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err MEDroap (ohzgon) mail trtbuice : Sunday January 30, 183S fey acr,. EXPERTS ON CHAMBER PROBLEMS The three men above, all experts in one phase or another of chamber of commerce operations, will be in - Medford today for a day-long "workshop' attended by representatives of about nine southern Oregon and northern California chambers of. commerce. Left to right they are Eric Bergman, Salem, assistant director of the travel information department, Oregon State Highway commission, who will discuss tourist development; V- A McNeil, , head of the tourist 'and convention depart ment of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and Guy Leonard, head of the membership" department of the Portland chamber. "V I nvesfment Official To AKend Workshop; Will Discuss Taxes . Rober Hall, an official of Blyhe snd company, Porland in vesment house, will attend the regional Chamber of Commerce Workshop here today. - Hall, an expert on taxation and chairman of the Portland Chamber of Commerce taxation committee, will head a panel for the discussion of how Oregon's tax structure affects the attrac tion of new industries to the state. On Payroll Panel He will also substitute for Glenn Jackson on a 10 ' am. panel on building payrolls in southern Oregon. Jackson,, for mer chamber, president, is in Washington in connection with attempts to obtain bureau of the budget, approval for the Talent irrigation and reclamation pro ject. - - -'';:; ' " . The taxation panel will be Opens on Columbia Astoria' U.R) Commercial fishing on the Columbia "river opened at noon ; Saturday but little activity was expected dur ing, the winter season f or gill netters until about Feb. 15, ap proximate date that the winter run of chinook salmon .start up river ; ; V';- :' -??ii - Packers here estimated about WO gillnet boats would take to the river from Astoria for the first few days of the season: Steelhead will be the main ob jective' during the first days. y.i... held immediately after the new oavrolls discussion, nrobablr starting around 11 a.m., and will continue through the day as long as interest is shown by those attending. ' 'i :: Many Topics' ' ? .. ' v: The all-day ? chamber session will be at the Jackson hotel, starting with & breakfast at 9 a.m. A number! of subjects im portant to chamber operation will be discussed during the day. A luncheon and dinner are also on the agenda. i ' ! Some i 50 to 75 members : of about nine southern Oregon and northern California . chambers of commerce are expected, and a number who might not have attended otherwise are expected to ' be here to , hear Hall's tax discussions.'' ir:''--;'t: v;: -1 J .. 'l fi I wm WM' H-S i! V. $! i J THE MANHATTAN 21 1 jl.' lasiocrovs beauty ; v : finest performenco : . dressatlcally - low priced Available in lovely decorator Magnatex scuff-proof fiaishesfP Cordovan and Blond. The ManK " v -"7 unyupi- ... powered Magnas'phere 306"chassis" " 17,660 volts picturepowerV for dearest, sharpest pictures and superb photogenic realism"; Ttojf i I ts- Ajitii-.iuciiijr iisicning enjoymen : matchless Magnavox Quality through and through. with S2-ChMi UHP-THP "Tatoraalc" TnMr .t279.S0. w , . . Cordovan finhb Tan csv ea esn far ti IXTDA tlACtfAVOT AniitTT CXTTEX SIGHT I ETTEt SOUND tETTE It Smi ipnimm nniM(U) Bn k Local and Personal Bicycle Stolen Norman Del-, bert Neathamer, 119 Jeanette st., informed city police that his bi cycle was stolen Friday from the junior high school. Jailed Sheriffs deputies said that Edward Norman Corrigan, 37, of 1832 North Riverside ave., was placed in the county jail on Friday on a parole violation charge. Hand Truck Taken Alvin Richard Coats, 1300 Winchester ave., told city police Friday that an aluminum hand truck, valued at $30, had been taken from his truck parked at 305 South River side ave. " V At Community . Mrs. James Scalberg, route 2, box 848, Cen tral Point, Mrs. Luther Castle- man, Gold Hill, and Mrs. J. W. Bigham, route 1, box 86, Eagle Point all are listed as medical patients at Community hospital. sZi: h:'' Hits Pole City police said that a car driven by Doris Ellen Cearley, route 2, box 250E, struck a power pole about 9 p.m. Friday on' Front st.,v between 10th and 11th sts. A city park ing ordinance sign was damaged. No injury to the driver of the car was reported: Reckless Driving Billy Bing ham Ashley, 24, of 287 Avery st., Ashland, was fined $50 in Medford city police court Satur day on charges of reckless dri ving, liquor involved, officers reported. He was arrested on East Main' st. at Geneva st., where his car skidded and stop ped against a tree with- a wheel on the. curb, police said. ' Civil Service Exams Chester WI; Silliman, local representa tive for the . S. Civil Service commission,' Saturday announc ed examinations to fill auditor jobs paying $3,410 a year and various clerk positions paying $3,175. a year. .Further details and application forms may be obtained from Silliman at his office in the post office building. . ... .. .... m . . To See . New Product Some 50 to 60 Tidewater Associated Oil company, distributors in ithe southern - Oregon. - district will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, at the Jackson hotel for a pre view of ; a ; new Tidewater . pro duct, which will be introduced to the public the following day. The meeting will ' see a closed circuit television production fear turing the new product. Arraigned Robert L. Morris, 9ft Winitnn nisi niTaionPfl in district court yesterday morning on .. charges of obtaining money under false' pretenses. He was committed' to , the county jail in lieu of $1,500 bail, according to court records. City police stated that the .case involved a $10 check cashed in August, 1954, at J.' C. Penney company store." A sheriffs deputy brought Morris here from Roseburg on Friday; Dismissed F. E. Nichols, 622 South Holly sf., was dismissed Saturday from Community hos pital where he was . admitted Jan. 23. He ' may not 'have vis itors, it was reported. He suf fered an eye injury when struck by a golf, club which slipped from the hands of a fellow player while ; golfing Sunday at the Rogue Valley Country club, ac cording; to an earlier report of the incident. ' ' .. ." Hearing Problem Program The prevention and correction of . hearing loss in school " age children ' will be discussed , and demonstrated by Dr. Jack In gram, Medford . ear, : nose - and throat specialist, on KBESTV today at 2:30 p.m. on the Jack son County Public Health asso ciation program.. Hearing tests are now being given in the schools, it is felt this . program should be of particular interest to parents, Dr., Ingram stated. , . Drunk Driving ; Marjorie Fiest, 35, of 1318 Southwest Third St., Portland, a bartender, was fined $250 and $5 'costs in district . court yesterday on charges of driving a motor ve hicle while 'under influence of intoxicating 1 liquor, court rec ords showed.' She was sentenced to 30 days in jail, to be sus pended on payment of fine, and her driver's license " was - sus pended for 90 days. A jail com mitment was' issued in rlieu of the fiae. She was arrested hear Ashland on Friday afternoon, jail records -said. Returned Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Olson, 111 Newtown st., have re turned from Portland : where Mrs. Olson underwent surgery at Good Samaritan hospital, r HEC Club Members of the Roxy Ann Grange Home Eco nomics club will meet Wednes day, Feb. 2, at the Rader home on Coker Butte road. The meet ing will begin at 8 p.m. . , Return Home Mrs. Fred Hinz and daughter, Leigh, 702 Sherman st., returned to Med ford last night after an absence of 3 V4 weeks. They, have been visiting in the Los Angeles area with relatives. - - Mother Sought Relatives were seeking the whereabouts of Mrs. Alta Menth, believed to be living in or near Medford, according to city police. She is the mother of Mrs. A. Lombardi, Modesto, Calif., police said. Any information regarding Mrs. Menth should be given local po lice. J , Services Monday For Millie Burke . , Private funeral services will be held Monday afternoon in Chapel Mortuary for. Mrs Mil lie M. Burke, 92, who passed away at her home, 311 South Oakdale ave.," last Friday. Pri vate committment services will be in the Medford IOOF mau soleum. y The family requests the omis sion of flowers. -, -si ' , The deceased was born in Pe oria, I1L, on April 13, 1863. She was married in St. Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 5, 1885, to A. L. Burke, who preceded her in death a month - ago. She was a member ot the Degree of Honor lodge and the Order of Eastern Star. v Survivors are one son, Lewis A., of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Philip Bright and Mrs. R. T. Lucas, and two gr andsons, Lewis and Robert Bright, all of Medford; one brother, - Jacob Uhl' Peoria, 111.; and three sis ters, Mrs. Rush McCoy, Ber- wyn, 111., Mrs. Lou VanNorman and Mrs. Rosa Grant, both ' of Peoria, 111. , . Navy Plane Claims New Climb Record r Oceana Naval Air Station, va. (U.R) -The 7 Navy claimed an unofficial : speed-climb record Saturday after Lt., Cmdr. Wil liam J. Manby Jr., f South Bend, Ind:, took' his FJ-3 Jet Fighter to 10,000 feet in 73.2 sec onds. ,.'-'-Only two days ago, Lt. Cmdr R. H. Moore Jr., also flying a fury let. set . a mark of 83 sec onds - for ' a- 10,000-foot .' climb from a standing start at Mira- mar, Calif. . j, ?: Manby tried three times Fri day before setting the new un official record. He broke Moore's climbing time "on his third try when he made it in 78.4 seconds. "I used about 3,500 feet of run way .each try and was. making about 410 miles per hour when I nosed her up at a 45-50 angle. By the time; I had reached 10,000 feet the plane had slowed down to 190 miles an hour. . , . ,; The record will remain un official because it was not ar ranged under the supervision of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Obituaries ETHEL YN JEPSEN " Mrs. Ethelyn O. Jepsen, 72, of 534 Hamilton st., died at a local hospital ; Friday afternoon. Fu neral services will be held at the Perl Funeral home, Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.. v ..The. Rev. Kenneth F. Korby will officiate. Interment will be in Memory Gardens - cemetery. ' Mrs. Jepsen had been1 a resi dent of Medford for the past five years. She was born at Jefferson City, ' la., on May 14, 1882. , She is survived by her hus band, Hans Jepsen, Medford. BIRTHS . f , . JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 545 Fairmont st, Jan. 28, 1955, a boy, IVa. pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital, v CARD OF THANKS " " We are taking this -way of fhanktas the many kird friends who cam to the hospital in the early hours of the morninjc to give blood when that was the only way of savins the life of our husband and brother-in-law, Ted oSrs. Ted CHeber and Dorothy Ray LIENT A:Nev PIAHO or ORGAN On A Rents9-Sa Ics Plan You may rent a new Baldwin or Wurlttxcr Piano or a Hammond Chord or Spinet Organ for as tonfl as six months and have tho rental apply on the purchase of tho instrument if you so desiro. ' :. z- '- " ' ' " punucnEn mo house Papers Stolen From AEC Man Found; Said t!oi Imporianf Las Vegas, Nev. - (U.R Pa pers stolen from a radiation ex pert, including modifications to various buildings at the atomic; energy installation at Mercury, Nev., J Saturday were - recovered and" returned to AEF officials who fisted them as - f unimportant"- I . Earle Hightower, spokesman at the AEC installation at Mer cury, Nev.V where atomic tests are scheduled - for ."about - the middle of - February," said the papers- were- found on - a ' Las Vegas street and given to the sheriffs office ' which in turn handed them over to the AEC . In Stolen Suitcases ' , . He said AEC investigation to ward recovering the : papers, contained in ' two suitcases stol en from 'James A. Hoffman, 36, of the University of California laboratory at Livermore, Calif., now was closed. . : -"They were completely un classified travel orders and just some., associated, - miscella neous papers , of absolutely - no consequence,",, Hightwer said. He said : they included modifi cations to various buildings at the Mercury installation, some 80 miles northwest of here, but were not classified material. The most important- thing recovered was the travel orders, he said. .He added it "obviously was just a case of . petty thievery" and that the thief also had ta ken an electric razor, and com bat boots from the suitcases.' The suitcases, later found on a Vacant lot her were stolen from his car Wednesday when Hoffman stopped here for; din ner. He said he found the car window broken', and the suit cases missing when he returned! I I SANSON'S FEED PRICES Watch for this Ad each Sunday for Samson's money-saving Feed Prices This Week's Special CONCENTRATED BORASCU $7.30- TREATS 2,000 SQUARE FEET . Kills all vegetation in driveways, park ing areas, fence rows, ore. Use now for best results. - - ' " Wheat, Field Bun Hen Scratch Samson's Spec. Egg Mash No. Z Triangle X-tra Egg Pellets Samson's Special Dairy. 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