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Quotes From the News
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Lexington, Va. Dr. Arnold Toynbee, British historian,
on the big problems of the world:
'The big problems are on this planet, not in outer space.
There's not much time to put this planet in order."
Paducah. Ky. Gunman Carl Burton, 24, wanted for an
alleged kidnaping, on his surrender at police headquarters:
"Here I am. I give up."
Miami, Fla. Gordon Dunn, chief forecaster of the Miami
Weather bureau, on the cold wave that has plunged Florida
temperatures as low as 20 degrees:
"This is definitely the worst winter on tourists in Florida
on record and it s one of the worst on citrus, vegetables and
cattle." t
Franklin, Pa. Deputy Sheriff Jim Nast, on 22-year-old
Mrs. Lydia Dean's decision to spend her first nftjht of free
dom behind bars after a jury found her innocent of murder
ing her Air Force husband:
"Here she feels secure. She feels more secure up there (in
her second floor cell) than she does on the outside."
, Atlanta Rabbi William B. Silverman, in an address be
fore a human relations institute, on what the nation needs
in the space age:
' What the United States needs is guided men and women
instead of guided missiles."
APPLEGATE VALLEY
Grayback Snow Measured
Even Earth Worm
Can Learn Things,
Scientists Reveal
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York IP A fascinat
ing fact from the lesser known
vineyards of science is that
""v even an earth
worm can
learn things
and doesn't
forget after
he's lost his
head. He
grows a new
head and con
tinues to prof-
,it from his
beioi smith learning.
Science also knows why
hens lay so many -ggs which
is an astonishing thing when
you keep in mind that two to
a dozen in spring time is all
most birds bother to. lay. The
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley A snow
depth of 96 inches on the
Grayback snow course is re
ported by R.alph Ash, soil
conservation employee, who
made the snow measuring
trip with a Sno-Cat last week,
according to a report from
Star Ranger station here
Snow was said to have al
most a 100 per cent water
content.
Mrs. Ash accompanied her
husband on the trip. The
route to Wrangle Gap was
blocked by a fallen tree with
roots blocking the road, al
though it was expected the
Sno-Cat could make the trip
when the tree could be re
moved. When the Sno-Cat is
not able to make the entire
trip, the remaining course is
made on snow shoes.
Snow measurements are
taken three times annually
during the last week of Jan
uary, February and March.
This is the second year that
the soil conservation has takr
en over the snow measure
ment. In previous years it
was done by district forest
service personnel, who made
the entire trips on snow shoes.
Ash does a number of loca
tions on the Rogue Riv? Na
tional forest, as well as on the
Umpqua.
The next special event in
the new Ruch Community
church will be a farewell
party for Fred DeVos, teacher
of the high school boys' class,
who is leaving Sunday to
serve in the Army reserves.
There was a record attend
ance at the first service in the
new building Sunday morn
ing. Church groups from the
lower sections of the valley
attended the Praise service on
Sunday evening in observance
of the opening of the new
biulding. The Rev. Lester
Stevens of Provolt gave the
sermon.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Offen
bacher and daughter, Dana
Lynn, and Mr. and Mrs. Cur
tis Gearhardt drove to Cres
cent City Sunday where they
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Elvis Offenbacher.
Mrs. Elsie Hansen of Free
water arrived by plane Sat
urday and is visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. "Odge"
Hansen.
The Barnes Avenue Play
ers, Medford. dramatic group,
will present a mental health
play, "And You'll Never
Know," at a meeting of the
Ruch Parent Teacher associ
ation Friday, Feb. 7, at 8
p.m., according to Larry
Tweedy,- program chairman.
Mrs. Dave Winningham will
lead the discussion afterward
There will be a business meet
ing and social period with
Mrs. Donald Main, fourth
grade room mother, in charge
of serving. The meeting is
open to the public.
Mrs. Minnie Offenbacher is
at the home of her brother,
Otto Walters, at Castro Val
ley, Cal., where she is con
valescing from surgery at
Stanford Lane hospital in
San Francisco. Mrs. Offen
bacher was accompanied
south by her son, Fritz.
A total of $54 was netted
lor the March of Dimes at the
.pplegate-Ruch grade school
basketball game at Ruch gym
last week. Girls' volleyball
teams also competed, with
Applegate winning both
games.
Miss Nancy Howard and
John J. Oxley Jr., of Port
land will be married in a
Catholic ceremony in Port
land Feb. 15. Miss Howard is
a niece of Mrs. Leon Offen
bacher, and is known by
many in the community.
Rural reflections and views
of local gals in selected mo
ments of calm efficiency:
Mary Farrand on a Sunday
afternoon was teiling a couple
of friends how she takes a
mop along as she moves from
room to room in getting her
morning work done, and thus
has hours and hours every
day for knitting and tatting
Stella Offenbacher thinks
nothing of making up three
or four batches of cookies in
order to get 20 or so cattle
men together for their annual
business meeting. Evelyn
Fossen, as she set out on the
daily job with the family buil
ding program and cement
pouring, said she was wear
ing an old red hat, two pairs
of pajamas, wool trousers, and
top coat.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester An
derson and family of San
Francisco were recent guests
of Anderson's uncle, Edward
Finley. Anderson, who form
erly lived here is in the Navy.
Other guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Finley were his
brother, Lester Finley,-Med-
ford, after making his home
in Klamath Falls for many
years.
CARRIER KEEL LAID
Norfolk, Va. UP The keel
for the world's first atomic
powered aircraft carrier was
laid at the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock
Co., Tuesday. Secretary of
the Navy Thomas F. Gates
Jr., said in Washington the
carrier will be named "En
terprise" to perpetuate the
name of the World War II
carrier that won seven battle
stars in the Pacific; and six
other predecessors of the
same name. The vessel will
be powered by eight atomic
reactors.
Portland Transit
Company Hot To
Consider Delay
Portland OP) Rose City
Transit company Tuesday re
fused to consider a delay of
its deadline for halting buses
in Portland's mass transpor
tation system. Charles C.
Bowen, spokesman for the
San Francisco firm which
owns the system, said the
buses will stop Feb. 28, de
spite an attorney general's rul
ing that a fare increase de
manded by RCT would re
quire approval of the state
public utilities commissioner.
Ultimatum Not Bluff
An estimated 30,000 to 40,
000 persons, including school
children, use the bus system
daily.
Bowen said the firm's ulti
matum for a fare increase "or
else" was not a bluff. All but
one member of the Portland
city council had approved an
emergency ordinance grant
ing the increase to keep the
buses operating but the ordi
nance required a unanimous
vote that was lacking when
Commissioner O r m o n d R.
Bean voted "no."
Bean said that he would
stand firm against the in
crease as long as legal ques
tions remain.
Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton said the State
Supreme court has affirmed
many times that the state's
authority in rate cases is par
amount. Portland City Attor
ney Alexander G. Brown dis
agreed with Thornton. He
said he believed the city had
full control over the bus sys
tem under the terms of the
motor carrier act.
To Vote Again Tuesday
.The council is due to vote
Tuesday on another fare -increase
ordinance without an
emergency clause. It could be
passed withoift Bean's vote
and would give Rose City its
fare increase by March 6. But
Bowen held fast to his Feb. 28
deadline.
He said "I for one went to
assure all of 'you we're not
bluffing. We do have to pay
our bills and if we can't pay
them, we have to make other
plans for the future."
hen lays as many as 200 a sea
son because people systimati
cally rob her nest. By the
technique of nest-robbing, a
scientist caused a woodpecker
to lay 71 eggs in 72 days.
On the other hand, an aphid
lays eggs only in the fall.
These eggs "winder" and in
the warmth of the spring sun
hatch aphids. One "winter"
egg could give rise in one
summer to so many aphids
their weight would equal the
weight of the world provid
ed there was an unlimited
food supply for aphids and
their natural enemies left
them alone.
Has Natural Enemies
But insects have natural
enemies other than other in
sects and people. Houseflies
get athlete's foot, for exam
ple, and there is a "staph" in
fection which usually kills
about half the flies who pick
up the bug. Insects are knock
ed off by viruses as well as
by bacteria.
So far as science knows, it
has never ' rained cats and
dogs, but it has rained fish
and frogs. Small herring
bounced down on' Appin,
Scotland, in 1830 and in 1900
froes rained down on Liver
pool. These creatures had
been picked up at sea and
from marshland by water
spouts. Ostriches never bury their
heads in the sand or anything
else. As birds go, the ostrich
is not stupid but smart. The
males will decoy enemies
away from nests by stagger
ing off and then collapsing as
though dying. The males rule
over three to four females
who tay their eggs in the
same nest. At night, the male
sits on the eggs.
Some Wood Sinks
Not all woods -float in wat--er.
Many sink to the bottom.
The wood of the quebracho
or "axbreaker" tree of Argen
tina weighs 87 pounds per
cubic foot. Fresh water
weighs 62.5 pounds per cubic
foot. To float, an object must
displace its own weight in
water, and any object which
weights more than water, cu
bic foot to cubic foot, can't do
it.
These answers to out-of-the-way
scientific questions
arp taken from a new book.
"Science in Everyday Things"
(Harper, New York) by Will
liam C. Vergara, an electri
cal engineer but a scientific
question and answer man by
hobby. The book is Q. and A.
from start to finish. The ques
tions range over most of the
sciences but not one of the
several hundred is removed
from the common experiences
of people.
Wednesday. February 5, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAILV TRIBUNE FIVE
STUDY VOLCANO
Catania, Sicily OP) Ex
perts from the University of
Catania went to the slopes of
Mt. Etna today to observe the
latest eruptions of Europe's
biggest volcano. Etna emitted
loud and frequent explosions
from two of its craters Tues
day and sent three waves of
lava down its Slopes. The vol
cano has been active on and
off since last June.
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parents of a son, Edward
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There is much astir in the
cullinary field these days as
local women anticipate two
important functions this
month. The smorgasbord to
be given by the Jacksonville
PTA will be attended by
many parents from the Ap
plegate, and Mrs. B. J. San
ford and Mrs. Ed Fossen are
serving on food committees.
Turkey, ham and salmon are
among the foods to be served
and there will be free square
dancing and free baby sit
ting, according to Mrs. Leon
ard Wicksten, chairman of the
event. Serving will be from
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' Grange ladies are planning
for the Valentine turkey din
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features all homemade pies of
cherry and apple.
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