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o o They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo YA CALL THIS SHOV ? ??fl QZW KZA1. WINTER ISTUE, OL'Wll4TR F pcif 5f SESOMS 4RE C03M&W- ff LOVER, V4E XE CAB COMBS? JT I WISH 1 5Sil WHy,WETH0U6m-NOTMIN H KEEPS PARKED Ojv HEt LET TME S&SOF SIX FEET OP SNOW KOMJ TO 1U4T R4DW- V4JS UUST S?W -WE4TUEPMENI OCTOBER TOM4RCd t1 TDR.4U. RlSOT- W4RMlf4G UP f IN Ol IT OR TUB pViV- S V THIS IS MlS W4iTLH4ESTd!?TS GOy WHO DIRECTS 'W'Z&TZfflrilN TTtt 1 UCTT-STOVE V N Otf THE BUZZARD K, THE GULP . LlSTEMlMS TO THE OLD-TIMER TALK UP . A STORM 480UT THE.' eooooLDDiys- TUdNX AHOATPOF THE H-ITT.O UdT TO TOM D., On The Side By e. v. During (Distributed by King Fe.turu Syndicate, Inc.) Thij department is definite- of her home and family seems to have definitely become an old-fashioned idea. However, it is not fair to blame the husband for this. In the majority of cases it is the wife who wants to cling Time Left for Life on Earth Declared To Be Growing Short , Br DELOS SMITH United Pros Science Editor New York (U.R) We hu man beings can be of good cheer according to Dr. Allen Sandage astronomer and astrophysicist. Even if we don t destroy our selves with our own "follv." icieTice makes "It appear quite likely that human life is doom ed by natural processes." Xhe natural processes he re ferred to are those of the sun. The way the science of astrophy sics Iigures it, the sun is now near or close to its middle age That is. it has been going for" six billiott years and has about six billion years to go. Although it is not news io astrophysicists, it will be news to many that science can calcu late the time remaining for life on earth with what seems to be unassailable logic. Dr. Sandage, In a recent lecture to the trust ees and staff of the Carnegie institute gave a remarkably easy to understand account of this logic. Mttr of Time O The sun. like all other stars Owe know about is converting hy droge atoms into nuclei of he lium and thatis the source of its radiant energy. O Knowing its mass, you can calculate how many hydrogen atoms it has and had to work with. Knowing its light inten sities, you can approximate the rate at which this converting is (?ng on. But these created helium at omg are waste products which more and more threaten the in ternal chemical stability of the star. To compensate for these changes, the star increases in size and increases the intensity of its radiations. All this is very slow and grad ual up to a certain point, the point where the star has con sumed 12 per cent of its hydro gen atoms. - At this point "the star can no longer compensate for its in creased helium content by small changes, but must drastically in crease in radius," said Dr. San dage. "At this point, the star is near the end of its life, because it swiftly increases in luminosity, 6onsumes its remaining fuel at a tremendous rate, and finally sinks into obscurity and death as its fuel is depleted. Right now, astrophysics fig ures, the sun has consumed 6 per cent of its fuel. Six billion years from now it will enter death throes that will last 500 million years. As it increases in radius, the temperature of the earth's surface will shoot up at a frightful rate. The expanding sun "will drive the temperature first above the boiling point of water and then to the melting point of lead. Life will have, ceased, the oceans will have boiled away, and condi tions will be miserable," he con tinued. Dr. Sandage is a staff mem ber of the Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories of the California Institute of Technology. JOHNNY'S SIGNS HAS MOVED! Prom 214 E. 4th St. Io 1230 Court St. the REASON: Need More Space for EXPANDING BUSINESS Old and New Friends WELCOME 'Johnny Signs Anything" Is That So? Let's consider some early Americana particularly as it ap plies to the outdoors: Cowhide hinges were used mainly by early colonists. Hand made iron strap hinges were added later, but because of the king's tax on metal hardware, most barn doors swung on leather until the end of the 18th century. Most of our early orchards were planted from seeds. A typi cal example is recorded by Mrs. Narcissa Whitman in her diary written at Fort Vancouver, Ore gon Territory (now in the state 3 of Washington), 1836. She wrote: "Here we find fruit of every des cription apples, grapes, pears, plums, figs ... all grown from 'seeds. A gentleman 12 years ago, 1 while at a party in London, put seeds of the grapes and apples : in his pocket. Soon afterward ' he took a voyage to America ; These seeds have now greatly ! multiplied. ' Incidentally, it was an old j colonial custom to "pepper old fruit trees" meaning, to blast away with a shotgun at close range to make an old tree bear I again, writes Eric Sloane in his book. Eric Sloane's Almanac I and Weather Forecaster (Duell, I Sloane & Pearce, N. Y.). This i custom, he says, was brought over from Europe where some CONSTIPATED? new laxative discovery un-Iocks bbwel blocks without gag, bloat or gripe Constipation is caused by what doctors call a "thrifty" colon. A "thrifty" colon is one that, instead of retaining moisture as it should, does the opposite: robs the colon of so much moisture that its con tents become dehydrated, so dry "that they block the bowel; so shrunken that they fail to excite or stimulate the urge to purge that propels and ex pels waste from your body. TO REGAIN NORMAL REGU LARITY two things are neces sary. First, the dry, shrunken contents of your colon which now block your bowel must be re-moistened. Second, bulk must be brought to your colon to S-T-R-E-T-C-H STIMULATE it and so, excite its muscles to action; to a normal urge to purge. AND, OF ALL LAXATIVES, only Colonaid, the amazing new laxative discovery possesses Colon aid's great moisturising capacity plus Coloxaid's stretch-stimulating bulk that activates normal colonic reflexes. So effective that it relieves even chronic consti pation overnight, Colonaid is yet so smooth, so gentle it has been proved safe even for women in the most critical stages of pregnancy. SUPERIOR TO OLD STYLE bulk, salt or drug laxatives, Colonaid neither gags, bloats nor gripes; does not interfere with your absorption of vita mins and other valuable food nutrients; and in clinical tests, did not cause rash or other side reactions. IT'S A PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTi Exercise tones your body! And Colonaid exercises your colon to tone it against consti pation, overnight! Whether occasional, frequent or chron ic, whatever your degree of constipation, get Colonaid, in easy-to-take tablet form at any drug counter, today ! The' price, only 9Sc for the econom ical 60 tablet package, brings you positive relief at less than 2c per tablet. By EUGENE BURNS Ringer-Naturalist farm folk still "shoot barren trees." Possibly the shock to the health of a tree by a trunk wound and its effort to fight back and recover, spurred the yield of the fruit. Or, perhaps it is just another old supersti tion. Smooth Surface Blemished Speaking of apple trees, have you heard this one on xankee salesmanship? The story goes that an apple orchard in Con necticut was struck badly by hail and the usually smooth sur face of most of the apples were blemished by calloused spots Not to be ruined by a little thing like that, the farmer wrapped each apple in a 'fine tissue paper that bore the legend "HAIL- KISSED APPLES, the Fruit With a Heavenly Taste." Then he doubled the price of his apples and is said to have made a killing. The same kind of salesman ship, apparently,- which makes brown eggs cost more in Boston and white eggs cost more in New York. Incidentally, in pioneer days. farmers used to settle their accounts once a year, usually in December. In colonial days, the farmer bought only indigo for paints and dyes: the other colors were taken from the trees and berries about him or "raised" right along with the crops. Clothing and cloth were dyed with but ternut (brown), hickory (yellow), maple (gray), sumac (red), sassa fras (orange), and pokeweed (purple). The history of purple Is a most interesting one. The dye was handed down from ancient days. The royal purple was made from the purple shell, a snail, several thousands of years before Christ. In fact, the pros perity of the ancient city of Tyre was founded on this dye trade. Roman emperors wore purple robes. And, the expres sion "born in the purple" comes from the Byzantine custom of having pregnant empresses con fined in a royal apartment lined with purple. Now purple is largely made of coal tar. The common wood-screw had no point on it before 1856. (Copyright, 1957. by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) ly not conducting a campaign against tipping taxicab dirivers or persons engaged in any other activity. What we are opposed to is having people dependent on tips to acquire a living income. We would like to see those en gaged in all activities in which tips are involved paid a living wage. The tips could then be considered a bonus for unusual services. Also to be considered Is the angle of the customer paying a high price for accommodations, food service, etc., and then in addition be expected to help the management take care of its pay roll by extra payments in the form of tips. Get It Right Why do people who should know better include Kelly on lists of "Irish names?" Kelly is not an Irish name. It is an Manx name. Take the hero of that im mortal song titled "Has Any body Here Seen Kelly?" Was Kelly an Irishman? Certainly not. You will recall that he was described in the orginal version of the song as 'Kelly From The Isle of Man. Among lhe Married Now is the time for all good men to consider how their wives are going to look in bathing suits next summer. It takes just about six months to properly streamline a plump wife. First thing to do is to decrease the lady's intake of food. No seconds of course. Then give a thought i to Ty Cobb's suggestion for ! weight reduction. That is, have the person being streamlined j drink a glass of buttermilk be fore the meal. That will decrease the appetite. I Dividends The Pennsylvania Railroad has been paying consecutive cash dividends on its stock since 1848. That is, for 108 years. This however, is not the record. The Equitable Security Trust Com pany of Wilmington, Del., has paid dividends without interrup tion since 1798. That is 158 years. Also the National New ark and Essex Banking Com pany, Newark, N. J., has been paying consecutive dividends for 152 years. Horses and Women Women make up one-third of the working force in the United States. More married wo men are in that force than ever before in history. That a wo man, after marriage, . should give up her job and devote her self exclusively to taking care Wednesday, February 13. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE to her job and a paycheck of her own. It gives her a glorious feel ing of independence and also provides the money for more clothes, cosmetics, beauty treat ments, etc., than she would be able to afford if the family had only one paycheck. The six stage plays having the longest Broadway runs are: 1. "Life With Father." 2. "Tobacco Road." 3. "Abie's Irish Rose." 4. "Oklahoma." 5. "South Pacific." 6. "Harvey." All of these plays were produced and presented at comparatively recent dates. Yet it not be assumed that there were no really long runs in New York before "this. For example, that classic of the yesteryear titled "The Old Homestead." starring Denman Thompson, ran for three years at the Academy of Music on East 14th St. Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letters to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito. Calif. Washington (U.R) Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. defended the Middle East Emer gency Committee against con gressional charges that the steps it has taken to supply Western Europe with oil violate the anti trust laws. Roadbuilders Will Discuss Freeways Corvallis City parking prob lems and freeway construction will be among topics discussed at the 1957 northwest conference on roadbuilding at Oregon State college Feb. 20 to 22. Other topics will be asphalt tests, method of -, classifying county roads, right-of-way and practical and legal aspects of drainage along and across roads and streets. Ben F. Ostergren, Washington, D.C., AmericanVRoad Builders' association, will speak on "The Effect of Freeway Construction on Local Roads and Street Systems." More than 125 engineers will attend the three-day session sponsored by the state highway dapartment and Oregon State college. W. C. Williams, state highway engineer, will open the session. Martin P. Coopey, OSC civil engineering professor, is chairman. Another Marine Corps Instructor Investigated Parris Island, S.C. (U.R) The Marine Corps said today another drill instructor at the Parris Island Recruit Depot was under investigation for alleged maltreatment of recruits. Maltreatment charges have been brought against more than 20 drill instructors here since the April 8, 1956 "death march" in which six recruits were drowned during an unscheduled night disciplinary march into a creek on the base. No details of the new investigation were released. Didn't Cough ALL NIGHT CREOMUISION BRINGS SPECTACULAR RELIEF Special Formula Creomul sion Cough Syrap for Chil dren relieves coughs due to colds right now, with out narcotics or antihista mines, stops tickle pro motes sleep tastes good too. Get CREOMULSION FOR CHILDREN M ran RCA VICTOR Console TV With These High Priced Features 261 Sq. In. Viewable "Living Image" Picture Huge 6 in. x 9 in. 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