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
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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
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. 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
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