SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, JuM It. 195S
Is That So?
At best, outdoor clothing is a
compromise. For summer days,
you want it nice and cool. For
cold, rainy afternoons, warm
and rain-proof. For hiking, loose
enough to be comfortable: for
riding, tight enough not to work
up. In moist areas, mosquito re
sistant. And above all, economi
cal. In recent years there has been
a cult abetted by advertisers
to wear as few clothes outdoors
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as possible. For summers on a
beach, near a house, or when a
permanent camp is handy, this
may be all right except even
there excessive exposure can be
dangerous. But for the real camp
er, it is downright foolish: his
concern at all times is adequacy.
Clothes must be adequate for the
season, for the place, for the use,
for the wearer's own adaptabil
ity to unusual conditions.
To know what to buy and
save money by avoiding mistakes
study the clothing of the out
doorsmen of the area. By long
time testing, their clothing will
be adapted to the climate, the
locale, the nature of the work.
For example, in the arid des
ert areas of the southwest, your
clothing must protect you from
thorns, ( snags, rocks; brush all
seem to take a fiendish delight in
tearing your clothes: and al
though days can be hot, nights
can be very chilly, especially
where there's altitude. Along
the west coast, dew may be ex
cessive. In the Rockies, there
may be summer thunderstorms
which come up fast: and nights
can be freezing. Between the
Rockies and the Appalachians,
it's a different story: nights and
day are usually warm with
rainfall frequent and often
heavy. Farther up, in Canada,
equally great variations occurs.
So, sea what's being worn
then make your purchases local
ly. On Standard Garment
For most summer camping
there is one standard garment
you'll want: a pair of Levis made
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of hard-woven cloth. They are
durable, cool, and bought in sizes
large enough, comfortable. (Most
dudes buy them a size too small.)
About underwear. Most peo
ple tend to scoff at long under
wear. Not the outdoorsman. He
knows that in some regions light
weight wool underwear can be
cooler than cotton. That's be
cause it absorbs perspiration and
lets it evaporate faster than cot
ton. Care of the feet is most im
portant. For hiking, high leather
boots are hot and heavy better
get light hiking shoes with 6
inch tops but insist on thick
soles which protect the feet. They
should be well broken in before
you start on a long hike, and not
too tight.
Again, wool socks which ab
sorb perspiration and help keep
the feet dry, are best. Many
woodsmen wear two pairs of
lightweight hose this, they
say, prevents friction which
might otherwise cause blisters.
In the mountains, expect rain
and for this you might carry
a slicker. However, the Old Tim
er who is rigged out with a light
woolen underwear and light
woolen shirt will ignore rain
proof clothes. He knows that
with wool he'll stay warm; if
the rain stops, the clothes will
dry out; and if it doesn't, he'll
dry out in camp that night. (With
cotton, he'd be cold.) Besides,
if he'd encase himself in a water
proof garment, he'd get soaked
underneath, anyway, what with
sweating and perhaps be a lot
more uncomfortable. So why
worry.
Windproof Jacket
The daytime lightweight wear
should be topped with a closely
woven light-weight windproof
woolen jacket, or a woolen
sweater, for cool evenings and
frosty mornings. If the altitude
is high, perhaps an additional
heavy shirt and heavy wool
trousers.
The use of woolen clothes
need not be dictated by rain and
coolness alone, you may be in
mosquito country. Then the wool
underwear, wool shirt with long
sleeves, heavy wool socks and
trousers can prevent the major
ity of the obnoxious pests from
reaching your skin. And the
price of the noontime warmth
is little enough to pay for the
added protection particularly
in the far north. Man, how I've
suffered.
As for headgear, a lightweight
Ship Building Race Starts From
Upsurge of Pacific Travel Plans
By PETER HAYES
United Press Correspondent
San Francisco (UP.) An
upsurge of interest in travel to
Pacific basin countries has
touched off a race among ship
ping companies to provide new
luxury liners to cash in on the
tourist boom.
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ADMITTED he killed two
women, according to Los
Angeles police, Donald T.
Bash or, 2 7, said they
caught him burglarizing
their homes. (International)
felt hat beats a cap all hollow
it makes a good sunshield and
keeps the rain from running
down your spine besides holding
out most of the pine needles,
leaves, and bark.
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The Pacific Area Travel asso
ciation predicted that 90,000
Americans would book passage
on steamships in 1956, equal to
the best years of the 1920s.
And the total would be near
ly doubled if ships were avail
able, an association spokesman
said.
Shipping lines are going all
out to correct this deficiency.
Recently announced construc
tion plans indicate that by 1960
there will be a 60 per cent in
crease in passenger accommoda
tions, 16,000 berths compared to
the present 10,000.
A United Press survey showed
the following planned passenger
ship construction aimed at Pa
cific trade:
Malion Lines: Will add 18,000
ton, 770-passenger Matsonia to
lush California-Hawaii run as
sister ship to flagship Lurline in
summer, 1957. Matsonia being
refurnished in Newport News,
Va., yard after lying in mothball
fleet since World War II when it
was troop transport. Prior to
war. as S.S. Monterey, it was on
Matson's Australia run.
Oceanic Steamship Co.: This
Matson subsidiary is first U.S.
company to re-enter Australasia
passenger trade since World
War II. Ready in fall will be
Mariposa and Monterey, each
365 passenger, 14.000 tonners
being converted in Portland,
Ore., from Mariner Freighter
hulls.
American President Lines:
Plans announced for first Amer
ican flag "superliner" in service
in Pacific. This S50 million, 906
foot liner to carry between 1200
and 1,400 passengers on same
California-Orient run as APL's
President Wilson and President
Cleveland.
Superliner is included in 20
year contract APL signed last
month with Federal Maritime
Board for construction of 24
new vessels at total cost of S275
million. Also included are two
combination passenger - cargo
liners to operate on round-the-
world route with President Polk
and President Monroe.
Orient Line: Even bigger than
APL's superliner is this British
owned company's 40,000 tonner
planned to handle 1,300 tourist
class passengers, 650 first class.
It will join smaller Orsova,
.Oronsay, Orcades and Orion as
Australia - San Francisco -Vancouver
run inaugurated in 1954.
Hawaiian Steamship Co.: Newly-formed
company bought little-used
World War' II troop
transport LaGuardia, original
ly built as sister ship to APL's
Wilson and Cleveland, to invade
California-Hawaii field. Ship
goes into East Coast yards for
modernization soon and officials
expect her in service by next
January.
NYK: Japan's largest steam
ship company plans two 20,000
ton liners in move to re-enter its
once flourishing California
Orient trade. Work on first ship
expected to begin next year
when agreement on subsidy
completed with tourist-hungry
Japanese government. NYK lost
virtually its entire 175-ship fleet,
including six liners, in World
War II.
Another important factor In
the expected increase in pas
se n g e r accommodations is
freighter travel. Heavy new con
struction is scheduled and most
of these ships will carry 12 pas
sengers each.
Some new freighters offer
facilities as luxurious as the
most modern liner. Such ships
are in the fleets of American
President Lines and Pacific
Far East Line, with the latter's
Golden Bear, Korean Bear and
Japan Bear boasting picture
windows instead of portholes,
wall-to-wall carpets and piped-
m music in cabins, private bath
instead of the usual shower,
large lounge and library.
Luxury liners also are com
ing up with new refinements.
Matson's new Mariposa and
Monterey will be equipped with
Sperry gyrofins, huge stabilizers
protruding from the hull below
water which automatically ad
just to head off the roll of the
ship. Designers claim that they
reduce the pitch and roll of the
ship by as much as 90 per cent.
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FINISHING IN DEAD HEAT, camera records end of sec
ond race at Monmouth Park, N. J. Son O'Doge was ridden
by Joe Dulmore and Mary 'N' Lib (on rail) by Sam Boul
tnetis. Note Son O'Doge stretching. (International)
WEEDS AND DYES
Davis, Calif. U.PJ Dyes that
glow under ultra-violet light are
showing plant scientists how
weed killers get inside living
plant. Leaves dipped in solu
tions of these dyes and then
washed off will under ultra vio
let light fluoresce in those areas
where the weed-killing chemi
cals are absorbed. University of
California plant scientists are
using dyes as tracers.
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