Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 14, 1957, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textr til MEDfORD (ORECOK) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. January 14. 19S7 Colorado River Water Fight To Reopen Soon in San Francisco San Francisco ;iR; A Jong and bitter fight over rights to Colorado river water vill re open here next month with an attempt by California to prove that the stale of Arizona has no right to demand a cutback in California's share of the river water. Special Master Simon H. Bifkind, appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear testi mony from the five states en gaged in the suit and the feder al government, has ordered Cal ifornia to be ready to begin its case on Feb. 11. In addition. Rifkind has set up a schedule of year - long hearings. He told a score of at torneys representing the two principal contestants, Californ ia and Arizona, and the other parties, Nevada, New Mexico. Utah and the United States, that he hopes to conclude the com plex case by September. The first session will be held from Feb. 11 to Feb. 22. The second will start March 18 and end March 29 and the .third will be from May 6 to May 11. Rif kind also ordered a two week session to be scheduled in July and an additional eight weeks in the summer and fall.. Complicated Case The historic suit opened last June with Arizona's case and recessed after 3!Mrial days. Dur ing the days of trial, Arizona, the original complainant, intro duced 221 exhibits, filled 6,090 pages of transcript and quest ioned 19 witnesses. The suit, the fourth in 22 years, was brought as an origin al action in the U. S. Supreme Court in 1952 to quiet title to 3.800,000 annual acre feet of water from the lower basin of the Colorado River. Arizona claims this amount is due her under the Colorado River Com pact of 1925, the Boulder Can yon Project Act, and the Cali fornia Limitations Act. Those three treaties along with numerous government con tracts, make up what is known among water lawyers as the "law of the river." California, however, claims that under the same "law," she is entitled to 5.382.000 annual acre feet of -water from the riv er. This amount is used by the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego and by four water and irrigation districts. There are also claims by Ne vada, New Mexico, Utah and the federal government. These, totaled with the rights claimed by California and Arizona, am ount to more water than there is available in the lower basin of the river. Under the 1925 compact, 7, 500.000 annual acre feet of wa ter is allowed to flow to the lower basin states by the four states of the upper basin. Those states are Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. By way of measurement, one acre foot of water is enough to cover a football field with one foot of water. Northcutt Ely, California's chief counsel, said that the state would attempt first to prove its rights to what it now uses from the river, and then try to refute the evidence and testimony pre sented last year by Arizona. Pig-Calling Contest In Mid-Manhattan Brings Odd Assortment of People, Calls By H. D. QUIGG Unittd Press Correspondent New York 'OI.R) If you stay alert, you can get into the craziest things around here. Like a hog - calling contest in . the middle of Manhattan. A single hog acted as summonee. It wore a red ribbon, tied in a large bow "behind its ears. " This was a lady pig, a York shire named Bathsheba. She also is an actress, currently starring in the role of "Salomey" in "Li'l Abner," a broadway musi cal. She has white hair, blue eyes, and pink nose. Bathsheba was chaperoned by young actress with black hair, brown eyes, and flaming lips, named Jackie Michaels. Became Apparent "Bathsheba," said Miss Mich aels, "was raised with two Bas set hounds. She thinks she's a dog." This became apparent when the contestants started hollering at her. The contest was held in the Nola Studios, a place with hard wood floors, green walls, and bedsheet size mirrors. About 30 contestants arrived in response ; to newspaper ads by Merkel, Inc., pork packers, for hog call ers to sound off in broadcast ' commercials. The first contestant was May Rice, who said she had called hogs for "quite a few years in ' North Carolina" before becom ing a New Yorker. Inhaling deeply, she went: "1Vho-o-o"-a beautiful-pear - shaped contralto note-"pig, pig, pig." Bathsheba grunted softly. She didn't move. Noble Effort The next caller was named honest he was Aristide Dels!, who said he originally from McMechan, W. Va. "It's close to Boggs Run," he ex plained. He wound up and let go with: "Hoooa. hoooa: here pig. Bathsheba closed her eyes, fa tigued. Miss Michaels, with as sistance, put the pig in her lap. and sat down with the con testants. Next was Hilda Chester, strict ly a production of the sidewalks Yemen Gets Verbal Support From Reds London U.R) The tiny Arab state of Yemen received Communist Czechs arms and ver bal Russian support Saturday in its worsening dispute with- Brit ain. The Yemeni legation in Bonn, west Germany, charged that British planes continued attacks with "bombs and rockets" against cities in Yemen. A legation communique said "the revolt" has spread in the territory or Aden, and again said volunteers had offered to help fight for Yemen. Syria said Ye men was getting quantities of Czech arms, while Russia de manded that Britain keep out of the country. Yemen itself appealed to the United States through the Ye meni envoy to Washington to intervene and halt "British ag gression" in the clashes which began last Tuesday. Evergreen cuttings can be taken in winter if they are rooted in a greenhouse. Without green house conditions, the best time to take evergreen cuttings is in came July. of New York, Hilda, a portly, red-haired, middle - aged, bray- voice type, has been famed for years for clanging a cowbell at Ebbets Field in praise of the Dodgers, yelling, and showing a sign: "Hilda is here." She stuck her snout two feet from the pig's and bellowed: "Hey: piggy, piggy, piggeee!" The walls shuddered. Hilda's face grew scarlet from the ef fort. Bathsheba leaped off the lap and loped to a far corner. A judge asked Hilda if she would try again. "Tsa pleas-yah," said Hilda. She did. Bathsheba had to be retrieved forcibly. Hilda patted the porker's head and said, "Nice piggy." She was asked if she ever called pigs before. "No, only pig's knuckles," she said. "I'm a sports woman." A Word From the Pig At this point, a man from another network which shall not be nameless NBC approached with a microphone just in time for comment from "the pig. "Oink." , "Would you mind repeating that?" asked the announcer, shoving the mike directly in front of the pig. "Oink!" said Bathsheba loud ly,' as if on cue. "Thank you," said the NBC man. The champ finally was de clared to be Art Dilks, who was "born in Arkansas and raised in Missouri." The winning holler: Soooeee, Soooeee, Soooeee. So pig." . While it was being yelled, Bathsheba wandered over and nuzzled the pocket of a news paper photographer, who gave her a big city comment: "Ged daha heah." Chinese Nationalists Capture Transports Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) T h e Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry said Saturday a naval patrol captured three Chinese Communist transports between the Quemoy and Pescadores off shore islands. The ministry said the navy seized the transports Friday night but gave no further de tails of the action. A communique added that three Chinese Communist gun boats were damaged Friday night in a five-minute clash with a Nationalist naval patrol in the Matsu Straits. JACKSONVILLE Koffee Klatch By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS Jacksonville Jack sonville Royal Neighbors held their sec ond March of Dimes Coffee Klatch this year at the Commu nity hall on Wednesday, Jan. 9, taking in over $40. Lunch was served at noon. The group will have additional Coffee Klatches before this year's drive is over. Nets $40 Tuesday at the Royal Neigh bors' meeting a baby shower honoring Mrs. Sam Dawson was held. On Tuesday evening, Jan. Is That So? In Holland a little piece of stale bread is sometimes hidden away in the cradle. In Leonardo da Vinci's famous fresco, The Last Supper, Judas has. upset his salt. In King Tutankhamen's tomb were found incredible amounts of licorice root. And does your grandmother still ad monish you to eat your carrots up clean? Many of these beliefs, if not all, are still a part of our daily living. All are age-old. And, curi ously, most are based upon good scientific grounds. Bread and salt, are both "old strong charms" for spiritual strength points out Maria Leach in her book The Soup Stone (Funk and Wagnalls, N.Y.). They protect against danger and evil: and even more, against fear. To ward off danger and. keep off fear, when walking a road at dead of night, many people in northern Europe still carry, a small piece of bread in the pocket. As well, to offer bread and salt to the guest is to offer last ly EUGENf BURNS Ringer-Naturalitt carotene to build up resistance to colds. And during World War I, pilots took healthy swigs of carotene to improve their night vision. And as for licorice and King Tut's bronchitis belief, don't smile cough medicines contain substantial amounts of licorice. What's more, licorice helps put out fires! After the sweet juices are extracted, the wast fiber of the root is boiled with caustic soda to produce a wonderful fire fighting foam. Sprayed on bad fires, 'this tough foam shuts out the oxygen and the fire just na turally dies. (Copyright, 195E. by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, or the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-vol-ume set of this world-famous ref erence 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 Trib une, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. i MODERN AO ! i0tl?v3 I I TOMORROW. . . in hit 1 C V dress . . . in her choice sf ' 9 C Jf dry cleaners ' - 1 g J Sh Inslttt upon C I " Z ' , . 2 I banitone yff I DRY CLEANING MitM1 to kp hr smart clothes at lb ft Z i Ji I th.p.akofporf.ctlon... Fljrjy J W 1 v Today-! housewife demands dry dean- W J? mSSl ' Jr M ing as op to date as the clothes she wears $ f f ' W ' ' ! w ... as modern as anything else in her V 1 f J B home. She can have it, too. Scientific re- fm" V n ! J search has created new standards of wj't M j quality and thoroughness in Sanitorte R.JS3-v jSTrV. I H Dry Cleaning. Time after time, it sends 'JwpjiNk mCT?? w ! her chic, high-style garments back to mSEjl. ffTffPfTl ' ' her with all their original smartness of lltv'X VT5Ti B C restored. Why don't yon try it too? vj . I c 'xt V. 5 1 I PHONE 2-9169 jj J, l I ' 601 East Main Street ' K , ij ing friendship and protection; and of course to accept it seals the offer and pledges loyalty. For centuries people have had a great dread of spilling salt; and one time almost every one thought spilled salt an omen of disaster perhaps even death or an equal calamity. When spilled, even today, haven't you seen people throw a pinch over the left shoulder to avert evil? Or harkening back to the days j when food was cooked over the open hearth, throwing a little into the fire? Salt Not Plentiful There are two reasons for this: first in many places salt was not plentiful and therefore of great value, hence the very spilling of the salt was near ca lamitous; secondly, in times gone by salt was used for sacred rites; Moses, for example, com manded the children of Israel to strew salt on all flesh sacrificed to God; and the ancient Greeks and Romans mixed it with their sacrificial cakes and sprinkled salt on the heads of all animals to be sacrificed. As for carrots, didn't your grandmother tell you they were good for bright eye and a clear skin? Indeed. And in England, she went one better, and recom mended carrots for bronchitis. And grandmother, you know, should know. Hadn't she been told the same thing and seen it work? To support her conten tion, carrots had been planted,' and grown and eaten for 2,000 years. From Egyptian days, licorice was used as a laxative and a sure cure for sore throats and bronchitis. For that matter, the armies of Alexander the Great carried licorice roots in their medicine chests or wherever they carried their medicaments. And what of these beliefs? The value of bread, the staff of life, needs no extolling, particu larly if the whole grain is used. As for salt, it is an excellent food preservative and during the Middle Ages every newborn babe was rubbed with salt be fore it was wrapped in swad dling clothes. Diluted with warm water, it is still good for the eyes; and it makes an excellent dentifrice. Beneficial Mineral Salts As for carrots, they contain beneficial mineral salts and vita mins. Even in the day before people knew anything about vit amins. Captain James Cook took a bin full aboard the Endeavor on his famous voyage to the South Pacific. With citrus, a good antidote to rickets. Cash ing in on grandmother's old lore, modern science today produces PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube Jull tits' weak? Most picture tube in be resteree' re original brighrnea t ealy a friction of the cut or replacement. For further infermsriee CALL Electronic Senrica 18. N. GRAPE PH. J-1971 Young Czechs Jailed For Making U.S. Gum Vienna (U.R! Seven young Czechs were put in jail by Communist Czech police be cause they sold home-made "U. S. Chewing Gum" it was report ed Friday. The Czech newspaper Vicerni Praha said the Czechs produced the gum which is not available in Czechoslovakia, out of rub ber, paraffin, sugar, pudding flour and peppermint. They started a thriving black market business, selling seven pieces for $1, the paper said. lise Mail Tribune Want Ads For Quick Cash 15 the group will have installa tion of officers. Henry Newcome of Vancou ver, B.C., is a visitor at the Quintin Jordon home this week. Arron Rhoten is home from Anchorage, Alaska, for a few months visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rhoten and an aunt, Mrs. Floyd Pence. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Cleveland of Klamath Falls were last week end guests at the home of Mrs. Floyd Pence. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ballaire have been transferred to Los Angeles where Ballaire will be employed. Mrs. Ballaire is the former Shirley Jeschke of Jacksonville. Border Guards Arrest American, Norwegian Vienna U.P.) Hungarian Communist border guards Sat urday seized an American and a Norwegian student trying to guide Hungarian refugees across the Austrian border. Austrian police identified the two as Dick Roraback, 26, of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., who was at tending the University of Paris on tlie GI bill, and Einar Roos, 25, of Oslo, a student at the University of Basle. Both were members of the International Rescue committee, an American private organiza tion aimed at helping refugees get out of Iron Curtain coun tries. Sunday afternoon callers at the home of Mrs. Velma Moon were her daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Dale McCay of Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. Danny King of Beall lane. Mon day evening guests at Mrs. Moon's home were Mr. and Mrs. Dave burns of Medford. Zinc or copper naphthanate are good wood preservatives. Rhode Island, the nations smallest state, would fit into Tex as, the nations biggest, more than 200 times. New residents in Jacksonville are Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Green and their baby daughter. They have bought the home formerly owned by Mrs. Grace McDaniels at 300 Fifth St. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoskins, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lamb and son and Mrs. Anna Rum ley, took a trip last Sunday to Cottage Grove, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bradley, former residents . of Jacksonville. Mrs. Lamb and Mrs. Bradley are both daughter!: of Mrs. Rumley who remained in Cottage Grove for a few days visit with the Bradleys. Mr. and Mrs. Osa Waggoner of Phoenix, Ore., announced the birth of a new daughter on Sat urday, Jan. 5. The baby has been named Carrie Ann. Mr.s. Wag goner is the former Carol Solo mon of Jacksonville. Her moth- er, Mrs. Rudy Baysinger, also a former resident here, now of Sacramento, is" assisting her daughter with the new baby.- The Women's Misionary Coun cil of the Jacksonville Assembly of God church held election of officers for . 1957 on Jan. 13. Elected were: president, Mrs. W Kimball; vice president, Mrs. Jane Wedde; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. George Mayfield; work chairman, Mrs. Lee Maddux; ad visor, Mrs. W. D. Turnbull; as sistant helper. Mrs. Milton James; cards, Mrs. J. M. Patter- One of the highest annual pro ductions of coal in the United States took place in 1947 when 630,623,722 tons of bituminous coal were produced. Dartmouth Collere split ewen In its 1882 football campaign which had an international fla vor beating McGill of Canada 5-0 -tising American rules one half and Canadian rules the sec ond. Dartmouth then lost to Har vard in its only game against an American opponent. When re-potting plants it is ad visable to use a pot only one or two sizes larger. The soil in a pot that is too large can get water logged and sour. Boy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Fine. Drain Til 1 727 W. MeAndrewt Phoae S-4107 ON EVERY UNITED FLIGHT ADDS EXTRA COMFORT AND DEPENDABILITY tvery Unttexf flight from this, city feature weather-mapping radar equipment Using radar, your Mainliner Captain can "see" the weather pattern inside cloud masses. He can pick the clearest, most comfortable path available on his assigned airways. Radar also permits greater on time dependability. Enjoy this extra comfort and smoothness whenever you travel ... fly United. TRAVEL EASY... FLY united! In AirpoW iTmmtA. 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