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i Local and Returns Bill Mills, so-, of Mr. . and Mrs. D. C. Mills, Jackson- ; ville. has returned to his studies 5 at the University of Oregon after i a brief vacation. On Buying Trip Mrs. Mildred J Moss of Mann s store is spending 1 this week in Los Angeles on a :; ' Women Golfers Women golf- ' ers of the Rogue Valley Country club will meet lor regular piay i at the club Thursday at 1 p.m. It t will be a flag tournament and , qualifying rounds for the worn , en's spring handicap will begin. Spanish Veterans Colonel Ol'ljSeaUl laiUf, Ulllicu Iranian War veterans ana auxiliary win meet Sunday, April 16, at 1 p.m In the Medford armory for a cov- ! ered dish dinner. Annual elec tion nf offippm will held. In Gold Beach The Rev. Jo- seph K. Swank of the Jackson ville Presbyterian church and i Otto Niedermeyer. route two, left yesterday for Gold Beach to ; attend the Southwest Oregon 1 Presbytery meetings held there ' yesterday and today. .V x To Long Beach Mrs. Z. N. Actao Rift Smith Oakdale ave- ! nue, left Monday for Long Beach where sne was calico de- ' Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold. Mrs. Ar nold IS well Kliuwil licit: iiuiii her frequent visits with Mrs. Agee. Funeral services will be hlH ThnrsHnv In T.nnp Reach. n. - Tkn.n mill hn r. ruttl IVUJI llltl C Will uc o i drill ride preceded by a meeting of all members of the Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's Posse and Ladies Mounted Troop aux iliary in the Dosse ground club room at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 16.The ride will start from the club house, weather permitting. The meeting will be held re gardless of weather. -V 1 : 1 1 nVl XTnmUnro of Jacksonville Parent-Teacher association will meet at 8 p.m today in the school music room Mrs. Lina Wright of the primary department and Miss Elcy Walk er, school librarian, will discuss the subject, "That Big 'R' Reading. Mrs. Ueorge wenai will lead group singing. Refresh ments will be served in the cafe teria following the meeting. I DRIVE HJ theatre Tonight - Thursday Barbara Stanwyck - M. O'Shea in "Lady of Burlesque" PLUS Waterfront At Midnight NEWS CARTOON Gatet Open it 6:30, Show at 7 SAN FRANCISCO ONE WAY ..... I 5.80 ROUND TRIP . . . 10.45 Round Trip Tlctiri Good for 6 Mourns DtroT Fifth & Birtlcrt Sts. Phono 2-2202 fO OINtRATIONt a cntr INTUCKT FiVOIItl' n '-sir sr?t. A Gentleman's Whiskey from Kenfucly Xnionnl rvtillro Prod. Corn, X. Y. to Proof tfflr C.rsin Nmtrtl Spirits Personal 8hipmatH Clm Shipmates class of the Methodist church will hold a potluck dinner at o:au p. m. rrlday at the church, ' To Saw and Talk Members of the Stitch and Chatter club will meet Thursday at 2 p. m. at me nome oi Mrs. frank siaven, 411 South Newtown avenue. Sink Taken R. J. Knight. 141 North Fir street, reported to city police yesterday that a sink, val ued at $15, was stolen from his back porch Monday night. Mot Mrs. Jerry Donaldson and daughter, Maureen, left Wednesday evening to make their home in Eugene. They have made their home here for some time with Mrs. Donaldson's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. George Pence, ou uerrydaie avenue. Sedan Damaged The front end of a sedan driven by Clark j. walker. 1763 Stewart avenue, was damaged about 3 p. m. yes terday in a collision at Eighth and Ivy streets, city police re ported. They said the car was in volved in an accident with a truck operated by Emma Agnes Mall, 2030 Spring street. Visit Here Dr. Max Frazier. Nevada, la., and his sister, Miss sebina rrazier. Berkeley, (Jal., are house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elliott. 312 King street. They are the brother and sister of the late Mrs. Zoe Hubbs of this city. Rummage Sale A rummage sale will be conducted by the tast side circle ot the Presby terian church from 1 to 5 p. m Thursday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Frr day and 9 a. m. to noon Satur day, at the corner of Eighth and nony streets. Newfoundland Station Troy M. Redding, naval airman and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clark, route 1, Rogue River, has re ported for duty at the naval air station, Argentia. Newf. Red ding entered the navy in Julv, 1948. and was trained at San Diego, Cal. Rain at Park One-half inch of snow fell at Crater Lake na tional park yesterday and it is raining there today. There is still 147 inches of snow on the ground at the lake but it is described as very wet. All roads are open and cnains are not required. Osteopaths Southern - Oregon Osteopathic association members held their regular meeting Mon day evening, commencing with s dinner at Mon Desir at Central Point, followed by a meeting in the home of Dr. Henry Krause, 226 Valley View drive. Building Permits Herb Mor ns has applied at the city build ing inspector's office for per mission to build a $12,000 resi dence at 2130 East Jackson street. A. F. Barraclough will erect a $6,000 home at 1523 Bryant street and Ray L. Curtis a small $1,000 house at 103 Jeanette ave nue, Contest Club A meeting to discuss plans for formation of a Contest club will be held in the home of Mrs. Lee Williams, 204 Crater Lake avenue, at 7:30 p.m. today. Anyone who has ever won a written entry contest is invited to become a charter member of the club. Those who have been national contest winners are es pecially invited. Drivers' Examiner A drivers' license examiner will be on duty in Medford Thursday and Friday in the Pythian building from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Per sons wishing licenses or permits to drive are asked to get in touch with the examiner well ahead of the scheduled closing hour. Child's Pet Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Young of South Oregon street, Jacksonville, report that their children's pet dog disap peared Monday evening from where it was tied at the family residence. The dog is described as a crossed springer and cocker spaniel, with black and white markings and spotted forelegs. The dog answers to the name of "Mort." The family has asked anyone knowing of its where abouts to call Jacksonville 713. At Texas Bi Four Jackson county youths have reported to Lackland air force base near San Antonio, Tex., for 13 weeks of basic training. They are Dar- rell C. Wilson, 19, son of Mrs. George Hammond, 308 Ashland avenue: Gary A. Denzer, 19, son of Mrs. Kathryn Stancliffe, Phoe nix; Franklin J. Price, 18, son of Mrs. Doris Price, Medford, and Houston A. Stinson, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dutton, 693 McAndrews road. OLD Hermitage Kciitucb UJmkeif -ABlend $040 tpW 4SQf Wall Street New York, Apr. IS (U.R) Wall street snapped out of Its war scare psychology today and bid stocks up to new high since 1930 in the industrial average. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 213.94, up 2.47; 20 railroads 56.22, up 0.68; 15 utilities 43.26. up 0.14; 65 stocks 76.42, up 0.77. Sales today approximated 2,010,000, same as traded yester day. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T 4t T 15534 Anaconda 29 VS Chrysler 68 Curtiss Wright 9 General Electric 467 s General Motors SOfa Montgomery Ward 55 PennRR m Penney J C 59 U Radio - 19'i Southern Co .-. 127s Southern Pacific 53 1 4 S Oil of Calif 863i Texas Gulf Sulphur 74 Transamerica - 17 United Aircraft 28s U S Rubber ' 43 'j U S Steel 32Vs Youngstown 81V4 Livestock Portland. Orr. Apr. 2 (U.P.) cattle aau; mantel open active, imci rather slow, with illfthtly Increased run. Scattered loti common and me dium steert unsold held around to $25 30 or above. Few medium heif ers unsold. Cutter and common dairy type heifers steady at $13.30 to $19 Canner and cutter cows steady to weak at mostly $14.50 to $18.50. Shells down to 512 and below, common ano medium beef cows $17.50 to $20.30. Odd good cows $21.50. Good beef bulls $21.30 to $22,511. uommon ana me dium saunnee bulls $17.50 to $21. Calves 75. Market slow, early sales about steady. Few (rood vealers S2B to $30, Medium grades largely $19 to $25. Common $13 to SIB. Hogs 150. Market active, steady ot 25 cents nig her. Good and cnoice luu to 230 pounds $18.50 to $19. Majority at $18.73. 250 to 295 pound $17.50 to $18. Few ISO to 170 pound M7 to $18 Good sow scarce. Odd 375 to 500 pound weight $13-15.50. Good and choice feeder pigs scarce $17.50 $18 30. Sheep 50. Scattered tot slaughter lambs around 50 cents below Monday Good and choice wooled lambs S25.50. Shorn No. 3 pelt 108 pound $25. Good ewes around $12 to $12.30 or above. Portland Produce PortInl. Ore., April 12 (U.P.l Butter Pricei to retailers: Grade AA prints, flfle lb.; AA cartons. 67c: A prints. 66c; A cartons. 67c; B prints. 63c. Egg prices to retailers; Grade AA large. 43c; A large. 41c; AA medium. 41c; A medium. 40c: small, nominal, cartons, 2c additional. Cheese Prices to retailers: Port land. Oregon sinRles. 37-41C lb.; Ore gon S-lb. loafs. 42 ',j-43c lb.; triplets. 1 '.ac less than singles. Premium brands, singles 50',ic lb.; loaf 521,acib. Poultry, Rabbits Live chickens Broilers under 2 lbs 17c: 2-3 lbs., 22-2.c: 3-4 lbs., 26-27c: 4 lbs. and over. 27-28c; Iryers 2-3 lbs.. 27c: 3-4 lbs.. 31c; roasters, 4 lbs. and over, 31c; leghorns under 4 lbs.. 18c; 4 lbs. over, 20-2 1c; roosters 25c; heavy hens, ail weights, 22c; old roosters, all weights. 1:1-14c. Turkeys Net to growers, dressed A young toms, 27-28C; light hens, 41 42c. Rabbits Live white 4 to 5 lbs . 20 26c: 5-6 lbs., 16-18c; colored 2c lower, fresh dressed Idaho fryers to retailers 40c: local 48-52c; old or heavy does and bucks 10-14c lb.; local 50-54c. Teamsters Notified Of Fines If Not Registered To Vote Officers of Local 962, Inter national Brotherhood of Team sters, Chauffeurs and Helpers union, apparently are taking no chances of union members failing to vote in the primary election May 19. Postcards saying they would be fined $25 if they are not reg istered to vote have been mailed out to members of the union, it was learned from several sources. County clerk's office em ployees reported this morning they were receiving numerous phone calls from members and their wives, checking to see what their registration status is. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Showers to night and Thursday. Cooler tonight Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight. Partly cloudy with scattered showers Thursday. Low to night 38 to 46. High Thursday 48 to 38. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today : Highest 70; Lowest 43. Total monthly precipitation. 22 inch Deficiency for the month .33 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1049.' 14.83 Inches. Excess for the season 1.17 Inches. Relative humidity 4 30 p m. yester day 48-p; 4:80 a.m. today 57. Observations Takrn At 4:10 A.M. 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec. Boise 7 46 Boston .... 48 38 ,05 Chicago 44- 30 Denver ... 61 31 Eureka 64 53 .11) Havre . 32 31 Klamath Falls 61 45 Los Angeles 7ft 48 Medford ! 48 T New York 55 42 .01 Omaha 4f 28 .08 Phoenix 85 33 Portland 38 50 .41 Reno 64 28 Eugene . ..... 61 50 .08 Salt Lake 61 32 San Francisco ...... , 64 44 Seattle 38 43 J3 Spokane 63 47 I Washington. D. C. ...... 71 42 .10 Yakima 63 47 .02 Tomorrow Sunrise 5:33 a m. Sunset 6:49 p m. III at Home W. T. Wheeler, Happy Valley, is confined to his home because of Illness. IITTIE I0TJ WHO UK TO PLAY "COWBOY"... M PMC GTNC AUTYwn...-kll ortf ttf 0 ttorm ro Coboyl. COMING Valley Drive-In Theater Rural School District Budgets Talked Today representatives of nine rural school districts were scheduled to hold hearings today with the county rural school board to reach final agreements on pro posed budgets for the 1950-51 school year. When all budgeted items are cleared at the hearings, the individual budgets will be combined Into one rural school budget for the county, and will be covered by an equalized county tax levy in all of the rural districts. A budget election must be held later since the budget will in evitably exceed the six per cent limitation, due to the outmoded tax base set for the district, school officials said. Hearings were-, being held In the county school superintend ents office today for laient, Phoenix, Kenwood. Butte Falls, Griffin Creek, Howard,' Pros pect, Jacksonville and West Side districts. Tomorrow the rural school board will meet with representatives from the Shady Cove, Applegate, Oak Grove, Rogue River, Ruch-Sterling and Eagle Point districts. Revote on Merger of School Districts Set The county school district boundary board today set April 28 as the date for a re-vote on the proposed consolidation of the Little Applegate school district with the Ruch-Sterling district. Voters may cast ballots from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the two schoolhouses on that date. Ruch-Sterling district now In cludes the former Watkins, Uniontown and Forest Creek districts, which voted to merge with the larger school at a re cent consolidation election. Lit tle Applegate residents turned down the proposal at that time. Petitions for a re-vote were fil ed, since it was believed the ad verse vote represented a mis understanding of the problem faced by the Little Applegate school. Court House News Divorce Complaints Dalton, Louis M. vs. Loda Belle. Lynch, Mary Elizabeth vs. James Martin. Divorce Decrees Harkreader, L u c v M. vs. Wayne Walter. To plaintiff. Apple, Helen L. vs. William Ray. To plaintiff. Court Records Justice Court Clement N. Baker, no PUC permit, fine $10 and costs. Gerald J. , Secger, overload, fine SI 1 and costs. Edward T. France, no opera tor's license, fine SI and costs. Ellsworth L. Dement, over load, fine S54.50 and costs. Eldred R. Shaffer, no opera tor s license on person, line $1 and costs. Guy E. Wallace, Inadequate brakes, fine $1 and costs. William R. Dowless, no tail light, fine $2.50 and costs. Charles H. Meyers, overloads, total fine S59.50 and costs. James V. Stewart, overload, fine $18 and costs. Police Court Perry Paul McCoy, no driver's license and illegal muffler, total fine $7.50. Tommy Natwick, violation of basic rule, fine $10. The highest price ever paid for a horse in America was $500,000, which a syndicate headed by Leslie Combs II gave to Louis B, Mayer for the stallion Alibhai. DANCES At the Klamath Falls ARMORY THIS WEEK Thurs., Apr. 13 LEIGHTON NOBLE and hit 14 piece ORCHESTRA - Sat., Apr. 15 "T" TEXAS TYLER STARTS MUTINY! 1 AfcttJSStrf Obituary JOHN HACKETT John Emerson Hackett, 58, 824 Chestnut avenue, passed away at the family home Tues day. Arrangements are In charge of Conger-Morris funeral par lors and a complete obituary will be published later. FRED HOESLY Funeral services for Fred (Fridolin) Hocsly, 90, Jackson ville, will be conducted Thurs day at 2 p. m. in the Chapel mort uary, with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Mr. Hoesly was born in Swit zerland in 1860 and came to the United States when a boy of 14. For a number of years he oper ated a cheese factory in northern Oregon and after coming to Jack sonville was a section foreman on the railroad between Medford and Jacksonville. Until about a vear and a half ago, he was care taker of the Beekman estate, and then came to Medforfi. where he oasscd away at a local hospital Monday. No known Immediate relatives survive. Interment will be made in Jacksonville cemetery. RICHARD VAUGHN Richard Benjamin Vaughn, a resident of southern Oregon for almost 75 years, passed away at a local hospital Wednesday. Mr. Vaughn was born at Fort Jones, Cal.. on Jan. 18, 1864, and was aged 86 years. He moved to Jackson county when he was 13 vears of age and had lived at Prospect since 1908. moving to Rogue River last year. He was a former member of the Upper Rogue Grange. He is survived by two daugh ters. Mrs. W. G. Tucker and Mrs. L. A. Ditsworth. both of Rogue River: two sons. Roy, Trail, and Uriah. Roseburg; one brother, Nick, Talent, and one sister. Mrs. Melissa Knighton, Ashlund. Eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be con ducted from Perl funeral home Saturday at 11 a. m, with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Interment will take place in Central Point cemetery. WILL SUTHERLAND Will A. Sutherland. 420 Park street, passed away at a local hosDital Tuesday. A complete obituary will be oublished later, with Perl funeral home in charge of arrangements. To handle crowds attending the British Industries Fair in London and Birmingham, spec ial train arrangements are an nounced by British railways and as an added attraction, a bar gain "Go-as- You-Please ticket sold only in America. James Rumsey Invented the first steamboat and demonstrated it on a branch of the Potomac river in 1784. WEDNESDAY REALTY VIEWS "Trees." the ladv said, "Trees mean more to me than any other feature of a house. I just love tall shade trees. And a nice lawn with plenty -of shrubs f B and flowers," ! "Of course, 1 she went on, - : "that means I'll f ave ,0 n older style house. " t But I really don't W;, mind that. Most u - Tli ' ' f hem h v Fred Chei )arge rooms and plenty of space for every use. And it seems to be a house has to be lived In awhile before it appears cheerful and homey. "The older house is usually closer in, too. I like to be within easy walk ing distance of the downtown district. "Anyway, some of my friends say an older house is the most practical for a growing family. You get more room for your dollar, and the walls are already broken in to children's first effort at art. "But the best feature of all Is trees. Real shade trees." Well, that's one lady's view. Maybe i you share it. Let us show you some real baraains in used houses complete with TREES. ALWAYS DEAL THROUGH A REALTQR i HOME AGENCY Realtors , JOSEPH CHEZ, Broksr t North Rivtrlide Phone 2-5124 or 2-2905 TODAY! 'UPPER WiKii GAtOAN.trtM MftVTY OwrttM UNO . Maria MOM ID Mar OtMM iter COtffttJAM Tfiwaa MAOUT iter COtffttJAM f Wednesday. April 12. 1950 'Hamlet' To Open in Medford on Monday 'Hamlet," Sir Laurence Oli ver's production of Shakespeare's lamous tragedy, win open nere Monday, according to Robert Corbin, manager of the Robert L,. Lippcrt theaters. Arrange ments have been made for road show performances of the film, Corbin said. The picture, which has been acclaimed by critics of two con tinents as among the finest films ever made, will play here April 17 to 19. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. No Acton Expected To Limit Foreign Fish Importations Astoria, Ore., Apr. 12 (U.R) The Astoria Chamber of Com merce said today Rep. Walter Norblad (R Ore.) has reported there is "no hoDe" for congres sional action to limit foreign fish importations. The 'chamber had requested Norblad's aid in limiting Im ports of bottom fish and shark. The representative said the re ciprocal trade agreements law Sives lull power to the executive branch of government to set im port quotas. The identifying "wedding band" for Taiyal brides, in For mosa, is a t attooed marriage mark from her mouth to her ears. pan 6:30; Show ( Duik CLARK lnrrnnr? COMPANION CO-HIT "CAMPUS HONEYMOON" with ADELE MARA ' "Gimme two hoi Aant iun L. iw candv bn iwi J Ihe baby'i bottle and Oh, two coffees ror Mom and Pop Moviti Art Better Thin Ivtrl THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL MOTION PICTURES TENSION S-sSVINCtNT PRICE ... hum iKtw ELLEN DKcw MAT. dKry EVE. 12:454 6:45 """"" PLUS ' Ak Democrats Gaining In Clatsop County Astoria. Ore., Apr. 12 U.f) Clatsop county records today i showed a continuing gain in I democratic registrations al- tnough the GOP held a 387 mar gin. Republicans now totaled 7029, democrats 8,662. Of the new registrants last week, 120 were democrats and 75 republicans. Totals for other oarties were: Progressive, eight; non-partisans, 82; Independent, '8; prohibitionist, two; miscel lancus, 13. IT STARTS TODAY! FACT or "The FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL" Say "TRUE" LI. : I I'M nwb mijuing ana ..!,. -.w w -JfTJ Stirring Mikel Conrad, irates f HAYWARD iwMitiiics V H iizm. .il : -"-- " r .,..,?w.ijv.? ill LOUIS " -pfcfc. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Amorous Portlander Given Time To Study ' Method of Approach Portland. Ore., Apr. 12 (U.R) Amorous advances by 21-year-old Lewis H. Sherrill got him 48 hours In jail to think over his technique plus a fine of $50, Sherrill was arrested on a dis orderly conduct charge after a census taker complained that he grabbed her identification card and forced two kisses on her be fore getting down to the business oi ine census. FICTION? r w ....... u.a. newt ana world Report' $J Pat Garrison, Hanti Van Teuffen Capri." & u ora ma asaa am on MARIELLA LOTH No one will believe your story, Deboroh ... not even the man you love! LUPIH9 4& ""CilAlLT If si 115 il 'Tf CAfTAIM j I mm at ff 71' it
