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MierOBD (OREGOH) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, July li, 1958 U Nkhol's Worth of . . . 'Comment On This and That ly HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Pratt Pauta Writar Washington It was you are right or left-eyed? Interesting for a coior-bhnd n'.d '.Veil, eve men say, that sort coot to learn that more gin . of rab:' dveip in childhood. than boy are About 60 per rent of u allow able to tell a the right eye to do a good part t ; n t nrc-en r.f the worlf from skv blue. I ve a'waya been a great hand . -av i Arrorrim.2 to at the game of wink, playing it experts on the with anything that passes by in mink, nypri rano;t. or naming sin. But I npver gave the bus iness of blinking much thought. V.'rH, I have learned that most per pie do an awful lot of blink- eyes, it 5 a mat ter of heredity. Martin Spal ding, labora torv director Ilirmin Sirhol . t.on outfit in Chicago has made Good readers. statistics snow. . , in 1 n lt n.i-.ro ' n n n,ir.r rFsrir-r ronsioeranie stuoy oi u.e . f . ' with which we view' A normal looker bunk on tne well a average of -ri times a minuie. of orbs beauties of nature fme print. ' A boy." Spalding savs, "can cnrr.e b- rolor blindness from eitner parents. Mostly, girls are not affected unless both of the parents are color blind." Mt boys, the eye expert has tened to add in defense of the frwj st. can tell a blonde from a rein"!' There are a lot of things I riidn t know about my eyes. Here fire enrne of them: A common pair of lookers i r.-tpable rf drawing up to 2rt per re-; r.f the enerEv the body peremies and controls 80 per cent r.f nil ic-irning. K'tfh c. c has more than 100. noo lino v. rsiiive cells capable of tr.-.nrmt'ing ari impression. You're Missing Something Your eye can hide tilings from you. It ".sees"' a good di'.ii moie than it tells the brain about, ; which maybe makes the eye sharper than the gray matter. "You wouldn't believe it if . you saw everything your eye j takes in," Spalding said. "If you I could see all, you wouldn't have j time for anything else but look-; lng." i People wonder at huce tele scopic lenses made for star gaz ing and lookine at the moon. But eye specialists will tell you no man-made magnifying glass can hold a candle to the lens people look through. The lenses of the eye is about the size of an aspirin. Doctors tell us that the eyes are pretty tough and can stand a lot of looking in all kinds of light without serious damage. But misuse can cause trouble digestion, cases of nerves, and slowing of the work output. Did anybody ever ask you if House Calls for Bill On Flood Insurance Washington "U.R; The House Saturday called up for action a bill that would set up an "ex perimental" S3 billion federally subsidized flood insurance plan. House approval seemed like !v. The Senate approved the bill ny a fii-7 voe on May 10. The five-year program would prnvine for the federal govern ment to pay 40 per cent of the insurance premiums on commer cial properties and as much as (in private ones to program feasih iMire set the to'lil ft;d t S.J biiiion. Hov " it. o,i itiv President i o $ I j billion. A S25H.- : was placed for any j policy holder and a limit of $10,000 for a dwelling unit. i Tbe Senate also adopted a pro vision, sponsored by Sen. Wil liam F. Knowlandf R-Calif) call ing for the federal and state governments to split the 40 per rent government share of the insurance premiums after June 30, 1959. I Nation's Cities Aid Polio Combat Chicago Cities throughout the nation Saturday pitched in to help Chicaeo com bat worst polio wave of the year. T h year's total of cases climbed to 245 Friday when 19 new victims were reported dur ing the 24-hour period enriina midnieht Thursday. At this time last year, 38 persons had been stricken. The Cook County chapter of the National Founcia'ion for In fantile Paralysis. preparnd to ship in hypodermic needles and syringes from cities in different parts of the country, to cut down time lost by sterilizing each needle and syringe after every shot. Louisville. K y . , Mineola, N.Y.. Nashville. Tenn., Ander son and South Bend in Indiana. Milwaukee. Beloit and Madison. Wis , provided the necessary supplies. Health officials prepared to take drastic steps, should the outbreak near epidemic propor tions. Some 40 new inoculation centers have been considered to provide free Salk anit-pnlio vac ripe for those who cannot afford the she's. Motorlog Leads to Jacksonville, Storehouse of Pioneer Memories ooo limit industrial Two Injured When Lightning Hits Pole Chicago-- 'U.1 were in j ' n-ri uhen i u h t n i n i pennant poles ' -- T u' o persons j st ruck two small HI Writer Field Tugboat Cook Held In Sex Slayings Muskegon, Mich. 0J.PI A 31-year-old tugboat cook was held for investigation Saturday in the 1955 sex slayings of Jean nie Singleton and Peter Gorham. The suspect, arrested when residents reported he was acting suspiciously around a group of children, admitted he lived at Kalamazoo when the eight-year-; old Singleton girl disappeared there 14 months ago. j He also was believed to have been in the Muskegon area about the time the 12-year-old Gorham boy vanished from nearby camp Wabaingo, a boy scout camp. i However, the cook denied any connection with either of the ! slayings although refusing to take a lie detector test. i Muskegon County Undersher-! Iff Josph Cherney said the sus- ! pect could not be forced to take 1 a lie test at this time. 1 Heatwave Fatal to Willamette Turkeys Albany. Ore. (U.P) Loss of IS. 000 turkeys out of a flock of 40,000 owned by Verle Nofziger at Albany was reported Satur day and there were indications of other poultry losses in the Willamette valley as a result of the mid-July heatwave. Nofziger said his turkeys, only a few weeks away from the mar ket, seemed to become demented by the heat. They left shady places and ran about frantically in the hot sun until they col lapsed. He said there was noth ing that could be done to prevent the deaths. County agents through the val ley tended to agree, however, that losses in most flocks were confined to a few dozen birds They reported that chicken rais ers were also suffering some losses as a result of the near record heat. Rendering plants reported they were processing a laree number of birds killed bv the heat. during a storm which halted the Cubs-Giants game. Tiie small poles, on the roof of the main stands, were shat tered. Frasments hit Steve Lit ton, 37, Chattanooga, Tenn.. on the right, leg, and struck Fred Ellehrt, 12 Riverdale, 111., in the head. Doctors said neither was in jured seriously. Both were given first aid at the field medical room, to which they walked un aided. The game, halted after one batter appeared at the plate in the first half of the first inning was resumed after about a S0 minute delay as the storm passed. Two Boats Reported On Fire in New Jersey j Fdsewater. N.I. -UP Two' boats moored off the Grace j Boat Works were reported to be on fire Saturday. The craft, one believed to be ' a convert PT boat, were ap proximately 500 feet offshore. Firefighters, sending streams' of water into the fires from shore facilities, said no injuries; have been reported. REJECT INVITATION Saigon. Indochina UP1 South Viet Nam rejected Satur day a South Korean invitation to Seoul for a three power de fense conference with Nation alist China. US Said Independent Of Foreign Rubber San Francisco (U.PI The United States is no longer a "have not" nation in rubber, according to W. S. Richardson, president of the B. F. Goodrich Co. He said in a speech here that the successful synthesis of the crude rubber molecule makes this country "completely inde pendent of foreign sources of rubber " V n t i 1 a few years aeo "there had always been an area where the tree product was better." Richardson said. But in Decem ber, 1954. scientists announced they had synthesized the crude rubber molecule, and this "moans we can now duplicate the rubber we must go half way around the world to get," he said. lie predicted that by 19fi0 there will be a 25 to 30 per cent increase in production of chemi cal rubber. Herbicide Kills Grassy Weeds St. Louis UP A highly se lective herbicide that kills gras sy weeks without harming their cousin, corn, has been developed by Monsanto Chemical Com pany. The new chemical, called Ran dox, permits one-cultivation corn crops free of germinating grasses such as crabgrass, water grass and foxtails, according to company spokesmen. One application at planting time "results in a considerable saving for the farmer in later j cultivation costs," said the cur-j rent Monsanto publication. "Tests have shown that farm-! ers can eliminate the use of the rotary hoe and one of two cul- tivations. it added. Randox also can be used with out damage to soybeans. "Extensive field tests are re ported to have shown yield in creases of six or more bushels of seed corn per acre and from three to six bushels of seed soy beans per acre through the use of Randox," the article added. The chemical, a liquid? is mixed with water and applied before the seedlings emerge either at planting time or shortly thereafter. It costs about S3 a quart, which is enough to treat an acre, spreading a 13-inch band along rows. Monsanto said Randox is be ing given a limited market this year pending final clearance for use on food and feed crops. Old Courthouse In Mining Town Used as Museum Th following ! eondenii- tton of motorlog appearing In .Vorthveat rotogravure mat arlno of Ttio Sunday Ornnlin. It la nna of an annnnl aarlra aponaored Jointly by 1 no Or mnlan and tho Oregon fitato Motor aamorlnrlon. Br GWLADYS BO WEN Socur isiajr. Th Oreronlm In Jacksonville, Oregon has a potential rival for Nevada's famed tourist attraction, Vir ginia City. For the tree-shaded streets of this old southern Or egon mining town, a few miles " est of Medford, are lined with the shells of pioneer buildings. Aj we found on a motorlog for The Oregonian and the Ore gon State Motor association, among many other attractions there ace graceful old churches, one of them the first Protestant church built west of the Rocky mountains. The old United States hotel, where President Rutherford B. Hayes was an overnight guest on his stage coach trip through the Rogue River valley, was in i's heyday the finest to be found in a wide area. There are other public build lnzs. and lovely old homes, most of them dating back to the lS50s. when Jacksonville was overcoming its growing pains as an early mining town, and becoming a well established community. Old Rome Predominate Some of these old homes are still in use; but for the most part. Jacksonville today is just another small community living among ghost buildings. One of the old buildings that Is playing a new role In present day Jacksonville Is the stately red brick courthouse. This was built in 1SS4. on the site of the original wooden courthouse, which had been erected in the middle '50s and burned in the '80s. It served as the court of Jus tice until the late '20s when Medford succeeded Jacksonville as the county seat. In 1950, historical material which had been collected by the Southern Oregon Historical so ciety, Inc., and housed In the old hotel, was moved Into the courthouse. Now it's the official i -r2?J T$ f w4 If s:f --MM Cnlted States hotel, at right In this early-day Jacktonrtlla street scene by pioneer cameraman Peter Britt, arlll atands. museum, open week days from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. and from 2 to 5 p. m. on Sundays. Most recent of its acquisi tions are furnishings from the home of the late Peter Britt, early bwlss pioneer who settled in Jackson In 1852 and became the first photographer in south ern Oregon. By far the most Interesting part of this collection is the as sortment of early cameras Britt used, not only in his portrait studio, but also for his scenic work. Nearly all of his cameras are Voitlanriers, ranging in size from the 4x5 box camera he brought with him from Swit zerland to later models, which include a huge 11x14 job that more resembles a small cannon than a camera. There is even a stereo cam era, with a large viewing box, and hundreds and hundreds of plates that may take years to classify and identify. As time permits. Miss Mary Hanley, curator of the Jackson ville museum, plans to recon struct Peter Britt's portrait studio in one of the museum rooms, and have it set up with cameras, posing chairs and va rious backdrops. Britt is reported to have been the first photographer to make a picture of Crater lake, first discovered in 1853. He literally had to build the road to the lake in the early "70s. It was not until 1874 that he made his first photograph of the lake. According to the story, he spent nearly a week at the rim wait ing for good weather and was finally forced to make an ex posure of several hours. Jacksonville is just five miles west of Medford, now a thriv- Clouds Bring Relief From Northwest Heat By UNITED PRESS A cloud cover brought wel come relief to thousands of Ore gonians in the western section of the state Saturday, dropping temperatures by more than 10 degrees, but the double plague of fires and water shortages re mained. The 15-day dry spell was cli maxed late Friday with the out break of at least 51 lightning-set fires in the state and a residen tial district of more than 2000 homes southwest of Portland ran out of water. Forestry officials said none of the fires was considered poten tially dangerous and all were controlled in a short time. Only blaze still out of control was in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washing ton. It was burning through steep terrain on a 60-acre timber plot. Thirty smoke jumpers flown to the scene and auxiliary foot crews were unable to stop the fire from spreading. Only hand labor could be used in the rugned area. Situation Grave Forest fire fighters said the situation in the woods would re main grave, despite the cooler weather, until rainfall nuts an end to the two-week dry spell. Virgil HuIsp, superintendent j of the Capitol Highway water district, said bis district and the Alto Park district ran out of water at 7:30 p.m. Friday. H hoped to restore service Satur day by forbidding use of water for anything except drinking and sanitary purposes. Irrigating was prohibited. Hulse said the district's tanks had been dry for three days but the householders had been getting by. using water directly from the lines to the Portland water supply. At 7:30, he said, even the lines went dry because of the usually heavy drain. Nsgotiaiions Break Up Without Agreement Columbus, O. U.R Ne gotiations between the Fire stone Tire and Rubber Co. and the United Rubber Workers broke up Friday night with lit tle sign of progress and no fu ture meetings scheduled. The current contract between the union and the Firestone company expirei at midnight tonight. Union negotiators have; been authorized to call a walkout of some 21,000 workers in eight cities if a new contract agrees ment is not reached. In in The first juvenile courts the U. S. were established Chicago as a seperate unit in 1899. The idea had originated in Adelaide, South Australia, about one year before that. White motorlog car panned amid majesty of redwonda along Smith river to coast. ing county seat of Jackson county, 2S9 miles south of Port land on U. S. highway 99. A pleasant round trip from Portland that can comfortably be made in a long week end would be down 99 to Medford, then across to Jacksonville and on through the Applegate val ley to join U. S. highway 199 south to Crescent City. Cal. and return north on scenic U. S. 101 to Portland. A sug gested bypass over an old high day north of Crescent City through the Smith River cut off to Brookings will save a few miles. Another suggested stopover on U. S. 199 to the coast is the Oregon Caves, 20 miles east of Cave Junction. The road from Medford to Crater Lake, some 81 miles, is kept open throughout the year, although there are no accom modations available at the lake until mid-June. Greese Biggest Threat To New Venture in Australia The champion traveler among birds is the Arctic tern whose annual round- trip migration route of 25.000 miles extends from the Arctic to the Anarctic. North Dakota has 101 certi fied tree farms with a total of 38.342 acres. r. Witt en 1 '4 John A. Corter Virgil R. Wilkes Lynn Colby 133 S. Central Ph. 2-9322 Here ore g EXAMPLES f Retiremnt incoro for you mnd your wif. A debt-fret homt If you ihould di. Protect. until th children r grown. A Income for your widow iftrr the children are irrown. An education for your children. Care for the children if vour wife ihould die. Opportunity for your children fundi when they need them most. 0 Buiincu security if a partner or key employee dies- There's a State Farm Life In surance Plan to meet vour exact needs and budget! The world's longest and fast est man-made toboggan run is st Grayling, Mich. It's 3.000 feet long and speeds up to 100 miles an hour have heen reached. Sydney (U.R; Australia has launched its boldest agricultural experiment in history rice. And the biggest threat to suc cess of the SI 2.500,000 venutre is posed by geese. American and Australian cap ita! have combined to develop some 750.000 acres in the North ern Territory into a $75,000,000- a -year rice -growing industry. The area selected for the project j is the famous Humpty Doo ranch j which stretches for some 500 ! square miles along the west j bank of the Adecan River. Ex I perts claim this area can pro ! due? a rice superior to that grown In most parts of the world. Los Angeles capitalists S. B. Mosher and Allan Chase are furnishing most of the money for the venture, while Australian capital will comprise one-fifth of the new company, Territory Rice, Ltd. Already some 250 acres of rice on the Humpty Doo ranch have been harvested, but it will be used only as seed for the 5.000 acres which will be planted next season. The seed rice was grown from seed im ported from Indonesia, Thailand and Burma. Geese Persist The developers intend to use the most modern machinery for planting and harvesting their crops and say that eventually some 20.000 people will be brought into the sparse North ern Territory to handle the pro duction. Their biggest, headache to date is supplied by the hundreds of thousands of wild geese who regard the venture as a delight ful fre? lunch counter planted the rice seed and down came the geese. The battle has now been joined. The growers placed carbide gas guns throughout the fields to scare away the birds. These "Zon'' guns gave off a loud bang every 20 seconds, but had little effect on the geese. They de veloped their timing to a split second would zoom in for a landing, devour a few mouthfuls of rice and be off with the ex plosion. The growers then put wailing sirens in the fields which work ed very well during the day light, but under cover of dark ness, the geese ignored them. As a last resort, the growers have now put powerful search lights in the fields to scare off the night-feeding geese. All this trouble has been with the 250 acres of seed rice being grown, and the big question is how to enforce the "no trespassing" or der to geese on the larger acreage. Andrew Carnegie distributed nine-tenths of his fortune in gifts, among which were 8.000 church organs, about 3.000 libraries and more than 500 colleges and universities. NEWER - SMARTER LQYUER THAN EVER! Add charm to your homo with wallpaper! Visit our wallpaper department . . hundreds of new patterns have just arrived. It's a quick, easy, inexpensive way to give your home a "lift" and you'll find just the right patterns to fit your decorative scheme. Come in soon. We will gladly help you. We Give $ & H Green Stamps FRAKE & SMITH 1 315 E. MAIN r PHONE 2-4564 I?l for their enjoyment. In went farm. Body Recovered in North Sanfiam River Jefferson. Ore. (U.R) The body of William Parks, an 18-year-old visitor from Newport. Ark., was recovered from a grave! bar in the North Santiam j river here Friday. I Parks drowned last Monday i while swimming. His body was l spotted by 9-year-old John Cay- wood of Jefferson who informed j police. I Marion county sheriff's offie i ers are seeking Parks' parents j who were reported working as ! bean pickers on a Portland-area Bekins Vanliners are ready to go ...wherever you move You pick the destination Bekins will move your furniture there. Vanliners cover all 48 states and return, it your nousenoia possessions are in the east, Bekins ill move everything here on a return trip. Bekins long distance mov ing rates are no higher than those of other responsible carriers. (L. ! I'll . . IN LOCAL MOVING SPEEDY CITY YANS MOVING STORAGE PACKING SHIPPING of Jackson County Federal . . . Savings Dividends Profits At Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Association, your savings wisely invested mean extra profits for you. Your savings are entirely safe, too individual accounts are insured up to $10,000. The family with the saving habit saving regularly, and leaving savings where they will be well invested can earn good dividends within a short time dividends that mean a secure, happy future. On June 30, Jackson County Federal investors received $133. 356.93 in dividends. At Jackson County Federal, the current dividend is 3 per annum. SAVINGS 126 East Main M.dford ZD P LOAN ASSOC AT10N "Wher. You Ar. 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