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ViewI( By , C. C., J.)Nearly every morning as theinquisitive reporter puts his head through the door of the real workroom of Uncl.e Sam’s put-, and-take emporium, he has notie-' ed Bcib Veach, deputycounty horticultural commissioner and ex-*pert bugologist, vigorously searching through various bundles ofshrubs and bushes going through the mails. Curiosity finally got the best of the news-hound and he ask Leo Lloyd, who bats let-li w a in pus could not survive the bright sunshine and the clear, rain-washed air of the mountains, and in a few weeks after their arrival, the gulches of Crazy Horse Gap were littered with their dead bodies.and the homing instinct brought him safely to his little nest. He had completed the entire circuit of the mountain.IBut they left a heritage—-aheritage of blight and disaster. It is known that the galliwampus is immune to double-dandruff but he carries the germ much as the bee carries the flower’s pollen.Shortly after the death of the last galliwaimpus, the forestrangers observed that the philly-loo birds were afflicted with the dread disease. Its ravages spreadlers through the stamp-cancelling f? eve,:; bM and tbe enor”the epidemic caused one old-timer to think a snowstorm wasmachine so fast that you can’t see tihem. . .asked Leo what Bob was ‘ a-lookin’ fer?”“Why don’t you know?” replied the affable letter-flipper. “■He’s looking for .philly-loo birds.”“Oh,” Was the only quick come-*back that the i. r. could figure.}holdingiCuriosity is a queer critter, and “ can’t be downed. The i. r. askedsome of the boys around Joe Smith’s smoke house what a philly-loo bird was like. All*1 he got was a merry he-haw. However, there was yelp-for-help in anoth-brewing on Mount Baldy when a covey of philly-loo birds werea shaking party in an effort to rid themselves of the dandruff scales.The pestilence exacted its Loll, and the last philly-loo bird was dead. But wait! On the north side of Mount Baldy was a nest with a single egg. Days afterlittle'the mother’s death, the mucj fledgling pecked his way through the shell. The sun was saying its first good-morning to the dew-drenched mountainside as the lit-The following day .brought a repetition. Curiosity mounted with each day and became a frenzy, and the little bird grew strong and its speed in the chase around the mountain after' the sun was amazing. Nature, that careful mother of us all, was not remiss even in the care of the little bird. She caused the outer leg to grow long as she kept tn-.inner leg short, so the little bird would remain on an even keel in its one-way daily trip around the mountain.Came the dawn and a cloudyday. The philly-loo bird roused himself from sleep, arose to start his journey, but sun.Habit was too strong however, and he set out, but in the wrong direction. The position of his feet, with relation to the mountain-side was reversed and he toppled over a precipice and his neck was broken.The records show he died intestate and without progeny.The philly-loo bird is extinct. JtstssYYa1tIsfi1tsiIRIVERSIDE, Apr. 3—Mrs. Mater direction and friendly editors 1 tie bird stepped forth. Impelled by were appealed to for authoritivej the driving curiosity that is information on the subject. Here’s/ characteristic of some birds, thelittle philly-loo bird started toward the great ball of fire in thesome of the results: Larry Flint of the Sharon, Pennsylvania Herald gives some astounding infor-, east, on investigation bent. Themation on the subject which may|sun swung in its orbit toward thesurprise even Bob Veach J ibirdologist that he claim*thew Gage, who came to Riverside from Canada in 1881, and ha since been a resident of thisvdbtHergreutlybug or to be.Larry says:Not because I wish to gain gain credit as a lieologist, but because it is my duty to inform your readers concerning the dangerous philly-loo bird, I submit the following: cTwo years ago I took a trip west for my health. I might not have made the trip, but the lady thought her husband wouldsouth, and the little bird followed. Evening found the wearybird on the west side of themountain and the sun disappeared below the horizon. Fright lent haste to his laggard little feet.community died last night, husband was prominent in civic affairs and was the builder of the Gage canal. Thirty-seven years ago, Mrs. Gage presented a pipe organ to Calvary Presbyterian church in honor of herS’eobwhusband.Sitlt;be gone until—hut that is noneof your business! While in Wyoming, I had opportunity toi study the nature and habits of! this treacherous bird. jThe philly-loo bird is danger-j ous because he is the means of; spreading the germ of gunpunker-j untus—an almost certain fatal i disease that affects the levati-1labi-superiorus-alikanazi, the lit-} tie muscle that liftsthe upperj lip to the nose. You always get-the disease twice at once. It isj usually contracted through hired girls who take the malady from icemen, policemen and gas meter readers.The philly-loo bird cannot bej captured. There is only one; known method whereby he can be exterminated. The philly-loo is* ferociously fond of holes in doughnuts. He method of eating; doughnut holes is unique; he slips his tail through the holes, then flicks the appendage around in front and feeds himself.Walk boldly up to the philly-loo bird with several doughnut holes, set down the holes and skedaddle. The bird, to eat the holes, must move his tail aroundinto the proper juxtaposition. Thiswill bring about his end. (It might be said here that his correct name is not the philly-loo bird, but the filly-loo bird. It! is from this ibird that we obtain! horsefeathers and colt slaov. -IAnd, if that explanation don’t satisfy you, here’s another that comes from L. D. Johnson of Livingston, Moritana, who has known his phillys, loo these many years,, who writes:Your grief is small, your worries sit but lightly upon your head, your tribulations are of small moment, your vale of tears, is rose-strewn if only your thirstfor knowledge is unassuaged. Out here in the open spaces where men are men, and women are too,ta modern Salome with Volstead’s head on a platter would be given a seat at the right hand ofj j i. _ * n. „ Tr? ____• _ *the president of the Kiwanisclub—but that is another tale, solist to a tale of Acadie and ofthe philly-loo bird who, in thedays of his full, swooping flight, brought pangs of nostalgia to the tenderfoot with his plaintive,eerie evening song:The philly-loo bird is extinct.A vagrant easterner sought tosurround his homestead with of-!»fete appliances and appurtenances of the East. Among other things which he imported was a covey of galliwampus which are peculiar to the state of Connecticut.yIt is needless to say that the gal-
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Corona Courier
Corona, California, US
Fri, Apr 05, 1929
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