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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 27. 1963
MEDFOUD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDPORD. OREGOB
Regional
Roundup
By Cleve Twilchell
Regional Editor
Southern Oregon has been
visited thla spring and sum
mer by several individuals
passing through on foot, some
for the purpose of winning
bets, others because they en
joy hiking. Genevieve Briggs,
our Wilderville correspondent
had an opportunity to chat
with one such visitor. Here's
her report:
"Along the Redwood high'
way sooner or later you meet
the most fascinating people in
the world. Yesterday I met
and talked to John F. Stahl
of San Francisco, now retired
from the Postal department
He has hiked to all the won
derful places you and I have
dreamed of going to see, but
haven't, simply because we
are afraid to strike out and
try it.
"Mr. Stahl is 80 years young
Talking to him is like the
pendulum of time swinging
Dwarf Juniper Found Inside
Magic Circle at Miller Lake
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By MRS. FRANCIS KROUSE
Applegate - On a recent
"botanical inspection tour" of
of the Miller peak-Miller lake
area. Dr. Elbert L. Little, Jr.,
chief dendrologist with the
U.S. Forest Service in Wash
ington, D.C.. addjd another
species, the 1 art Juniper -
to the growing list of unusual
trees and shrubs in the ' Ma
aic Circle" around Miller
lake.
Some 30 years ago Oliver
V. Matthews, dendrologist
from Salem, first discovered
several rare species of trees
growing cloe to Miller lake
and has since then made an
extensive study of the flora
within a circle which has Mil
ler lake as a center and a six
mile radius. This he has dub
bed the "magic circle."
Acts At Boss
On the inspection tour, Lyle
Anderson of the Rogue River
National forest office in Med-
ford, acted as boss, Dr. Lit
tle as inspector, Eugene L
Parker as guest tree observ
er. Oliver V. Matthews ai
guest guide, and Lee Canady
as horse wrangler.
While scrambling up the
steep slope of Miller peak to
show Dr. Little his first weep
ing spruce, Oliver Matthews
in all seriousness announced
that he would give a bag of
peanuts to anyone finding the
little dwarf juniper. The
words were hardly out of his
mouth before the man from
Washington, D.C. shouted,
"please pass the peanuts! '
This shrub, which up to
now had eluded Matthews up
on his own personal observa
tion and through considerable
correspondence with others, is
circumpolar in Its distribu
tion.
In Oregon at sea level In
Seal Rock State park some
JOHN F. STAHL
Visitor On Fool
between the old and the new.
Shining through like a knight
in shining armor is the old
world conception of a gentle
man - memories of old Snn
Francisco and the famed old
Hoffbrau German restaurant
when the emphasis was on
good food and mellow conver
sation rather than the blase
snatch and grab system we
cater to.
"Mr. Stahl has hiked over
18,000 miles and in his many
hikes has learned speed Isn't
the paramount attraction in
life. He has taken time to
examine life. He sees the liny
waterfall and the cool green
fern growing on the banks of
the brook. He feels, tastes,
and touches life. These are
the things we miss In our
pell mell plunge through life;
we miss half of the fun.
"In his 23 years of walking
he has crossed this continent.
He has seen the sun rise out
of the Atlantic and the blaz
ing sunsets of the Pacific, and
taken time to really see Mex
ico, to stop and talk to the
Mexican and really know
him.
"I asked him about the poo
pie he saw and met and his
reply was, 'The most wonder
ful and big hearted people
still live in this world.' He
has seen South America, the
mighty Andes, the treasures
of the Incas and the Amazon.
He has walked through Eu
rope and seen the crumbling
Granada castle of Spain and
the Eiffel Tower. Talking to
Mr. Stahl was like a breath
of fresh clean air in a tired
musty old world. The child
wonderment is still in his
eyes.
"Mr. Stahl spent the night
as guest of Mi s. C. L. Bclding
at Butcherknife Lodge. Jnck
Wilson, owner of the Red
wood Tavern, was his host
for breakfast at the Cottage
Cafe. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Craln entertained with cool
drinks in the evening. All
Wonder turned out to make
his trin a pleasant one. Mr
Stahl hopes to walk through
the Seattle Fair gates on his
80th birthday August 13
Rural Reflections
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
170 miles airline to the north
west of the Miller peak "find"
is a most li.teresting colony of
this j u n I p e r , 40 or 50 feet
across, growing In close asso
ciation with the little Coast
Pine, Western Hemlock, Sit
ka Spruce, etc.
Here at more than 3,000
feet elevation we find this self
same delightful little shrub
growing in close association
with the Western White Pine,
Mountain Hemlock, Weeping
Spruce and other high eleva
tion plants.
Miller lake and the magic
circle is in t h e Rogue River
National forest and the Siski
you mountains of southeast
Josephine county. It is just
west of Steves peak, east of
the Oregon Caves and south
west of Medford.
The area is unusual in geo
graphy, in that it is east and
behind the backbone of the
Siskiyou mountains, which
catch much of the rainfall
coming from the west. Steve
peak is 9.800 feet; Miller peak
6,000.
Some very rare species as
well as the world's largest
weeping spruce and the
world's largest Matthews cy
press are to be found in this
extraordinarily beautiful spot.
Also in the area is the Or
acle Oak
This oak has small leaves
similar to those of a circular
saw. A semi- evergreen It
keeps its leaves a long time
in the winter. The little oracle
oak was discovered in 10S8
with Matthews acting as I
"guest guide" for the late Dr
Steward, curator of the herb
arium at Oregon State univer
sity, Corvallis. There are on
ly four of this species known
to be In Oregon.
Matthews calls the "magic
circle" a "meet place" of var
ious trees. It has the mountain
hemlock of Alaska, incense ce
dar from Lower California,
western white pine from Ida
ho, white fir from Colorado,
ponderosa pine from eastern
Oregon and noble fir from the
slopes of Mt. Hood. Some of
these are far from their usual
haunts. Over half the species
of conifers in Oregon grow in
the magic circle.
The Inspection party feels
quite certain that a most prof
itable day was spent by every
one and that the general pub
lic can look forvard to a most
favorable "report" from the
man who that day on the
north slope of Miller peak
won the btn of peanuts.
Girl Scout Camp Held
Regional Calendar
Prosper! Wednesday. 8
p m.. Hillbilly Jamboree plan
ning session, at the Commu
nity hall.
Prnspecl- Friday. Prospect
Boy Scout troop 19 will leave
for hike and camping trip
to the Blue Lake Bnsln coun
try. Some IS boys are going,
accompanied by Scoutmaster
Bill Tarr. Don Vaughn and
Floyd Marita. They'll return
Sunday.
Prospect - Sunday, 10 a.m.
te 8 p.m.. Prospect Artists
club exhibit on ,rospct ho
tel lawn. Everyone welcome.
Cave Junction-Sunday, 7
to 11 am., first Burkaroo
breakfast will be held at the
Lucky Clover motel under
sponsorship of Lions club.
Applegate Valley - Ponies
and carl rides, pink cotton
candy, the swish of pioneer
dresses, a little rain, and lots
of old time music spelled
opening day at Pioneer Vil-
age in Jacksonville recently.
There were lots of little
stories tucked in between, loo.
The clown, who was almost
hours late al the rear end of
the street parade, was one of
those hard hitting woodsmen
Irom Williams, Don Mnytield
A dab of rouge, two shorl
pant legs, and a bandanna.
plus his own antics, made him
a clown. In the morning hours
his red jacket proclaimed the
Rogue River rooster crow,
and as he walked away with.
the woo dchopping and axe
throwing events In the after
noon he was for the Homelile
chain saw people. He is call
ed the Rogue River Kid, and
holds a record of eating 18
large hot cakes at one break
fast. Mrs. Mayfield was along
and was busq keeping curious
youngsters out of the way of
possible misses in the axe
Hi rowing.
Bill Cobbs of Provolt was
on hand with his climbing
stunts, and was headed for
Prineville rodeo next. He has
held various speed climbing
records, and has been doing
these things since he was 22.
Check Found
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krug
of Talent were jovial visitors
at the opening. They were
elated with having a good
sized check returned to them,
having lost it soon after re
ceiving It at the post office.
They said they hadn't been
terribly worrted. and had
trusted In the Lord for its re
turn. So next day they re
ceived word through the po
lice that the check had been
found by Mrs. Marie L. Dwy
er of Medford.
The Jackson Creek 'Mors
supplied much of the old time
musical atmosphere of the
day. and have been playing
at boutnern Oregon events
ever since they assembled for
the Oregon Centennial year.
They are comprised of Mr,
and Mrs. Fred Corhln. Leon
ard and Fred Corhln, Jr., of
Applecate, "Woody" Murphy
of Medford. and F. J. Clifford
of Central Point. Mr. Clifford
is known to many through the
Tribune communications col
umn and Linn i Line radio
aroiip
Doll Houit Visit
Anions the many curios
and antiques al the Stage
Lines ticket office was the
old time wall telephone, still
usable with Its new dial at
tachment at tile side. A fitting
climax to a day spent In old
Jacksonville was a visit to
the doll museum at the Mc
Cully house where stately
dolls of nearlv two centuries
ago hold forth In both up
stairs and downstairs rooms
These dolls are very real In
the sense that many of them
are time worn from tender
care administered by little
mothers of long ago Lenna
Salver formerly of Santa
Cruz. cSnf . ntf-nj the dolls,
and she Is assisted hy Ruth
Quigley of Jacksonville
Phoenix-Talent -The Phoe
nix-Talent Girl Scout day
camp was held June 18-22 at
the Richard Enloe ranch.
The camp was held to pro
mote instruction in camp life
and handcraft. There were six
separate camps with 58 girls
being registered.
The theme this year was
"Indian lore."
The personnel of the camp
Included Mrs. Georgia Smith,
director; Betty Kllmek, assist
ant; Fern Fagon, Alta Grimes,
Frankie Byers, Deiores Qulnn,
Priscilla Bertram!, Pal Kld-
on, Greta Skjoerlund, Sylvia
DeVoss, Darrell Dawson and
Catherine R I c h e y, leaders;
Karren Richey, Rose Hite,
Marilyn Kantor, Georgia Ann
Smith, Gnldie Brown and
Donna Loftus, aides.
Friday afternoon parents of
the campers were invited for
refreshments and a closing
program. Some of the camps
presented skits. The aides
performed a pow-wow dance
after which they presented
MRS. ASH HOME
Prospect-Friends and neigh
bors will be interested to
know that Mrs. Lowell Ash
of Union Creek Is at last home
after being In a Medford hos
pital for major surgery and
recuperation, for the past
three months.
INJURED
Prospect Colion Morris,
who works for the Union
Creek Ranger district, receiv
ed a broken arm recently
while working on a slash dis
posal project.
N. California
Television Log
Program! Mated below are
received from the televtalon
Utium end the Mall Trthunt
aaumra no retipnnalhHlty except
la make changea aa aupptled
gifts to the director and assist
ant.
307 Visit X-Ray
Unit at Gold Hill
Gold Hill - During the four
hours that the mobile x-ray
unit was In Gold Hill recently,
307 people had films made.
Among those who put forth
the effort to visit the x-ray
unit was Mrs. Hugh Clark ,a
wheel chair patient from
Rogue River who came with
her husbind, to have a film
made.
Bob Routh of Routh's Pho
tography shop donated service
connection for the mobile
unit. And Norman Matteson,
owner of Gold Hill Laundro
mat and Dry Cleaners do
na 4 space in his place of
business for people visiting
the unit to fill out their cards
with volunteer workers in at
tendance. Members of the Gold Hill
Health unit who donated their
time to work at the mobile
chest x-ray clinic were Mrs.
Arthur Boye, Mrs. Ted
Schoenemann, Mrs. M e 1 v i n
Burnett, Mrs. Jack Garrison,
Mrs. Clarence Parsley, Mrs.
Lowell Iverson, Mrs. Virginia
Kyer, executive secretary for
Jackson County Tuberculosis
and Health association, Mrs.
Grover T. Mulkey, president
of the Gold Hill unit; Mrs.
Delos Walker, Mrs. Dale
Smith and Mrs. Clyde Kell.
Mrs. Parsley, was co-ordl-nniur
chairman for the Gold
Hill Health unit and had
charge of the committee ar
rangement. She is retiring
president of the unit here,
after having served two years
as president.
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firmer no that thev ffret mora pom
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THEIR OWN HOUSE Left to right, Tommy Canon, Joanna
Goff and Chad Wagner work on scale model house con
struction Job, a project of second graders at Lone Pine school
this past term. Children in the class of Irene Hillestad studied
building at one point during the spring. Then they watched
a house under construction near the school and their interest
was aroused. They built the above model to scale with ma
terials furnished by class members. As they progressed, Mrs.
Hillestad explained the purpose of each part of the house.
4-Day Celebration
Set in Happy Camp
Br HAZEL DAVIS
Happy Camp - The Happy
Camp Volunteer Fire depart
ment will hold its annual
Fourth of July celebration for
four days of fun and thrills
for everyone. In addition to
this the Happy Camp Lions
club is sponsoring its annual
Boat Race on the Fourth to
coincide with the celebration.
The celebration will start
July 1 and will end the night
of July 4.
On the calendar for July 1
will be a Nor Cal league base
ball game slating Mt. Shasta
against Happy Camp at 2 p.m.
at the high school diamond;
also on tap for July 1 will be
a "greased pig chase" also at
the high school before the
game.
A "turkey shoot" is a new
feature this year and will be
held at the site of the old
Dick Applegate mill at 10
a.m. The final event of the
day will be a barbecue at
Red's cafe at 3 p.m. featuring
the new outdoor barbecue
kitchen.
The Lions club boat race,
which has been held annually
on Labor day, has been
changed to the Fourth this
year. The all-manual race
will be open to i.11 entrants 21
years of age using any con
ventional row boat.
Cash prizes will be award
ed for first, second and third
prizes. According to chairman
of the race, Ronald Boren, the
race will start at 10 a.m. at
the south of the Scott river
at Stcelhead resort and will
finish in Happy Camp.
Persons may still enter the
race up until 10 a.m. at the
starting point the day of the
race, according to Boren, and
there will be a $3.00 entrance
fee. For further details, per
sons may call Boren or the
Steelhead resort.
On July 2, 3, and 4 games
and contests will be going on
II day. Starling at 10 a.m.
the Log Rolling Contest will
be held at the Siskiyou Mills
pond. Go-cart Races will be
gin at 11.30 and will be held
around the block, one block
in back of Stevens Liquor
Store.
A Log Bucking contest will
start at 1 p.m. next to Stevens
Liquor Store. A ladies flap
jack race and kiddles race
will be held at the site of
the carnival. The carnival
will begin all four evenings
at S p.m.
Two dances are also sched
uled, one to open the celebra
tion June 30th and the other
at the end of the celebration
July 4.
The proceeds for the fire
department will be used to
help finance the operation of
the organization and to buy
needed equipment.
The Lions club proceeds
will go toward obligations of
the Lions club and finishing
on the Lions Scout building.
God Hill Council
Schedules Hearing
On Proposed Budget
Gold Hill The Gold Hill
city council will hold a public
hearing Thursday at 7 p.m.
on the proposed 1962-63 budg
et, the levy of which is with
in the tax base limitation of
$12,153.10.
Following the hearing a
special council meeting will
be held to consider business
pertaining to conclusion of the
fiscal year ending June 30.
Both will be held in the coun
cil room at the city hall on
Second ave.
A proposed $3,998.80 gen
eral fund levy in excess of
the $12,153.10 tax base for
the tax year commencing
July 1, 1962 was turned down
by voters in a budget election
May 21.
Thus It was necessary for
the council and budget com
mittee to adopt a second pro
posed budget for the 1962-63
fiscal year that would be
within the lax base.
Regional News
Acts Needed for Jubilee
Jacksonville-More acts are
needed for the Jacksonville
Gold Rush Jubilee scheduled
for Aug. 4 and Aug. S, ac
cording to John Crabb, pro
gram chairman.
Anyone who wishes to par
ticipate in any way should
contact Crabb at his Jackson
ville home aa soon as possible,
he said. His phone number is
899-1313.
E n t r t a 1 nment already
planned consists of brass
bands, gold panning contests,
old-time fiddlers, genuine
"Mello - dramas" and many
other events designed to in
terest everyone of every age.
Plans are also under way
to promote the wearing of pio
neer garb. Members of the
Jacksonville Lions club. Jubi
lee sponsors, are growing
beards.
Plans for the 1962 jubilee
program were discussed at th
Jacksonville Community hall
by the program committer
last Thursday.
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
Prospect-Stev Larson waa
rushed u th hospital last
Saturday for an emergency
operation.
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Th ntlr Bogus Rivr Valley is rich in th rmanc of th
Old Watt, and th.ra'i no fin.r, mora anjoyibl way to r.liv
that days than to visit YOUR Jacksonville Muuurn. You,
yaur family and specially out-of-town guests will delight in
the more than 4,000 individual collections. Among Its most
popular exhibits are the Britt Gallery, a replica of Peter Britt's
Potajaraphic Studio, one af the earliest In the Pacific North
want, the Indian Room, containing artifact and relict mad
ih Gun Ream,
children's room.
and used by th valley't first inhabitants,
mineral ditplayt and fluorescent room, a
parlor, collection ef wedding dreitet and a Civil War exhibit.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society administer! end main
taint this museum on of th finest in the West-and ap
proximately 466,000 names appear on the regittratlon bolc.
So, with JUNE JACKSONVILLE MUSEUM be ture ta make a
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