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Stt-.-Vji fc-, .e. ..-ri'. Astronomy Questions Br J. HUGH PRUETT ' AttrMBr, XxtaiuioK mvUioK Ortgea Higher Education System - Here, are some questions which frequently have come to me. Their answers will , likely be of interest to many others. L What !s the very bright object in the eastern sky early, in the evening and ' the still brighter one in the southeast in the dawn? : 5 ; J. - ' These have been discussed fre quently, but for those who miss ed the articles we can state that the evening object is the planet Jupiter, and the one in the morn ing sky is the planet Venus, the most brilliant of all planets or . stars. ; Eclipses in 195S r' v ' ' 2. What eclipse will be visible during 1955? - v " ' : f r I'm sorry to give such a dis couraging answer, but this year will be very unspectacular for us in regard to eclipses. Not one will, be visible in any of the states where this article will be published. There is a total solir eclipse on June 20, but this can be seen only from the vicinity of Southern Asia! On "Dec. 14 an annular (not annual); or ring, -eclipse of the sun will occur in about the same region Nov.. 29 there will be a partial lunar eclipse, i but the moon will set here .before the event. ,. Some may ask, "What is an annular solar eclipse?" Such -'would be ' a total eclipse were -the moon : much closer, to the earth on the date of occurrence. It would then hide the entire 'face, of the sun.: But at times during a month old Luna is 30, 000 miles farther, from us than - at others. It then looks some what smaller and will not quite cover the face of the sun. All is blacked out with the excep tion of a; narrow ring of bril- - liant light around the,outerim of the sun. "Annular" means "ring." ;y-"V y: ..v.. Solar Spotldnss " 3. W,e are told that unspots are most numerous every 11.2 years and that at such times magnetic .' disturbances and the aurora borealis, or n o t h e r n TO GETS THE WORM? AN EAKLY BIRD i let us put your money to work in local opportunities., -.: ' o m&Mi FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS 4Y LOAN ASS'N -.j.,-T of -Medford r-, in , 27 North Holly A kutitatio DwHcaMd -V . .','; Te These WW Save :. ? lights, are most frequent Where are we now in the sunspot cycle? The last maximum of solar spottedness seems I to have oc curred in May 1947 The time between ' maxima is not always 11.2 years, but if this average applies this . time, the next should take place in 1958. Since the fall from maximum to mini mum is generally slower than the rise from' minimum to max imu, we are likely now about at a minimum. Some days, the past few months not a single 'spot could be seen . by ... telescopic means. At about the times of maximum many spots are al ways visible on the solar face. 4. When will brilliant Venus again grace the evening twi light? - - ; ; -- Not until next autumn. Venus will be a "morning star" until Sept 1 when it will pass be hind the sun and get into the evening twilight. But it will) be a few weeks later before it can be easily seen. It will be a nice Christmas star next December. Two Found Dead in Gas Filled Motel Salem (U.R) Two Port land men were found dead in a gas-filled motel, cabin in North Salem Friday, and the coroner's o f f i c e . ' indicated accidental death by asphyxiation. - : The two men" identified as Demzel Weston, 28, and Bur ford E. Conway, 49. N -,,.:y. '4 Authorities said : they appar ently had been dead more than 24 hours when found by E. B. Gabriel, operator of the Cherry City. cottages., .Gabriel told of ficers the , two had registered at the motel Wednesday and said they planned to go to the Silverton area Thursday to cut wood. Their car was still there Friday so Gabriel investigated and found the cottage filled with gas. from two open burners on a stove. Tags Needed on Trees foMichi Salem (U.R) Oregon nur serymen can no longer ship na tive plants or trees to Michigan unless the materials bear an ex tra ; tag available through the State Department of Agriculture at' Lansing, Mich., the Oregon State Department of Agriculture said today. ) ; This is a special tag to label shipments of native , stock .. as such. Cost of the tags is nominal, 25 cents per 100. -fi The information was received this week by Frank McKennon, plant division chief of the Ore-' gon Department of Agriculture. The Michigan "native plant" tag is' in addition to usual nursery permits. -; , . iV Four Southern Oregon Men Enlist 1 Four, southern ' Oregon," men last week . enlisted in the Army, according to Sfc. Warren M. Long, Army 'recruiting station commander. :: ; v ': : - They are: ? v r'U , : Paul Raymond Emery, son of Cecil F.5 Emery, 513 Beatty st, enlisted for the ordnance corps. J- James ; Leonard' Pans,r of Claremore, Okla., enlisted while visiting at the home of . relatives here, and will join the engineer corps.' - "" ' Frank Dennis Mooring, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter. W. -Mooring, Jacksonville, : enlisted un der the specific school program, and after eight' weeks of basic training at Ft Ord; Calif., will enter the engineer equipment maintenance school : at Ft Bel voir, Va. He is a 'graduate of Jacksonville High' school. -.-t ;i : Charles Herman Mitchell,: son of Everett A. Mitchell, Williams, a prior service man who, reen listed for the 2nd Infantry ' di vision,' Ft Lewis, Wash., with the rating of corporaL : v I 1 - fe 7;; "4' MX Ar CS?v4? - l l.,. t ii" - a-'WAiTif ------ -'- .-J Chapman Planning Oregon Voter Sale Portland U.F5 The "grad ual" sale of the Oregon Voter, pocket sized weekly publication, to Walter . W. R. May was an nounced Saturday by. the. pub lisher, C. C. Chapman. c : Chapman : said that both he and May would act -as publish ers jointly for a while, but that May ultimately: would take over complete ownership. , The 40-year-old- publication was established by Chapman when he came to Portland from Chicago in 1915. ,'. -;.-'." May is expected to take over the manaement of the nublica- tion Anril 30. He was former publisher of the Oregon City .Enterprise . courier. Small Craft Have Plan Disapproved Portland U.PJ .Construc tion.1 of a small craft haven at Des , Moines Harbor, Wah., was disapproved Saturday by the U, S. Corps of Engineer here, i :-l The recommendation for dis approval was. forwarded to1 the Senate' Committee on Public Works in Washington, D. C. 3 Col. L. H. Footed division 'en gineer, said - the , open . coastline in the vicinity ' of Des Moine would require costly breakwater construction which would not be justified ecoripmicalty.' He said also the improvements would, require a large local con tribution and that promoters : in the area . had indicated it. could not be raised. l..-, J-- MAY COME1 HOME SOOlf Mrs. Edwin Clark, wife of Sgt Edwin Clark of the Air Force and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James' Daily, 830 East Ninth St, ' is shown .above in a chest respirator, in which she is allowed to spend part of her time.' ; Mrs: Clark, a Medfbrd girl who was stricken with infantile .paralysis in' Bangor jMe.; on Labor. Day. of, last ' year,: must ; spend the remainder of her tire in a' huge iron lung. Her . husband," shown with her in ; the photo,:" said he has been ' told by doctors that his wife' soon may" return to her home in Medford but it will be necessary for her to live, for the time 7 being, in the "lung."; She is now confined in a hospital in . - Oakland,Calif.,The.Jackson;,county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has informed Clark that when his wife returns to Medford the chapter will provide i an iron lung,- chest respirator, rocking bed,, nursing service and other aids which might be required. The money will come from March of Dime funds., -, ; .. :; j. ,u , B i I Is i n Leg isla f u re Salem U.R) , The Oregon state forester has asked that the state, forest patrol assessment fund be allowed to keep that percentage of its revenue that now has to be turned over to the general iund every year. : , In a" bill introduced by the House Committee on Forestry' and Mining at request of the forester, t the law would be amended, to eliminate the re quirement that a certain per centage of the assessment fund be put in the general fund of state money. ! luv.i '. - v. Salem U.PJ A Portland rep resentative, Fred Meeks, has in troduced a bill' in the House to makepublic transit companies eligible for a state gasoline tax refund City, bus. lines have long sought the refund to help them solve their financial problems. Meeks also introduced a bill to extend the ' regulations for trolley rbuses -in -a city , to an area in a three-mile radius be yond the city. .. . . .. . ; 1 ' Saleni 0J.PJ A bill has been introduced -in the House to per mit firemen to use a blue lamp and "i: certain - insignia ;on their private cars for use when;they are - on emergency duty. 5 ? t . Saleni WJ;!)--The Oregon Seri ate paid r tribue to two of Jts members named first citizens in their communities by gi v i n g Starts tomorrow Our entire stock reduced for quick .clearance! Large stock of Giftwarc Toiletries, Remedies, Household Items and Toys! n : . .' v ' V " -s " - - - ' ... .- -y ' - - -:- - . ': . - " .. ..- Pit 5eg'ISElBied Soj ill n STORE HOURS 0 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sundpys ALL SALES FINAL NO EXCHANGES OX kfJUNDS. ' O " H mm "TP i: ifilll 323 East Main St. ;: Medford -0 - Phono 2-2479 them standing ovations. They are Sen. Mark Hatfield of Sa lem and Sen. Lowell: Steen of Milton-Freewater. Sunday January 23. 1858 v H2DP0RD (OSZGOIff) MAIL T8TBUKZ VS Five-Ycar Dovelopmont of Oregon State Parlis Slaved Portland U.R) The tenta tive approval of a five year development plan for Oregon state parks was announced Sat urday by the Oregon State High way Commission. The plan calls for the expend iture of 13,100,000 for the devel opment of parks and another $3,000,000 for p then operation during: the. next five years.. - To Purchase 720 Acres The commission said also - it planned to purchase an addition- TV, Used To Scan -Bottom of River . At The Dalles Dam : , The' Dalle -1 (U.R) There are some workers on the gov ernment payroll her who ar getting paid to do nothing but ) watch teUvision. - Th programming howvr is not th usual run- of horse -opra. TH ' U.S. Army Corps .of Engineers - is using ilvisioa ' cameras to inspect th bottom of th Columbia rivr in th enclosure - area of Th ; Dalles : dam. ' - 1 , 1 ' Lt. Col David S. Parker said it was the first rim a lelerision circuit, has b n used to map lb general re lief of th river bed by the Portland district. ' , ', '. , Th watertight camera uied here is th sam on used last , month at Grand Coul to ex amine erosion damage at th bas. of that, project's .spill-, way. i . i , , " . - : , At Grand Coulee however, -diver was 1 used to mov - th - camra around.' Ht xh camera is manipulated by gear r on a barge. Body of Tillamook Drowning Victim Found Tillamook (U.R) The body of Dallas Jay Smith, 51, of Tilla mook, was recovered from the Wilson river nine miles east of here Friday by a local fisher man. - Smith, and two unidentified passengeri, were tossed into the Wilson river when their skiff capsized Wednesday,' the Coast Guard reported. The two pass engers managed : : to swim to shore'. Temporary Cut Sef In Welfare Checks - v ; Portland (U.R) Persons on welfare - rolls . in Multnomah county will be getting short checks the next two months. 1- .The State Public Welfare Commission so ordered the county commission in an attempt to, make up a . $198,000 . deficit in their bank balance. The order will affect; about 3,000 persons. The action: will cost each recip ient about $22 a month. ' '. ' Chamber Men Reach 15 Peru; Jo Go to Chile ';, : Lima, Peru (U.R) Eighteen members of the Portland, Ore, Chamber of Commerce arrived Saturday on a tour of Latin American nations to study com mercial' relations and possibil ities of investments. - --Vv The group will remain here until next Wednesday and then go on to Santiago, Chile. - Seals Reported Moving ' North Off. Oregon Coast Astoria UJ9 ' A Coast Guard cutter crew stationed here has - reported one of the earliest northward movement of seaia seen in many years. ;rThe animals migrate north an nually to the Pribilof islands for mating. The crew reported, sight ing a herd with up to 300 ani mals recently. i ' ' 1 jungle Missions Film To Be Shown Tonight The motion picture, : "Jungle Indians'', produced by the Bible institute of Los Angeles, will be presented at 7 p. m. taken at the Bethel Baptist . church, 11. New town;, street. -The picture was filmed in Peru in , sound : and and is a documentary of mission ary 'effort in that area of South America. . - , Shown are sequences . of the practices of . head, binding, the bird islands, the life of mission aries and natives in the jungle, and the use of aircraft in mod ern missionary wor k. . Dr. Louis T. Talbot narrates the story. The public is invited No admission, will' be charged, but a free-will offering will be taken for use in the interests of missions. al 720 acres to take car of in creased use. ; ' ' " Spokesmen for , the commis sion said the current budget was considerably higher than those of past years, but was needed because of increased use of the recreational spots. Increase Predicted - The action followed a predic tion from the State Parks Divi sion - that - more . than 8,000,000 persons would utilize Oregon's parks by 1960 and that attend ance would hit 10,000,000 by 1865. ' Most expansion of the park system is planned near the more populated areas of the state. ' The( five year plan calls for the expansion of 72 park areas; development - of 12 unimproved parks and the construction of four new areas. " - 1 COMING SOON CXPtY ' - burt ' , TYPEWRITERS & ADDING MACHINES v Repaired MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 41 S. Grape PImm 2-4100 FURNITURE STORAGE CONCRETE BUILDING DRY & CLEAN L . 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