FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. March 19. 1950
Ancient Woodvill
Nearby Home Is
Rogue River. Mur. 18 A gi
ant oak, one of the historical
trees of old Woodville, toppled
and fell with a crash recently.
There was not a breath of air
stirring, according to Mrs. Julia
Myers, in whose yard the oak
hBd stood, when with a pioneer's
'Don't Be Impatient'
VA Tells Veterans
Washington, Mar. 18 (U.P
The veterans annuniMrauun
gain told veterans today
"Don't be impatient."
The special GI life insurance
dividend checks arc rolling out
at a steady rate. About 225,000
checks a day are mailed out. At
the close of business today. 9,
729.603 checks, representing
payments of $1,741,735,731 had
been mailed.
The agency continues to be
besieged however, with Inquiries
by veterans who think they
should now have their checks.
The questions arise because of
the svstem VA uses for mailing
the checks. It is bused on the
last three digits in the veterans'
service serial number.
LOCAL
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e uak larerui;
Spared In Fall
true dignity and respect for the
surrounding lives and property,
the old tree fell to earth with
the least disturbance possible.
Roots Glv. Way
It had stood through the
storms of at least a hundred
years, grown to maturity, and
then, in ripe old age, when its
roots had rotted away, leaving
it without anchorage, it toppled
over. One large limb cleared the
woodshed roof to fall full length
at the rear of the shed as though
the big tree had carefully lifted
its heavy arm as it fell, stretch
ing its huge 85-foot body out
across the yard.
As the short stubs of the old
tree's roots tore from the wet
earth, only a few bricks were
displaced from the walk that
curved around its base, but black
crumbs of wet soil were plenti
fully spattered over the back
porch and the well curb, and
over the old hand pump that for
many years has stood in the
shade of the tree and served ice
cold water to the Myers family.
Mrs. Julia Myers. 89 years of
age, was alone in her home at
the time the tree fell. "I thought
it was an earthquake," she said,
"it shook so." In commenting on
the other large trees growing in
her yard and the possibility of
their fulling and damaging her
home. Mrs. Myers said, "I'm not
afraid of them; they lean, a little,
away from the house, Just as this
tree did, and God carefully laid
this one down without harm to
anything. He did a better, neater
job than any man could do."
The tree measures It feet 2
Inches in circumference, accord
ing lo Arthur Myers, who said
their neighbor, Ray Moore, will:
buck it up Into firewood. '
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FLORIDA VACATION-fresldeni iTummi disembarks frorii the
yuciu Wllliamsburs a' Key West, Kla.. alter a rough sea voyage train
Washliistuii, L) (J. the President, in Key West lor a three-week va
catlan, said he enjoyed the trip despite the two days ot storms; and
was ready to make anotlei similar voyage at any time. Saluting the
colors in tho background to Maj. (Jen Harry Vaughn, the President s
military aide.
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No job too small I Wo
givo all our customers
tho samt loving carol
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OH ICONOMY-lIT US
HANDIS All 0ITAIIS
fl Gives Automotive Crankshafts J
nd Bearings 0T
lections might become scattered, i arms, etchings and prints of ves
I'd rather have them go where j sels of all types, pictures, port
thev can do some good." folios of rare autograph letters,
He has sailing ship models, old bottles and what have you.
Mars In Flirtation With Earth
Rarity Collector Finds His Hoards Have High Values
Memphis, Tenn. (U.PJ Fori Wulff said. "After I die. my col (relics. Bncitnt and modern fire-
more than half a century. 79-year-old
Louis Philip Wulff has
been collecting things, the items
ranging from stamps to artifacts.
Now that he has started dispos
ing ot his possessions, he is sur
prised at their value.
Take, for example, the collec
tion of Danish. American Indian
and Alaskan artifacts he turned
over to the University of Ten
nessee. Prof. T. M. N. Lewis,
head of the university's depart
ment of anthropology, said they
are worth "thousands of dollars"
and date back to pre-historic
times. One set of uanish arrow
heads were chiseled sometime
between 6800 and 5000 B.C.
Then there was the set of 60
rare books which Wulff, a na
tive of Copenhagen, Denmark,
turned over to the university.
Among them was an almost
priceless edition of Sir Walter
Raleigh's "The Historic of the
World," published in London in
Other objects in the Wulff col
lection have gone to public II
braries and two colleges here
and he's looking through his be
longings to see what else he has
of value.
'I'm getting up In years,
By J. Hugh Pruett
Astronomer, Exlention Division,
Oregon Higher Education System
The red planet Mars, name
sake of the fiery Roman god ol
war, is again staging one, of his
biennial flirtations with Mother
Earth. Once in 25 or 26 months.
the two in their regular spatial
wanderings find themselves on
the same side of Old Sol. Since
the path of the planet is outside
that of our world, Mars on such
occasions appears very bright to
us.
Oval In Shape
As neither of the orbits con
cerned Is a circle but is slightly
oval in shape, all near approaches
are not equally near, the best oc
curring once every 15 or 17
years. The last "nearest" near ap
proach came In 1939; the next
comes in 1956. The most distant
occurred in 1948.
Mars will be nearest us this
year on March 27, when it will
be 60.350.000 miles distant.
Around this time it will rise al
most due east unless obstruc
tions Interfere and at about sun
set. There will be no mistaking
it for in the early evening noth
ing of equal brilliance appears in
that part of the sky. Sirius in
the south excels it slightly, but
twinkles with a blue-white light
while Mars shines with a steady,
reddish glow.
May Be Different
To many, the mere mention of
this planet brings visions of Men
from Mars, perhaps In full armor
ready for a hostile descent upon
our haples world But actually
we know nothing about animal
life on the planet. If such crea
tures do exist, they may be quite
different from anything we can
imagine.
Mars is relatively a small
world, having a diameter a little
over half that of the earth. Its
atmosphere is very thin and us
ually quite free from clouds.
Since it is half as far again from
the sun as are we, it does not
receive as much solar heat. Freez
ing temperatures seem certain
during every night. The Martian
day is about 242 hours in length;
the year, almost 23 months. Mars
has two tiny moons encircling it.
The polar regions in winter
are covered with white seem
ingly real snow. This begins to
disappear when spring comes,
and soon the tropical regions
darken to something like a green
as though vegetation was de
veloping. It seems that the polar
moisture has been carried toward
the equator, either through the
air or along the surface and
causes the vernal revival of life.
Soil May Be Saturated
Some attempt other explana
tions of the darkened areas.
Arrhenius has suggested that the
soil in these places may be sat
urated with chemicals which
readily absorb moisture from the
air coming from the polar reg
ions, and thus form dark mud.
During the dry season the mud
dries out and is again light in
color.
The so-called canals are a sub
ject upon which prominent as
tronomers are not in agreement.
This column will be given entire
ly to canals next week.
Olympia. Wash.. Mar. 18 (UP.)
Phil Fryer observed St. Patrick's
day by dyeing his beard bright
green. ,
Mr. Cor Owner, when you have your motor over
hauled, be lure lo oik your lervlce man lo have
the Crankihofl Mlerofiniihed. Here'l whyl
Microflniih imoolhi the rough turface of the re
ground ournoli, giving Vh limes belter flniih.
Thil eliminatel the lo-called "weorcng-in" which
il octually "wearing-out" of Ihe bearingi. No
relighrening of Ihe bearingi It necenary . . . you
lave money and get a longer-lailing job. You'll
have a quieter running motor, tool
J
Remember - ask
your lervlce man
about Microflnlshing
Attention
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Thil It our new Storm-Vulcan Micro Finish Machine that
givei reground crankshaft bearing journal! a super
imooth flniih relating in BETTER and LONGER lervice.
A LARGE VARIETY OF GROUND AND
MICROFINISHED CRANKSHAFTS AVAIL
ABLE FOR EXCHANGE.
Pacific Machinery Co,
Which Type of
House
Do You Like Best
Asbestos Siding?
Cedar Shakes?
Colonial Drop Siding
Composition Panel Shakes?
Insulated Brick or Stone?
Stucco?
Aluminum?
We can apply any of these finishes right
over the present cxtc-ior of your home at a
surprisingly low cost. Expert workman
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EKERSON'S
INSULATION . ROOFS
SIDING PAINTS
30 So. Bartleti
LOOK! LOOK!
Huton's Confectionery now features
BETTY ROGERS FRESH PASTRIES
Take home with on'
Homemade Ice cream '
Open Sundays and Eveninca
Top quality Leghorn Pullets and
Straight-run Mill be on hand Mon
day. March 20th; also, law Leghorn
Cockerels. Order now.
F. E SAMSON CO . Inc.
FOR SALE 10 new candy vending
machines at a bargain. Phone 8-M69.
rOR SALE 1898 Ford? No. IU30
Tubeless Tire. See ad this paper.
Rogue Service SI Supply Co., 0th
rroni
FOR SALE Home made tractor with
Model A motor, spring tooth har
row and plow. 80. EXCHANGE.
Gold Hill.
FOR RENT Furnished cabin, cheap
Phone 2-8410.
See the new MERRY TILLER work.
It plows, cultivates, mows. Weighs
only 65 lbs. A woman can operate
it easily. Beat of all. it costs cnl
9153. z.v
VALLEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY
South Pacific Highway
Medford. Oregon
Phone 2-9441
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY i TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
cai p 101 i i. . ..ijmne true
and Pierce uancr. ;r. i.rii ...
dltlon. Sell cheap. lAnd I mean
cheapl. Ph. Eagle Point 5812.
Ct'iMFUKI AblJi cUrji. i room Apta
all utilities furnished Steam hea1
and refrigerator 217 s mversioe
FURNITURE MOVING TO PORTLAND
or nearby points. Trip planned for
March 23rd or 24th. also March 31st
Space available for your lot ol
household goods to or from Port
land. Phone 2-5295 now for rates
etc. Padded Van and Cargo Insured
Carriers. F. E. SAMSON CO.. Inc.
DUAL Axle logging trailer and bunks,
cheap. fc.agie roini aoi
REFRIGERATORS, built to the floor.
1950 models from I1B950 up
MARINE MARVAIR. 20 N. Grape.
WANTED Camp White Junior fur
nace. No. Q 102!) or other small
furnace. Ph. 2-9435.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOR SALE "
LOOK! LOOK!
Huson's Confectionery now features
BETTY ROGERS FRESH PASTRIES
Take home with our
Homemade ice cream
Open Sundays and Evenings
JUST received shipment Winchester
30 and 32 rifles. 12 gauge flhotgun,
22 rifle. Call Par Stores 2-5550.
FOR SALE One riding garden tractor
with attachment. 1668 Myers Lane.
rare
TRUCK VALUES
TRUCK BARGAINS
BUY the automatic washer that laves
your ludf water, use it over ana
over. MARINE MARVAIR, 20 N
Grape.
FOR SALE Horse and buggy? Na
1950 tubeless tire ..See ad, this paper.
Rogue Service it Supply Co., 8th &
front.
It costs no more to get the besi
tn oil heating service.
Far Hist that call
DEPENDABLE OIL HEATING
SERVICE
Medford 2-2852
BIG ROUGH BLOX He FIR SLABS
12 ' or 16" Big double load, preen
SELECT FUEL LOW COST
MEDFORD FUEL. Tel. 2-2111
GOOD clover pasture, close In for A
head of horses. 562 Garfield. Pt
2-58:12.
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BARGAIN price on 310 fence pickets
PORTER LUMBER CO. 204 S. Ftr.
For BABY CHICKS, come to Samson s.
HOLTON TRUMPET for sale, gold
lacquered, used 2 weeks, $05. Phone
2.6757.
Few unsold Black Minorca Pullets
Now Hampshire for Wednesday
delivery-
T. E. SAMSON CO . Inc.
LARGE Double Loads green ttr slabs
Call 24449 Faber s
FOR SALE
LOOK! LOOK!
Huson's Confectlonerv now features
BETTY ROGERS FRESH PASTRIES
Take home with our
Homemade ice cream
Open Sundays and Evenings
USED WOODEN DRAWERS, various
sizes, very reasonable. Hubbard
Bros-
THE GLASS HOUSE
Window Glass Installed
While You Walt
Plywood Veneer
Plate Glass Crystal Sheet Glass
Sash 8t Doors Windows & Frames
Your Dutch Boy Paint Dealer
MEDFORD MILL WORK CO
1105 Court St at Manzanita Ph 3-5231
PLANER BLOX
Clean hot lasting
MEDFORp FUEL. Tel. 2-2111
ELECTRIC RANGES that you can buy
piece by piece at MARINE MAR-
vAiK. zo urope.
O A V. AUXILIARY RUMMAGE SALE
Monday, March 20th, 9 to 4. Eagles
nan.
FOR SALE Chicks, New Hampshlres.
Parmenter Reds, Indian Rivers.
GET THEM AT FABER'S, 11th &
Fir.
WHY COOK a big Sunday dinner 7
Attend the Turkey dinner at Sacreti
Heart Parish hall, Sunday. Mar. 10
from 12 until 5.
USED RANGES. REFRIGERATORS
and WASHING MACHINES
TROWBRIDE At FLYNN ELEC CO
Phone 2-5211 214 W Main
Take Advantage of Low Prices, Create Your Own Job
LOGGING TRUCKS
1-1943 lnrernarional-1949 Kll Motor-"GI" Dual Drive
-New Transfer-1947 Paige & Paige Trailer-Ready to
haul Pay Loads, for only
$2750.00 - $917 Down
1-1942 Ford with 1941 Pierce Trailer, good rubber all
around, H.D. 2-speed axle, 3 mos. hauling on motor, re
conditioned transmission and axle. This one is ready to
haul for the rest of the season for only
$1695.00 - $565.00 Down
1-1944 lnternational-K7-H.D. 2-speed axle - Brown
Lipe Trans., Log bunks, Reconditioned Motor. Take this
one for only- -
$1150.00 - $384.00 Down
1-1944 White, Brown-Lipe, H.D. Single Axle, 1941 Trom
bly Trailer-Ready to roll. (Ask about this one).
LUMBER TRUCK
1948 Chevrolet Two-Ton-Lumber rolls-Clarke 5-spsed-1948
Pierce 3rd axle, excellent rubber. (Truck cost orig
inally $6000.00), low mileage, new motor has never been
used. Get on the Job for-
$2650.00 - $884.00 Down
SPRING SPECIAL
1942 Dodge 2-Door Sedan Clean
$495.00
TERMS - INSURANCE
SEE THESE OUTSTANDING VALUES AT
ROGUE EQUIPMENT SALES LOT
North of "BIG Y" on Highway 99
EXTRA
jar if jwj&mw war
ll EKIFJE
Ml
1938
MAUL
PASSENGER CARS &
PICKUPS
Includes Parts . . Includes Labor
1 Set of Rings
1 Set of Piston Pint
1 Set Ignition Pointi
1 Set of Gaskets
1 Condenser
5 Quarts Oil
Necessary Valves
Replace Piston Rings
Replace Piston Pins
Adjust Main Bearings
Target Oil Pan
Clean Carbon
Grind Valves
, Tune Engine
$K(0135
Bar X I
1 I
Good Only Until
March 31
BARNES
CUE
VROL
ET
19.0T.bla Rock Road
227 East 9th
Phone 2-9171
Phone 2-2843
Phone 2-6115