Establishment of the Civilian Conservation camp near Seattle Bar on the Applegate this week has changed the local Forest Service program for the summer. The fire crew at the Star Ranger Station will be dispensed with, and fire fighters will be drawn from the 235 men who will be enlisted in the camp. All road camps in the Applegate district will be abolished, since men at the new camp will be engaged chiefly in road work instead of cleaning [sic] the forest.
    Forty local men, some of whom are from Medford, enlisted Monday, going through the same procedure required for army enlistment. An army physician from Vancouver Barracks visited camp Tuesday to submit recruits to vaccination and other medical requirements. Eighty men are engaged in setting up camp, which is in charge of four army officers, including Capt. B. B. McMahon from Vancouver, Lieutenant J. E. Jeys of Portland and a corporal and cook. The men will speak of their new layout as the "C.C. camp."
    The Southern Pacific having a contract to deliver the boys to their camp from Vancouver Barracks, a stage transported them from the Medford depot to Seattle Bar Saturday. The massive stage met with considerable difficulty in making the sharp curves in the narrow mountain road, but succeeded in reaching the camp. Trucks transported more than four tons of mess equipment and supplies.
    Army headquarters for Southern Oregon and Northern California, which had been scheduled for location at Eugene, were established in Medford Tuesday.
Jacksonville Miner, May 19, 1933, page 1


    Staple foods, to cost approximately $100,000, and approximately one half million board feet of lumber, plumbing, etc., will be bid on by merchants in the Medford district of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and will be received in sealed bids at the local offices beginning May 24, it was announced Saturday afternoon by Major Clare H. Armstrong, officer in charge.
    No fresh vegetables will be billed by the headquarters, according to Major Armstrong, and persons selling supplies will obtain better results if their prices are submitted in writing, instead of personal visits. Work in the offices has already been seriously delayed by such callers, the major pointed out, and requested local people cooperate in this matter.
    Sealed bids are to be returned, and awards will be made to the lowest bidder only.
    Lists of the needed articles were mailed out to merchants Saturday, and contained astounding amounts of foodstuffs, to be distributed by truck from Medford into Fremont, Rogue River, Deschutes and Siskiyou national forests and Crater Lake National Park, where 24 camps are now located.
    The requirements as listed for the camp needs were as follows: apples, canned, No. ten, 4770 cans; bacon, 38,200 pounds, baking powder, five-pound cans, 348 cans; beans, dry, 9600 pounds; beans, string, canned, No. ten, 8982 cans; fresh beef, 190,800 pounds; butter; 38,160 pounds; cheese, 4800 pounds; fresh chicken, 38,200 pounds; cinnamon, four-ounce cans, 1104 cans; cocoa, five-pound cans, 1152 cans; coffee, 38,200 pounds,
    Corn, canned, No. two, 30,528 cans; fresh eggs, 25,440 dozen; flavoring extract, vanilla, eight ounces, 768 bottles; flour, 229,000 pounds; jam or preserves, No. two, 6360 cans; lard, 12,240 pounds; lard substitute, 12,240 pounds; macaroni, 4800 pounds; milk, evaporated, No. one, 21,072 cans; milk, fresh, three or five gallon cans, 19,080 cans; onions in sack, 38,200 pounds; peaches, canned, No. ten, 3426 cans.
    Peas, No. two, 30,528 cans; pepper, black, 4-ounce cans, 3072 cans; cucumber pickles, 390 gallons; pineapple, No. two and a half, 12,216 cans; fresh pork, 76,400 pounds; potatoes, fresh in sack, 190,000 pounds; prunes, No. ten, 852 cans; rice in sack, 11,500 pounds; rolled oats, twenty ounces, 22,896 cartons; salt, 9552 pounds; syrup, No. ten, 1116 cans; sugar (white, powdered) 95,400 pounds; tea, 960 pounds; tomatoes, No. ten, 6108 cans; vinegar, 390 gallons.
     When the McKenzie Pass opens, Sisters camp and Crane Prairie camp will be added to the list for the Medford district, Major Armstrong announced Saturday. Captain Rockwell and 25 men from Fort Lewis, Wash., went to the Agness camp Saturday to make preparation for the men to be stationed there.
    Names and exact locations of the six additional camps named for this area, one in Jackson County, two in Josephine County, and three in Klamath County, had not been received Saturday afternoon, the major said.
    The Chamber of Commerce has received word from the Federal Business Association, Portland, Oregon, that a survey is being undertaken to determine possibilities of hiring local truck transportation to carry through the emergency conservation work project recently enacted by the Congress of the United States. It is estimated that several thousand trucks of various kinds may possibly be needed to carry out this program.
    In this connection, owners of trucks desiring to supply bids are asked to obtain questionnaires at the Chamber of Commerce immediately.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 21, 1933, page 1


    Plans are rapidly nearing completion for the establishment of two Civilian Conservation camps in Crater Lake National Park, with 200 men authorized for each camp, according to official announcement. Approximately 100 men of the entire total will be enrolled from the several counties of Southern Oregon by the park superintendent. Headquarters are maintained in room No. 258, federal building here.
    No restrictions as to age or married status will exist in the selection of the 100 experienced men, but preference will be given to former park employees and also to experienced woodsmen. This group of men will be given medical examinations by a United States army physician in Medford, and those accepted will be sent directly to the camps.
    Camps at Crater Lake have been authorized as follows: Camp No. 1 is located at Government Camp, elevation 6476 feet, near an approach highway and below the park utility area. It is three miles from the rim area. Snow is now nearly 10 feet deep at this location, and it will be necessary to remove the snow to establish camp. It is expected to be completed about June 10.
    Camp No. 2 will be located at "The Wineglass," elevation 6500 feet, near the rim road in the northeast rim area of Crater Lake, about 16 miles from the rim concentration area. snow must be removed from the rim road to reach the location. The camp is expected to be established about June 30.
    The enrolled men will be quartered in camps of approximately 215 each under the supervision of army officers who will have charge of feeding, clothing, medical attention and recreation. The work in the park will be under the direction of the park superintendent. A supervisory staff will be assigned to each camp. The men will work eight hours a day, including traveling time to and from scenes of labor and the lunch hour, five days a week, i.e., a total of 40 hours per week.
    It is expected all worthy men, formerly employed in the park during the past several years and now unemployed, will be given consideration. Each accepted man must enroll for a period of six months in the emergency conservation work. Each man will receive $30 per month cash allowance, food, clothing, shelter and medical service.
    Actual work at Crater Lake will include the eradication of pine beetles, landscaping, trail, motorway and telephone line construction, roadside cleanup, removal of dead and unsightly timber and construction of shelter cabins. The men will also be subject to any emergency calls, such as in connection with the suppression of forest fires.
    Former Crater Lake National Park workmen and other experienced woodsmen are advised to write to Superintendent E. C. Solinsky, Crater Lake National Park, if they wish to be considered for enrollment in either of the two camps to be established in the park. In the letter of application, the following information should be supplied: name, age, trade or occupation, when last employed and education.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 22, 1933, page 3


    City employees are busy this week on road construction at the Jackson County fairgrounds, preparatory to the opening of the Civic Conservation Corps commissary there, Fred Scheffel, city enginee,r announced this morning.
    The large supply of foodstuffs purchased will be stored there.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 22, 1933, page 5


    Ranger L. C. Port of the Star Ranger Station received orders last week from headquarters at Portland to suspend the construction program for the present. There have been from eight to 12 men working there the past few weeks. The water system has been installed and the new barn built. Several other improvements were constructed before work was suspended.
"Applegate," Medford Mail Tribune, May 22, 1933, page 7


    In the bids for lumber to be used in construction work at the civilian conservation corps camps in Medford district, specifications included the fact that No. 2 common Douglas fir lumber or its equal will be required in the construction of all buildings and equipment listed under this item.
    The specifications also state that No. 3 common pine or white fir and No. 2 common redwood are to be considered equal to No. 2 common Douglas fir.
    To be constructed are 27 pyramid tents, 16x16 feet; three storage tents, 17 feet 10 inches by 20 feet 5 inches; one large paulin enclosure, 16 feet by 33 feet 8 inches. The anticipated paulins, according to plans of the C.C.C., are two of the size of 17 by 23 feet, and one the size of 20 by 40 feet.
    On the specifications mailed out to prospective bidders, who must have their sealed bids in the office not later than 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, it was stated that for one enclosure, size 16 by 16 feet 10 inches, a paulin 17 by 23 feet will be required.
    Bidders are allowed to bid on delivery to any number of camps desired, and delivery will not be called for until the camps are accessible.
    A total of 477 board-feet is necessary for one of the pyramid tents, the lumber to be used for floor sleepers and framing. For a storage tent, 824 feet are required for floor sleepers, floor boards and framing.
    One large paulin necessitates 1603 board-feet of floor sleepers, floor headers, floor boards, ridge, rafter, roof, braces, plates, ends, plate sides, studs, corner posts, corner braces, gables, baseboards, sides and ends, footing frieze boards sides and ends, and weather strips. For the smaller size paulins, the board-feet requirements are 858.
    Bids for nails are also to be received, and the listments are as follows: For a pyramid tent, common nails, five pounds of 8d for floors and three pounds of 16d for framing; for a storage tent, seven pounds of 8d for flooring and six pounds of 16d for framing; for one large paulin, five pounds of 8d for flooring and four pounds 16d for framing; for one large paulin, five pounds of 16d, 10 pounds of 10d, five pounds of 8d and two pounds of 4d, all common nails; ten 8-ounce packages of carpet tacks, 46 yards of screen cloth GI, 36 inches wide and 16 mesh, two screen doors, 2 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 8 inches, with complete screen door set.
    Listings are also made for one mess table 2 feet by 8 feet 6 inches, with benches for 10 men. One pound of 16d and ¼ pound 8d common nails are needed for this item.
    Requirements are based on 22 units, and contractors for supplying materials will be required to multiply for the number of camps they wish to provide each item.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 23, 1933, page 10


    Definite signs that the sun of prosperity will shine again upon the Oregon lumber business were revealed here Wednesday by James H. Owen, manager of the Owen-Oregon Sales Company, who announced that the local company has been awarded contracts for furnishing 140,000 feet of lumber to the government for construction of civilian conservation corps camp buildings in California.
    The contract was awarded, Mr. Owen stated, with a two days' limitation for fulfillment, and the planing mill at the Owen-Oregon plant was operating Tuesday night for the first night session in two years to fill the order. Wednesday night the 140,000 feet of lumber will move from Medford south. It had been cut up into lengths to form the portable buildings to be used in the California camps.
    This one particular order Mr. Owen described as characteristic of many coming the way of the lumber company, which illustrate definitely that business in this particular field, at least, is on the increase.
    A. R. Owen of Owen, Wis., nephew of James H. Owen, arrived yesterday from the East and left for Crescent City and other coast points, where he is interested in timber holdings.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 25, 1933, page 7


    Plans are rapidly nearing completion for the establishment of two Civilian Conservation camps in Crater Lake National Park, with 200 men authorized for each camp, according to official announcement this week. Approximately 100 men of the entire total will be enrolled from the several counties of Southern Oregon by the park superintendent. Headquarters are maintained in room No. 258, Federal Building, Medford, Ore.
    No restriction as to age or married status will exist in the selection of the 100 experienced men, but preference will be given to former park employees and also to experienced woodsmen. This group of men will be given medical examinations by a United States army physician in Medford, and those accepted will be sent directly to the camps.
    Camps at Crater Lake have been authorized as follows: Camp No. 1 is located at Government Camp, elevation 6476 feet, near an approach highway and below the park utility area. It is three miles from the rim area. Snow is now nearly 10 feet deep at this location, and it will be necessary to remove the snow to establish camp. It is expected to be completed about June 10.
    Camp No. 2 will be located at "The Wineglass," elevation 6500 feet, near the rim road in the northeast rim area of Crater Lake, about 16 miles from the rim concentration area. Snow must be removed from the rim road to reach the location. The camp is expected to be established about June 30.
    The enrolled men will be quartered in camps of approximately 215 each under the supervision of army officers who will have charge of feeding, clothing, medical attention and recreation. The work in the park will be under the direction of the park superintendent. A supervisory staff will be assigned to each camp. The men will work eight hours a day, including traveling time to and from scenes of labor and the lunch hour, five days a week, i.e., a total of 40 hours per week.
    It is expected all worthy men, formerly employed in the park during the past several years and now unemployed, will be given consideration. Each accepted man must enroll for a period of six months in the emergency conservation work. Each man will receive $30 per month cash allowance, food, clothing, shelter and medical service.
    Actual work at Crater Lake will include the eradication of pine beetles, landscaping, trail, motorway and telephone line construction, roadside cleanup, removal of dead and unsightly timber and construction of shelter cabins. The men will also be subject to any emergency calls, such as in connection with the suppression of forest fires.
    Former Crater Lake National Park workmen and other experienced woodsmen are advised to write to Superintendent E. C. Solinsky, Crater Lake National Park, if they wish to be considered for enrollment in either of the two camps to be established in the park. In the letter of application, the following information should be supplied: name, age, trade or occupation, when last employed and education.
Gold Hill News, May 25, 1933, page 2


    Eighteen bids amounting to about $7387 on lumber and hardware to be used in the construction of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps were received at the headquarters for the Medford district yesterday afternoon, and announcement was made today of the awards, to firms in Medford, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls and Lakeview.
    No bids were received on camps at Pistol River, Coquille, Bear Camp, Mt. Reuben and Agness, according to Captain Edmund Nelson Hebert, who said new listments would be mailed out about Monday asking for bids.
    Those receiving the contracts must be able to supply the items in six days, although the headquarters does not plan to call for the supplies within that time, the captain said.
    Food bids were to be opened at two o'clock today, and the awards will probably be announced Saturday.
    Awards were made as follows:
    Selma, 3-C Lumber Co., Lumber, 3-C Lumber, hardware.
    South Fork, Rogue River, Owen-Oregon, lumber, M.F. and H. Co., hardware.
    Elk Creek, Owen-Oregon, lumber; Fick and Lindley, hardware.
    Cottonwood, Lakeview Bldg. Material Co., lumber, Swan Lake Mldg. Co., hardware.
    Upper Rogue River, Louis Brothers, lumber; Fick and Lindley, hardware.
    Willow Flats, Owen-Oregon, lumber; Fick and Lindley, hardware.
    Williams Creek, 3-C Lumber Co., lumber; 3-C Lumber Co., hardware.
    Ingram, Lakeview Bldg. Mat. Co., lumber; Hubbard Bros., hardware.
    Crescent, Miller Lumber Co., lumber; Swan Lake Mldg. Co., hardware.
    Lake o' Woods, Woods Lumber Co., lumber; J. W. Copeland Yd., hardware.
    Paulina, Miller Lumber Co., lumber; Swan Lake Mldg. Co., hardware.
    Applegate, Owen-Oregon, lumber; M.F. and H. Co., hardware.
    Silver Creek, Miller Lumber Co., lumber, Swan Lake Mldg. Co., hardware.
    Location of the above mentioned firms are as follows:
    Medford Furniture and Hardware Co., Fick and Lindley, Owen-Oregon, Hubbard Brothers, Woods Lumber Co., Medford. 3-C Lumber Company, Grants Pass; Lakeview Building Material Company, Lakeview; Louis Brothers, Prospect; J. W. Copeland, Klamath Falls.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 26, 1933, page 1


    Two new automobiles for official use of army men in connection with the C.C.C. headquarters here arrived by train and other equipment are expected within a few days, according to Major Clare H. Armstrong, in charge of the offices.
    Col. Samuel T. Mackall, inspector from San Francisco, spent a short time here Friday afternoon, having arrived in an airplane piloted by Captain Upson of the Presidio, San Francisco. They left the local port for the headquarters in Eugene.
    Captain Wappenstein, from the University of Oregon, reported for duty at Silver Creek. Lieutenant Ross left Saturday morning for Corvallis to make arrangements for bringing his family to Medford next month.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 28, 1933, page 9


    Captain William H. Sadler, quartermaster, United States army, has reported for duty at the headquarters of the Medford district Civilian Conservation Corps, it was announced here today.
    He has been placed in charge of the C.C.C. warehouse and has been appointed procurement officer. Captain Sadler comes here after a year's duty as a student at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
    Orders have been issued for the rear cadres for camps F-41 at Applegate, F-45 at Agness and F-48 at Cliff Springs, to proceed from Vancouver Barracks, Washington, to their respective camps at once, it was also announced at headquarters here today.
    The men will be arriving tomorrow or Friday. It is expected that the local quota of 69 men will be enrolled in the near future and sent to the Applegate camp.
    Among other new arrivals at the local Conservation Corps headquarters are Lieut. Lewis T. Ross, executive officer, and Lieut. George A. A. Jones, assistant executive, who will direct publicity.
Medford Mail Tribune, May 31, 1933, page 9


    Medford's lassies have been extended an invitation by officers of the Civilian Conservation Corps to attend the dance being given this evening at 8 o'clock by the C.C.C. group at Applegate camp, located at Seattle Bar.
    Forty-eight young men, recruits in the civil army, arrived in Medford by train this morning, and will be stationed at Applegate camp. Medford people who are interested in visiting the location are invited to do so. The camp is located by following the Applegate road.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 1, 1933, page 14


    With the tent floors which they had completed grouped together around a large tree to form a dance floor, the Civilian Conservation corps recruits at the Applegate camp on Seattle Bar entertained about 250 guests last evening with a dancing party.
    Captain B. B. McMahon is in charge of the Applegate camp with First Lieutenant Orrin J. Mishaud, who arrived with yesterday's contingent of 48 men.
    "Old Fiddlers" of the Applegate section furnished music for dancing, and as a part of the program, several boxing bouts were put on.
    In attendance from the Medford district headquarters were Major Clare H. Armstrong, district commander; Major Bibighaus, surgeon; Lt. L. T. Ross, executive; Lt. G. A. Jones, publicity, and Lt. Fred W. Greene, adjutant.
    Refreshments of coffee, sandwiches and cake were served by the C.C.C. boys.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 2, 1933, page 11


    At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, 69 Jackson County and 24 Josephine County young men, who have been selected locally for the civilian conservation corps camps, will report at the fairgrounds to be given physical examinations, and to be assigned their clothing and other supplies.
    Also on Saturday morning, 68 boys from Klamath Falls will report to Cliff Springs camp for enrollment, and Monday, 59 men from Coos County and 7 from Curry County will report at Camp Agness.
    A rear detachment of 75 men is scheduled to arrive in Marshfield tomorrow morning and continue to Gold Beach, from which place they will make the trip to Agness by boat.
    The radio station being set up at the C.C.C. headquarters here will be known as station WUBG, it was announced today. Don Shugg of Huntington Park, Calif., is in charge of erecting the station and Edwin Grinstead of North Bend, Ore., is second operator. The station is being equipped for broadcasting to the various camps.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 2, 1933, page 11


    Of the numerous diversions at the C.C.C. camp at Seattle Bar panning tor gold is one of the most popular, and the ground is getting such a thorough going-over that gold will be scarce at the end of the season, according to Capt. B. B. McMahon, in charge of camp administration. Two-thirds of the boys have been caught by the lure of prospecting, and although nobody has made his fortune as yet, the Brush Marines find a thrill in the slightest colors and are experiencing the sensation of this ancient yet novel occupation.
    Developments at the camp, which has been officially designated by the U.S. Forestry Department as the Applegate camp of the Civilian Conservation Corps, F-41, are making rapid headway. Snags and poor timber have been cleared away, and the grounds eventually will be come a park site. Work on a well has been started under the supervision of Arne Carleson of Jacksonville. Timbered excavation has been made to a depth of 18 feet and bedrock has not appeared.
    The full amount of lumber for tent platforms, a total of 10,000 feet, was trucked out Saturday from a Medford lumber mill and the detachment of 16 men employed on the construction program at the Star Ranger Station started construction of the tent floors Wednesday morning under the supervision of Ross Dickey, Medford carpenter. Tentage will come with the remaining detachment of 149 men who are expected to arrive soon, Captain McMahon said. Men in camp at present include two army officers, two enlisted men of the regular army, 38 men with forestry experience from the Applegate Valley and 25 men between the ages of 18 and 25 from Multnomah County. A total of 216 men will complete the enlistment. Bert Rippey, local man, and Private McMillan are the cooks at the main camp. C. E. Nutting of Medford has reported as work superintendent in the forest.
    Archery is a popular type of recreation and with Jack Hulse, well-known local man, in camp to produce the bows and arrows, this sport is met with great enthusiasm. For target practice with guns the boys do not use army rifles, and targets are placed across the river, eliminating danger of accidents. Saturday several of the boys made a 28-mile hike to Squaw Lake, and this weekend others who feel equal to that amount of exercise will duplicate the trip.
    Captain McMahon referred to his boys as representing a high type of young manhood. Ordinarily, he said, they would be continuing with higher education and professions had they not been caught for a time in the economic turn which the nation is experiencing. He said he would venture to say the recruits would not trade their Applegate camp with any corps in Oregon because they like the place and the people and are interested in everything and everybody. The boys like to listen to tales from local sages, either of truth or fiction. Knox McCloy, seasoned woodsman and miner, is a favorite. He tells stories of mining, packing and fires. From his information about fires the boys and even Captain McMahon himself have come to realize as never before that fire is the king of the forest and that roads and trails are not the end, but only the means of fighting fires. Jake Knutzen. who never has a smile off his face, is another popular personage around camp.
    Boys will be boys, and these recruits have shared the contents of their pockets to such an extent that a veritable biological exhibit is on display at camp. Scorpions, blue-tail lizards, California lizards, swifts and other specimens are a source of interest to visitors as well as those in camp.
    The Brush Marines have gone back to nature for their methods of laundering and bathing. They are constructing a pole bridge across the Applegate, which has withstood the high water so far, and it is on this bridge that they are prone to lie with their heads dangling over the water while the rushing current purges their Monday's wash of yellow soap. Bathing is taken on the hop, skip and jump, the boys rushing in the water, hopping out to soap themselves, then submerging again for the final. Cold? "Sure," Captain McMahon confirmed.
    Mrs. McMahon and two children are expected to arrive on the Applegate in the near future, where they will experience tenting above the Hutton Ranger Station this summer. Jerry, aged 14. and Janet, who is 11, will enjoy a real storybook vacation in the mountains. Captain McMahon finds added interest in his work in the fact that he knows very little of future arrangements. He finds unexpected events developing from time to time.
Jacksonville Miner, June 2, 1933, page 1

● Poison oak is occupying the minds of many in camp, and judging from the remedies offered, never was there any one subject in which more people are interested.
● Lumber has a special way of being delivered on Sunday, of all the seven days suggested, especially if only six men are in camp.
● The captain already has shown special talent in music, picnicking and dancing.
● The detachment from the Star Ranger Station was defeated in a baseball game with Palmer Creek players Sunday to the tune of 5-10. Game was umpired by Omar Culy. A couple of new baseballs were seen on the way out from Medford Monday and it looks like next Sunday's game means business.
● Who burned midnight oil thinking of a catchy name to replace the mediocre term of C.C.C.? Nobody. It's just second nature with Ed Finley.
● So a local poet was inspired to write 14 verses on the doings of the Brush Marines just for pastime. You can read it someday.
● Captain McMahon, Ross Dickey and Jim Winningham hiked to Windy Peak Tuesday.
● Some marines out for a stroll in the twilight stopped strolling to watch a farmer milking his cows. They said it had been many a day since they had seen bossy giving milk and mentioned something about cans.
Jacksonville Miner, June 2, 1933, page 1  By Maude E. Pool


    ROSEBURG, Ore., June 5--(AP)--Douglas, Lane and Coos County quotas of forest workers for C.C.C. camps are to be assembled in Roseburg Wednesday morning for enrollment in the Steamboat camp, located 45 miles east of Roseburg, to make up the personnel of the first all-Oregon camp, it was announced here today.
    Each county is to send its full quota of recruited men, Douglas County having a quota of 46 men, in addition to a woodsmen's quota of 35 and a Forest Service "overhead" crew of 12 men.
    An advance contingent has constructed a mile of road from Steamboat ranger station to the main campsite on Steamboat Creek, a tributary of the North Umpqua River, and the Forest Service is today transporting eight tons of supplies to the new location.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 5, 1933, page 8


    Major C. H. Armstrong and members of his staff will be honored this evening at 7 o'clock dinner at the Eagles' hall, at which Crater Lake Post No. 1833, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Auxiliary will be hosts.
    All visiting veterans will be welcome. Dinner will be followed by the regular meeting of the Auxiliary and an open session of the post for guests and members.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 5, 1933, page 8


    The latch string to Jackson County is out--to the Civilian Conservation Corps and their workers in the Medford district--presented to Clare H. Armstrong, Major, 6th C.A., at the Veterans of Foreign Wars' banquet in honor of the officers last night at the Eagles' hall. Attached to a Medford pear, cut out of leather with the engraving "Latch String to Jackson County," the token was presented by Commander I. D. Canfield.
    Chicken dinner was served to members of the post and the invited officers, at tables decorated in red, white and blue, with candles in corresponding colors about the tables, and small American flags as favors. Music during the evening was furnished by the "Mayor of Berrydale" and his two "councilmen."
    Officers in attendance, each of whom gave a brief addresses, were: Major Clare H. Armstrong, 6th coast artillery; Major James R. Bibighaus, medical corps; Captain Edmund Nelson Hebert, infantry; Lieut. Fred W. Greene, infantry reserve and Lieut. James E. Keyes from Camp Applegate. Col. and Mrs. E. E. Kelly were also guests, and the colonel also addressed the gathering.
    A. I. Hall, a member of the veterans' organization, who was in attendance, attended high school at Albert Lea, Minn., with Major Armstrong.
    Meetings of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the auxiliary were conducted following the banquet, with the latter organization installing officers.  
Medford Mail Tribune, June 6, 1933, page 8


    VANCOUVER, Wash., June 7.--(AP)--An order canceling the scheduled meeting of the citizens' military training camp, the reserve officers' training camp, and the reserve officers' summer training for the army fiscal year of 1933 was received by the commanding officer of Vancouver Barracks today from the Ninth Corps area headquarters at San Francisco.
    The CMTC training period of four weeks was to have started here June 23. The quota of 590 youths from Oregon and southwestern Washington has already been filled from more than 1000 applications. Those who have been accepted were being advised today by the adjutant that the training orders have been revoked. They were told, however, to stand by for further instructions.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1933, page 1


    Chaplain Willis Bergen of Portland arrived in Medford Tuesday by train and will be stationed in the Medford district of the civilian conservation corps camps, he announced. Chaplain Bergen will visit the various camps when set up in this section and will make his headquarters here with the other officers of the district.
    Lieutenant George A. A. Jones, field artillery, returned here yesterday from Corvallis, where he received his master's degree at Oregon State Sollege.
    Lieutenant Jones announced that the rear detachment of 76 men for Cliff Springs camp are scheduled to leave Vancouver Barracks today.
    According to Karl L. Janouch, assistant supervisor of Rogue River National Forest, the men in the various camps will be required to build roads, trails and telephone lines as well as lookout and administrative buildings. Reduction of fire hazards will be the object of all work in this district, and snag falling for hazard reduction will be one of the main projects.   
Medford Mail Tribune, June 7, 1933, page 8


    An order canceling the scheduled meetings of the citizens' military training camp, the reserve officers' training camp, and the reserve officers' summer training for the army year of 1933, was received by the commanding officer of Vancouver barracks Wednesday from the Ninth Corps are headquarters at San Francisco [sic].
    The CMTC training period of four weeks was to have started at Vancouver June 23. The quota of 590 youths from Oregon and southwestern Washington has already been filled from more than 1000 applications. Those who had been accepted were being advised this week by the adjutant that the training orders have been revoked. They were told, however, to stand by for further instructions.
    A number of Rogue River Valley boys had expected to attend the camp this summer.
Gold Hill News, June 8, 1933, page 1


    The Applegate conservation camp in the Rogue River National Forest is now organized to full strength and the camp commander captain has notified Forest Supervisor Hugh B. Rankin that he is prepared to assign the company, consisting of 160 men, to the Forest Service to carry out the work program scheduled, it was stated yesterday.
    At present about 40 men are held in camp for maintenance and other general duties.
    There are about 107 local men at the Applegate camp. Sixty-nine of these are the regular county quota of men within the 18 to 25 years age limits and were enrolled by the Jackson County Relief Committee, under direction of James H. Owen and Alfred S. V. Carpenter. Forty experienced woodsmen were enrolled by the Forest Service through the relief committee. These are to act as guides or leaders for the inexperienced men.
    The names of the 40 follow:
    Arne Carlson, William McLeod, Robert R. Burleson, Wm. H. Dailey, Ben Moore, Pearl I. Garrison, Johnny Carter, Francis Edwards, James H. Smith, Marion Hulse, Dave Winningham, Walter Burdell, Joe Oswald, George Rowden, Harland H. Clark, Herbert G. Miller, Carys Taber, George Siple, Archie West, John Cunningham, Jake Knutzen, Nick Rivers, W. H. Crawford, H. H. Boussum, Charles McGraw, Delbert McCaleb, Orville Goodman, H. L. Mills, Ray Hult, John Harr, Al Zumwalt, Walter Young, A. A. Rhoten, Roy West, Leroy West, Bert Rippey, Jack Hulse, Malcom E. Owen, Oliver D. Owens and Lester Beal.
    Supervisor Rankin has full charge of all forest improvement work to be performed by the personnel of this camp.
    The program calls for: 211 miles of truck-trail construction; 4121 acres of hazard reduction; 152 miles of telephone line construction; 33 station buildings and improvements; 7 public camp ground developments; 10 range improvements.
    This program will be completed so far as labor and needed materials become available and after the existing improvements are brought up to the desired standard. The program is in line with the reforestation policies of President Roosevelt when he secured authority to employ 275,000 men for the so-called "Civilian Conservation Corps." Reforestation work covers far more ground than the mere planting of trees. It includes protection of the present stand from destruction from fire, insects and disease, and the improvement program scheduled for Applegate camp is for the purpose of facilitating human efforts to give complete protection to the existing young growth and promoting natural reforestation by mother seed trees.
    All classes of work in this program will be under the direction of qualified foremen. Supervisor Rankin employed the following personnel who will serve in these capacities:
    H. L. Nutting, general foreman, who is directly responsible for carrying out the program.
    He will be assisted by:
    True Lewis, truck trail construction foreman.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 9, 1933, page 2


    Pistol River camp, F-46, and Ingram camp, F-49, have been designated as veterans' camps in the civilian conservation corps program for the Southern Oregon district, it was announced at headquarters yesterday, following receipt of radio message from the commander general of the ninth corps area. It was also made known that Elk Creek camp, F-37, will be reserved for a special company.
    Athletic equipment costing about $150 per camp is to be purchased for Silver Creek camp, Agness camp and Applegate camp. Each of them will also have a permanent library, it was revealed, and books are expected to be shipped directly to the camps from the East. A traveling library will be established for each of the nine camps.
    All men between the ages of 18 and 25, to be placed in camps in this district, have been enrolled, Lieutenant Geo. A. A. Jones has announced. The last quotas included ten young men enrolled at Clift Springs, 59 Curry County and seven Coos County at Agness.
    Wednesday Major Clare H. Armstrong, in command of this district, and E. Solinsky, superintendent of Crater National Park, conferred with the chamber of commerce officials at Klamath Falls.
    Lumber supplies have been delivered to Camps Ingram, Clift Springs, Applegate and Agness, Captain William H. Sadler, quartermaster, said, and arrangements have been completed for sending material immediately to 11 more camps as soon as work is received that the men are coming. Captain Sadler said that large food bids had not been let as yet, but that necessary supplies are being purchased all the time from bidders, mostly local merchants.
    Major Armstrong said about nine cadres are expected in this district from Vancouver in the next five or six days.
    EUGENE, Ore., June 9.--(AP)--A special train carrying 2000 young men from midwestern states was rushing westward Thursday from Fort Crook, Neb. and Leavenworth, Kan., with Eugene and Roseburg as its destinations.
    The men will make up the civilian conservation corps personnel of 10 camps in the Eugene district. Official confirmation on the plans for the 10 camps was received Thursday by Major Charles Corlett, commander of the Eugene district, from Major General Malin Craig, commander of the ninth corps area.
    The train is made up of 18 cars and will arrive in Eugene either Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The men have already been conditioned and will be taken directly to the camps upon arrival here.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 9, 1933, page 14


    Prospects for a much enlivened community throughout the summer months are visioned by Applegate people since the Brush Marines have become established here. Officers and recruits already have shown their interest in local activities, and from the attendance of approximately 350 people at the dance given by the Marines at Camp Applegate on June 1st, it is apparent that lively times are ahead.
    People came from all over the United States as far north as Medford and as far south as way over the California line to spend the evening as guests of the young forest workers. Forty tent platforms had been built during the week, and eight of these, totaling a floor space of 2,000 square feet, were joined in circular formation around a massive fir tree for the dance platform. With a special tent provided for sleepy youngsters, the older folks as well as the young enjoyed dancing to the fiddler's tunes until not far from dawn. (Who said something about staying for pancakes?)
    Officers attending from Medford C.C.C. headquarters included Major Clare H. Armstrong, commanding officer; Major Bibighaus, surgeon; Lt. G. A. Jones, publicity; Lt. Fred W. Greene, Lt. Ross, adjutant.
    Following arrival of guests at eight o'clock, a short program was presented before dancing commenced. An interpretative dance was given by Lola and Berniece Young, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Baldy Young. Three numbers were rendered by the C.C.C. male quartet consisting of Leroy West, W. H. Collier, Carl Goodwin, and Jim Wilson. Two boxing matches were featured next, both of which culminated in draws. Dave Winningham of Jacksonville and Lester Beal of Medford, both of the Brush Marines, participated in the first, while W. H. Jenkins of Portland (C.C.C.) and Shorty Hull of Long Beach met in the second. Each match consisted of three 2-minute rounds. Those contributing to the dance music from time to time were Mr. and Mrs. George Purcel, Harry G. Hulse, Bob Watkins, Lester Clark, Mrs. Vernie Stephenson, Miss Ruth Severance, Capt. B. B. McMahon and Marion Hulse. The piano was furnished through the courtesy of the Watkins school.
    Refreshments of a pleasing variety were served by Bert Rippey and Private R. A. McMillan, cooks. Coffee was furnished by Mason Ehrman Co., and the cakes by the ladies in attendance.
    Captain McMahon said that the boys will give another dance in the very near future, and that when the new mess hall is completed it will be used as a dance and recreation hall for future community gatherings.
    With the arrival of 48 men and two officers from Vancouver on June 1, the enrollment of 94 new recruits from Jackson and Josephine counties Saturday filled Camp Applegate to its authorized strength. There will be no further arrivals except foremen who have been chosen for forest service technical work.
    An issue of shoes and clothing was made Tuesday to the local men from Jackson and Josephine counties. Men with feet over size 9½ were temporarily out of luck, it was pointed out. However, supplies are now arriving in splendid fashion, and the opinion of camp officials is that both men and camp will be at least 99 ⁴⁴⁄₁₀₀ completely outfitted within the course of a few days.
    Construction is going ahead rapidly, all lumber and most of the plumbing supplies having been delivered. About 100 men were placed at the disposal of C. E. Nutting, work superintendent of the forest, on Tuesday.
    Lt. O. J. Mishaud of Portland, who has been on duty at Camp Applegate since Thursday, has been transferred to Medford C.C.C. headquarters as district assistant adjutant. Nine Marines from the local camp were placed on special duty at Medford headquarters on Sunday as truck drivers and warehousemen. On the way to town the boys met with a slight collision between their truck and a coupe belonging to Miss Emma Jean Crawford of Talent. No injuries resulted, but the left fenders of the coupe were visibly dented.
    George I. Jones, first aid man at camp, left Monday on an official trip to Fort Lewis, Washington. He expects to return within a week. Lt. J. E. Keys, who has been on temporary duty at the C.C.C. warehouse at Medford, has reported for duty again at Camp Applegate.
Jacksonville Miner, June 9, 1933, page 1


    Palmerites were disgracefully walloped by the Marines in a baseball game Sunday with a remarkable score of 30 to 13.
    Are the boys proud of their new maritime title? And then some! They have had the name placed on their sweatshirts.
    Hugo Filippi almost captured a snipe one day, but the critters weren't biting. He was kidded unmercifully, but HE CAN TAKE IT.
    Joe Ratty braced the extraction of a wisdom tooth Tuesday, and was feeling under the weather for a while, but a letter from home folks has a way of making unpleasantries insignificant.
    Hint for some aspiring hostess: If you want a lot of toothpicks to hold your sandwiches together, just ask the clerk to count the picks, and he will hand you the box free.
    Newspapers of any color or size are not especially needed around camp now, because the weather is warm, and beds are okay without a newspaper foundation.
Jacksonville Miner, June 9, 1933, page 3  By Maude E. Pool


    Enrolled and transported to Crater National Park yesterday were 44 young men, who will be stationed in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at Wineglass and Government Camp and more were being enrolled today, with arrangements being made to examine 50 tomorrow and issue them clothing and equipment.
    Those enrolled for the park yesterday were:
    Walter Norman, Louie Oldenburg, Bert Meloy, Donald VanDusen, Warren H. Romans, Edwin Robinson, Hardy Elliff, Glen Hurst, Charles Frost, Frank Bailey, Everett S. Maloney, Glen B. Booth, Hugh L. Tuttle, Clarence R. Wallace, Asa F. Tyler, Leon V. Norman, Paul McDuat, Julius C. Pratt, Clifford C. Cottrell, Russell C. Tolin, Verne R. Harper, Glen W. Crouse, William F. Oatman.
     Lewis D. Gibson, Robert S. Crockett, Emmett H. Kendall, Delos T. Geiger, Lawrence Butts, Erwin Johnson, Geo. Breeding, Arthur Fayer, Percy T. Booth, James W. Fader, Donald W. Griffith, Wilbur E. Eicher, Robert L. Thurman, Frank E. Rose, Thomas F. Rose, George Holmes, Frank M. Moulton, Blair Vernon McFadden, Albert Poindexter, Omar Carl Tinley and Ivar Solomon Wright.
    General Malin H. Craig, in charge of the Ninth Corps area, has announced that the veterans' contingent will be enrolled beginning June 26 and must be completed by July 6. Up to June 6, 95 percent of the 20,000 quota for this area were enrolled, work from headquarters stated.
    No contagious diseases have been reported in any of the 265 camps in the area, news from the Presidio at San Francisco states.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 13, 1933, page 3


    There isn't much left for the C.C.C. enlisted boys and men to wish for in the way of clothing, food and work tools, judging from the stacks of supplies in the warehouse at the automobile building at the Jackson County fairgrounds. All material being purchased for the work army is of the highest quality.
    The west side of the building is devoted to storage of tools, with the center for food and the east side for distribution of clothing. Perishable meats and vegetables are in cold storage in Medford and are issued out to the camps as needed.
    Two-man crosscut saws, tinner stoves, a grindstone for each camp, and hundreds of pick handles with the blades to be placed on them. Several tent stoves are also in the warehouse, and the south end of that section is being made into a salvage department, according to Captain Priest, who is in charge of the building.
    Sugar, 23,140 pounds of it, is stacked in the center of the room, along with many one-hundred-pound drums of coffee and lard and lard substitute in twenty-pound pails, pickles and vinegar in large quantities are also stored there, along with 6336 packages of rolled oats, 5760 cans of Rogue River tomatoes, corn and milk.
    Clothes of every kind, color and description, from brilliantly striped shorts to wool underwear, various colors of corduroy pants, including red wool overcoats, rain coats, shoes and boxes and boxes of socks are in the rows of clothes to be issued to the men. Each man gets six pairs of hose.
    Each man is also issued two blue denim suits, blankets, toilet supplies and other necessaries. Mess kits are also arriving and are being sent to the camps now in operation.
    The boys stationed in Medford with the C.C.C. have their sleeping quarters in the merchants room, where they have arranged a library, reading room and have also put in a radio.
    Captain Priest, supply officer and in charge of the motor transport, has his office in the north end of the supply room, and also has a motor transport office arranged where the chauffeurs check in and out.
    Although about three carloads of clothes have already arrived here, Captain Priest said that more were expected until all the issues are completed.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 14, 1933, page 8


    Next week will be busy days for the C.C.C. headquarters in Medford, for today word was received that two cadres will leave Jefferson Barracks, Mo., tomorrow, and seven cadres are being dispatched here Sunday from Chicago.
    The Missouri cadres will each be composed of two officers, four enlisted men and 30 C.C.C. men. They will be stationed at Camp Kerby, F-47 and Elk Creek camp, F-37.
    Each of the seven units out of Chicago will include one officer, four enlisted men and 25 C.C.C. recruits. One cadre will be placed at each of the following camps: Mt. Reuben, F-43, Upper Rogue River, F-38, Lake o' the Woods, F-40, Government Camp, P-1, Wineglass P-2, Bly, P-203, and Ingram F-49.
    Five days after the seven cadres are sent west, the rear detachment of 135 men for each camp will arrive here and will be given their clothing and other issues upon arrival at the Medford headquarters. No rear detachments will be sent for the two special camps but will be filled by local forestry men.
    Moon Prairie is designated as a special camp and will only have 30 men from the fifth corps area, Ohio. Pistol River camp and Diamond Lake camp have been designated as the two veterans' camps in Southern Oregon.
    Thirteen men were dispatched to the Upper Rogue River camp today by enlistment through the Rogue River National Forest offices.
    Three new trucks for use in the C.C.C. work arrived for the Crater Lake National Park groups today, seven having arrived last week.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 15, 1933, page 10


    An interesting letter has been received this week from the Eugene headquarters of the Civilian Conservation Corps telling of the organization and regulation of the forestry camps, one of which is located at Seattle Bar near Jacksonville.
    The letter follows:
    The Civilian Conservation Corps had its origin with the President of the United States. His primary purpose was to remove young men from the demoralizing influence of the large population centers in depression time. The necessary authority was given him by legislation passed by Congress and approved on March 31, 1933. Under the terms of this legislation the President was authorized to use any existing department of federal government. He decided to utilize the services of the Department of the Interior and the War Department.
    The various departmental functions are these:
    The Department of Labor through the agency of various local relief organizations selects the men who were to be enrolled through its Forest Service, will similarly be in charge of the employment of enrollees at work in camps in national forests. Each camp will have a Forest Service superintendent and several assistants. They will be in full charge of all Civilian Conservation Corps personnel while on construction projects in connection with the forests.
    The army has been given the responsibility for clothing, sheltering, paving, feeding, transporting and furnishing medical attendance to those whom the Labor Department has selected. The Army gives no military instruction to enrollees, nor holds any military formations or ceremonies with them.
    Enrollees are to be discharged upon the completion of six months service, or earlier in certain circumstances. When an individual is discharged, he is furnished transportation to his home or place of acceptance, at government expense.
    Those individuals who absent themselves from their work and proper camps without authority for long absences may be discharged. There is no other penalty.
    Those enrolling in the civilian corps are subject to the same laws and courts as are other residents of the same community. They are not subject to trial by court martial or any other special tribunal. In case of law violations, they are turned over to the civil courts of the community. It is believed such cases will be very rare.
    The merits of the whole project are appearing very forcible to army officers whose duties have brought them into contact with the enrolled personnel of the Civilian Conservation Corps. These enrollees have been drawn from every walk of life and are well worth the expense and trouble of helping. They are alert, intelligent, gentlemanly young fellows who are eager to make the most of their opportunities. They have welcomed the army way of doing things. They have readily accepted the routine of hours that is necessary for the making of orderly communities where so many men are living in such close intimacy that without some schedule, no one could get rest. It is already apparent that the work to be done will be approached enthusiastically, and there is every promise that a great deal will be accomplished.
Gold Hill News, June 15, 1933, page 2


    Probably few outside the military establishment realize what a tremendous responsibility the forest camps, with mobilization, training, feeding and transportation has imposed upon the regular army. Enrollment, examination and equipment of men has carried on at the rate of 8540 per day, higher than the daily average of the United States during the World War for both army and navy combined.
    A summary and appreciation of what is now going on says: "Nor does the responsibility of the army then end. It is estimated that 5400 officers will be required for field work alone, and practically all remaining officers on duty in continental United States will be occupied with additional work in connection with the supply and administration of the corps. Besides this, 8000 enlisted men will be needed to round out the program."
    Despite drastic curtailment in appropriations and reduction in personnel, the army has proved itself equal to the task and has not been, nor will it be, compelled to employ civilians to do any of the necessary work in getting the forest camps organized and keeping the men supplied and equipped. This includes every detail, from maintenance of health and sanitation, feeding and clothing the recruits to supervision and direction of work programs.
    The entire project was placed on the army's shoulders without warning, and as an emergency matter that had to be handled with utmost speed and precision. No provision was included for outside help, despite the magnitude of the undertaking. Perhaps the finest tribute that can be paid to our military men for the magnificent way in which they are carrying through the big job is simply to say that the army is the only institution in the country capable of handling so many thousands of men in such short order, without confusion, without delay, without extravagant overhead expense to taxpayers and without grumbling. It has been a striking demonstration of what rigid discipline, combined with quiet, orderly efficiency, may accomplish in an amazingly short time. --Oakland, (Cal.) Tribune.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 16, 1933, page 9


    A cadre of 30 C.C.C. men from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., four enlisted members of the regular army in charge of Captain W. L. Brock of New York, of the navy medical corps, arrived here today in a special car aboard the Shasta and this afternoon were being transferred to Moon Prairie camp, where they will be stationed.
    The unit was scheduled for arrival here last night, but the route was changed, and the recruits made the trip via the southern route. Two carloads of equipment and supplies were also brought here on the Shasta this morning.
    Tuesday morning, a cadre of the same number of men will be brought to Medford by train for the Elk Creek camp, and the Kerby group will get off the train at Grants Pass. Both cadres are from Jefferson Barracks.
    Announcement was made today that the Diamond Lake camp will be shifted to Tiller, and will hereafter be known as Tiller camp.
    Three new ambulances have arrived for the district, and 33 trucks for the Rogue River Forest Service's use in the C.C.C. work are expected in soon. There will be 31 trucks for the Siskiyou National Forest camps, also in this district, Lieut. G. A. A. Jones announced.
    Captain Brock, who arrived today, will be the doctor in charge of Lake o' the Woods camp and Moon Prairie camp.
    Lieutenant Robert T. Frederick of Fort Winfield Scott has taken up duties as adjutant at the C.C.C., replacing Captain Edmund Nelson Hebert, who became ill. Lieut. Frederick assisted in organizing some of the C.C.C. camps in California.    
Medford Mail Tribune, June 19, 1933, page 1


    Arriving from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., via the northern route, a cadre of thirty CCC recruits, four enlisted men, in charge of Major Norman E. Fiske, arrived today in a special car on the Oregonian, and were leaving this afternoon for Elk Creek camp, where they will be stationed.
    The boys also brought baggage and equipment with them from the East, which is being transferred to camp in five Crater Lake National Park trucks and four national forest trucks.
    Recruits for the various camps are expected in here almost daily, with several more cadres due this week from Jefferson Barracks. Major Fiske, who accompanied the unit from Missouri, was formerly stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 20, 1933, page 1


    Advance detachments of C.C.C. recruits for the Upper Rogue River camp, Government Camp and Wineglass camp, each unit including 21 CCC men, four enlisted men and an officer, arrived on the Oregonian today from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and left immediately for their various stations. The men were recruited from Illinois.
    At Glendale, the advance detachment for Mt. Reuben camp left the train and was taken to the location this morning, and at Klamath Falls, units for the Lake o' the Woods, Bly and Ingram camps arrived.
    For use in the CCC work in this district, 21 new Chevrolet trucks arrived Wednesday, and 15 more are charted to be in Medford today.
    Among officers arriving here to take up duties in this district are Lieutenant Rolph M. Gerth, U.S.N., Mare Island, Calif.; Captain Christopher Strawn, R.O.T.C., instructor at the University of Illinois, who is stationed at Government Camp, Crater Lake; and Captain Harold E. O'Neal, of the medical reserve, from Jefferson Barracks. The latter is stationed at Elk Creek at the present time.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 22, 1933, page 1


    A cadre of 30 C.C.C. men from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., four enlisted members of the regular army in charge of Captain W. L. Brock of New York of the navy medical corps arrived in Medford Monday in a special car aboard the Shasta, and were transferred to Moon Prairie camp, where they will be stationed.
    The unit was scheduled to arrive Sunday night, but the route was changed and the recruits made the trip via the southern route. Two carloads of equipment and supplies were also brought here on the Shasta Monday morning.
    Tuesday morning, a cadre of the same number of men were brought to Medford by train for the Elk Creek camp, and the Kerby group got off the train at Grants Pass. Both cadres are from Jefferson Barracks.
    Announcement was made that the Diamond Lake camp, to be occupied by veterans, will be shifted to Tiller, and will hereafter be known as Tiller camp.
    Three ambulances have arrived for the district, and 33 trucks for the Rogue River Forest Service's use in the C.C.C. work are expected in soon. There will be 31 trucks for the Siskiyou national forest camps, also in this district, Lieut. G. A. A. Jones announced.
    Captain Brock, who arrived Monday, will be the doctor in charge of Lake o' the Woods camp and Moon Prairie camp.
    Lieutenant Robert T. Frederick of Fort Winfield Scott has taken up duties as adjutant at the Medford district offices of the C.C.C., replacing Captain Edmund Nelson Herbert, who became ill. Lieut. Frederick assisted in organizing some of the C.C.C. camps in California.
Gold Hill News, June 22, 1933, page 1


    Rear cadres for several of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the Medford district are scheduled to arrive at various points in Southern Oregon Monday, according to announcement issued today.
    Lieut. G. A. A. Jones of the headquarters staff stated this morning that the rear cadres for company 1652, Government Camp, and 1653, Wineglass camp, left Jefferson Barracks, Mo., last evening and are scheduled to arrive at Chiloquin Monday.
    For company 1642 at Lake o' the Woods, the rear cadre is expected to arrive at Klamath Falls on that date, having left the barracks Thursday. Detachments for 1651, Upper Rogue River camp, and for 1650, Mt. Reuben, will be brought to Medford, and are also scheduled to be here on Monday's train.
    Enlisted young men for Camp Bly, company 1645, and Camp Ingram, 1647, will reach Lakeview on Monday also, according to present plans.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 23, 1933, page 4


   APPLEGATE, June 23.--(Spl.)--Interest is shown by the boys in the construction work at Camp Applegate with many buildings almost completed, including the mess hall in the center of the camp. It is 20x144 feet, including kitchen, pantry and the cook's room. To avoid unnecessary heat a lean-to is being built in which the stove will be placed. At one end of the mess hall open pits are arranged for heating dishwater, also making it possible for four lines of boys to wash their dishes instead of only two. The meat cooler is completed with the exception of installing a windlass to lower and elevate the dumbwaiter in the cellar shaft. When completed the shower house will consist of 15 shower heads, a hot water tank, dressing room and laundry. The well has been dug to a depth of 22 feet, and a gas pump, tower and tank have been installed. The tank has not been covered. The camp covers 8 to 10 acres and has been beautified. The camp formation has been carried out with the preservation of the trees in mind. Each tent has an archway over the entrance, and many pictures have been formed near the entrance by white rocks being placed in such a fashion as to represent diamonds, skull and cross-bone, etc.
    Two new officers of the Vancouver Barracks have joined the boys at Camp Applegate, Sergt. Charles Seyler and Corp. Ady Austin of Company C, 7th infantry. Two boys, Mark Warenselt and Joe Wisdom of Jackson County, captured a rattlesnake on Elliott Creek Friday. The snake has five rattles and a button. The collection of lizards and scorpions the boys have been gathering was turned out recently.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 23, 1933, page 3


    Chaplain Willis Bergen of Portland, officer of the reserves, who is on duty as district chaplain of the C.C.C. headquarters stationed at Medford, spent the weekend at Camp Applegate. Chaplain Bergen motored out with a carload of athletic supplies.
    New officers arriving in camp last week include Sergeant Chas. Seyler and Corporal Ady Austin, both of Company C, 7th Infantry, Vancouver Barracks. The two men have joined the local company.
    Private first class Robert McMillan of Company D, 7th Infantry, returned for duty Thursday of last week from Vancouver Barracks. His place as head cook had been taken by Bert Rippey.
    A number of the Brush Marines spent several days at Hutton Ranger Station, where they received instructions in requirements of straw bosses in fire fighting from Ranger Lee Port and Albert Young.
Jacksonville Miner, June 23, 1933, page 1


    More than nine acres of rock-strewn brush land at Seattle Bar, uninhabited for years except by jackrabbits and yelping coyotes, has changed overnight as it were into a tented village as neat as your grandmother's parlor when company came. Over 200 boys in charge of Capt. B. B. McMahon are responsible, and whoever thinks that boys are hopeless slovens has another guess coming.
    Even midst the general formation of the camp, which nestles in a bend of the peaceful Applegate River with the timber-clad mountains standing close guard, specific details of individual care and taste on the part of each boy are paramount. The entrance to each little brown tent, wherein from four to eight boys are housed, is marked either by archways formed by twisted twigs or by round insignia developed with white rocks. High over one tent a popular gasoline trademark flaunts its message to the hill country. Tiny clotheslines bearing a bit of washing testify to the cleanliness of the young men in camp.
    As a practical illustration of the primary purpose of the reforestation camp, uniform spacing of tents and buildings has been sacrificed to preserve the beauty and shade of the trees. Whether clustered or standing alone, the trees seem to have been given a place in camp as important as that of the boys themselves. The lone pines in particular have been emphasized by a mound of soil at the base, and some have been encircled with white rocks; one has been given the companionship of old-fashioned flags which have blossomed and faded. Even a lowly manzanita has been exalted, and it reigns supreme among its kind.
    In camp there still stands the long dining tables and seats made of rough logs with which the Brush Marines pioneered during their first days in camp. The pioneer tables are merely of sentimental interest and somehow are strangely reminiscent of the tall and stately Ross Dickey, who doesn't let his appetite bother him. It was revealed that he is the first man at the table and eats until the diners at the last end of the table have finished. He still is losing weight, but he built the Redwoods Hotel at Grants Pass and is head carpenter for the C.C.C. Ross can handle a large number of men with astounding success and everybody in camp swears by him.
    The new mess hall, where the entire recruit of Marines will flock with wistful expressions three times a day, is practically completed at the center of the grounds, and occupancy of the building was expected by the middle the week. Not only will famished lads be ministered unto there, but many a winsome lassie's heart will flutter with excitement in that building on the night of July 4, when a big dance, continuing until 2 a.m., will climax a grand old day of celebrating on the grounds.
    The structure is 20 by 144 feet, 60 feet of the south end being devoted to kitchen, pantry and cook's room. To avoid unnecessary heat in the mess hall, three field ranges and a large pastry stove will be installed in a lean-to on the building. Open pits close by will be dug for heating dishwater, and four lines of boys will be washing their dishes in unison. Bold black letters atop the mess hall roof shout to the world that there is located the camp of the "Brush Marines." The meat cooler has been completed with the exception of installing a windlass to elevate and lower the dumbwaiter in the cellar shaft.
    The 22-foot camp well, equipped with a gasoline pump and tower with a Happy Hooligan hat, reposes blithely in the south suburbs of the camp and is the godchild of Arne Carleson, well-known Jayvillite. Camp Applegate would be without water to this day had not Captain McMahon and Ross Dickey wielded the water witch's forked stick and located moisture first thing right near the river. The attractive rock garden formation formed around the well from the dirt and rocks excavated bids fair to shoot forth creeping mosses and brilliant floral specimen most any time.
    The hospital tent stands a silent assistant in the young village and recently all but claimed two victims within its ominous walls, N. I. Huff and F. A. (Whitey) Moore. The former was isolated a few days as a whooping cough suspect, and young Moore snagged himself in the ear with a fish hook but survived the ordeal after extrication of the hook by G. I. Jones, first aid man.
    Although two swimming pools will be developed from natural formations of the river, the Marines will no longer resort to the river for cleansing methods. A shower house is being completed with equipment of 15 shower heads, hot water tank and heater, laundry and dressing room.
    The Forest Service installation of garage, tool shop, etc. is located near the roadside. It was a gravel bar on which Camp Applegate took shape, but somewhere there was a 90-yard stretch of sandy loam and Bill Jones of Medford, champion archer, found it at the rear of camp and utilized it for an archery range.
    The headquarters tent, presided over by F. D. Meeker, company clerk, and second lieutenant of the Quartermaster Reserves, who wields a trusty typewriter, houses a small clothing store. Issues of wearing apparel ranging from yellow rain coats in which Jake Knutzen really can look collegiate to all sizes of hobnailed shoes are stored away neatly in the tent. In purchasing the clothing, increase of sales has been considered rather than uniformity of apparel.
    A sizable excavation has been made for an incinerator and a few colors have been panned from therein, thus indicating that the work was done not from a utilitarian viewpoint, but rather by personal interest stimulus.
    Although little athletic equipment is on hand as yet, with pillow fights, acrobatic stunts on poles and other methods of exercising the boys are finding keen enjoyment in the simple things of life, rather than having their recreation manufactured for them. Six courts full of horseshoe pitchers are not an uncommon sight, and the shoes that Old Dobbin wears are used instead of the designated type for sport. A bicycle found its way into camp and it works overtime. Until the present time all efforts have been centered on camp construction, and when the quarters have been completed attention will be given to more thorough personal training and discipline.
Jacksonville Miner, June 23, 1933, page 1


    Joe Wisdom and Mark Warenfelt of Jackson County induced a ferocious Elliott Creek rattlesnake to meander into camp on a forked stick Friday. The rattler sported five rattles and a button and seemed quite at home in a new screened box.
    Joe Ratty has been mounting guard nightly over the tool dump east of Joe Bar.
    William Harlow, local man, has become an additional member in camp as a jackhammer man. Hugo Fillippi also works in this capacity.
    Credit for stacks of neatly corded wood belongs to Mickey Miller of Medford, 13-year-old son of Mike Miller, mess hall carpenter. Mickey visited his father a short time ago and exhibited his ambitious nature.
    Bill Pool is enjoying the new army life to the greatest extent and finds innumerable tasks to keep himself busy.
    Jake Knutzen seems to feel perfectly at home posing as a local sourdough for an upstate newspaper photo. You'd be surprised how much at home Jake can feel with a piece of cake, too.
    Marion Hulse is getting to be a regular shark at snapping pictures of camp life. Marion and his camera are great pals.
    Was Sunday's baseball score 75 to 90 or 5 to 25?
Jacksonville Miner, June 23, 1933, page 4  By Maude E. Pool


    Dr. Harold B. Gillis, located in this city for the past two years, with offices in Medford also, reported Wednesday morning of this week at Agness, Oregon, for duty as a private contract surgeon of the United States army.
    The young Dr. Gillis, who has been associated with his father, Dr. J. B. Gillis, and who completed a two months course in cancer surgery a few days ago, will be camp surgeon at one of the many C.C.C. establishments on Rogue River. Agness is located some 32 miles inland from Gold Beach at a point where the Illinois River joins the Rogue. He will have charge of two orderlies and an ambulance driver as well as medical attention for more than 200 men.
    The doctor, who became very well known in Southern Oregon because of his wide surgical practice, will be joined by Mrs. Gillis, who has been caring for relatives in Portland while her husband was in Southern California taking postgraduate work. Their house in this city will be occupied by Dr. Gillis' parents, who have been building a new home on Applegate, where they have purchased a ranch.
    Tuesday, upon receipt of word of his acceptance in the army service, Dr. Gillis supplied himself with new fishing equipment at the local hardware store in anticipation of outdoor possibilities offered in camp life in the lower Rogue section. He had been in this city the past week since his return from school.
Jacksonville Miner, June 23, 1933, page 4


    Coming west from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on a special train, the 925 CCC recruits to be stationed in the Southern Oregon district will arrive by train today instead of Monday as was previously announced from headquarters here.
    Recruits for Upper Rogue River camp and Mt. Reuben camp will arrive at the Medford station, for Bly and Ingram, Lakeview; for Lake o' the Woods, Klamath Falls, for Government Camp and Wineglass, Chiloquin. All men will be situated in camps by June 30, under present orders.
    Seventy-five local woodsmen, recruited by the Rogue River National Forest Service through the relief committee, have been notified to report for duty on Monday morning, also five carpenters of the Forest Service to assist in camp construction.
    About 40 foremen will also report tomorrow, according to assistant supervisor of the forest Karl L. Janouch. On Wednesday, he will send two men to Applegate, 8 to Upper Rogue River and 46 to Elk Creek.
    The following have been designated as foremen by the Forest Service and will report to camps as follows: Lake o' the Woods, C. C. Hoover, camp superintendent, Walter Inch, Lorn Moon, Clarence Young, E. F. McBee, Orlando Baily, R. H. Southwick and J. W. Lichtenberger, foremen.
    Elk Creek camp: Fred Warner, camp superintendent, Glen Howard, Ray Pritchett, John Millard, J. H. Hughes, Lee Goodman, I. H. McGuire, S. S. Shell and George Laidley, foremen; Moon Prairie camp: M. A. Murdock, camp superintendent; M. Hughes, J. C. Black, Charles Hamilton, Carl Jackson, Charles Moe, Everett Abbott, Charles Patton, Lester Smith, foremen.
    Applegate camp: H. L. Nutting, camp superintendent; True Lewis, D. Mills, James Carroll, Nate Russell, D. R. Dickey, John Haynes, Roland Smith, foremen; Upper Rogue camp; R. M. Smith, camp superintendent; S. V. Godard, Dud Geary, F. E. Elliff, Walter L. White, Ray Warner, Maurice Todrow, Robert Wilson and Grant Neeley, foremen.
    Men are also being enrolled in the other national forests in the Medford district, with G. E. Mitchell, supervisor of Siskiyou National Forest, Grants Pass, enrolling 86 for Kerby, 5 for Agness, 28 for Mt. Reuben and 28 for Pistol River.
    Eighty will be enlisted from Deschutes National Forest by Supervisor Neal of Bend. Forest Service men originally scheduled to report at Crescent and Paulina camps are being sent to Elk Creek camp.
    Supervisor J. F. Campbell of Fremont National Forest, with headquarters in Lakeview, will send three men to Ingram, one to Clift Springs, 40 to Moon Prairie. The latter group was slated originally for Dog Lake.
    A total of 110 experienced woodsmen from camps abandoned in the Eugene district will be sent to the Medford area, Lieut. George A. A. Jones of the headquarters here said.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 25, 1933, page 1


    One hundred thirty-nine C.C.C. recruits for the Upper Rogue River camp, who were brought into Medford in three special cars on the Oregonian today, were being transferred immediately to the Upper Rogue River camp, where they will be located. The cadre was in charge of Lieutenant J. F. Bird, assigned from Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
    The recruits were all Illinois men, who boarded the train at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
    Lieutenant George A. A. Jones of the headquarters here announced that tomorrow, two officers, four regular army men and 21 veterans will arrive at Myrtle Creek from Fort Winfield Scott, for a camp to be established there.
    Wednesday the same number of men will arrive for the Pistol River camp.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 26, 1933, page 3


    Eighty-six men were today enlisted by the Rogue River National Forest office, through the Jackson County relief agency, for service as foresters in Moon Prairie and Upper Rogue River CCC camps. George Schermerhorn, listed in the group, will go to Elk Creek.
    Enlisted for Upper Rogue are:
    Theodore E. Smith, Fred Morgan, William C. Morgan, Jack Casey, Aubrey Wisdom, J. L. Atchley, Tom Clege, Ted James, James Walters, Paris L. Atchley, John O. Kincade, Lorin Phillips, Thomas B. Adams, Achilles Ewers, Lloyd B. Leabo and K. M. Doak.
    The following will go to Moon Prairie camp in the Ashland district:
    Louis Zattlin, Lyle Wright, Percy Squires, Bob Cass, Robert Burkhart, Paul Johnston, James McDowell, Melvin J. Harper, Tom Weeks, Allen VanZee, Charles Skevington, R. M. Scott, L. E. Miller, H. S. Nedrey, David F. Kimball, H. C. Landers, Edward McLain, W. E. Helms, John B. Palmer, E. F. Burdett, James Hoskins, Dwight C. Horton, Ray N. Gifford, Tom Williams, C. J. Williams, Frank E. McElfresh, Earl Todd, Elton Caine, Leonard Earl, O. L. Hilkey, John H. Chastain, H. W. Henshaw, James Hyde, Joe Hyde, Robert Griffin, John Drummond, William Loos, H. F. Thurman, H. O. Milbourn, Joe West, F. O. Greenwood, C. E. Moore.
    Sherman Wooley, Oliver Martin, Luther Poole, Ed Nelson, E. N. Arnold, Geo. Gottlieb, S. C. Phippard, Wm. Eaton, Fred Peterson, Frank W. Wald, W. L. Dale, Chris Natwick, A. L. Zumwalt, J. B. Pankey, R. F. Griffin, Clarence Blakely, E. A. Herman, O. C. Gibson, L. E. Gavel, D. E. Galvin, Glenn Young, Bob Ruch, E. D. Thompson, Frank B. Root, George A. Bigler, Clarence E. Rindemood, John C. Greb.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 26, 1933, page 3


    The Rogue River National Forest is today sending out 25 local woodsmen to the Moon Prairie camp to complete the local quota of the Forest Service in the CCC. Today's number brings the total sent out by the Forest Service to 200 men.
   In addition to the 25 sent to Moon Prairie, 12 men are en route today to Lake of the Woods camp. C. C. Hoover, camp superintendent, was in Medford today.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 28, 1933, page 8


    One hundred and thirty-nine Civilian Conservation Corps members were on board the Oregonian in three special cars when it stopped in Gold Hill Monday morning. The young recruits were all from Jefferson Barracks, Mo. The men were taken to the Upper Rogue River camp upon their arrival in Medford.
"Local Happenings," Gold Hill News, June 29, 1933, page 4


   PORTLAND, June 30.--(AP)--Citizens of Oregon were urged by Governor Meier today to cooperate with a special citizens committee in supplying recreational materials for 23,000 young members of the civilian conservation corps. Magazines, books and games are needed by these youths who are working in the forests of the state, the governor said, as working hours are short and leisure must be reckoned with, and the camps in many instances are isolated.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 30, 1933, page 2


    MARSHFIELD, June 30.--(AP)--Nearly 500 youths who are working in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in forests of this region will spend a quiet Fourth of July in camp unless a quarantine imposed for a mild epidemic of measles is lifted.
    The camp in Camas Valley is under strict surveillance, and it is understood the Melrose camp also experienced a similar epidemic.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 30, 1933, page 4


    Eighteen men, to be sent to the CCC camp at Elk Creek, were enrolled today by the Forest Service through the aid of the Jackson County relief committee, and are to be sent to camp as soon as physical examinations are given them. The enlistments today complete the quota for the Forest Service, and all men will be stationed in camp by tonight.
    For assignment at various camps throughout the district, 28 men were enrolled yesterday.
    Those enrolled today include Floyd Preslar, Victor Patton, O. C. Gibson, Albert Johnson, Joseph Martin, Arthur B. Hall, Filman Ratty, Walter F. Wood, Floyd Gentry, Jos. W. Hale, Edwin H. Malkemus, Harold J. Anderson, Preston Card, Loren B. Fredericks, Jesse E. Long, George E. Colbeth, Frederick E. Gravelle, Frederick J. York, N. A. Smith and Peter Printz.
    Yesterday's quota was James A. Anderson, Clure M. Isenhower, Richard E. Cooper, James L. Garrett, James S. Leeper, William A. Casey, Charles M. Turner, Joseph P. Arant, Mike Emre, DeWitt G. Scriven, Lawrence B. Chadwick, William T. Broach, Samuel B. Hober, Norman C. Cross, George Bailey, Lemmie R. Cook, Gilbert E. Blackburn, Willis L. Turpin, Maurice Swank, Walt Painter, Jack Cummings, Malcom M. Cummings, Oscar L. Burks, Frank M. Howard, Ragnar A. Anderson, Harry I. Overbeck, Huan H. Hoyt and Edward R. Thomas.
    With the rear detachment of two officers and 157 California war veterans for the CCC camp at Wolf Creek going to that place today on the Shasta, the quota of 3500 men for the Southern Oregon district of the civilian conservation corps will be met by tonight, as required by orders, Major Clare H. Armstrong said today.
    Two carloads of cots, blankets, tents and bed sacks arrived by special express here yesterday from San Francisco and were immediately trucked to the various camps in the district where needed.
    Karl L. Janouch, assistant supervisor of the Rogue River National Forest, said today that quota in the foresters' division had been completed.
    Men were brought into this district by truck to be in the camps here. They arrived from Bend, Roseburg, Grants Pass and Lakeview.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 30, 1933, page 7


   APPLEGATE, June 30.--(Special.)--Applegate people are looking forward to spending the Fourth with the C.C.C. boys at Camp Applegate, where the boys have an all-day picnic planned. The day will start with a valley reunion in the forenoon, to which the people of the upper valley and the families and friends of the men in camp are cordially invited.
    Everyone is asked to bring a basket dinner. The tables will be furnished by the camp and will be located in the wooded areas of the camp formerly occupied by the mess hall. The program committee is busy on new things for entertainment.
    Plans are made for races of all kinds, archery exhibitions by experts, boxing card with several bouts, and there may be a timber falling contest. The evening will be filled with dancing in the mess hall, which will continue not later than 2 a.m. Many Applegate musicians have already offered their services.
    It is understood there will be a special tent prepared for the younger children. Practically all of the 73 Portland boys are expecting to spend the Fourth in the northern city. Eight of the men from Camp Applegate are engaged in transporting the men who arrived in Medford several days ago from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to the different camps assigned to them. Lieutenant Wallace S. Douglass of the medical corps, and a native of Hillsboro, Ill., has reported at Camp Applegate for duty as medical officer.
Medford Mail Tribune, June 30, 1933, page B1


    Who is celebrating the Fourth of July to remind folks that somewhere in the dim past there was a Declaration of Independence? Eugene? Yes, and Camp Applegate is entertaining with a big day of fun that will be remembered always, and which will wind up with a big dance in the large new mess hall, for which local orchestras and musicians have already offered their services.
    Residents of the upper valley, as well as families and friends of the men in camp, are cordially invited to come for the day and night, activities beginning with a valley reunion on the grounds in the forenoon. Come and greet your and neighbors early in order that your undivided attention can be given to the basket dinner at noon, which will be served in the wooded area formerly occupied by the kitchen and mess hall of the camp. The log and shake tables, as well as the plank tables now used in the mess hall, will be available for the spread, and an army field range will operate to provide bot coffee for the picnickers, it was announced by camp officials. Each person may bring a basket filled to suit his own taste.
    A complete afternoon program is being planned and the program committee remained busy late in the week devising new means entertainment. Events already lined out are races of all kinds, exhibition of archery by the best archers in camp and a boxing card with several bouts. A timber felling contest may be arranged, it was stated. However, baseball is taboo on account of desirable grounds not being available.
    Dancing will continue not later than 2 a.m., and special tents will be assigned for the benefit of small children.
Jacksonville Miner, June 30, 1933, page 1


    In addition to the famous Applegate swimming pools, blackberry patches and gooseberry pie, which caused the Portland Oregonian to come forth with a lengthy appreciatory article recently, the Applegate Valley has pure air--the purest of all, in fact--according to a statement made by an army official at Camp Applegate a few days ago.
    The Brush Marines not only have had a 100 percent health record since their arrival almost two months ago, but Camp Applegate has the isolation ward for the upper Rogue River camps of the higher altitude, and even though boys from the other camps had been sent to the local ward with afflictions which appeared as dangerous, the maladies soon disappeared after subjection to Applegate air, the official said. Whooping cough, appendicitis and influenza suspects from the neighboring camps have been released from Camp Applegate after isolation during the last two weeks. Lt. Wallace S. Douglas of the medical corps, a native of Hillsboro, Ill., has reported at Camp Applegate for permanent duty as medical officer.
    At the present several groups of Brush Marines are absent from camp, having been assigned to outside work. Local men leaving Monday for Vancouver to return with fire trucks are Walter Burdell, Joe Oswald, Roy Huit, John Cunningham, C. K. Taber, Archie West, LeRoy West, Aaron Rhoten, Leslie Beal and F. B. Harrin.
    A crew of 11 men under Ross Dickey was sent to the Star Ranger Station Monday to complete the machine shed and other phases of the construction program there. Another group of eight men are engaged in trucking the C.C.C. men arriving at Medford recently from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Mt. Reuben and other camps of the Medford headquarters. Eleven boys, including Harland Clark and J. W. Smith of Jacksonville, are expected to return soon from the O.N.G. encampment at Camp Clatsop. Practically all of the 73 Portland boys are looking forward to a vacation during the Fourth, which they will spend in Portland.
    During the weekend Captain B. B. McMahon, G. I. Jones. first aid man, and F. D. Meeker, company clerk, hiked 15 miles of the distance to Jacks Flat in the vicinity of Dutchman's Peak, where they remained Saturday night with James Carrol and his crew of eight Marines who are working on telephone maintenance for the Forest Service. They returned by way of Little Applegate and aside from the pickup they received in a trailer, 21 miles of the distance were made on foot. While at the Carrol camp Mr. Jones submitted seven of the maintenance workers to the third shot in the arm for typhoid inoculation.
    A new fire truck has been received for use at the local camp.
Jacksonville Miner, June 30, 1933, page 1


    District headquarters of the CCC received a telegram of appreciation Saturday night from Major General Malin Craig at San Francisco, extending his thanks and appreciation to all ranks of the ninth corps area, and to the civilian employees for their efficient and devoted discharge of duty.
    The note was sent upon the completion of enrollment and concentration of the CCC camps in the area.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 3, 1933, page 6


    Charles L. Jarrett and Raymond Conover of Camp Bly, of the Civilian Conservation Corps, were yesterday taken to the soldiers' hospital at Roseburg, and Staff Sergeant Oliver of the U.S. army, stationed at Camp Reuben, was sent to Camp Applegate.
    Jarrett suffered an attack of acute appendicitis, and Conover was treated for a broken leg, acquired while attending a baseball game in Bly. A grandstand, in which there were several hundred spectators, crashed and Conover was injured.
    Sergeant Oliver was treated to a broken shoulder and was placed in Applegate camp. Major James R. Bibighaus, Medford district CCC surgeon, accompanied the two youths to Roseburg.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 6, 1933, page 2


    For CCC workers who exhibit qualities of initiative, industry and leadership, new regulations for the workers provide that "no more than 5 percent of the authorized strength of any CCC company may be paid a cash allowance of $45 per month, while and additional 8 percent of may be paid a cash allowance of $36 per month." Previous regulations provided for a flat cash allowance of $30 for each enrolled man.
    Those to receive the increase in pay, according to Major General Malin Craig, are to be selected by the company commander and the camp superintendent for each camp. Men selected for the increase in pay will assist in the administration of camps and in many cases in overseeing work to be performed in the forests.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 6, 1933, page 2


    Members of the Chamber of Commerce board of directors and the city council were entertained yesterday by Major Clare H. Armstrong, head of Civil Conservation Corps activities here.
    All were guests at luncheon at the camp at the Jackson County fairgrounds and enjoyed an inspection tour of offices and plant.
    The operations of the Civil Conservation Corps were thoroughly described by Major Armstrong, who thanked council and chamber of commerce for the splendid cooperation extended the national programs here. Mayor E. M. Wilson responded, stating that Medford is appreciative of what the CCC has done for the city and surrounding country and lamenting the time when the peacetime soldiers will have to depart.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 6, 1933, page 7


    VANCOUVER BARRACKS, July 2, 1933.--Six students from Jackson County are attending the seventh annual Citizens' Military Training camp here, now under way and scheduled to run until July 22. They are part of a camp much reduced in size, as considerably less than half the original quota of 590 were able to come this time, due to drastic reductions necessitated by Ninth Corps area headquarters  instructions in line with the federal economy program. Attending from this county are: Albert C. Gaddis, Medford; Walter B. Kindred, Medford; Harold S. Owen, Ashland; Patrick H. Shaw, Medford, and Walter J. Young, Medford.
Gold Hill News, July 6, 1933, page 4


    Jigsaw puzzles, magazines, books, decks of cards and games have been coming in to the chamber of commerce very freely for distribution to C.C.C. headquarters for the boys in the various camps, it was announced by the chamber of commerce today.
    There is still need for more of these things, as the camps are now fully manned and there are over 3,000 boys working from the Medford headquarters, so those desiring to give donations are urged to communicate with the chamber of commerce immediately.
    In the event that no transportation is available to bring the books or magazines to the chamber, arrangements can be made to have them picked up by ringing 63.
    "The chamber of commerce is appreciative of the ready response which was given the first announcement that books, magazines, decks of cards and games would be received," stated president W. S. Bolger, "and we hope that during the next week we shall be able to deliver more literature and games to the camps."
Medford Mail Tribune, July 9, 1933, page 8


    All Civilian Conservation Corps troops in the Medford district were paid Monday, with an outlay of about $5000 in cash, according to officers here. Approximately $15,000 came into the area for allotments to be mailed out by check for the enlisted men. A portion of the amount paid the recruits is mailed home.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 11, 1933, page 1


    A district baseball league in charge of Lieutenant George A. A. Jones is being formulated in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Southern Oregon, it was announced today. Five sub-leagues will be formulated and a series of games played in each before the finals are held.
    Agness and Pistol River camps are to form league A, Mt. Reuben, Kerby and Applegate, league B; Medford district headquarters detachment, Moon Prairie and Lake o' the Woods, league C; Elk Creek, Upper Rogue River, Government Camp and Wineglass, league D; Clift Springs, Ingram and Bly, league E.
    Winners of leagues A, B, and C will play for the championship of that group, and D and E will settle the supremacy there. The final championship will be played in Medford.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 11, 1933, page 4


    Fourteen boxes, each containing 50 new books, are being distributed today to CCC camps in this district, the first step toward establishing a traveling library for the recruits in the district. Each two weeks the boxes will be moved from camp to camp. The books were purchased in Washington, D.C., and sent out here.
    Newspapers, magazines and books, gathered by the Medford Chamber of Commerce, are also being distributed, as well as magazines being supplied by the government. About 35 magazines are being sent the camps through the government, including Adventure, American, Colliers, Literary Digest, Sporting News, Saturday Evening Post, Popular Mechanics, Natural History, National Geographic and Motion Picture.
    Camp commanders are in charge of distributing the books and magazines to the men and boys.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 13, 1933, page 2


    Among the CCC camps which are organizing baseball clubs, the Pistol River camp No. F-46, at Carpenterville, Ore., composed of veterans of the world war has entered the lists with an outfit of ball tossers eager to show some of the youngsters how the great American game should be played.
    All of the men of Pistol River camp are world war vets and consequently not quite as spry on their pins as in days of yore, but they still can toss the apple around, and some of them can put plenty of force behind the willow.
    Arthur E. Johnson, manager of the team, was in Medford yesterday seeking games for his crew. According to Johnson, the Pistol River boys will take on any team in Southern Oregon for money, marbles or chalk. Teams desiring a game with the CCC nine are asked to write Mr. Johnson at Carpenterville, Ore., in care Pistol River Camp No. F-46.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 13, 1933, page 4


    A market for Medford's surplus cherries has been found at Union Creek, Mrs. H. A. Thierolf announced last night. It is comprised of more than one hundred young men from Illinois, stationed near there with the Civic Conservation Corps. They may not be able to bring any profits to the cherry growers, but they can care for the consumption without a doubt.
    Mrs. Aletha Vawter of this city, who has been vacationing at Union Creek, told Mrs. Thierolf yesterday that the CCC boys are "cherry hungry." She took some cherries with her to the resort, and they didn't last long when the boys were introduced to the fruit. Several of them had never seen cherries before, and all of them wanted to see more and more cherries. So anyone with a surplus crop that's bothersome is asked to donate a little of it to fruit-hungry youths from back in Illinois.
    Mrs. Thierolf informed the Mail Tribune last evening that she will be going to Union Creek this weekend and will be glad to take some cherries with her if growers will call her.
    She also suggested yesterday that local fruit men could furnish some homesick boys with much pleasure this summer by remembering them throughout the harvest of other crops.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 14, 1933, page 2


    M. A. Murdock, superintendent of the Moon Prairie CCC camp, was taken before a kangaroo court there last night, and after a long trial with many witnesses, the superintendent was acquitted. Captain Joseph Church, commanding officer of the camp, was presiding judge, with Lt. Niels Fettrup as district attorney and Robert S. Griffin as attorney for the defense.
    Grounds for the case grew out of instructions at the camp yesterday of fighting a dummy fire, which was said to have been set illegally. A grand jury among the CCC recruits returned an indictment against the superintendent, resulting in the trial.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 14, 1933, page 2


    ALBANY, Ore., July 14.--(AP)--Seven negro members of the Quartzville camp, Civilian Conservation Corps, in the Willamette National Forest near Lebanon, were in jail here today as the result, police said, of a disturbance at the camp. Walter Watkins, one of the workers, was charged with assault and the other six were held on charges of disorderly conduct.
    Police said the disturbance started last night during a safety demonstration at the camp by representatives of a power company. Watkins, the officers said, threatened to break up the meeting and tried to strike the camp physician.
    Sheriff's deputies on guard at the camp prevented what they said threatened to be a riot. Seventeen negro workers were taken to the jail at Lebanon, where state troopers helped keep the men in custody.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 14, 1933, page 4


    SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.--(UP)--A peacetime army of more than 90,000 men, conscripted under President Roosevelt's recovery program, was scattered in eight western states.
    Leading the recruits in the battle against the depression was General Malin Craig, commander of the Ninth Corps Area, which contains 450 concentration camps in California, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. He will be assisted by his chief of staff, Col. E. S. Hartshorn.
    The army is composed mostly of young men, many of whom never have done manual labor or been in a forest, but General Craig was optimistic over their eagerness to tackle their job--the first time they have been able to obtain since the depression began. There were also World War veterans in the camps.
    "Lieut. Gen. Hunter Ligett once wrote that the fighters of St. Mihiel and the Marne were self-reliant, full of courage, intelligence and energy, and I am happy to say these men also have those attributes," said General Craig.
    "Faced with a life new to most of them, they have shown great ingenuity in making life comfortable, and in eliminating, as far as possible, the friction inherent in outdoor existence."
    The forest camp "soldiers" will have an opportunity to advance. Although regulations provide for a cash allowance of $30 a month, it was announced eight percent may be paid $45, and an additional eight percent $36. Men chosen for the higher wage will become overseers.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 14, 1933, page 14


    Mrs. B. B. McMahon, wife of Captain McMahon at Camp Applegate, and son and daughter, Jerry and Janet, arrived Monday from Vancouver and will remain on the Applegate for the summer. They are residing in the house belonging to Guy A. Crosby of Beaver Creek, whose family is remaining at Crater Lake. The family of Lt. J. E. Keys, who have been in Medford for some time, were expected to arrive on the Applegate last week to occupy the Jess Townsend house. Lt. Wallace S. Douglas also expects the arrival of his family from Illinois soon.
    Corporal John Leahy of Company C, 7th Infantry, Vancouver Barracks, has reported for duty at Camp Applegate as mess sergeant. Malcolm G. Owens and Floyd Irons have been made first cooks.
    A photo detachment of six men under the supervision of Albert Arnsc of the Forest Service is spending a few days with the Brush Marines while working on a photographic project in the Applegate country.
    A fire school was held in camp last week by Ranger Lee Port and Jim Winningham for the purpose of training a few of the men to handle small fire crews in case of minor fires. The period of instruction was said to be a hasty affair on account of an expected thunderstorm which didn't occur.
    A new recreation tent has been added to camp, which is equipped with a piano, radio, magazines and writing material. The company exchange has been moved to that tent.
    Tuesday was a big day in camp, the time of the chief event every month--pay day. From San Francisco headquarters the boys received $85 for personal use, with $25 going to their dependents.
Jacksonville Miner, July 14, 1933, page 4


    According to Lt. Glenn J. McGowan at Lake o' the Woods CCC camp, reports that transportation has been arranged by cooperation between the army and forestry, making it possible for the young men in camp to attend church services each Sunday in Klamath Falls.
    On Sunday morning, all the members of the Catholic faith were pleasantly surprised with a ham and egg breakfast in Klamath Falls, given by the mothers of the parish. Father Brady of the Chiloquin parish visits the camp regularly, Lieutenant McGowan stated, and conducts mass every Thursday morning.
    Chaplain Willis Bergen visited the camp Wednesday and Thursday and enjoyed swimming in the lake with the boys. He is a great favorite with the group, and he commended Captain Dosher for his conduct of such an outstanding camp.
    Among improvements made at the Lake o' the Woods camp is that of refrigeration made possible by excavation into the side of a slope, which rises at an abrupt angle about 30 feet from the kitchen in the mess hall. Perishable foods are kept in excellent condition for several days there.
    Bathing facilities at the lake have been provided the men by the Lake o' the Woods recreation camp, about two miles from the CCC camp. They are allowed to swim there between 4 and 8 p.m., without charge. A lifeguard is in constant supervision.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 18, 1933, page 2

    According to word received from J. B. Duval, Jr., Lieut., U.S.N., stationed at the Upper Rogue River CCC camp, the boys at the camp have been taking an active part in affairs at Prospect, playing baseball with the town team and also attending dances given for the team's benefit. A ball field is being constructed near the camp.
    In appreciation of the fine conduct of the CCC boys, the citizens of Prospect donated a carload of old magazines to the camp, which the recruits greatly appreciated.
    Twice already the camp has been called upon to furnish men for fighting forest fires. With 200 men available at all times for this purpose, a feeling of security is given those living in the surrounding forest, Lieutenant Duval reports.
    Before an ice box and cooler could be constructed at the camp, large cans were placed in the Rogue River, anchored by ropes to the bank. Fresh meats and other articles were placed in the cans and kept at a low temperature by the cold water.
    The Forest Service has announced plans to utilize the present camp site after completion of the CCC work as a permanent tourist camp and the clearing of brush and rocks has been carried out with this in mind.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 18, 1933, page 3


    The CCC boys at the Elk Creek camp are fighting fire today, just to find out how it is done. N. C. White, assistant supervisor of the Rogue River National Forest, assisted by Chief Ranger J. P. DeWitt, opened a school in fire fighting training at the camp Monday.
    Today training had reached development to the point where actual flames were provided to test out the fire fighters.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 19, 1933, page 1


    Karl Janouch of the Rogue River National Forest service is at Union Creek today, working with F. W. Cleator, recreation engineer of Portland, on plans for recreation at all Forest Service camps in the Upper Rogue River country.
    The C.C.C. carpenters of the Upper Rogue River country started work today on a new residence for the ranger at the Union Creek station
Medford Mail Tribune, July 19, 1933, page 7


   VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., July 20.--(Spl.)--They may not shoot from the hip in Wild West style, but when it comes to puncturing bullseyes with army automatic pistols, the citizens' military training camp students here this year are pretty good notwithstanding. The percentage of youths who have qualified as C.M.T.C. pistol shots, first class, is unusually high, it was announced today.
    Virtually all of those who fired, despite the fact that the army .45 is a rugged customer and not easy to shoot; and also despite limited time for practice and limited ammunition with which to shoot. The boys, however, also did well with the heavy army rifle in qualifying as C.M.T.C. marksmen or sharpshooters, while a fair percentage of those who fired machine guns qualified as gunners.
    Badges signifying their proficiency have been presented to the students, by order of Col. Harry A. Wells, commander. Qualifications include the following Medford boys:
    Albert C. Gaddis, rifle sharpshooter.
    Philip C. Quisenberry, rifle sharpshooter.
    Walter B. Kindred, marksman.
    Walter J. Young, marksman.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 20, 1933, page 3


    VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., July 12.--Busy on their program for the third week of the course, students at the Citizens' Military Training camp here left Camp Hurlburt at this post today for Camp Bonneville, the army target range nestled in the eastern Clark County hills. They were to remain three days. The Oregon and Washington youths will get a good taste of "roughing it" a la army, for they were scheduled to pitch a shelter tent camp themselves and occupy it, while chow will be served from those prosaic but dependable perambulating restaurants, the good old army kitchens. Making the most of a limited ammunition supply, the students will fire rifles and machine guns over special courses for qualification as C.M.T.C. marksmen or sharpshooters.
    Athletics, always a big part of the camp program, are being carried through on a full basis this time as in past years although there are less students in camp, and finals in the nine sports offered are to be run off next week, in time for the concluding event, the annual track and field meet on the morning of July 21, which will be visitors' day, with camp ending the next day.
Gold Hill News, July 20, 1933, page 3


    Although Selma camp has only been organized for about three weeks, reports from there state that the camp spirit is excellent, and the cooperation of the enlisted men in their work makes it almost impossible to tell an Oregonian from a Missourian. The CCC men include 30 from Missouri, 30 from Selma, 40 from Medford and Grants Pass, and 12 from Eugene.
    The Selma camp, 27 miles southwest from Grants Pass on the Redwood Highway, is on the edge of a stream-bordered flat in a grove of fir and oak. Fresh mountain water is pumped from a 20-foot depth on the camp property to ensure adequate supply during the summer period. Two dozen hot and cold showers and two dozen more hand faucets make healthful cleanliness simple.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 21, 1933, page 11


    In keeping with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's objectives to build men as well as forests in the civilian conservation corps work, the Rogue River National Forest, with headquarters in Medford, has completed a plan to train the CCC personnel at all camps in the forest in general forestry and Forest Service activities.
    According to Karl L. Janouch, assistant supervisor of the forest, the objectives in the training are to see that the men carry back to their homes a true picture of what forestry means to the average citizen and nation; to teach the men how to perform in the most efficient manner the daily tasks which they are expected to do in connection with their work, and to inform the men of the region in which they are located by conveying to them a picture of the regions surrounding the forest, its industries, recreational and other resources and the relation of the forest to community welfare.
    A number of subjects are to be taken up by the boys, including the proper use of the falling and chopping axes and bucking saws, and the proper use of other tools and equipment, forests of the United States, Rogue River National Forest, forest stand improvement, and forest recreation uses and developments.
    Other forestry objectives are wildlife, fish and fishing, erosion, range use, insects, tree diseases, water control and floods, roads and trails, fire hazard reduction, planting, and the United States Forest Service organization.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 23, 1933, page 6


    Medford CCC district headquarters baseball team went down to defeat, 16 to 4, at the hands of the Moon Prairie CCC camp Sunday morning at the fairgrounds. The CCC league games are to open next Sunday, according to announcement today.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 24, 1933, page 8


    Kerby CCC slugged out a 16-6 victory Sunday, their fourth straight over Takilma, on the Kerby diamond.
    Although they made 14 hits from pitchers Jacobson and Vineyard, Kerby made their usual basket full of errors, there being nine chalked up against them.
    Manager Duncan put his air-tight pitcher, LaMear, in for Kerby in the fifth, and no Takilman crossed home plate after that. A new find from Eugene, named Purcell, performed nicely for the CCC'ers at shortstop.
    The most spectacular play of the game occurred on first base when Lonnie Dixon, Takilma third baseman, used a little football style and spilled Waters, Kerby first sacker, after he had turned a complete flip in the air. The boys both took it good-naturedly and the crowds yelled for more.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 25, 1933, page 8


    The house temporarily occupied by Capt. B. B. McMahon of the CCC in the Applegate country was destroyed by fire last night, which drew many people from swimming holes to the scene of the conflagration.
   The house was located on the Applegate River near the Beaver Creek bridge and the fire was conquered before forest damage resulted, although the section is quite heavily wooded. Origin of the fire was not determined.    
Medford Mail Tribune, July 28, 1933, page 3


    With the publication of a mimeographed paper each week, the CCC Camp Kerby, located at Selma, puts into the news items the camp schedule, which includes for next week a baseball game on Sunday between Mr. Reuben and the camp's boys, and on Monday, Mr. Reuben and Camp Kerby.
    On the schedule for Tuesday, Mayor Stockwell of Grants Pass will speak, and baseball is chalked up again for Wednesday. For Thursday, the Grants Pass National Guards will entertain, and Friday will be the baseball team dance.
    Sub-camps are being established on Woods Creek and at Swede Basin. The Woods Creek camp is located about two miles south of Waldo, historical Southern Oregon mining town, which is 21 miles southeast of the main camp. Swede Basin is about 15 miles northwest of the main camp. Each camp is to have 35 men to do construction and maintenance work, as well as cooks, supply men and a first aid man included in each of the groups.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 28, 1933, page 13


    MT. REUBEN CAMP, CCC, Glendale, Ore, July 28.--(Spl.)--Just 40 minutes elapsed from the time a telephone call from the Rand ranger station was received at the Mt. Reuben camp, CCC, ordering a 25-man fire fighting unit to "stand by" for fire call until the entire unit was brought in from their work, fed, equipped with rations and tools, and loaded into a truck ready to go on the fire.
    Smoke was reported from three lookout stations in the vicinity of Rocky Gulch, a short distance south of the Rand station, and the fire warning was sent out. Some miners, who were working nearby, were able to put out the blaze without outside help, so the CCC men were not called.
    The office of the district ranger complimented the Mt. Reuben camp on the efficient manner in which the men were equipped to go on the fire call and expressed a feeling of satisfaction in the general attitude of the camp members. That office feels that it is with such organizations that fire suppression work will be carried on this year with a high degree of efficiency and speed.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 28, 1933, page 13


    The newest phenomenon unearthed at Camp Applegate is the fact that the shower house has been in operation for three weeks and few of the boys have used it. They still take their shower in the river. They did that 'way long in May when icicles would not have been amiss on their straw hats and a shower house was just a vision in the Department of Interior or somewhere. Just shows what habit can do. Speaking of icicles, it's a safe bet that Joe Ratty wasn't thinking of them when he was parked down along Medford's main street a few days ago.
    Since snipe hunting becomes taboo after a certain length of time, fortune telling is gaining popularity among the Brush Marines, most of the boys having peered into the future, G. I. Jones in particular, who met with the usual bucket full of water.
    Things to make a fellow feel like he's at home are being added to the recreation tent, which already possesses a piano and radio. The boys have monogrammed stationery and are getting an abundance of magazines. Sunday morning church services were held in the recreation tent, with Mrs. Bert Harr officiating. Besides boys in camp, a number of local people attended. Services will be a regular Sunday morning feature at 9:30, with some one of the boys in charge from time to time. All residents of the upper Applegate are invited to attend these services.
    Twenty-one men left Seattle Bar Monday to establish a spike camp at the Beaver ranch. With the progress of road work in that section, the number of men will be increased in a week or 10 days and camp will then be moved to the vicinity of Yellow Jacket and Silver Fork. Truman Lewis is in charge of the camp.
    Last Sunday the 926th Brush Marine team defeated the Central Point baseball nine with a score of 11 to 2. As yet no game has been slated for Sunday, although both Jacksonville and Central Point will play return games in the near future. With the forming of a district baseball league in Southern Oregon C.C.C. camps, the Brush Marines will play a sub-league game with Kerby camp the second week in August, and later will play Mt. Reuben camp. These three camps have been placed in League B.
    Tuesday Forest Supervisor H. B. Rankin of Medford and A. O. Waha of the regional forestry office at Portland visited Camp Applegate.
    The detachment of Brush Marines employed at the Star Ranger Station for some time have completed minor tasks such as construction of a pole fence around the new barn and exterior painting of the station. It was expected that Wednesday the old tool house would be moved a short distance north of the station to be rebuilt into an office.
Jacksonville Miner, July 28, 1933, page 1


    Construction of a telephone line from Butte Falls to Mosquito guard station started today, with the boys from the Moon Prairie CCC camp doing the work, the Rogue River National Forest office said this afternoon.
    Work also commenced today on the Anderson Butte lookout house, which will be situated atop a thirty-foot tower. The house is to be 14x14, according to the plans. The timber for the building will be cut at the location of the lookout. The Applegate CCC boys are to do the work.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 31, 1933, page 5


    They're a boon to the national forests--the CCC boys!  So say officials of the Rogue River forest, announcing a splendid record of achievement for the peacetime army in local regions.
    Already this summer the youths, who represent the East, the Middle-West, the South and the West of the nation, have made important headway in a program of construction and maintenance, which constitutes an invaluable asset to the Rogue River National Forest.
    Two hundred and 80 miles of forest roads have been improved and maintained by the CCC. Twenty-four miles of new roads have been constructed, Karl Janouch, assistant supervisor of the forest, reported yesterday. Trails, measuring 120 miles, have been maintained and telephone lines, reaching over 175 miles through the forest territory, have also been maintained.
    One watering range development for the benefit of Southern Oregon stock, feeding in the forests, also goes on the credit card of the CCC boys. Over 33 miles, they have reduced the fire hazards along the roadsides.
    Nine campgrounds have been improved and eight buildings constructed by the corps members located in this section.
    One interesting development is found in the Diamond Lake and Lake of the Woods roads, which are in better condition than in several years, both from Klamath Falls and Medford.
    The Hershberger road, which extends from the Diamond Lake road to Hershberger lookout, has been completed to open up thousands of acres of land to facilitate protection of one of the most valuable stands of timber in the forests. The road up Elliott Creek and down Beaver Creek has been improved, making a large loop of some 45 miles and opening up much territory for forest protection and recreational opportunities for the public.
    Camp ground improvements at Union Creek and Lake of the Woods will also be welcomed by the public. There, tables, fire places and other facilities for the convenience of the public have been added and the grounds improved. They will be increased this season to a size that will supply the demand of the public, offering adequate camping space to 4000 people.
    A new home for the ranger, a five-room construction, has also been added to the Union Creek camp by the CCC's. At Lake of the Woods, a four-room ranger station has been constructed and an office building is being completed.
    The boys in the local contingent represent the states of Illinois, Indiana, New York, Kentucky, Missouri and Oregon. Many of them came to Southern Oregon knowing nothing of outdoor life and absolutely inexperienced in the use of the hatchet and carpenter's tools. All are being trained along practical lines to fit them for a number of future occupations, and the Forest Service rotates the crews frequently toward the accomplishment of this end.
    The boys are all learning rapidly, Mr. Janouch stated yesterday, complimenting them highly upon their splendid spirit of cooperation and desire to learn the forest work and to adapt themselves to the western conditions.
    For their pleasure, ball grounds have been located in all the camps and baseball competition has become so hot that the CCC contribution to sports here promises to rival in importance their aid to the Forest Service.
Medford Mail Tribune, July 31, 1933, page 8


     Pay checks, totaling $90,000, were issued yesterday by the CCC headquarters, of which $18,000 was for local workers. A large portion of each boy's pay is forwarded to dependents, and as there a large number of recruits in the Medford district from Illionis, several thousand dollars in checks is being mailed to that section of the country.
    The checks were distributed in the various camps yesterday.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 1, 1933, page 1


   WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.--(AP)--Camp commanders of the civilian conservation corps today were ordered to purchase subsistence supplies from local merchants except in cases where the cost would be greater than the expense of obtaining the supplies from the nearest army post and transporting them to the camps.
    Heretofore camp commanders have purchased perishable supplies from local merchants, but have obtained all non-perishable supplies from army posts.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 3, 1933, page 1


    A caravan to make a tour of the CCC locations at Government Camp and Wineglass will be organized by the chamber of commerce for next Thursday morning upon invitation of Major Clare H. Armstrong, commander of the CCC in this region, it was announced yesterday.
    An invitation to visit the camps is extended the public and cars will be leaving the Medford chamber at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning. They will continue to Government Camp and on to Wineglass for luncheon. As the government prohibits serving of meals free, the guests will be required to pay a small fee for lunch.
    All persons planning to make the trip, which promises to be very interesting, are asked to register at the chamber of commerce as soon as possible.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 5, 1933, page 4


    Ralph Jennings, ex-sheriff of Jackson County, will be in charge of the contingent of game fighting men from C.C.C.  camp No. 1652, Crater Lake, when they begin throwing gloved fists in the grand opening of the American Legion's great relief fund benefit championship amateur boxing tournament on the Medford Armory battlefront a week from tonight. The mighty ring classic is to last for three nights.
    George (Red) Vickery, heavyweight, will head up the Crater Lake crew of maulers. He hails from a suburb of Chicago. Billy Smith, welterweight, and Billy Pettijohn, lightweight, are others on the Crater Lake team.
    Medford's amateur fighting men will go into the final week of hard training tonight in preparation for their conflicts with the out-of-towners when the curtain goes up on the tourney hostilities a week from tonight. The public is invited to see the locals train at the open-air training camp near the East Main Street bridge at 7:30 tonight. All Medford amateurs will report.
    Lee Garlock, post commander, and Carl Y. Tengwald, chairman of the Legion tourney committee, have instructed Les Showers and Dick Russell to put on the greatest card of fights in Medford's history for the opening night's program a week from tonight. The bill will consist of 15 to 20 wild-eyed fights in all weight classes. The fights will be for three rounds each, with no draw decisions being allowed. The Oregon fighters will be seen tearing into C.C.C. camp fighters from other states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri.
    Tourney officials today issued a warning that in view of the hundreds of visiting fight fans due to follow the out-of-town fighters here, that local ring devotees should either get their tickets or make their seat reservations as soon as the sale opens at Cleo's confectionery, Main and Fir streets, early Friday morning of this week. Despite the bigness of the tourney, most popular prices will prevail for the big fights.
    There is to be no delay between fights when the big affair starts with a bang next Monday night. From the time the first pair enter the ring at promptly 8:15 p.m. until the last man is "gunned" not later than 10:30, there will be thrills and excitement galore dished up for the onlookers.
    In answer to several inquiries, tourney officials made it unmistakably clear today that there is to be no radio broadcasting of the sensational fights on nights of the tourney. "Reports to the contrary are without foundation," Carl Tengwald declared.
    While the Medford amateurs are seen resuming training here tonight, amateur fighting men all over Oregon and in C.C.C. camps, as well as in California, too, will be found going into the last week of preparation for the big bouts.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 7, 1933, page 2


    Jacksonville's Miners yesterday afternoon defeated the CCC boys from Seattle Bar, known as Camp Applegate, with a score of 10 to 4  when they played in the old mining town. Marvin Montgomery pitched for Jacksonville and Ivan Harrington catcher. The game lasted eight innings, the visitors having to hurry home to supper.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 7, 1933, page 5


    Officials of the C.C.C. camps today made further selections of powerful amateur fighting men from Indiana and Illinois for the Legion's big amateur boxing tourney, starting here next Monday night.
    In making known the names of the concluding fighters of the Illinois and Indiana contingents, Lieut. George A. A. Jones, chief athletic office for Major Clare Armstrong's rugged woodchoppers, today declared: "Ring followers are going to see a whale of a show Monday night when our camp fighters begin throwing the leather."
    Here are the names of the latest C.C.C.  fighters from the Indiana and Illinois contingents; Jack Grieff, Jimmy Dunford, Ray Wright, Chuck Wood, Al Price and Vincent Eberhardt. They hail from Wineglass and Union Creek. Oregon's favorite fighting men will go to war against those from other states in Monday night's fights.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 8, 1933, page 2


    An extensive program is being carried out in the Rogue River National Forest this season, with the aid of the CCC recruits now stationed here, and includes the construction of lookout stations, roads and other projects.
    A 40-foot tower is now under construction at Burnt Peak in the Elk Creek district, to which a road is now being built. Material for construction of the tower at Anderson Butte is being packed in for a distance of three miles, according to forestry officials.
    Two new trail builders, a road ripper and a heavy grader for road building are now being used by the CCC men. One of the caterpillars is now at Elk Creek, one at Lake Creek, and two graders have been rented from the county, including the one at Elk Creek and another in use at the Moon Prairie camp. The road ripper is also in use at Elk Creek.
    A side camp, made up of 50 men, has been formed at the head of Beaver Creek on the Applegate, and they are working downhill to the Elliot Creek road. Another side camp of ten men is located at Anderson Butte for the construction work.
    Other projects now under way include a road to the Parker Mountain station from the Greensprings road for the protection of the O. and C. land. The Soda Mountain road down from Hyatt Dam along Beaver Creek, to the Greensprings and back up to Johnson's Prairie, is being worked on by the Moon Prairie CCC recruits.
    Work has been completed by the forestry service from Lake of the Woods to Clover station
Medford Mail Tribune, August 8, 1933, page 8


    The outstanding C.C.C. camp in each district is to be selected by September 1, and special awards for the commanding officer, as well as other officers and the men in the camp are to be given by the Army and Navy Journal, according to announcement received here by C.C.C. headquarters.
    The commander of the camp is to receive a gold award, other officers in the camps a silver award, and each C.C.C. man a bronze award. It is the plan of army officials to have the winning officer report to Washington at a convenient date, to receive the award.
    Ratings will be made as follows: Camp site 50, living quarters 25, administration 25, kitchen and mess 100, latrines 25, supply 50, administration 100, discipline 100, morale and welfare 100, C.C.C. personnel 25, work forest service 300.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 8, 1933, page 8


    Shades of Hinky-Dinky Parlez Voo! The War Department has authorized the issue of the "overseas cap" to the members of the C.C.C. forest army.
    Once again the rain will have an opportunity to trickle down the collar. Once again the sun will have its opportunity of shining without restraint into the blue, brown, gray or occasionally blackened eyes of Uncle Sam's nephews. Only this time it will be the "ax and peavey" boys of the C.C.C. instead of the big "bullet and bayonet" men of the A.E.F.
    Rivaled only by the modern pancake of milady's millinery, there is no article of male headgear that can compare with the overseas cap in its uncanny power to make the otherwise normal countenance a surefire winner in a comic valentine contest.
    Worn well forward on the head, it gives the quaint effect of a Swiss yodeler balancing a case of antique eggs. When shifted to the back of the head, it brings out the ears in a bas-relief normally associated with a low-wing monoplane. Worn over one eye it--well, it doesn't make any difference. It still is an overseas cap.
    So, from the majestic redwoods of the Northwest to the cactus of Calexico, the natty but negligible sky piece of '17 will now surmount the sun-tanned faces of Major General Craig's "Hundred Thousand."
Medford Mail Tribune, August 9, 1933, page 7


    More than 100,000 stump-and-shovel soldiers from civilian life have been in the army now for more than three months. They have been snatched from the
streets of cities and the pool halls of small towns, soft and discouraged. Many of them had never known the meaning of hard work.
    This 100,000 has been marooned in the far forests, the deserts and the mountains of the unpampered Northwest. They have been worked like mature men at every sort of strenuous labor. They have endured isolation and slender fellowship, immune from all amusement but that they furnish themselves.
    Can they take it? Or are they trotting home to mamma and ways of greater ease? Remember that there is nothing to prevent their leaving; most everybody has been asking this question. A definite answer comes this week from the CCC headquarters at Vancouver Barracks and from General Malin Craig, commander of the 9th Corps area, embracing Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, California, Nevada and way points. Down to the last of July only 263 men out of the 100,000 in the 9th Corps area have gone A.W.O.L. Most of them have been homesick. Some couldn't endure the isolation. Others wouldn't work. A few were afflicted with wanderlust. But only one-fourth of 1 percent of the total walked home--a fine tribute to the fine quality of the men themselves and to the quality of the company commanders.
    In the Vancouver Barracks area definite figures are not available, but the estimate is only 20 actually "deserting" their camps. Deserting has no military meaning here, since the men are not under any sort of military discipline other than that they impose upon themselves. The total needed to bring the companies in this area up to their full strength this month was slightly more than 60, but most of this number received honorable discharges for any of several reasons.
    From the evidence, it must be concluded that "they can take it," these tough timber troopers.
Gold Hill News, August 10, 1933, page 2


    CAMP KERBY, SELMA, Ore., Aug. 11.--(Spl.)--Free issue of camp stationery was effected this week. The stationery is provided by a special fund from headquarters, is of good quality and in addition to containing a conservative little head in green ink, a small fir tree is portrayed on the left-hand side, making the paper most attractive. The boys were greatly delighted with the free issue, as there are always plenty of letters going home and now stamps are the only expense.
    As the result of a fund provided by headquarters, some $30 worth of newspapers have been subscribed for. The papers are those selected after inquiries among the men as to their choice, so now home-town news will be available daily.
    Taking a relapse after five straight wins, the baseball squad dropped a slugging match to Applegate CCC, 13-16, only to follow up the next day with an 11-12 win over the Gasquet CCC. The team represents one of the most powerful hitting combinations in the district, and with a few more weeks of practice on team plays and fielding, the team should be in championship order.
    The boxing team has impatiently waited a match. Several camps have been invited to compete, but as yet final arrangements have not been completed. However, the boys are conscientiously working out for the American Legion tournament at Medford.
    The long-anticipated camp permanent library is now installed. In contrast to the circulating library, which contains practically all fiction and moves to another camp every two weeks, this library contains more practical workings along forestry, nature study and history as well as a few classics. Moreover, it is the permanent property of the camp and so will be often used for reference work.
    G. E. Mitchell, supervisor of the Siskiyou National Forest, as a guest of 1746 Company CCC outlined for Camp Kerby men the underlying principles back of the forestry department's work program Monday evening after supper.
    Mr. Mitchell explained that the CCC men were a "gift from heaven to the forestry department." Work that heretofore could not be done because of lack of funds is now being rapidly pushed forward. He added that some of the jobs had been on the Forest Service work program for as long as ten years.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 11, 1933, page 5


    William Harlow, trained workman in the CCC camp on the Applegate, was brought to the Sacred Heart Hospital this morning suffering from severe burns of the face and arms. His condition would not permit questioning to determine the source of injuries, the attending physician reported.
    The man, who operates a compressor, was taken to the surgery, where treatment was administered to his entire face, arms and forearms.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 11, 1933, page 9


    CAMP MOON PRAIRIE, Aug. 11.--(Spl.)--Several sub-camps have been established by the Forest Service for Moon Prairie men. Seven men are constructing trails at Surveyor's Peak; 15 are building telephone lines near Mosquito ranger station, and five men are building a garage and woodshed at Table Mountain lookout station.
     A group of men was called out Tuesday evening to help fight fire at the fish hatchery near Butte Falls.
    Charles J. Williams of Upper Trail Creek was transferred to the Elk Creek camp last week.
    A program of old-time music will be given over radio station KMED Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by three men of the camp under direction of Pat Graham, first cook of the camp.
    Sixty-six men, mostly from northern Indiana, accompanied by Captain Church and Lieutenant Wagner, visited Crater Lake National Park July 22 and 23. Park rangers made the visit more interesting by pointing out the various points of interest.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 11, 1933, page 10


Dear Mr. McIlwain:
    I received a letter from home today and they told me that you wanted me to write you a letter containing the different incidents of our trip and camp life out here.
    We left Sullivan on the afternoon of June 2nd and arrived at Jefferson Barracks about seven that night. The following day we were sworn in the C.C.C.'s and got our first typhoid shots and smallpox vaccination. We stayed there until Thursday evening, June 22nd. On that evening we left for Wineglass Camp, Medford, Oregon, which is just three miles from Crater Lake, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
    It took us three days and three nights to make the trip. We were all on Pullman cars and didn't have to change trains at all. Each day the train would stop and we would all get off and take a fifteen- or twenty-minute hike. We went through the Royal Gorge in Colorado and saw the highest swinging bridge in the States. It is a mile high. It was raining when we passed through there, but nevertheless the train stopped and we all got out and took a good look at the bridge. We could see cars crossing it.
    We also passed along the edge of the Great Salt Lake which was a very interesting sight. Everything was white. It looked like a desert of salt, the only thing I didn't like about it was the odor, which isn't very pleasant around that district. After passing here we got into the higher mountains, where we passed through many tunnels, some of which were a mile or two long. When we were in the desert states we also saw many jackrabbits, They were the first live ones I had ever seen.
    We arrived in Chiloquin, Oregon, late on the evening of June 25. From there we had about a forty-mile ride in a truck to our camp, and it wasn't very warm that night either. Upon arrival at camp we were received with a hearty welcome and a hot cup of coffee which warmed us up some. It was after midnight that night before any of us saw a bed. The next morning we were all up and ready for chow as we call it, or in civilized language, breakfast. I don't mean that we are not civilized out here, but some of the terms we we use are not all civilized.
    I am fairly well satisfied out here, although like most young people on their first stay from home of any length at all, I get a little lonesome once in a while.
    Our work is not hard. The hardest thing is getting used to this light climate. The rangers say we will not get used to it in six months either. My first day on the mountains made me fairly tired, but every day got easier and now I can stand it fine. My first job was what they call bugging. There is a kind of bug that kills the trees, and our job was to go out to the timber with saws and axes and cut the trees which had these bugs on them. They are under the bark and we had to cut the trees and bark them. The way we tell one of these trees is by their needles. The ones with bugs have red needles and the ones without have green ones. We finished that job last Friday and we are now building new roads up Mt. Scott and up along the main highway to Crater Lake. We only work eight hours a day including noon hour, and from the time we leave camp to work and back, which leaves us only about six hours actual work.
    We have plenty of time for recreation. We have baseball games, boxing and are talking of having some basketball and football. What time we aren't playing we are either reading, doing our own washing or playing cards. We also have some lectures on the origin of Crater Lake, and once in a while a religious talk or sermon. Just today we had a good educational lecture on the origin of Crater Lake.
    We sleep eight in a tent, and Loren Davis and I are in the same tent. We are both satisfied with the rest of our tentmates, which are Moultrie County boys, namely Joe Fuller of Gays, Paul Dixon, Theodore Rhodes and Woodrow Williams of Sullivan and Roy Coy and Earl Dinger of Lovington. We are all supposed to be in bed at ten and asleep, but not many of us obey that order. Many of us are up yet at twelve but nevertheless we do our work well enough to satisfy our Captain, Mr. Cox.
    Well, that is about all I know to write about, only there are plenty of wild animals around here, bears, deers, a few wildcats and cougar. But there is one thing I can frankly say and that is that the trip out here and the sights we see are worth more than we can earn in a year much less months, but that is not saying I would be willing to give back the money I will make during this six months.
My address is:
    Forrest Lancaster
        Co. 1658 C.C.C.
            Wineglass Camp
                Medford, Oregon.
The Bethany Echo, Bethany, Illinois, August 11, 1933, page 1


    That the 40 Brush Marines dispatched to a 10-acre forest fire on Little Applegate Saturday came through with flying colors was the report of Ranger L. C. Port concerning the boys, who obtained their first experience in fire fighting at that time.
    The boys, as well as their captain who accompanied them on the trip, were keenly interested in the procedure from the method of transportation to the smallest details of fire control. One of the Marines, George Hall, found the experience so intriguing that he wrote an interesting sketch of the trip which may appear in local newspapers. Both the boys and Captain McMahon displayed their ambition for real work.
Jacksonville Miner, August 11, 1933, page 4


    W. V. Fuller, lecturer for the state forestry service, and A. G. Jackson of the United States Forest Service with the Oregon Showboat, are showing motion pictures at the various CCC camps, the fortieth camp on the circuit, Selma, being visited Friday.
    The schedule announced for this week is Camp Applegate on Monday, Moon Prairie camp on Tuesday, Elk Creek camp on Wednesday and Upper Rogue camp on Thursday.
    The pictures which are being shown in the national forests which have headquarters in Oregon are of an educational nature and show the activities and scenic attractions of Oregon.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 13, 1933, page 6


    A number of transfers among the CCC officials have been announced by district headquarters, with arrangements being made for only two army officials in each camp instead of three as has been the rule since organization here. Several of the officers will return to their duties at the various colleges and universities where they are in charge of the R.O.T.C. work.
    Included in the transfers are: Captain Charles H. Barnwell, will become executive and inspector at the headquarters; Lieutenant John B. Heyburn will take command of Company 1922, having been stationed at headquarters; Lieutenant Ragnar Unden will report to the commanding officer of camp 1647 for duty; Captain W. R. Church will report to camp 1747 for duty: Lieutenant John T. Bowers will report to 1642 for duty.
    Lieutenant Howard G. Bemis will report to camp 1555 for duty: Lieutenant Stanley Powloski will report for duty at the district headquarters to act as assistant quartermaster. Lieutenant Harry J. Harper will go from Camp Agness to Clift Springs and Lieutenant Carl J. Armbrust will report at district headquarters from Camp Mt. Reuben to become welfare and public relations officer in place of Lieutenant George A. A. Jones.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 13, 1933, page 10


    An educational program for the boys in the CCC camps in this district has been carried out by the Forest Service over a period of six weeks. Instructions are given by the camp director, with additional lectures by other forestry officials.
    Twelve squads of eight men each with six foremen assigned were organized at Lake o' the Woods, where R. H. Southwick of Talent is director. A similar organization was formed in other camps, and the following example is taken from the Lake o' the Woods report turned in at forestry headquarters.
    Each foreman has two squads present at each lecture, and they change around until all have heard each of the talks.
    At the lake, Walter Inch and O. H. Bailey spoke on surveying, compass, timber scales, scaling, road construction and land division; C. H. Young, telephones, erosion control and grazing; B. F. McRae, hazard control and snag falling; John Lichtenburger, care and use of falling and bucking saws; C. L. Moon, care and use of axes and trail construction; John Gribble, tree recognition, wildlife, tree diseases and general forestry information; and Mr. Southwick, recreation--its economic, social and health values.
    Other camp directors in the district are H. L. Nutting, Camp Applegate; Maurice Tedrow, graduate of the O.S.C. school of forestry, Upper Rogue River camp; L. H. McGuire, Elk Creek camp; Lester Smith of Medford, Moon Prairie camp.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 14, 1933, page 3


    Ii might be called a clinic in citizenship. And it is running full blast in Jackson County now. More people in Medford and Southern Oregon should see what is ACTUALLY a "noble experiment" in operation.
    They are called C.C.C. camps, and they are scattered throughout the untailored wilderness of this section of the state. Yesterday the present writer visited two of them, one far up on Elk Creek, the other at Union Creek, both in the national forest.
    In each camp they have approximately 200 men and boys, but most of them from the East, Middle West and South. In the vicinity of Medford there are probably 1200 of them, and during the day they are all at work.
    An interesting story could be written on what they are doing, but we are more interested, at the moment, in what is being done to THEM. In a word, they are being made into useful citizens, which is only another term for good citizens.
    When one gets the entire picture, it is really a most impressive spectacle. These men and boys have all been taken from families which, through no fault of their own, have suffered severely from the depression. Most of them come from large cities, from modern Babylons of noise and brick and stone, and have been transported out here and put to work in the woods, in an entirely new environment. Scores of them have in Southern Oregon seen a forest, green grass and leaves, for the first time.
    They work eight hours a day, although in some cases a large proportion of of the eight hours is taken up in transportation to and from their jobs. The remaining 16 hours are devoted to sleeping, eating, keeping their camps in shape, and wholesome recreation.
    They are given plain but excellent food. Statistics show that all the C.C.C.  boys have gained in weight and improved in health. Throughout Southern Oregon the health record has been nothing short of sensational, and to date there have been no serious accidents of any kind.
    This is a great achievement in itself, for the cornerstone of good citizenship is good health, a sound body, and the absence of physical maladjustments which so quickly result in mental maladjustments.
    Even more important perhaps is the vocational feature of the training. These "soldiers of conservation and reconstruction," are continually being taught how to do things and how to do them WELL. How to swing an ax properly, for example, how to build a road or trail, how to build a house, how to sharpen tools, how to do this, that and the other thing--all practical and useful, no matter what business or trade may be taken up when normal economic conditions return.
    Contrary to popular report there is no army discipline. No military training whatever. The boys are free to leave if they want to leave, but none have wanted to, in Southern Oregon. No guard houses are provided, and no punishments either. If there are serious breaches of discipline, if some bad actor that is incorrigible springs up, he is simply discharged, that's all, and the camp goes on without him.
    What a wonderful thing this is! These men and boys, casualties of the worst depression in world history, are put to work in the great outdoors, doing things that are useful to the districts in which they are placed, but even more useful to themselves.
    Under firm but kindly discipline and intelligent direction, they are restored to health and strength, instructed in the basic principles of sanitation and hygiene, given practical manual training, and instead of having to pay to go to such an outdoor school, they are being paid FOR it.
    Uncle Sam not only provides them with clothes, shelter and good wholesome food, he pays each "soldier" a dollar a day, $25 a month being sent to his family or dependents, the remaining $5 being for incidentals. Thus the habit of saving and helping others, so important in good citizenship, is also inculcated.
    This is a wonderful time in which to live; a new world is being constructed right around us. We can think of no more enlightening experience as to what the New World PROMISES to be than to take a trip to some of these C.C.C. camps in Southern Oregon.
    It IS a clinic for citizenship. Thousands of men, young and old, who but for the government under which they live might have become pathetic derelicts or worse, are being made into upstanding, healthful, self-reliant and self-respecting American citizens.
    It IS a great country, brethren--the UNITED STATES.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 15, 1933, page 4


    "Awol," the name of the Medford CCC headquarters newspaper which has just been issued, is a six-page mimeographed edition, which carries numerous items of interest to members of the headquarters corps as well as local people who know the staff stationed here.
    Accurate accounts of events during the past few days are neatly listed in the paper.
    The staff is: Editor-in-Chief, Roy E. Dahlin; associate editors, Don Shugg and Lawrence Winslow; sports editor, "Hap" Edwards; humor editor, Jack Hartley; circulation manager, John Dallaire; assistant circulation manager, George E. Phillips; warehouse correspondent, A. D. McCoy; chief typist, H. McIntyre; chief printer, Ed Grimstead; cartoonist, Jack Tucker; reporters, Bruce Boldon, A. B. Rush, Don Lindsay, Floyd Lewis, Hal Prindle, Edwin Clements, Sgt. H. Schmeller.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 15, 1933, page 7


    Yesterday we told something about what the camps have done for the C.C.C. boys. Today we shall give an idea of what the boys do in the C.C.C. camps.
    While we visited only two of the camps, they are no doubt typical of them all. While the camps are conducted by officers of the U.S. army and navy, and these officers determine their administration, the work is done in the national forests under the direction of the U.S. Forest Service. Karl L. Janouch, assistant supervisor of the Crater Lake National Forest, has active charge of the camp programs in the Medford area, and provided the car, gasoline--AND ALSO THE lunch--on this trip of inspection.
    Perhaps you have noticed the absence of forest fires this year. It has been hot and dry, yet to date there have been practically no fires reported. Under normal conditions July and August are the forest fire months.
    There is a reason!
    With 1200 C.C.C. boys in the woods, clearing out brush, debris and other fire hazards, the risk of fire has been materially reduced.
    Of course the forest fire season is not over by any means. Many weeks of hot weather have dried out the forests, and also increased the tourist travel to the woods and Crater Lake, and therefore the fire hazard. There may be forest fires; in fact in all probability there will be. One good thunder storm would probably start several. But when they do start, WATCH THEM GO OUT!
    For these C.C.C. camps are, above everything else, fire fighting camps. One might term them volunteer fire departments in the forests. Each camp has a fire house. In the fire house, complete fire fighting equipment is stored, and as a result of fire instructions and drill all the boys are ready to go at the first alarm. There are kits ready for a two-man fire, there are kits ready for a 25-man fire, and any units of 25 to as far as you wish to count. There are water pumps and hose, ready for immediate use. Old Man Forest Fire is going to get the surprise of his life when he does decide to start something. He will get a smash on the schnozzle, about half a minute after the gong sounds!
    Up to July 1st, practically all the work done in the camps was camp work, clearing the ground, constructing buildings, installing the necessary sanitation systems, etc., etc. For only about six or seven weeks have the men and boys been working in the woods.
    What have they done and what are they doing!
    Well, on this trip, from the Elk Creek camp, up the Buzzard mine road, and across the mountains to Union Creek, via Woodruff Meadows, we saw some of the work first hand.
    A few miles beyond the Elk Creek camp, for example, a squad of C.C.C. boys were building a bridge over the creek to connect with a new Forest Service road to Huckleberry Lake. One boy was running an air compressor, on the bank of the creek, others under the direction of a bridge foreman were putting huge bridge piles in place. Everyone was busy, and no one had a shirt on. This trip was made when the mercury hit 108 in Medford, and it wasn't very much cooler in the woods several thousand feet up.
    When this road and bridge are completed, there will be a good "service road" to some of the finest hunting grounds in Southern Oregon. It won't be so good for the deer and bear, but it will be good for the hunters!
    Further on, along the narrow but passable mountain road, we ran into another squad. They were shirtless also, one we noticed with a bad curvature of the spine, but as busy as so many ants. They were constructing a phone line through the forest--very useful to the Forest Service, particularly in fighting fires.
    Finally at Union Creek the C.C.C. boys were pounding nails into a new ranger station residence--some house, too--nearly completed now, and no fooling, a residence fit for a forest king.
    In addition to such useful work, the C.C.C. boys are constructing truck trails, horse trails; clearing huge areas of forest to reduce fire hazards; making improvements in the forest camp grounds and finding, improving and making available water sources.
    The latter are very important. For they provide water for stock permitted to graze in the forest, increase and render forage more accessible. Springs are found, opened up and water diverted into troughs built out of huge logs.
    Incidentally we saw several bands of cattle, roaming through the woods, which belong to our new county judge, Earl Day of Sams Valley. They were fine-looking stock, fat as butter, but their manners were terrible! Instead of getting out of the road (as their boss would), they stayed in it, shuffle-footed along in the dust about 20 feet in front of the car, and the more we gave them the horn the harder they shuffled. Had a mountain creek not intervened, there is no telling what might have happened. As it was, each member of the party brought at least eight tons of dust to Medford, inside and out, and if you don't believe it, ask the family bath tub!
    No one knows how long these C.C.C. camps are to remain, but the local Forest Service has prepared a program for two years. According to one of the C.C.C. boys at Union Creek, word has already gone out to prepare winter quarters. This may or may not be official. But there is little doubt the work will continue here this year until December, and unless a miracle happens and the N.R.A. should transform the surplus of labor to a shortage, at least a two-year schedule will be carried out. Perhaps snow shoveling will be on the agenda during the winter, and we can travel to Crater Lake and enjoy winter sports at any time.
    This much is certain. Thanks to the C.C.C. camps, the national forest area around Medford is going to be put in a shape that a year ago the most ardent forestry enthusiast would not have believed possible. Work is being done and improvements made for which under normal circumstances appropriations would NEVER have been available.
     And when the work is done, Southern Oregon will have a national forest that will BE a national forest. Fire protection will be as nearly perfect as human ingenuity can provide. Recreational areas will not only be more accessible and numerous than ever before, but more comfortable. The dream of T.R. and Gifford Pinchot will at last come true. The natural resources of our forests will be available to us, and conserved permanently for this and future generations!
Medford Mail Tribune, August 16, 1933, page 4


    A parish 400 miles long comprising 15 civilian conservation corps camps and 3000 boys and army personnel is presided over this summer by Rev. Willis Bergen, minister of the Piedmont Presbyterian church and chaplain in the United States army. Rev. Mr. Bergen already has spent two months as chaplain of the Medford district.
    The boys in the camps who have come from the Middle West have not had enough time yet to leave their religion on the other side of the mountains and have attended religious services regularly, Chaplain Bergen wrote to the church editor. He said in part: "My main duty is to promote religious activities in these widely separated camps. Inasmuch as it is impossible for me to conduct religious services in all camps on the same day and where there are a large percentage of Catholics among the boys, I have encouraged local ministers and parish priests to visit the camps and hold Christian services. Most of the boys are from the Middle West, and I have found them more eager to attend divine worship than our own Oregon men. There are large groups of Portland in four of the camps. These forests of Southern Oregon are awe-inspiring in their mountain settings. I doubt if there is any section of America where the big game is quite as much in evidence--I have counted 20 deer in one day. Such an environment cannot help but lift the level of the morale of these men and boys."--Morning Oregonian.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 16, 1933, page 7


    Don Ballard, star pitcher for the Upper Rogue CCC camp team, held the Wineglass camp CCC lads to one hit in Saturday's game at Prospect, and the Wineglassers were whitewashed to the tune of 7-0.
    The games was hotly contested throughout and no runs were chalked up until after the seventh inning.
    The Upper Rogue outfit has yet to taste defeat this year and are pointing toward the district championship.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 16, 1933, page 8


    A squad of CCC men from the Upper Rogue River camp journeyed to the sea Saturday and remained over Sunday, many of the forest soldiers getting their first view of the Pacific. Cots and blankets were taken along and camp pitched at the beach at Crescent City.
    According to camp officers the jaunt was very much enjoyed by the boys as a welcome interlude in the forest camp life.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 16, 1933, page 8


    WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.--(AP)--President Roosevelt decided today to maintain the civilian conservation corps at its full strength of 314,000 for another six months.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 18, 1933, page 1


      C. M. Kidd and company will heel and sole all shoes from 14 C.C.C. camps in this district, covering the entire territory from Agness to Lakeview, Oregon, having been awarded the government contract in competition with numerous other repair shops, according to Mr. Kidd.
    Twenty-eight hundred young workers, who average two pair of shoes each, promise to keep Kidd's expert repairment busy at the least. To take care of this new business, two additional men, Vern and Oman Finley, have been hired by Mr. Kidd. R. O. Wise, experienced shoe mechanic, is in charge of the department.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 18, 1933, page 2


    Through the cooperation of D. S. Libbey, park naturalist and assistant superintendent at Crater Lake National Park, a series of lectures is to be given by the ranger naturalists, for the benefit of the boys in the CCC camps, Wineglass and Government Camp.
    Arrangements are also being made so that illustrated talks may be given at the two camps, according to word received by commanding officer, Major Clare H. Armstrong, at headquarters here.
    The subjects of the lectures are national park service, its history and purpose, geological history of Crater Lake, fire suppression and fire control, trees of Pacific Northwest, the animals of the park, bears, their habits and antics, the mountain lion, the story told by rocks, the American Indian, Indian legends and myths concerning Crater Lake, Oregon and Crater Lake yesterday and today, winter sleepers of Crater Lake National Park and sun dodgers of Crater Lake.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 18, 1933, page 13


   WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.--(AP)--Forest conservation officials today attacked the task of selecting suitable winter locations, more substantial quarters and heavier clothing for the more that 300,000 men whose enrollment in the civilian conservation corps for a second six months' period has been authorized by President Roosevelt.
    Although new enrollments to keep the forest army up to its full strength of 314,000 will not begin immediately, they said the more than 2000 applications which have come in for winter camp sites--mostly from southern states--were being studied.
    Robert Fechner, director of the program, estimated today the full number of 1450 camps would be necessary to take care of the men during the winter. Camps to be abandoned in colder areas and those to be added in warmer regions will be selected within a few days by the Forest Service and the Interior Department.
    War Department officials went ahead with plans for taking care of the workers, including providing wooden barracks in climates necessitating more substantial quarters, and supplying heavier clothing for men in northern states.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 20, 1933, page 1


To the Editor:
    The editorial which you published in your paper August 15 [above] was read at this office with a great deal of interest. This office cannot emphasize enough the appreciation which we have for the work you have done and are doing to enlighten  the public on matters pertaining to the Civilian Conservation Corps.
    The average type of man in this corps is of an unusually high type considering the widespread localities from which they have come, and the various walks of life from which they were drawn; and it is recognized that you are passing on to the public many of the fine attributes of these men and the most satisfactory work which they are doing in our national forests.
    I am assured that the public wants to know why this corps is in being, what it is doing, and just how the accomplishments of the corps will pay dividends for its existence and consequent expense to the government. You are performing a very commendable service toward aiding both the Civilian Conservation Corps itself and the general morale of the citizenry.
"Communications," Medford Mail Tribune, August 20, 1933, page 6


    John W. Carter of Ruch, a member of the CCC telephone crew at Camp Applegate, was reported in a much improved condition at the Sacred Heart Hospital this afternoon and had regained consciousness from having been struck in the head yesterday forenoon while cutting a limb from a tree.
    Young Carter was assisting in stringing some telephone wires when a piece became entangled in a tree, according to word received at the CCC headquarters here. Young Carter proceeded to cut the limb down, and when the branch broke loose, swung around and struck him in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.
    He was rushed to the hospital in the CCC ambulance and regained consciousness some time last evening. Carter's parents reside in the Ruch district.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 20, 1933, page 9


    PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21.--(AP)--The Mazamas, Portland mountain climbing group, added another rescue to their long list Sunday when they brought an injured youth, David Pence of Chicago, down the precipitous and frozen Jefferson Park glacier on Mount Jefferson.
    Pence, a civilian conservation corps worker, had fallen on the glacier and suffered a fractured ankle and a deep leg wound. His companions, Ray Kuemmel and Steve Sopacy, fought high winds, fog and snow to reach the vacationing Mazamas, who immediately sent out an expedition.
    At an altitude of 9000 feet they were unable to stand against the howling gale. Then, 500 feet below, they saw Pence and two men who were standing guard over him. The three were badly chilled by the storm of the night before and by the cold wind. Pence was taken out on a stretcher as the rescuers made slow progress over the treacherous ice fields on the mountainside.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 21, 1933, page 3


    Flying fists and dancing feet were seen at the smoker held at Camp Applegate, C.C.C., last Friday night. The boxers were all camp talent, some fighting for fun, others to settle minor difficulties. Being the first show of its kind held after dark, the arena illuminated with gas lanterns, it went over with a bang, as the crowd of men from the camp and neighbors from the hills cheered their favorites.
    Jerry McMahon, the captain's son, fought the curtain-raiser with Jimmy Concannon, former Multnomah club star. This battle, put on for exhibition purposes, started the show off in grand style.
    Then Perry Marco and Art Rogers fought a draw, followed by Ralph Nurmi in a win over Hank Voight. Joe Monte was awarded a technical K.O. over Dave Monson in the second round. Al James won the nod over Bob Mark, Everett Huffman over Gene Toomey and Lloyd Wright drew with Chuck Smith.
    Winding up the evening's program was the main event in which Red Conner, "the blond terror of Ashland," took a defeat at the hands of Blondie Moore, "the white slugger of Albina."
    Fritz Jenkins refereed and promised as interesting a card every Friday evening hereafter.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 24, 1933, page 4


    Now that the President has put his O.K. on another six months' enlistment, the boys of Camp 1746 CCC at Selma, Ore., decided to take a straw vote on whether they would re-enlist. The final vote for this camp was: Re-enlistment, 172; non-re-enlistment, 29, or about 86 percent in favor of re-enlistment. Incidentally, as some 15 Applegate CCC'ers were the guests of the camp that night, a vote was taken among them and the result showed 13 for and two against, which is about the same percentage.
    However, there was much discussion among the boys before they made their final decision. The question of leave between enlistments that they might look for another job, to give some a chance to get on their feet again, or transfer to another camp, possibly nearer home, or in another part of the country, was discussed, as was the question of a different wage scale and whether or not the camp would be permanently located on the present site with winter quarters in place of the squad tents.
    As yet, the company officers had received no official answers to these naturally raised questions, so all answers were only problematical. However, when the vote was taken, 86 out of 100 men stated that they had planned to stay. This is a mighty strong round of applause for the CCC idea.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 25, 1933, page 2


    With few exceptions, the 160 CCC boys recruited from various points in Illinois, and who received their preliminary training at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., are the same group who are now organized at Camp Bly, having been joined here by 42 local men. According to a comprehensive report of the camp's activities as outlined by Russell O. Keys of that camp, a great deal of work has been accomplished by the company since its arrival in Oregon.
    With the camp construction completed by June 15, the boys moved into their permanent quarters and immediately started on road construction. By August 9 a sub-camp was put out, and plans are now being made for a new main camp location where work is available.
    Boys stationed at Camp Bly have aided in fighting about ten fires this season, the most recent being the Summit Prairie fire, which burned for seven days.
    The camp is in charge of Captain G. E. Fingarson, and much credit is given by the boys to his inspiring leadership, which has kept the camp spirit and morale above the average. The captain has been assisted by First Lieutenant M. W. Daniel, in charge of mess and supplies; Lieut. (JG) R. C. Lake, U.S.N., exchange and welfare; Dr. E. L. Gallivan, camp surgeon and Staff Sergeant Fitzhugh Pettus.
    Mr. Keyes states that "in return for these considerations the boys have given their best toward the project at which they are engaged and will further show their appreciation by continuing to do their part as individuals and as a unit toward the successful and satisfactory completion of their task."
Medford Mail Tribune, August 25, 1933, page 5


    Lake o' the Woods C.C.C. camp now has a mascot--a tiny fawn which has been named Little Orphan Annie, according to word received at district headquarters here from Second Lieutenant Glenn J. McGowan of the camp. The motherless deer was turned over to the camp by some tourists who accidentally ran over the mother, and visitors to the camp have taken many pictures of the animal. A picture of the spotted fawn was forwarded headquarters.
    Lieutenant McGowan reports that the Lake o' the Woods camp has the only C.C.C. orchestra in the district that broadcasts regularly. The boys play every Friday at 7:30 o;clock over KFJI, Klamath Falls, and at 3:30 p.m. each Saturday over KMED. The boys have received numerous requests to play at social functions in the surrounding towns.
    The camp is also proud of its baseball record, having defeated the Moon Prairie and district headquarters teams. They will now enter the championship finals.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 25, 1933, page 5


    In an inter-camp match between C.C.C. camps Applegate and Kerby, Monday evening at Kerby, the Kerby team won two out of three bouts as well as the bucking contest.
    The first bout between "Speed" Bowers, Roseburg, 124 pounds, and P. Marco, Portland, 135 pounds, ended in a decision for Bowers after he dropped Marco in the second. Bowers had the fight well under control at all times.
    The second fight was a haymaker affair with both Wofford, Roseburg, 155, and P. Meade, Grants Pass, 155, practically out at the end of the first round. Early during the second round Kerbyite Wofford slipped one through and that was all.
    The third bout between Hoylman, Merlin, 140, and Lester Beal, Grants Pass, 142, started out like a smooth boxing match, but Hoylman, Kerby representative, became over-anxious and was floored for the count.
    The sawing contest was a walk-away for Camp Kerby, with Blurton and Barnes winning over Meadows and Thomas of Applegate, 93 strokes to 203 strokes, and 51 seconds against 99 seconds on a 14-inch log. Much credit is due Brown, Kerby saw filer, as the results will show.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 25, 1933, page 14


    PISTOL RIVER C.C.C., Aug. 28.--(Spl.)--Curry County was represented Thursday and Friday by J. L. Waldt, Eddie Sirmer, W. H. Parker and S. F. Tynes.
    W. H. (Cowboy) Parker and G. F. (Doc) Tynes expect to take first money in the C.C.C. contest.
    One-Round Brown was on the casualty list Wednesday--almost lost an eye due to his inexperience with a pick.
    Our friend Maine suffered a scalp wound caused by falling rock but was able to report for duty.
    The boys from C.C.C. No. 1922 usually spend their Saturdays and Sundays fighting fire, and are to be commended on their excellent work and willingness.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 28, 1933, page 7


    A win and a loss were recorded by Camp Kerby CCC baseball team over the weekend. However, the loss was of consequence while the win was over a team Camp Kerby had defeated twice before. They dropped a heart-breaker to Applegate CCC for the league championship, 8-7, on the Jacksonville diamond Saturday, while Sunday they traveled to Provolt and were a 7-1 winner.
    The game with the strong Applegate squad was all that could be desired in a ball game; good pitching, tight fielding and plenty of long poking. The score was 2-2 at the end of the third, 5-4 at the end of the fifth, but the seventh inning both teams went on a spree and brought in the total to 8-7 with Applegate on the long side.
    Kerby's pitcher, LaMear, allowed 8 hits, while Applegate's Concannon was nicked for 9. Errors showed 6 for Applegate and 2 for Kerby, but the former's hits were longer and well bunched.
    The Sunday game with Provolt proved the easiest of any of the three games with them. Much of the second team was used and this game gave Captain Kincart a fine chance to look over his reserve material. LaMear hurled for the locals again and Roberts was on the mound for Provolt. The hitting for Camp Kerby was well distributed, while Hanson gained the losers' only bingle.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 29, 1933, page 4


    Announcement has been received at the CCC headquarters here that beginning September 30, or as soon thereafter as possible, re-enrollment of the recruits in the CCC camps will be started, and those wishing to remain for the second six months' period will re-enlist at that time. Those who wish to continue in the camps will stay until March 30 or April 15 under the present plan.
    The boys wishing to return to their homes, the six months' period for which they enrolled being completed, will start to their destination about the end of September, officials at the headquarters said today.
    No announcement has been received whether new enrollments will be received to fill the vacancies.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 31, 1933, page 3


    ROSEBURG, Ore., Aug. 31.--(AP)--Russell Eldridge, 23, of Holdredge, Neb., member of a civilian conservation camp near Roseburg, died in a hospital here last night from paralysis of the intestines, caused, physicians said, by drinking an excessive amount of ice water while engaged in fighting a forest fire.    
Medford Mail Tribune, August 31, 1933, page 3


    Speaking of appetites, look at what the 300,000 C.C.C. boys in the United States put under their belts every 30 days; 1,125,00 pounds of bacon, 5,625,000 pounds of beef, 9,000,000 eggs, 5,625,000 pounds of potatoes, 2,250,000 pounds of pork, 6,750,000 pounds of flour, 1,125,000 pounds of coffee, 2,812,500 pounds of sugar and 1,125,000 pounds of onions. According to army statistics, the average weight gain of the boys has been 12 pounds.
    President Roosevelt on August 18 decided to maintain the Civilian Conservation Corps for another six months. According to press dispatches, the President will send a personal message to the men now enrolled asking them to find jobs to make way for other fellows out of work to take their places. If any man after an honest effort to find a new job is unable to do so, he will be allowed to re-enroll. Mr. Robert Fechner, director of emergency conservation work, has ruled that no more men will be enrolled during the present period.
    General Malin Craig, commander of the 9th corps area, and forester S. B. Show of the U.S. Forest Service have made tentative recommendations for some 280 C.C.C. camps in California this coming winter. These will include 169 Forest Service camps and 111 state division of forestry camps. All of the state camps and 62 of the 128 national forest camps now in operation will be continued. These recommendations are subject to review and approval by the director of emergency conservation work in Washington and other high officials.
    Major Henry B. Barry, army purchasing officer at Ft. Mason, has sent out bids of $800,000 worth of clothing for the C.C.C. boys in the 9th corps area. Fifty-five percent of the articles furnished will be designed to meet severe climatic conditions, 30 percent excessive rain, and the balance are for use in sunny regions. Among the articles included in the bid are 60,000 loggers' jackets, 60,000 heavy overalls, 359,000 woolen socks, 27,000 winter drawers, 41,000 comforters, 48,000 mattresses and 25,000 mattress covers.
    The War Department announces that the Army and Navy Journal has offered gold medals and silver and bronze buttons for the best conducted C.C.C. camps in each corps area. The scheme of rating for each camp will be based on leadership and initiative, camp administration and operation, and quantity and quality of forestry work accomplished. The face of the gold medal will show an oak tree with stars above and oak leaves beneath. The ribbon of the medal will be green and brown, the forest colors, and the gold clasp will be a replica of the American Eagle.
Medford Mail Tribune, August 31, 1933, page 9


    EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 1.--(AP)--The Wolf Creek camp in the Eugene district has been honored as the best C.C.C. camp in the Ninth Corps area, according to work received here from Major General Malin Craig, corps area commander.
    The camp was established by the Medford district but was later transferred to the Eugene district. The Medford district therefore shares the honor.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 1, 1933, page 1


    During the month of August, $140.000 was spent by the CCC headquarters in this district, including salaries to the recruits, a large percentage of which is sent home.
    The figures as compiled by Lieutenant Robert T. Frederick, district adjutant, show that $82,000 was paid in salaries to the CCC boys, and $36,500 for food. Pay for officials, doctors, etc., totaled $8500. Expenditures for miscellany supplies and other articles were $4500.
    For youths who quitted the camps, and were sent to their homes, mostly in Illinois and Missouri, $3300 was spent in railroad fares.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 1, 1933, page 1


    SALEM, Ore., (UP)--Oregon grazing areas are being improved through work of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
    Many crews are engaged in exterminating larkspur, a poisonous plant which causes death to hundreds of cattle.
    State forest officials say stockmen will be saved thousands of dollars annually through this work. Larkspur does not affect sheep.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 1, 1933, page 11


    Word has been received at the Chamber of Commerce here from the district C.C.C. quartermaster at Eugene, requesting firms in Medford and vicinity to make bids on material for the camps. The bids will be on lumber, hardware, roofing paper, millwork and plumbing supplies. Anyone interested in making bids is requested to get in touch with the Medford Chamber of Commerce.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 1, 1933, page 14


    Some real entertainers have been discovered in the CCC camps in this vicinity, and the local KMED station has made preparations for a program that will prove interesting to radio listeners as well as profitable for some of the CCC members participating.
    KMED has completed arrangements for a contest in which both camp teams and individual soloists may participate. The competition, arranged under the supervision of the local CCC headquarters, will offer ten dollars in cash to the winning team, five dollars in cash for second winning team and five dollars cash for the best soloist. All awards are made after a vote of preference by the radio audience.
    The contest for camp teams will be broadcast Saturday afternoon, September 9, starting at three o'clock and the solo contest Saturday afternoon, September 16.
     Some unusually fine entertainment in both instrumental and vocal divisions has been discovered, and listeners will be assured something a little different as the boys take their part in the contests. About eight of the camps in this division are now preparing entertainment acts.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 1, 1933, page 16


    Some of the nation's reforestation army may never have seen a tree or spent a day at manual labor, but they are not afraid of work or dirt. This thought was emphasized by an Applegate stockman who noticed some of the Brush Marines piling brush along the Beaver Creek road as he returned from a trip to the range recently.
    Shirtless, and working in the heat with all their might, the boys tackled the dense masses of roadside slashings that were practically buried in dust from passing trucks, and piled the brush neatly for burning this fall. Darting here and there, up and down the length of the road, each boy was ambitiously delving into that settling of dust to do his bit to beautify the forest and bring it up to the standard expected of him and the forest recruits as a whole.
Jacksonville Miner, September 1, 1933, page 1


    Fishing in the streams around camp has been good lately. "Blondie" Moore and George Hall made a fine catch Sunday in the middle fork. Royal Coachman, McGinty and Professor flies seem to be the best lure.
    Red Irons, first cook in the Applegate C.C.C., took discharge last week to return to Portland.
    With the river water almost ice covered, the boys are taking more advantage of the hot showers. Harold "Snipe" Smith, handy man around camp, is seen piling a huge sum of bark by the shower house. He knows what makes the water boil.
    "Flash" Roberts left camp Saturday for the Roseburg hospital, where he will undergo an operation.
    Beautiful pairs of black eyes shine around camp as a result of the Friday night smokers.
    Lieut. Keyes has poison oak again and is limping around camp. He must like the stuff by now.
Jacksonville Miner, September 1, 1933, page 4


    Major General Malin Craig, commander of the Ninth Corps area, U.S.A., spent about an hour in Medford Friday afternoon, visiting the CCC headquarters and conferring with Major Clare H. Armstrong, in command here of this district.
    The major, accompanied by his aide, Captain Carnes B. Lee of the Presidio, was en route to his headquarters in San Francisco, following an inspection tour throughout the district. Major General Craig stated that he was pleased with the way the CCC work was being handled in this district.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 3, 1933, page 5


    WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.--(AP)--The War Department moved today to effect the President's plan for continuing the civilian conservation corps another six months.
    All members will be discharged between September 30 and October 15 but can re-enroll for another half-year period.
    "The strength of the corps of the second period will be brought up to 300,000 men as rapidly as possible and well before Christmas," the department said, adding that the Labor Department and Veterans Administration are beginning selection of 25 percent of the original state quotas from whom men to replace losses due to discharge will be chosen.
    In preparation for winter activities, some units will be shifted and semipermanent shelters erected. Some units will be moved to the Tennessee Valley project.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 3, 1933, page 6


    Much has been told of the fine work done by the CCC'rs in the woods and on the roads. But how many citizens interested in the CCC idea realized that there are twenty-six special duty men behind each working unit of CCC? That is the number prescribed by headquarters for paperwork, mess and camp maintenance.
    Each camp varies a little according to local conditions, but CCC company 1746, Selma, Oregon, has found the following lineup successful. Six cooks prepare the food for the 220 men, including Forest Service personnel. Each group of first, second and third cooks take a twenty-four-hour shift, working from noon until noon. Most of these men are experienced but are gaining much additional invaluable experience on food values and low cost of maintenance. Supporting these cooks are 10 K.P.'s, five for each shift of cooks. Men with little former experience are now mighty speedy at waiting on the tables and cleaning up the dishes.
    One man takes care of the well pump, showers and hot water, and one CCC'er is in charge of the supply tent which contains the extra clothing, tools, blankets and athletic supplies. The headquarters tent contains two men; one an experienced first aid man and the other a company clerk who handles all of the official correspondence as well as the payroll. The canteen tent has two CCC workers who take care of the store, newspaper stories, bi-weekly paper, camp library and newspapers as well as the recreation program correspondence. A free company barber occupies the fourth and last headquarters group tent.
    A first sergeant is in charge of policing of the quarters and maintenance of the camp. Men placed on light duty take care of the camp's policing. Two truck drivers complete the special duty personnel. These men transport supplies, athletic teams and are always ready for fire call.
    Although all these jobs are looked upon with longing eyes by the other forest workers, they are by no means snaps. The jobs are most valuable to those holding them as they give valuable experience in the various departments as well as sometimes additional wages.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 3, 1933, page 8


    MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sept. 4.--(AP)--On his first trip to see the Pacific Ocean, J. D. Buckley, 25, C.C.C. recruit from David City, Neb., fell to his death. His body was found yesterday on the jagged rocks of Mussel Reef near here.
    The youth, with a group of fellow workers, visited the reef Saturday night. When the others made ready to return to their camp in Douglas County (Tiller camp No. 754), they discovered that Buckley was missing.
    Robert Langenberg and Adrian Werth, C.C.C. workers from Coos County, found Buckley's body yesterday while they were climbing on the rocks of the reef. Deputy Coroner Dean Crowell said the youth apparently had been killed instantly when he struck the rocks.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 4, 1933, page 2


    TACOMA, Sept. 5.--(AP)--The finest C.C.C. camp in the entire Fort Lewis jurisdiction, comprising 37 camps in the western part of the state, has been chosen and is camp Bee Hive, near Wenatchee. Captain Vernon L. Padgett is the commanding officer and brought members of the camp out from the vicinity of Chicago.
    Honorable mention went to the camp at Sultan Basin in the Cascades, east of Seattle, under the command of Captain John R. Williams, formerly of the Ninth Field Artillery, Fort Lewis.
    In a similar contest among all the 400 camps on the Pacific Coast, Camp Thomas M. Stark in the Wolf Creek area in Southern Oregon won first place, according to word received at Fort Lewis today.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 5, 1933, page 8


    CAMP LAKE O' THE WOODS, Sept. 6.--(Spl.)--As an incentive for the men to clean their tents thoroughly each morning, Captain Dosher has offered a weekly prize to the men occupying the tent kept the cleanest for that week. Prizes were awarded this week to the men in tents 3 and 21, who were tied for first place.
    These men are to be commended for the good work they have done. The prize for this week consisted of a carton of cigarettes for each tent, with candy for the non-smokers. The men in tent 3 are: Been, Owens, Gardewine, Gribble, Palmer and Smith. (Note: This tent is known as the Elite Club.) The men in tent 21 are: Sak, Jenkens, Pope, McCarthey, Hayes, Perry and Sanders. More of the men should try for these prizes.
    Other prize contests are as follows: "In order to accomplish in our camp [omission] and improvements to increase the facilities for the recreation and welfare of the men, it has been decided to have the following contests, for which cash prizes payable from the company fund will be awarded:
    "A three-dollar cash prize will be given to the C.C.C. enrollee or forestry employee who submits in writing the best plan for converting the area west of the mess hall into a small recreation park or recreation assembly area.
    "A first prize of $7.50 and a second prize of $4 and a third one of $2.50 will be awarded for the best pieces of rustic furniture constructed by members of the camp, C.C.C. personnel or forestry employee. Furniture to be suitable for use in the recreation park.
    "We are surely proud of our camp orchestra. We class them second to none. They organized about a month ago with the following members: C. H. Young, manager, John Litchtenburger, violin and banjo; Harry Williams, guitar and banjo; Walton Brooks, mandolin and harmonica; Nolan Loyd, guitar; Norman Luke, harmonica and Jack DePasquele, accordion. They are playing regularly every Friday evening over station KFJI, Klamath Falls and Saturday afternoons over KMED, Medford.
    "Main Street has nothing on C.C.C. F-40, which at the present time has graveled streets, electric lights and all conveniences of a modern home. A washing machine has recently been added to the camp equipment which, at a small fee, gives each man the privilege of getting his week's washing done. This beats the old style way of washboard and back-breaking exercise.
    "The men are all well satisfied to sit around the fires and read, sing and tell tall stories.
    "C.C.C. F-40 was awakened at an early hour on Friday night of last week to go to a fire which started on the old slashings of the Owen-Oregon Timber Company. The men arrived one hour after leaving camp. The fire, which burned at least 40 acres, was quite hot at first, but toward morning was controlled after a desperate struggle. New lookouts will be added if bad fire weather continues."
Medford Mail Tribune, September 6, 1933, page 2


    Day by day, with each square meal, each added inch of chest expansion, and each new pound of muscle, the boys in the C.C.C. are finding out that life in the forests of the West is not such a tough, dull life after all.
    The camp commanders and visiting inspecting officers are noting the development and growth of a fine esprit de corps throughout the 459 camps in the Ninth Corps area, commanded by Major General Malin Craig.
    Morale that was good from the start is betting better. There is an increasing enthusiasm for the job in hand. Less complaining over the little inconveniences attendant on a new life in strange surroundings.
    There is little urge to return to the uncertain welcome that awaits in the outside world, where it is a case of every man for himself.
    It would not be a case of "flying to evils that they know of." All of these boys have tasted the miseries of want, privation and lack of a job. But a few have succumbed to nostalgia and "eloped' for the hometown, and these few have not concealed their regrets.
    As one would say: "I was too dumb to know when I was well off in a camp that's better than some of the camps a lot of millionaire guys pay big jack to live in during the summer. But I had to be dumb enough to leave my dude ranch and three squares with 30 bucks a month and now I'm outside looking in the bakery windows in Los Angeles again. I'm an awful pain in the neck to myself."
    Some of the letters these "elopers" write back are pathetic. Colonel William A. Alfonte, commander of the Lewiston (Idaho) district, received the following letter from a boy who succumbed to homesickness and pulled out for the East on foot: His plight, after 16 days on the road to home, is revealed in his request for back pay.
    "I need the money very bad," he wrote. "It was a long trip and very tiresome and a lot of the 16 days were hungry days."
    "Tell the boys to stay there because there isn't anything to do at home. I wish I were back. All I can do here is lay around. We all have to live and learn. Tell the doctor I'm sorry I left on the outs with him."
    Another boy who missed his mail wrote:
   "Please send my letter my family sent out, for it contains my chauffeur's license and I need it to get a job again. I had some awful days coming home by freight when I went A.W.O.L. It took me nine days coming home, sergeant."
    But typical of the sadder letters comes one from a mother who, sorry for her boy, hopes in vain to give him another chance.
    "My son," she wrote, "is here. I am writing you after waiting a week to hear something from you there in regards to him leaving for home. I want him to finish his enlistment there. He is far better able to work than his father or I. We have taken care of him all through the depression and we feel he got a chance to earn and help a bit--now I want him to finish.
    "There is nothing here for him. I asked the welfare man about transferring him to a camp here. He did not know if it would be possible. Now I am waiting to hear from you at the earliest time advising me about the matter.
    "I know that it is the best thing in the world for him to stay there and you can telegraph me what to do about his transportation. Please let me hear from you at your earliest opportunity and tell me what way to send him back."
    Another letter to Lieutenant Colonel L. L. Pendleton, commanding the Eureka district, was written by a Spanish lad who got discouraged and quit after he had fought a couple of fast rounds with poison oak.
    He writes:
    "Dear Sir:
    "I have studied English, but I doubt that I could truly express my repentance for my sorry behavior.
    "It took me two days and two nights to reach Los Angeles. I was glad to see my family, but very much ashamed of having gone over the hill.
    "An N.R.A. strike over the weekend spoiled my hopes for a job.
    "If you will take me back, I'll gladly shed tears of gratefulness. My folks say the climate has done me good. I'll stand all the poison oak in Trinity County if you will only take me back.
    "Honest, there is nothing in town and I miss the camp. Can't you count my absence as a leave? If you can't, please deduct a dollar a day and call me back. I'll be glad to cut a road 40 feet wide through the mountains if you'll take me back.
                    "Sincerely,
    "P.S.--For my mother's sake if it isn't asking too much, word the letter as if it was a regular form. Don't let her know I was afraid to take it."
    The rest of the "first hundred thousand" are still on the job, acquiring heavy coats of tan, hard muscles, a more cheerful outlook on life, and a newly born interest in the improvement of the land that the Stars and Stripes fly over.
    Their camp commanders say, "They are a great bunch of boys."
    The boys say, "It's a great life!" And they mean it. Their sincerity is proved by the zest with which they push and pull on the old crosscut and the vim with which they swing the ax that is clearing thousands of miles of trails and secondary roads through the wilderness of the West.
    And in the meantime General Craig, the corps area commander, is delighted with the spirit of "all for one and one for all" that is pervading his "first hundred thousand."
    It's the old army spirit.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 6, 1933, page 8


   ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 7.--(AP)--The Wolf Creek CCC camp, located on Little River, 35 miles east of Roseburg, which recently won the highest honors among CCC camps in the 9th corps area, will remain practically intact throughout the winter, it was announced here today. Of the 228 men in the camp, all except 24 have signified their intention of re-enlisting for the ensuing six months. Other CCC camps of the Roseburg district are anticipating about a 50 percent re-enlistment. The Wolf Creek camp is composed entirely of World War veterans.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 7, 1933, page 1


    During the month of August $140,000 was spent by the CCC headquarters in this district, including salaries to the recruits, a large percentage of which is sent home.
    The figures as compiled by Lieutenant Robert T. Frederick, district adjutant, show that $82,000 was paid in salaries to the CCC boys, and $36,500 for food. Pay for officials, doctors, etc., totaled $8500. Expenditures for miscellaneous supplies and other articles were $4500.
    For youths that quitted the camps and were sent to their homes, mostly in Illinois and Missouri, $3300 was spent in railroad fares.
Gold Hill News, September 7, 1933, page 3


    Well satisfied with the amount of work accomplished here by the Civic Conservation Corps, Fred H. Brundage, regional forest inspector for the CCC, left Medford following completion of inspections in the Elk Creek and Applegate camps. He was accompanied on the inspection tour by Hugh B. Rankin, supervisor of the Rogue River National Forests.
    J. F. Joyce, road engineer, was also here over the weekend, making an inspection of road construction completed by the CCC. He was accompanied by W. L. Jones, forest road inspector.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 11, 1933, page 6


    More reserve officers will be brought into the Medford headquarters of the Civic Conservation Corps, it was announced here today. Officers expected in the near future are First Lieutenant Benjamin Clayborn King of Cottage Grove, First Lieutenant Frank James Hills of Roseburg, Second Lieutenant Grant Hubert Edwards, already in this vicinity; Second Lieutenant L. Ivan Currin of Cottage Grove and First Lieutenant L. R. Wayne Epersen of Bend.
    Whether or not other officers will be transferred from this district upon arrival of the new reserves, the staff here had not been informed today.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 11, 1933, page 8

   
    Another extensive program of construction work has been launched by the Civic Conservation Corps boys in the various sections of the Rogue River National Forest, according to report from local officers of the Forest Service yesterday. The Anderson Butte lookout was completed yesterday and the C.C.C.'s started work on the Steve's Peak lookout.
    The boys at Lake o' the Woods are starting construction of a fireman's cabin at the Pelican guard station, and those in the Upper Rogue River camp are completing a fireman's cabin and starting development work along the lines of sanitation and fire prevention in the Huckleberry Mountain region.
    At Elk Creek the crew is completing the tower for the Burnt Peak lookout. The Moon Prairie boys have completed the fireman's garage at Robinson's Butte and are nearing completion of the fireman's cabin at Big Elk. Construction of a fireman's cabin, garage and woodshed will soon be started at Moon Prairie camp.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 12, 1933, page 2


   WASHINGTON.--(UP)--for the 41st time, one hundred thousand copies of the Foresty Primer published by Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Association, have come off the press.
    This edition, dedicated to the workers in the Civilian Conservation Corps established by President Roosevelt, is being sent into the forest camps throughout the country.
    The previous four million copies were given to the schools as one phase of the forestry education work being carried on by the American Tree Association. The C.C.C. edition, which makes the total 4,100,000 copies issued, has been revised and carries President Roosevelt's message to Congress urging the setting up of the forest camp work as an unemployment relief measure.
    "In hundreds of camps forest study classes have been started," Pack said. "The forest officers and army officers are using the Foresty Primers in these classes that are being attended voluntarily by the men after working hours. With the President's announcement of the plan to continue the work for an additional six months and with thousands of new workers coming into the camps, we want to put forestry and what it means to the nation before every one of these young men.
    "The schools of the country will, during the next school year, 'read up' on forestry and allied subjects as never before," Pack continued. "President Roosevelt has made forestry activities page one news. A constructive news topic of this kind nearly always is taken up in project work by the teachers. The nation is being made forestry-minded by this relief enterprise. As a result of the great amount of work done in the camps, the big asset for the future will be the fact that new thousands will have come to see the value of such work both as a market for manpower and for building up the forest resources of the nation."
Medford Mail Tribune, September 12, 1933, page B5


   LAKE O' WOODS C.C.C., Sept. 13.--(Spl.)--An article in the latest edition of the "Bulldozer," official publication of the conservation camp, says orders have been received for discharges of all members by September 30 or not later that October 15. They will, however, be given opportunity to re-enroll for another six months in the forest army. Those unwilling to again sign up will be returned to conditioning camps for later discharge.
    A canvass of the Lake o' the Woods camp shows that out of 152 men from Illinois, 105 wish to stay. Out of 37 Oregon men, 32 intend to stay. Most of those desiring to go home give as reason attendance at school, homesickness and anxiety of the "girls they left behind" to see them again.
    The "Bulldozer" also says that information has been received from headquarters that the company 1642 at Lake o' the Woods will probably be quartered this winter in Owen-Oregon lumber camp number two, about 21 miles from the present camp and about two miles off the Butte Falls road. This location is expected to provide very comfortable quarters for the inclement season, including kitchen car, storeroom, commissary and 25 bunkhouses of six-man capacity each.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 13, 1933, page 2


    Because the men of 1746 Co. CCC, Selma, Ore., were mostly experienced woodsmen and knew the value of an advanced winter's fuel supply, they elected to have a "Camp Improvement Day" on Monday, September 3, Labor Day. The plans were to donate half a day's work to the camp in the form of cutting up extra winter wood. However, as it turned out, this was only a small part of what actually happened.
    The company saw filer had the saws in first-class shape and the boys boarded the trucks for Sucker Creek on the Caves highway at 7:30 a.m. Each pair of men sawed five minutes and rested five minutes, while the other half of the team sawed. There was plenty of rivalry to see which team could buzz through the logs the fastest. With another group splitting, over two large truck loads were ready to be sent back to camp at the end of the first hour. After that it was a case of obtaining more trucks to take it away.
    At noon one of the camp leaders suggested a swimming party, and did the boys go for that? Then back to camp, and a surprise--the Takilma baseball club was coming over to play and the camp post was donating a chicken banquet. Some of the men were skeptical on the banquet part, but as long as there was 150 pounds of chicken involved, they were all for it.
    There was just time after the ball game, which the camp won, to wash up. It was a good thing, too, because with an odor of chicken drifting down the company street, the cooks might not have finished the meal before the men were on them.
    The tables were set in a single line with a speaker's table in true banquet fashion; programs and menus had been printed and 10 dozen gladioli graced the tables. The boys ate chicken and all the trimmings, including fresh peach pie a la mode, to their hearts' content. After candy and cigarettes had been passed one of the company CCC leaders acted as master of ceremonies and introduced the company officer, who put over a couple of famous after-dinner stories and thanked the men for their own civic interest in the camp's welfare. All but two men were able to leave the mess hall unassisted and these two got to arguing over who ate the most chicken.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 14, 1933, page 5


    Camp Applegate has received information from the district headquarters at Medford that it will become a permanent winter camp, Captain B. B. McMahon said a few days ago. With construction starting on new buildings early next week, the entire company will move from tents into the new structures with the arrival of cold weather.
    Although the majority of the Brush Marines will reenlist for the coming six-months period starting October 1, those who do not enroll will be discharged September 30 and will return to school or jobs.
    An extensive construction program is outlined, Captain McMahon said, including four wooden barracks, each to house 52 men, a drying room, an infirmary building, a forestry building and an administration building. The present mess hall will have a top flooring to cover the floor already in use and both mess hall and bath house will have an outside covering of tar paper. All of the air space between the ground and floor of the mess hall will be covered with wood. The low temperatures of these September mornings and evenings has caused a Sibley stove to be placed in each tent.
Jacksonville Miner, September 15, 1933, page 1


    Final tabulation of voting in the CCC entertainment contests, conducted for camp groups of this district last Saturday over KMED station, resulted in the award of ten dollars cash as first prize to members of the Lake o' the Woods Camp. Second prize of five dollars was awarded the Pistol River Veterans.
    The radio audience was asked to vote and response was very good. The Lake o' the Woods boys with a real variety show were well out in front with the voting. The members were: John Lichtenberger of Grants Pass, and Harry Williams, Walter Brooks, Nolan Lloyd, Jack DePasquale and Norman Luke, all of Illinois.
    Contest results from yesterday's soloist competition will be made the latter part of the week.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 17, 1933, page 5


    The hunting season opens in Oregon next Wednesday, September 20, and as hunters were cleaning their guns in preparation yesterday a warning was issued by the Rogue River National Forest Service to ensure protection of the Civilian Conservation Corps stationed in this territory. The warning was followed by a listing of camps by the CCC headquarters here, showing areas to be closed to pursuit of deer.
    Regulation T93 of the national Forest Service prohibits the discharge of firearms in the vicinity of camps, over a lake, and other bodies of water adjacent to, or within, any such area, whereby any persons may be exposed to injury as a result of such discharge. Enforcement of this regulation will limit the amount of hunting territory open to hunters this year. And strict enforcement is planned by the Forest Service, officials declared yesterday, adding that forest officers will be instructed to prosecute all violators of this regulation and that the Forest Service will exercise its full authority to guard the men in camps, even to the extent of closing the forests, if necessary.
    The Forest Service interprets the regulation cited to mean the prohibition of hunting within a radius of one mile of such camps. In view of the number of hunting accidents reported last year, and the loss of lives, every precaution will be observed this season, officials stated, to protect the lives of all persons located in the forests and of hunters entering them. There are also men stationed at two blister-rust control camps at Woodruff Meadows near the mouth of Jim Creek and at Abbott Creek, a few miles above, who are to be considered in the restriction of hunting territory this year. The men of the various camps are scattered through a wide territory.
    Many hunters have already applied to the District Headquarters of CCC for information regarding the location of the CCC camps and spike camps in this district, the CCC officials reported yesterday. "They recognize that a grave danger exists of shooting into these camps without knowing of their presence. For that reason the location of the various camps and sub-camps is being printed.
    "The members of the Civilian Conservation Corps are not allowed possession of firearms in camp, and it is believed that very few will be in the woods hunting. However, their presence in the forest regions will account for a greater number of persons in the forest than have ever been there during hunting season previous to this year. This will call for undue caution on the part of hunters. Most of the Civilian Conservation Corps members in this district are from the farming districts of Illinois and are familiar with firearms and accustomed to hunting small game. Very few have hunted large game, but it is thought they will prove no more dangerous while hunting than the local hunters."
    The various camps with subsidiaries and their locations are as follows:
    In Lake County: Clift Springs at junction of West Fork and Silver Creek, 12 miles southwest of Silver Lake. No.1--one mile north and three miles west of the northeast corner of the Klamath Indian Reservation. No. 2--seven miles east of Paulina in the Fremont National Forest. No. 3--two miles west of Fremont ranger station, northeast corner of Fremont National Forest. No. 4--eight miles west of southwest corner, Summer Lake. Ingram--one mile north of Cottonwood reservoir, 12 miles northwest of Lakeview, Ore. No. 1--one mile east of Drum Hill and 15 miles northwest of Camp Ingram CCC.
    In Klamath County: Bly, three miles east of the west corner, Gerber reservoir, near Tuttle ranch. No. 1--two miles north of Lofton Lake in game refuge. No. 2--at Dog Lake ranger station. No. 3--at Strawberry lookout station, western border of Lake County line.
    In Josephine County: Kerby, one mile east of Selma on highway. No. 1--at Swede Basin, two miles northeast of Serpentine Point, three miles west and eight miles north of Camp Kerby, CCC. No. 2--at Waldo mine, two miles northwest of Takilma.
    In Jackson County: Applegate, one mile north of the California state line, one mile south of the fork of Applegate River and Carberry Creek. No. 1--at Star Ranger Station at fork of Star Gulch and Applegate River, seven miles south of Ruch. No. 2--at junction of Silver Fork and Kettle Creek two miles southwest of Dutchman's Peak. Elk Creek, at junction of Elk Creek and Dodes Creek, nine miles west and two miles north of Prospect. No. 1--two miles south of Buzzard mine. Upper Rogue River, one mile northeast of Union Creek Resort. No. 1--at Huckleberry government station, one mile north of Huckleberry City. No. 2--at Abbott Butte lookout, mouth of Abbott Creek. No. 3--one half mile southwest of Anderson camp on branch of Falcon Creek.
    Government Camp, one mile south of Crater Lake Lodge on the Crater Lake Highway, Crater Lake National Park.
    Wineglass, at Lost Creek Ranger Station, junction of cutoff road from Anna Springs and Crater Lake rim route, Crater Lake National Park.
    Moon Prairie, on Hoxie Creek, two miles north of Moon Prairie guard station. No. 1--three miles south of the west end of Buck Lake.
    Camps in Curry County include--Agness, junction of Illinois and Rogue rivers, northeast of Gold Beach, Ore. No. 1--Fan Creek, three and a half miles northeast of Big Bend on Rogue River. No. 2--six miles east, one mile north of Camp Agness. No. 3--one-fourth mile south of Two Mile Creek and two miles up the creek from Rogue River. No. 4--at mouth of Lawson Creek, two miles south of Camp Agness.
    In Douglas County--Mt. Reuben, six miles west of Saw Mill Gap, 22 miles west of Glendale, Ore. No. 1--Rand Ranger Station, two miles north of Galice, Ore.
    In Klamath County--Lake o' the Woods, one mile east of the north end of Lake o' the Woods. No. 1--one-half mile east of Blue Lake, four miles north of Four Mile Lake, four miles north of Four Mile Lake. No. 2--Muddy Spring, three miles south of Four Mile Lake.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 17, 1933, page 5


    Clift Springs Camp F-48 CCC at Silver Lake will celebrate the reorganization of Company 966 and mark the beginning of another six months of the conservation program with a banquet today. The company of 150 men, composed entirely of Oregonians, the boys hailing from Portland, Klamath Falls and Lake County. Only 12 have decided not to re-enroll. Lieut. Harry J. Harper is commanding officer, assisted by Lieutenants Grant H. Edwards, George B. Rible and Sergeants Chas. S. Williams, Oscar W. Spaulding and Charles N. Miller.
    The appetizing menu for today's banquet, prepared by cooks Walter Inglis, John A. Johnson, Robert McIntosh and Arthur Crawn, includes fries spring chicken, Virginia baked ham, snowflake potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, giblet gravy, buttered peas, stuffed olives, smothered string beans, asparagus tips on toast, lettuce, green peppers and tomato salad, green onions, fresh radishes, cottage cheese and pineapple salad, sliced watermelon, apple pie, ice cream, orange punch, bread, buns, butter, jam, coffee and milk.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 17, 1933, page 9


    District baseball championship in the Medford CCC district will be played Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the fairgrounds, between Lake o' the Woods team and the Applegate team, winners of the semi-finals. The public is invited to this game, Lieutenant Carl R. Armbrust said today.
    Last Saturday Lake o' the Woods defeated Camp Ingram by an overwhelming score, and Wineglass Camp defeated Camp Applegate, 5 to 4.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 19, 1933, page 2


    Whether the big bears come visiting the CCC camps in the Crater National Park during the day time or not may not always be vouched for by the recruits in the camps there, but it can be definitely stated that they were unwelcome guests about Sunday night.
    Reports were received at the local CCC headquarters from the park stating that the big animals tore the boards from the sides of the store room and departed only after destroying 60 dozens of eggs, some bacon and other food supplies.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 19, 1933, page 2


    Having failed to re-enlist in the C.C.C. for the coming six months, 36 young men will leave the last of this week for Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and 17 for Fort Knox, Kentucky. Next weekend 450 men will be transported to Fort Sheridan, Ill.
    According to Lieutenant Robert T. Frederick of the C.C.C. headquarters here, the men will be sent to the camps where they were enlisted, and discharged at those points.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 20, 1933, page 7


    The general public is rapidly accepting the fact that the civilian conservation corps is, and has been from the beginning, a huge success. Many factors working as units have been able to make it so, and this certainly has been true of 1746 company at Camp Kerby.
    Much has already been said about the various kinds of work being done by the CCC for the forests and its conservation, but there is another interesting angle to the CCC camps, and that is the camp life they enjoy.
    1746 company at Camp Kerby has been very fortunate in having plenty of entertainment furnished in one way or another by the various members of the camp, and they are at the present writing, laying plans for a bigger and better entertainment program for the winter months.
    When the camp enrollment was complete and the programs started, there was found a surprising number of men who could sing, play various kinds of instruments, and in general keep the men entertained from one to two hours every evening; and to add to that, Camp Kerby was blessed with a wealth of material for their baseball team that turned in such an envious record for this year. A game was scheduled for every Sunday, and sometimes as many as two games were scheduled for the weekend. This gave the members of the camp a real outlet for their emotions, and consequently the games took on the aspect of a real college contest.
    Then for reading material Camp Kerby is allowed, through a special fund, to subscribe for a number of newspapers. These include the Oregon papers, California, Missouri and New York Times. In addition to this a permanent library is the possession of every camp and then every month two libraries of 50 books each are received the first of every month.
    The company has a recreation tent where the men may read in the evening, mixing a little music with their reading if they prefer, as the tent contains a new radio.
    With the building of new barracks assured and the coming of the winter basketball season, in which 1746 company expects to have a real team, Camp Kerby will have many real first-class programs for the camp.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 26, 1933, page 8


    A movement of Civilian Conservation Corps men from the Medford district to Fort Sheridan, Ill., will start tonight, with 437 men in from camps to the entraining point here by 4 o'clock this afternoon, it was announced at Civilian Conservation Corps headquarters here this morning, following arrival of Edward T. Hogan, city passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, with headquarters in Portland, who will escort the contingent north.
    The movement to the Middle West will be in charge of Capt. Clarence O. Bell, C.A.C. train commander; Second Lieut. George R. Pritchard, cavalry reserve, and Dr. Edward L. Callivan, contract surgeon, medical officer, with three privates of the first class ushering.
    Included in the return eastward will be 59 men from the 1642nd company, 42 from the 1645th company, 55 from the 1647th company, 71 from the 1650th company, 60 from the 1651st company, 68 from the 1652nd company and 82 from the 1653rd company.
    The movement from camps to the entraining point is being accomplished with government trucks, arriving at the fairgrounds. Each member will carry his complete equipment and all issued clothing with him to Fort Sheridan. The train will arrive there October 2.
    All the men from the Sixth Corps area are being transferred to Fort Sheridan, Ill., where they will be given their final discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps.
    This marks the end of the first period of enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and those men who are severing their connection with the C.C.C. are being returned to the points at which they enrolled.
    According to the latest ruling, the men who are discharged at the end of their first enrollment and do not wish to re-enroll at once will not be eligible for re-enrollment at a later date.
    There are approximately 2600 enrollees remaining in this district.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 27, 1933, page 3


    MISSOULA, Mont.--(UP)—The 7,000 Civilian Conservation Corps workers in the Montana district have gained an average of 10 pounds per man since entering their forest jobs, officials estimate.
    Each worker has a rations allowance averaging about 33 cents in cost per day. The total grocery bill for the C.C.C. in the district was estimated to be $75,000 a month.
    During July and August alone the workers ate 132,000 pounds of beef, 83,000 dozen eggs, 2,000 tons of potatoes, 200,000 loaves of bread, 60,000 pounds of sugar, 20,000 pounds of coffee, 44,000 pounds of veal, 22,000 pounds of beans and 66,000 pounds of butter.
    In the first six months the workers were in camp 126 miles of frankfurters, 19,800 hams and 6,000 large sacks of sugar were consumed.
    A total of approximately $1,200,000 also was paid out in salaries to the workers and their leaders.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 27, 1933, page 3


    A summary of the work accomplished up to September 1, by the 12,600 Civilian Conservation Corps boys working in 63 camps in Oregon's forests has just been released by regional forester C. J. Buck, Portland, Oregon.
    This shows a marked production increase over the previous work report, due to the fact that the boys had become accustomed to the use of tools, necessary equipment for road building and other work had been installed, and the camp buildings completed, releasing the men to labor on other projects.
    The report shows a total of 736 miles of new truck trails or mountain roads constructed--an average of 11⅔ miles per camp---and in addition, 3,148 miles improved or conditioned. The boys built 187 miles of horse or foot trails and improved or conditioned 2766 miles of trail; constructed 455 miles of woods telephone lines--or an average of more than 7 miles per camp, while 1440 miles were maintained. They constructed 201 permanent forest buildings, including lookout houses, ranger stations, barns, etc. A large number of permanent camp grounds were cleared and improved with fireplaces, stoves, and sanitary accommodations; 55 road signs and 528 section corner signs were posted. They cut 2,000 fence posts; cut, peeled and hauled 500 telephone poles; built 33 miles of fences, 109 bridges and culverts, and marked 204 miles of forest boundary.
    Routine work was frequently interrupted by calls to fight fires, and 32,056 man-days were spent in this manner. Exceptional work was done on the disastrous Tillamook and Clatsop fires, where one boy lost his life and others were injured on line of duty.
    In an effort to "fireproof" Oregon's forests, 40 miles of firebreaks were built; 3990 acres of old snags felled, and 190 miles of fire hazards were cleared from along roads and trails; 2560 acres were covered by beetle control and survey work and 26,859 acres of timber were cruised.
    To improve and protect the grazing resources of Oregon, rodent control work was carried on upon 57,905 acres; 41 springs were developed; 313 dams constructed to prevent soil erosion; 11 miles of stock driveway, 68 cattle guards, 12 cattle corrals, and 92 miles of range fence built.
    Mr. Buck pointed out that all of this work, except fire fighting, constitutes permanent improvement of the nation's forest property. Much of it has been done in accordance with definite plans which were made for needed forest improvements, even before the President's Civilian Conservation cCorps was authorized.
    He mentioned also that a substantial sum had been spent among Oregon merchants for food supplies for the camps; and that the 12,600 boys themselves had spent approximately $126,000 in the state, while some $630,000 had been sent to their families.
Gold Hill News, September 28, 1933, page 3


    WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.--(AP)--The forest conservation corps is going to buy 250,000,000 feet of lumber to build 468 winter camps for 250,000 corps workers.
    In making the announcement today, Robert Fechner, conservation director, said:
    "This is one of the largest single orders ever placed for lumber in the history of the country and will give active stimulus to the lumber industry in which 1,000,000 men are normally employed."
    Fechner said bids are being called for by commanding officers in the nine corps areas and that the specifications calling for number 2 common lumber were drawn in collaboration with the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. In the South, 50,000 men will continue to live in tents.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 29, 1933, page 11


    Major Clare H. Armstrong, commander of the CCC camps in this district, announced this morning that nine winter camps have already been announced for the Medford district, and that it is possible one of the remaining group will be stationed at Camp Sebastian. However, no definite action has been taken on the latter.
    The camps are being transferred from the summer sites to the winter sites at the present time, Major Armstrong stated, and will be as follows: Agness camp to Port Orford; Pistol River camp to the mouth of the Pistol River; Kerby camp to remain at present location; Elk Creek camp to remain at present location.
    Moon Prairie camp is being transferred to the forks of Evans Creek near Beagle; Lake of the Woods camp to Owen-Oregon camp No. 2. If Cape Sebastian is accepted as a site, Government Camp P-1 will go there. Clift Springs camp, now at Silver Lake, is being located on Carberry Creek in the Applegate section.
    Major Armstrong said today that if authorization is received, enlistments will be received on October 15 to bring the totals up to the required number.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 2, 1933, page 7


    In order that a definite religious program might be carried out in the C.C.C. camps of the Medford district, four local ministers have been authorized by District Chaplain Willis Bergen, to make one trip a month to various camps. The government pays five cents a mile for the authorized trip each month, although the authorized ministers may make other visits to the camps.
    Those from Medford who will visit the camps are Rev. W. J. Howell of the Presbyterian Church, Applegate camp; Rev. Joseph Knotts of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kerby camp; Rev. H. H. Young, assistant pastor of the Lutheran Church, Elk Creek and Father John T. Curran of the Catholic Church, Government Camp.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 3, 1933, page 3


    The campaign under way in Medford for some time, to bring Civilian Conservation Corps men from the Crater Lake National Park to Roxy Ann, better known as the Prescott Memorial Park, for winter encampment and development of the park program, was revealed to the public last night when a resolution was prepared by the city council to be forwarded to Robert Fechner, director of emergency conservation work at Washington, D.C.
    The program, as outlined by the city of Medford, provides for the moving of one camp, now located at Crater Lake, to the Roxy Ann territory. The resolution passed last night by the city council authorizes the invitation to national headquarters.
    An area composed of 1700 acres, now known as the Prescott Memorial Park, would be available to the Civilian Conservation Corps men, of which there are 200 now in the Crater Lake encampment, sought here.
    The City of Medford, in the program proposed for development of the Prescott Memorial Park site, plans to build nine miles of roadway to reach the park, all of which has been surveyed by the county. One mile was constructed by the unemployed last year. A general cleanup of the park site is also included in the plans to be presented the government for Civilian Conservation Corps work. A trail direct to the summit of Roxy Ann, construction of a lookout tower, marking of the boundaries with rock, construction of a log pavilion, 40 by 40 feet in the park, and a concrete container for the spring are also included in the improvement program. An open air fireplace, six stone camp ovens, a large incinerator and 12 benches and picnic tables will also be provided the public if the plans materialize.
    Moving of trees from other sections of the forest for landscaping in the Prescott Memorial Park will also furnish work for the CCC's if they are moved to Roxy Ann for the winter.
    The program, advanced by the city, has met with the recommendations of E. C. Solinsky, superintendent of the Crater Lake National Park; Lawrence Merriam, district officer of the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, San Francisco; Regional Forester C. C. Buck and Major Clare H. Armstrong, City Superintendent Fred Scheffel stated last night.
    A report of the meeting of the League of Oregon Cities, recently held in Eugene, was given last night by City Attorney Frank Farrell.
    Resolution directing that the notice for intention for widening of East Main Street be given out for hearing October 17 was passed by the council, and the placing of gasoline tanks in the sidewalks at the corner of Sixth and Grape streets, for erection of a new service station, was authorized.   
Medford Mail Tribune, October 4, 1933, page 3


    Authority has been granted the War Department to enroll a certain number of men in the civilian conservation corps who are cooks, mess sergeants, etc., it was announced yesterday at CCC headquarters in this city. The usual requirements as to age, marital status and some other matters previously enforced are being waived.
    No promises can be made any man making application that he'll be given a rating and additional cash allowance, as his rating and increased compensation will be determined only by proven efficiency.
    All interested in applying, who can meet the requirements, should make written application to the district commander, Medford district, Civilian Conservation Corps, Medford, without delay.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 5, 1933, page 5


    Major Clare H. Armstrong, commander of the CCC camps in this district, announced Monday morning that nine winter camps have already been announced for the Medford district, and that it is possible one of the remaining group will be stationed at Camp Sebastian. However, no definite action has been taken on the latter.
    The camps are being transferred from the summer sites to the winter sites at the present time, Major Armstrong stated, and will be as follows: Agness camp to Port Orford; Pistol River camp to the mouth of Pistol River; Kerby camp to remain at present location; Mt. Reuben camp to Rand ranger station; Applegate camp to remain at present location; Elk Creek camp to remain at present location.
    Moon Prairie camp is being transferred to the forks of Evans Creek, near Beagle; Lake of the Woods camp to Owen-Oregon camp No. 2. If Cape Sebastian is accepted as a site, Government Camp P-1 will go there. Clift Springs camp, now at Silver Lake, is being located on Carberry Creek in the Applegate section.
    Major Armstrong said Monday that if authorization is received, enlistments will be received on October 15 to bring the totals up to the required number.
Gold Hill News, October 5, 1933, page 2


    KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 6.--(AP)--John Novatney, 23, of Streeter, Ill., was killed by a falling tree at Pelican Butte near Lake of the Woods yesterday afternoon. The young man was a member of the civilian conservation corps in that district.
    Few details of the accident could be learned here. The body was taken to the CCC headquarters at Medford.
    Novatney's body was brought to the Conger Funeral Parlors here, where it will be held until word is received from his parents in Illinois, who have been notified.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 6, 1933, page 1


    The Applegate is to have another C.C.C. camp this winter.
    The 966 Company, Clift Springs camp from Silver Lake, will be moved to Carberry for winter quarters. Fifteen members of the 966th company, who will form part of the new camp personnel, reported for duty Monday, arriving by truck. A detachment of men from Camp Applegate is working this week to clear the camp site, a densely wooded flat on the south bank of Sturgess Fork east of the Sturgess guard station.
    Major Clair Armstrong of the Medford district headquarters visited the camp late Tuesday, passing him approval on the location, and making assignment of buildings for the permanent camp
    Recruits will number 200, all Oregonians, and like Camp Applegate, construction of the buildings will be done by civilian carpenters. Lumber will start arriving next Monday. The Clift Spring boys will arrive here as soon as it is possible to evacuate their old camp which probably will be in another week, and will use tents until permanent structures are erected. Location for their winter work will be on Brush Creek.
Jacksonville Miner, October 6, 1933, page 1


    As a fitting climax to six months of manual labor in the wilds of the Applegate country, the 16 Brush Marines who did not enlist for the winter encampment at Camp Applegate were honored with a farewell dinner at the camp Wednesday night. Fifteen of the boys will return to their homes at Portland, and the remaining Marine, Darrel Sieloff, will return to Ashland to resume his school work.
    Camp Applegate is going modern this winter, and will have electric lights as a welcome relief from gasoline, candles, kerosene, or whatnot in use during the summer. A separate building is being erected to house a gasoline power plant, pump, and electric generator. Other winter construction is well under way, with the four barracks to be under roof by the end of the week. By that time construction will have started on the administration building, 20 by 105 feet, to include recreation room, company store, supply room, and infirmary. All floors will be covered with asphalt floor covering, said to be hobnail-proof.
Jacksonville Miner, October 6, 1933, page 3


    Investigation is being made in Portland by the missing persons bureau in an attempt to locate Albert McGary, recruit at the Wineglass CCC camp, Crater Lake National Park, following the finding of a note in Portland Monday saying that he intended to jump in the river.
    According to an article in today's Oregon Journal, the note was found in a wallet on the streets of Portland. It also said; "I just can't get my mother and father and sister out of my mind. I can't live without them." Investigation here revealed that McGary, who came here from the East, had told Chamber of Commerce Manager A.H. Banwell that his mother and sister had been killed in an automobile accident a short time ago.
    The article states that Banwell was listed as McGary's guardian.
    This arrangement was made with CCC headquarters in order that McGary would have some place to send his money. It was learned here today that Banwell had placed the money in a trust fund for the youth. No information concerning the case could be learned from CCC headquarters here.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 10, 1933, page 1


    The five CCC camps located in the Rogue River National Forest have completed an extensive program during the summer months ending October 1, according to a complete report released this week by the forestry service. Camps located in the forest include Lake o' the Woods, Elk Creek, Upper Rogue River, Moon Prairie and Applegate.
    Among the accomplishments of these boys and men, 54 miles of telephone lines were constructed while 271 miles of telephone line were maintained, which includes rebuilding, etc.
    One-half mile of firebreaks has been listed among the accomplishments, as was the clearing of 235 acres of highly inflammable areas, reducing the fire hazard. The roadside clearing project included cleaning up of highly inflammable materials on both sides of the road for 130 miles.
    The department report, prepared by Assistant Supervisor Karl L. Janouch, shows that truck trails (mountain roads) measuring 148 miles were constructed, while 287 miles of such roadways and trails were maintained and improved.
    Six and a half miles of horse trails were constructed, while 550 miles of horse trails were maintained and improved.
    The layout also included much building activity with the following named: Five lookout houses constructed, one lookout tower, seven ranger station dwellings, six tool houses, two barns, one office, 15 garages and woodsheds, five water systems and 20 road bridges.
    For public campgrounds, clearing and opening up of 107 acres was completed, as was construction of 45 latrines, three water systems, 74 garbage pits and 26 tables. One corral at a ranger station was built and range water developed for livestock at six places.
    Although forest fires were exceptionally few this past season, 1211 man-days were devoted to fighting fires and 476 days on guard for forest fire fighting.
    Mr. Janouch stated that the camps are now clearing up the summer field schedule of work and are preparing to undertake the winter program.
    Winter camps in the Rogue River National Forest will be located at Elk Creek and Applegate, which will remain at their present locations. The other camps (Upper Rogue River, Moon Prairie and Lake o' the Woods) will be moved to Carberry Creek in the Applegate region; Owen Oregon camp No. 2, near Butte Falls and Evans Creek near Rogue River.
    Construction of winter camps is now under way, under the direction of Major Clare H. Armstrong, commander of the CCC headquarters in the Medford district.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 10, 1933, page 2


    Thirty-nine winter CCC camps have been authorized for Oregon, and forty-two for Washington, by Robert Fechner, director of emergency conservation work, according to announcement by C. J. Buck, regional forester, Portland, Oregon. This marks the close of the first six months period of the emergency conservation work, where 121 camps were operated in the two states. The results of this first six months have been highly successful, according to those closely in touch with the work.
    The reduction in numbers of camps for the winter period is made necessary by the fact that many of the high mountain camps, and those east of the Cascades, are being abandoned for the winter. New winter camps have been established in many lower west side locations, where working conditions and work to be done made these camps advisable, according to Mr. Buck.
    For the state of Oregon, 23 winter camps will be in national forests, 8 on Oregon-California land grant land; one in a state forest, two in state parks, and five on private land.
    In Washington, 17 camps will be in national forests; 1 on a naval reservation; 3 on state forests; 8 on state parks; and 13 on private land.
    Summer camps which will be occupied this winter will have the necessary alterations made to make them suitable for cold weather. Twenty-four new camps will have to be built. All winter camps will be equipped with electric lighting systems, according to the announcement, and other improvements added to contribute to the comfort and welfare of the men. The camp construction and improvement work will be handled by the army, Mr. Buck said.
Gold Hill News, October 12, 1933, page 3


    Selma CCC 1746 company, being located in the center of the Oregon pear district, has been remembered by the pear growers to such an extent that it has been necessary to store the pears in a large box near the camp. About 9 p.m. the other night, a terrible rustling of a nearby fence was heard and, with CCC inquisitiveness, one of the Kerbyites discovered something like a bear doing his best to reach the top of a nearby fir. With a "bring 'em back alive" spirit, two of the boys shagged up after Mister Whatever-It-Was. One look at the four-foot-long object on an upper limb, followed by a gruff growl, and they all but dove off their 50-foot post.
    By this time about 15 members had assembled and were engaged in a full discussion of how to have Mr. Bear for a camp mascot. The best idea seemed to be fall the tree (a well-known CCC activity), and talk it over with the party in question.
    Down came the tree, and old bruin, uninjured, lumbered through the ranks on a camel-like lope with the whole mad tribe after him. Wham! The pursued ran into an unseen woven wire fence and took a pass at the nearest pursuer.
    Right down to the camp, past the officers' quarters, one of whom took up the chase, the bear loped. By this time the company watchdog got under way to take a few nips, and up a tall pine went old man bear again. Somewhat winded, but thrilled, the boys said good-night to the invader and he promised not to return at such an unearthly hour again.
    Incidentally, it was about 2 o'clock in the morning when the chase ended.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 10, 1933, page 9


    The selection of winter camps for the CCC camps was closed September 15th, and it will be impossible to get one of the camps moved from Crater Lake to Roxy Ann park, as desired, to build trails and roads this winter.
    A representative of the National Park Service may visit Medford soon to look over Roxy Ann park, with a view of including it in the spring program of work to be done in municipally owned parks.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 11, 1933, page 2


    The body of John J. Novotney of the Southern Oregon CCC division, who lost his life by a falling tree in the Lake of the Woods camp, was forwarded to his home at Streator, Ill., by the Conger Funeral Parlors, where services and interment will take place.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 13, 1933, page 6


    Orders have been received by CCC headquarters that approximately 330 men from Wineglass, Upper Rogue River, Bly and Ingram camps will be transferred to the Southern California section on October 27. A special train will transport the men south, Lieutenant Robert T. Frederick, adjutant, said today, and it is expected that most of them will leave from Medford. It is possible a contingent might entrain at Lakeview or Klamath Falls.
    Camps where the men are being sent for the winter have been designated as Camp Cobal, Camp Mono, Camp Williams Canyon and Camp Simi.
    All local experienced woodsmen who have been with those groups during the past six months will remain in the Medford district, Lieutenant Frederick said, and will be transferred into various camps. There are about 140 men in that classification.
    With the transfer of the contingents from this section, 11 officers will accompany them. They include Lieutenant Carl H. Armbrust, Lieutenant W. G. Waltermire, Lieutenant Harold Soliday, Lieutenant John T. Bowers, Lieutenant Ralph M. Gerth, Lieutenant James R. Sayers, Lieutenant Clifton Tayleur Blankley and Lieutenant John S. Constantine Pighetti.
    Officers arriving in Medford today were Captain John Ross Murray, who will go to Cape Sebastian; First Lieutenant Blankley, who goes to Upper Rogue; First Lieutenant Pighetti, to Wineglass, and Secod Lieutenant Edw. Knignton Bear to Lake o' the Woods.
    The 10 winter camps being established in this district are as follows:
    Lobster Creek, near Port Orford; Cape Sebastian, Lower Pistol River, Kerby, Rand Ranger Station, Evans Creek, Applegate, Carberry Creek, Elk Creek and Applegate.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 17, 1933, page 2


    Two fires were reported to the Rogue River Forest Service headquarters here yesterday afternoon, but both were soon extinguished after burning over small territories. Stump and slashing fires, which got out of control, were given as the causes.
    The blaze on Humbug Creek in the Applegate section covered a territory of about 12 or 15 acres on brush land that had been burned over two years ago. Ten men from the Applegate CCC camp took charge.
    The other fire was on Thompson Creek, and started from a slashing fire.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 17, 1933, page 8


    Howard Johnson, Illinois youth, in the Upper Rogue River Civilian Conservation Corps camp, near Union Creek, received severe injuries this morning when he fell from a truck near camp. The truck ran over his body, according to the report received here, and the extent of injuries had not been determined. It was feared that he had a fractured skull as well as other internal injuries.
    Following first aid treatment here, the youth was taken to the veterans' hospital at Roseburg.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 18, 1933, page 3


    CCC district headquarters announced today that arrangements are being made for the 330 recruits being sent to the four camps in the Los Angeles district to entrain from Klamath Falls instead of Medford. They will probably leave next Tuesday, according to present plans.
    No information as to the dates of registering new recruits has been received from here, Lieutenant Robert T. Frederick, adjutant, said today. It is expected, however, that the quotas will be filled according to counties, which, under that system, will leave but few vacancies in Jackson County. About 93 percent of recruits for the last six months remained in service in this section.
    All Medford district camps will be housed in frame barracks during the winter and are equipped with bath and clothes drying facilities. The construction of these buildings has aided reduction of the unemployed here, with 115 skilled laborers being employed, outside of the CCC men.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 19, 1933, page 3


    Three new army officers from Illinois have reported to the district CCC headquarters here and will immediately take up their posts of duty in this section. First Lieut. Charles Leon Emerson, cavalry reserve, and Capt. Jack Drew, field artillery reserve, will go to the new winter camp at Rand ranger station.
    Captain John Pulford will be with the Wineglass company now at Annie Springs.
    A listing of winter camps in the sixth corps area has been issued and shows that 270 camps are being established this winter in the section. Ten are listed under the Medford headquarters, with the same number for Eugene. All are being taken from the Baker district.
    Locations, according to district headquarters, are as follows: Redding, Cal., 17; Eureka, Cal., 10; Medford, 10; Eugene, 10; Vancouver, Wash., 9 in Oregon and 8 in Washington; Marysville, Cal., 11; Sacramento, 17; Fresno, 17; Monterey, Cal., 7; Fort McArthur, 36; March Field, 24; Rockwell Field, 11; Fort George Wright 1 in Washington and 7 in Idaho; Fort Missoula, Mont., 6; Lewiston, Ida., 1; Boise, Ida., 8; Pocatello, 2; Fort Douglas, 11 in Utah and 3 in Nevada.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 22, 1933, page 7


    The five fires which swept through the Applegate section of the Rogue River National Forest yesterday were believed under control this afternoon with 130 men still combating the flames, according to report from the local forest offices.
    The fires, apparently set by firebugs, were discovered early yesterday morning and reported by the Whiskey Creek lookout. It was believed the flames had been started during the night. Varied reports were received regarding the amount of territory burned, and no official statement had been received by the offices here this afternoon. The high wind, which also visited that section of the forest, however, had scattered the flames over a wide area yesterday, and interfered greatly with efforts to control the conflagration.
    Forty youths from the Elk Creek Civilian Conservation Corps camp were rushed to the fire area, and CCC's from Carberry and Applegate camps were fighting the flames early yesterday. The fires are in the region of Carberry camp in the Steve's Peak country.
    Norman C. White of the local forest office is directing operation, aiding the Applegate ranger in carrying on the campaign to conquer the five fires.
    A thorough investigation was under way today to apprehend the person or persons who started the first flames, which were aided by wind in reaching out through the forests.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 25, 1933, page 8


    Civilian Conservation Corps men, numbering 360, left last night from Klamath Falls for various points in the Fort McArthur district in California. They represented the Wineglass, Upper Rogue, Ingram and Bly camps, which they left yesterday to entrain at Klamath Falls.
    One group will go to Santa Barbara, another to Santa Susanna, and two to Claremont.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 26, 1933, page 3


    Recruits for the CCC camps in the Medford district, to be selected by the Oregon state relief committee, which in this county is represented by the Jackson County relief committee, are to be chosen in the near future, it was announced at the CCC district headquarters this morning, although no date for enrollments has been named.
    Applications are to be made at the relief offices, and not the CCC offices, it was pointed out. Only those registered at the relief committee are to be considered. The date that enrollments will be made is expected to be announced in a few days.
    Of the 83 men to be chosen between the ages of 18 and 25, twenty of the group will be named from Jackson County, the quotas show.
    According to counties, the selections will be as follows: Douglas, 14; Coos, 17; Curry, 2; Josephine, 7; Jackson 20; Klamath 20 and Lake, 3.
    A total of 115 experienced woodsmen are to be chosen for work in the Rogue River National Forest, with headquarters here, and the Siskiyou National Forest, which has its headquarters in Grants Pass. Sixty-eight of the men will be stationed in the Rogue River forest and 47 in the Siskiyou forest.
    The local Forest Service officer announced this morning that woodsmen will not be selected by them until names have been presented by the Oregon state relief committee. This has not been done as yet.
    Between November 1 and 15, there will be 296 CCC recruits from Illinois arrive for this district. Ninety will come to Medford to be stationed at the Lake o' the Woods camp, 110 to Grants Pass for Rand Ranger Station, and 96 to Marshfield for the Cape Sebastian camp.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 27, 1933, page 1


    DES MOINES.--(AP)--One of the army officers commanding a civilian conservation corps camp in Iowa checked up a complaint from a mother that her boy was not getting sufficient cake and pie.
    The officer put the boy on the camp scales. The dial showed a net gain of twelve pounds in weight since the boy had enlisted.
    Figures prepared by the camp physicians show that the young men have averaged eight pounds gain in weight since last spring. Some have gained as much as 20 to 25 pounds, little of which is fat.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 30, 1933, page 6


    Enrollment of the 20 CCC men between the ages of 18 and 25 was to be completed by the Jackson County relief committee at four o'clock this afternoon, it was announced by that organization. Twenty men was the quota allowed for this county, and the enrollments were all made today, through authorization by the Oregon state relief committee.
    Physical examinations for the newly enlisted youths will be given tomorrow morning by Major James R. Bibighaus, headquarters physician.
    The five veterans from Fort Lewis, Wash., enrolled for the Pistol River camp in this district, arrived Sunday and were immediately sent to the veterans' camp. CCC headquarters said today that all veteran enrollments are made through the veterans bureau in Portland.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 30, 1933, page 8


    Enrolling of the 20 CCC men selected yesterday as the Jackson County quota was completed today, and the three men between the ages of 18 and 25 chosen from Lake County were also ordered to Medford today for physical examinations, headquarters reported.
    The sixteen men from Bly and Ingram camps were called in yesterday and dispatched to the camp at Evans Creek today.
    Work has been completed on three winter camps, including the one on the southern fork of Rogue River where the Owen Oregon camp No. 2 was located. Lake o' the Woods company is being transferred there. The Evans Creek camp will be occupied by the men from Moon Prairie, and the Applegate camp will remain at the same location, where winter quarters are now completed.
    A total of 357 civilian carpenters have been hired in construction of the camps to be finished this week, according to Captain Harold E. Stow.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 31, 1933, page 1


    Taking underprivileged young men from 18 to 25 years of age from the bread lines, the gangs, the city streets, and the other channels of depression, and giving them a start toward productive work and respectable citizenship--that is what the Civilian Conservation Corps and the President's emergency construction work has done for the youths of America, reports of their summer's accomplishments show.
    For the 111 camps in Oregon and Washington, the report shows a total of 1275 miles of new truck trails or mountain roads constructed, and in addition 4750 miles were improved or conditioned. The boys build 315 miles of horse or foot trails and improved or conditioned 5861 miles of trail; constructed 817 miles of woods telephone lines and maintained an additional 2867 miles. They constructed 685 permanent forest buildings, including lookout houses, hangar stations and other structures. A large number of permanent camp grounds were cleared and improved with fireplaces, stoves and sanitary accommodations. They cut thousands of telephone poles and fence posts, marked section corners and forest boundaries, built bridges and culverts and improved streams.
    In an effort to "fireproof" the forests, 98 miles of firebreaks were built, 12,168 old snags were felled and fire hazards cleared from forest areas along roads and trails. Other activities included beetle control and survey work, timber cruising, rodent control and range improvement work.
    Their construction work was frequently interrupted by calls to fight forest fires, and 58,246 man-days were spent in this manner. Exceptional work was done on the disastrous Tillamook fire, when one boy lost his life and others were injured in the line of duty, Acting Forest Supervisor Karl L. Janouch of Rogue River National Forest reports.
    All of this work, except fire fighting, constitutes permanent improvement of the nation's forest property. It is not "make work," simply to give the boys a job. Most of it has been done in accordance with definite plans which were perfected for needed forest improvements, even before the President's Civilian Conservation Corps was authorized.
    Many people ask why the boys have not been planting trees, he said. When the camps were established early last summer, it was too late in the season to plant trees successfully. The CCC are planting 600,000 trees on the Columbia National Forest this fall. Except for those lands which have been burned and reburned, only a limited amount of artificial reforestation is necessary in this region. Natural reforestation usually is depended on, provided fires are kept out or controlled. This is why most of the work of the CCC camps consists of fire protective improvements, he pointed out.
    All of this activity is part of a definite forestry program that has long been planned by federal and state authorities on the basis of a nationwide movement for the conservation of resources vital to the welfare of our country. As a result of a Senate resolution last year, introduced by Senator R. S. Copeland, the Forest Service compiled what is known as the Copeland report, which is, in effect, a national plan for American forestry. All of this means the emergency conservation work is strictly concerned with measures necessary to ensure economic and social benefits from the forest lands.
    In the report issued by Mr. Janouch of the work accomplished here, he refers to the man-building phase of the program, stating that marked improvement has been noted both physically and sociologically. Much credit for this is given the army and navy officers on duty at the camps and headquarters.
Medford Mail Tribune, October 31, 1933, page 8


    SALEM, Nov. 1.--(AP)--Building trades mechanics employed for CCC camp construction are to be paid at prevailing wages unless union agreements exist with employers in the locality, it was learned here today.
    Union carpenters here protested that $1.20 an hour should be paid carpenters at the Detroit CCC camp instead of $5 a day. Congressman James W. Mott wired to Washington and received the above ruling from Robert Fechner, director of emergency conservation work.
    Fechner advised that the Civil Conservation Corps is not under public works regulations, which require a wage rate of $1.20 for skilled labor in the northern zone.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 1, 1933, page 8


    "Don't worry mother--here's what boy will wear" is the title of an article appearing in the special CCC edition of the Forestry News Digest, published in Washington, D.C., by the American Tree Association. The following description of the clothes appeared:
    "To the C.C.C. the initials "NRA" will mean "No Red All-Overs.'
    "There will be some apparel for every ten-degree variation in the temperature.
    "There will be light woolens for moderately warm days, heavy woolens for cold days, and heavy woolens and leather coats for very cold days.
    "Under the NRA code there will be no red flannels-they are barred by the Farm Relief Board that is buying up all surplus red flannel--and there won't be any flannel belly bands, such as were issued to the boys of '98 in the Philippines," but there will be everything else that was ever thought of, invented and contrived to keep out the cold.
    "For example, all men in camps above the Fortieth Parallel will be outfitted as follows:
  1.  Regulation woolen uniform
  2.  Woolen underwear
  3.  O.D. melton cloth jerkin
  4.  Wool socks
  5.  Rubber-soled overshoes
  6.  Winter cap
  7.  Leather windbreaker coat
  8.  Woolen overcoat
  9.  Chopper mittens
10.  Woolen shirts   
    Uniforms will be wool of heavy weight and good quality. The woolen drawers will be "Old Grandpa's Favorites," reaching to the ankles of the tall man and a foot beyond that on the short man. The undershirts will be the tried and true fireman's model with long sleeves. The jerkins, or heavy melton vests, will be without sleeves or collar for wear under other coats if desired.
    Socks will come to the kneecaps and the overshoes will also come to the knees, with tops of waterproof cloth and leather.
    The winter cap has a high crown, visor, and curtain-like ear tabs. When the tabs are tied down under the chin it will make the debonaire and dashing young woodsman look like a cross between Daniel Boone and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
    The chopper mittens will be sturdy hide gloves with a fashionable flair and woolen mittens that will go inside of them. The woolen shirts will be warm enough to satisfy the coldest-blooded tenderfoot from the city.
    In the southern part of California the windbreaker will be of wool, with close-fitting bottoms.
    There will be lumberman's jackets for the northern states. So, all in all, mother, don't worry about your boy.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 1, 1933, page 8


   SALEM, Ore.--(UP)--Oregon's CCC camps contributed materially to forest development during their six months of operation, according to C. J. Buck, regional forester.
    During the summer 736 miles of new truck trails and mountain roads were constructed in the state, Buck said. That is an average of 11⅔ miles per camp, considered good, as nearly all was by hand work.
    In addition 3148 miles of road was improved or reconditioned. New trails constructed totaled 187 miles, with 2766 miles improved. Four hundred and fifty-five miles of telephone line were put up in the woods, as well as maintenance work on 1440 miles.
    The boys built 291 permanent forest buildings, including lookout houses, ranger stations and barns. They cleared many permanent camp grounds and improved them with fireplaces, stoves and other accommodations.
    Bridges and culverts constructed numbered 109. The workers erected 55 road signs and 528 section corner signs. Two hundred and four miles of forest boundary were marked. Other activities included construction of 33 miles of fence, cutting 2000 fence posts and cutting, peeling and hauling 500 telephone poles.
    Work of the C.C.C. recruits adds much to the recreational value of the Oregon forests, Buck said, makes fire control easier and will facilitate marketing of timber.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 2, 1933, page 9


    Forty-three men enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps will arrive in Medford tomorrow morning on the Oregonian at 8:15 o'clock, from Vancouver Barracks, according to announcement made at the district headquarters here today. They will be stationed in winter camps in this district.
    Tomorrow, the Klamath County quota of 20 men will arrive at the fairgrounds here to be enrolled, having been selected by the Oregon State relief committee at Klamath Falls.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 2, 1933, page 10


    Forty-two CCC men, enrolled from the Portland district, arrived in Medford on the Oregonian this morning from Vancouver Barracks in Washington. They left immediately by truck for the Carberry Creek camp, where they will be stationed.
    Tomorrow morning, 42 veterans from San Francisco will arrive by train and are to be sent to the veterans' camp at Pistol River.
    Another contingent of 90 men between the ages of 18 and 25 will arrive here Monday from Illinois and will be placed in the same on the south fork of Rogue River, headquarters announced today. A total of 110 Illinois men will go to Grants Pass Monday, from there to be sent to Rand ranger station, where one of the winter camps is located.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 3, 1933, page 6


    Selection of the woodsmen for the Rogue River national park's quota, to be stationed in four of the five ECW camps in the district, has been completed, Acting Supervisor Karl L. Janouch announced Saturday.
    The men are to be notified Monday and Tuesday, and on Wednesday they will be given their physical examinations at the fairgrounds by Major James R. Bibighaus, district headquarters physician, Mr. Janouch stated.
    All of the 68 experienced woodsmen for the Rogue River forestry district have been selected and will be placed in camps at Evans Creek, Owen-Oregon No. 2, Applegate and Carberry Creek.
    Enrolled for the Evans Creek camp are L. W. Ash, Ben Zimmer, Bert Conner, Boyd Miller, Ralph Bender, Trail; Lloyd Morris, Everett Forness, S. E. Meeker, Bill White, Bill Moore, Ben Kingery, Leonard F. Lund, Claude W. Murray, Warren H. Meinsen, William Ryan Thompson, Rogue River; Fred Stevens, Medford.
    Those going to the Owen-Oregon Camp No. 2, also designated as the south fork of Rogue River, are Bill Tucker, Lynn Neeley, Ralph Boussum, George Boussum, Ashland; Carl Cobleigh, Harold Netherland, Art Rogers, Ernest Smith, Guy Moore, Manny Poole, Butte Falls; Barney Goade, Eagle Point; Walter W. Taylor, Trail; Wilbur F. Roberts, Alfred P. Stone, Medford; Coke Brite, Jacksonville; Warren H. Wilson, Phoenix; Aaron A. Walruff, Central Point; John Henshew, Eagle Point.
    To be sent to Applegate camp are Walter C. John, Ben W. Ford, E. L. Bryant, C. W. Turpin, Wilmer Wallace, B. F. Stone, D. G. Colbaugh, Medford; Floyd N. Morgan, George W. Leonard, Provolt; Walter Walty, Talent; John H. Fisher, Jasper H. Morris, Ashland; Charles W. Davis, Medford.
    Men enrolled for the Carberry creek camp are Charles Knutzen, Dean Saltmarsh, Fred Corbin, George Ellis, J. M. Textorious, Irwin Lewis, Jacksonville; A. H. Walthers, Walter L. Schmidt, Medford; Marion A. Adams, Central Point; Henry Petri, Ashland; Everett M. Rummel, Dave Cretsinger, George R. Coats, Daniel H. Lewis, Thomas F. Lewis, Ray R. Offord, Ben W. Ford, Lester A. Wiles, Ben A. Olea, Morris Daly, Ted Bevan, Medford.
    All of the experienced woodsmen were selected upon their qualifications, their names having been recommended by the Jackson County relief committee, representatives here of the Oregon state relief committee.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 5, 1933, page 5


    EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 7.--(AP)--Formal honors for their part in winning the coveted award as the best CCC camp in the ninth corps area will be paid members of the Wolf Creek company at a celebration to be staged at the camp Wednesday, November 15.
    Plans for the affair are being completed under the direction of Major Charles H. Corlett, district commander, in cooperation with the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and chamber of commerce of Roseburg.
    Dignitaries from all over the state will be invited to attend the celebration to honor the camp, one of the nine best civilian conservation corps camps in the United States.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 7, 1933, page 3


    Jackson County's quota of 20 men, between the ages of 18 and 25, to be in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the Medford district have been enrolled through the Jackson County relief committee and will be stationed at Camp Applegate, F-41 near Ruch, designated as company 926.
    The list of single men who have dependents is as follows:
    Burnett, Orville O., Talent; Cave, Marvin C., Medford; Dews, Garrett J., Medford; Flaherty, Darsey U., Rogue River; Flynn, Harold E., Medford; Lafferty, Robert T., Medford; Logan, J. Dee, Medford; Lovell, George M., Jacksonville; Murphy, Woodrow J., Medford; Nickell, W. Francis, Lake Creek; Oden, Clifford H., Medford; Pegg, John M., Medford; Pitts, Harry S., Medford; Robbins, Edward E., Medford; Rowley, Ralph D., Ashland; Snyder, Earl H., Medford; Spellman, Howard G., Medford; Stanley, John B., Medford; Vincent, Willis C., Medford; Wilson, Oscar O., Ashland.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 7, 1933, page 3


    Sixty-six men from the Rogue River National Forest and one from Siskiyou National Forest were enrolled at the fairgrounds yesterday in the experienced woodsmen quota for the CCC camps, headquarters here announced today.
    Fourteen men from the Siskiyou forest and two from the Rogue River forest were enrolled today to complete the quota.
    From the sixth corps area, 96 men were to arrive in Marshfield by train today. The sixth area includes the state of Illinois.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 9, 1933, page 6


    The following named single men between the ages of 18 and 25, with dependents, were enrolled as the quota of twenty from Jackson County and are assigned to Company 926, CCC, Camp Applegate F-41, Ruch, Oregon:
    Burnette, Orville O., Talent; Cave, Marvin C., Medford; Dews, Garrett J., Medford; Flaherty, Darsey U., Rogue River; Flynn, Harold E., Medford; Lafferty, Robert T., Medford; Logan, J. Dee, Medford; Lovell, George M., Jacksonville; Murphy, Woodrow J., Medford; Nickell, W. Francis, Lake Creek; Oden, Clifford H., Medford; Pegg, John M., Medford; Pitts, Harry S., Medford; Robbins, Edward E., Medford; Rowley, Ralph D., Ashland; Snyder, Earl H., Medford; Stanley, John B., Medford; Vincent, Willis C., Medford; Wilson, Oscar O., Ashland.
Gold Hill News, November 9, 1933, page 1


    Company commanders of the ten CCC camps in the Medford district reported to headquarters here at 1 o'clock today for their regular monthly conference.
    Those scheduled to report were Captain Bernard B. McMahon, Camp Applegate; First Lieutenant Harry J. Harper, Camp Carberry Creek; Captain Myron J. Rockwell, Camp Port Orford; Captain J. R. Murray, Camp Evans Creek; Captain W. R. Church, Camp South Fork Rogue River; Captain Jack Drew, Camp Rand Ranger Station; Lieutenant H. L. Burmann, (navy), Camp Cape Sebastian; Captain C. H. Pierce, Camp Kerby; Captain G. J. Key, Camp Elk Creek and Lieutenant C. F. Hudson (navy), Camp Lower Pistol River.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 10, 1933, page 8


    Through the request of Major Clare H. Armstrong, in command of the CCC headquarters here, all officers, enlisted men and CCC enrollees will contribute to a fund to be collected and turned over to the Community Chest or similar agency in the town or city nearest the respective camps, it was made known yesterday.
    In appreciation of this effort, the Community Chest committee, Eugene Thorndike, J. C. Thompson and Larry Schade, yesterday extended their thanks to Major Armstrong and the men who are contributing.
    Contributions will be made on the following basis for officers, according to the length of service: Fourth pay period, $5; third, $4; second $3; first, $2. Non-commissioned officers of the first three grades will contribute $1; sergeants and leaders, 50 cents; corporals and assistant leaders, 25 cents, and members 10 cents.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 12, 1933, page 5


    Over 2,000 CCC men, including juniors (single men between the ages of 18 and 25) and experienced woodsmen, are to be located in the Medford district in the 10 camps this winter, headquarters here said today. Work on the winter camps has been completed, officers stated.
    Enrollment of the men for the camps is nearing completion, with 14 juniors from Douglas County, 17 from Coos County and two from Curry County expected here today for physical examinations. Four veterans from Fort Lewis, Wash., arrived Sunday and will be located in this district.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 13, 1933, page 1


    With 30 percent of the persons recommended by the Jackson County relief committee rejected because of physical disabilities, the following experienced woodsmen have been accepted for positions in Applegate, Carberry Creek, Evans Creek, South Fork of Rogue River CCC camps in the Medford district:
    Fisher, John H., Ashland; Morris, Jasper H., Ashland; Rigsby, Thomas, Ashland; Knutzen, Charles, Jacksonville; Bryant, E. L., Colbaugh, E. L., Davis, Charles W., Hulbert, Hugh H., John, Walter C., Morningstar, Gerald G., Parker, Marion L., Roberts, Clifford E., Rock, Archie E., Medford, to Applegate camp.
    Lewis, Ervin, Jacksonville; Bevens, Ted, Coats, George R., Farmer, W. B., Ford, Ben W., Lewis, Thomas F., Millard, Forrest W., Rummel, Everett M., Saltmarsh, Dean, Smith, Walter L., Stephenson, Earl L., Stone, Benjamin F., Walthers, L. H., Wiles, Lester A., Wilkie, George, Medford: Ellis, George, Ruch; Walty, Walter, Talent, to Carberry camp.
    Bender, Ralph, Eagle Point; Kingery, Ben L. Forness, Everett, Morris, Lloyd, Scott, Leo B., Zimmer, Ben C., Medford; Lund, Leonard F., Meinsen, Warren H., More, William H., Murray, Claude W., Thompson, W. B., White, William A., Rogue River; Ash, L. W., Conner, Bert, Meeker, S. E., Miller, Boyd, Trail, to Evans Creek camp.
    Boussum, Ralph, Neeley, Lynn, Ashland; Moore, Guy, Poole, F. E., Rogers, Arthur, Tucker, Wilbur L., Butte Falls; Walruff, Aaron A., Central Point; Henshaw, John, Eagle Point; Brite, Coke, Jacksonville; Boussum, George, Humphrey, Robert L., Meyers, Forrest L., Roberts, Wilbur F., Smith, Zenas C., Wilson, Warren H., Acree, Clarence, Phoenix; Jarvis, Floyd L., Rogue River; Taylor, Walter W., Trail, to South Fork Rogue River camp.
    Petri, Henry, Ashland; Adams, Marion A., Central Point; Munter, Robert E., Stead, Wayne C., Medford, to Headquarters, Medford.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 15, 1933, page 3


    G. E. Mitchell, supervisor of the Siskiyou forest, with headquarters at Grants Pass, when he returned from his latest inspection tour of the CCC camps of this forest, said Monday all camps are now practically completed and that inside a week all will be started on their winter projects, some having already taken up their winter work.
    Plans for the work that can be done in each CCC camp are made out in detail by the Forest Service, Mitchell said, and are made the working plans for the camps. These jobs must include improvements that pertain to the administration and protection of the forest. They are taken from improvement plans that have been prepared and carried as a part of the Forest Service activities for a number of years, although this is the first time in the history of the Forest Service that an opportunity has occurred whereby the possibility of immediate completion of these plans was anticipated, Mitchell declared.
    At the close of the present six months period it is hoped, Mitchell said, that all buildings and telephone lines planned for the Forest Service will be constructed. This will leave only the road and trail systems to complete.
    Mitchell said that many of these would be completed under the present program, but due to the difficulty of maintaining side camps, a large portion of the trail system in the back country cannot be worked.
Gold Hill News, November 16, 1933, page 2


    For the boys who will remain in the CCC camps during the Christmas holidays, a horseshoe tournament is being planned by Welfare Officer Captain Harold E. Stow, it was announced today. The tournament will be held at the Medford warehouse, located at the fairgrounds, on December 28.
    Four men may represent each company, of which there are ten in the district, with two individuals and one two-man team. Entries must be listed with the headquarters not later than December 24.
    Lieutenant Seiss Wagner has been named umpire and scorer. A prize of $2 for the person winning first place will be given, and the team winning first place will be given $2.50.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 20, 1933, page 2


    Invitations have been issued by Camp Kerby of the Civilian Conservation Corps for the grand opening of the barracks to be observed at the camp Thursday evening, with dinner at five o'clock, and the program starting at 6:30, according to Lieutenant Preston E. Rohner of the camp.
    Included on the program will be some "magic" by Jay Gore of Ashland, readings by Mrs. Grover of Grants Pass, Schroeder's dancing girls of Grants Pass, and Mrs. Gordon's orchestra of Grants Pass. Dancing will follow the program.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 20, 1933, page 3


    Contracts for approximately 3500 pounds of turkey have been let by the quartermaster's department of the CCC headquarters for the Medford district, in order that the boys in the ten camps for this section might have a big turkey dinner on Thanksgiving.
    Contracts are being opened today for the turkey supply to be furnished for the Christmas dinners at the various camps, Major Clare H. Armstrong, commander, stated.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 20, 1933, page 3


    Due to the confusion in the minds of some as to the purchasing of foods for the CCC camps in the Medford district, Capt. Harold E. Stow stated today that the same method of selection is used each month.
    The approximate amount of food needed is figured and applications for bids sent out to all who request them, and to the chambers of commerce of the nearby towns. These are sent out in time to allow ten days for putting in bids. The prices requested by the headquarters are that the food be priced under delivery in Medford.
    The bids are opened at 10 a.m. on the 20th day of each month. Regulations of the federal government require that the lowest bid of a reputable firm be accepted.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 22, 1933, page 3


    An allotment of $250 per company for each of the ten CCC camps in the Medford district has been made by the federal government for general educational purposes, according to information received today by the CCC headquarters here. Fifty-five dollars of the amount must be used for educational purposes.
    Magazines, newspapers and stationery, athletic equipment and radios will be purchased with the money, Captain Harold E. Stow said today. Plans are under way to conduct a group study of extension courses furnished by the University of Oregon, which will not cost the individual in the camp anything, he stated. The courses are being prepared especially for CCC work, but credit is not allowed for them.
    Men in the camps who wish to take regular extension courses from the university, for which they receive credit, will be required to pay for them individually.
    An instructor to aid the welfare officer in conducting the classes will be added to the staff here in the near future, Captain Stow said.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 22, 1933, page 3


    CAMP KERBY, CCC, Nov. 23.--(Spl.)--Efficient efforts of the CCC men located at Camp Kerby saved the home of J. B. Campbell of Selma from being completely demolished by flames Saturday evening.
    Summoned by the newly installed fire horn about 9:30 p.m., the boys quickly shouldered the constantly ready back pump and hurried some quarter of a mile to the burning structure. So rapid was the action that the fire was quenched by the use of the equipment alone.
    This was after many of the boys had fought brush fire all day at Oak Flat. Fire authorities state that in another few minutes the structure would have been a complete loss, and Campbell, himself a CCC member, spent most of the evening congratulating his fellow men for their action in suppressing the fire.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 23, 1933, page 3


    Unemployed women, as well as unemployed men, will receive consideration in the allocation of 21,000 jobs in Oregon under the huge program undertaken by the state Civil Works Administration.
    Raymond B. Wilcox, chairman, with headquarters in Portland, said, "Red tape will be swept away. My committee will be governed by its judgment in getting results."
    It was promised that within one week the vanguard of the new army of unemployed will be working for from 50 cents to $1.20 an hour throughout the state. They will be paid weekly by checks on the Treasury of the United States, disbursed by county agencies to be established at once.
    Consideration will be given those trained in clerical work, and not every man employed will be given a pick and shovel. Women will get consideration in the same light as men.
    Orders received from Washington, D.C., virtually give the state committee carte blanche in the interest of quick action.
    County relief groups will be the courts of original jurisdiction for projects to be carried on under the program. When these county groups find certain works feasible, they will submit the projects to the Civil Works Administration.
    The federal administration will judge by results whether the state group is functioning properly.
Gold Hill News, November 23, 1933, page 1


    Nearly six hundred people attended the opening of the winter quarters of CCC Camp Kerby at Selma last night when three officers of the CCC's were initiated into the Grants Pass Cavemen's organization.
    Major James R. Bibghaus of the Medford CCC headquarters, Captain Chauncey Lee Pierce of Camp Kerby and Dr. E. H. Porter of the CCC's were taken into the Cavemen, being required to eat raw meat and drink the blood of a dinosaur. Captain Harold E. Stow of the Medford headquarters also attended the celebration. He was previously initiated into the mysteries of the Cave group.
    A dinner, program and dance were put on by the boys in the camp.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 24, 1933, page 1


    VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 24.--(AP)--Weekend recreational jaunts for young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps, under direction of officers of the army, have been arranged for the CCC area comprising southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon.
    Tonight 425 of the youths, including about 25 from each of the 17 camps, will come to Vancouver. They will stay at the Vancouver barracks recreation center, have dinner as guests of the encampment, be encouraged to mingle with residents of the city, and return to their camps Sunday night. Next week another group will be selected. The program will be continued indefinitely.
    The plan, according to those directing it, is to provide recreation for the youths, and to promote mutual friendliness and interest between residents of the Pacific Northwest and the boys of the CCC. The young men will be encouraged to participate in the activities of whatever religious, lodge and racial affiliations they may have.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 24, 1933, page 5


    Although many of the boys cannot be home for Thanksgiving dinner this year, the CCC camps will serve regular holiday meals to the boys, according to some of the menus which have been submitted to headquarters by the various camps.
    For instance, this is what the men at Camp Cape Sebastian will have for dinner Thursday: Oyster soup, radishes and green onions, roast young turkey, sage dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, candied sweet potatoes, buttered peas, fruit cake, salad, mince and pumpkin pie, bread, butter and coffee with cream.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 27, 1933, page 6


    Captain Harold E. Stow, welfare officer for the CCC camps in the Medford district, announced today that a schedule is being worked out for nine camps and headquarters company's basketball games for the month of December.
    Sectional eliminations will be held, with the finals in Medford early in January. In the first section will be the teams from district headquarters, South Fork of Rogue River camp, Evans Creek camp and Elk Creek camp.
    Second section will be composed of Camp Applegate, Camp Carberry Creek, Camp Kerby and Camp Rand Ranger Station. In the third sector will be Camp Cape Sebastian and Camp Port Orford.
Medford Mail Tribune, November 28, 1933, page 5


    A basketball schedule for the CCC camps in the Medford district has been announced by Captain Harold E. Stow, welfare officer for this section. The Medford district has been divided into three groups, and the champion team from each will participate in the finals to be held in Medford in January.
    Schedule for the first section is: Elk Creek will play South Fork of Rogue River on December 5, and on the same date Evans Creek will play the headquarters detachment of Medford. December 12, Elk Creek will play Evans Creek and South Fork of Rogue River will play headquarters detachment.
    December 19 schedule for the first section is: Elk Creek will play headquarters detachment and South Fork of Rogue River will play Evans Creek.
    For the second section, Rand Ranger Station will play Kerby, and Applegate will play Carberry Creek on December 5. Rand Ranger Station will play Applegate on December 12, with Kerby playing Carberry on the same date. Rand Ranger Station will meet the Carberry Creek team December 19, and Kerby will play Applegate.
    Cape Sebastian is scheduled to play Port Orford on both December 5 and 12, and should another game become necessary, it will be played between the two teams on December 19.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 3, 1933, page 4


    The Evans Creek CCC of 200 men was treated to a splendid program of moving pictures and lantern slide pictures Tuesday evening. Views of "Your Own Northwest," moving pictures of various places along the Coast Highway from Astoria to Curry County being shown. One roll showed how a forest fire started in Idaho, its terrible and rapid spread, and then a glimpse of the devastated and gruesome aftermath. One of the finest sets of lantern slide pictures of beautiful mountain lakes, sunrises and sunsets and other enchanting scenery of the Northwest was shown.
    The program was sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service, the Oregon State Forestry Association and Oregon Forest Fire Association. Mr. Fuller of state foresters' office, who has been giving these programs for years, is showing the pictures at all CCC camps. Those camps on the Rogue River forest are the Applegate, Carberry, Elk Creek and Owen-Oregon Camp 2.
    Friday morning a half-hour program will be given at the normal school in Ashland, and Friday evening at 7:30 the full run of the pictures will be given at the Medford High School auditorium. The public is invited.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 7, 1933, page 5


    Major Clare H. Armstrong, who has been in command of the Civilian Conservation Corps headquarters in Medford since the camps were established in this section, will not return to Medford from San Francisco to continue in that position, it was revealed in a telephone message to district headquarters yesterday.
    Major Armstrong will be required to remain in Letterman's hospital for the next three months, he stated, and for this reason it will be impossible for him to continue duties here. Captain Charles H. Barnwell, Jr., who has been acting commander during the Major's absence, will continue in that capacity.
    In his telephone message, Major Armstrong requested headquarters to express his appreciation to this community for the reception of the Civilian Conservation Corps men and officers, and for the assistance given by various organizations.
    Mrs. Armstrong will return here from San Francisco tomorrow to complete arrangements for the family to move to the bay city.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 8, 1933, page 2


    Hugh H. Rankin, personal representative of Robert Fechner, national director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, stopped in Medford a short time last evening, having inspected Camps Evans Creek, Port Orford, Cape Sebastian, Pistol River and Kerby, in this district. He was accompanied on the trip by Captain Charles H. Barnwell Jr., district commander.
    Mr. Rankin stated that he was greatly pleased with the camps in this district, and that they were all in splendid condition. He also expressed appreciation of the cooperation given the CCC movement by the citizens of this district, and commented on the timber assets of this section, which the people seem interested in preserving.
    Leaving Medford on the Shasta, Mr. Rankin is today visiting the CCC camps in the Redding, Calif. district.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 8, 1933, page 2


    On charges of theft of a sheepskin coat, Elmer Edward Conner, 19, of the Applegate Civilian Conservation Corps was sentenced to six months in the county jail, when he was taken before Justice of the Peace W. R. Coleman Friday.
    According to officers who arrested Conner earlier in the week, he confessed to trading the coat in Ashland for five gallons of gasoline and a quart of oil.
    Captain Bernard B. McMahon, in charge of the camp, conducted an investigation concerning the disappearance of articles from the camp, and assisted police officers in locating such materials.
    Captain McMahon stated that a thorough check was to be made hereafter throughout the camp of any articles reported "lost," to determine if they had been traded or sold.
    He further explained that the clothing is assigned to the men while in the government service, and they are liable for each article at the time of their discharge. Police stated that any person not employed by the government, found to have any CCC clothing in his possession, will be questioned concerning such.
    The men in the camps have not the authority to give, sell or trade any of the clothing, and those outside of the camps accepting it will be liable to prosecution.
    As a result of his conviction, Conner will be dismissed from the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 10, 1933, page 4


    Hope of establishment of a CCC camp at Roxy Ann park in the spring was expressed here yesterday following the visit of Hugh B. Rankin, assistant to Robert Fechner, national CCC director. Mr. Rankin brought a personal message from President Roosevelt and Mr. Fechner, thanking Medford for the splendid cooperation offered by the Chamber of Commerce to the CCC projects here and urged Medford to make application for a spring camp.
    All data concerning the location was forwarded to Washington when Medford made application for location of a winter camp in Roxy Ann park. It will be necessary, however, for a new application to be made concerning the anticipated change to be made again in the spring.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 10, 1933, page 4


    For being the outstanding camp during the month of November, the Medford District Civilian Conservation Corps flag has been awarded the Pistol River camp, and the flag will fly above that camp during the month of December, according to announcement made yesterday by headquarters here. The Pistol River camp is occupied by the war veterans of the district.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 10, 1933, page 4


    Suggesting inauguration of a plan whereby clothing discarded by the Civilian Conservation Corps could be diverted into relief channels, the Chamber of Commerce yesterday addressed a communication to Robert Fechner, national director of the CCC.
    Under the present ruling the army destroys all clothing and supplies unfit for army use. The Medford Chamber of Commerce suggests that much of the clothing could still be used to advantage by many needy people here if cleaned and mended, and asks that the camps be authorized to turn it over the Chamber of Commerce, which will give the supplies to the Welfare Exchange for distribution.
    Another call has been issued by the Chamber of Commerce for magazines, books, decks of cards and games for distribution to the boys in various CCC camps throughout this district.
    The previous appeal, made some time ago by the local civic organization, met with a hearty response and it is hoped that Medford citizens will again respond so that the articles may be distributed before Christmas.
    Those wishing to donate are asked to leave their gifts at the Chamber of Commerce during the present week, or ring 63 and an automobile will pick them up.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 10, 1933, page 10


    Under the instructions of First Lieutenant Preston E. Rohner of Camp Kerby, CCC, at Selma, members of the camp who have not completed their high school education will be given an opportunity to study the subjects this winter that they have not yet completed, according to arrangements made with a Southern Oregon high school.
    One man in the Kerby camp, according to district headquarters, lacked only one year of civics and one of senior English in order to get a high school diploma. Lieutenant Rohner, who formerly taught in the Woodburn high school, will be in charge of the work, having been authorized by the school.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 11, 1933, page 4


    Hubert Hudson of the Elk Creek CCC camp suffered a fractured right leg and left shoulder Monday when a tree fell on him. Hudson was brought into the Sacred Heart Hospital late yesterday afternoon.
    E. M. Love of Ruch was brought to the Sacred Heart Hospital about midnight last night, suffering from a dislocated shoulder.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 12, 1933, page 1


    Gordon T. Johnson and Cornelius Schmidt, members of the CCC stationed at the Carberry camp on the upper Applegate, are charged in a complaint signed by H. U. Mitchell, 527 Franquette Street, this city, with grand larceny in the theft of his sedan, valued at $200. A warrant has been issued for the pair's arrest.
    Mitchell alleges that the youths stole his auto, drove it to a point near the camp, and hid it in the brush. The two were brought to Medford yesterday by Lt. H. J. Harper, commanding officer at Carberry camp. State and city police are investigating the case and seeking information from Portland.
    Harold Anderson, charged with driving on the Jacksonville Highway last Saturday night while intoxicated, was scheduled to appear before Justice of the Peace Coleman this afternoon and enter a plea.
    Walter A. Collins, charged with being drunk on a public highway, entered a plea of guilty, and sentence was continued indefinitely.
    T. J. Whalen of the Trail district, charged with operating a car with improper license plates, appeared in court this morning and entered a plea of guilty.
    "It was a case of buying a license or buying groceries, so I bought the groceries," Whalen told the court.
    Whalen said he bought the auto for $15, with an Idaho license, from a city fireman, promising to pay when able. He was working on the Tiller-Trail road, but the weather caused an unexpected suspension. The auto, he said, was the only means he had of hauling supplies to his cabin. He said he was the sole support of his parents and own family.
    The court deferred sentence to look into legal phases of the case.
    A warrant was issued this morning for T. J. Greer, charged with reckless driving on North Riverside Avenue last evening. The complaint was sworn to by Deputy Sheriff Ed Leach.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 13, 1933, page 1


    A summary of the work accomplished up to September 1 by the 12,600 civilian conservation corps boys working in 63 camps in Oregon's forests has just been released by Regional Forester C. J. Buck, Portland, Oregon.
    This shows a marked production increase of the previous work report, due to the fact that the boys had become accustomed to the use of tools, necessary equipment for road building, and other work had been installed, and the camp buildings completed, releasing the men to labor on other projects.
    The report shows a total of 736 miles of new truck trails or mountain roads constructed--an average of 11⅔ miles per camp--and in addition, 3,148 miles improved or conditioned. The boys built 187 miles of horse or foot trails and improved or conditioned 2766 miles of trail; constructed 455 miles of woods telephone lines--or an average of more than 7 miles per camp, while 1440 miles were maintained. They constructed 291 permanent forest buildings, including lookout houses, ranger stations, barns, etc. A large number of permanent campgrounds were cleared and improved with fireplaces, stoves and sanitary accommodations; 55 road signs and 528 section corner signs were posted. They cut 2000 fence posts; cut, peeled and hauled 500 telephone poles; built 33 miles of fences, 109 bridges and culverts and marked 204 miles of forest boundary.
    Routine work was frequently interrupted by calls to fight forest fires, and 32,056 man-days were spent in this manner. Exceptional work was done on the disastrous Tillamook and Clatsop County fires, where one boy lost his life and others were injured on line of duty.
    In an effort to "fireproof" Oregon's forests, 40 miles of firebreaks were built; 3990 acres of old snags felled, 190 miles of fire hazards were cleared from along roads and trails; 2560 acres were covered with beetle control and survey work and 26,859 acres of timber were cruised.
    To improve and protect the grazing resources of Oregon, rodent control work was carried on upon 57,905 acres; 41 springs were developed; 313 dams constructed to prevent soil erosion; 11 miles of stock driveway, 68 cattle guards, 12 cattle corrals and 92 miles of range fence built.
    Mr. Buck pointed out that all of this work, except firefighting, constitutes permanent improvement of the nation's forest property. Much of it has been done in accordance with definite plans which were made for needed forest improvements, even before the President's civilian conservation corps was authorized.
    He mentioned also that a substantial sum had been spent among Oregon merchants for food supplies for the camps, and that the 12,600 boys themselves had spent approximately $126,000 in the state, while some $630,000 had been sent to their families.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 13, 1933, page 3


    Members of Medford American Legion post will be treated to a fine program Tuesday evening, December 19, at the Armory, by entertainers from Camp Kerby CCC camp. This promises to be by far the most pleasant entertainment the post has had for some time.
    All ex-service men, whether members of Medford post at the present time or not, are cordially invited to attend this special meeting. The program details will be announced later.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 14, 1933, page 7


    South Fork Rogue River Camp 1642, CCC, added another basketball scalp to their belts last night by taking the Elk Creek camp, 33 to 13, on the Butte Falls floor. Gebhardt, forward of the South Forkers, was bright star of the encounter, heaving nine baskets.
    The Elk Creek outfit started the evening at a fast clip, netting enough to show a 9 to 4 score in their favor at the end of the first quarter, but the South Fork boys got the range in the second quarter and the score at the end of the half read 20 to 9 in their favor.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 15, 1933, page 6


    Members of the CCC camp Kerby at Selma will furnish the program Tuesday evening, December 19 at the American Legion meeting in the armory, scheduled for 8:30 o'clock.
    According to the program sent Lee C. Garlock by Preston E. Rohner, welfare officer of the camp, Clyde Thorpe and Eddie Bryan will give five vocal solos and duets and Bleze Fowler is scheduled for a guitar and vocal number. Instrumental selections on the guitar, harp and violin will be given by Clyde Thorpe, Eddie Bryan and Arnold Falster.
    Music will be played by Sam Cree, Ralph Brown, Harvy Miller, Harry Bosch and Tom Smith, while O. H. Whiteman will play the piano. Hays Lowe and Gaylor Yokum will conclude the program with a vocal duet.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 17, 1933, page 9


    A "road show" which will visit the CCC camps in the Medford district, to be put on by talent selected from the 2,000 enrolled in the 10 camps and headquarters detachment, is being organized and will include a short play, "CCC Goes Nudist," according to announcement made this morning by Captain Harold E. Stow.
    Like all road shows, the CCC men will have an orchestra, interlocutor, wing men, blackface circle and several specialty numbers. A collapsible stage is being constructed for the show, which can be taken from camp to camp, and sets, lights and costumes are also being obtained for the production.
    There will be about 25 men in the cast, and with their own bedding and cots will travel about the district until they have visited all the camps.
    A former grand opera singer, a negro in the veterans' camp at Pistol River, will sing a baritone solo and there is an accordion quartet, a pantomime and two comic numbers, besides the play.
    The play "CCC Goes Nudist," is built around the theme that the boys tire of the CCC clothes they are required to wear, and the evening of a camp party decide to play strip poker until a certain hour, then all attend the party in whatever clothes they have.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 18, 1933, page 7


    In order that CCC enrollees located in the Medford district might return home for the holidays, the Southern Pacific Company is putting on special rates for the boys to any point on the Southern Pacific lines.
    Milton Ottoman, ticket agent at the Southern Pacific, said this morning that the boys may obtain a round trip ticket for the price of a one-way ticket. The rates become effective on December 21 and expire on January 8.
    According to Lieutenant Robert H. Soule at the CCC headquarters here, a number of the men in the camps are planning to take advantage of the rates. This gives the men who reside in Portland an opportunity to make the round trip for $6.60.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 19, 1933, page 2


    With regular foresters in the Rogue River National Forest being returned to their posts, Karl L. Janouch, supervisor of Rogue River National Forest, announced upon his return from Portland this morning that Ralph G. Jennings has been named supervisor in charge of the South Fork of Rogue River camp, and Fred Warner of Trail will be superintendent of the Elk Creek camp.
    Jennings was superintendent for Government Camp, Crater Lake National Park this summer, which company was transferred to Cape Sebastian for the winter. He will replace Ranger John D. Holst of Butte Falls.
    Warner, who was formerly in charge of an NIRA camp in the Trail section, will become superintendent of the Elk Creek camp, which has been in charge of Ranger Jess DeWitt.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 19, 1933, page 5


    Final section games in the Civilian Conservation Corps basketball tournament will be played this evening and Camp Evans Creek has conceded its section's championship to Camp South Fork on the Rogue River, having forfeited its game with that team, which was scheduled for tonight.
    In the second section, games are scheduled between Rand Ranger Station camp and Carberry camp, also between Camp Kerby and Camp Applegate. With the score in the last game between Cape Sebastian camp and Port Orford camp at 32 to 23 in favor of the Cape boys, the two teams will meet again tonight, according to schedule. Cape Sebastian and Port Orford are the only teams in section three.
    Finals in the tournament among the section winners are to be played some time about the middle of January, according to present plans.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 19, 1933, page 5


    With the departure of Capt. Myron J. Rockwell, Camp Port Orford, from Medford today, all the regular army personnel of commissioned and non-commissioned officers stationed at the CCC work camps will have been relieved, it was announced at headquarters here.
    All camps will now completely under the control of reserve or navy officers. The regular army had handled the camps for the past seven months.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 20, 1933, page 7


    By defeating CCC Camp Rand ranger station, 47 to 45, last night at the local high school gym, Camp Applegate acquired the sectional championship, and will now take part in the finals, to be played here in January.
    South Fork of Rogue River camp will also participate in the finals, but word has not been received by Medford district headquarters concerning the game last night on the coast, between Camp Port Orford and Camp Cape Sebastian.
    Camp Carberry Creek defeated Camp Kerby this week, 45 to 33.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 21, 1933, page 4


    WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.--(AP)--Senator Walcott (R., Conn.), chairman of the special senate committee on conservation of wildlife resources, said today President Roosevelt was ready to authorize $1,000,000 for purchase of areas which could be worked upon immediately by the civilian conservation corps as sanctuaries for migratory birds.
    Walcott, after a conference at the White House, told newsmen details would be worked out by the secretary of agriculture.
    Harry Hawes, former senator from Missouri, who went to the White House with the committee, said Mr. Roosevelt heartily approves a policy to have duck hunters buy federal one-dollar stamps to be placed on their state license cards.
    Members of the committee who talked with Mr. Roosevelt included Senators McNary (R., Ore.), Pittman (D., Nev.), Norbeck, (R., S.D.), Byrd (D., Va.), and Clark (D., Mo.).
Medford Mail Tribune, December 21, 1933, page 5


    There are 1000 sets of oilskin clothing en route to CCC camps of this district, it was announced at headquarters here today. The clothing is coming in response to the radio message sent out by the district commander, when he realized that there was going to be a lot of "that certain kind of weather" here this winter. The message was sent December 13. The three coast camps are already equipped.
   The 1000 sets on the way will be distributed among the outside workers at all of the remaining seven camps. Additional outfits will be received later for complete equipment of all camps. The sets come from San Francisco and Seattle.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 21, 1933, page 8


    Elk Creek CCC camp won honors in both singles and doubles at the Medford district horseshoe tournament conducted in the city park here yesterday. Sixteen entries were listed for the affair, which was in charge of Lieutenant Grant H. Edwards of the district headquarters.
    Due to the cold weather, the pitching was not exceptional, Lieutenant Edwards reported. Members of the Medford Horseshoe Club officiated at the tournament.
    Winners in the tourney were Orville C. Gibson of Camp Elk Creek, first in the singles, and Max E. Kincart in Camp Kerby, second. In the doubles, Orville C. Gibson and D. H. Middlebusher of Camp Elk Creek took first place, while second went to Max E. Kincart and Franklin Woffard of Camp Kerby.
    Kerby's four-man team included Max and Mark Kincart, twin brothers, and Ben and Franklin Woffard, father and son. All four are members of the cooking staff at the camp.
    The Camp Pistol River team did not reach Medford in time for the tournament, being delayed by necessary repairs to their truck. The group included P. F. Durkin, U. S. G. Scott, S. Fetcko and J. J. Delaney.
    Other entries were O. C. Gibson and D. H. Middlebusher of Camp Elk Creek; Hill, J. Butler, Beattie and McCall of Camp Carberry; Powers, Howells and Williams of headquarters detachment, and B. Kingery and O. Burks of Camp Evans Creek.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 28, 1933, page 2


    The 1746th company at Camp Kerby, Selma, Oregon, played host to one of the largest Christmas parties ever held in the Illinois Valley, and the evening was made one to linger long in the minds of those who attended.
    The novel idea was conceived by the officers in charge of the camp, and all of the school children in close proximity to Camp Kerby were invited to attend and present the programs they were going to present at their own schools at the camp on the evening of December 20. At 5:30 p.m. the crowd started arriving, and many partook of the chicken supper served to the members of the camp.
    At 6:30 the parade grounds were filled to overflowing with the visitors and it was necessary after the mess hall, where the program was originally scheduled to be held, was filled to hold a double program--the second to be held in the recreation hall.
    The combined schools of Kerby, Deer Creek, Selma and the members of Camp Kerby kept the huge crowd entertained with songs, plays, readings and musical renditions. When the program was over, approximately 1500 pounds of candy, nuts, apples and oranges were distributed to the children.
    This was, in all probability, the only event of this size and caliber to be held in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the United States, and a very conservative estimate of the crowd in attendance was given at 1000 spectators.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 28, 1933, page 5


    New Year's Day at CCC Camp Elk Creek will be observed with a special dinner, according to the menu forwarded to district headquarters today by Walter F. Wood, steward, and Captain Glenn J. Key. Officers and their wives have been invited to the camp for dinner on that day.
    The menu follows:
Medford Mail Tribune, December 29, 1933, page 9


    John E. Rohr of Manteno, Ill., who pitched the Lake of the Woods CCC camp baseball team to the championship of the Medford district last summer, and whose pitching was so outstanding that Saturday he was to have been signed up by one of the Pacific Coast League's prominent teams, is now in the veterans' hospital at Roseburg, with serious injuries to his eyes, face and hands as the result of a blast.
    Rohr was assistant leader at the Lake of the Woods camp this summer and with the rest of his company was transferred to Camp South Fork of Rogue River, where he was injured Thursday.
    According to Major James R. Bibighaus, headquarters physician, who took Rohr to the hospital, the young man had stepped near a hole where two blasts had been placed and failed to go off. As he got near the hole the powder exploded, severely burning Rohr's face and hands.
Medford Mail Tribune, December 31, 1933, page 7


    It looked like a timber-tong war for a few minutes in old Jacksonville Saturday night when the volunteer fire company was staging its annual New Year's dance. But after a few minutes of war clouds, the atmosphere and the U.S. Hotel stairs were cleared.
    One young Brush Marine, more inebriated than experienced, boldly announced to deputized order-keepers that "I have 45 more fellows with me!" And with that declaration he just about took top notch in conversation for a moment till Dick Hartman, brother of the mayor, elbowed his way through the crowd and took the center of the stage with the declaration "forty-five aren't enough!"
    The young forest recruit eyed all 233 pounds of Hartman's gigantic, muscle-bound stature, emulated a turtle pulling in its neck--and everything else--turned pale and quickly faded into the crowd. The simple statement, "forty-five aren't enough," had quieted the uproar.
    It was one of those brief, but very spicy interludes in an otherwise well-ordered and successful dance by the smoke eaters and the chamber of commerce.
Jacksonville Miner, January 5, 1934, page 1


    There is a time and place for everything, and Jacksonville city officials decided the place for would-be pugilists who climb out of the squared ring and onto the Saturday night dance stairs to put on their exhibitions belong in nice steel display cases--in the city jail.
    Or, at least, so discovered Archie McLeod, 19, and Harry Lytel, 21, Brush Marines from the CCC camp at Carberry Creek on Applegate last Saturday night when they, along with other members of the camp who had overindulged in New Year's spirits, attempted to storm the local dance and take charge of things. They were lodged in jail by Jacksonville officers and Marshall Littell filed disorderly conduct complaints the following morning in Justice of the Peace Ray Coleman's court. The pair was removed to the Jackson County jail in Medford Sunday, where they are held pending hearing here Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Bail was set at $50 each, but had not been made yesterday.
    McLeod and Lytel were the center of a display of fisticuffs Saturday evening at the firemen's ball and were said to have attacked the city marshal and a deputy with clubs. Upon removal to jail they were locked in Pauly cells but succeeded in flipping cigarette butts onto other beds of the jail, setting fire to them.
    Original hearing had been set for Tuesday morning but a delay was granted at request of CCC camp officials, who are thought to be rounding up other participants in the disorder. This was the first outbreak of local Brush Marines in Jacksonville and came while the boys were from under the jurisdiction of their officers. Carberry camp recently was set up, being moved there from another section of Southern Oregon.
    Oregon statutes provide maximum penalties for disorderly conduct of $500 fine and or six months imprisonment in the county jail.
Jacksonville Miner, January 5, 1934, page 1


    Applegate Camp club of the CCC will provide something new in the way of dances Saturday night when musical talent recruited from the camp personnel will furnish music for a big dance at the Applegate hall. Men of the camp have been journeying to various dances for some time, and it is said the officers are lending support to the idea of providing entertainment nearer the camp where the men may enjoy the terpsichorean art without necessity of long trips.
    A very good brand of music is provided by musician members of the CCC club, and valley dance enthusiasts are assured of a delightful evening at Applegate. A nominal sum will be charged to defray club expenses.
Jacksonville Miner, February 2, 1934, page 1


    Concerning the much-discussed topic as to whether the "CCC Club" which gave a dance at Applegate hall last Saturday night was the Civilian Conservation Corps from Camp Applegate or some outside individuals, it was learned from Second Lieutenant Meeker, company clerk at Camp Applegate, that the organization is in no way sponsored by officers of the camp.
    Lieutenant Meeker said, however, that the dance was given by two boys from that camp, one from Camp Carberry, and one member of another camp of the Medford district, who has established an orchestra among themselves, and who gave the dance under their own supervision, adopting the name of the "CCC Club."
Jacksonville Miner, February 9, 1934, page 4




    MEDFORD, Aug. 6.--The spiritual as well as physical welfare of the CCC men occupies an important part of the Medford district program, and through the cooperation of the civilian clergymen, regular services are provided in all camps.
    Civilian clergymen in all denominations have cooperated wholeheartedly in providing services for the camps, according to Major Clare H. Armstrong, district commander. These services augment those conducted by the three army chaplains who visit the camps on regular schedule.
    Following is a list of the camps in Siskiyou County. the clergymen who will conduct services in August and the dates on which the services will be held:
    HILT: Rev. R. T. Holmes, Ashland, Aug. 9; Rev. C. E. Dunham, Ashland, Aug. 22.
    OAK KNOLL: Rev. Paul Babcock, Montague, Calif., Aug. 14 and 28.
    INDIAN CREEK: Rev. David Forbes, Camp Indian Creek, Aug. 14 and 28.
Siskiyou News, Yreka, California, August 6, 1934, page 1


    Medford, Aug. 10.--Preceding a visit to Medford CCC district headquarters and camps in this section, Robert H. Fechner, director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, said this morning that he believes with the expiration of the CCC next March substitute legislation will be enacted to continue the movement on a revised basis.
    "Of course I have my ideas what the new plan should be," he said, "and at the President's request I have made a report expressing my opinion. That, however, will not be made public until it is presented to Congress."
    Referring to the accomplishments of the CCC movement, Fechner said, "I am tremendously proud of it all."
STARTED FROM SCRATCH
    "It wasn't that Congress had faith in the President's proposal, but its desire to cooperate in passing legislation he proposed which brought about the Civilian Conservation Corps," Fechner continued.
    "We started without anything, but the unselfish and devoted cooperation received from the army, park, forest and labor departments made it possible lo successfully form these units. Selection of the great army of men was performed by the Department of Labor.
    "Although I had been warned when I went to Washington that it would be impossible to receive cooperation from government agencies, I had no such fear. This has been the happiest experience of my entire life."
URGED TO VISIT
    The 353,000 juniors, local experienced men, woodsmen and veterans in camps located in every state and the District of Columbia are making the parks, forests and properties more accessible and more enjoyable for the tens of thousands who visit them every year, he said.
    Fechner urged citizens to take the first opportunity possible to visit a CCC camp, to talk to the commanding officer, the men in camp and note the pride and joy they are taking in their work.
    "It isn't a dole, it isn't charity. They're earning their way, giving value for value received, and are also sending back substantial contributions to the family. You will see that after all there is something else worthwhile besides the struggle for the almighty dollar.
    "They are building fire trails, fire breaks, developing natural resources, stopping devastating fires, developing park areas to bring out the wonders and beauties of these places.
BIG LUMBER ORDER
    "We have bought 20,000 trucks, millions of gallons of gasoline, spent millions for clothes and food. For winter quarters," the director went on to say, "we placed one order for 250,000,000 feet of lumber, said to be the largest peacetime order in history.
    "A hundred thirty thousand dollars is spent a day for food, and the Surgeon General's office reports that the health of the men averages higher than the regular United States army enlisted men. We don't give them banquets, but we do give them good substantial food."
    Fechner said the formation of the CCC was the realization of one of his lifelong ambitions to work out just such a movement. He said the appointment as director of this movement was his first and only political appointment.
    Fechner was taken on an inspection trip through the Medford CCC district headquarters and warehouses, the camp on the upper Rogue River in the Rogue River National Forest, and camps at Annie Springs and Wineglass within Crater Lake National Park. He was accompanied by Major Clare H. Armstrong, district CCC commander, and acting Superintendent David H. Canfield of Crater Lake National Park.
Oregon Journal, Portland, August 10, 1934, page 9


    Arthur Edward Powell, tall headman of the Central Point American, bemoans the fact that several thousand CCC enrollees have quit to take other jobs, "which will mean even more men out of work this winter." He also claims the importation of the Brush Marines into Southern Oregon has worked a hardship on local labor when they were brought here from the East and allowed to stay when their time was out.
    Somehow or other we get the idea that Republican Powell doesn't like the Civilian Conservation Corps. Whether his aversion to the Brush Marines is due to political prejudice or just plain misinformation is unknown to us, but we thought nearly everyone read of how hundreds of the Brush Marines brought here from other points were bundled up into trains at regular intervals and sent back to points of enlistment. But maybe Art doesn't even know what he reads in the papers.
    On the other hand, how the resignation of CCC enrollees now to accept other jobs "will mean even more men out of work this winter" is most certainly a nut-cracker for us. We never heard of employment causing unemployment before. But then, Art is entitled to figure things out in his own way, and far be it from us to ever say anything about his ideas. Much.
    One of President Roosevelt's finest acts, to our way of thinking, has been the establishment and maintenance of Brush Marine camps over the country. And Southern Oregon certainly can't have lost much by the importation of several thousand young men who are fed and clothed here and kept busy improving our forests, fighting our fires and building roads. Why, the government even pays cash for subscriptions to the Central Point American and the Jacksonville Miner, that its wards might be well informed.
    Which is darned smart, Art will have to admit.
Jacksonville Miner, September 14, 1934, page 2


    Advance detachments from two CCC camps now in the Medford district leave for Nevada Saturday to establish camp sites in Washoe County of that state for the coming companies, the 994th company, Camp Hilt, and the 1897th company, Camp Spring Flat, will be transferred back into the Redding district as soon as the movement of the entire companies into the two Nevada camps has been completed, according to Major Joseph Andrews, Redding district commander.
    Twenty-five men and one officer from each of the companies will meet at Alturas Saturday morning at 10 a.m, being transferred to Nevada from that point by a truck caravan sent out by the Redding district motor pool.
    The 994th company will be located at Board Corrals, while the 1907th company is going to Swinford Springs. Both camp sites are located northeast of Cedarville, Calif., and are near the Nevada border. These two companies were members of the original Redding district, having been transferred to the Medford district last year.
Chico Enterprise, Chico, California, April 27, 1935, page 6


    MEDFORD, June 8 (Special)--Fifteen new CCC companies will begin arriving here June 20, to increase the number of camps in the Medford district to 33 in the six weeks to follow, according to Major George R. Owens, district commander.
    When all camps are filled there will be 6600 men in the Medford CCC district, Owens said.
Oregonian, Portland, June 9, 1935, page 21




    MEDFORD, Ore., Oct. 4.--(American Wire)--Fingerprinting of CCC members in the Medford district is not for the purpose of checking criminal records, the Medford District News, official CCC newspaper, had assured the tree troupers today.
    "The purpose of the fingerprints is to provide a permanent and undeniable identification of each member enrolled in the CCC," the paper declared, advising that "fingerprinting can work two ways--it can be used against a man committing a crime, or it can be used to help prove the innocence of one not guilty."
    Many of the CCC men "are wondering what it's all about," the paper said in a prelude to the explanation.
The Seattle Star, October 4, 1935, page 4


    After two years and a month of duty with Co. 290, Captain Guy has been transferred to Co. 224.
    The company has never won any banners, but of far greater importance is it that the members have always been a happy, contented lot. He has treated his men as a father would a son, has been ready to give breaks to the deserving, has always had their interest at heart. Surely, everyone will miss him.
    In this goodbye, we wish him success with his new command. They will come to respect him as we do.
Sneer, newsletter of Ruch, Oregon Company 290, Christmas 1935, page 2


    The Saturday night owls of Applegate and Talent enjoyed a pleasant night's rest in the Medford "hoosegow."
    A parade was formed at the Hotel Jackson [illegible] under the supervision of the Medford police. The contingent marched through the main streets to the city hall. Upon reaching their destination, having registered with the night clerk, they were shown to their respective berths.
    The next morning--guess what? Our "coffee nerves" mess sergeant, Steve Baran, the man who never would sweep a barracks at Applegate, condescended to sweep out the jail. (Is that what Talent is doing to you, Steve?)
    Others in attendance, lending support to the leading man (were you first in line, Steve?) were Red Foster, Joe Karez, Eugene Nettleton, Walt Rhoades, Herman Bright, Gilbert McDougall, Red McGinnity, John McFarland, and Frank Demonico.
    Rollo came back from Star Ranger [Station] disgusted because they couldn't use men with all the intelligence that he claims to possess. Mr. Rollo well deserves the hard-earned title, "The last man to see when you are injured."
    For a change Mr. Jedlicka has been washing prior to chow…what's wrong with him, we wonder?
    Boxes, staunch advocator of pancakes, is very popular at Star. He exhibits a great variety of menus. Pancakes in the morning, venison at noon, venison at night, then a quick change to pancakes in the morning. Good cook, you betcha.
    One of our best-known rookies, MR. LANGE, has decided to take the trip to the altar. I overheard the girl's father say, "Daughter, is he serious?" She replied, "Why, Dad, he asked me how much you make each week, how large our home is, how our table is served each meal and if I'm working. He must be serious."
    Jack Kistner, our Bing Crosby, is now crooning dishwasher in Star Ranger. "Let's see you croon those dishes to sleep, honey boy."
    Just imagine our telephone operator, John McFarland, making connections in Jacksonville.
    Just imagine Mr. Hussey (housemaid's knee to you) not concealing something under his overcoat every time he returns from town. What can it be, "Old Buck"? Not peach brandy????
    It is rumored in the best camp society that Mr. Dalrymple prefers them about 35.
    Just imagine "Let George Do It" Smith returning from Medford and not singing sweet little love songs. Isn't love grand?
    Mr. Smith will conduct classes in the art of falling in love. He should know, if I am a judge of the forlorn????
    Butch Gaylord twirling a cigar; Esposito, the boy who gets his face lifted twice a week for his wisecracks; Jedlicka, our chief worry, never fails to blow a fuse when something important is going on; Henshaw, our version of a perfect nightmare; Bill Irvine, taking up face lifting, playing one for me and three for you on Esposito; H. Keith, the boy who faints when he has a tooth pulled, taking up face lifting.
    The report has come to the attention of this "rag" that Frank Lyons, who is building a shower house at Star, consults a plan and saws a board, consults a plan again and drives a nail. At this rate the Star fellows will be dirty till spring rolls around.
Sneer, newsletter of Ruch, Oregon Company 290, Christmas 1935, pages 5-6


EDUCATION
    There is a good opportunity being offered you to increase your education while you are in the CCC. A wide variety of courses are being offered to you. These include correspondence courses in Auto Mechanics, Diesel Engines, Blueprints and many classes in other subjects such as Forestry, History, Mathematics, and many others which will be an aid to you in your future life.
    This is an excellent opportunity to increase your education and should not be passed up. Many of you lads are not so bright that you do not have to study anymore. It is a proven fact that the average CCC man has the mentality of a sixteen-year-old boy. So get going, fellows, and keep those vigorous minds of yours from growing rusty.  An educational advisor will be here in a few days, and between the two of us and the rest of the educational staff, you will get all the help you need.
Sneer, newsletter of Ruch, Oregon Company 290, Christmas 1935, page 6


Talent
By Lawrence D. Early
    (Editor's note: Our correspondent advises us to use any heading we see fit; reminds us that he didn't get in until three o'clock in the morning and that his brain doesn't function accordingly. Bats out his stuff on an 1864 typewriter--to operate it one must be either a genius or madman. Says he is no genius.)
    We are very glad to see the camp paper come back. We always did think it was a great factor in promoting camp spirit. (George Smith would call it "esprit de corps" or something.) We wish to thank the powers behind the throne for starting the rag up again.
    Officers are flying thick and fast around these parts. We can only keep one for just a few days and then the ax falls and another good officer is transferred. First we had Lieut. Marvin B. Reeder, famed for the "Camp Cleanup." Then came Lt. L. G. Cronkhite, very efficient, and a darned good officer. All the boys hated to see him go because all of them thought very highly of him. Now we have Lt. Phillip Burchett. He has only been with us for just a few days so it is hard to form any opinions as yet.
    One of our members is languishing in durance vile. Joseph Maceri, public enemy No. 38, purloined some petrol from the forestry department, and when G-Man George Klingle got on the trail it was only a matter of a few hours before Joe was safely lodged in the Medford Bastille (maybe I spelled that word incorrectly). Latest reports are that Joe has been sent home. We don't know--we never get around much.
    Several of the boys spent Saturday night in the hoosegow. Believe it or not, they were waiting for a bus. Anyway, the long arm of the law reached out and gathered them in. They wandered into camp Sunday looking very sheepish.
    A blanket of fog has descended on our fair city of Talent. Now we can truly say that we are lost in a fog. It is really immaterial though, because most of the boys are in a fog anyway.
    Life goes on just the same. Frenchy Hanna still rambles into Medford and returns to camp looking very happy. Walter Rhoades usually accompanies him. They separate in town though, because after all, they don't want to cramp each other's style. Oszie Murphy continues to drink several cups of coffee each day--we don't know whether he likes the coffee or whether he just likes the atmosphere. Restaurants usually have a certain attraction. Luke Griffith continues his search for higher education. He says that he didn't learn quite enough while in school, and now he has to make up for lost time. Alabama continues on in his own unique way--he seems to have more or less settled down now…heh, heh, tied to a woman's apron strings. That just about finishes the list of lovers of feminine pulchritude.
    In our next column we hope to have more news. We did this one on such short notice that we were more or less bewildered, and didn't know exactly what to write about.
Sneer, newsletter of Ruch, Oregon Company 290, Christmas 1935, page 7


    Orvil Tilley, Company 2702 CCC, Ruch, Oregon, writes: "We arrived in Medford, Oregon, about daybreak one morning last week. Most of us are satisfied in this new country. We don't have to work hard only in time of fire. We have plenty to eat so we have no reason for complaint. We have been told that after the fire season is over we are going to Missouri."
Greenville Sun, Greenville, Missouri, April 30, 1936, page 4


    Medford,  Jan. 21.--(U.P.)--Fire early today destroyed the exhibit building at the Medford fairground, which was used by the CCC for a transportation garage.
    Five new army trucks, an ambulance, an undetermined number of automobiles used by officers and salvaged trucks brought in for repairs were destroyed.
    Fire Chief Roy Elliott believed the fire started in one of the cars.
    The blaze was well under way when it was discovered. It was kept from spreading to other buildings.
Oregon Journal, Portland, January 21, 1937, page 7




    Beneath the American flag at Harrison Gulch CCC camp flies a flag with the following inscribed upon it: "Safety First; Best Camp; Medford district, CCC."
    The Harrison Gulch camp has received the flag for its remarkable record in safety. Considering that approximately 31 camps compete in the safety campaign, the meaning of this flag to the camp is obvious. This camp has an enviable record for no lost time accidents, not having one since January, 1940, not to mention all the other safety achievements obtained along other lines.
    The personnel, army and technical, as well as the enrollees of this camp, are conscious of the honors attached to this flag and therefore are doing their utmost to maintain their good record.
Courier Free Press, Redding California, March 14, 1941, page 2


Mr. L. D. Young,
    Publisher of West Side Journal,
        Fort Allen, Louisiana
Dear Sir:
    Reference is made to the enclosed article on "CCC Opportunities for Young Men of Today."
    Since the CCC have been having such a hard time getting new recruits, we have been asked to write letters to our home papers and ask them to publish the enclosed article, thereby giving local young men there an idea of the CCC and its opportunities.
    We are sure that after reading about the many opportunities offered, young men will realize that they can learn some vocational trade and also get paid while learning it in the CCC.
    With the help of our educational advisor we have composed this article, and I am sending it to you hoping that you will publish it in the West Side Journal, my home paper.
    "The CCC is today doing a fine job in the rehabilitation of the youth of the nation and is preparing large numbers of young men for vital parts in the national defense plans of the nation.
    "When the CCC was first inaugurated in 1933 it was formed with the idea of serving three main objectives. In order of their importance at the time these objectives were: (1) to supply work and relief to those unemployed and in want; (2) to conserve and develop the natural resources of the nation; and (3) to train for self-support unemployed and untrained young men without other opportunities for work and training.
    "Today however the main objectives must be listed in exactly the reverse order. In other words it is no longer necessary for a family to be on relief rolls in order for a young man to join the CCC. This is a minor consideration now due to the fact that so many enrollees have been discharged to accept civilian employment. The main objective at the present time is the training of young men who have no other means of securing training that would be useful to them without the outlay of considerable money to take such a course. Large numbers of our camps at the present time are offering courses in sheet metal working, carpentry, woodworking, auto mechanics and many other trades which qualify men as helpers or apprentices at these trades. Large numbers of the enrollees are leaving our camps daily for civilian employment in national defense plants as a result of the training which they received in the camps.
    "Besides the many opportunities to learn a trade as stated above it is possible for the enrollees to further their education in the academic courses. All of the camps have an educational advisor who is a high school teacher. He advises the men as to the courses they should take and advises and helps them in their courses. Most camps also have at least one teacher paid by the state board of education who conducts classes in various subjects from one to five nights a week. There are classes for those who have had very little education or no schooling, those who have had five or six years and right on up the line. For those who wish to work toward a high school diploma there are some classes and any number of specialized correspondence courses which may be taken and which lead to a diploma. Classes in typing are now held in practically every camp in the country. Large numbers of men have received their grammar school certificates, and a large number have received high school diplomas. There are also many courses suitable for those who have finished high school but never had the chance to attend college. All of the camps at the present time are on the Civil Service mailing lists and receive information on all examinations to be held by this board. Many graduates of the camp typing classes are now holding good paying clerical jobs in civilian life while an exceedingly large number of men who attended auto mechanics courses in camp are now holding responsible positions in the armed forces of our nation working in repair shops and driving trucks. Each day more of the outstanding enrollees are being appointed as junior officers in the camps to take the places of officers who have been called to active duty, and in some cases they are even commanding camps. And instead of the enrollees having to pay for the opportunity to improve himself he is paid to do it, he is fed, clothed, and sheltered and he receives free medical and hospital care in case he is sick or injured.
    "Besides the opportunities listed above there is another one which perhaps overshadows all others in the opinion of many of the enrollees. This is the opportunity to travel to various parts of the country, particularly in the Far West. Perhaps half or more of the timber in the U.S. today is found in the states of Washington, Oregon, and California. Each year more and more camps are being moved from the South and the Middle West to the West Coast, for it is there that the greater part of the work of conservation is needed. Enrollment in the CCC with a request for assignment to the West Coast presents an opportunity which should appeal to all young men, for it gives them a chance that many people fail to get in an entire lifetime. And it is an opportunity that will not present itself again to the majority of us. There is perhaps no more scenic country in the world than our own Pacific Coast and throughout the West. A large majority of the camps in this area today are camps from the South with southern enrollees and officers.
    "The Medford CCC District, with headquarters in Medford, Oregon, includes Southern Oregon and Northern California and is composed of 30 camps, of which 28 of them are from the deep South. This district is known as "America's Most Beautiful CCC District" and embraces some of the most scenic country in the U.S. The giant redwood forests of California, Mt. Shasta, the second highest peak in the country, Mt. Shasta National Forest, Mt. Lassen, the only active volcano in the U.S., and the Mt. Lassen National Forest, Crater Lake, a lake in an old volcano crater with perpendicular cliffs rising one thousand feet from the surface of the water, are only a few of the many scenic wonders of this district.
    "Applications are taken by your local welfare agency, so why not go to them today and make an application for the next enrollment.
    "Request that you be sent to the West Coast and come out and spend a year or so with us. Many of you who come out here will remain as so many have done before and as many of them are doing each day. In some of the camps you will find boys from as many as seven or eight southern states, so there is a good chance that you will wind up in a camp where there is someone that you know. So go by your local welfare agency today and make your application and come on out. We are sure that you will not regret it and you will get paid for seeing things that thousands of people spend thousands of dollars each year for the privilege of seeing. And it is all yours for the small effort it will take to make an application."
West Side Journal, Port Allen, Louisiana, June 6, 1941, page 5

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