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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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G 16 Johnson Britt 2
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Substitutions For Big Y, Car
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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.
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Howard J. Boyd Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J.
Boyd, 431 Haven st., Med
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Merit scholarship recently,
Kenneth S. Ghent, chairman
of the committee on scholar
ships and financial aid, at the
University of Oregon, has an
nounced. Boyd, a freshman in pre
journalism at the university,
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Mrs. Joseph Allain heard
strange noises in her attic and
called police. Officers crept
up the steps and discovered
the sources of the sounds: Mr.
Allain, who had escaped from
jail and returned home with
out telling his wife.
edited the Medford High
school news column in the
Mail Tribune during the
school year 1956-57.
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growing air force. The ship
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der a joint military assistance
program, included ' 23 T6G
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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
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