Medford
Tribune
Section Two
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1955
Pages 1-10
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HEADING ACROSS CONTINENT in light plane, Roger Perreau, 54, retired New York col
lege professor, is missing after taking off from Youngstown, O., on second leg of transcon
tinental flight to Los Angeles from Amityville, L. I. He had but one hour of solo training ex
perience before takeoff; was bound for Grand Rapids. (International Sound-photo)
New Equipment Cuts Fire Fighting Costs
New York (U.R! The U.S.
Forest Service estimates that
modernized fire-fighting equip
ment has whittled down the av
erage cost of bringing a forest
fire under control to about $600,
with the stel tank truck and
bulldozer combination standing
out as the most potent of all fire
fighting teams.
Steelways, publication of the
American Iron and Steel Insti
tute, says steel lookout towers
are now replacing the older
wooden ones and planes patrol
vast areas to spot sleepers
smoldering fires beyond the
range of the lookouts.
It points out thit once a fire is
located? the mechanized power
of the ground equipment brings
it in check. Thousand-gallon
tank trucks, fast fire patrol
wagons, hill climbing jeeps
equipped with two-way radios,
and big trucks bringing bull
dozers onto the scene, combine
forces to bring fires under con
trol often in a matter of hours.
' Bulldozers, with steel plate
top and grid sides to protect the
operator from falling snags and
the worst of the heat, are imper
vious to the glowing ashes under
their treads. Tankers, alone,
often put out fire within hose
distance. But when a tanker
goes with a dozer, it throws a
protective and cooling spray
around the operator, making it
possible for the steel blade to
tear into the hottest front.
Father, Five Sons
Practice Medicine
Boone, la. (U.R) The five
sons of Dr. Charles Louis Upde
graff, an eye, ear, . nose and
throat specialist, all have become
medical doctors. The 68-year-old
fathe&has practiced here for 42
years.
The youngest sonj Charles Jr.,
30, is in partnership with his
father.
The others are Thomas, 38,
Waterloo, la.; -Robert, 37, Des
Moines; William,' 35t Poughkeep
sie, N.Y., and Edgar, 33, Tucson,
Ariz. .
Noisy Shrimp Form
Submarine Shelter
San Diego, Calif. U.R) The
Pacific Ocean off San Diego has
one of the noisest sea channels
in the world, according to Dr.
Franz Kurie, technical director
of the Naval Electronics Labora
tory here.
Kurie said the noise is caused
by enormous numbers of shrimp
snapping their claws." Noise
caused by sea creatures becomes
so loud at times that submarines
can use it to evade detection by
electronic equipment being used
by surface ships.
The scientist said that a per
manent deep sound channel has
been discovered in the Atlantic
Ocean where conditions are right
for sound transmission across
extra-ordinarily great distances.
In one experiment, a sound was
transmitted from Dakar, in Afri
ca, fo the Bahamas Islands, on
this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
The five sons also follow in
their father's footsteps by being
ardent golfers.
Pets, Farm Animals, Have Longer Life Expectancy
Washington Man's animals, some 45,000,000 years ago scarce-
like man himself, show a de
cided tendency to live longer and
grow larger.
Dogs, for one, enjoy greater
life expectancy. A dog's life two
decades ago averaged out at sev
en or eight years. Now, though
there are no vital statistics on
pets, authorities say the average
dog lives 11 to 13 years, thanks
to better foods and veterinary
care.
Scientific breeding and feed
ing show even more striking re
sults on the farm. Beef cattle
are beefier, milk cows milkier.
Young pigs and chickens grow
faster. The entire barnyard
stays healthier, boosting longev
ity. Bigger Bobtail Nags
In only a few cases, and then
only very graduallly, does a
breed as a whole seem to be get
ting bigger. Thoroughbred
horses 200 years ago averaged
14 hands high (a hand's breadth
is 4 inches). Today that same
height would officially class the
horse as a pony; standard race
horse height is-15V4 hands, a
growth of 6 inches.
Whether dogs as a canine fam
ily are growing gradually larger,
as' one pet-food firm recently
surmised, is doubtful. Selection
of mates, environment even
dog-show trends can work great
changes in a given breed. Popu
larity of various breeds fluctu
ates, changing the overall dog
population. But the ancient wolf
like wild dogs that fathered
man's first domesticated . animal
were quite close in size to to
day's dogs.
Horses are a different story.
Eohippus, the Dawn Horse, grew
Universities, in the modern
sense of the term, originated in
the 12th and 13th centuries in
the resurgence of learning that
preceded the Renaissance in Eur
ope, f -
The first recorded Olympic
games occurred in 776 B.C. in
Greece when - Coroebus of Elis
won the only event on the pro
gram, ' a. race of approximately
200 yards.
Six U.S. presidents have died
in office, three of ' them Lin
coln, Garfield and McKinley
by assassination.
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ly larger than a big tomcat. Its
early descendants stood about
the size of a fox terrier.
Even the last "prehistoric"
horse, the not-quite-extinct wild
Przewalski's horse of Asia's
steppes, is only 4 feet high
pony size.
It is possible to breed horses
or cattle, hogs, or dogs for that
matter downward in size until
dwarf animals appear. This is
done sometimes for sideshows,
sometimes for' serious breeding
purposes. Small-sized turkeys for
small families are increasingly
popular, as are hackney ponies
for horse shows.
On the other hand Shetland
ponies, shaggy midgets because
of long centuries on sparse, cold,
island pastures north of Scot
land, tend to grow larger gener
ation by generation when trans
ported to greener fields.
No Aged Giants
Neither dogs nor cats, no mat
ter how they thrive on today's
growth feeds, serums, and won
der medicines, are apt to become
giants or to match man in lon
gevity. Dogs rarely live beyond 20
years; cats surprisingly enough
more often. In 1946 a search
was made for the oldest dog in
America. Highest authentic age
found was 26. But one cat-whiskered
Methuselah-among-tabbies
lived to 31.
Cat longevity in modern times
doubtless is higher than in the
superstition-ridden Dark Ages,
when . cats were dropped from
the highest towers .of Flemish
towns on the second Wednesday
in Lent, were- roasted alive in
cages beside roaring fires in Eng
land, and roasted on spits in
Scotland all to do away with
the spirits of witchcraft.
The first national presidential
nominating convention in Amer
ican history was held by the Anti-Masonic
Party on Sept. 26,
1831, in Baltimore.
Oregon ranks third In the
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