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BIX MZDrORD (OREOOK) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, December 28, IS37 Is That So? y IUSENE BURNS Hangar-Naturalist The year'i first inowfall has occurred over much of the northern temperate zone al rt3y which Oromnts the na turl question: When did the iirst mow fall on earth? hat, of course, can only be matter of speculation. But we pretty sure that snow much younger than the earth ith modern testin devirs iteologists place the forming of serins oldest rocks about 1.6 billion years ago. To be sure wen these rocks were formed th earth was extremely hot. Much too hot even for the tre mendous mass of water suspend ed In the atmosphere to fall as rain. The earth cooled slowly and as it cooled the face of it was in darkness a darkness as intense as that at the hnttom of the sea, or as the Bible so eloquently states it: Darkness was on tfie face of the deen. Because of the earth's heat and the lack of rain, there were no rivers no lakes andno oceans in the great basins and depres sions of the hot earth. What moisture swirled within reach of the earth's hot breath was driven up Into the atmosphere again. Ages passed. Milleniums. as the earth cooled, rain finally began to fall on the bare shell of rock. And those rains were a thousand-fold heavier than any we have today. It rained not for a season and not for years but for centuries. During this time, it may be possible that there was a cold upper. layer in the atmosphere in which there was vapor. And it may be that snow crystals formed and fell toward the earth. But in the falling into the hot lower atmosphere, they melted and joined the torrent ial rainfall. Finally, with the passing of many thousands upon thousands of years, on the towering moun tain peaks snow fell first and melted and ran down to the comparatively fresh-water seas for the heavy rains had not jret leached out the many chem icals from the rocks which were to make the oceans bitter and salty. Snow Remains After the passing of many nturies, the snow remained on the tops of these mountain tops fioconf Tesfs Reveal One Recent TB Cow ftalem One tuberculosis suspect and 271 brucellosis re actors were found in Oregon cattle tested under the federal tate control programs during July, according to the monthly report from the state depart ment of agriculture. In the brucellosis work, 27, 089 cattle were tested in 2478 herds. Seven-tenths of one per cent of the cattle tested for brucellosis reacted. In addition, more than 19,600 calves were vaccinated against the disease. Wheeler, Malheur and Tilla mook counties had the highest reactor percentages of the coun ties tested. Wheeler county had -vonrtn-r nprrpnfa E7P of 3.266 g . LUl-H" f CD and both Malheur and Tilla mook were over two per cent. However, according to state and federal authorities, much of the testing in these counties was confined to known infected herds. The one tuberculosis suspect was found in Josephine county. However, no actual reactors were discovered in the testing of 2441 cattle in 106 herds. the year around. Gradually, as the snow accumulated layer up on layer it compressed the low er layers and changed them into ice, making glaciers. From these perpetually cold areas came cold winds which changed the climate of earth and gradually the earth became colder. At several periods of the earth's history, it must have been much colder than it ist o- day. Why- No one knows. And the snow fell and accumulated over a much larger area than it does today in fact, the gla cial ice sheet covered a tremen dous portion of our earth. In North America, the ice sheet extended from the North Pole to where the Ohio River is now and pretty well from Cape Cod across to Seattle. The northern hemisphere was colder then possibly 20 de grees colder. And much of what might have been rain fell as snow and it continued to snow despite the popular belief that it can become too cold to snow although admittedly when the temperature drops extreme ly low, snowfall tends to become meager. But it does snow. Heavy Track Left This tremendous ice cap made of compressed fluffy snow flow ed from the more highly-mounded northland toward the warm southern extremity. And in its flowing like cold molasses this stupendously heavy mass left the heaviest track of anything that has moved on earth. The marks are still plainly visible today on even the hard est rocks, polishing and scratch ing it. Low moutain ranges were worn down to flat plateaus; flat plateaus were ground out into valleys of lake beds such as the greatest of all fresh-water lakes, the Great Lakes of North America. It would seem that the north ern glaciers are receding in North America. Oceans seem to be filling, but very gradually. However, figure on seeing snow fall for the rest of your life time and that of a hundred gen erations to come. (Copyright 1957, by Eugene Burns) (Distributed by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Experiments Produce Crop Saying Tips Davis, Calif. W A Univer sity of California professor has completed a series of experi ments that may help a crop duster improve his effectiveness in spraying fields. Wesley E. Yates, assistant pro fessor of agricultural engineer ing at the Davis campus, wound up experiments with air-applied chemicals during the past year tyid made the following sugges tions: Fly the plane as low as pos sible and apply the spray to a narrow swath; locate spray noz zles at the center of the aircraft rather than near the wingtips; use a solid-jet nozzle instead of other types causing fine atomiza tion of the spray. He also advised use of a smoke column on the field to inform the pilot of wind speed and direc tion. Yates, by the way, said that the term "crop-dusting" no long er applies, as the drift of chemi cals applied; in dust form is al most impossible to regulate so that method has been largely abandoned. Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! in care of Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausa- lito, Calif. Corvallis (IP) Authorities said a hitchhiker killed Sunday when struck by a car near Mon roe was identified as Michael Pasovec, 52, Akron, Ohio. LEGAL NOTICES TIMBER FOR SALE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. ORAL AUCTION BIDS as hereinafter designated will be received by the District Manager, Bureau of Land Management. 2nd Floor. Federal Building, 33 N. Riverside. Medford. Oregon, at 10:30 A.M.. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, on Thursday, Jan uary 16. 1958, for all timber marked or designated for cutting. Before bids are submitted, full information con cerning the timber, the conditions of sale and submission of bids should be obtained from the above District Man ager. The right is hereby reserved to waive technical defects in this adver tisement and to reject any or all bids. The United States reserves the right to waive any informality in bids re ceived whenever such waiver is in the interest of the United States. IN JACKSON COUNTY: OREGON: O&C AND PUBLIC DOMAIN: GREEN: All timber designated for cutting on Eli Sec. 19. SWUSW'i Sec. 20, T. 36 S., R. 3 E., W.M.. estimated for the purpose of this sale to be 3.680 M bd. ft. Douglas fir. 814 M bd. ft. ponder osa pine. 471 M bd. ft. sugar pine. 212 M bd. ft. incense cedar. 428 M bd. ft. white fir. No bid for less than S22.85 per M bd. ft. for the Douglas fir, $29.90 per M bd. ft. for the ponderosa pine, S46.45 per M bd. ft. for the sugar pine. $6.75 per M bd. ft. for the in cense cedar. $9.25 per M bd. ft. for the white fir or a total purchase price of $135,694.55 will be considered. Mini mum deposit with bid $7,700. The cost of the Public Domain portion of this advertising will be borne by the suc cessful bidder. Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- "'T'HIS HERE TOWN has been a Santa Claus to me," boomed the guest of honor at a banquet signalizing his fifty years of service to the community. "When I first arrived here, l naa my only suit on my back and all my worldly goods in a red bandanna over my shoulder. Today I own the bank, the news paper, the two hotels, nine oil wells, and the TV sta tion!" Later an impressed visi tor asked, "Would you tell us just what was in that red bandanna when you ar rived here fifty years ago?" "Let's see now," mused the guest of honor. "If I recall rightly, I was carry ing about $400,000 in cash, and $750,000 in negotiable securi- ties." 1 "If two friends ask your to Judge a dispute," warns the Wall ; Street Journal, "don't accept, for you will lose a friend. If two total strangers ask you to judge a dispute, however, accept for you will gain a friend." 167. by Bennett CrL Distributed by King Futures Syndicate, HORNBROOK Church Gets Gas Furnace By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN Hornbrook An automatic gas furnace was installed Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Catholic church in Hornbrook. The building will now be kept warm at all times. This modern heating device re places the old-fashioned wood stove which had seen many years of service in the church, and which was slow and uncertain. Since the attendance has been on the increase, it became necessary and desirable to install a more dependable heating system, in asmuch as Mass is being said each Sunday now. Mass will also be said on Christmas Day, at 10:30 a.m., according to Fr. Thomas Boland of St. Joseph's Catholic church In Yreka. All residents are in vited to attend. The Womea's Society of the Methodist church held their an nual potluck dinner and Christ mas party at the church on Thursday, Dec. 12. After the dinner, a program "The Light of the World," was presented. This was a candle lighting ceremony, one candle being lit as each passage was read from the Bible, or as the story behind the writing of the various Christmas carols was read. Carols were sung by the women's choir. Mrs. Henley Clawson was program chairman. The exchange of gifts followed the program. Mrs. David Holland was host ess for the Christmas party for the Contract bridge club at her home on Dec. 18. Decorations and the dessert luncheon carried out the traditional Christmas theme. Members playing and ex changing gifts were Mrs. Laura Swinnerton, Mrs. Duane Ham- ner, Mrs. Bertha Bradley, Mrs. Marshall Horn, Mrs. Lester Nye, Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. Fred Mills and Mrs. John Griffin, a substi tute player for Mrs. Grace Quig- ley, who was still confined to her home with the flu. Mrs. Mills held high score and Mrs. Smith second high. A potluck dinner preceded the installation of officers of the Hornbrook Grange Dec. 13 at the Grange hall. Vayne Ralston, district deputy from Greenhorn Grange in Yreka, was the in stalling officer. Also participat ing was the drill team from Greenhorn. Officers installed were master, Tom Collister; overseer, Marga ret Phillips; lecturer, Joyce Ske ahan; steward, Frank Lowe; as sistant steward, John Shinar; chaplain, Mary Bear; treasurer, Alice Burns; secretary, Kay Grif fin; gatekeeper, Frank Bear; Ceres, Bertha Bradley; Pomona, Blanche Lowe; Flora, Marguerite Riness; lady assistant steward, Agnes Sylva. Members of the ex ecutive committee are Elnora Collister and John Griffin. Retiring master was John Shinar, who had served in that capacity for three terms. Initia tion of four new members was also held at the same meeting. Those becoming members were Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Willingham and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blanken-ship. Ermin Bear, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bear, underwent an emergency appendectomy Tues day evening, Dec. 18, at the Ash land General hospital. He re turned home Friday, and is feel ing "good as new" again. Also hospitalized for a few days last week was Emory Par shall. He was in the Siskiyou General hospital in Yreka, re covering from the after-effects of the flu. Latest flu victims here are Ed Smith and Mrs. D. F. Metzen. The grammar school Christ mas program was held Thursday evening, Dec. 19, at the Grange hall. The play presented, de picting the birth of Jesus, was written and directed by Mrs. Norman Martin, teacher of the first and second grades in the local school. Mrs. Martin also di rected the music, some numbers of which were original composi tions written by her. Other music consisted of the singing of the Christmas carols by choirs composed of the school children, and a solo, "O Holy Night" by Tim Wells. At the close of the play, Santa Cluas appeared on the stage and handed out sacks of candy to the children present. The doll and her complete wardrobe, pre pared by the Mothers' club, was won by Mrs. Harry Chipman. Bill Jeter arrived home Satur day to spend his Christmas leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Everett Jeter. Bill is stationed at Fort Ord, Calif., undergoing his Army basic training. San Francisco (IPI Lt. Col. Andrew C. Greer, famous author- and Marine Corps officer, died here Sunday. Statewide Conference Schduled for Small Business in State ilka toraats "VUUUUk Your Baric Mlffc Supply wifb TRIANGLE "MILK-MORE" DAIRY FEED Beat Winter to the punch! "MMk-More," ia either 16 or 14 protein formulae, will help you maintain your milk supply with no let down. "Milk-More" is a spsciaHj prepared, coerse-textared feed of natural ingredients for bodily health and greater milk pro duction. Insure your bask milk supply with one of these fine feeds. MORTON Milling Co. Medford, Oregon Corvallis A statewide con ference on research and develop ment for Oregon small business es has been scheduled March 13, 14 and 15 at Oregon State col lege as a follow-up to President Eisenhower's national confer ence held in September. A major recommendation of the national meeting was that state conferences be held to ac quaint small business across the country with research and de velopment potentials and bene fits. The Oregon conference is believed to be the first an nounced in any state. Sessions will concentrate on technical and distribution prob lems and what research can do for small business in the way of improving old products, supply ing new products, providing new and better manufacturing meth ods and materials, and new and better marketing and sales methods. 'Small Scale' Research How small businesses can set up a "small scale" research and development program to work on new ideas, and opportunities for utilizing research and de velopment program to work on new ideas, and opportunities for utilizing research and develop ment facilities at educational in stitutions and from commercial research and development or ganizations also will be dis cussed. Sources of research and de velopment information from the government, from colleges with research programs, from private research companies and from big business will be outlined. Top national and state leaders will be invited to speak a't the conference. Milton H. Mater, president of the Mater Machine Works, a Corvallis manufacturing . firm, has been elected conference chairman by members of the conference executive committee. Milosh Popovich, assistant dean of engineering at OSC, will be program chairman. Lead Conference Plans Oregon State college and the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce are leaders in the Oregon con ference plans but various other groups have pledged support and cooperation, including the Portland offices of the small business administration and the department of commerce. Many small businesses are convinced that they are "too small" for research and develop ment programs, Mater pointed out. The conference is designed to show them that this is not the case that research can be made a beneficial part of almost every business and that research is the key to keeping small business competitive in the modern econ omy, he said. Small business is the back bone of Oregon's industry and commerce, he continued. There are some 35,000 businesses in Oregon with less than 50 em ployees but only 58 with 500 or more. Lichens, curious plants that seem immune to cold or expos ure, produce an acid that can etch the surface of the hardest rock and help break it down into soil, says the National Geo graphic Magazine. Among the first plants to grow on any ice scoured land, lichens act as pio neers for flowers and trees. About 200 million persons live in China's Yangtze river basin. Some of the world's most magnificent specimens of white oak grow on Maryland's eastern shore. When the first European settlers arrived three centuries ago, they built their homes in the shade of trees that were al ready venerable. " Perhaps the most famous is Talbot county's Wye Oak, a giant 95 feet high with a 165-foot spread and a trunk nearly 28 feet around. AMOK Towner, N.D. (ID A driver less tractor which ran amuck near here eluded five pursuing cars in an eight-mile chase through fields and farmyards be fore crashing into a shed. The runaway, dragging barbed wire and fenceposts, careened across ditches and country roads at 18 miles per hour for two miles after throwing its driver, Edgar Herman. Davis' Service Standards Are As High as the Moon! BUT . . . DAVIS CHARGES ARE Davis never misleads you with low estimates to get your business. Call Davis for FREE sensible estimates the next time you move. DAV S Medford-139 South Fir Ashland-240 4th St. TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO. Crating & Packing Phone SP 2-6273 Phone MU 2-8552 BEKINS AGENT FOR MEDFORD AND ASHLAND CANNON Wash Cloths Available in solid colors and plaids. Limited quantity. REGULAR 10c VALUE SALE PRICE 12n REG. 29c VALUE CHILDREN'S RAYON Panties White with pink or blue stripe. AH around elastic waistbands. Sizes 4 to 10. SALE PRICE 23 Us. t WW Dish Cloths 18" Silk Squares -fcV4V i i" i a J:.L. ,!U. ,,U! stripes. SALE PRICE REGULAR 10c VALUE 2for77 Colors to match any costume. You will want several at this Special Price. REGULAR 19e VALUE SALE PRICE each Qt 36" x 60" Bath Mats Fringed on both ends with Latex pro cessed back. Available in Hunter green, grey, red, turquoise, pink, blue and nile green. REGULAR $2.98 VALUE SALE PRICE $1 97 Orange Slices Just received 1000 pounds of these fresh, delicious true orange flavored slices. REGULAR 25c lb. SALE PRICE 3,9 FULL POUND Cookies 20"x40" CANNON Towels Beautiful solid colors, rose, yellow, turquoise, white and pink. REGULAR 59e VALUE SALE PRICE 3 for 52.00 Just received a large assortment of packaged cookies. These are fresh and delicious. PACKAGE 29 USE OUR LAYAWAY PLAN Buy now at these low prices and pay later! A small deposit will hold your purchase until you're ready to pick it up. Ask any of our clerks about itl CHOCOLATE WALNUT Clusters Delicious Walnut Kernels enrobed In rich caramel and covered with milk chocolate. REG. 79c lb. SALE PRICE 67 FULL POUND STORE HOURS -9:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday 9:30 to 9:00 p.m. LISTEN TO THE WOOLWORTH HOUR Every Sunday 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. - STATION KYJC m if w wot wm u oo s u m 39 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE MEDFORD, OREGON
