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c Sunday, November 6, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVft, Is That So? The microscopic creatures within the soil under our feet exert a profound influence upon our lives: more perhaps than any of us realize, making life pos sible here on earth. Their number is legion. A tiny thimbleful of earth, not much more than a generous pinch, can be host to 175,000,000 a greater population than there are humans in the U.S. What's more, under ideal con ditions just one of these 175, 000,000 can produce 16,000,000 descendants within eight hours! Naturally, to conceive of such sizes, we must begin to think in new terms for example, it would take 1,000 bacteria placed side by side to reach across the thin edge of a worn ,dime! Not only this,' but there are perhaps as many different kinds of microscopic plants and ani malse living within the soil as there areoatop of it and their ways of life differ just as pro foundly. The study of these micro organisms in the soil micro biology is new, scarcely 15 years old but already great strides have been made to bene fit mankind. Some fantastic finds have been made and hu man life-saving medicines have resulted the antibiotics such as strpntomvcin. nenicillin, chloro- mycin. Domesticated and put to man's use they are now helping rfpstrnv hostile bacteria. So far, more than 2000 of these antibiotics have been iso- lotoH- thprp are thousands 01 others remaining. Because of the dramatic dis- roverv that many of our diseases arp mused bv bacteria, the false belief has grown that all mi crobes are hostile, something to be destroyed at once by antisep tics. Not so. In fact, microDes in iurious to human life are com paratively rare, numbering per haps one out of every 30,000. Most Deadly Poison Perhaps one of the most deadly some scientists go so far as to say it is the most deadly poison yet known to man is actinomycin. Its appearance is deceptive: a colony of these look like the mold on an old shoe and if you were to know it, give that fragrant "earthy" smell to freshly turned soil. The main search in the soil to Hqy, however, is for other kinds "poisons" bacteria which will destroy certain bacteria harmful to humans or inhibit their growth without adversely j, affecting the cells of the human "Body. One of the best known micro scopic dwellers of the soil is . yeast. Thanks to its voracious appetite, we have wine. While feasting on. grape. sugar, this or ganism secretes alcohol thereby turning grapes into wine. Anoth er micro-organism turns milk sour. Others are less fussy in their diet, although selective in their choice of food. One tribe, for example, lives on hydrogen sul phide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their odor. Another lives on carbon monoxide the same poi son that comes out of the ex haust of our motor cars. Yet another, a small group, prefers carbolic acid. Prepare Plant Food Why can. we say that life as we knew it on this earth could nflt go on without these millions qf different microscopic organisms in the soil? Simply this: they AT FIRST Investment made by the 10th of the month earn divi- dends First. at of the invest mm I By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist prepare the food for plants, breaking down complek mater ials into simple substances which new plants can absorb. From these plants, vegetable-eating mammals can live, and from them, the meateating mammals. That's Homo sapiens. As yet, this new science of the study of the micro-organisms in our soils Is a comparatively new one. Who knows what won ders this life under our feet may hold? The new medicines it will produce? The new poisons and whether for our use or destruc tion? Perhaps this ' study may ultimately solve the problems of some of today's "sick soils" that have been overworked and if so arrive at discoveries which will increase our old earth's underfed fertility vastly and simplify the task of feeding the earth's under fed hundreds of millions. (Copyright, 1955, By Eugene Burns) (Released by McClura Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangements with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, or the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife a complete 30-volr ume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be consid ered. Sorry, I simply can't an swer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. to Conservation Area Plan of Petilioners Petitions have been circulated in the extreme northwest corner of Jackson county proposing the area be included in the Sams Valley-Beagle Oil Conservation district. The area proposed to be added to the district starts near Hol colm springs northwest of Sams Valley, continues northward to the Douglas county . line just east of Richter mountain, and follows the Douglas and Jose phine county lines to about a mile north of Old Baldy and east ward to Holcolm springs. Hearing Planned Petitions will be forwarded to the state soil conservation committee, and if approved, a hearing will be held. Petitions presently are located at Gail's market in Wimer, the Evans Val ley lockers and the Wimer cafe. The Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Conservation district was or ganized in 1950, and in early 1954 the district was expanded to include most of northern Jack son county. The district present ly comprises 896,040 acres of land. The district was organized to work out cooperatively problems of irrigation, drainage, land leveling, land clearing, range improvement, weed control, flood control and other problems affecting use of land and water resources in the area. Southern Malheur 'Disaster' Area .Denver (U.P.) President Eisenhower Saturday declared the southern part of Malheur county, Ore., an emergency drought disaster area eligible for assistance under the emer gency grain relief program. The action was taken at the request of Oregon Gov. Paul L. FEDERAL SAFETY FIRST-Your account is insured to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. ADEQUATE RETURN Our current divi dend is at the rate of 3 per annum. 1 INVEST NOW Secure your own with savings. FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 27 North Holly R. F. Kyle, Secretary Parents Urged To Vaccinate Their Against Unwitting Carrier of Polio Virus (Editor- note: Tliis i the second of a series of five arUcles on what par ents should know about the Salk polio vaccine. Under Dr. Van Riper's direc tion the National Foundation spon sored the research development 01 me vaccine and he is in charse of the Foundation's program for vaccinatine children in the first and second grades of school.) By HART E. VAN RIPER, M.D. Meedical Director Natl. Foun dation for Infaniile Paralysis "Why did my child get polio? None of his playmates had it." Many a parent, suddenly con fronted with the dreaded diag- NLRB Completes Local Hearings; Moving to Bend National Labor Relations Board hearings in Medford on charges of unfair labor prac tices filed by the Local Inter national Woodworkers of Am erica, CIO. union, against Red Blanket Lumber company of Eagle Point and Prospect, end ed this week. The NLRB will reconvene at Bend, Nov. 14, to continue the hearings. It is expected that the final phase of the hearings will be completed and a deci sion announced, before Thanks giving. The hearings, which started in j Medford Oct. 24, are also con cerned with charges against the Pine Industrial Relations Com mittee, which represents lumber firms in labor negotiations, and four central Oregon firms. Started With Strike The union charges arose out of a strike at the Red Blanket Lumber company which began in June, 1954. The company re fused to reinstate employees to former or equivalent jobs when the strike ended in October, 1954. The complaint also charges that the employer, in refusing to give certain data to the union concerning payroll and produc tion figures, violated the Na tional Labor Relations act. Among those testifying for the defense during the Medford phase of the hearings were W. C. Mattson, manager of Red Blanket Lumber company; Wil lard Mattson Jr., assistant man ager; Merlyn Harvey, office manager; and John Mantle, pres ident of the PIRC. . ... Testify for Union Those testifying for the un ion were Edwin W. Kennan, di rector of economic research, 1WA, Ben Brackenbury, presi- dent of L.ocal b-izz, iwa; urm W. Carroll, secretary of Local 6-122; Glenn Yorton, former lo cal union vice-president; Thomas Denninger and Victor Conover, trustees of the union and Tim Sullivan, president of the Klam ath Basin District 6 IWA coun cil. Arnold Wilson, former Red Blanket employee, and Leon Love, job . steward at Red Blan ket Mill number one, also testi fied at the hearings. Patterson, who was informed of the action by telegram. The President also signed a letter to Federal Civil Defense Admini strator Val Peterson authorizing the bid. Malheur county borders on Ne vada and Idaho. . The relief will be made avail able through the Agriculture department. No specific amount of aid has been fixed. Dead line Sunday at noon Saturday Classified is at future in S nosis of paralytic polio, has asked this. The answer is that one of the child's playmates, or some other person who was not ill himself, did indeed have the polio virus and did communicate it. The un witting carrier was protected from paralysis by polio anti bodies in his blood. The child who came down with paralytic polio was not. Had that child been given the vaccine that Dr. Jonas E. Salk developed with support from the March of Dimes, he might have been spared paralysis. His par ents could not have been sure of this no vaccine protects ev erybody but the chances would have been somewhere between 60 to 90 per cent that the child would have been brought through his infection with, at worst, a brief illness, and more likely with no illness at all. Immunization Not Known News About Books From the Library BY' MISS HELEN WEBSTER Medford Librarian Why stop learning? It's a good question to ask yourself during American Education week; and American Education week is a good time to enroll in the "Peo ple's University," your public library. Sometimes we fail to realize the importance of education un til the opportunity for formal schooling has passed. Frequent ly new interests point out the need for background informa tion in fields not covered en route to a diploma. Fortunately your public library, an integral part of the American system of public education, stands ready to help you with information that is as fascinating as it is use ful. Origins Told You'll be entertained and in formed at onjee in reading Charles Funk's "Heavens to Bet sy and Other Curious Sayings." Here we learn the origins of fa miliar expressions and gain a fresh appreciation of our Ameri can everyday speech. Power, Safety Advances Listed For New Chevrolet Detroit Advances in dur ability, safety and power high light engineering achievements in the 1956 Chevrolet. Engines, both V-8s and sixes, nave redesigned nign-iitt cam shafts and hydraulic valve lift ers. Horsepower varies from 140 in the six Cylinder with an 8-to- 1 compression ratio to the 205 V-8 with a compression ratio of 9.25 to 1. ' Chevrolets are available in standard, overdrive or Power- glide transmissions. New Clutch Facing Durability for V-8 engines in clude features of a new clutch facing to provide smoother op' eration and a new filter system which prolongs the life of the engine by providing cleaner oil throughout the engine. Among safety features of the 19o6 series is new sealed beam headlights, designed to lower beam ' lens pattern which pro vides more light along the right- hand-side of the highway.. The new lights also provide improved vision m inclement weather. .tt.no mer saieiy leaxure is A 2.1 . I . crash-tested door locks which re duce danger of doors springing open in an accident. The fea ture was introdued on the Chev rolet last year. The 1956 Chevrolet is on dis play at Courtesy Chevrolet, Ninth and Bartlett. Check Case Suspect Arrested in East Alfred L. Mayes of East Lynn, W. Va., is being held in Yayne, W. Va., for local authorities for uttering and publishing a false check. Medford police said Mayes passed a S1.000 company check, which was payable to Veneer Sale corporation from Pacific Forest Sales. Police said Mayes had in his possession at the time of arrest i a S4.000 bogus check. Mayes also is wanted in Los Angeles, Calif., for automobile theft, police said. ARTICLES FILED Salem U.P.) Articles of in corporation were filed here Sat urday for the Jackson County Dairy Herd Improvement Asso ciation with headquarters at Eagle Point. They were signed by Will Hubbard, Victor Bird seye, Don Geren, Lewis Clark Your doctor cannot tell you whether your child has been im munized naturally to paralytic polio through previous "silent infections." There is no simple, practical test he can make in his office. That is why every, child should have the protection of the Salk vaccine and for that matter why every young adult should have it too as soon as enough vaccine is available. The vaccine achieves pretty much the same preventive ef fet, artificially, that an actual polio infection does naturally; that is, it sets in motion the hu man chemistry which produces protective antibodies, ready made, into the blood stream in given, limited supply. Rather, it is a miniature Point 4 Pro gram helping the body to help itself: The only way science has found to trigger this latent self-defense when nature has failed to do it Everyone takes an interest in the weather. You can make that interest scientific with a perusal of Irving Krick's "Sun, Sea, and Sky; Weather in Our World." Another good course in general science is offered in "Frontiers of Astronomy" by Fred Hoyle. The author brings the ereat questions of space and time within the grasp of the reader who has no specialized training in matnematics and physics. Public Speaking The business man who wishes he'd taken that elective course in public speaking can make up for lost time with "Thp Snoor.1,. maker's Complete Handbook." by Edward L. Friedman. Here is a real storehouse of interesting, colorful material which will be a source of infor mation and entertainment as well as a comrjlete rl guide for public speakers. How were you in history? You'll probably find it a great deal more interesting to read when there's no term examina tion to anticipate. Try Alfred Duggan's '"My Life for My Sheep," a highly imaginative, yci auu-.entic, biography of j. nomas a tiecket, clerk, arch bishop, martyr the man for wnose murder a king was flogg ed. His life is a familiar story, Tl U . i vwjcii, is unusual is ivir. Dugean s masterly treatment of the sub ject. Northwest History American history holds more interest for vou than that of medieval Europe, your libra ry suggests the definitive biog raphy of Chief Joseph, by Helen T-fmi,aj .. arm t Juie journals of J-ewis and Clark," edited by Bernard de Voto. Any journey you take in the Northwest will De made more interesting this background study. by Perhaps geography is more to your taste. If you like it near, we oner you Ruby El Hult's "Untamed Olympics," telling me aiory ot one of the wildest, strangest, most fascinating re sins in America, Washington's uiympic Peninsula. Go farther aneid, if you choose, with John Gunther's latest inside book, 'Inside Africa." In the familiar manner of his earlier sui-vpv the author investigates political dim social conditions on the Af- "u i-uuuueni. tanouid you wisn 10 investigate the continent yourself, you will find a practi cal guide to Africa, very recent ly published.) There are no tuition fees: your student card is issued to you free of charge. Why not en roll this week m the "People's university" on the .Medford Public Library campus? MODERN Need New Stovepipe? WE HAVE ALL SIZES CHANGE Furnace Filters NOW All Sizes from 89' PLASTIC PIPE AND FITTINGS ALL SIZES Vz in. I in. . . 9c ft. 21c ft. Children is through the use of the virus itself by introducing inactivat ed virus directly into the body. In a small minority of instances nothing happens in most .people the reaction to the presence of the virus is a quick emergency output of antibodies. Safe Way Sought - It would be easy enough to do this dangerously. Dr. Salk's job was to find a way to do it safely. It was complicated, moreover, by the fact that there are three types of the polio virus, any one of which can cause paralysis. Hence all three types had to be embodied in the vaccine. Dr. Salk rendered the virus harmless to human beings by "killing" it with a solution of formaldehyde. By the Salk meth od it is inactivated so that it cannot cause Daralvsis. vet not so completely "dead" that it ! loses its effect on antibody pro- duction. j Sham Battle ! Thus what happens in a Salk ! vaccination may be described as in the nature of a sham battle, j in which the human system is i conditioned to defend itself j against a harmless facsimile of j the polio virus, and after which ' it remains armed and ready in case the real thing comes along. ! As soon as Dr. Salk and his I colleagues learn how long the effect of one course of Salk vac cine shots lasts, and when, if ever, iurtner booster shots are j needed, immunity to paralytic polio can be made lifelong. When the day of universal vac cination comes, at least three out of four of those persons who are now susceptible to paralysis will be forever safe from it. 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