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JTRDFORDMATL TRTBTTNT:. M"EDFOim OREGON. MONDAY. .TUNE 27. 1933.
LAND BOARD Mi
DISTRIBUTE LESS
FOR SCHOOL FUNC
Apportionment ot $24,000
Under Previous Year Is
Explained Due to Lower
Interest and Collections
SALEM, June 37. (AP) Tno atatc
land board voted today to distribute
$326,107 to the common school fund
for the 1937-38 school year, amount
ing to $1.20 for each of the 270,511
children of school ago.
The Apportionment la about (24,000
leu than the previous year, the board
explaining the reduction was caused
by lower Interest rates on board In
testments and by fewer collection o;
delinquencies. During the 1030-37
school year the apportionment was
1.83 per capita.
The board voted to sell $160,000
In U. 8. treasury bonds, callable In
1039 and 1040, because the bonds
now are worth more than they would
be at maturity. The sale, however, Is
subject to approval of the bond com
mission. If the commission recommend,
against the sale, the apportionment
for last year would be (8,000 less, or
three( cents less por child of school
age.
Since Oregon became a state In
I860, the board has distributed $10,
436,000 to the school fund. The high
est annual sum, for the 1020-30
school year, was $411,007, about $85.
000 more than today's apportionment
Secretary of State Earl Snell point
ed out that an Initiative now Is be
Jng distributed which would provide
that the legislature pay $10 per cap
ita, or more than $2,700,000 a year
Into the school fund. No method of
raising the money Is provided.
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Central Point
CENTRAL, POINT, June 37. Spl )
Nevlta chapter, O. E. 8., held a
pktilc In O rants Pass park June 19.
Mrs. Ouy Tex left last week for
Portland for medical treatment and
on Wednesday underwent a major op
eration. She la reported getting
along satisfactorily.
Mrs. C. A. Phillips and children
returned Wednesday from a visit
with relatives and friends In Spring
field, Ore., and were accompanied
borne by Miss Mnrle Carson, who Is a
niece of Mrs. Phillips.
E. O. Faber was called to Redmond
last week on account of the death of
his cousin, M. W. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. E, E. Scott and Mr.
and Mrs, Chet Merrlman left Sunday
for Eugene. The Scotta will visit
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Powell and the
Mcrrlmans will be guests of Mrs. Mer
rlman 's sister. All will return Mon
day evening. f
Pearl Bonney has purchased the
Carle property, now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Booth, and plans to remodel
the house and landscape the grounds
and rent the place,
Mrs. Andre Chomol, who has been
111 for a couple of weeks, Is recovering
slowly.
B. C. Faber and son, Everett Faber,
attended the Methodist conference at
The Dalles.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smiley and chil
dren were guests last week at tho
home of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Olnss.
parents of Mrs, Smiley.
Ninety-one members are enrolled
In the vncatlon Bible school, held In
the school house, with Mrs. Louis
Orlmes superintendent. Teachers are
Mrs. John Laoey, Mrs. A. E. Elde,
Stanley Parrtsh, and the Misses Avis.
Nelda Oene and Maxlne Ayers. Les
sons are from 9:30 a. m. to 12 noon.
E. O. Stone has been elected for a
three-year term on the school board
and Harold Head re-elected clerk.
Mrs. Houston of Ross Lane was
hostess to the missionary society of
the First Christian church Frldny af
ternoon. Bulsness session was con
cluded by Mrs. Izetta Elde. The les
son was given by Mrs. Lettle Oreg.wy
and a paper on the negro was pre
sented by Mrs. Tethrow. Group sing
ing of neuro melodies was enjoyed.
lU'frcshmenta were served by Mrs.
Gregory and hostess.
Mrs. E. L. Farra la recovering from
a serious Illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Vemo Hsvlland of El
Mont were Tuesday guests at the
Clarence Long home.
Mrs. flalbrlcht Is entertaining a
sister fr:m Arizona and another from
Nrbraskn.
Mrs. Darrel Palmer Is assisting her
father, Roy Jones, in his grocery
store.
Ladles of the Civic club served din
ner to about 40 guests June 35.
Work of laying the water mains
goes steadily on.
Sympathy of the entire community
goes out to the wife and family of
the late Thomas ttoss, a widely known
pioneer of tho volley.
HERE'S NUMBER 4
IN THE MAIL TRIBUNE'S
GUESS WHO CONTEST
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Can You Identify the Prominent
Mediord Woman Whose Picture
Appears Above?
THIS Is one of 3&' plcturea selected from the
MRU Tribune's photo engraving file for use In
this newspaper's "Guess Who" contest, which
started Juno 23.
A different picture will be published esoh Issue
for 25 days. Each will doplct some well known
Mcdford resident. A number will appear under
each picture. To enter your guess, merely write
down the number of the pictures aa they appear
and oppoalto the number, the name of the person
you believe represented. At the end of the contest
send In your guesses, plainly written, together with
your own name and address,
$8 will be given for the most accurate Hat
$B for second best and
$2 for third best.
The contest is open to all.
Start with picture No. 1
It costs nothing to enter,
in Thursday's paper and
GUESS WHO!
LETTER CARRIERS
AT
Two hundred persons attended the
picnic held yesterday In the Rogue
River national forest campground at
Union Creek under auspices of the
southern Oregon units of the Na
tional Letter Carriers association and
the Oregon Federation of Postofflce
Clerks.
Members and ..their families were
present from Medlord, Klamath Falls,
Bend, Grants Pass, Ashland, Marsh
field. Roseburg, Eugene, Salem, Port
land, Jacksonville and Redmond.
A basket dinner was enjoyed early
in the afternoon and talks were given
by postmasters Frank DeSouza of
Medford, Ella Eaton of Jacksonville
ind J. H. Fuller of Ashland.
Other speakers were R. S. King,
president of the Corvallls branch) of
the letter carriers association and
chairman of the state convention
committee, who discussed the annual
meeting to be held In Corvallls Sep
tember 3-5; James E. Gould of Bend,
district officer of the national letter
carriers association; Mrs. Hazel Par
rott of Portland, state president of
the letter carriers auxiliary; Mrs.
Margaret Spady of Portland, member
of the executive board of the national
auxiliary; Mrs. Pearl Newland of Med
ford, state organizer; Adlel Neff of
Medford, state president of tho Ore
gon Federation of Postofflce Clerks;
:ind Mrs. Marjory Guse of Klamath
Falls, state president of the clerks
uuxtllary.
A softball game ended In a five
inning 13-12 victory for the carriers
:ver the clerks. Llnvllle and Caldwell
formed the battery for the carriers.
Petty and pus for the clerks. Mr.
JcAouza umpired.
Postal Inspector Harold E. Young
-as a guest during the afternoon.
MILLER DEPARTS AS
ERNEST SCOTT'S FATHER
DIES SUNDAY IN SALEM
Word was received Mondny of the
drath In Salem, Sunday of the father
of Ernest L. Scott, secretary of the
Mdford lodgo of Elks. The elder Mr.
Srott was about 77 years of age, and
suffered a paralysis stroke a week
ago. The son was at the bedside.
Use Mai. rrlbuue Want Ads.
Harvey E. Miller, practitioner,
charged with disorderly conduct, and
before that Involved In a pistol epi
sode, was sentenced to six months In
the county Jail, oy Justice of the
Peace William R. oleman. The sen
tence was suspended upon condition
that Miller leave Jackson county.
Miller was placed aboard a train
by the sheriff Friday evening aftd
left for Washington state, where he
has employment with the Northern
Pacific railroad. He Is a veteran em
ployee of the line. Miller has been
detained In the county Jail for the
past three weeks awaiting disposition
of his case.
Closing time- for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads Is 1:30 p, fn.
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TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS WQ
GUSI m IN MAY
SALEM. June 7. (AP) Oregon
Inns arrested by state. police during
May for violating motor vehlole laws
Held $0533 in fines and were sen
tenced to 3373 days In Jail.
Criminals arrested by state po
lice for general crimes received sen
tences totaling 108 years and were
fined 11434.
Flnea and aentenees for game code
violations totaled S3338 and 1.63
years, while commercial fisheries
code violations netted 1B34 In fines
ana 0.83 years on sentence.
Band To Play Medford Elks baud
wtll play In the Fourth of July cele
bration In Ashland during the pa
rade. Other bands will be the Ash
land olty band, a down band con
tingent and Jackson's Pep band
which will play during theay.
, v y
ny
SLOVAK party leader In
Czechoslovakia Is gentle Father
Andreas Hlinka (above), who
directs demand for autonomy by
2,300,000 Slovaks. This move,
ment is separate from autonomy
demands by 3,200,000 Sudeten
Germans led' by llenlcin.
WAR hasn't erased smile of
Gen. Garcia Escames (above),
leader of one of the three Span
ish Insurgent columns which
hammered and bombed their
way toward Valencia. -
DIPLOMACY eounlseven
in trout-fishing, decides Eng
land's prime minister, Neville
Chamberlain, as he seeks a likely
catch In stream at Alresford,
Hampshire.
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5000 MILES . Mary
Pressgrove of Shelby vllle, Tenn.,
traveling to wed Claude La
Varre, brother of the explorer.
Ceremony will be on Liner SanU
Clara off Talara, Peru.
TWO FLOORS one bloody
nose! That's the total count on
George Varras, 2, who tumbled
from second floor of home In
Chicago and lit on a concrete
sidewalk. At the hoMiil.il phy
sicians were only able to lind a
bloody nose.
GOING CAMPING?
Zipper Sleeping; Bngs ore Ideal for boys or girls going to
Scout Cnmp ... for anyone who wants to travel light.
Save on Sleeping Bags at Hubbards
HUBBARD BROS. INC.
"I can't say it with fine
words, but I can say it
with fine Breads and
Cakes"
MIKE
ecrcs
BAKERY
CRATER SUPPLIES
BURN WITH T
ON LAKE HIGHWAY
Carrying a ton and a half of sup
plies for the lodge. In Crater Lake
National park, a Fageol truck and
semi - trailer of the Independent
Wholesale Grocery company, 13th
and Front streets, was almost com
pletely destroyed by fire at 4:45 a.m.
today, causing damage estimated oy
officials of the company at $3500.
The driver, Robert Harnish of route
4, escaped injury.
The blaze occurred about eight
miles from Medford on the Crater
Lake highway, as the htavily-laden
truck was traveling toward the lake
to deliver Its cargo of canned fruits,
meats, vegetables and produce. Com
pany officials said the truck and
all Its cargo would be a total loss.
Mr. Harnish told Investigating
state police officers that he was
driving along the highway when he
suddenly noticed a big puff of
smoke coming from the motor. He
quickly stopped the truck and got
out of the cab. he related. Just be
fore two small gasoline tanks located
at each side of the cab caught fire
and blew up. Following that, the
large gasoline tank on the rear end
exploded, turning the entire truck
and eemi-traller into a blazing in
ferno and cooking the produce and
canned goods.
State police said the driver be
lieved back-fire set the motor on
fire.
The pumper-truck from the dis
trict fire warden's office here was
dispatched to the blaze, arriving
about 0 o'clock. By that time the
burning truck was beyond saving.
The pumper, manned by Roy Baker
and a crew of three men, squelched
the blaze and about one-tenth of
an acre of pasture land along the
highway which caught fire.
Morris McCoy of 242 South Grape
street was resting comfortably In
Community hospital today following
a delicate and serious operation per
formed Saturday night, and his con
dition was "very satisfactory." his
attending physician reported.
Mr, McCoy suffered a rupture of
an Internal organ, which had to be
repaired, when his automobile blew
a tire on the Crater Lake highway
at noon Saturday, left the highway
and smashed Into a tree. At first
It was believed he sustained only
nose and forehead lacerations, but
further examination revealed the
critical internal Injury. His physic
ian said today that he believed Mr.
McCoy would recover.
Mrs. McCoy, a passenger In the
machine, Is also confined In the
hospital with a ncse laceration and
a fractured collar bone. She la not
seriously injured.
The accident occurred at Jantzer's
mill, a short distance this side of
Prospect, while Mr. and Mrs. McCoy
were on their way to Diamond Lake
to spend the week-end.
HOLD PATTONN RUES
TUESDAY AT 9 A. M.
Funeral services for Owen Joseph
Patton, well known local resident.
and former major and minor league
baseball player, will be held Irom
the Sacred Heart Catholic church
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, the
Rev. Ft. Pranda W. Black officiat
ing. Interment will be in Jackson
ville cemetery. The Elks lodge will
have charge of the graveside ser
vices. Recitation of the Roeary will be
held at Perl'a Chapel thta evening
at 7:30 o'clock.
No Muffler.
George O. Summers of Mediord,
charged with operating an auto with
out a muffler on the Pacific high
way, was assessed 91 and costa in
Justice court today.
Dae Mall Tribune Want Ada.
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