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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!.
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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.
Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M.,
120 meridian Time
High Low Pree.
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