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Prinsen of Albany, two brothers, Don L. of ; Baker sfield, and Neil of Medford - Lack of proper vitamins can cause mental illness, aches and pains of old age and loose teeth was told to women of the Upper Applegate Exten sion unit early this month by Miss Mary Pat Lucy, county extension agent, who spoke on nutrition. Trouble with nails and cuticle, and white spots on nails she named as ' symptoms of vitamin defici ency. Miss Lucy gave chemical analysis of foods and stressed the close relationship of all vitamins, saying that overuse of one can create need for another. Guests at the meeting were Mrs. Laverne Schlosser, Mrs. Flossy Garner, and Mrs. Dav id Chandler. Members are sending old Christmas cards to the Fairview children's home in Salem, and have sent 10 pounds of discarded nylon hose to Japan to be raveled and made into attractive items, Miss De Anne Clark of Med ford, whose marriage to Garry (Vest will be an event of Feb. 14 at the Episcopal church in Medford, was honered with a bridal shower and party Saturday evening at Upper Applegate Grange hall. Women of the community were hostesses, and the event was attended by many fam ilies of the area. Following the shower and refreshment period, a dance was held with music by Chet and Rod Sny der and John Bettencourt. WhoDesoDe Prices On All Purchases of $50.00 or More When You Buy at rooks Electric z Plumbi 1116 North Riverside All Brand 4" Cast Iron Pipe, Wholesale CLOSED Sy A Th nrarpf.il Flauno a imartlv l. ?S ' ' ' I I vJLJ i ijf yf styled counter-top lavatory nfijSjf - w'" bring new convenience, ftjrSf bji new pride of ownership to your 1 ' 9" f''5' '1 Made of vitreous china, the pi I j5, ' Vj! Elayne is available in gleaming f''p ' fcjQ JS1 Vi white or your choice of eight U-'-'Qu s$?jj Crane colors. Features include r-'-'"fe4i jjm Jir chromium-plated Temple Trim aiaiS4. .VVj0rj ... Dial-ese controls that oper- f3 ate at a finger's touch . . . jmgS tMmM ?uick dratninf- ,e" II Securo waste. Size: 27 x20 . If r i Among those from Medford and vinicity attending were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Clark, parents of the bride-to-be, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Taylor, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bailey of Phoenix. " Lee Myers left recently for Petersburg, Alaska, where he will resume employment in construction work. Mrs. My ers and son, Jerry, will leave next week' to join her hus band. - Mrs.' W. D. Palmer, who lives near Provolt, received word recently of the death of her father in Portland. Recent dinner guests of Mr. and , Mrs. Harry Davis were Mr. and Mrs. Don Erickson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greathouse of Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. David Chan dler of Prospect have become temporary residents of Upper Applegate, where Chandler is falling timber. They .are liv ing in a trailer house at the Henry Mapston residence. Communion services were started at Ruch Community Bible church Feb. 1, and will become a. regular institution of the church the first Sunday of each month. Among other activities of the church was a tobogganing party of the young people at Dead ' Indian recently. The Junior and Young peoples' classes have joined with Pro- volt church recently for par-. ties. Monday, the Southern Ore gon community c h u r c h es fellowship dinner was held at Ruch. There are strange goings on these days throughout the val- ley-a fur trader is getting his buckskin suit made, the soap makers are hunting up their ash hopper, the shake makers will be using their froe, the squaws are making up their wardrobes, and it has been rumored that Clarence Buck will leave his ranch for a while to go prospecting. Any how, everyone will be reserv ing the date of Feb. 28v Guests at the home of Mrs, Nellie Rose Sunday were Mr. Time ' Medford Name Merchandise with Standard S.H. Retail 1.23 ft. -83c ft. SATURDAYS OPEN By Jimmy Hatlo and Mrs. Robert Walker, Mr, and Mrs. Verl Walker, and Arthur Erbs of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Twiss are spending the winter vacation ing and visiting relatives in the south. They spent some time in Los Angeles and later were in Las Vegas. .. Mrs. Earl Sharp left last week for Long Beach,' and from there expected to go by boat to Hawaii for an 18-day trip. She was to be accompa nied by her daufghter-in-law, Mrs. Richard Hall, of San Diego. . ' Mrs. Harry Treloar from Walkerville, Mont., is spend ing several weeks visiting her mother, Mrs. C. R. Hill near Provolt. ' James Deckie, on term va cation from San Francisco City college, spent last week as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ramsey. Mr. and Mrs. Max Butcher are visiting his mother and other relatives at Pomona, Calif. Bill Lamb of Murphy has returned to his home after spending a week with friends here. He snent some time prospecting in the area with sluice boxes and reports find ing some "colors." Dean Saltmarsh of Medford. who is traDDing in the vallev. reports little luck, except for a few bobcats and a fox, expects' to remove his traps Delore long. The shortage of coyotes, he believes, is due to the fact that he and Floyd McKee have caught 110 of these in tour seasons of trapping. The Thompson creek farm ers are buildir.g new cement weirs at the head of irriga tion ditches there. Those com pleting the structures recent ly are Bud Turnbough, Charles Elmore, and Harold Teske. The Applegate Valley Gar den club will meet with Mrs. Frank Mitchell "on top o' the hill" Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. Seeds and new va rieties of plants that have been developed will be dis cussed. - Leo Hoffman has returned to his home on Thompson 21 x 32 -4 Hole STEEL Retail $1Q62 Brooks Price I O Wholesale $27.91 Price CAST IRON Retail $OQ98 Brooks Price AO Wholesale $42.53 Price 2" Galvanized PiDe. Retail 94c ft. Wholesale EVERY MONDAY UNTIL MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdferd, Ore., WeJnerfiy, February 18, 193 13 TABLE ROCK Old Hay Barn By R. E. NEALON Table Rock - The .Table Rock Darlings, Bill and Mary have purchased the large hay barn, 60 by 100 feet, located in the John Cupp subdivision just south of the city limits of Central Point. The Darlings will use the lumber to build loafing sheds for their large herd of dairy cows and replacement heifers. Mary says these improve ments will add much to the comfort of the cows, but will not , be as luxurious as the foam rubber mattresses being tried out in an experiment station in the midwest . There .will have to be much more "dough" coming- from milk sales before the bossies get to sleep on foam rubber, she says. , This barn was built about the -turn of the century by Hopkins, owner of the farm at that time. Hay at that time was stored "loose" and re quired a lot of space. K. C. Farley, of Medford, veterinarian in charge of cat tle inspection, was "needling" the local cows this week. He had a veterinarian from Coos Bay helping him as he doesn't step around like he did be fore his health slowed him up. In times past, if a fanner forgot to get his cows in the barn, if he could find them he would test them and be on his way. Charley Nelson and Mrs. Stanley Pittman of the Mead ows district, were recent hay buyers here. Charley had his face covered with Centennial whiskers and says he never did like to shave, and now he has an alibi. A letter from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Doty, ,ih Carson City, Nev., tells that they are feel ing fine and enjoying good health. The. weather there has been bright and sunny, but cold and freezing. They would like to be back with Table Rock friends, . according to the letter. R. Drinkwater of Medford, representing the Oregon Mo tor club, was a business visi tor here Tuesday. He was ex plaining his car insurance. Smudge pots are being placed in position in the Hull creek after undergoing major surgery in the Veterans' hos pital in Portland last month. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hen derson have returned to their home here after being called to Areata, Calif., due to the critical injury of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. John W. Hen derson, as a result of a car logging truck collision. The younger Mrs. Hender son is undergoing bone sur gery. Rural Reflections: Larry Tweedy was an interesting study in personal endeavor as he sat by the fireside' writing a Centennial play for the PTA, at the same time offer ing bits of news, notes like his attendance at a student government luncheon, the Tweedy's trip to Portland and George Sample's spring plow ing, thinking a good deal about the many young people he supervises, and at the same time trying to get his own kindergarten son to bed. ma Phone SP 2-5209 Warranty! Retail Price $120.14 Brooks Wholesale Price 2 Compartment W9 Crane SINKS 63c ft. 9 P.M. Purchased orchards for the expected bat tle with Jack Frost. Mr. and Mrs.' E. E. Robin- son left here Friday for Cali fornia points, where they will spend several days visiting relatives and friends. Among visitors at the local Sunday school last Sunday were David Doran and chil dren, Tamara and Shane, of Medford. David's beard and waxed mustache added a touch of the city slicker to the local crop of fuzz and bristles. Being a barber, and having the tools and knowhow, Da vid's beard looks more luxu rious and dignified than the country growth. We couldn't make up our mind whether it resembled more the beard worn by Stonewall Jackson or that of Blue Beard. Norman Matteson, the phar maceutical salesman, is going to sell his 550 gallon gas stor age tank, as with his new small car he doesn't need so much gas. He claims on his last trip to Klamath Falls he averaged 34 miles to the gal lon. Manley Jacobson, with a country grader widened out the roadbed through here on Wednesday. A combined Ladies club meeting -and shower was held Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Aubrey Taylor, with Mrs. E. W. Robinson assisting. It was the regular meeting of the local Ladies club and an exchange of home made val entines proved to be very en tertaining. The shower was for Mrs. Jim Gann, who received many beautiful presents. Sev eral ladies came attired in Centennial clothes and hair dos. A letter from Wayne Wyatt in an Air Force training camp at San Antonio, Tex., to his folks, states that in a basic test with nine other men, he was among the three highest. . Don Patterson, the genial manager of the Grange Coop, was a visitor here Friday. He reports that business at the Grange Coop during the past year was good and is continu ing to improve. We were having trouble with our ' oil furnace, and thought it might be the oil which we get from the Coop, but Don, after an inspection of the mechanism found the trouble was in the fan assem bly. . Mr. and Mrs. Ray Doran and daughter Linda, left Fri day morning, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. David Doran and Tamara, for San Jose, Calif., to attend the wedding of Ray's niece, Miss Sharon McClung, Saturday afternoon. Miss Linda will act as brides maid for her cousin. Proposed Sales Tax Bill Tabled Salem - (UPD - The House Rules committee Tuesday ta bled a proposed sales tax bill sponsored by Fred Meek (R. Portland). The bill was presented aft er the 25-day limitation. Speaker Robert Duncan (D.-Medford) said a motion to take it off the table could re vive the bill. But he added he did not know anyone who in dicated he would make the motion. "The bill will be available if the need develops but I don't see any need at this time," Duncan said. He added that Gov. Mark Hatfield would veto the bill even if it passed the legislature. Some Motor Freight Rates Increased : Salem - (UPD - Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill Tuesday announced increases of from 4 to 7 cents per hun dredweight in certain Oregon class and commodity motor freight rates. The increases are effective March 1. The increases are . about two-thirds of "the original re quest filed with the PUC last Nov. 18 by Pacific Inland Tariff Bureau, Inc., Portland. 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Bill Prohibits Party Officials From Lobbying Salem-(UPD-A bill to pre vent high officials, of any po litical party from lobbying at the Oregon Legislature was introduced Tuesday in the Senate by Sen. Dan Dim ick (D-Roseburg) and Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eugene). Specifically named as bar red from lobbying were the state chairman and vice chair man and the national commit teeman and committeewoman of any political party. "We drew up this bill after seeing Peter Gunnar, chair man of the Republican State Central Committee, listed as an insurance lobbyist in the Oregon Legislature," Dimick and Skelton said. "In our opinion, it is not in the interest of good gov ernment to have a political party leader in a position to pressure the members of his party in the Legislature to vote for his special interest," they added. Sense of Ethics Dimick and Skelton specu lated that "the reason the need for such legislation has never arisen before is appar ently that a common sense of ethics has prevented others from assuming such a dual role, or at least it has prompt ed others in a position of power to stop them." They said they felt sure that if Gov. Hatfield "would stop to think about it, he would not condone this con flict of interest." Gov. Hatfield . . . should demand the resignation of Mr. Gunnar as Republican state chairman," they said." Japanese Mountain Spews Volcanic Ash Kagoshima, Japan -UPD- Mt. Kirishima, long considered dormant, suddenly erupted Tuesday after a lapse of 45. years and hurled a billow of ashes and smoke more than 13,000 feet in the sky. The volcanic ash, fanned by a strong wind, drifted west ward and fell on nearby towns to a depth of one quar ter to one half an inch. Early reports reaching here said there were no injuries but some 140 people living near the volcano fled to the city of Kobayashi, some 10 miles northeast of the flam ing mountain. Reports said the volcano erupted with a thunderlike rumbling sound. Smoke and molten lava belched upward in a steady stream for half an hour. GARAGE WITH HOUSE London-OJPD -The following advertisement appeared in the personal column of The Times: "Untitled old Etonian forced to sell garage in heart of West End; three bedroom house thrown in." Think only the rich can drive a Chrysler? not at HAMLIN MOTOR a luxurious 4-D00R WINDSOR SEDAI1 - Delivered HERE! NOW malm Grange News Upper Applegate Grange The proposal for Ruch school to consolidate with the Medford district . was dis cussed by Principal Boyd Gibson of Ruch school dur ing the lecturer's hour which followed the regular session of Upper Applegate Grange Friday, Feb. 13. This plan was favored by 34 of the 39 members attend ing the last PTA meeting at Ruch when an opinion poll was completed, he stated, but no official action will be taken regarding it until after elections are held in March or April in both of the dis tricts involved. The school district reorgan ization law passed in 1955 be comes effective in 1961 when all non-high districts, such as Ruch, will cease to exist, Gib son explained. Since the cost would be prohibitive to" con struct a high school .for the Ruch district, consolidation is the logical solution. Time and funds can be saved if steps are taken to effect consolidation now, rather than to wait assign ment by the Jackson County School Reorganization com mittee. For this reason, if both Ruch and Medford vot ers endorse the present plan, it will become effective July 1, 1959, Gibson said. Jacksonville, which now ac cepts Ruch High school stu dents on a tuition basis, has already requested consolida tion with Medford, it was pointed out. If Ruch is con solidated with Medford, it will mean that grades one through six will continue to receive their schooling at Ruch, since Medford operates on what is known as the 6-3-3 plan, and no changes in the Ruch staff are contem plated although all. salaries would be adjusted to the Medford schedule, which in most instances is somewhat higher than that now prevail ing at Ruch. If the consolidation plan be comes effective, Ruch school property .would be under the jurisdiction of the Medford school board, but the Ruch board of trustees would con tinue as an advisory body. Currently there is an over lapping of Jurisdiction and of functions of the non-high, rural and Ruch boards under which the district now oper ates, it was stated, which does not always result in maxi mum efficiency. Since annual tuition per high school student in Jack sonville is $630 while that in Medford is $470, it is antici pated that this difference in cost will more than offset the additional outlay for trans portation of high school stu dents to Medford. It is also anticipated that for the present a consolida tion with Medford would re sult in a slight decrease in taxes, since the current Med ford rate for school purposes is less than that now in effect in the Ruch district. In conclusion, .Gibson em phasized that this plan does not result from any desire on the part of Medford to absorb rural school districts. The re ON DISPLAY quest for consolidation eman ates from Ruch as the result of a careful study of the school situation in the county in relation to local needs. The Grange program in cluded a vocal solo, "Just a Song at Twilight," by Gladys Williams with Florence Lance as accompanist; a humorous story by George Redhead; a series of riddles, the answers to which were the names of Oregon towns, propounded by Mildred Redhead; Valentine Centennial verses frooi the "Hood River Times" relating to Oregon's admission to the Union, read by Anna Scott, and ' presentation of excerpts from the diary of the late Wil burn Beeson by Mrs. Scott. Beeson, who settled in Jack son county on Wagner creek when he was 16, added daily entries to his diary until -his death in 1893, thus making it one of the most complete historical records of early days in this area which now exists. Excerpts presented at this time concerned the casting of his vote for Abraham Lincoln at Gasburg (Phoenix), the ar rival of news of the election of Lincoln and Hamlin, brought by pony express from Illinois in eight days; the Lin coln dinner in celebration of this event by Republicans of the area, including the names of outstanding guests, the menu, and the program of toasts, speeches, numbers by the Ashland Brass band, and the firing of 33 shots, one for each state then comprising the union. Subsequently the secession of South Carolina, and four years later, the as sassination of Lincoln were recounted. Mrs. Scott agreed to continue with excerpts from the diary from time to time during the centennial year. The program concluded with community singing of "Old Black Joe." - During the regular busi ness session, Upper Applegate Grange went on record op posing House bill 360 which provides that any piece of work amounting to $5,000 or over must be performed by contract. This measure, it was stated, was proposed once be fore but failed to gain pass age by the legislature and is currently encountering strong opposition from counties and municipalities throughout the state. Report of the relief commit tee indicated that Verna Culy was convalescing at home after being hospitalized with a strep throat, and Val Has kins has also been confined to his home in Jacksonville by illness. Day-old calves are bringing from $30- to $50 in valley auc tions according to' George Redhead, chairman of the ag riculture committee. Animals purchased at such prices are not likely to show a profit to the owner, it was pointed out. Dress rehearsal for the his torical pageant co-sponsored by the Upper Applegate and New Applegate Extension units, in which 16 Grangers will participate, was an- Every Inch a New Adventure AT SECRETARY DIES New York-OJPD-Miss Augus ta Dixon, executive secretary of the Colonial Dames of America, died Monday at her home here. nounced by HEC Chairman. Edna Sawyer for Saturday, Feb. 21 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Grange hall. The' pageant will take place the evening of Feb. 28, starting at 8 o'clock and is open to the public. Legislative Chairman Anna Scott reported that the cur rent session of the Oregon state legislature has estab lished a record for the rapid ity with which bills have been introduced and referred to committees for their consid eration. A Valentine square dance was announced on behalf of the ways and means commit tee scheduled to be held in the Grange hall Saturday, Feb. 14. This was postponed until the following Monday evening due to the power failure occasioned by heavy snow during the week end. House Committee Chair man James Winningham re ported that tables in the din ing room and kitchen had been covered -with masonite and that a culvert had been installed and a new entrance completed to the grounds. He proposed that the back stage area of the hall be completed with insulation board as a means of reducing heating costs, and approval was vot ed by the members present. Members of the executive committee stated that in ac cordance with their instruc tions at the preceding meet ing, insurance on the Grange hall and its contents had been increased to a total of $20, 000. . Report of the treasurer, Marie Louise Nordwick, indi cated a balance on hand 'of $194 after payment of cur rent bills. Appreciation on behalf of the Applegate Valley Centen nial committee was expressed to the Grange for use of the hall for the Pioneer potluck dinner Jan. 17. Mrs. Marcel LePiniec' of fer of an American flag for use of the Grange was grate fully accepted. A request for withdrawal from membership due to ill health was granted Mrs. Viola Finley. Requests for use of the hall on March 7 by the state for esters for a potluck dinner and social evening, and on April 4 by the Little Apple gate Sewing club for a din ner were granted. Pomona Grange visitation night at Upper Applegate Grange was announced for May 8, since these events are not being held on a surprise basis as was previously the case. The display table arranged by Mrs. Cyrena Davis fea tured decorative items of tin craft created from tin cans of various sizes and types. Refreshments of cake and coffee were served following adjournment by Bert and Christine Harr and Wilfred and Grace Pearson. Valentine Centennial motifs were com bined in the table decorations. Including Hotr t ower Brakes Torsionaire Electric Wipers Back-up Lights Di rectional Signals Windshield Washers. 8th & Front Sts. SP 2-6286
