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Circus Group Seeking To Prove Public Really Wants Return of Big Top Sarasota, Fla. (CPU Two years ago in Pittsburgh, rou stabouts of the Ringling Bros., Earnum & Baily Circus struck the "Big Top" for what the management said was the last time. There just wasn't enough profit in staging the tradition al tent shows, executives said. From then on, the circus would be held only in base ball parks and closed arenas. But will it? Minority stockholders in the circus have begun a cam paign to put "the Greatest Show on Earth" back under canvas, reinstate the side shows on sawdust, bring back the smells of the outdoor menagerie, the barkers and tha parades. Longtime Critics The movement Is being led by Mrs. Hester Ringling San ford of Sarasota, the circus' winter quarters. Mrs. Sanford and her son, Stuart Lancaster, are longtime critics of the cir cus management, headed by John Ringling North. The circus, maintain Mrs. Sanford and Lancaster, can be operated profitably under the Big Top. To convince circus manage ment that the public really wants a return of the Big Top, Mrs. Ringling has formed the "49'ers," minority stockhold ers who own 49 per cent of Ringling stock. They have or ganized a national campaign to sample public sentiment on their belief that the "Greatest Show" should be given anoth er chance under canvas. In recent weeks, more than 500 letters have been re ceived. Every one of them has been in favor (returning the circus to its old format. Response Gratifying Lancaster called the re sponse gratifying and said, "We plan to form a national organization called The Ring ling 49'ers and we definitely will crusade all over the United States in an effort to return the circus to its right ful owner, the American pub lic." Those interested, he said, should write him at P.O. box 11001, St. Petersburg, Fla. A typical letter came from Harry F. Kiff of Antigo, Wis. "I go back to the old parades," he wrote, "the color and ex citement of the Bog Top, the barkers, sideshows, not to for get the colored cotton candy. "I would go to the circus grounds early, stay late and all the time I was on a magic cloud dreaming of some day owning an elephant and then when I'd see a giraffe, I'd soon forget the elephant . , "Every boy in America de serves the right to walk on my cloud." Governor Proclaims Nov. 1 1 Veferans Day Salem (UPD Gov. Robert D. Holmes today proclaimed Nov. 11 as Veterans Day in Oregon and urged all citizens to join in ceremonies honor ing those "who served in the cause of freedom at home and on the battlefields of the world." .The governor appointed State Rep. Norman Howard, Portland, as state chairman of the Veterans Day observance. HILTS Deer Prizes Awarded By MRS. M. F. CAVIN Hilts-The Hilts Store and State Line Service, owned by Gino and Remo Trinca open ed the deer season Sept. 20 by giving- prizes for the larg est deer, the biggest spread of horns and the smallest deer brought in that day. A 85 merchandise order was won by Dr. Kenneth At wood, a dentist of Yreka for bringing in the buck with the largest spread of horns and a box of shells for the largest buck. Carl Yates, also of Yreka, brought in the smallest deer and was awarded five pounds of steaks. Is That So? By OLGA BURNS Maybe the recently report ed use of mink skin to tie up packages for the limousine trade of swanky shops indi cates a fur fashion change favorable to mink if not to trappers. But I don't think so. Though back in the 1880's of grand mothers' day, most women turned up their noses at mink, the fur has been so admired for the past 30 years and still is-that if the little fellow hadn't been fairly easy to do mesticate, he would probably be very close to extinct. In fact, despite game laws, the chief reason he is still found on our streams is because of the success of mink ranchers. This comes to mind because of the report of a friend who recently saw a mink, near the crest of a ridge, well over a mile from water. Why was he way up there? The probable explanation is that the mink wasn't hiding out in anticipation of the open .season but was merely cross ing the ridge to find a home along another water course. By September or October, the annual mink crop is four or five months old, nearly full grown and quite able to launch out for themselves. If they grew up on a stream where there, was already a substantial mink population, many of them would have to hunt new territory. One way . they do it is to- strike off over the hills to a stream where the mink population is low. On the way, the young mink has to be wary of foxes and even big hawks and owls. Though he is a terrific fight er, as one would expect from a nearly 100 per cent nonvege- tarian, they can occasionally master him. But once he gets to suitable water he is safe. Wonderful Hunter He is a wonderful hunter arid fisher. He can swim fast enough to catch the muskrat. And his combination of speed and cleverness enables him to capture trout and even the fast -darting pickerel. As for birds, sometimes they swim up beneath a duck and drag it down. In which case one may soon see the mink slith ering along the bank, carrying the duck home in his mouth. Actually the mink is quite a homebody. His residence may be a burrow in the bank, a hollow tree or a cave in the rocks. Wherever it is, he takes much of his prey home. In the wild state this does not seem to result in any harm for the creature or his family when the youngsters arrive in late April or early May. In mink ranches, however, bits of food left to decay in the nest area present a health problem, and so ranchers try to underfeed their herds rather than over feed them. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life na ture adventure, the best na ture observation, or the best question on nature and wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new sub missions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, San Francisco, Calif. BUSINESS END This is the "terminal vehicle" of the U.S. Air Force's lunar probe Pioneer, the three-stage rocket successfully fired from Cape Canaveral with its in tended target the moon. This instrument cmponent, shown some time prior to the fir ing of the rocket, carries devices for measuring the magnetic fields of the earth and the moon. GOLD HILL Student Officers Named Gold Hill The election of student body officers and stu dent council representatives was held recently at the Han by school. Student body officers for the year 1958-59 are Gordon Barry, president; Tommy Da vis, vice president; Carol White, treasurer; and Marion Payne, secretary. Elected as student council representatives were Greg Beman and Ronda Rosecrans for Mrs. Ida Von Buskirk's fifth grade room; David White and Shirley Kell for Claude Morgan's fifth grade; Kirby Koopman and Carolyn Bird- song, Allen Hill's sixth grade dred Black's sixth grade class were Sharon Wright and Billy Smith. Representatives from Dean Robert's seventh grade room are Barbara Shatz and Robert Turner; and Gary Gid ney and Jenny Lou Thompson from Rusell Carr's eighth grade class. Mrs. Shirley Anderson has announced that the seventh and eighth grades homemak- ing class will sell Christmas cards for which they will re ceive a silver tea and coffee service for the school. The girls will have 120 boxes to sell in about one week. Mrs. H. G. W i 1 s o n, Med ford, is convalescing at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Gail, following an acci dent in which she received a broken shoulder. Mrs. Gail said that her mother may have visitors. ' Lakeview. Others in the same hunting party were Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Martin, and Dr. J. Boe all of Grants Pass, and Mr. and Mrs. George Evans and sons, Gary, Larry and Stevie, all of Central Point. Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Evans, daughters of the George Smiths, are the former Geneva and Marjorie Smith. Three in the group got a deer. For Mrs. Martin, the trip was both exciting and unfor tunate. She had the expe rience of killing her first deer, but was injured when she was run over by their trailer, when her feet slipped while she was be hostess at her home on Sec ond ave., Gold Hill, for a meeting of the Past Noble Grand's club, Thursday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. Crater High school PTA will meet Monday evening, Oct. 27, at 8 o'clock at Crater High school in Central Point. Melvin Burnett, Upper Riv er rd., will be instructor for an adult farm motors class be ginning Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Crater High school. It will be the first of the series of les sons on maintenance of farm motors. room. Elected from Mrs. Mil-' assisting others to push their stalled auto. Ralph Hixson Is teaching a class of elementary electricity to Explorer Scouts Wednes day evening each week. Boys who are 14 years old and in high school may attend. The Explorers recently vis ited the weather station at the airport in Medford, where Bob Church conducted a tour. They also visited the television sta tion, and have studied differ ent vocational material dur ing the past weeks. The boys are now learning to construct small electric motors. Marvin Thorne will soon in troduce the -boys into the Study of electronics. Bill Force was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital Monday morning, Oct. 6, where he was a patient several days. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith returned to their home on Sar dine creek early last week aft er a three-day hunting trip in Patton Meadows area near Several young people from Gold Hill who are freshmen at Crater High school and members of the Crater High band, participated in colorful activities held during the half time last Friday night at the Medf ord-Crater football game They are Kenneth White, trumpet, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel .White; Delmar Smith, clarinet, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Smith; Ronnie and Miss Vervia Beeman, sax and drums, respectively, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al Beeman; and Albert (Butch) Harrison, sax, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harrison The students all were mem bers of the advanced Hanby school band for several years where they received their ba sic band instruction from Charles Cook. The students were among over 400 taking part in the half time entertainment with the combined bands of Crater High school, Medford high school, and Hedrick and Mc- Loughlin Junior High school bands. Other freshmen stu dents from Gold Hill taking part in the aotivities were Terry Payne and Miss Linda Ramsey who were in the square dancing portion of the program, which was themed in conjunction with the Ore gon Centenial. Norman Car- athers, Crater High band teacher, directed the band made up of the four schools that evening. Charles Johnson, Crater sophomore, was on the varsity team. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Johnson, Fifth ave., Gold Hill. idki' m Hatfield May Sound Republican He May Act Republican He Gets His Campaign Money from Republicans But Don V Be Deceived Ele RGMLLY DS so . luTl U-3 BTM E 4 I 1 Mm o)fi r jDhL This Timely Warning published by: Republicans for Holmes Committee Pd. Pol. Adv. Jackson Co. Democratic Central Committee, James Redden, Chrmn. The American Flag, which was presented to the Hanby school by the 1958 eighth grade graduating class last spring is now flying its colors from a new flag pole con structed of steel by Darrel Hendrickson and Joe Morgan. Amethyst Rebekah Friend ship club will meet in the home of Mrs. Clyde Kell on Fourth ave., Gold Hill, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. Mrs. Jerry Her rington will assist Mrs. Kell as cohostess. Mrs. George Dorman will Portland Gasoline Pumps Condemned Salem - (UPD -Portland mo torists may raise a few eye brows when they read that about 10 per cent of the 3000 gasoline pumps in the city were condemned for repairs after recent testing by the State Department of Agricul ture. However, Walter B. Steele, deputy state sealer, pointed out that most of the condemn ed pumps were delivering "long" measure. Four inspectors have been checking pumps in the area since July. After repair, the condemned pumps are re-tested by the department before they can receive an official seal of approval. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO MINING CLAIMANTS For Claims Located Prior to July 23, 195S, In Jackson ana J0e phine Counties, Oregon Proceeding No. USFS 59-5 Pursuant to section 5 of the act of July 23, 1955 (69 Stat. 367) no tice is nereoy given tnat: 1. un Marcn 11, imsb, a proper request for publication was xnea bv the Chief. Forest Service. De partment of Agriculture, whose ad dress is Washington 25. D.C., in the Portland Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, in accordance with the act of July 23, 1955. supra, and the regulations thereunder con tained in Title 43 i;oae oi jeeaerai Regulations. Part 185.120 et sea. 2. This notice affects all mineral locators or any persons claiming under them a mining claim or claims located on public lands with in the itogue Hiver National for est, in Jackson and Josephine Counties, State of Oregon, oescrioea as follows, to-wit: The Applegate "A" Area, -SR-10-1, includes all lands owned by the United States which are within the following description: Willamette Meridian T 40 S. ft 2 W: Sec. 36 S'iSW1,!. SW', SE'i. T 40 S, R 3 W: Sees. 2, 3, 4, 5. 7 8, 9. 10 W',4, 11, 14, 17. IS. 19. 23. and 30. T 40 S. R 4 W: Sec. 25. T 41 S. K 2 W: Sees. 2. 3, 4 SEH, 8 SEV4. 9 N,i. N,i SW'i. SEii: 10 N'i: 11: Fractional Sees. 16 Wi. 17 E'Si, and that part of Fractional Sections 13, 14 E'i. and Sections 1, 12, within the bound aries of the Rogue River National Forest. T 41 S. R 4 W: Sec. 5 N,i SW4. SWVSW"4, NVaSE'i. SE SEi: Sec. 7: Sec. 11 NE'i. E'i NW',i, S'i; Fractional Section 15. T 41 S, R 5 W: Sees. 1 SE'i, 11 E'i. 12. and Fractional Section 13. 3. If any person claiming or as serting under, or oy virtue oi. any unpatented mining claim located prior to July 23, 1955. any right or interest in the vegetative surface resources and other surface re sources as to the above-described lands or any part thereof, shall fail to file in the Land Office of the Bureau of Land Management at 809 N E. Sixth Avenue. Portland 12, Oregon, and within 150 days from the below-stated date of first pub lication of this Notice, a verified statement properly notarized which shall set forth as to such mining claim: (1) the date of location; (2) the book and page of rec ordation of the notice or certifi cate of location; (3) the section or sections of the public land surveys which embrace such mining claim; or if such lands are unsurveyed either .the section or sections which would probably embrace such mining claim when the pub lic land surveys are extended to such lands or a tie by courses and distances to an approved United States mineral monu ment; (4) whether such claimant is a locator or purchaser under such location; and (5) the nam and address of such claimant and names and addresses so far as known to the claimant of any other person or persons claiming any interest or interests in or under such un patented mining claim; such failure shall be conclusively deemed (i) to constitute a waiver and relinquishment of such mining claimant of any right, title, or in terest under such mining claim con- traty to or in conflict with the limitations or restrictions specified in section 4 of the Act of July 23, 1955 (69 Stat. 367), as to unpat ented claims located after that date, and (iit to constitute a consent by such mining claimant that such un patented mining claim shall be sub ject to said limitations and restric tions, ana (ml to preciuae xnere after, prior to issuance of patent. any assertion Dy sucn mining claimant of any right or title to or interest in or under such min ing claim contrary to or in con flict with said limitations or re strictions. Section 4 provides, gen erally, that unpatented mining claims located after July 23, 1955, shall not be used for purposes other than mining or uses reason- bly incident thereto: that such claims will be subject to the right of the United states to manage and dispose of the vegetative surface resources thereof and to manage other surface resources thereof; and that, except to the extent re quired for mining operations and uses reasonably incident thereto or to provide clearance for such op erations or uses, claimants of such shall not use or dispose of vegeta tive or other resources thereof; and that, except for clearance for such purposes, any permitted severance or removal must be in accordance with sound principles of forest management. verified statements should refer to the proceeding number cited at the beginning of this notice to fa cilitate identification. The date of first publication of this notice shall be Sept. 24, 1958. Dated Sept. 4. 1958. Virgil Q. Seiser Manager, Portland Land Office Bureau of Land Management Department of the Interior 809 N. E. 6th Avenue Portland 12. Oregon First Publication Sept. 24, 1958 Industry Production Up in September Washington -(UPD The Fed eral Reserve Board has re ported that industrial produc tion scored its fifth consecu tive monthly rise in Septem But the advance was smal ler than in the preceding month and was centered en tirely in non-durable goods and minerals. The -board's index of fac tory and mine output, based on a 1947-49 average of 100, stood at 137, an increase of one pint from the August fig ure. The August figure, how ever, was revised downward to 136 after being reported last month at 137. The board's summary Of business conditions noted that construction activitiy and per sonal income both have pick ed up last month while retail sales dipped somewhat. FOOD INDUSTRY INQUIRY Washington- (UPD The Fed eral Trade commission has begun a broad, investigation of competitive methods and practices in the food industry. The FTC said it had received complaints of concentration of economic power, collusive price action and unfair com petitive methods in food dis A family dinner on the eve ning of Oct. 1 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Van de Weghe and children honored the birthday of Mr. Van de Weghe. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stickney of Med ford and Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Stickney and daughters, Renee and Piper, of Millbrae, Calif. Visitors recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Italo Marin and family were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Booth and children of Central Point. Booth is a brother of Mrs. Marin. Other guests at the Italo Marin home have been Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wealand of Upland, Calif., and Mrs. Mar garet Burgess of Pomona, Calif. The Wealand's camped at Beaver creek during their stay in Siskiyou county where they went hunting during the first two weeks of the season. They are Mrs. Marin's uncle and aunt. Her cousin, Jack Wealand, also of Upland, ar rived a few days later and has remained for a longer stay and also plans to do some hunting in the nearby mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burns and daughter, Cathy, made a business trip to Riverside last week. . They returned home on Monday. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, 0r., Wednesday, October IS, 195S 3 A to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lindner and to help celebrate the birthday of Jake Lindner, their son-in-law. Other . din ner guests on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Phil Grogins and son, Bobby, of Mt. Shasta and the Lindner's daughter, Lynda, who is a student at Chico State college. Mrs. William Anderson and children of Central Point were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Ma rin and family. Miss Vicki Dowell of Yreka was a week end guest of Miss Donna Green. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Thomp son on Sunday were Mrs. George Potucek and daugh ter Cheryl, Mrs. Pearl Marin and Donna Marin all of Med ford; and Harry Marin of Eu gene. They brought the Thompson's daughter, Mari lyn, home who had been their week end guest. home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson and son, .Bobby, were Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gib son and children. Patsy and Jimmie, whose home is on the Dead Indian rd. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burns and daughter left last week for Riverside, where they will spend the winter. This correspondent wishes to correct an error made in a recent item. Mrs. Peggy Jeter of Hornbroow is teacher of the fifth and sixth grades and not Mrs. Fenton as pre viously stated. : Mrs. Jean Robinson of Ash land was guest of honor at a birthday dinner on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Bernhiesel. Other guests were Mrs. Robinson's chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodwin and daughters, and Norman Bernheisel. Mrs. Rob inson is Norman's fiance. 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