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MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Or. C Wteneaday, Apr, 20, 160
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Bom Confuiing Things
About tht Boll Wttvil
"How did the weevils get
into the flour? I had the jar
tightly sealed. Were they
there all the time? If they
were, how do they get out?
Of course the weevils are
In the flour because the eggs
were there all the time, wait
ing for the temperature to
reach a point where incuba
tion would be possible. As
soon as outside warmth reach
es a proper degree, the eggs
hatch.
Consider the case of the
lady who asked the question,
"How'd they get in there?"
She had kept the jar of flour
In the refrigerator while she
was away on vacation. When
she returned, she removed the
jar, the temperature arose
and the weevils hatched. The
weevil eggs may even have
been In the wheat before it
was milled, or they may have
been deposited later.
Could Past Through Screen
Being very small, they
could pass through the finest
screen. After hatching, the
weevils could not get out of
the iar. but they wouldn't
want to. The little demons
would just as soon spend all
their miserable little lives
richt there in the flour jar,
All this, of course, is rela
tively simple. But from here
on things get a little sticky.
We know what the weevil
lives on flour. But the basic
law of all living things is an
adequate supply of water. All
life depends on It. The tissues
of all bodies are predomin
antly water. Yet the flour
beetle lives in a bone-dry ma
terial and raises other genera
tions of weevils, and not a
single one of them ever has
the chance or even the desire
to get a drink of water.
This process, or water neg
lect, has been under scientific
observation for many genera
tions of weevils, and all the
weevils continue to live and
thrive in a dry world without
the slightest trace of moisture
Yet II we take one of the
little fellows, mash him on a
piece of paper or on a glass
slide, we find, as in all an
imals great and small, its
body Is composed mainly of
body fluids or moisture.
This puzzling fact naturally
led to all kinds of investiga
tions, and science came up
with another batch of bizarre
discoveries, but not the ex
planation. Somewhere in the
complex biological makeup of
the weevil, is a mechanism
that prevents the loss of any
water whatsoever. The mois
ture instilled in the first wee
vil is retained therein for all
time apparently, and strange
ly enough, is Implanted in
each and every egg laid, to
give future generationi of
weevils all the moisture they
are going to need for the rest
of their lives, and enough left
over to furnish future off
spring with an adequate sup
ply. All of which Is pretty com
plex setup to be contained
within the body of an insect
no larger than a fine grain
of sand. This may or may not,
explain a part of the life his
tory of the little insects you
may find in a sealed jar of
flour if conditions are right.
After all, the biggest ques
tion doesn't seem to be how
the weevil got inlo the sealed
jar, but how did the water
get inlo the weevil?
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
Alaska Census
Poses Problems
For Head Counters
Anchorage, Alaska - IUPI1 -Mrs.
Betty Nelson, an attrac
tive, personable mother of
four children, is headed on
what she describes as "one
heck of a trip."
Mrs. Nelson, as one of the
three supervisors for Alaska
during the 1960 census, start
ed a head count April 1 in a
territory that stretches in
length equal to the distance
from the tip of Lake Michigan
to Los Angeles. Her "trip"
will take her, in a 25-day per
iod, from the tip of Attu
Island in the Aleutian chain
to the Canadian border. Her
territory covers roughly 200,-
000 square miles.
To Visit Remote Cabins
During the period of the
census, Mrs. Nelson and her
crew of 113 enumerators will
visit remote trappers' cabins,
die-hard gold miners, nomadic
Eskimos and small groups of
homesteaders, Including the
remaining Michigan "58'ers"
who left their homes In that
state and moved to Alaska to
carve out a rough but new
life.
All arrangements for the
census In the largest state
have been made. Bush pilots
are ready to fly to more re
mote homesteads. Dog-sleds,
kayaks, ferry boats and snow
shoes are ready for the trips
the head-counters will make.
The boats and kayaks will
be used, according to Mrs.
Nelson, when she and her
staff start counting the 49th
slate's native population in
the Aleutians. The dog sleds
will be pressed Into action in
the interior of Alaska, and
the bush pilots will spread out
to areas too remote to be
reached by other means of
transportation.
An attempt to lake the cen
sus in 1950 was not too suc
cessful because of the ex
tremely rugged terrain, in
clement weather and lack of
sufficient transportation.
But preparations for this
year's census have been going
on at full speed for more than
three months.
In all, Alaska consists of
roughly 586,000 square miles
with a population of some
250,000 people.
Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
HARPO MARX loves to find short cuts when he's driving
a car. Bound from Los Angeles to the sun-baked desert
one morning, he insisted to a friend at the wheel that he
iucw mueiruveicu
side road that would cut
the time oi the trip from
four hours to less than
three.
The friend accepted his
Suggestion and off they
drove on the side road.
Harpo hates to admit he's
wrong, but after hours of
steady but unproductive
driving he finally con
ceded, "I guess we're
lost."
"What makes you think
o?" asked the friend
sarcastically.
"for one thing," observed Harpo, "It's snowing."
Because Ihgrld Bergman love, to travel, a friend presented
Mr With a silver box bearing this Inscription: "The world is a
took and he who stays at home has read only on page."
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Yreka- Richard Samuelian,
27, of Grenada, was hospital
ized Saturday afternoon after
he attempted to step out of a
pickup truck while the vehi
cle, driven by Charles Rose,
57, of Yreka, was still moving
Savings of the average
American household now ap
proximate $5,500 - highest on
record. More banks use news
papers for their advertising
than any other medium. In
fact, more than use TV, radio
and magazines combined.
Sydney - Population o f
Australia has been estimated
to be near the 10 million
mark.
Lima, Peru - The highest
post office in the world is at
Cerro de Pasco, Peru, which
has an altitude of 14,385 feet.
Gov. Hatfield Said
Straddling Fence
Portland - IUPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield is fence straddling
on the Oregon Dunes Seashore
Park, State Democratic Chair
man Robert Straub charged
Tuesday.
Straub said recent state
ments by Hatfield on the park
have been so confusing and
contradictory as to be mean
ingless. "The governor should
speak out for himself on this
issue and tell the people
whether he will support the
park or whether he will op
pose it," Straub said.
He adds, "even after scores
of press releases on the sub
ject, I doubt if anybody yet
knows where Gov. Hatfield
stands . . . This is skillful
press agentry but it is poor
leadership," he said.
PERSONNEL MOVE
Tiller-Drew - The 26-mem-ber
staff of the Cow Creek
Forest Service district moved
into the cook house last week.
Personnel formerly were scat
tered among three separate
buildings at the station.
Everett, Wash.-IUPD-An ex
plosion in a sulphur storage
bin at the Weyerhaeuser pulp
mill here Tuesday blew
off the wooden top of the con
crete bin and shook the wes
tern side of Everett.
Northwest Leads in
Indian Timber Sales
Portland -WW)- The Pacific
Northwest produced two
thirds of the nation's revenues
from Indian timber sales in
1959, the Interior Department
said Tuesday.
Total sales of timber in the
10 areas of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs amounted to
$12,262,548.
Minimum Wage
Increase Opposed
Washington-flJPD-Spokesmen
for five lumber associations
Tuesday opposed any increase
in the minimum wage in testi
mony before a House educa
tion and labor subcommittee.
George J. Tichy, speaking
for the National Lumber
Manufacturers Associa t i o n,
said "any increase in the mi
nimum wage at this time
could pose a direct threat to
the jobs of more than 3,600,
000 employees presently earn
ing less than $1.25 per hour."
The subcommittee is con
sidering legislation to hike the
minimum wage from $1 an
hour to $1.25.
Edwards AFB, Calif. TUPI)
Seasoned pilot Joe Walker,
38, flew the rocket-powered
X15 for the second time Tues
day, flashing high over the
desert on a 10-minute flight.
Cultural Exchange
On DAR Agenda
Washinfton 0!PB The
Daughters of the American
Revolution was asked Tues
day to condemn cultural ex
change programs as a tool of
Soviet psychological warfare
and to demand a congressional
investigation of them.
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city council has voted to make
the parking limit in down
town Dallas two hours.
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