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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, May 31. 19S8 Bend Area Searched For Lost Fishermen Bend U.PJ State police of ficers today began a search in the Craine Prairie Reservoir area 50 miles southwest of Bend for two Sandy, Ore., fishermen missing since last Friday. Residents in the area said they had seen no sign of Ernie Harris, Bids for Export Cotton Cancelled Washington (U.P.! The Agri culture Department today can celled a scheduled June 5 open ing of bids to purchase surplus irovernment cotton for export. The sale was called off to give officials time to study a section of the new farm law which or ders export sales at rates below recent government selling floors. Officials said the next bids will be accepted on June 19 .after the department works out any new conditions considered recessary to sell surplus cotton "in an orderly manner." Under the new act, the de partment is directed to regain this country's normal share of the world cotton market by slic ing export prices to 25.5 cents a pound. Previously, the depart ment has refused to sell for less than 27.5 cents a pound. City Down To last Horfe-Waterincj Trough Rochester, N.Y. tU.R) The city of Rochester is down to its last horse-watering trough. The only location where Old Dobbin still can lap up water at the ctiy's expense is in Reynolds street, about a block off Main st. There is at least one other trough still standing in the city, but merely for ornamental pur poses. The water bureau still services only the one. The city's historian, Blake Mc Kelvy, recalled that back in the old days "you could find the city's horse troughs listed speci fically on the city maps." Sandy city councilman, and his companion, C. A. Happold, since Friday. The pair had been expected tc get in touch with their homes on Sunday. When no word had been received by Wednesday, state po lice were notified and the search launched. Officers reported today they had found the men's camp intact with nothing disturbed. Their pickup, tent, and supplies were in order. The men and their boat were gone. Three patrolmen were search ing the area around the irriga tion project lake today. There was a possibility that Civil Air Patrol planes would be called in. Harris' nephew. Jack Smith, and his friend, Carl Loundree. told police they had interviewed persons at Gales Landing at the reservoir but were told the miss ing men had not been seen since they arrived there on Friday. Crane Prairie reservoir is ad jacent to Wickiup lake southwest of Bend. Bike Safety Program Conducted by Police Saginaw. Mich. ll.R) This ctiy conducts a summer-long traffic clinic for bike riders who violated regulations. On their regular rounds, po licemen stopped all bicycle rid ers who were breaking safety rules, , told them what they did wrong and took their 'addresses. A day was set for the violator to appear at a traffic clinic where a police officer and a school safety director explained safety regulations. Follow-up letters are sent to narents of those violators who fail to appear. Sacramento. Calif. H.R Since 1849, California's mines have yielded more than $12, 000,000.000 worth of gold. But petroleum has far outdistanced gold as a source of wealth, with nearly $9,000,000,000 realized from this resource in the state. renr? m mm mum . .i 1 nisi luw y , AK? EASY TO FkSHT. VVHEJ yfOU $Z A FIRE. GOTO THE NEAREST TELEPHONE AWD TELL THE OPERATOR YOU WANT TO REPORT A FOREST FIRE. She wi ll connect you with THE NEAREST PJRE WARDeN 6IVE LOCATION A5 N?ARLY AS POSSIBLE. i s .ril.nl r I. HARSH MEASURES Nine-month-old Rhonda O'Rourke is shown in Boston City Hospital as she is comforted by her mother. She suffered two broken legs and other injuries which police say were inflicted by her father, Robert, 24, because she wouldn't stop crying. Robert is being held in $5000 bail. li CALLING AT WHITE HOUSE, Gerald Miller (right), 16, presents President Eisenhower with "decision .meter" of own design which operates by pushing buttons to solve knotty problems. Next to President is Gerald's teacher, R. M.. Nelson, named "teacher of year" by magazine and another student, Everett O'Hare, 7. All are from Kalispell, Mont., high school. . (Internatioral Soundphoto) Scotland Yard Pulls Police Into London To Protect Queen London (U.R) Scotland Yard pulled police from cities as far as 40 miles away into London today to protect Queen Eliza beth against assassins from Cy prus during the annual "troop ing of the color." A swarm of uniformed police, augmented by plainclothesmen from the yard's Special political Branch, maintained order dur ing the colorful military cere mony. It was not certain imme diately whether the police were armed. There was no sign of trouble from the "suicide squad" of three triggermen from Cyprus who are said to have been smug gled into England recently to attempt the life of the queen or some leader of the government. Today's observance marked Elizabeth's official birthday, usu ally celebrated June 8 but ad vanced a week this year as a matter of convenience. Publication of the traditional "Birthday Honor s", disclosed that a cricket star, an atomic ex pert, an . actress and a famed historian led the list of 609 men and 108 women who received the royal nod. The Queen knighted Len Hut ton, retired veteran of 23 cricket test matches, and made actress Peggy' Ashcroft a dame fem inine . equivalent 1 of a knight. Lord Cherwell, former Prime Minister Winston -Churchill's atomic adviser, was promoted from baron to viscount, and his torian Arnold Toynbee became a "companion of honor." New Toothbrush Eliminates Tube ' Trenton A new toothbrush eliminates the need for squeez ing toothpaste tubes or fussing with caps. Although it looks like a standard toothbrush, the new product, made in West Germany, has a hollow handle that con tains a four-week supply of liquid dentifrice. You shake the brush and the bristles are ready for use. The product, called "Dentifit" is said to be especially useful in travel. FISH STORY Hartford, Conn. (U.K Min utes after dumping thousands of new trout in the Housatonic River, the State Fish and Game Department learned that the 1955 floods didn't have as bad an effect on fishing in the stream as it had feared. Department of ficers who stocked the stream met a couple of anglers who showed them their day's catch nine large-sized trout caught before the new fish were put into the river. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada The Comraunity'i Biggest Marketplace A Proven Formula WATCH FOR IT! 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