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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
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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-
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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."
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'Cleopatra' Opens
For $100 a Ticket
New York-raPD-"Cleopatra",
the most costly movie ever
made, will barge onto Broad
way tonight for a $100-a-ticket
world premiere that is ex
pected to attract a New Year's
Eve size mob to Times Square.
Two tickets to 20th Century-
Fox's $37 million epic were
being held for Elizabeth (Cleo)
Taylor and Richard (Mark
Anthony) Burton, romantic
stars of the film, on screen
nd off. But latest reports
said they will remain together
in London where Burton is
making a new movie.
"That's good," said a police
spokesman. "We'd have to de
clare martial law if those two
showed up."
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.
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