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o o o - 10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, July 8, 1958 Eastern Oregon Range Fires Said To Be Under Control Vale (UPI) Lightning - kindled range fires that raged over more than 30,00 acyes of rich ranee land were re ported under control today after some WO mn a;med v3 1 h shovels, fpray rigs, pumpers, bulldozers and an airplane fought the blazes for more than 24 hogrs. The area north of Vale and Ontario was lashed by a sav age electrical storm late Sun day and inteiftruttently pelted vCth lightning strikes early Monday, touching off at least seven major res. Couldn't Count Fires By $0 p.m. Sunday, Bureau of Land Management officials said, so many fires were burning 4s a result of light ning s t r i k 9s that they couldn't immediately be counted." The larffrst of the fires, covering approximately 15, 000 acres, fla9ed to life early Monday mcefciing and black ed an area nine miles long grid thr u& wide before q it was contained by backfiring , and chemical siirejying by an airplane late fond3i. (Srhis largest fire, in the vicinity of Jamitson, was fanrgd all day by a steady 15 to 20 mile JfihoQr wind. Fire fighters were aided in pu'ng out the smaller blazes by sctteri thundershowers that soaked the grassland and helped to quenclthe flames. No injuries were reported Cincinnati Cop tillers Die in Ehectric Chair Columbus, Ohio (UPI Two Cincinnati cop killers met death in the electric chair Monday nignt, the Ohio Peni tentiary's first double execu tion in 11 years. Lemuel (Son) Trotter, 31, and Robert (Hambone) Jack son, 41, died 18 minutes apart for the Sept. 19, 1955, slaying of Cincinnati Detective Walt er Hart during an attempted robbery of a bar. $57 IE IE IKS & hub SOUTHERN OREGON'S OLDEST & LARGEST FURNITURE STORE j ALL your old ma LIMITED TIME (MY Compare Serta-Lux with other POSTURE-TYPE mat tresses priced much higher. No tufts, no buttons. It's smooth, top and bottom ... the modem way to sleep has extra levelizing layer for healthful spire-level rest. Come in todayl EASY TERMS TO Be LIMITED . r. i I W . A TUnea immrwi n a rvai co no my prict! Mode by th makers of fie Strfa "Perfect Seper"( Smooth-Top Mafinis No Carrying Charges or Interest! At WEEKS & ORR, you pay only for the Merchandise and pocket the Savings! . as a result of the fires, but I much fence burned and sev eral neias oi nay were con sumed. No cattle were lost in the rash of fires, John C. Hunt, BLM fire control offi cer for Oregon, said. Instrumental in controlling the Jamieson fire was an old Ford Tri-motor airplane fit ted with a 600 gallon tank of calcium borate that flew low over he "head" of the fire and sprayed the solution on the fringes or just ahead of the blaze, Hunt said. Late Monday night about 450 men were still patrolling the slowly dying fires. ILLINOIS VALLEY Bsble School Slated By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction The Cave Junction Community church will begin their vacation bible school July 24 and - will con tinue through Aug. 1, with Rev. Gene Denning and Mrs. George P. Martin as the direc tors. The theme of the school will be "Learning to Pray the Bible Way" and classes will be conducted on the as sembly type lesson with sepa rate erouDing for the hand work sessions. Ages from four years through 10th graders will par ticipate in the lessons and handcraft. Teachers and helpers are being signed up now and will be announced at a later date. There will be special classes for the beginners and tiny tots." - Mrs. Glen Raines and son, Kenneth, from Baldwin Park, Calif., are visitors of the Bill Raines and Carl Jollys. Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pen- inger, son, Jim, and. Diane Sowell left Friday morning for Union Creek and return ed Sunday afternoon. ce ) s! J smooth-fop mattress Advertised in the Journal , of the American Medical Association Full or Twin Size Hitching Box Spring Same law Price FIT, YOUR BUDGET sure . to see our NEW Serta- TIME ONLY $ i I ' 88 Full or Twin Size Matching Box Spring Same Low Price 'Trademark n n as a u Report of Bomb on UAL Plane False Portland, Ore. (UPI) A United Air Lines non-stop Chicago to Portland flight that was forced to land at Denver after a telephoned bomb threat, landed safely Monday night ZXA hours late after no bomb was found. The DC7, flight 725, was due in Portland at 3:15 p.m., but arrived at 6:45 p.m. after being searched at Denver. The plane had 19 passen gers and a crew of 5 aboard, UAL said. Chicago police had receiv ed an anonymous phone call the moment the plane had flown past Denver westbound. UAL officials immediately contacted the crew and or dered the return to Denver for an emergency landing and search of the craft. No bomb was found. Also at Union Creek for the long .holiday week end were the Bob Rauschs. Ronnie drove up from Redding, Calif., to join her parents on the fishing-camping trip. The Walt Colpitts have just returned from a weeks camping trip in the Big Sis ters area. They stopped off in Gates, Ore., with Mrs. Col pitts' brother and family, the Max Greenoughs, and brought home with them, two neph ews, Mark and Kayo Grenn ough. Bob Ford and Bill Burch were busy Mond'y building the chimney for the main cabin at Camp Chinquapin. Ford will complete the car pentry work on the cabin this week. Mr. and Mrs. Les Henry and son, Jack, were guests of the Harold Crowl's Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wieting are hosting Carl's brother, Ben, and his family from Seattle this week. Jim Billi, Weiting's nephew, is home after a visit with his mother, Mrs. Swede Johnson in Mo hah, Utah, where he has been since "the close of the school term at Oregon State college in Corvallis. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Weiting and children, now living in Phoenix, Ariz., are expected home for a visit with Bud's parents Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Les Henry took their week end house guests, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Bennett of Salem, to Crater Lake Sunday. Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Bennett are sisters. A home baked food sale will be heir3 in front of the Bank of Illinois Valley Sat urday, July 12, starting at 10 a.m., sponsored by the Illinois Valley Zulemia Daughters of the Nile club. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Hunting and their house guest from San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Dewey Killebrew, drove to Eugene Tuesday and into the Mc Kenzie country. Wednesday they returned by way of the Big Sisters, Bend and Crater lake. Friday they took the short trip up to the High Plateau, an unexpected meeting with a large bear left a lasting impression on Mrs. Killebrew. The seeming desire on the part of the bear to become better acquainted, brought a sudden and abrupt end to the little excursion. " Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fink, Ranger of the Siskiyou For est Service, had Mrs. Fink's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Davis, Gale, Barbara, Carol and Roy and a friend, Dick Burnseth, all of Seattle, Wash., with them for the holiday week end. Mrs. Milt Pierson has re turned from a six weeks stay in Lewiston. Idaho, with Mrs. Harry Pierson, Milt's mother. Four Girl Scouts of Troop 29 will leave for Low Echo camD July 14 for 10 days. The girls, all seventh graders are, Glenda Stava, Caroline Leon ard, Linda Versteeg and Kathy Kuil. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Floyd of Holland drove to Portland via McMinnville Thursday to attend the wedding of Harry's nephew, Robert Dean, to Miss Clara Lusk, both of Portland. Robert is the son of Mrs. Nel lie Floyd Dean, a teacher of the Portland school system. BILL HONORS CHURCH Washington (UPD The House passed and sent to the Senate Monday legislation designating St. Ann's church in New York City a national historic site. The churchyard is the burial place of Gov ernor Morris, chief stylist of the United States Constitu tion, Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence, and -other early patriots. WANTS GIFTS REPORTED "Washington (UPI) Rep. John F. Baldwin (R-Calif.), proposed Monday that Con gress require its memoers and top government and White House officials to disclose yearly all financial transac tions including receipt of gifts valued at more than $10. SPECIAL PURCHASE! 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