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The Seaforth News, 1961-09-07, Page 3Mee Cattle Rustling. Just For Kicks They work alone, or at mast in gangs of three or foul, and always by night. Their favorite spots are the small ponds and marshy streams that fleck the rich pasture lands of southern Louisiana, below New Orleans. The water makes it easier for thein to hide the evidence of the kill, In clumps of woods, they wait until a solitary cow sloshes :into the shallows. Then a rifle. is raised and a single shot fbed, aimed from close range at the backof the animal's head, Swift- ly, one or more figures close in on the fallen cow, slit its throat, and set to work removing haunches of beef, Then it's off to a pickup truck parked nearby and disappearance into the dark. That's the way southern Lou- isiana's modern cattle rustlers work — and the frequency with which they strike has come to pose a major problem for cattle growers, Small farmers, and law enforcement authorities in the five parishes of bhe New Orleans area. At least 200 head of cattle have fallen Lo the rustlers in the past year, according to the Southeast- ern Cattlemen's Association, and Jefferson Parish Deputy Sheriff Alex Courouleau thinks the ac- tual number is considerably high: er. "You can bet your hoots the , figure is over 1,000;' the dekuty said recently, "and I'm conserva- tive at that." 'Plumb Scared': Tilting his 10 - gallon hat, fingering the bone - handled butt of his six-shooter, Courouleau — locally known as the rustlers' nemesis — went on: "If only the public would coop- erate, we could break it up in nothing flat, But the average guy who sees something suspi- eious like a man packing !hind- quarters into a pickup truck on a lonely road at night turns his bead and goes into his shell like a turtle. He's plumb scared to say anything." Courouleau, and other law of- ficers, are hopeful that the re- wards posted recently by the cattlemen's group—decided upon at a mass meeting at the Cow - town Saloon in the town of Ara- bi — will increase the present trickle of information the law- men get to a flow. "Maybe the expectation of reward will over- come their fright," said Courou- leau. "It's boo early to tell."• What sets the Louisiana rust- lers apart from small-time crim- inais in other parts of the coml- . 'try is that apparently they are strictly amateurs. Judging by The few who have been caught, they are outwardly respectable citizens of small communities near New Orleans who work at ordinary jobs by day and turn into marauders by night. Why? Just for kicks, bhe law officers think,' and perhaps to impress their families with their re- sourcefulness. Rarely do they try to sell their plunder; they pack it into their own deep freezers, To prevent slipping on a step ladder or on cellar steps, here's a good trick. Paint the steps with varnish, then when the var- nish is still wet sprinkle with sand, When dry, the steps will be slip -proof and an accident may be averted. Youngsters usually can read the handwriting on the wall more readily .than adults — they're the ones that put it there. LEDGE END A rocky ledge, projecting toward the Kaietur Fells in British Guiana, offers one of the most beautiful and breathtaking views in the world. Although it is only 300 feet wide, the falls has a drop of 741 feet. Late Summer Gardening Tips One secret of a restful garden is not to overcrowd. In our eagerness to raise all the differ- ent plants we like we are often tempted to pack them into our flower borders, mass shrubs close together, and give our trees too little room to grow into nat- ural shapes. With everything standing shoulder to shoulder the place is like a jammed sub- way station at the rush hour. For most of us, this is the time of year for late summer trim- ming of shrubs and climbing roses, for cutting back lush early summer growth, and pruning Out weak or interfering branch- es of trees, Some perennials -can be moved, also, and iris can be divided. It is therefore a good time to look the place over and do away with overcrowding. Shrulbs that bloomed this spring should have their spent bloom heads cut off. Lilacs, rhododendrons, bridal wreath are among these. Notice, how- ever, where the new flower shoots are forming or where new shoots that will be the source of next year's flowers are, and don't cut them eff, Lilacs for next year form at the base of the "Y" made by this year's two sprays. Azaleas form next year's flowers imme- diately after blooming. These flower buds must not be trimmed off. Bridal wreath blooms on new shoots and can be cut backs severely, Forsythia is a -bosh grower, but blooms next season on this year's new growth. Watch for suckers from the roots of hybrid roses. Any shoots coming up from below the graft will not be the plants you bought Wisteria side shoots can be cut back to two leaf nodes, and unwanted leaders can be cut PAN -AMITY — A long way from the home range, in Texas, Airlines hostess Peggy Martin greets 'Argentine gaucho. Cle- mente Pena at the famous livestock show In Buenos Aires. off. If your wisteria is well es- tablished, it may need pruning every two or three weeks to keep it from climbing all over the landscape. • Large -flowered climbing roses should be thinned, but do not remove all the old canes. for flowering branches grow from them. Oriental poppies can be transplanted from now on, as also can bearded iris. Divide the latter, with a leaf node on each division. Peonies too close to- gether can be transplanted in August in the north, writes Mil- licent Taylor in the Christian Science Monitor.. This is a good time to take walks along the borders to see how to improve them another year. If they are crowded — as they probably are — decide what plants can be moved or given away. Well -cared -for bare soil between the plants gives them room to grow, helps control mildew, and is neat and attrac- time. A mulch of peat moss is used by many experienced gardeners around plants and shrubs, and besides retaining moisture keeps down weeds. Lock over your shade trees. Any dead wood should be pruned out at this time, and also crowded or interfering branches. The cut should be made close to the junction. Small cuts can be painted with shellac ar grafting wax, Larger cut surfaces should be coated with pruning paint. The stiff conifers like cedars and spruces ought not to be shaped by pruning. Pines are pruned by pinching out the lead- ing candles, Yews can be shap- ed, and cutting the top of an arborvitae will help it widen out, The secret of good pruning is freeing the tree or shrub for more symmetrical and natural growth. Pruning is not for the purpose of making tree or shrub smaller than it wants to be at maturity. Someone has said that the best pruning is the kind that can never be detected at all. Heavy Insurance On Somie Animals Imagine insuring fish! Yes, in an insurance policy taken out in London recently, the "third par- ty" insured against harm were the trout living in two rivers near Burwa.sh, Sussex, because it was feared they might be in- jured by the chemicals used dur- ing the "de -scaling" of a pipe- line between the rivers and the reservoir, Animals occasionally figure in insurance policies, One taken out in California insured the life of a cow named Brown Eyes, which appeared in a series of comedy .films, for $1.00,000, 13e - fore appearing on the screen the animal was worth only $100. A firm Which once used tor- toises to publicize a patent food took out a novel policy, The tor- toises had letters, painted on their shells and when placed in proper order formed the name of the food, The policy insured against the tortoises moving in such a way as to enable customers to discov- er the name of the food and the firm offered a prize to the first person giving the correct weed. An elephant named Nellie which was toted in Brazil to ad- vertise an insecticide was insur- ed for $.7,5500 "against injury from a third person while on parade." And a circus proprietor some time ago insured with a London company against his liability to pay the sum of $10,000 for the capture alive or dead of the Loch Ness monster. A few months ago a dog train- ed to do sums had his bark in- sured`for $30,000, He is a golden retriever named Binge. Said his owner, a Suffolk man; "Bingo's voice is my livelihood, T have trained him to do mathe- matics, He can count up to fifty and do addition, subtraction and division. Ile counts money as well — in barks." The policy, which costs $150 a year, covers "loss of bark through accident or other peril." China's Great Wall Tumbling Down I. Is the world's greatest wall destined to crumble and eventu- ally be forgotten? It seems that this may be the case according to a geologist who has been unofficially inspecting sections of the vast twenty -five- foot -thick Great Wall of China which extends 1,500 miles over mountains, rivers and valleys and was built as a defence against the savage Tartars. The Great Wall has stood for more than 2,000 gears but today some of it is in a state of ruin because it has long ago outlived its usefulness. This giant barrier—the mighti- est ever built by man — has towers or bastions, forty -feet square at the base, erected at every hundred yards or so of its length. It is calculated -that in this single wall, on which 300,000 men worked night and day for fifteen years, is sufficient build- ing material to erect a barrier right around the globe at the Equator at least eight feet high and three feet thick, Many of the Great Wall's sec- tions are still in good preserva- tion. It was repaired by succes- sive Chinese emperors when they were threatened by invasion from the north. One authority on China, Mr. Hadland Davis, reported that rich and poor, learned and sim- ple Chinese, spoke of the builder of the Great Wall, Emperor Shih Huang Ti, with contempt. Among the workers were men who had given him offence, so the Emperor ordered that they should do the heaviest tasks of lifting and placing stones. Those who paused for a moment to rest were pounced upon by a brutal overseer, killed and their bodies crushed into the founda- tion of the Great Wall. The mighty old wall was the scene of many terrible battles centuries ago. As comparatively recently as 1933 it played a part in the fighting in China against Japan. Mickey Mantle Caught Off Base Mickey Mantle had one of his rare bad days recently. The New York Yankee power -hitter failed to hit a home run in four trips to the plate, and he was caught off base by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC said that Mantle, ivho earns up to $50,000 annually in product endorcements, had al- lowed the Mid -West Creamery Co. of Ponca City, Okla., to ad- vertise that it sold "Mickey Mantle's favorite milk" when, in fact, he neither drank nor pre- ferred it. Mantle quickly agreed that the endorsement should be dropped. Explaining that Mantle didn't even know about the Pon- ca City endorsement, his agent said the deal had been arranged with a dairy association which in turn had farmed out the right to use Mantle's name, It was the first time in mem- ory that a celebrity had been called upon to prove that he real- ly meant what he said in an en- ' dorsement, but it may not be the last. The FTC made it clear that while it has no intention of ask- ing famous people a lot of em- barrassing questions, it will take action on any complaints. That's how Mantle got into trouble, One of Mid -West Cream- . cry's competitors complained that Mantle couldn't be drinking its rival's Locally distributed milk because Ponca City isn't part of the American League circuit yet. How Can I? By Roberta Lee Q. Row can X remove some stubborn spots on white leather shoes? A. Try rubbing lightly over these stains with a very line grade of sandpaper, Q. now can I make a gook"( job of cleaning the inside of a plonk! vacuum bottle? A, Tear up a few scraps 0,1 pa. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BABY CHICKS BRAY dayelds and started avaUable, pullets, mixed, and cockerels laded• SbOooreoler°oelStsnertbeb is. See agent, er write Bray Hatchery, 120 John North, Hamllten, Ont. �a BERRY AND ROOT PLANTS RASPBERRIES Fa11 planting, Strong disease-free plants, order Mhos. Bison stR,Rattl0, Markt ale Ont. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ' RESTAURANT for lease with living quarters and gas pumps 1n the heart of the tourist district. Character and cred- It references are required. Apply to Morris F. Sadler, R.R. 1, Brockville, Ont. THE TREASURY of MUSIC has openings in this area for persons of high eharaeter to sell music libraries. This should be a life time, job, exclusive preteoted territory. Our people call on ppiano teachers and students, NO KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC NECESSARY. Must have car and be willing to travel within reason—home week ends, No age limps. Persons elm - Sen will be fully trained by Divisional Sales Manager, Commissions begin IM. MEDIATELY, Our people make high weekly earnings. Write for more In£or- matlon and interview, E. K. BALL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Box 282 Cler. Mont, Indiana. BUSINESS PROPERTIES FOR SALE DOG KENNEL ESTABLISHED dog kennel for sale' 2 cores large brick dwelling with inside plumbing, located on main highway, Owner deceased. Down payment 54,000, balance on 1 mortgage, Contact A. 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NURSES WANTED REGISTERED OR GRADUATE NURSES P05111005 open for fail or part-time duty. Apply DIRECTOR OF NURSING TORONTO HOSPITAL WESTON, ONT. R0. 0.1161, LOC 25 NUTRIA ATTENTION PURCHASERS OF NUTRIA When purchasing nutria consider the following points which this organise. tion offers: 1. The best available stock, no cross• bred or standard types recommended. 2, The reputation of a plan which Is proving itself substantiated by files of satisfied ranchers, 3. Full insurance against replacement, should they not live or in the eveist of sterility (allfully explained in our certificate of merit). 4, We give you only mutations which. are in demand for fur garments. 5. You receive from this organization a guaranteed pelt market In writing, 6, Membership In our exclusive breed- ers' association, whereby only put, chasers of this stock may participate in the benefits so offered. 7. Prices for Breeding Stock start et $260 a pair, Special offer to those who gtmlify, earn your Nutria on our cooperative basis Write: Canadian Nutria Ltd., R.R. No. 2, Stouffville, Ontario. OPPORTUNITIES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AGE is no barrier to entering the mus• sage profession. Free brochure on re- quest. Canadian College of Massage. 18 Farnham Avenue, Toronto 7 OPPORTUNITIES 0011 MEN AND WOMEN BE A HAIRDRESSER JOIN CANADA'S LEADING SCHOOL Great Opportunity Learn Hairdressing Pleasant dignified profession, good wages. Marvel Graduatesecea[ul America's Greatest System Illustrated Catalogue Free Write or Call MARVEL3BI. HAIRDRESSING., ronto 001 Branches: 44 King St. W., Hamilton 72 Rideau Street, Ottawa PERSONAL HYGIENIC RUBBER GOODS TESTED guaranteed mailed In plain parcel, including catalogue and sex bbook free with trial assortment. 18 for tors• (Finest quality) Western eSasktstribu• PHOTOGRAPHY FARMER'S CAMERA CLUB BOX 31, GALT, ONT. 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North wast River, Labrador, Town- ship school;vgrades for Canfield feightTliMar- ried man preferred. Partially furnished two -room apartment same building as school. tient free nit return for janitor service. 011 heating throughout. No Hy- two'hundredlnWrite Miss Salary . Marquis, Secretary. Moose River, Ont. PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN GIRLS' PRIVATE DAY SCHOOL Full charge with assistant. Good salary board and room if desired. Send full qualifications YORK HOUSE SCHOOL. VANCOUVER, B.C. SUMMER RESORTS FOR complete information on summer vacation in Muskoka, write for free colour folder. Paighton House. ,RR 2, Port ending, or phone R0. 5.3155. Muskoka ISSUE 35 •-• 1961 HISTORY REPEATED --A half -century after the U.S. Navy's first aircraft -- the Curtiss A-1 hydroplane — was flown, a pilot lands a replica of• the flimsy craft off the West Coast. The replica, one of two especially constructed in observance of the 50th anniversary of naval aviation, was flown at San Diego. The other will go to the Smithsonian Institute.