| Show See Front Cover Ever Inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest neighboring provinces in Canada and even up through Alaska into the Arctic Circle reported strange phenomena in the skies individuals circumspectly d this past spring or their told authorities that their “brother-in-law- ” — snow north seen a had flying goose “cousin” purple but of course they themselves didn’t put much stock in the story The authorities reassured them — their “cousin” hadn’t been seeing things Colored geese were no hallucination but the result of a project being conducted by the California Department of Fish and Game in with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Until two years ago standard procedure for migration study of birds was banding However the results left much to be desired so someone hit on the idea of coloring the geese as an experiment The advantage is that colored geese can be spotted in flight while a banded goose is not reported until he becomes the victim of a hunter and there the goose’s story ends Dyeing the snow goose began at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in the spring of 1955 after careful experimentation to make sure the dyes were harmless bright and lasting Only 83 geese were colored last year but observers’ reports were so satisfactory that 435 Red-face- ° Dorrieh Fhoio Gen FLAMINGOES? No thoy’ro a pair of snow gaeso bolng roloasod aftor tholr pink dyo bath at Tula Laka Calif WEStCV Styled and Priced for the fashion-conscio- younger set us children’s shoes priced for Now a brand new line of highly styled the world's families with largest shoe manufacturer can youngsters! Only offer so much value for so little money! See our Happy Hikers sty led for happy active boys and girls and young ladies top-quali- ty fast-growi- 595 other styles C'Tiafo) 1395 to 1G95 fitters Division of International Shoo Company St Louis Happy Hikmrs arm z g is mSSis featured m mt 1 TW — 'iii tt c 7 |
