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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Others who attended were
Mr. and Mrs. Vern O'Brien
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Brien
from Applegate. Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Elden
Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
SihmeUer and children, Mrs.
Lillie Mart h. Mrs. Lucille
Jackson and son. Wnrnn Mr
' and Mrs. Charles Long, David
' and Mrs. A. O'lJcn.
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