Medford mail tribune., April 25, 1957, Image 29

Is That So?
For a change, lefs sit down
and scratch the earth.
Of course, everyone knows
that the earth is not a true
sphere. The polar diameter is
7,899.98 miles while the equa
torial diameter is 7,926.68 miles.
A difference of 26.7 miles. This
is a ratio, roughly, of 300 to
301.
But actually this is very little.
g!te slight in fact that if an ob
lrver were stationed on the
moon he would have to have
instruments of extreme preci
sion to detect it. In comparison,
a spherical-appearing orange is
at least 30 times as flattened at
the poles.
Furthermore the earth's sur
face is exceedingly smooth. But
you ask, what of the mountains
which rise 29,160 feet above the
sea level and ocean depths which
descend 35,640 feet a slight dif
ference of 64,800 feet.
Think nothing of it. Contrast
ing this twelve and a quarter
miles to the diameter of the
earth, the deviation is around
0.1545 o fone per cent. Contrast
ing it to a 2.1 inch diameter bil
liard ball, these deviations in
the earth wouldn't amount to
more than a tiny scratch about
.00315 inches deep. Hardly no
ticeable. An English physicist worked
out the world's weight at 5,887,
613,230 trillion long tons (2240
pounds). He didn't say whether
this included us humans.
Shell 25 miles Thick
For what it is worth, modern
theory holds that the earth has
an outer shell about 25 miles
thick; under this an outer and
inner rock layer going down an
other 1,800 miles after which
there is a molten core of iron
nickel which has a temperature
of about 8,000 degrees Fahren
heit and a pressure of about 20,
750 tons to the square inch.
Should this iron-nickel core
theory be correct and who
among us can disprove it iron
must be far the most abundant
element in the earth. But if you
consider get-at-able elements in
the earth's crust, the most
abundant is oxygen particularly
in the form of silica which
makes up 59 per cent of the
crust and alumina, which con
sists of 15 per cent of the crust.
By EUGENE BURNS
Rjnger-Naturjlijt
Thus, the most abundant metal
in the earth's crust is aluminum
at 7.85 per cent, states the Guin
ness book of Superlatives (Su
perlatives, Inc., 270 . Madison
Avenue, N.Y.).
As for gold it accounts for
perhaps a miniscule 0.0000005
per cent. And yet, every cubic
mile of ocean contains about
$93,000,000 of gold and 58,500,
000 of silver.
The age of our earth again,
at best a guess is around 5 bil
lion years. Outcroppings of old
rocks in Africa and Canada,
which are regarded as the
world's oldest, are estimated to
be more than 3 billion years
old.
In the U.S., the oldest rocks
are believed to be the gneisses
in Minnesota which are esti
mated to be about half that old,
roughly IVi billion years.
Studying the bending and
folding of rock strata as it ex
ists near my home not far from
the Golden Gate bridge, the
natural supposition is that a tre
mendous cataclysm o c c u r r ed
here eons ago during which the
rocks suddenly shifted and were
turned on end. Modern geologists
disclaim this older theory: they
assert that the movement of the
strata was exceedingly slow, tak
ing eons of time; certainly noth
ing catastrophic and sudden.
(Copyright. 1957, by
Eugene Burns)
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Calif.
Chicago (U.R) A newly de
veloped scientific device em
ploys high frequency sound
waves in disease detection, the
Armour Research foundation an
nounced. A beam of 'sound is
bounced from the deep tissues of
the body to a screen, where med
ical men and specialists can in
terpret the readings and deter
mine the disease and its effect
on the body.
The Confederate Memorial
Day, a legal holiday in North
and South Carolina, is on May
10.
Suggestions Pay
Eastman Employees
Rochester, N.Y. (U.R) Em
ployees of Eastman Kodak Co.
benefitted to the tune of S350,
000 in 1956 for suggestions used
in the business.
The firm's 59-year-old sugges
tion system, one of the oldest in
the country, is designed to re
ward Kodak workers for ideas
that result in improved products,
cut costs, better manufacturing
methods or increase plant safety.
The record payoff last year was
$13,000 above the previous high
set in 1955.
Biggest award of $5,000 was
presented jointly to Edgar A.
Dill and Frank O. Beuckman,
whose suggestions concerned a
w a y to inspect machine parts
prior to installation.
Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
Fred Mion Hivner. drunk in public,
$10.
John Colwell Scott, drunk in public.
$10.
Bertha Elizabeth Free, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Harold Richard Adams, driving on
wrong side of street, disobeyed stop
sign, and excessive noise, $20.
Lenora Mildred Kirklin, failure to
obtain Oregon operator's license, $10.
Wanda Lee Watkins. no operator's
license, $10.
William Floyd Griffith, wrong way
on one-way street, $10.
Inas Goodwin, failure to stop at
stop sign, SS.
Virgil LeRoy Peer, no driver's lic
ense on person, $10.
Phillip Wesley Hawks, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Lester Raymond Adkins, Lake Creek,
driving while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, $100.
Robert J. Jones. 718 Victory St..
apt. 1, Medford. driving while under
the influence of intoxicating liquor.
$100.
DISTRICT COURT
Albert John Hall, failure to trans
fer title. $10.
William Henry Fisher, failure to
stop before entering through highway,
$10.
Jerry Howard Dillon, no operator's
license, $10, violation of basic rule,
$10.
Daniel Ferdinand Haas, failure to
stop at stop sign. $10.
Paul Loren McQuade. overload. $25.
Alfred Dean von Stein, violation
of basic rule. $7.50.
James Vale Johnson, defective
emergency brake, $6.
Allen Eugene Owens, violation of
basic rule, $15.
George Lynn Cheney, overwidth,
Cloyd Eugene Adams, no operator's
license. $6.
Phyllis Ann Boyle, violation of
basic rule. $15.
Leslie Leon Croucher, passing at
intersection. $15, bail forfeited.
Ernest Chester Harris, truck speed
ing. $5.
Dee Clinton Thamas, truck speed
ing. $15.
Carl Benton Blythe, passing on crest
of hill, $15.
Leslie Wadsworth Hearn, 1340 East
Main st., Ashland, driving while under
the influence of intoxicating Iinunr
$225.
CIRCUIT COURT
Patricia Caroline Haakinson vs.
Melvin Lorn Haakinson, divorce decree.
Juanita Burns vs. Robert D. Burns.
divorce complaint.
Dog Vaccination To
Eliminate Rabies
Dixon Springs, 111. (U.R) A
University of Illinois veterinari
an says the first important step
toward eliminating rabies is an
nual vaccination of dogs.
"Great Britain, Denmark, Nor
way, Sweden, Holland, Aus
tralia and Hawaii have eliminat
ed rabies by following a strict
muzzling, licensing and quaran
tine program for dogs," said Dr.
M. E. Mansfield, attached to the
Dixon Springs experimentation
station. "The same thing can be
done here. But everyone must
cooperate."
Mansfield said present laws
ae directed toward cutting out
or at least cutting down rabies
in dogs. He says dogs are one
of the most numerous carriers
of the disease.
"Notify a veterinarian when
ever an animal is suspected of
having rabies," Mansfield said.
"Humans exposed to rabid ani
mals should contact a doctor
without delay. Early treatment
of people bitten by rabid dogs
is effective but delay may be
fatal."
Mansfield listed the following
early symptoms of rabies: irri
tability, tendency to fight, ap
petite for odd things.
"These symptoms are follow
ed by excitement, restlessness
and vicious attacks," he said,
"with the final result being
paralysis and death."
Registered Holstein's
Production Sets Record
Brattleboro, Vt. (U.R) A
young registered Holstein owned
by Jack R. Budd, Beleville,
Mich., has produced three times
as much milk and butterfat in
a year as the average U. S. dairy
cow.
The Holstein-Friesian Associa
tion said the "hard-working"
Holstein, Budd Farm Mistree
Little Jo., produced 21,468
pounds of milk and 1,046 pounds
of butterfat.
This is a new high for junior
two-year-olds milked three times
daily, the association said.
The cow hit her peak, the as
sociation said in the fourth
month when she averaged more
than 78 pounds of milk a day.
COINCIDENCE
Fulton, Ky. (U.R) Mr. and
Mrs. Clem Tuck felt right at
home when they moved into a
new neighborhood. The couple
next door was married on the
same day as the Tucks, their
first child was a girl, as was the
Tucks' and both children were
born on Christmas Day. Also,
the second child of both couples
was a girl and each was born
Oct. 8.
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Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R)
The retiring director of Grand
Rapids' public health nurses says
there is "too much emphasis on
college degrees for nurses."
''Nursing is a day-to-day propo
sition; it is not spectacular or
glamorous," said Mrs. Mary Ot
terbein, who retires June 1.
"Many nurses today are too
busy doing things other than
their principal task, which is
helping the patient. I can't see
making every nurse a teacher."
Mrs. Otterbein was a regis
tered nurse 21 years before re
ceiving her high school diploma
in 1933, but since then she has
enrolled in college extension
courses.
LIGHT BRICKS
Chicago (U.R) A brick aggre
gate light enough to float in
water has been developed by Ar
mour Research Foundation. The
Foundation said lower freight
costs made possible by the
weight of the brick aggregate
may bring brick construction
into competition with frame
buildings.
Plastic pipe is elastic and wat
er freezing within the pipe will
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Thursday, April 25, 1337
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE.
Cosmic Rays Get
Special Treatment
Ithaca, N.Y. (U.R) Cosmic
rays that fall on Cornell Univer
sity are getting special treat
ment. The rays are being recorded
and measured in an elaborate
counter network covering half
a square mile of the campus.
Fifteen counters have been set
up at points in widening circles
around the Newman Laboratory
of Nuclear Studies. A central
station in the laboratory receives
and records impulses from all
the counters.
Prof. Kenneth Griesen, who
directs the projects under a Na
tional Science Foundation grant,
said the aim is to get informa
tion about primary cosmic rays
of higher energy than have( yet
been investigated. The most
powerful ones so far "detected
have an energy of about one
foot-pound 100 billion billion
electron volts. Griesen said
about one of these powerful rays
can be expected each month in
the area covered by the Cornell
counters.
Harvard College dates from
1636
DeMolay Officers Are
Installed at Kerby
Cave Junction Ron Cherry
was installed as master counci
lor of the Illinois Valley De
Molays at ceremonies Wednes
day at the Masonic temple In
Kerby.
Officers for the coming term
are. Dick Strohkirch, senior
councilor; Grant Dickey, junior
councilor; Robert Wright, senior
deacon; Norman Sowell, junior
deacon; John Goodwin, senior
steward; Russell Beem, junior
steward; Eldo Swift, marshal;
Fred Davis, chaplain; Howard
Ollis, scribe; Phil Kellar, stand
ard bearer and Gary Bell, sentinel.
Sherborn, Mass. (U.R) Eli
jah C. Barber, 82, has begun his
second half century as town
clerk. He recently was reelected
for his 51st year.
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