MAIL TRIIUNf, Mtdferd. Or. )
frid.y, April 2, 1960
BOY SCOUTS
Cub Scout Pack 6 held their
April meeting In the Washing
ton school gymnasium.
The cubs who received ad
vancement awards were John
Thomas, David Aeschllman,
Scott Weber, Terry Gillispie,
Stephen Graleau, Greg Se
brant and Anatole Johanson,
wolf badges; Terry Howard,
Myron Gaston, DeWayne But
ler, Johnny Lawton and Ray
Colvin, gold arrow on wolf;
Terry Howard, John Stafford
and Eddie Chriss, silver' ar
row on wolf; Kevin Hayes,
Charles Robb and Johnny
Robblns, bear badge; and Wes
ley Graham, silver arrow on
bear.
Two new cubs were Initiat
ed and received their bob cat
pins. They were Billy Os
borne and Danny Nlkodyrn.
. Warren Rolls was graduat
ed from the Cub Pack Into
Boy Scouts.
Bobby Mann received his
three-year-pin.
By lynn M. Watkins
Forefathers Were On Right
Track with 'Spring Tonics'
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ADDRESSES JOINT SESSION King Ma
hendra of Nepal, (at rostrum, rear) addres
sed a joint session of Congress in the House
chamber Thursday. The king said that in
, his border dispute with Red China he will
continue to pursue "a policy of non-alignment
and non-entanglement." At the ros
trum in the foreground is the king's inter
preter. (UPI Telephoto)
Back Stairs: Ike's Farm Operation
By MERRIMAN SMITH 1 1 o President Eisenhower's
UPI White House Reporter farm ever got such an exten
Tj.'ashington - IUPI) - B a c k sive tour of the establishment
stairs at the White House: j as the chief executive gave
Probably no foreign visitor I French President Charles de
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Gaulle last Sunday.
De Gaulle was particularly
interested in the display of
show ribbons for prize cattle
hung in two special cases at
the entrance of one of Eisen
hower's barns.
Eisenhower tried to explain
the various awards-blue for
first prize, etc.-but It was im
possible in the short time to
explain the fairly complicated
nature of the President's farm
ing operation.
Didn't Sink In
None of the ribbons dis
played in the barn were won
by Eisenhower's Black Angus
cattle, a fact which must have
escaped the French president
because he wished Eisenhower
"many more victories."
In general terms, here is
the way the farm is run:
There are 175 head of An
gus cattle on the acreage
owned by the President or
held for him under land-lease
and option arrangements. Of
the total herd, the President
owns about 60 animals. The
rest are owned by George E.
Allen, the President's golf
playing friend, and Billy By
ers, a well-known Texas cat
tleman. Not Partners
The three men are not part
ners. The President provides
the land and Allen and Byers,
in return for use of the land,
take care of the over-all man
agement of the herd. Arthur
Nevins, a retired Army gen
eral, is supervisor of the farm
for the President and Robert
Hartley, a graduate of the
Pennsylvania State Universi
ty agriculture school, is in
direct charge of the herd.
Nevins har.ules the finances.
Allen and Byers show their
cattle in competition at a num
ber of county and state fairs
in the Pennsylvania and Mary
land area. Sometimes they en
ter the major cattle shows in
Chicago and Kansas City.
The President, however,
does not permit his fine cattle
forefathers began t hurried
search of the woods and fields
for the ingredients for "spring
tonics." They felt the need of
some natural elixir to help
speed up their jaded body
metabolism and itimulale
their winter-weary appetites.
This self-medication took
various forms. Probably some
of those concoctions had some
thing in their favor because
there are some whose curative
properties are valuable addi
tions to present-day medicine.
In more than one instance,
grandma and her herbs, roots,
barks and berries was on the
right track. Strange, too,
when we gleefully admit that
that was the unenlightened
age. One material, now used
mostly for flavoring candy,
was really "big time" back at
the turn of the century sas
safras. Tops in Tonics
The aromatic bark and
leaves of the sassafras tree
was credited with possessing
all sorts of curative powers.
Brewed into a tea, it was the
spring tonic supreme. Millions
of gallons of it have been pour
ed down the throats of adults
and children. Early American
Indians also believed in its
beneficial qualities. It may
have been the Indians who
suggested to the early pio
neers that the bark of the
sassafras tree should be gath
ered from the north side of
the tree. Some people, even
Indians, have to get technial
about everything.
Whether sassafras tea was
all that it was "cracked up to
be" as an appetite stimulator
as well as a blood purifier"
is a debatable question, but
at least it had a pleasing
taste; an attribute sadly lack
ing in many medicines.
Slippery Elm
Slippery elm bark had its
advocates, too. It also had
some fragrance and a slippery
nastiness all its own. The tea
from this material was secur
ed from the thin Inner, bark
of the elm tree; the white
layer just under the rough
outer bark. Medicinally, it
was supposed to be a "blood
thinner." Partakers of this
concoction assumed their
blood had thickened during
the previous winter. The In
dians had a word for this elm
bark which, translated, meant
"it slips." It certainly did.
In some sections of rural
America the bark of the per
simmon tree was thought to
possess curative powers. Oth
er people placed their confi
dence in the generous use of
senna leaves brewed in hot
water. Some pioneer families
used ingredients whose ident
ity was closely guarded
secret.
The formula was handed
down from generation to gen
eration in the selfish belief
that the fortunate family who
possessed it would outlive and
out perform all their less in
formed neighbors.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
to be shown competitively be
cause he feels it might work
a disadvantage to other cattle
raisers.
In other words, the Presi
dent feels it might produce
some unfair pressure on cat
tle show judges to know they
were looking at the entry of
the President of the United
States.
Gettysburg friends say,
however, that once Eisen
hower leaves office, he is most
anxious to enter stock shows
nearby and accompany his en
tries, personally.
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