14A MAIL TRIBUNE, MtdforJ, Oregon, Sunday, August 17, 1958
Diary -Jf
Bird WatcherU
Friday, August 8 San Clemente, Calif.
This was the start of our vacation trip. As usual it took
quite a while to get packed up and squared away, but we
got started at about 11 o'clock. "We soon found out this was
noon California time. We had packed a lunch and ate it be
side the Klamath river a short distance over the border. The
most conspicuous birds there were tree swallows flying oyer
the water. This is near the place where I saw the first swal
lows of the year on February 22.
By about 6 o'clock we were just north of Willows and
my boy had one of his dreams fulfilled in that we stopped
at a motel with a swimming pool. He and his mother went
swimming while I looked around for some birds. I found a
new one, too, a Florida gallinule. It looks a lot like a coot
with a bright orange bill. It was on a pond or sluggish
stream that was right beside the highway.'
Saturday. August 9
Today we drove, through the central valley of Califor
nia, across the hot foothills and into Yosemite National Park.
I unwisely took a short cut, state highway 120, to the park.
The road was interesting, but so winding and up-and-down-ish
that I think I lost time instead of saving it We had a
cabin reserved at White Wolf Lodge in the park. It was at
8,000 ft. elevation, which we thought would make it cool.
We found it was a quiet, pleasant place with only a small
number of people.
Sunday, August 10
In the morning we. got in our first real birding in the
park. .We looked around near our camp and found three
new birds for our year list, one of which would be new
for my life list if I kept one. This was a pine grosbeak.
We had a fine view of a female or immature. Being such
it was not so colorful, but still 'a real find. We also found
quite a number of Williamson's sapsuckers. The males are
black and white, somewhat resembling our acorn wood'
peckers. The females look altogether different, have small
stripes crossways on their backs. I had looked for them
vainly this year in the mountains around home. The third
new one was a little Townsend's warbler up in the needles
of a pine tree.
At the middle of the afternoon we drove down to
Yosemite valley to see some of the scenery for which the
park is famous. It has reason to be. The great granite cliffs,
domes and waterfalls are really stupendous. It bothered us,
though, to be in such traffic congestion and such throngs
of people. People who camp down there don't get away
from the madding crowd. They are right m it.
Near Camp Curry in an old orchard we found three
different kinds of woodpeckers. One was a white headed.
For years I have been looking for them in the yellow pine
timber of our county and also on trips to Klamath Falls.
We went to church at Camp 14 and at the close obtained
a fine view of the fire-ball from Glacier Point.
Oregon Delegation Favorably
Impressed With Ike's Speech
Monday, August 11
The white-headed woodpecker brought our year list to
200. Number 201 came today. It was a white-throated swift.
I saw a single one flying when we stopped at a view point
on our way up to Glacier Point. Strangely enough on the
way back I also saw a single one at the same place. If it
was the same bird it could have gone a long distance in
the mean-time because this, swift is reputed to be the fastest
flyer in North America. They fascinated me very much
when I first saw them in Montana, but I hadn't seen one
for years.
I don't think anybody could exaggerate the magnificence
of the yiew from Glacier Point. It would be satisfying to
look long and often at that incomparable panorma, but we
came away after all too brief a stay. We refreshed our
selves with a swim in the Merced river as we came back
through the valley. Then we were glad to come back to
our quiet cabin and to see the deer grazing in the mountain
meadow among the many wildflowers. My wife worked on
a list of the flowers she has identified in the park and it
came to about 35. .
Tuesday. August 12
This morning my boy and I took a horseback ride to
Lukens lake. It was a pretty trip to a pretty little mountain
lake. Best of all, on the way I obtained a fine view of a
male pine grosbeak, all big and rosy. Our new bird for
today was also of reddish hue, a red crossbill.
A man from Texas who had recently travelled in Ore
gon saw our license plate and said, "Why did you ever
leave that state?" He, too, was rather oppressed by the
dense crowds in the Yosemite valley. T.M.
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Oregon's con
gressional delegation, on the
whole, was as favorably im
pressed with President Eisen
hower's United Nations ad
dress as it was unfavorably
disposed toward his dispatch
of troops to Lebanon.
All six members had some
words of praise for Eisenhow
er's proposals for dealing with
the Near East crisis through
economic development pro
grams and UN police forces,
although some expressed
some misgivings about the
practicality of the ideas.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D), who
himself said he has been most
critical of the administration's
policies in this critical area,
took the lead in praising the
president's speech. Sen. Rich
ard . L. Neuberger did like
wise. When Eisenhower order
ed Marines into Lebanon, the
senators were split, Neuber
ger for and Morse against.
Enunciated Program
"I wish to say that I am
proud to be an American,"
Morse told his colleagues fol
lowing the president's UN ap
pearance. "In that speech, I
think the president enunciat
ed a program of action which,
if we succeed in implement
ing it, will stand to the ever
lasting credit of our foreign
policy."
Morse said it was now up
to the administration and the
UJN to implement the pro
posals.
"If the UN will give that
support to at least the ideal
ism set forth in the president's
speech, I believe it will be
possible for us to recoup
what I consider to be lost
ground because of the course
of conduct, in the case of
Lebanon and other areas of
the Middle East, which we
have followed up until the
time of the speech. I hope
the president will not delay
longer in making a complete
withdrawal of our troops
from Lebanon. I think the
best evidence he can give to
the rest of the world of our
determination to carry out
the ideals set forth in his
speech will be to withdraw
those troops, and to withdraw
them now," Morse said.
Responsibility on UN
He said this would place
the responsibility for main
taining peace clearly on the
UN.
Rep. Walter Norblad (R),
who had backed the use of
troops, "opplosed complete
withdrawal of them now. He
said token withdrawals would
be alright. '
"I think we should wait
until the UN troops are put
in," Congressman Norblad
said. "I'm all for the presi
dent's call for a - UN police
force."
I thought the speech was
very good," added Norblad.
It offered a good plan for
possible peace in the Middle
East." i
Sen. Neuberger, the only
other Oregon lawmaker who
backed the troop landing at
Beirut, ., declared
Approve Proposal
"I particularly approve of
the president's proposal for a
highly mobile UN police force
to maintain peace in the
troubled Middle East. This is
a constructive suggestion
which should serve to show
that the United States has no
dominant or aggressive inten
tions in this area or anywhere
else in the world. I hope the
presidents proposal can be
implemented by action as
soon as possible."
Congress worn an Edith
Green thought it was the best
speech the president ever
gave, although "it contained
nothing new or startling.
However, if it can be carried
out we will be much better
off than we have been under
the Eisenhower doctrine,
which offered nothing con
structive. At least there are
some constructive proposals
in this."
"It was a good speech," Rep.
Charles O. Porter said, "but
how practical are those points
he raised? The points don't
present a program but a
hope. It raises a lot of hopes.
I just hope there won't be a
big letdown."
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Porter said he wished there
War Hero to Fight
Federal Demand
Oakland, Calif. (UPD A
war hero who fought the Jap
anese as a guerrilla in the
Philippines said today he will
fight a government demand
for $545 the cost of his
transportation home.
"I don't want to appear bel
ligerent," said John F. Line
han, 61, "I just know the
charge is not morally justi
fied, I'm going to fight this
thing through."
The government has order
ed Linehan to pay up or to
face a lawsuit. The amount
represents the cost of trans
porting home from Australia,
where he was taken after a
sub marine evacuated him
from the Philippines.
U.S. Attorney Robert Sch
nacke said in San Francisco
that Linehan signed a promis
sory note and that officials in
Washington have ordered him
to take legal action, if neces
sary, to collect it.
Linehan earns $4,300 a
year as a civil service worker
at the Oakland Army Termi
nal. He commutes on week
ends to be with- his family
in Santa Rosa, Calif.
He said payment of the
claim "will be an awful hard
ship."
Linehan . contracted ben
beri, acute enteritis and ma
laria during his guerrilla
days. In October, 1944, a U.S.
Navy submarine evacuated
him to Australia.
While there he gave the
U.S.' Army much information
which he said was valuable
in planning the reinvasion of
the Philippines.
Leaders Press to
Adjournment Soon
Washington (UPD Con
gressional leaders, pressing to
ward adjournment by the
middle of next week, today re1
vived a housing bill and 'ar
ranged an 11th hour House
vote on legislation to pump up
the mining industry. " They
scuttled a controversial TV A
bill.
Senate Democratic leader
Lyndon B. Johnson announced
that the Senate would take up
later today the bill to boost
security benefits and taxes.
The House stepped up the
adjournment pace by passing
a compromise bill overhauling
the income tax laws and giv
ing small business 260 million
dollars in tax relief. The meas
ure was sent to the Senate for
final congressional action.
Speaker Sam Rayburn said
housing legislation, in a form
not yet determined, will be
called up in the House Mon
day fqr an up-or-down vote
with no amendments allowed.
Tiffany's Undaunted
In Face of Theft
New York (UPD Tiffany's
remained undaunted today in
the face of a brazen theft of
gems from its display win
dows. There were reports the
Fifth Avenue ultra-fashionable
jewelry shop would
henceforth use imitation gems
in its sidewalk windows in
view of Sunday's burglary, in
which thieves smashed open
two display windows and
hauled off jewels valued at
$171,500.
But Tiffany's was not to be
daunted. As curious pedes
trians flustered about Thurs
day, the store unveiled its
new display and new win
dows containing diamond
encrusted jewelry valued at
$131000.
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had been more concrete sug
gestions, such as an arms em
bargo on shipments to the
Near East. He also lamented
the fact that the president
couldn't stride up to the UN
rostrum and "speak extem
poraneously from the heart
instead of from a prepared
manuscript written by some;
speechwriter."
Rep. Al Ullman (D) said
he thought the president made
"a good personal appearance
to the UN, which was import
ant," but that much of his
program was "a little vague
and iffy."
He favored especially the
redevelopment loan proposal,
Ullman said, for "it's some
thing we should be doing
more of."
"Possibly it was as good a
proposal, considering the cir
cumstances, as can be made.
I had hoped there would have
been a little more of a positive
program and a recognition of
the problem of nationalism in
the Middle East. I thought it
was a little wishful."
So7 Conservationist
Cited for Performance
Cave Junction Lloyd
Burnett, technician of the Illi
nois Valley Soil, Conservation
district, has been cited for his
above average work and out
standing performance in the
woodland conservation phase
of the soil conservation pro
gram. The management improve
ment and awards committee
of the department of agricul
ture awarded Burnett $150 in
cash for his above average
work and a certificate of mer
it in recognition of his out
standing performance in this
phase of his work.
BLM Employee Leaves
For Washington Duty
John A," Carnegie, opera
tions forester for the bureau
of land management here,
left with his family last week
end for a two-month special
assignment in Washington,
D. C.
Ross A. Youngblood, man
ager of the Medford district,
said Carnegie's duties were
not known at present. He said
Carnegie was expected to rer
turn about Oct. 1.
Five File for Cify
Posts in Eagle Point
Eagle Point . Five resi
dents have announced they
will seek election as mayor
and councilmen for Eagle
Point in the November elec
tion. Lenn Hickman, Jack For
tin, Jack Grow and Ernest
Gregg have filed for election
for councilmen, and Ed Put
man has filed for election as
mayor. Mayor Ray Trisham
announced Friday he would
not seek reelection.
Councilmen whose terms
expire Jan. 1 are David Kahl,
Jack Olsen and Willard Cave.
Kahl recently was appointed
to fill the unexpired term of
Louis Clave, who was unable
to attend council meetings and
resigned.
Councilmen will be elected
for four-year terms, and the
mayor's term is two years.
Three councilmen are elected
every two years.
Don Ashpole, Shirley Cal
laghan and Don McGrovern
are councilmen whose terms
do not expire this year..
- Beirut, Lebanon - (CPB
Bomb blasts and gunfire shat
tered Beirut's week-long calm
today. At least five person
were killed in the new violence.
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