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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Admitted Johnny Muse, 10- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Muse, route 1, box 455, Central Point, was admitted -to Community hospital today for surgery, it was reported at the hospital this morning. ' Bike Stolen A bicycle be longing to the son of Dorothy Earline White, 802 West -Jack son st., Apartment 1, was re ported stolen from 715 Clark st., between Jan. 11 and 13, accord ing to city police records. - -Thefts Admitted A 14-year- old Medford youth has admitted several small thefts from the Jackson grade school during 'the last six months, according to city police. Included were pens, pencils - and small amounts of money from school desks, po lice said. FOE Meeting The Fraternal Order of Eagles will meet Thurs day at 8 pjn. in the hall at 219 West Main st. Third reading will be given the new by-laws, which will then be voted on. The meet ing will be followed by comedy entertainment. At the last meet ing Lyle Pickell was nominated, elected and installed as the new trustee. Triple Collision Three ve hicles were involved . in ' a t col lision at the intersection of cot tage and 12th sts. this morning, according to city police. Drivers were Cecil Howard Barbee, 924 East Jackson st.; Willard Ed ward Off ord, 22 Willamette ave., and Shirley Ann Riggs, 1104 East 11th st. No citations were issued, police said. . t 'Man Bruised Earl Murdock Harrison, 40, of 1003 South Peach st., suffered bruises in a collision yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Fourth and Grape sts., according to city po lice. Driver of the other vehicle, a pickup truck, was Thelma Margaret Taylor, 1915 Hazel St., who was cited for failure to stop 'at stop sign, police added. , ; Two Flue Fires Firemen an "awered calls to two flue fires yesterday afternoon. One was at the William Harrison residence, 3360 Lone Pine rd., at about 4:52 p.m., and the other was at 5:11 p. m. at the John Kime residence, mi n r 1 ht. -i ..... reported from either fire. Fir e men. also stood by. for a time when a . power line was being shorted out by tree limbs blow ing in high winds. This was re ported at 4:07 p.m. in, an alley j back of 206 Vancouver ave. - Daughter Born Word has been received here of the birth of a daughter, Jacquelyn Floy, to Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn, Bedlands, Calif., Jan., 10. Mr. and Mrs; . Dunn are also the parents of 'a son, Kerry Christo pher, -2. Mrs. Dunn is the for mer Joy Finch, daughter of W. R. Finch,.. 794 Waverly ave., Medford, and the granddaughter of Mrs. Pearl Watson, . 21VA West Jackson st., Medford. Dunn is 'principal of Crafton grade m .- t 3i j ' ------ scnooi in neoianas. , : Unioa Square, atop a 2,000 car garage, is the -heart of San Francisco ...surrounded by the best shops and stores, a few1 blocks from China town and the financial district. Free radio and Muzak ... outstanding food and service... real rates: $5-$6-$7 single, $849410 dou ble. TttctypeSFCT 1 13r :::3 1 0 IlKDflljiJ Convalescent - Mr s. Robert S. Monsey, 64 North Ninth st., Central Point, is convalescing from major surgery which she underwent Monday at Commu nity hospital.' " - . Gas Thefts Bill A. Barnes, owner of " Grenell apartments, 220 King st., reported to city po lice Sunday that several ten ants had reported : recent gas thefts in an adjacent parking lot. . . Returned Mrs. Aurora Henne of the Fashionette shop returned the end of the 'week from a week's buying trip to Los Ange les markets where " she pur chased spring merchandise for her shop. - Car Stolen Edwin Grant Workman, route 1, box 431D, reported to city police Sunday that his car, a 1940 Ford sedan, license 139-480, was stolen from North Riverside ave., some time Saturday night. , Makes Inspections City fire Marshal Truman Nelson yester day inspected five business occu pancies and one hotel, and later issued three orders for the cor rection of hazardous conditions. He also inspected one location following a fire. ' . , s Man Injured William Boyd Harlow, 110 East 11th st?, was admitted to Community hospit al this morning for treatment of injuries received while working at the Silver Tip Stud mill near Jacksonville, the ; hospital re ported. Purse Theft Elsie Gean Eiden, Box 262, Jacksonville, re ported to " city police Sunday morning that her purse contain ing $6 had been taken from a car in the parking lot of the ('Rogue Valley ballroom. The purse -was valued at $18. The car had not been locked police said.- r , -:- - ------ - Driver Cited Billy Doyle Flannery, 27, of 2690 Elliott st., pleaded guilty ; in municipal court to a charge of driving while under the influence of in toxicating liquor in . Medford and was fined $100 and sen tenced to 10 days in Jail, ; the latter, to be suspended upon pay ment of fine," according to court records.; . ; . , Boy In Hospital Glen Miles, 1 0, Jacksonville, underwent an emergency appendectomy at Os teopathic hospital yesterday. The boy makes his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Francis. Other patients re ported "by - Osteopathic hospital today were Mrs. Paul F. Easton, Prospect,' and Mrs. Odus Sweet, Eagle Point, s both medical pa tients'. ? :-. :; - .. ... ' -v . v : ' . Patients Reported' Twelve patients were reported at Sacred Heart hospital this morning. Ad mitted to the. hospital for medi cal care were Mrs. Ida Denni son, 56 North Peach st.; Mrs. Edna Burbidge, 9 King St.; Mrs. Arthur , Webster, 401 East 12th st, Brian Lowe, 1,' son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Lowe, .1792 Kings highway; Daniel Johnson, 510 Newton st., and Arthur Mullen, 209 South Orange st. Surgery patients at .the same hospital are Arnold Bouder, Ashland; Douglas Johannson, 2133 Dellwood ave.; William Harvey, ' 2-year-old i son of . Mr. arid' Mrs. Thomas W; s HSrvey, Central Pbintr Mrs. Ralph Con ner, Talent; Wayne Kyker.i 908 West 13th st and Curtis Hop kins, route 2. J : v . i : Two Dogs Poisoned In City, Police Say Two dogs were reported poi oned in Medford yesterday and today, according to city police records. A ' dog owned by - Wendell Stafford Spence, 118 Florence ave., was expected to live after being treated by a veterinarian yesterday, police said. Francis A. Shreeve, 736 Oak st.,. reported to city police this morning that someone had poisoned her dog. No other de tails were immediately avail able. ' .!- Umpqua Timber Sale Records Shattered Roseburg (U.R) -All previous records, on value and volume of timber sold and' cut were broken in the Umpqua national forest in 1954, according to a summary from the Roseburg of fice. ' " .A total of 276.600,000 board feet, valued at $3,614,323 was sold. The volume cut was 243, 500,000 board feet worth $1, 897,329. ' r J This amount is 35 per cent over the 180,000,000 feet cut in 1953. Volume was up 44 per cent. 1 . , ' Supervisor Vondis Miller at tributed the increase to the reso lution of the converted lands problem and a rapid develop ment of the access road system by both private and public agencies. Births AXTELL To Mr. and Mrs. John, 212 South Barneburg rd., Jan. 17 1955," a girl, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. " NORUM To Mr. , and Mrs. W. A., route 2, box 781, Central Point, Jan.'18,,1955, a boy,.7V4 pounds, .at Community hospital. To Practice Officers of Olive Rebekah 'lodge are asked to be at the' IOOF hall ; Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. for prac ticed ' - . To Topeka Mrs. Lawrence A: White and son, Neil, left Sat urday by plane for Topeka, Kan., where they were called by the serious illnes of her mother. , u . - . f - ' Building Medford building permits have been issued to D, L. Pickell, .1609 Oregon ave., for $9,000,. to construct a residence; A. Q. Murphy,; 616 Franquette ave., $1,800, addition to resi dence; and, Tom Whittle, -2500 East Main st, $12,000, construct a residence. ! ;;Vf - ' - " . ' At Sesi.ion -A. R. (Tony) Man no, Acme hardware, represented members of the various state and regional hardware - associations comprising District 13 when the board of governors of the Na tional Retail Hardware associa tion gathered at. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 10 through 11. The board is composed of 13 men who ' represent aTaout 23,000 in dependent hardware - retailers throughout the country. ' Articles Filed Articles of.m- cprporation : '; f or Fir-Ply,: Inc., have ' been filed in the" county clerk's office by. four incorpora tors. Included were Robert -W; Van Duker, 3 0 . Hawthorne -ave. and three Grants Pass resi dents, Ernest A. ... Clark,- Arthur. W. Mickelson and Roy E.. Hen ry.- ' Capital - stock was ' set at $250,000 for 25,000; shares.' The company has alreidy begun con struction on a plywood plant in the White City area. It will man ufacture rough plywood. ... ; , Pearson Proposes Dropping Department Salem U.R) Rep. Walter Pearsons Portland, former Dem ocratic state treasurer, today in troduced a bill in the House to abolish the State Department of Finance and Administration. - The department, which func tions under the direction of the governor, was - cheated in 1951 and given broad powers in fis cal and budgetary fields.- Co-sponsor of the measure is Rep. F. H. Dammasch, Portland Republican, who said his pur pose : in signing Pearson's bill was simply to bring the contro versy over the department into the open. In addition to preparing the governor's budget, . the depart ment is responsible for operation of a state motor vehicle pool, maintains inter-agency service, controls state property, author izes travel and travel expenses of state employees, administers accounting systems of the state agencies, and controls all state purchasing. - Chickenpox, Pneumonia Cases Up in County . The number of cases of. chick enpox and pneumonia in the county rose last week, bringing the total number of commun icable diseases reported to the county health office to 30. Chickenpox cases totaled 13, scattered throughout the coun ty, and there were 8 pneumonia cases, five of them in Ashland. Other disease cases listed , in cluded three of scarlet fever, and single, cases of infectious hepatitis, infectious mononcule osis, strep throat, inflenza, ger man'measles and influenzal type meningitis. ; - MULE SKINNERS , - Chicago (U.R) Who said this was the ' atomic age? The Army's recruiting office here is looking for qualified mule skin ners for its two mule-pack units stationed at Ft. Carson;- Colo., it was announced today. Wall Street March of Dimes Mystery Man Contest Post Office Box 531 Medford, .Oregon ' "Address Phone Number A contribution to the March .of Dimes would be welcome ; SI Plus Federal Tax- OJW DAILY SERVICE FROM MEDFORD Te SACRAMENTO PORTLAND OAKLAND One-Way Fare Te ' $5.85 FRESNO 5.85 SEATTLE 6.35 One-Way Fare $ 7.55 9.15 LOS ANGELES 10.70 SAN FRANCISCO 6.40 Rerun; Trip 20 LESS . . . on Round-Trip Tickets! J. A. TdLniack -212 M. BarHeH Plwne 2-2202 E3 Cl:C3 C7tUJ K9 1 LOCAL STOPS K3 EXTRA FARE New York J- (U.R) ' Strength in steels, rails,; aircrafts and sev eral. ; individual favorites lifted the stock .market, today after five sessions of decline. - r ; The recoverywa?'ciassified as a 'technical one ( and ; it lacked enthusiasm. ' ! Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: ; American T & T 1.. unquoted Anaconda .....i - 494 Chrysler -67 CurfeS:Wright--..-117J& General Electric ... ....... ;48V2 General Motors unquoted Montgomery Ward ...".... 80 Pemr R R ..v.:.:..............:;t 23 H Penney J C .. .... .. 833i Southern Co 19 Southern Pacific S OU of California . Texas Gulf Sulphur-. Transamerica . Trj-Continental . United Aircraft U S Rubber U S Steel .; ... Youngstown 5214 73 39 3834 25V4 74 40 69 737s Portland Livestock 'Ikortland--(UJ.y--tU 200. ' Low good 1000 lb. : fed ' steers r S21.S0; top Monday 24.50-for choice grades; util ity " heifers . 11.50-15; - canner-cuiter cows $7.50-9; utility cows Sll-12r bulls scarce: y;'' ": . Calves 50. Good-choice vealers $20 24r culls downsto $6 " " -- Hogs 300. Choice 1-2 bufchers.UO 233 lb. $20-20.50; choice 3 lots down to $19.50; -240-285 lb. $18-19; sows $15.50-170. . ' . ' -. Sheep 250.. Choice 88-107 lb. fall shorn -and wooled lambs $19-19.50; good-choice feders $16-17; fiood-choice ewes $50-6.50. , y ; o;; . Portland (UJ.)Eswi-To retail ers: tirade AA large, 47-4BC coz.; A large, 43-44c doz.; AA ..medium. 43-44c; A medium, 41-42c; A small. 35c; car tons, l-3c additional. ' :- - -. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons. 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles, 421J-45'ic; 5-lb. loaves. 46'2-491,ic. Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 39'a-41c lb. . . . - ., Farm' Market. " ? ' Hot house rhubarb from Sumner. Wash., sold at around 3.00 a. flat the wholesale market today. Poultry, Rabbits ' t - Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2 'a to 4 lbs., 21c lb.; at farm 21c lb.: roasters 4x lbs. and up, 22c lb. f.o.b. Portland. 20c at "ranch; light hens.$ 11c: heavy hens, all wts. 13c lb4. eld roosters. 10c lb. -. Dressed Chickens No, 1 dressed to retailers. Fryers, 34-35c lb.: roasters, 37-38c; light hens, 21-22c; heavy hens 25-26c; cutup fryers, all wts 45-47c; whole drawn. 39-41c. ' i' Turkeys Paying prices to urodue ers for 1954 turkeys: Heavy type hens 29c lb. f.o.b. farm - on N.Y. dressed basis; toms same basis, 25 lbs. up, 24c; under 25 lbs.. 21c lb. Belts ville hens, 3lc; light type toms. 25c; fryer-roaster 27c lb. live weight. To retailers: A grade hens, ready to cook. 48c; N.Y. dressed to 43c lb. A grade toms. oven-ready,-. 40c. Beltsville A grade bens, oven-ready, to 52c; Beltsville toms, 49c lb. - , . . ' Rabbits - (average - to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3-42 lbs., 18-20c up; 5-6 lbs 14-1 6c: colored pelts, 4c under; old does. 8-1 0c lb.; a, few higher,- Fresh dressed fryers 'to retailers. 54-57c; cut up. 60-63C, j - ; , Portland Cash Grain Portland Prices as reported in the USDA market news service: Wheal; NoJ2 sdt white, $78.50 . a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 white oatts, 38- lb. test. Coast delivery, $58 ton: Portland delivery. $53.50 ton; No. 2 Western barley, $54 f.o.b. Port land, Coast delivery; - Soybean meal, $93 ton. cars, prompt - delivery Port land:' standard .milli-un prompt ship ment $94 ton,' cars; prompt delivery No. 2 yellow corn $67 ton f.o.b. Port land; $35 trucks, $37 raU. - - wnoiesale nay prices: no. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. $34-35 trucks; $36-37 raiL Portland gram exchange: Friday's close: . ., y ..... Soft white 1 U.....S2.35 - do no rex , -, .. . ,, ,,; 25 White club - ::: , 2.35 H. R. winter. 11 per r-nt , - . 2.37 Four Wallets Pound In City Mail Box ' P6stmaster Moore - Hamilton reported 'to city police - today that four wallets were found in the drop box at the corner of Eighth st. and Central ave. by a postman: 5 ; Identification showed that the billfolds are owned by Montie LaVern Wienecke, route 1,- box 366, Talent; . Arthur. Andrews, 103 West Jackson st.; David Al len Miller, 511 Boardman st., and Joe W. Griffin, 512 West Jackson st. Police said that it- appeared someone had found the wallets and dropped them, into the mail box. . . Oklahoma Slaying Suspect Arrested Sanf ord, Fla. U.R) A ' 43-year-old accused murderer .was ready to return to Oklahoma to day to face charges of brutally stabbing to death a California woman for whose" slaying he was placed on ' the FBI's 10 most wanted list. The suspect, Otto Austin Loel, Waverly, O., agreed to Waive extradition and was placed un der $50,000 bond yesterday aft ernoon at an arraignment. A drunken spree under an as sumed name led police to Loel, who had been living in' a palm- thatched lean-to at the city dump while working as a junk peddler. The FBI charged ' him with fleeing Oklahoma City to avoid prosecution for the brutal knife slaying of .Elizabeth .Jeanne Henderson, about 34, Compton, Calif. She was found slain in an Oklahoma City - motel . Jan. 10, 1954. WEDS HIRED HAND Trenton, Ont. U.R) Mrs. Henry Black, 73-yeaf-old farm owner, married one of her for mer hired hands Monday. The bridegroom was 24- year- old James McClintock. - FORECASTS Medford and vicinity Partly cloudy through Wednesday; low .tonight 25; high Wednesday 42: . Western Oregon Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers tonight and Wednesday. Cooler tonight. Low 28-38 except 24 ' In south interior: high Wednesday 36-46. : Five-day forecast, through Sunday: -Western Oregon Temperatures averaging below normal,, with highs in 40s, lows in 30s, except locally 20 25. -during next few days. Recurring rains totalling about one inch, except two inches along coast. -", Nor t hern California Occasional rain latter part of week, with- snow in mountains. ..Temperatures .- below normals LOCAL, DATA Temperature - a year ago', today Highest 43: Lowest 34. 1 . Total monthly precipitation 61 inch. 7 Deficiency for' the month -.7 inch. - Total precipitation since September l, i34,"a.z9 incnes. - Deficiency for r the V. season 4.46 inches.' ; . f -l'-- JRelative humidity 4:30 nm. yester day 52; 4:30 a.m. today 88. .Observations Taken At 4:3 A.M ter s 120. Meridian Time " Vjy - v - High Low Free. BOlSe mjmml ... 32 V 24 Boston 34 Chicago ; i... 32 Denver '..C..i...i 27 Eureka : 32 Grants Pass 46 Klamath Falls ... 31 Los Angeles .- 62 Medford 46 New -York ti.i...-.;.-.. 35 Phoenix : 58 Portland . . , 45 ,2 .59 .09 JD2 Reno Eugene r- 36 47 .28 51 Sal Lake . San Francisco .. Seattle .. 44 Spokane . , i 34 Washington, D.C. i: 44 Yakima -33 . . Tomorrow . ' f Sunrise 7:36 ajn. Sunset 5:08 pm : 17 ; 28 9 39 19 26 47 34 40 28 35 8 41 4 42 X 28 .V 24 30 .02 : MMM M3rI:.:ii i iliii mm---': If - Wednesday Nioht Jan. 19 - o p.m. At Kidfcrd S;;i:r Vi$ Se!:::l hzCziizz The Mert Entertaining Exckinf Stage Attractie Ever Friseetee Here - ADMISSION wr . $2.30 $2.00 Reserve, -General ArfmUsien $1.50 ; ' -Tickets at tex Office . ' Tueeday, January 18, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THlBrrKE KTWr Funeral Thursday F or Nancy Weeks Funeral services "for Nancy j Falls; three sisters, two brothers, Evelyn Weeks, 71, who died at her home,: route,!, Talent, Sun day, will be held at Shady Cove Assembly of God church Thurs day at 10:30 p.m. Interment will be- in Trail cemetery . with Lit- willer funeral home- of Ashland in charge of arrangements.. ; The deceased, who was born in Ashland on Sept. 4, 1883, was a member of the Assembly of God church at Talent. She was married to George Weeks at Jacksonville on May 1, 1900. He died Oct. 10, 1944. Survivors include two sons, Thomas, Hauser, Ore., and Acey, Talent; three daughters, Mrs Mary Boatwright, Shady Cove; Mrs. Georgia Lindsay, Eugene, and Mrs. Lucy Hauck, Klamath PRANKSTERS ALTER SIGN Victoria, B. C. (U.R) Po lice have discovered that motor ists using the Cadboro Bay rd., where the speed limit is 30 miles an hour, have been slowing down to 10 miles an hour. Prank sters altered' the sign to the lower speed. - .. ASHLAND MARLON' BRANDO ue mtm mi wua.swTeo 15 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. : 1UVITUVB - -B t:j ;- ) .Northern' California: Showers today, with snow .in mountains; generally- fair - tonight - except few showers extreme north; cold er tonight. - ; CITY APPLIANCE for SYLVANIA TV WITH HALO LIGHT CITY APPLIAilfiE, III8. 127 No. Central Opposite Penney's - Ph. 3-5743 LAST TV0 DAYS! O BOX OFFICE OPENS 6:30 O O IT'S A HAPPY HIT! 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