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HEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1963 On the Air By ELEANOR WIESE "How do they get them to do all those things?" the animals that is, in the fascinating Walt Disney nature studies and ani mal adventure films. )Jack Couffer, director and cameraman for Disney Wildlife Productions, obviously is the man who knows, and he has written a captivating book about photographing animals, "Song of Wild Laughter." I This is not a man talking about camera trickery, but an artist vividly describing with admiration and love how he works with his animal friends. "How do you get them to do those things?" According to Couffer, "It is a question, un fortunately, that is no more eas ily answered than it is accom plished." Often good results can be ob tained in the classic technique of waiting, of hiding in the blind, of observing with a cam era. However, Couffer explains, when wild animals must per form as actors to create a story that is actually closer to a drama than it is to a study of nature, different techniques are required. . t Couffer describes his methods this way. "With every charac ter, in every situation, there is a different approach toward trial and error, luck and judg ment, trickery and training. Baylor9 Catch the transient hour She'll wear her Baylor with pride and pleasure for many, many years to come. For all Baylor watches are designed. to keep their beauty. And there are so many dif ferent styles and types to choose from, your gift of a Baylor will have a distinctive indi vidual touch all its own, Baylor Petiti tady't Baylor Premier highlighted by elegant fash ion band, luiu- (AQQE rfou. UK gold ly'' caie. !" Three Positions in Southwest Forest District Gut Most often, though, it is trickery which gets results. The trickery I am speaking of is not a cam era trick, no something 'done with mirrors.' By trickery I mean a process of outsmarting an animal, the trick of fooling him into doing a special action before the camera, of tricking him into becoming an actor without his knowing it." Getting a wild untrained ani mal to move from one place to another is relatively easy by using bait. Getting the animal to assume a particular attitude or expression when moving is something else again. This is done by the right selection of bait something "that will make our subject curious, hungry, eager, cautious, bold, angry, afraid, or whatever. The bait may be a piece of food, water, the animal's mate, a competi tor, its offspring, a curious sound or smell, anything which experimentation or simple hunch tells us will be the right thing for the situation," Couffer describes in detail some of the more spectacular devices, aside from these sim ple ruses, resorted to for such assignments as getting a grizzly bear to charge into a hollow log, get stuck, roll in it down a hill and crash into a tree at the bottom. It seems perfectly natural that a man who can capture beauty on film can also create vivid pictures with words. Couf- fer is explaining the problems relating to photographing a narem of sea Hons in the Gal pagos Islands when he writes "Senorita, the friendliest belle of the harem, the epitome of femininity, became our star, She tempted the others to great er confidence. The few that were at first timorous wall flowers, as it were came for ward at her . example, swim ming closer, darting in graceful flashes of bending bodies, disap pearing, leaving only brilliant bubbles shimmering upward to ward the surface. No bird high on the wind was more m com mand of the wild freedom of flight than these creatures of the sea, no fish so endowed with the plastic grace, the supple curving body, the kindness of eye, the rapport with man Their animal loveliness exuded a warmth unknown even to those other ocean dancers, the unfurred, cold-skinned dol phins. Reading a book like "Song of Wild Laughter" is a pleasure in itself, but understanding the dedication of the man behind the camera will also add to the enjoyment of Disney's wildlife films. Services provided by the State of Oregon Department of For estry will be curtailed to a con siderable extent as a result of the rejection of the 1963 Legis lature's tax program in the ref- rendum election, State Forester Dwight L. Phipps has announced. The post election executive order reduced general fund al lotments $238,499. The forester said 27 positions will be affected by the depart ment cutback which resulted. Three positions will be lost in the Southwest Oregon District, Curtis Nesheim, of the State ETERNAL LIGHT. 10:30 a.m. Sunday KBES-TV. An episode in the life of labor leader Philip Murray is dramatized when he is talking over tentative union demands at contract time. DISCOVERY, 12 noon Sunday KMED-TV. Saint-Saens' "Carni val of the Animals," with the Ogden Nash lyrics, is performed by the Baird puppets. DIRECTION '64, 3:30 p.m Sunday KBES-TV. Some contra dictions in the "affluent" Amer ican economy are dramatized in David Ebin s satire "Prosper ity Strikes Back." set in a cir cus side show, a featherbedder explains to the Siamese twins, Paul Q. Affluent and Peter Far From Affluent, how he s saving the country from a depression, NEWS ENCORE, 3:30 p.m Sunday KMED-TV. David Brink Icy, "Our Man in Hong Kong," reports on .slums and refugees from the Communist mainland, First shown in 1961. ISSUES AND ANSWERS, p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. Former President Eisenhower is inter viewed at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm by newsmen. SUNDAY, 4 p.m. KMED-TV, Methods of teaching problem children in New York are re viewed by Dr. Gerald Lesser of Harvard s Laboratory of Hu man Development. Forestry Department, revealed here Friday. There are six positions in the local staff supported by the gen eral fund. Three or 50' per cent will be cut. The other positions are financed by dedicated funds which cannot be cut by the cur rent program. The three positions affected are one farm forester and two forest inspectors, Nesheim said. Hardest hit throughout the state were the forest inspection and farm forestry services for the same reason that they were in this area. Forest inspection lost nine positions out of a total force of 34, while farm forestry services lost four out of nine jobs. Nesheim said all of this cut back has been made on the basis that the curtailment will have to stand. The action of the special session of the legislature could change the picture. Phipps indicated that people from high level down through the ranks were affected and $35,000 in Damages Sought in Complaint A suit seeking $35,000 general damages has been filed in Jack son County Circuit Court by Emmett E. Carpenter, 1008 Queen Ann Ave., as the result of an automobile accident Oct. 9, 1962, at the intersection of Hawthorne Avenue and Jackson Street. Defendant is O. T. Heyerir.an, 125 Winema Way, operator of the other vehicle, according to the complaint. , Also being sought is $1,581.34 for medical expenses, $1,500 for lost earnings and $251.95 for damage to the Carpenter pickup truck. said that all people involved have been notified. Phipps explained that the duties of the inspectors of the protection division include fire prevention in woods operations and enforcement of laws de signed to renew and assure a continued yield of forest crops. Farm foresters give advice and assistance to small wood land owners in order to promote better forest practices. Any further reduction in ap propriations will necessitate cut ting out of entire programs in stead of their decrease as has been done thus far, Phipps concluded. Renewed Interest in Conservation Asked GRANTS PASS (UPD- Dr. Elmo Stevenson of Southern Ore gon College called on the Ore gon Association of Soil Conser vation Districts to bring renewed interest in conservation to educators. He spoke at the group's 15th annual convention here Thurs day night. He said conservation is of the utmost interest to a state which depends on natural resources, such as Oregon to have a strong program in elementary and sec ondary schools. Rep. Robert Duncan, D-Ore., told an association luncheon Thursday that growing popula tion makes land reclamation a legitimate activity of govern ment. Hn RnM W orpl,1t.nl surpluses are somewhat burden some to tne economy today, but in the long run will be among the nation's greatest assets. Cords for Thursday, Nov. 28 SWEM'S . 217 E. MAIN Merford, Oiwgon foil East Main PH. 779-1331 Eagle Point High Has Standard Rating EAGLE POINT-Eagle Point High School in District 9 has been given a standard rating on a self evaluation inventory sub mitted to the State Department of Education for approval. A standard high school in Ore gon is one which is fulfilling the requirements of the law of the state pertaining to high schools and is meeting the minimum standards adopted by the State Board of Education. The Eagle Point school board, administration and faculty were commended by the State De partment of Education for the vigorous effort displayed in making provisions for good fa cilities and a well rounded pro gram. Especially noted was the way in which the school program conformed with each require ment cited in the evaluative cri teria. Also mentioned was the "concerted effort demonstrated by the school board and admin istration in striving to provide the best education for the boys ana gins oi tne community." ROME (UPI) - South Viet Nam's Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu wat secluded Friday, behind the walls of a Roman Catholic convent. - STUDDED' 2 CHAIR OVER 100 TO CHOOSE FROM! V Jf 4 . . . 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