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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 16. 1942.
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BULLET PIERCES
HAT ON HEAD OF
BUTTEFALLS BOY
Three Held to Wait Grand
Jury Hearing in Narrow
Escape of Vernon Oden.
$104,074 PAID TO
Where Japs Claim Aleutian Landing
ENTRANCES ON MAIN STREET AND NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE
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A tragedy was narrowly
missed lait Sunday afternoon In
the Butte Falls area, when a
bullet from a .22 calibre rifle
passed through the top of a
straw hat on the head of Vernon
Oden, a small boy of the dis
trict. Two Inches lower and the
bullet would have hit young
Oden In the head, District At
torney George W. Neilson said.
The incident occurred on Fish
Lake road.
Ray Nolan Clark and William
Grady Bowcn, CCC enrollees.
according to Deputy Sheriff
William Grenbemer, allegedly
fired the shot while laying on
the front fenders of an auto
driven by Charles O. White, 38,
a Medford logging railroad con
ductor. All three waived pre
liminary hearing In Justice court
yesterday, and are held to await
grand Jury action. They entered
pleas of guilty to hunting with
out a license and shooting from
a public highway, and were
each fined $25 and costs on each
of the two counts.
After Squirrel
Young Oden was helping his
dog rout a squirrel from under
a log near a creek when a bul
let hit a rock, and glanced close
to him. The boy yelled. A
few seconds later a bullet passed
through his hat, and he scream
ed and ran, accompanied by the
barking dog. Deputy Sheriff
Grenbemer said.
Clark and Bowcn, each armed
were riding on the front fend
ers, while White drove the car
at a slow pace. The guns were
confiscated by the sheriff. The
straw hat worn by young Ogen
is held as evidence.
Deputy Grenbemer reported
there has been considerable
complaint and trouble over in
discriminate shooting in the
Butte Falls district In the past
three months, and a number of
weapons have been taken away
from owners. Recent offenses
include shooting a garage door
full of holes, and kiling a cow
belonging to Dewey Hill of Pros
pect, as it stood in pasture.
Some mail boxes In the area
have been punctured by lead
the authorities report.
About a year ago, the sheriff
conducted a round-up of Butte
Falls district youths with guns,
who mixed shooting with auto
horn tooting.
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American airmen were searching out small Jap Invasion units, which already have been forced
from population centers like Attu Village on Attu Island in the Aleutians. Nestled beneath snow
covered mountains. Attu is Just about 700 miles from the northern tip of Nippon's Kurile chain.
BETTER WEATHER
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Haying started generally
throughout the valley yester
day, with the advent of better
weather. The first cutting of
alfalfa promises to be a good
crop. Some hay cut the last
week in May was rained on.
Farmers forecast there will be
a strong demand and a good
price for hay next winter.
Assistant County Agent C. B.
Cordy reported today straw
berry picking was now at the
peak in the Ashland district. It
has been passed in the Medford
and Central Point districts.
Strawberries are still coming
in from the Trail and Prospect
districts.
Some pic cherries have been
picked and other varieties have
started to redden.
The 70.628 tons of lead which
were used last year in autos.
golf clubs, toys and refrigera
tors figures out at about four
pounds for each of 35 million
American families. This four
pounds of lead would provide
all the lead needed in making
five big shells fur 240 mm
howitzers.
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C 0 P. S A C Marlon Wrlwrl
Mta.-s war stamp corscie.
Fellowship Diners at
Christian Church to
Hear Lecture On Art
The First Christian church at
Ninth and Oakdale will have a
fellowship dinner Wednesday
at 7 p. m. with all members
and friends of the church in
vited to share the fellowship of
the occasion and to hear Mr.
Abbott Book give an address on
religious art.
Mr. Book, secretary of the
California Church council, with
offices in San Francisco, is com
ing to Medford especially to
address the meeting. He is an
outstanding authority upon re
ligious art having furnished
exhibits for the International
Council of Religious Education
convention at Columbus, Ohio.
the World Missionary confer
ence at Madras, India, and he
prepared an exhibit for the
world's fair at San Francisco.
He will bring strip film copies
of some of the great pictures
and lecture expecially on "What
To Look For In A Picture." The
public Is cordially Invited to
hear his address in the church
sanctuary at 8 p.m.
The dinner will be a pot-luck
affair.
JVJLLE SCHOOL
Jacksonville, June 16. (Spl.)
G. O. Sanden was elected a
director for a three-year term
and Mrs. Theodore Johnson was
named clerk for one ycr at the
annual Jacksonville school
board meeting Monday.
Sanden replaces Roy Smith,
who retired after serving as a
director for the past six years,
and Mrs. Johnson takes the
place of Mrs. E. R. White, who
also retired.
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Corvallis. June 16 (J") High
school youths elected officials
for. eight imaginary cities yes
terday as the annual Beaver
Boys state meeting opened.
The sessions are sponsored by
the American Legion to teach
democratic processes.
Those elected included:
Medford Eurl Biggins, coi
cilman, Modoc City.
Garden Clubbers
Open Convention
Salem, June 16 (AP) The
Oregon Federation of Garden
clubs opened its 15th annual
threc-dny convention here today
with more than 150 delegates at
tending. Speaker at today's luncheon
was Miss Eleanor Stephens, state
librarian. Business sessions were
held in the afternoon, after
which the delegates toured
Salem gardens.
The three leading lumber pro
ducing states in 19-11 were Ore
gon. Washington and California,
in that order.
Fifteen days suspended sen
tences were given Wayne H.
Kyker, 18, Herbert N. Ellis. 19
and Everett P. Micher, 20, local
youths charged with reckless
driving by Justice of the Peace
W. R. Coleman yesterday.
The trio allegedly attempted
to stop Melvin Hall, another
youth, on a narrow country
road last week, while Hall was
driving an auto. It was also
alleged the trio threatened to
thrash Hall. The complaint was
filed by Arthur Hall, his father.
Willie R. Hekkala was fined
$1 and costs for failure to stop
at intersection; Willard J. Wil
liams, of Jacksonville, was fined
$1.50 and costs for having no
operator's license, Herbert F.
Morris of Central Point for hav
ing no taillight on his car was
assessed $2.50 and costs, and
"Mutt" Jones $1.50 and costs
for having no operator's license.
SAYING REVERSED
Oakland, Cal. (U.PJ Tables
were turned on the traditional
sailor who "has a sweetheart
in every port," when two of
them, turned up here and found
they were both married to the
same girl, who, in addition, was
also married to a shipyard
worker. Each sailor had been
sending her $100 monthly.
Closing time (or Classified Ads 9
m. Too late to Classify 12:30
p. m.
The government to date has
paid $104,074 for 41 tracts of
land in the Camp White area,
the acreage being only a small
portion of that involved in the
construction of the cantonment,
according to George Carter,
county clerk.
Arriving in Medford this
week to handle the payments to
farmers and ranchers who op
tioned their land to the govern
ment was William L. Dickson, a
special attorney from the depart
ment of Justice office in Port
land. Mr. Dickson, who is mak
ing his headquarters in the fed
eral building olfices of Norman
G. Fuller, real estate project
manager of the land section of
the U. S. army engineers, ex
pects to remain here the rest of
the week.
$11,720 Highest
Amounts paid for the land
thus far range up to $11,720 for
the Pyle tract, with the Owens
estate and the Hanson property
bringing payments close to this
figure. Only 14 of the pay
ments have been for less than
$1,000, and eight of them were
for $5,000 or more, according to
Mr. Carter. Among low pay
ments were one for $25 and one
for $39.
While most of the landowners
in the cantonment area have ac
cepted the government's ap
praisal prices and optioned
their property, some of the
farmers, especially in the Beagle
area, have expressed dissatis
faction with the offers and plan
to take recourse through con
demnation suits to be filed by
the United States attorney's of
fice, according to Mr. Fuller.
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