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PAGE TTTELVE rEDPOT?T mate trtbtjnt:. Mrorcmp. ' oHECroy, rtjtdtt. jt"ne m Y937. AIR CIRCUS HERE JULY 2 LARGEST HELD IN OREGON ' Ttia atr circus to b held lit Med ford municipal airport on July will be tli a biggest event of lt kind vr held In Oregon, It was de clared yesterday by Max Pelrca, president of Med ford chapter of the National Aeronautic association. 10 cal sponsor, and head of the Ore eon Aviation Development Com1 mlttee. Inc., In charge of the ten city aerial carnival which will have It atari here. The show will consist of three parts, Mr. Pelrce said. One part will comprise a display of a quarter of a million dollars worth of privately owned aircraft. All types of planes will be shown, from the cheapest to the most luxurious,, Mr. Pelrce stated. The ships will be lined up for public Inspection from daylight to dark, he added. Second part of the show will be a demonstration by various airplane manufacturers. This will Include flights to show the planes' stability, maneuverability, speed and facility of handling In take-offs and land lnga, Mr. Pelrco related. With the rapid atrldes made In recent years In the development of aircraft, some astonishing demonstrations can be anticipated, he asserted. Third part of the circus will com prise what Mr. Pelrce described the greatest array of stunt pilots and parachute jumpers ever to ap pear on the same program any where in Oregon. Among the talent engaged for the show are Dorothy Barden, girl para chute Jumper who has made more than 300 spectacular leaps from lofty heights, and Don Cook," considered the outstanding male parachute Jumper In the United States and a frequent performer for motion pic tures. A featuro Jump evolved by Cook himself la called the "break away" leap. This Jump. Mr. Pelrce said. Is guaranteed "to' pull the spec tators out of their scats." Art Leary will present his famous. clown act, commonly called "cray flying." The act is Intended to depict the flying of a farmer who goes up after completing the first half of a correspondence course which teaches him how to take off. After he gets Into the air he re members that he aa not studied the second hslf of the course which teach ea him how to get down. His plight 1s vividly, humorously and thrllllng ly depleted by Lenry, Mr. Pelrce as serted. Be mad I ne Lewis King, rated as th champion woman stunt filer, will present her own version of spectacu lar flying. Her specialty Is flying upside down at 100 miles an hour. In addition she can put her specially constructed ptane through all the Intricate and hair-raising stunts usually performed only by men. She also does sky writing and has been engaged to hang several smoke algns In the air at 10.000 feet which can be seen for 30 or 25 miles. Aa a climax Tex Rankin will take to the air to perform all the breath taking stunts for which he has be come famous. Formerly chairman of the Oregon state board of aeronau tics and now a performer for the movies In Hollywood. Rankin re cently won the right to caII himself the world's champion stunt flier at an International contest In St. Louis In which the leading dare-devil pi Iota of all parts of the world competed. EVERYTHING SET FOR ELKS PICNIC Everything la In readiness for the annual Elks' picnic today at the club's picnic grounds on Rogue river. Cavorting by an expected huge throng of Elks And their friends will start shortly after noon, and last until Featured by nine bouts between the cream of CCC fighters in this district and a soft ball game betwetn clubs captained by Verne Shanglc and Bill Bowerman, entertainment will come fast and furious from start until flnlch. While their men folka are busy en Joying themselves In their stag af fair, Elk ladles will take over the temple. E Work will be atarted tomorrow on a four-room ruatlotype dwelling for he protective axalatant of the Rogue river national forcat at Lake of the Wooda The work will be done by men of the South Fork CCO camp, with Bay Warner a, carpenter In charge The dwelling win form part of the ranger station layout on the north ahore of 4 ho lake. Work will be started aoon, forest headquarters announced, on a new office building at Lake of the Woods It will have three offices and a public reception hall downstairs and sleeping quarter, upstairs for vlalt'ng forest officials. MAINLINER LANDS AT LOCAL FIELD WITH 21 ABOARD BANQUET SLATED Two good-will ambaaasdors of the Bks safety fleet will arrive In Mcd ford Wednesday, and will bo given a banquet In the basement of the Elka temple under the direction of the past exalted rulers. Joe Cooke, a radio entertainer of national fame, will drive jnc of the safety cars, and will appear on the entertainment program following the banquet. Both the good-will ambaa radora will take part In the program. B. L. Sanderson, exalted mler, urges all membcra of the lodge to be present. The banquet ataru at (:30 p m. RED SCHEEL WINS NEW HONOR Maurice Edward Scheel. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. 8c heel of route 1 and former Medford high school athlete, wns recrntly selected as one of the outstanding college students in the United States, it was learned yester day. He Is Attending the Northwest ... a rare no college at ' Nampa, Idaho, and his biography, along with stu dents from 40 other American uiil TerftltleA, Appeared In the Intent edi tion of "Who's Who. Among Stu dents In American Universities and Colleges." published by the University of Alabama. Young Schecl, who was seleceted on the AU'Htste basketball twun In 1U33 while plying for Medford high. Is majoring In history at the Nararene school. He expects to secure a phytM rsl education degree after his four yeara, there anj tench that In some hljth school. Students honored by their appear ance in the 11.Rgnr.lue were not w Ucti because of their scholarsnlp recorj alone, but becnuse of their record In extra-curricula sativum, athletics and future possibilities. Maurice won two debate awards. In 1D35 and 1030. and waa vice president of the ttudent body rne year. He was alw director of ath letics st the school Inst year. Obituary Hunt lirlfl. 3i.l Mllri. TOLEDO (IIP) The wind and wares carried a lifted buoy from Alaumec hay In 1 ake Erie here to within 30 mile, of Buffalo 378 mile. aay. Ita light out. It was recovered bv a lleMhntiw. tender. John Welrh John Welch, a resident of Central Point nearly all his life, passed awuy in a Klamath PnlU hospital eatly Prl day morning after a ahort lllnejs. Mr. Welch was born at Central Point August 32, 1S63, and was aged 74 years at the time of his death. He eft Central Point In 1 13S t j miko his home with hla sou, William, who la a resident of Klamath Palla. Mr. Welch had mony friends In Cenlrm Point that will be saddened to hear of his death. Ho leaves hi, wife. Cary one son w,mam, or Kiamatn r.ir.i. one daughter, Bertha Chlaholm of Beagle, ore., and four brothers. Funeral jervlces will be helj at the Irl Funeral Homo Monday morning June 14, at 11 a. in. Dr. Sherman L lilvlne officiating. Interment will bo n the Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery. Pearl Irene Jnhnnnti Funeral aorviccs for Pearl Irene Johnson, 57, who passed away at her home In the anffln cree district Friday, will be held at the Perl fu neral home tomorrow at 3 p. m., the Hev. Joseph Knotia, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, officiat ing. Interment will be In Siskiyou Memorial park. One of the new 31 -passenger maln llnera of the United Air Lines made a special stop at Medford municipal airport late Friday afternoon. It was the Isrgest plane ever to lard on the local field. No difficulty seemeci to be experienced In bringing the ship In, although weather condi tions at the time were adverse It waa raining hard, clouds hung low and th north end of the field was en veloped In black mist. Nevertheless the big plane waa brought down easily, the runway pro viding ample length for stopping. Scarcely a mark was made on the hard runway. The plane waa taxied to the passenger gate with apparent ease. The plane made a 20-m.nute stop here. It carried a full load of 31 pas sengers. It arrived from Oakland. Calif., at 4:39 and left for Portland dt 4:50. It had left Oakland at 3:31. making the flight In stormy weather u two iiours ana eignt minutes. As the giant plane sped through he air an unusual contrast In trans portation waa provided by 1 Medford Corporation logging train which slow ly chugged Its way In the background, pulled by a locomotive with old-fashioned, wide-topped smokestack. Passengers wero unable to observe the surrounding scenery during their 20-mlnute stay because of the heavy rain. As the ship left, a rainbow stretched acrou the south end of the airport. The plane was piloted bv Herschel V. Laughlln. Co-pllot waa Johnny Adams and the stewardess was Clara Johnson. AH three are vetorana on coast schedules through Medford. The passengers discharged nere were E. J. Grassman, president, and Tom Collins, vice president, of the Quercus company which la leasing the Sterling gold mine In the Applcgate. Both men were from New York They wero expected to remain here until Monday to discusa future oper ation of the mine. They were met at the airport by D. Ford McCormlck manager and one of the owners of tho mine. Waco Plane' Agent Fishing in Rogue Ralph Johnson of Troy. Ohio, fac tory representative for the Waco Air plane company, arrived here list night with Al Ollhouscn. well-known Pacific coast pilot, who he recently acquired property In the valley and will rcsldo here with Mrs. Ollhousen. Johnson will spend a few days at Roguo River lodge, resort owned by the Ollliousen's. He explained at has long been waiting on opportunity to try tho tamed Roguo river fish ing. Closing time for Too Late to Claa. s:ty Ads Is 1:30 n m. BUILDING TOTALS SO FAR, $160,695 Medford seems well on the way enjoying Its greatat building era many years, figures released by City Building Inspector Prank Rogers yes terday indicate. To date, stated coat of construction projects so fir In 1937 show permits issued totaling ,180,695, far ahead the same period Isat year. During the first six months In 1036, per mits having a stated construction cost of 9101,635 were Issued, more thsn 60 per cent behind activity mis year. The first 13 daya of this month saw permlta Issued having a stated cost of 123.800, more the entire month of June, when permlta totaled 121,093. tot than 193", F E FINED Donald C. Lundy, 18, of Gold Hill was given a six months' suspended sentence by Judge William R. Cole man in justice of the peace court yesterday for unlawful angling in the Rogue river near Gold Hill. The some charge against James K. Ward, 16, albn of Gold Hill, waa dismissed Lundy pleaded guilty to wetghtlu his Hue with lead in an attempt to snag raimon. sentence was suspend ea in consideration of the boy' youth and the feet that It was his first offense. Judge Coleman said. SCHUMACHER SELL STORE AT TALEN Rny Schumacher, Talent merchnni and well-known valley resident, yes tcrday announced the sale of his meat and food store, known aa Ruy Market, In Talent, to Mrs. Ethel Low and het daughter. Mrs. Jerlne Stew art. both formerly of Grants Pass. The sale Included a business build lng and residence. Included In one structure. The establishment Is lo cated on the highway end Is an out' standing business in the community, Paul Walker of this city will be in charge of the meat market. The purchasers have taken possession. Amount of the transaction was not announced. Schumacher stated that his pUus for the future are indefinite as vet, He plans a" trip east with his family some time this summer and will meanwhile consider various business plans he said. No Immediate change of residence Is planned. Schumacher has been proprietor of the Talent store for the past five and a half years and before that was In business In this cltv. GREEN STAMPS OFFER SAVING S. A H. Green Stamps offer you a discount on small as well as large purchases. Only merchandise of standard, nationally known and en dorsed manufacturers Is given In exchange for S. ii II. Oreen stamps. We now give Oreen Stamps on all cash purchases and on all accounts paid by the loth of the month. Save r.f you spend at Heath's. Just because you are married Is no rtason why you shouldn't occasionally remember your wedding anniversary 01 your wlfe'a birthday. When was the last time you gave your wife t box of candy? Whitman ! Candy Is the beet known quality csndy In the world. We order It every week so you can be assured of Its freshneea. 10 c c. U 40 Insulin Is $1.13. Heath's Dm store. Phone Bfl4 bust EM w UNION MADE ' COPPER KINGS These are the Champion of all Waist Overalls. Tailored to the saddle. "Pcrmasize" Shrunk; taped crotch, smooth, comfortable riding -seat; double, reinforced pock ets; smooth burnished copper rivets. $1.65 V "aUUWVaBi J TO KEEP TUT GEE, MA, HOU) ( EASY - WHEN DO YOU MArAACtlV ANYTHING- GOES ., I WRONG- I JUST i 3 w PHONE- MEDFORD 243 atuL qitr EKERS0N PAINT U ROOF STORE BIG OLD H0U5E i IN SUCH RNE ICONOiTlOJ j JP CAN T BUST EM BLUE BIB OVERALLS that'll outwear all others, "Pcrmasize" Shrunk indigo denim. Stronger, heavier , . . GREEN PINE SLAB WOOED Big DOUBLE LOAD FOR DIRECT MILL DELIVERIES FIRST COME - FIRST SERVED I Phone 7 Now TIMBER PRODUCTS CO. END OF NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE E ON C. OF C. US! AS RESULT OF DRIVE Jackson County Chamber of Com merce membership campaign enrolled nine new members yesterday- morn ing, bringing to about 150 the num ber of new members registered since the special enrollment was stared three weeks ago. The campaign will close at noon next Saturday. The committors now making enrollments have all reported a 100 per cent response, it was an nounced. , During the week a voluntary sub scription was made by the local chap ter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. This brought to three the number of patriotic and fraternal organizations making voluntary subscript Ions, the others being the Disabled American Veterans of the World War and Meo ford aerie of the Fraternal Order of Esgles. The nine who Joined the chamber yesterday were H. O. Wilson. Insm- Jance: Young's Service Shp: Harold H. Brown, Insurance; Earl Tumy, ln- ' surance; H. A. Mitchell, auto paint ing; H. O. Purucker. electrical con tractor; L. C. Schafer, electrical works; Daily Auto Painting company, and Leland Clark. Insurance. Narrow Escape From Death For Andersons Mr. and Mrs. Eric W. Anderson re turned yesterday morning from a Tip to Chicago after narrowly escaping injury or death near the end of tlie:r 5500-mile Journey. Coming down Sexton mountain from the north, tho Anderson tar skidded on wet pavement, turned completely Around twice and came to rest top-side down In a ditch. No serloui injury resulted. Mrs. Ander son tuffered a sprained ankle ifcd shock and Andrew Pederson. who with Mrs. Pederson, was an occupant of the car. a bruised shoulder. The ma chine was only slightly damaged. A passing bus stopped, the driver extricating the Andersons and Mr. and Mrs. Pederson and helping to right the Anderwn auto. The group contluped to Medford without fur ther mishap. Mrs. Anderson was confined to her bed yesterday from shock. L I, federal bureau of air Closing time for Too Late to Clu- a.fv Ads Is 1 :30 p. m- BE AIR PLAN MEETS Commander C. E. Rosendahl, con stdered one of the greatest American authorities on dirigibles, will be a speaker at the meeting of ths North west Aviation Planning Council in Boise. Idaho. June 17. 18 and 19, it was ennounced definitely yesterday by A. H. Banwell, general chairman. Commander itosendah! has at one time oi another commanded nearly all of the giant dirigibles of the United States navy, including the Shenandoah, Macon end Los Angeles. His presence at the council's meet ing Is expected to add materially to the Interest It Is expected to create. Other who yesterday Informed Mr. Banwell they would attend the meeting Included Gill Robb Wilson, manager of the Newark airport, larg est In tho county, and president of the National Association of Avlaticn Officials: and Frpd Face. Jr., direc tor of the commerce. Ranking officials of the army and navy air corps, aircraft manufactur ing companies, air transportation companies and other leaders In aero nautics had already accepted inrt tattons to address the council's con ferences. Kir. Banwell will leave here by plane for Boise Wednesday morning, traveling via Portland. He plans to return next Sunday night. BIRTHS Rplchefcln The brith of an eight-pound daugh ter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Relch stein was announced here yesterday, Tho baby was oorn In St. Vincent's hospital in Portland yesterday morn ing. Mrs. Relchstcln was formerly Mian Ruth Newman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Newman. The Newmans left for Portland yesterday morning to visit their new granddaughter. Mr. IVlchstein was already in the northern city. Both mother and daughter were reported to be progressing nicely. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Irvln Hall of Mfdford a girl, weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces. June 11 at the Purucker maternity home. - ( f " T . , nil THE TANK ONCE 1 1 jl OWNERS REPORT 22-27 MILES PER GALLON First built for England and France, two years ago, the 60-horse-power Ford V-8 is writing remarkable mileage records on American roads today. Private owners, fleet operators, and cab companies alike report averages of from 22 to 27 miles on a gallon of gasoline. You can fill the tank of your Ford "60" and drive all day 300 to 400 miles without stopping again for fuel. Besides costing less to run than any other Ford car ever built, it sells at the lowest Ford price in years. That's double economy 1 The "60" delivers V-8 smoothness and quiet at speeds up to 70 miles an hour and its famous older brother, the "85," gives top performance and greater gasoline mileage this year than ever before. ft"'1' engine sizes arc built into the same roomy car, of the "" advanced design, with the same modern features of comfort and dependability that make the 137 Ford V-8 unquestionably THE QUALITY CAR IN THE LOW-rRICE FIELD. ' "60" F"Qfl 11 Dearborn Factory, j W Transportallon charges. " State and Federal taxes exlra FORD V-8 4 PRICES BEGIN AT Thi prict is lor tht 60.herrpowtr Court, illustrated abort, equipped Kith froot and re.r bunpert, tpirc tire, horo, wind, ihield wiper, inn vilor, lova comptrtmcnt, and afb trey. i.,-,ONrj: ""' dPvn..n.. Vnrt any tw.d.1 (CJ r3' F",'d - ( r l-m .nv h'-rd dealer nnfi .... . . i"1 S,,"V- ,A.'1 ,"" F""' d1"- "IfM etiv pi) meat pleae ol to. L'mr.riil Credit Company See the New 1937 FORD Now On Display C. E. GATES AUTO CO. 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