Buried Treasure
to (ft
Panama Canal Exposition
Token Considered Rare
It was the size of a gold dol
lar. It looked like a gold dol
lar, but as I turned it over in
my hand, I saw nothing on it
to indicate it was really a coin.
Neither the word dollar nor
any of the symbols of the United
States, except the name, were
on the piece. That appeared on
the side carrying an outline
map of the western hemisphere.
It was inscribed below the map.
Above it were the words "Pana
ma Canal."
On the other side of the piece,
in the center, was "San Fran
cist 1915." In an arc over it
laere the words "Panama Pacific
cltiternat. Exp." a strange ab
breviation for the world famous
international exposition in hon
or of the opening of the great-
est canal in history.
Hfgarded as a whole, the
workmanship on the token for
that's what it really was was
Qpretty good. Some of the letters
were not too well done, looking
PROFITABLE TO SAVE LETTERS FROM OLD COUNTRY
The appearance of a new vol
canic island in the Azores has
prompted the Portuguese Gov
ernment to lay formal claim to
it, and very likely there will
soon be a new Portuguese stamp
displaying the island's picture.
A statement to that effect by
a manufacturer recently re
turned from Lisbon provoked
an immediate response from a
friend of mine Mike, a fellow
of Portuguese descent.
He had recently received a
packet of family correspondence
from a relative in Macao, and
he rather felt that some of the
envelopes might prove of value.
A few of them were from the
Azores. Would I come and look
(It them.
I'm glad I went. There were
about 30 envelopes in the lot,
and while 29 of them were
worth at the most not over $5
DERRINGER PISTOL MAKES
"The letter's here somewhere,"
said Phil, my attorney, reaching
across his desk to pull a stack of
letters toward him. A small der
ringer type pistol lay on the
stack, and he impatiently shoved
it off onto the blotter.
O The letter was fairly import
atit, and as I waited for him to
find it, I picked up the pistol.
St first, I thought it was merely
a paperweight case in the form
of a derringer, but almost im
mediately I saw that it was the
real thing.
"It isn't here," Phil exclaimed,
buzzing for his secretary.
"How long have you had
this?" I asked as the girl dis
appeared to hunt the missing
correspondence.
"My wife fesught it in some
shop or other. Thought it would
make a nice paperweight.
Why?"
I suggested it might prove
one of the most valuable gifts of
that kind he would ever receive.
The pistol was a .41 caliber,
ingle shot, rim-fire derringer
27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Well Drilling
"fcRIBBLE WELL DRILLING
303 Stb Ave. Gold dill
Ph. UL 5-1328
ROGUE VALLEY DRILLING CO
Reliable & experienced Fast mod
ern equipment Terms SP 2-7372
885 Shafer Lai?e off Kings Hwy
CRATER WELL" DRILLING immedi
ate service All work guaranteed.
FHA terms on wells & pumps. SP-2-2038.
3061 Crater Lake Ave.
SHULTS BROS well drilling & pump
service We strive to please every
customer SP 3-414 1 Eves SP 2-5669
DEISTER S WELL DRILLING CO For
your water well problems Reliable
& experienced Up to the minute
equipment 139 Vancouver
SP 2-9308
COFF BROTHERS Well Drillers. Ex-
fertenced & reliable S&H Green
tamps Office Siskivou Hdwe. 225
W Main Ph SP 2-2939
Eves SP 2-7026 or NO 4-1448.
Generators Starters
Generator-Starter repairs & exchange
Armature winding Cliffs Auto Elec
tric 311 N Riverside SP 9-50fW
Tree Service
BOYLES TREE SERVICE
Complete tree service' at reason
able prices. Licensed and insured.
Free estimate. SP 3-4178.
ORE-CAL TREE SERVICE
By RAY CHAMBER LIN
Complete tree service by expert
tree surgeons. Guaranteed satisfac
tion Reasonable p rices Licensed
insured Phone SP ?-8052
Building and Construction
RIMODELTXG - Palntln? - Taping
Texturing Call NORDW1CK
TW 9-1547
... CORN REMOVER v
.ani ,.l;.f from
tf . hard eornfc toft corn
o.i. callous worn,
.papilloma, club noili. It contain, m.
j oil, thof of!n, loot
do., nor mum tho irritation 0
"o mg ocid mixtwr... Whn all
ko., ,aM tfy Try
Bunion wni(:h ,.iv
PO". wrono... .welling ,;, or t9contl
"PpKcation. Both r.modi told
bock ouarontw.
Exclusively at
WESTERN THRIFT
jSTAOfft
i
m
as if they had been made from
a recut die.
More out of curiosity than
anything else, I asked the price
of the piece. It was S15. I hand
ed it back to the clerk and went
on to the next showcase. Within
a matter of seconds I heard
someone asking for the token I
had just rejected.
It took the fellow no time at
all to make up his mind to buy,
and he paid the S15 without
quibbling. Since he had the air
of a man who knew his busi
ness, I asked why he had bought
the piece so readily.
"There are only a few of
them known," he said. "One of
them was in Farouk's famous
collection. It's a type of private
ly minted gold dollar, and the
value that is put upon it hap
pens to be around S75. Ask any
advanced collector."
To my chagrin, a check of the
coin catalogues showed he was
quite correct.
each, the 30th was well out of
that class.
It was an envelope that had
been mailed in 1884, in the
Azores.
The stamp it carried was a
blue, 150-reis item bearing the
portrait of King Luiz. In addi
tion to the denomination, given
at top and bottom were the
words "Portugal Correio," or
"Portuguese Post." Overprinted
across the face of the stamp, in
small black letters, was the
word "Azores."
When Mike saw that the cata
logue value of that one stamp
was $125, in its cancelled con
dition, and realized that being
on the original envelope in
creased its value by some 25
per cent, he was delighted.
"What a shame our people
didn't save all their correspon
dence," he said.
PAPERWEIGHT
made by the "Cold Fire Arms
Co., Hartford, Ct. U.S.A. No. 1."
Its over-all leigth was a trifle
more than four inches. It has a
spur trigger, and a little button
in the right side of the frame
operated the lock mechanism.
The entire piece, including even
the butt, was metal and exten
sively engraved.
I put some pressure on the
button. The mechanism worked.
Even stranger was the cleanli
ness of the barrel.
Phil looked on with amuse
ment, bui when I told him that
his paperweight was worth from
S100 to S150 his attitude
changed. When he corroborated
it by a call to an arms dealer,
he was delighted. He even
phoned his wife to tell her the
news.
And what was the effect on
his fee for the little job he did
for me, after finally finding the
letter? You guessed it. Nothing
whatever.
(Released by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate)
27 BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Oil Burner Service
SPARK OIL BURNING HEATERS
4th & Front Ph SP 3-5896
KENNEDY FUE1 Oil
House Moving
MEDFORD HOUSE MOVING
Houses moved, raised, leveled.
Foundations installed.
Free estimates. Ph SP 2-4244
Pump Service
JIFFY PUMP SERVICE
UNIVERSAL PUMP SALES
The rugged pump for Every Purpose
Pump Rentals & Repair
1311 N Riverside. SP 3-5510. SP2-5039
Transportation
ATHEL HUPP 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
livestrifk Ph Medford KE 5-1632
Floor Covering
The Community's Biggest Marketplace
Roofing
LET ME fix that leaky roof & pro
long it's life. '
S. T. SHULTS SP 2-5076
R O O F I N G New or repaired, wood
shingle staining. Free estimates. All
work guaranteed. 100 financing.
SP 2-7711.
BE WISE! ECONOMIZE!
Use Your Fireplace More!
Selective Fuel From Timber -
'Most of the Best
for Less"
Timber
MEDFORD
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
ELTON wants to know why you
don't join others using Dairy feed
a S2.42 per sax ?
Elton's Farm & Garden Store
217 W. 6th SP 3-5539
SAVE
CASH & CARRY
PABCO 3-tab roofing $3 90 sq.
PABCO iSEAL-GRIPi 3-tab roof
ing. 50.000 ft. V-Rutic Pencil Cedar
S35 per M & up. Sheet Rock $1.60
a sheet & up. 2x6 No. 4 T. & G $35
per M. B grade Panel Shakes S10
a 5q. Low every day cash & carry
prices. FH A. Home Improvement
loans.
NORTON LUMBER CO.
Phoenix. Ore. KE 5-2037
FOR SALE Large Sugar Pine Cones.
Call eves. SP 2-2629.
Hart Mountain Pet Supplies. Bird
Cages at prices you'll like. New
ones just arrived.
Elton's Farm & Garden Store
2 1 7 W. 6th SP 3-5539
HAMMOND SPINET ORGAN
Like new C 4 i Cn
Reduced to only J JU
Purucker Piano House
111 N. Central SP 2-5702
HAMILTON GRAND PIANO
i - S695
Wonderful Christmas gift
Purucker Piano House
1 11 N. Central SP 2-5702
FOR SALE trash burner. SP 3-1707.
POP CORN. It Really Pops.
Elton's Farm & Garden Store
217 W. 6th SP 3-5539
UNITY Annual Bazaar. Mon. Sc Tues.
Eagles Hall. Doors open at 9. Coffee
& sandwiches all day, fancy work,
clothing, holiday decorations, white
elephants. Door prize groceries do
nated by Groceteria. Big Y & Mid
way Meats. Table Rock Store.
FOR RENT 1 bdrm. partlv furn. cot
tage. Old Hwy. S. of Talent. $40.
Adults. KE 5-1061.
CALVES Raise 'em on Suckle Calf
Manna Crowd. This is the sure,
easy, economical way. Come in and
see us.
Elton's Farm & Garden Store
217 W. 6th SP 3-5539
WILL BUY EQUITY
in home Westside. Prefer 3 bdrms.
Monthly payments not over S70.
SP 3-541 t.
FOR SALE 1949 OLDS 88 Convert
ible, top, tires good. R&H. Also 1950
FORD convertible. R&H. or trade
both for 13' to 15' camp trailer.
SP 3-4410.
RUMMAGE Sale by the Seventh-day
Adventist Pathfinder club Tuesday.
Nov. 19 in the Fehl building, 108
North Ivy st.
HAVE Borascu
WILL Sell
Effective DESTRUCTION of
Weeds & Grasses. 4th & Front St.
PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO.
KEYS MADE
SISKIYOU HARDWARE
225 W. MAIN
FREE Trowel with each sack of
Lawn Fertilizer purchased
PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO.
Use our Spreader. 4th & Front St.
For good reliable plumbing call
LESLIE PLUMBING CO.
Prices reasonable. SP 2-5845
T. V. POPCORN
Hulless or Giant Yellow
PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO.
East 4th & Front St.
FOR SALE Philco radio, good con
dition. Humdinger pump S50. Large
paint mixer S25. Paint sprayer, used
only once. S25. SP 2-5845.
PARAKEETS Cages
Bulk Seed Mineral cubes
Ask for Free book on care, feeding,
training & ailments of Parakeets.
PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO.
East 4th & Front St.
"OIL TO BURN"
MOBILHEAT
We give S&H Green Stamps
MEDFORD FUEL SP 2-2111
BIG & BETTER GREEN FIR
Rough blox Slabs. 12" or 16".
Heaping double loads. MEDFORD
FUEL. SP 2-2111.
BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS for
sale 20c eacb Mail Tribune office.
33 North Fir
D-CON D-CON
Warfarin, Rat Lunches
Poison grain, traps
PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO.
27 BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Septic Tank
MITCHELL SEPTIC TANK SERVICE
Tanks cleaned & repaired. Drain
fields laid. New installation. KE-5-2700.
CASPER'S
Tanks pumped, cleaned & repaired.
No mileage or inspection charge.
24 hr. Licensed & Bonded service.
Low set prices. Dial SP 3-1511
DICK'S DISPOSAL SERVICE
Septic tanks cleaned installed &
repaired Back hoe work. Ditching
& excavating
M. R. (Dick) GUST Ph. SP 3-1457
SANITATION SERVICE
(Licensed & Bonded)
Darrell Fariss O. E. Conklln
PRECAST REINFORCED CONCRETE
SINGLE PIECE SEPTIC TANKS
Drain fields. Soil drains.
Meets all State & FHA Codes
LOW COST FINANCING
TANKS PUMPED
TRENCHING bACKHOE WORK
Free Estimates Guaranteed Work
Ph SP 3-2491 2875 Lone Pine Rd
TV and Radio
Use Mail Tribune Classified Ads
Heating
COMPARE "Lectro - Speed" modern
elec. baseboard heat at your favor
ite electrical co Small "plug in"
demonstrator unit available now
SP. 3-5213.
FIREPLACE-Furnaces. See the only
open front, wood burning fireplaces
that give 24-hr. furnace-like com
fort. Save money every month. For
info, on new fireplaces or remodel
ing old, call
Builders of Fireplace Furnaces
SP 2-2031. NO 4-2553. MU 2-9661
Plumbing
. BROOK'S ELECTRIC
PLUMBING DEPT
For fast, courteous and efficient
service on all vour plumbing prob
lems call SP 2-5209
DOG FIGHT
South Haven, Mich. TP) Two
dogs were having a fine tussle
without doing any apparent
damage to each other. Then Mrs.
Mary Barnyard, owner of one
dog, tried to untangle the com
batants and got nipped. Richard
Pisarski, 16, a grandson of the
other owner, tried to rescue
Mrs. Banyard and was bitten
all along one arm. Both required
hospital treatment. The dogs did
not have a scratch.
PrwIts Company
LAST VOYAGE The U.
berth at Norfolk, Va., on
fleet in New York.
CENTRAL POINT
Jaycettes Hold
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point The Jaycettes
held their November meeting
Wednesday evening at the home
of Mrs. Charles A. Meyer.
Thanksgiving was the theme
and Mrs. Gaston Floux gave a
demonstration on Thanksgiving
table arrangements. Mrs. Keith
Johnson, Mrs. Don Miller and
Mrs. John Chaney were guests
at the affair and Mrs. Thomas
Quail and Mrs. Eloy Sutton were
co-hostesses. About 18 ladies at
tended the meeting, during
which the nomination of officers
was held.
Vi's Yardage and Dressmaking
Shoppe of 220 E. Pine st. in
Central Point was moved last
weekend to the new location
across the street. The shop is
now in the building next door
to the M and M Real Estate
agency. Mrs. Don Burlson is
the owner.
Mr. and Mrs. James Vincent
of San Bernardino, Calif., left
Tuesday after a few day's visit
here at the home of Vincent's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gip Vin-,
cent. They also visited other
relatives and friends in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Gip Vincent ac
companied their son back to San
Bernardino for a vacation.
The Christian Circle of the
First Presbyterian church of
Central Point will meet on
Thursday at 1 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Homer Jeffries of Scenic
avenue. Mrs. W. J. Gebhard will
give the topic for study and de
votions will be led by Mrs. Cliff
Smith.
The First Presbyterian church
of Central Point will hold their
Fellowship supper, Nov. 20 at
6 p.m. at the church. Members
are asked to bring their thanks
offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wyatt
and sons Stevie and Paul spent
Monday in Yreka, where they
were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Stan Solus.
Credit buying will be the topic
for the Home Extension meet
ing Nov. 20 at the home of Mrs.
E. E. Reames of 6236 Crater;
Lake Highway. The meeting will
Final Basic Police
Course Is Completed
The final session of the second
annual basic police officer school
ended Friday afternoon with
nine Medford officers and one
out-of-town officer completing
tne course.
The five-day course had two
sessions each day with lecturers
from police authorities in the
state, Medford Police Chief
Charles Charles P. Champlin
said. The basic school is designed
to give men the principles of
law enforcement, he said.
Champlin said the advanced
school has been scheduled in the j
spring when he expects about i
50 in the classes. He said all
Medford officers would attend j
the advanced session which will
provide more detail on new
methods of crime detection.
The ' deer population of New
Mexico, once in danger of van
ishing, has increased tremen
dously in the last 20 years under
supervision. Conservation of
ficers estimate that there are
300,000 deer of all species roam
ing New Mexico's mountains
and plains.
PHONE
SP 2-8086
OREGON
S. S. Wisconsin.the Navy's , last battleship, sDps from her
her final voyage. The battlewagon is to join the mothball
Meeting
begin at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Howard
Davis and Mrs. Donald Lacy will
give the demonstration and Mrs.
Glenn Branch is lunch chairman.
A surprise shower was given
by the women of the Community
Bible church honoring Mrs. Jim
Gleason. The shower took place
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. IGeason's parents, the Car
roll W. Powells. About 20 ladies
attended the affair.
Mrs. Emma Mays of Manzan
ola, Col., left Wednesday even
ing after a week's visit here at
the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dominic
Tate of 447 Cedar st., Central
Point.
The Friendly Circle club met
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Dominic Tate. The project
for the afternoon was Christmas
decoration making.
Ladies attending were Mrs.
Harold Root, Mrs. Harold Bur
ton, Mrs. Bill Root, Mrs. Vernon
Frieze and Mrs. H. Gillette of
Medford. Mrs. Tate's mother,
Mrs. Emma Mayes, of Manzan
ola, Col., was also present.
The Womens Relief corps will
meet Tuesday afternoon at the
American Legion hall. Birthdays
for this quarter will be remem
bered. This meeting will also be
for the annual election of officers.
DOLLAR
STRETCGH1EK
With Big Reductions from 0
RIDING ACCESSORIES
All Bridles - Bits - Saddle Blankets
Lariats, etc. - 20 OFF
Square Electric Fry Pans with Lid and Control $14.88
Auto. Toaster. A good one. Worth $14.95....Now $9.95
6 Piece Steak Knife Sets '....$1.59
Presto Electric Percolator. Reg. $24.50 Now $19.88
4600 Watt Titan Portable Electric Heater.
Regular $49.50 Now $39.50
4000 Watt Titan Portable Electric Heater.
Regular $39.50 Now $32.88
Collapsible Camp Stove. Cast Iron Top.
Regular $17.95 Now $13.95
Sunday, November 17. 1957
Election Ballots
Mailed by ASC
Ballots containing a complete
slate of nominees for Jackson ;
County Agriculture Stabiliza
tion and Conservation commun
ity committeemen and delegates
were mailed Friday to farmers
of the area, Harold Martin, ASC
office manager, said.
The envelopes containing
marked ballots must be post
marked or delivered in person
by 5 p.m., Nov. 27, to the ASC
office in the Jackson county
courthouse in Medford.
Any eligible farmer who fails
to receive his ballot by mail may
obtain one from the county ASC
office. Elections will be by mail.
A tabulation committee will
count the votes on Nov. 27 or
29, Martin said.
Delegates to the county com
mittee meeting will be those who
receive the highest votes in each
community one per commun
ity. The delegates in turn will
select the county committee of
five men.
The county committee carries
out the programs assigned by the
U. S. Secretary of agriculture.
Community committee represen
tatives act as representatives of
their districts and aid in setting
up allotments or help in any
problems arising regarding the
programs. There are seven com
munities in the county, Martin
said.
comrade onBUi
TOY LAND OPENS SOON!
Don't1 Buy Your Toys Until You See Our
Unbelieveably Low Prices!
OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAYS
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN
Phoenix 4-H Holds
Ron Daugnerty. Phoenix, was
elected president ot the Phoenix
4-H club during its annual
achievement day held Thursday
evening in the Phoenix Grange
hall, according to Glenn Klein,
county extension agent.
Other officers elected include
Fred Swingel, vice-president;
Nedra Harris, secretary; Virginia
Daugherty, news reporter; Dar
ilyn Popow, treasurer; and Curt
Harris, sergeant-at-arms.
Gene McCurley, agricultural
field representative of the Med
ford branch, First National Bank
of Portland, presented cards and
pins to club members who had
completed their year's work.
They are:
Ninth year: Ronald Daugher
ty, Charles Swingle, Henry Scott.
Seventh year: Norman Dits
worth. Fifth year: Wayne Ditsworth,
Virginia Daugherty, James Scott.
Fourth year: Virginia Martin.
Cornice Rejects
ALSO
esicious
At
Reter Fruit Co.
327 South Fir Street
Bring Your Own Container
1
BARGAIN GRADE
2x4-8'
$12.50 Per M'
CHENEY STUD MILL
CENTRAL POINT
ur Already Lowest Prices!
PORTABLE
Thermador Electric
HEATER r- - 8.88
3 Section HEAVY PLASTIC Station Wagon
AIR MATTRESS
Reg. $14.35
Single Rubberized Air Mattress One of the
Best Worth $9.50
$C19
Reg. $6.98 NOW J
RUBBER DOOR MAT
While They Last . . .
9x12 PLASTIC COVEREX CLOTH.
YOUR
MORE
WW
V
m
Achievement Night
Third year: Gail Glidden, Col
lier Buffington, Renee Johnson,
Jeff Fowler, Dianne Carter, Dar
ilyn Popow, Jim Martin.
Second year: Charles Martin,
Jonathan Johnson, Kay DeMers,
Fred Swingle, Ronald Whillock,
Jimmie Higginbotham, Nedra
Harris, Curtis Harris, Marjorie
Brood, Scott Holmes. Raymond
Wallace, Richard Zediker. Lorna
Fowler, Dorothy Cotton, Pamela
Grove, Laura Griffith, Dorothy
James, Cynthia Oowens, Penny
Simmonds, Judy Holdridge.
First year: Vernon Calkins,
Janet Glidden, Jackie Kay How
ard, Roger Fowler, Annette Car
ter, Michele Dube, Susie Baker,
Susan Thrapp, Diane Mary Bolz,
Lena Grosspietsch, Jamie Briggs,
Mary Alice Fowler.
Harmonicas range in size
from 1" (it plays a full oc
tave) to 23" (double chord mo
del plays 48 chords).
es
$1039
- NOW
Regular $1.49NOW
99
98'
DOLLAR BUYS
AT DUNHAMS!
DNC.
1951 North
Highway 99
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