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Greenland Changing Rapidly, Special EM Tribune Corresnondent Renorts (Editor's note: Waller Mat- tila. a Portland newspaper man. is on a flight aboard a Scandanavia Airline plane across the top of the world. He has agreed to send dis patches concerning his trip lo The Mail Tribune. A fre quent visitor to the northern European countries, MatUla speaks several of the langu ages, including his family's Finnish tongue. He plans to spend several months there. The following is his first dis patch, written for The Mail Tribune. It was mailed from Eluie West Eight in Green land, and arrived via Polar Air Mail. In it he describes the great changes being made in Greenland). By WALTER MATTILA Mail Tribune Special Writer Bluie West Eight. Greenland (By Polar Air Mail) Social evolution in Greenland was stag nant from the Stone Age to a little more than a generation ago, but today great changes are occurring rapidly. Denmark neglected Greenland for centuries until soon after World War I when Norway pressed its claim for at least the eastern shore. After the World Court at The Hague awarded the island to the Danes tney proceeded to see what they had received. Stone Age Culture Danish explorers found tribes previously unheard of perishing in feuds and Stone Age culcure on the more remote coast line. (Some five sixths of this world's largest island is under an ice cap. Only the south tip nas sub stantial plant growth.) With a long history of terri torial administration behind them the Danes proceeded dis creetly. They began introducing Western civilization gradually. Education was transferred "from the state Lutheran church to civil authorities. Medical care was provided. Greenlanders were taught use of the hammer, saw, axe, fish knife. To bolster the economy the island was explored for mine rals. These were found to be fairly abundant but too costly to exploit. However cryolite mining prospered. Sheep and reindeer were transplanted there. Hunters were sold guns and trappers got better gear. The cod fishery soon flourished upon introduction of European, type ocean fishing boat. Plants for storing fish were erected and markets were fpund in Europe and North and South America. The population is increasing rapidly as a result of lengthen ing of the normal span of life. Game is disappearing and the Stone Age hunter is becoming a wage earner in fishing boats, mines and fish plants. A new moral code is shaping up, orient ed to the mores of the West. The new code doesn't fit too well. Prestige Slips In family life the prestige of the game hunting husband and father is shipping. Hunting is now essentially a hobby, not a source of livelihood. The state has a whale killer launch run ning offshore which brings in harpooned whales for cu'.ting up by the natives. The fat in par ticular appears to be necessary in the diet, following the loss of seals which have dwindled in number. With his family thriv ing on "WPA" whale blubber, the husband and father is no longer a great hunter around the whale blubber candle light in the igloo. The Danes have been under criticism from young Eskimos for spoon-feeding Western civi lization td the culture - hungry Eskimos. These critics attended Greenland schools, including a state academy, and then polish ed off their education at univer sities in Denmark. They were dissatisfied with what they re garded as deliberate holding up progress their ice - capped countr; le of the parents didn't v " . The Danes have met the complaints of the young by cre ating Greenland as an integral part of the kingdom, with two members in parliament for its 23,000 people. Greenland has its own coinage and postage and many of the civil administrators are Greenlanders. As a result of the cod fishery and mining, the poepl are approaching a self supporting status. Denmark has established its social welfare program in basic form on the island. Much atten tion has been given by medical authorities to fighting tuberculo sis, which is still prevalent among the natives. Some of the afflicted are flown for care lo Denmark, whose once - filled tuberculosis sanitariums now are largely unoccupied. v Evils Come Too With the fruits of civilization have come evils, too. Thievery, unknown in Stone Age culture on the island, is now almost as common as tuberculosis. For the first time police have been or ganized in Greenland under a Danish executive. Native crafts, such as cloth, boat and weapon making, are being forgotten. Hunting' skills are not cultivated. Women, in stead of .knitting and sewing, buy ready made clothes and listen to the Eskimo hour on the Greenland radio. Almost all the islanders re main religiously devout except the juvenile delinquents. Times Changing For transportation the Eski mo in summer has a putt-putt, which he insists must be hign powered. His wife still does much walking. His children speak Danish as well as Eskimo and listen to the radio pro grams in Eskimo and Danish. The Greenland newspaper, still without comics! , comes out in both languages. Neither the Eskimos .nor the Danes are fully satisfied with what happens when Eskimo meets West. DOES MORE GARDEN JOBS - FASTER, BETTER Merry Tiller works efficiently in any type f of soil. Cultivates, weeds, mulches, pre- pares seed beds and does many other jobs with less effort. Lightweight design gives maximum power ... less bulk! WORKS ANY SOIL Come in or phone for free demonstration! See how Merry Tiller pre pares the soil in one easy . operation . . . stirs soil to 10" deep even in rocky ground. Tines uncondi-" tionally guaranteed. Finger-tip controls. MORE EFFICIENT ii Pattnud A New gripper-leverage principle delivers all power output directly to job. No wheels to pack soil or add weight. 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Held by California authorities on a burglary warrant was Dale Ivan Hetland, 22, who fled the state after the recent Gall beat ing. He was held on $2000 bail. Crippen said Hetland was wanted as a suspect in the beat ing in addition to the burglary charge. Gall was attacked re cently by a man who first de manded to see Mrs. Gall, who is undertaking a crusade against the alleged misuse of Linn coun ty welfare funds by some reci pients. Courtney Johns, Linn county District Attorney, said he would immediately initiate extradition proceedings against Hetland to return him to the state for prose cution. He said Hetland had in dicated he would resist extradi tion. Friday. March 18, 1935 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Eisenhower Not Above Criticism, Butler Advises Portland U.R). Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler last night advised members of the party not to treat President Eisenhower as though he were above criticism, Butler then followed his ad vice with an attack on the Presi dent for heading a government "of special interests'' and "money changers." "It is time we. woke up to ihe fact that Eisenhower is directly responsible lor the acts or his ap pointed officers," Butler said. "In the Army it is common prac tice to spread the blame on down the line, but it is not the proper procedure for the Chief Executive." Butler, who Is on a nationwide tour, spoke last night at a ban quet attended by Multnomah county and Portland Democratic leaders. Earlier yesterday Butler said Democrats have not yet given up in their fight for an income tax reduction, and said Eisen hower's opposition to the tax plan insured the Democrats of victory in the 1956 Presidential election. Butler said the power ques tion also would be among the issues in the 1956 campaign. 231 MUTTON ROAST )c 2S5) LB. EAST JOWL BACON SIXTH ST. FRESH Side-Pork Vlb. SLICED BACON APPEALING TO PRESIDENT, Leo J. Killoren, father of 13, hopes to be saved from deportation to Ireland. He came to TJ. S. in 1925 using ticket issued to brother, Patrick, who decided at last mon ute to remain in Erin. With Killoren in New York home is Paul, 14 months, one of big family he reared. (International) On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King .Features Syndicate, Inc.) The majority of pipe smokers don't know how to smoke a pipe. For example, they don't know how to pack a pipe to produce a long, even smoke. The aver age pipeful of tobacco should last at least forty minutes. The record is eight-eight minutes. Among The Married A Bostonian complains his wife seldom seems to listen to anything he says. He asks if this is a sign of fading love. Does it mean, he inquires, that the "honeymoon is over?" There is no cause for the gentleman lo be alarmed. The situation referr ed to is a common one among the married. It was Wilson Miz ner who observed, "The only time a wife really listens to what her husband is saying is when he talks in his sleep." Growing Girls Girls usually reach half their height when 2Y2 years old. For example, if you have a daughter of that age who is now nearly three feet, she is due to be ex tremely statuesque. The future height of a girl can also be checked when she is 8 and when she is 14. At 8 she reaches 75 per cent of her final height. At 14 she should be about 90 per cent of her probable adult height. Businesi Asset Triple initials can definitey be a business asset. They keep the name of a man or firm strongly in mind. A Los Angeles realtor named C. C. C. Tatum once told me he though his triple initials had been a great factor in his success. I have heard the same said of a San Franciscan named A. B. C. Dohrman. For a double initial name I think E. V. Dur; ling is all right but perhaps A. B. C. Durling would be better in giving people something to remember me by. Passing By Danny Thomas. Highly suc cessful comic actor. Real name Amos Jacobs. Born in Deerf ield, Mich., reared in Toledo, Oh'o. Early in his career Danny hit a streak of bad luck and was broke, unknown and unable lo gel a job. A friend suggested he pray to St. Jude, the patron saint of the forsaken. Danny did. His luck soon changed and has been good ever since. Now his favorite charity is St Jude's Hos pital. Sidelights The four attributes of a ladyi are said to be simplicity, sym pathy, serenity and -sincerity. However, the present day young females don't go much for that angle. They want to be slinky, sophisticated, sultry and sexy . . . Brooklynite informs me she was married for the first time at 47 and had her first baby, a girl, at 48. Let California, or even Texas, try to top that record. Asking Queries from clients: Q. 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