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Sunday, Junt 14, 195t
Scorpion Constellation Is
Visible in Southeast Sky
By FAY VAN SCHOIACK
Would you like to see con
stellation whose form truly sug
gest the outline of the creature
for which it is named? This star
group, called Scorpius or Scor
pio in Latin and the Scorpion in
English, may be seen around 9
p.m. slightly east of due south
and rather low in the sky.
To locate Scorpion, find An-
tares, a beautiful reddish star
scintillating so vigorously that
the star-gazers attention is Im
mediately engaged. This is the
heart of the Scorpion. Equally
distant on either side of the
"heart" is a yellow star. To the
right of Antares a line of five
stars lie very nearly at right an
gles to the stars representing the
body of the creature. Many peo
ple can see a fan in this part of
the sky figure.
Lin of Stars
A line of stars from Antares
curving downward to the. left
then upward to end in a triangle
outlines the remainder of the
Scorpion. The sting is located in
this triangle.
The red, super-giant star form
ing the heart of the Scorpion was
given the name, Antares, which
means "rival of Mars" because
of its color-resemblance to this
planet.
Mars now rises in the east
around midnight. There will be
more about the "god of war" in
this column at a little later date,
as many will enjoy the unusual
beauty of this planetary neigh
bor when it becomes visible dur
ing the evening hours. It will
also be interesting to compare
the two celestial rubies. Mars
and its "rival."
Largest Star
Antares, one of the largest
know stars has a diameter of
more than 390 million miles,
which is about 450 times the di
ameter of our Old Sol. So great
is its distance from our planet
that light from this giant sun
would be visible to earth-dwellers
for almost four hundred
yean after the star ceased to
shine!
"Why should a scorpion be
given an honored place in the
heavens?" someone may wonder.
This resulted from Phaeton's
attempt to drive the sun chariot
across the sky. Apollo, god of the"
sun, was the only one who could
control the fiery horses which
drew the blazing chariot across
the heavens each day. But Phae
ton, young son of Apollo, im
plored his father to let him drive
the horses "Just one time," until
with great reluctance his father
consented.
Follow Tracks
"Follow the wheel tracks that
mark the middle of the sky and
do not drive too high or too
low," cautioned his father.
The horses, missing the fa
miliar touch on the reins, soon
became uncontrollable. They
left the middle path and ran
toward the Bears in the north,
causing them to suffer with the
extreme heat. Bootes saw them
approaching and though bur
dened with his plow, took to
flight.
Sometimes they flew so high
they were much too near heaven,
and at other times they flew so
low the oceans dried up forming
great deserts. It is said the fierce
heat changed the Ethiopians
from white to dark-skinned peo
ple and also formed the Sahara
Desert.
Angered by Heat
When the chariot careened
toward the south, the great Scor
pion, angered by the heat, hurled
himself toward Phaeton, who be
came frightened and let the reins
drop from his hands
Jupiter, observing all this
from Mt. Olympus, hurled a bolt
of lightning toward the chariot
demolishing it completely. Phae
ton dropped into the river Erid
anus and the Naiads buried his
body.
To reward the Scorpion for
trying to stop the run-away
horses, Jupiter placed this con-
Klamath Falls Young
People Hurt in Crash
James Burton Watrus, 19 and
Jerry Ann Watrus, 18, both of
Klamath Falls, were taken to
Communty hospital for treatment
of cuts, bruises and abrasions
Friday evening, after the car he
was driving turned over on High
way 238 west of Jacksonville, ac
cording to state police. '
The investigating officer said
the car apparently rounded
curve too rapidly, went some dis
tance on the highway shoulder.
struck a large rock, and turned
over on its top, skidding a further
distance. The car was badly dam
aged.
The young victims were taken
to the hospital by the Jackson
ville chief of police.
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more than 2,000,000 bales this
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