Champion
Bv MARY ALICE BRUSHA
"What Royalty in Mediord at
midnight?" That it was, and not
too long ago, and the scene at
the Big Y Shopping Center at
Medford was one of the most
spectacular horse events ever in
the history of Medford.
Ten horse trailers and two
pick-up trucks were loaded with
Arabians, the King of all Hor
ses". This fabulous string of
bloodlines, beauty and perform
ance had just been delivered to
the owners. Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Sigman, Box 1466, Medford. The
12 man patrol escorting the
chariots were from the AFIFI
Temple of Tacoma-S h r l n e r s
Mounted Horse Patrol of Yaki
ma, Wash. The Shrine patrol
had left Yakima at 6:30 a. m.,
under the direction of Captain
Dwight Hordan.
Leads Welcome
Potentate of the Hillah Tenv
Die. Lvnn W. Newbry, Ashland
also Oregon state senator, led
the welcome committee of mem'
bers from the Jackson County
Shrine Club, and many other
visiting Shrine groups. Acting
chairman for the local Shrine
group was Earl Yoakley, vice
president, who was assisted by
Ivan Harrington. Dr. Leonard
Mayfield, superintendent of the
Medford city schools, Jack
Walker, Les Taylor, J. E. Jor
gensen, Woody Morse, Chester
Hubbard, Tony Lausmann, Hal
Edwards, Jerry Cottlngham, El
bert Lennox, William Laurine,
and Len Melville.
Maneuvers of this type re
quire much time, and especially
when the cargo is a shipment
of 19 prize Arabian horses.
There are many factors to be
cor.r.dered, not only the safety
of the animals, but all the mem
bers of the caravan. Only per
sons expert in the field of horse
transportation should undertake
such a movement.
The men of the Yakima Shrine
Mounted Horse Patrol are train
ed horsemen, fully able and
qualified to cope with any situa
tion that might arise pertaining
to ventures of this kind. The
entire trip covering 477 miles
was made without the slightest
hitch or incident, and nine of
these horses had never been
hauled before.
Donate To Hospital
For the past five years the
All-Arabian Horse Show at Yaki
ma, Wash., has been sponsored
by the Yakima Shrine Club, and
the Washington Arabian Associ
tion. All benefits are marked
for the Shriner's Hospital for
Crippled Children at Spokane,
Wash. Each year the Sigman
Arabians have played an im
portant part in the annual events.
In fact, the cost of $2,000 for
the transportation of these fam
ous horses paid the Shriners
patrol was also turned over to
the Hospital, a joint contrioution
from Sigman and the Shrine
Club, Yakima, Wash.
The Sigman Arabians are
bringing to this area some of
the most coveted Honors, titles,
and ribbons known in the world
of horses. These imperial horses
range in age from tiny colts to
a grand old grey mare, "Arifa",
who after the long ride came
bouncing out of the trailer like
a two-year-old. Arifa was sired
by the famous stud, "Zarifc",
who was Imprtcd from the Ara
bian desert. She is 23 years old.
She is nursing her 17th colt,
and has already been bred back
to "Alicantes Ghazal", a grey
senior stud. He is the son of an
imported dam from Spain.
All the colts from the cross
of this remarkable stud have
been grey, regardless of the
color of the mare. Some of his
colts have been top 10 winners,
both in the United States and
Canada
"Krlshan" Is a handsome five-year-old
stallion. He was shown
three times in '63. At the all
Arab Horse Show, Santa Rosa,
Calif., he won reserve champion
in the three-gaited stallion class.
At the Arab Horse Show, Salem,
Ore., he took fourth place in the
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1963
Arabian String Moved To Medford Ranch
three-gaited stallion class, and
fifth in the stallions and geld
ings. At the Cow Palace, San
Francisco, Calif., the largest
western horse event on the Pa
cific coast, he was second in the
three-gaited stallion class and
fourth in the $500 stake. He was
also champion five-year-old stal
lion, and reserve champion of
the show.
"Sharri" is the daughter of
Alicantes Ghazal, sire, and dam
Arifa. This aristocratic grey
mare has been grand char 'm
mare 25 times. She is eligible
for the western and English
Plearute Championship. "Ara
fa" is a 10 year old champion
gelding, three-gaited and fine
harness. "Mishal" 10416, Sig-
man's sire of champions. He is
the only hors. to win the title
"Pacific Northwest Champion
Stallion" three years in a row,
1959, 1960 and 1961. Sharri, Kris-
nan, Kreta and Mishal are all
eligible for the Canadian and
U. S. Champion.
No Novice
Mr. Sigman is no novice in
the field of horses. He was
raised on a farm in Idaho, where
he was associated with many
breeds and types. He breeds,
breaks, trains, rides and shows
his own horses.
Although he has only pure
bred Arabian horses, he says
he isn't partial to any one spec
ial breed. "I like all horses, all
breeds. Horses have been good
for me. They are good for any
man. Keally 1 nave no prcier-
ence , he said.
Maybe that is the reason so
many men and women are
drawn to horses more than any
other form of livestock.
Many theories enshrine the or
igin of the Arabian horse. Ac
cording to the noted historian,
Ed Kebll, (A.D. 786) records oi
the Arabian horse pedigrees
date back nearly 5,000 years.
The original first record was
written about King Solomon's
time, (1,000 B.C.). It Is claimed
that the Arabian horse is tnc
most ancient of all breeds.
The strain came from the de
scendants of the Baz mare and
from those of Rakib, a stallion
given to Beni Azd from King
Solomon. Before that the Kehi
lan Ajuz strain belonged to the
Benai Helal prior to nis migra
tion to the west. He is the most
famous of all five Arabian
strains.
Only Way
The only way to produce a
purebred Arabian is to start
with a purebred sire and a
purebred dam that have pedi-
firees stemming trom me pure-
breds of the Arabian desert.
Since ancient times the home
of the Arabian horse has been
Arabia. Today more Arabian
horses are found in the United
States than any other country
California is the leading Ara
bian state.
Incomparable Horse
The action of the Arabian
horse is incomparable. In the
mountains or on the desert, en
durance is his middle name.
When properly trained he can
fill and meet any need or re
quirement made of him. Be
cause of his size he makes an
ideal horse for children.
The Arabian is s. aller than
other breeds. There is no sixth
vertabrae in him. He has a com
plete shaft of the ulna. His tail
is snort since It is made up ot
16 vertabrae instead of 18. It
has often been said that "Riding
on an Arabian horse is like rid
ing on wings and springs". He
can glide and be as smooth as
the oil on the sea, and swell
like the wave on the ocean, yet
seemingly be as detached from
the earth all the while,
Splendid appendages make
him float like the wind. Large
and mighty arc his tendons, and
fetlock joints, yet in harmony
and keeping with the slimness
of his legs. It is comfortable
riding for the pasterns will dead
en any of the roughness of the
terrain he so masterfully travels.
The Arabian is also priceless
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SIIKINE EVENT Representatives of the
Yakima, Wash. Shriners were greeted by Jack
son comity Shriners recently when Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Sigman had their horses brought to
the Medford area. Sigman is operator of the
Big Y Super Market, Medford. Shown with the
Shriners is Mishal, 10416, Sigman's sire of
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KINCiLY PAIR Part of the Champion Arabian
string owned by C. II. Sigman, Ross lane, Med
ford, is this pair. "Arafa," left, was sired by
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TIIRKK-Ci.MTKl) - "Kreta," three-gaited Arabian owned by the
Sigmans is shown in the fine harness and combination class at a
recent horse show. Rider is Mrs. Leilani Sigman Leiter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Sigman.
for it's infinite beauty, endur-1 presents the most perfect type,
ance and versatility. and in every mixture its off-
lias Solid Color I spring shows some remarkable
Except for his face and legs
the Arabian horse is solid in
color, grey, chestnut, bay, and
sometimes a rare black. His
coal is fine and satiny in health,
lie has a fine expressive and
extremely intelligent head. Thin
silky nostrils capable of drink
ing in the wind. A deep in
capable of great strength, mul
ing only to mo neauiy
wedce shaped head. Ky
of its
are
wide apart and seem to per-
ccive cvervlhing below, above
and around (hem. Arched and
long is his neck with a fine
throat. II permits the head to he
lowered w ithout the slightest in
terference lo his breathing. It
has long, deep and powerful
shoulders permitting free and Body Of Tugboat
easy action. Uroad is his chest ! nBej. U..J aenjfret4
and deep, yet capable of storing uecK tiancl KOvereel
rgreat volume of air. His ribs I PORTLAND (l'PI) - The
are well sprung, vet not with-r I Portland Harbor Patrol reoov
than the hips when viewed from red the body of a tugboat deck
the rear. Thev can support great -rom the jyilamotte River
WPjRht ' i Monday night.
,'o other bnvl deserves lljc William It. Heed, 46. Portland,
title "King of Horses". In every fell overboard from the tug Tu
case where the blood is pure it'nlatin e.f(y Monday.
MEDKORD
champions. It is the only horse to win the title
of Pacific Northwest champion stallion three
years in a row. Front row, from left: J. E.
Jorgen.scn, Woody Morse, Jack Walker and
Earl Yoakley, vice president of the Jackson
County Shrine club. Sigman is in the background.
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In the parades, garbed in the
reagal dress of his native home
land, he steals the show. Is it
any wonder that many of the
desert men have been known to
trade as many as 12 slave
Sills for the possession o( one
Arabian horse:
This incomparable string
Arabian horses are now all set
tled in their new barn on the
Sicilian ranch near Medford.
1 tic afore
mentioned list does
all the winners or
not cover
achievements of these horses,
r ir is all the Sicilian string
here. There are six others now
in other parts of the country.
MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
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the great Alicantes Ghazal. Dam, Arifa, right,
is 23 years old and has foaled 17 colts. It has
been bred back already. i
Midway Auction
Has Active Market
The Midway Auction yard sold
1,628 cattle during its feeder
sale Friday, Oct. 25.
Owner-Manager Bill Bray re
ported a very active market on
good quality cattle.
Straus Brothers calves topped
the sale for the sixth consecu
tive year with a pen of 24 head
weighing 423 pounds at $27.50
and a pen of 11 head of 510
pound calves at $25.50.
The balance of the good steer
calves under 450 pounds sold
from $25 to $26.80. Heavier
calves sold for $23 to $24.75.
Straus Brothers also topped
the heifer call market with
pen of 18 head weighing 400
pounds at $23.50. Most of th
good heifer calves which
weighed under 450 pounds sold
from $21.50 to $23.
Heifer calves and light year
ling heifers weighing from 460
to 550 pounds sold from $20 to
$22.40.
The yearing steer market was
better than expected. Steers
weighing 500 to 650 pounds sold
from $22.50 to $24.25. A good
number of 700 pound steers sold
from $21 to $22.30.
Yearling heifers were a little
slow. Heifers at 550 to 600
pounds sold for mostly $19 to
$20.50.
Holstein steer calves sold for
$17 to $19.50. Yearling Holstein
I steers went out at mostly $16.50
to $17.50. 1
"Lots of buvers attended the
sale," Bray commented. "The
prices paid were very generous
when compared with other mar
kets and the price of slaughter
cattle. Many of the buyers ex
pressed their satisfaction with
, : the quality ot cattle and the way
, ! we had them sorted. Several
mentioned their surprise at the
efficiency of our crew and their
ability to get each buyer's or
ders put up and ready to load.
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OREGON
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By JCE
Mail Tribune
The publication of the beef book by the Oregon Beef Council
comes at an ideal time.
It comes just before the Oregon Cattlemen's 50th annual con
vention in Baker Nov. 6-8. Also, and what is even more impor
tant, it comes when even Soviet newspapers are reporting a
slaughter of Russian cattle due to lack of fodder. Perhaps we
will be sending beef as well as wheat to Russia.
The attractive, well-illustrated
development in the world, United States and In Oregon. Its con
tents include a summary of today's beef industry and other facts
of interest to those in the business, but it also has important
information for the housewife such as meat cuts, guides to beef
identification, guide to buying, home storage, how to cook, carv
ing and recipes.
This booklet points up the fact that U.S. cattlemen produce
enough beef to feed everyone in their country and at prices every
one can afford. This, apparently, is much better than the Russian
farmer can do.
We wonder if one big reason the Russians pulled back from the
moon landing program is that they have to concentrate more on
providing enough food for their nation. We have felt for some
time that this nation takes too much for granted in the "food
race" while watching closely the "space race." The American
farmer's accomplishments in producing a maximum amount of
food and fiber from a minimum amount of land is as important as
rockets to the national defense efforts. An army still marches on
its stomach.
In case you haven't read the news account, a Soviet news
paper has pictured lines of trucks filled with cattle waiting in
front of slaughterhouses in the Kursk area.
"The unauthorized slaughter of cattle is a traditional danger
signal in the Russian countryside. It has accompanied every
agricultural crisis since the 1917 revolution," according to one
correspondent.
Last year Khrushchev attempted to give the farmer more of
an incentive to produce more wheat by turning to a "typical capi
talist trick" paying the farmer more money for beef. But, this
caused the Russian farmer to produce more cattle than there is
feed for them.
Perhaps an important part of
require more feed to make a
U.S. cattleman whips 'em in the food race. Through scientific
breeding programs, development of better pasture grasses and
more advanced feeding the cattleman has been able to gradually
ucrease the leed conversion rate.
Jackson county cattlemen, for
of teed to produce one pound of
rate is excellent. Jackson county
ladmo clover, orchard grass and
fertilization program to maintain
Good irrigation also helps.
The OCA members can look
when they meet in Baker Nov. 6, much more progress, appar
ently, than their Russian counterparts.
Jackson county stockmen can mark considerable progress the
last 10 years particularly in their breeding programs. They are
buving higher quality bulls as
bull sales. Almost all of last year's Cal-Ore bull sale animals went
to local buyers and many to
see the difference in the feeder
There is also a great difference between the original Long
Horn steer and the blocky looking beef animal today, which, in
some cases, has no horns at all.
"He stood six feet at the shoulder, a shaggy, massive animal
with wary eyes and a span of horns 10 feet wide between the
tips, according to the beef booklet.
Now there are five main breeds recognized in this country,
the Hereford, American Brahma, Angus, Shorthorn and Charo
lais. The red and white Hereford, from Herefordshire, England has
a deep, rectangular body, is broad-loined and thick-fleshed. The
black Angus is from Aberdeen
cally-shaped, heavily muscled throughout and stands close to the
ground. The Brahma, recognized from rodeos, is from India. It's
American ancestor is the Santa Gertrudis, a Shorthorn-Brahma
cross. The Shorthorn has an exceptionally thick loin and full hind'
quarter. The Charolais is white
barrell-shaped.
The beef cattle business started in southern and eastern Ore-
gon with the discovery of gold. By 1870 the cattle business was
well under way in eastern Oregon. In those days cattle were
driven across the Rockies to eastern markets. Now a rancher
can leave home in the morning with a load of cattle, get to
market and make a sale. He
stock yards such as Rogue Valley
the Midway Auction Yard on Table Rock rd. perform a valuable
service in bringing the cattle
Oregon ranks 21st in beef cattle production and has 1,157,000
head. The state s beef industry
$90 million a year. This doesn't
and equip this industry.
One development, for sure, the housewife buys- more quality
in meat than ever before. The politicians say that there is no
longer a farm bloc in Congress, the farmer no longer has a strong
voice politically. However, as the consumers become better edu
cated as to what they need for food they realize how important
the rancher and farmer is to them. Perhaps they will take his
part. Food is a nation's biggest asset in peace and in war.
A man who sits down to a good steak dinner, fills his stomach
with good beef stew or carves thick slices from a tender beef
roast can well understand why the English Yeomen of the Guard
were proud to be called "beef-eaters" and why King James I
became so delighted with a succulent loin roast that he pulled out
his sword and dubbed it "Sir Loin."
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booklet gives a history of beef
this problem is Russian cattle
pound of beef. This is where the
instance, feel that seven pounds
beef is a good rate and a 6 to 1
cattlemen favor a pasture of
rye grass, plus an adequate
the balance of these grasses
back on 50 years of solid progress
noted in recent local and regional
local farmers this year. You can
sales.
county, Scotland. It is cylindn
has a long, flat back and is
can be home that night. The live
Livestock, Inc. at Phoenix and
seller and buyer together.
has an income of approximately
include the money spent to supply
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Siskiyou Bull Sale
Averages S490
SISKIYOU COUNTY The, the top price of $1,275 and re
Hoy Hereford Ranch of Weed, serve champion consigned by
the Dudley Parker Ranch of I Bennett Hereford Ranch of
Gazelle and the Kuck Hereford Chico brought $800. The total
Ranch of Montague, local breed-
ers sold 16 head of range bulls
at the 19th annual Modoc Coun
ty Range Bull Sale on Sunday,
Oct. 13.
Champion bull consigned by
Frank Turner of Sattley brought
Garden Tips
By JOHN W. McLOUGIILIN
County Extension Agent
Slugs are one of the most com
mon and persistent pests of
home gardens in western Ore
gon. They are most active dur
ing the cool wet periods of the
year and least active during
periods of freezing or hot weath
er. People often forget about!
slugs during these periods of re
duced activity.
Each individual slug is cap
able of laying eggs, a condition
called hermaphroditic. The
greatest egg laying activity oc
curs after the first fall rains
and in early spring. The small
pearl-like eggs are laid in clust
ers of six or more in sheltered
cavities near the soil surface.
The eggs may hatch within two
to four weeks or they may over
winter and hatch in the spring.
The necessity of killing t h e
adult before the egg laying pe
riod is readily seen. The small
slugs are very hard to control
because they do not take the
bait and they frequently work
under the surface of the ground.
Easy To Control
One good point about slugs
is that with a good control pro
gram, slugs are easy to control.
Metaldehyde baits are very ef
fective for slug control in the
home garden and are available
at your garden supply store.
Proprietary metaldehyde dusts
or sprays are effective on flow
ers and shrubs but use the bait
on vegetables and small fruits
in the home garden.
You can tell when slugs are
active by placing a dozen or so
pellets in several places. Mark
the spots and then check the
bait stations after 24 hours. If
two or more dead slugs are
found at the station, you should
put more bait in that area of
the yard.
Metaldehyde volatilizes readi
ly and breaks down quickly in
contact with moist sou. A board
may be used as a snelter tor
the bait to lengthen the bait's
effectiveness. The bait formula
tion is more residual in action
than the spray.
Slugs may remain inactive in
sheltered places for a few days.
Therefore, repeated applications
are necessary for good control.
Baiting or spraying nearby va
cant lots or woods helps con
trol slugs before they reach ydur
garden. View slug control as a
year-round practice.
Transplant Rhubarb Now
Rhubarb may be transplanted
in the fall. After a rhubarb
planting has produced for four
years or longer it is a good
idea to dig up the crowns and
divide them. Cut between the
buds on the crown in such a
way as to leave a large piece
of storage root with each bud.
Transplant the pieces three
feet apart in rows four feet
apart. Plant the pieces deep
enough so the bud is covered
with three or four inches of soil.
This division of the crowns may
be done in the fall or delayed
until early spring.
Time to Clean Roof Gutters
Roof gutters should be cleaned
before the winter rains set in.
Leaves, sticks, bird nests, and
other debris may dam portions
of the gutter, causing overflow
ing which may streak the ex
terior or even find its way into
the house.
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of 80 bulls averaged $490,
This sale is unique in that the
test bulls are run on sagebrush
juniper range on the Weber
Brothers Ranch near Alturas
for three months and then fed
on a dry lot for the final two
months. Weighing, testing and
screening takes place in tha
days just prior to the sale.
Other consignors include E.
and K. Farms and Silliman
Herefords both of Watsonville;
Flying Circle M, Loomis; Cham
berlain Estate, Auburn; Wm. S.
Orvis and Sons, Farmington;
Hellman Hereford Ranch, Hop
land; Tejon Ranch Co., Ba-,
kersfield; L. W. Earnest, Mc
Arthur; H-Bar Hereford Ranch,
Covelo; Pitchfork Cattle Com
pany, Vinton; Kenwood Here
ford Ranch, Kenwood; 4R Here
ford Ranch, Sloat; all of Cali
fornia and Fred Dressier of
Gardnerville, Nevada.
Earl Fiock, Hart Cattle Co.,
and Orlo Davis were among the
purchasers of this sale from
this area.
The test and sale are spon
sored by the Modoc County Cat
tlemen's Association and is con
ducted in cooperation with
the University of Cali f o r n i a
farm advisers office.
Weed Control
Session Slated
For Nov. 7-8
CORVALLIS Perennial weed
control will be emphasized dur
ing the 12th annual Oregon Weed
Conference Nov. 7 and 8 at the
Willard Hotel in Klamath Falls,
reported Rex Warren, Oregon.
State University extension farm
crops specialist and conference
secretary.
Also receiving special atten
tion this year will be control of
weeds in range areas and in ir
rigation districts. The meeting is
open to growere, chemical ap
plicators and industry repre
sentatives, stressed O. K. Pet
ersen, Junction City, conference
president.
Each year the conference is
held in a different section of the
state. About 200 persons usually
attend. This year's program will
hold special interest to pro
ducers in the Klamath Basin and
adjoining areas in Northern Cal
ifornia, Warren believes.
Two talks on chemicals and
weed control are scheduled. Dr.
C. L. Foy of the University of
California, Davis, will speak on
plant responses to chemical use
and Dr. Virgil Freed, head of
the OSU Department of Agri
cultural Chemicals, will stress
selecting chemicals for plant
control.
Progress in biological weed
control will be the topic of
James K. Holloway, of the en
omology research division,
USDA Agricultural Research
Service at Albany, Calif.
Conference participants will
also hear reports on national
weed problems and what is be
ing done about them. Weed prob
lems in the Klamath Basin and
two panel discussions features
industry representatives who
will describe new herbicides and
their uses.
Keith Sime, Portland, is vice
president of the Oregon Weed
Conference Association. Direc
tors are Paulen Kaseburg, Was
co; Ed Hoeft, Pilot Rock; Geo
rge Moore, Woodburn, and W.
H. Kosesan, Salem. J. D. Ver
trees, Douglas county extension
agent, and Bud Jones, Oswego,
serve as ex-officio directors.
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