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I Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo 7 wuu cvcNmo. L4DIES AHD GENTLE MEM THIS IS SCRODMEy 8LUR3,S(J8STrrUTlHG FOR VOUI? RE6UUW NEWSG4STEI? aCZAHSMW MEUONl.WHO IS V4C4T!OJlWG IM CEL4ND ON 4 WELL-DESERVED ? THE NEWS H4PPENS-S0MEB0Cy WRITES IT UR4MD 5LLTMEM 6UVS DO IS RE4DJT LIKE4M ENGLISH 4CTOPT- THEVRE ALWAYS GOlW OrJ WELL-DESERVED V4Gd"nONS"WD THEy OKILy WORK FIFTEEN MINUTES J A D4V" THE SUBSTITUTE IS GOUHA HAVE A SUBSTITUTE IF HE GETS THE CQOMCnD'c KM MP WR0N6 4G4INM TIRED OUT FROM AJDTTIONING F0R4U.1HE NEW SHOWS TH4T NEVER GET ficzsn 09 e M. INC FEATUKq gVKPICATg. !. WCtLP KIGHTS mEaVgD,- Wondering wm4Ys so exh4ust1ng 4 bout read ing the news 4 few MINUTES E4CM NIGHT- , "S. MANX AND A 7POF 7DM.W.HAU.,H.D-. Gdgbrs slog- jut- ,U.U. Mysterious Easter Island Gained Name From Holy Day Washington Easter Sunday 234 years ago gave its name to one of the earth's now few re maining mysterious places hermit-like Easter island in the southeastern Pacific. On that day the Dutch navi gator, Jacob Roggeveen, sighted the tiny volcanic' eminence south of the Tropic of Capricorn, 2300 miles west of the Chilean coast. Soon the ship's company look ed incredulously at enormous stone figures spread out along the cliff. The giants wore long ears, red hats and stood on an extended line of tall platforms-, facing inland on the virtually treeless landscape. Ancient Mystery Persists Among the scores of figures, one stood over 60 feet high and weighed 50 tons. Since the dis covery, unanswered questions have perplexed scientists: Who carved the monuments? Obviously, an ancient culture existed on the island, the only inhabited place in nearly 1200 miles of empty ocean. How were the figures, cut from crumbly lava, lifted and moved by the inhabitants? There was no wood for rollers and but little fiber for rope. Experts say that 1000 men might move one of tha smaller statues. Moving a larger one would require incred ible manpower. Some scientists have discard ed a theory that the figures were carved from . lava boul ders lying about on the ground. They think the sculpturing was done in .the crater of extinct vol cano Rano Raraku. Many unfinished statues still In the crater testify that their makers for some reason sudden ly abandoned work. Conjecture runs that the great stone giants may have been gods or tokens honoring ancestors. Island in habitants have claimed that the statues were moved by super natural powers. Equally tantalizing are Easter island's wooden tablets bearing inscriptions never deciphered. These are said to hold similari ties to the alphabets of dead civ ilizations of India and the hiero glyphics of ancient Egypt. One of the glyphs is in the form of a swastika, usually regarded as a religious or good luck token associated with ancient civiliza tion in Europe and the East. Anthropologists believe the is land's inhabitants are of Poly nesian descent. But when or how they reached their isolated homeland "is unknown. Scholars have pointed up links between the Easter island and Polynesian languages. Similarity was found even in the names of kings. Population Declines Eary visitors observed that some of the natives wore tattoo marks from head to foot instead of garments. Designs were like some seen in distant Tonga and Samoa. The people numbered several thousand when Roggeveen ap peared in 1722. Hardships in duced by disease and mid-1 9th century slave raids brought dras tic population declines. Under development programs started by Chile, which annexed the is land in 1888, the number was increased. Fourteen miles long and sev en miles wide, Easter is listed as a national park by Chile. Sheep and cattle grazing on slopes give the appearance of a ranch set in mid-ocean. There are no run ning streams. Man and beast re ly on water pooled in dead vol cano craters or captured from the rains. For Action, Use Tribune Want Ads Easy, Just Dial 2-6141 Employment Along Pacific Coast Up San Francisco (U.R) Em ployment on the Pacific Coast increased by 34,100 to a mid February total of 5,259,500, ac cording to the U. S. Department of Labor. Employment in the three coastal states, excluding domes tic and agricultural workers, was 255,1000 higher than in February of last year and was described by the department as somewnat greater than nor mal." The increase was attributed to contract construction in Cali fornia, wtih the industry regain ing ground lost during a recent work stoppage. In a breakdown of states, em ployment in California increas ed 37,100 from January to a February level of 4,079,200; w asnmgton employment was down 2600 to a February level of 730,600, with poor weather hampering the usual upswing in seasonal activities; and Oregon employment was also affected by prolonged cold weather, but remained at a level of 449,700. Stevenson, Kefauver Offered Time on Air New York (U.R) The Am. erican Broadcasting Co. has of fered use of its nationwide radio and television facilities to Sen Estes Kefauver and Adlai E. Stevenson for a discussion of campaign issues. Robert E. Kintner, ABC presi dent, made the offer Tuesday to the Democratic presidential as pirants. He invited them to ap pear during the week of May 21 but said other time could be ar ranged if they preferred it. Stevenson has accepted Ke- fauver's invitation for a public discussion of the issues during the week of May 21, in Florida. GET THE met Is That Jozankei National Park, Hok kaido, with JAL "Care to join me in a bath?" asked my travel ing companion, Tony Senda. Taking a communal batn just betore supper, you know, is a standing custom here in Japan. "Of our 300 spas, this is one of the best. You shouldn't go back to the states without one." Before proceeding, I might ex plain that there are several things about the Japanese bath which may strike a foreign vis itor as a trifle, shall we say, just a trifle unusual. Most startling, perhaps, is the custom of bathing together men, women, and children all use the same pool although in some public baths, sexes are separated. Next, the water is al most scalding hot and you won der how you are ever going to stay in another five seconds. Then, it s an unpardonable oi fense to soap yourself in the tub or pool. Finally, after the bath you wipe yourself with a loosely knit piece of cloth which can be practically wrung dry. Then, in stead of dressing for dinner, you slip on a comfortable kimono. "Once you try it," Tony as sured me, "you'll find the Jap anese bath wonderful. The hot water relaxes you so as you soak, the frets and care slip away. And after the bath, be tween sips of rice wine, you give your mand your order for din ner. Get the picture?" Japanese come by their hot bathing naturally. A new land, geologically speaking, it still has many active volcanoes and in numerable hotsprings. More than 1,000 important ones whose mineral-bearing waters are piped in to hotels, inns, private homes and even into hot houses to raise fruits arid vegetables. Like Oil in Texas Tony explained that finding hot water in Japan is like find ing oil in Texas. Fortunes are made and lost in hot water. To get it, some prospectors have dril led 2,000 feet deep then, tap ping a subterranean hot water stream, promptly built a hotel and gotten rich; others have them dribble out perhaps pi rated by deeper drillers and have lost their shirts; a few never do find them. Here at this Jozankei hotspr ing area, some 17 miles by elec tric train up the beautiful Toy- ohira river valley from Sapporo, the hotwater wells up around the rocky river banks. Some must enter from the river bottom at any rate, even with snow on the ground and caught in the branches of oaks, birch, ash and beech, the river is warm enough for comfortable swimming. The first late afternoon, I beg ged off I used my private bath attached to the room. Tony sne ered. But when, next morning before lunch I saw the beautifully-tiled room with the steam ing pools. I went with him. Changing in my room, I went to the indoor pool in hotel-issued kimono and slippers and carried my own soap and the hotel towel. As I entered the main room some 180 feet long, beautifully tiled I found that the steam gave everything an unreal misty-hazy look. And where I must confess to stlf-conscious-must confess to self-conscious-not the slightest attention. Water Found Hot Tony instructed: "Now before you get into the pool, fill this small basin with water from the tap. Then rinse off. Next soap. If you like, sit on that wooden stool and give yourself a scrub bing. Now then, rinse again. That done, I tested the pool with my toe. "Drotner!" I couldn't help say ing. "How in the devil can you stand this hot water?" "Better pour a little bit of hot water over your body to get used to it. Then, slip in slowly . . . The trick is to remain guiet," said Tony. I sat motionless, soaking. My pores opened. A blissful, relaxed feeling sneaked over me. With some regret, after a quarter hours resting, I got out of the pool; dried with the small towel; slipped into the kimono; and we By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist went to a nearby refreshment bar. Outside, as we sipped our drinks, the snow was falling again and this April. In Tokyo, two months earlier, cherry trees had bloomed. Here, I was told, it would be another month or so. That evening, before dinner, I suggested: "Tony, wouldn't another bath be relaxing?" - He laughed. "Sure, why not. But you know this will make my sixth, today already." (Copyright, 1956, by Eugene Burns) (Released by v McCIur Newspaper Syndicate) Wednesday, April 11. 195B MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE WANTS TO SEE ELEPHANT Johannesburg (U.R) One of H. Bell's ambitions was to see an elephant in its wild state. Traveling in Rhodesia, Bell, of London, was knocked uncon scious during his night train ride. He didn't see the elephant the train hit. It is still one of Bell's ambitions to see an ele phant in its wild state. with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete . 30-volume set of this world-famous ref erence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letters to: IS THAT SO! care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. 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