TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sundty. Julr SI. 1U7
News About Books
From the Library
Several Stars Are Visible
On Clear Summer Nights
Of the 474 volumes added to
the Medford public and Jackson
county library during the past
month, 168 were gifts.
Books were donated by Mrs.
Gladys Chapin, Clinton James,
Miss Anna Livinston, Jesse S.
Warner, Eugene Thorndike, Da
vid Rath, Mrs. Charlotte H. Pil
grim, Edmund E. Hass, Arthur
H. Thompson. Elizabeth M. Nor
ris. Virgil S. Wolff, T. P. White
ford, Mrs. Jean Davis, Carl
Bjordahl. John G. Crawford,
Mrs. Jessie C. Froysaa, and pat
rons of Jackson county branch
libraries who preferred to re
main anonymous.
All of the donated books will
be made available to Jackson
county readers as soon as they
can be catalogued and processed
for circulation, and will then
be listed in this column.
A large and valuable collec
tion of books on ships and ship
models, donated by Miss Anna
Livingston in memory of her
brother, Archibalt Livingston,
has now been prepared for cir
culation.
Their titles, and those of the
129 new books added to the
adult department of the library
during the past month, follow:
Ships: The Rigging of Ships in
the Days of the Spritsail Top
mast, Anderson; The Built-up
Ship Model, Davis; The Ship
Model Builder's Assistant, Davis
Ship Models, Davis; Ship Model
Book, Douglas; Shis Models Il
lustrated, Harman; How to
Make Clipper Ship Models
Hobbs: How to Make Oldtime
Ship Models. Hobbs; Ship Model
Building, Johnson; The Art of
Rigging, Steel; Boats and Out
boards, Robertson.
Biography! Queen of France,
Castelot; Determined to Live,
Hession; The Lunatic Fringe,
Johnson; The Small Woman,
Burgess; Jefferson's Letters,
Whitman; Tompestuous Petti
coat, Leighton; Young Mariner
Melville, Gould; Bernard Shaw,
Ervine; The Maestro, Taubman;
the Letters of Thomas Wolfe,
Wolfe; Fra Angelico and His
Times, Argan.
Sports and Gamasi Best Sports
Stories, 1957 Edition, Marsh;
Trout Fishing and Trout Flies,
Quick; Fly-dressing, Bernard;
Hunting in North America, Hel
mericks; Death in the Afternoon,
Hemingway; Abingdon Shower
Parade, Hogan; Fourth Book of
Bridge, Sheinwold.
Travel and Adv.nturn Peru,
Bushnell; Portrait of a River,
Muller-Alfeld; Tha Danube,
Lengyel; In Search f the Gold
en West, Pomeroy; Wild Ocean,
Villiers.
Hous and Gardani How to
Build and Contract Your Own
Home, Eisinger; Refinishing Fur
niture, Floors and Woodwork,
Popular Mechanics; Cabinets,
Bookcases, and Wall Shelves;
Home Craftsman; How to Build
Outdoor Fireplaces, Eisinger;
New Way to Kill Weeds in Your
Lawn and Garden, Carleton;
The Picnic Book, Tracy.
Hobbies: Standard Handbook
of Stamp Collecting. Cabeen;
Good Photography's Darkroom
Guide. Nathan; Taking it Easy
With Your Camera, Keeley.
Farming: The Cow Owner's
Handbook, Baker; Livestock and
Poultry Production. B u n d y;
Farm Management, Hamilton.
(Xilaraiure: Sonnets from the
Portuguese and Other Love
Poems. Browning; The Com
plete Poetiqal Works, Browning;
A Treasury of the Theatre,
Mantle; A Piece of My Mind,
Wilson; Elizabethan and Stuart
Plays, Baskervill; Shakespeare,
Halliday; The Ghosts in Shake
speare. Rogers; Best Loved
Plays, Shakespeare; Edvard
Grieg, Johansen; Favorite
Works, Voltaire; One Man in the
Universe, Aristotle: Five Great
Dialogues, Plato; The Praise of
Folly. Erasmus.
Social Problamsi The Cup of
Fury, Sinelaire; Passport to
Friendship. Peters; When You
Marry, Duvall; The Technique
of Handling People, Laird;
Where to Go for Help. Oates;
The Living Legend, Phillips.
Reference: Commercial Atlas
and Marketing Guide, Rand Mc
Nally; Art Work of the State of
Oregon.
Philosophy and Religion: The
Essenes and Christianity, How
lett; Current Problems in Reli
gion, Bell; Philosophy of Reli
gion, Trueblood; Theosophy Sim
plified, Cooper; Witness to
Witchcraft, Wright; Yoga and
Self-Culture. Sukul; Marcus Au
relius and His Times, Aurelius
Antoninus.
Science and Technology: Your
Wonderful Body, Chase; Ani
mals Worth Knowing, Seton;
Atoms for the World. Fermi;
Mass Communication, Barnouw;
The Mammals and Life Zones of
Oregon, Bailey; Aviation from
the Ground Up, Floherty; How
to Build Hot Rods, Jaderquist;
Modern Automotive Engine Re
pair. Vale.
Other non-fiction: Concerning
U. S. Government Securities,
C h i Id s ; Nature's Guardians,
Neal.
Light Romance: Three Faces
of Love, Baldwin; Nurse in the
Tropics, Gaddis; Pathway to the
Stars, Kane; The Betraying
Heart. Mandy; Dark Sails. Mil
ler; Summer Brings gifts, Ritner.
Mysteries: The Case of the
Seven of Calvary, Boucher;
Christie Classics, Christie; Best
Detective Stories of the Year,
Cooke; Death of an old Sinner,
Davis; The Men in Her Death,
Davis; Heads You Lose, Dresser;
The Tangled Cord, Lockridge:
Judas Journey, Martin; Dead
Storage, Stein; The Bushman
Who Came Back, Upfield; Mur
der in Fiji, Vandercook.
Wa.t.rn Stories: Gallows
Trail, Davis; Grand Mesa, El
ston; Home Creek, Gifford; Trig
ger Trouble, Strong.
For Young Adults: Football
Fever, Bishop; Hangman's Cliff,
Neill; Because of Madeline,
Stoltz; The Wonderful Time,
Summers; Joe Sunpool, Wilcox.
Sarious Fiction: The Flying
Swans, Colum; On A Darkling
Flam, Irving; Compulsion, Le
vin; The Awakened, Olden
bourg; The Undefeated. Wylie.
Humor: Doting, Green; Noth
ing. Green; The Girl He Left
Behind, Hargrove: McGarrity
and the Pigeons. Holm; Dough,
Kay and Me, Kilmer; A Mouse
Is Born, Loos.
Historical Romance: They
Hanged My Saintly Billy,
Graves; The Private Adventure
of Captain Shaw, Shay; Lady in
Waiting, Sutcliff.
Other Fiction: Of this Day's
Journey, Beresford-Howe; Doc
tors' Choice, Blaustein; Hang
over Square, Hamilton; The
Lady, Richter; Carmen Ariza,
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Porter Is Seeking
Probe on Policies
Of Hauling Rates
Washington, D. C. W An in
vestigation into the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company's log
hauling rate policies in Oregon
is sought by Congressman
Charles O. Porter who said in a
letter to the Interstate Com
merce commission that the SP is
discriminating against small log
ging operators.
The Oregon Democrat filed his
complaint Wednesday stating
that the SP is charging higher
rates to small logging operators
than it charges 14 special com
panies. Porter said the SP's spe
cial rate to major firms of S5.50
per thousand feet inside the state
for log hauling is opposed to S8
per thousand as paid by small
operators and possibly violates
the Elkins anti-monopoly law.
"Further," Porter said, "it is
my feeling that there is suffi
cient evidence that these rates,
if only intrastate in application,
are still prejudicial to interstate
commerce and especially that
they do cause undue and unrea
sonable advantage, preference
and prejudice between persons
localities.
Sufficient Evidence
"I believe that there is suffi
cient evidence on hand to war
rant the Interstate Commerce
commission's instituting an in
vestigation on its own motion in
to these contract log rates in
Oregon."
Porter's action is based on in
formation received from numer
ous sources including Oregon
Public Utilities Commissioner
Howard Morgan.
Favored companies are Booth
Kelly of Springfield, Evans Pro
ducts of Akin and Coos Bay,
Georgia Pacific of Toledo,
Oceanside of Tillamook, Oregon
Washington Plywood of Tilla
mook, Snellstrom Lumber Mills
of "Eugene, Springfield Lumber
Mills of Springfield, Springfield
Plywood of Springfield, Umpqua
Plywood of Green and Myrtle
Creek. U. S. Plywood of Green
and Willamina. Western Kraft of
Millersburg, Western Veneer and
Plywood of Griggs. Weyerhaeu
ser Timber of Springfield, and
Willamette Valley Lumber of
Dallas and Griggs, Porter said.
By FAY BENTLEY
"The heavens declare the
glory of God ..." wrote the
i psalmist of old. Anyone who can
find a spot which affords an un-
I obstructed view of the sky with-
'nnt intprfprpnr frnm artificial
lights will share this feeling of
awe and wonder as they view
the stars on a clear summer
night.
First to appear in the twilight
i sky are the naked eye planets:
Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and
Saturn. Venus is truly "a thing
of beauty" shining in the blue of
of the twilight sky just above the
western horizon for about lii
hours after sundown.
Higher in Southwest
Higher in the southwest Jupi
ter adds charm to the celestial
scene. Venus and Jupiter look
much alike and will at once
claim the star gazer's attention,
However, Venus is the brighter
of the two having a magnitude
of -3.3 as compared with Jupi
ter's -1.4.
Tiny Mercury now winging its
way through the western hea
vens may be seen during the last
half of July for about an hour
after sunset Just above the sky
line to the north or right of
Venus. This little planet shining
at zero magnitude, will not be
as easy to locate as Venus and
Jupiter, but can be found with
out too much difficulty.
Low in the southeast Saturn
is shining calmly about six de
grees above the rapidly twuik
ling, red star, Antares. Mars,
which has been visible for
months is now too near the sun
for observation.
Consider Constellations
Shall we now consider the
constellations? The Big Dipper
in Ursa Major or tha Great Bear
easiest of all star groups to lo
cate, makes a good starting
point. By 9 p.m. (PST) it is high
in the northwest hanging cup
downward. Sprawled against the
sky the entire figure of the
Great Bear may be easily recog
nized. The dimmer stars repre
senting the two hind legs, one
front leg, and the head of this
creature may be traced as they
lead away from the Dipper
which forms the body and tail
of this celestial animal.
An imaginary line through
the Pointers, the two stars on
the side of the Dipper opposite
the handle, extended east will
reach the North Star, last star
in the handle of the Little Dip
per. The Pointers are the two
stars of the Big Dipper which
now are nearest the horizon.
Lina Is Horizontally
This imaginary line will ex
tend horizontally almost east
and west. Directly above the
North Star is the cup of the
Little Dipper. Between the cup
and the North Star lie two dim
stars that complete the slightly
curved handle. The Little Dip
per, usually one of the hardest
star groups to find, is now well
placed for viewing.
After looking at the Little
Dipper let us turn our atten
tion to the last star in the handle
of the Big Dipper and extend
the curved line of the Dipper
handle downward to the south
west for about twice the length
of the handle, where sparkles
bright orange-yellow Arcturus,
brightest star in the kite-shaped
constellation, Bootes the Plough
man. Bootes has faithfully driven
his plough across the summer
skies and will gradually move
westward until it disappears
beneath the horizon during the
first part of October.
Blue-White Sun
Continue the curved line from
Arcturus downward to the south
west and you will find Spica, a
giant blue-white sun in the con
stellation, Virgo the Maiden.
The bluish color of this sparkling
star forms a pleasing contrast
with the orange-yellow glow of
Arcturus in Bootes. 1
High in the heavens, slightly
north of due east, another blue-
.white star, Vega in Lyra the
Harp, sparkles gaily. This is the
brightest of all stars visible in
the summer time. Astronomers
tell us -that our sun and its
planetary family is traveling
through space in the general
direction of this giant sun.
Why do the stars have differ
ent colors? This is due to the
surface temperatures. Blue
white stars are the hottest, those
of reddish hues the coolest, while
the orange - yellow and yellow
stars are between these two extremes.
Cattlemen Vote To
Help Establish
Beef Commission
The Jackson County Cattle
men's association will help fi
nance establishment of a beef
commission in Oregon, it was
announced Friday.
At a meeting Thursday night,
the board of directors voted to
contribute $95.40 as the county
cattlemen's share. Total contri
butions for Oregon cattlemen is
figured at $2,500, based on the
recent cattle census figures.
Jackson county's 2-mill assess
ment is based on 47,700 head of
both dairy and beef cattle.
A hearing and referendum
election will be held in the state
soon, W. B. Tucker, county
agent, said. When established
the beef commission will be a
promotional agency similar to
the wheat commission and other
such organizations.
Oppose Rates
The directors also went on
record opposing the proposed re
distribution of railroad freight
rates for westbound fresh meat
and packing house produce.
This proposal, they feel, discrim
inates against the western pack
ers. Compensation also should
be made for eastbound ship
ments, directors stated.
A committe of 10 association
members will arrange for anoth
er fall feeder day sale.
Ward Spatz met with the di
rectors to explain his function
as newly appointed member of
the state board of agriculture.
The Medford orchardist and
fruit packer said he hoped to
promote all southern Oregon ag
ricultural interests though he
was appointed actually to rep
resent horticultural interests.
He is the first southern Ore
gon man to be appointed to such
a board, it was reported.
Activities at Scout "
Jamboree Reviewed
Editor's aota: Tha following
letter was writan for tha Mail
Tribune by Stan Dowson, one
of 63 Cratar Laka araa Boy
Scouts attending tha annual
Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley
Forga.)
The opening night camp fire
was glorious. We marched into
a natural stadium with 50,000
other Scouts to greet Richard
Nixon, vice president of the
United States, and other distin
guished guests.
On Thursday, July 11, the
Bobcat patrol, composed of Jeff
Heatherington, orator, Fred Lor
ish, John Crawford, Garner Hau
pert, Mike Florey, Jack Bush
and myself, were actors. John
Norris took care of the props.
The skit went over well.
Yesterday, we took a tour of
Philadelphia. It was very inter
esting, for we saw monuments,
Ben Franklin's grave and many
other historical sites, which are
so common to Philadelphia.
The weather has been warm
and yesterday it rained. As far
as sickness is concerned, there
have been some cases of poison
ivy.
Stan Dowson
Reporter
The first Rose Bowl football
game was played in Pasadena.
C.ilif., on Jan. 1, 1902, with the
University of Michigan defeat
ing Stanford, 49 to 0.
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Is That So?
Sleep or rest concerns every
living being and yet, as it per
tains to man who alone can look
into the future and wo.-ry about
it, sleep is hedged with many
superstitutions and erroneous
beliefs. To clear up some of
these popular misconceptions,
let's discuss them with one of
the world's foremost slumber
specialists. Dr. Nathaniel Kleit
man of the University of Chi
cago. Belief: Eight hours of good
sleep is normal for adults.
Fact: There is no normal quan
tity. One person's requirements
may be nine hours; another's
five, or even less than four. A
little over seven hours appears
to be the mst common figure
and adults do well on this
amount.
Belief: One hour of sleep be
fore midnight is worth two or
three hours later on.
Fact: No evidence supports
this notion.
Belief: "Deep sleep" uninter
rupted by dreams is best.
Fact: Again, only an assumption.
By IUGENI BURNS
Rjnf.r-Njtur.liit
Belief: After sleep, a normal
person should wake up full of
bounce."
Fact: More often, the normal
person wakes up feeling "like
wet cardboard." Many people
wake up less efficient and less
alert than when they went to
bed. For many, the benefits of
sleep do not show up until sev
eral hours after they are awake.
Belief: Newborn babies should
sleep 20-22 hours a day.
Fact: Many get along very
well on 15 even when they are
only two to three weeks old.
Belief: A bedtime snack, to in
duce sleep, is good for all people.
Fact: for some yes; for others,
it murders sleep.
Belief: A firm mattress is al
ways better for sleep than a soft
one.
Fact: Bare ground, mats on
floor, sagging hammocks, all
have provided satisfactory sleep
for portions of the human race.
It's individual. The best sleeping
surface for you is the one on
which you sleep best.
Belief: Some people never
dream, or when they do, the
dreams last only seconds.
Fact: Most dreams last 10-30
minutes and everybody seems to
dream every night with most
dreams occurring toward the
end of the night when they are
likely to dream about half of the
time without remembering what
they had dreamt.
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Rogue River Woman
Hurt in Accident
Nellie Jane Bergman, route
1, box 131, Rogue River, told
Medford police Friday morning
that she received minor injuries
to her left hand after an uniden
tified vehicle struck her at the
intersection of Main st. and Cen
tral ave.
Mrs. Bergman said she was
struck by the door handle of the
vehicle as she was jumping back
to avoid being run over. Driver
of the vehicle did not stop, she
said.
The first woman to be elected
to the U. S. Senate was Hattie
W. Caraway (D-Ark.), widow of
Sen. Thaddeus H.' Caraway.
Two of the few examples of
New Mexico's Indian sculpture
exist high in the Jemez Moun
tains west of Santa Fe. The fam
ous "Crouching Lions of Coch
iti," life-sized carving in stone
of mountain lions, were made
in prehistoric times as hunting
fetishes, and are still visited
by the Indians, who leave offer
ings of sacred prayer meal be
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