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0 0 G b O G O O o o TWELVE" MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, August 12, 1955 SOC Enrollment Application Urged Ashland Students planning to enroll at Southern Oregon col lege on Sept. 21 through 24 are bein? urged to file applications for admission and forward their high school reports as soon as possible, according to Mrs. Ma' bel W. Winston, registrar. Early receipt of these ma terials insures that the prospec tive enrollee will receive the general information put out by the college in time to make all necessary personal arrange ments, Mrs. Winston said. Water Committee Calls for Reports Welcome To 4 MILES NORTH - 'VT -Yl MIL EAST -fajriJzl- scenic t. .yypS-is WATCH FOR SIGNS Bring your visiters and friends . ..' Voluntary Contributions Accepted. 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. Yreka The recently - ap pointed Yreka water committee held its first meeting this week, and called for a series of re ports from city officials on var ious aspects of the city's acute water shortage and how it can be alleviated. State Sen. Randolph Collier was elected chairman of the group. The committee went on record as favoring a city council plan to attempt placing an under ground dam across a subter ranean waterway near the city's north well to increase the supply of water for the well. The underground dam is ex pected to be only a temporary help, and the committee will study other proposed long-range solutions. Among the reports it asked are those giving the city's financial position, its bonding Valley View Road Detour Completed Ashland The Valley View road east from Highway 99 near Jockson Hot springs, which has been closed for a week, was re opened this week. A new bridge is to be con structed over Bear Creek there, and a temporary detour was completed Wednesday. Births LEWIS To Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Lewis, Orr dr.. Central Point, Aug. 11, 1955, a girl, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. Salem (U.R) The State Board of Aeronautics yesterday approv ed plans for its new office build ing and hangar here. Director Earl W. Snyder said the office building may be ready for occu pancy by mid-October. capacity, present water supplies and facilities, and other perti nent information. Daily Weather Report DATE Aug. 12. 1955 Sunset tonight 7:15 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:16 a m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair tonitrht and Saturday. Little change in tem perature. Low tonight 30. High to morrow 80. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Saturday except patchv night and morning cloudiness along coast and over northern valleys. Low tonight 45-55; high Saturday 55-65 on coast; 70-80 in northern interior; 85 south ern interior. Northern California: Fair tonight and Saturday except for coastal fog and scattered afternoon and evening thounderstorms in southern Sierras. Five-day forecast: Western Wash ington and Oregon, little or no pre cipitation. Temperatures average be low normal. High western Washing ton mostly 60s or low 70s. Western Oregon 70s or low 80s. Lows mostly in the 40s. Northern California, no precipita tion. Coastal fog and temperatures near normal. LOCAL DATA Temperature: Mean yesterday 74; above normal 1. Record high this date 107 in. 1935. Record low this date 44 in. 1918. Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight 6 in Midnight to 10 a.m. 0 in. Total this month 0 in.. .05 in. below normal. . Total since Sept. 1, 8.89 in.. 9.12 in. below normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 23 '.o. highest this a.m. 77 Si. high low prec. Brookings 61 49 Crater Lake ,. 76 42 Grants Pass 89 44 Klamath Falls 91 49 MEDFORD 92 53 Portland 75 53 Seattle 66 54 Spokane 89 57 Yakima 93 59 Eureka 56 51 Red Bluff ..100 65 Sacramento 90 54 San Francisco 61 50 Los Angeles 35 65 Phoenix 90 83 Denver : 85 61 Chicago 81 67 Miami 95 78 New York 85 69 Washington. D. C 85 71 4.66 .21 HOUSE of MYSTERY WHERE THE STEREORAMIC PHOTO ORIGINATED North of Gold Hill AT Open Throughout The Year ANY SNAPSHOT TAKEN WITHIN THE VORTEX WILL PRODUCE A 3D PICTURE. TEST IT! Summer Hours 8 to 7 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. trucks. Portland. S34-35. Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. $73.50 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38 lb. test. Coast delivery. S50 a ton; No. 2 Western barlev. S45.50-46 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal S83 ton. cars prompt delivery Port land; No. 2 milo. f.o.b. Portland, S56 ton: standard millrun. $46.50. cars; No. 2 vellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland. $66 ton. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland i U.P.I Cattle for week 3125. Choice steers 23.35-S24: good 20.50-S22.50: good-choice feeders 17 S18.50; good-low choice heifers 20 $22: commercial 16-$19; canner-cutter cows 7-S9.50; utility beef cows 10.50 $12; utility-commercial bulls 14-$15.50. vealers and calves 17-S19. high choice vealers to S2u: utility-commercial grade 11-S16. culls down to S8. Hogs for week 1500. U. S. No. 1 and 2 180-235 lb. butchers late 19.75-S20. earlv sales $19.50 down; No. 3 lots 19-S19.25 late: heavier and lighter weights 17.50-S18.50; sows 12-$15 for choice 350-550 )b. Sheep for week 5160. Good-choice slaughter spring lambs 17-S18: choice with some prime grade 18.25-S18.590; large $18.75; good-choice feeder lambs 14-S15. range feeder to S15.50; good choice ewes 3.50-S5. Wall Slreel New York (U.R) Selective buying in an otherwise dull mar ket featured the week end ses sion on the Stock Exchange to day. Some issues rose as much as 2 points. Several made new highs. There were losers, too. Newmont Mining, for example, fell 2 points after hitting a new high. General Motors, General Electric. Boeing Airplane and several others rec orded small losses. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 457.01 up 1.83; 20 railroads 154.09 up 0.62; 15 utilities 65.40 off 0.04, and 65 stocks 164.35 up 0.53. Sales today were about 1,530, 000 shares. Yesterday"s sales to taled 1,620,000. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 1835s Anaconda 73 Chrysler 84 Curtiss Wright 20U General Electric 503,i General Motors 127? 8 Montgomery Ward 80 M Penn. R. R 267s Penney, J. C 9434 Radio 47?8 Southern Co 20 Vi Southern Pacific 60Ts S. Oil of Calif 90 Texas Gulf Sulphur 39V2 Transamerica ., 431s Tri - Continental 26 V4 United Aircraft 76";i U. S. Rubber 45 U. S. Steel 521s Youngstown 8934 PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eges To Te tailers: Grade AA large. 60-61C do-.; A large. 51-55C. AA medium. 49-50c; A medium. 47-49C doz; A small 34-35c 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 Ched dar. Oregon singles 42,i-45'2; 5-lb. loaves. 4613-49,2c. Processed Amer ican cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39 ',2-49 "jc lb. Farm Market Small to medium sized Willamette valley cabbage sold at 3.50-S4 a crate today: first Snake river district corn quoted retailers at S2.50 a 5-dozen ear crate: Wapato district cantaloupes sold at mostly 2.25-S2.50 at the East Side Farmers market. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 qualitv f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2'2 io 4 lbs. 2!c; at farm, 28c lb: light hens, 17-18c; heavy hens, all wts. 19-20c up; eld roosters. 11-1 4c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 39-40c lb.: whoel drawn, 51-55c lb; cutup. 56-59c lb: hens, light type. New York stvle. 28-29c: cut-ups. 40-46c; hens, heavy type. N. Y. style. 29-31c; whole drawn. 41-44c. Turkeys To producers for A grade voung hens, f.o.b. farm, N.Y. dressed, 32-33c: A toms. N.Y. style. 31g-32c lb.; liveweieht basis. A grade hens. 30c: Toms. 29c lb. to retailers. A grade voung hens ready to cook 50c; N. Y. dressed. 37-3Rc lb.; A grade toms. oven readv. 41-45c: N.Y. style. 34-35c lb.: frver turkevs. 4-8 lbs.. 49-51C Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 34-4'a 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 re tailers. 57-61c: cut up. 62-65C. Two Car Thefls Reported to Police The theft of two cars, one from a residence and the other from a hotel parking lot, was re ported to the city police yester day and this morning, according to department records. Charles G. Green, 1006 South Oakdale st., notified the depart ment that his 1955-model car had been taken from his resi dence, driven approximately 100 miles, and then returned, police said. Police were contacted early this morning by John Claiborne Greer, Eugene salesman, who stated that his 1955-model sta tionwagon had been taken from 1he parking lot of the Jackson hotel, located at Ninth and Front sts., police said. The car was found abandoned on East Main st., between Cottage st. and Portland ave., police added. It was stolen between the hours of 6 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., they said. OPENS TODAY Prineville U.R) The 1955 Crooked River Roundup opened today with a number of the na tion's top cowboys on hand to compete for a share of the S5. 100 prize money. The rodeo will close Sunday. Days Creek Forest Blaze Under Control Roseburg (U.R) A forest fire which threatened about 1,000,000 feet of felled and bucked timber 45 miles southeast of here was in the mop-up stage today. Wayne Miller, dispatcher for the Douglas Forest Protective association, said the blaze was "controlled and trenched" early yesterday afternoon. It burned over about 45 acres in the Days Creek area. Some 50 firefighters were used to bring the flames under con trol, a job made extremely diffi cult by the steep terrain and the bucked timber. McKAT TO SPEAK Salem (U.R) Interior Secre tary Douglas McKay is scheduled to fly to Gallup, N. M. Saturday night to speak at annual Indian ceremonies there. McKay will speak Saturday afternoon at dedication of a national monu ment at Vancouver, Wash. WOTrriED or DEATH Sheriff's officers here were notified at noon yesterday of tha death of George S. Andrus in an auto accident near Alturas. Calif. The officers relayed the message to Andru's brother-in-law, Wayne Downing, Prospect. Russian Tourists To Visit Satellites Moscow . (U.R) Russia's new "sweetness and light" attitude spread to tourists today and the first two groups of travelers were scheduled to leave for abroad in a few days. The groups, one from Moscow and the other from Leningrad, will visit Poland for 10 days. Other like groups are expected to follow on ' visits to China, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and other Soviet satellites. YES -IT IS TRUE! Tom and Winnie Phelps ARE BACK AGAIN TO SERVE THEIR MANY FRIENDS THE FINEST IN FOOD! Opening Saturday AUGUST 13th o 0 AT THE MILL CAFE ON HIGHWAY 99 AT CENTRAL POINT Louis and Marjorie Biden Announce The Opening of Their New Restaurant THE MILL -CREEK FALLS CAFE" Pr ospect, Oregon We will have OPEN HOUSE on SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, from 1 to 6 p.m. There will be a FREE BUFFET LUNCH served during those hours. All of our friends, and their friends (which means everyone) are invited! We are also happy to announce that our Cafe wi managed and operated by Perry and Ruby De Voe. i SEE YOU ALL NEXT SUNDAY LOUIS and MARJORIE II be HERE IS A DREAM GOME TRUE! AUTOMATDC DRYEK CLOTHES CONDDTIIONEia WmmM Model DA-624 NOTHING DOWN s 229 95 $11.35 A MONTH This G-E Automatic Dryer "conditions" your clothes fluffy dry for wearclamp dry for ironing. And a G-E Dryer-Conditioner will auto matically sprinkle your clothest by combimng just the right amount of moisture, air, and tumbling. It's quick and easy and it means that you will never again have to iron when you don't feel like it, just because you have a basket of damp clothes that might mildew if not taken care of immediately. Dry those clothes in your Dryer-Conditioner you can sprinkle them whenever you're ready to iron. GENERAL ELECTRIC 0231CEMS-) OTHER G-E DRYERS AS LOW AS $149.95 WASHERS FROM $199.95 MAIN STORE 115 East Main Phone 3-5395 BARGAIN STORE 303 S. Front St. Phone 2-5595 3 Q O
