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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1958)
tttttt" . 1 i mim inwmmiijni 1 1 1' SITTING ON A PARK BENCH and feeding pigeons in the o. lii cw iurs is jimmy oxx, one-time baseball great and member of the Hall of Fame in the sport. Foxx re vealed the $250,000 he earned in baseball is gone, he is jobless at 50, with no prospects for a job. (International) Is That So? Primitive as we may con sider our American Indian, nonetheless this outdoorsman had many answers to today's technological questions. Us ing the things about him, he sent messages across moun tains, used plant fertilizers, prevented food from spoiling, started fires without matches, made paints and dyes, and used the moon as a calendar. The same principle em ployed in our diving spring board the weight of the diver bending the board and using its "spring power" to jump into the air as it straightens, was used by the Indian when he bent his bow and shot off the arrow on its directed flight. As for the arrow, an air plane designer puts a 'tail fin" on the airplane to help fly it on a straight course To make his arrow fly true, the Indian put feathers at the end to keep them flying straight. As we shape small row boats and large ocean liners to keep them seaworthy and trim, so too the Indian shaped his bark or animal-skin over the framework of his light canoes which he paddled up and down stream and out in to the open sea. We build tall chimneys in fireplaces today to let the smoke go up and out toward the sky. When we want to cool off the room, we open the windows at the top. And the Indian? He always left an opening at the top of his tepee for the smoke to rise and escape. And more. When he wish ed to signal his companion afar off beyond the hills, he would make smoke puffs by covering and uncovering his fire quickly with a blanket or an animal skin. His friends "read" these messages mes sages not unlike our Morse code. Indians Did More Today we can food or keep it in a refrigerator so it will not spoil. Some fruits we dry in the sun fruits such as grapes to get raisins; plums to get prunes. The Indian did much more than this. He dried his meat and fish by hanging it in the sunshine. Or if he was in wet country, he would dry them over his fire and .thus keep them for a long time without spoiling. Much less weight to carry on the trail, too. To prevent poisoning, we use vegetable dyes on chil dren's toys. Knowing this secret centuries ago, the In dian used the juices of berries and vegetables or in some in stances boiled insects to paint his face and body. We knock on a door to let people know we are calling. If our knock goes unheard, we turn back. The Indian knew there were better ways to carry sounds: he beat on drums, and if he wished to listen to noises coming from afar, he would put his ear to the ground where sound car ries much better than through the air. Kept Time By Meon The Indian knew the sea sons which made up the year. d 0 SIGNAL PREMIUM FUEL OILS 'iC Call SP mm A " . ' f 7 By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist But more accurately, he kept time by the moon knowing that the full moon appeared about every 29 days. Some thing we could well adapt to make the full moon fall more nearly on the same day of the month. Although the Indian knew nothing about matches, he knew that friction produced heat and that by rubbing two sticks together he could produce fine dust and that this dust could become hot enough to ignite. Thus he started his fires. Finally, long before whites used fertilizer on their fields in America, the Indians put some of the fish they caught into the earth when they planted corn in hills which of course made the corn grow better. (Copyright 1958 by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the readers that' send me the best true life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be consider ed. Sorry, I simply can't an swer your many friendly let ters. Please address your let ter to: Is That So! co Med ford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Yets Must Apply For Exemptions Before April 15 Salem Disabled war vet erans and widows of veterans must apply ior their state property tax exemptions by April 1, Vere A. McCarty, service division manager for the Oregon department of veterans' affairs, warned to day. Application for the tax ex emption, which amounts to $7,500 of the true cash value of the property, must be filed with the county assessor on j or before April 1 of each year, McCarty said. Those en titled include: 1. War veterans with dis abilities of 40 per cent or more as certified by the Vet erans administration or the Armed forces, regardless of the amount of their income. Unremarried Widows 2. Unremarried widows of war veterans, regardless of income. Pensioned widows of Spanish-American war veter ans get an extra $500 exemp tion. 3. Spanish - American war veterans, regardless of disabil ity or income. Veterans whose 40 percent disabilities are certified by a private physician and the county health officer, rather than by the VA or the Armed forces, are also entitled, but in these cases they must not have received more than S2500 total gross income in the past year. Additional information is available from county asses sors,1 county service officers, or the department of veter ans affairs. GREEH STAHPS 2 - 5275 A Medford High Grapplers Win 38 to 13 Over Crater i Aieaiora nign aeieaiea cra ter 33 to 18 last night in a wrestling match at Central Point. Tornado grapplers won in seven of the bouts and drew in another. Crater took four of the matches. Medford also took the exhibition or junior var sity competition 36 to 15. There were 25 matches on the evening card. The Tornado goes to Grants Pass Thursday evening. 97 Barber, C. dec. Don Learn, M, 2-0. 105 Charles Warren, C, pinned LeRoy Wright. M. MedforimTribune Harris on NCAA TV Committee Eugene (IPI Athletic Di rector Leo Harris of the Uni versity, of Oregon has been named' to the NCAA televi sion committee, it was an nounced Tuesday. Harris suc ceeds Al Masters of Stanford as the District 8 representa tive on the committee. FIGHT TO DRAW Portland (IP) Chuck Lin coln of Portland and Lou Jo seph of Seattle battled to a draw Tuesday night in an eight - round televised fight here. In the prelims Howard Meredith, Albany, decisioned Billy Cox, Vancouver, Wash.; Freddie Mach, Estacada, TKO'd Johnnie Green, Port land, in 2; Harvey Burke of Portland knocked out Joe Robinson of Portland in ' 2, and Leroy Flammond of Port land TKO'd Bobby Wright of Portland in 2. St. Mary's Students Visit Mail Tribune Ten members of the jour nalism class at St. Mary's High school toured the Mail Tribune Tuesday. The students ' visited the advertising department, busi ness offices, circulation de partment and news room be fore watching the news set into tvne in the comDosins and sterotyping departments. Students making the tour were Carol Depner, Mollie Reavis. Mike Feiss. Marv Austin, Lynda Pirkey, Con stance Sokolowski, Sharon Roberts, Mary Crevier, Bob Farra, and Francis Ahem. Sister Mary Dorothy accom panied the group. yrem 10$ 1-1 No o ther n of trucks has so many brilliant features! TRUCK AIR SUSPENSION SUPER-ECONOMY DIESELS PLUS-PAYLOAD 90" CABS 'A TON LESS CURB WEIGHT TORQMATIC DRIVE HORSEPOWER with HORSE SENSE See your authorized WJ1S 114 John Eddy, M, pinned Conway. C. 122 Sara Jennings, M, pinned Dillon, C. 129 Bill Hampton. M, and John Taberna. C. drew. 2-2. 133 Chuck McKinley. M, dec. Bibey, C. 1-0. 140 Dean Lamp C, pinned Dave Aos. M. 147 Lee Cook, M, dec. Burns, C, 9-2. 156 Henry Courtney, M, pinned Don Gillaspey, C. 167 Fred Funston, M, pinned Ron Gillaspey, C. 177 Jim Goldenpenny, C, dec. Tom Merton. M, 4-3. Heavy Tom Morris, M. pinned Mike Martin, C. EXHIBITIONS: Medford winners Dennis Owen, Arnold Wolfe, Jack Joyce. Curtis Cook. Jack Young, Jim Scourey, Bill Foust, Jim Johnston. Crater winners Payne, Nolta, McGee. Draw J. Lamp, C, and Warren Horton. M. Casanova Speaks Here Tonight Len Casanova, coach of University of Oregon's Rose Bowl football team, will speak this evening at a Medford Lions club dinner at the Jack son hotel. I The dinner, starting at 6:30 p.m. honors the Medford High grid squad and the St. Mary's high football seniors. Lions have opened the Clnner to at tendance by the public. Expected here with Casa nova are Jack Morris and Norm Chapman, ex-Medford high stars, who have been members of the Oregon var sity for three seasons. San Jose Girl, 10, Gives Birth To Son San Jose, Calif. (IPI A 10-year-old San Jose girl gave birth to a seven-pound son Tuesday night in a San Fran cisco hospital, according to Santa Clara county juvenile authorities. Muriel Wright, county ju venile probation officer, said the third grade student was delivered by caesarian sec tion and required a blood transfusion, "but she and the baby are doing fine." The girl, not identified by name, was believed to be one of the. youngest mothers on record in .the United States. The girl was made a ward of the court and charges of lewd and lascivious conduct were filed against Harry N. Lee, 29, common law husband of the girl's mother. The girl charged that Lee fathered her child. Lee denied the accusation. This NEW 1958 heavy-duty GMC is built and equipped to force the greatest possible profit out of any haul. New MONEY-MAKER engines down rate big power plants to easy-stroking, unstraining output. Reduced curb weights let you pack ton more payload. AIR SUSPENSION models end life-, shortening shock, wrench and cargo damage. TORQMATIC DRIVE models put gear ratios where power just overmatches load, where engine and transmission increase braking power. These GMC's are for operators who will spend an extra dollar to get back two. They're built to be the most able, longest-lived trucks ever turned out. Check this for yourself. dealer for AMERICA'S ABLEST WUCllS Big Y Nabs MIBL Tiff Big Y market rolled on un blemished in the Medford In dependent Basketball league last night by drubbing Head quarters company of the Na tional Guard 84 to 37. The Raiders led 42 to 16 at the half. Five of the six Big Y play ers hit in double figures. LIN'E-UPs: 84 Big Y Headqts. 37 F 16 Van Dolah B. Bateman 17 F 17 D. Spinas A. Bateman 5 C 17 Newton K. Bateman 9 G 16 Johnson Britt 2 G 6 McGill McCandless 4 Substitutions For Big Y, Car rigan 10; for Headquarters, Kruse. VIDEO BOUT SET Chicago UPl Young Jack Johnson of Los Angeles has signed to meet Wayne Bethea of New York in a nationally televised 10-round bout at the Chicago stadium, Jan. 29. Johnson was signed in place of Bob Satterfield, who has given up boxing because of an injured eye. COACH HONORED Kansas City, Mo. OP) Coach Carnie Smith of Pitts burg, (Kan. State) which won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics small college football champion ship Dec. 21, was named to day as the Missouri Valley "sportsman of the year." Smith was selected for his "service to youth', leadership and character" by a commit tee of the fourth annual Kan sas City Boat,- Sports and Travel show. The show will honor the coach at a "Carnie Smith Night" Feb. 5. Miami Beach, Fla. HP) Chicago's Bobby Boyd, again slugging for recognition as as one of the nation's top middleweight c h a 1 1 e n gers, meets veteran Holly Mims of Washington tonight in a 10 round nationally televised event. Boyd was well on his way to becoming a title contender two years ago when he suf fered a broken jaw. He carries a ninth-ranked standing into tonight's bout, and is figured a 2-1 favorite over the 28-year-old Mims. Accident Victim Said In Good Condition Lilah Viola DeRushe Good man, 332 Mary st., was re ported in good condition by Rogue Valley hospital author ities yesterday. Mrs. Goodman was injured when the ear she was driving collided with a car operated by Lee Otis Garrett, 335 West Second st., at Third and Hol ly sts., Monday, according to city police. Garrett was treat ed and released, according to hospital officials. Theyll Do It Every BlMKHTHE INSURANCE MAN, KEPT AFTER BISDOME FOR YEARS UNTIL FINALLY PERSISTENCE PAID OFF- SdlDVOU WERE BUSY, . BUT i KNOW you l NEVER FORSIVE ME ic T rinj'-r TFLL YOU ABOUT THE NEW POLICY WE'kC PUTTING CUT Mediord Student Gets Merit Scholarship Howard J. Boyd Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Boyd, 431 Haven st., Med ford, was awarded a National Merit scholarship recently, Kenneth S. Ghent, chairman of the committee on scholar ships and financial aid, at the University of Oregon, has an nounced. 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New York OPI Claude G. Bowers, 79, former ambas sador to Spain and Chile, his torian, author and newspaper man, died Tuesday night his home here. Bowers served as U.S. envoy to Spain from 1933 to 1939, including the years of the Spanish Civil War, and was ambassador to Chile from 1939 to 1953. In his historical and biographical writings, dealing mainly with the period of Thomas Jeffer son, Bowers was known for extensive research. Born -in Hamilton county, Indiana, Bowers began his career as an editorial writer on the In dianapolis Sentinel and then went into politics. SEE THE I MM Only 7 Moving Parts in the Engine Up to 35 Miles Per Gallon Front Wheel Drive COMPARE . jr Roominess ic Economy . Initial Cost Look - Keith Schulz Garage; 116 N. Front - Ph. SP 2-4756 and Women's m S795 Now $ Now $I 95 Now Q $ Now n 95 JACKETS NOW NOW NOW $2S5 51395 $j495 51895 U 226 East Main rM is 1095 1 GMC Money - Makers from to 45 tons
