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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1938)
MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE. MEDFOTJD. ORF.fi OX. FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1938. PAGE FTVE TARDY CHINQOKS ANGLERS GET 15 The long-awaited run of Chinook aalmon In Rogue river ha started. According to word received from Rainbow Gibson. 15 big fellows were landed at Savage Rapids dam yes terday. In Ideal water, and fishing should be good for the next two months. Gibson sent the following telegram to the Mail Tribune:' "Come and get them! At last the big salmon runs have started to show up In the Rogue river almost a month later than usual. Twenty salmon hooked and 15 landed yesterday at Savage Rapids dam. Fishing will be good for the next two months." Among Med ford anglers landing salmon were Or. and Mrs. Jarrett P. Bray. Pishing from a boat at Savage Rapids, they landed lour beauties weighing a total of ninety pounds. They reported that nearly everyone who went out in a boat n coked fish. Bob Gllstrap. fishing with Dale Burrls above the dam, caught a five pound steelhead with a four-pound test leader and a size 7 hook. He used bolt. Seven salmon were weighed In at Burbee'a Grants Pass sporting goods store Wednesday. A. J. Prultt of Grants Pass caught two, one weigh ing a little over 16 pounds and the other slightly over 17 pounds. Wil liam Kelly of Los Angeles landed two salmon Wednesday. Best fishing was reported at Savage Rapids. Schroeder's hop yards and' Glen Wool ridge's fishing barge. 4 "Young Sampson" Appears HARRISBURG. Pa. (UP) Wilbur Dale Holtzman. 7-year old srand nephew of the late Benjamin Frank lin Stence, legendary strong man of central Pennsylvania, can swing a 22-pound sledge hammer and throw his 13-year old brother In wrestling bouts. The young "Sampson" tips the scale at 116 pounds and stands 52 Inches. IVERSID MARKET 313-315 N. Riverside. 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Another carload of those bright No. 2 SPUDS 50 lbs. 25c Radishes, Green Onions or Q Carrots, local grown, 4 bunches JjC f. wz o DX "Be sure to attend the Wooden Box Ball at Dreamland Saturday ' night lb. 25c, 2 lb. 49c Special for Mother's Day BECK'S ROSES IN SNOW CAKE Elephant And Clown "Go Musical" In Barne's Circus v a mar ;.r-!j?is vSfTWi.s . i 1 x 4H- toiiiOT The Al O. Barnes and Sells Floto Combined Circus coming to Medford. Wednesday, May 11th brings with It the greatest aggregation of wonder ever assembled under canvas. The stupendous new menagerie of 1,000 furred and, -feathered creatures in cludes five herds of elephants. Above one of the pachyderms between shows Is attempting to toot a clown's horn. Hundreds upon hundreds of the world's foremost arenlc stars; scores of trained amazing animals, the greatest array of educated horses LYNN, Mass.. May e. (AP) Gul seppe Sculllo, 20-year-old newsboy, had $100 saved up and decided to bet It on the favorite horse In the feature race at Suffolk Downs. He. bought a ticket, using the posi tion number given on a scratch sheet Instead of the official program. He groaned when he found he had a ticket on Natty Boy, Instead of the favorite, War Minstrel. The ticket seller was sorry, but couldn't help him out. Friends felt badly for him. but they though little of Natty Boy's chances and refused to buy the 100 ticket for even $20. So Gulseppe held on. You guessed It: Natty Boy won and paid $51.40 on a $2 ticket or more than $2500 on GuUcppe's mis takenly purchased ducat. i 4 Closing time for loo Late to Clas sify Ads la 1:30 p. m. Sport Breeze by s kFcl(lie Itrlctz NEW YORK. May 6 (AP) Well, the esteemed San Francisco Press, which raised the very dickens be cause Col. Ruppert wouldn't capitu late to Joe DlMaggio's demands for $40,000 per, but instead made Joseph holler "uncle" and sign for $25,000. could spare a few columns for an other home town find, Darto Lodl giant who Is doing such a slick Job of second basing for the Athletics and knocking the American league's best pitchers all over the lot . . compared with DlMaggio's $25,000, Signor Lodiglanl draws down $2500 from the Phlladelphlans . . . Bur leigh Grimes, pitching In batting practice the other day, dusted off his own Gib Brack . . . "Might ns well get cm used to it now as later," explained "Bolly." Paul Sch Issler, Oregon Sta tc and Brooklyn Dodger football coach, has moved his family to Los Angeles and will live there . . . that's a Up for any western school looking around Two guesses as to what St. Louis man is wearing a sly smile these days, as Dizzy Dean's arm shows signs of coming apart . . . Hank Borowy. Ford ham's star twlrler, who has lost only one game in four years. Is flirting with several big league clubs. St. Mary's Defeats Talent Nine 7 A St. Mary's high defeated Talent high yesterday afternoon at Talent In a Jackson county B league base ball game, 7 to 1. Mlksche, St. Mary's hurler, allowed only 4 hits and fanned 10. Score: R. H. E. St. Mary's . 7 8 3 Talent 14 4 Mlksche and G. Oitzen;, Skeeters, Hungate and Vtllba. ( Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads is 1:30 p. m. rl I -? 0m liilfF FIRST NATIONAL F-H-A LOAN 9 Add to its appearance. Save its surface from the ravages of sun and storm. Make any other needed improvements extra closets, breakfast nook, sun-room or other changes to add to your comfort and con venience. The First National Bank of Portland offers long-time FHA modernization financing on existing structures up to 10,000. You need not be a depositor to borrow from this bank. Advantages of FIRST NATIONAL LOANS Rent-like payments No extra charges Establish bank credit Benefit ot expert know ledge acquired thru finan cing the modernization of thousands of homes flirt out Oregon. MEDFORD BRANCH THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND "First National Bank West of the Rockiet M t M I t I MtllM OirOSIT INSUIANCt COIfOIATION WILL BE FEATURE OF ELKS BENEFIT A CCC boxing card, featuring fight ers from four camps In the Medford area, will be staged Saturday evening. May 14, as a feature of the Elka' lodce benefit smoker and dance. The benefit is to raise money for the ladles' parlor at the Elk' Tem ple, according to Ernest Scott, secre tary. The smoker Is to be held In the, basement of the temni at a o'clock Saturday evening and will be ioiiowea Dy onneing in the lodge room. Elka and their ladles are In vited. Capt. William C. Ryan, athletic of ficer for the Medford CCC district, is lining up the card and report he has an abundance of tntant. ovac 40 fighters have expressed their de sire to be matched In the bmts, so Cpt. Ryan expects the five bouts will feature some outstanding boys. The tentative card has been ar ranged, but final matchmaking will take place on the afternoon of the bouts. At that time, the men will be weighed and examined by the district surgeon and his staff and definite bouts announced. Troy King, 175 pounder of Prea cott, with several good fights behind blm. will meet Melner, of South Fork. In the main event. Both men have had plenty of experience, and are willing to go. In the semi-final, Art Rows, of Wlmer and Bill Weavers, of Apple gate, will meet at 150 pounds. Lera Kennedy, of Presoott and BUI Byre, of Wlmer, have been matched in another bout that promises action. Harvey Burney, of Applegate, and Vincent, of South Pork, will prob ably be paired at 140 pounds. In the opening bout of the evening, Lee of South Fork will meet Henry Gutier rez of Prescott, at 135 pounds. CLOSING OUT ALL BICYCLES ALL BICYCLES MARKED DOWN TO COST HUBBARD BROS., INC. ever assembled, together with four rings of clowns take part each .per formance. Pageantry that has drawn upon all the world for Its beauty weaves Its enchanted way throughout the program. One of the features ts the en masse performance of , all elephants. for a good man . . . Cardinal sup porters think Stu Martin, the ln fielder, will be the "comeback man' of trie 1938 season . . . Joe Beggs. the Yankee rookie, who--- beat the Browns, Wednesday, has Just about cinched a Job with the Yanks. j ORIGINAL PRICE CUTTERS Let us help YOU solve your gift problems for next Sunday, May 8th, MOTHERS DAY. While PRICE may not be an essential consideration in your selection, WESTERN THRIFT will again save you money. 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