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o Two Roosevelt Completed for Washington Two carefully- yuarded "wilderness'' areas in the United States bear the name of th President who made con servation an American watch word, Theodore Roosevelt. The first, Theodore Roosevelt Island, a 90-acre forest retreat in the middle of the Potomac river at Washington, D. C, was given to the American people in 1932. The second, the 65,000 acre Theodore Roosevelt Nation al Memorial Park, was carved out of his Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota's Badlands in 1947-43. Neither has ever been com pletely developed. Eoth are be ng given greater attention by the National Park Service as the 100th birthday of Theodore Roosevelt in 1953 approaches. Tea and Trumpeli Though people now go to the Potomac island to walk its 3Vi miles of trails, to hear nature talks and to picnic, in years past they went to take tea, to dance, to play tennis, and even, during World War II, to practice com mando raids. Bought in 1717 by George Ma son of Gunston Hall, Va., father of George Mason who drafted the Virginia Bill of Rights, the "Island was maintained as an ele gant family crossing; a stone causeway connected it with the Virginia shore, and ferryboats plied between it and George town, now a part of the District of Colombia. During the 19th century, An- alostan Island, as it was then known, was held by an athletic club and a boat club. A wilder ness by the time the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association bought it, it was turned over to the government to maintain as a place "where men may find lost values and perspective amid the tumult and confusion of na tional politics and international controversy." Although such a sanctuary fit tingly memorializes Roosevelt's zeal for nature and conservation the island did not play the vital role in his life that the Badlands did. "I would not have been President," he said once, "had it not been for my experience in North Dakota." Punkin-lily to President Theodore Roosevelt first step ped foot in the "short-grass" country all alone on a cool Sep tember morning in 1883. A slight, ebespectacled youth of 25 an "Eastern punkin-lily," the cow punchers called him he had Woman Threatened For Affections Portland (U.R) Police last night arrested a 14-year-old boy who officers said threatened the life of a 59-year-old woman un less she favored him with her affections. Detectives Rudy Bouwman and Don Dimoff said the boy, a high school student sent a threat ening letter to Mrs. Florence Ros si Sunday warning he had a gun and would kill her if she called police. The letter said he would come to her home Monday night Bouwman and Dimoff went to the woman's home and found two other notes. They were in the shadows near the front door when the boy approached. They arrested him. They said the boy would be turned over to juven ile authorities after questioning. 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In September of 1900, Roose velt made .another memorable visit to Medora. Stepping this time from the train as a candi date for vice-president, he was hailed by a swarm of old friends. Someone brought a bronco. Off Roosevelt galloped, to the top of a bluff. There he stopped. "Looking back to my old days here," he said, "I can paraphrase Kipling and say, 'Whatever may happen I can thank God I have lived and toiled with men.' " Dole Interests OK Cannery Purchases Honolulu (U.R) Stockhold ers of Dole Hawaiian Pineapple Company yesterday approved the outright purchase of the F. M. Ball cannery in Oakland, Calif., and Paulus Brothers Packing Company, Salem, Ore., as wholly-owned subsidaries. The transaction will be for mally completed Wednesday in San Francisco and Salem where stock certificates will be ex changed. Albert D. Schwaner, executive vice-president of Ball, and Rob ert Paulus, president of the Ore gon firm, were elected to the board of directors of Hapco at yesterday's meeting. Malheur Boy Hurt In Gunshot Accident Nyssa, Ore. (U.R) A 15-year-old Adrian boy was report ed in critical condition in Mal heur Memorial hospital, here fol lowing a Sunday accident in which he was accidentally shot by a friend. Police said the victim, Harvey Harrell, was playing in the home of 14-year-old Larry Lewis Now ris when the accident occurred. The shot struck Harrell in the abdomen. Ten pints of whole blood were j rushed from Boise, Ida., to help save the wounded boy. Sailors Wait Rescue Qn Pacific Island Honolulu (U.R) Skipper Freeman Lang and 11 others from the stranded Seattle-owned commercial fishing boat, Com monwealth, awaited aid today on Palmyra Island where they had established themselves in tents with ample food and water. . The fish .and wildlife ship, Manning, has been directed to stop at Palmyra within the next couple of days and take on the Commonwealth personnel. The Manning is en route to Hono lulu. Dead line for Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. S1U ft. 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