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.
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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
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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.
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