IsThaf So?
While we toast before warm
Urea during winter evenings, the
warm-blooded animals of the
outdoors have made marvelous
. adjustments to the stinging cold
of .winter and the scarcity of
. food.' v ' ':, .:''' 'yf :
: Many, have migrated from
mountains to valleys," ; others
, have gone .to warmer climes
where food is plentiful; some
have' undergone a bodily change
putting on heavier fur or fea
thers sometimes of a, pro
tective color; others have insu
lated themselves with layer of
fat; countless others have enter
ed into a big sleep. . -r ;
The most unusual adaption,
perhaps, is the one we are least
aware of the deep sleep. It
varies: J with some it is a pro
found sleep, near death, for sev
en months of the year during
which time the heart-beat and
breathing stop for minutes at a
time and the .body temperatures
drops to within a couple degrees
aI S Anil tflAtA
added cold, most, mammals , eat
lew- ' ': "i '. ' X,:r"
:-- The intensity of ' this winter
sleep' is a highly individual mat
ter family has nothing to do
with it,: but the geographic lo
cation seems to. .' - -Time
Varies ' . ' - ' ,,
In the north the groundhog
goes below decks ' earlier than
,his kinfolk of the deep south. In
Quebec it may be the middle
of September while in the South
it may be late in December. In
s the high mountain tops ,of Ida
ho the badger may hibernate, by
mid-October and not appear un
til V mid-April; in lower eleya
tions,' say from 3,600 to 5,000
feet; he may disappear by- Jan
uary 1 and seldom' reappear un
til mid-March; in the southwest
' he may not hibernate at all: '
i Among the most profound
sleepers are the ground squir
rels (not the tree squirrels, close
chucks; some bats, the; prairie
dogs," jumping mice,, etc With
these hiberation is almost a sleep
" s j. . " - ......
oi aeain. . , .
Dig out a ground squirrel from
its burrow-and it will be as limp
Br tntae Betes
, RjR9tr-Natnrlitt
and inert as if its neck were
broken. Respiration and heart
beat are scarcely perceptible. It
is cold to the touch - perhaps
within a degree of freezing. It
can be shaken and dropped ron
a table ' without waking. A fe
male . ground squirrel . has been
known to sleep for 33 weeks out
of f 52. , Perhaps she out-classes
all other mammals in this sleep
marathon.. . .i. ? -:
Other Deep Sleepers ' ' f
Some of the ' non-migratory
northern bats and ..the dormouse
(the prefix dor means sleeps), are
also deep sleepers. Although the
bats tend to hang themselves up,
upside down, in great clusters
of hundreds and thousands,- the
little dormouse builds himself a
neat i little house 7 of dry - grass
and then, once inside, seals the
entrance so carefully that there
is not the . slightest ,hint" of a
joint or a weakness." And then
it sleeps soundly. ... D ;
' .The skunk, recoon, badger and
opossum become torpid for sev
eral weeks but even so they, oft
en" venture 'forth , during mild
periods.; They are quite, easily
rmiwHfS ". : '''. -" '
., Even lighter , winter ..' sleepers
are the squirrels and chipmunks.
The chipmunk . wakens quite of
ten and gets something ' to eat
and the red ' squirrel . goes into
winter seclusion only as a last
resort, preferring to remain
abroad. all winter. .
Bears In Middle
v 1 Standing somewhere, in the
middle are the bears. In the" far
north, the - female polar, bear
may go into seclusion : under a
mound of snow every two or
three years when she: gives birth
to a tiny young but the male
plod stolidly , about. Farther
south, the female black or brown
bear tends to den up at the ad-
Bloodmobile Visit ;
Slated Feb. 8lh
. The next blood 1 collection . In
Medford will ; be on Tuesday,
Feb. 8, it was announced Sat
urday, by Red" Cross ; spokes
man. -';': "; .r:r:--' '"'.-
- The goal to be sought during
the visit of the bloodmobile is
300 pints.. Since the bloodmobile
visits ; every other month, , and
since the use of blood in Jackson
county amounts to ' about 100
to 150 pints per i month,, the
amount sought : here ; is ,! only
about enough to take care of lo
cal needs, , the spokesman said.
As in the past, the blood pro
gram will be at the Elks temple
from -1 to 6 p.m.. Appointments
can be made starting later in
the week by . calling 3-3813., ;
vent of sub-freezing-temperar
tures while the adult males are
less likely to go to sleep and
when they do,, usually k f or 7 a
shorter period of time.
The beginnings' of hibernation
are apparent in birds: nearly all
eat about two-thirds less in win
ter than in summer ' as do most
mammals, and' very many, like
man's demesticated ' poultry,
store up fat prior ' to winter's
cold. ; . V ";;
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FOUND GUILTY Claude Lfehtfoot and his wife. Gertrude.
wait' outside Federal Court in Chicago during a recess.
Lightfoot, executive secretary of the Illinois Communist
Party, was tried on. charges of being a Communist under
an untested section of the Smith Act which makes member
ship in the .organization illegal. It was the government's
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Heavens
and
,n BY J. HUGH PRUETT .y
; Astronomer, Extension Division -Oregon
Higher Education System :
v. The one who studies the starry
skies is often expected to give
information? which is entirely
outside his field of endeavor.
Some feel that he : should ' be
able to : solve theological diffi
culties : since his telescopes ex
tend, vision, seemingly almost to
where the waters . of time lap
on the shores of eternity; U'.; ;
The vast expanse of the starry
universe is absolutely incompre
hensible to mortal mind A ray
of. light .travels ; a distance , in
one second equal to over seven
times, the circumference- of the
earth. From the - moon, light
comes to us in about 1 13 sec
onds; from the sun, in eight min
utes; from, the most dista n t
planet, in five hours. These dis
tances involved ere enormous.
No ; Indication of End ' ' ' v "":yj
But beyond : our solar- system
light, from the nearest star, it
self a- sun, xequires 4.3 years;
from other parts of our own siar
system, in 100, 10,000 and even
100,000 years. 'The largest .tele
scope brings light to' us from
outside galaxies in one million,
100 million -and -even, two bill
lion years. And there is0 no indi
cation that - the end has been
reached. . -: " , :v y. .y '
y It :' is , unfortunate that '. "the
heavens" 'and .."h e a v e n" " are
terms 'almost alike . while ' they
arie sbr ' different : in . 'meaning.
What we can see abo ve 1 us
without - optical aid 1 appears to
be a blue dome, not very far
away, which is set with multi
tudes of stars. Many: ancient peo
ples- considered this firmament
to be a solid dividing 'surface,
Below it birds' flew and clouds
Heaven
floated; above it was the abode
of the Deity and the spirits , of
the blessed.
Thought Material Place . i
. The dividing surface was call
ed i , the heavens"; the space im
mediatel y above .it; w. a s
"heaven." Heaven was thought
to be definitely a material place
above the world, and was divid
ed into various heights." One new.
Testaments writer spoke of. the
"third heaven." The Mohamme
dan. Koran .was said to have
come down from the "seventh
heaven." ' '
.Some today believe this earth
will finally be heaven. Others
conjecture that : this honor will
fall to one of the planets' or to
some region .far bey o h d the
Milky' Way in the region of an
other, galaxy or even1 beyond
all galaxies." There are limitless
possibilities fer locations in our
Vast universe. ,v -y:l ;- 'i
Entirely' Spiritual ' --.V';
is '? purely v a superstitutioh'. of
child-like faith without any .real
ity of any kind.. A third group
holds, that heaven is not mate
rial but entirely spiritual in ..na
ture. They believe that aft e r
"crossing the , bar" we ;m oh y e
"from out our : bourne of time
and place." . yy'-: 1 ....'v. .
The Study of astronomy Is pri
marily concerned, with material
locations, al thou g h wonder
aroused may well lead to inter
esting speculations. But never
has astronomy been able to give
any light on " the ;: location. , of
"heaven.". No telescope has. de
tected such a place: Such discus
sions surely belong mostly in the
realms of philosophy and relig
ion. . , :-5:v.:'. ""y.:. .. ,y -;-
Hre Damages Old
r Jacksonville Fire originat
ing, from; an unmsulated stove
pipe damaged; the E. E. Evans
home, at 410; East California st.
Saturday morning, .: Jacksonville
volunteer- f if e rn e n. reported.
Damage from the fire and water
was confined mainly to the west
end of the large two-story frame
house. v': - V UUis fe'i :;
' Most of the furnishings ' were
believed to have been saved,
according to the report. : , . j;
About. 10 firemen and others
assisted at '.the blaze-t:-;'';
.Theresidence : is one of the
big, old homes built during the
heyday, of Jacksonville as gold
rush town and county seat.
TworYeafiOld Wounded
By Accidental Gunshot
: Oregon .Cityf XU.B-A two-year-old
was accidentally shot in
his leg by his father here Friday
night. " y:-:yr.;
Victim of the shooting ' was
Arthur Dale Edwards, son of Mr.
and Mrs; Louis' Edwards of
Boring. -; - .-;.' : -. i ,
Edwards told police he had
just cleaned his gun and; was
showing his wife how to operate
tt when it discharged. : , '
Northwest Machinists , ;
Study Negotiations 'M "tfp
Tacoma (U.R) ,4-AFIj ' Ma
chinists from Oregon and Wash
ington met here . Friday to mapv
a program for coming . negotia
tions with employers in the two
states. . i yy'yyr-: 4,iir !
J. L. McBreen of i Portland,
general ' vice-president of ".the
AFL International Association of
Machinists, said action was taken
to request a minimum wage' in
crease of. 15 cents an hour and
to correct inequities wherever
they exist.. . ; '
Woodworkers Give QKy.
To Wage Boost Plan
Spokane U.PJ -CIO .Interna
tional Woodworkers union mem
bers employed by seven Spokane
firms voted 'Friday night to ac
cept -new contracts including
wage-increases of 7Vi cents err
hom. - -.''
' O. D. Armstrongunion busi
ness agent, said the firms employ
about ' 500 union members. The
contracts are retroactive to Jan.
1 and extend to April 1, 1956; .
EMPLOYMENT UP- - :
y Salem U.PJ Employment in
the Portland- Vancouver metro
politan area: increased. -1300 ,to
239,600 last month but remained
2900. below December,. 1953r, the
State Unemployment Compensa
tion -Commission.said Saturday.
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MSDrORD (CSUBGOR) HAIL
Overnight1 Response to Aid
Appeal for Family Reported
Valley residents. responded ov: (family stayed after the fire.
ernight to a . call '' to help the
Belle Akins family, whose home
at 547 Effie st, burned Thurs
day. . ' , c v
The family now has. a home
in the .- same neighborhood, and
most of the needed furnishings
for itr Mrs..: Akins and: her four
children lost everything , in the
fire except the clothes they were
wearing' at, the time. 4
Though the family" may still
need some more furnishings and
apparel, they .have been gener
ously aided, according 0 to the
sister-in-law;-Mrs, Charles Akins,
Jacksonville, in whose home the
' Sheets and pillow cases, and
shoes for the boy, Bill, 9, are
still lacking.
: The other children are, Nancy,
12, Martha, 10, and Frances, 6.
'Everyone Wonderful r
"Everyone was wonderful,"
Mrs. Charles Akins, remarke L
Many brought clothing, bedding,
dishes and other . items to the
Jacksonville home, and - others
delivered items to neighbors on
Effie street in Medford. '
Many of those who gave to the
family are neighbors and school
friends of the children, bid aeeay
were . persons unknown to the
family. Schoolmates of one of
the children divided their cloth
ing for the child.
BANDITS GET $1300 '
Portland (UPJ Two bandits
held up a supermarket here Fri
day night and escaped with loot
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