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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1957)
ted Treasure Stamp Minus Gum and Perforations Is Valuable The combination airmail and special delivery stamp put out by Postmaster General Farley in 1935 didn't catch on with the public though some of the issue did with collectors. Justly or not, people felt that a regular airmail letter arrived just about as fast as one given special handling in some cases faster. As a result, the demand was so limited that sale of the stamp declined rapidly. The stamp is a dark blue, 16 cent item. Along the top are the words special delivery. At either end, vertically stacked letters spell out U. S. Postage and Air mail. In the center is the great seal of the United States. The most valuable of this issue first appeared in March, 1935. It was printed from a flatbed press rather than the rotary type, a matter of importance to collectors. But the chief clue to the more valuable of this issue is one that any person can easily recognize, whether he is a col lector or not. It is that the stamps do not have the perfora tions that make it easy to sepa rate them, and they do not have any gum. The total issue of the ungum med, unperforated stamps, ac cording to one of the major cat alogues, was 1.370,560. They were printed in sheets of 200. As for their value, a fellow stamp collector told me recently of a friend who came across a full sheet of them and part of another. He found them in going through the effects of his father who had bought them in the 1930s. The finder took the broken sheet to a dealer who offered him a price of 75 cents per stamp., pointing out that the cat alogue price was $1.65 for sin gles. Naturally, that made him won der how much a full sheet would be worth. Might it not have a value greater than that of 200 of the single stamps? In his case it did. Though the catalogue value of the sheet was $330, the owner was able to get $375 for it because of the scarc ity of sheets. BUTTER DISHES COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPES A friend who had just made $150 by acting on one of Ned's third successful tip he had re ceived in a month. f "What am I going to do." he asked. "I've completely run out of ideas on what to get him for i a present. T xtiffseated ho look in some of !ii the salvage shops I'd been through. He jumped at the suggestion. Within an hour he was back. From a paper bag he produced what proved to be a butter dish made in the form of a horse shoe. A' tiny horseshoe formed the handle by which one raised the cover. It was of clear glass and big enough to hold a pound of butter. "The storekeeper said it was made to honor 'Maude S,' a fam ous trotting horse of the 1880s and that I could have it for $25." I looked the piece up. The but ter dish had been made by a Pittsburgh firm back in the 1880s. The price it conmmands today is $10 to $15. DOD GRILE AND AMBROSE BIERCE ARE SAME PERSON From its cover, the book looked like one of the less garish but nonetheless fascinating dime novel thrillers of 70 years ago. The wrappers were of a bright yellow hue. On the front wrap per the black ink figure of a long-haired California miner, picking out gold with a bowie knife from his pan, stood out stark against the yellow. Across the top was the title Nuggets & Dust. Across the bot tom was the name of the author in type almost as large Dod Grile. Below that, another line fcf type, much smaller, read Lon don Chatto & Windus, Publish ers. On the title page inside was additional information stating that the nuggets and dust had been arranged" by J. Milton Sloluck. The work had been printed on Oct. 5, 1872. Well, I wasn't sure who Mr. Dod Grile was, but I was con fident I would soon find out. On the back of the rear cover was the price the bookseller wanted $10. "Who's Dod Grile," I asked. "Ambrose Bierce," the clerk replied, ringing up the sale. I couldn't understand i t. Though many of Bierce's works do not bring much money, for one of them in such good condi tion and first published in Eng land such a price seemed ridicul ous. And I still felt so some hours later when a check of auction records showed that Nuggets & Dust hadn't brought over $7.50 for years. The book was one of Bierce's few that was first published in England. Actually, though the contents of this one was later published in America in the author's collected works, the book itself was never printed in the United States. Two Bierce collectors I knew were quite aware of these facts. When they saw my copy one of them paid me $20 for it. (Released by McClur. News paper Syndicate) 27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Paper Hanging DRY WALL. TAPING. & HANGING K. V. Kr.lJ.IY CIS Oakdale Or. SP 3-5601 Generators Starters Generator-Starter repaira Sc exchange Armature winding Cliffy Auto Elec tric. .1311 N Riverside SP 3-5068 fainting PAINTING small join a specialty inside or outside good work reasonaoie. or -aou eves. SPRAY painting, roofs, houses genera painting Free estimates Sullivan Bros 219 S. Ivy. Ph. SP a-9851 PAINTING Brush or Spray Free estimates and terms A Q Murphy Ph SP 2-8595 or SP 2-9143 Tree Service MEDFORD TRE SERVICE Courteous, reliable, 'experience. Free estimates. SP 2-7538 or SP 3-5841. ORE-CAL TREE SERVICE By RAY CHAMBER LIN Complete tree service by expert tree surgeons. Guaranteed satisfac tion Reasonable p rices Licensed Sc insured. Phone SP 2-8052. Oil Burner Service SPARK OIL BURNING HEATERS tb Sc Front Ph SP 3-3896 KENNEDY FUEL Oil Pests and Termite Control LOYD TERMITE CONTROL7Pfoiect your home from termites. Free in spection. KE-5-1362 or SP-2-7598 Foundation work. CRArER TERMITE CO. Local owned- Inspection for home owners Sc realtors SP 3-4804. TERMITES Call' Paramount Peat Control Inspect before buying SP 2-9701 Granite & Top Soil GRANITE CRUSHED PIT RUN LOADED OR DELIVERED -.- R G LULL Ph. SP 3-4781 CRUSHED ROCK. SAND Sc GRAVE! M C LININGER Sc SONS SP 2-5336 or SP 2-5897 COMPARE mv top soil. creeK run rock, shale, pit run granite Sc till dirt v.-tth any. Dump trucks for hire Free estimates. Reasonable prices. Ralph Johnson. SP 3-3147 beore 8:30 A M.; afler 6 P.M. BEAR CREEK TOPSOIL Fill dirt: tertilizcr; sand: gravel. Crushed rock. New lawns constructed. BATEMAN Sc SONS. Ph. SP 2-2464 GRANITE Creek run gravel: rich top soil; fill dirt. A.C. front end loader; prower shovel for rent. Chas. Ben- nett. SP 2-2511. TOP SOIL. SANDY LOAM Concrete gravel & sand: crushed rock: granite Sc creek run Loaded or delivered. ARVEL L "TEX NASH 2075 S. Hwy. 99 SP 2-43 1 7 GRANITE Loading or Delivering LUCIUS & WILLBURT LULL Ph. NO 4-148 CREEK run gravel. Fine Bear Creek soil Pit run granite. Jim Nune KE 5-1643 ; Poultry & Eggs BUYER PROCESSOR. DEALER ROGUE VALLEY POULTRY CO 334 E McAndrew Rrt Ph SP V-S159 Beads Restrung PEARLS BEADS RESTRUNG JEWELRY REPAIRING SANTOS AGATE SHOP 411 fc Main TAKING A REST Mount Vernon, Ind. tP El don Saltzman walked into his yard and found a weasel under his lawn mower. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 56 MERCURY. Loaded. 4-door sedan. 15.000 miles, S1.995. '57 Fairlane "500" 4-door hardtop Tord. Loaded. $2,560. 845 Palm. KEYS MADE SISKIYOU HARDWARE 225 W. MAIN FOR RENT: Trailer space in J'ville. patio, Medford water, trees, with view. TW 9-1449. MEDFORD $3245 MOTORS 1954 Cadillac- DeVille Hardtop 3 dr. . This is the golden moment if you have longed to. own a Cadillac hesitate no longer act today LINCOLN 225 S. Riverside MERCURY SP 2-8588 DAIRY FREEZE is the place to buv Fish Sc Chips. Just 45c. Dairy Freeze. 900 N. Riverside. CARPENTER repair work. Hr. or con tract. Need work. 14 yrs. in Vallev 7 yrs. -with 1 contractor. SP 3-3772 or Rt. 1. Box 410-B. Medford. AUGUST SPECIAL Quarts of Dairy Freeze 39e Dairy Freeze 900 N. Riverside FOR SALE S rm. fura. cabin on Big Butte creek. Fireplace, electricity Sc in-door plumbing. NO 4-1655. FOR SALE 1 Spin-dry washer. 132 Almond. MEDFORD $2459 MOTORS 1956 Mercury Phaeton 4 dr. Hardtop Loaded, come and get it There auto be a law against trading when the used is so nice. LINCOLN 255 S. Riverside MERCURY SP 2-8588 "SAVE" Buy that deer rifle now. 35 cal new Martin S65. Some more good buy's. 317 North Riverside. WANT TO RENT by permanent couple Very nice 2 bdrm. home in good district. Not old. Good care of house Sc garden. SP 2-2032. COMPLETE MEDFORD DELIVERED PRICE Plant Pathologists To Conduct Tests Two plant pathologists from Oregon State college will be in Medford Monday and Tuesday to conduct field tests on fungi cides for pears, C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, has announced. They will be working with Cordy and Dr. Rolland Blake of the experiment station. Cordy slid the two men, Ianin McSwan and Norman Doby, will test the fungicides and various methods in the field and will later ,follow the fruit through packing and storage. "Main object of this work is to maintain the pears in a good, f r e sh, wholesome condition," Cordy said. "This district is rec ognized for the quality of its pears and we want to maintain and foster that reputation. Present program includes treatment of the pears in the dormant stage, through the growing season, then washing them as they are processed at the various packing houses. Under the experimental pro gram, certain pear trees will be selected for treatment and tagged. Each box of pears will b-; marked and checked as it goes through the packing house, he said. $2995 NEW 1937 MERC PHAETON 2 DR. HT. Red white Flo Tone full vinyl interior includes overdrive, heater, pad dash, washers. - W.S.W. tires, turn signals, backup lights. LINCOLN MERCURY 6th Sc Ivy SP 2-8588 SP 2-6159 NOTICE Tree service of all Kinds. SP 2-5376. WITHROW FOR RENT Unfurn. duplex. Living ran., kitchen, utility porch, bath room. 2 small bdrms. Vicinity Oak Grove school. SP 2-5920. MEDFORD S1495 MOTORS 1955 Chev. 2 T. Pickup Deluxe Hire an expert classify this safe buy we know it is sharp and will satisfy. Sunday, August II, 19ST MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN CAT STORY Boston (W Shortly after World War I, the new defunct Boston Post offered its readers pictures of its mascot, an alley cat named Hindy. Approxi mately 112,000 requests for pic tures were filled. Some 20 years later the Post received a letter from a former reader in Shang hai, China. She had lost her pic ture of Hindy. Could she have another? The Post obliged. VACATION TIP New York mi If you'd like to keep your small fry occupied while you're vacationing, take ajong a box of colored lead pen cils with water soluble leads. They make it possible for chil dren to water color with a min-1 imum of fuss at little cost. To j use them, a child simply handles them like any lead pencil or crayon, then spreads the color I with a moistened brush. NEW COURSE University Park, Pa. (IB ' Pennsylvania State University has announced establishment of a curriculum in landscape arch-itecture. Long Time Resident Wants Permanent Work CALL SP 2-9601 After 5:00 LEGAL NOTICES "NOTICES" The State Board of Accountancy announces that an examination for ad mission to the Roster of Accountants Authorized to Conduct Municipal Au dits will be given on September 19 and 20. 1957. Applications for this examination should be in the hands of the Board not later than August 30. 1957. Robert H. Lemon Secretary-Treasurer Oregon State Board of Accountancy 637 American Bank Building Portland, Oregon LINCOLN 225 S. Riverside MERCURY SP 2-8588 PLANER BLOX Quick Delivery Medford Fuel Co. Tel SP 2-2111 LIME Our price Includes spreading service UL 5-1245 or UL 5-1297 Agricultural Lime Distributing Co NOTICE To remove moss from roofs, guaranteed results. Call SP 2-5376. , WITHROW. BUNDLES O OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale 20c each Mail Tribune office. 33 North Fir WANTED Cord Wood-Fir 4 Ft. 6 In. Lengths tj Per Cord Phone SP 2-5108 Roofing 24-FOR EXCHANGE PONTIAC. good shape, one owner, ex change for real estate or house trailer. SP 2-4313. 26-PERSONAL ROOFING, siding, painting. All types M'jern methods Ac equipment. Will Install your material or save you t on any maior brand. All work guaranteed. Gene Schmelzer, Phont ar 3-5834. As of Aug. 9 I will not he responsible for debts of the Lay Rite Linoleum shop. H W. Rohrback. Rt. 2. Box 181, Central Point NOT responsible for debts other than my own after Aug. 5. 1957. Saxton J. Cleveland. TO GET our June class trained, they wUl each give one machine Sc one machineless permanent, at about cost of S2. Also. Jr. shampoos 6c stvles from 75c. Sc Jr. Cold Waves from $3 50. For appointment Ph. 51 2-6153. WILKNTT guaran. hosiery. NO 4-2962. MERLE NORMAN COSMETICS 214 Fluhrer Building McCUE HOME FOR THE AGED Licensed ladies. 134 Laurel. Central Point. Ore. 1 vacancy, board, room, laundry Sc car. S105 per mo. NO-4-1306. ANY ONE having a drinking problem is welcome at Alcoholics Anony mous Meetines 8 o m Wert St Sat 123 W lain Ph SP 3-6657 Rawleigh HealtfProducta. SP 2-4438. WATKINS quality products. SP 3-5667 Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL Yea mast be unified at rour maaas cheerfully refunded Get a bottle ta aay at WESTERN THRIFT. STAOff) CORN REMOVER Ofves inifofit relief rrasa pain and past, tively fewn.ei bard cams, soft cams berweea foes, callautas, want, aapillemaa, dub eoilt. Iff contains sev eral cftfferant olt that saftea. 'mini and dees naff cause tbe imfforioa as do Strang acid mixtures. WHea oj enWs Ha, failed try en. Try awr Sunia Relief. wKicb relieves pain, sareaess. swelling first or second appKcuiiua. both remedies said a enaney back voront. Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT 27 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Floor Sexrice SANDING & finishing old or new floors. Gym finish. George Denney. SP 2-6863. Septic Tank CASPER'S Septio tanks pumped and cleaned. TANKS INSTALLED Drain work Free inspection. Low set prices No mileage charge 24 hours service Local War II vet Dial SP 3-1511 or SP 2-6818 MITCHELL SEPTIC TANK SERVICE. Tanks cleaned and repaired. Drain fields laid. New tanks installed. Lic ensed and Bonded. Work guaran teed KE 5-2700. DICK'S DISPOSAL SERVICE - Septic tanks cleaned installed & repaired. Back hoe work. Ditching At excavating M. R. (Dick) GUST Ph. SP 3-1457 SANITATION SERVIOt (Licensed at Bonded) DarreH Farias O. E. Conklln PRECAST REINFORCED CONCRETE SINGLE PIECE SEPTIC TANKS Drain fields. Soil drains. Meets all Stat & FHA Codes LOW COST FINANCING TANKS PUMPED TRENCHING BACKHOE WORK Free Estimates Guaranteed Work Ph. SP 3-2491. 2875 Lone Pine Rd ROOFS Sc SIDING application is my i ousiness. New roots or repairs. Free I estimate. "Don't put it off put it i on." Call SP 2-7711. j FOR all your roofing, siding, or re-: modeling. Call Bob Brown. SP 1 3-1523. Free estimates 100 fi- : Miscellaneous B.B.B. VENETIAN BLIND LAUNDRY We wash & repair blinds 109 Vancouver SP 3-5261 Building and Construction REMODELING - Painting - Taping Texturing Call NORDW1CK TW 9-1547 evenings GENERAL CONTRACTORS Remodeling or additions masonry or lumber. Foundations, walls, patio, fireplaces, chimnevs. RAY ROBY SP 2-6594 Pump Service JTFFY PUMP SERVICE UNIVERSAL PUMP SALES The Rugged Pump tor Every Purpose Pump Rentals & Repair Will also Drill your weU 1311 N Riverside SP 2-5039 FOR SALE PLUMS Rejects from Commercial Pack Bring Your Own Containers HIGHCROFT STORAGE Colver Market Rd. 21-4 Miles from Phoenix IFUffilESLEm REPOSSESSION Sold New 1957 MODELS 21 FT. UP. - $700.00 (ONLY 2 LEFT) 1956 MODELS 21 FT. UP. - $700.00 ONLY 2 LEFT) 1 956. MODELS 20 FT. UP. - $650.00 (ONLY 2 LEFT) 21956 MODELS 18 FT. UP. - $639.95 SOLD OUT) 8-6-3- NOW $29995 524?95 ?23f '229" 1- 1956 MODEL 17 FT. UP. - $629.95 (SOLO OUT) $ 199 95 Hunters Attention! Be Optimistic! Get the Freezer Now Real Cheap and Then Get the High-Priced Deer! AH Merchandise Is Still Under Warantee and Most of It Is In like-New Condition. "OUR LOSS-YOUR GAIN." COME IN AND SEE. PORT APPLIANCE 5 S. Riverside Open Mon. Til 9:00 Phone SP 2-8805 Carpet Cleaning and Repair RUGS-FurnTtureT Cleaned "Repaired Medford Rug Factory & Cleaners 511 Mary St SP 3-2539 Asphalt & Cement Paving JOHN JORE Cement Contractor Patios, sidewalks, driveways. Free estimates on all types of concrete construe' on. Ph SP 3-5565 808 Bennett St. ASPHALT PAVING Drivewavs. motels, parking areas mill yards roads and industrial floors. Free es timates Work , guaranteed Rogue River Paving Co Ph SP 8-4037 Heating THE CLEANEST; the most comfort able: the most economical heating system you can install in your home is Continental Glassheat See at bis t. jacKson or ph. SP 2-9854 Free estimates 100 financing FIREPLACE-FURNACES. the only open front fireplace engineered for 74 hr. automatic heat at floor level! Any masonry, any wood or Presto logs gives same efficiency as mod ern wood furnace. Write P. O. Box 791 Ashland or call Pumlit. Block Co . SP 3-5511. Well Drilling CRATER WELL DRILLING Immedi ate service. All work guaranteed. FHA terms on wells Sc pumps. SP-2-2098. 3061 Crater Lake Ave. SHULTS BROS well drilling Sc pump service We strive to please every customer. SP 3-4141 Eves SP 2-5669 DEISTER'S WELL DRILLING CO. Fol your water well problems Reliable Sc experienced Op to the minute equipment 139 Vancouver SP 2-9308 Tractor Work PLOWING, discing. Land leveling a Seciality. Some work on .shares, timates gladly given. SP-2-8080. FERGUSON tractor with front end loader Sc backhoe. Ditches drain fields excavating land leveling. Free estimates. Reasonable prices. SP 2-8460 or SP 3-3147. CUSTOM work available Cat Sc dozer with angle blade Sc cat with hy draulic scraper Sc road grader. With or without operator. SP 2-5061. Transportation MITCHELL BROTHERS TRUCK LINES P O. Box 687. Medord. Oregon Operators Johnson Truck Line ; Trucking service between Oregon. Wash.. Idaho. Montana Calif. On building material, machinery, for est products. Heavy hauling equip ment available. GOFF BROTHERS Well Drillers. Ex perienced & reliable S&H Green Stamps Office Siskivou Hdwe.. 225 W Nlain. Ph. SP 2-2939 Eves SP 2-7026 or NO 4-1448. CRIBBLE WELL DRILLING 303 5th Ave. Gold Hill Ph UL 5-1328 ROGUE VALLEY DRILLING CO Reliable Sc experienced Fast mod ern equipment Terms SP 2-7372 885 Shafer Lane off Kings Hwy TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY SAVE! Cash Sc carry. Pabco 3 tab roofing. $8 90 a square. 90 lb., roll roofing S3 80. a roll. 2x6 T & G No. 3. S55 M. 2x6 T Sz-G No. 4. S35 M. 34 bevel cedar siding. B grade. S200 M. Beautiful pine cedar 41c red wood paneling. Check our prices on doors Sz plvwood. . NORTON LUMBER CO. Phoenix. Ore. KE 5-2037 ATHEL BXPP DUDLEY INC. TRUCK TRANSPORTATION P O Box 242 Medford Oregon ICC-MC 71652 Rapid transportation between Southern Oregon and points and places in Calif on all building materials heavy machinery and livestock Ph Meatord KE 5-1632 TV and Radio MMTLL TV SERVICE CO 1824 W Main Open 10 am to R Jin n m PH BP 3-5406 Plumbing BROOK'S ELECTRIC PLUMBING DEPT For fast, courteous and efficient service on all vour piumbiriff prob lem, call SP 2-5209. Smith-Dynge LUMBER CO. 8th and Fir St. Newspaper Ads 'Bargain Media' . CHICAGO (AP) August 7 The National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers said Tuesday newspaper adver tising is the "bargain media" for food store advertisers. In a resolution passed at the 72nd annual convention, the. group urged retailers to "make full use of daily newspapers in order to build your business on the firmest of foundations." "With competition at the high est peak in food store history, retailers must avail themselves of every promotional weapon to maintain sales volume," the resolution said. "Newspaper advertising Is a bargain media ihat will return many times its original invest ment." it added. "No other form of advertising reaches the home faster nor has greater reader-, ship than the daily newspaper." Newspaper advertising is a BARGAIN MEDIA that will return MANY TIMES IT'S ORIGINAL INVESTMENT NO OTHER form of advertising REACHES THE HOME FASTER NOR HAS GREATER READER SHIP THAN THE DAILY NEWSPAPER" You Reach MORE PEOPLE for LESS MONEY THROUGH THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE r o o
