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Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Register end Tribune Syndicate, 1963) j'Pied Piper' Had tolulion ; But Someone Smelled Rat ' The outcome was consider rably less than hoped tor. At :tirst it ioohi'd like a really good solution. The butcher had a problem, ! a serious one. His shop was in a very old, wooden building over a large basement, tne cellar was a catch-all; it was cluttered with barrels, boxes, old lumbcr.tubs and a wild assortment of odds and ends. It was a mess. . In the clutter lived an army of rats. Rat population, like i the population ol any animal : including man himself, is con trolled by food supply and Shelter. Here in the butcher shop ample supplies of food were availiblc. A visit to the basement was :aii experience. Rats were : everywhere. They dashed . along the rafters and climbed :the walls. A flashlight beam thrown into any corner ;revealcd one or more pairs of green, glowing rat-eyes. They pecked out from every corner and crevice. The butcher tried traps with less than mild success. There was too much food; the rats were too wise and too well satisfied to be templed by any trap with man-smell. The butcher had just about given up. He resigned himself to doing business in a place where there were several times more hats than there were customers. The press of the rat explosion became so bad that some of the animals howcd up in the daytime. Some even dashed between the man's feet as he was cutting meat at the block. Constantly the man could hear the squealing, rustling, fighting and scurrying in the basement below him. Then one day a Pied Piper showed up at the hop. He had heard the man complain about his unwelcome guests and he had a plan. For a nominal fee he thought he could reduce the rat population. The des perate butcher had nothing to lose and much to gain, so he , agreed. The plan was made and the bailie joined. The "expert" showed tip the folowing after noon with a .22 caliber rifle, a flashlight and a pillow . . . The tools with which he was about to work on the rat- eradication program. The pillow he placed on the fifth step down from the eel lar door. He placed himself on the pillow, attached the flashlight to his hat and load ed and cocked the rifle. The enemy was there and the bat tle began. A faint rustic sounded In far corner. The flashlight beam reflected greenly on a pair of rat eyes. The rifle cracked; a dull thud sounded as a furred body struck the floor. The butcher in the store overhead nodded grim ly. One down and many more to go. He continued to count the reports. By day's end the game was counted. By week's end 30-odd rats had been kill ed; it had been a pretty suc cessful hunt. The man collect ed his fee. The butcher was happy, but his joy was of brief duration. A few days later when he opened the shop, a terrible stench greeted him. The air was heavy with a sickening, overpowering odor - the odor of dead rats. Those animals which had been wounded had crawled into crevices. In be tween the walls and In the boxes and barrels, and there they had died. Daily the smell became worse. The stench was beyond endurance. Unable to eradi cate the odor the butcher was forced ,to close his shop until that indefinite time when the air would again be tolerable. The butcher, or someone bo fore him who had a similar experience, must have been the one who truthfully said, "I smell a rat." Year-Old Baby Gets New Year's Playmate Albuquerque, N.M. - IUPII -Catherine Rupp of Albuquer que was one year old today. She was the first baby born here in 10(12. At 1 a.m. this morning, her mother, Mrs. Connie Rupp, 20, presented Catherine wiih a baby sister, (he first baby born here in 11)63. Father of the family is War ren Rupp, 23, a research tech nician at Lovelace Clinic here. Medlord Doctor Provides Material For Health Paper The case histories and ex perimental research of a Med ford naturopathic physician, Dr. Ralph R. Weiss, will help provide the scientific frame work for a discussion on hu man health scheduled for de livery to delegates to the Na tional Health Federation this week. Cooperation of Dr. Weiss in preparation of the talk was enlisted by Dr. John Noble, president of both the national and Oregon state associations of naturopathic physicians. Dr. Noble will be a fea tured speaker at the 1963 convention of the National Health Federation Jan. 2 to S at Long Beach, Calif. Dr. Noble is slated to ad dress the evening session of the convention Jr.n. 3 with a talk on the "Problems of Naturopathy in Today's Fast- Moving World." He will out line the basic principles of naturopathy and explain the six-year educational require ments demanded of a naturo' pathic physician before he is admitted to practice. Other speakers at !'. four- day convention include Pam ela Mason, movie and tele vision personality; Dr. .'loyal Lee, founder of the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research In Milwaukee, Wis consin; and noted Washington attorney, Charles Orlando Pratt, who for many years was legal adviser to the fed eral food and drug adminis tration. The National Health Fed eration, established as a non profit corporation eight years ago to work for rigid stand ards of food inspection and strict enforcement of pure food laws, Is recognized as the largest and most influ ential "grass roots" health organization in America. It maintains one of the most elaborately-staffed lobbies in the national capital. The federation was credited recently by Peter Edson, col umnist for the Washington Daily News, with successfully engecring through Congress two important amendments to federal legislation in 1962: one requiring consent of pa tients before they arc given experimental drugs; the other, to make mass vaccination voluntary. Noon Edition MEDFORD Page 2A Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1G63 Identity of Burglar Learned by Supervisor Mineoia, N.Y.-iUFlt-For a year, the "Ice cream burglar successfully looted one store after another of a Long Island dairy chain. Thomas Giery, a supervisor for the firm known as Dairy Barn, wondered along with other company employees how the thief was able to get into the stores without breaking a window, and open the safe without damaging it. Sunday Giery found out who was pulling the jobs which netted a total of $3,000. The culprit was his wife, police said. Mrs. Betty Jean Giery, 34, was spotted inside one of the parlors early Sun day and arrested. Mrs. Giery wept as she told police how she took her husband's keys once a month while he was asleep, and picked one of the stores to rob. In each of the places she knew where the safe combination was hidden, and the rest was easy. She even maae tne cao driver wait outside. Mrs. Giery said she needed the money to pay for an op eration for a four-month-old daughter with a heart defect, and for her seven other children. She was held in $1,000 bail on burglary charges. Four Kinds of Pears Included in Plan The U, S. department of agriculture's offer to pur chase "a significant quantity" of winter pears for school and institutional use will apply to Cornice, Bosc, D'Anjous and Winter Nellis in the Rogue valley, according to lo cal fruit growers. The inclusion of California, Oregon and Washington win ter pears in the federal school lunch program is the result of work done by Sen. Wayne R. Morse (D-Ore.) and follows a recent conference arranged by him between Pacific coast fruit growers' representatives and USDA officials. Raymond Retcr, of Rctor Fruit compa ny, Medford, attended. In a recent letter to" Morse, Reter asked him to urge USDA officials to expedite the program since fruit ship pers have no French or Ger man export outlets this year because of trade restrictions. Money for the school lunch program comes from part of the tariff received on agricul tural imports. The Commodi ty Credit corporation allocates the money and any unused portion reverts back to the fund for future federal agri cultural purchases. DO IT THE HARD WAY Chicago -(UPII- Chicago po lice said Monday that would be safecrackers at a business place here used an electric drill, a sledge hammer, a screwdriver and a can opener, but were unsuccessful. Wil lard Bickford, owner of a doughnut plant where the safe was located, said, "It wasn't locked, and there was a slip of paper bearing the combination on top of the safe." Instant Folk Music Attempt To Trim Beard Forces West To Chanae Subiect for Interview L'i M I By DICK WEST Washington - (UPIi - A tragic thing happened to me on my way to interview Peter, Paul and Mary. I lost my beard. P. P. Si M., as you may f I know, are '"c I 1 sinKcrs- Two of them - I forget which two -wear beards. I have heard it said Weit that beards are good for the voice. At any rate, they began playing an engagement here about the time that I began sprouting a beard of my own. I had an appointment with them and I was naturally self-conscious about exhibiting my beard in the presence of a pair of, shall we say, "mature" beards. In desperation, I tried to trim it before it was ready for trimming. As a result, I got it out of balance. It listed to port, so that my face ap peared to have been built on the bias. A lopsided beard, I dis covered, is like a lame horse. There it nothing you can do but put it out of its misery. Pity. I had intended to discuss beard growing with Peter, Paul and Mary, but the mis hap forced me to switch topics. We talked about folk singing instead. The rise of folk singing in America is one of the phe nomena of our time. The way things are going there will soon be more folk singers than there are folks. Most of the professionals in the field are practitioners of what I would call "instant folk music." By that I mean that they don't wait around for folks to produce folk music. They write their own. Peter; Paul and Mary are among the rising stars of the do-it-yourself folk circuit in Greenwich Village, tr folksy sort of neighborhood in New York City. Now they are reaping royalties from a hit record and have moved up to folk centers that serve some thing stronger than coffee. For Christmas they gave each other original art works, which shows what can happen when you get folk music away from the folks. All of this popularity and commercial success does not fit my concept of what a folk singer is. I can remember when a folk singer was anyone who knew all 47 verses of "John Henry." He sang mostly lor his own amusement, largely because nobody wanted to hear 47 verses of "John Henry." Peter, Paul and Mary in sist, however, that their style of folk singing, in its way, is as . authentic as the more primitive form. They may be right. The fu ture of folk singing can per haps be foreseen in the fact that Peter, Paul and Mary, two-thirds of whom play gui tars, have hired a bass player to augment their act. I predict it is only a ques tion of time before folk sing ers will be accompanied by their own symphony orchestras. London - fUPU - The London Daily Mirror named Presi dent Kennedy Its "Man of the Year" Monday because of his "leadership of his own coun try and the Western alliance." The newspaper said Kennedy came into the presidency "like a lamb" and has seen 1962 out "like a lion." Fred Sears Receives Company's Award Fred Sears, Medford agent for Prudential Insurance com pany, was presented the Most Valuable Associate award for 1962. Announcement of the pre sentation was made in a tele gram to Gene Williams, presi dent of the Rogue Valley As sociation of Life Under writers. Sears, in competition with 32 fellow agents in the Eugene office, was winner of tha award on the basis of produc tion of quality life insuranco sales during 1962. Paul Jag garian, manager of the Eu gene office for Prudential, made the announcement and the presentation. SHIP IT LflSME to or from Oakland, San Fran cisco Los Angeles and other California points. I a 773-7761 Ice Contributes to Accidents in Area Icy highways shrouded with fog contributed to New Year's Eve accidents, state police re ported. A rear end collision occur red on the Jacksonville high way at Reager st. at the west edge of Medford when a car driven by Dan Preston Tur pin, 16, of 1604 West Main St., was involved in an acci dent with a car driven by Rcgina Clara Dixon, 61, route 1, box 11, Jacksonville. No injuries were reported. An accident occurred on Highway 99 at the south edge of Central Point when a car driven by Michael Joseph Tungate, 23, of 932 South Ivy St., was involved in an acci dent with a car driven by Dec Clinton Thames, 36, of 2760 Connell ave. No injuries were reported. T 7 3&5L3P3Sr 6th and Ivy MORS! 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SNOWSUITS COATS HATS BONNETS PLAY CLOTHES SHOES (few) SWEATERS TEE SHIRTS DRESSES (m (Many namo brands) m JFTfPT Hi Here it is iho sale you've been waiting for our annual January Clearance with great savings in Children's and Infant's clothing. Don't miss this great event! Shop our BARGAIN BASKET full of values in toys & misc. items YGG Infant's and Children's Wear Downstairs at Medford Pharmacy RNER Central & 6th Ph. 772-6253
