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2 g - SUNDAY. MAY 8, 1993 V MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON '
Versatility of Man's Hands Exemplified by Ashland Resident
Br EVA HAMILTON
Mail Tribune 8UfI Wrltar
The versatility of i man's
hand, aa described in the old
nursery school aong, "What
a Wonderful Machine la the
Human Hand," is exemplified
bv an Ashlander, who will
celebrate hia 91st birthday
ne:;t July.
Ed Turner, retired south
ern Oregon farmer, doesn't
nose as any masculine Grand
ma Moses, but at the age of
84 he did start an artistic
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endeavor, which developed
into a profitable hobby.
In th: pattern of his ances
tors, his descendants, and the
contemporaries In his family,
he put his hands to the task
of creating. There was a rea
son for the particular creation
he chose - a cane. He was tern
pnrerlly incapacitated and
needed a cane. So he made
one. And the one he made was
not an ordinary cane. It was
so admired he decided to
make more canes. He made
them for friends and relatives,
Then he made them to sell
supplying markets from Ash
land to Pasadena, Calii., his
boyhood home.
Had Made 200 Canes
Before the project was can
celled by his recent confine
ment to a wheelchair he had
made 200 canes, all by hand-
Turner made most of the
canes of myrtle wood with
burl handles. His choice prod
ucts, however, were carved
frc.-n fiddle back maple, which
is something very special. It
results from a condition that
occurs in the maple. The beau-
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under the hand polishing he
gave it, made the long search
for this particular wood
worthwhile.
Turner said he could make
a cane a day when he wasn't
interrupted by hunting and
fishing, hia favorite sports.
Tools Were Simple
The tools he used were sim
ple, a coping saw, a rasp, a
wood file and sandpaper.
At the start, he made the
dowel pins, with which he at
tached the handles of the
canes. These were made from
hickory ax handles because
hickory is strong and tough.
Then, r.i sales increased, hs
modernized and bought ready
made birch dowel pins.
The canes sold for a good
price and the making of them
was a welcome challenge to
a man of varied skills. But
simple as the manufacture
was, Turner commented this
week, he couldn't carry it
on from the wheelchair.
Sitting erect, his skin the
tawnv shade of the outdoor
man's (tawnier beneeth his
snow white hair), Turner com
plained that life in a wheel
chair is limited.
Anchored is Chair
I'm anchored right here,"
he explained. "I can't go any
place in this."
mat i not easy tor a man
who remembers vividly steer
ing a high wheeled bike in
the first Pasadena Rose pa
rade; gullding horses over
Oregon mountain passes;
boat through rough and icy
waters while playing a fish
on the line; and shooting his
buck in the snowy Steen
mountains at age 87.
As soon "as the weather
settles" his wife is going to
take him for a drive over the
freeway which he is anxious
to see.
Where now stands the fa
mous Rose Bowl, Turner and
his playmates hunted rabbits
and quail and collected bird
eggs, he recalls. Later, with
other Beau Brummels of
Pasadena's Gay Nineties, he
serenaded pretty ahirtwaiated
girls in hammocks. Mandolin
and guitar clubs were then
the rage. Turner still has his
guitar.
Moves to Pasadena
He cama to Pasadena as a
child with his parents in
1875. His father was one of
Pasadena's first councilmen,
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ED TURNER
Hands A Wonderful Machine
and while he feels closely al
lied with southern California
history he has also watched
Oregon grow for quite a few
years. In 1908, he toured
southern 0"gon in a covered
wagon with his wife and three
little daughter!,. They climax
ed the trip by purchasing a
ranch at Fort Klamath.
The trip is subject of some
of his most told stories. He
purchased the wagon and a
team of horses in Roseburg,
to which city the family had
moved by train from California.
The first day out, the
Turners' home on wheels
turned over on the South
Fork of the Umpqua en route
to Trail. There was no road
through the area at that time.
'Didn t break a thing. I
just put the wagon back on
its wheels and continued up'
Rogue river - first to the
Tucker place, now the Pear
son ranch; then to Mill Creek
ranch, Union Creek, Annie
Springs and Crater Lake,"
Turner outlined the trip
Three Days at Lake
The family spent three days
at Crater Lake and saw only
two other persons there. They
caught some fish which were
poor. That was many years
before fresh shrimp were
placed in the lake as food for
fish, Turner explained
Reviewing the fishing trip
to Crater Lake reminded
Turner of another one of his
avocations, one shared by his
present wife. It is "harvest
ing" and selling worms for
bait. They have gathered as
many as 70 dozen a night
from their lawn, he said.
The Turners continued from
Crater lake to Fort Klamath
where a reclamation project
was going in, and where the
hunting and fishing opportu
nities fascinated Turner. He
purchased a ranch on a tip
from Rube White, the livery
stable owner.
planning to sell the camping
(-outfit and take the train to
Pasadena. They "didn't get
a nibble," Turner said. So,
he decided to drive the horses
with the wagon down to Pasa
dena: It took 30 days and in
the whole trip the Turners
met just one automobile, that
one in Bakrfleld, Calif.
Returns to Oregon
The next spring Turner re
turned to Oregon to stay. The
family made the trip by stage
from northern California to
Keno.
At Keno the boat was
boarded for Klamath Tails
where the family waited nine
days for a wagon in which to
continue to the ranch.
Later the education of his
daughters revived Turner's
early link with California, tie
sent them to Pasadena to
high school and cn to Stan
ford university. The Ashland
home of the Turners contains
many proofs of the versatility
of family hands.
On the walls are paintings
by Charles Lewis Turner, Ed's
brother, whose works were
exhibited in east and west
Two which won prizes at the
Chicago Institute of Art are
in the Ashland collection. Also
framed and hanging is a
drawing of the old library in
Pasadena, this one done by
Ed, himself, and treasured by
his family.
Large Painting
One of the largest paint-
in as in his living room is a
nortrait of Mother Turner,
the strong influence in his
life, for his father, Edson
Turner, who survived three
years of the bloodiest fighting
in the Civil War, was killed
in California in a runaway
when Ed was in grammar
school.
Was his father, also, an
artist or musician?
"He couldn't have been,"
Turner replied. "Several of
his fingers were shot off in
the battle of Peach Tree
Creek in Georgia."
That was the battle in
which the elder Turner found
the field glasses given to the
Pasadena museum. On exhibit
in the same museum are an
old Wellington muzzle loader,
the Turner family spinning
wheel and an 1812 counter-
After the purchase, the
Turners drove to Ashland, 1 pane, woven of wool spun by
Former Wisconsin Residents
Plan to Greet Sen. Nelson
U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of
Wisconsin, guest apeaker for
the 13th annual Roosevelt Me
morial dinner, will be greeted
v large turnout of former
Wisconsin residents when he
arrives at Hedrick Junior
High school Saturday evening,
according to Td Philips, gen
eral chairman.
Attorney Philips reported a
good sale of tickets to former
Wisconslnites. A special Wis
consin table Is being arranged
and decorated near the head
table to accommodate these
dinner guests, Philips said.
Mrs. Ralph Poston and Ray
Lambery .re co-chairman of
the ticket committee.
Have Stale Motif
The decorations committee,
headed by Mrs. Jean A. Mills,
who has researched and car
ried out the state motifs for
past Roosevelt Memorial din
ners, is being assisted this year
by Mrs. Jerry Chrlstcan. The
decorations will illustrate the
highlights of Wisconsin's po
litical history, industry and
scenery.
The primary decorations
will be on the Roosevelt Me
morial theme with Wisconsin
providing the secondary mo
tif. Philips said. Five areas of
interest in the life of Presi
dent Roosevelt will be stress
ed at separate tables. These
will center about the White
House, Roosevelt's Hyde Park
home, the Little White House
at Warm Springs, Ga., Roose
velt's Navy career, his home
life and his famous pet, Fala.
Reports from persons to
whom special invitations have
been extended reveal that
Fourth District Congressman
Robert B. Duncan tentatively
plans to be in Medford to in
troduce Senator Nelson. State
Representative James A. Red
den will be hereto act as mas
ter of ceremonies. Mrs. Red
den also will attend the din
ner. Othera Are Expected
Others expected are Oregon
Attorney General and Mrs.
Robert Y. Thornton, Salem;
C. Girard Davidson, Demo
cratic national committeeman,
and Mrs. Davidson, Portland;
and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Adel
helm of Portland. Mrs. Adel
shcim is Democratic state 'ice
chairman.
Delegations from Coos Bay,
Douglas county, Klamath,
Lane and Josephine counties
also have written for reser
vations, according to Philips.
The dinner, which will be
served buffet style, will begin
at 6:30 p.m., according to Mrs.
Frank Christian, co-chairman.
A special provision is being
made for elderly people, un
able to stand in line. They
will be encouraged to take
their places at tables while
relatives, assisted by a volun
teer group helping with the
serving, may bring served
plates to the tables Mrs.
Christian said.
Tickets are available at th
Labor Temple, from Jean A.
Mills, North Central garage,
315 N. Central ave., Medford;
from Tex Phillips, Courtesy
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Goldy building; and Attorney
Gerald Scarmell, old First Na
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not been contacted by the
Roosevelt Memorial Dinner
committee.
For ticket delivery persons
are asked to call Mrs. Poston,
773-4760 or Mrs. Edward Mc
Ginty, 772-4749, Philips said.
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North Riverside ave., for the
past five years have sold the
business to Mr. and Mrs. Dan
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Beach, Cant.
The Newmans h t moved
to the Applegate area on
Highway 238. The Halbys
nave three children.
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the grandmother. Turner said
he wishes now he had saved
some of the family heirlooms
for the Jacksonville museum.
There are paintings by
both of hit daughters in the
Ashland house. Mrs. Wesley
(Helen) Davis, - formerly of
Applegate, now of Glide, is
currently more Interested in
creating miniature mountain
scenes and seascapes in glass
paper weights. Mrs. Ben
(Marion) Verbryck of Ash
land, has done several bird
pictures, which her father dis
plays. Rtctirtt Training
In his early youth In Pasa
dena, Turner received the
training which prepared him
for the cane making. He carv
ed tuuveiiira from '.vocd for
a California gift factory. He
received much of his educa
tion from the California
School of Technology. He
played football there for three
years and his team deieatea
use.
He got a job surveying for
the city of Pasadena. In the
city office and in the field,
he again found his hands suit
ed to the intricate work he
was required to do. But al
ways within him was that
strange conflict of interest,
the pull of the mountains, the
rivers and the ranch.
I4i marl, a trin Into Canada
to see what it had to offer,
took the boat from San Fran
cisco just before the historic
earthquake. He returned to
find the city a shambles. He
shot a few ducks in Canada.
Things were wide open there,
no seasons or regulations
observed.
Returns to California
But it wasn't quite what he
was 'looking for. He returned
to California. The yearning
to hunt and fish continued un
til he bought that Fort Klam
ath ranch where it was so
well satisfied until his wife,
the girls' mother, died.
The sun quit shining. He
sold the ranch and remained
in a world apart until he
found Chloe.
Km" artistic abilities are di
rected chiefly to knitting. Her
ribbon knit, have traveled
'round th. world. But it is
as a companion on the trail,
In th. boat on a lake or in
th. open field In pursuit of
pheasants that has been his
greatest consort.
He broke his hip soon after
that hunting trip in the Steen
mountains. He was helping
remove giant walnut trees,
which had died, from his yard.
A guy rope broke and he waa
thrown to the ground. Het
came through that. The hip
healed so well he was able
to abandon his cane.
He will come through this
too (he referred to his pres.
ent illness), with such a com
petent chauffeur for his wheelchair.
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