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o O MAIL TRIBUNV, Medford, Or. A Sunday, March 13, 1960 National Merit Tests Taken by Local Students A total of 137 students from Medford High school took the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test, Principal Les ter Harris has announced. All students who wish to be considered for Merit Scholar ships to be awarded in 1961 were required to take the test. The qualifying test was three-hour test of educational development and college apti tude with emphasis on broad Intellectual skills and on understanding and ability to use what can be learned rath er than on sheer knowledge of facts. The test was the first step In the sixth annual competi tion for Merit Scholarship provided by about 100 cor porations, foundations, pro fessional societies and indivi duals as well as the National Merit Scholarship Corpora tion itself. $15 Million Awarded More than $15 million has been awarded in the first four years of the program. Scores of the tests will be made available to participat ing schools before the end of the spring semester in time for use by advisors. Some 10,000 semifinalists, the highest scorers in each state, will be named early next fall. Semifinalists take another examination with the top scorers in that test becom ing finalists in the program. Winners of Merit scholar ships will be selected from the group of finalists on the basis of school records and recommendations, test scores, extracurricular and outside-of-school interests and ac complishments, and other in dications indicating future promise. The ancient Britons made war shields out of withes, or rods cut from willow trees. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station Sundays Raid on Still Near Gold Ray Dam Nets Agents 25 Gallons of Liquor WOODLAND HIDEWAY-The moonshiners may have used this cabin in the woods lo cated on a steep hillside a quarter of a mile up from a dirt road along the Rogue river. Officers estimated the cabin and the cave above it are about a half mile from the Gold Ray dam. MOONSHINERS' HEADQUARTERS - State Police Sgt. Faye Holley points to the entrance of the dirt cave up a steep hillside near the Gold Ray dam. Officers had to crawl into the cave on their hands and knees. However, once inside, there was room to stand up. The cave was located by traces of partially dirt covered mash which the bootleggers had thrown out. A sportsman notified state police, who found the cave Friday. Look to the Future... . , NATdJRAIL-Dy Dt's GAS! You never run out of HOT WATER vitfi a new, modern GAS Water Heater v t s mm if 23 This BONUS Is Also SAVINGS Available Thru Your Plumber! BONUS TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE! 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First Tim Haworth said this is the first time that the city has sponsor ed such classes and if they prove successful they may be come a permanent part of the city's recreation program. He said the city decided to spon sor the program after several requests for it were received from various women. The main purpose of the classes is to give women a chance to get into shape for the summer months, he said. Medford is not the first city to offer such a program. Many other cities, including Grants Pass, have been offering simi lar courses for some time which have proved success ful, he said. Haworth, who was with the Spokane parks and recreation department be fore coming to Medford, said the program there had as many as 600 women enrolled at any one time. The Tuesday night class will be able to accommodate about 20 women initially, Haworth said, but if more desire to par ticipate then additional class es can be added as needed. Anyone desiring further in formation on the classes can call the city parks and recre ation department at the city hall or come to the first class March 22. NAMED ADVISOR Salem - (UPD - F. Ivan Brown has been named advisor and consultant to the State Indus trial Accident commission. By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer "We're going to raid a still up in the hills. Like to come along?" Soon after this terse invi tation over the telephone we had our camera and were waiting in a state police car to meet agents of the state liquor control board. Then, with the state agents following behind, Sgt. Fay Holley, of the state police was driving over a rutted country road alongside the Rogue river. Near Gold Ray dam we found the pickup truck driven by State Policeman Don Cain. The men quickly chang ed into coveralls. Our party included Sgt. Bill Minett, Grants Pass, and Al Hartley, Medford, both inspectors with the Oregon state liquor con trol commission. Climb Steep Hill After climbing a steep hill through brush for a quarter of a mile we found a cabin whose weathered appearance camouflaged it well among the scrub trees and brush. There, standing near a fire, were a federal agent and Cain who both looked more like moonshiners than law enforcement officers, accord ing to their attire. Traces of mash found by a fisherman and pointed out to Cain show ed near the cabin. Approximately 100 yards above the cabin was a cave witn tne orusn-covered en trance only large enough for a man to crawl through on hands and knees. This Cain proceeded to do, dragging rope with him. The agent of the alcohol and tobacco divis ion of the Internal Revenue Service followed him. Outside of a possible cave- in there was no danger since the cave had been carefully reconnoitered before for presence of moonshiners. Soon one end of the rope was tied around the large copper drum with coiled cop per tubing attached. This was pulled and pushed out of the cave, which was large enough for men to stand in. Several large wooden barrels follow ed, then many glass jugs. 25 Gallons Discovered When lined up outside the cave, and the coiled copper tubing and other parapherna lia all connected, the still looked like that of Snuffy bmith of comic strip fame The officers estimated it took about a day to manufacture the 25 gallons of liquor dis covered. Uncapping a jug, Sergeant Holley sniffed the clear liquid with some sort of excrement or dirt floating in the bottom "Most awful stuff I've ever seen!" he remarked. And the others agreed. This tested out later at 50 proof. Most moon shine is 100 proof or better. It amazed the officers that normally lazy moonshiners would drag the large, awk ward barrels and heavy equip ment up such a steep hill. The liquor was of such poor qual ity that it apparently had no sale and the still had been abandoned for a month or more. Uncovered Many Stills "This stuff we found us ually is what you might call rot-gut," the state police ser geant commented. As a state police game law enforcement officer, he had uncovered many stills while tramping around the woods. "The stuff is always unsanitary. The more potent stuff too often blinds or kills a person." "Usual market for the moonshiners are teenagers and those on the interdiction list," the federal agent said. "We have a big problem with teenagers, who, of course, can not buy liquor at the state liquor stores. Next to dope, moonshine probably is the most serious corrupting influ ence on youth. The interdic tion list has names of persons IllkiiiJ LIFT STILL-Sgt. Bill Mynatt, Grants Pass, Oregon Liquor Control commission inspector, helps lift the large 50-gallon copper drum of the still out of a cave near Gold Ray dam. Assisting him is Sgt. Faye Holley of the Oregon state police headquarters here. A few minutes after this picture was taken Sergeant Mynatt punctured the drum with a pickaxe found in the moonshiners' cave. whom judges have forbidden to drink liquor for one reason or another. Every state liquor store gets such lists." Moonshine price range is from $10 to $20 a gallon. Liquor tax on the legal liquor is $10.50 a gallon. Moonshin ers estimate they can produce it at 50 cents a fifth for which they will receive at least $5. Moonshiners Fluctuate Moonshining fluctuates ac cording to the rate of unem ployment and usually occurs in logging communities. This is the first still discov ered in Jackson county for a few years, the officers said. Agents noticed a rise in Oregon moonshining during the recent business recession and a sudden drop in this ac tivity when employment be c a m e better. Moonshiners must have water to run through their barley or corn mash. Gradual settling of the state has made it more and more difficult to successfully operate hidden stills. Then, too, judges are giving those caught with . moonshine in Women Voters Draft Booklet The final draft of a study of Jackson county govern ment, to be published this month by the Medford League of Women Voters, has gone to the printers. The League reported yester day that the 48-page booklet is expected to be off the press about March 19 and a "publi cation party" to present the booklet to the public has been set for March 29. A selling. campaign will follow. The booklet is the result of over two years' study by the non-partisan League. It pro vides a brief description of the history, geography and economy of the county, but deals largely with the struc ture and functions, staff serv ices, administration of justice, public welfare, health, sanita tion, education and other phases of government. It is to be sold at an at-cost price through the county, the League reported. Copies have already been ordered in ad vance for use in a number of county schools. County officials and others who assisted the League with the study will receive special invitations to the publication party, which will be an in formal open house from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the Kea cross Duiiaing. The public is invited. QUESTION SUSPECTS Lyons, France - (UPD - Police said they have questioned some 500 Algerians in con nection with the derailing of the Paris - Marseilles express train three days ago. Phone SP 2-5284, Medford MU 5-5291, Ashland 1(001 We'f b Tearing' The Warehouse 32 ...Yes, the Old Warehouse Must Come Down, and It's tcrosonic Loaded with Used Pianos & Organs THEY ROUST. BE' SOLD Priced Low INQUIRE AT GO! J. H. LUSK PIANO CO. 333 S. Riverside their possession, the custom ers, stiff penalties. Coos Bay, the area east of Cottage Grove and Sweet Home, in recent years have been centers for moonshin ing, particularly east of Cot tage Grove, the federal agent noted. However, Oregon pro duces a mere drop compared to what is produced in the Carolinas, Georgia and other southern states where dry counties and custom cause moonshining to be more popular. Recently federal agents have become more concerned with the large two-story dis tilleries of moonshine operat ing in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia. Federal agents here feel they are like firemen, on the job to prevent further outbreak. Forester Receives Incentive Award Edward L. Hastey, forester in the Medford district of the bureau of land management, has received an award of $25 granted by the area incentive awards committee for a sug gestion that California Ink mapping inks be adopted for map coloring. Presentation of the award, together with letter of con gratulations from James F. Doyle, area administrator, was made by District Mana ger Ross Youngblood of the Medford district office. The incentive awards pro gram, established several years ago, is to encourage government employew to par ticipate in the task of improv ing the efficiency aid econo my of government operations. Hastey started working for the bureau in June, 197, as a student trainee in the lledford district office and through the years has been promoted to various forestry positiow. He is a graduate of the Universi ty of Washington and also at tended Fresno State college and Monterey collegfe. In No vember, 1959, he completed a Red Cross first aid training course. M HJUij from GRAFLEX CENTURY35M Come in for a demonstration of the features that make this your "best buy" under $100 EV Scale and coupling of shutter speed and aper ture scales Sharp 6 element f2 lens Super imposed combination Viewfinder-Rangefinder Bright-line Frame Parallax Correcting Viewfinder M-X Flash Sync, at all shutter speeds, including 1500 sec. 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