Writer Tells Experience
With Snow Blindness on
Expedition To Antarctic
Editor note: One of the most ter
rifying experiences encountered by
Polar explorers it mow blindness,
caused by the glare of the sun re
flected on endless expanses of snow.
The victim goes blind temporarily and
suffers extreme pain. If he is alone
it can mean death. Davis Merwln,
United Press correspondent ' with op
eration "Deep Freeze" in the Antarc
tic, tells in the following dispatch
what It's like. He went through It.
By DAVIS MERWIN
United Press Correspondent
Aboard Icebreaker Glacier,
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
U.PJ Snow blindness is like a
sunburn. You don't know you're
getting it until it's too late.
I had spent two days at the
burgeoning metropolis of Hut
Point on McMurdo Sound where
the American expedition "Deep
Freeze" is setting up one of its
principal Antarctic bases.
There were acres of volcanic
ash, makeshift radio communica
tions, tents, lumber, prefab pan
els, half-assembled buildings,
fuel drums, storage tanks, pipe
lines and a seemingly endless
confusion of human activity.
LEGAL NOTICES
CITATION
Probate No. 1024
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON lOK
snia r-oiTNTV
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION
AND CHANGE Ot NAME
of
STEPHEN ALBERT NEGY, a Minor
Tr STEPHEN NAGY:
You are hereby cited, and required
to appear in the Circuit Court Room
at tne Court House in Medford, Ore
eon, on Monday, the 12th. day of
March. 1956. at the hour of 1:30
o'clock, p.m. and then and there show
cause, if any there be, why the peti
tion .for the adoption of the above
named minor child by petitioners
therein. Max Joseph Barraciough and
Ruth Eloise Barraciough, husband and
wife, and the change of name of said
minor child from Stephen Albert Nagy
to Stephen Albert Barraciough should
not be allowed; and your failure to so
appear will result in an application
to the Court for the allowance of said
netition in accordance with the
prayer thereof, as above set forth.
This, citation is Dublished nursu
ant to an order of the Court dated
9th day of February, 1956,. and is to
be published once a week for four
consecutive weeks.
Witness my hand and seal of Cir
suit Court of the State of Oregon,
County of Jackson, this 8th day of
February, 1956.
Bereth P. Hopkins, County Clerk
By: Pearl Moreland, Deputy
Harbison and Piazza
Attorneys at Law
207 U.S. National Bank Bldg.
Medford, Oregon
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Directors. Griffin Creek
School District No. 2, Jackson County,
Oregon, at the Griffin Creek School
until 8:00 o clock P.M., P.S.T., on n eo
ruary 28, 1956, for the construction of
a Three Class Room Addition to be
erected on the property of the Dist
rict located on the Griffin Creek Road
approximately three and one-half
miles southwest of Medford.
One set of Plans and Specifications
' may be obtained by General Contract
bidders only, from James K. Hoey,
Consulting Engineer, 56 Quince Street,
Medford, Oregon, upon the deposit of
Twenty-five Dollars; same to be re
funded upon the return of the Plans
and Specifications in good condition
within one week after the opening of
bids by , actual bidders, but to non
bidders only if returned not later
than one week prior to the bid
opening.
.flans and Specifications may be
examined at the office of the Engi
neer; at the Builders Exchange Co
operative, Portland,, Oregon; and at
the Eugene Builders Exchange Co
operative, Eugene, Oregon.
All bidders must comply with the
laws of the State of Oregon relating
to the qualification of bidders; Ojt.S.
279.010 to 279.026, inclusive.
No bid will be considered unless
fully completed in the manner pro
vided in the Instructions to" Bidders,
upon the Bid Form furnished by the
Engineer, and is accompanied by a
certified check or bid bond executed
in favor of the Griffin Creek School
District No. 2, Jackson County, Ore
gon, in an amount not less tha ten
per cent (10) of the bid; to be for
feited as fixed and liquidated dam
ages should tne bidder neglect or re
fuse to enter into a contract and pro
vide a suitable bond for the faithful
performance of the work, in event
the contract is awarded to him.
The Board of Directors, Griffin
Creek School District No. 2. reserves
the right to reject any or all bids and
to waive all informalities.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
after the hour and day set- for the
opening, thereof until after the lapse
of thirty days (30) thereafter.
Board of Directors
Griffin Creek School District No. 2
Jackson County, Oregon
Galen R. Knox (Clerk)
When you turned your eyes
away from this scene they scan
ned a sea of white. It was rest
ful at 'the time.
Searched for Water
Each morning we rolled out
of our sleeping bags and search
ed for the lone "fresh water
lake" to wash up. It's about 20
paces long and impossible to
find with glasses dark enough
to afford protection.
I think that's where the snow
blindness entered, looking for a
puddle in a blizzard.
At the end of the second day
I returned here to the ship. All
seemed well until about mid
night when I awakened with a
burning sensation in my eyes.
I doused them with cold wa
ter. N help. I tried it again,
and a third time. It got worse. I
asked the midwatch- hospital
man for something to calm my
upset stomach.
Eye Are Packed
By morning my eyes felt like
there was gravel under the lids.
The doctor packed them with
a gelatin-like substance and
gave me a sedative. The gelatin
turned the gravel to hot sand.
For five days I was plagued
by searing jabs and twitching
eyelids, inducing what is called
photophobia, absolutely no de
sire to see any light.
In my mind's eye I saw green
pastures, lush forests and cool
mountains.
Then it was time to take my
first tentative squint ' at the
nearest bulkhead. A glance
through the portholes was for
bidden, and I had no desire to
violate the rules.
I'm now having my first
glimpse at printed type in five
very long days.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS '
No. 9744
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR THE
COUNTY OF JACKSON
Probate Department
In the Matter of the Estate of
CONRAD H. TAYLOR, Deceased,
aka Conrad Taylor and as C. H.
Taylor
Notice is hereby given that I. the
undersigned, by an Order of the above
Court duly made and entered on. the
24th day of January, 1956, was
appointed Administrator of the above
named estate, and that I have duly
qualified as such Administrator. All
persons having claims aeainst said
estate are hereby notified to present
the same, with the proper vouchers,-
to me at tne office of mv attorneys,
. Van Dyke & Dellenback, No. 8 Goldy
Building. Medford, Oregon, within six
months from the date of first publica
tion of this notice.
Dated and first published January
18. 1956.
James Taylor, Jr.
Van Dyke & Dellenback.
Attorneys for Administrator
NOTICE OF CALL FOR PRO-RATE
PAYMENT OF NOTES OF ALASKA
OF OREGON MINES COMPANY,
also known as ALASKA OF ORE
GON MINES. INC.
TO; Each, Every and All of the hold
ers of notes of Alaska of Oregon
Mines Company,- also known as
Alaska of Oregon Mines, Inc.:
You, and each of you, are hereby no
tified that the Board of Directors of
said Company, pursuant to a Resolu
tion duly and regularly adopted, has
called for pro-rate payment out of the
net amounts received on. sale of its
properties, all notes and certificates of
indebtedness heretofore issued by said
company upon the expiration of thirty
(30) days from the date of the last
publication of this Notice.
The date of the first publication of
this Notice is February 2, 1956 and the
date of the last publication of this No
tice is February 9. 1956.
ALASKA OF OREGON MINES
COMPANY
By Gordon T. Shaw, President
By Marshall Doyle, Secretary.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Jackson County
In the Matter of the Estate of Win A.
Thatcher. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that I have
been appointed as administratrix of
the above estate by order of the Cir
cuit Court, and have qualified. All per
sons having claims against said estate
are notified to present the same, duly
verified, and with proper vouchers,
to me at 210 Beatty Street, Medford.
Oregon, within six months from the
date of publication of this notice.
Dated and first published this 19th
day of January. 1956. .
Verna M. Thatcher, Administratrix
FTA Groups To Be
Organized in Area
' Medford .. and Talent high
schools are two of , some 40
schools which will be organized
into a state Future Teachers- of
America group Feb. 10 and 11
at Oregon State college in . Cor-
vallis.
FTA is made up of students
interested in teaching as a career.
The two local chapters will be
part of region two in the state
wide organization. Other schools
in the region are Coos Bay,
Grants Pass, Myrtle Creek,
Keedsport and Roseburg. .
Clair Gurwell is adviser for
the Medford high chapter ' and
Miss Ina Freeman for Talent.
The OSC meeting was arrang
ed to develop a state organiza
tion and program of activity for
the high schools having local
FTA chapters.. The two-day pro
gram will open Friday with a
banquet planned by Oregon col
lege FTA groups. On Saturday,
student representatives from the
various schools will elect state
officers. A special meeting also
is scheduled, for the high school
advisers.
Circuit Court Damage
Suit Filed Monday
1 A suit' filed in circuit . court
Monday by William H. Schmidt,
route 1, Medford, vs. J. R. Tay
lor and Viola H. Taylor, doing
business as the Dixie Lumber
co.; Ashland, seeks $243.70 for
sale of timber to the company
and $6,325 for locating timber
for the company.
Schmidt claims the Taylors
failed to pay him for timber re
moved from his own property
and for locating a large amount
of timber in the Little Switzer
land area east of Roxy Ann.
Skyrman, Ouellette and Hei
sel law firm represent Schmidt.
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Thursday. February 9, 1958
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Attends Educational Research Conference
Ashland - Dr. Eugene Bow
man, Southern Oregon college
faculty member, attended the
state conference on educational
research for representatives of
Oregon colleges and universities
at OEA headquarters in Port
land, Feb. 4.
Among topics discussed were
developments in educational re
search in Oregon, research need
ed, and coordination of research
efforts through establishment of
better lines of communication.
Representatives of the Ore
gon School Board's association,
the State Department of Educa
tion, the State Board of Higher
Education, the Oregon Congress
of Parents and Teachers, the
OEA, and Oregon colleges and
universities attended the conference.
75 Interviewed For
Naturalization
Fifteen persons were to be in
terviewed yesterday and today
by Mallory C. Walker, natural
ization examiner from Portland.
. They took preliminary exam
inations, and filed petitions for
naturalization with the ' circuit
court in- preparation for the na
turalization hearings set . for
Medford May 23 and August 9.
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Signs Indicate Old West Dying Out;
Sight ot Horse Makes Buffalo Nervous
By H. D. QUIGG
New York flJ.PJ The Old
West is dying! It's so far gone
that even the sight of a horse
makes the buffalo nervous.
They're used to being herded
with jeeps. !
That's the word Of Les Price,
proprietor of the country's larg
est buffalo herd. He's superin
tendent of the 72,000-acre Custer
State Park in South Dakota.
"The buffalo herdsmen have
jeeps now, and the herd is used
to them," Price -said in an inter
view. "The buffalo will attack a
horse and kill it, now. If you ride
out in there among 'em with a
horse, you're in trouble."
The Custer park herd numbers
about 1500 head after the "win
ter kill." The herd has to be
reduced twice a year by expert
marksmen to keep it from get
ting bigger than the range's
grasslands feeding capacity.
Conservation measures have
brought the North American buf
falo population back to around
100,000, Price said, from its low
of fewer than 6000 around the
turn of the century when hunt
ers slaughtered them for the
skins, at $2 a skin.-Before the
white hunter. came, 60 to 100,
000,000 buffalo roamed over an
area now covered by 34 states.
A full grown buffalo bull
weighs 2400 to 3000 pounds,
stands 6Vi feet tall, is faster
than a horse. Almost unani
mously, they refuse to be buffa
loed, by anything. Price recalls
one instance of a buffalo in the
road in the way of a bus loaded
with tourists.
"The driver decided to trv to
nudge him off the road," Price
said. "Well, a bull loses his tem
per just like that. This one
nudged right back. He busted up
the front end of the bus, and
they had to get another bus to
take the tourists out.
"We've got a dozen jeeps that
we use in herding. A jeep
weighs about half what a ma
ture bull. does. I've seen a buf
falo cave in the back end of a
jeep with one kick." :
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' "' . Aunt Jemima Pancakes
Sometimes you hanker for the deep, satisfying
flavor of Aunt Jemima Buckwheat Pancakes. (Men -are
especially fond of them.)
Or you may prefer light, more delicate regular
Aunt Jemima Pancakes, famous for the flavor that
.comes from a blend of four flours. :
It all depends on the mood you're in. But one
thing's certain: whether you enjoy regular Aunt
Jemima Pancakes or the hearty tang of Aunt Jemima
Buckwheats, they make mealtime a real "fun-for-alL"
Keep both kinds on hand!
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the YELLOW BOX
Regular
Aunt Jemimas
in the
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