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Med Treasure Saving Old Maps Can Be Profitable Enterprise "This fellow's wife was so sore at him for paying 100 pesos for it," said Tom, unfolding the map on his library table, "that I went over and offered him 200 for it! It was a map of the United States of Mexico, as the title read in Spanish, but the legend said it was published in New York in 1843, by J. Disturnell. "I didn't know how much it was worth," Tom continued, "but I figured that I couldn't lose money on it. It seemed to me a pretty sure thing that a colored map of Mexico of that date, published in New York and snowing the routes of the American armies in Mexico dur ing the Mexican war,ought to be worth S20 all right. "Well, anyway, I forgot about Z INTERNAL REVENUE STAMP It was pitiable in a way, but I couldn't help laughing. There was Frank, seated at his desk, swearing softly to himself over what looked like a government form. And it was a government form, a missive from the Intern al Revenue Service stating that he owed the Treasury an addi tional $38.92, plus interest at six per cent. After a bit, he began to laugh a little. And I, thinking to cheer him up somewhat, pulled out a packet of stamps I had bought earlier for a dollar. I had bought them because of one stamp I wanted, and having extracted that; I felt I would give the bal ance to Frank, especially since there were a couple of internal revenue stamps in it. "A very generous heart in deed," he said, bending forward luddenly and snatching up the SIMPLE ANDIRONS CAN I walked over to the fireplace to knock out my pipe on the. hearthstone that was how I came to see there were four andirons on the hearth. The two latest, perched one on either side, were rather spindly things. Their front legs looked like horseshoes which very likely they had been. The rear legs were merely vertical pieces of Iron, and the connecting pieces were nothing other than a com mon rod of metal. The uprights, standing a good 20 inches high, were not much better. Except for two things, they were simplicity itself. The top part of the iron was bent outward into a shape some thing like a shepherd's crook, but with the end terminating in a button. On the inside of the the upright, at even intervals down from the top, were two hooks. Midway between them, but on the outside, was another hook. While I stood there examing the andirons they were quite Iowa Farmers Drive Low Priced Cars Ames, la. (U.R) Sociolo gists at Iowa State College found in a survey of farmers in Story County, an "average" Iowa county, that most of them drive automobiles in the low priced field. They said the survey showed 75 per cent of the owners had vehicles more than two years old. It showed 62 per cent of the farmers owned cars in the low priced field, five per cent In the high-priced field and 33 per cent owned medium-priced cars. Forty-four per cent of the cars were three to six years old, 24 per cent one to two years old, LYNN COLBY Before you buy that car, jut tell m on th phone the total cofts of the car, die finaaaing and the inwmux. Within five minute m call you back and tell you whit it will cost yon to buy, finance, and insure the same car through my Bank Plan. Chances are, for exactly the same deal, it'll be $100 leu! I know it's hard to believe but it's worth a phone call, isn't it? Tktri it no obligation. Jt pays H fawtr rr STATE FARM Agent JOHN A. CARTER - VIRGIL R. WILKES LYNN COLBY 133 South Central ' ' Phone 2-9322 it until I got home when I tossed it on the desk there, intending to look it up. "But I didn't even have to do that. A book dealer friend of mine happened by one evening last week and spotted the thing right away. He wanted to meas ure it, of course, and as soon as he'd found out it was the proper dimensions, 30VS inches by inches, he announced he would be glad, tp take it off my hands. "I sold one last month for $60," he said, "but I've got another customer who'll pay me $80, so if you'll take $60 it's a deal." "But I wouldn't sell it for $100," he said. "Aside from being an interesting map, it's the best memento I've got of a month in Mexico City." ERASES INCOME-TAX DEBT envelope to shake out its con tents. "In fact, far more generous than you realize," he concluded, picking up one of the stamps to examine it carefully. It was a 40-cent item, a 1862 issue, brown gray in color and cancelled with pen and ink across the face of Washington. "Why, it has beautiful mar gins," he exclaimed, holding it up for me to see. "And it's im perforate. Nobody's clipped it, I'm sure." He put a ruler against its side. "Yes, it's exactly 23 by 51 millimeters!" "What do you mean," I asked with a queasy feeling. "That's worth only 40 or 50 cents, isn't it?" "That's right, Pink, if it's clipped, or if it has any perfora tions. As this one is, however, it's worth $90. Just take a look at the catalogue, old boy." BRING FANCY PRICE heavy, by the way, weighing a little over 15 pounds each my. niece, Judith, entered. "Aren't they lovely, Uncle Pinkney. I got them this after noon for $30. Bought them by the pound." I remarked that the price seemed rather steep for any thing so plain, for something that was strictly utilitarian, without' claims to grace or beauty. "That's just ' it," she said. "That's one of the things which proves these are right out of the 18th Century." "And what are the others?" I asked. "Well," she said, "those hooks for one. They used them to rig the spits on spits and other cooking instruments. These were strictly kitchen andirons." "And how much do you expect to get for them?" I asked. "They are already sold," she replied, holding out a check for $150. (Released by MeCIure Newspaper Syndicate) and 32 per cent more than seven years old. Attorney General Says Ban 'Unreasonable' Osage, la. (U.R) The high school here recently dropped its ban on married students after an Iowa attorney general's opinion termed it "unreasonable and therefore unenforceable." The school board had passed the ban on married students last November after "anticipating a rash of these high-school mar riages." Under the ban, students who married before graduating were forced to drop out. The board admitted that it still thought the ban was "right" and only dropped it because of the attorney general's opinion. Buying a car? MY IANK PLAN MAY SAVE YOU MOO ON FINANCING AND AUTO INSURANCE 27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Pump Service JIFFY PUMP SERVICE UNIVERSAL PUMP SALES The Rugged Pump for Every Purpose Pump Rentals & Repair Will also Drill your well. 1311 N. Rurerside. Ph 3-3510 or 2-5039 Plumbing BROOK'S ELECTRIC PLUMBING DEPT For fast, courteous and efficient service on all vour plumbing prob ifra Call 2-3209 Painting EXPERT Interior or Exterior painting. Also Paperhanging. Neat, clean workmanship For first class work at realistic prices call TOSTESEN, PIL 2-2619. PAINTING Interior or Exterior. Spray or brush Free estimates. IMPERIAL PAINTERS. Ph 2-8583 SPRAY oaintlns roofs bouses general painting Free estimates Sullivan Bros. 219 S. ivy. Phone z-98al. PAINTING Brush or Spray. Free estimates and terms A Q Murpny Phnnp ?-fn)5 or 2-9143 Electric Motors GAGE ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE Delco and GE Motors Motor Rewinding and Repairing 112 N Front Phoiw 2-2626 Pastries HOMEMADE pies & rolls. Retail & wholesale. Look around at Alpha's. 313 E 8th. Ph. 2-5985. Just off Riverside across from western Auto. Professional Entertainment JOHN EADS MAGICIAN Ph. 2-9369. Medford Service St Repair FRANCES D ALLAIRE FURRIER Complete Fur Service Restyling clean glazed and storage Ph 2-6526 1060 Crater Lake Ave Well Drilling . A. E. GOFF & BROS. WELL DRILLING Let us solve your water problems. Universal Pumps The Best for Less 1311 N. Riverside. Ph. 3-5510 or 2-5039 SHULTS BROS well drilling & pump service We strive to please every customer Ph 3-4141 Eves 2-5669 EXPERIENCED Reliable well drill ing by GRIBBLE Phone Gold Hill 5-9328. ROGUE VALLEY DRILLING CO Im mediate service on wells & pumps . Work guaranteed Terms Beet stock accepted Ph 2-7372 885 Shafer Lane off Kings Hwy CRATER WELL DRILLING No well too deep Immediate service. All work guaranteed FHA terms- ar ranged. Phone 2-2U98 1111 W 10th GOFF BROTHERS Well Drillers, ex perienced at reliable S&H Green Sumps Office Siskiyou Hdwe 225 W Mam Medloro Phone 2-2939 or evenings 2-7026 or 3-3744. DEISTER'S WELL DRILLING CO. For vour water well problems Reliable & experienced. Up to the minute eauinmpnt 139 Vancouver Ph 2-9308 Rugs & Carpets For COMPLETE Carpet Service '.all DYKE'S Pb 2-5168 227 E 6th Medford Beads Restrung PEARLS & BEADS RESTRUNG JEWELRY REPAIRING SANTO'S AGATE SHOP 411 E Main Septic Tank MITCHELL SEPTIC TANK AND CESSPOOL SERVICE Tanks clean ed and repaired, drain and sewer laid New tanks Installed AU work guaranteed Phone 3-1116 DICK'S RURAL DISPOSAL SERVICE Septic tanks pumped and repaired Tanks installed to State specifica tions any size trom 500 gallons up Square concrete Domestic or Com mercial tanks. Drain fields laid. Free estimates and inspection. All work guaranteed. Phone M. R (Dick) Gust 3-1457 Medford SANITATION SERVICE Darrell Fariss O. E. Conklin ROUND CONCRETE SEPTIC TANKS 5C0-gal. $68 75U-gal. $98 Commercial Tanks .all sizes) DRAIN FIELDS SEWER LINES Meets all State & FHA Codes TANKS PUMPED TRENCHING EXCAVATION Free Estimates Guaranteed Work PHONE 3-2491 2875 Lone Pine Rd. CASPER'S Septic tanks pumped and cleaned TANKS INSTALLED Drain work Free inspection. Low set prices No mileage charge 24 hours service. Local War II vet Dial 3-1511 or 2-681 B TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY DAIRY Spray controls horn flies barn flies for 3 to 5 weeks. Cost only about 5c per cow. MUK1UH MllXliVl tU. MEMORIAL Day flower baskets and Sprays. Berrydale Flower Farm. 2231 Table Rock Rd. Jackson County Licensed Practical Nurses Association RUMMAGE SALE. 108 No. Ivy, May 31st and June 1st. TUBEROUS Begonias. For best results use Blue Whale. MORTON MILLING CO. RUMMAGE ' SALE Mon.. 2:45 to 5. 216 N. Front. WANTED Plow attachment for MW Chor-Trac tractor. Phone 3-5300. WANTED An ambulatory patient or older person to care for in my home. Ph. 2-8475. ELECTRIC STEEL FENCE POSTS 50c. New shipment just arrived. PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO. FOR SALE Deep well pump. like new. Also a drive belt for Case, bal er. Ph. 3-1497. LAWN SEED. PEAT MOSS. LAWN FERTILIZER. We have rollers and spreaders for your use. . PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO. RUMMAGE SALE Friday. June 1. Carpenter's Hall, 123 li W. Main, 9 to 5. FOR SALE OR TRADE Equity on like new. fully automatic, 2-oven Frigidaire electric range. Also 20 cu. ft. frozen food cabinet. Ph. week days. 2-7345. KILL DANDELIONS the easy way. Spray 'em now with Weed-b-gon or Amitox. PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO. . FOR SALE: Small Caterpillar with blade J. D. 3 Bottom plow IHC Tandem disc Heavy tractor trailer . . 3 Section Springtooth Harrow 3 Section Spiketooth harrow 10 ft. Grain seeder Mower and Sulky rake $75 should put Cat in above average condition. First $750 takes all. . Also 3.25 acres, level, seeded to timothy, lotus clover and vetch. $800 down and $900 bal.. at $23 per mo., to responsible party. Ph. 3-2444. 9 to 10 p.m. SPECIAL Berry Crates; 10c each. Wooden or paper Berry Cups at right prices. PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO. - Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE Equity in three bedroom home, on acreage. Unfinished, live able with ceilings, and outside walls finished and insulated. Kitchen sink, bathroom connected: water and elec tricity, all in. Or will consider trade for undeveloped acreage. This house is newly built and is five miles from downtown Medford. Write Tribune box 4755. NEW 2 hp. General Elect, single phase motors and Berkley pump, $130. SHAFER ELECTRIC. 2-2217. ALFALFA HAY GRASS HAY Avail able soon. Order now. PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO. NOTICE to residents of Jacksonville and vicinity. Jacksonville city's gar bage disposal area is now open. Weekdays 9 a.m. to 1 pjn. Sat. and Sun.. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. No charge for dumping. ORTHO-GRO Buy a gallon, get a pint FREE for all ORTHO products. See PACIFIC FEED fc SEED CO. RADIO & TV Service. Open Eves and Sundays. Reasonable rates. Phone 2-4666. MOTOR OVERHAUL $65. on most 6 cylinder cars. On Chev.. $50. Brake reline. $15. CHAMPS GA- RAGE. 1114 N. Central. Ph. 2-4109. COMPLETE line of garden dusts and insecticides, flower dusts; lawn groom. GRANGE CO-OP Central Point Ashland DAIRY Powder. Easy to apply, long lasting, very economical. MORTON MILLING CO. FOR SALE Or trade. 2 stock trailers. Ph. 3-4325. 1954 RAMBLER station wagon teach er's pet carefully attended. Sacri fice due to death in family.', $1600 for- quick sale. Ph. Prospect 2220 or 2071. L'ME Our price includes spreading service Gold Hill 5-9091: eves. 5-9245. Agricultural Lima Dstrb. Co. Virgo Appears in Eastern Horizon; Southern Heavens By FAY VAN SCHOIACK Doesn't it seem altogether fit ting and proper that Virgo the Virgin, goddess of growth and plenty, who is supposed to be scattering grain to the, creatures on earth, should be prominent in the evening sky during the months of May and June? . In the evenings of early, March, Virgo appears above the eastern horizon and slips from view in the west during the first part of September. Around 8 p.m. on June 1 this constellation is about half way up in the southern heavens. Easy to Find It is easy to find Virgo by lo cating its first magnitude, star, Spica. There is no other bright star near this brilliant . blue white sun. Begin' with the last star in the handle of the Big Dip per. Follow an imaginary line curving downward and to the right till the sparkling orange-, yellow Arcturus is reached. Con tinue this line downward and to the right for approximately the same distance as between the Dipper handle and Arcturus and you will discover the glow ing blue-white light of Spica. Spica means "ear of wheat" and, to the ancient people, this star represented a sheaf of that grain held in Virgo's left . hand. Diagonally above Spica, and to the right is a curved line of five faint stars which with dim stars to the left and also above Spica enable a star-gazer with a vivid imagination to picture a maiden in a half reclining position. Virgo was also looked upon as the goddess, Astrataea, who liv ed on earth and meted out just Trend of Americans To Go Outdoors Seen in Park Use Washington (U.R) A rec ord number of persons used rec reational areas around federal reservoirs last, year, reflecting the gowing trend of Americans to relax outdoors. An all-time high of 61,132,000 vacationers in 1955 jammed onto land licensed to cities, counties and states by the Corps of Engi neers, according to figures re leased by the Army. Previous attendance records were set in 1954 and 1953 with 53,848,000 and 41,301,000, " re spectively, according to Lt. Gen. S. D. Sturgisi Jr., Army Chief of Engineers.. The millions of Americans who felt the call of the wild en joyed camping, picnicking, swim ming, fishing,' boating, sailing, water skiing and hunting. The Army said that during 1955 more counties than ever be fore undertook park and recrea tion programs on reservior areas which are civil projects of the Corps of Engineers. States and cities are continuing to adl fa cilities at the projects with the sanction of the Army. Facilities Outstripped Even with this local coopera tion, the engineers stated that the great number of people who use the playlands are far out WHEN YOU NEED CONCRETE M. C. LININGER & SONS Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 Ashland 8121 TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY Pullet development feed. Proper feed ing now makes for better produc tion this fall. $4.20 per hundred. MORTON MILLING CO. WE FIX EM whlie you sleep HAWKINS NITE GARAGE 616 S. Riverside Ph 3-1534 SAVE 1 by fi Cedar fencing, 5 '8 by 10 Clear Redwood beveled siding. Ask about our easy payment plan. Free Delivery NORTON LUMBER CO. Ph. 3-2888 Phoenix. Ore. BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale 20c each Mail Tribune Office 27 North Fir EARWIGS. Get our earwig bait for best results. Sizes to suit vou. MORTON MILLING CO. WE- HAVE sprinkler irrigation parts and service. How about a new sprinkler system? GRANGE CO-OP Central Point Ashland NOTICE COMMERCIAL SPRAYING No job too large or too small. With row 2-5376. WANTED TO RENT Small garage. Phone 3-5548 evenings. ECONOMY Dairy Feed for cows on meadows. $69 a ton. MORTON MILLING CO. SAWDUST Red Fir for Mulch MEDFORD FUEL CO. Tel. 2-2111 FTR SLABS BEST GRADE 12 or 16 Inch Green Quick Del. Big Loads MEDFORD FUE1 Telephone 2-2111 PLANER BLOX Clear Fast Deliverjr MEDFORD FUEL CO. Tel. 2-2111 WE HAVE a good stock of baler twine on hand. This is top quality twine. GRANGE CO-OP Central Point Ashland Read and Use Classified Ads ice to earth-dwellers in an effort to make them worthy of the friendship of the gods. The first race of mortals who lived in the Golden Age were loved by the gods. Life was free from -toil and grief and death a deep, quiet sleep. . After this generation had be come extinct, the gods created the Silver Race which was far less noble and soon perished as a result of sin and quarrelling. ' Jupiter, who had now become ruler of heaven, created a race of mortals out of bronze. They fashioned weapons of bronze and lived in bronze houses, eating only meat and neglecting the gifts of the goddess of the har vest. Strong, valorous, and war loving, they fought continually among themselves until none was left. Golden Age The gods spent much time with humans during the Golden Age, but with the coming of the Silver. Age they found little hap piness in the company of men, and only, visited them occasion ally. Astraea, the only divinity who remained on earth, spent years trying to teach humans the va lue of kindness and justice. At first the good overcame the evil, but as time went by, evil be came more prevalent. When the terrible race of bronze men ruled the earth, As traea gave up in despair and was placed among the stars as the constellation, Virgo. It is .said that on her way back to heaven she formed the Milky Way by scattering heads of wheat in the sky! stripping the facilities available. Approximately 150 organized camps on government land have programs to teach swimming, boating and camping to boys and girls in scout, church and serv ice club groups, the Army added. ' Reservoir projects in Texas and Oklahoma attracted the most visitors in 1955, the released fig ures reveal. Denison Dam and Lake Tex oma reservoir area in Texas and Oklahoma was host to 6,598,700 vacationers. Second in line was Texas'' Whitney Reservoir area with 2,980,000. Oklahoma's Fort Gibson reservoir area followed with 2,745,000. . " Other reservoir areas which were a lure to more than a mil lion Americans were: Wold Creek, Lake Cumberland, Ky., 2,334,100; Hansen, Calif., 2,038, 700; Bull Shoals, Mo. and Ark., 1,548,000; Tenkiller Ferry, Okla., 1,412,700; Clark Hill, S. C. and Ga., 1,365,000; Allatoona, Ga.. 1,241,500; West Fork of Mill Creek, O., 1,225,500; Belton, Tex., 1.190.000; Grapevine, Tex., 1,170,000; Garza Little EJm, Tex., 1,150,000; John H. Kerr, Va., and N. C, 1,00,900. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. CALL LININGER'S Sunday, May 27, 1956 PULCHRiTUDINOUS PULL -Three pretty sailor girls ?nd PSidmouspuli as the American President Lines S S. President Coolidge arrives in San Francisco h?JZ nd ,wrfd on her maiden voyage, the" r!? rde ad Mante Festival Left to right Bobbie I Brown, Jean Kaye and Joanne Copeland. J A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer Washington OI.R) "Little Mo," aged .- two and weighing 1.300 pounds, stuck her eating equipment through the iron pickets be fore the White House. She liked the grass and gobbled in some scattered blades left by the mowers. "Little Mo" - it i Barman Nichols ele phant, one of the star performers here for Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus. "Dag-bumdest thing I ever saw," said circus press agent Zac Freedman, a man who has been rigging publicity stunts for a long time. "I could get away with this sort of thing at Hollywood and Vine, or in New York," Zac said. "But I. expected to lose one val uable elephant not to mention my own life when I unloaded 'Little Mo' right outside the White House. It was blase, that's what you could call Washing ton." Republican at Heart The press' agent maintains that the baby pachyderm, one of the principals of "the greatest show on earth" is really a Repub lican at heart. "She liked the GOP grass she trunked in," he said. "She even had an eye cocked on Ike's put ting green. She is so Republican she likes golf balls." The big show this year is fea turing 10 baby elephants, who together tip the scales at some thing like 13,000 pounds. They form an elephant band, really. ttV Waft' FIX - it ill aMaaaflarPL. mmmmmmmC BARGAIN GRADE 2x4-8' $15.00 Per M' CHENEY STUD MILL CENTRAL POINT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN I This and That The kiddie trumpeters trumpet with their trumpets while keep ing time with their feet on the cymbals. They rock and roll and do something that sounds a little like the song "Davy Crockett." Forsook the Wilds They took a hankering to the hay from the fields of Illinois and Minnesota and Iowa and they like their purified water coming from tubs and buckets, instead of that out of pools pop-' ulated by crocodiles. Time was, right after World War II, when the big top had trouble with its elephants. The circus picked up a boatful of tired old beasts from the Ger mans as war surplus. These big tubs arrive'd here and a bunch of American han dlers took over. The Americans spoke nothing but English.' The elephants un derstood commands only in Ger man."' They understood a hook, for' sure, but English, no. The crisis was finally solved by the importation of a crew of Ger man handlers. WOE UPON WOE North Branford, Conn. (U.R) Edward F. Cote, 20, drove to town court to face traffic viola tion charges and as result was fined an extra $100. Cote was arrested on charges of speeding and driving while his license was under suspension. When he stepped from his car in front of the courthouse, he was re-arrested and slapped with another charge of driving under suspen sion. Total fines $225. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. ML FELLOWS LIKE TO TINKER; SO PUT ON A ONE MAN UP SHOW 5 SLEEPING COMFORT Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R) A woman called police to report a "still form" was on the lawn of a home in her neighborhood late at night. Police found Ma rine Pvt. Robert Conlin, 20, home on leave, in a sleeping bag beside his home. Conlin, who is six feet, seven inches tall and weighs 243, told police he could not get to sleep in his bed and decided to go outside and sleep under the stars. Try-R-Wood Sales 2 lg. loads Va Red Fir Slab . . V 15 SAWDUST PHONE 3-3536 BUSINESS LOANS On Monthly Payments Machin ery, Equipment, Livestock. Loans to Purchase, Repair or Refinance Crawler Type Tractors and ALL Types of Equipment. PACIFIC 'A INDUSTRIAL 16 S. Central Ph. 3-5308 Frank W. Catalano GENERAL CONTRACTOR Custom Homes a Specialty PHONE 2-2174 II" Builders Supply MOVING? Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U - DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks Alio Avis RENT-A-CAR JJHMTS SIGNAL TUNE-UP , & REPAIR rh I Grape Phone 1-121 Be Choosy Buy Jacuzzi lj H.P. Deep $A00 Well Pump TPV lj H. P. Shal- $QQ50 low Well Pump 07 WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS SISKIYOU HARDWARE 225 West Main CORN REMOVER v. 'Giva isinrt raKaf ffm pain mmd I 4 slroaf sM mizlvrac. Whoa a altos Im tmUi y this . try M buitt WF. WW mwx pota, sar !. twaUioa, first or i imr bock gworaMa. . Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT fflytr BLOCKS H fall Bricks. Fines Vl Drain Tila VL W. McAndrews Phone 2-410? TRIBUNE mm FOR RESULTS Phone 2-6141 poison OAK? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL Too must be satisfisa or your atone cheerfully ratundad. Get a bottta ra tty at WESTERN THRIFT. I