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Is That So?
By OLGA BURNS
Soma crows have been
taught to say a few words in
English, but they are not
thought to be as good as par
rots in that respect, and when
they do say something that
makes sense, it 'is usually
thought to be an accident rath
er than the' result of thinking.
But is this attitude sound?
I am not at all sure that it
is. The fact may be the crow
11-0-50
can speak as well as the par
rot, and, if du Pont de Ne
mours was right, the crow's
Intelligence is such that a per
tinent remark in his limited
English may well be due to
Intelligence rather than acci
dent.
In comparing crows with
parrots one must consider
these points. Crows are con
sidered a pest in most states.
Bounties are usually placed
on them. As a result, very
few crows ever get the chance
to learn English, whereas par
rots in the United States are
bought for that sole purpose.
Furthermore, most pet crows
have had their tongues slit
by their owner in the mistak
en belief the cruel act would
Increase their speaking ability
when actually it does the re
verse. Under such circum
stances a fair comparison of
their respective imitating abil
ities is impossible.
By the same token, it would
be impossible to say whether
an appropriate remark by a
. crow was or was not a sign
of intelligence. It might be
due to accident, and without
knowing the accidental prob
ability of such a remark there
Is no way of telling on that
evidence alone.
Not Accident
However, if it can be es
Jablished that the crow has
a complex language of its
own and that he is something
of an arithmetician, then it
. becomes more probable that
a pertinent remark in his lim
ited English vocabulary was
not due to accident
If du Pont de Nemours, of
the famous powder-manufac
turing family, was right,
crows have a vocabulary of
at least 25 words in their own
language. During two winters'
study he worked out some of
their words such as: here,
there, right, left, man with
gun, go, stop, cold, hot, and
so on.
Because of that an their
known capacity to count at
least to three; he felt that
crows have been greatly un
derrated in their thinking ca
pacity and ability to commu
nicate ideas.
How it is known they can
count up to at least three,
and without instruction from
men, is due to a trick long
used for shooting crows.
Briefly, if three men with
guns go into a hut in a corn
field and two leave, the crows
continue to stay in the trees
out of gunshot until the third
one goes. But if four men
with guns enter the hut, most
of the crows will fly down
into the field after three have
left.
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Grange News...
Friday night's program of
the Central Point Grange was
held previous to the business
session and was honoring the
golden wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Wilson
Nov. 26.
The program was a reenact-
ment of the wedding of the
couple 50 years ago and was
written in rhyme by Mrs.
Scott Hamilton with Judy
Frink as the bride.
Other parts were played by
Otto Niedermeyer as the min
ister, Marshal Weidman the
groom, and sisters, Mrs.
Charles Moorehouse, Mrs.
Weidman, Mrs. Walter Mang,
Mrs. Morris Frink and Mrs.
William Straus; narrator, Mrs.
Neidermeyer; wedding guests,
Mrs. Gaston Floux, and Mrs.
Hamilton. At the completion
of the ceremony Mrs. Melvin
Hall sang "Bless This House"
and Home Economics chair
man, Mrs. Weidman, present
ed the couple with a floor
lamp from members of the
Grange.
Mrs. Floux completed the
program with reading two
clever original poems by Mrs,
Hamilton on thankfulness and
election returns.
Among visitors were Mr,
and Mrs. Wilon's daughters,
Mrs. Harry Tonn and Mrs.
L. A. Dusenberry, grandchil
dren, Mrs. Dick Dunn, Jan
and Lan Dusenberry and
great granddaughter, Dianna
Dunn. Mrs. Tonn invited the
Grangers to attend open house
for her father and mother
Nov. 30.
Master Otto Niedermeyer
presiding, heard reports on
agriculture from Arnold Boh
nert announcing the Oregon
Seed league, Dec. 9 to 11 in
Portland; Edwin Gebhard
gave some information on
state committees work of rais
ing money to better the situa
tion of the pear growers.
Mrs. Weidman announced
the Home Economics meeting
at Mrs. Otto Niedermeyer's
Dec. 8. Chaplain announced
the improvement of Mrs. Del
mar Smith.
Don Bohnert announced the
classes being conducted for
parties outside the enrollment
by the high schooL
Display table chairman
asked for articles on Christ
mas decorations, gifts and ta
ble favors for next meeting.
Refreshments carrying out
the Thanksgiving theme were
served by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Jantzer and Mr. and
Mrs. B. E. Ford.
Young members of the sub
ordinate and juvenile Grange
winning awards in the 4-H
achievement were Judy
Frink, the County Farm Bu
reau Garden trophy; Carol
Foote, the County Board
award on style review; Bob
Kuest, Poultry National 4-H
award; Russell Frink, Berk
shire Special trophy; Jim
Frink, Tractor National
award.
David Foote won second
place at Southwestern Area
Soil Conservation public
speaking contest.
Mrs. O. T. Wilson,
Reporter
DISLIKES WALKING
London-TCPD-Frederick Wil
son, 40, was fined $28 Tuesday
for stealing a policeman's bi
cycle so he could ride home
after calling at the station
house to report the theft of
his own bike.
Holiday Canceled
For State Policemen
Salem-CPD-State Police Su
perintendent H. G. Maison
said today he has canceled all
Thanksgiving holidays for
state police this year and that
the entire froce will patrol
the highways that day.
He said pre-holiday reports
were tnat tranic wouia De
very heavy in nearly all parts
of the state.
"We are hoping that car
operators will drive careful
ly," he said, "and that acci
dents will be avoided."
The Family Council
Cdltor'i note: The Family ConDcil consist ot Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers
Each article is a summary ot an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
Mrs. K. R She won't let
me meet her friends.
Sybil R. She would not
approve of them.
Mrs. K. R. My daughter
Sybil left our home several
years ago to live and work in
the city. She is now 26 and
is quite successful in her ca-
Estimated Number of
Vets Shows Decrease
Televised Physics
Program May Be
Viewed for Credit
Ashland-Dr. Elmo N. Ste
venson, president of Southern
Oregon college, today an
nounced arrangements for
granting credit for the nation
wide television physics pro
gram now showing over the
Medford and Klamath Falls
television stations.
The program is viewed for
a half hour beginning at noon
from Monday through Friday,
except on holidays.
The program originated on
the NBC network but has
gained a great deal of popu
larity, and through the gen
eral public demand, is now
being shown by kinescope re
broadcasting over the local
CBS television stations.
For College Credit
The physics program, viewed
in other areas of Oregon from
6:30 to 7 a.m., may be taken
for college credit by those
viewers who desire. Viewer's
guides are available to those
who wish to more closely fol
low the course without being
held responsible for the as
signments and grades of col
lege credit students.
The price of the viewer's
guide is 50 cents, and the cost
to the enrolling student is $27
for three hours of undergrad
uate credit. The actual title
of the class is Ph 200, Physics
for classroom' teachers, and
the student desiring credit
will be taking such study
through Oregon State college.
Dr. Elliott MacCracken of
Southern Oregon college is
Oregon State colleges' instruc
tor for southern Oregon.
Additional information is
available from general exten
sion division, college campus,
Ashland. Credit students must
apply for enrollment before
Dec. 5.
ilia Properly
Reappraisal Signed
Pendleton (CPD Officials of
the State Tax commission and
Umatilla county Tuesday
signed a contract for property
reappraisal in the county.
The contract was signed by
Harry Loggan, evaluation di
rector of the commission,
Umatilla County Judge D. R.
Cook and County Assessor
Lloyd Stafford.
The contract provides for
equal assessment on property,
timber and construction in
the county to be completed
in a five-year period. The
county, under the pact, will
pay S90.000, or $18,000 per
year. The state will bear half
the cost of the total program,
or $180,000.
Shooting Hoax
At Oregon City
Oregon City (CPD - City po
lice said Tuesday night that
what had been believed to be
a wounding and kidnaping on
a main street here turned out
to be a hoax perpetrated by
three youths.
One of the three, a boy
about 17 years old, clutched
his stomach after being "shot"
by occupants of a car. He stag
gered, then was hustled into
the vehicle by two persons,
witnesses told police.
But Tuesday night police
said they learned it had been
a hoax. They said they knew
the identities of the three but
did not immediately indicate
if any action would be taken
against the youths.
CAMOUFLAGE HYDRANTS
Great Neck, N. Y. -(BPD-The
town board took quick action
when firemen complained
beauty - conscious residents
were making hydrants hard to
find. The board ordered all
vegetation and other obstruc
tions removed from the bright
red hydrants.
For the first time since the j
days of World War n, the es- (
timated number of veterans in
civilian life is showing a con
sistent downward trend, S. T.
Brannock, officer in charge,
Medford Veterans administra
tion office, reported today.
There were an estimated
22,723,000 veterans in civil
life on Sept. 30.
Increasing steadily as the
servicemen of World War II
and then of the Korean Con
flict returned to civilian pur
suits, the number of veterans
in the nation reached an all
time high of 22,735,000 in
March, 1958. -
Up until that time, the num
ber of servicemen becoming
veterans during the average
month exceeded the number
of veterans of all wars who
died each month, or who re
turned to active duty, Bran
nock stated.
Sixth Consecutive Month
The drop to 22,723,000 on
Sept. 30 marked the sixth con
secutive month the total vet-
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Coquille (UPD State police
and Coos county sheriff's offi
cers were dragging Beaver
slough near here today,
searching for a Coquille farm
er believed drowned in the
channel.
Herman Detlefsen, 66, was
last seen Saturday afternoon
when he was at the slough to
check clogged tide gates, po
lice said.
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afternoon, his wife said. His
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road west of Highway 101 ad
jacent to the slough.
THE CAT BURGLAR
Broadstone, England -(UPD-
The cat burglar in this village
turned Out to be a cat. Mrs,
Katherine Carter discovered
Marco Polo, her pet cat, had
brought home gloves, knitted
toys and sweaters. Mrs. Carter
posted a sign on her gate say
ing -missing items probably
could be found in her house.
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reer. However, I tninK it is
high time that she got married.
Whenever I try to discuss
marriage with her Sybil gets
very angry. I want very much
to meet the young men she
goes out with, but she doesn't
introduce them to me when
I visit her in the city. I have
often asked her to invite one
of her friends to our home
when she comes on vacation,
eran population had shown a
decrease.
The total drop during the
six-month period was 12,000
and was a strong indication
that, after 19 years of increase,
the number of war veterans in
the nation was ' on a down
ward trend.
Barring another war, the de
cline will continue without in
terruption, Brannock pointed
out, unless there should be an
unforseen increase in the dis
charge rate of Korean Conflict
veterans from the armed
forces.
The Sept. 30 breakdown of
veterans shows that 4,463,000
were veterans of the Korean
Conflict alone; 15,274,000 saw
service in World War II;
2,852,000 were veterans of
World War I and 134,000 are
veterans of all other wars in
cluding the Spanish-American
War, various Indian Wars and
the regular establishment.
Ages of Veterans
The ages of America's vet
erans in civil life range from
well over 100 for the two sur
viving Confederate veterans
to an average age of 27-plus
for Korean Conflict veterans
with no service in World War
II. The average age of Span
ish-American veterans is ap
proximately 81; of World War
I veterans, more than 64, and
for World War II veterans,
more than 39, Brannock said.
Projection into the future
estimating discharges of war
veterans from service and
deaths to continue at present
ly expected rates indicate
21,549,000 war veterans re
maining by 1965; 20,531,000
by 1970, and 19,141,000 by
1975. A drop to the Dec. 7,
1941, veteran population level
of 4,429,000 is not expected
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but she always says nobody
would enjoy our quiet town.
It seems to me that Sybil
must be ashamed of her par
ents or of her friends if she
does not allow us to meet.
In any case, I think it's just
terrible for parents not to
know their own children's
friends.
Sybil R. I am not
ashamed of either my friends
or my parents, but I am
ashamed of my mother's at
titude. When I used to date
at home, she used to look
every young man up and
down and ask all kinds of
questions about his family,
his plans, his career, etc. . . .
When I protested we had a
battle.
I do know definetly . that
Mother would not approve of
the particular man I am now
going with. He is rather a
peculiar person very ner
vous and unsettled. Just the
same I like him very much
and I'm considering marrying
I do think that it is unfair for
mother to constantly lecture
me about getting married.
After .all, it is something you
can do to order. Sometimes
I wish I had another self that
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would marry to please her.
The Council: It sounds as
though Sybil could do with
a little less pressure from the
home front. If she is capable
of making her way success
fully in an unknown city, she
is probably capable of work
ing out her personal relationships.
It seems to us, however,
that Sybil has even less be
lief in her own ability in this
sphere than her mother. She
is torn between the desire to
please her mother and the de
sire to flout her. Despite Sy
bil's assertion that she is not
ashamed" of her friends, she
doesn't have the courage to
stand up for her choice.
It is quite possible that Sy
bil, who undoubtedly shares
some of her parents' standards
and values, does not really ap
prove of her own friends. She
may be using them as an emp
ty gesture of rebellion against
her parents.
Sybil needs to come to terms
with her own values.- If she
thinks her parents' values are
essentially wrong, she must
find her own. If she thinks
her parents are right she
should take on their standards
no longer as a child, but
as a responsible adult who
accepts the way of living that
is implicit in any given phil
psophy. Probably Sybil will decide
that her parents are right in
some areas wrong in other.
When she is clear about
her own beliers she will be
more willing to stand up for
them. She will have no fear
about bringing her friends and
family together. They may
like one another better than
she supposes.
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