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PARE FOUR 'MYSTERY' METAL I Freighter Hard Aground on Reef MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 19. 1941. OF MITCHELL'S Br Russell Mitchell (Jacksonville, Oregon) "Have you seen any of the mysterious white metal found In Oregon?" Thlt question haa been asked me dozens of timet the last five years. On several occasion! aome ordinary volcanic rocks have been given me with the as surance that all I had to do to get the metal waa to heat it In the atove. So far none of them have yielded anything. The qualities of this hypo thetical element are truly mar velous. It la aoft enough to cut with knife: yet It will acratch fflaaa. A thin nlat nt It ran be beaten Into any shape witn a small hammer: yet a high powered rifle cannot penetrate It. It la easily obtained; yet Its reduction Is a secret to only a few men. And more marvelous than anything else, It cannot be named! No one haa been able to classify and name It. Talk about this mysterious metal la too ridiculous for a sane man to have to listen to; yet a great many men seem to believe It. Undoubtedly there are ele ments yet to be found. It Is not bevond nnMihllltv that nur metals with unusual qualities win De found, indeed, If any are. they will have unusual characteristics, too unusual for ine average man to discover Some metals go In groups like aluminum. This group Includes gluclnum. thorium, yttrium, ilr ronlum, erbium, terbium, cer- Dium, lanthanium and dldymlum. It takes an unusual knowledge of chemistry and a completely equipped laboratory to separate na aisunguisn these metals. But as unusual as they were when found, they were named. Since a name gives no real Hue to the physical or chemi cal properties , anybody who makes a discovery may give It a name. Certainly any new ele ment or group of elements will have an atomic weight that can be ascertained sufficiently to distinguish It from other metals. Its boiling point, hardness, resist ance to acids and many other characteristics will also be as certained and catalogued and they will make up Its determina tion. Once all those character istics are known and a name Is sjlven the metal. It will take Its piece in the long list of ele ments that are not any more mysterious than say lead or line. On one occasion a friend of mine obtained a specimen of this mysterious metal. It turned out to be aluminum. It is too bad that so many persons go about wanting to be fooled. Mysticism and ignorance are na tural companions. For the average prospector gold, silver, lead, line, copper, chromium, manganese, tungsten and other well known elements form life "mysterious" combina tions to keep him busy the rest of his life separating and mak ing them marketable. The mys terious white metal of Oregon exists only In the Imagination. r '.'. ; .-. , - a .11, L . 'f r k IV iA Xj 'it' ' I ;.' - -:W ... . I', v. y-. : h :-v-:t 'I ,.',i'', ... .' rr .-. ., (Stew Grounded on a ml a mil louth of Point Conrnt'nn. CmUt i- . u . . r ' ..-w awwf iu nnwrict id la ---- .: ,"," vooctpiioii, teiit., in a dense f Hawaiian Una freighter Iowan resisted efforts by the coast guard to free her and arrival of a u oa ! tk, nnn .ui i. i i-j j . . ; " , .. ,.,w .v... , tiiiuva wtin aauanse materials, I shewn awaiting APPLEGATE HOLDS Big Applegate, June 19. (Spl.) Annual elections In the numerous school district here occurred Monday with the fol lowing results: Little Applegate: Cllf Dun- nlngton was elected a new di rector, and Harold fnimn re elected clerk. Watkins: Mrs. Albert Collings and Mrs. Bert Harr re-elected director and clerk; Unlontown, Fred Straube and Louis Straube were re-elect ed director and clerk. Ruch- Sterllnc: Mrs. Grace Hall and Mrs. Harlan Cantrall were elect. ed to the new offices of director and clerk. Applegate: Melvln Rowden and Mr I.M Wallia were newly elected as director and clerk. Beaver Creek! Tenuis Culy was elected new director and Ed Walker was re-elected clerk. This district will call a special meeting In the near fu ture to discuss consolidation with Ruch. Astoria, Ore., June 19. (IP) Failure of Oregon firms to keep proper records is resulting In wide-SDread vinlatlnna nf thm wages and hours law, delegates to the state AFL convention here were told yesterday. Charles Elrey, Oregon wage hour director, said that Investi gations had been followed by restitution to workers of more than $150,000 In back pay. At Eueene 7R nar -ant r lift firms Investigated were found to be vlolatine th. 1 aw hm cait and In the Coos Bay area viola tions were made by 171 out of lot iirms. FOUR BOYS HELD at a p. ii TOP OREGON STUDENTS Eugene. June 19. (At "A" grades In all subjects were re ceived last term bv 22 ITnlver. sity of Oregon students, Assist ant Registrar C. L. Constance announced today. Included In the list were: Walter Krause. Canby; Lolita Plerson, Ashland; Perry J. Pow ers. Salem; Clyde L. Rose. Cor- vallis. and Clarethel Rosclund. Roseburg. Radio Highlight! IN AUTO THEFT Rosebure. Ore.. June to im Grover C. Mears, Jr., 17, Spo kane, was In custody here today on a cnarse oi auto theft anri Oliver W. Soles, 18, Fort Lewis: Walter L. Mldklff, 17, army o iroa.se Portland, both soldiers, and Robert Kennedy. 18. trn. lent, were being held for lnv. tigation. Mears was arrH lait ik near Canyonville driving a car reportedly stolen in Roseburg, according to State Policeman William JanUen, arresting of ficer. The three youths accom panying Mears claimed in K. hitchhikers, the officer reported. EDWARD ASHURST RETURNS TO K.F. IN LAW PRACTICE Klamath Fall. Jim- 10 fCnn v " w " f tawara B. Ashurst. former Klamath countv elreult 1uHa- who was defeated for reWtinn last fall on an anti-vice platform. IS COntlnulne hl eruaade mam nt gambling, though his latest move u aomeining oui ot tne ordinary auorney lor James t: Bowen. believed here tn he a millworker at one of the local plants, Ashurst has filed suit for $668 against the Klamath Billiard comnanv frnm vhnm Bowen seeks to recover asserted gambling losses. Ihe complaint alleges Bowen was "Induced and permitted" to blav alleaed eambline vamea In the Klamath Billiards company premises between last January 11 and February 23 and that he lost S334. In aHHitirm In restoration nf tha artH Mac tne suit asks an additional $334 Denaltv. ouotlnff aeetlnn nt Oregon law as authority for the request. Mr. Ashurst returned to Klam ath Falls a few weeks ago to Dractice law. After hia election defeat he went to Tucson, Ariz., where It was expected that he would enter law practice with his brother. Henrv F. Ashurst. former U. S. senator. The for mer Klamath tilriffe hnwever went to Medford to reside. After a few weeka there he wnt Yreka, Cal., to practice law with an old friend. From Yreka he returned to Klamath Falls. Central Point, June 19. (Spl.)Central Point will hve an old-fashioned box social Fri day evening with pretty boxes full of good things to eat to be auctioned off and the winners eating lunch with the girls who brought the boxes. Money raised is to be sent to the national grange as a con tribution toward building the grange home In Washington. This Is the P.rinMN1 1 i Jubilee celebration and with the box social in the capable hands of Brother EH Vi ter Velma McCredie a good time guarantet-a. Josephine Convicts Start Sentences Grants Pass. June 10 Carl Wood, Murphy road riding school operator sentenced to two years for livestock theft, and Harry Glenn Keithly, Cave Junction, sentenced to one year for involuntary manslaughter In a highway death, were ached uled to enter state prison today In custody of Sheriff A. Donley Barnes. By the Associated Press Time is Pacific Standard) Tonight, war schedule 4:30 MBS, 4:53 CBS, 5:30 NBC-blue 6:00 MBS, 6:30 NBC-blue, 6 45 CBS, 8:00 NBC-CBS, 8:30 MBS. NBC-Red 6:30, Good Neigh bors. Ecuador. NBC-Blue 4, Stanford U. an niversary, symposium on 'The University and the Future of America." MBS 4.13, Sky Over Britain. Friday, war schedule t a. m.. NBC-CBS. 4 .1S Nnr.ki,,. 6:00 NBC-blue, 7:00 MBS, 9:45 NBC, afternoon, 1:00 MBS. ; v mi' uniu'i m i im ni ii i.i i 'PHONE BUSINE CONVENTION AWAITING LEADER Bend, June 19. tA Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars awaited their national com mander, Joseph C. Menendez of New Orleans, expected to reach the state convention today. The annual encampment opened last night with memorial services at which the Rev. Ervin F. Austin of Richmond. Calif., national chaplain, was speaker. crease of 8.8 percent above that for the same period last year. Registration fees totaled $2,873. 379 compared with $2,390,383 for the same period last year. There were 323,911 private passenger vehicles registered in Oregon at the end of May, com pared with 298,139 at the same time last year. Registration of motor vehicles is expected to exceed the 400.- 000 mark in Oregon this year, Snell said. The 1940 registration was Just 187 vehicles short of 400,000 and at the rate of In crease shown to date it is ex pected this mark will be passed before the year is over. NOT ALL SOLDIER PAY SPENT ON GOOD TIME Camp ' Hunter Llcoett Pal IIP) Contrary to popular be- iiei, soiaiers oon I spend all their pay for a good time. Statistics kent bv the 41 t Hi. vision postoffice here show that iu per cent of the money paid out one week went for money Orders Which were aent tn the troops' relatives. During one six-day period the army post office wrote out $35,000 in money orders, most of which went back to Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. OVER 250 BOYS SIGNj FOR ATTENDANCE AT L STATE oyster looks something like a microscopic thimble with a hairy belt about its middle. SOLDIERS TATTOOED BY CALIFORNIA SUN Camp Hunter Lleeett. Cal (A3) Biggest fad amonff the as . uuu ion Lewis troops here on summer maneuvers is to have the hot sun tatoo them. . Most of the sdldiers are get ting a walnut-colored skin. By placing adhesive tape letters on their backs, they are browning their skins around either their own names or the name of an acquaintance. Scores of men are tanning out their division insignia. Air Express Increase New York, June 19. (Spl.) Gross revenue from nation-wide air express in April, increased 41.81 per cent over April, 1940, the Air Express division of Rail way Express agency reported today. Shipments for the month totaled 108.697, an increase of 33 per cent over April last year. I'M Mall Trtb oa want ads. More than 250 boys between the ages of 16 and 19 will as semble at Oregon State college from all sections of Oregon sun day for the annual Beaver Boys' State, according to the Boys' State commission of the Ameri can Legion, sponsoring organiza tion. The Boys' State is a program of education in democratic gov ernment and citizen leadership. On arrival the boys will be registered, given health exam inations, and assigned to dormi tories where they will become citizens nf thelp designated eitiea and counties of the state. There win be ZO or more boys to a city. j Cities nf the ramn will !ft officers Monday, counties will noid election Tuesday, the state primary election will be Wednes dav. A state police will be formed by the boys the first night of the camp, and a newspaper staff win De organized. The camn will have a eentrai postoffice and a bank for money ana valuables. The administrative staff in eludes R. R. Ebel of Medford welfare and suonlles. . Advance registration for the camn shows Orecnn 1 represented including Ashland, nve; ruamatn rails, four: Lake view, two; Medford, 27, and Roseburg, 11. W'hen first hatched, a baby Men Admire Women With Shapely Figures Thousands nt rnmn I figures slendrr and ihaptly SAFELY w,.uuu, Bwvuig or exercising with LAXRID and aenalbla menus They find LAXRID prevents them from getting fat and keeps them looking and feeling younger. Recom mend LAXRID for maintaining nor mal weight. LAXRID Is SAFE TO TAK. It doei not contain Dlnltro- Dhettnl evr Thnntil TN ..... money-back guarantee. Get LAXRID today from your druggist. AI.NM J I 19 EAST SIDE PHARMACY. MEDFORD (EBUSINESS OREGONIANS HAVE CompUtt Feminine Hygiene demands: VI I ML reminin. hrgiene in ihe REAL ttnM f .Zt .." un,""" cleinl.ncn "M iwmoi, on cannot he titracttre i armn,a i mom. mined and imellT. Lie Amd, the new cream deodorant. 1. Amd act rw 4meM. 4e . Na nmq to drr. Cm t m . I Hri " fTSU t H. $ W BLOWOUT BRINGS DEATH WHEN AUTO HITS TREE Willows, Calif., June 19. Walter B. White of Redmond, Ore., died today in Chico hos pital of Injuries suffered near Orland late yesterday when a tire on his car blew nut and the machine crashed Into a tree. Mrs. White and their two children were In the hospital suffering from Internal Injuries. Weather Northern California: Fair to night and Friday, but consider able cloudiness In extreme north portion: moderate temperature; moderate northwest wind off the coast except variable north of Cape Mendocino. The nation haa about a son rfrmrt boards. WARNING ISSUED ON AUTO SAFETY FLARES Salem (Spl.) Warning flares, placed on the highway to mark the presence of a stalled motor vehicle, are highly Important to the safety of other motorists and should never be disturbed by unauthorized persons, the traffic safety division points out. The statement was made after receipt of reports of the theft of several torch flares, placed on the highway In front and back of stalled vehicles. Defense Parade Portland, June 19. (A A display of the city's potential defense strength will be made here tonight with some 1.J00 men parading through the down town district. Policemen, police reserves and veterans organlta lions will be In the line march. Camp Hunter Liggett, Cal. (A) Since 35,000 Fort Lewis, Wash.. trooDs arrived h ere tnr June-long maneuvers, the Paci fic TeleDhone and Tel company has had to Increase its King City exchange staff from 9 to 40 operators. Phone booths are concentrat ed at the Hearst ranch house and every night the courtyard is crowded with scores of men placing long distance calls. Most of the calls are made after 7 p. m. when the night rate goes Into effect. Company officials believe the calls are divided about equally, half to parents, half to sweethearts. MOTORCARS Salem. (Spl.) Oregon has one registered motor vehicle "for every 2.7 persons residing in the state, Earl Snell, secretary of state, said In announcing a regis tration of 394.284 vehicles at the end of May. Registration showed an In- A Fellow's Got to Eat! But add tndlaestlon, heartburn and our atomaoh can sura take the Joy out of a meal. If you're bothered this way auk your druggist for AD LA Tableu Bismuth and Carbonates for quick relief. At vour Drug Store. To LongDistance service! III IK W m9 mr Z-i Vk y lit 1 ASK )9 J of Elk Population Less Astoria, June 19. P Clat sop county's elk population has taiien to I.B03, Frank B. Wire, state game supervisor, said to day. As a result, there will ha no open season on elk in the I county next fall for the first; time In several years. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ails 1 I 10 p. m. Mlnntaota baa 11,007 itkrm. Uu"e Kuata. w I.,. Woaaaei aaa .or. 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