed for a long
time that this color would be
more easily seen and last
longer.
The wind and lightning
of Wednesday night caused
us to wish we didn't have
o many pretty trees so
close to the house and other
buildings.
' In our last Friday's column,
the name Morrle, given in the
horseshoeing story, should
have been Morine, who lived
here some 60 years ago in a
house almost the same place
as the present Benny Peek
home.
'
Mrs. Lelah M. Hull and
three granddaughters are
expected home this week
end from a motor trip to
Canada.
Miss Anne Sharp Is spend
ing some time visiting at her
uncle's Big Flat ranch at
Smith River, Calif.
near Mcdford, and the Smith
kennels on Jacksonville high
way.
Dog Wins Honors
And just last month Rogue-
land's Dark Magic, a two and
half year old "Pom" won hon
ors at Great Falls, Mont., in a
series of shows known as the
Montana Copper circuit. He
chalked up more points to
ward becoming a champion.
And speaking of champions,
the aristocrat at the kennel,
but not appearing the least
bit affected by his accomplish
ments, is "Rogueland's I'm a
Warrior To," who is the cham
pion dog of United States and
Canada. He won over all
breeds, even beating a Peking
ese who held top place for two
years.
Last year Mrs. Smith had
two champions and usually
has one every year, all
Poms," except one toy
poodle.
She has innumerable tro
phies and ribbons from win-
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Br R. C NEALON
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen
Jr., have sold their home
on NEEDMORE ROAD in
Sams Valley and are now
living in Al's parent's house
while they are on a tour of
Europe. This is near the
plant where the Rogue
Wood boats, which Al de
signs and builds, are manu
factured. Also he has a
dealer's franchise from a jet
boat manufacturer and re
ports the boat business as
being very good.
The Table Rock Sunday
school has accepted the bid
of Gilbert Johnson, Medford,
for painting the school house.
China pheasants have
started picking holes in
melons. This is earlier
than they generally begin
this destructive work.
Mrs. Geo. Chandler and
daughter, Marjorie, of Ban
don, Ore., were recent visitors
with relatives at the Guy
Nelson home.
.
The Donald Richardson
family arrived Saturday
from Portland to spend
their annual vacation with
home folks and friends, to
swim in the cool waters of
the Rogue, attend the
Shakespearean Festival and
fish in the high mountain
streams, where the fish in
the cold waters are the
finest in the world. Miss
Debbie is spending much of
her time with Auntie Sis
and Uncle Emmeit.
Last week, we had as our
house guest, Miss Norma
Martin of Cave Junction, who
was hei. to supervise the
daily vacation Bible school
sessions.
Friday night's program
given by teachers and their
respective classes was well
attended and showed that dur
ing the week's session, the 23
students had gained a goodly
amount of knowledge of the
Bible. Several youngsters
were given certificates for
perfect attendance.
Dale Sculs, the Sams Val
ley farmer and harvester,
has finished threshing tha
barley on the Richardson
farm and reports that the
yield and quality are excel
lent. Thought for the day:
Practice What You Preach
TRAILER PARK PURCHASE
Happy Camp - Mr. and
Mrs. Farley of San Rafael
have purchased the Card's
Trailer park of Happy Camp.
They have already moved Into
their home at the park and
are now operating It. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Card bought a
new car and trailer and plan
to travel for soma time,
nines at the dog shows, al
though she seldom attends.
Instead she loaves the dogs
with a handler, because it Is
difficult for her to leave her
business. She has attended,
however, the shows of the
Southern Oregon circuit at
Medford, Klamath Falls and
Eugene.
Wide Sales Mad
Mrs. Smith has sold dogs to
every state in the Union, and
has sold in Canada, Guam and
Japan, as well as receiving in.
quiries from Cuba, Panama
and South America.
She has been in the bus!
ness for. almost 30 years and
became interested when at
tending a dog show in Los
Angeles.
I didn't even know what
a Pomeranian was, but I
bought two and a Pekingese,
and from there on the bust
ness grew," Mrs. Smith said.
"All the money I could get
went into dogs, she con
tinued. "Believe me, I've
worked at anything I could
do to make money, even to
jobs in logging camps.
Was Lady Logger
For four years she worked
with the Kmcaid logging com
pany on Thompson and Wil
liams creeks. She measured
logs for the fallers and on
Saturdays set , choke and
helped to load trucks.
When the Clute hop yards
were in their heyday, she did
every kind of job in the fields
from irrigating to running the
picking machines and driving
tractor.
"I know how to grow hops
as well as dogs," she says, but
the dogs are paying for them
selves now."
Busy as this dog owner is,
she takes time out to do
a "descentectomy" on pet
skunks of the neighborhood,
The business of dogs has its
worries and when Mrs. Smith
once shipped five German
shepherd pups to Guam, she
was afraid something would
happen that the $450 air
freight bill would not be paid
at the receiving end.
There are little unexpected
high spots tucked here and
there, too. On; time she sold
a miniature Schnauzer to a
pet shop in St. Louis, Mo.
Afterward she received a let
ter from the woman who had
bought the dog. She also sent
a snapshot of her daughter,
who was training the dog to
show.
Assistants Named !
Mrs. Smith soon expects a
visit from her nieces, Patricia
and Claudia Purse of Chico,
Calif. The girls are seven and
13, and since they make an
nual trips here, they are adept
at handling and helping with
the dogs. Mrs. Lindy Elan,
who li'.es at the Smith home,
is an assistant, as is Mrs. Pat
Basnett of Grants Pass.
Rogueland kennels flourish
in a thicket of shrubbery that
provides shade for summer
days, and no little pet is con
fined to pen or cage; they
have large runs and cozy
buildings for housing.
Two years ago Mrs. Smith
and her kennels rated an
article in "Pomeranian Re
view," publication of ' the
American Pomeranian club.
Mrs. Smith was credited in
the article with the gift of
knowing how to pick a fu
ture champion in a litter of
pups. Mrs. Smith was born in
Grants Pass, and is the former
Wilma Eggers.
Buying and Selling
Noted, Happy Camp
Happy Camp - There has
been quite a bit of buying and
selling of property lately in
Happy Camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Curtis
bought the Lester Flannigan
home and plan to move in
about one more week. Mr.
Curtis owns and operates the
Three Rivers Gas company.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Has
kell bought the Ester Apple
gate home and they will soon
move in. Mrs. Applegate and
her family have moved to
Redding to be near Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie McBroom, her son-in-law
and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spencc
bought a partially finished
house from Mr. and Mrs. John
Reedy. The Spences plan to
finish the house and move in
soon.
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Student Council
Delegates Study
Honor Code
EhkIc Point - Acdone Jen
sen, recently returned from
the 24th National Conference
of tlie National Association
of Student Councils, reports
that one of the most benefi
cial study sessions was en
titled. "Development and Use
of the Honor Code."
One 5,000 student school
has used the honor system tor
four years now. For the past
two years the touchers have
not been present in- the room
during tests and absolutely
no cheating has taken place.
During the lunch hour a
gong is sounded and every
one stands, bows their head
and sings a simple blessing,
regardless of location.
The teachers were the hard
est ones to switch over to the
honor system, it was report
ed. Miss Jensen was one of the
seven boys and four girls rep
resenting Oregon and Wash
ington at the conference.
Chaperon for the group was
Vernon Larsen, formerly of
Illinois Valley, now with the
State Department?
Knee cap length dresses,
stockings about four inches
below the knee and dirty ten
nis shoes were the dress fad
at the conference. Acdene
stated that they never wore
clean tennis shoes unless they
wanted to return home with
sore feet as well as dirty
tennis shoes.
Forty seven states were rep
resented. All schools that
have a recognized school or
ganization or have plans to
organize one are eligible for
emblem contains a torch
which symbolizes leadership
and ability; a scroll, honor
and citizenship; the gavel,
authority, and the quill,
thought and recorded action.
Miss Jensen stated that she
would like to see more In
terest taken in the student
councils by the students. She
said that she Is sure when
they find out the many real
functions and possibilities of
the self governing group that
they will take a keener in
terest. Rural Reflections
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley - A very
strange love was born. Perr
haps it was to fill the awful
vacancy when the black silk
en Dinah-spaniel lost her life
to the speeding wheels of the
public highway. But this new
creature lay sleek and gray,
grasping with his paws for
the first time a dolls nursing
bottle filled with formula. He
had the ugly-beauty of the
newborn, a slim tail yet to
receive its full plumed ele
gance, and the leg structure
over proportioned where hind
legs were concerned.
It was a strange love be
cause he was a baby gray
squirrel and Sister, the Sia
mese cat, had brought him
home, not as prey, but proud
ly watching him follow be
hind. They came out of the
forest together. Probably from
confusion, the Baby found the
Man's shoe and a place to
climb, and was sitting on the
Man's head soon after arrival.
Sister watches with interest
around his bed of soft flannel
and the Folks know she can
be trusted alone with him,
The Lady says the little
stranger went right to her
heart, and she wonders what
new" developments will take
shape. A squirrel would find
it fun to climb the heavy
drapes, but after all, drapes
can lend themselves to pur
poses other than the conven
tional, she says. And there
will be a name to select.
Regional Calendar
Eagle Point - Work on the
Community building is sched
uled to start 3t B a.m. Satur
day. Potluck lunch is set .for
noon and homemade i c e
cream will be served in the
afternoon.
Happy Camp - D. V. Gil
more has started preliminary
work on a copper mine near
Preston Peak. He has, a crew
of 4 men with him on the job.
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Eagle Point Boys Study
Safe Hunting Procedures
By DOTTIE HARBISON
Mall Tribune Correspondent
Eagle Point - Ten boys
graduated from the first Ore
gon Hunter Safety course
sponsored by the Oregon State
Game commission In coopera
tion with Oregon Stale Po
lice, the State Board of Edu
cation unci Affiliation of the
National Riflemen's associa
tion nt Eagle Point recently.
All boys received their Ore.
gon State Hunters Certificate
of Competency and were giv
en a gold cloth patch with
blue outlining of Oregon
State and lettering which
reads "Oregon Safe Hunters"
to be worn cither on their hat
or shoulder.
Volunteer Instructor Ted
Hoffman stated that the
course concentrated on safe
ty rather than marksmanship.
No guns or live ammunition
were brought to the class by
any of the boys until they
have been thoroughly taught
to handle a gun properly, car
ry and walk with the gun
safely, how to correctly cross
fences and ditches and logs
with a gun, proper care and
cleaning, how to care and
store their ammunition, how
and what to shoot at and the
courtesies of hunting.
The boys were taught the
proper respect for their fel
Post Office Opening
Set For Saturday
By MARY KELL
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Gold Hill - Gold Hill's new
post office will be dedicated
at 2 p.m. Saturday, Postmas
ter H. D. Force announced
today.
"Our beautiful new postal
facility is symbolic of the
modern, businesslike ap
proach now being applied to
postal improvements through
out the entire nation," the
postmaster said. "Under the
leadership of Postmaster Gen
eral Summerfield, the United
States Postal Service has un
dergone the most far-reaching
reorganization in the long his
tory of the Department."
"Postal Service is being ex
panded and improved in
many ways. Major changes
have been made in operations,
methods and techniques to
hasten delivery of the mall.
Last fiscal year alone, mail
service was extended to over
one and a quarter million ad
ditional American families,
nearly 100,000 additional bus
iness concerns and nearly 4,
000 new city delivery routes,
including city'delivery for the
first time in 110 communi
ties." The new facility, located at
the corner of Second ave. and
Fifth St., is part of the Post
Office department's unique
Commercial Leasing plan, the
force explained.
Leasing Plan Explained
Under this program, invest
ment financing is used to ob
tain' needed facilities which
remain under private owner
ship, pay local taxes to the
community and are leased to
the federal government.
At the same time, the need
for large outlays of money
from the federal treasury for
construction purposes is elim
inated. New post offices are built
to postal specifications and
designed for efficiency. The
Department has built, or
placed under contract for con
struction, approximately 3,500
buildings since 1953.
Another 12,000 more post
offices must be replaced, due
to the lack of space and obso
lescence, to achieve the Post
master General's goal of com
plete modernization of the en
tire plant.
Force said, Our patrons
wili derive more enjoyment
from doing business here,
their mail will be handled
more efficiently and this
building and its up-to-date
equipment will enable our
postal employees to work un
der the best of conditions."
Will Serve As a Link
"The new facility," he ad
ded, "will be a link with a
postal system that today has
over 35,000 post offices. This
system serves more than 170
million persons, and handles
over two-thirds of the world's
mail. Our over 500,000 postal
employees are handling more
than 62 billion pieces of mall
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low hunters, farmers and
their properly. A demonstra
tion on each phase Is given
prior to a test.
The boys learned of tha fol
lowing typos of guns: cup and
bull rifle, automatic, lever ac
tion, bolt action, flint lock,
pump or trombone action ri
fles, single action and double
nntlmi nlitlu
Hoffman contended that a
"ltttlo knowledge Is danger
ous." After such n course, a
boy can be trusted to both
shoot and go hunting with
out Injury to either himself
or other hunters, he said.
Accidents Increasing
Ho also noted that due to
the increasing numbor of ac
cidents during hunting sea
sons, legal action Is being tak
en to require all boys be
tween tlie ages of 12 and IS
to pass a competency test be
fore being Issued a hunting li
cense In Oregon,
Hoffman was taught the
Old Golden Rule of Guns"
by his father In Powers, Ore.,
at the age of eight when he
killed his first deer. At that
time he used a long barreled
Winchester for most of his
hunting.
Ted moved to Eagle Point
in 1047 and his wife la the
former Arleno lilckson of
Eagle Point.
a year, including over a bil
lion parcels," the postmaster
added.
"National population In
creases will add over two
million people to the popula
tion In the next 12 months,
with about one and a half mil
lion marriages and establish
ments of approximately three
quarters of a million new
households, including - many
In this community," the post
master said. "This will be re
flected in increasing de
mands for more postal serv
ice here," he added. "Con
tinued increase in mail vol
ume is reflected in our over
expanding American econ
omy." CERAMIC TILE
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to place a gun barrel, In a hat if a fence
must be crossed alone. Looking on are
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