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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 15 1962
Regional Roundup
by Cleva Twitcholl
Mail Tribune Regional Editor
Reapportionment of the state senate is on the ballot
in California again this November, and it figures to be
one of the most interesting issues of a campaign al
ready highlighted by the Brown-Nixon race for governor.
At present, California's legislature is apportioned
nndcr i plan similar to that used in apportioning U. S.
Senators and Representatives. The California "house,"
called the assembly, has 80 members, apportioned strict
ly on the basis of population. The state senate with 40
members is apportioned on the basis of area, with no sin
gle county having more than one senator. Some of the
counties are combined into two or three-county districts.
(For instance. Sen. Randolph Collier of Yreka represents
both Siskiyou and Del Norte counties.)
As a result of this system, Sen. Richard Richards of
Los Angeles county represents more than 6,000,000 peo
ple, while some northern California senators represent
- less than 100,000 persons. But Los Angeles county is
represented by 31 of the 80 members of the assembly.
(The number will climb to 38 after the next election
as a result of reapportionment after the 1960 census.)
Unsuccessful Proposition
Two years ago a state senate reapportionment pro
position was placed on the ballot. It called for dividing
the state senate equally between northern and southern
California counties, giving the north 20 senators and the
south 20, Los Angeles county would have gotten seven
senators. The proposition was opposed by the boards of
supervisors of 57 of California's 58 counties. Only the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors endorsed the
plan. At the election it was defeated by more than a
million votes. It lost in every county except Los Angeles,
where it won by a relatively slim margin.
Proposition 23 on this November's California ballot
is a milder reapportionment plan. Instead of completely
reorganizing the senate it would merely add some addi
tional senators to give the stale's most populous coun
' ties more representation. Specifically, proposition 23
provides that any county with more than 600,000 but
less than 1,200,000 residents shall have one additional
senatorial district, and those with 1,200,000 residents or
more shall have two additional senatorial districts, plus
one additional district for each 1,000,000 residents over
1,200.000.
What this boils down to is that under 1960 census
figures, Los Angeles county would receive five senatorial
districts in addition to the one It already has, and the
counties of San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, San
Diego and Orange would each get one additional district.
The senate membership would be expanded from 40 to
50.
The Basic Arguments
Despite the fact that the new proposition is a much
milder reapportionment plan, many of the same slate
leaders appear to be lining up against it, particularly in
the more sparsely settled areas of the state. Dorothy
Stewart, one of our Yreka correspondents, reports that
Supervisor Earl Ager of Siskiyou county is chairman of a
Nine Northern County Supervisors association committee
in opposition to proposition 23. She quotes Ager as stat
ing, "This Is nothing more and nothing less than an
effort by Los Angeles county to pack the senate. Los
Angeles county will have 38 out of 80 votes in the
assembly. Now they want to have six votes in the senate
. while some counties will have only a half or a third of a
; vole. It would destroy the federal system of representa
: lion which has served all of the slate of California and
'. (he United States so wonderfully for so many years."
; Harry Crebbins, Yreka Chamber of Commerce manager,
who is secretary of the Inter-Counlies Chamber of
: Commerce of Northern California, and Stale Sen.
Collier are also reported working actively to defeat the
proposition.
Caught in the Middle
Your editor finds himself somewhat caught in the
middle of this issue. We have lived in Los Angeles county
(in the district represented by Supervisor Frank Bonclli,
Instigator of the initial reapportionment proposal) and
we've also had frequent contact with residents and lead
ers of California's more sparsely populated areas. Both
sides have their points. Los Angeles county people (6
million of them squeezed Into an area only two-thirds
the size of Siskiyou county) feel that too much of their
lax money is being spent outside of their county, while
the northerners are afraid that senate reapportionment
would deprive them of any say In the state's affairs,
since they are already "outvoted" in the assembly.
In the end, however, we will have to admit that we
like the federal system of checks and balances, whereby
heavy population centers dominate one house and the
sparsely populated areas the other.
District 9
Will Open
Eagle Point The opening
date for all schools In District
9 was set tor Sept. 17 by
directors at a board meeting
Thursday night. All vacations
will be cut to a minimum dur
ing the school year with
school dismissed June 7, 1063.
This delay was deemed nec
essary to allow additional
time for the contractors to
finish classrooms. According
to Superintendent Glenn D.
llalc, the offices, library, cafe
teria, and multi purpose rooms
of the primary school and the
band and multi-purpose rooms
ot the high school will prob
ably have to be finished after
school starts.
The new administration of
fices are nearly completed and
should be occupied by Aug.
15. All school transportation
is coordinated in the district
thus making it more expen
sive and unadvisable to start
the lower grades in Shady
Cove and Elk Trail earlier,
llalc explained.
Hansen Resignation
The written resignation ot
Mrs. Maxine Berryman Han
sen was accepted by the
board. No replacement has
been made for the combined 1
library and girls' physical ed
ucation position in the elc-j
mentary school being vacated, i
Authorization for $6,500 for
laboratory equipment for the
new biology room has been
recrived from the National
Defense Education act. Plans
end specifications were ex
plained to the board members
with the assurance that bids
were or had been called for
on all materials and equip
ment for the room with the
lowest bid being accepted.
Two new buses have been
received by the district. Su
perintendent Hale told t h c
board that a tentative sched
ule would have to be set up
for the first day. He will meet
with the drivers and set up a
permanent schedule when all
of the population rhanges
Schools
Sept. 17
have been placed as to loca
tion. Several new houses and
subdivisions have taken place
in the district this summer.
In other action, the board
voted to hold their regular
meetings on the second Thurs
day of each month at 8 p.m.
in the new Administration
building. Darrcll Stanley was
elected chairman of the board
and Mrs. Beryl llickson re
hired as district recorder at
the July meeting.
The board voted to accept
the low bids for school oil
consumption as submitted by
Western Oil and Burner. Val
ley Fuel, and L. G. McLaren
companies.
The summer recreation pro
gram as set up, was not servic
ing youngsters In the entire
district, Hale told members
of the board when questioned
as to why Eagle Point did not
have a ball club this year. The
swimming program was con
ducted as usual, however.
After discussing the issue
the board of directors agreed
inai ine summer recreation
program should be planned
and carried on by the service
clubs, city, and Ihe school
jointly in each area instead
of by the school alone.
Lou so Luff, Dance
Instructor Returns
From Class Series
Central Point Louise
Lull. Central Point, dance in
structor (or the Colleen Hope
Dance studios, recently re
turned from a series of dance
classes in Portland and Car
mel, Calif.
The s -bjects Involved were
tap. Jazz, ballroom and ballet
Miss Lull will leave again
for a vacation in Utah before
she begins her fall classes in
the Fabcr building.
Dancing on this trip will
consist of square dancing at
Klamath Falls when she and
the other Y Knot Twirlns re
gain their banner.
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NUMBER 19 'Ihe Yreka Junior Chamber of Commerce,
with the cooperation of Yreka Western railroad, will pluck
this 45-year-old steam locomotive (not the girl) from semi
retirement to conduct train rides from the fairgrounds at
Yreka to Montague this week end during the Siskiyou
county fair. Rides will depart at 2, 4 and 6 p.m.
Siskiyou County
Fair To Be Held
This Week End
Yreka - Siskiyou county's
annual fair will get under
way tomorrow night, holding
forth at the county fair
grounds for three and a half
days.
Attractions will range from
a junior horse show Thurs
day evening to the fair pa
rade, starting at 12 noon Sat
urday at Miner and Gold sis.
in Yreka.
One of the main events at
the Fair will be the Yreka
Jaycoes train ride. Locomo
tive power will be provided
by engine No. 19, an old en
gine built in 1915 and used
in the Mexican Revolution.
The trip is for the entire fam
ily. Departure times are 2, 4,
6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Admission is free at the
Fair, but parking costs 25
cents a ear load. The fair of
ficially opens at 10 a.m. Fri
day. Judging will begin in all
departments at 0:30 a.m. The
exhibit buildings will open
at 10, as will the midway con
cessions and West Coast Car
nival show at this time also.
There will be a one-man
dance band in the person of
Larry Bryant, who plays six
Instruments at one time. He
plays rhythm guitar with his
two hands, beats the bass
drum with his right fool, the
solo-vox with his left toes
while manipulating the steel
guitar with the same foot
strapped to a roller skate
crosswise on the heel.
There is also a gold-panning
attraction for those folks
who have never had the thrill
of panning for "real'' gold.
You get to lake home the gold
nugget you find loo
There will he a barbecue
from 5:30 lo 7 p.m. served
by the Yreka Chamber of
Commerce with the meat bar
becued by George Solus. This
will be held at Ihe Armory
building with an admission
charge.
The Dick Hemstcd rodeo
will perform at the grand-
sianci arena on Friday eve
ning from 7:30 p.m. oil. The
announcer is Chub Bronson
from Mineral, Calif.
The same evening a teen
dance will be held at the
Armory Building, following
Council Reviews
Anti-Noise Law
Gold Hill Because of
complaints voiced about pow
er mowers being operated
during early morning hours
here, the Gold Hill city coun
cil recently reviewed an ordi
nance which in part prohibits
running motors, hammering of
nails, other noises associated
with carpentry work before 7
a.m.
Some residents perhaps are
not aware that the city has
such an ordinance and have j
been violating it, councilmen
theorized.
Because of a written com-1
plaint to the council of a dog 1
barking at corner of Fifth ave.
and Eighth st , Chief of Police
mil Young was instructed to
investigate the situation.
Council voted to have the
city recorder have recorded
a warranty deed that concerns
A. A. Walker deeding 300 ft
by SO tt. piece ot his property
lo the city (or a street.
The council had previously
voted to accept the street if
deeded to the city by Walker.
That action look place during
the April council session.
Since the Labor Day holi
day conflicts with the next
regular council meeting date,
the next regular session will
be held Monriax, Sept 10, at
7pm
The Niiigara river is only
about .14 miles lone.
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the rodeo at 0:30 p.m. Music
is by "The Apollos.'
On Saturday some of the
main attractions will be the
Polack Brothers Circus at the
grandstand - with two shows,
one at 2 p.m. and the other
at 7:30 p.m.
That same evening there
will be a fair dance at the
Armory Building from 9:30
p.m. till 2 a.m. with music
by the "Music Masters" and
sponsored by the Ross Neilon
America Legion Post Drum
and Bugle Corps.
On Sunday the concession
stands and midway and car
nival open at 10 a.m. with
a senior horse show in the
grandstand at 1 p.m. There
will be a special attraction
of a "dinner bell race." a
"key-hole race" and a "bar
rel race".
The junior livestock auc
tion for the 4-H and FFA
will be held at the auction ring
at 2:30 p.m. There will be a
square dance jubilee from 7 to
11 p.m. at the armory build
ing sponsored by the square
clubs of Siskiyou county with
free admission. Howard Jones
of Dunsmuir is chairman.
There will be callers from
all over northern California
and southern Oregon.
Sunbathers Wind
Up Convention at
Trail; Pick Queen
By A. LOUIS DAY
Trail The 31sl annual
convention of the American
Sunbathing association con
cluded its meeting Sunday at
While Oak Lodge.
Pecking trailers, trucks and
cars, the delegates prepared
to return home. Many had air
line reservations for cast
coast, Canadian, Mexican and
European destinations.
All expressed their delight
at the scenic beauty of the
area, and hoped to be able to
return. Hundreds had visited
Crater Lake, many attended
the Shakespearean Festival,
and almost one-third of them
planned continuing on to the
Seattle World s Fair.
Conventions always bring
money into an area, and this
one was no exception. The
public relations director esti
mated that each family spent
approximately $10 to $12 each
day of the five-day conven
tion. From 10 beautiful candi
dates, a queen of the ASA was
finally selected. Entirely by
coincidence, the king and
queen turned out to be man
and wife, a couple from the
San Francisco Bay area.
Mr. "T" Latimer, of the
west coast, was elected 1062
63 president. Even with the
few days of rainy weather.
all considered it a most oleas.
nl and successful convention.
Devotional services and
American (lag ceremonies
were the final events of the
meeting.
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MEDFORD
Ceniral Point To
Elect 3 Members
01 City Council
Central Point - Voters in
this city will elect a mayor,
recorder, treasurer and three
councilmen this November.
The Mayor, recorder and
treasurer each are elected
every two years. Up for elec
tion on the council will be
three four-year terms, in Ward
I (southwest part of town),
Ward II (southeast part of
town) and Ward III (northeast
part of town).
Nominating petitions may
be obtained at the city hall.
These petitions must be re
turned to the city hall by Au
gust 28, 1062, to be checked
and nominees placed on the
ballot.
Acceptance forms must be
signed at the city hall by each
nominee.
Montague Rodeo
Grossed $7,654
Montague - This communi
ty's recent junior rodeo gross
ed $7,654, it was announced
this week. The Shasta Valley
Community club voted to use
$2,000 of this money to retire
the note on the city's new
swimming pool, thereby clear
ing the pool of all debt
The Shas' Valley garden
club will do the landscaping
on the pool grounds with the
aid of the community club.
A barbecue is planned Sept.
8 for all helpers whose dona
tions of time and money made
the pool possible. Beef is be
ing donated for the barbecue
by Byron Boyce of Wonder
land, Calif., winner of a steer
at the rodeo.
Rural Reflections
Br MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley - This is
the story of a purse, the po
lice and the folks who left the
purse on the Applegate while
they went on to the world fair
in Seattle.
The visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence M. Cunning
ham of Berkeley, Calif., and
Mrs. Cunningham left the
purse at the Pearson home.
She didn't miss the purse
until she was nearing Eugene,
and it contained ail their
travelers' checques, cash, her
driver's license, and olher es
sentials, Not being sure whether the
purse was left at the Pear
sons', and knowing the family
did not have a telephone, she
contacted the state police
headquarters in Eugene. They
radioed the Mcdford state po
lice to send a trooper to the
Pearson home to inquire about
the purse.
At Picnic
In the meantime the Pear
sons had gone to McKee Park
for a picnic, and left a note
on the door, expecting Mrs.
Cunningham to return. When
the policeman arrived he read
the note, went to McKee park,
and began a party-by-party
search for the Bill Pearsons.
When Mrs. Pearson saw Ihe
officer she shouted, "Here we
are over here," much to the
amazement of all the other
picnickers who pondered why
the Pearsons were so happy
to see the police.
The officer radioed lo Eu
gene to determine how to re
turn the purse, only to find
the Cunninghams were to be
contacted in Portland. From
that source he found he was
to send the purse via Grey
hound bus to the main station
in Seattle, where the purse
and owner made contacts the
following day. As the Pear
sons enjoyed their picnic, the
patient policeman sat in his
car attending his radio mes
sages. Mr. Cunningham is assistant
superintendent of (he Contra
Costa Juvenile Hall in Mar
tinez, Calif., and planned to
attend the annual conference
of the National Institute on
crime and delinquency in
Seattle.
O'Brien-A preliminary plot
for Peacock Heights, subdivi
sion owned by Edwin Christy
of Ashland and adjoining his
father - in - law's property on
the Illinois river west of
O'Brien, was approved by the
' Josephine County Planning
commission recently.
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Shady Cove John Pat
rick, Shady Cove boy who
won an FFA trip to Europe,
wrote home some of his ex
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rick was Larry Ritchie of
Phoenix
Patrick reported that he ar
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July 19 and saw and heard a
bagpiper in full costume at
the airport. "There are no
poor families in Scotland, he
commented, stating that the
average Scot family farms 70
acres, with barley and oats
as chief crops. Scotland is the
home of the Ayreshire, he
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