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Ashland Youth Leads In Porcupine Contest RuMell Reeck, 14, of box 130. ' porky" noses, showing both supine reduction contest spon ored by the Medford Kiwanis club and Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, took the lead fnr the first quarter, turning in 200 porcupine noses during Au gust. This put him ahead of Clara Jean Fink. 12, Eagle Point, who led July entrants with 47 and added 135 last month for a total of 182. Lett Porcupines : With two months of the con test passed,, the county is less 527 porcupines from the work of the young hunters. The year long contest is open to all coun ty residents between the ages of 12 and 18. Its purpose is to rid forest lands of as many porcu pines as possible to eliminate the damage they do to trees. The Kiwanis club and the chamber of commerce recently published a contest bulletin con taining information on prizes and rules. Supplies of bulletins have been placed in Lamport1!. Hubbard Brothers, Sam's Sport ing Goods, Robinson Brothers, and Rogue Sportsman stores in Medford; in Eberhart's in Ash land, and in Livingston's in Cen- i that 1.720 acres of public lands e county clerk's of fice or the Prospect office of Elk Lumber company. The county pays a SI bounty per nose to all persons regardless of age. Entrants and total numbers of noses credited to them for July and August are as follows: Russell Reeck. 200: Clara Jean Fink. 182: Stanton Marshall, 15, of Winston, 35; Ronald Scholer. 34: Roland Peyton, 14. of 3091 Lone Pine rd . 21: Lucille Smith. 15. of Keno, 15: Jim Stever. 12, of 248 Mace rd., 9: Loretta Smith. 15. of Keno, 8: Ginger Munoy. 14. of route 1. box 147, Gold Hill. 9; Iwula Hanenkrat, 12. of route 1. box 24, Jackson ville. B: Samuel Barker Jr.. 12, of route 2, box 361-A. Gold Hill. 3; Garry L. Evans. Central Point, 3: Virgil L. Backes Jr., 12. of Jacksonville, and Richard Mc Cann, route 1, box 572, Central Point, both 1. Land Released For Entry Near Vale Washintjron U.R; The Inter ior department has announced tral Point. Prizes on Display First, second and third prizes of hunting equipment lor the first quarter are on display at Eberhart's in Ashland. They will northwest of Vale in eastern Ore- con had been released to applica lion for entry under the public I land laws. The bureau of land manage ment, in restoring the released b given to contestants for noses I lands to the unreserved public I domain, established sept, zv. 1956. as the dale when applies- collected between July 1 and Sept. 30.. Quarterly and grand prizes for the year will be given, with money for the merchandise donated by local lumber and logging firms. Contestants are to bring their , come 1956. Damage Suit Papers Slated to Be Served . New York UR) U.S. mar shals were prepared today to serve papers in a half million dollar damage suit against American Youth Hostels, Inc tions received from veterans and others having preference rights became effective. Applications from non-veterans will not be ef fective until Dec. 29, The land had been in a power site reserve. BLM said that un less or until the restored lands were classified by its technicians as suitable for use intended by the applicant, no application for entry would be approved, nor may the lands be entered or oc cupied except for mineral pur poses. 1 SZ M i Woodburn Area Man Seriously Wounded Hood. Ore., July 29. The suit was filed in federal court last week by Herbert Blum, father of Suzanne Blum, one of a party of 18 New York area young people who tumbled down the mountain in a climbing accident. One girl was killed. Blum asked $430,000 dam ages for his daughter and $50,000 for his own expenses in connec tion with her injury. Miss Blum suffered a broken back. A spokesman for the defend ant organization said no reply to . the charge would be made until sometime after the papers are served. The defendant has 20 days after service to make legal reply. Optometrist Slated Speaker at Meeting Dr. James H. Wahl, O. D., dean of Pacific university col lege of optometry, will be fea tured speaker at the first fall meeting of the Medford Safety council at noon Friday. Sept. 14, in the Jackson hotel Pioneer room. The announcement was made by Bud Palmer of California Pacific Utilities company, chair man of the program committee. He said Dr. Wahl will speak on "Vision and Industrial Safety." Dr. Wahl is a former president of the American Optometric as sociation. The safety council has issued an invitation to safety officials of companies and plants in south ern Oregon to attend this lunch eon meeting. Woodburn (U.R) A 50 year old Woodburn-area man was shot and seriously wounded at his home Monday and state police said today his son-in-law was in custody. Wounded was Ivan Lazroff. He was taken to Salem Memorial hospital where he was reported in "pretty good." condition with shotgun wounds of the face and upper body. Officers said the son-in-law, Vassili Mike Jabin. 28. admitted the shooting and was taken to Marion county jail charged with armed assault. The shooting took place when Jabin stopped to visit Lazroff after going pigeon hunting with a friend. Youth to Appear on Manslaughter Charge Boseburg U.R) Bex Alfred Blankenship. 18-year-old Myrtle Creek youth charged with man slaughter in the.death of Mrs. Lon Moore, of Myrtle Creek, is scheduled to appear in District court here Sept. 17 for a pre liminary hearing. Blankenship is charged with being "culpably negligent" in firing a rifle bullet that struck the 34 -year -old woman and killed her while she did the fam ily washing on her back porch Aug. 29. The youth apparently did not know that a bullet had struck the woman, officers reported. May Dismiss Charges Of Shoplifting London (U.R Nina Pono mareva. Russia's 27-year-old champion discus thrower, may emerge from hiding today in time to hear that charges accus ing her of petty shoplifting have been dismissed. Magistrate Clyde Wilson of Marlborough Street Magistrates Court was expected to dismiss the charges against the hefty woman athlete of stealing five 90-cent hats from a London store. Nina, a teacher and mother of one child, went into hiding soon after the charge was filed last week, touching off an interna tional incident which rocked British and Soviet diplomatic circles. 85 Blazes Spotted In Rogue River National Forest A total of 85 fires were spot- ted in the Rogue River National Forest from the beginning of the 1958 fire season through Aug. 24. forest officials reported to day. Fourteen acres of land were burned in the 85 blazes. Nine of the fires were man-caused, of ficials said, and 76 were started by lightning. Regional Total Kermit W. Linstedt, forest service regional fire control chief, said a total of 1,457 fires requiring suppression action were reported on national forest protective areas in the entire Pacific Northwest region. He said about 90 per cent of these fires were lightning-caused and occurred in the most remote sections of the region, the North Cascades, Southern Cascades, Blue and Siskiyou mountains. Linstedt added. "This prom ises to be one of the heaviest years of record in the occurrence of lightning fires. With approxi mately 1.300 lightning fires through Aug. 24. we are rapidly approaching the total for the extreme season of 1941. In that year lighting bolts set 1.932 fires." From the total number of fires in the region through Aug. 24. an estimated total of 975 acres have been burned. Linstedt said this is an average of only ap proximately .7 of an acre per fire, an all-time low for the region. Cave Junction Youth Wins in Judging Event Cave Junction Ronald Thompson Gregg, 17, of Cave Junction, has won the top prize among Oregon participants in a nationwide livestock judging contest. He will compete against 46 other state winners at Kan sas City on Oct. 19. As the highest scorer in the state, Gregg received a 5100 cash prize, and an expenses-paid trip to Kansas City at the time of the Future Farmers of America con vention as a guest of Charles Pfizer and company. Inc. Phoenix Man Faces Kidnap Charges Phoenix (U.R) A former Phoenix warehouseman has waived extradition and will be returned to Reno to face federal kidnap charges. Raymond Joe Farni, 27, ar rested last Thursday here, was charged with kidnaping his es tranged wife, his mother-in-law, and a family friend in Reith. Ore. The mother-in-law and friend were released at Winne mucca. Nev., but his wife was still with Farni when he was ar rested here. Farni waived a formal extra dition hearing Tuesday before U. S. Commissioner C. B. Wil son, and his $25,000 bond re mained unchanged. Riding Hoss Intoxicated Is Not Drunk Driving Sacramento. Calif. (U.R) The judges of the nearby Fair Oaks judicial district has ruled that riding a horse while intoxi cated isn't drunk driving. Judge Joseph J. Diestel said after examination of the law he was convinced it referred only to driving a motor vehicle. He al lowed Oliver Armitage, Sacra- mento, to plead guilty to a lesser charge. Armitage was arrested by the Highway Patrol after he and his horse were involved in a collision with an auto. Medford Man Injured In Fall From Roof Joe D. Thornton. 66. of 901 Lozier lane. Medford. was re ported in "fair" condition today after spending a "poor" night at Rogue Valley hospital, where he was taken by Medford Ambu lance service at 12:55 p.m. Tues day when he fell from the roof of his home. The attending physician said Thornton is suffering from frac tures of both wrists, left elbow and nose. He was working on the roof at the time of the acci dent. It was estimated he fell 12 to 15 feet to the ground. R.d and Use Classified Adf Pak-A-Way Freezers Save by Self Finance or Cash 18.7 Upright List $599.95 -Your -Cost $350.00 21.7 Upright List $699.95 Your Cost $385.00 Combination 9 Cubic Ft. Ref. 10 Cubic Ft. Freezer LIST $729,955 YOUR COST $446.50 Chests Same Bargain Prices While Stock Lasts Steve's Music Co. 3608 So. Pacific Highway - Phone 2-8118 McKay, Supporters Of Morse Exchange Words In Campaign By UNITED PRESS Douglas McKay and supporters of Wayne Morse traded words last night as Oregon's political season opened the two-month home stretch drive before the Nov. 6 election." McKay, speaking on television in Portland, claimed that Morse has not represented the state of Oregon in the Senate. The Re publican candidate to succeed Morse said the Democratic sen ator "feels no responsibility to vote the conviction of the people of Oregon." Mrs. Jean L. Lewis, Morse's campaign manager, charged that it has become typical for McKay "to quote Senator Morse out of context." Mrs. Lewis mentioned a statement McKay attributed to Morse during debate in 1947 on the Taft-Hartley bill. "McKay quoted just 21 words of a 78 word sentence, and labeled them as a complete sentence," she said. "This abbreviated version gives a completely distorted ex pression of the senator's views and McKay knows it." she added. Other Politics Elsewhere on the political front. State Sen. Robert Holmes. Democratic candidate for gover nor, challenged Gov. Elmo Smith to explain his Senate record to the people. Speaking at the State Fair, Holmes said "the governor is campaigning, not on his rec ord, but on the publicity he gets by virtue of having inherited the governor's chair." Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.) an nounced in his home city of Baker today that he had drawn to the attention of President Eisenhower the seriousness of the sagging lumber market in Oregon. Coon said lumbermen blamed the condition on a lag in con struction brought on by tight ened government controls on credit. The congressman warned that unemployment may result in the state's primary industry if mills are forced to curtail production. Symptoms of Vision Problems Noted Parents and teachers were urged by the Oregon Optometric association today to watch for symptoms of vision problems among children returning to school in September. "Inadequate vision is a far j more common cause of school failure and emotional distur bance than is generally recog nized," said Dr. T. M. Pace, O.D. of Lebanon, president. Among symptoms of vision problems, according to Doctor Pace, are the following: Avoiding work requiring good vision at the reading distance. Losing place while reading. Holding work closer than nor mal. Excessive head movements while reading. Poor sitting posture and posi tion while reading. Any child :r. the bottom third of his school class and any child not performing up to his capacity should have a thorough vision examination. Doctor Pace said. He added that uncorrected vis ion problems are contributing causes irT50 per cent of all cases of reading failure, according to a University of Chicago study. Vedneeday, September S. 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Rogue Valley Pears Said Popular Exports Temporary Closure Due at Hapkins Canal The Hopkins canal of the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district, which serves district water-users on the west side of the valley, will be closed for one day this week, according to District Manager Harold Sexton. He said the canal would be closed Wednesday night, and re opened Friday. The closure is necessary to kill moss in the canal with chemicals, he said. The canal will be closed from Bear creek west. Half of Cars Fail Safety Inspection Washington. D. C. U.R) About half the cars inspected for safety stickers here fail the annual test at the first try, the American Municipal Association reported. The association said that in the most recent test 210,314 ve hicles were tested and only 104. 638 were approved without ad justments. The main flaw is headlights, the association said, with brakes; steering mechanism, rear lights, windshield wipers, and exhaust following in that order. City officials credit the test ing program which was origi nated in 1938 with reducing the number of traffic fatalities. Use Tribune Want Ads No Other Starch Gives You M&njracL That Means So Much t If ".) - til rr-vsr, i iiT. II Him Perfect Starching Easier Ironing No Sticking No Scorching No Lumping j No Mixing No Boiling v.. No Guessing No Waste s If vmi'rA tint ucincr Vaitn II JUH 16 IIVI UOIIIg lUIIVf you're working too hard! Rogue River Valley pears still find high favor on the export markets, according to Fred Moti agricultural attache to London for the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. The export authority made the comment as part of a report to an invited group of growers and shippers who met with him Tues day evening in Medford. He was introduced by Harold Holmes, president of the Rogue River Valley Traffic association. Peak Not R.ich.d Motz noted that the world ex port market for pears has not reached the pre-World War II peak, but prospects for a return of this important outlet improve each year. He emphasized that the world wide reputation for quality of Rogue Valley pears must be matched with a price attractive to importers. He ex plained that pressure groups in some foreign markets resist the import of fresh fruits and make the job of re-opening trade very difficult. Many pear producing areas in the world have patterned their growing and marketing pro grams after those used in this area, he said, and added the re sult is sharper competition both in quality and price. Labor Problem In commenting on reported cases of careless handling of fruit in foreign ports, which re sult in loss to U. S. exporters. Moti stated that the problem is a labor problem of the individ ual country. He said the USDA and the other government agen cies abroad are powerless to cor rect it. Motz pointed 01 1 that there has been no discrimination against U. S. produce. The USDA expert said quality of product is still the key to opening up foreign markets. This areas has led the way and must maintain its advantage by main taining this high quality, he stated. Woods Resident Takes Stroll in Vancouver Vancouver, Wash. iU.R) With hundreds of Vancouver, Wash., residents taking to the moun tains for the holiday week end, one of the woods inhabitants evidently decided to take a stroll downtown to get away from all the people. Three men starting on an early morning pigeon hunt Monday reported to police that they saw a 200-pound bear in the city. They gave chase but the ani mal evidently decided it would be quieter back in the woods after all and took to the brush. 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