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tgJHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, April 7, 1957 AMCC 0 2- 9-28-31 32-45-53 I MAY 21 STAR GAZEJC MAY 22 :JJ JUNE 71-77-79-80( 111-14-18-39 tf-50-55 LEO JULY 24 AUG 23 ,20-21-29-441 g-72-73 8r- vmoo AUG 24 SEPT 22 vl5-17-23-2d tea -By CLAY R. POLLAN- M Tour Ooiy Admry (We M According to the Sfore. To develop message for Sundoy, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac txrth sign. 1 WetU 31 Thaf 6) For 2 Avoid 32 Can 62 B 3 Some 33 Your 63 H,ghef-ups 4 You'd 34 Arises 64 Greater 5 Srreomlme 35 Economical 65 Solved 6 Unexpected 36 To 7 Bea 8 Bustnes 9 Risks ' 10 Be 11 Don't 12 You're 13 Bored 14 Bow 15 Study 16 W,jhen 17 Where 18 Your 19 Unite 20 Get 21 Partner! 22 Financial 23 You're 24 With 25 Problem ?6 Headed 27 With 28 Today 29 Clojer 30 THmg (5 Good 37 Spend 38 Decision 39 Outmoded 40 Make 41 Leu 42 On 43 Ho 44 In 45 Prove 46 That 47 Spirt 48 'Your 49 You 50 Guess 51 Let 52 Others 53 Costly 54 Can 55 Work 56 OHiciott 57 Be 58 Systems 5 On 60 And fAdVr 66 Your 67 Efficiency 68 Toes 69 Ma 70 Avoid 71 Kno 72 To 73 You 74 Money 75 Changes 76 Breokoge 77 What 78 With 79 You 80 .Wort 8) Hopes 82 Possible 83 New 84 People 85 Damage 86 Spoiloge 87 Con 88 Prosper 89 Your 90 Plans scotm OCT 24 t-4 NOV 22 3- 6- 8-3441 14-75-89-90 SEPT. 23 OCT. 23 02-25-27-&62-6S lAGOTAHLX NOV 23 Df 22 1gf 5-33-39-58, 161-64-67 CAFtJCOtN DEC 23 4- 7-10-3Si B7-41-74 AOUABUl LAN. 21 12-13-24-30in ,69-78-8341 mas FEB 20 57-59-6ri&Y Springtime Star' Visible On Horizon in Eastern Sky By FAY BENTLEY We are all familiar with the "Evening Star" and the "Morn ing Star," but are you acquaint ed with the "Springtime Star?" In this manner an ardent star gazer often referred to the beau tiful, golden - yellow, sparkling star, Arcturus. A fitting title it is; for no mat ter how cold and stormy the weather when Arcturus is seen above the eastern horizon about 8 or 9 p.m., winter is definitely on its way out. Harbinger of Spring Ancient people looked upon Arcturus as a harbinger of spring and the Greeks were ad vised by the poet, Hesiod, to pursue their grape vines before the appearance of this golden gem. This giant sun, one of the brightest and most famous stars in the heavens, has a diameter approximating 20 million miles. It is fortunate that about 240 million miles separate the earth from this huge mass of atomic activity. Our own sun with a width of bout 865 thousand miles seems dwarfed in comparison. At a dis tance of 93 million miles it is; practically in our backyard, astronomically speaking. Astronomers estimate that light traveling at the rate of 186 thousand miles per second would reach the earth 40 years after leaving Arcturus. If this star would suddenly cease to shine, its beams would still be visible to earth-dwellers for almost four decades. Light rays from our sun reach the earth in eight minutes after the take-off. Planting Season Not only is Arcturus regarded as a forerunner of spring, bu the star group to wnicn u pe lopgs is typical of the planting se'ason. One legend says that this kite shaped constellation was named Bootes (pronounced Bo-o-tes, like saying go-o-ver) in hon or of the man who invented the first plough, just as Auriga was named after the maker of the first chariot. Because this star picture con stantly follows the Great Bear or Big Dipper as it encircles the North Star, some people con sJder Bootes to be the Bear Driv er. Others have called this star group the Herdsman According to one Greek leg end, Bootes had been robbed of his inheritance by his younger brother. To make a living he became a farmer and found that he loved tilling the soil. How ever, he spent much time and thought trying to find a way of preparing the ground with less effort. Inrenled the Plough Finally he invented a plough to which he could harness his oxen and cultivate his fields in less time than ever before. 'The gods will reward you for your great service, to mankind, said his mother, Ceres, goddess of the harvest, as she blessed his land. When Bootes died Jupiter di rected Mercury to place him in the heavens instead of leading him to the underworld. Imaginary Lin An imaginary line beginning at the last star in the handle of the Big Dipper- and curved downward to the right will reach orange-yellow, scintillat ing Arcturus where it is dancing low in the sky just north of due east. To the north or left of Arcturus lie five rather dim stars, which, with Arcturus, out; line a kite lying oh its side. The kite string would be tied at the point where Arcturus is located. The two stars on either side of Arcturus and not in the kite are the two dogs Bootes uses when he is pictured as the Bear Driver. By 8 p.m. during early April, Arcturus is a thing of beauty on the northeastern skyline, but the dimmer stars outlining the kite are easier to see about 10 p.m., after the Ploughman has climb ed higher lip the "hills of heaven." All during the months of spring and summer Bootes will faithfully drive his plough across the sky towards .the western horizon, beneath which he will disappear after the arrival of the autumn season. . 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In Oregon, 45 per cent of all treated are relapse pa tients, but an adequate treatment and rehabilitation program can reduce this to 25 per cent, it states. The Association emphasized that legislation is needed that will "save minds as well as mon ey." , Booc Industry Hails Detroit Judge's Ruling New York Leaders of the American book publishing in dustry today hailed the March 29 decision by Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Carl M. Weideman enjoining police offi cials of Detroit from banning the sale of both the hardbound and paperbound editions of John O'Hara's "Ten North Frederick," which won the National Book award for the most distinguished fiction published in 1955. Judge Weideman's decision makes clear that police officials do not have the .legal power to ban the sale of a book on the ground of obscenity in the ab sence of a court determination of its illegality. In such situa tions, Judge Weideman ruled, the authority of the police is limited to making an arrest so that it can be determined after a trial, in accordance with legal requirements, whether in fact the book is obscene. Use Tribune Want Ads Ti Builders Supply Evel rss. QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Phone 2 4107 erald of good color. It may cost in excess of $2,800 a carat. The largest cut emerald crystal is the Austrian government's 2,680 carat ungent jar. The diamond, of course, is the hardest of all gems and the hard est natural substance it being chemically pure carbon. The largst white diamond ever discovered was a 3,106 metric carat (over IV pound) stone found by Capt. M. F. Wells in the Premier Mine, Pretoria, South Africa, Jan. 26, 1905. It was presented to King Edward VII and the Star of Africa in the Royal Sceptre cut from it the largest cut diamond in the world, being 530.2 metric carats with 74 facets. Diamonds are generally color less but sometimes .tinged with yellow, pink, red, orange, green, blue, brown or black. Green, blue and red diamonds are rare. Light yellow, straw, and brown are the most common; although rich yellow and fine browns are also highly prized. Some bluish white Brazilian diamonds are phosphorescent in the dark fol lowing exposure to strong sun light. Largest Cut Sapphire As for the two other precious stones ruby and sapphire the largest cut sapphire in existence is the 563.55 carat "Star of India" from Ceylon, now in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, the largest uncut sapphire is a white stone of 1,200 carats found at Anakie, Queensland, Australia, May 1956. . Although there have been re ports of a semi-transparent 2,000 carat Tibetan ruby, the largest known stone-was a 1,184 carat stone found in Burma, j But, just between us, wouldn't any of these gems look rather showy? (Released by McClure -Newspaper Syndicate) . 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Evans was rolling up the wire, officers said, when he was struck by a car driven by Ernie Cart wright of Nyssa. Cartright told officers- he failed to see Evans. Sf One TripU LOANS JXtef Borrow The American Way! LOANS S25 t. S1.500 AUTO SALARY FURNITURE For Any Worthwhile Purpose PAYMENTS TO FIT YOUR BUDGET! American Finance Corp. Phone 2-8886 123 W. Main Medford Enterprise Grange Members of Enterprise Grange met with their master, Gladys Boulter at a regular session Tuesday evening. Agriculture chairman James Martin reported that a new penicillin-salt mix has given highly encouraging results as a control for bloat on more than 3,000 head of cattle. He states there was not a single death loss on any of the 19 bloat-problem farms where the mix was fed in 1956. The ex periment was tried out by a sci entist of Mississippi State col lege. In early spring, before starting their cattle on the antibiotic-salt mix these farmers had lost 70 head from bloat. Chester Jensen, insurance agent, stated it was no longer necessary to change. or transfer an insurance policy if a person buys a new car. Jensen also acts as dairy chairman, reporting on dairy herd testing. Lecturer David Blair discussed legislative bills that were of im portance to the layman. Some of these bills included the bills on licensed contractors and their effect on the rural districts and educational bills. The Grange members gave David Blair a vote of thanks in his efforts to acquaint the people with the legislative bills. Special chairman Joe Wilson asked the members to be on the lookout for old stove tops. The Grangers are building out-door fireplaces in the park. The Boy Scouts will help by hauling rocks. Wilson will let the Grangers know when the next work day is to be held. Hosts for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson and Mrs. Grace Hitson. Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange will meet Tuesday, April 9 at 8 p.m. Lec ture hour will be at the regular time. The serving committee will be Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Hix on, Mrs. Christine Dinsmore and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Good. Publicity Chairman, Gertrude Levine. Eagle Point Grange The third and fourth degree wes exemplified at the April 2 meeting of the Eagle Pofnt Grange. Those taking the de grees were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Miles Williams. The degree work was done by the Eagle Point degree team and Mrs. Paul Olsen was in charge of the tableaus.. Committee reports were brief due to the late hour. Reception committee chair man, Mrs. Paul Force introduced Mrs. Anna Scott, visitor from Upper Applegate Grange, and Mr. and Mrs. Hfjrb Carlton from Upper Rogue. Mrs. Ray Ragsdale,,told about the articles on the display table, which included onyx bookends, tooled leather hand bag, scarf made from cactus fibre, jewel ry and pottery. These articles were brought back from Mexico by the Ragsdales in a recent trip. The HEC chairman, Mrs. Paul Force and secretary, Agnes Hub- bell, read their quarterly re ports. Insurance agent, Mr. Grant Hubbell, reported on the annual insurance meeting held in Med ford recently by the Grange Mu tual Life Insurance company. Master Cliff Moore announced the petitions . for the Rural Fire Protection District have arrived and anyone wishing to circulate one, should contact Art Besaw or Harold Ortosen. . It was reported that Mrs. Ger trude Stanley was injured in a recent accident. A letter was read from Mrs. John Clarke, who has been ill in a Los Angeles hospital for sometime, but who is now improved and will be leaving the hospital soon. The refreshment committee for this meeting were Mr. and Mrs. John Huffman and Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Carroll. Shady Cove Grange Shady Cove Grange 931 was host to the Roxy Ann Grange Saturday evening, March 30, when the Roxy Ann Grange con ferred the third and fourth de grees to 15 new members from different Granges. Following the meeting sev eral songs were sung by Grange members and three dance num bers were given by girls from Colleen Hope dance studios. They were Linda and Donna Weitman, Carole Hale, Marlyn Learning and Cecelia Kee. The HEC served about 120 grangers from Roxy Ann, Cen tral Point, Eagle Point, Griffin Creek and Upper Rogue. The next regular meeting of the Shady Cove Grange will be April 13, at the Shady Cove school music room. The table display is to be odd or fancy dishes. Delia A. Littlefield, Publicity Chairman. Butte Falls Grange Members of Butte Falls Grange saw color slides of local wild flowers and scenery of trip to Oklahoma taken and shown by Ernest Smitn. No member could go on the Grange sponsored trip to Haw aii this month but all viewed the display table of pictures and articles from the islands. The agriculture committee chairman, Robert Elsom, distrib uted free flower seeds to mem bers as this is the season for planting. The legislative committee re ported on several bills that are now before the state legislature which are especially interesting to people of rural areas. The card party sponsored by the HEC on March 30 was well attended. The next regular HEC meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Elga Abbott Wednesday, April 17, at 1:30 p.m. Lucy Smith has gone to Okla homa because of the serious ill ness of her aged mother. After the business session clos ed refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Brittain Ash and Mr. Robert Elsom. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way To Sell Items You No Longer Need .WLKjS... I Health in a Glass! .- I That' MILK! For the 1 children's after-school " I snack, with the family's jH ' f- meals, any time a quick ,v fCdf j . "pep-up" is called for I- "IS I fx ... milk fills the bill with f ""f, 0 to" measure of bound- JXu Drink at Least 3 O Glasses of Milk a Day! EAGLE POINT Pre-School Clinic Set By MRS. THOMASINE SMITH Eagle Po:nt A clinic for Eagle Point pre-school children will be held April 10 in the ele mentary school library from 9 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Appointments can be made by calling Mary Hanscom at VAlley 6-3859. Im munizations will be offered at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Marion of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Mil lie Webster of Chico, Calif., who were called to Medford by the illness and death of their bro ther, W. H. Singer, spent the week end with cousins in Eagle Point. ' They stayed at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fortin, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Farlow and fam ily and Mr and Mrs. Earl Far low and family. The group attended a lunch eon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Sweeney of Medford on Monday. By PEARL HENDERSON Alfred Overdick was called to Eugene the first of the week by the illness of his mother, who was to undergo surgery some time during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christian! eldest daughter returned to her home in Texas last week, after a visit here with her parents and friends. Mrs. John Thomas Sinsel, nee Kay Dunford, was returned to her home here last Wednesday after a few days confinement in Medford hospital. She is im proving from her illness. Mrs. Sinsel is the daughter of Mrs. Mildred Dunford of Eagle Point. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Young returned to their home here re cently, after spending about two months in Mesa, Ariz., with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shearin. mi BIG CAPACITY SMALLEST PRICE! 30" JET-TOWER DISMASLKO COMPARE Before You Buy! Smith-Dynge LUMBER COMPANY Sth & Fir Ph. 2-7166 eV. M etssf A esWPTantsksesee'e'nr YOUR BLOOD IS PRECIOUS . . . whether you, need ir in the form of a transfusion ... or whether you are a blood donor. Your Red Cross distributes blood to everyone . . AT NO CHARGE -.' Won't YOU help us keep ample supplies of blood on hand? The BLOOD MOBILE WILL BE AT THE - Medford Iks Temple 202 North Central Avenue TUIS ., Amu 9 The quota for the April visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile has been increased 50 per cent because of the steady increase in the use of blood in Jackson county. The quota is 290 pints, for which 350 donors will be required. During the past six months, 1,324 pints of blood were used in Jackson county. During the sam period, only 979 pints were collected. The need HERE is urgent. Help your neigh bors - maybe YOURSELF- ' PHONE 3-3813 MAKE A "DATE" NOW! MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
