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Siskiyou County Museum Exhibit Has Prehistoric Fossils
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THE TREES AND PLANTS FROM
"HICH THESE FOSSILS CAME.
TREES. PLANTS OF AREA Exhibited In
this case at the Siskiyou County Museum in
Yreka are fossils of plants and trees which
grew in the Siskiyou island In northern
California millions of years ago. The area
today is known as the Klamath mountains.
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Durno Bill Would
Require Marking
Foreign Lumber
Washington Rep. Edwin
R. Durno (R-Ore.) has intro
duced a bill which would re
quire that lumber imported
into the United States be
marked with the name of the
country of origin. '
Durno said the legislation
would apply principally to
Canadian soft wood lumber
which has been making seri
ous inroads in recent years
into the Oregon lumber sales
in U.S. markets, particularly
on the East Coast.
Durno said he would push
for enactment of the bill in
the belief it would give a
boost to domestic sales of U.S.
lumber and lumber products. PRESENTS PAINTING Mrs. Hazc-l Pollock, left, curator
The Tariff Act of 1930 pro- of the Siskiyou County Museum in Yreka, accepts a painting
vided for the marking of im- portraying the prc-historic mammoth which roamed the Mt.
ported articles. This partic-j Shasta-Siskiyou area from the artist, Mrs. Calla Lukes. The
uibi ei-uuii i me iw woa painting was done on the location where the bones of a
re-written hy Congress in mammoth elephant were unearthed on the Callahan-Gazelle
10 inciuoe several new t
bases lor exceptions Irom
marking requirements for im
ports, Durno noted.
Exception Provisions
One of the 1938 exception
provisions gave the Secretary
of the Treasury and the Presi
dent authority to suspend
marking requirements for
sawed lumber and timber,
telephone, trolly, electric
light ad telegraph poles of
wood, and bundles of shingles.
The administrative authority
was put into effect immediate
ly, with the result that mark
ing requirements never have
been put Into effect on the
products.
Durno's new legislation
would have the effect of
eliminating the President's au
thority to suspend the mark
ing requirements in these
cases. H would require mark
ing such imports, effective SO
davs atcr enactment of his
bill.
By DORIS ROBINSON
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Yreka-New exhibits are be
ing arranged in the Siskiyou
county museum by the cura
tor, Mrs. Hazel Pollock.
They represent different
eras of the history of Siski
you county. The first one to
be completed is of the 'orma
tion of Siskiyou island in
northern California, and the
fossils found there,
Mrs. Calla Lukes, Siskiyou
county artist, has presented
the museum a large oil paint
ing, portraying the prehistor
ic mammoth that rotmed the
area, with Mt. Shasta in the
background. The painting was
painted from the location
where the bones of a mam
moth elephant were unearthed
on the Callahan-Gazelle rd.
Mrs. Lukes was three
months painting the picture.
She is a noted artist having
held private showings "of her
pictures in New York where
she painted for many ;-ears.
The painting hangs above a
display case which holds the
bones of a mammoth elephant.
These bones were discovered
in the clay of an ancient bog
on the Shelley ran?h near
Gazelle, where elepha..t of
this species died.
A hip bone, one half of a
lower jaw with a tooth, and
a large leg section were ex
tracted. Finally after much
effort a lower jaw complete
with teeth In place was re
covered.
Large sections of tusks
were also found embedded in
the clay, but it was impossi
ble to remove them without
breaking them apart
Discover the Bones
Mrs. Pollock, her late hus
band, waiter Pollock and
their son, Walter Jr., discov
ered the bones and they be
lieve there is enough evidence
to show the possibility of oth
er mammals of the period.
The excavation is an irriga
tion water source and several
feet of water cover the bone
deposit.
Dr. Howell Williams, voica
nologist and geolpgist of the
University of California, and
Dr. Robert Heizer, head of
the archaeology department,
were interested in the find.
They sent Dr. William Wal
lace of the University of Cal
ifornia and Mrs. Wallace, who
is an archaeologist, and Dr.
Alex Krieger of the Univers
ity of Texas to the site where
they spent some time chart
ing, photographing and excavating.
Their . findings show the
site seems to be allied with
the "Great Basin" area of
Oregon. There is evidence
showing the occupation of
man in Northern America
dating hack to 10.000 years
in the Oregon Basin.
Marina Lit Fossils
In another display case are
fossils of the marine life,
such as ammonites, clams,
turritlllos and sharks tooth,
which inhabited the se that
covered the northern part of
California and the island
known as Siskiyou Island.
These fossils are a part of the
collection found by the Pol
lock family, and C. B. Kay
on Black Mountain near
Ager.
The display of plant life
fossils also taken from Black
Mountain include Sycamore
leaves, Ginko leaves and
fruit, a c.ea! grass, ever
green twigs from the red
wood tree, water cypress
twig and salix willow.
Bones of Mastodon
In 188fi, W. H. Smith
found in his mine on Cotton
wood creek at the west fork,
near Hornbrook, bones of a
mastodon elephant at a depth
of 55 feet. The bones were
donated by Mr, and Mrs. W.
R. Parshall and family to the
museum March 17, 1948.
They include a five foot tusk,
a jaw bone with two tce'h
attached, two vertebra, hip
socket bone and pieces of rib.
The American mastodon
was a browsing animal which
grew to a height of 9 feet and Other exhibits which are
was of stocky build. The being prepared are of the
skuil is lower than the true Indian, trapper and, mining
elephant. eras.
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227 Complaints
Noted in March
The Jackson county sherif's
office received 227 complaints
during March. Of these. 22
were felony cases, o2 mis
demannrs and 143 non-crim
inal cases.
Thirty-five cases received
last month were cleared, the
sheriff's office Mid. Three
cases from prior months, and
two from prior years, were
cleared. Total cases cleared In
March was 40.
A total of 137 cases receiv
ed last month were closed,
deputies said. In addition,
nine cases received during
prior months this year and
five received in prior years
were closed. -Cases
Unfounded
Seven cases received last
month proved to be unfound
ed. Forty-nine cases received
in March are still pending.
Fifty-tree warrants receiv
ed during the month were
closed. Eighty-eight warrants
served or were recalled dur
ing the month.
Twenty-six public services
were provided in March, 18
traffic citations were issued
36 field interrogations were
made and reports filed, and
227 civil processes were filed
for service.
Treasurer Resigns;
Successor Picked
Washington -ItlPD- President
Kennedy has accepted the
resignation of Elizabeth R.
Smith as treasurer of the
United States.
The chief executive nromnl-
ly appointed William T.
Howell, deputy treasurer, as
acting treasurer.
Mrs. Smith's resignation
was effective Friday. She
plans to return to California
to assist Gov. Edmund G.
Brown in his reelection cam
paign. A native of Kenlfield,
Calif., Mrs. Smith is a Demo
cratic national committee
woman and a close political
ally of tile governor.
Howell, 49, is a career gov
ernment employee Associate
Press Secretary Andrew T.
Hatcher said he assumed the
President would follow the
tradition of choosing another
woman to fill the post of
treasurer.
Mrs. S mi 111 was appointed
treasurer on Dec. 18, !(,
She played an active role in
Kennedy's presidential cam
paign and is a leader In Call
fornia Democratic politics.
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FOSSILS EXHIBITED This exhibit at the Siskiyou County
Museum in Yreka shows some of the fossils of marine life
found in Ihp area. The map above Ihe fossile exhibit shows
the area which was occupied by a warm shallow spa in
which there was a rugged island known as the Siskiyou
island.
Local Youth Receives Freshman Scholarship
Medford Patrolman
Submits Resignation
The resignation of Frank
J. Elsom from the Medford po
lice department has been ac
cepted effective April 12.
Chief of Pnlire Charles I
Champlin has announced.
Elsom had been a patrol
man with the department
since Scplembrr, 19SB. He re
signed. Champlin raid, be
cause nt "other rommllmenlj
and job opportunities."
Richard James Lichti, Old
Stage rd . Medford, has re
ceived a $50 scholarship as a
freshman major in education
at the University of Oregon,
Eugene.
The scholarship was award
ed by Associated Teachers of
School District 6, Central
Point.
Eagle Point High
Students Place
Forest Grove Peggy John
son, Eagle Point, won second
place in speech reporting in
the Pacific university jour
nalism department's annual
high school journalism, com
petition recently at Pacific
university, Forest Grove.
Other winners were Kathy
Robertson, Eagle Point, hon
orable mention in the news
ralegnry, and Karyl Bishop,
Kagle Point, honorable men
lion in the news feature divi
sion.
Thirty high schools sponsor
ed entrants in the annual com
petition sponsored by the Pa
rific journalism department
and Phi Delta Fpsilon, nation
al collegiate journalism hon
orary.
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