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TWELVE MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, Jus 22. 195B Is That So? Did vou know that . . . there' are at least 30 kinds of pheas ants. All beautiful. A little brown lizard from the Palau Islands in the Pacific wig gles out of his skin when you grab hold of him and there you are. literally, holding the empty bag! Whether this little "skin less ' gecko manages to survive and grow a new covering is not yet known. Skin grafted on a person from a donor last less than 30 days. Old faithful in Yellowstone National park is faithful only up to a point! During the past year it was found that the old gal blew her top at intervals ranging from 37 to 93 minutes the average being a little under 65 minutes. About half the eruptions occur within five minutes of this aver age; nearly one-fifth take place more than 10 minutes before or after the average. Some true sea snakes have a poison just as deadly as that of the cobra. -, Would you like to have better roses next summer? Then next winter save all your wood ashes -and keep them in a dry place to apply to the rose bushes in spring. If you live in Arizona, Call ' fornia. Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, - Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklaho ma. Oregon. Texas. Utah, Wash ington or Wyoming. I've got a -bit of nasty news for you. The grasshopper population is going to be up considerably. Where ;jast year 6.000,000 rangeland -acre were affected; this year it is estimated 20,000,000 acres Jwill be affected in these 16 :tates. With the exception of iron metals, aluminum is the most -plentiful in the world. " Judging from bubbles trapped -in icebergs floating in the At lantic it has been estimated that -some of them were formed about 1,000.000 years ago' Some sci entists believe that the gas trapped in the glaciers indicatrs -the earth's atmosphere condi tions at that time. The sperm whale, largest of the toothed variety, is credited with producing ambergris that valuable ingredient used in ex pensive perfume manufacture. It is believed that the ambergris results from the whale's habit of eating giant squid: and these in turn have a beak which is so in digestible that it irritates the whale internally and causes the secretion of ambergris. Mice No. 1 Past The walking perch, a common fish in the aquarium, has been known to travel 300 feet over dry land in 30 minutes. Mice replaced rats last year as the No. 1 animal pest. The Arctic ocean is much less salty than other seas because of the many rivers draining into It and the comparatively slight amount of evaporation. Some spider silk threads are about one millionth of an inch in thickness. Golden twmsters, the Ameri can pet which originated in Iraq, have been restored to life an hour after their breathing and heart-beat stopped due to freez ing. In an experiment conduct ed by Dr. Aubrey Smith of Loti don the golden hamsters were scaled in glass jars. As they kept breathing the same air, they be came drowsy and fell asleep. Then they were gently cooled and packed in crushed ice. An Remote Man on Trial For Income Tax Evasion ' Portland (U.R) John F. Cawrse, 45 -year -old Kcmote, Ore., sawmill owner, went on trial in Federal Court yesterday on charges of income tax eva sion. ; Federal Judge Gus Solomon was hearing the case without jury. The government charged Cawrse with evading some S48. 000 in taxes in 1948 and 1950. Defense Attorney Earl Bernard said Cawrse's knowledge of bookkeeping was slim and that the defendant had no intention of evading taxes. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport lr EUGENE BURNS Rafigcr-Nlturalist hour later, these warm-blooded animals were thawed out and brought back to normal. The only effect, seemingly, was a lack of appetite for a day or two. (Copyright. 1956, by Eugene Burns.) (Released by McClura Ntwi papar Syndicate.) 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 question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalita, Calif. Gov. Smith Urges Strict Economy Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith said in a letter sent yes terday to department heads that this biennium probably will have a surplus but the state can not assume revenue would con tinue to increase in the next two years starting July, 1957. He urged strict economy in budget preparation. The people of Oregon "clearly desire and deserve relief from the present burden of taxes," the governor said. He called for a reduction in operating costs for the next two years. The governor's office will not approve any new programs un less a need for them can be clearly established. Such new programs must be geared to the ability of the state to pay. ttearf line Sunday Clawifierf 1 at noon Saturday; 10 a m. Monday for Monday: other daya 5:30 oreviousday. Truman Chauffeurless For Time in London London (U.R) Harry S. Tru man, the former President, strode out to a limousine pro vided by the U.S. embassy to day, waved goodbye to an offic ial party, got in and went no where. Nobody was in the driver's seat. Mr. Truman sat patient and smiling while American Em bassy officials hunted for the chauffeur. A doorman's theory that the driver might have slipped into a restaurant for a cup of tea sent them sprinting into various sidestreets. Then, seemingly out of no where, the chauffeur appeared and whisked the former Presi dent away to lunch at Mansion House with the Lord Mayor of London. The embassy took the view that the chauffeur would remain nameless if not blameless. He was not identified. Urban Area Problems Studied at Roseburg Roseburg (U.R) A survey was started here this week by the Bureau of Municipal Re-1 search and Service for an in-! term committee studying urban j area problems and local govern- j ment. This interim committee was set up by the Legislature at its last session. The survey is of seven areas in the state, of which Roseburg is one. Problems covered by the sur- vey will include sanitation, po-; lice and fire protection and roads. The survey group, headed by Herman Kerhle, will report back to the interim committee ! and it in turn will recommend legislation at the next session. DRUG FIGURES San Francisco (U.R) The state department of mental hy giene reported that the number of drug addicts and sexual psy chopaths who must be commit ted to California mental hos pitals rose ominously during the year ended March 31. At least 520 narcotics users were admit ted to hospitals, compared with 402 admissions in the previous 12 months. In the same period admissions of sexual psychopaths increased from 400 to 512. The U. S. Forest Service says one in every five forestry plant ings in North Dakota has been damaged by livestock grazing. The plantings were made by the federal government from 1935 to 1942. For deep down enjoyment ( (vir3r iw? rein al..i.vJ;::tes:,ft California TOKAY PURE CRAPE WINE riTII WIHI CO.. IAN ftANCISCO, CAll. , Crater Beverage Corppany GLAMOROUS, I sure- ,WSA... I Turn Chevy out on the road to discover its real charm! For this is the beauty that raced 2,438 miles in 2$. hours to set a new round-the-clock competition track -performance record! It happened at the famed Dar lington Raceway, Darlington, S. C. A new Chevrolet, with 225 h.p', poured it on for 24 straight hours, averaging 101.58 miles per hour, to top the Indianapolis stock car record by 280 miles! Add that to Chevy's Pikes Peak record, to its great show at the Daytona Beach time trials, to its unparalleled record in stock car competition and you come up with the low-priced beauty that outshines everybody! . Here's proof of performance .that means safer, happier high way driving. Few cars at any price can hold the road with Chevrolet's grace. And it's got the stamina to stand the gaff for 24 straight scorching hours at a pace that few other cars would even attempt to match! Drop by soon for a sample! j : America's "v largest selling car J 2 million more . I V owners than J - Vany other make! AIR CONDITIONING TEMPERATURES MADE TO ORDER AT NEW LOW COST. LET US DEMONSTRATE. Ninth and Bartlett Streets (DdDHJHTFIESY CHnwiraiLiETr Phone 2-6115 Medford i
