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Newspaper Page TextBuried Treasure Custom-Made Rifles, Rare, Still Available Custom-made rifles are rare, but there are enough of them around so that one hould never be surprised on running into one. Nonetheless, I was sur prised when a friend showed me a double-barrel weapon he had acquired a few weeks before in Mexico City. My first impression, of course, was that it was a shot gun, but the hammers were so like those on rifles of the 189Cs and early 1900s that I automatically glanced at the barrel mouths to spot the rifling. It was a A5-."f0 caliber with 30-inch barrels cf browned steel. The stock was of a beautifully grained wal nut with a checkered pistol grip and a red rubber butt plate. The balance of ,the weapon was superb, better even, it seemed to me, than that of a double barrel Colt rifle that I tried once. I flipped the lever that opened the top-break action of the piece and peered down the barrels. They were as clean as if they had just come from the factory. There was a gold bead front BUYER OUTSMARTED TRYING TO OUTSMART DEALER Centered under the trans parent plastic cover of Frank's Honduran album was a ten-centavo stamp sur charged in red with the words Aero Correo. "Why the place of honor?" I asked. "Is it very valua ble?" "It's not so rare," Frank aid. "I have it there as a re minder to check before buy ing." "A counterfeit?" I asked, peering at it closely. "I know that some of the Honduran urcharged air mail stamps ar very valuable." "It's no counterfeit," Frank "replied. "I bought it when I was down there a couple of years ago. The owner said he had to sell it in a hurry, that It was listed in Scott's at $1,000, and that I could have It for $200. He even invited me to check it in my cata logue." : "Why didn't you?" I asked, r Frank shrugged. "Greed, I guess. I figured since he asked me to check it, it would : check. And also I was afraid : QUALITIES. NOT MAKER, GIVE GLASS BELLS VALUE One of the more insignifi cant items on the auction list was a box of about 40 bells. I -wouldn't have noticed except that before the start of the .bidding I saw an interior dec orator pick up one of the bells and ring it. It was a glass bell with rather a sweet note, but it didn't seem to impress him very much because, after giv ing it a couple of rings, he put it back and walked away. 1 I thought no more of it un til after the auction was over. In fact, even when the bells :came up for bid I was con scious of was that the lot went :to someone for $5. - But that someone was the interior decorator, as I quick r.ly saw when the auction was over. Though he had pur chased several things some of them aftef rather spirited bidding the one item that he hurried forward to take home with him was the box of bells. "Was it the glass one?" I asked, as he waited for a clerk to wrap up the box. "It certainly was," he said, holding it up to let the clap UNUSUAL TROLLEY Kennebunkport, Mass (IP One of the nation's most unusual trolley lines has been established here. The New England Electric Railroad His torical Society built the line to accomodate 60 cars represent ing 18 states. England and Canada. The cars range from oldtime horse cars to modern trolleys capable of nearly 90 m.p.h. Use Tribune Want Ads j CORN REMOVER "tont rwliW from pain and peiL lr kord corns. loft cams "r '" omt. oallouwt. worts, piNoaiui. dub noils. It contains m. rai rfiffaront oils that softwi. Icmmm ad aaot nor cause the irritation as W strong odd mixtures. Wmm all "W ka faiUd try this on. Try Bunion R.li.f. whkh raliow pout. toronoM, swelling first or second application. Both remedies sold a "ney bock guarantee. Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT sight and a three-leaf rear sight with a graduated range scale. Along the rib between the barrels was the inscrip tion "S&W Wks. .45-70." In the frame, just forward of the trigger guard, was a small gold plate into which was cut a crest consisting of what would probably be termed a moor's head. There were no other identification marks whatever. Usually custom-made rifles are signed by the maker. That this one wasn't, and that it had what could be the initials of the famous Smith & Wes son firm, indicates the strong possibility that the rifle is one turned cut by one of that company's craftsmen who was doing a bit of private en terprising on his own. If so, it wouldn't be the first time such things have happened. In any case, my friend paid 3,000 pesos or nearly $350 for it. "The Colt double rifle is worth S700 to S300," he said, "and less than 50 of them were made. This is fully as good and I'm practically pos itive there is only one of these." someone else might buy it "during the half hour I was gone." "Sure, I was dumb," he said. "But I was thinking like this there are three of these ten-centavo, dark blue Hondu ran stamps of the regular 1915 issue that have been used for air mail. They are all surcharged, and all in 1925. The most valuable is one that has 25 between two black squares and under Aero Cor reo, also in black. It's worth $10,000. "The other two have just Aero Correo on them, and if those words happen to be in black ink, then the value is $1,000." "But this one here," I said, pointing to the one under the plastic cover, "is in red ink. So you just weren't sure of the color." Frank nodded. "This stamp with the red surcharge is worth- only $65, according to the Scott listing. In other words, that Honduran could see I was greedy to take ad vantage of him and he out smarted me." per strike against the side. "It's an old British piece, maybe from Bristol, maybe from Nailsea Glass works." I asked how he could tell. "I can't for sure," he said. "There's no identifying mark on it. But it has the workman ship, the appearance and the tone. And those qualities, no matter where the piece came from, are what give it value." The bell itself was about six inches high? or a heavy, clear crystal glass. The clap per was of glass, too, at tached to the bottom of the silver handle that was let into the center of the inverted bot tom of the bell. Though the handle was tarnished, there was no mistaking the excel lence of the workmanship that had gone into it. I asked its value. "If my wife doesn't want it." he said, "it will be on sale in about a week." When I visited his shop a couple of weeks later, the bell was there. A tiny label gave the price as S75. (Released by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate) Speedy Method Given For Clearing Lawns Union, Utah iTP Amateur inventor Andrew L. Phillips developed a speedy method for clearing lawns of fall leaves, and he passes it on to anyone else who, like him self, has no next door neigh bor. Phillips mounted two 20- inch electric fans on a rolling base and attached a lawn- mower-like handle. He just plugs the device into a socket and wheels it around his yard, blowing leaves into fields surrounding his home or into flower beds where they can be spaded under as fertilizer. DIME A FOOT Providence, R. I. UP) Richard J. Ricci told Judge Ludgi DePasquale in district court that he had ?one only 50 feet from his backyard when police stopped him for having no plates on the car. "Ten cents a foot." the court said, "for a total fine of $5." 22 Business Opportunities TRAILER-Park"& Service" Station. Good year round business. Will consider small acreage & house as down pament. See Dawson. 3628 S. Pacific Hwy.. Medford. BUSINESS LOCATION on S. Cen tral for lease or rent. Ground floor. 1600 sq. ft. SP 2-6332 or SP 3-1865. HAMBURGER Shop doing very good business. Tribune Box 5356. SANDWICH SHOP good location, eoort business. Phone SP 2-6865. 23 Machinery & Tractors TRADE equity in TD14 Interna tional tractor with blade & drum for car. pickup, lots or equity in home. SP 3-3502. 10 HP. RIDING tractor, LIKE NEW. Blade, plow, disc, mower, rack. We want a very CAQ'J small down payment. JU7J WILSONS CAR EXCHANGE Phoenix FOR SALE or trade. '53 Chev. short logger WITH JOB. Can fi- nance. MU 2-3561. FOR SALE 3 log trucks. S log trailers SP 3-3869. OLIVER Row Crop tractor with power mower sell, or trade for livestock. KE 5-1635. 24-FOR EXCHANGE TRADE equitv very small balance in 1950 CMC 10 wheel lumber or log truck for car, pickup, lots or equity in a home. SP 3-3502. 26-PERSONAL NEW teenage ball room dance class starting this week. Learn fox trot, jitterbug & bop. Colleen Hope Dance Studio, 45 Hawthorne Ave. SP 3-6204. FREE PARKING at Roy Patton i aarber lahop. Also haircutting for men, women & children. 1238 N. Riverside, across from Pulver's Motel. NEW children's classes in tap, ac- rooaiic. Dauei at oaton starting this week. Colleen Hope Dance studios. I WILL not be responsible for any aeDis otner tnan my own. Eu gene Arias, Rt. 1, Box 109. Gold Mm. Oregon. WILL party in Gold Hill wanting tree worn aone, please call again?. Ore-Cal Tree Service, SP 2-8052. NOT RESPONSIBLE for any debts otner than my own. Sam W. Hess, General Delivery, Coos cay, uregon. START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT eat at BATEMANS RICHFIELD TRUCK STOP CAFE. 2392 No. Pacific Hwy. Fine food, moder- ate prices REDUCE, CONTROL WEIGHT the easy, simple way with NEW you take only ONE capsule anv. MCLam s urui?. 26 PERSONAL W ATKINS quality products. SP 3-att. Edna's Beauty Salon, 6198 Table Kock Rd. Permanents S6 & up. 1 B-ZUUt). MR. EDDY VTLES would like to see all his old friends & custom ers at the MODERN BEAUTY SALON. Guaranteed work with an up to date trend. SP 3-5379. ANYONE havine a drinkine nrob- lem is welcome at Alcoholics Anonymous. Meetings 8 p.m. Wed. & Sat. 123 Vx W. Main. Ph. or 2-6657. RAWLEIGH Health products. SP 27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Services and Repairs shop & OUTSIDE service on keys, locks, safes, door closers. Medford Safe & Locksmith Serv ice, 309 E. Jackson. SP 2-6668. APPLIANCE Repairing, also Auto Motor lune-up. Low rates. We satisfy or cash refund. SP 3-4761. Miscellaneous Sharpening Saws. Shears. Knives. Duplicate Keys Made. HASKINS SAW SHOP 1736 N Riverside SP 2-8236 Advertising BOOK MATCHES Effective Mes sage Carriers. Will call at your request. No obligation. Monarch G.. Box 602. Ashland. Plastering FREE estimates on all vour plas tering needs. All work guaran teed, experienced workmanship. R. Compton SP 3-2778. Income Tax PROMPT service. Reasonable. 25 yrs. experience. Opal M. Rone, 3512 Table Rock Rd. NO 4-1352. RELIABLE TAX SERVICE MARY B. MAASS 304 S. Ivy. SP 2-9281 Loggers, Farmers, Wage Earners, Small firms. 27 years experience. Reasonable. Opposite Pulver Mo tel. 1238 N. Riverside. SP 2-6992 Farmer, Logger, Merchant, Wages Tax returns made out. VICTOR SETHER Brophy Bldg. Main & Central Rm. 6 CLEO CANOOSE 55 Ross Court. For day or eve appointment Ph. SP 2-2913. 17th year in same location. Federal & State Income Tax as sistance. S. C. Jones Sc Sons Billings Agency. Cor. 6th & Holly. Medford 42 E. Main St.. Ashland Plumbing Phone SP 2-4801 Brownie's Plumbing & Heating Inc. For your plumbing Sz heat ing needs. SERVICE YOU EXPECT BROOK'S ELECTRIC PLUMBING DEPT. For fast, courteous and efficient service on all your plumbing problems, call SP 2-5209. Generators - Starters Generator-Starter repairs & ex change. Armature winding. Cliff's Auto Electric, 1311 N. Riverside. SP 2-5068. Pests and Termite Control "CRATER "TERMITE COMPANY Locally owned Sz operated. 206 W. 9th SP 3-4804 LOYD TERMITE CONTROL. Pro tect your home from termites. Free inspection. KE 5-1362 or SP 2-7598. Foundation work. TERMITES Call Paramount Pest Control Inspect before buying. SP 2-9701. Well Drilling GRIBBLE WELL DRILLING 303 5th Ave.. Gold Hill Ph. UL 5-1328 ROGUE VALLEY DRILLING CO. Reliable & experienced. Fast, modern equipment. Terms. SP-2-7372. 885 Shafer Lane, off Kings Hwy. CRATER WELL DRILLING Im mediate service. All work guar anteed. FHA terms on wells ' & pumps. SP 2-2098. 3061 Crater Lake Ave. SHULTS BROS, well driUing & pump service. We strive to please everv customer. SP 3-4141. Eves. SP 2-5669. DEISTER'S WELL DRILLING CO. For your water well problems. Reliable & experienced. Up to the minute equipment. 139 Van couver. SP 2-9308. GOFF BROTHERS Well Drillers. Experienced Sz reliable. S&H Green Stamps. Office Siskiyou Hdwe.. 225 W. Main. SP 2-2939. Painting SPRAY painting, roofs, houses, general painting. Free estimates. Sullivan Bros., 219 S. Ivy. Ph. &f Z-S851. PAINTING Brush or Spray. Free estimates and terms. A. y. Murphy. Ph. SP 2-8595 or SP-2-9143. 27-BUSINESS DIRECTORY Pump Service JIFFY PUMP SERVICE UNIVERSAL PUMP SALES The rugged pump for every purpose. Pump Rentals & Repair. 1311 N. Riverside SP 3-5510 - SP 2-5039 Septic Tank MITCHELL SEPTIC TANK SERV ICE. Tanks cleaned & repaired. Drain fields laid. New installa tion. KE 5-2700. CASPER'S Tanks pumped, cleaned & re paired. No mileage or inspection charge. 24 hr. Licensed & Bond ed service. Low get prices. Dial SP 3-1511 DICK'S DISPOSAL SERVICE Septic tanks cleaned, installed & repaired. Back hoe work. Ditching & excavating. M. R. (Dick) GUST. SP 3-1457 SANITATION SERVICE (Licensed & Bonded) Darrel Fariss O. E. Conklin PRECAST REINFORCED CONCRETE SINGLE PIECE SEPTIC TANKS Drain fields. Soil drains. Meets all State Sz FHA Codes. LOW COST FINANCING TANKS PUMPED TRENCHING BACKHOE WORK Free Estimates, Guaranteed Work SP 3-2491. 2875 Lone Pine Rd. Remodeling REMODELING Carpentry Masonry. Repairs, redecorating, complete Interior cleaning. Roby, SP 2-6954. Roofing Remodeling, asbestos siding & insulation. Large or small. Terms. - z-1 III. Transportation ATHEL HUPP DUDLEY INC. TRUCK TRANSPORTATION P.O. Box 242 Medford, Oregon, ICC-MC 71652 Rapid transporta tion between Southern Oregon and points and places in Calif, on all building materials, heavy machinery and livestock. Ph. Medford. KE 5-1632. Fuel FIREPLACE WOOD. Red Fir or White Fir. 300 cu. ft. load, S9 lO SID. JOE WHIPPLE SP 2-6729 House Moving MEDFORD HOUSE MOVING Houses moved, raised, leveled. Foundations installed. Free estimates. Ph. SP 2-4244. Tree Service MEDFORD TREE SERVICE Shape top-spray-remove Estimates, licensed, insured. SP J-J004. ORE-CAL TREE SERVICE By RAY CHAMBERLIN Complete tree service by expert tree surgeons. Guaranteed sat isfaction Reasonable prices Licensed 8c insured. Phone SP- 2-8052. Asphalt and Cement Paving ASPHALT PAVING Driveways, motels, parking areas, mill yards, roads and industrial floors. Free estimates. Work guaranteed. Kogue Kiver having t:o. ih, SP 2-4037. Oil Burner Service SPARK OIL BURNING HEATERS 4th & Front Ph. SP 3-5896 KENNEDY FUEL OIL Building and Construction REMODELING - Painting - Taping lextunng. tail noKUWltA. TW 9-1547 Granite and Top Soil GRANITE CRUSHED & PIT RUN LOADED OR DELIVERED R. G. "BOB" Lull. Ph. SP 3-4781 CRUSHED ROCK, SAND & GRAVEL M. C. LININGER & SONS SP 2-5336 or SP 2-5897 CREEK run gravel. Fine Bear Creek soil. Pit run granite. Jim xiunes. jvr. o-t43. GRANITE Loading or Delivering. iiuuua ac wHji-iiauKx i .i 1 1 .1 . Ph. NO 4-1489 TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY SAVE CASH & CARRY PABCO 3-tab roofing $8.90 sq. ceautitui cedar, .fine 6z Red wood panelling. 1x12 Sugar Pine shelving. 11c ft. B Grade panel shakes S10 sq. NORTON LUMBER CO. Phoenix KE 5-2037 FREE 4-rm. cabin assessed value $2200. Located in rear of former Volkswagen Sales Rm. at 1201 No. Riverside. Take it awav this week & it is yours. Call Claude mines, ar 2-4231 TRADE OR SELL Large 2 bdrm. wcausiue iiume. nrepiace, nara wood floors, garage, 8 yrs. old. Also has 2 bdrm. guest house Sz carport. Income $110 mo. Will consider large ranch of equal value. Not interested in heavilv mortgaged property. Give fuil details & price. Write Tribune Box 1646. WANTED, small, used upholstered wing uacit cnair. n, 0-1377. CASH for contracts & mortgages. GROUND HEAVY GRAIN bCHtENINGS. excellent for live stock and swine S2.50-Cwt., any quantity while they last. Mon- arcn seed & r eed Co FOR SALE; 2 bdrm. house, partly iurn., in central .Point. Garage. " JJUU UUW1I. 1M J t-lOt J. BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS tor sale. 20c each. Mail Tribune office. 33 North Fir. "OIL TO BURN" MOBILHEAT We give S&rH Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL SP 2-2111 FOR RENT 2-bdrm. house. Very gooa condition and clean. SP-2-5845. CLOSE OUT PRICES on many types ot equipment including metal hog feeder, tank heaters, brooders etc. Come in, see our listing, get our prices. Monarch Seed Sc. Feed Co., The Farm Store, corner 10th & So. Fir. New Science Adviser Sought by Department Washington OPI The State Department hopes to hire a new science advisor soon to help cope with Droblems of space-age diplomacy. Shortly thereafter the de partment plans to recruit sci entists for assignment to five foreign capitals to work on scientific matters. It has $200, 000 earmarked to finance the program during the current fiscal year. ROUGH ROAD Canandaigua, N. Y. OP) Arthur Mackiei told police he thought "the road was a little too rough" after his car suf fered S200 ' damage when it knocked over a $165 railroad switch rail. Officers said Mac kie, evidently blinded by on coming car's headlights, drove onto New York Central Rail road tracks. Use Tribune Want Ads The11 Do It Every 1 .ji,,,,,, j Heh-heh- but you cat TELL A BOOK BY ITS DUST dACKZTASK jERRy he KNOWS THAHX 4ND A HATLO Tl1 , hAT TIP TO KErJ J. KAISER,, 3:0 HlLLViewiVE. AlEXAiDC2A, VIRGINIA 4T L'1 ' t' "' - ' - . -' FLOATING ON A CLOUD Fireman in "crow's nest" of water tower appears to be floating on a cloud as he directs water at burning abandoned cold storage warehouse in Chicago. Firemen, hampered by low temperatures and cork insulation in building's walls, battled the blaze more than 15 hours. - TABLE ROCK Salesman's Business Gpod By R. E. NEALON Table Rock The Fuller Brush man brushed in the other day- full and overflow ing with optimism, claiming his business is good and get ting better. He says it may seem cockeyed, but the pres ent economic slow-down keeps more people at home and give them more time to study his catalogue. They or der from him to save on ex pensive trip to town. The Christmas festivities held Saturday night at the school house were well at tended and the program of instrumental music, songs, readings and the singing of Christmas carols was well re ceived. The arrival of old Santa from the far north, where the blubber crop must have been good this year, caused quite a commotion among the small fry, some of them trying to laugh and cry at the same time. Before distributing any presents Santa asked each one about their behavior and to his surprise found they had all been good. Among visitors present were Mr.- and Mrs. Dale Schulz of Sams Valley. Dale was home on leave from the army camp at Ft. Ord, Calif., and on his return will go to a camp in Louisiana for his next hitch. Following the lesson period the local Sunday school gave a program of songs and read ings and the story of the Christ child in the form of slides and vocal descriptions at the session, Dec.' 22. The Rev: Allen Hill, missionary of the American Sunday School Union, was present and assist ed with the program. Pres ents and treats were distrib uted to all attending. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Robin son were holiday visitors with their son Doug, and fam ily, at Vallejo, Calif., and their son, Elgin, who came from the Marine camp at Camp Pendleton to spend Christmas with his parents and his brother's family. . Tfle Christmas dinner and get-together meeting of the Bigham clan was held this year at the Everett Brown home with nearly all of the many members present, in cluding Mr. and Mrs. David Bigham, recently married, and Larry Bigham from an Air Force base in Greenville, Miss. Among those from other places who were dinner guests or visitors with rela tives and friends here during the holidays were Mrs. Hilr dreth Wheeler and son, Rus sel, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Hard ing and son, Jon, Mr. and Mrs. C. Taber and daughter Jean, all of Medford, and Time I guests at the Don "Wheeler nome. Other holiday visitors here were Mr. and Mrs. John Dodge and granddaughter, Mary, and Mr. and Mrs Moore Hamilton and daugh ter Nancy, and son Robert, of Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. O. T.' Wilson of Central Point. A season's greeting letter from our good senator, Wayne Morse, chairman of the U.S. delegation to the commonwealth Pari iament- ary conference being held in New Delhi, India, contains many vital statistics as to liv ing conditions, life span and needs of the people in these far away countries. In the concluding paragraphs are these words, "Let us hope and pray that in the historic year ahead, time will not run out on the cause of peace." Miss Mabel MicMey, who died recently in Portland, was at one time a resident of this community being a mem ber of the George Hickey family which resided in a house about 100 yards north of the present residence of the Elmo Stallings family on the Leverette farm, then known as the Fred Hansen ranch. Through the -courtesy of Mrs. Will Gregory of Med ford, we were able to find school records showing that the Mickey children attended the Table Rock school in the year 1888, as did Mrs. Will Gregory, then Martha Wil son. Miss Lottie Reed was teacher, getting a salary of $30 a month with a total at tendance of 31, from five to 19 years old. There were 19 girls and 12 boys in the school. In those days a teacher was required to answer a list of 20 questions on the back of the name sheet of pupils, some of these now seem rath er comical. Among them we have picked out the follow ing: Is your school supplied with suitable furniture. It is not. Has your school suffi cient grounds? It has. Are the grounds suitably im proved? They are. Have you a supply of good water? I have. How many water clos ests? Two. In what condition? One ' good, one bad. What mean., of ventilation? good PEAKS -APPLES Reasonably Priced Wonderful Cornice Pean School Lunch Box Size Local Golden Delicious Apples Pinnacle Packing Co. Plant No. 4 11th and Front Streets 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. WEEKDAYS and SATURDAY Sunday, January 3, 1953 By Jimmy Hatlo In the shop out of towm, JERE8QAM PICKED THE1 BERBER WITH THE NICEST HEAD OF HAIR ' TO TRIM HIS NOOGIN" 4 i if -A , AV" or bad? Good. We can vouch for the venilation for among other air inlets there were about an inch space between the last four or five floor boards next to the wall along one side, as the floor boards they had wouldn't reach without leaving the gaps. The Alan Fleischer family were Christmas day dinner guests with relatives at the Lance Pitts home in Medford, and the H. J. Fleischer fam ily were New Year's guests here with the Alan Fleischers. Mrs. Julia Myers, Table Rock's oldest citizen, cele brated her 97th birthday, Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the home of her son 'and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers, where she has lived for some time. Workmen at the Modoc or chard have finished planting some 2200 dwarf apple trees of the red and golden deli c i o u s varieties, purchased from the Kershaw nursery here. The morning of Jan. 1, '58, we were invited by J. S. Rich ardson, who is our father-in-law and also our brother-in-law, to his home to watch the televised Pasadena parade and to partake of a roast beef dinner in celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary, which we hadn't forgotten. If a person is married on the Fourth of July, Christmas, or New Year's, he is pretty sure of not getting in the doghouse by forgetting the anniver sary. There are many reasons be sides the date of the event to make us remember, for a day or two after our wedding we were sworn in as county com missioner, and the county, like the country, was in a terrible mess. The county, more so, for besides the de pression with hungry people marching on the court house, we had some unscrupulous shysters who were trying to take over and throw out law and order, and were aided by a newspaper published by a crack pot editor. No one could have possibly picked, a worse time for a honeymoon. A few days after we took office, several of the opposition came to our house one night and demanded our resignation. One member, sitting on the revolving piano stool, where he could see in all directions. Finally we got them out of the house with- MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Is That So? Although the U.S. repre sents but 6.5 per cent of the world's population and 5.8 per cent of its land area, con sider some of these astonish ing production figures. For example, in the following, the U. S. was the No. 1 pro ducer: (joal 410,300,000 tons, or 25.2 per cent of the world total. Iron ore 44,00.000 tons. or 38.4 per cent of the world total. Steel 88,300,000 tons, or 36.2 per cent of the world total. Copper 836.000 tons or 30.9 per cent of the world total. Oil 158,000,000 tons or 72.4 per cent of the world total production. In agricultural products, the U. S.-was the No. 1 pro ducer in the following: Corn 83.100,000 tons or 55 per cent of the world total. Wheat 29.100,000 tons or 17.5 per cent of the world total. Oats 23,900,000 tons, or 44 per cent of the world total. In farm products, the U.S. was the first in the following: Meat 12,600 000 tons. And, curiously, France is sec ond largest meat producer in the world with 2,600,000 tons. Milk 618,000,000 tons, or 25 per cent of the world total Beer 2,860,000 gallons, or 37.8 per cent of the world total. Tobacco 1,110,000 tons, 29 per cent of the world's- total. Company Appointed Engine Dealer Here The appointment of Deaver Tractor and Implement com pany, local Ford tractor deal er, as dealer for Ford indus trial engines was announced this week. The modern designed line offers an engine or complete power unit for every job. The short stroke engines are avail able In 4, 6 or V-8 design for stationary or mobile equipment The Deaver firm, 634 North Central ave., is cele brating its 25th anniversary this year, John Deaver has been a continuous Ford trac tor dealer since 1941. ASSAM GOVERNOR DIES Edinburg, Scotland (ID- Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow, 67, governor of Assam from 1942 to 1947, died here Tues- day. Sir Andrew entered the Indian civil service in 1914. He was an authority on la bor conditions in India and represented the nation at many international labor con ferences. out resigning, and a few days later the piano stool sitter was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. The little woman, who said "I do" on that memorable wedding night, has kept the pledge, fighting by our side and sustaining us when the going was tough, and rejoic ing with us when fortune smiled. And together, as we go into another year, we wish for the friendly people of our community, who it has been a pleasure to live among, the very best of health, happiness and contentment. To those who have sent us news items from time to time, and to those whom we hope will in the future, we say "thank you." Use Mai Tribune Classified Ads NO SPARKS! NO SMOKE! NO FLOOR DRAFTS! LOWERS FUQ Uniform kH froati floor to mHUtm. lom folajt or briqv. Ym control fir fcxn mo1 faworty sofort SEND FIREPUCE WIDTH fW KWftT. I IT-p i fa i-HTivtir I SMITH-DYNGE LUMBER CO. 8th at Fir Street Phone SP 2-7166 GENUINE CLEARANCE Bargain Grade 2x4-8' $5.00 Per M' Cheney Stud Mill CENTRAL By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist 1 In electricity, the U.S. is ! first with 544,645,000 kw or 40.4 per cent of the world's total. In contrast, the following countries with their totals are first: Cattle India,' with 155. 000,000 head, 19 per cent of the world total. - Horses Russia, with 16, 200,000, 21.4 per cent of the world total. Sheep Australia, with 26, 900,000, 14 per cent of tha world total. Pigs--United States, with 48,500,000, 13 per cent of tha world total. Rice China, 54,000,000 tons, 29 per cent of the world total. Coffee Brazil, with 1,140, 000 tons, 42 per cent of tha world total. Sugar Cuba, with 4.990, 000 tons, 13.2 per cent of tha world total. Fish landings Japan with 4,500,000 tons, 26.2 per cent of the world total. Wine France, with 1,330, 000 U. S. gallons, 27.9 per cent of the world total. Gold Union of South Af rica, 907,689 pounds, which is 51.5 per cent of world total. (The figures were compiled! from Superlatives (270 Mad ison ave., N.Y.) 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