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irr. Africa Calling a report rnoM thc wear cast Br XELS ANDERSON KEPPrlER GAZETTE TIMES. Thursday. January V, 9U month to TUUhert arul Avwu Mtirre w Mx-rt! rn uay Kuan hunting. Ivn Crernut wnul.l like tint much Ix-tfi-r than rlk hunting and () mrat wouM r-iU up much It We saw M the firM trt ant im track of Ui nuintM tn tti MTimil (rtv Jteally the ahoolinj; triMin I rlMvt till nM fall but It tur I (un Id stalk tliem with cma. Pa til uttrnkctt out with thc mm ! camera an on (tun Itfrtch mnt African varUtif t at thli holiday season. M.t of vniar thfin ai. tli((-rfnt them iflrilv m-ntiinH rn Uriling daf. Tttlm.' khiw ! Jo ng tit Africa I'aliintf oil mm nn im iav ranluMi mmi umn ami wskttt fr inn k) m Ilantirt tit atlii. are rn- Hill famM un tlurlnif th rtrw JMnjj itits if atrtni! ix-ant rar unions e rrl cut off. ianir.i jum inrorc inartHsctY. 1 0t HiiUlmaa lm. Xhi vra ing iniun lontaiurs r ai cvnMsliNl of a ; lr. tlw im ir m-K rw. truua ncre are nuMl ,UK,-ry r ,, African ktml wc rnov ralini!. Manv u,t. ,n attraction an.l Oartanat, Orahk'fS ami tnial Imuuhi ntmnv f..mm.-iita fr.im cvm lur from the cvaM In Ma- U uin. itur l..u. U.v i,i nn put ine iruu nrrc 1 turn nli-hl wait hmitn rtiulilti'l fti'iin It has br-rn snrral rru s. Of counw incro are s many hU wiy iluM into the tuU.iuj ( '"r. a kiaj 4. what n potng on tut vle. fcjnr I have taken the lime to 'different trtle, each with their of a dozen or lellese he j ". lemon, nal aomc other t,ral(.,i .nywav. By shtvr fortune write aome of Ihe dolnua of far ieclal custom, that none was nur surprtixn! than they. mutations 01 iruu. 1 ini-e (ur N,a (fright ahlHt from wav Atrlm. We are Mill tntrtg-'nuld te left out. 1 lm ovwr It la quite night to aee a herJ '' w,,' 9f4 fr"' tr,H' New York on CVtter SI fm.lett ued by the alfihts and aoun.U thrt tiours on one morning of thee will animala out In of thla weird country and the . with my camera and tape re- the irus.h. The firt thing one fat few weeka have been matt curder Just walking In and oul mi- Ik a long nnk U-nding oV' ntereatlng with quite a number among Ihe tribal croups, record- ec rating out of the top cf a of activities tncludlne the Kolre Ing their chanting, drumming. ;trtt They are mtNt grateful. Internationale tfalrl. the holl- nd otherwise musical contribu- tn our nocond trip they wenc da-m, etc., etc. jtiona they were making to lite baik ami forth caroj the naa. FlrsL I think manv of our cause. t.ch tribe or village one almost running over Ihe Xlorrow Tountv frlenda would be waa Irving to outdo the neM.iYucot! We also had the op moiit Intereuted In the fair. This nd it waa quite something! jrtrtunlty to ce wmf wild pig. wa a ten day affair tl ahould 1 ' nae an inMrumcm jots or monKcys, ana iook t nay day and night affair for it made from a long gourd 1 the ride with a native In hla puer koemed that ihe natives never gourd la a atandby for the na- oce acnM the Mm river to a lowed down during this entire live who umi It for everything sneak ut on a hippopotamus. time!! Interspersed with their , from a water canteen to the I dont know hat is the most Indenendenee l)av. visits from ' dishes, spoons, water basins, scary Poling acrtww a muddy neighboring president, moil! etc. I full of holes like a river In a hollowed out log or elaborate parades, and what j ocarina, which sounds like a trying to get up cloe to a snort have you! bagpipe; another one made ing. grunting hippo weighing 1 Several dava before Ihe fair from hammered copper about couple of tons. officially ooened tribesmen ft long, a lube with a our trip took us also to the from the many villages through-1 flared end that really puts out big Sunday market at Ayorou out the country becan to ar- wird SiHind and aimed at conducted bv the Tuaregs and rive In Niamey. Since this coun-'vour bedroom window about 4 , rkK a s neither of whom speak try u almost twice the size of i-m. orings you out or your oeu (W understand any language but Texas, there were tribesmen on faster than your house on fire, their native tongue. This ia one the road for over two weeks, Tncre were, in addition to me of the big camel and donkey coming from such places as thousands of horses, and cam-. markets, as well as cattle. I Zlnder In the far eastern part fK several thousand tribesmen was thinking of fcbb Hughes and the Tuaregs from far away no accompanied me most ror- M-lllng his yearlings when Agades north part of Niger. Anyway. every time a chief and his fol lowers hit town there were big Thev could be round to be wear- all afternoon among hundreds Ing from nothing but a breech of long horned cattle that are cloth to the most elaborate cos- lust held in bunches of 10 or 30 welcoming receptions and their .lumes. 1 could go on ror pages around the market square while entry was somcthtng to write ' nes-noing me many ninerrm , thousands ol natives land curl home about I tribal costumes being displayed ous whites) wind in and out of When all had arrived by, but could not do them Justice. ! the bunches of cattle, sheep, horse and camel caravans It so will end this here. 1 hope to goats, donkevs. and camels. We was reported there were 5000 have some real good colored 'got quite a thrill out of seeing horses and 1000 camels in town. (slides that will describe them the various things that are on I have some colored slides of!o much better than lean here, the market, from fly-Infested the parades which would dwarf I The fair was exceptionel even fresh meat Ivlng out In the the Rose Bowl parade. There ialfor the States. I thought there heat all day. fresh fish (?. etc.. nothing so colorful as an Afrl- was more Imagination used etc.. not to mention the bolts of can decked out In his tribal cos- than ever Is used in the big; cloths, dye. handicraft. You tume as far as bright colors go. fairs at home. While most of 'should see my boubou tbest We were awakened each morn- the countries of Yvestern and Ing at 4 a.m. by their bugles Northern Africa had booths of and drums as they paraded by! displays, the most Interesting our house to the outskirts of! was the several dozen booths town where they assembled for set up by the villages of this a parade that lasted for as 'country, iney an centered in- many as five hours on some days. It would be of Interest to the many horse lovers of Mor row county to watch 5000 hors es (100 stallions) in groups of five stretched out for two miles tail to tail never flinch ing a muscle only to move on slowly when the parade final ly got under way and the mili tary groups finished their ma neuvers in the town square. Following the horsemen were the multi-colored camel men come to town or are so far out who move along on these quiet lone seldom gets out to the re animals so smoothly one hard-1 mote villages to see them. (By ly knows they are there. The : the way the November National Tuaregs with their white and I Geographic carried an interest- bJack robes, their head covers ing article. "I Joined A Salt Car- suit . Their are hundreds of bar gains of used clothing from Penney"s to Arrow shirts: about half have an appropriate back tag with such as Joe's Bar. Be kins. Jack's Outboard Motor displays on the products and , Mart. etc. life of the villages; and did a Before I leave the giraffes al wonderful Job at it. The agrl- together it would be worth men cultural crops by varieties for, Honing to the good Morrow- each oroD. whether it be Pea- countv ranchers who have nuts, cotton, millet, sugar cane. 'fence building Job each spring sorghum, sesame seed, cowpeas from elk damage that there Is or sweet potatoes, made a good lone thing worse I have found exhibit Last but not least their Last month, one day a herd of crafts not only were lascinatmg. j about 15 giraffes went through but provided a chance to pick a six barbed wire fence and Just up some souvenirs or some or ; took along with them about the tribes that generally dont five hundred reet of wire, posts nut wnai we like u not iikm lCey t,n t,v arriving for ChrWt tv me native. They are negin- n,ai , w, na, owUtmas tree ning to grow some oranges and detvrallona and a lot of thln.js t ananas now. though. We have kept si,,,, we, wuhed we guava and mango in our yam haj ea,n ,Uv. Th MHVu (K. nil ihmw 10 Kei w-me innriB;waa tiecallv good to U. for Started soon. !n addition 1.1 hrlnclni? hum- Mt week I look a trip to Kit. Pavid and IKmg from northern Nigeria lo lake the achooL It had nine larte wod. hoy to Kano to catch Ihe plan" en boxes of food from Ihe order for Cairo. ThU Is ihe closeat house In IVnmark. about three plane that heads any other dlr-j months earlier than normal as cvtion than to Tarls going north. well as a sizable order from the I am real proud of myself be. .commitsary In Lagos, So we ate Ciojse evcrvone told me I could-, well (or IhrlMmas nt drive the C0 miles In one One of the big treats was our oav. 1 am it irom nam. 10 n slide projector lhat the good Mm. nu u 11 um "".people or Morrow countv eave that leave only their two eyes peeking out, are something to POWER CONTROL ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE WE REPAIR: Electric Motors : Power Tools Hydraulic Jacks Aleznite Equipment 421 S. E. 4th Pendleton Phone 276-5862 avan. tnat nas its setting in Northern Niger at or near Bil ma. I haven't been there but have a trip scheduled there for later this month). I From the beginning to the I end. night and day, there was something happening to be 'seen or heard. Presidents from Tunisia, Ivory Coast, and Togo iwere given a grand reception under the tightest kind of mil itary guard. It all ended with numerous horse and camel rac es at the country's race track with some high betting. We were quite pleased with the camel races and surprised with the speed with which they trav elquite speedy from their ev eryday pace. Boys Join Us On Trip We took advantage of the boys being- home from school to make our second trip in a and all. A little about our weather this winter being a tough one according to the old-timers. We put out our trusty Pendleton Heppner Freight Line thermom eter when it arrived In our freight for a Christmas present December 21 to find it going down to 58 degrees an evening or two. Many of the Africans have contracted pneumonia and all go around like it is 10 below. I was happy to have my Pendle ton jacket, though, and have had it on several times. It gets into the 80s and 90s every day, though, and at 9 this evening it is 78. We spent New Years eve at a garden party nad was glad to have a long-sleeved shirt. The weather Is predicted to get warmer as the month pro ceeds until we get into our real hot weather in a few months. Growing- Season Is Fast Gardening is at its best now in the cool season. I have a demonstration garden with 64 10x10 foot plots of American, TAX NOTICE This is the Final notice to taxpayers before the delinquent personal property tax list is published in the Heppner Gazette-Times. the rest a roller coaster of oil about 10 feet wide Just enough for one car at a time. Northern Nigeria Is a beauti ful farming country and Ihe llausau farmers are among the best. Their small fields are well tended and produce well of sug ar cane, millet, corn and sorg hum. This was my first trip In to Eastern Niger also, and I found things much more pro gressive there. Now I am anx ious to get out there and to start some extension projects going. I have Just recently been given new Land Rover pickup that Is excellent for getting around in the 'bush. Now I don't have an excuse for staing in town anv longer. Recently I have had a Peace Corps Volunteer assign ed to help me. and 1 am real happv as I think I got the best one of over HO assigned to Ni ger. He is a Caltfornian. and while he Is a law grdauate of Stanford, his interest and exper ience In agriculture are excel lent. He has been here for IS months so I won't have too long but will make good use of him while he Is here. He will return to get his masters at Columbia in international politics. Together we are now ordering our demonstration aids for in- service training of. several dozen agricultural students as well as setting up a program of work for the whole country. Christmas Greetings Appreciated Before I go any further In my ramblings I want to say that the Andersons appreciated the dozens of Christmas cards, most of them with a long letter and this made our first Christmas away from home much more en- Joyable. It was nice to know so many were thinking about us us which had been accidentally sea rreignted rather lhan air freighted as we had Intended we really hadnt had a chance lo use It this aummer. so we rn Joyed looking at slides we have taken since last spring and es pecially the ones of Africa. Oh. yes. we were thrilled be yond being able to hardly apeak by a phone call from our old Now Years gang at Heppner, on New Years It was only 9:30 a m. here w hen they called at 12.30 a.m. -Reception" was quite good and we surely were clad to hear some voices from home. We know now that a rail can be made In case need be. We wish evervone a Happy New Year! While things are starting off quite unsettled here with political trouble on every aide Upper Volta to the East has been taken over by the army after the president was Jailed for cutting all salaries of his Civil Service workers bv 20; the president of Dahomey to the South has recently been ousted; there are violent riots In Niger- j la to the South and East; Al geria is still having trouble and there are those that think our turn is next; we hope to see some accomplishments In agri cultural development In the year ahead. Au Revolr till we write again. ' x ; v . ro I ROBERT P. DRONING. Uft o Portland, chairman of the AptU crusade for Ui American Cancer Soctttya Oregon division. dls cusses plana for the month-long fund-ralilng and ducatJoaal program with Actor Gregory Peck, right national rnisad chair man. at meeting la St Louis. Mo. DaXonia la director of nv search and corporate planning for Jaalsen. Inc. m aaw LESSONS LEARNED At Grandma's Knee ff1 jaW 1 Zm ry . . Grandma's I e I a 9 bands teach a lot; They atntl. wis and kind, opening up a wool bow world of adrt nhir. G r a n d m era boon around a long timo. and sbo knows a lot mora than moat pooplo. She knows bow im portant It la to start soring for tho futaro . . Tho sooner tho bot tor. Habits learned early stay around a long time, too and soring Is ono of tho boot habits to haro. OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS 6 LOAN ASSOCIATION BOX 739 PENDLXTON 1 VJfTx : " " When we go skiing, we go in styie...in our '66 Ford. I choose the speed I want with the automatic speed controL.select the music I want with the stereo tape player...and relax with one of the world's quietest rides. 0 should have stayed in the car.) FORD 7 LITRE HARDTOP After the list is published and judgment is taken, the full amount of taxes will then be due and payable. Until February 15, taxpayers may pay one-fourth of the total amount assessed plus merest. C. J. D. BAUMAN Sheriff and Tax Collector - Morrow County Ford sales are booming I One reason engineering magio like New stereo tape player option with easy-loading cartridges. New station wagon Magio Doorgate- swings out like a door for people and down like a tailgate for cargo. New automatio speed control option. A ride so quiet that owners of European luxury cars -from a handcrafted Jaguar to a $14,000 Mercedes-have said, after a demonstration ride in a Ford XL or LTD, that it was even quieter than their custom-built cars. Quiet-test a '66 Ford for yourself. this: TEST DRIVE AMERICA'S TOTAL PEHFOKMANCE CARS FORD MUtMNO. aOHCO-MtCON.rAIIIUINf (OKO-IMUNUimiHO SAVE NOW with the new excise tax cut.. .SAVE NOW with Ford Dealer White Sale specials! Heppner Auto Sales, Inc x HeDDner. Oreaon
