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A 12- MONDAY. JULY 1. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Small Worlds Around Us PIGGLY WIGGLY PIGGLY WIGGLY Bv IAWAjJ Watkins Secular & Trlbunt Syndicate, 18631 No Incteas in dycionei . But More Damage Today t ...... .1.4 hnirn tn be a pret ty selective cyclone today that missed damaging some ciij, town, or building. It would have to be purposely steered in order to completely miss some man-made object. Fifty years ago a very different sit uation prevailed; towns, sub divisions, and other buildings were nonexistent, or farther apart. . In between, and sur rounding them, were forests and clumps of trees. There are so many more people now that some folks would get in the way no mat ter where a cyclone struck. Al of which agrees with what the man. said whenjie observ ed, "there is more damage done today .by storms than there was a few years ago." And probably that man, as well as many of the rest of us, thinks there are more storms. There' is of course, more damage done, but hardly any more storms. And as time goes on there will be an In crease in damage rather than a decline for there are more things in the way. The loss, is greater today, and mostly it is our fault. We cut down the forests; we made it easy lor the winds to sweep across the land. The wood lands that held . back the winds, or broke them up Into small puffs, are gone, and the winds and the flood waters are unimpeded. Natural forces, over which we exercise very little control, are still present In' spite of wild promises by ' wishful thinkers that the day Is Just around the corner when, we will control the wind and wavef. That time is still a long way off. In this highly technical time which Is the present, the human race proudly measures its accomplisnmcnis in verms of the miraculous; we might pause to note that the worst storm in a century buffeted the eastern coast of the U. S. so severely that newT'spiapif' UaA in ha'- iWnrlii. iif'lhl JtWa The same stprnV against the' rock-bound ' coasts or new Eneland. did -ver little dam age. But rhan-made structures pounding iwters , and.; all this happened. in tne-yoariaeis. The terrific dumago was ac complished by'thb. agencies of wind and Wave , in just four days. And during' that time of the howling winds and scour ing waves-the "wcather-cont trol-boys" were (ionnplcuously silent. Like all the rest' of humanity they 'had . to just sit, and wait, watching buildings and shore line disappear be neath the waves, , , Pounding waves against the rock bound coasts wasted their fury; the storm only fussed and fumed. The same measure of protection, to a somewhat lesser degree, but still consid erable, would be cushions of trees,; forests and woodlots against the rampaging winds of cyclones. It has been pretty well es tablished how winds are slow ed by groups of trees, or by forests and woodlands. Winds of 50 mph when striking a woodland loses its punch, ' drops to almost a gentle breeze by the time It peno tratcs a forest even a short ' distance. The wind may make a shambles of part of the woods, but, at the far side, very little damage Is done. In actual tests, with measuring instruments, a 50 mph wind was found to drop to about ' 19 mph. We did a great deal more than clear the land when we destroyed . the forests. For one thing, we canceled out our natural Insurance against cy clone damage. The duys of damage from wind and wave will have to be tolerated for a very long time to come, whether wp like it or not. Truck Hits Bank After Brakes Fail Truck driver, Herbert Woodrow Henderson, 48, of 327 West Second St., Medford, escaped Injury when his truck lost its brakes Sunday on the north slope of the Siskiyou mountains. . Henderson drove the truck into the bank to stop It, stale police said. Patricia L. Lewman, 21, of 803 I St., Grants Pass, was re ported in good condition to day in the Rogue Valley hos pital following a one-car acci dent on Interstate 5 freeway near Blackwcll hill. She Is be ing treated 'or cuts and bruises. The Lewman car swerved '.o avoid a small animal run--ling across the highway when Hie car went out of control nd rolled over on Its top, Hale police said. Two passcn Kers in the car were not in lured. ' IhtampjJ jMyP WIGGLY .. Jj3 : Piggly Wig8ly Will Be l -rfZMjffe 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Prietl Effective July 1 thru Wtdneiday July 3. W reierve tht right to limit quintitlii. Em m B PREM-ready-to-serve X V H 1 luncheon meat I I II I j " H Fresh Fryer Wings Lb 29c Gride A Fresh Cut-Up Fryers u 39c U.S.D.A. Choice Beef Chuck Steaks 45c U.S.D.A. Choice Boneless Beef Chuck Roast ib.69c Pure, Fresh and Lean Ground Beef .b39c Swiffs Premium Skinless Franks Package 49c Swift's Premium Luncheon Meats r g 29c . 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