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o i The) Nw(-Rttaw, Hoteburaj, Ore. Tiling, May 17, If SI Gorilla Drowns In Moat At Zoo; Romance Ended NEW YORK (if) America'a most promising gorilla romance haa ended abruptly. Makoko, 14-year-old great apa, took a fatal tumble Into a Bronx loo moat yesterday on the eva of hi transplanted jungle honeymoon. A daring rescue attempt by a keeper of birds, who plunged In af ter the popular 440-pound gorilla, came minutes too late. Great apes cannot swim, and Makoko thrashed about wildly. His panic apparently prevented him from finding two horizontal cables Jiut below the surface of the water or just such an emergency. Makoko'l 12-year-old. 335 pound neighbor and fiancee. Oka. diH not aee tha tragedy. But a keeper said: "She'll know what's happened. She'U grieve. She won't live now." The moat, which replaces bars, is more than six feet deep and 12 feet wide. It separates tha ani mals from the public. Zoo officials said Makoko always had been timid about venturing near tha moat, probably from fear of both spectators and water. But Sunday ha rentured right up to tha edge. Then, la sudden fright ha leaped for tha high brick wall between his pen and Oka's. He lost his grip and slipped into tha moat I Tanks Of Oxygen Futlla I Tha bird keeper, George Scott, I hauled Makoko out of tha water I after 10 minutes with tha aid of ir nthr keeDers. Police emergency squads joined the keepers in giving Makoko ar tificial respiration. They used eight tanks of oxygen in a two-hour ef fort to revive mm. Several small children burst Into tears when Makoko's body was wheeled away on a can id in animal house morgue. Makoko and Oka were brought to the 7.00 from French Kquatnrial Africa in Sptember, 1941. Zoo of ficials had high hopes of mating them. Captive gorillas never have been bred successfully, as they usually evince a hostility to the opposite sex. But Makoko and Oka were friendly and, too officials said, close to maturity. .. . i -.1 mere are oniy .u oim-r uun . m I iA V.. in lha IT S A zoo official said Mako'i value could not ha caicuiaien. A . L. nr .nni l( a n fall into the moat last October but was rescued. Ntedlt In Haystack Quest Is Eclipstd BRISTOL, R. I. (-PI The fellow who sought the needle in the havstack was a piker along side of Manuel Cardora of this town. Cardura loaned his truck to Boy Scouts collecting paper. Paul Bullock, assistant scout master, lost his wrist watch dur ing the collection. Cardoza combed through an esti mated six tons of paper and came up with not only the watch and watch band but the small pin which had fallen out when they parted. 91 tlcharawi'l I Ml Seer et drive in IVi mi. . on hrwoy 99 Tele-fun by Warren Goodrich L v 1 Vn "Don't stick your nock out look up tha correct number I" . . .When you'ra not sure of a number, please look it up in the directory . . . Pacific Telephone. 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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lerwill Jr. and Linda visited at the Vera Ler will home on Saturday. Baccalaureate aervices for tha eighth grade graduating class will be held in the school gymnasium Sunday, May 19, at I p.m. The Canyonville Bible Academy will conduct the exercises. Graduation ceremonies will be held May 23, at 8 p.m. at the school. The final meeting of the 4 II . clubs was held jointly at the Km- I mil Belcher home Tuesday after i noon. Plans were made lor their displays, which they will take to I Myrtle Creek for achievement day. May 26. I Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Powell and ; boys drove to Camas Valley Sun- day afternoon. The Powell boys played on the Days Creek High scoot boys sottball team 10 a con test with Camas Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Graves pur chased a noma in Canyonville and will move soon. Mr. and Mrs. Lomar Barr will be custodians ol tha Graves' property in Tiller. Nearly 10,000.000 head of live stock are grazed on U. S. public lands part of each year. Firtd Liquor Inspectors Request Hearing SALEM (P) Two discharged state liquor commission inspectors have asked the state civil serv ice commission for a hearing. They are Lovd J. Brice and Don aid A. Schmidt. The civil service commission said it would decide Wednesday on their request for a hearing. The liquor commission said It fired them for inefficiency and mis conduct The civil service commission said Brice is automatically eligi ble for an appeal, but that Sch midt is classed as a c',':io'', employe because ha has not passed a civil service examine tion. A third Inspector. Charles P. Fontana. was dismissed at the same .ime because he failed to qualify for his position, but he has not asked for a hearing. I cllAKEMONEyijcu MC.rlck and lormn art erltlr ngltMrwl ci)iork ( lettrseHeeel Harvitr Company- ' i ".in: I 1 1 ' I'm f'? ' 1 Been wondering if a tractor is a profitable invest ment for a farm with 10 to 0 or 40 acres of crops? 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