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
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traveled through Yellowstone
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and brown bears for the first
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will stop in Sequoia National
park, all -financed by Ameri
cans' discarded bottles.
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.
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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
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Ted W. Litchfield, atato
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car accident on Highway 82
near Antelope rd. Thursday
afternoon, state police re
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passing several northbound
cars. He had started to pass
car driven by William Dean
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