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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, May 28, 1050 SCRATCHING HEAD In puzzlement, Eugene Pollack can hardly believe eyes as he finds onossum comfortably settled under hood of car. Just how animal managed to find v"y Into securely fastened cover Is mystery. Car was In Chicago. Fire Prevention and Standby Methods in Firefighting Talked A discussion of fire prevention will pay the costs, it was said. and fiehline methods and a re. quest for a standby list of men and equipment for emergency use in bad fire situations fea tured a joint meeting of state for estry men and members of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association at the Jackson hotel Friday evening. Some S3 men, mostly from Jackson and Josephine counties, attended the session, which took the place of the usual series of meetings on fire protection be fore the summer months. To Us Map One of the standby plans will Include the use of a map show ing locations of lookouts, war dens, crews and equipment, state men said. Normal fires they ex pect to combat with their own crews, but in extremely bad fires they will need to rely on loggers, private equipment and the ''know-how" of experienced men. It is hoped to have "on tap" a large number of small crews to be held in readiness for emer gencies. Transportation on such cases will be largely by private cars, it was pointed out, in an attempt to get men to the scene fast, and to get fires under control while still small. Operators were re quested to fill out forms showing the number of men on eacli oper ation, and the type and amount of equipment. Data Given The other half of the same form gives operators information showing state forest patrol per sonnel and the type of aid avail able to loggers, as well as in formation on how to get aid. There is no obligation entailed in filling in the forms. It was point ed out. But if loggers are called upon to help fight fires, the state Car-Washing Service Opens Here Today Calvin Pryor and Everett Mc Graw Saturday announced the opening of a new semi-automatic car-washing service, located at the Olympic Trucking terminal, at the corner of Central and Riv erside avenues near the south city limits. The service, to be known as Mac's Olympic Car Wash, open ed for full-time operation this morning. It will specialize in washing cars while Ihe customer wails, and can complete one job in about 10 minutes. The cars are first cooled in the shade, and by a hose, and then two men scrub the car with soap. It is then run through two auto matic sprinklers. Automatic brushes are not used, Pryor said, because there is too much grit in dust in this country, and might damage paint jobs. Loaaeri Praised Frank Hamilton, district war den here, complimented local loggers and operators upon the high type of cooperation they of fered last year, particularly dur ing the second Foots creek fire. The state asked for 125 men, at 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning, he said, and a full quota was on hand shortly. During a question and answer period, it was pointed out that wages and rental on equipment are set up by a committee com prised of forest service and labor union representatives. Overtime pay for work in excess of 40 hours is not paid. Loggers present urged the in creased use of fire warning signs, and volunteers will post them in critical areas. Discuss Inspection During a discussion of inspec tion policies and procedures. questions of permit issuance, hu midity factors and isolation of slash burning were brought up. the state lorest conservation law was also discussed, and the three methods of restocking cut- over areas were mentioned. In northwestern Oregon blocks of seed trees, comprising some five per cent of the area, are advo cated. In this area, the use of in dividual seed trees works well, it was pointed out. and two should be left on each acre. In pondcrosa pine stands, the most successful method was said to be a diameter cut limitation, with nothing under 16 inches being taken, with at least four such trees to each acre. Talk Slash Burning Hamilton also discussed slash burning procedure at some length, pointing out that state headquarters will nntifv local wardens when conditions are right for burning, and permits may then be issued. He urged good advance planning before slash is burned, and good men with sufficient equipment should be used. He stressed the import ance of operators getting releases on current slash areas, and also emphasized the Importance of keeping to a minimum the need less killing of young reproduc tion growtn. Destructive logging methods come in for their share of criti cism, and it was pointed out that these bring about a greater slash problem, and a higher percentage of killed reproductive growth. Permits Here Association radio members re ported that permits for the new communications network have arrived, and that the sets will arrive next month. Among the speakers were Dwight Phipps. deputy stale for ester: Jim Walker, district for est supervisor: Hamilton, and Keith Young. Coos county war den and representing the Coos County Forest Patrol association. Danger of taking tht wrong road b eliminated, when we ( hf a road map that Hit been carefully charted by experienced hindt initead of relying on a "cock-eyed" itgn that changei with each wind. Exertion of driving ii fete, when we have the confidence of a well traveled road under the wheeli with no fear of coming unexpectedly upon rough, unre liable itrctchca. Western Traveling by a reliable road map it like the feeling of confidence that iccompanie the dealing! of American familial with their Physician and PharmacUt. They know that behind every bit of tervice by the Doctor and Pharmacist there are many, many yean of ttudy, prepare lion and practice. For your own protection, keep the handt that chart your "health road" free from Inexperienced diooriata. MIFrPHAMlACT 30 N. Central. Phone -I74. MF.tiroilU, OHKC1UN Electronic Unit To Plan Program At Monday Meet Another planning session of the proposed naval reserve or ganized electronic company will be held here Monday evening, ac cording to Lt. Henry Fisher USNR. Navy veterans, former members of other service branch es, and interested civilians are invited to attend the 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Federal building at 33 North Riverside avenue. "We were axtremely pleased with the turnout at the first or ganizational meeting last week," Lt. Fisher says, "and we are confident that the unit will be ready for activation in a few weeks. However, it is important that deck officers qualified to take over the administrative du ties of the unit be found so that the staff may be completed." May Receive Pay Lt. Fisher says that navy vet erans who have already indi cated an interest in the group have been attracted by the op portunity to continue their train ing and receive a full day's pay for the weekly two-hour drill ses sions. Radio receiving and trans mitting equipment and radar has already been installed by the volunteer electronic warfare company and it is expected that sonar and fathometer instru ments will be ready for use in the near future. Purpose of the new unit is to train recruits in the operation and maintenance of radio and sound equipment and to provide facilities where navy veterans may brush up on their past train ing. A full schedule of courses will be offered allowing men to advance in rate as fast as require ments are fulfilled. Instructors in radio, radar, sonar, and elec tronics are available to start course work as soon as the unit is activated. Five Officer Vacancies As only five officer billets are open in the ultimate complement of the company, Lt. Fisher urges interested men to report on Mon day while there are still vacan cies. Officers with D. C or T clas sifications are eligible for assign ment. Special feature of Monday's meeting will be the showing of navy combat films taken during Pacific action during the last war. Shady Cove Officer To Lead Seabee Unit Seabee volunteer reserve Unit 13-30 held a special meeting last week. Lt. Cmdr. Jackson, Seabee reserve officer from Seattle as signed Lt. John Jones, Shady Cove, as unit commander. The drill nights have been changed from Monday to Tues day and the next drill will be held June 6 at 8 p.m. in the Federal building. Chief Paul Jennings will give a lecture on cold weather engineering. All members of the Seabee reserve and former Seabees are urged to attend. lb 'it V1 (Acme Telephoto) ATOMIC SPY CONFESSES Research Chemist Harry Gold (right) Is escorted to prison by an FBI agent after his arraignment In Phila delphia on charges of atomic espionage. FBI agents, who arrested Gold, 39, said he admitted helping pass vital A-bomb Information to the Communists. His bail was set at $100,000. Virgo, Goddess of Justice By J. Hugh Pruett Astronomer, Extension Division, Oregon Higher Education System Many will recall that during the entire total lunar eclipse of a little over a year ago a bright star stood close beside the dark ened moon as if lending kindly reassurance during the "hour of distress." This star, blue-white Spica, now twinkles well up in the south around 9 p. m. stand ard time (10 p. m. DST), the ex act time depending upon how far you are from a standard time meridian. On May 28, Spica will be only a few degrees west of the big moon. Red Mars, farther to the w e st , is considerably Brighter. Spica (Spika, long 1) and sev eral faint stars near it outline the constellation Virgo The Maiden. The ancient Greek poets wrote fondly of the virtues and deeds of Virgo. In the times that were old even to the early Grecians, this beautiful maiden, the goddess of justice, abode according to 1 e g e n d on the earth. But troubled by the wick edness and injustice prevalent here, Virgo finally chose the heavens for her dwelling place. From the skies she descended at the appropriate season to preside over the harvests and to admin- Lard Diet Claimed Helpful For Eczema Chicago, May 27 U.R) An in crease of lard in the diet has shown good -results in the treat ment of eczema, according to an editorial in the National Live Stock Producer. The article was based on find ings of Dr. Arild E. Hansen, of the University of Texas. He said that tests were made with adults, children and babies. ister justice to men. Represented Wheat In mythology, Spica represent ed the golden heads of wheat carried in the left hand of Virgo. This star is actually about 500 times more luminous than is our sun, but the great distance its light requires 120 years to reach us dims the brilliance considerably. Spica is one of the very hot stars with a surface temperature of around 20,000 degrees centigrade as compared with our sun's 6.000 degrees. Compare either with the boiling point of water, 100 degrees cen tigrade (212 degrees fahrenheit.) The stars tracing the body of Virgo form a large, rather awk ward letter Y. which is easily pointed out without a diagram. Spica is at the lowest part of the letter. From this bright star trace an imaginary line north west. We soon pass a faint star, then almost an equal distance farther northwest we find Gam ma, of about the same bright ness as the dimmest star of the Big Dipper. These three form the stem of the Y. Gamma is at the point where the arms of the let ter branch. Difficult Names Two stars of approximately the brightness of Gamma, and almost north from it, form one arm of the Y; two others almost west form the other arm. The spread of the open part of the letter covers more sky space than the entire handle of the familiar Big Dipper. Should you care for difficult star names, remember that the most western star of the Y is Zuvijava; the most northern, Vindemintrix. The Milky Way, according to one ancient legend, is made up of the golden grams of wheat scattered along the path trod by the beautiful Virgo. "Twmrite helped smooth out the kmks m my back say Mrs. Burl Woodward 4193 Riddle Avenue Wayne, Michigan 1 I can recommend Ironrite to any woman who wants to end the drudgery of hand ironing. Not long ago, I had a major spinal oper ation. My doctor advised a whole year of rest from hard work like hand ironing. But, with my family, that was impossible. 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ASK ABOl T A FREE EASY CREDIT TERMS IN AN IRONRITE HOME DEMONSTRATION IronnleHfe Feldman & Olson Electric Store Summer Program Of Crafts To Be Given at YMCA With the assistance of several adults who are enthusiastic about a craft program in the YMCA, an interesting and varied craft pro gram for youngsters and teen agers will be launched this sum mer, "Y" officials said Saturday. Jake Fisher of the Groceteria will instruct in leathercraft. em phasizing the tooling of leather. Fisher learned this hobby while in veterans hospitals and is adept at it. The Kiwanis club is con tributing funds to purchase the bare essentials in leathercraft tools. Classes will be Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m. for junior high and high school students and Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. for grade school. Ceramics will be a specialty for girls, with Mrs. Arthur Bre reton and some of the women in her class conducting a course on Wednesday morning. Any wom an interested in helping with this instruction should contact R. L. Jones at the YMCA. Kiln Presented A number of beautiful pieces have been made by the adult ceramic classes in the past few months, and several molds have been purchased to assist in pot tery making. Five Merlford wom en making it possible for the YMCA to purchase a large kiln for the baking of clay are Mrs. L. L. Sanders. Mrs. Charles Bott- jer, Mrs. Charles Lcmery, Mrs. Gordon Kershaw and Mrs. Mar shall Bessonette. Ceramics has gained such a large following in the Rogue val ley that the YMCA will accept clay work from non-members for firing at reasonable rates. The most unusual of hobby crafts will be a course in fly tying by Jim Duckett. who will intruct boys on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. Duckett will conclude the course by taking the boys on fishing trips where they will learn how to use them. These oroerams are all a part of YMCA bovs and girls' "sum mer adventure program." Youth, 17, Receives 50 Years In Prison Des Moines, la., May 26 (U.R) Tommy Ellis. 17, AWOL soldier accused of the knife slaying of an 85-year-old Des Moines widow in . a $5 robbery, today entered a surprise plea of guilty to a" second degree murder charge and was immediately sentenced to 50 years in prison. Ellis interrupted court proceed ings today just as they were about to get underway and en tered his plea. District Judge Loy Ladd ask ed the freckled and red-haired youth if he were ready to plea to a second degree murder charge. "Yes, sir," Ellis replied in a firm voice. Ladd then accepted the guilty plea and sentenced the husky youth to 50 years in the state prison at Fort Madison. 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