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Homeowners Asked to Guard Against 'Quacks' Don McNeil, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, has reminded homeowners in this area to fuard against "self-styled ter mite control experts." He said such "experts and quacks" annually take an esti mated $100 million from the public McNeil emphasized there re many termite control iirms which offer honest and competent service, but public ignorance of termites and their control have made it "relatively easy for the mi nority of swindlers in this field to get away with their worthless treatments." Vs Fear Approach Such operators, he said, often use the fear appeal to care homeowners into using their services before a check can be made into the firm's reliability. "Emphasis upon fear and the need to hurry lire the racketeers chief per suaders," McNeil noted. The chamber manager point ed out that presence of ter- Effective Weaving mites in a house seldom constl tutes an emergency, and any additional damage done in a few weeks or months will make little difference. Home owners, he said, "have plenty of time to buy termite con trol service with the same care and discrimination that is necessary in the purchase of any other home maintenance service.' "There are many companies which offer the public an hon est and competent program of termite control, he con tinued. Reliable information may be obtained from such sources as the department of agriculture, the department of entomology at Oregon State college, the county extension agent, and the chamber of commerce, he added. Varied array of huck-weav- ing Ideas everything from potholders P to- p 1 1 1 o w s to aprons. ' Beginner's delight! Make countless articles of beauty, practicality, with huck weav ing. Pattern 7254: charts; di rections for 4 designs 13A to 4 inches. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst clasa mailing. Send to Med- ford Mall Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUM BER. Our new 1959 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue has many lovely designs to order: crocheting, knitting, em broidery, quilts, dolls, weav ing. A special gift, in the cat alog to keep a child happily occupied a cutout doll and clothes to color. Send 25 cents for your copy of the book. Miss Kirtley Takes Part in Conference Miss Josephine Kirtley, vice principal, represented Med- ford High school at a series of principal - student inter views at Oregon State college in Corvallis Saturday. Student chairman in charge of arranging the interviews on campus was Milton J. Smith, 115 Newtown st., Med- ford. The interviews are design ed to point up strong and weak points in high school preparation for college and OSC's orientation program for new students. Following the interviews, principals meet with college leaders and review comments and recommendations of the students. Olson-Ross Bids Low on Timber Olson-Ross Lumber com pany of White City was the successful bidder for a tract of 1,872,000 board feet of tim ber along the Tiller-Trail highway in northern Jackson county which was offered for sale by the Medford district of the bureau of land manage ment last week. The bid of $70,655 included an offer of $46 per thousand board feet for the Douglas- fir, which was the major spe cies in the sale. Eight other operators qualified to partici pate in the oral auction sale. On March 12, the Medford district of the bureau plans to offer six tracts for sale. The tracts, which vary in size from 15,000 to 5,699,000 board feet have a total estimated volume of 12,178,000 board feet which is appraised at $261,545.05. Three of the tracts and 11, 968,000 board feet of the vol ume is located in southern Douglas county, two tracts and 34,000 board feet are in eastern Jackson county and one tract containing 176,000 board feet is located in south ern Josephine county. Additional information re garding the proposed sales is available at the office of the district manager at the Med ford city hall. Substantial deposits of high grade iron ore have been lo cated in the south-central Rio Neero Drovince of Argentina. The deposits are nearly 40 leer, deep, witn an iron com position of 55.6 per cent. Expecting Centennial Guests? Ba prepared to receive) your company renew the loveli ness) of your homo with Glidden Paint and Varnishes! I for Shakes, .1 A Walls and M Lshinqjea 1 "HV g Rjpn N QUMrry lustRI Ij PAINT p4 . onw For Any Kitchens, I Tnfr J2r?. Surface Bathrooms, J re TN S4H St-teoand V .X y I Green Stamps Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- F1BIBING POETRY from an Oklahoma (dry state!) rumpus room: "A Frenchman drinks his native wine, A German drinks his beer. An Englishman quaffs 'alf and alf Because it brings good cheer. The Scotchman drinks his whiskey straight Because it brings on dizzi ness, But we dry ichmos can't choose at all So we drink the whole darn business!" o e Stableman with a bandaged hand explained it in this man ner: "Just as I put my band in a horse's mouth to see bow many teeth it had, the dam critter bit my hand to see how many fingers I had!" 0 1959. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Between High and Low Tide, A Host of Hardy Creatures Probably no more compe titively or highly contested strip of ground exists upon the earth than that disputed area of beach between high and low tide. In this comparatively nar row strip of shore along the aceans of the world lives, loves and dies a host of strange creatures as varied in their structure and habits as they are multitudinous in in dividuals. One thing, they must all have in common is adaptability. They are specialists in re adjustments; to survive they must, scurry hurriedly from incoming water or dig frantic ally to secure damp escape from a burning sun. Several hours of every day their habitat is covered with water, other hours it is dry land? They must be both aquatic and terrestrial, at al most the same time. In this area live many members of the huge family of Crustacea. Crabs, sand-fleas and thousands of others know this as home. The family of crabs alone comprises hun dreds of species with habits characteristically peculiar to itself. Sand Is Home Not only has the surface its complement of life, but the sand itself is home to thousands of animals that live, out of sight, in its dampness. Here are the send-fleas (used as bait for pompano) who be long to the family crustacea. These little fellows are short and almost round with a pear ly white, iridescent exterior. They're very active and spend their life in the sand just at the edge of the water. It resembles a true flea in general bodily characteristics. The only dissimilarity to the lowly insect he is named after, is his size which is about that of a small pecan. Damp Retreat Down in his damp retreat he rests securely, temporar ily safe from his enemies. At the merest vibration of the sand, other than that of the breaking wave, he digs deep er. A sandpiper or plover, weighing only a few ounces, 49 Measles Cases Reported in County A total of 49 cases of meas les were reported in Jackson county last week, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physician. Of the total, 27 cases were reported in Medford, 18 in Phoenix, and 1 each in Ash land, Camp White, Central Point and Butte Falls. Seventeen cases of influen za were reported last week, Dr. Merkel noted. Eight were in Mdford, 6 in Ashland and 3 in Butte Falls. Other communicable diseas es last week were German measles, Medford 8, Central Point 3, and Phoenix 2; pneu monia, Ashland 2, and Central Point, Phoenix and Medford 1 each; chicken pox, Medford 5, Central Point 3; mumps, Medford 3, Phoenix 2; strep throat, Ashland 1; and whoop ing cough, Rogue River 1. Savings Bond Sales Show Rise in Area Savings bond sales in Jack son county last month showed an increase of $58,386 over the same month in 1958, Morris B. Leonard, Jackson county chairman, has announced. Sales last month totaled $168,139, compared to S109, 753, in January, 1958, he said. Sales throughout the state showed an increase of -7 per cent last month over the to tal sales for the month in 1958. ' makes very little vibration on the sand, but it is enough; the sand-flea's armored body, driven by his powerful legs, literally drops him to a depth below the length of the birds' probing bill. This narrow strip of land, which is alternately wet and dry years without end, is actu ally the very edge of the world for both the sand-flea and man himself. The sand-flea knows it as home, the man knows it as the outer edge of his domain. Beyond it rolls the sea upon whose surface he is tolerated for intervals but over which he exercises no control. Man and crustacea stop at the water's fluctuating edge. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) FRAKE SMITH Artists Supplies Custom Picture Framing 315 EAST MAIN PHONE SP 2-4564 Monday Boorbusters All Day 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. TOY SPECIAL FRICTION TOYS 00 35c each OR 3 .r s1 Hundreds of imported toys. Search light trucks, rockets with sparks, mis sile launching truck, radar jeep and many others. . GIRLS' BABY DOLL PAJAMAS Reg. $1.00 Special 67 ea. Magic crepe fabric. Assorted styles and prints. Shorty gown and panty. Sizes 1-2-3-4. COTTON PLUSH PILE 9x12 RUG Re3. $39.95 $-0 Q97 Monday Special U Jf Long wearing, washable, soft, luxuri ous. Decorator colors. Latex non-skid back. With matching scatter rug, a Reg. $1.95 value. This 34x50 rug is FREE with 9x12 rug. 9x12 Rug Pads, reg. $6.95....$5.33 Yardage Special. Just Received Fine Quality Cottons Reg. 57c yd. JAf Special ffO yd. 35 and 36 in. width. Wonderful as sortment of floral everglaze. Combed sateens, piques, screen type, novelty, Drip 'n Dri and many others, prints and solid colors. Monday Night Door (rashers 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ONLY! Ladies' Short Sleeve BLOUSES Val. to $2.98 Mon. 99 Nite Only W ea. White and assorted colors. Slightly soiled. Sizes 32 to 40. For dress and sports wear. FOUNTAIN SPECIAL Hot Fudge Sundae Reg. 25c -jj -Jg Mon. Nite Only II J ea. Delicious. Topped with tastee whip Cream and nuts. Bring the family to Newberry's Monday night for their ice cream dessert. Round Metal Clothes Hamper S 37 All metal, 21 in. high. Assorted colors with floral design. Pink, black and turquoise. Waste basket to match. II Monday Nite Sale Price u rffilg?3 Medford's Bargain Center Sixth and Central LIGHTING THE WAY Brockton, Mass.-(UPD - This city is marking the 75th anni versary of an unusual distinc tion it enjoys in the field of illumination. In 1883 Brock ton became the first place in the world to possess an un derground, three-wire system for the distribution of elec tricity. The city soon boasted the first theater and first fire station to be .lighted by Thom as A. Edison's incandescent system with power supplied from a central station. On the evening that the switch was thrown, one witness of the experiment was described in newspaper accounts as being especially delighted with the results. This was Edison himself. '58 State Forestry Sales Totals Told Salem-flJPD-The State Fores try Department sold 172,984, 000 board feet of timber in 1958 at bid prices which to taled $2,305,698, State For ester D w i g h t Phills said Thursday. Sales included 65 separate blocks of timber. Main activity centered in Forest Grove where the man agement section sold 28 sep arate tracts for $681,379. A large part of this timber con sisted of snags from the Tilla mook burn. Prince Rupert in British Columbia is 500 miles nearer the Orient than any other rail way terminus on the Pacific coast. Temporary Judge Measure Approved Salem - (UPD - The Oregon House Friday passed Senate bill 77 permitting appoint ment of circuit judges and re tired supreme court judges as MAIL TRIBUNE, MedW, Oregon, Sunday, February 15, 1959 9 temporary judges of the State Supreme Court. The bill now goes to Gov. Mark Hatfield for signature. 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Mower is capable ot heavy duty work: ample power, will not choke up. 3 or TJpiL ft BIRTHDAY A .OREGON tKIL Our State has come a long way I WL and the next 100 years f LFir 5 Jackson County Federal has shared Oregon's growth and progress Medford and the Jackson County Federal have grown up to gether. For a half a century this association has helped local peo ple save their money and buy homes. Come in and learn how you can put your money to work in Oregon helping build Oregon. aacmom SAVINGS 126 East Main Medford LOAN ASSOC no ATION Conveniently Located "Where You are Paid To Save"
