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Co T41W-rOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. March 14. 1957 luHsd Treasure to (H Smoothbore Musket Has Fine Value, Little Accuracy GOLD HILL Junior Police Are Formed our National Defense De partment is availing itself of O all the latest inventions and it certainly seems to be it is only because there has been a revolutionin the military rt.ind. Traditionally, the military mind in America as elsewhere has been characterized by stupidity, a fact demonstrated in scores of ways but none more conclusively than in the determi nation of our War Department to continue making smoothbore muskets long after rifles had been proved superior. I thought of this the other day in trying out a flintlock musket a friend had bought for his collection. The buy was an excellent one he had paid only $25 for it so good that he want ed to check the gun thoroughly by firing tests. The smoothbore, .63 caliber harrel was just a shade under three-and-a-half-feet long. Its over-all length was almost five fect and it weighed nearly ten pounds. On the lockplate were the words, "Virginia Manufac tory." the latter in script. Be neath the curved word "Rich mond'' was the date 1807. We set the gun in a well padded vise, loaded it with two drams of black powder and a lead ball that had been ma chined down to an exact fit. From a safe distance we pdlled the trigger with a string. There was a puff of smoke from the brass pan where the gooseneck hammer had struck the flint. From the muzzle came a cloud of dark smoke as the ball smashed into the target. It was a direct hit, all right, but not on the bull's-eye at which it was aimed. It was off a good eight inches in 50 feet. In other words, an enemy would be virtually assured of safety at that range if fired at by a dead shot. Nonetheless, the gun worked perfectly, as well as it or any other smoothbore musket ever had. You could pretty well rely on an eight-inch deviation in 50 fect, and you could also reJy on not being able to tell whether it would be to the right or left, or up or down. My friend was delighted. And he should have been because the prevailing price for smoothbores of that period and manufacture runs from $75 to $150. By MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold Hill Police Chief Floyd Taylor has announced that a Junior Police group is being or ganized for teenage boys in Gold Hill. Plans are to hold Junior Po lice meetings each Thursday at 7 p.m. in the new club room re cently finished at the fire hall. Twelve boys attended the meet ing last week. Willard Taylor will assist his ! father in the new organization. The city council authorized Tay lor '.o purchase 12 j-inior police badges. The boys will have to earn their badges with certain qualifications, besides regular at tendance at meetings. Taylor said that one of the recreational plans he has for this group is to have a Gold Hill baseball team. He stated that a number of the local men, who used to play baseball themselves in former years on tlie home town teams, have expressed their interest in sponsoring a team for boys. Othe.s who are interested could contact Floyd lay lor. It has been several years since Gold Hill has had a town base ball team. James Clemen .. March 18. Birth day cake and ice cream were served to Mrs. Robert Pugh, Mrs. Sid Payne, Mrs. Dale Clement, Mrs. Amy Ross, Mrs. Jack Thom as, Mrs. Hanna Routh, Mrs. Carl Routh, Mrs. Terry Clements, Mrs. Paul Holderness, Mrs. T. A. Robinson Jr., and the hostess, Mrs. James Clements. Young people present for the party in cluded Mrs. Robinson's grand daughter, Robin Robinson, Philip Van Horn, Collin Bryan, Debon and Butch Clement. Jim Parker of Lampman rd. was honored at a birthday dinner held at his home Sunday eve ning, March 17. Those present besides Mr. and Mrs. Jim Par ker were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Parker and daughter, Linda; Week end guests at the James Clement home were the Clem ents son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zimmer, their twin girls, Janice and Jackie, and mends of the Zimmers, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wright and son, ! Kim, all of Sweethome. Mr. and Mrs. Delos Walker tmi t 1-,:..: j t i ou uaufiiucia, liail' ana j-iinaa, returned last week from a trip to Vancouver. En route north they visited Mrs. Walker's sister, Mrs. Mildred Patterson, in Sa lem. While the Walkers' were in Salem, Delos and Dixie visited Barney Kellogg at State Tuber culosis hospital where he has been a patient for more than nine years. At Vancouver they visited at the home of another sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roning. and at the homes of Mrs. Walker's nieces. Mary Ann and Ruth. En route home they visited in Port land at the home of Walker's uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have re ceived word from their son, Richard Walker, telling them that he is employed in Los An geles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wills and three children, Chris Ann, Charlie and Susan, of Klamath Falls visited at the home of his brother -in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. D.los Walker, and fam ily recently. Three Local Men Receive Awards Three representatives of the O. K. Rubber Welding system, Medford, were awarded plaques and service pins at a meeting of dealers in Portland recently in connection with the company's national "New Look" conversion program. Richard E. Fanger, of the Medford branch, was awarded a Rains, Johnny Rains, came to Ontario for a weekend. Johnny is stationed with the Navy at Point Mugu, Calif. They visited at El Monte, Calif., with Mrs. Dorman's niece and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burnett. plaque and a ten-year service pin. Harvey M. Brandau, area manager, and Walt Kingman of O. K. Auto Float Tire Sales, Medford, also received plaques. The awards were presented by Al Sinnard, district manager for O. K. Rubber Wv'ders. Purpose of the "New Look" conversion program is to establish uniform merchandising methods. Salern- OJ.R) House bill 308 making it illegal to own or carry a switch-blade knife has passed the Oregon House. 1 Oregon Fish Commission Member Resigns Post Portland (U.PJ O. H. Hins dale of Reedsport, a member of the Oregon Fish commission since 1955, has announced his resignation from the post be cause of the press of personal business.. Gov. Robert Holmes expressed appreciation for the work of Hinsdale on the commission and requested that he stay on until a successor can be appointed. Mrs. Maybelle Rains and her mother, Mrs. George Dorman, who accompanied her on a two week vacation to California have returned to their homes. They visited Mrs. Rains' two sons, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dotson, their chil dren, Terasa and George; and Mr. and Mrs. Linsley D. Dotson and daughter Pamela, all of On tar:o, Calif. A third son of Mrs. CHARLES D. HOLBROOK TAX SERVICE Jackson Hotel Building PHONE 2-5969 Evenings by Appointment Phone 2-8840 Etc. Distributor "OIL TO BURN" Let Us Fill Your Tank Now Medford Fuel Co. Tel. 2-2111 Court & Mc Andrews NATION EXISTED ONLY TWO YEARS BUT ISSUED STAMPS "No Stellaland stamps? Humph: Well, let me know when you have some." The words were uttered in a rather hauahty tone by a man who obviously did not wish to linger in such a place. "Stellaland"' I said. "Is he a crackpot?" Charles, the owner of the establishment, shook his head. "There was a Stellaland, a country by that name, and it lasted long enough for its stamps to win a place it. the major al bums of the world." He passed me the latest issue of Scott's. Stellaland was a republic set up by the Boers in the north ern part of what is now South Africa's Cape Province. Its capi tal was Vryburg. Of course, in setting it up back in 1884, the Boers had no real intention of establishing it as a separate, permanent repub l'c. It was just a gimmick they employed in carrying out their over-all scheme for stealing ter ritory from the Negroes and the British at ihe same time. And though the Negroes were help less, the British weren't, with the result hat Stellaland went out of existence in 1885. But that is neither here nor there. In 1884, Stellaland which means starland, by the way turned out five kinds of stamps ranging from a penny to a shilling in denomination. In 1885, another one was turned out, a two-penny item on a four penny gray. All the stamps were known only in the unused state, and, except for the 1885 issue with a possible value of S75. they are all valued at less than $5. "Why is your customer so hot for these stamps if that's all they're worh?" I asked. "Because he managed to find one that is cancelled and he's looking for another," Charles replied. "And besides, he spe cializes only in stamps of small, obscure countries." KURLBAUM V SCHWARTZ CACHEPOT RARE ITEM My niece Judith opened her handbag and removed a small pr.per sack. From that she drew a tiny little vase cachepot, she Ued it and set it on the table before me. I held the piece under the lamplight. It was an excellent example of copper lustre work at its best. From lip to base it was only three inches. Around the swell in its sides was a band of blue, almost a cobalt, and here and there upon it were raised' roses. I turned the piece over. On the bottom was a small mark. "That's the clue," said my niece. "That's the reason why I felt it was a bargain at $35." I picked up my magnifying glass for a close look at the potter's mark. It was a simple one. K&S. "Actually," my niece con tinued, "I'd have paid twice as much if I'd had to. Pieces like this by the old Pennsylvania firm of Kurlbaum & Schwartz are rare. I know one collector who'll be very happy to pay through the nose for this." I looked up the firm in Cox's "The Book of Pottery and Porce lain." The firm was established in 1851. That's all I could find out about it. But my niece got $175 for her tiny vase cachepot, as she calls it (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Pickin Pears News and Notes From Camp White Mrs. Lee D. Marsdcn Jr. and son. Skip, left March 16 for their home in Milwaukie, Ore., follow ing . weeks visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dungcy, on Sixth ave. Prior to their leaving, a family dinner was held at the Dungcy home. Those present were Miss Nona Dungcy, Mr. and Mrs. Don Dun gcy and son, Scott, Vern Dungey and his daughter, Kim, all of Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dungcy ' . Gold Hill, the hon ored guests and the hosts Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dungey. Penney': Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson of O'Brien spent a recent week end in Gold Hill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gil christ, on Fifth ave. s.ia Ki.mmm'.tttaMit - .. AUTHENTIC "ISL VfC$RSJNON AT SENSATIONAL POPULAR PRICES Mr. and Mrs. Percy Johnson : accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Joe ; I Lafon to Homer, Alaska, recent-1 ly, where the Lafons are opera tors of a motel. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson pldn to work at the motel. Their daughters. Donna, Crystle, and Nadine Ann are j staying with Mrs. Johnson's sis-1 ter, Mrs. Tad Blouin and family i on Fifth ave. until school is out. FLOWN DIRECTLY FROM HAWAII TO MEDFORD. THE GREATEST SELECTION OF FUN IN THE SUN STYLES YOU'VE EVER SEEN . . . Mr. and Mrs. Richard Straus, second ave., have named their baby Richard Leroy. He weighed two pounds, 11 ounces at birth and now weighs three pounds, i',2 ounces. He is still confined to his incubator home at a Med ford hospital. "KIILANI" COTTON DRESSES . . captivating sun styles in three dramatic hand-screened prints! "KIILANI" SEPARATES! J DAGGER PANTS f WITH SASH Janice and Jackie, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Straus, went to the logue Valley Me morial hospital Tuesday morn ing, March 18, where they had their tonsils removed. Mrs. Susie Robinson spent last week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Samora near Central Point. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hob son and children, Bobbie and Kenny, of Roseburg were week end guests, March 16 and 17 at the home of hei parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Centers, on Fourth ave. They also visited other relatives i while here. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Robinson Jr., and daughter, Robin, have returned to their home on Fourth ave. to live from Uma tilla. Mrs. Robinson's mother, Mrs. Ethel Bohn, and son, Buddv, accompanied them to Gold Hill. Sizes 10-18 Incredible value! These dresses were rushed to Penney's from Honolulu in advance of the new Spring season . . . offered to you at this unbelievable low price! They're fine cottons, featuring true Hawaiian hand - screened prints (shell ginger, tapa, or pineapple) and stunning colors. Choose full-skirted styles' or a slimming sheath. The dresses feature clever elastic inserts which give you custom-like fit in the bodice. Blue, red, charcoal, brown, gold. w MATCHING SLEEVELESS BLOUSE 298 Mrs. Bell Centers has returned to her home in Medford. Mrs. Centers had been convalescing from -urgery the past two weeks at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Centers. By BILL HURN The fourth presentation of the scries of travelog slides of Scan danaWan countries of Mrs. Frank Perl's tour -was presented Monday afternoon at the Chapel under arrangement by Mrs. Fred Rchling. of the Red Cross, as a Camp White Library activity. Central Pa-nt American Legion auxiliary conducted a games ses sion in recreation hall. Monday afternoon. Mary Baker and Eva Campbell ere the auxiliary's hostesses. Cards were played by several guests with a cigarette spread closing tne party. The top-jne billing of the Oregonians Vaudeville troupe was the theater presentation for the Friday afternoon matinee. Amby Amburn the emcee-manager for the group reported a most responsive ludience. which was incidently the largest SRO turnout Camp White has yet recorded. and bookings are already being made for the Camp White Wheel Chair Parade, this year's show ing to be an adjunct of the Rogue Valley Pear Blossom Festival April 27. Three cash prize awards, witn a S2 scrip book for each entry, and provisions out lined for material available for floats is spjrring interest in the project. Sid Hollingsworth, veteran newsman and original Pear Picker returns to this assign ment as columnist of VA Domi ciliary events Your retiring re porter wishes to express his pleasure in his association dur ing his tenue of "Pickin' Pears". Cecil Van Horn left March 19 for Tamaco, Columbia, South America. He will be employed in the lumber industry. Mrs. Van Horn and their son, Philip, will remain in Gold Hill for several weeks, before joining him in South America. Van Horn has been a resident of the Gold Hill area for several years. Mrs. Susie Robinson celebrat ed her 78th birthday with sev eral friends at the home of Mrs. Salem .U.R) The Joint Ways and Means Committee has given favorable recommendation to a bill appropriating $100,000 for preliminary surveys and plans for the proposed Astoria bridge across the Columbia river. Elks, night on Friday evening under the direction of the State hospital chairman. 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