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) 8 A WEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1963 MtUhUHU MAIL 'IHlBUNt. MEDh'OHO. UHfcGON Regional Roundup by Cleve Twltchell Mail Tribune Regional Editor Fire Rewrites Final Today'f piece it really a gueii column by Peggyann Hutchinson of the Mail Tribune editorial staff, who gathered some intereiiing tidbits of information while covering the dedication of the Randolph Collier tunnel Saturday. Her report follows: Richard Kelly, assistant to Sen. Randolph Collier, reported Saturday that selection of the route for Inter state 5 south from the Oregon state line is now being considered in Sacramento and it is hoped it will be available in about "two months." This will include the section of the highway to the south of Yreka. When Senator Collier was questioned about improv ing the highway northwest of Happy Camp to Highway 199 in Oregon, he replied that he was presently work- ing on the highway "down river." Lilies or Paper Napkins? While Del Norte county's principal Indi'stry is lumber, another Industry near the top of the list is the growing of lily bulbs. At the dedication ceremonies Saturday of the Ran dolph Collier tunnel, the speaker's stand was decorated with the lilies stuck in chicken wire. The sweet odor of the flowers was quite evident in the area where the barbecue and program were held. Unfortunately the majority of the persons there thought they were paper napkins, a more common dec oration used in areas where flowers arc not so plentiful. The first shovelful of dirt which Senator Collier turned at the tunnel groundbreaking ceremonies three years ago was presented to the senator Saturday by Congressman Don Clausen. The dirt had been mixed with equal amounts from Oregon and Nevada. Officials from Nevada were quick to point out that the dirt : from that state was from the Gctchcll mine so it included some gold. The dirt will be placed somewhere In Del Norte county, Collier said, signifying the unity of the three states to promote a project "so helpful to us all." California division of highways personnel were quick to point out Saturday that the old curving Highway 199 ' over Hazclvlew summit on Oregon mountain will re main, being maintained by Del Norte county. Take Your Choice "Motorists will now have a slow route and a fast route over Oregon mountain," Samuel Helwer, state project engineer, pointed out. While many persons In the Rogue valley mentioned that the new tunnel will give them quick access to the sunshine on the coast during the winter, it worked the other way Saturday. Thick pea-soup fog rolled into Crescent City early Saturday morning and extended inland some 18 miles. Many residents attended the tunnel dedication "to get ', into the sunshine." ' . By PRISCILLA AVERILL Mail Tribune Correspondent Applegate A brush fire which raced up a hillside in the Applegate valley recently almost wrote an end to chapter of this region's his tory when it swept through the picturesque Kubli grist mill near Highway 238 be tween Applegate and Ruch. Built in 1853 during the early days of the gold rush, the mill had ground out flour for the sourdough's biscuits and for the cavalrymen sent to quiet Indian uprisings along the Rogue. One of the first two mills in southern Oregon, and also one of the area's first trading posts, it was the only one to survive long into this cen tury. The other, built a year earlier at Ashland, succumb ed to progress when that city grew up around it. Stood 110 Years The Kubli mill, however, stood for 110 years before it was taken by the brush fire. Its place in the area's history was recognized several years ago when, with the old roof threatening to cave in after the snows of too many win ters, its grinding mechanism was removed by members of the Southern Oregon Histor ical society and taken to the Museum at Jacksonville Lately there had also been talk of dismantling the mill proper and setting it up to run again at Jacksonville. But it. was later than they thought. In one short moment this sum mer, on July 12, ravages of fire completed what the rav ages of time had not been able to accomplish in 110 years. Only the old water wheel, miraculously saved by State Chapter in Life it 'h N . -mi ;;-,.?..'S'v vri J0 11 J HISTORIC WHEEL - This photo of the old Kubli grist mill wheel was snapped a few months before the mill was destroyed by a brush fire. (Richard Boyd photo). Forestry firefighters, remains, j to miners and others were Regional News Carrainondantl And Th all Talcohone Numbers JACKSON COUNTV III THble Rock: R. E Applegate: Myrtle Krouse, Provolt 246B Applegate Vflliey: tnauae ie&.ier. nuu-ujj Ashland: ralin mcuuhouriv bz-u-M4 Butte Falli. Mary Jo Harris BCI5-2128 central foini: Alary uoney, ooi-diaj Ucrny Ina Hayes 446-31)57 Eaule Point: Cuynell Kramheal. 4M-143B Evani Valley: Gladys Boulter, 6811-30114, S8'i-3371 Cold Hill Mary Kelt usa-llliu Jacksonville Kathorlne Harrcll. ann-loOB Bette Hotklna, 800-1209 Lone Pine. Dot Simmons, 772-D67H Phoenix: Bertha Hanacom. 53S-1400 Prospect: Velrta Barr 800-2.112 Rosue River: Lauralne Laws, S82-34A1 Shady Cove: Evelyn Watson, B7B-23D1 Nealon. 826-2097 Talent: Alice Uurnette, 533-18U2 Trull A Loun Day 87B-3377 JOSKPIIINE COUNTY Grants Pass: Prlscllla Avertll, 470-2522 Illinois Valley: Kathcrlne Scott, C J. 5203 O bncn Lctha Cooke. O'Brien 2231 Wildervllle: Genevieve Brlsss. 476-6013 Williams Shirley flscher. Provolt 2709 IIUUUI.AS COUNTY Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers (no phone) NDKTIIKHN CALIFORNIA Huppy Camp. Haiel Davla. GY 3-2387 Hornbrook: Katherlne Chapman, GR 3-3588 Montague: Charlotte Davis. GL. 9-3237 Yreka. Doris Robinson, 642-3807 Bashaw Collection Featured In McCully Doll House Show By BETTE HOSKINS Mai Tribune Correspondent Jacksonville - A summer opening preview was held at the McCully Doll House mu seum at 204 California st. last Wednesday evening, July 17. The featured guest collec tion of dolls was arranged in the big glass case in the center of the main room, which Mrs. Leona Snlyer, the owner, lias reserved for the display of dolls from other notable collections. She plans to hold an open bouse an nually for this purpose. The dolls for this occasion were loaned by Mrs. E. R. Bashaw of Medford who iiv herited the collection from her late aunt, Mrs. Fronia Tiltner of Portland. Included in the assortment of 17 Antique dolls arc: A French fashion doll of the 1880's dressed to repre sent Mrs. Tiltner. The doll's wig is made from Mrs. Tilt ncr's own hair. An Alice In Wonderland doll of beautiful lustre which was the first doll collected by Mrs. Tiltner and the doll which inspired her to con timie the hobby. This doll Is now the favorite of her grand' niece Mrs. Bnshaw. A milliner's model of pa pier - mache from an 1860 dLspIay. A large doll dressed as Mary J odd Lincoln of the 1850 s and 60 s. A German bisque doll with Japanese features. A German 'Pouty' doll and a Schoenluit boy doll with . wood carved spring joints Co-hostesses for the event were Mrs. Houston Valentine, Mrs. Galln Jnrdon, Mrs. John Crabb, Mrs. George Anderson. Mrs. Fred Schcffel, Mrs. Richard Heln and Miss Mary ann Hein. All of these ladies are members of the Saturday Morning Breakfast club and : were dressed In authentic pi oneer costume for the occa sion. Over 100 guests registered during the evening. Including a guest from London, Eng land. The museum's cases also contain the antique doll collection of Mrs. Salycr's mother, the late Mrs. Llla Stone, numbering around 350 large and small dolls In vari ous categories. A recent addition to the dis play area Is the attic room, which contains German and French Bisques, the pretty dolls. The museum is open dally ti vlsllois wllh a small admis- ' rharfco. Tours arc invited 1 rsjk! . iL.. ill. This will now be transported to Jacksonville to take its place among mementos of the area's past. But the unique inside works of the mill, the individual bells and wheels, all handmade, are gone tak ing with them a colorful part of the regions'? heritage. According to southern Ore gon historian Jack Sutton, of Grants Pass, the Kubli mill was built in 1853 by a settler named Samuel Burr. During the previous year a large number of immigrants from Missouri had crossed the plains and settled in this area so many, in fact, that it is known to this day at "Mis souri Flat." By this time the first flush of gold fever had simmered down, and many of the set tlers, who had been farmers in Missouri, started farmine instead of mining. By 1853 I they had produced sufficient the erection of a grist mill. Government forces station ed at Fort Lane near Table Rock provided a ready mar ket. "People then were always wanting to sell to the govern ment," said Sutton. "It was even a good thing in those days!" With flour selling for as high as $1.10 a pound, the mill and handmade machin ery soon repaid the original Investment of its builder; and in 1857 ho sold it to a Swiss pioneer named Kasper Kubli, in whose family it has remain ed ever since. The family's present descendant, Edward Kubli, now lives In Medford and is prominent in the af fairs of the Southern Oregon Historical society, which op crates the Jacksonville Muse um. It Is not generally known just how long the old mill continued in operation, though it Is probable that lis "lush 1 period of government con tracts was diluted within a few years when another mill conducted by barter, which gave the establishment ' its reputation as an early trading post. The mill was also one of several then in the valley which contracted to supply Fort Klamath. of Kubli Mill i TT, r, - rrC?fisv s iK'Jfa IVERSON'S MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE ais SVi V m WJi0' our ,uneral home. There ifl! If if VT 1 Bridge Inspector Uses Bike at Work Norfolk, Va. -(UPD- A $15, second-hand bicycle is play ing a small but vital role in the building of the $150 mil lion Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The bicycle belongs to Elmer Campbell, an inspec tor foi consulting engineers on the 17.6-mile long complex of trestles, bridges, tunnels and man-made islands that will span the bay. Campbell's job is to travel back and forth across the completed portions of the structure to inspect construc tion and check the strength of the concrete roadway. Rather than walk his "beat," which gets longer every day, he bikes. 1st in Quality 1st in Service AFTER THE FIRE - The wheel was about all that was saved when fire swept through the Kubli mill on July 12 of tnis year, this photo, taken shortly after the fire, shows the charred back side of the wheel. (Hooker-Johnston photo). was built at Eagle Point, near er to Fort Lane. Business picked up again in the '60's, however, when a new wave of mining de velopment hit the area. Sales Although the exact date when the old water wheel finally creaked to a halt is not known, the ancient ma chinery which it worked is said to have been in good or der up until a few years ago. Now that fire has rewritten the final chapter, all that re mains is a broken millwheel clinging to a charred wall and, on the hillside above, a weath-', erbeaten aqueduct long since dry except for rainwater. I did WE ARE PROUD . . . Of our funeral home. "There is none finer anywhere in So. Oregon." This comment is not ours it comes from outsiders C. M. Litwiller Mrs. Litwiller New, Economy Ambulance Service, Non-Emergency for Medford! LITWILLER CALL 482-2816 FUNERAL HOME 1811 Ashland St. Ashland GUEST COLLECTION - Mrs. E. H. Bashaw of Medford has loaned her collection of dolls to the McCully Doll House mil scum In Jacksonville, where it is now on display. Visits Parents u FRENCH DOLL - This Is a French fashion doll of the 18R0's, dressed to represent the late Mrs. Fronia Tiltner of Portland, Mrs. Bashaw's aunt. from whom she inherited her 1 , n Talent - Airman Robert Lo gan and family left recently after spending two weeks vis iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Baldwin and son I Albert Logan, and gramlpar ! ents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bell. During the two weeks they were here they visited Crater Lake and also spent a week i end at the coast, where thev ! visited the Trees of Mystery. During their visit, a picnic was held in their honor to which close friends and rela tives were invited. Attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence noil, Betty Hell. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Veril Bell and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bell and son. Lonnic, all from Klamath Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Black, Liv ermore. California: and Mrs. Angie Roberts, Klamath Falls. 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