EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, January 20, 1958
Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
Despite lit deceptive ap
pearance of innocence and
tranquility, deep snow on a
steep mountainside is a pow
derkeg and represents one of
nature's greatest dangers.
' Without warning and with
astonishing swiftness, this
quiet snowfield can be con
verted into a raging torrent
cf snow frequently a million
xubic yards cascade down
Tvith terrifying power.
Reckoning the weight of
these million cubic yards in
freshly fallen fluffy snow,
this would be 150,000,000
pounds; if wet, probably in
excess of a billion pounds.
Thousands upon thousands
of avalanches occur every
year. In Switzerland and Aus
tria where most of the little
mountain valleys are dotted
with villages and hamlets,
3nany lives may be lost and j
"the property damage can be
great. In America, the ava
lanches usually thunder
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32 Influenza Cases
Reported Last Week
Thirty-two. cases of influ
enza were reported in Jack
son county last week, accord
ing to Dr. A. Erin Merkel pub
lic health physician. A total
of 58 communicable diseases
were reported to the Jackson
county department of health.
Other diseases included
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three in Rogue River, one in
Phoenix; infectious mononu
cleousis, one in Medford;
German measles, one in Med
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in Medford, Ashland and Cen
tral Point; mumps, eight in
Ashland; measles, three in
Shady Cove; meningitis, one
in Medford; and infectious
hepatitis, one in Prospect.
Invasion of Privacy May Force Queen To Withdraw Charles From School
London HP) A year ago
this month Buckingham Pal
ace started the "noble exper
iment" of educating P r in c e
Charles like many another
British boy.
He went to a school in Lon
don through a first day
mob scene of reporters and
cameramen and in the au
tumn transferred to Cheam,
a blueblooded preparatory
school once attended by his
father, the Duke of Edin
burgh. 1
Not for a thousand years
of monarchy had an heir to
the throne mingjed with the
commonalty this way. His
mother, Queen Elizabeth, and
all the long historic line be
fore her had been educated
privately.
Wistfully recalling her own
childhood with its very re-
Grading Confracl
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State Highway Department
has been awarded a $1,056,
025 contract to Peter Kiewit
Son's company of Medford
for 4.16 miles of grading on
the Cape Ferrelo-Brookings
section of the Oregon Coast
Highway.
M. C. Lininger and Sons,
Medford, was awarded a
$107,850 contract for .79
miles of grading and paving
on the Medford-Provolt High
way in Medford.
stricted list of approved play- the Queen may reluctantly
mates, the Queen was happy,
though anxious, as her husky
young son adapted himself
to the rough and tumble of
school life.
Parents Disturbed
Now the great experiment
is in danger. The Queen and
the Duke are disturbed by
persistent efforts allegedly be
ing made by certain periodi
cals to get more news about
Charles at school than is av
ailable from conventional
channels.
A friend of the royal fam
ily said today that he believ
ed Buckingham Palace might
appeal to these periodicals to
give Charles a chance to lead
a normal school life. If the
appeal fails, it is possible that
nave to wiinaraw ner son
and perhaps sentence him to
private tutoring.
Friends of the royal fam
ily have been complaining
ever since Prince Charles en
tered Cheam last September
of alleged instrusions on his
privacy and the school's. They
BETTER LATE. ETC.
Syracuse, N. Y. (IP) District
Director Alva M. Meyers of
the U. S. Internal Revenue
service said he figured some
one was trying to ease his con
science when he slipped an
envelope into the service of
fices. Inside the unmarked en
velope was $1,000 in cash and
a note which read, "For back
taxes."
said these acts were strength
ening the conservative clique
of courtiers who want the
heir to the throne educated
in the traditional way.
Plays Good Game
Whatever the offending
periodicals have done, they
have not succeeded in getting
much important information.
The news from Cheam has
been the usual school news
Charles is not too quick
on his feet but plays a good
game of soccer and enjoys
rough-housing with his chums
who treat him without cere
mony. That sort of thing.
When Queen Elizabeth re
turned from her American
trip, one of her courtiers said
she was impressed by the fact
American journalists respect
ed the privacy of President
Eisenhower's Gettyburg farm
during her visit there.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
mown In lonely splendor in
2vilderness areas say, in the
precipitous Cascades, Rock
3es, Sierra Nevada, the Wa
satch in Utah, the Ruby in
Nevada, the Wallowa in Ore-
2on. Along the eastern sea
board, even the worn-down
Appalachians can cook up
terrors.
Like a stream of water,
snow travels much faster in
;the center than at the banks
"and bottom of the bed where
the immense friction slows it
down, particularly wet snow,
Wet Snow Moves Slowly
The speed of these roaring
bulldozers depends upon the
type of snow and the slope
its smoothness, pitch and
length. Wet snow usually
: moves more slowly say
around 17 miles an hour. But
the powdery dry snow may
rush down at express train
?peed, 75 miles an hour. And
higher. One avalanche of 4.3
miles was clocked in 1 min
ute and 12 seconds that fig
ures 217 miles an hour.
Far more devastating than
the snow itself is the wind
which accompanies the aval
anche. A great mass of air is
.pushed ahead. This in turn
creates a partial vacuum
which is filled by violently
; ln-rushing air. This wind is so
Strong that it snaps off great
;trees as if they were weed
stems far beyond the reach
rof the moving snow itself. In
one Oregon slide, this blast
picked up a wooden bridge
half a mile away from the
fmoraine of snow and tossed
;It 150 feet into the air, scat
Z taring timbers far and wide.
Tin others, it often triggers
slides on opposing mountain
sides.
What touches off these aval
lances? Snow on a steep slope mig
rates of its own accord, mov
ing down-hill steadily, the
iop moving a little faster than
the bottom where the fraction
is greater. On a 33 degree
slope it may move 11 inches
4n 13 days. Under these condi
tions, it is under great strain
and it may take just the brush
of a feather to set it in mo
"tion. An unwary skier, a loud
noise, a sudden gust of wind,
3he impact of a smal cushion
bi snow falling from a cliff
-ledge above or even the air
; vibrations from a plane may
trigger it.
;Most Destructive
: Of avalanches, those com
pared of dry powder snow are
ithe most destructive. They can
" flow through open forest with
scarcely any loss of speed or
energy even avoiding a dense
barrier of timber by leaping
Cover it, meanwhile picking up
I speed until its force is dis-
sipated in the valley below.
Buildings standing in the way
are crushed like eggshells.
: Too the fine powder snow
rdust, as fine and far more
! vicious than wind-borne dust,
can suffocate a man inhaled,
it melts in the lungs and fills
them with water.
What to do in an avalanche?
:WhiIe being carried along, it
lis best to struggle in a swim--ming
motion to keep atop as
-much as possible. But once
the snow comes to rest, it is
best not to struggle. Dry snow
!is stocked with air simply
tpush it away warily. If the
struggle is continued, .the vic
; tim often sucks into his lungs
enough fine snow particles
;to drown him.
; (Copyright. 1958, by
: Eugene Burns)
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