6A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, April 23, 1953
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Sherburne,
dean of the General Exten
sion Division, said the de
partment of visual instruction
does not plan to replace teach
ers with films but that the
teacher's explanations would
be augmented by film. The
plan calls for 15 schools to
use the films of Encyclopida
Films, Inc., and another group
of 15 schools would use the
traditional teacher methods
as a control.
Sherburne said the physics
films would cost $14,000 but
could be bought on yearly in
stallments. He said the great
est advantage from such
teaching methods would be
to small schools which have
limited science offerings.
There was hope that the
Fund for Advancement of Ed
ucation would help finance
the program.
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