TEW MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, May 6, 1938
Little Dipper Group Among
Most Difficult to Find
By FAY VAN SCHOIACK
"I can always find the Big
Dipper, but how do you locate
the Little Dipper?" a worried
Boy Scout wanted to know. A
number of adults have asked
this same question.
as ine utue Dipper is re
garded as one of the most diffi
cult of ail the constellations to
discover, it is not surprising that
the lad s efforts were fruitless
But do not be discouraged; by
following directions carefully,
you can probably locate this
star group on the first attempt.
Clear Evenings
The clear evenings of spring
and summer when the two Dip
pers ride high in the sky, furnish
sn excellent opportunity to find
the elusive constellation various
ly known as the Little Dipper,
Little Bear, and Ursa Minor.
Start with the Big Dipper, or
Ursa Major. Imagine a line
through the two stars in the
front of the cup of the Big Dip
" per, opposite the handle, and
extending away from the bottom
of the cup. At 8 p.m. on May 1st,
such a line will extend almost
straight downward to a rather
bright star. This is the North
; Star or. Polaris, which is the
; last star - in the handle of the
; Little Dipper.
. New follow a line of four
! stars curving slightly upward
to the east of the North Star.
; The last star in this line will
.' be the same brightness as the
1 North Star and forms the outer
'. star in the cup on the side oppo-
site the handle.
f At lirst you may oniy see
; Polaris (North Star) and the star
t to the east a little higher in the
1 sky and of equal brightness, but
? with patience you will recognize
' three fairly dim stars between
these two brighter stars.
J Below Brighter Star
India it was named the "Pivot
of the Planets."
In Greek Mythology
According to Greek mythology,
Areas was the baby son of Cal
listo, a beautiful nymph who
had aroused the jealousy of Juno,
wife of Jupiter.
,:You shall live with the wild
animals in the forest. Although
you will be a beast in appear
ance, you will have the sensi
bilities of a nymph," Juno said
to Callisto, who changed into
a bear while Juno was speaking.
For years, Callisto led an un
happy life, pursued by hunters
and afraid of other animals. One
day she saw her son, Areas, now
grown to young manhood, and
rushed to embrace him. Not rec
ognizing his mother, Areas lift
ed his spear, but at that instant,
Jupiter changed him into a bear,
also, and to protect them from
further harm placed them both
among the stars. .
Juno then went to Oceanus,
ruler of the seas, and asked that
Areas and his mother be for
bidden to enter the waters. As a
result, Callisto, as Ursa Major,
and Areas, as Ursa Minor, circle
endlessly about the North Star
and never set.
Why do the Bears have such
long tails? Jupiter, in order to
fling them into the sky, grasped
them by their tails and the
weights of the animals caused
these appendages to stretch!
Fielding Wright
Dies in Mississippi
Jackson, Miss. (U.R) Field
ing L. Wright, former Mississip
pi governor and 1948 state's
rights candidate for vice-president,
died at his Jackson home
Friday night shortly after he
suffered a heart attack.
The mild-mannered attorney,
one of the nation's staunchest
states' righters who served al
most two full terms as one of
Mississippi's most conservative
governors, would have cele
brated his 61st birthday May 16.
The state and her highest of
ficials were stunned by the un
expected death of the quiet-spoken
governor who could plunge
into heated oratory when dis
cussing centralized government
and the touchy civil rights issue.
American Gl's Put
Dye in Water Fountain
Kaiserslautern, Germany
U.R) Military police said Sat
urday three American soldiers
were responsible for the myster
iously changing color of the
fountain in front of the city's
staid Opera House.
The water turned deep green
last Saturday, crimson on Tues
day and dark blue Wednesday
The third time was the charm.
A German saw the three Gl's
throw something into the water
just before it changed color. The
MP's said it was dye.
Governor Names Delegates For Traffic Safety Confab
Salem (U.R) Twenty-three
leaders in Oregon business, agri
culture, labor and communica
tions were named Saturday by
Gov. Elmo Smith along with
several public officials as dele
gates to the western regional
conference of the president's
committee for traffic safety.
The conference, which follows
up the 1954 White House confer
ence on highway safety, will be
held in San Francisco May 31
and June 1.
Named delegates from their re
spective fields were:
Agriculture Harley Libby,
president, farmers union, Jeffer
son; Elmer McClure, master,
Oregon State Grange, Portland;
Gerald Detering, president, Ore- j
gon Farm Bureau Federation,
Harrisurg; Eddie Ahrens, Turn
er. Business E. C. Sammons,
president, U. S. National bank,
Portland; C. B. Stephenson, pres
ident, First National Bank of
Portland- Warren A. McMini-
mee, Tillamook.
Labor John H. Deines, secre
tary, Drivers No. 220, Sanitary
Trucks, Portland; James T. Marr,
e x e c u tive secretary-treasurer,
Oregon Federation of Labor,
Portland.
Media Robert C. Notson,
managing editor, The Oregon-
lan; Arden X. Pangborn, editor,
Oregon Journal; Charles A.
Sprague, editor, Statesman, Sa
lem. Organizations Ivan Congle
ton, president, Oregon State Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, Port
land; Harry M. Wood, chancellor,
Knights of Pythias, Portland.
Officials H. G. Maison, su
perintendent, Oregon state po
lice, Salem; R. H. Baldock, chief
engineer, State Highway De
partment: Capt. Walter Lansing,
director, Traffic Safety Division;
George Sirnio, director, health
and physical education, State
Department of Education; John
C. Kerrick, manager, driver's li
cense division, secretary of
state's office; and Don C. Wilson,
municipal judge, Corvallis.
Women Mrs. R. H. Walter
and Mrs. E. E. Hall, both of Port
land; and Mrs. J. W.' Staggs of
Milton-Freewater.
Just below the brighter star
i on the eastern end of this line
is a star not quite so bright. The
; brighter star and the not-so-bright
star form the side of the
bowl opposite the handle, and
are called "Guardians of the
Pole."
Only three of the seven stars
in Ursa Minor, or the Little
Dipper, are easy to see. They
are the North Star and the two
stars that form the side of the
cup opposite the handle. Know
ing that the four dim stars lie
between these brighter stars will
aid greatly in locating the seven
' stars that outline this interesting
, sky picture.
". . . he traveled far,
j The sun his guide by day,
i And then by night a star ...
J In these lines the poet is prob-
ably referring to the North Star
' or Polaris, which since the be
ginning of time has guided the
sailor at sea as well as the way
Jfarer in the desert. The' Phoen
icians, greatest travelers of the
' ancient world, discovered that
Polaris seemed to stand still
while the other stars revolved
r around it Because of this, the
. Chinese called it the "Great Im
'perial Ruler of Heaven" and in
, Aircraft Firm Wants
Space Scientists
' London U.R) A forward
looking British aircraft firm ad
vertised Saturday for space
'.scientists and engineers "with
"upwards of 20 years of useful
: life ahead."
The advertisement, appearing
In a British scientific journal,
'was believed the first genuine
; one of its kind.
; The name of the firm was
: kept secret. But the project was
"believed to have government
backing and involve production
of manned space ships.
Private Sentenced
.For Knife Murder
- Bremerhaven, Germany
:U.R) A 20-year-old American
Army private was sentenced to
life in prison Friday for the
; knife murder of another sol-
dier.
Pvt. Anthony Koyce of Brook
: lyn, N.Y was convicted of stab
bing 29-year-old Pvt. Henry
ITraylor during a tavern brawl.
: Witnesses said Traylor started
: the fight and Koyce was on the
floor when he pulled his knife.
The sentence is subject to re
; view.
Ratings of Participants
In Music Program Listed
Several Jackson county music
groups were among participants
at Southern Oregon college re
cently in annual music program
sponsored by the Southern Ore
gon Musical Education associa
tion.
Oscar C. Bjorlie, head of the
SOC music department and
chairman of the event, said more
than 2,600 Oregon junior and
high school music students par
ticipated in the event.
Bands, orchestras and chor
uses in various divisions were
rated by judges by a point-score
system.
Ratings Listed .
Receiving number one ratings
were McLoughlin Junior High
band, St. Mary's High chorus,
Talent High band, Hedrick Jun
ior band, Central Junior High
band, Jacksonville High band,
Medford Junior High orchestra,
Klamath High boy's chorus,
Brookings-Harbor girls' chorus,
Douglas High chorus, Malin
High band, Myrtle Creek High
band, Medford High orchestra,
Roseburg High band, Klamath
High orchestra, Medford High
choir, Klamath High choir,. Eu
gene High band, Klamath High
band, and Medford High band.
Number two ratings went to
Henley High band, Crater High
band, Medford High boy's chor
us, Medford High girl's chorus,
Crater High chorus, Fruitdale
grade chorus, Eagle Point High
band, Douglas High band, and
North Josephine county grade
band.
Number three ratings were
awarded Jacksonville Junior
High chorus, Phoenix High
girl's chorus, Rogue River High
band, Illinois Valley High chor
us, Jacksonville High chorus,
Myrtle Creek High chorus,
Brookings - Harbor High band,
Lakeview High concert band,
and Illinois Valley High band.-
Judges were Sam Smith, Clark
college; Charles W. Lawrence,
University of Washington; R. B.
Walls, Oregon State college;
Frank Arnardi, Tacoma public
schools; Dan Backman, Hum
boldt State college; and Dr. Wil
liam Swettman, Salem.
Federal Agents Crack
Down on Narcotics
Pittsburgh (U.R) Police
and federal agents turned Pitts
burgh and four other cities in
Pennsylvania, New York and
Ohio upside down Friday night
and Saturday in one of the
largest narcotics crackdowns of
recent months.
Officers working with milit J
ary-like precision here and in
New York City; Steubenville,
and Bellaire, Ohio, and Clair
ton, Pa., arrested at least 138
persons, 38 of whom were charg- ;
ed as peddlers. ' j
Some 100 persons were ar-1
rested in Pittsburgh, 21 in Clair- !
ton, 15 in Steubenville, one I
each in New York and Bellaire.
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ernous mouth around newborn baby at Copenhagen zoo.
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rearing 11 children with her
own family, Mrs. Jane
Pritchard, Detroit, -is named
"American Mother of 1956"
by American Mothers Com
mittee, N. Y. (jnternationaH
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