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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1939. BY CITKOUNCIL Four Residents of Dump District Complain City Studying Solution, Word. Garbage dump question was again brought to the attention of the city council at its semi monthly meeting In city hall last night, this time by K. V. Marney, who resides in the vi cinity of the dump. Mr. Marney, acting as spokes man for a group of four resi dents of the district, asked the council to do what it could to eliminate or remove the dump from its present location. He stated residents of the vicinity would appreciate anything the city could work out In regards to the removal. H. S. Deuel, chairman of the council, who acted as mayor in the absence of Mayor C. C. Fur- UNITED's MAI MINERS ro PORTLAND 1 hr. 33 mln. SAN FRANCISCO 2 hrs. 33 mln. LOS ANGELES 5 hrs. Also line, fast Mainliner sleeper service to Chicago, New York and Eastl Call travel agents, hotels. UNITED Alt Lines Municipal Airport Til. 34) Again We Say! 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The question of what to do about the dump has been discussed at several council meetings, though to date, no definite plan has been worked out. The finance committee rec ommended the installation of a six-inch water main on Berke ley Way, from East Main street to Woodlawn Drive. A petition for this installation was signed by four of the six residents on the fronting. A petition signed by 11 resi dents of the vicinity was sub mitted to the council, asking that the city Install and main tain a street light at the Dakota and Beckman street Intersec tion. The petition was referred to the building and light com mittee for study. 29 City Court Cases A report from City Judge Allen D. Curry for the month of November disclosed that 29 cases came before the court, re sulting In a total of $107 in fines. Included on the docket were 21 charges of being drunk In a public place, two viblations of the basic rule and two reck less driving. In a report from Fire Chief Roy Elliott regarding fire haz ards removed in the past two months without ordinance, the following were named: a plan ing mill at South First and 11th streets, a building in the alley behind Brown's billiards, a building on South Fir street between Eighth and Ninth streets, a two-story barn in the rear of 600 West 10th street, and a barn and chicken house on city property on West Holly street, between Summit and Co lumbus avenues. A barn and house at 12th and Frannucttc street will be repaired or re placed, the report said. ' Scheffel Reports City Superintendent Fred Scheffel's report of work done In November showed labor on alleys between. Ivy and Holly streets and between Riverside avenue and Apple street, that 11 bad garbage conditions had been cleaned up, that 26 boys under the N.Y.A. were working in the parks and parking areas and that all traffic buttons and pavement markers and red curb Weeks & Orr's ,1 x and Orr Furniture Is Delivered To lines at fire plugs were repaint ed. Also, that traffic signs t Eighth street and Riverside avenue and Sixth street and Riverside avenue were recondi tioned. The report further stated that three driveways on the east side of South King street were exca vated, the Intersection of Haven and Holly streets was resur faced with buckshot, as was that at 10th and Elm streets, and that the concrete culvert across Jackson boulevard at McAndrews road was extended. The base was reconditioned and all cracks filled on Sixth street between Riverside avenue and Front street, and on Eighth street between Riverside and Front, the report stated. It was also brought out in the report that a crew of five men were laying rock for revetment of Crooked creek where the stream enters Bear creek, and that six sidewalks and drive- j ways have been repaired In the past two weeks. Sales Authorised The council authorized the sale of the following city pro perty: lot on Narrcgan street to H. A. Martin and lot on West Clark street to Goetz Lumber company. Seventeen local establish ments applied for beverage licenses and all were endorsed by the council. The applications were renewals. In addition to Mayor Furnas, Councilmcn Larry Schade and George T. Frcy were absent. DAVIS SPEAKS AT Russell D. Davis of the Mcd ford office of Oregon State Em ployment service was guest speaker last evening at the regu lar meeting of the Active club held in the Hotel Mcdford. Mr. Davis gave members a brief resume of the workings of the local employment service in relation to the state unem ployment compensation commis sion and the United States em ployment service. He also pointed out the manner in which the compensation commission issues checks to employees of industries during slack periods of work and explained other phases of the administration of the service. The address was well re ceived and a source of much information to members present. Ufto Mall Trlbuno want ads. Regular Low Prices Are Lower SMART NEW DE.UKUUM SUITES Thf vrry Intrst design In bedroom suites . . , .lint what you wmit for vour now home or to replace your out-moded bedroom t . . . Heal moii?y savin price, ton! Yon mutt aee thte suites to appreciate their real ahtel Bed, Vanity, Bench and Chiffonier $47.50 Bed, Dresser, Chiffonier H3.50 -Limir POLICE ABSOLVED BY CORONER JURY IN OAHACK DEATH Examining Physician Dis closes Single Bullet Trav eled From Back .to Neck. A coroner's jury last night returned findings that no one was criminally guilty of the death of Zera Dahack, 71-year-old Lake Creek rancher who was killed in a gun battle with two state policemen Monday noon on the Dead Indian Soda Springs road about 10 miles above the Lake Creek store. The Inquest, held in the coun ty courthouse auditorium, was attended by several hundred persons, many of them from Eagle Point, Brownsboro and the Lake Creek area. Members of the Jury were E. H. Sleight H. N. Butler, K. N. Anthony, D. M. Irving, R. C. Burgess and H. F. Piatt. The Jury also found that Da hack met death by gunshot wounds and hemorrhage. Single Wound. Dr. William P. Holt, who ex amined the body after it was brought to Medford, testified that probing revealed a con tinuous wound extending from the right side of the neck, an Inch and a half above the right collarbone, to a point between the right shoulder-blade and spine at the level of the fifth rib. Dr. Holt stated that, in his opinion, the bullet entered the body at the fifth rib and came out the neck. District Attorney Frank J. Newman conducted the lnqucsr. He called for testimony, in ad dition to Dr Holt, Irvin Da hack, brother of the deceased: Sgt. Ed Walker and Private George Albright of the state police, who were involved in the shooting; Sgt. O. A. Mac Kinnon and Capt. Lee M. Bown of the state police and Justice of the Peace William R. Cole man. Exhibits introduced by the state included the Dahack .38-53 Marlin rifle, an exploded 30-30 shell which Dahack fired at the state officers, photographs taken at the scene by Sgt. MacKin non, affidavit for the search warrant and the search war rant which Judge Coleman issued to Sgt. Walker, a slug from Officer Albright's revolv You tuke no chances when you buy from Met I ford's own furni ture store Weeks Orr's! The reputation of this ImiR-estah-llslied local concern Is VOl R nsMirnnre. of complete satisfaction! i-"""" 1 mm life viW1 'JbiU f wJf ;: er, found In tree; one unex ploded .30-30 shell taken from the magazine of Dahack's gun, another unexploded shell taken from Dahack's hand after he fell to the ground, and nine ex ploded shells from the state police revolvers, found on the ground near, the state police automobile. Officer: Give Background. Officers Walker and Albright told of the events leading up to and of the actual shooting, testifying that Dahack com manded them to stop their car, at the point of the rifle, after they had confiscated 187 pounds of venison from the Dahack cabin. They stated that Dahack fired his rifle as Sgt. Ed Wal ker climbed out of the car, and described the resultant exchange of hots. The officers testified that Sgt. Walker fired three times. Pri vate Albright six timps and Dahack thrice. It was brought out by the officers Involved, and by Sgt. MacKinnon and Irvin Dahack. that blood whs found on the ground about 20 feet from the tree and embank ment where the rjolicemen fired at Dahack the last time, and that blood increased In quantity from there to the point where the body was found. 237 feet from the automobile. Irvin Dahack stated that he believed his brother saw the officers leave the cabin with the deer meat, obtained the .30-30 shells from the cabin and raced down the mnimtnin. side shori-cut to Intercept the ponce car as it moved toward Lake Creek. Dahack also testi fied that one deer was Ullorl on ThanKsgiving Day and the otner "a few days later." The Perl funeral home, In charge of arrangements for Zera Dahack, said time of the funeral, and services would be announc ed later. ALLEGED FORGER HELD JBY POLICE Donald J. Spencer, 30, of 310 North Bartlctt street, was being held by city police today on a charge of forgery, following his arrest yesterday after he alleg edly passed a $10 check on Gro ceteria 1. 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The president's hope that "these tragic days" may soon end recalled reports which have reached official quarters here in the last few days of intensive peace moves under way to set tle the Russo-Finnish conflict. Backs Forum Policy President Roosevelt threw his authority behind the foreign policy of Secretary Hull with ironic comments yesterday as to sources of criticism. He said at his press confer ence that, with regard to the general method of handling for eign policy from day to day, what Secretary Hull was doing must be very good indeed and have the approval of the great mass of the American people. This was obvious, he contended, R1SK1ES is 90 solid load. Comparative analyses of 23 dogfoodsshow Friskies costs less to feedl Com p le t el Tcstcdl First choice inWcstl - cosrs less to , FEED FRSKieS! J si .r t 1 vi ' ...''laigB'jy SUITES A wide selection of the newest coverings In these sturdy, long-life BILTWELL davenport suites ... 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