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- B TUESDAY. JUNE 25. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD. OREGCN 5iiiiMWwj FARMER'S PROTECTION Mosquitoes are making life so miserable (or farmers in Williamson County, Illinois, that Loren Nolen, Stonefort, 111., won't venture Into the fields for a prolonged period unless he is wearing a wire mesh hood along with overalls, leather jacket or raincoat, and gloves, even in 100-degrce weather. Some farmers have considered selling out and a bill has been introduced in the Illinois Leg islature to appropriate $10,000 to deal with the mosquito problem. (UPI) Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Raglitar and Tribuna Syndicate, '.961) Indian Children Taughi That Clouds Ara Piciuras In Sky "Up there the clouds fes toon the sky. By night and by day they are there. Even when we don't see them they still are present." Not In those words, but others of like meaning does the Seminole In dian mother explain to the children the constant and ev erlasting cloud formations that occur in the blue vault of the sky over the Everglades. The little black eyes of In dian children gaze with simple fascination and listen while their elders explain the mete orological phenomena. Not the scientific explanation of as cending air currents, convec tions, vaporization and con densation; of strata or Jet stream or of cumulus or cir rus. Such things would be of little interest to Indian chil dren of tender age. The chil dren see only shapes of birds, trees, canoes, and leaping deer. Thundar Is War-drum Sky-shapes change from minute to minute. A great war canoe tilled with warriors, brave and strong, sails across a never ending ocean of tran quil bluencss. The children clap their hands when they see the sky shapes tumble and roll and hold their ears wncn the thunder rolls across the swampland. For them, they are war-drums or the voice of the thunder is the scolding of the Great Spirit. Ihe children whisper to themselves that they will be very good If "the one with the heavy step will go away." Best of all, the children like the sky shapes when they are white and puffy and make no noise at all, but slide along and change their shapes. Sometimes it looks like two cloud shapes would run into each other. The children listen to see if there is a noise when the masses collide and are maybe a little disappointed when one cloud melts into an other. To small minds, it is very confusing. Funny too, that no matter how long they look they can never find two clouds alike. Looks Longingly To the little children, the changing cloud forms are nut images or portents of things to come but shapes of tilings Hint have been. Every Indian child looks longingly for his or licr favorite picture to appear on the canvas of the sky. The most desired shape is that of a great dugout canoe, manned by many warriors; their head dresses dancing, sailing the skyway, for the ciders have told the children that below the sawgiass, below the line of trees and far away, arc the great waters stretching away forever. "11 is one of the wonders my eyes have beheld" suid one of the wise tribesmen who had traveled fur Biid seen many wonders, "a great water, larg er than all the swampland so big it and the sky are one. Over it sail ships as big as a 'hammock' on which the In dian village stands, on the boat the white men, coming tho same as my forefathers tell about many summers BgO." In Darknass Too? And the Indian children look and listen at these fantas tic alories. told by one who has seen the things he tells about. No wonder the sky shapes are so wonderful, for thru come from over there and go nowhere. And when darkness flows over the wirnn lik iDilled berrv- julce on a white deerskin, and the only light comes from the campfire, the children wonder if In the darkness too the sky urrh overhead. When lightning flashes light the clouds by night, Seminole mothers tell the little ones. "The great firefly walks to night." In childish imagina tion the braves in the cloud canoe are striking fire, to see their way across the dark cloud-sea. For all little chil dren, whatever the color of their skin, have faiths by which they live and all dream their glorious dreams of sky- shapes in the ocean of blue. Brookings Resident Drowns in Cheteo Brooking -fUl'll- A lifelong resident of the Brookings area, Elmer Hanscam Sr., 73, fell from the rocks of the south Jetty on the Chclko river and drowned Monday afternoon. Hanscam was fishing on the Jetty at the time. Space Program Reduction Expected Washington - (UPD - Chair man George P. Miller (D Calif.) indicated today that his House Space committee probably would vote to cut nearly $500 million from next years civilian space program. The committee begin con sideration today of the $3.7 billion President Kennedy has requested for the National Aeronautics and Space ad ministration for the fiscal year starting July 1. Miller has been a strong supporter of the administra tions space requests. But he indicated he felt his commit tee would pretty much go along with the judgment of three subcommittees that spent several months going over the space budget item by item. "I assume that the commit tee members will defer to their colleagues who have gone into so much detail and know so much about the in dividual programs," Miller told a newsman. Festival Opens Area Box Offices Ashland Twenty -eight branch box offices in Oregon and northern California will again offer Oregon Shake spearean festival patrons in stant reservation service. The 1963 network, now in operation, links key popula tion centers from Portland to Palo Alto, maintaining a di rect telephone wire contact between each location and the theater's central box office in Ashland. According to General Man ager William Patton, ticket orders placed through branch agencies have gained steadily since the plan was launched in 1958. Each of the offices is located in a business firm. The local agent, by using the direct telephone circuit, can immediately determine the best seating availabilities for all performances. The 23rd season at Ameri ca's First Elizabethan theater begins July 24, with perform. a n c e s continuing nightly through Sept. 7. Rotating on the main bill are "Merry Wives of Windsor," "Romeo and Juliet," "Love's Labour's Lost," and "Henry the Fifth." Branch offices are located in Barrett's Stationery store, Grants Pass, Mann's Depart ment store, Medford, and at Bigfoot Ranch lodge, Klam ath River, in this area. Tax Equalization Problems Noted At Group Meeting Ray Barker, bead of the commercial division of the Jackson county assessor's of fice, recently spoke before the Jackson County Property Owners Rental association, discussing the various prob lems of tax equalization as they affect rental income. Barker discussed various Bassett Escapes Injury in Mishap Happy Camp Walter Daniel Bassett, 36, 1411 Prune St., Medford, escaped injury when the truck he was driving was involved in a collision with an auto driven by Ernest A. Snapp, 30, of Etna, on the Klamath River highway 11 miles northeast of Happy Camp Saturday night. Peter Sclby of Yreka was incorrectly Identified as the driver of the truck in Mon day's Mail Tribune. Snapp suffered a broken leg and chest injuries in the accident and was confined to Siskiyou General hospital. Autoists Should Exit To Sidewalk Chicago -WU- The automo bile driver and his passengers always should leave the car from the sidewalk side, advis es the Chicago Motor Club. Opening your door in traf fic not only could cause a passing car to hit you, but could cause an accident when it swerves to avoid your open door. Canned fruits taste better if they're opened and placed in a bowl and kept at room temperature one hour before using. methods of tax appraisal and explained that the capitaliza tion of income method is lit tle used in .Jackson county because the lack of in for ma tion available to the assessor's office for effective use. Barker urged the associa tion to make a comprehen sive survey based on income from rentals for usage by the assessor s office as a means of aiding in tax equalization and possibly affording some relief to rental owners. Appointed Chairman Wally Iverson was appoint ed chairman and coordinator to organize committees to work on the needs of the asso ciation. Iverson will contact members to work on the com mittees with him. Anyone In terested in helping with this work may call Iverson since there are many committees which can aid association members to lower operating costs and raise rental income without being forced to raise rents. It was decided that three work committees will be ac tive during the summer months and until fall there will be no formal general I! BIRTHDAY PARTY Mary Livingston claims she's much younger than husband Jack Benny's unchanging 39, and she holds a candy-coated 21 hand to prove it. She and Benny celebrated her birthday in Las Vegas this week. (UPI) meeting of the association. All rental owners interest ed in the organization, wheth er members or not, may con tact Iverson to express their views. SIGNS WITH WARRIORS San Francisco - UTt - Steve Gary of St. Mary's. Calif., has signed his 1963-64 contract with the San Francisco War riors of the National Basket ball Association. Gary was the Warriors' No. 3 draft choice. New stainless steel wall tiles with decorative finishes don't show scuffs, scratches, fingerprints or other smudges, the manufacturer reports. Evaporated milk makes an emergency glue for a stamp or label. America sags. "That's forme!'1 EongOiSL is the Going Iliing! Olds fever is taking America by storm . . '. and here's one of the! handsom est reasons why: The captivating F-85 Cutlass! Sensational V-8 action and quicksilver "agility both figure in this bucket-seat beauty's record-breaking popularity. So why not join the nearly 1,700 buyers a day who prove that going Olds is the going thing! You may lose your heart . . . but you'll discover one of '63's biggest thrills! flit ll-MGf UHO mtXUlT 1040 ATIAS tf rrs af ym OMs fltWtf'j waif, uprlf tmsttl THERE'S "SOMETHING EXTRA" ABOUT OWNING AN OLDSMOIILEI SEE YOUR OLDSMOIILE QUALITY DEALER I J. R.'s WHITN EY OLDSMO Bl LE, 41 5 So. Riverside Ave. RFvWSRtf , I v-f M.. ;.. ' (!'' v v J ( , - - h . ,lv- - . X A- -" v ts i&J) . Sometimes children should be seen... and not heard. Small boys' arguments are seldom serious. But the confusion they create can be, particularly if you have some important telephoning to do. The most practical way out is a bedroom extension. In addition to all that ucll-carned privacy, you'll save stairs and steps in the davtimc, enjoy a priceless feeling of security hcn you're alone at nighL Order your bedroom phone today. Call the telephone business office and ask for Beverly, the Extension Girl. PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL
