FOUHTEZN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, May 13, 19S8
Is That So?
Br EUGENE BURNS
Rangar-Naturalitt
This is one letter I must share i bear to free him at all? We had
with you who love the outdoors
as I do.
"The February air was crisD
and cold, and snow was falling
sngntly in the stillness preceding
a siorm which was beginning a
month of what , is recorded as
Montana's coldest weather.
"Suddenly, thicker than the
snowflakes, more beautiful than
description, came the Cedar
Waxwings. The bushes and trees
of our yard were filled with
them; the most beautiful and
brilliant of all northern birds.
Their brief visits to Montana are
always a joy and on only our
coldest days are they our annual
visitors. The seeds of the elder
berry bushes were their feast
that day, when, suddenly, into
their happy singing midst darted
a neighbor's dog, and just in
S-tX-se
ts THAT SOl
time, we saw and rescued little
"Frosty," as we later named
him. When we picked him up
from under the dog's paws, one
wing hung limp and torn and
helpless.
"Very gently we brought him
indoors, a crushed, gasping
frightened little tragedy of the
wild. The blood from his brO'
ken wing was not less bright
than the tiny red wax-like tips
of wing feathers that have given
his species their name of Wax
wing. "As hopeless as the case
looked, we swiftly held the wing
in' place, applied adhesive tape
to the break, placed vaseline
covered cotton on the torn
underside of the wing, then
leaving one wing free through
a slit in a bandage, we wrap
ped his quivering little body. We
then placed him in the handiest
thing available, an empty apple
box, and offered him water from
a tiny cup. To our surprise and
delight he drank eagerly and
gratefully, and then took food
from our hands.
One Setting Alone
"When next we looked out at
the oncoming storm to see if the
birds had returned, we saw only
one, a beautiful, high-crested
bird, sitting alone. We saw him
often after that and came to
wonder if it might be the mate
of the wounded one.
"Daily we loved and fed our
ret. searching to find him
enough elderberries, and the
seeds of the Russian olive trees
which he liked best, for which
he always gave us a little whis
tling song.
"As the days passed and the
storms continued the wild ber
ries were more and more diffi
cult to find, and it was neces
sary to feed Frosty on bread
crumbs, apples, and bits of ba
nana, with very frequent drinks
of water or a dish of snow. From
the very first he seemed to un
derstand our love and sympathy,
and repaid us with his fearless
ness and gratitude.
"For two weeks the bandage
held the wing in place; then we
carefully removed it, and a few
days later gave Frosty a bath
to soak off the adhesive. The
wounds were healed and the
bone had knit. Little by little
strength returned in tne wing.
and when the days became
slightly warmer we would take
our bird outside for what at first
were pathetic efforts at flight,
but he would fluff and preen
himself in the snow and groom
his beautiful feathers. The crest
on his head would stand
straighter than it ever did in
doors.
"Occasionally glimpses would
be had of flocks of birds, but
very often we would look out to
see one lone waxwing waiting.
The days came when Frosty's
flights would be longer, and
only when he became tired was
it easy, as it had been, to pick
him up and bring him back in
doors. Many times we wondered
just how we would eventually
give him his freedom. Would we
put him in charge of a pilot on
a plane going Northwest, and
so give him a start on the long
journey northward? Could we
come to greatly love him, and
perhaps would decide to keep
him for a pet. Surely his mate
had departed and he would be
quite alone.
Chinook Caressing Land
"But with returning strength
came restlessness, and when the
sun would shine little Frosty
would struggle against the win
dowpane.
"It was March now. A soft
Chinook was caressing the fro
zen land with gentle fingers. One
morning we took Frosty out for
his usual exercise. For one brief
moment he looked at us, a little
whistling song coming from his
throat a song of triumph, and
farewell. Then he flew straight
upward and across the yards to
a high lilac hedge.
"He sat there, feathers fluffed,
crest erect; then, miracle of mir
acles, could it be there beside
him was the faithful mate. As
we walked near hoping to get a
last picture, once more we heard
a thrilling note of song,, saw a
joyous lift of wings as they
sailed upward, together and into
the North.
This story brings to the writer
Carol Myers, Billings, Mont., the
weekly award of the 30-volume
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Sorry, I simply can't answer
your many friendly letters.
Knights of Pythias
Set Speech Contest
Talisman Lodge 31, Knights
of Pythias, will hold the final
speech contest for this area at
8 p.m., May 18, in Pythian hall.
The winner of the contest will
go to Portland for the North
west area contest. The winner
of the latter contest will go to
New Orleans for the national
finals.
There will be a speaker from
Grants Pass and Medford at the
Medford contest. The public is
invited to attend. Speakers will
talk on "Threats to Freedom
and How to Meet Them." .
Brooks, Ore. (U.R) Damage
from a fire which destroyed the
three-story workshop and stor
age building of Don Metheny
Thursday has been estimated at
$3000.
1 "N
Morse Says Action
By IPC 'Condoned'
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) charged
Friday that Army Secretary Wal
ber M. Brucker and the Justice
Department have "condoned" an
"unlawful acHon" by the Idaho
Power Co.
He said the power company
built a bridge across the Snake
river without the required li
cense. . Morse noted that it is unlaw
ful to construct any bridge
across any navigable river until
the plans have been approved
by the chief of Army Engineers
and the secretary of Army.
Morse said he has received a
letter from Assistant Attorney
General Warren Olney II stat
ing that construction of the
bridge was begun without prior
approval of the plans by the
chief of engineers. But at the
same time, Olney told Morse,
Brucker has advised the Justice
Department the Army has no ob
jections to the bridge and recom
mends against any legal action.
- "This is further proof of the
administration's favoritism to
ward private utilities and the
Idaho Power Co. plan to scuttle
the high Hells Canyon Dam,"
Morse said in a statement.
"Brucker's action Is open p
proval of an unlawful action."
Portland (U.R) The worst
price cut in two years has hit
the plywood industry in Oregon
and sharp production cutbacks
were predicted unless lower
prices spur sales.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
That goes for both Roberta
Brown and the blooms fram
ing her. Both will be on hand
at the Luther Burbank Rose
Festival in California's Red
wood Empire citj of Santa
Rosa May 19-20. It is an an
nual affair honoring the in
ternationally known plant
wizard.
Tokyo Rose Awaits
Deportation Hearing
San Francisco (U.R) Tokyo
Rose arrived from Chicago Friday
as her hopes of escaping deporta
tion from the country she be
trayed in World War II faded.
The former Japanese radio
propagandist, "very depressed"
and holding out little hope of
winning her fight, was driven
immediately to the home of her
attorney, Wayne Collins.
Tokyo Rose declined comment
on her case at the airport but
planned to hold a press confer
ence later. She will make San
Francisco the headquarters of
a last-ditch fight to stay in the
United States. If she fails, she
could become a woman without
a country, v
National Maritime Day
To Be Observed May 22
Salem (U.R) American men
and women, both . afloat and
ashore, who have contributed to
the nation's position as the
world's leading maritime power,
will be honored May 22, a date
designated Friday as National
Maritime Day by Gov. Elmo
Smith.
Minden, Nev (U.R) Ty Cobb,
69, one of baseball's greatest
players, has been granted a di
vorce from his second wife, the
former Mrs. Frances F. Cass.
Dodd For Delegate
WALTER H. ' DODD serves o ois Isfont to Oregon's
United Stales Senator Richard L. Neuberger In our
nation's capital, Washington, D. C.
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