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
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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.)
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A Nkhol's Worth of . ,.
Cosrsraient On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Future Writer
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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.
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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. Last but not least, some lovelydoor prizesl "
All members are urged to make an earnest effort to attend these annual meetings of the Southern Oregon Production
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