Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 05, 1950, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextII Local and Hoipital'ued Sandy Dickin son, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dickinson, Talent, was admitted to Ashland Gen eral hospital Friday, because of pneumonia. , . . Correction Mistletoe club of Royal Neighbors of America will meet Wednesday, June 14. at Girls Comunity club instead of June 7 as was announced in Sunday's issue of the Mail Tribune. Scout Awards At a meeting of Troop 27, Rogue River Boy scouts, Tuesday in Fellowship hall, special awards will be pre sented three Rogue River scouts for outstanding performances in scouting. To Meet Logistical division 6310, reserve officers, will meet at 8 p.m. today at 33 North Riv erside avenue. Study topic will be "Transportation in the Com munication Zone." All officers who need points are urged to attend. Building Permits E. C. Niles will erect a $7,000 residence at 1010 Stewart avenue, according to a building permit application made to the city building inspec tor's office. Lee O. Graham ask ed a permit to erect a $3,000 garage. , , , Collision Reported A car driven by Elvin Brewer. Ash land, and a truck operated by George R. Welsh, collided at Ninth street and Riverside ave nue Saturday evening, damag ing the Brewer vehicle consider ably, according to a report filed with city police. Society to Meet Delphian society will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the home of airs. H. C. Drew. 3525 Delta Waters road. Members are informed that they should drive out the Old Crater Lake hishway. turning right at Delta Waters road at the radio towers. Members are to bring a sack lunch. From Eugene L. E. Dean, 612 Franquette street, arrived home yesterday from Eugene where he had been confined for the past month after undergoing major surgery. His condition is reported to be improved and he is able to have visitors. Mrs. Hazel Gottfried. 612 Franquette street, and Walter Jones, 1113 South Oakdale avenue, drove to Eugene to bring Dean home. Jailed City police jailed Eu gene Dunlap, 51, on a drunk and disorderly charge yesterday aft ernoon after he allegedly threat ened Woody Stephenson, barten der at the Veteran club, with a knife, police said. Police report ed that on arrival at the club they found Dunlap lying on the floor. Stephenson, it was said, had taken the knife from Dunlap. Highway 99 North of Big Y LOCALLY OWNED VALLEY Help Us Celebrate Our FIRST ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT - JUNE 5 FREE We wish to thank one and all for your patronage and sincerely hope we merit your continued support. PLAYING Tonight and Tuesday M G Ms BIGGEST WESTERN IN 10 YEARS !! Filmed from the Iwst story of the Weslfver printed in the Saturday tvenint, Post! 9Tr Plus 'SARGE GOES TO COLLEGE' NEWS CARTOON Gates Open at 7:30, Show at Dusk Personal VFW Meeting Medford post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the VFW hall, 42 North Front street. In Klamath Falls Mrs. T. W. O'Brien, Medford, spent the week-end in Klamath Falls where she attended commence ment for her granddaughter, Carol Burritt, from Sacred Heart academy. At graduation at Southern Oregon college this week, Mrs. O'Brien's daughter, Mrs. H. R. Burritt, Klamath Falls will i.ni,.a Iim Kknl. ..... ---. t lie unbiiciui of science degree. At University oi aoumern lamornia com mencement, another daughter, Mrs. Forrest Draper. Los Ange les Will reraiim hoi- hanholnp rt science degree. Portland Produce Portland. Ore., June 5 (U P.) Butter Prices to retailers: Grade AA prints, 64c lb.; AA cartons, 65c: A nrints, 64c; A cartons, 65c; B prints, , Effg prices to retailers: Grade AA large. 49c; A large, 45c; AA medium. 43c; A medium, 42c; small, nominal; cartons. 2c additional. Cheese Prices to retailers: Oregon singles. 37-41c lb.; Oregon 5-lb. loas, 42'a-4ac lb.; triplets, J'2c less than singles. Premium brands, singles, 50 '2c lb.; loaf, 52 He lb. Local gooseberries sold for 15-17 cents a pound on the Portland east side fnrmers wholesale product mar ket today. Cabbage brought $4-4.25 a crate. Zucchini squash was $2.25-2.50 a flat. Leaf letuce sold for $1.25 a dozen bunches. Oregon-grown Marshal strawberries brought $3.50-3.75 a flat with some early sales up to $4. Narcissus variety sold for $3-3.25 a flat. Grand Island, Canby and Hood Riv er asparagus was $4.75 a 30-lb. pyramid. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable cloudiness and slightly coler tonight and Tuesday Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Tuesoay. High tomorrow. 55-60 on coast and 72-82 interior. Low tonight, 40-50 LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 07; Lowest 51. Total monthly precipitation, none. Deficiency for the month .12 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1940. 15.62 Inches. Deficiency for the season .04 inch. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester dav lOT; 4:30 a.m. today 73. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M.. 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec. Boise 88 55 Boston 72 53 .03 Chicago 74 56 Denver 71 49 Eureka 53 Havre 84 Klamath Falls 83 Los Angeles 91 Medford 90 New York 71 Omaha 76 Phoenix 102 Portland 78 Reno 88 Eugene .. 85 Salt Lake 78 San Francisco 62 Seattle 70 .16 43 58 50 50 52 63 47 44 46 48 Snnknne 82 53 Washington, D. C 73 53 .09 Yakima 84 Tomorrow Sunrise 5:38 a.m. Sunset 8:43 p.m. DRIVE THEATRE ICE CREAM BALLOONS For All! ROBERT TAYIOR JOMODIUIEHL Wall Street New York, June S (U.P.) Stocks had one of their worst declines of the year today. They opened firm with U. S. steel at a new high for 1950. Then selling developed in the railroad division whose average had its second widest decline of the year. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 221.76 off 1.95; 20 railroads 54.37 off 0.96; 15 utilities 43.31 off 0.19; 65 stocks 77.41 off 0.78. Sales today aproximated 1,630,000 shares, compared with 1.450,000 traded Friday. Today's closing prices on se lected stoclts: American T & T 15BV4 Anaconda 3174 Chrysler 69 Curtiss Wright 84 General Electric 483.4 General Motors 88'-4 Montgomery Ward 60 Vi Penn. R. R unquoted Penney, J. C. 59Vi Southern Co 12V4 Radio 1934 Southern Pacific 53i S. Oil of Calif 70 Texas Gulf Sulphur 724 Transamerica 177 s United Aircraft 28 U. S. Rubber 44 U. S. Steel 33VS Youngstown 90 V Livestock Portland. Ore., June 5 V.P.'i Cattle 1700: fairly active; fed steers strong to 50 cents higher; fed heifers steady; cows generally steady; bulls unchanged; good fed steers $29.50 S30.50; high good $31 or above; bulk medium. good fed heifers $25-27; some high good above $28; good young cows $22.50-23; mediums $19.50-22; cutter common .$17-19; canners-cutters 14.50 $10.50; odd head good beef and sau sage bulls $22; mediums $20-21.50; cutter-common $17-19. Calves 300; steady: good-choice vealers $26-30: mediums $22-25; com mons $14-21; good slaughter calves $26-28. Hogs 800; active: butchers 50 cents higher: sows steadv; earlv bulk and top good-choice 190-230 lb. butchers $22; few 240-260 lbs $20-21: 17 lbs $21: licht smooth sows under 360 lbs. $17-17 50; 400-550 lt $16-16 50. Shetp 1200; spring lambs steady: old crop lambs, yearlings weak to 50 cents lower; slaughter ewes steady; good-choice 90-!i7 lb. spring lambs S26-2650: medium-good $23-25 50; medium-good shorn yearlings $20-21; commons $17-18 50; common-medium slaughter ewes $6-8; culls down to $4. San Francisco. June 5 I l).P. Cattle 1050; supply includes around six loads of steers, the balance main ly grass cows: trade opened slow, i.ot fully established: few sales steady: canners and cutter $14-17:; common 517. 50-18.50. one lot medium range cows Sid: medium and good snusaee bulls $21.50-23.50. Calves 50; odd head good vealers $30. Hogs 400; supply Includes around 120 midwestern. Trade fairly active with butchers and sows steady; good and choice 190-240 lb. butchers S21: good sows $15. Sheep 4,000; no early sales. ALCOHOL BANNED State College, Pa., June S (U.R) Noting that teen-agers are replacing older war veterans on the campus. Pennsylvania State college banned today the use of alcoholic beverages on college property. A Nichols' Worth of Comment On Br HARMAN United Pratt Washington, June 5 (U.R) I should be in the jailhouse this very minute. I drove a 1915 truck down Pennsylvania avenue, right past the house where Mr. Tru man lives, with out license tags on the truck or a truck driver's license on me. The man in charge of the old GMC truck asked me how I would like to pilot the thing, and I said, sure. I shouldn't Barman N ten oil have. We cranked the 35-horse power truck and somehow made it out of the parking lot. As we hedge-hopped the safety islands down 14th street, the GMC man told me how his company got hold of the truck, which likely will be the darling of the truck show General Motors will hold here June 14. It seems that the 35-year-old job once belonged to a guy nam ed Lewis Durnte, who was a "cut-stone" dealer In Cincinnati. Mr. D. used the thing to haul tomb stones wherever tomb stones were indicated. As I get it, the grave-stone man sold it to a man who hauled tomb stones wherever tomb stones were indicated. As I get it, the grave-stone man sold it to a man who hauled beer in it. And finally it got back into the hands of Mr. D. It's all pretty complicated and confus ing. Old Fashioned Viriely Anyhow, away we went. The ?ear shift, of course, was on the loor and of the old-fashioned variety where you have to pujh a spring in to get from first to second. Cars scattered. At 14th and Pennsylvania, the whistle blowing private cop who has been standing there for years waiting to become a cor poral, whistled. "Where's your D.C. tags?" he bawled. "And let me see your truck driver's license and union card." The driver (me) took off the glasses and he said: "Hi-ya Nick." He whistled us on. RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drivt and BODY tnd PAINT SHOP Southern Oregon's Oldest ind Finest 29 So. Harriett Medferd CHURCH LEADER Walter S. Cross, Fitchburg, Mass., above, has been named presi dent of fhe Mother Church, First Church of Christ, Scien tist, in Boston, Mass., it was an nounced in Boston today. The church leader has been active in various capacities in the Christian Science movement, and has been a practitioner for many years. He joined the church in 1905. A chaplain with the 89th and 27th divisions during World War-1, he later served at a church war relief depot in France. Phoenix School Holds Baccalaureate Rite Phoenix, June 5 Baccalaure ate services for members of the 1950 graduating class of Phoenix high school were held at the Presbyterian church here Sun day. The three churches of the community participated, with the minister of each assisting. The Rev. E. H. McGee. pastor of the Christian church, gave the invocation and benediction, the Rev. C. H. Lacy, pastor of the Nazarene church, gave pray ers and the intercession and the host minister, the Rev. E. J. Clark, gave the sermon. His topic was "Better Equipped for the- Task." Choruses of the high school furnished special music, with the girls' chorus singing "The Lord's Prayer" and the mixed chorus "Dear Land of Home." W. Bernard Windt of the fac ulty directed the choruses and Miss Kay Dudley played both the processional and recessional numbers and accompanied the choruses. Court Records Justice Court Ernest W. Evans, overload, fine $36 and costs. John W. Nichols, overload, fine $42 and costs. Edwin A. Olsen, no operator's license, fine $1 and costs. This and That W. NICHOLS Ntriira Writer Crowd Gathers We wheeled to the right and at 12 miles an hour, which is all the old thing will go, we found ourselves gathering a crowd. The kerosene lamps attracted atten tion. So did the chain drive. We went along slow enough for the folks to ask questions. inc truck, painted red like a fire wagon weighs a couple of tons and 35 years ago could lug a ton and a half on her back deck. Our lob. the GMC man could tell everybody without looking it up. went through the terrible Ohio floods in 1927 and 1936. The old girl didn't turn a wheel during those watery times, but she didn't budge an inch either. She weathered the high water. Her solid rubber tires, which still serve, puffed a little under tne pressure but finally melted to size. Didn't Like Smell The president wasn't home when we went by the White House. The guards didn't like the smell of our old truck so we headed back for the barn. One thine I particularly liked about the old wagon, though, was the dash board. There wasn't anything on it except the igni tion switch. 6 days STARTS TONIGHT! AUSPICES SPORTSMEN'S CLUB, CENTRAL POINT IIUPERIRL SOD Cs GBEBHID CIS) fHQIli Q2E STRANGE FREAKS FUN HOUSE PRETTY GIRLS WILD ANIMALS CLOWNS ACROBATS at. S OF TENTS RIDES GALORE "FOLLOW THE GIANT SEARCHLIGHTS" Promotion Brings County Timber's Value Up, Is View The volume of usable standing timber on Jackson county's for ested acres has, in effect, been increased by at least 25 per cent in the past five years, in the opinion of H. V. Simpson, executive vice-president of the West Coast Lumbermen's asso ciation. He said that a nation-wide program of lumber promotion, now in its fourth year, had opened up large new markets for west coast lumber and had made a major contribution to improved forest utilization. "We have gone directly to the American consumer of lumber." Simpson said, "and told him how to use lower grades of lumber in his home and farm construc tion, at a saving to him, and yet at no sacrifice of strength and rigidity in his buildings." Demand Created "By creating a strong demand for lower grades of lumber," the official stated, "we have made it possible for Jackson county lum bermen to bring in many thou sands of additional feet per acre of low grade logs which were once left in the woods for lack of a market. That is forest conser vation of the highest order. "Every one of Jackson coun ty's 88 sawmills and their em ployees have profited from this national promotion program," Simpson continued. "It has meant additional millions of dol lars of income to Jackson coun ty firms. Sponsor Campaign "A number of Jackson county lumbermen are sponsoring this nalional advertising campaign," the lumber executive stated, "by membership in the West Coast association. The time may come when demand for lumber drops off. Then we will need to re double our efforts to sell west coast lumber in competition with substitutes and other materials. Then we will need the united support of every sawmill in Jackson county." Simpson cited the 502,810.000 million-foot estimated output of Jackson county mills in 1949 as one of the county's major eco nomic supports. Lumber as a crop was worth an estimated $32,179,840 to the county last year in cash income, he said, of which nearly $16,600,000 ' was wages. Auditor Here He announced that an official of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, Emmett Stoddard, auditor, would be in Jackson county for the next several days calling on local sawmills to tell them of the industry's promotion program. "We need to have more saw mills contributing financially to this national advertising and pro motion of lumber," Simpson urged, "if we are to maintain the high levels of production and employment built up during the past four years. Every sawmill, no matter what its production, should be an active supporter of this program to insure the con tinuance of a prosperous lumber industry and a prosperous Jack son county." Obituary JOHN CASH lnkn ra.h 79 Ppnlrnl Point passed away at a local hospital today. A complete oouuHry win ha miVilichoH Inter Perl flinprnl home is in charge of arrange ments. BIRTHS ROYLANCE To Mr. and Mrs. Harold J., 1274 S.E. 49th street, Portland, June 5, 19S0. a girl, Ti lbs., at Sacred Heart hos pital. MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard, Box 11. Talent, June 4, 1950, a boy, fl'4 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. SMITH To Mr. and Mrs. rinranxa 144 Smith CnllimhllS avenue, June 4, 1950, a boy, 8 ins., at sacren Heart nospuai. WEST'S LARGEST TRAVELING AMUSEMENT PARK gftMiMH fiQll' Monday, June S, 1950 ....AROUND i VIRGINIA United Press Hollywood, June 5 (U.R) Hol lywood's been "doctoring up" history in technicolor musicals for years, and nobody's ever bothered to register more than a mild beef. Until to day, that is. Now comes a young news paperman from I n glewood, C a 1., who claims to be an expert on Chi cago's gay '90s. He says the may Movielund dishes up his pet subject gives him the "hee bie jeebies." "I just saw 'Wabash Avenue'," Joe Bleeden groaned. "And I don't know what they use for research in Hollywood but they sure came up with a lot of boners." Bleeden, who was born in Chi cago 24 years ago, says the way they treat his hometown on the jcrcen weeps him awake nights. "Movie-makers seem to be fascinated wtih Chicago history between 1890 and 1920," he ex plained. "Now that just happens to be the period I'm concentrat ing on for a book I'm writing. "I've spent five years studying the political trends, the styles and the music of that period. And when I see Hollywood hutching 'cm up the way they do I get so mad I glow my tou! Song Not Even Written "Take 'Wabash Avenue.' They had a scene in it from the World s Fair in 1893 and they had an actor singing a song called 'Harrigan.' George M. Co WATCH FOR IT! STARTS SATURDAY! FOR Circus and Why See the Minia ture when the Vtrtinl IfMPhertea MY 6 BIG DAYS 6 STARTING TUESDAY, JUNE 20, MEDFORD FAIRGROUNDS Tht West Coatt Shows art known by its reputation of be ing the Finest, CLEANEST Carnival catering to the public, especially the Kiddies, today. A mile of Fun, Pastime Gorgeous, Beautiful Dane and Amustments. Ing Girls. A Midway for the Young and Old. Dare Devil Motor Drome Riders. 26,000 Feet of Neon. Special Rides for the Kiddies AUSPICES Vctorans of Foreign Wart Post 1833 HOLLYWOOD MscPHERSON Cemtpoeninl han didn't even write it until 1907!" And that's not all, Bleeden went on. "They pictured Wabash ave nue as a street of forgotten men," he said. "Sort of a gay '90s 'skid row.' They couldn't have been further off. "Wabash avenue then was a tough district from South 22nd street north to Van Buren street. That's where the 'Mickey Finn' was invented. No down-and-outer would have lasted there 20 min utes. "Yet that's what the movie version would have you believe. They filled it full of broken down bums. The truth was, it was full of gamblers and thieves and ladies of the streets. "And they weren't poor. They were doing fine financially, anyway." Bleeden isn't happy with the way Vic Mature's saloon was smashed in technicolor, either. "I checked with Carter Henry Harrison II," Bleeden said. "He's 90, now, but he was mayor of Chicago In the old days. And he said nobody ever wrecked any bars there then." Would Make Dull Show A spokesman from 20th Century-Fox, which made the pic ture, said everything Bleeden's griping about is "undoubtedly true." "Who looks at a history book?" he quipped. "You can get nn awful dull show that way. We were out for entertainment." Bleeden says he wasn't enter tained. About the only thing that looked right, he says, was Betty Grablc. But she always does even when she's not historically ac curate. THE Carnival Acts GIGANTIC IS COMING Freaks, Oddities from All Over the World. Tiny Midgets Dwarfs, Giants. mi MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE KlVaV Experiment Station Sets Annual Field Day- The second annual field day to be held at the southern Ore., gon branch experiment station near Talent has been set for Fri day, June 23, and la expected to draw hundreds of local busi- ness men and ranchers. Mors than 500 attended last year's event. The staff at the station will conduct guests on tours of the controlled plots of cereals, grasses and legumes where pio- I neering work is being done to develop strains adapted to thii. area. Experiments in weed con trol, soil rejuvenation and fer tilization will also be shown. County Agent W. B. Tucker is chairman of the committee mak ing arrangements for the field day and is being assisted by H. H. White, agronomist at the sta tion, and by Jens Svinth, Jo sephine county agent. Open 7:30 Show at Dusk Ends Tonite "HASTY HEART" "RED, HOT & BLUE" Starts Tomorrow PATRICIA MEDINA zasu Pins mi RANaV TlftJaf Inf Ml 2ND GREAT HIT rrv,r vv vtt EMU Phone 2-6424 ENDS TONITE ROY ROGERS 'Saga of Death Valley" Plus W. C. FIELDS In DOWN MEMORY LANE BARGAIN MATINEES 12:45 P.M. 40c ml ill fkil i 1 . VUm vIIb V tm TM f i ll i