Pickin' Pears
By SID HOLLINGSWORTH
Thelma Williams, hospital rep
resentative of the American
Legion Auxiliary, expedited
payment for 95,000 legion pop
pies made by the men in order
that they may have their checks
for Christmas.
, The Oregon department com
plied, and the checks are being
distributed this week. The 95
men who have been working
on the" order will each receive
about $20 apiece. '
After the holiday the poppy
makers will start in i again to
complete the Camp White Leg
ion quota of 325,000 poppies,
all made by members who re
ceive no pension or other form
of compensation from the gov
ernment. The Legion and the VFW are
reported to be planning some
thing special by way of gifts for
the men this year.
Two holiday dances will mark
the festivities. The VFW dance
held Monday night was notable
for the wreaths and other Christ
mas decorations donated by the
Sims Cycle and Hobby Shop.
The WW I Auxiliary of Camp
White is planning a dance for
New Year's eve that should
register in popularity.
Extra decorations from Klam
ath Memorial, Amber, Calif.,
in the form of 12 wreaths and
25 swags were delivered by the
VFW Auxiliary.
Among the carollers who are
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News and Notes
From Camp White
appearing from day to day until
Christmas Eve are the Medford
High school chorus sponsored
by the Red Cross, the Cub
Scouts brought by Mrs. Cald
well, the Apostolic Faith chorus,
Eastwood Baptist church, the
Church of the Nazarene, the
First Baptist church of Ashland,
the VFW Auxiliary, Doris,
Calif., group, concluding with
the Prentice accordion band of
25 on Dec. 24.
Art instruction has been sus
pended until Tuesday, Jan. 4,
when the classes will form in
the arts and crafts building rath
er than the recreation annex,
which is now being used al
most exclusively for games.
The class will start a new
study subject and new students
are advised to enroll with the
class now so that they may keep
up - with the work.
A message of greeting comes
from Father John Cummiskey
on a Christmas card addressed
to Camp White veterans. He is
now at St. Paul's Catholic
church, Silverton, Ore.
Postmaster Arthur Scarseth
and all the hands turned out
Sunday afternoon to provide ex
tra service in picking up and
distributing the day's Christ
mas mail. It was a pleasant sur
prise for the members.
Santa Claus, riding in an elec
tric wheel chair, will visit the
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For Exposition Site
' Portland (U.R) James Polhe
mus, chairman of the Portland
exposition-recreation commis
sion, said yesterday the commis
sion is concentrating on four
areas as potential sites for the
8,000,000 center approved by the
voters in the primary election
last May.
They are Delta Park in East
Vanport, the vicinity of the Au
ditorium, the area on the lower
eastside between Broadway and
Steel bridges and the vicinity of
the power plant just north of the
west end "of the Ross Island
bridge.
Polhemus emphasized, how
ever, that the commission has
not ruler out other possible lo
cations. He said also that the
commission wants to include the
Pacific International Livestock
Exposition as a part of the cen
ter. Stanford Research Institute,
which has been hired to assist
in selecting' a site, was directed
by the commission to prepare a
report for presentation Jan. 17,
theater Wednesday evening to
distribute gifts to more than 100
children of employees living at
the station. A party will be held
and cartoon movies shown. Par
ents and friends will also at
tend the "prelude" event spon
sored by the VA Employees as
sociation. ,
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Gulf Coast of
Texas May Become
Major Tuna Center
Rockport, Tex.- (U.R) The
Texas Gulf ' coast may someday
take its place along with the
West Coast, New England and
Japan as a major tuna canning
center.
Marine scientists on a mara-
than fishing junket have turned
up a big, sleek battler the
yellowfin tuna among the
272 known varieties of fish in
the Gulf of Mexico. As a result,
an entirely new fishing and can
ning industry may be built along
this fish-conscious coast.
Francis J." Captiva; a fishery
specialist for the TJ.S. Fish and
Wildlife service, believes the
yellowfin is present in the gulf
in commercial quantities suffic
ient to keep at least 600 fishing
boats busy. t
"The job now," he said, "is
to determine the months of the
year in which they can be
caught, where they can be
caught in the. greatest numbers
and what type of gear is the
best for commercial use."
Captiva led four exploratory
cruises in the gulf this past sum
mer and brought in 397 yellow
fins weighing from 73 to 168
pounds each.
Good Catch Rale
"And we fished only , about
half as long in any one place as
a commercial boat would," he
said. "We kept moving, we did
not just find a good spot and
stop there."
. The yellowfin, a highly palat
able cousin of the West Coast
and New England tuna species,
was caught on a long-line rig
fashioned originally by the Jap
anese. It is about five miles long
supported by buoys and with
hooks dropping downward from
the line at intervals.
Once laid, the rig is left in
place about three hours, then
hauled in. Captiva said the
"catch rate" was about 2.4 fish
for each 100 hooks. It some
times ran as high as 5.1.
"Compare that with the 1.9
and 2.0 catch rate of the Japan
ese in proved tuna waters, and
you get a fair idea of the Gulf's
tuna producing potential," Cap
tiva said. .
Captiva said two shrimping
concerns along the South Texas
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WSCs 6utch Dies at Age of
14; Mascot 'Wasn't a Lady'
Pullman, Wash. 4U.R) Butch,
the tough old cougar which
served as Washington State col
lege mascot for nearly 14 years,
is dead. -;.
And with its death, ended a
masquerade during w h i c h it
posed as the Grand Old Lady
of Pullman. An autopsy ; con
ducted after death yesterday
proved Butch to be a, male.
Senile Ailment
"Long claws, you know," re
plied why this deduction hadn't
been, arrived at while the cat
was alive. He added cause of
death was "chronic valvular dis
ease of the heart coupled with
other senile ailments and a liver
condition."
Veterinarian "R. W. Leader
said Butch hadn't been feeling
well for some time, in fact not
since Idaho beat WSC 10-0 at'
football this fall. The cat; had
refused to eat the daily ration
coast have indicated that they
are seriously considering enter
ing the tuna field and others
have made general inquiries.
"It wouldn't surprise me a bit
to see a tuna cannery built right
here in Texas, he concluded.
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of horsemeat for three days.
"Butch was very depressed," he
added. .
Butch was one of the twin
cougar kittens presented to
WSC in January, 1942, by Gov.
Arthur Langlie after Butch II
died. One was a male, the other
a female. One of them, thought
to be the male, became Butch III
but died after serving less than
a year. So the present Butch
became . mascot. Everyone
thought the cat was a female,
but it was named Butch out of
tradition. ,
Turn to Langlie
; Now the . cat has the last
laugh, and school officials again
are turning to Langlie for help.
When Butch's illness became
know recently, Langlie wrote he
was "certainly sharing your
concern about Butch's health.
"Rest assured that if' it is
necessary for her to retire from
the position she so long has
held, I'll be happy to cooperate
in acquiring another cougar to
follow in her tracks," he said.
Calif ornia , originated 41 per
cent of the total U.S. rail ship
ments of fresh fruits and vege
tables in 1953.
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Benson Said 'Flop-
As Mi
Washington (U.R) As a milk
salesman, Agriculture Secretary
Ezra T. Benson is in a way an
unqualified flop.
In his zeal to unburden the
government of dairy surpluses,
he installed a milk machine in
front of his office last May. Some
thing to solace officials while
they cooled their heels.
The idea started off with a
bang. At a lavish premiere, Ben
son and other bigwigs gulped
down great quantities of milk
and cameras spread the lesson
around the nation.
But the machine fell on hard
times immediately afterward.
Something got out of kilter and
for a long time it was draped
with a sign reading: "Out of
order." . ...
: Even when it was running, it
never seemed to measure up to
its premiere. An official ruefully
admitted it "wasn't getting too
big a play in that location." Ma
chines elsewhere in the Agricul
ture Department were doing
much better. .. . !"
Yesterday, they : hauled . the
machine away. Benson went out
of the milk business. ...
San Francisco, because of its
many hills closely studded with
dwellings, presents a water en
gineering "problem seldom en
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DISTRICT COURT
Delbert Whitely. insufficient bind
ers, $15. ..
Jack D. Myer. operating motor ve
hicle while driver's license suspend
ed, $10.
Charles V. Birchfield and Ronald
C. Smith, violation of basic rule, $10
each. ' .
Philip J. Sands, violation of. basic
rule. $750.
Edward H. Franklin, failure to stop
at stop sign, $10.
Howard C. Rice, failure to dim
headlights, $8.
Gale J. Jones, no taillifht. $6. V
Roy Elmer Vermillion,- . inadequate
muffler, $15.'
Jean . C. Smith,' overheight load,
$7.50.
Theodore R. Klein Jr., no operator's
license, $5. , ,
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Pauline G. Kerr vs. Ciena O. Kerr,
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Hallet A. Anderson vs.-. Tlla Mae
Anderson, divorce complaint: -Malvina
M. Smith vs. Carl David
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Portland U.R) Jack R. Dant,
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ship Company, has been elected
managing director of Pacific
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