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
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your many friendly letters.
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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.
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