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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago. ' -
10 TEARS AGO
Jan. 23, 194S
(It was Tuesday) '
Deputy Sheriff Verne Has
tings captured two German pris
oners of war who escaped from
work detail at Camp White. ,
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Signs of
spring are showing ' up in the
Willamette valley. In Linn coun
ty, the first move to establish a
PUD district bloomed. -'
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 23, 1935, - 'UvU5;
at was Wednesday) ;
Local furniture store adver
tises "the finest world-range ra
dio aver offered" for $42.93,
complete bedroom' suite for
$29.88, and davenport and chair
for $64.88.
Jim Stevens, director of Med
ford Gleemen, reports singing
group is rounding into shape dur
ing final rehearsals for first 1933
performance. .
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. X 1923 ,
(It was Friday)
Medford school district voters
turn down bond issue for new
high school building by vote of
315 to 267 with, only 50 per .cent
of the voters turning out.
. The eighth beauty shop to be
established in Medford opens for
business.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 23, 1913 ' "' . '
.. (It was Saturday) -'
Local residents start planting
sweetpeas . and spading gardens
as weather turns warm.
Page theater advertises "the
presentation of authentic and
authorized European war - pic
tures;" doors to open an hour
earlier than usual, and pictures
to be shown until midnight. ..
Vhafs the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 71) - -Cepr.
1955, Editorial Research Report
: 1. The President's budget mes
sage gives income and outgo for
: this fiscal year, this, calendar
year, next fiscal year, or, next
calendar year? : , , :
2. Americans at present are
eating more pork than beef,
more beef than pork, or about
the same amount of each? ' -; ;
' 3. More than half the people
who buy new cars replace them
in less or in more- than "five
years, or in five years."
4. What public office is now
held by Fred A. Hartley, co
author of the Taft-Hartley act?
5. Bat Galim is a flying mam
mal, bat for softball, Israeli ship
seized by Egypt, political leader
in Viet Nam, or new jitterbug
step? v i: -
6. Which of these averages the
highest temperature in January:
Houston (Tex.), Miami (Fla.), Los
Angeles (Calif.), New Orleans
(La.) or Phoenix (Ariz.)?, V:
' 7. Pedal-pushers is a term for
cyclists, chiropodists, effeminate
men, narcotics dealers, or a type
of woman's sports pants? - -
The Answers: 1. For the next
fiscal year and also this fiscal
year. 2. More boei than pork. 3,
In less than five years. 4. None.
5. Israeli ship seised by Egypt
6. Miami. 7. Type of women's
sport pants. ' ;. 1
At Eldorado, on Beaverlodge
Lake in northern Saskatchewan,
a main shaft descends 1,300 feet
into one of Canada's largest
uranium deposits.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Who Wants to Risk War?
We fear the basis of the Knowland China policy
is wishful thinking. ,
It is a policy that would have worked in the days
of John Hay and Richard Harding Davis, : but un
fortunately won't work now. t
Fifty years ago, as has been recalled getting
tough with China, or other weak nations, was the
proper course to pursue under such circumstances
because it brought results.
DUT today China is not a weak nation, but in a
military sense, one of the strong ones. With
Russian aid and contiguous to it moreover, it is doubt
ful if a naval blocade of Chinese ports by this country
would be at all effective.
It is about as certain as anything can be, that
it would not result in the prompt return of the 11
American air men, but might result in their extended
incarceration and even their liquidation.
So the more cautious policy of President Eisen
hower, while less flramatic and to some less appeal
ing, is the more realistic, and promises to be the more
effective. Moreover it will not risk war and who
Wants another world war as a result of this incident,
or any other, until as Secretary Dulles pointed put
every peaceful means of settling the matter has been
exhausted.
to m S " SB) ' SB
DUT now Admiral Radford has . joined Senator
Knowland in favoring a blockade of China. And
the Chinese lobby has seconded the motion." Even
Secretary Dulles believes there is a strong demand
in this country for such direct U.S. action. -Well,
there - may be in Washington. ' But we
haven't observed any, here and w.e doubt if there is
any in this part of the country. ,
pROM what we have heard hereabouts the statement
of President Eisenhower that such a drastic step
would be "an act of war," settled it as far as the peo
ple of Oregon as a whole are concerned. - '
The overwhelming desire of the rank and file
out here is to keep world peace, to avoid as far as it
is humanly possible any risk of another war not
peace at any price, but there is a strong faith, that
the administration, by restraint and consideration and
self control, can work things out and secure the re
lease of these airmen, without serious loss of national
prestige honor 04r self respect. r-;.- f
And on that sort of faith and'ebnfidence they
are resting and remaining calm, not paying much
attention to the "get-tough" talkers, ' or the flag
wavers, but going about their business as usual, pretty
generally disposed to follow the slogan of the Boys
of 76 at Bunker Hill, not to shoot off their family
shotguns or their mouths until they see the "whites
of their enemies' eyes." R.W.R.
More Work for the UM
From one point of view the Hammarskjold mis
sion to China was a success, regardless of the im
mediate outcome.
is For it handed over- to the United Nations for
settlement, an issue that, not so many years ago,
would have been a "causis belli." 4
This shows a considerable moral advance. And
in a few years. :
The great danger facing the UN has been dis
use. Like a muscle in the human body disuse ends
in atrophy and decay.
But here a very important matter did not res
in side stepping the U. N., but was handed over to
that international organization designed to settle such
issues by peaceful, rather than warlike means.
The effort may fail.. But until it does and even
IF it does there is good reason for rejoicing that
it was TRIED.
A ND if this effort should be a success, and the 11
" U.S. airmen released, then the next item on the
UN agenda should be Formosa. - v '
r , For unless there is some peaceful adjustment
of this complicated and explosive controversy, we
fail to see how war between the United States and
China can be avoided. And that undoubtedly would
plunge the world into World War HI. . , -.
) For the two nations have taken stands which
are diametrically, opposed. Red China declares she
can't tolerate an enemy on Formosa and intends to
take the island, as long as Chiang holds it.' . The
United States has declared she will defend the island
with the" 7th fleet, and of course unless one or the
other backs downi that would mean war.
IXHO owns Formosa anyway? Except; when it
" T was ' conquered and occupied by Japan; China
has owned . it, ; ever since Columbus discovered
America.- " -. '. '
As a result of World iWar ; H China was given
complete possession. But who and. what is China
today? Mao and his Red armies or Chiang Kai-shek
and his "native legions?", V. " ...
Without going into further details, here certainly
is a "hot international potato" if there ever was
onew?-
s And if the UN perhaps assisted by the Hague
Court of arbitration can't settle the matter, then we
fail to see how World War III can eventually be
avbidedV
It isn't too early we believe for the United Nations
to give the problem most serious consideration, and
see if a peaceful solution can't be worked out, before
it is too late. R.WJL
Sunday, January S3, 19SS
Matter of Fact
THE RACE WE'VE -. , t
GOT TO WIN ;
Washington By those who
should . know, this ; country is
now given about an evenTchance
of beating the
Soviet ' Union
in the race to
be first to get
an inter-conti-nentai
ballist
ic missile into
the air.
Although this
whole . subject
may seem im
impossibly -remote
to most
Stewart Alaot people, this
should rate as about the best
news the country has had for a
long time. For until rather re
cently, intelligence studies of
the Soviet effort in the field of
long range guided missiles
strongly suggested that we
would almost certainly lose the
race for the intercontinental bal
listic missile the 13 JUL And
this is a race which the United
States simply cannot afford to
lose. - . . :..".;.-: r: y.
The LB.M., married to a hy
drogen warhead, is the true ul
timate weapon. It can be fired
from one continent to another to.
destroy a great city, in much
the way that a murderer fires
a bullet through his a victim's
head. The difference is that a I
man can hide, and a city cannot.
as oi today, at least, there is
hardly even a theoretical - de-.j
fense against the true inter-con
tinental guided missile, except
to get the weapon first, to make
it better, to make it in greater
numbers. Until recently, the ef
fort to win the I.B.M. race was
strangled in red tape and hob
bled for funds. Today, a greater
effort could, and undoubtedly
should, be made. But at least
the effort, is now a serious one.
And it is already beginning to
pay. off. - .
If we beat the Russians to the
LB.M. and thereby avert what
would surely be world catastro
phe a good share of the credit,
according ' to those who know,
should go to a youngish Califor
na engineer .businessman, called
Trevor Gardner. Gardner was
brought into the - Air Force by
Secretary Harold E. Talbott to
get the long range missiles into
the air. :vv i; v ''
In the process,. Gardner has
stepped on a great many toes
so many that his appointment as
Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force has been held up in the
Senate. But Talbott and Air
Force Chief of Staff Nathan F.
Twining have; backed him "up",
for which they also deserve
credit
BY dint of toe-stepping, much
has been accomplished. Pen
tagon red tape has been slashed.
An able Air Force man, Brig.
Gen. Bernard Schrlever, has
gone to the West.Coast to ride
oh the big companies like North
rop, North American, (Convair,
and Lockheed, which are doing
the actual work on the missiles.
Totally unrealistic : require
mentslike : the requirement
limiting the margin of permis
sible error in an inter-continental
;missile tp 1,500 yards have
been rescinded. And funds for
the' missile efforts have been
fairly sharply increased. Th e
amount of increase is hidden in
the over-all Air Force budget,
but it is said to be substantial,
As a result of aU this effort,
the timetable for our entry into
the age of the long range guided
missile has been revised down
ward all , along the line. ' Most
significantly, the State Depart
ment and the ; British: Foreign
Office are now negotiating for a
5,000-mile missile firing range,
extending into the Atlantic from
Florida to the Ascension Islands.'
The immediate reason for this
negotiation is the SNARK, the
jetpropelled, pilotless aircraft
guided by- the stars, and which
flies just under the speed of
sound. But the SNARK is only
the fore-runner.
After - the SNARK comes the
NAVAHO, the ram-jet Which is
a true guided missile, flying
more than . twice the speed of
sound. Then comes the mighty
ATLAS, the true inter-continental
ballistic missile which
climbs an incredible 600 miles
into space before it plunges to
the kiU. And at some point
depending on a decision which
has net yet been made there
cornea the first man-made, arti
ficial earth-satellite: But, for
the immediate future, ATLAS is
the decisive weapon.- -"":;-
There will be a further report
in this space on these strange
and terrible gadgets. Here it is
enough to say that in each case
the prospects for early success
are measurably brighter than
they were a year ago.; But there
is stUT no cause for' complacency-
Our chances of winning the.
LB.M. race have improved but
they - are stOl no better than
even.
HPHOSE in a position to . judge
believe that , we could be al
most certain ' of winning ' this
race -we - must 'win;- oncne -eon
dltion. ThU condition is na
tional sense of urgency, leading
to a major effort on a war time
scale to win the race. This would
involve greater : expenditures.
But the eoncentratios of energy
and- talent which a national
By Srewart Alsop
sense of urgency brings forth Is
a more important element in the
equation. - ; ' . " " '
" And - this sense of urgency is
now lacking for a "very simple
reasoh. ' The i secrecy syndrome
from which' this Administration
suffers has made the LB JUL; an
unmentionable subject. This in
turn makes it impossible to ac
knowledge that the problem" of
winning the LB.M. race reaUy
exists or,: even to take - credit
for the genuine advances which
have been made.
Copyright, . 1955, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
In the Day's lleWs
By FRANK JENKINS ? v
What of the shooting in the
islets that dot '- the East China
Sea between Formosa" and the
Red China coast? ,:
WiU it drag us into war? -
ON THAT point (which. U ter.
ribly important to us) let's
quote the top military authority
in the world President Eisen'
hower. - '.-; i:- - 2 :
Ike tells his -press conference
that he doesn't know of ANY
military authority who consid
ers either Yikiangshan (pro
nounced Ee-kyong-shahn) or
Tachen pronounced Dah-jen) is
lands as ESSENTIAL TO FOR
MOSA. (It's FORMOSA around which
we have drawn the line and
dared the Reds to cross it.)
rHAT is to say:'
If these little islands aren't
essential to the defense of For
mosa there is no reason - why
we should go to war .to defend
them. . .-:
HOW about Malta, which is a
mere speck in the Mediter
ranean but generations - has
been an anchor of British power
in that area?
That was' in pre-atomic-war
days. I suspect that one hydro
gen bomb, accurately placed,
would put Malta out of busi
ness. The same is true of these little
islands in the East China Sea... .
ANSWERING a question, Ike
says at his press conference
that he'd like to see the United
Nations use its offices to get a
cease lire between the Chinese
commies and the Nationalist
Chinese. , . , Y
i So, 1 think, would we alL -.
The cease fire in Korea is a
shaky, affair, but it's better than
the ? shooting that preceded it
IITBILE we're talking about the
? Orient," here's, something to
turn over in our minds: - ; -
Japan's foreign- minister Sh
gemitsu lays on the diplomatic
table (which, in . many ways, is
not dissimilar to a poker table)
a statement to the effect that his
government wants to make
peace with the Soviet Union and
restore Tokyo-Moscow relations
to the pre-war level. He doesn't
commit himself on recognition
of Red China, but he adds:
v "JAPAN WANTS TO EN
COURAGE TRADE WITH THE
CHINESE COMMUNISTS." ,
OT so good?
W-e-H-H-
The rough, cold economic fact
of ; the situation is that Japan
must TRADE OR STARVE and
we Wwon't " let ' her ' tirade much
with us because her production
costs are so low that she can
undersell us disastrously. ; ,
Communist Russia and Com
munist, China, between - them,
control- the trade of Asia.
JNOTHER straw in. the wind:
At ' a '! place called ' Maebasbi
(MuhBAHshee), northwest ' of
Tokyo, police had to be called in
to CONTROL A MOB that was
protesting establishment of an
American military training area
in the Maebasbi area.- -- . '
Until the police arrived and
took a hand, the local citizens'
were ready to USE FORCE to
prevent surveyors from -laying
out the camp. . - tjMHj-
i THOUGOT:
; Our troubles with the Japan
ese began about the time that
General Mac Arthur ws
"busted" (to use the colorful GI
phrase) and brought home in dis
grace. Dale Vincent Story
In Field and Stream
An article,' u Big Bucks of 'the
Rimrocks," by Dale Vincent, a
well known Jackson county
rancher-writer, appears in the
current issue J f Field and
Stream. -, . .
"Vincent, whose home is the
Iron Kettle ranch . on the Old
Stage road a few miles south of
Gold ; Hill, wrote about mule
deer hunting in the Pueblo
mountains of southeastern Ore
gon. ,
The story tells about a four
man expedition into the high
valleys of the isolated mountains
It js illustrated with two photo
graphs, one : -showing the jeep
used by the party in the rugged
country, the other" showing the
four men and their kills. Adding
interest to the yarn is the au
thor's account of how near he
came to losing the one buck he
cared to shoot at when the an
lmal fell half hidden by a rocky
ledge. ..
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tion must net exceed 400 words.
His Pal Appeal Worked
To the Editor:" Last Sunday
you printed my. letter about
needing a daddy-pal and I want
to tell you that I didn't know
there were so many swell fellers
in all the world as have called
me and sent, letters and visited
me. Letters came from all over
southern Oregon, and phone
calls too.' There was even one
pal : in Berkeley, Calif., . who
called me long distance and we
talked so long, and he calls me
every afternoon, and writes too
So I wanted to say thank you,
Mr Editor, and. thank you to
every one of you real swell pals
who have called. J just wish I
were a dozen Benny, but I have
a good idea; I know several oth
er little boys just like me, with
no daddys, who could be just as
happy as I am now, and I'll bet
there are lots of ; boys, and
maybe girls too, who would like
to share my pals with me, (I tell
you kids, all these wonderful
people are just as lonesome as
you are).
Because my pals are bringing
me so much happiness, I want
to share it so other little boys
and girls can be happy too, so if
you don't have a daddy, just call
me or my mom and tell us and
I know that one of my , pals
would be your pal too. : ; ,
And you pals, keep calling be
cause there are many little boys
and girls, right here in our val
ley who would be mighty proud
to be your little friend.
Mr. Editor, thanks to you for
printing my letter, for, now I
have a pal to build model air
planes with, and one who takes
me to help clean the barn and
feed and ride his pretty horses,
and one who lets me- go to the
woods with him to get wood for
the big fireplace, and a pal to go
to Sunday School With me, and
so many swell pals I can't write
them ail here. So thank you, and
the Mail Tribune, an especially
all of you really wonderful pals
whose hearts are big enough to
include a little boy like me.
Benny Card Jr., .
(Phone 3-5464) .
1617Vi, N. Bartlett,
Medford, Ore. :
false Beliefs Die Hard
To the Editor; Strange how
people cherish beliefs. Some
how, the subject of snakes, hoop-
snakes, got into; our breakfast
time' discussions. ..Our ; elderly
guest told how her,, brother was
a near; victim ot one.' Seems he
was hoejng when a strange noise
came to him, looking up, to his
horror was a sizable hoopsnake
wheeling down the corn row at
him, so close he barely had time
to Jump, behind a hickory tree.
The deadly reptile unable to
change its course,' drove its pois
oned bone-tipped ' tail into : the
hickory tree- Unable to free it
self, it -wiggled and wiggled and
at sunset gave up the ghost. And
morning -found the: tree leafless
and 'dead.
; It brought to mind a hoop-
snake v story Grandpa - Clifford
told of how he was nigh done
in by one of the pesky things
while - hoeing in a -'cornfield
where they always seemed to be.
How they; ever escaped my no
tice; in the weary years put in
there is ' beyond me. Anyway,
Grandpa i CUfford hearing the
odd noise, saw one a-comin' at
him. He had no handy tree, so
just jabbed his hoe firmly down
and stiff -armed it out in front
of him. The snake dead-centered
it Grandpa never did say what
became of the snake but he did
claim that the hoe-handle swell
ed up big as his leg instantly, or
almost. Never did go down right
ly so he had to make a new one.
The silvery-haired one listened
with avid interest to my grand
pa's close calL but balked sharp
ly at the hoe-nandle version.
"Now. you're storying- and you
know it," she told me, her Irish
eyes bright with disbelief. "Just
as much truth in it as there is in
yours", I told her. But no, no, no.
"Wasn't it her own brother who
was there?"
So it is. Nothing can change
her belief in hoopsnakes. And it
is so surprising the number of
people who believe the same,
despite the fact that there is not
the -least shred of evidence in
all natural history of the "dead
ly human hatin hoopsnake."
F. J. Clifford,
1211 W, Main it,
Medford, Ore.
Alan Goes Bertsrk
In Portland Tavern.
: Portland W-R An unidenti
fied man suddenly went berserk
in a Portland' tavern Friday
night and severely : cut man
and woman with a broken beer
glass, police reported.
Injured were Winifred J. Hen
derson, 33, of Vancouver, Wash.,
and Virgil L. Flatter, 30, of
Portland.,.
, .Witnesses said ' they were
seated at the bar when a man
next to them suddenly broke his
beer glass and slashed the
couple aroundf the head and
neck. The assailant fled.
Victims of ; the attack were
taken to a ; Portland hospital.
Both said they had; never seen
their attacker before.
(ly M-T Staff
This story happened about a
year ago. Only the name has
been' deleted to protect the in
nocent .i-A-J-zyr::--
A well known young Medford
man, who has an office in the
courthouse, tried to get an Ore
gon , sute. college - basketball
game : broadcast by station
KOAC in Corvallis. v
He had no luck at home, to he
got into his car. turned on the
radio and drove around looking
for a spot where reception was
good. Finally, in north Medford,
near a small park, he found a
spot pulled to the curb, and
leaned back to listen to the
game,
A city policeman went by.
Then the cop ; went by again.
The third time he stopped and
with obvious ' suspicion wanted
to know, what was going on.
"Oregon State's f ahead," the
young man replied.
The cop, obviously a Beaver
fan, didn't run- him in.
: Ciiy hall employees Were "
seeing red Friday. ' -
It was all because of City
Engineer Ed MeKinsJry, who
showed-up for work in a'
gaudy combination of bright
red vest and red bow tie.
During the opening of the
First National' bank's new
branch, we are informed, a ear
ful of boys wanted to inspect
the premises. They drove by the
bank, found no parking place,
circled the block and drove by
again. Still no parking place.
They tried a couple of more
times, unaware that they were
beginning to become . conspicu
ous.
Finally, they found a place
to stop the car, and all but the
Is That So?
Despite the coexistence of
hundreds of kinds of v animals
throughout the world, one of the
most widespread beliefs of our
civilization is tJlat all animals
are in a constant state of "war
fare" with one another. "Nature,
red in. tooth and claw" said
Tennyson and, unthinkingly,
we repeat that pat phrase. "Sur
vival of the fittest" says'Dar-
win nd, in agreement we add
that this life ; belongs ; to the
strongest the swiftest the cun
ningest :;-; .y' -vy-':'.
: i That is not true. Certainly, ah
aggressiveness exists among ani
mals and there is killing one
would be blind not to recognize
it but . even more, there is .a
very - strong; drive towards co
operative . behavior,., a sort : of
natural . nonconscious working
together between species. Isn't
the very presence of the thous
ands of kinds of animals living
a "testimony to' their ' getting
along?
From the lowest forms, there
is a tendency to come together
for mutual advantages. In re
cent - experiments it : has been
shown that benefits come from
a certain ' amount of crowding
not overcrowding while isola
tion appears to be fataL."';,
Protozoans, simple form of
life; when introduced in largo
numbers in a sterile medium of
relative- simple salts grow more
rapidly than If the cultures arc
started with only a few. Among
a group of worms exposed to
ultraviolet radiation those which
were isolated a . few minutes
after irradiation suffered si much
higher "death toll ; than ? those
which were left together.
Perhaps it is for this reason
that among the very lowest
forms single-celled animals work
desperately to get together: re
move amoebae some - distance
from ; a group of their fellows
and the separated ones : im
mediately begin to make their
way back to the group. Higher
up the scale, take apart the cells
of a frog's eggs during . an early
stage, in; its ; development and
place ; the separate cells some
distance apart in water and the
separated cells will slowly but
surely approach each other un
til: they re-establish contact ;
In the higher isrsu, tneat
same co-operative drives are op
erative and if anything, stronj-
er. Among herring gulls, it has
been observed that members of
larger colonies commence court
ship activities earlier than when
the colonies are smaller, with
speeding up of the egg-laying
process and hatching. Under
such conditions, a greater num
ber of young gulls survive than
when the colony is small and the
spread . of hatching time- is
longer, ,
Likewise the eomoon aea
urchin shows that the develop
ment of the fertilized e;j, with
a few exceptions, is more rapid
hvihr denser- ehister of - Zt
than is ijolatad fallow ess,
and Cwtrriiutws)
driver piled out and went in
the bank for a glass of punch. .,
The driver stayed in the car, .
and kept the motor running , to
keep warm .
All this was taken In by
policeman in prowl car, who,
when the other boys earn outs
got in the car and drove away,
gave chase, stopped the young
sters and checked thoroughly
to make sure that doughnuts and ;
punch were the only loot they'd - i
made off with.'
;;-''' Ray Johnson, manager ef
radio station PIEP, Is co
chairman . ef the weekly
roundtabla of the chamber ef
commerce. The Idea ef ' the
reundtable Is tor mutual dis
cussion of the valley's prob
lems, but, last Monday, Raf
came up with a simpler an
awer. . '. v-zr'-s -
"Most of vs halo to eat
alont," he said. "
E. K. Hewitt 329 Boardman
st, found an oddity in a sack of
potatoes (Klamath variety) ho
bought recently. In among the
big plump ones was a wizened
specimen, measuring about 2 by
1M inches and practically pet
rified... -
How it missed being sorted out
by the -grading machines re
mains a mystery.' "
' Tern Shepard manager of '
the Blg-Y. was explaining a.
feature ef the store, a small .
" TV table which clamps on the
legs of the user.
- - One' ef his auditors. Vie
; Mllnes, asked: - :
- "How does the coffee- keep .
from spilling when you
walk?"
Victor 111
la
By IvftM term i
RaRfar-NahiralisI i
With even more advanced ani
mals, the Isolated members gen
erally prove : to be retarded in
growth : and ; suffer an earlier
death whereas the animal living
cc-operatevely with others tends
to increase in ' size and la the
speed ' of its reaction, betides
showing a tendency to reoover
more auickly from wounds and
to survive more often.
Perhaps that is the reason
why : most animals and plants
live in associations, herds, colo
nies, or societies while even the
so-called solitary species live
nxore or less' as co-operative
members of groups ' or associa
tions of individuals or different
species. . -: r'J ftt
Would Diminish Food Supply
If co-operation did not exist
extinction would always be. just
around the - corner. It is self
evident that . predator, like a
lion, must not I appropriato on
the average, any more than the
surplus of animals such as ante
lopes, upon: which- it preys.'
Should it do so it would con
tinuously diminish its own food
supply and thus mdirectlyv but
surely, exterminate itself. As
result,' a really close community
of interest exists between the
predacious lion and the timid
antelope and in "the wild - you
will see them, quite irequahtly,-:
living side by side. - ii
More than this, without such
sociability : among animals, the
progress of life itself, the im
provement ' of" the ; organisnv
and the strengthening of C
species would ; become utterly
incomprehensible. It is ec-o?era-tion
not tooth and daw
which must be the very basis
for the evolvement of our more
complicated animals from fe
simpler forms.- '
Could there be a lesson in
for the human? '
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in- TS THAT SO! co Medford
Mail Tribune, Zxx 575, Sautv
Uto, Calif.
Of Idaho Futility
Boise fli-M Oreton and Utii
have expressed a desire to send
their women prisoners to ioz7
if Rmithern Tdahn Collese Of 0
ucation facilities can be convert
ed, it was announced Satunuy.
ST 1C: fHann ehmirman Of thf
State Board of Correction, sail
the federal cavernmant also hU
expressed an interest in such t.
proposed institution.
He said the boara naa SUZSSS9-
od that such buildings could c
used as a reformatory, thus put-'
ting the idle facilities to a crtfJ
Purposevt;'- ' -i
A reformsAcrr ccCi c tnr,
od with 100 - Sfe8CSv:v:CKr:
said. Einee th l:lrrxl rsvtra-
raent pays ahect P f rr trzzlzz
such prisoners, t tZlZ it trri
Dossible the tzllz" D
put on a cslr.72
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