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TWf WBPrOfi fOffEGOWl MArL TRIBUNE Monday. July 23. IS56 Americans in America Found To Headwaters of Mighty Columbia Traced Into Canada on Motorlog Unie; . c v.- has (,. t 1 r, n : h . SlWit fc i n A rr e f .: ' f:-- :. ' --, r Th;r! A r !:.. : " 1 1 1; r erif a, t-v.f-re lir UK- f! Amrr r; Higher Scifl. Anv-rie; average DELOS SMITH ! prpir'-s than n'hcr races arid i Press Science Editor -rational:!.-;. Th'- qucV.son has Yf.rk ' - Science been whf'th-r this was a sTatis- t r , another mdica- tical ili'iswn or ot the Arac-r- i' r ss s'rr.e'.hirs iran climate r,r nutrition or way 'w -i h". -A Tif riran livina r.f life or all three at the bottom r ;r v.'-: r '! ri -posf-s to- of ..... r t,r .-,-.-r. Dr. ?." r'-Gyorayi, a member ,r:',r S,:--r:-Gvor2vi of ij.e tacui'y ' 'he University '.a- A -i.;r .-. a-,a Afr:ra:.s of Chi'-ago medical scnool, stud- arr.vid :n Arr.eriea i'-d thr blood pressure of 3.508 . sr .'.v.yp l .r.ri- !("Td .-:;Mir.ts enrolled in the univer- Kv.fr r.irod r,r---.;rf.s ;!;. s ti.irr.niT school. They t r-r :;..- v.' re ail your.s: most wT un- lu . f;,rs r oer 30. And ti?y were all in the Condensed World Also important was that they rr ; rr-:-r ci m Szent-Gyorgyi's wr.ri.. a little condensed world 'if n.' n and women ot various : r 1: A - ty tf-r r.s as : nan Oiher Races 1 known that, rrtt-- V.'hi' Nrnro, Asian, etc., K!irfrran who h'-r blood nont;- '.'.rre natives of five conti- Is That So? liv So ; Th. ' -ici'. 'jr i re l'i.-t. ..ow wnat . : nm'-nt f.f fiufstif'n may l helper ou are going tf .not. .lanv a husky self- By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist hem against a large rock or tree. May Attract Attention Rest between fire and wind break. The fire will be mishtv a-swi f 't man h; and gnu" ") ))it T!ie thins is bffore it evr-r what y.ii Mf -b fin i' -I A. 1 1 print fur ma: p Tiic nr.-t fnrc" your.- gotten panicky j cheerful and warm and it may j S attract the attention of searchers to plan ahead happens just in- tri dn if yon :! here s the- biuc ; j t . r j i r i . Ibir-S tn rio is Ihl.s: If to sit down on a rock or under a tree and think thr whole thin- over. lie calm. If you l. t votir imagination run away. on w ill start going in cir cles phmyin- throu-h streams and Retunv, your matches wet. bumpinL' mtu fallen lois and scrambinm up banks. Confusion added to panic. .Vi .t, -it down some more. Get complete hold of yourself. Think: bem2 lost in the woods is not really dangerous. No harm will come to me even if I don't eat for two or three days. The im portant thing is to keep warm, and save my energy. The fact is. no experienced woodsman is ever really "lost" in the woods certainly, he often does not know within a mile or even five miles where he is. But he doesn't rare. He knows there is a stream, a trail and a ridge. He'll make it. Food can be found . . . either snare a rabbit, club a porcupine catch a fish, snoot a fool grouse -and if vou'll shoot the lowest. fir.-i, ou may not fnshtcn off tiie higher one.' N'ow, figure out where you are. Perhaps you're only 50 yards from the trial. To set yourself right, tie a handkerchief to a high bush, or a shirt tail will do. Walk straight away for 50 yards that's 50 steps but not out of sight of that handkerchiew. Now swing in a wide circle with the handkerchief in the center. Study the ground carefully and look for landmarks or signs of the trail hack to camp. Decide one of Two Things No luck? Then sit down and decide upon one of these two things: to try to find your way back to camp or to stop where you are and build a fire and stay there until someone finds you. If you are hurt, there is no choice: you must stay put. . If darknes is only two hours away, or less, and you know camp is a good way off, stay where you are. (Presently, we 11 discus what you are to do to make yourself comfortable over night. If you plan to find your way out. then go to some vantage point: it may be a tree, a rock, or the top of a ridge if it is not too much of a rmiin. (Remember, al- j ways conserve your energy.) See ; if you can locate a landmark, j riace yourself either with your j compass the sun or your wood-' lore. Avoid if possible getting into . a new watershed thereby put- : tin yourself m new country in ; which no one w ill look for you j when the party goes out. Con- j sidor the country . sometimes ' riri-es are more open than the streamways and make for easier travel. The direction you will go i decided, then select a marker a tall tree is a good thing. When j you reach it. look back to your last landmark, and sighting for- ' ward, pick out another landmark j on the same line. This is called I bee-lining running a straight', line. If oil meet serious obsta- ! cles such as devil clubs, vine ma ple thickets or manzanita. go: around. But you say. people get lost where there are no trees. Fair ' enough. Then use a pile of stones i or the tops of tali bush.es which ; you snap. As you go. blaze a trail , break off brush, break down . small sr.rubs. or leave trail mark ers. In open places, leave distinct or forest wardens but don't look for them until morning. Then, come morning and bro ther you'll be stiff, turn your fire into a smoke signal. For this you'll w ant to use plenty of small sticks first to get the fire blaz ing and on top of it pile gathered damp leaves, grass, ferns, or live brush. Dense smoke will result. Repeat this at least three times. Signals given in sets of three, you know, whether by smoke, whistle, yells or shots are uni versally recognized as distress signals. Finally, stick it out and keep on being calm, cool and collect ed. In due time, the rescue party will find you and laud you for your good judgment. (Released by McClure Newspa per Syndicate) (Copyright, 1956, Eugene Burns) Altr-.o'ien medical authorities are not in a -ref moot as to what is "norma;" blood pressure. Szent-Gyorgyi tor.;-; the major ity opinion of what is "normal" for these age groups. Of his j 3.508 students 6.7 per cent had . blood pressures higr.er tnan this figure. But of the native .Americans among them. Canadians were included seven per cent were above this normal. Of the foreign-born students who had not been in America very long, the figure was 3 8 per cent. Going on to foreign born students who had been living in America with Americans for ten years, he found that their blood pressures were comparable to those of the native-born.-. American Environment Reporting to the American Heart association, Szent-Gyor-gyi said his studies "indicate that the factors that raise the blood pressure in the foreign born must be inherent in the American en iroror.erit cli mate, geographic location, nu trition, way of life, or combined. "Furthermore, if ve consider that the incidence of hyperten sion in foreigners with less than one year s residence was only 3.8 per cent a'ld among those who lived in the United States for more than 10 years the rate was 8 5 per cent. i f:., over dou ble the first group, bt'le doubt remains regarding the impor tance of modifying factors in the development of hyperten sion, beyond the role of race.'' Szent-Gyorgyi. however, haz arded no opinion as to what is the something or somethings which disposes Americans and others living in America to high blood pressure. That is a matter for other scientific investigations. Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of i 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 wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work m a handsf mio Sealcraft Dinding. Each week new submis sions will be considered. Sorry. I simply can't answer your many j friendlv letters. Please address your letter to: Is That Sol co Medford Mail Tribune. Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. I .J At ihlH$5' i Court Records POI If E ( Ot R T Henry DnnaM Dynge. violation of basic ru'e. 5 ! 0 hail Dn D fiaey. rxDired vehicle li cense parkinc withm 10 feet of a Ure hydrant, $10 bail and S5 war rant. Henry Elmo Evans, violation of basic rule. S10 bail Charles Bruce Boyd, violation of basic rule. $10. George Will wi in Frrytag. failure to stop at red licht. Myana I.ee Andrews, violation of basic rule, S1. bail Herman KirT Lcflor. violation basic rule, S 1 5 bail Bettv Ann Severson. violation ba.-ir rule. 10 hiil. James V.'i'liam Korlh. excessive I noi-p. MO hail. flaurip Anson DcVop failure to I yield rmht ni u:iv. $10 bail .Inhn Dantpl Mnad. fnIIowinR too ; close. $10 bjn I Jean EthH Simmons, violation of baic rule. m Armm Cac Richter. violation of hasir rule $ ! o h.-ul Carl Alien Van Dunkirk violation of basic rule, failure to stop at red hpht. si5 bail James Walter Stngsdill. illegal pass mi?, S10 bail. Lawrence Leonard Clark -Tr.. viola tion of basic rule, failure to stop at red light. S10 and ?5 hail. of Of : SMILING queen of beauty Carol Morris, new "Miss Universe'' is crowned at Long Beach, Cal. Drake Uni versity junior lives in Ot- tumwa, Iowa. (International) Miss Universe To Sign Film Contract Hollywood !U.R Carol Morris reaps the first of her Miss Universe rewards today when she signs a movie contract. The tall, dark-haired Ot tumwa. Iowa, beauty was sched uled to visit Universal-International studios to sign a six month. S250 a week contract. Most of the 72 pageant en trants packed their cosmetics and headed home. Miss Universe's parents, the Rev. and Mrs. La Verne Morris, gave their permission Sunday tor their beautiful daughter to embark on an acting career Earlier the couple said they hoped she would still consider teaching. DISTRICT rni'RT Allen Gcnrcc Tmlon. nrrlo.id M33 Glenn Neil Hnbbs overA.-jdth. $15 Vernon Oscar Moore, inadequate muffler. S15 Elmer Marion Adams, overload. .?." Clarence Leon Cave, failure to slop at stop sism. sio. Neil Russell Dusenherrv, truck speeding. Sl.V James Orton Arntv, no red fla at end of load Sin John Henry Kendle. truck speeding $15 Jefferson Newton Price. truck speeding. SI V J. L. Clyde, overload. S.lfi. Miss Eugene Wins Oregon Beauty Title Seaside (U.R' Miss Eugene comely blonde Patricia Berg, to day reigned as Miss Oregon after her selection in yesterday's pag eant at Seaside. The 19-year-old Miss Berg had won the evening gown competi tion in Friday night's opening judging of the three-day pageant and had added the talent honors Saturday night. Runner-up for the title was Miss Portland. Patti Ann Haines. Third place winner was Miss Parkrose, Cathy Newman. The coveted Miss Congeniality trophy, picked by the 14 contest ants in the state pageant, went to Judi Thomas. Miss Gresham. After preliminary judging was completed yesterday, six final ists emerged from the original field. They included Sonja Jor gensen. Miss Springfield: Irene Vetter, Miss Linn county; Miss Porkrose. Miss Eugene. Miss Portland and 'Wanda Ruhlen, Miss Yamhill county. Quiet Beginning For River of West The foHowtn? Is a condensa tion of a molorlo appearing Joly lis In Northwest rotogravure maraiine of Tho Snnday Ore ronian. It Is one of an annoal rles sponsored Jointly by The Oreronian and the Oregon State Motor association. BY STEWART HOLBROOK Portland Astbor We came to Canal Flats over highway 95 on a motorlog ex pedition from the south, cross ing the Kootenay to the brief gravelly plain which separates that already powerful stream from the headwaters of the Columbia. You cannot see the lake from the Flats. We stopped the Ore gon State Motor association's white Ford there only to see the remnants of the famous old canal and locks by which a stemwheeler from Montana had entered the Columbia at its very source, surely a feat worth re membering, and which brought & steamboat era to the upper river a good 60 years after the first steamer had entered the stream at its mouth. We drove on north a few miles to a high bench overlook ing Columbia lake. This is it the headwaters of a stream that here begins its vagrant way to the ocean, 1210 miles distant. The sight is all one could wish, this eiear, cold and remote be ginning of the great river, which has the misfortune to rise at the high elevation of 2650 feet above the sea and is thus indel ibly branded for the harnesses of power and irrigation. Lake Stocked With Tront The river begins to spread out into marshes that continue on to Lake Windermere, which I was told was stocked with Kam loops trout; and on or near its shores are the villages of Wil mer, Athalmer, Windermere and Invemere. Golden, once known as First Crossing, is where the Canadian Pacific railroad first comes to the Columbia. The Big Bend be gins here, and for 200 miles the highway runs hrough a primi tive forest such as is not to be seen elsewhere along the Colum bia. We soon came to the lake named for Chief Kinbasket, and stood to wonder that so lovely a place seemed virtually un known to outlanders. Both the Selkirks and the Rockies have closed in to hem the lake and shadow it by most formidable peaks, ranging up to 12,000 feet. Out of Kinbasket the Colum bia roars into 24 miles of almost continuous rapids. The traveler -1 Sonree of Columbia, Illustrated m watercolor by Ernest Rich ardson, is placid lake 2650 feet above sea in British Columbia. sees the white water through the trees, and he is constantly aware of the sound of its fury. Far below in the canyon it boiled from fall and speed, and the echoing cliffs sent up a thunder that will no longer be heard elsewhere on the river, now that Celilo is about to be stilled. At Boat Encampment is the apex of the Columbia's north ward surge. Here it turns sud denly around the end of the Selkirk range and starts south, and the highway moves to the east side of the river. The Rockies have been left behind. The Selkirks are now on the left. On the right stand the Monashees. After its 200-mile start for the North Pole, the Coisimbia is now heading, in its own strange fashion, for As toria. The city of Revelstoke is con sidered the lower end of the Big Bend. The Canadian Pacific flot Cnetfflpmtnt J erTVliiiikasliU "if51 As., dV jK -t V fKinpltt! b r- . CnlH i Spokane From its source Columbia sweeps north, then south in great arc known as Big; Bend. meets the Columbia again here. No town has a more dramatic setting. Its horizon is moun tains in full circle, peaks of all shapes and sizes. Revelstoke likes to call itself "the ski cen ter of the West." A passenger and car ferry operates from Arrowhead to Nakusp and other points oa the widened Columbia known as the Arrow lakes. Bombing Still Unsolved We left the ferry at Castle gar, in the heart of the Duk hobor country, and drove half a dozen miles to Brilliant and the high bluff on which is the tomb of the late Peter (the Lordly) Verigin, head of the Russian re ligious sect until the railroad car in which he was a passenger was blown to bits, along with Peter himself and one of his handmaidens, in what is still one of the most celebrated un solved crimes in Canada. With the volume of the Koo tenay added, the Columbia hur ries on to Trail, center of an immense mining and smelting empire that smokes by day and flares by night, a sort of wilder ness Pittsburgh through which the river surges on its last lap as a stream as wild as it was when David Thompson first saw it. Some ten miles below Trail, the Clark Fork enters the Co lumbia; and soon enough the stream begins to slow and deep en as it crosses the 49th parallel In another few miles it becomes apparent that the Columbia is no longer a river but a piece of the lake backing up behind Grand Coulee dam. When you cross the boundary, you have seen what remains of the untamed Columbia, which is the 465 miles upstream, to Co lumbia lake and Canal Flats. If you mean to see that stretch in its primitive state, the present year may turn out to be none too early. On THe Side ByE.V.Durling (Distributed by King raatures Syndicate. Inc.) A Nkhol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Presi Fejture Writer Li a. J CALIF. AIR POLLUTION Riverside. Calif. ..U.R' A 12 mor.th survey by the University of California has revealed air footprints to searchers can find ; pollution injury to plants in 12 them. : out of 51 California counties. Two hours before sunset, stop Most damage (amounting to and make preparations for the , more than S3 million in com ment. Find a w indbreak either ! mercial losses in 19551 occurred a rock, windfall or cliff. Build I in the San Francisco Bay area a fire for heat and you'll thank ! and on the coastal plain of south-n-e for that suggestion of a two- 1 em California. Plants injured inch end of candle to help ignite , were vegetables, field crops, or- ti-.e wood. Then, collect enough wood to see you through the night. Get plenty, and break it into convenient lengths and stack it near at hand. Dead branches can often be broken by whacking namentals, weeds, and some fruit trees. Smog and two other airborne toxicants, ethylene and fluorides, caused the damage. Washington (U.R) It may be bad manners to jinx a nice little girl. But the fact remains that 1 7-v ear- SUKj old Pat Ledg- er ot .Port land. Me., has a head start among the kids compet ing here Aug. 6-9 in the 5th annual Teen Age Rodeo. llarman Nichols First off, tier pappy, Vtnnam Ledger, has been a driving instructor in Maine high school for the past decade. Secondly, Pat s brother Bill came out on top in the na tional finals last year. And thirdly, Pat was runner up to her brother in the Maine finals, losing by only one point. The young lady from the won derland of resorts and fine fish ing and apparently fine drivers is one of two girls competing in the annual event. It's the first time more than one girl has reached the finals. Girls Overly Cautious The second girl is Lue Knud sen. of Mesa. Ariz., who has one thing up on Pat. She is exactly 11 days older. The Teen Age Roadeo is spon sored jointly by the United States Junior Chamber of Com merce, the American Trucking Association, the Chrysler Cor- They moved-jiii their name is in the book IW W WM W.X ml..w......,..,... j."!'':K:,:ffi. .loWe St ' flf MfMi-'-rit Tifaanir-i '-iiiriiinirii Use Tribune Want Ads Published as a public srrv icc in cooperation u uh The Adivrtising Council and the Xcuspaper Advertis ing Executives Association. If yoti movv from the rjrecinct where you were registered to vote before, you'M have to register again. You can't put roots down in your new neighborhood faster or deeper than by registering, learn ing about local candidates and issues then voting. Be sure your name is in the book! Is your name I: in the book? poration and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Since the thing started, more than a million kids have taken part in city, state and national Roadeos. Being a sire of one, I would like to come to the defense of young girl drivers. If they have a fault, it is that they are overly cautious. When they take the time, most often they don't get into any serious trouble. Roadeo week here is a pretty grueling one. The kids go through some tough tests under the critical eyes of leading traf fic safety authorities. They must drive through downtown traffic and if you've ever wheeled through it, you know it can be rough. They also face a psychophysical test to re veal their reaction time in simu lated traffic conditions. Unusual Conditions Gathering on the skiddy hard wood floor of the National Guard armory, they go through stunts like driving fore and aft, while WHAT'S IN A NAME Loe Angeles U.R) Attor ney Charles E. Tainter, suing to collect S77.500 in fees from the widow of a wealthy candy manu facturer, claims Mrs. Georgette A. Beckjord loved anonymity so much she changed her name 30 times. watching out for hazards like rubber balls placed upon things that look like golf tees. They also have to park under unusual as well as normal conditions. And they drive 20 miles an hour indoors with not much light and halt on a white line within a dis tance of 40 feet. The serious aspect of the whole performance is that it is about time we taught the young to use modern machinery. Last year 40,000 persons met their maker on the highways of Amer ica. Many thousands more were maimed, some permanently. Froperty damage was appalling. There is an attractive comeon for the kids who make it to the Roadeo. A total of S3. 000 for the three winners. And running back home to brag about being one of the three best young driv ers in the country. OjnJTJiJTJTjnJlJTJ"l Memo from Reddy.. 0 "froU, Z. ' I) UJo a. 1 u&a const . pKftjpcjtft. rv w AH Airwave entertainer. Jean King Rousseau, is billed as "Lonesome Gal." Jean started that program in Dayton. Ohio, nine years ago and is still going very strong. Why not a "Lone some Lad" program featuring some presentable bachelors? Perhaps the program should be called "Lonesome Lads" and fea ture a number of bachelors. It is improbable, that with the present well-developed husband hunting technique of our coun trywomen, any bachelor could maintain his state of single blessedness for a very long period. Asides A book that those due for re tirement should find interesting and helpful in making their plans is Joseph C. Buckely's "Re tirement Handbook" . . . The Patron Saint of Carpenters is St. Joseph. Of Dancers. St. Vitus. Of Housewives, St. Martha. Summer Pests Are you being bothered much by flies or mosquitoes this sum mer? Ever hear of a herb called basil? In Paris, the sidewalk cafes have a pot of basil on each table. This is said to keep flies and mosquitoes away. Events Over a thousand shaves from one safety razor blade. That is a claim noted. The man making it savs he uses cold rain water for his beard softener . . . get it right. That combination of a frankfurter and a roll referred to as a "hot dog" originated in Brooklyn. At Feltman's in Coney Island to be exact. In 1847. Cigar Smoker A feminine subscriber of Chi cago informs me she recently took up smoking mild cigars and now likes them much better than cigarettes. She uses a hold er and frequently smokes a cigar in public without worrying as to what people thing of her. While cigar smoking by women is rare in this country, it is quite com mon in many European coun tries, especially Austria. The cigars intended for women are usually much smaller than those smoked by men. Sidelights As asked to name the Patron Saint of golfers. St. Hubert is the Patron Saint of sportsmen. If the golfers have a Patron Saint of their own, I don't know who it is ... A milkman informs me he has successfully protected himself from unfriendly dogs by the use of a small plastic squirt gun filled with water and am monia. One squirt on the dog's nose and he retreats and is never again troublesome. Please Note It is advisable to disconnect radio and television sets during electrical storms. Such is a warning recently noted . . . Divorced people are no longer barred from the royal enclosure at Britain's Ascot race course. However they are still not in- voted to enter the "Queen's Lawn" enclosure at that course. Over There No doubt you know all about Spain's romantic isle of Majorca to which so many international celebrities are flocking this sum mer. Are you familiar with the Spanish port of Malaga on the Mediterranean? Malaga, which has a marvelous climate and long stretches of bathing beaches, is reported very easy on the bankroll. For $1.40 a day you can get board and room of first rate quality. You can rent a beach house for $28 a month and there is no servant problem. vtnen you nine out you can get a top grade four-course dinner for about 70 cents. Husband Hunting Are you acquainted with a bachelorette who is having dif ficulty acquiring a husband? What is the cause of her failure to find a spouse? Is her hus band hunting technique faulty? Or is there a shortage of male matrimonial material in your section' If your bachelorette, friend is really desperate have her give a thought to a trip to Australia. In that country there are 73.000 more single men than single girls between the ages of 20 and 29. Fiie the Hotel at Wasco Destroyed by Fire the Dalles (U.R) early yesterday leveled block-square Sherman hotel in Wasco. 28 miles east of here, with damage estimated at $100, 000. The fire was discovered shortly before midnight by the owner, Ed Clark. He sounded the alarm to evacuate the hotel and within minutes the flames had gutted the structure and were shooting through the roof. Two small booster pumps, one from Wasco and the other from neighboring Moro, fought to keep the flames from spreading. A large pumper truck from The Dalles reached the scene an hour after the fire was discovered and with a blanket of water kept the fire from spreading. A tavern located in the same building was also destroyed but an adjoining clothing shop All occupants of the hotel escaped unhurt, firemen said. Washington U.R The pow erful House Rules committee agreed Saturday to permit a floor vote, probably early next week, on the long-stalled Public Housing bill. ml v-W 4 FARMER'S DAUGHTER Redwood .Empire farmer ette Barbara Mayo makes a pretty picture as she stacks hay for the District Fair at Ukiah, Calif. Aug. 9-12. Farmerettes like Bar bara could keep the boys down on the farm. I'm no Q Knjt imt& um Bar-B-Q Bum He minds his picnic manners especially when it's barbecued beel on de licious Holsum the energy white bread in the orange red wrapper. MAKE IT TASTE BETTER Serve it with Holsum Bread
