THURSDAY. APRIL 12. 1982
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
World's Largest Polar Bear
To Be Displayed at Sportsfair
Featured attraction of the
1962 Crater Lions club Sports
fair here will be the No. 1
world's record bear-the gar
gantuan trophy of a Medford
huntsman.
The huge arctic polar bear,
brought down on an ice floe
in the Bering strait in March,
1961, by Arthur R. Dubs, 32,
a Medford home builder and
designer - and now mounted
for display - was to arrive
from Seattle by van today
for exhibit at the fair Fri
day evening and Saturday
and Sunday, April 13, 14 and
liS, at the Medford armory.
This will be the first pub
lic exhibit of the bear, which
has been recognized by nu
merous individuals, organiza
tions and publications, official
and unofficial as "the largest
ever," polar or brown.
Return to Seattle
After the showing here, the
animal will be returned to
Seattle where it will be dis
played at the forthcoming
Century 21 Exposition, and
where it is expected to receive
considerable attention. Build
' ing for the exhibit of the
State of Alaska has been so
designed as to display Dubs'
trophy the best way possible.
The bear, which mounted
stands 11 feet 1V4 inches and
towers over Dubs' own 6-2
has created interest far and
wide since the hunter return
ed from his aerial jaunt to the
Ice floe off Big and Little Dl.
amede islands in the waters
which separate Alaska and
Soviet Siberia.
It has been featured in Life
magazine, Sports Illustrated,
and Alaska Hunting and Fish
ing Guide. Alaska Sportsman
will have an article on the
bear in its May issue.
Fealurelte Film
Columbia Pictures of New
York plans to distribute a
featurette wide screen movie
of Dubs' record kill, using
film footage Dubs took be
fore and after the kill. It will
be called "White Fury." Offers
also have been made to fea
ture the animal, termed by
one man a "Russian rogue," in
True, Outdoor Life and Field
and Stream magazines.
Hide alone of the Medford
builder's prize was immense.
The Alaska state game com
mission weighed the hide at
2S6 pounds, and it also meas
ured 11 fect 9 Inches from
" paw to paw and 11-4 from
nose to tail. The mammoth
mammal, skinned at the site
of the kill, was believed to
have weighed between 1800
and 2,000 pounds.
Kenneth D. Oldham, chair
man elect of the new Alaska
Book of Records, has written
to Dubs, "your polar bear
is In our opinion the world's
record and will be so entered
in our record book."
In Book of Records
North American Book of
Records, published for Boone
and Crockett club of New
York in its next issue, will
carry the skull measurement
for Dubs' bear at 28 1316
or 28 1216 inches which will
assure placement not less
than co-world record and
probably new world record.
The Medford man's trophy
towers over the bear slain
by Tom Bolack and previous
ly recognized as the world
mark, using skull measure
ment alone.
Bert Klincbcrger, president
of Jonas Bros., Seattle taxider
mist firm which mounted the
bear, hod this to report to
Dubs: "We also mounted the
world record polar bear for
Mr. Bolack and find your bear
by far larger than his or any
other bear that we have ever
mounted ... All In all It is
a magnificent animal of un
believable proportion."
A letter to Dubs from Rob
erts A. Hcnnlng. editor and
publisher of the Alaska
Sportsman, said: "I can guar
antee you now that from
measurements I have seen,
and from advice of guides and
Alaskan residents I respect,
you rate 'World's Bear Num
ber One' and certainly 'Larg
est Alaskan Polar Bear." Re
cent comparison weight stud
ies with Kodlak brown bears
conclusively proves that you
have also killed the world's
largest bear of any species."
Curator ol Mammals
Dr. Murray L. Johnson,
curator of mammals of the
University of Pugot Sound
has termed Dubs' prize as "a
tremendously large bear
which I believe is undoubted
ly the largest bear ever col
lected in the world."
A Boone and Crockett club
representative has also term
ed the male polar bears from
the Alaskan-Siberian sector
as the world's largest.
Available statistics con
cerning polar bears and the
Kodlak brown species, empha
size the contention of vet-1 corded for other large polar
eran Alaska guides that the bears. Hide measurements of
polar bear is the larger. And,
the figures substantiate Dubs
claim of the biggest of all.
Top Weight Listed
Top weight listed for a Ko
diak brown is 1,190 pounds.
A weight of 1,728 pounds has
been recorded for a world
record class bear - under the
estimates made of the weight
of Dubs' trophy. Heights of
9-6 and 10-4 have been re-
10-8 have been noted for Ko-
diak kills. Another record
Kodiak stood 8-8 mounted an
had a hide weight of 157
pounds.
The bear will be on dis
play at the armory from
a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and
from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday,
ana irom noon to 10 p.m. Sun
day.
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LARGEST IN WORLD The largest bear signer who downed the animal in Marrh
ever collected by a hunter, shown at left, 1961, on an ice floe in Bering strait Dubs'
will be an attraction of the Crater Lions trophy far exceeds the size of the polar
club Sportsfair Friday, Saturday and Sun- boar previously listed as the world record
day at the Medford National Guard Armory, because of skull measurements The bear
The 11-foot l'j-inch (mounted) polar bear at the right here is even larger than that
is shown with the successful hunter. Arthur ronnrrf h..r w..
R. Dubs, Medford home builder and de- established Dubs' prize as the world record!
Last of Georgia
Prison Fugitives
Seized in Woods
Jesup, Ga.-IUPD-The last of
25 fugitives from a south
Georgia prison camp was re
captured late Wednesday and
two prison guards were sus
pended for negligence con
tributing to the mass escape.
Police said Donald King,
28, of Brunswick, surrendered
meekly when found in woods
between here and Mt. Pleas
ant on U.S. 341. King had
been serving 3-10 years for
burglary at the time of the
jailbreak.
His capture ended a four-
day manhunt for the heavily
armed fugitive. Seven con
victs were back behind bars
within 36 hours of the bold
escape Saturday night. Seven
others were caught Tuesday
Chief prison inspector Wal
ter Lambert said one guard,
Prentice Rolls, had violated
prison rules by going inside
the prison compound while
wearing his pistol. This en
abled the convicts to arm
themselves, Lambert said. He
indicated that one of the pris
oners dressed himself in Rolls'
uniform and lured the other
guard, Preston Mitchell, into
the compound.
Lambert said Rolls was neg
ligent for failing to check
adequately on the prisoners
under his care. He said Mitch
ell was negligent for failing
to make thorough checks be
fore entering the compound
carrying his weapon and the
prison keys.
Open House Scheduled at New
Cascade Village This Week End
Photo Use Angers
Armstrong-Jones
London -Wft- Antony Arm-
strong-Jones Is angry because
a French firm is using a pic
ture of his wife. Princess Mar
garet, and their baby to sell
diapers, the London Daily Mir
ror reported today.
Armstrong-Jones, a former
commercial photographer, has
asked how the Maternity and
Baby Wear Company of Na
talys got hold of the picture
he took last fall.
The picture appears on the
firm's catalogue.
Cascade Village, southern
Oregon s first completely
planned community develop
ment, will be open for pub
lic inspection in a two-day
opening event April 14 from
1 to 7 p.m., and April 15 from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The project, covering some
300 acres, Is located 18 min
utes from Medford on Crater
Lake highway in the White
City area.
The self-contained commun
ity is a relatively new con
cept in subdivision planning,
the developers said. Cascade
Village is the first such proj
ect in southern Oregon, al
though the idea has been used
successfully in most major
U. S. metropolitan areas,
Design Community
Cascade Village planners
have designed a complete
community with utility serv
ices provided along with
plans for a variety of business
and social-recreation centers.
Four hundred-fifty home sites
are planned in the develop
ment, according to the developers.
Water lines and sewers will
be serviced by the recently
formed White City Sanitary
Sewer district and the White
City Water company. The
water company operates un
der PUC approved rates and
is supplied by a 4.5 million
gallon storage facility within
two miles of Cascade Village.
Site for School
A minimum of two park
and playground sites have
been designated, with play
ground equipment to be in
stalled by the owners and
given to the community. Fore
seeing the possible need for
a community center, the de
velopers have agreed to pro
vide a site for such a center
and to cooperate with Cas
cade Village residents in its
construction.
Owners of the adjacent
land have donated 26.5 acres
on the southside of Antelope
rd. as the site for an Eagle
Point school district elemen
tary school. The agreement
calls for construction within
five years. The Eagle Point
district now operates a school
bus in the area.
A church is now located
within the development area
(Berean Baptist church) with
sites to be made available
for other church construction
as needed.
Fire protection will be pro
vided under the jurisdiction
of the Central Point Rural
Fire Protection district. The
district's White City station,
manned 24 hours per day, is
located within a mile of Cas
cade Village. Assistance
would be available from the
Central Point station or from
any party to the Jackson
county mutual aid agreement.
Fire hydrants have been
placed within the develop
ment according to code re
quirements.
Shopping centers were
planned to service Cascade
Village residents from either
end of the area, developers
said. Two firms are now in
operation with several others,
including a supermarket, in
the planning stages. Located
adjacent to Crater Lake high
way for arterial route access
to any of the Rogue valley's
business and population cen
ters, Cascade Village is near
the White City industrial area
now employing 1,300 to 1,500
people.
Cascade Village homes are
custom-designed by Western
Homes, Inc., of Portland,
grand sweepstakes award win
ners in the 13th annual Port
land home show. Six floor
plans are available, all with
a wide range of optional fea
tures to insure individuality
among the homes.
Fifty-seven of the 450 home
sites have been prepared for
immediate construction and
are on asphalt-paved streets
which are under county su
pervision. Additional roads
within the Cascade Village
area will be paved by the de
velopers and deeded to the
county.
Four homes have been com
pleted as the featured attrac
tion for the April 14 and 15
opening. Six others are un
der construction.
General contractor is Myers
Jones, Medford; landscaping
for the show homes was de
signed and done by Marcel
Le Piniec. Cascade Village de
velopment supervision and
sales are under the direction
of Northwest-Pacific Develop
ment Corporation, Medford.
Donald E. Herded, Medford,
is broker for the corporation.
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'Madman' Sought
In Idaho Slayings
Mountain Home, Idaho -IUPD .
- A squad of 20 investigators
today searched for leads in
the "madman" slaying of a
Mountain Home mother and
her son.
Authorities said Mrs. Nancy
Joy Johnson, 22, had been
stabbed 11 times - five times
in the chest, four in the back
and twice in the neck - then
sexually assaulted after she
died.
She was discovered about
1 a.m. Tuesday by her hus
band, A-1C Alec E. Johnson
Jr. She was clutching the
pajama-clad body of her 2-year-old
son Daniel.
Coroner Arthur Smith said
the attacker, after killing Mrs.
Johnson, then took the broken
knife and cut the boy's throat
with a "sawing motion."
"This guy is a madman,"
Smith described the killer.
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State Highway
Bids 6.6 Per Cent
Below Estimates
Salem (UPI) The Oregon
Highway Commission opened
bids Wednesday on 33 proj
ects and the total at $5.2 mil
lion ran 6.6 per cent below
state estimates.
Biggest Job was the Fre
mont bridge Interchange unit
of the Pacific highway's East
Bank Freeway section In Port
land. Apparent low bidder
was Lord Brothers Contrac
tors, Inc., Portland, at $2,
143.339. Contracts will be awarded
here Friday.
Four projects were with
drawn but will be up at the
May bidding. They Include a
paving job In Clnckamas
county, a grading job In Hood
River county, a Cape Lookout
park building in Tillamook
county and rock production
near Oakrldge for the Wil
lamette and Crescent Lake
highways In Lane and Klam
ath counties.
Apparent low bidders and
the projects, by county:
Banton: Starr Creek road
Flechter Creek section, route
830 south of Corvallis; 2.44
miles grading, surfacing; Ken
neth E. Nielsen, Salem, $86,
404. Benton, Linn and Lincoln:
Clean, paint Yaqulna Bay
bridge, Coast highwny, plus
clean and paint Willamette
river bridge in Corvallis; C.
H. Savage. Portland. $62,794.
Clackiman Traffic signals
on Cascade highway at Sunny-
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ABBOTT SURGICAL APPLIANCE CO.
842 8. Broadway, Suit 115, Arcade Bid., Los Angelas
side rd. south of Portland citv
limits; Gateway Electric, Port
land, $7,237
Clatsop: Astoria . Megler
ferryboat insurance; Cole,
Clark and Cunningham, Port
land, $6,048.
Columbia: SI. Helens-War
ren section, Columbia river
highway: 2.77 miles paving;
Morse Bros., Lebanon, $67,-
869.
Coon Michigan ave.-Grand
ave. section, Coquillc-Bandon
highway in Bandon; .37 of a
mile grading, paving, struc
ture; Woodward & Son &
Bnrklow, Coquille, $120,545.
Doschutos; Jefferson coun
ty line-Sisters section. Santi
am highway; 9.46 miles pav
ing; Bend Aggregate Si Pav
ing. Bend, $101,490.
uaicnuiet: Deadlines river
bridge on Century drive in
Bend; George, Berry, Beaver
ton. $50,147.
Douglas and Josephine:
Canyonvllle-Wolf Creek rock
job on Pacific highway; Carle
Bros., Myrtle Creek, $269,000.
Harney: Malheur slough
Crane section, Burns - Crane
highway: 5.63 miles paving;
Warren Northwest, Portland,
$89,902.
Jackson: Jacksonville
grade Jacksonville taction
of Modford Provolt high
way; 1.61 miles grading, oil
ing; M. C. Liningtr It Sons.
Madford. $82,798.
Jelfenon: Clean, paint
Crooked river bridge; C. H.
Savage. Portland, $15,799.
Joiephina: Traffic signals
In Grants Past on tha Pa
cific highway; Madtan St
Stokas, Rotaburg, $10,450.
Klamath: Chiloquln-Wll-llamion
rivar taction. The
Dallei California highway:
5 milet paving: Rogua River
Paving. Medford, $74,428.
Klamath: Wathburn Way
overcrottlng and railroad
canal culvert louth of Kla
math Falli: Tom Llllebo,
Raadtport. $185,711
miles grading; Hamer Con
struction, Portland, $288,344.
Lane: Glenwood section,
McKenzie highway east of Eu
gene; .34 of a mile paving;
Eugene Roads and Driveway,
Eugene, $14,969.
Lena: Dorris Park - Silver
Creek section, McKenzie high
way 25 miles cast of Spring
field; 4.5 miles grading and
4.55 miles paving; Wildish
Construction, Eugene, $122.
114. Lincoln: South unit, Siletz
Toledo section, Siletz high
way; 4.16 miles grading, pav
ing, structures; Acme Con
struction, Redmond, Wash.,
$514,644.
Malheur: Brogan Hill rock
project on John Day highway
northwest of Vale; M. A.
Toole, Ontario, $22,050.
Marion. Linn and Lane:
Sign installation on Hayes-ville-Judkins
Point section of
Pacific highway, Salem to Eu
gene; Traffic Safety Supply,
Portland, $73,529.
Morrow and Gilliam: Hepp
ncr rock project on four state,
routes in vicinity of Heppnei",'
Arthur Simonsen, Baker, $58,
850. Multnomah: 82nd ave.-92nd
ave. section of Mt. Hood high
way; .56 of a mile grading and
paving; Porter W. Yett, Port
land. $71,869.
Multnomah: Vanport over
crossing. Pacific highway
west, Denver ave.; General
Construction Co., Portland.
$94,011.
Multnomah: Clean, paint
Union ave. bridge and Grand
ave. bridge in Portland; A. H.
Barbour & Son, Portland,
$39,314.
Umatilla: Railroad under
and overerossings on Athena
Rlue Mt. section, Oregon-
wasnlngtnn highway near
Weston; Johnston & Bryant,
Newberg. $285,294.
Wallowa: Hnyden Creek-
Forest boundary section, Little
Sheep creek highway; 6.35
miles grading, oiling, struc
ture; Don Greene, Salem,
$172,266.
Waieo: Antelope-John Dav
river rock Job on Shaniko
Fossil highway; Gary Baker,
Hillsooro, $24,640.
Wathinglon - .13 of a mile
grading, paving on 2nd st. in
Gaston: M & M Paving, Cor-
Lak and Harnay: Blizzard nelius. $13,172.
Gap-Nevada State line section,
Adel - Nevada line road 16
miles east of Adel; 21.9 miles
stone base, oiling; Acme Con
struction, Redmond, Wash.,
$366,639.
Lana; 10th si. Highbanks
section, Eugene - Springfield
highway in Springfield; 1.82
Yamhill: 28 of a mile grad
ing, paving on Fulton. Cherry
and Center sts. In Newberg;
Rowell A: Wtrkersham, Mc
Mlnnville, S1G.1 15.
Yamhill: .22 of a mile grad
ing, paving on S. W. 3rd .it.
in Sheridan: Rowell & Wick
ersham, McMinnville, $13,160.
By SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc.
WHY IS OUR LABOR FORCE SHRINKING?
There are 70,697,000 Americans either at work or looking
ior sods toaay, anoo less than were In the nation's
civilian labor force a year ago.
On the surface, these seem simple, dry enough statistics
uui aciuauy, mey are astounding, for they say something
which doesn't seem to make sense and which not even the
country's top manpower experts feel they can explain en
tirely to their own satisfaction.
How could there be 314,000 less men and women In our
labor force than a year ago? We know that our total popula
tion is 3 million larger than at this time in 1961 and that
there should be about one million more of us working or
looking for work. We know that as a result of the baby
uuuiu oi me mia-raius, minions are now In their teens and
at this age level, hundreds of thousands of them unfortunate
ly decide to leave school and seek paying jobs. We know
that there has been a strong tendency among married
women to try to return to the job market when their
children grow up. We know that no catastrophe has oc
curred at home or abroad to wipe out a part of our work
force.
In tha faca of all that thingt which wa know, though,
her are tha figurat jutt relaatad by tha U.S. Labor De
partment 70.697,000 in the work fore in March. 314,000
leu than in March last year. So how can it be?
The answers, according to Labor Secretary Arthur J.
Goldberg, Labor Department manpower expert Seymour
Wolfbein and the President's chief economic adviser Walter
W. Heller, are both disheartening for now and in one way
at least heartening for the future. Specifically:
(1) The decreasing demand for unskilled, uneducated
workers in our complex society is cither forcing or en
couraging youngsters to remain in school to get the educa
tions they must have if they are to be able to fill the Jobs
which are and will be opening up.
The young men and women whom the projections indicat
ed would be looking for Jobs at this time haven't just disap
peared; they're somewhere and both Goldberg and Wolfbein
suspect they're in school. This is the cheerful aspect of the
puzzung employment drop. It suggests the spreading cam-
vuiKii 10 cui me nuniDer oi arop-outs irom elementary and
high schools is having an impact. It forecasts a general rise
in the level of education and skills of our work force. The
more we can stimulate this movement, the better for the
youngsters ana for lis all.
(2) The latest change in our Social Security law permit
ting men as well as women to retire on reduced benefits
at the age of 62 is impelling older workers to leave the
work force at a much faster pace than originally anticipated.
In tomt caiet. tha dadtiont may b happy onat; in
many oihart. though, the retirement it involuntary, tha
worker it leaving the Job market not bacauta ha wantt
to but bacauta automation it making him ebiolele and tha
economy Itn'i expanding rapidly enough to giv him a
chance to get other work. Thata ara our untkilled. our
uneducated workan and their ratirament to tha economic
trath-haap it a personal tragedy for lham and thalr lam
iliat. (3) The sluggish rise in employment opportunities is com
pelling many over-40 women who want to get paying Jobs
to slay home.
While you may not consider the employment of these
women significant, the fact that our economv isn't growing
sufficiently to give them a place in the marketplace is
hardly a cause for rejoicing.
(4) The relentless shrinkage in the total of farms in the
U.S. is pushing hundreds of thousands of farmers men,
women, part-time workers out of the agricultural work
force. For many, I'll wager their retirement also is involun
tary, unhappy.
The only really cheerful explanation concerns the voiino.
sters who are staying in school, postponing their entrance
inio me worn torce until they re prepared to be a con
structive part of it.
The rest of the answers say that good as this business
expansion has been to date, it Just hasn't been good enough
to give all of us who art able and willing to work what we ,
want most Job.
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