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B THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo It's like pulling tcee stumps to get ichabod to finish a meal at home-" But eating out at a neighbor's table-he gives the impression he's starved at home.- K , ) PLATE OR NO f My ns so Til VVfl (DESSERT.' FINISH) GOOD TO SEE I I w fHAVENT IIJI IS UP .TO BED -V V BOY EAT A cTJTAi V ! TOUCHED Ir v ' V I ENOUGH, ' lOAt sVSfQ" or 2. "o Ave., V cW X FCe Last U.S. Cavalry Horse Now In Retirement at Fort Riley ing band that served from early Indian skirmishes until the 26th Cavalry Regiment was wiped out by Japanese during World II at Luzon and Bataan. Mechanization dealt the mounted army a heavy blow. Cavalry men were retrained and their mounts were sold or retired. This former out post of mounted cavalry was converted to a training ground for nuclear combat. Although the years have claimed all the other govern ment-owned riding stock, and most of their riders, Chief re mains a sentimental tic. Chief was a good, all- around cavalry horse, espec ially good in jumping, said retired M-Sgt. John It. Smith of Junction City, Kan. "He was a mount that any trooper would want. W.ll Liked "Chief was a popular horse and well liked. He was so gen tle that anybody could ride him." MaJ. Lylc Scott Jr., post By JOSEPH H. CARTER 1 Ft. Rliey, Kan. - IUHI - The last U.S. Cavalry horse, Chief, prances here in retirement, defying old age and the mechanized army. The 30-year-old bay gelding Is healthy, sleek and fat. He romps alone in the post corral like a colt, although his age is the equivalent to that of a 120-year-old man. He ignores the cold instruments of mod ern nuclear war that now sur round him. When he dies, a full mili tary funeral is planned fur Chief. He will be buried be side the "Old Trooper" Cav alry monument in the center of historic Ft. Riley - for his death will end an era. Chief is the sole surviving government-owned mill t a r y mount. Last of Thousands Old boots and saddle sol diers, a few on duty here and many retired In the surround ing countryside, think of Chief as "the last of thou sands." He represents a fight- STAR GAZER, Br CLAY R- IUI.LAN- 0 h i.w.j VttOO 4 AU(t f;A art a! Your Daily Activity Guidt According lo (fit Stan. To develop niesiO'je for Fndav, lead words cor reminding to numbco ot your Zodiac bmh iign. 1 Pmnnol 3 1 On A I dm J Should .Li Lh. m l.out'1. 4 Yihj 34 lxx'al t Agimer Ali'0f -'ft Ptutilut' Ntw 7 Wouh L'Hh V lUivmnj 8 A,k ,.VWi r. Rtwiy 9 iofnoot t-oim W New 10 trJ 40 r-'.HHH 0 Dav 11 Let 41L,rtlt. 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There is no way of know ing. But so far the outlook is good." Scott said that last year Chief was thin, lacking in energy and his head hung low with the ears back. But a diet change rejuvenated the old horse. Released from the stable to day, Chief bursts off with a run. He lies down, rolls in the sand then jumps to his feet with a kick. Then, proud as the history he represents, he prances around the pen. A roll or two more generally sends him to a ncarbv clump of trees for another army tra dition - a 10-minute break. Born in 1932 Sfc. Robert B. Parker, the riding club stable officer and an ex-cavalry rider, said many persons guess Chief's age at t'J to 18 years. But the horse was born in 11K12 and Parker said the way horsemen figure. that makes him about 120 years old on the human scale. The army bought Chief in 1!M0 at Ft. Robinson, Neb., from T. A. Parker of Scotts bluff, Neb., for $103. Chief was transferred to Ft. Riley In 1941 and assigned to the 10th and then to the Bth cavalry units. He was moved to the cavalry school a year later. In December. 1049 and January, 1950, all horses un der 16 years were sold and those older were placed In semi-retiienient. There were 222 mounts in service then, about half of them past 16. Chief, then IB. was semi-retired and in July. 1953 was placed on full pasture. By 1955. only five retired animtils remained. They were the famous Gambler and Joe l.ouis, along with Fllka. Strolalong and Chief. All were geldings except Flika. a mare "Now tliev are all gone." Parker said, stroking his magnificent handlebar mus tache, "all except Chief - Hie last o( thousands." By WILBUR C. LANDREY UnlUd Prats International "President Tubman will lead the way to a brand new day, setting the nations free." So go the words ot a popu lar calypso in Liberia. William Vacanarat Shad- rach Tubman has been presi dent of this country since 1944. He is 67 today, and he already has agreed to run for a fifth term next year. There is no doubt he will be elected and, in all prob ability, he wilt be the only candidate. Now a nation of one million people and 43,000 square miles, coastal Liberia was set tled by freed American slaves beginning in 1822 and de clared an independent repub lic in 1847. While neighboring African territories were being colon ized by the British and French (who seized territory Liberia considered her own, too), Li beria was being mostly ne glected by the United States. Remained Backward The result was that she re mained one of the most back ward countries on Africa's west coast. The government is making a major effort to catch up, but there is a long way to go. 1 Under Tubman, Liberia has made more progress than at any other time in her history. When he took office, govern ment revenues were around $1 million a year. Today they are over $30 million and are expected to reach at least $70 million by 1070. And it was no accident that Liberia's capital, M o n rovia, gave its name to one of the major groups of African states nor that Liberia became the first black African member of the United Nations Security council last year. Traditionally, the country has been ruled by the "Amer ico - Liberians," the descen dants of the settlers from the United States, who are out numbered by the Indigenous tribal Africans by about 20 to 1. But the term has been out of favor since Tubman announced a national "unifi cation" policy when he took office. May Shift In fact, some tribal Africans have been brought into the government and the adminis tration, but the power is still in the hands of the belter edu cated "honorables." Eventual ly, the balance may shift, as it did in neighboring Sierra Leone. There is already some dis creet speculation about who will come after Tubman, al though the succession is like ly to be years away. At first, it may be one of the present cabinet, but another, younger, generation is coming up be hind them. Many are American -educated, and some of them tend to blame all of Liberia's ills on the United States. "It's not reassuring," one American diplomat said. An American - educated Li berian of the younger gener ation said he doubted that anti-Americanism would be a serious problem, but he agreed that some Liberians have come back bitter from their experiences with segre gation in the United Statos. He recalled his own school davs at Ohio university in Athens. Ohio. Wart Ejtcttd "One night, a Libcrian friend and I went across the state line in Parkcrsburg, W. Va , not knowing it w as high ly segregated. '' he said. "We saw a young people's dance and went in. It ended up by us being ejected and chased by kids yelling nigger, nig ger, go home." Even before the Cuba blockade, the Libcrian govern ment quietly forbade Liber Subscribers To rHft linnrnpfr f non rlflnrrv of the Mil Tribun in Me.tlord phonf "T.'-RMI. AiM tand cull al llfl Rnrtft it . or pin in Ui-.inoj. Yrk phon Vlriorv a-iiS'iR tofor i.S p m. daily and 10 30 am Synrtav If rfiiilaf rtehvtrv rrii aborlly atler vou rail pita notifv pfflr tht eliminating i api't1 meifnfr Krvtc. Girl Ends Life In 55-Foot Drop 1 San Francisco - UTT - In the girl s purse police found a list of names - Kevin. Dean, Irene. Jeanette - names she was considering for her first born child, expected in month. There was also a cheerful letter to a friend. She and her husband, she wrote, cele brated their first wedding an niversary 10 days ago. "For Christinas I'm giving him a baby. I hope he likes It." The purse was beside the broken body of Zaida Lee Moses. 17. She was found in shrubbery J5 feet below an overpass In San Francisco. Officers said dust streaks on the overpass railing Indi cated she hung there several minutes before dropping, ap parently in indecision. The only explanation came from her father: "Even when she was a lit tle girl," he said, "she was frightened of doctors. She was always scared of them. I don't know why , . ." ian-flag vessels to trade with Cuba. But when the Cuban crisis came, a taxi driver asked: Why can't the Russians have base there if the Cubans want them to?" Liberia uses American money, the major part of her trade la with the United States and her flag is the Stars and Stripes - with one star. Abra ham Lincolns portrait ap pears on the ten-cent stamp. But, partly because of her long association with the United States, Liberia does not want to be known in Afri can circles as an "American stooge" either. Vice President William Tol- bert recently visited Russia, and Tubman told United Press International that he is con sidering going next year, too. The invitation has been out standing for several years. Education Probltm Liberia's main problem Is education. Past U.S. aid pro grams (and the U.S. has pro vided over $150 million since 1944) have been blunted be cause sometimes they could not be absorbed. Now the emphasis of both American aid and government policy is on education with the aim of raising the literacy rate from the present S per cent or so to 60 per cent by 1970. Iron ore makes Liberia po tentially rich. The country is expected to be one of the world's largest exporters, and ore exports already have taken over first place from those of rubber. Two mines are in operation and two more are being prepared. Monrovia. th ranital t. caught up in a state of rapid change. A few years ago, there was hardly a street light and few paved streets. Today new buildings are going up beside the corrugated iron shanties. The clatter and bank of construction is everywhere. 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