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Clearing Skies Bring Spectacular View of Comet Arend-Roland (Editor's note: The follow ing article, reprinted from the Monday issue of the Bend (Ore.) Bulletin, is by Phil Bro gan, associate editor of that paper, and one of the north west's outstanding lay author ities on scientific matters, in cluding astronomy. In it he describes the actions of the comet Arend-Roland. which hat been -visible from the Medford area for a week. The article, while describing the comet from a central Oregon antage point, also applies to local viewing.) By PHIL BROGAN Clearing skies brought the Arend-Roland comet into spectacu lar relief in the northwest sky Sunday night, with a double feature staged. At 9:45 p.m. a meteor, possi bly an offspring of some other space wanderer, flashed across the nebulous tail of the comet. Viewed from Central Oregon points, the comet, now racing back into outer space after pay ing homage to the sun, became visible shortly after dark Sun day night and remained visible until near midnight At Terrific Speed The comet, swinging away from the sun at a terrific pace, has moved into the region near the circumpolar stars those, such as the Big Dipper, that nev er set. Central Oregonians seeking the comet will find it tonight fairly high in the northwest, to the west of the "chair" in the constellation Cassiopeia, and about halfway between that group of stars and the bright stellar sun, Vega. The tail of the comet is point ed "up," away from the sun. At present, the comet is "chasing its tail in its race into the realm of Neptune and Pluto, possibly never to return. It is believed that the comet does not have a closed orbit. Rapidly Fading The Arend-Roland comet, named after its Belgian discov erers, is now rapidly fading in brilliancy. Through a small bi nocular, the head of the comet is distinctly visible, with the ne bulous tail stretching out into the spring stars. Even third magnitude stars were visible through the trail of the comet Sunday night. The head of the comet is estimated to be some 35,000 miles across. The tail is millions of miles long. Some astronomers believe the comet lost part of its long tail when it swung around the sun on April 8. The comet has never attained the brilliancy as first predicted. Backr Fraamenls ' Astronomers now believe that the heads of comets are compos ed of great masses of rocky frag ments ranging in size from par ticles of dust to boulders as large as a house. Waste from these disintegrating masses streams away from the sun as tails, due to the pressure of the sun's light. Some comet tails are curved. Double tails have been observed. Although the Arend-Roland comet never attained the bril liancy of a bright star, such as Sirius, now low in the west at dusk, it is considered the most spectacular since the Halley comet of 1910. Persons wishing to see the comet tonight have been advis ed to get away from bright lights. If the comet continues to move north into the circumpolar realm, it may be visible through the entire night before midweek. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A federal reserve official J.L. Robertson of Washington, a member of the federal system board of governors estimates that U. S. gross total production services produced, will reach 550 billion dollars by 1965, as compared to 421 billion this year. SOUNDS good, doesn't it? But remember this: He is talking in terms of dol lars. The "big question is HOW MUCH WILL A DOLLAR BUY in 1965? Wednesday, May lt 1957 . MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE THAT brings us back to taxes which have a lot to do with prices, and how . much money we taxpeyers have left in our pockets to BUY THINGS WITH after the tax collectors have reached in and taken what they require. And This we mustn't forget Whate ver government SPENDS has to be taken out of the taxpayers. There is nowhere else for it to come from. The only way to reduce taxes is first to REDUCE SPENDING. "Ifembers of the congress are iTl getting back to Washington after their 10-day Easter vaca tion. Most of them spent the Easter recess back home among the voters. Those who did so are making big medicine over bud get cuts and tax reducotins. Representative John Saylor, a Pennsylvania Democrat, ex pressed the feeling of many of the back-from-home lawmakers when he said his constituents want congress to "cut the budget with a pick-ax instead of a scapel." Senator Lyndon Johnson, Dem ocratic leader in the senate, says he never has seen such strong demands for governmental econ omy. Senator Bill Knowland of California, minorty (Republican) leader in the senate, agrees with Senator Johnson as to the feel ing of the people back home. . ALL this is interesting. It is interesting because UP TO NOW the politicans have believed the people like heavy government spending and want more of it. As long as the pol iticians believe that spending is what the . people want they will GO ON SPENDING. They won't cut spending until they become convinced that less spending which is the only way that taxes can be reduced is what the people want. Machinery Storage Problems Solved Urbana, 111. (U.R) University of Illinois agriculture specialists have channeled their talents to the problem of storing farm ma chinery and produced a num ber of workable solutions. ""J "You can get flexible farm machinery storage plans that will help you build exactly what you need for a specific farm," said Don Jedele, extension agri cultural engineer at the school's college of agriculture. "The most important thing to do is figure how many square feet of floor space each machine will need. Add these figures to get a total of needed area." jpHple suaeested that best use may be made of space by mak ing side-opening sheds from 28 to 32 feet wide, while drive through sheds should be con structed from 36 to 40 feet wide. "Divide the total area needed by the width of the plan chosen to find needed length," Jedele advises. "But don't forget to allow for other machines which may be purchased later." According to Jedele, latest plans completely eliminate in terior posts. "Most new buildings are clear span with plenty of room for moving machinery inside," he said. "Machine sheds do not need to be closed." Jedele warned that if doors are added, the builder must be sure to provide roof ventilators to let moisture out and provide for some semblance of air con ditioning. . Brevity is the spice of fashion for spring '57 in the new cos tumes, and suit jackets, espe cially when typified by the Dutch boy look seemingly bor rowed from an illustration from "Hani Brinker." - SUPPLY and demand Uote: . Most of the livestock ac tion in the nation's big markets Monday centered on hogs which up to mid-morning were selling steady to lower, with price losses running to 25 cents and more. How come? The answer is that hog re ceipts 82,000 head at 12 markets were 20,000 head larger than a week ago. Slaughter cattle, on the other hand were in relative ly small supply on the big mar ket and sold at steady to higher prices. . WHY bring that up? Well, the politicans believe we can repeal the natural law of supply and demand. The FACT is that we CAN'T. Need Ready CASH? COUNT ON US WHEN YOU NEED MONEY! 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