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111 Small Worlds Around Us By lynn M. Wtkini ) MAIL TRIBUNl, Medford, Or. C Thunday, April 7, 1960 Two Fimilies Fought For the Same 'Horn' When two separate families desire and are willing to fight for one dwelling there is bound to be trouble of sorts. This particular "home." about whose portals rages tills tem pest of ownership, is located but a short distance from a busy highway. It's a hole in a telephone pole A family of woodpeckers were being thrown out of their home by a pair of English sparrows. When the disputed home first came to the atten tion of the human observers, the sparrows had just cleaned out the cavity and were busy filling it with a "pile of trash" of their own. Apparently the woodpeck ers had felt that everything was on the "up and up" and had hied themselves away on a short business trip before setting up housekeeping. While they were away, the sparrows found the site de sirable and moved out the woodpeckers' house furnish ings. When the woodpeckers returned, the sparrows were moved In. Began Cleaning - Mr. WoodDecker apparent ly remarked, "Well, tnis is a pretty kettle of fish," and he sailed in and began the task of cleaning out the very last vestige oi tne sparrow s neat. Mrs. Woody moved in; she had eggs that must be laid. The sparrows screamed their heads off, but they voiced their abuse from a safe distance. But tolerance Is a virtue never acquired by a sparrow; neither is decency. Neither of the sparrow pair was gifted with a conscience or any con tinued timidity. And the trust ing woodpeckers made their second mistake. They both left the property one day at the same time. The watchful spar rows saw their chance and moved in, throwing out every stick and feather, every leaf nnrl Vilarif nt ffTRRS. The woodpeckers returned before the last 01 tne lurmnsn ings were moved out. Fran pole, crying shrilly and bias nhomini! the little brown birds that were in possession. The sparrows "sal-tignv ; some thlncr about possession being several points in their favor. For several weeks tne see saw battle of wits and ejection of nesting material has gone on. The woodpeckers are angry, disgusted and homeless. The sparrows have a stubborn persistence that would seem to insure their continued oc cupancy. The woodpeckers, somewhat more refined, re frain from too violent meth ods. But the situation is tense and the ultimate outcome doubtful. Traffic still streams past this ncst-hole in the telephone pole where two families are desirous of living. The court of human relations is unmind ful of the outcome but to the bird families it is a "big deal." The end result may Be recora ed only in a silent unheard of "court of last resort." (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, isuui Lewis and Clark College Gets Gift Portland - OIPD - Lewis and Clark college has been given a million dollars providing it can raise a similar sum by the end of 19C4 in other outside gifts. Announcement of the gift was made at a testimonial din- rw Mnrcrnn Odell. re tiring president. The philan thropist who made the gift re mains anonymous. etrtncr attached to the gift said that another million in outside guts musi ue - mirl hv Dec. 31. 1964, at the rate of $200,000 a year or the unmatched Balance win be forfeited. At the testimonial to Dr. Odell it was brought out that Lewis and UlarK nas grown from a school with 137 stu dents and a debt of $125,000 18 years ago to one oi l.uou students ana an annual uuug- Ings were moved out. Fran-1 students and an annual bud Ucally they llew around theet ol ,4 10,953 at present. Heart Muscle Study May Aid I Attack Patients New Brunswick, N. 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