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I FAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1939. JOHN Ml ENDS LIFE WITH RIFLE John W. Jokl. 48, of 527 Pennsylvania avenue, ihot and killed himself with a .22 rifle at he sat in his car on the Biddle road near the Biddle ranch north of the Medford municipal airport yesterday morning, Coroner Frank Perl said last night after an investi gation. Death was probably in- stantaneous, the coroner stated. Time of the suicide was fixed by Coroner Perl at 8 a. m. yesterday. The death was not discovered until 5:30 p. m. when Randolph Glass, a worker at the Biddle ranch who several times during the day had passed the car with the dead man in a sitting position on the back seat, stopped to investigate. Finding Joki dead, Glass im mediately notified state police The suicidal act was attrib uted by Coroner Perl to poor health from which Jokl had been suffering for some time After buying a new single shot .22 rifle and a box of cartridges yestcrdny morning, Joki drove his car out on the Biddle road and parked it to one side, the coroner recon structed the act. Mr. Jokl went to the back seat and, after smoking a pipe, shot himself through the mouth, Coroner Perl stated, adding there would be no inquest. Funeral services will be held Monday. Joki, formerly associated with the Huber Packing company, is survived by his wife Sylvia, three sons and a sister. FITCH NAMED AS Hood River, Dec. 9. (JP) Chester Fitch of Medford was elected president of the Oregon Horticultural society yesterday. E. A. McCornack, Eugene, was elected first vice-president; Roy Hazeltine, Hood River, second vice-president; George B. Dean Medford, third vice-president; O. T. McWhorter, re-elected sec retary-treasurer; Lyle McIsoac: Pnrkdale, re-elected trustee to serve with Raymond S. Reter, lueaiora, and Howard E. Mer riam, Goshen. Reter was given a vote of appreciation for work In behalf the northwest fruit industry during reciprocal trade treaty discussions. Death Penally Asked Seattle, Dec. 9. (P) T h e prosecution asked a death pen alty verdict today in the first degree murder trial of John Frederick Wundcrs, 22-year-old father accused of killing his 16-months-old daughter last Octo ber. Threat To Fish Corvallis, Dec. 9.(JP) High dams on the Willamette river proposed in the Willamette flood control program, would virtually wipe out the Colum bia river salmon Industry, John C. Veatch, Oregon fish commis sion chairman, said yesterday. Bath Set & ?050 Dusting powder andfuj DECOI.OGNE-ln a smart bos sprink'ed with holiilar stars... contents mah-hrd in color and fragrance. A flattering femi nine gift. Rose Geranium Houauet, Jasmin Bouquet or Golilrn Orrhid. Or Dorothy flray Bath Cubes with Ran dr Cologne, $2.50; with Duslinc Powder. $2.(K). 6 Dorothy Gray me h" MANN'S MAIN AISLE A. IN CITY, COAST Visiting James H. Owen this week were A. R. Owen of Owen, Wis., his nephew, Charles Vogel of Milwaukie, Wis., William Stout of San Francisco, Cal., and Carlton Blunt of Chicago, Illinois. A. R. Owen Is president of the Del Norte company that has large timber holdings in Del Norte county, California. The others are directors. They have made arrangements while west whereby they transferred ap proximately seven thousand acres of redwood timber lands to the state of California and the Save the Redwood League, with an option to take 2500 acres more. Also visiting Mr. Owen this week was Mr. Frank Gilchrist, president of the Gilchrist Lum ber company of Gilchrist, Ore., a cousin of A. R. Owen. F GOLD HILL PASSES Gold Hill, Dec. 9. (Spl) Charles Coppock, a resident of Gold Hill, passed away Decern Dcr o in uiooe, Ariz., alter a year of illness. Mr. Coppock first came to southern Oregon in 1000, and was well known among the older residents of the Roeue Klver valley. He had been a resident of Gold Hill for the past 18 years. He was born in Momence, Ind., In 1856. His wife, Ellen Hendrix Cop pock, preceeded him in death in 1937. He Is survived by one son, Warren Coppock, of Gold Hill. Obituary Mrs. H. W. Davision. Mrs. H. W. Davisson of Cen tral Point died In a local hos pital Saturday afternoon. She was 72 years old. Mrs. Davisson was a resident of Central Point for the past 29 years. A complete obituary will be published later. Funeral services will be held In the Federated church, Cen tral Point, at 2 p. m. Monday. Burial will take place in the Central Point cemetery. The Perl funeral home is in charge of arrangements.. Mrs. Davisson Is survived by her husband, Harry, two daugh ters, Mrs. R. M. Wyatt of Cen tral Point and Mrs. C. W. Myers of Portland, and six grandchil dren. Clewing tlma for Too Lata to Cla Ify Ada la 1:30 p. m. fl The gift that's new . . different. Hickolc Koinife. Silver dollar size . . blade and file of finest steel. A handsome gift in a Hickok jewel case. We can think of no better gift for "Him" than a New Kickok Koinife. $250 10 $50.0 Attractively boxed Key Chains $1. & $2. New Hickok Jewelry for Men 50c $2.50 STORE FOR CITY TAX BILLS Tax bills for Medford tax payers will be 20 cents more per $1000 of assessed value in 1040 than in 1939. it was cal culated for the Mail Tribune yesterday by M. L. Alford, re corder. Thus a taxpayer whose prop erty has an assessed value of $1000 will pay a combined city tax of $48.50 next year in com' parison with $48.30 this year. In like manner a taxpayer whose property Is assessed at $2500 will pay $121.25 in 1940 in comparison with $120.75 this year. The combined Medford city tax levy for 1940 is 48.5 mills. This Includes the city levy of 18.8 mills, county and state levy of 13.2 mills and school levy of 16.5 mills. The actual city levy alone for 1940 is seven-tenths of a mill smaller than it was this year when it was 19.5 mills. The following table shows the mlllage difference in the 1940 and 1939 levies making up the tun city levy: 1940 1939 City 18.8 19.5 School 16.5 15.8 County-state 13.2 13.0 Total mlllage 48.5 . 48.3 It was inadvertently stated in the Mail Tribune last Thursday that the combined city levy would be two-tenths of a mill smaller in 1940 than in 1939, Actually, as the millage figures show, the combined city levy will be two-tenths of a mill higher next year than this year, Communists Hit Mexico City, Dec. 9. (JP) ine chamber of deputies ended an all-night debate early today without approving dissolution of the communist party In Mexico. Jap Liner Safe New York, Dec. 9. (P) The Nippon Yusen Kaisha line said today that its London office had communicated with the 6.646- ton liner Azuma Maru and that it reported itself "safe in the north, Atlantic." Sprague To Hearing Salem, Dec. 9. (P) Gover nor Charles A. Sprague said to day he would appear before a joint congressional committee on forestry at a hearing to be held in Portland Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Refugees Drift South Oslo, Dec. 9. (P) The news paper Morgenbladet said today part of the civilian population of northernmost Norway, mostly Women and children, was mov ing south because of the war fare across the nearby Finnish frontier. I MENI TO 45 DAYS TERM Three men Friday received county jail sentences ranging from 20 to 45 days, in the jus tice of the peace court of Wil liam R. Coleman. Alfred B. Davis, 31, charged with driving a motor vehicle while his operator's license was revoked, was found guilty after a justice court trial and . sen tenced to 45 days in jail. He pleaded not guilty to the charge James Kaiser, 26, transient, was sentenced to 30 days in jail on a charge of petty lar ceny. Kaiser pleaded guilty to stealing an overcoat owned by R. C. Huit of Medford, from the Eagles hall, and selling it at a local second-hand store for 50 cents. George B. Campbell, 46, was sentenced to 20 days in jail for trespassing on railroad property. Campbell, city police said, at tempted to break into a box-car Friday morning. Noted Dead Santa Barbara, Calif., Dec. 9. (JP) Maj. Gen. Edwin Burr Babbitt, 77, who retired from the army in 1924 after 40 years of service, died today at his Montecito home. Jap Sampan Seized Honolulu, Dec. 9 UP) Naval officers seized the Ebisu Maru, a Japanese-owned fishing sampan, today for sailing inside the forbidden three mile square limit at the entrance of Pearl Harbor naval base. Plan Ball In January Portland, Dec. 9. (P) Dr. E. T. Hedlund, Portland postmas ter, appointed county chairmen today for the president's birth day ball January 30. Receipts will be used in the nation-wide campaign against infantile par alysis. Closing time tor Too Late to Ctos-. ally Ada la 1:30 p. m. 1500 Christmas Ties That's the Selection You'll Find at Mann's . . The Store that Stocks Neckties for the Man In Your Heart. Here's the largest selection of qualiiy Neckwear In southern Oregon. 1500 beautiiul ties bought epc:l ally for our Christmas trade . . . Buy these ties by the dosen and give them to every well dressed man you knowl A tie he'll appreciate because it comes from Mann's where he buys ties. Priestley Nor-East Ties. Special $1.00 Botany Wool Ties for Gifts for $1.00 Londonderry Silk and Wool Ties $1.00 . Imported Velour Ties. Special $1.00 Famous Cheny Silk Ties priced $1.00 Wedgelock by Wilson Bros, for $1.00 Imported All Silk Scotch Poplin $1.50 O Wrinkle Proof "Llama" Ties at $1.50 Italian Grenadines. Priced only $1.50 iVi STcnc ron RECORD SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS If the parents buy what the school children say they will. the Medford sale of Christmas seals, through booths, will ex ceed all past records, teachers. cooperating in the annual edu cation program of the Jackson County Public Health associa tion, announced last week. For all the children say "Mama is going to buy Christmas Seals." Booths at the Medford post- office and the Montgomery Ward store will be managed next week by the following chairmen, appointed by Mrs. Henry Pringle, general chair man: Monday, Mrs. Louise McPher- son; Tuesday, Mrs. O. B. Mor row; Wednesday, Mrs. R. E Green; Thursday, Mrs. John Mann; Friday, the Jacksonville group of the Jackson County Public Health association, and Saturday, the Medford senior Girl Scouts. Monday, December 18, Mrs. Howard Hill will be chairman of the day. Tuesday, Mrs. C. S, Butterfield, Mrs. Jack Simpson and Mrs. Don Newbury will act as chairmen. Wednesday, Mrs. R. E. Green will be chairman again, and Thursday, Mrs. Gip son Driver and Mrs. Harry Nordwick. All chairmen will be assisted by many volunteers, whose names will be announced later. Gets Bridge Contract Salem, Dec. 9. (JP) J. F, Johnston, Newberg, was award ed a contract today by the state highway commission to build bridge over the east fork of the Illinois river. Traffic Toll High Portland, Dec. 9. UP) Port land's 53rd traffic fatality since January 1 was identified today as John Vandtyner, 73, fatally injured Thursday by a motor cycle. meni OREGON GETS 223 MILES OF STREET AND ROAD FIXED Washington, Dec. 9. (JP) During the past fiscal year 223.8 miles of roads and streets in Oregon were improved under the federal-state highway con struction program, according to the annual report of the public roads administration. In addi tion, three highway - railroad FURS FOR lllS hum... 4! Pi The luckiest women this Christ mas, will be those on the receiv ing end for these Christmas fursl A silver fox or red fox scarf . . A Dyed Coney, Caracul, Pieced Squirrel or Skunk Chub by . . Caracul. Squirrel, Musk rat. Skunk, Marmot, Kolinsky or Fitch Coat. The season's most wanted furs, fashionably styled now .ready in our fur dept. CHUBBIES Give "Her" a Chubby this Christmas. Here are dyed Coney, Caracul, Pieced Squirrel and Skunk in Black. Brown and Gray. New models without collars in sizes 12 to 20. A grand Christmas gilt. $16. to $697.5 SCARFS For "Her" this Christmas a lovely silver fox or red fox scarf . . Superb pelts beautiful In their natural color. $69.75 to $119.75. fiSV .Cat? Mm my gride crossings were eliminated In Oregon, and two obsolete grade crossings were rebuilt. The work completed cost $4,586,046. of which $2,936,760 was federal funds, the balance state funds. On June 30, 1939, the end of the fiscal year, Ore gon had 204.8 miles of road estimated to cost $4,304,847 under contract or approved for contract, and $2,872,098 of fed eral funds was available for programmed projects not ad vanced to the "approved for contract" stage. Federal pay ments to Oregon for work done amounted to $2,508,920 during the year. The improvements completed in Oregon during the year were as follows: 153.1 miles on rural v Sealines and Caraculs Here s a group of inexpensive Fur Coals in both Carseul and Sealine. Coals any woman would love to have for her Christmas. The selection includes Blacks. Browns and Grays . . . Sealine in Black only. Siies 12 to 46. . . Each coat a 1940 model. S697? and $897.5 Squirrel Caracul Muskrat In this group of $100 to $169.75 Fur Coals are Pieced Squirre.s. lovely Caraculs. Mink dyed Muskrat, Skunk, Mink dyed Marmot. Natural American Persian, Mouton lit Gnrq,i .rel P4W- L"ly '""""a" "at. at price, you can afford to pay. s100. to $1697.5 Other Lovely New Fur Coat. $239 to $369 THE CHRISTMAS STORE portions of the federal-aid high way system, 7.9 miles of city streets, and 62.8 miles of sec ondary or feeder roads. , Oregon's share in the regular federal-aid funds for the present fiscal year is $1,638,823 for federal-aid highways, $245,823 for secondary or feeder roads, and $224,953 for grade-crossing work, making a total of $2,109, 599. These apportionments are included, in the $2,872,098 of federal funds remaining avail able for programmed projects. The highway and secondary road funds must be matched with approximately equal amounts of state funds. The grade-crossing funds are avail able without matching. EASY BUDGET TERMS It's easy to buy a Fur Coat at Mann's. Our liberal budget plan offers you eight months to pay. Sim ply make a down payment and take care of the balance in 8 Monthly Pay ments. Mann's Own Fur Dept. on the Second Floor.
