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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
1 lc 25c 40c Tax 10 pc Lillard Out for
Stellar Mat C ards
Fnday and Saturday!
Claudette Colbert
and
Ray Milland
“SKYLARK
“HEYFOOT”
SUN • MON • TUE
Jack Benny
and
Carole Lombard
“TO BE OR
NOT TO BE”
BARGAIN
DAYS
BIG
HITS
Promotei .«rack Lillard will con
tinue his policy to bring southern
Oregon w,estnng tans the best
available talent in the nailon lo
Medford armory next Monday
night when he will present another
of his stellar mat cards. Lillard
was unable to say Just what his
line up would be but planned to
have an announcement ready late
today.
Lillard said he hoped to be able
to bring Tom Rice, former USF
football star and one of the fastest
developing grappling men in the
business, to Medford in the near
future.
Norval Stockstill, who was to
have met Tex Clinier in a special
added attraction last Monday, was
injured in training but informed
.Lillard he will be able to go in a
week or two. Stockstill is an
amateur wrestler from Talent who
is anxious to break into the mat
game.
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CARPENTERS WANTED
FOR ALASKA WORK
Carpenters are needed in Alas
ka. The 11th district U. S. civil
service office today issued a call
I for Joiner carpenters at $11.36 a
day plus overtime, for duty at Ko
diak. A limited number of Journey
men carpenters for finish work
and laborers at $7.78 a day plus
overtime are also required.
There are no written examina
tions and qualified applicants re
ceive immediate appointment. Ap
plications are taken at the llth
district U. S. civil service commis
sion, room 326 Post Oilice
ing, Seattle.
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PETER K. ATHANAS
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. Wednesday for Peter K.
Athanas, whose death occurred
Monday. Arrangements were in
Indicative of the amount of gas charge of J. P. Dodge and Sons. I
oline used in Oregon ,it ' would
The depth of the Black Sea is
have required nine railroad tank
cars per day to transport gas- amazing, exceeding 7,000 feet in
oline used for non-highway ’ pur- some spots.
poses alone in Oregon in 1941,
Earl Snell, secretary of state de • Subscribe for The Miner today
clared today. He announced the
state refunded $1,691.745.27 on
gasoline purchased in the state
and not used for highway purposes
last year.
The 1941 refund was an increase
of $108,757.49 over the refunds
for 1940. The state gasoline tax
of five cents per gallon is refund
ed to purchasers of gasoline not
used for highway purposes. These
uses include tractors, stationary
engines, boats and aircraft.
The state paid a total of 36,816
claims during the year, with the
GfitBaWlUH'S ’«MATES! SHO» ON £AATH"
average claim payment amounting
WAS THE FIRST CIRCUS TO TRAVtl (Y
to $46.10.
RAILROAD-MAKIN« HS FIRST TR» IN
refunds for gasoline used in
1*72 IN AS SPECIAL
"
aircraft showed the strongest
gains during the year, the total
being 25 percent above that paid
out in 1940, Snell's report stated.
Forty-four percent of all re
funds went to Oregon farmers.
Logging operations accounted for
28 percent while cities and coun
ties got 10 percent. The remainder
was divided up among commercial
operations, maritime exports, etc.
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MODIFY CuKN BORER BAN
An amendment to the recently
revised quarantine pertaining to
European corn borer in other
states was signed recently by the
director of the state department of
agriculture and will become effec
tive May 20. The amendment elim
inates celery, oat and rye straw,
cosmos, zinnias and hollyhocks
from the list of host plants which
cannot be shipped into Oregon ex
cept under the quarantine provi
sions.
Non-Highway Gas
Use Extensive
I raters-Pelicans
¿Split First Series
i'ue Medlord Ciatera and K«a-
main runs 1'«means split even in
men WivK-eiiu senes v X ikii rip
ened the newly-ioi med Viegou-
California baseball league at the
Craters park. lue Uviiuana rapped
Dutch Lieber in Suturday night's
game to win 7 to 5 but Sunday
arte moon the Craters came back
strong to stop the Pelicans 10 to 1
behind the fine pitching of Steve
Crippen.
lhe week-end series between
Giants Pass and Dorris, the other
two teams in the league, was post
poned and will be made up later in
the season. Meuiord meets Dorris
in a two-game senes tins week
end at Dori is and Klamath Falls
goes to Grants Pass for a like
schedule.
The Medford athletic association
has announced that the Baer Pho
to Service team of San Francisco
one of the finest senii-pro teams
on the coast, will play the Crat
ers May 30 and 31 at Medford.
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GAME COMMISSION TO
MEET IN PORTLAND JUNE IS
The Oregon State Game com
mission will meet on Saturday,
June 13, at its office in 616 Ore
gon building, Portland, to consider [
the 1942 season, bag limits, and !
methods for the taking of game !
animals, game birds and fur bear
ing animals. The rulings found ad
visable by the commission will be
publicized at that time and the
meeting then will be adjourned
until June 27 when the formal .
order will be passed. This will J
give the general public two weeks
to study and become familiar with
the regulations and also provide
the commission an opportunity, |
before final action is taken, to,
grant a hearing to any organiza-
tions or individuals who have ob- i
Jections to offer.
•
Boxing, the science of self- I
fense and sport, found its incep
tion far back in the days of the
siege of Troy, 2500 B. C.
Thursday, May 21, 1942
ANSWERS
h .«*••*•••*•****««•**••, I
1 April 30. 1798.
2. Theodore Roosevelt.
3 August 15, 1914.
4. No.
5. Three.
6. Oliver Goldsmith.
7. For his bold signing of the
Declaration of Independence.
8. Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth
Baden-Powell.
9. West Indies. Bahama anil
Azore islands. Hawaii, northern
Africa and Queensland.
10. An alloy in which tin is the
basic metal. The tin is usually
mixed with lead, but antimony, bis
muth, brass and copper are also
used
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ative in some branch of the Unit
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issue. The correct address is 2727 |
Phone 7561
N 13th street, I'hiladelphia, Penn
Pfc. MacKenzle Roberson, who I
"burned up" the basketball court.* |
for Ashland high a few years ago |
is stationed nt Fort Stevens where
he is in the supply department ■
Letters addressed to him at 24f»tb i
Coast Artillery, Fort Stevens. Ole !
gon, will reach him.
Bud Etzweller. who played line |
man on Ashland high football
teams about 11*33 and l»o4, la un
with
deigning an 18 weeks course in n
radio operators' cluss in Scottfleli
and
Hi. He writes that the post is cci
tainy a melting pot for college
plus
inen. Just about every college In
the country is represented and de
green are quite common Bud. who |
attended 8OCE after graduation
from Ashland high, says he is do
ing his best to uphold the honor
of SOCK. His address Is 30th
T 8. 8. B 778. Scottficld, III
with
Letters addressed to Win. N. El-
hart, Bill to the home folks, must
be sent to USS MacDonough.
and
t
Pearl Harbor. T H. care of
Fleet P. M.
LITHIA
Friday, Saturday
Jhe Bombay
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Irene Hervey
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Bullets for
Bandits
Bill Elliott
Tex Ritter
Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday
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plete list of bargains.
Lawnmowers are still available
at $5.98
Wednesday and
Thursday
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