EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. March 8, 1950
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RAN FROM SELF Kenneth
Blackmore. who walked out of his
Job at a San Francisco hotel 30
months ago with $14,000 of the
hotel'! money, gave himself up be
cause his conscience bothered him.
Re absconded to escape from
everydav worries and gave himself
up for the same reason. Black
more decided he actually ran away
from himself.
Unique Whistle, Novelty Shop Found
By Rogue River Man On Coastal Trip
Rogue River, March 4 Van
H. Avery returned recently
from Eureka, Cal., with an in
teresting story about a "whistle
factory," he found there.
While looking at houses in the
vicinity of the city, Avery visited
a suburb and he was startled to
hear a sudden, short blast of a
whistle souding like a willow
whistle such as delight small
boys in the spring.
Blaiii Puisle
The short blast was repeated
with regularity following long
intervals of silence which puz
zled him until two little boys
playing in a nearby yard offered
an explanation.
Our daddy is running a
whistle factory today," Mike ex
plained. "Last week he made
salt and peppers, and before that
he made pepper mills. He has
to toot each whistle wnen lie
makes it, and when he toots
8,000 times he'll be finished.
Then he will make little log
ging trucks that haul Just one
March Planetary Review
By J. Hugh Pruelt
Astronomer, Extension Division,
Oregon Hither Education Syitem
Let us look around the sky
and locate the "other worlds
both seen and unseen. Excluding
the earth and the hundreds of
tiny asteroids, there are eight
known planets. Of these, five are
easily seen without optical aid
when not too near the direction
of the sun,
Gorgeous Venus now rises in
the east southeast about two
hours before sunrise and swings
somewhat southward as it climbs
the heavens. It is at its greatest
apparent brilliance and can be
seen as a tiny pearly-white spot
In a clear, blue daytime sky, if
one knows just where to look
Between 9 and 9:30 a. m. for
the next two weeks, search
little lower than the sun's noon
position. If you are on the shady
side of a house, your chances of
spotting the planet are the best.
Clou Together
Jupiter and Mercury are very
close together in me dawn sky
but are too near the sun for
observation. Saturn and Mars are
in nice positions in the evening
sky. About 8 p. m. much later
II you are near hills or con
iderably west of your standard
time meridian Mars, very
bright and glowing with a de
cidedly red tinge, clears the
horizon almost due east. On
March 8, the big full moon will
slide up the sky alongside this
fiery planet. The following eve
ning, Luna will be much farther
east and will rise over an hour
later. This will give an observer
a good idea of the moon s cast
ward motion around the cartli
Considerably higher than
Mars, not so luminous and some
what farther south, yellow Sat
urn shines steadily. Still higher
ana almost exactly in line with
the two planets and fainter
even than Saturn we find the
Gl Dividend Checks
Passes Halfway Mark
Washington. Mar. 4 U.R
The government today passed
the half-way mark In its Job of
mailing special dividend checks
to veterans with GI life Insur
ance.
When the treasury check writ
ing section closed down for the
day, a total of 7,871.561 checks
for $1,351,011,308 rmd been
placed In the mall.
Nearly 15,000,000 policy-hold
ors are getting a share of the
$2,800,000,000 dividend fund on
the national service life insur
ance policies.
The Joint operation of the Vet
erans administration and the
treasury is keeping well ahead
of schedule. The two agencies
expect to have the "mass pro
duction" Job completed by the
ena oi April.
It mav take vears. however, to
clean up all payments. There is
no cut-on date when policy-holders
may request their dividends
Board To Study Plan
For Building At SOC
Ashland, Mat. 4 The Oregon
state board of higher education
will review filial plans and
specifications for the new II
brary-classroom building for
Southern Oregon college during
its March meeting. The building,
costing about $350. 000. will near
ly double present instructional
space at SOC.
Architect C. Howard Kable.
Portland, has planned the build
ing so that it can be used ultim
ately as a library only. The build
ing combines the Italian Renais
sance of present campus build
ings with modern architecture.
If the stnte board approves
submitted plans, ground-breaking
for the building will prob
ably take place about May I. it
is estimated the building will be
completed by spring of 1951.
Richland, Wash., Mar. 4 U.R)
The General Electric company
today forecast a peak summer
employment of 72.000 persons al
the Hanford atomic plant.
bright star Regulus. This star
is at the end of the handle of
The Sickle, a group of rather
faint stars arranged in the shape
of the common garden tool used
for cutting grass. The curved
blade extends northward from
the handle and has the open side
upward.
Wtsl of Star
The most distant planet, Pluto,
which requires 248 years to en
circle the sun once, is very near
the blade of The Sickle. Although
it can be seen only through
large telescopes, there may be
some satisfaction in pointing to
a spot very slightly west of the
star at the tip of the blade and
remarking, "There is Pluto.
At 8 p. m.. another distant
planet, Uranus, is a little south
of directly overhead. Neptune,
between Uranus and Pluto in
distance, now appears near Mars.
Both Uranus and Neptune can
be seen throueh telescopes of
moderate power even through
good field glasses.
On March 27. Mars will be
nearer the earlh than at any time
since January 1646. This column
will be given entirely to this
planet on March 19.
log each, Just like the big truck
come ana see.
Enters Shop
They led him into the work
shop, past boxes of little brown
Jugs, the "salt and peppers
ferred to by the boys. Each
shaker was banded with its own
redwood bark, its top gracefully
snapea ana initialed S or P, and
the whole highly polished. Seat
ed amta poxes of whistles of a
sizes were the parents. Georc
and Flora Muray, who repeated
their son's invitation.
The electric pencil In Flora
Murray s nana continued care
fully writing "Yellowstone
Park on each wooden whistle
while George rose to show th
visitor through the little home
factory.
"We patent our designs," said
Muray, "and we claim our shop
is unique because we make our
toys and souvenirs out of red
wood limbs. Even the whistles
are made of small redwood limbs,
but I made some of alder too.
While Murray talked, his wife
with a quiet smile handed the
visitor two whistles on which
she had inscribed the words
"Rogue River, Ore." They are
keen throated, attention-demand
ing souvenirs of the little fac
tory where the limbs of the giant
reawooas are utilized in making
souvenirs and toys for the many
tourists that throng the highways
oi the west.
Hart's Hatchery Here
Produce Hybrid Fowl
Hart's Hatchery, Medford. i
one of 33 hatcheries in the United
States licensed to produced the
Barrel - Breasted Northwester,
first species crass between a
pheasant and chicken to be pro
duced commercially, according
to Manager Alton Hart.
James J. Knowles, Centralis
Wash., is creator of the North
wester, which required 15 years
of development. He maintains
that it has a broader breast,
heavier thighs and more edible
meat. It is a specific meat bird
and is not adapted to egg laying.
West coast consumers have been
paying premiums of 10 to 15
cents per pound for the hybrid
Hnrt reported.
The new bird will be featured
in the March 14 Look magazine.
FOR TOP
PERFORMANCE
Wise Motorists Have Their Cars
Checked Over Before the
Spring Rush
21 IMPORTANT STEPS
We Take to Put Your Car in Good
Shape for Spring Driving:
We Will Do the Following:
1. Adjust distributor points
2. Adjust timing
3. Adjust carburetor
4. Adjust valve tappets
5. Check fan bslt
6. Check generator and voltage control
7. Clean carburetor and adjust
8. Clean oil indicator air cleaners
9. Check battery terminals
10. Clean and adjust spark plugs
11. Check coil, condenser, distributor
12. Vacuum spark advance
13. Automatic choke
14. Check heat control
15. Tighten cylinder head
16. Check and tighten manifolds
17. Check and tighten hose connections
18. Check fuel pump
19. Lubrication job
20. Change motor oil
21. Also transmission and differential
oil
Labor Cost on
6 Cylinder Car
Labor Cost On
8 Cylinder Car
$10
PARTS AND OIL ADDITIONAL
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WE CALL FOR YOUR CAR AND
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