Show 141r10 t THOSE big bird' with the opers Whero Theso Hugo Birds Mystery Thoy Won't Cooperato to Savo Solves eerie call designed to frighten little children and give grownups the littera stre getting mighty scarce According to the V S Fish and Wildlife service there are only about 35 or 40 whooping cranes on the entire continent Just where the four-fofellows with the seven:foot wingspread keep thermielves is a mystery to government biologists It is known they summer in northern Canada and winter in the south but the cranes are so shy and aloof none of their neat has been located Coverrument nature special- By ESTEY L REED and other reports by people who said they Therefore natives hunters have waged relentless saw the whooping cranes Howwarfare on them Disease also ever upon investigation it was takes its toll found the birds were either Like all disappearing birds the whistling swans white pelicans or snow geese People have miswhoopera are intolerant of civilization They don't like people taken the white plumage of those and that makes it all the harder birds for that of the rare crane to effect their salvation without noticing whether or not they had the black wing tips or the screeching whoop S EVEN years ago some of made which can be heard for several them were found wintering In miles the Aransas refuge north of The whooping crane has a long Brownville Tex Government neck and long black legs which naturalists tried for several stretch out behind as it flies weeks to get close enough to obA red spot crowns his head and serve their actions but every he sports a yellow beak The time they came within a mile female lays but two eggs a year the birds would skedaddle Later and if they are disturbed she discovered near some doesn't return When the male they were 400-accattle on a Is ina jovial mood which is selpasture which is wired off from the rest dom he does a gavot resembling of the reservation by an elecan Indian war dance - ists are cooperating with the Audubon society in trying to locate the breeding grounds but so far the humans have been bamboozled Twelve years ago when records on birds of all kinds were first kept it was discovered the whoopers were mong the most scarce- - Since the birds refuse to cooperate with the two agencies in attempts to save them the aid of thousands of residents frorn Canada to Central America has been enlisted Robert P Allen naturalist of the Audubon society 1005 Fifth ave New York City is the clear- ing house for all such information The whoopers owe their rapid demise to the fact their flesh is tasty and their plumage malable re tric fence One of the men made a dummy cow much after the fashion Indians made bison In early days He crawled into it and propelled the mimic bovine to within 30 feet of the birds But he failed to locate a nest There have been hundreds of During this past summer when government men were looking far and wide through the north country a farmer told them he was positive he had seen some whoopers among a flock other birds When the biologists took a gander they found none Neither did they a find any traces of the nests are known to be a heap of dead vegetation and debris about five feet in diameter and rising &about a foota above water half below foot and with Which - ot - renl:Ii1Thooping Nest Remains - the surface rr are not only iallergic whoopers to humans they can be dangerous when cornered An Indian hunter from Portage La Prairie Manitoba wounded a Whooping crane He approached the bird apparently thinking to finish it off with his knife As he bent over the bird drove its beak into his head Searchers later found both the Indian and the whooper dead Formerly whoopers nested mainly in central Saskatchewan Since Alberta and Manitoba man's invasion of their old grounds it is thought they have gone farther north which is not conducive to greater production During the past summer the Canadian government agreed to collaborate with the U S Fish andWildlife service in blocking off 'every territory where they be so birds will have the might rigid protection Even though the whoopers won't cooperate Audubon society and government men aren't giving up They hope to find some of the cranes' homes this winter in the south or next summer in the north - I Photi) by U Ptavenion 0-- th- - nab and W11tiffs Etvie One of America's great mystery birds which are flan These huge whooping cranes shy from any '''close save to all efforts extine human contact defy efforts to study them from them defying I dJ - 7- F 14 " - 41 b 4ing4 atry: 17 1 ' t E121 4 t 4 004toitg '4e 0 r I O Revenant U O Ptah and Wildlife Service life experts have searched far and long These were photographed on the Oklahoma refuge Tex Photo by rhotographs of the whooping crane are rare and a nest bas never been located even though svIld- 111 11 1St Dale Gunnerson I S I I lie satility ?It's intermountain area Aero-Ho-p champ and route 68 carrier for The Salt Lake Tribune-Sa- lt Lake Telegram haa turned the other cheek Delightfully shy this slight handsome East high school junior who leaps with such kangaroo prowess aboard a pogo stick is possessed of nimble fingers—and talented ones From basketball on the polished floor which is his favorite sport to his kit of assorted knives which represents his favorite avocation Dale Gunner-so- n hurdles a wide area in di versified interests Via hie materials of sander glue and carving tools amazing little figures we've all seen in the movies literally leap from his skilled hands When Dale who is the son of Mrs Evelyn Gunnerson 359 Strong's court was 11 years old he marveled at the creations bobbing about in George Pals He wanted to Puppetoons carve them In December of that Pala first comic book version of the popular theater cartoon was year-1944---- George Dale brought the magazine home and studied It published rrl -- 1 s Result: The black-face- d old scarecrow of patchwork quilt vest who always sports a bold old crow on his shoulder was as-2' sembled If Dale's skill has increased the four years since his first attempt at thePuppetoon carvings the increase has been that old scarenegligible In crow is one of his best figures Since 1944 working primarily summers Dale during school-ohas completed a dozen additional figures—all but three carved ut from the Puppetoon drawings He conceived the ideas for two distinctive little men and carved them then one day brought home in his mind plans to carve a Nip pilot in a tiny ship with All but spinning propeller these three figures are Puppetoon characters Dale spends some three and a half hours on each figure carving assembling painting though the time is by no means allotted in one piece Dale just "works them in when I have : HAVE HEALTHFUL CLEAN HOT WATER FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS I 9 e- F' I He's can-In- g 631 champ but Dale Gunnerson also is artist with his knives turaingout wearing figures of screen characters Aero-Ho-p Zile oFialt gakt trribunt Sunday May 30 1948 status 20-ye- ar Only Fowler Has These 3 Vital Features: O Rust Resistant GLASS-LINE- Tank D No mars tank rust worries when you own a Fowler never touches the metal O O riMED IUSIDE WITH PURE water The PORCELP4111 I Economy BLACK HEAT Elements life and You with amazing long get top efficiency the famous Fowler "lock on" elements real safety Prorated Warranty 20-Ye- ar 20 years of ASSURED service with a Fowler and it's backed The oldest maker of electric water heaters world's by You-ge- wood-shavin- But then there's so much to make a boy change his mind what with basketball and pogo sticks and high school affairs li No more stains on clothing rings on fixtures or discolored water caused by tank rust The inside of a Fowler is lined with double-thic- k pure porcelain—resistant to rust like glass Hot water is kept sparkling clean You get dependability with a Fowler because its outstanding features make possible a prcirated warranty — 20 years of assured service workmanship is superb-- - g the curls to the faces of his little puppets Painting is In authentic comic book color dress is identical Consistency of legs and arms is the same as that of the thick cartoon figures Dale has been offered goodly sums for his figures but he refuses to sell them As he explained it "I want to keep them all together" You can't blame him He has completed practically the entire Puppetoon family now Dale applies the blades of three different knives ' sander glue and paint to each character He was surprised by a large set of tools last Christmas given him by bis mother who is one of Dale's most ardent fans Not only does this pogo hopper carve but he paints and sketches and plays the marimba -8-14 an amateur And as a professional Presently he is taking piano lessons To boot he models solid planes entered one last year won second prize In his art work Dale prefers showcard paints or pencils and has turned out some meticulous His mother maintains work that "Dale's never idle He'll always sketch or paint or carve if there's nothing else to do" Dale is as yet not too concerned about the career ahead He wants tcfs' continue with his studies after high school One thing though He is almost decided—though not quite perhaps—to utilize his musical talent professionally and to restrict his painting and carving abilities to an avocational from Ow protection from tank rust is yours with a Fowler Long-lastin- g time" HIS 7! t -- - 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