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.
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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.
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