MEDFOFD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1962
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Small
Worlds
Around
Us
By
Lynn W.
Watkinj
R( (titer & Trtbuoe Syndicate, 19621
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Town and Country Conference To Be tfeM in CorvaKs
Tragic Waste - Tha Story -Of
Our Natural Resources
"They never can be all
killed off" was the ridiculous
statement made by the first
amazed white men as they
witnessed the vast herds of
bison on the Western plains.
The same stupid remark
was common when great
flocks of passenger pigeons
darkened the sky over many
Middle Western states. Yet the
pigeons and the bison went
the same way as the heath
hen, the Labrador duck and
many other species of wildlife
once thought to be plentiful.
The philosophy of "no
cause - for alarm - there's-
world's of - them" proved to
be a way of extinction. It's
one reason why mounted spe
cimens in a museum or a short
paragraph in a natural history
books give present day chil
dren the only evidence they
can ever get of some of the
natural resources abused by
us and our forefathers.
Market-Hunters' Hey Day
Grandfather rem embers
well the barrels of dead and
frozen rabbits waiting on de
pot platforms for shipment,
their stiff forms bulg.ng the
cloth covers of the barrel
tops. He remembers, too, the
hampers crammed full of dead
ducks: the burlap bags filled
with dead squirrels.
It was the market-hunter's
hey day. Hotels, restaurants
and boarding houses contract
ed with hunters to supply
them with great quantities of
wild game; partridge, duck,
quail and many varieties of
what we now consider song
birds.
Hardly noticed at the time
was the rapid decline in the
available supply. The killing
went on and the "bounty-hunter"
entered the scene. He, too,
left a scar that will never be
healed.
- Not a Friend
The bounty-hunter often
posed as a friend of wildlife.
Some even sincerely believe
he exerts a beneficial influ
ence on the supply, thinking
that by reducing the number
of predators he increases the
population of desirable ani
mals. Unfortunately it never
works out that way.
rTedatory animals are a
Corvallis Classes design
ed to help clergy and church
and community leaders better
understand economic and so-
ciologic factors affecting the
community and the church
are scheduled for the four
teenth annual Town and Coun
try church conference at Ore
gon State university Aug. 6
through 10.
Heart of this year's confer
ence will be three basic class
es which will be offered daily
with OSU staff members as
instructors, reports the Rev.
Kenneth C. Larson, Corvallis,
conference chairman. The
core classes will be in com
munications, the implication
of community change and
changes In Oregon agriculture
and forestry.
To Be Understood
The conference schedule,
which also includes general
sessions and elective classes,
has been arranged to give
help in educational methods
and processes in working with
people, to discuss problems of
mutual concern relating to
churches and community life
and to encourage a sharing
of experiences, Larson stress
ed.
The communications course,
which will be taught by Bur
ton Berger, extension infor
mation specialist, will cover
the personal and interperson
al basis of communication as
well as how to communicate
and be understood.
Mrs. Buena M. Steinmetz,
Portland, former extension
family life specialist at OSU
and Iowa State college, will
lead the course in social and
personal implications of com
munity change. In this class,
attention will be given to the
rapid changes taking place
in Oregon communities, the
implications of these changes,
how to meet them and keys
to successful community ac
tion. The third basic course will
deal with changes in agricul
ture and forestry. Those at
tending the conference will
study the scientific and tech
nical inventions which have
changed both fields, new mar
keting and financing methods
and also take a look at what
the future may hold.
Take Basic Courses
Each person attending the I
conference will take the three
basic courses and will have
a choice of elective subjects,
Larson said. Two general ses
sions each day are scheduled
for the entire conference.
Pre-registrations for the
conference are now being ac
cepted by the Rev. Lorcn H.
Bush, recruitment chairman,
Church of the Good Samari
tan, 35th and Harrison sis.,
Corvallis. Pre - registration
will close on June 30, Larson
emphasized.
I Housing and meals for con
ference participants will be
provided on the OSU campus
with special arrangements be
ing made for family groups.
A Corvallis church will pro
vide child care at cost during
conference sessions.
The conference is sponsor
ed and planned by representa
tives of the Archdiocese of
Portland in Oregon, state and
local church women's associ
ations, denominational repre
sentatives, Oregon Council of
Churches, Oregon Farm Bu
reau federation, Oregon-Washington
Farmers union, Ore
gon Home Economics Exten
sion council and Oregon Stale
Grange in cooperation with
OSU and the cooperative ex
tension service.
Addi t i o n a 1 information
about the conference program
can be obtained by writing
Bush or at the county exten
sion office.
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HOTEL
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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Reputation for cleanliness.
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America Spends More
On Yearly Vacations
New York - 0!PP - American
Express says its latest travel
poll indicates Americans will
spend $23.2 billion on their
domestic summer vacat ions
this year.
Last year, the big travel
firm said, the expenditure for
vacation hotels, motels, food,
transportation, auto upkeep,
administration fees and recre
ation was $22.5 billion.
part of the natural plan. They
reduce the number of aged,
diseased or immature animals,
thereby allowing only the
healthy and the fit to become
parents. By this method only
the fittest survive, and the
offspring have a better chance
for survival. It is exceedingly
doubtful if any bounty on any
animal was even mildly help
ful in any way. Paying the
bounty burdened the taxpay
er, and only benefitted the
bounty-hunter himself.
America was pretty reck
less with what we had. Per
haps too many of us, even
now, subscribe to the "there's
a-plenty" theory. But game
plentifulness has long since
passed.
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