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V FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE -sr. CARRYING BANNERS AND CHEERING followers of vfce President Richard M. Nixon greet him and hw wife it &n FnnSeo International Airport. (InternaUonal) Is That So? Although it takes the horizon but two minutes to swallow up our sun, twilight lingers on dur ing these August nights, making an easy transition between day and night. But gradual as it may seem to us, a tremendous transi tion goes on each evening In the animal world. Virtually, a whole new shift goes to work: in the vast minority are the animals which remain active by dav and night. By nightfall, most daytime animals are already asleep: nighttime foragers scarcely wait for dusk to take over. And a surprising number sleep at the same site, whether by day or night. A fox will travel long distances to be near his den. A heavy lumbering bumblebee will time Its coming and going so that it finishes the day at nearly the same spot. In fact, many times you'll find, the same bumblebee clinging to the holly hock night after night, until the flower has finished blooming. A butterfly, likewise. After its seemingly aimless flight over the countryside, it may return to cling to the same square inch of bark. Although a pair of birds may have constructed an elaborate nest, most kinds will go some where else to a commonly used roosting site. With the exception of a few, like the owl, nest builders use their nests only for incubation and nursery pen. Alighting at their roost, they wrap their toes firmly about the limb and their body's own weight pulls taut a tendon which runs over the knee, down the shink, around the ankle and under the toes. So secure is th grip that even in sleep no wind can loosen it. Lorus J. and Margery J. Milne in their book, "The World of Night" state that the grip holds even in death. Most daytime birds go to sleep promptly: cardinals may cease activity 10 minutes beiore sun set: crows settle their noisy af fairs by sundown; robins and mocking birds may continue their song a half hour into twi light. But once daylight dwind les, out swoop the mghthawks to patrol their beat of sky while bats commence their crazy writ ing in the sky. Eyes Identified Many eyes can be identified mirnpff -VODKA 80 Proof. Dist. from (triin. StB. Pierrt Smirnoff . Fit. On. of Heubiein), Hartford, Conn, U.S.A. So smooth j'JrS it leaves you breathless jttjj 8 8 4& w I ,.i mm " " I lam rr4' r Br fUGENE BURNS Rangr-Nrurilit in the dark from their color and size, say the Milnes. Per haps an even better tip-off is the location whether in swamp, field, or from an overhanging branch. A bullfrog's eyes glow green; an alligator's shine a bril liant ruby red; a raccoon's are a bright yellow; while members of the cat family have a vivid white or greenish eyeshine. VThere are other methods of identification too there are the outdoor languages of sounds and odors. In season, a deer has a sour sweet smell; an elk. much strong er; a moose is rancid; a bear almost pig-like; and a peccary can be positively nauseating downwind. Sounds Mora Informative. More informative perhaps are the sounds of the night. At close and break of day they follow a regular, timed repertoire. There are the calls of frogs and toads: the shrill, strident rubbing of legs and wings of insects; the calls of night birds; the chal lenge of mammals. (Yet am in terruption of all sounds a sud den silence can be even more pregnant with meaning.) Of course, the human's range of hearing excludes many night sounds. After all, each animal has its own hearing spectrum. Rats and bats, for example, com municate in a pitch far beyond ours which is pretty well con fined to six octaves above mid dle C. Others are very tiny a foraging family group of mice will small-talk in a pitch which is not alone inaudible to many predators but also carries but a few inches. But best of all night sounds are the calls from high over head, the honkings of a wedge of wild geese in the night sky. Or the howl of a coyote on a frosty night when his breath is steaming. (Released by McCIure Nwsapr Syndicate) (Copyright, 1956, by Eugen Burns) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyc lopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who snds 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 binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: It That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Laboratory Studies Jet Aircraft Trails Buffalo, N.Y. (U.R) What to do about jet aircraft vapor trails is a question that's been tossed at the Cornell Aeronauti cal Laboratory here. The Navy's Bureau of Aero nautical and Office of Navy Re search has allotted $30,000 to the lab for a three-year study of contrails the attention-compelling streaks in the sky that, in wartime, would be a dead give away to the enemy. The laboratory noted, in be ginning the research project that contrails "often point a 100-mile long finger" at planes that oth erwise would be invisible. "As an aid to detection of our aircraft by a possible enemy," said a laboratory spokesman, "they can represent the differ ence between the success or fail ure of a mission and life or death of our pilots." MODERN TIMES ARRIVE Albany (U.R) The horse drawn railway car is now a thing of the past. It became of ficial this year when Governor Harriman, approved, a bill de leting any reference to Ole Dob bin from the railroad law. 1 WdnidT. August 22. 1951 The Family Council editor1! Note: The Family Council consists of m Jiiflce. a psychiatrist, a newspaper editor, a women pare editor and two newspaper writers. The:e consult with clercymen ol all filths and denominations. AU letters ara held In complete confidence. TOM My wife's sister thwarts 1 my boy. ! LOIS He has indoctrinated the boy. TOM My wife has an older sister who is past her 45th year and has never been married. She has a high position in the school system and earns a good salary. She has always said that she would provide for the education of our three children and make them her sole heirs in her will. This, plus the fact that my wife feels that her sister gave up any hope of marriage be cause she wished 'to help her after the death of her widowed mother, gives my sister-in-law quite a bit of weight in our home. As a matter of fact, I like my sister-in-law. I not only respect her for her accomplishments, but I am fond of her as a per son. I am not therefore disposed to be jealous of her influence or argumentative. Of late, however, I have be gun to be resentful of her at tempts to argue our oldest child, Frank, out of his ambition to become a West Point man. It so happens that this was my boyhood ambition, but I could never make it. I think Frank has a good chance because eur Congressman makes his appoint ments as the result of competi tion, and his school principal seems to think highly of his chances. My sister-in-law sees no point in this. All she can see is that I am trying to get him a free education, and she points out that she is ready to finance him She will not admit that Frank would be as frustrated as I was if he fails to. get to West Point. LOIS It isn't at all that I think my sister is the boss be cause of her money. I would side with my husband if I did not feel he was wrong. He has indoctrinated Frank without realizing it. I cannot see Frank spending his whole life as soldier. e e THE COUNCIL: There are some misconceptions to be clear ed up. A West Point education is a good education. While it imposes moral obligations upon its beneficiaries to serve their country, it does not necessarily mean that he must be a soldier in the narrow sense. West Point training can lead to careers, in and out of the Army, in engine- Tie Deluxe Anglic; New English-built Ford THE LATEST FASHION IN LIGHT CAR MOTORING! Yas, in smart design and appearance, in roominess and real comfort, in top performance, safety and economy, here are the TWO BEST BUYS in the light car field. If you are looking for a real penny-pinching car that has EVERYTHING, you'll like these English-built FORDS! Anglia Tudor 1597 Prefect Fordor$1697 Delivered in Medford Come In See Them Today! EASY TERMS? Certainly! CRATER LAKE MOTORS MAIM & iSS PHONE FIR 6y 3-4547 "Where Good Service Is A Must" ering. law and other related professions. As for the obliga tion to serve in uniform, it is now a common obligation im posed on all youth, although it applies with greater degree to those -educated at West Point. Now, as to the father's al leged indoctrination. Career choices are most often made as the result of indoctrination. Little boys are impressionable, and they are stirred to their ambitions by factors that cannot always be traced, but they get most of these ideas through what thev hear and see about them. Frank obviously has been sub ject to his aunt's influence as well as his father's, and it is admitted that the father did not consciously hammer the West Point into his son's head If his aunt can stir the boy's interest in specific matters, well and eood. But she should not set herself against West Point if that is the boy's desire and has such strong approval from the father. (COPYRIGHT 1956. GENERAL FEATURES CORP). Cars Are Problem to 70-Year-Old Stroller Clifton, N.J. !U.B To Wil liam Hanson, 70-year-old Clifton hiker, solicitous motorists are a problem. Hanson, to whom a 30-mile jaunt on foot is just a stroll, has this bit of advice for well-meaning motorists who keep stopping to offer him a lift on his annual hike to Greenwood Lake from his home here: "If you see some one walking at a steady pace toward Irreen- wood Lake, please keep right on riding." Hanson, in addition to his an nual walk on the lake, walks be tween 10 and 12 miles every week end. He says his zest for hiking goes back to 1909 when he won a five-and-hall-mile road race. To round out the year, Hanson visits relatives on Christmas Day in Clifton, Paterson, Totowa Borough and West Paterson on foot, naturally. Salem U.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton's office has declared that sales tax re ceipts derived from automobile retailers and parts dealers need not be allocated to highway and park purposes. Want Inexpensive Transportation? SEETHE ANGLIA and PREFECT Per Capita Income In State Sets Mark Portland (U.R) Per capita income in Oregon rose to an all time high last year, according to federal report. Harold K. Cherry, manager of the Portland field office of the United States Department of Commerce said that the per cap ita income of Oregon residents in 1955 was $1834, the highest mark since records were started 27 years ago. Business also enjoyed a record year in Oregon, the report said. Manufacturing coiaiributed the most to the state s record per capita income with 656 million dollars, or 21 per cent, of all personal income coming from that source. w 3 and the most modern servicing facilities are among other progressive steps we have taken since 1945, to give shippers everywhere in our territory more and better freight service. Airman Cleared In Parks AFB, Calif.-4U.R) Air man 2C William A. Ott, 22, Selah, Wash., was found, inno cent Tuesday of charges that he assaulted three trainees during a barracks inspection at Parks Air Force base In Alameda county. A court martial cleared Ott of four assault counts after 40 minutes of deliberation. Testifying against Ott were Airmen James W. Milford, 19. Apalachicola, Fla., John Odom. 21, Beaumont, Tex- and Donald J. Ainsworth, 17, Lincoln coun ty, Ida. Milford testified that Ott. a tactical instructor at the base, poked him in the eyes and S. Ps freight carrying capacity has increased in the last Under our post-war program, Southern Pacific has acquired or ordered 56,854 freight cars, including 34,850 boxcars, at a cost of $356,000,000. Today we have over 75,000 cars in service, representing a post-war increase in ownership of 38. Our carrying capacity has increased 46 per cent in the same period. But there' is more to progressive railroading than new freight' cars. Keeping cars in good shape is another way to increase car supply, and . we are proud to say that our record in this respect is outstanding, too. In 1955, an average of only 1.7 of the cars on the S. P. System was out of service for repairs, as compared to a national average of 4.2. ' Dieselization, centralized traffic control, improved communications, jouthern Pacific Assault Charge shoved him against a bunk dur ing -a barracks inspection July 28. Odom and Ainsworth testified that Ott pushed their foreheads when they looked sideways dur the SEASON'S th REASON! Coma To BARKER'S Friday Morning Doors Open At Ten fnff' if 10 years ing the same Inspection. At ft time, they had been in the Air Force only two days. Three of Otts superior offi cers came to his defense. One of them. M. Sgt. Charles W. Pet ty, Otts immediate superior, said Ott is "one of the best tac tical instructors I have ever known." Hi
