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rEtiFOITT) MAIL TRTBTTKE. fEPFORD OREGON". SUNDAY, ' .TTTLT 1 8." 1937
STATE LINE AREA
: TAKESOVN LIFE
Henry Ward, 55, Places Gun
'.' At Head, After Phoning
Neighbor Friday.
SIX PROPERTIES
IN VALLEY. CITY
. Henry Ward, 5Ayear-old homestead
tr In tha southeast corner of Jackson
county near Copco, Calif., waa found
drad In bed with a ahot through hit
head Friday night. The death wound
waa aellMnfltctcd. the county coroner
offlca atatcd.
Mr. Ward placed the m utile or a
Jtt calibre rifle In his mouth and
pulled the trigger, the coroner'a of
fice aald. adding that death waa In
atantaneoua. He loft a letter which
ihowed that he had been dwpondent,
according to the coroner'a office.
Death occurred about 7:30 Friday
rUtht. Shortly before that hour Mr.
Wrd telephoned hla nearest neigh -tor
taking Mm to call aa soon aa poa
alble. The neighbor lived four mllea
away and arrived at 8:30. He found
Mr. Ward dead, lying across a bed In
Ma cabin.
The neighbor, whose name waa not
procured, notified Coroner Prank
Perl. Deputy coroner Will Dadgo of
Ashland was aent to tno uomesieao
era cabin. Ho removed the body to
the P. J. Dodge and Sons mortuary In
Aehland.
" The man's mother, Mrs. W. E. Ward
of Klamath Palls waa notified and
she came with other relatives Imme
diately to Aahland.
i Plana wero made for Interment near
Cap co whoro forebears were interred.
MM ford and vicinity gained
new property owners from points out
side the atata. according to an an
nouncement of recent aalea by W. J.
("Dad") Robert, realtor, of 730 West
Second street, who handled the
transactions.
L. C. Oreenamyer sold to a. W. Mc
Bee of Augusta. Kan., a seven-room
house and aeven acres of land on the
Old Stage road.
Carl Wllkie. from Pender. Neb.,
bought nine acres and a seven-room
residence on Meyers lane from Ralph
Thomas,
Ed Betchel sold to C. A. Rector
from Olobo, Ariz., nine acrea and a
seven-room home, known aa the old
De Witt ranch.
O. L. Ortman purchased an eight
and half-acre ranch and a five
room bouse on Beall lane from the
Jackson County Building and Loan.
. W. E. and Grace Jones from Hood i
River purchased the large Milter resi
dence In Jacksonville from Amelia
Toff.
Leslie Shaw, from South Dakota,
bought a residence at 003 Maple stroet
from Mrs. Phil Loosley.
Mrs. Eva Zoe Carpenter sold a resi
dence at 70S North Riverside avenue
to C. L. Greener, from Washington.
DRIVE CONTINUES
E
FETE AT ASHLAND
NEW OPPORTUNITY
FOR CAR DRIVERS
E.
Continuation of dally service at
itedford city hall for the renewal or
procurement of Oregon driver licensee
waa announced yesterday by Ward
McReynolda, atnte examiner of oper
ator and chauffeurs. Mr. Mc Reyn
olds was unable to say how much
longer the special personal service
would bo available.
All driver license expired on Juno
430, but been use of ft last minute rush
period of grace waa allowed by the
secretary of atate'a office, Mr. Mc
Reynolds pointed out. Now, however,
he cmphaslrcd, drivers with old li
censee are bring cited Into court, 60
arresU for no n -possession of the cur
rent license having been made here
about by the auto police In the
put few dnya. '
To avert arrest, Mr. McRcynolda ad
vised quick action In procuring the
1037-3U license. B. D. Nutter will be
In the examiner's office on the top
floor of the city hall every day to
accept first or, renewal license applications.
BY
George Gllllngs, 16, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John P. Ollllnga of 33 Lincoln
street, won a 2fl priie for honorable
mention In the junior division or the
Fisher Body CratXtman's Guild model
car design competition In Oregon,
Portland headquarters notified the
Mall Tribune yesterday.
Announcement of the winners was
made by Lester W, Humphreys, as
Distant to Mayor Joseph Cnrson, in
Portland where judging had been In
progress since close of the competi
tion July 0. Fourteen awards wero
made In each state.
George, a Junior In Medford high
school, carved hU winning body
model out of bnlsA wood, using only
ordinary hand tools. It was a solid
model, entirely hnnd-mnde. which In
corporated George's original Idcoa on
car body duslgn.
For tho past three or four years
tho boy has shown an aptitude for
handicraft. Ho spends much of his
spare time In modeling and has made
about 100 airplane models. His father
la office deputy in the county engi
neering depnrtment.
Val Estrello, CCD enrolee of Camp
Wineglass, suffered a fractured tipper
Jaw and the Ions of four teeth when
trurk by a falling rock while at
work with a crew of men on the
rim at Crater lake.
Rstrello won a leader In charge of
ft crew. FelKiw workers noticed the
falling rock but was unable to warn
him in time and ho waa hit mil in
the face. The rcok cut hla Up as
well aa Injuring his jaw and teeth.
KstrcUo waa brought to tho Pacrej
Heart hospital in Medford and. ac
cording to the CCC district surgeon,
la recovering rapidly.
The accident happened several days
ago but was disclosed ouly yesterday.
nrnruirt unm nnnrm
JtUUNU Will I H DKUUU sSs
SHOULD BE SPRAYED llP 111
LOCAL MOTORISTS
TO RECEIVE TEST
Medford motorist will soon have
the opportunity of testing their acu
mew In operating an automobile.
Somo day this week the Oregon
State Motor association will send a
machine here in furtherance of lt
rampnlgn to reduce accidents. It wtu
announced yesterday y Word Mc
Rcynolda. state examiner.. The exact
date had not yet been determined.
- The machine la housed in a trailer
It is designed to dlseloeo a driver's
vision and depth of i-erceptlon, alert
ness In responding to signals and
general Judgment. Errors of driving.
if any. are revealed and the driver
la then shown how they may be
overcome.
Purpose of the association In send
ing tho apparatus around the state
is entirely educational, Mr. McRcyn
olda explained in asking public co
operation.
The first rover spray for the
control of second brood codling moth
should be completed on July 30
on all varieties of apples and pears,
according to the advice of C. B
Cordy, assistant county agent aim
L, O. Oentner. eutomolgiKt of mc
Southern Oregon experiment station
Vse three pounds of arsenate oi
Iad plus one-fourth to one-third
pound of spresder In -ne hundred
gallons of tcr.
Growers should not use oil on
apple in the aeoond brood sprays,,
since It my complicate t:ie rcidue
removal at harvest time.
LAWN MOW nils sharpened We call
and del si ma pt. !, tt 43 N Fir
,,mere .''? B,.
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Ala Vista Packing House
' 327 South Fir Street
Under the management of C. A. KNIGHT. Owner; C. A.
MARSHALL, Foreman, and MARIAN STANCLIT in
charge of Packing and Sorting.
We have installed a NEW IDEAL WASHER and have
ample capacity to give QUICK SERVICE and GUARAN
TEE FIRST CLASS PACK.
Please call and see us. We will Pack and Store your
Fruit and you can sell to whom you please. We also
expect some very attractive FO B. Orders. Phone 1000.
The Oregon Shakespeare Pestlval
association's drlxe for associate mem
berships will continue In Medford
next week, following three dsys of
successful canvassing on the part of
the drive committee.
A number of new names were add
ed Saturday to the list of sponsors
for the annual Shakespearean plays
which will be held In Aahland August
to 7, and early returns Indicate
highly successful csmpalgn.
Ashland's drive will formally get
under way Monday, although a num
ber of pre -drive memberships have
been sold here. Because of the "Great-
Aahland" celebration, commute:
members decided to open their cam
paign next week.
Mrs. H. M. schilling is chairman
of the Ashland committee with Robert
Dodge, Mrs. fred Wagner and Mrs.
John Puller assisting.
The Medford committee, made up of
Dorothy . Prultt, Doreen Leverette,
Rychard Sleight and Roy Craft, re
porta twelve new sponsoring mem
bers, and Ashland added two to the
list Saturday,
Sam Birch. Portland pear broker
and Shakespeare enthusiast, waa one
of the first out-of-townera to pur
chase a sponsoring membership. He
plana to bring hla wife and two
daughtera here for the week of the
festival to enjoy the three plays on
this year'a repertoire, "Twelfth Night."
Romea and Juliet ' and "Taming of
the Shrew."
Following are the new members:
Af.h land
Rev. Charlea Qullbert.
Dr. Mnttlo B. Shaw.
.Medford
Mrs. Porter Nefr.
Plrst National Bank.
9. M. Bullls.
Mayor aeorrje porter
Mrs. E. E. Q ore.
Blgelow's.
Alfred S. V. Carpenter.
Mrs. Alfred fl. ,V. Carpenter.
Mrs. Loonnrd Carpenter.
Oeorgo A. Hunt.
Louisa C. Leo
W. W. Walker.
With tho sponsoring memberships.
which sell at 5, go six reserved a?at
tickets to any of the performances.
The association, headed by Judge Earl
B. Day, hopes to establish the annual
southern dramatic festival oi
sound, permanent basis.
LOCAL and PERSONAL
Home for Week-End J. D. Bow-
dish. Medford builder now employed
at Crater lake, arrived here Friday
evening to spend the week-end at
his home, 1260 Sunset avenue,
' Meeting Tuesday Southern Oregon
Gem and Mineral society will hold
a regular semi-monthly meeting In
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce at 7:30 Tuesday evening.
Ylftlting Grandmother Richard
Ward, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Ward of Klamath Palls, former Med
ford residents, la spending a few days
with his grandmother, Mrs. J, D.
Bowdlsh of 1360 Sunset avenue.
Frllftfi in Army Louis H. Lawaon,
son of Mr. and Mra. W. M. Law&on
of 322 North Central avenue, was
enlisted at Portland July Ifl for ser
vice with the United Stat army air
corps In the Hawaiian Islands, It was
announced yesterday by Set. WUUs
3. Estep, recruiter here.
Undergo Operations P. L. Coon of
Grant Pass underwent a sub-mucous
operation In the Osteopathic hospital
yesterday moinlng. Julia Vanderpool,
young daughter of "Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Vanderpool of Klamath Falls, had
her tonsils and adenoid excised at
the hospital Friday morning.
To IlaTe Tonsils Fxclsed Ansll
pearce, scaler for the Rogue River na
tional forest at the Pelican Bay Lum
ber company operation northeast of
Crater lake, arrived here yesterday
on sick leave. He was said to be
Buffering from tons! lit Is and 1 to
have his tonsils excised tomorrow.
Army Stutlon Re-Opens United
State army recruiting station has i
been re-opened in Medford city hall
following the return of Willi S.
Estep, sergeant In charge, from a va
cation spent in visiting relative and
friends in Idaho and Utah. Appli
cations aro being received for service
In nearly all branches of the army,
both foreign and domestic, Sgt. Estep
said.
Here for Week-End Bernle Hughes,
ranger at Crater Lake national park,
la spending the week-end In Med
ford.
Two New Residences Applications
were made at .the city building In
speetor'a office yesterday for permits
to construct two. new residence. They
were made by Jim and Lee Neff of
807 Bennett avenue for the construc
tion of a house and garage at a stated
coat of 92000 and by Delbert J. Berg
man of. 811 East Jackson boulevard
for the construction of a residence
and garage at a stated cost of $2800.
Returns to Duties Richard M.
Culbertaon, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thorns A. Culbertaon, Sr., left by
train last night for San Diego, Cal
where he will resume hi duties with
the United State navy. He had been
home on leave since July 3. Culbert
aon 1 serving on the airplane car
rler Lexington which steamed away
to assist In the search for Amelia
Earhart while he was on furlough
He will be assigned to duties at Coro-
nado until hla ship returns to port.
K I wan Is Speaker Ben O. Lipscomb
of Portland, field representative of
the social security board with head
quarters In Klamath Falls, will be the
principal speaker at tomorrow's week
ly luncheon -meeting of the Kt warns
club In the Hotel Medford at 13:16.
He will explain administrative fea
ture of tbc social cecurlty act. The
club will welcome a a new mem
ber Cornelius Collins, new owner of
the Medford Lumber company whose
Klwanis membership was transferred
to the local club after his arrival here
from hi former mid-west home.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Otllnsky
of Jacksonville a girl weighing six
pounds and ten ounces at Sacred
Heart hospital Friday afternoon, July
16.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Emll Tarns of
838 South Newtown .street a boy
welching seven pounds and six ounces
at Sacred Heart hospital yesterday
morning, Saturday, July 17.
Judgment for K0 damages woe
given In a British court for disin
fecting a house without giving no
tice, this being "wrongful Interfer
ence with property."
Cue Mall rrlbune want ids
Confers Here Fred Ames, member
of tho Unlt?d States regional forest
staff at Portland In charge of timber
sale procedure, conferred here yes
terday with Karl L. Janouch, super
visor of the Rogue River national
forest. Mr. Ames waa en route to
Eugene after making an Inspection at
the ret lean Bay Lumber company and
the Chlloquln Lumber company op
erations on the Rogue forest.
Two Felicitations Only two cham
bers of commerce In the whole United
States congratulated Tacoma when
the Washington city wo chosen for
an army nlrbnse. It Is declared Jn
tho current issue of "Tacoma Prog
ess,,, a magazine published by the
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce. One
was the Jackron County chamber uf
Commerce and the other the Dayton,
Ohio, Chamber of Commerce, said the
magazine article, written by T. A.
Stevenson, secretary -manager of the
Tacoma chamber. Tho choice of Ta
coma for the alrbase stirred up con
siderable resentment In some quar
ters, especially In Portland whlcn
had been campaigning for the air
base for Itself. At tho time of re
ceiving the local chamber's congratu
latory messago the Tacoma organtz- ,
at ion expressed lta gratitude and said
It would assist Medford In procuring j
a secondary base.
Medford Publicity Word was re
ceived here yesterday from Under
wood 6s Underwood by A. H. Ban
well, manager of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce, that the photo
service would distribute to its hun
dreds of newspaper and magazine cli
ents photographs of Mrs. Hlldcgarde
Lange Ryan and her ctght-montha-old
baby, Artls Jean, who were taken
aloft by Tex Rankin, stunt pilot,
after the sky show held here July 2.
A story would be sent out with the i
photos, Underwood & Underwood
wrote. Feature of the story la that
Tex Rankin gave Mrs. Ryan her first
airplane spin 30 years ago when she
waa eight months old. Thus two gen
erations wero given their lnltal spins
by the famed pilot. The photos and
story were sent to Underwood & Un
derwood by Mr. Ban well. ,
Army General Here MaJ-Oen.
George S. Slmonds, commanding the
9th corps area of the United States
army, stopped at Medford municipal
airport yesterday afternoon on his
return to his Presidio headquarters
after a flight to Fort Lewis, Wash,
where he went over plans for army
and national guard maneuvers. He
remained only long enough to havfl
his plane refueled. The - ship was.
piloted by Col. Jacob Flckel, air of
ficer of the 8th corps area. Other
arrivals yesterday Included Lieut. X..
G. Saunders of Boiling field. Wash
ington, D. O, who 1 making a cross
country flight in a Douglas obser
vation plane and who arrived from
Hamilton field. Cal., and departed
for Fort Lewis. Lieut. H. A. Boushey
of Fort Lewis arrived late Friday In
a Douglas observation en route to
Sunnyvale. Cal.
Vacation la East Madeline Solder.
assistant supervisor of tha dlruioa of
employment In WPA district 4, left
Medford by train Friday for Minne
apolis, Minn., where she will spend a
month vacation.
Evpect4 Home Joe Burroughs
and B. L. Sanderson, delegates from
th local Elk lodge to the national
convention In Denver, Colo., are ex
pected to return this week. They
report a very enjoyable trip and much
appreciation of Denver hospitality.
Driver Cited Almond Wilder Hill.
49, of Medford, was cited by stats
police yesterday afternoon to appear
in justice court tomorrow afternoon
on charges of cutting In while pass
ing another car. Hill was cited on
the Pacific highway south of Med
ford. Class flapper O. A. Meeker Sun
day school class of the . First Meth
odist Episcopal church will have a
pot-luck supper Tuesday night at
6:30 on the lawn at the L. F. Blttlc
home, 113 South Oakdale avenue.
Those attending are to brine a cov
ered-dish and service.
Birth Announced Of Interest to
their many Medford frlenda Is an
nouncement of the birth of a daugh
ter to Mr. and Mr. Earl Wymore of
Portland. July 14. The baby welshed 1
six pounds and ha been named Dor-
othy May. Both mother and daugh- I
ter are reported getting alone nicelv. I
Mrs. Wymore was formerly Miss Mar- j
jorle Hon of thla city and both she
and her husband resided here prior I
to moving to Portland,
COOLERWEATHER
SEEN FOR TODAY
pcu to report poaslbl, ftret. L!bt
nine ttrlke, rt reported but no
bl,zo iu Immediately discernible.
Localized electric storm, were also
reported In Portland and fialem. Of
ticlal forecast for the Rrgue valley
was for cloudy weather today and
tomorrow, cooler today.
Because rural Juror, are more
familiar with measuring distances by
paces rather than by feet. Okla
homa's new hlghwey patrolmen are
checked for length of trld.
Seal Thumb, Ride
SAUNAS, Cal. (UP) Al Sllfh,
33-year-old golf professional, aver,
that the training of seal, ha, reached
a point where they now know how
tc give the hltch-hlklng signal. Sllgh.
driving a county truck, encountered
, seal which had come ashore and
wandered four mllea from the ocean.
The seal promptly signaled his hitch
hiking desires with a flip of Its tall,
and Sllgh took It aboard and back
lo the ocean.
Scattered thunder storms checks
the mercury rise In the vallev vrxtrr-
day and cooler temperatures wen-
predicted for today. Yesterdays high
est reading was 92, five under Friday's
peak.
Rainless electric storm v r.nn.H
last evening in the Butte Fail. hu.
trlct, Rcgue river national forest ob-j
server. hln v.-u .
u vtuwjy 10 meir
BINDER TWINE
Standard quality, 600 ft
Highest quality, 600 ft
.$5.25 per bale
$6.00 per bale
GRAIN SACKS 6c and each
All very good quality sacks for Wheat,
Barley and Oats. See us before you buy.
GRAIN STORAGE
323 N. Froht
BONDED WAREHOUSE LOW INSURANCE RATES
See us now for grain storage space in our
new concrete fire-proof warehouse. Our
storago warehouse is dry and clean and
rates reasonable. A new 20 ton truck scale
bas been installed for quick and depend
able service.
Let us haul your grain for you direct from
the field to our storage.
F. E. SAMSON GO.
SEEDS - FEEDS - FERTILIZER
229 N. Riverside
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STRIKING NEW FEATURES include
leetl Flame . . . No Cenk.iMea . . . New
Type Peel Ualt . . . New preceil far kaalelfylaa
ad arifylaf air . . . New t nelat.r aalt teniae,
! a,av eta.r, w.lca c.mkl.ed tlv, ..,nan
vemll eAcleaty. laaaartlal teiH pre re St
feel recavery.
CON VICTi n. One convicted of,
and under sentence for, a crime.
Webster
It's a crime for women to carry wood. A
crime to impair children's health with sooty
smoke-laden air and fumes. These two were
convicted of such crimes by a bard to handle
wood-fired furnace. But they've escaped
now. They're free forever from drafts and
dampers, wood and ashes. ,
Escape furnace work, install the new Cen
tury Zeph-o-lator. It not only brings you all
the glorious comfort and convenience of Cen
tury automatic oil heat, but properly condi
tions the air you breathe. It washes and puri
fies it, then adds the correct amount of mois
ture and heat for best health. It also supplies
plenty of domestic hot water.
A complete heating and air conditioning
system contained in a single, attractively de
signed cabinet-type unit, self-operating" and
attontion-free. Ask your dealer for the rea
sonable cost.
CENTURY ENGINEERING CORP.
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For Oil Heating of Any Type See
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ELECTRIC WIRING CO.
I
'Dreamed
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"But we thought it wouldn't be possible to have one for many
years to come 1
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plan safely and economically. He showed us how to build on
the budget plan just the type of dwelling we were looking
for at just the price we can afford to pay. He revealed to us
the joys of home ownership. He explained how we can trans
form the payment of rent into mortgagc-liquidating install-ments."
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ed about for years, are within your reach. Let us help you
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MEDFORD
PHONE 7
OREGON
END OF N. CENTRAL
217 W. Main.
Phone 458