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Big Moon on Horizon By J. HUGH PRUETT Astronomer, Extension Division Oregon Higher Education , System "Breathes there the man with soul so dead" that he has never marveled at the gorgeous size of the full moon as she gently swells out of the sky line along the low eastern hills or plain? The smiling countenance of old Luna then seems enormous. Her great width often makes a com plete luminous backing for the tall trees behind which she seems to cling. But do not stop with moon rise, a lew nours later gaze again at our neighboring sate lite when she has sored high into the blue firmament. She is then only a pigmy compared with her horizon size. What has happened? Why has she shrunk so greatly? Easy Observation During the next few days the moon will be at the proper phase and location for easy ob servation of this phenomenon. If clear skies prevail in . your TRY A BIG 4 RECORD 4 Current HIT TUNES gc Available at: IN MEDFORD Huson's Confectionery Ralph's Fountain Groceteria Central Drug Pennywise Trade Fair Riverside Market O.K. Market Ellis Market Hudson's Pharmacy Central Market Anderson's Market IN JACKSONVILLE Chris Drugs Jacksonvile 5 & 10 IN PHOENIX Phoenix Variety Ray's Highway Market IN CENTRAL POINT Paulsen's Thrift Market Setness Variety locality, do not fail to do some original lunar research. How does the full moon look to you? Some say, "Saucer size." Others increase this to a din ner plate, an auto tire or a six foot balloon. You can easily test this for yourself. With one eye close hold a dime at arm's length out toward old Luna. You will find the coin far more than covers the shining orb before you. Now hold the dime a little to the side so you seem to see moon and coin side by side. The dime seems much the larger. If you will cut from a card board a circle of half the diam eter of a dime and use as above, you will find it seems to have about the same width as the moon. No Difference But you may say, "The disk that matches the moon when high in the sky will lack a great deal of equaling it when on the horizon. Will it? Try it and you can detect no difference at all. Very delicate angle-measuring instruments will show that the high moon seems slightly wider. The apparent huge moon on the horizon is then just an opti cal illusion. The old explanation is that when seen low in the sky we judge it to be farther away and since the angle sub tended is practically the same as when high, we unconscious ly assume it looks larger, we also have objects along the sky line with which to compare the moon. Dr. Chant, the Canadian astronomer, says we do not feel that the visible sky is sphere ical in shape, but a flattened affair with a point in the zenith only one-third as far away as one on the horizon. Recently psychologists tell us that the moon looks largest when we view it straight out from our eye sockets. When we turn the eyes upward to see Luna she looks smaller. They say the moon will look largest overhead and smallest on the horizon if we view it when flat on our back. Try it. Teenage Shoplifters Arrested in Salem - Salem U.R) A teenage eirl's shoplifting gang was brok en up Friday when police arrest ed seven girls, all students at North Salem high school. One of the girls told police the group had taken jewelry, shoes, sweaters and other items from downtown Salem stores in the past two weeks. The girls had been under surveillance for some time. ROYAL VISITOR President and Mrs. Eisenhower pose with the Queen Mother Eliza beth on the steps of the White House after the royal visitor's arrival in Washington. Here for a five-day unofficial visit, the Queen Mother will be two -day guest at the White House before moving to the British Embassy. 'Human Approach7 in Veterans Welfare is Aim of Officials Sunday November 7, 1954 ' MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Camp White Officials of the Veterans Administration domicil iary center at Camp White re port they are making progress in their efforts to achieve a "hu man approach" in the veterans' welfare program. The effort for a "human ap proach" has been apparent in the work undertaken by Dr. C. K. Todd, chief medical officer at Camp White. ' Dr. Todd has been putting into practice several programs including corrective .therapy, oc cupational therapy, and. manual therapy, with the work being done in cooperation with volun teer workers and special services facilities. Recent Move A recent move toward broad er authority for the medical de partment is designation of mem bers of the medical staff to have complete jurisdiction as .officers of the day. Previously, an ad ministrative officer also has served regularly as an officer of the day. Service organizations have re sponded to the revitalized pro gram of activities with an in creased amount of attention to recreational activities in a new building designated for this pur pose. An occupational therapy class is now under way there, in addition to regular art instruc tion to a dozen or more talented veterans living at . The Home. The art class is instructed by Vola Tolman, a member of the Southern Oregon Society of Artists. Officials Visit Two recent visits from top of ficials have helped spur the pro gram. M. A. Chapman, VA di rector of domiciliary centers, re cently was at Camp White for a few days, and Dennis Sullivan, national field representative of the American Legion, and George Shaw, rehabilitation director for the Legion's department of Ore gon, were here last week con ferring with Manager E. K. Rick- er and other officials regarding We i Creamy Jersey and Rich Guernsey COMBINED FOR THE FINEST IN QUALITY AND FLAVOR Fully Licensed and Regularly Inspected by the OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE For Further Information Dial 3TA-6-2304 FRANK S ELLIE HOPEWELL Eagle Point L- Deer Slaughtered On State Highways Bend (U.R) Game Com mission workers reported Sat urday that the slaughter of deer on central Oregon highways had exceeded the 200 mark and would probably reach 250 by January. Heaviest toll, they said, was on a 29-mile stretch on Highway 97 between Bend and La Pine where deer graze in dry timber east of the highway and cross the heavily-traveled route at night for water at the Deschutes river. Damage to autos has been heavy but few injuries to motor ists have been reported. Another deer crossing which has proved hazardous to both motorists and deer in recent weeks is the stretch near Fort Rock in Northern Lane county at the Old Horse Ranch. High Tides Forecast j At Lincoln Beaches DeLake U.R) Lincoln beaches Saturday were expect ing an influx of visitors over the next eight days with reports that fall tides would reach, their highest level of the year during the period. While planning to accommo date visitors come to see the water displays created by high waves, beach dwellers were con cerned about the possibility of damage to beach properties if the high tides should be accom panied by strong inshore winds. On Nov. 11, a record-breaking ten-foot tide is expected at noon, the high point of the period. Tides will begin to mount Sun day and increase through Thurs day, Veterans day. Dead line Sunaay Classified is at' noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 Drevious day. Legion recommendations for Camp White. Among the recommendations made by Chapman was one for a trainee schedule for member em ployees at Camp White. The American Legion policy is summarized in a statement made recently by Eugene Orr, of Medford Post 15, a member of the national rehabilitation com mittee: "Human Approach" "Our present administration has insisted that the human ap proach, rather than the cold case, work approach, be made toward veterans and their problems. This resulted in a reorganization of the Veterans Administration along functional lines, giving veterans and their dependents faster and better service at less overhead cost." In a review of the scope of member activities and interests at Camp White, Frank Glon ning, the present special services head, states: "The management and special services staff at this station are mindful of conducting a bal anced program of spectator en tertainment combined with ac tive participation by members ap proved by the medical staff. Interest Shown "It is in the latter field that we are placing the most em phasis, and it is encouraging to note that great interest is being shown by members in joining groups in art work, fibre flow er making, occupational therapy and diversified passive game ac tivities. "The entire program has as its objective the teaching of wholesome use of free time that is enjoyable and constructive; also to restore to a certain extent elasticity of mind and body and ; to develop team work and good fellowship. "We feel that the program under way is a start in that di rection and we are hoping that the fine people comprising our volunteer workers corps will as sist in furnishing the special skilled leadership needed to in. stigate many more activities that will prove beneficial to our domi ciled members." Uncertified Seed Said Substituted As Certified Lois ; Corvallis U.P.) "An attempt ed substitution" of uncertified seed for certified lots has been uncovered by seed certification specialists at Oregon State Col lege, according to Dr. D. D. Hill, Oregon State College farm crops head and chairman of the Ore gon Certification Board. He said it jwas the first viola tion of its kind in the history of Oregon's seed certification program. He said the case involved sub stitution of mixed common and perennial ryegrass seed for cer tified perrenial ryegrass lots. About 40 per cent of the sample lot was the substituted, uncer tified mixture, it was reported. Workers at the seed certifica tion laboratory noted certain lots of ryegrass seed did not con form to certification standards. They notified H. E. Finnell, head of the Oregon certification service, who ordered an investi gation. The certification board in turn suspended 'the warehouse from which the seed was ship ped while the investigation is underway. Identity of the ware house was witheld. " The seed in question was grown by a large number of growers for one warehouse and had been contracted for and sold by a number of Oregon seed firms. To -protect the grow ers and dealers, the certifica tion board approved a plan for a committee from the seed trade to lake over the ware house temporarily while the settlement is made. ARTICLES FILED Salem (U.R) Articles of in corporation have been filed here for the Lions Club of Medford, Inc. . Signing the papers were Robert D. Dames, Alan H. Jew ett and Leland J. Knox. Texas has 15,670 miles of rail ways, more than in any of the other states. Endurance Pilot Killed in Crash Portland (U.R) James C. ' Rinehart, 46-year-old Alaskan bush pilot who made an endur ance flight of -16 hours over Seaside, Ore.', 26 years ago, was killed Friday when his twin en gined seaplane crashed into a peak aboui 75 miles northwest of Sitka, Alaska, his father here was notified late Friday.' Rmehart's two passengers sur vived, but were badly injured. They were Mr. and Mrs. Charles $7,824,644 Slated for Oregon, Washington Portland U.R) Oregon and Washington will receive a total of $7,824,664.06 as their share of receipts from national forests for the fiscal year ended June 30, Regional Forester J. Herbert Stone said Saturday. Stone said Oregon's share will be $4,988,206.78 while Washing ton will get $2,836,437.28 in pay ments representing 25 per cent of receipts from timber sales, grazing of livestock, land use and other uses of the national forests. Joseph Sr. of Sitka. A Coast Guard rescue crew reached the scene late Friday and an attempt was to be made today to get a helicopter to the area. Rinehart was the son of Dr. Jackson Carle Rinehart, Port land, and Mrs. Rinehart. He was senior pilot for Alaska Coastal Airlines. He learned to fly at the age of 16 in planes which he patched together him self. In 1928 he set an endurance record of 16 hours aloft in an old OX Travelair over Seaside. He went to Alaska in 1934.. 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