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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1960)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 19S0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. r sr. "tJssss & LJr 'hm. ' A s i j:: Afi :hr : am v ai vi'i.i : 1f . T cTifn , NALTYRather than sPend 30 days in jail or pay a msu tine, Mrs. Lorraine Anchondo, 28, of Azusa, Calf., picks up empty cans for a mile along the highway as her sentence for tossing a can out.of her moving car. Highway patrolman Jerry Newcomb watches Mrs. Anchondo carry out her sentence. She gathered enough cans to fill 11 gunny Eacks- (UPI Telephoto) Trees ... By JOHN GRIBBLE (Editor's note: The fol lowing comments on trees, particularly those adapta ble to street use in Medford, have been prepared by John Gribble, well known re tired forester, and will be run in a series from time to time. Northern Red Oak, (Quer cus borealis, (rubra, is notive to the Northwest quarter of the United States, southern Appalachian mountains and southeast Canada. The red oak is considered one of the best shade trees in the east half of the United States, it reaches heights of 90 to 150 feet, straight, clean trunk with symmetrical, spreading crown. Young trees have greenish bark, becoming dark and ridged on older trees. Leaves are 6 to 9 inches long, have 7 to 11 uniform, bristle-pointed lobes, dull green above, paler below, brilliant red in autumn. The acorns are large, plump, in flat, shallow cups (or saucers). The meat is bit ter. There's a goodly number of Red or Black oaks. Sar gent names over 40 oaks. The Red oak thrives in average, drained soil, and makes most rapid growth of all oaks. It is the best shade and park oak. It is exten sively planted in Europe. 'Tis said the United States White oak will not live in Europe, tho the Red oak does, with vigor. If the fruit is an acorn you may be sure the tree it came from was an oak, even though its more of a shrub. Golden Chinquapin, (often called chinquapin oak), seems part chestnut and part oak. It has evergreen leaves, like mountain laurel, being a com bination of three kinds of trees. It's a puzzle, may have ripening nuts and blossoms at the same time. Dame Na ture used more oaks than any other kind of trees in land scaping the earth, and the Red oak is farthest north grow ing oak, it stands both hot and cold extremes. White oak is so well known that many people hardly realize others can be oaks, with such entirely different leaves, as Live, Laurel, Wil low, Chestnut-leaf oaks. White oak acorns are pretty good to eat, especially roasted. In dians use them much as food; hogs and bears fatten on them. Bluejays, crows, squirrels, mice, eat and cart them away to cache. The oak is used for more purposes than any other tree. The Nothern Red oak is for Dellwood st, 80 to 100 feet apart; Eastwood (Main to Cemetery), 80 to . 100 feet; Magnolia, one to a lot; Mur phy road north- to Barnett, 80 to 100 feet; Whitman (Melrose to Stewart), 70 to 80 feet apart. When at TouVelle park take a good look at the Bac trian camel humps, on the white oak tree near the elec tric kitchen building. Those are extravagant growths the tree makes to surround and cover dead limbs. Even with trees Nature has a way of trying to heal, protect and sustain themselves. If limbs are jut off close to the tree Residents Petition Court (or Check Of Road Condition Members of the Jackson county court and County En gineer Robert J. Carstensen Wednesday were promised a chicken dinner if they would inspect the condition of the south fork of Little Butte creek rd. soon. An area delegation of four women and one man present ed a petition, signed by 38 people who live on or near the road, asking it to be paved and widened. This would in volve an eight mile section from the Lake Creek rd. junc I tion to the forest hminrfarv t was explained. Intensive logging from the head of Deer creek and heavy tourist and recreation traffic over the road during the week ends creates "a terrible dust problem," Mrs. A. R. Burell, spokesman for the group said. Mrs. J. R. Tyrell, another resident of the area, said the narrowness of the road and its sharp corners made it danger ous for children riding in the school bus and for motorists when logging trucks are using the road. The county court and en gineer said they would inspect the road to see if it could be oiled. Carstensen said im provement of the road is in cluded in the county's next three-year program. Some roads in the current program cannot be worked on this sea son, he said, so it would be impossible to improve the Lit tle Butte rd. section as re quested this summer, he said. "The road dust settles on our fields and sifts into our houses," Mrs. Burrell said. "It has made it difficult to har vest hay and we can't take cattle into the field next to the road," she said. Farm Shop Division Winners Announced An FFA boy who almost didn't enter his shop project in the Jackson County 4-H and FFA Fair' walked off with the outstanding individual shop award Wednesday. Bill Rassmussen, Phoenix, won the purple ribbon with rosette for his new truck rack mounted on his pickup truck bed and a trailer hitch. Elvin Hawkin, Eagle Point, won the championship ribbon for his squeeze chute. The exhibits in the FFA farm shop division consisted of farm shop projects con structed by the three Jackson county vocational agriculture departments. Individual placings in the farm shop divisions were: FARM AND SHOP Stock trailers: David Gregory, Crater, champion; Gilbert Harri son, Crater, and Todd Caster, Cra ter, blue. Utility trailers: Gary Evans, Cra ter, champion; Lyle Walters, Cra ter, blue. Large metal eonitracUon: Elvon Hawkins, Eagle Point, champion, (squeeze chute); Hon Greb. Eagle Point, blue (hay loader); and Bill Rassmussen. Phoenix, blue (truck bed). Large wood construction: Bill Rassmussen, Phoenix, champion (truck racks); Willie Debrick, Cra ter, blue (hay loader). Medium metal construction: Har ry Gay. Phoenix, champion (three point tractor hoist; Jim Schweltert. Bill Rassmussen, and Jim Cum. minus. Crater, all blue ribbons; Ralph Geysln. Phoenix, and Jim Cummlngs, Crater, both red rib. bona. Gary Evans, Crater, champion ribbon for picnic table and bench es, and Chet Caster. Phoenix, blue ribbon for pickup truck racks. Small metal construcUon: Jeff Fowler, Phoenix, champion, (fire place set); Bill Wehle. Eagle Point, and Jeff Fowler, Phoenix, red rib bons. Small wood construction: Ernie Bolt. 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