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10 D SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1WJ MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Reeibfaf and Tribune) SyeWlicale 1963) Skunks Do More Good Than Harm It's not the skunk's idea to he obnoxious. He docs not enjoy going around squirting people, but one would get this impres sion hearing folks talk about this animal. Just the sight of n skunk, even at a distance, scares most folks half to death. The mere mention of the word causes some people In look apprehensively in all di rections. It's really silly to think the skunk is such a disagreeable character when in reality he, as well as Mrs. Skunk, are pretty solid citizens. It was a low blow, too, when that prejudiced individual coined iha nvnrAcsinn. "a skunk in a hen roost," for actually it was not a regular procedure on me animal's part. True, there have been instances where a skunk has raided a hen house and killed a chicken, but It happens very seldom. Even the very worst of us have some good points, and skunk society, too, has its non conformists. But as a group, skunks are pretty reliable mem bers of the outdoor society of four-foots. Obedience Taught It would be a pretty hard hearted and stupid human who rould watch a skunk family, mother and several children, walking in single file alongside o rnnrl ni- nrrnsfl A field, and harbor in his mind a feeling of ill will against them. Mother skunk is teaching the young sters, not a one of which is real ly a little stinker, obedience and how to catch grasshoppers, beetles, frogs or field mice. She will show them how de licious termites can be as an after-dinner appetizer. Toward her children, Mother Skunk shows affection, compassion and motherly patience. To her they are the most wonderful young sters in all this world of living things. The skunk really fills an im portant niche in the wild society. In areas where human ignor ance has caused him to destroy these creatures, there has been an increase in grain-eating ro dents and insects. There are some pretty wise men who stoutly maintain that the stead ily extending range of the ler mite, even as far north as the Canadian border and beyond, is due to the indiscriminate killing of skunks. The termite, up until a few years ago, was a satisfied resi dent of tropical or semi-tropical countries. But now they have extended their range far to the north. Rencficial Friends In grain fields, even in or chards and groves, the skunk family prove their worth in the tremendous amount of harmful insects and rodents they eat. They are true and beneficial friends of the farmer or the or chard owner, yet the average human, whose prejudice is only exceeded by his ignorance, kills the animal by every means at his disposal. The skunk is one of the crea tures of the wild that has no voice. At the very best, all he can do is grunt. Contrary to what you may think, he is a clean animal, with no scent of skunk on his body. Never, un less unduly irritated, does he resort to his only means of oh noxiousness. Even then, he will always signify his intentions by elevaling his bushy tail. It is reasonably possible that man's aversion and willful per- j sccution of this harmless animal j has much to do with human psy-1 chology. Subconsciously, the av-1 erage human resents the skunk's dignity and haughty in-! difference. We just naturally feel that all creatures should treat us with great respect and submissive meekness and ad miration. Some of us Just don't deserve thai. Court Records JtlRTlTB Ot!RT r.nirl Hill District Leonard I,ewUi Hubbard, no op erator's license, IV Harold Vincent Scheeitrom, vio Uiion of batc rule, in. H .chard Morgan LKoreit, vio lation of haulo rule, Mivin Rnv iif-d. one haarillirht. ' Hnbert Thomas JJtf ell. truck ipenritnir. $25: truck eneMltnf, IO. Howard Herman Gatee. truck speeding, $2fi; truck speeding, lf. Char leu ntcharri Kiiler, violation Of brfsto rule, $2li. Mary Beth Lanham, failure to comply with operation restriction, Robert Let Grant, violation of basic rule. $13. Call Erwin fiteln, violation of basic rule, $2.1. Genrjjn Arthur Prtngmann, rfli Ohcvrd atop aim. 1 Harlem Carolvn Srhiiman, dla hevrd Mop aifin, W. William K. MrClennan, tmrk prrriinc $IV Thomas Wllott Slmmnni, truck ipeedtnif. 510. Anthony Douglas Shop, exces sive, noise. ?!.. Owen Ellsworth KruRer, no light. $10. Michael Alvln Phillips, violation Of Punic rule. H. rtlchnrrt l-ee Afthard, violation of bajin rule, V2S. Margaret limit iaaaa, violation or name rule. MO. Drlhcrt Oaka, no vehicle llrenn. tin Norman Eugene Doll, violation or naMc ruie. m. aoa meimr junirn, nin- tit ild" Norman Oatl, improper nrtving Training school. haMr. rule. Sin Tom MttcCully, violation of banlr rule. $10. Edilh Mora raikhill, violation of banc rule, 2V Prtiil Robert Cederwall, violation of halc rule. $in. Charlrm Terry Hamilton, dl ohevpfi Mnp men, $in. Thorn- Allen Srherf, no truck llrrnse. M. Kein l.tivenn Grlffli, no opera tor's llcrnae, S. nerd Dona pawing rr.TR i, point H Nini'Ai. nii Bf Itonald IJovd McGraw, violation Of hnit rule. 51 John William Smith, violation of VWir rule. $t.Y John Charles Let timer, violation of baMc rule. jl". I,ee Frani'in Tierce, no operator s Uretue vn person. V John Brook, Spain, violation of btMi: rule. $10 lumen Hate Thorp, Improper lant Urhkc, $l(i. Fred .1. Rice, no oportaor'n Uremia on petnoi), $.1 Twain A. Walker, violation of ba.Mc rule, $1M, no upct.itor livcne on perfon. SV Phillip John Wilson, violation of banc rule. 4in. Air-en R. rlnn .'r , driving on Wrong Mde nf uliorl, $, John Mervvn Weiner, violation of bernr rule, in. John A I her t Par rack, no opei -tor h licrne on person, viola lion of haMi ulc. M.V tinny Nnrnun Cmmi, oaMiip al Inicupcllon. pHSRiag on iikMI, M" Jituniie Oimnr Mrit hiH rk, falluie to ield nghi of n, Jai-k Icoii Shrltnu. m mtitdcr, Jin; violation ol Immc rule am Robert Slcphen Stnd. driving in wionK lno of trail it ijn ( arohn Jmn Sidener. violation of bine rulr. in Jerrv lr Mrinekm. violation of ba-ic rule. $10 Hrvan Auln v Nflnon, violation of h,Mr lule. Cieorce Arnold Thotnas. lr , opiT atmg vehicle on wrong ude ol ihf atrcet, )5. him HhTTm ?iT Roy Jnne Eduaida, truck aprrdrne. Jin, MfFinut T. Boggi, violation of i banc rule. $10 fra Kverrtt Oden. tllegal pm- esi'n o( wild animal. J.li. i Volnr v hhelcr A.lm. illegal pO'.veFunn of wild -mimal. $.T i Wayiia WilUrrt While, overload. t'ih j Harold Waldo Chapman, over length load. $ I Tonev Funderhurg. overlength load. 13. Alvia Charlea Reed, violation of banc rule. t0. Fred Leonard Rnh Jr., viola tion of bic rule, Marfi Maria niiigrii h, n op rator'a llcene. $1.1. Iorothv Evelvn Taogut, nn ve hlrln llcenae. Jamea Thick MrGee, violation of . baic rule, J5. Prter Jarnh Schlff, violation ot hasir. rule, $20. I, eater Clifford Caaa, xeeaslva noise $a. Wlilintn Henry Bohl, no chauf fanr'a llcenaa, $s. l,arry Lea Hay, no vahlcla 11 censa, $S. Ira Rert Ehrllck, violation of na aio rule, $!i. Donald Kdwln Grliwold, viola tion of haalo rule, $W. Herman Kdward Cannon, failure to vfrld right of way, Sift i Wilhert Whlta Lull, truck ppeed- Ing. 5 ID, Clen Allen Millar, violation of bnmr rule, $10. Cnrl Guatav G rover, truck apeed- i Ing. $10. I Virgil William Stlgall, following, ton close, $I.V I Harold Wayne Perryhouia, viola tion of haste rule. $10. Donald Fail Wood, violation of hanlc rule, 'JV i.iegory Paul rhapman, viola tion nf halc rule. $10. Rlllv Dean Shaleran, truck apeed Ina. $10. Havld Lea Ayera, violation of basic rule. $10. Sally May El am, fallura to dim light. $n. neitv .lean Hoineruon, no vani- , elf license, $V l.oulg tiernld Henagln, no vehicle Hccime, $.1 j Dnvld Elmo Summara, truck vpecding. $10. llonlit Charlea Maxwell, viola tion of ImMc rule, $io. Harvey lnila Corwtn. no vehicle licence. $!( notierl Daniel Rlehardon, over load. VJfl. Warren Robert McNeelv, over load. $.10. IttchHi'd Bernard Cullen, viola tion of hnslc rule, $S0 Roger Leonard Poiltre, vlnla tton of haMo rule. HV Kdna Juan Lewu, Inadequata llffhtn. $S. Monroe V. Venahle, violation of baio rule, tin. rmci'iT roirtT Crnatancd K. Augaid va. John T. Augaid. divorce decree Ve. P N. Poole v. Ki ford H. Poole, diorca rtecree. Stale's Senators Split On Aid Bill WASIIINfiTON tUm - Ore pon's two senators split Thurs day over support of the $.12 mil lion foreign aid appropriations hill and a han on the Kxport Imporl Rank iindriwrilinR trade I deals with Communist nations. Sen. Mautine NeuherRer, II- j Ore., was on the winning side holh times as Ihe Senate voled W) to 2S in favor of the appro- l print ions hill and 52 to 32 lo kill the han. Sen. Wayne Mnrse, P-Ore , vn'ed against Ihe money hill and in favor ol the underwriting restriction. Ashland Man Picks Up Plane in florida ASlll.AM) ... ,. recent (light was nude (mm Florida lo Ash l.md hy Al Porter o( the Ash land airport. lie went to Vern Reach, Kla . lo take delivery on a new Piper Cherokee airplane. He led earlv one morning and arrived hack in Red Bluff, Calif., Ihe next day. He spent Ihe night and was in Ashland hy 8 am. Ihe noM day Kight hours of the (light were on instrument flight rule conditions al night plus four hrief stops. The Family Council Roads in Craler Lake National Park lo Be Open Kflltor'i non: Th Family couiirll conxIfU, of a Juder. . bhyctilalrlxl, itir.K clergymen, thrre editors and ft women . editor, rarh a'tlclr la a summary of a family disagreement presented to th I Council. Tile Counrjl deal, with problems, major and minor, encountered hy auldanre coun.elora and .oclal workers. Edited by j Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copyright by aene.al Feature! f;orp.) Mr. B.F. The motor trip through New England will do him a world of good. Mrs. B.F. He's so down hearted he should see a doctor not a car salesman. Mr. B.F. Our son is ex tremely depressed after losing out on a promotion he was sure he was getting in his nf(iee. He quit the firm cold and sits around Ihe house, dejected and tearful. To help him snap out of it, I wanled to chip in towards a car and let him travel leisur ahly lo Maine where our daugh ter and grandchildren live. The trip and visit will cheer him and he'll come hack with fresh plans. Mrs. H.F. It's an awful thought, hut lion is In such a hlack mood lhat he acts as though lite is a burden to him. Once he gels out on an open road, anything can happen. He doesn't care. I want my hushand to use that car money In pay a good doctor (or treating Don. Nothing we say lifts his spirits. He harely picks at food, doesn't even look al want ads anymore, and 1 hear him sobbing in bed late at nighl. The Council: We agree with Mrs. F. Deep depression which doesn't lift via common sense is the precursor of suicide or attempts at same. Better alarm-1 ist than sorry. Doctors insist lhat all suicides send out warn ing signals, actually pleas for help, long in advance of their wild "solution." The trouble is, say the experts, no one inter prets the clues correctly. De pression, they claim, springs from repression, repression of anger which the sad one soesn't rlare for is ashamed) lo express, (letting at the root of Don's hos tility, letting him "ventilate" his grievances and fears, is a job for a professional. Suicide prevention centers have sprung up in many cities, ror Don, J there's Rescue, Inc. in Roston. I This would he the worst time to let Don loose behind the wheel nf a car. An Illinois psy chiatrist sees auto accidents as "the most common form of committing suicide," with dis traught drivers hoping (or a fa tal accident. Park roads from south and west entrances to the rim of Crater I-ake are expected to be open for travel during the holi day season, Superintendent W. Ward Ycager has indicated. The roads are open through out the winter except during, and immediately following, heavy storms, he noted. Good to excellent ski condi tions prevail with 6 inches of new snow. Snow depth is cur rently 35 inches, approximately one-half the normal amount for this time, but adequate for winter sports. THORNTON Rt'l.I.NC, SALEM (UPI) Criminal courts have exclusive jurisdic tion lo determine the mental condition of persons accused of crime and to commit Ihem to state mental institutions, Atty. (len. Robert Y. Thornton said Saturday. Tramway Proposal May Be Reviewed PORTLAND (UPI) -Regional Forester Herbert Stone said Sat urday ii is possible the U.S. For est Service may review a pro posal for an aerial tramway over the Columbia Gorge near Bonneville Dam. Stone said he met recently with Lauren L. Lucas, one of the promoters of the proposed tramway and lhat the matter was discussed at length. The tramway would carry passengers from U.S. Highway 30 and Ronneville Dam to the top of Munra Point. The Maza mas and other groups have voiced opposition to the tram on the grounds it would mar the scenic beauty of the gorge. Slopes of varying difficulty provide excellent skiing, and snow conditions especially suit able for beginners and for ski touring often occur at this time of the year, Yeager noted. The two downhill ski trails from the rim to park headquarters are adequately marked and have proved to be popular in the past, he added. Skiers must be fully outfitted since neither ski tows nor equipment can be rented locally. Satisfactory areas are avail able for tobogganing and sled ding, Yeager noted. Parking space and rest rooms are located both at Rim Vil lage and park headquarters. First aid facilities are provided hy the National Park Service. The co((ee shop in Rim Village will be open during the holiday period, except on Christmas Day. Additional snow can be antic ipated any time in the (uture and motorists should carry chains whenever visiting the park during the winter season. CARSON CITY, Nev. (UPI) -Gov. Grant Sawyer Saturday called a special session of the Nevada legislature for Jan. 20 to consider buying Lake Tahoe Park land and giving the schools more money. SPOKANE, Wash. (UPI) The commissioners of Spokans County said Saturday they would print about 150 copies of a res olution to establish a U.S. mint here and distribute them to in terested persons. Eugene Annexation Adds 7,000 People EUGENE (UPI) - Residents of the Bethel-Danebo district north and west of here voted 1,174 to 1,000 Thursday in favor of annexation to the city of Eu gene. About 60 to R5 per cent of the registered voters cast ballots. The proposal had been defeated twice before. Addition of Ihe seven square miles of residential, industrial and agricultural properly would increase Eugene's population by about 7,00(1. Residents of the city will vote on the proposal Jan. 7. NOTICE! To Our CENTRAL POINT Customers 1 Rate Increase of $1.50 Will Go Into Effect as of December 2, 1963 CITY SANITARY SERVICE WINNER! I MS' of a beautiful full length door mirror from Padgham Glass Company's fabulous open house was: H. L. Henderson Rt. 2 Box, 1-H Jacksonville, Ore. Ticket No. 044426 For: Christmas Mirrors For: Mom SEE: PADGHAM GLASS CO. 1309 Court Medford a "Oil To Burn" SAH Grtn Sfampi MEDFORD FUEL CO. 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