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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, February 14. 1956 Is That So? Notwithstanding its shortness, February can well be called the gnowiest month of the year in America with such widely separ ated weather stations as Gander, Nfld, Blue Hill, Mass., Mesa Verde Park, Colo., and Lake Tahoe, Calif., consistently re porting this their heaviest month. Besides, during this month the snowpack over most of the land is at its seasonal peak with about four feet in northern New Eng land, five in southern and east ern Quebec, and as much as 20 or more feet in the High Sierra. It is here on the windward slopes of the High Sierra that the greatest American snowfalls are recorded. Here falling snow- '2-13-56 flakes unite in the air to come down in masses two inches across, easily piling up several inches an hour the heaviest, in 24 hours, being five feet which was recorded at Giant forest Regularly the seasonal snowfall at Tamarack, Calif., averages 451 inches (37 feet, 7 inches) and once during the winter of 1906- 1907, an all-time high of 884 incheS (73 feet, 8 inches) fell. Of course this is the total season's accumulation, but even so, at one time during the winter the snow pack stood at 348 inches (29 feet). Although some snow is light and fluffy and may take up to 15 .inches to melt down to an inch of water, another sleety, crystalline snow may take less than IVz inches to melt down to an inch. Averaged, about 10 inches of snow make one inch of water. Hence, the 884 inches represented 88.4 inches of rain, perhaps more because the Sierra pack tends to run heavy. FewSpots Free of Snow From Mexico northward, few spots in America do not have a one-inch cover of snow for at least two days of the year al though about one-fifth of the U.S. is not subject to regular 'snowfalls. Roughly, this snow less area lies south of a line which runs across from Raleigh (mid-North Carolina) to Birm ingham (central Alabama) to San Antonio (south central Texas), and thence along the Mexican border to almost the Pacific coast where it veers northward sharply to Eureka (northwestern California). Ignoring mountain peaks, north of this line the depth of the snowfall rises steadily up to about 140 inches at Fort William, Ontario, near the U.S.-Canada border. Thereafter, it tends to taper off until it reaches the Arctic where no more than 50 inches fall. Farther north, near the North Pole, there is still . less. Again omitting the mountain peaks, the longest snowbound area is in Yellowstone . Park where the snow lies on the ground for fully half the year; but in northern Canada, on Baf fin Island, the snow cover may last IOV2 to 11 months, even at sea level. Parts of Greenland, of course, have perpetual snow, forming glaciers. Br EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalitt ping the snow before it, we have blizzards and on this continent the most blizzard-swept area is north and west of the upper Great Lakes where a season sel dom passes without an average of one a month for the five months, December through April. Occasional Thaws As days grow longer in Febru ary, there may be occasional thaws-but not as often as in December or March. Then, con trary to popular belief, the sun may not be the efficient destroy er of snow as its reputation af firms. Fact is, on a clean surface, most of the sun's radiation is reflected straight back, into space. With a dirty surface, it's another matter then each little dirt speck acts as a heat re ceiver and transmitter, hasten ing the melting of the snow. And while we are at it, let's combat another popular fallacy, that which says a heavy rain melts snow quickly. Actually, if unaided by warm, windy weath er, rain seldom succeeds in melt ing the snow appreciably. For example, a heavy 5-inch down pour with a temperature of 9 degrees above freezing, is un likely to release more than one third of an inch of snow water. But it's another matter entirely when such a heavy rain . is ac companied by a w a r m wind. Then look for a heavy run-off, and if the ground is frozen, per haps . a flood. During the bitter cold of north ern winters, the snow of course is a wonderful insulator to plant life and to the earth to. say nothing of hibernating animals. Should the ground be frozen, the snow blanket will prevent the soil from being frozen any deeper. . But should the ground be unfrdzen when the snow falls, then the melting snow-water of spring will drain into the soil. And with it, the . snow brings down from the sky fertile ele ments, especially nitrogen and sulphur, to enrich the soil as it absorbs the winter's snowfall. (Copyright, 1956, by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure . Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the bestnature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete ' 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal- craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many - friendly . letters. Please address your letter to IS t THAT, SO! Care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausal ito, Calif. Gov. Knight Reported 'Definitely on Mend' " ' . New York '(U.R) Gov. Good win J. Knight, of California was reported, "definitely on the mend" today from an attack of influenza which has confined him to a .Waldorf-Astoria hotel suite since last. Wednesday night. Knight's aides said he was out of bed most of yesterday for the first time with' a temperature down to about 99 all day. They When the temperature is low I said they hoped he would ' be or dropping rapidly, accompan-1 able to Teturn to California ied by gale force winds whip-1 Thursday. What a magnificent taste it has! No wonder it has been a favorite for over a century! Now available in a milder, lower-priced 86 proof companion to the famous 100 Proof Bond. . 86 PROOF -- Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 310 U80- or. Also available: Old Crow 100 Proof Bottled in Bond OLD CROW irmicnSnuM MnMSlt'lflSB New York Police Raids Break Up Call Girl Ring New York (U.R) Police today held a platinum blonde and a brunette ex-show girl, picked up in two. raids that broke up a SlOO-a-date call girl operation. The 21-year-old blonde, who identified herself as Jane Stacey of Buffalo, was arrested yester day as she and a male "date" cavorted in the nude in an ex pensive hotel suite. The girl told reporters she was a Vassar stu dent taking a holiday in New York. Vassar denied she was registered there. The brunette, Jane Cook, 33, was charged with running the love for money ring. She "was arrested in a police raid on her fancy apartment, which featur ed a plush, custom-made bar. Arranged for Drink Police said they learned of a telephone call in which Mrs. Cook told the man she had a "nice one for you this time." Mrs. Cook arranged for . the "date" "and Miss Stacey to meet at the Cook apartment for a drink before their tryst, police said. ' Shortly after the couple left the Cook apartment for a $20-a-day suite in the nearby Sulgrave hotel, police launched raids on the hotel suite and Mrs. Cook's apartment. A few hours later police also arrested Frederick Rosenberg, 26, who they said was living with Mrs. Cook. He was charged with living off the proceeds . of prostitution and with possession of narcotics. Mrs. Cook was. booked for procuring and Miss Stacey for "loitering for purposes of prosti tution." Police said Mrs. Cook was arranging for a number of girls. Man Shot in Head, Klamath Coroner Says Klamath Falls '(U.R) Coro ner George H. Adler said today that Edison Duffy, 50, whose body was found a mile" and a half north of here last week-end by two young boys, had been shot in the head. Duffy's frozen body was found at the bottom of a 25-foot embankment alongside Highway 97. It had been there several days. Duffy was a resident of the Klamath Indian reservation. ( Sheriff Murray Britton was conducting a full-scale investigation. fg '' ,UI Ik n Mr hurt I x m WEARING winged crown, Muffett Webb, Dallas, Tex., is all smiles after winning "Miss Skyway" contest from air stewardesses of the United States. (International) Alabama University To Appeal Lucy Case To U.S. Supreme Court Sackelt Purchases Labor Paper String Oakland, Calif . U.R) Shel don Sackett, prominent West Coast newspaper , and radio sta tion owner, has purchased the Olvmtiic Press. Inc.. of Oakland- publisher of 11 northern Cali-I forma labor papers. Among his numerous enter prises Sackett owns the Coos Bay (Ore.) Times and radio sta tion KROW, Oakland. The Oakland publishing firm was purchased from Joseph Bredsteen and Winnard Tosh. It publishes the Labor Review, of ficial weekly paper of the Bay Cities Metal Trades council, and nine other labor weeklies .and one monthly in San Mateo, San ta Clara, Contra Costa and Marin, Monterey, Merced, Santa Cruze, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Stanislaus and- San Joaquin counties. Sackett named Langdon Post as editorial director of Olympic Press. Post was former regional director of the Federal Public Housing authority and was northern California manager of Sen. Estes Kefauver's presiden tial campaign in 1952. Corvallis Masons Set Emergency Session Corvallis U.P.) The Masonic lodge of Corvallis will meet in emergency session tomorrow night to plan reconstruction of the temple gutted by fire Sun day. ' . Latest damage figure was placed at $300,000, including, expensive regalia used in rites of the Masonic order. Most of the loss was covered by insurance. Birmingham, Ala. (U.R) The University of Alabama Monday night announced its intention of appealing the "Autherine Lucy case" to the U. S. Supreme Court. Attorney Andrew Thomas said the university definitely in tends to try to overthrow a fed eral district court decision under which it was forced to admit its first Negro student. Separate Action The appeal is a separate ac tion, however, from two federal suits, brought by the student, 26-year-old Autherine Lucy, protest ing her exclusion from the cam pus because of danger of further mob violence. The university trustees barred her from further classes after three days of rioting last week, saying she would be reinstated as soon as officials feel it would be safe to do so. When she brought dual suits for immediate reinstatement and for full use of campus facilities the university declared it would leave the question of her return to class entirely to the couFts. A hearing is set for Feb. 29. Thomas said the university will . appeal the basic decision, handed down last fall by Federal District Judge Hobart Grooms, under which Miss Lucy was ad mitted at first. The decision was upheld Dec. 30 by the : U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Thomas said it was the university's intention from the start to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in this event. University Granted Injunction Grooms granted the univer sity an injunction barring Miss Lucy from class until final de termination of the case by the Supreme Court and the Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the in junction. However, the U.S. Su preme Court overruled the in junction. Thus was set the stage for Miss Lucy's three days of class work starting Feb. 3. There were nightly mass demonstra tions and finally, hails of stones and eggs aimed at the Negro woman herself. A legal observer said that so long as all court decisions to date stand Miss Lucy cannot be barred from classes solely be cause of an appeal to the Su preme Court. 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