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MAIL TRIBUNE, Msdford, Or. C Thursday, April 14, I960 Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkin Flsmlngo Brings Thoughts of Homnc Few wild creatures have in trigued the romantic mind of man more than that strange and beautiful wading bird called the flamingo. Even the thought of this bird conjures in the mind visions of tropi cal islands when palm trees way, and where wide, sandy beaches are edged with the emerald green of the running surf. At one time In the remote past, flamingos lived and nested in the southeastern United States. At least, fossil remains uncovered In recent year would indicate this possi bility. Today the nearest nest ing area is in the Bahamus and on some of the small Islands north of Cuba. The flamingo is one of the world's largest birds of bril liant plumage. It is described most correctly by the words "flame-feathered." At the ap- proach of the nesting season the feathers grow more color ful until they reach the hue of a troDical sunset. They are related to the herons, and like them nest only near water. The flamingo never builds a nest in a tree, however, but constructs a chimney of mud in the shape of a tall column. These nest turrets, sometimes a foot and half tall, arc probably an instinctive act on the part of the bird to raise the actual nesting platform above the water should a high tide inun date the area. The birds do not straddle the turret, but fold the legs underneath the body, letting the elbows, or more rightly the knees, stick Out behind. On top of the turret a single egg is laid. Both parents share alike In incubation, a period lasting about 34 days. When the chick is hatched, another logical reason for the chimney-like nest becomes appar ent. The heavy rains of a trop ical rainy season seldom reach the baby; he stays high and ory. their nests. It wt rather puz zling at first, but it was later discovered that the birds in sist on a certain kind of mud. When at last the right kind was supplied, the birds got busy and heaped the mud up nto the turrets tnat every flamingo demands for its nest- in e platform The flamingo is peculiar too, in its eating habits. Here again things have to be just right; no half measures will do. When feeding, the bird performs a strange sort of dance. It raises and lowers its webbed feet In order to stir up the bottom mud. When properly stirred, the bird low. ers its head into the muddied water. The bill has a peculiar dip, and it scoops up the mud from between the treading feet. When feeding, the head is ac tually upside down. In this position the bill points back ward, and is parallel to the muddy bottom. And all the time the two feet continue to stamp up and down. From the mud they secure the tiny mollusks on which they feed. There are areas in the Ev erglades National Park suited to the flamingo. Perhaps it can be encouraged to make its home there, and live In its wild, natural state. There have been instances recorded when flocks of these exotic birds have migrated into Florida, where they waded majestically along the lonely shores or stepped dain tily over the tidal flats. But they never stay long; neither do they ever attempt to build a nest. Somewhere, back in the remote recesses of their minds, there still must be the memory of unpleasant things that happened to their ances tors many years ago. The retention of Instinctive fear must be Instilled like a poison In their brains, for the birds with the flame-colored feathers launch themselves back into the air and return in ihptr riimlnishlnir island I homes. For many years captive I (Released by The HegUtat and flamingos refused to build Tribune Syndicate, 19B0) r ii yy v"0"fjmr PROPOSED BRIDGE -This Is an artist's Impression of a section of the proposed 25-mile-long English Channel bridge to 'link Great Britain and France. The bridge would be 110 feet across, having a five lane motor highway, two railroad tracks and separate paths for cyclists and motor cyclists. The span would be built 200 feet above the channel-high enough to allow a liner the size of the Queen Mary to pass underneath. The bridge, a joint British, French and American enterprise, would cost $560 million. (UPI Telephoto) Graphite Rolls Up Like Window Shade London (Science Service) -The lubricating properties of graphite are due to micro scopic layers, Inside the graphite crystal, that rolls up like window shades and act like roller bearings, recent re search Indicates. This modi fies the older explanation -that the graphite layers slide over each other like a slip pery deck of cards. Dr. W, Bollmann and J. Spreadborough of the Bat telle Memorial Institute. Gen. eva, found the tiny rolls By using an electron microscope which magnified graphite samples 24,000 times. The lubricating quality of graphite changes with vary ing conditions of temperature, pressure and humidity. These changes are more easily ex plained, by the roll-up theory than by the slide theory, the Investigators reported here In the British scientific journal Nature. If the layers actually slid over each other, they could become "locked" together by foreign atoms. If this ever happened, graphite would be no good as a lubricant. The Family Council Edltur'a Note! The Family Council consists of Judge, ft psychiatrist, three cleriymen, a newspaper editor a wunien'a editor and two writers. Each article la a summary of an actual -ase history. The Council reports on uruuiciii. iiijii uivi uvcu u.sii i h on rnapomiDie agencies ana counselor!. Morion J. I want to do freelance work. Lee J. I don't want the kids to suffer because of him. Morton J. My wife and 1 have been married 17 years and have four children, rang ing from 9 to 15. Lee has been working full time for the past three years. She went to work because an unfortunate venture of mine had gotten us into debt. am a commercial artist and went into related business with a supposed friend of mine. Within a year the busi ness was no more, my friend' 'had disappeared and I hadn't received a cent for my work. Since then I ve been work ing at a low-paid job that only uses a small per cent of my ability. I want to free lance and feel sure I can make more that way. If Lee will only hold on to her job until I get established I'm sure all will be for the best. But she seems to think I'm trying to ItU Uif n ' -V J I IT End Forever Bleach Damage . . .,. Vlv. , vr t u 1 . i . . V : V,; ! ' Hi ii a 1 1 , -1 i "r J W n Jrf 3 , X at a . ; , .V. j Change today to new White King Bleach Tabs FIRST LIQUID BLEACH IN SAFE TABLET FORM CAN'T MAK... SPILL OR LIAK. Slttch Tbi ffltks qui nary liquid and powdtr bliKhtioldlaiMooed. ALWAYS AT FULL STRkNOT H. Hell tat II Individually sealed In plastic lo protect Its tlsachlni poosr. i NO Ml ASURINQ NECOCD. One SKadl Tab does ivtr sit xriih. lull too It Inlo grout msheiwitnuitciMiwi. . USI ILCACH TABS Lv.Jhnnln. bniMmmj py W ot. In ins Isundir, i bitcnen and bjthrnom. No more bleach-weakened fabrics. No more holes from White King Bleach Tabs. Now, for the first time, you can have worry-free controlled bleaching action. Pick up a handy carton of 12 Bleach Tabs at your grocer's today. It is the safest bleach ever. X p. x - j awiri.'r.... 03Gv "Quality In the West for WO Years" ANOTHER FINE PRODUCT OF THE WHITE KING SOAP COMPANY use her as a workhorse while I loaf. . e Lee J. In all these years while I've had to run the home and hold down a full- time job, Mort has done noth ing about a single piece of freelance work. He complains that he can't make contacts during his working hours, but I feel sure that there must be some way for a talented man like him to get a little extra work. If Mort had consulted me in the first place we would never have been in this fix. I never trusted hla friend and I knew the business wasn't set up on a sound basis. But whenever Mort Is shaky about anything he does, he hides it from me. I Only find out when the Worst has hap pened. I don t want our children to .suffer because their dad hasn't a business head. I want them to get an education and the only way I can be sure of It is for us both to keep on working. e The Council! Many wives have a better business head than their husbands, but the smarter ones don't make an issue of It. They learn how to neip and guide by indirect methods and never, never glory In their shrewdness and their husband's lack of it. Nothing so destroys a man's ego as being shown up as an Inadequate breadwinner. Men today are more accustomed to seeing their wives go to work than they were at one time. But that doesn't mean they enjoy it especially when the children are young. When the wife docs It in an angry spirit and doesn't fail to remind her husband of his errors, it must indeed be a bitter pill. we cannot determine wheth er Morton should or should not take the risk of free- lanc ing. We can only point out some factors in the situation Lee appears to be overlook ing. It is Important for her to remember that her husband Is not eternally in the wrone simply because he made one mistake. The free-lance idea may not be bad. We don't say It is good, but merely that It is worth looking into more carefully and more ob jectively. Many artists do make good salaries at free lance work, Perhaps Morton and Lee should talk to some of these men and learn more about the problems. We get the Impression that Lee looks at the past in a bitter angry way and the fu ture In a frightened way. Zut she doesn't think the present is of any Importance. It is. She should see what she can do to Inject some sweetness nad Joy into her family life. This is more important to her children than the material beneifts she has in mind. If Lee were calmer and kinder in her approach to the family financial problems per haps Morton would confide in her more and she would be able to influence him in the right direction. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Wife Grabs Phone, Then Belts Hubby BalUmore-When Angelo C. Pistol! hit his wife during a domestic argument she pick ed up the telephone, police report. But she didn't call anyone. She socked him with it. Then, officers said, Plstoll's sister-in-law, Mrs. T. A. Toma. sino, clobbered lum with mop. After five stitches were taken in his scalp, Plstolt was booked for assault and dis turbing the peace. The com plaint was signed by his wife, Marie, and Mrs. Tomajino, Space Studies May Help Tame Bomb Radiation Washington-fScience Serv-lce)-Man-made satellites prob ing space within the solar sys tem may glean information leading to new ideas for the control of fiery H-bomb reac tions. This could be one result of the Inner solar system's hav ing become a "vast labora tory," Dr. John A. Simpson of the University of Chicago reported here. One of today's major problems in physics, he said, is discovering how elec tromagnetic fields originate in stars and space and speed up particles to such high energies that auroras, cosmic rays and other effects result. In a report on solar system physics by the National Academy of Sciences' Space Science Board, Dr. Simpson said this problem Is already under Investigation with satel lites and space probes. The report, "Physics of Fields and Energetic Particles in Space," is one of nine chapters in the Academy's survey of "Science in Space." Energetic particles are be lieved to exist througl out the universe, so that understand ing of their behavior within the solar system should also lead to knowledge of such questions as how galaxies de veloped. In the solar system, the sun, a star shining by its own light, is a fundamental energy source for generation of magnetic fields and accel eration of particles. The meth od by which the sun's energy is transferred is not yet under stood. However, Us extreme brightness is more a conse quence of its large mass than the fact the sun is burning up its substance, by turning hydrogen Into helium. If a comparable mass of living, breathing humans composed the sun, they would generate 5,000 times as much heat as the sun, Dr. E. N. Parker, also of the University of Chicago, reported. He described the "solar wind" as a stream of gas flow ing continuously from the sun at 300 miles a second and car rying with it a solar magnetic field. Solar winds may ac count for auroras and mag netic storms in the earth's atmosphere, he said. Dr. James A. Van Allen of the State University of Iowa reported on the present knowl edge of trapped radiation in the earth's magnetic field. He believes this radiation is concentrated in two. large belts around the earth. Mars and Venus, but not the moon, may also have such trapped radiation, he said. Year-Round Eggs Sought from Turkeys St. Paul, Mlnn.-flJPD-Sclen- tists are trying to convince turkeys they should lay their eggs the year around, not just in the spring. As things now stand, tur-1 keys do their mating and egg- laying in the spring, which means most turkeys grow up after hatching to reach mar keting size in late summer or fall. This Is fine for the Thanks giving rush. But the farmers would like to have more tur keys for sale the year around and spread out the profits a little. Scientists at the University of Minnesota have tackled the problem. They believe the amount of light that shines on a turkey may have something to do with its mating habits. Experimenters R. H. Shoff ner, Elton Johnson and R. E. Burger are experimenting with all sorts of light intensi ties and lengths of exposure to see what will happen. NORCROSS RELIGIOUS faster Cards Sea our tine selection iV'iifflan,, LOOK What A Peiroiroy Will at MATLACK'S Matlock Super Market ho mode arrangements with Mr. Wm. F. Thompson of Medford, to display part of his coin and currency collection Friday through Sunday, April 15, 16 and 17. Mr. Thompson will be on hand to g.v. informa tion on coins. Anyone desiring to dispose of old coins or bills see Mr. Thompson at the coin display. SmEEIS First 25 customers with 1955-S penny F-riday, Saturday gets Size 303 DOUBLE LUCK Green t Beans 1 Your 1911-S penny Buys 4 27e cans 2Vi cans VAN CAMP Pork & Beans 1 i Your 1909-S Lincoln Buys 3.00 Toward Any Any Meal 1g Purchase I Yor 1924-D penny Buys 7 Cans 303 3 Sisters WKGorn 1 Your 1931 -S Lincoln Buys 21 Cans of Sego or Carnation Milk .1' Your 1914-D penny Buys $11.50 Toward Your 1 Grocery Order 1 Your 1861 penny Buys 1.39 King size Tide 1 Your 1869 or 1870 penny Buys 20 Lb. Bag Frisky Meal or Cube Your 1864 penny Buys Any Pint of Ardens Ice Cream i" Your 1871 or 1872 penny Buys $4.25 Toward Your Easter Ham 1 Your 1866, 67, or 68 penny Buys 7 Cans Bagley No. 2Vi Size Freestone Peaches 1 Your 1877 penny Buys $14.10 Toward Your Grocery Order 1 Your 1908-S penny Buys 6 Lbs. of Your Favorite Coffee 1 Your 1884 nickel Buys 32 Oz. Can Joy Liquid C Detergent 9 t Your 1909-S Indian penny Buys 17.50 Toward Your Grocery Order 1 Your 1886 nickel Buys 4.50 Toward Your rour taster c nam I 1 Your 1857 or 1858 F.E. penny Buys 1.00 Toward Any Produce Item 1 Your1939-D or 50-D nickel Buys o-Dcuanuy jc Bars tr Matlock's will give grocery orders or credits to the amounts shown below for the following coinst All coins must bo in good condition. Please take your coins to Mr. Thompson. He will issue a credit slip which will be honored at the check stand: 1857 F.I. 1859 I 60 1862 . 1863 1864-L 1865 1871, 74, 1910-5, 12 1921-S, 24- CINTS 75, 76, s, U S, S, 26-S, 14-5, 15-S 31-D, 33-D, 33... 5150.00 .40 .25 .15 4.25 .15 .60 .25 .05 1885 .... 1912-S .... 1914-D .... 1921-S .... NICKELS And Many Others - $ 15.00 3.00 2.00 - 1.50 DIMES 1892-S 4.50 1894- 0 9.00 1895- 0 . 14,00 i0 13.50 Swifts Premium Fully Cookad Yams 20,29' Easter Table Special Nebergall's Best Bacon Squares a. 15 49 'A Whole or Shank Half CRISPY Frozen 8" Pies 3 to T Apple, Berry, Peach Radishes tr Gr. Onions 3 bunches 9' SUPER MARKET East Main at Ross Lane
