Crowded Streets of India Are
Fascinating to Medford Youth
(Editor's note: This is an
other in a series of letters
written by Jeff Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Williams. Medford. Young
Williams is on a trip around
the world, which started as
hitch - hiking journey.
Since travel is poor in many
places, he has been riding
trains and other transporta
tion means. In the follow
ing letter, he describes some
of India.)
Br JEFF WILLIAMS
Agra. India: Have just re
turned from a visit to the Taj
Mahal. It really is everything
and more than I expected.
The intricate marble screen
around the tombs is truly
marvelous.
India, about a thousand miles . carv ed with the most intricate
omonnta in ahnnt HQ I desisns. This is the entrance
That is third class, which isn't I to the Golden Hindu Temple
the best, but it still gets me and only the Brahmins, high-
. I .-. c t t : - . i.
where I want to go.
Tomorrow I am going to
spend a day in Benares, the
Holy City on the Ganges, and
from there will so to Cal
cutta. There I will take stock ;
of my resources and see if I
can afford to fly to Saigon
as neither the hitching or the
est of Hindu cast may enter
We came out at the end of a
gloomy alley and climbed
some back stairs to find our
selves on a roof top for a
close view of the temple top
sheeted in solid gold.
There is a story that the
only man who tried to steal
hiking are very good in India. some gold from this temple
he touched it. We returned
But JaVt rupees, (52.50). I said no, too
the crowded streets you must harainpH. I'm
go through to get there. The
fetid stench is terrific: they
are overflowing with people
and water buffalo. The shops
seem to press closer and closer
into the streets. Congestion is
almost as bad as a super-market.
These small towns are
where you really see the pov
erty of the nation. Children
up to seven and eieht run
around stark naked, with
skinny arms and legs, and
pot-beilied. Razor backed hoes
run the streets and the filth
is reallv pitiful by western
standards. Women go along
the streets with baskets and
pick up the cow dung to take
home and burn for fuel.
I had a long talk with a
young surgeon who is quite
dedicated to his work, and he
says it is almost impossible
to even slow down the terri
fic spread of tuberculosis
here.
Days in Lahore
I spent three days in Lahore
and had dinner one nieht with
two interesting Englishmen,
one of them an eminent journ
alist. Then I took the train to
New Delhi, the capitol, arriv
ing the day after the great
rain. Ten and a half inches
in only 24 hours. And their
yearly rainfall is only 24 in
ches. This place Is really
flooded.
I decided I needed a rest
and food so I went to the
YMCA, where I get a good
bed and excellent food for
$1.75 a day. I've been here
almost a week and my face is
beginning to fill out some.
Primarily, though. I stopped He finally turned off into a
here to see about visas and
I have made the rounds.
Burma is too difficult to ob
tain they tell me. Thailand
and Vietnam both say I don't
need one if I don't stay long
er than a week in each place.
My train fare across, all of
Guide Offers
Calcutta: Leaving Agra. I
took the train, third class, of
course, to Benares. The min
ute I stepped off. I was ap
proached by a European look
ing chap whom I learned later
was an Anglo-Indian. He of
fered to euide me for 12
much, so we bargained. I'm
getting pretty tough at a bar
gain these days. Finally he
said he had nothing to do any
way, so he would do it for
free.
past the beggars which are
thick everywhere on the
streets, dug our way through
the crowds of people in time
for me to catch the evening
train to Calcutta. Of course I
paid the guide, as both he and
uupees, instead of 12. He
bced and thanked me, and
I knew I would, but only four
went off apparently happy.
Well Believe It
So here I am now in what
is supposed to be the dirtiest
Off we went in a rickshaw j city in the world and I can
well believe it. faomeone naa
told me to go to the Salvation
Army as it was cheap, fairly
clean and good food. Their
main station was filled so they
sent me to another one in
the old section of town. There,
they had one empty bed. The
usual occupant was off on va
cation, and they said it would
be 12 cents a day.
One large room containing
80 beds. About half are Anglo
Indians. (Incidently there is
much racial prejudice be
tween the Anglo-Indians and
to the river Ganges. We
wound our way among the
priest stands down the fa
mous stairs to the edge of the
Holy River. Men and women
alike were dunking them
selves in the muddy water in
order to get purified. Most
of them seemed very old to
me. We got into a rickety old
boat and pushed down river.
The Ganges was up and fast
from the monsoon and the
current gave us some fancy
twists and twirls now and
then.
High above the bank are
picturesque temples, one top
ped with pure gold for holy
worship by the Hindus. Be
neath the gold topped temple
were two large platforms, one
above the other for cremation.
They had just finis-hed one
cremation and close by was
a woman wrapped in red and
slung between two poles of
green bamboo waiting her
turn. The most sickening sight
were the mangy, starving dogs
prowling and digging among
the ruins. Still hot and smok-
4n rf
We turned the boat and
slowly worked out way back
upstream against the heavy
current. When we landed, my
guide went first and we had
to wind our way single file
through and around the pray
ing people and their priests.
tYa Tnrtianc Tho rpct nf the
occupants are British, either ed the HEC will meet Aug
loto rWeiirts 27 at Mrs. Thomas Vestal's
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ine man in me oea next iu -
me I am sure is a bit touched. f- wer '
small alley, so narrow that
in order to pass anyone, you
had to turn sideways. Along
both sides, sunk into the walls
were shops for saris, fruits,
brassware and food.
Suddenly to my left was a
massive door of solid silver
Talks on and one about noth
ing in an almost incoherent
mumble and tells me he has
many inventions that he is
sure will bring him in mil
lions. (Pounds, I suppose).
Also, he has written several
books, ("Rather good, too, I
should say.")
On the rJther side of me is
an Anelo-Indian who seems
morbidlv interested in the
plight of the Negro in the
states and wants to know how
the mallottos get along, and
what about the Red Indians
as he calls them.
Then there is a huge man
who must have been well edu
cated at one time. He tells
me he had had an executive
job in England when he was
sent out to India 25 years
ago. He evidently has gone
steadily downhill and now
drinks so much that he can't
get work.
Last night he offered to
show me some back alley life.
Grange News...
Phoenix Grange
Phoenix Grange will meet
Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m.
The serving committee will
be Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bolz,
Mr. and Mrs. Athel Dudley
and Mrs. Enid Caster. -Gertrude
Lewin,
Publicity Chairman.
Eagle Point Grange
The Eagle Point Grange
met Aug. 5 with Master Cliff
Moore presiding. The Eagle
Point degree team, with Ros
coe Roberts as master, con
fprrpri the third and fourth
'degrees on 13 members. They
were from Sams Valley, en
terprise, Butte Falls and Lake
Creek Granges.
Commissioner Ralph James
reported all roads in good
condition, and Roberts gave a
short report on insurance.
Following the meeting, water
melon was served by Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Chamberlain, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Chamberlain and
Gertrude Stanley.
As this is the busy season
for farmers, fruit and 4-H
workers, the attendance was
small at the Aug. 19 meeting
of the Eagle Point Grange.
Overseer Mvers acted as
master. C. C. Hoover report
ed that stock prices were
dropping. Ten thousand lambs
were wanted by a Cantornia
huver
Mabel Wertz gave a short
renort on the 85th Congress
Out of 25,000 bills and resolu
tions, only 1,200 had been act
ed on. Ray Hubbell gave
report on weeds and their con
trol during the lecture pro
gram. He told of the damage
to cattle from eating certain
weeds.
Mrs. C. C. Hoover announc
Petty Larceny Charge
Arrests Made by Police
Robert Lee Parnell, 18, of
route 2, box 198A, Central
Point, and a 17-year-old youth,
also from Central Point, have
been arrested on a charge
of petty larceny in connection
with thefts of hubcaps, city
police reported. A thir-1 youth
was questioned and released,
police said.
According to the report, two
hubcaps were taken Thursday
night from a jeep on East
Main St. between Bartlett St.
and Central ave. and an at
tempt was made to take one
from a vehicle on the lot of
Hamlin's Used Cars, 908 North
Riverside ave.
Two Top Judges In Rabbit Show
Jo Ann Wood of Evans Val
ley, Daryl Zapell and Lucile
Lowry of Talent were the top
Southern Oregon Asks
Bids on Various Jobs
Bids will be received Thurs
day at Southern Oregon col
lege, Ashland, for various
items of concrete construction,
according to Donald E. Lewis,
business manager.
Work includes construction
of curbs, gutters, drain boxes,
drain lines, sidewalks and as
phalt paving on the campus,
he said.
individuals in the rabbit judg
ing contest recently complet
ed at the county fairgrounds
in Medford.
As the best three contest
ants in the county they are
entitled to represent Jackson
county at the state fair in the
4-H rabbit judging contest.
In addition, Lucile and
Daryl will be joined by Linda
Sommers of Talent to receive
the county medals as the top
rabbit judging team. Alter
nates in the rabbit judging
contest are as follows: Randy
Bradshaw, Medford; Mary
Lou Van de Kamp, Medford;
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Josephson, Central Point, and
Marvel Lichtenstein, Rogue
River.
4-H Club News
Thimble Thumbs
The Thimble Thumbs 4-H
Sewing club met Saturday at
the home of Michelle Ely on
Stewart ave. for a coffee hour
to entertain their mothers.
The girls' served and gave i
a style show, wearing the I
latest styles in chemises and
sacks. ,
Marilou Garner, county 4-H
economics agent, was a guest.
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and Mrs. Otis Hill and Mr
and Mrs. Harry DeVore. Ger
trude Stanley announced on
Sent. 5 and 6 the 4-H G. E.
Stitchers were snonsorins the
Walt Disney movie "The Liv
ing Desert" at the Eagle Point
Grange hall.
As I was most interested
went along with him. The
nisht was verv hnt and VinmiH
and to add to the confusion
was a celebration of an an
cient Moslem war. Throne;
were surging about the dark
streets singing and dancing.
The only light was from that
of an occassional man roast
ing corn. My friend strode
right into the mass with me
at his heels while he pushed
and shoved every now and
then knocking someonp snin-
ning; We turned off the alley
and pushed through a door
into a narrow hallway which
stonrjed before an infriratpltr
screened door. Through this
we coma see a Chinese fam
ily eatine. An old man shuf
fled over and my friend said
two eights. Soon he re
turned, orjened a round win-
I dow in the screen door and
handed us each a tumbler full
of clear liauid. I tonlr one
! small swallow and spit it out
quick-like. Smelled and tasted
like turpentine, but it was
supposed to be gin, I guess.
I handed the rest to my friend
and he tossed' off his, mine
and another one. By the time
we got out the door and half
way down the alley it hit him.
I had quite a time holding
him up and leading us both
back through the dark streets
to our beds. I s a i d "Good
night," and I suppose he was
trying to say "Cheerio," but
all he got out was "Cheese"
before he was snoring. He had
told me he got a small allow
ance from England and I guess
that is what he spends it on,
i poor guy.
Yesterday I met a company
man who travels extensively
through India. He took me on
a tour of the markets. He im
ports cheap electrical appli
ances and sells them here for
tremendous profit. Then he
sends carved wood and ivories
back to be sold in the states
and England. He suggested
that I go in business with him.
We stopped to watch a snake
charmer. He had a small
altar, three human skulls, a
monkey skull and a middle
sized boa constrictor. But no
cobra, so I was disappointed.
I am writing this at a small
table in the embassy and the
rain is coming down about an
inch an hour. Must get back
to my community bedroom.
You should hear the variety
of snores every night, but the
food is good and so far all I
have found is fleas. Bananas
are so cheap I eat a dozen a
day.
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