MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1940.
PAGE FP7E
LOCAL and PERSONAL
Cubi to Meet Boy Scout cub
pack 19 will hold an achieve
ment council at 8 p. m. Friday I
in the Upper Rogue Grange
hall. George Sherman is chair
man. Court Citation Henry A.
Poston, 62, of Ashland was
cited by state police yesterday
to appear in justice of the
peace court Thursday, charged
with driving a truck without a
PUC permit.
Minor Accident Eugene F.
Edwards of 616 Franquelte
street and R. L. Gross of Port
land drove cars involved in a
slight mishap on North River
side avenue Monday night, ac
cording to a report on file to
day. Delxell Here W. A. Delzell
of Portland was a brief visitor
here today. He was en route
to Klamath Falls on business
Mr. Delzell is chief of field of
the U. S. internal revenue bu
reau. He Is the father of Mrs.
Don Newbury of this city.
Snow Spotty Snow only in
spots remained in the Union
Creek district today. Diamond
Lake highway was still open
but, like other roads in the
district, was icy in shaded
areas, Crater Lake national
park headquarters here an
nounced. Tire chains were ad
vised. Visit Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Childs and family of Griffin
creek spent Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Leigh
and family of Ashland. Mrs.
Childs and Mrs. Leigh are sis
ters. The children, DeArmond
and Richard Leigh and Duane
Childs, motored to Medford
and spent the evening at the
roller skating rink.
Re-Enlists Wilbur L. Hober,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B.
Hober of 801 North Central
avenue, re-enlisted at Portland,
January 15, for four years in
the U. S. navy, George E. Pat
terson, recruiter here was noti
fied today. Hober completed
one tour of duty with the navy
on January 9. He is a ma
chinist's mate second class.
Home on Leave Charles H.
Paske is spending a 15-day
leave of absence from the U. S.
navy at the home of his par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Paske
of 1010 South Oakdale avenue.
The youth enlisted in the navy
through the Medford recruiting
station in July, 1938, and since
completing the usual three
months' training period has
been serving on the battleship
Mississippi which is now at the
navy yard in Bremerton, Wash.
Snow Settles Snow, of the
"variable crust" description, had
settled to a depth of 58 inches
at headquarters building in
Crater Lake national park this
morning, rangers reported by
radio. Park roads were still
covered with a layer of hard,
packed snow and ice and tire
chains were advised. The wea
ther was partly cloudy, visi
bility good. Lowest tempera
ture in the night was 23 de
grees. Plane Passengers W. E. Wil
son arrived from the south by
United Mainliner yesterday
afternoon. J. H. Biehn and
Willard Wilson arrived from
the north on yesterday's fore
noon Mainliner which was two
and a half hours late. The
Mainliner due here from the
south at 4:52 a, m, did not
arrive today until 10:50, having
been held at Oakland, Cal.,
because of fog at Portland and
Seattle. The southbound Main
liner due here at 10:55 a. m.
was delayed at Seattle because
of fog around the northwest
cities and was re-scheduled to
arrive here at 2:30 p. m.
To Reshlngle Everett Bray
ton of 314 Vancouver avenue
applied at the city building in
spector's office yesterday for a
permit to reshingle his resi
dence at a stated cost of $150.
Whita Returns M. F. White,
who spent his annual vacation
with his family at their home,
46 Quince street, returned re
cently to Algoma. where he Is
employed by the Algoma Lum
ber company.
Grey to Seattle Herb Grey,
advertising manager of the Mail
Tribune, left this morning for
Seattle where he will speak
Friday on advertising at a
newspapermen's institute spon
sored by the University of
Washington.
Grange Party Roxy Ann
Grange will sponsor a public
card party this evening at 8
o'clock at the Grange hall on
Spring street. Pinochle and
five hundred will be in play
throughout the evening.
WATER RECEIPTS
NET $40,735 FOR
YEAR,ISREPORT
(continued from page one)
OFFICERS ARREST
C.C. ALLEN AT 000R
OF DIVORCED WIFE
rants and $24,000 in other se
curities, the last two items be
ing specified as investments.
Net water receipts for 193B
showed an increase of 6.11 per
cent over those of 1938.
Record Use.
On December 31, 1939, water
users totaled 3845, largest num
ber on record for any December
31, and 42 more than on the
same date in 1938.
In alalyzing the income state
ment, prior to its public issu
ance, at last night's city council
meeting. Councilman M. N.
Hogan remarked: 'This state
ment shows why it is best for
a municipality to own its own
water system." He added the
water commission had made an
excellent showing.
"Four Daughters" Become "Four Wives" in New Hit
' , IN VNe
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
U. 8. Steel
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San Francieco Butter.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. (AP
USDA) Butter unchanged.
Sacramento, Jan. 17.-P)
Churning cream butteifat: First
grade 36; second grade 33l,i.
(Continued rnjiu Page One.)
Rented Firearm
State police learned that Al
len had rented a 12-gauge shot
gun from a local sporting goods
store here yesterday afternoon,
at the same time purchasing
four shells loaded with buck
shot. He then left Medford be
tween 5 and 5:30 p.m. to hitch
hike to Ellingson mill, it was
discovered by police, who be
lieve he secured a ride on a
truck.
The Allen's were married In
1936 and lived here for a year
or so, before their estrangement.
Mrs. Allen formerly lived in
Central Point with her parents
Allen was a laborer, and for a
time tended bar in a local beer
establishment.
IN
Livestock
Gale Page, Lola, Priscilla
and Rosemary Lane, the ' Four
Daughters" of last year's hit,
are now the 'Tour Wives" in
the new film sequel, with the
same cast, which is scheduled
to make its first Medford show
ing at the Craterian theater
Sunday when it will open a
three-day engagement. Other
important roles are played by
Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn,
Eddie Albert, May Robson,
Frank McHugh, Dick Foran,
Henry O'Neill and John Gar
field, who was accidentally
killed in the first picture, is
shown as the "vision" who
haunts Priscilla every time she
is about to find happiness with
Lynn
Warner Baxter, Alice Faye in Show
Portland. Jan. 17, ( AP-USDA)
Hogs: 60O: market fairly active.
mostly steady; underweights alow;
god-choice 165 to 315-lb. drtvetna
moatly S6.25; tew head S8.30; off
grades down to $6.00; short load
S6.2S; freight diversion loads quot
able at 6.40; 230 to 270-lb. butchers
5.o0o.75; light lights and slaugh
ter pigs 5.005.76; packing sows
4.25i4.76; good-choice feeder pigs
salable a6.0OijtB.5O.
Cattle: 160; calves 36: mostly
steady; few common steers 6.50
7.00; medlum-fsood fed steers $8.00;
strictly good light steers quotable
to $9.00; few medium heifers $7.25
7.50; common grades down to $5.50;
strictly good fed heifers eligible $8.36;
cucter-common cows $4.00(6.00; can
ners down to $3.50: fat dairy type
oows $5.25$ 5.50: fairly good beef
cows $6.00: sausage bulls $5.50(36.25;
good beef bulls quotable $6.75; few
good-choice vealers $10.00; strictly
choice quotable to $10.50.
Sheep: 100: light weight lambs
quotable to $8.25: carloads eligible
to $8.50; few good-choice shorn 90-lb.
lambs $7.25; good-rhotce wooled ewes
quotable $3.25 4.10.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. (P)
General staff of the "blue"
army at Monterey, defending
California from a "black" inva
sion, received word today attack
planes were launched from an
aircraft carrier off Avalon, on
Santa Catnlina island.
Invading bombers, initiating
what was believed to be the
opening attack in the biggest
mimic war games ever staged
by combined navy and army,
roared over San Francisco at
7:50 a. m., headed toward Oak
land. But Major Charles M. Myers,
commanding the aircraft warn
ing headquarters here, said anti
aircraft and aerial defenders
had 18 minutes warning of the
approach, and apparently re
pulsed the attacking "black"
bombers.
The warning came from
watching and listening outposts
of the 400 military and- civilian
observers throughout the state.
South San Francisco
South 8 an Francisco, Jan. 17.
(AP-USDA) Hogs: 400; butchers 5c
lower; top and bulk good to choice
ISO to 220-lb. California $8.35: bulk
240 to 270-lb. $5.85: packing sows
25c lower for two days, bulk $4.75.
Cattle: 160; calves none; steers
and fat she stock mostly steady; load
medtu mto low good 931-lb. Idaho fed
steers $9.00 sorted 2 head: package
cows 1,119-lb. weights $6.50; few
canners and cutters $3.60 4.50;
fleshy dairy cows quoted to $6.76;
odd head medium bulls steady at
$6.75; calves: good to choice vealers
around $10.50(12.00.
Sheep: 300; good to choice wooled
lambs quoted around $9.25 or slightly
above: medtum to good 124-lb. Cali
fornia slaughter ewes about steady
at $3.25.
C " j'-t
Cash wheat (bid):
Soft white 86c; western white 86c;
western red SSic.
Hard red winter ordinary 84e;
tl per cent 85,ic; 19 per cent 90c;
IS per cent B4c; 14 per cent $1.00.
Hard white. Bsart. 12 per cent
94'Jc; 18 per cent $1.00; 14 per
cent $10S.
Today's car receipts: wheat. 45;
barley 3; flour 12; corn 7; mlllfeed 4.
Trapped in a besieged Amer
ican consulate, Alice Faye and
Warner Baxter fall in love In
the face of peril in "Barricade,"
startling drama of Americans
in war-torn China, coming to
the New Rialto theater tomor
row for a three-day run. Char-
les Winninger and Arthur
Treacher head the grand sup
porting cast with Baxter and
Miss Faye.
"The Night Riders," featuring
John Wayne and the Three
Mesquiteers, Is scheduled to
play as the added feature with
"Barricade."
Chicago Wheat
Chicago, Jan. 17 (AP) Wheat:
Open High Low Close
May 99 1.01 .99 1.01
July -96i .98?, ,96'i .9814
Sept. .95, .98 M .975,
good cutter cows S9o lb.; canner
cows 7",C(8c lb.; bulls 1010c lb.
Other produce prices steady un
changed.
Chicago
Chicago. Jan. 17. (AP-USDA)
Hogs: 29.000; top $5.76: bulk good
and choice 160 to 240-lb. $5.50(3 5.75;
good 360 to 660-lb. packing sows
$4 634.70; lighter kinds up to $4.90.
Cattle: 8.500; calves 500; yearlings
and medium weight steers held well
above $12.00: early bids Indicating
new high top for season; up to
$12.00 paid for 1.336-lb. bullocks;
with several loada medium weight
and weighty steers $10.50 11.60: fed
heifers fully steady; best $10.50.
Sheep: 4,000; sheep around steady;
scattered native ewes $4.004.50.
Portland Produce
Portland, Jan. 17. (AP) Country
Meats: Selling price to retailers
Country killed hogs, best butchers
125 to 150-lb. 8I38V2C lb.; vealers,
fancy 14!416c lb.; light thin 10
13c lb.; heavy 10llc lb.; spring
lambs 14(? 15c lb.; ewes 67c lb.;
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE
Portland Wheat
Wall St. Report
Radio Highlights
roR BALK Alfalfa hay, second and
third cutting. Dobrot. r.leitad
place. Central Point.
By Associated Press
(Pacific Standard Time)
Tonight: Europe WABC-CBS
5:55. 8: MBS 6; 6:15.
WABC-CBS 7:18 talk, Sen.
James Mead; 7:30 U. of P. Bi
centennial, Justice Owen J.
Roberts, Gox. Arthur James
and others.
MRS 5:30 national confer
ence of Jews and Christians.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
40 Acres good deep soil; it Irrigated.
In clover and alfalfa; 6-room house,
electricity, water pressure system:
shade: new large barn; on graveled
road and school bus line. Poor
heslh is the answer for the low
price of $3000.
ALSO
Corv snd comfortable 6-room bouse
with bath: lot eoxiso ft. Splendid
location, on paved street, near hlga
school. Price $1500, or $1860 com
pletely furnished Including electrlfl
range and washing machine.
ALSO
7-room modern house, lsrge living
ana aimng room, mspte xioors,
3 bedrooms, glsssed-ln sleeping
porch; hot water fumsce. radlstor
In each room; large attlo: full
cement basement; large lot. Lot
of shsde. close In. on paved street.
Only $3260. Including furniture.
See L. O. PICKELL. exclusive sgent.
! So. Bartlett.
Thursday: Europe NBC 8 a.
m.; WABC-CBS 5 a. m. 3:30
p. m.
Too Late to Classify
$1650
K1NQ6 HIGHWAY LOCATION
4-acre tract, excellent aotl, 3 -room
modern house, barn, chicken houu,
garage. Must be sold at once. Price
only 91660. Terms oan be amtnged.
Also
FOR RFNT Modern 8 -room fur
nished apartment over M-M Dept.
Store. Phone 634-R.
FOR RENT S-room horns. Inqnlr
evenliws. 444 No. Front.
FOR BALE FEEDS at Farm prices'.
Baled atraw. Hay, loose, baled or
chopped. Grain of all kinds, whole
or ground. Phone Medford S5S-J-I.
Victor Bnrsell.
DAT OR KITE Associated ful oil
DellTerc. Medford Fuel Co. Tel. 631.
$3000
Brand-new 4-room home, dinette,
3 bedrooms, hardwood floors, laun
dry trays, garage; good location;
owner transferred and will sell.
Only $3000; terms.
MARK A. OOLDY
Phone 738 100 E. Main St.
Portland, Jan. 17. (AP) Drain:
Wheat: Open High Low Close
May 84 84 V4 B4 84 V4
Cash grain:
Oats, No. 2, 38-lb. white $36.50.
Barley, No. 3. 45-lb. bearded white
$27.26.
Corn. No. 2. eastern yellow ship
ment $28.25.
No. 1 flax, S2.I0U,.
New York, Jan. 17. VP) A
few issues trod slowly fractions
to a point higher in today's
stock market while their com
panions held to a narrow range,
either on the plus or minus side.
Transfers approximated 500,
000 shares.
Today's closing prices for 82 se
lected stocks follow:
Al. Chem. Dye 172
Am. Can '"H
Am. Pgn. Power.
A. T. & T.
Anaconda
Atch. T. & 8. P.
Bendlx Avla.
Beth. Steel
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler
Coml. Solvent
Curtlss-Wright
DuPont
Oen. Eloctrlo
Oen. Foods
Oen. Motors
Int. Harvester
I. T. 4: T
Johns-Mnnvllle
Monty Ward .
North Amer -.
Penney (J. 0.)
Phillips Pet 38
Radio
Southern Paclflo 13
Std. Brands 105',,
Std. Oil Cal. 26
Std. Oil N. J. 44
Transamerlca 5
.. unquoted
170t4
7. 37
Wa
28 "4
73
51
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U'i
181
Wi
47
62H
188
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FOR SALE Small trailer house or
trade for car. Signal Service sta
tion, Talent.
FOR SALE OR TRADE 1938 Ford
VB Pickup with stock rack, or trade
Tor hos or cattle. Phone 2-X-3
Eagle Point. W. smith.
ROOM AND BOARD. IM K. Oakdale.
FOR SALS Used tires and tubes.
4.60x21, 6.25x21, 4.76x10, 6.26x10,
8.00x18, 5.00x20. Richfield Station,
Jacksonville hlghwsy.
FOR SALE Fresh and springer cows.
Box 34, De Barr Ave.
FOR SALE CHEAP Two suits, one
overcoat, site 4C. 1 pair skis; 1
toboggsn. Also used furniture.
Phone 1485-W.
FIR slabs Qreen. Bum with dry
wood. Med. Fuel Co., Tel. 881.
RAW FTJKS WANTED 1
Eastern Cash Prices paid for your
furs at home. Also hides, pelts
and wool
MEDFORD BAROAtN HOUSE
87 N. Grape St. Medford. Ore.
FOR 8ALE Newtown apples,
and up. Myron Root & Co.
25o
CLEAN 4-room fumlahed duplex
apartment with garage. Reason
able. Inquire 801 Beaty, or phone
543-M.
Old Mother Hubbard,
She looked and she rubbered.
And could hardly believe her
eyes;
"Hay, that Humphrey gang.
Won't high pressure a man"
A WORD IS ENOUGH
TO THE WISE
DE SOTO PLYMOUTH
Humphrey Motors
33 S. Riverside. Phone 454
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IF YOUR NOSE
"CLOSES DP"
TIGHT AT NIGHT
Hinders Breathing Spoilt Slttp
sdou sleeD7 Here s a tlD. Put a lew
drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nos-
does your nosi fill up at night and
s a tip.
tril at bedtime. Then notice how it
clears air passages, promotes freer
breathing and so helps to pave the way
(or reireshine sieepi
this treatment Is so helpful because
Va-tro-nol is expressly designed to
bring relief in the nose and upper
throat where transient congestion hin
ders breathing. Try Vicks Va-tro-nol
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Town Hall Medford
Hall will meet at 7:30
tomorrow at the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, it
was announced today by G. I.
Maxwell, moderator pro tern.
The forum this week will dis
cuss "Does America Need Com
pulsory Health Insurance?" The i
same subject will be discussed
earlier in the evening on the
national Town Hall radio pro
gram. B. L. Barry, president
of the Medford Town Hall, said
today that the local organiza
tion has not authorized any so
licitation of funds. Members
pay their own way. Mr. Barry
emphasized. -
Baker Mine Afire
Baker, Ore., Jan. 17. (P)
A fire burning since Monday
continued today in the Flagstaff
gold mine, six miles from here.
State police were informed two
workers escaped uninjured. The I
fire centered in one of the main J
shafts of the 50-year-old mine,
recently reopened for tests by ! I
Charles C. Nutter of California.
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