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
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