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
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own buyeis ' , flavo,
"over i, safegud Vine"i-
3 more iafi. . s- e dn'f binu.
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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
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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."
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