o
S?
1 ? 1 1 0 s 5-5 1 Ii 1 l r 1
( I'M PRACTICING THATSAVERY l.lV.sCK OU COULD ) O i XTT
" N TO BEA LION , DANGEROUS y r BE KILLED V 4 NOT IF .
VWHATj ---j-TAME f OCCUPATION! ' ' ' ?N (VOU DON T HAVE) '
ARE J CT o 1 - . NA LION I ' "
fW-t9 'V t4- reJi , tl.M I Q
EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. Saturday, July 21, 1962 Page 3Bxi
Ask Andy
is
Cowbirds Are Negligent Parents
Andy sends a complete 20volume set of the World Book
Encyclopedia to John Revell, 8, 1522 Alderaood St., Eugene,
Ore., for his question:
What is a cowbirtf?
Most birds are loving parents. The mother bird sits on the
nest to keep the eggs warm with her soft feathers. Sometimes
the father bird takes turns
sitting on the nest while the
young birds develop inside
their eggs. Later, the parents
feed and educate their babies.
But the cowbird does none of
these things.
Of all the birds that live
in our land, Mr. and Mrs.
Cowbird are the most careless
parents. They do not even
make a home for their chil
dren, for they build no nest
at all. They are not even
around when the baby cow
birds hdtch from their eggs.
They do nothing to feed their
babies or teach them to fly.
We wonder how baby cow
birds manage to grow up at
all. But they do, because in
summer we see parties of
them playing together. They
seem to be fond of cows, for
often we see them near a
herd of cattle. This is how the
cowbird got his name he is
friendly with cows.
True, Mrs. Cowbird does not take the trouble to build a
nest, hatch her eggs and bring up her babies. But she is very
careful to place her children in good foster homes. She lays
each brown speckled egg in the nest of another bird. Some
times she lays two eggs in the same nest. The foster parents
may be song sparrows, wrens or warblers. Birds, of course,
cannot count and sometimes the foster parents mistake the
cowbird egg for one of their own.
But some of the foster parents sense that the cowbird egg
V
If
s
JOHN REVELL
Award Winner
is a stranger. They may desert the nest altogether and start
a new one. They may try to bury the cowbird egg in the bot
tom of the nest or build a second story on top of it. Little
Mrs. Wren is apt to poke her beak into the cowbird egg and
pitch it out of her nest.
But every year, thousands of cowbird eggs are adopted by
foster parents. This is sad, for the cowbird hatches sooner than
his foster brothers and sisters. He is bigger and often shoves
them out of their rightful nest. When grown, he flics away to
join his relatives. The cowbird is a black bird with a brown
head and his wife is drabbish grey. They feed on grain and
grass seeds and also gobble up grasshoppers.
Many birds refuse to take a cowbird egg into the nest and
most of Mrs. Cowbird's eggs never get a chance to grow up at
all. But when a cowbird baby hatches, things are different.
Almost any bird will feed a baby bird who cries for food. Mr.
and Mrs. Song Sparrow may desert the cowbird's eggs. But a
young cowbird will be fed in the nest of a vireo, a redstart or a
Baltimore oriole.
Andy sends a Hammond's Nature Atlas of America to
Billy Cowan, age 8, of Peterborough, Ont., for his question:
What is smoke?
A fire is fed by fuel such as wood and coal. When the
dancing flames blaze away, the wood and coal gradually dis
appear. The smoke which coils up from the blaze in sooty
clouds explains part of this mystery. In the heat of the fire,
the wood and coal turn into other things and one of these
things is smoke.
Wood and coal are made from tiny particles and the heat
of the fire breaks these particles to pieces. They are now dif
ferent particles. Some become gases and float off to mix with
the other invisible gases in the air. Some become fragments
of carbon, small enough to float in the air. It is these carbon
particles which make the clouds of sooty smoke.
Andy awards each day a full set of the World Book Encyclopedia
for the first question he selects to answer. When a second question
is answered a large world globe or atlas Is awarded. Question are
" accepted from teen ,ge ur less-than-teen-age readers. They should
" be addressed to the KeRlstr-Guard S75 High St.. Eugene. Andv pre
fers that qustions be written on postcards, rather than in letter
.s form.
To Your Good Health
2 Ailments
Have Similar
Symptoms
By DR. JOSEPH G. MOLNER
Dear Dr. Molner: For four
months my husband had angina-like
pains in his chest
and arms. Finally tests and
X-rays proved it to be gall
bladder trouble, cholecystitis.
The doctor put him on medica
tion and a low-fat diet.
What is this ailment, and
docs it take a long time to
cure? MKS. L.M.
Cholecystitis means "inflam
mation of the gall bladder," and
it is usually auite Dainful.
It also has a nasty naDit ot
resembling heart disease, and
it is not uncommon for the two
to be confused until suitable
tests have been made. (It's real
ly tough when, as occasionally
happens, a patient may have
both problems at the same time.)
With proper treatment, such
as your husband is getting, the
condition may clear up com
pletely, or it may lapse into a
chronic state. In the latter
event X-rays will disclose faulty
functioning of the gall bladder
and stones may be found.
Stones do not disappear by
themselves, nor by any known
medication. If they are there
and causing trouble, surgery
may be necessary.
U.S. Water Use Up Sharply
WASHINGTON Americans are using more
water than ever to keep cool, clean and occu
pied. Water consumption by factories, farms and
homes has jumped more than 12 per cent in
the past six years. The United States gulps
its liquid assets at the rate of 270,000 million
gallons per day, says the National Geographic
Society.
The greatest water glutton is not the hot
tennis player or suburban gardener but Ameri
can industry. Industrial cooling processes ac
count for more than half the water consumed
in this country. It takes 65,000 gallons of
water to produce a ton of finished steel, 200,
000 gallons for a ton of rayon, and no less
than 600.000 gallons for a ton of synthetic
rubber.
Irrigation farmers rank as second largest
users of water, followed by individuals at work,
play and home.
Billions of gallons go dow nthe drain an
nually from such modern conveniences as
showers, sprinklers, swimming pools, dish
washers, laundromats and garbage disposals.
Sheer waste takes a heavy toll. Even dur
ing New York's severe water shortage of 1949
50, engineers estimated that 200 million gal
lons a day dripped from leaky faucets and
pipes alone.
Water-hungry America fortunately can
draw on a nationwide rainfall averaging 30
inches a year, or ten million gallons for every
man, woman, and child.
However, more than 70 per cent is used by
growing plants or returned to the atmosphere
by evaporation and breathing. Storage lakes,
reservoirs and canals lose nearly half their
water in vapor.
Moreover, water is not evenly distributed.
Mountainous regions of Hawaii may be deluged
with a foot of rain a week, yet Nevada aver
ages only nine inches all year. Some areas
which are flooded in the spring suffer drought
by late summer.
The Herculean task of supplying water to
arid zones and cities where demand exceeds
supply is being approached in several ways:
conservation measures, notably antipollution
and the re-use of water; the building of larger
aqueducts, and conversion of fresh water from
the sea.
Scientists have been experimenting with a
chemical spray which blankets reservoirs and
lakes with a film to cut evaporation losses.
Attempt to unscramble sea water are be
ing intensified by governments and private in
dustry. Success on a large and inexpensive
scale could open up a vast new resource, for
oceans cover almost three-quarters of th
earth's surface.
The idea of desalting water is not new. In
49 B.C., during his siege of Alexandria, Egypt,
Julius Caesar produced fresh water for his
troops with solar evaporators. It is assumed
that the condensing vapor was collected by
oiled silk or fabric screens.
1 1 1 j& - 1 fefe "" " --. 1 , S'''y
f A,! r,M.ter"Ulait! Qaz. She's ) 'CV-v' (X&F'A
iki. " DON'T HURT J I A'- 7 I t"M"SaM' s .
mMfes
ffTT, fP) b OU KNOW HOW HE I
I QUICK! U1 rsfyr fcJ, IS ABOUT FOLLOWIN J .;
I'll WHILE HE'S NOT ) ' il P$ ,1. ORPEKS J (
rV LOOKING r .RvSft S3 ( J k:t W m r- -fW
5"
U- ITS HIS PRIDE, MIKE.' MOST f OR TWO CENT? NO IF CHUCK GET THE CAR OUT, FELLA.' -TWO f00L- J I
THAT JOKER IS OFF HIS ONIONACHUCK CANT BEAR OF ALL, A I'D GIVE BARBIE A 1 HEARD WU HARDY FRIENDS ARE ABOUT TO RUSH IN J i
STEVE.'-A SWELL KID LIKE BARBIE ITHE THOUGHT THAT WOMAN HE BUZZ ON THE HORN HE'D BREAK rVHERE ANGELS -SHOW BETTER i i
BILLING TO MARRY HIM-ANDriEy ANYBODY WOULD tOvES-AND AND TELL HER'-yTHE PHCNE OVER JUPOMENTYj 3
r- GETS TOUCHY ABOUT WHYj GIVE HIM A BREAK WANTS TO BE , - JTOLR ViELL-WEANING - "
SWILLING y rlESE OF HANPICAPOP C VSKJH ' '
I I I I 11 use a 1 1 7 KA- I YywAT nail came III pon't hesitate t call if I
V MSM fS k THWOOGH THE WALL! ) ( VA GOT ANY OTHER )
I TH' PICTURES KEEP ) VNAlL! (T aWA IT'S VeWY UNSIGHTLY 'J V PROBLEMS! 1
. PULLIN' TH' NAIL5 f V-PM .ARE n- V irfV fsiMttr
White Receives Astronaut Wings for X15 Flight 1 d. 'ML 7AB?ffl r M ffH ' "
WASHINGTON LD The Air pilot, Air Force chief of staff, an X 15 to an altitude of 264,000 , Jl ' '?" V
Force pinned astronaut wings Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, predicted feet almost 59 miles well -ii' I Xlet&i) Zr ' i
on Maj. Robert M. White Thurs- the day is coming when a ve- above lhc 50.mile height which o r?!L- lUW (&'$ V-7' WiS&a -C) Wh -
day, the first man to fly a hide will take off from "a . . ..,,: j 3 a fc&VSs ! J O- LvS 1 1 -t Ajrr- W rr)
winged aircraft into the realm standard airdrome, go out into the Natlonal Aeronautics and m --4M JTA . , X, fCi sOM -
of space. space and return" to any base, Space Agency and the military ',) yvX ff W fV 1 Zw A n lrfVTtdV'
In the Pentagon ceremony for routinely. have agreed qualifies a pilot as lJnl I i-TuK vSi v 7' W tyr CQ i v t$l$t3 ( V
the X15 research rocket plane White, 38, last Tuesday flew a spaceman. WLJ rZM fy-Wlfi O Tt f A i'l "rVA Y V
' I I HI M - m -m rf. n -1 VI 1 I I I Xi t V V 1 I 1 J W I I .aV IV X rXf M S S I
WE HAP BUT I THREW t I FROM THE MOMENT WE LEFT WU BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.) i A W0NPTR WHERE ELFlNA 1 jkSjSa-.. I LI U-LJ K 7? . .,' i i T ' '
TROUBLE A TANTRUM fB AT THAT FltUNG STATION, I'M SURf ijSV THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME. J - AND HER MOTHER HAVP I ...BACK BEFORE YOU OH. I DON'TtKNOW; ff LIKE" X I Jp7 SWELL, WAY EiE? VOOVE "
WITH THE AHP THEY WEREg rM NO ONE FOLIOWEP US. ro!pWSS3 KW - t V KEM 77h HAD A'BRAIN" X. AND EVEN WY A VOUD PROBABLY If THIS, I LJ V HOLVCOW.' ISTIU. CT SOME OF
SECURITY CLAD TO BE "teni -r KMiS' Tj JIK WE NEVER GOT WE HAD, YOU'D VEHflHAVE KICKED H SUPPOSE.'rEI Cfv 1 THAT OLD TALENT
MMrfoiv BIOOFM-T r3WST7 37l&l afV CAUGHTINA I HAVE FOUND I HOW?yTHE DOOR DOWM IV JPT T EPTTtJ-EWr AFTER ALL?
' rrtE ASS AAAKIN5 A 57 OHM-H- " MEANWHILE llL 6IV ETH 1
SilV-" HKE I NrWTHATSCAl LESAL CEAAONSTEATICN COL . CANYON ! dllCtLV, BOY! -y CANYON ANP I ,.r m, ruorv, ,M, T . X - - . v
' 7 W Wc HAVEA P5ArrCf WE LOCAL FtOf-E FLAN A lil'AKANTEEP UNPEE 'J AN5 AAA I -THEY ACS AAI54 PEEMTA-I THOSE PlNM ?OOZ HE'S 1 I HE CAU HARDLY WAIT TILL IT5 THS OlJL.y 10A.V WE
: TO PAKAP6 niaoJ.-H i TO Hl'CT YOU BECAUSE THE FIKTAAIENCAAENT A SLA TO E STAETIN3 TO KNOW YOU'RE MAP, ALL THE I Cny TCIK? I BOCKEr TPWEL IS PEPFECTED i- V fljjj flET AltliV F80U lfALL J
r'X HOCAS! tCi AZ V.EL-1 THEY THINK YOU AEE TO THE CONSTITUTION... YOU.' FOEA1 THEIE. BUT WHEN YOll eET I PEAIONSTEA- V CALL7 I CNOCy V WW OKI ALWf W II ALL
T i i' COUS TO JO.N Hi! 1 EEM.1 IfA. n WHAT TriEV THINK Of K rf, UNES ... OUT THAT EJOIN' J TION THEY - 7'M TrMlWV? 7 .- .
j; ( 'f
V'lfD's d&23XTZ CAN'T ) I CERTAINLY NOT" ' 00 BRING TWAT A M-MOMTH?-I H 0UT OUR WAY MAJOR HOPPLE
' AP" 'iClOy TCIC I'M NOO I IT'S WAITING CRIMINAL IN, OR H-HAVEN'T ENOUGH , -, ..n.ff.tMVI 1 " k. Btl(?sl;inp WA&TU
BUT, gVt SEND S I OUTSIDE THE RiTZ, 1 YOU'RE SUSPENDED S SAVEDTO LIVE WITHOUT v ( t5TJ M SrrrTER ALL 1 Vs?dS& ) AsAV 'oS HheS 7
CHIEF.? It'CRACKING.O yTHE "Si TO BRING WITHOUT PAV -FOR ) FAV FOR AN HOUR v t KJ,o"pm--Z lnZ-!' ' SAV WAT 3.P06ER 0
i-r'c IV THERE'S A S SQUAD DAUGHTER A MONTH r W irJ I aauch about beiucA wa&te your feoLPie, siwce you arent is usually calleo BARrtuM tSJRN- KAMDTHAT r
1 9 . DEEPIUfS J fAO? Jti UOME FROM llfl JJiL J IMS BOOK ALOW6 OU WlME JIST RED1NS AMYTHIkJS.WOULP SIDE VI6LL, IF HE'&THe 8lE0 WOO u, T, ' 7kP llE."-
2 A.K.'.' ( TOM IN-OJR ) 1 A DANCE.'.' J BJ fl'Y Ki, N wot to po it th.& 7youCAWokr awav from j-ZL lcnTMSfCMJO lPOTECT HIMSELF .
ir-iiX BLOCK rr- IFVS WlPP-l -Cr-4f Y liWl. , time-butco bvmK these r-d D'X imp Rk3mthS,f to bSyX CONTRAP-rt BRUIS,N5
U -? J -v;- Tl J i-- -iA x WX3m aheap awo em- 2 ooiu'rrl this book, trees ) U 17 " THE kioht hcxjse to buyaconikav- fMEs FEELlr4GS OF
u f? '-Cx2- 2 yTT AvjKrvf rtl;j sag.'7 KimiscoM-' rJ J, but tell ME.vWV ALL THAT Busy ,mvi7at!p'
1 lZJ I 5-1 ' 9
e