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Future Farmers of America Take Awards at Annual Fair Results of judging at the 4-H and Future Farmers of America lair, now in progress, have been announced for several exhibits, contests and demonstrations. Listed below are early re ports on FHA contest results: The following are the results of the poultry exhibit: White eggs, first. Lyle Biirham. Cra ter High school; Brown egjts, first. Fred Jossy, Eagle Point; second. Live Biphsm. Crater High. White Rock Breed Single pullel f Int. Fred Jossy. Eagle Point; second, Boyd Davis. Cra ter High; third. Lvle Blgham, Crater High; and fourth. Wlnton Worth. Eagle Point. Pullets (pen of two) first. Fred Jossy, Eagle Point; second. Boyd Da vis, crater High: third. Lvle BiKham. Crater High; and fourth. Win ton worth. EagJe Point. Pen (one male and female) first. t.vie tsignam, crater High. Winning Pullets Pullets (pen of three) first, Fred Josiy. Eagle Point. Hens, first Lyle Blgham. Crater High. White Leghorn hen, first, Lyle oignam, crater mgn. Hay Oats, vetch. Ta first. David Mack and Hershel Mack. Crater High; clo ver anc grass, first, wayne Marshall, Eagle Point: second. Norman Barnes. Crater High; Lotus, second, Monte Ax- iru. tagie FOint; and oats and peas, first. Norman Barnes. Crater High. Alfalfa. Rill Award Wbvti Vfai. shall. Eagle Point; Bob Elden and Ken jugnam. ootn of crater Hlgh Red Award Richard Morris and Cliff Blgham. both of Crater High. White Award Billy Rvan and Noel jnoore. notn of crater High. Oats and vetch. Blue Award Bob Mden, Crater High. Red Award Ken Blgham and Cliff Blgham, both of x-raier mgn. Oat hay. Blue Award Bay Bltter llng. Eagle Point: Red Award Noel Moore and Bill Ryan, both of Crater High. Swine Showmanship Swine Showmanship first, Ronnie Meade. Crater High; second. James Cochran, Crater High; third. Craig Cochran, Crater High: and fourth, Al len Barnes. Crater High, Seed Wheat first. Jim Estramado. Crater High; second, Wayne Marshall. Eagle Point. Seed Barley. Blue Award Cliff Blg ham and Ken Blgham. both of Crater High; Red Award Allan Barnes, Cra ter High; and White Award Craig Cochran. Crater High. Seed Oats. Blue Award Bill Rvan; and Red Award Bob Elden. both of Crater High. Sweet Corn. Blue Award Bob El den; and Red Award Bill Ryan, both of. Crater High. Fletd Corn Awards Field Corn. Blue Award Art Gard ner; and Red Award Dave Woolfolk, both of Crater High. Tomatoes, Blue Award Bob Elden, Crater High; and Dick Schauble. Eagle Point. i Pumpkins, Blue Award James Cockran. Crater High. Onions. Blue Award Bill White. Crater High. Pickling Cucumbers. 'Blue Award Craig Cochran. Crater High. Slicing Cucumbers, Blue Award Craig Cochran. Strawberries. Blue Award Ralph Simon. Crater High. Melons, Blue Award Craig Cachran and Bill White, both of Crater High. Potatoes. Blue Award Bob Elden, Crater High. Angus Breeding Cattle Junior Heifer CaJf. first. David Mack, Crater High; also junior cham pion. Junior Yearling first, David Mack. Crater High. Senior Yearling, lenior champion and grand champion. Angus Female first, Art Gardner, Eagle Point. Two year old cowl first, David Mack. Crater High. Aged cows first, David Mack. Production cow (call) David Mack. Beef Showmanship Advanced Showmanship first, Ken Bigham, Crater High; second, Norman Barnes, Crater High; third. John Greb, rratr Hiirh- fourth. Bob Elden. Crater High; and fifth. Ralph Simon. Crater Beginners Showmanship first, Art Gardner. Eaele Point; second. Noel Moore, Crater High; third. Billy Ryan, Crater Hign; ana iourin, jic. ri, Eagle Point. KuMn Fvhlhltlnr HamnshriA Swine fat nog. first, Jerrv Leonard. Crater High; Pen of three fat hogs, first. Jerry Leonard, Prator Wiph- Berkshire Swine aged boar, first and champion. Craig Cochran, Crater High; junior boar, first, Craig Coch ran: junior gilt, first and second, Craig Cochran; breeding sow. first, Craig Cochran; second. Ron Meade, Crater men. Yorkshire Swine junior gilt, first, James Cochran: fat hog. second, James Cochran; pen of three fat hogs, first. James Cochran: production class, first. James Cachran; and breeding sow. second. James Cochran. Duroc Swine fat hog. champion FFA barrow, first. Alien names, cra ter Hieh: junior gilt, first. Allen Barnes; breeding gilt, first, Allen Barnes. Is That So? Before the automobile, when horse, river boat and trains were the chief forms of transportation, it was quite possible to go for a short walk and strike up a friendship with the trailing ar butus, the lady slipper, the violet. Today when it is so easy to motor far out into the country during an afternoon such na tural wild flowers are becoming exceedingly rare and in many regions extinct, due to ruthless cutting, picking, uprooting by so called admirers of wild flowers. Never just one flower to press and study; no, always large arm fuls which wither and die. Before we consider the des perateness of today's situation. think of what beauty wild flow ers contribute to this world, each in season, month after month, from April's trilliums, to June's columbines, to September's gold enrod and asters which will bloom until the very edge of winer. What a sad end if our land were to be robbed of this colorful glory. Unfortunately, the more deli cate, the more beautiful, the can JOHNS- Ml By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist more fragrant the flower the greater the threat to its survival. Take the trailing arbutus. When the Pilgrims landed in America this delightful, wonderfully fra grant flower was growing in great abundance all over New England. To express their love for it, admirers thoughtlessly pulled it up by the basketful to bring into their parlors. Now, in many areas it is non-existent and where it does appear it is exceed ingly rare. Would Spell Extermination Or the lady slipper. Yes, I still know where to go to a hidden acre of woods to feast upon them. But do I tell others? Not on your life: to do so would be to spell extermination as they have been ruthlessly pulled up and exterminated from almost all other areas. Or, the shy violet. Remember them from your childhood? How you carried them to your home? But how sometimes they were too wilted to put into a white china teacuD? Wilted, discarded Destroyed by kindness, which murders. So too, the mountain laurel. The pink azalea from how many woods is it now almost missing? And the rhododendron, that magnificent flower of our western forests. Like the trailing arbutus, the lady slipper, the violet for be ing lovely, for being delicate, for MANVILLE Seal-O-Matic ASPHALT SHINGLES HOLD TIGHT in HURRICANE WINDS! They SEAL THEMSELVES DOWN . . . Wind and rain CAN'T GET UNDER THEM. Com in and a FREE DEMONSTRA TION! BIG PINES LUMBER CO. i Since 1908 Sixth and Fir Streets Phone 2-6251 Fire Hazard Still High in Forest Area While fire loss in the forests has been small so far this sea son, the fire hazard will remain high until after the fall rains, according to Albert Wiesendang er, executive secretary of the Keep Oregon Green association. Wiesendanger was in Medford yesterday, conferring with local members of the KOG movement and distributing Keep Oregon Green reminders and signs. He pointed out that fires due to logging operations in the county in 1956 have been few, and that loggers and other citi zens have been giving good sup port to the KOG program, since all types of man-caused fires are down from previous years. He also had praise for forest fire suppression crews, who have done effective work in promptly extinguishing fires caused by lightning. As a result, he stated, little acreage has burned over and the loss has been small. But he reminded residents that late summer and early fall is often the most hazardous time of year for fires, and urged continuing vigilance to prevent them. Don't Wait tor Higher Prices! Trade for a New BUICK or CADILLAC Today! ! SKINNER "THE GIRAFFE" J9i GIVES THE LONGEST TRADES IN THE WORLD SEE THE LONGEST TRADER TODAY! ! SKINNER'S GARAGE 143 South Riverside Avenue being fragrant, they have paid the price to flower lovers (who else would pick them?) and are rapidly approaching extinction. Selfish Thoughtfulnesi The wholesale disappearance of our wild flowers is attribut able to selfish - thoughtlessness never a thought that where you pull one up today, none may grow tomorrow. These flowers, it must be remembered, are in careful balance. The heavier the stand, the more profuse the bloom may spell in large letters the very narrowness of their margin of survival. The competi tion with other plants is always tremendous. Nature, remember, reproduces only enough in the long run to keep the species going. Tear off the blossoms, pull up the plants and you de stroy the balance . . . and the inevitable happens. What to do? Put up signs saying: Spare the Flowers? No, much better. Societies ex ist for the preservation of an imals. Why not organize one this fall in your own neighborhood for the protection, understanding and propagation of wild flowers. In doing so, you'll keep this world a more beautiful place to live in. (Copyright. 1956. by Eugen. Burns) (Released by The McClur Newspaper Syndicate) Friday, August H. 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TMBTTHE ELEVEN Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best true-life nature adven ture, the best nature observa tion, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world famous reference work, in a handsome Sealcraft b in d i n g. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry I simply can't answer your many friend ly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Med ford Mail' Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Industrial Boom Sets New Peaks New York (U.R) Higher money rates rounded out by a further rise in the Federal Re serve System's discount rate re veals America's industrial boom setting new peaks, money mar ket experts said today. Demand for money for busi ness use is so great, they ex plained, that it exceeds the sup ply and sends rates soaring. The Federal Reserve's action in boosting its discount rate, the rate at which member banks borrow from the reserve, reflects that situation and also reveals the Federal Reserve is still keep ing a tight control 6n credit to prevent a runaway inflation, it is pointed out. This situation is in contrast with 1929 when the credit boom was in stocks. Today there has been only a small increase in brokers' loans which reflect mar gin dealings in stocks. The bulk of borrowing has been for business. Business loans stand at $28.6 billion compared with $26.1 bil lion on Jan. 1. Loans for carry ing stocks on margin have risen only $17 million in the same time and now stand around $4 billion. The latest rise in the discount rate, effective today, lifts the rate for four regional banks to 3 per cent from 23A per cent Two had been on the 3 per cent figure and the other six are ex pected to raise shortly. Bosshard Seeks Office In Ashland Council Ashland Ewald (Walt) Boss- hard, 1670 Holmes ave., of Ash land, filed for the office of city councilman with the city record er this morning. Bosshard is an independent lumber broker. Court Records POLICE COURT Pete Graves, wrong way on a one way street, $10. Emery D. Maybe rry. following too close. $10. James Russell Keith, violation of basic rule, $10. Earl Dean Ruthstrom, passing with insufficient clearance. $10. Arthur Fred Chichester, violation of basic rule. $10. Marilyn Ann Paull. violation of baaic rule. $10. George Albert Culy, operating ve hicle on wrong side of street. $2.50. Therese Pauline St. Hilaire, failing to obtain Oregon operator's license, $5. Orie Stephen Moore, failing to yield right of way to bicycle. $10. DISTRICT COURT Ceril Dixon, intoxicated on public highway, $15. Harold Warren Smith, violation of basic rule, $10. John Edward Combs, no operator's license. $6. Keith Edward Schroeder, overload, $62. Montie Wayland Walser, overload, $185. Lorenzo Gale Johnson, violation of basic rule. $10. John Stewart Day. violation of basic rule. $1750. Owen Lee Gocsett, no warning de vice. $6. Thomas Dion Partch Jr failure to transfer title. $5. Frank Rector, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. Lionel T. Keen, overwidth. $15. John William Nichols, passing with insufficient clearance. $15. Charles Garlin Boas,, defective muffler. $10. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Gordon Kenneth Mekvold. route 1, box 803. Central Point, and Vicki Jeannine Noel, box 701. Central Point. Christen Johnsen Jessen, 524 Mae st.. and Elizabeth Catherine Weist, 103 Crater Lake ave. Robert Craig Bennett. Portland, and Florence Evelyn MacDougalL 517 West 10th st. CIRCUIT COURT Gaston R. 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