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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Junt 9, 1957 MEDFORD Penmeys i mr 1 Father's Day 'is June 16fh ' ah 'l 'r niriar o fit v 7 2f T.S f .'VfM II PPII.V KLBBIM". NOSES. Lieutenant Ralph V. Steph-er-nn -(in of 'nta Mea. Calif, newspaper publisher and 'en I. V-ait;j, Ashlev. Pa. crlobrate his fjrarluauon t-m ('. S. Milnarv Arademy at We?t Point. N. V. They ti.-:i went to New York to be married. (International) Buried Treasure ! Dominican Stamps From Trujillo Era Unwanted Mr. Romero was a jumpy, ner vous type, but only gradually did I realize he thought himself i hunted man. ;7'Dominican Republic stamp."." said Larry, the owner of the philatelic shop, in answer to Mr. Romeros question. "No, we're not interested in Dominican stamps unless it's something very old. Tthe Trujillo issues are a drug on the market." ' Mr. Romero smiled slightly and drew a small plastic enve lope from a vest pocket. " These are old." he said, "and I want to sell them today." From the envelope Larry re moved five stumps with a pair of tweezers. They were narrow, iiiuxcnt.i-colorcd ones of 1869 issue. Across the top was the wore' CORREOS. Across the bot tom were the words UN REAL. Between were the arms of the of the republic. Two of them were cancelled; the others were not. "Very interesting," said Larry, studying each stamp intently through a jeweller's glass. "These are authentic, all right. How do you happen to have so many?" Mr. Romero had a bitter look in his eye. "I had many other valuable stamps and things, but these are all I was able to bring with me when I left Santo Do mingo." "You mean Ciudad Trujillo," Larry said. "I use the real name of our capital, not the Dictator's," Mr. Romero said. "Well, how much will you give me? I know they are catalogued at $125, used or not." Larry offered him S250 and said he would send him more when he sold them. "Just , call or write me when you're settled." SCONCE FOR CANDLES HAS OWN REFLECTORS Tom, a banker friend of mine, never seemed interested in much except finance, and so one day when I saw him carrying what looked like part of a headlight, I stopped him. "It's a sconce." he said. "A sconce for two candles. Come on in and I'll show you how it works." Well, it w as a sconce, all right. A sconce is a plate or similar device which can be fixed to a wall and which holds candles. But this was more than just a sconce. It was also a reflector. The inside of the concave surface of the plate was studded with tiny oblongs of pewter and mir ror glass, set alternately in wid ening concentric circles. The over-all diameter of the sconce's concave surface was a good eight inches. The bits of polished pewter and glass picked up the light and concentrated it, making it almost seem as if the light had been increased. From the general appearance of the piece Tom felt that it had been made in colonial times. But as is usually the case, there was no mark whatever to indicate where, when or by whom. He had bought it for $7.30 in an antique shop. Nonetheless, when he came to dispose of his collection of sconces three years later having switched his inter est to wooden bowls he got S60 for it. The buyer was positive it was late 18th century. ONLY TWO OR THREE COPIES OF MORMON PAMPHLET Jack had asked me to wait in the community room of the Mormon church while Jje talked with the bishop. So I strolled over to the bookcase along the wall. There wasn't much to interest me there tracts, a history of Utah, church literature. But pres ently I noticed a little pamphlet in brown wrappers and pulled it out. I didn't really expect it to be anything exciting, of course. And it took a full minute of looking at the title page before my tem perature started to rise. But when it g t started. I had to sit down. The title was "The Latter Day Stints' Emigrants' Guide: Being a Table of Distances . . . from Council Bluffs to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake " It was printed by "W. Clay ton. St. Louis. Mo. Republican Steam Power Press Chamber & Knapp. 1848 " It wasn't a fascimile edition. You can always tell by the age of the paper. And even if old paper has been used, you can tell by the sharpness of impres sion or lack of it. I'll confess. It was a tempta tion to just drop the book into my pocket and say nothing about it. But I throttled it by letting out a yell. Jack and the bishop appeared instantly. I showed the book at the bishop. "That shouldn't be kept out here." I said, just as if I were one of the Apostles themselves. The bishop looked as if I must have gone off my rocker. "It's worth $1,000 at least." I said. "There are only two or three copies known." "Hummmm." said the bishop. "This has been around here for years, and nobody said anything about it being valuable before." The SI. 400 they eventually got for it 'from a private collector was the final convincer. The money, by the way, was used in furthering the work of that church, and in a most effective manner. (Released by McClura Newspaper Syndicate) Annual Rooster Crow Scheduled Saturday Thr F'fTh "linnal Rooster Crowing contest is scheduled for Saturday. June 15. at the Rogue River city park. Fnlnrs may be made before 1 1 a.m.. according to Betty Bam forth, secretary of the Rogue River Boos'crs. sponsors of the event The crowing contest will start at noon. Cash pn.'cs totaling S500 will be awarded. First prize will be $250. Entertainment will include I music, games and an evening outdoor dance. CASH IN POCKET Sio'ix Falls. S. D. I" Rob : ert Morris. 75. was brought to . a hospital here from his Dell Rapids. S. D., home after it was i discovered he was suffering from malnutrition. While going : through his clothes, hospital at tendants found S2.260 in cash in his pockets. 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