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Jim Brown Selected Pro
Gridiron Player of Year
By EARL WRIGHT.
New York-fUPD-Jim Brown
of the Cleveland Browns, pos
sibly the most powerful run
ner in National Football
league history, today was
named the professional cir
cuit's "Player of the Year"
for 1958 in the annual United
Press Internationzl poll.
Brown, a 230-pounder who
runs through the line with
, a fullback's power and in the
BOWLING
LADY ELKS NO. 2 .
The Aston won the first
half of Lady Elks Bowling
league No. 2 which was new
ly organized this season. An
invitation has been issued for
Lady Elks who are interested
In bowling since more partici
pants have been needed for
both the Monday afternoon
and Tuesday night circuits.
LADY ELKS NO. t
standfast:
Astors ,
Antler
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Stags
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Karaite
Antlera 4 fThelmi Iasaea 472)
1292; Jolly 8-0 (Either Miller 325)
1127.
Phoneya S (Mabla Clark 363)
1428; HiLo 1 (Ted die Tarrar 439)
1359.
Pir'a 9 firm Schroeder 498)
1459: Cusain 3-1 (Melvlna Little
474 1 1386.
Astora 2 (Vivian Bate man 498
Dorothy Snedden 458) 1341; Vi Ma
Kil l 2 (trma wnney o-f woo.
Stn 3 Vivian Knox 499) 1236:
Terrible Trio X (Roaella Fhipps
S85) 1210. , .
High Game: 3v- Vivian Knox.
Split Conversions. oiny mum
ley, 4-5-7; Irene Schroe0 S-7-
LADT ELKS NO.
fctandinga:
Maudlin Mamaa .
Three Spare
Late Comera ,, .....
Wapiti
Waned oa
No. 8
Stumble Bun
Demi Lassies
W.
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Maudlin Mamaa 34 (3- Keealer
839) 1341; Demi-Laaaiea Vi (F.
Hogue 496) 1249. ,
Three Snares 3 (T. Bittle 394)
1054: Stumble Bum 1 (E. Straus
408) 1052.
Late Comera 3 (I Jantzer 429)
1199: No. 8 1 (L. Turner 394) 1036.
Wapiti 3 (B. Hazlett 509) 1232;
Wanedos 1 (W. Booth 383) 1198.
High games B. Hazlett 189.
Wanda Booth picked up a 5-10
split. ,
Standings:
Clave Const. Co.
Cove Motor
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23
ion ?6
Powder Puff Beauty Salon
Cove Variety 13
Vanderlip Logging Co. 13
Lady Lion .... 11
emits
Clave Const. 1 (Linda Zeeleston
809) 1773; Cove Variety 2 (Suzi
Chubb 217V 1223.
Cove Motors 3 (Joey Hume 245)
1218; Vanderlip Logging Co. 0
(France Huffman 200) 1124
Powder Puff Salon 0 (Delberta
Spain 267) 1093; Lady Lions 3
(Mary Ann Zlrod 208) 1384.
High Game: Linda Eceleaton, 171.
High Series: Zeeleston. 309.
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Standings:
Cubby's Drive In
Al Sodaro Agency .
Mail Tnoune
Morning Fresh Bread
Alex. Sc Brown Ins.
Bates Candy Co.
Quality Market
Meaiora faint store
Davis Transfer & Storage
Kim's Restaurant .
Patterson's Bakery
Clave Construction Co. .. ,
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6
7
7
8
9
11
11
11
12
.16
18
Kesnlts: .
Medford Paint 0 (Travis Mitchell
823) 2477; M F Bread 4 (Jim Farrar
642 ) 2681.
Batea Candy 0 (Charles MeWhor
ter 546) 2438; A&B 4 (Bob Champ
loin 515) 2-191.
Davis Trans. 4 (Herb Vallee 559)
2519; Clave Const. 0 (Vera Allen
520) 2396.
Cubby's J (Bill Howell 608) 3717;
Tribune 1 (Andy Anderson 579)
2647.,
Kim's 1 (Jim Knapp 563) 2578;
Sodaro Agcy. 3 (Jim Hennebeck
376) 2655.
Patterson's 3 (Herb Vessey, Jr.
536) 2466; Quality 2 (Ray Wise 562)
2518.
Oregon Staters
On South Trip
Corvallis (DPI) - Oregon
State's 12-man varsity basket
ball squad left today for a
two game series against
Southern California and
UCLA in Los Angeles Friday
and Saturday.
The Beavers, now 1-1 in
the PCC, play the league
leading Trojans Friday night
and the Bruins Saturday
night. Southern California is
now 2-0. . ' ... "
The Beavers were to ar
rive in Los Angeles in time
for an afternoon workout today.
BELL HAS SON
Corvallis -(BPD- Sam Bell,
Oregon State track coach, is
the father of a 7 pound
ounce boy born to his wife,
Fran, Wednesday. The Bells
have three daughters, aged 5,
3 and 2.
WEBFOOTS GRAPPLE
Eugene fflJPB Oregon's
wrestling team opens its 1959
season Friday night against
Washington at Seattle. The
Webfoots wrestle College of
'Puget Sound in Tacoma Satur
day afternoon.
COACH TO VISIT
Portland -DPD- Ben Martin,
coach of the unbeaten Air
Force football team, will visit
here Jan. 15 and 16 to attend
the two functions at the local
air base.
open with a halfback's speed,
set an all-time NFL rushing
record of 1,527 yards in 1959.
He led the league in scoring
with 108 points. His 18 touch
downs including scorings runs
of 65, 60, 59, 58, 52, 41 and
38 yards.
21 Votes
This performance against
football's smartest and tough
est defenses earned him 21
of the 29 votes cast by sports
writers who covered the cam
paign in the 11 league cities.
John Unitas, quarterback
for the champion Baltimore
Colts, was second in the vot
ing with five votes. Bobby
Layne, Pittsburgh S t e e 1 e r
quarterback, was third with
two. The other vote went to
Del Shofner, speedy offensive
end for the Los Angeles Rams
During the past season
Brown shattered the oldNFL
rushing mark of 1,146 yards
set by Steve Van Buren jf
the Philadelphia Eagles in
1949 by 391 yards.
Brown carried the ball 257
times in J958, averaging 127
yards per game and 5.9 per
carry. His 18 touchdowns tied
the season record set by Van
Buren in 1945.
Forest Service
Man Will Talk
To Waltonians
Howard G. Hopkins, Rogue
River National forest timber
management staff assistant,
will be speaker on Monday,
Jan. 12, at the meeting of the
Jackson County chapter of the
Izaak Walton league.
Hopkins, giving an illus
trated talk, will discuss the
importance of the forest to
Oregon, current management
and the future outlook.
The meeting will be at 8
pxtt. at Girls Community club
Fishing regulations will be
discussed by Waltonians with
a view toward making rec
ommendations to the Oregon
state game commission.
Matters include the opening
date of trout season in the
Rogue River and its; tributar
ies and the possibility of
changing from six to eight
inches the size of trout caught
from Rogue River that anglers
may legally keep. Limit in
the coast zone already is eight
inches. Aim is to protect
young steelhead trout which
migrate to the ocean when
they are-about 7Vi inches
long. -
Information from the Army
Engineers on the Rogue Ba
sin study will be available.
It will show the effects of
amendments of the Coordin
ation Act that were made in
to law by the last Congress.
The legislation has been pro
claimed the most important
for conservation in 25 years.
The public is invited to the
Monday meeting. There will
be refreshments.
Seas Subsiding
Along East Coast
By United Press International
Seas slowly subsided along
the Atlantic Seaboard today,
marking the expiring gasp of
a week-long weather on
slaught that flailed the nation
from coast to coast-
Mild seasonal weather re
placed the wintry extremes
that saw heavy rams along
the West Coast, sub-zero tem
peratures throughout the
Plains and Midwest, and an
icy gale off the New England
coast.
At the gale's peak at least
four ships had been disabled
in the Atlantic. But reports
from the Boston Coast Guard
today said the only vessel still
in trouble was the 110-foot
fishing trawler Lillian B., 140
miles off Cape Cod.
Across the border in Can
ada, hundreds of travelers
and families were stranded
by mammoth snows swept
into huge drifts by , freezing
winds. '
Weather blamed deaths, of
which at least 68 were caused
by fires, came to at least 96
in the past week.
Delegates Divided On Proposed Bill
Gearhart -flJPD- Delegates
to the 65th annual meeting
of the Oregon Dairymen's as
sociation today appeared di
vided on a proposed bill to
change the method of appoint
ing the state agriculture direc
tor. The bill, by Sen. Walter
Leth (R-Salem), would give
authority for appointment of
the agriculture director to the
State Board of Agriculture.
The governor now holds the
authority.
Also discussed at the open
ing meeting Wednesday was
a bill which would put meat
inspection under a veterinar
ian and separate it from the
animal industry division.
A bounty of $3 is paid for
a fox killed in New Jersey.
Waterborne Traffic
Falls to Low Point
Portland -UPD- Waterborne
traffic fell to its lowest point
in 20 years at Willamette Falls
locks during 1958.
But at the same time water
borne traffic through Bonne
ville and The Dalles dams
reached new highs.
Willamette Falls locks had
a total of 961,254 tons last
year, compared to 1,178,000
BOOK FOR SMUGGLERS
London-UPD-The Longmans
Publishing company printed
this notation next to the book
"Contraband Cargoes" on its
spring listing: "Of special ap
peal to smugglers."
tons in 1957.
The 1958 total for The
Dalles dam was 1,358,512
tons. Bonneville dam's total
was 1,750,528 tons last year.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, January 8, 139 11
GRADUATE MISSILEMEN
Huntsville, Ala. (DPD The
Army Ordnance Guided Mis
sile school at Redstone Arsenal
will graduate about 7,500 stu
dents this year, the school'an
nounced Wednesday.
Last year, 161 Americans
over 100 years of age were
receiving social security
checks.
Bayonne, N.J.-(tJPl)-A general-alarm
fire raged out of
control for almost four hours
Wednesday night in the heart
of the business district. Mere
than 150 firemen battled the
fire before it was brought un
der control and scores of resi
dents were forced to leave
their apartments. Six stores
were damaged and two fire
men injured. . . ,
Musser Elevated
To Commissioner
Salem-fllPD-V. Dean Musser,
43, was elevated to insurance
commissioner today by Gov.
elect Mark Hatfield. He has
been chief deputy insurance
commissioner for four years.
Musser succeeds Hugh
Earle who resigned orally
this week. .
He will take office Jan. 11.
Formerly, Musser was ath
letic coach in Idaho and a
graduate of Idaho State. He
had seven years experience
in the insurance business be
fore joining the State Insur
ance Department.
The insurance commission
er is also state fire marshal
by law.
"Dean Musser's famifiarity
with the department, its
budget, and the need to con'
tinue a sound program of reg
ulation and education in the
public interest have caused
me to choose a man who has
chosen government as a
career," Hatfield said.
Sears Employees
May Be Organized
San Francisco-flJPlHOfficials
of the Western Conference of
Teamsters will meet here next
Tuesday to formulate plans
tor organizing nonunion em
ployees of Sears Roebuck and
company stores.
The conference said those
attending will include Mur
ray W.. Miller, Dallas, inter
national vice president and
coordinator of the organizing
drive. -
Teamster President James
Hoffa has estimated that Sears
stores in 21 states and Canada
have a potential of 70,000 ad
ditional union members.
The fourth largest of the 48
states, New Mexico, has only
155 square miles of surface
water.
Experimentation
On Salmon Starts
Portland-fUPD-The' Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries said
Wednesday it was launching
a new phase of experimenta
tion in rearing salmon under
controlled but natural condi
tions. The bureau today is releas
ing 25,000 spring chinook fry
into the Happy Valley reser
voir north of Madras in the
Warm Springs Indian reser
vation. Later, it will dump an
equal number of silver sal
mon in the same waters.
A bureau biologist said the
purpose of the experiment is
to compare productivity re
sults under hatchery condi
tions with those in a natural
habitat.
The biologist said the proj
ect is the first fishery man
agement effort to rear salmon
under hatchery conditions
with no control over water
temperatures, flow or feeding.
Initial results are expected
in about a year, he said.
Morgan Named
Defendant in Suit
Salem-tCPD-West Coast Tele
phone company Wednesday
named Public Utility Commis
sioner Howard Morgan as. de
fendant in a Marion county
Circuit Court complaint at
tacking a Dee. 12 PUC order
which limited exchange-rate
increases to less than half the
figure requested by the utility.
West Coast said that the
$250,543 increase granted de
nied the company a reason
able return on its Oregon
investment.
The company said lack of
the full increase deprived it
of its property "without due
process of law, contrary to
the 14th amendment of the
constitution of the United
States." . (
The complaint said that 23
findings in Morgan's order
were not supported by evi
dence. Lengthy proceedings were
conducted on the rate hike at
North Bend, Milwaukie, La
Grande and Salem.
Escape Artist on
Most Wanted List
Portland (CPD Youthful
escape artist, David Lynn
Thurston, Portland, has been
placed on the FBI's list of
10 most wanted fugitives.
Thurston last April escaped
from the Multnomah county
courthouse while being escort
ed on a cham by police. He
used a homemade key to un
lock a handcuff.
The FBI said Thurston "may
be armed and should be con
sidered extremely dangerous."
Thurston was arrested last
February on a charge of par
ticipating in the armed rob
bery of a grocery in Portland
He is described as about 5
feet 8V2 inches tall weighing
135 to 145 pounds with brown
hair, hazel eyes and a fair
complexion. He has a IVi-inch
scar under his left eyebrow.
The FBI said he may be
working on a ranch in Idaho
or Montana. Thurston had ex
pressed such an intention be
fore his escape.
Cattle Rancher Named
To Soil Committee
Salem -(UP&- Merritt Parks,
Lake county cattle rancher,
was appointed to the State
Soil Conservation Committee
by Gov. Robert D. Holmes
Wednesday.
Parks, of Fort Rock, suc
ceeds Leroy Geinger, Chilo
quin, who resigned because of
the press of private business.
Also announced was the
appointment of Dr. S. E. Mc
Gough, partner in the Pen
dleton veterinary clinic, to
the State Board of Livestock
Auction Markets.
McGough succeeds Dr. R. L.
Lewis, Redmond.
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SHIRTS
REGULAR 5.00
3
19
SWEATER
SHIRTS
Including wools, orlona and
Banlow, many colors.
REGULAR TO 8.95
498
JACKETS
Dress Cruisers
Ona Group. Colors tan and
grey. Sizes 38 to 44.
REGULAR TO 19.95
1L-1 a t
Leisure
REGULAR TO 35.00
WOOL
SHIRTS
Many Colors & Styles
REGULAR TO 12.95
798
SPORT
SHIRTS
REGULAR TO 6.95
3
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Sport
Coats
On group all wool coats. Good
election of pattern and colors.
REGULAR TO 35.00
SALE
PRICE
19.88
REGULAR TO 39.50
PRICE 24.88
Top Coats
All wools, newest patterns and
colors.
. REGULAR TO 49.50
price 29.88
Our sale has been tremendous! BUT we are forced to reduce
our stock another $10,000 . . . all merchandise has' been re
grouped and prices reduced further to clear! The VALUES are
TERRIFIC!
TERMS OF THIS EVENT:
All Sales Cash
All Sales Final
No Refunds
No Exchanges .
Corduroys
Famous Brand A QQ
Regular 6.95 4.70
POLISHED COTTON
Flap Backs
3.98
Charcoal, black, tan, earaboul and grey.
REGULAR TO
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ROCK and ROLL
Coats
All Wool 4 4 HO
Reg. to 17.95 I iMQ
SUEDE
Sport Coats
ats in their field.
29.88
The finest coats in their field,
REGULAR
45.00
Robes
798
Washable wool blends, Terry, ate.
REGULAR TO
12.95
Hats
FAMOUS BRAND
REG. TO 12.95
8.98
Slacks
Regular to 21.95 Regular to 18.95 .
15.88 13.88
UDT
Kuppenheimer Clothes
FOR MEN - ONE OF THE NATION'S FINEST
REGULAR TO $100.00
SALE
PRICE
74
One group all wool flannels,
worsteds and tweeds
REGULAR TO 59.50
Q)88
SALE
PRICE
Extra fine clothing, newest patterns,
colors and fabrics
REGULAR TO 69.50
SALE nLSB
PRICE
46
5s
Sweaters
898
Bulky knits, pull-overs, cardigans. All colors t styles.
REGULAR TO
15.95
Shoes SW0CLS Pajamas
large Selection of Styles Regular to 6.95
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