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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939. PAGE FIVE CONSOLIDATED TAX FOR SCHOOL DISTS. Consolidated tax millage for 1940, for school districts outside of incorporated towns has been compiled by the county assess or's office. In the following table the total in each instance includes 13.2 mills state and county levy. In districts having no high school, a levy of 5.6 mills is also included in the total shown. 8chool Levy Total 24.3 87.4 Jacksonville ... Orlftln Creek . Ruch Phoenix r Ashland Central Point . Nell Creek . Valley View .. 4.1 .. 9 8 ...12.8 ...20.7 -.10.3 -5 22.0 28.8 28.0 33.0 32.2 10.1 188 Eagle Point . -17.4 Lone Pine Antelope .... Climax .18.9 . 4.0 . 4.8 1.0 . 8.6 . 7.4 . 2.4 Willow Springs Independence Agate Antloch Lake Creek Sams Valley Missouri Plat ....... Talent 19.8 21.2 18.8 28.7 20.9 28.6 24.7 20.4 23.0 21.2 21.8 18.8 18.8 36.8 18.8 31.2 33.6 21.8 33.1 20.4 18.8 18.8 36.0 10.4 SO 9 18.8 18.8 20.0 19.8 20.0 20.1 29.4 16.8 2.1 18.4 8.0 1.6 8.1 2.4 2.7 Mt. Pitt North Phoenix . Union : Dewey Provolt Derby Thompson Creek , Rogue River Dead Indian Wagner Creek Cold Hill Prospect , Soda Springs Evans Valley Little Butte Watklns Oak Grove Anderson Creek Bellvlew . ..22.6 12.4 19.8 , 8.6 4.3 10.6 17.1 - .6 ..13.1 Elk Creek Liberty Meadows .. . .4 , 1.2 . .7 Long Mountain Siskiyou 3 Brownaboro Applegate ' .. ..10.3 WHEN NOSE "FILLS UP" TONIGHT, DO THIS HERE'S MIGHTY OOOD NEWS ... If your nose "closes up" at night and makes breathing difficult, put a few drops of Vicka Va-tro-nol up each nostril. RESULTS ARC SO GOOD because Vicka Va-tro-nol is expressly designed for the nose and upper throat, where transient congestion often hinders breathing. You can actually feel it go to work bringing relief. TRY it TONIGHT enjoy the comfort Vicka Va-tro-nol brings, ' you can giveyVdurself , or anyojtel j LOW FARES EVERYWHERE! What better present ctn you give your family or anyone else than a train trip to sunshine? It doesn't cost much. And the memory of it will linger long after U your other gifts are forgotten. Why not call Southern Pacific lodaj and find out how little a trip tu California costs? If you wish to bring friends or relttives to visit you, send them a "Prepaid Order". We'll handle all the details for you. No charge. Here are examples of our low fares to sunshine. HOUNDTRIP TO: Coach" Tourist' Plrst Class San Francisco $11.35 $18.00 $18.90 Los Angeles . 21.80 34.50 36.30 Pullman berth charge! extra. Edectlve December 20th Also special excursion fares to Washington, Brilhb Columbia and Idaho Dec. 15 10 Jan. I NEXT TIME TRY THE TRAIN! Pankey Lost Creek ... Forest Creek Table Bock Trail 16.8 20.3 32 3 22.1 37.7 30.6 29.7 20.1 32 6 21 J 25.8 43.4 22.1 17.6 21.1 24.1 21.4 188 18.0 36 3 1.6 3.6 3.3 18.0 11.8 16.6 1J 18.3 3.0 7.0 23.6 3 3 4.3 2.3 6 .3 2.6 Reese Creek Medlord Debenger Gap Alderbrook Beaver Creek Little Applegato 8hady Cove Roguelauda Butte Falls Plnehurst West Side Colestln Tolo Fem Vslley .1 Howard ..11.3 (Midway 621 6.4 352 SEALS BIG FACTOR IN T.B. REDUCTION Portland, Dec. 12. (Spl.) Redoubled efforts to control tuberculosis were urged today by Miss Elsie Witchen. acting 34.4 executive secretary oi tne ure 22.8 gon Tuberculosis association. 23.4 Miss Witchen said that Christ- mas seals, which are now on 24.4 j sale under auspices of the tu a6,a ; berculosis association, had been a powerful factor in reducing tuberculosis deaths in the last 32 years, but that war and in ternational tension now threaten this reduction. "In periods of great strain, such as the World war of 1914 18," Miss Witchen said, "all countries recorded a definite in crease of deaths from tubercu losis. The anxiety, restlessness and privation of these years were causes of the higher death toll." HALF TURKEYS SHIPPED Portland, Dec. 12. (IP) The Portland turkey market, seeking an outlet for large toms, made a trial shipment of half-birds wrapped in cellophane to the eastern trade Monday. Notre Dame Prexy Los Angeles, Dec. 12. (IP) Bishop John F. O'Hara said to day he would relinquish the presidency of Notre Dame uni versity sometime next month to assume active charge of the 417 Catholic chaplains with U. S. armed forces. Bishop O'Hara arrived here last week from South Bend, Ind., for a vacation He has been 'president of Notre Dame since 1934. In the Bessemer process, pure iron ore is obtained by blowing a blast of ordinary air on molten pig iron. Here's the best Southern Pacific F. G. MORRIS, Agent. Phone 34 GIRLS TO PRESENT SPORTS CARNIVAL AT IDF Girls' physical education classes of Mcdford high school will participate in their great est exhibition of feminine sports of the year Friday, when 200 students stage the school's third annual sports carnival, sponsor ed by the physical education department. The carnival, which will open at 7:30 p. m., will be directed by Miss Sue Moshberger, dean of girls. She will be assisted by Miss Betty Blaine, girls' athletic instructor. Evolution of dancing from earliest history to modern times will furnish the theme for this year's show. The girls have been practicing diligently for the past few weeks and are expected to give one of the best demonstrations of girls' sports seen thus far in the annual carnival. The program, open to the public, will last approximately one hour and there will be no admission charge. OF Washington, Dec. 12. (IP) President and Mrs. Roosevelt will celebrate Christmas this year with a four-generation fam ily reunion that will bring at least four grandchildren. . Mrs. Roosevelt told her press conference today that the White House Christmas schedule would include the usual opening of stockings Christmas morning, a big Christmas dinner and em ployes' parties. Guests expected are the presi dent's mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt; his sister-in-law, Mrs. J. R. Roosevelt; the eldest Roosevelt daughter, Anna; her husband, John Boettiger of Se- attle, and her children, Eleanor and Curtis Dall, and John Roosevelt Boettiger; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., his wife, the former Ethel DuPont, and their baby, Franklin D. Roosevelt, third; and the youngest Roose velt son, John, with his wife. the former Anne Clark of Bos ton. Mrs. Roosevelt will go to Hyde Park to meet Anna and the children next Sunday and remain there until Friday. She will supervise the usual Christ mas activities at the Roosevelt home there and go to New York December 20, to decorate a tree for the Women's Trade Union league party. LUCKY NEGRO COUPLE TO BUILD APARTMENT FOR COLORED PEOPLE Philadelphia, Dec. 12. (IP) One hundred Negro families of South Philadelphia s slum dis trict are going to get a modern, low - priced apartment house home because a generous Negro couple won a $150,000 sweep stakes prize last April. The prize award completely changed the lives of Benjamin and Pearl Mason and their two children. After existing on a $11.40 weekly check, they now own their own home, an inex pensive automobile and have paid back the $2,133.00 they re ceived in relief money. Now they're going to share what's left with other members of their race. They'll replace a dilapidated block of tenements with a modern apartment de velopment, where rents will be as low as possible. Three-fourths of the construction work will be done by Negro workers to fur ther their desire to aid their race. HELD PREPOSTEROUS New York, Dec. 12. IIP) The Carnegie corporation of New York coupled its annual announcement of $4,846,126 in - The Gift That Only YOU Can Give 12 lovely gifts for iht price you might ordinarily pay for one. Personality Portraits 24 Hour Service if desired 3HANGLE STUDIO Mtdford Bldg. Phone 1308 grants this year with an as sertion that teaching vacancies over the country are being filled "with degrees, not by men and women." Frederick P. Keppel, presi dent of the corporation founded by Andrew Carnegie for "the advancement of knowledge," said academic degrees are "pre posterous," and that except in only "a few strong professions such as medicine and law and the older branches of engineer ing, the degrees might mean "literally nothing." TO PRESS FOR LAWS San Francisco, Dec. 12. (IP) A special meeting of the board of directors of California Asso ciated Farmers was called to day in furtherance of labor leg islation approved by resolution at the Associated Farmers' con vention in Stockton last week. John Watson, Pctaluma dairy man and newly-elected presi dent of the state group, said the meeting would be held in Los Angeles, probably January 3 or 4. The major resolution passed at the convention asked Gov ernor Culbert L. Olson, in his call for a special legislative ses sion next month, to consider such matters as secondary boy cotts, "compulsory closed shop and compulsory hiring halls." Meanwhile, plans for the or ganization of Associated Farm ers on a national scale approv ed Friday night by representa tives of the Pacific coast or ganization from California, Ore gon and Washington were held in abeyance pending word from the coast president, H. L. Shoe maker of Hood River, Ore. Shoemaker said each of the three states would choose three delegates to meet in San Fran Cisco, probably late this month, to promote the program. NO REGULAR JAIL R There will be no regular de livery of mail on Christmas, Monday, December ?5, but spec ial delivery, perishable matter and gift parcels will be deliv ered in an effort to clear up all Yuletide mail so that every one may enjoy the holiday ful ly, it was stated today by Post master Frank DeSouza. With Christmas only a little more than a week away, the postmaster urged everyone to do his Yuletide mailing without further delay. Special delivery and . special delivery airmail services were called to the attention of pa trons who neglect or purposely defer their mailing until the last minute, Salvage Richmond, Va. (IP) Virginia county welfare departments have found a rich source of containers for preserved fruits and vegetables. Police depart ments have turned over hun dreds of half-gallon jars the famed containers of the south's illegal "moonshine liquor." Things Must End Wichita, Kas. (IP) For 21 years Sam Kiefner, city editor of the Wichita Morning Eagle, has used the same copy spike. In that time the spike has worn down from a long one to a mere two inches. SEE WARDS CHRISTMAS CATALOG! Warn iiiiiii j -rvTrr. j" ;,ir CASTS SELECTED FOR SERIES OF PLAYS ON E NIGHT Angus L. Bowmer, drama di rector of the Southern Oregon College of Education in Ash land, who will present a group Hurry to Wards! Bring the children! Fun for 8 Pet, c""p. v0 'Poer Wcrfui "arrou, " ""Plem "?t Stoal Kitchen (.acinar 98 It's fully equipped . . . even an egg beater and mixing bowl I Red and ivory. 13 inches high. I Wetting Doll with 21-pc. layette! j 1 1 Inches tall I All rubber body . . . with sleeping eyes, real eyelashes I And layette . . . carrying easel Strongly Built Fibre Rockers 149 M Compare others at 20 morel Hand-woven fibre, hardwood frame, cretonne upholstery I Every Fellow Wants a Big New Mainllner 389 Fulltize (16Hx34H)l-piece body I No rough edges I Rubber tired disc wheels I Rubber grip I f 4 1 ttnwr mt -r taarr aexaatea- maw of plays here January 19, called "First Night," today announced play casts. "Without Romance?" written by Mr. Bowmer, will have only two characters, himself as George and Dorothy Pruitt as Janet. "Rogue Rest," a play also composed by the director, will include these players: Avis. Richard Schuchard; Arlen, John Nagley; Alice, Dorothy Lee; mother, Mrs. C. L. Coyle; father, John Reisachcr. Wards have toys ics un. wr-trea 1 tn i Train with 8 Sections of Track 98 Powerful spring motor! Sparking locomotive, tender and 3 cars. Freight or passenger. Easel Type Educational Blackboard 98 Complete with 6 charts, box of chalk, end felt eraser I Drop leaf opens to form desk I ' Deluxe Model i Chinese I Checkers mm Non-warp board hat hollow metal frame that holds marbles I Ante up Rummy on backl Complete I Play Doctor Kit for Boyt orOlrli! 98 Hat ttethotcope to really hear -heart beau! Plus nune't outfit, bandages, and lots morel rrHv ... . or8?---.- Pi A n. . "eerw-" f'-d 1 With . real i vce. . " n. '""let .i "Pa CENTRAL lev I- 1 iisTa,! ii7 so. The following will see action in Schnitzler's 'The Farewell Supper": Max, John Reisacher; Anatole, Angus Bowmer; Annie, Dorothy Pruitt; waiter, Don Shanahan. The final play presented on "First Night" will be "The Drums of Oude." Cast includes Captain Hector McGregor, An gus Bowmer; Lieut. Allen Hart ley, Duaine Munrow; Sergeant McDougal, Woody Mason; Stew art, the sentry, John Nagley; two Hundustani servants, Don for everybody ... Everybody Has Fun with "40 Garnet in 1" 98 Includes Bingo, Pick-up Sticks, Checkers, Game of India, Old Maid, Rummy and 34 others! Sparking Doughboy Tank with Motor! 98 It moves with rat-a-tat noist emitting harmless sparks! Dough boy pops out! Winds up! ' 1 Beautiful Big Girl Dolly 10 What girl wouldn't love thit tweet 20-inch dolly! Extra fine quality! Assorted ttyle dresses. S-rjSsf"'? Fibre Doll j iarriage noiat a 28-in. Doll '1 no trong tough Ilbrel Has adjust able back, adjustable hood, rub ber tires I jjp h US m ti lmJ (T- f ant. -.-v n-r m Shanahan and Bob Shaw; Mrs. Jack Clayton, Vivien Early; a private, James Boyle. Rehearsals started Monday. The four plays will be one act each, and will be presented in the Holly theater. Goodbye, Now. Scdalia, Mo. (IP) A duck hunter, returning from a hunt, opened his game bag on the street to show a friend the giant duck he had brought down. Out flew the duck. ALL! See the at LOWEST prices! Gel Yrtnr. .. . ft,, f ., '.refrain . 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