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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Smoked
Pheasants
Basted with butter and sherry
wiiye. Ready to eat, hot or cold.
Also live or dressed birds.
Tom Yerxa, Crater Lake Hwy.
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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,
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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.
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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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