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PAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1942. DEATH COMES TO FIRS! REGISTERED NURSE OF STATE Mrs. Olivia Dyer Osborne, one of Oregon'! first trained nurses, passed away at a local hospital Friday afternoon following six weeks' illness. Mrs. Osborne, the first registered nurse in the state, was for many years an active member of the Oregon state examining board for nurses, having been appointed upon formation of that body by Governor Ben Olcott. She was an honorary member of the Ore gon State Nurses association and well known In nursing and med ical circles throughout the state. She came to Medford in 1895, before the city had any hospi tals, and until her death con ducted the official District 4 reg istry for graduate nurses. Her home was at S12 South Oakdale venue. During Mrs. Osborne's long connection with nursing and the healing art she had seen great development and many changes In techniques. She retained a keen interest in her profession throughout the years and during her long and active career she gave uistintingly both to her work, her sister nurses and her community. Mrs. Osborne was graduate of the Illinois Training school connected with the Cook County hospital In Chicago. For a num fer of years she was assistant superintendent of the Presby terian hospital In Chicago. A lifelong member of the Methodist church and daughter of a Methodist minister, Olivia Dyer was born In South Hamp ton, Ontario, Canada. She was united in marriage to John Os borne In 1893, coming to Med ford as a bride in that year. Mr. Osborne passed away here in 1913. Mrs. Osborne Is survived by brother, Milton Dyef, Calgary. Alberta, one dsunhter, Mrs. Eva Jane Bohall, and four grandchil dren, all of San Francisco. Funeral services will be con ducted by the Rev. L. F. Belk nap in the ConRer chapel, -at 10:30 a.m. Monday. Interment will be In the Odd Fellows ceme tery. Pall bearers will be William Warner, H. C. Best, Frank Van Dyke. C. H. Paske, Berthold Barnum and C. H. Glle. LEASE TALC E Coqullle. March 28. (AP) Leasing of a tremolite and tali deposit near the head of the west fork of Evans creek .n Jackson county to Pettlgrew, Stafford It Company, San Fran cisco miners and brokers, was re ported today by Les Child, local geologist. Child said he negotiated the deal with the firm and the owner of the property, Mrs. Flora Wisenbcrg. He said a 25-man crew would begin operations within a few weeks. Tremolite is used for Insula tion against fire and talc is used In the manufacture of paints and for quenching Incendiary bombs. LOW HOUSING BID Portland, March 28. (AP) A low bid. of $1,312,000 on con- struction of a 400-unit housing project here was submitted by Leas &e Lcigland, Seattle. TITLtA V5URANC.fc THE PATH TO SECURITY Full home protection has been provided only when Title Insur ance has been obtained. Our Title Policy is basic Insurance for every home owner. The small premium, paid but once, protects forever! SOUTHERN OREGON TITLE CO. Branch of COMMONWEALTH Inc.. oi Portland 227 W. Main. Phona 44S0 I ' FIE SLABS GREEN to burn with your dry wood in furnace, fire place or heater. Select Quality, Per Load obituary SAMUEL SMITH Cmiai Smith. 82. Dassed .Ur.u in local' hosoital early Saturday morning. He was born at Brooks, Iowa, Jan. li, loou, and came to Medford from Col vine, Wash., three years ago to make his home witn nis sisier. Mr. r j. McKav who resides on Spring street in Medford. Mr. Smith till Deen a mem ber of the Church of Christ for nearly 60 years. Besides his sister, Mrs. McKay, he leaves another sister, Viola Kenoyer at Kalispell, Mont. Also a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the Conger chapel at 2:30 MrnulH with Mr. Frank Childers officiating. Interment will be In the Medford I. U. u. I. ceme tery. MARTIN VAN HILL Vnnarol arvlf for Martin Van Hill who naiurd awav at his home In the Phoenix district will be conducted from the peri funeral home Monday at 10:30 a. m. with burial In the Phoenix cemetery. Red Cross Nutrition Group To Hold First Meeting Wednesday First meeting of the Red Cross nutrition group, under the In structorshlp of Miss Marian Far rell, home demonstration agent, is scheduled for Wednesday at 9:30 a. m. In the county court house. The 20-hour course, which will fit enrollees for the Red Cross canteen service, of fers training for participation In community activities on nutri tion. Mrs. Harry Holmes, chairman of this Red Cross voluntary ser vice group, said yesterday that if enrollment warrants those who are unable to attend the morning meetings will be organ ized into an evening class. Reg istration date for this second gi-up will be announced later. The nutrition course offers In teresting and valuable news about foods, Instruction for health of children, proper food habits and other educational nu trition facts. REALIZES The Redmen and Pocahontas lodges, sponsors of the "penny-a-plane" campaign to raise funds for the purchase of fighter craft for the American armed forces, announced yesterday that $664.- 60 had thus far been sent to the assistant secretary of war for air. Sent yesterday was $60.91, representing Friday's collections. The lodges have received word from Washington that all such donations can now be ear marked for whichever branch they are Intended. Thus, the "penny-a plane" money will be used to buy fighter planes, it was pointed out. CRASHlNTLTPOLE Robert Earl Thurston, All West 8th street, and his com panion. Miss Helen Smith, 622 North Riverside received minor lacerations Friday night when the 1937 LaFayette Thurston was operating hit a telephone pole on South Riverside near Burgoyne's. According to the state police, the machine had been traveling on the wrong side of the road previous to the accident. Thurs ton and Miss Smith were treat ed at the Community hospital and released. TIE-UP DOGS FOR City police yesterday warned the public that starting April 1 all dogs in Medford must be tied up or kept Inside during April, May and June to prevent them from running over freshly planted gardens and lawns. Violations of this city ordi nance, police said, will result in the dogs being taken tip. doting tima for ClawiiriiKl Aril m Too lata to Clawii; la.so 0oo ONE - WAY TRAFFIC RULES BROADENED FOR CAMP ROUTES Extension of one-way traffic regulation on route between Medford and the cantonment has been found necessary, Camp White officers said yesterday, re vealing that permission had been secured from Engineer R. H. Baldock of the state high way commission for inaugura tion of the changes. Starting Monday, the one-way traffic requirement on Crater Lake highway will end at the Junction with the old airport road, that Is the road coming Into Crater Lake highway near the county trailer camp. Because a bottleneck has de veloped at certain times of the day on the highway north, the one-way rule will be extended, effective April 6, on the old Pa cific highway to the junction with the new Pacific highway at the Big-Y corner. This will make continuous one-way traffic on Riverside avenue out to the can tonment, for northbound traffic. Coordinator Frank Van Dyke will provide two guards to en force the new regulation from the Big-Y corner on north, and one guard will be stationed at the Crater Lake highway-airport road junction. IDA TALBOTT, OF TALENT, PASSES Ida Rcgina Talbott, a resident of Talent for the past IS years, passed away at a local hospital Friday afternoon, after a brief Illness. Mrs. Talbott was one of the oldest pioneers of the State of Washington, being born January 4, 1864, and was one of the first pupils to attend the University of Washington. She arrived in Washington when she was six years of age, and crossed the plains with her parents by ox wagon. They started from Hag erstown, Md., in 1862, and Mrs. Talbott was born during the long trip. She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Harold B. Jordan of Talent. She is survived also by two sons, Herbert C, and Ivan Talbott of Seattle, Wn., three brothers, Herbert and Frank Conner of Seattle, and Guy W. Conner of Medford and one sister, Mrs. Lillian Kendall of Seattle. Remains will be transferred to Seattle for services and inter ment. Perl funeral home In charge. Washington. March ?R tr Senator Murray (D-Mont.) In troduced a bill (S2414) to sus pend the annual work assess ment as it applies to mining claims in the United States and Alaska. The bill would suspend the la bor requirement for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. Under the present law $100 worth of work must be put In annually on a claim until a pat ent is issued. (Plain) SUITS & DRESSES Cleaned and Pressed 69c Cash and carry MODERN CLEANERS 610 East Main IMA AID F PAST $800 MARK POP GATES SAYS Over $800 ha been subscribed toward the Medford quota for the Chinese relief fund, C. E. "Pop" Gates, chairman of the drive, said yesterday. Gates stated that the drive would end Tuesday If outlying districts filled their quotas other wise the campaign should con tinue until the amount are reached. One of the most useful contri butions made this week, the chairman pointed out, was not In money. Mis Bemlce Camer on, 112 Geneva street, former manager for Postal Telegraph here, donated surgical instru ments and material belonging to her brother, Dr. Warren L. Cameron, who passed away in 1936. Both Gates and Miss Cameron expressed the need of this gift, valued at several hundred dol lar. The country, through Uni ted China Relief, Inc., has ex pressed the shortage of surgical materials. The contribution is on display at tne chamber of commerce building. ' 3 Injured when their car over turned on the Midway road near the state forest patrol station late yesterday afternoon, three men, all of Jacksonville, were taken to the Community hospi tal. The Injured were: Eddie Beltram, 31, severe scalp wound and concussion; Alphonso Valencia, 33, brok en left clavicle and chest in juries; Castolo Benitas, 48, bruises and minor injuries. The occupants were on their way to work at the cantonment when the accident occurred. State police said that the left front tire of the machine, a mod el A coupe, blew out causing the car to skid. Collapse of the wheel forced the vehicle to over turn and crash Into a tree. The men were thrown clear. Report from the state police last night said that they had not learned who was driving the auto. The men were taken to the hospital by the Perl and the cantonment ambulances and were said last night to be resting comfortably. Central Point Mill Starts Second Shift The Southern Oregon Sugar Pine company's mill at Central Point has inaugurated a second shift, according to "Chauncey Florey, manager, who said yes terday the mill operation would SAVE and RIDE To RIDES ROGUE Temporary continue under tha expanded schedule as long as sufficient employe were available. He stated over 79 men are now em ployed In mill and yard and more help In all classifications is needed. The company also operate large sawmill at Tiller with ap proximately the same number of employes as In the Central Point plant. Makeshift Chisinsys And Stovepipe Holes Violate Fire Rules Makeshift chimneys and stove pipe holes, such as taking a itovepipe out through a window, violate safety regulations. Fire Chief Roy Elliott stated yester day In warning directed at those who have fitted up spare quarter for accommodation of cantonment worker and other recently arriving In the city. The fire chief also said that because of war conditions an early spring cleanup 1 advis able. He asked residents to clean out attics and other places where rubbish accumulates. Im mediately and see that the rub bish is properly disposed of. Trash may be burned during the day without a permit at the present time. Such fires are not allowed at night. Notice will appear in the paper later when dry conditions make securing of a permit necessary. Portland. March 28 P!) Japanese thronged government offices and temporary headquar ters of the Japanese-American citizens league today, striving to get their personal affairs in or der before the Sunday midnight deadline for voluntary evacua tion. AH permits will be cancelled at deadline time and later evac uation will be conducted by mil itary authorities., the wartime civilian control administration announced. Portland, -Ore., March 28 (IP) Produce wholesalers today threatened to boycott the Farm ers' Wholesale Market for set ting a later opening hour to ac comodate Japanese gardeners affected by the enemy alien cur few. The market management an nounced that opening time would be delayed until 6:30 a.m., ef fective Monday, after fresh veg etable supplies declined sharp ly this morning because foreign and native born Japanese were absent. The curfew ends at 6 a. m. GRAIN PRICES UP Chicago, March 28. (P) A brisk and unexpected buying spree whirled grain prices up more than a cent a bushel and soybeans almost five cents to day, erasing the week's decline in most pits. Closing time for Claaalfled Ads 9 a. m Too Ull to Claultj 13:30 p m. WORK in the BUS OWhy not let the experienced, capable driver of a ROGUE RIVER TRANSIT BUS get you to work ON TIME and home after work ON THE DOT without the worry of traffic and fuss and delay of parking? There's a bus to fit YOUR shift and you can hail ft on any one-way street in Medford. And don't forget! You'll save TIRES and GASOLINE, too. Actually, it's a lot cheaper to RIDE BY BUS . . . try it and see for yourself, won't you? 6 Round Trips $1.80 Round Trip 40c One Way 25c RIVER TRANSIT CO. Terminal at Hotel Holland! E ROAD AUTO PLUNGE FATAL TO Herbert Cahen, 89, of Oak land, Calif., was fatally Injured late Friday night when the 1931 Pontiac sedan he was driving plunged over a 12-foot bank one half mile west of Jacksonville. Cahen, whose skull was se verely fractured, died yesterday morning. He was said to be a cantonment worker. The other occupants of the car, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Eaton, 200 W. 8th street, escaped with minor lacer ations and bruises. They were taken to the Community hos pital by the Perl ambulance and were released yesterday. According to reports from the state police, the left rear tire of Cahen's machine blew out forc ing It to leave the road. The car apparently overturned sev eral times. The trio was return ing by way of Applegate from Grants Pass. State police were today' con tacting a brother of Cahen who resides in San Francisco. H. W. Conger, county coroner, said that word from the district attorney's office indicated that there would be no inquest. LIFE TERM METED Vancouver, Wash., March 28. (JP) Richard Brayco, 24, who pleaded guilty before Superior Judge Charles Hall here late yesterday to a criminal attack on a 10-year-old Vancouver girl was sentenced to life imprison ment in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. LAWN MOWERS See Our Complete Line $8.50 Fully Guaranteed ALSO Grass Catchers, Edging Tools, Clippers Etc. Free Delivery Service F.E. Samson Co. 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