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IS r tha ins I'll ltd till thi ea: bo to COli i in wo as , ml wc th! Tb It PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1935. pA i inv nnnrn im C7 LrUJI UMVLK 111 HURLED 10 PAVE MlM Molly Brown of 182 Bust Hun street Is t wiser and sadder young lady today after discovering that It Is Inadvisable to try to open rh forward swinging front door of some of the modern automobiles while travelling at a brisk rate of speed. While driving toward town on Bast Main street Friday nlgnt, MJss Browne discovered that the front door near her was loose, and attempt ed to close It. In swinging the door open for this maneuver, the wind caught st the opening and swung the door violently open. Jerking the driver to the pavement outside. The drlverless machine then careen cd madly over the curb Just east of the Crater Lake highway intersection mowing down a steel sign post, which went through the windshield. The traffic signs at the Intersection were taken out In' turn, snd the machine crashed on across Crater Lake avenue and up onto the lawn of the Sylvia fthreve home, scraping tne sreei man box from a large telephone pole but mlssln the pole. With the motor stilt running and the machine still In gear, the wild rush continued, the machine tearing arrow the lawns of the Community hospital, the Philip Harrison home, end the James C, Hayes residence. The Hayes yard Is a terraced one. bordered by a rock garden. Onto this lurched the auto, plummeting on tne far side and crashing heavily Into the front porch of the C. Wv McDonald house. McDonald himself, thinking that an earthquake had struck his home, leaped from bed to Investigate. Other than being painfully brulaer! and skinned, Miss Browne was not hurt in the unusual accident, al though she was unable to report the details at the city police station Sat urday. The car was badly damaged. Milo W. Randall, 3d, Med ford elec trician, Is In the county jail awaiting preliminary hearing In Justice court Monday on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon following an el leged subbing fray at the home Myrtle Sloan, 613 West Jackson street Friday night. According to state police Ran Randall is to be charged with attack tng Ellen C. Marcy with a pocket knife, saying he was going to kill her. J 1 tut a to Yoahl, Japanese, grabbed the knife as Randall struck, police said and knocked Randall down, but re ceived a deep knife cut on the ring and little fingers of his left hand necessitating the taking of several stitches. Randall was arrested at local apart ment house after the slteged alterca dall is to be charged with attack tlon, police said. A knife was found in his possession, and there was blood on his trousers, police stated. FIREMEN'S BALL SALE IS BRISK CLUB AIDS GIRLS All assets of the Greater Medford club will be turned over to the Girls' Community club, it was ngreed at a meeting of the former organization held Friday evening. The holdings of the Greater Medford club include a city lot, building and loan stock and several pieces of furniture. It was agreed that a period of ten days shall ellipse before formal transfer of the treasury funds and furniture will take place. Mrs. H. A. Hanby acted as presid ing officer at the meeting, In place of Mrs. J. A. Cochrane, president of the organisation, who was absent from the city. It was also determined to retain the charter of the Greater Medford club, which was Incorporat ed several years ago under the state laws. A large advance sale of tickets for the annual firemen's ball was an nounced yesterday by Fire Chief Roy Elnott, who predicted a record at tendance. The ball Is to be held Thanksgiving night at Oriental Gardens with Geo. Dayton and his eight-piece orchestra providing the music. The orchestra will broadcast a half-hour program of dance tunes from 7:16 to 7:46 prior to the opening of the ball at 9 o clock The decoration committee was en gaged yesterday In setting up a model house on the stage to demonstrate fire prevention measures the evening of the ball. The Medford fire de partment Is eager to establish a new low record for fire loss this year and the firemen are losing no opportun ity to disseminate Information on fire prevention, Chief Elliott said. TOP TURK PRICE. PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 33. (AP) The turkey price top hero today was nominally 30 cents for case lot to retailers, but most sales ranged lower. Offerings continued heavy. with the lower grades moving down to 33 cents, or three Above top prices a year ago. 'BOX-GAR' PLATES FOR SPEED FIEND CHEYENNE. Wyo., Nov. 33. (AP) A license plate of "box . car" pro portions was suggested today for reckless motorists. Secretary of state Dr. L. C. Hunt. Irked at Wyoming's mounting lint of traffic accidents. propped as a method of curbing accidents a state order which would require persons convicted or reck1e.s driving to use plntes three times the sli-e of the ordinary plates. THANKSGIVING SPECIALS tt&m PLUM PUDDING lb. 30c Large Pumpkin Pies each 30c Large Mince Pies each 35c We hair It rilrrrrmt klml. of Dinner Holla fur 1 timiK-Ktt lis- m0dLbakErv SNOW HITS TRADE IN SHASTA TREES Snow haa closed practically all tlic local arena where Bhaata fir la usually obtained for the Chrlatmaa tree trade. It waa aald yesterday by the United atntea forest service. One amall operation la under way In the cathlll area east of Butte Falla, where A. L. Miller of Portland Is tak ing out 600 Shaata fir treca. He has a crew of eight working with htm He la paying the foreat service 8(4 centa a linear foot, tha price that naa prevailed In the paat few yeari. A large part of the California bud. ply of Shasta fir for the holiday aea- aon uaually la obtained In the local area and although Inquiries have been received this year from San Fran cisco and Loa Angelea a survey dls closed that early and heavy anowa mane it Impossible to supply the iraoe. the rorpst service aald. ine Shaata variety Is aometlmes called the allver-tlp fir. It Is heavier and has more foliage than other va- rietiea. COPCO RATE CUT LACKS BROADNESS 8ALEM. Nov. 33. (API Public utilities commissioner, Prank o. Mc culloch snld today he had been ne gotiating for more thnn a month with offlclala of the California-Ore gon Power company regarding pro posed rntea reductions by the com pany. Mcculloch aald the commission ob jected to the proposed reductions In that they were not broad enough In scope, and also that they were dis criminatory between rural and urban communities. He did not divulge the proposed rate reduction flgurea. The reductions have not been filed with the commission. BILL CUNNINGHAM IN PLANE P $17.30 RECEIVED 52 Local and Personal To date there have been 53 contrib utors to the Will Rogers Memorial fund, for a total of $47.30. The amounts given have ranged from ten cents to $6.00, the average being slightly less than 01 centa. There has been no solicitation, no drive of any sort, the contributions have been entirely voluntary, and have come from all parts of the coun ty but principally from Medford. The campaign will end this coming Thursday Thanksgiving Day the total sum and the names of all the donors being forwarded to the head quarters of the Rogers Memorial com mittee In New York city at thst time. For sll time that list of names will represent the people In Medford and vicinity who cared enough for Will Rogers snd the erection of a national memorial In this name, to take the trouble to send a contribution to the fund. The names of those who contribut ed during the first two weeks of the campaign have already been publish ed. .Those contributing durlnjr th past week were: Ora Cox. Anonymous. M. B. Webb. Mrs. W. L. Oreenlesi. Mr. and Mrs, J. O. Isaacson. Earl York. j Jean B. Prock. i Nellie Prock. Dr. and Mrs. Jud Rlckert. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McBrlde. Mrs. Alice Holloway. Mr. arid Mrs. Howard Warner. Mrs. Charles M. English. Mr. and Mrs. T. W Miles Dr. E. D. El wood The J C. S. Wellls family. H. L Brown. R. A. Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Luchterhand. Miss Be mice Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Law. Henry Unbedacht. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Warren. Nora C. Klrkpatrlck. Mr. and Mrs. H. Q. Zabel. The campaign will positively end Thsnksglvlng day. Obituary Frnnrli M. Landram FrHncls Marlon Land ram passed away at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Daisy L. Motschan, in Portland. Ore., November 33, which was his 84th birthday. He was born In Gal latlan county, Kentucky, November 861. He was of a family of nine children and the last one to pass way. He graduated from the Unl- crslty of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 877. He was married to Belle Beard at Wllllamstown, Kentucky, In 1886, who passed away at Medford in Octo ber, 1036. The family came to Med ford In 101 1, residing here until 1026. He then moved to Portland to be 1th his daughter. He was member of the Baptist church of Medford. He la survived by three children. Henry Clay Landram, Indianapolis. Ind.; J. porter Landram and Mrs. Daisy L. Metschan of Portland and three grandchildren residing In In- anapoua. ho had resided with his daughter for the past ten years. Fun eral services will be held at the Terl Funeral Home Monday at 3:30 p. m. Rev. W. A. Dawes officiating. Inter ment In Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery. From Ashland atove Zarka of Ash land made a business trip to Med' ford Friday morning. Business Visitors Pearl Wardle and Wsnda Puurvea. both of Ashland, were among business visitors here Friday. Call In Ashland Mrs. Joe Marshall and Mrs. Robert Duff were calling In Asruand Thursday. - KccoTenng Mrs. Ltonie Love was reported getting along nicely yestr- day after undergoing a mJor at Sa cred Heart hospital last Tuesday. Mrs. MacKinnon III Friends will be sorry to hear of the Illness of Mrs O. A. MacKinnon at her apartment in central Point. At H ead quarters-Cap t. Ross D. Guy, commanding officer of Comn Apple- gate, was a business visitor at CCC headquarters here yesterday. From Indian Creek Lieut. Robert N. SkagRS, commander of Cajnp In dian Creek, called at CCC headquar ters here yesterday. Bly Officers Here Capt.. Irvln M. Huncllman, commander of Camp Bly, conferred with other CCC officers at Medford headquarters yesterday. Receiving Turkeys Fred D. Silva, representative of Levy and J. Zent- ner, Oakland. Cal., will be at the Cen tral Point depot all day tomorrow to receive turkeys for shipment. Spend Day Here Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Roach of Crater Lake spent yesterday In Medford. Mr. Roach Is store-keeper of the Crater lake na tional park. Ranger Returns J. Carl hie Crouch, chief renger of the Crater lake na tional park, was back at his office In the federal building here yesterday after making an Inspection of the Lava Beds. Correction X o 1 1 c e The Upper Rogue balloon dance will be held Thanksgiving eve, Nov. 27, Instead of Thanksgiving ntght, as previously an nounced. It will not be a basket supper. Vlslti Here Earl Bechdaldl, drove down from Butte Falls yesterday to transact business in Medford. Offenbacher ..Here John Offer. bacher was calling In Medford Sat urday afternoon. From Lake Creek Herman Myers, of Lake Creek, was a business visitor In town yesterday. Here Yesterday E. A. Hildreth of Butte Falls was shopping In Medford yesterday. From Central Point Fred Wolff of Central Point was among business visitors In town yesterday. Business Visitor J. J. Maxwell of Klamath Falls, was transacting bust ncss hero yesterday. Here Friday Mr. and Mrs. W. E Hammel, prominent turkey raisers of the Eagle Point district were among Medford shoppers Friday. a Brines Turkeys Mrs. Luke Jen nlngs of Sams Valley brought In s load of dressed turkeys Saturday, des' tlned for San Francisco. From Wlmer Capt. Guy W. Saun ders, commander of Camp Wlmer, was a business conferee at Medford CCC headquarters yesterday. From Beagle Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson of Beagle were In town Frl day supervising the shipment of 1000 turkeys to the Sen Francisco mar ret. Error Corrected The Women's Mis sionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church south will hold a bazaar In the American Legion build ing Dec. 14. Through error In a pre vious announcement, the delineation "south' was omitted. Harrells Have Son According to word received here, Lieut. Ben Har rell and Mrs. Harrell, nee Harriet Campbell, sre the parents of a son born November 22 at Fort Warren, Wyoming. Both Lieut, and Mrs. Har rell are well-known here, and their friends will be glad to know that mother and baby are doing fine. William H. Shaw William H. Shaw, well-known rest- dent of Brownsboro, where he had resided for the last six years, passed away nt a local hospital Friday after noon at the age of 66. He was born In Maine. October 16, 1800, and at the age of 0 years came weat and the family settled In Hum bolt county. California, where Mr. Shaw engaged In stock raising which occupation he followed all his life. He was a member of the Eureka lodge of Orid Fellows. Besides his wife, Maude L. Shaw. he leaves one stepson, Howard John son. Brownsboro: two brothers. Rev. John Shaw, Palo Alto. Cal.: Samuel Eureka, Cnl and Tresa Farnhsm of Plalnfleld, Vt.; also one brother. Fred Shaw, San Francisco. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Ellenburger of Ashland at the Conger chapel In Medford at 1:30 Tuesday. Interment In the Medford Odd Follows' cemetery. SALEM, Ore., Nov. 23. (UP) For the fifth consecutive year, Oregon's assessed valuation shows a material red uetlon I n comparison wl th the previous year. Assessed valuation for the state this year aggregates $924,071,620.04, a de crease of approximately $20,000,000 over 1034. . Local assessments. Including farm and city properties, accounted for more than 10 per cent of the reduc tion. Utility valuatidns wore reduced by 11,61 per cent, according to fig ures released by the utility commis sion. Twenty nine counties showed a net reduction In assessed values with only seven counties showing increased valuations. 2 HURT, TAKE-OFF Beating Train To Crossing Increases WASHINGTON. Nov. 33. (AP) Th gamo of trying to bent th loco, motive to the grade crossing Is be coming Increasingly disastrous. In terstate commerce commission re ports showed today that 833 persons died and 3.449 suffered Injuries In crossing accidents In the flrat seven months of 1B35. Tills compares with 837 and 3.313 In the similar period last year. Ballot Title For Sales Tax Ready SALEM, Nov. 33. (AP) Attorney General Van Winkle today completed the ballot title lor the sales tax bill, to appear on the 'ballot at the spec ial election January 81. The bill was approved at the recent neclal legis lative session. Money derived from LONG BEACH. Cal.. Nov. 33. (TTP) Two airplanes collided In midair early tonight and crashed, injuring two of the occupants, one of them so badly he Is expected to die. William Schleffele, 33, Artosla. Cal flying Instructor, was taken to Seaside hospital with a broken back and otn er Injuries. Surgeons feared he would die. Murray Smith. 31. a marine attach ed to the U. S. S. Pensftcola, who was flying Schlefele's ship, suffered lesser hurts. Wllilarn Shcehy of San Bernardino, piloting the second ship, and Allen Jones of Fontana, his paesenger, es caped Injury. Tho crash occurred while Smith, a student flier, was practicing land lugs. He had set the plane Into a glide 100 feet up when It nibbed wings with Sheehy a plane which was Just taking off. Mrs. Hunsaker Heads Teachers' Council At a meeting yesterday at the court house, organization of an Intermedi ate Teachers' Council of Jackson County waa completed, with the fol lowing officers elected: President, Mrs. Plora Hunsaker, Jacksonville: vice president. Doris Hitchcock. Bellvlew; and Marjorle Pena. Gold Hill, secretary-treasurer. The next meeting was announced for the first Saturday in December at 1:30 p. m. In the court house. The committee In charge con sist of Mrs. Edith Plsk. music; Mar jorle Pena. art; and Helen Porter, programs. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY '31 CHEV. 6-wheel Sedan. Original finish like new. New C-plv tires. Guaranteed everyway. Priced for quick sale. PIERCE-ALLEN MOTOR CO. Dodge and Plymouth WANTED To interview at th Ken nell Ellis Studio persons Interested In frame. Let us frame your pic ture. 50c to M50. Call at 33 North Central for a personal selection. AVAILABLE Dec. 1st, 7-room houee first das condition. 1119 W. Main. FOR SALE Garden tool, furniture, sewing machine, etc. U. H. Bergen, 1024 E. 11th. FURNITURE repaired, upholstered and finished. Phone 069-R. Thl-bault. 80 ACRES DAIRY-HOG RANCH (,3500 House, barn, chicken house, hog house. 6 cows, team and equipment, hav, all goes. 35 acrea In clover and alfalfa, irrigated, abundance cheep water. Good road, new school. To tal price 3500. 11000 cash, balance terms. ALSO 38 acre 1400 Bartlett. Anjou, Base pear trees In bearing, houae. barn, pump house, Irrigated all cultivated, fine land. Bink eaye sell. 5000, terms. Phone D10-Y. J. C. Barnes. 20 N. Peftch St. FOR SALE Lowboy Melotte separa tor. Used six month. Just like new. Big reduotlon. Must sell. Inquire L. H. Root. Central Point or writo Box 185. Central Point. WANTED A man and wife to rent service station and stora well lo cated on highway. Oood proposition for party with small capital. Phone 417. FOR RENT 3-room furnlahed apart ment. 1109 W. 11th St. 3-ROOM, modern, partly furnlal'id house. U2.50. Dressier. 1589-Y. CAPABLE woman wishes work by hour or day. Phone 1131. FOR RENT 3 housekeeping room and one furn. apt. Inq. 533 Austin. MODERN, new 3 rmi furnished bun galow with garage, light, water, gfi and fuel Included. Adult only. Ho tel & Cottege Volandra, Central Point. FOR RENT 3-room housekeeping suite: garage, close In. Adults. 327 N. Grape St. DATE IN MARCH; KLXMATH FALLS. Nov. 33. (API A now tournament at Crater Lake park will be held In March of this Sear, according to plans made last night by the winter Sports club ot Klamath Foil. Stars from major cluba of the Pacific coaat will be Invited to compete. The definite date of the tourna- mentwill depend upon snow condi tion. Throughout the winter, event will be held here each week-end. WPA the tax would be used for old age j fund will be petitioned to erect pension and relief of the needy winter playgrounds near Klamath blind. I Falls for local competition. A forced landing due to a broken fuel line late Friday afternoon caused damage of several hundred dollars to the cabin training plane of Tom Oil. bertaon, municipal airport superin tendent, when he was forced to bring th ship down on the ridge near the summit of Roxy Ann mountain east of the city. Ciilberfimn was giving flying les sons to Bill Cunningham of Medford and wna flying In a wide circle around the city when the fuel line broke. Picking out the only clearing within distance, the tiler brought plane down, damaging the land ing assembly and fuselage. Neither Culbertson nor Cunningham were In Jured. Saturday the plane waa brought back to the municipal airport by truck. Culbertson announced that a factory representative from Portland will arrive aoon to estimate the dam. age. DR. E. W HOFFMAN I'lllltlPI'H CTIC m:ii b srtxm.iftT Mrdfuril Center Uldg II iiiii 319 Phone (ii.:; lies. I'hont 1J1-J BOWMAN'S S. Central. Phone 67 Mi Before the bury Holiday Season begins, let us give you a NEW-RAY PERMANENT (No machine, no electricity) $5.00 and $7.50 Or a genuine Duart Nu Pad Wave $3.75 and $5.00 Other permanents $1.50 $2.50 LET US BE THANKFUL "My savings are now insured, and that's why 1 like the Medford Federal' MEDFORD FEDERAL SHARES EARNED 4 DIVIDEND COMPOUNDED SEMI-ANNUALLY ON JULY 1st. In addition your Savings are insured for afety up to $5,000.00 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, , Whether ton deMrp (a s&t regularly each month or to make n lump Mim ImeMinent, jou nlll find one or thl Aortat Ion's Inter ment pln to unit your netd. MONEY TO LEND For repairs, Imnrme ment, and new con struct Ion on our direct reduction monthly pay ment plan. Thin I'mhlem look lor WederalSavings liAND LOAN I -Jil r. Main. ASSOCIATION Phone t.i Can You Imagine! Unuiual fact thai prove the EXTRA QUAL ITY of Montgomery Word merchandise . . . show the constant tesrs by which this quality is developed end maintained. i a -,2-a i -w - 's haw"- FAHRENHEIT R THAN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE VmV That's the TEMPERATURE at Which a WARD REFRIGERATOR was Kept -For 5 MONTHS and Now 12 MONTHS LATER is giving SATISFACTORY SERVICE in a HOME - LJ ffHIS WARD HEATER SAW 2,000 Hours "1 in the LABORATORY AN 0 has since given 2 U&CUiq SDTIKFarTnBY SFBVtrF in ACAR- 16TUBE tMFiMUjRadkr in an actual test was heard EASILY in all PARTS of the h uge Chicago Civic Opera House! tftHATSOLUME S ; What fKfBi: ;l Yon flpjy . Have Count! f ET us assume that your estate, like that of many - others, is worth less than formerly. All the more reason, then, for making what you have count . . . Much may depend upon the plan you adopt for the administration of the property you leave . . . Give us a picture of your present and prospective financial situation and we will gladly suggest an estate plan for you to study. This Bank Acts m Executor and Trustee under WlllB. as Trustee or scent for the owners of mortgSBes and other necurltie. aj Trust under Assignments mud for benefit of cred itors, and in every Trust capacity. The First National Bank A Departmentized Bank COMMERCIAL SAVINGS TRUST DEPARTMENT SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
