14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, October 5, 1958
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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