Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 21, 1957, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTEW MEDFOSD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, January 21, 1957 Time Not Only Flies, It Skedaddles, In Aeronautics Development By H. D. QUIGG , look down to find himself act United Pres Correspondent ually going backward over the Miami, Fla. U.R) Time I ground. Who says things have'nt crrtainly flies and in the field improved. of aeronautics it just gets up and skedaddles. Remember Dick Merrill. He's the man who flew the Atlantic round-trip with his wings stuffed with ping-pong balls. Also his tail stabilizer. The idea was that they would keep him afloat if he had to plunk into the ocean Merrill, who is senior check pilot for Eastern Air Lines, ex pects in less than three years to be shoving jet transports through the high, thin air at 550 600 miles an hour. Going Backward The remarkable thing is that this same man remembers the days of the early 1920s when he would be flying along in one of the deluxe crates of the time and In those old days," he said in an interview, "lots of times I'd get over objects on the ground and if there was a big wind back up. In those days the cruis ing speed was about 60 miles an hour. Speedy Trains "To navigate, we'd follow the railroads and highways. Many times we'd see the trains and cars run off and leave us, if we were bucking headwinds. This was true even as late as 1928, when I was flying the mail." Merrill, spry guy of 62, was in terviewed en route here from New York on a plane carrying Eastern's 50 millionth passenger. He has logged more than 30,000 hours in the air, and he figures that before the logging started Is That So? As you regular readers will recall, P. V. Whitney of Van- anda, Mont., called my hand last month about the pronghorn an telope's top speed being almost 60 miles an hour. He informed me that he had run down many a pronghorn with a horse, his dog has overtaken them, and he has timed them by auto at less than 30 miles an hour. To make it stick, he generously! invited: "Come here and I'll show you how a cowboy on a good cow horse can start behind a herd of antelope, pass them, and turn them in a different direction." Inasmuch as the British derby is run at an average speed of 35 mph over an obstacle course, I'd say a good cow pony would have to extend himself to do as well. Right? But now let's look at the mail response. Of more than 100 letters, about 30 per cent supported Whitney. Here are some of them. J. S.. Butte, Mont. "The speeds accredited to the antelope are merely hearsay and the figment of overworked imaginations. I've raced a band and I'd say their maximum speed is 35 mph, I re peat, a maximum of 35. How ever if you catch a young buck by himself the answer is some what different. Speeds may then exceed 40 mph." He adds: "If you buzz a herd with a plane you may see one of the finest impromptu rodeos in the world, bucking antelop all over the place." P.E.F.. Hayward. Calif. "I think Mr. Whitney is right on all counts. When pressed, antelope cannot do over 35 mph. And some magazine writers have an telope coasting along at 70 mph." R.A.B., Billings, Mont. "I have seen antelope outrun, turned and practically coralled hun dreds of times from singles to bunches of 100 or more. I can furnish plenty of men who have seen this too. Besides, I have paced many with a car. At 35 mph. you will stay about even and at 40 you will outrun them." F.B.. Silver Star, Mont. "I 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 reference work in a hsndsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be consid ered. Sorry, I simply can't an swer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tri bune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. On The Side By e. v. Duruns (Distributed by King Faaturei Syndirata. Inc.) What is the best implement for giving a man a haircut? A French barber, who numbers the Duke of Windsor among his list of distinguished clients, says a man can be given an "artistic haircut" only by the exclusive use of a razor. British barbers favor the scissors for haircuts. French and British barbers never use clippers in giving a man a haircut. They say clippers are for horses. Asides What is the hardest to pro nounce street name in the Unit ed States? How about Tchoupit oulas St., New Orleans, La.? . . . Among the places where hay fever sufferers are said to find immediate relief is Duluth, Minn. In fact Duluth is known as "Hay Fever Heaven." Baggage On a recent overseas trip by air. Marilyn Monroe had 24 pieces of baggage. She had to pay on 500 pounds of excess baggage. That's a lot of baggage but not the record for actresses. ARTHRITIC RHEUMATIC PAINS RELIEVEDOR YOUR MONEY BACK EASE Suffering! Now Today! Wa do not CLAIM w KNOW nw, -wonder tablet" AR-PAN'-EX onickly. SURELY esse most deep-aeated affected jointa. Bleased relief from sciatica, neoxitia arid neuralgia follow. Tight, stiff muaclca re lax. Those with FAITH can win freedom from crippling agony. NEGLECT con demns you to unnecessary suffering. Get AR-PAN.EX at once. Everywhere, those who TRIED EVERY THING and GAVE UP are- now. in most tsses. pain-frea. Modern AR-PAN-EX with T PROVEN ingredients gave them heaven sent relief BELIEVE us. this is an HON EST offer AR-PAN-EX relieves most pais or- VOL'S MONEY BACK! WAINSCOTT'S PHARMACY The champion baggage carrier among actresses is Dolores Gray. On a trip from New York to Hollywood, Dolores once took along seven French poodles and 36 pieces of baggage. In this bag gage were included, among oth er things, 170 pairs of shoes and 25 evening gowns. Brides What was the age of the young est bride you have known? ' I know of a woman who married at the age of 12. Her daughter was also a 12-year-old bride. The mother's marriage was a success but the daughter became a di vorcee at the age of 14. In this connection, it is worth noting that annually in the United States an average of 250 wives of 15 years of age or under be come divorcees. Imagine being a gay divorcee at the age of 15! Long Life Is your waist line smaller than that of your chest measurement? If not, you better get it that way if you want to enjoy a long life. Other advice of the experts on the subject of longevity is to sleep at least eight hours night ly Sleep in the raw. Control your temper. Don't live in the past. Wear young looking cloth ing. Fast one day a month. Don't attend funerals. If over 45, don't play handball or too much golf. Sauerkraut Do you care for sauerkraut? I don't. Still I may give h another trial. Dietitians and physicians continue to maintain it is very healthful. One physician refers to it as "the vacuum cleaner of the stomach." Sauerkraut' did not originate in Germany but in China. It was used by the Chi nese to furnish the. vitamins lacking in a rice diet. i he probably had 2,500 hours or more in barnstorming and mail carrying. Merrill began flying in 1921 in an old Curtis Jenny. He and another young fellow started a flying circus and, as he says, "The things we did, people to day would think it was Buck Rogers." Look. No Parachute To get the crowds out on Sun days they had one performer who went, from plane to ground without benefit of parachute. "This boy," Merrill recalled, "would crawl down to the land ing gear. We'd slow the plane down get over a grass field, into the wind. He had a rope, seven or eight feet long, that he'd tie to the axle. "He'd swing like a pendulum and let go at the end of a swing drop seven or eight feet, roll over a couple of times, and jump up on his feet- Of course, those Jenny planes landed at 40 or oO miles an hour, and he maybe got off at slower than that." There was no charge for this, nor for the aerobatics and wing walking and parachuting. The idea was to get a crowd out and then after the show take up pas sengers, at $10 a person. But it was not big business. The plane's capacity was one passenger per flight. - THE NOSE KNOWS Newark, N.J. (U.R) Lilly Lawrence, William Jenkins and Roosevelt McCullough were to be arraigned today on charges of possession of an illegal sail because the information leaked out. The 50-gallon still sprung a leak, a neighbor reported it and police followed the smell of al cohol to the still and its operators. Alaska has 208,000 residents in 1956 but it still has only about one resident for every 2.8 square miles. Attention Housewives! Know your rug and furniture cleanersl Get the BEST iii service. We are specialists in this line of work. We have any service your rug needs) SEWING BINDING LAYING Orientals Hand Cleaned MEDFORD RUG FACTORY AND CLEANERS 511 Mary Street Phone 3-2539 To Buy or Sell - Use Tribune Classified Ads By EUGENE BURNS Ringer-Naturalist think a lot of people have stretched the speed about 20 mph. I've chased them within two jeep-lengths and my speed- j ometer never registered over 45 mph." Over Level Terrain J.E.T., Billings, Mont. "We chased an adult female prong horn for almost half a mile and according to the speedometer the animal traveled at about do mph. The terrain was reasonably level and dry; it was the middle of the afternoon, and we're sat isfied the animal could not have traveled at any faster speed." J.D.L., Concho, Ariz. "We have roped them horseback and timed them in automobiles. I find their top speed is 45 mph. for about three-fourths of a mile and then it drops down to 37 for another three-fourths mile. I do not believe that any horse can outrun an antelope on the start but a horse with a light rider can overtake them by cut ting corners and through points where advantage can be had. . . I have roped a few of them in my day having been in the sad dle 45 years." N.M., Butte, Mont. "I ve chased them frequently and 40 mph was the best. Also they will not jump a fence three feet high. They will get down on their belly and practically crawl." K.S., Prescott, Ariz. 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