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T h u rtd ay , October 17, 194C
Th fl«B HRJtwrs
HB. f t r w
N avy Day to be Observed
Sunday, October 27
States and its observance is sport* fense. Tills program is of such na­
sored annually by the league.
ture that it cannot possibly be com
October 27th wua »elected be­ pit-led immediately, it uppeurs that
cause it is Hie unniversary of the
le a rn in g , under duress, the
Aguln II i U year, Hie birthday of
birth of President Theodore Hooae- necessity of maintaining our armedi
Theodore Ruoseve.lt, October 27,b, veJl, so much of whose life was de­
forces in a stale of readiness and
lias been selected by the Navy
voted to establishing a sound naval strenglli adequate at ull times foi
League of the United Stutes (or the
policy fo r Hie United Slates. It w ill our national security.
uiinuul observance of Nuvy Day.
be remembered that President Ro­
Tile Navy League of Hie United
Judge W illiam A. Eh w all, of
osevelt first achieved u national Stales has. since its inception, en
Portland, ba* been appointed ax
reputation by w riting a navul his­
at ill- chairman of Hie Nuvy Day eel- tory of Hu- War of 1812. Later us deavored Io keep this basic neces­
e lre llo n for tin- state of Oregon. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, sity uppermost in the minds of the
Working with Judge Ekwell, lieu* and finully as President, Roosevelt nation, w ith specific reference to
tenunl Communder I.. II, Stuart. bent Ids tremendous energies to our Navy. I inter the present world
Navy Hecrultilig officer for Hie impress upon the American people conditions there can lie no reason
«tale of Oregon, eaatern Washing­ Hu- necessity for an tdcipiate Na­ whatsoever. Io change this policy.
ton unit northern Idaho, togelhen vy, ami endeavored through his Therefore, on Navy Day 1940, the
attention of Hie public is invited to
with hia staff, are preparing for leadership to realise this ideal
Hie fundamental piupuMiion
proposition uiai
that we
i.. i mt
.
»bite wide observation of the oc­
• i.
“ ' ,M e rve d I »hould 'Keep the Navy Strong’ A
casion.
ribule to the sea heroes of Hie Na- strong navy, it is bellevTd U our
Navy Day was inaugurated in 1922 Hon and recalling the ap.end.d par, ............ilIIllry insurance ¿V’ n a H . Z
by the Navy League of the United
Hi» navy lias played in making and security.
ke.pi..g us a nation, the Navy Day I The Navy has played no small
observance has prove.! a valuable I par, in the progress of the United
means of fostering a heller under­ States to its present state of in flu ­
standing of Hie Nuvy and ils work. ence and it is good for the people to
Such information, in a country stop a moment and re fle t on who,
where government is by publie
Hie Navy lias done toward the na­
ALWAYS TWO FEATURES
pinion, is essential Io Hie formation tion s prosperity and greatness —
of correct judgments affecting Na­ and to realize that the Navy carries
Ends Saturday Night
val policy, and in this work of in ­
no threat, bu, lends authority to
Jane Withers - Gene Autry in
formation the Navy Duy observance America’s voice speaking for law
has played a considerable part.
nnd justice.
“Shooting H ig h ”
The fad that world uffairs change
Plus ('.buries Sturrett in
ami dangerous situations develop in
1940 Call for Red Cross Recruits
Mayor S. S. Barnes, Wrangell,
Alaska, who was clawed l y a grizzly
bear in the Alaska wilderness Sun­
day, died at Seattle Saturday in a
hospital.
Barnes, a salmon packer, was
mauled and mangled by a female
grizzly which attacked him while
he was hunting i n the Stikine river
country, near Wrangell. His com­
panions, among them L. J. Skaggs
and F. M. Stokes, Portland, Ore
business men, said the animal
charged him from the rear and he
was able to fire only once appar­
ently without effect.
Farmers had enough grain on
band at Ihe end of ihe 1940 har­
vest to raise 74 pounds of pork for
• v»ry person ip the U. S.
ROXY
Read the advertisements fn _
paper for reliable places to trade.
N o rth Portland Livestock
a very short time has been brought
forcibly Io public attention in Ihe
M a rk e t News
|Mis, year. As a result of present
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
world conditions, Hits country has
Tin- livestock market at the Port
Tyrone Power, Dorothy l.umoi-.r embarked on an expansion program
land Union Stock Yards, North
Edward Arnold in
in all departments of national <!•- Portiuml, for Hie week ended Oc­
“Johnny Apollo”
tober 12th, stiowed some improve­
Plus John Payne in
' " " ' " ‘ VMUSSSSSSSSSSSSVSSSSM ment in Ihe demand ami sales of
“Kid N ightingale”
liogs, especially around Hie middle
A ugust W . G lutach
of Ihe week. Gattle trading was on
DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY
a generally 2.x- or more lower bas­
Wednesday nnd Tbursduy
is for short feds, belter grass steers,
Successor To Dr. Jud Rickert
Cary Grant, ilosalimt Russell in
beef cows, and heifers. Good hulls
Spc. lalist in nil problems a,
and vealcr calves were steady. The
“Hia G irl F rid a y ”
eye comfort and vision
sheep market was steady and active
plus
308 l-luhrer Bldg. - Phons 1,48
The 1940 Poster of The American Red Croa. aounda the call to the nation to
throughout Hie week at unchanged
“G irl in 313”
Medford, Oregon
serve humanity within th . rank, of thia army of mercy
lirices. There were 2.30» cattle, 33a
calves. 4,050 hogs and 2.455 sheep j^ E E P IN Q step with -.he boys called
! by sharing In the rita lly Important
sold in o|H-n market trading during
to the colors In America’s new work of the Red Cross. Join as a .ro-m
the past week.
defense army and navy, w ill be the her of the local Chapter during the
This week’s trading opened Mon­ American Red Cross, fu lflllln g Its roll call. November 11 to 30. and
mission of service to the men In the through
your support you
w ill
day w itli ,,275 cattle, 120 calves,
line and to thPlr loved ones at home, strengthen the Red Cross army of
2,150 hogs and 1,450 sheep for sale
Chairman Norman H. Davis announced mercy.
on the open market.
Recruits are needed not alone as
In
Washington.
Tlie shortened supply of cattle did
‘‘Several thousand R el Cross nurses members, but also as volunteer work­
not materially affect the market.
ers in the Red Cross Chapters.”
While early sales were around 25c already have been called to the col­
Red Cross work w ill continue an
higher most late sales were no more ors." Mr. Davis said, "and Red Cross diminished in its usual domestic uro­
field directors, and thousands of Hed
than steady. A load of good light
gram of relief in disaster: community
Cross workers In Chapters throughout public health nursing: safety educa
grain fed steers brought 810.35. the nation, are ready to help America's
Grass fat steers sold around 88.50 soldiers and sailors with personal tlon and promotion of the Junior Red
This departm ent has recently been added to take
to 9.35, with common grades down­ problems. Just as in the 1917-18 Wortd Cross. An Individual membership ,np
ports all o f this work, not only in Red
cure of Used Fu rn itu re which has been traded
ward to 87.00, and plain dairy steers War period.
Cross Chapters, but in the nation.
’’Every
patriotic
man
and
woman
in on new. A visit to this departm ent w ill
up from 85.50, w ith cutters down
Relief to war victims In Europe Is
to 85.00. Common to medium grass In the United States, who wants to do financed by the $20.000.000 wsi relief
be w orth your while.
heifers sold 86.00 to 8.50. Canner to his or her share In upholding the na fund contributed by the public during
Uonal defense of our nation, can do so the summer of 1940.
common cows sold around 83.50 to
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5.00 w ith a few fat dairy cows up
to 85.50, or slightly above. Good
W e invite you to come in and look over
, beef cows moved around 86.75 ,o two gases mentioned were intro- ionai champions went to ‘Miss Kan-
our New and Used F u rn itu re at any tim e,
7.25. Medium to good bulls sold (iticecl into the stomach under even sas •
W e w ill gladly show you our stock and you
86.50 to 7.25. A few choice vealcrs moderate pressure, she soon show­
are under no obligation to buy.
we it at 812.00 w ith the hulk 810- ed symptoms of bloat distress und
had to be relieved Io avoid death.
50 to 12.00.
Ordinary
air, on Ihe other hand
Hog prices were generally steady
compared with Inst Monday, w ith could be. introduced under great
truck-ins ,0c lower than late last pressure without causing any ser­
ious difficulty.
week. Good Io choice 170 to 215 lb.
Tests made on a heifer which
truck ins sold from 86.35 to 6.50.
“ Furniture you’ll admire at Prices you’ll
actually
died of bloat revealed the
with the bulk a, 86.40. Carlots again
appreciate”
made 86.60. Butchcia weighing 225 gases in the paunch in about the
found dangerous
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“ Government employment has in-
to 27’) lbs. weni at 85.75 to 5.90 »villi proportions
G rants Pass, Oregon
experimental tests, and samples creased nearly 100 per cent. Gov
some in the rail section at 86.10. the
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expenditures U
have
in-
Packing sows moved at 84.50 to of the blood showed that it
creased
nearly
200
per
cent,
now
absorbed
large
quantities
of
hy­
.>.00. Feeder pigs were mainly 85.00
drogen sulphide gas into the blood amounting to over nine billion dol­
to 5.50.
lars. Government borrowing has in­
Prices in the sheep alleys ruled stream, which was the probable creased over 150 per cent. Here is
cause of death.
a real political boom. Here is one
steady to strong, w ith the extreme
Studies are being continued to
lop on fat lambs 25c higher. Good
to choice lambs bulked a, 88.25 to reveal, if possible, methods of
8.50, with two loads of good weight preventing or curing bloat, based
quality lambs nt 88.75. Medium to on these hitherto unknown facts
concerning it.
good lambs made 87.50 ,o 8.00.
Shorn lambs moved from 87.75
ALASKA SOON TO GET
downward, w ith medium grades n-
round 87.00 to 7.25. Good slaughter SQUADRON OF ARMY FLIERS
•wes sold up ,o 83.50 w ith a few
The firs, army air corps tactical
odd lots of outstanding kinds at
83.75 to 4.00.
squadron ever assigned to Alaska
w ill leave on November 1 for Fait-
Overloaded!
banks.
Bloat Deaths Caused by
It w ill lx. »Li. i s n „ „ „
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activity in which the enterpriser has
b» tin 18th pursuit squad-j become both rich and powerful. But
Poison Gas, N o t Pressure
ron, equipped nt-the outset w ith all this has been accomplished at
eight or ten planes. About 150 en­ the expense of the people, who have
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t« ! men and officers w ill cont- paid for it not only in taxes but in
l l al death from cattle bloat is i —
the losses which their enterprises
caused by the ixiisonous nature o f , Pr *s‘‘ Hie personnel
Hie gases concerned rather than by
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is being sent to have suffered as a result of this gov­
ernment activity.”
the pressure of those gases, is the the Alaskan base to give fliers
conclusion of B. W. Dougherty, as­ training in cold weather and sub-
H id d e n T a x e s
sistant professor of veterinary me­ Arctic ojx'rations as well as to lay
More than 22 per cent of the total
national income is taken by Fed­
dicine, after extensive research into the ground w ork fo r far north de
eral, State and local tax collectors.
ihis ancient malady conducted a, the fense.
RUN PROOF
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Even tho a person does not pay taxes
Oregon experiment station. D r.
directly, taxes nevertheless are
I PkaM wnd ( ) ponti«»
Dougherty recently reported his OREGON LEGHORN WINS 2nd
! CHARGE □
M O N O ORDER □
passed on to him hidden in higher
findings to the American Veterinary AT NATIONAL EXHIBITION
prices for the things he has to buy.
Styl«
Site
in regular and extra tizei. Beau­
Medical association at its national
A person with an income of $80 a
6-wl
tifully tailored for extra wear.
month pays indirect taxes of $9.67 a
convention in Washington, D. C.
Starti»
Atlantic City, N. J., ‘Miss Oregon,’ month, or ¡2 per cent of his income.
L oom L«p
1, was found that carbon monox­
a White Leghorn owned by J. A. One with an income of $150 a month
BRIIFS
LOOSI LIO
ide, which is the poisonous exhaust
Hansen of Corvallis, can strut when pays $19.10 monthly in hidden taxes,
SHORTII
STIF-IN
gas of automobiles, and hydrogen she gets home.
or 12.7 per cent of his income. This
Blush O n ly
sulphide, .sometimes called ‘rotten-
She was named the second best is in addition to taxes paid directly.
egg gas because of a sim ilar odor, hen in the United States after cal­
CHy-
were generated in abnormal quan- culation by 13 judges at the fifth
tities under bloat conditions.
northeastern poultry convention.
Expérimenta were carried on with
‘Miss Oregon’ laid 343 eggs in 51
an animal which had been provided weeks, three more titan ‘Miss Mas­
with an a rtificial aliening from the sachusetts.’ who w a s crowned
side into the stomach through
champion. The. New England hen
which the nature of the gasses gen­ was deemed better looking.
G rants Pass
“Stranger
from
AMSKA mayor clawed
BY GRIZZLY BEAR DIES
Texas”
Come in and look over our
New Trade-in Department
WENDEU
W ILLKIE
MANCHEL’S
TRICOT PAVTIES
The Golden Rule
GRANTS PASS. OREGON
Now Showing —
TYRONE POWER IN
“Bringham Young
tiersm an”
Brian Donlevy, John Carradine
Preview Saturday 11 P.M.
The Higgins Family in
“The E a rl of Puddlestone”
Sun, Mon, Tues; Oc4. 20-21-22
“BOOMTOWN”
Clark Bable & Spencer Tracy
Matinee 40c,
Evenings 55c
Kiddies always 10c
Coming Soon—
George Raft & Ann Sheriden in
“They D riv e
by N ig h t”
SJ
GRANTS PASS, OREGON
Now Showing —
“The Quarterback”
W ith Wayne Morris
Also
“Three Men from Texas”
W ith Hopalong Cassidy
Sunday, Monday; Oct. 20-21
Hugh Herbert - Boland Young
“Private Affairs”
Plus Ann Shirley in
“Anne of Windy Poplars”
Tues, and Weds., Pal Nites!
“The Old Dark House”
— Plus —
“Son of the Navy”
WATCH REPAIRING
S.
hfs’SÍSor
Since 1918
21 S. Centra]—Next to Craterlan
Medford, Oregon
The Seal of Approval
Awarded by the American In ­
stitute of Laundering after
Passing Rigid Tests
OUR DRIVER PICKS UP AND
DELIVERS ON TUES. & FRI.
Leave Your I-aundry at The
“Ace of Spades”
GRANTS PASS
STEAM LAUNDRY
“Since 1900’’
Conger Funeral Parlors
erated could be studied. If these
Third place among the 12 rog-
F ro n ­
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REASONABLE