Is That So?
By OLGA BURNS
Occasionally, while looking
at starfish in a saltwater pool,
you may see one walking. If
you do, don't be deceived by
the awkward sight. His mode
of locomotion, though slow, is
serviceable.
While he makes only a few
inches a minute by pulling
himself forward along an ex
tended arm, he has another
faculty of movement that
makes up for his lack of
speed.
He can compress himself or
stretch himself out, and be
cause of this rubbery gift,
Negro Minister
Remains Critical
New York - (UPD - The Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
was "only a sneeze away
from death" after a Negro
woman plunged a stiletto-like
letter opener into his chest
Saturday, his doctors said
today.
The Negro leader of the suc
cessful fight to get buses in
Montgomery, Ala., desegre
gated remained in critical
condition at Harlem hospital.
It will be two weeks before
he is out of the hospital and
at least three months before
he fully recovers, doctors
said.
Mrs. Izola Ware Curry, 42,
the domestic who thrust the
letter opener into King as he
autographed copies of his new
book in the L. M. Blumstein
Department store in Harlem,
was committed to Bellevue
hospital for mental observation.
Fishtrap
Oxbow
Near Completion
Portland - (UPD - The emer
gency ladder and fish trap at
Idaho Power Company's Ox
bow dam on the Snake river
is expected to be completed
today, Stanley G. Jewett Jr.
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service reported.
Jewett said the facilities
would enable the capture of
upstream-bound salmon for
overland transport to a point
above Brownlee dam. He .said
chinook salmon were arriving
in increasing numbers at the
Oxbow site and that the fish
were being dipnetted while
the temporary trap has been
under construction. .
. Jewett said some of the fish
dipnetted had died but that
this was to be expected in
such an operation.
Jewett said he was not cer
tain when work would be fin
ished to complete repairs to
the permanent fish trap at the
exit to the Oxbow diversion
tunnel.
there are few crevices into
which he cannot penetrate in
his hunt for food.
His preference, however, is
for oyster, or so oyster fisher
men think, and once he has
strolled into an oysterbed he
calls another faculty into
play. It is his strength. That
isn't required for the smaller
oysters, of course. He . just
shoves them into his mouth
on the center of the underside
of the star. The bigger ones
he handles differently pulling
their shells apart by the stead
ily mounting pressure of his
suckered, encircling arms.
Not far apart, though. Just
wide enough so that he can
push his own stomach through
his mouth and into the shell
where it scoops up the unfor;
tunate oyster and returns.
Since starfish have dam
aged oysterbeds to the extent
of $600,000 a year in some
states, ' they present a prob
lem that has not yet been
fully solved. For years fisher
men, catching starfish, tore
them apart and threw them
back. But that merely made
matters worse by 100 per cent,
for sometimes an entire new
starfish can grow from a sin
gle severed arm.
This extraordinary spiny
skinned animal-he isn't a fish
-also sometimes captures fish
as large as himself. His back
is studded with "spines equip
ped with sheathes that are
armed with tiny, tonglike
jaws.
If a fish brushes against
starfish, the sheathes rush up
along the spines. The tonglike
jaws are open and instantly
close on the unfortunate in
truder. , As he struggles, more
jaws bite into him and the
suckered arms encircle his
body, dragging its tail first
toward the protrusible stom
ach.
The starfish doesn't seem to
have many enemies. Some of
the bigger fish eat them occa
sionally, and so do gulls,
crows and a few land animals
like the fox and raccoon.
(Released by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate)
SHADY COVE-TRAIL
Wonderland Meeting Set
By EVALYN P. WATSON
Shady Cove-Trail - The
Rogue Wonderland associa
tion will hold a general meet
ing Tuesday evening, Sept,
23, starting at 8:30 p.m. at
the Rogue River lodge.
This is to be a public meet
ing at which important facts
will be discusse dregarding
the coming Oregon Centen
nial exposition. There will be
a speaker for the evening and
the local chairmen for the
centennial will be present.
Bill Ducker is chairman for
Shady Cove and Heston
Grieve for Prospect.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hanson
made a trip over to the cottst
to Big Lagoon near Trinity,
Calif., where they were met
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Jantzer and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Jantzer of Central
Point and Carl Jantzer and
children of Shady Cove.
The County Playhousei
continuing to hold the regu
lar dances every two weeks
with the next one scheduled
for Sept. 20. On alternate
Saturday nights there is
square dancing to records in
the hall.
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Members of the Shady Cove
Home Extension unit attend
ing the district meeting of
Home Extension units in
Jacksonville were Mrs. John
Lowery, Mrs. Kenneth Paul
son, Mrs. Ted Daw and Mrs.
Alberta Alicki, all of Shady
Cove. Members attending
from the Rogue Elk Exten
sion unit were Mrs."1 bscar
Hanson of Trail and Mrs. Ken
Lacey of Central Point.
Mr. and Mrs William
Schulz of Shady Cove enter
tained with a card party at
their home last Saturday eve
ning. Those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Huff
man' of Prospect, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Strother, Mr. and
Mrs. Miles Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Bartuss, and
Dr. and Mrs. Verne Wilson,
all of Shady Cove.
Mrs. Eldred Matthews of
San Jose, Calif., was a house
guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Pfeifer of Shady Cove, Mrs.
Matthews is a nice of Mrs.
Pfeifer.
Mrs. Ivan Hale and chil
dren have returned home
from their trip to Calistoga,
Calif., and brought Ivan's
mother, Mrs. Mary Hale, of
Grants Pass home with them.
Mrs.. Lura Hall of Chino,
Calif., is now at her home on
Indian creek, arid expects to
be up here for about two
months.
been visiting .with Kenneth's
brother and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Vincent of Shady
Cove.
Bob Rogers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Rogers of Elk
Creek, Trail, has left to en
roll at Pacific Union college
at Angwin, Calif., where he
will study electronics.
Members of St. , Martin's
Guild of Shady Cove attend
ing the Southern Deanery
meeting of the Diocese of Ore
gon of the Episcopal church
held in Prospect last week
were Mesdames Allan Rod
gers, A. Myklebye, Bill Mas
sey, Oscar Hanson, Ed Brown,
Dale Sawyer, Dolf Larson and
Pat Hawks.
Judy Leekey of San Diego,
former resident of Shady Cove
was a .recent house guest of
her friend, Pamela Vanderlip
of Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Erick
son of Glendale, Calif., have
been visiting with Bud's sis
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Winslow of Shady
Cove and with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Conover. .
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De
vine and children, Patty and
Denny of Yokohama,, Japan,
were overnight guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Car
roll Watson of Shady Cove.
The Devine's spent two years
in Yokahomo where Joe was
employed' in the Army audit
department. They returned by
boat recently to Seattle,
where they lived before going
to Japan. However, they were'
transferred to San Francisco
and were on their way when
they stopped en route to visit
the Watsons. Mrs. Devine's
mother was an old time friend
and neighbor of the Ralph
Watsons of Trail.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Org., Monday, September 22, IMS S
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bush
of Elk Creek, Trail, entertain
ed at their home Sunday with
a birthday dinner honoring
the 73rd birthday of Mrs.
Bush's father, Harry Nichol
son, of Central Point. Guests
present were Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Hanson and family of
Trail, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lacy
and family of Central Point
and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stone
of Medford.
Mrs. Frances Miller of
Shady Cove has returned
home from the Osteopathic
clinic in Medford, where she
has been undergoing treat
ment and observation. She ex
pects to return to the hospital
within a short time for pos
sible surgery
Dr. and Mrs. Verne Wilson
were hosts at their home on
Rogue River drive for a din
ner party Sunday evening.
Guests attending were Mr
and Mrs. Frank Blaar of Med
ford and Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Bartuss of Shady Cove.
Leonard Peterson of Trail
is confined to "Sacred Heart
hospital for treatment of in
juries sustained in" a logging
accident while working for
Oscar Hanson Logging. First
reports from the hospital were
that no bones were broken
but that he had a dislocated
knee and suffered other
juries.
Mrs. Arthur Greenley of
Shady Cove has been confined
to Sacred Heart hospital for
treatment and observation
She entered Rogue Valley hos
pital on Satuday but was
transferred to Sacred Heart
for treatment.
Wayne Buttram of Shady
Cove got a lage bear which
measured about 6 feet in
length and weighed in the
neighborhood of 200 pounds.
Judging from the condition of
the teeth it was thought to be
a three-year-old. Dogs follow
ed the bear fori about two
miles after, it was wounded
before Wayne could get close
enough for the final shot.
i
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kirby
of Gresham, Ore.) are taking
care of the Shady Cove motel
in the absence of M. and Mrs.
Art Hutchison. The Hutchi
sons have gone- to Los An
geles, where Mrs. Hutchison
is to have a medical check-up.
Mrs. M. L. Lane of Shady
Cove, mother of Mrs. Bill
Shepherd, flew to San Fran
cisco where she was met by
her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Lane. They all went to
Morro Bay, where she was to
visit with another son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Lane. She plans to attend the
"Old Timers" day at King City
in October. She will return
home about Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vin
cent of Gladstone, Ore., have
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tur
ner of Trail, together with
M. and Ms. Eldon Ward of
Dufur, Ore., made a trip over
to Winchester bay fishing,
They caught their limit for the
two days they were there
The Wards accompanied the
Turners back to Trail, where
they spent three days visiting
with them at their home. Oth
er house guests of the Turners
have been Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Gleason of Long Beach, Calif.
The Shady Cove Grange
held an outdoor barbecue and
potluck dinner Saturday eve
ning at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Littlefield of
Shady Cove. Members and
guests present were Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Vanderlip, Mr.
and Ms. Walter Cross, Mr. and
Ms. Ed Houston, Mr. -and Mrs.
Phil Motschenbacher, Merle
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Johnie
Minor and children, Mrs. Isa
bel Wunderlich, Mr. and Mrs
Don Cattanach and family, all
of Shady Cove; Mrs. Thelma
Reinning, Mr. and Mrs. Reed
McKay; and Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Monical and baby daugh
ter, all of Trail, and the Mon
icals guests from Grants Pass.
i
The Shady Cove Grange
will hold the annual Booster
night Saturday, Sept. 20 at 8
p.m. at the Shady Cove school
gym. A program will take the
place of the regular meeting.
The public is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Buch-
wald of Hermosa Beach, Calif,
have been at Trail for the past
several months working on
their house and property on
the Tiller-Trail highway.
Mrs. and Mrs. Rufus Trusty
of Elk Creek, Trail, toon Mrs.
Trusty's sister, Mrs". Clara
Schrader, who is visiting them
from Amesbury, Mass., on a
trip to Crater lake last week.
They returned by way of Ash
land and left Mrs. Schrader
in Ashland to visit with her
brother, Mr. W. H. Fraley.
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