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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
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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.
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. 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
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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."
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. . , '.
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EX-TAX MAN DIES .
Washington (UPD Walter
William Law, 8?, former New
York State tax commissioner,
died Tuesday night in George
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