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4 B Regional Roundup by Cleve TwitcMI Mai! Tribune Regional Editor Fishing in the Madison river in Montana. Mt. Lassen from an 8,000 foot level vantage point. Velda Barr and Genevieve Briggs, our news corre spondents In Prospect and Wildervillo, respectively, are back from their vacations, each with glowing reports on the areas visited. Velda and Warren Barr put 2,500 miles on their car in six days with a swing through parts of Montana and Wyoming. The Barrs lived in Montana from 1928 to 1933 only SO miles from Yellowstone National park, but they never got to see It during that period. This time they finally made It. "We saw the most beautiful coun try imaginable," they agreed. Genevieve and Hal Briggs stayed a little closer to home. They went to Lassen Volcanic National park in northern California. A wonderland with some memora ble views, they called It, with accommodations to fit all pocketbooks. They particularly enjoyed traveling to the park on Highway 89 via McCloud. Near Burney Falls state park, they noted, there is a stretch of high way that resembles a ribbon of grey through a corridor of stately pines, with Mt. Shasta at one end of the horizon and Mt. Lassen at the other. "It is the most beau tiful stretch of scenery I have ever been privileged to see," Genevieve commented. Talent Resident Rides To Alaska On Motorcycle By ALICE BURNETTE Mail Tribune Correspondent Talent - A young Talent man, Robert Lucier, 24, re cently completed a 6.533 mile trip up the Alcan highway to Fairbanks, Alaska, on BSA motorcycle, which he built himself from spare parts. The trip took him nearly six weeks. He traveled up Highway 97 through Washington and Prince George and then to Dawson Creek, where he started up l.SOO miles of the Alcan highway to Alaska. The Alcan is dirt most of the way; dusty when dry and muddy when wet. Lucier admitted both types of weather present drawbacks when riding a cy cle. Shortly before reaching Dawson creek, he was unlucky enough to take a spill, scratch ing his face bubble beyond re pair. He was unable to pur chase another until reaching Fairbanks, Broke Glasses A short time later a truck passed him and a tire threw a pebble which struck a lens In his safety glasses. Fortun ately, he carried a second pair of glasses with him. People were warm and hos pitable In the camping areas, Lucier noted, but whenever he was injured or was encounter ing mechanical difficulty, no one offered help or even seemed interested as they passed. Lucier said that when the road was dry and a car passed, lie was able to proceed slowly. But if a truck passed him, the dust rolled up in such clouds that all he could do was pull off to the side of the road, hope no one was trying to pass the truck and wait for the dust to settle. About half of the trip was rainy and he took several spills because of the slickness of the road after and during rain storms. Asked what surprised him the most about the country, he said it was the fact that so much of the country was flat. He expected more mountains. In British Columbia, lie found only small mountains or roll ing hills, seeing no really mountainous country until he reached tho Yukon. There the snow capped peaks were all around him, and several timet he saw mountain sheep. He also saw herds of wild horses near the road. These paid no attention tc passing motoristi or trucks but ran away when the cycle appeal i'd. WEDNESDAY. JULY 31, 1963 On the trip home, Lucier backtrallcd as far as Dawson creek. When he arrived there, he was asked how he got through because the road was closed. He was surprised to learn that quite an extensive section of the road had been washed out by a flooding lake shortly after he passed. Worst Snarl From Dawson he turned off to Edmonton and down to Cal gary reaching there the last day of the famous stampede. This was the worst traffic snarl he encountered. From there, he traveled to Idaho and through Montana, where he stayed a while visit ing relatives. Coming home by way of Lakcview, he had rain and damp weather across the high desert, and so decided to hurry home. This was his longest day's ride. He hurried because his headlight was broken and he wanted to get home before dark. During most of the trip he averaged 300 miles a day, but the last day he made 500 miles. Lucier warns cyclists Inter ested In making such a hip that the last cycle repair shop he found this side of Fair banks, was in Washington. He did find a bicycle shop at Dawson creek, where he was able to order repair par's for his cycle. Gel Rid of Crabgrait Now With ORTHO Crabgrass Killer! For Oak Moth Caterpillar Tent Caterpillar and Elm leaf Beetle Uie PEST-B-GONE 60 DDT At Your Ortho Headquarter FARM vgtou? Boosters' Board Sets Up New Promotion Effort Ji. cWonviile The govern ment committee of the Jack sonville Boosters' club will hold a party in the back yard of the L. Houston Valentine home, 104 North Fifth St., Jacksonville, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. All interested Jacksonville people and committee mem bers are invited to attend. Kick-off Party The Boosters' club will have a kick-off party for its new promotional program gram Monday, Aug. 5, at 7:30 p.m. The place will be an nounced later, a club spokes man said. During the Tuesday noon director's meeting a series of promotional committees were set up including: newspaper, radio and TV, special activi ties, telephone, people to peo ple, signs, banners, billboards and folders, administration. Central Point Summer Recreation To Wind Up Friday Central Point - The sun mer recreation program in Central Point will end Fri day with a bike hike planned for that day. Children par- 4-H Horse Field Day Scheduled In Siskiyou County Siskiyou County-4-H Horse Field day is to be held at the Fairgrounds Sunday. The Horse Project leaders set the plans for the second county wide 4-H horse field day at a recent meeting. Starting at 9 a.m., three required classes in showing in hand, a written test, and tying, saddling, and bridling will be run off before the pot-luck lunch at noon. The grand entry will be at 1 p.m. and will be followed by the optional classes In trail horse, scat and hands, stock horse, pole bending and mus ical chairs. The entry committee, Esther Paine, Eleanor Whip ple and Wendy Cassady will divide the entries Into three approximately equal sized groups by ages. Each of these three groups will have ribbons to the fifth place In each of the Ameri can system of Judging events. Leaders will Judge the Danish system class of tying, bridling and saddling. The written test will be administered and scor ed by the leaders. 45 Families To Be Affected By Closing O'Brien Moore's Mill where many of O'Brien and Cave Junction's breadwinners have been employed for the past 20 years will close down for good after the present "cold deck" Is used up. Moore's was started in the Illinois Valley by the broth ers R. T. and C. R. Moore, and Inter became a fnther and son partnership when Bill Moore Jr. bought his uncle's interest. About 45 families will be directly concerned in the mill closure. Most of them will have to leave this area, as there Is no other employment. - 3J Club The new promotional cam paign follows up the strong recommendation made by H. M. (Dirk) Andersen, Uni versity of Washington Bureau of Community Development consultant, who met with in terested Jacksonville citizens and the Boosters' club last Thursday. He emphasized the need for promotion to gain popular support. Work Complimented During other Jacksonville activitiy, Walter McLough lin, new University of Ore gon business manager, inspect ed the Bcekman house Tues day and complimented Mr. and Mrs. George Brewer, care taker, on the condition of the house interior. He was pleased with the roof installed by the county court and recommended out side painting as soon as pos sible. ticipating are to meet at the city park at 8 a.m. and are to bring a sack lunch. The route for the bike hike will be up Taylor rd. to Old Stage rd.. Old Stage rd. to Scenic ave., from there t Tolo rd., to Willow Sprl , rd. and back to the city where the group will pin. c. Marvin Hayes, summer rec reation director, asks all little league players to turn In their league tee shirts. Shirts can be turned in at the city hall or to Freeman Mason, A. D. Van Horn, or to Hayes. The summer recreation pro gram has been very success ful, according to Hayes. The Central Point Braves were first in the peewee league, the Stars took first place in the intermediate league and the Cubs are leading in the Junior league. Educator Visits at Trail Trail-Recent guests of the Scott Brill family of Trail were the George DcGregoris of Tucson, Ariz. DeGregori, principal of the Winifred Harelson school at Tucson, is a co-developer of a new music education mate rial called "listen - play" re cordings. They are designed to encourage and improve home practice of musical in struments. Each record presents a mas ter artist playing a number on a particular instrument ac companied by a pianist. A pause follows, with only the piano music presented, so that the student may play the same notes from his sheet music. The new approach was test ed on Tucson children and found to be of help to music students. Mrs. DcGrcRorl is the for mer Alice Brill of Trail. While on his visit here De Gregori demonstrated some of his records in southern and central Oregon cities. SALE PLANNED Prospect A rummage sale is being held Thursday on the lawn of the Prospect hotel by the sophomore class of Pros pect High school. The sale Is for the purpose of raising funds for the class candidate for Hillbilly Jam boree queen, Judy Beits. Ortho Bug-geta 2 lb. be, 98 $198 lb. box a Pestered With Earwigs? USE ORTHO EARWIG BAIT1 Ortho Lawn Groom Doe 3 Big Jobs in One e Weeds Feeds Controls Insects ORTHO SPRAY-ETTE For all yovr tprayiitt (oet. let Ui Help Yeu With All Your Yard ft Garden Problems 4th & Fir Ph. 773-8444 Plenty of Free Parking MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORO. OREGON Regional News Eagle Point Jayceettes Hear Talk By Chastain Eagle Point-The last regu lar meeting of the Eagle Point -Jayceettes was held at the home of Mrs. Keith Kram beal Thursday, July 25. Mrs. Wayne Marshall was cohostess for the evening. Further plans were made for a drum and bugle corps to be sponsored by the Jay ceettes. Instruments have been ordered and will be here within two weeks. An organizational meeting will be announced for next week and anyone interested will be welcome to attend. Oran Chastain, city admin istrator and judge, was guest speaker. He informed the group on many of the proj ects and plans for the city in the near future, such as annexes to the city. There are several openings foT small businesses in the Get a New Refrigerator-Freezer That's ENTIRELY FROST-FREE! YOU'LL NEVER NEED TO DEFROST AGAIN ! It's true! New frost-free electric Refrigerator Freezers simply do not form frost! There are no ice-jammed freezing compartments ... no stuck -tight ice trays... and best of all, no messy defrosting, ever again! You gain more food storage space ... no frost build-up on freezer walls to rob you of usable room. Your refrigerator-freezer will function more efficiently, too, in a frostless atmosphere which allows freer air circulation. city of Eagle Point, although the area is primarily a resi dential district, according to Chastain. Guests attending were Mrs. George Allen and Mrs. Fred I Hay. Tay Ho Restaurant Sold To C. Brooks Talent The Tally Ho res taurant on Highway 99 has been sold to Charles Brooks of Brooks Electric, Medford. Previous owners were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taylor of Talent. The new owner plans to do some remodeling at the Tally Ho. He also plans to build a home in the Talent area, it was learned. Pacific Power & Light Company Signs Please Businessmen Phoenix-Talent - Business men along the section of High way 99 now bypassed by the new Medford-lo-Ashland free way section got a pleasant sur prise when signs for the new road were unveiled last Fri day. According to Norman Wade, president of the Talent-Phoenix Businessmen's association, the businessmen along High way 99 between Barnett rd. and Valley View rd. had been led to believe that signs point ing to the new freeway sec- I tion would state "To Med ford" or "To Ashland." But when the freeway sec tion opened Friday, it was found that the signs direct ing traffic to the new road from Highway 99 don't say anything about Meaford or Ashland at all. They merely state "To Freeway," without saying where the freeway goes. In addition, the same signs indicate that Talent and Phoe nix may be reached "oy stay ing on Highway 99. WHICH WAY TO MEDFORD? The sign at left is at High way 99 and Barnett rd. in Medford, the one at right at Valley View dr. and Highway 99 near Ashland. Both signs indicate only that a freeway exists nearby without stating where it goes, and both advise that Phoenix and Talent may be reached by going straight ahead on Highway 99, a fact that gave businessmen along the bypassed section of Highway 99 a pleasant surprise. Society for the of Accumulated on the new frost-free refrigerator-freezers at your appliance dealer's today! i Sim Prevention Frost LOOK FOR THIS TAG
