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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON TUESDAY. APRIL 9, 1113 f3 Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Remitter and Tribune Syndicate, 1963) Board Turning Cin Oitin Be Rather Thrilling Experience "You can never tell what kind of worm you'll find till you turn over the board." This rather sound philosophy can be applied to many hu man actions, as well as being pretty practical for anyone interested in those creatures that live their entire lives in total darkness. The cool damp- j ness of an underboard en vironment shelters many crea tures. Most fishermen searching for fishbait discovered, a long time ago, that the underside of a board was an ideal place to look for crickets, grubs and angleworms. Earthworms could more easily be gathered there; it is easier to turn a board than to wield a shovel. But you don't have to be seeking fishbait to enjoy the rather thrilling experience of board turning; it is a pretty interesting pastime, provided you are not easily frightened. If the board you are turning over has been undisturbed for a considerable length of time, it's often amazing what you may find; you will be as sur prised as those creatures that will be living there, in that damp, cool darkness. All of them will be scared. They are not used to the light, when their retreat is flooded by day time brilliance their world comes tumbling down. Some of the more active underboard dwellers will scurry away so quickly you will hardly realize they were there at all; the worms with many legs, the centipedes and the millipedes will disappear in a hurry; they have legs enough to get themselves else where before some of the more sluggish creatures wake up to the fact they have been uncovered. Some of the beetles will be hocked by the sudden light. They will freeze into immo bility; it will take them some little time to "collect their thoughts" and get the message to their motor nerves that j it is lime to evacuate the premises They may attempt flight, or more likely they will blunder away in any di rection, hoping for supposed safety under some other shel tering board. As a last des perate measure they may at tempt to burrow into the ground. Under the board there will be mould, too, as well as mildew, and the threads of fungi, all hiding there in the moist darkness alongside the galaxy of crawling, wriggling things. There will be a maze of tun nels, passageways and run ways - a maze of small canals, each hollowed out by the little creature that believed itself safe and neglected to place a ceiling over the tunnel; the board was the top, and when it is gone the tunnels are merely small canals and open ridges. Soft-bodied garden slugs may be there in numbers, their bodies resembling gobs of gray mud until they "pull themselves together'' and be come almost round; by con stricting themselves they hope to avoid destruction. There will be sowbugs there, too, as strange creatures as there are alive on earth today. Most of their relatives are in the sea; they belong to the family Crustacea, to which the lob ster and shrimp belong. Yes, they were right, those wise men who said, "you can never tell what kind of worm you'll find till you turn over the board." mm j ..3BMrmiaaaHK3aaaaW:rVSaaaB4MM.laaaaaSaaaBaT araaaWraaaaaaaaaaMrBiaaaaaaaaaaaSiBiaaKW T f!5f (ted! Third-Year Follow Up in Cancer Study Is Now Under Way Portland - The third -year followup in the American Cancer Society's six-year can cer prevention study involv ing over a million persons in 25 states, including Oregon, is now under way, and results of the second-year followup have been revealed. A total of 1,076,894 per sons, including 468,688 men and 610,206 women, were en rolled in the study originally and they filled out confiden tial questionnaires concerning their family history. History of diseases, physical com plaints, occupational expo sures, diet, habits and many other factors. In the recently completed second-year followup, 95.5 per cent of those originally enroll ed were traced and 93 per cent filled out second ques tionnaire cards. A total of 9,388 deaths were reported in the first-year fol lowup and 13,051 in the sec ond year. Cancer was listed as the cause of death in 4,200 cases, according to the report from Dr. Cuyler Hammond, Strawberry, Bean Workers May See Representative Here A 5 TAX WORK MADE EASY Rant er Laasa Adding Machine Typewriter Calculator VOIGHT'S f th I Grapa Easy Parking 772-4100 Green Stamps SEEKS EDUCATION "Donald" the duck flaps his wings at the door of the Watsonville, Calif., high school, evidently seeking a higher education, loo. Surprised students Betty Gardner, left, and Kate Baldwin sympathized with him but decided he lacked the qualifications necessary for admit tance. They found an identification tag around the duck's neck and called it's owner. (UP1) On the Air By ELEANOR WIESE Wildlife Group Opposes Proposals Portland - IUP1I - The Ore gon Wildlife Federation has adopted a resolution op posing proposals contained in the natural resources bill now before the legislature. Gene Hansen, McMinnville, president of the group, said the federation favored delay ing action on reorganization of the fish and game commis sions until a proposed $35, 000 study by a legislature in terim committee could be completed. Three experts on Soviet Russia and that nation's rela tions with Communist China will take part in NBC News' I "Encyclopedia of C o in mil nism" Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on KMED-TV. ill asgnr-ialcd with the Re- t,.atv; institute of Commun-1 nist Affairs at Columbia Uni versity in New York, Iney arc rr,nalH Q 7.apnria. A. Doak Barnctl and Zbigniew Brzez- inski. Zagoria will delve into the f u n d a mental conflicts be tween the Soviet and Chinese ii-.,, Tu.n will truce the historical d c volopment of Communism irom m u the current ideological split; and Brzezinski. who is com pleting a tour of India and Asia, in a filmed report from Paris will discuss what ho saw as it pertains 10 the division within Communism. With films of Russian Pre mier Khrushchev and Red China's Party Chairman Mao Tsc-Tung, Chet Huntley will document the division be tween the Communist camps. Interviews with Western leaders and Communist lead uiii further Drobc the ideological split. Western leaders who will appear in filmed interviews are U.S. Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Adlai E. Stevenson, ana uje Earl of Home and Maurice Couve dc Murvillc, the For eign Ministers of Great Brit ain and France. Communists who will ap pear include Che Guevara, right-hand man to Cuban Pre mier Fidel Castro, Gian Carlo Pajctta, secretary of the Ital ian Communist party, and Bhupesh Gupta, left - wing leader of the Communist par ty in the upper house of the Indian government. VOICES OF EASTER, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday through Friday KMED radio. Choral presen tations of Easter music by various college and church choirs. FOCAL POINT, 9:30 a.m. Thursday KMED - TV. The winner of the Rebekah Lodge speech contest, Monte Belle Cumminga of Grants Pass, who will make a 30-day tour of the UN in New York, is featured guest. TELEPHONE HOUR. 10 p.m. Thursday KMED-TV. Folk singer Harry Belafonte, Metropolitan Opera soprano 1 Birgit Nilsson, and classical I guitarist AnIres Segovia will 1 head program which includes three leading dancers of the I New York City Ballet. Bills Approved By Legislature Salem- UPD -The legislature Monday approved the follow ing measures: In tha Senate: SB59 - Truck weight mile tax. SB84 - Criminal case ap peals. SB129 - Relating to county planning. SB296-District court docket HB2068-Board of examin ers in optometry budget. HB1280-Voters' pamphlets candidates' statements. HB3 13-Allows state Land Board to meet once a montn. HB1554 - Extends civil de fense emergency powers. HB1259-Relating to optom etrists. HB1369 - Location of mill sites. , HB1380-81-82-Port of Port land. In tha House: HB1268-Relating to public welfare. .. . HBIOTB-Uouecuon oi wivu- noiaing taxes. HB1224 - Publication of le gal notices. HB1279-Licensing or appro a l.lli..(innc vai OI cerium iiisuiumu,w, HB1371-Relating to survey ors and engineers. HB1438-Relating to audit of public funds. HB 1 474 - Transfer of em ployees. HB1059-Motor carrier per mit issuance. SB105-Commoany siordBc. SB176 - Licensing of hunt ing and fishing guides. SB183 - Community health clinics. SB243-Relating to railroad crossings. director of the American Can cer Society's statistical re search section. Dr. Hammond reported that the Oregon division of the American Cancer Society has done "an amazingly fine Job" in the study, tracing 99.9 per cent of the people originally enrolled in the state and re ceiving second questionnaire cards from 97.1 per cent of them. Total number of persons en rolled in Oregon as of Septem ber, 1962. was 28.650. and more than 1.000 ACS volun teers are participating in the study here. The study has two principal objectives: (1) to obtain clues to the causes of various types of cancer and (2) to ob tain information with which to increase the effectiveness of the American Cancer So ciety's public education pro gram for the early detection of the disease. Dr. Hammond pointed out in his report that while a major analysis cannot be made until after the people have been traced for several years, there have been eight papers containing information on early findings from the study. Those in the area who want to line up jobs and housing in strawberry and bean har vests in the Willamette val ley this summer can receive advance help from a repre sentative of the Hillsboro Oregon State Employment service office. This representative will be in Medford at the State Em ployment service, 119 N. Oak dale ave.. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 11 to recruit family groups for strawberry picking and for later work in the Willamette valley bean harvest this coining season. The Medford local office of the Employment service rec ommends this prc-scason job arrangement program since it helps those wanting these jobs to go directly to work In the valley when the season arrives. The Medford local office will be in constant touch with the Hillsboro of fice as the season approaches and will advise picker groups as to the exact date to report. Workers can then be direct ed to jobs and to inspected, approved, free housing when required. One adult must ac company each group of per sons going to these jobs. Persons who want work in these harvests may obtain steadier work and save time and money by making ad vance arrangements while the recruiter is here. The slrawbery havest usually be gins early in June and lasts about a month. Bean harvest usually begin about July 20 and continues for six to eight weeks. John Patton, manager of the Medford local office. Ore gon State Employment serv ice, says that this advance scheduling of jobs is becom ing more popular each year. Counsel With . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan m3 FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS. SELECT A CERTIFIED INSURANCE AGENT. F. R. Brennan, C.I.A. QUALIFIED ALL LINES WRITTEN MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE 773-7343 27 North Holly Street RAWHIDE, 7:30 p.m. Fri day KBES-TV. Walter Slezak portrays a wandering gypsy whose dishonesty and beauli I ful daughter brings the wrath I of an angry suitor down on the heads of Gil Favor's drovers. ' JACK PAAR, 10 p.m. Fri day KMED-TV. Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson will sing Easter hymns and Robert Ryan will present a reading about the Crucifixion. jttt?i- You can own this smile - when you save with us Today, 24 million Americans save for their future needs and wants at Insured Savings and Loan Associations like ours, where their ' money is safe and earns excellent returns. 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COMPLETE STOCK OF GIRL'S EASTER GOATS, SUITS AHD HATS AT SHARPLY REDUCED PRICES FOR 7-14 GIRIS COATS. SUITS Ware 6.98. 4 Only How 4.97 Wara 9.98. 12 Oil, How 6.97 Ware 10.98. 11.98 How 7.97 Were 12.98, 8 Only How 8.97 HATS Ware 1.98 How M7 Were 2.98 How 2417 FOR 3-6x GIRIS COATS, SUITS Were 6.98, 12 Only How 4.97 Were 9.98, 15 Only How 6.97 HATS Were 1.69 How 1.47 DRESSES Were 3.98, 21 Only ... ... How 2.97 Wore 5.98, 21 Only How 447 NO MONEY DOWN AT WARDS - JUST SAY "CHARGE IT DRESSES Were 3.98. 6 Onlv How 2.97 Were 6.98, 82 Only How 447 622 N. Riverside
