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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Small
Worlds
Around
Us
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TrimgU Spider Limoi Hr
Piy And Seldom Miw
She was crouched there
among the needles of the ever
green tree, all ready to spring
the trap; she was the little tr !
angle spider, commonly called
the "lasso" spider, and for
very good reason. She actw
ally does lasso her prey. If
you take the time to watch
her sometime and notice how
she operates, you might be
amazed at her dexterity as a
trapper of Insects - she seldom
misses.
We are all more-or-Iess fa
miliar with the standard tech
nique of most species of spi
ders: to build a web, some
times elaborate and of con
siderable size, placed in a ver
tical position where flying in
sects are pretty sure to crash
into them. Some of the more
observant folks have also seen
the "tube-webs," where Mrs.
Spider hides in a funnel-like
den, ready to rush out and
grab any insect that strikes
the silk threads.
The wolf spider neglects to
construct a web, but stalks its
prey like a Jungle beast. Some
folks have marveled at the
trap-door spider which hides
in a hole in the ground and
covers the opening with
clever little door. Underneath,
in the burrow, the trap-door
spider holds onto the door
therby closing out the outside
world, where lurks her many
enemies.
Laiio Of Silk
But none of these "tried and
true" techniques are employed
by the triangle spider; this
little creature throws a lasso
of silk and catches her prey
by entangling it with a skein
of sticky threads. She dis
plays considerable skill in
casting her gauzy lasso.
The lasso spider is smull
and almost round. She can
usually be found In evergreen
trees. The trap she sets for in
sect capture could hardly be
called a web, except that it is
made of silk. She attaches
four lines to a twig, taking
care to space the lines the
proper distance apart. She
gathers up the four lines at
the free ends and tics them to
gether. What she has made then is
in the shape of a triangle, the
lour radiating lines coming to
gether. To the apex of the tri
agle she attaches a strong line.
She often goes back over the
four lines and adds more cross
lines (she doesn't want a small
insect to slide In between the
threads).
She picks up the connecting
line with her rear feet and
takes up her position. She has
a firm grip on some twig with
her forefeet. Then she pulls
the line tight with her rear
legs and Is ready.
Virtus of Pationca
Patience Is a virtue with the
little lasso spider. She Is will
ing to wail any length of
time, always maintaining a
steady pull on the holding
line. Asleep or awake, how
ever, she is always ready for
the slightest disturbance of an
insect body vibrating the
strands of the lasso. If an
alert cores, which it Is sure
to do sooner or later, she Im
mediately allows the web to
go slack, it rcbondg and en
meshes the insect In the sticky
linrs of the lasso.
She is well aware of how
securely the victim is caught;
if necessary she snaps the net
violently, pulling it tight then
releasing it quickly causing it
to snap upwards. Satisfied the
insect is caught she runs to II,
cats It If she is hungry or
throws a few lines of holding
threads about the body if she
deeicles to cat It later.
Either way, however, she
will untanglo the strands, re
arrange them into the triangle
again, grab the stout connect
ing line and bo ready lo lasso
the next victim.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Bray Wins Section
FFA Speech Contest
Alan Bray, son of Mr. and
M s. W. J, Bray, route 2, box
585, Central Point, was win
ner of the Future Farmers of
America sectional public
speaking contest at Crater
High school.
Ai winner of the Rogue
Umpqua - Upper Willamette
public speaking contest, Bray
will narticipate at the state
npe ig contest at The
Dalles.
Bray is a senior at Crater
High school, has won the dis
trict contest three consecutive
years and placed second, third
and first in the sectional con
test. He has served as treas
urer of the Crater chapter,
FFA, for the past two years
and was president of Its parli
amentary team.
The sectional parliament
ary contest was held the same
day as the speaking contest
with Craier chapter placing
second. i
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Dream City Rises
Off Florida Coast
By OTTO E. STRUM
Tierra Verde, Fla. -it'l'P- A
monument to a man and a
dream is springing up here by
the blue waters of the Gulf of
Mexico off the sun-drenched
west coast of Florida.
The man is Louis Brrlanti,
a native of Connecticut who
went to work as a laborer al
the age of 14 and, 30 years
later, had become head of one
of the largest construction em
pires in the world.
His dream was to build a
community that would give
its population and visitors the
daily pleasures of a year
round resort and yet be near
a major ccnlcr offering em
ployment and growth poten
tial to non-retired residents.
The monument is the island
city of Tierra Verde (Spanish
for "Green Earth").
Search
Several years of searching
across the United Stales and
into South America and Eu
rope elapsed before Bcrlanli
was to find the ideal location
for his pioneering project.
"It turned out that the keys
off St. Petersburg were really
the only perfect spot for Hie
undertaking," he said at Ti
erra Verde's recent official
opening.
In association with his son,
Fred, and with the financial
backing of the famous Murch
ison brother of Dallas, Tex.,
John D. and Clint W. Jr., Brr
lanti has made a planned city
P.M.
Business Peace
Corps Suggested
By Professor
East Lansing, Mich.-OJPP-The
Peace corps, considered
by many one of the most suc
cessful peoplc-to-peoplc ef
forts undertaken by the U.S.
government, should be ex
panded into business enter
prises, according to a Michi
gan State university profes
sor. Dr. Mordcchai Kreinin, eco
nomics professor, suggests the
Peace corps move into coop
eration with pmall and me
dium sized business firms
abroad.
"The success of the Peace
corps brings to mind the pos
sibility of enlisting business
organizations in similar pur
suits in the area of technical
assistance," Kreinin said.
He suggested such a pro
gram could be administered
by the Agency for Interna
tional Development (AID) or
an independent agency.
"Under the plan a partici
pating American cnlcrprisc
would form a partnership
with cither private Interests
or the government of an un
derdeveloped country, wilh
the foreign partner always
owning the controlling
share," Kreinin said.
"The American partner
would supply the central core
of managerial and technical
personnel necessary to set up
a plant In the participating
country. The Americans
would assume responsibility
for training local personnel
to gradually lake over the
management."
Krcinin's plan called for
the cooperative contracts to
specify a date to terminate
the partnership, at which
time the American partner
would pull out, leaving be
hind "a viable indigenous
company."
Giant enterprises should bo
excluded from such a pro
gram, the MSU professor said,
because the program would
have lo overcome the reluc
tance of American business
men to enter into partnerships
wilh foreign governments .nd
the possible fears of exploita
tion on the part of the par
ticipating foreign country .
Two State Budgets
Okayed for Passage
Salem-IUrn - A Ways and
Means subcommittee Tuesday
snipped lis way through two
more slate budgets and rec
ommended passage for both.
The subcommittee approved
a $174,802 Marine Board
budget $22,538 less than ask-
cd by the governor, and a
$165,802 Racing Commission
budget $0,052 less than requested.
HEARING SET
Salem HOT A bill to abol
ish the Rogue Riv r Coordi
nation board will be heard be
fore the Senate committee on
natural resources here Thurs
day at 0 a.m.
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out of a 2,0n0-acre area of
sand and vegplation inhabited
or visited successively over
the years by Indians, Spanish
explorers, pirates and her.
mits.
15 Islands
When it was selected as the
site, Tierra Verde consisted of
15 separated islands. After 10
years of development and Bn
investment of more than $25
million, it has been sculptured
into a park-like setting of six
islands, all joined by road
ways and connected to the
Florida mainland by a cause
way. This causeway extends
from the 200,000 - population
resort city of St. Petersburg
through Tierra Verde and on
to Fort Do Solo Park, a beach
and recreation area of 1,700
acres. Tampa, a busy metrop
olis of 275.000 population, is
24 miles inland to the north
east. vWilh a fresh breeze from
the Gulf adding an extra spar
kle to (he bright sun and clear
blue sky, you tour Tierra
Verde and realize the preci
sion planning that started Ber
lanti's dream to fruition.
Different
This city was to be as dif
ferent as its conception was
daring. That's why, for in
stance, there aren't any tele
phone poles, power lines or
television antennas in sight.
For beauty and safety, all util
ities in Tierra Verde are bur
ied underground. Television
reception is through a 120
loot master antenna, connect
ed underground by coaxial
cable to each homesite.
And why not plan now,
thought Berlanti and his as
sociates, for the traffic in
crease that comes with popu
lation growth?
By 1070, Tierra Verde is ex
pected to have 50,000 resi
dents and visitors. So. its bou.
levards range from 100 to 200
feet in width, with parkway
strips of IB to 60 feet, and its
streets are 60 or more feet
wide. Curves are gentle. The
streets are lined with tall.
stately palm trees, of which
10,000 already have been
transplated here full grown
The swimming, boating and
fishing for which Florida is
famous will be in practically
everybody's back yard in this
picturesque community where
the average mean temperature
ranges from about 63 in Jan
uary to around 84 in August.
Blue-watered canals 150 to
500 feet wide make the city
look like a modern American
Venice. The waterways are
I deep enough for big, ocean-
going yachts and they've been
so engineered as lo be kept
clean by the tidal action of the
Gulf.
Goal
The 1970 goal for Tierra
Verde is 2,100 private homes
and apartmenls, representing
30 per cent of the city's acre
age. Essential businesses and
services will occupy another
30 per cent and 40 per cent
will be laken up by hotel, mar-
ina and recreational facilities.
Potential sales value of Tierra
.Verde is eslimated at more
than $600 million.
Building sites are roughly
comparable in price to those
of the better suburbs of New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles
or San Francisco. Every house
must be custom-built so that
no two are alike. "Idea"
homes, completely furnished,
have been built as guidelines
to property owners.
The city's social life has
started with the opening of
Port-O-Call, a $4.5 million
motor inn, marina, night club
and restaurant operated by
famed entertainer Guy Lorn
bardo. It also is headquarters
for Tierra -Verde's country
club, which includes an 18
hole golf course.
If Tierra Verde is unique as
a planned cily, it also bears
no resemblance to any of the
other varied enterprises of the
Murchison brothers. But, as
John D. Murchison put it;
"We think that America will
look to Tierra Verde as a
trend-setting community."
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