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Local and En Rout Glenn Bekins, Portland, is visiting here while en route to California. On Business L. W. Hinds, Portland, representing Minne sota Mining and Manufacturing company, is here this week on business. , , , ' Released Fred Hawkins was released from Sacred Heart hos pital this morning where he had been confined during the past week. , , , In Alaska The navy report ed today that Kenneth L. Shep herd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shepherd, route four, Medford, is now serving at the naval air station at Kodiak, Alaska. To Pennsylvania Miss Mary Ellen Bell, Jackson county pub lic health nurse, left Saturday to visit for two months with her mother, Mrs. Charles Bell in Ellwood, Pa. Sewing Club DAV Sewing club members will meet Wed nesday at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs. James Burnett, 23 Al mond street. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon. Projector Stolen H. J. Field, 24 Crater Lake avenue, report ed to city police Sunday morn ing that an eight mm movie projector was stolen from his residence while he was away from home Saturday evening. Conservation Meeting Mem bers of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm as sociation will hold their third annual meeting in an upstairs banquet room of the Rogue Val ley Country club at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Square Dance A "gradua tion party for square dance beginners will be held at the YMCA at 8 p.m. today for those who nave attended at least two of the three classes held so far, Tonight's instruction will be the fourth and final session. Hip Fractured Dorothv Bro- shions, 28, received a fractured hip Friday when a car operated by Walter B. Ellis, 217 South Riverside avenue, skidded into a bank on Sterling Creek road, according to a report filed with ponce. Date Corrected M e d f o r d Navy Mothers club will meet Tuesday, February 7, rather than tomorrow as was an nounced in Sunday's issue. The February 7 meeting will be de voted to sewing according to the president, Mrs. O. V. Hayes. Retailers Meet All Medford retailers have been asked to meet with the retail trade com mittee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at the Jackson hotel Thursday noon to discuss plans ' for the spring opening event in Medford stores. Examiner Here Arthur A. Kellogg, Portland, naturaliza tion examiner of the department of justice, arrived here this morning in connection with na turalization petitions being ac cepted here today and tomor row at the county clerk's office. Naturalization e x a m i n a tions will be held here March 13. Cars Prowled W. J. At- tridge, 116 Washington street, informed city police last night that car keys, insurance papers, a record book and other items were taken from his car while it was parked at 412 Benson street. Clayton Wesley Lewis. 143 North Ivy street, said that a billfold was taken from his car while it was parked at Fifth and Ivy streets. Purse Returned Mrs. Lyle Wilcox, Old Military road, whose purse was stolen from the Medford public library last week, reports she has had keys, identification papers and purse returned from three different persons who found the articles. A sizeable sum of money, wal let and some other articles have not been returned she reported. Mrs. Wilcox expressed her ap preciation to those returning the articles. Son Appointed Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Pickett, 208 Portland ave nue, have received word of the selection of their son, Bruce F. Pickett. Portland, to succeed Harry F. Collins as district man ager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company in Sa lem. Picket, a graduate of Ore gon State college in 1923 and supervisor of the telephone company's administration de partment in Portland since 1947. will assume his new duties Feb ruary 1,- upon retirement of Manager Collins. Passenger Hurt Mrs. Doris M. Webster. 27, of 603 South Riverside avenue, suffered leg injuries and a possible fractured nose Saturday in an auto colli sion, according to Conger-Morris ambulance service which took her to Community hospi tal. According to reports filed with police, she was a passen ger in a car driven by Gordon Eusene Hamm. 508 Fairmont avenue. The Hamm car report edly collided at Main and Peach streets with a car driven bv Myrtle Childcrs, 34 Peach street. YOU CAN HIGH SCHOOL Now - At Home Low Payments All Books Furnished No Classes DIPLOMA AWARDED If- You Art 16 or Oft Writ for Free Bookltt AMERICAN SCHOOL D.pt. MID. 1-30 1440 Broadway, Oakland 12, Calif. Nam , ,, Ail... Street Addrati - City Personal U. ',a Dr- K. Da- """iv, mrs. uaorook and nartv. Everett, Wash., have been " layed here en route to Califor nia because of road conditions. Livestock Portland. Ore.. Jan. 30 (U P.) .-...c iuuu, noiaovcr 125; market ?Pin low; aikinit prices higher: . ,rng tome cut ter COWS 50 fnt lnu..r. l.,t g?d ' 123.23; beat held above" !2?:-Jtd ,good 720 ib- fed heifers .du. nign gooa neifera held higher i,w common-low medium heilers io.aiwi, oaa common-medium beel cow $13 30-18; some held higher; can-ner-cutter cows $12.50-13; odd medium a usage bulla 118-18; good beef bulls Calvei ion- BfH.r. ..i . .. few good vealera $27-26; choice icarce. Hogs 600; market not established: rew amall lots good-choice around 200 b- butchers $19; generally aiking 519.50 sorted carloads; few good 350- w gum urong ai ai4.3U-15.3U; feeders scare. Sheep loo; practically nothing avail- j nominauy sieaay; good-choice fed lambs around $22 22.75 or above; good-choice slaughter ewes $9.30-10 or above. San Francisco .Tn .in nrot Cattle 650. Supply consists of around five loads of steers, couple loads of w V" ""u u"nc mostly cows. Trade opened slow with steady prices. One load mixed good young cows and medium heifers averaging 1,000 lbs. $23. Canner nnd cutter cows $12-15. Common and low. minium nn.n Around 20 head of good fleshy 900 lb. feeder steers $22.30. One lot average ,v7" waives 10; no early sales. .How 350. Active, butchen 25-30c higher than Thursdav. Sows steady. Good and choice 190-240 lb. butcher $18 25; good sows $13. Sheep none. Holdover 100. No early sales. Portland Produce Portland, Ore.. Jan. 30 (UP.) Butter Prices to retailers: Grade AA prints, 8c lb.; AA cartons. 69c; A prints, 68c; A cartons, 60c; B prints, C5c. Egg prices to retailers: Certified A large, 41c doz.; grade AA large. 42c; A large. 40c; AA medium. 38c; A me dium 38c; B medium, 33c; A amall, 36c; cartons 2c additional. Cheese Prices to retailers: Port land, Oregon, singles, 39-42c lb.; Ore gon 5-lb. loafs, 44!j-43c lb.; triplets, l'ac less than singles. Premium brands, singles, 51jC lb.; loaf, 53',jc lb. California lemons sold for $9.50. 510.50 a crate for $252-300 sizes on the Portland eastside farmers wholesale produce market today. California Chinese lettuce was 4 4.25 a crate. Tomatoes were $4-4 23 a four basket flat. Florida eggplant brought 20 cents a pound, and Florida cucumbers $12 50 a basket. California zucchini squash was $8 a lug. Broccoli was $3.25-3.30 a crate. Poultry, Rabbits Live chickens Broilers under 2 lbs.. 17c; 2-3 lbs., 22-25c; 3-4 lbs., 26-27C 4 lbs and over, 27-28c; fryers, 2-3 lbs., 19-21c; fryers, 3-4 lbs., 23c; roasters, 4 lbs. and over. 23c; leghorns under 4 lbs.. 15-lfic; 4 lbs. over. 13-16c; roost ers 25c; colored fowl, all weights, 19c; old roosters, all weights, 14-16c. Turkeys Net to growers, toms, 30 31c; prices to retailers, dressed: A young toms, 27-28c; light hens, 41-42c. Rabbits Live white 4 to 5 lbs.. 17 19c; 4-6 lbs.. 13-17c; colored 2c lower; fresh dressed Idaho fryers to retailers 40c; local 48-52c. Wall Street New York, Jan. 30 U.P) Stocks rose to new highs since Aug. 21, imo, in tne general average today. This meant the market had fully recovered all its losses in the break of a little more than two weeks ago and that some sections had set new tops for more than three years. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 201.39 up 1.31; 20 railroads 55.54 up 0.50: 15 utilities 42.17 up 0.26; 65 stocks 73.19 up 0.51. Sales today approximated 1, 640,000 shares compared with 1,250,000 traded last Friday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 149V4 Anaconda 30 Chrysler 64 Curtiss Wright 81 General Electric 43 General Motors 73 '4 Montgomery Ward 55 Perm R K . 17Ms Penney J C 57M Radio 14'4 Southern Co 1234 Southern Pacific 52'4 S Oil of Calif 63 Texas Gulf Sulphur . Transamerica 71H 16 H United Aircraft 26 U S Rubber 25'-4 Youngstown 76H Court Records Justice Court Glenn D. Potter, no operator s license, fine SI and costs. Herman W. Newland, failure to stop at school bus, fine SI and costs. Police Court William F. Robinson, Carl Robertson, Raymond E. Maddox, Leora A. Kingman, Albert J. Brown, Melvin H. Hall and Ro laugh J. McGlary, failure to stop at stop street, fine $5 each. Clarence A. Williams ana James K. Shafer, violation of basic rule, bail S10 each. Virgil Dean Malone, prohib ited left turp, bail S2. James G. Jenkins and bert Wallace Riehl. failure to stop at stop street, bail S5. Kenneth u. Curtis and ueraia B. Harvey, no operator's license, fine So each. Cecil Rav Martin, violation of basic rule, fine S10. Walter Kendall, no light on bi- cvcle. bicycle impounded two weeks. Dead line Sunday Claulfled la ' Nnon Saturdays COMPLETE Stat BEDSIDE TESTIMONY Nurses' Instruction roomat Permanent Hospital In Oakland, Calif., become a court room as defense witness William Christensen, longshoreman under treatment for a spinal in jury, testifies In the Harry Bridges perjury-conspiracy trial. Prosecutor F. Joseph Donohue (standing) questions the witness while Judge George B. Harris (lower left) and the Jury (right) listen. Christen sen testified that he drove Bridges to Stockton, Calif., the night of June 27. 1936, the approximate time two Government witnesses placed Bridges at a Communist Parly meeting in New York. A Nicholt' Worth of Comment On By HARMAN United Praia Washington, Jan. 30 (U.R) We've got some of the dumbest people in our government. wmsm I know sev- y 1 en of 'em per- sonally who can't spell a simple word like "Zeucto coelamata." As anybody with a Ph. D. knows "an extensive division of ani mals, including w o r ms and mollusks." All nf (hie Barman Sichola ignorance among the wheels In our gov ernmental system came out in a fancy spelling bee last night. Ser iously, we ought to be proud of the clerks and underlings who have to put pencil to pad and take down the gobbledygook pitched at them by their brass. The bee was the idea of little Howard Lewis, who conducts a daily column for the Times-Herald called U. S. and Us. He pleads the cause of vthe down- Democrats Here Favor Resumption Of County Fairs The Jackson County Demo cratic Central committee Satur day went on record as favoring the resumption of county fairs here, and urged the county court to take the necessary steps to restore them. In a resolution passed at a committee meeting, the group said that Jackscn county is one of the fastest developing sections of the United Slates, and "is de nied a proper means of express ing its advantages through dis play of its products." Pearson Speaki Walter J. Pearson, state treas urer and possible gubernatoral candidate, was speaker at the meeting, which drew more than 100 democratic party members. Pearson said that big lumber in terests and private utilities have literally hand-picked republican candidates for governor and the state legislature for 25 years. A democratic victory in the November general elections, Pearson said, would remove Ore gon from "the grip of special interest rule, and return state government to the people." "Benefiti" Promised Among the benefits which a democratic victory would bring to Oregon, Pearson said, were a light against monopoly and a fair deal to business, especially small business; a fair and substantial pension for the aged with "no lien law, no paupers' oath and no mandatory child support clauses"; help to the working farmer, rather than the "gentle man farmer"; repeal of "obnox ious labor laws passed by the 1949 legislature, and a legisla ture atuned to the real needs of the people rather than to the de mands of special interests." Pearson said the republican ad ministration illustrated its own inconsistency when it opposes the ue of Bonneville power for state needs, while at the same time voting that the state put in its own gasoline service station in Salem in competition with pri vate station operators. MOTHERS, CHILDREN PREFER THIS ASPIRIN THAT'S FOR YOUR CHILD FSn 4ft Jfj 1. 10 KEASANT TASTINO 1. FVtf OtANOI LAVOMD S. NO tlfAKINO OF TAtUTt 4. ACCUIAT1 BOSA0I ST.JOSEPH ASPIRIN FOR CHILDREN The orlqlwl at p'rtn for cfcildftn" b.tH.g th "it, Jwapa ' atm. This and That W. NICHOLS Future Writer trodden among the 'government workers. Getting back to the spelling bee it was a pretty nice show. The monotony of putting one little letter after another was broken up by entertainment from various government work ers. The eventual winner of the bee was one Willard B. Smith, a quiet little man who said he had been with the government for 30 yoars and has no idea of retiring. He stepped right up like a little man and correctly spelled "trichogyne." He is busy these days with the bureau of person nel in the navy department and won himself a fine television set. Not Natural Speller Mr. Smith said he wasn't what you'd call a natural born spell er. "I guess I learned It the hard way," he said. "I've heard this government lingo so long that I finally got on to it." The idea of the contest caught the public fancy and also at tracted three hundred or so con testants. The charge that we are foot ing the bill for a bunch of dum mies, actually, was discounted when a couple of dozen sur vived the test on "syllabifica tion," which was a silly little word one of the judges thought up. Has Meaning "Synchronous," which means simultaneous to us common folks, made the round quickly. Quite a lot of the clerks got by "onomatopaeia," which as any second - grader knows, means "words describing sounds," and which creeks into many a bu reauocratic letter. The quiet little word that means "bird study" to us bird studiers "ornithological" was no trouble at all for most of the spellers. You can take some of the other words, too, that crop up in official correspondence: "Pecadillo," meaning a slight fault. "Perspicacity," meaning dis cernment. "Postliminary," meaning later. "Vacillating," meaning irres olute. And "zoroastrianism," mean ing Persion region or the study of zoroastrianism. Or better still you can take the rule of my first city editor. "Never use a word you can't spell." Court House News Divorce Complaint! Parke, Nancy vs. Warren Waelty, Mary Alice vs. De ward Owin. The California Academy of Sciences in San Franciscos Gol den Gate park is the oldest sci- entitle lnstiution In uie west. I m0 j TI?ni HoUl without Both . . $2.00 up Wffi jjS J I Thoatro and Shopping District m UU3hA COMING SOON! MEMfSi jillllll lU.0b OREGON $m y Von John Joi. GeorgXphy 1 U:v vkisuviv (Acme Teltnhoto) Detailed Records On Snow Making Experiment Kept A comprehensive analysis is now being made of results so for- of the cloud-seeding experi ment started here in November by local irrigation districts in cooperation with Oregon State college agricultural experiment station and soil conservation ser vice. According to Ed Leach, super intendent of the Medford Irriga tion district, the Medford snow survey office of the soil conser vation service and the Oregon agricultural experiment station may soon be able to disclose some results of the flights to date. The local snow survey of fice is making the studies to evaluate results of the plane, flights and seeding work by pil ots Gene Kooser and Harvey Brandau. The records being collected and analyzed by Robert Beaumont of the snow survey staff consist of daily temperatures, daily to hourly precipitation, weekly to daily snow fall and water equi valent, and accumulated water content of the snow. Weather and storm data are collected by the local U. S. weather bureau office. The snow survey and precipi tation observations are being made at 43 widely scattered mountain and valley points and observers are now travelling nearly 100 miles a week over snow covered roads and trails to get some of the most vital read ings at 10 stations. Most of this travel is being done by Tucker Sno-Cat which insures that the results are received on schedule regardless of severe snow storms or deep snows. Automatic gauges which record the amount and time that precipitation occurs, are in operation at most of these remote places. These data are beng processed and compiled currently until completion of the experiment on May 1, 1950, when other infor mation on reservoir storage and stream flow will bo added to complete the final analysis and report, according to Leach. Kapers Committee To Postpone Meeting A meeting scheduled tonight for general committeemen for the Kiwanis Kapers and Min strel show has been postponed until Tuesday evening, Frank Rowe, Medford Kiwanis presi dent, said this morning. Committeemen will convene at 7:30 p.m. in the senior high cafeteria with William Croarkn, Geller productions director. Croarkin was to arrive in Med ford today but informed Rowe by telegram, that he had been delayed. Monday, January 30, 1950 Navy Will Remove ! Mighty Battleship Or Bust Trying Norfolk, Va., Jan. 30 U.R The navy promised today to get the mighty battleship Missouri off its Hampton Roads mudbank within 72 hours or bust trying. That was the optimistic word here following yesterday's suc cessful experiment with two un derwater TNT charges. They jarred loose the sand-suction which has held the mighty Mo fast since it ran aground Janu ary 17. Might End Tuesday Navy salvage experts, who have been shy up to now in fore casting -when operation "float her" would succeed, said that with luck it might end Tuesday. They added that it looked like a dead sure thing Thursday when the next flood tide comes in. But they admitted the whole operation might come unstuck but not the mighty Mo if they got a few bad breaks, like shift in mind. The 4,5U0-ton battlewagon, the only "active" one in service, is perched high on Thimble shoals, 1.000 yards on the wrong side of one of the world's best-marked channels. TNT Used It started working loose yes terday when the two 75-pound packets of TNT exploded in the muddy harbor bottom on either side of her hull. Immediately after the second burst, she set tled a half-inch deeper into the water. But instead of burying her broad bottom farther, the ship's massive weight squashed and scattered the sand, unlock ing the suction and leaving her ready to be hauled away as aoon as the tide is right. Reports Reviewed By Welfare Commission Routine reports were re viewed at the January meeting of the Jackson county public welfare department, with Roger Keating, Ashland,, vice-chairman, presiding. Reports showed that old age assistance for December totaled S57.634 for 1.064 cases. This represented an increase over the preceding month, when old age assistance for 1,048 cases totaled $56,628, and a large in crease over December of 1948 when assistance for 996 cases totaled $47,989. General assistance for Decem ber totaled $12,994 for 255 cases, also an increase over the previous month, when 222 cases received $11,709. Aid to de pendent children for December totaled $14,081 for 373 children as compared to $12,119 for 370 children in November. Twenty children were cared for in foster homes at a cost of $1,059 and aid to the blind to taled $595 for 11 cases. GUARANTEED MEALS! Our Food is Guaranteed to please. If ever you are not completely satisfied with either food or service, whether beyond our control or not, just tell ' us why. The knowledge we gain from your complaint will pay your check. The Newly Obituary FRANK STOKES Frank H. Stokes, 85, Lake Creek, passed away Sunday at a local hospital. Mr. Stokci was born In Wis consin on March 12, 1884 and in 1888 was united in marriage with Cora Blanche Wilson, They moved to Oregon more than 25 years ago, where Mrs. Stokes passed away In February of 1945. For the past three years Mr. Stokes has resided with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stokes, Lake Creek. Survivors Include one broth er, Elmer E., Cedar Falls, la.; a nephew, C. E. Stokes, Lake Creek; and a niece, Mrs, Byrl Adams, Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be con ducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the family plot in Civil Bend ceme tery, Roseburg, with Chapel mortuary in charge. WILBUR RUTH Funeral services for Wilbur J. Ruth, Medford, who passed away Saturday will be conducted from Perl funeral home chapel Tues day at 2 p.m. with the Rev. G. O. Baker, pastor of the Assembly of God church, officiating. Interment will take place In Siskiyou Memorial park, PAUL GRAVELL Paul Graveli, Central Point, passed away at a local hospital Sunday. A complete obituary will be published later with Perl funeral home in charge of funer al arrangements. BIRTHS LEAS To Mr. and Mrs. Chad- wick. 236 North Oakdale avenue. Jan. 30, 1950, a boy, 7Vz lbs., at Community hospital. CARMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Llovd, Jacksonville, Jan. 28 1950, a girl, 6Vi lbs., at Com' munity hospital. FREDENBERG To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, Route 1, Box 487, Medford, Jan. 29, 1950, a boy, B't lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. Dead line Sunday ClaHlfied la at Noon Saturday!. Attend th March of Dimes VAUDEVILLE NEW PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Tuesday Evening Jan. 31 8 p.m. i Sponsored by PHOENIX GRANGE Renovated MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Daily Weather Report FORECASTS ' Medford and vlcinttv: Partly cloud v with snow flurries mostly In mountain! tonight. Thickening and increasing cloudiness Tuesday. Cooler tonight. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy wlUi snow flurries continuing over moun tains tonight. Tuesday. Increasing and thickening cloudiness. Continued cold. low temperatures tonight 10-20 north ern Interior: 20-30 elsewhere. Hisrha Tuesday generally 24-34 but 16-24 low er (joiumota gorge, LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Hlghe&t 43; Lowest 28. Total monthly precipitation 5.74 inches. Excess for the month 3.57 Inches. Total precipitation since September 1, 11149, 11.18 inches. Excess for the season 1.73 Inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p m. yester day 82: 4:30 am. today 84. 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