Show THE OGDEN (UTAH) SB Burgess tikfflm&orim STANDARD-EXAMINE- R FRIDAY EVENING APRIL 6 1981 Uncle Ray's Comer Bird Guv "Threshlnj" to Photographer Why did torn birdi obtain the of "thrashers"? That question is far from settled It seems to have come from an old English word "thresher" and a thresher is one who makes Spud Men Urged To Back Grading motion-- as a threshing or staking man who strikes at grain A certain shark with m flail trikes or threshes the water with its tall and has gained the name of "threshing shark" The thrashers of the bird world may have been given their name because they twitch their tails when they are angry In a sense they "thrash the air" with their An SALT LAKE CITY April 6 (AP) Potato producers and handlers in Utah have been urged to vote on setting up marketing regulations this year specifying the grade of spuds to be offered for sale Alden K Barton state agricul tural commissioner in charge of marketing said ballots have been sent out to 1608 potato men He said that in order to estabs of lish a marketing pact the producers producing of the state's total crop must vote for the pact observerHerbert Job tells that he went forth one day to ipn a Drooa 01 live youns thrash ers rustling trie leaves aside he put his hand into the bush where he had located the nest The next instant the parent birds started rapping his hand with blows of their wings "I used to wonder why this bird was called a thrasher" he later related "but after I had receivedI a thrashing from a pair of them thought I had some light on the subject" There is another way in which ho name has been explained — form namely that it is a mistaken of "thrush Feopie ao mane me mistake— at times— of calling these birds thrushes but they differ a great deal from true thrushes Whatever the origin of their name thrushes are among the ex cellent singers or me Dira woria The most popular member of the family is the brown thrasher and his song has been called "one of the most beautiful and delightful" Brown thrashers are about the size of robins They are helpful birds because they destroy great numbers of harmful insects California thrashers are known for the many kinds of sounds they utter Some of their notes have been recorded as "Dorothy Dorokick - it - now: thy kick-it-no- two-third- two-thir- The Parents Struck at the Hand shut up shut up whoa now whoa now For "Nature section of your scrapbook UNCLE RAT Tomorrow: The Gulf Stream South America! Many readers have asked for special articles about our neighbors to the south Uncle Ray has prepared a new leaflet "Five South American Reppub-lics- " which he will be glad to send without charge Enclose a stamped envelope bearing your own name and complete address Send your letter to Uncle Ray irf care of this newspaper two-legg- pened to him and were watching him now Tatoo had been caught by Farmer Brown's boy and another boy Now Tatoo was lying on the ground rolled up in a tight ball It was the first time of shell Farmer Brown's boy ever had seen Tatoo rolled up in his suit of shell armor At home he had seen Slowpoke the Box Turtle shut himself In by closing the front door and the back door of his house of shell which he always carries with him As you would know by his name Slowpoke travels slowly He must How could he do otherwise carry ing his house with him? But Tatoo the Armadillo wears a suit of shell instead of a house of shell a very wonderful suit with many joints so that in an instant he can if need be roll himself up inside that suit and be quite as safe from the teeth of most enemies as is Slowpoke the Turtle in his house with both doors closed And because that suit of shell armor is so wonderfully jointed Tatoo can get about easily and run surprisingly fast When he had been chased by the two boys Tatoo had been so excited that he had run right past way of his home a hole among By Thornton W Burgess Who Was Stupid? Unless you positively know In judging be extremely slow — Farmer Brown's boy Tatoo the Armadillo was in trouble He thought so anyway So did some of his Jungle neigh- bors who had seen what had hap- ds the-doo- Big Claw down there He bettertthe instant he moved both hoys saw him For a moment tney watch out or they'll catch him" watched him to see where he would Sure enough in the doorway of go He stopped to look at somehis home a hole in the ground he thing he found on the groasjg had dug himself sat the big land They looked back to where Tatoo Crab called Big Claw because he had rolled into a ball of shell He has one very big pinching claw- If wasn't there "He's gone" cried Tommy leap-in- g he didn't see the two boys It wisn't to his feet His voice sounded for lack of staring He didn't blink He couldn't He isn't as if he didn't really ' believe what He can't help staring he said Big Claw scuttled back Presently he moved out of his into his home but he needn't have doorway He sidled out That is for no one was watching him now Where was Tatoo? Almost to the he moved sidewise in proper Crab fashion Moving sidewise one can doorway of his own home down in see in both directions without turn- - the rocks Too late to catch him ing Any Crab will tell you that again Tommy saw Tatooft shell with fixed eyes this is a great ad- - covered tail disappear oiks may be able to "It was stupid for us to take our vantage run very fast straight ahead but eyes from him for even a moment" those same folks never can run said Farmer Brown's boy ruefully very fast straight back But a Up among the coconuts Young IgCrab can shuttle equally fast either gy the green Lizard had changed his mind in regard to Tatoo way sidewise Now while Big Claw was still in (Copyright 1951 by T W Burgess) The next story: What a Spider bis doorway he wasn't noticed But and so had been fit would take someone in his place some rocks f ot smarter than he is to get away Now his captors were sit- awith caught those giants sitting off to one side keeping per- ting right thefts" Hello there old fectly still as they watched and waited for Tatoo to unroll and try to steal away "Tatoo is stupid" thought young Iggy the green Iguana watching from among a big bunch of coco- nuts in the top of a tall palm tree "What a stupid thing to do to run right past his own doorway! He deserved to be caught Yes sir he did so How could anyone do such a stupid thing as that?" Yellow-ta- il cousin of Goldie the Oriole was thinking much the same thing as he watched from high in another tree "I thought ratoo was too smart to do such a stupid thing as that" thought the black bird with the yellow tail and yellow bill "Yes sir I thought Tatoo was smart but I was mis taken I guess he is just plain stupid- - He can't get away now ed f V f - Tim-poli-te j AI I KNOW YES MELISSA' CAN'T TALK TO YOU BUT HCNi! I'M WAITING FOR I — -- IMPORTANT A VERY j AND MEuSSA DON'T EVER PHONE HERE ASAtN J " JC'LL CALL YOU WHENEVER tWO THE Tl TO TALK I —i Itr rat m i I r- Time Out TTTTn fTTTT "' J WW ri"rrrr-rr'irr"rrirrf- 1 !" i1 I TTTrrn— 'p- - "it crr" TTTT 0' J LINE f coOH M V TO COIN YOU'RE STEVE DARLING SO QUIET— AREN'T YOU AS THRILLED AS I AM AT BEiNGJ y r ENGAGED? STEVE ' YOU'RE ALREADY THAT tOU PROPOSED'— IT'S - tr Y SCRKY A SNAPPY KIT — THIS IS innrM a ssj tt oc eac- riiii-r i NOW'— DONT ta i WT T£N-AMAKiNG want im 1 THERE I if I i is tlji AIIrHMaM hT CAS 00 g PLANS — ANU HE" UftWLIN THt WbUUiNU r ljn - iVUN--- bjf Aunt Het r 73 w —- 1 FR6SHAIX CHEWS WRI©LEts SPEARMINT— At pt MY SHIRT! "Whadd'ya mean he's beginning 4o rr Side Glances I V PI - -- Wl i I HlH S&fflftWf&r AMtS&l KITCHEN PANNy STASGERS INTO HIS H Vouick' vour A4R POLLTALKf J£-- AUTOMATIC CLOCK ' kSNtTES THE AIR IN THE 6AS-F- I LLE D 4 I hate to see Pa sit and suffer in alienee I never know whether after theV Seconds WORKED' IF THE (5AS EXPL05ION DIDN'T FINISH BLAZING LIGHTER FLUID I POURfcD HIS SHOULDERS get to you? He's been and gone!' : y ( "jf f ymShlg 1 -- H TRACKS It's on account o me or Truman or his gall bladder TT lscuisEP 1 in Trie Vocroz's custhes AMP S7£ ALIAS HQOKMR HAS 5LO1 THIS RiG 56 TOO JOUNO 5 &U0O1- -AGAlfQ T CA1CM ESCAPED £ UP WITH UNLESS- - ftJOf?--IA0GETA GUH7 OH OH-- - fEP 5 DOCTO- R- OUST yl DOC' 601 ErOUSH J I VlHEU AGAISS' " r - 'r Himraw msasBf - BSSI v 'THAT WILD ( VESBUT HE'S TOUGH: RIDE DOWN V HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT AGAIN IN A GRADE WAS ff BIT TOO com W1 DINNER HORN FOOD STORE 301 24th STREET n r WwATS T ITS A 1REAL ANTIQUE LOVE SEAT THAT I PCKEP UP TODAY Y MIA stavict Wf T M AS MiAY&' ftCB U S PAT OFF train is two hours late — now we'll tm gtal your time for a farewell kissl" THE JALOPY HECTOR'S HOLDING EDO HI YA PETUNIA WHY DON'T YA GO FER A RIDE IN VER CART IT'S A SWELL O Li BlTERbl L- - Oh BOY NETOWBORS ARE a BEGINNING "TO COMPLAIN — TMANKS THE CONFOUNDED THINO'5 MO DRIPPtNS OIL ON MY QRUB8LB!: LAWN AMU AfM n TM AT L U l6 BU5T L R YLR 1 sowe Cpn 1eit ¥ JU5T IWU l LIKE I- J — si E things A BOYS I OR HAVE US J DON'T SIGN A NOTE SAY ORSOM£THW6r J ae YOU'RE A BIG MAN MR Set that PILE OF JUNf S ORUBBLE f RIGHT NOW A WHAT'S THE IDEA OF PARKING YOUR TRUCK IN FRONT OF MV J WELL ) THERE'S JAJYOTHER hector 1 JJ PAYMENT DUE ON IT n r TU M0 THiMai AND" mtA r -- UGH YOU'RE To TONI6I4TW1OMDKR0VM MOST DOM AN UNCLS SAM COSTUMS AND PARTI Cl PATS IN A f S —THE ESADlSOVSa man! op less I5TAMINA WOULD Be gUSHeo TWO 6P£eCf4£S ALREATyV TODAV AMD TJM SOOTED AT A 5eNiNG Circle kally MMTK fv IT'S GOING J S JUN JOE? ABOUT ME GIVING XHJ 'HE MONEY HCHJSEJW r WE L£ ANY m ' ia—UT Ik CLUNK' CANT YOU REMEMBER SET' 4-- £ TRY TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE THE OLD WTCH N "HAN5LL I'LL AND CRETE L MU-5HPUT Oh AN ACT THfiTLL HAVE Nsl ?( SURE (IN Iwcre's only ONE to eer rid of THAT m ENGINE V have wav BffinjStfjt'' --- WITH ME TAKE IT EASY BROTHER AN" INJUN JOE IN THE CAB THIS DRAG LL GET WHERE SAY "UGH" YOU Haa WHeise 1 1 THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE WILL YOU PUT IT ? W IN FRONT OP THE TELEVISION ffBBBBiaEsaaMeaHaifcw NOW ARE YOU CHAPS SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO OH ( RUN THE PAReNT- IOF HOUSE SLIPPERS ON WEEK: DAJtS-- - A ELOCUTION WANTfc Sa IS AS"1 PANORAMA NATURAL FORVDU vtevo of you in k bass soloi THAT DISSUISE FOR A — HON UNCLE: $AM WOULD LOOK ACCORDING TO as a ' tMI BY "tft T SIT DOWN— TthOSE FEW MiNLITES WILL BE HOURS TO THAT NEW K)P' I'LL BE I SOMEBODY SHOULPA TIPPEP WITH YOU HIM OFF THAT INSTEAD OF IN A FEW MINUTES' J BEIN' FIRED HE'S GONNA BE W WtPttmntflf W I Hi I Pi AG i -- I —a— I ? — u THE I I ' APMV r T 0 4-- 4 i U- - Ht PAT m THE LOST CAUSE — "j "S IMC Off IS WASTIN' HIS TIME WITH THESE YOUNG FELLERSWMO J TOLD ABOUT THE GREAT AP- HERE FOR GUYS WHO DON'T GO TO SLEEP 4 7 NC YthE BULL I MEASUREMENiTS l ' - teacher RALLY T n"5 A GOOD PROGRAM THAT HOIST5 YOU OUT r tOm GALLIVANT AROUNP EVERY NIGHT THE J JOB OF STAYIN? AWAKE IS HARDER Z THAN THE JOB N |