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Med Sreasiffe
lirsi Government Postage
Stamp Issued July 1, 1847
"I found these stamps 20 yean come across it again only a few
ago? Maybe you can tell me if days before.
3 ' ... ,. I pointed out that the cancel-
they are worth anything. lation date was 1845 and that it
On glance at the envelope was consequently had an unusual
enough to indicate it was some- premium value because the first
thing of a find.
The yellowed, faded missive
was addressed to a man in St
Louis and carried a pair of blu
ish colored stamps which I rec
oznized immediately as New
United States stamp was not is
sued until July 1, 1847. I also
called attention' to the fact that
the stamps had been cancelled by
a clerk who initialed them in red
ink with the letters A.C.M.
That done, it was a pleasure
,,, m,- turn to the appropriate pages
jive-ieui WUviaiUi.a. bi Scott's specialized catalogue
tamp is identified by an oval arvd read to the lady that stamps
portrait of Washington directly initialed by Alonzo Castle Mon-
above which are the words Post son, of the New York post office,
Office, and below, Five Cents. In were valued, when on a cover, at
small type in the upper corners a minimum of S30 each. As a
are the words New York. pair, however, they were worth
I asked why she had waited more at least $250.
20 years to find out about the " When I think," she said, "of
stamps. Her answer was that she all the times I could have used
had mislaid the envelope soon that money and I didn't even
after first finding it and had know I had it."
PHENOMENAL BARGAIN FOR GENUINE DUTCH CRUET
"That's $7.50," the proprietor to a friend of mine, an expert in
aid. Obviously, the cruet stand ceramics, he took one look and
was imitation Japanese prob- exclaimed "Dutch!"
ably turned out in the '90s. I asked what he meant. "Why,
And yet it did have-a certain the O and A on those two bottles
beauty. or pitchers or whatever they
The colors, for example, were are stand for olie-oil-and azijn
really unusual red, blue, green, vinegar," he said, turning the
black and gold against a pure stand over. And then:
white background. Despite the "Why, look here. This is the
dust layers on the two pitchers mark of Adriaen Pijnacker, of
that were almost seven inches Delft." He was pointing to the
high, on the nearer one the Jap- initials APK in a monogram,
anese gentleman seemed almost He was quite correct. And
alive as he looked at a butterfly knowing that my cruet was
through the blossoms of a plum
branch held in one hand.
I handed over the money. But
I was lucky. When I showed it $325 for it.
LITERARY MERIT NOT SOLE STANDARD FOR BOOK VALUE
Delft, and 18th century at that,
it wasn't difficult to establish
a value. So far. I have refused
He is known as Mort, not so tained the story of "four days
much because his first name is march beyond the ridge of the
Mortimer as because he is such Rocky Mountains, and by the
a lugubrious looking fellow al- only one who has returned to
most as cheerful as a death's New England."
head.
Consequently, when I saw him
smiling to himself, I was so mys
tified that I had to go over to talk
jtvith him.
"You would be happy, too,
Gage, if you had just acquired
one of the rarer and most salable
books in the West. Look at this."
Recalling nothing about the
book or the author, I read a few
pages here and there. It was fair
ly interesting, but not of any
great merit, and I said as much.
"I don't care a rap whether it
has literary value or not, Gage,"
Mort said. "I am quite content to
know that I shall sell it today.
He produced a small dog-eared just as soon as the bank opens,
volume bound in scuffed leather and for a very good price."
with the one word Oregon on The night before Mort had
he back. come across the book in a small
I opened it carefully to find collection, he had paid $20 for it.
that the condition on the inside As soon as he had authenticated
was excellent, except for a few it, he had called a man who had
penciled notes. Full title of the unsuccessfully offered $300 for
work, by John B. Wyeth and a copy the year before.
rinted at Cambridge, Mass., in "The offer still stands,? Mort
833, was "Oregon or a short his- said. "And the $300 I'll get is ex-
tory of a long journey from the actly $50 more than the last re-
Atlantic Ocean to the Region of ported auction price."
the Pacific." There was more to (Released by McCIur
the effect that the volume con- Newspaper Syndicate)
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United PrtM Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) Susan Hay
ward'a attempted suicide is one
near-tragedy that can't be pinned
on Hollywood.
A psychiatrist
aaid today
she probably
suffers from
an "isolation"
complex that
could happen
to any house
wife any-where.
Aline Motby The question
of why the famous and beautiful
film queen swallowed sleeping
pills Tuesday has brought forth
many an armchair second
fuesser. Evangelist Billy Gra
ham declared in Scotland she
tried to kill herself because
"moviestars are miserable, un
happy people."
But a leading psychiatrist I
queried (who did not wish his
name used) said her movie ca
reer "has only incidentally to
do with her unhappiness."
"I would say her suicide at
tempt was a despair reaction
from her feelings of complete
isolation," the doctor said..
Bailie Was Trigger
The trigger that set off her
death try was the unpleasant
battle with her ex-husband over
their children. She also suffers
from overwork.
But the sadness that has been
building up inside of her, the
psychiatrist went on, is due to
her inability to have close rela
tionships with people.
"It would not be correct to
say she is unhappy because of
her ambition or career, or be
cause she is a working woman
who should be a housewife. This
does not seem to be the usual
case of career versus marriage,
or of sudden fame and wealth.
"This neurosis occurs also in
women who are housewives and
mothers in ordinary cities.
"Miss Hayward seems to be
maladjusted and withdrawn.
She can't seem to make a go of
relations with anybody. From
people I have talked to who
know her, her relations with
friends and do-workers are
strained. She is given to de
pressions. She can't make any
contact with anybody. That's
why she holds onto her children
and her mother.
Close to Nobody
"Sometimes such a person gets
a little desperate because of that
feeling of isolation. She has
great trouble feeling close to
anybody and she goes into sui
cidal depressions."
Susan's co-workers at 20th
Century Fox support that theo
ry. They call her "a close
mouthed woman nobody really
knows so hard to get close to."
Seme second-guessers insist
Susan is unhappy over a new
romance. But the actress not
only does not want to see ex
husband Jess Barker but appa
rently has no wish for a new
love. Since the Barkers separa
ted two years ago, she has had
only casual dates with Howard
Hughes, actor Richard Egan.
Director Stanley Hough and Jeff
Chandler.
Down the years several ac
tresses have been drawn to sui
cide. Diana Barrymore is a re
cent case. The accidental sleep
ing pill death of Tommye Adams
and the suicide try of Judy Gar
land probably can be attributed
On The Side
By E. V. DURLING
(Distributed by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
THERE are no times like the old times,
They shall never be forgot.
There is no place like the old place
Keep green the dear old spot!
There are no friends like the old friends
May Heaven prolong their lives!
There are no loves like our old loves,
God bless our loving wives!
Holmes.
Jimmy Stewart is to portray
Lindbergh in the film based' on
the flyer's life. Wonder who will
play I. O. Biffle. Haven't forgot
ten" Biffle have you? He taught
Lindbergh how to fly. That was
in Lincoln, Neb., in 1922. Lind
bergh was 20 at that time. Be in
teresting to see how Jimmy Stew
art is made up to look 20 years
old.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. Who'
wrote the song titled "Has Any
body Here Seen Kelly?" A.
William McKenna. Was intro
duced in 1909 by Nora Bayes in a
musical show called "The Jolly
Bachelors." Q. Our first baby
has arrived. We think it far
above the average. You quoted
some statistics on 'the average
baby. Could you repeat for a pair
of newly weds husband 21, and
wife, 18? A The average length
of a baby at birth is 20 inches. A
baby smiles at four weeks,
laughs aloud at four months,
starts reaching for things at six
months, has first tooth at ten
months, walks at 15 months.
That's what the baby experts say.
Sidelights
Herb Shriner, airwave enter
tainer, who is regularly intro
duced on his program as "that
humorous fellow from Indiana,"
was born in Toledo, Ohio. . . .
There are over six million girls
named Mary in this country It
tops the list by a wide margin.
Most other feminine names are
in order named Elizabeth, Ann
and Frances.
Among the Married
How much of an opposite to
you is your wife? It has long been
maintained that in seeking a mat
rimonial mate most men and
women are attracted by oppo
sites. Said Schoepenhauer, "the
most masculine men seek the
most feminine women; while
small and feeble men love large
and strong women; people with
short noses prefer those with
long noses; tall and thin men pre
fer short and stout women."
Asides
Not all bread is fattening. A
feminine subscriber of 40 who
says she still has her schoolgirl
figure, claims you can eat all the
pumpernickel you want and n
won't make you fat. . . Sports
scribe said Knute Rockne was
"an all America end in his play
ing days at Notre Dame." That's
wrong. First Notre Dame player
to make the all America team
was George Gipp. That was in
1920.
Please Note -
Who was Clark Gable's first
leading lady? Give up? It was
that beautiful Brooklynite, Helen
Twelvetrees. Now I'll give you
an easy query. What was the
name of the film for which was
used the slogan: "Gable's back
and Garson's got him"?
Lie Detector
How accurate and efficient is
the lie detector? Dr. Leonard
Keller, inventor of that remark
able device, once said he and his
wife considered it so efficient
they made an agreement never
to use it on each other. How
about it, madame? If you had a
lie detector handy could you re
sist the temptation to use it on
your husband occasionally?
Would you worry about his using
it on you?
Briefly
Kate Smith made her first hit
in Washington, D. C, singing a
ditty titled "Nobody Konws What
a Red Headed Mama Can Do."
. . . Vegetarians generally have
considerable trouble with their
teeth They are great denture
customers. Eskimos, who are ex
clusively meat eaters, never have
any dental troubles.
Passing By
Carl Brisson. The perennally
debonair Dane. Carl and his
charming wife, Cleo, must have
made a very interesting bride
and groom. Carl was 16 when
married, Cleo was 14. The Bris-
sons have been happily married
for 44 years! ... Zeppo Marx.
Only one of the five Marx broth
ers who is a millionaire. Zeppo
acquired his wealth in industry
To be exact, in the aircraft parts
industry.
Sunday. May. I, 195S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN
TheyTl Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
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OF ALLTHOSE WIRES OUTUE FLOOR-
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BlTrvrr MOME.F TUEBE'S ONE
CONNECTION HE M4SNT RJJB-FOOTED,
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Grange
Eagle Point Grange
A literary program, which
will be open to the public, will
be presented prior to the Grange
meeting on May 3, starting at 8
o'clock.
In observance of soil conserva
tion week a film entitled "Prom
ise of the Trees" will be shown,
by Jack Crump. Another fea
ture of the program will be
dancing numbers by, pupils of
Colleen Hope's classes.
DISTINCTION OF BEING assigned to closest position to nuclear
blast ever occupied by sex is held by these members of Women's
Corps of Civilian Defense, 3,500 feet from "Ground Zero" near
Las Vegas. From left: Mrs. Shirley Smith and Mrs. Carmen Goad,
Oakland, Cal.; Mrs. Robert Ives, Topeka; Mrs. Oracle Doebler,
Tucson; Mrs. Jean Fuller, Los Angeles; Miss Helen Leininger,
New York; Mrs. Lydia Durst, Silver Spring, Md. (International)
to the unhappy side of Holly
wood.
Carole Landis and Lupe Valez
killed themselves over unhappy
romances. Mary Astor tried sui
cide because of ill health.
Corinne Calvet took pills after
her divorce, but insisted it was
an accident.
SCIENCE AT WORK
New York (U.R) Three scien
tists devoted to the hen believe
she could become an instrument
of science second to none, and
they have presented their nomi
nation to members of the Ameri
can Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
The role these men of the Uni
versity of Minnesota have in
mird for her is that of living
test tube for various agricultural
cnemicals whose slight, accumu
lative, and incidental toxic or
poisionous properties are in
exactly or even poorly under
stood.
Their evidence came from
strange occurrences in the hen
pens of "at least six" Minnesota
farms last summer. The farmers
were licked, and they sum
moned P. E. Waibel, B. S. Pom
eroy, and Elton L. Johnson, of
the university's departments of
poultry husbandry and veteri
nary science.
Some 75,000 hens had sud
denly started laying eggs of
many strange shapes. The rea
son for the strange shapes was
that the shells no longer were
hard, and so the eggs came out
every which way.
TMTD
The scientists suspected any
one of several diseases which in
fluence the hardness of the shell,
but they very quickly elimi
nated all of them. Then they
suspected the cause had to be in
something the hens were eating.
By a process of elimination, they
found that the cause was seed
corn grown on the farms.
This corn had been . treated
against fungus infection with
tetramethylthiuram dis u 1 f i d e,
which is the active ingredient of
a number of agricultural fungi
cide.-. It was this chemical com
pound, present on the corn in
the barest (or "trace") amounts
thai had made 75.000 egg-laying
machines all awry.
1MTD, as it is called for
short, is one of an interesting
chemical series. In addition to
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Ediloi
being a fungicide, it will hasten
the vulcanization of rubber. Re
place the methyl in its molecule
with ethyl and you have tha
active ingredient of Antabuse
which makes alcoholic beverages
extremely distasteful, even to
alcoholics.
Value of Hen .
Their studies showed that
TMTD, in a- proportion of only
50 parts per million parts, could
"produce disastrous effects" on
the shells of hens. As soon as
there "trace" amounts of TMTD
were removed from what the
hens were eating, the shells
hardened and the eggs became
egg-shaped again.
The three scientists seemed
enthusiastic over the conclusive
ness of their experimental re
sults, and the ease with which
they obtained them. That caused
them to nominate the hen as a
test tube for chemical com
pounds which may be toxic in
trace amounts.
She has a "rapid reproductive
rate," they pointed out 200 to
300 eggs a year. She is easy to
keep and feed, and she has "a
sensitive reproductive mechan
ism." That "would seem" to make
her "an ideal subject for tox
icologic studies," especially
since methods now routinely
used "leave much to be de
sired in the evaluation of po
tentially toxic substances."
Arms Makers Seek
Method To Keep
Machines Buzzing
Tokyo (U.P.) Arms manu
facturers are searching for ways
to keep their machines humming
in the face of an almost certain
sharp, if not drastic, reduction in
U.S. Army buying in Japan.
In Asia, they see little possi
bility for sales. They discount
Formosa because the coastal war
there "appears unlikely to as
sume greater proportions at the
present moment."
Looking backward to the Ko
rean war days, they see that
American Army orders totalled
$75,000,000 between May, 1952
and June, 1953, and $65,000,000
from July, 1953, to June 1954.
From July, 1954 to June 1955
some industrialists say that the
orders will be only $40,000,000,
while the more optimistic peg
them at $60,000,000.
Domestic Policy Unclear
But few believe that the U.S.
Army will continue to buy arms
in Japan at anything like the
previous amounts. They think it
will have to consider what is
best for it, and that its actions
will be governed by political and
economic considerations in Wash
ington. ....
The arms manufacturers hope
to convert to civilian production
or begin to make weapons for
Japan's small defense force.
The rapid change in the. polit
ical picture following the rise of
Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama
and the post-election disorganiz
ation and lack of a clear policy
on military defense makes diffi
cult planning or even guessing
on this market prospect. The
manufacturers must wait this
period out.
Meanwhile, a few are placing
high hopes on selling war weap
ons to Southeast Asia. They are
particularly encouraged by the
SEATO conference in Bangkok
which gave the defense organiz
ation a more positive form.
But nothing at the moment is
definite. The arms special pro
curement industry remains un
easy about its future.
Shady Cove Grange
A potluck supper preceded the
regular meeting of Shady Cove
Grange April 27.
Master McKay thanked Mrs.
Edd Learning and Elizabeth Hale
for aiding the Grange ladies in
making the float which was en
tered in the pear festival pa
rade. Gene Weitman was reported
doing nicely after a serious ope
ration. Cecil Kee gave a talk on
safety during the lecture hour.
Jokes were told by Travis Lit
tlefield. The next HEC meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Cecil
Kee on May .10. Roll call will
be answered with a short poem
and garden ideas will be ex
changed. The Grange will hold its next
meeting May 11 at 8 p.m. at the
school gym.
Corvallis Firemen To
Protect OSC Buidings
Corvallis (U.R) The Corval
lis fire department has agreed
to protect Oregon State College
buildings west of the city that
are outside the distric boundary.
City Manager James Convil said.
The problem cropped up
earlier this week whea a turkey
brooder house and .equipment
worth, an estimated $60,000
were destroyed by fire.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
CUSTOM KILLING
at your place and
' delivery to your locker
Phone 2-6219
MEDFORD ICE
& STORAGE CO.
HAYSTACK USEFUL
St. Louis U.R) Lt. Col.
Bernard Trum of the Atomic
Energy Commission told a state
convention of veterinarians here
that a haystack would protect
both man and beast from fall
out of radio-active particles
from an atomic explosion. In
fact, he said, a haystack would
provide the most practical shel
ter for rural dwellers.
There were about 1,480,000
marriages in the U.S. during
1954, a decrease of about 60,000
below the 1953 figure, and far
below the record.
FOR SALE
7-year-old 2-Bedroom
MODERN HOUSE
Wall-to-wall carpet,
fenced back yard,
close in, owner
805 Taylor
Buy
At
Builders Supply
QUALITY
BLOCKS
Bricks, Flues
Drain Tile
727
W. McAndrews
Phone 2-4107
More . than 1,000 different
types of radio tubes have been
developed and put on the mar
ket, and most of them can still
be purchased, according to re
cent trade consumer reports.
FOR RENT
410 Square Feet of
Office Space in the
FLUHRER BUILDING
DOUGLAS FIR - WHITE FIR
LOGS WANTED
For Delivery at
Eaglo Point Mill
MOGAN LUMBER CO.
White City phone Talbot 6-2711
RASE VOLUME
AHiesbury; Mass. (U.R) A
first edition, once part of John
Greenleaf Whittier's library, is
now considered a collector's
item. The book narrates the his
tory of the mythical Indian city
of Norurafeega and was presented
to the peet by the author, E. N.
Horsford. The volume has been
presented to the Amesbury Pub'
lie Library.
4
An average dentist in the U.S,
has an annual income of $7,820
net per year, while an average
physician's income runs to $13,'
432 before taxes.
DAIRY HEIFER
&
SPRINGER COW
D
There are more than 47,000
Minnesota boys and girls in 4-H
clubs.
n
LEGAL NOTICES
INVITATION FOR BIDS
Atphalt Tile en Floors
- Jefferson School
Bids for installation of asohalt tile
floors and Vinyl plastic counter tops
for the new Jefferson Elementary
School are invited .
Specifications may be obtained from
the office of the Board of Education,
500 Monroe Street. Medford. Oregon.
Bids are to be submitted on or be
fore 5:00 P.M., Tues.. May 10. 1955.
Asphalt tile floor bids are to be in
one sum for a complete job according
to plans and specifications, with unit
costs, of the different kinds of tile,
per square foot, installed, submitted.
Counter tops will be bid separately
from asphalt tile floors but a com
bined bid for both tile and floors
may be submitted if desired.
Bidders bond or certified check to
amount of 5 of the bid must ac
company this proposal.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
s REBECCA JENSEN
Clerk, School ijist. No. 49
Jackson 'County. Oregon
April 30, 1955
TUESDAY -MAY 3 -1:00 PH.
AT THE
MfliWAY
Auction Yard
3 Miles North of MEDFORD on Table Rock Road
100 - IIOLSTEIN HEIFERS -100
including
20 HEAD BIG TYPEY, SPRINGERS
Artificial insemination by American
Breeders Service NEPTUNE
20 HEAD BIG 2 YEAR OLD BRED HEIFERS
Same breeding as above."
40 GOOD QUALITY YEARLING HEIFERS
20 GOOD HOLSTEIN WEANER CALVES
ALSO
40 GUERNSEY HEIFERS
20 GUERNSEY SPRINGER COWS
4 HOLSTEIN BULLS
Sale Open to Consignment
Bring in your Heifers and Springer Cows on
MONDAY, MAY 2nd, if possible
XI. J. BILL BRAY, Auctioneer
Phone NOrmandy 4-2213 or Valley 64874
Economy Grade
$10.00 Per M
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CENTRAL POINT
TRUCK add 'TRAILS
Short Logger or Lumber
1951 CHEVROLET CAB OVER MODEL TRACTOR
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