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, v v f i Sir MIZE M I C H T Johnny Miza packs a lot of weight and wal lop. The first baseman will be in the National League home- run Derby as long as he plays with the Giants and 77 games at the Polo Crounds, where the short right field foul line smiles at a left-hand pull hitter. Election Of Officers Set By Retail Trade Assn. Election of officers will feature the regular luncheon meeting of the Rosehurg Retail Trade Asso ciation Wednesday noon at the Umpqua Hotel. Candidates for president include Robert Bellows, J .hn Hardiman and Roland West. Other candidates include Dale Sims, B. C. Elliott, and Jack Faiiss Jr., for vice president; Ed Nolte, Freeman Keller and Irvin Brunn, for treasurer, and Rod Nevue, Ray Sims, Perry Ashcraft, Jack West, Noble Goettel and Lowell Rhoden, for the two three year directorships. All retail merchants are urged to attend the meeting. 20 Persons Crown When Truck Plunges Into River . ISTANBUL, Turkey, May-10. (TP) Twenty persons drowned yesterday when a truck plunged Into a river near Bingol in East ern Turkey, press reports said. The dispatches said the trucks brakes failed and the vehicle smashed through a bridf e railing into the river. Wedding. Musio on O'der In Waterloo, Iowa, the public library loans recording of wed ding music to couples for their marriage ceremonies. Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phone 1170 Over Rexall Drug Store . It f tf V A HEATING OILS Diesel and Stove Oils Qualify Oils For Every Purpose PROMPT METERED DELIVERIES I. A. Pearson, Distribute. General Petroleum Products Phon 321-J MARKETS PRODUCE PORTLAND. May 10. CD Buttarfat (Tentative, subject to immediate change): Premium quality maximum to .35 to 1 per cent acidity delivered in Portland, 61-64c lb.; first quality 59-62c lb.; second quality 57-60c. Valley routes and country points 2c less than first. Butter Wholesale F. O. B. bulk cubes to wholesalers: Grade AA, 93 score. 61-62C lb.: A. 92 score, 60-61 ic lb.: B, 90 score, 58c lb.; C, 89 score, 57c lb. Above prices are strictly nominal. Cheese (Selling price to Port land wholesalers): Oregon singles, 38J-48ic; Oregon Sib. loaf, 41s-50Je. Eggs (To wholesalers): A grade large, 53-53ic; A grade, medium, 51-521c; B grade, large, 47s-50c. Live Chickens (No. 1 quality F, O. B. plants): Broilers, under 2j lbs.. 27-28c: fryers. 2j-3 lbs, 29-30c; 3-4 lbs., 30-31C; roasters, 4 lbs. and over, 30-31c; fowl, leg horns, 4 lbs. ana under, zt-zsc; leghorns, over 4 lbs.. 26-27e: color ed fowl, all weights, 31c; old roosters, all weights, is-2Uc 10. Rabbits (Average to grow ers): Live white. 4-5 lbs.. 27-29c; 5-6 lbs., 25-27c; colored, 2 cents lower; old or heavy does, 13-18c io.; dressed fryers to butchers, 57-60c lb.; old and heavy ones, 35-38c lb. Fresh Dressed Meats (Whole salers to retailers per hundred ids.i: Beef: Steers, good, 500-800 lbs., $39-42; commercial, $38-41; util ity. $34-35. Cows: Commercial, $37-39; utility, $34-35; canner-cutter, $36 38. Beef Cuts (Good steers): Hind quarters, $49-53; rounds, $51-52; full loins, trimmed, $56-59; tri angles, $37-38; square chucks, $39-41; ribs, $45-48; forequarters, $37-38. Veal and Calf: Good-choice, $47 53; commercial, $47-49; utility, $35-42. Limbs: Good-choice, under 60 lbs., $51-53; commercial, $47-48. Mutton: Good, 70 lbs., down, $26-29. Pork Cuts: Loins, No. 1, 812 lbs., $49-53; shoulders, 16 lbs., down, $35-36; spareribs, $43-45; carcasses, $30-30.50. Wool: Coarse, valley and med ium grades, 45c lb. Mohair: Nominally 28c lb. on 12-month growth. Country-Killed Meats: Veal: Tog quality, 42-44c lb.; fancy to 4,tc; other grades ac cording to weight and quality. Hogs: Light blockers, 28-30c lb.; sows, 23-25c. Lambs: Top quality, 48-50c lb.; mutton, 18-20c. Beef: Good cows, 30-34C lb.; canners-cutters, 25-30c. Onions: 50 lbs. western Ore. yellows, No. 1 med., from cold storage, $2.00-2.40. Large, $2.75 3.00; boilers, li-78 in., $1.00; -10-lhs. boilers, 20c. Texas new crop yellow hermudas, $3.40-50; Texas white, $4.25. Potatoes: Russets, Deschutes, No. 1A, $4.25-40; 25-lb. No. 1A, $1.10-20; 15-lb. No. 1A, 70-75c; No. 2, 50 lbs., $1.60-65. Wash. Russets, No. 1A, $4.00-25. Idaho No. 1A, $4.50-75. New potatoes: Calif, long whites, size A, $4.35-75. Hay (Following wholesale prices are strictly nominal): U. S. No. 1 green alfalfa or better, baled truck Jots wholesale, Port land, $36-37; U. S. No. 1 mixed timothy, $38. Oats and vetch mixed hay, uncertified clover hay, nominally $20 ton, baled, on Willamette valley farms. LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore., May 8 UP) (USDA) Cattle: Good fed steers steady-strong; spots on medium-low good 25-50 cents higher; heifers and cows steady; bulls and vealers unchanged; two loads top good around 1080 lb. fed steers 25.75; three loads good 25 00-50; several loads top me-duim-low good 24.00-75; average medium 22.50-23.50; good fed heifers 23.00-24.00; medium 21.00 22.50; common 18.50-20.00; good cows 20.-21.00; medium 17.50 19.50; cutter-common 15.00-17.00; canners 12.50-14.50; good heavv beef bulls 23.00-50; good sausage bulls 21.50-22.50; medium 18.50 21.00; cutter-common 16.00 18.00; choice live vealers up to 33.00; bulk good-choice 28.00-32.00; me dium 25.00-27.50; common 15.00 24.50. Hogs: Butchers 50 cents high er; sows fully steady; feeder pigs unchanged; bulk and top good choice 180-235 lbs. 20.75; few 20.50; good-choice 150-170 Ihs. 18.50-19.25; few 300-320 lbs. 18.50 75; good-choice sows 16.00-17.00; stags 14.00-50; good-choice 90107 lb. feeder pigs 22.00-50. Sheep: Generally steady; good choice wool lambs 90-106 lbs. 23.50-24 00; good-choice 85-110 lb. clipped lambs No. 2 pelts 22.00 23.00; medium mostly 20.00; odd head clipped yearlings 21.00 22.00; few good-choloe wooled ewes 11.50; good-choice shorn ewes 10.00-11.00; common-medium 6.50-9.50. For better want ad results . . . name the brand in your ad. OLD Wi?invnTif:F AJLJD.1 I'iT A li IVUU If T r Trl f I" Kentucky lihiskey S A.iena C9 2" -t IaOI I J 45 Qt I AGcndemansWiiskcyfrom Kentucky National Distillers Prod. Corp, N.Y. M Proof 6S$ Graia Neutral Spirits mini i I i in iii 1 ,rrwuui i xW'' Awl - J JAM ON THE DRIVE Loggers prepare to place a charge of dynamite under a tanjlo durlnr the SDrlne drive to the duId mills In the Gatineau area north of Ottawa, Canada. Who Said 13 Is Unlucky? iiniiiiiimnmiifii linl i i in-imni inli mil i ' ir iiriimilmr T'lli ni i Here's proof that the old "13" superstition Is strictly bugaboo. In the Great Seal of the United States, emblem of American heritage, the number 13 appears in six different symbols, as noted on this sketch. Despite this multiple "jinx," Uncle Sam's nieces and nephews seem to have done all right since the seal was designed ' for the Continental Congress 1762. Judge Dismisses Suit After Eating Asparagus Mrs. Mabel Closson of San Francisco, Cal., arrived Tuesday for a visit with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. (Red) Eckhart of the Doerner dis trict. Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Conn visited last Monday In Eugene with the former's niece and also did some shopping. Several girl friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Williamson last Sunday to cele brate the birthday of their daugh ter, Phyllis. Games were played and refreshments served. Girls enjoying the party were Dalene and Jo Anne Busennark, jeanine and Louise Conn, Darlene Kruse, Donna Dillon, Anita Herman and Gayle Conn. Mrs. Vera Matthewman of Elga- rose visited In Sutherlln Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Flora Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. fc.mll Peterson of North Bend, former residents of Roschurg, spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Busenbark. Mrs. Elizabeth Nachter Is able to be out again after a bad siege of the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sheldon and their children went to Port land Friday to attend the funeral of the former's father, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack. lhe mothers ol the Looking- glass grade school defeated thoir daughters in a Softball game Fri day, 7 to 11. The Melrose grade scnool boys' and gills' sof'hall teams were badly defeated by the Looking glass teams when they played here last Thursday. Mrs. J. E. Young, Mrs. C. E. PORTLAND, Ore., May 10. (JP) A federal judge, after spending three days eating can ned asparagus, Monday dismiss ed the government's suit against the stuff. The government had contend ed that the "Ski Slide" brand of center asparagus cuts were more "fibrous and woody" than pure food laws allow. Judge Claude McColloch, who decided to taste his way to a deci sion, came into court Monday to rule the asparagus "an excellent product, considering Its low price." "Not everybody in the country can keep up with the Joneses and eat only asparagus tips,' said the judge. ."I ate all my can, and felt that I was helped by it." The government witnesses had con tended they found a quarter of their cans Inedible. "I took three days to eat the can," McColloch pointed out. "I suspect the government witnesses tried to eat their cans all at one time, and that may explain the severity of their judgment. . . . "I can see where, after 50 or 60 cuts eaten without spelling one self, one might become very particular." The aspartgus was manufac tured by Top-Side Canning Co., orandview, wash. Sexton Mountain Cabin Dweller Dies Of Bullet GRANTS PASS, May 10.-(JP) Tilden George Nelson, 73, was found dead in his cabin near Sex ton Mountain by his son, Laur ence, Early Monday morning. Death was due to a self-inflicted hullet wound in the head, Coroner Virgil Hull stated. He had been In bad health for a long period. SLABWOOD in 1 2-1 6 and 24 In. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone 658 pmam a a kj b1 e-etw Building Materials When needed. Large stocks of a complete line of materials for home construction insure immediate delivery. COEN SUPPLY CO. Phtns 121 Flosd A Mill Sts. J2l Ik I II AND ROOMY There is far more than fine cabinet kitchen looks In Kitchen Cabinet Units we plan and build to meet Individual needs. Why fret along with In adequate, stock-style cabinets when our To-Order Cabinets art so moderatly priced? jGffifiaB ' jfiiiipl Melrose Boy Aids Rescue Of 11 Persons In Boat Accident BREMERTON, Wash., May 10. (.P)-A 15-year-old high school freshman was credited with aid ing in saving the lives of 11 per sons after they were thrown into the waters of Dyes Inlet, near Chlco, Monday afternoon when a Navy craft sank. He Is Kim Reeve, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley R. Reeve of Bremerton. The ship, a landing craft per sonnal, was attached to the U. S. S. Union, an- attack cargo ship now here for repairs. A Navy spokesman said a crew of eight seamen were conducting a post-repair trial run at the time the ramp of the craft unexpect edly came open. Observers from the shore said the craft sank within a matter of seconds. On board were: Ellen Howe, 16, a freshman at Central Kltsay High School, her olde:- sister, Lue Howe, 19, and a brother, Jack, 15, freshman at Central Kitsap High School, all children of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Howe, Chlco. There were eight Navy sailors aboard the craft. . Young Reeve cruising nearby In a 16-foot cabin boat had been alongside the Navy craft a few minutes before the accident, and had taken off one of the passen gers, Sally McCrackln, 15-vear-old Central Kitsap High School freshman. "I got my boat there as quickly as possible," Reeve said. "They ail started swimming toward me ex cept one fellow. He weighed about 250 pounds and sank out of sight twice before one of the sailors got a hold of him and managed to get him to my boat. , "The boat wasn't large enough to hold them all but we got some inside and the others clung to the sides." A smaller boat arrived and then helped In the rescue. Wlda-Rango Lens OrHlnarlN. nhntnnpnnkl- t es cover a 50-degree angle. A new- ij-urvnuptfu jureign iens, now ever, covers a range of 210 de grees. Reece and Mrs. Mode were among those attending the mothers' sen ior tea at the Roseburg High School last Wednesday evening. Tuts., May 10, 1949 The Nws-Rvlew, Roseburg, Ore. 7 We've Felt Them On Street Cars i, I -'': l..v..-v.s,vr "s5s?i - t il " -liiini l ist - " " : Inventor John Kopczynski, left, and Robert King, of North Tona wanda, N. Y demonstrate the egg-shaped wheels which, Kopczyn ski says, will give vehicles greuler traction. He also says his new set-up includes device to insure smooth motion. ODD FELLOWS VISIT About 20 members of Gardiner Lodge No. 132, I. O. O. F. of Gar diner, Including members from both Reedsport and Gardiner, drove to North Bend Wednesday night to confer the first degree in the North Bend lodge. It is planned to have the degree team from Gardiner lodge confer a de gree at the Grand Lodge meeting to be held in North Bend this month. of fishing for and catching trout In tidewater. He was arrested by State Police Sgt. Richard Miles. The season for fishing for trout in tidewater does not open until June 15. 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