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10 Capital Journal, Salem,
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Inspecting the Detroit Dam Site Three key figures in con
struction of the Detroit dam on tht North Santiam river are
(left to right): T. M. Price, expert on aggregates; Lt. Col. J.
W. Miles, resident engineer of Corps of Engineers; and Russell
Hoffman, superintendent of the job for Consolidated Build
ers. They are shown overlooking the lowering of coffer dams
at the construction site.
Caravan Trip to
Damsifes Planned
Plans for a caravan trip to all
damsites in the Willamette val
ley project were laid Monday
at a meeting of the Willamette
basin commission.
The dates will be June 11 and
12. Five cars will be from the
army engineers' offices in Port
land. All county courts will be
invited, also representatives of
cities and various agencies.
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Oregon, Tuesday, May S, 1949
The caravan will start from
the State house at 7:30 the
morning of June 11. Late in
the day the cars will reach Eu
gene and the night will be spent
there.
Col. O. E. Walsh, district army
engineer, met with the commis
sion Monday. The meeting was
at the Chamber of Commerce.
One theory as to why en
gagement and wedding rings are
worn on the third finger of the
left hand is that the Egyptians
believed a vein ran from that
finger directly to the heart
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Planets Not Stars, Though
They Are Of ten Called So
By J. HUGH PRUETT
A.lfnHtr. Eilrn.lM DivUlM. OrtSM Htshcr KMratiB By.ltH
Planets are not atari although often called auch, but because of
the brilliance of aome of them and their motiona among the
"fixed" atara, they are most interesting objects.
Venus, the finest of all, passed behind the sun April 13 and is
now in the western twilight sky, but it still ao close to the aun
that it cannot be seen until near
the end of the month, and then
only very near the horizon.
Mercury is also in the evening
twilight and quite bright low in
the west northwest as soon as the
sky is sufficiently darkened.
More will be given on this little
planet next week, at which time
it will be in a better position
for observation.
Mars is now in the dawn sky
but too close to the sun for
observation this month. Jupi
ter is still in the morning sky
and is brilliant in the south
southeast at daybreak. Yellow
Saturn is high in the south an
hour after sunset, and is easily
spotted as it stands very close
to the bright star, blue-white
Regulus. Pluto, the most dis
tant planet, visible only in large
telescopes, is located only about
IS degrees northwest of Saturn
Uranus and Neptune are also in
the evening sky, but invisible
without optical aid. An hour
after sunset Uranus is high in
the west, while Neptune is high
in the southeast.
Let us observe our spring
"fixed stars" around 9 p. m.
The familiar Big Dipper is now
only a little north of overhead
and upside down. The celes
tial jewels in its ample bowl
seem likely to be scattered.
Near the northern horizon
where the Dipper was dominant
six months ago, the W of Cas
siopeia, a little west of norm
now rules the scene.
In the northeast, the brilliant
Vega, principal star in the heav
enly harp, flashes in splendor
If horizon obstructions are not
present, Deneb of lesser bright
ness can be seen near the north
northeast horizon. Very high in
the east southeast, orange Arc
turus, the harbinger of spring,
is conspicuous. The only other
bright star in the eastern half
of the heavens is blue-white
Spica, now somewhat south of
southeast.
Sirius is now flashing various
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the west southwest. Red Bctel
geuse, the shoulder of Orion, is
also near the skyline and prac
tically due west. Well up in the
northwest, yellow Capella is
dominant.
The heavenly twins, Pollux
and Castor, from left to right,
stand side by side high in the
west. And while looking at the
west early this evening, be sure
to study the crescent moon on
one edge of the entire circle of
the darker portion, "the old
moon in the new moon's arms."
Milk Grade Hearing
Set for May 13
The state agriculture depart
ment will hold a hearing here
Msy 13 on milk grades. It will
be under a 1949 law.
The main item will be to
adopt standards for Grade C
raw milk for pasteurizing.
The department also announc
ed lt will test each producer's
milk at least four times every
six months, instead of three
times as is now being done.
This means it will make 200
tests a week.
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Prizes Listed
New York, May 3 (Pi The
Nebraska Journal of Lincoln,
Neb., won the Pulitzer prize for
disinterested and meritorious
public service "in spotlighting
issues early In the 1948 presi
dential campaign."
The prize for the top fiction
novel went to James Gould
Cozzens, for his "Guard of
Honor."
Arthur Miller's hit play,
"Death of a Salesman," won the
drama award.
For a distinguished example
of local newspaper reporting,
the trustees of Columbia uni
versity, who annually make the
awards, cited Malcolm Johnson
of the New York Sun for a
series of 24 articles about crime
on New York's waterfront.
A New York Times Washing
ton staff member, C. P. Trus-
sell, received the award for "con
sistent excellence" in covering
the national scene from Wash
ington, D.C.
A series of 12 articles on In
dia's first year of independence
won a prize for Price P. Day
of the Baltimore Sun for a dis
tinguished example of reporting
on international affairs.
The trustees cited two news-
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style, sound reasoning and the
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Middle Grove Fire
District Rejected
County Assessor R. Tad Shel
ton has returned to the county
clerk sets of petitions for crea
tion of Middle Grove rural fire
protection district with the no
tation that there is an insuffi
cient number of signatures of
land owners on the petition to
proceed with the organization
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The law requlrea that the signa
tures equal at least 23 per cent
of the land owners within the
proposed district. This will
necessitate circulation of new
petitions to complete the re
quired number. The current
tax roll shows 1572 owners in
the land described on the peti
tions and but 291 signers shown
to be taxpayers on that roll in
the proposed district.
However, petitions for annex
ation of a section of territory to
Four Corners Rural Fire pro
tection district were returned
with the notation that they have
a sufficient number of signers.
There are 43 property owners
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