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Courthouse Work Being Studied A study Is being made to remodel and improve sections of the first and second floors of the courthouse, County Judge Earl M. Miller said Thursday. A structural engineer is studying the possibility of xtrenffthenins the cetline of the auditorium and floor of the county clerk's office with trusses. The heavy counters and metal file cabinets have caused a depression in the clerk's office floor. The court also plans to have the auditorium stage par titioned off and a room ex tpnripH into the breezewav be- tween the old and new court house sections. The new room would be used for the print shop and new electronic computing ma chines planned for county purchase. A speaker's plat form would be raised aajaceni to the present stage and the auditorium extended by re moving two restrooms at one end. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn W. Witkint 'JlejliUr li Irlbuna Syndicate, 1963) Long List of Myths About Snakes Is Mad Longs? They "were working on the railroad." This is exactly what they were supposed to be do ing and what they were get ting paid for, but they were also conscious of some un usual happenings that were going on nearby, over the fence in fact, just off the right-of-way. There, In plain sight on a small pile of sand, was a very large rattlesnake, ninnlnn himsnlf. The section hands watched 1Kb Dna1fa ti.lfVi f aGnlnntlnn . Hp. bating in their minds whether to cumD me jence aim uio patch the big snake with a shovel. They hesitated merely because the foreman was a short distance down the track and was looking their way. Then one of the men no ticed a much smaller snake, nf o riiffarpnt kind. crawling through the sparse grass to-,u,-rf iht his rattler. BclllR nnminllv familiar With S01T1C of the reptiles, one of the men attempted to explain 10 nis nina hnnnnnlntf. He told them the kingsnakc was an enemy of the rattler and would Kill one wnerevci he found it. Half as Large The entire crew concen trated their attention on the smaller snake that had now come to a complete stop a few feet from the sleeping rattlesnake. It was easily dis cernible that the kingsnake was only about half as large as the one sleeping on the little sand pile. The smaller snake was obviously looking the situation over and reach ed a wise decision. He turned and slithered off through the weeds. One of the men re marked, "Boy, that little one scared himself; he has run away." The men resumed work, but listened attentively while the "expert" explained the difference between the two species of reptiles. While he was talking, one of the crew who had been working closer to the fence alerted the real with the startling statement: "Here comes the little snake gain and he has a big snake with him." The work on the railroad stopped. Without realizing it, there was about to be born another legend, to be added to the long list of myths re garding those Utile under stood creatures, the snakes. Fact or Fiction Thorn worn ntv mffn in the railroad crew but what they actually saw was much differ ent than what they thought. Each one now claims he "wit nessed with his own eyes," a small kingsnake - knowing he wps no match for the rat tlesnake - go for help and bring back a large snake of its own species to kill the rattler. The men assume the smaller snake knew where his friend was, where to find him and how to get him to attack the enemy. That was the story and the men insist it all happened. But such a thing could not have occurred. Two snakes might have passed the rattle snake, but no snake would help any other snake. No snake would ask another for help. Sometimes we attribute to an animal an action it is incapable of accomplishing Accident, or coincidence, of ten confuses the Issue, and makes it appear a snake dis played a high degree of in telligence, which it could never do. What the men saw - or Im agined - will always be a little hazy, but one thing they did accomplish. They added to the list of snake myths, and the list is already very long. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 19S33 7' t w l A i 'ft th. UaW-MllUj M v. S. " V t . ; 1 v t i i H iw.. - V' . r r mm Trll a. ) U InJ IS uvl Ulnl Mil 111 o 0 jrn'GG FINAL Now 1 li L 1 5 Hot? I DOtf ' ruts immWZ h m pi rr f, ' 1 ") J f t i - t:. ' L' -f V ' . : - WASHER mm : WASHER 3374 DRYER DRYER Model 112.. 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