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Arctic Explorer Sees Connection
In Language of Various Natives
BY DELOS SMITH i "But the intellectual climate , ture." He himself offered no
United Pr Science Editor ' is changing, among other things ! speculation of how there could
New York U P.i Dr Vilhjal-' ln linguistics," he said in a letter . be a connection" or how a con-
, ' ' , j from his post at Dartmouth Col- j nection came about. That he left
mur Stefansson, venerable arc- j ie-e, Hanover. N.H., to the editor ; to scientists in the appropriate
tic explorer, scientist and schol- ( 0f the technical Journal "Na-i fields.
r( has called the attention of the ;
scientific world to the fact that
the natives of Alaska, Green
land and Brazil use and have
usd for a very long time the t
same word for chewing gum.
Furthermore, the. native's' of
-Alaska have always used a word
fur fire which is very similar to
the word for fire of the ancient
Romans. Stefansson used to
tnink, on the advice of scientists
in linguistics, that all this was
coincidence. Kow he thinks, still
on the advice of qualified schol
ars, tiiat there is a "connection."
"A connection," as he put it,
' from the Sanskrit to the Latin
to tiro Eskimo." That is some
thing to stagger your imagina
tion whcai . you remember that
Sanskrit was the language of on
India that pre-datcd the ancient
Latin empire of Rome, and the
Eskimos of Alaska are a long,
lung way hi both time and space
from anther. ' '.
game Word '
Nevertheless, Sta'annson said,
the Eskimo word for fire is "ig
nirk" and he Romans said "ig
nis." a word derived from- San.
skrit. But let that lay for a while
and try to imagine how it there
is a "connection" instead of a
coincidence how the Eskimo
of Alaska and Greenland and the
Indians of Brazil got hold of the
same word for chewing .gum.
That word Stefansson defined
as "the juice ol a plant that is
used for chwing. as a chewing
gum." A far back as 1906 when
he was exploring in Alaska he
heard Eskimos call spruce gum,
"Ktitsuk." In dictionaries of the
Eskimo language of Greenland
published in 1871 and 1926 he
found "kutsuk," meaning "resin,
cum."
Early explorer of Brazil and
elsewhere in. South America
found the Indians calling a chew
ing gum of various plants, "cao
utchouc" or "caucho"' or "gut
teux." Stafannson added; "I like
the last best, for it is nearest to
what i have.' heard among the
Eskimos from Bering Strait to
Coronation Gulf. They said 'gut
siik.' the 's' as always in their
tongue with an 'sh' sound."
mi v. C.I..H.-
w . , no guiuuwn
He thought nothing of all this
back in 1906 when he first began
hearing it. But not many years
passed before it was rousing the
curiosity which kept him tire
lessly exploring through his long
life. He kept speaking to lin
guists about it. They kept saying,
"coincidence.".
California Brush
Fire Out of Control
San Bernardino, Calif.' U.Ri
Firefighters battled a brush
fire burning out of icontrol to
day in (fry foothill and citrus
areas within 15 miles of here.
The fire bad blackened more
than 3.500 acres and destroyed
c at least three ranch homes and
numerous buildings early today.
No in juries were, reported. .
Fresh crews of firefighters
rushed into the area Monday
night to bolster more than 700
men who were on. the lines.
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APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE
Reception. Honors Couple
Br HELGA MITCHELL
.' Applegate - Jacksonville
Several Applegate families at
tended the wedding reception
held in Grants Pass recently,
honoring Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe
Hutton.
Mrs. Hutton is-the former
Miss Jane Cooper, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Cooper of
Grants Pass.
Attending this event were Mr.
and Mrs. Lance Offenbacher,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Winningham,
Mr. and Mrs. Chester McDon
ough, granddaughter Debbie,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Helgeson,
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Offenbacher,
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Offenbacher,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O Brien, Mr.
and Mrs. AI Bird, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Bird, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Krouse and daughter Gwenn and
Mr. and Mrs. Curly Surran. Mr.
and Mrs. Hutton were married
in Reno.
Mr. and Mrs. Armin Richter,
of the Circle G. ranch, returned
last Sunday from San Francisco,
where they attended the Oregon
State-Stanford football game.
The Little Applegate Knitting
club will meet at the home of
Mrs. Otis Buck, on Tuesday,
Nov. 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Myers and
son, Jerry, left recently for Ari
zona, where Myers will be em
ployed on a construction crew.
New tenants at the ,McKee
bridge trailer court are Mr. and
Mrs C. L. Wilmoth and chil
dren, Gloria and Benjamin, of
Medford. The children are at
tending Ruch school.
Mr. O. F. Erickson of Sioux
City, Iowa, mother of Mrs. Law
rence Tweedy, is staying at the
Tweedy residence and will re
main for Thanksgiving.
The Applegate church teen
age group had a hay ride last
Saturday with the Rev. Thorn
ton Gapen accompanying the
group. Alberta Erwin of Grants
Pass came to this area to join
the Rroup. and stayed overnight
at Mary Herriott's home.
Mrs. Marcel LePiniec and Mrs.
Curtis Gerhardt showed a film
strip to the committee of the
A.C.W.W. in Medford last Thurs
day. While Mrs. Gerhardt show
ed the film, Mrs. LePiniec gave
a talk. Mrs. Thornton Gapen
also attended.
Mrs. Clyde Smith returned
last Sunday from a trip to Salem
where she visited" her daughter,
Mrs. Catherine Kimball, who is
in a hospital there. Mrs. Smith
was accompanied on the trip by
Her daughter and husband. Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Killingsworth, of
Medford.
Eight-year-old Burton Gett
ing, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Gettling, celebrated his birthday
in Achlan4 lact. Sunriav at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Buster
ititfHiu
r..n
run
. Cooed this criticaj Thanksgiving guest.
' "You may pour me some more,
My dear daughter-in-law'
Both your coffee and you pass the test!"
Tuesday. November 20, 1958
Forney. Burton's cousin, Mar-
cene Fourney, celebrated her
birthday with him that day.
A number of Annleeaters sold
their steers and weaner calves
at the livestock auction held at
Midway Auction in Central
Point. Among them were Lance
Offenbacher, Leon Offenbacher,
Jack O'Brien, Morris Byrne,
Fred West. James Corson, Clar
ence Buck. Robert Tolle, Fran
cis Krouse, and Fritz Offenbach
er.
Recent visitors at the Lance
Offenbacher residence were Mr.
and Mrs. Rolland Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. Don Sheffield and
daughter, Karen, of Jackson
ville. Mrs. C. W. Ohilders has been
busv the last few days caring
for her two grandchildren.
Randy and Cheryl Cox. while
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Cox, of Central Point, took
a trip to Booneville, Ark. In
stead of getting out another bed,
Mrs. Childers bedded 11-month
old Cheryl down in a steamer
trunk.
Several local children march
ed in the parade held in Medford
Veterans' day. Billy Straube was
in the McLoughlin Junior high
school band, and Joe Lewis,
Marv Beth and John Ramsay
were in the Medford Senior high
band.
Earl Hvall left for Pendleton
last Wednesday on an elk hunt
ing trip.
The' Rev. and Mrs. Leo P. Fu
irell and their son. Spencer, of
Portland, will be Thanksgiving
day guests at the home ot Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Pearson, of Up
nor. Annleeate. The Futrells for
merly served the Pilgrim Holin
ess congregation at Ruch. In
order to give their many friends
an opportunity to. greet mem,
the Pearsons will, hold open
house in their honor on Thanks
giving evening from 6 until 9
p.m.
Members of the Home Econ
omics club of Upper Applegate
Grange met at the home of Mrs.
Verna Culy at a noon luncheon
and business session last Wednes
day. Mrs. John Byrne, who is
completing the unexpired term
of Mrs. John Sutton, as chairman
of the club, presided dyring the
meeting.
Many lower, upper and little
Applegate women attended the
West side shopper radio party
held at station KMED last Fri
day. Mrs. Marcel LePiniec, Mrs.
Joe Farrand, Mrs. Harry Davis,
and Mrs. Earl Hvall gave the
commercials. Mrs. Curtis Ger
hardt told how she obtained the
name of "cat girl."
Mrs. Estel Cox was in charge
of the one of the games played
at this party. Contributions of
cake, pies and cookies were made
by Mrs. Otis Buck, and Mrs.
Frank Mitchell were the host
esses. n.j:.ji tl. uj.ii
Duuieu: me ueii;
instant
GKAIIfieu lb me vium
used bv Maj. Gen. E. L. M.
Burns of Canada, command
er of the UN Emergency
Force, as he described rapid
development of the force to
be used to police Middle
East trouble area. Burns is
shown here arriving in New
York for consultations with
UN leaders.
Legion of Decency
Raps Film Advertising
Washington OI.R! The Ca
tholic Legion of Decency has ac
cused the motion picture indust
ry of increasing use of '"lurid,
salacious and dishonest" adver
tising. The legion also reported that
although the number of movies
it classed as objectionable de
clined, the "intensity of objec
tionability" of a "large segment
of American-made films offered
serious concern."
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Back Stairs: Oklahoma Line
By MERRIMAN SMITH
United Pres White House Writer
Washington ;u.R) Back
stairs at the White House:
One of the White House ste
nographers was walking through
the halls the other day singing
snatches from '"Oklahoma." But
one line was changed a bit: '"The
mail is as high as an elephant's
eye."
And so it is in the wake of the
election. Staff members say they
haven't seen quite as much mail
since President Eisenhower was
in the hospital at Denver last
year.
The volume includes not only
thousands of messages of con
gratulations, but more than a
few reminders of how much
sweat and effort the writers put
into putting Mr. Eisenhower
across again.
The recent election campaign
conducted on both sides largely
by airplane and television
brought to light an ancient story
about presidential travel.
It was during the time of Pres
ident Harding that a public ad
dress amplifier was first tried
from the rear car of a presiden
tial train. Harding was making a
transcontinental trip and using
the new-fangled contraption at
all stops. The speaker system
operated off storage batteries in
the President's car.
One morning, Harding's valet
announced regretfully that he
had been unable to press the
chief executive's trousers during
the night. His explanation was
simple:
"You spoke too much yester
and used up all the electricity."
His eminence Francis Cardinal ,
Spellman of New York was one I
of a group of Catholic leaders
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who called on Mr. Eisenhower
last week.
As they left the President's of
fice, a reporter asked Cardinal
Spellman if the chief executive
gave his church visitors any
presents. The cardinal didn't
quite understand and the news
men explained that Mr. Eisen
hower keeps a desk drawer full
of trinkets ranging from pocket
knives to autographed cards
which he occasionally gives to
callers.
"Well, in that case," said the
cardinal with a twinkle in his
eye, "let's go back."
Mr. Eisenhower never ceases
to be amazed, by the large
amounts of machinery that must
be moved into the White House
when he makes a broadcast
from his library or office. Prior
to a recent telecast from his of
fice, the technicians were busy
setting up their lights and cam
eras. The President walked in the
door and surveyed the scene si
lently. He was in sports clothes
just after a practice golf session
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on the south lawn. He finally
spoke as he turned to leave.
"My, my, is all that necessary
for me?"
The Eisenhowers can have
their choice of any number of
different turkeys Jor their
Thanksgiving dinner at the
White House next Thursday.
This is the time of year whe'n
the gift turkeys arrive almost
daily. Most of them are deposit
ed in the White Houe freezer
for later use.
Two Men Transferred
Kenneth Jone Mikescll and
Lawrence W: Pcnnell were es
corted to the Oregon state pen
tenliary at Salem Monday by
Glenn E. Wright and Paul Bet
tiol, sheriff's deputies. t
Both men were sentenced in
circuit court last Thursday on
charges of obtaining money" by
false pretenses. Mikesell, Crater
hotel, Medford, was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary,
and Pennell. transient, who was
extradited from Pontiac, Mich.,
was sentenced to-five years.
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their regulr OieetOi); Saturday O
evening Nov. 24. The juveniles
vi?l tneet at the same time
This meeting will be r the
annual e'ection of officers for
both Granges so a larg tftrn
ol is hoped for.
The annual Christd.as Prty
will be planned at this meeting.
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