SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1958
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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CHEERFUL AND WARM Knotty paneling from the western pine region adds a cheer
ful and warm feeling to any room of the house. An informal effect in a traditional decor
is achieved here through use of random width paneling.
Knotty Pine Still Tops For Wall Paneling
There has been a steadily grow
ing revival of interest in color,
texture, and pattern in the walls
of every room in the house.
For both traditional and con
temporary settings, knotty pine
paneling is more popular than
ever. Wood provides the cheerful
warmth that is sought in keeping
with the kind of casual living that
many families are trying to
achieve these days.
At the same time, wood panel
ing offers a wide variety of deco
rating effects that permit the
home-owner to achieve a certain
sense of individuality.
For instance,' paneling from the
20 Most Important Insect
Pests Listed For State
A list of the 10 "most impor
tant" but least wanted crop and
forest insect pests in Oregon for
1958, has been released by the
State Department of Agriculture
which notes these insects consume
over four billion dollars a year
of agricultural crops on the na
tional scene.
Joe Capizzi, survey entomologist
with the department and entomolo
gist cooperator with the federal
Agricultural Research Service and
Oregon State College, picked the
year's 10 based on the importance
of individual pests rather than on
crop or host importance.
'"It is true that most insects
are beneficial but most of us think
little of this; instead we concen
trate on the few thousand insects
that are destructive to man's be
longings and his agricultural pro
duction, Capizzi said, adding.
"This selection has been made for
the information of agricultural
workers and to establish trends
and pinpoint areas in which work
needs to be concentrated.
In a second "top 10," Capizzi
named insects which he rates as
most important to "man, animal
and household." Both ratings were
made after consultation with mem
bers of the state college entomolo
gy department and co-workers m
the state department of agriculture.
The crop and forest pest list in
cludes:
1. Codling moth, one of Oregon's
most destructive - fruit insects.
Without an adequate 'and costly)
spray program most of the apples
grown in the state would be wormy
and unsalable.
2. Pear psylla, small insect with
a big appetite. A large headache
to our pear industry.
3. Western Cherry Fruit Fly,
lays its eggs inside the cherry
fruit. Spray programs are directed
against the adult fly as it emerges
from the ground in the spring.
4. TheJSarden Symphylid, not an
insect but a delicate white animal
that lives in the soil and eats al
most any crop. Very difficult to
control, this pest is increasing in
importance each year.
5. Spider Mites, pests of many
crops and always a problem. There
are several kinds of these tiny
pests, and their damage is done
by sucking out the plant juices.
6. Balsam Wooly Aphid, an in
sect now present in epidemic pro
portions in Oregon sub-alpine fir
forests. No controls are effective
as yet.
- 7. Spruce Budworm, another for
est insect, still causing a great
amount of damage, particularly in
the northeastern part of the state.
8. Cabbage Looper. This was a
"looper year" and these caterpil
lars were a season-long, expensive
insect problem in vegetable grow
ing areas in Multnomah, Marion
and Washington counties.
9. Aphids, everywhere a prob
lem on crops from wheat to rose
garden.
10. Beet Armyworm, an unusual
pest in Oregon; attacked vegetable
crops, mint, sugar beets and even
ripening orchard fruit from mid
summer until November.
Capizzi's list of insects and re
lated pests of man, animal, and
household, together with his ex
planations follows;
1. Cattle Grubs. These damage
meat and hides and are common
anywhere cattle are raised.
2. Mosquitoes, cause a conside-
erable problem in irrigated areas
of eastern Oregon and along the
rivers and log ponds everywhere
in the state.
3. Houseflies, always a source
of possible contagion and great
nuisances in all areas.
4. Earwigs, particularly an un
happy pest in this state where
damp climate is so favorable fori
their existence.
5. Termites are very serious and
costly insects to the unwary home
home owner. Modern home con
struction that permits wood con
tact with the sou has permitted a
serious increase in termite dam
age in the past few years.
6. Carpet beetles are tor some
unknown reason causing mcreas
of sheep and costs t h e sheep
ranchers of Oregon many tnous
ands of dollars each year.
7. Roaches, always important be
cause of their presence around
food and their transmission ol dis
eases to man.
8. Sheep ked is a serious pest
ing damage in Oregon.
t The Northern Fowl Mite, an
external parasite of birds. Its feed
ing debilitates domestic fowl caus-
western pine region is available in
10 species, each with its charac
teristic grain, color, and knot pat
tern. In their natural state, pon
derosa pine, Idaho white pine, su
gar pine, white fir. Engelmann
spruce, and lodgepole pine are
considered light woods. Larch, in
land red cedar, and incense cedar
are on the dark side. Douglas fir
has an intermediate tone.
Ponderosa pine is popular for its
large but relatively few knots while
others, such as Engelmann spruce
and Idaho white pine, are favored
for small knots.
For an informal atmosphere, the
panels are frequently combined in
random widths. Random width
paneling can consist of two differ
ent widths alternated regularly or
three different widths in regular
progression say 6. 8. 10. 6. 8, 10
or a step-up, step-down pattern
6, 8, 10, 8, 6. The most informal
feeling is created by catch-as-catch-can
random taking the
boards as they are picked up.
Among the most popular pat
terns of paneling are V-joint and
bull-nose -for expressing simplicity
and contemporary feeling, the but
terfly and double butterfly for
more ornateness and more tradi
tional decor.
One of the most interesting new
developments in the use of knotty-
pine paneling is the way people
are finishing it in color. Virtually
any color can be given to the
wood through the use of brush-on-wipe-off
finishes that permit the
natural characteristics of the wood
to show through the color.
As examples of some strikingly
different color finishes, there is a
series of six folders each contain
ing six recipes. For free copies
write to: Western Pine Associa
tion, Yeon Building. Portland 4.
Oregon. Ask for "finishing
folders.
By JAMES BUCKNER
LOS ANGELES UPI Early in
August trie atomic submarine Sea-
wolf dogged shut her hatches and
plunged into the icy silence of the
North Atlantic.
Exactly 60 days later, on Oct.
6, she rose to the surface and
glided into New London, Conn.,
having set a new record for con
tinuous undersea operation.
To many, the feat was just an
other in the seemingly endless
stream of broken records brought
about by an advanced technology.
Navy brass divided their senti
ments between awe and elation,
realizing that the Seawolf's per
formance had revolutionized tra
ditional concepts of naval war
fare.
But to Max D. Lislon the record
dive was the happy outcome of a
task that started seven years ago.
Although it takes up less room
than a wardrobe trunk, Liston's
atmosphere analyzer has defeated
the submariner's worst foe poi
soned air.
Before the analyzer was per
fected, submarine commanders
had no way of knowing whether
their air was being poisoned and
had to surface at least once every
12 hours for safety s sake.
But now, working in conjunction
with a vastly improved air purifi
cation system, the analyzer has
helped turn the submarine from a
vulnerable hit-and-run weapon
into an undersea arsenal capable
of gliding unnoticed from ocean
to ocean and delivering its de
structive might to almost any
part of the world.
Even though the basic principles
of the analyzer have long been
known, Liston's job as chief re
search engineer at Beckman In
struments Laboratories here was
to apply these principles in a sin
gle compact unit that would fit
into the cramped interior of a
submarine and would withstand
the roll of heavy seas and the
shock of exploding depth .charges.
As he explains it, there are four
toxic gases produced during an
extended undersea voyage: carbon
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dioxide, the by-product of human
metabolism; carbon monoxide,
which results from combustion;
freon, which may leak from the
vessel's refrigeration system, and
hydrogen, from storage batteries
used in emergencies.
The hydrogen detector was com
pleted in short order, but the other
three required an apparatus based
on the property of these gases to
absorb heat from characteristic
frequencies of infra-red rays.
A model was. then designed
which beamed the infra-red into
three chambers at the absorption
frequency of each of the gases.
Then, it measured how much of
the infra-red, or heat, energy ex
panded the gases. This was done
by detecting the movement of an
extremely thin sheet of gold foil
at one end of the chamber.
The model worked in the lab
oratory but the shock of the
relatively heavy air and gas mole
cules against the translucent sheet
of foil soon ruptured it. Installation
of a new sheet could not be un
dertaken outside the laboratory.
Lislon and his co-workers' spent
months trying to solve this prob
lem until List on came up with the
idea of removing most of the ir
and gas from the sampling cham
ber. He reasoned that it was only
the proportion of the foreign gas
that had to be measured, and that
a lower denjity there would mean
fewer molutules battering against
the foil.
It was tried and it worked, with
standing the severest tests.
Today the analyzer is standard
equipment aboard the nation's
atomic submarine fleet, and the
undersea sailor's fear of poisoned
air has been conquered.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
CHICAGO (UP1 Human beings
have no monopoly on tranquilizers.
Livestock marketers are using a
potent version of the so-called "hap
py pills" to calm the nerves of cat
tle during shipment and thus cut
down on the rate of weight loss ac
curring in the animals.
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TO RECREATE HISTORY
AMHERST. Mass. (UPI) Am
herst and Williams will recreate
the game of baseball as it was
played in 1859 to celebrate the
100th anniversary of the first inter
collegiate baseball game. Amherst
defeated Williams in that strug
gle which went 26 innings and took 1
three and a half hours witn a linai
score of 33 to 32. Thirteen man
teams from the two colleges, us
ing the old rules and the old equip
ment, will play an abbreviated
version of the game during a two-
day celebration May 15-16. There'll
also be a replay of the chess
match held in conjunction with the
1839 baseball game.
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auction.
10. Cattle Lice of several kinds
are important from a pest stand
point, lowering production of meat
and milk.
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