Woods, Water, Wildlife
By Hank DeVoss
As the population of Ore
gon grows larger and larger,
there is going to be a need
lor more and more people to
become vitally interested in
our fishing and hunting. Per
haps it's asking too much of
the occasional hunter or fish
erman to become interested in
the problems which are faced
by those who would like to
ee their children and grand
children enjoy the same hunt
ing and fishing that is avail
able to us right now. But there
Is a time approaching when
pressures are going to force
us to decide just what kind
of sports we would like to
continue to enjoy.
GUN REGULATIONS
Mora and more people
who are capable of doing
something about it are con
cerned with the increasing
number of guns that are
available to people who
have money but little or no
knowledge of how to prop
erly handle a weapon of
uch deadly potential. There
Is constant agitation every
year to pass laws which will
restrict the rights of the
American citizen io bear
arms as freely as he is ac
customed to. These agita
tors are those who believe
most of the ills of society
can be resolved by passing
another law. They are as
lacking in good sense as the
person who decides to give
Up hunting because it's too
much trouble to work for
better hunter-landowner re
lations. They want their
problems to be easily
solved or they hope io be
able to ignore them com
pletely. WILD HUNTERS!
There are wild stories com
ing back from the permit elk
hunt which was held in Coos
county last week end. The
gist of the stories is that most
of hunters acted like fools,
idiots, or insane men. There
were the usual few who shot
at anything that moved, but
they were outnumbered by
those who shot at every elk
they saw, and if they saw a
dozen elk;- why, they tried
to shoot the whole dozen!
Some of the more saner, ex
perienced hunters were quite"
disgusted with this type of
behavior and there are esti
mates that the wild shooting
wounded far more elk. than
the number that were killed
and taken out.
SHOULD BE A LAW?
The solution io this type
of problem is not to stop the
elk hunts. Nor is it a solu-
lion to take the guns away
from the hunters. The field
of hunter-education is a new
on and it has very Utile
backing as yet because
many sportsmen believe
that if you have enough
money to buy a gun you
also have enough sense io
use it properly. It requires
''thought and training io use
firearms safely and effec
tively, and it takes time io
learn the values of good
sportsmanship. This is some
thing worth trying first as
well as we can and if it
doesn't work we can always
, us more restrictive mea
sures as a last resort.
THERE IS A LAW!
Several years ago the legis
lature passed a law forbidding
anyone to conduct, sponsor, or
take part in any contest or
derby involving game fish in
which the prize is anything
other than a button, plaque,
or certificate of award valued
at 525 or less. The reason for
the law was that the salmon
derbies were attracting many
people who were fishing only
to win a prize. Since the pur
pose of fishing for sport is a
non-commercial one, the der
bies were actually commer
cializing our game fish by
offering prizes for catching
them. The purpose of the law
was to stop the commercial
izing of our game fish.
THE PROFIT MOTIVE
Despite the law against
derbies and fishing contests,
there are contests held
every year thai are in viola
tion of the law. The law is
difficult to enforce because
most people are unaware of
it and also are unaware that
the law applies io all fish
classified as game fish in
this stale. Occasionally a
business will sponsor a con
test in order io draw people
in and increase business.
This could be considered as
compounding ihe crime of
commercializing our game
fish and should not be tol
erated by informed sports
men in the area. The fish
are for our enjoyment and
are not meant io be caught
in order io help v someone
make more money. This re
quires a boat and a com
mercial license.
THE ANGLER'S LOG
Those big winter tackle
busters are in at last and the
serious steelhead fisherman
is in his glory. The local coast
al streams have had their first
good rain and last week end
was the time to be out. Both
salmon and steelhead were
going up with a rush and there
were so many that some of
the shallower riffles indicated
their numbers as they climbed
over.
Illinois River - The reports
tell us that this river didn't
get much of a rain and al
though some steelhead are
moving through; the fisher
men aren't taking them.
Smith luver This river
had a lot of activity last week
end and several of the local
fishermen had no trouble
hooking them; the trouble be
gan when they tried to land
them.
Cheico River - Lots of big
steelhead and salmon. The
local experts claim cluster
eggs and spin-n-glows are the
best medicine.
THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER
Those of us who enjoy
our ' out-of-doors so much
are going io have io do
more than enjoy them. We
are going to have io work
io keep them enjoyable and
by doing so iheir value will
be greater.
GOOD LUCK!
SPORTS
BUY HIT MUSICAL t
Hollywood -(UPD- Warner
Brothers Studio announced
Thursday it has purchased for
an undisclosed sum the mo
tion picture rights to the hit
Broadway musical "The Mu
sic Man." The musical is now
in its third year in New York.
It was written by Meredith
Willson and starred Robert
Preston.
Linguists estimate that at
least 145 different languages
are spoken in the Soviet
Union.
Rogue Archery
Season Ending
Because of a misinterpre
tation of garbled copy yester
day, the following portion of
the Oregon game commission's
weekly fishing and hunting
report is being reprinted:
Soulhwesi-Waterfowl hunt
ing in Umpqua valley is fan
to poor. Hunting at Coos Bay
is fair with lots of birds in
the area. Waterfowl hunting
should be fair in the Rogue
valley. A few pintails and
mallards are beginning to
show up, but water levels in
most ponds and rivers are
till quite low. The Rogue
river archery season in Jack
son and Josephine counties
ends Dec. 20. Recent rains
have soaked down the dry
woods, making stalkings pos
sible. Good results are ex
pected. Bay Meadows
Handicap Billed
San Mateo, Calif. (UPD Ten
of the top campaigners m the
West are expected to go to the
post Saturday in the 27th
running of the $25,000-added
Bay Meadows handicap.
The race will be the feature
that closes the 42-day season
of the track.
Slated for action are Prom
ised Land, Greek Star, Bat
tle Dance, Eddie Schmidt,
Twentyone Guns, The Search
er, Shah. Jehan 2nd, Crasher,
I Step and Sweet Revenge.
With rain predicted for the
big race, it is possible that
one or two of these may be
scratched. And if it comes up
mud, it is probable that Battle
Dance will be the favorite.
BOWLING
ROXY ANN STAR FIRE
Standings:
Ken Hughes .
Jeddeloh Bros
Standard Oil. Prospect
Ron's Standard Station..
Pinnacle Orchards
Rogue Valley Vending ,
Olsen-Ross Lumber
Larry's Lineup
jacKson county co-op
Home Gas Co.
Weeks & Orr
Tex wash
W.
- 5
5
5
5
5
5
4
- 4
4
3
3
0
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
Results:
Rogue Valley 2, Jeddeloh 3
Rogue Valley 2. Jeddeloh 2
Pinnacle 4. Olson Ross 0
Standard Oil 3. Larry's Lineup 1
Ron's Std. 4. Nash 0
Jackson 3. Home Gas 1
High series B. Darrus 554; T.
Series 526. G. Garrison 512.
High singles G. Garrison 209; N.
Butts 205; P. Sweet 203.
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Standings: W.
Kim's Restaurant 7
Quality Market 6
Medford Paint Store 6
Ham & Egg'r Cafe 5
Cubby's Drive In 5
E. H. Mann Co. 5
Richfield Oil Co. 4i
Patterson's Bakery 4
Fam Bearings , , 4
Mail Tribune 4
Davis Transfer & Storage.. 4
Andy's Jewelers 354
Alexander & Brown Ins. 2
Rogue Valley Drilling 2
Morning Fresh Bread 2
Bates Candy Co. 0
Holiday Bowl
Saturday Event
St. Petersburg, Fla. -flJPD-
The third annual Holiday
Bowl Saturday shapes up as
a duel between Texas A&I's
stout defense and Lenoir
Rhyne's pass-minded, single
wing offense.
The two teams wound up
pre-game drills Thursday,
with the Bears from Hickory,
N.C., spending their fourth
day practicing passes from
their single wing.
The Javelinas from Kings-
ville, Tex., meanwhile, re
peated their defensive drills
and concentrated on breaking
up single wing passes.
2 Share Lead
In Golf Tourney
Palm Springs, Calif. -IUPD-Jim
Ferrier and Lloyd Man
grum led a field of 60 profes
sionals as they teed off today
in the final round of the 54
h o 1 e Southern California
Open Golf championship.
Mangrum, 45, Apple Val
ley, Calif., shot a 35-35-70 Fri
day which coupled with his
69 in the opemng round tied
him with Ferrier at 139.
Ferrier, 44, North Holly
wood, Calif., had to settle for
a 72 over the Indian Wells
Country club course when
four bogeys offset his four
birdies. He had a tied lead af
ter the first round with a 67.
Results:
Kim's 3 (Jim Knapp 573) 2603;
Patterson's 1 (Bob Dyer 584) 2594.
Bates 0 (Leo Webster 547 ) 2500;
Tribune 4 (Fred Anderson 551)
2656.
A & B Ins. 2 (Vern Allen 590)
2687; Quality 2 (Bill Blunt 555)
2672.
Davis 3 (Ray Speer 569) 2620;
M. F. Bread 1 (Karl Johnson 533)
2515.
Andy's 1 (Willie Meyers 531)
2448; Paint 3 (Willard Thompson
546) 2565.
Mann Co. 4 (Frank Driscoll 588)
2593; FAM 0 (Marsh Ramsby 541)
2419.
Drilling 1 (Floyd Knapp 549)
2440; Richfield 3 (Orie Crawford
533) 2525.
Cubbys'2 (Dick Adkins 567) 2713;
H & E 2 (Riley Appelgate 563) 2703.
EVERGREEN LEAGUE
Standings:
Medford Corporation
Seven Up Bottling Co. .
M St M Motors .
w.
19
18
15
Medford Steel Co 14
R. O. Stephenson Lbr. Co. 13
Big Y Market 12
Barco Supply Co 11
Medford Blowpipe Co 11
Patterson's Plumbing 9
Kogap Lumber Industries 8
Team Nine 8
First Christian, Church .. 6
Results:
Patterson's 2 (Carl Perdue 438)
2527; 7 Up 2 fBill Smith 525) 2585.
Barco 2 (Dick Swan 536) 2766;
Big Y 2 (Floyd Hayner 500) 2769.
M & M Motors 3 (Willie Barnum
560) 2900; Team Nine 1 (Ray Adams
518) 2654.
Blowpipe 4 (LaVerne Johnson
550) 2850; Steel 0 (Bob Lunsford
498) 2749.
Medco 3 (Don Vessey 542) 2773;
Church 1 (Price Shafer 546) 2614.
Kogap 3 (Joe Clarke 576) 2836;
Stephenson 1 (Earl Jones 507) 2671.
ELECTRONICS LEAGUE
Standings: W.
Hapco-Sales 8
Chit wood & Stone 5 ',4
Trowbridge & Flynn 4
Electronic Service 3V4
Hapco-Service 2
United Radio 1
L.
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2 ',4
4
414
6
7
Results:
T and F 0 (D. Brereton 489) 2084;
Hapco Sales 4 (A. Sterton 495) 2165.
C and S 3 (B. Doernbach 494)
2206; United Radio' 1 (R. Greenman
516) 2223.
Capco Service 2 (F. Horton 2062;
Electric Service 2 (P. Reed 446)
1919.
A TOUCHING STORY of young love was unfolded in Flat
bush when a local beauty and her fiance, scheduled to be
married in a big church wedding six weeks later,, eloped to
Maryland. "Why did you
do it?" sobbed the bride's
mother when she re
turned. "Your wedding
would have been a
social triumph." Daugh
ter sought to soothe her
with "We. thought we'd
better get married fast
before we got sick of
each other."
Author Garson Kanin
tells of a peace -loving'
young man who took a dim
view of Army life when
drafted. For his first three
weeks he did little more than line up for chow and collect cloth
ing, etc So his depression increased. "What's the matter with
you?" chided a better ajusted buddy. "You never had it so good."
The gloomy draftee pointed to all the equipment he had col
lected, and explained sadly, "I just feel I'm getting in deeper all
the time." j
1959, by Bennett Cerf. Distributes by King Feature Syndicate.
Scott Picked
Over Kid Pa ret
New York (DPD Top wel
terweight contender Charley
Scott of Philadelphia, making
his Madison Square Garden
debut, is favored at 13-5 to
beat fast, rugged Benny (Kid)
Paret of Cuba tonight in their
TV 10-rounder.
Left-hooker Scott seeks his
seventh straight victory and
steps up fiis campaign for a
title shot at champion Don
Jordan, who lost much prest
ige when knocked out in the
fourth round Saturday night
by obscure .Federico Thomp
son at Buenos Aires.
Tonight's bout will be tele
vised and broadcast national
ly by NBC at 7 p.m. (e.s.t.)
Paret, 22, is unranked
among the 147-pound con
tenders because he has been
hovering between the welter
weight divisions in his seven
fights this year. Also because
he broke even in those bouts
with' three victories, three de
feats and one draw.
Scott, a 23-year-old con
verted southpaw, is a solid
favorite because of his punch
and his winning momentum.
ELKS LEAGUE
Standings:
Cubs
Gypos
Sports
Alley Gators
Sea Dogs
Miss Fitts
Channel Cats
Lively Five
Cementers ...
Go Boys .
W.
38
37'
33'
32
L.
18
18 '4
22 ',4
24
26 ',4 29 !
Reddys
Adairs
26
26
25
25
25
23','
18
30
30
31
31
31
32 '4
38
Lively Five 2 (R. DeVore 516) 2465;
Cementers 2 (J. Cummings 518)
2400.
Sports 4 (F. Knox 605) 2507; Miss
Fitts 0 (M. North 493) 2110.
Reddys 2 (F. Van Pelt 489) 2269;
Sea Dogs 2 (C. Ouellette 502) 2350.
Go Boys' 1 (S. Forbes 492) 2169;
Channel Cats 3 (D. Lubbers 576)
2273.
Cubs 1 (L. Luy 488) 2315; Gypos
3 (R. Of ford 588) 2455.
Alley Gators 3 (K. Phipps 593)
2510; Adairs 1 (N. Spencer 491)
2366.
Legislative caucus was first
used in Rhode Island in 1790.
By 1796 it was in use in all
the states then in the union.
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Kentucky's
tLe bourbon
more people
buy for
themselves
Sanfa Claus Not To
Ride Flat on Back
Washington - (UPD - Santa
Claus will no longer travel
through the District of Colum
bia flat on his back.
Officials today ordered
changes in a float that showed
Santa stretched out cold be
neath a sign reading "drink
ing is a grave offense, drive
safely."
The float, sponsored by the
District Traffic Safety com
mittee, drew protests from
youngsters and parents who
saw the float in the downtown
and outlying shopping areas
of Washington.
City officials decided to si
lence the jingling phones by
orderning Santa to ride up
right. Ethel Merman,
Mate Separate
Denver -(UPD- Musical com
edy star Ethel Merman and
her husband, Robert F. Six,
are separated but do not plan
a divorce, Six said Thursday.
Miss Merman, currently
starring in "Gypsy," con
firmed in New York that she
and her second husband have
agreed to a separation. They
were married March 9, 1953.
Six, president of Continen
tal Airlines, said however
"there are absolutely no
plans for a divorce."
Miss Merman has two chil
dren, Ethel, 16, and Robert,
14, by her first husband, Rob
ert D. Levitt. She and Levitt
were divorced in 1952. He
committed suicide last year.
CAW. YO ALL
Starksville, Miss. -(UPD- Yan
kee crows apparently "don't
caw with a drawl." That was
the only explanation Missis
sippi State University ento
mologist D. E. Ferguson could
give Thursday after Missis
sippi crows failed to respond
when he played recorded
calls of New York crows.
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It is America's
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THE OLD CROW DISTILLER CO, FRANKFORT, Kl KENTUCKY STRAIGHT QUSB0N WHISKEY 86 PROOF
LEGION FOUNDER DIES
Birmingham, Ala.-OJPD-Matt
H. Murphy, 74, . one of the
founders of the American Le
gion and a former assistant
state attorney general, died
Thursday. Murphy helped
form the Legion in France
after World War I.
Costs per patient day in j
Canada's tuberculosis sana- j
toria reached a record S8.54 in
1957, about $1 more than in I
1956.
Poison Oak?
Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL
Teu must be satisfied or your
money chMrfully refunded. Get a
betti today at WESTERN THRIFT
Christmas Program
Set at Talent School
Talent The annual Talent
Elementary school Christmas
program will be held Monday,
Dec. 21, at 7:30 pjn. at the
Talent school.
Children in grades one
through four .will present
"The Christmas Bookshelf,"
which will feature stage many
familiar Christmas characters,
including Santa Claus, Ru
dolph the Red-nosed reindeer,
and Frosty the snowman.
The primary chorus and
fourth grade chorus will pro
vide accompaniment. The pro
gram will conclude with sev
eral selections by the upper
grade chorus composed of
children from grades five
through eight.
Red Tape Cut for
Small Union Reports
Washington-(UPD-Labor Sec
retary James P. Mitchell cut
red tape today for thousands
of small unions required to
file financial reports under
the new labor reform law.
Mitchell proposed a short
form, on a single page of pa
per, for unions if their an
nual income from all sources
does not exceed $20,000, and
they meet two other tests.
He also came up with a de
tailed, nine-page form for all
other labor organizations to
report where they get their
money and how they spend
it.
The new law requires an
estimated 55,000 national and
local .unions to submit de
tailed data on their finances
to the Labor department with
in 90 days after the end of
their fiscal year.
HAPPY HIPPOS -
Port Elizabeth, South Afri-ca-(UPD-Tranquilizer
"bullets"
will be shot into the fleshy
parts of hippopotami before
transporting them 1,000 miles
from Kruger National park to
Addo game preserve, a park
spokesman reported today.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 1 9
Friday, Dee. 18. 1939
A recent survey determined
that divorced and widowed
men are the most likely vic
tims of homicide in the Unit
ed States.
CLOSE-OUT SALE
ALL BOATS AND EVINRUDE MOTORS
in Stock Will Be Sold BELOW COST
30 OFF
On Marine Supplies
ALL SALES FINAL
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