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DEATH OF A HIPPO HERD When nature's cycle of weather Is disrupted, man builds dams, constructs
Irrigation project and calls on scientists for rain-making experiments. But lower creatures are helpless
before the whims of clouds and wind and neat. In the Rift Valley of Tanganyika Territory, Africa, lies
Lake Rukwa, where Ufe became a desperate struggU for a herd of hippopotami when, for two years, the
rains didn't fall and the lake's 13 feet of water gradually dried. Here, trapped in muddy we, the living
hippos huddle with dead mates, too weak to struggle from the muddy trap. The rains came this winter
and covered the skeletons of the beasts.
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flHIIMIMMIM, I t
You aik bow long my love thill
lay
When all that's new U past?
How Ions? Ah, darllns ran i say
How lone my life hJiall last?
Drv be that tear, my gentlest lovt,
Be hushed that alruaf ling slsh;
Nor seasons, day, nor fate shall
prove
More fixed, mora true than 1.
Sheridan.
Texas appears to have come
through with something that
has silenced both California and
Brooklyn. 1 am referring to the
case of 71 year old bdgar Torres,
of Lamcsa, Tex., who is the fa
ther ol thirty-nine children Dy
seven different wives! His sev
enth wife recently presented him
with triplets.
Proles!.
Patricia Thorpe, charming
wife of the great Jim Thorpe,
takes Issue with my claim that
George Gipp was a greater loot
ball player than her husband.
She aays there wasn't sufficient
basis for comparison. As for Pop
Warner stating that he consider
ed Ernie Nevers a better player
than Jim, Mrs. Thorpe says that
Isn't so. What Pop did say was
that Ernie was more co-operative
than Jim and always played to
the best of his ability, while
Thorpe often did not play one-
lourtn as wen as he could nave
Mrs. Thorpe points out that Jim
was still playing football at the
age of 45. She also suys he has
agreed to appear in an exhibition
In Philadelphia next fall in
which he guarantees he will
make ten yards against any line
he faces in four downs. Jim is
now 62 years old.
There are over 300.000 dogs
in New York City. It seems dif
ficult to believe, but on the aver
age city dogs are much healthier
than country dogs, and live long
er .. . Peter Lawford, the film
atar, speaks five languages, A
subscriber recently asked me:
"What is the hardest major lang
uage in the world to learn?" The
query baffled me. What do you
ay?
Asking.
Queries from clients. Q. What
is the national sport of England '
A. Horse racing. That is why the
king and members of the roval
family own and race thorough
breds. Q. Was it Marcus Locw
or Adolph Kukor who started
the first nickelodeon In this
country? A. Don't know about
the whole country, but the first
nickelodeon In New York Cltv
was started by the late Arthur
Hopkins at Eighth Avenue and
Thirty-second street around
1005. Zukor later opened a
nickelodeon on East Fourteenth
street.
Asides
Among the innumerable privi
leges enjoyed by Congressmen Is
that each gels sixteen free seats
annually lo the Army-Navy foot
ball game . . . Now 1 have a rend
er in Propliclstown, 111. He says
the farmers around there used
tatooini for chicken identifica
tion and protection against Iheft
many years ago, but have since
given up the practice owing to
the chicken thieves turning hon
est and switching to holding up
hanks and filling stations.
Sidelights.
In the United States congress
there arc 4;)5 representatives and
ninety-six senators, and over 50
per cent of them are lawyers . . .
Jack Doyle, the Irish heavy
weight, who was flattened so fre
quently during his boxing ca
reer, has become a wrestler in
England and is doing all right
financially. The British sport
scribes refer to him as the "Gor
geous Gael." He is lo be matched
to meet "Two-ton" Tony Galento
in London shortly.
Literary Not.
Note it reported that a
French novel titled "Caroline''
has startled Paris as "Forever
Amber" startled the United
States. It must be quite a startler
to arouse the extremely sophis
ticated French reading public.
I understand "Caroline" is to be
translated into English. So if you
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Horses (t Women.
It has been claimed that dur-
ine the Victorian nerinH in Fno. I
land manv women had gpvpnteen
and a half inch waistlines. Doris
Langley Moore, fashion expert,
wno nas made a study of the
period, doubts this claim. Mrs.
Moore has a collection of over
600 gowns and the smallest
waistline among them is twenty
two and a half inches. Kathar
ine Hepburn is supposed to have
the smallest waistline of any
film star, but we do not have
her measurements in our Horses
& Women files. I have heard
Miss Hepburn has an elghteen
inch waistline.
Talent
Talent, Mar. 27 Mothers of
the fourth grade Brownie group
are asked to attend an important
meeting on Tuesday, March 28,
at 3 p. in., at the home of the
leader, Mrs. G. W. Gleim Jr., on
Wagner Creek road.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Btirdcll and
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. McAbec re
turned March 17 from a 10-day
trip through Nevada, New Mex
ico, Mexico and California.
A group of Girl scout leaders
attended the Rogue valley area
luncheon In the Ashland Elks
club March 22. Attending from
Talent were the Mcsdames For
rest Jennings, LcRoy Welch, Ce
dric Scharfc, Charles Barnes,
Wayne Rcichstein, Earl Wcin
hold, William Gleim Jr. and
Firman Roy.
Jack Wlthrow spent the week
end with his mother, Mrs. May
Withrow, and his sister, Mrs. Don
Montgomery.
Lady Lions will hold a ruin
mage sale in the Talent city
hall the latter part of April.
Those having articles to donate
may leave them at the home of
Mrs. Harold Strauss or at the
Acme Cleaning shop.
Talent Lions club and Ladies'
auxiliary met for a ham dinner
at the Wagner Creek school
house, served by the 4-H Live
stock club. Later the Lions and
ladies assembled at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph "Pop"
Reed for their regular business
sessions. Guests for the evening
were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chris
tian, members of the Myrtle
Creek clubs, who have recently
bought and moved into the Wal
den property here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bushy and
family of Eugene are visiting
here at the home of Mrs. Bus
by's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Busby's parents, Mr. Riid Mrs.
Charles Young.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Sparks left
Wednesday to visit relatives In
Portland.
Dr. J. A. Bradshaw of Ashland
was a dinner guest March 22 or
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wclburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cundiff have
sold their ease to Mr. and Mrs.
Turner and have left for Arizona.
Wagner Creek 4 11 Livestock
club will net over $100 on their
ham dinner held March 23. Tart
of the money will he used to pav
expenses of the members attend
ing summer school at C'orvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wclhuin
have a new daughter named Al
ice, born March 10 al the Ash
land hospital and weighing seven
pounds.
There will be a free movie and
other pictures for a full evening
of entertainment at the Talent
school gymnasium Mnrch 31. It
is to be a benefit for the Crip
pled Children fund and is spon
sored bv the Lady Lions.
Charles Schiller has been con
fined to his home with influ
enza the past week.
The John Davis children have
the mumps.
The Lions are erecting take
down bleachers at the Talent
school. They are to be built in
three sections and will seal 75
people to a section.
COMPLETE
All Booki Furnished
Monday. March 27. 1950
The Grange
Gold Hill Grang
Gold Hill Grange H. E. C. met
March 22 at the hall with 17
members and three brothers en
joying a
covered dish dinner, j
Meetings are held on the sec
ond and fourth Wednesdays of
each month starting at 10:30
a. in., witli quitters quilting and
the kitchen crew preparing din-
ncr- 1 wo more quilts are in
frames. One was donated to
H. E. C. by Sisters Wise and
Shaw and will be sold to Brother
and Sister Collins.
Next meeting. April 12. is to
have an Easter theme and Flora
friends will be remembered and
exchange of cards.
Ethel Martin, Carrie Dierdorf
and Frances Steiber were re
ported ill and cards were signed
by all and sent to them; also
one to Pearl Lcndcrman o Live
Oak and a card and fruit were
sent to H. H. Vanlloutcn. Blanche
Marriman became a member of
the club.
Dancing classes were started
March 25 in the city hall under
direction of Carlntta Winkel.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Kennedy,
their three daughters and son of
Hamilton, Ohio, and Mrs. My
otte Steep of Los Angeles are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Faye Ken
nedy. Forrest and Dave are
brothers and this is their first
meeting in 16 years.
Talent's first hobby show, held
at the city hall March 18 under
sponsorship of the Talent Camp
fire girls and Bluebirds, was
very successful with several hun
dred people visitin the show
during the afternoon and eve
ning. Those displaying items in
their hobby collections includ
ed Mrs. Ira Culver. Mrs. Jack
Sucksdorf, Mr. and Mrs. Loring
Martin. Mrs. Chester Zcdikcr,
Mrs. Kenneth Porter, Lcannis
Burnetle, Mrs. Vic Mason, Mrs.
May Hamilton, Terry Burnetle,
Lawrence Burnetle. Joe Cham-
Eion, the Lutz brothers. Mrs.
awrence Brink, Mrs. C. W.
Holdridge, Mrs. George Gal
brailh, Mrs. Lucille Jackson,
Girl scouts, Campfire girls, Min
nie Kyniston, Mrs. B. B. Clark,
Mrs. Archie Estes. Mrs. C. O.
Long, Mrs. Roy Redman. Dits
worth brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred Culver. Mrs. John Sample.
Mrs. Rudy Conner. Mrs. A. T.
Newman, Bob Lowe, Mrs. Vic
Phillips, Mrs. Andy Anderson.
Mrs. Kenneth Miller, Mrs. C. A.
Brown, Mrs. M. E. Grimes. Mrs.
Mary Kenyon, Tony Kenyon,
VVevhurn Kenyon.
Ethel May Culver, Kory El
len Sucksdorf and Monty Lutz
entertained with accordion num
bers and Gaylc Thorcsen with
piano selections. Eve Prentice
and her Accordion band of 35
members presented a diversified
program in the evening Carlotta
Winkel presented a group of
dances. The Campfire girls
thanked exhibitors and enter
tainers who helped to make the
event a success. The show was
under direction of Mrs. Jack
Sucksdorf assisted by Mrs. Ira
Culver. Mrs. Hoy Burnetle, Mrs.
Lawrence Burnetii and Mrs.
Beryl Settlemicr.
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Attorneys To Confer
Hollywood, Mar. 27 (U.R
Attorneys for Ingrid. Bergman
and Dr. Peter Lindstrom make
another attempt to settle their
marital tangle in a round of con
ferences this week.
Miss Bergman's lawyer. Greg
son Bautzer. and Lindstrom's at
torney, former Judge Isaac
Pacht. will resume conferences
that started last Thursday in an
effort to avoid a bitter court
fight.
Chief, stumbling blocks in
volve custody of the couple's 12-year-old
daughter. Pia, and an
accounting of their community
property.
Lindstrom refused to recognize
a Mexican divorce Miss Bergman
got a week after the birth of her
son, fathered by Italian Screen
Director Roberto Rosscllini. He
threatened to file a divorce suit
and custody action here.
Lindstrom has until April 15
to answer his wife's suit seeking
Pia's custody and an accounting.
He is expected to give a deposi
tion April 12 regarding property
that Miss Bergman claimed.
Cajon Pass Clogged
By Rail Rerailment
San Bernardino, Cal., Mar. 27
U.R) Emergency crews worked
todav to clear a railway track in
nearby Cajon pass where six
cars of a 90-car Union Pacific
freight train were derailed.
No injuries were reported
wncn the west bound freight left
the tracks last night. Cause of
the accident was undetermined
but damage was slight.
The 11th car behind the en
gine left the tracks first, drag
gin five more with it. Limited
traffic moved over one of the
double-tracks within a few
hours and the other track was
expected to be cleared today.
St. Louis Squirrel
Tested For Rabies
St. Louis. Mo.. Mar. 27 U.R
A squirrel which was believed
to have bitten four persons was
tested for rabies today after 300
persons joined firemen and hu
mane society agents in captur
ing him.
Agent Lee J. Potter, who had
urged that Ihe animal be taken
alive, so the tests could be made,
finally cornered the animal yes
terday after io had been
"winged" by an air rifle.
He reached under the eave of
a house, seized the squirrel and
hung on despite the fact that
the animal bit through his heavy
glove.
AutomobiieTIirplane
Collide On Runway
Concord. Cal., Mar. 27 (U.R)
An automobile and an airplane
collided yesterday when a con-f.--H
moior'st drove onto an air
port runway in front of a speed
ing plane. No tine was injured
in the freak crash.
Sunday driver Joe Dambrosio,
Los Banos, Cal., drove into the
path of a plane piloted by Dr.
Charles H. Gray. 28. Berkeley.
The plane's wheels ripped
through the roof of the car, but
the plane staggered into the air.
TO REPRESENT SALEM
Salem. Ore . Mar. 27 iU P
Robert Letts Jones, assistant
publisher of the Capital Journal,
will represent the city of Salem
and the Salem Chamber of Com
merce at a CAB hearing open
ing in Washington. D. C. today.
He left Salem by plane Sunday.
Phone Mcdford 2-5851
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Jackson County Farm Notes
Compiled by County Office 0. S. C. Extension Service
Fresh Sawdust Should
Be Used On Gardens
Sometime ago we suggested
the use of sawdust on gardens
and as mulches around shrubs.
Since then we have had a report
that the sawdust burned off the
lawn and the hcrbacious plants
around which it was put.
On investigation it was found
that the sawdust had been in
the pile about six years and had
heated. During this heating proc
ess some chemicals had appar
ently been libreated which were
toxic to plants.
This is the first condition like
this that has ever come to our
attention, but it would be well
to be on the lookout for it in the
future.
If fresh sawdust were used
this danger would be avoided.
Many people prefer to use the
old sawdust, thinking it would
be more beneficial. This is not
the case, but it would be suitable
for use provided the pile had not
heated.
In this particular case tne saw
dust had a rather strong and un
,,,,'jl nnnr which would serve
as a warning. We are still rec
ommending the use or sawaust,
but if old sawdust is used this
caution should be observed.
C. B. Cordy.
County Extension Agent,
Horticulture.
Clear Weather Waited
In Airplane Search
Williams Air Force Base.
Ariz., Mar. 27 -U.R) Air force
planes awaited clearing weather
todav to search for a missing
F-47'Thunderbolt fighter plane.
The plane, a Rhode Island na
tional guard ship piloted by Lt.
Col. James G. Thorsen. 32. of
Portland, Ore., disappeared Fri
day after Thorsen radioed that
he had hit bad weather.
Search planes criss-crossed the
mountains near Prescott. Ariz.,
until rain and snow forced post
ponement of the hunt. The re
serve crews boped to search be
tween Prescott and Kingman,
Ariz., today.
Thorsen was last heard from
when he radioed that bad weath
er prevented him from landing
at Las Vegas, Nev. He had two
hour's gas supply and said he
would fly to Phoenix, Ariz.
A veteran of more than 200
fighter missions in the European
theater during World War II,
Thorsen was on a flight from
Providence, R. I., to San Luis
Obispo, Cai.
Considerate Bandit
Notifies Police
El Cerrito, Cal., Mar. 27 (U.R)
A considerate bandit held up a
night club yesterday, locked
Bandleader Lu Walters and two
club employees in a refrigerator
and then called police so they
wouldn't "smother."
After escaping with $2,500 in
cash, the holdup man called of
ficers and said. "You'd better
hurry or they'll smother in
there." Police arrived just as the
men escaped through an emer
gency door.
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Eggs Mutt B Imported
To Supply Oregonieni
Oregon's population is consum
ing about two per cent more
eggs than are produced in the
state. California is consuming 40
per cent more than that state
produces. Oregon producers have
the ability to produce as good
quality and as large a produc
tion per hen as poultrymen in
other areas.
There is one limiting factor
that favors the midwest produc
er at this time. It is the feed
cost differential. Oregon poul
try feeds cost approximately $1
per 100 pounds more than the
same feed in the midwest states.
Oregon growers believe this
price differential may be nar
rowed or equalized if a federal
two-price program on wheat
should be adopted. It is suggest
ed that the parity support price
for wheat be applied only on that
wheat used for human consump
tion and that all surplus wheat
be on a non-support basis or on
the same basis as corn, barley,
oats and other feed grains.
Since a dozen eggs will pur
chase less feed than in any re
cent year, poultrymen must
adopt measures that tend toward
lower costs in production. The
100 per cent flock replacement
each year with chicks is one such
step. Rigid day to day culling is
another. Maximum size flocks to
the limit of available labor and
equipment is a third. Sanitation
and disease prevention is a
fourth. There are many others
that the experienced poultryman
wili recognize.
The poultry program planning
committee last week advised in
experienced or new poultry pro
ducers to investigate carefully
the market outlets, feed costs and
the yearly cost of operations
prior to starting a poultry pro
gram. W. B. Tucker.
County Extension Agent.
Efforts Made To Save
Astoria Dwellings
Astoria. Ore., Mar. 27 (U.R)
A Portland house-moving firm
will begin operations today to
have four of the dozen dwellings
being carried slowly to destruc
tion by a two-block section of
Coxcomb hill here.
The hillside began its uneven
downward march three weeks
ago at an average rate of a fool
a day.
Almost continuous rains dur
ing the period have increased the
job's difficulty. If measures to
stop it are ineffective, the slid
ing earth may endanger build
ings below.
The dwellings presented a
nightmarish sight as they twisted
and appeared to writhe on the
mobile hillside. Residents have
moved belongings and all de
tachable tixturcs to prevent their
destruction.
Approximately 145.000 mem
bers of 3.152 farm youth clubs
in new Japan are now actively
engaged in pursuits similar to
those of American 4-H club members.
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CRUSADE FAVORED -Sen. Jo
seph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.)
poses in Washington with some of
the letters he has received from
all over the country favoring nis
crusade against bad security risks
in the State Department. He has
received an average of 5000 to 6000
letters a day.
President May Call
Fight For Acheson
Key West, Kla.. Mar. 27:U.R)
President Truman may call the
signals today for an administra
tion fight against senate repub
licans who want, to oust Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson.
Mr. Truman this morning will
talk via long distance telephone
with his congressional leaders,
his second such conference since
he left Washington, March 12.
The White House disclosed no
agenda for the chief executive's
talk with his congressional "big
four," but they were certain to
touch on most of the major prob
lems currently confronting the
democrats in congress.
Republican threats over the
week-end to unleash new attacks
on Acheson during the next few
weeks produced little noticeable
reaction at the winter White
House here where the president
has been vacationing for two
weeks.
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Renewed Air Search
In Canada Called Off
Vancouver, B. C, Mar. 27
(U.R) The Royal Canadian air
force today called off a renewed
search for a United States C-54
transport missing since Janu
ary 26 with 44 persons aboard.
Hope that some of the 44 still
were alive was raised last week
when crewmen of an American
C-47 transport reported what
looked like an international dis
tress signal marked in snow
southeast of Fort St. John, B. C.
The RCAF and members of a
ground party searched the area
without success. Similarly nega
tive reports were relayed here by
members of a ground party.
Sulfur is said to modify bac
teria in the soil.
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