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V BLM Shows 3-1 Ratio in States Portland Operations of the bureau of land manage ment in Oregon, Washington and California showed a ra tio of $3 of income for every SI expended during fiscal year 1958, James F. Doyle, Port land area administrator, has nounced. The BLM in the three states had an operating fund for management of lands and resources of $6,776,000 and an allotment of S5.022.000 for ac cess roads, 593,000 for range improvements and $45,000 for . forest disease control, a total of $11,936,000. Income to taled $35,276,640. . The greatest portion of the income was from sales of tim ber on the Oregon and Cali fornia revested railroad grant. Last year the income from this source totaled $22,451,028, of "Which $3,280,332 was collect ed from forest service admin istered O and C lands. Mineral leases accounted for the next highest share, $9, 667,961. Public domain timber sales accounted for almost $2 million, and grazing fees brought $383,517 and miscel- laneous receipts accounted for ' $526,627. The total income is an in : crease over the $31,969,620 in ; fiscal year 1957 despite a drop ; in timber sales income on ; Coos Bay Wagon road land - and public domain lands and a slump in the lumber mar ket. . -' '; ' A large portion of the in- , come of the bureau is distrib- ' uted to the states and counties ! from which it was derived. Grange News Griffin Creek Grange Griffin Creek Grange met Aug. 28. The lecture hour preceded the meeting. An interesting ; talk on Australia was given by M. C. Davies, who with Mrs. Davies are visiting the ; Clyde Sturgill home, slide pic tures of important scenes in Australia, narrated by Davies ; were interesting. . Teresa Larson sans a song ", and Martie Sturgill played two selections on the piano - games followed. Mr. and Mrs. William Dar by are leaving soon for a visit in Montana. Griffin Creek Grange had two winners in the county fair. Mrs. Winnifred Reich won firsts on jellies afld preserves 'and Herman Kamping won firsts on potatoes and onions. About twenty Grangers at . tended the picnic at Haw thorne park Sunday, Aug. 24. Ice cream and soft drinks were furnished. All enjoyed the big dinner in spite of the ; intense heat. ; Mrs. Reich and Mrs. George Mero served refreshments at the close of the program pre ; pared by the lecturer, Mrs. Clyde Sturgill. ' Phoenix Grange - Phoenix Grange met Aug. 26 with Master Charles John- son presiding. .- Jackson County deputy Hoscoe Roberts and Mrs. Rob erts were visitors. Roberts was escorted to master's sta tion and later gave the third . and fourth degree to Alta ! and Fred Teischeira. V . r iHEC chairman Coral I Schroeder reminded members " of the rummage sale to be I held Sept. 6. Mabel Sox said. ' rummage may be left at her place. ; Lecturer Dorothy Perl asked members to tell of a trip they had taken recently ; or some unusual incident they j had experienced. Roberts told 'of visiting Lake County Po ; mpna . Grange at Lakeview. ; He reported six Granges in .Lake county' and nine '. Granges in Klamath county. ;He mentioned commercial in Isurance is now possible with--in a 75-mile distance. Helping on the serving committee were Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dudley and Mr. and i Mrs. Al Schroeder. 'Appreci- ated were the watermelons f and muskmelons given to the Grange by Charley Wallace of the Stancliffe fruit stand. i THEY BECOME PATIENTS Patterson, N. J. -UPD- The maternity wing of St. Jo seph's Hospital is losing four ; nurses but getting them right back again. The obstetrical i nurses begin maternity leaves over the Labor Day week end but all plan to have their : babies at St, Joseph's. 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"We are most grateful to the city," he said, "for the permission received by the Rogue -Valley council to use the building at the corner of Hawthorne and Jackson sts. to establish a varied program of education and recreation for .retired people on a daily basis, Obtaining use of the build- ins has been a goal of the council since it was organized in January this year, Glon ning noted, and added that it "will be a big challenge to all of us to work out plans to open such a center in Med ford on a volunteer basis when it is usually done by professional staff." Section of Warehouse The section of the building which the council will use is at-room in one corner of the warehouse, he noted. It was used by the Junior Red Cross during the Korean conflict. The room include shelving and a large table, and will accommodate only about 25 persons at a time. Glonning and other council members, including members of the 50 Plus club, agreed that with planning and by starting in a small way to promote hobbies and new interests among older people, a good program can be developed Program planning was as- sianed to the recreation com mittee of the council, of which Dr.. Frank Roberts is chairman, and management of the room to the .housing committee, of which William Hoxie is co-chairman Members of the Rogue Val ley council and the 50 Plus club cleaned up the building late last week. . Those who participated in the work-day included Mrs. Scott Davis oi the Girl Scout board, Mrs. C A. Thatcher of the Business and Professional Women's Theft of Truck Being Investigated The theft o a 1954 Chevro let pickup truck and a large assortment of tools some time Friday night from Crater Lake Machinery company on North Pacific highway is being investigated by Med ford police.. , Officers said thieves broke a padlock off a sliding service door, entered and drove off with, the pickup truck con taining an estimated $2,000 worth of tools. The truck was parked in the paint shop and belongs to the company, officers said. Lumber Company Gives Land for High School McCloud The McCloud River Lumber company has donated additional land for the McCloud High school campus, Dr. Jere E. Hurley, district su perintendent, has announced. The .new land will provide more space for athletic fields, physical education and park ing areas. The company do nated the entire new campus for the new buildings a few months ago. The high school building is expected to be completed after the first of the year. Advisory Council Asks Hearing in Budget Eugene The Oregon Ag ricultural Research and Ad visory Council has requested a hearing with the state board of higher education regarding the budget request for agri cultural research for the com ing biennium. The state board has granted this request and will meet with the Advisory Council in the Board of Control offices, Capitol building, Salem, Sept. 4 at 2:30 p.m. on 50 Plus club. is in the left windows are. Council of club, Mrs. Harry Fuller, sec retary of the council, Mrs. S, D. Earhart of the Council of Church Women, Miss Mar garet Ossenbruge, artist and music teacher, Mrs. Fred Ran kin of the State Council on Aging and representative of the Altrusa club, Edward Eich, vice president of the 50 Plus club, Clarence Evans, Hans Jepson, Mrs. O. A. Edin and Dr. Roberts. GRANDVIEW Nelsons Return Home By LILLIAN KNIGHT Grandview Mr. and Mrs Floyd O. Nelson and children, Terry and Gloria, left Aug 10 to return to their home in Palisade, Neb., after visiting for nine days with her broth er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Smith, 2212 Crater Lake ave., and her mother, Mrs. Avis F. Bard They are on vacation and will return by way of California Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dalton, Valley " View dr., are new grandparents. The baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. R. E White, South Pacific highway weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce, has been named Connie Kath- erine. She is the couple's first child. Mrs. White is the former Cora Lee Dalton and she at tended Lone Pine school and Medford High school. Pater- THEY GOT LOST Jackson, Miss. (UPD News men wno went aiong on a moonshine raid Friday had as much trouble as the moon shiners. A photographer got lost in the woods and it took officers two hours to . find him. A reporter: was so un sure where he got his story that he datelined it "Some where in Hinds County." COURT RECORDS DISTRICT COURT Cecelia K. Mansfield, no angling license. 530. James S. Woods, overload. $129 Byran A. Nelson, failure to stop. $10. Donald s. Heap, overload, sua. John B. Alexandertruck speed ing. $15: overload. $65. - Gordon L,. Kediiew. insumcient binders. ?lo. Donald E. Sykes, overload, 30. Roy Halloway, no fire-fighting eauipment. $30. James G. Eastin. failure to oper at on right side of road; $13. George C. Anderson, overwienn, $15. Guy Warren, no fire fighting equipment, $15. CIRCUIT COURT Elenore Rowe vs. Frank Rowe, divorce decree. Gladys L. Halter vs. William T. Halter, divorce complaint. Eugene Winnineham vs. Ona Margaret Winningham, divorce complaint. irma M. parr vs. Koy a. parr. divorce decree. , Lorraine Glover vs. Herbert C. Glover, divorce complaint. KoDert it. carter vs. ucia v. Carter.- divorce complaint. Thomas G. Reames vs. Dorothy Anne Reames, divorce decree. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Leonard Joe Keene and Leona Cleoetta Small, both of Medford. Donald Theodore Relhng Jr., Medford. and Norma Jean Evans, Central Point. Samuel Jacob Redding Jr. and Ruby Jean Cole, both -of Medford. PhilliD Gerald Sword and Kath leen Betty Doddridge, both of Ash land. Charles Henry Hoyt and Mar- lene Charlotte Smith, both of Medford. Finest Major Gasoline t On the Point S. FOR The room which will be used side of the building where the" - (Knackstedt photo). Aging Mrs. Edin has been instru mental in obtaining permis sion to use the building. She is a member of the Council on Aging and is a member of the city's recreation com mittee. The executive board of the council will meet at 3 p.m Thursday in the Red Cross building on Hawthorne ave., to complete some plans for the building. nal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. White, South Pacific highway. Little Con nie also has two greatgrand mothers, Mrs. Eleanor Man- kins, and Mrs. Annie Dalton both of Medford. Word received from Calvin Dalton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dalton, states that he has been promoted to ser geant. He is stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He will receive his discharge in November. , Framework is up and prog ress is being made on the rest of the Faith Advent Christian church being built on Roberts rd. between Crater Lake ave. and Soringbrook rd. When finished it will seat approx: mately 100 persons. Mr. and Mrs. William Wal kenshaw returned to their home in Eugene Wednesday after being in Medford and visiting her brother and sis ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Newton, and her father, Gary Newton, both in Ashland, Both Walkenshaw and New ton are former Lone Pine school teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Wally Borden and family have moved back to Spring st. after living in Prineville, Ore., for the past IV2 years. They are the fam ily seen on TV and who have entertained vocally and in strumentally different places in the valley. Dick and Mike, the two older children, will enter high school and the three younger ones, Sandra, Gary, and Sherry, will enter Lone Pine school this fall. STATE GETS BILLED Little Rock, Ark.-(UPD-Gov. Or'val Faubus' summoning of the Arkansas Legislature this week to pass anti-integration laws cost the state $11,996. Even though the lawmakers were on reduced, emergency- session salaries,- memoers 01 the Senate will draw $820 and representatives $2,280. Other expenses include Sen ate and House employes' sal aries and mileage. TWO ERRORS Hollywood (UPB Police to day sought a confidence man who "sold" all beer selling rights at Los Angeles Dodgers home games in the Coliseum to two men. The two men were out $2,300, sinre sale of beer in the Coliseum is pro hibited. ornsm. Riverside and S. Central CK TICKET NEXT FREE FORD OCT. Registration Set At Talent High Talent Registration and payment of fees for students of Talent High school will be held Friday, Sept. 5, and Mon day, Sept. 8, R. B. Parr, super intendent, has announced. Freshmen registration will be held Friday starting at 9 a.m. and will continue through the morning. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will regis ter the first day of school, Monday, Sept. 8. All classes will attend the program of classes for which they have, registered for a short period. School will be dismissed at noon Sept. 8. Students, depending on bus transportation, should arrange their own transportation on Monday, Sept. 8, he said. Winter Schedule To Sfarf at YMCA The new winter schedule for the Medford Young Men's Christian association will go into effect on or about Sept. 9, YMCA officials' have an nounced. Included in the schedule will be tiny tot classes, the "lad 'n dad" swims, and two family nights. Also sched uled are special swimming periods for YMCA clubs. The Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs, as well as the 'Indian guide program, will get un der way soon. The present swimming pro gram will continue through Sept. 9 except for the tiny tot classes, which ended last week. More than 11,000 people participated in YMCA sum mer activities, officials said. Almost 1,600 children took part in the tiny tot classes for children 6 and 7 years old, and more than 2,000 people took part in the family night programs, they said. Firemen Sent Twice To Grass Fire Medford city firemen were dispatched twice Thursday to the scene of a grass and brush fire covering about acres along Bear creek back of 604 North Riverside avey Firemen were first sent out about 5:45 p.m. A pumper went out at 8:35 p.m. to put out a log fire at the scene. The rural pumper truck was sent about 3:55 p.m. to a grass blaze which started from a 'trash fire and burned about one-half acre at Voor- hies crossing south of Med ford. Firemen returned to the crossing about 11:10 a.m. Fri day when the blaze rekindled and railroad ties flared up Another grass fire in a vacant lot next to 26 Lewis st., was out on arrival of firemen about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Open Heart Surgery Reported Successful Word was received Friday by the Medford chapter cf the American Red Cross that the open heart surgery performed on a 41-year-old girl in a Portland hospital Aug. 13 was a success. The local chapter ponsored a blood drawing Aug. 1Z in which blood was collected from area residents for use during the delicate operation, The blood was flown to Port land by the civil a,ir patrol. An official of the Red Cross here said that 30 pints of blood were used for the opera tion and the girl is now out of danger. EXCHANGE SPEEDUP SET Washington-flJPD-The Atom ic Energy Commission (AEC) has announced that the Unit ed States and Britain will step up cooperation and ex change of information nu clear weapons. Representa tives of the two nations be gan meeting here Wednesday. An announcement Friday said they had agreed on a pro gram. ly Use Any Major Oil Credit Card Open 24 Hours 22 Offense Best By Medford Offense stood out substan tially over offense yesterday morning as the Medford high football squad completed its first week of drills with a high geared scrimmage. In the scoring tabulation the Grays came out on top of the Reds 33 to 25. ' . The Grays scored on an op tion pass, Ken Durkee to Fred Funston, a pass from Durkee to Mike Hood for 25 yards, a 12-yard shove by Al Funston, a short nlunse bv Mike Mur ray and a punch by Ken Dur kee. Murray added Jhree ex tra points from placement. 120 4-H Members Attending Fair More than 120 4-Ht:lub members are representing Jackson county at the Oregon state fair now being held in Salem, according to Glenn Klein, county 4-H agent. Competing in demonstra tions, contests, style review, and with a limfted number of animals the 4-H'ers are com peting against 4-H'ers from other Oregon counties. In addition, to club mem bers, five head of dairy, 14 head of beef, 15 hogs, three sheep, two horses, two rab bits and 17 pens of chickens made the trip to Salem. A new split week schedule has 4-H livestock at Salem the last half of the fair, Sept. 2 through 6 inclusive. Judg ing of other exhibits, demon strations and special contests will be held throughout the 10-day period. Results of the early judging will be in shortly. Ml A COMBINATION Easy Terms Washes Cleaner! Revolving Agitator gets clothes cleaner, rinses better, cleans itself. The identical Revolving Agitator used in every Westinghouse washer made. 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At end Spiegelberg also commented on the play of Jerry Anderson. Medford has suffered two blows at the flanks with Lowell Dean out because of a hernia operation and Pete Rasmussen Friday again injuring a knee he hurt in basketball. Dean is out for at least several games. Ras mussen could be back sooner. Others cited for their play yesterday were Harrison, Gary Winetrout, Gordon Path man and Monte Penwell at tackles, George Ice, John Frohnmayer, Don Mann and Blake Taylor at guards, Pat McLoughlin and Dennis Barr at center and Lyons, Peek, Durgee, Bennett, Jim Clark, Bob Pond, Fred Funston, Ron Reich, Harvey and Hood in the backfield. Stiiegelberg remarked that Peek passed well and that WESTINGHOUSE caeenixoBu3 ( m - dge & -Flyrin Elec. C MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, Augurt 31, 1951 t Ragsdale and Harvey did par ticularly good work on de fense. Makes a happy home! THIS... jgn5 Plus THIS... 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