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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, April 30, 1957 S-X?&z " Chief Maquinna (Maquilla), "King of Nootka Sound and the Village Tashees," on Vancouver Island, in 1791, owned the finest of long-houses. The roofed sec tion alone was 90 feet long and 54 feet wide. The ridge pole actually a string of clear cedar logs that were ten feet or more in circumference was 12 or 15 feet above ground. Logs of about the same size topped each side wall. Heavy planks and battens, rived from cedar trees, sloped from ridge to w.::. Interior wall and ridge posts were carved in totem figures. Around the side walls there was a platform some three feet wide and a foot from the ground, for loafing and napping a f -erunner of the ' family room." In a kitchen cor ner, under a smoke hole, was a monster iron kettle for stewing seal and fish. There was also a place for outdoor cookery. The Maquinna home would be right in styie todayl Pot of Gold In the eyes of Chief Maquinna and his tribe this iron stew pot represented the best items of the wealth that the white men had to offer in trade for the enor mous surplus of animal skins in the economy of the Indians. Pre viously the cooking pot was hewn out of a spruce log. Stones were heated to heat the water. Axes, chisels and other wood working tools were most desir able to Maquinna' makers of the cedar dugout canoe, a prod uct of hewing, burning and chis eling. Guns, shot, powder, knives, sheets of copper, and iron bars and hoop; were in demand with the natives of the great forest and wilderness waters of the North Pacific. The prize furs of the sea otter and seaL in par ticular, were traded for nothing less. The common run of furs bar tered by the North Pacific In dians in the years following the Captain James Cook voyage of 1778 were from bears, wolves, foxes, deer, moose, land otters, raccoons, brown minks, martens, beavers, wildcats, and even the skins of rabbits and squirrels according to the trade report of 1791. One cargo of the period was made up of "700 sea otter skins and 15,000 skins of va rious other species." So the for est as well as the sea yielded animal wealth to the early white traders of the region. Always the Tree Quick commerce was the first consideration, once the outward voyage of a trading ship had ended in Nootka or another har bor. The trader took what he could get to make a cargo of sal able stuff. He brought into the trade the articles the Indians wanted most. These wants, to re peat, were rooted in the salmon cedar economy of the tribes. Here were working waters, yielding food and clothing. Here was a working forest, providing shelter, fuel, some items of ap- j parel, and material for trans portation to all who were will ing and able to harvest a tree and convert it into a canoe and other needs of simple life. So the business of everyday living for the natives of the North Pacific became the busi- NEWS NOTES from Crater High School ? 4T h ; i 'T Pat Medley By PAT MEDLEY "Summertime" was the theme of the annual Girls League Mothers Tea which was held last "Wednes day, April 24. The theme was carried out in the d e c o rations, entertainment, r e freshments, and the style show. Decora tions and re f r e s h m ents were in the theme colors. green and yellow. Sally Elden, general chairman for tt.-e tea, introduced Mrs. Carol Ash, Girls League adviser, and Pat Medley, Girls League president, who gave speeches of welcome to the mothers. A style show, featuring spring and summer fashions for all oc casions was given by Rath's and Johnston & Stewart. Modeling the clothing were members of the Girls League and women as sociated with the Central Point school system. The styles ranged from casual play clothes to for mal attire for brides and bridal attendants. The style show was narrated by Sally Elden, and Mrs. Dorothy McQuat furnished the organ background music. Huge manzanita trees were placed about the room. They were held in place with mounds of wood moss and flowers. The speakers platform and the room length modeling platform were banked with baskets of summer flowers. The stage was decorated on one side with a large psuedo rock garden. Wood moss and small flowers "grew" from be tween the rocks. Each of the tables had a centerpiece depict ing a summertime "boy and his dog" fishing scene placed on small round mirrors. The main serving table was decorated with a large copy of the indivi dual centerpieces. Mrs. Dorothy Anderson was responsible for the table decorations. Entertainment was furnished by the Crater varsity choir, who sang the theme song, "Summer time," and a medley from the Broadway hit, "My Fair Lady." Further entertainment was "pro vided by several small vocal ensembles. The Mothers' Tea is the league's largest and most impor tant social function. The mother of every student is invited and also the wives cf all faculty members. This year approxi mately 300 mothers attended the tea. , awards were accompanied with a medal from the national foun dation and a cash award. Win ners of the foundation awards were Bob Elden, chapter star farmer. Bob Lichti, who rec eived the publis speaking award, soil and water management award, John Greb. Jerry Leon ard received the farm electrifi cation award, Cliff Bigham won the dairy farming award, and the farm mechanics award was received by Lyle Bigham. Three honorary members were taken into the chapter. They were Dr. Eugene Hana walt, Robert Fields, and War ren Holbrook. Cliff Bigham gave an account of his trip to the na tional convention in Kansas City. Two of last years state of ficers spoke, Roy Chapin form er president, and Russel Joy, last years treasurer. Bob Elden was master of cermonies for the banquet. The Future Farmers of Amer ica held their annual banquet last Thursday night. Members of the Future Homemakers of America served at the large banquet. Decorations were in blue and gold, the chapter colors, and pointed up a large chapter mural of a farm scene. The main speaker for the event was Jerry Hrubal, state secre tary of FFA.' The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the chapter awards. T. C. Carter uf Safeway .Stores pres ented the Safeway initial proj ect award for an outstanding first year project. Jerry Leon ard received the first place award, and Allen Barnes re ceived the second place award. Following the Safeway Stores award, was the presentation of the foundations awards. These The Girls League held a gen eral meeting last Thursday to present nominees for next years officers. Introduced as nomi nees for president were Carol von der Hellen, Joan Dobrot, Phyllis Taylor, Judi Davis, and Louise Pendleton. A primary election next week will limit the nominees to two for each office. Campaigning will take place after the primary. Grace Gail and Sara Richards were presented as the Girls of the Month for March and April, respectively. They were chosen on the basis of leadership quali ties, character, personality, and contributions to the school. One more Girl of the Month will be chosn before a Girl cf the Year is elected by the Girls League from th nine Girls of the Month. The Crater High band parti cipated in the annual Southern Oregon Music Educators Associa tion music contest. The band played for a rating Saturday morning at Medford Senior High school. Their selections.' were "Hostraussers March," "Sea Portrait," a tone poem, and the choral score from "My Fair Lady." Their official rat ings from the judges were a 1, 2 plus, and 2 plus. Results from last wpelr's stu dent bodv nrimarv plection havp been tabulated, and Joe Teter and Richard Evans are contend-, ers for student body president. Candidates for vice president are Bill Callendar and Warren Strauss. Student body secretary candidates arp Louisp Penrilp- ton and Judi Davis. Pat Cowie and Sandra Gus are running for treasurer. Opponents for busi ness manager are Bill White and am fiianasco. The general elec tion will take place this week. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport SHAPELY KICKER New York V.Pj Actress Mar ily Monroe, official mascot of the Israel Hapoel soccer team, will kick the first ball in an interna tional game May 12 between the Israeli team and a select all star American team, it was an nounced Sunday. Judge Samuel Leibowitz said he cabled the team asking what American they'd most like to meet and got this reply: "As athletes we'd like to meet the Brooklyn' Dodgers; as men, Marilyn Monroe." So, they're meeting Miss Monroe in the Dodgers' Ebbets Field. ness of the white-like newcomers in the Cook-Meares-Gray-Van-couver era 1778-1792. Each captain, in traffic with the In dians, sowed seeds of enterprise that were to grow from footholds on a wilderness shore into the gigantic economy of today's Pa cific Northwest. And yesterday's Indian "long houses" of fir and cedar visual ized the architectural style of America's popular home style of today a home of wood. More than four million Amer icans fish in salt waters annual- Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Washington Sen. Irving M. Ives (R.-N.Y.) on a columnists as sertion that GOP members of the Senate Labor Rackets committee in a secret huddle decided to try to link Sen. Pat McNamara (D. Mich.) to labor racketeering: "I con-ider Senator McNamara an honorable gentleman. I think it's horrible that these unsubstantiated charges have been aired." Kansas City, Mo. Former President Truman, on why he fa Tors a permanent Uciled Nations police force: "We can't keep peace with words. We've got Jo have some thing else." Greensboro, N.C. Dr. Edson Edmonds, on a Negroes' boycott of local movie houses begun after a Negro minister was ordered to a Jim Crow balcony at an invitational showing of "The Ten Commandments": "I think the movement to stay away from the local theaters will grow strong and be united." Boston Sir Anthony Eden, leaving the hospital after a sue cessful intestinal operation, on whether he intends to return to public life: "Just let me say goodbye." Rockford, 111. Theodore Sabin, 24, after his release from prison afier serving seven months for a holdup he did not commit: "I'm not bitter, because you can't feel bad about people you were born and raised with. 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