Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 28, 1958, Image 24

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Newspaper Page TextA MAIL TRIBUNE, MeeW, Oregon, Thursday, Augu.t 28, 1958 Hunting Good in John Day Fossil Beds aw Sunday Or. Tim toaawiin ia motorloa aaoaariaa la oniaa, on of am aai Jprad I0.n by Tha Oraaaniaa and Ida Ort9oa stata Motor Asm. ltmm tram artitlai oaacribo vacatioa triat and destinations throvahoat . tha Momma ara raeomnwmkd lor out-o-Ja vtiitara a Oresaa durlM lha Caa. Saaajal Yaar. By LEVERETT RICHARDS Staff Wrttar, Tha Oragonlan FOSSIL BEDS (Special) Wanta go big game hunting wjtnoui a license, without gun, without fear of attack? Come on over, the hunting i oesier nere tnan anywhere in the United States. The game ia bigger. And it'a safe. The game is all dead. Petrifaction set in, m fact, some 30 or 40 million years ago. For this is the land of the oreodont, the largest tiger the wona nas ever Known, and the home of the brontothere, the "thunderbeast," a rhinoceros, big as an elephant and twice as ugly, that thundered across the plains of Eastern Oregon some to million years ago. Here, too, the bone burglar iinos tne stone bone3 ot three- toed horses, pig-dogs, tiny cameis ana lossa nuts like , those found on the market to day. Paleontologists xall it one of the most important bone piles in the" country. Important Finds Mads Hundreds of amateur big game hunters have made im portant finds, harking back to the day when Central Oregon was a tropical bog where "horse and rhino had it fine-o," to quote the paleontological an them of Oregon. The fossil, like gold, is where .you find it, however, and the casual tourist in a hurry to see Oregon celebrate its Cen- Giant Tigers, ElepHant-SizeH Rhinos Once Roamed Ancient Oregon Hills -? - iter? tVi .... . - - . St - :j iA Eroded UQ In background is typical of formations la which fossils ara found in John Day country. Layers ara formed from mod compressed into stone by weight of years. tennial, for instance, cannot ex pect to bag a bag of big bones in a few hours. Finding and re covering these fossils which re veal so much of the earth s past is a job for professionals or educated amateurs. . The State of Oregon has set aside 2,773 acres of picturesque fossil beds along the sparkling John Day Kiver as the Thomas Condon-John Day Fossil Beds State Parle But most of the area is inaccessible to anyone hut an oreocont. Driving along Highway 19 you can see and photograph the ' multicolored, multilay- ered cliffs arid formations that house the fossils, but they lie across the John Day River and there are no bridges. i ii i I ai J . Typical of fossils found Is this turtla, fonnd near Kimberly, ' ' displayed 'at Kimbariy stora. From left: Jaap ' Werth- heim, Dutch stndant; DiriH Richards, Mrs. C. H. Schoen . berger; Mrs. L. G. Richards and Sheila Richards view relic ' Easy access to the beds can be gained only by one public road and that is not passable for conventional cars. Ama teurs really intent on hunting stone bones can get directions from the John Day-Canyon City Chamber of Commerce, or in quire at Fossu, Condon or Kimberly. . t There is no comprehensive collection of these fascinating fossils open to the public either. The Canyon City Museum has a few on display. The general store at Kimberly on Highway 19 has some impressive fossils of tortoises, oreodonts and pre historic deer. There are other impressive private collections, but none readily viewed. The fossil country has a rugged scenic charm all its own, however, apart from its prehistoric past, as we found on our Oregon State Motor Assn.-Oregonian motorlog tour. Highway 26, one of the nation's main east-west streets, cuts through the heart of the fossil beds between John Day and Mitchell. The Fossil State Park lies just north of 26 on Highway 19. Highway 19 follows the twist ing John Day River through the scenic heart of the fossil country where Sheep Rock and the Cathedral stand like sen tinels above this mass burial ground of the mighty beasts that fell so long ago. The mud of the ancient lake beds in which these huge beasts bogged down 30 to 60 million years ago presents an ever-changing ka leidoscope of greens, blues, yel lows and browns in pipe-organ shapes as fantastic as the creatures buried therein. Fossil beds like this are seen from the highway all the way from Spray on Route 19 to High way 26. All roads in Central Oregon are interesting. One favorite loop trip from Portland is via the Columbia River Highway to Arlington, thence south down Highway 19 to its junc tion with Highway 26 near Day ville. Here on the rock walls of narrow Picture Gorge, the pre-Indians left their calling cards. This was a crossroads and a sort of post office where they carved or painted myste--rious messages. A sign calls your attention to them, but they are not easy to find and there is no place to park in the narrow canyon to do your look i 4 on foot. Viewing Requires Thaa To properly enjoy this land scape, garnished with juniper like a garden of the gods, re quires a couple of days at least. There are plenty of wayside parks and overnight camping sites, as well as motels, along the route. Don't miss sidelights like the Painted Hills State Park, which lies nine miles northwest of Mitchell via Burnt Ranch Road off U.S. 26 on a dirt road. The pastel shades of red and chocolate brown on the rounded domes and ridges make interesting color pic tures. If lucky you can find fos sil tree leaves and plants of 50 million yars ago. There is a picnic park here with fire places and water w h i c h should be boiled before using, the signs say. To complete the loop you can return to Portland on Route 26 via Prineville, Madras and Warm Springs, or take Route 126 via Prineville Redmond. Sisters, the McKenzie River and Eugene. Both are scenic, and full of interest Arlington 1 Du.I..J v THOMAS C0KB0fJ-ou,n fNUkJ IX&V i lii ir j 3vnn wni i Map shows choica of routes to fossil country of Eastern Oregon. Fossil beds extend from Fossil State Park north and west along highway 26. Quotes From the News By United Press International Los Angeles-Attorney General William P. Rogers, on school integration: ' . . "There is no state, granting lha will, which cannot main lain law and order and at tha same lime permit a final decree of a court lo ba carried out.". . Little Rock, Ark.-Gov. Orval Faubus, on President Eisen hower's attitude toward integration: 1 "If lha President thinks the pace of integration should be slowed down to occur peacefully, we are in agreement. I am for him." Cape Canaveral, Fla.-Aninformed source, on the firing of a Jupiter missile: v "There was nothing sJarllingly different about this bird. It's just another flight in lha development series." Beirut, Lebanon-Maj. Gen. Paul Adams, commander of U.S. ground forces in Lebanon, on a rebel demand to with draw tanks from positions' near a rebel-held section: "If fired on, they (U.S. forces) will return the fire in sufficient volume to stop hostile fire, making sure lo attack the hostile fire at its source." . ' ' Indianapolis-Police Lt. Richard Caine, on the finding of in unexploded bomb under the bedroom window of Maurice Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters Union: "I do 'not consider this an attempt on Hutcheson's life. It is more of a scare than a serious try lo kill somebody." (; $m9M&wf: lips HEAT IS ON IN OKLAHOMA Waitress with folded arms refuses to serve Negroes at soda fountain of large store in Oklahoma City. The would-be customers sat peacefully at the counter for more than an hour, without being served. Another demonstration the following day, by KAACP youths, met the same policy against food counter service to .Negroes. Teamsters Union Blamed for End Of Tented Circus Washington (UPD - The Sen ate Rackets Committee today placed at the doorstep of the Teamsters Union partial blame for the end of an American institution-the cir cus under canvas. Committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy said testimony in the nest few days would show that organizing pressure by the huge transportation workers union was at least a "factor" in the abandonment of the Big Top by Ringling Brothers. Barnum and Bailey Circuis, and the elimination of other smaller shows. Operators To Testify Testimony was scheduled from the operators of eight circuses and carnivals. . Ken nedy said John Ringling North, head of "The Great est Show on Earth" was in Europe but had submitted a sworn affidavit to the com mittee. ' The Ringlings gave up their annual summertime tours un der canvas two years ago and the gradual loss of smaller shows has been the-despair of circus buffs throughout the nation. Ringling's show now appears only in large cities, in indoor arenas or outdoor stadiums. Kennedy said while other economic " factors ' obviously had a part In the decline of circuses, the organizational drives of the Teamsters also took a toll. He; said there would be testimony about other Ringling labor difficul ties, including violence when the circus was in Philadel phia and Teamsters sponsor ship of a rival show to com pete against it during a Bos ton engagement. Taxicabs Targets The committee turned to the circus situation after two days of testimony about vio lence in the taxicab industry in St. Louis. B. A. Foster, manager of a St. Louis cab company em ploying only Negro drivers, told the committee Wednes day his vehicles were shot at, burned and bombarded with stench fluid in 1954-55 when his drivers ' voted ' to leave the Teamsters for an independent union. FORMER RACER DIES London-ttlPD-Alfred Thomas (Goldie) Gardner, 68, a former top auto racer, died Monday in Eastbourne, England. Truck Strikers Ready To Talk San Francisco uTPB North ern California teamsters lead ers declared themselves ready today to meet with employers to discuss settlement of a Central California teamsters strike. The strike of 2,350 drivers in Central California 'and Western Nevada has touched eff an employer lockout in the 11 Western states. Leaders of San Francisco Bay Area Joint Council No 7 and Central Valley Joint Council No. 38 met Wednes day to discuss strategy in the 17-day-old dispute. After the meeting, both councils announced they were ready to negotiate. Whether the employers would take them up on the offer re mained to .be seen. The em ployers contend that team sters in the 11 western states accepted a master contract negotiated on May 27. - Meanwhile Joint Council 38 prepared to file an unfair labor practice charge against the California Trucking asso ciation. The union will charge the employer group with re fusing to bargain in violation of the Taft-Hartley Act. State Fair Offers Variety of Entertainment for 10-Day Run C 1 ITTTWl fT'l -v i . . ... a Salem -flJPD- The Oregon State Fair which opened to day for a record 10-day run should be a pleasant mixture of the corn-fed and the atom ic, the educational and the en tertainingk The 93rd State Fair got under way .officially at 8 a.m. with Gov. Robert D. Holmes sawing a log in two at the main entrance. Agriculture and lumbering are still the dominant themes of the fair. But Fair Board Chairman Mrs. Marguerite Berg says the scope of ex hibits is gradually being broadened to reflect the ex panding interests of Oregon citizens. . . Current interest in science1 1 has resulted in an atomic science exhibit this year which covers 5,000 square feet. btars of the night revue will be Jimmy Rodgers, the former Camas, Wash., paper mill worker who rose to fame on his recording of "Honey comb" and the popular band leader, Vaughn Monroe Cowboy Star on Hand Heading the combined ro deo and horse show will be Walt Disney's Slim Pickens, star of the Indian epic "Ton ka" now being filmed near Bend Top cowboys from the ro deo circuit again will appear, although George Manken- maier. Burns, second place national saddle bronc riding champion, was killed last Fri day in an automobile acci dent near Prineville. A feature attraction of the floral and garden show is a 25 - foot tower, highlighted with 19th century statues, ac- jjjj JZT y'' j ARRIVING pi MADAGASCAR, French Premier Charles , de Gaulle shakes hands with child at Tananarive on first stop of tour to check on France's colonial problems. Navy Reveals New Missile To Be Shot From Submarines cording to W. Kay Hunting ton, Salem landscape archi tect, who heads the expanded floral show. A five-foot Japanese Jan tern, one of the largest ever shown in the Northwest, also will be on display. The new $300,000 4-H and FFA building' will be in use for the first time. Funds for it were appropriated by the 1957 Legislature. Cantury Farms Honored Sept. 2 will be century farm day at the fair and Gov. Holmes will present awards to families who have been in continuous ownership or op eration of the same Oregon farm for at least 100 years. A feature for the children, aside from the rides and mid way entertainment, will be free tickets on two ponies to be given away Thursday and Sept. 4-Kids Day at the Fair. Even politics will get some innings at the fair with Salem radio station KBZY conduct ing a pre-election forecast poll in which visitors will get a chance to cast ballots for governor, Congress and state labor commissioner. Some of the judging has been completed even before the gates were opened. Max E. Baumberger and Duane Duvall, both of Portland, won top prizes m the first all Ore gon color slide exhibit-a fea ture of the Fair. Daily fashion shows at 2 and 7 p.m. will be held for the ladies. There has been a big in crease in the number of live stock entries this year with 524 dairy animals entered. Jerseys lead this year al though Guernseys were ahead last year. The Portland zoo exhibit will include 50 animals and the farm machinery exhibit will be the biggest in recent years. p.. M ii. mii.i, , . . in I. ... I a. ii i. j IWj WED Chico Mars, 67, oldest of the comedian Marx Brothers,' and actress Mary Louise Dee, 41, pictured ia Beverly Hills, Calif., following their marriage. It was the first marriage for Miss Dee and the second for Chico. & mm mil! mm tab' Like summery halt salads topped with Spretkels Sugar's aew Sweet-Sour Dressing! Just combine 1 cup Sprockets Granulated Sugar, 1 table spoon cornstarch, Vt tea spoon salt, IVi cups water, V cup lemon juice. Cook over low heat and boil one minute. Make: 2 cups. - Another rvasM Wtstemtrs Ymmmm- rt swtif m Spntktb Star) n7TnniT r SlfGAR y i Albany Man Dies Under Flying Stump Gold Beach-(UPD-A 38-year- old Albany man was injured fatally Tuesday In a construc tion accident south of here Sylvester B. Callison died en route to a Crescent City, Calif., hospital after he was crushed by. a stump that had been blasted. Callison was operating a tractor on an access road when a stump, blasted out on tlie other side of the hill, flew over the hill and fell on ihim. He was employed by the Morrison-K n u d s e n Co. of Boise, Idaho, on a highway re location project on Highway 101 in the Hooskanaden- Thomas creek area. He' is survived by his wife and -two children. . PLANT EXPLODES . Taipeh, Formosa - (UPD - Twenty-three persons, most of them teen-age girls, were kill ed and 13 other persons were injured Tuesday when a fire works factory exploded in Chiayi in central Fomosa, re ports reaching here, Wednes day night said. The steel industry's coke is produced in 16 states. Washington-UPD-The Navy today announced development of an "underwater guided mis sile" to be fired from sub marines and steered by an at tached thread-like wire. It was the third major de velopment announced by the Defense Department m 24 hours designed to increase the nation's military posture. The new underwater wea pon, the Navy said, can strike its target despite enemy eva sive maneuvers. As the tor- norin nnepe through the water " -.J tJ - thff wire" is played out from thi ' launching vessel and "wire guidance enables the torpedo to follow the target until the kill is made." The Navy declined to dis close fange of its new wea pon, designated the Mark 39. Test New Rocket A Defense Department statement Wednesday night revealed the Army has tested a rocket motor with such huge power it could hurl "an air defense missile to a very high altitude almost instant ly." While the official announce ment did not say so. the rock et booster was known to have been tested in connection with the Army Nike-Zeus program for developing a defense against intercontinental Dai listic missiles. : The Defense Department statement said the Army "suc ppssfnllv test fired" the rocket motor at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, -Ma., Wednesday nieht. It was tested while bolted down to a test stand. Power of the: jrocket was given officially as -everai hundred thousand pounds" of thrust. It was understood of fieiallv to have produced more than 450,000. pounds of thrust. Develop New Propeller Tho Naw. meanwhile. tooK the wraps off a revoluntion- arv new nroDeller design whirh officials said could lead to' development, of ships with i "unlimited speed. ' Cant'-E.. A. wriHfit. com mander of the David Taylor Model Basin here, where the nroneller was developed, "said the Navy wouild "no longer be speed-limited as far as pro pulsive capacities are concern ed." The officials spoke free ly of future ships, with radi cal new hulls, that could trav el at speeds of 100 to 150 knots (115-170 miles per hour) as a result of the new pro peller development.. Spokane Lumber Strike May Spread Portland -(UPD- A union of ficial said Wednesday that a strike by members of the AFL-CIO Lumber and Saw mill Workers in the Spokane area could spread to the fir and pine region of Oregon. The strike, which started three weeks ago against the Valsetz Lumber Company's .Inchelium logging camp mushroomed Wednesday to two more Valsetz operations in the Spokane area at the Lincoln sawmill and the West ern Pine operations.-A total of 500 men have been idled by the walkout. . The strike could spread to the Valsetz operations in the Blue mountain and Willam ette valley areas of Oregon, the union. spokesman said.. A total of about 1,000 em ployees are involved in Val setz operations at La Grande, Enterprise, Pondosa, Joseph, and "Elgin in the pine ' area and in the Douglas fire opera tions at Valsetz. The strike is over wages, the spokesman said. . , '. fk mama putt if EX-TAX MAN DIES . Washington (UPD Walter William Law, 8?, former New York State tax commissioner, died Tuesday night in George town HospitaL , r Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricltt, Fluei. ' , Drain Til 727 W. McAndrewi Ph. 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