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PAOE FOUR MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TTJESDAT, AUGUST 24, 1937. ROOSEVELT CALLS LEADERS TO TALK SPECIAL SESSION (Continued trora Pagt Ona.) Dancer Ends Life one." Th senator did not disclose Mr. Roosevelt's reaction. The president's conferences with eapltol leaders, who remained past last Saturday s Adjournment, occur red amid expressions of strong op position to the early return of con gress from within the Democratic party. These opponents speculated that such a session might increase party dissension. Leaders Opposed One leader who preferred not to be mentioned by name said No practical good and maybe some harm" would come from a special session on farm end wage-hour leg lslallon. He celd he and others of the same view would so advise Pres ident Roosevelt before leaving the capital. He argued time waa needed to al low heated tempera to cool and that It would be poor policy for the pres ident to run the risk of reopening party strife In October or Novem ber. Many members, he said, might feel none too kindly toward the admin' Istratlon and Its legislative program If they were summoned back to Washington while In the midst of building political fences for next year's election. To the contention that action on a farm bill and a wage-hour meas ure In the fall would permit short ening the regular January session, this party chieftain retorted that a special session would not mean "tak ing 15 minutes off the regular ses sion.' Session Talk Persists Some house members nevertheless said they would prefer to have the farm and labor standards Issues dis posed of In a special session, and talk persisted that the president would call one. One reported the president con sidered an extra session would be almost Imperative should he fee) compelled to veto the sugar control bill. The president objected, prior to passage of the bill, to the restric tions It places on shipments of re fined sugar from Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The measure extends the present sugar quotas which expire Decem ber 81 and Its veto thus will leave no sugar control after that date un less a new law Is enacted meantime. The sugar bill waa among 168 on the president's desk for action. He signed .17 of minor Importance this morning. SPANISH WAR VEIS FOR PORTLAND MEET COLUMBUS, O,, Aug. 94. (JPl Officials of the United Spanish War Veterans, holding their annual en campment here, expressed the opin ion today that Portland, Ore., would be chosen for the 1038 meeting. Se lection will be made tomorrow. Meanwhile, leaders prepared a slate of candidates headed by Alfred J. Kennedy of New York for commander-in-chief and Thomas W. Payne of Detroit for senior Yloe -commander. Kennedy la now senior vice -com -mander and Payne Junior vloe-com-mander. Closing time tor Too Lata to Clas sify Ads Is 1:30 p. m. Police and friends agreed Adelaide Hughes, beautiful blonde showgirl, ended her life In New York with those of two other dancers. Police said MIm Hughes had a promising fu ture. IM VISITED oy (Editor's Note: The following let ter was received from Jack Thomp son who, with Bud Thlerolf and Jerry Vawter. attended the world Jamboree of Boy Scouts at Vogelen zang, Holland). COUNTY GOLD OUTPUT OFF SHARPLY IN 193B AS STATE SHOWS GAIN A report prepared by Charles White Merrill and H. M. Gaylord of the United States bureau of mines shows that the output from Oregon ores and gravels In 1936 was 00,763 line ounces of sold. 65,061 fine ounces of silver, 574,000 pounds of copper, 168.- 000 pounds of lead, and iza.wu pounds of sine. Compared with 1935, four metals showed Increases as follows: Oold. 8682.89 ounces or 13 per cent; copper, 176,200 pounds or 44 per cent; lead, 98,425 pounds or 185 per cent; and zinc, 122,000 pounds. A decrease of 25,324 ounces, oi 23 per cent was re corded for sliver. The report said: "The total value of all tho five metals Increased 12 per cent from 2,010.343 In 1936 to 2,368,411 in 1936; gold accounted for 94 per cent of the total value In 1936. Increases In output were re corded In many of the counties of the state. Grant county output nearly doubled and Baker county produc tion rose substantially. In Jackson county, however, the output was halved largely because of the cessa tion of dredging on Foots creek and a small decline was recorded In the production of Josephine county. Drought affected mining adversely, particularly placer operetiona. Sixty five per cent of the state's gold was produced at placer mines and most of the lode gold was recovered from dry and siliceous gold ore. Jackson county produced 5287 fine ounces of gold In 1936 as' compared with 8512 In 1935, the report showed. Value dropped from $332,922 In 1935 to 185,045 last year. I Josephine county produced 9672 fine ounces of gold In 1936, as against ,10,016 In 1036. Value de clined from $350,547 In 1935 to $338,620 last year. s We have been having a grand time and very good food at all our meals. We have met some very interesting people and have Invited the mto eat with us. They are Interesting to hear talk. On the fifth, we had two scouts eat with us. One was from Bombay, India, who stayed with us at the national Jamboree In Washing- ton, D. C-, and the other waa from Prance. We have also ha dan Eng lish scout commissioner and his wife with us for dinner. These two peo ple were the ones that showed us through England. Prance. We have also had an Eng trlp to Ymulden and Amsterdam. We left Vogolenzang at 8 o'clock In the morning by train and transferred at Haarlem for Ymulden, where we spent most of tho morning sightsee ing. We aaw some old type deep sea fishing boats, most of which have been replaced by steam boats. They still use these sail boats to catch bait. From Ymulden we went by canal boat to Amsterdam. On the way we saw some Interesting sights. We arrived at 12:15 p. m. and went to the queen's palaoe and the Reich museum, where we saw some beauti ful paintings and glassware. We ar rived home in time to see the Hun garian Boy Scouts put on an exhibi tion for the American contingent. Some of their stunts were boomerang throws, songs, yells and selections by their band. They also bad Dr. Jamea Z. West introduce Heather Baden-Powell, the English chief scout's daughter. f Oloalng time for Too Late to Clas sify Ada is 1:30 p. m. Ph oemx PHOENIX, Aug. 24. (Spl.) Ser geant and Mrs. T. Rogerson of Van couver Barracks, Wash., are visiting Mrs. H. L. Wright at her home on south Pacific highway. Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Spencer Houston, who were married In Medford, August 14. Mrs. Houston la the former Velma Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Smith of Pioneer road. The newlyweds are making their home In Sams valley at present. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wendt of San Jose, Cal., and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walker of Holllster, Cal., were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Buck ner. Mrs. Wendt and Mrs. Walker are daughter and niece of Mrs. Buckner. Wilbur Hall craft, Jackie Evans and Katharine Loucka had their tonsils removed recently. Miss Natalie Parker, daughter of Schilling pure V cinilltx Queens of the kitchen NP1 ID mm Only Four More Shopping Days Until We Move Into Our Main Street Location Just Forty-Three CHOICE SUMMER DRESSES Only 43 dresses left that formerly sold at $5.86 and $7.0B. We don't want to move them into our new store. Dome and get era. Each $2.98 WOMEN'S RAYON GOWNS Come take your choloe of our entire stock of Rayon Gowns and Pajamas. Values to $1.48. Removal Sale Price 98c m See tomorrow's paper for more Removal Sale Specials M. M. Department Store Chas. S. Adair Manager if Mr. and Mrs. Carold J. Parker of Medford, was a recent guest of Miss Marian White on Houston road. Mr. and Mrs. Menno P. Davis and daughters of Chlloquln arrived Sun day evening and are guests at the C. E. McClaJn home. Foiu-.h girls' cooking division, un der the leader, Eunice Colver, enjoy ed a swim and picnic at Jackson hot springs last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. EL A. Reedy motored to Portland for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Lucia n Wilcox spent the week-end In Portland. Lee Pollard and daughter of Bak- ersfleld, Cal.. former residents of Phoenix, called in old friends here Monday. Newbry and sons' packing bouse began operations last Thursdsy. In dependent Packing company put through the first of the season's fruit today. MOLTEN TAR SPATTERS WORKER ON HIGHWAY ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 34. (API Fletcher Gardner. Roseburg highway worker, waa in the hospital here to day suf ferine from severe buma which resulted when splashed with ot tar from a vat In which paving materials were being prepared. Skin jrafte will be necessary, physicians report, to cover the burns which cover hit (ace, chest and one arm. Use Mall Tribune vast ads. PRICES WILL GO UP WITHIN MONEY FOR YOU! Chevrolet Starts Wave of New Car Buying Everybody's talking about it . . . and no wonder! Our an nouncement last week of vastly over-appraising your used car brought a rush of buyers! And what bargains they got! Some couldn't believe their ears! We're determined to sell 50 New Chevrolets this month and have seven more days to go. We only need to sell 20 more cars . . . then the party's over! GIVING AWAY $1500 BEFORE SEPT. 1st Get in on this "melon" and get more for your old car than any where else in the country! With labor troubles over our factories are running "full tilt" and we're making up for lost time. Find out what a paltry balance will get you a New Chevrolet ... the car that has EVERYTHING! Aside from that, car prices are going up, you know. You still have 7 days ahead, but take our personal tip and come down tonight and get the model and color you like. It'll pay everybody to get their old car appraised HERE. BUT TO WIN YOU MUST HURRY! OS 11 OFFICE AND SALESROOM SPARTA BLDO. 8ERVICE DEPT. 32 NORTH RIVERSIDE USED OAR LOT 234 N. RIVERSIDE, FOOT OT 4TH ST.
