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The Seaforth News, 1959-12-03, Page 7®©® MFJ©MIELa1121013 ®o® A W4tanthilkl D®E10®® -110111®©M 0000:.. M ©©©©L?) ©gH iii-700ti ®J L1 '�OCJ t�©I iiu i G9 ©• 0 ©©C7 0 vuoncio 01110 ',I:10E3 rim IMEICHSEM !EEL 0©111D s MID r - 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 pais, wonderful watchdogs, faithful friends, etc, 1 probably have the most use- less stele of all, and nobody ever had it so good as he. I saw a typical useless dog in action elle 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 fano is ideal pheasant country, and whenever game wardens re- lease them in this general area they show up under my barn. This year wehad a flock of eight that were second-genex a - tion birds - they were two years away from the state incubators. I got pretty well acquainted with these eight, Every night they would bed clown 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 thein working away. I shuddered at what a couple of hunters with a bird dog would do on opening clay if they got near that clump of bushes. So what I did was get up early and go out and disperse them. I just slammedthrough 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 longer 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 PARKING SPOTS - Nobody will disagree with this sign in Lon- don, England, "guarded" by a circus leopard. ISSUE 48 - 1959 move, and were ready for any. thing. Then this handsome dog went right through the clump of bushes from which I had flush- ed eight pheasants, and he never turned a hair. X 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 merrily 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. Pine nose. I think most dogs are like that. They put up a great front and captivate your esteem, fooling you. 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 was he 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 mether 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 runout happily to escort tramps into, the house. et 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 a wild publicity stunt. He sleeps 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 our number. = By John Gould in The Christian Science Monitor. TEAT MAN, HE'S POISON In a fit of rage against the poisonous snake which had bit- ten him, Humberto Menses pf Rio de 'Janeiro,. Brazil, grabbed the snake and bit it - hard. Ru'shed off to medical aid the maneventually recovered. The snake died. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Harvest goddess 4, Hebrew festival 9. Dowry 12. Cooking vessel 13. To mount. 14. Poole 15. Old tnuetcal note 18. Old Irish coin 17. Roman date 19. Sour grass 21. Caper about 22, Small child 23. Morse 24, 1leated ' compartment 26. More Impolite 29. Concerning 20. T4armfuI 80. Uno°Vera. 81. lilountaln gap 82. That thing 82. CiVetlllte Son ooPf R4, Son Noah 85. Writer 06 boys books 86. Legume 81. Withdraw 29,Soorehed 42. Proof of being elsewhere '48, wallaby 44. Anger 46. Yellow 00110, 46, Pert, to the cheek 40. metal 49. Apropb0 50. Abrasive substance 81.9 .00 WN. 1. Uncloses (poet.) 2. Horseback game R. Commenced 4 Removed the peel 5. Russian mountains 5 SIr, Van 'Winkle 7. Stas being 27, Mahogany streak 23. Tree 30. Slake 0111 ty 31. Renevnlenre 83, Smooth - 8. Threatens spolten ll. Giver 34, Billow 10. German vivo 27, Tipping 11,.Trial - 38, Al,cenvcrrr 78, Completed or the nest 20, Extended sole 21. Military :17. f arse -file student 38. Charles Lamb 23 Baying less. 20. Box adulteration 40. Po. railroad 24 ,Tap. sash 41, Ftollow 20, Large tank 41 Liquor • 20. hind„ none"' 47, Exist 1' 2, 3 4 7 10 fl 12 13 14 15. see 17 18 19 20 int is 24 29 32 22 30 26 23 33 34 31 27 23 35 36 37 42 , 39 39 40 41 43 44 45 45 43 48' 49 60 0.21 51 Answer elsewhere on th's page SCHOOL'S OUT - Geoffrey Hyde, 51, and his daughter, Wendy, 14, leave Chamberlayne Wood Road secondary school in Lan- don. Wendy has been sent home day after day because school authorities take a dim view of her high heels and tight skirts. Her father has consulted lawyers with a view to taking legal action because Wendy is being deprived of her education. Hyde:apoarently tikes the way his daughter dresses. TIItFAIThIFRONT • JOl,� The South Saskatchewan River project -one of the biggest con- struction projects 'ever •under- taken in Canada, 'ranking in stature with the St. Lawrence Seaway - is hose one year old. Today, the 'dam site,' between thepzairie towns' of 'Elbow and Outlook, ,holds the shape • of 'things to come. A `town has sprung up ' at ' it's edge; access roads have been built, a con- struction bridge 'started, and mountains of earth along the river banks moved. 4 * * 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 un- dertaking. In all, 12 contracts were sign- ed . during the past year .for a total of $13.5 million. * * * 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, t. * * -Undesirable overburden ma- teria] is stripped and replaced with a more impervious com- pacted earth material used in the construction of the embank- - anent. mbanlc--,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 toeofthe dam will provide ac- cess 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 h e a d quarters, bordering the ' dam site, consists of 38 houses and four operation- al buildings. There are paved streets, sidewalks and sewers. A well -point water supply system has been installed. Buildings and services were in by last sum- mer. Construction of a 13 mile east access road from the dam site to No, 19 Highway Was min - plated by December last year, Contract for the north aeoess road to Highway No, 15 was awarded last spring and it, too, has been completed. Another contract let during the ,year was for the processing (+f concrete aggregate required during the construction period. * e The South 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- iage point overlooking the con- struction area. It will contain models, photographs, and other illustrations provided by the fed- _eral and provincial governments. * * * Education poses a problem for the families?FRA 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 ..01 schools in this predicament. * * * Impact of construction work is having its effect on the gen- eral economy of the region - particularly hi the towns closest to the site. Outlook, the largest district town, has seen the most changes. Expansion of .facilities of two banks is planned, A large new wing to the local hotel, a new service station, two new motels, a new restaurant, and an im- proved water supply have been other developments, In I,oreburn, a small village 15 miles to the east, a new serv- ice station and grocery store have gone up, and at Elbow, new residential construction is tak- ing place, In Dunblane, across the river to the west, 30 fami- lies of workmen employed on the project are settled, mostly in trailers, „ z, Hundreds of applications to establish businesses on access roads have been received by the local municipalities, but have been soverly 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 or.erations for this year are about to close down as winter approaches, but PFRA engineers con 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 in sub - Antarctic 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, slaughtering the island's elephant and fur seals for meat and oil. At one period, 100,000 Mae- 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. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking qk..UNDYSdllOO1 LESSON (Lev. R. tlarctay Warren, B.O. Standing by a New Convert Acts 9: 10-20, 20.29 Memory Selection: Be ere kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving orte another, even as God for Christ's sake hath for- given you. Ephesians 4:32. 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, lie 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 hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call an 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 camest, 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 hitn and introduced him to the apostles. This was the beginning of a very profitable fdiendship, At a later time, B a rn ab as 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 our 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 this sign above a filling station is good for .a chuckle for passing motorists. FACE OF THE SUN -- This photog-aph of el sunspot, probably the sharpest ever made, was taken from a balloon 80,000 feet above the earth. It was made as part of Project Stratoseope, sponsored by the Navy and the National Science Foundation, who are IaunehIrg manned bale loons from Boulder, Colo., to Find out what effect the sun has on weather. The sunspot consists of a dark core of cool gases embedded in a strong magnetic field and surrounded by fila- ments of hot gases. It produced dl magnetic storm in. the earth's upper atmosphere on August 18, causing major disturbances in long-range radio. communications.