Out of the Woods May 11. I»-'» 6—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE HUCKLEBERRY F IM By JAMES STEVENS A Tree Grows . , . The Ponderosa pine east of the Cas­ cade Mountains and the Douglas fir of the west -ide bear fruit in the form of cones. They ripen in the fall, the seed chambers are opened by dry winds, and the seeds fly forth. A seed j that alights on a sprouting place and [ keeps life in its kernel through the Winter will awaken in spring. We do pot know what moves the seed from Sleep, hut spring warmth and moisture bring its growth hormone to life. The enzymes in the chemical composition ----------— of the seek go to work, They make sugar of stored fats and starches in Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. the nut. Stored proteins are split C. Barnhardt. into 20 or more soluble compounds Mrs. Laura Joaquin, who has made called amino acids, from which enzyme Members of the sophomore class her home in Gates for the past five forces form more materials to keep of the high school presented a play yers, left Wednesday evening by train the embryo tree growing, and pie social Friday evening at the for San Jose, Calif., where she has The new tree shoots into the open, high school, The cast included the. accepted employment. She plans to Allen Vale acted as temain in that city indefinitely. like a tender blade of grass. Threads entire class, ; will retuin to Gates to make of roots woim downward. Tiry, auctioneer. delicate leaves spread from the bud The Gates Parent-Teachers associ- home. Mr. and Mrs. Layton Gosnell at the top of the shoot. A third area ation met at the high school for the of growth is arounere hostesses at the latter’s summerwood, forming the pattern for the last 18 months, returned home home Saturday evening honoring their Friday and will receive his discharge seen in log end or stump top. from the army. His brother, Arthur father, Clarence Johnson, and Mrs. A tenth or more of a tree’s wood ©RING -P£mST.«C Lake, who is in training at Fort Lewis, Schaer’s son, Royal, on their birthday is in its roots. They tie the tree to anniversaries, Which fall on the same TMES IT WAS arrived in Gates Sunday to welcome CUSTCX'AFi’y TO SHOW A the place of its birth. They supply his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall date. BORN HABVTO ITS FATHE» water and minerals in solution for life Refreshments were served by the WHO OEO'OED WHETHER OR Lake, Arthur, and their father, Russel and growth. OR NOT IT SHOULD BE . PEPMiTIED TO LIVE ! Lake, Mrs. Clyde Schroeder and baby, hostesses to the honored guests, Mr. "The stomata open their little shut­ drove to Silverton Sunday where they and Mrs. Lewis Kelle, Mr. and Mrs. ters early in the morning,” says U.S, attended a Mother’s Day dinner with Edmund Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Forester N. T. Mirov. "At noon they other membets of the family at the Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brisbin, begin to close, and just before sunset home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powell. Robert Levon, Mr. and Mrs. Len a day in Portland shopping, after which Mr. and Mrs. Pennick and chil- they are closed tight for the night.” Mr. and Mrs. David Barnhardt and Young, Mrs. Martha Bowes and son dren spent the weekend in Jefferson Joseph, Mrs. Lincoln Henness, Mrs. The stomata aie small pores of daughter and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Barn­ at the Ammon home. leaf tissues. They open to let air in I hardt and two children spent Mothers’ Colis Heath, Mis. Mabie Knutson, Mrs. Gerald Heatu, Mrs. Velma Carey 4o cells that contain a green sub- I stances calleii chlorophyll. The air The sun’s enetgy supplies the power, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Millsap. carries vital traces of carbon dioxide, * so the process is called photosynthesis. Prizes were awarded Mr. Kellis and Mrs. Geiald Heath, first; Mrs. Bowes and a tenth of it will be taken in by i and son receiving consolation. Detroit — A reminder comes from the chlorophyll. The process goes on Tree Fat and Muscle . . . Mr. and Mrs. William Pennick at­ the Detroit ranger station that burn­ The sugar is the type known as in combination with the oxygen and hydrogen of water, forming sugar. “dextrose.” From it 95 percent of the tended the coronation of the May ing permits are now required for all body of the tree is built through a queen, Jeanine Bentley Bonebrake, at burning of debris and trash on pri- ' ■mBBBBBBBnHSBBBBCiion&BBBHnii maze of reactions. One reaction com­ Linfield college, Saturday. Billy Pen­ vate, state and national forest lands, » 4 bines dextrose with nitrogen to make nick, small son of the Pennicks, was Logging operations are required to i I Tax Consultant Auditor • amino acids from which proteins can trairr bearer and his sister, Patsy, shut down when the humidity falls 4 Only plants create pro­ danced at the coronation. Mis. Pen­ to 30%, and watchman service is re- I be created. 4 teins, which are essential to all life. nick and Mrs. Clausie Ammon spent quired on logging operations. ♦ 4 Trees are plants. A forest in nature PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT t4 is a family of plants. 4 Bookkeeping, Aerounting and The bole of a tree may be 50 per­ Tax Service cent water, with leaves and roots 90 percent water content. All the proc­ Corner 3rd A Maritin esses of tree life occur in water solu­ STAYTON, ORE. tions. Water enters the roots, and Telephone 4111 P.O Box rises up sapwood channels to the leaves by the drawing force of solar energy. The lift may be as much as 300 feet in an old-growth Douglas fir. Through the stomata the tree's ex­ cess water is given to the atmosphere through the tree by a process called transpiration. The surface of the leaf cells that contain chlorophyll are kept moist by­ transpiration. A Douglas fir that is four feet thick anti two hundred feet tall may have ns much as 30,000 square feet of leaf or needle surface to catch the energy of the sun. Li A**o I PS AMAZING! Burning Permits Required For Ail Debris or Trash W. N. SIMMONS - went X/RlEO TMÊ1R DEAD IN COFFINS MADE FC0M THE. BC ARD5 OF THE fa SAME TABXS F^ÎOM WHC.4THE. DECEASED ¿SS&! 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