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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON John Stafford, Regional Editor Correspondent!: Upper Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler; Lower Applegate Valley Jeanette Head; Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris; Central Point: Dolores Armstrong and Flo Vincent; Eagle Point Dottle Harbison; Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell; Grandview Lone Pine Dot Simmons; Happy Camp Hazel Davis, Betty Reedy; Hornbrook Catherine Chapman; Illinois Valley Katherine Scott; Jacksonville Bette Hoskins; McLeod Caroline Harding; Murphy Mrs. R. J. Mlllemann; O'Brien Letha Cooke; Phoenix Mrs. - Leo Furry; Prospect Velda Barr; Shady Cove Evelyn Watson; Table Rock R. E, Nealon; Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers; Williams Shirley Fischer; Yreka Doris Rob inson and Betty Calkins REGIONAL NEWS it ; t HIPAY. AVAIL 14. 1861 . , ... 3Vnc v-':"-r , i v.'.' y :';:' ; 4 .,:,' T O t ' , t " . - - ' ? ''J i ' " ' V " 1 - t . . . i wA I, , Jl i SQUARE DANCERS Square dancers of shown leading the grand march at the jam--the Circle-N-Square club of Yreka held a boree. Approximately 124 square dancers Jamboree last week end. Gordon Ashcraft, from Yreka and surrounding communities club president,, and his wife, Beverly,, are . attended the event. ' : Square Dancers Hold Jamboree ' Yreka-The Circle-N-Square square dance club of Yreka held It's ninth annual square dance Jamboree April 8 and .Dancing was held in the new armory at the Siskiyou county fairgrounds in Yreka. Doug ' Fosbury of Medford, Oregon was Master of Cere monies. " Tablets y R. I. NEALON ; Table Rock'- Ben Tupker, f irmer county agent for Jack-, son county, now a hustling r 1 estate agent, was a recent ' r here. He report' bis picking up after , iowa period. When' ' t -nty agent, he 4 at the Job. The him he was shoveling mud In a drain ditch hip deep In - water. The ditch had been opened with dynamite. The string of shot were - placed at the proper depth and dis tance apart and were touched off with, a. blasting, machine. The demonstration was ob served by several farmers, who later' made good use of the method, ob their farms. This was before we had back koes and gas shovels. , The recent death of George Maddox came as a- shock to local people who knew him . personnally when he lived here on What la now the Bud Robinson farm. We remem ber him as a good neighbor, and a great singer, who was very generous with his talent, going out of his way to enter tain people' with his wonder ful voice. . ' ' , . ' Our story about the har vest of pollen la last Fri day's M.T. got instant re- ; suits. Shortly after the paper was off the press, a Medford lady, who used to teach school and write 1 Items for a. paper back in Kansas, called -up and ask ed about the possibility of getting a pollen job. She asked if we had figured out how much a person would make sifting out 134 ounces of' pollen at $8 an ounce. We confessed we hadn't: but only put down the fig- . urea given us by one of the : ; CreW.', i , ,', ,', . , iUV ' . ; ...,.. . We are sorry that .the story seemed to be exaggerated and while we like to put our best foot forward, we try to avoid exaggeration. The mistakes must have been made during our hasty ' conversation "with the: talkative workman. ' It seems, more .likely .that the 134 ounces was gathered in season and not in a day. In trying to-square myself about the pollen story with Grangers' at Saturday night's meeting, we told them that our .information came from a crew member from Okla homa. Some members across the hall asked if I was sure he didn't come from Texas. George Loftln, the Texas Democrat, and soil banker, in forms us that the clover and lotis on his soil bank acreage is going ahead like Jack Ken nedy's new frontier. . Since the beginning of the Eichmann trial we have heard opinions expressed that were surprises. Some believers in capital punish ment are now saying that , since these crimes are of the past, they should be forgot ten and not brought up again, although they be lieve that : the man who strangles his wife or shoots ; his neighbor in a fit of 'an ger should get- the gas chamber. Of eourse we ; know that those who do a wholesale business get a bettoi deal. But we didn't know U Included murder. Saul who slaved his thou sands and David his tens of thousands were small fry indeed compared to Eich mann. . ' Henry Rowell, the Pumice lane gardener, report a new strawberry, that climbs like pole bean which he is try ing out in his garden. If it does w h a t the catalogue claims,, the price of $2.80 a plant would' indicate he will be picking strawberries like apples off a tree. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richard' son returned Sunday from a month' visit 'with their son, Donald and family In Port land. The Harold Sharp fam ily moved last week' to their new home In Jacksonville. Their former home on Pumice lane is for sale. Strauss Brothers, Sams Val ley farmers, are preparing leased land on the Ed Taylor farm for a planting of corn to be made Into ensilage. Several from here attended a showing of films Tuesday at the Presbyterian church in Central Point. The films were shown by Miss Mabel Tyrell, a former valley resident, now a missionary in Nigeria. . Mrs. , E. E. Robinson is spending some time at the home of her son, Doug Robin son, In Vallejo. Calif., where members of the family are . According to radio and press reports, a Russian has circled the globe at a high' altitude and come back alive. The next try will probably be to hit the moon, which some say is impossible. We ' wouldn't say this Is impossible. When Columbus talktd of finding a new country to the west, men said he was losing his mind. Years ago we remem ber that a Sams Valley man mad 'quite a fuss because he said the school teacher was trying to teach his kids that the World was round. ' Said anyone could see that it was flat. Thought for the day-Mistakes are made in the best of families. CLEANUP TIME ' Jacksonville - Jacksonville city officials have proclaimed April 17 through April 30 as spring cleanup time. It is ad visable to do all trash burn ing before summer fire re strictions go into effect, they Indicate. To do any burning within one-eighth mile of a forest or wooded area resi dents must check ' with the city recorder or the nnllm chief. , ijaaies m colorful square dance dresses and men in .Western clothes made a pic turesque scene. Several clubs brought banners and placed them about the room and con gregated in the area of their respective banners. Callers were from Medford, Eugene, K 1 a m a th Falls, Springfield and Grants Pass. From California they came from Dunsmuir,' McArthur, Cottonwood, Red Bluff, Seiad Valley, Montgomery Creek, Central Valley and Yreka. Saturday evening dancing started at 8 o'clock and lasted until 11:30. Then they moved to Hawksinvllle 'hall in Hawkslnvllle where dancing continued and refreshments were served, Sunday morning a cowboy breakfast, was served. ; " ' Sunday the dancers gather ed at the armory for a grand march and it was reported that there were 31 squares on the floor following the march. Dancing continued '.until 5:30 p.m. and then all jour neyed back to Hawkslnvllle hall where a potluck supper was served. ; Talent Show Set For Saturday Night Eagle Point - The Eagle Point Community Amateur Talent show will be held Saturday, . April 15 in the grade school gymnasium. This is the third year the show has been held, under the spon sorship of the Eagle Point Jayceettes. . An hour of entertainment is promised:. Prizes will in clude $5 for first place win ners and $2.50 for second place winners. A grand prize winner will be selected from first place winners and will receive $10. Entertainment scheduled so far includes: Delvin and Merle Ford, guitar and vocal numbers; Diane Putman, vocal and accordian numbers; Lola Ackerman, vocalist and Sonya Betts, : pantomlne. ''.,;'. Entries are still being ac cepted. Those wishing to enter may call Mrs. Gordon Peck at Hlllcrest 6-3910.- Contest ants are selling tickets, or they may be obtained at the door. Prices are 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for chil dren. . "- ';., . Regional Calendar Prospect-The Prospect Lions club Is sponsoring a benefit dance at the commu nity hall Saturday night. Prospect-The Prospect Lumberjacks and Jills have postponed a square dance scheduled for April 15 to April 22. The dance will be held at the community hall. Potluck dinner will be served. Prospect-The Prospect Garden club will meet at the home of Mrs. Richard Lowery Tuesday, April 18 at 12 p.m. Mrs. Ed Lawrence of Med ford , will discuss and show pictures of wild mushrooms. Wllliams-A - dance will be held at the Williams Grange hall tonight starting at 9 p.m. . Wllliams-The Williams PTA will elect officers at its meet ing April 19 at the Williams school starting at 8 p.m. ' 230 Cases Reported Yreka - A. B. Cottar, Sis kiyou county sheriff, reports the following activities by the sheriff's office ' during the month of March: There were 230 cases re ported and Investigated dur ing the month which Included: three assault; five auto theft; five failure to provide; 18 thefts; one robbery and 135 miscellaneous criminal cases. There were 43 miscellaneous non-criminal cases handled. H o r n b roo k School Tax Election To Be Held April 18 By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribun Correspondent Hornbrook - Sample ballots for the special tax election in the Hornbrook school district were received by the register ed voters in the district April 6. Date of the election is Tues day, April 18. The proposition reads: "Shall the proposed in creases in the maximum tax rate from 80 cents to $1.30 on each $100 of assessed valu ation, to provide money for all school purposes, said rate to be in effect in the Horn brook School district for an unspecified period of time, be authorized?" ' ' ; The present tax rate of 80 cents has been in effect in the district for 40 years, and does not provide sufficient funds for the operation of the school to its maximum ef ficiency., Average daily at tendance at the school has in creased to the point, where there are now five teachers employed, and it is anticipated that five, and possibly six, will be needed for the 1961- 1962 school term. Last year's budget was $32,569, and the estimated budget for next year is $37,345, or roughly $5,000 more than the '60-'61 figure. This was calculated on a five-teacher basis, assuming a $200 annual per teacher in crease in salary. .,, i, ' State Allotment Money, to operate : the schools is acquired from the state allotment and from local support via taxes. The state bases their allotment to the schools on average dally at tendance and they figure it costs $224 per pupil per school year for schools the size of the Hornbrook school. Should the proposed override tax be carried in the district, the law provides two ways in which it may later be taken off. 1. The school board may remove the tax whenever it is possible to do so. 2. Ten per cent of the reg istered voters in the district may petition to have It, re moved If they feel It should be. This provides a safety value for the "unspecified period of time" clause in the proposition. r. . Also, on the ballot for next Tuesday's election Is the re call of two members of the present school board, Jack Wayne nd Frank Cardoza, and the election of persons to fill out their unexpired terms which run to July 1, 1961. Candidates who have filed for these positions are: to replace Frank Cardoza, John A. Michels and Andrew. (Buck) Skeahan, and to replace Jack Wayne, Ernest J. Pickard Jr.; Thomas A. Burcell and Lester (Ike) Dooley. Those who have filed for the regular terms on the school board are: Jack L. Wayne, incumbent; Jack O. Cross, incumbent; James Llskey, A. L. McMaster, Ern est : J.- Pickard Jr.. Andrew (Buck) Skeahan, Thomas A. Burcell, Lester (Ike) Dooley, and John A. Michels. On this election of members of the school board, no sample bal lots will be received. By ac tion of this year's California state legislature it was deem ed no longer ' necessary to furnish - sample ballots on school board elections. . The , regular school board meeting held April 11 was at tended by a number of in terested people as well as all the school board' members. Much discussion, pro and con, on the current school board problems was held, but no constructive solution's to the problems were forthcoming. Community Building Nearing Completion Eagle Point-Workers are needed in Eagle Poinll The Scout Community building could be completed this week end if enough able bodied workers will donate time and labor, according to Harry Hanscom, building committee chairman. ; Hanscom said arrange ments have been made for delivery of cement at the building at 8 a.m. Saturday. A large labor force will be needed to carry cement for the septic lank and main auditorium floor. . . "Anyone who can come for even an hour Saturday : would be a great help," Hanscom said. A potluck luncheon will be served for workers, Saturday Every one is asked to bring their own table service. Families of workers are invited to bring something for the pot luck luncheon and join the men at noon for a commun ity picnic. All types of workers -from handymen to finishers ' will be needed, Hanscom said. Work will probably extend late into the night. Dinner will be served to .workers in the evening. Water Filtration Plant For Gold Hill Proposed ' Gold Hill-Forty-five people attending a public meeting in Gold Hill Wednesday night heard Mayor Milton Stein metz explain a proposed wa ter filtration plant for the city. : . , ' . -'. ''x . ' According to Steinmetz, the plant would cost about $120,- 000. The cost is based on pres ent conditions in the country today, Steinmetz explained. Our banker tells us now is the time to construct the sys tem because of low bond inter est rates," he said. The project would be financed with a bond issue. "With the finan cial standing Gold Hill has, we should get a good price for the bonds, the mayor com mented. He said the city has an outstanding indebtedness of only $1,900 at the present time. . . . Currently ' city water is drawn from the Rogue river and is treated with chlorine. Steinmetz said, "The river is like the old gray mare-she ain't what she used to be." He was referring to increasing pollution. . ... The proposed filtration sys tem would have a capacity of one million gallons a day, It would require one-third of a man's time for maintenance. Ted Jerow, of the state san itary department, said the de partment has been encourag ing the city to get an adequate treatment plant : for eight years due to increased river pollution. Jerow said the city will face the problem contin ually. He predicted the pollu tion problem won't get much better. A , filtration system won't eliminate the need for chlorine treatment. However, Jerow said, a filtration system would probably reduce the amount of chlorine required. The system would cost wa ter users $4.75 a month, pro viding bonds were sold a,t a five per, cent interest rate. Mrs. Daniel Stewart asked if there would be any addi tional taxes imposed for city improvements and mainte nance. Steinmetz said there would be. Councilman Delos Walker pointed out that the city isn't going to get the fil tration plant for nothing. turns WANTED! HOLIDAY HOUSE - SPECIAL SALE or SPECIAL SHOWING See the amazing HOLIDAY HOUSE! Factory authorized $500 discount now on this 19-footer BARGAIN. s 2,221) TERMS 2 DAY SALE SATURDAY AMD SUNDAY ONLY! Start a New Life... Visit this Special Show and see the finest in trailer home living. See Model X . . . first showing on a dealer lot ANYWHERE. You'll marvel at the expense and decor of this extra special Holiday House Model "X". FREE PRIZE! Absolutely nothing to buy. Just register at the door and you may win a barbecue. ftl tin WEM 1243 SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEDFORD, OREGON l I I EVERY SECOND GALLON I ' . 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