10 Capita Journal, Salem, Ore, Monday, November 7, 1949
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ALMOST A FORGOTTEN ART
Carving of Totem Poles
Now Being Taught in School
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington, Nov. (U.PJ The art of carving a totem pole Is
being revived. And you can thank education. . v t
A course in totem-carving is being offered at Squamisn Life
college, British Columbia's all-Indian school in North Vancouver.
So the Indian braves of the distant northwest now will have an
opportunity to re-learn what has
wnln almost a forgotten art.
T checked with the National
Rvnrcrarjhic people and the lib
rary of congress. This Is the
first formalized attempt to teach
the subject in educational nis
tory.
Tn case vou haven't looked
tntn the matter lately, a totem
pole Is a "post or pillar usually
fashioned from a large log and
rnrved or painted . . . made to
alt up before houses of rrrtain
tribes."
Since the turn of the century,
we haven't had much totem
carving, according to the Na
tional Geographic people. About
the only work that's been done
has been restoring pole cluster?
till standing In southeast Alas
ka and along the coast of Brit
ish Columbia, which la known
as America's "totem-polar re
gion." For many years, the U.S. for
est service recognized the ne
cessity of collecting and preserv
ing totem poles that had been
found In southeastern Alaska.
But It wasn't until 1938 that
funds were made available to
complete the project.
The records show that less
than a century ago the north
west tribes of Indians were
erecting totem poles as fast as
they could get the wood and
tools to do same. They were the
tribes known as Haida, Tslmshi
an and Tllngit.
In the 1860'a the tribal chief
who owned a totem was as Im
portant as a U.S. ambassador to
the court of St. James.
There has been a lot of talk
about the Indian totem being
aacred. To the best of our
knowledge, that's not so. Sure
you'll find among the fine-
carved Iigures Whales, bears, ra
vens, eagles, and other grotesque
nd fancy figures. But nothing
acred on the poles,
The Indians, though, did have
code the larger and taller
the pole, the greater the pres
tige.
It amounted to social climb
ing. And that, quite properly,
led to nasty rivalry among com
peting chiefs over their totems.
Also, according to the library
of congress, It was a costly per
formance. Every time an Indian staked
a new totem pole for everyone to
see, protocol required that he
throw a big hoc-down an ex
pensive one. It was called a "pot-
latch." There were presents for
the guests, all kinds of food, etc.
It always left the host a poor
man, but he was supposed to get
it back in kind, and maybe with
interest, when he became a
guest at future potlatches.
Don't expect a rash of 60-foot
totems because of the revival of
the art.
The Sqiiamlsh Life college
holds itself to the carving of
miniature models.
Humphrew Says GOP
Stages Voler Scare -
Portland, Nov. 7 (P) The na
tional chairman of the Ameri
cans for Democratic Action told
an audience here last night that
the republicans were trying to
scare the voters again.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D
Minn) said they are attempting
to do this with the term "wel
fare state." He said the GOP for
gets the constitution calls for the
government to "promote the gen
eral welfare" of the people.
The Minnesota senator de
scribed himself as a "new deal
fair deal, rip-snorting democrat."
He spoke to an audience spon
sored by the Oregon chapter of
the ADA.
Astigmatism Is a defect in the
eye which causes blurs in parts
of the vision.
Radar Screen
Test Held Secret
Seattle, Nov. 7 The air
force test of its Pacific northwest
radar screen continued today un
der a veil of semi-secrecy.
Although the operations were
proceeding under the guiding
hand of Mai. Gen. John E. Ups-
ton, fourth air force command
er, and other top air force of
ficials, none would disclose how
the area's "defenders" fared
against the Intermittent mock
raids of B-29s and B-SOs.
Results of the 11-day test will
not be disclosed for about a
month, or until reports are
checked over in Washington,
D. C, officials said.
Nearly 5,000 men and 200
planes are involved in the test
which has been officially dubbed
"operation overgreasy." Defend
ers are based at six fields in
eastern and western Washington.
Oregon and British Columbia.
Bombers of the ISth air force are
the "invading" forces.
Adm. McCormick
Aide to Sherman
Washington, Nov. 7 VP) Ad
miral Forrest P. Sherman has
picked Rear Admiral Lynde
Depuy McCormick to be his new
chief of naval operations. The
appointment will be made effec
tive next spring.
McCormick now is command
er of the twelfth naval district
with headquarters at San Fran
cisco. ,
He will succeed Vice Admiral
John D. Price, who will be com
mander of naval air training
with headquarters at Pensacola,
Fla.
Price will take over when the
Vice Admiral John W. Reeves,
Jr., gives up the naval air train
ing command prior to retiring at
the end of April.
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Factory Moves
To Portland
The Glassweave Manufactur
ing Sc Supply company, whose
factory has been located at 1232
North Commercial street, Salem,
for several years has been pur
chased by the Thomas W. Allen
company of Salem, manufactur
ers, agents and distributors.
Salem loses one of its small
industries as Mr. Allen has
moved the factory to Portland
because of difficulty in making
direct truck line shipments from
Salem to all northwest points in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Mr. Allen explains that many
shipments from Salem to Wash
ington and Idaho cities have to
be re-handled at Portland, re
sulting In costly delays and ad
ditional freight bills.
The glassweave company, for
merly owned by Ralph A.
Spence, manufactures and dis
tributes plastic covered screen
and film glass used extensively
for poultry houses, greenhouses,
sunporches and a general sub
stitute for glass. The products
of Glassweave company have
been sold in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho by the Allen com
pany for the past year and by
purchase of the source of supply
all operations will be under the
Thomas W. Allen company.
Mr. Spence, who has lived at
710 Cross street, is leaving the
city and is now in Canada. His
future plans have not been an
nounced and he has placed his
home for sale.
The sale and incidentals were
handled completely between Mr.
Allen and Mr. Spence and the
cash consideration has not been
announced.
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Friendly Hands A little rabbit driven from the foothills
in the Flintridge area, near Pasadena, Calif., by a roaring
brush fire eagerly quenches it's thirst on a moistened cloth.
The rabbit fled into a gasoline service station near the fire
area. (AP Wirephoto)
Tugwell Teaches
In London Now
London, Nov. 7 VP) Rexford
G. Tugwell, who once helped
run the American government,
now teaches London students
about it.
The former top brain truster
under President Franklin Roose
velt is a visiting professor at the
London School of Economics,
lecturing on American govern
ment and political science.
The 58-year-old economist.
whose career as a government
planner was constantly stormy,
lives quietly today In a London
hotel.
He came here on invitation of
the London School, settling him
self and his family so firmly
into the British educational
routine that his presence passed
almost unnoticed. His two sons
are enrolled in a typical country
school In Devon.
Tugwell said he expects to
teach a year in London, then
return next spring to his regular
Contest Launched
For School Name
Independence Independence
business houses will be closed
Armistice day, according to a de
cision of the chamber of com
merce. Steps were taken towarcTs
naming the new high school with
Melford Nelson and Ralph Klet-
zing named as Independence
members of a committee. Stu
dents should also be given a
chance in the final choice, it was
held by George Corwin, super
intendent of schools.
Purchase of a public address
position as professor of politi
cal science at the University of
Chicago.
system was also approved while
Tom Smith, president of Hop
Bowl,
on .
Portland Club
Portland, Nov. 7 W) The
third raid within a month at the
Melody club here resulted early
yesterday in the arrest of one
man on the charge of a Knox
law violation.
Lt. Gordon McRcary of the
state liquor control commission
agents said Jack Englert, held
under $500 bond, was selling
liquor by the drink. He said
there were about 100 patrons
when state agents broke in.
Half an hour latei, the agents
raided the Savoy club and ar
rested Howard L. Gentry, 22, on
a similar charge. There were
about 60 patrons there. It was
the second raid on the Savoy in
several months.
Aumsville Organizes
Two Groups of Tri-Y
Aumsville The Aumsville
Tri-Y, which is now being or
ganized has divided into two
groups.
The officers elected for en
group are:
PrMldtnt. Marvartt Nlcholaant Tie
prftildent, Francena Fiji afcrturr, Itlwn
Erlckaon; trtaaurtr, Jean Dow.
Th. other iroup'i ofllctrs ara: Pre!-
dent. Donna Sandston: vle prealdent
Vlda Bcnaerer; arcmarr, Beverly eieter;
treasurer, Joan Layman.
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