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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,' OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939. BLACK CHANNEL TO BE DREDGED BY Foots Creek Mining Oper ation To Require Large Investment in Machinery, Dredging operations are now underway at the Black Channel mine In the Foots Creek district, with 20 men employed and more to be added. Murphy Brothers, Idaho mining opera tors, plan to Install approximate ly $150,000 worth of machinery including 23 steel pontoons, some of which are now in place. The dredging, covering 1,500 acres, will take five or six years according to Attorney George W. Neilson, who with Attorney Ij. M. Curl, of Albany, were in strumental in straightening out the tangled affairs of the pro perty. F. A. Bates, the former owner, has no further interest In the mine and now resides at Albany. Attorneys Neilson and Curl sold the property for Bates. , The mine under the Bates management was a stormy chap ter in Jackson county affairs during the Banks-Fehl turmoil period. Banks at one time leased the property and left a large number of labor liens against it after a short operation. Tillamook, Ore., Dec. 21. (P) Funeral services were held here today for George W. Wallace, 80, pioneer Tillamook county dairyman, fatally burned at Nampa, Idaho, December 15. Coals from a pipe ignited his clothing. Make your holiday meal more enjoyable by serving Beck's fine products. Christmas Stollen each 23c Christmas is not complete without this tasty treat. Filled with citrus fruits and nuts. It's better made the Beck way. HOME STYLE Mince and Pumpkin Pies Rich, spicy, home-made flavor and goodness. Made with Borden's None-Such Mince Meat and Del Monie Pumpkin. Hi Beck's Fruit Cakes are baked )usi right and packed full of nuts, fruits and spices, which make for delicious eating. Buy more than one, they make exc e 1 1 e n t gifts. Parker House Rolls doz. 15c ALSO Dinner Rolls Banquet Rolls Hard Rolls with Sesame and Caraway Seed HONEY COOKIES in Christmas designs. Hang them on the treat they're good for the children. ALSO ANISE DROPS SPRINGERLI LEBKUCHEN On Sale Friday and Saturday at your fa vorite food store or at BAKERIES LEPKE CONVICTED AS HEAD OF DRUG Swarthy Racketeer is Still Facing Narcotic and Bri bery Charges Sentence. New York, Dec. 21. m Swarthy Louis (Lepke) Buchal- ter, 42, who will be sentenced January 2 for conspiracy to vio late the narcotics laws, still faced today narcotic and bribery charges under which he could be sentenced to a maximum of 164 years in prison and $180,000 in fines. Judge John C. Knox told Wil liam Kleinman, Buchalter's at torney, that "you should know how you are going to plead on these other charges by January 2" but Kleinman did not indi cate how his client would plead. Termed Top Man A federal court Jury convicted Buchalter of conspiracy last night after hearing the govern ; ment describe him as "top man" 1 in a $10,000,000 international j syndicate which smuggled drugs Into the United States illegally j from France, Japan, China and ; other countries in 1935-36-37. j Max Schmuckler, a co-defendant, was convicted of the same ' charge, but David Kardonick, the third co-defendant, was ac quitted. I The government maintained that attractive women, In the i syndicate's pay, had brought for ; bidden narcotics into this coun try in trunks, in several in stances. The object of a nation-wide manhunt last summer with re wards totaling $50,000 on his head, Buchalter surrendered quietly to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover here last August 25. He had been a fugitive two years after running out on a $10,000 ball. Lake Creek district resident, charged with possession of deer meat, deliberated about fifteen minutes. Homer Holden was foreman. The court imposed a six months suspended sentence upon recommendation of the district attorney. The deer meat involved was seized December 4 by state police officers, armed with a search warrant. A few minutes later, Zera E. Dahack, a brother or Irwin, was killed in a gun fight with the state policemen, when he demanded return of the confiscated meat. NEWS SHIPMENTS START WEDNESDAY First shipment of Winter Nelis pears purchased by the Canadian Canneries, Ltd., (west ern division) of Mission, B. C. will be made next Wednesday. and the second will be made January 2, it is announced. The Canadian concern pur chased 300 tons of Medford Win ter Nelis for canning purposes. Approximately 400 tons of the variety remain unpacked in local storage plants. Work of making the boxes In which the pears will be shipped loose is now underway. The boxes, numbering 5000, will later be used as containers for the canned product. TUTTLE HIGH IN SUCCUMBS HERE Burr L. Beals, 75, of Tilla mook, Oregon, passed away in a Medford hospital, at 3:45 p. m. Wednesday, after a short illness. Mr. Beals was born at Pine Val ley, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1865. He had been in Medford for the past two months visiting his daughter, Mrs. Helen Ebin ger. Other survivors are Mrs. Silvi Carrara, San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. W. A. Dunlap, Los Angeles, Calif.; Burr L. Beals, Jr., Port land, Ore., and Max L. Beats of .'ortland. Remains will be transferred :c Tillamook this evening for services and interment. Perl Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. ED The Justice court Jury which yesterdny returned a verdict of guilty against Irwin Dahack, Bv seorlns 190 x 500 nn offhand targets. Shelbv Tuttle counted a total of 395 out of 400 and first place in last night's four-position handicap shooting at the rifle range. Friday evening the pistol divi sion of Medford rifle club will fire slow and timed fire qualifi cation targets and Sundav after- nocn the range will be open as usual for pistol and rifle practice. Complete rifle scores in last night's handicap shooting were: Shelby Tuttle 395 Mrs. Ivan Waddell 390 Ivan Waddell 388 C. C. Gall 38 Ed Lull . 385 Lew Conger 381 Phil Whitlock 379 J. D. Bolton 378 Mrs. C. C. Gall 372 Herman Farra 389 S. M. Tuttle 367 Otto Howard 365 Roscoe Edwards 364 FOR EAGLE PI. Fred Lorentzen, Jr., and Jas per Foster, residents of the Eagle Point area, charged with burglary not in a dwelling, were each given a year's suspended sentence when they appeared this morning before Judee H. D Norton in circuit court, on pleas of guilty. They were specifically' charged with taking an electric iron wrapped in a tea towel from the Frank Edmundson home at Butte Falls. 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WITH THE REPUBUC 4 DUMIl --- - HURT WHEN MO HITS UGHJ POLE Mrs. Margaret Wolgamott, 42, employe of the Pine Cone, sus tained head lacerations and an injured knee when the car in which she was a passenger crashed into a power pole in front of 622 South Central ave nue shortly after midnight this morning. She was confined in Sacred Heart hospital today; but was expected to be sufficiently re covered to return to her home this afternoon, hospital attend ants reported. The driver of the car, Emil V. Westvong of 304 Edwards street, told investigating city policemen that he went to sleep at the wheel, after driving from Yreka with the car heater on. He was Injured only slightly, as was Lowell V, Pratt, another pas- senger. The machine struck a pole in the parking strip on the west side of the street, police re ported, damaging the car con siderably. Mrs. Wolgamott was taken to the hospital in taxi cab, but other occupants of the vehicle were not badly enough enjured to require medical attention. Antelope Antelope, Dec. 21. (Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thomas, of Winlock, Wash., were surprise visitors, Sunday, of the Bill Walch family. Mrs. Thomas is a sister of the Walch boys, whom she hadn't son for ten years. Their visit will be of particular interest to old-timers, who will remember that Mr. Thomas ran a freight line over the Green spring mountain when the road was little more than a trail. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were en route to San Pedro, Cal., to spend the holidays with their daughter. Ben rredenberf. father of tin. John Greb, ni taken to the Bacred Heart hospital last week. Mr. and Mrs. BUI Blfhera and family attended the play at Eagle Point Wednesday night. Her home beautifully decorated for the occasion. Mrs. Carl Blair, aaaiited by Mrs. Elmer Kurd, enter tained the Ladles' Social club De cember 30. A heavily-laden Christ mas tree bore gifts for all members and guests present. Special gifts were presented by the hostess to the babies attending. In addition to the large number of regular mem bers, the following Tlaltora enjoyed the gala affair: Mrs. Stephenson and daughter, and Mrs. Harry Wright of Brownsboro, Mia. Lottie VanScoy of Eagle Point, Mrs. Betty Stelle and children or Medford. Mrs. Clar ence Bleu of Modesto. Cel., and Mrs. Hubert Smith. Phoenix Phoenix, Dec. 21. (Spl.) An operetta, "The Trial of Joan and John' given by the grade school pupils of Phoenix, will ba presented in the school gym nasium Thursday, December 21, at 8 p.m. Miss Saville J- Riley, music supervisor. Is directing. The annual Christmas program of the Presbyterian Sunday school will be held at 7:30 p. m. Friday, in the church auditorium. Included in the special Christmas program an dia logues, women's chorus numbers. Junior girls' presentation, choir num bers with Incidental soloa by Pa tricia Purry and Gall Thomson, play by the Junior group, tableau by the Intermediate department, nolo by R. A. Reedy, Christmas carols, presenta tion of white gifts, and treat for Sunday school members In tha audi torium. Since so few days remain to buy and use Christmas seals, Mrs. R. A. Reedy, local seal sale chairman, asks that those who have not yet re turned their money or unused seals do so at once. The response has been very generous this year and the committee Is anxious to close the books soon after the flrat of the year. Installation of 1940 officers of Phoenix and Griffin Creek Granges will take place at the meeting of the Phoenix Grange, Tuesday even ing. December 30. A GRAND v 3 h No gift could be more thoughtful thon these gifts that KEEP ON GIVING in months ond years to come. They're MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE CONVENIENT, MORE ECONOMICAL than ever before! 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