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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, October 5, 1958 oveimimeinriS EmibgIDoes A 'Lot ff CiiairDftninig MP -' " T ? COUGAR PET-This is a picture of a young Jackson county has had many wild pets in- cougar the Kirby J. Tants, Brownsboro, eluding raccoons, bear cubs and cougars, once had for a pet when they lived in Cali- A stick was tied to this animal's back to fornia. The predatory - animal hunter in make it easier to guide around, .Tant said. Growth of Physical Rehabilitation One Of Bright Pages of War Disabilities By SID HOLLINGSWORTH Camp White The growth of physical medicine and re habilitation as a means of re storing the handicapped to a useful place in society forms one of the bright pages of progress that has been made as the result of war disabili ties. Dr. Arthur S. Anderson, chief medical officer at the VA Domiciliary said in an interview. Dr. Anderson has special ized in this field in his work with veteran rehabilitation at Mitchel convalescent hospital, Campo, Calif., Ft. Lewis, Wash., and at the VA hospital, Roseburg. His treatment in cludes both physical and psy chological medicine. More re cently, he was clinical direc tor of rehabilitation at Idaho State hospital. "The modern concept is to regard the assets, not the dis JACKSONVILLE First PTA Meeting Set By BETTE HOSKINS Jacksonville Jacksonville Parent Teachers association will hold their first meeting of this school term Wednes day, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the high school auditorium. It will be a combined social meeting reception for the teachers. All parents are urged to start now to take part in this year's PTA activities. A farewell gathering hon oring the Rev. W. D. Turn bull and his family was held last week at the Jacksonville Assembly of God church. Guest N speakers were the Rev. Jack Bransford of the 1 Phoenix Assembly church and Mrs Earnest Haveman'of the Rogue River Assembly church. Later in the evening Pastor Dick Rerrimen and his congregation from the old historic church across the street from the Assembly church, called to express thanks for Turnbull's fellow ship and cooperation during their association. Turnbull is leaving the church here to accept a post at the Assembly church in Sandy, Ore. The Women's Missionary Council of the Assembly of God church report that they canned 43? cans of pears this year for their annual project. The pears are sent to Brooks, Ore., and from there go to various needy foreign mis sions. The women had about .. 20 helpers, including some men and teen-age girls. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Belau were Mrs. Belau's brother, the Rev. and Mrs. Hazen Chester, of Gridley, Calif. Another broth er Elroy Chester and his wife and two children, Helen and Johnny, were also guests. Chester is a Naval officer and has been transferred to Se attle. While the move was being made the two children visited at the Belau home. New residents in town are Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor and two children, Joan and Billy, of Alameda, Calif. They are living at the G. B. Messick home at 1043 South Third st. The children are entered in school here. Taylor is em ployed at ONC freight lines. Dennis Caird left here rec ently to enroll in Oregon State college. He is the son of John Caird. Robert Remmington, a mis sionary home on furlough from India, was a guest speak er at the old historic church ,here last Thursday evening. While here he is visiting bis J2LJ ?r VstJ abilities of an individual, whether his disability is men tal or physical," Dr. Ander son stated. "In this way, his capabilities may be further developed and he can resume his position in society as a useful self-sufficient citizen." Interest Shifts The impetus to this pro gram in hospitals today be gan "when interest shifted from the disability to the re maining assets, opening a new expense of opportunity both to the individual and the work he was found capable of doing." Dr. Anderson goes back to the 16th century for the earli est application of occupational therapy, one of the "three R's" of physical medicine and rehabilitation. The other two are physiotherapy and correc tive therapy. . "One of the earliest refer- parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Remmington, of Medford. Mrs. J. D. Skog reports this week that her mother, Mrs. P. O. Purgason (Adele) of Tfemple City, Calif., is now making her home with them on North Oregon st. Mrs. Ava Whitney reports that she is moving back to the Mitchell Santarium this' week. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Par rott last Wednesday opened the Nuget Confectionary for business. They will' be open seven days a week and serve short orders. They also will have fountain service and tables for families. Readers are reminded that news may be submitted to this column by calling TW-9-1209, or mail your items to P.O. box 38, Jacksonville. Mrs. Floyd Berry Jr. is in Portland this week to visit her husband at the hospital. He underwent surgery there last Wednesday. To prove there has been a "cultural explosion in Am erica,", the American Heritage Publishing Co. cites figures indicating two billion paper back books have been bought in the U. S. since 1939. . CHINATOWN RAID U. S. Treasury agents seized $18, 000 worth of herbs arid medicines in this basement in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the first step of an all-out drive to halt the use of contraband health remedies from Red China. The merchandise was confiscated from the Chinese herb store of John Hong Hall (standing, center), after his Chicago supplier was arrested earlier this week for violating the Trading With the Enemy Act, ences to i'M&K occurs in Spanish literature, circa 1500, wnere some form of occupa tion for the "insane' is recom mended, and it is noted that the recovery rate was im proved when some planned work therapy was used "The Army ground forces established their .first rehabi litation center in 1944-45," he added. "Troops were flown in direct from combat areas. In the rehabilitation hospitals, they were evaluated and planned activities, various modalities of PT, OT and spe cific job training were insti tuted. Recovery Rat "The recovery rate was re markable by old standards, as 60 per cent returned to full duty, 20 per cent returned to limited duty, and the 20 per cent that were so disabled as to receive a CD discharge, were trained in some useful trade. This included such spe cialties as refrigeration re pair, radio repair, automotive repair and drafting." In the Veterans administra tion the trend has been simi lar, Dr. Anderson continued. "The therapeutic benefits from planned, coordinated ac tivities, OT, PT, and CT, have accomplished two missions, one to make the severely dis abled happier and better hos pitalized citizens, while the less severely disabled were able to regain their status as useful citizens in society. No Hopeless Case "You no longer can say any man is a hopeless case," Dr. Anderson stressed. He cited the example of a mute who was given a harmonica to play and learned to talk. There are thousands of similar impossible conditions being corrected. In his 18 years of contatt with patients who have been restored to a useful life, he has received many letters emphasizing the continued good health of peo ple who have been benefitted by this "new approach." Motivation is the essential ingredient in treatment, Dr. Anderson emphasized. The first step is to want to be re habilitated. Then the individ ual must learn to accept his disability and make use of what he has left. "He should capitalize on the part that is intact and not on the dis ability, whether mental or physical." Tant 5 hoots, Traps Merely To Control Predatory Beasts He Has 'Been At It" 19 Years In County By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer ; Kirby J. Tant, federal-state hunter in Jackson county, took predatory animals here during a 12-week period from June 1 to Aug. 23, according to the terse report from Salem recently. And that's a lot of hunting in any man's language. That figure includes 59 coyotes, seven bobcats, 14 raccoons, two badgers, six porcupines ana four skunks. This hunter - trapper is a tall, raw-boned, rangy fellow with sharp blue eyes in a weather - beaten face topped off by a mop of unruly gray hair. His movements about the spacious living room of his ranch home at Browns boro gave the impression of ageless strength and agility which belong to those who make their living out-of-doors. "Yup, been at it for 19 years in Jackson county," the predatory-animal hunter drawl ed." 'Do What He Wants "It's theNfirst job he ever had when he can do what he wants to do and gets paid for it, "his wife joined in. Tant puts in at least a 40 hour .week and is on call 24 hours a day. Some weeks he won't get a single call and some days he will get three calls or more in one day. Even though the hunting season is on now, the government hunt er doesn't plan to go hunting. By the time the week end rolls around he Is pretty tired out. The federal - state hunter works on a "on call" basis and also lays out his own schedule of work. He lays out his trap lines so he can get to them at least once a week. He is responsible to the TJ. S. Fish and Wildlife Serv ice headquarters in Portland. His salary, equivalent to that of a good white-collar worker, comes from a joint fund. Con tributions are made by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Serv ice, the State Department of Agriculture and the state game commission. The over all program of predatory con trol is guided by a stade plan ning board, composed of rep resentatives of the state and federal contributing agencies and, for separate rodent con trol work, the state college extension service. Only One Jackson county once had five such hunters and now Tant is the only one. Klamath county has two government hunters and Douglas county four, but Tant manages to keep even with or ahead of all of them, according to his total take records. For instance, from 1940 through Dec. 28, 1957 Tant took 922 bobcats, 2,450 coy otes, 22 cougar, 116 bear and 11 fox, according to records of the U. S. Fish and Wild life Service. A hunter has to have good dogs, the' government hunter said. He uses what he calls a "straight Walker." This is a spotted hound with the lean flanks and long flappy ears of this type dog. It's a fast dog. Tant knows each animal as well as a mother knows i?her own children. In the field he can tell by the hounds' baying whether they are run ning game, whether it's a "trash" (rabbits and squirrels) or predatory. He can also tell which dog is hottest on the scent and whether or not the game is treed. Tant usually keeps five hounds in his pack, of which one is the leader and one or two young dogs are being broken in. Pups 'Sicked' on Bobcat Pups are usually trained by releasing a bobcat from a trap and "sicking" the young dog and leader onto it. The pup always follows the- leader so the training is usually not difficult.- Few women would cook for a dog or dogs, but Mrs. Tant: does in a five-gallon grease can once day. The ration con sists of a stew of gram - corn and wheat - mixed with cracklings or meat scraps and perhaps some vegetables. Unlike some hunters who believe a hungry hound is huntin' hound, the Tants believe well - fed dogs work the best and feed them all they can eat Mrs. Tant is fond of the dogs and does all the doctoring for sickness and wounds. However, she firmly believes a dog's place is out side. 'Dawg Almost Human' "Had one dawg though who we just had to put out of his WMm'0Mmm 77.:: 7 7. ;77 7,7:,- 777 sssf:sx, :ffi;:HAi.ai4iS'; s - y77: -7: v:' S . .: : :-:-:-:y'yy' y --jy ' ': :r" i' -x - ; . ; .. yy - -. y:-. .-y: . y-y. : '::":-. ." ;y ' '' y..S y-yyyy yy:: yy:.:- . ::: -v - .. :g;:; ; S ':- 'X- 1 t J; : Si' St" A i; ; v' :' v XyS'Sr S XSysm ;'K :V': W , " . v XV ' . ; 7C7:;:''"!;::S S 'S; :,-sy" Ts ' :,Sfv''S'S'r::S:: ..-H ;-: SJ : iy---S X2SSSf: 7;vy-l Sffi PARKING PLATFORM - This sketch, looking northwest across the intersection of East Main and Front sts., shows the parking platform conceived by Medford architect Robert Keeney as a means of improving downtown off-street parking facilities. The spiral ramp, partly blocked by smoke rising from a Front st. building, is situated, on the northwest corner of Sixth and Front sts. Two elevator, "structures are old age misery who coulda slept on the daveno if he'd had a mind to," Tant chuck led. "Why that dawg was al most human. He'd tree the animal and if you didn't come he'd come back after you." After being wounded the dogs don't shy away from their quarry later but just get madder, Tant said. A dog is a good hunter until he is 11 or 12-years-old. Once the pack goes in for the kill it it impossible to shake them loose, the veteran hunter said. However, he has a whistle and horn to direct their maneuv ers . and sometimes uses a horse to keep up with them. When Tant gets a call he loads his wooden box on the back of his Jeep, the yelping dogs chosen for the hunt jump in and he's off until he gets his quarry. The rangy hunter doesn't try to keep right up with his dogs though he does n't stay far behind either. .22 Pistcl His gun is a High Standard .22 caliber pistol which he uses on( all game, including cougars and bears. He aims for the brain and then goes in for another shot through the ear. Other hunters usin? this light weapon, prefer to shoot through thejiver or lungs and let the animal lay in the tree until it bleeds to death. They, use iaiu, xigure a nigii-pow-ered rifle would oniv blow the beast out of the tree and it would take two or three good dogs with it before it dies. The veteran hunter has the most resDect for the ' bear since it won't back down. The bear is not considered so des tructive in the Jackson county area, however, so is not hunt ed bv the government man as much as some other ani mals. He considers the coyote the smartest since it can "do more dirt and get away with it." However, when a dog starts running a coyote it soon takes the fight out of it, Tant said. Bobcat on Increase Rnhcats seem on the m- the eovernment hunter said. He caught nine of thpm last week. Coons are a big problem now also, Tant said. They ruin irrigation ditches, kill chickens and tur keys, and tear up cornfields and berry patches. Throughout the conversa tion Tant emphasized govern ment hunters do not want to kill off all predatory animals but .merely want to control hom He has a fondness for wild animals and has made r,Pts of several of them m tne past. However, he doesn't en courage others io ao so ue cause of all the red tape in ,rr.u,oA with the state game commission. And they all turn back to their wild sxaie even tually. Tant even made a pet oi niino rnuaar. However, this was kept in a pen outside. The government hunter would ; sometimes tussle with it and the" animal was always genue although its sharp claws might rip the shirt off a man by ac cident, Tant aaaea. Tant eniovs his work ana doesn't plan to retire until fnrred to by federal regula tions which set the age limit at 70 years. Both the hunter and tlie farmer should be hap py about that since Tant pro tects both livestock and wild game from too many preda tory animals. Wells College on Cayuga Lake in New York State was founded in 1868 by Henry Wells of the famous Wells Fargo express company. Ti::p.: 1,7 ? : ,7 ;, -ySSm:S"S. t'SSmSSK ' -77777: 77 77777777;. :y 77 : 7 -7i:- - Stock Market Advance Reaches All-Time High New York -UPD The stock market rose to a new all-time high this week in a strong ad vance that added nearly four fillion dollars to market val uations. The market's strong show ing reflected increased indus trial activity all through the economy and some rosy fore casts for the. near-term and long-term future. The market has risen in sev en out of the last nine ses sions and five out of the last six. 'The advance was halted temporarily on Wednesday when profit-taking and a tight-money scare combined to check the rise. But settlement of auto con tract talks, new highs for the year in steel production, and railroad freight loadings, and a prediction by government economists that the economy will reach record levels in Renewed Violence Plagues Lebanon As U.S. Fuiis Out Beirut, Lebanon-OIPD - The United States Army began leaving Lebanon yesterday despite a wave of kidnaping, beatings and strikes that threatened renewed civil war. About 1,000 American sol diers, waving and shouting happily, rolled through the streets in open trucks to the Beirut dock area and boarded a ship to return to bases in Germany. The last 90 Marines were expected to depart today and the remaining' 5,900 soldiers to go within two weeks, leav ing the Lebanese army to handle the simmering new re volt by itself. In August there were 14,000 U. S. troops in Lebanon. Pro-and anti - government forces accused each other of hundreds of sectarian kidnap ings and beatings. Christian phalangists main tained roadblocks on main roads leading into the city. They burned stacks of tires and sent women and children before the barricades to halt traffic. On one road south of the city, where phalangists burn ed three trucks and beat their drivers, the Lebanese army moved in 10 tanks and armor ed cars to beef up hastily built sandbagged positions. 7. Seeks Rebel Leader Saeb Salam, rebel leader, charged that former President Camille Chamoun was trying to start a civil war with Brit ish backing. "We've got definite evi dence the British are trying LIVE AND LEARN Sacramento, Calif. - H'PD -Robert M. Anderson, execu tive of San Francisco radio station KYA, gained informa tion on the subject both be fore and after addressing the governor's traffic safety con ference Friday. Before, his car was forced to the side of the road by a woman driver and rammed in the back by another at a traffic light. After he found an overtime parking ticket on his car. :f 7' ;" '"'7 : -; ' 7; 777; i'"? 7 777 ' ? '-f : " Kif :? ; mmt - .:;:Si.!Wg 777777 also visible. The double-deck platform shown here straddles the Southern Pacific tfacks . and could accommodate 400 vehicles. It could be extended both vertically and horizontal ly to hold many more. Keeney will present his plans Monday at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable luncheon at the Jackson hotel. the fourth quarter helped to spur stocks to new highs. Industrials at New High An improved earnings out look for industry in general and a number of individual corporate developments add ed more steam to the advance. Industrial stocks rose to a new all-time high in their av erage, gaining 6.90 points to 533.73. Railroad ' issues jumped 3.91 points to 145.71, the highest for this average since Aug. 9, 1957, The utility av erage at 80.72 was up 0.49 point and the 65 stocks used in the three Dow Jones av erages hit a new all-time high of 184.50, a gain of 2.71 points. , Metals stood out on the up side. Price increases during the week for lead, zinc and copper and Russia's promise to start civil strife here to force the American troops to stay in Lebanon so the British can stay in Jordan," Salam said. ' ' . - - "Chamoun is trying to start a civl war. And behind him and other agents are the Brit ish." . Informed military sources have said the United States was aiming to get all its troops out of Lebanon by Oct. 17j three months and two days after the first Marines landed in answer to an appeal from Chamoun. . ' You are served better . j by our more I experienced people . 1 ill These include Carlo W. Morris,' Joseph Hosick, Charles Ij Dorrell, Wiilliam Driscoll, and Gordon Hays, men with mm many years of training and experience. I . fonxerMorris s J WEST MAIN AT SIXTH t : x fr 1 "Your TV Weatherman" I 1 , 11 KBES-TV Monday Through ASHLAND MORTUARY - -j J j Thursd6:00 P.m. 4h jn(J c StreetJ teriind i. XjgS'i:i J I jl Member National Selected Morticians by Invitation JJj 11 to curtail aluminum exports buoyed this group. Gains ranged to IVz points in New- mont Mining. National Lead rose 6 5-8, Magma Copper 5V4 and Kennecott 4V4. The improved outlook for the steel industry, now oper ating at its best levels since last November, brought gains ranging to 63,4 in Inland Steel., 5 in Continental and 314 in Jones and McLaughlin A poor earnings report and a divident cut sent Luken Steel down 4V2. The chemical industry's im proved outlook touched off demand for that group, push ing Union Carbide up 4 and Allied up more than 3. Auto stocks were firm. Railroad Stocks Gain A favorable . forecast con cerning future oil require ments made the oils an up side feature. American rose more than 4 and Gulf and Royal Dutch more than 3 each. Some of the domestic companies ran into light selling during the week, on the announcement ': of price cuts on the East and West coasts. Zenith featured the appli ances with a gain of ZVz. Top appliance industry spokes men this week agreed their industry h3d turned the cor ner and was in for a period cf rising sales and profits. The long-depressed rail roads are getting a whirl now that -carloadings their bread and butter are rising at a good clip. A number of roads climbed into the black after months of red-ink operation. Gains of 3 and 4 points were recorded by the rails. Atlantic Coast Line Rail road and Seaboard Air Line railroad announced they are studying a merger. The news sent Atlantic up more than 3 but Seaboard eased. 7 f I Meany To Steer Ship Settlement New York -(TOD- The na tion's top union leader has agreed to an "unprecedented" management request to arbi trate the four-day-old strike by deck officers that has tied up ships at Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. AFL-CIO ' President George Meany announced Friday he would take charge of efforts to end the dispute between the International Organiza tion of Masters, Mates and Pilots and 24 major ship com panies, most of them repre sented by the American Mer chant Marine Institute. . The strikers were not ex pected back on the ships including the country's big gest luxury liners, the Unit ed States and the America before Monday at the earliest. About 2,000 of the union's 10,000 members were on strike with an estimated 3? ships stuck in port and thou sands of tourists seeking transportation. The affected companies operate more than 300 ships. TOLD YA' SO I St. Louis - '(UPD - An. irate auto dealer decided to test' a parking lot's ban on 1959 Cadillacs on grounds they are too big for the ramps. ' Earl Lindberg drove one of the big new cars into the lot and wound up with a long scratch on one fender. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport
