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Buried Treasure I An Eye for Pays Off in An eye for the unusual will pay off in any field, but in none more dramatically than in that of stamp collecting. If ever you come across a stamp, even of the most com mon type, that is printed upside dawn, or double printed, or that has any other thing about it to distinguish it from the norm, don't dispose of it until you've checked and double checked on its value. A case in point is that of the six-cent airmail stamp that was printed by the hundreds of mil lions back in 1938. It is an indigo and carmine colored item showing an eagle on a shield holding an olive wreath and arrows. Like most other stamps, this one came in sheets, each stamp being perforated on all four sides so that it could be easily separated from the others. One day, Jack Rea, an ac GRANT PEACE PLATE SET NOT CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN Helen was an astute buyer, one who generally assumed that the stated price was simply an asking price and subject to bargaining. Accordingly, I was somewhat surprised to see her pick up a plate, inquire the price and promptly pay it without a mo ment's hesitation particularly since the sum asked, $15, was decidedly on the high side. The piece was one of the so called Maple Leaf patterns and of the type known as the "Grant Peace Plate," having a bust of the famous Civil War general in the center with the following legend encircling the rim: "Let Us Have Peace U.S. Grant." It is not an uncommon item. Thousands of them were turned out by Adams & Co., of Pitts burgh, Pa., back in 1885-86. Examples are to be found every once in a while and in ALASKA GOLD" COIN'S ONLY I had never heard of an Alas ka gold coin, but there was what certainly seemed to be one, sitting on the desk where Fred had placed it. It was a good-looking job. There was a well formed In dian head facing right, above the date 1897. Around the edge were 16 stars. I turned the piece over. On the reverse was a wreath con taining the words "Alaska Gold," the letters forming a small circle above the word ONE which in turn was above the slightly longer word PINCH. All of them were enclosed by a wreath. "Well," said Fred, " "is it a coin, or isn't it?" I knew that there was no mention of such a thing in any; of the standard catalogues in my possession, and that therefore the piece did not qualify as a coin in the sense of its having been used as legal tender. 27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Pests and Tarmlt Control TERMITES Inspect befor buying. Ph. 2-9701 LOYD Termite Control Protect voul home from termites Free Inspection Ph Ash 1-7557 Foundation Wore Professional Entertainment JOHN EADS MAGICIAN Ph. 2-9369. Medford Generators Starters Generator-Starter repairs & exchange Armature winding Cliff's Auto electric ml N Riverside 2-5068 Building McKEE BROS. hmt us help with vour plans and financing. Ph. 2-9715. 3-5037. 3-118. Read and Use Classified Ads Insurance Service FOR complete Insurance service and consultation. Dial 3-3393 or drop in at 1133 S. Riverside. THE BELL-STOVER INSURANCE AGENCY Transportation ATHf.l . HUPP DUDLEY TRUCK TRANSPORTATION P. O. Box 242 Medford. Orefon. ICC-MC 71652 Rapid transportation between Southern Oregon and Points and Places in Caltf on all building materials heavy machinery and livestock Ph Medford Ore 2-4174 Rugs & Carpets For COMPLETE Carpet Service (.ell DYKE'S Ph 2-S168 227 E 6th Medtord Painting PAINTING Brush or Spray Interior or Exterior Ph. BRAL'N 2-9114 EXPERT Interior or Exterior painting Also Paperhancing. Neat, clean workmanship For first class work at realistic prices call TOSTESEN. PH, 2-2619. PAINTING Interior -or Exterior. Spray or brush. Free estimates. IMPERIAL PAINTERS. Ph 2-8583 SPRAY painting roofs bouses genera painting Free estimates Sullivan Sros 219 S Ivy Phone 2-9851. PAINTING Brush or Spray Free estimates and terms A Q. sluxphy Faone 2-8595 or 2-6112. the Unusual Any Field quaintance of mine, reached in to his desk drawer for some airmail stamps and noticed that he was holding a vertical pair one joined along the top and bottom edges but that there were no 'perforations along the line between the two. He wasn't a stamp collector then, but he had heard stories about peculiar values in the field, so he kept the odd pair. It was a profitable bit of thinking on his part. Today such a pair of stamps of that issue has a value, unused, of $125. No listing is given for its value cancelled, the reason being that such a pair is unlikely ever to come on the market. But a horizontal pair has, however, and Jack wishes he had found one of them instead. They are joined along the short edge, without perforation. They are so much scarcer that their catalogue value, unused, is list ed at $1,250 to $1,350. such a variety of colors as yel low, amber, apple green, blue or clear. The one Helen had found was blue, and from what I had seen of such plates be fore I would not have paid a cent over $10 for it. I said as much to Helen on the way out. "Why did you buy it at the price?" I asked. "Well," she said, "during the past three years I have acquired 11 such plates, all blue, and of the same snade as this one. And whether you know it or not, a set of such plates is rare. So much so that a dozen of them sold as a unit bring a far higher price than if sold individually. "Are you going to sell them?" I asked. "I certainly shall," she said. "And for $200 for the dozen, which figures out nicely when compared with the usual price of $10 for a single plate." VALUE IS TO COLLECTORS Nonetheless, I put in a call for a coin dealer friend of mine who has a vast fund of know ledge on the unusual in the field. "The Alaska Pinch Series," he said, "sure thing. They're a token that was sold at the Alas ka Yukon Pacific Exposition at Seattle, back in 1909. Made up by a San Francisco firm and sold by the hundreds." 'But what is its value?" I asked. "There's a new catalogue out called 'Small Califirnia and Ter ritorial Gold Coins.' A fellow by the name of R. H. Burnie wrote it. Of Pacagoula, Miss. He lists your ONE PINCH at $35 in extra fine condition. But has no price for the uncirculated state. So if your friends want to sell, he should ask $50 for it." I relayed the information to Fred, but he isn't interested in selling. He wants to go ahead and collect the whole series. (Released by McClure) Newspaper Syndicate) 27 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Beads Restrung PEARLS & BEADS RESTRUNC JEWELRY REPAIRING SANTO S AGATE SHOP 411 E Main Plumbing BROOK'S ELECTRIC PLUMBING DEPT For fast, courteous and efficient service on all vour plumbing prob lems Call 2-5209 Oil Burner Service SPARK OIL BURNING HEATERS 4th & Front Ph. 2-5296 KENNEDY FUEL OIL Septic Tank MEDFORD SEPTIC TANK & CONSTRUCTION LeRoy Calkins Howard Calkins Concrete Septic Tanks of All Sizes Drain Fields Laid & Repaired Meets Stare Code Back-hoe & Blade Work Ditching Loading, Leveling Ph. 2-5581 2-9598 MITCHELL SEPTIC TANK AND CESSPOOL SERVICE Tanks clean ed and repaired, drain and sewer laid New tanks Installed All work guaranteed Phone 3-1116 DICK'S RURAL DISPOSAL SERVICE Septic tanks pumped and repaired Tanks installed to State specifica tions any size from 500 callous up Square concrete Domestic or Com mercial tanks Drain fields laid Free estimates and inspection. AD work guaranteed. Phone M R (Dick) Gust 3-1457 Medford SANITATION SERVICE Darrcll Fariss O. E. Conklln ROUND CONCRETE SEPTIC TANKS 5C0-cal. $68 750-eal. $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 vet Dial 3-1511 or 2-6818 Frank W. Cafalano GENERAL CONTRACTOR Custom Homes a Specialty PHONE 2-2174 Woodworkers Hold Organizational Meet The International Woodwork ers of America AFL-CIO held an organizational meeting in Med ford at the IWA hall last week. The meeting was held to for mulate an "organizational pro gram to organize the unorgan ized woodworkers in the south ern Oregon-northern California area," according to A. F. Har tung, Portland, president of the organization. In addition to Hartung, oth ers attending the meeting in cluded Claude Ballard, vice pres ident; and Tim Sullivan, assist ant director of organization, both of Portland. Burke Christie, Olympia, Wash., president of IWA plywood district, council 9, and Harvey Nelson, president, and Ron Roley, vice presidents, represented the Columbia Riv er district council 5 from Port land. . Hal Griger, president 'of the lOmath Basin district council 6. and Ernie Tomberg, president of the Southern Oregon district council 7 of Coos Bay also at tended the meeting. Staff members present were Jim Lee, district organizer of the Plywood district council, and Leonard Simmons, Guy Ro ley, Ray DeBord, Frank Gordon Ben Morganti, Chan Stout and Bill Baker, all International or ganizers assigned to the south ern Oregon-northern California area. 27 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Electric Motors GAGE ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE ueico and GE Motors Motor Rewinding and Repairing 112 N Front Phone 2-2626 Service It Repair ELECTRIC APPLIANCE SERVICE lo. We repair anything repairable electrical or mechanical. 601 W. Mo Andrews Rd. Ph. 2-8759. FREE Estimates & Pickup FRANCES DALlAIRE FURRIER Complete Fur Service Restyline clean glazed and storage Ph 2-B5?fi IQBII rratiT Ijike Ave House Moving RELIABLE HOUSE MOVERS Moving - Raising - Foundations Free estimates Ph. 2-6554 602 North Riverside MEDFORD HOUSE MOVING CO. 1102 N. Riverside Moving. Raising. Foundations. Level ing. Free estimate. We buy & sell houses. Ph. 2-4244 or 3-1078. Pump Service JIFFY PUMP SERVICE UNIVERSAL PUMP SALES The Rugged Pump for Every Purpose furap Kentais &. Repair Will also Drill vour well. 1311 N. Riverside Ph. 3-5510 or 2-5039 TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY SAVE! BEAUTIFUL 1x6. 8. and 10 Inch Cedar Paneling. STILL HAVE lots of good sheathing for S-W M. Free Delivery NORTON LUMBER CO. COMMERCIAL SPRAYING Kill aphis now. 2-5376 tWithrowl CHOICE Mayduke pie cherries. Help pick. 1 23 aherman. FOR SALE My equity suburban 2- bdrm. City water, good well, oak floors, fireplace: good lawn, approx. 1 !2 acre. Will take late model car. Ph. 2-5128. DOLL UP your patio or that shady spot witn tuberous begonias, 2oc and up. 3126 Madrona Lane. Ph. 3-5030. FOR SALE Gas powered lawn mow- er. Also used brick. 210 Beatly. FOR SALE 5-bdrm. older, well-built nouse. corner location, lots of large shade trees, flowers, shrubs, large lawns. City water and irrigation. Ph. 2-8206. 628 Lozier Lane. WANTED AT ONCE 2-bdrm. house or apt. Reasonable rent. Mrs. Tracy Crum. Ph. 3-5861 or 2-4662. WHILE IT LASTS! 4" Orangeburg pipe 37c ft. 8 Windows, 32x24 G.M $6.20 pr. 6 Windows, 24x32 G.M $4.20 pr. 6 Windows, 36x12 G.M $4.50 pr. 4 Windows. 30x15 G.M $3.70 pr. 5 Drawer desk $18 3 H P. 3-phase GE motor .. $18 Everything for a Building HAGGARD LUMBER CO. On Hwy.99 Phoenix WANTED Late model l'i or 2-ton Chev. or GMC truck. Quote price. Tribune Box 7391. FOR SALE Rent, or lease: green house, plants, garden, 1 sere on Hwy. 99. Ph. 2-7669. FISHERMEN SPORTSMEN" Cliff Says Here's the Story . . . . We're selling Quality Fishing Tackle for less than it has ever been sold (vou win). Buv that deer rifle now. 317 N. Riverside. WE FIX 'EM while you sleep at no HAWKINS NITE GARAGE I !6 S. Riverside Ph. 3-1534 LME Our price includes spreading Krvice cold Hill 5-9091; eves 5-9245. Agricultural Lime Dstrb Co FREE ESTIMATES & PLANNING on birch or fir kitchen cabinets. VALLEY FUEL CO. 2 W. Main St. 3-157 BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale 20c each Mail Tribune Office. 27 North Fir LEGAL NOTICES Sealed bids for a 73 to 79 passenger school bus will be received at the office of the Supt. of Schools in Eagle foint. uregon. By the board of di rectors .School District No. 9. Jackson County, until 8 D m. July 18. 1956. and will then be opened and publicly read aloud. Specifications may be secured at the Superintendent's office in Eagle Point. CHERRIES YOU PICK Lamberts, Bings, Royal Anns COKER BUTTE ROAD Dick Payne Phone 2-9510 L & R HAY CO. 1ST CUTTING Scott's Valley one! Klamath Hay REASONABLE PRICES RELIABLE DEALERS Ph. TAIbot 6-2797 Rt., Box 211X Central, Point, Oregon I ' r Theyll Do It Every Time -i By Jimmy Hatlo I MzJ T4KE A TEgglBlE FfesJf VBUT N0' TUE A - . ' ' PICTURE, RE4LLy-J fflW ( F4CESHE ISTRES ALL DURING f&&il V X"". 8RE4K THE A I W J 1MTERESTMONT- THE SITTING (mM XC4MER4-W4IT J iWA) FLOTILL4 DID VND SE5-J aTll NOTMIMG BUT i L3.W7 I 4RE 4WFUL M4KE ME -u-i Then whem the pictures doit turn" out like a gl4m0ur puss she warns TO T4KE THE PHOTOGGEf? APART"" THINX 4ND A TIP OC TMt ujtuj Hjrr TO t M4RVIM O. HUDLtftX . . . -J. On The Side (Distributed by King 'Tis in your eyes, my sweetest love, My only worlds I see. Let but their orbs in sunshine move And earth below, and skies above, May frown or smile for me. TOM MOORE One summer day on a trans continental auto trip I paused at Grand Island, Neb., Henry Fonda's old home town. The thermometer registered 110 in the shade. That's my record for being in a heated spot according to the thermometer. However, I do not remember suffering any marked discomfort at the time. As the man said, it's not the heat but the humidity. The most un comfortable I have ever been made by the combination of heat and humidity was in the 34th st., Manhattan, subway station one August afternoon. I thought I was going to pass out. A real rugged experience. Incidentally, the coolest August weather I have experienced in this country has been in San Francisco. I have known August nights there when a light overcoat was necessary. As you probably know the slogan of the picturesque town by the Golden Gate is "The City That Nature Air Conditions." Best Seller The world's best selling phono graph recording of all times is said to be one made by Ernest Lough. On one side is "Hear My Prayer." On the other "For the Wings of a Dove." Lough made this recording when he was a choir boy. He did not become a professional singer. Is now an ad vertising executive. Please Note What is the most expensive hotel in the world? I note it claimed it is the Fontainbleau in Miami Beach, Fla., where during the peak winter season the price of a room on the 11th to 14th floors, inclusive, is said to be S250 a week. Speaking of hotel prices, the Penthouse suite of the Dorchester hotel, London, costs $525 a week. And who do you think has been occupying it late ly? Why, sir, none other 4han Jack Benny. Asking Queries from clients. Q. - I claim the caesarean operation is named after Julius Caesar. Right? A. The name of the Cae sarean operation has nothing to do ' with Julius Caesar. It was being performed long before he was born. Name is derived from EAST 5 I6 Brand new 3 bedroom home designed for comfort. Lovely living room with attrac tive fireplace. Excellent view overlooking Medford and the Siskiyou Range. Large two-way carport Lot completely landscaped Located corner Lenora and Stratford ED EGGERS Will Be Your Host for the Day 704 w. 6th sc. EITHINK I'M P4V1NS FOR O ArW & J lSULT -Jl j -- (kf leaf i i T r e MTtm inpiait i.e. or:j ncim sStSfi-Tyer1,- IT l By E. V. Durlinq Features Syndicate, Inc.) Latin word meaning "to cut." Q. What fish is most easily fool ed by bait and which is most difficult to make bite? A. Your query baffles me. However, I believe the trout may be the most gullible of fish. It can be fooled by worms, flies and a wide variety of artificial lures. Q. In what part of Ireland was Chauncey Olcott, the singing ac tor, born? A. Olcott was born in Buffalo, N.Y. Q. What is the world's greatest horse race? A. They say it is the Epsom derby. However, I can't go along with that choice as it is an event ex clusively for three-yearolds. However, I have no other choice at this time. Jewelry From a financial viewpoint, diamonds cannot be properly rated as a girl's best friend. The smart girls who keep well in formed try for rubies or em eralds. Diamonds are not so scarce. Rubies and emeralds are. The ruby is the birth-stone of the Leo-born. So if your wife is a Leo, give her one. Husky Infant California is in again with something to top. The 11th child of 40-year-old Mrs. Rosie Ycango of San Diego, Calif., weighed 14 pounds, 133i ounces at birth. If this isn't the huskiest baby of 1956, who is? The Yeango in fant was born under Taurus. Children of that sign are usually above the average weight at birth. Or, so say the stargazers. Get it Right As for the number Of lions that the great trainer Jack Bonavita had in his act, the right answer is 27. That is 27 at the same time. That's a lot of lions to be surrounded by. They weren't so tame either. One named Balti more bit Bonavita's arm off. However, Jack resumed the act when he recovered and kept Baltimore in it. Bonavita's end ing was a strange one. After taming and training lions for many years, he was killed by a polar bear. DATED CAKE Rapid City, S.D. (U.R) Rich ard Haigh, a student at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, received a be lated birthday present. It was a cake, and Richard noted ''it was sort of dry." It had been mailed earlier by his mother, Mrs. Har old Haigh of Henry, S.D. AST SIDE... WEST All Around The Town! Rogue Valley Land Company has the Home of Your Choice . . . Possibly one of the following will be . . . IT! Open Today 1:00 to 6:00 SIDE - Priced At Situated Stewart Rogue Valley Land Sunday. July 1. 1958 Control Board Buys Site at Wilsonville Salem U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith said Friday that 505-acre Wilsonville site for the new Portland area mental hospital has been purchased by the Board of Control. The transaction was complet ed Thursday afternoon at Ore gon City, he said. A topographical survey of the land will be started immediate ly. Included in the purchase is 17.8 acres of land the emergency board had recommended to straighten the northern bound ary. The 11 owners will be allowed to complete harvest of crops now on the land and one land owner has been given permis sion to remain in his home for the rest of the year. The hospital advisory commit tee will meet Monday to discuss the program, for the institution. This study will be completed within two months. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day- i n -Aerial and ground dis play fa Tug-of-war between Fire. Department and Police 'Department -At Fire Department Ladder Truck Demonstration Display of antique autos by Mr. Tucker Starts 8:30 p.m. Adults 1.00 Children 50 ill WEST SIDE NEVER SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE New 3 bed' ream dwelling with hirdwoos floors, fire plate, tilt bath, built-in range and evan units. Double garage, corner let. F.H. A. approved. 14 500 in popular Wilion Park Add. (located off Ave. between Peach and Hamilton. BOB HART Will Be There to Greet You , MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Opposition Heard On Snake Project Lewiston, Ida. (U.R) Opposi tion testimony to the proposed Mountain Sheep and Pleasant Valley project on the middle S.iake river began here Friday before a Federal Power Com mission hearing. The hearing, aimed at gaining opinipns and views of a non technical nature on the proposed $213,000,000 project, concludes today after final testimony be fore chief FPC Examiner Ed ward C. Marsh. Earlier in the week, similar testimony . was heard in Pendleton, Ore. The technical testimony will be taken in Washington, D.C., start ing July 24. Thursday civic leaders, in dustrialists, farmers, labor rep resentatives and sportsmen urged the license be granted to the Pacific Northwest Power Company for construction of the two dams. The witnesses said the Northwest needs the power and the tax revenue created if the dams are constructed. Witnesses said that the pro posed 1,183,000 kilowatt project would not interfere with the fish runs on the Snake and Salmon rivers. r IN THE LAND OF THE FREE VVHVi IHC rtUJVC Uf IMC BKHVL, AND DON'T MISS THE BIG WOKCCS SCH10W JULY -4- Senior High School Stadium YMCA CAMP BENEFIT Medford Mail Tribune P.M. ALL AROUND THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL VIEW LOT IN VERDE HILLS Modern 2 bath, Three Bedroom Home 18 Immediate Possession SEE TODAY! JACK CRAWFORD On Duty for Detailed Information Company Berry Crop in Valley ' Smallest on Record Peak production of nectar, boysen and raspberries in Rogue valley will be between July 4 and 15, Walter Kasworm, Rogue River, has announced. The crop will be the smallest on record of the Rogue Valley Berry as sociation, he said. The small crop hag been blamed on winter kill and floods from heavy rains during the wuv ter months. The raspberry crop. Kasworm said, will be small, but quality of berries is expected to be about average. The quality of other berries will be fair to good, he said. Because of the small crop, Kas worm said, prices will be high er than in other years. CAP GUNS PLUS 1000 CAPS C WITH ANY GAS PURCHASE FORTUNE S. Central at S. Riverside (01 3 BE A HOME-OWNER NOT A RENTSLAVEL 900 F.H.A. Terms SIDEh Medford 3-3641
