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g g SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 19S3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
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50 Years Ag
By EVA HAMILTON
. Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Fifty years ago Thursday,
ground was broken for Oregon's
Pacific Highway, starling high
way construction in this state,
which has gained steady mo
mentum since that date. It
happened in Jackson County
under what the press described
that day as "most auspicious
circumstances."
Jackson County people had
reporting Ihc event, r e a d: I authorities
"West Scalds Bowlby-TouVolle gation.
for rigid invosti-
Foes.'
Ground Breaking
The ground breaking was at
tended by a crowd of 700 per
sons and the governor's speech
was described by the reporter
as the "sensation of the day."
It charged "disgruntled con
tractors" with attempts "to get
County Judge TouVelle"
through false entries in their
approved a $500,000 bond issue books to make it appear that he
to finance highway construction
taking advantage of the 1010
amendment to the state condi
tion which permitted counties to
create indebtedness for road
building purposes.
Contract for grading the new
road over the Siskiyous had
been let during the preceding
week for $107,534.
Last Friday, 50 years later,
another contract was let for
highway construction in the
Siskiyous. It demonstrates how
times have changed, price-wise.
The Slate-Hall Construction Co.,
Portland, was low bidder with
a bid for $3,512,034 on the Inter
state 5 section from the Siskiyou
Highway south 2.29 miles to the
summit. The bids were opened
by the State Highway Depart
ment in Salem.'
In 1913, Jackson County was
the first county in Oregon to
take advantage of the opportu
nity opened up for road con
struction. Much was made of
this fact at the ground breaking
ceremonies held near Kingsbury
Springs at the foot of the new
Siskiyou grade that wintry day
in November.
Much also was made of an
apparent state controversy
which had centered in Jackson
County with the late Judge
Frank L. TouVelle as recipient
of the major barbs.
Oregon Gov. Oswald West was
speaker of the day. He called
"a spade a spade" in a man
ner seldom heard, and less fre
quently published today.
Front page headlines in the
Mail Tribune of Nov. 29, 1913,
had used his position to secure
automobile tires for his own use
at greatly reduced prices."
"We know at Salem of these
dastardly attempts against the
reputation of your public offi
cial," Gov. West declared, "and
I want to say now and here that
I shall make it my business to
see that the affair shall be
brought before the proper
We have known of the atti
tude of these crooks for over
a year," the governor was
quoted. "As soon as it was
known that Oregon was to have
a state highway commissioner,
they tried to dictate his appoint
ment and they got just the man
they did not want. Then they
tried to get to him. It didn't
take them long to learn that
was a vain effort and now they
are trying to get him and the
county officials when they find
them determined that the people
shall get a dollar's value in pub
lic work for every dollar spent."
Highway Engineer
This report gives the definite
impression that Major H. L.
Bowlby was state highway com
missioner but glimpse into his
tory reveals that the highway
commission was not created
until 1917 and later in the local
newspaper report Major Bowlby
is identified as "highway engi
neer." This was undoubtedly
his position on Nov. 28, 1913.
Samuel Hill of Maryhill,
Wash., was honor guest of the
day in recognition of his years
of "energetic efforts in behalf
of good roads and the example
set in building miles of model
paved highways traversing his
7,000-acre estate overlooking
the Columbia."
"Jackson county points the
way and leads Oregon," Hill
declared in response to the
plaudits handed h i m. "Its
example will be rapidly followed
by all," he concluded.
B. K. Lawson, superintendent
of the state penitentiary, at
tended the ground breaking,
having come south to make
PET TALK I
By M. I. L.
SANTA'S REINDEER
Christmas wouldn't be the
same without Santa's spirited
reindeer. Children and adults
alike love them. The mere men
tion of reindeer conjures up a
picture in every young mind of
Dasher and Dancer, Prancer
and Vixen, Comet and Cupid.
Donder and Blit7.en or perhaps
(imply of Rudolph. When Ru
dolph was added to Santa's fam
ily of eight there were those
who scoffed and said he
wouldn't last. By now, however,
they are convinced he is doing
his job well and has become a
trusted guide for Santa's team.
Several years ago Santa was
saddened by a rumor which
spread through Christmas
crowds. Reindeer, according to
the rumor are vicious beasts.
Santa came to the defense of his
team immediately. Ho assured
people that reindeer arc not in
the least vicious. They are spir
ited and playful and sometimes
their curiosity gets them into
ti.uble, but basically they are
shy and gentle animals.
neindcer come in two models,
the Scandanavian model and its
larger American cousin, Ihc
caribou. Second cousins, aunts
and uncles roam the carlh from
north to south.
Most reindeer are easy to
tame. That, togelher with the
sleigh-bell sound which their
two splay toes make as they
trot along a hard surface may
account for their connection
with Christmas. According to
legend Saint Nicholas first rode
on a white horse. Folk tales all
represent Saint Nick as coming
from the north so perhaps
that's why he was given the
reindeer as his beasts of bur
den. About the turn of the century
reindeer first came to live in
the Alaskan tundra where they
still make their summer home
and move to a woodland or
mountainous area only as (all
and winter come.
Today it is hard to imagine
Christmas without Santa and
his beloved reindeer moving
through the sky as it by magic.
It was Clement Moore who
planted this picture into our
minds with his famous poem,
"A Vist from St. Nicholas"
written in 1822. Before that time
reindeer were not neves arily
associated with Christmas.
Since then Santa has learned to
depend upon his family of
whimsical reindeer whose an
tics keep him jmused all year.
For each Christmas they put
whimsey aside and turn In a
top performance on their grand
global tour.
START OF HIGHWAY The late Samuel Hill
of Maryhill, Wash., is shown in this photo lift
ing the first shovel of dirt in the ground break
ing for construction of the Pacific Highway
over the Siskiyous. On his left in the fore
ground is former Governor Oswald West. On
Hill's left In the front row stands J. T. (Jack)
Summervillc, who later served as U.S. Mar
shal in Oregon. On Summcrville's left is Ben
Sheldon, then Oregon legislator from Jackson
County. Directly behind Sheldon stands the
late Judge Frank TouVelle. Judge William
Colvig, the only man not wearing a hat, is
viewing the ceremony over Hill's right shoul
der. The man in the raincoat on the far right
is believed to be the late George Putnam, then
editor of the Mail Tribune. Others present in
this particular delegation were Robert W.
Ruhl, present editor and publisher of the Mail
Tribune; Dr. E. B. Pickcl, Senator H. Von
der Hellen, J. A. Wcslerlund, Dr. J. M.
Kcene, W. H. Gore, W. I. Vawter, Alfred S.
V. Carpenter, Porter J. Neff, W. H. Canon,
George A. Gardner, A. S. Rosenbaum, C. Y.
Tengwald, J. R. Woodford, Perry Ashcraft
and F. A. Kiltridge. The picture, taken by
J. O. Corking, is from the scrapbook of Lee
M. Summerville, Portland, son of the late J.
T. Summerville.
Chinese Refuse
Kennedy Tribute
WARSAW (UPI)-Communlsl
China, which has continued Its
attacks on President Kennedy
since his death, broke up a
Communist - simnsored peace
meeting here Thursday by re
fusing to tako part in a tribute
to him.
Peking's reaction to the Pres
ident's assassination has been
In sharp contrast to that of
Moscow and the Soviet bloc.
Where the Russians and their
allies have offered praiso and
condolences, the Chinese have
given scorn and ridicule.
Two days after Kennedy's as
sassination, Peking published a
cartoon of him captioned "Ken
nedy Bites the Dust, and it,
has denounced both the lale
President and his successor,
President Johnson, in broad
casts.
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carried out the heavy rock work
on the Siskiyou grade, which
was not included in the contract.
County Road Building
Prior to that time, the few
citizens left to remember, recall
that road building in Jackson
County had amounted for the
most part to hauling an occa
sional load of gravel to fill up
the mud holes. This was fre
quently done by persons wishing
to work out their poll taxes,
which were then in effect.
Those were exciting days
however, in more areas than
road expansion in Jackson
county, a perusal of the same
newspaper reveals. It was the
period in which Medford was in
the regular itinerary of the best
road shows that toured the na
tion. The coming of the fam
ous Anna Held was announced
for Dec. 4 at the Page theater
on East Main street at Bear
Creek bridge, the theater which I summer.
was gutted by fire Dec. 30, 1923. 1
Many of the stars and leaders I
of the period are unknown to
present day citizens. But not the
late Judge TouVelle, who gave
Oregon its TouVelle State Park
at Bybee bridge .His name is
known to many thousands who
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