Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 09, 1957, Image 19

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Newspaper Page TextFinance Director ! Of State Speaks At Rotary Meeting If the public is to get more value lor their tax dollars there must be greater personal interest in government, Robert Johnson, itate finance director told the Wedford Rotary club Tuesday. In a luncheon address at the Jackson hotel, Johns6n remind ed the Medford audience that 1953 figures show that every man, woman and child in Oregon paid $292 in federal taxes, $143 in state taxes and SI 00 toward local government. Since 1953 this per capita cost of $535 has undoubtedly increased from 10 to 15 per cent, Johnson said. Increased services are con tinually requested and expected by the public, yet restraint is essential to future individual liberty and perpetuation of the American way of life. Department of Finance Oregon's department of fi nance was created by the 1951 legislature but did not become fully effective until 1953, the director said. Increasing econ omies have been effected through improved purchasing methods, budgeting procedure, state buying on competitive bids and annual contracts. Through coordinating pur chases of various state depart ments, savings from $75,000 on annual expenditures for petro leum products to $1,000 on pencils have been possible, John son said. One of the contributions to ward increased efficiency and economy made by the new state finance department was the es tablishment of a car pool at Salem. State cars have been op erated for only 4.3 cents per mile, disposal of state cars in creased from 56 per cent of blue book to 108 per cent, and over all mileage substantially low ered, Johnson said. Annual sav ings exceed $55,000, and at least $35,000 per year has been saved through the elimination of per sonal names from printed forms. The greatest portion of this sum has been made in the new motor vehicle division forms, he added. Johnson, who was introduced by Rotary program chairman and former state legislator, Frank J. Van Dyke, was U. S. advisor on finance and adminis tration in Greece following World War II. Rich Archeological Find in New York Honeoye Falls, N.Y. (U.PJ Hundreds of relics dating back to the Laurentian culture, 3000 B.C., are reported in a rich arch eological find at Honeoye Lake. Original work at the site, an 85-acre tract about one-half mile south of U. S. Route 20A. was carried out by Harry Schoff of Holcomb, an amateur arche ologist. Schoff turned up some 20 bur ial pits which produced skele tons of a people described as of the Point Peninsula culture, dat ing to the time of Jesus Christ . In addition, Schoff found rem nants of a fort believed to have been established by Gen. John Sullivan during his famous march through western New York in 1779. Dr. Alfred K. Guthe, anthro pologist, and the Rochester Mu seum of Arts and Sciences were given all rights to excavate the area by the Honeoye Lake De velopment Corp. which owns the property. Further excavations are ex pected to uncover Valuable data that will enable archeologists to piece together the story of the people who inhabited the area 5,000 years ago. Eugene !U.P.) The Mayflower theater, a favorite off-campus amusement spot for thousands of University' of Oregon stu dents, will close due to lack of patronage. CONSTIPATED? new laxative discovery un-Iocks bowel blocks without gag, bloat or gripe Constipation is caused by what doctors call a "thrifty" colon. A "thrifty" colon is one that, instead of retaining moisture as it should, does the opposite: robs the colon of so much moisture that its con tents become dehydrated, so dry that they block the bowel; so shrunken that they fail to excite or stimulate the urge to purge that propels and ex pels waste from your body. TO REGAIN NORMAL REGU LARITY two things are neces sary. First, the dry, shrunken contents of your colon which now block your bowel must be re-moistened. Second, bulk must be brought to your colon to S-T-B-E-T-C-H STIMULATE it and so, excite its muscles to action; to a normal urge to purge. ONLY A BULK LAXATIVE can 1) re-moisten this dry, shrunken waste and 2) supply vital bulk to re-create s nor mal urge to purge. And, of all bulk laxatives, coloxaid, the -Br CLAY R. four Daily Activity Gv'd fr According to tht Start. 1" To develop message tor Thurs'day, read words correspond !.-g to numbers of vour Zodioc birth sign. 1 There 31 Eiders 61 Prestige 2 An 32 Relations 62 Evenrs 3 Thtp'ra 33 It 63 Today 4 So')! 34 Nothing 64 Jc 5 Apcn 35 Individuals 65 Today's 6 For 36 You 66 Talents ;.f) 2-15-22 33 yf TAUtUS I -V MAY 2! reV 59 65-72 I GCMIM 7 Fr.ndtvps 37 Supplies 67 Wov 8 Should WAV 23 9 Be 10 Gratifying 11 Newt 12 Expect 13 And 14 Be 15 Enioveble 16 People 17 EiMCt 18 Cenent 19 You 20 Cautious 21 Good 22 Time 23 Support 24 Lay 25 Shoo 26 From 27 Meet 28 Confiding 29 In 30 Do (S)Good 40 To -TV 2 21-23-261 41 Proctic 42 In 43 Finish 44 Promised 45 To- 46 And. 47 Who'f 48 With 49 Lead 50 Your 51 You r 52 In 53 Disturb 54 Interested 31-39 90-341 CANCH JUNE 23 JULY 23 141.50-66-71 Fl76-78-82-901 LiO JULY 24 L AUG 23 14-25-73-43 55 The Key 70-; J-73-77 vatso 57 Dealing 58 You, 59 With Jfl In ) Advene AUG. 24 OtfiA SOT. 22 58-61 85-371 Is That So? These are the months of con tinuous winter darkness in the frozen Arctic which test the withstanding powers of warm blooded animals to the utmost. For months now the temper ature will stand far below zero from 40 to 80 degrees below; for weeks at a time gales will rage, carrying frozen snow in the teeth; for eight continuous months, at least, the little food available will be covered by hard-crusted . snow. To survive, the animals must surely be the most exquisitely adapted on earth. Of all animals, assuredly, they must be . the elite. But of these, which takes the palm. Which is the most rugged? Why don't the northern mam mals take the long, deep sleep? Sorry, in the far north there are no true hibernators for. the simple reason that the ground is frozen solid. It Is either push off migrate to warmer climes and easier food, or stay. And those who stay are few. Almost all birds have flown to the southland. Of the smaller birds, snow buntings sometimes remain among the nearest solid stand of trees. But we're talk ing about the treeless Arctic. Of the larger birds, two stand their ground fairly well: the ptarmigan and the snowy owl. But even these birds migrate, in a sense: the snowy owl follows his small meat supply southward, oc casionally even entering the U.S. in large numbers; the ptarmingan seeks the shelter of trees where it can find winter buds of alder, birch, poplar and willow. Not the far north, how ever. And what of the mammals? For the aquatic mammals along the coast there is no great change the temperature of the water remains almost constant and holes remain in the ice to permit seals and walrus to dive for food all winter. And during the winter, grizzly and polar bears may join hares and caribou to browse side by side on seaweed cast ashore by storms. For the time, all peace ful vegetarians. The winter-long night finds polar bear and Arctic wolf al ready white, but many more have acquired new fur coats to match the all-pervading snow. Arctic hare, fur and weasel are amazing new laxative discov ery is so effective that it relieves even chronic consti pation overnight, yet is so smooth, so gentle it has been proved safe even for women in the most critical stages of pregnancy. SUPERIOR TO OLD STYLE bulk, salt or drug laxatives, COLONAm neither gags, bloats nor gripes; does not interfere with your absorption of vita mins and other valuable food nntrients; and in clinical tests, did not causa rash or other side reactions. ITS A PHYSIOLOGICAL FACT I Exercise tones your body! And COLO v aid exercises your colon to tone it against consti pation, overnight! Whether occasional, frequent or chron ic, whatever your degree of constipation, get colonaid, in easy-to-take tablet form at any drug counter, today! The price, only 98c for the econom ical 60 tablet package, brings you positive relief at less than 2c per tablet. POLLAN- UUA SEPT. 21 r-j-v OCT. 23 le, 7-13 56 SH scoww NOV 72 ba.29.37-i3tCl k4-74-84-B8'U 38 Persistence 68 People SAGOTAIfUS 39 Relatives 69 And NOV.23 DEC 22 70 Others 71 Faithfully 72 Events 73 Watch 74 Stiremize 75 GrOUPS 76 Participate 77 Expenses 78 In 79 You 80 Or 81 En,ov 82 Dromoric 83 Helping 84 Your 16-17-36-40 149-55-67 1 CAMUCCXN DEC. 23 JAN. 1- 8- 9-10?" hi -46-62 VS ACJUAHUS LAN. 21 FEB. I 85 Or 19.27-35-47.fr. 56 Accomplish- 86 Associates I54-60-83-89SM 87 Poputan-y 83 Work 89 You 90 Events 110 ,) Neutral risen CEB. 20 UAR.2I 18-32-48-68fl 1 169-75-79-81 ' 4 By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist now all ermine-white, almost in visible against the snow-covered monotone, without even so much as a shadow to give them away. In the security of this near-invisibility, even the tim idity of the hare vanishes: al though wary in summer, now it is sometimes possible for a person to approach and seize it barehanded. These are tough animals, but yet further north you'll find one which remains the winter through to take on the full thrust of the Arctic, the musk ox. (By the way, he is not an ox and he does not exude musk except like many other mam mals during the breeding season.) This goat antelope, really, is in my book the elite of the elite. When born, the 16-pound youngster, who may grow into an 800-pound adult standing four feet at the shoulders, is already covered with a heavy growth of hair. And as it grows, the greatcoat of long, flowing chocolate-brown hair falls al most to the fetlocks. Further, this heavy outer covering has beneath it an inpenetrable thick wooly underblanket to withstand the sub-subzero temperatures, together with the tremendous blizzards. To facilitate progress on slippery ice or frozen snow, its broad-spreading main hooves and well-developed side hooves have hair between them. Equally unusual and one of the great reasons for its pres ence in this inhospitable region, is its adapation to food. Its diet includes all edible plants that grow in the north. And from under the driven snow, it digs out a sparse livelihood of mosses and dead grass. And lives until the short summer when again luxuriant grass grows knee-deep on the barrens. (Copyright. 1956, by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClur Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the" En cyclopedia Americana, my panel of 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 wildlife, a. complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. One Armed Man Digs Wells in East Texas Franklin, Tex. (U.P.) For half a century, O. E. Stak has been using his one arm to dig wells. Stark, 64. lost his right arm at the age of 14. He started dig ging wells the same year. Last summer, he dug nine wells, ranging from 12 feet to 40 feet deep. But that isn't all he does. He's a general Mr. Fix it. Stark has made a living at farming, breaking broncos, pick in a cotton, sawing wood, repair in guns, sharpening saws and ar and various other jobs. And his good left arm has pro vided a home for his family. All eight of his children have received a high school education in this east-central Texas com munity. Digging wells has its dangers no matter how many arms you have, he said. Several times dirt caved in on him while he was at the bottom of the excavation. One time, he fell 42 feet to the bottom of the hole and broke both feet. A few years ago, a five gallon bucket of mud fell on him, injuring his hip. That kept him out of the well-digging business for a time. Stark said Robertson County is going to have to find another well-digger pretty soon. At 64 he admits he would like to retire because he doesn't feel he can do as good a job as he did when On The Side (Distributed bv King You ask how long my love shall stay When all that's new is patt; How long? Ah, darling can I say How long- my life shall last? Dry be that tear, my gentlest love Be hushed that struggling sigh; Nor seasons, day. nor fate shall prove More fixed, more true than I. Sheridan Am asked why I can't forget horses and dogs now and then and write a little something about cats. Tht's a resonable request. I am not an aeluro phobe. One who loves cats is an aelurophile. Many great men have been aelurophiles. As for examples, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Carlyle, Byron and Henry James. And there's James Mason, the actor, who never has less than nine cats around the house. Napoleon Bonaparte was an aelurophobe. He hated and fear ed cats. In fact, he feared cats so much he would tremble when one approached him. Geriatrics Geriatrics Is the study of longevity. One specialist in geriatrics says that housework is excellent exercise and if con scientiously and energetically handled will aid in lengthening the life of a woman. Call this to the attention of your wife the next time she refers to housework as a tiresome task. Tell her she is fortunate not to have a maid to do the work as that would shorten her life. Asking Queries from clients. Q. In what film did Dorothy Lamour first wear a sarong? A. In a pictute titled "The Jungle Prin-. cess" produced in 1935. In that film Dorothy was co-starred with an ape . . . Q. Are you fami'iar with an Irish song titled "The Bold Mclntyres"? A. In a way, sir. That is by memory. I believe it goes some thing like this: Fearless and bold in Ireland of old Was the family of Dan Mc Intyre. The Kellys, the Reillys, The Murphys, Caseys and every McGyire Bowed down to them low As walking they would go, The elegant bold Mclntyres. Ponti&c new y ; with an AAew Noton in Motion Bps- Take your first heart-lifting run in America's Number One Road Car and the miles whisper by so quietly j. t only your eyes tell you that you're on the move. Never before have power, ride' and handling been in V" rtoi-fAi-4 VinlriTtr-o wifli anrt ntliAT Wato's mnAJUnrrcrinrt llftft nnri IfinrrtVi mn nrAm'nfiltr By e. v. Duriing Features Syndicate, Inc.) Horn Happy High on the list of auto pests is the "horn happy" motorist. No matter what may be block ing your progress the "horn happy" type driver behind you keeps' blowing his horn. And loudly. There is an old saying that "the loud laugh bespeaks the vacant mind." I believe that goes double for the loud horn blowers. In brief, loud and un necessary auto horn blowing is a moronic pastime. Guide To Gals Women born under Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) are incurably romantic. They are in love with love. They are hard to get but nice to held when you -get them. Are very affectionate and dem onstrative. They are "one-man" women. That is, one man at a time. They usually marry more than once. When they take up a career they generally make a great success of it. Or, so say the stargazers. Please Note In the Argentine Republic, according to law all children must be named after saints. My full name is Edgar Vincent Duriing. There was no St. Edgar. However, there was a St. Vin cent. He is the patron saint of drunkards. Sidelights It is the physical character istics of the father that is the chief factor governing family size, so extensive resarch in dicates. So, sir, if you are the father of four or more children take a bow . . . When a man dies on the island of Yap his brother inherits his wife. How would you like to inherit your brother's wife? OUCH! Reed City, Mich. (U.R) The high cost of living has hit mo torists here. Overparking fines have been increased from 10 to 50 cents. Hempstead, N. Y. (U.P.) Gabriela Mistral, noted Chilean poet and winner of the 1945 Nobel prize in literature, is in critical condition at Hempstead and not expected to live. OH jn&mo controlled that corners magically change to curves . . . and curves to straightaways. With Pontiac's exclusive Suato-Strealc power and its perfect running mate, Strato-Flight Hydra-Matic, you enjoy the security of constant and instant command of the most modern performance team on the road cradled in a Level-Line Ride that floats you along like a leaf on a mill pond. And it's all yours proved as no other car in history by a rugged 100,000-Mile Marathon Test Run! Doesn't this suggest that now's a wonderful time to come in and see what you've been missing? DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO. West Sixth and North Grape Wednesday, January 9, 1957 Horse Starting Gate 23 Centuries Old Chicago (U.PJ The starting gate, a fixture of modern horse racing, in some 23 centuries old. Dr. Oscar Broneer, professor of classical archaeology at the University of Chicago, says that the Greeks invented the start ing equalizer about 400 B.C. to insure that foot racers got off together. Broneer found the ancient de vice when he and other excava tors uncovered a stadium, about 12 miles from Corinth, where the Isthmian games were held. The runners at the games stood facing waist-high bars, re leased by the starter in a pit be hind them by means of strings. When the strings dropped, the bars fell downward in an arc toward the uprights holding them. This man offers you a rare combination. First, he'll show you a savings plan that's frmd its worth. But he also will show you a record for safety that's truly unique. 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She has just completed a nine year study of gestures by elemen tary school children in connec tion with her doctoral disserta tion at the University of Cal ifornia, Los Angeles. She said that unconscious ges tures may be necessary "escape valves" for repressed emotions. NEVER TOO OLD Herrin, 111. (UP.) The Illinois Association of Pen Pals, Inc., is primarily for teen-agers but re cently said it would accept mem berships from "the old who are young at heart." Four persons past the mid-century mark have joined the letter-writing group. IQUITAStl BUIIDINO, Please see that I get fall savings pirns. Stmt AJJws w R.F.D. N... & ooth. . Phone 2-5241 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Eugene Man Admits Role As Holdup Aide Portland (U.P.) Donald Otto Howard, 25, Eugene, has pleaded guilty in Federal Court here of being an accessory after the fact in the $2000 holdup of the .West Eugene branch of the First National Bank last Novem ber. 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