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Local and Personal Flue Fire Firemen reported no damage from a flue fire about ; 10:40 p.m. yesterday at the W, H. Reichstein residence, 7 Glen Oak court. . ' Bike Stolen Elizabeth C Falk, 426 Benson st., reported to city police yesterday that a girl's bicycle was stolen Feb. 8 from the junior high school. I Orders Issued Four orders for correction of fire hazards were issued by City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson yesterday after inspection of one hotel and c six business occupancies. Goes Fishing Al White of the Rogue restaurant returned last evening after being on a fishing trip to the" Chetco river on the coast. He reported good steelhead fishing. Food Sale A food sale is slated for Friday, Feb. 11, start ing at 9 a.m., at "Walt's Radio shop, 409 East Main st. Advent B Christian church women are sponsoring the sale. , . Money Lost Cftrtis L.-Rom-merein, Euegene, has reported to city police that he lost $70 on Central ave., between Sixth and Eighth sts., sometime be tween 8 and 8:30 a.m. Wednes day. o 2 Returns . Home Mrs. Harold von Stein Jr., has returned to o her home at 2683 Table Rock 8 ' rd. after surgery at Community V hospital and two weeks spent at the home of her mother, Mrs v C. G. Gay, 176 Winema way. Mrs. von Stein is able to receive Visitors. .- Return Mr. and Mrs. Ray Minger, , Central Point, with his brother, Roy Minger, Burns , Lake, B.C., Can., returned last week from a , trip east where they visited numerous relatives of both sides of the family. They were away for about six weeks and at Philadelphia, Pa, they visited the Ray Mingers' son, Clarence Minger, and family. In Iowa they were with three sis- i ters and brothers and other rela .: tives of the Mingers whom Roy Minger had not seen in over 40 " ' years. At La Grange, Mo., they visited the Ray Mingers' daugh ; ter and family, the Floyd Guil- foyles. The travelers returned by way of the southern states :: and at Denair, Calif., saw , a :! niece, Mrs. Naomi Odden. i amiRr - I H H 4 rBi KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY At Osteopathic Robert Irwin, Butte Falls, Richard W. Mather, Trail, and Mrs. Victor Smith, Ashland, are medical patients at Osteopathic hospital, attend ants said today. Laura Jane Griffin, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Griffin, Jacksonville, is a tonsil surgery patient there. ..- . - Child Injured " Judy De Berry, 2Vi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean DeBerry, 609 West Second st., was released to go home Wednesday afternoon after she was treated at Sacred Heart hospital for a chin laceration. She received the injury in a fall, according to the report. ... Mercy Flight Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hobson, San Francisco, who were injured in an automo bile accident near Rogue River recently, were flown to San Francisco yesterday afternoon in an air ambulance plane operated by Mercy Flights Inc. Pilot was Dick Nyhof. - - - In New York William Smul lin, general manager of station KBES-TV, is in New York where hey is attending a Columbia Broadcasting company confer ence on television programming and planning. He is the only man .from the northwest who was invited, it was stated. . Youth Picked Up A 17-year-old Bremerton, Wash., boy, has been picked up by state police as a runaway, according to re cords in the office of Sheriff Howard Gault. The boy is be ing held in the county jail un til he can be returned to his home by his parents. , Business Change Fred J. Witt has retired from the as1 sumed name of Witt and Rose Construction company, accord ing to records on file in the county clerk's office. Virgil G. Rose, associated with Witt in the business, has assumed the business name with an address of Box 1411, Medford. Townsend Clubs The Rev. J. Thomas Dixon, assistant pas tor of the First Methodist church here and a native of Ireland, will speak to Townsend club mem bers Friday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m., in the Pythian hall, Fifth and Grape sts. His topic will be, "Aged People. Here and There." A meeting of council members will be held at 7:30 p.m. -.. Visitors Leave Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunagan and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dunagan, all of. Chico,. Calif,, left the first of Ihe week after "visiting at "the home of the men's mother, Mrs. W. L. Dunagan, 905 Reddy st. The mother recently returned to her home after being hqspit: alized in Portland. She may have visitors. -,c .:, ' . ""; Arm Fracture Delmer Fjarli, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fjarli, 659 South Stage rd., was treated and released , late Wednesday afternoon at Sacred Heart hospital for an arm frac ture, attendants reported today. He suffered the injury while playing basketball at Medford high school, 1 according to the report. Obifuaries ELIZABETH COBB . r . . Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb, of 713 North Riverside ave., died yes terday in a local hospital. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. MARTIN AKINS . Remains of Martin B. Akins, who died in California, are be ing returned to Medford for services and interment, with Conger-Morris funeral home in charge of funeral arrangements. ALBERT FARNSLEY Services for Albert R. Farns ley, 74, who died Tuesday, will be held in Conger-Morris chap el Friday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. J. Thomas Dixon of the First Methodist church, officia ting. Interment will be in Siski you Memorial park. Pall bearers will be Vern VanDyke, E. E. Cuff ell, A. B. Haddock, Darrell Mitchell, Ross Minneci and Marion Mallory. The deceased was born in In diana on Oct. 22, 1880, and had lived in Medford since 1945. Survivors include his wife, Katie; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Hay, Sturgis, Mich.; seven sisters: Mrs. Lucy King, Star City, Ind.; Mrs. Hattie Reddick, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Mil dred Johnson, Canoga Park, Calif.; Mrs. Famie Cann, Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. Rachel Kershner, Sturgis, Mich.; Mrs. Eltha Kel logg, Medford, and Mrs. C. E. Gates, Medford and one granddaughter.' GEORGE NICHOLS Funeral services for George Washington Nichols, 72, of Phoenix, who died at Jackson ville Wednesday, will be held at Perl funeral home Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. William C. Piper officiating. Entombement will be in Medford Memorial mausoleum. The deceased, a lifelong resi dent of southern Oregon, was born at Lake Creek on Sept. 10, 1882. His parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Nichols Sr ., were among the earliest pio neers of southern-Orgon, having crossed the plains from Missouri by covered wagon. Mr. Nichols, who spent most of his life as a stockman, had lived in Medford for many years but for the past four years had made his honje at Phoenix. - Suhvivors include three sis ters, Mrs. Elsie ; Klingle, Lake Creek; Mrs. Meda Butlor, Red mond, and Mrs. Maude Beeman, Portland, and several nieces and nephews. Business Name Harold R. Sutton has assumed the business name National Business associa tion, according to records on file in the county clerk's office. Address for the- business was listed ; as" 343 South Grape st., Medford. .'. . Grange Dance Phoenix Grange members will sponsor a square dance Saturday; Feb. 12, beginning at 8:30 p.m., at the Grange hall on Highway 99 in Phoenix. Fran Cronin will call the squares. Women attending are to take sandwiches for pot luck refreshments. The public and all square dancers interest ed are invited. CARD OF THANKS TO THOSE WHO EXPRESSED their sympathy in so many beautiful and practical ways during our recent bereavement, we extend our heartfelt thanks. Mr. & Mrs. L. M. McConnell Mr. John McConnell Mr. & Mrs. B. M. McConnell. A fxr frf SATURDAY NIGHT FEBRUARY 12 Featuring IN PERSON The Fabor Recording Stars . . . GINNY WRIGHT -And TOM TALL From The "Louisiana Hayride 1 SEE and LIE A D 4 ncMiv 1 ,,M Lin i i1 w Aa TOM TALL GINNY WRIGHT X i Them Sing Their Latest Record Hit,': "ARE YOU MINE" No. 5 on Hit Parade MUSIC BY BOBBY CHAMPION AND HIS MELODY WRANGLERS "BEST IN THE WEST" SEE AND HEAR THEM ON KBES-TV Sat. 6:30 to 7 p.m. rague Colleen Hope Studio Plans Dance Show On Friday and Saturday eve nings students of the Colleen Hope Dance studio will be pre sented in the first of a series of spring dance recitals. The first program has a theme "Valentine's Day," and features Patty Lou Hilton, Linda Durkee, Sandra Laing, Sylvia Teeter and Walter Knight. As a group they do a fast Hungarian dance with tambourines and a jazz toe routine. Sandra is the featured acrobatic dancer and Linda and Walter do an exhibition Mambo,. "A skeleton dance will be done by Carolyn Menke, Lana Sal yers, Irene .Thomas, Josette Har ris, Sharon Laing, Karen Chris tensen, Marlene Davis and Linda Samuelson. Miss Gail DeRushe will be mistress of "ceremonies and dance. The stage show will start at 8:30 p.m. at the Craterian thea ter. ( Wall Street New York (U.R) Stocks ad vanced with increased vigor over a broad front today. Industrials reached a record high and utilities were at their best price in the average since April 16, 1931. Rails missed by a fraction of reaching a high since April 28, 1930. . Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T . ...181 Anaconda Chrysler .. 70 V4 Curtiss Wright 31 General Electric ................ 5VA General Motors . 99 Montgomery Ward 80 Penn R R . f. 27 Penney J C 88 Radio ... 41V2 Southern Co 19V4 Southern Pacific ..... . . 57 S Oil of Calif 79 Texas Gulf Sulphur 41V Transamerica 28 Tri-Continental .. 26 United Aircraft .................. 87 V4 U S Rubber ......'..I........ 443,4 U S Steel ...................... 7934 Youngstown .....I....... 83 Portland Produce Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 51-52c doz.: A large 48-49c doz.: AA medium. 48-50c; A medium, 47-48c; A small 42c; car tons, 1 -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, 42'2-451,2c; 5-lb. loaves. 46 ',2-49 V2 c. Processed Ameri can cheese, S-lb. loaf. 39'3-41c lb. Farm Market ! Hothouse rhubarb from Sumner, Wash., sold at around $2.75-3 for extra fancy grade during wholesale trading today. Deschutes No. 1A potatoes quoted by wholesalers at $4-4.25 a hundredweight. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. .Portland): Fryers 2',i to 4 lbs., 25c lb.; at farm 24c lb.; roast ers, 4i lbs. and up, 25c lb.i. f.o.b. Portland, 24c at ranch; light hens, 16 17c; heavy hens, all wts., 20c lb old roosters.-10-llc-lb. ; , ; Dressed Chickens -No.i .dressed to retailers: Fryers. 35-36C lb.i roast ers, 39-41c: light hens, 27-28c; heavy hens, 30-31c: cutup fryers, all wts., 49-40c lb.; whole drawn, 44-45c. - Turkeys To retailers, A grade hens, ready to cook, 48c; N.Y. dressed, to 43c lb.; A grade toms, oven-ready, 40c: Beltsville A grade hens, oven ready, to 32c; Beltsville toms 49c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) live white. 3-4'.i lbs., 18-20c up; 5-6 lbs., 14-16c; col ored pelts, 4c under; old does. 8-10c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed fry ers to retailers, 5 4-5 7c; cut up, 60-63c. Portland Cash Grain Portland Prices as reported in the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $79 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $57-57.50 ton; Portland delivery, $53 $53.50; No. 2 Western barley. $53 53.50 ton. f.o.b. Portland. Coast deliv ery: Soybean meal, $93.07- ton. cars, prompt delivery Portland: standard millrun prompt shipment. $45-45.50 ton, cars, prompt delivery: No. 2 yel low corn, $66.50-67 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. $35 trucks, $37 rail. Timothy mixed hay, $35 a ton. f.o.b. rail car. Seattle. Portland -Cash Grain Exchange, Wednesday's close: Offer Soft white . $239 Soft white, no rex ... . 239 White club .. 239 Use Mail Tribune Want Ads; Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. LOOKY! LOOKY! Something New V for the Kids ft 12 Noon SAT. J G033178 DISNEY RAMA REMEMBER 12 NOON SATURDAY : WWII Daily Weather Report l FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variabfe high cloudiness tonight." Increasing cloudiness Friday. Low tonight 26. High Friday 48. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night. Increasing cloudiness Friday. Patches of valley fog in the morning, rxot so cool tonight and Friday. Low tonight 28-36. High Friday 42-52. L"OCAL DATA .1 , Temperature a year ago today: Highest 53; Lowest 28. Total monthly precipitation 24 inch. . Deficiency for the month .45 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1954. 6.17 inches. . Deficiency for the season 5.39 inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 45; 4:30 a.m. today 89. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 120 Meridin Time . High Low Prec. .'e 33 !4 Boston 34 Chicago 42 Dptlvpr Ei . . ......... , i r.ureKa Grants Pass Havre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix .. Portland Reno 53 Eugene ...... 46 Salt Lake 39 San Francisco 58 Seattle 41 Spokane 34 Washington. D.C 49 Yakima : 42 Tomorrow 49 45 16 36 71 47 42 32 69 44 30 29 9 38 25 -14 20 42 26 35 -1 3ft 27. 21 29 4 42 27 15 37 20 .02 Thursday. February 10. 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN 8 Forest Tracts Purchased at Price Above Appraisals Eight separate tracts of na tional forest timber in the Union Creek ranger district were sold Feb. 7 and 8 at prices ranging up to almost; triple the appraised price, according to Rogue River National forest officials. The total, amount of bids on the eight tracts was $285,539, compared to an advertised value on all sales of $133,023. Average Prices High The average stumpage price bid by species was Douglas fir, $33.76 per thousand board feet; pine, including sugar, while and ponderosa, $40.49 per thousand, WELL BREWED Milwaukee (U.R) ; Howard Thompson,' head of the U. S. weather bureau ; here, answers the phone with this appropriate double entendre: "Hello, weath er brewery." , Portland Livestock Portland (U.P.) Calves 200. ' 'Util ity Holstein steers $16, lightly sorted at $14; canner-cutter cows mostlv $9. 10. few $10.50; utility cows Sll-12.50: utility -commercial bulls $13-14.75. Calves 25. Good-choice vealers S22 28; utility-commercial grades S13-20. Hogs 150. Choice 1-2 butchers 180 23o lb. $19.50-19.75. few S20: 240-250 lb. $18-18.50; choice310-600 lb. sows $14.75-16.50: choice 353-lb. stags $14. Sheep 100. Utility lambs $17.50; choice-prime fed wooled lambs $21; good-choice feeders $17.50-18.50; good-choice ewes S6.50-7 .50. ASHLANDo j Ml AMOUNT PICWH m . WNMT ROSEMMt? CROSBY KAYE . CLCONET '. VERA-EHEH POSITIVELY ENDS TONITE P?r I WjW' DEMISE DARCEL CESAR ROMERO -iSSijMj 7 L Ge0r9 MACREADY Ernert BOGNIN ZY U'. and white fir and other species, $17.67 per thousand. Successful, bidders, together with the appraised and bid prices, were Ross Lumber com pany, Medford and Prospect, $26,950 nd $54,647; Ross Lum ber company, $26,950 and $55, 550; E. R. Cox, Medford, $17,435 and $34,300; C. B. Broomfield, $20,372.50 and $43,562.50; Lyle Russell, Central Point, $10,009 and $20,090; Veneer Products, Medford, $13,021. and $26,653; McGrew Brothers, Medfor d, $10,083.50 and $28,536.50, and McGrew Brothers, $8,202.50 and $22,372.50. POSITIVELY ENDS TONITE Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! POSITIVELY ENDS TONITE : Stewart Granger Grace Kelly and Paul Douglas in it It GREEN FIRE In CINEMASCOPE AND COLOR ON THE STAGE AT 9 P.M. COLLEEN HOPE DANCE STUDIOS SCORES OF KIDDIES COLOR - RHYTHM and DANCE SYNCOPATION ON THE SCREEN FACE-TO-FACE WITH LAWLESS TYRANNY AND MOB VIOLENCE! 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