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6A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, April 23, 1953 Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo JO GOOD. ikT wecFi.',! Ill - j3& N4GGIN' SH4DD(JP 6ETL0ST' The blockbusters 4T IT 4&4IM R4CT, IS THEY'RE THE CM4MP b4ttlers of the neighborhood- Cut GUESS WHO PUTS ON THE BEST LovEy- Dovsy ACT AT THE ST4TI0M EVERy MORN- THAUX AHD A HATLO HAT TP TO rtar tik I (J -jCS 1 T J.7 v. J, jC-st -anTi 1 fi vsi l ' 1 1 CVtrsirso,Trltri, 1 . 1 fiohtinoat int. KIN"-, FEATVRE5 SYNDICATE l . naui .irur rre MW" I - Is That So? By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist Anyone can tell a porcu-J pine when he sees one, but what many people don't real ize is that there are many different kinds of these "pigs with spines." The biggest lives in the Old World Asia, Africa, Europe. He is the crested por cupine, so called because of a crest of 22-inch quills along his neck and back. The adults exceed three feet in length and weigh between 40 and 60 pounds. Unlike his tree - dwelling cousins in the Western Hemi sphere, he is a digger who prefers to live in the ground. Sometimes his nest may be n if 3 years OLD ) I dm Straight BOURBON Code No. 145-3 j ; $260 0 V ;!p.UAKERl S ;;bourbohi 3 'X a OLD QUAKE 5 SgimiM&i. 5 BOURBON'" f-: na, orrno rr rf.-" IXt SUAIGHI bubRiON ViniiitT - 86 PROOF OLD QUAKE! DISTILLING CO.. LAWREKCEBURS, IND. 100 feet from the tunnel en trance, and likely as not half a dozen families will have nests off the common tunnel. In Central and South Am erica, other varieties are found in the jungle areas. One of the most interesting is a prehensile-tailed porky. There is a sound reason for his hav ing a naked tail. He uses it to hang from a tree limb. Nonetheless, the North American tree "porcupine . is fully as interesting as any. He is a slow moving animal who has few worries and doesn't need to hurry. He knows his coat of some 30,000 barbed spines will make practically all other animals leave him alone1. The quills are about IVi inches long. A few seconds after they enter the victim the porcupine never throws them, by the way fish-hooklike barbs near the tips sud denly expand. From that moment on, un less someone extracts them by means of a hard jerk, they work their way farther into the flesh. . Eventually they either cause gangrene or reach a vital organ. The female American por cupine weighs about 15 pounds. Her baby weighs about one pound at birth. It comes into the world loaded with spines and in two weeks is ready to be on its own. (Released by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia 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 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new sub missions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tri bune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Newspapers Make Headway for News New York (IF) Restrictive forces are operating against American newspapers but the struggle for access to govern ment news is making head way, President William Dwight of the American N e w s p a per Publishers As sociation said today. Dwight, of The Holyoke Mass. Transcript - Telegram, told the 72nd annual conven tion of the ANPA at the Wal dorf-Astoria that the "restric tive forces" include the American Bar Association's Canon 35 which prohibits tak ing of pictures in courtrooms during court session. He said this is a regulation which "should be the pre rogative of the Legislature, the creature of the people." He also listed Canon 27 of the ABA which forbids ad vertising by attorneys. GAS PRICE REDUCED Hamburg, Germany (IP) German Shell A.G., one of Germany's major oil compan ies, has dropped its gasoline price one pfennig (one cent) for the second time this month. Shell's price is now 61 cents a gallon. Sawdust for gardens Summer Rates McGINTY FUEL CO. Phone SP 3-6297 4-M CLUB HEWS Antelope 4-H Club The monthly meeting of the Antelope 4-H club was called to order by President Bill Hubber. Under new business we had a new member, his name is Jerry Halfhill. Judy Brodshaw and Dave Woolfolk gave reports on their trip down to Cow Palace in San Francisco, Calif. Ater the meeting the boxes for our box social were auc tioned off. Ann Higday Reporter Sams Valley Sewing Club Sams Valley 4-H Sewing club met Friday, April 18, at the home of Ellen Solling er. Our leaders, Mrs. Edgar Pleas'ant and Mrs. Milton Sanderson, gave us directions in simple sewing. We held election of officers President's Rickie G o w e n; vice president, Ellen Solling er; secretary, Dianne S h e 1 ton. We then played games and refreshments were served by our hostess. The next meeting will be held at Richie Gowen's home May 18. Secretary, Dianne Shelton Chapman To Seek Senate Presidency Coos Bay (IP) State Sen. R. F. Chapman, Coos Bay Democrat, will be a candidate for Senate president in the 1959 Legislature, the Coos Bay World reported Tuesday. The newspaper said Chap man had three pledges from other senators. Chapman made no comment on the World's report. Other Democratic senators generally considered in the running for the Senate presi dency were Walter Pearson, Alfred Corbett and G. D, Gleason, all of Portland. VACATION CASH TO GO-GO-GO! Do vhat yonr faenda and neighbors do... get going with a Pacific Finance "Cash For Summer Fan Plan. Visit your nearby PF office. : Here, you may borrow the . I cash you need to assure a pleasant vacation and a fan filled summer far yon aofl your family. Pacific Finance Loans make , possible worry-free sammeia j for more folks every day, This year, why mnt irnn thorn HK? A DMSKNt OF PNGfV RNMNCt 1 PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL 16 S. Central .Ph. SP 3-5308 DICK HANS, Manager The Hollywood Scene Hollywood (IP) Holly wood's newest dog star, "King," and his trainer have ajough, off-camera scene com ing up in 10 days when the animal stakes his champion ship and reputation on the outcome of the far western sheepherding competition. In a way, Hollywood too goes on trial at the May 4' events at the California State Fair Grounds in Sacramento. Several dog owners and trainers have told King's own er, Charles Null of Dixon, Calif., that they suspect the four-time champion may have "gone soft" during the film ing of Samuel Goldwyn Jr.'s "Proud Rebel." And they point out that King traded the hard, cold ground for a motel room of his own in Cedar City, Utah, during location filming. Remains Unspoiled "Now folks are trying to use this against him," Null said. "King has not gone soft or fat. He's a good intelligent dog and it'll take more than running around with movie stars to turn his head." Nevertheless, Null, a florid faced sheepherder, admitted that dogs from all over the United States, Canada, Eng land and Australia will be gunning for King. "Just like the bullies in a bar they want to take a swing at a movie star. Figure if they can lick ' him their glory will be"doubled." King's co-stars, Alan Ladd, By HAZEL JOHNSON United Press Writer Ladd's 11-year-old son David, and Olivia De Havilland, meanwhile, hasten to King's defense. King's remarkable herding in the picture draws applause from everyone who has seen the movie and it would take more than loss of his champ ionship to hurt his movie ca reer," Ladd said. "But I don't think any dog in the world can beat him." King, a border collie, isn't "pretty" in the usual animal sense of the word. But the matter-of-fact, ' hardworking way he handles sheep is ad mirable and endearing. King was nominated for a sPatsy, the animal equivalent of an Oscar or Emmy, this year for his work in "Wild is the Wind." Reared on the range, King is not housebroken. The bill for rug damage was $75 in Cedar City. But he's a work ing dog and "not a spoiled pet," Null said. "That's why I don't think Hollywood hurt him a bit. He's got his feet on the ground." In the sheepherding trials a dog must leave his master, go 200 yards away, circling around behind five sheep and bring them home. At an arm signal he must drive the sheep 175 yards off to the right, through a gate and across the course at right angles to an other gate and back home and into a pen all in less than 12 minutes. King's record time is six minutes. Film Instruction Due in High Schools Portland ttPI A plan for the use of film for full in struction of physics and chem istry in some Oregon high schools on an experimental basis was disclosed here Tues day in a report to the State Board of Higher Education, j Dean James W. 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