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era i i g SUNDAY. JULY 1, 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON Unusual Rocks, Agates, Indian Relics Are Displayed at Crater Rock By BERTHA HANSCOM Mail Tribune Correipondent Central Point - A consider able number of unusual rocks and Indian relics are on dis play at the Crater Rock mu seum, located north of Cen tral Point at 154 Scenic ave. Staged seven years ago by Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Smith, the museum was designed to offer a continuous exhibit of rocks and Indian relics, many of them gathered from south ern Oregon. Upon entering the museum one sees the huge fireplace built by John D. Bowdish of stone from the Siskiyou moun tains. The walls are lined with glass cases containing one of the most beautiful collections of polished agate in the world. Some of the stones were brought from Texas, Florida, Utah, Nevada and South America. Crystals on Display Crystals of all colors and design are on display along with a large collection of fos sil bones. Burt Foster has a collection of jade brought from Frasier river, Knmloops, Hriti.sh Col umbia. This consists of knives and tools, such as chisels and hatchets, made with sand stone. It is said It takes as many as five years of rubbing and work to make tools of jade. Some of them are esti mated to be 0.000 years old. Laurence Messell has a col lection of ivory from the Aleutian islands. Some of the ivory is carved In the shape of knives ar.d long pieces with hooks. There are ivory horns, walrus, seal and sea lion teeth. Indian Relics Displayed Treavcll Turpln has been collecting Indian relics and arrowheads for many years, and has a large display of arrowpoints and clay pieces. He has found miniature dolls I , niw Tniinnr TUr HF ART j Or OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE Departun Dilti: SiplimMr 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, , rSCORTI 0 TOUR ... Vie Tfeit- ! J50.0O0 I unity I Iner lv: IS lo IS MQQII Ffom Portlind T03 The only tour of iti kind . . . com 1 hininv newt roulis lo the tuitini birthplaces oi our nationel history wilh brilliant, flemini fall color , . . with nightly stoooveri. Other hithlighlt: ell live Great Lake i. Montreal, Rocky Coast ol Maine, historic cilies. J Skyline Drive g Ihrouoh Shenan e doeh Netionel e Park. Dakota Bad J I ends. Mount Rushmore. etc. ( SIND TODAY FOR C0I0RIUI FREE ITIMRARY! ! TOUR A lull MONTH of Sun end Fun hy Triljy' JSC 000 Luury Liner Bus . . . Doped Portlcnrt Daily, Oct. 22-28. ESCORTED TOUR $JQ Q as low as T- 7 This 30 day va cation (always e eii outl wes piatved to be the rnont ijo'j. ously reielrfjs end colcjlul any here' Other hiiiliiMs Mtse Verde National Fa'k. Colorado Roikif. Oraiks. Bok Tower. ior Itous Ever lodes. Not Sprints Nationel Park, end many other see nir wondrrs1 h-cnl I ly stoonir SFN0 TODAY CO! OR! lit I I I I N FRAP!" B TRAILWAYS; TRAVIL BURIAU r.-. - 5?0 S ft. SilmM, ftiltni 4, 0't J V NEW ENGLAND II; raaESSSSSBBsi . jifi autumn : . - ' ; holiday j t;;-;--: ;: v - A . . - a ; in i ! UA Is IS! vff HOLIDAY j la and animals such as doer, elk, fish and dogs. These were put on sticks and held In the fire to harden the clay. They all show the mark of the stick which held them. Bruce Wilson has a varird collection of different types of arrow points. Many are gem quality points marie from agate and jasper. Some were found on Trail creek and Keen creek. C. P. Jensen has had SO years of collecting from all the stales, but mostly on the Columbia river and in Mon tana. The Glenn Johnstons from Hilts, Calif., have been collecting for 17 years, and have about 50 frames of ar rowheads, many of them on display at the museum. Roy Reed has a varied col lection also and some choice points from Nevada, the Klamath Falls area and the Rogue Valley. John Mass of Med ford has a display of copper ilems found on the Columbia river which indicate ihe first sign of while men trading wilh the Indians in this part of the country. Arrowhead Collection Ed Berry, William llnnscnm, and Irving Hanscom, all of Phoenix, are arrowhead col lectors, having found most of their ' points in Jackson, Jo sephine and Klamath coun ties, as has Dorothy Todd of Ashland. Among other displays is a skull found in Chase, Brilish Columbia. The man was proh ahly only four or five feel tall. A matting found near Bly, INDIAN RELICS Remnants from past civilizations that once flourished in southern Oregon are arranged In these displays at the The Week in Construction Strike, Legislature By United Presi International Northern California con struction crews picked up their tools and returned to work last week, thereby end ing an eight week si i ike and lockout that had halted work on $3.3 billion worth i,f proj ects. The constru.-tlon tieuti oe gan with sporadic picketing by Ihe laborers union May 1. Other workers refused to cross the picket lines and em ployers retaliated with a gen eral shutdown May 11. The laborers reached an agreement with the Associat ed Crncrnl t'tmtriiclor.s lust Tuesdny. They got a 70-ccnt-an hotir pneknue nyc in crease over a three vcir pe riod. OIIht unions whilst- i-mi-Iracls had also expired, set tled with the contractors la ter and also received in creases In the 70 cent range. Session of Legislature A special session of the legislature also ended l.isi week with Gov, Fdmund (t. Rrown getting what he want ed. The Governor, dismacd hy voters' refusal to pass a $270 million stale building bond In the June 3 primary, asked the lcgisfiln?s to re submit an bIiiki Identical is sue in November. DJejiite Re publican objections, the leg islators ntcd nut the new bond bill a the Governor Republicans lyd waited to lil Ihe Ism., in two n.-n ts: i the first to apvji ar on llg' bal- lot as a S223 million bond for highc: cdvn-auon. the ond. a $47 million bond lor0"1' 111 s- nrw 5t;lr pnnn junl tncntnl ho!pitnl5. " ip iiiMiItnui ihp rrs intt'lliil""'' if w pioi nt n linnet (ho nmv hmiri isur to thr vnlrm nUi'in," ntfcj.it'd COP Asrinhyituni .lnhn nu.strrud nf S.ui Ki ;nn is. n (ji;nnR Uc fmul rii-bir Thf rr w ill bo opp Hi(f t r" " utt Uir mhIIm! hnwtvrf ilus Itmo, thr hniiM i-Mir o nlflMHlinM will ni,ikf rit.u I that 80 per cent of thp fund , r ' '.rmt. j I. , ' .V 7 ... ' 1 tirfj h ) s it t rtt 1 J- FEATURED A capsule of what the visitor can expect to find In the Crater Rock museum is provided in thisj sign, which is posted at the entrance to the museum, near Central Point. Next to the sign are Delmar Ore., is woven of wild rye grass. It is 24 inches long and 18 inches wide and has han dles on each side. This was used like a basket to carry new born children. Also on display Is a clay howl found in Arizona and Crater Rock seen in this California Session Both End go to expand hiKher edura turn. Brown said 1lv.it an un clear explanation In June vva r principal c'nis for tho is sue's dcteal IVfiiro adjnurnin.i thi- 2'v d.iy meeting, '-fcislal.rs and the Governor considered re submitting nnolher ricfoa-ed bond issue to voters in No vember This was the J130 million issue for the develop ment of recreation facilities. Sen, Ronald Cameron, D Aubni n, had gone so f ir as to put in a bill authorizing a new. $1(10 million issue for Ihe November Iv.'llnt, but the GovcnoM- and Republicans I could nol agree mi whether I to make it an I Win for Ihe special session, tfrown Slid , he would not make it an Item unless Ihe Republicans agreed in advance to support ihe new bond issue, ThiG()P said it would not pi omise 'anything until Rrown lsaed I the call Narcotics.! The Supno"' Cmul of the I'nited Slates declared that a section of 'California law dealing with .narcotics was iftconstitntion nl The section made It pos sible (or the slate to jail a person bet ause he w as an ad dict Among the many protests was one from Assemblyman Frank l.anlernian. R-La Can aoa. wlio asked Gov. Brown to call another special ses- " "t the lcsi.laOre. "t the Governor rOfused, saving ! thp court ruling did not af- ' '6 siaie s-iuu.o, ,.... s,-c-Omitm';" "d """" l'",v Ln: Co S 2 volo. thr Stalo Stiprcfio Wnirl uphrld ,in o:irlitT HrtMMon hi rttio ;ud nmnKs inv ti"t Irfiis l.i'o itcnnst soxua! i'Inlinns biCftit-n .ov,f prrstis This w O thr ("in0 th.it thr r.ntrt -pokr in thf ci.ntnor si.il ('ami .i9' ro And en. o ni.-tr it t'vito 0.0 I tl.i'utr h.id pi re mi p tod itr f'.-td of Mi l! iraishitiO-, ri'id thit !hr )ftfi.i!ilnr h;d piMrd no law tiaint ned ... ' ' 1 1 ' II r-m VlORUyS FINEST COLORf Ui. SLABS Of PETRIFIED W000 VIRGIN GOLD NUGGETS FROM SOUTHERN OREGON AGATE-FILLED THUNDER EGGS FOSSIL ELEPHANT TEETH EIGHT TO TEN MILLION YEARS OLD 4 LOCAL COLORFUL GEM UTIFUl CRYSTAL said to be S0(1 years old. The bowl is similar to present day fruit jars, and one of the first signs of man's storing of food. Remnants of corn and seeds were found in the bowl. Indian bowls large and small are on display along yjpliaMwestgyy museum. Most of the ohlects photo are Indian arrowheads. Special adult rx. Miss lanr, n 2R-yrar-n1d Hollywood morirl, was run virted of vinlflline a Los An polos ordinnrr ;ic;inst tin wrd sox. On Pro 21. lflfil. thr hijih court ordered that tho charRo against her be dis missed. Last work's ruling affirmed that decision. Divorc: Paul Garcia of Oakland was granted an interloctury divorce on a claim tliHt his wife w.is "cold and indifferent. " The couple "has eifcht children. I Sisi: Officials ;t the Hrlf- I fith Park Zoo in l.ns Anceles lire hoping 1 1 wit motherhood m;iy mellow 15 year did : f em ale il'o'npanro named Silvio who used to bile zoo at- ' tendants and rough up her mate Sumo garv hi rill lo a s son recently, and has boon acting like any other proud parent ecr since, to the ex tent of living po;uoahly in '. the same cage with her mule, Toto. Offirials arc keoptng . their fingers crossed ! Initiatives: Suppoticts of three initial ives that would havp affected public health land the schools have failed ' tn Hthor entMigh. .ignaturcs to qualify their prop'als for , the November tatl.'t. The fust of the m o a s u r e s would hap pro ided free health service for all Califor- ntans. thp second would have given free medical carp to the aged, and thr third was :aimcd at aboli.-hing a law that allows the .tatr lo se- 1 loot textbooks for rlrmen'.ary schools Mtrger: The Southern Pa cific and the Thicago, Rock Island and Pacific Hail roads diclosed last week that thev wore conducting t.ilk that could load to a merger The talk wee e under w .n in ?'h-:CO OO ( ariets a- the Air Ko Oil adeniv The m .1 1' rXj'ii walk hi i Artlk htg'i It-'iiic area of live at ;doim ' 5 ilcd Mr it CotiM.u.Op-mgv t .1(1 tOnt fet. INDIAN WIFKkM AGATES ' ' FORMATION"; Smith, left, museum owner, and Roy Reed, president at the Siskiyou Archaeological so ciety, which meets at the museum and dis plays collection of Its members there. wilh platters, stone war clubs and net sinkers. The museum has a board of directors composed of Delmar Smith, Frieda Smith, Bruce Manlry, Elmer Binker. Her bert Foster, Francis Otis and Marshall Weidman. Meeting at the museum at regular intervals is the Siski you Archaeological society, which was formed in April, 1961, and now has 28 active members. Club members are interested in hunting for still more rocks and Indian relics in southern Oregon. eeaweliaeeeeeaeseieeeeeeiiiiwill ', - --. - - - urn t ii ee i e m le miiiimr Hi riinem i'ii a arm efrri'itiJeiiiea iiie-aaiufli etemreilii rtanaeini n-y 'r ...- iP..sI0M IJ i I 1 PU r35f A pre-hung, self-storing CEMENT K ' I Il;r combination ell-alumin- V- 1 M 9 J- N H urn door. 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IIJO 18-KARAT ; L r 1 "IJI P9rRo11 GOLD-PLATED KEY g ; P u With Every $5.00 2 4 BIG DAYS JUNE 29 & 30 JULY2&3 'i inch INSULATION SHEATHING 2'x8' Sheets $57 per M Dutch Boy White HOUSE PAINT S395 Gallon AIR CONTROL WINDOWS 9i l" ' -' -- - ' ; : Complflrlv Wetrhei Stripped Nvlon RnDfr, Auromahe LttK 10 44 All for u a i On DISPLAY One or the many collections described as on display at the Crater Rock museum is the world, thia exhibit of petrified wood and agate, Water Survival Course Scheduled in Med ford A course in family water suivival will be offered to the public beginning July 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Medford YMCA. The classes will be held each Monday night through out July, and will be given to persons regardless of their swimming ability, YMCA of ficials said. Each class will be directed Berry All Steel GARAGE DOOR 0er Head Track r win. $59 $6200 "E" Grade SIDING For Gartgei, Bernt, Utility Buildingt 39 per M Pat 8i Mike's Builders Service 2802 Crater Lake Hwy Ph. 773-7431 h'& & toward some aspect of water safely or life saving that can be done by a non-swimmer or weak swimmer. The first session will deal with elementary forms of rescue. The section will be taught by Dr. William H. Roberts. The second section will deal with artificial respi ration, the new mouth to mouth type, and how to use a life preserver. It will be Black r Penker U" DRILL Th pk, o( vK-' rr to r.r tr ini i in or dnvTnn ttifhmn' i'T Miidip,' pvl i-iini Mmt. mTf 1nvir(, rrimminet tu- Hc!i.l tr lff mrt(h paimt-r rlo Coniouml at- h.m.in fr Arm, ffn forijihlej jnp 1.1(1 vrright. 10 95 ONLY 1?l t:sl km- "Si I 3 i $ & . one or the most beautiful in taught by Lanell Wilkes, chairman of the Red Cross water safety committee. The third section will deal with things not to do when trying to help some one in the water. The fourth section will deal wilh survival swim ming, flotation devises and other aspects of self protec tion around the water. The last section will deal with boat safety. The course is limited to 30 persons and registrations may be made at the Medford YMCA, 522 West Sixth St., or telephone 772-6295. With Every $5.00 PURCHASE GOLD GAR KEY With Your Own Initial S PURCHASE & II 3 wwmmmmmmymm ' -jw't' 'wvi txQrvvm vs. fit S i s is "I (Armstrona CEILING Reenter fnr our free ccilms dra -ins. Nothin! to h-v; nothinc to RTitc Evr-rvone may enter; anyone coulri wm. You may win the Armstrong ceiling of your chnire. C hoow from 10 umart dei?ns in dorora.ive or noiae-quietinj ceilinr Ide.il for covering unsightly cracked ceilings in anv room in your home. Easy to install. Do it yourself. REGISTER TODAYI Drawing To Be Held August 1 Museum Special Tours Are Scheduled Daily For Play Patrons Ashland - Three special tours will be available this year to Oregon Shakespearean Festival Patrons during tha 44-day 1962 season. Guided and reasonably priced, the tours will add to a growing list of Festival side attractions. Departing daily at 8 a m. from the Mark Antony hotel in Ashland and 8:25 a.m. from Jackson House in Medford will be a Crater Lake Tour Conducted by a naturalist, sightseeing groups will make, the 35-mile rim drive at Urn lake (with photo slops), walk through the wilriflower gar dens, have lunch at Crater Lake Lodge, enjoy two hours of free roaming, and return with ample time for dinner and the evening's play. Jacksonville Tours On Wednesdays and Sun days, tours will leave at 9 a.m. from the Mark Antony and 9:30 a.m. from the Jack son House for Jacksonville, which is rapidly becoming a popular tourist attraction. Vis itors will see Jacksonville Mu seum, tour Beekman House, take a leisurely carriage ride, have lunch, and return by miriafternoon. Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 a.m. from Mark Antony and 8:30 a.m. from Jackson House tour groups will leave for tha Oregon Caves National Mon ument. The trip will Include a visit to the caverns plus the opportunity for luncheon at the Chalet if desired. i iMniiii i ijirt'it) mi j ftini ii mm m iu'Vi I m jj'M
