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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE . Monday, May 2, 1935 - ...:.'.-.. . aMf i r RUMBLING INTO MAIN STREET of "Doom Town tanks take position in Nevada desert in preparation for nuclear test to determine best methods of safeguarding public. (International) Deputy. Shrift of Colorful Wild West Quits After 48 Years as Peace Officer By ART SRB United Press Correspondent Lincoln. Neb. (U.R) Ne braska Deputy Sheriff E. E Clark, 71, a colorful holdover from the old West, put aside his shooting irons Sunday after 48 years of chasing law breakers 'I can't remember when I didn't carry a gun and I don't re call when I got my first pair of boots," he said. Beiore he was 15 he saw a couple of men killed in gun fights. When he was "just a little shaver," Clark recalls sitting around camp fires and listening to ranch hands brag about how they killed a sheriff or commit ted some other crime. "When I heard killers talk ing," he said, "I thought to my self, by golly, some day I'm go ing to grow up and be a sheriff." Now, after almost half a cen tury of chasing cattle thieves and ether law violators, he said: Final Draff for Union Merger Talked " Washington flJ.R) AFL and CIO officials met today with plans to complete preparations for the final step in their mer ger a joint convention by-the end of the summer. There were indications a joint unity commit tee may be able today to ap prove a final draft of a constitu tion for the merged organization, arrive at a proposed name for the combined AFL and CIO, and 'agree on a date and place for a joint convention. - There was some expectation that thc-y might decide to post pona both the AFL and CIO 1955 conventions until December and Jiold a joint ratifying convention immediately afterwards at the same place. The AFL convention now is scheduled for September at Chi cago and the CIO convention for October at Buffalo. The merger agreement and constitution must be submitted to both these con ventions and then to a joint con vention for ratification. "I'd do it over again exactly the same way if I had the chance." But Sunday Clark quit and retired to Arizona, "to a land where there are lots of good cow people." Born in Graneros, Colo., Clark spent the early, years of his life rounding up cattle taking part in rodeos and worshipping at the feet of such western heroes as Buffalo Bilh Cody. The old West was drawing to a close when Clark pinned on his first badge and started chas ing rustlers on horseback. Later he was to use automobiles A language thai is whistled, not spoken, flourishes in the Canary Islands. On hilly Go mera, people must communicate across long distances, and whistling carries better than shouting. By a series of higher and lower tones, pauses, intona tions and stresses, a whistler can convey most of the infor mation necessary for day-to-day existence. 135 Students End Pre-Registration At Talent High Talent Pre-registration was completed at Talent High school Friday with some 135 students indicating their schedules for the coming school year. This is the second year that this extensive program has been followed. Four Year Plan Each incoming freshman is asked to plan his four year high school course schedule. He then takes his preregistration form home, and talks it over with his parents, making any ' changes that seem desirable.' Each fresh man parent is then asked to come to the high school for an indi vidual conference with . school authorities. The total school program is briefly explained to the parents, as well as what is expected of Talent High school students. The parents have an opportunity to talk over their child's schedule with the high school principal, and any special problems that their child may have. Started Last Year This plan was first started last year, and was received so favorably by both parents and educators that it has become a permanent part of the pre-registration program. The final steps of the plan occur during the spring of each succeeding year, when -the stu dent's pre-registration form is re turned to him, and he has an opporunity to make any changes that he desires, or that his advis or believes to be advantageous. The student then takes his re vised schedule home, talks it over with his parents,-secures their signatures,, and returns the schedule to the school.' : and planes. In 1920 he was made a state deputy sheriff and now he is assistant chief cattle lnvestiga tor for the Nebraska Brand Com' mittee. The advent of the roaring twenties and the automotive ag did not greatly reduce cattle rustling, he said. "Stealing was so bad there for a while ranchers couldn't get loans on their cattle," he recall ed. Clark said he had several "close scrapes" with irate mobs that wanted to take his prisoners away from him. Once, he bluffed a mob by threatening to return to a prisoner his guns. The desperado had killed two men and wounded another, and Clark told the mob, "you'll have to come and get both of us." They didn't take him up on it, and Clark put his prisoner safely behind bars. GRANGE Phoenix Grange met in regu lar session Apr. 26 with all of ficers present. The charter was draped in memory of Sister Anna DeGroot. Mr. and Mrs. Patton and Eve lyn Niedermeyer were obligated in first and second degrees and Myrtle Ferns and Christine Dins more presented tableaux which were enjoyed by the Grange members. It was decided to participate in the Community May Festival and Olen Poe was elected to rep resent the Grange in a co-ordinating committee. At the May 10 meeting the lec ture hour will consist of the Grange Memorial program. Refreshments were served by the Bates, Lacys and Jacksons. Roxy Ann Grange : H.E.C. will meet Wednesday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at Roxy Ann Grange halL Hostesses will be Caroline Wolfe and Lillie Meadows. Reese Creek Club The Reese Creek Renegades met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Moore on April 26. Our leader, Cliff Moore, gave us a test over several difxerent ar ticles which had been read at previous meetings. Marrelna Nel son read a short piece on "Re modeled Cows Fit Today's Mar ket," from the Better Farming magazine. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Moore. -Next meeting will be held at Mr. and Mrs. Esps' home on May 10, at 7:30 p.m. Carole Nelson, Reporter. 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Things are so good here now that American servicemen are asking to be assigned to duty here. That's a far cry from the old days. Immediately after World War II, Okinawa was known as "The Rock" and it was the place all persons hoped to avoid. Duty waj terrible. Livh.g con ditions were bad. Morale 'was low. The place has nothing to offer. But all that is changed now. Happy People There are four-lane super highways, concrete typhoon-safe houses, golf courses, fancy clubs, Wrap leftover cooked meat tightly and store in the coldest part of the refrigerator. suburban housing developments, fine beaches, resorts, good wealher, nice shops and many other changes brought about by 10 years of hard work. The United States probably doesn't think of Okinawa pri marily as a nice place to live. Uncle Sam really is interested in this place as an important base in its line of Far Eastern de fense posts. However, in rebuilding this island and in constructing the necessary military facilities, it was only natural that things should develop along American lines. The American theme has been developed not only in the U.S. construction but also in that of the Okinawans who appear to have had access to . a lot of American books and magazines including the mail order cata logs. In three days of looking around Okinawa, I found more people who were happy where they were than I've met around any other military installation in Asia. 'Things Work' A large number of Americans here are "signing over" for an other tour. . "Things work here," one American housewife explained to me. "We drive on the. right hand side of the road. Hot wa ter comes out of the hot water faucet. We have good schools and wonderful recreational fa cilities. It's just about like back home." mis ract is impressed on a person who has an opportunity to fly around the island in a small plane. 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