MEPFOTm MATL TRP3UNE, MEDFORD. OftEnCX. MONDAY, TOYEMKEK 28, IfT.S.
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Timberline Mascot Helps Open Ski Season
IE HIGH COST
OF WINNING BiE
St. Lawrence Islanders Now
Work Only 1 Instead of
4 Years for Prospective
In-Laws Before Wedding
WASHINGTON, D. C. ( Spl ) It
wasn't the upkeep of a wife but the
Initial coat that brought complaints
from Esktma youths on one of Uncle
Sam's far-north island possessions.
So St. Lawrence island, 100 miles
off the Alaskan coast In the Bering
sea, now has a new marriage law
whereby suitors need work for pros
pective fathers-In -law only one year,
lnrtead of four, before claiming their
brides. Furthermore, selecting a mate
la no longer to be a family affair but
one In which young people may make
their own choice.
"Change comes slowly to the re
mote top shelf of American posses
sions,' points out a bulletin from
headquarters here of the National
Geographic society. "Up near the
Arctic sea, only 40 miles from the
bleak shores of eastern Siberia, St.
Lawrence island Is a spot of hind
seldom visited by residents of the
outside world.
t'ncle Ham Sends Teachers
"As a government reservation,
about 100 miles long and averaging
20 miles across, this Island rates four
school teachers and a nurse, provid
ed by the U. S. bureau of Indian af
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lend you the balance required to
pay for both car and insurance.
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fairs In the Interests of the A.B.C.'s
of health and knowledge.
"Under a simple form of local rule,
supervised by the U. S. coast guard
and based on the primitive economy
of the territory, native boards are
elected in the main villages to run
cooperative stores, set prices, give
credit In bad times and arrange for
the sale of local products.
"To the four or five hundred In
habitants ol St. Lawrence, however,
even such elementary community In
terests are considerably less vital
than the Individual problems of mak
ing a living hunting, fishing, and
trapping, under the harsh rules of
the far north.
"Summer gales, plus fog and rain
turn the Eskimo equivalent of Thr
Good Old Summer Time' into a mel
ody for wind Instruments, while win
ter weather is merely worse, with
wilder storms and an Arctic ice pack
that hems In the island for eight
months of the year.
"During the long winter months,
no ships visit the island. Even the
warm season finds only half a dozen
arriving, including coast guard and
Indian bureau vessels, and perhaps '
one or two free-lance trading schoon
ers with supplies for the cooperative '
stores.
Ufe Is Hard
"In recent years some of the more
prominent citizens of St. Lawrence
have learned to live In frame houses,
sleep in beds, cook on stoves, and eat
canned foods. For the most part,
however, the Islanders struggle alonq
under conditions that were 'good
enough for their fathers.
"Climate and local raw materia i;
oontlnue to dictate dress styles In
terms of furs and hides, with bird
skins and feathers for ornament, al
though certain manufactured article:
such as house dresses, calico snov
shirts, and men's denim overalls an
increasingly popular. For the young
er feminine set, one modern costume
Includes the practical accessory of
bloomers made of mattress ticking
worn tucked into high boots.
"Still used for shelter in the less
progressive settlements and or.mps
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No ambitious movie actor is more
successful in "stealing" a scene than
is Bruhl, picturesque St. Bernard
mascot of TimSerline Lodge. When
the Shell Oil touring party arrived in
a De Luxe Ford V-8, first of the 1939
cars to make the ascent at the open
ing of the season, Bruhl was on hand
to greet the visitors and to make sure
he was in their photographic record
of the trip.
The skier at' left found the new
snow at Timberline as smooth as 1
ride in a 1939 Ford V-8.
are the old Siberian-type of winter
huts, with dome-shaped roofs attach
ed to layers of walrus hides, lashed
to wooden framework and held to
the ground by heavy rocks. The
smaller and leas sturdy Siberian sum
mer house, also made of walrus hide
or sealskin but flatroofed Instead of
curved to deflect snow, has given
way to flimsy frame buildings usually
abandoned in winter because of lack
of heating facilities."
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ST1CE FETE
Members of Medford Past No. 15
of the American Legion heard a
final report of the recent ArmUtlce
celebration at their regular semi
monthly post meeting held at the
Armory last week. Although financial
returns were considerably smaller
this year, the celebration proved to
be self-supporting and was concedovl
to be one of the most enjoyable
events of it kind staged here in re
cent years. The fact that there were
ho accidents or disorder of any kind
was also a source of great satisfac
tion to those in charge of the local
celebration.
Plans for Christmas holiday activ
ities were discussed at the meeting
and Medford post will take on active
part In worthy project to bring
Christmas cheer to the needy, n
this connection an appropriation was
made for the Legion Christmas fund
which takes care of veterans In the
various soldiers' hospttals of the
northwest.
On December 14 the Legion and
Auxiliary will hold & Joint session
which will be in the nature of a
Yuletlde party. Each member is
asked to bring a toy for the Christ
mas tree, these toys to be sent to
Roseburg for distribution to the
children of veterans who are In the
Roseburg hospital.
Cole Holmes, chairman of the
Legion Scout committee announced
that troop 7 will hold a court of
honor Tuesday, November 29. to
which all Legionnaires are Invited.
The event will take place at the
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THEY SHALL NOT PASS, decided Germany, think
ing of enemy tanks, and so teeth-like concrete blocks designed to
rip off tanks' caterpillar treads supplement the Limes steel and
stone defenses. The fortifirations built to match France's Ma Snot
line, Is to be finished this winter
Roosevelt school at 7 p. m.
A report of the membership com
mittee Indicated that large num
ber of 1: zal Legionnaires have
already paid their dues for 1039 and
the national figures are well ovrr
500.000. the best record in the his
tory of the Legion. "A cordial invi
tation to pin Medford Post No, 15
and to participate in the construc
tive program planned far the com
ing year Is extended all ellglblo vet
erans of the World war." announced
Post Commander Robert R. Ebel
The Weather
Northern California: Generally
cioudy and mild tonight and Tues
day; occasional light rain northwest
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low and second, your engine makes up to 3 times as many
revolutions as in high uses 3 times as much gasoline
STOP-AND-GO driving fools your speedometer
while your car is going a mile, your engine
may go the equivalent of two.
The number of extra revolutions your engine
makes depends on how many times you stop
and start how much of your driving is in low
and second gears.
You can't avoid stop-and-go driving, but
you can do something about its high cost.
portion; moderate southerly wind off
coast
Oregon: Unsettled tonight and Tues
day; occasional light rain west por
tion; slightly warmer in Interior to
night; moderate southeast wind off
const.
Stolen Auto Crashes Court
PASADENA. Cal. (UP When Tor
vald Frederlcksen went to report the
theft of his automobile to the sher
iff's office, he was startled to find
that hi auto was already In court.
It had crashed down a hillside and,
plunged into the sheriff's building,'
winding up exactly in front of the
Jibe's bench In the township court
room. miles
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SAVES ON STOP AND
SCOUT EXECUTIVE
FOR SPONSORSHIP
Commendation of their wort in
sponsoring Scout troops and Cub
p&cks was received recently by local :
Parent -Teacher associations from
Irving P. Beesley, scout executive for
Crater Lake area council, Boy Scouts
of America.
"The last annual report of the
Boy Scouts of Amnrlcn shows the
P.-T.A. sponsoring 1 ,047 out of a
tot3 of 85,-000 Boy Scout troops In
the United States,' said Mr. Beesley.
'This Is an excellent achievement
and deserves high commendation.
"The program of scouting ha
objectives character building, citi
zenship training and leadership de
velopment, la there any program in
thr? worid more applicable than that
of scouting to the principal objective
of the P.-T.A.. namely, child wel
fare? This undoubtedly accounts for
the P.-T.A. Interest in sponsoring
scouting units.
"Today." continued the eieoutlv.
"our schools, for the most part, are
doing a wry commendable work dur
ing the five or six daylight hours
In which they occupy youths' time.
How about the five or six hours of
laylllit time spent outside of school,
not to mention evenings, nights,
week-ends and holidays, when our
young are free to do Just as they
please? Of course th church nd
the home each play important parts
In partial use of youths' leisure time.
How much of their leisure Is used
in constructive programs?
"Grnrnmnr school Parent-Teacher
associations are ideal sponsoring
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Shell engineers found that getting away from
a traffic stop can waste enough "undigested"
gasoline to carry you H of a mile.
To cut this costly waste, they rearranged the
chemical structure of 'gasoline. They make
every drop of Super-Shell "motor digestible"
every drop usable in stop-and-go driving.
There is a Shell dealer near you. Use Super
Shell regularly and your savings count up.
bodies for Cub packs with boys nine
to aleven veara old. Junior felcfe
1 school P-T-A.'s should sponsor Scout
troops and senior units with boys
13 to 16, and IS and older.
"Crater Lake council of Boy Scouts
serves Jackson and Josephine coun
ties In Oregon and Siskiyou county
in California. In this area are 46
units. Including 28 Cub packs, 90
Scout troops and three Senior units.
Twelve units are sponsored by
P.-T.A m, nine by fraternal order,
eight by American Legion posts,
seven by service clubs, five by
churches and five by Oranges. Hat
off to the P.-T.A.a, they lead the
list.
"Duties of a sponsoring body are,
securing of adequate leadership for
scouting units and providing suitable
facilities for weekly or monthly
meetings,
"Further Information may be ob
tained by telephoning writing or
calling at Boy Scout headquarter,
at fiOO East Main street.
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PORTLAND, Nov. 3S (AP) -Herbert
Ledbury, Union Pacific track
walker, Sunday found the body of a
man of about 70 In some brush near
the track a mile east of TroufcSsle
Authorities were unable to leant the
man s identity but said they believed
he died of exposure.
Back Pain and
Kidney Strain
Wroni foods and drinks, worry rerverk
and coldi often put a strife on the Kidneys
and functional kidney dUorders may be tha
true cause of Exceu Acidity, Oetttni Up
Nights, Burning Pauaces. Lea Pains. Nerv-
ousnr-ss, Bininna. Swollen Ankiw. Rhea.
mius i!iiit ana puny crci&t. Reia year
kidneys purify your blood with Cretex. Usu
ally mo very nrst aose ittrts Helping your
kidneys clean out excess acids and thli loon
'may make you feel like new again. Under
isiy ccmplettiy m cost trottting. Oft Oyf
stsstex today. It costi only So a doss at
druggists and the guarantee protects you.
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