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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Bumper Harvest Defying Benson, Federal Controls Washington - (UPD Good weather and a technological revolution in American agri culture have combined to tri umph over expensive federal efforts to control production through acreage allotments and the soil bank program. As a result, today Agricul ture Secretary Ezra Taft Ben son is on the spot. Agriculture Department sta 1 Friday's Toll; Aulos Kill Four, Boy, 5, Drowns United Press International Four persons lost their lives in Oregon traffic acci dents Friday and a five-year- old boy was drowned near Portland. i Michael Ridenour, Klamath - Falls, was drowned in the Sauvies island slough just north of Portland Friday aft ernoon after he disappeared from a houseboat where he was visiting an aunt. Another child died in a traffic mishap at Winston south of Roseburg. David Ray Dunn, 4, was killed when he apparently released the em ergency brake on his parents' parked car. The vehicle roll ed backward for 114 feet be fore the child fell from the car and was struck by the wheels. Two men were killed in a one-car accident seven miles south of Coos Bay. The vic tims were Melvin D. Prow, 24, and Ardith Roland Smith, 42, both of North Bend. Three others were injured. Police said the car went out of control, flipped end over end' and skidded several hun dred feet before catching fire. All ' five men were thrown out. A . two - vehicle collision three miles north of Hills boro late Friday resulted in death to Carl J. Christensen, 62, Hillsboro. Floyd A. Rude sill, 76, Seaside, and his wife, Lena, 72, suffered minor in juries. Rogue Valley Bank Ruffe falls, Rands Rogue Valley State bank, Medford, has purchased $5, 000 worth of bonds recently sold by the city of Butte Falls ior city nui puiusca. . The bank successfully bid on the bonds, which will mature annually from Sept. 1, 1960, to Sept. 1, 1964. 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Interest on three year certificates of deposit 3- 1109 COURT STREET Oregon, Sunday, October 12, 1958 tistics released Friday showed that crop prospects improved again last month under the impetus of almost perfect growing weather, assuring a 1958 harvest far surpassing any previous year. Farmers are raising more corn, wheat, grain sorghums, soybeans and other items than can be used at home or ex ported, the report indicated. The surplus will go to the gov ernment under price support programs, bodsting support costs and pinching storage fa cilities. Bulging Surplus The bulging farm surplus represented a victory for the American farmer in his battle against the elements, but it represented a setback for the administration - and Benson in efforts to reduce farm out put by acreage allotments and the soil bank plan. Ironically, the bumper har vest was grown on the small est planted acreage in 40 years. : - : Corn Leads A The corn crop led a parade of individual crops, headed toward new records with an estimated production of 3,686,- Z18,000 bushels. This ' com- pared with 3,402,832,000 bushels in 1957 and the if year average of 3,144,304,000 The prospective horn of plenty also could mean price concessions on some items. The department s all -crop index stood at a record high of 117 per cent of the 1947-49 average on Oct. 1, a rise of one index point over Septem ber. The previous record of 1flfi was set in IQda anr) equaled in 1956 and 1957. The yield per acre index registered an even-more dra matic rise of 12 per cent to a record 142: The previous high mark of 127 was set last year. Extension Class To Start Monday Ashland Alcohol studies in school curriculum, offering hours of undergraduate or graduate college credit, will be held in the Medford High school starting Monday even ing, Oct. 13, Raymond E. Pet- tey, regional representative of general extension - division, state system of higher educa tion, has announced. The class will be in a ses sion from 7 to 9:45 pan., once a week for 10 weeks. The fee for those who wish to register is the .same as1 all state sys tem courses on or off campus, $9 per credit hour. This fee applies to both credit and non credit students. Dr. Kenneth W. Ferrier, ed ucational director of the Ore gon Alcohol Education com mittee and associate profes sor of education with the gen eral extension division, will teach the course. Study will center around the incorporation of scientific information about alcohol in the school curriculum; phy siological, psychological, soc iological, and legal aspects of alcoholism. All interested persons or groups are urged to attend -thefirst session of the class since -insufficient enrollment at the first meeting may cause tne. class to De cancelled. MEDFORD I 'ill Iff?: y"X tt FJM fa lS -1" '" if - - L r r JSm f ARRESTED Three division , chairmen of the United Medford Crusade Were "arrest ed" last week, charged by District Attorney Thomas Reeder (right), and released on their own recognizance. Police Captain Clyde Fichtner, in rear, is shown after he handcuffed Division Chairman Jim Rag- HAND MADE The leather purses being, displayed above by Mrs. Alto Pruitt of Mann's department store, Medford, are the work of handicapped veterans ' of Camp White. Mann's recently put in a stock of the purses, as well as other smaller hand-tooled leather articles, made by veterans. Accord ing to Mrs. Pruitt, the leather articles are proving very popular because of good con flndustrials fierce Market New York -(UPD- Industrial stocks zoomed into uncharted territory, in the stratosphere during the week on active volume that taxed the high speed, electric stock exchange tickers. Utilities reached their best level for more than 28 years but rails closed the week a small fraction under their high for more than a year made on Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed the weeK at 543.36, up 9.63 points from the previous week and the best gain since the week end ing July 25. The figure was up more than 100 points from the 1957 close. It was the eighth successive weekly gain dating back to Aug. 15 The railroad average closed at 147.36 up 1.65 points; util ity, 82.18, up 1.46, and a new high since Sept. 23, 1930; and the 65 stocks in the three av erages, 187.56, up 3.06 points. Utilities Make Gains Trading zoomed to 4,610,- 000 shares in the Friday "ses sion, the best since a,inu,uuu shares turned over on Dec. 31, 1957. Sales for the week totaled 19,104,940 shares, a daily av erage; of 3,820,988 shares. These figures compared with 19,227,870 shares for the pre vious week, a daily average of 3,845,574 shares. So far this year sales have reached 532,171,966 shares, best since 1933. If the current pace continues the year's to tal will reach the best level since 1930, the third best year in stock exchange history from a sales standpoint. ' Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport 'Stratos The market advanced every session but one for indust rials and rails. Utilities made it five gains in a row and that type of buying is anything but inflation hedging since Grange News... Roxy Ann Grange Mir. and Mrs. Melvin Lattie from Phoenix Grange were guests at the regular meeting of Roxy Ann Grange Oct. 3. Lattie spoke of high price paid for cattle, which is dis turbing and not healthyfor agriculture. Mrs. Lattie an nounced Pomona will meet at Live Oak Grange, Oct. 25. There will be election of offi cers at that time. . ' Mrs. Carl . Quackenbush, Home Economics chairmaH, reported HEC met at the home of Mrs. Alva Sims with Mrs. Orie Moore, co-hostess. There were 25 members pres ent. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Carl Quackenbush, Oct. 15, with Mrs. Marvin Garrett as co- hostess. . ' . Charles Whitcher, agricul tural chairman, reported 1,000 feeder calves sold for 35 cents in Ontario, which is higher than Portland market, also hogs slipping and lambs high er. Turkeys will be lower this fall. ' Roscoe Roberts, insurance agent for the northwest dis trict, reported they have a new building in Seattle, with new electronic equipment. He also reported farmer not able to maintain the average fam ily farm any more, something will have to be done, as the farmer is receiving less and the consumer is paying more. Master Sims read a resolu tion to help promote the Ore gon Centennial. Mrs. Bruce Moffatt, lectur er, had a program on Pomona. A tableau of fall fruits and vegetables. Mrs. Paul Dalton read an essay on Pomano, a contest on flower arranging won by Orie Moore and Mel vin Lattie. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Bruce Moffatt, Mrs. Paul Dalton and Mrs. Wilmia VanGordon. land, Fred Robinson and Ray Mencke. Charges concerned collecting small amounts in the Crusade campaign. They will be "sentenced" at Monday's noon luncheon re port of the UMC in Medford YMCA. ' -(Kenn Knackstedt Photo) struction and the beautiful hand - tooled designs. Prices range from 65 cents for small coin purses to $35 for the most elabor ately decorated hand bags. Other items in clude men's wallets and key cases. The men also do custom leather work. Orders can be placed by contacting Frank Glqnning, chief of special services, Veteran's - Administra tion domicilary, Camp White. here' utility rates are fixed. Throughout the market the impetus for the rise was a press of investment demand. There are said to be bar rels of money seeking em ployment in stocks. Bonds have been in temporary dis repute since the Federal Re serve has been tightening up money rates and since a long list of speculators lost their shirts in government bonds. Metal Prices Firm This week's industrial sta tistics made joyful reading for the bulls. Steel operations set a new high for the year for the fourth week in a row. Nearly everything else moved higher with predic tions that the gross national product would be running at a record annual rate before the end of the fourth quarter. The Friday session got a lift when Washington reported a better than seasonal rise in factory employment and a better than seasonal decline in unemployment. Automobile production has lagged behind the procession but this was caused entirely by a rash of strikes through out the industry. Sales of appliances perked up a bit. Aluminum produc tion was stepped up and prices firmed for copper, lead, and zinc. ; . Added to this was an im provement in what is regard ed as a barometer of industry -the paper board industry. .Retail. trade rose and mer chants stepped up their buy: ing in the wholesale markets. The overall gain for the market amounted to about five billion dollars. All the groups joined in with rails the poorest performers. Autos rose except Ford which lost a fraction. Ameri can Motors gained 2 and Chrysler and General Motors more than a point 'each. - HATTERAS SENTINEL Cape Hatteras, N. C. -DPD The famed Hatteras light house, standing vsentinel at the "graveyard of the Atlan tic," was first built in 1794 but was damaged by shells of the Federal fleet in 1861. Its ruins still stand but a 208 foot lighthouse at the site is regarded as the most famous of America's lighthouses. Federal Inspection Set for NG Units Headquarters and head quarters company, Medford National Guard units, will be inspected by Sixth Army In spector Lt. Col. B. G. Ansel Nov. 3, Capt. S. J. Fagone, Robert Thornton Accuses Norblad Of Advance Tip Salem (UPD Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton, the Democratic candidate for Congress, yesterday renewed his charges against Rep. Wal ter Norblad's recent speeches concerning' the X-15 manned space ship. Thornton was critical of Norblad as a member of Con gress for last month "disclos ing advance Pentagon infor mation" concerning the new military weapon. . , Thornton said that a story Thursday night from North American Aviation company officially announced the plane is to be unveiled next week. "But Mr, Norblad told us that in advance last month," he charged. "And he disclosed that this plane will be fully operational and launched aft er the first of this year, prob ably in February, and gave a Pentagon briefing as his source of information. "But now the company making the plane announces that the first actual flight of the craft is expected some time late next year or early 1960," Thornton continued. It appears to me that the Defense Department is now attempting to counteract the effects of a possible propa ganda backfire, if Norblad's official-sounding predictions, which were immediately pub licized, fail to come off as he said they would." JACKSONVILLE Candidates Are Listed By BETTE HOSKINS Jacksonville-City Recorder Mrs. Jean Hewlett reported that all petitions for candi dates for city offices have been filed. Officers will be elected in the Nov. 4 general election. E. O. (Curley) Graham and J. O. Morgan are candidates for mayor. Candidates for the three council positions are in cumbents Arthur Davies and Everett Ravenor, Frances Gui- dry, Harvey Parrott and John Caird. Present mayor , is John F. Keaveny, who is retiring. Clair Ewart announced last week that he has traded the Jacksonville cold storage plant for a ranch near Ash land. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hein, who owned the ranch, will take over the cold stor age plant here Oct. 20. Ewart will assist them for a week or so. The Hein's will soon be residents here and have pur chased the Robert J. Morton home. They have a daughter who is a high school fresh man. Ewart reports that 15 deer were brought into the plant by local hunters the first week of hunting. Ted Goettling left by air last Sunday for Bowdle, S. D., because of the death of his father; G. Goettling. John R. Jones plans to leave Monday for Portland where he will spend some time in the Veterans hospital there. Mrs. Jones will contin ue to run the Pet Shop. Last week she moved to the new location, the former Arnold Feed store on California st. She is planning a removal sale of all puppies except poodles this week. As well as pets and supplies,- the shop will carry stock feed, hay and seeds. Mrs. Jones said she is planning to start a wood yard at the old pet shop location across the street. Mrs. Jones also reported that last Sunday's excitement over the escaped monkeys has subsided and the three cul prits, all expectant mothers, are back in their cages. A large maple tree .in back of the shop will henceforth be known, by all the children in the neighborhood, as "the monkey tree" as it was the favorite hideout of the three escapees. Walt McGuire of the Jack sonville Myrtlewood shop re- BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and) Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 commanding officer, has an nounced. Dates for drills during the rest of the year also have been announced. They include two eight-hour drills on Oct 26 and Nov. 2, Captain Fagone said. , Other drills will be held at the Armory and will all be two hours each. They will be Oct. 20 and 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 11, Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, and Dec. 15. Captain Fagone pointed out they are tentative drill dates. ' Last year ' headquarters, company received an excel lent rating during the federal inspection. Dates for Drills Captain Fagone said the dates for drills have been scheduled to conform with monies appropriated for the remainder of the 1958-59 fis cal year. The. government al lows eight Sunday, or eight 8-hour drills during the fiscal year. There have been three 8-hour drills since July 1, and the other five will be scatter ed out throughout the rest of the year, he said. The strength of the unit at present, he said, is 71 enlisted men and three officers. New enlistments for the month of September were Fred Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker; John Smeltz, son of O. H. Smeltz, both of Med ford; Pvts. Loyld Miles, Cur tis Mason, Robert Sevick, Darrel Greb, Don Mekvold have reported to Ft. Ord, Calif., for six months basic training. The authorized strength of the unit is 81 enlisted men and 11 officers, Captian Fa gone said. The unit can take 10 more enlistments to fill vacancies now available in the unit. WON'T BE LONG Vancouver, B.C. -(UPD- The first major snowstorm of the season struck the British Columbia-interior Friday. ported a busy summer season, with a surprising number of visitors from all over the world taking home Oregon myrtlewood souvenir- ron his shop. . Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Cren shaw of Lebanon, Ore., were last week end visitors at the home of Mrs. Crenshaw's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stev ens. Mrs. Earl Stevens celebrat ed her birthday Monday with family and friends. Mrs. Tom Neeley and her son, Ronnie, were birthday visitors from Medford.. Mr. and Mrs.1 Edwin "Wall became grandparents to a new grandson Sept. 29. The baby was born to Walls son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Airs L. L. Wall, of Medford. A turnout of more than 100 people attended the first Parent-Teachers association meet ing last Wednesday at the school, "with about 100 per cent of them joining the PTA. Teachers and sthool board members, were introduced, with a Girl Scout troop pre senting the flag. Coach Deal ous Cox gave a talk on the safety features of the new football uniforms. Refresh ments were served. Residents were reminded that each month the Wednesday PTA meeting is held is also visiting day at school, while classes are in session. Anyone is wel come to visit. Washington - (UPD - For the first time in this century we are growing timber faster in the U. S. than we are remov ing it from forests, according to John B. Veach, president of American Forest Products In dustries. The AFPI is sponsor ing a "Busy Acres" program to assist farmers in putting their idle lands to work grow ing trees to accelerate . tree growth in the nation. Men and women hear again with twtliing in either ear through thrilling Sonotone research discovery. Only YOU will know your E-Zone secret of transistor hearing aid completely concealed in stylish glasses. Yet you use both ears (just as normal per- E-Zon: Everything worn at EYE-EAR nothing worn onywher else. C. R. ADAMSON, Manager. Omaha Youth Admits Killing, ; Burying Parents Omaha, Neb.-OIPD-The bod ies of a middle-aged Omaha couple were uncovered yes terday in their back yard flower garden where their 16-year-old son admitted burying them after killing them Sept. 27. The victims were identified as Mr. and Mrs. William Arn old. Held for their murders was Leslie Arnold, 16, a junior student at Omaha's Central High school. Police said young Arnold admitted the shooting first of his mother and then of his father with a .32-caliber pistol during an argument over the use of the newer of the fam ily's two cars. . . Neighbors said that Leslie and his parents had "alwavs been fighting" over the autos and over the boy s girl friends. The Arnold's only other child, a 13-year-old son, was ushering at a rodeo the night his parents were killed. When he returned home, he said Leslie told him their mother and father had gone visiting. Sen. Morse'Links Mark Hatfield With Power Head Albany, Ore. - (UPD - Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) Fri day linked Republican guber natorial aendidate Mark Hat field with Paul McKee, chair man of the board of Pacific Power & Light company, and said they would like to create the impression there . is no power issue in Oregon. Morse,- in a speech prepared for delivery at Albany parish hall, said McKee was "one of the chief backers of Hatfield in the race for governor." . He said that "McKee and Hatfield would certainly like to create this false impression m this campaign. However, tne power issue is still one of the two or three most vital issues from the standpoint of future economy of our state." - Morse said the time has come "to smoke Hatfield out on the power issue." He charged that the "reac tionary monopolistic power policies of McKee for the last 20 years have stifled maxi mum industrial growth : in Oregon," :.' 5 ' WE GIVE 'j S&H GREEN STAMPS ;'. The Paint Most Used by Satisfied More FRAKE & SMITH 315 EAST MAIN Artists' Supplies Custom Picture ranting sons listen) to enjoy latest hearing revolu tion recommended by doctors. Based on Sonotone bone-conduction invention, by passing outer ears. COME IN, PHONE OR WRITE leval, .SONOTONE, 839 East Bidding Invited r On Civil Projects Portland - (UPD Colonel Allen Clark, division Army engineer, annonnced Friday that contracts bids by the four districts of the North Pacific division of the Corps will be invited on civil works esti mated to cost about 70 mil lion dollars before the end of the current fiscal year, June 30, 1959. Clark said bid calls would be issued by the Portland, Walla Walla. Seattle and Alaska districts on 54 major civil works projects costing $100,000 or more each, and in volving an exDenditure of more than 35 million dollars between now and the end of the fiscal year. ' Officers Elected for Parents' Organization Mrs. C. S. Whiteman ha been elected president of a group of parents who hav taken steps to Drovide . ore- school education and training for mentally-retarded chil dren. Other officers elected are Mrs. W. S. Scalberg, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. W. L. 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