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'Bathtub Murder' Said Uncovered By Archeologist New York . (UPD-An Ameri can archeologist has returned from his diggings in Jordan and reported that he had un covered a "bathtub murder" that took place in about 720 B.C. Dr. Joseph Free, head of the department of archeology at Wheaton (111.) college, said he came across a pottery bath tub containing a skull and bones, all jumbled together, in his excavations at the an cient city of Tel Dorthan near Jerusalem. "It appeared to be a bath tub murder," Free said. "At least the gentleman was pret ty well scrambled. It's likely he was an Assyrian overlord whom the Palestinians didn't like. - "'We found him 'right in the city which is unusual," Free said. "Normally bodies are buried outside because they were believed to be unclean. It's a sort of ancient whodun it." Free arrived here aboard the liner Independence with his wife Ruby, two children, David, 8, and Anita, 10. He had - spent four and a half months digging in the ruins with a staff of nine from Wheaton college. Souvenirs of Digging Free said the pottery of the bathtub indicated the man died around 720 B.C., when the Asyrians had conquered Palestine and were ruling the country. Free and his son returned with souvenirs of their dig ging. David carried a 700-vear-old skull and some arm Snd leg bones dating from the Crusades. Free brought a 3,000 year old tax jar, one of 96 he found near the ancient equiv alent of the internal revenue service headquarters. Many of the jars, which were used to collect taxes in the form of commodities, had grain and olive pits left in them, be said. The tax jars were dated at about 950 B.C. in the time of King Solomon, he said. Free also supervised the shipping of six crates of an cient lamps, cups, bones and skulls to Wheaton. BABY-SITTING BURGLAR Thomas Love had his two children along with him on the (right) was arrested for burglary in San job, sleeping in the back seat of his car. At Francisco while breaking into a delicates- left, police are shown with the two girls, sen. Police were astonished to learn Love Lori, 10 months, and Robin, age four. Tillamook Cheese Boycott in Effect Portland (DPD A Teamsters union boycott on Tillamook cheese went into effect here Monday, part of an "adver tising" campaign in connec tion with the strike against the Tillamook Creamery asso ciation. . The strike is in its sixth week. '. A Teamsters spokesman said the union planned to carry the Tillamook cheese boycott to the 11 western states. ; The boycott was not de signed to halt the grocery bus iness or even to stop deliv eries, the spokesman said. Stores were notified earlier of the boycott. About .25 teams of pickets appeared, in the Portland met ropolitan area Monday and a check of major food chain out lets indicated many super markets were removing Tilla mook brand cheese from the shelves in compliance with the Teamster demand. HILTS Bridge Club Meets By MRS. M. F. CAVIN Hilts Mrs. Frank Graves was hostess to the Bridge club at her home Thursday, June 5. ' Those playing . were Mrs. M. G. King, who won second high; Mrs. Malcolm Robinson, who won low prize; Mrs. H. G. Thompson, Mrs. Ernest Spannaus, Mrs. Art Blanch ard,' Mrs Frank Ohlund and Mrs. Fred Haynes. High score went to Mrs. Graves. There are more than 10,000 varieties of seashells. Mrs. Agnes Cunial who makes her home with the Rod Eastmans, returned home Thursday after spending sev eral months in Yreka at the "Bus" Peery home and Gino Cunial home. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hamlin of Myrtle Creek, Ore., were week end guests at the home of Mr: and Mrs. Roland Rain water and family. 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NAME- ADORESS- -ZONE. and family spent the week end at the home of Simmen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Simmen, in San Ramon. Mr. nad Mrs. H. G. Thomp son and daughter, Marilyn, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bradley of Medford went to Elkton, Ore., where they visited at the home of Mrs. Bradley's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rice. Bradley fell as he was entering the car for the return trip and broke his hip. He is a patient at Sacred Heart hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Williams have received word of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fasoletti in Yreka. Mrs. Fasoletti is the former Sherry Bagley and the Wil liams granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have three great grandsons and this is their first great granddaugh ter. .This is the Fasoletti's sec ond child. Mrs. Rodney Eastman gave a party Wednesday, honoring her daughter Paula's 11th birthday. Games were played and prizes won by Shirley Staley, Janet Cavin and Kar en Watson. Birthday cake, ice cream and punch were served to Sherry and Shirley Staley, Marilyn Thompson, Janet Ca vin, Carleen De Clerck and Karen Watson. Sending gifts but unable to attend were Barbara De Clerck, Miriam Barron and Edrith Cain. Mrs. Agnes Cunial and Mrs. M. F. Cavin assisted Mrs. Eastman. City of Hope to Conduct Campaign Between 80 and 90 volun teers will seek contributions to the City of Hope National Medical Center ' near Pasa dena, Calif., in a door-to-door campaign tonight, according to Mrs. Edgar Sitton, 324 Van couver ave., Medford, local chairman. . Volunteers will seek con tributions between 6 and 8 o'clock tonight, she said. Mrs. Sitton said contribu tions will be sought to help support the three-point pro gram of patient care, research and postgraduate medical edu cation at the free, nonsectar ian medical facility. The City of Hope National Medical center accepts victims of physically, emotionally and financially catastrophic dis eases on referral from private physicians. It specializes in cancer, leukemia, blood, chest and heart disorders. Last year, 26,000 patients received treat ment there, she said. THE BARE TRUTH Seattle (DPD Mrs. Ethel Adams, wakened by a burg lar, chased him into the street Monday and stood yelling for help as he fled, until her daughter rushed out of the house and shouted: "Mother, you don't have any clothes on!" j RESIGNING as chancellor of UCLA was Dr. Raymond B. Allen. His terms ends Sep tember L. No reason given. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS. INTERNATIONAL San Diego, Calif. -Vice President Richard M. Nixon, say ing that blame will fall to the Russians if the Geneva foreign ministers' conference fails: "The intransigent and stubborn position displayed by Mr. Gromyko and Mr. Khrushchev is endangering chances for a summit conference. If the conference at Geneva fails the whole world will know that the sole cost will rest with the Russians." . Chicago-David Pickles Nesius, 14, after signing a confes sion that he smashed his mother's head with a tomahawk and then strangled her with one of her silk stockings: "There arc a lot of things I don't want to remember. Washington-Gen. Mark W. Clark, agreeing with British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's belief that the World War H invasion of southern France left the Balkans prey to Soviet troops: . "I have always felt that the weakening of the Italian cam paign in order to invade southern France, instead of pushing on north in Italy and then into the Balkans, was one of the outstanding political mistakes of the war." " .Galveston, Tex.-District Judge D. D. Godard, announcing to defense lawyers that he has decided to put off until next Monday a ruling on the plea of Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana for a judicial order releasing him from a Texas mental hos pital: "I believe in all fairness that I need a little time to study the authorities cited. I am sorry I eannot give you a decision immediately." Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Flowers Used to Keep Time, but They're Erratic Men measured time by the blossoming of plants, many hundreds of years before the Egyptians made the first cal endar. Many primitive people still use this old method of keeping tab on the passing of time. In fact even we, today, have festivals and holidays that fall during the blossoming, or fruiting of plants, and have little or no bearing on the sheets of paper that are num bered for the days of the month, and are called calen dars. All plants have a definite time for blossoming. Primitive man probably considered this supernatural; the time of blos soming occurring at the same time year after year, became noticeable , and fixed in his mind and eventually became a period of religious festivals tulip festivals, rose festivals and cherry blossom festivals, all of which are modern ver sions of old customs that per sisted for many generations. Many had their original incep tion in religious observances. Moon Time The early American Indians measured time by the moon and had one period of the year called the "sore-eye-moon." This came in the fall when the acid smoke from burning leaves caused their eyes to be come irritated and infected. Following the real harvest moon when the crops were harvested and the people feasted. During the winter came also the hunting moon, and later the most dreaded time of their year the hung er - moon. But modern plant experi menters have discovered and developed many varities of plants that render a calendar useless and blossom continu ously throughout the year. Some of them have been per fected to the point where they literally blossom themselves into uttter exhaustion. Now, if we use the blos soming period of plants for a time interval, we take into consideration the kind of plant we are dealing with and Local Woman Jailed On Forgery Charge Delia Louise Iholts, 20, of 401 East 12th st., Medford, was arrested here Sunday on a charge of forgery and lodg ed in Jackson county jail, Medford police reported. Her arrest was in connec tion with .signing and cashing traveler's checks Sunday at several markets in Medford and Phoenix. Police said the checks were reported stolen Saturday from an automobile in Fogarty creek State park near Newport. Four women's purses containing checks, cash, credit cards and other items were reported taken in the theft. Police were investigating how the checks came into Mrs. Iholts' possession. adjust our floral calendar ac cordingly. Consistent Nature is pretty consistent in her wild children, that grow in an environment of their choice. They can be, de pended upon to blossom at the proper time every year. All that is necessary is to know what plant is supposed to blos som at what time. The goldenrod always is in blossom in September. But the funny snake plant may blossom only once in three years. The poinsettia blossoms at Christmas time and the crazy bamboo may only blossom once in 30 years, or perhaps a single time in the entire life of the plant. " The ancients who depended upon such erratic actors as these wouldn't know whether they were coming or going, or what festival or occasion they were celebrating. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) Furnace Repair Schemes Told by C of C Manager The furnace repair racket is one of the most vicious and costly schemes of the day, warns Don McNeil, manager of the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce. Even cautious homeowners may be swindled, he says, un less they are aware of the de ceitful tricks used by furnace repair gyps who solicit jobs during the heating off-season. McNeil warns further that: "Despite frequent exposure, the furnace repair scheme continues to mulct home owners all over the nation. Actually, this scheme can alert homeowner. "Here's how it is usually worked. A man may ring the door bell and say he is a furnace 'inspector' and ask access to the basement. If given permission, he general ly makes a short inspection and says he will have an 'engineer call to .look at it. Dismantles Furnace "When th 'engineer calls, he dismantles the furnace, in part, and then calls the house wife. He says the furnace is cracked, or in such terrible condition as to endanger life and limb if used again. "After thoroughly scaring the housewife, he uses high pressure selling to induce her to sign a contract for a new and frequently over-priced in stallation. "If anyone tries to use this technique on you, beware! Any official inspector will be glad to show his credentials. If a person posing as an in spector has to admit that he represents a furnace concern, report the incident to the Chamber of Commerce. "Homeowners can avoid the furnace repair scheme by hav ing their servicing work done by a concern of known reliability." USED BRICK 00 Per M While $y they last 1 BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. Ph. SP 3-4575 727 W, McAndrews MOTIMnMMMiMii V I lmmmmmmmmimmmm MmM im.Mlt -t j LEADING APPLAUSE. Soviet Premier Mil-it m,,ov. cnev, right, and a group of East German leaders speak before state-owned Electre-Technical plant workers at Riga, USSR. Walter Dlbricht, third from left, foreground, heads up the German delegation touring Russia with Khrushchev and party to see what goes on inside Russia. MAIL TRIBUNE, MtJfori, 9- & t j. i . 1 iatm (ft BEAR LIGHT BURDEN Dover, England -DPD- For English fishermen returnj) from a $980 trip to a Frencfc angling contest bearing thajB total catch - one twc-ounCB whiting. O TOOTH STAIN I mmrrrt rnnn E is recommended i -by dentists to remov stains from teeth. Stain-free te look Bright, tea wonderful. m Lawrence Welk to Be at Centennial Lawrence Welk will give two performances Friday, June 19 in 'Portland at the Oregon Exposition, Ernie Hood, coordinator for the Jackson County Centennial association, reported today. The performances will be held at 2 and 5:30 p.m. in the main arena with tickets avail able for box, reserved and general admission. Hood said that tickets are only available in Portland. In terested persons may obtain them by writing to the Ore gon Centennial Commission, 811 SW Broadway st., Port land 5, making checks pay able to the Commission. Prices are $4.50 for box seats, $3.50, reserve; and $2.50 general ad mission, Hood said. A lobster has a possible life expectancy of 50 years. For EXTRA fun Call or visit Household today. You'll do business in complete privacy with a friendly, capable HFC manager. He's an "ex-" pert" in arranging loar for any good purpossA from $20 to $1500. You'I choose your own repay ment plan. You'll teav with a feeling of confi dence because you' done business witk America's oldest con sumer loan company. Life insurance is avail able on all loans at log group rate. Arrange for your vacation money at . America's best-known consumer loan company TNiiAHlliMAI ft PlilAllAP UUjCnULV rINANvC 128 E. 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