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Picturesque Lingo West Convinced Government Agencies Make Contributions to Lexicography By DICK WEST Washington UPD Each gov. ernment agency has its own lingo, but none is more pic turesque than that spoken in the bureau of Sport Fisher ies and Wild life. The other day I picked up a state ment made by a bureau offi cial before a w congres- ional committee. To my com plete bafflement, it was filled with references to "goose days" and "duck-days." It took awhile, but I finally found out what those terms mean. I am now convinced that the bureau has made an Important contribution to Eng lish lexicography. Counts Ducki What is a "duck-day?" Well, a bureau agent goes out and stands by a pond and counts the number of times that ducks land on it in a single day. Then he takes the total and projects it for an entire year, end that determines how many "duck-days" the pond will have. It seems to me that the bureau has hit upon a method of arithmetical expression that could be used to good advantage by the public at large. " For instance, I recently look down the storm doors at my house and replaced them with screen doors. The question then arose as to whether I should equip them with anti-slamming devices. Figures "Bang-Days" I answered this easily enough by counting the num ber of times that my children went in and out during a given day. A simple calcula tion then provided me with the number of "bang-days" that each door would have during the spring and sum mer. I next counted the number of times that my wife, who Is rather jumpy, dropped a plate or a cup when she heard a sudden noise. By comparing the "b a n g days" with her "smash-days," 1 quickly concluded that it would pay to buy some door silencers. With summer coming on, it also would be interesting to ascertain the "sneer-days" of my front lawn. That would show how many times the neighbors turn up their noses at my failure to keep the grass cut. And how about the "oops days" of a telephone? The number of times you answer it and someone says "oops, wrong number." A television set has "blab days" (number of times the commercials are interrupted by programs) and parking places have "circle days (number of times you drive around the block looking for one). In fact, there are very few facets of every day life that can't be discussed in "duck days" language. If everyone adopted this mode of speaking, it might reduce my own "query-days" (number of times I have to ask what a bureaucrat is talking about). FINGERS SMASHED - Little Pauletta Temple holds the rather dubious honor of being the youngest person to wear an arm cast it Odessa, Texas, after having three fingers smashed by her 3-year-old brother and a car door. Little Pauletta is three months old and doctors say she is re cuperating satisfacoritly. (UPI) UPI Services Added to Three Evening Papers San Francisco - MPD - The world-wide services of United Press International have been begun to the Berkeley Ga zette, the Palo Alto Times and the Costa Mesa Orange Coast Daily Pilot in California, Pa cific Division Manager Rich ard A. Litfin has announced. Addition of the UPI report to these three evening news papers follows closely on in stallation of UPI news unifax service at the morning Sacra mento Union. Litfin said the new sub scribers reflect the steady growth and expansion of UPI in the Pacific Division, con sisting of the 10 western states. In California, UPI now serves 126 of the 136 daily newspapers, he added. The Berkeley Gazette, pub lished by George B. Duns comb, is receiving UPI news pictures in facsimilie and will add full UPI news service in due course. The Palo Alto Times has added the UPI news report to its present service. The Times is pub lished by Peninsula News papers, Inc., headed by George F. Morell, board chair man, and Eugene C. Bishop, president. The Orange Coast Daily Pilot is published by the Or ange Coast Publishing Com pany. The president is Walter Burroughs. He is currently vice president of Sigma Delta Chi and will become president of the national journalism fra ternity in November. 11 Students Finish Hunter Safety Class Eleven students have com pleted a hunter safety course instructed by Don Steinmetz at his home at 887 Swing lane, Medford. Steinmetz said the students will receive their validated certificates direct from the of fice of the Oregon State Game Commission. The students are Bob Gresham, Greg G res ham, Greg Elliot, Greg Britt, Don Hackney, Don States, Dale Bohannan, J i m Hamilton, Lloyd Zacharias. Bryant Jones and Billy Jones. Information on future class es may be obtained by calling Steinmetz at SPring 2-2672. """""""'" m. iii Zz3Z tr" " " " , I V . ft-! ,j i j, fan mmi 1. , II nil,, j MedfordsJKIpTribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1962 PAGES 1 to 8 Prospect Man Gets Turtle Club Award Prospect Rodger A. Syn- der of Prospect, whose life was saved because he was wearing a hard hat during a logging accident, has received an award from the State In dustrial Accident commission. Snyder received the Turtle Club award from a commis sion representative at a com munity safety rally in Pros pect recently. The award con sisted of a new hard hat, a ! flamed certificate and a lapel pin of a turtle. Snyder was logging for CM and D Logging company of Prospect when he was struck on the head by a por tion of a dead tree that fell more than 50 feet. The Statue of Liberty is made of copper and weighs 225 tons. HEAR ALCGHOLICS ANONYMOUS Each Sunday Morning 8:30 on K-DOV PROMOTED Maj. Gen. Eugene G. Cushing, commanding general of the 104th division (tng) has announced the pro motion of F. J. Rush to Lieutenant Colonel in the Army j reserve. Lieutenant Colonel Rush commands the second bat talion, 414th regiment in Medford. Brig. Gen. William H. Prentice, assistant divisional commander, 104th division, is shown above pinning the new insignia on Rush during cere monies at the Army training center, Medford. Disabled Veterans Get License Rate With trout season now un der way, Elmer W. Donahoo, Jackson county veterans serv- ice officer, reminded disabled war veterans they are entitled , to special low cost fishing and hunting licenses. I Donahoo said state law pro-, vides that war veterans with disabilities of 25 per cent or more may purchase fishing ; licenses for 50 cents. The same rate applies for hunting lic-l enses, and for $1 the eligible i veteran may obtain a combi-' nation hunting-fishing license. Residence in Oregon for the preceding year is required, i Applications must be made direct to the Oregon state game commission, 1634 SW Alder St., Portland. Applica tion forms are available at the county service officer's office in the courthouse at Medford. Eligible veterans were en couraged by Donahoo to apply immediately because several days time is involved in mail ing and processing of the ap lication by the game commission. PURE BLOODED INDIANS i About 40 per cent of the : 10,800,000 people in Peru are pure-blooded Indians whose lives have changed but little since the times of the Incas. Anything round house' 41 need - SV N painting? II j" Run DownJ'lU IVERSON Iff) paints ii y 4th and Gold Bond Stamps and BLOSSOM BUCKS! BOLEX NIKON PENTAX MINOLTA HASSELBLAD Clip This Coupon... Bring It To ANDERS PHOTO SHOP 232 EAST MAIN PHONE SP 2-5646 GOOD UNTIL MAY 19 EASTER REPRINT COUPON""a4 GOOD UNTIL MAY 19 This Coupon When Presented to ANDERS PHOTO S ; SHOP With Developed KODACOLOR Negatives f S ENTITLES YOU TO ! JUMBO COLOR PRINTS FOR 19c ea. additional over 5 991 reg. 29c ea. 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