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Show THURSDAY, m9 OCT. 7. SHOP, COMPARE & SAVE w5 xH ; wf5 1 TO 0 ft By The Korky Systfeim) National Geographic Belinda Wright Includes It All HUNTERS WITH cameras can get good views of swamp deer and other animals from k in Kaziranga National Park, but hunters with guns will get a close look at India's jails as the country mounts a campaign to protect its wildlife. elephant-bac- India Struggles To Save Its Endangered Wildlife Average Cost Home Workshop includes Drill, Saber Saw Tank or Canister Vacuum tered a friend. "I am very happy today," announced the old man, a renowned hunter. When the friend asked why, he replied, "Because today I have shot my 1,100 tiger." Before he died, the maha-raj- a bagged his 1,157th. His tally would equal more than half of India's present population of the big cats, estimated at about 2,000. Belatedly, India is taking steps to preserve its dwindling wildlife, reports John J. Putman, who relates the maharaja's story in the Sep- tember National Geogra- phic. i "TOO LITTLE, too late," the author was told by one American scientist on the scene. Indian officials were more optimistic that endangered species will be saved. "The cost of failure would be great," Mr. Putman ob- served, citing India's re- markable variety of wildlife that includes 500 different mammals and 1,200 species of birds. "Some such as the black-buc(he Nilgiri tahr, the golden langur, the has now reached lion-taile- d macaque, the pygmy hog-- are unique to the subcontinent," he points out. But their numbers have diminished. The Indian chee: tah is extinct, the tiger gravely endangered. ONCE, INDIA teemed with game. Maharajas staged lavish hunts, and nearly every visitor wanted a tiger skin. But even when the animals seemed limitless, Mr. Putman notes, "the maharajas protected game in their preserves, while British civil servants prevented wholesale slaughter in the forests." That changed after India became independent in 1947. "Exultant Indians rejected the old shooting regulations along with colonialism.", he writes. "They began to shoot wildlife everywhere, on private estates, in sanctuaries, in forest and field." Facing food shortages, the government issued guns to farmers to protect their crops, and agricultural poisons became available. With better health care, the nation's rwntilation soared and 600 I $100.00 $80.00 J J $50.00 ! Floor Polisher million. FOKESTS WE HE felled for their timber and to provide needed acreage for Unit. Sudsing 1 Spray Gun for Painting Bug Killer Kills All Bugs Hand Portable Vacuum I Total , Shampooer and Polisher year. Upholstry Shampooer 2 Year Parts and Workmanship. Warranty $745.00 One Unit Fraction Of The Cost At A 753 -U550 For Further Proof Call for Bob or Dennis. Ask wildlife. The following year, India banned the killing of tigers. In 197:?. with a pledge of one million dollars from the World Wildlife Fund. Project Tiger was begun. Nine sanc- .in tuaries were designated as tiger reserves and the gov- ernment earmarked $4.5 million for maintenance and enforcement. Other species similarly are protected today. But India's population grows by 13 million a year and the pressure for land will continue to !c intense. I) ft: AMONG IDAHO ANS OlYESTOCiO FENCING SPECIAL '2 x 4 x 6 They're Wasting Less GLIDDEN REDWOOD REG. 1.41 2x6x16 Rough 2x8x16 Rough FACTORY SALE ea. 1x8x1 6 Rough NOW Slowly, too slowly, Ida-hoa- are embracing the conservation ethic. They are using more of the usable resources and wasting less. The department's fisheries bureau served southern deep fried carp and opened a new source of plentiful protein. The recipe for carp still is one of the most popular bits of information the department has printed in recent years. Errol Nielson, who works in the department's game bureau, thinks there is too much waste involved in deer hunting in Idaho. "I would say it's a safe bet that 75 percent or more of the deer skins are kicked down the hill or left draped over a sagebrush by hunters," Nielson said, "and the hides could be put to better use." Ida-hoa- NIELSON HAS some figures to back up his theory on the wasted resource. There have been over 1.6 million deer harvested in Idaho since World War II, he said, and that is enough deer to reach down the highway from Boise to Los Angeles if the deer were placed end to end. In the last 10 years alone, he said enough deer had been harvested in the Gem State to give of today's Idahoans a new buckskin coat. The hides from all the deer harvested in the last 30 years would cover Interstate 80 from Boise to Mountain Home-bo- th lanes. "Deer skin can be tanned into buckskin which is beautiful to work with; it lends itself to many items, such as clothing, belts, moccasins, purses, gloves, upholstering furniture, almost one-fourt- h anything a person dream up." he said. can NIELSON, whose mother has sewn him and his family several "almost indestructi-ible- " jackets, says care must be taken with the skins in the field for the best results later. "The deer should be skinned as if you were taking a valuable pelt from a furbear-er,- " he said. Any hide cut into several pieces, slashed or punctured in several places will be without much value as buckskin. Nielson said the deer hunter should avoid cutting the skin other than what's needed to get it off the deer and should not leave fat or meat attached to the hide. "The skin should be stretched and dried in the shade or salted with coarse salt and rolled up. This avoids souring and spoilage," he said. t The skin should be delivered to a tannery within a reasonable time, and the hunter should have plenty of time to locate a tannery if he has dried or salted the skin well. "CHECK WITH a local taxidermist or stores that handle leather goods to find a tanner, but don't expect miracles if the hide hasn't been properly handled in the field," Nielson said. "A tanner cannot make a purse out of a sow's ear," he said. There are four basic colors the tanner can get into buckskin. Nielson said the natural color will be creamy gray, but yellow, dark brown or black also are possible. Probably the most popular color now is one called suntan, a light, golden brown. Although the buckskin can be sewn into any pattern the hunter might prefer on almost any home sewing machine, Nielson said putting together buckskin clothis a ing challenge. For example, he said, the buckskin will be spongier The attention patients may or may not pay to prescription instructions is often a concern of the physician, notes the Idaho Medical Association. In a study of adherence to , instructions pediatricians at Children's Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y., asked parents to return with 300 children, aged 1 to 12, two weeks after they had been diagnosed as infec- tions. Pediatricians had prescribed antibiotics one teaspoon four times a day for 2K REDWOOD v$U9, more easily. There will be "Bl'T. ONCE a person gets the hang of the buckskin sewing technique, he will be surprised with what he can do," Nielson said. "Things like bullet holes may give a seamstress headaches at first," Nielson said, "but we got around that problem by using a perfectly good piece of buckskin and covering the bullet hole with fringe." Nielson said it will usually take from three to six deer skins to make an average adult sized coat, but "you get a deer jacket of very durable leather, of your own personal design and all at a fraction of the cost of commercial leather jackets." And the jackets last. "Some have been handed down through two or three generations," he said. TORO SNOWMASTEur AND $20 ON THE TORO SNOW PUP rS PRESEASON $29.95 SPECIAL ONLY 10 REMAIN IN STOCK -- OFFER SO HURRY WHILE EXPIRES THEY LAST. OCT. 16 STAKES NO. COME AND GET LEAI EA. BAGS 20 BAGS 5 Bushel. Reg. 3.7S HEAVY DUTY irjpiKjaiDnaiB 'EM. ACE'S 20" MOWER 88.88 one-thir- d four days. Well over half the parents had discontinued the medicine before 10 days, and only 22 of the 300 about seven """"' 18.95. IN CACHE VALLEYi . no MODE BOX MrnHMTIS'VXVyj YrUU ELM. I mw nEATINU TAPE Rog. A.tiltblt SALE ENDS SATURDAY OCTOBER 9, 1976 . 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