MERRY CHRISTMAS
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But tho Billiken has the answer. Speaker
posts, in addition to.sound, provide heaters
for each car. The owner of tho 600 car capa
city theater, Edward Hanby, concedes it’s no
impossible the we at1: -r may get bitter enough
to make the heaters ineffective, 'and if that
happens, he says the Billiken will close, bu
only temporarily. But in June, when hordes i
shirtsleeves and convertibles are flocking t
drive-ins elsewhere, the Billiken will be
forced to close--because of too much day
light. In mid-summer,, Anchorage has almost
20 hours of it. The sun sets a little before
10 at night .and rises again a little after
2 o9clock in the morning. The other four
hours are .twilight and dawn .rolled into one,
and it's, never dark enough long, enough'to
show more than a. cartoon.
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LOST AND FOUND
A brown wallet, believed lost on highway
near Copper Center. If found, please return
to Richard Hunt at Copper Valley School or
at Copper Center post Office. Call C.V.S.—
3286.
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WISHING EACH AND EVERYON
JOYOUS"
CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEl-J YEAR
ROCK COLLECTING
If all the rocks look the same to you, take
another look. Tho earth9 s crust has a. vast
amount of beauty in color and design. Stone
intrigued people many years ago. Tho whole
family can share. Onc9s pockctbook docs not
have to bo a fat one as o&uipmcnt need not
be expensive. It can consist of a prospect
or’s hammer with a chisel or pick opposite
the hammer. A cold chisel or a small sledge
hammer and a 10-poworcd magnifying glass is
a must. Your haversack is small, as rocks
are heavy. A handbook identifying rocks and
a notebook for recording locality is noodod.
How rocks aro formed—Ono can learn much
from stone as they seem to be crcatod just
for those that are interested. Under the
magnifying glass, the papperns of quarts,
feldspar, and mica crystals will stare right
back at you.' Our early inhabitants of the
North American continent used a hard black
glassy stone for arrowheads ~nd other cutt
ing instruments. It is called obsidian from
volcanoes. Ancient and modern lava flows in
many parts of the oarth from a heavy dark
fine-grained rock called basalt. Sedimentary
tell of action of sun, rain, wind, frost,
and flowing wators-that produce sandstone, r
shales, and conglomerate, or pudding stone.
SEASONS
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Sandstone and shale have always been the hunt
ing ground of fossol collectors plant and
animal life contributed to the formation of ,
; certain limestone beds. Sometines the find is
fine. j
| Fossils Specimens... Heat and pressure change
I shale to slate, used in blackboard. Marble, a
1 metamorphosed limestone or dolormitc has long
j 'been used by builders and sculptors. Where i
j to look—Beaches on seashore, inland lake orj
t river banks, your own back yard or local grayel
pits. Mountainous or hilly country with rock
out croppings often produce minerals or
: crystals. Excavations for building, railways,
1 highways, waste rock dump and from mines and
5 abandoned ones. Quarries are often good. |
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE—,
AND BEST WISHED FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR’
A one mineral collection—Most specimens
collected arc some form of quarts because oif
their gem—quality stones. The fairest membey
is rock crystal, so clear and colorless it
is used in optical apparatus. The double- j
ended crystals are known as the :,Herkimer j
diamonds from New York State. A close kin,
milky quarts because of liquid inclusions.
Flecks of gold and other precious minerals
may be found in the texture, may lead to
ore-bearing veins. Iris agate needs light tci)
bring out its rainbow hues. Opal, born in |
hot springs have a variety of color when
displayed under a ray of light. Aggate come^
in blue, brown, black, jasper, shadow, and
moss, also varicolored have been found.
The Thoundcr egg—Potato stone or geode,
I when cut open may be a chest of beautiful
crystals or colorful chalcedony or agate
material. In Brazil or Uruguay, their 1m- j
ing are colored and perfectly formed ameth-j
yst crystals. Some have water in them.
Around Keobuk, Iowa, some found petroleum
in them. Moss agate is not formed by fossil
ized moss. Against almost colorless back
ground, oxides of manganese or iron make
attractive designs in brown, black, or
green. Agate and plant life do combine, this
result is petrified wood. So minutly many
replacements of mineral for vegetable
structure have been made that the cellular
mu s cm
VIS EXTEND A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS TO EACH AND
ALL AND AND A HAPPY NET YEAR!
formation is preserved and this often applie
to fossilized dinosaur bones. Hot, silica
bearing waters wrought the transformation,
round out quartz collection by specimens of
agatized or opalized wood, One mineral may
totally cover another and fool you until you
touch it and break it open. Clear quartz fro
San Diego, California will will incase pink
‘tourmaline. Tourmaline comes in many colors,
sometimes like a candy cane, Stilbite from
Two Islands, Nova Scotia has miniature wheat
sheaves, but don’t get,this mineral near hea
the wheatlike ends mil start to swell and
writhe like worms. Give your collection
good care as they deteriorate rapidly,
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