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SUNDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1962
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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.
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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.
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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.
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INTO THE RIVER Willie Dodd, left, and
Gerald Erlinger launch their boat, which
they built in Shady Cove, In the St. Joe
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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-
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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
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Kyle has been a trustee
of St. Luke's Methodist
church of Medford, a member
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past president of Medford
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Order of the Eastern Star,
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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
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