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nm.z meet-obd (ofegoni mail tribune Sunday, Jun 18. 1957 Suite Vets Moke Model RoiBr omp W Museum Planned In Room at YA Domiciliary Here I By !D HOLLINGS WORTH Railroading a it was perfect ed during the past century of progress in transportation will not become a lost art if veterans ' the VA Dorninliary at Camp White are able to complete the model system fur the museum, now bring i:!talld in an upper room in the arts arid crafts build Int, Htp a miniature railroad is beinj constructed from a jumb .ct matt of parts, units and eq i.pmrnt. arquired bv special ser vices under "rr(vi rrship" pro ceedings negotiated bv the Am f.can Red Crn's bout two yen--s ago. The donation was accepted .d delivered in October. 1355. rd when lids of the contain ers were opened, the enthusias-! tic group, anxio'ts to put the rail- j riari together and start opera-j tions. discovered they had a real iob on their hands. 1 Mat of Paraphernalia Theyound the maze of para phernalia represented an exact replica of a complete railroad. 1 from steam and diesel locomo-1 fives, box cars and passenger i ears, to the rails and switches.! round house and roadbeds, bri-1 oges. trestles and signals all the ' appurtenances of railroading i ready for assembly in exact re-! production, done to scale. It was almost too much to ex building ' liniature ! pect that the task of uch a svstem in m 'efruld he accomplished even at Camp White, where the i.q.. esp ecially in creative lines. some Times runs pretty high. Old rail road men among the member ship took one look at the chao tic assortment and gave up in idgppair.- few had sufficient Xtii start operations and daring plat- ; form w as built while several ex ! Serts such pastimes as lig )w. began to piece togemer me Chinese puzzle, jtvjild Tabl Walter D. Holman is the man who finally succeeded in bring ii order out of chaos. He re built the large table on which the project rests, laid out me .ni r line or tracK in mops ana .,m;ai. rrnssins! and switches. The terrain was land- wrsped mountain and a lake, and j - hiohwav was made to parallel i the trac ks The tracks themselves provid- i quite a problem, inc i,,, j of brass were cut 10 "andard" lengths. Tiny wooa tn ties in the hundreds were cut ans? placed. Virtually all of the track is now laid with due con sideration for accomodation of the train in rounding curves. A 2 per cent grade was maintain ed for the climb up to the moun tain. 4 "roundhouse" facing the turntable has been built at one . , .:it U nnaralpH end ine irains win - from this end by electric control. Hclman plans on running trains with two men, one nsineer at the controls. lhe the other the switchman who routes th trains calling tne lurn iy switches and forward-backward mavement. 'Outdoor' Atmosphsr The "outdoor" atmosphere is bing worked out as a problem in art. "Peck Henderson, whose m,,raU adorn the walls in sev-, eral buildings, has helped in the scheme of decoration. Rock hounds have provided rocks suit able to place around the road bed B"v Scouts have volunteer ed to furnish some of the trees. Most of the material for this part of the task is an extra fea- '"nolrnan is now putting the finishing touches on some of the elements of the line to add real ism in appearance. Hfe is most particular that the various con srtuent elements conform wiin what is actually provided on a larcc scale. The result of this attention to detail is noted in the water tank the signal towers, the miniature stations, telgi-aph poles down to the section, house. Stakes ap pear at an embankment and smoke mud.e marks the en-,-ancc .0 one of the tunnel There are 16 automatic switches ,0 provide for yard movemen .10 the train and facin fating one train in siding while the other passes, automatic Alignment Holman has mou-m aaiir alignment 01 the turntable by an ne: the train will not be oe ,,.ir't in n-akmg this detour. He i.,coTf impatient at times m ;-e work h ha.' cut out for himself. He has been on the job for six months or more, and feels is making slow headway. What looked like child's play : .it-- beginning has become a .cal undertaking, and instead of being completed in a few months, it may take another vear to be readv for operation and exhibition. Walter is grate-1 i - Y '''V itr"' v - :1 f Ji J MINIATURE RAILROAD Under con struction at the Veterans Administration Domiciliary at Camp White is an exact re production of a standard gauge railroad sys tem. Walter Hnlman has undertaken to build Corona Borealis Visible In Southeastern Heavens By FAY BENTLEY Sadness reigned in the city of Athens. The hour had arrived when the biacK-sauea snip wan the cargo of human sacrifices must begin the sad voyage to the island of Crete. tu u.nj. ic ti, t tho r-retan king Minos, who had defeated ' the Athenians in battle imposcdl an inhumanly cruel tribute on the conauered citv. Seven! youths and seven maidens must j each year be sent to the island; of Crete to be sacrificed to the Mminir a terrihlp monster ' half man and half bull, which i lived in a labyrinth or cave fill- ed with great numbers of wind-1 ing passages. Many people had entered this cave, but none naa ever returnee. Accompanies Ship "I shall accompany the next tribute ship and slay this beast, said Theseus, son of the Athen ian king. But although King j Minos agreea to auow nun ioi meet the, jMinalaur oetore me : others were sacrificed, he re moved the sword of Theseus and locked him up with the rest of the victims. While the brave young prince was despondently pondering the jMiuauuu, me uuu.-i..j , opened and Ariadne daughter, ui 'K ; " j Ju" us a oau 01 slrmK -..u ... , sword. "Fasten this cord at the open ing of the cave and let it un wind as you enter. Then after the battle you can find you way out," she said. Kills Minataur The next day, after a terrible struggle, Theseus killed the Minataur, and by using the cord. j Was able to return. In gratitude; for Ariadne s help he asKea ner to become his wife. She accepted 1 his offer and the entire group i the!har,mv set sail for Athens I Sad to relate. Theseus who was as fielrlo a be was hrave. icoiurnea 10 iedc ai iflunt ful for the help extended, and manlinnarl tfiA accictarlfP tif fpl- . . . . low hobbists. an winkle ana Dan Dyer. TUfl litllo rlctsilc ara hie (treat I , : ,i, est concern, iires ucdiini, nu'i are ready to plant in an orchard A boathouse with boats, a moun " 1 ,s7 " I I , u . and a flour mill are some of his I problems. Walter Holman, of necessity . needed a great deal of practical experience to work out so many details according to Hoyle jg has worked on numerous con struction jobs, including rail roading, and has working know ledge of electricity. He is stick ing at the job because he wants to see his dream realized of re building from scratch. j Value of Unit j The railroad came to Camp White through an offer made; by Mrs. D R. Schumann, of the American Red Cross, chapter 14. Yakima. Wash. It had been set up and displayed in a de partment store for some time, according to reports. The value of the unit complete is estimated at S3. 500. X railroad museum is planned i bv special Services cniet rrank j G!onIljng vi;h pjctlires obtained j atCi piacetj around the walls. i showing the history ot ran trans- portation. Highlights in this galaxy in clude the driving of thp golden spike by Sen. Leland Stanford, and the establishment of the standard gauze by President Abraham Lincoln. Pictures of motive power and other fea tures will be included. There are several retired rail road men in tin." domiciliary, icady to form a r.iilroad club as custodians of the project, and arbiters of moot points in the story of American railroad development. the island of Naxos where they nad stopped for a supplv of rcsl) walcr For ,iavs tnc de- - serted P"ncess sat by the sea . waiting in vain for her lover's .return. i Venus in compassion for the grieving maiden offered conso-1 lation by promising that she ! should have an immortal mis- band to take the place of the mortal Theseus. One day Bacchus, god ofi mirth and revelrv. discovered ! th Hicr.nncr.iuto AHarino c ti, : sat lookine out across the wa-i ters of the sea. He calmed her!Point was constructed. Other ad fears and soon the princess for- i got the unworthy Theseus and!"llu-e inciiuies ana store ouna consented to marry this god. Wedding Gitf As a wedding gift Bacchus placed on her head a crown of seven sparkling jewels. For many years they lived happily together, but after Ariadne's j,,;,, Bacchus was no longer content on the island. He de cided to leave, but before boarding the ship, he took his wife's beautiful crown and toss ed it into the sky where it still shines as the constellation Co rona Borealis, or the Northern Crown. BorcaIjs is g semi.cir. cle of seven twinkling stars, onc: , ... . brihtcr th,n anv ' , u . ''" ". , 01 me otners. in iorm it rescm bles a capital 'C or a broad! shallow horse shoe. - Observed in Heavens By 9 p.m. or as soon as it is: dark, this star picture may be! ! observed high in the southeast ern heavens, and only a short j state health officer; Clyde C distance from the top or point-, Foley, executive secretary; Rich ed part of the Kite or Bootes. iard G. Layton. assistant" cxecu An easy way to locate the;t've secretary, Mrs. Oscar Sten Northern Crown is to start with! berg, state auxiliary president the last star in the handle of the Big Dipper. Extend the curv- d line of tlle Dipper handle idle' i aownwara ana 10 me soum u , ; the bright orange-yellow sta I Arcturus, is reached. ! After finding Arcturus. look ! to the left or northeast where tlio cnark 1 in rr nil tp.uhi to Vncr-s Will dl uuue t.-Ilgri;e VtJLU dllUIl" tion. A line extended from Arc- turns to Vega will cross the UDDer or onen nart of t he Crown The riistane from A re. ,l t.- .1 r mi ua iu me int i 11 u 11 in Corona Borealis is about the , ;, ,, nannip. Loiisuniiu , ns.ui: an summer out win appear a unit iai inci nu.inciiu rui.il evenm?' side in the absence of chairman "1 llml'atlons- Certain parts of I Ray Pence, on vacation. ! e world are favored with sun There are about 149 varieties, I shine (during the day) almost of trees in the national forests j John Harvard, after whom . year-round, but others, by corn ranging from the softwoods to! Harvard university was named, parison, receive little usable the hardwoods. STAR -Br CLAY Your Doily Activity Gutdt t According to th Ston. To develop messogc for Sundov, read words corresponding to numbers cf )our Zodiac btrth stgn. -)21-2a-41.4 s" 65 67-72 . TAURUS APR 21 1 Uf 31 Action M Clow 2 L( 22 Forceful 62 Hfiyenc 3 Force 23 In 63 Tocov 4 You 3 S.jpport 6 EsDeC'QMy 5 Get '5 Vucn 65 Vision 6 No 6 On o6 Popularity 7 Tn 27 Can 67 O' 8 P-or'e 33 Hcds.trorg C3 ot 9 Aov 30 A fc' G 10 Ev-nr-fl 0 B 70 C- 11 Vou 4T F-r 71 Crton 12 Avp.d 2 ryn 72 M-rcngs U P-ng 43 V.ews 73 ?-Son3t 14 K--, AA Short 4 A-d 15 45 Accc"n3:,sed75 Wanert lf W.n 46 ftrn 7 n 1' Cou" 4T Suit' 77 3 Ant'CiH 4? I 'oca-H 75 Asvscm TO fiy 50 Tr.D ?3 C!""b-"9 22 V.-.th 53 Grod 82 S-a-rs 23 Tc-e S3 FciK 83 A- 24 Rfody 54 Tre 4 Ouf'fj 25 C- ?5 Fof ?5 Peoo'e 26 Be-ng 56 Ntw 86 Alrercofions 27 Your 57 What' 7 Around 23 VOUf 58 Person P3 For 25 Strang 5 Trovetmg 6 You 30 From 60 In 90 S-jr i MAY 21 ft. 17-20-36-571 71.74-88-9CH GEMINI to 2- 8-14-28 32 43-56 Q;3i-37.4(uJ g). 3- 6-19-23 y 27-61-78 via so AUG 24 ) 7-10-13-31 ' 57-55-66 i the lines from parts donated through the American Red Cross two years ago. The ex hibit will form the nucleus of a railway museum in the arts and crafts building at Camp White. Jerry Gamble Photo. Patterson Named Grange Coop Manager Central Point Donald M Patterson has been named man ager of the Grange Cooperative supplv Ear, w recently association. replacing Weaver, who resigned Weaver has been with the Cood since 1939. durinc which ( time the Coop has increased its activities from a small feed and petroleum business with two employees to enlarged fa- cilities with 22 employees, Th? Ashland Mills were pur chased in 1944, and in. 1947 under Weaver's management, i "le 8ram elevator in Central ditions to the Coop include new- ing. A bulk tank farm recently was completed for handling a - complete line of petroleum i products. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver plan an extended vacation in Canada. His plans upon his return are indefinite, he said. t 1 I if I i sumea on eann in one year. 1 uo-iun iuu,.i iuou IJr KfllltrPan I0 nPal( i At the present time, there are! are working on several road re ll. IUUMI.UII tJ JlJVai three jnls of view OM Ule fu. construction projects and finish- At Medical Meeting Dr. Russeil H Kaufman ni-esi. , . . cal Society, will speak at a meeting of the Jackson Countv - ueHiea7 w , V, 7 m. Wed- !"""" . nesaay, June 19. at the rtogue Vallev Cnnntrv etnli Hosls or lhe dinncr win be Drs. Jonn N Rci(J ar)d William M. Sammons of Ashland. Others making the trip from Portland with Dr. Kaufman in dude Dr. Harold M. Erickson, and Mrs. Merle Pennington state auxiliary president-elect. r Lcwry to Speak at Accountants Meeting State Sen. Phillip B. Lowry iwin SDCak Mondav at a dinne: . - - meeting of the Rogue valley ' p wregon .Association i ' """" ---""."i- mm- "? wlH be beld at Mon Desir ! . t ; . , . . ,uiniijK joum. DCEinninE at 13 " p.m. Senator Lowry will 1alk on "Hiehhehts of Orer?on's Tav 1 --c IChanges" enacted by the Iast !t.t. legislature. state legislature. E. G. Sommer, Ashland, vice I chairman of the eroun. will nre. was a Puritan minister. GAZE0 R. POLLAN- UfllA OCT 2sl P3-39 44-50 t9-70-83-84 OCT 24 Qfe 1-25-33-59 ,0 IW-77-80-S2Vi: SACITTAIPJl -.0 2, y , 5- 9 30-5i 162-68-81-95 "9 CA'IICOtN pec a S 4-15-20-34-- L-2.fj.g7.89 AOUAI1US AN 31 12 26-38-49 PISCES EB 20 T WAR 2 1-16-18-46 V Ua.5R.At V- Sun Is An In Future, (Editor'i note: The follow ing article it a condentation of a tenior thesis written by William Warner, who gradu ated thit year from th School of Journalism at the Universi ty of Oregon. It it the product of extensive research in solar energy.) By WILLIAM WARNER If the world needed awaken ing to the importance of fuel as a source of power, the stimulus was provided by the recent Suez crisis. When the flow of Middle East petroleum was suddenly cut to a trickle, people realized how dangerous it is to have most of the fuel "eggs"' in one basket. More than ever, men are look ing anxiously into the different sources of power. Especially, they're looking for power that cannot be so easily controlled by political forces, and power 'that can be used when our oil and coal reserves are gone. For several years a small but active ruup of scientists and engineers has been concerned about the rate at which we are using up our natural fuels. Their warnings and predictions are , . .- startling Oil Need Growing By the mid-1970 s, we will need twice as much oil in the United States as we will be able i proauce, ana tne iesi oi me world will not be able to meet its own oil needs. Our eastern bituminous coal beds will be so worked-out that the only coal left will be either ' ade. or terribly expensive i" mine Natural gas production will nlso be on the decline. Obvious ly something must be done but where else can we turn for POwcr One energy source to be con sidered, and indeed the largest, is the sun. It may offer our best opportunity for a continuous source of future power. Although it is 93.005.000 miles away, the sun bathes the earth in a pool of energy great amounts of it. One scientist has said that the earth receives enough energy from the sun in just three minutes to equal the entire amount of energy con sumed on earth in one year: ture of sun power: i Special Applications ! Pu"eI ls Ilm F'-,"-"i in any significant wav, except j ?r ,a fc special applications 'utB." w ""-' of lhe power in the future. 2. Solar energv should be de - veloped as a power source in those areas where its applica- tion is practical. Development must continue, since solar ener - gy will eventually serve as an important source of power. 3. Sun power should be put to work immediately, and re search should be accelerated. As other fuels become more scarce and expensive, they will grad ually be replaced by systems using solar power ultimately the most practical power source. In other words, there are the scoffers, the gradualists, and the red-hots. The scoffers find ammunition in the disadvantages and limita tions of sun power. These are some of their argu ments: Intermittent Nature The intermittent nature of solar energy is a disadvantage. Any given spot on the earth i pnpc thvnnt'h its ev-ele of nav ' - ,nj njrrM The seasons have -.. their influence too, as do weath er conditions. In short, the ra- - alaI10n ia'mg. on a given aiei Is Doln miermiueni ana unpre dictable inen too. mere are geograpm- energy. There are large areas outside the "sunshine" belt that can never hope to make much use of solar power. Great Bri tain is one example of a country that can expect little practical benefit from sun popwer. (The belt between the 40th parallels is said to be the richest in usable solar energy.) , A good sunny location is not enough. More problems arise when attempts are made to use the sunshine. To date, the devices designed t to use solar energy are either ! extremely expensive or very in i efficient, or both. Those that use ! mirror or lens systems for fo- i j cusing the sun s energy are cost- lv, while those that have "flat' 'plate" or non-focusing collectors; I have the drawback of lo-v effic-! lency. As if the cost of the big lenses and mirror (which make the de- vice more efficient) were not enough, still more must be spent an moveable mounts and driving gear, so '.hat the device will follow'' the sun. The problems are not ended with the heat collection phase, since heat storage also poses a problem. Nighttime and cloudy Energy Source to Be Considered Research for Thesis Indicates days interrupt the supply of sun-1 shiiie, so a storage system is i needed to keep extra energy available for use during those times when direct energy is lacking. This costs still more. Expensive, Inefficient It has been suggested that so lar pumps (pumps driven by solar steam or vapor engines) could lift water into storage res ervoirs thus providing a con tinuous supply of hydroelectric Burglaries Reported In Eagle Point Firms Approximately S46 was re ported stolen late Friday night or early Saturday morning in burglaries at Van's Dry Goods store and Brown's Market at bagle Point, according to slate I police and sheriffs deputies. I The two firms are located in: the same building. The bur ! glaries were reported to police ! about 4:07 a.m. Saturday by Dor Stewart, driver for Fluhrcr's bakery m Medford. It was be I , ... ..... nevea me establishments wer i entered between 8:30 p.m. Fri - K,, . . piuven so cosily as xo ue aiscoii- sasi- i tinued as an important potential About S36 in rolled coins, was' luel source. One scientist has in reported taken from a safe at ! dicated that some such systems Brown's Market. Officers said require more power than the the store was entered through a J value of the fuel produced, window located over a garage i Doubt Practical Ahilitv on the west side of the estab lishment. The burglar apparently left by the front door, then entered the other store after breaking glass in the front door there Officers said several drawers were open ed and S3 to S10 in cash was taken. A safe in the store was not opened. State police and sheriff's offi icers are still investigating the case. They said complete inven tories had not been made Sat urday to determine whether or not anything else was taken. Several Road Jobs Under Way in County ed a similar job on Upper Ap plegate rd. last Thursday. County Engineer Paul Ryn ningsaid paving of the Uppe Applegate rd. will be completed later in the summer. ! "-re"5 are. DU1.'a,nR 3 roaf-- !1Ium l"e '""" nignway 10 me i new Juvenile detention home near the oId county fairgrounds slte- They are a'so building i !sma11 bridge over Myers creek in ine vaney view district near Ashland. They arc moving road reconstruction equipment to Evans Creek to complete a proj ect which was started last year but was interrupted by unfavor able weather conditions. Paving of Tresham lane was completed last week and crews are now improving Kirkland rd. Jobs Vary Among Students' Fathers Corvallis Further evidence that classes of society in Ameri- ca have about disappeared is in- dicated by the wide distribution of some 150 different occupa tions of fathers of the 1251 mem bers of the 1957 Oregon State college graduatins class. Presi dent A. L. Strand believes. Wore than 100 of the occupa tions are in the professional class such as architects, attor neys, bankers, dentists, physi cian, engineers and ministers. But 158 of the fathers are auto repairmen, cooks, firemen, jan itors, laborers, loggers, long shoremen, mail carriers, miners, pipefitters, shoemakers, truck ers, welders, barbers, bookkeep ers, carpenters, clerks, dispatch ers, electricians, fishermen, ma chinists, meat cutters, painters, mill workers and plumbers. Dr Strand said. 'A total of 163 are contractors, executives lumberman, manu facturers, merchants, buyprs. brokers, salesmen, auto dealers, etc., and 122 are farmers, ranch ers, dairymen and orchardists. Thirty-three are teachers, 39 governmental workers and 26 ooerate small businesses. A total of 188 parents are decreased, re tiied or unlisted. Medford Man Arraigned ' District Court Royal Weldon Calkins. 27 of ;418 Flum sr. .vieatord. was ar , raigned in district court Fridav i after being arrested by state po lice in connection with the theft of a truck. Calkins was lodged in the county jail in lieu of S1.500 bail i He was arrested in Jacksonville ' Friday and is charged with the j theft of a pick-up owned by Wesley Ober of Ober Logging company, GriXiia Creek. power, since the water could be i released to drive turbines as the power was needed. The scoffers pomt out that the cost of this plan is only one of its disad vantages the large area re quired for the reservoir is an other. Not every power-hungry community could provide both the suitable space and the water. Photoelectric Effect Another system of using solar energy is concerned with pho toelectric effect. This is the phe nomenon of sunlight causing an electric current to flow in certain metals. Solar batteries operating on this principle have a very limited power output, so their use is confined to low power cir--cuits. Their cost remains rather high. (In 1955. Daryl M. Chapin, co-inventor of the Bell solar bat tery, estimated the cost of solar battery power at S60 per kilo- watt hour 1 Photoswithcsis is still another approach to the fuel and power situaton Trees and plants use sunshne in the nrortnrtion of nr. ga.llc matter which we later burn as fuel, but this process is ' very slow and inefficient. The I - labratorv production of burna- ble fuels b Dhotosvnthesis has!.,,..- u ; ... The scoffers also doubt the practical ability of any photo- j resent a great deal of the total chemical process to produce ' power used, they are areas where power from solar energy. A sci- j some fuel can be saved (and in entist at Massachusetts Institute ' some cases, the standard of liv of Technology used solar energy I ing can be raised I by using sun to decompose water into hydro-1 power to do these jobs. Water gen ana oxygen, but tins was strictlv laboratory process not the immediate answer to the ; the same basic equipment used world's fuel problems. ; for space heating. Solar cooking. These then, are the arguments on the othei hand, requires spe uf the scoffers. j cial equipment. The gradualists, who believe ' Tw bas't tyP" f slar cook- that solar enerev will eventuallv be one of the important future power sources, and the red-hots, who believe that solar energy will become the important source of future power, both base their arguments upon the achieve ments and prospects of solar re search. Technical Areai There are several technical areas where research has shown that the use of solar energy could supplement or eliminate the use of natural fuels or other power sources. Some of these applica tions of sun power would make quite a difference in the total power supply others would not. Nearly a third if the total fuel energy used in the United States is expended in heating homes and offices That's more aiergy than is used for automobiles, in dustrial powei or lighting. In many reiative'y unindustrialized parts of the world, space heating is. practically the only major en ergy consumer, so we can see its importance in the world power situation. Solar energy is by no means a new idea in space heating. The southern exposure" which helps warm a part of a building during the winter months, sim ply plays an expanded role. Heat collectors are placed on the south side of the building, or on tl-in rnnt T tViacn AaA r ! ,, ' . f i.,j j-,... ;nd nj h a circuIating system (to get ,hp hcat where jt js needed), and a control system. This type of installation can pro vide most, if not all of the neces- Air Conditioned Comfort No matter what the weath er, all who attend services at Conger-Morris will find an atmosphere that is al ways fresh and comforta ble because of our large Westinghouse refrig era tor - type air conditioning unit. Conger - FUNERAL DIRECTORS W. MAIN AT SIXTH sary space heat in many local ties, but some buildings will still need another type of heat to "carry'' them over the long sun less periods Another System Another promising system of heating with sun power uses the heat pump The job of a heat pump is to t?ke energy from a place where it is not needed and put is somewhere else. Our household refrigerators do this by taking the heat out of the food and pumping it (the heat) into the kitchen. The same prin ciple can be applied by using sun-heated water as the heat source and pumping the bor rowed energy into the house. In ojie such installation, a river was used as a heat source, though especially constructed collectors could be used. Once the solar heat pump is installed, it can be reversed to pump heat out of the house in the summer Use of sun power to air-condition and refrigerate is ideal, since those locations est cooli sunshine and times that require the great- also provuie more 3UII3I11IIP Hnn lll'Hl .trvi'M .N s- tem f ir- .ir .,Hi(ii' and one of these units is de scribed as being about as com plex "as conventional types of air conditioning equipment'' and "slightly more costly."' Water Heating Although cooking, water heat- I ing and distillation do not rep- j can be easily neated bv sun i power, and it can be done with ! ers ae been developed. One uses a special mirror to focus solar heat upon the bottom of the pan or pot in which the food is cooking. The other uses the mirror to heat oil, which is then circulated in an oven and piped to a storage tank for later use. The mail, purpose of solar stills is to provide a supply of fresh water where there is not now an adequate supply. Glass covered evaporating troughs are used, and the fresh water runs off the glass into a collecting tube. The size of the installation determines its output. Practical Reality Solar engines are a practical reality for some places and jobP There are two basic types. One type collects heal and uses it to develop steam in a boiler system the steain then runs an engine. The other type uses the sun's rays te evaporate sulphur dioxide, which then operates a vapor engine. Either type is suitable for a variety of low power applications. Furnaces powered by sunshine have been quite successful, and they have produced amazing temperatures as high as 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit. These fur naces are used mostly for special research and industrial applica tions. Actually then, we have three possible answers to the question 'What about sun power?" Re- trarrllAcc f 4l r...l4 i-lA,ir you support, be it scoffer, grad ualist or red-hot, you'll find the next 15 or 20 years to be excit ing ones in man's continual search for power sources. Mosris
