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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1946)
Boyle's Column Raising A Captive-Born Polar Bear Proves Tough Bv HAL BOYLE ' CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 20 For three generations the ttephan family ha been trying lo hand-raise a captive-born Polar bear cub something never ye, accomplished. Their lastest effort. "Bozo," one-pound offspring of the Cin cinnati zoo' Polar bear lady, "North Star," died of malnutri tion three days after birth. Sol Stephan, third in line In a famed midwest veterinarian family, kept a day and night vigil over "Bozo." Glumly he has derided there is only one way to solve the problem of bottle feeding infant Polar bears: "We're lust going to have to milk an adult female Polar bear under ideal conditions. Then we can break down and analyze the milk and duplicate it." Tough Job Milking a full-grown lady Polar bear, however, is to men what belling a cat is to mice. It's a good idea, but who wants to step forward to get the first pall? Polar bears without re gard to sex are mean-tempered, vicious and can hit with either paw. "If I could just knock out the mother with a drug like I use on lions and tigers, mused Ste- phan, "then I could get a sample , of her milk. "But you're fooling with a - f 300 animal, and it's major ' operation to give one an anes thetic." ' He believes Polar bear milk; is rich in fish proteins, but little 1 "Bozo" couldn't make the grade on a substitute diet of hom ogenized cow's milk, cod liver oil and sugar. "I thought Bozo would make it. He had the will to live. He squeaked like a couple of kit tens. I fed him off my finfer. He took it but it might as well have been water. He couldn't digest it. I pepped him up a little on the third day with some weak whisky, corn syrup and orange juice but he died in six hours." 40 Tries Stephan took the loss hard the family has tried 40 times to save Polar bear cubs but his 98-year-old grandfather, Sol A. Stephan, who has been treating zoo animals for 62 years, looked at him with twinkling eyes and said: "Well, son. Just keep trying." The Stephana have tried sev eral incubators and inumerable WASHING MACHINE SERVICE All Mokes Phone 8805 TUCKER STEINKAMP APPLIANCES Esqnlra Bldg. diets, and they get letters from all parts of the nation suggest ing new types of feeding. But we have two strikes on us before we start," said the youngest. "If the father bear Is around at the time of birth, he just rushes over and gobbles up the cubs. And the mother is usually so nervous and clumsy that she mauls or steps on the cubs, killing or injuring them before we can get them away from her." Federal Workers Figure Drops WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 WV Only 11 out of every 100 federal workers are in Washington, com pared with about 14 before the war. The civil service commission cited these figures today as an example of the government's de centralization program. It said that of the 2.110.000 federal workers in this country last October, 224,700 were in the Washington area. Trucks Race For Alaska EDMONTON, Alta., Dec. 20 (CP) Six trucks from Seattle, Wash., went through Edmonton Thursday with about 1600 miles still to go in a race to Fairbanks, Alaska. The drivers hope to reach Alaska by Christmas as part of their cargo is made up of toys and Christmas novelties. When the drivers checked through the Alaska highway control office here they reported plans to keep their vehicles roll ing 24 hours a day on the trip north from Edmonton. The men will split driving shifts and ex pressed confidence they would reach their destination with time to spare. Most of the trucks wfc leaded with hardware and building sup plies. They left Seattle three days ago. Engineers Study New Flood Donger PORTLAND. Dec. 20 (A' Army engineers attempted to allay fears todny that the Wil lamette river might cut through to an old channel In the Cor vnllls area and turn 10.000 acres of farmland into an island. Residents of the area snid waters receding from the flood appeared to be working be'.ilnd a revetment near Ingram i.ilnnd. They said they feared Kw re vetment might collapse and the Willamette run through an old channel to Join the Long Tom river. Engineers here an Id they be lieved the new cut would be only a high-water channel, but added that repairs would start as soon as weather permits. Meanwhile the river here dropped below tho flood mark. ATTENTIONI Mailer Wae Beauty Shop open today! Haiel Wakeman, operator, formerly East Side Beauty Shop. 4243 Shasta Way. next to Art's Barber Shop, Phone 3341, Let us help you find a Gift for The Boss or Office Worker. Pioneer Printing at Stationery Co., 122-124 South Sth. 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