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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1955)
Is That So? "There are birds like the al batross which remains on the ocean for days at a stretch with out touching land, right? And seals that stay in the ocean for months at a stretch, right? And the whale who spends his whole lifetime at sea, right? Well then, where do these animals get their fresh water to drink? Particularly the birds," writes J.R.T. You are right, J.R.T. But be sides - these birds, seals and whales, there are many other warm-blooded animals that spend days, weeks, months and years at sea. Sea snakes, too, for that matter. Several in the Indian and Pacific oceans spend sll of their lives at sea except to come ashore to lay their eggs. As for the whale, it may touch chore a few times in its life "time to rub the huge barnacles off its rough hide. As for drinking water, all these whales, birds, snakes and NOTHING DOWN! 36 Months To Pay CARPET & DRAPES By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist seals drink ocean water with impunity water which might make a strictly land-bound dweller sick. ' How do these animals avoid illness? Quite likely it has been a long and gradual adaptation They may have started drinking ocean water millions of years ago when the sea was still fresh. Or at worst, slightly brackish. And as it became saltier during the eons, they made the adjust ment generation by generation until today they thrive on it. But the reverse can be true, too. Animals accustomed to salt water can gradually adapt themselves to fresh water. This happened in Central America. There a large body of salt wa ter was cut off from the ocean and became a lake. With the torrential downpour of the tro pics and the heavy overflow, the captured salt water became diffused, then brackish and fi nally an almost fresh water lake as it is today. And in it, there were several imprisoned water fish, including sharks, which gradually made the transition from salt to fresh water fish. But then, salmon, trout, and sturgeon make the run from fresh water to : salt and then bacik again to fresh during their lifetime in fact, some may make it several times. On The Side By E. V. Durling Friday, September 16. 19S5. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE (Distributed by King FMure Syndicate. Inc.) Laurine & Dyke, Inc. 400 East Main Ph.3-5182 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 true-life nature adventure, or the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife a complete ,30-vol- ume set of this world-famous ref erence work in a handsome Seal- craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, il simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to IS THAT SO! c-o Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif.' - (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) San Francisco (U.R) Crown Zellerbach Corporation said to day it would build a 82,000,000 multiwail bag plant as a com panion to its projected Kraft paper mill at Antioch, Calif. Discussing long hours of labor a Westerner tells me that in the 1920s in Montana he had a 90 hour working week. At times it was even longer than that and with no overtime pay. He started at 4 in the morning, right after breakfast. At 10 in the morning he had dinner. At 4 p.m. he had supper. And went back to work even after tnat. vouu never guess what his line was. He was a cowboy. Working on the roundup. Eye Catcher An advertisement including a recipe always attracts feminine attention. So I have heard it claimed by those who should know. Might be a good Idea for a hotel or restaurant to give this angle serious thought. For example, I believe an advertise ment that would attract much attention would be one headed, "How Do You Make Shoo-Fly Pie?" The' recipe to be in the advertisement. Another eye catcher for a similar advertise ment would be "Does Your Wife Know How to Make Angels on Horseback?" With the recipe for that delightful dish in the adver tisement. Asking Queries from clients. Q. How old was Harry Thaw at the time of his death? A. Thaw died in 1947 at 76. . . . Q. Who was the producer of the burlesque troupe of the past known as the "Beef Trust"? What was the average weight of the chorus girls in this show? A. Billy Watson was the "Beef Trust" producer. His chor us girls weighed an average of 200 pounds. . . . Q. Has there ever been a one-armed profes sional ballplayer? A. Pete Gray, who played professionally about 10 years ago, had only one arm. He was a very good hitter. Asides Fay Gay and Morton Horton of the My Name Is a Poem Club each. recently wagered on a noble animal with the rhyming name of Weed Seed. The' horse, run ning in Chicago, came in first paying $50.80 for $2. . .'-..John Werth of Brooklyn has been a member of Typographical Union No. 6 (Big Six) for 65 years and has never worked outside of New York City. . ' Dream Team Am still figuring out my all time men born under Leo ball club. When completed it will definitely prove the best ball players are born under Leo. I originally had Leo Durocher at shortstop. I have replaced him and now have the name of Joe Tinker at that position. I need three other infielders then I will have my Leo dream team. Making Change In Los Angeles it is a rule of bus and street car companies that operators are required to make change for all bills up to $5. However, the operators are not furnished with change at the start of a run. If the $5 bills are presented early in the run the i driver has to make' the change out of his own funds. Give the drivers a break whenever you ride the bus or street car. Have the right change ready. Also con sider the delay caused by an op erator of a one man bus making change for $5. Sidelights In a fourteen year period over 2,000,000 Irish left their native land to come to this country and stay here. That was between 1846 and 1860. . . Add to famous house numbers in Manhattan 221 West 26th st. That was once a film studio. Mary Pickford wprked there in the production of the ' hit film, "Tess of the Storm Country." Says She It was Deborah Kerr who said, "As to wnat is a desirable woman I do not believe in the popular conception of a bosomy wench with a leer and a wiggle and very little else. Some of the actresses who are most like that on the screen or stage are privately about as passionate as a bucket of ice cubes. 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