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TUESDAY. JUNE 25. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD. OREGCN
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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
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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.
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Olds fever is taking America by storm
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So why not join the nearly 1,700
buyers a day who prove that going
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