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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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a former resident here, now of
Sacramento, is" assisting her
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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-
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two sizes larger. The soil in a pot
that is too large can get water
logged and sour.
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