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.
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