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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1955)
TheyH Do It Every Time . , By Jimmy Hatlo To gLABBJWSTOM IT SEEMEDLl 2CCO PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE PRESENT" TO RECORD HIS 616 MOMEtfT- !I IHEN COMES THE RUDE AV4KENWG-NOT I I ONE PICTURE GETS IN THE P4PERS"" 1 i t ,rOC boU M L,TDoOU SUPPOSE I tyja STEVEHS Clever Tree It was around 50 years ago when a wise old rancher in Southern Idaho showed me what he called "the noddies" on alfal fa roots and told me how they stored nitrogen. His name was Bill Payne. He had learned this , with clover and vetch back in Kansas, Payne said. He called all these plants the legume fam ily. I was not more than 11, but the field lessons stuck. Other lessons of the kind have kept coming along through the years. This is why I am so pow erfully interested in the ninth annual meeting of the Forest Products Research Society in Seattle, June 21-24. Forest sci entists are giving the subject of nitrogen-stocking trees much study these days the products men along with the tree breed ers and the soil builders of the woods. - Very few tree species have . "noddies," or nodules, for fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere. In our region the alder is so equipped, and is thus a sort of clover tree an alfalfa of the forest. This is the means by which the red alder comes to be such a fine builder-upper of the soil of old, hard buprns. Lumber and related building products from the forest will hold the stage for the most part at the Seattle FPRS convention. Lumber history and its ancient lore will have its spokesman too, when Stewart Holbrook swings his shoulders above the podium and lets fly. He will hold forth at the official luncheon on Tues day, June 21, with a talk called "Daylight in the Swamp." Holbrook is also a reporter of Utilization of today in the timber. He was the first to write up the amazing products of modern conversion in national magazines of swollen circulation. The whole three-day program, while displaying all that's new in the forest products field, is rooted in what James J. Hill used to call "the old, simple, im mutable things." Three U.S. Forest Products Laboratory spe cialists, for example, will pre sent a panel on "Air Drying of Ponderosa Pine." A colleague will follow with a look to the future through "Chemical Re search on the Lignin." The more than 400 forest products scientists who will at tend the Seattle meeting are coming from all corners of the U.S.A. Australia is .to be rep resented by J. W. Gottstein and D. M. Cullity, who will describe new types of driers in plywood production. T. J. Connelly, Chi cago, Edward S. Feldman, Los Angeles, W. R. Cantrell, Spar tansburg, N.C., G. E. Bell and W. W. Calver, Ottawa, four men from Philadelphia, two from Yale University, two more from A & M College of Texas so the program goes. . I am looking forward partic ularly to hearing David P. Thom as of the University of Wash ington give his paper on "New Developments in Milling of Small Softwoods." Thk is a main-line subject in the Douglas fir. And to learning anything that may be on tap concerning new things from the red alder, be it the nitrogen in Its root nod ules, or pulp products from its fine, short fibers. Four Chairmen Named To Staff At Portland Stale Portland (U.R) The State Board of Higher Education to day named four chairmen of Portland State College's acad emic divisions. Dr. Hoyt C. Franchere, pro fessor of English, was named chairman of . the division of humanities. Dr. Willard B. Spalding, professor of education, was named to head the education division. . Chairman of the science divi sion will be Dr. Victor Norris, professor of physics. Dr. George C. Hoffman, professor of history, was named chairman of the so cial science division. ' Assistant Named The board named Dr. JSrrett Hummel, professor of education, assistant to the president. Gifts and grants totalling $156,684 were accepted by the board. Largest donor was the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, which provided one-quarter of funds received. The AEC pro vided $16,735 for zirconium re search at the University of Ore gon; $11,800 for research on chemical inter - relationships at Oregon State College, and $15, 000 for biochemistry research at the medical school. Largest individual gift was a $10,000 bequest from the estate of Jacob Gallus of Portland to Doernbecher Memorial Hospital. WHO AUTOGRAPHED IT? Mount Vernon, 111. (U.R) An auto agency here is offering kids a free "autographed picture of Davy Crockett." On The Side By E. V. DURLING (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) Cards were at first for benefits designed. Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. What card game calls for the most thinking? How about bridge whist? Or are you in clined to think pinochle or poker may require more brain power? Anyway, all of these games when properly played keep the mind very active. An active mind is unquestionably a great aid to longevity. Ed mond Hoyle, outstanding whist player and authority on the game, lived to be 97. And that in a period when the life ex pectancy was only 35 years. Asides f Have been reliably informed that Brooklyn is grooming a candidate for presidency of the my name is a poem club. His name is Noel Joel Kroll . . Charles W. Scott has been a subscriber of the Seattle, Wash., Post-Intelligencer for 68 years! Can you top that for a long time subscriber to any of this coun try's newspapers? ' A Son is Born After having 13 daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brooks of Pittsfield, Me., finally became parents of a son. Think of a fellow having 13 sisters. Then consider when he grows up and marries. His wife will have 13 sisters-in-law! By the way, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wagner of Manitowoc, Wis., have 12 sons and no daughters. I believe that is the United States record for an all-boy family. If their next is a daughter, she will be a lucky girl. She will have 12 brothers. The records reveal that the only girl in a large fam ily is usually very successful in marriage or a career "or both. Hypnotist Has there ever been a woman hypnotist of the stage? I can't recall suph an act. A feminine hypnotist should be a terrific box office attraction. Consider how women would enjoy seeing one of their sex hypnotizing a group of men and making them go through ridiculous routines Hypnotism is not difficult to master. It is said people can be hypnotized against their will. So, even if a girl didn't want to become a professional hyp notist, if she mastered the sub ject, she hight have a lot of fun hypnotizing men. Please Note , Am not inclined to express concern as to the influence of television on our youth. How ever, I have recently seen some of the results of that influence which are disturbing. I refer to young fellows with their hair cut and arranged similar to the style featured by Liberace. Get It Right Not long ago I referred to the town of Hell, Mich. Shortly after a reader informed me his postmaster had told him there was no such place. That post master certainly owes that read er one stogie. Before me I have several photographs of the charming little' community of 0Cinmirk the -v . I No weauT, withered 'cukes" at Safeway 1 Ours J L 5 are perky and flavorful, crisp-meated as a new apple, i 13 - i Chosen in the field by Safeway buyers, these J K cucumbers are cooled during shipment by air j A"-1 "-S. flowing over ice. Sleek j v5 '"5 and satisfying for salads and j hot-weather sandwiches. Per pound only j ...and cucumbers ffcj are just one of the j 3jy inviting fresh . f J If vegetables V featured this week in the S i. Hell, Mich. In one photo there ctn be plainly seen a very large sign reading '"Hell, Mich." The other photos are of the beauti ful surrounding countryside. Asking , Queries from clients. Q. Suppose a first baseman, as a high line .drive approaches him, throws his glove in the air and Tuesday, June 14, 1S55 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE the glove hits the ball which the first baseman catches as it falls. Is the batter out? A. No, sir. The first baseman has made an illegal move. The bat ter automatically gets a three base hit. Q. A Londoner is call ed a Londoner but what do you call a resident f Liverpool, England? A. He is called a Liverpudlian. But don't ask me why. Passing By Shirley Temple. Erstwhile cinema luminary. One of Hol lywood's outstanding child won ders, she earned $2,000,000 be tween the ages of 5 and 9. First attracted, attention in a picture titled "Little Miss Marker." And don't forget, that was based on a Damon Runyon story. Shirley is now 27 and has. been married twice. 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