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Is That So? Ever wondered what big game our North American Indi ans hunted besides our present moose, bear, elk, deer, antelope, coyote and cougar? The roll call is impressive. Listen? ' American mastodons, narrow-antlered moose, saber toothed tigers, giant lions, dire wolvSs, bear-sized beavers, : ele phant-sized ground sloths, and wooly mammoths standing 14 feet high at the shoulders. All of their fossil remains have been found in America some mixed with Indian arti facts. Experts judge that every one of these animals . lived less than 10,000. years ago. American mastodon: This giant dweller of the spruce for ests stood nine feet six inches at the shoulder with tusks that ran ten feet in length and as much as ten "inches through. His remains have been found princi pally in the eastern United States adjacent to the Great Lakes' region. (A fine specimen may be seen in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and in the New York City American Museum of Natural History.) ; Because food lodged in his teeth we know even today that this monster fed on coarse twigs from the evergreen forest that covered North America follow ing the retreat of the last great glaciers. Widely scattered remains of this hairy, barrel-like beast seems to indicate that his kind may have numbered up in the millions! , , Widespread Hooves - Ice age moose: This animal whose remains have been un earthed in New Jersey and Al aska, was about the size of our living moose today largest of deer. It had widespread hooves and long legs. Its , nose was not as large as living varieties and its antlers were narrower. Saber-toothed tigers: This cat, shorter than modern lions but of much heavier build, had tre mendous fangs nine inches long It was built to kill. With its short muscular legs, short thick neck, and powerful shoulders is was marvelously adapted to spring on animals and to hang on while stabbing and slashing with its great fangs. It's nose was large and moved slightly ' backward in the skull to permit the cat to breathe while its face was buried deep in thick fur of its prey. The LaBrea tarpits of Los Angeles have yielded literally thousands of these beasts the specimens representing every stage of the saber-toothed tiger from tiny cub to sick old indi viduals. Giant lion: ? This great lion, fully one-third larger than to day's living African species, lived " in many parts of North America. Larger than the saber toothed tiger, it had longer legs By EUGENE BURNS Ringer-Naturalist and greater height and teeth well adapted ; to chewing and shearing flesh. .It had a long tail arid a heavy mane. Princi pally it fed on the hooved mam mals of the plains country, bi son; antelopes and horses. (Yes, there were native North Ameri can horses at this time.) Dire Wolf: This beast, omi nous in size and great in num ber, prowled over all of the 2-13-56 United States and much of Can ada. He was stockier than the modern wolf and had a much larger head ,the better to accom modate a stronger jaw and larg er teeth. All Ages Represented Again, the La Brea tar pits have yielded thousands of indi viduals representing all ages and states of health. Quite logically, the finest collection is in the Los Angeles county museum Giant beaver: This spectacu lar rodent was fully 10 feet long as large as a bear. His re mains have been found scattered throughout the Eastern United States the major number of specimens coming from the Great Lakes' area, in Ohio, Il linois and up in' Alaska. '. Giant ground sloth: This Ice Age giant was as large as an elephant of today and could rear up 18 feet or more from ' the ground. Typical of the Ice Age mammoths, mastodons and giant beavers, he was a hairy beast. Much of the ground sloth's time was spent feeding . in a semi-erect position, his. thick tail probably being used as a prop- , " , This largest of the' many ground sloths lived from v the Great Lakes region to Patogonia and from the Atlantic to the Pa cific in both North and South America. The best preserved fossils have been found in Ohio, California, Florida, Kentucky and many . scattered localities throughout the U.S. ' But the largest of living mammals that roamed America 10,000 years ago was the woolly mammoth. If he were to stand today oh the first floor ofyour apartment building, his shoulder would touch the chandelier in your upstairs neighbor's apart ment. And his . trunk could reach into the third story! With it,, this tall,. T thin-bodied, . heavy haired .' giant .' had '' tremendous curving tusks. Most Numerous in Nebraska Although . he roamed the grasslands of Florida and Ken tucky, he was most numerous Additional Acreage Granted Elk Firm Additional tree farm acreage for Elk Lumber company, Med ford, has been approved by the Industrial Forestry association, according to the Portland office. About 15,000 acres of forest land was purchased by the com pany in 1954 and 6,500 acres in 1955, according to Elk Forester Larry Solin. They bring to 75, 000 acres the total timber land owned by the company. The IFA will soon become a non-profit corporation, changing the status from a voluntary as sociation, according to articles of incorporation filed in Salem. The articles, call for IFA ac tivities in tree farms, forest policy, forest research-and edu cation, tree nurseries and seed orchards, and related forest mat ters affecting the Douglas fir region of western Oregon and Washington and northern Cali fornia.' A total of 1,977,109 acres in the area of certified west coast tree farms in western Oregon and 2,697,955 acres in western Washington.' perhaps in the open country of Nebraska where the greatest number of skeletons have been unearthed. For that matter, the best fossil elephant display in this country is in the Hall of Elephants, University of Ne braska Museum, Lincoln, Ne braska.. The frozen remains of a baby mammoth are on display at the New York American Mu seum of Natural History. (For more details of the world's -fossil mammals, you might wish to read: The First . Mammals by William E. Scheele, director of tha Cleveland Museum of Nat ural History (World Publishing Co.," New York). ' (Copyright, 1956. by Eugene Burns.) (Released by McClure News paper Syndicate.) v - Free: By special arrangement with with the editors of the En cyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal- craft set of this world-famous reference work in a. handsome Sealcraf t binding. Each week new submissions will be consid ered. Sorry, I simply can't an swer your many friendly let ters. Please address your letter to: IS THAT. SO! co Medford Mail Tribune,-Box 575, Sausal ito, Calif. Most of the world supply of almonds and filberts conies from the Mediterranean area, trade reports indicate. A Nkhol's Worth of . ,. Cosrsraient On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Future Writer i V" 1 Washington (U.R) Along about Eastertide, we may have a rather unusual visitor in our town. In telling about him, it wouldn't be m a n n e rly to use his name, But we can say that he's a col lege boy from Michigan. Anyhow, this Harman Nichols young man wrote a letter addressed to the "City Police department, Wash ington." Said he: "I would like to know if it would be permissible for me to sleep in your city jail. - "During the last week in, March, around Easter, I plan to visit Washington, D.C. I do not know anybody in or near Wash ington.! am working my way v,-an rnlleee and can't afford notel accommodations and I ,.iu ... liugnt be possible to stay in the jail a night or two. "If there is any way to get a room, I would be happy to earn it by doing some type of work. Place to Sleep "Perhaps you know of some one who can provide me with a place to sleep. "Can you tell me what the lo cal temperatures are likely to be during the last week in March? '1 certainly will appreciate any information you can offer." Howard V. Covell read it and re-read it and wet his finger and, Medford Shows Gain Of 1,029 Telephones An increase of 3,055 phones in the Jackson county area was re ported Friday by the Pacific Tel ephone and Telegraph company. The company serves 20,027 phones in this area. In Medford there was a gain of 1,029 phones for a total of 13,802. Phone service in Ashland was extended to 372 new users for a total of 3,873 phones. Jack sonville gained 165 ' phones for a total of 450, and Gold Hill in creased 61, for a total of 450. Added to the company in 1955 was 1,428 phones in the Central Point area. ' The number of telephones in the PT and T system increased by 463,000. The company now has 5,750,000 phones in service. PT and T revenue increased $83,000,000 over 1954 and ex penses increased $67,000,000. In 1956 the company plans to spend about $400,000,000 on gross construction of new plant facilities, according to J. H. Greager, Medford area manager of Pacific Telephone. looked hard at the forecast for March, and said how the heck would a deputy chief of police know anything about the weath er. . So Covell sent the file on the ambitious student along to Don ald Clemmer, director of the De partment of Corrections. Said the deputy chief to his colleague: "This request would be with in the purview of your depart ment." At long last the young man's request for a sleep pad wound up. in the hands of the lovely Mrs. Aleandra Liakos, adminis trative clerk of the Department of Corrections for the District of Columbia. Mrs. Liakos wrote to the "Gentlemen of the Board of Trade." She pleaded the boy's case. But she drew a blank. So she replied to the . young man, in part: "It is necessary to advise you that we do not furnish board and room for wayfarers through Wi-snington - only for persons committed to the jail by the courts." She didn't mention the various ways a fellow can get into the calaboose. . Mrs. Liakos, a patient lady, is waiting for an answer. And if it comes after Easter she won't mind. Sunday, February 19, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FTVB, Around Hollywood " By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent . Hollywood (U.R) One of the nation's strangest schools is a grammar -high school on Holly wood boule vard where the small fry com pare salaries and. TV ratings between their classes. Most school children take off when the bell rings to Aline Mosby practice foot ball or sell newspapers. But aft er classes at the Hollywood Pro fessional Children's school the pupils appear in movies, radio or television at salaries higher than those of their teachers. : This school was set up by the Los Angeles . School ' board to take care of show business mop pets. Classes are squeezed into a half day so pupils can work on their next million. Stars' Children Attend : Betty Grable, Cyd Charisse, Anita Louise, Debra Paget, Pi per Laurie, Judy Garland, Don ald O'Connor and Bobby Dris coll are among the famous stu dents who've stashed their books in the school lockers. Freckle - faced singer Jimmy Boyd graduated two weeks ago. Ybung singers Molly Bee, and Jymme Shore of NBC's "Pinky Lee Show," three of Bob Hope's Seven Little Foys" and two of the Mouseketeers from ABC's "Mickey Mouse Club" are cur rent students. About half of the school's 500 students are professionals. Many non working pupils enroll in the school because it has smaller classes than most public schools. Students Well Behaved Although I had visions of the show business students upstag ing each other in class, principal Maurice Mann insists they are "much easier to handle" because "they grasp information more quickly.". The pupils have a school year book (with professional photo graphs), school parties and grad uations as any other school. But there are some touches that are strictly Hollywood. . . Mann Jias the only school principal's office with film stars' pictures hanging on the wall photos of his famous graduates. The school hangout is a nearby hotdog stand with, a jukebox where singing pupils like young Shore play their hit records. . Salem (U.R) The New Ore gon Chewings Fescue and Creep ing Red Fescue Commission has voted an assessment of four tenths of one cent per pound of seed for the 1956 crop. Medford Dairies Get l Jill m 1 " milk Product Awards Jorgensen's Dairy and Sni der's Dairy and Produce of Med ford received gold certificate awards for fluid milk' products: this week at. the firearm Tlairv Industries' annual products con test at Corvallis. The ODI annual short course and convention was in session on the campus Monday through Wednesday. '.-'-,. Harold Ellis, plant foreman, represented Jorgensen's and David Kurtz, bottling superin tendent, Sniders. An all-time record of 241 dairy : product entries were scored by judges from industry, research, and the U.S. department of agri culture. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? jMoit picture tubes can be restored to original " brightness at only fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 I Notice 22nd Annual STOCKHOLDERS MEETING SOUTHiRN OREGON PR0pUCTI0N CREDIT ASSOCIATION , , . '. . , . " .' On the followng dates: - 1. Monday, February 20 at Coquille Hotel, Coquille, Oregon 2. Tuesday, February 21 at the Riverside Grange Hall in Roseburg, Oregon 3. Wednesday, February 22 at the Phoenix Community Hall, Phoenix, Oregon Registration will , begin at 10:30 A.M. on the above respective dates. Dinner will be served to members and their wives and to visitors, at noon, t One director will be elected by the members at these meetings. A report on the business done in 1955 and the present condition of the Association will ,be given. The principal speaker will be Dr. Burton Woods, Pro fessor of Economics, from Oregon State College. Mr. Paul F. Matson, President of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Spokane, isv expected to be present and give a talk on the relations between the Credit Bank and the Association, and also what the prospects are for farmers and livestock men, this year. Pending Legislation before congress affecting your Association will be discussed at the meetings, as well as the following: j ' "Retirement of the Government Capital presently in the Association." "Three Year Intermediate-Term Loans." "Credit Life Insurance." Music and entertainment will be furnished during the noonhour. 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