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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.
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