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4 B SUNDAY. JUNE 23, 1SS3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORO, OREGON smbed Dim lliifiireinnies omid $md Br MICHAEL T. MALLOY Unittd Press International New Delhi-(Un)-An Indian pilot with a name like Muk berjce put his skilled handi on the control of a giant Jet liner one day this week and brought a planeload of tour ists into Calcutta airport with deft precision. At the same moment, an other Indian with a name like Mukherjce, threw his numbed weight against the wood and leather harness of a crude rickshaw. He dragged his tourist into the streets of Cal cutta with the blank eyes and sweating flanks of an over worked cart horse. The neatly turned-out pilot and half-naked, barefoot coolie are worlds away from each other in education, poli tics and the amount of food they put into their stomachs. But by the standards of the paridoxlcal "nation" of India, they have many things in common. They are both dark and slim and obviously different from their burly, fair-skinned, f ' low citizens in northwertern India. Sophislicaltd Language They both speak a sophisti cated language called Bengali. They look down on India's 13 other "official" languages as crude and barbarous dialects. Diamond Sun Glass Lenses are so sturdy guaranteed against breakage! Rlghll Becaut. of an Interna hast treatment, thai lanses have man timas tha strength of ordinary sun glassas. If a lens should break, wo will mak. replacement without charge. Yet . . . they're made of finest optical glass in a horizon gray shade that's scientifically suparior to other lansas. Frames aro finishtd to dolicato feminine requirements or handsome and massive for man. Complete Eya Examination Convenient Credit We give ijr' Green Stamp COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Phono 772-9990 casual shopping with convenient parking Drs. Omit J. Nslts sue William T. Hodion 0L They are both Hindus, yet they live in a country which contains more Catholics than Ireland and more Moslems than Egypt. The two Mukherjccs are worlds away from each other. But they are also worlds away from most of the 440 million other Indians who make this the most complicated, confus ing nation on earth. India can only be described In extremes and paradoxes like the Mukherjees. Compare it for i n s t a n c a with another sub-continent Western Europe. India is big ger and more populous. It includes more races, religions, languages, people and social classes. Yet India, somehow, Is single nation. Great Irregular Triangle The nation sprawls over 1,221,880 square mile . en closed in a great irregular triangle. The triangle south ernmost point reaches as far south as Venezuela. Its north western corner is 2,000 miles away, In the latitude of the U. S. state of Oklahoma. The second highest moun tain in the world-K-2-is lo cated on this northwestern shoulder. An Imaginary super man with a 2,000-mile vision could see all of India if he climbed to the top of this five mile high peak. Looking toward the Indian plains, he would see range on range of snowcapped moun tains directly below him Slant-eyed Tibetan-speaking Buddhist monks turn prayer wheeb and sip yak butter tea on the mountain-sides. Grey' green tents of the Indian army are pitched around the monks monasteries to guard against further Red Chinese incur sions- Similar tents are pitched further south in the beautiful Kashmir valley, which 's dis puted b e t w i en India and Pakistan. World of Their Own The fair-skinned Kashmiris, many of whom have blond hair and blue eyes, live in a world of their own, where clear trout streams rush down from pine clad mountains and palatial houseboats drift lazily on the gleaming Dal Lake. Further south, and over an other range of mountains, lies the storied Punjab. This Is a ent farmers who own their own land and have the high est standard of living among the Indian peasantry. The Punjabis are fighters as well as farmers. They call their land "the sword of In dia,' and send more of their sons to the army than the people of any other state. Below the Punjab lies the Indian capital of New Delhi. Strategic Location The capital is the most strategic location in India. It lies near the headquarters of the great Indus and Ganges river valley, which make up the rich and ancient plains of Hindustan. South of the great river valleys of Hindustan, India began to change. The people become darker as the traveler crosses the Deccan plateau of central India. Their language changes from the ancient San skrit based tongues of the north to the soft accents of the Dravidian languages. The differences are as great, or greater, as the transition from Norway to Sicily. The southerners are divided Into four states, including the narrow, coastal strip of Ke rala which was once ruled by the only freely elected Com munist regime In the world. At the same time, Kerala is the most Christian state India more than half the people can read and write. 250 Hours ol Work Done in City Parks About 230 hours of work in maintenance of Medford parks was completed during May by men on welfare, ac cording to Robert L. Haworth, director of park and recre ation. Haworth presented the monthly report of the depart ment' activities at the recent meeting of the city park and recreation commission. Haworth noted that sopho more boy of Medford High school began a series of swim instruction as part of the school's physical education program during May. He ex plained that this year one of every 10 boys was a non swimmer compared to four of every 10 when the program started in 1030 The Jackson county Softball association began league play May 12 and played 30 games during the month. The league, which includes 10 teams, plays at Jefferson. Hedrick Junior High, and Jackson schools and Hawthorne Dark In I until facilities are available and tne only one where I at Jackson park. f TAUMJS. Sv APR. 21 ( MAY Jl H 36-39.4a 1 ftV66-76-80-89l I mm I kr)19.22-23-J0 eVJ8.61.74 1 CANCe. 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MAR. WVt4 The brief survey from the top of K-2 leaves out many interesting dot on the map of India. It ignores the west coast metropolis of Bombay, where 3 million people live in a bustling, booming city as sophisticated as any in Eu rope. It scarcely touches on the ghastly slums of Calcutta. where uncounted thousands are born, live and die in the streets, on even terms with the homeless cow which wan der aimlessly through city iranic. But hardest to see is the social growth which floats up pilots, engineers, doctors and scientists to the surface of the vast pool of Indian humanity. This educated, cosmopoli tan "elite" is numbered in the millions. They pour steel, build Jet airplanes and grind out more movies than Hollywood. They skipper a merchant navy twice as big as Australia's. The engineers turn out more kilowatt hours of electricity than Denmark, Portugal, Cuba, Ireland and Hungary combined. Enrolled in Universities More than 100.000 Indian youth are enrolled in univer sities in Calcutta alone. The literate population of the country, all by itself, would form the fourth largest nation in the world. But for 110 million Indians who can read and write, there are 330 million who cannot even sign their names. For every booming steel mill, there are thousands of villages which have no roads, telephones or school. For every white coated sci entist at the Trombay atomic reactor station, there are thou sands of peasants too super stitious to let themselves be vaccinated for smallpox. The political leadership of Jawharlal Nehru is giving the peasants a "do it yourself education in democracy. The leadership trusts itself to the vote of the poor and ignor ant, and so far the peasants and ccjlics have retuiu this trust at the voting booth. MT0CH! 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This sales program will enable you to provide your clients with thorough financial planning. If you are such a person and would like to hear more about this unique and revolutionary opportunity, send a one-page letter summarizing your personal and business career to Box 7034-D, Mail Tribune, All replies will be treated . with strictest confidence. We will immediately arrange a personal Interview. : Urge Your Friends and Guests to STAY and PLAY ANOTHER DAY! . . . and don't miss a visit to the- Jacksonville Museum DRelln o o o The Colorful Days of the Old West... The Thrills of the Gold Rush and Indian Wars! An HISTORICAL TREAT! Tha attractive .Id brick courthouse that houitt tha Jacksonville Muieum U, lt.lf, steeped In the history of the days before the turn of th. cntgry. Th. form.r lest of Jackson County government, dating from III3-M, this venerable .Id structure was seen, of many bitter curt ea.i, th. most sensational being tha IrUI of th. D'Autr.mont brothers, train bandits, and th. trial of alleged Ku Klux Klan members for an attempted lynching. T. accommodate th. growing number of exhibits, th. Southern Oregon Historical Society has added buildings adjacent le this old ourth.UB.-all open to tha public ... all fre.l Th. entire Rogue River Valley is rich In th. romance ef th. old Wait, and there's no finer, mora enjoysble wy to reliv. thos. days than to visit YOUR Jacksonville Museum. You, your family and especially out-of-town guests will delight In the mora than 6.000 individual collections. Among its most popular exhibits are the Britt Gallery, a replica of Peter Brill's Photographic Studio, on. of th. earliest in th. Pacific Northwest, the Indian Room, containing artifacts and relics made and used by tha valley's first inhabitants, tha Gun Room, mineral displays and fluorescent room, a children's room, parlor, collection of wedding dresses and a Civil War exhibit. Th. Southern Oregon Historical Society administers and maintains this museum-one of tha finest in tha Wist and mora than a HALF MILLION names appear on th. registration bookl On. of th. finest ways to keep our southern Oregon guests her. for an extra day is to suggest a visit to tha Jacksonville Museum. They'll lov. It-end it's all FREEI " v -: 's l-'? a.wj Ont of tha popular tiliibirs ar trie Jacksonville Muieum it the Urse rJoll collextioit. Shown above is Curator Mary Henler with a small rJoll itoeo hkh has boon in her timily in tha Rofuo Hirer Valley for three (tnerations. Anel be sura, when yon visit Jacksonville, to tha old leekman lank nearby. With the akt ren pump at rti d, this hiiroric bank standi at tha corner as it did when it was tha hjdinf financial snititution in southern Oreeen. Tha bank bat been doted many ytari but turmshinei aro tha samt at they ware when It ceaied operation upon the death of the pioneer banker. It has recently been reopened as a adjunct to the Jacksonville Muieum. The Beokman home, too, is another delrfhrtul attraction in Jackson tile. Don't mist it. COURTESY MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
