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"MEDFOUD MATT, THTBITXE, BEDFORD. (TREflON. TrTTTRS'OAY. AmUST 12. 1937. PAGE SEVEN FOUND BY YOUTHS BIO APPLEGATE. Aug. 12. (8pl.) Two mmliture prospectors, Walter Offenbacher. 10, and hi ooualn, Evli Offenbacher. 0, took to the hills near the former's home In bo arch of gold recently, and discovered not their fortunes, but a rattlesnake. At a spring where they went to do ttielr panning, lay a huge rattler with 13 rattles and a button, and which they estimated to be three fet long. With their miners shovels they quickly administered death to the reptile, and chopped oft his rat tles as a souvenir. As a sequel to this Incident. Walter's father, Lance Offenbacher, killed a large rattler at his ranch A few days later, after having acciden tally stepped on the snake, which bit at the toe of his shoe. NEW 'MASS JOB HUNT SALEM, Aug. 12. ( AP) T. M. Phillips, Portland, secretary of the Workers Alliance, made an appoint ment today with Governor Martin for 4 p. m. tomorrow, when he said WPA workers who have been forced off relief would come here on a "mass job hunt." The workers originally were sched uled to come here yesterday. Governor Martin said he would have a list of 5.64 Jobs available for the 3,000 workers who have been forced off the rolls by the govern ment's curtailment of relief activities. Eugene Bank Has Record Deposits EUGENE, Ore.. Aug. IS. ( AP) An all-time high mark in deposits and total resources was announced to day by the First National bauk in a statement which estimated the total resources of the bank at 7,667,&92. Deposits were set at $7,120,573, while current loans were believed to exceed 91,664,791, almost equaling the 1929 peak. DANISH SHIP SINKS FOLLOWING COLLISION HEW YORK, Aug. 13. (P) The Ra dio Marine Corporation of America reported today the Danish freighter Maine sank at 9:49 a. m. (EDT) after the vessel had been abandoned fol lowing a collision with the Canadian Pacific steamer Duchess of Atboll which wa standing tiy. Renpn Own Reward TULSA. (UP) Clyde Pool has lost faith In turtle nature. In April he set out a dozen tomato plants of the small preserving variety. To guard them from the bugs, he tethered a snapping turtle among the plants. The turtle ate the tniects until the tomatoes ripened. Then he ate the tomatoes. MILLIONS SHOWER. Marchess, da Cuevai, Signorm Margaret Strong, was tbe chief beneficiary under the will of her grandfather, John D. Rockefel ler. She lives In Florence, Italy. 3 1IG MONIT MAN. Salaries of movie men In 1938, thu far reported, show Warner Baxter at the top with an In fiim. of SHU". When Skin Torture Drives You Mad Gt a bottle of clean, powerful, penetrsttn? Mnone's Emerald Oil. The very first application will give you relief and a tw short treatments convince you that by sticking faith fully to It you have at last found the way' to end the Itching torture and distress. Moone Emerald Oil la easy and simple to use -eajeldss atsin leai econmlfal promotM healtnf Ask Jarmln's Drug Store or any first claM drug store frr a small original bottle of Moone'a Emerald Oil a lift : facuoa guaranteed, - 1 J v Mil. iav t, , - , , 1 - Jsl k V1 1 -4WS iff ; t rt fi I' t IS k ' 1 I M I'-. ' i E f - 1 Nla, !J f- i M ' --i ' V IF MX J APPLE ANTIC. Southern Negroes started it, just as they did the Charleston and "black bottom." Now Dixie swings to a trickv little routine they've named "The Big Apple." Here's s figure. - Q STRUT AND TRUCK. There's a little bit of everything In Dixie's "apple" danoe. T; ;s may have been borrowed from rtng-around-the-rosy, but there's also struttln', truckln , shufflin' and reels. SENATE SIDETRACKS ANTI-LYNCHINQ BILL WASHINGTON. Aur. 13. (API The senate side-tracked the Wagner Van Nuya antl-lynchlng bill today until next session under a resolution giving it preferred legislative status at that time. Under an agreement between the friends and foes of the bill, the sen ate, without a record rote, adopted a resolution making the antl-lynchlng bill a "special order" of busi ness at the next session of congress Immediately after consideration of crop control legislation. Osa Mall rrlbune want ads. LAYOFFS ON RAILROAD OFFSET PAY INCREASE CHICAdO. Aug. 13. (AP) The Burlington railroad announced to day about 300 men have been laid off under an economy program un dertaken to offset recent wage In creases which It said would cost the road 3.000,000 a year, F. O. aurlty, assistant v let -pre si dent In charge z.t cptrst-tnna, said the total number to be laid off was not known at present. He ss Id the la y of fs we re made throughout the system. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. Schilling Baking Powder V biscuits L lyyi I ' '-'MlllA.: u IF. 7 I ,"A jr Mi A 1 1 -I m -'f I "Tr? isr fL M 11 mJ 'i-J. v L4 trii a.,- ird H 1?, jS fit i m .f w ir-V Giving the boot. It takes some high stepping and kicking to really accomplish this new swingin', stamping dancing rage. These "apple" kickers are Evalyn Johnson and Johnny Campbell of Columbia, S. C. DAINTY BUT DAFFY. It may look a bit childish, but take it from the young folks below the Mason-Dixon line, the "apple" dance is a good cure for blues. This Is either the start or the finish. PEARL CULTURE TRIED BY SOVIET MURMANSK. TJ. S. S. R. (UP -An experimental farm for ralsli 4 river pearls Is being organised on tne Kola peninsula to study the meth ods of artificial pearl formation. Last summer an expedition found about 3.000,000 pearl-oysters In tha rivers of the Kola peninsula. As is known, an irritation by an alien body causes the mollusk to emit mother-of-pearl, which coats this alien body, forming a pearl cap sule around it. With this In mind, the expedition conducted Interesting experiments. Several hundred pearl oysters were caught, and their shells opened. A small shot was introduced into the body of each oollusk which was then thrown Into the river. AT AKRON. O. (UP)--In two yesrs as a gasoline station attendant, Walter Thompson has dissuaded ten persons from suicide. Thompson's station Is at the end of a bridge chosen often by persons as a place to end their livas. When he sees someone ready to Jump, he rushes out and persuades him there Is something to live for. "There's something In the way de spondent people look," Thompson said. "You see It In their wslk. too. They look 'washed up with living. "Why do I follow them? I guess because It gives me 'a sick feeling to see them standing up there on the brldfre ready to Jump. Spurt Wrier Die LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 12. (API Robert Cronln, 52, sports writer and editor, died of heart dis ease at his home today after a long illness. He had been sports editor of the Loa AngeleB Dally N'jws for many years. Before coming here, he worked on newspapers in Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash. ORANTS PASS. Aug. 13. (Bpl.) Charged with swimming in the nude In Rogue river at the Riverside psrk Wednesday morning at 3 :30 a. m., BUI Chapin and Jerry Kurtu of Grants Pass appeared before City Police Judge C. R. Dust arter the office opened Wednesday morning, pleaded guilty HEAR YE! HEAR YE I A ih'W Ecojium) I A new fjervlcal Any Roll Films OCf Finished for WC Medford Photo Service 421 l.lh.rtt RIAr.. Medford, Or. (SMSE 0 Everything Goes Regardless of Cost AT DEEP CUT PRICES STORE CLOSED ALL DAY FRIDAY OPEN SATURDAY MORNING AT 8:30 COATS DRESSES LINGERIE HOSE AND SPORT WEAR Mccarty dress shop 44 South Central and were sentenced to work out a $10 fine each on olty streets. 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Con teat eloaaa at mldnlfht, Saturday, aetambar 11, MIT. O In rcBponse to the amazing popularity achieved by. its WIREPHOTO pages, The Oregoniaa announces another major expansion to give readers "the story in pictures." Starting next Sunday, August 15th, your big Sunday Oregonian will contain a striking, colorful new section crammed throughout its 12 brilliant pages with the livest, most intriguing pictures ' obtainable. Each page of the new section will con tain a grouping of related pictures that present a complete story.' Get the salt of the news in pictures! I r y Weak The l noy vats-aty bluet ef Ths Orttmitn, alia. Oriy IS unit t wok eUlivertd. USS THAN 3 CBNTS A DAY I g,..M...ee.eewMMMa...W.S..te.ltlHWW.Illl i i
