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The Brussels Post, 1959-11-26, Page 36. Russian motintains 6. Mr, Van Winlclo 7. Has being 8. Threatens 9. Giver 10. German river 11, Trial 18. Completed 20, Extended 21. Military stlident 23. HaVing lees , adulteration 21. Sap, sash 25. Large tank 26, I-11nd u queen 27. Mahogany streak 28. Tree 30. Alake dirty 31, Benevolence 33. Snioot sank en 34, Billow 35. Tipping 36. Discoverer of the north , Pete 37. Coarse file 38. Charles Lamb 29, Box 40. Pa. railroad 91. Hobo* 43 T,Igtior 47 Hvist move, and were ready for Any. thing. Then this handsome deg went right through the clump of bushes from which I bad flush- ed eight pheasants, and lie never turned hair, he had possessed the slight- est Ability as a bird dog,, he'd have come to a. point, However, he never showed any reaction to the situation, but went inerrilY back and forth, tinkling away, And he came out on the other side and moved on up the big field, The hunters, alert with their weapons at the ready, moved along with him, and I went in the house and had breakfast. About ten o'clock the hunters came back, from the wilds, dog and all, and told me the birds had all moved out, While they were telling me this, the dog crouched exhausted at our feet, putting on a remark- able show of fidelity, devotion, and unstinting service. He must have almost stepped on pheas- ants all along the orchard wall, but never knew it, But he had a master who would boast what a good dog he was. Fine nose. I think most dogs arc like that. They put up a great front and captivate your esteem, fooling your We had a collie once who learned to set up a great touse when somebody came in the yard. He didn't care if anybody came or not, but he found he was supposed to. His trouble.vvas lie couldn't distinguish friend from' foe. When some disreputable char- acter who might set fire to the barn approaches, it is nice fOr a dog to give an alarm. But if the lady next door stops by, a dog ought to hold back. This one never held back, and he'd .rush out barking away regardless. He often put my own mother up on a woodpile. "Great watch-` dog you have there!" people would say, and the dog would wag his tail, Afterward, we scolded him 'so much about barking at ,.old friends and relatives that 'he'd run out happily to escort tramps into the house. It was just that he was trying always to fool us into thinking he was good for Something. .Our present pooch, aging now, has worked this into awild publicity stunt. He sleepi' on a pile of bags in the shed, and most, of the time has no idea what's ,going on at all. But he has to make out he's protecting the property, so every once in a while he'll leap up and rush out snarling and barking. He doesn't know if anybody is there ,,or not. Usually there is not. Once in a great while, by pur- est chance, somebody will be there, and this is a frightening thing for the dog. He goes all to pieces and looks ashamed. The other day/ he did this, and I happened to be there and he nearly ran me down. He had been caught, barefaced, and was embarrassed. He was terribly upset. I think most dogs are deceit- ful this way. They backslide in their obligations, but keep you convinced devotion to duty is their chief concern. They're good company, and know your weak- nesses, and play the game, and usually show they're smarter than you think. I think the dogs have got ouenumber. — By John Gould in, The Christian Science Monitor.- THAT MAN, RE'S POISON In a fit of rage against the poisonous snake which had .bit- ten him. Humberto Meneses of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, grabbed the snake and bit it — hard. Rushed off to medical aid the man eventually recovered. The snake died. IIEFAIRFRON SCHOOL'S OUT — Geoffrey Hyde, 51, and his daughter, Wendy, 14, leave Chamberlayne Wood Road secondary school in Lon- don. Wencly„,has been sent horns clay after day because school authorities tdke a dim view of her high heels and tight skirts. Her /other has consulted lawyers with a view to taking legal action because. Wendy is being deprived of her education. Hyde apparently likes the way his daughter dresses. 20 37 3 2. XN.. •?.* 4e4 4 5 13 16 10 II 32 32 26 . 31 2 24 29 30 33 3 35 3 6 43 46 47 a 44 21 9 14 27 21 40 41 12 15, 19 42 45 PARKING SPOTS — Nobody will disagree with this sign in Lon- don, England, "guarded" by a circus leopard. ISSUE 48 — 1959 Expansion of facilities of:two banks is 'planned. A large new wing to the local hotel, new service station, two new motels, a new restaurant, and an im- proved water manly have been de velopments. oth lri Lleosie•tolaut a east, anew In smallvisli:rgve n, ice station and grocery store have gone up, and at Elbow, new residential construction is tak- project are settled, mostly, in rireagsi eoprf sl aw:oe mire np.ettnnipblleoaynee' d oancrtobses the river to the west, 30 fami- t Hundreds of applications to establish businesses on access roads have been received by the local municipalities, but have been severly curtailed to date, This has been an interim zon- ing arrangement agreed to by federal, provincial and local gov- ernments to assure that only ap- proved and sound development takes place. Earth moving operations for this year are about to close down as winter approaches, but PFRA engineers can look back on a year of satisfactory progress. Seals Saved From Slaughter A public outcry led by wild life preserving organizations has saved the seals of Macquarie Island. This bleak, rocky dot rsub- Antarcticc waters, half way be- tween Tasmania and the Ant- arctic coast, is under the Tas- manian government's jurisdic- tion, and since 1933 has been maintained as an animal sanc- tuary. But, from time to time, sealing companies invaded its peace, slaughteeing the island's elephant and fur seals for meat and oil. At one period, 100,000 Mac- querie seals perished in a single season. One hunter used the hor- rible practise of driving them along a ramp, and into a cauld- ron, in which they were boiled alive for their oil. Such slaughter loused the indignation of the late Sir Douglas Mawsom, whose portests were mainly responsi- ble for the island's classification as a protected area. Now the elephant seal colony has largely reasserted .itself, its present strength being about 30,000. 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A new convert is a babe in Christ, He should have the pray, erful support and sympathetic Understanding of older Chris- tians, Today's lesson tells of two men who stood by Saul in his early Christian life, Without them, we hesitate to think of what might have happened to Saul, The first of the two was Ana- nias, He was an obedeint dis- ciple but when the Lord asked him to go to Saul, he remon- strated, "Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he bath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name." The Lord had told Ana- nias that Saul was praying but not even that dispelled his fears. A man once prayed in my home and at the same time was plan- ning to rob me. But when the Lord said of Saul, "Behold, he prayeth," it was genuine prayer. The Lord was patient with Ana- nias and told him of the great work Saul would do. Ananias laid aside his prejudice and went into the house where Saul was, still blinded with the light and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeareth unto thee in the way as thou earnest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and he filled with the Holy Ghost." Ananias showed his brotherly love and his belief in Saul's genuine conversion. Saul began preach- ing Christ. According to Galatians, Saul, after leaving Damascus, spent some time in Arabia. Later, he went to Jerusalem and endeav- oured to join the disciples but they were afraid of him. Then, another man befriended Saul, Barnabas had confidence in him and introduced him to the apostles. This was the ,beginning of a very profitable fdiendship. At a later time, Barnabas brought Saul from his home in Tarsus to help in the church at Antioch. From there they went together on a missionary tour, Let us be helpful to new con- verts, As they grow in grace and in the knowledge of bur Lord and Saviour they may be- come far more effective in the kingdom of God than we shall ever be. Some whom I have helped in their early Christian life are now ministering the Gos- pel at home and a b r o a d. It cheers me. TAX FREE — An exaggeration, perhaps, but +his sign above a filling station is good for a chuckle for passing motorists. FAC E OF THE SUN This Photograph of cif gurii,;6t, probably the sharpest ever .made, was taken from a ballooi' 80,000 feet above; the ecirth. It was made. as part of Peojedt Stratoscopei sponsored by the Navy and the NatiOhetrSciene 'Foundatidii, w'ho ere'launching manned bale from Boulder, Colo., to fitid'OUF what effect the tun has an weathery The sunspot donsisti of dark core of deal ,Ovises embedded in Strang magnetic field and turrOUnded by meats of hot gatei. It iirOduced 'magnetic Stearn in the earth's upper August td, 'causing Major disturbances long-range radio ComMutiltatiOnt. a;:aaaa-;;:araa ittiovee elsewhere' otti, 'this ;page. Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think The lowly hound, man's best friend, Is often a useless slob not worth his gravy, but I sup- pose the world is full of useless slobs Who will now be stoutly defended by their owners. They Will be great pals, wonderful Watelidogsa ,faithfuoi friends, ete. I probably have the most use- less slob of all, and nobody ever had it se good as he. I saw a typical useless dog in action the other morning, when the pheasant season opened. I have mixed feeling about that day, Pheasants get in my hair, and eat the ducks' feed, and cavort in our petunia bed by the back door, and, yet I can't say I agree with the state '.fiat that makes them "game" birds, 'Our farm is ideal pheasant country, and whenever game wardens re- lease them in this general area, they show up under my barn. This year we had a flock of eight, that were second-genele- tion birds — they were two years away from the state incubators, I got pretty well acquainted with these eight. Every night they would bed down in a clump of bushes back of the barn, Just before sundown we'd see them working across the field toward this haven, and every morning just after sunrise we'd see them working away. shuddered at what a couple of hunters with A bird dog would do on opening 'day if they got near that clump of bushes. So what I did was get up early and go out 'end disperse them, I just slammed through the bushes singing Men of Har- lech in the Hollow, and the pheasants took off. Some of them flew, and some of them squawk- ed and ran. Pheasants can run with their heads down and keep .out of sight, but if they are foolish enough to fly they make a simple target, not at all like the ruffed grouse which zigs and zags as it goes. Grouse are harder to shoot. Anyway, I fig- ured my pheasants were no ''conger bunched, and hunters would have a little more trouble rounding, them up, and I started back to the house. Then I heard low whispers, and around the barn came two stalwart hunters with a huge red dog, Hunters are always .stalwart, but dogs 'may be any 'color. This dog was trotting around with his nose out, a little tinkle-bell at his throat, and he was a handsome crittur. 'The hunters watched his every ACROSS 1, Harvest ' go/ideas 4, Hebrew ' festival 9, Dowry 12. Cooking Veesel 13, To mount 34. Poem 15. Old 'testae! note 16, Old Irish coin 17. Roman date 10, edur grilse 214Caper 22, &nail child. 28. Horse 24. Sleeted eentaertiaam -26. More iml3ollte 27. COnderning 29, Mirthful 80. UndoVere 81. Mountain anti 82. That thing 83. CIVotilka animal $9: Son of Noah 15. Writer` of 1 boys' bobka 88. thgarfia ;87. Withdratii BD. So'circhad 42. Proof Of ", being. elkewhilft 40. Wallhbat 69. Aiitter, 46, Yelltrer ocher' IS Pert. to the cheek ,4111. Metal '49. AprotiOl Oorillcts Are Peaceful Folk Though such splendid individ- ual specimens as Gargantua and Bualtalaan were ahnost on aneak- ing teems with their human pub, lie, the family life of the gorilla, is, understandably, one of the better-kept secrets of nature. Now, however. two curious and courageous University of Wis- consin zoologists are about to change all this. They have Set up housekeeping with the big apes in the Albert National Park of the. Belgian. Congo where, be- cause visitors are barred, the animals have seen only an occa- sional human being, One of the scientists, gradu- ate student George Schaller, 26, is still there. His associate, Prof. John T. Emlen, 50, has only re- cently returned after spending, seven months in gorilla country. Their two-year study, financed by the National Science Foun- dation through. The New York Zoological Society, still has more than a year to go, but recently Dr, Emlen had some new gor- illa facts to report. The most sur- prising: That gorillas are by no means thd viciously dangerous animals they are reputed to be. "A gorilla,” Professor Emlert explained, "has few natural ene- mies, and apparently won't at- tack unless, it has been griev- ously provoked." Armed only with cameras, notebooks, a n d noisemakers (Park officials refused them per- mission to carry weapons), Em- len and Schaller hired a few natives. "to make the campfires and that sort of thing" last Feb- rnary. Then they struck out on foot through the roadless moun- tain forests, folloWing buffalo traili which wound among 50-ft. trees dripping with moss and or- chids. Often, the Scientists spot- ted buffaloes and ,elephants ap- proaching,, but each time they were able to hide safely in the 5.:foot-high herbs ' and grasses along the •trails. When Emlen and Schaller sighted, their first forillas, they were greeted with "the tradition- al roar and drummed chests," a CZECH PATRIOT — To, be placed on sale March 7, this U.S. pos- rtage stamp will honour the founder - president of t h e Czechoslovakian republic, Thom- as G. Masaryk. chilling warning which, Emlen reported, is clearly audible as much as half a mile away. But gradually, the big apes came to accept the men as neighbors. "Eventually," said Emlen, "we found the gorillas were lying in the grass, watching' us as we watched them." One gorilla mother even climbed a tree with her small offspring (most adult males are too heavy 'for tree-climbing)• in order to take a better look at the scien- tists. In following the nomadic gor- illa life, the scientists went so far as to sample the ape's vege- tarian diet of foliage, bamboo, and banana shoots ("tasteless except for a few herbs with a radish flavor"). Their housing, Emlen found, consists of small, cup-shaped nests built each night of grasses and steins. Ern- len did not, however, try sleep- ing in the gorilla beds. "Some gorillas," he explained succinct- ly, "foul their nests." As for personality, "gorillas are quiet, mid less expressive than Eire chimpanzees," Emlen reported. They appear to prac- tice polygarria, with Manny "troops" of from five to twenty animals. The gorilla mothers, he, observed, keep careful watch over even faVe- or three-yeare old youngsters, suggesting that family relationships are well de- veloped. The closest Einlen ever got to a gorilla Was about MO feet. But George Schaller — who will staYin gOtilta territory Until F'ebettaty — is now having better luck, "George writes that the animals ate ho longer fear- ful • as they bsed to he,, and have dome Within 20 feet of hirm'i Emlen Said lest Week. "Now, he is following certain fzniilics viii an atterra t to find out more about their breeding habits and family Hyde, He says lie hae gotten to know them ae Well that even front a distance he den tedrighise goril- las by their appearance and :ad, Hong," Front NiilW5-11a8it The South Saskatchewan„ River project—one of the biggest On- structiora projects ever. under- taken in Canada, ranking in stature with the St. Lawrence Seaway -- is now one year old. Today, the dam site, between the prairie towns of Elbow and Outlook, holds the shape of things to' come. A town has sprung up at its edge, access roads have been built, a con- struction bridge started, and mountains of earth along the river banks moved. * * * Work is under the direction of the Prairie Farm Rehabili- tation Administration, a branch of the Canada Department of Agriculture. The overall project is a joint federal-provincial tm- dertaking. In all, 12 contracts were sign- ed during the past year for a total of $13.5 million. * r * Of major interest has been the work on the two embankments for which two of the contracts, totaling $9 million, have been signed. The equipment being used to carry out these contracts costs well over $4 million. * * Undesirable overburden ma- terial is stripped and replaced with a more impervious com- pacted earth material used in the construction of the embank- ment. Another phase takes in a part of the river .section itself which has been dyked and back filled with river sand or the equivalent, to form a foundation for the embankment. Left open will be a narrow channel along the east abut- ment, through which the river will continue to flow until di- version tunnels are built to handle it. * By the end of September, an estimated 20 per cent of the •two earth moving contracts had been completed, A construction bridge being built just below the downstream toe of the dam will provide ac, eess across the channel for con- struction crews and equipment during this initial period. Plans are now well advanced for calling tenders on the con- tracts for five diversion tunnels. Each Water outlet will be so big that a full-size train could easily go through it. The outside dia- meter of each will be 20 feet. * * Construction heed quarters, bordering the dein site, consists of 33 houses and four operation- al buildings, There sire paved streets, sidewalks arid sewers, A well-point water supply system has been installed. fluildings and services Were in by last stin- t-her. Construction of a 13 - mile east access road from the dam site tei No 19 Highway wasp dein- pletecl by December last year. Contract for the northaceesa, read to Highway No. 16 was awarded last spring and it, toe, leas been completed. Another contract let during the year was for the prciceaSing bf concrete aggregate recittired CROSSWORD PUZZLE 50. Abraeive substande 61, Still , „DOWN Unelosee (pOet.) Heeseback game 8, CoMmeneed 4. Rernoved the P eel during the construction period. * * The. Seuth ,a,Saskatchewan River project has captured the imagination of people all over Canada and the United States. This is underscored by the fact that during July and August about 2,000 persons visited the construction site each week. Al- though the majority were Sas- katchewan residents, every province was represented, along with ,many U.S. centres. To accommodate visitors, a pavilion is being built on a vant- age point overlooking the con- struction area. It will contain mode/s, photographs, and other illustrations provided by the fed- eral and provincial governments. Education poses a problem for the families of PFRA personnel and contractors living at the pro- ject. Presently the children at- tend a school in Outlook, 20 miles away. The school district provides bus transportation. Cost of providing facilities has been great and, with further increases anticipated, the outcome remains uncertain. Recognizing these difficulties, the federal govern- ment is helping with the oper- ating costs of schools in this predicament. Impact of construction work is having its effect on the gene eral economy of the region — particularly in the towns closest to the site, ' Outlook, the largest district town, has seen the most changes.