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4 I Prospect Residents Favor Formation Of Fire District By VELDA BARR Mail Tribune Correspondent Prospect - Around 35 per sons turned out here last Fri day to discuss possible forma tion of a Prospect Rural Fire protection district. No definite steps toward formation were announced at the meeting, but the general feeling of the group was that something needed to be done to supply the area with prop er fire protection. Present to answer questions were Chief Gordon Barker of the Mcdford Fire depart ment, Chief L. C. Liscnbee of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district and Wil liam Roblc of the state fire marshal's office. Many present expressed the feeling that in the past the community of Prospect has succeeded In accomplishing projects its resident have set out to do, and that formation of a fire district should be no exception. 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We suppose it could have been weather conditions, or the new heaters some are using. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Robinson were recent visitors with their son, Doug and family of Napa, Calif. Straus Bros., Sams Valley farmers, are preparing land on the Ed Taylor farm for the seeding of grain and corn. Agete School Ball Found We are glad to report that the old Agate school bell has been located. Wc received a telephone call Friday from Mr. Fred O. Lindcrcn of Brookings. Oregon. He said he had read in the Tablets where the old Agate school bell was missing. The bell, he says, is mounted on a cement block in Mrs. Grace Orr's yard on Orr drive, a mile more or less from where it used hang in the old Agate school house. Mrs. Orr, formerly Grace Gib bons, was a student in the Agate school. Mr. Linderen is well acquainted in the valley having lived in Mcd ford back in the good government days. We thank him kindly for his keen interest and long distance tele phone call. We note that our legislators have passed a bill pul ling a sales tax on cigarettes which probably will be referred to the voters for the final verdict. It will take a lot of smoking to get enough money to anywhere near pay the damages caused by cigarettes to forests, grain fields, public buildings, homes, furniture, cars and hundreds of others besides the harm to the smokers and the cost of maintaining fire districts. Wc used to write grange insurance, and during World War II we adjusted fire losses and were satisfied in our own mind that where the cause of the fire was unknown many were cigarette fires. A letter from Paul Luy, of Palm Springs, Calif, tells that he found our story about Bill Bybee most interesting, bringing back memories of bygone days, but he had never heard our story about Bill Bybee. Glad you liked it Paul, and perhaps sometimes we can get to gether and talk over old times. Paul's mother was a member of the Bybee family. , Harry Truman's Humor Some lime ago wc were talking with a neighbor about Harry Truman's sense of humor, when he said he was going to be around here for some time yel, re gardless of what some people he knew desired. The neighbor replied that Truman's sense of humor might backfire on him one of these days, which was what mine did on one occasion, causing me quite a little em barrassment. The rest of the story will have to come later as this is getting too long and part of last week's Tablets was commercialized out. If the weather continues as it is for a few days, the planting of onions and potatoes will get under way. Wc hear tell our legislators did themselves proud, put a tax on cigarettes and took it off whiskey license, which means less smoke, more whiskey. According to Mrs. George Loftin, her husband, our Texas democratic friend, is getting along fine. He goes out on the hillside with the tractor hunting rattlesnakes, which he says he detests, and is trying to clean out a den north of his place. Thought for the day: Only a fool tries lo reason with a fool. Rogue River Board Picks Rogue River A new di rector has been named to the board of directors of the Rogue River Rural Fire de nartmcnt. He is Marvin Lc- master of Foots Creek, ap pointed to fill Ihe vacancy created by the resignation of Clcphen Voss. At the same recent meeting of the (ire department, Woody Franl. was elected .secretary- treasurer. Fire Chief Doug Buckle re minded residents that the burning season started April 1 and that permits are now required for outdoor burn ing. In the Rogue River rural urea, these permits may be obtained from the state (ire patrol. The rural fire depart ment does not issue burning permits, he noted. Chief Buckle remarked Concert at Evans Valley Set Tonight The RogUQ River and Evans ' Valley Elementary school ! bands and choruses will com bine to present a series of two spring concerts, one concert j lo be given at each school. The first concert will be presented this evening at 8 p.m. in the Kvans Valley Kle menUry gym. The fifth and llxttl grade chorus, under the direction of Bill Omium", will also be featured. The second concert will be given on April 12 at 8 p in. in ) the ROSJU6 Rivet High school gym The beginning band will also pal licipatc under the ili- roctton ol Ken Brew. The second concert will he a duplicate of the first and I will include Instrumental numbers luoh as 'The Swan Lake Mallei." by Tvhaikuwsy. i and "Manhattan Heaeh" by Sousa 'ihe vocal selections! will be taken from various types of vocal literature Regional Calendar Kaglc Point Saturday. 10 a m , nil Boy Scout Troop 48 who arc participating in tin- Hoy Scout Circus are lo mail at the Community build ing. Illinois Valley Sunday, 10 em., volunteer firemen will hold ham shoot at Cecil Slack home, highway 109 one mile norlh of Kerby. Auxiliary w ill serve lunch Proceeds i will so into firemen's general fund. Rogue River Saturday, j cleanup day. Residents urged to put tra.sh out early in day to he picked up Co p m Id Mill Hold Tuesday, 13 SO Hill Health Uftll meeting and luncheon at Rural Fire Director that a dry summer season may result from the light snow cover in the mountains this year. He urged that resi dents take extra caution in doinj; any burning. The chief expressed grati tude to area residents for holding the fire loss so far this year to a record low. The department went out, on three runs during March, but in each c;tsc the fire was controlled burning, with no 1 loss involved. Incorporation of Mineral Industries Firm Is Approved Cave Junction - Articles of incorporation fur Mineral In dustries Development, Inc., a corporation formed to devel op the mineral resources of southern Oregon and northern California, have been approv ed by the Oregon Corpora tions department. A public meeting has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the American Legion hall in Cave Junction, at which time it is expected that shares in the corporation will be available for sale. Directors of the corporation arc Howard J, Black, presi dent; Edward Hare, vice pres ident; Elwood Hussey, treas urer; Orin K. Byers. secre tary; Queedie L. Shaw. Har vey F. Jensen and Frank H StiilU. The corporation hopes to obtain a loan through the fed eral Are.) Redevelopment ad ministration to set up a plant to process ores mined from the surrounding area. Corporation leaders envi sion a plant employing 50 to 60 men. plus 300 in the mines and still more on transporta tion crews. North's Chuck Wagon in Med ford Gold Hill - Tuesday, after school. Girl Scout troop BB meeting, seoul room old rity hall building Gold Hill Tuesday, 7 p.m., Boy Scout troop 4:1 meeting at Seoul hall in tOOF build ing. Gold Hill Tuesday. 8 30 p.m. Veterans of Foreign Wars ix'M 7 4 1 H meeting at VrW hall. Old Stage rd. Gold Hill Wednesday, 12 30 p.m. coffee hour. 1 p.m litlltnaH meeting. Woman's Society of Gold Hill Commu nity Methodist church at the church on Fourth ave MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Chastain Named LP. Judge; Moore To Be Police Chief By DOTTIE HARBISON Mail Tribune Correspondent Eagle Point - Eagle Point City Administrator O r a n Chastain was elected to fill the post of municipal judge, j and Assistant Chief of Police Robert Moore promoted to chief at the council meeting Tuesday evening. This action was taken fol- lowing the written rcsigna- lion of Judge W. c. Rice, who stated he had moved from the community to accept work elsewhere. The council asked that a letter of thanks for the excellent service rendered to the city be written to Rice. Mayor Shy Callaghan pro posed the change in the city employment, noting that Chas tain had had previous munic ipal judge experience in Cen tral Point. Chastain was instructed to get all of the information necessary in relation to the insurance needed to cover ad equately a caretaker who may live on the city property be hind the community building. Action for allowing this was Phoenix Council Okays Purchase Of Fire Truck By BERTHA HANSCOM Mail Tribune Correspondent Phoenix-The Phoenix City Council this week took action to purchase a new fire truck for the city's volunteer fire department. The truck will be purchased from Western States Fire Apparatus com pany. Action also was taken to in- itiate annexation proceedings j to Dring the Wcuiurg prop erty south of Phoenix into the city. A public hearing on the annexation was set for May 6. Four building permits were approved. A resolution calling for a change of the name of A st. was passed without objection. The new name will be South Rose si. Mrs. Horace Thompson of Ihe Jackson County library system was a visitor at the council meeting. She gave a report on the county libraries. war 773-3813 and Make Your Appointment! Bring your children . . . BABY SITTERS will be at your disposal at the Blood mobile to take good care of them while you give your blood. MEOFORD'S QUOTA for the two days is 300 pints. We Will Pick Up Hood Donors Within A Ten Mile Ridiui of Medford postponed until this informa tion has been received by the council. Mrs. John Hall, secretary of the Community Building Gov erning board, explained the duties of the two administra tive boards for the running of the building. Councilman Don Kimmel recommended that the city stay out of the admin istrative running of the build- j ing, including the financial up- keep, and let it be the com munity's building. In other action passed by the council Tuesday evening it was voted to have lights in stalled at the corner of East Main near the agriculture building of the high school; Ninth and C sts.; Fifth and G sts.; Eleventh and C sts; Sec ond and A sts.; Eighth and E sts.; and at the corner of the community building. Following a demonstration of an address-o-graph machine by the city administrator, the council voted to purchase one for the office. This will reduce the time to put out water bills by about seven hours a month and allow more time for oth er office record keeping, Chas tain pointed out. A request seeking emer gency city water was tabled until both the city policy and the possibility of securing wa ter for this could be looked into. This request was made by a resident living outside Physical Exams To Be Offered In Gold Hill On April 18 Gold Hill - Physical exam inations for children who will enter first grade next fall at Patrick Elementary school in Gold Hill will be given by Jackson County Health de- partment on Thursday, April 18, from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Patrick school. Each child entering school is required to present evi dence of having had a physi cal examination. Immuniza tions should be brought up to date at this time. Both immunizations and ex aminations may be given by the family physician or at the prc-school clinic. Youngsters are examined at the prc-school clinic free of charge by Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. Phone aV M ai the city limits of Eagle Point whose drinking water is pol luted. The council asked that the costs be presented next meet ing for water meters that could be placed on the water 1 ma,ns leading out of the city limit whprp residents are using water A 21 foot strip in front ot the shops and laundry located at the corner of Main and C streets was designated as a loading zone and will be painted and posted soon. Request for a private citi zen to use the city dump truck to fill his back yard that was washed away during the flood was denied by the council as the insurance would not cover the equipment. Dave Hannaford told the city he had not taken his two week vaction of last year and would like a three week va cation this year to take his wife and family back to North Dakota to see her family. Per mission was granted. A recommendation was signed and approved granting the Board of Directors of the Eagle Point Irrigation dis trict permission to include lands in the city limits now housing district shops, offices and yards within the irriga tion district. An emergency ordinance providing for issuance of im provement bonds providing for and approving the form of the bonds to be issued and the provision for the advertise ment for the sale of the bonds was passed by the council. This is more familiar to resi dents of Eagle Point as Ban crofting and affects only the people who have not paid their front footage charges for the sewage lagoon system and signed up for this install ment plan in paying them. MJB COFFEE lO-oi. Instent $1.29 ELLIS MARKET 120 Crater Lik. Ave. The Red Cross- BLOODMOBILE Will Be at the Medford Red Cross Building - 60 Hawthorne April 8th and 9th MONDAY-2 p.m. to 6 p.m. TUESDAY-10a.m.to2p.m. In Shady Cove, Wednesday, April 10 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.-V.F.W Hall Help Jackson County meet its blood quota. The blood you donete will be used to meet the needs in Jackson County's four hospitals. Please-Do YOUR Share MEDFORDIlyTRIBUNE Regional News Central Point Approves Contract With County Central Point - During the city council meeting nere .TL ! tween the Jackson county sheriff's office and the city ol Central Point. The contract provides that Central Point city jail prison ers being held for more than ' Zi Lrurs will be transferred to the Jackson county jail. A letter from Charles A. Meyer, district 6C school su perintendent, was read re questing a study of the traffic situation at the junction of Second St., Third St., Hazel st. and Upton rd. Councilmen Dale Bartley and Bill Sax bury: Chief of Police Ed Zan der and Street Superintendent Vernon Capps were appointed to study the problem. The council accepted the planning commission's recom mendation changing the Mose PRESCRIPTIONS! DIAL 772-2330 j V, . 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