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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORESOH SUNDAY, MAY 11 1MI Amsterdam Youth Seeing World on 30 Cents A Day By EVELYN OUSTERHOUT Mail Tribua Staff Writer "See the world on 30 cents a day" could be a travelog ti tle lor 19 year old Evert Herman Jurgens, from Am sterdam, The Netherlands, who visited the Rogue valley Thursday and Friday. The colorful young Dutch man is financing his journies by collecting and selling dis carded bottles along U.S. highways, and is saving enough to buy a horse when he reaches Mexico City. When he left Amsterdam by plane April 7 he had only enough money for his ticket and $2.70 as "cash on hand." He'd saved it all from his job as a bicycle repairman. To prove to customs offi cials in New York that he could finance his travel in the U.S., he temporarily sold his inexpensive camera to a man on the plane for $100, and the two traded back their assets after going through customs. . Start in New York With his $2.70, Evert began his hike from New York City info Canada, traveling west by way of Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Winnipeg, Cal gary and Banff. In Red Deer, Alberta, he bought a bicycle and a new tire for $18 with savings from his bottle sales. He worked on a farm later to earn $5 one day, and other Americans have given him a helping hand on the way. With a special interest In EVERT HERMAN JURGENS A 30-Cnti a Da; Tour animals, the young Dutchman traveled through Yellowstone National park to see grizzly ST 'ahdCAttMrn mis From a package of seeds lawn mower fo a power we can serve you. SAVE 20! TERMS! No Down Payment on Approval! Credit nSS. 14995 Let the "Earth Bird" do itl Till 'V f II ITIVATE V RUE I BMP BR, ROTARY TURF EDGER Makes neat edges the easy way along ' walks,, hedges, flower beds. Saves hours, an $fi75 v No. RE2 . I MULCH WEED FURROW ! 11 "-2 WIDTH; ruin nrnTl! TA ft 9 ' tAAtil Utrlit IU 0 , RUE IEMPER. 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Stops in Boise The bicyclist stopped in Boise, Idaho, traveled on to Burns and Bend, and then stayed 4n the home of a ranger one night at Crater Lake Na tional park. He said the heavy snow at the park made bi cycling a little difficult going uphill, but the downhill runs were fine. He was a guest Thursday night of M. C. Gleason, Cen tral Point Sporting Goods owner and barber, who gave him a haircut, but left his reddish beard. The fully adequate English Evert speaks was picked up on this trip and on an earlier 3,000-mile trip to Egypt. The U.S. is the 22nd country he has visited, Hungarians were a sad peo ple, according to the young Dutchman; Yugoslavians, happier; Egyptians, pleasant and cultured; and Americans, busy and unfriendly in the east, but friendlier and "with more culture" in the west. "Men live only for the car and the money" in the eastern cities, he declared. Everts father operates a camera shop in Amsterdam; his older brother is a photog rapher; and two younger brothers are students. Evert attended a technical school to learn the bicycle trade. When asked his mother s reaction to his planned three year world tour, the quick- talking Evert said she threw up her hands and exclaimed that since he had pestered her so long to make the trip, she was finally "glad to be rid of me." His father, apparently showed lack of enthusiasm, for the youth said, with a laugh, that the elder Jurgens would not give him a cent for expenses. Financial Help Apparently the frugal for eigner won t need such ft nancial help from the family after all, because he is liv ing on 30 cents a day. That buys half a loaf of bread, some margarine, a grapefruit and a little sugar. On such a budget Evert has already seen a good part of the world. When he gets to Mexico City, he plans to meet a friend from The Nether lands, and the two will buy their horses, plus a burro for packing supplies, and head south for Brazil. In three years - "or maybe longer" - he plans to return home - or maybe come to America - and take up his bicycle repair career. Seven Tracts of Timber Sold by BLM in District Bidders offered $876,547.75 for 39,545,000 board feet of timber put up for oral auc tion by the Medford district of the bureau of land manage ment Thursday. Ifte timber was located on seven tracts in Jackson, Jo sephine and Douglas counties. Considerable bidding took place on four of the tracts before the successful bidders were -determined. The strongest bidding took place for 2,179,000 board feet located between Munger creek and Deer creek in Josephine county. The high bidder was Cabax Mills of Kerby with a bid of $39.50 per thousand board feet for the Douglas fir and $81,978.70 for the to tal price. Mountain Fir Lum ber company was the unsuc cessful bidder. Spalding and Son, Inc. of Grants Pass was the high bid der for two tracts. They pur chased 5,478,000 board feet in Jackson county near Battle mountain for $89,413.55. The bid for Douglas fir was $16.50 per thousand board feet. Tim ber Products company was the unsuccessful bidder. The second sale was located on Grave creek in Josephine county. It contained 3,015,000 board feet for which they of fered $67,274.30. Their bid in cluded a price of $24.25 for the Douglas fir. Caveman Lumber company and Ron deau and Poke were unsuc cessful competitors. ' A tract containing 5.511.000 board feet was purchased by superior Lumber company of Giendale for $141,223.80. The tract is located near Trap per's Cabin in both Josephine and Douglas counties. Lower bids were made by Spalding and Son, Inc. and Rondeau and Pike. The high offer was $27.10 per thousand board feet for the Douglas fir and $19 per thousand for the su gar pine. A tract located on Walker mountain north ' of Grants Pass in Josephine county was purchased by Sunny Valley Lumber company of Grants Pass with a bid of $23.50 for the Douglas fir and a total offer of $168,039.30. Compe tition offered by Cabax Mills' and S. H. and W. Lumber company. The Robert Dollar compa ny of Giendale had no comce- tition for 6,857,000 board feet located on Walker creek in Douglas county. They pur chased the tract for $128,- 350.55 and the. Douglas fir for $18.70 per thousand. A bid of $202,267.55 was submitted by Southern Ore gon Plywoods, Inc., for 9,081, 000 board feet located on St, Paul mountain in Josephine county. The Douglas fir on this tract brought $21.70 per thousand. The only other bid was submitted by Oregon Ve neer company. The next sale planned by the Medford district of the bureau will be on June 8, ac cording to district sales offi cer, John A. Carnegie. At that time, there will be 10 tracts containing 25,019,000 board feet and 1,170 cords of timber offered for sale. The apprais ed price of this timber is $492,741.35. Greyhound Drivers Get Safety Awards Three local drivers for Western Greyhound Bus lines have been honored for "mul tiple years of service marked by perfect records of safe highway travel." Honored were Clifford M Aldrich, route 2, box 482, with 20 years of safe driving over an estimated 1,500,000 miles of highway; Edgar B, VanHorn, 605 Franquette, 15- years safe driving record with an estimated 1,000,000 miles of travel; and Wayne W. Tur- pin, 1453 Orchard Home dr., 10 years of safe operation over 750,000 miles of travel The men have been award ed Safety Award certificates, new shoulder insignias indi cating their yesfts of safe driv ing, and gifts of personal Jewelry. BONDS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING TO ANYTHING! 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