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(A IM For
3.000.000 years one of the tow sur­
vivors ot the fossil animals has lived
in fastnesses ot what is now South
\nierica Nine years ago It was dla-
covered by an exploring expedition of
the Field Museum of Natural His­
tory The niuseum has Just publish­
ed its first scientific report on it»
find
flpMklng today of tils discovery.
Dr. Wilfred H. Osgood of the field
museum named some ot Its features
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Through all these ages this ani­
mal has continued reproducing Itself
without important change.
All the other animals of its group
have utterly vanished or been turn­
We do fine shoe repairing
ed to stone huudreds of thousands ot
«
years ago
It dates back to the period when
the warm blooded animals were Just
beginning to evolve from the cold
blooded reptiles it Is one of the old­
est living animals.
I
We repair and makfe every
It to a •'mirror of the past." with
type and style top and slip cov-
a practical value difficult to estimate.
er—and do the wort HIGHT-
A little animal. It looks like a
!«■< us refialr your present
sharp noeed rat. It is only about six
top and. also, lend real distinct­
inches long But its size has helped
ion to your car with a -mvl
to preserve it. It has small eyes,
eat of durable slip coven. Sam­
rounded oars, a slender tall and toft
ples, prices, etc., gladly sub­
brown
hair.
mitted.
Caenolestes is its name- modern
representative of an ancient group
ot predatory animals.
Dr. Osgood made his discovery in
Venezuela in 1912. He secured his
apecimens In the heart of a dense
forest of the mountains there. Ac-
cess to the spot was gained by la­
boriously cutting narrow trails for
Mr. Farmer: if you have wheat for sale it will
long distances through the heavy
r»ay you to exchange a portion of it for your winter’s
undergrowth.
flour. By so doing you will get a much better price
"This little animal to quite unlike
for your wheat and you will save on your flour. Also
any other no»- living in the world,”
Dr. Osgood said. ' Although it does
you will get old wheat flour of the best quality.
' not resemble closely any species now
Bring in a sample of your wheat and hear our
living. It to very intimately related
proposition.
' to animals which flourished far back
in geologic time when the founda-
: tlons were being laid for the evolu­
tion of the higher animals of the
present day. All the others of the
group to which it belongs became ex­
tinct ages ago and Caenolestes alone
has survived to the prrtent
"We know this because its bones
and teeth are essentially the same as
those of the extinct animals, If the
bones are the same. It is probable
that other parts also are similar,
' Therefore Caenolestes is a prize to
the student, for it enable« him to India, several explanations are poe-|
learn more about the ancient fossils
than is shown by their bones, which sible. The original stock may have
of course are the only parta pre- spread from South America to Aus­
tralia or vice versa by a land bridge
served.
"The length of time it has sur- no longer existing. Also It may have;
^vived to almost Incredible, lts ex- originated In a long since vanished
tinct relatives lived In the Miocene southern continent, the so-called At-
period and this, according to good arctlca, and from there spread north­
authorities, was about three million ward both to South America and to
years ago. During all this tremen- Australia."
dous lapse of days and nights it has
been able to withstand the competi-
tion of nature, to find food and pro­
ferrydale
per conditions of temperature, and to * Mrs W. J Fried and little daugh­
care for its young—tn other words,
ter. Virginia, of Portland, arrived
to live and reproduce itself.
"It's close similarity to the extinct Wednesday and are visiting at the
forms indicates that it has been able R. E. Stephenson home.
Mrs. M. Hussey, of Grants Pass,
• CbE the rubber of that tire? in laboratory work and road testa
to do this without any serious change
It lucks pretty much like any They finally perfected Crolide—
came
out Monday, »returning home
its
physical
makeup.
The
secret
in
other tir rubber, doesn’t it? Yet a rubber compound that reduces
Its success is doubtless to be found Wednesday morning. She was visit-1
of
"lumpy
"formatienttoa
minimum.
if you compar’.*d it with an ordi­
in the simplicity of its requirement», Ing with .Mrs A. C. Ford.
Crolide Compound is to-day
nary tire under a microscope,
Miss Gladys Griffin is spending the
It is one of the most generalized of
yen would see a great difference. used exclusively in the manufac­
week
with her grandparents. Mr and
It
has
never
mammals
now
living,
ture
of
Thermoid
Tires.
Made
Ordinary tire rubber is filled w.th
gone to extremes, never developed , Mrs. T.- J. Everton, at Granta Paas
•lumns.’ Thermoid Rubber is with Crolide Compound, Ther-
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hussey, of
even and fine-textured. That’s moid Tires are protected against
any very sjiecial tastes or peculiari­
a very important difference. It rapid wear—against unnecessary
ties. It feeds ujion insects and isn't San Francisco, have been visiting
is the whole secret of the long sand boils, blisters and blow-outs.
particular whether they are hard or relatives In Ferrydale the past week.
You are ir."ited to call and see
wear of Thermoid Tires.”
They left Thursday morning for Se­
soft, smooth or woolly.
Two chemists and two practi­ these new tires for yourself—also
attle and other northern point».
"Three
million
years
ago.
in
all
cal tire-builders in the Thermoid the famous Crolide Compound
Grandma Robertson is spending a
probability,
its
tastes
were
the
same
Rubber Company spent months Tubes.
and insects were just as easy to find few days with Mrs. M A. Griffin at
Grants Pass visiting and attending
then as now.
"One of its assets has been Its the revivals held by the Church of
small size. It has seen the giants of God.
Mr. and Mrs. Pyle and family, of
the past come and go while It went
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GRANTS PASS, OREGON
jieriments. never went off on a tan- Grants Pass, were visiting the Arm-
periments, nexer went off on a tan­ st .ng fnmlly on Pickett creek Sun­
gent. and never took any chances. By day.
Judge Pollock and wife were seen
always taking the easiest and safest
;
'"‘ss
■
way it accomplished mere existence ii, Ferrydale Monday evening.
A. C. Ford and son, 1 .ester, left for
and nothing else.
"If all the early mammals had led < , „cent City with a load of peaches
the same 'simple life' the world now Monday evening
Mr. and Mrs Jeff Pence and chil­
would not be the sort of place it is.
Those that developed along special dren. Uda and Ray. and Mr. and Mrs.
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lines often found themselves In fa- John Pence and baby, of Williams,
were visiting their daughter and
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the lines that have led to the higher family. Mrs A. I. Hussey, Sunday.
Paul Allen, of Grants Pass, to vis­
I mammals of today. So far as evolu­
lUu mini mu n lhili uuiu ft
urriuL tionary progress is concerned, there­ iting friends on Pickett creek this
fore, perhai« Caenolestes might as week.
Mr. Leefeld was In Ferrydale on
well have ceased to exist millions of
Tuesday looking after mining inter­
years ago
"Caenolestes belongs to the great ests.
Mr. McCalvy has rented Mrs.
marsupials or pouched mammals,
but. although it lives in America, it Hussey's place and moved In
is not closely related to the oixissums past week.
(Also cigars and Confection»)
Mrs. Kornbrodt left for Portland
which are the only other American
marsupial». On the contrary. its Friday evening.
HOME; OF THE
Mr. and Mr». Hanna and son.
nearest living relatives are the Aus­
George,
of Merlin, were at Cha».
tralian bandicoots.
"This make» it interesting in con­ Dora's Wednesday evening.
U A. Hollowell was threshing at
nection with theories as to whether
L. A. IUNQI ETTE
or not South America and Australia E. C. Neely's Saturday and Monda'
ever have been connected by a land
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bridge. With .Marsupials now found
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