Local and
DAV Club Members of the
Sewing club of the Disabled
American Veterans auxiliary
have slated a work meeting
Thursday, May 3, beginning at
10 a.m., at the home of Mrs.
William A. Eiden, Jacksonville.
Meeting Slated Rogue Soil
Conservation district will meet
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the coun
ty agent's office, it was re
ported today. Andrew E. Ste
vens, Phoenix, is chairman.
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Personal
To Attend Meet G. E. Olson
of the Jerry Olson Mack sales,
Medford. will be among distribu
tors of Mack trucks at a three
day meeting,- at the company's
plant in Allentown, Penn., start
ing May 7. About 160 distribu
tors and company executives are
expected to attend.
Assumes Names Bruno and
Sara C. Rath have assumed the
business name Rath's Medford
Fashion Center, and H. D. and
Walter Wyckoff and Don L.
Meggers have assumed the name
Cloverlane Poultry Farm, ac
cording to records in the coun
ty recorder's office.
In Portland Paul Hornbeck,
Medford manager of the J. Hen
ry Helser and company office, Is
in Portland today attending a
conference of company managers-
and visiting brokers from
throughout the country. The con
ference concerns a report on
national economic conditions.
The company is an Investment
management firm.
Topic Told "Controlling Our
Emotions," is title of the topic
on which Dr. J. Hudson Ballard
will speak today at 8 p.m., at
First Presbyterian church. Dr.
Ballard has been here through
the week to speak on subjects
concerning psychology and bet
ter living. The public is invited
to the lecture and to the one
which will close his series Thurs
day, May 3, at 8 p.m., on "Tem
perament in Daily Life," which
also will be given at the church.
A nursery will be provided for
parents of small children.
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HOT AND COLD LUNCHES
Including
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7:00 A.M.
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Rummage Members ef Al
pha Lambda chapter, Epsilon
Sigma Alpha sorority will hold
a rummage sale Friday, May 4
at fl a.m., at Girls Community
club, 229 North Bartlett st.
To Meet Christian Charity
guild of St. Peter's Lutheran
church will meet Wednesday,
May 2, at 1:30 p.m., in the home
of Mrs. Hugo Frohreich, 304V4
North Holly st.
Baked Sale The Disabled
American Veterans auxiliary
will hold a baked food sale and
bazaar at the City Appliance
store Saturday, May 5, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
At Osteopathic Mrs. Lizzie
Freauf, route 1, box 383, Gold
Hill, had surgery Tuesday at
Osteopathic hospital and Lloyd
A. Dunha, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold E. Dunham, Grants Pass,
is a medical patient there.
Medical Patients Mrs. Geor
giana Beier, 143 North Colum
bus ave.; Thomas Scott, ZVz
months, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Scott Jr., 405 Oak St., and
Tom Parret, Canyonville,, and
Mrs. Thilena May, Talent, are
listed as medical patients today
at Sacred Heart hospital.
Have Surgery Those reported
as surgery patients today at Sa
cred Heart hospital are Carl
Sorting, Ashland; Debbie Merri
man, two months, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Merriman,
35 Chestnut st.; Charles Shot
well, 1200 Loal st.; Oscar Rose,
148 Winema way, and Herbert
Sauvageau, 2294 Corona ave.
At Community Franklin
Ragsdale, 14, son of Mrs. Ruth
H. Ragsdale, P. O. box 341, Med
ford, had minor surgery today
at Community hospital, and
others reported there today are
Mrs. Robert Baylor, route 2, box
245B, Jacksonville, for surgery;
and Miss Verna Barritt, route 1,
box 658C, Eagle Point, and Mrs.
John Anhorn, route 2, box 286B,
Medford, both medical patients.
Motor Fire City firemen
were called to the Courtesy
Chevrolet garage, Ninth and
Bartlett sts., about 4:30 p.m.
yesterday when a fire occurred
in a truck motor which was be
ing repaired. The blaze was ex
tinguished by a mechanic on
duty. Slight damage resulted to
the motor, firemen stated. Fire
men were dispatched with a
pumper to the public library
about 6:25 p.m. last night. A
light fixture was found burned
out and smoking. There was no
other damage.
Of the 400,000 or more wives
who each year become widows,
11,000 are under 25 years of
age and about 47,000 are under
35 years old.
BIRTHS
NICHOLS To Mr. and Mrs.
Claude, route 2, box 189, Cen
tral Point, May 1, 1956, a boy,
8 pounds, in Community hos
pital. CLEAVER To Mr. and Mrs.
Richard, 49 Cedar st., Central
Point, May 1, 1956, a girl, 7V4
pounds, in Sacred Heart hos
pital. HARRIS To Mr. and Mrs.
Walter, 3628 South Pacific high
way, May 1, 1956, a girl, 64
pounds, in Sacred Heart hospital.
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Reward Offered on
Proof of Giveaway
Portland (U.R) A $1000
check awaits anyone who can
pin down the "giveaway" charg
es of Democrats against Presi
dent Eisenhower or former In
terior Secretary Douglas Mc
Kay. A Pendleton rancher and for
mer state senator. Rex Ellis, has
offered the sum for anyone who
can prove the charges through
the due process of law.
"Because the president of the
United States and his secretary
of interior Douglas McKay, have
been accused by certain persons
of giving away the public do
main without just compensation,
thereby implying fraud and im
morality, I hereby hand you a
certified check," Ellis said in a
letter to E C. Sammons, presi
dent of the U. S. National bank.
Ellis instructed Sammons to
turn the check over to anyone
who could prove by due process
of law that either McKay or
President Eisenhower had com
mitted fraud or given away the
public domain without due pro
cess of law.
Open House Planned
Af Western Auto
An open house sale will begin
Thursday, May 3, at Western
Auto store, 101 South Riverside
ave. The event will celebrate re
modeling of the store and addi
tion of equipment, service de
partments, new lines of mer
chandise and the building up of
other stocks. A complete house
hold hardware department has
been added and ' a sporting
goods department has been en
larged. Free gifts will be distributed
at the store Thursday,: Friday
and Saturday, May 3 through 5,
and children will be given bal
loons. Grand prizes will be on
view in the store windows to be
awarded winners on Saturday,
May 12, closing date of the open
house sale.
A service room has been add
ed for mounting tires, installing
batteries, seat covers and other
automotive items.
A complete garden tool de
partment is Included at the
store.
The remodeling program and
enlargement of services and
stocks has been under direction
of Donald K. Ford, who assum
ed management duties in late
March this year.
27 Loggers Attend
Forest School Here
Twenty-seven loggers attend
ed the forest operator's meeting
conducted last night by the state
forest patrol at its headquarters
on Table Rock rd.
Similar sessions are set for
this evening at the patrol head
quarters at Grants Pass and
Thursday night at the American
Legion hall at Cave Junction.
Both meetings are to open at
8 p.m.
Lee Port, district supervisor
for the state department of for
estry, spoke on "Where Are We
Going in Fire Protection?" and
was moderator for a panel on
forest laws. Curt Nesheim,
southwest district warden, dis
cussed district policies.
Panel participants were John
Bradish, Homer Smets, Victor
Van Hoy and John Kincaid, in
spectors. Madras, Ore. (U.R) Ground
breaking ceremonies were held
Tuesday for the controversial
$25,000,000 Pelton dam on the
Deschutes river.
Obituary
HENRY DIESS
Rogue River Funeral serv
ices will be held at Hope Pres
byterian church here Thursday
at 2 p.m. for Henry G. Diess,
79, of Rogue River, who died at
Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday. The
Rev. D. F. Barnett will officiate.
Hull and Hull Funeral . home,
Grants Pass, is in charge of ar
rangements. Interment will be
in Woodville cemetery.
Mr. Diess was born in Lane
county March 18, 1877. He had
resided here most of his life.
Survivors include his wife,
Stella J.; three sons, Chester W.,
Grants Pass; Frederick, Port
land, and Henry C, Sunnyvale;
a daughter, June V. R. Diess,
Rogue River, and 10 grandchil
dren.
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO:
ELKS, THEIR LADIES and
INVITED GUESTS . . .
The 1956 Inaugural Ball will be held at the Medford Elks Temple Saturday
night, May 5. At informal as a May flower, ladies will feel at home in their
newest party dress and any husband will feel at home in the suit he wore to
the last one or the ono before that.
Refreshments will add to the fun of dancing to the music of Elks Ball Day
Evans. You all come, please.
SP, Air Lines Agree
On Truck-Air Freight
Southern Pacific railroad,
through a highway subsidiary,
has agreed to provide truck-airfreight
service between Pacific
coast points and most principal
cities, D. J. Russell, president of
the company, has announced.
The agreement is with Ameri
can Airlines, Slick Airway and
United Air Lines, and provides
service between Pacific Motor
Trucking company points in
California, Nevada and Oregon,
and terminal airports in San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Port
land and Reno. Pacific Motor
Trucking is a subsidiary of
Southern Pacific.
Russell said negotiations are
under way to extend the service
with other air freight lines.
Two Appear Before
Federal Judge Here
.Fred J. Wiltgen and his wife,
Blanche, Phoenix, were arrested
by federal officers Monday, and
appeared before Federal Com
missioner Frank J. Van Dyke to
arrange bail on a federal charge.
They were arrested under a
grand jury4 indictment charging
them with violations of the fed
eral housing laws, having to do
with false statements made in an
FHA application. They are to
appear in the western Washing
ton federal district court in Se
attle. .
Bail was set at $750 cash in
the indictments, but in lieu of
that, they were released on prop
erty bonds of $1,500 each by
Van Dyke.
Fire Damages Home
Here This Morning
Fire at the home of the Rev.
W. C. Piper, 590 Oakdale dr.,
early this morning extensively
damaged the entire kitchen.
There was also smoke damage
throughout the house.
Firemen reported that a pan
left on a hot burner of the kitch
en range overheated and set fire
to a- cupboard over the range.
Two pumper trucks were sent
to the Piper home about
12:40 a.m.
Slight smoke damage to the
kitchen of the Vernon LeRoy
residence, 213 Louis ave., oc
curred yesterday evening when
a coffee pot was forgotten and
left on the burner of the elec
tric range, firemen, said. Fire
men were summoned about 8:40
p.m. when smoke was reported
in the house.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 600. Choice
1106 lb. fed steers $20.50: load 1050
lb. S20: choce around 700 lb. fed heif
ers $19-19.25; canner-cuiter cows
mostly $9-11; shells down to $6; util
ity cows $12-13, some higher: utility
bulls $15-16: light cutters $12-13.50.
Calves 75. Choice vealers 25-27; good
$19-24; utility $11.50-14.
Hogs 400. U.S. 1-2 butchers 180-235
lb. $17.25-17.75; No. '3 $16-16.25; sows
300-500 lb. $11.50-14.50.
Sheep 250. Choice 100-lb. old crop
No. 1 pelt iambs $18.50: utility-good
No. 3 pelt $15; cull-utility ewes $2
4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (U.P.) Esgs To retail
ers: Grade AA large, 48-49c: A large,
44-47c; AA medium, 42-45c; A me
dium, 42-44c; A small, 34c; cartons,
2-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: AA grade
prints, 68c lb.; cartons, 69c; A prints,
68c: B prints, 66c
Cheese To retailers: A grade
Cheddar, single daisies. 43I.i-471,ac; 5
lb. loaves. 48',2-51',ic . Processed
American cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 42-44c lb.
Farm Market
Best radishes brought producers
mostly 40-45 cents a dozen bunches
at the East Side Farmers market with
scattered sales to 50 cents; first mid
Columbia leaf lettuce expected to
morrow; Sunnyside asparagus wasj
$5.50-5.75 for top grade.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2,s-4
lbs., 24c; at farm, 23c; light hens,
too few transactions for Portland
price: 18c at ranch; heavy hens 5 lbs.
up. not enough trading for Portland
price; at country, 20-21C up; old roost
ers, ll-14c.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers, New York style, 36
37c lb.; whole drawn. 40-43c: cut up.
45-50c; hens, light type. New York
style. 30-31c: cut up. 42-44c; hens,
heavy type. N.Y. style, 33-36c; whole
drawn, 44-48C.
Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur
kevs, live weights, 27c lb.
Dressed Turkeys To retailers nom
inally A grade young hens. 55-56c lb.;
eviscerated, depending on weight;
eviscerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb.
Rabbits (Average to growers, f ob.
killing plant): Live white .3i-4',i lbs..
23-26c; 5-6 lbs.. 18-21 c; colored pelts.
4c under: old does. 10-14c lb.; a few
higher. Fresh killed fryers to retail
ers, 58-61C lb.; cut up. 62-65c.
PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN
Portland Wholesale Hay Prices:
No. 2 green alfalfa baled f.o.b. Port
land. $43-47; some sales higher.
Wholesale prices as reported by the
USDA market news service: Wheat,
No. 2 soft white, $74.50 ton: No. 2
white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery.
$58.50 ton; No. 2 Western barley, $49
ton, f.o.b. Portland coast delivery;
soybean meal. $89 ton, delivered Port
land; standard millrun. $44.50-45 ton;
No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments,
f.o.b. Portland. $72.
Wednesday, May 2, 1958
Customer Relations
Clinic Slated Here
A' customer relations . clinic
will be conducted in Medford
May 16-17 and 21-22, by Norman
A. Davis, private sales consult
ant. The two-hour clinic ses
sions are scheduled at the Jack
son hotel at 7:30 pjn. and are
sponsored by the retail mer
chants of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
The purpose of these meetings
is to deal with the techniques
of establishing satisfied custom
ers and building customer good
will. j
Additional information on the
clinics may be obtained from
the Jackson County Chamber of
Cpmmerce.
Eugene Couple Leases
Adrienne's Location
Bruno Rath and his wife, Sara
C. Rath, announced today they
have leased the space formerly
occupied by Adrienne's Wom
en's ready-to-wear . shop, 214
East Main st., and will open a
women's specialty store . there
about Aug. 1. They are from
Eugene.
Remodeling of both Interior
and exterior of the shop will
begin as soon as plans have been
completed.
Rath is a partner in Kaufman
Bros., womens wear specialty
store, at Eugene. The Raths will
make their home in Medford.
13-Star U.S. Flag .
Found in Old House
Delavan, 111. (U.R) A tat
tered 13-star American flag was
found tucked inside the wall of
a century-old house here during
a remodeling project. .
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Godby,
owners of the house, said eight
of the stars were arranged in a
circle around one larger star,
with four other stars placed in
the corners of the blue field.
Daily Weather Report
Sunset tonight 7:1J pjn. Sunrise
tomorrow 5:04 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Variable
high cloudiness through Thursday.
Low tonight 45. High Thursday 75.
Western Oregon: Considerable
cloudiness south portion,partly cloudy
north portion through Thursday. Lit
tle change in temperature. Low to
night 40-45. High Thursday 65-75, ex
cept 60 along coast.
Northern California : Vaflable
cloudiness tonight and Thursday.
Coastal overcast. Little temperature
change.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
57: above normal 1.
Record hign this date 91 In 1946.
n.rnrH lnw this date 28 In 1913.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none.
Total this month none, .04 inch be
low normal.
Total since Sept. 1. 28.4S inches.
12.71 inches above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 19
highest this a.m. 78.
CITY High Low Prec,
Brookings 57 48
Cratre Lake 53 32 -
Grants Pass 81 43
Klamath Falls 68 42
MEDFORD 77 45
Portland 67 43
Seattle 56 44 T
Spokane - 57 38
Yakima 71 47
Eureka 54 48
Red Bluff 79 55
Sacramento 76 50
San Francisco 63 50
Los Angeles 67 54
Phoenix .- 86 57
T1ot. upr 68 42
Chicago 55 46 T
Miami 83 75
New York 59 46
Washington, D.C. 65 48
MAY OUTLOOK (Northwestern
United States):
Below normal temperature. . Sub
normal amounts of rainfall.
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Wall Street
New York U.R) Coppers,
aircrafts, and selected oils fea
tured an irregular stock market
today.
Late prices held above lows
set earlier in the session when
some realizing came into steels,
motors and many miscellaneous
issues.
Aircrafts showed gains of
more than two points in such
issues as Boeing, Glenn L. Mar
tin, and North American Avia
tion.
Railroad issues came forward
late in the day with gains of
more than a point in Santa Fe,
Northern Pacific, and Texas
Pacific.
Dow-Jon Ayrags
Dow-Jones closing stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 512.78, off
1.18; 20 railroads 176.14, off
0.19; 15 utilities 65.15, off 0.05,
and 65 stocks 181.69, off 0.30. ,
Sales today were about 2,400,
000 shares compared with 2,
500,000 shares yesterday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T
1821s
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674
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61
44
91
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45
21
55
110
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Chrysler
Curtiss Wright
General Electric
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Penn R R
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Radio
Southern Co .
Southern Pacific
S. Oil of Calif
Texas Gulf Sulphur .
Transamerica
Tri-Continental
United Aircraft
U S Rubber
U S Steel
Youngstown
Lane Registration
Shows Democratic Lead
Eugene (U.R) : This nor
mally Republican stronghold
has ; gone Democratic, probably
for the first time in its history,
according to final voter regis
tration figures released by Lane
County Clerk Harry Chase.
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