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Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
We were walking through
some scrubby brush on the
edge of a small oasis when I
saw what seemed to be a jack.
rabbit leap up out of the
brush some 50 yards or more
ahead.
It wasn't an illusion. When
we got there a little later
sure enough, there vere his
tracks. Unmistakably those of
a large rabbit.
The phenomenon was not a
new one. It was only the place
that made it surprising. A
jack rabbit or hare occasional
ly leaps straight up in to the
air for the simple reason that
he wants a quick look around,
and that is the easiest way tq
get itPMany of us have seen
the same, thing happen while
walking through thick sage
brush. One of the Arabs told me
that he once saw two hares
fighting. Their method of
combat was to leap at ech
other, kicking and biting. The
sight had evidently surprised
him, because, like most of us,
he regarded the animal as
among the least offensive in
creation. o
The truth is, however, the
hare has such a reputation as
a fighter that the expression
"mad as a March hare" refers
only to his pugnacity and not
ito his sanity. As one might
suspect, the fighting season
and mating season are the
same.
They have a playful side as
well. Occasionally people
have reported seeing ten or
more assemble in a circle, sit
watching each other for a
while, then retreat in short
hops te come back and repeat
the performance again. . At
least one writer has tried to
read some esoteric meaning
into it, but probably it has no
moge significance than mere
amusement.
Speed Indicated
We attempted to follow the
hare we had seen but soon
gave it up. The few tracks we
could find here and there in
the scrub were about 14 feet
apart, indicating that he had
found the sight of us suffici
ently alarming to take off at
Vancouver Man
Killed in Crash
Boardman, Ore. (LTD A
Vancouver, Wash., man was
killed and his wife was in se
rious condition at Pendleton's
St. Anthony's hospital follow
ing a headon collision on
Highway 30 about two miles
west of Boardman Sunday
night.
Dead is Philip Ray Pfeif
fer, 38, of Vancouver.
Late Sunday night hospital
attendants reported his wife,
Mary Sandra, 37, was in se
rious condition following an
operation in which a rup
tured spleen was removed.
She also was suffering from
several fractured ribs.
Police said the Pfeiffer car
collided with a pickup truck
driven by Conrad Hofferber,
67, of Twin Falls, Ida. He was
uninjured.
Portland Man Oft
In Fire at Home
Portland iUPD Albert
Delmar Smith, 50, Portland,
died Saturday in fire at his
home btre.
Cairo OT The United
Arab Republic has rejected as
ambiguous an American
warning, against any attacks
on U.S. troops in Lebanon by
units "under. UAR control."..
a moderately high speed.
As we started to backtrack
and let the hare go about its
business, I thought I heard
a low, bugling call. My com
panion heard it, too. It was
repeated. Its source seemed to
be somewhere from the direc
tion the hare had taken.
What it was I don't know.
But it could have been the
hare calling its young. This is
the time of year when it could
be weaning a family. And
hares are known to warn their
young of danger by means of
a low, bugling note that can
carry for 200 or 300 yards.
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Teamsters, AGC
Expected to Meet
Portland (UPD A meeting
was arranged to be held be
tween the striking teamsters
union and Associated General
contractors today before fed
eral mediators in a attempt
to settle issues in a strike
which has halted construction
in Oregon and southwest
Washington.
A meeting between AGC
and the Operating Engineers
is tentatively set for Tuesday,
according to Federal Media
tor Leroy R. Smith.
Both unions and the AGC
met several times last week
with the aid of federal mediators.
Democrat Committee
Reelects Dave Epos
Portland (UPD Dave Epps
of Sweet Home Sunday was
reelected chairman of the
Democratic State Central
Committee at an organization
al meeting here. He was not
opposed.
Mrs. Beaulah Hand. Clack
amas county, was elected vice
chairman. Lloyd Rea of Bak
er was reelected secretary and
Irma Lindquist of Aurora,
treasurerer.
Gov. Robert D.
spoke to the group.
Holmes
ILLINOIS VALLEY
Chamber Sets Meeting
By RUTH RAUSCH
Cave Junction The - first
meeting of the Illinois Valley
Chamber of Commerce for the
new fiscal year, to be held in
the American Legion Auxil
iary room Thursday, July 24,
will be open to the public,
with the idea of soliciting sug
gestions for projects which
will be beneficial to the Illi
nois Valley.
All suggestions will be con
sidered and final goals will
be set for the year's work.
Standing committees and
some special project commit
tees will be set up at this
meeting or at the meeting im
mediately following.
"There are plenty of worth
while projects and to get any
of them accomplished will
take team work among the
people of this valley the
chamber can't do these things
alone," was the statement
made by Gordon White, presi
dent of the Chamber.
At thefcity council meeting
Tuesday evening, a contract
between the city and the Illi
nois Valley Rural Fire Pro
tection District was author
ized and signed, providing the
same service for the city as to
the rural area members.
The city pays $100 a month
for the first nine months of
the one-year contract, the last
quarter the payments will be
adjusted on a basis of equality
with a four mill tax levy.
There was some discussion
on making arrangements to
have the weeds inside the city
limits burned. Chief of Police
Phil Kellar, who also acts as
fire chief, was instructed to
obtain the cost of such burn
ing from the local unit of vol
unteer firemen.
Property owners may ob
tain a permit for burning off
their lots, or can also, for a
fee, have the firemen do it.
Where weeds and grass con
stitute a fire hazard and is
not taken care of by the own
er, the city will have it done
and charge the actual cost
back to the property owner,
Kellar said.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lackey
of Kerby left Wednesday for
a week's vacation visiting sev
eral former valley residents,
with the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Stan Waterman in Wolf Creek
the first stop.
In Sutherlin, the Lackeys
will visit the Rev. and Mrs.
Don Trimmer, former pastor
of the Kerby jAssembly of God
church. Also in Sutherlin.
they will visit with Mr. and
A new set of plans, drawn
by student archetect, Robert
Easton, was submitted to May
or Banks and the council
members at the meeting Tues?
day evening, and Bob Ford
was called in for consultation.
Minor changes in the speci
fications may be suggested be
fore Easton makes the final
draft. The City Hall site com
mittee still has not made a
report on the several locations
being considered.
Mrs. John Hardy and chil
dren, Jean and Johnny, are
here from Eagle's Nest, N. M.,
for a month's visit with Mrs.
Hardy's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Reich.
Several trips are planned
for the month, including a
fishing trip to the coast and a
trip to Oregon caves.
Sam Mickey has been sick
in bed this past week with a
back condition. He hopes to
return to work Monday.
Mrs. P h a y o Pfefferle is
with her daughter, Mrs. Oak
ley Summers, in LeGrande,
who is waiting for the arrival
of her baby. The Pfefferle's
daughter from San Francisco,
Lt. Marian, Pfefferle, arrived
in the valley in time to make
the drive to La Grande with
Mrs. Pfefferle.
Justice court cases this
week were two minor viola
tions. Charged with failing to
stop at a stop sign and fined
S3.50 each, were Grant W.
Ford of Cave Junction and
Donald Hubert of Selma.
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Miss Oregon Judges
Picked by Officials
Seaside (UPE The five
judges who will select Miss
Oregon for 1958 at the 12th
annual pageant here next
week end have been announc
ed by contest officials.
They . are Virginia Kemp
ston, dean of women at Ore
gon College of Education; El
ectra Gailas, Portland, direc
tor of the drama department
at the Maria Easterly Charm
School and. Model Agency;
Mrs. Ulan Rhoden, Roseburg,
of the Little Ballet theatre;
Lawrence D. Woodworth,
Kent, Wash., ex-state presi
dent of the Washington Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce,
and Maurice Brennen, Salem,
associate professor of music
at Willamette university.
The 10 contestants will be
judged for beauty, talent,
poise and personality The
winner will be announced on
Sunday afternoon.
Quotes From the News
Visalia, Calif (UPD An
Army helicopter returned
from the high Sierras Sunday
with the body of a Trona,
Calif., camper who died of
pneumonia before rescuers
could bring him from the
wilderness.
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Aboard USS Saratpga Off Lebanon Rear Admiral
George Anderson, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet carrier
force, after revealing , that no serious damage has been re
ported so far from rebel sniping against his force's low-flying
planes: "
"But I don't want my boys to lake chances--lhey can't
shoot back." - ,
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Sarasota, Fla. Dr. Gordon Aldrich. after treating Boston
industrialist Bernard Goldfine's son, Horace Maxwell Gold
fine, who slashed;his face and body nearly 100 times with a
razor last week:
"I don't think his father's troubles in, Washington had
anything to do with the apparent suicide attempt."
New Orleans Authorities at Ochsner Clinic, where Lt.
Gen. Claire L. Chennault leader of the 'famous Flying
Tigers clung tenaciously to life in his fight against lung
cancer: ,
"A lesser man would have dropped out long ago, but his
remarkable will to live has enabled him to hold on." '
Beirut American insurance salesman Kenneth Shaker,
of West Hartford, Conn., after arriving here to sell "battle
policies" to U.S. Marines and paratroops:
"The situation is made to order."
AEC Installations
Have New Guards
Las Vegas, Nev. (UPD
"Critical" installations of the
Atomic Energy Commission
were guarded today by Civil
Service employees brought in
after a strike of 87 members
of the Independent Guards
Association of Nevada.
The guards left their posts
at Tonopah, Mercury and Las
Vegas Sunday at noon and set
up picket lines after a con
tract deadline had passed.
AEC officials brought in
security forces from Los Ala
mos, N.M., to guard installa
tions. Although the association
served notice it was standing I talks had been scheduled fm-
Dy ior negotiations, no new mediately .
TROUT CAME FIRST
Rutland, Vt. (UPI) Lt.
Gov Robert Stafford inter
rupted . a consecutive 20-day
"chicken banquet" circuit in
his quest for the GOP nomi
nation for the governorship
the day the trout season open
ed because he figured nobody
would be around to hear him
speak.
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by these officers
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Vice President Mrs. Clark Walker, 3222 Lone Pine Road
Treasurer Mrs. Ross Minneci, 224 Vancouver Ave.
Equipment Chairman Mrs. Leo Williams 1003 Reddy Street
Child Welfare Chairman... Mrs. K. C. Goldsmith, ISO Ross Lane
Community Serive Chairman, Mrs. Bert Stoats Jr., 702 Park St.
Mrs. Charles Batman, former
O Brienites.
Before returning home they
will go on to Roseburg to vi
sit with Stan Waterman's par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Kieth and
baby, former residents of the
valley and now living in
southern California, were vis
itors of the Sam Mickeys last
weekend.
Two county tax checks
were received this week by
Mrs. Amelia T)ick, city recor
der and treasurer. One was
for S238.53, covering delin
quent tax collections and one
for. current tax collections for
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