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guried Treasure Savage Automatic Turns Up in Africa Portuguese West Africa seems an unlikely place for a man to find one of the rarer weapons produced by the Savage Arms company, espe cially when he's a merchan dise buyer for gift shops. Nonetheless, it is -because of a merchandise buyer's African trip that an arms col lector I know came into pos session of one of the rare 1905 Model .45 Savage automatics. Why the buyer bought it was only because of its carved ivory grips. He felt, and quite justly, that the craftsmanship of the unknown native artist was easily worth the $100 price, regardless of the value of the pistol itself. The collector bought the gun primarily for its rarity as a weapon. Only a few hun dred were produced. It is a blued weapon with a five-inch barrel on which are stamped the words "Savage Arms Co. Utica, N.Y. U.S.A., 1905 Cal. .45." Its magazine capacity is eight pounds. How it got to Portuguese West Africa is probably due to the fact that soon after World War I the Portuguese government placed large or ders for sidearms with the Utica firm. Thus an interest in Savage Arms was inevit ably stimulated among Por tuguese Army and Navy of ficers. The condition of the pistol was good. It was in excellent working order, and though it had seen enough use so that the rifling was somewhat worn, there still was several thousand rounds to be fired before it would lose its accii racy. The value of such a gun wth ordinary checked walnut or hard rubber grips is from $200 to $300, but because of the exquisite carving on the ivory grips, and the high grade of the ivory itself from near the tusk tips of fairly young elephants the collector reluctantly paid the $400 rice finally insisted on. About 9.5 Million Seedlings Used For State. Planting LOVE LETTER IS HIGHEST PRICED COLLECTOR'S ITEM Though the world's highest priced and most rarely quot ed collector's item is the in discreet love letter, the com pletely proper, fully discreet love letter may sometimes have a monetary value, too. I learned this recently when a stamp dealer showed me 10 envelopes he had purchas ed, each one bearing a 50 centavo Mexican air mail stamp. They were postmarked over a two-week period in Mexico City in late Septem ber, 1929. The stamp, printed" in a dark blue and claret red, showed an eagle flying over a mountain - edged plain. Above him were the words CORREOS AERROS, Spanish for air mail. On most of the envelopes the stamp was only lightly cancelled. "But why so many?" I asked. - The stamp dealer grinned. "That was what I asked the lady who brought them in," he said. , Her story was that her fi ance had had to take a busi ness trip to Mexico back in 1929, just before the crash, and had written her a long letter every night of the stay. She had carefully saved them, then rediscovered them only a few days before. "And in the meantime, she had become a grass widow and, so decided to- salvage something out of these senti mental relics?" I asked. "That was what I assumed," the dealer said. "But the facts are she and her hus band have been so happily married they are taking an anniversary trip to Mexico City, and she thought it would be both romantic and appro priate for the old envelopes 'to contribute." . The contribution of the en velopes was substantial $250. The dark blue and claret 50-centavo air mail stamp, unwatermarked as these were, has a catalogue value of $30, used or unused. It is worth somewhat more on the en velope. ' CURRIER & IVES FOX HUNT PRINTS FIRM'S BEST Though fox hunting with horse and hounds is scarcely a popular American pastime, there seems to be a never ending market for mementoes of the sport and books and pictures dealing with it. An indications lies in the number and value of the Cur rier & Ives prints , dealing with the subject. So far as I have been able to find, there are from 12 to 15 fox hunting pictures put out by the famous firm, and their values range from $75 to $250. One set of four and it may be five is made up of small prints, each- one measuring about 8 by 12 inches. They are dated in 1848 and they bear the imprint of Nathaniel Currier. The first line of the title on each one is "Fox Chase." The second lines dif fer, including "Throwing Off," "Gone Away," "In Full Cry," and "The Death." Their values range from $90 to $125. A still more valuable se ries consists of four undated prints of medium size, about 11 by 15 inches. They have a Currier & Ives imprint and were probably produced - In the late 1850's or even '60's. The first words of their titles are "Fox Hunting." The values of this larger series range up to $250 eacri, depending on the condition of the print, such as the width of the margin, the amount of foxing or mildew stains that are found on it, and sun fading. Framing also may make a difference in that while it cannot detract from the value of a print, it can add to it. For example,1 a print worth $200 would still be worth that much even though in a frame that might be completely worthless. Some of the Currier & Ives prints are said to be merely copies of others that were put out by English artists. If so, that does not detract from their value. At least, it wouldn't in the eyes of most buyers. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Pleads Innocent To Homicide Charge Colfax (UPI) Walter Payne, 27, Spokane, Thurs day pleaded innocent in Su perior court here to a charge of negligent homicide. Payne is accused in con nection with the traffic death of David Shaugbnessy, 17, Clarkston, who was a passen ger in Payne's car at the time of the accident. your new MOMTOOMKKV WARO GRAND REOPENING PRIZEWINNERS WISHING WELL MRS. BERTHA TRAVILLO 1953 So. Stage Roac', Medford MRS. W. PLUMMER Bex 344, Phoenix ..... BOAT AND TRAILER MRS. MARGARET QUINN 133 Spring St., Medford PIG-O-RAMA-Weight 114 lb., 3 or. MRS. B. C. KLINE 522 Marquette St., Medford Salem Nearly 9.5 million forest tree seedlings which were provided by the state forestry department went in to the reforestation of approx imately 12,000 acres of for est land, largely in state and private ownership, according to Assistant State , Forester Don Maus. The forester stated that ap proximately 5.6 million of the seedlings went into the reforestation of 7,100 acres of state-owned land, most of it under the rehabilitation proj ect which is being carried out by the department. Other state planting included state parks, state game commission areas and various public lands which were planted by the various schools and youth organisations. Forty acres were planted in the Medford municipal watershed. Balance of Acreage The balance of the acreage consisted of privately owned forest land, including wood land areas planted by the farmers, industrial planta tions and those areas refor ested under the Oregon con servation act. In all it is esti mated that nearly 4,900 acres were planted on the private lands, Maus stated. "Demands for planting stock far exceeded available seedlings in spite of the fact that we were able to secure 200,000 from a California state nursery and an addition al 600,000 from the state of Washington," Maus stated. "The balance of the trees came from the Oregon forest nursery near Corvallis." Species Planted From the standpoint of spe cies planted, the Douglas fir headed the list with 7,575,173 seedlings. More than five mil lion of these went into the state's forest rehabilitation project, largely in the Tilla mook burn, Maus added. Oth er species in the higher brack ets included white fir 452, 371, grand fir 341,901 and ponderosa pine 277,486. Maus pointed out that the demands for the firs came from the in dividuals either establishing or maintaining Christmas tree plantations. "Last year the state estabr lished a new nursery hear Elkton and the first of the two-year-old seedlings will be available for distribution this fall," Maus stated. "This will bring the production of the two nurseries up to approxi mately 15,000,000 trees and we expect a material increase in production for the follow ing planting season." New Proposals Made0 Portland (UPI) The AFL-CIO Lumber and Saw mill Workers union with 80, 000 members in nine western states said Thursday it had made new contract proposals to employers which "opened new avenues of thinking." Identity Released On Drowned Man Seattle (UPI) The Navy enlisted man . who drowned after falling from the trans port USS Gen. A. E. Ander son here Tuesday was identi fied by MSTS officials Thurs- Sawdust Medford Fuel Co. Tel. SP 2-21 1 1 Court & McAntf. 1 c day as Raymond Benjamin Schrand, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sunday, June 1. 19SI 5 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays j 10:15 NEW! AIR CONDITIONING SHOP IN COOL COMFORT ON THE HOTTEST DAY ? M ---:;.;- v.v-1'-.1 ' 1111 ;JJI IJIL "" y : ' - V ' ' ' """" : ::::-:-.v:-xv:-:-; . .s. - ...... ..... . .. :. . 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