Buried 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.
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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.
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