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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE W7K J ' Friday, March 23, 1831 IKE S THOUGHTS President Eisenhower, shown during a news conference, said he thinks it is incumbent on the boutnern states ta make some progress toward racial integration in schools, as decreed by the U. S. Supreme -hlf exec.utive also appealed for mediation of the Middle East crisis to avoid the world tragedy of a war in that tense area. Is That So? Tokyo, with Japan Air Lines Fair warning, compatriots, here's another Noggin Duster, good for young and old alike. Identify me by No. 2 and you are an Outdoor Expert; by No. 4, without a peek at the last para graph, a Woodsman; by No. 6 a Dude Wrangler; but 7 or more, a Drugstore Cowpoke, full of talk that'y shorn of knowledge and a strong dose of botany is in order. 7. Although a grass, I am one of nature s great boons to man the uses I am put to. particu larly in the Far East, number in the thousands. Some of my kind are climbers and armed with thorns; another yields a so-call ed honey; yet another bears a good-when-baked fruit. Mankind hunts game with me; sits on me; goes walking with me: eats me: writes on me; and blows on me for music. 2. Although we number more than 200 kinds, we are unevpn. ly distributed throughout the two hemispheres. Here in Asia, we are most abundant and range from Japan to Ceylon: In the Americas some of us thrive on elevations of 15,000 feet in the Andes. A few grow in arid re gions, and are highly regarded because oftentimes we are among the few plants to grow there. 3. We are the largest mem ber of the grass family, mostly tree-like in growth and do best in deep, rich soil. A balmv troo ical and sub-tropical climate suits most of us best and we like to be protected from severe winter winds. In trorjical Cev Ion, for example, we spread so rapidly that within a month a road through a growth of our kind will disappear completely it not kept open. Few Bloom Seldom 4. While most flower every year with a blossom not unlike that of grains and grasses few bloom only once or twice during a man's lifetime, every 32 years. In some species, the fruit is like grain; in a few like nuts; and one rare kind bears an apple-like fruit. 5. Because of my extensively branched root system and the flexibility of my stem, we stand up better than most plants or trees in a hurricane hence peo ple run to me for protection. My columnar stem, sometimes three feet in girth, is usually smooth, hollow and jointed with water tight partitions at each joint. 6. I am the fastest-growing of all plants shooting up to 20 feet within a couple of months sometimes In fact, growths up to 16 inches a day have been re corded with an annual growth of 120 feet and that's feet, broth er, not inches. Usually we grow in great clusters and in climates which seldom fall much below freezing. 7. My uses are .well-nigh end less some of the most extraor dinary perhaps " are: narrow strips of my wood, from 1 to 6 inches long with burned-in in scriptions have been circulated as money. My inner, pulpy lay ers make a fine grade of hand made paper. Small boats have used my single stalks for masts: bigger boats, several stalks lash ed together. Spiny species are planted as hedges for defense against foes animal and man. Many eat my tender shoots as vegetables, like asparagus; or as pickles and sweetmeats the latter doesn't last long in our household, because it is too deli cious Javanese make flutes out of me aiici a musical instrument not unlike a xylophone. Many Uses By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist 8. In the home, my uses are many: some build whole houses from floor joists to uprights, to i rafters, to tiles, to lattice-work ' for the windows. Furniture, too, ! can be made of me beds, chairs, tables, baskets and cages. And cooking utensils forks, I knives, water buckets, bottles, I woven plates and beautiful and j strong baskets. Add life pre- j servers, walking canes, hats, wa ter pipes, bridges ... j 9. In the western world, the : most familiar use is for fishing I poles, walking sticks, phono graph needles and in so-called reed furniture. But the most pleasant use, as far as the vriter is concerned, was invented by an American he took six slen- j der strips of this plant, elued 1 them together, and made a won- derfully light, strong and flex ible fishing rod. Mv favorite happens to be a IVi-ounce Win ston with which, despite its lightness, I can fling, out a dry fly 65 feet wtihout half-trvine. Still bamboo-zled? j (Copyright, 1956, by Eugene Burns) ' (Released by McClure News-- paper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement 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. the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't . answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letters to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito. Calif. Court Records POLICE COURT Daniel Balantes Bulebar, violation of basic rule, S10. li- DISTR1CT COURT Charles KinarH. Tin nnersfnr'c George Lee Asher, permitting un licensed nerson tn nnpmtp mntnr venicie. sio. Robert A. Wilcox, failure to oper ate on right side of highway. SIO. Clarenre V.. Minhl TTT nn nBr.tnrc license. S4. Charles W ripmmr -failure cinn at stnn si irn S 1 fl vy iinam ts. .pitchtord, violation of udMc rule. $1D. Calvin J. Hansen, overload, S153. William H. Navlnr. failure at stop sign, S10." Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Mom, bring the family to Penney's end see.,. SPRING'S IN VIEW IN EVERY EASTER . PATENT AND WHITE TODDLERS' 2-STRAP LEATHER SANDAL FOR EASTER 3.98 FAVORITE RED with UNDERWEDGE HEEL Widths B-C GIRLS' T-STRAP LEATHER DRESS-UP SANDAL 2.79 And Mom goes for Penney's ralue-Dacked nrirpf TKm'ro rail :ool casuals with fun-fringed trim, adjustable buckle for bet ter fit, open toe. Gay colors to match her Spring and Summer dresses. Sizes 12'i to 3. Sizes 8V2 to 12 2.79 Sizes 5 to 8 2.49 S.r A , . r. . ... . Spring's in view in Penney's NEW KID PUMPS Lots of Spring fun ahead for Penney's value-priced bow pumps! Lots of comfort for the girls ... lastex topline makes 'em cling to ner foot! Sanitized. Yellow, white. 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