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17th Century Arms Discovered in Pit On Jamestown Isle Washington CJ.R; Bits of military equipment that may date back to the early part of the 17th century have been found in a pit at1 Jamestown, the little Vir.- (jfcnia island where English colo FlsTs settled in 1607. Conrad L. Wirth, director of (j)ie National Park Service, re ported discovery of the Military artifacts. The NFS for several (Months has been conducting ex 'tensive archeological explora 'tfon.s on Jartiestown Island, now owned bv the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Anti- ( iitics. The explorers have been at'(vTipting to find the site of f3-ihies Fort, built by the colo nists. Harold L. Peterson, a member (fl'f the service's branch of history and an international authority (n arins and armor, said the artifacts "were found in "what Ws probably the trash heap" of ''the armorer s shop during the (nrly days of the Jamestown settlement. ine material was found in a pit about 2' 2 feet deep and (about nine feet long. It was lo- (iated in the center of the site of (8 "Tort built at Jamestown by (Confederate forces during the (Civil War. The Confederates ap parently had removed consider Vole dirt form the area, thus ob- iliterating all evidence of any structure that might have stood (ill relation to the pit. "Almost all of the material (2l)und would have to date from the first quarter of the 17th cen ttir, Peterson said. I here is a 'very thin laver at the top con fining Civil War and modern Material. Then one immediately (Strops back to the early 17th Century. A few of the pieces are 'types (basket hilts for swords, ;f(r example) that were used un 'til 1700, but they were also used fs early as 1610." Peterson said most of the read- JJy identifiable artifacts were military in nature. They included seven serpentines from match (Ibck muskets." "The serpentine," he ex plained, "was the movable arm' (Uln the outside of the lock .which lljeld the lighted match. Pressure (Ijn the trigger caused this arm to (&iove forward in an arc and fShrust the end of the match into the priming powder in the pan (aVid thus set off the gun. There rere also lock plates and a snap haunce (a primitive form of flint lock) riind a wheel lock and a 'Jiragment of a lock plate prob (Ibly from another wheel lock, :iree basket hilts from broad swords, one badly bent but com plete guard from a swept-hilt and fragments from a number of (Other swept-hilts possibly five r9t six of them." Motorlog Leads to Trio of State Parks at Seashore Near Coos Bay Public Welcomed i To Picnic, Swim Or View Seascape ir-v si The following condensa tion of a motoric appearing July S4 in Northwest roto mara . Mine of The Sunday Oregonian. It is one of an annual eries' pomored Jointly by The Ore tronian and the Oregun State Motor asaoelation. BT ANN SULLIVAN Staff Writer. Tb Oresonlan At the ocean back yard of r.e. nf the state's largest coastal cities Coos Bay, and its neigh bor. North Bend is a trium virate of eeoeraphic attractions which many Oregonians and 'tourists have missed.' . We explored the area as part of a, motorlog for the' Oregon State Motor association and The Oregonian. As we coursed along the coastal roads in the white motorlog Ford, we discovered what Coos county residents al ready know well that the trio of parks provides handy and well-equipped picnic facilities, and that one has just about the nicest swimming beach on the Oregon coast. This is Sunset Bav state park, Pacific, where fishing boats sometimes ride out storms and where the University of Oregon off and on maintains a marine ''. biological station because of the availability and ' variety of sea life there. STiore Acre Once Estate The second is Shore Acres, fabulous in itself, a magnificent estate which once had multi tudinous varieties of trees, shmhs and flowerine Dlants and a block-long house facing the surf-tossed rocks of the very rugged and picturesque coast-linp. Third is Cape Arago state park. . Travelers parked white motorlog car a few steps from asnd at Sunset Bay state park, second most popular In state system. Sunset Bay has ample parking 'space, a bathhouse, a wen- packed curving sandy beacn, gentle waves instead of surf, and views out to sea with spec tacular rocky headlands of pre cipitous sandstone bluffs fram-! ing the narrow passageway out to sea. The 48 acres of the park were rWrfpH to the state by the Coos ! county court on February 19, 1948. Tn icirvl an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 visitors, second high est for any park in the state, stopped there a great many of these from the neignoonng towns. It has marvelous picnic grounds, in addition to excellent beach area. (7 if CoquiH Ricks made famous by Peter B. jKyne), it was originally an estate. It once had more than 13500 varieties of trees and ' shrubs nlanted in a fairvland of botanical gardens and lily ponds. Many of them are gone, Dut the state parks department is restoring as much as possible. Simpson's fabulous house, which had a swimming pool in its basement and a Diock-iong solid front of windows on the ocean side, was torn down in 1948 and 1949 because the state Icould not afford the $50,000 it would have cost to restore it. There is a slassed-in viewing house, there now, however, and' the same tremendous view which attracted the son of the Pnne Araeo lichthouse in it-;famed lumberman and ship- self providing some spectacular Map outlines route of motoring- from Coos - Bay area to the three state parks to south. scenery is, surprisingly enougn, nnr in Cape Araeo state park, which is farther south on the highway. Instead, just before we got to 5nn:ft Rav. we turned right for a short mile to a good parking space, from where we wanted nut in the white-nainted coastal torch perched on its own rocky island. A wooden bridge spans a little arm of the sea out to the island. Originally, the lighthouse was out on the end of a long, narrow peninsula extending westward from the island, but the ocean and wind wore the peninsula down to dangerous condition, and the light was moved back to- the island's ' main hulk. Lumbermen Okehed Land Iavins? the Cane Araeo light house reservation and the Sun set Bay area, we drove only a few miles farther (12 from North Bend) to get to Shore Acres. A most spectacular 637 acres once owned by Louis Simpson, son of the doughty, famed Capt. Asa M. Simpson (the Cappy builder. The unique sandstone forma tions are steep and topsy turvy, providing some of the most lively wave-breaking ac tion of the entire coastline. In storms, spume breaks up over the heavy rock restraining wall. Twtn milp! hpvnrtrl thp white Ford came to Cape Arago, be lieved to be the first Oregon landmark sighted by white men. In the early half of the 16th centurv a Spanish navieator .sailing from Mexico identified the latitude and longitude of this section of the coast. Cape Arago state park is composed of 143 acres, with a high promontorv extending half !a mile into the sea. Adjoining Shore Acres,- it provides thre little Days north, middle and south coves each with its own beach for driftwood hunters, it's paradise). In every direction the ocean views are wonderful, and the entire point is dotted with shel tered little nooks where there are picnic tables, each with its own spectacular view of the tea. the rocks and the sun. .s Salem (U.R) Robert Moun rHerr of Salem has been named ri) be in charge of the state for (flfet inventory and timber sales faction at Cqos Bay. " SUGAR BEET ADVICE Davis, Calif. (U.R) Hand thinning of sugar beets brings higher returns to growers than machine thinning, despite its high cost per acre, according to agronomists at the University of California branch here. TIN CAN WINS Dyersville, la. (U.R) Eldon Hall, Dyersville high school sen ior won a one-year scholarship to Iowa State Teachers college for creating a projector entered in the Northeast Iowa Science Fair. It was made from a tin can. BIRTHDAY TWINS Weymouth, Mass. (U.R) Mrs, William Carson Jr., -received just what she wanted for her 35th birthday, but she says she'll be just as happy if there is not repeat inext year. Mrs. Carson gave birth to twin sons. town ioW own buyeis ' , flavo, "over i, safegud Vine"i- 3 more iafi. . s- e dn'f binu. uniy m$wmim-z " Lack on any item. 3flrS Al- that doesn't please yoa S"s! F . . . and cantaloupes are just one of the inviting fresh fruits and vegetables featured this week in the 7 Safeway Fire Lookouts May Be Replaced by TV Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) The television camera may replace the old-fashioned forest fire lookout. The California Division of For estry has just completed a four day test high in the Sierra Ne vada Mountains of El Dorado county. ' It found that the TV camera can spot a forest fire just as well as a human being, and in same cases better. The division said the test was too short t be conclusive, but a TV camera mounted on a 360 degree turntable atop a lookout station easil spotted smoke at 10 miles with an' 8-inch lens. With a 20-inch lens the camera saw smoke up to 16 miles. The train ed observer with binoculars has a maximum efficiency viewing of 15 miles. The study revealed that any robot camera would have to have several lenses. One would have low magnification and wide field of vision and higher-powered lenses to scrutinize a particular area. The study indicated that cam eras with lens filters may have an edge over human beings un der hazy conditions. Ironically, the fault that be came apparent quickly was -the human factor again. The division would like to know how many TV screens one observer can watch at one time? And how quickly will an observer tire from watching the screens con tinually? Watching a picture of the for est primeval for 24 hours is ho variety show, an official pointed out. Tuesday, August 2, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Oregon Delegates Divided in House Vote on Natural Gas Bill o By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The votes of six Republican congressmen from the Pacific Northwest in favor of the hotly disputed natural gas bill were enough to give the bill its 209-203 victory margin in the House last week. . Oregon's four - man delegation was evenly divided, with Reps, supporting the bill and Reps. Harris Ellsworth and Sam Coon Walter Norblad and Edith Green voting against it. Washington state's delegation was split 4-3 in favor of the bill. T The current construction of a natural gas pipeline from the southwest to the Pacific North west gave the House vote added significance, since its effect is likely to be felt in the region the next few years.. But exactly what that effect may be is de batable, in the minds of the re gion's congressmen. The bill would wipe out a Su preme Court ruling which held that natural gas producers' rates should be regulated by the Fed eral Power Commission. With the nod of approval from the Ei senhower administration, south ern lawmakers went to work to change the natural gas act to exempt gas producers from fed eral rate regulations. ! What will be the effect on the Pacific Northwest if the bill is passed by the Senate and later signed into law by the president? "It will increase the price of gas to the consumer," declared Congressman Norblad, who op posed the bill. "They are entitled (meaning the gas producers) to a fair profit, but this may open it wide open. I think they ought to be . regulated. They are public utility just like the light com pany or the water works." Congressman Harris Ells worth, who supported the bill, said he did so "as a matter - of Jacksonville Gets Ready for Jubilee Jacksonville Jacksonville Lions club members are re painting the exterior of Com munity hall in preparation for the eighth annual Gold Rush jubilee, M. L. (Doc) Tweedy is in charge of painting. Interior re-painting has been done, and club members expect to complete the outside coat in time for the jubilee which will be held next Saturday and Sun day. The Queen's Ball, at which the jubilee queen and her court will be announced, will be held at the community hall starting at 9 p.m tomorrow night. The queen will be named about 11:30 p.m. Music will be furnish ed by Jim Pierce's seven-piece band. ' The community hall also will be the scene of dances Saturday and Sunday during the jubilee, as well as several other events during the two-day event. The jubilee is being sponsored by Jacksonville, Crater, - Medford, and Talent Lions' clubs. C7 principle" because he is general ly opposed to government regu lation Of private development, especially in the field of mineral" resources. -3- "I suppose the smart political thing would have been to vote 'No'," said Ellsworth, explaining that ; consumers might be per suaded by its opponents that the bill will increase gas rates. He claimed, however, that "this ar gument that it will raise rates just doesn,t stand up." Ellsworth contended that inas much as the FPC has never regu lated gas producers, enactment of the bill affecting future gas production won't serve to jack up consumer rates. The GOP so lon said he went all through the (S) - W ti guiiieui5 011 ivuns tissue as a member of the Interstate Com merce Committee of the House from 1946 through 1950. Bills passed by Congress during! that period were vetoed by President Truman. Rep. Coon said the effect of the bill for the region would be "to provide more gas" by giving . producers greater incentive to drill new wells in search of un tapped reserves. Coon argued that the producer gets only five to eight per cent of the final cost of gas to the householder, so that any increase: in the amount obtained by the producer would make little dif ference in the final rate. "I can't see any danger of having much effect on the con sumer's bill," Coon declared, "and if it provides more gas(l) think it would be cheaper." 8 A big plus.:. exclusive with Chevron! II Ma II Ml Will II o 0 new polTCr... Standard's newest method . of refining gasolines now brings you the highest octane ratings in Chevron history! It' tailored for today's high-compression engines . packed with knock-free re serves for climbing mountain grades, high way passing, smooth pick-up in stop-and- f o-drivmg. 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