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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16

AS a driver whose employ
ment requires sitting behind
the wheel, day after day, year
after year for thousands of
miles, l get to see a lot of
drivers. a lot of accidents, in
difference and carelesSness.
One of my chief duties is the
promotion of safety in our
schools. our homes and on our
highways. It's tough task to
bring the majority of safety
factors to the attention of the
adult and get any worthwhile
results. This is why it is so i'm
portant to teach our young
ones to be safety-minded. Our
schools, churches and civic or
CARNATIONS are going all out
TO do this. and no doubt are
making some real progress.
Let's face today's driver and
the high accident rate. Let's
forget statistics, since they
amount to nothing but past
history as fast as they can be
printed. Let's forget the auto
manufacturer and his annual
increase of horsepower. But
let's remember that we are
dealing with human beings.
That motor vehicle can only
do what you command. It's
ability to reach high speeds,
It's failure to stop for stop
signs and red lights lies in
your head, hands and feet.
You can, make it pleasure
or you can make it a menace.
You are the doctor.
A traffic officer can give all
the tickets he likes, all the
reprimands he can think Of,
and a judge can administer
the toughest punishment, but
for the most part this only
serves for the building of re-
Sentful attitudes.
A good example of control is
shown among our transporta-
ton organizations. such as our
truckers and bus companies.
Reward upon reward for safe
driving. These boys are proud
Of their records, and are al
ways on the alert to keep them
clean. The same can be done
for the auto driver, and in
various ways. Give him the
recognition he deserves as a
safe driver. Our cities and our
States can easily do this in
the form OF a letter of recog.
milton. a special license plate
for a number Of years OF safe
driving, and many other ways
that will keep a driver in
terested and alert to maintain
a good record. AS a great sales
manager recently said. your
Job is to make the men want
to do; it's a lot easier this way.
You pay for violating the
law. Why not be on the receiv-
ing end for abiding by same?
Charles Collins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Length of Day on Venus Undetermined
By THOMAS R. HENRI

formation of some sort and Of
continental proportions. The
next day there were no mark
ings on the disk.
The appearance of the band
on the two days it was photo
graphed, says the report, was
so nearly the same as to leave
no doubt that the same region
of the planet faced the earth.
The period of rotation, there
fore, would appear to be very
slow or else almost exactly "a
hours"
DR.. Richardson also photo
graphed Mars in both blue
and yellow light, during a
period of excellent visibility.
He also made many visual
observations.
Visual Appearance
when seen usually" says
the report. "the deserts OF the
southern hemisphere appeared
covered with a pattern OF ir-
regular veins of the same color
as the maria (the dark areas
on Mars which were once
thought to be oceans. The
pattern did not resemble that
OF the fine lines with which
the canals are usually de-
picted. Although Mars then
was 74,000,000 miles away, the
season was a month after
spring in the southern hemi-
sphere of the planet, when ex-
perience shows that the canals
should be most conspicuous"
These canals" formerly
were believed, by some eminent
authorities. to be vast engi-
neering works designed to irri-
gate the deserts with water
from the melting snow of the
planets polar regions. Thus
they were cited as evidence
of a highly intelligent life
on Mars, with engineers of
great ability fighting a last
ditch battle to save the civiliza-
ton of planet rapidly losing
its air and water.
This IDEA generally has been
abandoned for years and it
now is postulated that life on
Mars, If there is any, is con-
fined to some primitive and ex-
ceedingly hardy kind of vege-
tation, similar to the lichens
found covering bare peaks ris-
ing above the Antarctic ice
cap.
The canals" or the irregu-
lar green lines noted by DR..
Richardson. however, still re-
main a mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Another belligerent mock
ingbird is making itself felt.
M. H. S. Of Wetherill road,
writes:
I'VE have lived in the West
moreland Hills section for
about twenty years, and dur
ing that time many birds have
visited our feeding shelves.
They have been a delight to US.
Recently a mocker has
taken possession of our par
ticular yard, and will let no
other birds near the food. For
days now the feeders have not
been touched.
He does not eat the sun
flower seed himself, but try as
they will, the others are not
allowed near. If they are so
bold as to try it, they are
promptly chased away.
This was the time every
year the purple flnches arrived.
We were afraid they, too,
would not be able to enjoy
the food, and. Of course, we
would not be able to enjoy
seeing them.
is there anything we can
do?"
1t is an old problem, as
often remarked here, but al
ways a personal one to the
family involved.
Actually, there is very little
one can do about it.
The mockingbird gets this
idea into his head, a sort of
fixed idea" such as Berlioz
used in his famous Fantastic
Symphony"
The idea, as held in the
mocker's head, is that no other
bird shall get the food.
Just why he wants to be so
mean is unknown.
Maybe it is a fixed idea of
spring. when he must rustic
up food for several new
mouths.
Perhaps it is just the mean
ness inherent in life-who
knows?
AT any rate, as we have said
here some hundreds of times
over the years. he will soon
give up the vigil.
And do you know why? Be-
cause it takes too much work
The male mocker, no more
than other living things, likes
to work too hard.
And it must be real work,
to. police a whole yard. and
especially to prevent others
from getting at the food.
He perches on a fence. or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16

in a tree, with his sharp little
eyes in focus.
He waits, and dives.
He waits, and dives again.
But being male, he is rest
less. and wants a change OF
scene.
So in time he gives up, and
lets well enough alone.
In the meantime. he seems
utterly useless to the human
watchers of the scene.
If they desire to do some
thing" as most people do,
they might try putting out
seedleSs raisins on the other
side of the house.
No one can guarantee that
this will work.
Sometimes it does. again it
will not.
Time is the real cure. No
mocklngbird. no matter how
much he resents the others.
can keep up this sort of thing.
Finally. something will hap
pen to divert his attention.
Rest assured. however, that
the other species are not dumb.
by any means. and that they
probably are getting more food
than you think.
No human being. especially
the lady of the house. can
watch every second. every min
ute of the time.
1t is during these unmatched
times, we feel, the others rush
in to get a bite or two.
Actually, a we'll stocked
feeding station gives a some
what false picture of bird ap-
petite.
Really. they do not eat all
the time-juSt some OF the
time. Often, in a happy bird
day, they fly hither and
thither, now here and now
there, without thought of food.
Perhaps they go to some
other station in the neighbour
hood, then back again. Well,
If they find old meanie there,
playing dog in the manger,
what do they care?
Be sure. kind friend. that
they do get something to eat,
although you may not see their
every move.
More active easures
against the mockingbird may
result in frightening all the
other birds away, too. So take
it easy, and let nature run its
course, in this respect. In time,
even the most belligerent
mocker will decide it is not SO
much fun, after all. a.
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ize that this and many other
social customs are historically
based upon our Judeo-Chris-
tan tradition? Blue laws are
to help us keep the Third
Commandment: Remember
that thou keep holy the sab
bath day."
E-wxIos-n-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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Explanation

Donald F.. Haynes wants
to have explained lin words
Of approximately one syl-
liable" what is it that makes
Sunday sales OF liquor wrong
and Monday sales right.
Does not Mr. Haynes real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16

@. What is the per capita
share of the 1857 national
budeetp--C. S.
A. The new budget will cosa
every man. woman and Chile
in the United States an aver.
age of $4l6 each. 4
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERV
A to facua
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worlds highest. In 1897. a
United States flyer, Jimmy
Angel, had discovered the
waterfall when flying over the
then-unexplored wilderness Of
southeastern Venezuela near
the Brazilian border.
@. At what rate does gravity
decrease, as one leaves the
earth?--N. L.
A. Newton'S law states that
the force of gravity decreases
in proportion to the inverse
square of the distance from
an objects center of gravity.
If gravity has a certain force
at a given distance, it has
only one-fourth that force at
twice the distance; one-ninth
at three times the distance;
-twenty-fifth at five times,
etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16

@. When did explorers fin
ally reach Angel Falls in Vene-
zula?-E. o.
A. On May 10, 1949. a radio
message from the Venezuelan
American Scientific Expedition
reported its arrival at the. foot
OF the cataract. which the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16

@. Is the microphone a re-
cent invention?-J. d.
A. The term "microphone"
was coined in 1927 by the
English physicist and inven-
tor, Sir Charles Wheatstone,
as the name OF an acoustic
device he built to amplify
feeble sounds. In l877-78, in
telegraphy and telephony ex-
periments, Prof. ID. E. Hughes.
also an Englishman. "discov-
cred" the use of the micro
phone in those applications.
In the United States. Emile
Berliner. Of Washington, d. c.,
designed microphone in 1877.
Both men noted, and employed,
the previously known principle
that the resistance of a loose
electrical contact varies with
pressure.
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Mcclellan Smith.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04

Schields and children OF Billing.
and Mrs. Amaus Usselman Of
Fairview had dinner at the TED
Schields home.
The Three Buttes Homemakers
and their families enjoyed a pic
mic supper at the Lester McMil-
len home Saturday evening.
Dennie Stordahl spent the week
end with Larry Putnam.
Thursday morning Mr.. and
Mrs. Ted Schields, Bobbie, Da-
vid and Connie drove to Great
Falls on business. They returned
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Burgess
were supper guests at the Bob
Bahls home Thursday.
Donald Franz was an over
night visitor at the Fred Franz
home Saturday.
Elaine Bahls spent a day last
week with Deborah Thornton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Reidle and
girls visited at the Erwin Putnam
home Wednesday evening.
Bob Franz, Sherman Dynneson
and Roger johnson we're visitors
at the Harold Franz home Fri
day evening.
Mrs. Gail Sawyer, Mrs. John
Sawyer and Bert took Mrs. Gene
Palmer and children home We'd
nesday afternoon.
Marlene Provost returned to
Billings to summer school last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pre-
vost and Rene drove to Great
Falls Friday to visit Charlotte
and other relatives at Havre.
The Bronson Farmhands All
club will hold their annual picnic
farm on Sunday, July 7, starting
and tour at the Jim Putnam
at 1000 a. m.
Leona Franz is spending two
weeks at home from her duties
assistant Home Demonstration
agent in Yellowstone county.
Bob and Don Franz spent the
day with Sherman Dynneson on
Sunday.
The John Sawyers called at
the Theo. Schields home Sunday
Mrs. Lille Nevins and Orlo
spent Sunday afternoon at the
Jim Putnam home after having
dinner at the Will Nevins home.
That evening they called at the
Gordon Quilting home.
Leona and Bob Franz called
at the Dennis Dynneson home
Monday evening.
Over night guests at the Theo.
Schields home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Suko Of LaMoure, N. D., and
Mrs. Fred Rinio of Great Falls.
They left Saturday afternoon to
to North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Franz and
children called at the Edith
ohme Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Putnam
md family we're Friday evening
supper guests of the Paul
oropps Of Fairview.
Sunday dinner guests at the
fred Franz home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Franz and Douglas,
md Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Franz and
,aby.
Wilma Franz accompanied Mr..
md Mrs. Russell Johnson home
rom Billings to spend the week
nd at her home here.
Marlys Woodwork attended a y
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04
Three ButteS
BY H~omemaksrs' Club

Mr.. and Mrs. Dave A1bin and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
McMillen called at the Walter
Bauman home Sunday evening.
A week ago Friday morning
the Theo. Schields family drove
to Kuhn, N. D., to attend the
city's seth jubilee celebration and
to visit with the Dave HEIR and
Clarence HEIR families. They
returned Tuesday evening.
The Three Buttes Homemakers
ladies drove to Williston a week
ago Thursday, where they did
some shopping, had dinner, and
later visited the TV tower. On
their return they had lunch at
the A & w Root Beer stand.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mcbride
went to Poplar to meet a cousin
Of Mrs. Mcbride, Mrs. Bill Luck
man and husband of Glasgow and
attended the rodeo.
Deborah and Eddie Thornton
spent Thursday at the Bob Bahls
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Radke
visited at the Herb Hier home
Sunday evening.
On Wednesday Mrs. Otto
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04

Last week on Wednesday, Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Dige, Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Nealson of Seattle, Washing
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald
Cholewinski of Spokane were cot.
fee guests at the Chris Rasmussen
home.
Kerry Rasmussen celebrated his
10th birthday on his grandparents
farm. A group enjoyed a wiener
roast in the evening.
Mrs. Dale Swanson, Marilyn
and Robert and Mrs. Nell Swan
son returned to Spokane on Sat
urday after spending two weeks at
the Chris Rasmussen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Rasmussen
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John Hundtoft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Drewe of
Winnipeg, Manitoba, were guests
of Chris Rasmussens on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bradley
are spending this week at the Joe
Gartner home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Gartner, Mr.
and Mrs. Volney Anderson called
at the Andrew Hanto home Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cundiff Jr.,
visited at the home of MI. and
Mrs. Don Baxter of Fairview on
Wednesday evening and brought
Debbie and Denny home with
them to visit until Sunday. Audrey
Weaver visited at the John Cum
diff, Jr., home Tuesday forenoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Baxter and
the John Cundiff Jr. family had
a picnic together at Natural Cor
raj Sunday night.
Callers at the Russell Denowh
home Friday evening were Mr..
and Mrs. Gene Denowh of Fair
view and MIR. and Mrs. Bob Dahl
and family of Sidney.
Sunday dinner guests at the
Russell Denowh home yer Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Yockim and fam
lily.
Thursday evening the Russell
Denowh family called at his folks
the Julius Denowh's in Fairview.
Mrs. Russell Denowh and chill
dren visited Helen Gartner Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Hoff and
from Richardton, NJ. Oak,
visited the Cecil Gartner family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burns and
and Mrs. W. c. Price all
at the Cecil Gartner base
ment until after the tornado
ended up only in a wind
storm. Certainly thankful for that.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Gartner call
ed at the Cecil Gartner home on
evening.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04

bid goodbye to Mrs. Wallace Hill.
de and family. Mrs. Hide Is q sis
ter of Mrs Stevenson and Mr.
Rivet.
Mrs. John Cosgrove and Kay OF
Terry, visited Mrs. Charles Bald
nor at the Jake Reisig home on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Reisig and
Joan are back from Denver, Col
orado, where they attended the
general conference for the Ger
man Congregational churches.
They visited with friends and rel
atives and on the way home, they
stopped to see the Arden Brown
ing family in Torrington, Wyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Book visited
at the Wright home on Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Gunnar Hansen and Mrs.
Melvin Bakken attended the state
convention of the Democratic
Women's clubs Saturday and Sum
day.
Mrs. Reynold Piche and JEAN
ME, Mrs. Willis Lapp and children
went to Fallon on Sunday to visit
Mrs. Fred Lapp.
Mrs. Everett Goldsmith is
spending a few weeks in Miles
City with her daughter, Betty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Pentz and
Donna were supper guests at the
Melvin Bakken home Monday eve
ming. i.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Bradley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Johnson aud
Roger, Carla, Paula and Donnie
Gartner had supper at the Asa
Bradley home on Sunday evening.
Beverly Rein spent the week end
at the John Gable home. Gloria
Gable has gone to Terry to spent
a few days with Beverly.
Crane had half inch of rain on
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Douglass
visited at the Mike McGrady home
IN Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Nelson and Mrs.
Bergthe DeLarn visited at the
Steve Douglass home Monday eve
ming.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04

Lambert School, were present a
was also George Armour, son O
Doc Armour who was a genera
practitioner here a number O
years ago and Of course Georg
Armour Howell who grew up il
Lambert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Lobdell an,
children Of Malta, Montana ar
spending their vacation at thu
home OF Mrs. Lobdell's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Petrik Sr
and with other relatives ane
friends In the Lambert and Rich.
ey areas. They arrived here Mon
day evening, July /.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Petrik
Charlotte Evanson and Oscar
kvaalen drove to Bainville, Mon
tana Sunday, where they at
tended the Ordination services O.
a friend, Donald Smestad.
Guest speaker Awad Ismir a,
the First Lutheran church in
Lambert spoke of his life as a
Christian in the Holy Land on
Monday night. While in Lambert
he was a house guest at the Osten
kvaalen home and Tuesday noon
luncheon guest at the Grant Bur-
CESS home.
Mr.. and Mrs. CORN Petersen
Jr. and baby Deborha arrived
here Monday from Rantoul, Min
nesota for a weeks visit as CORN
has a furlough at this time. They
will leave the tenth of July for
Victoria, Texas, where he will
be stationed with the Air Force
for a time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Rehbein
Jr. are the parents of a baby
boy born in Sidney June %.
Baby Ronald and his mother are
doing nicely.
Joe Heiser lost his horse the
first of the week when he broke
his neck from a fall off a rail-
road bridge. The horse had been
staked out to Craze and had pull
ed loose the stake and with The
rope and chain trailing behind
him be became excited and ran
down the railroad track toward
the Bob Rehbein farm where he
has been staying. His foot be-
came lodged between bridge tim
bers on one of the railroad brid-
ges and in his excitement broke
his leg and in another plunge
sent him over the edge of
the bridge the animal broke its
neck.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04
Missionary From
Africa At Baptist
Church July 9Th

Rev. Gilbert Schneider, who has
spent approximately ten years in
the Cameroons of Africa, as a
missionary, will be speaking at
the First Baptist church of Sid
ney, on Tuesday evening, Judy 9,
at 8 o'clock. There is also a pos
sibility that he will be showing
some pictures of his work among
the leperous people Of Africa and
what is being done to help them.
Rev. Schneider is able only to
pass through Montana and this is
the only place he will be stopping.
The church invites anyone who
is interested to learn what is be-
ing done to help these people who
are not only in spiritual darkness,
but who are also struck by a dis
ease that has taken the lives of
many people. Come and take the
opportunity to hear and ask ques-
tons concerning this work. The
doors are open to everyone.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04

/ picnic in Fairview Wednesday
evening Of her former Girl
Scout troop, after which she
spent the night with Beverley
Biel.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. Har-
old Franz and Edith Anne, and
Mrs. Edith Obergfell visited with
Guy Jewett at Fairview. -
Saturday afternoon MI. and
Mrs. Ed Bussert and son Curtis,
Mrs. John Hemrick Jr. and Mrs.
John Miller of Selby, S. Oak,
visited from Saturday afternoon
to Monday morning at the Thee.
Schields home.
The Erwin Putnam family spent
the week at their valley farm
making hay.
Mrs. Thee. Schields called at
the Jim Putnam home Tuesday
morning.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04
'Harmonettes' At
Baptist Church
Sunday, July 7th

The "Harmonettes," a girls trio,
travelling all over the United
States and Canada will be in the
First Baptist church of Sidney,
on Sunday evening, July 7th, be-
ginning at 1880 pm.
The public is invited TO hear
the fine singing that these girls
will be bringing. They have been
attending the Christian Training
Institute of Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, which has produced some
very good singers. You won't want
to miss the opportunity of hearing
these girls. The First Baptist
church is very happy to be able
TO bring them to this community
for your benefit and blessing.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04
MIDWAY Al CLUB

The June meeting was called
to order by Bob Franz, president.
This meeting was held on the
Midway school playground. Mar
lys Woodwork and Judy Albin
led the group in singing. Roll call
was answered by giving a rule
of etiquette. Mary Lou Putnam
gave a committee report on the
record holder she and Leona
Gierke bought. The motion was
made that we have a float in
the 4th of July parade if we have
time. 1t was decided that we
will have our club picnic and
tour on July z.
Ann Bauman showed two
films on safety.
After the meeting a weiner
roast was held.
Leona Gierke, reporter.
The Sidney herald., 1957-07-04
SIOUX PASS ITEMS

Melvin Anvik and a friend call
ed on the Carl Anviks Saturday
afternoon. Don Ross also called
that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bailey and
family were Sunday night guests
at the Alex Skorick home In
Bainville.