Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 02, 1958, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Text;.. ...i-, 4 LUi.aiisqjiiM) 4 7..;Z)tft 43 - V ... ..95c Kf J Alexander (Sandy) Smith Well-Traveled Explorer EAGLE POINT Work on Robes to Start By MRS. LAURA McFALL Eagle Point work on choir robes for the high school chorus will begin the week of Feb. 3. Anyone in terested should contact Mrs. John Huffman, Hillcrest 6-3793, or Mrs. Edward R. Chamberlain. Hillcrest 6-3811. The robes are to be worked on during the school hours in the teacher's room in the high school. Anyone wishing to work all day may have lunch In , the school cafeteria at noon at a nominal fee, offic ials said. Mrs. Augusta Henson re turned to Los Angeles this week end to visit neighbors and friends. She had been making her home with her two daughters, Mrs. John Huffman and Mrs. Kermit Carroll, the past eight months. Mrs. Herbert Perdue is con fined to a hospital as a medi cal patient at the present time. She is reported improved. Mrs. Hal Grow, Crater Lake highway, is reported im proved and is home after con finement at Sacred Heart hos pital as a medical patient.. She spent a couple days at the home of her mother, Mrs. Jack Fortin, before returning home. Mrs. Leroy Bedingfield, 625 South B st., Eagle Point, is staying at 715 Cedar st., Med ford, after being released from the hospital following surgery. She is reported as be ing some improved and is ex pected to return to her home this week end. Mrs. Jack Emmons is re ported improved after recent confinement in a hospital at Medford. xplorer Visits Dim Aire . By DORIS HUGHES Central Point Correspendent Alexander Malcom Smith known throughout Alaska and the Arctic as Sandy, is soak ing up some balmy southern Oregon weather this week as he visits at the home of Mr and Mrs. E. R. Yocom of Central Point. Sandy, whose discoveries and exploits in the Northland are many, was born 88 years ago in Iverness, Scotland. He could well pass for a man of 50. He stands straight and is alert with his Scottish blue eyes missing nothing. His skin is tanned and his voice Is firm and clear. Sandy Smith left Scotland when he was 18 and came to the Western Hemisphere as an indentured worker for the Hudson Bay company which pioneered Canada's early development. Well-Traveled Explorer The well-traveled explorer is credited with the discovery of the gas and oil field which is today known as Naval Oil Reserve No. 4. It is located near Smith Bay, which is named for Sandy's uncle, Don ald Smith, who was head of the Hudson Bay company. It contains numerous gas and oil wells. One of the lakes of oil is lOVi acres in area and another is iVi acres. They average 3Vi feet deep. They are, however, a death trap to waterfowl in the area and even to caribou. Remains of mastodons have been found there. Smith stated that he knows of places where oil has been seeping into the ocean for centuries. At the beginning of the Gold Rush, Sandy was ap pointed trail blazer for the Royal Northwest M o unted Police. He went ahead with his dogs and chartered the 1,500 mile route between Edmonton and the New Eldo rodo. He also guided the Mounties into the Rat river district where many people were saved from the scurvey plague. He was second In command of the Sir George Hubert Wilkins expedition to the North Pole in 1926. Smith was a member of the first grand jury of the District of Alaska at Circle city on the Yukon. Disproves Map He disproved the map show ing no timber in the Arctic region by discovering a grove of cottonwood trees in a water shed. He photographed the discovery. He takes many pic tures and colored slides of unusual sights. He made a col lection of 113 different speci mens of wild flowers of the Arctic and presented it to a Rockford, 111., girls college. Malcolm's river which runs from Alaska into Canada and into the Mackenzie river is named for him. A post office in Alaska has also been named in his honor. It is the AI Malcolm post office on Wild river m upper js.uyuKUK, northwestern Alaska. He also founded the town of Ruby, Alaska. During the first World War, Sandy was too old to join, so he became a physical director in YMCA work during that time. One of his pupils was Jimmy Doolittle who was a young boy at that time in Nome. In Revolution Sandy Smith had the unfor tunate experience of being m V l ll I 1 f JUUll - 'LSuiLilluUIOlfiKj and SEEML FSEPllMFSfiTOfSS Look to the Future! Choose GAS Appliances II 1957 MODELS. Make Range Retail Sale Price Savings MAYTAG 344.50 225.66 1 1 884 WEDGEWOOD - - 429.95 261.06 168.89 WEDGEWOOP 269.95 170.94 99.01 WEDGEWOOD 399.95 237.72 162.23 O'KEEFE & MERRITT 299.95 224.97 74.98 O'KEEFE & MERRITT . : 329.95 247.47 82.48 O'KEEFE & MERRITT ... . . .. 436.95 327.72 109.23 WEDGEWOOD 329.95 247.47 82.48 WEDGEWOOD 189.50 142.13 47.37 WEDGEWOOD 279.95 209.97 69.98 Refrigerator SERVEL 229.50 195.03 34.47 SERVEL 1 499.95 370.71 129.24 BENDIX GAS DRYER 179.50 110.00 69.50 ALL NEW STYLING GREAT NEW FEATURES Htm few-Pice Fil-Frwt Ctokint To t Control Plot Nw Wldr Ptrftct-lakkif In StllCM-HIU. "SIMtUR-MVE" INI Hrntr Htitt Plastic BMf Built-in Griddle Glass Oven Doer Automatic Lighting Clock Minute-Minder Clock Thermostat Top Burner Oven Signal Light Rotisserio Lock Type Safety Valves CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY Medford, Oregon Phone SP 2-5284 caught in the Bolshevik re volution in Russia. Prior to the revolution, he had estab lished a home in the Siberian territory. This and everything he had, except his brief case and the clothing he was wear ing, were confisicated. So famous was he in the Northland, Barrett Willough by devoted a full chapter to him in her book, "Gentlemen Unafraid." He is member of the Alaska Yukon International Sourdough association, the American Geographical Soc iety and both the American and English Explorers clubs. The first ski club in Alaska was organized in his cabin in 1932. Christmas Cards Among his treasurers, he has accumulated over the years are Christmas cards 54 of them from "Klondike Kate." Sandy, who left Alaska 2V& months ago, plans to be back there in June. He says of the Northland, There is some thing beckoning about country whose rivers all run north, pouring out their wat ers on the top of the earth. Sandy knows ' where there is a small island stacked high with ivory walrus tusks where there is a river whose waterfalls tumble over green stones agleam with copper nuggets. He has seen large quantities of jade and in one place he followed a single seam of coal for 150 miles. Long- Lived Family When asked what he at tributed h?s many years to, he said he came from a long lived family. His grandmother lived to be 114; his grand father 111; his father 105 and his mother 98. Both his grand mother and mother raised 14 children. v When this writer mention ed to Sandy the contributions he had made during his life time and asked him if he did not wish to retire, he said, "Retire? No. I am going back to the Northland. My one dream is to see this country- so rich in natural resources developed and put to use." Sandy, often called indes tructible Sandy, is leaving soon for the Northland. As for the dream who knows? Sunday, February 1, 1938 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NIN! 4-H CLUB NEWS Sis-Q 4-H Horse Club The Sis-Q 4-H Horse club met Saturday, Jan. 25, under the direction of our leader, Vic Stewart. The meeting's project was to oil our saddles. The meet ing closed with a question and answer period reviewing the parts of the saddle, bridle and the care of our horses. Lynn Merriman Reporter Howard Bake-N-Stitehers The Howard Bake-n-Stitch- ers held their meeting at Sue Stever's home Jan. 21. Our nresident and vice president were absent, so our secretary, Linda Chisum, read the min utes. A discussion on measure ments was lead by Mrs. Chisum and Mrs. Stever. We have one new member in our 4-H. Her name is Alice Whit more. Next meeting will be Feb. 4 at Mrs. Chisum's. Carrol Millard Reporter Eagle Point Child Care A meeting of the Eagle Point Child Care club was held last week. The vice-president, Ricky Meyer, conduct ed the meeting.. Election was held for vice-president as Ricky will take over the job of president. Martha Arm strong is the new vice-president. We discussed our skating party and mothers tea. Our lecturer, Mrs. Cunning ham was not able to be with us. We also held an emergency meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Our club has been offered the permanent job of baby-sitting at the PTA. We accepted and baby-sat on Tuesday. Next week the county agent will be with us to tell us about demonstrations. Helen Vickoren, Reporter. GOP SEATS SIX Washington (IP) The Re publican National committee Friday seated six new mem bers elected by party organ izations in their home state. They were Mrs. Fred V. Lu cas, Kentucky; John B. Mar tin Jr., Michigan; Roscoe E. Hobbs, Missouri; Mrs. A. D. Waterhouse, Hawaii; Dr. Vir gil T. Jackson, Louisiana; and Donald R. Ross, Nebraska. Norton H. Holingsworth of Illinois was elected to a va cant seat on the executive committee. American farmers own and operate about 3 million Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- TOU TELL ME," a doctor interrupted an Indignant house wife, "that your husband snores worse than any other man in New York City. What authority' have you got for a sweeping statement like that? "Well, for one thing,' snorted the wife, "we live on East River drive, and every time my husband be gins snoring in midnight form, the tugboats start an swering." A Russian farmer, in. the U.S.A. on an official visit, was told that Marilyn Monroe was then being considered for the role of Grushenka in a screen version of 'The Brothers Kar amazov." "What do you think of Miss Monroe taking- on a tough assignment like that?" the Russki was asked. "I can't say," was his cagey reply. "I haven't seen her farm yet" O 195S. by Bennett Cert Distributed bjr King Features Syndicate. A new human finger nail will usually grow In about 160 days. One of the first U. S. pat ents covered a process for tha making of potash. Exclusive at . . . MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. GENERAL Fully Electric Adding Machint The world is divided into 24 time zones according to longitude. One-half of . the world's trucks and trailers are oper ated in the U. S. 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