Measure To Increase
Number of Justices
In Oregon Presented
Salem (U.P., A bill to in
crease the number of justices
from 7 to 9 in an effort to speed
the work of the Oregon Supreme
Court was introduced in the
Senate Monday by Sen. R. F.
Chapman. Coos Bay Democrat.
The measure wouid divide the
justices into three departments
of three justices each, with the
chief justice a working member
of one of the three. When the
court met as a whole, the chief
justice, as now, would sit as pre
siding officer.
Thr Departments
Sen. Chapman said the aim of
the measure was to have three
departments working on the
backlog of cases' before the high
court instead of two as at pre
sent. Bills introduced in the Senate
today included:
By Sens. Lee Ohmart and
Rudie Wilhelm and Rep. George
Annala, at request of the Com
mittee on Interstate Coopera
tion. Would ratify the Oregon
Washington C ol u m b i a river
boundary compact.
By Sen. Wilhelm Making
Lincoln's day Feb. 12 and Wash
ington's Birthday days of commemoration.
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By Lowry and others To re
peal sections relating to damages
recoverable in actions for de
famatory statements published
in newspapers, magazines or
other printed periodicals, or by
radio, television or motion pic
tures. Would repeal ors 30.155,
30.160, 30.107 and 30.175.
Exempts Certain Groups
By Ziegler and others To ex
empt certain living groups from
paying oersonal property taxes.
But Ziegler and others at re
quest of Interim Committee on
public welfare; relating to sup
port of needy persons.
By Ziegler and Rep. Steward
To appropriate money to build
a dormitory and exhibit build
ing for 4-H and FFA on state
fairgrounds.
By Chapman Relating to in
crease in Supreme Court justices
to 9.
By Chapman Relating to
homestead exemptions.
By Lewis and others Pro
viding that registered nurses
shall not be examined in civil
action as to information ac
quired during care of patient.
7,400 Attend Sunday
Session of Convention
Ashland More than 1.400
persons heard Nicholas Kova
lak Jr. of New York speak on
' What Will Armaggeddon Mean
for You?" Sunday as the three
day circuit convention of Je
hovah's Witnesses held at the
Ashland Armory ended.
Saturday night more than
1,300 delegates saw missionary
work films of Jehovah's Wit
nesses throughout the world.
Other speakers during the con
vention were John A. Green,
circuit minister, and James H.
Morse of Ashland.
More Foes Found
To Tito Invitation
Washington (U.R) An in
creasing number of Democrats
and Republicans in Congress to
day op-osed inviting Marshal
Tito ot Yugoslavia to visit the
United States.
Representatives from both
sides of the aisle signed a peti
tion urging President Eisenhow
er not to invite the Communist
dictator. House Democratic
Leader John W. McCormack
(Mass.) was among the signers.
The petition was placed in
the speaker's lobby Monday. By
early afternoon 64 representa
tives had signed it.
WOE IS ME Sandra Carta
sits dejectedly by one of
many holes punched in her
new $20,000 Los Angeles
home. Holes were put there
by her dad in search of a
cat that has been meowing
for 19 days, trapped some
where inside the walls. The
meows, heard in all parts of
the house, are growing
steadily weaker.
Is That So?
During winter evenings, a
blazing fire in the fireplace feels
might good and prompts good
conversation. Care to draw up
and listen to some of the fine
yarns that have been piling in?
"The joker noticed their in
terest in every little thing that
came along particularly if it
was western and had anything
to do with nature. So he got
two cockleburrs, and wrapped
them in cotton and put them
in a box and gave my husband
the high sign to play along with
him.
'Porcupin Eggs'
"Sure enough, over came the
two teachers to see what it was
all about. 'What have you got
there?" they persisted. Proudly,
but yet with a becoming show
of modesty, he showed them the
burrs and said: 'Porcupine eggs.
You know they are pretty rare
and hard to find in these parts.'
"THe teachers were so taken
in that they bought those two
eggs for five dollars apiece."
Mrs. N.M.W., of Madison, Wis.,
writes: "My five-year-old grand
daughter Maureene made her
first visit to a farm and seeing
a big corn-crib filled with corn
came running to me. 'Grandma,
come quick and see the big, big
case of cobs on the corn."
By way of confession, Mrs.
N.I.D., of Portland, writes:
"Some years ago a friend gave
my children a portable type-
By EUGENE BURNS
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writer. Our friend explained in
detail the operation and care of
the gift. And then I opened my
big fat mouth: 'That all seems
simple enough, but tell me where
do you put in the ink?' "
T.O. of Wapiti, Wyo., an old
timer in the National Park Ser
vice 32 years of it observes:
"Of all the flocks of geese that
my eyes have followed and per
mitted me to take an accurate
tally, I have never counted an
even number. They are always
odd. So I claim all geese fly with
the leader being counted the
odd one. Try it some time and
see how true it is." I'd like to
have your reaction to this one,
readers.
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Returning, leave San Francisco on the Shasta Daylight in the morn
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Registration for 18
Adult Courses Being
Accepted This Week
Tuesday. January 29, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Registration for adult even
ing classes which will start next
month will be held Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday this week,
Lindsay Vinsel, director of adult
education, reminded school pa
trons today.
The classes are offered as self
improvement and no school
credit is given. The purpose of
advance registration is to deter
mine whether sufficient adults
are interested to hold the class,
Vinsel said.
The classes, hours and loca
tions include:
Tailoring Class I, 1 to 4 p.m.
Tuesdays starting Feb. 5, room
341, Hedrick Junior High school;
Class II, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes
days starting Feb. 6, room 341,
Hedrick; Class III, 7 to 10 p.m.
Wednesdays starting Feb. 6,
room 15, Medford High school.
Mrs. Hazel McKinstry is instruc
tor. Cake Decorating
Cake decoration Class I,
1 to 4 p.m. Mondays starting
Feb. 4, room 341, Hedrick; Class
II, 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays starting
Feb. 4, room 341, Hedrick; Class
III, 9 a.m. to noon Thursdays
starting Feb. 5, room 341, Hed
rick. Mrs. Oma Farnham is in
structor. Lamp shade Class I, 9 a.m.
to noon Tuesdays starting Feb.
5, room 341 Hedrick; Class II,
7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays starting
Feb. 5, room 341, Hedrick. Mrs.
Farnham is instructor.
Advanced sewing techniques
7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays start
ing Feb. 7, room 15, Medford
High school. Mrs. Farnham is
instructor.
Clothing Class I, 7 to 10
p.m. Thursdays starting Feb 7,
room 342, Hedrick; Mrs. Doro
thy Sneed instructor; Class II,
7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday starting
Feb. 6, room 8, McLoughlin
Junior High, Miss Coral Stone
instructor.
Children's Clothing
Children's clothing 7 to
10 p.m. Wednesdays starting
Feb. 7, room 8, McLoughlin Jun
ior High; Miss Joyce Porter in
structor. Millinery 7 to 10 p.m. Mon
days starting Feb. 4, room 8,
McLoughlin, Mrs. Marguerite
Brame instructor.
Drawing and sketching
7:30 to 10 p.m. Mondays starting
Feb. 7, room 7, McLoughlin,
Steve Bayless instructor.
Sculpture 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Tuesdays starting Feb. 4, room
14, Medford High school, Bay
less instructor.
Water Color painting 7:30
to 9:30 p.m. Mondays starting
Feb. 4, room 14, Medford High
school. Warren Wolf instructor.
Industrial Arts
Industrial arts project Class
I, 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays starting
Feb. 4, industrial arts shop, Mc
Loughlin Junior High, Vern
Voss instructor; Class II, 7 to 10
p.m. Wednesdays starting Feb.
6, industrial arts shop, Hedrick,
Duane Richardson instructor.
Creative writing practice
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays
starting Feb. 6, room 241, Med
ford High school, Clair Gurwell
instructor.
Practical nursing course 7
to 9:30 p.m., starting date has
not been set yet, room 11, Med
ford High school.
Parliamentary procedures
7:30 to 9:30 pan. Wednesdays
starting Feb. 6, room 212, Med
ford High school, DeVere Taylor
instructor.
Textile Design
Textile design 7 to 9:30
p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
starting Feb. 5, room 306, Hed
rick, Miss Catherine Fonken in
structor. Conversational Spanish 7
to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays starting
Feb. 5, room 329, Hedrick, Bert
Villanueva instructor.
Radio workshop 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. Wednesdays starting
Feb. 6, radio station KMED.
Electric arc welding Class
I, 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays starting
Feb. 5, Medford High welding
shop; Class II, 7 to 10 p.m.
Thursdays starting Feb. 7, Med
ford high welding shop.
Home Destroyed in
Shady Cove Fire
Shady Cove A residence was
destroyed and another damaged
by separate fires in Shady Cove
yesterday, according to volun
teer fire department officials.
About 11 a.m. yesterday, the
residence of John Meza two
miles east on the Butte Falls
road was destroyed by fire
which started from a flue fire,
firemen reported.
The family, which includes
five children, escaped, and plan
to live in another building near
by, reports indicated. The house
was almost engulfed in flames
when the Shady Cove-Trail vol
unteer department arrived, fire
men said. -
The Shady Cove-Trail depart
ment expressed appreciation to
the Central Point Rural Fire
department which dispatched a
pumper to the scene to supply
the Shady Cove-Trail with wa
ter. An unoccupied cabin at Rain
bow motel here was damaged
early yesterday afternoon. Fire
men said the fire started when
the owner, Jerry Smart, at
tempted to thaw frozen water
pipes.
Sunday night the volunteer
department answered a call at
the Glenn Collins on Williams
Rd. in Shady Cove to a flue
fire. No considerable damage
was reported. '
Basketball Referees
Will Meet Wednesday
A meeting of Rogue river
basketball referees will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the
senior high school here. Game
assignments will be given and
rules and interpretations will be
discussed.
Recluse Who Lived
In Hole Succumbs
Kingsworthy, England (U.R)
Yolanda Span, a recluse who
lived in a hole in the ground
for 35 years, died recently in
a hospital here, it was reported
today.
Mrs. Span was a university
graduate who was well traveled
and knew five languages. She
dug herself in after a row with
her son, Louis, and lived in
the hole until her death.
The son went to Australia
after the family argument and
died soon afterwards.
Mrs. Span's home was a 10
by 7 foot excavation covered
with a corrugated iron roof. She
cooked on an oil stove, used
a pile of old blankets for a bed
and kept the floor dry with
scattered paper.
Grange Notes
GRIFFIN CHEEK GRANGE
Griffen Creek Grange met in
regular session Thursday, Jan.
25.
All officers were present, in
cluding four visitors. They were
Greibler of Seattle, mother of
Bruce Greibler. Mr. Bauchman,
master of Applegate Grange and
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kamping
and daughter.
Several discussions were held,
one on the possibility of not
opening the banks on Saturdays.
All seemed to agree it would
be most inconvenient.
Earl Croft of the agriculture
committee reminded members
that now was the time to have
the soil tested in preparation
for spring gardens
Lecturer Lulu Sturgill pre
sented a health program which
included readings, a skit by Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Talle, Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Greibler and Marge
Bruce. An original reading was
given by Iva Harper and a
candle lighting service which is
a part of the Grange ritual was
held. Refreshments were served
by Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wilks
and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Greib
ler. The HEC met with Mrs. Har
old Talle with Mrs. Roy Le-
Vancler as cohostess. Jan. 17.
The following officers were
installed by Mrs. William Darby:
chairman, Eva Farusworth; vice
chairman, Paulene Kelley- and
secretary and treasurer, Gert
rude Talle.
At the close of the meeting
a Kaffee Klatch was held for
the March of Dimes and seven
dollars . were turned to the
M.O.D. chairman.
7 p.m. pot luck supper served
in the school cafeteria.
Several members were re
ported on the sick list.
The Shady Cove Grange will
be the host Grange for Jackson
County Pomona Grange Satur
day Jan. 26. -
Mrs. Al Cooper showed slides
she had taken of Crater Lake
and a second group of slides
from Yellowstone National
park. (
The next regular meeting of
the Grange will be Feb. 13.
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