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ney. THE JUDGE AT WORK
The judge has many duties in
a trial.
He sees that it goes in an
orderly way and according to
the rules in selecting the jury,
presenting evidence, hearing the
lawyers' arguments, instructing
the jury, and bringing in the ver
dict. Before the trial starts, the
judge sees that the questions put
to prospective jurors are prop
er. He excuses jurors, ne musi
see to the proper conduct of the
litigants, lawyers, ana witness
es. He must put down public
disturbances.
The judge must see that the
lawyers keep within due limits
in questioning witnesses, in ar
guing to the jury, and in their
attitudes toward each other and
the judge.
Describes Duties''
The judge tells the jurors their
duties and what questions of fact
to decide. He instructs them on
what law controls the rights of
the parties. He sees that the ver
dict is in due form. He must
decide any requests for rulings
by lawyers.
For example, after the plain
tiff's lawyer has made his open
ing statement or presented his
i idence, the defendant's law
yer may demurrer to the evi
dence. This motion grants the plain
tiff's facts but denies their cog
ency as a matter of law. If
granted, the motion will not al
low the plaintiff to recover
judgment.
May Concede Facts
A directed verdict also ends
the case before the jury can de
cide it. It is a decision by the
court on a question of law.
Either plaintiff or defendant
may concede the facts but deny,
as a matter of law, their power
to sustain the other party's case.
A judge may render a "judge
ment notwithstanding the ver
dict" after the jury has brought
in its verdict, when he should
have granted, but mistakenly
denied, a directed verdict.
The judge now and then may
rule on the law and thereby
take the suit out of the jury's
hands. His ruling in no way re
flects on the jury, but workks to
keep down needless litigation.
When he does this he usually ex
presses the sincere thanks of the
court for the time of the jury in
standing ready to do its work.
Power Preference
Agreement Fails
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A
House and Senate conference
committee failed Tuesday to
reach agreement on legislation
to give the Pacific Northwest
first call on federal power pro
duced in the area.
The conferees met for more
than an hour in closed session
to discuss t h e bill intended to
pave the way for construction
of transmission lines to c a r r y
surplus power from Columbia
River dams as far south as Los
Angeles.
A bill passed by the H o u s e
differs from the Senate bill in
that it would require the Inte
rior Department to get specific
congressional approval for con
struction ot any power interne.
The provision, offered by Rep.
Jack Westland, R-Wash., helped
make the bill acceptable to the
House, but is strongly opposed
by Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D
Wash., and other Senate back
ers of the legislation.
Jackson, chairman of the Sen
ate Interior Committee, said the
conferees had agreed to meet
again on Oct. 22 in an effort to
reach agreement.
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
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Lieuallen Meets With Chairman
COOS BAY (UPI) Dr. Roy
Lieuallen, chancellor of the
state system of higher educa
tion, met Wednesday with Wil
liam Walsh, chairman of t h e
State Board of Higher Educa
tion. Subject: Money or rather,
the lack of it.
Dr. Lieuallen said he was
working on a new approach to
possible budget cuts because of
Tuesday's defeat of the income
tax measure. But he said h e
wasn't ready to reveal what it
was.
"We'd rather not act hastily,"
he said.
Dr. Lieuallen said the full im
pact of budget cuts which might
be imposed by the special ses
sion of the legislature would not
be felt until winter term.
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Disappointment To Learn
Ocean's Hoar Not In Shell
Probably one of the most in
teresting and mystifying mo
ments many people remember
of their childhood was the oc
casion when they were told they
were hearing the roar of the sea
when they held a seashell to
their ear. That ceaseless mur
mur of the surf conjured pleas
ant visions of strange lands and
lonely shores where the sea
pounded a sandy beach, and
palm trees bent lazily over a
tranquil lagoon.
To most children, if they lived
inland, the shell itself was a
brought back by some fortu
nate relative that had visited
some out of the way place, or
spent a vacation on the edge of
the sea. Some children may
even have wondered if the shell
continued to make the same
roaring sound while the shell it
self rested on the parlor table,
or while holding a door open.
Sometimes the shell had had
the spire removed and was used
as a horn to call the harvest
hands in from the field, or tell
the farmer the cows were "out
of the back forty."
Small Fry .Marveled
When personal inspection of
the shell was allowed, the small
fry may have marveled at the
shiny - pink lining, and run their
fingers over the rough ex
terior, or tried in vain to cram
their hand into the opening to
see what was inside. Sometimes
they shook the shell, tipped it
from side to side, or end to end,
but always, when placed again
at the car the restless voice of
the sea was still there. Childish
minds could hardly help but
wonder if the noise continued
when no one was listening.
It is doubtful whether many
of their elders told those chil- j
dren that the shells that roared
with the voice of the pounding
surf were actually made by soft i
bodied animals, or that most i
popular of the shells was the j
giant, pink lipped conch, that
made its home in tropical, warm
waters. Neither did they inform
the youngsters that the giant
mollusks that once lived in the
shell pulled themselves over the
I ocean floor by means of a strong
hook, or spur, that was attached
I to the animal's body.
Viewed from a boat floating
above the beds where the giant
I conchs live, and seen through
the crystal clear water, the
conchs' movement closely re
sembles the wallowing action of
a heavily laden tramp schooner
; in a cross - sea, rocking from
J side to side on an erratic course
over the sand.
I Dangerous Kncmy j
Man has become Ihe most
j dangerous enemy of the giant
conch, probably the worst the
animal ever had, for the large !
mollusks are hunted constantly,
both for the flesh that can be
eaten and the shell that can be
sold. Usually the outside of the
shell is covered with barnacles 1
and other marine growth, all
riding along with no control or
concern as to where they are
going, or why.
After the giant conch is
brought up to the surface, the
marine growth cleaned off, the
shell is offered for sale. They
are purchased by tourists, and
later sent or carried to sonic
far - away home where sooner
or later some child will listen :
to the sound that seems to come
i from the dark recesses of the
shell.
Children and Adults
Most children and some who
are adults, slill believe the roar
of the sea is really there. No one
tells them that the same roar
can he heard in a tin can or
an empty bottle; perhaps the
child would feel let down to
find the roar is not ol the sea
Mother To Visit
Son in Red China
HONG KONG (UPO - Mrs.
Ruth Redmond of Yonkers,
N.Y., entered Communist China
today In visit her imprisoned
son "with a burning heart and
high hopes" for his good health
and eventual release.
Making her third visit to her
son, Hugh Redmond, since he
was sentenced to lite imprison
ment on espionage charges in
l'.iSl. Mrs. Redmond was es
corted to the border by British
officials.
She anticipates spending
Hugh's 4:ird birthday wnh him.
and took along homemade cook
ies, candy, socks, shirts, and a
new pair ai shoes
Mrs. Redmond, fin. has ap
pcalml to Premier Chun Kn lai
for her sons' release without
success. There is no reason to
expect a surprise release at
this lime, she realizes
"Hut there is nothing that
says I can't hope," she said.
at all. Sophistication, in some
instances, is disappointing; it
takes away the enthusiasm and
blasts our confidence in things
we believed in, that we thought
were mysterious.
What we hear in the sea shell
is only the rebound of sound im
pulses diving into the shell and
rushing back to our ears. It's a
little confusing to realize that
the "sound of the sea" is not
there when there is no ear to
hear; it is a sound that exists
only when there is an ear to
hear. Sometimes fantasies are
just as stubborn as facts, and a
great deal more interesting.
Italians Work To Save Centuries-Old Art Work
PADUA, Italy (UPI) Some
of the world's greatest frescoes
were endangered recently when
the centuries-old Scrovegni
chapel almost collapsed.
The chapel houses the earli
est, most extensive and best
preserved works of the g r e a t
frescoist Giotto.
It stands in a public garden
in the center of Padua, not far
from the town's main thorough
fare, along which rumbles a con
stant flow of heavy buses and
trucks.
Encompassed j
The entire chapel was then
encompassed in a frame of tu
bular steel scaffolding, to which
the roof was attached to keep
its weight off the walls. The im
mediate danger thus relieved,
an architectural commis s i o n
was appointed to decide what to
do next to assure the safety of
Giotto's works.
The Scrovegni chapel, also
known as the Chapel of the Ma
donna dell' Arena, was built in
1303-05 next to a palace that was
pulled down in 1820.
It was here that Giotto paint
Their reverberations, carried!?
through the soil, had been shak
ing the walls of the Scrovegni
so hard that iron sustaining rods
were anchored from wall to wall
to keep them from caving in.
On a recent morning inspec
tion, the chapel's custodian
found the rods had snapped
from the pressure and t h e
buildine was in danger of col-
I lapse.
ed his revolutionary and endur
ing frescoes of scenes from the
life of the Virgin and of Christ.
Giotto's pictorial inventive
ness, volume and composition in
these frescoes is matched only
in the Upper Basilica church of
Assisi here he painted his cy
cle of frescoes on the life of St.
Francis.
The chapel has stood through
thick and thin.
In World War I, small Aus
train bombs carried by light
planes, fell on the city. They
missed the chapel.
On a night in March, 1944, a
4-H NEWS
.Mixers and Fixers
The Oct. 10 meeting of the
Mixers and Fixers 4-H club
was conducted by Kathy Web
ster, president, in the home of
Mrs. Robert Webster, Trail.
Nine members were present
and six members recently
joined.
Mrs. Webster gave the mem
bers their 4-H records and
books and explained them to
us.
Candy Ferguson and Diana
Cravan will demonstrate sandwich-making
next week.
Audrey Friese,
Reporter
cluster of block busters fell 300
feet from the Scrovegni chapel.
They destroyed the 13th cen
tury Augustinian church of the
Ermitani and with it the Ove
tari chapel with it famous fres
coes by Mantegna.
But the Scrovegni chapel was
intact. Paduans began to think
that the frescoes of Giotto had
a charmed life.
That life is now held up by
steel tube scaffolding. But that
is only an emergency measure.
Rerouting traffic has been
mentioned to remove the causa
of the vibration which has
weakened the chapel. But Pa
fua is the fastest-growing city
in the industrializing north of
Italy.
Now, ask the city authorities,
can we close our principal ar
tery even to save Giottos? The)
question must be answered soon.
Cities like Padua can grow to
day, change and build tomor
row. But there is no one any
more to paint Giottos.
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NEW YORK tl'Pl) - Pro
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creased significantly in the
United States during I'MSi but
whisky distillers produced less
than in 19ttl. Vodka and run
gallonage rose but brandy pro
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