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The nest, all of a foot' long and about half a foot in diameter, was a dull, leaden gray color and wrin kled deeply on the outside like a prune. Storms Blew Up Then, in the darkness of a stormy night, the wind veered around into the north and blew almost a gale. It loosened the shingles on my home. Water from the rain ran down the walls. I listened to the storm and thought about the hornets' nest. Sleep ily I wondered if such a thin paper-like structure could withstand the fury of the storm. The following morning I hurried to repair my roof and later drove out to see the hor nets' nest. It hung down from the tree branch by only a few tattered shreds. The insects were flying aimlessly about apparently frustrated and be wildered. I felt a little sad All the work and care of building the nest was almost destroyed in a single night. It seemed that the few support ing shreds of material would break at the next wind and the entire nest would come crashing to the earth-a total loss. However, the following day when I returned the nest still hung, and what yesterday was an aimless bedlam of hornets was now an organized pattern of organization; the insects were repairing the nest. I found several hornets busily scraping a thin layer of wood from a barkless tree trunk, mixing the material with sali va from their mouths and rolling the damp mixture into tiny pellets. Flying back to the injured nest they spread the paper-like pulp over the tattered shreds that were holding the nest Other Details Not all the colony was working on the construction job either; some were coming and going on regular food gathering trips, paying little attention to the work detail that was repairing the dam aged nest. It took about 10 days to complete the work but in the end the nest was again secure ly attached to the tree limb. i" 2 Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins It hung a little lop-sided and some distance below the loca tion of the old position, but it seemed secure. I have often wondered, but never found out, who, or how, the work detail was 'selected, or how the order was given to repair the nest. The same storm that almost wrecked the hornets' nest also tore shingles loose from my own roof. The fact that I re paired by own roof was, I would like to believe, a form of intelligence. Structurally, the hornets accomplished the same thing, but what trig gered their actions is some thing the world of humans as sures me is stupid, blind, un thinking instinct. Easy TV Slippers Whip up gay TV slippers of corduroy, cotton, velveteen with rickrack and cross-stitch trim. Easy - two pieces plus sole for boot or ballet style. Pat tern 7292: cross-stitch trans fer, pattern pieces, small, me dium, large, extra large in cluded; directions. Send Thirty - five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st - class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, House hold Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, I Old Chelsea Station. New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly Mie Recommends New Power Project On Pacific Northwest tor FSrst Tome By A. ROBERT SMITH . Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington-President Eis enhower finally dropped the other shoe. His federal budget for the com ing year, the last, his ad min istration will handle, c o n t ained a request that Congress ap propriate $1, 4 0 0,0 0 0 to start construc- a Robi smitfe tion oi tne Green Peter dam on the Wil lamette V a 1 1 e y's Santiam river. This marked the first time since this Republican Admin istration took office that it has recommended the start of an all-federal hydroelectric dam in the Pacific Northwest. Other all-federal dams have been started in recent years during President Eisenhow er's tenure, but not at the Ad ministration's request. These other dams - John Day on the Columbia, Cougar Hills Creek in the Willamette Val ley, and Ice Harbor dam on the lower Snake River near Walla Walla-have all been started because of the success of Northwest Democrats in Congresss in aiding funds to presidential budgets to per mit the Army Engineers to undertake new dams. Additional Funds Once the projects were tacked onto appropriation bills, the Administration has followed up each year with requests for additional funds to keep construction going, al- 'Mr. X' Sought To Back Alibi in Louisiana Murder Baton Rouge, La. - (UPD -Dean George H. Mickey's at t o r n e y declined comment Monday on a report that the educator's family had located the "Mr. X" who could back up his alibi in the murder of attractive Margaret Rosa mond McMillan. "I'm not going to comment one way or the other on some thing like that," said attorney Robert L. Kleinpeter. Held in Jail The report that the man had been located in Dallas was said to have circulated among friends of the Mickey family. Mickey, 49, an in ternationally known scientist and dean of the Louisiana State University graduate school, is in East Baton Rouge Parish jail, charged with murder. "Rosie" McMillan, 38, an unmarried assistant professor of biology in the LSU New Orleans branch, was slain with 13 bludgeon blows that shattered her skull. Her body was found on a private lane six miles south of Baton Rouge at 6:30 ajn. Sunday, Jan. 10. She had been a scien tific protege of Mickey's for several years. In Company of Man District Attorney J. St. Clair Favrot announced over the week end that on the night of Jan. 9, when she was savagely beaten, Mickey claims to have spent from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in the company of a man named, to his best recollection, Sharon, Sheri dan. Sherrill, or something similar. The district attorney said Dr. Mickey told him the man was 30 to 35 years old, five-feet-ten, of medium build, and dark-haired. Mickey said the man was from the U. S. De partment of Education in Washington. The dean said he and the man discussed graduate fellowship grants over dinner in a Baton Rouge hotel. Check Fails The dean said he then took the man to the airport to board a plane for Houston, Tex. The district attorney said no one of that name or description is doing such work in the education depart ment, that no one left the air port for Houston at the time indicated, and that investiga tors have concluded that "no such person exists." Favrot called the man "Mr. X" and suggested rather sar castically that everybody should try to help find him. He implied that he believed the attack took place during those three and one-half hours. NAME. ADDRESS, PAT TERN NUMBER. JUST OUT! Our New 1960 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book contains THREE FREE Patterns. 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Wayne Morse, then a self described independent, joined in the attack on the power policy. In Portland's congres sional district, Rep. Homer Angell, another Republican, bowed to Democratic Edith Green. In 1955 Reps. Harris Ells worth and Sam Coon, both Republicans, continued their advocacy of partnership-built dams. That fall Sen. Neuber ger and Coon conducted a public debate on the issue in a series of appearances across the state The Democrats now controlled Congress, and de spite the Administration's Store With This 13-Cu. Ft. WESTIfJGHOUSE Two-Door Combination Cold injector provides constant even cold! Store perishables on any shelf . . . even on the door WHITE SALE PRICED ... 31 IBest Cookflng! 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The Democrats succeeded in adding funds to the budget to start all of these proposed partnerships dams as all-federal dams all, that is, but Green Peter dam, which elud ed their strongest efforts. Last year President Eisen hower dropped all mention of partnership in his budget. This year he dropped the other shoe and came out for all-federal construction. WestSnghpuse EASY TERMS More . . . 95 Less Trade-in (Was $349.95) 101 lb. Freezer Cold Injector Refrigeration Full Width Crisper Cheese and Butter Compartment Can Dispenser in Door Less Trade-in (Was $369.95) let you "fine-tune" the exact LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ! that Alary Ella Quesenberry has been appointed Executrix of the Last Will and Estate of ESTHER SHOCK, deceased, and has duly qualified. All persons having claims against said estate are here by notified to present the same with proper vouchers to the Exe cutrix at Route 1. Box 32. Rogue River, Oregon, within six months from January 19, i960. MARY ELLA QUESENBERRY Executrix of the Last Will and Estate of Esther Shock. Deceased. Edmund E. Vice-President TIT CIFIC KlORTHWEST Since 1913 SUITE 303, FLUHRER BLDG. PHONE SP 3-7319 5 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE Consult With Mr. Hass on Investment and Retirement Programs Using the Securities of . . . Utilities Banks Insurance Industrial' Mutual Fund Shares Other offices in Portland, Salem, Eugene, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Aberdeen. Bellingham, Yakima, Wenatchee and Walla Walla. BIG, BIG VALUES Store lit FLVtJM CENTER Sim1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1960 FILM OFFICIAL DIES New York (UPD Ulrich Bell, 69, executive assistant to the president of the 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. and a former Washington corres pondent for the Louisville (Ky.) Courier - Journal, died Sunday. Hass CoMPANl Annual Longer! m fa MODEL TKM-13 , MODEL BMD-40 214 West Main Phone SP 3-6241 Phone SP 3-3052
