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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1963)
HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falli, Oregon Thursday, August IS, 196.1 PACE -A' Prairie Dogs Saved From Extinction LUBBOCK, Tex. iIJPH Prairie dugs once were as haled as (he rattlesnake and as pesky as i corn-stealing crow. Galloping hors es tripped in burrows and broke their legs. Cowboys spilled onto the prairie with broken bones. The farmer joined the range rider in shooting the rodents on sight. Nine years before the incorpor ation of Lubbuck an estimated 400 million prairie dogs made their home in a 25.000-square mile area surrounding the South Plains city. The city began to grow in ; 1909. and with its growth t h e small chattering rodents began to diminish. The cowboys and farmers who had to put up with the "critters' were only too happy. But Ken nedy N. uapp decided to save the rodents, and more than one million tourist! are glad today he Live in Park In a seven-acre town in Mc- Kenzie Slate Park, located only a lew blocks tram downtown Lub- block, 600 to 1,000 "dogs" live in cement confines. They frolic and chatter to the delight of children and adults alike. They liave no worries except an occasional bur rowing owl, the only "outsider' allowed to pitch camp. i He elimination ot the prairie rodents was a certainty when Me Kenzie Park was being planned But Clapp looked to the future. "Why poison them'.'" he said. "Let's preserve them. In 10 years , tilcy will be a big attraction. H only took five years. "Prairie Dug lown, Population? is a reg ular stopping place lor the 142, 000 residents of Lubbock as well as the tourists? A two-foot high cement wall protects the dogs from the visi tors and vice versa. Rolls of chicken wire are buried beneath . the wall, which extends four feet 1 underground. The dogs make no . attempt to leave their home. Ihe rodents received the tag , "dog" because of their barking I cry, and not due to any kinship .with man's best friend. The grey 1 to reddish animals grow 12 to 15 - inches long and weight from 2-3 pounds. They wag their short black-tipped tails with the. regu larily of a clock. Their homes are L-shapcd bur rows, 12 to 20 feet deep and 6-15 feet horizontally. Most have only one entrance, "with his banked with earth to keep out water. Own Warning System The smart little animals have their own warning system. No vegetation is allowed to be more than six inches high within 100 feet of the burrows. As an intruder approaches, signals are relayed throughout the town, and the dogs "freeze" until a final warning hark is given, sending them scur rying to' their homes until the danger has passed. The semi-hibernating animals are vegetarians by circumstance only. They get all the water they need from the grass, weed seeds and other plant life in their "town." The rattlesnake, ferret, coyotel and badger are chief enemies of the prairie dog. and the burrow ing owl is only reluctantly admit ted. Snakes sometimes invade burrows for food, but only when they are starving. When they en tor. the dogs pitch in and fill the holes with dirt, entombing the in truder. The owls live only in abandoned burrows, too lazy to di?, their own. Owls who are not against an oc- ; casional meal of young prairie dog, are torn to pieces by adult dogs if they try lo enter an oc cupied home. Rockefeller Raps Right ALBANY, X. Y. iVPV Gov , Nelson A. Rockefeller continued his unofficial quest for the 1964 GOP presidential n o m i n a tion Tuesday with a renewed attack on Sen. Barry Goldwater's failure lo reject the support of "extreme , right-wing elements." Without mentioning the Arizona Republican by name. Rockefeller charged that the failure of re sponsible conservative leaders to disassociate themselves from the extremists "was a great disserv ice to Ihe cause of conservatism .; itself." In a letter In the New York ' Stale Young Republican Clubs. Rockefeller noled that on July U '. he had issued a stalement re pudiating the right-wing cvtrem- ' ists' philosphy and tactics. He said his attack last month ' was not against "the responsible conservative of our parly. Ex tremists have nothing in common -with responsible conservatism They are in lact, its greatest . enemies." Goldwaler in the leading con . servative candidate for the GOP ' presidential nomination next '. car. 'DENNIS THE MENACE" York again this year. The venerable dowagers are a pair ot steam locomotives res cued from the scrap pile and re stored to operate on the 15-mile Arcade & Attica Railroad. Built more than 40 years ago and still going strong, the two coal burners have been earning their keep hauling old-time coaches filled with railroad fans. picture-taking tourists and school children. The weekend excursions, which began last year, have proved amazingly popular and they have probably made the Arcade 4V Attica the only railroad in the Ination without enough rollin" stock to handle passenger loads. Ihe trips leave the line's deoot on Main Street here and meander up an unfenced grass-covered right-of-way through rolling hills to the hamlet of Curriers. Willi unscheduled stops for photogra phy, or on some occasions to 111 Jbey founoa fOtKtiAfcvcNBR, AH' He CAN'T 6VEM C0lfT! ' ASSATEAGLE ISLAND, Md. I'Pli Assatcague Island off the Maryland-Virginia coast is submerged again this time in controversy. On Ash Wednesday in 1962 a storm swept over tlie low sand Two Puffing 'Old Ladies' Rescued From Scrap Pile AKLAUb, .V Y. iuph Tvcoshoo cattle from the tracks, the old ladies" who habitually lleisurely 14-milc round-trio takes smoxe in punuc, win beguiling ana puning inrougn western Iew sliglilly over 90 minutes, A & A President Richard Cart- wright has estimated that 75.000 passengers will make the trip this year. in lact, Carlwright is counting on the appeal of his old-time equipment to provide Ihe line's principal source of revenue. Freight service, handled on weekdays with diesel locomotives has been declining steadily over the years due lo truck competition. "If passenger business holds up the wav it. has been, we'll have the best year in our 80-year his tory," Cartwright said, adding with a smile, "It just goes to show you that modernization isn't always the only way to make more money." Secretary Finds Opposition To National Seashore Plan chance to watch birds and otherlPrivate developers would proba-iers accused I dall of wanting to'demos.' p Ihe whole country "a wil-lthat if reef, carrying away all but a dozen of its houses. Now Interior Secretary Slew- art L. I dall wants to do away with the remainder and make Assatcague a national seashore. But tlie owners at least some of them don't wfcnt to go. And they're holding onto their land al most as stubbornly as the waves are trying to eat it up. Last spring when Vdall dropped into the beach in a helicopter. one of the owners walked up to the secretary, shook his finger at him. and said, "you, sir. are on our land, and you're (Hying to use our money to take it away from us." Gels One Third As a mailer of fact, the Interior Department already has appropri ated the southern third of Assa tcague the Virginia portion for a wildlife refuge. What I'dall wants is the rest of a barrier reef typical of many along tlie i Middle Atlantic Coast. ! Assatcague is long, narrow and low. Krom the air it resembles I a worse-for-wear dragon clinging! close to the mainland for protec-l lion. I A broad sandy beach confronts! the ocean. Behind the beach dunes rise up gently where grass has goltcn a toehold. Still farther in land, vegetation increases and dunes fall away into salt swamps. The owners shook their lingers at Secretary Udall but they did not order him off their land. He stayed long enough to explain w hy he" wants Assatcague for a fed eral reserve. " Offers Wide Uses Assatcague, he said, is the largest undeveloped seashore be tween Cape Hatleras, N.C., and Cape Cod, Mass. It offers splen did swimming, fishing, boating and other water sports as well as a wildlife in their natural habilat The island is within easv reach of the major population centers; of the Middle Atlantic slates. One can drive there from Baltimore in three hours, from Washington in four. Philadelphia is 200 miles away. New York 290. I'dall said ihe federal govern menl would build bridges to the island and sand dunes along its :5-milc ocean front In protect it from storms like the one last year. Thus a fine stretch of seashore would be preserved for the en joyment of millions of persons. Sayi Future Dim I-cft in private hands Udall said, Assatcague's future is dim bly not be willing to build dunes kes id the rale of $1 million a mile! or install the expensive water and sewage systems required because so much of the island is at sea level. But. like most Americans, the owners have pride of ownership. "This is our land. We want to keep it." one of them told I'dall. j "This isn't Czechoslovakia." Local officials oil the mainland have sided wilh the islanders They don't want to see the prop erty taken off their tax rolls Maryland state officials take the, federal view that national parks ajways produce prosperity next door. A spokesman for the landown- The secretary shot back"there would be no national park this attitude prevailcdlsystem." ; r THEXTON'S AQUARIUM Fish A Supplies 233 AUmeda Ave. HAVE ADDED GOLD -FISH .'hone Tit 4.:t.1 NOW OPEN! Builders Supply a new low-cost supply headquarters for Volume Builders and for anyone else who wants to Save on Builder's Costs! featuring Pittsburgh Paints General Electric Appliances it Andersen Windows i And mony othtr Nationally Known Brand Names in the building world . . . floor tilt, linoleum, corpeting, plywood panels, aluminum windows and storm doors, a complete line of builders hardware, light fixtures, all kinds of plastics, and every other item you need to build or remodel (except dimension lumber), Harold Hollis, Mgr. Builders Supply 345 East Main Ph. TU 2-2955 Ganong's Variety has check lists for required items by grades for the city schools available now . . . and ALL REQUIRED School Supplies Including Elementary Work Books Now On Sale! for the benefit of late vacationers and others who want to get ready for school now and avoid the last minute rush. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE SCHOOL SUPPLIES IN All "ONWARD" brand packaged papers, tablets, etc. (sold only at GANONG'S) are guaranteed FULL COUNT VALUES with up to 40?o more sheets than similarly priced packages sold elsewhere ! ! ! Open 9:00 to 9 00 Mon. thru Sat. 10:00 to 6:00 Sundays anong's Variety 6th & Shasta Way Next to Safeway Plonty of Parking Hew Stamp Sale Noted A stamp noting the second an niversary of the Alliance f o r Progress program will go on sale in the Klamath Falls post office Aug. 19. Collectors wanting first - day copies were asked to send self- addressed envelopes to the post master, Washington, D.C., before Aug. 17, when the stamp will be issued in that city. Ihe five-cent stamp was de signed by William K. Schrage and the format is based on the Alli ance for Progress emblem. It features a hand carrying a torch. On The Record LAKE COUNTY BIRTHS NEWMAN Born to Mr. and Mr tn. ley Newman. Bly. July 7a in Lakeview Hospital a boy weiqhing 7 lbs., 4 ais. VAN CLEAVE Born to Mr. nri Mr. William Van Cleave Jr., July 25 in Lake view Hospital a girl weighing t lbs., Ai MS. JACKSON Born lo Mr. and Mr. Ver- rton Jackson July 30 in Lakeview Hosoitai flirt weighing 8 lbs., 3k ofs. AVOOD Born to Mr. unit Mr Ciaritou Wood July 30 in Lakeview Hospital a boy weighing 7 lbs.. II on. ANDREWS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dar- rell Andrews Aug. 2 in Lakeview Hnmtai a girl weighing 6 lbs.. 6' on. SMITH Born to Mr. and Mr Hnmtr Smith Aug. 6 in Lakeview Hospital a girl weighing J lbs., 12' i ozs. LAMB Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lnui Lamb Aug. tl in Lakeview Hospital a boy weighing 6 lbs., (H on. HARLAN Born to Mr. and Mrs Rnrlnev Harlan Aug. 12 in Lakeview Hospital a boy weighing lbs . 71 ois. CONWAY Born to Mr. and Mr. fn Conway Aug 13 in Lakeview Hospital gtrl weighing 7 lbs., 13' ois. MARRIAGE LICENSES Raymond A. Olivarei, 11, Lakeview. and Kalrene Ann Jaqullh, II, Oriend, tenr. Roy Arnold Hurley. 30, Yukon. Mn . and Helen Joyce Pierce, 20, Lakeview. DIVORCES EAST Catherine Rose vs. Arthur James, divorce granted. YOUNG Phyllis JOnn Vl. Dudlev Ross, divorce granted. PIERCE - Bobby Gltnn vs. Atict, divorce granted. vclean Nellie J. vs. John J., divorce granted. Court Records LAKE COUNTY COURT RECORDS CaH Wayne Coscorrose, minor In pos session of liguor. drunk in a public place. 2S bail icrfeited. Lonme Nobles, contributing to delin quency 0( minor, tyv.nd over lo grand . bail set at 12.J0O. praid Wan Hoider, asieuit wth dangerous weapon, u) years In state penitentiary. 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