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PAGE TWELVE afEPFOftP M An, TRTBUyE. MEPFORTV OREGON'. STJSTDAY, AUGUST 1. 1937 F.G. DIES INJWEDEN Cablegram Tells Of Passing Long Active In Valley Affairs. Dr. Franc 1 o. flwodenburg, prom inent Ashland phyntclnn and turgeoo. dld in ht native Gothenburg, Swe den, his nephew, Carl Sweden burg, wa Iniormrd by cablegram yenterday. The brief mesaage did not sUte when the doctor died or what caiued death. He waa In good health when be left Aahland on July 2 with hi wife and two daughter for a tour of Europe. He waa 69 yeara old. Dr. 8 wed en burg waa widely known In southern Oregon, having been ac tive in medical, civic, fraternal and business affairs. He took a prominent part In the JackAon County and Southern Oregon Medical societies of which he had served as president. He was a fellow of the American Collcffe of Surgeons and a member of the American Medical association. He was Ashland city health officer from 1908 to 1030. I He was a pnt exalted ruler of the Ashland Elks lodge, past noble grand of the Independent Order of Odd Pel lows, a member of HIMah temple of the Shrine, Modern Woodmen of America and the Ashland Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Swedenburg's business Interests were extenilve. He owned and oper ated the Swcdenburg building at 3rd and East Main streets, Ashland, where . he had his offices. Te owned also two large pear orchards, one In Fern Vat ley and the other near Phoenix. He was a director of the Blair Granite company and held investments in other Ashland enterprises. Including the Bagley Canning company. The doctor was Influential in civic affairs and helped to promote numer ous projects one of the moat Impor tant of which was Reeder dam which forms the reservoir that provides Ash land with water. He was appointed to the Ashland city council in 1934 by Mayor Thornton S. WUey and was to have served until the general 1036 lection. Dr. Swedenburg and his wife left Ashland on July 2 for Oothenburg, Sweden. They were Joined en route by their daughters. Dr. Genevieve Swedenburg. Interne at Pittsburg Uni versity Medical Center, and Miss Elea nor, a nurse at Barnes hospital, St. Louis, Mo. In Vienna Dr. Genevieve was to continue work In her medical studies and Miss Eleanor waa to take post graduate work In nursing. The family sailed from New York on July 10 and were to have arrived in Gothenburg on July 10. After a visit of ten days In Oothenburg they were to have continued to Stockholm to be guests of other relatives. Prom there the daughters were going to Vienna and the doctor was to have vlalted the leading clinics of Europe. Dr. Swedenburg waa born In Ooth enburg on October 18, 1868, the son of Mr. and Mn, John Henry Sweden burg. When he was alx months old, he came to the United State with hla parents, the family taking up res idence In Maiden Rock, Wis., where the boy received hU early education. He was graduated from the Be irtan'i buatness and normal school at Rd Wing. Minn.. In 1895 and procured a degree In pharmacy at Valparaiso. Ind., tn 1BH7. He received the drre of doctor of medicine at the Rush Medical college, Chicago, In 1000 af ter studying- at the University of Minnesota. His pott graduate work included study In Chicago. Philadel phia, New York and several European centers. On July 28, 1006, Dr. Swedenburg and Olive Ester Eggleeton were mar ried in Red Wing, Minn. The couple came to Ashland in 1007. Their latest Ashland residence at 990 Siskiyou boulevard was considered one of southern Oregon's show places. In addition to bis wife and two daughters Dr. Swedenburg Is sur vived by two brothers. Dr. A. W. Swe denburg of Thief River Palls, Minn., and C. J. Swedeneburg ' of Cannon Palls. His nephew Carl came from Thief River Palls this summer to look after his properties while he was abroad. No word was received regarding fu neral arrangements. LONG TIME CITY RESIDENT DEAD William Wuley Hall. aged 18. pnued away at the home of nla daughter and aon-ln-law, Mr. and Mra. Otto DeJarnett at 018 west Jackson uarly Saturday morning. Mr. Hall has been In falling healtn for the past four yeara during which time he haa realded with hla daugh ter. He formerly realded a ahort distance north of Medford. Mr. Hall haa been a resident of. Medford for the laat 30 year,. Hla wife. Lettle E. Hall, pained away In April, 1935. , Besldea hla daughter, Mra. Dejar nett, he leaves one grandson, Wil liam Purdln of Portland. Alao three sinters and one brother, two of which reside In Maine, one at Long Beach, Cal and the brother In Delaware. Funeral services will be conducted at the Conger chapel at 3 p. m. Monday with Hev. D. E. Millard of ficiating. Interment will be made beside his deceased wife In the Sis kiyou memorial park. ANNUAL MEET OF STATE INSURANCE Tl Prominent Executives Of East Coast To Attend Two Day Session Here. MRS. ASHER NEFF TO LAST REWARD Ruth Turn bow Neff. wife of James Asher Neff of this city, pnssed away in Portland Friday while there for a brief time. Ruth Turnbow was born at Rose burg April 19, 1903. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Turnbow. She also leaven beMde her husband, four children. LeRoy, Joan, Barbara and Bettte Neff, all at home. Also five brother and three sisters, George and John Turnbow of Weatwood. Calif.; Alva of Eugene, Ore.; Amos Turnbow and Mary Crocker of Medford; Esther Coleman, Mt. Shasta, Cnl.; Eunice McCoy. Central Point and Woodrow Turnbow of Haines, Alnska. The body will arrive In Medrord Sunday and committal services un der auspices of the Medford Apos tolic Faith mission will be neia at the grave in the Medford I O O F. cemetery at 3 p. m. Tuesday. Regular services were held in Portland Saturday. Conger funeral parlors are In charge of arrange ments here. 8nel Honored ARLINGTON. July 31. (AP) Oeorge Sane of Arlington was elect ed commander of the local Ameri can Legion post at elections here thta week. Enrl Snell, secretary ol state, a member of the local 'post, waa named delegate to the state convention at Albany In AuRiwt. Between 100 and ISO persons ere expected to attend the annual con vention of the Oregon state insur ance Agents' association here next Thursday and Friday. Several nationally prominent in surance executives from the Pacific coast and the east are to participate In the convention and address the bulsness sessions. The meetings will be held In the Jackson county court house auditorium. Reservations Indicate that between 80 end 100 local agents and between 40 and M company representatives will be present. It was stated by Har old Brown, committee member. Thursday afternoon will be devoted to a tournament at the Rogue River Valley Oolf club. Those not Inter ested In golf will be taken on a sight-seeing trip to Crater Lake na tional park. The annual banquet will be held In the Hotel Medford at 7 o'clock Friday night. Earl Tumy is general chairman of the convention committee. Assisting him are Harold Brown. Max Pelrce, J. O- Collins, Cole Holmes, Mark Goldy and John Wilkinson. STAGES COUNCIL Cub Pack No. 8. sponsored by the Washington School P.-T. A., held Its second achievement council Friday evening at the Washington school. The meeting was well attended by parents and Cub, and leadera of the pack. The following Cuba advanced from the rank of Bob Cat to Wolf: Oene Shares. Lylc White. Kenneth Carpenter and Harold Jenkins. Ad vancing from Wolf to Bear rank were James Brtnson, Tom Collie and James Hoey. During the program following the making of the awards. Scout lm El liott of Troop No. 7 gave an Inter eating talk to the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Washington. D. C, from which tho Bcouta of the Crater Lake area council have Just returned. BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mra. Loula Hughes of route 1 a baby boy weighing 7 pounds 14 ouncea at Sacred Heart hospital July 39. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Oldham of 1133 Court atreet a baby boy weighing 0 pounds 8 ounces at Sacred Heart hospital July 30. Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Tenny son of 114 Almond street a baby girl weighing t pounda 14 ouncea at Sacred Heart hospital July 30. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Grant FarrU of 2015 East Main street a baby girl weighing 7 pounds 18 ounces at sacred Heart hospital July 30. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1 :30 p. m. We Start Our August Sales Tht Wash Dress Lux Event Monday morning w start our August galea with this combination Lux, Wash Dress event. Miss Nona Crosby of the Lux Labora . tories will be In our Wash Dress Dept. Her hints on the care of wash fabrics will save you money, ,tW t III v.?---.- : Ft f rocks We have selected for thla event a group of lovely Wifth Dresses, inch as cool swlwrs, voiles, sheers and RnRlttth prints. Drew with sun backs, with Jackets and frocki with Dundel nktrts. The trimmings are neta. organdie, velvet rlbboni and smart buttons. We have priced them only $295 FREE LUX! Miss Crosby of the Liu Co, will prftmnt a mgxilar alee paksr of Lux to every cus tomer purchasing a Wash Dress from 11 OA up. One parkane to a customer). Lining your wimh rrocks keeps them like new. MANNS WE RECOMMEND LUX FOR WASH DRESSES Mrs. Alice Hamilton of Klamath Palls baa established her camp on Hucitieoerry mountain for the 47th consecutive year. Rogue river national forest headquarters announced yes terday. Mra. Hamilton sets up camp on the mountain every year f pick huckle berries which she nells in bulk and canned. She has three helpers In her camp this year. She Is getting an early start aa the berries will not be ripe for at least another fortnight, forest headquarter! said. An expert rifle shot. Mra. Hamil ton remain in camp late enough Into the autumn each year to get herself the two deer allowed by law. HEARING ENDS ON TRUCK LINE PLEA Hearing waa completed In the fed eral courtroom here Friday on the application of the Pierce Auto freight Lines, Inc., for a certificate from the Interstate commerce commission t o render trucking service between San Francisco and Portland and way points. Briefs are to be submitted hv th Interested parties to the Joint board which held the hearings and later tha board Will make it ritonmmenrl..lnn to the I.C.C. A. L. Stephens of Port- iana was examiner for the I.C.C. and H. H. Hauser of Salem represented the Oregon nubile utilities nnmmi.. slon. The California railroad com mission was also a party to the hear ing as a member of the board but had no representative present. Coupe Upsets, When Struck; No Injury A Ford coupe drlved by O. Robert Goodall of CCC Camp Wineglass, Cra ter lake, was upset at the corner of South Central avenue and Ninth street at s p. m. yesterday when It was struck by a machine operated by Edward Anderson of 19 Hazel street, socordlng to city police. Nobody was injured. OoodsU, police slated, was traveling south on South Central avenue, and waa struck broadsldo by the Ander son car. pulling Into South Central from Klnth street. The Ford coupe was damaged considerably while the Studebaker driven by Ander received minor injury, The department of agriculture est imates the South Texas Bermuda on ion crop at 1,993.000 sacks, 32 pcr cpnt less than last year's production. TYBALT! r t- ii i wiiii inn iinirfr Morgan rook nf the Cornish school. Seattle, In spending the hu miner In ko ill hern Oregon In order to take part In the Shakespeare festival which opens In . Ashland tomorrow night. He la f-hown above as he appears In the role of Tybalt In "Romeo and Juliet." He will appear as Tranlo ill "Taming of the Shrew" tomorrow night. Florhanna Mae Becknell. serving ft 30-day sentence in the Jackson coun ty Jail, for non possession of an auto driver's license, did not take ap ex amination for a, new one today as she had indicated a willingness to do, and Instead remained In her cell, to complete the first week of her sentence. Sheriff 3yd I. Brown Informed Mrs. Becknell he would be available by telephone, any time during office ; hours, to take her before the driving ! examiners here on a regular weekly visit. The sheriff said Mrs. Becknell was "unable to make up her mind. Justice of the Peace William R Coleman, committing magistrate, has Indicated he would consider releas ing Mrs. Becknell. if and when, she took and passed, the examination." The Jail matron said Mrs. Becknell was 'cheerful and pleasant Boosts Wild Life MARSHPrELD. Ore.. July 31. (AP) Gov. Charles Martin urged members of the state game commission here to make Oregon a "sportsmen's para dise" and double Its fish, hatchery output In 1938. VALLEY POSTS 10 STATE CONCLAVE IN SPECIAL CARS Local Legionnaires are busily en gaged In making final plans for rep resentation at the annual state con vention of The American Legion which convenes In Albany next week. A large number of veterans from Med ford ond other southern Oregon com munities plan to make the trip via the Southern Pacific railroad and it is thought that at least two special cars will be needed to take care of the Legion groups from Medford, Ash land. Grants Pass and Rose burg. Members of Medford post wishing reservations are asked to contact Lee Oarlock at 313 at onoe. A meeting of the local post will be held at the armory Tuesday night at which time, final preparations for the convention will be made. All members are requested to be present as several Important matters will be presented for discussion, officers said. BUILDING TOTAL IN JULY $23,580 New Photo-Finish Shop Opened Here Announcement of the opening of a new photo-flnlshlng service shop In the Liberty building was made yes terday by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Gal lap and Mr. and Mra. Hal Carver, proprietors. The new business will open for business tomorrow morn ing. The proprietors moved to Medford recently from Belvldere. 111., where they operated the Mid-Western Stu dio. Enlarging and color work will be done Immediately, the owners an nounce. The atudlo will handle por trait work later. One day service will be given. Special Degree At K. of P. Session A special ceremony, the Oriental degree, will be presented at tomor row night's meeting of Knlghta ot Phythlae scheduled for S o'clock at the K. P. hall. Members of the Granfe Pasa lodge are to conduct the degree, those In charge have announced. Special entertainment and pro gram numbers are being planned to follow the lodge session and all knights and visiting members are urged to be present. The gathering Is planned as an outstanding ses sion of the year. nuiidiiw nermlta Issued from the city Inspector's office during the month of July totalled i3,oou. an in crease of nearly 300 per cent over the corresponding period in 193. It was revealed today by figures released by City Building Inspector Prank Rog ers. July In 1936 saw permits totalling K.170. Although showing a sharp gain over permits Issued a year ago. the past month fell considerably behind June of 1937, when permits having a stated cost of S34.764 were Issued. Included In the total for the past month were permits for the construc tion of four new residences. FILMlKSlIN T Eddie Nugent and Bradley Pai, motion picture actors vacationing lm southern Oregon, were made members of the National Catfish Derby asso ciation when they made a personal appearance on the Holly stage Friday evening. Carefully instructed regarding their res pons! bllitles, the two popular Hol lywood actors were inducted into membership by Jerry Jerome. . Nu gent was presented with the big fish pole symbolic of catflshing and Page was given a scroll certifying their membership In the association. Prom the Holly the film luminaries went to the Rlalto, where they were presented to the audience by Elno Hemmlla, theater manager. Nugent displayed and described bis symbolic fishing pole and Page read the cer tificate of membership. Both men were tired after a day of trudging along the Rogue river in search of summer camp property. Nugent was lost for three hours and he and Pago, arrived In Medford bare ly :n time to make their scheduled personal appearance. They were out looking over prop erty with Elmer Herrled. Nugent be came separated from the other two and apparently followed the wrong trail. TRAILER TREK TO Mr. end Mrs.. E. J. Klein of 534 North Bartlett street and their sons, Ralph, Leonard and Vernon, returned home Friday night from a motor trailer trek that took them from Med f ord , Ore., to Med ford , Ms s&, frAm Pnit tanrf. Ore., to Portland M. ,. The Kleins left here on June lo in meu bcvkms mwwuu Matter. Everywhere they went on their long tour they advertised Medford and tattrBstn lYrimtV. d ill trlbll tins rtarx. phlets and describing the scenic, ' farm and commercial resources of this section. In Medford. Mass.. Mr. Klein barged Into the office of the Daily Mercury and the result was a long front-pig story telling of the wonders of Med ford, Ore. Tho Ktntv finnHiirfprf : ' "Thpr la n. doubt that if Mr. Klein reemalned In UllO viuitut; tui an tiism Vi llBM there would be a trek of trailers to the city of which he so proudly and sincerely boasts." Use Mail Tribune want ads. Ban Francisco Butterfat SACRAMENTO, Cal- July 31 (AP) Churning cream butterfat: First grade, Zlic second grade, fiit The paper best suited for snapshots When you leave your films hen for finishing we print your picturei on Velox paper exclusively. Look for the name on the back of each print. It's your insurance of better, more uniform print quality. FREE DEVELOPING TWICE A DAY SERVICE Man Vour Films to Photograph Headquarters SWEM'S 21? E Main. Med'ord THE CHAMPION WAIST OVERALLS COPPER KINGS 1 A XT Aimioainm (CANtMJSTtM These "Permasie" Shrunk Waist Overalls are heavier than IOV2 oz. and assure the wearer greater com fort, additional weal and complete satisfac tion. 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