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i i ILL AT EASE. Bobo Olson, oneume middleweight cham pion, gel tie adjusted by estranged wife, Helen Dolores, momenti before a Redwood City, Cal., judge gave her $1,000 monthly separate maintenance plus extra expenses In division of the $60,000 purse due him for knockout by Sugar Play Robinson in their last bout (International) Vanished Boat Odds To Mystery Of Sandy Anglers Bend (U.PJ Searchers con tinuing the hunt for two Sandy, Ore., men missing for a week at , Crane Prairie reservoir south west of Bend were puzzled to day over the mystery of a van ished glass boat. Reported Missing Ernie Harris and C. A. Hap pold arrived at Gales Landing on the irrigation project lake last Friday on a fishing excur sion. They were reported miss ing by their families in Sandy on Wednesday. Searchers had no difficulty locating the camp established by the pair and their pickup truck. Their camping equipment was Intact. The missing men were reported using a 14-foot glass boat with an outboard motor. URGES RED RECOGNITION Damascus, Syria U.R) The Syrian Labor and Trade Unions federation today urged the gov ernment to recognize Red China and give financial help to the "Algerian liberation arm y." Egypt announced recognition of Communist China two weeks ago. Authorities said that if it had capsized it would have remained on the surface, keel up. , An aerial search yesterday failed to reveal any sign of the boat or its occupants. One half submerged boat was spotted but a ground check proved it to be an old boat that had been in the water about a year. , Search planes were due to take to the air again today and about four state police officers were participating in the search on the ground. Harris Is a city councilman at Sandy. His wife, Beatrice, a brother, John Harris, and a nephew. Jack Schmitz, arrived at LaPine yesterday to aid in the search. Vsrf ' ' . -f JLI "of" iL BLfcNUtU WHISKtY -sti vt,- u; kf.i'-ki ;!Llt'i ev..i CSVm . . :m..: . .m 'i How does Kessler do it? It's one thing to produce a fine whiskey when price is no object... but to produce a whiskey that's smooth as KESSLER at the price of KESSLER that takes generations of experience. In fact it's a feat only KESSLER can boast $255 $395 Pint 4 5 Qt. Kessler The Smooth as Silk whiskey JULIUS KESSLER CO., LAWRENCEBURG, IND. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. 72!i GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. Is That So? Each day's mail brightens an hour for me. But for my judges who must decide who has sub mitted the best true adventure or asks the best question, it's sheer torture. For example, here's what's left from t typical day's sampling of over 75 let ters. And remember, there are seven days to each week. "When I was in school my sci ence teacher and I had an argu ment about whether or not an imals reason," writes Mrs. E.E.R., Mesa, Ariz. "I felt that to a certain extent they do and he felt that it was entirely animal instinct. In support of my be litf, I cited this experience: "At a picnic in the mountains we had cantaloupes. When we were through eating we put the halved cantaloupe rinds out for the chipmunks and then stood back to watch them enjoy it. One chipmunk had two babies and one of these was in a can taloupe half and got too far on one side and it flipped over covering him up. "The mother did a lot of ex cited chirping and running around. Finally she sat down, looked at the cantaloupe for a minute, and then dug under it and rescued her baby. "Now what do you think? Was it instinct or reason that ac counted for her actions." Next, there's a penciled ob servation by a young naturalist. "Somebody said horses didn't lie down because they were afraid of mice. I was on a camp ing trip and watched the horses all night. They ate hay until 2 In the morning, then laid down until 4 in the morning, then got up and went to eating hay again. They weren't afraid of mice." Didn't Sign Nam Unfortunately the writer of this picture post card (it had a picture of Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon) did not sign his name or give return address. In consider ing the card, my judges would like the young observer's name and address, please. "One day during the winter, my father and I were ice fish ing In the Jefferson river," writes R.W., of Whitehall, Mont., "when we saw two otter around four feet long playing on the ice. As we were watching both slid into the swift water at exactly the same time, without even making a riffle. "We thought we had seen the last of them but soon they quietly reappeared In the water within 10 feet of us. They stood up straight in the water with about the upper eight inches showing. Apparently after satis fying their curiosity, they sub merged but instead of sub merging like beaver or muskrat, by rolling and going into the water head first they just sank as if something had them by the feet, and pulled them under . . ." "Some years ago my older brother. Bud, and I were horse back riding on my father's ranch in southwestern New Mexico." wrote another correspondent. "The day was unusually warm for late spring. Suddenly both horses started acting up and we couldn't spur them forward. Mine quivered like an aspen leaf. Up ahead about SO yards was a broken rock formation at the head of a dry, sandy arroyo. The horses were panicky now and then we got the smell, a sickening stench which I'll re member the rest of my life. Weird Sound Heard "My brother decided we should investigate.. We tied the horses to a pinon tree and walk ed cautiously toward the rock formation. We'd walked about half the distanceto the arroyo, when we picked up the weird sound rattle that sounded like someone shaking a pot full of dried beans, but Intensified a hundred times. "Bud pulled his pistol and we walked to the arroyo's edge and looked over. It was a sight I'll never forget. Rattlesnakes. How many I'll never know. They were all coiled together in a tight ball that would fill a good sized washtub. Heads and tails were sticking out everywhere, the "ball' moving slightly on the sandy bottom. The stench was overpowering. "Bud emptied his gun into the writhing, hissing mess, but with little effect. The buzzing merly By EUGENE BURNS ' Ringer-Naturllilt Increased, long with the stench. We got out of there fast. "Since then I have asked a hundred times or more just what it was we had witnessed." From such factual observa tions and questioning, say I, the field of Natural History is being enlarged and that is why I feel privileged to read every incom ing letter. For each goes my thanks. EB. (Copyright. 1956, by Eugan Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors to the Ency clopedia 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. Russians Protest Wire-Tap Tunnel Washington (U.PJ The State Department expressed surprise today that Russia complained through diplomatic channels about "the so-called telephone tapping tunnel into Communist East Berlin. A spokesman said the United States had regarded the incident primarily one to be handled by local authorities in Berlin. The Soviet Union charged in a note to the United States that it had proof that American spies dug the tunnel and filled it with communications - tapping equip ment. Russia demanded that U.S. authorities punish those respon sible. Contents of the note were broadcast by Moscow Radio Thursday. The State Department said it has received only a summary of the Soviet note from the American Embassy in Moscow. A spokesman said when the com plete text is received it "will be studied" carefully. The Moscow broadcast re ferred to "an American service agency in western Germany" as being responsible for the tunnel. It did not identify the agency further, however. Friday, Juna 1, 195B MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEElC Back Stairs: Ike Discouraged on Golf By MERRIMAN SMITH . United Press Writer Washington (L'.PJ Back-1 stairs at the White House: President Eisenhower is be coming discouraged about his golf. He thinks he should be laying much better. The only round that has satisfied him was an 84 several weeks ago at the Burning Tree Chib. His game earlier this week In Gettysburg, Pa., was something less than Ben Hogan would ad mire. The President was all over the course. On his first hole, he skied one ball to the right, another to the left and finally hit a third first tee shot down the middle for about 150 yards. When he's really on his game, the Chief Ex ecutive can drive them over 200 yards. Professionals who have seen the President play lately say he is trying too hard; trying to kill the ball from the tee. Chances are, however, that these same professionals have said little to to tlie Chief Executive about his current golf problems. He'll have to go to an old friend for that sort of frank advice. The next time the president goes out to dinner for a big for mal occasion will be the banquet of the White House News Photo graphers Association early next month at the Sheraton Park Hotel. Bob Hope, the screen, stage and television comedian, will be the master of ceremonies. The photographers had hoped to have Dinah Shore, the blonde singing star, one hand too, but Miss Shore is busy. One of the busiest months of the year for the President will be July. He'll not only entertain for Indian Prime Minister Nehru at nearby Camp David, but dur ing late July will participate In another "operation alert," a government exercise in how to defend against relatively sudden atomic bomb attacks. ' The President in July has also a date with Gen. Omar Bradley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It just could be that Bradley might join In the Eisenhower-Nehru talks. There were more than a few faint hearts at the Washington Airport earlier this week when the President returned from a week end at Gettysburg. Some one on the edge of the crowd thought a Secret Service agent said, "take him right to the doc tor's office." Turned out to be wrong. The agent didn't say it. The Pres ident went right to his office and to work, leaving a fine crop of rather limp eavesdroppers at the airport. FISHERMEN! h LARGE RAINBOW TROUT Everything Furnished NO LICENSE NO LIMIT Open Every Day ELROD'S TROUT FARM 4 Miles West of Talent on Anderson Creek Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. 6,679,495 Forest Tree Seeding Shipped Salem (U.PJ Assistant State Forester Vance L. Morrison re ported today that a total of 6,679,495 forest tree seedlings were shipped from the Oregon forest nursery near Corvallis for reforestation on state and pri vately owned forest lands dur ing the 1955-56 planting season. Half of the total production went into the reforestation of state-owned lands under the state's multi-million dollar re habilitation program, Morrison said, with the major portion being planted in the Tillamook burn. This will bring the total Tillamook planting since the project started in 1949 to better than 20,000,000 seedlings, he added. An estimated 5,000,000 per sons in the U.S. are color blind. A normal infant triples its weight In its first year. erkeSey PUMP IRRIGATION Pressure System Aluminum Irrigation Pipe " Galvanized Pipe Sprinklers Hubbard-Wray Co., Inc. 25 SOUTH RIVERSIDE AVE. - MEDFORD Granae Buiie Falls Grange The Butte Falls Grange will meet June 4 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The serving committee is Mr. and Mrs. Ross Arnt and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Deen. Shady Cove Grange The Shady Cove Grange met for a potluck supper preceding its regular meeting May 23. State Steward Roscoe and Mrs. Roberts of the Roxy Ann Grange were guests. Roberts spoke on the organization of fire protec tion districts in the valley. Mrs. Edger Vanderlip and Mrs. Phil Motchenbacher were reported ill. As this was the regular social evening, there was no other business. Trailer Home Reported Burglarized Tuesday Gilbert Debusk, Butte Falls, reported to Jackson county sher iff's deputies Thursday that the trailer house he is renting at Butte Falls was burglarized sometime between 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday. According to the report, the lock and hasp had been removed from the door of the trailer. Nothing has as yet been reported missing. Debusk was visiting in Ashland when the burglary was believed to have occurred, depu ties said. THOSE SCORCHING DAYS Albany, N. Y. U.R In 1856 one of the Central Railroad's fastest locomotives made the run from Buffalo, N. Y. to Rochester, N. Y., 70 miles, in one hour, 37 minutes, including stops. This was about 45 miles an hour. Commented the Albany Morning Times: "This is fast traveling. People who wish to do better should mount a bombshell and get fired out of mortar." Washington U.PJ U.S. busi nesses are planning to raise a near record amount of funds through sales of stocks and bonds this year. 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