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Bills in Legislature Salem flJ.R) The House Livestock Committee, defeated at every turn in its attempt to get a compulsory state meat in spection bill passed, walked out of its last meeting and left the bill lying on the desk, ready for a try at the next legislature. Rep. Robert Steward (D-Keat-Ing), chairman of the committee, admitted defeat after the joint ways and means committee re fused to appropriate even suf ficient funds for a pilot program mims GARDEN TRACTORS work for you every month of the year . . SUMMIK Cultivating Gu Cuffing Mo9 hay Spraying MCttCid SFtlNO Plowing Harrowing Spray paMfnt WINTIt Snow ramovot Woo4 cutting AUTUMN truth cvttwa. Fvlttna. trt Grinding lot REGULAR $231 oo -a. $18.50 DOWN Now $40(00 Only lUJ, We Give S&H Green Stamps OPEN TODAY Cascade Lawn & Garden Supply 1228 N. RIVERSIDE MEDFORD in meat inspection. But he hoped to take the bill to the floor of the House to give members a chance to vte on it publicly. But Rep. V. T. Jackson (D Roseburg), who fought for the bill in Ways and Means Com mittee, said "it doesn't do a bill any good to get defeated." As the committee sought an appropriate burial place for the bill, wanted mainly in southern Oregon, Jackson suggested that the committee neither table the bill nor act on it but simply ad journ and leave it to die with the end of the session. He said it would then stand a better chance of enactment in 1957. Salem (U.R) A Senate bill to raise the salaries of State Supreme . Court judges from S12.000 to $15,000 a year has been sent back to an unsympa thetic Ways and Means Commit tee by House Speaker Edward A. Geary. Rep. Pat Dooley (D-Portland) was defeated in his attempt to have the bill referred by the full House to the judiciary commit tee. The measure, signed by 36 members of the House, was re ported out of Ways and Means with a recommendation that it be defeated. The Senate over ruled that report and passed the bill. As the measure came on for second reading in the House, Geary announced his intention of sending the bill back to Ways and Means but he recognized Dooley who put his motion for referral to judiciary where the bill would have a better chance of approval. Salem (U.R) A measure to increase the compensation rate for workmen suffering perma nent disability to a $100 mini mum has been approved by the Senate. The present minimum is $80. The House had provided a $110 so the Senate bill must go to the House for concurrence. Salem (U.R) The House has approved a bill that would pro vide for automatic review by the State Supreme Court of death sentences from circuit courts. Salem (U.R) An interim committee to supervise a studv of education problems in every NEW iu,ow STRICKEN Four-year-old Ronald Fitzgerald (above) of Oakland, Cat, is in Children's HoSDital in San Franrisrn with polio after being vac- j cinated with Salk shots. He ' was given the inoculation by his mother, a registered nurse, who obtained it from i her doctor. 1 Hearing Checks Due for County School Children Miss Patricia Beaudoin, audio metrist for the state department of education, will be in Jackson county during the coming week to conduct hearing checks for first grade pupils in various Jackson county schools. Her schedule will be: May 2, Jacksonville. May 3, Howard, West Side and Oak Grove. May 4 and 5. Ashland. Miss Beaudoin conducted hear ing checks for first grade stu dents in other Jackson schools during January and February. county in Oregon has been ap proved by the House. Members of the committee would be lay persons not connected with teaching or school administra tion. The bill now goes to the Senate. FOR BIG BY V STROM BERG- CARLSON Celebrating its 60th year Stromberg - Carlson now brings you the greatest value in its history! 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Voluntary Program The administration program, aimed at building up a 2,900,000 ready reserve by 1960, includes a new six months military train ing plan mostly for predraft age youths on a voluntary basis. Rep. Dewey Short (R-Mo.), long time foe of UMT and rank ing Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, has said he fears it may be a step to ward getting UMT "by the back door." He did .not vote either way when the committee ap-' proved, the bill 31 to 5 on Wednesday. , . - . - - Rep. James E. Van Zandt (R Pa.), who is for the bill " 0 per cent," said he expected some "noise" about UMT when it comes up probably Thursday. But he said he didn't expect any firm opposition. Not Enough Volunteers "Its only weakness is the fact that it depends on volunteers for the six months training plan," Van Zandt told a reporter. "In a year we're going to find that there aren't enough volunteers and Congress will have to ap prove drafting men of 19 or older for it." The administration originally asked for drafting authority but ran into strong opposition in the House committee which elimi nated the draft authority in a move to fend off charges that is was UMT. Battle mountain state park is the site of the last Indian battle to be fought in Oregon territory. It occurred in 1878. Is That So? Perhaps you have thought of birds as being mild, meek, de fenseless creatures. Don t be lieve it: They can fight, and fight with courage, routing foes many times their own size, oc casionally even killing them. Their arsenal is varied. Some have a powerful foot, others nail-like spurs; some have strong wings, others rapier-like beaks; and yet others have claw-like talons which, when backed with speed, are strong enough to break an antagonists's back. Among the most formidable fighting birds are the runners those which have had to contend with mammals, or whose flight at best is limited. In this group, by dint of the power in its great meet, the 300-pound ostrich is pre-eminent. So powerful is this bird, that any mammal, up to the size of a hyena zealously avoids provoking its wrath. And well that it does the single claw on the longer of its two toes can rupture corrugated iron. His kick has broken a man's leg. Other members of this flight less family, cassowaries and rheas, are outstanding fighters. In fact the hard straight inner claw of the cassoway is so long and strong that natives use it as a head for their spears. As for the rhea, it's a great in-fighter, holding on like a bulldog with its bill while kick-rip-slashing the be-jabers out of its foe. As a weapon, the long sharp spur of the game birds is the most terrible. Normally, this spur occurs only on the male as in most game fowl, and common peacock. Spring Gives Advantage With these spurred birds, bill-and-foot fighting is the rule. Many fighting cocks, for exam ple, strive to catch hold with the bill and once they have got ten this purchase, they go on to deliver a death blow with their spurred legs. In birds which fight with both feet at once, as do the game cocks, a strong wiry, springing bird usually has the advantage These spurred game cocks are killers, not only among their own kind, but also among such professionals as rats and hawks. Besides using beak and claw, the grouse will use its wings as well. Among the most notable of these wing-fighters are pig eons, members of the duck clan, plovers," snipes, and penguins more of the strength of the lat ter, presently. To assist some of these wing-fighters, a few are armed with brass knuckles as are the shelldrakes, spur-winged geese, spur-winged lapwings and lily-pad trotting jacanas. The "knuckles" being spurs on the pinion-joint, not the tips. Again, formidable weapons. A few birds such as gulls. shrikes and'parrofs rely almost entirely on biting and of these, the parrot can inflict great pun ishment with his powerful, hooked mandibles being the only bird capable of moving both unpers and lowers. An other type of fighting bill is the bayonet-like weapon of the stork and crane, which can be thrust forward swiftly. In the scaven ger storks it is particularly ef fective. In the hair-pulling class, the tooth-and-claw performers, grap pling is quite common. But, un like mammals, these grapplers do not aim for the throat mostly, it's the back of the head for them. Not to I be overlooked are birds whose daily food often de pends upon a fight. These are the birds of prey which use their terrible stroke or the vise-like grip of their talons. With these, beaks are used but little yet, the falcon who captured his quarry in the air may come to earth and is quite capable of breaking the neck of its vic tim with his bill. And when cor nered on the ground, he, may foil over and fight from his back like a cougar thus giv ing his terrible talons free play. Feathers Fry When two such killers hawk and eagle meet in mid-air, feathers-fly. They will grapple with their tough-shod" claws, clasping each .other, spinning round and round as they come down, often hitting the earth to By Eugena Burnt Ranger-Naturalist continue their struggle, j Which, then, is the most for Imidable bird fighter? Because of his superior weight and powerful legs, quite likely the ostrich. For size, the gam- "there is nothing finer than a STROMBERG- CARLSONS TELCVISIO & APPLIANCES 321 E. 6th Medford PHONE 2-9824 Open Wednesday Evening 'Kl 9 P.M. MODERN FURNITURE CO. ANNOUNCES Interior Decorating Home Service .. . . For Their Customers ... See Our Fine Line of Custom Built Furniture Drapery & Rugs OPEN WED. A SAT. 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(Copyright, by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, . my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature and wildlife a complete 30-vplume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week, new questions will be, considered. Sorry, I simply can't ' answer your many friendly letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SO! c'o Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausal ito, Calif. Two-thirds of all California farms are irrigated. Sunday, May 1, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVt Conditions Better For Much Delayed Atomic Test Blast Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The strong-willed but empty-wallet-ed survivors of Operation Cue were teased with another bit of hope Saturday. The Atomic Energy commission said weather conditions might be favorable to finally set off the oft-delayed atomic blast at the Nevada test site today. The Saturday morning weath er briefing flashed the green light for all hands to again begin preparations for the pre-dawn detonation. However, two more weather briefings were to be held before 5:10 a.m. PDT to day, in the event either, the 9:30 p.m. briefing last night or the 3:45 a.m. session today show ed a change for the worse, the shot was to again be postponed for the sixth irritating time. The weatherman said Satur day morning that the forecast was favorable for firing today except for cloud conditions that were "marginal" and could in terfere with air observations work connected with the blast. The AEC announced .that if the same favorable conditions hang over into Monday the 14th and last shot of the 1955 series will be fired. This will be in the pre-dawn, apparently, and will not hamper the tour of the blast ed make-believe city by all the observers. Apparently the shot will take place in a section of Yucca . Flat far enough removed from disaster town to preclude any radiation danger. ORIGINAL ENOUGH St. Louis (U.R) Highway Pa trolman Robert Beck radded a new one to his list of excuses for speeding. Beck stopped an elder ly man driving an ancient auto on the highway west of here. The driver told Beck: "The highway is so darned dangerous I was hurrying to get off it." HOWTRUEI Grand Rapids, Mich (U.R) A Grand Rapids office supply firm displayed a $2.95 file in its window which it labeled as "guaranteed to hold the yearly bills of the average man." Next to it was a larger and more ex pensive file with a sign saying, "not guaranteed to hold the year ly bills of the average woman." Dead line Sunaay Classified is at noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for Monday: other days 530 orevious day. 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