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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
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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
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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
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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.
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SEE YOU ALL NEXT SUNDAY
LOUIS and MARJORIE
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