The Seaforth News, 1960-10-13, Page 71
From Coast -To -Coast
In travelling across Anicriea
the national landscape is
much changed in comparison
with a short decade ago.
In some cases, the change is
for the better; in others it is ill.
tredlbly awful. Tourist blight is
advancing more rapidly than
tourist beauty. Where will it all
end?
Uncontrolled ribbon develop-
enent and mammoth billboards
Along the highway are only part
ret the problem. As an amuse-
3nent park, Coney Islandserves a
delightful useful purpose. But
ehould the Coney Island atmos-
phere pervade coast to coast?
Ocala, Fla„ is a case in point.
itt is swamped and surrounded
with small signs and large signs
)pointing the way to the promin-
tant commercial tourist attraction
tat Silver Springs, The town
Rooks like a living television
commercial, or perhaps the big-
sest billboard on earth,
Tourist blight appears in marl -
tad forms. Among the poorest are
idle snake pits and caged bear
attractions which are in North
Carolina. Stop at a roadside sou-
venir stand outside the Great
Smoky Mountains national park
for a close-up of a pathetic caged
ibsen.
How are these poor creatures
stared for? How were they cap-
tured? These questions once
were asked briefly in the North
Carolina legislature, which chose
to preserve the•blight and over-
look the problem.
Then there is the reptile "gar-
den" in the area, which every-
one who loves wild creatures
rllould see — not because it is
good, but to observe how the
animals, scraggly deer, sheep, at
bear, as well as the snakes, are
eared for. More North Carolin-
ians, including newspaper wri-
ters and the members of the
state tourist commission, should
inspect it, too. Can this really
be the type of attraction they
would have out of state visitors
pay money to see?
What kind of America do
homegrown vacationers really
want to enjoy? Perhaps we can
escape the blight in national
parks, forests, state parks and
highly endowed attractions like
colonial Williamsburg. But with
the rising tide of travel and lei-
sure time pursuits, these will
!never be adequate again. There
is a challenge here to private
enterprise to exercise mature
'taste and judgment in the facil-
ities it provides the travelling
)public. There's also a challenge
to the states and local commun-
ities to safeguard their roadsides
and landscape generally.
Along with travel enjoyment,
now is the time for proud
Americans to take a hard, criti-
cal look at their countryside and
help decide its future,— Michael
Vrome in American Forests Ma-
gazine.
Q. How can X remove soma
agile -grease stains from a pair of
ndiy husband's trousers?
A. Unless the grease spot con-
tains a lot of dirt, carbon tetra-
chloride usually does the trick
quickly. Should the stains ap-
pear rather heavy, lubricate
thein first with some white min-
eral oil, then flush this from the
fabric with carbon tetrachloride.
Thomas S. Gates Jr,
MILITARY SECRET -- U.S, Secre-
tary of Defense Thomas S. Gates
Jr, is a great doodler. One of
his masterpleces retrieved from
the wastebasket after a meet-
ing is shown below his photo.
it looks as if it means, "Come
on, boys, let's build tills coun-
try's defenses until they're like
o granite wall"
Giant Tortoises
May Be Wiped Out
Among the world's oldest in-
habitants, tortoises watched the
rise and fall of the mighty
dinosaurs, and survived the
hazards of countless millions of
y ears.
Most of the animals that
shared the world with thein in
their early years have long
since disappeared, as have many
that came in much later times.
Civilized man, however, seems
set to succeed where the forces
of nature have failed, At his
hands the giant tortoise has
been reduced from a state of
astonishing abundance to that
of precious rarity.
For the tortoise it was an un-
fortunate day in 15301 when x
Spanish explorer, Fray Tomas
de Berlanga, discovered agroup
of islands in the Pacific some
700 miles west of Ecuador, for
these islands were the reptiles'
homes. The islands themselvets,
of volcanic origin, were inhos-
pitable.
There Was little water anti
only cacti and parched, stunted
shrubs lived on the almost bare
rocky land. There was, how
ever, one impressive feature
about them. They carried enor-
mous populations of glgantle
tortoises. And so Berlanga named
them the Galapagos Islands —
galapagos being the Spanish
word for tortoise,
It was not long after This that
someone discovered that the tor-
toises were very good to eat.
Ships sailing the Pacifio took to
calling at the islands to pick
up some fresh meat, One six-
teenth century seafarer report-
ed: "They are extraordinarily
DIRTY MISSILE — Thia Atlas missile gent a king-tiaa scrubbing
front Topeka, Kon,, firemen before display at a ,hopping centre.
Sts exhibition was in r;• :'on .With construction of ant mis-
eile bases around T , •
large and tat, and so sweet that
no pullet eats more pleasantly,"
In the days before refrigera-
tors and cold storage these tor-
toises had one great advantage.
They could be kept alive in the
ship's hold for a considerable
time without having to be fed,
provided they were moist and
cool, hence they were a perfect
form of food to carry one long
voyage. Whenever fresh meat
was required a few of the tor-
toisos could be killed.
Captain Porter, who used to
call at the Galapagos Islands to
provision, tells us that "in four
days we had as many on board
as would weigh about fourteen
tons. They were piled up on the
quarter-deck for a few days with
an awning spread over to shield
them from the sun, which ren-
ders them very restless, in order
that they alight have time to dis-
charge the contents of their
stomachs; after which they were
stowed away below as you
would stow any other provi°
Bions, and used as occasion re-
quir ed.
'No description of stock is so
convenient for ships to take to
sea as the tortoises of these Is-
lands, They require no provi-
sions or water for year, nor
is any further attention to them
necessary than that their shells
should be preserved unbroken."
During the famous voyage of
the Beagle, Darwin visited the
Galapagos Islands. He was tre-
mendously impressed by the
"huge reptiles, surrounded by
black lava, leafless shrubs and
large cacti, that seemed to my
fancy like some antediluvian
animals,"
Even then, alter centuries et
indiscriminate collecting, the tor-
toises were still numerous, and
the practice of calling at the
islands to collect them for food
was dying out. Unfortunately,
however, as one kind of exploi-
tation was being abandoned, an-
other was taking its place.
It was discovered that the tat
fro., a fully grown tortoise
could yield about three gallons
of clear oil. Consequently they
were slaughtered in their thous-
ands in a wave of ruthless com-
mercialisln,
For many years American
whalers made a habit at calling
at the islands on their way home
end picking up as many as 300
tortoises at a time. Since there
were several hundred whalers
operating in the South Pacific at
this time, huge numbers must
have been taken away over the
years.
Darwin has Ieft us a descrip-
elon of the curious method used
by the whaler clews to pick out
the best specimens. "When c
tortoise is caught, the man
snakes a alit in the akin under itg
tail, so as to see inside its body,
whether the fat under the dor-
sal plate is thick. If it is not, the
animal is liberated, and it is
maid to recover from this strange
operation"
By the end of the last century
the tortoises had been complete-
ly wiped out on several of the
Islands, and on the others they
were becoming rare. Collecting
them for, oil was stopped, but
they had little chance to recover
and build up their numbers
again, for now they faced yet a
third serious hazard. Man had
unintentionally introduced rats,
eats and dogs into every one of
the islands -•- escapers from his
ships. As they flourished, so they
killed off the young tortoises
and ate the eggs laid by the
older ones,
For the past thirty years the
New York Zoological Society has
been slaking great efforts to
save the Galapagos tortoises.
Realizing that they stand Iittle
chance of survival in the islands,
i they have been transferring
small groups to other areas
where they might be able to set-
tle down and breed unmolested.
So far, locations in Bermuda,
Honolulu, Arizona, Texas, Lou-
isiana, Florida and Australia
have been tried, but only in Ber-
muda and Florida does there
eeem much hope of permanent
colonies becoming established,
The fate of the giant tortoise is
in the balance, but It is hoped
that this remarkably ancient
animal can be saved front ulti-
mete extinction. Otherwise the
price of tortoiseshell will reach
an even higher figure than it le
to -day.
How Can 1?
By Roberta Lee
Q. What can i do it I've run
out of logs for my open wood -
burning fireplace?
A. With one or two nails, tee -
ten together several pieces of
wood otherwise useful only ore
kindling. They'll be as long -
burning as the regular logs,
Q. How tan I protect some of
the tall -trees on my lawn from
danger of lightning?
A, Attach (preferably by sold-
ering) several ,harp - pointed
three-inch copper wires to the
end of a long wire, and carry
this as tar as possible into the
tree. ,5laple it Id the trunk or
s bl ant:h. Then ti an the wire'
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SOME started chicks, also 19.22week
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TWEnnra Chick Hatcheries announce
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BUSINESS PROPERTIES- POR SALE
DRY cleaning plant, with cold storage
unit, in Napanee.; 2 apartments and
More for extra revenue; thriving hurt.
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.SUMMER resort on arty Bal, known es
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RN up to °100 weekly sat zparethat
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FARM EQUIPMENT
"DEPENDALITE" gasoline and propane
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FARMS FOR SALE
FARM 00 acres sandy loam, all work-
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FA2151 for sale. 180 acres, good bulld-
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R,R, 1 Sauthwold, Ont.
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TED LEAVES THEM WITH A TIP -- Ted Williams tips his cap to the fens at Fenway Park after
being honored on his last day of active service. Seated in wheelchair is Boston's Mayor John
Collins. At right is Robert Tibolt of the Chamber of Commerce, and In centre is television an-
nouncer Curt Gowdy. In his final time at bat Ted hit the 421st home run of hit coreer,