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MEDFORO MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORO. OREGON WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 7. 1M3 VACATIONING ROYALTY Looking like collected along the beach on Kasashima Is any other tourists, casually-attired Emperor land, off Hayama. The imperial couple were Hirohito and his wife discuss the shells they vacationing at the imperial villa at Hayama. (UPI) Nordsfrom's Buys Apparel Firm Stock Portland -IUPD- Nordstrom's Inc., of Portland and Seattle, has announced purchase of nil the capital stock of Best's Apparel Inc. The announcement was made Tuesday by Elmer J. Nordstrom, Everett Nord strom and Lloyd W. Nord Elrom, owners of the shoe store firm. The announcement said that Best's Apparel stores in Port land and Seattle would be op erated as a division of Nord stroms Inc., and that Peter Best would continue as vice president and general mana ger of Best's. The amount involved in the purchase was not disclosed. Money, Candy Taken From Service Station A service station at 1303 North Riverside ave. was broken into late Sunday or early Monday and an unde termined quantity of money and candy was taken. According to police reports, entry to the station was gain ed by breaking out the front window with a rock. No other damage was reported. 11 ' JL F PROGRESS REPORT ASKED - Labor Secretary Willard Wrrtz, right, chats with Rep. Orcn Harris (D-Ark.) prior to appearing before the House Commerce Committee. Wirtz was called by the committee to outline whether any progress is being made in renewed negotiations between the railroads and the rail unions. (UPI) GEE? p Small Wottd Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Rejiittr and Tiibunt Syndic.! .63) Why Doe. Gras Stand Up I Again After It ! Stepptd On? Without a thougnt as to me result, you step on the grass in your yard, forcing it down. Heavy rains pound your gar den; plants bend before the pressure of the rain. A neavy limb, some other object de presses the garden plants, bending them, often laying them flat. Blustery winds come, the plants bend. An ani mal with heavy feel, a blun dering cow walks across the Dasture. under the pressure of each foot, the grass is flattened. All these can be classified as natural forces of varying pressures. The stems, twigs, or blades of the plants, possess ing as they do, the flexibility of structure, bend but do not break. Actually what they do is roll with the punch, the same as the boxer in the prize ring. Springi Back The force pressing them earthward, once released, may allow the plant to regain an upright position by springing back, but outside pressures may be continued for some length of time, then tne springiness is gone. Follow a cow across a pas- lure, with every footstep the grass is depressed, but should the cow stop to graze, anoth er agency must be called into play. The same thing happens if you place a box or a board on the lawn and leave it there, all the grass underneath be comes prostrate. Remove the object and the plants, for a little time, remain prone. Overcome Adversitiei The plant, any plant, to survive must adapt itself to changing conditions. It must possess the ability to over come adversities. If it is healthy it will. Nature a very long time ago foresaw this contingency, made allowances for these natural forces, and instilled an opposite force, a counter action, working against gravity and outside pressures. It is a fortunate thing plants have this power, other wise trees, plants, even the blades of grass in the lawn would be forever flattened, without the power to right themselves. For forces are con stantly at work, bending, pushing, forcing plants to bow their heads against a superior force. ForcM of Gravity A growing plant must al ways contend with the down ward pull of gravity; to grow upward - it must overcome this force. It must have a power to resist, and that we call growth. Bend or force the plant downward until it is prone, and release It, it will attempt to spring back but held there it exerts an- SOME FRIEND Kansas City, Mo.-flJPD-Last December, Edwin L. Edison of nearby Lake Lotawana loaned his oil company credit card to a man he thought was a friend. Since then, Edi son reported today, his credit card bill has totaled $1,159. other force that is somewhat mysterious. This power of a plant to right itself, and regain an upright position, is called "geotropism," to some degree it is present in all living plants, as well as in some animals. Geotropism can be of two kinds, positive and negative, it is oriented with respect to gravitation, as the direction of growth of plants or the ability of some animals to avoid an upside down posi tion in the air. Due to geotropism you just can t keep a good plant down; it may be down today but, if it continues to live, it will be upright tomorrow. Upward Trend Noted In Sale of Bonds "Local and state sales of U.S. Savings Bonds are con tinuing their upward trend which commenced the first of the year," Jackson County Savings Bonds Chairman Mor ris B. Leonard said today when announcing July sales of bonds in the state totaled $3,140,944. He compared this with sales of $2,702,306 for the same month a year ago. "This brings purchases of bonds in the state to $21,433, 202 for the January-July pe riod of 1963 compared to $19,662,363 during the same months last year. Locally, county residents purchased $57,418 worth of savings bonds to help the state reach its record July sales mark," he added. , Institute Planned On Juvenile Court a n Eugene-Several outstanding men in the field of juvenile correction will participate in the sixth annual Juvenile Court Summer Institute Aug. 12-16 at the University of Oregon. The workshop, co-sponsored by the Oregon Juvenile Court Judges association and the university, is expected to at tract about 125 juvenile court judges, probation officers and counselors, law enforcement personnel, social workers, high school counselors and graduate students from Ore gon, Washington and Idaho. Speakers will be Dr. Gor don Higginson, psychologist I at the Delauney Memorial Clinic in Portland; Dr. Rich ard Jarvi, Seattle psychia trist; Dr. Delbert Elliott, so ciologist at San Diego State college; and Dr. Frank Har tung, sociologist at Wayne State university. Workshop leaders will be Jack Ellis, delinquency pre vention consultant for thrCe partment of Institutions, Siata of Washington; Don A. 'filler, director of the Ch'Jdren's Farm Home at CorvaL'jU; Stan Huittert, ju venue taw enforce- ment consultant lor the De partment of Institutions. State of Washington; Al. Green, di rector of the Multnomah County Juvenile, Court and Home, Portland; and Judge William S. 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