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PAOE FTV1 RURAL BUYING IN MARCH INCREASED Dust Hurts Wheat MANHATTAN, JCa., April la view of the . seriousness of soil blowing on contracted wheat acreages Washington to call conferees os the. znattsr is AmsriUo, Texas, to morrow and Monday, Ea correcwjp corseted la, . i an Artist Model by y Ethelwys 8 Hoffmann, Cowgirl Suit Fall suit against O&cX Btcheverry and tha a Benito Coantf Saddle Horse ts- sociattcn .. A Gas Tragrri? PORTLAND, April 14. Edga? Willis Smith, 15t was asphyxiated here today while tdjuaUng his automobile, the esg& of whl$h was o$sra?tsf( Is a closed rR- He was urjcorsfeious when foustd Is? hi wife who h4 Uem attracted by the constant operation of the esglse. Trade Firs Injures THE &Tt AprU U,m ! Tws me a f tTrlj bura4 wfessv a g&selin trssspeH true owd by Ralph Andros of Baker caught iix last Eight ssaj Alderdale fey easi of Arlington The truck was destroy!, Flee RUinj: Water HARTFORD, Osea Apra -Ff livestock is Jty, fled their "ncm today la Est Hartford as the Con necticut risr slashed hhss m.ri of the ygajv - HOU4STBB, Cm. April H, Lsvcm Mat cowgirl, who has rMdcn many a bucking horse in the, ring bat; got hurt lst August while riding the fender of an advertising automobile, was loser today la her 32.000 damage of the southwest, E. B. Wells, Kansas State college extension agronomist, has been authorized by the AAA is WASHINGTON, April 14. CAP) A marked upturn in merchandise pur chases In smalt towna and rural area for March was reported today by the commerce department. Preliminary estimates indicated art Increase of 651 per cent in dollar volume over March, 1933, and of 23 per cent over March. 1932. - Part of the extreme, rise above last year was attributed to the effect on sales last year of the March bans: moratorium,' " ? : ; ' SI1DF0RD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1934. smi mm imm . 1 1 ' "JP'"" X" I " , .'" mss ssssssssa 1. LI rm fu..l uummim i 'i t-tiisi , , iTTTnTr-i vntMifSv-u DRESS ECONOMY IS TOPiC FOR MEETS : Economy dressmaking will he the subject of the meetings of the Home Extension units In the county tms week, which will be conducted iy Mrs. Mabel O. Mack, county home demon stration agent The dresses will be cut and pin fitted at the meeting. Election of officers will bo held at each unit, and plans made for Home- makers' day in Medford April 35, On Monday, April 16, the McClouj unit will meet with Mrs. Caroline Harding, and on Tuesday, April 17, the Butte Falls club will meet In the church, with Mrs. Joe Hibbard as chairman. Mrs, William Hoefft . wJU be chairman of the Lost Creek unit: meeting on Wednesday, and on Thurs day the Evans Valley group swiU meet in the grange hall, with iJorotny Stewart as enairman, Mrs. Manet fitancliffe will: be chairman at the Presbyterian church in Phoenix, when the Phoenix unit meets on Friday. ; VALLEY SCHOOLS i DIVIDE HONORS 1 In the (outturn Oregon shorthand md typing ' teste held t Ashland Saturday, Ashland high school won the team championship In the Class A division with a percentage of 6l,2 for typlngl ' Grants Pass won the top place for shorthand, with a, team percentage of 54.83. , Louise Carmean ' of P.hoenll was first In the free-for-all typing with 76.07 words per minute and 10 er rors. This was in' the amateur di vision. : Francis McCoy of Ashland was sec ond. In the novtoe , division, Francis, Whitehead of Ashland was first with 60.08. In the secondary school list. Phoe nix' was first for team wort, "and Margaret Poling of Phoenix won sec ond in the amateur class. In the novice class, Jeanne Ham mersley of Gold Hill was first with a 60.47 per centage, and June Moore of Gold Hill was second. In the shorthand contest, the Ash land team recorded a percentage of S7.14. Grants Pass recorded a per eentage of 88.14. Jean Billings scored first in the novice class with 89, and Leah Hagen of Ashland second with 87.33. Doris Talent of Ashland won first In the amateur class, with a remark able percentage of 89.75, with but one error. Helen Mitchell of Grants: Pass was second with 99.05, and two errors. In. the secondary school .contest ants, Blossom Durkee of .Gold Hlli; was first with 07.33. Florence Scfterer and Addle Boll of Phoenix scored a tie for second place with 97,0a.. : NEEDY REQUESTED TO MAKE FILINGS All needy persons of Medford, In terested In growing subsistence gar dens, who do not .have lots of their own to plant,, are asked to make application to the Jackson' countj relief committee headquarters Thurs day for city lots, which will be avail-; able. - An arrangement has . been made with the city for vacant lots and city water for the gardening project.! The relief committee Is anxious to; have all persons plant gardes In;, order that they may count on having something to eat, at least, through their own efforts. ' Army Recruit Aide Visits Coming Week Jennings D. Lowman, sub-station commander for the United States army recruiting office, will be at his ofllce In the armory on Monday, Tvfsdey and Wednesday tola week to receive recruit for the regular army. 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