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Wednesday. July 8. 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE ACCIDENT DEATHS EXCEEDWAR LOSS 385 Lives Lost During Four Day Independence Week end; Majority by Auto By Uniled Press With a ciilian death rate groter than the wartime rate among America's fighting forces the nation lost 385 lives in acci dents during the four-day Inde pendence Day veckend, a Unit ed, Press survey showed today. Accidents claimed lives on the home front at the rate of 96 a day during the four-day sum mer holiday, as compared with the average daily battle death rate of slightly more than 60 among members of the United States' armed forces since Pearl Harbor. Traffic accidents took 145 lives, drownings 115, and mis cellaneous causes 120. There were no deaths reported from fireworks. The National Safety Council had predicted that 250 1 r jns would die in traffic acci dents during the four-day p. riod. The worst accident was the derailment of the Santa Fe's deluxe streamliner. The Chief, with thj lo: of four lives. Califon.:? v 'ih 2' deaths, led t " other states in the casualty ?' Pennsylvania reported 24 acciden'al deaths and New York 22. Use Mall Tribune Want Ada. . -fitU toiij ff, ,1 All aboard Southern Pacific's "THE Main Lin 0 u DRAMATIC ACTION STORIES OF WESTERN RAILROADING Tonight 9 lo S:30 P. M. KM ED ym b EFFIE k TAKEN BY DEATH Effie Annis Burch passed away at her home on Thomas Road July 3 after a prolonged illness, Miss Burch was born near Susan ville, Calif., Oct. 19, 1870. In 1889 she came with her parents to southern Oregon and resided continually in Medford and vicinity until her death. She has been a devoted mem ber of the First Methodist church for more than 50 years, and spent her life in sacrificial duty to her church and the Christian cause. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lutie B. Daily, with whom she lived; one brother, J. A. Burch, Grants Pass, Ore.; two nieces, Feme B. Daily and Mar jorie Guth, Seattle, Wash., and two nephews, O. C. Daily, Klam ath Falys, and E. L. Burch, Wolf Creek, Ore. Funeral services will be con ducted from Perl Funeral Home Thursday at 2 p. m., the Rev. Louis Kirby, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. In terment will be in the family plot in Medford I.O.O.F. ceme tery. Livestock Portland, Ore., July 5 (UP) Live stock: Cattle, 200; calves. 100. Market ac tive, strong. Pew short fed and grass fat steers. $12.5015.00; common steers largely 10 11.00; grass fat helr ers, 11.5, 12.25; cutters to common grades. $6 i0f 10.00; canner and cut ter cows, M-505.75; fat dairy cows to S6.50; heavy beef cows up to tll.50: good beef bulls to 69.50; good to choice vealers. $14.0015.00. odd head. 1.V50. Hogs, 600. Market active. Good to choice 180-230 lbs., strong to 25c higher at (13.75 13 85: few to 114.00: other welchts steady to strong: 240 270 lbs.. $13.75: heavier welehts. $11.50 down; light lights. $9.75 11.O0; good sows, $8.258.50: light weights. $9.00; good to choice feeder pigs. $10 75. Sheep. 300. Market steady. Good to choice spring lambs. $13.00: some held at $13.25; common to medium grades, $9.00 12.50; good ewes, $4.00. South San Francisco, July (USDA) Livestock: -(UP) cattle. 200. Active, generally tpndy - past three days. Medium grass steers National Forest Timber for Sale Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Med ford, Oregon, up to and not later than 10:00 A.M., August 4. 1944. for all the live timber marked or designated for cutting and all merchantable dead timber lo cated on an area embracing about 480 acres within Sections 22 and 28, T. 39 S., R. 3 E., W. M., Rogue River National Forest, Oregon, estimated to be 1,000,000 feet B.M., more or less, of live and dead Douglas-fir, 1.000.000 feet B.M., more nr less, of white fir, and an unestimated amount of ponderosa pine and sugar pine to be cut at the op tion of the purchaser. No bid of less than S3.35 per M feet for Douglas-fir SI. 35 per M feet for white fir, $6.00 per M feet for ponderosa pine, and S8.00 per M feet for sugar pine will be con sidered. In determining the high bid, the rates for Douglas-fir and white fir only will be consider ed. Bids with rates in excess of those permissible under MPR 460 will be reduced to the allow able maximum in making the award. In addition to the prices bid for the stumpago, a co-operative deposit of SO. 50 per M feet B.M., to be used by the Forest Service for paying the cost of slash disposal, and a cooperative deposit of $0.15 per M feet B.M., to cover the cost of tree plant ing, seed sowing, and timber stand improvement work on the area cut over, for the total cut of timber under the terms of the agreement, will be required. S3.000 must accompany each bid, to be applied on the pur chase price, refunded or retained in part as liquidated damages, according to conditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full information con cerning the timber, the condi tions of sale and submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supervisor, Medford, Oregon. Pilot James Taylor of WaddeH, Ariz., received only a cut lip when his two-seatr monoplane went out ot con trol over Phoenix, Ariz., airport, landed smack atop the airport administration cilice. feeders, $12.00 12.50: few lots medium heifers, 81 1. 25 11.75. Mon day, load good grass heifera, $13.00; ten range cows. $12.50, Today, load mixed grafts cows and heifers. $12.75; ae;ed cows mostly $9.00 10.00; 30 head 972-lb. canners, $8.00; sorted five head at $7.00; light grass bulls canner to common. 88.00 r9.0Q. Calves. 175. Fully steady. Several sizable packages 175-225-lb. calves, $14.00 (14.50. Hogs, 300. Around 15e higher. Few packages good to choice 200-250-lb barrows and gilts, $14.75 ( 15.00; most good sows, $9.50; few choice. $9.75. Sheep. 2200. Opening generally stcadv. Two decks good north coast wooled lambs. $14.50; corted at $12.00; shorn ewes quoted $1.50 3 5.00. Chicago. July 6 (UP) (WFA) Livestock: Hoes, 15.000. Active. Bulk eood and Choice 150-350 lbs., $12,353 13.50: sows mostly 10c higher; bulk 350-550 lbs.. $11.00 11 25. Cattle, 16,000; calves, 800. Fed steers and ycarlines weak to 25c low er. Top steers, $17.50; best yearllnes, $17.25; bulk steers, $14.00 17.00; bulk heifers; $13.00 16,50; top around $17.00; cutter cows, $7.75 down; most beef offerings, $8.50 ?? 10.50: bulk bulls. $10.50 down; veal ers weak at 515,00 down. Sheep. 600. Scattered sales about steady but hardly enough ol any one type on sale to make a market. Odd lot good and choice mostly good grade native spring lambs, .14.509 14.75. Portland Produce ' Portland, July S (UP) Wholesale produce markets: Ecrs To producers, case count. 82 (it33c; select henneries, 3335c; me diums, 29c doz. ' Ecqs To retailer, A large, 39c; A medium, 36c loz.; email (pullet) A, 34c doz. j Apricots California, $3.75(3 2.00 lug. Cherries Northwest Blngs, 18 Q 20c lb. Raspberries No. t red, $2.19; blacks. 2.01 p?r 12-basket crate. i Asparagus Northwest No. 2, $3.50 , pyramid. Beans Orppnn green, 11 Tc lb. Carrots Oregon, 70 a 75c doz. bunches. Colrry Oregon, $fl.50f7.00 crate. Lettuce Northern, S2. 503.75 crate. Potatoes New California white. $3.70 centX Tomatoes Fresno tugs, 95.00(3 5 25. Chicago Wheat Chicaeo. Julv 5 (CP) Wheat: Open Hlirll Low Close. July Sept. Dec. May tt.S.Vi tl.58 tl.S4t ! . 1.65', 1.6HJJ 1.55'i 1.5B , 1.57J 1.60'i 1.57'i 1.60', . I.eO!, 1.62', 1.69', 1.61', S. F. DAIRY RICES San Fiancisco, July 5 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter 93 score, 43c; 02 score, 42Vfcc; 90 score, 42Uc; 89 score, 4 Pic. Cheese Wholesale prices, loaf 27.9, triplets 27 2. Eggs Large grade A, 41,4W 42'4c; medium grade A, 35 36'ic; small grade A, 2123Vic; large grade B, 30 3 31c. Wall Street New York, July 5 (U.R) Stock prices rose sharply today to the highest general level in nearly seven years and brought active demand for grains and cot ton with the latter reaching a new peak since 1928. Buying got under way In the steels, virtually all of which hit uy an EXTRA bond today! Lost River Dairy, Inc.' Medford Distributors Pilot Lands Uninjured on Airport Office new 1944 highs on gains ranging to more than a point in U. S. Steel and Bethlehem preferred. Othe groups quickly joined the advance with demand in late trading concentrated in elec tronic shares. The day's upswing was an ex tension of the buying movement that got started in Monday's ses sion prior to the July Fourth holiday and was aided somewhat by the continued rise in values on the London Stock Exchange, where industrial shares sold to day at the highest level since February 9, 1937. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel. 163's Anaconda 277s Chrysler .... 953.4 54 .... 38 .... 65.b .... 46-76 3074 .... 4458 ..1027i 11 Va 3114 .... 384 Curtiss Wright General Electric .... General Motors Montgomery, Ward Penn. R. R. '. Phillips Petroleum J. C. Penney Radio Southern Pacific I Standard Oil Cal j MOVIE DAY TOMORROW, JULY 6th FOR E BONDS ONLY HERE'S HOW TO GET YOUR FREE MOVIE PASS All v. Bonds purchased today or tomorrow, July 5th and 6th, at any issuing agent in Jackson Couny and presented at the door of the Craterian or R i a 1 1 o Theatre July 6th showing date of issue will be given a free pass to the show. Your Bond will be your ticket. o j (Acme Telenhatat Texas Gulf Sulphur 364 Transamerica 108 United Aircrafts 29 Vi U. S. Rubber 53 U. S. Steel 62 Vi ALPHABETICAL OFFSHOOT Omaha, Neb. ttJ.R) SPEB SQSA is the diminutive form of the name of a Nebraska organi zation. It stands for Society for the Preservation and Encourage ment of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, and as an offshoot of Ak-Sar-Ben, a state service organization. TO JU IN tIMNCIY. PACKED CONTAINERS INVEST IN INVASION MANPOWER FOR EISENHOWER CRATERIAN COUNTY RECEIVES $10,380 SHARE OF SCHOOL MONIES Jackson county has received $10,380.30 from the state's irre ducible school fund according to C. R. Bowman, county school superintendent, this represent ing the county's share based on the annual school census. The fund this year provided $1.05 for each school child between 'hi ages of 4 and 19 years, the Jackson county census showing 9,886 children of these ages. The Irreducible fund is at the lowest ebb in many years ac cording to the superintendent, vho points out that it is often as high as $1.50 or $1.73 per pupil. The drop is due to the fact that the "nnd Is derived from interest rates only, Oregon law prevent ing use of the principal, Mr. Bowman stntc-. The o-iglnal 1 nd is derived from the ale of lai ds E.id other school property. Ja kson county's share of the fund has been s .t to the county treasurer and wil' li distributed through the superintendent's of fice same time this month, Mr. Bowman states. dOCALS Return From Canada Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buechler return ed yesterday from Edmonton, Alberta, Can., where they visit ed for the past month, wi". Mrs. Buechlcr's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Be sure Iff PURE CANE SUGAR insist on JOIN THE FIGHTING 5th IT'S BUY YOUR EXTRA mm I Seal Per Send Any Size and rjGflh 8 SUGAR I I RIALTO James Cummlngs. The Buech lers residi at 125 North Holly rtreet. Mr. Buechler is a veterin arian employed as a milk and food inspector by the army. Return Home Mrs. Jack Forrette and children returned to Medford Sundr.y from Port land where they accompanied Mr. Fo rette, who was en route to his station at Farragut, Ida., after a short leave spent in Med ford. Mrs. Forrette and the chil c'ren are In Medford making their home with her parents, Mr. and M:-s. Walter Bergman, 744 West Jir'tson boulevard, while Forrette is in the service. TAX FOR POSTWAR Chicago (U.R) Over a test period of 60 days, Fort Myers, Fla., will collect a tax of one half of one per cent on gross re Building Materials HIGHEST QUALITY... LOWEST PRICES..? TOUGH . . . COLORFUL HEXAGON SHINGLES Price It for a lo cover 100 LONG-WEARING I Heavy felt li saturated with thick asphalt, coaled with tempered asphalt, and then surfaced with Ceramic Granules. Built to stand the roughest weatherl GOOD LOOKINGI You can choose from rich harmoniz ing colors. The popular pattern adds new value to your homej FIRE-RESISTANT! The fire-resistant Ceramic Granule sur face on these shingles will help guard your home against fire. EASY TO APPLYI Self-spacing . . .'no need to guess or meas ure each strip. Saves time and effort in applying the new roof. RE-ROOF NOW . . . 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