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
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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
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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
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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.
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Medford Mail Tribune
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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
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