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rouHTrar moroRD (Oregon) mail tribune Sunday, June 19, 193S Big Crowd Expected National Catfish This Afternoon At Derby A crowd of 3,000 to 5,000 is expected to attend the National Catfish derby today at TouVelle tat nark, according to mem bers of the sponsoring Medf ord 20-30 club. ' Rulina over the festivities which eet .under way at 1:30 p.m., will be Queen Betty Miller and Princesses Myrna Calloway, Linda Durkee, and Pat Eckel Continuous Enlertainm.nl Plans call for continuous en tertainment which will include contests, racing events, vocal ists, orchestras, violinists ana dancers. All prizes have been donated by Medford merchants. Fishing contests are for the heaviest catfish, youngest ana Record High Prices Paid for Timber At BLM Sale Here Strong demand resulted in record high prices paid for tim ber sold by the Medford district of the Bureau of Land Manage ment last week. In a sale on June 16, six tracts of timber containing just over 9,000,000 board feet were sold for $284,227.20. Bids of $47.50 for sugar pine were received to establish the new records for this species. Ernest L.Higginbotham, Grants Pass, submitted the highest of six . sealed bids submitted for 490,000 board feet in the Dead Indian area of Jackson county His bid for this tract also estab lished the new high prices for both douglas fir and ponderosa pine. la Elk Creek ' Kogap Lumber Industries of Medford submitted the highest of five bids for a tract of 1,257, 000 board feet in the Elk Creek area of Jackson county. This bid also established the $47.50 high for sugar pine. 1 In the third sealed bid sale Brown Brothers Logging of Klamath Falls submitted the highest of six bids for a tract con taining 2,146,000 board feet lo cated in Klamath county along the Klamath river near the Cal ifornia line. Medford Corporation of Med ford was the high bidder in the first oral auction sale which was for 871,000 board feet located on the Laurelhurst road in Jackson county. In the second oral auction for 1,950,000 board feet located on Coyote creek in Josephine coun ty, A. C. Smith Lumber company submitted the highest bid. Single Bid The Robert Dollar Company of Glendale submitted the only bid in the third oral auction sale which was for 2,361,000 board feet located in the Mt. Reuben area of Douglas county. The first two oral auction sales brought more than double the appraised prices and the to tal purchase price for the six tracts was 60 per cent over the appraised price. The next regular timber sale planned by the Medford district of the BLM will be held at Med ford on July 14, when two tracts containing approximately 10,000,000 board feet will be of fered for sale. One is located on Pleasant Creek and the other near the head "of Grave Creek, both in Jackson county. Additional information about the sales may be secured at the district office in the Medford city hall. Yrekans May Vote on New Swimming Pool Yreka A $70,000 bond issue for a new swimming pool will face voters here soon. At a recent meeting, the city , council agreed to put the long standing question of a new Yreka pool up to the citizens. Two steps to insure the city water supply were taken at the same meeting. The council authorized the su perintendent of streets and water to have a well dug near the city's main water source, north well. The; second measure was to tell the state regional water pol lution control board that Yreka will use the $100 made avail able by the board for a survey to determine the feasibility of obtaining water from Shasta river. Phoenix Community Club Slates Meeting Monday ' The Phoenix Community club and Youth Center will hold its second quarterly meeting Mon day, June 20, at 8 p Jn. in the clubhouse. Representatives ' from all the sponsoring organizations are re quested to be upresent. A festi val report will be made and plans for the next quarter formu lated, according to Mrs. George Bourne, president. oldest contestants entering cat fish, largest number of catfish caught by one contestant, and a grand sweepstakes trophy based on all-around fishing ability. The fishing contests are open to all male and female persons, single or married, between the ages of six months and 150 years who are residents of the United States. Other Contests The non-fishing , contests will include three-legged races, sack races, spoon- and egg races, fat lady, youngest twins, oldest car at derby, oldest person, youngest grandmother, family traveling the greatest distance to the derby, pie-eating champion, bub ble-gum blowing champion, and the largest family in attendance, Judges for the events will be "Kingfishers' Frank Perl, Frank De Souza, and Richard Schu- chard, master of ceremonies. No admission will be charged A refreshment booth will be maintained, offering hot dogs, cold drinks and ice cream for those not taking picnic lunches, X-Ray Centers Set Summer Closure The county's two permanent chest x-ray centers will be open only, two more weeks, and will then close until September, it was announced today by Mrs. C. W. Guches, past president of the Jackson County Public Health association. She urged persons planning x-rays to take advantage of the facilities be fore the summer vacation. Hours for x-ray of the public are from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursdays at Sacred Heart hospital and from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Community. No appointment is necessary and only a small charge is made. Four active cases of tubercu losis have been found through the centers in the short . time they have been operating, she said, saving many dollars and protecting many lives of county residents. A larger number of suspected cases are under observation. Savings Bond Sales Climb Above 1954 Sales of U.S. savings bonds in Jackson county for May this year totalled some 54 per cent over sales for the same month in 1954. Sales through May 31 for both years show a 1955 climb of nearly 36 per cent. Comparing county figures for the month of May, $81,331 worth of bonds were sold this year,, and $52,825 the previous May. County sales for both years through May 31 stood at $518,- 304 this year, and $381,139 in 1954. The rise in popularity of U.S. savings bonds holds true through out the state. Oregon as a whole put aside 41.6 per cent more this May than last, and 39 per cent more for the first, five months of this year than 1954. T don't troMe hearing you need die help !! ipnturrrl Inflhii zpert, backed by m Mtioawide organization pjodwclaf fine la- ear ta That' what ymm wal at for ; in Sooottxtt, world' leading tat aid friendly be? ta findinft the right taartai we of: C. R. Adamson District Manager 839 East Jackson Blvd. Water District Vote Scheduled July 12th July 12 has been set as the date for a special election on in corporation of the Elk City Water district, north of Medford. The date was set by the Jack son county court following a public hearing at which no ob jections to the proposed incor poration were raised.' Polling place for the election will be the home of George C. Flanagan, Ehrman way and Joseph st. ' The area within the boundaries of the proposed district includes the industrial area west of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks in the vicinity of Elk Lumber company and Mason Ehrman company. ,The United States population gain of 3,000,000 persons in 1954 was the largest increase in any single year in history. . , x FEARED SLAIN Judge C. E. OuUingworth (right) of Palm Beach County and his wife (left) vanished from their blood-stained oceanfront cottage at West Palm Beach, Jla. Officials fear they have been slain or kidnaped. Court Records POLICE COURT Cleo A. Worman. failure to yield right of way to pedestrian. $10. William O. Ham, failure to stop at red light. $5. Shirley Tellason Brannock. Walter Guinn Wyatt, violation of basic rule. $10 each. DISTRICT COURT Frank G. Gist, violation of basic rule. $15. Homer B. Stephenson, overwidth load. $15. Betty K. Shelton, no operator's li cense, $10. Leonard A. Nelson, truck speeding, $10. Joseph Minor, permitting unlicensed minor to operate motor vehicle. $10. Carroll W. Smith, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. CIRCUIT COURT Frances A. Adams vs. Leo Lucky Adams, reciprocity divorce complaint. Iva Cathey vs. James H. Fitzer, re ciprocity divorce complaint. Aronda M. Frink vs. George M. Frink, divorce complaint. TWO-CAR GARAGE Cincinnati (U.R) William A. Keller, general sales mana ger for Studebaker, predicted here that 45 per cent of all Am erican families will have two cars by 1965. At present, he said, 15 per cent of all families have two cars, a "300 per cent increase over six years ago. Ashland Retail Lumber Yard Slates Closure Ashland White Fir Lumber has announced it will close the retail yard at 258 A st. here. Eldo Burgess, Leonard Wirz, and C. E. Brownson, owners, will dis pose of some $50,000 worth of stock in the closing. White Fir will turn its atten tion to its mill on Dead Indian, and use the A st. yards for lum ber and equipment storage. There are 47,000 4-H club members in Minnesota. 4-H Club News The 4-H Home Economics club of Ruch was organized Tuesday, June 14, at the home of its lead er, Mrs. C. R. Williams. The as sistant leader is Mrs. Rachel Rhodes. There were nine mem bers present. The name selected is the Ruchettes. Officers elected were: president, Marilyn Well; vice president, Shirley Dunlap; sec retary, Sharon Ranney; reporter, Linda Wells. The next meeting is to be Tues day, June 21, at 7 p.m. at Mrs. Wells house. Star Ranger station. 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