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Local and Driven' Examiner A driv ers' liccns examiner will be on duly in Medford Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m in the Pythian building and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Persons wishing licenses or permits to drive are asked to get in touch with the examiner well ahead of the scheduled clos ing hour. Distributed by RO I I. IJV I JUST 2 MORE DAYS! THEN THE ROGUE RIVER ROUND-UP! Une of the West's Most Spectacular Shows FAIRGROUfJDS-MEDFORD SAT.,SUH., June 10-11 j ' SJ Sponsored MCKSON V-Mf COUNTY Wf SHERIFF'S Mj,;;V POSSE Personal Radio Committee Members of the radio committee of the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to dircuss final plans for construc tion of a radio building on Roxy Ann for the proposed forest net work. Other details of opening the net will also be considered. Some equipment for the project has already arrived. Snider's Dairy and Produce Company I To Ktntai Russell Swank, i son of the Rev. and Mrs. Joscp K. Swank. Jacksonville, left Monday for Hiawatha, Kan., to spend the summer with an aunt and uncle. While there he will drive tractor to assist in his rela tives' wheat harvest. From Lot Angeles Mrs. Lor ene Braziel and sons, Ronny and Jimmy, 414 West Jackson street, have had as their guests this week, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Honzik and Pete Braziel, Los Angeles. The visitors are relatives of Mrs. Braziel. VISITORS WELCOME! Monday through Friday CSNNCTIft (HIS ll.tll H.1.?.M41P.e. mw iwu urucu it ammiKur HVUMUO eOUPMT NMUM OUXXM BIG FREE SHOW FOR KIDDIES AND BIG PARADE SATURAY! Bronc-Riding O Brahma Bull Riding O Calf Roping Top Western Cowboys Featured Largest Showing of Mounted Posses Ever Shown In Southern Oregon Sunday SQUARE DANCE JAMBOREE Lon't miti Southern Oregon's GREAT EST SQUARE DANCE JAMBOREE at the MEDFORD ARMORY starting 9:30 p.m. HI MARTIN'S HAYLOFT GANG and EXPERT CALLERS Honor Croup Degree of Hon-1 or juniors will meet Salurday, ; uuue iu, hi ii b.iii. iui a uu in- day party. Jr riends are inviten. Girl Scouts The Girl scout day camp committee will meet at the scout home Thursday, June 8, at 9:45 p.m. for trans portation to the day camp where they will hold a meeting. Western Band Coming Ann Jones, western band leader and Capitol records recording mu sician, will appear at the Rogue Valley ballroom on June 9, it was announced today. To Meet Medford Bethel of Job's Daughters will hold in stallation of the guardian coun cil at a meeting in the Masonic temple at 7:30 p.m. today. De Molay members will be guests and refreshments will be served. Speaker Scheduled Mrs. Mar tha Selkirk, Townsend club na tional speaker, will report on the national convention at Den ver at a meeting on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Pythian build ing. All interested are invited. Picnic The Griffin Creek Home Extension unit will meet at the N. E. Harper home for a picnic lunch Friday, June 9. Iiv stallation of officers will be held Members are to take salads, sand' wiches or hot dishes and own service. Dessert will be furnish' ed. Guests are Invited. In St. Louis Dr. Charles F, Hocv and family. Phoenix, have left for St. Louis, Mo., where they will visit relatives. While there ur. Moey will attend a clinic of instruction. The family will also visit in Dayton, O. They are expected to return about July 15. Return A. R. Clement has re turned to Medford after a six months' slay in California. He is now living with his sister. Mrs F. R. Haggerty. 211 Cottage street. Also returning from Cali fornia with Clement, were his daughter. Mrs. M. Clogston and two children. Jacksonville high way, who had been visiting for a week in Hollywood. Los An geles, and Santa Monica. From California Mr. and Mfs. Frank Gibson have return ed to their home in Buena Park, Cal., after spending a week in Medford on business. While here they visited Mrs. Gibson's sis ter, Mrs. V. J. Gossman. 806 Wabash avenue, her two nieces, Mrs. Lorene Braziel, 414 West Jackson street, and Mrs. Edith Shcphard, Jacksonville, and a number of friends including Mr. and Mrs. Brose Lloyd, Morrow road. From Baltimore Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cunningham, Balti more, Md., arrived Monday to visit Cunningham's aunt, Mrs. O. O. Alenderfer. Evelyn apart ments. Mrs. Cunningham will leave by plane this evening for Portland to visit her parents, while Cunningham will remain with his aunt. Later he will join Mrs. Cunningham in Portland, and the two will return to then home. Tickets On Sale Get Youn NOW for BEST SEATS on tale at BARKER'S MEN'S STORE Main and Central in Medford. POPULAR PRICES! Hue Fire A flue fire at 209 Iowa street at 8:15 p.m. yester day was turned into firemen as a house blaze, they said today. R. A. Berry was the occupant. V Marine's Picnic Marine league members will picnic Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Tou Vellc park on the Rogue. All members, ex-marlnes who are not members, and their families are invited. Construction Planned Rod ney A. Witham has applied al the city building inspector s of fice to erect an $800 garage at 18 Eastwood drive. Jack Porter will make a $700 addition to a residence at 819 Minnesota ave nue. Horace Doolen will build a $400 addition to residence and shed. Housing Permits Three per mits for construction of houses have been issued by the city building inspector's office. M. M. Huggins asked to build a $20,000 residence at 128 White Oak drive. Houses costing $12,000 are planned by George L. Lewis at 2133 East Jackson street and Donald A. Hughes at 118 Black uaK artve. Discharged Raymond Rod gers, Butte Falls, who suffered a broken leg recently, and Karl riageousch, 2435 Jo-Jack road, hurt in a tumble down a moun side about 10 days ago, were dis charged from Comunity hospital today. Kenneth Knackstedt. 73 Renault avenue, who received an eye injury in a mill accident Saturday, was to be released today. Wreck Reported A coupe operated by Hazel M. Borch, 244 H North Ivy street, went out of control and hit two parked autos on North Riverside ave nue early this morning, city po lice reported. They said that the Borch machine hit the car of Milton Martin, 515 Liberty street, in the fiOO block and the. sedan of Mrs. Russell Wude. 333 towards street, in the S00 block of Riverside. Front end of the Borch car was badly damaged. Return Mr biiH Mr. fnrln Jarmin and son, Lyle, 821 Min nesota avenue, nave returned from Corvallis where Ihev vis ited from FriHnv In Ti,ic,4ai, While there they attended Com mencement KVPricna at Hrnann State college. The JarmTn's daughter, Audrey, was a member of the graduating class. Miss Jar min, wno received her oachelor " awnivt vVf..t.V: til lUJIIlt; ttll- nomics will teach at Oakland, Ore., this coming school term. ricr suojecis wui De nome-maK- ing ana music. Livestock Portland, Ore.. June 7 (U P.) Cattle aao. Bulk early sales row steatiy. few fed steers stcadv. Dulls unchanged. Package good 271 pound fed steers $30.10. Few common klndn 534 to JJ23. Few good 000 to 530 pounds feeder steers $24 to $28. Com mon heifers $1B to $113. Common and medium cows $17 to $21.50. Canncrs and cutters $14.30 to $13.30. Shells down to $13.30. Good wcichiv hulls $22 to $23 Medium shells down to a ia.su. lioofl weighty hulls $32 to $23 Medium kinds $20 to 2i.S0 Calves 50. Steady. Good vealers $20 to $28. Medium $22 to $23. Common 914 tO 2. Hogs 200. Active generally steady on butchers. Sow scarce on early round. Early hulk and top good and cnoice i i to z-jo pound mitcher szz. f ew 4fl to pounds $20 to $20.50. Sheep 400. Spring lambs steady. Little done on old ctod shorn lambs and yearlings. Odd head slaughter ewes steady. Small lots good 00 to 102 pound spring lambs $25.73 to $2H. Few good 140-pound won'rd ewea sn au. amau jois good 4 io in pounds. Shorn feeding Urn hi $18 to $10.50, Portland Produce Portland. Ore. June 7 (UP.) Butter Prices to retailers: Grade AA prints. 64c lb.; AA cartons. 63c; A prints, 64c; A carton, 63c; B prints, 82c. Egg prices to retailer: Grade AA large, 47c; A large. 44c; AA medium, 43c; A medium. 42c; small, nominal; cartons. 2c additional. Cheese Prices to retailers: Oregon singles, 37-41c lb.: Oregon B-lb. loaf. 42"a-43c lb.: triplets, l'ac less than single. Premium brands, singles. 50i, c lb.; loaf, 32'kc lb. Best quality Marshall strawberries sold for $3.25 a flat hut hulk of sup ply went for $2.73-3 with poor quality down a low as $2,25 on the Portland castnide farmers wholeaale produce Pea brought $3.00-3 00 a 30-lb. orange box. . Mid-Columhta lettuce wa $3-3.23 a crate with Portland area lettuce at $2.50 and below. Best California let tuce was $4.30-5.90 a crate. California Blng cherries brought ,-).ou-3,o i or row-iacea limit. Poultry, Rabbits Live chickens Broiler under 3 lh. 17c; 2-3 lbs., 23c; 3-4 lbs.. 28-27C; 4 lbs and over, 27-28c; fryers 2-3 lbs., 28c; 3-4 lbs., 30c; roasters 4 lbs. and over, 30c; leghorns under 4 lbs,, 14 18c; 4 lbs. over 17-lBc; roosters 25c; heavy hens, all weights. 22c; old roosters, all weights. 12- 13c. Turkeys Net to growers, dressed: A young toms, 27-28c; light hens, 41 42c. Rabbits Live white 4 to 5 lbs., 22- 24c; 5-8 lbs., 20-24c; colored 2c lower. ROUND-UP RESERVED SEATS Are Going Fast! GET YOURS Wednesday. June 7, 1950 Wall Street New York, June 7 (UP.) Steel and automobile shares featured a strong, moderately active stock market today. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 223.68 up 0.22; 20 railroads 55.13 up 0.41; 15 utilities 43.71 up 0.43; 65 stocks 78.19 up 0.32. Snles today approximated 1.750.000 shares, compared with 2,250,000 traded yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 139 1 4 Anaconda 32 Vi Chrysler Tl'-H Curtiss Wright 81i General Electric 48Vs General Motors v 953s Montgomery Ward 60 Va Penn. R; R 16 Penney, J. C 59 Southern Co 12 U Radio 21 Southern Pacific 544 S. Oil of Calif 70V Texas Gulf Sulphur 73 TransamcricB 18Vs United Aircraft 28 U. S. Rubber 44? Youngstown 92 Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Med ford ft nd vicinity: Genornlly cloudy and continued cool tonight. Scattered light shower. Decreasing cloudiness and warmer Thursday. Western Oregon: Partly cloudv 10- nfftht and Thursday, warmer Ttuirs dav afternoon hut cooler tonight. Low tonight 38 to 46. High Thursday 62 to 72 interior unit as to on a long coast. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 83: Lowest flu. Total monthly precipitation .01 (nch Deficiency for the month .17 Inch Total precipitation since September 1, )04. 13.63 incnefi. Deficiency for the scuson .00 Inch Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 50: 4:30 am. Wflay mj'. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 120 Meridian Time Htith Low prcc Boise Bon ton Chicago Denvt-r Eureka . . Havre Klamnth Fulls .... 40 ,30 K4 87 53 Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha ... .16 87 86 4 67 Phoenix 9B .06 Portland n-i Reno 68 Eugene 61 40 Salt Lake 88 San Francisco a Seattle 32 Spokane 33 Washington, D, C 86 Yakima 87 43 65 44 .17 Tomorrnw Sunrise 4:33 a.m. Sunset 7:44 p.m Dead line Sunday classified U a Moon Saturdays. NOW SHOWING CENTRAL POINT imPERIRL WEST'S LARGEST TRAVIUNO AMUSIMINT PARK fTRANGI FREAKS PUN HOUtI PRITTT GIRLS WHO ANIMALS CLOWNS ACROBATS ACRIS OP TINTS RIDES OALORI "rouow mi qiant ncmioHn" DRIVE 111 theatre Tonite - Thurs. J. LUND M. DIETRICH in "FOREIGN AFFAIR" Plus "CARIBBEAN ROMANCE" A Technicolor Featurerte NEWS CARTOON Gatti Open it 7:30. Show it Duik riT tin Now! On Sale at BARKER'S Main and Central Gold Hill Council Sets Budget Vote Gold Hill, Siine 7 An amend ment to Ordinance 245 was adopted by tho city council at the meeting Monday niKht to change the name ol the occupa tional tax to business tax. The several businesses were named and amounts of the tax remain ed the same as in the previous years. Any business not listed will be taxed at a rate not less than $10 per year. The special election for the city budget was set for June 26, from 12 to 8 p.m. at the city hall Mrs. John Frost was appointed chairman and judge, Mrs. Wil liam Ferguson judge, and Mrs. Bob Kies clerk for the board. To Ruiie $11,015 Amount to be raised to exceed the six per cent limitation will be $8,635 for the general fund and amount to be raised for the bond and interest fund will be $2,050. making a total of $11,015 to be raised by taxation. Amount of the budget this year is about $3,000 less than last year. Paul Wright was granted an extension of the lease for part of Lot 0 for a period of five years Mrs. Llllie MacKay and Mrs. Charles Askin were grant ed permission of the council to use the council room twice a month for the meeting place for the American Pension club No. 1. Obituary RICHARD VINCENT Richard Benton Vincent, 77, a resident of southern Oregon nil of his life, passed away at the family residence. 851 Humphrey street Tuesday. Mr. Vincent was born in Sams Valley on Dec. 9, 1872, the son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Oliver Vincent. Surviving arc three brothers. John, Meritord; James. Independ ence, ami Gip. Central Point, and one sister, Mrs. Belle Centers, Medford. He was united in marriage to Miss Addie Gordon on June 21, 1898. in Jacksonville. He was a member of the Apostolic Faith church. Funeral services will be con- r7 HE 71 ENDS tj TONITE "SKI PATROL" Also "BURMA CONVOY" Tomorrow! BARGAIN MATINEE Every Week Day 40c Open 12:45 MOVES OVER TODAY! mum Optn 7:30 Show at Duik I ACTION I flHTAI f IM m i HlUJlll IllllilirV JSv l"j PATRICIA MEDINA ) I1, ZASU PITTS RAY COLLINS Iff tni "HUHCH,- II Tiltinn rm Mutt J1 rl! AND r j- IV' iMrts 'jlW 0. I Vv Saturday "yy' MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE ducted from Perl funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. C. W. Frost, pastor of the Apos tolic Faith church, officiating. In terment will take place in Cen tral Point cemetery. mm Phone 2-6924 MUM in Max Brand's unforgettable story of Rhiannon and his daring masquerade that shook the West I mom i"- muw n .... Dim an Novti trr Mm Brand rt-fforrfrtp WAtTfC ELLA RAIrlES 8 REN NAN WARD BOKO ,m JEFF CORE! BIRRT IELIET I REPUBLIC PR00UCII0I fJL !News - Candid Mike - Cartoon CNDS TONITE JUNE HAVER GORDON MacRAE in "THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY" Tomorrow! It (Romaaticunn CO ASHLAND PLUS HAVOC ! JOHN J RUSSELL 11' V