Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1962)
WEDWESDAY. SEi-lLMBER 5. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Regional Roundup by Clav Twitchall ' Mail Tribune Regional Editor The election campaign in the Rogue valley this fall appears virtually certain of being a most lively one. When we left on vacation Aug. 26, petitions were still being circulated on local Issues in Ashland and Grants Pass, but we see upon returning that both groups met with success. Fluoridation of city water will be put to the voters in Ashland, and the state engineer's office found enough valid signatures on petitions circulated by the Josephine County Public Power association to put creation of a peoples utility district on the ballot in that county. Both are certain to be controversial issues, fluorida tion doubly so since it will also be on the ballot in Medford. It is likely that valley dentists and medical men will play leading roles in the pro-fluoridation forces, while the opposition will probably Include those interested in natural foods and the non-medical approach to health. In Josephine county, the public power association will, of course, campaign for the PUD measure, while it is equally obvious to assume that Pacific Power and Light officials' will make a strong effort to defeat the proposal. ' Both conflicts will be interesting to watch. Mystery Spots All Ovar Until your editor moved to southern Oregon, he had heard of only one so-called vortex or mystery area where the pull of gravity leans to a degree. After moving to Oregon we became acquainted with the Oregon Vortex and drove past the Uncanny Canyon, which we have .not yet visited, as it was closed until just recently. During the summer months, however, it has been in teresting to note the many other such areas that appar ently exist (or have been created?) near heavily traveled tourist routes. We've seen bumper strips on vacationers' cars advertising such places as "Confusion Hill" on highway 101 in California and "Cosmos" in one of the Dakotas. We have visited the Oregon Vortex and are satisfied that it does possess a variation In gravity. (At least one engineer with whom we are acquainted has run tests there which indicate such a variation.) And in all fair ness to the operators of Uncanny Canyon, we repeat that we have not yet seen it. But the seemingly sudden appearance of more and more widely advertised mystery spots, In several cases conveniently located adjacent to major highways, causes one to wonder just what Is what. The situation brings to mind that saying about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. Jacksonville City Council Reminds of Work at Reservoir Jacksonville Anyone caught shooting, conducting target practice and dumping trash at the old city reservoir and watershed area will be prosecuted to the limit of the law, members of the Jackson ville City Council announced Tuesday night. The announcement came as a result of several Incidents reported at the old reservoir west ot the city recently. Barrs of Prospect Give Farewell Party For Granddaughter Prospect - A farewell party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Barr of Prospect for their grand daughter, Miss Carol White head and her cousin, Miss Laurie Whitehead of Stan wood, Wash. The young ladies have been visiting their . grandparents for six weeks. There were 10 teen-age gucsls. They played sanies and records and refreshments were served. Mrs. Colleen Whitehead and Dick Iverson came for the girls, but spent a week visiting Colleen's parents. They all left Sunday morn ing for Stnnwood, Wash. Men are currently working there cleaning up the area. Signs have been posted advis ing the public of the work going on there, but city offi cials reported that as fast as the signs have been put up, someone has been taking them down and using them for target practice. 1 City officials also an nounced at last night's coun cil meeting that nominating petitions for city offices com ing up for election Nov. 6 are now available at the city re corder's office. The terms of Mayor E. O. Graham and Councilman Vance Adams, C. L. McBeth and George Brewer expire this year. None of the Incum bents has announced whether he plans to run for re-election as yet. Petitions must be filed no later than Oct. 2. In other matters, council- men reminded residents that they must get city permission before cutting down trees adjacent to city streets. This announcement came In the wnk of some tree trimming and cutting that has taken place here recently. Trimming of trees may be done without special permis sion if the trimmings are cleaned up, city official said, but permission to cut down whole trees must be obtained. Burton Shults Builds Ore Test Mill as Hobby Ashland Council Approves Paving Ashland-Tha AsliInnH ntv Council last night approved paving of several streets fol lowing public hearings, at which no protests were registered. ADDrOVeri Were nnvinir nt portions of Park st., Glen wood dr., Beach st. and Linda St. The council also decided tn put up for sale a lot on Win burn way adjacent to the Hillah Temple Shrine garage. At present it Is used as f downtown parking lot. By DOT SIMMONS Mail Tribuna Correspondent Lone Pine - Mr. and Mrs. Burton Shiills, who reside at 14B3 Spring St., undertook mining as a hobby a number of years ago. In connection with their hobby, Shults has built an ore test mill, lie brings in rock from Mt. Pitt View mine in Ashland mountain. This occupies Only their spare time as they also raise a large garden and have a fruit stand. Approximately five tons of ore have been run through since Shults built the mill It look him about three months to build. The mill is run by an cl -c-iric motor. The rock has to be crushed fine and then run through water in a sluice-box Magnetic black sand is valuable, but non magnetic is the most valuable, Shults explained. After the gold is taken from the ore, then the full value of the ore can be obtained by sending it to the mint In San Francisco. i - t-pm ORE TESTING DEVICE Mr. and Mrs. Burton Shults pose behind the ore testing mill they built during spare time hours. Lone Pine School Registration Will Take Place Friday Lone Pine Registration for all first graders will take place at Lone Pine school Fri day from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Students that attended kin dergarten last spring are ex pected to register at this time also. Hot lunch tickets may be purchased at this time and student insurance will be available for those interested Rooms will be assigned and name cards issued. Parents should furnish transportation and are encouraged to bring their children for information and data. Birth certificates and health certificates should be brought. School for all students will begin Sept. 10. The cafeteria will be In op eration and hot lunches served. The lunch charge will be 25 cents per child, or lunch cards may be purchased for the full month. The teaching staff is as fol lows: first grade: Mrs. Opal Guetzlauf and Mrs. Grace JO'tley: Second grade: Mrs. Alleen Hiliestad and Mrs. Merle Sonv ers; third grade: Mrs. Rachael Sicheel and Mrs. Bettv Sweem: fourth grade: Mrs. Dorothy velush, who will also be li brarian; fifth grade: Mrs. Barbara McDougall and Rich ard Mlchaelis; sixth grade: Jack Brown, who Is also phy sical ed. director. Lee Mcrriman will serve as principal, Mrs. Estelle Ballard as school secretary; Ivar Hult as head custodian, and Mrs. June Hult as cafeteria cook, assisted by Mrs. Venita Jones. For additional information call the school office at 772-8669. NORTHERN CALIF. TELEVISION LOGS KVIP-TV (Channel 7) Wednesday a :ut Captain Comet S:30 Broken Arrow 6:00 Newsbeat Northatalt 6:15 Huntley-Brlnkley 6:30 Shannon 2:SS"ow to Mrry A Milltontirr 7M0 VVaRon Train 8:30 Top Cat 9:00 Hawaiian Eva 10:00 Naked Citv 11:00 News Final 11:10 Sportirast 1:13 Tonight Show I'hiirsday 9:1ft Debbie Drake 0:30 Educnttonnl 10:00 Price Ik RikM 10:30 Concentration 11:00 Tennessee Ernie Ford 1 1 ,.iu inula for a song 12:00 Jane Wyman 12.30 CamouflnRe 12 . VI Midday Report 1:00 Dr. Malone 1:30 TV Dinun 2 00 Day in Court 2:3(1 Seven Krya 3:00 Quern lor a Dav 3:30 Who Do You Trust 4:00 Amerimn DaiKMund 4 50 Bandstand Newa 5:00 Captain Comet 5 30 Supir Car 6:00 NewRbcat Norlhstate 615 Huntley-nrlnkiey 6:30 Di'tecttves :30 Oite and Harriet S 00 Donna Rtrd 8 30 The Ural McCovi 9:00 My 3 Sons 8 30 Law V Mr. Jonea 10. oo Untotit-nablea 11:00 New Final 1 1 : 10 Sporlsrast 11:15 Tonight Show Friday 9:15 Debbie Draka 9 30 durational 10;(!0 1'riee U HiRht 10:30 Conrentration It. 00 Trnneaare Ernie Tord 11:30 Yours For a Song 12 00 Jane Wvman 12:30 Cainouflaice 12-55 Mlddnv Report 1 00 Dr. Malone 1 30 TV Bingo 2.00 Day in Court 2:30 Seven Keys 3:0o Queen lor a Dnv ,3:30 Who Do You Trust 4:00 American Bandstand 4:50 Bandstand Newa fl OO C plain Comet 5:30 Cartoon Time KIEM-TV (Channel 3) IVertneadav hflo Niwa & Weather 6:10 Flreweather 6:15 Walter Cronkite Newa 6:30 Lifeline 6:45 Nrwi 7 CO Frontier Circus 7:30 -Frontier Cirrus B no Window on Mam St. 8 30 Checkmate 9:30 Dick Van Dyke 10 00 Steel Hour 11 .00 Newa and Weather Tnundav 2 30 To Tell the Truth 2 .V New 3 00 Secret Storm 3-30 Frige of Night 4 oo Searrh for Tomorrow 4 15 Guiding Light 4 30 Love o( Lite 3 00 Commander Astronaut ,1 Ium H"fftv 6 0o News At Weather a l.i Waller Cronkltt Newi 6 30 Lifeline a 4v-Newa 7H Km of Diamond! 7 no Celehntv Golt 8 OO Video 3 10 ou Smg Along With Mitch 11 00 .Brenner 11 30 News At Weather t ridnv 2 30-To Tell the Truth 2 V-New 3 oo Secret Storm 3 Mi Frice ol Night 4 oil Search for Tomorrow 4 15 Guiding l.lfht 4 .to Love of Lite 3 00 M'ntv s Nurserv Show 5 1 Corrmander Astronaut 3 30 Huckleberrv Hound 00 News. & Weather f aV T I -4 l I - -- - j . JJff yp ' fti twin K VALUABLE DOG Lady-Bug, a Great Dane who lived all of seven years in a city apartment before coming to the Wonder area with Mr. and Mrs. Connie Sellers, has proven to be quite valuable in the country. In the above Lady-Bug poses with Shannon Sellers, 15-year-old son of the family. City-Raised Dog Proving Valuable Help On Ranch By GENEVIEVE BRIGGS Mail Tribune Correspondent Wonder - On July 27 of this year a dog named Lady-Bug saved the Bella Maria ranch near here from burning down. The dog' apparently spotted flames coming from the ranch pumphouse at 2:30 in the morning and aroused Mr. and Mrs. Connie Sellers, the occu pants, with her barking. The day before, Lady-Bug alerted the Sellers family to a rattlesnake in the yard. On another occasion the dog saved the life of a baby chick that had fallen into a horse trough. Lived In Apartment The interesting aspect of this story is that Lady-Bug is not a country-raised dog. She spent the first seven years of her life in an apartment in the city of Monterey, Calif., where there were no rattlesnakes, baby chicks or otherwise. Odd, isn't it, that Lady-Bug was able to identify a rattle snake and to know enough to call her master by barking to attract attention? Also, how did she know that a baby chick would drown In a trough? Lynn W. Watklns in his ar ticles "Small Worlds Around Us" aptly points out some of the erroneous ideas people have about the behavior of animals. Duke University has had a pilot program on extra - sen sory perception in humans and dogs for some time, re vealing tht many of the abili ties in dogs that we glibly as sign to instinct are actually evidences of an ability to reason. Lady-Bug is a Great Dane. She weighs 140 pounds, but is kind and gentle to all small things. She's vicious only to those who invade the ranch uninvited. At present she is reported trying to mother a litter of kittens and is quite distressed when they do things she thinks they shouldn't. Regional News Correipondtnts and Thcli Applegat: Myrtla Krouie, Provolt 2468 Applasata Valley: Maude Ziesler. 899-1333 Aihland: faith McCuUoufh. 482-0714 Butta rails: Mary Jo Harrla. 665-2128 Central Point; Onlu Slmmoni. 664-3094 Mary Alice Bruana. 684-3191 Derby: lna Hayes. 446-3957 Eagle Point: Dottie Harbison, 446-3274 Evans Valley-Wlmer: Roberta Sletten, JU 2-3373 Cold Hill: Mary Kell. 855-1126 Cranta Pass: Prlscilla AverUI. GR (-2522 Happy Camp: Hazel Davis, GY 3-2387 Hornbrook: Kathenne Chapman, GR 5-3588 Illinois Valley. Katherlne Scott. Cave Junction S203 Jacksonville: Bette Hoskins. 899-1201) Telephont Numberst Lone Pine: Dot Simmons. 773-B670 Monlaiue:: Dorothy Stewart, VI 3-2291 O'Brien: Letha Cooke, O'Brien 2231 Phoenix: Bertha Hanscom. 535-1468 Prospect: Velda Barr. 869-2212 Rogue River: Lauraine Laws. JTJ 3-3451 Shady Cove: Evalyn Watson. 878-2391 Table Rock: R E Nealon. 826-2097 Talent. Mra. William Osborn Jr.. 535-1653 Tiller-Drew. Viola Rogers (no phone) Trail: A. Louis Day 678-3377 Wilderville: Genevieve Briggs. GR 6-6913 Williams: Shirley Fl.:cher. Provolt 2709 Yreka: Doria Robinson, VI 2-3897 and Dorothy Stewart. VI 2-2298 Meeting Planned Today On Eagle Point Budget After Revisions Found Necessary By DOTTIE HARBISON Mail Tribuna Correspondent Eagle Point A special meeting between! Eagle Point City Adminstrator Oran Chas tain, members of the city budget committee and Jack son County Assessor Thad Hatton has been set up for today to revise the Eagle Point City budget for the 1962-63 fiscal year. The budget which had al ready been approved had a discrepancy of some 20 mills due to several errors, it was found Tuesday morning when the city administrator, city recorder and the county asses sor checked it over. New Hearing The new budget , will then have to be approved and post ed and a public hearing again called prior to its official adoption. There Is no increase in the millage due to bonding for the sewer included in the budget. Members of the council met to discuss the budget follow ing Tuesday nights' council meeting. In other action taken by the council the Eagle Point sewage lagoon system was put into operation officially as of September 10 by a motion unanimously passed by the councllmen present. All residents will be given a year from this date in which to hook onto the sewer line and have their septic tanks inspected for necessary pump ing and filling according to the city ordinances. At the present time 75 con nections have already been made with approximately 175 more to be connected. Cer tificates of completion were signed by the council mem bers which also starts the one year period in which neces sary repair work to the sys tem must be made for the city. Mayor Won't Hun Again A letter from Mayor Ernest Gregg stating that he does not intend to be a candidate for either mayor or city council man in the forthcoming elec tion was received and read at the council meeting Tuesday night. Gregg gave two reasons for his decision. First of all he felt that his present job would prohibit sparing the time nec essary to fulfill the obliga tions required by the city government. Secondly he felt there were many qualified citizens who could bring a fresh view point to the city's management. "It has been my extreme pleasure to serve with the present council and I believe that Eagle Point is fortunate to have had the services of the present alert and public minded council members and planning commission. I have also enjoyed working with the city employees, who I believe to be of a considerably high er caliber than is ordinarily found in a city of comparable size," Gregg told the council in his letter. The council terms of Bill Hunting, Donald McGovern and Leland Meyer will all be expiring this year with Meyer the only councilman planning to tun again. Petitions may be picked up at the city ball to be circulat ed for the required number of signatures of legal voters supporting any candidate who wishes to run for either mayor or councilman. These petitions must be filed with the record er by October 20. Election will be held on November 22, The first reading of an or dinance establishing the Eagle Point City Planning commis sion and its official duties was read by the city attorney. Speed, Changing Lanes Said Major Accident Causes Phoenix "One big reason for traffic accidents," says Phoenix Municipal Judge Ed die Helm, "i conflict in move ment. And the driver who speeds, either in town or on the highway, creates conflict by constantly passing others and changing lanes." Judge Heim said that while speed may not be a primary cause of all accidents, it does play an important contribut ing role since the faster the speed, the less time a driver has to react in an emergency. In advising Phoenix area drivers to keep a check on their speed, Judge Heim pointed out that the chance of surviving a crash goes down as speed goes up. ' "What many people seem to forget," he said, "is that energy increases as the square of speed. This means that im pact at 70 miles per hour is not twice what it is at 35. It's four times as much." "Each individual driver controls the speed problem in Phoenix," Judge Heim said. "When people realize that fast driving gains little and risks much, streets and highways will be much SAFER," he concluded. V7ffTYjl service and Iis1 tt 1 P'i' work! ili'Jv'ivil "" 1J sTUfrsty 772.6208 or driva in for free 100 Financing WHITNEY OLDS 415 S. Riverside Mrs. Ben Dawson Honored at Picnic Applegate Valley - A group of Ashland people arranged a picnic at Squnw Lake recent ly honoring the birthday of Mrs. Ben Dawson of Ashland. Those attending from Ash land were Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Decker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Art Sanders and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dits worth. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richardson. Elbert Akcrs. and Mr. Dawson. Others attending were Mrs. Guy Bishop and children of Aberdeen, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs John Harr and family of Rogue River; Mrs. Gerald Buck of this community and her guests, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dieu, Mr. and Mrs. Erwinjoe Dieu. and Miss Kryn Sue of Modesto; and Mrs. Bert Harr of this community. Mrs. Bishop. Mrs. Decker, and Mrs Sanders arc daugh ters of Mrs. Dawson. Breakfast Slated For Candidate Yreka - The public Is In vited to a continental break, fast on Saturday to honor Dr. Max Rafterty, one of the can didates for the non partisan of fice of California Slate Super Intrndent of Public Instruc tion. The place will be the Ows ley residence in Gazelle, the time from 9 to 11 a m. MR. ADVERTISER: HERE'S A PRESCRIPTION for more sales. Take something that is wanted or needed, mix in a generous bit of good service and attractive packaging, and stir up interest with a price that means good value. Then add ...the vital ingredient. Tell everybody what you're selling, why it's good value, and where they can buy it. Then put it all together in an advertising message and place it in the daily newspaper. The newspaper takes your sales story into nearly 9 out of 10 homes every day If your sales are in a slump, if you're suffering from the nagging dis comfort of "tired inventory," a good dose of vital look-alive newspaper adver tising may be just what the doctor ordered. 'Source: Audits and Surveys Co. Study for Bureau of Advertising, AXPA EVERY DAY... ALMOST ALL YOUR CUSTOMERS READ A DAILY NEWSPAPER
