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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
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13 - i Chosen in the field by Safeway buyers, these J
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Per pound only j
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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
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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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