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O o O O CO O O o o o OO o O o o r .8 O o c ' o urisd Treasure I Colt Pocket Worth At Least $1,000 O rTom passed me the cylinder O from the revolver lie was work ing en. It diin't take me Ion? to see D why th part would be valuable. The cylinder was bored for five .28 cl)bre shots. Between two bands h at ran around the cylin ffff at either end was an en O (jravrd design portraying some centaurs firing revolvers. The (iegiitr.ing and f nd of the design was separated by a tiny oblong ,-. iri which appeared th magic ePwnrVi OOLT. 0"Yes," said Tom. 'after I found that cylinder I finally ran (H'wn the frame." I was about to exclaim that it had r trigger when he pulled Sptdmen Exposition Stamps Worth Mora Than Regular Ones The curtain marie a faint q clacking sound as Mrs. Smith re l"';igtd it and motionci me to wnrd chair. q It w;s a big. leather-upholstered armchair with rockers and mounted oi a frame. As she sank UiJo a vringchair opposite, I sat dowrr, inadvertently resting thepback of my head against a spotless autimacassar. Yes. I thought, bending forward and looking closely at the curtain, Oit's made of beads and jet. q "Well, young man," said Mrs. Smith with what seemed an amused look, "I do have a com q piete set of Columbian Exposi tion stamps. But they're not the regular ones." "Jitjit th regular one, Mrs. C-j Dorflinger Class Hat Makes Expensive Vase Cousin Charlotte was chang- visor was an elaborate floral Ing thee flowers. It was a pleas- pattern etched into the metal. ore to watch hor as the morning sun made shifting patterns of U leafshadows on the floor. Cousin Charlotte exclaimed. 'Tve told that girl a .dozen times not to use this hat for a vase. Will-(e never learn!" "Hat!" I .snirf. getting to my fret. "What hat no you mean?" OoThisccne," said Cousin Char- lottg. " It i;is more on the-order of helmet. Somewhat along cliis- i?,c liars, like thnt- wnrn hy the goddesses of Greece aurt Rome. It consisted basically of crystal which hnd horn overlaid with a Slass. of brilliant ruby, cut Ihrnugh. here and there, to the rlear glass beneath. Across the Earth Nearer Than At Any 9r FAY BENTLEY Believe it or not the earth is tieaxer the sun on January 3 than O at ny other timy during its or O Intal journey! In fact, we are about 3 million miles nearer Old S"l on that date than on July 3 when our planet is at aphelion, the point most distant from the Cffun. The orbit or path which the r earth follows in its yearly trip around ?V.e center of our solar svstem is not a true circle, but sUaMly egg-shaped or elongated. C We say that theorbit of the earth is not a circle but an' ellipse. Figure Drawn This fiqvre may be easily drawn by fying a pin to each end O of a thread, a few inches long. Thrust the two pins about one hfcif inch apart into a piece of cartiboatd. Now place a pencil in Oth loop formed by the thread and irimt it as you would In drawing a circle. 'The resulting figuit is an ellipse. The orbit or path traced by ir earth as it ' constantly en circles the sun is somewhat the shape of the figure you have dtWwn. TUe points where the pins penetrate the cardboard are call cathe focal points of the ellipse. Te stin is at one of the focal point's of an ellipse4 and not in ie center of the. circle. In January, the earth is travel ing in the part of its orbit near est th focal point where the sun If located. In July Our planet is moving on the opposite side f its orbit. This causes us to be about 3 million miles nearer the O sun in Jacuary than in July, tipeeo" Variation Another tntet-esting item in the bot.avior of this terrestrial sphere is the variation in the rate of speed as it encircles the sun. When nearest Old Sol (peri helion) it travels at a greater number of miles per hour than when it is farthercst away. Q number of astronomers tried to discover toe reason for such "goings en" and finally Kepler, an outstanding mathematician Oand astronomer proved that an ialneinary line drawn frr.;n the certer of the sun to the center of sn earin would sweep over e J-"1 areas in equal amounts of time, c O In J.-iuary the line from- the sun to the erth is shorter. There fore, l-e part of the earth's or- i Revolver back the hammer, releasing a mechanism that snapped the trigger out from where it was concealed in the grip. He handed me the pocket re volver, for that's what it was. I looked for more identification marks. On the four-inch barrel was the legend "Patent Arms M'g. Co. Paterson N. J. Colt's Pat." -What's it worth?" I asked. "It was made between 1836 and 1842," he :;iid, "because those are the years the firm last ed. The rifling is good, and the fact it has no serial number doesn't matter. It's worth from 51.000 to $1,500, but I'm going to ask more." Smith?" I exclaimed. "But they have to be. Only one set was put out for the Columbian Ex position in 1893. The 16 stamps, ranging from one cent to $5.00 in denomina--tion, were the regular ones, all right. But each of them had been overprinted in dull purple with the word "Specimen." I excused myself while I went out to the car to get a copy of Scott s catalogue. "The "speci men" items were listed, all right, and they were even more valu able than the regular ones. A total of S470 as against S403. Mrs. Smith was pleased but not overly impressed. "Just, put them back in the drawer," she said. Height of the piece was a little over nine inches. It was ahnut eight inches wide. "Where did you ever get it," I asked." At an antique shop in Rye, four or five years ago. I Daid S40 for it saving it It had a label then, had been marie bv Dorflinger. hut of course, that's come off with the maids using it as a va.se." . I complimented her on her gi.od taste in buying it. "A couple of people have tried to tell me I paid too much," she said, "but I saw one the other day and it was priced at SP0. (Released by McClure News- paper Syndicate.) Sun Jan. 3 Time in Year bit traversed! by the earth must be greater than the part covered in July when the line from the sun to the earth is longer. Like Cutting Pie Just like cutting a pie. If one pie is large and the other small, it would take a wide piece of the small piece to contain as much material as a narrow piece of the big pie. Think of the outer rim of the pie crust as representing the path traveled by the earth. The earth must travel each of the two distances represented by the crusts of the pies in the same length of time. So in January its orbital speed is greater than in July. "Why do we have cold weather in January if we are nearer to the sun?" people sometimes ask. The variation in the earth's distance from the sun is really very small when compared with other astronomical distances, and actually has little effect on the amount of energy received by our planet. Unequal Heating The unequal heating of the earth's surface is due to the angle at which the rays of light from the sun touch the earth's sur face. Near the equator where the rays from the sun strike directly the weather is always hot. The farther we travel, either north or south of this torrid or hot zone, the greater the angle or slant at which the light rays contact the earth. This is due to the tilting of the earth on its axis. Near the poles of the earth the ray of the sun touch the ground surface at so great an inclination or slant that little heat is pro duced and. as we all know, per manent ice caps exist. NEW LOCATION! DR. R. E. RUTHERFORD Palmer School of Chiropractic Graduate v Has moved to larger Quarters with Free Parking at 11 5 North Oakdale PHONE 2-9738 APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE Clothing Drive By HELGA MITCHELL ! Applegate-Jacksonvilie The ' Ruch PTA is sponsoring a cloth ing drive for Hungarian refugee relief overseas, with the Rev. Earl Best as chairman. Knitters or sewing groups in this area, who wish to make articles for this purpose, are asked to con tact Mrs. Wilfred Pearson by writing to Rt. 2, Box 50. Jack sonville, Ore. Mrs. Pearson has yarn from the American Friends Service committee and quilt ma terial for baby quilts from the Save the Children Federation. Christmas has come and gone in the Applegate and during these post-Christmas days there are still a few Christmas cards straggling into the mailboxes on route 1. Turkey skeletons haunt numerous pantries and several dieters are resolving to undo the damage done from the "Christmas splurge" in the new year. Children are delighting themselves in their toys from Santa, and a few women are breathing a sigh of relief that the mad pre-holiday rush is over. Several Applegaters have had out of town visitors, while oth ers went away for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Armin Richtcr visited her mother, Mrs. Byron Palmer in Los Angeles for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Taylor and David went to Portland to be with her family for the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sorber went to Farmington, Calif., to visit her mother and other rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. William Travis went to San Jose to visit their parents. Accompanying them, Registration Set For Adult Classes Registration for upholstery and drapery classes, which will be sponsored by the adult ed ucation department at Medford High school next month, may be made Jan. 2, 3, and 4, at the school, Lindsay Vinsel, director, has announced. The classes start Jan. 7 and continue through Jan. 18 with Mrs. May Frye, instructor at Eugene Vocational school, in structing the classes. Interested persons may call 3-5341 to regis ter. Vinsel said. Class I of the upholstry class will meet between 8:30 a. m. and 12 noon and from 1 to 4:30 p.m. daily between Jan. 7 and Jan. 11. Class II will meet the same hours between Jan. 14 and Jan. 18. Both classes will be in room 341 of Hedrick Junior High school and will consist of cover ing and fabricating small proj ects, such as chairs and smaller items. The drapery class will meet each evening between 7 and 10 p.m. starting Jan. 7 and continu ing through Jan. 18. It will be held in room 15 of Medford High school. Persons registering for classes have been asked not to purchase materials for "classes until after contacting the instructor. Christmas Contest Winners Are Listed Eagle Point A Santa Claus with his bag of gifts display at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ashpole won first place in the first Christmas Home Decorating contest sponsored by the Eagle Point Lions club. The Ashpole decorations in cluded holly around the door and gold foil covering the door with a candy cane on the front. Second place was won by a display of spotlighted carollers and lighted trees on each side of the front steps at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Hopper. Music was piped to the carollers, and included Christmas songs sung each evening. A lighted Santa Claus and snowballs at the home of Dick Spain took third prize. The house was outlined with lights as were the windows. A Navivity scene and Christ mas cards at the home of Mrs. Beryl Hickson placed fourth. The Judges for the contest W'ere Jo Holmes, representing the Lady Lions auxiliary. Mar ion Nagel, of the district garden club, and Carol Clymer, of the Eagle Point Garden club. Judg ing was done last Sunday. Prizes totaling S25 were awarded win ners. TURNABOUT . Robinson. 111. (UR) Joy Shafer, insurance man who was unfamiliar with the automatic gearshift on his wife's car. drove it through the rear wall of their garage. Planned was her sister. Miss Jacqueline Jensen. Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Brien and grandson, Terry Langley, went to Portland to visit his son, Donald O'Brien. Holiday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buford Wells are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Powers of Antioch, Calif. Staff Sgt. James E. Bishop Jr. who is stationed at Travis Air Base, Calif., recently spent three days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bishop. Accom panying Bishop was A2c David Boyd and Alc Donald Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Flug of Harlan, Iowa, spent two days at the Arion Christensen residence. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Best and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hunter spent the holidays in Whittier, Calif., visiting Mr. Best's mother, Mrs. A. A. Abercrombie. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kubli and two children are staying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kubli. Lee Port Jr. recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Morris Byrne. Mr. and Mrs Lee Port and daughter Suzanne, spent Christmas at Jerome Prairie at Grants Pass visiting Mrs. Port's family. About 30 people attended a Christmas dinner at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Earl Best at Ruch. Most of the guests were relatives, and Mrs. Best said the dinner required two turkeys. Christmas dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Buck, were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farrand, Mr. and Mrs. Estel Cox, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Reavis and chil dren, Jack and Cathy o Jack sonville. Prior to the dinner, Mrs. Buck was busily pulling apart in a cow's Tb her (lining taMe to place more leaves in the, center, when to her dismay, the table fell apart in three pieces. Frantic phone calls ensued this minor catastrophe, and the sympathizing guests brought along card tables, which rapidly alleviated Mrs. Buck's sad plight. Christmas dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell, of Top o' the Hill, were Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Buck) Spencer of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burmeister of Jack sonville, and Mrs. Caroline Wy man of Medford. The last Applegate Home Ex tension Unit met at the home of Mrs. Leonard Miller of Thomp son creek with Mrs. Charles El more was co-hostess. Secret pals were revealed, and there was a gift exchange. At the recent Applegate school Christmas program, Francis Krouse, chairman of the school board, announced there would be a work day at the school on the following Thursday. After this announcement the Rev. Thorn ton Gapen asked everyone to bring lots of pies and salads, and that there would be six geese barbecued at the school cafeteria. After Gapen's exhorta tions on the food, Francis Krouse arose and gave this last thought on the coming work day, "Every body who wants to see Gapen's goose cooked, be sure and show up Thursday." Recently, twelve members of the Pilgrim Youth Fellowship of the Medford Congregational church, accompanied by their pastor, Rev. Thomas McCamant, went on safari to Beaver creek to cut Christmas trees for their own use and for use in the church. En route back to town, they stopped at the W. D. Pear son home for hot cocoa and cake iS f) 'V ''3? T,j :.. . A Scotch blessing: wjlt jf ' on I I". ' I , New Year Eve... f tt III '" " i'l- ' o 0 0 1 w if i J i Ml On Hogmanay, the last day of every year, Scotch Highlanders used to form a procession behind hide who would visit each house in bless it with these words, "May God bless this that belongs to it, cattle, stones, and timber. meat, of bed and body clothes and health of it abound." It is a blessing that all of us would wish for our families, too. And we can help to make it happen by employing what u commonly regarded as another Scotch custom saving. Most of us could use a simple systematic savings plan one that will work automatically and pay off with guaranteed results. Your government has provided just such a plan the Payroll Savings Plan for Seriea E Savings Bonds. Here's how it works. You just sign the authorization card in your payroll office. Then, each payday, the amount you designate is set aside and invested in Bonds for you. You'U be surprised at how fast your savings mount. For instance, if you save only $3.75 a week on the plan, in 9 years and 8 months you'll have $2,137! So, this year, help bring the blessing of financial security to your family. Make it your New Year' Resolution to sign up for the Payroll Savings Plan where you work. V. fi. Government iom not pay lot tku wioalamcwt. Tht Trtatvry Department thanM. for Sunday, December 30, 195B to accompany their sack lunches. Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Offenbach er and two children Sue and Mark of Crescent City visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Offenbacher for the holidavs. Christmas day was doubly celebrated by several local resi dents, who had birthdays on that day. Billy Piete, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Piete celebrated his 10th birthday and Mrs. Bert Harr. William Ziegler, Mrs. Cur tis Gerhardt, and Mrs. Edward Goodwin, of Thompson creek, all celebrated their birthdays. Mrs. Gerhardt said she hadn't given up having a birthday party on Christmas day, since she heard of a woman who had cele brated her first Christmas birth day party when she was 83 years old. The Little Applegate Knitting club will meet at the home of Mrs. Otis Buck Tuesday, Jan. 15. The Upper Applegate Home Extension Unit will meet at the home of Mrs. Ray Widner on Wednesday, January 2 at 10:30 a.m. Leaders of the project, "Yeast rolls," will be Mrs. Lyle Hard and Mrs. Wanda Hard. At the last Applegate 4-H gen eral meeting, Mrs. Curtis Ger hardt was presented with a frame which held a certificate that stated she was Oregon's second best bus driver, with a record of nine years of accident free driving. This frame was given by the Applegate school awdust Telephone 2-2111 MEDFORD FUEL GO. a man attired the village am house and all In plenty of men may MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORD (ORtGON) MAjft TBIBPITg SEVEN board, PTA and the community in recognition of Mrs. Geihardt's interest and work in the com munity, and she was lauded as a$ outstanding community member. Mr. and Mrs. C. WV Childers of Palmer creek spent Christmas with his mother, Mrs. W. A. Childers of Jacksonville. Mrs. W. A. Childers had four children, six grandchildren, and 10 fcreat grandchildren present at this event. C. L. Evans of Toketee Falls paid a surprise visit on Christ mas eve at the home of his daughter, Mrs'. C. W. Childers, and stayed overnight. A recent house guest at the C. W. Childers residence was Mrs. Lena Cox and son Stephen, of Stockton, Calif. Several readers of the Apple-gate-Jacksonville column were puzzled, when they saw the col umn in the paper the last two times, and had positive knowl edge of this correspondent be ing away on a winter vacation. We are happy to announce that Applegate has a ghost writer in its midst, in the form of Mrs. William (Maude) Ziegler, - who did the excellent job of writing PAINT UMYu' r i r n,mr,mmt,,,. - 1 III II ff-...:; - Part of Every American's Savings Belongs in U.S. Savings Bonds atas - ran am. tttnmn, Urn tubrntmin Cou3 and the last two appleate-Jackson- ville cojunfhs. -- CO At the last Rucft -Hcf9nrejl meeting. Mrs. Charles 'Villoma O leader of "the Boge Icctfbmicso club stated tht her cub is) at tempting to stimufete an ir?.ie.ll in books in this community and hopes ertougS local peoplt will O respond to the Bookmobile .tsro vice offered by 0 the CMedford librry. If "enough people of Jiie community will write tcPeitfcer the Medford library, of to iie Mail Tribune requesting book service, 'there would be pos sibility of having a Bookmobile O in this area. Mrs. Williams ur?,gs everyone to write in tfrothn service. o I PACIFIC KSBUSTRIAL Dick Hons, Manager 16 S. Central 3 Ph. 3-540 fPflTl owioon er "" BEDFORD PAINT ft c WALLPIPEX STORf PHONE 2-9321 0 Q Corner 6th ft Hil. Diagonal? c Across from ttit Post OfKc 'CD O o o o 000 o o We Give S&H Green Stamps" 11 0 o O 0 o 0 0 o 00 0 o o o c o O O O
