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
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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
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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.
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Military Reserve
Plan Will Succeed
Washington (U.R) House
GOP Leader Joseph W. Martin
Jr., said Saturday President Ei
senhower's compulsory military
reserve training plan will, pass
the House next week' "without
any trouble."
"Universal Military Training
(UMT) isn't involved enough for
a fight," he said. "Im for the bill
and it will pass."
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-
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cock with his terrible sharp
spurs, would be hard to beat.
There is a record of one killing
a fox. But when sheer strength is
involved, that normally benign
emperior penguin, who stands
chest-high to a man, perhaps
takes the palm. One Antarctic
account tells of five seamen from
the whaler Baleana no sissies
who caught one of these great
birds and when they tried to
hold it down they were scat
tered like ninepins. When at last
they managed to strap two
leather belts around its body
and stood back to take a deep
breath, the Emperor did like
wise and burst the two belts.
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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."
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window which it labeled as
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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."
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