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luriod treasure
Sharp Spur-Like Hammers
Identify Original Colts
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A Colt automatic pistol is
about as common a weapon
as canobe found. As t result,
unless a given gun has a his
tory, or an exceptional feature
such as fine engraving or gold
inlay, it is not usually regard
ed as a collector's item.
And so I was more than a
little surprised to see a plain
Colt .38 automatic bought in
by a jump bid to $125, and the
man who made it was one I
recognised as a collector of
ccfiisiderable experience. Nat
urally, I wanted to know why
he had made such a iumD.
"This just happens to be the
first automatic Colt ever pro
duced, and it may be the first
produced in the country, and
its condition is almost factory
new," he said.
The pistol, a 7-shot, Model
1900, looked very much like
the later models, the chief
difference being in its sharp
er, spur-like hammer.
The markings showed it
was made under a Browning's
patent of 1897 and that it was
to be used for rimless, smoke
less powder shells.
"Thousands of these were
produced during the first two
years Colt made automatic
handguns," the collector said,
"and it's not at all difficult
to find one of this model for
$50 to $90." .
"Andj because this model
marks one of the great ad
vances in the history of
American firearms, an exam
ple in this condition is worth
even more than I paid for it.
TREE TIPPED Ray Dallaire and son, flower bed, in one of last week's storms. By
Vic, 1060 Crater Lake ave., are shown late Friday, they had the flower bed back
above wondering how they will straighten and tree back in position,
up the tree which tipped, taking with it the
EMBLEM IJJCEEAK VALUE OF LAFAYETTE-GLASS
-j As a geneftl rule, pieces One collector recently ac
of glass with the word "La- quired a glass salt container,
layette on them, whether or shaped like an early steam
not accomjnied by a likeness boat. On the paddle wheel
of the inmous Frenchman, was the word "Lafayet". On
have fn cej?tional value. the stern was the inscription
Ad ig thert happens to be "B. & S. Glass Co."
U a Mtaonic amblem alto shown, The piece was a pale blue
tlje probbtfity is that you color, and he paid $20 for it.
q have cotit foots s rather It was a very good buy.
rare collector' item. Even if the piece had been
In thai cf si, tha likelihood in clear glass, it would have
is th4t t yitce i ont of the been a good value. But since
many that vara made in com- the item, with both opalescent
O mfcortion at JLafayette's and green coloring, has sold
last visit iftt United States, in the $50 to $75 bracket, the
August lf2t September blue should bring at least as
J825, at -h Aavitatieei ci much.
Ttesiderit If onrat. The piece goes nicely with
q During hi isii he went another salt container he
0to evtry stt in tha found. It is an oblong dish
QUnifti n8atated fey practi- about three inches deep and
callyevcfy Mstonic ijodge in in clear glass. On one end is
the country. a portrait of Lafayette. His
The oasion tomething name, properly spelled, ap
of a protra,ctJ field ay for pears on the other. On both
Ameflcan jiwalers, button of the long sides are Masonic
irgkers and glassware pro- symbols, including a hive of
-j ducers, judgiag from the mum- bees and the compass and
ber of items produoed and square. He has refused $200
O their diversity. for it.
HAR MEL VILLI VOKK BRINGS PREMIUM PRICE
O If you come across a book nearly a month later, and still
called "The Confidence Man," a collector's item,
and it is onthe used book In" prime condition, the
table, don't fail to look at it. book should have six pages
There are several books by numbered in Roman numer-
that title, but if it happens to als, 394 in Arabic, and there
be an old one it may well be should also be two blank
valuable. leaves at the back.
In that case, the author As for its value, a friend
should be Herman Melville, of mine who bought a copy
the one who wrote 'Typee" back in the depression of the
O and several other books that 1930s paid only $5 for it then.
3 made him fambus in both He read the book, put it away
England and America during and forgot about it until he
the mid-1800s. rediscovered it recently on a
If the book is in the original shelf behind some other
binding, so much the better, books.
q When first published it ap- He is no longer interested
peared in green or in a purple in Melville, but various other
broji cloth. But if you find people still are more so,
"(Jn botnd in Xme other col- probably, that there were in
0 rl llotfa or in leather, it the 1930s.
Oil fillo first edition. Because his copy was in
'o 5ha tttt that should appear sound condition, and in the
t& if titla aaf a i 1857, If original binding, he had no
?&a i Dig, Idwards difficulty in getting $25 for
A Ca., tdb MP Yorl, it is the it from a dealer who probably
f xtt f4itici. lt if it has the sold it for twice that much
ttKm tt nd tha publisher to another dealer.
O G Jbvamtn, LoaAon, it is the (Realesed by McClure News
(gfetytftM. ftSition. published ' paper Syndicate)
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FREAK BREAK This closeup shows the unusual way
that a maple tree belonging to G. B. Feltman, Medford, was
twisted off by the wind during one of the storms last week.
The wood didn't splinter but snapped off like a raw carrot
right at ground level. '
Idaho Fires Said Contained by BLM
olfcitiScfid fifoup To Tour Dam Sites
Igbfint WIU- The Inter
q tionfl f o i m t commission
will bfcgin 1 tour Monday of
H-at fn powir projects in
tSe ?acit Northwest 'and
Cstdl- '
QT?i 30-amter f roup will
pay prticult fttantion to' the
Litdai ta o tha Koo;
tenai rivt.
Corajtruction ct tRa dam has
been delayed b a disagree
ment bqwen tha two coun
tries. The dan would be in
this country but the raseryoir
would extend into Canada.
The American section of the
commission i " headed by
Douglas McKay, former In
terior Secretary and gover
nor of Oregon, and the Ca
nadian chairman is A. G. L.
McNaughton.
VT. DAIRY INCOME
Montpelier, Vt. (UPI)
The dairy industry provided
four-fifths of Vermont's agri
cultural income while one
third of the state's working
population is engaged in agri
culture or in businesses serv
ing agriculture. State farmers
spend $1 every 12 minutes
in local communities during
each working day.
Boise (UPD The bureau
of land management reports
all of the major fires on
Southwestern Idaho range
lands, including one which
blackened 25,000 acres north
of Emmett, were under con
trol Saturday.
The BLM fire dispatcher
said he. had been advised by
the Gem county sheriff's of
fice that the wind-fanned fire
north of Emmett struck a
ranch Friday night. Aside
from the fact that the ranch
was located in Paddock val
ley between Emmett and
Council, the BLM had no fur-
ther details. i
The bureau's fire dispatch-.
er in Boise said that unless
a high wind comes up and
revives the smouldering
ranges, everything seemed to
be under control after a bad
48 hours.
The federal agency rein
forced the weary fighters on
the big Gem county blaze on
Friday night with more than
100 additional men from
Boise and Weiser.
Also under control was a
fire which charred 10,000
acres of rangeland in the
Cinder Butte area south of
Mountain Home.
About a dozen other small
er fires were quickly checked.
Robbery Attempt
At C. P. Store
A youth who attempted to
hold up the Crater Depart
ment store in Central Point
yesterday is being sought by
law enforcement officials to
day, according to Deputy
Sheriff Joe Walsh..
The youth is described as
either in his late teens or ear
ly 20s, of medium build, with
short blond curly hair, tat
toos on forearms and backs of
hands, a "clean-cut" appear
ance, and standing about 5
feet, 9 inches tall, according
to Mrs. James Glenn, wife of
the store owner.
Mrs. Glenn told officers the
youth came in just before 5
p.m. ostensibly to purchase
clothes. He changed to slacks
and a sport shirt he had se
lected. Then, while she start
ed to ring up the sale, he
pressed something into her
back. Mrs. Glenn, who was
alone in the store at the time,
told officers she refused to
open the cash register and
told him there was nothing
in it.
Noticing he was holding a
large pocket knife in his
trembling hand, Mrs. Glenn
turned on the youth, grabbing
his wrists. He became fright
ened and ran out of the store
and down Pine st. toward
Highway 99. Mrs. Glenn ran
to the nearby city hall and
notified Police Chief Wallace
Bowen. Bowen in turn noti
fied state police, Medford po
lice and, the sheriff's office.
Walsh said he thinks the
youth is a local resident. Mrs.
Glenn said she has seen him
somewhere before. He was
wearing a shiny black sport
shirt with white yoke and tan
ivy-league trousers when he
escaped, Walsh said.
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CENTRAL POINT
Ex-Residents Visit
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point Recent
guests in the Central Point
area were Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Mellbye and children of
Monmouth. While here, they
visited at the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Meyers, Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Holbrook,
Mr. and Mrs. John Smock, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Patterson and
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard War
ren. They also spent a day
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Morris at Fish lake. The Mell
byeS are former residents.
Mellbye was on the teaching
staff of the high school here.
Guest speaker last Sunday
at the Central Point Church
of Christ was the . Rev. Don
ald Whitney, former pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney and
children visited last week
from Springfield, 111. From
here the Whitneys went to
Sheridan to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Bald
win are new residents in Cen
tral Point, having moved here
recently from Washington.
Baldwin is employed at a ply
wood plant at Camp White".
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Geiger
moved from Central Point to
Brookings recently.
Mrs. Lawerence Leonard
gave a shower Tuesday hon
oring Mrs. Gene Monia. Mrs
Wayne Vincent was cohost
ess. Mrs. Everett Grissom
was game chairman. Thirty
two guests attended.
Mrs. Ruby Colgan, Mrs.
Maude Shaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Martin, Dale and Gerald
Morgan, Miss Judith Wallace
and Chester Wolf returned
Saturday from a vacation
camping on the .coast. The
group went from Crescent
City to Longview where they
visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas O. Smith.
Smith is the son of Mrs. Ruby
Colgan.
Mrs. Ruby Colgan, Chet
Wolf and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
lvey went to Hyatt lake
Tuesday.
Don Denning, Crater chap
ter FFA reportet, announced
,that members of the FFA en
tering animals in the Jackson
county fair will be required
to have the animals tested for
tuberculosis and Bangs dis
ease one month prior to the
date of the fair. This is done
to prevent spread of the dis
eases. Denning also stated that
boys who are interested in
taking animals to the Oregon
state fair should have them
vaccinated for shipping fever
in the near future. He said
that Dr. Hanawalt is availa
ble to do the testing and vac
cinating. Carl Simmons, Crater High
school senior, was elected
1958-59 FFA tractor manager
at the 'recent executive coun
cil meeting at Crater High
school. Carl has been an FFA
member for the past three
years.
During this time he has
taken an active interest in
farm mechanics and general
agriculture shop work. In his
sophomore year, he helped
build a Chapter trailer and
also remodeled several pieces
of equipment. The tractor
manager has the responsibility
of accounting for tractor
hours and maintenance of
I Chapter equipment.
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Warehouse Hit
By Saturday Fire
Portland (UPD A four
alarm fire caused heavy dam
age to the Fisher Flouring
Mills warehouse in East Port
land and to a large quantity
of sacked grain and feed early
Saturday.
The fire broke out at 7
a.m. and was controlled by
firemen in less than an hour.
The blaze sent a towering
pillar of thick smoke high
into the air over the East
Portland waterfront. The concrete-block,
two story struc
ture covers a quarter block.
Fire Marshall Dale Gilman
said cause of the fire was not
immediately determined. He
had no immediate estimate of
the amount of damage.
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Ex-Medford Man
Named to OCE Job
Monmouth A 1943 grad
uate of Medford High school,
Wallace E. Johnson, Eugene,
has been appointed director
of information at Oregon Col
lege of Education, according
to Dr. Roy E. Lieuallen, OCE
president.
Johnson also will teach
journalism classes and serve
as advisor to the "Lamron"
school newspaper and the
yearbook, The Grove. He
comes to Monmouth from the
University of Oregon campus,
where, in addition to his du
ties as press representative
for the state board of higher
education, he has completed
graduate work on a master's
degree in journalism.
His prior experience in
cludes positions as-staff writer
for the United Press, news
editor of the Madras "Pio
neer," and associate editor of
Crow s Lumber Digest."
OUTNUMBERED
Burlington, Vt. (UPI)
Vermont residents continue
their battle to outnumber
dairy cows in the state. The
Extension Service reports the
state population at 376,000
and dairy cows at 301,000, but
there are 422,000 young dairy
animals. '
Nitric AciJ ftm .
From Gv9rture4 tH&
Boise rt)PD A tHangs-ki4)
situation was neutralized
urday when more tha 4,M4
gallons of nitric at let iraO
pumped from am tmMwf
tank truck inU pmtff
tanker.
The tank truck a.tMts
Friday when it wtnt uk of
control on a curve- a Ifcyi
hill cm Capftol blvd. 1 9
feared the tank might toin
a leak during effort ia
it and the highly een$
acid spill dovn th lawtorr& o
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the Navy tranapert Ge mfa
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trip ia part of Mavy gi)
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The youths, if eaa S 1$
years olA, vill U to fditiB,
and Whittle an A ifagif?
cuia.
The youths ew aMjQ
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Naval District. The fx ctwa
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