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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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INDIAN WIFKkM
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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