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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORO MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo , j MOOCHLEY, I TH-LVOU THIS rGONKA 60 Ri&MT UPi THE 331 STOCK IS ON THE MOVE.' ) I HUNH-OKAV-BUy 7 CUSTOMERS' SEfcSgL VOUU. DOUBLE NOUS 7 A HUNDRED AT xr MAM TELLS SsSjl&aT MONEY IP TOO 6ET N VTW& MARKET A f WeTTic feSGETINONTHERlSE.' V f thessence-. j s-- MINING VOU TOLD ME . ,- . "fiicu "SJi TO BUY TWO YEARS ACO-) BUT-OLD BOV- IHEN VWEN THEY I IT NEVER DIO MOVE- J I VOLfVE GOT TO HAVE J COMPLAIN OF NO 35 I EXCEPT DOWN-ITS y PATIENCE.'.' THESE V ACTION ME GOES V POINTS LOWER 1 THIN&S OONT HAPPEM ) INTO CANTO P) THAN WHEN I J OVERNIGHT, YKNOWy TWO CfJl! I'- Sma Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Register and Tribum Syndicate '.M3 You Must Be Keen-Sighted To Spot Walking Stick Bug "Sure I see it! I'm looking right at it but I still don't be lieve it. Nothing, but nothing that is alive can look like that." This was the observa tion of a man looking, for the first time, at a large, female walking stick insect. Just about anyone seeing one of these strange creatures for the first time would react the same way for this creature is actually unbelievable,' if not downright impossible. Peculiarly enough, these lu dicrous creatures are common. There are at least a dozen va rieties in the U. S. and several hundred species scattered over the world-some that are sev eral inches in length, but sel dom larger in diameter than a soda straw. All have the same peculiar habits and char acteristics. They are weirdly formed insects, with actions and habits as unusual as their . shapes. The body of the walking stick is as much like a twig as is the twig itself. When mo tionless on a bush, the walk ing stick resembles so closely the small branches, the two are indistinguishable. Has Six Legs The jointed body of the in sect is equipped with six legs, each exceedingly slender, spaced widely apart. When the insect moves, the legs appear to be just about unmanageable and extremely awkward. The insect seems to experience trouble in placing them in proper walking position. The legs are so frail as to be easily broken, and may even snao when caught between a leaf and the twig that supports it. Watching a walking stick in motion, one is surprised to see the insect often stumble over its own feet. : Nature, however, made a slight concession in favor of the fragile legs; if one is broken, the insect often grows a new limb at the next moult. The new leg, nowever, is shorter than the original. It may be as much as an inch shorter, causing the insect's future movements to be even more awkward than at first. The body color of the walk ing sticks change with the sea sons: green while the creature is living among fresh green leaves and brown, or gray, as the season progresses and na ture's green changes to more somber colors. Amaxement Assured Should you be keen-sighted enough to locate a walking stick insect you will be amazed at its appearance and its actions. If it decides to hide rather than remain motion less, it will move around to the other side of a twig or small branch to get out of sight, much in the manner of a squirrel that puts a tree trunk between itself and an observ er. The instant the insect stops moving its three, four or five- inch body becomes one with the twigs and branches; you will wonder if you saw it at all. And should you really lo cate a walking stick munch ing on some . tender, green leaves, you can be assured it is a female. The poor, very small male walking stick in sect is about as necessary, and as useful, as a fifth wheel on an automobile. Mother walking stick is a careless, and slip-shod, moth er. She will drop her eggs hit- or-miss in among the fallen leaves of the forest floor-each little egg, shiny black with a white dash on one side. The eggs look more like plant seeds, or shiny beads, than they do eggs,' but what else could we expect from such an odd creature? WEDNESDAY. JUNE It. 1MI Little Property Condemned in Cape Cod National Seashore B 5 Br A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Cape Cod, Mass. - In the nearly two years since Con gress approved Cape Cod Na- t i o n a 1 Sea- !tj Smith Phone 772-4534 Reserve General Elected to Post Brigadier. Gen. "William H. Prentice, . Medford, assistant division commander of the 104th U. S. Army Reserve, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Senior Reserve Commanders association, U. S. Army, one of the top military reserve organizations in the country. He was elected dur ing a recent meeting of the as sociation in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. . Major Gen. Eugene G. Cusn- ing, Vancouver, Wash., was elected president. General Cushing is commander of the 104th division in Oregon and Washington. He is a superior court Judge in civilian life. The association has a pol icy-making influence and Its recommendations go directly to the country's highest of fires. ' ' The group has approved a resolution calling tor comin- uance of the 300,000-man strength of the U. S. Army Re serve. It further urgea con- errcional action to increase pay in all grades and ranks of armed forces personnel tuin riarable to increases granted rivil service employees last year. Bids on Timber Are Close to Appraised Prices Medford Timber company was high bidder Friday for 4,400,000 board feet of Na tional forest timber in the Bert Creek Blowdown area. Union Creek Ranger district, Rogue River National forest. Forest Supervisor C. E. Brown reported the high bid totaled $61,073. This compares with the Forest service ap praised price for the timber of $61,055. Next high bidder in the oral auction for the timber was J. G. Slack, Pros pect, Oregon. The timber in this unit con sisted of 1,500,000 board feet of Douglas -fir bid at $25.55 per thousand board feet; 200,- 000 board feet of western white pine, ponderosa pine, and sugar pine bid at $21.50 per thousand board feet; 1, 500,000 board feet of Shasta red fir bid at $6.90 per thou sand board feet, and 1,200,000 board feet of white fir and other species bid at $6.75 per thousand board feet. In the afternoon of that same day. Mountain Fir Lum ber company, Grants Pass, was high bidder for 7,220,000 board feet of national forest timber in the Tincup area, Applegate Ranger district. Near Appraised Price Brown reported the- high bid totaled $70,594.60. This compares with the Forest service appraised price for the timber of $70,588.60. Oth er bidders were Double Dee Lumber company and Kogap Manufacturing company. The timber in this unit con sisted of 2,960,000 board feet of Douglas-fir bid at $7.45 per thousand board feet; 720,000 board feet of ponderosa pine bid at $7.60 per thousand board feet; 1,070,000 board feet of sugar pine bid at $7.20 per thousand board feet, and 2,470,000 board feet of white fir and other species bid at $4.70 per thousand board feet. On June 10, Olson-Lawyer Lumber, Inc., Medford, was high bidder for 3,800,000 board feet of National forest timber in the Kiter Creek Blowdown area, Prospect district. Brown reported the high bid totaled $74,792.70. This compares with the Forest service appraised price for the timber of $72,711.20, an increase of 3 per cent. The timber in this unit con sisted of 2,460,000 board feet of Douglas-fir bid at $20.70 per thousand board feet; 510,- 000 board feet of sugar pine, western white pine, and pon derosa pine, bid at $25.75 per thousand board feet; and 830, 000 board feet of white fir and other species bid at $8.70 per thousand board feet. WIFE INSURANCE: What is th Dollar Value y' of a Lady? towing a woman's lifi mo&M nse in this oge when the loss of a wife and mother can bring financial disaster to a family. Read tta thoughtful article on this problem In the JUNE 16TH l$iu of Family Weekly with your copy of the MEDFORD-JlajTRIBUNE s h o re, only one out of 2,000 property owners has had his prop erty condemn ed by the fed e ri 1 govern ment. If this s u g gests the easy -does - it approach of the National Park Service in gaining the co operation of Cape Cod resi dents for creation of this 27, 000 acre park, it also Indicates that no citizen can openly defy the law establishing this new park. The citizen who tested the law defied the pro hibition against building new homes in the park, refused ad vice to quit, and so the gov ernment condemned. The federal vs. private property issue is much more pronounced here on Cape Cod than it is on the Oregon coast where an Oregon Dunes Na tional Seashore is proposed under bills pending in Con gress, although this is the is sue which opponents of the Dunes park usually cite. It is more pronounced here be cause Cape Cod park involves roughly twice as much private property as would be included in an Oregon Dunes park un der the Neuberger bill and many times more than under the Duncan bill. The amount of private land in the Oregon Dunes park, as outlined to the Congress last month by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, would be 11,- 700 acres. The Cape Cod sea shore, when completed, will include 21,000 acres of private property, plus 6000 acres of state land, for a park roughly 27,000 acres in total area. Payment Authorised The Park Service is busy trying to acquire the unim proved land, which makes up the bulk of the 3000 separate private tracts held by 2000 individual owners. The tracts of improved property contain 700 private homes and 85 busi. ness establishments. Congress armed the Park Service with the power of condemnation over all this private property - and authorized $16 million to pay for acquisition costs. Park Superintendent Rob ert F. Gibbs says it Is con ceivable that few if any of these residents will be forced to sell their homes, and that most of the commercial enter prises will be allowed to con tinue. , The chief reason for this security on the part of resi dents is that Congress pro vided that if local zoning regulations are adopted to safeguard the park against honky tonk commercialism, then the federal power to condemn residential property could not be used. After the Cape Cod act was approved, the Interior Department Is sued minimum zoning regula tions it would approve for property within the park, While aimed at halting un controlled commerc I a 1 1 s m, they would permit establish ment of such new enterprises as boathouses, overnight lodg ings, fishing activities, artists' studios, crop farming but not "such objectionable uses as a piggery," and they would al low such "small home occupa tions as the making and sell ing of traditional Cape Cod products produced on the premises." To date four of the six towns in the park have adopt ed zoning bylaws as tough or tougher than those prescribed by Interior, and the other two towns are working on new codes. The towns are anxious to. preserve their residential communities against condem nation because this will mean the home owners will con tinue to pay taxes to the town. Since the Park Service has opened its office here at East ham, midway down the cape, a number of residents have volunteered to sell their homes to the government. Gibbs said many were older persons with no children to whom they wished to pass on their property. In these cases negotiated sales are arranged. A resident electing to stay in the park may not keep an unlimited amount of his land with his home. For those homeowners with more than a small plot of ground, the act allows them to keep at least three acres. Gibbs said his office takes Into account the arrangement of such related facilities as the well or garden and in some instances have allowed five acres. The pending Oregon Dunes bills deny the Park Service the power to condemn resi dential property, regardless f whether or not zoning bylaws are adopted locally. This was a concession to vocal oppo nents. But the Oregon Dunes legis lation follows the Cape Cod act in giving the government the power to condemn un desirable business establish ments in the park. The stand ards for judging commercial enterprises are not spelled out in either case. All 85 businesses In Cape Cod park got blanket permits to continue operating through 1963. Gibbs said he Intends to be lenient with nearly all of them in future years. He pinpointed one "dive that should be eliminated." It's not that the Park Service objects to liquor being served within the park, explained Gibbs, but the type of place dispensing drinks would govern whether it will get the permit It needs to continue operations. There are only four places holding liquor licenses in the park, he said. Two others are a very nice motel and a sea food restaurant," which will be permitted to continue. The fourth is a "rundown old ho tel" which has indicated its willingness to sell out to the government. If present nego tiations for a sale are fruitful. the hotel will be torn down, said Gibbs. One Enterprise There is only one large In dustrial enterprise in the park which for 40 years has been digging sand out of this scenic peninsula to supply railroads with brake sand, among other industrial uses. This w'll probably be closed out grad ually, Gibbs said, and several small sand and clay pits which supply materials for road con struction may be curtailed. There are three auto service stations in the park which will continue. Other enterprises are mostly of the gift shop and tourist home variety, plus a few doctors and other pro fessional men with offices in their homes, said Gibbs approvingly. In passing on each enter prise, the park superintendent said he makes the decision with the advice of the Cape Cod Advisory Com mission, composed of 10 local citizens: one appointed by Udall; two by the governor; one by Barn stable county and one each from the six towns, Eastham, Chatham, Truro, Wellfleet, Orleans and Province town. The commission meets month ly with Gibbs. "Several members of the Commission ' were opponents of the park, and one is still violently opposed to it," said Gibbs. "It shows that it isn't stacked." open market We Rent Tables Churches Clubs Isdividasls Bring Your lUms Out To Sell Baked Foods Tools Miscellaneous Open Friday, June 14th D&JSECOKD HAKD STORE 5022 Table Rock Rd. Phono 664-3185 nhi v ii ?. Mobile Maid IP faPfau 3W Dishwasher ill " 1 f"li " will " " - 1 1 111111 It lLicl txduslve 3-Way Dishwashing Action . ! ' f p Jplp yh F,u,hwiy DrilB nd h,Bd ,in,ln9 Jjj i ' ICM Qjjlg I h? j e Exclusive new 'lift-Top Rack" ll'l ! 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High Grades Get Honors For Men Two southern Oreg m men, one from Jackson county and one from Josephine county, were among University of Or egon school of law graduates who received their diplomas June 9. They also were honored during the annual law school banquet on the campus June 7, for having the highest grades In designated courses. William G. Carter, Medford, and Daniel J. Wolke, Grants Pass, both received Topics from American Jurisprudence in specially-bound form, given by The Lawyers Cooperative Publishing company, and the Bancroft-Whitney company. TELSTAR AIDS TEST Lannion, France-HJTO-Elec-trocardiograph and brain wave signals from the United States were bounced off Tel star II communications sate! lite and received In Europe Tuesday. Communications of ficialt said the experiment was performed to improve techniques for monitoring the condition of men in orbiting I satellites and space vehicles College Instructor Is Picked for Honors Ashland - Harold S. Sekigu- chl, assistant professor of bus. iness, at Southern Oregon col lege, has been inducted into the National Scholarship hon ors group at the University of Iowa as one of the most out standing students In business administration. The Informa tion was received by Dr. Elmo Stevenson. It was also reported that he has passed the written and oral examinations for his doc toral degree in business and has nearly completed his the sis. He will be on leave from SOC until the beginning of the fall term, Dr. Stevenson said. Refrigerator-Freezer $29995 Model TB304 Less Average Hapco Trade $60 WITH TRADE NOME APPLIANCE CO.'t What ever your appliance needs are, make your first stop at HAPCO'S BARGAIN STORE. Let "Rick" show you the fine selection of new or used appliances. If you can't come In, call "Rick" at 772-5595 . . let him know what your looking for, chances are he will have it in stock and can make delivery that very day. 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