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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1956)
G O Specially-Built Aboard the Motor Vessel 'We- naha on Snake River (L'.R; Some weeiss, Oliver McNabb wor&j only two days. But and be' not kidding "they"re the (jnistoday ther ve." Q McXab0is theocapiain of the niotor vessel r'enaha that much of t.'O year is the on;i link with civilization for the 75 families Ow-ho livelong the banks of tite Snake river Jor 100 twisting. Qpid riiokd miles upstream from Lewiston, Ida. O The Wena?.aJis a specially constructed. s'el-hulled, alum q lnum (jp5tructure craft op--'a-i bg ft Island Navigation Cnjnpany0 ' . Olt weigns about 14 tons and fan carry about half that weight In earjv whei:r Iff up to i'a mit o!q43 psngers or a load OOf pigs. o O The veel If poweredo by pair of0165 ortro$er diesel O engines driving 24-lnch propel ."t. MNahb steen wfth ar u eight-'DOkedwherf that controls diial3rfv-four foot rudders. u Allstamlial o The Welaha lias a draft of less rn fwo feetoThis is all-essen 0 tial ft operation on the Ssake r, pvyculariy during the many mornh of "low water" when rwks jai then continuous aeries O SfVapfds are" menacingly close tohe surface. L Going dowr?tream with the rurrrT, tV.e vessel can make up to 2 ml'es n Jiour. upstream o progress can- be measured 'times in inches, mighty few of tnm0at that, per minute as It groans over 'he rapids During the 100 miles travelled by ti e Wenahas the Snake rises e aboH 500 feet. Some of the gl&p onjon walls shelter rapids to violent that 1!ev resemble swt of stairs, rather than a BavTfjable river. O McNabbcai hutky armed. frec- (pkled-shoulder man in his late qOq20s, hs been captain of the Oenar for g)x yeais. flis mail contract provides he must make. L the Og-mile U'ip. upstream one day arid down the next, once a we?k: On the upatream voyage, the Vessel cirries a varied cargo of iriaji. iasollne, appliances, farm tpjipment, livestock and, as Mc Crabb puts It, "just about any cttingou cn r(me." Oahe way back to tin Lekls- ttn dock, X chauls occaslorwl paswngers. farmoproduce and a w-r; 7. Spscjijisfs Destroy Incendiary Bombs Denver (U.R) Highly spe? claittecP jems at the Rocky O Woun-ii Arsal are systemat-0 lcaiiy tteslroyinf obsolete M-69 rapalnT incendiary bombs. Col. Villfem A. Johnsarf, ctinf com mtderc'f the Army Chemiral Corp It3 th arsenal hss dis posed. G C3 Johnson sayi destruction of ib 30.W0 00-pound bombsoand l5.n.O0TM-47, lW-pound napalm bomDs: would take at least two years. larjtjer bombs will be d-ygoyed ajter all the M-69s are C dissembled and burned, he said. G "Th4 bombs are obsolete,," Jofiscsaid, "and thereis no alternative but to destroy them. Sto costs are prohibitive and wapveoh nenJ) on hand too long. W,0'kSv no further use for them." The Sjfel Casings which Sold theo napalm mixtsre are being aalvaged ajftdsoldofor scrap. The mixQre Is being litrned in a 6rep pit. o O Johnsorr njlid on$ a few of tlof&ombs can be3 destroyed each e(?en. Sherman's Home Jourkt lltraction fjancaster, O. (U.F5 More than 4.000 persons come here each-year to visiVthe home ofc en. Wila3 Ta-umseh Sher rSan.rhe !ian who Jrd rhe fam ous "Maih to the Sca"duting the Civil&Vi. e The hermanofaiBily home has been openoto 0tourists for the past fiveeari and ore than lO.fjllO persons ha vlewocj it since (jfifti. 0 The housa as built In 1812 and is now operated by the CDiio State Historical Society. LwflMiaHlL' WEEPING in total torment is Mrs. Dolores Clayton, 23, when she returned from a night out to learn two of hr three children died in Oak land fire. o (International) a, s MWllliBWirlP' 1 H t in' '' 1 , J ... . Boat Only Link on TreacHerous Snake mail that includes letters to stores ordering supplies for de livery the next week on the Wenaha. Mc.N"abb"s a captain of much action but few words. Asked why he threaded his way aroand frre port side of a rifle-lined sandbar, instead of to the starfioard, he replied simply, "Looks." Subject Closed Requested io elaborate he added: "Looks better." And, with a twist of the wheel and a poke at the throttle, the subject was closed, three weeks. They'll Do It Every They'll Do It Every OU, LOOK-THE NEW SPRING CTYLES- LOHS SILHOUETTE WTTU JUST A SUG GESTION OP LE4N h TO BUSTLE Theyll Do It Every 01 .way WUERCS THdT MirrRtnoN. COLUMN 0 Theyll Do It Every " --c- prr-CS ft. rr TOc(iivJ VvOW.' VVT-14T LIMES .' LONGEB-4ND FOUR- DrT, I VE4RS AUEAD OP THE W TOME COLOR IP J. OP-THE R7TC4LL- Pfif6 & '56 MODEL THEM k VtXI VV4NT IT-vA INS THE KETTLE ft'tJFW.? t InEW FEHDERS-WOW 5P-- -W . oRoc.y over I For 4 little social drop-inJ, duresse mjkes keister coll up LIKE HE HxJO TO CURTSY-dT COURT -WH4T'Sy TH4TS NO Wy TO GO Y; M?ONGWTTU 17 VISITING THE eOOMEPS.'f THiS fXITCrr' B OU KNOW MOW PRECISE W-RE NOr'l THEy 4RE JBOUT E'ERV- GOlNT04 l lTHlNG-NOWPUTONyDUR WEDDING BLUE SUITING 4 W f. VvyHTTE SHlRTj-Q J During the summer, many of the boat-supplied farmer resi dents dT the central Snake River canyons leave their alfalfa patches and take their stock to the highlands for pasturage. ' Their places on McXabb's river route are taken by sportsmen j and engineers working on pow er dam locations. The mail contract requires the once weekly trip. Onlv three times in his six years has Mc Nabb not been able to make it. This spring, the flood-crested waters were so littered with trees and other debris that there was no hope of making it for Time " - Time i-. Time 4g - - f UEwYUA! GAMES VOULoK YUP N .fUTS-RREMEM'Sl WE4(? ST(?1IT y CNT 6E4RI A CLOCME-PENT JACKETS IP TME I TO BE TWEy CHIC, f-H DESIGNERS TOLDi 6EHINP THE 1 ?PROTElN PRUDEMCE PKOM ULCE9 GULCH ."SHE H4SMT , UAOA SQlUQe i TWEy STAWTEO POUND HOT too JT't OHC LIKE r I T IUUK MIMUTES OPP TVWT SHES STILL GOT TO. CO r. tnr fierce;. PEOPE- Time Then they cet "thei?e4no their mr.lnio mrs. host arb dressed like a couple op beachcombers.' -XAUS. OPP YOJR W J4CKET MO LOOSEN YZ 1 Y0UR T KEISTER jr Tl UNL4X,KIO-OONT 6E if SO HIGH H0M8URG- f I Tlj Kfy5 4 LITTLE ' ! J The Snake does not let up in the winter, but it does snow down in the canyon, where the short days permit little sunlight to reach the river. When visi bility is poor, McNabb turns on his spotlight, revs up his engines and jams on anyway. He has only two crew mem bers both for the regular runs and the occasional charter trips. Keen-eyed Paul Redman, who is even less conversationally minded than the skipper, is pilot. Bill DeVault is the deck hand, grease monkey, mechanic and cook in the small galley. By Jimmy Hatlo By Jimmy Hatlo Tme menfolk get a large chuckle out4 the way the GALS 60 6A-6A OVER THE NEW R4SHIOMS By Jimmy Hatlo SHE cA3 LUNCH SINCE LIKE 4TR4CK MAKING MEET. BtXAK FAST ON THE DOGS' DASH, LUNCH ON THE JUMP AH' aao DINNER ON THE RELdy C4N-OPENER WJn I ITKC SHE E4TS- HC1V ICPf TO KNOCK TO POT TO PRUDEy- ESS4y- THE DAYS: SyMP4"n-iiziNS wnu the Diet ecmtop AS THE PRESSES -dNO THE STOM4CH RUMBLES? By Jimmy Hatlo m ! ' j 3 rocket iwjsf ui : . r tm, r MOP' it (flUftff? imJkikr fllW' SiTtfTiON: s? i 1 H "" ' ' -j ' JilSSb' I l&MjSg 'i WE WUZ MflKIN' j OH, MY I Q S AUNTL0WEPZY--A jGOODY TO WEAVE BASKETSJ CTN-t PWSTICAL feAND1! . WE-UNS0ONES0WE ) dito-: WiC.ILL,ER jC? (Ma?MP ) COSTUME l(C3HW WORLD'S O n a nhaf r I CO MaMMKIMkaaaaaa aWaaaataaanaWla. TTTnTITrafflMTMlW J. 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WAYSHEWAGSJ T MY PAPER o ( MOCROFFKg-W , . . ' PJ iiCDAGwOCD.CDVeSEB I ITS I'M SO PPOUD I I . I I ''ijlT 1 49EANT FOR -iM TTfJ ''0'CRFUL GORGEOUSJ (OF IT-HO-W ABOUT f X TME-noTThc L C AT THE MARKET A A i (-,-, " O I 3 fej ; Thursday, Caearabar 20. 19SI T?&M'ieEHeY M51'-! I ;lwT k1ti.s rciwf I 'E.L V'Vi MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE NIKS 2. w mii Mrwjiv P ROCKET PLANE QUICK' ... e ... i 5v
