TEN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
National Park System
Increased by 549,172
Acres In Four Years
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The National
Party System has been expanded
by the acquisition of 549,172
acres since the
E i s e n h ower
administration
came into of
fice, according
to a review
made by the
Library of
Congress.
But the
largest single
Eobt smiLb a c q u l s l lion
made during this period 405,
500 acres is all completely un
der water adjacent to Isle Royale
National Park in Michigan. The
remaining acreage was added in
small chunks to increase slightly
the size of numerous parks.
Usei Figure
Some weeks ago this reporter
used the figure 400.000 acres to
indicate how much the park sys
tem had been expanded under
the Eisenhower administration.
When the Eugene Register-Guard
used this figure editorially in
making an argument in behalf
of the senatorial candidacy of
Douglas McKay, former secre
tary of the Interior, the office
of Senator Wayne Morse raised
the question of the accuracy of
the figure. ,
Morse's office said that a re
view of McKay's public speeches
during the time he served as In
terior secretary failed to dis
close any claims that the park
system had been expanded to the
extent of 400,000 acres. His
claims were closer to 100,000
acres.
According to the Library of
Congress, which was asked to
make a nonpartisan appraisal.
Fisherman
80 Men in
In Bald Rock Canyon
Oroville, Calif. (U.R) A
severely injured fisherman was
carried up the sheer, 3,000-foot
walls of Bald Rock Canyon Sun-
d.y in a torehlit rescue mission
that took 80 men 14 hours to
complete.
Leonard Gene Lowry was
strapped in a stretcher and pull
ed up a vertical rock face by a
network of ropes. In another
spot, ropes were again used to
pull the stretcher across gaps
where the trail was too narrow
to permit the rescuers to carry
the injured man.
The strenuous climb as com
pleted shortly after 9 a.m. (PST)
and a waiting ambulance rush
ed Lowry to Curran Hospital
where he underwent immediate!
surgery. He also was suffering
from exposure and shock.
Broken Ribs
Doctors at first feared serious
internal and back injuries but
after surgery said his most ser
ious injuries were several brok
en ribs.
The 30-year-old Sacramento
sportsman was injured shortly
before noon Saturday when he
slipped from a rock while cast
ing in the Feather river.
The swift current swept him
over the 30-foot Bald Canyon
falls and hurled him against the
bank of the river .
His companions. Egbert Nash,
30, and Larry Cleveland, 30,
Doctors Test Girl
For Rabies Treatment
Des Moines (U.R) Physic
ians today planned an examin
ation which may mean life or
death for little Larena Robert
son. The doctors may decide that
the 2-year-old girl's reaction to
a new anti-rabies serum is too
severe to continue the treatment.
Earlier, the child developed a
violent reaction to the conven
tional Pasteur serum.
"One' full shot of Pasteur ser
um would kill Larena just as
' certainly as rabies would," said
Dr. Gilbert Roth, one of the
physicians treating the girl.
The Pasteur treatment was
started after Larena was bitten
Aug. 28 by her pet Collie puppy.
The dog died and was destroyed
before it could be tested for
rabies.
Physicians tried administering
reduced amounts of Pasteur ser
um in place of full doses, but
the child continued to suffer
painful reaction after each shot.
Friday, they turned to a
"chick embryo" serum so new it
has not yet been released for
general use but Larena again de
veloped a sharp reaction. Roth
said today's tests would decide
whether the treatment could be
continued.
The critical period in rabies
cases comes between four and j
eight weeks after infection. It:
has been more than four weeks
since Larena was nipped.
"Once you get rabies, there is
no known cure for it," Roth j
warned. I
the park system was expanded
by 126.000 acres during the
period McKay was secretary.
Since then the big 405,500 acre
underwater acquisition in Lake
Superior off the Michigan coast
was made, plus several minor
ones which take the total up to
549,172 acres.
Underwater Area
The Park Service explained
that the underwater area sur
rounds the various islands which
comprise Isle Royale park. The
islands feature wooded wilder
ness, a pre-Columbia copper
mine and a moose herd. The
water area was donated by the
state of Michigan to the federal
government "mostly so we
would have the right to police
the waters," a park service of
ficial explained. The water area
extends out about 4V4 miles, he
said, and permits the govern
ment to prevent private boats
some of which may have boister
ous party-goers aboard from
molesting the animals or other
wise violating the quiet of the
park area.
The park service pointed out
that acquisitions of park land
are made under specific authori
zation bills passed by Congress.
It explained that about 450,000
acres of the newly acquired park
lands had been authorized by
Congress prior to the time the
Eisenhower administration came
into office., and that 65.500
acres was added under author
izing legislation passed during
the past four years.
One major acquisition which
was proposed during this recent
period was 271,000 acres adja
cent to Everglades park in Flor
ida. Congress failed to pass the
authorization bill which would
have permitted this addition.
Rescued by
14 Hours
pulled him from the water.
Cleveland stayed with the in
jured man. Nash began a 3M
hour climb up the canyon walls
to get help.
A 35-man rescue party made
up of forest rangers, sheriff's
deputies, volunteers, jail trust
ees and Dr. Todd Bailey reached
the canyon floor shortly before
7 p.m. They found Lowry on a
flat rock, moaning in intense
pain.
"My side," he said, "my side
hurts terribly."
Hearing on Licenses
For Dams to Resume
Washington (U.R) A hear
ing on licenses sought for two
utility dams on the snake river
resumes late today before a Fed
eral Power Commission ex
aminer. A recess was expected after
the hearing to give attorneys for
opponents of the dams time to
complete preparation of their
case. The National Hells Canyon
Association is opposing the -ip-plications,
filed by the Pacific
Northwest Power Company for
dams at Pleasant Valley and
Mountain Sheep sites.
The afternoon hearing was
called to permit cross examina
tion of the Army Engineers'
chief of planning. Gordon H.
Fernald. Fernald testified earli
er that a proposed dam at Nez
Perce site would have greater
flood control value than the
Mountain Sheep and Pleasant
Valley structures.
But he said Nez Perce dam
was not recommended by the
Army because it would block
fish runs.
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Monday. October 1. 1958
Is That So?
With winter coming along, is
there really a practical and eco
nomical solution for outdoor
clothing that is, clothing for
weather which is only moderate
ly cold, then real cold, and fin
ally bitterly cold?
Certainly, there is a modern
money-saving answer.
In times past when a man
went into the outdoors, he bur
dened himself with about 25
pounds of clothes; today, be
cause of new knowledge applied
to outdoor clothing, and light
weight garments, he does just as
well with 11 pounds of clothes.
But don't get me wrong: the
outdoorsman must be prepared
at all times to meet the elements
head on, and they can be cruel.
Should he neglect for an instant
a wet foot when the tempera
ture drops to 45 below, he would
very likely never use that foot
again.
As always, the most practical
solution to your clothing prob
lem is to observe what the men
who work in the area, where you
intend to spend part of your
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winter, are wearing not so
much the townfolk who have
thermostat - controlled blankets
and heated conveyances, but the
cowboys, prospectors, guides
trappers, and timber cruisers
the true outdoorsmen.
You'll notice, they won't have
many clothes often they man
age to get along with little more
than one outfit. (As for you, fig
ure on getting most of two: after
all, these men are hardened and
can go outdoors when it's 20
below and saddle up a cayuse
barehanded and shirt-sleeved
You attempt it, and you'll freeze
almost solid.)
Basically, you 11 find your
problem is how to keep dry.
That 6 right, dry.
Body Perspires Freely
Even though the temperature
may be 30 below freezing, your
body perspires freely and the
more clothing you are wearing
and the more you exercise, the
more you will sweat. Your
heavy socks and your heavy un
derwear and your stocking cap
will all become damp with
sweat. While on the move that
doesn't matter: but stop and
you'll freeze. Or step out from
protected woods and cross
frozen lake and the wind will
chill you to the marrow.
This problem calls for a new
approach: a minimum of clothes
which permit freer circulation
of air. A moisture-proof garment,
for example, is out. And if it
is belted, even worse the belt
around the waist will stop the
essential bellows action of loose
clothing which sucks in, dry air
while expelling moist air.
For most purposes, this is the
answer: for merely cold weather,
a fairly light woolen outfit
light long underwear, light
weight woolen shirt; and a close
ly woven trouser that close
weave is to render it fairly wind
proof. And over this, a closely-
woven parka. It should be
loose, long-hanging to the knees;
and if made of fine silk, so much
the better. (With Eskimoes, the
loose upper garment is - often
the only clothing they wear next
to their bare skin.)
For real cold weather, heav
ier woolen underwear, heavier
woolen shirt, and heavier woolen
trousers again close-woven
Same parka.
Then, for bitter cold weather
wear the heavy garments over
the light and top this off with
the light-weight fine silk parka.
A lightweight woolen stocking
cap is best over this the hood
of the parka.
Well-Oiled Boot Best
As for footgear, a well-oiled
boot for most purposes is best.
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By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturaliat
Well broken-in beforehand, of
course; and with plenty of room
for two pairs of socks; the light
weight over the heavyweight
when it gets real cold. But, un
der no circumstances, must the
foot be. cramped that way cir
culation is lessened.
Leather wool-lined mittens
are usually too warm for most
purposes. Again, the best com
bination I have found is to have
two pair a pair of medium
heavy woolen mittens, which
can be dried easily, and a leather
pair to wear over them, prefer
ably buckskin. Then both or
either may be worn as conditions
warrant.
To recap when the weather
is only , moderately cold, wear
the lighter gear: when medium
cold, the heaviest; and when it
gets bitterly cold 40 below and
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worse, then the heavy over the
light. vith your light-weight,
long-length parka over all. Not
so pretty, perhaps, but that way
you get the maximum for the
minimum both in weight and
price. And that's what any good
woodsman is after.
(Copyright, 1956.
By Eugene Burns)
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Court Declines to Act
Olympia (U.R) The State
Supreme court today declined to
act in the latest dispute between
the state and the city of Tacoma
over the city's S138 million Cow
litz river hydro electric project.
In an order signed by Chief
Justice Charles T. Donworth,
the court sent the matter to the
Thurston county Superior court.
Judge Charles T. Wright of the
lower court was directed to hear
the dispute and enter a judgment
on it.
The issue involves a conten
tion by the state game and fish
department that the city should
be held in contempt for inter
fering with the bed and waters of
the Cowlitz.
The state agencies argued that
the city had dumped rock into
the river in violation of a court
order which permits Tacoma to
continue with certain phases of
1 the project until legality of the
DAIRY
Always Ask for "Jorgensen's"
in River Case
dam is decided finally by the
Supreme Court. A ruling by
Judge Wright that the project
is illegal is being reviewed by
the Supreme Court.
The city has taken the posi
tion that it is permitted to do
certain blasting while proceeding
with construction of a coffer dam
for a powerhouse site.
The state said rock dumped
into the river narrowed the Cow
litz and increased stream flow
in detriment to fish life.
GIVES BIRTH
Brussels, Belgium U.R
Princes Liliane, wife of King
Leopold, gave birth to a daugh
ter Sunday, the palace an
nounced today. The child was
named Princes Marie-Esmeralda
Adelaide Gilian Anne Leo
poldine. Dead line for Sunday Classified ta
at noon Saturdav
PRODUCTS
The climate of Portugal varies
only about 20 degrees a year.
The annual average temperature
for the 12 months is 61 degrees.
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