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117 SO. CENTRAL MONTOOMHy WARD TONIGHT 5 to 9 Specials! MONDAY NIGHT SPECIAL! 2.98 to 3.98 Value Misses BLOUSES 1.44 SPECIAL PRICE SANFORIZED, LONG STAPLE EGYPTIAN COTTON. CLASSIC STYLING IN BLACK, WHITE, HIGH SHADES. FASHION DEPT. MAIN FLOOR MONDAY NIGHT SPECIAL! Reg. 3.98 . BALLERINA FLATS 2.99 SPECIAL PRICE CHOICE OF SMOOTH OR SUEDE LEATHERS. WOMEN'S LASTING COMPOSITION SOLES AND LIFTS. 4K TO 9. SHOE DEPT. MAIN FLOOR MONDAY NIGHT SPECIAL! Reg. 14.95 COMFORTER $10 SPECIAL PRICE SUPER SIZE 80"x90" EMBOSSED NYLON COVER. 100 DACRON-FILLED. WASHABLE. BLANKET DEPT. MAIN FLOOR MONDAY NIGHT SPECIAU Reg. 3 for $1 . CUP. AND SAUCER 16 SPECIAL PRICE FINE TRANSLUCENT CHINA FROM JAPAN. ASSORTED PATTERNS. MAKE IDEAL GIFTS. HOUSEWARES BASEMENT MONDAY. NIGHT SPECIAL! Reg. $1 LAWN RAKE 67 SPECIAL PRICE FLAT STEEL RAKE - 21 FLEXIBLE STEEL TEETH. 43 IN. HANDLE, PAINTED FINISH. HARDWARE DEPT. BASEMENT MONDAY NIGHT SPECIAL! SHOTGUN SHELLS Regular 2.55 410 Gauge ... 2.10 Regular 2.80 20 Gauge .... 2.25 Regular 2.90 1 6 Gauge 2.30 Regular 3.20 1 2 Gauge .... 2.70 WARDS LONG RANGE RED HEAD SHELL, HIGH BASE. SPORTING GOODS-BASEMENT PHONE SP 2-6241 TONIGHT ONLY TONIGHT ONLY TONIGHT ONLY TONIGHT ONLY TONIGHT ONLY Local and Patienls Milton E. Crisswell, 622 South Central ave., is a medical patient at Osteopathic hospital. Convalescing there fol lowing minor surgery is Mrs. Eugene Mars, route 1, box 233, Rogue River. Smok Investigation The Medford Fire department re ported a smoke investigation alarm was answered at 6:34 p.m. Saturday. Firemen said no fire was found during investigation of the LeRoy N. Nealey residence at 1910 West Main st. Truck Fire A fire in the front of a pickup truck destroy ed the interior of the cab, ac cording to the city fire depart ment Saturday night. The truck was parked in the lot of Eads Transfer when it caught fire from an undetermined source ac cording to the department. Items Taken More than $51 worth of small items were taken from a car belonging to Robert Lee Rose, 2752 Howard St., ac cording to city police reports. Polite said the theft took place while the car was parked in front of the Rose home Saturday night. Program Wednesday A 4-H Achievement program will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Eagle Point school cafeteria. A potluck dinner will be served. Gene McCurley, agri culture field representative, First National Bank of Portland, Medford branch, will present the pins. Talk Scheduled Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of South ern Oregon college, will speak on "Should A Farm Boy Go To College?" at the Central Point Grange meeting. The public is invited to the meeting sched uled for 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Grange hall. Panel Discussion Set On Capital Punishment Two Medford attornevs and C two local ministers will be mem bers of a panel discussion Tues day on whether to abolish capi tal punishment in the state of Oregon. The panel will beheld during the Medford Ministerial association meeting Tuesday, Oct. 8. -at 11 a.m. in the First Presbyterian church. Panel members will be Wal ter Nunley, former Jackson county district attorney, Robert Duncan, attorney and state rep resentative, the Rev. Thomas McCamant, pastor, Congrega tional church, and the Rev. Ken neth Korby, pastor, St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church. The Rev. Haddon Robinson, as sistant to the pastor, First Bap tist church, will be moderator for the discussion. Interested persons are invited to attend the panel discussion. . ENDS TOMORROW IJAYIOR-WYMTK -a ccxc b, o. im 1000 -YDS. OF U CAM? TRADE IN YOUR OLD RUGS or WALL TO WALL CARPET FOR NEW QUALITY BROADLOOM DYKE'S FLOORCOVERING Personal Meet Tonight Chrysanthe mum circle, Neighbors of Wood craft, will meet tonight at 8 p.m. at the Moose hall. Hubcap Theft Eugene E. Fields, 416 Laurel st., reported to police that a hubcap, valued at $15, was taken from his car while it was parked on Sixth st. near Oakdale and Main sts. Saturday night. Man Injured John Austin Tippets of Camp White was treated by city police for an injured hand and released to the custody of the Camp White au thorities Friday night, accord ing to police reports. Police said Tippets was picked up -on Front st. after he had fallen and was unable to rise. According to Camp White hospital authori ties, Tippet received only minor hand injuries. -. Smoke in Building Firemen said a stuck furnace draft per mitted smoke to escape into the building at the Littrell Parts firm, 319 East Sixth st., yester day morning. They used a smoke ejector after being called at 11:15 a.m. to investigate the smoke report. Oil spilled from a leak in a stove feed line ignit ed about 10:30 p.m. yesterday at the Walter Johnston residence, 2630 Tennessee dr. There was no fire damage and- no smoke dam age, firemen said. New Fixtures Planned For City Jail Cell The city jail is receiving a new set of plumbing fixtures in the main cell, according to city police officials. Officials said that inmates had damaged the fixtures -earlier in the week and made re placement necessary. The new fixtures will be installed so that similar damage cannot be re peated, they said. Also being installed in the police station is a first aid sup ply kit. It will hang on the wall in a central location, said police. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness tonight. Cloudy with oc casional rain Tuesday. Low tonight 42. High Tuesday 58. Western Oregon: Variable cloudi ness tonight and Tuesday. Brief sunny and showery periods. Continued cool. Low tonight 42-48. High Tuesday 54-60. Northern California: Fair tonight except a few showers over high moun tains of northern portion. Tuesday cloudy with rain by afternoon. Snow in mountains. Slightly warmer. LOCAL DATA Temperature: Mean yesterday 48; below normal 11. Record high this date 95 in 1936.. . Record low this date 31 in 1931. Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight .28 in. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0. Total this month .93 in., '63 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1 1.73 in., 78 in. above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 67, highest this a.m. 100. High 4:30 24- City Tester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings ...61 47 .61 Crater Lake 31 22 .46 Grants Pass 55 41 .50 Klamath Falls 45 30 .18 MEDFORD 53 42 .28 Portland 55 49 .05 Seattle 56 44 .11 Spokane 47 39 .19 Yakima 54 41 .06 Eureka 60 47 1.26 Red Bluff 65 45 .02 Sacramento 71 48 San Francisco 66 51 .02 Los Angeles 7 4 58 Phoenix 87 62 Denver . 75 46 Chicago .'. 59 55 Miami 83 74 New York 60 59 Washington. D C 60 49 1.33 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Oct. 12): ' Western Oregon - Western Washing ton Below normal temperatures and occasional showery periods through Saturday. Some warming latter part of week. Total precipitation more than normal. High temperatures gen erally 54-60. Lows 35-45. Northern California Occasional rain with heavy amounts north por tion. Temperatures rising to near normal. MON DESIR Open Every Night Except MQNDAYS 227 E. 6th OR WOMY 1224 N. RIVERSIDE CALL SP 2-5168 For FREE APPRAISAL (NO OBLIGATION OF COURSE) Forgery Charges Filed Against Apple-Picker John Browd Ford, 44, of 2190 Spring st., was arrested by city police at 3:37 p.m. Friday on charges of issuing a forged check, according to city police reports. , Police said Ford, who was ar rested while picking apples at the Stagecoach orchards, is charged with passing two checks in the Medford area during the last 30 days for a total of more than $41.- OBITUARIES SHERMAN STUART Sherman Stuart, 63, of Lower Applegate, died Saturday night in his home, it was reported to day. He was born on Feb. 27, 1894 in Dexter, Mo. Services are pending at Litwiller funeral home in Ashland, it was report ed. MRS. OLIVE R. McCAY Mrs. Olive R. McCay, 305 Liberty st., died this morning at her home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger Morris Funeral home. FRED BOSWORTH Fred Bosworth, former resi dent of Central Point, died near Barstow, Calif., while on duty as a California State highway patrol officer Sunday at 10 p.m. Bosworth was a graduate of Central Point school and a grandson of the late George Triechler of the Medford area. He served in the Navy during World War II. Funeral services are in charge of the McDonald Funeral home in Barstow, Calif. ELIZABETH ANDRE Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine An dre, 79, of 603 South Third st., Jacksonville, and a resident of Southern Oregon for the past 30 years, died in a local hospital Saturday. She was the mother of Mrs. Dorothy Dutton, Jacksonville. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev. Norman K. Tully, pastor of the Central Point Presbyterian church officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Those wishing to do so may either send flowers for the ser vices or make a contribution to a charity of the donor's choice, it was suggested. Mrs. Andre, daughter of Sam uel and Sarah Seibert Byers, was born in Butler county, Penn., Dec. 29, 1877. She was married there in 1897 to Perry L. Andre. The family came from Texas to the Medford area 30 years ago. Mr. Andre died in 1947. Survivors include three sons, Perry Andre, Jr., Portland, Ma jor Albert Andre, with the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Omaha, Neb., and Dudley Andre, Kerby; three daughters, Mrs. Vernon Adrean, Burnet, Tex., Mrs. Fred Dutton, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Morris Cherrick, Dillard; a num ber of nieces and nephews; 10 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. WILLIAM MALLAMS William Clinton Mallams, 52, of 1013 West Twelfth st., died in a local hospital yesterday morn ing. He had been a resident of Medford for the past 13 years, during which time he was em ployed at Bear Creek orchards. Funeral services will be con ducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in St. Peter's Lutheran church with the pastor, the Rev. Ken neth F. Korby, officiating. Bur ial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. The body will lie in state at the Chapel Mortuary until noon Wednesday, then at the church until time of the service. Those wishing to do so may either send flowers for the service or make a contribution to the Lutheran Hour, in care of the local church. CARD OF THANKS The recent bereavement which has visited our home has brought to us a greater appreciation of our friends. Such kindnesses and neighborly thoughtfulness can never be forgotten. R. C. Watkins family W) F ySEO Monday, October 7, 1957 Stock Market Finds Recent Lows Wanting New York OP) The stock market today tested the recent lows and found them wanting. Industrial shares fell to a new low since Feb. 12, the day the market made its 1957 lows. Ut ilities were a few cents away from their low since November, 1956, and rails sagged to within about a point of their low since 1954. Aircrafts and other companies with any part in the missile pro gram ran up 1 to 4 points and held part of their rise. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 452.42, off 9.28; 20 railroads 122.81, off 2.85; 15 utilities 66.48. off 0.21. and 65 stocks 155.36, off 2.80. Sales today were about 2,490 000 shares compared with 1. 520,000 shares Friday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical .... 75V2 American Can 433,4 AT&T :.......168V2 Anaconda Copper 49 Vz Bethlehem Steel 40 Vfc Caterpillar Corp. 74 Chrysler Corp .. 723,s Continental Can 423-s Crown Zellerbach 45 Vz Curtiss Wright 33 About 400 Register For Fall Adult Classes Approximately 400 people have registred for adult educa tion courses here this fall, it was reported today. Most popular class, according to registration figures, appears to be the beginning Spanish class. Two classes are being or ganized for Monday and Thurs day evenings to accommodate the large registration, a school spokesman said. Ranking next in popularity are the cake decorating, speech, vocabulary and rocks and min eral classes, a spokesman added. Schedule for the fall term Medford adult education classes including beginning date, time and place of sessions is: Clothing, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 9 a.m., dayroom, armory; Cake decorating, Monday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m., dayroom, armory; driver training, Monday, Oct. 7, 4 p.m., room 33, Medford high school; Christmas ideas, Monday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., room 15, Medford high school; cake decorating, Thurs day, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., room 17, Medford high school; tailoring, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., room 15, Medford high school; rocks and minerals, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., room 226, Medford high school; elements of radio, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m., room 22, Medford high school. Other Classes - Welding, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m.t welding shop, Medford high school; pvblic school ad ministration, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m., room 239, Medford high school; world problems (Asia), Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., room 242, Medford high school, prac tice in writing, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., room 241, Medford high school; art education, Wednes day, Oct. 9, "7 p.m., room 226, Medford high school. Vocabulary building, Thurs day, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., room 244, Medford high school;, beginning photography, Thursday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., room 226, Medford high school; water color painting, Monday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., room 14, Medford high school; art ap preciation, Wednesday, Oct. 9, College Credit Course Offered in Writing A college credit eourse in crea tive writing is being sponsored by the University of Oregon ex tension division in cooperation with the Medford adult educa tion program, it was- announced today. This is to be a comprehensive course on writing taught by Prof. Charles Ruff of the Uni versity of Oregon. First class is scheduled for the Medford. high school, room 241 tomorrow. The class will run from 7 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday night. Three college credit hours will be given. Further information may be obtained by contacting Mrs. Au gust Farfan at SPring 2-4079. The first electric, headlights for automobiles came into use about 1910. The electric starter came in about 1911. Something New LUNCHEON! Palomino BAKED HAM OR PRIME RIB SANDWICHES Served with Toasted Bun and Tossed Green Salad From 11:30 A.M. Until 2:00 P.M. Good Meet Du Pont 176 Eastman Kodak 92U General Electric 603,i General Foods 47 34 General Motors 397s Georgia Pacific 28 Graham Paige lg Homesake Mining 33 Kaiser Frazer ... 101 s Kennecott Copper 903i Lockheed Aircraft 3 17 s Katy Pfd 403i Montgomery Ward 34 New York Central 223,4 Penney, J. C 75i, Penn R.R Unquoted Radio Corporation 3034 Richfield Oil 6914 Socony Vacuum ..Unquoted Southern Co 228 Southern Pacific 375s Standard California 50 Vi Standard Indiana 43 Standard N. J j 56Vs Sun Mines 11 Texas Gulf 20 U Tex Pac Land Trust 20 Transamerica 34Vs Trans West Air 108 Tri-Contential 28 Vs Union Carbide 105Vs Union Pacific 26 V s United Aircraft 60 U. A. L 23 ' U. S. Rubber Unquoted U. S. Steel : 57 Va Youngstown S & T 84 7:30 p.m., room 14. Public speaking, Monday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., room 212, Medford high school; practical nursing, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., room 11, Medford high school; gener al mathematics, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m., room 217, Medford high school; Spanish, Thursday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., room 329, Hedrick junior high school; Spanish, Monday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., room 329, Hed rick junior high school; show card writing, Monday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., room 306, Medford high school; clothing, Thursday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., room 341, Med ford high school; cake decorat ing, Monday, Oct.' 7, 7 p.m., room 341, Medford high school. Sculpture, Thursday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m., room 306, Medford high school; foods and decora tions, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m.; room 341, Medford high school. Anyone interested in the above classes may attend the first class meeting to see if they can register then, a school offi cial added. LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) Cattle 2000. Choice 1130 lb. fed Canadian steers 23: light steer above 23.50; choice heifers 21.25; canners-eutters early 11-12, some above 12.50: utility cows 13- 14.25; commercial 15-1525; utility bulls 16.50-17.50. Calves 250. Good vealers 20-21. choice 24; good-choice stock steers calves 18.50-zz. Hogs 1000. Sorted 1 and 2 butchers 190-220 lb. 20.75-21; mixed 1. 2 and 3 lots 19.50-20.50; No. 3 down to 19; sows 330-360 lb. 18-18.50; 360-550 lb. 16-18. Sheep 1500. Choice 92 lb. Mt. Adams range lambs 20.50; other choice wool ed lambs 19-19.50; No. 1 to fall shorn 98 lb. choice lambs 19.50 with some 17: good 1 and 2 pelt 18.50-19;' cull- food wooled ewes 3-6, choice to .50. PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retailers: grade AA large 52-54c; A large 47 50c: AA medium 43-45c; A medium 42-44c; ' A small 28-31c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and A grade prints, 69-70c lb.; carton, lc a pound higher; B prints, 67-68c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies 451,i-52c; 5-lb. loaves, 51Vz-5"c; proc essed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 414-44c. Farm Market Willamette valley, cauliflower sold to produce house buyers at 1.25-1.40 for most lettuce crate lots of No. 1 grade with the range to retailers closer to 1.75-2.50 a crate; No. 2 po tatoes scarce with price generally at 1-1.10 for 50 lbs.; Oregon cranberries sold to retailers at 5.25-5.35 for 24 one-lb. bags. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers at ranch, No. 1 quality fryers, 2sa-4 lbs., 18c; light hens. 8-1 0c lb., ranch; heavy hens. 5 lbs. up, ll-12c lb.; old roosters. 7-8c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers. Fryers whole drawn, 35-39c lb.; cut up, 42-46c; hens, light-type, cut-up 33-36c; heavy type, whole drawn. 35-39c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.; young hen turkeys, 27 '.ic lb., eviscerated; A grade toms. 23-24 lie lb., eviscerated basis, depending on weight. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white. 3'i-5 lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants Portland 22-25c lb.; colored pelts. 4c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up, 62-65C lb. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop. No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f o b. Portland arid SeatUe,. $24-2 5 a ton. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. $78 a ton: No. 2 white oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery, $48.50-49 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats, $46.50-47 ton; soybean meal, S78 ton f.o.b. Portland; barley No. 2 West Coast delivery, S46.50-47 ton; standard mill run, prompt delivery, $36.50-37 ton f.o.b. Portland; No. 2 vellow corn Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, $57.50-58 ton. 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