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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.
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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.
Early last August the pair
were returned here from Long
Beach, Calif., where they were
arrested, and have been in the
county jail since.
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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.
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