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Shady KVr13" V MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1962 Cove Men Take Morthern Idaho Trip B 3 TV r i it- VL -Ik . WORKING SLUICE BOX Willie Dodd and Gerald Erlinger work their sluice box during several days the- group spent searching lor gold in the St. Joe river area of northern Idaho. SYLVAN I A TV -RADIOS -STEREO -COLOR TV Best Deals in Town NO MONEY DOWN-$10 per month buys most sets. On approved credit. Every Part in Any SYLVANIA TV Guaranteed 1 FULL YEAR Several used TV's-Yes! We trade any thing Yesl We service what we sell Yesl Only SYLVANIA has Halo light. If you value your eyes see what Halo light is before you buy your next set. Special factory authorized deal on Syl vania 3-way combo, this month only. See this at DAVENPORT Sewing Machine & App. Shop 405 N. Central Shady Cove - Four mer chant seamen in search of an unusual vacation trip idea spent close to a month in a rugged, unpopulated section of northern Idaho this sum mer, traveling on the St. Joe river in a boat they built in Shady Cove. Two of the men, Willie Dodd and Gerald Erlinger, are from Shady Cove. Also along on the trip were Clifford Bcl mony of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Fred Miller and his wife, Peggy, from Castle Rock, Wash. The idea for the trip was born in a bar in Yokahama, Japan, Dodd explained. Er linger and Bclmony, who were employed together on the SS Ames Victory for a year, worked out plans for the trip and construction of the boat. Becomes Interested Dodd became interested upon hearing Bclmony tell of the possibility of finding gold in northern Idaho and of how good the fishing was in that area. Miller agreed to go along if he were allowed to bring his wife, it was reported. The four parties shared the expense of the trip. A 12 by 4 fool plywood boat with double bottom and water tight hatches was constructed at Shady Cove. Then the group departed for the St. Joe National forest in the northern part of Idaho, southeast of Coeur d'Alcne The last stop made before entering the national forest was at St. Maries, Idaho, to purchase last-minute supplies. Then the group drove 90 miles of dusty road to the Red Ives Ranger station. Encounter Snow Drifts They stopped to talk with the rangers and were told that it might be difficult to get where they wanted to go be cause of five-foot snow drifts. "But after coming this far, we were not going to be stopped by a little snow," Dodd remarked. The group proceeded and reached the snow drifts they had been warned of. Using the two shovels they had, plus some gold pans, they managed to shovel their way through a mountain pass and reach the St. Joe river, with their trucks carrying the boat built in Shady Cove. The following morning, the boat was launched in the river and the food, gold panning and other equipment were loaded on board. The trucks were left behind, to be picked up by part of the group at the end of the trip. The first effort at locating some gold was made about two miles downstream. A sluice box was set up, dia phragm pump started and hose connected with an alum inum probe. Soon gravel be gan moving through into the sluice box. "This seemed a likely spot as there were small specks found in the pans," Dodd said. But after several days of work, "it was decided we ar rived a little late, about a hundred years too late," he added. The group moved on down river. The water was very swift in places, Dodd ex plained, and so nylon ropes were attached to the boat and one man walked along the river bank on each side to help keep the boat from get ting out of control. Boat Almost Lost The boat was almost lost several times, but in each in stance, one of the men man aged to hold onto one of the ropes and allow himself to be dragged along until another could come running to his aid. "This 1 don't recommend for anyone in country 5.000 or more feet above sea level," Dodd commented. The rest of the trip went bv quickly. The group enjoyed fishing, looking ai me iuau, green scenery and going on hikes off the river. They didn't strike it rich as tar as gold was concerned, the men agreed, but they did take away many rich mem ories. Mrs. Miller, the lone wom an on the excursion, proved herself a match for any of the men, Dodd added, always keeping up along the trails, never complaining about mos quitoes and helping to shovel snow in the mountain passes. 26 Influenza Cases Reported in County Influenza with 26 cases re ported in Jackson county led the list of communicable dis eases reported to the Jackson county health department last week'ending Oct. 20, accord ing to Dr. A. E. Merkcl, health officer. . The cases were reported in Mcdford, 1R. and Asniana, o. Medford also reported one case each of measles, chicken pox, and ringworm of the scalp, seven cases of whooping cough and three cases of Ger man measles. One case of mumps was re ported in Ashland, one case of impetigo in Central Point and one case each of pneu monia in Eagle Point and Cur ry county. f & - A lK kt -(" 3 . LOOKING FOR GOLD Scenes like this were comman for several days during trip by four merchant seamen vactioning in northern Idaho. They spent several days panning for gold without much success. - if .T , v A t: . 2V "',,' , -1IMMIlMIMMilllSh!faw INTO THE RIVER Willie Dodd, left, and Gerald Erlinger launch their boat, which they built in Shady Cove, In the St. Joe get the musical magic of mijm . m th magnificent True Stereo High Fidelity i river in northern Idaho in preparation for a trip down the river in search of gold. Loan Association Officers Honored At State Meeting Two officials of the First Federal Savings and Loan As sociation of Medford were honored recently. Robert F. Kyle, executive vice president and manager, was elected second vice presi dent of the Oregon Savings and Loan league at its annual convention in Portland recently- Mrs. Mary Jane Myers, treasurer, was honored for 25 years .service to the inslitu-' tion and to the savings and loan industry by the league. She was presented a plaque by Ray Elliott, Pendleton, in coming league president, at a banquet. Kyle became executive vice president and manager of First Federal four years ago. Director of League He was director of the Ore gon Savings and Loan league, member of the advertising and public relations comnnl- Br CLAY R. POI.LN LIBRA EPT. 2 J OCT. 13 1$. 6-18 J7-32i 6372 86 90 SCORPIO OCT. 24 JOV. 22 V) 4- 7- 8 OZA 153-5471 vs- SAGITTARIUS NOV. 2J . 21-2535-51 b6 58 68 tee of the U. S. Savings and Loan league, and an associate member and trustee of the Southern Oregon Chapter, So ciety of Residential Apprais ers. He is a graduate of Ore gon State unvcrsity. Kyle has been a trustee of St. Luke's Methodist church of Medford, a member of the Crater Lions club and past president of Medford Toastmastcrs club. He is also affiliated with the 30 Staters club and a member of the Medford Chamber of Com merce. Mrs. Myers is a member of the Society of Savings and Loan Controllers, the Wom en's Association of Savings and Loan Institutions, and is a member of Nevita chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Central Point. UN Charter To Be On Display Washington - (UM - The United States has taken the original United Nations char ter out of hiding in the Blue Ridge Mountains to be put on display in New York next week. The charter was placed in a top secret depository to pro tect it from invasion or nu clear attack, contrary to an article of the document itself, which said it was to be turned over to the U.S. National Archives. - iii ii1iiMilliiiiii1iMMIMMiliMMIiliitl.Mirn -- -I id qsp u La vs. u a u m u t-a a u tost i i i ni ttl . --.- i . II 1 "i n-rr av rxu I v 1 I tvSfW-:'-.i'ihr)i''i;A. v.T,SSS5k. 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