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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1957)
Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 11, 1957 tssa ',1 t A "VaTit Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1888 BERNARD MAINWARING (1897-1957) Editor and Publisher, 1953-1957 E. A. BROWN, Publisher G'lENN CUSHMAN, Managing Editor GcORGE PUTNAM, Editor Emeritus Published every atternoon except Sunday at 280 North Church St. Phone EM-46811 Full lrfftd Wire Service ol The hisncikit-6 Pre nd The Cnlled PreiB The Auciated Pri-M is exclusively entitled to the use for pub lication of til mwk dispatches credited to II or otherwise credited id this paper and alio newi published therein 'T . SUBSCRIPTION RATES ,' H-fly Cirrier: Montlily, SI.SV Kix Miiniht 11 5li; One I'car. 115 00. By mall , tirnf,r-:i: Mnnihly SI. 00; Six Mnniln. f ft 0; flue Year, M tin. By mail ' CJuUlde Uieknn: Monthly $123: Six Monlhs. $7.50; Una Vrar, 115 00. TIic Boy Was a Nuisance Tiie 'uliiliuuis of lii.ee great Americans occur this month ? Lincoln's tomorrow, Washington's February 22, and Thomas' to State Legislatures. Alva Edison's today, February 11. LJad, Ki,l,alritk- .c Th h;,.ll,.,c ,.f I innnln ., they should he, by holidays. ,..-rnJ I..H II el... -1,1 1.- I.,,. oiicocu, uui 11 annum uu luu, plenty now. But there should at lost, 0 the youth of the "' c.ly nor any oliicr adversity 'torminsuon end a liesd full ' ' In schocl they said he was "addled." Which meant, maybe, Hist he was listless, or erratic, p'l.ving little aitention lo what the teachers wore trying to tell him. And ho must have been a misfit among the other boys and a target for their gibes and i tricks. It isn't recommended that any boy assume an attitude of indifference in school, and actually young lidison wasn't that ;way. His brain was absorbing things that no one knew about. ",; At the ago of 12 the boy began shifting about on his own, and got a job as a news "butcher" on a local railroad train in ' Michigr.n, selling newspapers and candy to the passengers. No doubt the drummers and the train called him "Hutch. ;- He still had strange whims, and set up a kind of laboratory in a ba-jgege car, whore he fooled with chemicals. He had an '.accident with this junk and it set the car on fire. .So the ',; 'railroad man kicked it out. The kid was a nuisance. One day .. ' someone, a brakeman or a baggage clerk perhaps, pulled him aboard a car by the ears, and after that he was partially deaf. .' Quitting the railroad job, he did this and that, learned tcl "' egraphy and became a tramp telegraph operator. Wherever he " was and whatever he was doing he always had a private work ;' shop rigged up where he could work during off hours, mostly at night. He became the fastest operator in the Western Union ,.i:-circuit, but found the instruments inadequate, so he devised ..T things to improve them, notably the quadruple telegraph. He invented other things. To mention just a few there were a vole recorder and a stock ticker and the phonograph. Then ,'' came his greatest, the incandescent lamp, which scientists .1 said wasn't possible. Its golden jubilee was celebrated through-j out the world in 1929. Next in importance to the lamp was his -i development of the old kinetoscope into motion pictures. Olh- : crs were numerous. Once, as a young man, he had 45 Inven tions under experiment at one time. And yet he said: "Genius is one-tenth inspiration and ninelenllis perspiration." ' Edison's inventions have reduced time and space, created great industries on whose payrolls arc millions of employes, ,a and have made life freer and more enjoyable throughout the earth. ' His monument is in the lights that illuminate cilies and " glow from the windows of homes all over the world. A hundred ' ' things that pcoplo use every day are reminders of him, H The Man Who Killed Custer' ' ' One of the most unusual and interesting articles published . in the February lssuo of American Heritage, "the Magazine, of . " History, is the "now it can be told record of an interview ; with the Sioux Indian who actually killed General George Custer in the foothills of the Wolf Mountains in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, June 24,'1876. Chief White Bull of the Sioux, a nephew of Sitting Bull, told for the first time the story of the, incredible battle lo his close . friend and adopted son Stanley Vestal, author of many books " on the Old West, in 1932. Because of hostility shown toward White Bull by his neighbors, Mr. Vestal was unwilling to pub lish It while White Bull was still alive, fearing "some hothead ' might harm the old man." Custer was riding northwest along Ihc ravine-gutted bluffs of the foolhills of Wolf Mountains wilh only a third of his ; total forces, when attacked with sudden fury by bands of Indians that must have come from all sides. From thai moment on. only an Indian could tell the true story of the incredible battle that followed. Custer was stronger than While Hull but the Indian had ;'lnore experience in hand-to-hand fighting than Custer. Here is bow White Hull described it as the Indians closed In on the few remaining troopers: "I charged in. A tall, well-built soldier wilh yellow hair and mils tachc saw me coming and tried to bluff me, aiming hi:- rifle at me. Hut when I rushed him, he threw his idle al me without shooting. 1 (lodged it. We grubbed each other and wrestled there in the dusl and smoke. This soldier was very strong and brave. He Iried lo wrest my ride from nie 1 lashed him across the l;:ce with my quirt, striking his roup. Me left go, then grubbed my gun with both hands until 1 struck him again. "lint Hie tall soldier (ought hard. He was desperate. He hit me wilh his tists on lite jaw ;md shoulders. Ihen grabbed my long braids wilh lml h hands, pulled mv face close and Iried In bite my '. nose nf, 1 yelled for heln ilev! hey! Come over aud help me!' 1 thought that soldier would kill me. "Rear Lice and Crow Hoy heard me call and rame running. These friends tried lo hit the soldier. Hut we were whirling aroumi. Tn-ck and lorlh. so thai most of their blows hit me. They knocked ". me dim-. I yelled as loud as 1 enuld to scare my ee.emy but he . would not go. Kinallv I broke free.' "He drew his pistol I wrenched it out of bis h.uid and struck h-io with it. Ihrcc or Ion-- t-nies on the hriul. knocked Ivm over. J shot bun in the bra-1, nml f-'cd at his heart. I look bis pistol and certruke belt. Hnvvk. Stays l'n struck second nn his bodv. - "Ho lu r'ietil1 Tli.'it was a b -rt f-:ht. Hut it was t "'eneus battle. 1 enjoyed il. I was picking up leathers right and left thai day!" Heritage prints army reports mi the haltle along with While Bull's, and maps and photos of rdantcd from a lorlhrninum of the Sioux." by Slanlcy Vestal, lo he published by llie I'titvcr sily of Oklahoma.- ti l'. !!(!; Asks 'A ill for I'orllaitd A Washington dispalch stales thai Senator Neiibcrser. m-mm-rat. Oregon, asked Ihe labor department Sunday to classify Portland. Oregon, as an area of high unemployment and In provide more government contracts for businessmen there. He criticized classification of Ihe Portland area as one of "about average employment " The rale of unemployment, he said, is 9 4 per cent of the workers compared with 9:1 per cent when it was given a "distressed'' designation I'nder federal regulations a "distressed' area receives spe cial consideration in the award of government contracts as a liicins of providing mote jobs. Oregon's junior senator is running line to New Deal form, 'advertising to Ihe nation that Oregon needs I'ncle Sam's aid because the normal winter condition prevails in Portland wilh only 94 per cent unemployed, probablv most of them drawing jobless pensions or welfare aid. Portland is pictured as a helpless gimme city, to lor Ihe thriftless and buy. Oregon's pioneers were self-supporting people who solved '"their own problems, despile primitive hardships, Thev adopted - a lorrilorbl motto, "She Flies With Her Own Wings," and ru dled Iheir own jobs. "Thorn davs seem gone." Portland is a prosperous and well-to-do cilv and amnl' able to Itvyik al;r ils own. which it Is dnne. and il is a libel on its rnicprisc lo usi ti among uioso needing icuerai am aim uic ,l W ., . I, 1 l ,,- cl pneen,) The birthday of Edison 'is 'bSJS!SJC , U..I1.I.... Ul ! 1 .. . ... .... nui da il liuiiuuy, lui niriiutijro mi; be an occasional reminder of it land may know that neither pov - is a bar to the boy who has de- of ideas other smart people who rode, On' Intllcn'miiid. This story is bonk, " S 1 1 1 n ; HuH. ('homnion of picture our Pick's bleeding heart RAY TUCKER South Seeking Support from North, West WASHINGTON A movement to! obtain Northern and Western sup- port and understanding for I he fr South s anti - de segregation atli- tudc has been proposed by nu merous new.spa- pcrs and mem hers of Congress f from Dixie. It, actually amounts to an appeal I r o m lite .Su preme Court's famous decision kai tucker (,, in( p e o p I e ana their elected Ilcproscnlativcs eoitor 01 itic ' lCWS-I..COtl at Richmond, Va., ' . " .. .... SII'"fCStl'U that Southern states j adopt 'interposition'' resolutions iin protest against the Supreme! Court s rulings with respect locquld be subjected to the same schools and transportation. Fight Southern slates have offi- cially adopted that course, and Texas and Tennessee are expected lo do so al current legislative ses sions. The "interposition" decla rations range from Alabama's pro posed use of force to mild protest in North Carolina. Overriding Slate Sovereignly In commenting favorably on the Kilpatrick plan to invade other sections, an editorial in the Shrcve- port U.a.1 Times says: "Mr. Kilpatrick points out lhat virtually every Stale Legislature outside Hie South meets this year, He urges that Southern slates send delegations from Iheir Legislatures to appear before Ihc Legislatures of non-Soulhern slates and con vince Ihem lhat I he real fight now is to preserve Iheir slate rights, and not merely Ihc Soulh's segre gation." The Supreme Court's overriding of Slate sovereignty in other than racial mailers oiay lead lo a more sympathetic response to the Soulh's difficulties. It has slirrcd criticism in legal and judicial circles as well as among affected politicians. GEORGE GALLUP Federal School Aid Given Overwhelming 4-1 Margin PRINCrrrON, N. ,T Feb. 11-By nn overwhelming 4-1 margin, the public favors granting Federal aid to build new public schools throughout the country includ. ing communities in Ihe South where white nd colored children are now segregated, A survey just completed by the institute finds lhat for every per son who thinks lhat stales and local communities should build Iheir own schools there arc four persons who favor having Ihe Fed eral government help out. even though (here is the prospect of higher taxes If this is done. There also has been a signifi cant increase in the number in fnvor of Federal aid to schools over the last year. One year ago, an identical Institute survey found 117 per cenl in favor, compared with 7(1 per cent today. Observers point out that during the last year Ihe stales and local communities have built a record (ia.oon new classroom?. Vet this number will not be enough to re place classrooms thai have be come obsolete and unusable nor to provide for the vast expansion in enrollments lhat is anticipated in the immediate years ahead. A recent publication of Ihe De partment of Commerce estimates that $4 billion would be needed annually for Ihe next 10 years lo do Ihe job. This would mean that Ihe rate of expenditure would have lo rise fid per cenl over the current $2.6 billions level. The proposal lo grant Federal aid lo public schools was put lo a scientifically drawn cross-section el the public in Ihe following manner: "Some people say that the Fed eral government in Washington should give financial help lo build new public schools, especially in the poorer stales. Others say that this will mean higher taxes 'or everyone and that states and lo cal communities should build their own schools. "How do you. yourself, feel do you fiunr or oppose Federal aid to help build new public schools? Here is the vole today and one year ago: Today in:.fi fnnr .. 7li' 67rl- Oppose 19 il Nn opinion 3 9 Public opinion on Ihe question of Federal aid to roiumualttcs in the South where white and colored children are now kept apart was tested hv means of the following question: "How about communities in the South where white and colored childre-i are separated. Should Ihe wan eminent heln these commun-itu-s- or refuse lo help them build si hools '" The Mile: Should help Refuse to tlrlp No opinion 17 10 Although every ma lor group in Ihe population is in lavor of the Federal aid proposal, the following dilfrrences are of intere.t: i 1. uemocrais arc shgYly more in lavor than are Republicans and Indepeitik-nta. I Gri.jlrvt imlora 'mi ni ol the nrrO'sal fi,fia fnvn prisons in the hejviljr pot'u!c s'air in the Ln-l .1 Although manv Catholic tax- pavers rr ihn narrvh il schooh on Segregation As recently noted here, the Su prtir.e Court has invalidated sev era I states' laws against Commit - inists and handlers of drugs and j below-standard foods on the 'ground that Federal statutes cover these same subjects. Referring to this confused situation, the Shrcve port Times editorial says: "Nevada's Legislature meets shortly. Jt is very zealous over its nam as a state to have public and legalized gambling on an un limited scale, even though 47 other states think it is wrong. Wouldn't It he well for Southern slates lo : send a delegation lo the Nevada Legislature to point out that Lourt which upset stalc-cslablished segregation on moral and socio- ! logical grounds certainly could TLT! gambling i "Virtually every state in the u. . .v g, ui,u. Union has some special stale richt of peculiar value to itself which attack lhat .the present Supreme Court has unloosed on I lie mcsl important stale right of the South. But most of them don't know il, and no one is making any con certed effort lo tell them." .Southern Spokesmen Not Hopeful Souhtern spokesmen on and off Capitol Hill nolo regretfully thai wherever local and slate laws against desegregation have been i heard in Federal courts, Ihey have been declared unconstitutional, I And it is accepted that Ihc Su premc Court would hold the same ! way, if it is asked lo pass on i legislation enacted under the plii- losopny ol interposition even though it was championed by the redoubtable Thomas Jefferson in his day. Although retiring Justice Stanley Reed is a Kentuckian and gen erally regarded as a conservative, ho voted against an all-white pri mary system and segregation on transportation facilities. And the man to be named by President Eisenhower as his successor is likely lo side with the Warren ma jority on these questions. Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) lie aid, Catholics questioned in to day s survey arc slightly more in fnvor of Federal aid to build pub lic schools than arc Protestants. The results by parly affiliation, region ol the country and by re, ligious preference follow: Op- No Favor pose Opin. Republicans . Democrats ... Independents East Midwest South West Prnleslanls ... Catholics . 71 7!l . 77 SO. .76 70 7!) 21 17 18 17 !1 11 16 17 Opposition to Ihe Kedernl aid to schools proposal in Congress has come from those who object, on the principle of states' rights, lo any Federal action in relation lo the nation's schools and from Negro politicians who wish lo have Federal aid used as a means of coercing Southern states to elim inate segregation. Copyright. lfir7. American Institute of Public Opinion EirS QIOTES They Say Today By VMT'MI I'RKSS WASHINGTON: Sen. Styles Bridges ili-NIU. asked whether he thinks Congress will reduce the administration's $1.93 billion budg et for foreign economic aid: "Oh, sure." LONDON: The tabloid Daily Mirror, Britain's largest daily newspaper, commenting in a page - ... .. ,-..- one headline on a reported rift he- w-cen Queen '.Iizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh: "Fly Home. Phillip The Way To Kill A Silly rumor." CHICAGO: Howard Tallcy. as sociate professor of music at the University of Chicago, admitting thai music teachers are disturbed because Ihey find rock'n'roll fol lowers among llie young are those who have low school grode 'Some ol them are sociological cases. MIAMI: Former President Tru man, alier arriMiig here for a three-week acation. referring to a fall he took at his home in In dependence. Mo., and Ihe head cut he received tn the fall: I "We haven't seen the sun In !0 days. In lad, il was so loggy, I 1 hit my head. Hut as you know, my head is pretty bard." i NEW YORK: Newspaoer Cor responded William Worthy telling how he will deal wilh government demands he hand oor his p.n port because he entered Red Ihina "I have it rigid heri - in to pocket and it's going there." NKW YOKKr (Jev. .Wrell Mir riman a;tack he the Kiscnhower Drctt'inc. "In spite of Nasser's reond and hi Kremlin flt-soc:at ons, we haP worked oursel es into n portion of dependence upon b reasona bleness and goodwill lo protect nniiHiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMMi WTM-'irTYfiT-i JAMES MARLOIF U.S. Being Put on Spot in Muddled Mid-East Affairs WASHINGTON lifi The United! Nations, if it imposes sanctions on Israel, will be revealing ils weak ness at the very moment it tries to demonstrate ils strength. It will be con fessing publicly what has been obvious that it has power only against the small nations but not against the big ones james HAiu.owsuch as Russia, which has ignored UN demands thai it withdraw troops from Hungary. Further, the U. N. will be ad mitting, despite its high moral lone, that it follows a policy ol sheer expediency whenever It seqs lit. Yet, if the u. N. cam oacit its recommendations wilh pres sure, it's just a debating society. V. S. I'p To' Neck Israel has refused to obey the U.N. call lo quit Egyptian Icrri tory until it is guaranteed: 111 against raids by Egyptians and (2i against further Egyptian blockading of the Suez Canal against Israeli shipping. The United Slates is up lo its neck in Ibis mess. It is a friend of Israel, which it helped create in una, a fact the Arabs have never forgotlen. Al the same lime it wonts to -be friendly to the Arabs lo win them over. But the Arab pot will boil and have an excuse tor boiling so long as Israelis remain on Egyptian the United States' hopes for deal ing with the Arabs. There's more than that. The United Stoles wants Israel to, pull back so Egyptian President Nasser will have one less excuse j for refusing to negotiate some agreement to keep the Suez Ca- i nal open to western shipping, Ruying Pig In Poke Yet Ibis is like hiving a pig in had lold the federal roads commil a poke. Nasser, keeping quiet, has tee lhat federal aid highways were promised nothing. i wearing out more lhan twice as In Israel's case the United States did two things in the U.N.: il voted for Israel lo quit Egypt and then voted for a proposal . an(, u)(. , llt.u ,(, n iHutuacii j whj(.n n) j g n t SM,n)i but wasn't really, Ihe kind of guarantee Is rael wanted against Egyptian at tacks. This was a resolution which said U. N. troops might occupy a strip of land between Egypt and Israel but didn't sav the" would in. order lo keep Ihe countries from each other's throats. It led the arrangements to be worked out. That was Ihe hitch. Israel argued this loosely worded rrsolu - tion meant nothing since it didn't say Nasser had to agree lo the resolution. Hidn't Force Kgvpls Hand When Ihc tables were reversed in 19.M when Ihe U. X. lold Ecvpt lo stop blockading Israel shipping from Ihe Suez Caoal and Fgvot igoored the I' N. Ihe world organization did nothing lo back up its demands. Why the I'. N. didn't find it convenient to do so. Except for the damage done lo Israel by the blockade, there was no bad situa tion in Ihe Middle East and Ihe I N apparently didn't want to up set the peacelul applecart. It mav be argued that the U.N. docs turn ils wrath on the big powers too: it called on Britain- and France to stop their invasion of Kgvpt. And they did May Korre Jih.ndtin Hut it can h.irdly be nrcued they did so out of pressure from the t N itself. Russia was threaten ing tn move asain' them. And their ni'v. th I'nucd Stair, not only didn't, back them up nbut Biggest Clearance j o i n e d up with Ihose opposing them. This week the Arabs may try to lorce a u. i. snowoown on is-, House: ' rael by calling for sanctions. This j King SaU(j 0f gaudi Arabia may will put the United Slates on the; have sDrcad iov with watches and spot. But any small nation which goes along wilh a U, N. vote of sane-1 tions against Israel will be giv- ing that organization, particularly , the .big powers, a green light and a precedent for the same action against itself later. REN MAXWELL Six Teeners Died in '52 Auto Crash Feb. 11, 1952 State police and deputy sheriffs were seeking the person who sold beer and whiskey to six teenagers which ended in the death of of them four bkn maxweix j c t aec. had been shot down over Korea's Mig aiim. BnnP a vmj jt.t; r Salem's new water storage re servoir was 90 per cent completed on this date five years ago. Only installation of intake and outlet gates, circulation pipes and water proofing remained to be done. R. H. Baldock, chief engineer for the state highway commission, '" y"-' ul "B n-paireu mm in.u ni-,11 is mu-Miilus 111 llie federal road system ol 664.000 miles was in need of betterment at an estimated cost of $32,000,- ooo. Herman Clark, professor of science at Willamette University, had announced he would retire as a faculty member alter 29 years of teaching at the University. Prior lo then he had been a teach er of science at Salem high school. Mrs. Sarah Whitney. 102, a resi-! Press Secretary James C. Hag dent of Salem since 19-16; was oh- crtv rcioined Ihe While House 1 serving her birthday. She had mothered 12 children, 10 of whom were living. Quick Heading While everybody in Washington is talking about the habits of King Saud. especially his Moslem re- (iisal to drink or smoke, somebody dug up a small bit out of Winston Churchill's diary about the post Yalta consultation between King Sand's father and the British statesman. Sir Winston describes it this way: "I h.id been told th.it neither smoking nor alcoholic beverages were allowed in the royal presence. As I was host at the luncheon, I raised the matter at once and tnld the interpreter that if it was the relicion of His Majesty to deprive hinm'H of smokini and alcohol, I nmsi point out that my rule of life prrsenbed as an absolutely sacrcit .rile smokms cicars and jHo the ririnkins of alcohol he fitfe, after and. if need be. riurinc all meals and in the inter ?U pc- ten them "--Henry tn U-s .n- , gcles Times. Job BACKSTAIRS Saud Failed To Tip Big By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent TuoMicvinu - r. mpi nnekstairs at ihe' Iraveline White money around Washington, but he (nil nri tn dinn ino munctlii line failed to drop any majestic tips around the White House, The password among the help Ihcsc days is, "Did you get your w atch?" The public thinks the president ial plane, the , Columbine III, is reservcu exclusively iui inu use ui the Eisenhowers. Actually, the sit uation is this: The President has first call on the plane, but the ship is used almost daily lor Air Force train ing. The pilot, Col. William Drap er, who doubles as the President's Air Force aide, estimates that presidential flying time occupies only about one-liflh of the working time of the plane. Test Landings Before the President goes into'saS?d in turning it into a gigan-,- a new airport, Draper may spena much as a week "shooting" trial landings lo train his crew, ; and test the conditions of a new ! runway. when their car The Columbine 111 did not make crashed and the current trip to South Georgia, plunged i n t o j The plane is al the Lockheed plant Crabtrec creek in Bui-hank, Calif., for a periodic three m i 1 c s ! overhaul. south of Scio. No commercial airline could af- ford to change engines as frc Maj. George quenlly as Ihc Air Force installs A. Davis. Amcr- ncw Ptt'er plants in the president ica's greatest ial plane. j , , , ! " and when the President gels tocotlicr wilh British Prime Min- ister Harold Macmdlan in Ber muda, it will take (he Wihtc House a matter of weeks to set up the mechanical arrangements for the conference. When Mr. Eisenhower met with the former prime minister. Sir Winston Crurchill. and the prem ier of France in Bermuda in 1953, the planning from the While House end took more than six weeks. Archaic Communications Bermuda is a delightful tourist spot, but Ihc communications are somewhat archaic. It just could be that Mr. Eisenhower might want lo meet the British prime minister in some other spot. The weather in Quebec is lovely in i March I This is the time of year when rumors start Hying about the President vacationing during the summer in the lake section ol Wis consin. One of Ihese years, the ru : mors may pay out. but Ihe way it 1 shapes up today, the President will 1 go back lo Colorado before late summer. staff here after a long delayed, two.weeks vacation on some ol Florida's better golf courses. When the President arrived here Friday atternoon. Hagerty wis at Ihe side of the plane, heavily tanned and looking like an ad for a health cure. j Jim had one principal ingredi ent for a good vacation: He didn't read the newspapers and listened to the radio only when a band was playing. j A Smile or Two Mabel arrived home wearing an ! engagement ring. "What kind of a fellow are you encaged to?" her father asked. "Well, he said he has always i wanted a good home." "That sounds good." "And he likes ours very much.' Montreal Star. MISSED MENO TU BS That Reno blast never touched Ihe gambling clubs. Must have missed Its aim or rise, maybe Ihe moralist.) are wrong. Sherman (County Journal. HAL BOYLE Bahamas Playground Mecca For Tourists, Retired Folk ANDROS TOWN, Bahamas IP There is gold in the storied earth of legend haunted Anaros, a mja t e r y shrouded island as large as Ihe rest of t h c Bahamian crouo put to gether, i D... ...l.nl l.ln 9 of gold? The romantic ists say that buried some where in the t 4 a o- souare miles of Andros HAL BOVLK is treasure that loday would be ... - worth 25 million dollars or more loot hidden by Sir Henry Morgan f . fit ... W-..M and other d rates in the neyaay oi.eti, iiuwevci, wipe iu iw on. the Spanish Main, Real Estate Gold The realists, say the real gold nf Ann is in its real estate and in ils climate, which they say, will in time turn the island into another goia coasi rivaling. Florida. The romanticists still turn up from time to time, pouring over old treasure maps, still seeking the jewels and doubloons sup posedly left behind by absent minded pirates. Unfortunately, even if they did come across loot left behind by ancient freebooters, by law they must turn it over to the Bahamian government. Pouring Capital In A leading realist is I Dr. Axel L. Wenncr-Grcn, the Swedish in-! dnsiri.ili.si. He is one of a number of financiers from several natiodsithc fact is that the immortalized who are pouring millions of dol lars of fresh capital into develop ment projects throughout the Ba hamas. Two lop inducements: The is lands have no real personal in come or inheritance taxes. Wouldn't you like lo spend your retirement years on a sunshine island where it never snows? : . . where native household help is ehoan and nlentiful? . . . where you can enjoy wonderful beaches and some of the world's finest fishing? ... where the income tax man knocketh never at your flower-covered pastel cottage? . . . where, when you pass on, you can hand down your fortune in- , t , ,eful chiidren j. stead of having to fork over the biggest wad to the government? Idea Holds Appeal Well, whether you arc this kind ' ..... ... nT nersnn or not. the idea nolQS potential appeal lo thousands ot wealthy citizens who dwell in heavily taxed lands. Even leaving out Ihc question of taxes. Dr. Wenner-Gren and other industrialists feel many peo ple with a pocketful of scratch yearn for an Island paratjise home. Dr. Wenner-Gren has bought 100,000 acres on Andros Island bordering Fresh Creek (this is the only island in the Bahamas with fresh water streams!, and is en- ! t'tBU1 uiuhj, Eventually his dream city, An dros Town, will be laced with canals a semi-Venice, a second ! Fort Lauderdale. I He isn't a man who believes in halfway measures. In three years he has thrown up in this former ! wilderness site of an abortive British government postwar farm ing project a beautiful yacht club, a luxurious hotel, the Light house Club. Only Hour from Florida He has dredged a channel that. W?-:ff-''.--' Before you buy 3 car, cnecK tneseii COME ONE! To Our VJentine V P. ( ana a V w -! m Li 'A INSURWL "Si" Olson Feb. 14, 1 5th, t 16th In Celebration of tha GRAND OPENING of ( I 1 DORAN APPLIANCE CO. will take the largest yachts, built a private beach, started a lo.ooo acre farm, and built a 4,400-foot landing strip, putting the island only an hour away from Florida by direct flight. The luxury leisure of Andros Town has already drawn scores of international social figures and such celebrities in other fields as Eleanor Holm, Faye Emerson, Danny Kayo, and Ted Williams, the noted home run fisherman. Estimates of the money Dr. Wenncr-Grcn has spent on tha project so far range between 4 and 17 million dollars. - Only with the sale of hundreds , . ... 01 uuiiuinS one;, nun u: uiecuon of homes on them can Ihe proj. Andros has seen the flowering and withering of many splendid visionary enterprises over the last 250 years that were to bring it lasting prosperity. All failed. j There are many Bahamians who j feel the Swedish industrialist will ion. iuu. But Dr. Wenner-Gren doesn't seem worried. He goes on spend ing, seemingly secure in the faith that the world is getting so crowded it will have to come to this lovely mousetrap (to mash an old metaphor) he has fash ioned in the wilderness. Fast Draw G-Men Far be it from us to detract from tho legendary speed with which wyalt Larp could draw a six-gun and drill a badman. Rut gun slingers of the Old West never would have made it to the Age of Television if they had been forced to battle it out will a modern G man. FBI agents in New, York re cently put on a demonstration that would have turned Wild Bill Hickok lo paths of piety. Holding a small cardboard box at eve level, a G-man let it drop. By the ! time the box had fallen to belt j buckle level, he had whipped his gun from its holster, aimed it and had made the box an easy target. The best G-men draw, aim and fire five rounds in two seconds. Intensive training and improve ments in guns and holsters have made such speed possible. All of which may explain why '" i nowaday: of the toughest criminals s give up without a struggle when J. Edgar Hoover's ' hoys finally track them down.- rtmilii U'npM 1I...M i u,,,t,u" """" ns-imu. OUR MONEY'S WORTH The budget for 1939-40 for Ore gon was $17,208,825.05. The bud get for 1957-58 (Smith budget) is $259,848,733.07 and is expected to be much larger in the Holmes version. We wish each citizen would sit down and consider whe ther or not he is getting that much more from the slate. If not he'd ought to holler. Sherman County Journal. "We Were All So Astounded ... (o knew that mtorativ. .it wai luch an Important part of tha fun tral larvict, Wa alt thought Howall Edwardi Funaral Noma wai perfacl. Wa jutt couldn't baliava that II could ba dona." Howell-Edwards Funeral Home FINANCING My Bank Plan may save you money fhre ways! fcV. me befara jroo buy your next at... m or rati. 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