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.
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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. . ,
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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.
NOTICE
Phoenix School District No. 4
ANNUAL ELECTION OF
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
Monday, June 20, 1955 2 p.m.' to 8 p.m.
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