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8 MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Ore., Wednesday, November 5, 1958 Grange News Upper Rogue- Grange Upper Rogue Grange will hold a meeting Thursday eve ning. Nov. 6. Annual election of officers for the ensuing rear will be held and final plans will be formulated for the Country Fair which the Grange will present Saturday, Nov. 22. A visitation by Josephine County Grangers is also ex pected. All members are urged to attend. S P E (5 D ft L Pre-Christmas Reduction! SAMSONFTE STREAMLITE TRAIN CASE Reg. $17.95 plus tax Special tax In Hawaiian blue, London grey, crystal green, saddle tan or natural rawhide. Your choice while supply lasts. LAY-AWAYS INVITED! COMPLETE SETS AVAILABLE! GREEN STAMPS Luggage Repairs Luggage Covers o o s for all your luggage needs 314 East Main Phone SP 2-4422 a CM. JOHN M. HELFRICH Named Manager Helfrich Named Commercial Head John M. Helfrich of Port land has been named Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company's southern Oregon district commercial manager, according to J. H. Creager, Medford manager. Helfrich, who now is per sonnel supervisor in the Ore gon area headquarters, suc ceeds the late R. B. Bacon. Helfrich started his tele phone career in Portland in 1946 as a telephone represen tative after serving with the Navy in World War II. He became an assistant manager, an exchange manager and a sales supervisor later. He will supervise the com pany's commercial operations throughout southern Oregon, and will have his office in Eugene. "Creager said Helfrich su pervised crews in southern Oregon for change over to the dial system in Central Point and the Phoenix-Talent area. Interest In Vitamin E for Leg Muscle Spasms ( C L2c 4 Mini A ago a r By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York-dlPD-Medical sci ence may be in the process of reversing itself on the use of vitamin E in treating spasms in the surface blood vessels of peo ple's legs. j e years medical i ? scientist zouna this obscure j.Jvitamin re- Deio Smiia heved those spasms in a number of vic tims. This caused a medical stir because those spasms cause a painful lameness and can lead to such blood star vation in the legs they have to be amputated to avoid gangrene. Other scientists tried out vitamin E in other victims. Some couldn't verify the hoper ful results; others verified them only in part. Medical in terest slipped. But now it has been revived with a bang. Re sults of a "blind test" strong ly indicate the vitamin can end those spasms. Half Get Blanks The test was made by Drs. Peter D. Livingstone and Clif ford Jones in 40 men who had had the spasms for years and some of whom were in a "bad way in their legs as the result. Twenty of the 40 got heavy daily doses for 40 weeks. The other 20 got pills which looked exactly like the vitamin pills but were chemi cally blank. OPEN MONDAYS 'TIL 9:00 P.M. 4tk SHOP HOW.. CHRISTMAS Paper Box of 3 big rolls, assorted Christmas wrapping pdper. Regular $1.00 Value Our Price USE OUR LAY-A-VAY de signs, 77 i Ladies Slippers Ladies' capeskin vinyl leather soft sole slipper with natural shearling collar and full fleece lining. Colors red and royal blue. Pair 1 88 BOXED Christmas Cards Big value assortment of 50 beautiful Christmas Cards with envelopes. Regular 98c Value Our Price 77 t Head Scarfs Ladies water repellent print scarfs in a large assortment of attractive print designs. Size 32 x 32 with hand rolled hems. Each 9 t . GIRLS' Car Coats Made of heavy washable sa teen with washable Quilted lining. 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While the experi ment was going on, every ef fort was made to spot the re sults, if any, as they appeared. But that's hard. The victim feels the spasm if he has his weight on his legs, but the re sult of an individual spasm is not detectable by the doctor. The doctor sees only the dam age continuing spasms do to blood vessels by breaking them down slowly. So the men were required to walk up two steep steps and then turn and - walk down them. This was done daily, and they kept walking until the laming pain appeared, in dicating spasm. In that way, there was an "objective" measurement of whether spasms decreased during the experimental period. Thirteen Improved During the experiment three men were lost from each set of 20 because they died or their illness became more crippling. Of the remaining 17 who got the vitamin, 13 con sidered they were improved and four noted no change in their condition. Of the 17 who took the chemical blank, two thought they were improved and 15 were sure they weren t . Livingstone and Jones thought heavy doses over a considerable period were needed if there was going to be an effect. What the E vita min has to do with the tone of blood vessels, science doesn't know-it is one of the many secrets of body chemis try science hopes to lay bare, with persistent striving, Multnomah Defeats 2 Money Measures Portland - (UPD - Money bills were defeated Tuesday in the Portland - Multnomah county area where voters have been hit by-recent property tax in creases. . A proposal for a new $7 million second bridge over the Willamette river went down to defeat by more than a f our- toone margin. A $139,555,000 bond issue tax levy for a 10-year capital improvement program in Portland also was soundly de feated. 0 Jr"- CHARGED Charles F. Wil lis Jr., former White House aide and assistant to Sher man Adams prior to 1955, has been charged by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D., N. Y.) with having offered him $50,000 if he would sup-. port the GOP ticket in the New York state election. .Willis, now president of Alaska Airlines, has denied the charge. Dexter Man Killed During Wind Storm La Grande - (UPD - A be lated report reaching state police here said Chester Mc- Cracken, 31, of Dexter, Ore., was killed Monday night dur ing the height of a hurricane like storm when a tree fell across a hunter's tent. Hospitalized with a possible broken back was McCracken's wife, Edna Carolyn, 26, She was in serious condition at Wallowa Memorial hospital at Enterprise. The accident oc curred near Gatchel Bridge, not far from Enterprise but the storm had wiped out all communication with the area except for a single emergency line which was used after noon . Tuesday to report the tragedy to police in La Grande. Police were also summoned to the same remote area to remove Lyle W. Straw, 52 of Salem, to a hospital. They said he was attempting to sig nal his hunting companions during the storm with a .22 caliber pistol. He apparently slipped in the mud and was accidentally shot in the right leg. Between ages 75 and 83 Commodore Vanderbilt add ed $100 million to his fortune, Yreka Convention Adopts Resolution Cave Junction - The con vention of the Western Min ing Council in Yreka, Calif., recently, adopted the resolu tion proposed by the Illinois Valley Chapter, WMC, Inc. The resolution embodies the recommendation that the gov ernment buy and stock pile all strategic minerals and buy gold at recognized world prices and place gold coins in circulation as legal tender. .my COUGH is GONE! About Yours? How For fast relief of coughs following colds or flu do as I did. Take Creomulsioa Cough Syrup at once. Creo mulsion stops the tickle, soothes irritation and helps you to breathe more freely. For quick cough comfort get GREOMULSION FOR COUGHS, CHEST COLDS, ACUTE BRONCHITIS 117 S. CENTRAL SP 3-7301 FREE PARKING IN REAR OF STORE Is That So? By OLGA 8URNS. If you ever see a hawk walking, look for a quail. The fact is hawks stalk them on foot when there is no other way of getting them. " Such incidents are more commonly seen in the bob- white "quail country that in cludes much of the land east of the Rockies. Hawks prefer, of course, to kill a quail on the wing. But the bobwhite is a fast flier for short distances, with speeds up to 40 miles an hour. He is also nimble in the air, and so with luck he some times makes it to a clump of bushes into which he dives. At that point, the hawk, like ly as not, will light on the ground nearby, study the sit uation briefly and then walk into the thicket. He. knows that the bobwhite, probably exhausted, trusts to his pow ers of camouflage and may lie still long enough for the hawk to reach him. The hawk has both good eyesight and a keen sense of smell. Because of the latter he will surely get the bob white if the little "bird lies still too long. Some of the bobwhites seem to realize this and make a break for it as the hawk draws near. If one does, his chances are excel lent. The reason is the quail is relatively faster on the ground than in the air, and the hawk, because of his size, ' The bobwhite's liking for the ground is so pronounced that he usually even roosts there. Since snakes, rats and many other predators are on a constant lookout for them one would think they would stay in the trees. However, bobwhites have worked out a techniqueHhat is effective for the majority though death for the individual. Form Into Circle It consists of this. When the hour for sleep comes, they form themselves into a circle in a comparatively open spot, tails toward the center, and breasts out. Thus, when an enemy attacks, only one or two are killed and all the others launch themselves safe ly into the air without dang er of bumping into each oth er in the critical moment of takeoff. Stranger still is the fact they usually nest on the ground. In that case, they ap parently rely solely on their powers of camouflage for pro tection. Off the ground, dang er from many predators would be eliminated, but on the ground there is danger from all. (Released by McCIure 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 nature 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 you many friendly letters. 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