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PAGE SEVEN ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON'. WEPyESDAY. MAY LOCAL and PERSONAL Employed In Ashland Mrs. Cordis Deatherldge of Medford la tempor arily employed aa beauty operator lit Marya beauty aalon In Ashland dur ing Mlu Mary Powell's extended trip east. To IM Angeles Everett Chapman of Gold BUI left Sunday for Lea Angeles where he will make a abort Tlalt with relatlrea and friends. Re also planned to visit In the south ern California beach towns. Police Meeting O. 0. Spears, pe dal agent In charge of the Portland office of the federal bureau of In vestigation, was to be the speaker at the eighth weekly police training school In the council chambers at the city hall this afternoon. To San Francisco Al Uttrell, head of the Llttrell Parts company, and Carl p. Hansen, representing the Cro nln company. Portland, automotive Jobbers, left today to atend the Pa cific coast automotive convention In San Francisco. Mrs. Llttrell accom panied her tousbsnd. Active Meeting Active club held its regular weekly dinner-meeting In the Hotel Medford last night, with an early adjournment because of the circus. It was announced that next Tuesday night the club would meet In joint session with the 30-30 club st the Hotel Medford. ... Bank Being Remodeled Workmen are busy remodeling the Interior of the Medford branch of the First Na tional bank of Portland. New type teller cages ae being Installed and a new floor will be laid soon. Bank patrons are able to transact business as usual. Club Meeting Rogue River Valley Navy Mothers club will hold a regu lar meeting at 7:30 Friday evening in the home of Mrs. Clinton Spenoer at the south end of Klre highway. Mrs. Almee Martin, commander, will preside. The club, recently organla ed. meets on the first Monday , and third Friday of each month In the 'home of one of the members. Moth ers and legal guardlana of boya In the navy are eligible for membership and are Invited to attend the meet ings. Anyone desiring transportstlon to the meeting Friday was asked to telephone Mra. R. R. McConochle at 822 -J. Livestock K VERY LOWiPRiCES WEDNESDAY NIGHT DANCE NEW- DREAMLAND BALLROOM Bualneaa Visitor Mn. Etta O'Brien of this city transacted business and visited friends in Ashland yesterday. Her Today Ma Tullla of Trail was among those transacting busi ness and visiting frlenda In Medford today. To Grant! Pas Gordon Gywnne. employed la the Medford Western Auto Supply company store here for the past several months, has been transferred to the Grants Pass store. Ho and Mrs. Gywnne moved to their new horn Monday. Retnrn Home Mr. and Mn. C. M. Hon have returned to their home here after a vlilt in Portland with their daughter and aon-ln-lsw, Mr. and Mrs. Earl wymore. Mra. Wymore re turned to Medford with her parents for a stay here. Business Callers Recent business callers In Medford from out of town Included Mra. H. L. Jagger of Pros pect and B. R. Hughes of Trail, both of whom visited -here yesterday, and R. Pinkerton of Central Point, who transacted business here Monday. To Portland Dr. B. R. Elliott and ; daughter Amy left for Portland last night, where Dr. Elliott will attend an executive committee meeting of the Oregon State Dental association. They plan to return early tomorrow morning. Colvij Geti Prize Bob Colvig, for mer Medford resident and now a stu dent at the University of Oregon, won second prise In the men's section of the W. P. Jewett Intersections! speech contest held recently on the campus. Colvig Is a nephew of Mrs. Myrtle Blakeley of this city. Board Meeting Board of directors of Medford chapter of the National Aeronautic association will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Purpose of the meeting la to perfect plans for the aerial carnival to be held here July 2 under sponsorship of the aeronautic chapter. Max Pelrce, presi dent, will preside. To Organize Chamber Plans have been completed for the organization of a chamber of commerce In Rogue River tomorrow night, a meeting having been called at the old hotel at o'clock. A. H. Ban well, manager of the Jaekson County Chamber of Commerce, will supervise the organis ation at the invitation of the Rogue River leaders In the movement. - Prisoners North Pour federal pris oners were taken to Portland by train last night by Leo McLatn, United States deputy marshal. The prisoners had been held In Jackson county jail pending their removal to Portland where the charges against them will be presented to the grand Jury which Is now In session. Mr. McLaln ex pected to return to Medford - at th end of the week. Fiesta Train Jackson County Chamber of Commerce today recom mended that as many county resi dents as possible attend the Golden Gate fiesta in Ban Francises. The chamber pointed out that special rates have been offered on the train leaving here the night of May 37, provided IS persons or more make the trip. If the required minimum number of persons sign up, a spe cial car will be provided. Special round-trip fare, the chamber said, is t9. 40 plus $1.50 for a berth. Spe cial fare tickets are good for ten days. Reservations should be made at once st the chamber or the South era Pacific office, the announcement said. Portland. PORTLAND. Ore., Msy 10. ( AF USD A -Hogs: 850, including 1 direct; market active to 15c higher: handy weights, carlot butchers, $11. 170-310 lb. drivelns, $10.85-65: heavy and light butchers. $9.75 f 10; few lots. $10.26; bulk rough packing sows $8 00-50; smooth, $9.00-50. CATTLE 150, including 81 through and direct: calves 40, Including 34 direct: market steady: part losd 783 lb. medium steers. $8.65; plain steera. ft6.50ff7.35: cutter kinds down $8; cutter cows mostly $3 65 95.35: plain cows. $5.60 a 6.50; best vesl calves, $10.00-50; heavy calves, $7.009.00; rough grsssers, $6.50. SHEEP 75, Including 37 direct; lamb market steady st $10.50 on good spring lambs snd $10.00-60 on choice shorn lambs: load good 117 1b. shorn ewes steady at $4.75; late arrivals unsold. Wall St. Report Bargain Night LADIES FREE Gentlemen 40b LES PRICE AND HIS SWING BAND S South San Francisco. SOUTH BAN FRANCISCO. May IB ( AP-U8D A) Hoga 850,, direct 090. Mcstly 26o higher; top and bulk good 0-330 lb. butchers. au.so: most. 360-280 lb. butchers, an; medium- grade lightweights very scarce; pack, age good light pigs, 110.90; packing sows scarce, odd head good (9.36. Late Tuesday: Part load local butch ers, 110.15. CATTLE 380; direct 75: steers prae- tlcally absent, nominally steady: part-load medium 855 lb. greasers 7.75: odd head grass steers up to 9 00; fed steera absent: good quoted 9.50 to around 10.0O; medium-good she-stock about steady; low-grade cows wesk to 50c lower then Mon day; asking above $8.00 on short- load good heifers: heavy dairy cowa up to 84.50: calves, 75, direct 86: no early action: package good-choice vealers held above $8.50. SHEEP 1800: direct 785: lambs ac tive early, strong to 25c higher; two decks good 76 lb. California spring lambs. 19.76; sorted 15 per cent me dium; deck good 63-lb. shorn lambs. 89.00 straight; medium-good 107-lb. ahorn California slaughter ewes, 83.50, common-medium 101 lb., 83.50; cull common 96 lb., $1.00. NEW YORK, May 19. 0P A mild dribble ot liquidation washed stock market leaders down fractions to a point or so today. Despite these declines, ooppsrs. farm implements, oils and some rails turned ahead for modest gains. Wall street men said market sen timent waa muddled and buying im petus hsd been momentsrlly dulled by strikes, controversy over the ad ministration's supreme court plan and indlcatlona the current aeaslon of congress would be protracted. A gradual hardening ot prices up to around mid-day was followed by quiet back -sliding. Toward tha close, how ever, numerous Issues In the loss col umn were up from earlier lowe. Transactions totsled about 750.000 shares. Today's closing prices for 82 select ed stocks follow: Al. Chem. 8c Dye -224 Am. Can - 5i Am. & Pgn. Pow. A. T. T Anaconda Atch. T. & s. r. Bendlx Avla. Beth. Steel Caterpillar Tract. .... Chryaler ........ Coml. SolT. curtlss-Wright Du Pont Gen. EHee .... den. Poods ...... Oen. Mot. Int. Harvest. -I. T. T. Johns-Man. Monty Ward .. North. Amer. -Penney (J. C.) Philllpa Pet. Radio Sou. Pac. Std. Brands -.. St. Oil Oal - Chicago. CHICAGO. May 19. (AP-USDA) Hoga 8000: market S5-50o higher than Tuesday'a average; packing aowa 25 35c higher; bulk good and choice 200-300 lb.. 811.65-90; top, $12: com parable 150-190 lb.. $11.00-86 mostly; bulk good packing sows, $10.75 11.10: pigs In limited supply; choice strong weights upward to $11, and better. CATTLE 9000: calves 1500; appar ently In excessive run good and choice long yearlings and medium weight and weighty steera here, klnda of value to sell at $11 upward on yearlings and $12 upward on me dium weight and weighty steers; un dertone weak to 25c lower on bulk of crop grading good and better: common and medium grades scarce and steady; early top weighty bul locka, $14.25; few loads $130-76. but not enough done to make market. SHEEP 4000; clipped lambs mostly steady; good to choice offerings $10.75 il 1.25; load medium ahorn Texas offerlnga $9.00: scattered na tive spring lsmbs strong to higher; extreme top $18.75 to email killers; sheep steady: ahorn ewes, $4,503 5.26 mostly. Widow Hopes To Collect By Hair TRENTON. N. J., May 19. (UP) The New Jersey court of errors and appeals waa called on today to decide whether the death of Carl W. Wiley In 1932 waa accidental. The man's widow seeks to collect $5,000 from an Insurance company on an accident policy held by her husband. Wiley picked a hair from hla nose, his widow claims, and died nine days later. canned: Portland Produce St. OH N. J. Trans. Amer. Union Carta. .. Unit Aircraft U. S. Steel .... ......... 7 V lS4 48 . 87 . 19 i 79H 00V4 U0H 14V, 6V4 168 - 52 a, 39 WV, -106 10 ..129 H ... 60 V, 23 .. 8814 . 534 8 ... It'i . 134 ,- 42 64H 134 .. 99V4 .. 24 .. 98 V, Astaire-Rogers Hit Here Thursday 1 NI A tap-dance on roller skates, with a gay song accompaniment I That is the novelty presented In this num ber by Ginger Rogere and Fred As talre. here caught In action by the camera. In the screen musical hit. "Shall We Dance," for which Oeorge and Ira Oershwln wrote the music St IN 1. - ?M 4 1 Jr iV r.m- I feel about it, we ahall go ahead and organise state employes," Barker declared. FOR BALE OR TRADE 1260 aCM pasture ana farm tana, nesr stea- ford; $8 per acre. L. a. PICKELIi, 16 B. Bartlett. Phone 543 Well nam away rout refuse City Sanitary Samoa. PIANO for sale or rent. Phone $75. Scottish Rite Body. A Reunion la being held with the conferring of 4th to 14th degrees. Wednesday. 15th to 18th Thursdsy. 19th to 33nd on Frldsy. Dinner at Masonic hall at 6 p. m. each day. L. E. Wtlllame. Secy. Too Late to Classify FOR SALE Cow, fresh In 3 week, second calf; 30 R. I. Red hens and 35 young chlckeni, 8 turkey hens snd torn, with this years brood. Old Kennedy Ranch, Thompson creek. FOR 8AU5 Mowing machine, rake, fooa wotk mare, fnone on-K-a. FOR SALE Wood range, $0.60: steel couch. s .80; davenport, iv.io; ! tube rsdio, $9.75; dresser, se.oo: new crib, $3.95: Underwood type writer, $13 50; victor portable pno. nograph, $4.95; refrigerator. $7.50; new sna irons. 3.gs; iire-screen. $3.00: set 0 golf clubs. $595: lib' rav table. $6.95; single bed with springs, $0601 flshpoie and reel, $3 96; two antique tables and tap estry. Ba.rgnlns. MEDFORD EX CHANGE, as eoutn Front. FOR SALE Pure breed R. hens with day-old chicks. 195. Central Point. and lyrics. This is the sixth In Fred and Ginger's long line of smash screen successes In which their danc ing and singing sre outstanding fee tures. The film opens s three-day en gagement at the New Craterlan ihe fttor tomorrow. WANTED Large stock ranch. O. 8. Butterfleld, Medford Building. Rialto Today Produce. PORTLAND, May 10. (AP) But ter Prints, A grade, 33c lb. tn parch- ment wrappers, 34c lb. In cartons; B grade, parchment wrappera, 32ve lb.; cartons, 33 c lb. BUTTERPAT (Portland delivery buying price) A grade, 32i32l4c lb.; country stations; A grade, 309 30',-ic lb.; B grade lc less; C grade 6c less. B GRADE CREAM FOR MARKET Price paid producer: Butterfat ba sis, 68.2c lb.; milk, 63.7c lb.: surplus, 480c. Price paid milk board, 67c lb. EGGS Buying price by whole salers: Extras, 20c; standard, 17c; medium, 16c; medium firsts, 16e; undergrade!, 16a dossen. Cheese, country meats and live poultry steady and unchanged. NEW POTATOES California white, $2.25 2.40 per 60-lb. bag. Potatoes, onions, cantaloupes, wool. hay, unchanged. San Francisco Butter. SAN FRANCISCO. May .) Butter unchanged. BACRAMENTO. Mav 19. (API rhumlnar cream butterfat: nro grade 35V4; second grade 36 BUTTERFAT PROFIT TO WASHINGTON, May 19. (AP) Low prices on butterfats In relation to feeds probably will continue until rew crops are available, the agricul ture department predicted. The department aald a more than usual price decline from March to April left quotations considerably higher than a year ago, and noted a "relatively low" butter production. A decline in the market price of egga from March 16 to April 16 brought little change In the price to farmers. A leas than average Increase In the farm price for eggs waa pre dieted, with better prices In early 1938 to result from a reduced 1937 pullet crop. The department attributed a great er than average rise In the farm price of chlckena this spring to a atrong consumer demsnd. OF (Continued trom Tmge One.) "I have about 85 suspects," Sher iff 6yd I- Brown enld. "as nearly everybody In Jacksonville has an idea who did it. However, there are no substantial clues." The aherirf said he did not sus pect . Elmer Francis Haab. 19. Ash land youth, who escaped Monday noon, after i receiving a three-year sentence in state prison for burg lary. Haab Is still at large, with s watch being kept north and south, and at California border Inspection stations. A quiet hunt la going on for him In the Rogue River valley. ad -v,w A Mi SEfcL FOR SALE Lot 100x390. with 5-room house, fruit trees, good well. John Bt. Ctermain, central point. Portland Wheat EXTRA! Good N.w! Wn tubi banned by Damp Wash Plan! When women leam the low coit of having u save them the morftireome tasb of wa$h day wathtub. will be diiearded permanently. WE do all your washing without you even turning a faucet and with tpead and ditpateh. your laundry it re turned washed, shaken out. ready for drying and ironing. TRY thi. "Dame Wash" ter. Your Organdies and Prints should be Ex pertly Laundered to look lovely all summer American Uundry I31)UIH CENTRAL AVlNUt .MEDFORD, CRI. PHONE 871 T Vr- PORTLANTJ, May 19. (AP) Grain: Wheat Open High Low Close May 1.19 iny, 1.1S July 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 8ept. 1.07 1.07 1.07 1.07 Cash wheat: rig Bend blueatem. hw, 13 pet., HM'i; ' rn hard win ter. 13 pet., ai.434: ia pet., 1 1.34 '4 11 pet., '.2S'i: soft white, western white, hard winter and western red. l.ai!4. Oats, No. 3 white, 933.50; gray, $33.60. Barley, No. 3. 5-lb. b.w., 0. Corn. Argentine. 943. Mlllrun, atandard. 931. Todays car receipts: Wheat, 13; .'lour, 9: hay, 1. Chicago Wheat Autoist Fined For Triple Car Crash Mrs. Lula Thurston of route 2 was given a $5 suspended fine In city court yesterday for allegedly not giv ing the right-of-way. City police records aav that Mrs. Thurston, driving a Nash sedan south on Oak dale, swung wide to the right so she could make s left hand turn and park on the south side of Main street. In doing so, the record ststes, her machine hit a Bulcfc sedsn op erated by Donsvld Cave and traveling east on Main street, shoving It Into a parked Ford coupe owned by Aub rey Norrla which was parked at- the curb. EUGENE, May 19. (AP) The threat of picketing at the Cascade Lumber company plant here was dis pelled today with the announcement of an agreement between the man agement and the lumber and sawmill workers' union. Card Readings Madame A. Mueller. Honest antf Reliable with best of references ?23 Sherman Street. Phone 96 5-J -2 Readtnr 91.00. Reckless Driving Nets $25 Penalty Arnold J. Young charged with reck less driving, entered a plea of guilty In Justice court yesterday afternsnn. and waa assessed $23 and costs. Youni drove recklessly in Pacific highway traffic, "without regard for the saf ety of others.' the complaint states. The arrest was made by the state police. Chester E. Orlm waa fined 11 and cost for failure to stop at a highway intersection. .Roehelle Hudson plays opposite Robert Kent In "That I May Live" at the Rialto theater for today and tomorrow as the added feature with Boris r .rloff in "Night Key." In this new Karloff picture the monster Is said to have hie first real-life human role. He portraya an old inventor who has to fight both police and gangBters to regain an Invention on burglar alarms ha haa lost to a gang of crooks. Jean Rog era and Warren Hull support Karloff In the cast. FOR SALE Black Jersey cow, one saddle mare and colt. 3-year filly, slightly used heavy harness, saddle, Barred Rock chickens, setting hens, plow, spring tooth hsrow, 9xia rug sna psa nice new, singer macnine ana numerous otner smcies. . . Naab. Murphy road. Grants Fsss. I1.B00.00 8 MORTGAOB for sale; due in 10 months, o. a. BUttemem. GUARANTEED PAINT1NQ. time pay- ments. Mitchell Auto Beauty Bnop. UNION DETERRED BY GOVERNOR'S OPPOSITION SALEM. May 19. fP Although no formal action was taken by the Sftlem trade and labor council on the state board's of control's edict against or ganlzatlon of state employes In labor unions, president H. E. Barker said last night the order would not defer organised labor from furthering plans to Invade the ranks of state workers, "Regardless of how the governor Show Starts Tonite At 6:30! Shons 1:4.1 6:30-9:00 Mats ... 35c F.vea . . . 3Hc Kiddles . 10c Q Today and Thursday! EXCITING NEW ROLE FOR KARLOFF! The monster drops hii sinister role) for a new type of gripping and hu man drama I CHtCACKJ. May 19 P Wheat Open Hlh Low Close May . 1.33 1.33U Ul'a July . 1M 1-23', 1.31 Sep. 1.30-31 1.3IH 1.191s Dec. 1.33H 1-33'i 1-V, 133 133H 1-31H 133H LAWN MOWERS sharpened. We oali and del. 81ms Bros.. Tel. 381. 33 N. Tomorrow & Friday Naughty, Naughty . That Funny Man's Here Again! 0 j s,n, hat A Hit! ) tlUft tics rwitm Al I M IAN Sih ar two m DARING HITS 4 ifT And Rmntlnn-llorloiia drama . . , park ed with rnpttiotis mmanre . . a really extra ordinary hit! Rochelle Hudson . Robert Kent . J. Edward Bromberg I. Red Phone STANDARD Chevrolet Tudor, 375 00. 308 N. Riverside. See Charlie. ACRES, all Irrigated and tn clover: new. 4-room house, barn and other outbuildings: family orchard and berries; running water through place. Located on state highway and school bus line. Price (2800. Including 9 milk cowa. 5 calvos. farm equipment and household rurnltue. ALSO B-Room plastered house, bath nice lot on paved atreet, close In, 91300. ALSO 4 Acre, 4-room house, lota of shade, beautiful view, on Million aire Drive: 91000, terma. L. O. PICKELL, 16 8. Bartlett. HAT SALT SPECIAL Hay Salt, 135 lba. 91.15. We have just received, a car oi irean nay Salt, made up of 60-lb. and 135-lb. sacks. Let ua quote you prices ob salt In ton lots, delivered to youf ranch. Phone 833. P. E. Samaoa Co. APARTMENT HOUSE for sale a bargain: good income properry. C. S. BUTTER FIELD Medford Building. MM, XL it. 1. " D h a """tie, I Tomorrow! . . Unbend! Relax! Be Gay! V V. A MTmMHiliaaaaail..P Ml I.I, Mjm & f-iB Vj. J I & - KEW 0ERSHWIN S0N0S Foot-free Tred and Joyom Ginger In their gayeit, gladdwt. lUppin'eit fun.ehowl I Shows I lTfe' 1 M9 ... I I II 1:4R L rJm'& iaWil " I I I I tA!i- U lAI I H ? MCI Kiddies . IDt p i i ai t met" ' I