WILL ENTERTAIN EDITORS ; BE READY TO PAY FP
TO
Mow is the Time
To sec just the very
Oregon Pencil Pushers to isit Notice to Subscribers to the
The A. Y. P. E.
Advertising Fnnd
Flammarion Considers Picker
ing's Plan Feasible.
SIGNALING
MARS
As a result of a letter received j You are each and all hereby
by Director of Exploitation, Jas. notified of the organization of an
A, Wood, of the Alaska-Yukon-. executive committee to have
Pacific Exposition, from George charge" of the advertising of our
Putnam, editor "of the Medford City and County and the hand
Tribune and President of the ling of the funds subsjcriberi
Oregon Editorial Association,
the Exposition directors, Cham
bers of Commerce and the offi
cers of the Seattle Press Club
will shortly hold a joint meeting
to discuss the entertainment of
the members of the Oregon As
sociation' when they come to Se
attle to'tha Fair.
President Putnam's letter an
nounced that the association
would make the trip in a body
and would either come in a Pull
man special, which could be
used as quarters, or rely on local
hotels.
In his reply Director Wood
advised that the Pullman scheme
be carried out, for the reason
that it may be difficult to make
reservations at the hotels so far
in advance and that, during the
summer months, it is very prob
able the hotel capacity f the
. city will be severely taxed.
The National Editorial Asso
ciation meets at the Exposition
on July 19 and it is understood
that the Oregon Association de
sires to be there at that time.
Pending further advices from
Oregon, Director Wood will take
the matter up with the local ho
tel mens association to see it
their hard and fast rules as. to
reservations cannot be suspend
ed in favor of the visiting news
papermen. It is very likely that the
Washingtou State Editorial As
sociation will declare in with
the Chamber of Commerce and
Press Club in the matter of en
tertainment as President Albert
Johnson, . of that organization, is
a vice-president of the local
press club and it is known that
ne has been planning an elabor-
ate reception program for visit
ing brethren. . -
Subscribe for the Gazett e
monthly lor such purpose
through the election of the fol
lowing nine men to-wit: M. S.
Woodcock, B. W. Johnson, J. M
Nolan, Virgil E. Watters, John
F. Allen, N. R. Moore, G. A
Robinson, F. L. Miller and A. J.
Johnson, the former having
been elected as Chairman and
the latter as Secretary ana
Treasurer. G. A. Waggoner hat-
been elected by this executive
committee as Advertising Mana
ger and with instructions t(
make al' collections on monthlv
subscriptions, beginning on May
1st, all subscriptions are payabl
in advance. We trust all will
be prompt with their monthly
payments and thus greatly aid
the Committee in their work.
By order of the Committee,
A. J. Johnson,
4-27-4t Secretary.
Why, Indeed?
The five-year-old son was asking his
father some severe "questions about
recent addition to the family.
"That babv likes ma," said the
youngster sharply.
"Oh. yes, he likes your ma," said his
father, "but he likes me too."
ThereuDon the five-year-old from
whom great things were expected ex
claimed:
"Likes you? Then why does he cry
when he looks at you?" Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Necessity the Mother.
"Who got up those hanging gardens
of Babylon?"'
"Some king."
"For what purpose?"
"I Indcre he wanted to outwit the
neighbors' chickens." Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
APPROVES OF GIANT MIRRORS'
Always Tired.
Political Candidate Which way do
the farm hands lean around here?
Farmer Rretop-Well, stranger, around
plowing and planting time you will se&
them leaning against the barn or fence
every time your back is turned, Des
eret News. .
Mill
inery and
Ladies' Furnishings
Special Prices on Millinery
10 Per Cent. Discount
LADIES' FURNISHINGS
LADIES' WASH SUITS
Big Values Offered This Week
From $2.75 to $6
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Paints and Varnishes are the Best. Sold by
4 Undersoil 1
French Astronomer, However, j Bug-
gests Use of Electric Light Reflectors
at Night Says Martians May Have
Tried to Speak to Earth's Inhabitants
Ages Ago.
Professor W. H. Pickering's plan of.
signaling Mars by a series of gigantic
mirrors was submitted to M. Camille
Flammarion. The proposition has the
full approval of the eminent French
astronomer, who said: -
The project certainly Is quite feasi
ble. Signaling with light reflectors, of
course, is the only practical method of
attempting to communicate with other
worlds, and Professor Pickering has
very wisely suggested July as the best
time for making the experiment, be
cause, although Mars will.be nearest
to the earth ' in September, the two
planets at that epoch are In apposition
so obviously that it would be impossi
ble to reflect the sun's rays from the
latter to the former.
In July, however, while only 90,000,-
000 kilometers, roughly, will separate
the two worlds, they will be so placed
that if lines were drawn from one to,
the other and from each to the sun
they would form a triangle and sig-.
naling would become theoretically a
very simple affair.
"Naturally the practical details of
the scheme present difficulties of exe
cution, but none should be insurmount-.;
able, especially if the $10,000,000 pro-,;
posed by Professor Pickering be placed
at his disposal. This is not the first
time the plan of communicating with
Mars by means of mirrors has been
evolved. Forty years ago M. Charles
Gros, a friend of mine, made the sug
gestion, which aroused a great deal of
discussion in scientific circles.
"Other savants from time to time
have studied the possibilities of such a
scheme, but personally I think a still
better way of putting a system" of
mighty reflectors in practice would be
by electric light' reflectors at night, as
the luminous projections thus thrown
from the dark surface of the earth
would be seen much more, easily than
a reflected light intense enough in it
self, but neutralized to a certain extent
by the bright surface of the sunlit j
earth. ' - :
"In either case the signals could cer
tainly be seen by the Martians, ' pro
vided they possess instruments and
other means of perception equivalent
to our telescopes. The experiment
might be- made in any part of the
world. Supposing the signals were
seen and answered, the rest would ,b?
easy. - - . --
"First primitive calls exchanged
would be Just the Interplanetary tele
graphic 'Are yon there?' Once commu
nication is established the invention
of a code of thought transmission and
intelligible for both worlds would be a
comparatively easy matter.
"The fact Is there is no doubt that
the Martians, if ' they exist, have al
ready attempted to get Into communi
cation with our planet It must not be
forgotten ' that the telescope was un
known 300 years ago, and only within
the last hundred years have astrono
mers studied Mars seriously, so It may
be that, unperceived by the inhabit
ants of the earth. Mars signaled to us
thousands of years ago and, obtaining
no response, abandoned the- efforts,
concluding that our planet was unin
habited. - "The luminous phenomena observed
recently, on the surface of Mars were
not signals; they are satisfactorily ex
plained by natural causes.
"I should add that the signaling sug
gested by Professor Pickering need not
be discontinued even if no immediate
results be obtained. But a period of
fifteen years must elapse before Mars
comes so near the earth as in Septem
ber. It will come near enough every
two years for light reflectors covering
an area of a quarter of a mile to.be
visible to' the sister planet" Paris
Cor. New York Herald.
Cobless Ccrn Experimsr.t.
E. . P. House of Greeley, Colo., the
dry' farm plant experimenter, - has re
ceived from H. J. Sconce of Sidell,
111., one seed of cobless corn grown
by the Illinois man. . House asked for
three seeds, to plant in a hill, but only
one could be spared, and it will be
carefully tended. The cobless corn
grown by the Illinois man resembles
very closely the "primitive husk" corn.
Each kernel grows on a parent stem,
and each kernel Is inclosed in its own
husk, all being enveloped in one large
husk. The Illinois man has succeeded
hi eliminating the stem and by taking
the very tiptop kernel of the present
variety expects ultimately to evolve a
perfect cobless corn. The Illinois Agri
cultural college is fostering the experi
ment and believes in its success.
New Way to Forecast Weather.
To. test the water of Lake Michigan
and thereby get the information neces
sary tt forecast the weather is the
plan of Major H. B. Hersey, the
weather b,ureau Inspector at Milwau
kee. He says that to obtain the neces
sary data will be a work, which, will
require , at least three years' experi
ment and then there - will be every
reason to expect successful long dis
tance forecasts can lie made.' He says
there is no doubt that the water of the
lake controls the- temperature., of Mil
waukee; and the proposition is to as
certain the temperature .of the water
at the surface and at twenty-five and
fifty feet belpw.lt under varying con
ditions for three successive seasons.
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