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Newspaper Page TextBuried Treasure 1 (JO 9 Stamp Collecting Can Be Profitable Adult Pastime "Stamp collecting," said ' George. "That's strictly kid stuff. I gave it up years ago." I wasn't going to argue with : him, and I didn't. I merely lis tened politely while he went on to tell how back in 1936 he had gold his collection when he left home to go to college. I pointed out that whatever he got was probably a savings since most youngsters put money into things that have little or no re sale value. He agreed. "There's just one thing I didn't sell, and unfortu nately it was among the newest items in the collection. A sheet of the Washington bicentennial itamps." "Do you still have it?" I asked. George nodded, and said it had beeji misplaced somehow, and his mother had found it later and kept it for him. The sheet consisted of 100 PIGGY BANK YIELDS FINE Jim's wife had been crying when I called, but it was from laughter. "He's in the living room," she said, "and he's really quite ra tional, even though he doesn't look it." I was glad for the warning. To come unexpectedly on a grown man, a well-to-do member of the community, seated on the floor surrounded by nearly 4.000 pen nies and the empty piggy banks of his five children, could be quite disconcerting. Jim hajided me a small enve lope. "I ought to get something of a premium on these, enough to make a worth-while differ ence when the kids and I haul this load to the bank." There were eight or nine pen nies in the envelope, and two of FIRST ISSUE' ADDS TO FIRST EDITION VALUE The book on the night table at the head of my bed was Je rome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat." My host informed me that it happened to be a first edition of this work. "A first edition," I said. "That's nice, but I'm afraid it doesn't mean much in this case, unless you happen to have the first issue." "That's what this is," he an swered. "Do you know how to tell?" I had to admit that I didn't. 26-PERSONAl NOT responsible for anv debts other than niv own. Clifford I, Blrk BUILDING A HOME." Let me construct a scale model from your Dlans. It's more fun to now your triencut your model man a blueprint! Phone 3-1009 HOUSE of HEALTH 4c BEAUTY 11(10 E Main Ph. 3-1272 Aoaointinent hrs. 8 a m. to 8 pin Mun. through Sat. Nerve reflexology, physiotherapy, massage. relaxing steam bath. Licensed masseur. Lew G. Gilman bakTSara's beauty salon MERLE NORMAN COSMETICS 214 KLUHREH BLDG Jean's or Mink impress us not it s you that intrests us a lot. At YOUR BEAUTY SHOP 221 N. Riverside Ph. 2-6728. VALLEY MASSAGE CENTER Reflex foot & body massage. Ph. 3-4839 for appointment. Robert K. Hamilton, licensed masseur. LET Beauty Culture be your career. Enroll now for Feb. class at Med ford Beauty School. Low winter tui tion rales. Ph. 2-6155. LAFAYETTE: I am here in Medford waiting for the M.O.O. T.V. auction Paul WILL the person who found a glass eye on South Riverside. Please return it so I can watch the M.O.D 1 V. Auction. Virginia L. FALSE Teeth repaired by mail. Re Iming upper plate S6. Relining lower plate SK. New plates from your old ones $17.50 each plate. Any upper or lower broken plate 55 each Broken teeth repaired $2 each. All work guranteed. 24 hr. service Lee Poirier. P. O. Box 1134, Boise. Idaho. WANDA Rahn employed at Lillie's Beauty Shop. 16 years experience NO-4-8615. Central Point. RUPTURED? aulluiiontd beratm ywi iri not tuii the proper support and. comfort? Ar. . ou one of those unfortunate who baa Ptjentiy tned alt tyre, of truise only tm ; find httle or 00 relief, falling for the iHb , mail order adi. or the to-called out-of-town t , .uroampj! rreeiy jroux time and mranrv m u ..-a . . HWisumnuDrjnir " Often ra tearrh in re- mote wet ir nt o the world ' for relief only to find a better aerv- ire esuta m our own fommim ? Exrwt fittini and tTmpathetie uade" tandmi. combined throufh many yean at ; experience are at your dnpcal. We fea , tyre the famous line of Non-Skid Spot Pad ; Tniwea. Abdominal Supporteit, Elutic , Hoawry, Shoulder Brace, etc WAIHSCOTT'S PHARMACY Open Daily 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays, Holidays 8 a.m.-9 p.m. 322 East Main Phone 2-6440 stamps of the 10 cent orange yel low issue bearing the portrait of Washington which Stuart paint ed when the President was 63. "Have you bothered to check what these are worth today?" I asked. George shook his head. They couldn't be worth much. When these were printed back in 1932, I remember that the issue to taled well over 100,000,000." I said that it was nearer half as much again, and suggested that I call a friend and ask him to look the matter up. George assented. When he learned that the cata logue value of the sheet he had paid $10 for back in 1932 was now $165, he was rather de pressed. "Why?" he answered in reply to my Obvious question. "Why? Because I'm thinking of what I might get for all the other things I sold back in 1932, if I only had them now." PENNY ITEMS them were definitely of unusual premium value. One was a 1914 Lincoln head with a D for the Denver mint mark just below the date. . The other was a 1921 Lincoln head with ah S, the San Fran cisco mint mark, in the same place. , Both coins were in very good condition. I asked Jim how much he ex pected to get for them. "The 1914 item catalogues at $45, uncirculated," he said, "and the 1921 at $23.50. But I imagine .we'll 'get about one-third . . . That's all right, though. Look, I've still got another thousand pennies to go." He did a little better than ex pected. His day's work resulted in getting a little over $35 more than the face value of the coins would have brought. He opened the book to the title page. "The principal point is this," lie said, placing a finger on the bottom of the page. "If the last six lines go like this Bristol J. W. Arrowsmith, Quay Street London Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 4 Stationers Hall Court 1889. All rights reserved if that's the way they go, then you have the first issue. "All other issues of the first edition read '11 Quay Street.'" "I had to pay $42.50 for this one, and I was lucky to get it." (Released by McCluro Newt paper Syndicate) 26 PERSONAL RAWLEIGH products. Pcdereen. 2-4438 ANY ONE having a drinking problem is welcome at Alcoholics Anony . mous Meetings 8 o.m Wed A Sat 123 ii W Main Pb 2-6637 27 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Carpet Cleaning & Repair RUGS Furniture. Cleaned, repaired. Medford Rug Factory & Cleaners 511 Mary St. Ph. 3-2539 SERVICE MASTER METHOD Nationally approved For FREE estimates call DYKE'S FLOORCOVERING 2-5160 Beads Restrung PEARLS 4 BEADS RESTRUNG JEWELRY REPAIRING SANTO'S AGATE SHOP 411 E Main Oil Burner Seryico SPARK OIL BURNING HEATERS 4th & Front Ph. 2-5296 KENNEDY FUEL OIL Granite at Top Soil GRANITE Loading or Delivering LUCIUS 4 WILBERI LULL Phone 3-.NO-4-1489 FINEST Bear Creek top soil Creek run gravel pit run and crushed 'granite Prompt delivery Dump trucks tor Mre Estimates gladly given. Jim Nunes. Ph. 3-4638. GRANITE CRUSHED & PIT RUN LOADED OR DELIVERED R G. LULL Ph. 3-4781 TOP SOIL fill dirt, granita and creek run gravel Tractor and Cat dozer and loader tor hire Austin L King Trucking. Phone 2-7258 or 2-4167 CRUSHED ROCK SAND 4 GRAVEL M C UNINGER 4 SONS Phone 2-5336 ot 2-5897 Tree Service T ALLEY & FRAZIER tree surgery, tree topping, trimming, pruning, & removal. Ph. 2-9465. MEDFORD TREE SERVICE Complete care, all types, topovers A removals. Experienced 4 efficient, licenced 4 insured. Free estimates anytime. Please Dial 3-9183. ORE. CAL. TREE SERVICE Personally operated by RAY CHAMBER! JN TREES TOPPED, trimmed, removed, transplanted, by experienced tree surgeons. Our services guaranteed satisfactory. We go anywhere. Lic ensed 4 insured. Soil conditioning for hralthy trees Ph Medford 2-8052. Painting Let's Use Sheetrock KROIS BROS Taping 4 Texturing Specialists Grants Pass. Ph. GR-9-2109 SPRAY painting, roofs, houses genera) painting Free estimates Sullivan Bros.. 219 S Ivy. Phone 2-9851 PAINTING Brush or Spray Free estimates and terms A Q Murphy Phone 2-8595 or 2-9143 POISON OAK? Try Bottle of Z EM A COL j Yoo must bt uttsfied or your roe? ! cheerfully refunded Get bottle t cU, at WESTERN THRIFT. 27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Electric Motors GAGE ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE Delco and GE Motors Motor Rewinding and Repairing 112 N Front Phone 2-?fi28 TV and Radio HAMM2LL TV SERVICE CO. Open 10 a.m. to 8 30 pm. 1830 W Main Ph 3-5406 Transportation JOHNSON TRUCK LINES PO Box 407 Med lord Ore Trucking service between So Ore gon 4t aJJ point in Ore Also inter state to Calit on building mate rials. fe machinery Vans, flat-beds lum ber truck & trailers. At low-bed equipment available Ph. 2-6022. ATHEL HUPP DUDLEY INC TRUCK TRANSPORTATION P O Box 242. Med lord Oregon ICC-MC 71652 Rapid transportation between Southern Oregon and points and places in Calif on all building materials heavy machinery and livestock Ph Medtord Ore 2-4174 Building & Construction K ic K CONSTRUCTION CO General contractors Residential. Commercial. Cabinet work. Remodeling. Ph. VA-6-3164. Remodeling Painting Taping Texturing, call wukuwilr Ph. Jacksonville 9-8547. DAN PATCH CO, INC. Headquarters for all your remodel ing needs. Financing arranged. Free estimates on any job. 2080 W. Main Ph. 2-4324 REMODELING Room Additions Cabinets Ceramic Tile Patios Car Ports Fire Places No Down Payment. Terms to suit Ph Ashland 2-6367 Collect. Oregon Home Improvement Co Plumbing WANTED DIGGING Excavation, trenches, ditch work Free estimates given. GARY HAWK, Contractor Ph. 2-7730 Ph. 2-4989 BROOK'S ELECTRIC PLUMBING DEPT For fast courteous and efficient service on all your plumbing prob lems call 2-5209 Income Taxes INCOME TAX SERVICE Why Worry PAY Less M. A. CRAMER 3185 Madrona Lane 2-5930 CLEO CANOOSE 55 Ross Court. For day or eve. appointments Ph. 2-2913 16th year in same location. INCOME TAXES Farmers. Loggers., wage earners small firms, reason able 25 yrs. exp. 1238 N. Riverside Across from Pulver Motel. 2-6992 RELIABLE TAX SERVICE MARY B MAASS 304 S. Ivy. Ph. 2-9281 , FEDERAL & STATE. Day or eve. OPAL RONE i 3512 Table Rock rd. NO-4-1352. STATE 4 FEDERAL Tax returns made out. VICTOR C SETHER Brophy Bldg Federal & State Income Tax assistance S. C. Jones & Sons Billings Agency Cor 6th & Holly Medford 42 E Main St.. Ashland V Asphalt & Cement Paving CONCRETE WORK SIDEWALKS DRIVEWAYS PATIOS BRICK WORK No Down Payments. Terms to suit Ph. Ashland 2-6367 Collect. OREGON HOME IMPROVEMENT CO. JOHN JORE Cement Contractor Patios, sidewalks driveways. Free estimates on all type of concrete construction Pb 2-5o65 808 Ben nett St. ASPHALT PAVING D r 1 V e w a y motels parking areas, mill yards roads and industrial floors Free esti mates Work guaranteed Rogut River P.i"inc y.f Ph Mrrlmrrt 403 Pump Service JIFFY PUMP SERVICE UNIVERSAL PUMP SALES The Rugged Pump for Every Purpose Pump Rentals & Repair Will also Drill vour well 1311 N Riverside Ph 3-5510 or 2.5039 Septic Tank MEDFORD SEPTIC TANK 4s CONSTRUCTION Concrete tanks drain fields. Licensed & guaranteed Ditch cleaning backhoe work. LeRov and Howard Calkins Ph 2-55812-9598 SANITATION SERVICJE t Licensed 8t Bonded ) Darrell Fanss O E Conktin ROUND CONCRETE SEPTIC TANKS 500-gal S68 750-gal S98 Commercial Tanks rail sizes) DRAIN FIELDS FRENCH DRAINS Laid and Repaired Meets All State & FHA Codes LOW COST FINANCING Terms to Meet Your Needs TANKS PUMPED TRENCHING EXCAVATION Loading St Compressor Work Free Estimates Guaranteed Work Phone 3-2491 2875 Lone Pine Rd. CASPER'S Septic tanks pumped and cleaned. TANKS INSTALLED Drain work Free inspection. Low set prices No mileage charge 34 hours service Local War U vet Dial 3-1511 or 2-6818. DICK'S RURAl DISPOSAL SERVICE Septic tanks pumped and repaired Tanks installed to State specifica tions any size from' 500 gallons up Square concrete Domestic or Com mercial tanks Drain field laid Free estimates and inspection AU -work guaranteed. Phone M B l Dick) Gust 3-1457 Medford. MITCHELL SEPTIC TANK AND CESSPOOL SERVICE. Tanks clean ed and repaired drain and sewere laid New tanks installed AU work guaranteed Phone 3-1116 Well Drilling CRATER WELL DRILLING No well too deep Immediate service Ail work guaranteed FHA terms ar ranged. Phone 2-2098 1111 W 10th ROGUE VALLEY DRILLING CO Reliable & experienced Fast mod ern equipment Terms Ph 2-7372 Ba snater Lane, off Kings Hwy SHULTS BROS well drilling & pump service We strive to please even customer. Ph 3-4141 Eves 2-5669 DEISTER'S WELL DRILLING CO For your water well problems Reliable Ac experienced Up to the minute equipment 139 Vancouver Ph 2-9308 GOFF BROTHERS Well Drillers perienced & reliable S&H Green Stamps Office Siskiyou Hdwe. 225 W Main Medford Phone 2-2939 or evening-! 2-7026 or 3-3744 Pests and Termite Control TERMITES Call Paramount Post rnntrnl In-pect before buying Ph 2-9701 LOYD Termite Control Protect your nome irom termites Free inspection Ph Ash 3 7557 Fonnds-io" work Generators Starters Generator-Starter repairs & exchange ftirasiurr winaing "Jim s Autr F'prtrir trttt N Rl ver -I- T. Sofia Fuel GOOD fireplace wood for sale For last deliverv. Dial 2-6729 JOE WHIPPLE Hemorrhoids (Piles) Fistula Colitis Pruri tus (itching) Prolapse. Treat ed without surgical operation or hospitalization or loss of time from work. If you have health problem of this nature it will pay you to investigate. Dr. Herman Wexler Chiropractic Physician 44 E. Main Pioneer Bldg. Ph. 2-3391 Ashland. Ore JACKSONVILLE Student Talent Show Set By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS Jacksonville The Teens Against Polio group in Jackson ville school will hold a student talent show on Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym. Admis sion will be a donation to the March 6f Dimes. An audition was held at the school Thursday afternoon. Students on the program in clude Miss Pat Moore, who will sing a solo. Lynn Offord with his six piece band. Miss Martha Wyatt doing a Cuban dance and a piano number by. Miss Nancy Neidermeyer. These numbers as well as many others will be pre sented in an approximately two-hour-long show. Another March of Dimes event in Jacksonville was the Royal Neighbor Coffee Klatch held at the Jacksonville Community hall last Tuesday. The Jacksonville Royal Neigh bors will also make the Mothers March on Jan. 31, between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. A light on the porch will be an invita tion to pick up your donation. 7-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Loans LOANS Finance that new car at low 4'a interest rates, up to 30 mo. for those who qualify. MCGEE-KNOX AGENCY. 38 E. Main, Ashland. Ph Ashland 6416 or 4081. Services & Repairs THE LAMP SHOP Specializes in electrifying your vases, figurines & trophies. We remodel & repair all types of lamps. Phone 2-4751. CRAWTORD GARAGE DOOR Hdqtra Repair-Sales-Service Residential Commercial doors Op erators serving Jackson-Josephine Co Call eves GR-9-1438 collect TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY GROUNDHOG DINNER MOOSE LODGE. FEB. 2 11 So. Newtown Plenty Eats 6 to 8 p.m. Good Entertainment 8 to 10 p.m. Square Dance 10:30 till tired Adults SI .00 Children 30c under 12 WILL TAKE 30-ft. or larger modern trailer house as down payment on 1- bdrm. home m Eagle Point. Ph 2- 7345 or VA-6-3962. Beautiful 1x6 V-Rustic redwood pan eling S175 per M. Dry 1x8. 10' and 12' V-R u s 1 1 c cedar $50 per M. . 2x8 and 2 8 TAG S40 per M. Free delivery NORTON LUMBER CO. Phoenix. Oregon Ph. 3-2888 NEED good, solid office desk, old time roll-top perfectly OK. Also need good used office typewriter (prefer Royal), a secretarial chair and dic taphone or similar brand tran scriber. Ph. JU 2-3482. BUILDING A HOME? Let me construct a scale model from your plans. It's more fun to show your friends your model than a blueprint! Phone 3-1009 1x6", 8" & 10" surfaced cedar $35 M, 4x4" Surfaced cedar posts 6c lineal ft. WESTSIDE LUMBER CO. North end of Summit Ave. 2-2559 1 PR. SKIIS. cream separator, hy draulic jack, garden tractor. Frigi daire auto, washer, used TV $25, New TV 20 off. New vacuum cleaners 40 off. New sewing ma chines $39.50. Philco elec. range, new James dishwasher, 2 electric ovens. 4 elec. mixers, many used sewing machines. Shop around, then come to DAVENPORT APPLIANCE SHOP 2101 W. Main ... for 10 better deal than you can get anywhere New or Used. We trade in anything. Authorized Dealer Neechi Elna White New Home Pfaff Adler & Durkopp. NOTICE. TREE SERVICE of all kinds. Ph. 2-5376. Withrow. SURPLUS 2x6 s S4S 10 & 12 ft. length standard & better. 1.000 ft. or more. $78 per M. Cash price. New 2x4 s. RANDOM LENGTH, economy grade. S37.50 per M. Cash price, while they last. PORTER LUMBER CO. 204 So. Fir FOR SALE OR TRADE Almost new single drive, double reduction Mack truck rear end. complete with springs and air brakes. Loyd F. Silva, 287 Union Avenue, Grants Pass. Ore. WANTED BEST 'i T. PICKUP S300 will buy. Ph. 2-7976. FOR SALE: 2 female dachshunds, purebreds, 6 weeks old. Ph. 2-7650 PHOENIX residents. Buy your 4" Orangeburg at 35c ft. delivered. Or contract your complete sewer job with HAGGARD LUMBER it PLUMBING On 99 Phoenix Ph. 2-7915 DISCOUNT on new and used tires and on new batteries. Harley's lexaco. aixin anq trape. BALANCE your wheels at WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY. 101 So. Riverside. For only $1.50 per wheel, weights included. FOR SALE: Tire chains to fit most all cars. $10.95. See Carold J. Parker 610 So. Central. Medford. GREEN FIR SLABS Bir Double Loads MEDFORD FUEL Tel. 2-2111 LLME Our price includes spreading service Gold Bill 8-9245 Agricul rural Lime Distributing Co For Sawdust Burneri MEDFORD FUEL Tel 2-2111 EXPERT OIL BURNER SERVICE MEDFORD FUEL Ph 2-2111 MOBILHEAT" "OIL TO BURN" MOBILHEAT We give S&H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL Ph 2-2111 BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale 20e each Mail Tribune Office 27 North Fts Scrisx - Renfais ' Fofcfltrf; irfueci Open Sdndays and Holidays 19 s.in. to 9 p.tn. Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 10 .m. HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 I. MAIN PHONE 3-5345 I Block East ef Hawthorn Parle CORN REMOVER Gives instant relief tram pajfl and oooV lively removes -Hard corns, soft corns berwecH K toes, collowtos, worts, papillomas, dwb noils. It contains sov. oral different oot that tofton, loots n and does not cavto tho irrigation OS . do strong acid mixtures. WKon on omers Hav faiiod try this one. Try our Ionian Relief, vnicn rotievot pain, soreness, swotting first or second application- Sofa remedies sold (oo money bock guarantee. Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT Jacksonville Garden club held their January meeting at the Community hall on Thursday Jan. 24. One guests, Mrs. Clar ence Davies of Eagle Point, and thirteen members were present. Hostess was Mrs. Ray Cole man and co-hostesses Mrs. Ger trude Winningham and Mrs. Harold Reed. Committee reports were made and a business meet ing held. Entertainment included a talk on conservation concern ing wise use of our state's na tural resources. A horticulture lesson was given by Mrs. James Noble on care and preservation of gift plants. Bouquets of early spring flow ers decorated the room and a centerpiece of pine cones and boughs decorated the table. Birthday cakes were served honoring three members and gifts were presented to them. Mr. and Mrs. William Rathke of Covelo, Calif., and formerly of Jacksonville and Medford have reported to friends here that a new son was born to them last week. He has been named Fred Franklin. Mrs. Elsie Elrod, Mrs. Rathke's mother, of Medford, is visiting at their home and help ing care for the new baby. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Garrett of Glendale, Ore., spent last weekend with the Warren Hazens. Mrs. Barbara Hunsley and children visited the children's grandmother Mrs. Esther Huns ley in Ashland one day this week. Mrs. Marie (Mills) Osborn, formerly of Jacksonville and the Dalles, is now living in Berk eley, Calif. Her son Bruce is with her. Jacksonville Ruth Rebekah lodge at their regular meeting last Monday evening gave a baby shower honoring a mem ber, Mrs. Douglas Davis of Med ford. The committee in charge was Mrs. Jack McDaniels and Mrs. P. E. Mathney. There were 20 present at the shower. A guest was Mrs. Ted Greene of Blue Lake, Calif., a former Jackson ville resident. Guest speaker at the Jackson ville Presbyterian church this Sunday will be the Rev. John Reynolds, who is assistant at the First Presbyterian church in Medford. The Chancel choir of the Medford church will elso be present at the Jacksonville church this Sunday. Jef Bombers Collide In Air; Three Saved Havana (U.PJ Two B47 strato-jet bombers collided in flight south of Cuba Thursday night and three of the six miss ing crewmen were picked up on a raft today. The Homestead, Fla., Air Force Base reported a second raft was also spotted by search craft but it was not determined immediately, if any survivors were aboard it. Six men were aboard the two planes, three in each. Maj. R. W. Bryant, public in formation officer at the air base south of Miami, said the three survivors "seemed to be in good condition" according to reports he received from the Coast Guard. He said they were being taken to a hospital for routine checkups, but he did not know where. The planes, based at Home stead Air Force Base, collided in the air south of the Isle of Pines below Cuba. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5 30 previous day. The Shortest Distance Between Buyer and Seller- A Classified Ad in The Mail Tribune Convenient Order Form For Quick Results Write Your Ad Below 1 Word to a Space Cost Appears to Right of Last Word An Avorago Word Contains S Lorrtrs. Namo and Address Count tho Sam at Othar Words. Mail Now to Classified Ad Dept. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon Please run my ad for DAYS in THE MAIL TRIBUNE under Classification I enclose $ in full payment NAME . . .. PHONE .... ADDRESS ... ..... ......:..... ............. City or Town! . . ..J! Sunday, January 27, 19S7 Five Planets Visible Last Of Month, February First By FAY BENTLEY During the last week on Janu ary and the first few days of February all five of the so-called "naked-eye" planet .will be visible. i Anyone courageous enough to endure the chill of dawn tem peratures will be rewarded with the sight of Venus, Saturn, and Mercury in the southeastern sky and Jupiter high in the south west. Mars becomes visible in the west as joon as darkness falls, and sets before morning. Venus, second in brilliance to the moon, is shining very low on the southeasern horizon. It is now approaching the sun and will soon be difficult to observe. Straight Lin The orbits of Mercury and Venus lie between the orbit of the earth and the sun. So, to earth-dwellers, these two planets appear to move back and forth in a straight line from one side of the sun to the other instead of in the nearly circular path that we know they travel. When on the eastern side of the sun as viewed from our planet, Venus and Mercury ap pear in the west at sunset and are visible for a few hours. When on the western side of the sun they rise in the eastern heavens shortly before dawn. Neither of these two celestial bodies is ever visible all during the night. Venus will be invisible throughout March, April, and the first part of May, but will appear as an evening star the last of, that month, though still too near the sun for easy obser vation. In June, "the goddess of love and beauty" will adorn the western- horizon, shining bril liantly for an hour or more after sunset. 'Ringed-Plane' Saturn, the "ringed-planet" rises in the southeast two hours before the sun. It is about six de grees north of the red, twinkling, star, Antares. Estimating the dis tance between the Pointers in the Big Dipper to be five de grees will help in locating Sat urn. The marked contrast between scintillating, red Antares and the pale steady glow of the brighter planet also helps to identify Saturn. Tiny Mercury, rising 1V4 hours before the sun, will be visible low in the southeastern sky, not far from the much brighter Venus, during the last week of January and the first three or four days in February. Elusive Mercury The elusiveness of Mercury Is due to its solar proximity. Most ot the time its beams are com pletely obscured by the brilliant light of the sun. Only for a few days at a time when the little planet is farthest to the east or west of Old Sol can earth-dwellers view this little sky-traveler. The nearer the planets are to the sun the faster they travel in their orbital journey encircling that celestial body. Our earth, third in distance, completes a revolution in 365'4 days, while Pluto, most distant known planet takes 248 of our years to make one revolution. Mercury, closest to the sun of all known planets completes the journey in just 88 days. Winged Messenger . The swift motion of this little world caused ancient people to name it Mercury after the wing ed messenger of their mytholo gical -gods. Because the orbit or path fol lowed by the "winged mesen ger" is elliptical or slightly egg shaped, the distance between the sun and Mercury varies and so MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN does the planet's orbital speed per second. While at Aphelion, .greatest distance from the sun, Mercury wings its way at 23 miles per second; at perihelion, the point on its orbit nearest the sun, an orbital speed of 35 ' miles per second is attained. Largest Planet Jupiter, largest of all the planets, rises in the east about 10 p.m. and . by morning its steady, non-twinkling glow, will be easily ' located high in the southwest heavens. As the orbit of Jupiter lies outside the earth's path, this "king of the planets" can be seen throughout the rest of the night when it rises in the evening. ' ' " Mars, so brilliant during the weeks of late summer and early autumn has diminished greatly in magnitude. As darkness ap proaches it may be seen about half way up in the western sky and around midnight disappears beneath the .western horizon. MacLaren Expansion Discouraged by Chief Salem (U.R) The State Board of Control yesterday heard a suggestion that it consider estab lishment of a new state training school for boys rather than plan too much expansion for Mac Laren school. 1 William Lamb, superintendent of MacLaren, said the school's capacity was 300 and that there are more than that number of boys presently at the school. He estimated that by 1958 the num ber could jump to 600. The official said no school should have more than 500 in mates if it is to attain the best results. A dormitory under con struction at MacLaren now will house another 100 boys and is scheduled to be completed next August. Lamb praised the present boys' camp in Clatsop county and said he had in mind estab lishment of at least three similar camps in the state. Corvallis (U.R) t- Glen H. Woodring, 57-year-old semi-invalid, died Friday when fire swept his home. Let Us Solve Your Problem W W LOANS FROM $2500to$2f50000 ON AUTOMOBILE - FURNITURE - SALARY Repayment On Monthly Installments Fitted To Your Budget! Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. Phone 3-4564 Sparta Bldg. Medford Timberline Lodge Improvement Sough Portland (U.R) Oregon's congressional delegation was asked yesterday to lend its sup port to a drive by the Portland Chamber of Commerce to secure a federal appropriation of $2 million to expand and improve facilities at Timberline lodge. " George M. Henderson, chair man of the chamber's sub com mittee, said Sen. Richard Neu berger already had shown inter est in introducing a bill to im prove the winter resort. He said complete information on the pro ject was mailed yesterday to the rest of the state's congressional delegation. Start the Hew Year With Your Bills Consolidated and have LOWER PAYMENTS or qet tho cash you need for any worthwhila purpose. SEE Oregon Finance Co. 45 So. Central Horn Owned and Managed MOVING? Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U-DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks Also Avit RENT-A-CAR MM SIGNAL TUNE-UP & REPAIR otfc V Grips Phono 3-3261 CALL COLLECT Wo will gladly process your loan in advance) You simply come by for your cash. Two lines Consecutive Insertions TWO LINES MINIMUM I day 3 days t tfsvs f I 00 SI. 40 THREE LINES 1 dsy 3 days days 5t S1.50 (2.10 FOUB LINES I day II (2.00 ZM S1.Z3 $2.50 S3 .SO SI SO S3 no $4.20 3 days : dsys . I 1 day riVE LINES 3 days days SIX LINES I dsy 3 days 8 days . SEVEN LINES 1 day 3 days S days ;t.s S3.S0 S4.10