Med Treasure
Zoi Knife Blade
Valuable Indian Relic
Among the more valuable
American Indian relics you
might lind is a long stone knife
blade something four to five
Inches or more in length.
As a matter of fact, if gome
one in your family has a collec
tion of Indian arrowheads and
spear points and thousands of
Americans have it may well be
that one of them will prove to
be such a piece on close exam
ination. In any event, a friend of mine
discovered one a couple of years
ago while on a fishing trip in
Oklahoma. He saw the end of
the blade a couple of inches of
it sticking out of a bank that
had been partially washed away
in a recent freshet. Using all
possible care, he removed the
surrounding earth, exposing the
, ancient weapon so that he could
lift it out without the possibility
of damaging it.
The blade was single-edged
and a little more than six inches
in over-all length. From the
hilt, whe,re it was a little over
an inch wide, it curved gently
MAN BARELY
WITH PRINCE
As soon as the voice on the
radio had finished describing one
of the most valuable of the Can
adian stamps, Jack was positive
that he had one.
"I'll bet I've hit the jackpot,"
he said, leaping to his feet.
"Listen to this. I wrote it down:
reddish purple color, sixpence
denomination, picture of Prince
Albert all on very thick, soft
wove paper . . . It's worth one
thousand dollars, and I'm sure
there's one in that old collection
that Great Uncle Charlie started
when he was a kid."
Within 10 minutes Jack was
back from upstairs with a dog
eared album under his arm, and
in another five minutes we had
discovered that the stamp he
had been thinking of was not the
right one.
Instead cf being reddish pur
ple in color it was a decided
grayish purple, and whatever
kind of paper it was on, it most
definitely was not of the very
thick, soft wove type that had
been described by the broad
caster. ,
Jack looked wistfully at the
face of Prince Albert who peered
out of his oval frame as if he
A 191t NICKEL STRIKE-OVER
Ted stuck a jeweler's glass in
his eye, glanced briefly at two
of the nickels, quickly examined
a dozen more, and counted out
$50 for the lot of 100.
"That's an average price of
60 cents apiece, Okay?"
The seller nodded, scooped up
the bills and left. As the door
closed behind him, Ted grabbed
his hat. "How about some lunch,
Pink? I'm starved."
That was all right with me,
but I was curious as to why he
would so quickly pay 50 cents
apiece for 100 buffalo nickels
in a range of dates extending
at least into the late 1920s.
"There was one coin I spotted
that makes the whole deal worth
while," Ted said, digging into his
baked potato. "It's the 1918
nickel that is a strike-over of a
1917 issue by the Denver mint.
"I used my eye glass to be
sure. And it showed as plain as
could be. The strike-over, I mean,
which makes it valuable even
though the coin has been circu
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9
back to the tip which was In
direct line with the straight back.
But there was more to the
weapon than that. Unlike most
Indian knife blades, which are
usually found without any hilt
or handle, this one had part of
it. From the widest part of the
blade the stone extended for a
good three inches in a line direct
ly opposite to the blade itself.
This part, however, this rudi
mentary handle, was chipped in
such a way that if it were wound
with rawhide, or given a wooden
or other covering, it would prove
a most effective weapon far dif
ferent from what the usual
crudely hilted stone knife must
have been. Indeed, holding it
in one's hand it was easy to
visualize the original weapon as
beautifully balanced and splen
didly designed for its purpose.
The finder of the knife still
has it, or did have last Septem
ber when I saw it. He has been
offered $150 for it, but has re
fused it for the double reason
that the offer isn't high enough
and that he doesn't need the
money.
MISSES JACKPOT
ALBERT STAMP
expected to catch sight of Vic
toria at any moment. As I looked
through a magnifying glass at the
printing on the stamp, CANADA
POSTAGE SIX PENCE, Jack
was swearing softly to himself.
"Mine's unused, too," he said
dejectedly. "Even though the
color is off, you'd think it would
be worth something important,
but it can't be or the broadcaster
would have, mentioned it."
That didn't make too much
sense to me. Realizing that time
limitations in radio are as severe
as those of space for newspapers,
I went out to my car to dig out
the Scott's catalogue I usually
carry with me. It was the sen
sible thing to do.
The stamp in question was
printed in various shades over
the years from 1851 to 1859,
both on laid and wove paper,
perforated and imperforated.
Furthermore, they alljiave con
siderable value, the smallest be
ing a brown violet on wove
paper, issued in 1859 and with a
catalogue value today v of $300
unused and $150 used.
Jack's proved to be an unused
late gray put out in 1855. Its
value today is $500.
OF 1917 DENVER-MINTED ONE
I asked how much it would
be worth. He told me that $50
would be a reasonable price,
even though $150 would not be
too much if the coin were in ab
solutely mint condition.
"But those other coins are
worth something, too," he went
on, "just so long as they haven't
been badly worn by use.
"For instance, there were good
examples of the 1917, 1919, 1920
and 1924 nickels with the Den
ver or San Francisco mint marks
below the words FIVE CENTS
on the reverse.
"Each one of them is worth
$5 or more depending on condi
tion. And some of them are in
such fine shape that I ought to
be able to get $15 or $20 for
them."
I asked if he felt his purchase
price was very low.
"Not at all," he replied. "It
will take me two or three years
to sell the stuff a time lag that
will mean I'll earn the differ
ence that I get."
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PLANED BLOX
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IRIS
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NEW ALFALFA HAY for sale. $1 bale.
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Sunday, May 29, 1955
Astronomy
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
Here are some questions the
answers to which will likely be
of interest to the readers.
1. "In a recent' article you
discussed radio noises from
sources in the sun and some stars,
and that are now regularly
picked up by suitable receivers.
Have any such 'signals' ever
been detected from the planets?"
At the April meeting of the
American Astronomical society,
Dr. Bernard F. Burke and Dr.
Kenneth L. Franklin gave a re
port on radio waves from the
planet Jupiter which have been
picked up by the Carnegie In
stitution through a very sensitive
apparatus located at Seneca,
Md. The antenna is so extensive
that it is "housed" on a 96-acre
field.
Best Explanation
Only when Jupiter is directly
in range of this instrument are
the signals received. It seems the
best explanation for the disturb
ance is that thunder storms are
in action in the .extensive atmos
phere of this giant planet. But
to be detected at our great dis
tance, these storms are surely of
a very much more powerful na
ture than are the greatest of
those experienced on our earth.
2. "From the findings of
science, how old is the universe?
In other words, what was the
time of creation?"
Until recently the age of the
universe had been put at from
two billion to three billion years.
This was based, partly on the
rearrangement, of chemical pro
ducts found on the earth. At a
recent meeting of the American
Chemical society, Dr. J. Laurence
Kulp and George L. Bates of
Calumbia presented a paper in
which they stated that evidences
point to an age of . nearly five
billion years. This is based on
"the isotopic composition of
lead on earth and in the meteor
ites that fall on the earth."
Mars Closer to Earth
3. "In a recent press dispatch
it was stated that last year Mars
came closer to the earth than at
any time in the past quarter
century. What about the ap
proach of 1939?"
Last year the closest approach
of Mars to the earth was, in
round numbers, 40,000,000 miles.
In 1939, this distance was about
36,000,000 miles, and in 1941,
36,000,000 miles. The so-called
"close approaches" occur every
15 to 17 years. But some are
closer than others. At the most
favorable, the separation . be
tween the earth and Mars is
less than 35,000,000 miles. The
approach of 1924 was closer than
it will again be for centuries.
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Questions
4. "Are there likely inhabitants
on Mars?'
Don't we wish we knew! No
telescope powerful enough to
reveal such life, if it does ex
ist,! has yet been constructed.
Prof. Percival Lowell thought
the fine lines on Mars were can
als dug by intelligent beings to
ditch water from the melting
polar snow caps to the rest of
this distant planet. If animal life
exists there, it must be very dif
ferent from that on our world.
Many have thought that the vary
ing colors with changing seasons
shows the presence of vegetable
life.
Concrete Block
Houses Found Safe
In A-Blast Tests
Yucca Flats, Nev. An Amer
ican family, living in a concrete
masonry home of the proper type
would stand a good chance of
surviving an atomic bomb at
tack, according to results of tests
conducted recently during the
"Survival City" atomic device.
Damage reports made by eval
uation teams studying the ef
fects of the blast on typical
American residences reveal that
homes of lightweight reinforced
concrete block, or precast light
weight concrete, survived the ex
plosion with only minor struc
tural damage..
The test- houses were located
4,700 feet from ground zero in
the blast. The evaluation studies
indicated that the greatest dan
ger to inhabitants of the concrete
masonry homes that survived the
blast would appear to be flying
glass, window blinds and furni
ture. Further studies by government
evaluation teams are expected
to show that the greatest safety
is in homes with basements or
other type survival shelters.
MEXICO TO BID
Mexico City (U.R) Because
of the success of the 1955 Pan
American Games, Mexico is ex
pected to make a bid for the
1960 Olympics. President Adolfo
Ruiz Cortines reportedly has au
thorized Mexican representatives
to present an official invitation
to the International Olympic
Committee when it meets in
Paris next month.
Salem (U.R) Twenty coun
ties in Oregon will take part in
the nationwide civil defense
exercises June 15-16, according
to State Civil Defense Director
Arthur M. Sheets.
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FARM INCOME
Washington (U.R) Farmers
in 1955 will continue to get
about the same share of the con
sumer's dollar as they received
in 1954, according to the Agri
cultural Marketing service. The
service said the farmer will get
about 43 cents of each dollar
spent for farm goods, while mar
keting agencies will get about
57 cents for services they provide.
Dead line for Sunday Classified to
at noon Saturday.
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