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About Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1925-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1926)
n CENTRAL POINT AM F^tCAN PAGE FOUR WHY — Modern Dog Wag» Tail as Did Ance»tor i- .... .» v leaM \ ta k e s u can ora sn d sallsfi •» his picture-loving Instinct* by ‘‘snapping*' foreign scenes to send home a s evidence of hia travels. Why do«** u dog wag 111* ta il? Not W h y C h ic k s C a n W a Jk by Hcridont. It U p a rt o f uu ancient It ta k e s fi bah.v m onths to learn to signal cade, a v eritab le wig-wag with Hut w atch a c h ic k e n ! T h e u w hite (lag Kor we m ust rem em ber, walk. m inute It pops our of its shell It every dog th at lias any w h ite on him a t all haa a w hite tip to his tail, at s tru ts nbour. m an ag in g Its legs w ith T h is does not th e lea st a few w hite hairs. We know, out th e lea st effort. too, th u t the wild a n ce sto r o f the dog m ean, say s P o p u la r Science M onthly, ulso had a w hite lull tip. We know th a t new-born ehlcl’en s a re m ore In ft th a t th is wild u ncestor w as a sm all telllgent th an new -born babies. yellow ish anim al w ith light sp o ts over m erely Indicates th a t balancing nnd th e eyes, th a t he w as Indeed a kind sta n d in g a re a u to m a tic in the chicken o f Jackal, K rnest T hom pson Seton and not In the bah.v. T he la tte r has to use Its l.ruln to control Its legs. w rites, in C ollier's W eekly. R ecent e x p erim e n ts a t the I’nlver- Suppose our w ild dog jac k al sees or h e a rs a stra n g e anim al coining. The slty o f C hicago show th a t th e ch ick first w ise thing to do is hide and e n 's balancing Is governed hy reflex w atch th e stra n g e r- th a t Is, crouch In action, needing no b ra in at all. th e grass. T he s tra n g e r com es n ear W h y P e o p le Y a w n er. T he crouching dog sees now th at Y aw ning Is an Involuntary and th e new com er Is one of his own kind wide opening of th e m outh and In h a la —and m aybe even a friend, th erefo re tion o f b re ath , g enerally produced by not d e sirab le food. w eariness. In ten se a b sorption caused T h e s tra n g e r Is now so n e a r th a t concealm ent Is no longer possible. So by an Involuntary In terru p tio n of full th e first w ild dog rise s nnd w alks stif b reath in g , o r by an Inclination to s le e p ; som etim es by hunger, etc. fn fly and guard ed ly fo rw ard. T hen see Ing no th re a ts , th e first dog ra ises his som e Instances hy th e frequency o f Its tall so th a t the w hite Hag It h e ars Is re c u rre n ce It becom es a real disease. above th e level of his hack, and w aves P e rso n s suffering fro m h e art disease m ay be liable to yaw ning tits. W hen It from sid e to side. T h e oth er, not d esirin g w ar, responds w ith th e sam e yaw n in g Is troublesom e, long, deep wig wag signal. T hey a re now friends. In sp iratio n , or d ra w in g In th e a ir a t long In terv als, re liev e s It. T hese thin g s happened co n tinually In th e w ilds long ago. T oday you may ----------o---------- see them In o u r tow ns every day O R E G O N W E E K L Y IN D U S T R IA L w here th e re a re roam ing dogs. R E V IE W Why Line in Old Play Has Been Misunderstood Some m en's hold upon fam e Is of th e slig h te st, and It Is re m a rk ab le th a t only one well w orn p h ra se should re m ain to rem ind us th a t N ath an iel Lee e v er lived and w rote. If a th o u sa n d people w ere asked to q uote th e say in g th ey w ould, w ithout exception, s a y : “W hen G reek m eets G reek, th en com es the tu g o f w a r,” a n d If th ey w ere asked to e xplaln lts m eaning th ey w ould s a y : "T h e G reeks being fam ous a n d stu b b o rn fighters, w hen one Greek m eets a n o th e r th ere 1s no q u a rte r ask e d or given. It Is a fight to th e death»” T h a t Is u n doubtedly th e p opular view of th e m eaning of th e saying. Yet th e re a re few m isq u o tatio n s fa r th e r from th e o riginal th an this, for In N athnnlel Lee’s fo rg o tten trngedy, “T h e Rival Q ueens, or A lexander the G re a t,” o f w hich th is single line Is th e only one th a t has survived, the line r e a d s : “ W hen G reeks Joined G reeks, th en w as th e tug o f w a r.” It w as designed to show th a t so united w ere the G reeks In defense of th e ir c o u n try th a t, w hen they all gtiswl sh o u ld e r to shoulder, n o th in g but death could d e fea t them . W h y D o Cs “ M a k e ” T h e i r Beds No c re a tu re h a s any h abit through frea k or accident. T h ere Is a re a son back o f every e stab lish e d p ra c tice. T h e wild dog. for Instance, usually slept w h ere bedtim e found him. His b lan k e t w as on Ills hack. He selected s dry. sh e lte red spot. T hen he sm oothed th e g ra ss or moved the stic k s and pebbles by tu rn in g round tw o o r th re e tim es. And his tow uhrod cousin does the very sam e today. T he wild dog had his bushy ta ll for a final w rap . Ills nose and his four paw s, his only thinly- clad p a rts, he huddled to g eth e r, and arotm tl them he c a rrie d th e woolly, w arm ing tall. So do rhow nnd m as tiff yet. If the fe rrle r does not hide h is nose w ith his wig w ag Hag It Is because h is tall h a s been cut off.— E rn est T hom pson S eton In G d lle r's W eekly. W h y T a t t o o i n g Is P a s s in g R ecent su rv e y s hy n a tio n a l officers re su lte d In th e discovery th a t ta tto o ing. once an e sse n tia l m ark of the sailor, has p ra ctic a lly d isa p p ea red from am ong e n liste d men o f th e navy In th e old days, navy officers say. w hen ta tto o in g w as a custom th a t bor d ered on tra d itio n , e n liste d men m ade It a point to h ave tatto o in g done In alm ost ev ery larg e po rt th ey visited. N ow adays. Instead of hav in g his body ad o rn ed wtUy p ic tu re s, t h e nver R oseburg— U m pqua P a rk o f 90 acres will have g o lf course, ten n is, b a th s and club house. G lendale— G rad in g sta rte d , p re p a ra to ry to p aving ro ad to Pacific highw ay. G aribaldi— W h itn ey m ills in stall m ost com plete fire fig h tin g p la n t in west. K lam ath F alls— M iller C o n stru c tio n com pany s ta rts to m ake new S u p e rtile co n crete tiling. Seaside— 10-mile section o f Roose- I velt highw ay, H am let to C annon ' Beach, to be ro ck -su rfaced . W allow a— C o n tra c t le t to pave tw o business blocks w ith asp h altic con c rete. P o rtla n d Gas & Coke com pany has installed 6,000 g as-fired fu rn a c e s and boilers, m a rk e tin g h e a tin g gas a t 60 c e n ts p er 1000 cubic feet. F o re s t G rove— O dd Fellow s Lodge will build new $25,000 hull here. Cnnnon Beach— E x cellen t oil in d icatio n s re p o rte d n e a r here. Coos Bay lu m b e r ex p o rts fo r May, exceeded any p revious m onth of 1926. Sw eet Home— $100,000 will be sp e n t on S an tiam F o re st ro ad s and trails, th is year. F re e w a te r— U nion P acific to build new sta tio n here. U nion— E ig h te e n th an n u al stock show opens, w ith b est display ev er show n here. F re e w a te r— W estern D eh y d ratin g j Co. ta k e s over local d eh y d ratio n p lan t, and will re b u ilt and increase -am c fo r 1926 ru n . G e a rh a rt— O regon h an k ers p ro te st ag ain st in itia tiv e m easu re fo r sta te pow er. G arib ald i— New ty p e carria g e en- i gine, and o th e r m achine additions, | will in crease W hitney mill cap acity I 1,000,000 fe e t a month» W ashing co u n ty plan s fo r 35 m iles new m a rk e t ro ad s th is y ear. E u g en e— Elks Lodge plans to spend $50,000 in rem odeling hall. E ugene fru itg ro w e rs to d eliv er tw o c ars p ru n es in London, E ngland. V alue o f O reg o n ’s p ep p erm in t oil cro p th is y ear, estim a te d a t $800,000 to $1,000.000. Salem — $100,000 m achinery fo r new $650,000 linen mill, due h ere in \ I Ju ly . F acto ry will be bu ilt, ready ! to ru n d u rin g A ugust. K lam ath Falls— C alifo rn ia O regon P ow er com pany begins $250,000 ; pow er line, from p la n t on K lam ath i River. S alem — C h am b er o f C om m erce j I d ed ica tes new au d ito riu m and ban- ! qttet room . RAY MILLARD — T e a m W o rk of A ll K in d s — P R O M P T S E R V IC E PS on** 541 Central Point S alem — P o ta to sta rc h fa c to ry is proposed, a s im p o rta n t new in d u stry | fo r th is place. P o rtla n d —P o rtla n d E lectric P ow er com pany a d d in g 31,500 h. p. steam tu rb in e , c o stin g $366,000. Hood R iver— Old v in e g a r p la n t to be re b u ilt into m odern fa c to ry th is season. K laskanine— Salm on h atc h e ry re - i leases 3,000,000 young C hinook sal- i moo. Salem — R esidence p e rm its fo r five m onths n u m b er 193, re p re se n tin g n early $700,000. S u th e rlin — Oil d rillin g to s ta rt soon on L eep er Dome oil prospect, S u th e rlin — N orton c an n ery opens on b e rrie s and ch erries, fo r heavy run. C arlto n — New shingle mill ru n n in g two sh ifts, c u ttin g 80,000 a day. M edford— Second la rg est electric sign in W est will ad v e rtise M edford. M edford— F irs t carload head let- tu ce shipped E a st, p aying grow ers $2 a cra te . N ew Salm on R iver ro ad will m ake P o rtla n d only 85 m iles from sea. M edford— B uilding p erm its fo r May, to ta l $95,365, in cluding $45,- 000 telep h o n e building. A sto ria — O regon c ra n b e rry grow ers will form th e ir own exchange, in stead o f jo in in g w ith W ashington, to m a rk e t 40 cars o f O regon b e r ries. D u rin g May, 139 vessels e n tered P o rt o f P o rtlan d and 136 cleared. 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