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
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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." ;
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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.
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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.
Philip Luthtr Rychard, overloaded
truck. . Sit suioenrted.
Rose Marie Elizabeth Burrows, ffo op
erator's license, IS.
Howard Joseph Becker, overwide load,
US.
Ei'fabfth Hi'bran, obtaning money
by raise pretenses, bail set at woo.
Herbert Austin Poird. possession of i
alcoholic liquor by minor, ii SO.
Fran Ligntle. drunk in public Dac.
HCi 50. 30 days sentence suspended on
good bhwior tor one year
Nel Bresrieert. driving under Influence
of intoxicating louor. 1304 SO; 0 dayi
suspended tor good behavior for a year.
driver's license suspended
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