The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29

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taught to go lay their eggs some-
where else. Beginning in 1889, the
salmon were trapped below Grand
Coulee, transported in refrigerated
tank trucks to other tributaries of
the Columbia, and politely asked
to spawn there, hereafter. The sal
mon are smarter than you think, for
by golly, they caught on. This year,
when the 4-year-old fry came back
to lay their first eggs, instead Of
heading for the ancestral maternity
wards above Grand Coulee, they
went to the tributaries wither their
nanny salmon had been transport
ed by man for lying-in, and where
these fry had been Matched. So sue
cessful has the experiment been
that next year all the salmon want
ing to go above Grand Coulee will
be migrated to other spawning
grounds, to change their homing
instincts. The same thing will be
done below ShasSa dam, on the
Sacramento in California. All Of
which proves that man Is smarter
than fish, or Is he?
DATES TO REMEMBER
Then there is the Calendar OF
Significant Events" for the period
November lis, ISSUED by the over
seas branch of Owl. This is a 40
page affair which you open with
that trembly, what's-goin' -to-hap-
pen-neXt feeling, to read:
November /, 1500-Birth Of Ven-
venuto Cellini.
November 3. 1852-Birth of En-
perror Meiji (Mutsuhito) of
Japan.
November 3, 1S79-Birth Of With
jalmur Stefansson.
November 3. 1918-German feet
mutinied at Kiel.
November 4, 1S47-Death Of Felix
Mendelssohn.
owl isn't the only one to have a
monopoly on this hot stuff. The
Weather Bureau breaks out with in
formation that 1t is celebrating the
300th anniversary Of the discovery
Of the principle Of atmospheric
pressure by Evangelista Torricelli,
Italian mathematician.
Everybody, in fact seems to want
to celebrate a birthday, the War
Shipping Administration icing a two
candle handout over the launching
Of the first Liberty ship, the Pat
rick Henry, which has logged so, 900
miles and is still afioat in spite Of
rumors she has been sunk. To cele-
brate this event, a merchant mar
Inc overseas correspondent sent
back a story that the skipper had
been tossed into the Mediterranean
by heavy wave-small W, Of
course.
A friend In ihe Marine Corps
public relations Office called up, 20
pounds lighter and all out of breath
to warn that the Marines would be
1853 years old come November 10
and what was this department 60
ing to do about 1t. When asked If
the age-168 part Of 1t explained
why the Marines hadn't been heard
from since Guadalcanal, the friend
didn't seem to like 1t.
MOOSE MINDED
Fish and Wildlife Service rang
the bell for second time by an
nouncing that Alaska had only IA
game wardens and five airplanes
for them to use in protecting the
10000 moose population up there,
but that one might search diligently
through many thousands of square
miles without seeing a single moose.
1t remained only for Congress to
take the prize, as you might ex-
pect. There, the Honorable Warren
G. Magnuson OF Seattle, Wash,
made himself one minute speech:
mfr. Speaker, most Virginians
and Most Americans are under the
false impression that George Wash
ington was the first president Of
the United States; but a Scandina-
Wan was the first president of the
United States, John Hanson Of
Maryland. John Hanson has been
sleeping too long in American his
tory. Mr.. Speaker, and am intro
ducing bill today, or a resolution.
calling on the President to proclaim
November Is as Cohn Hanson day."