10 MAIU TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, April 28, 1938
Is That So?
Did you know that . . . de
spite the enormous publicity
given the gorilla, it was hard
ly known 100 years ago?
It was not until 1847 that
the first gorilla skull was ex
amined in the U.S., and the
famous London zoo did not
get one until as late as 1887.
At first they were believed
to be overgrown chimpan
zeesS It was years before it
was definitely established
they were a separate species.
The bitterling, a three-inch
fish, uses a living fresh-water
mussel as a nursery. The
eggs are deposited in the mus
sell, fertilized there, and two
or three weeks later the tiny
bitterlings emerge to begin
their lifelong swim.
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By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
You can spot the black
widow spider by . the red,
hour-glass shaped mark on
the underside of its round
abdomen.
m. . , i
ine American d e a v e t
ranges the entire width of the
country from the Rio Grande
on the Mexican Border to
Canada. In certain parts of
the country, thanks to protec
tion the numbers of this so
ciable animal are increasing.
Probably the biggest close
relative of the pig is the hip
popotamus whose name
means river horse. Though
he stays in rivers most the
day, at night he is often
found roaming the country
side in search of food.
Whenever you see a bat
skimming over the surface of
the water jt is probably tak
ing a drink. They may eat
fruit, insects, fish, the blood
of birds or animals, most of
which has to be done when
not in flight. But they drink
on the wing.
The armadillo was a for
midable creature in prehis
toric times. The ancestor of
our Texas armadillo some
times exceeded 14 feet in
lenth and five feet in height.
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What Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public service by the
College of Law. Willamette University. Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
lo his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
Does the Law Entitle a
Dog to One Bite?
, Eight-year-old Jack Jones
and his mother were walking
through the lobby of the ho
tel where they were staying.
When Jack leaned over to pat
"Sport," the hotel owner's
mongrel pup, the dog bit him
on the arm. A legal action in
Jack's name was begun
against the hotel owner seek
ing damages for the injuries
caused by the dog bite. The
hotel owner argued that the
dog had never bitten anyone
before and he had had no
forewarning that he might do
so. He was, in effect, arguing
that "every dog is entitled to
one bite" before the owner
becomes liable to the injured
person.
Not in Agreement
The court did not agree
with this contention because
the dog had growled and
snapped at people before and
His tail was armed with a
spiked club.
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Layoffs Told
By Texas Firm
Dallas, Tex. OP) The Lone
Star Steel company has dis
closed it will lay off 500 more
men on May 1, when it closes
its open hearth department in
its east Texas plant at Dain
gerfield. The company laid off 1,500
men about a month ago.
E. B. Germany, president
of Lone Star, said sales and
revenue had been severely
curtailed because of condi
tions in the oil and gas indus
try. - -
RED SHIP IN TANGIERS
Tangier (IP) For the
first time since Czarist days,
a Russian ship was being un
loaded in Tangier today. The
Svernaja Dvina, loaded with
paper and woodpulp consign
ed to Spain, put in here be
cause the Spanish government
has a ban on Soviet ships. The
cargo is being transhipped far
out in Tangier Bay into small
coasters which then sail
across the Straits of Gibralter
into Spain.
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had otherwise demonstrated
to his owner that he might
bite. Actual biting is not the
only way an owner can gain
knowledge that the animal
might be vicious.
This holding would cover
similar cases involving animal-inflicted
injuries. A dog
is only one of the animals con
sidered by the law to be a
"safe" domesticated animal.
Others are sheep, cats, chick
ens, horses and the like. In
cases involving these, the
owner will usually be liable
if he knew or had reason to
know that the animal had
dangerous or vicious propen
sities. Otherwise he is not.
A lady was in a department
store looking at pets. She was
talking to a caged .parrot
when a parrot flying loose in
the store bit her on the finger.
The store was held liable by
the Maryland court because
testimony showed that the
store considered parrots to be
a danger to customers and
kept them caged except when
the cage was being cleaned.
Viciousness Not Indicated
In Minnesota a playful dog
jumped on a lady and caused
her to fall and suffer an in
jury. She was not permitted
damages from the dog's own
er only because she could not
show that the owner had
knowledge of the dog's dan
g e r o u s propensities. This
would indicate, however, that
the animal does not necessari
ly have to be vicious, only
dangerous.
A border-line case in North
Carolina involved a man
gored by a bull who was de
nied damages because he
could not prove that the own
er knew of the bull's danger
ous or vicious propensities.
No doubt other courts would
take the position that anyone
would know that a bull might
be vicious.
In Oregon the rule is the
same as in all these . cases
mentioned. The owner will be
liable for injuries done by
"safe," domesticated animals
if he knows or had reason to
know of their vicious or dan
gerous tendencies.
Mexico Broadens
Tourist Rules
Mexico City (IP) The gov
ernment has liberalized tour
ist regulations to allow for
eign visitors to bring three
bottles of liquor into the coun
try duty free and to eliminate
the requirement for Mexican
customs inspection of their
baggage when' they leave.
The increased liquor quota
was designed to offset a re
cent rise in duties on commer
cial liquor imports. The aboli
tion of customs inspection for
outbound tourists was a reac
tion to recent criticism of the
"humiliating searches" to
which travelers had been sub
jected. Tribune
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Stock Exchange Issues Book
Full of Answers On Market
By ELMER C. WALZER
United Press Financial Editor
New York (IP) The Stock
Exchange Tuesday issues its
1958 "Fact Book," a 50-page
compendium packed full of
answers to a thousand and
one questions one might ask
about the market.
But it won't tell you what
the companies listed on the
big board : and there are
more than a thousand of
them manufacture or how
they earn their living. Such
an analysis would take a pret
ty sizable book shelf.
It's pretty important to
know what companies make
before one buys their stock.
But the market performance
indicates there are many
things yet to learn.
For example, the other day
when the low-priced autos
such as American Motors and
Sludebaker-Packard were ac
tive and rising, little traders
took a fling in Hupp which
hasn't made an automobile
since the depression of the
1930s. It makes air condition
ing equipment.
Little Fellows
It's said the little fellows
were toying also with Graham-Paige
which is another
ex-auto maker. It is now an
investment trust. So is Over
land Corp., which used to be
Willys-Overland.
When the gold miners get
going Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Co. stock gets atten
tion. It no longer mines gold.
It makes auto equipment and
sells electric power.
When the airlines get at
tention Seaboard Air Line al
most always gets a lift from
novice traders! It's a railroad
and hasn't got a single air
plane. Then, there's American Ha
waiian Steamship no ships
here but lots of cash and in
vestments. Adams Express is another
No express. It's an invest
ment company.
American Sumatra Tobacco
has nothing to do with Su
matra, and West Virginia
Pulp & Paper has no connec
tion with West Virginia.
Boots From a Railroad
.Wouldn't you think Phila
delphia & Reading was a rail
road? It used to be nothing
but a coal company. But now
it makes and sells cinder
blocks, men's and boys' un
derwear, and cowboy and
other boots. Also a little an-
Vets Urged To
Eye Housing Loan
Washington Congressman
Charles O. Porter has urged
World War II veterans inter
ested in financing housing
loans to look into the features
of Public Law 364. That law,
recently passed by the 85th
Congress, extends the vete
rans' loan guaranty program
for World War II veterans for
two additional years and
makes $350 million available
for direct loans for veterans
during the next two years.
Porter said Rep. OHn E.
Teague, chairman of the House
Committee on Veterans' Af
fairs, stressed the need for in
terested persons to apply for
such funds immediately.
Congressman Teague said it
would probably be the last op
portunity for World War II
veterans, particularly those
living in small towns and ru
ral areas, to benefit from the
program. Persons interested
should contact the VA region
al office in: Portland for addi
tional information.
Specific features of the law
include raising the maximum
amount of direct loans from
510,000 to $13,500 and authori
zation of an additional $1.55
billion for the Federal Na
tional Mortgage Association to
use in purchasing FHA and
VA mortgages.
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thracite.
Plough, Inc., instead of be
ing farm equipment is in the
medicine and cosmetic busi
ness runs a few drug stores
and owns a few radio stations.
Once upon a time American
Ice was exclusively in the ice
business. It still makes and
sells ice, but it has added to
its products for sale, coal, fuel
oil, and oil burners. In addi
tion it operates a laundry and
dry cleaning business.
American Machine & Foun
dry has no foundry, but it is
the leader in making and leas
ing bowling equipment ; and
cigar and cigarette machin
ery. Olin Mathieson, often clas
sified as a chemical, could fill
a page with its products
which include drugs and toi
letries, arms, ammunition and
metals.
When the silver price goes
DO YOU WANT?
An adequate highway
system to develop new
industries and open
recreational areas?
Improved recreational
facilities to attract tour
ist income?
Taxes to be realistically
levied so that all the
people are relieved and
outside money is attract
ed to Oregon?
Let's have ALL the peo
ple represented!
Pd. Adv. Lattie for Repre
sentative Committee,
Chas. F. Johnson, Chmn..
Phoenix, Ore.
By Jimmy Hatlo
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up don't jump at the conclu
sion that's good for Interna
tional Silver. It's bad. The
company makes silverware
and is a big purchaser of sil
ver. Minnesota Mining & Manu
facturing does a bit of mining
for abrasive material but it's
noted principally for scotch
tape. Newmont Mining does
not mine anything. It holds
mining stocks. Joy Manufac
turing has nothing to do with
amusement. It makes mining
equipment.
If you have these troubles
of guessing wrong on what
the companies do, don't wor
ry. Keep trying. And if it's any
comfort a New York newspa
per some time back carried
the performance of Seaboard
Air Line in the same sentence
with such companies as East
ern Air Lines, American Air
lines, etc.
ELECT
Republican
State
Representative
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urday after holding Ihem
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