Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 17, 1955, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextrOUSTEEIT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday," February 17, 1953 Meat Inspection Bill Gets Support Of Local Packers Members of the Southern Ore gon Meat Packers association are working for the passage of a bill in the legislature author izing state meat production, it was reported by association of ficers today. The measure is House Bill 99, introduced Jan. 24 by the com mittee on livestock at the re quest of the Oregon Livestock and Meat Marketing committee. It provides for inspection of all meat sold in the state by inspec tors employed by the state de partment of agriculture, and for bids the sale for human con sumption of unwholesome meat. Cost 25 Cents The cost of administering the measure has been estimated at about $400,000 per year, and as sociation officials pointed out that this amounts to only about 25 cents per person in the state. The association, at a meeting in Grants Pass last week, dis cussed the bill and decided that any member who could, should go to Salem to meet with legis lators to support the bill. Three of them, O. L. Brown, Medford Meat company, and Joe Blunk and L. E. Lusk, - Grants Pass, made the trip and-attended a committee meeting which was well attended by meat packers from other portions of the state, as well as others interested. They report that there appears to be little or no opposition to the bill, and about the only danger appears to stem from the cost. Because of the increased money needed to administer the proposed law, it will . have to have the approval of the ways and means committee. -:- "The people' and meat con sumers of southern Oregon should be informed that they should get behind their local packers and give them a boost in supporting the measure." as sociation officials said. "Two or three hundred letters from clubs and other groups over the state at this time, -to senators and representatives, would do a lot of good," they added. Brown has made several trips to Salem on behalf of the meas ure, and can provide the names of the best legislators to write. Ambrose, New York harbor's main channel, is dredged to a depth of 45 feet and a width of 2,000 feet. Off "Luxury Liner Row" at midtown Manhattan, where the largest ships dock, a 48-foot depth is maintained. Daily Weather Report Medford nd vicinity: Fair tonight f ?, , , Friday- Patches of morning f or. Colder tonight with low near 24. High Friday 48. ' .Western Oregon: Mostly clear to . night and Friday with patches of early morning fog. Cooler tonight with low 25-35. High Friday 38-48. LOCAL DATA ' Temperature a year ago today: Highest 56: Lowest 35. Total monthly precipitation .46 Inch. Deficiency for the month .72 inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1954. 6.39 .inches. Deficiency for the season 5.66 inches. . , Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 87; 4:30 a.m. today 86. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 120 Meridian Time Boise .. .... 36 Boston . 39 Chicago 39 Denver 56 SPORTS Eureka .. . 54 Grants Pass 49 Havre . 52 Klamath Falls 44 Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno .... Eugene Salt Lake .. San Francisco Seattle Sookane Washington. D.C. 61 Yakima 48 Tomorrow , Sunrise 7:04 a.m. Sunset 5:46 p 67 49 45 34 79 50 54 46 43 55 47 42 31 33 . 26 34 48 29 34 32 55 35 36 24 59 31 34 28 35 53 28 25 42 25' .09 .20 .37 .22 .35 T .02 .02 .12 J21 .05 .02 5 Mh4ku v , y - TRAGIC TASK Ice-coated firemen carry out one of 20 persons killed in an early morning blaze that swept through this five-story hotel on Chicago's skid row. Twelve other, persons were injured in the fire during sub-zero tempera tures. " ; : SEMI FINALS REACHED Palm Beach, Fla. (U.P.) Barbara Romack, the National Women's Amateur champion from Sacramento, Calif., and Willie Turnesa of Elmsford, N.Y., faced Bea McWane of Birmingham,. Ala., and Ted Bi shop of Boston today in the semi-finals of the Everglades Mixed Foursome Golf Tourna ment. Polly Riley of Fort Worth, Tex., and J. Walcott Brown of Manasquan, N.J., who won the tournament in 1952, met Marge Burns of Greensboro N.C., and Les Handt of Tampa, Fla., in another match. RETURN CONTRACTS Portland U.R) Second Base man Eddie Basinski, Pitcher Glenn Elliott and First Base man Ed Mickelson have return ed their signed baseball con tracts to the Portland Beavers, General Manager . Joe Ziegler said today. Basinski . revealed that he had turned down an of fer to become playing manager of the Spokane club in the new Northwest league because he preferred to remain in Port land. ; DOG RACING BILL Salem (U.P.) A bill which would permit dog racing at Portland . Meadows was intro duced in the Oregon house yes terday by Dr. F. H. Dammasch, Portland - Republican. The bill would provide an exception to the law that not more than one class of race meet can be li censed for a given course. BERG LOGICAL CHOICE Miami Beach; Fla. (U.P.) Babe Zaharias was the senti mental favorite but Patty Berg was the logical choice today as more than 100 women golfers launched play in the third an nual Serbin Tournament. COAL GATHERED Dudley, England (U.P.) Hun dreds of persons rushed into the street ..with buckets Wednesday when workmen digging a road side ditch struck coal. , Hearing Scheduled On Gas Franchise Philadelphia (U.R) The Third Federal Circuit Court of appeals will conduct a hearing March 7 on an appeal from a Federal Power Commission de cision granting a franchise to serve . the Northwest with na tural gas. The request for a review of the FPC decision granting the Northwest -franchise to Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation was filed by Trans-Northwest Gas Corp., Seattle. . Milwaukee Freight Derailed; No Injuries Spokane (U.R) Five cars of a Milwaukee Road freight train were derailed last night near Dishman when the 52-car train hit an open switch.' No one was hurt when the cars left the tracks, went over a bank and hit two standing cars. The freight, loaded with lumber from Metaline Falls, was moving at about five miles an hour when the mishap occurred. Wall Street New YorkU.R) Trading fell off sharply on the stock market today. Prices displayed . a firmer tone in the industrial and rail road group, while utilities eased slightly. Today's closing prices to se lected stocks: American T & T .. 178V2 Anaconda 53 V4 Chrysler .. 89 Curtiss Wright 21 General Electric 53V& General Motors... 9334 Montgomery Ward 79 Penn. R. R 2454 Penney, J. C. .. ... Radio Southern Co. ....... Southern Pacific .' S. Oil of Calif. Texas Gulf Sulphur Transamerica .......... Tri-Continental United Aircraft ...... U. S. Rubber ... U. S. Steel .. Youngstown ... :.. 81 88M: 43 .... 20 ............ 57V& 79?8 , 41 40 .. 26V4 ...... 85 ...... 78V2 Conversion of Sea Water Declared To Be Progressing Washington (U.R) The gov ernment is making promising progress toward conversion of sea and brackish water into fresh water at a practical cost. That day of cheap costs, how ever, may be from five to 10 years away, a government ex pert said today. However, expert David S. Jenkins said American research ers can learn a lot from foreign scientists. Wants Extension Jenkins is director of the gov ernment's saline water conver sion program. He wants Con gress to extend the life of the program and to increase the money for such work from $2,000,000 to $6,000,000. "Foreign scientists in such countries as Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Australia, and South Africa are doing great work on the problem," he told the United Press. "We can learn a lot from them a sort of foreign aid in reverse. I've visited some of the countries and what I've learned is that we've got a lot to learn." Reported to Congress Jenkins reported to the House on what progress is being made in this country in changing sea to fresh water. He said that some 10 labora tory processes are under study, and some 10 more are "gleams in our eyes." But the most promising found so far, he said, is the-Hickman still for large scale vapor compression. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 53c doz.: A large, 50c doz.; AA medium. 50-51c; A medium, 49c; A small, 43-44c, car tons, l-3c additional. 13i,H.r Tn rotailorc A A ffrarip prints, 66c lb.; cartons 67c; A prints, odc; canons, oic; r prints, oic. Cheese To retailers: A grade cbeddar, Oregon singles, 42Vi-45V2c; 5-lb. loaves, 46 -49 Vic. Processed American cheese, 5-lb, loaf, 39 41c lb. Farm Market Portland fl IP) Sumner. Wash., hothouse rhuoarb . sold at around $2.70-2.90 a 15-lb. box of extra fancy grade today; California cauliflower quoted retailers at $3.25-3.40. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2',i to 4 lbs., 26c lb.; at farm 25c lb.: roast ers, 4 ',i lbs. and up 26c lb. f.o.b. Port land, 25c at ranch; light hens, 18-19c; heavy hens, all wts., 23-24c lb.; old roosters 10-llc lb. Dressed chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. 35-36c lb.; roasters, 39-40c; light hens, 30-31c; heavy hens 33-35c; cutup fryers, all wts., 50 51c lb.; whole drawn, 44-45c. Turkeysr-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 52c; Beltsville toms. 49c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live, white. .3-4 lbs., 18-20c up; 5-6 lbs.. 14-16c: color ed pelts, 4c . under: old does. 8-10c lb.: a few higher. Fresh dressed fry ers to retailers, 54-57c; cut up, 60-63c. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UJP.) Cattle 250. Good fed steers above 22; utility-commercial steers $13-19; utility-low com mercial heifers $12-17.50; canner-cut-ter cows mostly $9-10.50: few $11; utility cows $11.50-13.50: utility-commercial bulls $12.50-14.50. Calves 25. Good-choice vealers $22 29; utilitv-commercial $13-20; good around 400 lb. calves $19-20. Hogs 300. Choice 1-2 butchers 180 235 lb. $19.50-20; choice 3 lots down to $18.50; choice 245-300 lb. $17.50 18.50; choice 340-555 lb. sows $14.50 $16. Sheep 25. Choice fed lambs $21; good-choice feeders $17-18.50; good choice ewes $6.50-7.50. - Portland Cash Grain Portland Prices as reported in the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $79.75 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2 white oats 38 lb. test. Coast delivery S57.50 ton; Portland delivery $53 53.50; No. 2 western barley, $54 54.50 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast deliv ery. Soybean meal, $90 ton. cars, prompt delivery Portland: standard millrun prompt shipment. $45-45.50 ten. cars promot delivery: No. :-nl-low corn, $66.50 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, , baled, f.o.b. Portland. $35 trucks, $37 rail. Timothy mixed hay, $36 a ton. f.o.b. rail car, Seattle. Portland cash grain, Wednesday's close. Offers aoit wnite S2.39I,i Soft white, no rex White club 2.39 .i 2.39 2 1A your dbg to ,"; E Q2j(ip ease Yf .' , m m i m wn i 1 1 m. r m m m wa hi a ' i uiftfei uiiPfen Don't jet nivvcii nunvEu Shorten your Dog's Life! Start the Walter Kendall Lifetime Feeding Plan Now! TOPS IN QUALITY FRESH MEATS EC LOW IN PRICE FRESH PRODUCE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS! 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