Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 17, 1928, Image 12

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Newspaper Page Text; i".:r.i '. t PAGE FOUH - MTDFORD IIATTj' TKTBTT. jfEDFOTlD, QnEflON", RUXTUY, .TTTXE 17, W28. 1 1 i DURANT EXPORT I ' New Dodge Victory Six Touring Car j All ih-uvIouh export twh'H record m ftir (ho JJuiHUt Motor wer bro- ! ken in May uml Hhinientn fur the ; flnrt five month of 192K hUow an' Incroune of more than 30 pur cent j uvr i In five montlm jit-rlod for j liny ineviouH year, according to j word received f r ni t li Durant i;.iOil (llvii'Mi by tltu. t. MoitIh, i wiles nianuKt-r of tho I'uclflc t'onttt j Jiurant factory, ' "lmlUutonM urn Hint export j HhlpuicntH for .June from tho Kllzu- I In-Ill plant it lone will he 3"J per i rent (jrcaii-r ihiin June of laHt year. ; iIiuh estahllhinu; a nnv record for ; fnrHKti sales," Haya Morris, j "Tho increase at this time dein- j uiiHtratfH pmlieuluily tho develop- J inent of Kuropean mitcH. as ordi- nuiily export volumu reaches lt j . IllKllfHl peaK mil iiik uiv muui j montlm of tho year. Tim beat pre- ' vioUM record was made In Scptom- ' her, ia7. jl "Never In the hlutury of the com puny has surli tMithuHlanm been vxproKHed by dlutrihuturu and dealer In foreign lands iih ATTRACTIVE lines feature the new Dodgn Jlrotliers touring car in the Victory Si line, priced at $995. Upholstery is in gray Polo grain leather. Wood wheels e.r standard equipivmt ivilh wire wheels optional at slight additional cost. Century of Zoo Progress to teeming Africa, and from Si beria to .South America. . "On .approachtiiK the African panorama one HceH at his' feet a WAHIIINCTON, V. (., June JO. 'ganlzei!, are biilldiiiK. or expect to pond with hundreds of African -The oldest zoo celebrates Its establlKli zoom. Toledo has just ' water birds. Hack of them on u that hundredth anniversary this year. opened one; Detroit. 1h completing .strip of open African prairie graze. (hown since the Introduction of the jn u,,' century of its existence a Hplcmlid zoo park, likewise .Sun K'us, zebras, elands, bush bucks, new Durum line. The export dl- j tho London Zoological (bu dens Ibgo. w hile the Lincoln iark!"t w ater bucks, entirely nt euso vision has- received letters, cables f nuB sot the mco or progress for all ; .Metmgerie, behtvud by Chicago, 'n spite of the apparent constant and radiograms from all corners pf Himilur Institutions and is today i will "noon be suppleiui-nteil by u (danger of destruction by lions that the earth, urging shipment of Du rant cars, Australia, Africa, India, Japun nnd Houth America and all of continental Europe, have accept ed, the Durant lino with ciHhusi usni. "This success Is attributed to tho new export policy Instituted by W. ('. Durant on January 1st, when direct factory contact was estab lished with foreign distributors. The development of this policy is proceeding rapidly and brunch of fices, under factory supervision, are being established In various foreign markets. Jlccenlty a plant was purchased near lieiiln and production of Durant cars will soon be under way there. It Is planned to purchaso another Euro pean plant In Prance. "The renewed energy and confi dence displayed hy distributors In tho great volume of sales already made, justifies the prediction that, with every distributor and dealer thoroughly sold on Durant pro ducts, and tho best sales months still to come, 1U2H will be the greatest export year In the history of tho company." S I III I ill it 1 1 wm FLIVVER W OftM There is ono physician to overy 735 persons In America und an uutomubllo to every five, Examiner What would you do If you saw u woman driving a car In front of you put out her hand? .Applicant for license Blum on the brakes. Professor Mtudonts, tako this ' sentence: "The automobile was go ing fifty miles up hour. "Can you purso It?" Johnny No, but dad eun If his cur Is working rlglit. Traffic iop "Conic, on! What's the mutter with you?" Truck Driver: "I'm well, thanks; but my engine's dead." The thought that where there is ii railroad track a train may be approaching Is so simple It ought to be In tho mind of evury ono who drives an automobile. , There may be an auto Tor every five, persons In this country, but there ure also nppitrctitly about five rilling sttil Iouh for every auto counting the hamburger stands. A complicated truffle tunuic wns caused recently by u ludy motorist who signaled that she was about lo turn to the right and did so. A frown has no cash value. About (he only person who gels paid for being disagreeable Is a truffle cop. Old KImms on his death bed railed for his chauffeur and said: "Well, James. I'm going on u long and rugged Journey, rougher than any that you drove inc." "Yes, Mir," replied James, "but there's one conselutlon, It's all down hill." f'.lloim" used lo bo the sweetest word In the English Innguagc. Now wo liavu two words: "The cur." Why Xol ? What kind of u car huvu you?" "I gut " Wreck." "A Wreck?" Yeah. Every tlmo I park It a dozen people come up and ask If I've reported tho accident yet." lint son: "I understand some of your hens have stopped laying?" Jlelfry: "Two of them huve, uny wuy." "What's the cause?" "A motor-car." She Huve you ever been pinch ed In the car? j0 No, but I've been slapped! "To whut do you uttrlbuto your great age? Well, for the first seventy yours of my life they wasn't no automo biles, an fer the last twenty-five I've been confined to. the house." If all tho pedestrian! In the United Ktaten were laid end to end the reckless drivers would have nn easier Job! t In the old days college titudents burned tho midnight oil In u dreary attic. Now they burn It In u high-powered car. fnpyrlirlil, Mokm I'Valure Rynd.. 1327' K Hi., N. WtishliiKl"". probably tho world's largest zoo. "Zoos are another one of those IhlngH that the Chinese thought of first," says a bulletin from' the Washington, O. ('.. heuihjuarlers of tho National Geographic society, "but tho 'Intelligence Turk' organ ized by an early emperor did not survive. Aztecs Had Captive Buffalo . . "Every ulvlltzation has kept nul muls In captivity. Egyptians, an- I'lunl fli'iii'ltu it twl rtmiiimM hinl iir- teiiHive collections which, however. ' Prk. scarcely rose above the level of menageries. Europeans saw the first American buffalo captivo 4U0 miles south pf Its range In the gar dens of Montezuma H, eneror of Aztecs. Jlut In the New nid the first assembly of unimals and birds for scientific und educational pur puses, which merits tho name of zoological garden, wuh nut organ ized until JSfi7. In New York's Central fiirk still may bo seen the oldest zoo In America, a small col lection now overshadowed by tbu tremendous growth of lis successor tho Bronx Zoo. huge, costly reserve on the ttouth- ; 1U'K in u recess under a near-by west edge of the city, built In the .cliff. Above the lions, and equally most modern style of zoo architec- I oblivious to them, wild gouts, ture to house a collection us good ibexes und wild sheep scamper on or better than New York's. Uie concrete peuks. The "Aloiintalu" Zoo at Stclliiigcii I "Biblical pence among the anl "The Jhigcnhccks, at Stelllngen, : mul and birds at Ktellingen is on the outskirts of Hamburg, Ger- malntalneil by hidden moats und 'many, created In, 1U7 the modern gorges InMead of fences. .Moreover j style of zoo plunning which has lhe visitor may examine each imd widespread influence. Their : '"M' l closer range from palh I scheme of Imrless pns will he u I ways which are not observable to major feature of the new Chicago "e person who regards the whole HiimiHi Kiimuoin in panorama. "Back lit 184s the greai-grand- j The New Zoo Arcliilccturo ' father of the present J Ingcnhccks f "The llagenbecks have been began an animal collection with a j called into consultation by builders few seals purchased from an Arctic .of new zoos in the United States whaler. Jly the lime of the World land other countries with the result War his son and grandson domi-;that It will be possible at Chicago noted the world ffuile in wild ani- 'and Detroit to get almost the same muls, owned a big circus, and had thrill of looking u Hon In the eye built their ruinous combination j (hat one might get by journeying zoo, receiving station and animal J to Africa to meet the king of training farm at Htellingen. From I beasts on the veldt, a level meadow In (he flat plain j "In furthering the educational near Hamburg rise the HngenlM-ck ; purposes of zoos America lends tho 'mountains, ' built of concrete, to a way. Zoo keepers have acquired height of 130 feet and among the new duties as lecturers In tho pub highlands, lowlands and artificial I lie .scIiooIh and In some parks "Nearly every big American city hikes a visitor walks from the trained guides help pupils to get :md many near-big cities huve or- j Arctic with Us milnmls nnd Hi-tln , more from n sum trip fhnn they j would gather by unassisted sight seeing. At the Bronx zoo motion ! piciurcH of the hubfts of unimals ' huve been made for school - use. ( St. Louis even recognizes the zoo 1 uu un institution on pur with the public library und a such sup j ports It with a subsidy of two mills j out of every dollar paid for taxes. "Zoological gardens huyo also striven lo make their charges more I copifortable. Cages ore larger to- j ! day and are kept cleaner. Winter ! temperatures are strictly controlled ! ' In zoo houses. The question of creating n tropic humidity for ; i tropic animals Is now under Inves- j ligation. Variety of diet Insisted ! upon at the new Toledo park re i quires that the zoo kitchen must j never prepare the sumo meal on t successive days for certain unimals. ' Zoo keepers everywhere are wutch- i ing un experiment In the London j ! gardens where ultra-violet lights 1 have been mounted In the reptile 'houe to bathe the snakes In artl J flcl.-il sunshine. "Better care has Insured longer j life and more success with young burn in captivity. Zoos tako great ! pride In their oldest "apartment holders.' The reigning Methuselah i Ik the tortoise In the London zoo known to be more than 100 years ;old. At Washington, p. C, the National Zoological I'uj'k. which Is remarkable among American Instl j tutions for its specimens of un ! usual scientific Interest, has a i sulphur-crested cockatoo, spry and I active, ulthough he has entertained , millions of visitoi-H since the duy the zoo opened 3(i yours ago. "The Washington park orders an uutopsy performed on every anl nuil, bird, or reptile thut dies. The bodies uro sent to specialists In the government departments who co operate in studying the causes of death und in this way parasite und buctciiu new to science have : been discovered. Animals have 1 been found subject to almost every (disease man must cope with, and I many more. The diseases thut are l most dangerous to beasts and birds ' .in captivity have been revealed by! 'the voluminous records of ullmcnts ! jut the Washington zoo. ! i "While zoos have helped to pre- j serve from extinction, some species such as the New Zealand kiwi, they j have not always succeeded. The western antelope has proved too nervous fur a fenced lot. Moose in captivity die of stomuch trouble. Probably the most remarkable survival Is the Father David deer, u species unknown to modern hun ters, which was found In the em peror's park In Peking. The deer now thrives and multiplies on the Duke of Bedford's estate at Wo burn Abbey. England." Jor- Economical Transportation f e is in the r 'I j , Proof driving The COACH V 585 Vhr Tmilln, O C Coup.. ?595 Thr4-Donr inC Sedan ,0 J Th ConftrtihU Cabriolet .....'695 " Tfir Imperial $"7 1 T? UmUu 15 Cfilitv Truck $ IOC (th.ui(i()nlv).'tV3 Uihl llpllvrrv J117E (I hajiuOfiN). J I J All prir f. a. h. Flint, , MUhiB.n Check ChTrlet DliTrd Prices Thr-v Inrludt- the tnwrt tumtltn "ml financing ciu( available. come take a ride in the Bigger and Better Chevrolet A 8inH)iIicr, quieter motor that wccps you along at hit;l speed for hour after hour in perfect com fort! Acceleration that shoots you nhcad at the traflic line! 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