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POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) A friend tells us he was sit ting in a local coffee shop last week, sipping at a cup. Only the waitress, another customer and cne other big guy were around. The big guy made a remark to the waitress which, because mis is a tamiiy newspauer, we can't print. The waitress calmly asked him to repeat his state ment. He did. She then hauled off with a strong right arm and slugged him on the side of the face so hard he spun around and his coffee cup flew the length of the counter. ?. He looked at her in surprise and sheepishly shambled off. That we would like to have seen. Our friend said it made him feel good all day. Spotted Friday evening: 3One of Medford's better known television set deal ers, standing in line to see' a late movie, listening to the basketball game from KYJC on a small portable radio. - Two staff members, talking hop last week, were discussing another daily in the state which seems to have' a proclivity for long and involved "leads," or first paragraphs, in its local for one of them to write a story about the Bigham family (which appears on Page 12 of today's ; paper), he decided to try his hand at this type of writing. This is what he came up with: "The Bigham family of Jack son county, which is believed to have a record unsurpassed by iv uuc xaiuujr xui 111 uuu rea dership in the state of Oregon, was given special recognition i at the 21st annual 4-H leaders con ference in Corvallis this past week which two of the family, Mrs. Mary Bigham Myers of Central Point and J. W. Bigham" of Eagle Point, were able to at tend as heads of the Jackson county delegation and at which , tribute was paid to Mrs. Myers, who has had 20 years of leading 4-H clubs, and J. W. (Bill) Big ham, with 16 years, who today is the most active member of the family, whkh has establish ed a record of 74 years of 4-H club leadership in this county, a record to be justly proud of." That's a real sentence. And he managed even to end it with a preposition. City Engineer Ed McKin sxry, whose red tie and red vest were mentioned in this space recently, has a new addi tion his new bowling ball is red and black If anyone has some real red shoes for sale, we think we know who might buy them. One of our printers is also a part-time farmer. Last week his cow had a calf, but the baby was born dead. To take advan tage of the milk situation, our printer bought anpther calf, but the mother cow would have no thing to do with it. So what did the printer do? He hauled out a jug of mo lasses and coated the new calf liberally with it. The cow pro ceeded to lick the molasses all off. She's now thoroughly convinc ed that good-tasting calf must t i in t a i i we Jier uwu. cjveij'uuuy 5 nappy. o Not long ago Conger-Morris i funeral home was assigned a new telephone number. It so , happened that this number re- cently had been relinquished l u - TT:..J :- : - mxi "o here Your Investment is SAFE - Insured By the Federal Savings and. Loan Investments made by the 10th of the iponth earn divi dends as of the First. " 3 27 North Holly Last week the C-M's phone rang, and City Public Works Director Vern Thorpe dutiful ly reported: I'd like to cancel my reser vation for tomorrow, please." The long arm of coincidence: We just learned that two Med ford families at Christmas re ceived identical fine German made 400-day clocks from abroad from their respective sons. Second Lt. Bill Perl sent his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perl, one of the glass-enclosed timepieces from England, where he is with the Air Force, and Second Lt. Fitzhugh Brewer Jr. Isent one to the senior Brewers from Germany, where he is with a heavy artillery unit. Coincidence enters the picture through the fact that although the young officers are close friends, and graduated from Medford High school together, they had not discussed their choice of presents, and neither knew the other had chosen the same object until much later. During city council meeting last week, discussion was cen tered on signs prohibiting right - turns at certain hours. Councilman Jack Fitzgerald asked City Attorney Frank Farrell how drivers who vio late the rules will be punish ed. "We'll draw and quarter 'em." said Farrell. "Thai's all I wanted to know," Fitzgerald replied. A lady who moved here re cently from the midwest not long ago remarked how friendly and generous and neighborly people are in the Rogue valley. She's right. This fact has been borne out in recent weeks, with rather startling impact. Two families, burned out of their homes, have been swamped with gifts of needed articles as soon as a hint of their need appeared in the paper. Another family in the Eagle Point area, who lost their house and almost all their possessions, will be helped by a church bene fit social. The Assembly of God church has been overwhelmed with gifts of old Christmas cards and stamps, which they use in over seas mission work, after a small item told of the need. The Dorcas society of the Medford Seventh-day Adventist church gave out some 300 gar ments, 3 quilts and 5 blankets op a single day not long ago, and later, also in one day, gave out 142 more garments, a quilt and material for two more quilts, and a blanket. This has about depleted their supply of bedding materials, and they need more. In view of the record, we have a hunch that if that need is made known, they will get more. They also need clothes for children particular ly shoes. . Arrangements to make such donations can be made by tele phoning Mrs. A. J. Miracle, 2-7206, or Mrs. E. F. Archer, 2-6546. If they don't get them from this mention, they may have to organize a house-to- house canvass, because there is a constant call on them for such things by those in need. HUNTERS DUCK COLD St. Louis U.R) Four duck hunters made good use of their duck blind in a recent cold snap. Marooned in nearby Alton Lake when their boat was sunk by high waves, they burned the blind piece-by-piece while await ing rescue. INVEST . . For DIVIDENDS ARE INVESTORS PROFITS An Insured Savings or Investment Account Will Give You a Nest Egg For Retirement or Vacations or things you want. Build Your Own Security Safely Profitably. Open a Savings Account NOW! FIRST. FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford Telephone ' iXl2 ANGERED over newspaper ar ticle on tax reduction, Edgar, Faure (above), who became French Foreign Minister when Premier Pierre Mendes-France gave up post, challenges Jean Jacques Servan-Schreiber, ed itor of weekly "Express" to dueL Editor accepted. (International) Unusually Light Snowfall Reported From Crater Park Crater Lake National Park has experienced unusually light snowfall so far this winter, Park Superintendent Thomas J. Wil liams reported from park head quarters Friday. The snow pack is far, behind that recorded last year. ' Figures compiled by the ranger department and based on month ly snow surveys made by park rangers in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service, show the total depth of snow at park headquarters to be 79 inches compared to a depth of 142 inches at this time last year. The water content of the snow pack is only 27.1 inches, fully 16 inches below that which was recorded for 1954. The Unusual ly dry snow which fell early in the season contributed to the low moisture total. Two Courses Two snow courses are located in the park and are carefully measured each month. The re sultant, figures are sent to the Soil Conservation Service in Portland, where, with other such survey data, computations are made which permit an accurate estimate of water stored in the major watersheds and from which the summer runoff can be predicted. These figures are of tremendous value to the farm- er, industry, and recrationalist alike. Although many months of win ter are yet ahead of us, includ ing the normally heavy snowfall montns of .February and March, the early snows are the ones that assure the best water storage. The reason for this is that the early snows are compressed al most into ice by the weight of succeeding snowfalls, with the result of slower melting in spring and summer. Late snowfalls are generally ""rotten" because of lack of compaction, melt rapid ly, and provide no long term storage. Woo Walla Paint Shop Hit by $200,000 Blaze Walla Walla flj.R) A fire fed by gas and paint broke out in the paint shop of the Tex Brotherton Motor Co., here early Saturday and caused damage estimated at $200,000. All the city's fire - 'fighting equipment was called out to bat tle the blaze which was dis covered at 12:30 a.m. and raged out of control for about two hours. With Safety Safe to $10,000.00 Insurance Corp. 2-9147 Is That So? For those of the wild, every passing cloud exerts some in fluence even more do pro longed sunlight or darkness, un usual warmth or cold, flood or drought, wind or calm. To some, the change of weather may in sure life: to others, it may bring death. Snow, too, can be either bene ficial or harmful. Being at least nine-tenths air, snow is a wonderful insulator keeping out the cold and hold ing in the heat. As a result, it provides protection for many small animals that are covered by it. A snowshoe rabbit, for example, will hump himself and lets the snow cover him. In humping himself, he fluffs out his hair, already winter-thickened, and it provides more air spaces close to his body. Then the snow covering adds the dou ble insulation against the cold airfilled fur and air-filled snow. As well, a large assemblage of small animals, notably ro dents,, tunnel under the blanket of snow among or near the underlying mosses or grasses to reach buried food, besides get ting protection from winter's Auto Test, Repair Shop to be Opened N. L. Thompson has opened a new test and repair shop at the corner of 13th st. and South Riverside ave. Thompson has installed equip ment to make tests necessary to inform the car owner the ex act condition of his motor. He will test and repair all makes of cars. For the past two years Thomp son has travelled extensively to train service men to operate test ing equipment. Before that he managed automotive dealers ser vice departments for 15 years. The new shop is located with the Associated Service operated by B. J. Staats Jr. w By Eugene Burns Ranger-Naturalist sharp bite. Some of these tunnelers, such as the lemmings of our far north, keep active all winter be neath the snow, even mating, savins unui, duu rearing young. serves as stepladder To a number of animals who run across its top, like the cot tontail, the rising snow serves as a stepladder a reach higher after each snowfall enabling them to browse on otherwise unfavorable twigs and woody stems. Although howling blizzard and freezing rain may spell doom to many, including grouse which hurl themselves into the soft snow for their nighfs sleep, these disasters may be a boon to others. The wind tears off tips of boughs, and the sleet, form ing loads of ice on branches, bends them to the ground or rips them off. The abundance of twigs, buds, and bits of bark which break with the storm, combined with the bent-over saplings and boughs may supply starved deer enough food to make them plump within a fort night. Besides, the twisted tan gles of bent or broken trees and shrubs give the small wild-life countless new hiding places. For the hibernators, the snow acts not only as a protective covering, but it also makes a mulch for plants which are thus preserved for food when the sleeping animals wake. To turn the leaf now, snow claims a fearful death-toll. The if .," ..... - - . . N ' -" t&i,. ,.., . . O V here Pride This gasoline station isn't accustomed to being ignored by the cars that pass its way. For it resides at the edge of a great desert and it is many, many miles to the next fueling point. But the big, handsome automobile you see here swept by without so much as a sign of recognition! For it is a new 1955 Cadillac and its owner knows that he can travel from his morning's start until his evening's stop without a single refueling. Of course, when a motorist decides to order his first Cadillac, he isn't usually aware that the car is so economical to operate or that it is so practical to own. 143 SOUTH RIVERSIDE - MEDFORD Sunday, February 6, 19SS rigors of the cold which accom panies snow and particularly the scarcity of fodd often create unsurmountable hardships and death. Toll Becomes Larger To begin with, migration and hibernation really induced by the rigors of winter," including snow have taken many mam mals out of circulation for the meat-eaters. Hence, for the meat-eaters, which are not given to migration or hibernation, the prey remaining is relatively scarce in winter; so a much greater concentration is exerted upon the small group available. As a result, day by day, the toll of the small mammals be comes larger. And as each in dividual is withdrawn from the living to become food for the predators, so much greater the pressure upon those remaining. With the first heavy snowfall, food for most birds becomes relatively scarce. For the seed- eaters, almost all seeds are cov ered. Without food, their bodies cannot be kept at their relative ly high temperatures for long. Hence, should you find a dead bird on a cold morning with heavy snow on the ground, you may be almost certain that its stomach is empty. Heavy Crust Saves Lives Thawing and freezing and a fall of sleet may produce a hard crust of snow. If it is hard enough to carry heavy game, it may save their lives in forested areas where they can reach higher for food. On the prairies and tundras, however, it may be difficult for them to paw through to the food. Where they break through, often their large-footed preda tors can run over it bringing death. At such times, white tailed deer and moose may band together in a group of a dozen or. more, to break trails and get to a small feeding area, called a "yard," in which the snow can be kept packed down wholly or in part. Taking advantage of the yard ing of caribou, the willow ptarmigan often keeps near the herd during winter months to Leads to Economy !! . He wants a Cadillac for what it is and represents and for the great pride and pleasure it will bring him. But it isn't long before - he discovers where his pride has -Jed him! He discovers it first when he prices the Cadillac of his choice. Invariably, he is surprised at its relatively modest cost. Not infrequently, he finds that it actually costs less than the car he is currently driving. And then, once his Cadillac is delivered, he discovers how frugal it is with a gallon of gasoline. He finds, as we said, that a full tank is sufficient for a full day's drive. - Next, he learns of Cadillac's extraordi nary dependability. In fact, he often has get food that is often deeply buried under snow. So too with other weather changes flood or drought, wind or calm, warmth or cold. Each casts its shadow of destiny, fav orably or unfavorably, upon those of the wild. (Copyright, 1955, by Eugene Burns) .. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel pt judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature and wildlife a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week, new SAMSON'S FEED PRICES Watch for this Ad each Samson's money-saving This Week's Special INTRODUCTORY OFFER 10 OFF On All Bird Seed and Supplies. We Now Carry That Well Known Geisler's Bird Foods. Wheat, Field Run ....... .... cwt $4.30 Hen Scratch ; cwt. 4.40 Samson's Spec. Egg Mash No. cwt. 4.50 Triangle X-tra Egg Pellets cwt. 5.05 Samson's Special Dairy Feed sk. 3.05 Cracked Corn . cwt 4.40 Rolled Oats sk. 2.75 Ground Oats & Barley cwt. 3.60 Samson Feed fir Seed Co. Poultry & Dairy Feed Hay Fertilizer 4TH & FRONT MEDFORD Phone 2-5295 to be reminded when the time has come for routine service. But not until he surrenders his Cadillac to its second owner cloes he discover the full wonder of Cadillac's economy. For then he learns how amazingly it holds its value and how little a year's service affects the public's regard for the car. All this is to say, of course, that you don't have to follow your pride to the "car of cars."' You can, if you prefer, make your decision solely, on the basis of economy and still buy a Cadillac! Come in soon and see for yourself! We've got the facts and we'll be delighted to see' you at any time! PHONE 2-6264 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE questions will be considered. 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