MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1942
PAGE THREE
U. S. SIGNAL CORPS
News of the enlistment In the
U. S. army signal corps of Wil
liam Vawter, Jr., son of Mr. and
We Learned
On Arabia's
Sand Lots
THE DESERT ran a temper
ature. Nothing else moved
faster than a crawL A camel
wouldn't walk a mile if he
could help it not even for
another camel. Trucks just
groaned and gave up. Trans
portation, when this Company
went after oil in Saudi Arabia
some years ago, was gosh-awful.
But the headaches we had
were all for the best. Trackless,
blistering desert challenged our
experts to devise transit that
would make up its own roads
as it went along. They designed
special three-axle, all-wheel-drive
trucks and trailers with
very low-pressure tires that
looked as big as a full moon.
Some of these quaint gas
buggies are enough to make
you think you've met a dream
walking a bad dream, that is.
But they're the first motorized
vehicles to lick the desert. From
their time, horse-and-camel days
stretch back across the desert
to the Beginning in nearby
Eden- -
We enjoy those headaches to
day because we have been able
to pass our experience on to our
government, and some of the
chaps who really grabbed our
desert transport problem by its
throat are now with the Army's
desert forces. It's a comfort to
feel that every lesson we learned
on the vast sand-lot of Arabia
may make things some mite
easier for our desert soldiers
wherever they may be.
Standard Oil Company
of California
Mrs. William I. Vawter of San
Carlos, Cal., former Medford res
idents, was received here today.
Young Vawter. well-known in
Medford, successfully passed his
examinations for officers' candi
dates school and waa sent to
Salinas junior college where he
will take three months basic
training In signal corps radio
work. A talented vocalist in a
number of orchestras on the pen
insula, he is a graduate of Se
quoia high school and San Mateo
Junior college.
club UT: western M lit; hud .' I
winter 110 Burt 10 p e lis.
Coarse grain:
0U No. a 34 whit 3233: barter No.
a 43 Kit 3700.
CENTRAL PT. DIES
Catherine Lucretia Merritt of
Central Point passed away at
thp family residence Monday.
Mrs. Merritt was born at Pon-
tiac, 111., April 3, 1870. She
spent her early life in Illinois,
and was united in marriage to
Clarence M. Merritt at Clyde,
Kan., in 1893. They lived in
the middlewest until 1904 when
they moved to Colfax, Wash.,
coming to Oregon in 1908, liv
ing 17 years in Merrill, Klam
ath county before moving to
Central Point, 17 years ago.
She is survived by her hus
band, one daughter, Mrs. Edna
Book of Bly, Ore., three sons,
Elmer F. Merritt, John D. Mer
ritt and Eugene Merritt, of
Klamath Falls; two brothers
Will Fullerton of King City,
Mo., and George Fullerton, Han
ford, Calif.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from Perl Funeral home,
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., the
Rev. D. E. Millard officiating.
Interment will take place in
Siskiyou Memorial park. Cen
tral Point Rebekah lodge No.
185, of which she was a mem
ber, will conduct services at the
graveside.
Victory Queens are being se
lected for the USO carnival to
be held October IS at the Ori
ental Gardens. Soldiers may
vote any time during the eve
ning for the Junior Hostesses
who have registered that night
at the USO center. A girl may
attend USO as many nights per
week as she chooses and at the
end of each night votes are
counted and a girl chosen as
"queen of the night."
At the end of each week a girl
Is chosen as "queen of the week"
and the four queens chosen over
the four-week period will be
final contestants for Queen of
the Carnival. Votes will be cast
at the carnival, counted at 10
p. m. and the queen announced
and crowned. Girls who have
been queens of the week will
serve as princesses and accom
pany the queen in her crowning.
Chicago Wheat
Chicago, Sept. 3S (UP) Wheat:
Open Hlph bow Cloee
Dec. '"!! 137H "71i
May lsoii 1S0H 130 130H
July
..130H 131 13044 131
LIVESTOCK
Wall St. Report
New York, Sept. 29 (U.R) A
spurt of activity in Atchison, To
peka St Santa Fe railway stimu
lated interest in railroad issues
on the stock market while the
remainder of the list was irreg
ular in quiet trading.
Santa Fe soared to a new high
since 1937 at 50V4 up 314 points
before running Into realizing.
The rise came when directors de
clared a dividend of $2.50 on the
issue.
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TESTIFIES Elmer Davit,
above, director of the Office
of War Information, pictured
as he tells Senate Committee
that James C. Petrillo's ban
on recordings by union mu
sicians may hamper war in
formation program.
The Grange
Portland
Portland. Sept. 39 (UP) cattle
390. calvei 83, market rather slow on
kinds available: tew aalea steady:
steers S11-S13: common-medium fed
helfera S8-S10.25: canner-cutter cow
v4.7S.I6: heavy Holsteln to S7.S0:
medium beef cows $7.75-38.50; veal
era S14-S14.50: tew to $15; heavy
calves $13.50 down.
Roga 300; market ld-35c lower, ex
treme top to , 35c off: good-choice
175-315 lbs. $14.03, few $14.75: good
eows $13.75-$13.35: feeder pigs 114
$15. Sheep 600. steady: good spring
lambs $11.50: good feeder lambs $9.50;
range feeders $10.50; cull and com
mon lambs without bids: feeder ewes
$3: good slaughter ewes to $4.50.
Gold Hill Grange
Gold Hill Grange will observe
booster night Wednesday at 8
p. m. with the public, especially
prospective Grange members.
After the program cookies and
punch will be served by H.E.C.
All Grange ladies are asked to
bring two dozen cookies or Juice
for punch.
Grange was host to about 100
people Saturday night, including
18 soldiers from Camp White.
Post luck dinner was served and
was followed by music and
dancing. The music was fur
nished by Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Dusenberry and son and Tom
Henderson and Mrs. Janie Mars
den with accordion selections by
the Christensen sisters and little
Ann on the flute.
Among the soldiers was Lieu
tenant M. A. Michele from New
York state - and Lieutenant
Daniels from Georgia.
Program and recreation was in
charge of John Gray, lecturer.
South Kan Francisco
South San Pnuiclaco, Sept. 30
(UP) (U8DA) Cattle 350. 8teady.
quality plain: Monday top 097 lb.
grass medium steers $13.00. Today
two loads common 850-9X0 lb. steers
111 0O-S11.50, sorted $10.50: medium
to good heifers ail.00-Sll.50; load
good 875 lb. c ws $10.00. .
Calves: none.
Hogs: 300. Around 30e higher: one
load good to choice 188 lb. Oregons
110 00.
Sheep 500. Active, undertone
steady; good to choice lambs scarce,
quoted S13.00-S13 30. package shorn
medium to good lambs S13.00-SH.50;
medium to choice ewes quoted $4.60-$5.00.
Chicago. Sept. 39 (UP) (TODA)
Livestock:
Hogs 13.000: mostly steady; good-
choice 160-300 lbs. I14.65-$15.35; sows
$14 85-$15.35.
. Cattle 9.000: calves 1.000: largely
fed steer and yearling runs, bulk
$13 35-$18: top around $18.90 paid
1,400 lb. averagea; several loads
$18.35-$18.80: beat helfera $15.60
weighty cutter cowa to $9.35; heavy
sausage bulls $13.40.
Sheep 3.5O0; early blda on native
spring lambs barely steady $13.50
down.
iff
is all!
IN MAN
TAILORED SLACKS ONLY
Portland Produce
CARNIVAL OCT. 10
USO Is sponsoring a carnival
to be held at the Oriental Gar
dens October 10 with music,
dancing, booths and stunts. An
army band will be on hand to
furnish music for the dancing
and service clubs of the city are
invited to set up booths.
The affair will give the towns
people, it was stated, an oppor
tunity to get acquainted with the
men at Camp White. War bonds
and stamps also will be on sale
and a large sale Is anticipated.
Use Mall Tribune Want ada.
BIRTHS
PASSES AGED 79
Henry H. Sharp, 79, a resident
of the Table Rock district for the
last 25 years, passed away at a
local hospital Saturday after a
brief illness.
Mr. Sharp was born In Eng
land and came to Canada when
a young man and followed the
mining business both in Canada
and Alaska, and since coming
here has also been actively en
gaged in that industry.
He leaves no known relatives
in this country, but several kin
folk in England.
Funeral services will be held
In the Conger chapel at 2 p. m.
Wednesday with the Rev. Louis
C. Kirby officiating. The re
mains will be cremated.
housing problem In I Us Mail Tribune Want
lieve the
Cor vail i j.
The First Federal Savings
and Loan association of Corvallis
has offered $100,000 as a revolv
ing fund to continue the work
and authorities have granted pri
orities for 30 houses. Work is
expected to begin in about a
week or ten days with plenty of
workmen already secured to
rush the completion of these
houses. Priorities have been
granted on most of the material.
As soon as the first group of
houses is completed, a start will
be made on a second group.
COFFMAN To Mr. and Mrs.
Walter, Central Point, Septem
ber 28, a girl, seven pounds, at
Community hospital.
JENNINGS To Mr. and Mrs
Harry L., Jacksonville, Septem
ber 28, a girl, five pounds, at
Community hospital.
HUNTER To Mr. and Mrs.
C. J., Rt. 2, Ashland, September
28, a girl, eight pounds, at Com
munity hospital.
HIATT To Lieut, and Mrs.
Harvey, Riverside Apts., Sep
tember 27, a boy, seven pounds,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
Corvallis, Sept. 29 (Spl.V
The Corvallis Housing corpora
tion has met all the necessary
requirements of the federal
housing administration and at a
meeting of tha stockholders Fri
day night directors were given
a vote of confidence to go ahead
with the project which will re-
COLDS-
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where you feel It rub
throat, cheat and
back with tlme-teatea
WICKS
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CALL
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FOR TRAVEL INFORMATION
SCHfOUMS TO SAN FRANCISCO, IOS ANOIUS, POXTIAND,
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BUY WAR BONDS
Portland, Sept. 39 (UP) Anjou
pears were $1.35 with fall butters
around the same price aa were some
very ordinary Bartletta.
Carrots sold 40-S0o dozen bunchea.
Beeta 35c and turnips SO-90c.
Potatoes moved $3 .50-12 .55 orange
box for best locals. .
King applea were I1.50-$l.e5 box
for good sized with some unoolored
Spies to $1.35.
Dressed turkeys eellng price: new
crop 36-38e.
Cantaloupes Yakima standards
$3.35-$3.
Grapes Oregon Concord $1-$1.10
lug.
Peaches J. R. Hale 11 40-11 .40 box.
Cauliflower local No. 1 $34533.60.
Cucumbers field 0-0c; pickling
85c-$1.15.
Onions green 80-60C.
Potatoes Klamath $3.50-18.70:
Idaho $S.40-$3.S0.
Spinach No. 1 76-860.
Tomatoes No. 1 local $t-$10.
Country meata best butcher hogs
310.
And it's slacks for prac
tically every outdoor ac
tivity this year! That's
why they must be dur
able, must be well-made
, . . and, of course, you
want smooth colors!
Size 24-30.
CAROL BRENT SWEATER
All-woel wanted, M-40.... 2.19
117 SOUTH CENTRAL.
PHONE 330
Portland Wheat
Portland. Sept. 3S (UP) Oraln
markets: wheat rang:
Open High low Close
Dee. 1I3A 113 113 113A
Cash grains: wheat:-
8. white) (hd. wh. app.) 114: S.
white (hd. wh. No. rex) 116: hard red
winter; ordinary 110; hard whlte
Baart. Montana Wheat:
Hd. red apg. 14 pc Hl4: dk. nor.
spring 60 16 pe 136; hard red win
ter 114: soft whit no rex 115: white
Guard Against
Wartime Constipation!
It'a frequently due
to lackof"bul)c"
Millions of folks these war days feel all
dragged out, with no tip or pep. And no
wonder I Their working, sleeping, ana
especially their eating habit are all dif
ferent. Meal are apt to be hurried.
Improperly balanced and they neglect
the Important matter of "bulk" In tha
diet
Yet getting enough "bulk" might make
all th difference. For lack of It at on
of the common cause of constipation.
Medicinal laxatlvea give only temporary
relief in uch cases; they dont get at
the cause.
B it atuooa'a ail-aa correct thl
constipation by supplying th needed
"bulk"; often bring lasting freedom
from the trouble. Eat thla crisp, deli
cious cereal regularly, drink plenty of
water and "Join the Regulars, "ali-bsaw
la mad by Ktllogg's U Battla Creek.
We are proud
to be part j
1 of such a team Jhjjfe
yj&mk III
When you do good work you like to have It recognized.
The encouraging commendation of Southern Pacific by the
press and important individuals for the way our railroad has
handled its wartime traffic under difficulties makes us very,
happy, too.
As the new President of Southern Pacific, it would be nice if I
could take credit for this job, but I can't.
It is true that the officers of the railroad have by capable direc
tion played a part by helping to make our equipment and
manpower go far beyond, normal expectation or accomplish
ment. But those who follow through, who actually move the
trains and make the railroad run, are doing great work and
they deserve to have you know about ic
The people who are doing this fine wartime job are the 86,000
men and women out on the line and in the offices the engi
neers, brakemen and signalmen; the dispatchers, shopmen,
clerks, waiters, trackwalkers and switchmen ; the firemen, con
ductors, bridge and building men, telegraphers, porters and
section men. They are proud of their common accomplish
ment and they have a right to be.
Southern Pacific's load is growing still heavier, and the next
two months will be a peak period for us. But Southern Pacific
people are doing and will continue to do the greatest job In
their history. We officers of the railroad are proud to be part
of such a team.
A. T. Mercicr, President
On $37.30
War Bond
buys 14
Navy
Ufa ockt.
ojp
The Friendly Southern Pacific
To gat $50
a month
starting In
10 yaars, buy
9 $37.50 War
Bond vry
month now.