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News About Books
From the Library
I "SCHOOL OPENS SOON . . . HURRY IN C
Sunday, August 12, 1938
Thousands of Medford resi
denti wlil be talcing vacations
both week end trips and extend
ed tours during the next few
weeks.
According to Medford Librar
ian Helen Webster, tips on all
aspects of travel are available
in boe'- and pamphlets at the
Medfora "ublic Library.
"Books .in help you decide
where to go, ow to travel, and
what to see and io when you get
there." she said, 'n
Most In U.S.
The great majority of persons
ill be traveling in the United
States. The "American Guide
Series" contains some of the
most complete travel guide infor
mation to this country. The in
dividual books in the series give
a tremendous amount of infor
mation about every state and
city, recreation areas, and his
torical points of interest, i
Photographs f all sections of
the United tSates can be found
in the recently published book,
"Around the U.S.A. In 1,0000
Pictures." Another outstanding
.collection of photographs of the
United States is "The U.S.A. In
Color," published by Holiday
magazine. The pictures concen
trate on U.S. vacationlands, and
could be of help in deciding
wheer to go. Another book por
traying the beauty of America is
"Fair Is Our Land." In brilliant
etchings and photographs, a
peaceful America is portrayed.
Individual books are available
at the library on most of the
states and many of the larger
cities in the country.
About Parks
Information is plentiful on the
country's national parks, lakes,
and other scenic places. Also rec
ommended to vacationers are the
"American Folkways," and
"Rivers of America" .series. Of a
little different nature is "The
Handbook of Wilderness Tra
vel," by George and Iris Wells.
Recently published, it presents
a nextensive and appreciative
survey of remaining wilder
nesses in our country and the
paths that penetrate them.
For persons who will be going
to Europe, there are such books
as ::A11 the Best In Europe," by
Sydney Clark and Harvey Ol
son's "Aboard and Abroad,"
which cover every phase of the
trip. Guides can also be obtained
on travel in other parts of H e
world.'
In addition, the library has
travel magazines such as Holi
day, National Geographic,
Travel, Sunset, Arizona High
ways and others.
All of the above books can be
obtained at the Medford Public
library and any branch of the
Jackson County Library system.
Earth Is Passing Belt of
Meteors This Week End
By FAY VAN SCHOIACK
"A stone feU from the sky?
Ridiculous! I would sooner be
lieve the scientists would lie,"
Thomas Jefferson, third presi
dent of the United States, is
reported to have remarked when
told that meteorites were pieces
of solid material or rocks that
fell from outer space to the
earth.
However, scientists have prov
ed that solid metal bodies of
all shapes and sizes are drawn
Into the earth's atmosphere by
the gravitational pull of our
planet. Also that great numbers
of those meteors or "shooting
stars" are constantly entering
the air, and at certain times
earth-dwellers are privileged to
experience meteor showers.
CrouM Metaor Belt
Because the earth crosses a
meteor belt between Aug. 9 and
12 each year .this month is
especially rich in "falling stars."
"What is a meteor belt?"
someone may wonder.
As we all know the planets
travel around the sun in very
nearly circular orbits. Also
traveling around the sun are
countless numbers of small, sol
id particles, each in its own
path or orbit, composing an
endless chain something like a
conveyor moving ceaselessly
around the sun. This path of
moving particles is called a
meteor belt.
"What is the cause of a me
teor shower?" is another com
mon question.
The orbits of the meteoric
particles are very elliptical or
cigar-shaped while the planets
follow paths that are almost
round and not on the same
plane or level ashe paths fol
lowed by the small solid bodies.
As a result, our planet in mak
ing its yearly revolution around
Old Sol, crosses several of these
belts, and some of the particles
or stones, attracted by the
earth's gravitational pull, come
speeding through the atmos
phere. The orbits of the meteor belts
are larger than the orbit of the
earth, so the earth crosses the
belt at different points each
year. Then, too, the particles
are not evenly distributed, but
are much denser in some spots
than in others. If the earth
crosses the meteor belt where
the particles are crowded close
ly together, a meteor shower
results.
"How did the name shooting
star originate?" students often
ask.
v The rapid air journey of the
meteor develops friction, strips
tiny particles from the solid
body and heats them white-hot.
To earth-observers a star ap
pears to dash across the sky.
Hence, the name "shooting star"
or "falling star."
The Perseid meteors, so-called
because they appear to emanate
from the constellation, Perseus,
fall between Aug. 9 and 12 each
year. Due to gaps in the meteoric
belt, the display some years is
scarcely worthy of the name.
However, a maximum display
occurs every 120 years. Star gaz
ers had the opportunity of wit
nessing this in 1932.
This year we may expect to
see from 40 to 50 meteors per
hour wing their brief flight
across the heavens if observa
tions are made at a favorable
time. This will be in the hour
just before dawn on or near
Aug. 12, and away from any
type of bright lights, but they
will be visible in lesser numbers
any time during the hours of
darkness."
Manufacturing Plant
Slated in Shady Cove
Shady Cove A manufactur
ing plant for the construction of
prefabricated houses is going to
be constructed soon in the Shady
Cove area by the Azna Construc
tion company.
The houses, also known as
modular panel houses, will be
in four, eight and 12 foot sec
tions which can be arranged to
almost any plan desired by the
builder. The exterior can be
erected in about three or four
days with windows, doors and
siding.
The interiors can be complet
ed in the conventional mode
with either dry wall or plaster
after the electrical and plumb
ing work has been done.
The period of time required
to erect the exterior will make
it possible to keep working all
during the winter with the out
sides being raised during the
brief periods of good weather
and work done on the interiors
during the inclement weather.
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