Sunday, Mb. 7, 1960
MAIL TRIBUNE, Mecfforel, Or.
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SPRING TRAINING Terry Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Smith of Lake Belton, Texas, is getting in some early
practice for the coming marble season. Although the only
spring she has seen so far this year is spring showers, she
isn't taking chance on someone getting the jump on sharp
ening the eagle eye. (UPI Telephoto)
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Wat kins
We Might Call Vines
Snakes of Plant World
If we looked at plants with
the same objective with which
we consider animals, we
would probably classify vines
as the snakes of the plant
world.
Any plant with a long
slender stem that creeps,
clambers, crawls or climbs
by winding itself around a
support or holding fast with
tiny vegetative fingers or ten
drils can be numbered among
the plants called "vines."
Some clamber silently up
the perpendicular sides of a
building or a wall, their tiny
holding rootlets resembling
clasping fingers, wriggling
and squirming to enter a
crack or crevice. Some vines
show almost plant-intelligence
by holding their leaves and
stems flat against the sup
porting surface to avoid tear
ing winds or other factors
that might tear them loose.
Timid Vines
Some vines appear almost
timid, emerging from the
earth that cradled them as if
afraid, and later grasping ea
gerly some support as if in
apology for clambering
aboard. Others are bold and
aggressive, may eventually
destroy by strangulation, the
host plant c- which they for
merly leaned for support.
Vines are unusual inasmuch
as most of them depend upon
some other plant or object for
upport. Being naturally
weak, they can only attain
their place in the sun by
climbing and grasping trees,
racks or buildings. Some nev
er develop beyond the stage
ahere they can cling to small
plants, hardly larger than
themselves.
Vines are equipped with
various kinds of clasping, or
finger-like tendrils, that either
grip or penetrate the support
in order to hold on and grow
ever upward. To attain this,
many ingenious methods have
been developed. All are suc
cessful depending on the en
vironment, the variety or the
surface over which the vine
is desirous of growing. Gen
erally, these little "holding
fingers" commonly called ten
drils only keep the vine in po
sition. They carry no food or
water to the leaves or stems.
Tiny 'Hands'
There are vines that actu
ally appear to send out tiny
"hands" that seek and find a
firm grip on flat surfaces.
Once affixed they hang on
with an actual "death grip."
They can be torn in two be
fore they can be torn loose.
Some tendrils seem to ex
ude a cement-like fluid that
becomes exceedingly sympa
thetic with the surface, actu
ally gluing the plant stem to
the support.
Vines serve an important
function in the plant world.
In many places they literally
tie the tropical forest togeth
er, creating of themselves,
powerful vegetable ropes that
twine and hold with a tena
cious grip. The vines may be
"lazy,", but most of them show
considerable initiative. All
their efforts go Jto "getting
somewhere.' They waste no
time or energy in creating a
trunk when some one else's
will do as well.. . .
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
Timber Units in
Reservation May
Be Readvertised
Portland - The department
of the interior Saturday an
nounced that three Klamath
Indian timber units valued at
S21.23S.030 will be consid
ered for readvertising for sale
if sufficient requests are re
ceived from industry.
Bureau of Indian affairs
said the units were offered
first in the Jan. 20 bid open
ing. However, no bid vas re
ceived, although there was a
request for extending the
time for submitting bids for
two units, the Modoc Point
and the North Marsh units.
The request from the Spe
cialty Gas Products, Inc., of
San Francisco for the exten
sion was denied.
Consider Readvertising
The interior department
has notified that if it receives,
prior to Feb. 23, sufficient re
quests to show there is sub
stantial Interest in bidding, it
will seriously consider read
vertising. Only one of the four units
offered Jan. 20 was sold. It
was the Antelope Desert unit,
which Crown Zellerbach pur
chased at $1,642,182. ,
The other units in the de
partment's proposal for con
sideration in readvertising for
bids are the Modoc Point with
56,389 acres nd 374,569
board feet of Ponderosa pine
and other saw timber with a
realization value of $3,784,
618: the North Marsh with
45.895 acres. 393,751 board
feet of saw timber and 174,
890 cords of lodge pole pine
pulp with a realization value
of $11,047,3756, and Sykan
with 61,611 acres, 282,797
board feet of saw timber and
204,217 cords of lodge pole
pine with a realization value
of S6.403.036.
The bureau of Indian af
fairs offered the units in ac
cordance with the Klamath
Termination act. The units
are governed by specifications
and minimum requirements
for sustained - yield manage
ment under provisions of the
act.
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