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•5 EXPRESS, COLBORNE,, ONT. OCT. 14, 1937 Cheating Death In The Jungle You must not go to Africa again -- unless you want to drop dead in the jungle!" Cherry Kearton, jungle film pioneer, listened to the heart specialist's warning and smiled. All the other doctors had said the same thing. If he wanted to live he must give up his long career of adventure hunting big game with a camera, and retire to the country or some quiet suburb. Kearton's reaction was typical of him. At sixty-five, he immediately booked passage to Central Africa! Although a very sick man he set off again with even more ambitious filming plans. Altogether, he travelled 30,000 miles, cheating death all the time as he "hunted" with his beloved camera. And, when the great safari ended, he breezed back to Britain, a changed man whom his doctors scarcely recognized. Amazingly his health had been restored by the hazards he had overcome! He said he found the junglej, with all its terrors, more peaceful than London with its traffic! His most heart-stopping adventure occurred in the dangerous jungle country between Nairobi and Lake Victoria. His instinct for good pictures led him into a dried-up volcanic gorge. Within half, an hour of entering it, he became aware of a sudden ominous silence. Birds stopped chattering, baboons ceased their throaty serenades. Then an acrid smell reached Kearton's nostrils. His worst fear was realized. He and his native boys were trapped by jungle fire. Soon he saw an enormous barrier of flame and smoke licking forward through the 15-foot high elephant grass behind him. The gorge's entrance was obscured, blocked by fire. He could not drive forward, for to do so-- he was unarmed--would put him at the mercy of the lions, elephants and rhinos trapped like himself, in the crackling death gorge. Already, he could hear their snorts of terror ahead of him. Snakes slithered by, too terrified to notice him or his native boys. The fire roared on relentlessly through the narrow pass. His natives, their faces glowing red, ■their eyeballs smarting with heat and whitening in terror, crowded together, calling on their gods for mercy. There seemed no hope. Kearton felt sure that his self-prescribed health cure was about to meet a blazing end, but he tried one last trick. He got his boys to surround the car with a ring of fire, and coaxed it to spread outwards, hoping to create a burnt safety belt as the inferno roared down on them. Now a new hazard appeared. Five hundred feet above them, at the top of the gorge's unscalable cliffs, baboons shrieked and scampered, desperately trying to escape the flames. In their panic they dislodged heavy boulders which began to rain down perilously near Kearton and his party. For rune hours this ordeal by fire and smoke and stones continued. Then a miracle happened. The wind veered slightly and Kearton, peering into the smoke, saw that the flames in the elephant grass had lost their fury; they now flickered barely a foot high. It was nearly dark and the car's headlamps, though still serviceable, could not penetrate the smoke curtain. But there was a chance, a slender one, and he So, having loaded all aboard, he drove slap-bang Into the middle of that reeking hell. The car hurtled forward, hitting and sliding off boulders, and at last carried its choking occupants out of the death gorge and into the welcome fresh air. Kearton's knowledge of lions, gained while photographing them in their true haunts was tremendous. Yet some aspects of their behaviour completely mystified him. Why should a lion, a man-eater, leave a white man it was about to maul, and attack a native? Lions, said Kearton, seem guided at times by a peculiar sense of unreason. You cannot rely on them to take the easiest course of action. On one occasion a man-eater began picking off a native railway staff, carrying its members away singly, night after night, until no one dared work at the station. Then three Europeans volunteered to keep watch and destroy the killer. A cabin was drawn up for them on a siding. It offered a good field of fire. Two slept, while the third, rifle in hand, kept watch. But on this night, all being quiet, the watcher decided to turn in. He dozed off. Then the man-eater arrived. It pushed back the sliding door with its paw, and steadily nosed into the compartment--all three sleepers were at its mercy. But the lion did not snatch the man sleeping on the floor nearest the door -- the obvious victim. Instead, he dragged down the fellow from the berth above, shook him ferociously and bounded off with him. . Kearton himself once tricked a lion which barred his way. He switched on his car headlamps, illuminating some bushes. Seeing the light, the man-eater investigated, giving Kearton the chance to escape. He had another narrow escape while photographing a rhino and her waddling baby. Suddenly, he realized that another great beast, the three-ton male rhino, was stalking him from behind. Kearton raced for the nearest tree. A second or so later the great beast charged. Although hampered by his slippery leather leggings, Kearton just managed to shin up the tree, leaving the rhino snorting and baffled below. Not bad acrobatics for a chap of sixty-five! A rhino out for blood thunders forward as fast as a galloping horse for about three-quarters of a mile--after that he's winded. Anyone caught by a rhino is cither trampled to pulp, or gored tc shreds by its murderous horns. On an earlier safari, Kearton was photographing rhino at night when his camera's flashlight disturbed one of them. The beast charged straight at him. Kearton again scrambled up a tree, but had no time to worry about his apparatus. The rhino wreaked its vengeance on the expensive camera, trampling it into the ground. Kearton was glad he had learned to climb trees as a boy. BRIDGE OF SIGHS --AND REGRETS The mayor of Huyeapan de Campo, in Mexico, is in the bad books of Che people of his town. He not only offered to sell the town's main bridge to a visiting American--but sold it and then began to tear it down so that the buyer could take delivery. The mayor, Primitivo Rios, now stands charged with the theft of the bridge. CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2 3 6 7 8 10 12 4 15 16 17 \ 18 19 20 2! 23 24 25 75" 27 28 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 i 42 43 44 46 47 4« n 50 \ 51 LIFT FOR HANDICAPPED--This unusual school bus with a built-in elevator, believed to be the first of its kind ever constructed, has been placed in service in San Lorenzo, Calif., to transport handicapped children from their homes to their own special school. At left, Tommy Stokes, who has driven handicapped children for 10 years, wheels one of his small charges onto the bus' elevator for a quick trip to the floor level. At right, the short ride into the bus bring a smile to the face of the youngster. The new bus is fitted with floor attachments where the wheel chairs can be anchored. THE FAEM FRONT <\nswer elsewhere on this page. Results of the first year's test under the Record of Performance for Beef Cattle have just been announced by the Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. In a few weeks about 3,000 calves, or ten times the number recorded in the first test, will be weighed and graded to obtain the initial information required for the second year's records. Weighing and grading will be done by officials delegated by the provincial departments of Agriculture who carry on the project in their respective provinces in co-operation with the federal department, and the livestock breeders. In the recent test, 341 calves were entered--248 Herefords, 50 Angus and 43 Shorthorns. Of these, 176 were males and 165 were females. The male calves made an average daily gain from birth to weaning of 1.86 lb. per day, the females 1.68 lb. Comparison of these results was limited to six Hereford herds, all that had sufficient calves entered and reared under conditions suitable to permit effective comparison within . the herd. The six herds with a total of 191 calves (94 males and 97 females) indicate the average daily rate of gain that can be expected in beef cattle, first from date of birth to weaning and second from weaning to the end of the winter feeding period. Average daily gain made by the 94 bull calves was 1.85 pounds per day, from birth to weaning, and by the 97 heifers 1.69 pounds. Thus the bull calves gained on the average 1/5 of a pound more per day than the heifers. But of greater significance is the difference in average performance, or daily gain, 2.11 lb. for the top third and 1.49 lb. for the bottom third of the calves tested. Average dif-. ference between these two groups both in the males and females amounted to about % of a pound per day. In terms of beef production, at prices prevailing when these calves were weaned last fall, this would have meant $22.80 per calf to a commercial cattleman. The variation in rate of gain between individuals within some of these herds was much greater than the average figures indicate. In one herd the top calf gained one and one half pounds more than the bottom calf. The two calves had the same treatment under ranch conditions. The slow gaining calf was almost two months older than the best calf but actually weighed nearly 200 pounds less at wean- During the winter feeding period that followed the biith to weaning test, differences between the performance of male and female calves in these same Hereford herds, made it necessary to consider them separately. The low average daily gains in the heifers would indicate the possibility that thoy were maintained on a considerably lower feeding level than the bulls. The bulls had an average daily gain for this period of 2.07 pounds per day. The heifers gained only 1.37 pounds. In the bull calves records for this second period showed there was again a difference of % of a pound per day between the average rate of gain for the lop third and the bottom third of the calves. For the full feeding period, approximately 168 days, the difference in the average weight gained was 112 pounds, or $20.15 in value on the basis of $18.00 per cwt. for commercial cattle. Combining the records for both periods, calves that were within the top third at weaning and also in the top third at the end of the feeding period were worth just over $40.00 more per head than those in the bottom third for both periods. Results indicate that there were a considerable number of calves among those making rapid gains at both these stages in their growth. These fast gaining yearlings were worth 25 per cent more than the slower gaining yearlings on a commercial basis. Their value as potential breeding stock would be greater in pure bred breeders' herds. Research has shown that this valuable trait of rapid gains is inherited and can be transmitted to future generations. Similarly, studies on rate and cost per pound of gain indicate that these two factors are closely related. Calves with a high rate of gain, in most instances, require less feed to make a pound of gain than those with a low rate of gain. Recognition of the top performing cows, bulls and calves within a herd and development of a breeding program around these animals is the aim of Record of Performance. Freedom Doesn't Come First! We listened to a philosopher the other day. He said we are putting too much emphasis on freedom. To him, the most important thing is fraternity. Christians use the word brotherhood. Freedom, of course, is still desirable, but we must acknowledge that our society is semi-free. And it must remain so. About 15 years ago, we were SINGING NELSON - Ricky Nelson, 21-year-old son of radio and TV's "Ozzie and Harriet", continues his recently started singing career at the Ohio State Fair. Nelson, whose "I'm Walkin'" record sold a million copies, is a new teen-age fad. He's slated for an appearance on the Perry Como television show. using two terms -- free competition and private enterprise. Then the National Association of Manufacturers picked out one word from each of these expressions and gave us "free enterprise". The members of N.A.M. spent millions in advertising free enterprise, and they have just about succeeded in making the American people think that free enterprise and democracy are synonymous. They are not. Years ago, we had more economic freedom than we do now. Anyone could start a bank--even if it was doomed to failure. (Secret rebates were given by railroads and insiders by tha thousands got free passes, leaving the public to make up the difference. A giant oil company used to erect a filling station next door to small competitors and cut prices until the competitor went out of business. Ent e r p r i s i n g pharmaceutical houses sold harmful nostrums with false claims. Fruit covered with arsenic (applied for insects) was marketed. Life insurance companies preyed on the public. Grandpa -- in your history book ^- could tell you about the good old days of free enterprise. Now, we have only as much freedom as can be used without stepping on the next fellow's toes. There are regulatory bodies to watch for your interest in communications, transportation, public health, aviation, utility rates, automobile traffic, and scores of other fields. All of the regulatory agencies are cutting in on someone's freedom. Yet, which of these agencies would you suggest giving up? The only area in which it is not necessary to place a curb is the freedom of expression and religion. It is clear, then, that we live in a semi-free society. Our philosopher friend is probably right in his emphasis on fraternity. For the Brotherhood of Man crosses racial, religious, and national lines. It is the highest concept that man has ever held, and if we remember rightly it was Jesus who first shook the world with such an idealistic notion. --Littleton (Colo.) Independent LESSON The Problem of Christian Freedom 1 Corinthians, chapter 8 Memory Selection: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13. How free are we, in this land Of freedom? Laws, municipal, provincial and federal, govern our behaviour. If we belong to an organization of those of similar occupation there are more laws. Membership in a club or church add more laws. Most people are uncomplaining about these laws because they feel that they are made for the v elfare of the group and society in general. The man who roars his car down the wrong side of a street to assert his freedom ignores the rights of others and endangers his own life. . How free is a Christian? He loves his neighbour as himself, he will, therefore, abide by the laws of the land unless he believes them to be in direct conflict with the laws of God. This situation arises in countries where God is openly denied as under Communism. A Christian is free from the bondage of sin. When he repented of his sins and believed on Jesus Christ a new power came into his life. He is no longer a slave of evil habits. He is free. "M the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." (John 8:36.) A married man who over a period of years had been committing adultery with another woman asked in tears, "Can I find strength to live right?" We reminded him of the woman whom Jesus forgave and to whom He said, "Go, and sin no more." (John 8:11.) Jesus didn't command the impossible. "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17.) "He breaks the power of cancelled sin, He sets the prisoner free." The Christian is free to d* right. He abhors the evil. He if sensitive to the interests ot others. He will set an example worthy of imitation. He has th*. spirit of Paul: "If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat n» flesh while the world standetl^ lest I make my brother to offend." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking □BO □□□□ USEE □□U BEEBEBEBC BBQEIHQ BEE EE □□□□ LICE EDC SEED BEE EEEE DEE BEHHEBD ^iJfflfflrFnrE EBEE EEC HDD BEE EQEE □□□ OEBDBE □□□BHBEEB BEL: DCiDC EBLT ISSUE 43 -- 1957 GETS HIS GOAT--Deputy Sheriff Bill Soileau solves a m rash of broken glass doors in the St. Landry Pari Opelousas, La. Investigating the fifth such incident weeks, Soileau noticed a few short white hairs at t and later apprehended this goat. It seems the anir flection in the glass wouW cause him to charge the d