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o Medford Tribune SECTION D MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1960 PAGES 1 to 8 Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- rjX) PROVE how inaccurately people listen, or read, PoH-J- ster George Gallup tells of a Congressman who chided the Department of Agriculture for the trashy, useless pamph lets it publishes at the people's expense. "Seems like you fellows print every last thing about nature,' he complained, "but the love life of a frog!" Promptly, six letters arrived in the next two days asking for copies of "The Love Life of a Frog." Others followed in such profusion, the De partment felt obliged to stats in a circular, "We do NOT print 'The Love Life of a Frog.' " The result of this procedure was such a flood of new requests that the Secretary of Agriculture got into the act personally. ' "Confound it!" he thundered on a nation-wide radio, pro gram, "This Department never has printed 'The Love Life of a Frog,' never will print 'The Love Life of a Frog,' and we never even want to hear about The Love Life of a Frog again!" The next day there were over four hundred requests in the Department's maiJ. 0 M60 by Bennett Corf. Dlitrlbutea by King Future 3jmd!et Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins . These Creatures i Are Truly Unique . Being the only one of its kind in all the world is quite a distinction. In the animal world there are a few distinc tive species that possess char acteristics or special func tions that are unique. People follow the conventional pat tern, in shape, form and struc ture. There is not any one race that has two heads, wings instead of arms, three feet, or more than two eyes. There are, of course, deformi ties but they do not typify a group. By this rule of meas urement then, we must be amazed .at., a warm-blooded mammal that can fly, or one that can lay eggs like a bird, or one that possesses a pair of poison sacs in its head and is as venomous as a rattlesnake. Only One In all the world, the bat is the only warm-blooded mam mal that has the ability and the specialized equipment by which it can soar through the air like a bird. The nocturnal life of these strange little creatures has started all sorts of silly beliefs and supersti tions. Fiction has exaggerated the size of some of these crea tures. The vampire ,bat, as its name implies, has been paint ed as a terrible monster that sucks the blood from sleep ing human victims. This ter rible creature lives in the jungles of South America but its size is much smaller than the movies picture it, and it is much less dangerous. Most of the bat species eat insects or fruit, and most are about as large as a mouse. In the interest of truth, however, the bats actually do not have wings like a bird, but leathery membranes of skin stretched upon enorm ously elongated and drawn out arms and "fingers." But the animal does have the power of flight, both rapid and perfect. The world's only venomous mammal, the one that carries poison sacs in its head like a venomous reptile, is also the world's smallest mammal -the shrew. These tiny but vi cious little creatures are more plentiful than most people re alize, but being exceedingly secretive few people ever see them or even know of their existence. Duckbill Low Down , Rather far down iri'the an imal scale, in fact classed as one of the lowest orders of mammals, is the so-called "duckbill" or platypus. It was a long time before sci ence knew just where these creatures were to be arranged in the order of living things. There seems still to be a lit tle question. Having fur, four feet, warm blood, but with the un-mammal habit of lay ing eggs in. a nest like a bird, these characters have caused all manner of conjecture. Even today, the platypus stands out like a sore thumb and occupies an argumenta tive niche in the world of quadrupeds. Scientif i c a 1 1 y they are classed as "mono tremes." In the jigsaw puzzle of biological oddities these creatures form peculiarly shaped pieces. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1960) Portland - IUPD - Fire in a women's clothing manufactur er's store caused an estimated $60,000 damage here early Friday. . Motorists Warned Of Driving in Fog MedfordPollce Chief Charles P. Champlin said last week that knowing the rules of driving in fog is essential to residents in the Medford and Rogue valley areas. Champlin noted that Na tional Safety council figures show that nearly one out of every six fatal accidents is at tributed to bad weather con ditions that obscure drivers' vision. Champlin suggested that drivers go slow enough to be able to stop suddenly if neces sary, and to check on both brakes and windshield swipes to make sure they are in good working order. He also said it is essential that headlights be used when driving in fog. Even if head lights do not seem to illumi nate the road ahead, he said, they will help oncoming cars to see your vehicle. Champlin said parking lights are not nearly adequate enough for driving in fog. Toastmasters Meet In Jackson Hotel The Medford Toastmasters club held their weekly meet ing Oct. 17 at the Jackson hotel. Dr. John Welch was toast- master for the evening. The program consisted of discus sion of current political topics- Featured speakers for the evening were Don Auxier and Walter Nunley. The club meets every Mon day at 6:30 p.m. at the Jack son hotel. The club has invit ed any persons interested in speaking to attend the meetings. Washington - (UPD - The In terior Department said Thurs day the first of the remaining 32 whooping cranes has ar rived at the National Wildlife Refuge at Aransas, Tex., for the 1960-61 winter and that the others are expected to ar rive from their summer nest ing grounds in northern Cana da during the next six weeks. n At Yor Service Your local White Cwem Man can be very impor tant to you and yor family. He can explain to yow how the policies of the While CrosB Plan, spon sored by Bankera Life & Casualty Co. of Chicago, can offer you low coat protection for ' HOSPITALIZATION ' DOCTOR BILLS . MEDICAL-SURGICAL INCOME PROTECTION LIFE INSURANCE MORTGAGE REDEMPTION MAJOR MEDICAL AGENTS " Bernard H. Herbert 201 Cnter Lake Ave. SP 3-6931 Carl A. Maxwell 5590 Table Reek M. IP 3-3011 Re-elect EVE NYE STATE REPRESENTATIVE Eve Nye believes: That we want fair government regulation to protect o the rights of both workers and management. 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