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? r-S. ( EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, February 7, 19S3 Elesetrue Officers iirge EsfcafoJashmerii of Gorsibat-Ecsigiipped MEraisfc aBH Foirce A ill 7SH ' n .inr tiL D CALLING AT WHITE HOUSE, national officers of Future Farmers of America are met by Pres ident Eisenhower. From left: Philip Brouillette, secretary, Richford, Va.; W. Jay Wright, pacific vice president, Alamo, Nev.; Robert H. Futrelle, southern vice president, Mt. Olive, , N. C; President Eisenhower; William D. Gunter, president, Live Oak, Fla.; Lowell Gisselbeck, cen tral vice president, Watertown, S. D., and Charles W. Anken, North Atlantic vice president, Holland Patent, N. Y. All lads are injtheir teens. (International Soundphoto) Sfump Says Fleet Will Defend Selves Hollywood (U.R) Adm. Fe lix B. Stump, commander of (the Pacific fleet, says the Navy .will consider it an outright as sault if the Communists ap proach the Seventh Fleet with hostile intent during the evacu ation of the Tachens. ' "We don't have to get killed before we defend ourselves," Stump said last night in a tele phone conversation from 'his headquarters in Hawaii to ven triloquist Edgar Bergen on the latter's radio show. Stump said in the telephoned interview it was impossible to ' predict whether. the, evacuation would result in; a ; war "since a,we are not dealing with a dem ocratic nation where the will of the people makes public pol icy." Bob Crosby Stricken With Lobar Pneumon Hollywood "(U.R) ' Band leader Bob Crosby, brother of ailing crooner Bmg Crosby, . to day was reported much improv ed but still in serious condition with lobar pneumonia at St. Vincent's hospital. The 39-year-old television star was stricken late Friday night and rushed to the hospital with a temperature of 104 degrees. His physician said he would have to remain in bed for a week or 10 days. His famed brother, Bing, is in St. John's hospital in nearby Santa Monica recovering from ' successful kidney operation. The bandleader, who appears on the CBS daytime , "Bob Crosby Show," will be replaced temporarily by singer Jack Smith. . . - I V" II... F1 ML J VO0DS jm STEVENS: Apology to Pine . . . Last June a column of mine told that the Lewis and Clark Expedition came down the Clearwater, the Snake and the Columbia in pirogues of West-! em red cedar. My authority was Donald Culross Peattie, famed naturalist, historian and novel ist, who quotes the expedition's various journals as his authori ties in his 751-page book, tlA Natural History of Western Trees." f 7: : ? ' ...... . - ! I heard from several readers, all . of them - harping .on -. the theme, "It just ain't so." Some credited cottonwood as the ma terial of. the Lewis and Clark river boats that bore the explor ers to the Pacific. Two men stated that the wood was white pine. Then E. C. Rettig, assistant general of Potlatch Forests, Inc., who knows the Clearwater country as well as he knows the back of his hand, gave me good reasons for his conviction that Ponderosa pine "yellow pine" in the old days was the species of Western tree from which the Lewis and Clark men produced their boats, using broadax and fire. ' Now I have from him a copy of a report made to the National Park ', Service by the Orofino Commercial Club, from a study of all phases of the expedition's operations on the Clearwater. The letter is dated May 4, 1931. It states, as plain matter-of-fact, that the "canoes" were made from "yellow pine." . . The Peattie Story . . . . Naturalist "-Peattie, a cedar enthusiast, bases his account on references in the . journals of n'sPric $ll!hr ""'SUDVn - - Swem's Record Shop Announces New Low Prices on All London Long Play 33! 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Near the present town of Orofino, Ida., he located his boat timber, and here the party felled the trees whose stumps were still pointed out as. late as 1900 . .". And on the morning of Oct." 7 (1805) the fateful and illustrious band set out upon the last stage of the outward journey,- downstream to the Pa cific,. borne in the great boles of the Giant Canoe Cedar, which lumbermen today call the West ern red cedar." In the Orofino area, Forester Rettig asserts, the Western red cedar and the Idaho white pine are no part of the forest, while tall Ponderosa pines, with clean, clear boles large and long enough for giant pirogues were abundant" on the Clearwater's banks. The Orofino letter of -1931 tells a convincing . story from both the journals of the expedi tion and local sources. It tells that Chief Twisted Hair, a most wise and trustworthy native American, guided the Lewis and Clark party to an island in the Clearwater a mile above the site of Orofino. The Indians had fish wiers there, with stores of Toots, for food in abundance. The spot was named "China Island" in the 1870s. Next day Sept. 25 Clark and Twisted Hair set forth . to find boat timber. They "were looking for pine trees," says the Orofino letter. Some five miles down from today's town the two came to heavily forested flats on ' the south side of the Clearwater. "On the lower flat, Clark found most of the yellow pines suitable for the canoes they wished to make," the letter states. And here , the expedition camped, with the Indians doing the harder part of the work of boat making, while the white men recuperated from the rigors of the long, laborious drag over the Continental Divide. On Oct. 7 the expedition em barked in the new boats that were to bear them to the Pacific and back to Canoe Camp again in 1806. Pine boats, by theholy old mackinaw! . . Plan Designed To Speed President's National Program Washington (U.R) The Re serve Officers association today urged rapid establishment of. a ready reserve of 1,000,000 combat-equipped minute men to help enemy attack. The citizen defenders would be trained for mobilization with in a minimum of 30 minutes for aviation units to a maximum of 30 days for army troops. It would be organized fully by Jan. 1, 1956. Sen. Strom Thurmond, presi dent of the ROA, unveiled the plan at a news conference Sun day. He emphasized it is de signed to speed up President Eisenhower's national reserve program rather than to substi tute for it. Standby Reserves Mr. Eisenhower's program forsees a ready reserve force of 2,950,000 men and a 2,000,000 man standby reserve. Both would be composed of volun teers, if possible, or of draf tees, if necessary. Target date is 1959. Association officials said this is "too long to wait." In addition to the 1,000,000 minute men, the ROA plan en visions a support. force of 500, 000 men and a "mobilization re serve" of 1,500,000 who would be available for active duty "only upon congressional decla ration of need." The ROA program was made public only two days before the Senate Armed Services Com mittee operts hearings on mili tary manpower. The hearings, beginning on Tuesday, will in clude- the administration s re serve program, which already is running into congressional ob jections, in addition to other armed forces personnel prob lems. Program Under Attack The President's program came under heavy attack Sunday from the National Council against Conscription. The council said in a 36-page booklet that "America will dif fer from Russia in name only" if Congress approves Mr. Eisen hower's plan. It declared that "freedom from military servi tude is as much a part of the American way of life as freedom of speech and religion." Under the ROA plan, pres ent night school. type training would be ended for the ready reserve. Instead reserves would spend one week end a month at training establishments. 1 Harriman in Good Position for Democratic Nomination in 1956 - By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) In what you might call "the pre-winter book on next year s Democratic rrpcif?"t.'"al candidates, the New York entry is more and more touted- a fa vorite. Gov.Averell Harriman o f NewYork often is so re garded despite some of the blistering handicapine Lyle C Wilson which is cer tain to hurt, his pace. The word from Albany is that the first Democratic governor of the state following Thomas E. Dewey's long Republican reign is aware of his opportunity. Harriman, likewise, is work ing to improve it. It was no mere chance that he named Tammany fW."lir I - if Railroad Crewmen Hurt in Collision ' Portland (U.R) Two railroad crewmen were injured last night when a diesel engine smashed into four empty tank cars being pushed by a switch engine here. Frank Reiner, 57, pilot of the diesel, and D. E. Phillips, 25,' both of Portland, were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital. They were not seriously hurt." The .crash occurred as the diesel engine was undergoing a power test before taking out the Klamath, Southern Pacific pas senger train. A Portland General Electric power pole was sheared off by the crash, but power lines .were unbroken. - , boss Carmine DeSapio as his secretary of state. DeSapio is maneuvering to do for Harri man next year what James A. Farley did in 1932 for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cleaned Out Tammany, DeSapio came along after long years of uninspired leadership, to clean' up the Hall consider ably, buck young Franklin D Roosevelt Jr., out of the 1954 gubernatorial nomination, and put Harriman up there in Albany where the young man had want ed to go. Handicapping Harriman is a background of wealth, corporate connections, an ineffective plat form presence and a lack of much experience in the rough and tumble of political campaign ing. And there is another handi cap. Harriman was the 1954 Democratic - presidential choice of the young turks of the party, FDR Jr., his brother, James, the late ex-Sen. (Soapy) Williams of Michigan,- and others. And it was they in Harriman's behalf who tried in the Democratic Na tional Convention that year to toss out of the hall the dele gates of Virginia, Louisiana and South Carolina. Never Will Forgive They couldn't do it, but they tried, and there are southern Democrats who will never for give them or Harriman for that, Tagging Harriman as a winter book favorite is in deference to the mighty political prestige of the state oi which he is gov ernor and' in recognition of the fact that he probably would be be an all-out new deal-fair deal candidate. The Democrats prob ably will want such a nan. He was the only 1954 aspirant who ran 100 per cent -on the platform, record and personal perform ance of Harry S. Truman. Mr. Truman, however, rejected Har riman as a likely loser that year. This time it could be different. None of the foregoing elimin ates ' Adlai E. Stevenson i from next year's political picture. He was the, 1952 Democratic nom inee and still has a strong hold on the party. : But if Stevenson wants next year's nomination, he will have to fight for it. And he is not in as good a position as are Harriman and numerous other office holders to make a good fight. An" air pollution, expert esti mates that industrial : plants waste up to $800,000,000 worth of -fuel annually because "bf in efficient burning methods. Freighter Aground Near Sand Island Grays Harbor, Wash. (U.R) The Freighter Ocean Lotte was still aground 'near Sand Island here today, after attempts to free the heavily loaded vessel failed yesterday. . The ship ran around yester day morning while en route to Aberdeen. Two . tugs from ' the Hubble Towing company of Aberdeen were unable to free her yesterday afternoon. The tug Salvage Chief, out of Astoria, reached the stricken ship late last night and at tempted to pull her free at high tide, but also failed. The Coast Guard said the Sal vage phief would make another attempt at noon today. The ves sel carrying a general " cargo, was reported in no danger. The Ocean Lotte left Portland early Saturday with her cargo. Pendleton Hereford Sale Set Feb. 16-17 Pendleton, Ore. (U.R) Fifty six bulls and thirteen . females will be offered for sale by twenty-nine breeders of purebred herefords in Oregon and Wash ington at the Oregon Hereford Association's annual sale here Feb. 16-17. , Following the judging and sale, Walter A. Holt of Portland, general manager of the Pacific International Livestock exposi tion, will conduct a breeder's school. . - WHEN COLDS MAKE HIM CRY- Wkt D0S MORE T3flfHBJ0R OH C5IEST ! cose, throat and large bron chial tubes. Congestion starts breaking up. Coughing eases. . Soon he enjoys warming re lief that lasts for hours. So when colds strike, use the best-known home remedy to relieve such suffering VicksVapoRub.. ,.ftub on Relief . . , "I .4 Breath in Relief When a cold makes your child miserable, he needs a medica tion that does more than just work on his chest. He needs Vicks VapoRub because it acts two ways at once : .: i. 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