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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sundjy, October 5, 1958 Mt. Fujiyama Climb Included in Events of Williams7 World Trip (Editor- note: This is the last of a series of articles by Jeff Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams. Medford, who late last month completed a trip around the world.) By JEFF WILLIAMS Pacific Ocean, Sept. 20: On Sept. 3 we left Manila, P.I., and depressingly enough the seas which were rough at the outset calmed on the second day and except for a couple buzzings by Naval Patrol planes, the trip to Hong Kong was uneventful. The day was fresh and clear, and as we entered Hong Kong harbor there was a brisk wind, heeling the junks over in a rock-a-bye fashion. Our 9,000-ton freighter sla lomed its way into the inner harbor, and no sooner had we dropped anchor than about three dozen junks of all .sizes crowded alongside and Chi nese peddlers clambored aboard. In' a twinkling they had set up their shops all over the decks, and in the passage ways, and if anyone came within 10 feet of them, they ' would energetically launch into their sales spiel. Taxi to Hong Kong That evening I took a taxi boat to Hong Kong to see the sights, and exchange some Hong Kong dollars for Japa nese Yen. I wanted to go to the top of Tram Peak, but it was raining, and I just walked around the city, going from the main shopping dist rict to the smaller, more clut tered shops. A rickshaw driver had been following me for about 10 minutes, and refused to leave. change some money, he in sisted that I come with him I didn t trust him, but I re lented, -first stipulating would pay him only $1 HK, or 20c our money. He readily agreed, and off we went at a trot. We had left the well lighted business district when he stopped and said he would take me to nice place. I curt ly refused, and told him to get on to the exchange. He stopped a couple more times, and then said he wanted more money. I didn't like him, and this finally got me, so I just jumped out of the rickshaw and walked back to town. He followed at a distance, shout ing insults all the way, and calling me a cheap bum, which I was, but I was also mad at him. Gets Bolder ' He kept getting bolder and bolder, and finally pulled his rickshaw in front to stop me, but I just charged, and knocked it over on its side. The long handlebars caught him in the chest and sent him sprawling. He jumped up, grabbed the wooden seat and came at me. We were about to clash headlong, when he changed his mind and said "We go to police." So indeed we did. A very understanding Eng lish officer thought it over and decided I should pay $1 HK for as far as he took me, so I did. I returned straight way to my ship, for we sailed at midnight. We sailed through calm seas and arrived in Kobe, Sept. 10. Again there were peddlers. This time the bow ing, smiling, and ultra-polite Japanese. I wandered around the city, buying souvenirs and such. Similar to Pin Ball A game similar to pin ball is extremely popular here, and all over town are the small crowded arcades. The machines made a terrible racket, and on top of it all is a not-so-late "rock 'n roll" record from the States. We took on a load of frozen tuna, then chugged off to Na gay, arriving and leaving Sept. 13. On the 14th we stopped at Shimiz, and, as it was a quiet Sunday, I took a stroll around the small town, looking at their shops, fruit displays, and watched some fishermen pulling in their nets. I suddenly got it into my head to climb Mt. Fujiyama, and tried to disembark in Shimizu, as it would be clo ser than Yokohama, our next port of call, but it was too late; the immigration office was closed. Arrive in Yokohama 'We arrived in Yokohama early the next morning, but I didn't get a shore pass until about 10 a.m. As soon as I got mine, I dashed off to the. sta tion and took the first train to Kozu. It was a pleasant ride on an electric train, and as it was midday, it wasn't too crowded. The countryside was green everywhere with rice paddies tucked in between. In this country of 90 mil lion people with an area the size of California, I wasn't surprised that we never seemed to get out of town. From Kozu, I took another train into the foothills at the base of Fiji-San. On the way, I talked with a young Japa nese Airborne soldier who gave me a military map of Fuji. At a small town about 20 miles from the mountain base, I took a bus to an even small er town. Because the climb ing season was over, there was no transportation to the mountain proper, so I began to walk. Passes Rest House It was 2 o'clock and a big thunderhead was hovering over the mountain top, and worst of all, I had to walk up hill in soft sand. About 4 p.m. I passed the first rest house, which was closed. Not a single soul did I see all day, and night stay on the mountain. I had been told that I could buy food and water on the mountain. Finally soft sand began to give way to black lava and gravel. Everything was dead still, no wind, not even a bird whistling. I knew I wap in for a storm. At each station, I would search , for food that might have been left, but all I could find were empty cans of orange juice, which didn't help my thirst. I pushed in as fast as I coufd to get to the top before dark. The trail was nothing but an old stream bed, and sometimes 1 was walking in a narrow gorge, 12 to 15 feet deep. As I broke above the tree line there still remained about half a mile to go. Everwhere before me was a great ex panse of black lava, and at this inopportune time, dark ness came on with a rush Gets to Rest House Now I mean it was really dark. It took me half an hour to feel my way back to the last rest house. It was all boarded up, but I found a loose board and shouldered my way inside. I had previ ously found some matches, but they turned out to be watersoaked, so I felt around until I found some straw carrying bags. I spread them on the ground, pulled my jacket closer, and hoping that nothing would nibble on me! I dozed off. Within the hour the rain came, and it thunder ed like a cannon on the tin roof all night. With all the noise and doing exercises all night to keep warm, I was pretty tuckered out when dawn arrived. With the first light, I dashed off the moun tain, hiked back to the train station, and was whisked back to Yokohama and my ship We sail on the 17th with Typhoon Helen giving us a rough time. But little did I care, for I was homeward bound. Now on the night of the 28th I cansee the city of San Francisco under a full moon. Five months ago I left this city going East, and here I am again, still going the same way. IMPROVE YOUR FIREPLACE! CALL NOW! SP 2 7 1 6 6 No Sparks No Smoke No Floor Drafts r LOWER FUEL BILLS Uniform heat from floor to ceiling. Burn wood, presto-logs or briquets. You con trol fire . . . your home and family safer! SEND FIREPLACE WIDTH and HEIGHT, RECEIVE Colorful Booklet FREE! PHONE SP 2-7166 SMITH-DYNGE LBR. CO- "f Political Rally Planned by PTA In District 6C Gold Hill Gilbert Mack, principal of Patrick and Han by schools in Gold Hill, and H. D. Force, president of the Gold Hill Parent-Teacher as sociation, have been invited to be hosts at a non-partisan political rally in the Central Point Junior High school gym nasium in Central Point, Thursday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. Other hosts will include Principals George Johns and C. A. Myers of the Central Point Elementary and Jewitt Primary schools, respectively, and Mrs. William Colley, pres ident of the combined Parent Teacher association of the two schools. Hosts from Crater High school and its PTA group will be Arthur Straus, principal, and Roy Henry, president of the unit. Others are William Brewster, principal of Sams Valley school, and Vic Crox ton, president of the Sams Valley Parent Teacher asso ciation. In Charge of Arrangements Mrs. C. E. Chamberlain, program chairman of the Cen tral Point Elementary and Primary school PTA, is in charge of arrangements. The rally is in conjunction with the PTA unit's theme, "infor mation." The plan of the group is to inform the public, and to create a closer relation shipship among all Parent Teacher associations in school district 6C. All candidates seeking of fice in the November elec tions, including state, county and city, have been invited to take part. Each candidate will be required to limit his talk to two minutes. The Central Point Junior High school pep band will act as time-keeper. The public is invited to at tend. All PTA women attend ing from each unit in the dis trict are requested by the committee in charge to bring one dozen cookies. A commit tee will be named from each of the four PTA units. KNEE DEEP IN THE WEEDS - Medford Mayor John W. Snider inspects the cream of the local weed crop recently as his "Make Medford Beautiful" campaign gets underway. He has urged residents who own such unsightly, areas to "mow their own." County Chairmen of Centennial Seeks Assistance Groups City and area chairmen for the Jackson County Centen nial association are now com piling "inventories" of re sources, events and attractions in their area. And they need help, according to Ernie Hood, Centennial chairman for Jack son county. He appealed for residents of the county, in all sections, to let their city or area chairmen know about all community events which will be taking place next year, and partic ularly in the months of June, July and August the heavi est tourist months of the Cen tennial year, 1959. A master' "calendar . of events" for the county is near ing completion, and will in jt I DR. HARVEY W. BAKER To Speak Hera Men and women hear again with nothing in either ear through thrilling Sonotone research discovery. Only YOU will know your E-Zone secret of transistor hearing aid completely concealed in stylish glasses. Yet you use both ears (just as normal per- E-Zone: Everything worn at EYE-EAR level, nothing worn anywhere else. Hearing Secret sons listen) to enjoy latest hearing revolu tion recommended by doctors. Based on Sonotone bone-conduction invention, by passing outer ears. COME IN, PHONE OR WRITE SONOTONE C. 3. A9AMS0N, Manager 839 East Jackson-Phone SP 2-5904 ts .1 i r Kortiana jurqeon To Be Guest Speaker Dr. Harvey W. Baker of Portland will speak on "tu mors of the oral cavity" at a meeting of the Jackson County Medical Society at the Rogue Valley Country club at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Dr. Baker was educated at Columbia university and has served as an instructor in sur gery at the University of Ore gon Medical school. He is a member of the American Col lege of Surgeons, the Western Surgical association, the North Pacific Surgical association and the Society of Head and Neck Surgeons. He also is consultant in sur gery at the Veterans hospital, an attending surgeon at St. Vincent hospital, and associate attending surgeon at Good Samaritan hospital, all in Portland. Dr. Baker is the author of several papers on neoplastic disease and is coauthor of a handbook of head and neck surgery. . Hosts for the meeting Wednesday will be Dr. C. I Drummond, Dr. Edwin R. Durno, and Dr. Thomas H. Emmens. turn be included in the state wide calendar, and Hood said he wants any event or attrac tion to be sure to be included. He also reported that the new Centennial office has been opened at Maple Park Grove near the south city lim its of Medford, and that it will be painted and "fixed up" within the ne,xt few weeks. It will be formally dedicated at that time, he stated. A telephone has been in stalled, with the number SPring 3-2059. Anyone inter ested in the Centennial, or wishing to help in any capac ity, or having any questions, is invited to call, Hood said. City and area chairmen now working on the calendar of events and area inventories include: Applegate, Robert Sorber; Ashland, Frank Pinnock; Butte Falls, Darwin Moore; Central Point, Richard Strat ton; Eagle Point, Ray Tresh am; Gold Hill, Neal Smith; Jacksonville, C. A. Young; Medford, Ernie Hood; Phoe nix, Mrs. Kathryn Stancliffe; Prospect, H eaton Grieve; Rogue River, Maxwell Thay er; Sams Valley, Mrs. Albert Straus; Shady Cove, Bin Duck er; and Talent, Frank Christian. Brazil Borrows Funds For Hydro-Electric Use Washington -(UPD-Brazil bor rowed 73 million dollars from the World Bank Friday to help build the largest hydro-electric project in Latin Ameri ca. It was the second largest loan ever made by the bank for a single project. When completed, the power project about 200 miles north of Sao Paulo will have a ca pacity of 1 million kilowatts and will increase by 50 per cent the power available in Brazil's central and southern regions. Six Persons Hurt In Accidents in Area Late in Week Six persons were injured in a series of accidents Thurs day and Friday, according to state police. Two persons were injured in a collision Thursday after noon involving two cars and a bicycle, officers said. In jured were Thelma Terry, 36, Coos Bay, possible broken arm, and Laurence McGravia, 16, Grants Pass, bruises. A car driven by Patty Jean Lynch, 17, of Grants Pass, was northbound on Highway 99, one mile south of Savage creek bridge. She started making a left turn into a private driveway when she was blinded by, the sun, she told officers, causing her to turn in front of a south bound car driven by Clair Edward Terry 42, Coos Bay. The Terry car was knocked ! to the shoulder of the high way, where it struck a bi cycle operated by Laurence McGravia. No citations were issued state police said. v Highway Accident Gwendolyn Spence Caster, 29, of Phoenix, received neck injuries in an accident near K i m's restaurant on the South Pacific highway about 6 p.m., Thursday, state police said. She told officers she was northbound in the outside lane, signalled for a right turn . into Kim's when she stopped suddenly to allow a car to leave the restaurant driveway. A car driven by Berle Bean Leon Lubbers, 29, of 242 Gibson st., Talent, struck the Caster car in the left rear, which was protrud ing on to the highway, offi cers said. Lubbers was cited for following too closely. Three persons were hurt in an accident on Highway 62 at the Camp White entrance about 6:50 p.mi Thursday, state police said. Injured were Bruce Palm er Fleming, 63, of South Stage rd., Jacksonville; Mau rice Noah Harris, 54, of Camp White Domiciliary, and George A. Green, 59, of Camp White Domiciliary. Fleming received cuts and bruises and chest injuries, Harris, and his passenger, Green, both received cuts and bruises and possible chest in juries. All were treated at the domiciliary hospital, po lice said. No citations were issued, state police said. The Harris car was making a left turn into Camp White when it struck the Fleming car. headon and knocked it into a car driven by William Paul Brassfield, 59, of 828 Laurel st., Central Point, of ficers said. GalesbuVg Marks 109th Anniversary Of Famous Debate Galesburg, 111. - (UPD - Carl Sandburg returned home to add poetic tribute to a four day celebration which started yesterday to mark the cen tennial of the famed 1858 de bate here between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. The fifth in the series of seven debates was held here Oct. 7, 1858. Fighting for a senate seat, opponents debat ed basic and blazing issues of the day. Lincoln stood firm that "slavery is wrong." Douglas held "each state should de cide." This town took on a festive look as decorations colored the business district and the Knox College campus, site of many of the centennial activi ties. A modern note was sounded by. the cheers of fans at the Knox-Monmouth football game yesterday. Guests at the game were members of the Illinois His torical society, holding their annual two-day meeting in connection with the centen nial celebration. Heading . a list of speakers at the socie- Bennett Assumes Post In Dept. of Interior Washington -flIPD-Elmer F. Bennett was sworn in Friday as undersecretary of the in terior in the office of Secre tary Fred A. Seatpn. Bennett, 41, of Longmont, Colo., suc ceeded Hatfield Chilson, who resigned Sept. 20 to enter pri vate law practice in Colorado. Bennett has been with the de partment since 1953. Trucks Collide, Killing Farmer Ontario, Ore. -' (UPD - Sam i Llona, Ontario farmer, was ; killed yesterday in a .head-on j collision of two trucks on an 1 eastern Oregon bighway. j His son, Sam Jr., about 13, suffered injuries. State police said Llona's pickup truck was involved in a collision with a heavy truck driven by Joseph G. Westbrook, 17, of Salina, Utah. The collision was on U.S. 20-26, about seven miles southwest of Ontario. Westbrook was cited for failing to drive on the right side of the highway. State Po lice Officer R. L. Cooley said. 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Coal supplies 42 per cent of the nation's fuel and power demand, petroleum 25 per cent, natural gas 27 per cent and hydroelectricity less than six per cent. SHAKING FOR JAMES Greenfield, Ind.-DPD-A mod ern touch will be added to the traditional community commemoration of the 109th birthday of native son Jame Whitcomb Riley next week. The observance will include a hula hoop contest. ' More than 82 per cent of all 1957-model cars in the U. S. had eight-cylinder engines. CUB (33 (BUS CftABGRASS and .V Soil Pest Control i OtMfAX MIKy owioli crab Qran by to $ ' AjJ rWlmhuywrlm. V V f VnY Lfs ThPFa'll y $ so comfortable witK Mobilheat Call your Mobitheat man. Automatic refitL Easy monthly budget plan. h imtf?M rff . MEDFORD FUEL CO. i g 1 T r ' n I . -. : ; Tel. sp 2-21 1 1 1 EXPERT BURNER SERVICE S&H GREEN STAMPS TOO What is. gathered around the world for you. . . each day? NE OF ANSWER: NEWS. 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