Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 19, 1954, Image 31

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Newspaper Page TextMed Treasure Antique Jewel Case Made From Single Wood Block "What do you think it is?" Ted asked, gesturing towards a small cabinet. The piece was approximately 14 inches square and a little under 18 inches high to the top of the scrollwork arch, over its front. . Except for that ornamen tal ion. and more scrollwork on the arches between the footings, it was of a simple design. "I bought it for S30 because I liked the shape," said Alice. I opened the panelled door in the front of the piece. There was a lock to it. but the lock was broken. Inside there were two bare shelves. Below the door was a shallow drawer on which there was also a broken lock. "I didn't know until after I got it that it was made from a sin gle block of wood," continued RARE CURRIER AND IVES "What do you think of this?" Jean asked, holding up rare Cur- t .u:v ,1,. ner ana ives pm.i. w". a s?.id she had bought for only $35, ' It was a small folio size en- tilled Central Park In Winter, Beneath a full moon a score or more of skaters were flashing over a pond in the upper fore- ground just beyond a road that was filled with sleighing parties, ', The piece was beautifully pre- served. Not only did the figures find any more until after pay look as fresh as newly arrested day, please." - - SOME HALF-CENT COINS BRING GOOD PRICES "A half-cent," sniffed my I explained that the half-cent Cousin Beth, "the most worth- pieces of the period had differ less coin the country ever put ent sizes in the laurel berries out, and here it is hung on a on the back and that the size good gold chain." ' made a difference in value of I turned my attention to the about $10. coin held in a close fitting "Very well," she said, showing circlet. ' - a sudden access of interest, "but It was In mint condition. Even which one is this, and how much the letters in the word Liberty, is it worth?" inscribed oq a fillet in the hair She was greatly surprised to of . the female ' head above the learn that hers, with the larger date, 1831, were free pf the tiny berries, was catalogued at $75. scratches that virtually any use "Why should it be worth so will bring. much," she asked incredulously. The date held no special sig- And she still didn't quite see nificance for me until I turned even after learning that this was the coin over, and what made one of only 2200 half-cent it do so then was the sight of pieces, the total issued in 1831. laurel berries in the wreath en- (Released by closing the words half cent. McClure Newspaper Syndicate) 27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Painting SPRAY painting roofs, houses, general painting. Free estimates Sullivan Bros 219 S Ivy Phone 2-9851 Services & Repairs KIRBY COMPANY Service and Repairs 1028 Murray Ave. Phone 2-8821 TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY TOM & JERRY BATTER STOLEN COFFEE CAKE SPECIAL, cakes, pies and rolls for Christmas BEARDENS BAKERY Phone 3-1833 Out West Main B-FLAT TENOR SAXOPHONE. A-l condition. Call Medford 2-6757. FOR SALE '37 Ford truck parts. Good '41 truck cab. Red fir planer ' blocks S5 per load. Phone 3-3396. FURNITURE MOVING & STORAGE Fadded Van. Service. We have a clean, fire-resistant storage ware house. Phone 2-o29d. . F. E. SAMSON CO. LET Beauty Culture be YOUR ca reer. Enroll now for January class. Hieh school education NOT reauir ed. Total tuition less than $80. Ph. Medford Beauty School 2-6536. NORTON LUMBER CO. 10: 11 DISCOUNT SALE Will end Dec. 31st. We have a (rood supply of building materials. Free delivery Phone 3-2888. SAMSON'S SPECIAL DAIRY . FEED $3.10 per 80 lb. sack. None better at any price. Why pay more? F. E. SAMSON CO. UPRIGHT PIANO. Phone 3-3384. FOR SALE Woman's wrist watch. Never worn. Black and gold face, sweep second hand. $10. Also V size German-made violin, bow and case, perfect cond. $30. Ph. 2-2972 UPHOLSTERED platform rocker with matching stool $25. Ivory and red gate-leg kitchen table with 2 chairs, S10. Phone Central Point 492. Repossessed $519 ARVTN TV SET. beautiful mahogany cabinet. UHF- HF. 28 tube full doors console, a steal at $297,501 Terms. ACME HARDWARE CO. LILLIES HEALTH & SLENDERIZING SALON will be closed from Dec. 20th to Jan. 9th. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. WILL SHARE my home with a mid dleaged lady. References. Inquire 212 S. Grape. CLEARANCE FLOOR MODELS. S530 ZENITH deluxe automatic washer and dryer combination, fully guar anteed, special $420. terms. ACME HARDWARE. .- . . STOCKMEN See us for your Range Cubes or Cottonseed Pellets. We can save you money F. E. SAMSON CO. CHRISTMAS POTTED PLANTS. Poin settias. Azaleas. Cyclamen. Violets. Very nice plants. BERRYDALE FLOWERFAKM BEST offer takes $364 ladies diamond ring. Must go. Tribune Box 6891. WANTED 10 to 20 good producing MILK COWS. L. W. Burks, Apple gate, Oregon. PLANER BLOX Clean Quick Hot MEDFORD FUEL Ph. 2-2111 BIG 200 cubic foot truck load clean planer blox. $6. Phone 3-1653. ALL NEW -OIL-O-MATIC" OIL BURNERS MEDFORD FUEL CO. Court & McAndrews CHRISTMAS TREES Silver Tips. Red & White Firs. Free stands and free delivery. Same Location as ' past years. 226 W. Jackson; r LYING A "OIL-TO-BURN" MEDFORD FUEL CO. . TL 2-2111 Court & McAndrews Alice, pointing out that the grain was of walnut. Inasmuch as I had never be fore seen such a thing cut out of a single block, I gave it a close scrutiny. It seemed unlikely that it was meant to hold either sil ver or china, and it was even more evident that it was meant to sit on some sideboard or bu reau. At a loss for any better suggestion, I ventured that it might possibly have been used as a sort of jewel case. When. I saw Ted a couple of weeks later, he told me they had consulted a couple rf ex perts and been assured that it was a jewel case. "It's the type known as a Queen Anne cabinet," he said "And one man wants to sell it on consignment for $400, but Alice says nothing doing." BOUGHT AT BARGAIN motion, but the, wording in the Currier & Ives imprint was easilv legible. of coursCi j, don,t want us to keep it said Jean smooth- ly after her husband had had a full half minute in which to take it in, "I know that we can sell it for a good figure. I checked and found it brought well over $100 at auction lately." . "No. We'll keep it; wonder girl," said Tom passing his wife two twenties. "But just don't TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY BARB WIRE Lieht 2 point S7.50 Heavy 4 point SI 1.45, Heavy 2 point $10.55. We can save you money on all your fencing needs. F E. SAMSON CO. FOR SALE Bundles of old news papers. 20c each. Medford Mail Tribune Office. Television and Radio Repair . TrowbridKe & Flynn Electric Co. 214 W. Main Ph. 2-5211 VERY NICE DISH GARDEN Plants, planters and planting service. BERRYDALE FLOWER FARM MEDFORD FURNITURE 2ND HAND STORE USED Furniture and Appliances; 2502 W Main Phone 2-9355 A FEW specials for- quick sale. One used cast 5 ft. recessed tub & fix. tures $40. one used toilet $20. one used lavatory $8.50, one pedestal lavatory si 5, one used laundry tray $10. one 30 Kal. elec. water heater. good. $35, one 60,000 Peerless gas neater $23. floor sanaer for rent Remember 3 off for cash. Haggard LumDer on 99, i'noerux. KEEP your dogs and cats free from ticks, lice, fleas and mange, with wydane. SURGE DAIRY SUPPLY 217 W. 6th ELECTRIC STEEL FENCE POSTS 50c each. Complete with insulator - and clamp. F. E. SAMSON CO. Welfare Payments Total $101,100 During November Total expenditures for public welfare in all categories was $101,100.85 during November, it was reported last week by the Jackson County Public Welfare commission. The total was almost the same as the amount spent during Octo ber, which was $101,549.53. It was up somewhat from the $95,- 216.01 spent in November, 1953. Of the total spent last month, the largest amount, $60,963, went for old age assistance. There were 947 cases involved." . Children Aided The second-largest sum, $16,- 127, went for aid to dependent children. There were 396 young sters aided in 133 separate cases, with several children in some families constituting one case. Third-largest amount was for general assistance, where $12, 070.27 was spent to assist 105 families and 154 single persons. Other amounts spent during the month included $1,957.16 for foster home care for 38 children, of which $70.58 was reimbursed; aid .to the blind, $718 for 10 cases, and aid to the permanent ly and totally disabled, $9,336 for 121 cases. Twin Peaks, the geographical heart of San Francisco, afford a magnificent panoramic view of the Bay region. , " - TheyH Do It Every Time To HEAR DRASTIC ' MAJNTMlSfcS R5R YOU GREEJWoRNS 1 TELL IT.HE WROTE P REMEMBER IS STAY Itf YOUR (BV V 2! , EStS?? SMOKE-MDU'LL 6ET4 DEER" ffifM to urn and yfcuu. msLoKAyyoo'RE oh your rj fi wl mnilsliMi) ''J WAITING "TC40O3 MT jL. SO THE BUSHES MOVE A TWIG O lw WALK AROUND AWA r SNAPS-READ AM-OOPS Ike's Press Conference Techniques Said Improving; Still Tough for Note Takers By MERRIMAN SMITH U.P. White House Writer Washington . (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower's press confer ence technique seems to be im proving steadily. . The chief executive has held 56 new conferences since tak ing office. The tenseness he showed in the early months has almost disappeared. However,, he still is the most difficult president in recent years . to follow on pencil and paper. This is due to his speed of speech, plus what has been described as his "circular" sen tence construction. Plus, of course, the fact that few of the reporters take short hand notes. They use a scrib bling system of abbreviated Eng lish readable only to the indi vidual who makes the notes." At least two-thirds of the re porters at an Eisenhower news conference do not have to make detailed notes. They have time to wait for an unofficial but complete transcript of the pro ceedings made by a. commercial reporting firm.4 However, report ers for the press associations, the networks, and newspapers on deadlines, must do their best to keep up with Mr. Eisenhow er in complete detail. Speaks Fast When the President makes a formal speech from text, he speaks at a rate of between 120 and 130 words a minute. He seems to speak even faster in news conference. " His sentence construction fre quently is complicated, unless Carlson Predicts Ike Will Seek Reelection Washington (U.R) Senator Frank Carlson (R-Kan.), one of President Eisenhower's early po litical backers, has joined those Republicans predicting the Pres ident will run for a second term in the White House. And on the basis of 1952 de velopments, Carlson can boast of a fairly good record as a prophet regarding Mr. Eisenhower's po litical intentions. Statement Disclosed Amid speculation about wheth er the President will seek re election in 1956 or retire to a Pennsylvania farm, Carlson's of fice here disclosed that the Kan sas senator made this statement this week in his home state; "The people of this nation in, 1952 were insistent that General Eisenhower return to the United States from his NATO service in order that they might elect him President. They will be equally insistent in 1956 that he assume this great responsibility for an other four years. Special Prosecutor Named for KF Case Portland U.R) Charles E. Raymond, chief deputy district attorney of Multnomah county, says he has accepted an invita tion to be special prosecutor for Klamath county in the murder trial of James Quinton Ander son. Anderson is charged with the fatal shooting of Richard David Miller, 25, in November. He has requested . a change of venue with a hearing scheduled in Klamath Falls next Monday. Raymond was to confer with Klamath County District Attor ney Frank Alderson Saturday. N4PWIICE Garbage collections In Medford for the Christmas and New Year week-ends will be as follows: Friday's collections .'will be made on Thursday. T Saturday's collections will be made on Friday. We wish to take this opportunity to extend Holiday Greetings to one and ell. :- CITY SANITARY SERVICE COMPANY he is speaking on a subject to which he has given much ad vance thought. When Mr, Eisenhower is ask ed a question, he usually starts speaking immediately without stopping to consider silently whaft he . is about to say,- He thinks aloud and on his feet. On occasion, he is eloquent. An example of this was his re cent news conference delinea tion of America's desire for peace and the need for courage to be patient in international relations. This was the Presi dent at his news conference clearest and best The Eisenhower temper of his Army days rarely shows itself before reporters. To date, he has not indulged in the face-to-face criticism, scorn, and occasional name-calling . toward reporters that at times marked the press relations of, his two emmediate predecessors. On occasion, a question will anger him and his reply will show it. But his reply usually is directed to the question, not the questioner. When his face colors noticably, when he teeters on his toes, when he whacks one hand in the other, he's sore. He has ex-President Truman's trait of punctuality at his news conference, but Mr. Truman did not seem to care nearly as much as Mr. Eisenhower about how long the conferences lasted. Mr. Eisenhower is ready to leave after about 30 minutes. High Attendance The Eisenhower press confer ences are more heavily attended Expects Reelection "While the President has for many years carried great and ever-increasing burdens of re sponsibility and might, under standably, hope for a well de served rest, I feel confident that he will concede to the demands of the people and that he will be reelected by an overwhelming vote." - Similar forecasts were made last week by two Republican congressional leaders, House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. and Sen: Eugene D. Millikin (Colo.), chairman of the Senate GOP caucus. 15 Evening Courses Slated at College . .Ashland Fifteen evening courses will be offered by South ern Oregon college during the winter quarter from Jan. 3 to Mar. 16, Registrar Mabel W. Winston has reported. Information concerning fees and class meeting times may be obtained from her office at the college. . ': Among the courses to be of fered are basic ceramics, ad vanced ceramics, painting, or chestra, tests and measurements, evaluation bf classroom instruc tion, speech correction, first aid, standard and advanced, body conditioning, rollerskating, so cial dance, creative writing, phil osophy, first year Spanish, his tory of the Far East, and history of the Northwest The advanced ceramics, paint ing, education, first aid, and his tory courses all meet require ments for secondary provisional teaching certificates, Mrs. Win ston said. By Jimmy Hatlo on an average than any ..since the days when interest in the Roosevelt administration w a s running high. His, first news conference in 1953 attracted 294 reporters, a record . to date. There have been many confer ences since attended by well over 200 men and women. Wed nesday's attendance was 152. Mr.-Eisenhower's general at titude toward the reporters to day is easier and more informal than it was a year ago. He doesn't seem quite as braced for a storm as lie once did. Most of the reporters he knows are ad dressed as "mister." Only a few are called by their first names. Most of, his meetings with re porters are , held in an ornate room ,of the old State depart ment building at 10:30 a.m. He is expected to hold these con ferences only once a week. This Mr. Truman's schedule, although F.D.R. tried to maintain a twice-a-week schedule. The building is across the street from the White House. Members of the President's staff would like to see the conferenc es restored to the White House, itself, but this is impossible at the moment because: Mr. Eisen hower's office is too small for the crowds he has been attract ing. Natural Gas Line Completion Seen Within Two Years Calgary, Alta. (0.R) Wtst- coast Transmission Company's natural gas pipeline from the Peace river fields to the United States , border is expected to be completed within two construe tion seasons after work starts, a company official said. 650 Miles Long ; George F. McMahon, vice-president of Westcoast, said, it was hoped gas will be flowing in the line by late 1956. The line will be 30 inches in diameter along its entire length of 650 miles and have a daily capacity of 650,- 000,000 cubic feet, McMahon said. ') The line will follow the same general route originally pro posed by Westcoast, from Fort St. John through Pine pass to Prince George, Quesnel, Wil liams lake, Merritt and on south to serve Vancouver, B.C. Gas will ' be delivered to Pacific Northwest pipeline corporation at the border in the Sumas, Wash., area. ; "" Delivery Contracted In joint agreements with Pa cific Northwest Pipeline Corp. and El Paso Natural Gas Com pany, announced earlier this week, Westcoast contracted to deliver 300,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily at the Canadian-U.S, border to Pacific Northwest Pipeline, with Pacific delivering 250,000,000 cubic feet daily to El Paso. The remaining 50,000,000 cu- ic feet will be used by Pacific Northwest Pipeline along with gas already committed to the Pacific Northwest states. The agreements provide for purchase of additional Canadian gas when developed. . . : Be Choosy Buy , Jacuzzi i3 H.P. Deep SAQ00 ' Well Pump TO VS H.P. Shal- $V50 low Well Pump VI WE GIVE : S&H GREEN STAMPS R0WARC , 225 W. MAIN Siskiyou Sunday, December 19, 1954 Pickin' Pears By SID HOLLINGSWORTH Jean Valjean went to prison for stealing a loaf of bread in Victor .' Hugo's famous story," Les Miserables." A real life story of a' man who stole a sack of flour to make flapjacks, was ar rested and . sentenced to serve seven years in the Oregon State penitentiary, participate in a jail break, and was subsequently hanged, is one of the memories of Malcolm Badger, Associated Press telegrapher, now a domi ciliary member. Back ' in 1924 the Willows Kelly case occupied the front pages of Oregon newspapers be cause of the fact that they were Ot Timberland Owners ' Salem (U.R) Applicants for permits to harvest timber for commercial purposes in Oregon will, effective Jan. 1, be re quired to notify adjacent timber-land- owners of their intention, in accordance with action taken by the Board of Forestry at its recent meeting here. The object of the requirement, as brought out by board discus sion, is to acquaint adjacent tim berland owners of the proposed logging activities in order that steps may be taken to establish accurate cutting lines and also to inform them of the creation of a potential fire hazard. State Forester George' Spaur said the board order would af fect some 10,000 loggers who would seek permits during 1955. He added that the department will simplify the procedure as much as possible. All district headquarters have been instruct ed to. assist the logger and make land records available to appli cants. Blank certification forms to be filled out indicating that the board requirements have been fulfilled will be provided. ' An acre of cotton requires up to 800,000 gallons of water. Needed for Permits $1,000 DISCOUNT 1954 Piper Tri Pacer Custom O 2 TONE GREEN O VFH TRANSMITTER WILL FINANCE! Jerry Olson Aircraft Sales Authorized Piper Distributor for Southern Oregon CAMP WHITE PHONE 3TA62631 EVENINGS PHONE 2-8622 EVERYONE READS f) ILff AND USES r1 THE LOW COST WAY TO ACTION and PROFIT Promt MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN , News and Notes From Camp White members of a party of four men who escaped from the peniten tiary. v A guard was killed as well as one o the escaping con victs. . Willows and Kelly were captured but the fourth mem- oer got away. They denied hav ing killed the guard, but as par ticipants in the break they were held by the court to be guilty and were sentenced to be hanged. Was With AP. Malcolm Badger at the time was working for the AP in Salem and doing a little free lance reporting. He obtained per mission to interview Kelly and Willows and came to know the latter intimately, listening to his story of how he received a raw deal for being sentenced to seven years for stealing a sack of flour. Willows was of an artistic temper ament and Badger furnished him paints and brushes while he was in jail so that he could indulge his ability along this line. ... "He did several fine pieces of work and he gave me one of a seascape which I carried for years. It was regarded as an ex ceptionally fine painting,' Bad ger declares. "Willows was'a rail road worker at the time he went to the penitentiary." Covered Hanging - Badger was assigned to Cover the hanging by the Oregon Statesman and he recalls now that Willows last gesture was a glance of farewell in his direc? tion. ; - -. . . - High speed teletype machines which became universal in' the AP back in 1928 ended Malcolm Badger's newspaper career and he returned to commercial tele graphy for a while. He had been with the AP in Billings. Mont.. and in Salem finishing his serv ice in California. Oregon was the last state to make the switch from telegraphy to teletype, he says. x i : TRY R WOOD SALES Red Fir Wood & Sawdust . rmmndiata Delivery TELEPHONE 3-3536 O 100 HOURS O LF RECEIVER A few-lines in the classified ad section of this newspaper can turn a spare room into extra income, or will help you sell items you no longer need for quick cash! Phono in your WANT AD today. MAIL TRIBUNE Only four of the live ajpecies of tuna taken in California wat ers may be canned and market ed as tuna under federal reg ulations, i . For That U i CHRISTMAS TREE A 5Mb. SALT BLOX Makes An Ideal : Base... Has a 2" Hole 5" Deep Only 95e ; MORTON MILUN CO. THERMO-RITE THE MODERN i Glass Fireplace Front Special heat-treated (lass panels In beautiful solid brass frames with draft control make your fireplace aa efficient heat producer. BEAUTY - SAFETY COMFORT Evenly Radiated Heat NO SOOT NO SMOKE NO DAMPER NEEDED . 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