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; MILLIONS OF DAMAGE Is estimated loss by fire whlcb swept
Vancouver, B. C. waterfront "grain row." More than 400 firemen
were on lines in this scene at United Grain Growers' terminal,
largest structure destroyed by wind-fed flames. (International)
Mars Again Brilliant
By J. HUGH PRUETT
Astronomer, Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
A high school boy who recent
ly interviewed me wrote in an
essay for his journalism class,
"Almost always when Dr. Pruett
writes on Mars, the god of war,
somebody gets mad." Restraint
of temper is urgently requested
In case you care to read what
follows here.
The planet Mars is now a bril
liant object, and tonight will be
rising in the east southeast ap
proximately 1V4 hours after sun
set. By May 8, it will be at its
nearest approach to us, a dis
tance of almost 52 million miles,
and will be rising shortly after
sunset. It is decidedly red and
non-winking.
Once in Two Years
Once in a little over two years
Mars gets relatively so near to
us that it is very brilliant. But
only once in 15 to 17 years are
these "approaches" at their least
distance. In 1939 our warlike
planet; was only minion mnes
from us and in 1941 38 million
miles. It was then as bright
as Jupiter, or about 2V4 times
brighter than it will appear this
year. The next very close ap
proach will occur in 1958.
The diameter of Mars is only
about one-half that of the earth:
Its average distance from the
sun, 1V4 times ours; its year
of our months; and Its day' 24V4
terrestrial hours. Small tele
scopes show the polar snow caps,
the large blue-green sections
fwhich are generally thought to
indicate vegetation, and the red
dish desert areas.
The so-called canals of Mars
cause endless controversy. Some
astronomers, have never seen
them even though the largest
telescopes; others, using smaller
instruments, claim to detect
them clearly at moments of ''best
seeing." Dr. Edison Pettit of Mt.
Wilson in 1939 studied the red
planet carefully through 6-inch
and 20-ineh telescopes and map
ped 40 of these fine lines. Dr.
H. N. Russell of Princeton has
written that "there is now no
doubt regarding the real .exis
tence of these finer details, but
the drawings and descriptions of
them by different observers are
remarkably discordant."
Elaborate Network Shown
The late Dr. Percival Lowell
and his followers claimed the
surface of the planet showed an
elaborate network of fine lines.
These they interpreted as arti
ficial ditches constructed by in
telligent beings to carry water
from the spring-melting of the
polar snow caps to equatorial
regions and "way points." Or
more probably they could be
wide stretches of vegetation on
both sides of the canals.
Many others agree there are
multitudes of dark lines visible
at times, but they are not certain
they have regular forms, so de
cidedly do not favor Lowell's
interpretations. Some go so far
as to assert there is no indication
of these lines and that belief in
them is purely a "figment of the
imagination."
Whatever the facts, we can
enjoy the splendor of this ruddy
planet in our spring skies.
Dead line Sunday Classifieds la al
noon Saturdays .
13-Year-Old Boy
One of 16 Named
For Hero Medals '
Pittsburgh (U.R) A 13-year-old
boy was one of 16 persons
from nine states honored by the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
for outstanding bravery in res
cue attempts.
John H. Sherrod, 13, Washing
ton, D. C, was one of the young
est award winners ever cited by
the commission. Two of those
honored lost their lives.
Saved Young Boy
Sherrod was credited with sav
ing the life of a nine-year-old
boy who had fallen into the
South River at Edgewater, Md.,
last July 22.
Also presented with bronze
medals were:
A young Illinois farmer who
beat off a hunger-crazed tiger
with an automobile drive shaft
and saved a man's life, a Phila
delphia man who disregarded
his own safety to rescue two fel
low workers from a deadly sul
phuric acid spray, and three
Pittsburgh men who dragged
two injured women from an explosion-charred
building.
Family Refuses To Allow
Transfusion for Daughter
Insurance Agency
Observing Birthday
Medford housewives were get
ting their milk from a buggy
operated by John Snider's father
and mother when the R. A.
Holmes Insurance agency . was
founded April 9, 1909, according
to Cole Holmes. The agency was
started by his father, R. A.
Holmes.
The Holmes agency, which Is
celebrating the beginning of it's
44th year in business in Med
ford; is still owned and operated
by members of the Holmes fam
ily, Mrs. R. A. Holmes and Mr.
and Mrs. Cole Holmes. Mrs. R.
A. Holmes, the wife of the foun
der, still takes an active interest
in the business.
The firm was started on the
second floor of what is now
Mann's Department store. The
office was about where Mann's
elevator is now located. It was
later moved to the Jackson
County Bank building.
It is now located at 116 South
Central avenue and employs five
people. Cole Holmes entered the
business in April, 1920. The own
ers of the pioneer firm - have
never deviated from the policy
of the founder which was to sell
insurance only, he said.
Portland (U.R) Portland State
defeated Lewis St Clark 8-3 in a
baseball game here Friday. It
was the Vikings' second victory
over the Pioneers this season.
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IS THE KEY TO
jl?6TREASURE
CHEST
YOU ACHIEVE YOUR HEARTS DESIRE AND YOU RECEIVE
MANY PLUS BENEFITS WITH KIN-SHIP STAMPS
When you buy from merchants who give you
KIN-SHIP SAVINGS STAMPS you win 5 ways. You
lower living costs, you automatically start saving, you
soon gain a sizable sum to spend as you will, you
help deserving youngsters, you help your own city.
No other savings stamp has all these advantages.
SHOP WHERE YOU SEE THE GOLDEN EMBLEM OF KIN-SHIP
3) AT THE STORES LISTED BELOW:
Chark Nelson Rfnr.ee Station
friendly mobil servic.
301 Sixth Avenue
Merle Norman C osmetic!
Come in for a complimentary
demonstration.
214 Flahrer Bldf.
Bert Pree Dr shop
Acrosa from Hawthorne Park
52 East Main
toMnton Bros. Men'i Clothing
The Buds for Quality Duda
114 East Main
Ada Bell Restaurant
Tasty Foods Friendly Service
12S West Main
Craterlan Beauty Shop
Medford's Favorite Beauty
Headquarters
41 South Central
Greta's
The Best Is Not Expensive
34 North Bartlett
L. G. Mclren
Shell Fuel Oil
1002 south Central
Ed Nlles Lumber Co.
Everything for Economical BuJIdlnf
Pariflc Hl-Way North
The Patio Ladles' Sportswear
The Little Shop with the Big Bargains
22 South Central
Chnek Risse Service Station
Mobile Products Friendly Service
West th at Fir St.
Geo. c Shaefer Service Station
itivc in ior service mat a topi
fll N. Riverside
Sim's Bros. Bicycles Hobbles
Next door to the Mall Tribune
23 North Fir St.
O. K. Rubber Welders
Near the Big Y
tfo North Riverside
Medford Roma-Tex Brlx Ce,
oomeming rttw IS coming I
Pacific Hlirhway North
Medford Radio Servlra
Fast. Friendly Service
IS North Fir St.
andv ftarvlra IIiHm
Capable Courteous Service k
1504 North Riverside
Shuifle Studio Photographj
Personality Portralta
134 West Main
Wilson's Camera Shop
Everything for the amateur
photographer
229 East Mala
O. W. Panter Service Station
With Emphasis on Service
Central Point
Community Grocery
Real NEIGHBORLY Service
1101 East Jackson
Central Market Grocery
Where Parking Is EAST
437 South Central
Humphrey Motors
A good place to buy. sell or service
vour ear.
11 Booth Riverside
Odessa. Tex. (U.R) The
scripture-quoting family of a
critically injured 20-year-old
girl defied a court order,
blocked her hospital room and
refused to permit a doctor to ad
minister a blood transfusion
Saturday which .could mean her
life.
They quoted from the Old
Testament, Leviticus 17:10-12:
". . . you that eateth any manner
of blood; I will even set my face
against that soul . . . and will cut
him off from among his peo
ple. . . "
Hurt in Auto Crash
Inside the hospital room lay
Marie Oliff. She has been there
since Sunday when she suffered
a compound skull fracture, frac
tured right pelvis, dislocated
right hip and fractured leg in a
head-on automobile crash.
A weary and angry doctor,
who refused the use of his name,
"reluctantly" remained at her
side.
The girl's family refused to
release the physician from the
case because no other doctor
will take it.
Consented to Transfusion
Marie's father, William Oliff,
one of the three militant mem
bers of her family guarding the
hospital door, consented to a
blood transfusion that saved her
life when she was first brought
to the Medical Center hospital
at Odessa from the accident
scene in a state of extreme
shock.
"We gave her two pints of
blood at the time," her doctor
said. "It saved her life, I feel.
"At the time, her father was
quite willing for her to have
the blood; he went out and got a
donor. In fact.
Changed His Mind
"He since has changed his
mind," the physician added.
Marie "is holding her own
fairly well," but her hemoglobin
has dropped to 64 per cent of
normal.
"I have reason to believe she
Is developing pneumonia," the
doctor said.
If she does, he said, she has a
slim chance for survival in her
present condition.
Ships are de signed generally
so that they will right themselves
after a list, or tilt, of somewhat
less than 90 degrees. There are
eases on record where they have
listed even more than 90 degrees
and recovered.
Sunday. April 27. 1952
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
BusinessMachineFirm
Opens Bigger Office
Alan Jewett of Business Ma
chines company has announced
the opening Monday of an en
larged office machine sales and
service store at 16 South Bart
lett street.
The store will feature sales j
and service of Dictaphone die
tating machines and will do re- !
pair and overhauling on all
makes of typewriters and adding j
machines.
Jewett has been in the office '
machine business in Medford for
13 years. For the past year he j
has been sales representative for
the Dictaphone corporation, cov- I
ering southern Oregon and '
northern California. His office i
has been at 14 South Bartlett
street. He will continue as rep- J
resentative in the new location, j
Previous to opening the Bart- j
lett street office, Jewett was
foreman for the Remington
Rand sales agent here, gaining
training on all Remington ma
chines. He also spent four years
as a mechanic for the Under
wood corporation, acquiring
training on typewriters of that
make and on Sundstrand adding
machines.
HE WAS ROBBED
Melbourne. Australia (U.R)
Things are tough in this Aus
tralian port city, a Moslem
seaman discovered.
Watched by a fascinated
crowd, the seaman stopped in
a downtown street, faced Mec
ca, removed his shoes and
knelt lo pray.
When he got up someone
had stolen his shoes.
REPAIRS
On All Makes of
TYPEWRITERS & ADDING MACHINES
(Remington, Sundstrand, Royal,
Underwood, L.C. Smith, etc.)
FOR GUARANTEED SERVICE ON YOUR OFFICE
MACHINES PHONE 3-3133 OR SEE
ALAN JEWETT'S
Business Machine Company
Now Located at
16 South Bartlett Medford
Authorized Sales and Service for Dictaphone Corporation
43rd
Anniversary
of
The R. A. Holmes
Agency
We're Now Entering Our 44th
Year of Insurance Service to
Medford and Jackson County
We Thank You for Your
Splendid Support
Remember, Insurance Only.. No
Real Estate.. No Loans..
Just Insurance!
Maude .A. Holmes
Grace A. Holmes
Cole Holmes
116 South Central