Progress Expected
At Geneva Meeting
Tods News of Week
Br CHARLES M. MeCANN
United Preu Correspondent
The week's good and, bad news
on the international balance
sheet: -THE
GOOD
1. The foreign ministers of the
United States, "Great Britain,
France and Russia met in the
white marble Palace of Nations
in Geneva. Switzerland. The
topics for dis
cussion were
the reunifica
tion of Ger-
many. Euro
pean security,
d i s a r mament
and develop-
mentof diplo
matic contacts
between West
and East. Pres
i d e n t Eisen-
tuaries Mr, a.. rawer ana .sec
retary of State John Foster
Bulles have expressed guarded
rjfiope that some advance may be
made toward the goal of lessen
ing international tension. No
startling agreements were ex
pected. But it was forecast that
sufficient progress would be
mada to justify another conf er-
enceater.
2. A new republic was pro
claimed in the state of Southern
Viet Nam in Indochina with
American - supported Ngo Dinh
Diem as president and premier.
The change came about as the
result of a referendum in which
Vietnamese chose Diem as their
leader instead of playboy Em
peror Bao Dai. Diem's victory
greatly strengthens Viet Nam
against the threat of Commu
nism.
Si Sjjcrtta Dulles announced
that he will visit President Tito
of Yugoslavia on Nov. 6, during
a pek-end recess in the Geneva
negotiations. The visit was ex
pected to strengthen relations
belen the United States and
Tito, hom the Russians are try
ing t$ f et back into their camp.
THE BAD
1. fhe enmity between the
Arab ttes and Israel intensi
fied dnerously. There was con
tinued tlk by some Israeli ele
ments that it might be a good
idea to launch a "preventive
war" against Egypt. Israeli
Prime Minister Moshe Sharett
flew to Paris and Geneva to ask
the foreign ministers of the
United States,. Britain and
France for arms to offset those
which Communist Czechoslova
kia is si?plying to Egypt. Ini
Geneva, Slarett arranged to con
fer with Soviet Foreign Minister
Vyacheslav M. Molotov. The
State department in Washing
ton insisted, despite Israeli de
mands, that the Communist
countries had offered to sell
weapons to Israel.
2. France was threatened by a
new cabinet crisis. Premier Ed
gar Faure was forced to seek a
vote of confidence in Parliament
of his North African policies.
His difficulties were complicated
by the rejection of the proposed
statute for the Saar coal region.
The fight against the statute,
which would have given the
Saar "European" status, was led
by a former German Nazi.
3. The Chinese Communists
started, in official radio broad
casts, to demand the little Por
tuguese colony of Macao which
lies at the mouth of the Canton
river across from British Hong
Kong. There was some suspicion
that the Reds might have been
encouraged by Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru of India, who
is trying to force Portugal to
give up its possessions on the
Indian coast.
DAVs Elect New
Officers; Makes
Plans for Parade
Treavell M. Turpin, a past
commander, was named senior
vice - commander of Jackson
County Chapter 8, Disabled
American . Veterans, at a DAV
meeting held here this week.
Turpin succeeds Emory C. An
derson, who resigned to move
to Washington. .
Also elected at the meeting
was Frank ..Clayton, who was
named junior- vice - commander
succeeding Henry L. Williams,
who resigned because of inability
to, serve. y
James Cech was named ser
geant at arms to replace Clayton.
Parade- Plans Discussed
Plans for participation in the
American Legion Veterans Day
parade were discussed at the
meeting, and it was decided to
furnish transportation . for vet
erans who are physically unabll
to march, but who wish to take
part in the parade.
A visitor at the meeting was
Carl Steinert, field representa
tive for the state Department
of Veterans Affairs. Steinert de
scribed operations of the state
veterans loan program, and out
lined aspects of claims service
in connection with state benefits.
The local DAV chapter and
auxiliary will be visited by de
partment heads at a meeting
slated for Nov. 8 in the Central
Point Grange hall. A supper will
be served at 6:30 p.m., and will
be followed by a social meeting.
Springfield, Mass.ttJ.R) Wil
liam Lacoste was granted a di
vorce on grounds of desertion
41 years after his wife left him.
Is That So?
"Ranger, a question. In all my
reading I have never found any
thing authentic about the birth
of an elephant . . ." says S.R.T.
Although the largest and most
powerful of all land animals, the
elephant is exceedingly shy and
very little is known about the
birth. As a result many curious
beliefs have arisen, including
the popular one that females pre
pare for birth by digging pits.
Normally male and female
elephants have a courtship last
ing several days or even weeks,
during which the pair graze and
live together. Once the honey
moon is over the female seeks
the close friendship of another
female, or you might say a "mid
wife" an they remain insepar
able until some time after the
calf's birth.
For the herd, the birth is
quite an event. Usually a con
stant terrifying bellowing and
trumpeting among the elders
heralds the occasion the din
no doubt serving the purpose of
scaring away marauding beasts.
One of the few witnesses to
an actual birth, W. L. A. An
diris, a forest guard in beautiful
Ceylon's Yala game sanctuary
which I have' visited, reported
this birth for Ceylon's Depart
ment of Wild Life. He stated that
a mother elephant and "her eight
attending midwives" had made
a careful selection of their "ma
ternity room" in a clearing ad
joining a small lagoon previous
to the birth. It was hidden by
deep jungles on all sides.
Caressed With Trunks
As birth approached, the
mother elephant lay on her side
in this clearing. The eight at
tendants surrounded her, caress
ing her gently with their trunks
As birth- became imminent, the
mother became, more and more
nervous, shifting her position in
the clearing by taking a few
steps this way and that, lying
down after each movement. At
this time, seven of the attendant
elephants withdrew into the
jungle, leaving one with the ex
pectant mother. From, time to
time, the "midwives" returned
in pairs to check the mother
with their trunks.
The actual birth was ac
complished without any ap
parent strain or sound, reported
Andiris. Then the mother left
the newborn baby (which usual
ly weight around 200 pounds
and stands three feet at . the
shoulder) and walked away
about ten paces. She trumpeted
and the other elephants emerged
from the jungle, also trumpeting
and caressing her.
Then while the mother rested
on the ground, all eight turned
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in unison to the child. One gently
set it on its' feet. Each of the
eight in turn moved past the
newborn and blew sand on it
with her trunk, drying its coarse
hair. This continued for a half
hour.
After this the mother stood
up, trumpeted loudly and walk
ed swiftly to her infant and lift
ed it with her trunk. After
carrying it aside, she lowered
herself to her knees and per
mitted it to suck its first meal.
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Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito,
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OSC Freshmen Scores
On Test Below 1927's
Corvallis Are college fresh
men of today better or. poorer in
English than their parents who
were in school 25 years ago?
Curious about the question,
the English department at Ore
gon State college this fall gave
a 1927 English placement exami
nation to the more than 1800
new freshmen.
The scores of that test tip in
favor of the "old timers" in mat
ters of spelling and formal gram
mar, according' to Dr. Herbert B.
Nelson, head of the English de
partment, but in English usage
and punctuation the students of
1955 and 1927 are about equal.
Students taking the 163-ques-tion
test in 1927 made an ave
rage of 53 errors. This fall, the
average was 66 mistakes.
Legion Party Slated
Saturday at CP Hall
An American Legion member
ship stag party will be held Sat-'
urday at the Central Point Le
gion hall. Expected to be present
are Congressman Harris Ells
worth and Oregon Secretary of
State Earl Newbry.
Congressman Ellsworth will
aid in initiation ceremonies for
new members of the Central
Point and Medford Legion posts.
The ceremonies are slated for
8 p.m.
On the program will be a
variety show from Portland.
Other entertainment is planned.
Refreshments will be served.
Friday. October 28, 1955
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was George Burruss, Greeley,
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BEGINNING AT HOME
New Britain, Conn. U.PJ
The board of police commission
ers held a meeting to lecture
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ing several other safety regula
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TEETH LOSE
Syracuse, N. Y. (U.PJ
Charles Simmes of Preble made
a bet that he could lift a 250
pound weight with his teeth.
The weight didn't budge, but
something else did. Four of
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Sealed bids will be received by the
forest supervisor or his authorized
representative at the Forest Service
office. Post Office Building. Medford,
Oregon, November 28, 1955. for all
merchantable dead timber located in
three separate and district units with
in the Rogue River National Forest,
Oregon, as particularized below. Wil
low Prairie No. 1: Sealed bids will be
received up to and not later than
10:00 a.m. Area embraces about 400
acres within Sections 30, 31 & 32, T.
36 S., R. 4 E., W.M. Estimated volumes
are 300 M board feet more or less of
Douglas-fir and 100 M board feet
more or less of white fir and other
species of saw timber. No bid of less
than $4.00 per M board feet for Douglas-fir
and $2.00-per M board feet for
white fir and other species will be
considered. Willow Prairie No. 2:
Sealed bids will be received up to
and not later than 11:00 a.m. Area
embraces about-400 acres within Sec
tions 29. 30. 31 & 32. T. 36 S., R. 4.
E., W.M. Estimated volumes are 300 M
board feet more or less of Douglas
fir and 100 M board feet more or
less of white fir and other species of
sawtimber. No bid of less than $4.00
per M board feet for Douglas-fir and
S2.00 per M board feet for white
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bids will be received up to and not
later than 2:00 p.m. Area embraces
about 640 acres within Section 19. T.
36 S R. 4 E., W.M. Estimated volumes
are 450 M board feet more or less of
Douglas-fir and 150 M board feet
more or less of white fir and other
species of sawtimber. No bid of less
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and $2.00 per M board feet
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per M. board feet, to be used by the
Forest Service for paying the cost of
slash disposal, for the - total cut of
sawtimber under the terms of the
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to be applied on the purchaser price,
refunded, or retained as liquidated
damages, according to the conditions
of sale. The right to reject any and
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and the submission of bids should be
obtained from the Forest Supervisor.
Medford, Oregon, or the District
Ranger. Butte Falls. Oregon.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR THE
COUNTY OF JACKSON PROBATE
DEPARTMENT
In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN
F. DOWN. Deceased.
The undersigned having been ap
pointed by the above entitled Court of
the State of Oregon, for the County
aforetfaid. ADMINISTRATOR DE
BONIS NON of the Estate of JOHN
F. DOWN, deceased, and having quali
fied, notice is hereby given to the
creditors of. and all persons having
claims against said deceased, to pre
sent them, verified as required by law.
within six months after the first pub
lication of this notice to said Carlos
Morris at his attorney's office, 212
Leverette Building. Medford. Oregon.
CARLOS MORRIS
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Estate of John F. Down, deceased.
Dated October 24. 1955.
Allison Moulton and Bruce J. Manley
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