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Local and Rummage Sale The Provi dence Guild of the Sacred Heart hospital will hold a rummage sale Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21, at 103 North Ivy st. w m Visit Daughter Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Doughton, Salem, are vis iting at the home of their daugh ter, Mrs. Richard Jewett, 921 Winchester si. Council To Meet A meet ing of the Medford Building and Construction Trades council will be held at 8 p.m. today at 241z South Grape st., Alvin D. York, secretary, announced. Heater Checked Firemen said they were called to the Arthur Longhurst home, 814 Grant st., about 8:35 p.m. yes terday to check a faulty electric heater. Jailed Allen Tobell, 36, Waco, Tex., was arrested by city police yesterday and placed in county jail on a Madison, Wis., warrant charging sale of mort gaged property. Bicycles Stolen Theft of two bicycles owned by Leslie Ronald Little, 1602 East Jackson st., and Gary Cummings, 1000 Alta st., were reported to city police yesterday. Police' Ak City police re quested today that the woman who called them recently about a young blonde cocker spaniel dog, which had been lost, con tact them again as they believe the dog has been located. Have Surgery Two surgery patients were reported this morning at Community hospital They are Forrest Chapman, 429 West 12th st.,' and Mark Sweum, 6, son of Mrs. Gladys Sweum, 600 South Grape st. The boy had tonsillectomy. First Aid Class A first aid in itruction class will open. Thurs day, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Phoenix grade school library building. Mrs. O. J. Miller, Red Cross instructor, will teach the class. It is open to any interested adult. . Orders Issued Five orders for correction of fire hazards were issued by City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson after in spection yesterday of four busi ness occupancies. One under ground fuel oil tank was tested and approved. Meet Tonight -r-The Jackson County .4-H Leaders executive council will meet at 8 p.m. to day in the county agent's office in the courthouse. Winners of the Oregon Egg Producers asso ciation scholarship award and the Gitzen and Gitzen award will be selected. The council also will discuss the program of work for 1956. X-Ray Clinic The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital will be in operation between 2 and 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan 19, ac cording to hospital officials and the Jackson County Health asso ciation, joint operators of the clinic. A total of 69 county resi dents had x-rays last week, sev eral of them from rural areas, the x-ray committee reported. Money Stolen The theft of $22 kept in an envelope in the drawer of a kitchen cabinet was reported to city police yesterday by Francis Webb Stevens, 1208 Sailing ave. Police said the theft occurred while the family was gone Sunday, Monday and Tues day, and that entrance was ap parently gained through an un locked door. Auto Accidents No one was Injured in two auto accidents in Medford yesterday and today, according to city police. Jackie Lavon Simcox, 940 South Ivy st., was cited by city police for fail ure to yield the right o way when a car driven by her col lided at the corner of West Fifth and South Ivy sts. with a car operated by Robert Lynn Cur- tiss. 437?4 South Central ave., and Ernest Ignatius Flakus, 12 J. st., collided at 4371i South Central ave. BRONZE Butter Baked TURKEY THE Top Notch Craterian Theater Bldg. Calling JSP EverY- Who p. Eats I VY Personal Airport Inspected Final in spection of work completed last summer at Medford Municipal airport was made Saturday by two members of the civil aero nautics administration from Seattle. They inspected new pavement on the main runway and a strip of recently paved taxi-way. Committee Masting The Jackson County Juvenile Court advisory committee will meet in the circuit court room at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, Billy Abbott, chairman, has announced.-- The group will discuss a possible ju venile detention home site, and hear the annual statistical report of the department. Footlighters Guests Mem bers of the Footlighters Little Theater group will be guests of the Chin-Up club at a meeting to be held at Girls Community club Friday at 8 p.m. Games will be played and a box social will be held with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes, according to Mrs. Gordon Bowman, Chin Up club president. Accident Vehicles operated by Everett Lee Kenner, 25, of route 1, box 210, Eagle Point, and Roy James VanMere, 65, Camp White, were involved in an accident on Highway 62 near Biddle rd. about 11:55 a.m. yes terday, according to state police. The VanMere vehicle, police said, overtook the Kenner car and trailer, damaging the trailer and the rear end of Kenner's vehicle. VanMere was cited for violation of basic rule, police said. At Sacred Heart New medi cal patients reported today at Sacred Heart hospital are Rex Davis, 826 East Main st.; Mrs. Lydia Walker, 5465 South Pa cific highway; Edward Simmons, 2210 Capitol ave.; John Jakoski, 2190 Spring st., 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jakoski, and Mrs. Glen Smith, route 2, Central Point. Those reported as surgery patients today are Ralph Harris, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Harris, 1013 North Cen tral ave.; Kathleen Ramus, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ramus, Happy Camp, Calif., and Dennis Case, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Case, .Grants Pass. Logging Equipment Damaged by Slide .,, Albany, Ore. (U.R). An. offic ial of the Gilbert-Eaton logging company said today that a slide last month had caused from $75,000 to 8100,000 damage to equipment located about 40 miles upstream from Browns ville on the Calapooia river. The slide was discovered only recently when members of the firm went to the area to resume logging operations. A. V. Gil bert, a member of the firm, said one truck was lost and other equipment heavily damaged. He said the same storm,- which ap parently occured about Dec. 21, had washed out much of the ac cess road below the logging camp. -Bad weather had halted operations at the camp Dec. 16. Police Seek Robber Of Linn Treasurer ' Albany. Ore. (U.R) Police today searched for a holdup man who fled with some S8.000 after slugging Raymond Tomlin son, 61-year-old Linn county treasurer, in a daring holdup in the county courthouse here yes terday. Tomlinson was knocked un conscious by the bandit and was hospitalized suffering cuts above both eyes and behind one ear. . Police said the man entered Tomlinson's office and asked for an income tax blank. Then he forced Tomlinson into a vault where he slugged him with his pistol. He apparently escaped with the cash while the trasurer was unconscious. The holdup man was de scribed as being in his 30s and wearing dark clothes. THEY'RE STILL COPS Los Angeles U.R) City Councilman Harold Harby dis closed today that a few hours after he introduced a resolution urging that police officers not be called "cops" he was arrested for passing a red light. SPECIAL Swimming Pool Offer Sec our representative, Mr. Cameron, at the Jackson Hotel Thursday, Jan. 19. A standard quality swimming pool at WINTER CONSTRUC TION PRICE of only $3,275, for all pools signed, with deposit during January. ' The above includes sight investigation, layout, excavation, steel, Gun Crete, underwater light, springboard, built-in steps, complete filter system, white inside finish, all operating instructions and many other extras. Cascade Swimming Pools Northwest's Oldest and largest Pool Builders McKay Reports on Use of Sea Water Washington U.P.) Secre tary of Interior Douglas McKay said today sea water can be con verted to drinking water at a cost comparable to the highest present costs of purifying ordin ary municipal water. He told President .Eisenhower and Congress in his annual re port that progress in sea water conversion justifies increased re search. Congress has authorized 10 million dollars for a 14-year re search program. The Interior De partment asked for 5600,000 more for the next fiscal year. A cheap saline water conver sion method would play a large role in solving the nation's grow ing water shortage. Mr. Eisen hower reported to Congress yes terday that the nation 'by 1975 will need 150 billion more gal lons of water daily than it is now using. McKay said new processes for converting sea water on a large scale are approaching the maxi mum cost of purifying munici pal water and are comparable to industrial water costs. McKay said experiments are being conducted on several dif ferent new processes. He said progress is being made in each of the different methods. Jackson Warns On Soviet Missile Washington (U.R) Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.), warned today that Russia prob ably will fire a ballistic missile with a 1,500-mile range before ths end of the year. Although such a missile would not be able to' hit the United States Jackson said, it "would destroy our greatest single ad vantage in the contest for air atomic supremeaey, our system of advanced overseas air bases." Mere possession of such a mis sile, the senator said, "will per mit the Kremlin to blackmail our allies within its range into neu trality or worse. Before the year's end, the device of ballis tic blackmail may be added to the Soviet arsenal of conquest." Jackson, a member of the sen ate Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Atomic En ergy Military Applications Sub committee, made the statements in a speech before the National Security and Foreign Relations Commissions of the American Legion. Chamber President Sees Good Business Portland (U.R) The pres ident of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce says he sees no rea son why business shouldn't be as good in 1956 as it was last year. Boyd Campbell of Jackson, Miss., a Portland visitor yester day, said their might be some uncertainty because of the gen eral elections coming up. But he said that the last two general elections had no appreciable ef fect on business activity. Campbell also said conditions in Mississippi were a long ways from being as bad as pictured in a recent report by Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.). He said it was an accepted fact that a visitor to any community in America us ually finds evidence of that which is sought. He cited buil dings, schools, playgrounds and other modern facilities built for exclusive use of colored people at the cost "of many millions of dollars." Auditorium Site Withstands Test Portland (U.R) The Port land Exposition-Recreation com mission decision favoring the South Auditorium site with stood its first legal test yester day. Circuit- Judge Martin W. Hawkins sustained the city's de murrer which threw out of court efforts to half development of the site. The decision favoring the west side location for construc tion of the eight million dollar center had been challenged by several eastside interests. The court test was a prelude to an effort to get a measure on the ballot' which would restrict lo cation of the center to a location on the east-side. News About Servicemen ON FURLOUGH L. Douglas Brannock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley T. Bran nock, 917 Alta st., is home on furlough before entering offi cer's candidate school at New port, R.I. Brannock graduated from Medford High school in 1950 and from Oregon State col lege in 1954. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Electronic school in Aug. 1955 and returned home Jan. 7 from a tour of duty in Japan aboard the USS Fictor. Arizona Girl Object Of Search by Posse Mesa, Ariz. (U.R) A sheriffs posse and rescue planes scoured farm land near here today for a seven-year-old girl who disap peared after she stepped from a school bus a quarter-mile from her home yesterday afternoon. Carla Hixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hixon, last was reported seen yesterday after noon by bus driver L. B. Coons of Mesa. The driver said he let the girl off at her stop about 3 p.m. The sheriff's office said today it was investigating the possibil ity of foul play. Coons said he saw a "dark car" coming north on the paved road approaching the girl after she alighted from the bus yester day. But he said he did not see the car enter the intersection be hind him after that. Bank Stockholders Approve Coos Merger Portland J(U.R) Stockholders of the United States National bank, of Portland yesterday ap proved a merger of that state wide banking system with the Coos Bay National bank. The merger previously was approved by stockholders of the Coos Bay bank in a vote Monday. The merger is subject to final approval by the comptroller of currency .who also will set the effective date. Directors elected three new vice presidents. They included Guy C. Rea, formerly manager of the Astoria branch, who is scheduled to become manager of the new Coos Bay branch. Others named, subject to ap proval of the merger, were Rei- dar Bugge, president of the Coos Bay National Bank and J. F. Williams, vice president of that institution. - WALL STREET New York (U.R) The Tin Lizzie of 1956 led the stock market parade today. And the Stock Exchange suf fered from neglect. Trades fell off to the lowest level since last Nov. 11, Veterans' Day. Prices slipped off except in the utili ties where a small gain was re corded. Everybody wanted Ford. No body seemed to want the listed shares. At one time the price of Ford mounted to S70 a share, against the sale price of $64.50 a share. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 179 Anaconda 68 Chrysler 8 lis Curtiss Wright ... 28Vs General Electric 1 54 V2 General Motors 44 Montgomery Ward 89 Penn. R. R 24Vs Penney, J. C 98 Radio 43 Southern Co. . 19 Southern Pacific 53 S. Oil of Calif 88 Texas Gulf Sulphur 36V2 Transamerica 40 Tri-Continental 25 United Aircraft : 66 U.S. Rubber 53 U.S. Steel 54 Youngstown 87 Twins occur approximately once in every 92 births, triplets once in 9,600 and quadruplets once in every 657,000. 5 JO to 90 P. M. 22S5eB2E BAKED HAM (334 t 3.i BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 a.jn. to 2 p.ni ; HOTEL U, I Obituary IRVIN GAYER The body of Irvin A. Gayer, 62, who 'died Friday in the Vet erans Administration Domicil iary at Camp White, were trans ferred by Conger-Morris funeral home last night to Breckenridge, Minn., for services and inter ment. Mr. Gayer was born No. 30, 1893, at Fairmount, N.D. On April 8, 1918, at Ft. Leaven worth, Kan., he enlisted in the Army, and was discharged June 21. 1919, at Ft. Dodge, la. Survivors include a brother, A. J. Gayer, Fairmount, N.D. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 500. Good around 950-1082 lb. fed steers S17-18; commercial-low good heifers S13.50 14.50: canner-cutter cows mostly S7- 9.50; utility cows S9-11.50, 1013 lbs. at S11.50. Calves 50. Good-choice vealers S21- 27; cull-utility vealers S7-14. Hogs 3o0. U.fa. 1 and 2 butchers 180- 235 lb. S12.75-13 including some No. 3 grades at S12.75; No. 1 hogs S13.25: other No. 3 down to S12; sows 350-550 lb. S9.oO-10.50. Sheep 3Q0. Choice slaughter lambs S18.50-18-75; good-choice fed lambs $17-18: good feeders $14.50-15.50; good-choice ewes S5-6. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 57-59c; A large, 57-58c; AA medium. 54-56c; A me dium, 53-55c; A small. 47-50c; carton. 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; prints, 66c; cartons, 67c; B prints, 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles 40',2-45c; 5-lb. loaves, 46V2-49:2C. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, .39',2-41c lb. Farm Market . Best cartons of southern lettuce were at $2-2.50 to retailers with ex treme at S2.75 today; large Mexican tomatoes topped market at S6.50 and above for three layer lugs; 45 lb. bas kets of green peppers quoted by one wholesaler at $10.15. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland: Fryers, 2'x to 4 lbs., 24c; at farm, 23c; roasters, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens. 18c, heavy hens, all wts., 25c; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style, 37 38c lb.; whole drawn, 4446c; cut up, 49-59c; hens, light type. New York style, 32-34c; cut-ups. 42-46c; hens, heavy type, N.Y. style, 36-39c; whole drawn, 45-49C. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb. eviscerated, A grade young toms, 46- 50c lb. eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant) Live white. 33i-4'2 lbs., 23-26c; 5-6 lbs., 13-21c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10-14c lb.; a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to re tailers, 58-61c lb.; cut up, 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: No. z green alfaila, baled, f.o.b. trucks, Portland. $40-42 ton. U. S. No. 1 Timothy hay. $48 ton. f.o.b. Seattle; No. 1 Timothy mixed hay, $44, Seattle. Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $74 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. ' $54-56c: No. 2 Western barley, $47 f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal, $79.50 ton, delivered Portland; standard mill run. $42.50; No. 2 yellow corn, Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland, $6.50. Daily Wealher Report Sunset tonight 5:07 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow cob a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy this evening with valley fog tonight and Thursday morning. Low tonight 3-3B. .High uriday 52. : Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday. Patchy valley fog ana cooler tonight. liow tonight oz-4U. High Friday 45-55. Northern California: Partly cloudy tonight. Mostly fair Thursday except local morning tog. cooler tonight. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 40; above normal 3. Record high this date 59 in 1919. Record low this date 9 in 1922. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, .14 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., .06 inch. Total this month 3.86 inches, 2.47 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 19.50 inches, 9.75 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 71 , highest this a.m. 100. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 58 46 .61 Crater Lake 38 0 .36 Grants Pass 46 40 .32 Klamath Falls ,. 42 32 .10 MEDFORD 45 42 .20 Portland 50 42 .47 Seattle 48 42 .17 Spokane 35 29 Yakima 43 33 .13 Eureka . 55 50 .07 Red Bluff . 51 45 .18 Sacramento 51 47 .08 San Francisco 54 48 .28 Los Angeles 67 50 Phoenix - Denver Chicago Miami New York Washington, D.C. 64 37 35 79 39 37 38 19 31 56 24 30 Use Tribune Want Ads Low in. Cost! Just Call 2-6141 Opening TONIGHT! ART KAYE COMEDIERS 2 Floor Shows Nightly Watch for Opening of . MISS CHRISTINE JORGENSEN In person! Stan Club Wednesday, January 18. 1956 wage earners riahts in Oregon COLLECTION OF WAGES Workers sometimes have employment situations in in which they cannot obtain earned wages. Recourse for obtaining these wage pay ments is provided under Ore gon labor laws. A few siiua ations of this kind are brought out in these questions. Q. I cannot collect wages from my last employer. Can the Bu reau of Labor help? A. The labor commissioner is authorized to assist employees in collection of delinquent wages earned for personal services. Such claims are taken on assign ment for collection by the Bu reau of Labor when evidence of unpaid wages is presented by the claimant. Q. Our work crew had a con tract with a construction firm in 1954 that provided for overtime pay. We never did get the over time. Can it be collected now? A. The statute of limitations outlaws this claim. All actions for overtime pay must be com menced within one year under Oregon law. Q. I worked at falling- and bucking for a logger who didn't pay me. Can I file a lien on the logs? A. Your labor in securing the timber gives you a lien right on the logs you cut during the pre vious six months to filing of such claim. Your lien claim must be filed within 30 days after ceasing the work. If you have a question, you may write Commissioner Nor man O. Nilsen, State Bureau of Labor, Salem, Ore. Farm Sales Favored To Unfriendly Lands Los Angeles (U.P.) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson yesterday .favored the sale of surplus U. S. farm commodities to "other than friendly coun tries" to help relieve the de cline in the national farm in come. , "We (the administration) urge that sales of surplus agricultur al commodities to other than friendly countries be permitted under conditions that protect our national interests," Benson told the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives convention here yesterday. Benson said such a program of sale or barter is necessary to help reduce domestic surpluses which, he estimated, reduced farm income by more than $2, 000,000,000 last year. Without surpluses, Benson said, farm in come today might have been 10 per cent higher. 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