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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1959)
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Sunday. Aucust 2. 1959 PAGE 3 A Hazel CreekSiation To Go Down Under Hammer Blows Of Road Progress By PEGGY WALSH lilas, remained a landmark and DUNSMUIR For one hundred social center for the area until years Sims Station has "rolled with fortune's punches," adjusting to growth or stagnation, according to the demand of each new trans portation age. Hazel Creek Station, present name for the historical spot, will shortly pass into oblivion. It stands in the inexorable path of the last segment of the freeway scheduled for construction this fall. Sim Southern arrived by pack train from the town of Shasta in 1859 and built a hotel and stage stop on Hazel Creek. Later, when the iron horse replaced travel by coach, the railroad station estab lished at that point retained South ern's nickname, becoming Sims Station, The hotel, with its stately veran- 928. It was torn down and mate rials salvaged to build an early day motel, auto court, store and service station. Present owner of Hazel Creek Station, Jess Mitchell, has visited every country except Russia and .Nepal. A little over 11 years ago he and Mrs. Mitchell began their search for the ideal place to "live out their years." Two months and 22.000 miles later, they bought the old station 10 miles south of Duns muir. They were attracted to it originally because Mrs. Mitchell's name is also Hazel. Mitchell says Hazel Creek is the "least pretentious spot in Amer ica," but he relates proudly that it has been visited by presidents, He tells of seeing a letter written by Mark Twain while he was traveling with Gen, U. S. Grant, in which Twain extolled the meals and "wonderful black cherries" to be had at Hazel Creek. West of the highway survey stakes, two lone gravestones are encircled with a pipe railing. "L. Southern," (perhaps a relative of the station's founder) who died before the turn of the century, shares the small cemetery with Lafferty, first name unknown Motorists speeding past on the new freeway will have little time to note the historical marker. The story of Sims Station on Hazel Creek will become as obscure in time as the forgotten occupants of the tiny graveyard. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS By Donald J. Sobol Ron Williams, America's best built man, lay on the beach, star ing into the sun. Driven neatly into his publicized 50-inch chest ("53 inches expanded") was a slender black knife. Inspector Winters and Dr. Haled jian peered down at the incredi bly muscled nude body, which was tanned so expertly that no area of flesh was darker than another. Only the white swath where had been worn bikini swim trunks broke the -extraordinary eveness of the tan. "Williams and his pal, Tom (Best Legs) Enric, were sunbath ing when it happened," said the inspector. "Enric has placed sec ond to Williams in the last five muscleman contests, and maybe that's your motive.' Now Enric is Boy Beautiful Number One. His story of a mysterious killer is so far-fetched, however, that it just might be true." Enric, who was covered by a borrowed raincoat, repeated the details of the murder for Haled jian. , . The Mr. Hemisphere title is coming up next week, and Ron and I have been coming to the beach to get bronzed up. You get ' extra points fqr little things like skin and grooming. , "The beach was deserted today. Alter we'd been here about 15 min utes, a fellow with a knife in his right hand appeared. He waved it at us while he went through our stuff. I guess -he was pretty sore we didn't have much money, "Then he-made us strip,"-went on Eric. "Next he told Ron to take off his wrist watch and toss it over. As Ron tossed the watch, he charged, but the fellow was too quick. He stabbed Ron, scooped up the watch, and, taking our clothes, dashed toward the road.' "You're correct, inspector," said Haledjian. "A far-fetched story, and one a person as vain and jealous as Enric might believe impossible to disprove." Why didn't Haledjian believe En- ric's story? "We'd been on the beach about 1 5 minutes, t fellow with a knife appeared." State Claims Illegal Sale Of Insurance SALEM (AP Atty. Gen. Rob ert Thornton filed suit in Marion County Circuit Court Friday to stop 11 benevolent societies from selling insurance. Thornton, bringing the suit on behalf of stale Insurance Commis sioner Dean Musser, said that the societies are selling death and disability insurance without the approval of the state insurance commissioner and in violation of state law. He complained that the socie ties have no lodges, so therefore aren't fraternal benefit societies, He said the societies "consti tute and maintain a public nui sance detrimental to the public welfare and interest of the state of Oregon and neighboring sov ereign states in that great num bers of elderly and infirm people are being wrongfully deprived of their limited means. Thornton a.ske'd the court also to dissolve the societies and ap point a receiver. The suit was filed against Be nevolent Order of Countrymen the Countrymen Society, the In dependent Countrymen, American Countrymen Assn., Oregon Benev olent Society, Western Benefit Society, Western Mutual Benefit Assn., Western States Service, Benevolent Order of America, United America, and Pioneer Pa cific. Auo sdiii am )S sssusiium B p3Mous Apoq ,suieitA puy '" 'P3A0U13J uauM ,3UI 01IUM 8 S3AB3 qOIUM 'UOIBMISMM 8 J83M J3A3U pnOM UB1 U3A3 US 3S 0) gujqisquns Jspnnq Apoq v (Copyright, 1 959, by Donald J. Sobol) J 41 r sr'.-:- U7 4 v V - (V t f V ,1 Tb. HAZEL CREEK STATION, 10 miles south of Dunimuir, was the site of an early-day hotel and coach stop connecting California and Oregon settlements. It will soon be demolished to make room for the last part of the freeway being built near Dunsmuir. The picture plainly shows the ancient cherry trees extolled by Mark Twain who stopped at the hotel when he was traveling with Gen. U. S. Grant. ' k. A-r, iLh f r ten ;At1T,yjt4 REMINDER OF THE PAST, this small cemetery by the free way near Hazel Creek Station, 10 miles south of Dunsmuir, contains the bodies of two residents of the area who died there around the turn of the century. . Photo by Peggy Walsh Salem Could Annex Lands SALEM (AP)-There is no le gal objection to Salem's annexa tion of land occupied by Hillcrest School for Girls and Fairview Home for mentally retarded per sons, said Atty. Gen. Robert Thornton Friday. His opinion was asked by the Board of Control. 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