EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. Junt 9, 1957
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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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