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Seven Days in South Africa
(Editor' nolo: This i
another in a series of ar
ticles by Luke Lang, for
mer Medford resident who
ii on an around the world
cruiie aboard the freighter.
SS F r i e 1 1 a n d. Today'!
article concerns hii arrival
at Durban, South Africa,
and arrangements for a
safari.)
By LUKE LANCE
Upon arriving at Durban,
the third or fourth largest
city in Africa, we were told
we had seven days before
leaving. The crew had 4,000
Ions of steel to load for ship
ment to the U.S. and Canada.
Durban has a large steel
plant and it seemed strange
to see large steel sheets being
shipped from Africa to the
U.S. and Canada where there
are the most efficient plants
In the world. It makes one
wonder if, with their cheap
labor and our technical help,
we are not going to price our
selves out of markets abroad.
Most of the heavy equip
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RODEO FINALS - These five beauties from
the Unversity of Colorado will be sitting
on the top rail when collegiate teams com
pete in the Championship College rodeo
finals June 21 to 24. Left to right are Terry
Reclamation Bureau
Anniversary of Act Today
The 601h anniversary of the
signing of the Federal Re
clamation Act of 1002 is being
observed today, the bureau of
reclamation has noted.
Since passage of the act, the
bureau of reclamation has
been an important factor in
the economy of Oregon, and
two of the first projects under
the reclamation act still arc in
operation.
They arc the1 Klamath proj
ect in southern Oregon and
the Umatilla project. in east
ern Oregon. Surveys of both
projects were started in 1903,
and they were in operation a
few years later.
Through June 30, 1001, the
federal government, through
the bureau o reclamation,
had Invested more than $75,
11110,0(10 in reclamation proj
ects in Oregon, exclusive of
the Klnmalh project which
rovers reclaimed lands in both
southern Oregon and northern
California.
13 Other Projects
In addition to the Klamath
project, there are 13 tither ir
rigation projects, embracing
mure than 325,000 acres of ir
rigable lands, receiving water
through or from facilities con
structed by the bureau in Or
egon. During the crop year lflBO,
. the latest year of record, crops
produced on these lands that
season had an estimated gross
value of about $40,500.(100. A
tulul of 206,904 acres were ac
tually irrigated, making the
estimated gross ppr acre value
of the crops raised slightly
more than $136.
Owyhee dam, on the Owy
hee river in eastern Oregon,
constructed by the bureau
from 1028 to 1035. is one of
the major storage facilities in
the Pacific Northwest. Its res
ervoir has a capacity of
1,1211,000 acre feet, and serves
more than 85.000 acres of ag
ricultural lands.
Central Oregon Projects
In central Oregon the bu
reau of reclamation has con-,
stnuted or rehabilitated stor-;
ace facilities serving almost j
120.000 acres on the Des-
chuli, Arnold, Crescent Lake
and Ochocn projects.
The Baker and Burnt river
projects in eastern Oregon em-
tiraa- almost 23.000 irrigable
arres, and are served by Thief I
Valley reservoir on the Pow-
r,. r rier. and the Unity rcser-
voir on tlie Burnt river, rc
tpcrtivcly. The struct ii res
were built by the bureau dur-
SUNDAY. JUNE 17. 1962
ment I have seen in Africa
has been of German and Rus
sian manufacture, and most
of the smaller products like
fishing tackle, lines, cigar
lighters, etc., have nearly all
been from Japan. The cranes
and dock equipment was all
made in England. In the city
we did see large amounts of
American clothes and appli
ances for sale.
First Greeting
Our first greeting after get
ting off the ship was from a
native Zulu rickshaw boy.
He was dressed in a colorful
costume of Zebra skins, beads
and bracelets. He was bare
footed, but around his ankles
were pounds of metal brace
lets. He had a headdress of
feathers and horns, which
were from oxen and at least
two feet long.
All this regalia, along with
the cuts and tattoes on his
face put there by his mother
for tribal identification when
he was an infant, makes him
look more savage than his
brothers in the bush.
Fellers, Denver, Colo; Dusty McEvoy, Vaca
vlllc, Callf.;.Pot lullerton, Englewood Colo.;
Lynn Wolf, Grand Junction, Colo.; and
Stephanie Klimoski, Littleton, Colo. (UPI)
ing the 1030's
In eastern Oregon along the
Idaho border, some 33,000
acres are served by Warm
Springs and Agency Valley
reservoirs. The first of these
was constructed privately in
1019. The latter was built by
the bureau in the late 1920 s.
Area Projects
In the southern part of the
slate, the bureau of reclama
tion has rehabilitated facili
ties serving more than 10,000
acres in the Grants Pass proj
ect, and nearly 14,000 acres in
the Medford and Rogue River
Valley Irrigation districts.
Construction is practically
complete now on the Talent
division of the Rogue River
Uasin project serving about
5,300 acres of new lands and
a supplemental irrigation wa
ter supply to another 23,800
acres in southwestern Oregon
This project included con
struction of the 62,000 acre-
foot Howard Prairie reservoir.
the 40.000 acre-foot Emigrant
reservoir, the 16,000 acre-foot
Hyatt Prairie reservoir, and
the 16.000 kilowatt capacity
Green Springs power plant.
Construction is nearly com
pleted on the Crooked river
project serving irrigation wa
ter to 0.500 acres and sup
plemental water to another
10,800 acres In central Ore
gon. Recent Construction Work
Other recent construction
work In Oregon included the
13.060 acre-foot capacity Was
Eighth St. To Be
Closed One Day
Eighth st. between River
side avc. and East Main st.
is rxpected to be closed to
traffic one day this week
while forms arc being remov
ed from the freeway.
Vei n Thorpe, city engineer, '
said the closure is a safctv i
precaution since some con-
crete may fall from the free-
way structure when forms
are removed.
City police said motorists
should he on the alert for
road closed" signs and obey
them
Main st. in the vicinity of
the freeway structure 'was
closed to traffic last week.
p,.c si)id ra(fic was dpUv.
ed on some streets because
some motorists did not obey
the "road closed" signs.
He was soliciting riders to
the post office. Like other
eager American tourists, the
three of us squeezed into his
rickshaw.
Along with his regalia is
his art of imitating a horse.
He feels he is taking the
place of a horse, so thinks it
is part of the job to mimic
one. While he is trotting up
town he is snorting at people
on the sidewalk and shieing
away from cars. Ever so often
he jumps high in the air and
hangs there. While he is in
the air you are on the
ground.
Fare en Arrival
You can't wait to get out
of the contraption, but he in.
sists on taking you to the
post office. His fare on arri
val was one pound, $2.80
American.
As soon as he collected, he
ran around the corner, and
would not wait for us to
take his picture. We soon
found the reason why he hur
ricd, There was a large sign
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Observes
co reservoir on Clear creek
serving 2.100 acres on the
Juniper division of the Wa
pinitia project.
Construction was started re
cently on two new Oregon
reclamation projects. The
$5 Mi million The Dalles proj
ect will provide irrigation wa
ter under sprinkler pressure
to 5,420 acres near the city of
The Dalles.
The second project, Bully
Creek dam on Bully creek,
will be an earthfill structure
104 feet high and about 3,100
feet long. Bully Creek reser
voir will have a storage capac
ity of 32,000 acre feet which
will provide needed supple
mental irrigation water to the
35,000 acre Vale project.
Legislation is now pending
before the Congres to author
ize construction of the lower
division of the Baker project
in eastern Oregon.
it
CRATER HIGH
Stadium Boosters
The Stadium Drive is almost over the topi
Your help is needed to complete the drive.
If you haven't already contributed will you
give now? Amounts of five, ten, or fifteen
dollars are suggested but no amount is too
small to be of help.
Mail a check or leave a contribution at the
First National Bank in Central Point. Make
checks payable to Crater Stadium Fund. A
receipt will be mailed to you.
Funds now on hand (including animated vilue
of donated material) amount to $24,325.55. An
additional $3000 to $5000 is needed.
HURRYI Picas make your contribution at oncel
Bids for construction will ba opened Thursday,
June 21st and will b 1st for only the amount of
money on hand at that timet
346 parsons havt already, bought tickets or con
tributed to the fund, lot's add your nam to this
numberl
This advertisement is sponsored and paid for bv
Everett faher, F C. Avres, Paul MaNev. CVn Patterson,
Don Morrow, H P. JewcU. Bid Askwith. Georqe E.is,
C- A. Mever, Don Faber. Ernest Kennedy. Charles Bate
man, Otto Behnert, Vern Tomlinson.
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Gives Opportunity for Trip to Zululand
next to the post office giving
the fares for rickshaws and
taxis, with the request that
any overcharge be told to the
proper officials at once, along
with the driver's number.
Our fare should have been
50 cents.
This guy's quick and accu
rate gypping of an American
tourist gives me some hope
that maybe these people will
learn to run their country
after all.
With seven days to spend,
we rented a car and drove
nearly 900 miles around
South Africa. All driving is
left hand side. Controls, such
as gear shift, clutch, etc., are
backward. Immediately after
leaving the agency, I jumped
the curb and ran two wheels
on the sidewalk for half a
block, but in an hour or two
got used to it.
Poor Place io Learn
A city of a half a million
population, and all of them
crossing streets at the same
time, seems like a poor place
to learn to drive a new way,
but I was afraid if I told the
man at the car rental I had
never driven in Africa be
fore, he would either give me
a two-hour driving lesson or
insist on a guide, which he
had already recommended.
We proceeded to the main
police station where I re
quested a permit to take one
of my shotguns on our safari
(any trip in Africa out of
town is called a safari). This,
I was informed, was impos
sible. They made it plain
that no one in South Africa
except white officials could
carry guns.
The blacks will give any
thing that they own to get
their hands on any kind of
armament that shoots bullets.
They assured me, that being
an American tourist, they
knew I would not sell it to a
native, but thought there
would be a chance of it being
stolen or taken away by a
group of natives if I were
going to Zululand.
Offer An Officer
They did offer us an offi
cer, who would be armed, as
guide. We would have to
pay his wages and expenses.
This was the last thing we
wanted, since they have their
segregation or Apartheid law
that forbids talking to a black
or colored person. We wanted
to see these people in their
villages and in the bush, cs
the jungle Is called, and
taking an official along would
ruin any chance to see the
thlnas we wanted to or talk
ing to the natives.
So, after the hassle and
advice from the British, we
took our camera and plenty
of film and took off for Zulu
land. The first 50 miles takes you
to Pietermaritzburg, which is
a small modern town and
most of the Europeans are of
Dutch descent. The road is a
two lane blacktop highway.
From here we took a dirt
road, and after about 10
miles started through the
the land of the Zulus.
Site Depends on Wealth
In the cities and larger
towns, the natives must wear
clothes, but it ends right
there. Thcs mall Zulu villages
arc called a Kraal. Its size de
pends on the wealth of the
chief, and his wealth is de
termined by the number of
cattle he owns. Quality does
not enter in, just how many.
The cattle are skinny and
starved, but if a man has a
lot of them, he is rich.
In the front of the kraal is
a large round hut made of
sticks, covered with mud clay,
and a roof of banana or coco
nut leaves. The floor is dirt.
Now and then one of them
will scrounge an old car top
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or fender or piece of sheet
metal and work it into one of
the sides of his main hut.
The main hut in the front
is occupied by the Chief and
his, at the time, number one
wife and any children by her.
Directly behind the first large
hut will be a smaller one and
so on around, all occupied by
his other wives and their chil
dren. Their distance from the
main but is measured by how
big a favorite they are with
the chief.
The last hut is usually oc
cupied by an old woman who
was probably his first wife,
before he became wealthy
with cattle and bought more
women. A pretty good woman
can be bought in Zululand
for two cows, and five cows
will get you a real doll.
Water Is Scarce
Chickens, dogs, goats and
kids swarm all over the place
as well as flics. Water is
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scarce, and is not wasted on
anything foolish, such as a
bath. In many kraals, the en
tire water supply is carried
for a mile or more on the
heads of the wives. They can
walk perfectly straight with
a 5-gallon can of water on
their heads.
All through Africa, a great
number of the natives have
scarred faces. All tribes have
certain marks, and not too
long after birth the mothers
take knives, and now razor
blades.if they can get them,
and cut these marks on the
faces of their children and
rub hot ashes in the cuts
while they are healing. A per
son familiar with Africa can
tell to which tribe any native
belongs by the marks on his
face.
They have another custom
of marking that grew from
the slave days. Some tribes
still practice it (Nsasani in
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a chief discovered that the i
slavers took only the most 1
attractive women, so they
started to make their women
as unattractive as they could
to prevent this.
They made pie crust cuts on
both cheeks and forehead of
a young girl's face. After
this healed, they cut a hole
through her upper lip, and
put a big plug in it. The skin
grew tight around the plug
and the plug was there the
rest of her days.
The Europeans run the i
cities in Africa pretty much
io sun inemseivea, dui iney
no longer make an effort to
change the customs of these
different tribes. If a murder
or cannibalism is .committed
then the law steps in, but be
yond this the people in the
bush live as their ancestors
did before the white man
came to Africa.
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