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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1941 L SELL ! American Veterans organizations I ! are country-wide in scope and , , the sale of these flowers will be j ! carried on throughout the en-' Soldiers Take Posts at Plant It's an Old American Qastom 'Tl FORGET-ME-NOTS tire county. Your hearty and sympathetic cooperation will be well placed." MITCHELL STATES FRIDAY. SATURDAY PHOENIX STUDENTS TO GIVE PLAYS ID: HIGH GYM FRIDAYl Miner-Writer Resents 'Con Annual Campaign To Raise Funds For Rehabilitation Of Veterans Is Object. demnation' of This Area For Mineral Prospects. 01V. WIL Br Russell Mitchell (Jacksonville. Ore.) Mercury (quicksilver) is one of the ' most amazing of all metals In that it is fluid at ord inary temperatures. Most metals have to be heated to a high temperature before they become liquid. Mercury is not like other liquids In that it does not wet or stick to such solids as glass or wood. A temperature of -39 degrees Fahrenheit is required to solidify mercury. Its high necifle gravity (13.S) and its Ugh boiling point (high for liquids) makes it very useful for thermometers and barom eters. Mercury Is found In many parts of the world, but in spite bf its wide diffusion It is one of the rare metals, its present price being $198 per flask of 76 pounds. Large quantities are mined in this country, particu larly in California and Oregon. Soma large bodies of mercury- bearing rock were recently found in Arkansas and Idaho, The principal ore of mercury is cinnabar, the red sulphide of mercury. Free mercury is often found In ' veins in the west sometimes associated with gold nd silver. "Pockets" of free mercury are not uncommon. , i Useful Metal ' Mercury is one of the most useful of all metals. It has an Important place In the arts, medicine and Industry. Its red sulphide has long been used as pigment for paint. In this form it is called vermlllion. Two well-known chemicals are calomel and corrosive sublim ate, both chlorides of mercury. Large quantities of mercury are used in times of war to pro duce explosives. In the form used It is known as mercuric fulminate, a highly explosive substance which Is detonated by friction or by Jarring. The ful minate is the explosive sub stance In detonating caps. It is produced by the action of alco hol in a solution of mercury dissolved In nitric acid. i Thm inrilnefll with whlcl mercury unites with some other, metals makes it very useful Id Industry. It can hardly be dls pensed with in mining gold and silver. Much Seen Hera Southern Oregon contains huge quantities of mercury Almost any highly fractured t .-Jti. . .r i, A r'li" if I ,. ,,-r . iSg&I2&ES a$&ag Soldiers on guard at the Air Associates. In:., plant at Bendix. N. J., took up positions In front of a company sign. The factory was taken over by order of President Roosevelt. AT FORT LEWIS TOPS KITH Hospital Rate Only 27 Per Thousand Against 40 Average Give 4 Reasons Fort Lewis. 0 The health of the 50,000 officers and men of the 0th army corps tops that of any similar army post in the United States. Last month the rate of admis sion to the fort hospital was only 27 per thousand, compared with the usual army rate of 40. Officers said a soldier was hospitalized as soon as he showed signs of being ill, or having a cold in contrast to the usual civilian practice of cohtlnuing work with a cold. Charts Show Drop With the exception of one period during the nation-wide outbreak of Influenza late lost fall, the health of the men In the 3rd and 41st divisions of the 0th army corps here has been steadily Improving for the past year. Up-to-the-minute charts on the walls of the corps surgeon, Col. R. P. Williams, show a steady decline in all types of sickness. Venereal disease at Fort Lewis rone in soumern pnbabj ls the lowest of any ty may carry some cinnabar. It .. , ,u. . ..,h. occurs in place in the urusn creek section In an altered greenstone. It is also found on 8quaw creek In the same type of rock. Around Cinnabar Springs it Is associated with some quartz. I have also seen tome very good specimens In quartz from lower down the Applegate. We have free mer cury in a gold vein In serpen tine. Cinnabar ls found In the older schists on Elliot creek, in argil lite on Carberry and Steves creeks, In greenstone on Brush creek, and in the sandstones of the Chlco and Umpqua forma tions. According to Francis O. army post in the country, regard less of size. For the 9th army corps area the rate ls 7.0 per 1,000 men, compared with an average of 34.4 for the entire army. During the recent Louisiana war games the sick rate in creased but when maneuvers were held in the Pacific north west last August the sick rate declined. Early Training Cited Officers advanced four reasons for the good health of the north west soldiers: (1.) Intensive training and hardening. Perhaps no other troops in the country had such an early start In being hardened Wells all these deposits liei.eain;t weather and disease. within a few miles of the late Corps and division commanders Tertiary volcanic rocks and re-1 gave the soldiers early intensive lated rocks. To the prospector, training. this does not mean much. Be- (2.) Favorable ellmMIc con cause a prospect lies close to'ditlons in the Pacific northwest, such rocks does not make It a I No sudden or great change in good mine. If the mineral Is temperatures aided the health present, the miner has to make I program. the mine. If the mineral is not (3.) The athletic programs present, its closeness to Tertiary arranged for troops of the 8th army corps. (4.) Recreation on fort grounds and In Pacific northwest cities. Debt Burden Now Over 54 Billions rocks will not make it of com anerclal value, regnrdless of how much work Is done on It. I do not go much on geology and geological theories. No mine or section of the country should be condemned because some Ill Informed geologist declares it unfavorable. Some would-be j Washington, Nov. 8 OP) geologists long ago condemned The treasury, announced today southern Oregon as a mining its debt has gone over $34,000, country and the condemnation 1000,000. has stuck in spite of the huge Th t r e a u ry 'i obligations amounts of mineral already lumped overnight by 8S00.047, found and converted Into cash.: 881 to a record total of 154.083. There are more minerals of 093.7.12 because of the issuance value and less mining in south- of new treasury notes to refund em Oregon than in any other ! approximately a half bi llon dol section of America. It is largely ' Reconstruction Finance up to Oregonlans to realize the Corporation and Commodity Immense possibilities that here ,Cr'dl Corporation notes, present themselves and, once we are sold on them, we shall have no difficulty in selling them to outsiders. Money will come in sufficient quantities If 50 Polish Workers Executed By Nazis London, Nov. 5. OP) The we will develnn Ih. nr,.n-t. Polish Telegraphic agency said that are already found. Boy's Pride Hemsworth, Eng. (UP) SAFETY CONTEST Led By Tillamook Tn Division Two State Record For Year To Date Better. Brunkow, 36, who was shot. County Attorney S. S. Diedrichs said, after taunting Fong with -it will be different when Hitler gets hold of you." Brunkow, a naturalized citi zen, came to this country from Germany 13 years ago. Died richs said he would file homicide charges against Fong. F rench Reported Holding British Vichy, Unoccupied France, Nov. 8 (JP) The United States embassy is investigating a report : that Z4 fcnglishmen, including the son of L. S. Amery, British secretary for India, have been (Spl.) Clackamas, arrested by the French as re prisal for arrests of Frenchmen in Syria. The arrests have not been re ported by the French to the em bassy, which is charged with protecting British interests in France. The men were said to be held at Fal-Les-Bains. Salem Tillamook and Josephine coun ties held first place in the three divisions of the 1041 counties traffic safety contest at the end of the first eight months of this year, It was announced at the office of the secretary of state, sponsor of the contest. In the first division, Clacka mas was followed by Marion in second place and Multnomah In third. In the second group, Til lamook was followed by Jack son in second and Lincoln in third. In the third division, Josephine was followed by Baker in second and Deschutes m -third place. ' The traffic death rate for the first eight months was 18.3 per cent under the rate for the same period a year ago. Computed on gasoline consumption in the state, traffic accidents claimed a toll of 8.9 lives per one hundred million miles of travel compared to a rate of 10.9 for the corres ponding period last year. For the nation as whole, the death rate was up about 17 per cent. Safety Rules Given Citizens in Oregon were urged to observe these rules to avoid becoming involved in accidents during the remainder of the year: 1. Reduce speed before ent ering curves. 2. Reduce speed when road surfaces are slippery and when visibility ls restricted by weather conditions. 3. Be on the alert for unex pected Icy spots during cold weather. 4. Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians in crosswalks. Patience Advised B. When caught in a long line of cars, don't be impatient to pass; be sure there ls adequate distance before starting around the car in front. 6. Remember that a distance of approximately 1,000' feet ahead is needed to pass a rapidly-moving vehicle and be sure that distance la clear before starting to pass. 7. Pedestrians must cross street only at crosswalks; on highways, walk to the left, fac ing oncoming traffic. At night, wear or carry something white or display lighted flashlight. Nazi Sympathizer Killed by Veteran North Platte. Neb., Nov 8. Frank Fong, American born Chinese cook who served as a machine gunner in the World war, was held today in connec tion with the (laying of Eric IIIIIIPP itiiu- Eleven-year-old Philip Julian Griffiths, grandson of George Griffiths, Socialist M.D. for Hemsworth, Yorkshire, has an autograph book containing the today that 50 Polish workmen were executed after Heimich Himmler, chief of the German secret police, hurried to Poland recently to investigate sabotage. The agency said sabotage was especially serious In industrial districts where the Germans had built up a large aircraft indus- signatures of the members of the try. Experts brought from Ger- War Cabinet and 270 members many were reported killed in of Parliament. lines and explosions. u AW ' SOUNDS FIRE ALARM Binghampton, N. Y. (UP) Sleepy residents of a Chenango onage neignDornood were wrathful. A noisy motorist kept honking his horn at 6:15 a. m. The first person to investigate, however, called the fire depart ment Instead of the police. A short-circuit caused the prolong ed noise from a car in a garage, but It had also started a fire. Wear a Forget-Me-Not," will be the plea of many volunteer workers on the streets of Med ford November 7 and 8 when the annual forget-me-not flower sale of Jackson county chapter of the Disabled American Veterans of the World war opens. It will be an urge for the civic minded citizens who have not forgotten their war-time promises to wear the dainty little boutjnnleres, the blue flower of remembrance. The campaign ls being con ducted by the local chapter to raise funds to take care of the emergency relief problems among the war-time disabled and to aid the work of rehabilitation Including that of maintaining a full-time rehabilitation officer to serve as a special advocate or attorney. In fact, for the dis abled veterans. ' 'The veterans organization Is a congresslonally chartered spokesman of, by, and for the disabled soldier," said Frank J. Holbrook, commander of the Jackson county chapter. "Our purpose ls to render a distinctive service to the war-time dis abled comrades through the local chapter and the national or ganization. We take care of the immediate needs of the incapaci tated veteran and his depen dents, and we try to put him on his feet once more or render him a service that may make of him a civic asset instead of a public liability by securing for him the relief he is entitled to through governmental compensation." The following statement in re gard to the forget-me-not sale was given by Mayor H. S. Deuel of Medford: "On Friday and Saturday the Disabled American Veterans will conduct their annual forget-me-not sale for the purpose of rais ing money to carry on their re habilitation work. This sale is absolutely authentic, and you need not hesitate in purchasing your flowers from them. "Sale of these little flowers ls the principal means afforded the Disabled Veterans to carry out their numerous worthy activi ties, and it is sincerely hoped that our citizens will purchase a forget-me-not. The Disabled Phoenix, .Nov. S. (Spl.) The annual three one-act plays will be presented Friday at 8 p. m. in the Phoenix high school gym nasium. The sophomore presentation Is 'Enter Dora, Exit Dad," a comedy by Freeman Tilden. The director ls Mrs. Evelyn Skyrman. The Juniors are presenting Henry'a Mall Order Wife," a comedy by Freda Graham Bundy, directed by Miss Isabelle Miller. "Poor Father," the senior contribution, is a comedy, orig inal copy by Bob Stedman, a former student of Phoenix high school. The play is directed by Floyd Barrett. The orchestra directed by Harry Meyers will play three numbers, "Songs of Yesterday, 'Gold and Silver Waltz," and "Poem." Between the frst and second acts the chorus, under direction of Mr. Meyers, will sing three numbers. They are "Gypsy Love Song," "Pale Moon" and "Tea for Two." A nominal price will be charged and student body tick ets will be honored. Proceeds of the evening will go to the Phoenix high school student body. Dm Mall rriouM woi ids. (PLAIN) SUITS COATS DRESSES CLEANED and PRESSED CASH AND CARRY MODERN GLEANERS 810 EAST MAIN When you're doing your bk on any Job, pause and turn to refreshment right out of the bottle, Ice-cold Coca-Cola. A moment for Ice-cold Coca-Cola It a little minute long enough for a big rest You trust its quality IOTTI! a UNOII AUTHOIITT Of TNI COC.Ol COaFANT IT COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., of Medford, 601 No. Grape St. Phone 3339 '' Remember your first camera? We bet you thought it was swelL But cameras didn't stop improving. Think of your pocket-size "miniatures" today. This quaint Object was once the family bathtub. Few people thought it needed improving. But compare it to the porcelain beauties of 1941. Making a good thing better is an old American cus tom! And it's an old custom of Kellogg's, world famous makers of cereals. Over the last 25 years untold Americans have praised the goodness of kellogg's all-bran. But now a marvelous bran from one of the world's softest wheats gives all-bran new lightness, new crispness, new flavor! Tie String to your finger and ask your grocer for the improved "golden soft" all-bran. You'll find it just as effective and twice as delicious as all-bran ; has ever been. If you'd like to ward off constipation due to lack of "bulk" in the diet, eat all-bran every day, drink plenty of water and "Join the Regulars.' 7lie Improved 'Doubly Delicious aUdt r !V't In B.MI. Owl Oprrtrht l!n K.'lom fRtw -Aik-Bna" It m UuwraS Into-Mus of lUlkws Cswar
