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o o c o Med Treasure 1 i Glass Blown Around It Silver Dollar in Bowl; The flying eagle silver dollar has always seemed to me one of the most beautiful coins in the world. I looked enviously at the one my friend Paul had recently acquired. It was in virtually mint condi tion. With the aid of a magnify ing glass it was possible to de tect tiny scratches on it, but to the naked eye it appeared quite clean. I studied the face of the coin which showed a seated figure of Liberty with a shield. There is nothing else on the face except the date, 1836, in small letters beneath the figure. On the re verse is a flying eagle, winging through a sky in which there are 28 stars. Around the edge are the words "United States Of Amer ica One Dollar." I asked Paul how much he had paid for it, expecting the figure would be nearer S150 than S100. "I got it for $25," he said. His story was that he had come across a glass bowl and DECANTERS WITH HEART, CHAIN DESIGN RATHER RARE Mr. Filieque glanced at the cruet and pushed it to one side.. He reached past me to pull an enormous wooden bowl toward him. It easily measured two feet In diameter. The olive oil appeared in a quart decanter. The decanter was a fairly squat piece of pressed glass. Not attractive but very handy. Its ornamentation was plain. It consisted simply of a chain effect around the lower part of the piece, about two inches up from the base. And rising from the chain halfway up BUY FIRST. TEST LATER RIFLE Jim was in the market for a .22 rifle, but the price and sign on the one in the pawnshop win dow made him siispiciows. The price was $19. The sign read "U. S. Army practice rifle, .22. Guaranteed perfect. Never used." The gun looked like a regula tion .30 calibre Springfield of about 1903. It was a typical bolt action job with two bands bind ing toe short barrel to the stock. Only" one thing differentiated it from the famous weapon the tiny bore of the .22. "It would be a wonderful buy If the guarantee means what it says," Jim said. Jim told the proprietor he would like to examine the .22. "This is the same," the propri etor saidt, taking a rifle from the casejpehiind him. "The only dif ference is this is .30 calibre." "But I want to heft that .22." New Extract Aids Heart Victims Chicago (IP A crude ex tract made from brain tissue and taken by mouth has normalized the blood cholesterol level of some heart patients, a University of Chicago medical scientist re ports. Cholesterol Is a fatty substance fi meats and milk, and in nall amounts1 in most parts sf the human body. High con centration of cholesteral is re lated to arteriosclerosis (artery "hardening" and heart attacks. Dr. Richard J. Jones, assis tant professor of medicine, said the brain extract was adminis tered to 50 patients, 42 of whom had had heart attacks. Their blood cholesterol levels ranged from normal to quite high, he said. The extract's main action was to Speed up the elimination of cholesterol from the body through the intestines, he said in a report to the American Soc iety for tht Study of arterioscler osis. ! Dr. Jones said no attempt was made in the six-month study to DEAR FRIENDS AND PATRONS: THE ASHLAND ANTIQUE SHOP 91 and 80 North Main St., Ashland, Oregon, on block north of the . Plaza, renowned as one of the finest of its kind on the coast for 20 years, last 4 years in Ashland, is forced through circumstances to re return to California. A TOTAL SELLOUT from Dec. 5 to Jan. 10, 1958 will take place cn the premises. PRICES REDUCED 20 to 50 , a rare opportunity to acquire the finest things for yourself and the most unusual Christmas gifts at bargain prices! Thousand of items from 50 cents to hundreds of SS! Antiques and objects of art from every where! American, Continental, Oriental! Rugs Tapestries Needle point Fabrics, Gobelins, Drapes, etc. Paintings, water colors, prints, hundreds of fine old engravings, etc. China: Dresden, Meissen, Royal Vienna, Berlin, Old English, French, Chinese! etc. Old Glass: American pattern, colored, cutglass- English, French, Cranberry, Bohemnian, Persian, etc. A big lot of brass, copper, bronze, silver, pewter, iron, etc. Antique Furniture: French, English, Continental, American, Chi nese. A GORGEOUS CHICKERING ROSEWOOD Square Grand Piano in all-around perfect condition, with needlepoint stool! Small Estey walnut reed organ! Fine antique clocks, fire tools, fenders, etc. Statu ary! etc Respectfully yours, 0 F. and J. DOMASCHEDITZ, Props. Open Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 1-5. Evenings by Apopintment. Phone MU 9-3401 bought It because the coin was in the bottom. "The glass had been blown around it, but somehow or other the glass had been left in the sunlight and had become col ored. I couldn't be sure of the condition of the coin, but I was pretty sure of the date. So I bought it." "But what of the bowl?" I asked. "How did you get it out?" Paul said he had tried to cut It out with a diamond, but some how the glass had shattered. He showed me the fragments and a color photo he had taken cf it before the breaking. The glass, originally clear, was of a pale violet color. The shape was beautiful, the design simple I suggested that the coin in the glass might have been worth considerably more than the coin alone and the glass broken. And it would have been. Paul shook his head. "No. Not to me. This way I can feel the coin. It's too beautiful to be locked up in glass." the sides was an occasional heart. I recognized the heart and chain design as one that was fairly popular in the 1880s. "Why so interested in the de canter?" asked Mr. Filieque. "It's a pretty piece to use for olive oil," I said. "That heart and chain design is rather rare." "So? How rare?" "It's worth $40 to $50 in some shops," I replied. "Hah!" he said. "I got a couple more. I bought out an old bar. I'll show you later." SELLER'S DEMAND The proprietor regarded Jim silently for a moment or two and shook his head. "No, I'm not taking that out of the window just to satisfy your curiosity. It's just like the guarantee says. If you want to heft that gun you buy it first." There was an argument. Jim demanded and got a copy of the guarantee. Then he paid for the rifle, two boxes of ammo, and we left. The guarantee was good, but the rifle didn't work. The .22 cartridges had to be set in a dummy cartridge holder of .30 calibre size. After Jim got one, a couple of weeks later and for another $5, the rifle worked beautifully. And he was further gratified to discover tht his .22 was some thing of a collector's item, with a value of $40 to $75. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) determine whether the lowered cholesterol levels, in fact, reduc ed the occurrence of later heart disease. Any effect on heart disease, he said, would require a long range study lasting several years. Stamp Savers Broken Into Income Groups Chicago (IP) Americans with annual incomes ranging from $6,500 to $9,000 form the largest group participating in trading stamp programs, a study shows. Peter Volid, president of King Korn Stamp Co., said 46 per cent of the stamp-savers are in this in come brocket. He said 34 per cent of the stamp-savers have incomes rang ing from $4,000 to $6,500. The group under $4,000 acounts for nine per cent of the total and the group over S9.000 amounts to 11 per cent, Volid added. The first cargo of bananas was brought to Boston in 1870 by Capt. Lorenzo Dow Baker. Severely Disabled Find Doors Open New York (If) Severely disabled workers, once virtually shut out. from all job opportun ities, are finding "the door is open now." ' : Richard C. Brockway, execu tive director of the New York State Division of Employment said the disabled have proved their ability in more than one quarter million jobs to which his agency has referred them since World War II. And, he ad ded, they now are being hired in increasing numbers. "Last year alone, we found a record 34,000 jobs for disabled workers," Brockway said. "And to 2,200 of those jobs workers brought major disabilities which would not have been contenanc ed by employers as recently as five years ago." For example, he cited the vir tually chairbound paraplegic hired as an assistant bookkeeper and the ex-fisherman with a se vere heart condition who was retrained into a competent re pairman of fractional power mo tors. "Time, patience, repeated tele phone calls and visit after visit to employers are still required every time our specially trained interviewers place a severely dis abled worker," Brockway noted. "But the significant thing is that the door is open now and through it are walking more and more handicapped workers who can do a job well disability not- TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANTED Metal canopy for Chev. pickup. SP 2-6373. ton FOR SALE Chest of drawers, dresser, double bed, single bed, and electric range. SP 3-1009. REG. Hereford bull, 3 yrs., S175. El som 3-Link Ranch, Butte Falls. FOR RENT Completely furn. 1-bdrm. newly decorated, modern house, with car port. S60 per mo. SP 2-4482. EVERYONE KNOWS there is no Fuel like an old Fuel, and Prestologs have been around for a long time. They are a good buy at 50 for $4.50. Free city delivery. MORTON MILLING CO. Jackson' St. & Railroad FOR SALE Alfalfa hay, 1st. cutting 70c per bale, 2nd. & 3rd. cutting 85c bale. Roy Nordwick, 226 Ross Lane. GOOD USED PIANO Your children too, deserve the bene fits of a musical education. Costs can be low with one of our recon ditioned spinets or uprights, and what a wonderful. Christmas present that would be. We are closing for vacation Saturday night, Dec. 21 but deliveries can be made on the 24th. Easy terms of course. Come in today. Open Sunday, and daily until 9 p.m. Erskine's Piano Store, 1304 Kings Hwy. FOR sale a new auto harp, 32 strings. SP 2-8967. KEYS MADE SISKIYOU HARDWARE 225 W. MAIN CASH & CARRY INVENTORY SALE 3i" sheet rock 5'bc ft. 'i" sheet rock 6c ft. 13.000 ft. dry 1x6 No. 3 common V-mstic white fir $40 per M. 250 sq. B grade panel shakes with undercourse. $10 sq. NORTON LUMBER CO. Phoenix. Ore. KE 5-2037 Christmas Sale WHOLESALE PRICES GOLDEN WEST PAINTS $2.40 $4.20 gal. Rubber Base, $4.20 gal. Shake Paint, 50 colors. $4.20 Shingle Paint. $3.29 S3.78 House Paint. $3.45 $4.40 gal. Sealers, all purposes, $3.61 gal. Varnishes, all kinds. $3.61 S4.18. Everything on sale low prices. NORTHERN STAMPS besides Opportunity of a life-time. WHERE? 906 N. Riverside. Med ford STOCK CUBES $3.30 per CWT Cheaper bv the TON PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO. With dry under-cover loading dock. 4th & Front St. FURN. apt. for rent. Mrs. E. E. Evans, Jacksonville. TW 9-1268 mornings, 510 E. California St. FROLICS KIBBLES Complete Dog Ration containing Chlorophyll Ask for FREE sample .FACLFiC FEED & SEED CO. 4th & Front St. "WRAP-ON" HEAT TAPES prevent frozen pipes, jyionarcn seed & leea Co. ALFALFA PELLETS. No waste, tests show better results. Monarch Seed & Feed. Co. NO MILK-Hungry CALVES Come in let us explain advantages of complete milk replacer. CENTENNIAL MILKSAVER Reduces Losses from Scours PACIFIC FEED & SEED CO. SP 2-2413 4th & Front St. FOR sale 8 volume set of Children's Religious Books. '2 price. SP 2-4091. LAYERS IN A SLUMP? Feed Purina Flock Chow, $4.55 C. Our Custom ers report 70-75 production. Mon arch Seed & Feed Co. WILL purchase small contracts and mortgages. Write Tribune Box 363 . STEER FEED. Try our economical Check-R-Mix Steer Feed. Better than and costs less than rolled barley. Monarch Seed & Feed Co. TRADE 160 acres cut over land, Applegate area for farm tractor. HI-6-3754. FOR SALE two 5x6 foot windows, 8 pane. SP 2-5029. YEAR END CLEARANCE of used refrigeratorrs. all makes. $15 & up. 47 So. Fir. St. CHRISTMAS TREES Silver Tips, White & Douglas Fir, 1' to 15'. Large cones. Special trees for mobile homes & hospital pa tients. Same location as past years. 226 W. Jackson. SAVE SAVE Cedar Siding Kiln Dry; 4"x8" Bevel "B" $135 Per M. 4"x8" Bevel "B" $170 Per M. 3i"xl0" Bevel "B" $200 Per M. I"xl0" "V" Edge "D" Select $165 Per M l"x8" & 12" V-edge No. 5 Air Dry $35 Per M. Flooring No. 2 Oak shorts $110 Per M. Plywood i4"xA'x8' Shop $2.25 Per Sheet. CELOTEX 3-tab roofing $8.90 Per Sq. 90 lb roll roofing $3.75 Per roll. saving on all building ma terials at: WESTSIDE LUMER CO. Nortl end 924 Summit Ave. SP-2-2559. "On. TO BURN" MOBILHEAT We give S & H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL SP 2-2 111 BIG & BETTER GREEN FIR Rough blox Slabs. 12" or 16". Heaping double loads. MEDFORD FUEL. SP 2-2111. BUY AT WHOLESALE TOYS COSTUME 3 TAPE RECORDERS Allen's Purchasing Service 39 S. Bartlett St. Open Evenings Kiss HAPPY BIRTHDAY California's Gov. Goodwin J. Knight receives a helping hand from his wife as he makes first cut into cake during party in Los Angeles celebrating his 61st birthday. Some 1000 persons attended the party. It was the governor's first major public appearance since he gave up his campaign for re-election and decided in stead, to run for the U. S. Senate next year. Snow Can Trigger Lightning Bolts Chicago (IP) Lightning bolts can be triggered by snow falling through electrically-charged sec tions of clouds. University of Chicago scientists report. Horace R. Byers, professor and chairman, and Donald R. Fitzgerald, research associate, of the university's meteorology de partment, said snow in the upper part of a cloud has a positive charge, while the moist lower cloud is negatively charged. When snow falls through the clouds, they said, the negative field is boosted to where it can release a giant spark that often shoots past the snow to the positively-charged earth below. They said the reaction is the reason lightning often accom panies a heavy downpour. The snow, falling in a large mass, melts at lower altitudes, takes on more water from the cloud and reaches ground as heavy rain, they said. The millions of volts in a cloud, they said, are built up by strong currents of rising air that pull electrically charged air molecules from surrounding air into billowing turrets of the cloud. This high voltage, Byers and Fitzgerald said, is greatest near strong updrafts and. increases as the. cloud's tiny water droplets absorb more and more negative ly charged air molecules. As the drop of the cloud climbs through the atmosphere, it passes into freezing levels of air, where the droplets turn into snow and take on a positive charge. After congealing into a mass too heavy to be further sup- New Wool Grading Process Developed Logan, Utah (IP) Research ers at Utah State University here believe they have hit on an idea for taking the guesswork out of wool grading. Prof. Milton Madsen said re searchers found indications the length and fineness of wool mea sured at shearing time make it possible to gauge accurately its quality and that of articles made from it. Present wool grading systems depend on judgment rather than specific measurements. Thus the sheepmen generally must rely on buyer's estimates as to what the wool is worth. Scientists here hope to devise methods that permit accurate measurement at shearing time to determine manufacturing value of grease wool offered for sale AN OLD BOOK Lowell, Mass. Iff! The earli est known printed book on dye ing and spot-removing has been presented to the Alumni Memor ial Library at Lowell Technolog ical Institute. The 12-page vol ume from the celebrated collec tion of Dr. Sidney M. Edelstein of New York was printed in 1532 at Mayence, Germany, where the Gutenberg Bible was printed. BUNDLES Or OLD NEWSPAPERS fat sale 20c each Mail Tribune office 33 North Fir JEWELRY GIFTS Medford SP 2-8044 - Dec. 16 Thru 23 ported by the vertical air flow, the snow falls. Only about a third of the light ning bolts ignited by snow ever reach ground, they added. Most go into positively charged parts 01 other clouds. Byers and Fitzgerald said that after a bolt is fired, the cloud's negative electricity is rebuilt by strong upward air currents. They also disclosed that by growing and recharging their electrical fields, neighboring clouds can form a thunderstorm of almost one billion volts. The researchers also found that the electrical fields of tropi cal clouds were 10 to 100 times weaker than those of the tower ing land clouds. Fjf TOURNAMENT of ROSES . . . DISNEYLAND ! &j Offered by MEDFORD NEW CAR DEALERS VtiK ' CF Bl FUN o) F,LLED DAYS TRIBUNE yp) Sunder. Dteimbtr IS, 1SS7 Ways Sugesfed To Cut Post Office Cost Chicago (IP) An engineer ing consultant contends that the U. S. Post Office could cut costs 20 per cent without sacrificing efficiency. Edmund Cyrol, management consultant,- said private" indust ries using time-motion studies have cut their material handling and housekeeping costs by an average of 42 per cent. He said similar studies should be made of the post office oper ations. As a second step, Cyrol sug gested that the post office elim inate hand-sorting of mail. "This might require that all mail would have to be sent in envelopes of four standard sizes" he said. , "Each envelope would have at one edge a tab similar to the tab cards used by business for various sorting operations. The original coding might have to be done by an operator in a man ner similar to the card punch ing in industry, or it mighf be possible to develop an electronic scanner that would do this auto matically." At present, Cyrol said, six or seven manual, sortings are nec essary for each piece of mail. Using four standard first class envelopes, he said, only one man ual sorting would be necessary, saving a minimum of six hours of labor. "The initial punch can carry all data for proper delivery," he said. Not quite fancy enuff for our gift boxes. Please bring your own containers. BEAR CEIEK ORCHARDS 8 to 5 Every Day Sunday Too Give Former Cruggist Victim of Habit Perry, Mo. (IP) A. B. 'Y'ojing, former postmaster and a druggist i for 39 years, is a victim of the ! drug store habit. He. simply can-1 not stay away from them. j Young, a registered pharma-1 cist, sold his drug store in 1946 and wound up a 17-year tenure as postmaster in 1953. But in 1956 he took over a drug store in Palmyra for a friend who needed help. ' ' So successful was he that he , later did temporary duty for friends at Troy and Louisiana. Then drug salesmen spoke to him about others who would appre ciate his services, and he began to receive long distance calls. "After all, I did retire." the 74-year-old Young remarked. "I might do fill-in work again, but it will be for friends who have unexpected emergencies." PTA Keeps Pace With Increased Enrollment Chicago (IP) At least one or ganization has kept pace with the rapidly rising school enroll ment since World War II the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The PTA numbers 10,694,000 members and ranks as the world's largest voluntary service organization. The current roster represents a gain of 114 per cent over membership 10 years ago. In the same period school en rollment rose about 40 per cent, from 24,036,000 in 1948 to an estimated 33,624,000 in the cur rent term, the national PTA said. SAVE! BUY WONDERFUL COMICE PEAR $100 p" I Lug about 2c per pound! 2 Miles South on Highway 99 the Family a Used MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Area Representative We need an associate of long term value, age 30-50 pre ferred. A permanent position for a high-calibre man to con duct personal interviews for adult education. Contacts fur nished by company. We train you car necessary some travel required. Commission Bonuses Vacations make above average earnings for man who will work. For local in terview. WRIT! BOX D-304 ' MAIL TRIBUNE Office Space For Rent Good location Telephone Answering Service, If Desiredl 139 SO. FIR Phone SP 2-6273 or MU 2-8552 T Lumber Bargains Reject Paneling ALSO No. 5 Cedar Sheating $15 per M No. 4 White Fir 2x4 $15 per M No. 4 White Fir 2x3 $10 per M V.H. Daugherty Go. WHITE CITY J CUSTOM KILLING CLEAN - RELIABLE at Your Place and Delivery to Your Locker Aging room available. Expert cut- ing, wrapping & marking of your meat for locker or home freexer. PHONE SP 2-6219 MEDFORD ICE & STORAGE CO. Your Pullman ticket on the deluxe S.P. Oregonian Rose Bowl Special train. Your tickets to tne Rose Bowl Games between Oregon and Ohio State. Your grandstand seats to the Tournament of Roses Parade. s 3 nights at the magnificent Statler Hotel in Los Angeles. A trip to fabulous DISNEY LAND! A day at San Francisco on the way back. Meals, tips, etc. en route, and some big surprisesl TURN TO PAGE 3 3rd SECTION Car for Christmas
