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1 W3B A-5 Local and Personal In Hospital Mrs. Roy Rauh, Gold Hill, is in Osteopathic hos pital hfi-p for medical treatment, the hospital reported this morn- Permit Issued A building permit for the erection of a $10. 000 duplex has been issued to II. T. Guntw. 223 King St.. ac cording to-cords on file at the c.ty hall. Meeling Postponed A meet ins! of Eagle Point Grange Home Economics club set for July 27 u-.t- -r.L... r.nstr.finfd due to tne ceath of Mrs. Roy Smith, a mem ber, it was announced today. Another meeting date will be announced soon. Reckless Driving Ray La- vonne Cummings. 3679 Alley Lane, Medford, pleaded guilty to charges of reckless driving, liquor involved, in municipal court this morning. Cummings was fined S50 by Municipal Judge James M. Main. Plays Golf Herb Nill, Eu gene, spent the week end here v.iih his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E E Nill, 25 Myers court, and iftaved in the team match held at Rogue Valley Country club between Medford and Eugene golfers. T"., iwav Dr. E. A. Mer- r county health officer, is attending a meeting of the state 1 ,,ffirtr: advisory council Portland today and in tomor- row. Dr. Merk' l is president 01 the State Health Officers asso ciation. Dane Club Merry -Go-Rounders Square Dance, club will meet Tuesday, July 26, at the Robertson School of Busi ness. 40-42 North Riverside ave. Mrs. Leslie Robertson will be caller and potluck refreshments will be served. Dancing will be from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. and all square dancers are welcome. Returns Mrs. John C. Smith returned to her home at 127 South Keeneway dr. yesterday after having been a surgical pa tient in St. Vincent's hospital, Portland, for the past several days. Mrs. Smith will conva lesce at her home for an addi tional period before returning to her work at the California Ore gon Power company. Mrs. Smith made the trip by United Air lines. Visits Mother Mrs. Fern Mat thews. Oakland, Calif., arrived here last week to visit with her ,nthpr Mrs. Mary Fredericks, 921 North Central ave. Mrs. Mat thews is an inspector for the Marchant Calculator Mfg. Co plant in Oakland. Her son. An gelo a former student of Med ford' High school, graduated this v. from Castlemont High " ui Oakland. Mrs. Mat- bv.nuui ' ' ' .. thews plans to return to Call fornia some time this week. Daughter Born Mr. and Mrs. Max West. Sacramento, aiu. are the parents of a daughter born July 3 and named Melody. The infant weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces. This is the Wests sec r,r,ri child, the older being a boy named Donald David. Mrs. West is the former Lise Lotte Burger rinuirhter of Mrs. Frida Burger, 512 North Bartlett ave., and Mrs. Burger returned home yesterday after spending several days with the Wests. . . Twins Born Mr. and Mrs Richard Gundry. Portland, are the parents of twin daughters born July 24 at Portland. The girls weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and 6 pounds 15 ounces and have been named Dianne Ruth and Dawn Kathleen. Mrs Gundry is the former Frances Troxell. vouneest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Troxell, 1833 WSouth Peach st., Medford. Gun dry, a graduate of Medford High school, attended Portland State college last vear and plans to enroll at University of Oregon Eugene, this fall. Returns Miss Lisbeth Lu Shields, film editor for station KBES-TV. has returned home after spending a two-week vaca tion in the Hawaiian islands. m m m Inspections City fire marsnai Truman Nelson inspected two business occupancies and a dry cleaning plant on Friday. One home was inspected at the re quest of the owner. Six orders were issued for correction of fire hazards. Superintendents Meeting Alf B. Mekvold, county superinten dent of schools, is in Eugene for a county school superintendents' workshop. Mekvold serves on the business Administration ser vices committee, the legislative committee, and the athletics committee for the session. He will return here Sunday, July 31. Patients Reported Surgery patients reported by Community hospital this morning are Mrs. Jean Kyle Gardner, 42 South Keeneway dr.; Glen Bennett, 417 Benson St.; Cheri Aldrich. 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clif ford Aldrich, Jacksonville high way; Evelyn Potter, 7. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Brown. Ash land, and Herb Grey, 32 South Barneburg rd. In the hospital for medical care are Lloyd Wells, Ashland, and Darrell Graham. 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Graham, Gold Hill. WSCS to Meet Woman's So ciety of Christian Service, First Methodist church, will hold the annual potluck picnic Tuesday. July 26, at the home of Mrs. Oliver P. Taylor, 3254 Jackson ville highway. It will begin with a prayer group meeting at 10:30 a.m., a business session is set for 11 a.m. and the picnic at 12:30 p.m. with program to fol low at 1:30 p.m. Those who will need transportation and those who have space in their cars are asked to be at the church of fice st 10:45 a.m. Obituaries WILLIAM RAMUS . William Thomas Ramus, 75. of route 2. box 381-L, Medford, died yesterday while en route home from Applegate. Conger Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. ROSANNA SMITH Rosanna Smith, wife of Leroy A. Smith, of 315 -C" St.. Eagle Point, died Sunday. Conger Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. OUR HEARTFELT THAXKS TO ail who extended comforting sympathy and help in our recent sorrow. For the beautiful service, floral offer- ines. and other kindness, we ere deeply grateful for our son Benny J. M. Babb and family. BIRTHS WARNE To Mr. and Mrs. Harold, Gold Hill, July 24, 1955, a girl 6 ',2 pounds, at Osteopathic Hospital. SIERAKOWSKI To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 1132 Biddle rd., July 23, 1955, a girl. 6 'is pounds, at Sacred Heart Hospital. CLARKE To Mr. and Mrs. Philip. 917 South Holly st., July 23, 1955. a boy, 8 pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. BISHOP To Mr. and Mrs. Ollie. 2690 Stewart ave., July 22, 1955. a girl, 72 pounds, at Community Hospital. Motorloggers Find Highway 18 Swift, Scenic Route to Coast Monday, July 25, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Four Great Loops Of Oregon Highway Offer Variation Tfce following ta s eoadeAiia- tlna of a mntorioff &pparinr July 17 io Tto Sunday Orp Ro man Northwest roto magazine. It is on of an annual aeriea sponsored jointly hv The Ore ennian and the Oregoa State Motor association. BY ANN SULLIVAN Staff Wmer. Trrt Orrrriian It's a "swift and attractive route to the sea." So was the Salmon river cutoff termed in July, 1930, when The Oreeonian's assistant managing editor, Ed ward M. Miller, then automobile editor, drove a brand new Olds mobile the 22 dust-covered miles of the newly dedicated highway. Today Oregon 18 is no longer dust-covered. As we found on a motorlog for the Oregon State Motor association and The Ore- gonian, it's a swift black ribbon of pavement through some of the loveliest variety of Oregon scenery to a segment of one of the state's most attractive strips alone the sea, the miles and miles of the Lincoln county beaches. Add to that segment the coastal strip of Lane county south of Cape Perpetua, another small segment of Douglas county which also touches the coast, and you include four great circles of highway from Port land of increasingly greater lengths. Your time and driving speed determine which might be to your inclination if you are one of those persons who would rather take a different route home. Bond Leads to Otis The first half of the first loop, of course, is Oregon 18, which we followed in the motor association's white motorlog Kord from Portland to Mc Minnville, Sheridan and Otis, where it joins the coast high way, U. S. 101. You can loop back across the Coast range from Newport to Corvallis and thence back up the Willamette valley. This is V. S. 20, a rather curvy but beautiful 57-mile trip (between Newport and Corvallis ) through timber operations and some rather fine farmland area. A few miles beyond Newport is Waldport, from which Oregon 34 stretches G5 miles to Cor vallis over the hump of the Coast range and along the ex ouisitelv beautiful Alsea river. Loop No. 3 includes Oregon vi fil miles from Florence to Junction City, following another vnnfifnl Oreeon river, the Siulaw. No. 4, and the last consid ered here, includes Oregon 38, 50 miles from Reedsport across to Drain south of Eugene. It also follows a beautiful river, the Umpqua. Most important link to these circle routes is the quickest and straightest of all the routes, Oregon IS. Its pass through the Coast range from valley to sea r-Tillamook T I fls'ewoon I pPfT-'u f unctlo,, City I T Sxjeoo White Oregoa State Motor association car halted at Otter crest, where pleasant trail winds to scenic beach below. Boiler Bay state park, usually an entertaining, frothy mass of breakers and foam; the Spout ing Horn at Depoe Bay: Rocky Creek stale park; Cape Foul weather; Otter Crest state park, with the Devil's punch bowl and a handy, wind-protected curve of lovely beach for pic nics; Spencer creek wayside; Yaquina head; Yaquina Bay (state park; Lincoln county ocean wayside; Seal R.ock state park; Governor Patterson me morial state park; Yachats state park; Cape Perpetua; Neptune state park; M. O. Ponsler me morial wayside; Heceta head lighthouse. Caves House Sea Lions Devil's Elbow state park: fc-oa Lion caves, a fantastic under-thc-cliff ocean cavern where the roaring water beasts assemble ! their harems; Darlingtonia state park; Joaquin Miller forest wayside: Jessie M. Honeyman state park; Woahink lake; Clea- wox lake; Siltcoos laKe. ana Tideways state park. One can have few favorites. for each of these and the list ing leaves out the beaches themselves has attraction all its own. Perhaps Cape Perpetua has the most breathtaking view of the coastline anywhere obtain able, however, and the Jessie M. Honeyman park and Clea wox lake area (with fine forest campgrounds) are the most interesting. In spring the Honeyman park is a veritable jungle of 30-foot rhododendrons, each with hun dreds of clumps of pink blooms. The Cleawox lake has fish, water lilies and a picnic area, huge white sand dunes and a fine campground for overnight visitors. There are numerous forest camp areas the state bureau of parks has made available, if one has his own tent and sleeping bag, but if not. there is-no lack of fine motels. Motorlog map shows four routes which vacationists can travel to the Oregon coast. is the lowest of all the routes between the Columbia river and California. Altitude at the top is only 500 feet. The trees are huee. Oft tne road among them, one can find deep swales of cool green creeks where the skunk cabbage leaves in spring grow four feet long. There are always wildflowers and sometimes wild game to be seen. The back bay roads at New port, Waldport, Florence and Reedsport afford extraordinar ily interesting things to look at If one is a camera fan, he'll run out of film every half hour. Not counting the resorts and towns, look over this list of coastal attractions one can find between Otis and. say, Kceds port, should one choose that as the turning point for a circle route: Devil's lake: the D river, shortest river in the world; Engineers Solve Freezing Problems With Chemicals Bingham. Utah (U.R) Engi neers at the Kennecott Copper Corporations huge Bingham mine have tentatively solved one of their most perplexing problems how to get waste ore from a dump car on a cold day. Thousands of tons of waste earth and rock are hauled daily from the Bingham open-cut cop per pit, the nation's biggest hole in the ground. The operation involves low grade ore that is covered by thick layers of useless material. Before the copper ore can be dug out with gigantic electric shovels and taken 1o mills, the waste must be removed. When temperatures are warm, there's no special problem just drop the waste into the cars, haul it to dumps well outside the mine, and leave it there. Variout Methods But sub-freezing winter days use the waste to stick in the dump cars and getting it out has proven costly. Over the years, crews tried various methods. Electrical heating was dis carded because it increased the potential hazard of the opera tion. Mechanical shaking proved impractical. Oil spraved into the cars would not penetrate snow, ice and mud and was dangerous to crews because of the slippery film it left on pletforms and grab-irons" on the sides of the cars. Engineers suggested using the heavily saline water of nearby Great Salt Lake as an anti-freez ing spray. This clogged lines with precipitated salt and it froze too soon. j Magnesium Chloride Finally, this winter, they mixed up a solution of compara tively inexpensive magnesium chloride and water. Technicians like Bob Ford stand beside the tracks and. with a long wand like pipe with three heads on its tip. spray the brins on the sides of the empty cars as they come into the pit to be loaded. The new method, called "freeze-proofing." was found to be the "most effective yet. The brine composed of 10 parts of magnesium chloride to six parts of water has a freezing point of 32 degrees below zero, well under temperatures reached in the pit area. In addition, the new solution was described as readily avail able and easy to handle and store. So, engineers said, they ap parently have found at least a temporary solution ot the prob lem of the sticking waste, al- thoueh further research and study will be continued. ENDS TOMORROW: CUTRIGHT To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, Rt. 2. Box 668D, Central Point, July 23. 1955, twin girls. 7 and 3 pounds, at Community Hospital. ECKEL To Mr. and Mrs. Paul, P.O. Box 842. July 23, 1955. a girl, 9 pounds, at Com munity Hospital. MARTIN To Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.. Prospect, July 23. 1955. a girl. 7'i pounds, at Com munity Hospital. TROWER To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, 912 Alta st., July 23, 1955. a boy. 8'i pounds, at Com munity Hospital. Lightning Destroys Building at Yakima Yakima !U.R Lightning struck a large maintenance shop of the Columbia Asphalt Paving Co.. at East Selah. near nere cirH.iv nisht and destroyed the building. T. R. Lonon, Yakima, a part ner in the company, said dam age would run into the thou sands of dollars. Employees moved a S15.000 loading ma chine and an oil tank truck to safety from the burning build ing but a patrol grader, a car. gasoline engines, tractors and many other pieces of equipment were destroyed. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Willamette Dredge Destroyed by Fire McMinnville U.R) A 250 ton dredge full of gasoline and crude oil burned to the water line Saturday night about nine miles east of here on the Cana diana bar in the Willamette riv er. But none of the dredge's sev en-man crew was aboard and there were no injuries. The dredge, owned by the Willamette Tug and Barge com pany of Portland, was valued at $50,000 by company vice-pres ident Art Riedel Jr. Skipper Thomas Graves of Ti- gard said the fire was discovered bv Dean Johnson of McMinn ville, a helicopter pilot who was spraying nearby. Fire departments from Dayton and McMinnville answered the call but exploding gasoline and oil prevented them from reach ing the craft which was anchored about 75 yards off shore. Skipper Graves said the crew had qu;t work about 4:30 p.m after fueling the dredge with 3000 gallons of gasoline, diesel oil and crude oil. The dredge was working on a channel maintenance project un der contract from the U.S. Army engineers. Opposition to Vanport Recreation Site Tod Portland (U.R) State Sen. Monroe Sweetland of Milwaukie today said the 300,000 people of Clackamas, Marion and Yamhill counties were "overwhelmingly" opposed to selection of the Van- port site for the proposed o, 000,000 Portland exposition recreation center. Sweetland said the site w-as too far distant from population centers in the outlying areas and that the city's tendency to expand to the south would make it more inconvenient as time went by. Nixon Bans Umbrellas At Welcome for Ike Washington (U.R) Vice-Presi dent Richard M. Nixon banned umbrellas yesterday at the wel come for President and Mrs. Eis enhower despite rainshowers. The president was drenched as a result of the order. Nixon said the ban was for "obvious reasons," apparently referring to the pre-World War II days when British Prime Mm ister Neville Chamberlain's um brella became a symbol for ap peasement of Nazi Germany at Munich. Wall Street About one person over 65 is disabled. in seven New York U.R) Industrial stocks rose to a new record high today under the leadership of the highest grade shares. These blue bloods brougnt other sections of the market up with them. Higher prices were noted all around. Some of the issues scored wide gains of from 3 to 5 points. The main list was up 1 to 2 points. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver aaes: 30 industrials 468.2, up 3.33; 20 railroads 159.5. off 0.03j 15 utilities 66.59, up U.is, ana oo stocks 168.80, up 0.71. Sales today were about 2,500, 000 shares and matched, the 2,500,000 traded Friday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T &T 186 Anaconda tl' Chrysler 90Ve Curtiss Wright 20 General Electric 52 General Motors 133 m BURGLAR SEES JOKE Hillsboro. ISr. D. (U.R) A bur glar stole $30 from the Hovet Implement Co. and left .a note saying: ''Next time keep your safe and back door locked. Ha! Ha:" PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland iUPi Cattle 1700. Av erage choice ted steers above 24 50: low to average choice sieers 23.50 S24.25. including 1160 lb at $23.75; good steers 21-S23: good to low choice fed heifers 21-S22; canner-cutter cowl mostlv 8.50-S10. few S10.50: utility sows 11 50-S13: commercial 14-S14.50; young cows above S15.50; utility-commercial bulls 14-S15.50. Calves 250. Good-choice vealers mostlv 18 - $20; utility - commercial 12-S17. Hog' 1200. U.S. No 1 and J butcher 180-235 lb 20-S20.50; No. 3 down to S19 heavier and lighter weights most lv 17 50-S19.50; choice around 320-500 lb sows 13-S16: 327 lb $16.50. Sheep 1750. Choice with some prime S19- good-choice mostly 17-$18: good choice feeder lambs around 1S.S0 or above- good-choice ewe 3.50-50. Culls down to . PORTLAND PRODUCE Dnni.nH it:P Esas To retail ers: Grade AA large. o9c dor. A large 52-54c: AA medium 50-52c: A medium 49-51c doz; A small jo-joc aoi. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints 65c: cartons 66c: A pnnta 63c; cartons 66c: B prints 63c. Cheese To retailers: a graue t"- dar. Oregon singles. '2-3s. loaves 46' 2-56' -c: processed American cheese 5-lo loaf 39'i-49'jC lb. Farm Market fWina' artfi.ltK KnlH St 1 .50"$ 1 5 todav for 2B-ln lugs with top at W.25: red raspberries sold at 1.75-S2 a itana- ard flat. Poultrv, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers tNo. 1 qualitv f.o.b. Portland': rrvers t't i 4 lbs '28c: at farm 27c lb; light hens 17-18c: heavy hens ail wis ic up, uiu roosters ll-14c. ... j Dressed ChicKen io. i oreMcu . reiailers: Fryers. New York style 41 42c lb; whole drawn 52-54c lb: cut-up 55-58C lb; hens, light type. New jtorK stvle 29-31c; whole drawn 41-45c. Turkevs To producers for A grade voung hens. f o b. farm. N.Y. dressed 33c; A toms N.Y. style 31c lb. To re tailers A grade young hens ready to cook 50c; N.Y. dressed 37-38c lb: A grade toms. oven ready. 41-4oc; N. style 34-35c lb; fryers turkeys 4 to 8 lbs 49-51c. . Rabbits (average to growers t op. killing plantsi Live, white. 334 to 4', lbs 21-23C up: 5 to 6 lbs 17-19c: colored pells 4c under; old does 10-12c lb. a lew higher. Fresh dressed fryers to re tailers 57-6 lc; cut up 62-65c. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalta. baled, .- .. Dnrilanii 33-S34. Prices as reported by the usua f- market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft, white. 73.75-S74.50 ton: No. 2 white oats 32 lb test. Coast delivery 50 50-S51 a ton; Willamette valley oats Portland delivery 49-549.50 ton: old crop spot No. 2 Western barley 46-S47 on f.o.b. Portland coasi oenvery, m crop No. 2 Western barley 5t ton, sovbean meal S84.07 ton. cars prompt delivery Portland; linseed oil meal $8o ton track, sacked. Portland: standard millrun $48 cars; wo. a """::"'." Eastern shipping points 69.50-70.50 ton. Daily Weather Report JtXY 25. 1S5 Sunset tonight. 7:38 p.m.; sunn to morrow, 4:57 a.m. MtrnFoRD AND VICINITY: Partly cloudv through Tuesday. Mild temper atures. Low tonight 55. High Tuesday OV. . -. WT WESTERN UKElJK: Lonsioci.u. cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. Oc casional drizzle along coasi iuiukui. lew light showers Tuesday. Continued cool, low tonigm. ,1-... e .vcont Rn.65 on coast. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: Fair to night and Tuesday out tog on Cooler. i tit l T 4 TEMPER AT4JRE: Mean yesterday -rn. aimf normal Record high this date 104 in 1939. Record low this date 46 in 1920. PRECIPITATION: Past 24 hours Tmai this month trace: .15 in below normal. Total since Sept. 1 n Rfl ir,- q nfi in below normal ' HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 7.T.- hiehpst this a.m. 66 :. high low prec. Brookings Crater Lake 33 Grants Pass 82 4o Klamath Falls - 84 42 MEDFORD - 83 56 Portland 6s 57 trace 62 51 01 82 55 .44 Mrs. Walter Pierce Suffers Heart Attack Salem (U.R) Mrs. WaK r Pierce was hospitalized here to dav after suffering a heart at tack at her home yesterday. Mrs. Pierce is the widow v..; former Oregon governor a congressman Walter Pierce w died in May of 1954. d Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Oil jHif'l''" V C5!!rl nc story ' an X PLUS I m m Mi M mmmmmm-m- J JJf SORT CALHOUN Jt- ' YMSB JULIE DSN'S 'ZSl JLl AND Y Answering Your "fi. 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