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J Sunday, October 27, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRXE Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF THE LATE OLIVER GOGARTY told about a self-important colonel who arrived at a club and demanded accommoda tions. Told that the last room had just been rented to a no account civilian, the colonel stamped up to this room and whacked the innocent occupant with his sword. "Sir," he shouted, "consider yourself insulted!" "Oh, go away," yawned the civilian, "and consider yourself shot" ""What was the rank of that Navy man you were dancing with all evening at the coun try club?" demanded an anxi- oua mother. I m not sure, answered the daughter coyly. but judging by his actions, I'd say he was a. Chief Petting Officer." A fond mother came home to find her teenage -son engaged in a poker game. What's more, his stack of chips was low indeed. "Look, mom," he said sadly, "no hands: C 1957. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndict. . Is That So? North America has always been rich in animal life. When the white man first crossed the plains, no other continent had had such a profusion of game up to 60,000,000 of buffalo, up to 40,000,000 of antelopes, and prairie dogs by the billion. Ten thousand years ago, ele phants, horses, giant sloths, lions, and many kinds of deer, and other mammals abounded in every corner of our land judging from fossil remains. Going back millions of years, our land was full of giant ani mals. For example, the largest animal to roam the earth lived here; the giant diosaur or thunder-lizard which lived in swamps some 160,000,000 years ago. It measured 87Vi feet in length. These semi-aquatic reptiles weighed more than 40 tons. (As compared to the sulphur bottom or blue whale, which weighed more than three times as much, this is still comparatively small. Although while in the water it needed no support it floated.) A more bulky animal was the Baluchitherium. This animal a type of extinct rhinoceros which was unearthed in Mon golia, was slightly more than 18 feet tall at the shoulders. It probably stood 25 feet tall to HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KW1N 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 A.M. By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist the crown of its head. The largest of any flesh-eating prehistoric animal was the ty rannosaurus rex, remains of which were found in Montana in 1908. This fierce-looking mon ster stood 18li feet high and was 47 feet long. Tusk 16 Feet Long The largest tooth (or tusk) of any prehistoric animal ever discovered, was that of a masto don unearthed at Port, Tex. This tusk, which is now housed in the American Museum of Nat ural History, New York, meas ured slightly in excess of 16 feet. As for the largest fossil snake, that was found in Egypt and reached a length of 50 feet. This is considerably longer than any snake living today the longest befng the reticulated python of southwest Asia which has been known to attain 33 feet. The largest bird that ever lived, Aepyornis maximus of southern Madagascar, stood about 10 feet. Its eggs were 13 inches long with a diameter of Vz and a capacity of two gallons, weighing perhaps 18 pounds. Judging from its bones, this bird which lived up until 25 years ago, must have weigh ed a half a ton. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) NEW LIBRARY Librarian Alta Estes,.left, and Talent Mayor -Frank Christian discuss further additions to the new branch 'library that is housed in the recently constructed addition to the Talent city hall. Most of the labor on the 1,200 square foot addition was donated by Christian and Talent Police Chief Bill Young. A money donation by the Talent Lions club started the building fund off, and other donations including materials, were received from individuals, clubs and busi ness firms. The SI 0.000 structure cost the city of Talent only $2,500 in cash. 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 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 in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new sub missions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer Switch Engine, Car Involved in Crash Richard Wayne Imhausen, 24, of Agate rd., escaped injury Thursday night when the car he was driving collided with a switching train on Agate rd. be tween Dragstrip rd. and Ante lope rd., state police reported. An engine, switching about 25 box cars, was crossing the road way travelling west when the car driven by Imhausen collided with the train, state police said. One of the cars apparently hit the automobile front end and turned it sidewise, they re ported. Arthur Lawrence Bradshaw, 40, of route 3, Medford, was engineer, police said. The en gine is owned by White City Terminal and Utility company of Camp White. Richard Rudulph, 45, of 88 Crowron rd., Ashland, was cited by state police for failing to stop before entering a through highway following an accident Thursday near Ashland. State police said Rudulph was backing a flat bed truck out of a driveway onto Highway 66 when it collided with a car dri ven by John Kercher, 44, of route 1, Central Point. No one was injured, state police said. California Man Bound Over To Grand Jury John . Joseph Polato, Santa Barbara, Calif., was bound over to the grand jury Thursday on Charges of forgery. He waived a preliminary hear ing and is being held on $1,500 bail. Polato is charged with at tempting to pass a S45 check at a Union Creek store recently. Sheriff's officers said the charge involves taking checks from a home in Prospect while acting as a magazine salesman. Ronald Joseph Sunseri, 18, California, is serving a 60-day sentence in Jackson county jail on charges of petty larcey. He was found guilty in district Foamed aluminum, one-tenth as heavy as the solid metal, can be sawed, nailed or cemented It is for use in place of lumber in house construction and for aircraft parts. court of taking an automobile wheel and tire. City police ar rested him recently. Alex Williams of Alaska, is serving three months in the county jail after pleading guilty in district court last week to carrying a switch blade knife with a blade three inches long. Such blades became illegal by a recently enacted state law. Order Now for the Holidays Hickory Smoked Pheasants Basted with butter and sherry wiiye. Ready to eat, hot or cold. Also live or dressed birds. Tom Yerxa, Crater Lake Hwy. McLeod TR 8-2256 POLO GROUNDS PROJECT New York ID City con struction coordinator Robert Moses predicted Thursday that the Polo Grounds, the former home of the former New York Giants, will become a site for a Harlem housing project. Moses said "there was some possibility of negotiating an agreement to get possession" before the pres ent baseball lease expires in 1962. ATTENTION! ROTARIAN DUE TO THE REMODELING OF THE LARGE DININGROOM OF THE ROGUE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, THERE WILL BE . . . NO MEETING TUESDAY, Oct. 29 The next regular meeting of the Medford Rotary Club will be held Tuesday, November 5th. CITY HALL ADDITION The picture above shows the newly-completed addition to the Talent city hall that will be dedicated, along with the town's new post office, at ceremonies and open house Thursday evening, Oct. 31. Behind the new addition is the old city hall building. The new structure houses a library, : : 1 youth center, police office and council room. Mayors from various towns in Jackson county as well as county officials, have been invited to the ceremony. Special festivities for young sters will begin at 7 p.m. in the youth center and the adult program will begin at 8 p.m., according to Mayor Frank Christian. your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. New Talent Library Dedication Scheduled o o o o NEW LOCATION Southern Oregon Title Company formerly 34 South Fir 9 Now at . . . 1 1 2 West Main NEXT TO WEEKS & ORR Phone SP 2-5221 Title Insurance and Escrows Commonwealth Title Insurance Policies The enlarged and remodeled Talent community hall will be presented to the people of Tal ent and neighboring communities at an open house Thursday eve ning, Oct. 31, according to May or Frank Christian. Festivities will begin at 7 p.m. for the children, at 8 p.m. for adults, with refreshments to be served to all. Officials of the neighboring cities, and of Jack son county, are being invited. New arrangements in the hall provide a downstairs clubroom for the use of all youth organi zations of the community, and and upstairs clubroom and audi torium for adult activities. This room has been doubled in size, freshly painted, and given a floor covering of asphalt tiles and an accoustic ceiling. A smaller club room is also 'available for the use of groups. Original Building Added to the original build ing is a wing containing a coun cil chamber and police office. There is also a new, separate li brary room, with its own en trance. The project was orginated by the Talent Lions club, which have furnished the financial backing. Other organizations and individuals of the community have responded with generous offers of future assistance with the furnishing of the rooms, ac cording to Mrs. Frank Christian. The actual work of construc tion and finishing was directed, and much of it accomplished, by Mayor Christian, with the assist ance of volunteer labor. Fire Marshal and Police Chief Bill Young contributed the labor. of painting the new interior. CITIES IN 'TROUBLE' Baltimore, Md. (IP) The pres ident of the American Institute of Architects believes erod ed American cities must be kept livable for the sake of civiliza tion. AIA President Leon Caht elain Jr. said "man's culture be gan only when he began to fa shion cities and live in them." He told a group Friday Ameri can cities are in "fairly deep trouble" and said the "obvious solutions are planning and con trolled growth and federation of local governments to handle com mon problems." 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