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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1959)
Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins '8 MedfordTribuxe SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 19S9 This Gifted Toad Blew Himself Up' He had eaten too much. Just because bugs were plentiful he had stuffed himself. Now he was very heavy and very sleepy. It was an effort to m,ove. That was why the big, fat toad remained where the morning sun found him, a few feet from the pool's edge. He wriggled down into the litter leaves at the base of the old log the best he could. He slept. To all outward appearances he was just an ordinary toad, little different from any of hia kind. Yet later events proved he was unusual. He may have been more alert and axious to live. Anyway he proved to be exceptional. He showed an aptitude for sur vival. Hungry Snake While he was sleeping away from home a hungry snake de tected him. Some faint noise or d a n g e r-sense awakened him and he looked into the cold, unblinking eyes of the approaching snake. Apparent ly he had faced such dangers before. Immediately he began his "blow-up." Even before the snake was close enough to strike, the toad's body be came balloon-like. His little, built-in pump worked fever ishly. His body swelled until the skin was drum tight. His legs stiffened and straightened until they were rigid and he was raised to his tip-toes. As if fascinated by the un believable spectacle before him, the snake stopped and stared. He didnt' attempt the wallowing act he had plan ned. The toad remained in flated - and unswallowable The snake remained motion less. His intended prey was much too large to be handled. Fear on the part of the toad must trigger the inflationary action. By some muscular con trol it takes in air until the body is inflated. 'After the danger is passed it allows the air to escape and regains its normal shape. Slithers Away After the snake gave up and slithered away, the puffed up toad released the air. Then a human hand picked it up . and . carried it away. Placed in a cage with another snake the toad repeated the air-intake. Other toads, under the same conditions, allowed themselves to be swallowed. The difference seemed to be with the individual. In the wild, the possibility of being swallowed must be an ever present danger, yet the ballooning act is seldom observed. The number of these creatures who save them selves seems to be few. So this "protection-infla tion," if that is what it is, may. be an accomplishment of only certain gifted individ uals. Perhaps Nature ordains that these few shall survive while the majority are des tined to be food for hungry snakes. Such a gifted one must have been he who stayed away from home that night, (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) Soil Pests Can Be Controlled Now Bugs like wire worms, ca cumber beetle larvae, white groubs and other soil inhabit ing pests can be controlled for two years or longer by apply ing an insecticide to the soil previous to working the gar den in the spring, according to Don Berry, Jackson county extension agent. Plant injury from root mag gots which attack radishes, turnips, cabbage and seed corn also will be reduced or eliminated, he said. Berry pointed out that it is important that insecticides be mixed thoroughly with the soil to a depth of four to six inches. Either aldrin, dieldrin or heptachlor may be used effectively, he said. Apply two pounds of 5 per cent granular or one-half pint of emulsifiable concentrate in five to 10 gallons of water for each 1,000 square feet of soil tobe treated, Berry said. He warned not to 'overdose since plant injury could be caused by excessive amounts of in secticide in the soil. The treatment also would be beneficial prior to setting out strawberry beds and cane berry patches as well as flow er beds, especially those which contain primroses, rhododen dron and begonias, for con trolling strawberry root weevil and wire worms. The state-aided Marriage Guidance Council in Britain operates centers in 100 cities and towns. I g i g if ft ft j SETCHELL CARLSON h T""'V " 1 1 1 1 Tmm wiijmrjr, i Now on Display at Paulsen's Thrift Market Central Point A-l RADIO 627 N. Centra! - Medford OPTIONAL - 4 FM-AM Plug-in Radio Tuners Stereo Record Player Stereo Speaker The set that never need leave home for service Unit-iezd Setchell-Carlson. You saw the beautiful "Low Bo' model at the Sportsfair. Now ask these progressive dealers for a per sonal demonstration. Plans for Family Counsel Agency Aired at Meeting Plans for incorporating the proposed permanent family counseling agency for Jack son county were discussed Thursday night at the, first meeting of directors and steer ing committee members in the county courthouse audito rium. Those present voted their support of formally establish ing the agency. Two committees were ap-. pointed, one to select tempor ary officers and the other to review the proposed constiU tion and by-laws for the agen cy. The next meeting is sched uled May 7, at which time further steps toward incorpo ration may be taken. Raising funds from private sources for operating the agency during its first year also was discussed. The agen cy would have to carry on for this period on its own, it is understood, before becoming eligible for assistance through the United Medford Crusade Only Other City It was pointed out that Portland is the only other Ore gon community having family service agency. Mrs. John Waterman, 'psy chiatric social worker with the state board of health, dis cussed the functions of a pri vate agency's directors in terms of policy and adminis trative procedures. Mrs. Henry Padgham, Dr. Harry Danielson, and Miss Celia Walker, who was chair man of the Thursday night meeting, discussed the mental health committee's activities during the past,three years in exploring tne need for a lam ily counseling service in this area. Dr. Danielson reported on the committee's pilot coun seling project last winter, which, he said, showed the need for such a program on a permanent basis here. Present board 'members in clude, besides Mrs. Padgham, Leon Mulling, Dr. Alva Gra ham, Mrs. Chester Fitch, Dr. William Thompson, Mrs Charles Bateman, Mrs. Robert Keeney, Mrs. Walter Bish, Charles Crary, Bob Taylor, Robertson Collins, Mrs. Leigh Gustison, Mrs. J. H. Gardner, Larry Clark, Mrs. Erie Klein, Dr. R. R. Martin, Rev. George Bolster, Dr. Thomas Rutter, Mrs. Richard Porto and Erv Hogan. Summary Meeting 01 Decisions Set A Great Decisions summary meeting will be held Monday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in the courthouse auditorium. The session will be in preparation for a similar one on the state level to be held May 8 in Corvallis. At the evaluation mee tines there will be discussion of the subjects, the ballots, and needs for the coming year. The Jack son county television series will be discussed, and plan ning for next year's study will take up part of the evening. A new county chairman will be chosen. Wallace Iverson, retiring chairman, will pre side, i The meeting will be open to anyone interested, and group leaders and members are asked to attend. Present for the Corvallis meeting will be Philip Van Slyck of the Foreign Policy association, New York, who prepared the fact sheets and opinion ballots for the study series. Als attending will be William Campbell, director of the western region of the association. Dale Carnegie Course Planned in Medford A new Dale Carnegie course is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. May 11, in the Medford YMCA. Ray Robinson, Bill Fish and Ralph Matlack, all of Medford, will serve as graduate assistants. Instructors will be brought in to conduct the course, which is being sponsored by the Northwest School of Com merce, Portland, and Jack Travis, owner of the Sun Pub lishing company, Hood River. Travis said the course is a self improvement class. Vet erans having Oregon educa tion benefits may use them to enroll in the course, he said. EVEREST AND JEMfZWS WHEELCHAIRS & WALKERS HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 E. MAIN PH. SP 3-5345 1 Black East of Hawthorns Park Open Sundiyi and Holidays 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Wtekdays 8:30 a.m.-lO p.m. wv7nnj?rF? rnn EMS Ml 1 Li A FINE BLEND OF INFORMATION - ENTERTAINMENT - o) LrQnnnnn EDUCATION O Edward R. 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