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RETURNING FROM TIBET, Father Franz Eichinger
makes public photograph of "Abominable Snowman" of
high Himalayas. Priest said "Snowmen" actually are saint
like recluses who devote lives to healing, good works.
Missionary priest now is living in Frankfurt, Germany.
Liebman Travels from Third
Class Bus to Prince's Palace
(Editor's note: This is anoth
er in a series of articles by
Jerry Liebman, who is on a
trip around the world. In this
series, he is discussing Af
ghanistan. Liebman is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Lieb
man, 4262 Colver rd., Med-ford.)
By JERRY LIEBMAN
I climbed back into m y
travel clothes, a pair of Levis
and Army shirt, as a guest
one night of our American
Ambassador to Iran, Sheldon
Chapin, at a square dance
party he gave for his niece.
This only confused matters
more.
Life in Afghanistan was
similar. I arrived in Kabul
by bus, hot, dusty, and dent
ed head, to join a school
friend, Prince Falmay Mah
mand, nephew of the King
of Afghanistan. Off the third
class bus and into a palace
again, And back to washing
my one suit. It was difficult,
after my Kabul stay, to step
back into the bus life again
only this time I stepped onto
the back of a flat bed truck,
hitching a ride through the
Khyber Pass to Pakistan.
I discerned that it can be
very helpful to know a prince.
I -had Falmay's permission to
telephone him in the face- of
any emergency and I used the
privilege only once and with
telling effect.
Needed Five Days
I needed five days in Kabul
to complete affairs whereas
foreigners are allowed only
three days in one place in
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Afghanistan. The man in
charge of visas was being
quite difficult in a somewhat
insolent fashion. I asked per
mission to use his phone,
called the Prince and after
a few words had passed be
tween my friend and the visa
officer, I was given grade A
service, two cups of tea, and
permission to stay in Kabul
six days more if needed. As
I say, it's helpful to know a
Prince.
It turned out to be helpful
to know the King, as well. I
took tea one afternoon in the
King's country residence and
was given a treat of treats
as I left, a huge mound of
strawberries. Only a traveller
who has just spent two
months pushing across Mid
dle Eastern deserts can un
derstand the value of such a
lavish gift. On returning to
the city, the berries proved
not only tasty but useful and
I was not above letting them
serve an ulterior purpose.
Shows in Service
My hotel service had not
been too satisfactory and
when I returned to the hotel
that afternoon in the chauf
feured limousine, the King's
servant insisted on following
me into the hotel, the regu
lation 10 paces behind, and
bearing the fruit on a huge
platter. Mind you, I can carry
my own fruit as well as the
next man, but if the hotel
manager, and hotel's assistant
manager, and six bellboys
are watching, I'm darned hap
py to let the King's servant
do the job. Especially, if it
means a vast and sudden im
provement in my hotel ser
vice. And it certainily did.
The hotels in Afghanistan
are soon to undergo a govern
ment directed improvement
in both service and number.
The country wishes t o in
crease tourists visits soon but
wisely realizes that the tour
ists must be able to find good
and sufficient hotels. As part
of this program, a number of
Swiss hotel people have been
invited to Afghanistan to train
the locals.
The hotel program is just
one of the many improve
ments the government plans
or has in progress now. The
country is fantastically back
ward in every field. Afghan
istan is awakening at last but
has a great distance to travel,
having just opened themselves
to the world and to progress.
Lack of Financing
The greatest difficulty to
be overcome is the lack of
finance needed to set in mo
tion Afghanistan's bold and
wise plans; The country's re
sources are just now being
charted and exploitation has
yet to begin. Oil has been dis
covered south of Kabul and
will mean an immense amount
to the country just as it has
to Iran and Iraq. I am cer
tain the country will use the
oil revenues wisely, having
been impressed with the logic
of their improvement plans
and above all, with the chron
ology of implementing the
plans. First things first and
everything in wise order.
Signs of the country's long,
self-imposed seclusion and
consequent backwardness are
everywhere. For example, the
streets of the capital, Kabul,
have just recently been pav
ed. This was a Russian gift
to Afghanistan as part of
their plans to woo the coun
try to their side or at least
to a harmless (to them) neu
trality. Afghanistan and Russia are
not friends historically and
I suspect Afghanistan of us
ing their northern neighbors
to gain all they can without
paying the piper. This is, after
all, the world's new small
government' parlor game.
Knowing the Western educa
tion and orientation of Af
ghanistan's leaders, I can't
feel that the country will be
led into Russia's growing com
pany of satellites.
By the way, Russia s pav
ing of the streets of Kabul
was a great propaganda vic
tory over the United States.
We are pouring immensely
more money into Afghanistan
than Russia but with much
building dams, for example,
hidden well in the mountains
and we are helping the air
system through ICA, but the
common Afghan is not aware
of this help. It just isn't as
visible as, for, example, the
street paving which he uses
daily.
Kabul has no street lights,
Imagine a capital city with
no street lights, and as I men
tioned above, no paved streets
until recently. I have no fig
ures as to the amount of pav
ed roads in Afghanistan but
it must be an infinitesimal
one. Paving of highways is
in progress now but is very
limited and is being rationed
out.
The Eastern portions of Af
ghanistan will get the first
pavement a s almost every
ton of goods imported into
the country enters from Pak-'
istan and then at only two
points. Afghanistan has no
sea coast. It is as though all
imports entering the U. S
entered through Detroit and
a border city in Montana. As
CHALLENGING ELECTION John F. Wells, newspaper
publisher from Little Rock, waits to testify before the
special House elections subcommittee in Washington
which is investigating the write-in election of segrega
tionist Dr. Dale Alford over Rep. Brooks Hays (D., Ark.).
Wells has charged that Hays was defeated thru irregu
larities, violations of law, and a conspiracy involving
Gov. Orval Faubus.
ILLINOIS VALLEY
Christmas Party Held
By RUTH RAUSCH
Cave Junction-A Christmas
party and gift exchange was
held by members of the Farm
Bureau Thursday in the high
school vo-ag building.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Archer
talked on their four-day stay
in Salem attending the State
Farm Bureau convention.
Wally Eichler, high school
soon as possible a route for
imports will be opened on the
Iran side o f Afghanistan.
Considering the hardship of
road building, and the miles
to be covered, and the amount
of money needed, this west
ern route will be years in the
future. There is not one mile
of railroad in the whole of
Afghanistan. Perhaps there
never will be.
Kabul, the city of the fam
ous paved streets, is a fascin
ating city and lies in one of
the world's most beautiful
valleys, high up in the moun
tains that, as they continue
eastward, will become the
Roof of the World, the Him
alayas. The air of this valley
is clean and crisp, delighting
the artist and photographer.
Intensely Lush
The valley is intensely lush
and green, a magnificent em
erald green that boldly con
trasts with the bare, brown
mountain rock. Surprising
long and broad avenues, lined
with poplars, lead from the
city to the country fields.
These avenues would be a
crown even in Paris. A- de
posed monarch, King Abdul
lah is responsible for much
of the magnificence of these
avenues and for two huge
piles of masonry, his palaces,
that can't fail to astound the
visitor.
How is it that Afghanistan,
a poor country, could have
provided the revenue for two
such vast Victorian buildings?
Presumably the resources
were strained since Abdullah
was removed from the throne
shortly after completion of,
his divine dreams. One now
serves as government offices
and the Afghanistan museum,
with a jewel of a collection,
hopes to move into the other.
This museum will merit the
visitor's attention. At the time
of my visit the museum was
undergoing a needed renova
tion but the quality of its col
lection was apparent. Exhib
iting only objects found in Af
ghanistan, the museum dis
plays the Indie period, ob
jects from Alexander's con
quest, Mongul pieces, and
weird wooden idols that start
led me by suggesting dark
Africa. Perhaps the museum
is at fault in trying to show
every object in its collection
with the consequent multipli
city of objects but, at least,
it has escaped the fault of too
many small national museums
that offer dull acres of King's
portraits and memorabilia, al
ways painful to me.
vo-ag instructor showed a film
on soil.
The annual shutdown at
Moore Timber Products will
be from Dec. 19 to Jan. 5. This
close down period is utilized
by the mill to make necessary
repairs and overhaul of the
machinery.
The Oregon Caves Monu
ment reports an increase of
visitors for October and No
vember compared to figures
for the same period last year.
The continued spring -like
weather in the valley this sea
son may be partially respon
sible for the increased number
of visitors to the Caves.
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Shell Offices in Portland Picketed
Portland - (UPD - A group of
about 20 men picketed offices
of the Shell Oil company here
Tuesday. The men said they
were independent service sta
tion operators hurt by the
current gasoline price war.
A spokesman said pickets
believed Shell was trying to
fix prices through its company-controlled
stations. A
Shell spokesman denied the
firm was "fixing prices."
The pickets marched around
the block on which the Termi
nal Sales building is located
and also picketed two Shell
stations later.
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A new post is being created
at the Illinois Valley Ranger
station, that of assistant dis
trict ranger.
Assigned to the new post is
William C. Fessel Jr., a grad
uate of the University of
Syracuse and recently with
the Powers District Ranger
station.
Fessel has been serving on
timber sale detail here recent
ly with Ranger Clifford Fink
and is expected to assume his
duties here this month.
The Illinois Valley High
school combined band and
chorus will present a program
at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19.
The Everett Cox family of
Kerby have left the valley to
spend the holidays at their
former home, Salem, Mo.
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A special executive meet
ing of the Illinois Valley
Grange was held recently at
the home of Melvin Gray,
Grange master. Plans and pro
grams for the coming year
were discussed.
The Grange Christmas par
ty Dec. 18, will be a potluck
supper with games and enter
tainment. In place of a gen
eral gift exchange,' those at
tending are asked to bring a
toy for the children under 14
years of age.
The Harlem Clowns basket
ball team is scheduled to play
in Cave Junction Dec. 31
against a local team which
Coach Eldon Durham is re
cruiting. The famed traveling
cage outfit will appear here
under the sponsorship of the
high school Letterman'a club.
A Christmas party and gift
exchange was held at the
joint meeting of the World
War I veterans and the auxil
iary last week following short
business meetings of the two
groups.
Illinois Valley Hardware
has ben selected as the new
Illinois Valley California Ore
gon Power company agent.
All business of the company
is to be reported there and
the monthly bills paid there
beginning with the billing of
Dec. 19, according to district
manager, Robert Moyer.
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