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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 24. 19SI MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Another space day in the news. The Russian ship, which was launched into the wild yonder (it isn't blue out there in space, you know) on Fri day, got back to earth on Saturday. Its capsule is re Ported to have fallen into a peaceful meadow "some where in Russia." It was ap parently undamaged by, the fall. It carried quite a menag erie - two dogs, some mice, some insects and some flow ers and plants. When the cap sule was opened (the Rus sian reports say) the dogs came frisking out, happy to be among people again. The mice, at the first opportuni ty, started nibbling food. The insects fie waround, quite as insects would be supposed to do. The flowers and plants were quite normal. The presumption is that if a man had been inside, he would have come out OK also. INCIDENTAL sidelight: A Russian mathematical expert estimates this morn ing that in an orbit 198.8 miles above the earth, the dogs and the mice and the insects, etc., traveled 434, 700 miles. 8hey made the trip between Friday and Satur day. If the dogs could talk, they would be entitled to do quite a little bragging. Which suggests another frivolous thought: Maybe the Russians will come up with a claim that they taught the dogs to talk before they started them out into space. That might be as easy to believe as some of the oth er stuff the Russians put out. son would feel about it. IN CONCLUSION, one hope ful thought: Maybe the nations of this earth - with especial refer ence to Russia - will become so interested in finding oth er worlds out in space to be conquered that they will LOSE THEIR INTEREST IN TRYING TO CONQUER THIS WORLD. That would be wonderful. Indian Headquarters To Go Up For Sale Portland-dJPD-The Klamath Indian agency headquarters including all buildings, cot tages and all property will go up for sale Thursday, accord ing to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The site has been the cen ter of tribal affairs for nearly a quarter of a century. The bureau described the sale as one of the most im portant steps in terminating governmental control of the Klamath Indians. The Bureau said it expects to be out of business within a year. The Bureau of Indian Af fairs is terminating the Kla math reservation activities and putting the Indians on their own under an act of Congress. ONE OTHER detail: Russia's Prof. Grigori ey says: "The problem of RE COVERING a space ship rep presents the threshold man must cross before stepping di rectly into space." He's so right. Before any average man steps off into space in a space ship he is going to want to be at least reasonably cer tain that the space ship will be RECOVERED when it gets back to earth. At least, that's the way this particular per- Farmer Dies Of Accident Injuries Baker-IUPD-Jefferson Prow ell, 72, Baker, died here Mon day night at St. Elizabeth hos pital of injuries suffered in a farm accident. Prowell was fatally injured while helping his son, Virgil, unload grain at the son's farm near here Monday. The elder Prowell was caught in a pow er takeoff of a tractor. CANTO RHOSPITALIZED Hollywood - (UPII - Come dian Eddie Cantor, 68, was in Cedars of Lebanon hospital to day for a physical examina tion. Cantor has had a heart ailment in recent years. ( NEW I dimension: JN SIGHT! NOW SHOWING! Exciting New Television for 1961 3 Get the BIG new picture ...at a new low price! JEW RCA VICTOR FULL PICTURE TABLE TV S229l5 lh OVERALL DtAQ. JST ir NWKfl Tht Uott Trust! 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Coffee, milk, ice cream and punch will be furnished. Lunch will be potluck. State candidates from the county will be present and a state speaker will speak on agricultural problems. Eagle Point - Ladies' exer cises will be held in the grade school gymnasium Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. Child care will be provided. Surplus Expected, Says Appling Monmouth -1UPII- The antici pated state surplus at the end of the current biennium points the way for a reduction in local property taxes by the next legislature, Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr. said here Tuesday. Appling predicted the sur plus may be as much as $40 million. "Relief to the homeowner is a priority of the highest or der," he declared. He looks for the next slate budget to be balanced without any additional taxes. GM Grange Blaze Proves False Alarm Gold Hill The Gold Hill Volunteer Fire department an swered an 'alarm Saturday at 3:30 a.m., after it was re ported that the Gold Hill Grange hall was on fire. When firemen arrived at the scene they found that some men were burning grass across the street from the large building. The flames from the grass fire caused a reflection in the windows that gave the appearance to residents at that end of town that the entire building was ablaze within. Officials of the fire depart ment said that they wish to express their appreciation to all men who turned out to answer the alarm. They also reminded residents that night burning is not permitted even with a permit. EP Lagoon Hearing Set For Thursday Happy Camp PTA Discusses Carnival SHOOTS MOTHER Michael Edwards, 3, still looks, bewild ered after he shot and killed his mother, Mrs. Betty Ed wards, 25, in their Hayward, Calif., home Tuesday. Michael, who crawled into bed while she dozed, found the pistol under the pillow, thought it was a toy and playfully pulled the trigger, police said. The father, James Edwards, was at work at the time. Edwards has two other sons, Franklin, 6, and Tommy, 1. . lUfi leiepnotoj Happy Camp The execu tive board of the Happy Camp Parent Teacher association met last week at the elemen tary school. Mrs. Lloyd West- by presided at the meeting. Mrs. John Kufner, auoitor, submitted her resignation. She is moving to Ashland. Three other chairmanships are also vacant, Mrs. Westby said. Plans for the teachers' tea were discussed but the date will not be set until the next executive board meeting. Carnival Discussed The PTA carnival was also discussed. Jim Foote, high school principal, s u g gested that the PTA sponsor a turkey shoot instead of a carnival this year. He said that It was tried at the Hayfork High school last year. The turkeys were pur chased wholesale and the profit was very good, he said, The board decided to set the suggestion aside for fur ther study. Concern Over Clinic Mrs. Elmer Orrell, health officer, voiced some concern about the Weil Baby clinic, which the Happy Camp PTA has sponsored for nearly 25 years. Since there is only a tern- Mother Receives Gl Son's ID Tag 15 Years After His Plane Was Shot Down Forest Grove, Ore. - lUPII-j Fifteen years after her son was shot down over Germany in World War II, Mrs. Ora Hudson received a letter con taining his identification tag. The letter was mailed from Pacific City, Ore., but carried no return address. Mrs. Hudson said her son, John, was a gunner aboard a B-24 bomber shot down in January of 1945. Her son's body was located later and the only identification was a bracelet with his name and serial number. She said another son, James, was in England after John was reported missing and had unsuccessfully sought his per sonal belongings. James Hudson went to Pa cific City after the ID tag was received here last week. He said he found the tag came from an Army Air Force over coat which was found in the city dump. He said he found the overcoat had been in a box with the Air Force clotti ng which he identified as his brother's. But there was no answer to the question as to where the clothing and ID tag had been in the interim. Interesting Exhibits Found at Yreka Fair Yreka - Siskiyou County fair art awards went to Sedg Ndson, Montague, with an oil painting entitled "Cattle Drive" and Andrew Lunz, with a charcoal drawing en titled "Timber." Also shown at the fair was a mines and minerals exhibit. Most minerals found in Siski you county were shown. Sped mens of ore from Lassen, El Dorado and Modoc counties were also shown. Of unusual Interest was an old stamp mill, which was badly worn, but imbedded with gold. Accompanying it was a pair of antique gold scales with weights and a few porary doctor in Happy Camp, she said that he would not be available to give the free vaccines to pre - school children. Mrs. Orrell explained that she is a registered nurse, how ever she said that she is un able to give the vaccine with out a doctor's approval. Mrs. Ted Jensen, board sec retary, said that she would talk to the Siskiyou county health officer. Dr. A. H. New ton of Yreka, to see if a doctor could be sent down from Yreka on the clinic days. Present for the meeting were: Mrs. George Walters, vice president; Mrs. Ted Jen sen, secretary; Mrs. Elmer Orrell, health officer; Mrs Albert R e e d e r, assistant health officer; Mrs. Clifford Gould, hospitality chairman: Mrs. Lena Swearenger, his torian; Mrs. Arnold Davis, room representative; Mrs. Ralph Gordon, magazine chairman and Mr. Jim Foote, high school principal. Smoky Bear Party To Be Held Friday Central Point -A party for all children who finished the required reading for the Smoky Bear reading program will take place Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Central Point Junior high school lo cated at 4th and Bush sts Children will meet on the playgrounds for games to be gin the party. To be eligible for the party ten books, three of them on nature, were to be read. Sixty five children met this requirement. CP Readiness Tests Commence Today Central Point - Central Point school readiness test for school district number six, which includes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sam's Valley, will be conducted this week. These tests are to be given to children who will not be 6-ycars-old by Nov. 15. If a child reaches his sixth birth day between Nov. 16 and Jan. 15, he may be tested, to day through Friday. To be accepted for enroll ment in the first grade this September, these 5-year-old children must score a mini mum mental age of at least years 6 months. In addi tion their physical, emotional and social maturity must rate up to first grade stundard. Appointments for the test may be made by calling the school district office. By DOTTIE HARBISON Mail Tribune Correspondent Eagle Point - A public hear ing on the sewage lagoon sys tem will be held in the Eagle Point grade school gymnasium Thursday at 8 p.m. The special election will be held on Sept. 1. Mayor Ed Putnian announc ed today that attorney Gregg Hornecker has just returned from a trip to Portland where he conferred on the bond issue and with Clarke and Groff at Salem on all phases of the sewage system. The city coun cil, engineers of Clarke and Groff, one of the city attor neys from Farrell and Black hurst and a state sanitation representative will be in at tendance to answer any ques tions and give the latest de tails available at this time. Notice of the new ordinance passed by the city council to comply with state bond regu lation requirements was post ed in Eagle Point on Aug. 19. Mrs. David Kahl, Mrs. Les ter McFall and Mrs. Ruby Stowell will serve on the election board. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. $4.7 Million School Portland-IUPll - John Mar shall high school, a $4,731,506 structure in southeast Port land, will open for classes Sept. 6 when public schools open here. The new school is expected lo have an initial en rollment of 1,300 with an eventual enrollment of 2,400. GOOD STUFF CHEAP! Men's Clothing Sale BARKER'S Main-Central Rebekahs To Hold Draping Ceremony Gold Hill Amethyst Re- bekah lodge will hold a spec ial meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in the Odd Fellow's lodge lo drape the charter for Mrs. Mary McDaniel, who died Monday night. The funeral will be held at the Conger-Morris downtown chapel, Thursday at 1 p.m Burial will follow in the Odd Fellow's ccmetary at Rock Point. Rebekahs will have charge ot the graveside serv ices. Mrs. McDaniel, was a char ter member of Amethyst Re bekah Friendship club. She was a member of the lodge for several years. Where do you stay in Portland? At the Heathman, of course... It's tradition among smart Westerners to stay at one of the Heathman Hotels when in Portland . . . Why? Because they are centrally located, offer a wide range of choice accommodations ac sensible rates, and serve some of the best food (in three restaurants, including the exotic Aloha Room) on any menu '. . . Heathman Hotels arc home owned and managed too. Come to think of it, it's i stay at Heathman Hotels'. wonder EVERYONE doesn't For reservations, write or wire: I . Telephone CA 8-5212 Portland, Orego Try and Stop Me A By BENNETT CERF CRUSTY BANKER reluctantly took his newly grad- assistant, "Keep your eye on that boy. Never met an Ivy League graduate yet who knew a darn thing about practical business affairs." 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