TWO MEDFOHB MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, Ttb. 28, IMS
NAME DIRECTORS
1 Organization of the Southwest
Oregon Dairy cooperative was
completed at a meeting of Jack
ton county dairymen yesterday
at the courthouse auditorium
nd a board of directors for the
ensuing year was elected. Named
to the board were Jewell u
Lowe, Glenn Chase, Roscoe Rob
erts, Henry F. Padgham, Jr., and
C. N. Gillmore.
Mr. Lowe, who pioneered or
ganizational work for the new
cooperative, opened the meeting,
following a brief review of ac
complishments to date of the
county group, Richard H. Cron
ehey of Los Angoles, represen
tative of the Challenge associa--tlon,
presented a comprehensive
analysis of the cooperative oper
ation of milk distribution and
-processing. ,
- Opening of the membership
'books for' common stock sub
scribers preceded the election of
directors.
For the convenience of dairy
men unable to sign the mem
bership roll Tuesday, an officer
'Will be at the farm fair at the
Central Point Grange tomorrow
between 12 noon and 3 p. m..
it Is announced. Ho will have
membership papers for anyone
desiring to subscribe. The mem'
bership fee Is $10 and owners
of small herds as well as the
large producers are cordially in
vited to enroll, officers state.
Yesterday's meeting was well
attended, it was reported, those
present representing many of the
largest dairy herds in the coun
ty. ;
Livestock ;
Portland, Ore., Feb. 88 (UP) Live
stock Cattle, 300; calves, 35. Active,
atroni. One lot good mixed ateera and
heifers $15. Otherwise quality poor.
Common ateera 1K12, Kow h offers
flO&ia. Can iiqivcu iter cows mostly
$7 & 9.30. Frit dairy-type cows $11.
Medium built $11. Good beef bulls
quotable to $13.50. Good-choice veal
rs $14,30 '.'M8.30.
Hons, 250. Active, steady. Good
hoice 170-370 lbs. $13.7fl; heifer
weights $1S. Good sows S 14.75 uj 10.
Choice feeder plus $17. Extreme top
leaders late Tuesday $17.00, new re
cent high
Sheep, 100. Steady. Good-choice
vooled lambs $15.25; common-medium
$11 13.30. Good ewes $S.
South San Francisco, Feb. 19 (UP)
(USD A) Cattle, 78. Active, generally
Tteady; two loads local short-fed 000
b, steers $15.30. load medium (HO-lb.
$14 50 Good cows salable 81il$13, few
medium $11913. common Largely $10
9 10.00. canners and cutters scarce
mostly $B.tOT0.90. Odd 1000-lb. saus
ge bulls $13.00. Calves, none, nom-
Hofs. 300. Firm, around three loads
gocd and choice aas-a70-lb. barrows
nd Silts $18,75; odd good sows $19.
Sheep, 100. Woolea lambs active:
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SANITARY
NAPKINS
Pacific Coast Paper Mills
efllngham, Washing tan
Manuocfurrrs of .
M-D Toilet Tissue
A;
resterdar two deck, good and choice
88-lb. 1T. new recent high daUns
back February, 1029. Medium to sood
ewea tltoita.
Chlealo. Teb. IUP (WTA)
livesuCK hobs, o.vuu. wwu ni
choice barrows and eilta 14U Iba. and
up 114.75, caluns; iowi SU. Clearance
complete.
Cattle, 14,000; ealvea, 800. Three
loads atrletly choice steers ,17.35, the
top; numeroua loaas iidjjuwii.iu.
bulk 14(.I18 5Q; choice heller. S1S.50:
most beef cows 89 SO 9 IS: canners and
cutters iT.5O0S.33: weighty aauaage
buns as nun as eij.o. .....
Sheep, 6.000. Asking above $10.75
for most good and choice fed wooiea
western lambs: one load good to
choice lembs carrying a small mra um
end sold SIS. 75, two loads medium
around 83 IDS. aio.eu; acta fie.iv.
Portland Produce
Portland. Feb. S8 (UP) Wholesale
produce market: .
celery Calif ornU green fancy S
S50. ... ....
Cauliflower tamomia . p
Cr,,KTnli Callfomia $3.50 5.70 per
0-42 Iba. , ,. ,
Lettuce tnaive, vaio,
3.75 crate. , . .
Tomatoes taiuomia s-0 w
ChicagoWheat
Chicago, Feb. 28 (UP) Wheat:
v or..n hi eh Low Close
m.. ai.fisn Sl.si'i S183V. Sl.??31
July IJStt 15Si, 155(,
Rrt 1.54 1.B5 1.M .-5?
ma. 1J1. w
i mt ... . a. in.
8. r. DAIRY PRICES
Ran Francisco. Feb. 28 (U.B
Dairy Market:
n, ,t(.i os erors 43. 02 score
42V4, 90 c o r e 42V4, 89 score
41.
Cheese loaf 27.9, triplets zi.i.
Vrtn. !..). a r a H a A 41V6.
medium grade A 36V4, small
Rrade A 32V4, large grade B
38V4.
Wall Street
HT-... V..b Fah OB (II P)
United States Steel Corporation
Common ran up 2 points today
to lead an advance in the stock
market to a new high for more
than seven years in expanded
trading.
TV,, rlui extended the rally
that got under way Just prior to
the close on Monday. Bullish sen-
tlm.nr wna hnlatered bv declara
tion of incensed dividends on
common stock of Continental
Uninr. and American Locomo
tlve and the disclosure of record
sales and higher net income in
1944 for Freeport Buipnur ana
Goodrich.
Annthor fnntnr aiding the ad
vance was the immediate dver
nheKrlntlnn at 25V4 of a special
offering on the New York Stock
Exchange of 3Z.40U common
shares of Dome mines.
All sections of the list joined
the forward movement. With
'Bis Steel" up a points dohi
Raihlehem and Youngstown
Sheet & Tube rose more than a
point to new highs lor
Motors were up small fraotions
Preliminary closing liow-
Jones averages: Industrial.
160.40, up IO; Rail, 81 88, up
n .14; Utilitv. 28.47. up 0.18: and
85 stocks, 80.90 up 0.41.
Sales were l.uou.uuu snares,
against 1,190,000 yesterday.
. Today'i closing prices on se
lected stocks: -
American Tel, & Tel. ; 163
Anaconda .......-..... 33Ti
Chrysler : 102
Curtlsi Wright . . o'.
General Electrlo .. 42Vi
Oeneral Motors .. 87T
Montgomery Ward BS
Penn. R. R
Phillips Petroleum .. 80
C, Penney
...109V4
Radio ................
12V
Southern PhcHIc
. 42H
- 42
3971
im
. 31 V4
89's
63
Standard Oil of Cal.
Texas Quit Sulphur
Transamerlca
United Alrcrafts
S. Rubber
U. S. Steel
GROCERY CEILINGS
Celling prices on certain fresh
frulte and vegetablea for the week
besinnlnfl Thursday. March 1. Were
announced today by OPA:
Apples
fancy ana extra tancy, a idb. no
Carrots -Calif.. l-ibTbuncheiirib. 9(c
do bulK, per id. eo
Lettuce , .
Large hd.. IS 01. or more, hd. 15a
Meif head, 12 or. or more, hd. 13o
Small hd., under 12 oa. hd. 11a
Onions, dry 10 i4 crop
do vellow, No. 1, 3 lbs 0e
rirt v.llnwi. a" or lamer. S lbs. 22C
Peas--Per lb. 23 lie
Potntoes, all varieties
U. S. No, 1 white, 5 lbs. Ho
II n Nn 9 white. B lbs. 210
Sweet peppers rer lb. 'i's0
Sweet Potatoes 2 Iba. ao
An v.m. 3 Ihs. 230
Solnach Per lb. 14
Tomntoea Per lb. ;o
lemons 5 lbs 010
Grapefruit Texas pink, per lb. llo
do Arizona, per lb 100
Orannes, California Navela
200s. 6 Iba. 63o; per dot. ........ 440
(Mln. net wt. 4 lbs. per dos.)
20s. 5 lbs. 63ci per dos 40
IMln. net wt ' lbs. per doi.)
Note: Cabbage, hothouie tomatoes,
ergplant. pears, bananas, beans, mel
ons, coconuts, cucumbers and berries,
ma. ..iriil.t. their own ceil
ings by using the applicable markup
under tne retail reiumuoiw.
WEATHER
Northern California: Partly
cloudy today, tonight and
Thursday. , Snow In mountains
and showers south portion to
day becoming general Thurs
day. Continued cool.
Ctoelng time lot Classified Ads
am Too Late to Classify U 30
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RUGS
All Wool Handmade in Mexico in
Sizes from 2x4 feet to 9x12 feet
ALSO
Large Selection of Colon and Sizes in Cotton
Loop and Shaggy Thrown Rug At
LIND and BARNARD
Floor Covering Specialists 409 E. Main Sr.
U. S. Spearheads
U.S;9fh
Ann i i . Runs Vallev ... -
C.Mer)cHi.-GI4Jbach
- KntHiarriMttA - "mhikihh
iBooiw-
W"' COLOGNE - ,
Aachen yDueren V Siea (j
(Acmt 'ItUphou)
Allied forces push to within less than eight miles ot ouiugns uuil within
(lve miles of Hunr lacuiry city of Uuerjcoeu-Uladbacn as Mast oeleusea
begin lu uuiiapM. luwu tuii tuwu uu aueu-UJiu rtuuicutua was uiuiig
to Uu advancing Xanns wlthoui a struggle and Uiutuaiids ot stunned
Ujuiuukiuv mttuia oeiuuuut were wyuia down Unit ajuia.
PARK SNOW DEPTH
OVER LAST YEAR
Snow readings taken on the
Annie Spring course In Crater
Lake National Park Feb. 28 are
somewhat above the same pe
riod last year according to a re
port issued by E. P. Leavltt,
superintendent of the park.
The snow pack on that date
was found to be 72 inches with
a water content of 24.2 inches,
or 33.6 per cent of the snow on
the ground, the report shows
Last year the measurement was
made on March 1 at which time
the snow depth was 63.9 inches
with a water content of 21.7
inches, or 34 per cent.
The February measurement
also was considerably higher
than the January figures which
showed a snow depth of 38.9 In
ches with a water content ot
13.4 Inches or 34.S per cent.
Measurements were taken tiy
Bob Stevens of Medford, Robert
G. Briscoe of Fort Klamath and
Cpl. Harold Chavis. The trip is
made on skis after the snowline
Is reached. Cpl. Chavis is ski
Instructor for the marine corps
at Klamath Falls.
WATER OUTLOOK
EASEDJY SNOW
Irrigation prospects for the
Rogue river valley were slight
ly brightened by snow that fell
aenerally Monday and yesterday
over the hill areas. Five and one-
half Inches ot new snow fell at
Fish Lake, telephone call to
the Medford Irrigation district
today reported. The caretaker
last week visited Four Mile lake,
and found 43 Inches of snow. It
is believed the storm Increased
snow depth there.
Two inches of snow feu in tne
Upper Applegate district hills
and in the Siskiyous. Snow was
reported from Butte Falls, Dead
Indian and Prospect areas.
Irrigation district records
show some of the heaviest snows
of winter come in March.
Cheated On Boy's
Age; Pays Fare
38 Years Later
Chicago OJ.R) Harold R
Sampson, traffic manager foi
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroad, looked up from his
desk to greet a stranger, who
auiu; .
u.
"My conscience has been hurt
lng me since 1908; how much do
I owe you for a half-fare ticket
which I should have bought for
a small boy on a trip from Mont
gomcry, Ala., to Chicago?"
The stranger explained thai
he told the ticket agent at Mont
gomery that the boy "just looks
old for his age." Since then he
had no peace of mind.
Sampson spent a long time
delving Into the rate books back
to 1906, but finally found that
a half fare ticket from Mont
gomery In those days ost $11
The man paid it and left smiling
BOW AND ARROW HANDY
Braail, Ind.. (U.R) A new way
to circumvent the ammunition
shortages was achieved by Lar
ry Hopkins. 18, who shot a fox
with a bow and arrow before it
could letva a chicken yard with
a fowl.
k Officials expect that the sua
ply of fertilizers available in
1948. will be 172 per cent of the
average supplies used In the
year 1938 to 1939.
Near Cologne
. . '
GERMANY
JAPS FALL BACK
EAST OF MANILA
Manila, Feb. 28 (U.R) Japa
nese forces fell back along a 10
mile front in the Marakina wat
ershed east of Manila today un
der the Impact of two divisions
of American troops and swarms
of bombers and fighters.
Gen,' Douglas, MacArthurls
mounting offensive also brought
the complete destruction of Jap
anese remnants on Verde island,
off southern tip of Luzon. Elim
ination of all but several hun
dred enemy stragglers on Cor
regldor, .and new heavy aerial
blows on the Japanese from
Formosa to French Indo-China.
Units of the 6th Infantry divi
sion faced the drive toward Lu
zon's east coast and captured
Mt. Mataba, 13 miles northeast
of Manila, to knock a hole in
the enemy's Kobayashl line.
Forty tons of Epsom salts were
used by Massachusetts iarmers
during 1944 to correct magne
sium deficiency in orchard soils.
1PAR STTOEES
HOME and AUTO
Firestone
Fire-King 28-pc
LUNCHEON SET
S3.79
Firestone
Shower Curtains
(Cora
seal) S5.95
Firestone
REPLACEMENT
DINNERWARE
Cherry Blossom
Koseleaf Eggshell .
Old Fashioned Garden
Firestone
WALL -TONE 11
$2.79 gal.
All Shades
J-J
Travel Cases
SI .60
Plus Tax
Firestone
Outside White
House
Paint
ST79
XgaL
. Firestone)
Iron Cords '
98 c
Twenty registrants were re
ported for February at the Jack
son county local board 2, Med
ford, and seven were registered
at board 1. This Included 18-year-olds,
those in service of al
lied countries other than the
United States, and merchant
marine.
Those registered with board
2 are Charles Harvey Childers.
Gordon ' .Ashcraft, Richard T
Nelson, Howard Clinton Capp
Vean Elmer Robertson, Buford
Ransom Allen, Jr., William H.
Breeding, Dale E. Bigham, Leon
M. Haynie, Noble L. Meyer,
Wesley George Hartley, Leon G
Stanley, David S. Chirgwin.
Kenneth L. Perrlne, Marlon J
Revls, John W. Eek, Robert L.
Greensweight, Merril Lewis,
Donald R. Thumler, and Clar
ence E. Sutton.
Registrants with board 1 are
John C. Anderson, Jr., John F
Kllngle, Jr., Lynn R. Jenkins
David T. Lute, Burg T. Downey
Norman E. House and Thomas
M. Richardson.
Childers, who is with the
Royal Air Force, registered with
the American embassey In Eng
land and his papers were for
warded to the board here.
Old Warrior, 65,
y Heeds Call Again
Santa Rosa Army Air Base,
Santa Rosa, Cal. (U.R) He's 65
years old, saw action in the
Spanish-American War, and re
tired from the United States
army a major after World War
I, but he's back at It again, this
time a chief clerk at the field's
commissary.
He's MSgt. Luther B. Stew
art, who saw action with the
Second Cavalry In the Cuban
campaign, and fought with the
14th Cavalry in the Philippines.
Stewart worked up through
the ranks In World War I, per
forming every duty ffom KP
to post commander. Just before
Pearl Harbor, he felt the call to
duty again and was accepted
for service November, 1942.
This makes his fifth fracas..
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VERNON POTTERY
20-piece $.95
Set J
Lamp Shade Covers
29c
Makes Old Shades
Like New!
New RUB RUGS
$2.39
Rag Runners 24x96
$595
CAR SEAT COVERS
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GAS and TIRES, TOO.
ORANGE
JUICE
S.oz. 41c pu
No. 2 can 1 8c -2 for 35c
' Buy NOWI Stock is froien in
canners' hands.
APPLE BUTTER
(No pts.) 2-lb. jar atVaf)
Saves Butter, too. ifaC
BlueTl-lb. pkg.
25c
PANCAKE FLOUR
CATSUP
CREAM
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No federal law forbids the total destruction of eolnsi howeTer. a statute does
forbid the mutilation or lightening of a coin in such a way that it may ba circu
lated in its impaired condition. 1 "Nuggets of Knowledge." Geo. W. Stimpson.
We Feature
GRADE A
STEER
BEEF
Insist en the best when you
spend your points. Name
your cut. We have it.
DILL PICKLES
313-315 NORTH 'RIVERSIDE
US. COIN
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Large Pkg.
19c
WHITE BOSE CLEAHEB, 12 gal 19e
KRAFT DINNERS " "Lm"' 3 " 25c
T AM ALES
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DRY BEANS
Small
White
GARDEN BRAND
REAL QUALITY 30 blue pts.
OF WHEAT
PRODUCE
PaaI Imperial Extra Fancy. Large Bunch C Cm
USllDIS Ceiling price 2 for 19c OUR PHICE aSjla U6
Leliuce c..&c-o& 19c
Psaanlmil Arlsona desert grownt tree ripened. Cn
UrapeilUlI Ceiling price lOe lb. Our price. LB.
APPLES - Delicious . . ..... Box $1.49
POINT FREE LOAVES
Liver-Cheese ,32c lb.
Pickle and Pimento . . 25c lb.
Macaroni and Cheese . . . . . , ,25c lb.
Baked Ham . . .49c lb.
Ham and Cheese .......... ,49c lb.
Smoked Liver Sausage 32c lb.
WHY PAY MORE?
PURE GROUND BEEF 19c lb.
All Meat Guaranteed Satisfactory or your money back.
SWANSDOWN
FLOUR
ENRICHED
50-lb. Bag
$2.09
Radio Brand
Vegetable, Tomato, Pea,
Asparagus Can
CHICKEN NOODLE
3 for 25c
39
4. LB. PK&
POSTUM 1 fti
CEREAL Large
Mb. jar 25c
5-lb. bag 39c
c:l"; 1-lb. can 15c
63c
14 bottle 15C
LARGE
PKG.
22c
3 for 10c
LARGE UJCrH
PKG.
20c
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