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“ J S iS 1? ! £ b° ' Mta C?ve Believed Site of Yahi Massacre Life Photographer — —— — —------- Aiso Has Artifacts Datinq to 500 A.D. Likes Coast Views ! scenic area”; the wanton destruc- | tion of trees along the coastal I highway. "It is a slap in the fact I to the visitor,’’ said the famous LOCAL NEWS A remote cave Tn Lassen voi.: Indians and of cave dwellers A clipping brought to The Pilot photographer, who has snapped Miss ( arol L. Davis was mar- canic national park has yielded never before known, ried to Patrick GofT of (-'rescent one of the richest anthropologi- ! Bennihoflf based his belief that hv Will Crisscy. taken from the ( the Atlantic coast from Maine to ( ity in Reno, Nav., on Thursday, cal bonanzas uncovered in Cali-1 the cave is the long-sought site Oregon Journal of Friday, April J Florida, and Europe from Gibral- 17, repeats statements concern- j ter to Norway for Life magazine, A p r il 30. Miss Davis is the daugii- fornia in the 20th century,” Uni- of the massacre on three things Perhaps we who take this beau- ter of Everett Davis of this city, versity of California archeologists 1. Skeletons of children, care ing the Oregon Coast by Eliot Elisofon, Life photographer, and tiful scenery for granted should ♦ said here recently. lessly and quickly buried, were "Bud” Phetteplace is nursing will be of interest to all coast give this some thought. a broken arm this week. He does The cave, approximately 25 l°und- dwellers. He says, "I don’t think 2< The skeleton of one Indian there is any coast greater than n ’t want anyone to know he got miles southeast of Red Bluff, was it in a scuffle with a mattress identified as the site of Kingsli y I hail been shattered by a large the Oregon coast, the trees go CLEAN UP — PAINT UP — that fought back, so don’t tell massacre 83 years ago, in which °bj<?ct, which made a larger hole to the sea and the rocks, such READY FOR AZALEA FESTI »he 30 surviving Indians of the going out through the rib cag anyone. VAL. ing. "Undoubtedly a bullet hole.” rocks, rise out of the ocean. It Yahi tribe were wiped out is unique.” Investigations in the cave by the archeologist observed. But Elisofon, whose coast pic 3. One skull found had a per- the University of California party tures will make another Life fea recently have yielded 26 skcle-! fCCt . made by a lar8c-cah- DAILY ture soon, struck out against the tons which the scientists say are' "lack of respect for this great fhe massacre, early historians those of the primitive Yahi, who have recorded, was by Norman I ransit Mix Concrete k amed northern California at the Kingsley, whose cattle had been is a good target because it is a time the whites first arrived. Septic T a n k Supplies, Chim ney killed in several Yahi tribe raids, large city at the edge of a large James Bennihoff, Blocks, C em ent Blocks, Culvert assistant Kingsley was reported to have lake, and shows up well on ra-1 archeologist in charge of the ex-!shot , he f he da rs copes. Tile, Drain Tile, W ell Casing DAVE FRANKLIN, 'oratory trip reported the eave Yahi „.iblp whpn (hey |( 1 Boeing said the B-47 once! O R A V E L , SA N D and C E M E N T IS full of artifacts which may go uge in a cay<> Owner caused a “flying saucer” scare t „ ‘ Phone 2515 Easy Street back as far as the year 500 A.D., Phone 2634 o\er Lkiah, Calif. Residents of and tell a story of the area’s first wh ’ d .J” !™! I? ° d man BOB W IL L IA M SO N who was called Ishi was cap the area saw vapor rings by the Local A gent jet engines at a high altitude. tured in the Oroville region. Al- though unable to make himself ¿0 understood, he is believed to hav, been the sole survivor of the drying and finishing work Yahi. He died in 1916. (ompared with some of the • (finds in the cave, evidence of the I ♦ M ATOT BUILDING j 83-year-oId massacre is ’’moder* I ( omplete line of Gas Appliances - water heaters R ( «'is tomorrow’s newspaper,” tin turnaces - ranges - floor furnaces j; scientist said. “ W'r </o it or — You do it" Servel refrigerators and space heaters GIBBS Concrete Products Freight Service Coast Freight Lines . Curry County Gas Company BROOKINGS LAUNDRY t £ Crescent City Phone 2262 M c V A Y 'S « following article icas clipped form the Toledo B h d e , printed in Toledo. O . lot IV. IV, H 'aflam and re- p iir trd that residents m ay get a better idea of the rea son foe large aircraft over our coast line a t times. O.V THE U IN C H t/C K POTTED AND CUT FLOWERS Hailx.r, Oregon 1 ‘ ». u, ■ ■ . ■ BAYVIEW GARAGE A t State Line • ( Specializing tn Radiator Repair ah S m ith R iver 330 o r Box lJR B ro o k in g ! to r delivery service GEO. SHIPLEY, OWNER Have your car Serviced At Lou Blanc, Inc. I..-«V,. your package, In your car throughout the day COMl’LETE SERVICE - EAIR PRICES - Cadillac — Oldsmobile — Safety-Tested Used Cars - VISIT OCR WHOLESALE ROW BLANC, th e jtre e tfro m In c .' th e Post rXBoe in Phone 2891 — OCEAN THEATRE— I he world’s fastest known bomber, the B-47 stratojet. has flown 784 miles an hour -130 miles an hour faster than the sIH‘ed of sound with the aid of high winds. <>N HIGHWAY 101 - 5 MILES NORTH OF CRESCENT CITY The defense departmen* y?<- .. A AT WONDER STUMP ROAD terday permitted Poeiri" v ; . * Because of the late starting time due to Daylight Saving Time plane Co, manufacturer of th-* thru i i n . . C?mPl<'V ," O.U,blc fea,ure wil‘ be shown °«> Sunday B-47. to disclose the supersonic ' c i' do,,hl<‘ sho" W|H •»' shown Friday. Saturday flight, first made by a bomber and holitlay* Shows w,11 start at dusk: I Approximately S:30 An experimental fighter-type Ma> 1. and 1 minute later each day until June 22.) rocket plane, the navy’s Sky rocket, has flown 1,238 miles an Friday and Saturday, May 8 - 9— hour. Air force jet fighters in Korea often have exceeded the “ BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY" speed of sound in steep dives Mitzi Gaynor - Scotty Brady But the 6-engine. swept-wing B-47 attained its supersonic speed UNDER TH E RED SEA in level flight at 40.000 feet and Real Life Under Sea Adventure kept at 794 miles an hour tor 30 minutes. Die most popular target for Sunday ' Monday, May 10 - 11 — -imulated radar bombing opera- tions. Boeing said, was the Cres- Wnt City, Calif., airport, "hit* RED SKELTON - JANE GREER U times. Crescent City is an ideal target because it is on a ALL DISNEY CARTOON FESTIVAL peninsula and stands out well on SIXTY MINUTES OF DISNEY CARTOONS radar seo[x's. Second most frequent target was the Klamath Falls, Ore I I uesday, Wednesday, lluirsday, May 12 - 13 - 1 ' power plant. Toledo ranked thin! 1 A Boeing official said Ttoledo WHEN YOU SHOP IN COOS BAY lo u Tanks for sale, rent or lease Bomker 'T o rn e i' GREENHOUSE PHONE 2568 PROPANE GAS "T H E CLO W N" "ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE" KIRK DOUGLAS , Sand, and Gravel Salvage Sand and Gravel Top Soil Fill Dirt Drainage Rock Phone 2441 Reol ¿.’state - VIRGINIA MAYO “ONE BIG AFFAIR” E\ ELYN KEYS DENNIS O’KEEFE — Priday and Saturday, May 15 - 16— "REDHEAD FROM WYOMING MAEREN O'HARE - ALEX NIOOL “JUST ACROSS TH E STREET" ANN SHERIDAN - JOHN LEND
