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Local and Carpenters Needed George Potucck business agent of the local Carpenter's union, said to day he has been informed that carpenters are needed in Klama th Falls. Dealer 111 The Rev. L. G. Weaver, 1453 Poplar drive, re tired Methodist minister and now a Rawleigh dealer, has been con fined to his home the past month with a severe illness, Mrs. Wea ver reported this morning. His condition is somewhat improved and he is able to receive visitors, Mrs. W eaver said. TONITE! SSUT 1st DRIVE-IN RUN! Master Criminals Plot to Hijack the World's Greatest Masterpieces! THE Dams Coltts O'KEEFE CRAY KlUUt THtH VMntO MtifTl -PLUS 2nd BIG HIT! ...BOTH KDMTJI AND WHITE MEN WlH THE FUtT Of MB CUNNIN6I CHARLTON HESTON Snow Morrow retsr Hanoi News and Color Cartoon Mm s DMNCCIE SATURDAY NIGHT At Walker's Popular DANCE TO GOOD MODERN MUSIC BY DREAMLAND'S NEW RE-ORGANIZED BAND Good Floor Modern Music Good Crowd COMING Fri.&Sat.July22,23 TWO DAYS ONLY! m Jack Eagle & Tom Mann Top-Star Entertainment Comedy & Song Lots of Laughs Really an Evening of Enjoyment -k Two Shows 1 1 p.m. & 1 a.m. -k "THE DOUBLE AIRES," Norm and Clare Playing for Your Dancing Pleasure STAN'S Y CLUB Personal At Sacred Heart Walter Charley and Richard Korris, both of Central Point, are medi cal patients at Sacred Heart hos pital, attendants said yesterday. Teenage Dance A dance for teenagers will be sponsored Saturday, July 23, from 8:30 to 11 p.m., by the Youth Council of the YMCA at the "Y". The dance will be chaperoned and teenagers are invited. Hazards Found City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson inspect ed three business occupancies, one apartment house and one dry cleaning plant yesterday and issued seven orders for correc tion of hazardous conditions. At Community Two surgery patients were reported today at Community hospital. Dean Cook, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cook, 37 Winema way, and Linda Isaacs, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roby L. Isaacs Jr., route 2, box 463B, Medford. Gasoline Spills Firemeawere called to flush down five gaso line spills from autos in down town Medford yesterday. A pumper also stood by at police request at the scene of an acci dent at Riveftide ave. and Mc Andrews rd. about 1:40 p.m. No fire resulted. Square Dnace A square dance will be held at the Med ford Moose Hall Saturday, July 23, at 8:30 p.m. The dance is open to the public and all square dancers are invited. Fran Cronin will call the squares. Ladies are requested to bring sandwiches for potluck refreshments. Traffic Mishap A truck driv en by Frank Andrew Wald, Sixth and Hazel sts., Central Point, and an automobile driv en by Dorothy M. Dorff, 1112 Niantic st., collided at the in tersection of Columbus st. and Pennsylvania ave., according to city police. No injuries were re ported, police said. No citations were issued. FOE Picnic The annual fam ily picnic for members of the Fraternal Order Eagles will be held Sunday, July 24, at the Rogue River park in Rogue River. The event will be a bar becue and the men will furnish the food. Soft drinks will be pro vided for the children. All Eagles members and their fami lies are invited. Cats Poisoned Cats owned by R. K. Buxton, 2479 Sunnyview dr., were poisoned when he was away to camp at Yakima. Wash., according to Mrs. S. W. Richard son, manager of the Southern Oregon Humane society. Through reports from several sources, the Humane society cannot definite ly put its finger on the guilty person or persons, Mrs. Richard son said. However, it can have its suspicions, she added. The cats were household pets of Buxton's daughter. Barn, Chickenhouse, Destroyed by Flames A barn and chickenhouse at the Gilbert Sorum home, 1309 Thomas rd., burned about 5:30 p.m. yesterday. Two trucks were dispatched by the Medford fire department and firemen reported that the flames enveloped the entire barn. They said that hay in the barn apparently was accidently ig nited. Reports from another source indicated that a total loss in tools and furnishings resulted. The owner told firemen that there was no insurance on the barn. The chickenhouse was badly burned but there were said to be no chickens in the structure. At 7:55 p.m., firemen were summoned to a reported house fire at the residence of Mrs. Emma Hooper, 10281. East 11th st. Damage was confined to a re frigerator motor, firemen stated. News About Servicemen ENLISTS IN RESERVES Pvt. Jimmy E. Crumm, son of Eva I. Crum, 2607 Howard ave., enlisted in Headquarters and Headquarters attachment, 382nd Quartermaster battalion. July 20, according to Sfc. Walter L. Adams, assistant unit advisor. ON LEAVE Cecil (Bud) Thames, a Navy electrician's mate fireman, at tached to LST-799 at Long Beach, Calif., is visiting on leave with his parents, N. S. Thames, 3286 Pine rd. He arrived last Saturday and will leave July 30. INDUCTED Jack Lee Roy Coffeen and Ted Jasper Daily, both Medford, were inducted into the U.S. Army at the induction station at Portland on July 14, accord ing to local Selective Service board No. 17. Sewing Machine Taken Na- mona Campbell, 488 Rock st, Ashland, reported to city police yesterday the theft of a portable Westinghouse sewing machine from the trunk of her car, police said. The sewing machine had a blue leather case and was val ued at about $100, they added. Hay on Fire Central Point rural district firemen extinguish ed a fire on a truck load of baled hay yesterday afternoon. Exact cause of the blaze was not known but the slipstream of air . from the truck's motion made a num ber of fires across the top of the load. The truck was halted on Highway 99 just north of Central Point. Driver was W. H. Wood, Grants Pass. Daily Weather Report JULY 22. 1935 Sunset tonight 7:41 p.m. Siinrist tomorrow 4:53 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday except partly cloudy during late afternoon and evening and a few isolated thundershowers in mountains. Slightly cooler Saturday. Low tonight 58. High Saturday 92. Western Oregon: Mostly fair tonight and Saturday except for late night and morning low cloudiness along coast and over north inland valleys. Late afternoon thundershowers Satur day. Little temperature change. Low tonight 50-60. High Saturdav 75-85 north. 85-95 south, except 60-65 coast. Northern California: Mostly fair to night and Saturday, except coastal fog and scattered thunderstorms in Siskiyous. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday aoove normal 4. Record high this date 106 in 1928. Record low this date 47 in 1954. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month, trace: .14 Inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.88 inches. 9.05 inches gelow normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 20. highest this a.m. 78. CITY Hi eh Low Prec. Brookings 60 52 Crater Lake 77 50 Grants Pass 100 55 Klamath Falls 90 57 MEDFORD 97 60 Portland 81 56 Seattle 78 50 Spokane 92 66 Yakima 95 56 Eureka 57 50 Red Bluff 100 69 Sacramento 90 56 San Francisco 69 52 Los Angeles 81 62 Phoenix 100 79 Denver 94 69 .- Chicago 93 72 Miami 79 74 .19 New York 98 76 Washington, D.C. 94 74 rrVE-DAY FORECAST (Throuih July 27): Western Oregon Temperatures near normal with highs in 80s and lows in low 50s. A few thundershow ers over week end mostly near the mountains. Precipitation spotty. Northern California No precipita tion excent scattered thundershowers occasionally in Sierras and possibly in extreme northern mountains Coastal fog. Temperatures near or be low normal. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon. Saturday. HOUSE of WHERE THE STEREORAMIC PHOTO ORIGINATED North of Gold Hill AT ANY SNAPSHOT TAKEN WITHIN THE VORTEX WILL PRODUCE A 3D PICTURE. TEST IT! Summer Hours - 8 to 7 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 Pinball Ordinance Fails in Tie Vote Portland (U.R) An effort by Commissioner Stanley Earl to put over an emergency ordi nance in the city council to make pinball machines illegal whether operated by "turning a key, pressing a button or radar" fail ed by a 2-2 tie vote yesterday. A similar ordinance without an emergency clause and which could be held up by referendum was up before the council today. Earl said he would ask it be con tinued for two weeks when a full council will be ' present. Com missioner William A. Bowes is in Tulsa trying to help bring the 1956 National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention to Portland. Earl and Ormond R .Bean voted for the emergency ordin ance and Mayor Fred L. Peter son and Commissioner Nate Boody voted no. Wall Slreel New York (U.R) Stocks closed the week on a burst of strength that left all major de partments of the list above their closings last Friday. Railroads ruled strong. Chry sler and General Motors gained more than 2 each in their de partment. Oils, steels, chemicals, papers, metals, some electronics and special issues lose 1 to 2 point. There were a few wide gain ers. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 464.69 up 3.62, 20 railroads 159.98 up 1.74; 15 utilities 66.45 up 0.35, and 65 stocks 168.09 up 1.39. Sales today eased to 2,500, 000 shares from the 2,530,000 shares traded yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 187 Anaconda - 70 Chrysler 89 Curtiss-Wright 20 General Electric 52 General Motors 12934 Montgomery Ward 8 lis Penn. R. R 28 Penney, J. C - 92 Vz Radio 51 Southern Co 19 Southern Pacific 62 S. Oil of Calif 94 Texas Gulf Sulphur 42 Transamerica 46 Tri-Continental 28 United Aircraft 73 U. S. Rubber 73 U. S. Steel 53 Youngstown 89 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.I Cattle for week 3100. Good-choice fed steers $21-24: commercial S18-20; good-low choice fed heifers $20-22; commercial S17.50 19: canncr-cuter cows S8-10.50; utility-commercial bulls S14-15.50. Calves for week 600. Good-choice vealers $18-20. early to $21: utility- commercial Sll-17. Hogs for week 1600. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. $20.50-21. early to $21.50: No. 3 lots $19.50-20; choice 350-600 lb. sows $12-15. Sheep for week 4075. Choice witn some prime lambs $17.50-18; good choice slaughter ewes $3-4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 59c doz.: A large, 52-54c; AA medium, 50-52c: A me dium. 49-5 lc doz.: A small. 28c doz.; cartons. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 65c lb.: cartons. 66c; A prints, 65c; cartons. 66c; B prints. 63c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Cheddar. Oregon singles. 42 ',2-45 lie; 5-lb. loaves. 46,i-49'2c; Processed American cheese, 8-lb. loaf. 39 ii 492c lb. Farm Market Limited supplies Willamette Valley strawberries sold at 2.75-3 for ordin ary quality today; most wholesalers paid 1.75-2 a crate for best local let tuce; first Northwest corn sold at $2.50 for 5-dozen ears. Pnultry. Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2', a to 4 lbs., 28c; at farm. 27c lb.; light hens. 17c; heavy hens, all wts., 19c up; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 41 42c lb.; whole drawn, 52-54c lb.: cut up. 55-58c lb.; hens, light type. New York style. 28-29c: cut-ups. 40-44c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 29-31c; whole drawn, 41-45c. Turkeys To producers for A grade young hens, f.o.b. farm. N.Y. dressed, 33c; A toms. N.Y. style. 31c lb. To retailers. A grade young hens, ready to cook. 50c; N. Y. dressed. 37-38c lb.; A grade toms, oven resdy. 41-45c: N.Y. style, 34-35c lb.; fryer turkeys, 4-8 lbs.. 49-51C. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3',i-4',i lbs.. 21-23C up; 5-6 lbs., 17-19c: colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 10-12c lb.. a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 57-61c; cut up. 62-65C PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b trucks. Portland, $33-34. Prices as reported by the USDA market' news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. $74.25 ton: No. 2 white oats 32 lb. test. Coast delivery $50.50-51 a ton: Willamette valley oats Portland delivery. S49-48.50 ton: old crop spot No. 2 Western barley. $46-47 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; new crop No. 2 Western barley $46 ton: soybean meal. S84.07 ton. cars prompt deliv ery Portland: linseed oil meal. $85 ton. track, sacked. Portland; standard mill run. $47.50 cars; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipping points. $69.70 ton. MYSTERY Open Throughout The Year Rogue River Man Jailed in Burglary Of Supply Concern James Leroy Winslow, alias James Castle, 18, Rogue River, has been arrested and jailed by Jackson county sheriff's officers in connection with the theft of between S10 and $12 from the cash register at Shontz Supply company, route 1, hex 400, Gold Hill. Sheriff's officers said Win slow also admitted breaking into the Rogue River Shoe shop, 127 Depot St., last June 6. They said Winslow told them he found no money so disturbed nothing. Youngster Arrested A 12-year-old Rogue River boy has been arrested in connec tion with burglarizing the Chi nook Sporting Goods store on Depot st. in Rogue River, sher iff's officers said. The burglary occurred the night of July 20. Officers said the front door glass was broken and about $100 was taken from the cash register. They said S96.55 in cash was recovered, and that the 12-year-old admit ted the burglary. The boy was turned over to juvenile authori ties. An attempted burglary at North Riverside . Tavern, 1701 North Riverside ave., Medford, was reported, officers said. Tony Mete, owner of the tavern, dis covered a piece of wire in the door Wednesday morning, offi cers said. Entrance to the tavern was not gained, officers re ported. BOXCAR SUPPLY BETTER Spokane -(U.R) The boxcar supply for grain shipment in the Pacific Northwest has improved recently but is still far from adequate, Peter Stallcop, secre tary of the Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers Association, said today. Welcome To 4 MllES NORTH OF MEDFORD h MILE EAST SCENIC ME. WATCH FOR SIGNS firing your visitors and friends . . . Voluntary Contributions Ac cepted. Featuring Southern Oregon Cut and Polished Stones and Indian Artifacs. Rough agate materials cut and polished are For Sale. Try Our Delicious CLOVER HONEY Large selection of contain ers, including Ceramic Jugs. ENJOY YOURSELF AT . . Dardanelle ... in an Evening of Pleasant Intertainment. FINE FOOD GOOD DANCE MUSIC FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE Every Night Except Wednesday Ph. 5-9230 Gold Hill SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLE POINT The Only Spring Floor in Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys ---Featuring--- Bob Burton, Harold Williams Ray Hanson and Leo Villarino TUNE IN KMED 7 A.M. SAT Friday, July 22, 1955 Obituary Notices JEANETTE PREDGO Funeral services for Jeanette Agnes Predgo, 57, of 1008 South j Holly st., who died in a local ' hospital yesterday, will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic church Monday at 9 a.m. with the Very Rev. Father N. J. Dies officiat ing. Interment will be in Sis kiyou Memorial park. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held at Perl funeral home Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The deceased, a Medfordresi dent for the past 1 years, was born in Wisconsin on Feb. 13, 1897, and was a member of the Catholic church. Survivors include a son, Ken Newland, Medford; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Maney and Mrs. Mathew Schaefer, both of Ap pleton, Wis., and three brothers, Carl Newland, Wisconsin, andf Robert and Lawrence Newland, both of Illinois. John Giese Fails In Try at Strait Victoria, British Columbia (U.R) A third attempt to swim the Strait of Juan de Fuca end ed in failure yesterday for John Giese, a German immigrant now living in Vancouver. Giese was hauled out after two hours and 32 minutes. Albert Posey of Sherwood, Oregon an American Navy vet eran who lost a leg four months ago, says he will try to swim the strait within the next two days. Only logger Bert Thomas of' Tacoma has managed the rugged swim. DANCE Sat. Night BOBBY CHAMPION AND HIS MELODY WRANGLERS Finest Western Music in the Pacific Northwest. See and Hear Them Every Saturday Nite. 6:30 - 7 P.M. - KBES-TV Rogue Ualley BALLROOM AIR CONDITIONED MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN IRVEN HEARING Funeral services for Irven Banjamin Hearing, 72, who died at his home, 321 Benson st., Wednesday, will be held at Perl funeral home Saturday at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. William C. Piper officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. The deceased, a Medford resi dent for the past 10 years, was born in Wallowa county on Feb. 19, 1883, and was a millworker. He was a member of the Eagles lodge at Cave Junction. Survivors include his wife, Mae; two daughters, Mrs. Ger trude Tweedle, Medford, and Mrs. Helen Gunn, Redondo Beach, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Ella Christenson, Washougal. Wash.; a brother, Cye, La Grande, Ore., and four- grandchildren. -illllli. TONITE & SAT. EE pinA...inii TONITE & SAT. 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