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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1940. PAGE NINE 'Going to Prison 'Sale Profits Store Owner Memphis. Tex. (U.f Ray mond Ballew it an opportunist he made money out of going to prison. Ballew is In prison now, be coming familiar with his sur roundings for the next two years. But in this Texas Pan handle town people still are talking about his sales promo tion and advertising all based on his prison sentence. Two years ago Ballew, owner of an automobile and electric appliance store, wounded a po liceman. Convicted of assault with intent to murder, he was sentenced to two years. Two months ago the Texas court of criminal appeals upheld the conviction. Ballew was far from down hearted. Instead, he started a sales campaign, capitalizing on his approaching prison term, and put over a merchandising event never before witnessed here. Here's what Ballew did: He walked down Main street two doors to the office of the Memphis Democrat and bought a quarter-page ad. It said, in part: "Yes, folk, it's true. I'm not going to be with you much lon ger! For in a little while I'll be stripping sorghum and. hoeing peas instead of peddling refrig erators and radios ... I want to sell at least 2S new refrigerators so I can leave some bean and potato money for the wife and children while I'm eating off of Uncle Bud . . . Frankly I've been sold out so now I'm selling out." And he nearly did. The first day, Ballew's cash register rang up more than $1,000. He cleaned his shelves. literally. He bought more, in cluding a truckload of refrigera tors. He hired more salesmen. In two weeks he sold $8,000 worth of merchandise. That was one week before his departure for prison. LAKE 0' WOODS ROAD VIA DEAD INDIAN TO BE READY AUGUST 25 Ashland. Aug. 9. (Spl) The Lake of the Woods road, via Dead Indian district from Ash land, will be completed and opened for travel by August 25, Karl Janouch, Rogue River na tional forest supervisor, assured directors of the Ashland cham ber of commerce Thursday. Every dollar has been used getting the road open,, however, he said, and surfacing must be done next year. Janouch tossed cold water on Ashland hopes that the city will get a road direct to McDonald basin around the Ashland water shed from Nutley street, but in dicated that plans are being pushed for a route to the winter sports area by way of Wagner creek. The local route would be too steep, crooked and unprepared to be practical, it was stated. A side camp will be estab lished for the CCC on Wagner creek, where barracks are be ing built. Work will be done in lower 'elevations in winter, and higher in summer. Completion will be a matter of several years. Boulder Dam houses the world's most powerful hydro electric plant. Female spiders eat their mates, Lut apparently only when really hungry. About 190,000,000 persons are under Russian Communist rule. The World war draft law cov ered men between 18 and 49. There are 600,000 retail to bacco outlets in the U. S. Cm Mall Tribune want ada. T CAUSE OF BLAZE AT FRUIT PLANT An incinerator lacking a screen top was blamed by the fire department today for the grass blaze that late yesterday afternoon scorched a pile of lug boxes and sent the firemen under a general alarm to the Pinnacle Packing company's . plant No. 2 at the end of South Front street. 1 Some of the trash paper being burned in the incinerator flew out the uncovered top and ignit ed the grass in the lot adjoining the plant. Edward Canoose. as sistant fire chief said. Before the fire could be put out, part of a large pile of lug boxes was scorched. Damage was nominal, however. The fire department sent Its two large pumpers to the scene and firemen laid in one line of hose. Meantime packing house President Asks Peace Prayers September 8th Hyde Park. N. Y.. Aug. 9 (J") President Roosevelt has set aside Sunday. September 8. as a day of p'rayer when Americans of every creed and denomination should ask God "to grant to this land and to the troubled world a right eous, enduring peace." "When every succeeding day brings sad news of suf fering and disaster abroad." he said in a proclamation, "we are especially conscious of the divine power," and "it is seemly that we should pray for God's blessing on our country and for the establish ment of a just and permanent peace" among all nations. ADOS 2 TEACHERS employes had laid a line of the company's hose and the blaze was put out before it could get a good start on the pile of boxes and thus threaten the plant itself. Mr. Canoose indicated that steps would be taken to have a screen top placed and kept over the incinerator. The general alarm was sounded at 4:32 p. m. Gold Hill. Aug. 9 (Spl.) The 1941 school budget was accepted last night at a board meeting, with a S percent increase to the original budget. The increase was voted to enable the board to hire another high school teacher in order to offer a more comprehensive course. With this addition to the high school staff there will be five teachers. Another grade school teacher was also allowed on the budget and the board hired Miss Grace Blgham of Central Point who will teach the third grade. Schoul will commence here on September 9 this year, instead of September 3 as originally scheduled, which will permit more time for completion of several improvements to the school building and gymnasium. The bid for sealing of the gym nasium was awarded to Jack Pinkerton and the outside paint j job on the gym was awarded to jame rtyan. Warren Coppick received the contract for painting the interior of the new classroom which has been completed for the third grade. Menus of the Day Roast Beef Browrud Potatoes Buttr! 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