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MtDKORD MAIL THlbUME. MEDtOHD. OREGON J i";' Y7 . Xfftr ' Wii 'Wi r73 FAIR QUEEN OF FAIR - Sallve Jo Howell. 18. of Whittier, Calif., happily shows her crown after she was named queen of the Los Angeles county fair. Miss Howell won the title over 10 other contestants. -tUPI) Juvenile Delinquency Feeds Hungry Youths in Pakistan By LEMMY PINNA Unittd Press International Karachi, Pakistan - H'Pli -Juvenile delinquency is not regarded as a problem in Ka rachi because it is unofficially accepted as a way of earning a living. Newspaper boys and ado lescent coolies regularly earn I a fast rupee through a shady I deal involving anything from ! the procurement of American I cigarettes to the sale of U. S. I dollars on the black market. I These boys are the middlemen I for adult operators. Inside the shabby, gray-1 washed Empress Market, a small regiment of coolies sup plement their meagre income by getting cuts from the 1 butcher, the baker and the man who operates under ground. They can lead a customer to a bottle of Scotch at $2 un der the price at a legitimate wine shop along Elphinstone St. To voracious eaters, foreign canned goods - pilfered by trusted cooks and houseboys - make a tempting morsel. They also give such coolies a fair-size cut in profits from the clandestine sales. All in all, one of these boys revealed, a skillful procure ment coolie who has his cus tomers accurately tabbed can make the equivalent of $100 per month on the sly. An aver age government clerk's salary is S35 per month. These teen-age wheelers and dealers often eat meat and eggs, rarities even on the din ing tables of the better than average middle-class families. "The price of respectability is too high," said one of the boys. Because of his deadpan sense of humor, his aggressive ness and talent for spotting easy customers, this coolie has become the leader of his pack. He earns an average of $150 a month. This youth has acquired a brick bungalow in Korangi township where thousands like him in the Refugee Re settlement area on an income so low children remain un schooled and babies turn scrawny and scabrous, if they do not die of malnutrition. Unlike his hapless neigh bors, however, his family of one wife, one child, parents and a brother eat well and live well, comparatively. Their two-room, one court yard and one bathroom doll house has been extended to take in another room and a rain-proof roof has given them shelter against the merciless monsoon showers. How. he asked, could any one deliberately turn his back on much-needed income for the sake of respectability . . . when such income made the difference between hunger and life? Typical of the many coolies that prowl along Bohri Ba zaar, teeming Empress Mar ket and the labyrinthian slums of Bunder rd., he once had a taste of respectability as a I house boy in a foreigner's ' house. He did not make enough to feed his family. Un j educated, and unable to ob l tain a white-collar Job in a ! city where the unemployment 1 ratio has kept the average clerk's salary at an impossible low-level, he took to his pres ' sent profession. ; Plying their underworld trade requires these boys to have more skill than brawn. A chief requirement is an ability to guess the nationality ; of a customer coupled with a ; more than average grasp of current world affairs. To gain the confidence of a foreign customer they will strongly advocate democracy to an American . . calling Khrushchev "a nut." To a Rus sian, socialism alone can level the social inequalities in Pak istan. Once they even pointed at Princess Michiko as Ja pan's most forthright ap proach at democracy. As a rule, these boys glean their knowledge from the urdu newspapers read com munally by a literate member in their group or from gossip traded among their elders. Some stray into the Russian propaganda Centre, the Voks library, in Elphinstone st where they learn all about Russian socialism. It is worth realizing that of the 25 boys interviewed, . American library caters to the I interest of the illiterates who not one has been to the USIS middle class, while the Rus- constitute about 85 per cent library. They claimed the I sians are out to channel the ' of the population of Pakistan. SOD HOUSES Washington A million or more sod houses once dotted the American plains, the Na tional Geographic o c i e t y says. Village Variety & Garden Shop Hunting t Fishing licenses Issued PAY ELECTRIC BILLS HERE "Medford't Only Independent Variety Store" Next to "Piggly Wiggly" 2 Day Photo Finishing Service POST OFFICE ALWAYS OPEN 771 Stewart Avenue 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Weekdays - 10 to 6 Sunday 773-7002 TOYS . 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Conservator Basilr Mun yaga. 35, who was born on the fringe of the park, esti mates there now are between 12,000 and 13.000 tuskers on the lush grecnlands of his do main. The herbivorous hippo have reached the 14.000 mark and should be thinned out lo preserve grass for the mul titudes of antelopes and oth er grazing animals also on the increase. Munyaga said. Tame Buffalo Thirty thousand water bug falo, as tame as Jersey cow?, glower fearlessly at motorists bumping along the over grown tracks. In many places sight or smell of an automo the tracks have completely disappeared because of en croaching grass and lack of traffic. One by one the jeeps used by the African game wardens to patrol the reserve have all cracked up. Because of the Congo's desperate economic situation and lack of foreign currency they cannot be re placed. Lacking mobility in this huge stretch of territory, the wardens are at a disadvan tage in iheir fight against poachers. The Rwindi hotel, high on a windswept escarpement overlooking the lion country, is without plumbing. The pump bringing water from a spring two miles away crack ed up. Water for the wardens and tourist? who stay at the hotel now has to be rolled up in barrels from the spring. Guests do as best they can with buckets in their rooms. But if rutted tracks, plumb ing and transport inconveni ence the humans, the only effect on the animals has been greater isolation in their natural habitat. Many of the animals now are wary of automobiles. Two years ago they knew the shape and smell of a car and knew it was harmless. Today, the younger animals are oft en startled into flight by the Williams BREAD HAS EVERYTHING" bile. The browsing elephants, however, can still be ap proached by car to within 20 yards before they turn away slowly nuzzling their young ahead of them with delicate thrusts of their trunks. Lion also abound. The Conservator estimates there are now above 400 ranging the area between the north of Lake Kivu and the south of Lake Edward. In a dawn trip to the north of Rwindi, this correspond ent saw two pride totalling 21 adults and cubs within 15 minutes of leaving the hotel. The Conservator said this was unique in his 15 years' experience with lions in his area. They had killed a buf falo a few yards off the main track - further proof that they were not used to having many visitors. Judging by the hundreds of vultures waiting patiently in the acacia trees for the lions to cat ther fill, these scavengers certainly are not on the decline either. The marshlands rimming Ihc southern tip of Lake Ed ward are alive with flamingo, duck, pelican, fishing eagle and other water fowl. Lacking transport, money and trained personnel It has not been possble to hold an animal census since independ ence but the Conservator said "we can tell by eye that ev erything is on the increase." -t I 'I II ; Grange News Gold Hill Grange The recent meeting of Gold Hill Grange was called to or der by Master Wilbur Martin. Seven regular officers were absent because of the State Fair and vacations. Other members were appointed pro tern to fill the stations. Committees were called and reports were given, including a report regarding the Rogue Basin Flood Control bill in Washington, D.C. It also was reported that work had start ed on the sidewalk project at the Grange hall. Lecturer Willie McLean called on Mrs. Lynne Scott to relate the Scotts' activities during the last summer. To celebrate their IRth wedding anniversary the Scotts took a trip through the high lakes area of Oregon. Ralph James reminded Grange members of the Win-nemucca-to-the-S e a highway dedication. 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