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Local and Planter Missing - Jack Tan nehill Walker, 2415 Lyman ave., informed Medford police Wednesday of the theft last month of a $20 redwood plant er box from Walker the Weep er Trailer Sales agency, 1243 South Pacific highway. Hit and Run - A vehicle operated by Jene Stacy, 4515 South Pacific highway, and an unidentified vehicle col lided Wednesday morning at East Jackson, and Genessee sts., Medford police reported. Police said the unidentified vehicle's driver failed to stop after the collision to leave information. Suitcase Taken A suitcase belonging to William Gage Johnston, Albany, was taken from his room at the Medford hotel early yesterday morn ing, Medford police reported. Police said the suitcase was recovered in the hallway of another floor in the hotel, with a set of shirt studs the only missing items. tiou! mnm 2-a HITS DIANE BREWSfER DEAN JONES MITCOCOiei C1MIMUCOM 3rd ACTION HIT! AUDIE MURPHY MMMK o IT'S NEW! o IT'S DIFFERENT! o IT'S DELICIOUS! BROASTED CHICKEN And . . . It's Ready in Just 6 Minutes! At the BR0ASTER HOUSE 703 East Main at Genessee o Ph. SP 3-4379 Order of Chicken 10 Piece Tub of Chicken. . 20 Piece Tub of Chicken. . . Serving Cole Slaw 12c Pints 29c Toasted Garlic French Roll 5c serving Soft Drinks, Coffee, Milk 10c Personal Patients Medical patients at Sacred Heart hospital are Linda Luman, 630 Oakdale dr., and Mrs. Katherine Green, Grants Pass. m Meeting - Today's noon lunch of-the Medford Safety council has been cancelled and rescheduled for Friday, July 10,. according to C. D. Larson, president. Property Stolen - Paul W. Dole, 728 Summit ave., re ported to the sheriff's office Wednesday the theft of prop erty from 1756 Orchard Home dr., about two months ago. Missing are two portable elec tric heaters and a well pump, tank- and foot valve. Jailed - Frank Fishback, 27, of 524 Eagle Mill rd, Ash land, was jailed by sheriff deputies Wednesday on a re guest from the Los Angeles police department. He , is charged with grand theft and is awaiting Los Angeles auth orities. ENDS SAT.! GENE NATALIE KELLY WOOD CLAIRE TKEVOt WAiNaMos.nciuM SAT. ONLY! , - nil in i ii i ii 'iitiiii iiiik fcssssssssUBiJsssssssssisfisfJ Medford's Newest TASTE TREAT:. The World's Finest Eatin' Chicken "If s Finger lie kin' Good!" $l69 . . . Milk Shakes, Sundaes, Cones, lie. OPEN 11:30 TO 10 PJL Molor Overheats-City fire men were sent to 705 North Riverside ave. about 10:15 a.m. today when a washing machine motor overheated. Trash Fire An unattended trash fire in the 2500 block of Howard ave. was extin guished about 7 pan. last night by city firemen who were dispatched when a com plaint was received. Agent to Washington - Co unty Agent Earle Jossy will spend July 7-8 in northern Oregon and Washington on a tour to study farm forestry practices. He will be one of a group visiting the Crown-Zel-erback paper mill at Camas and other wood products man ufacturing industries. Picnic-The annual Harney county picnic for southern Oregon will be held at Tou Velle park on Sunday, July 12, it was announced by Joe M. Buchanan, secretary. A covered luncheon will be served at 1 p.m. with coffee and ice cream furnished. Pic nickers are asked to bring their own service. Cars Cellide-Vehicles oper ated by Arnold Leonard Wins low, P.O.. box 81, Shady Cove, and John Edwin Harper, 716 East Jackson st., collided early Wednesday morning on East Main st. at Bartlett st., Medford police reported. Po lice said no citations were is sued. Returned - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Raftery, former own ers of the Lodge Motel, South Riverside ' ave., are reported in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart hospital. They were returned here yesterday from Siskiyou General hospi tal, Yreka.f The couple were injured in an automobile acci dent near Yreka last week. Wall Checked - Firemen were called about 11 p.m. yes terday to check a hot wall at the residence of G. P. Ste vens, 315 West Clark st. They said the occupant had return ed home to find an over stuffed ' chair burning. The chair had been removed and the fire put out when firemen arrived. They found the wall behind the chair hot but not burning. A forgotten cigarette was listed as apparent cause of the fire. Some smoke dam age resulted. PANNING COMMISSION Buffalo, N. Y.- (UPD -Suburban Lackawanna finished re surfacing its half of South Park ave., then put up a large sign proclaiming, "Lacka wanna paved this side Buffa lo owns the other side." Dine Inside, Eat In Your Car. or Order "to go"! -O- Fresh Young Chickens Supplied Daily SORAII'S Klsnaih Poultry! Man Bound Oyer fo Grand Jury Thursday Robert Charles Wright, of 521 Park st., Medford, was bound over to the grand jury last nigth following a lengthy preliminary hearing in dist rict court. Wright is charged with em bezzlement. He was arraigned Tuesday, posted $700 bail and wai released. He was arrested Monday night after a citizen's complaint was signed by Alton Anderson, proprietor of Andy's Jewelers, 15 North Central ave., and a warrant was issued by District Court Judge Roy Bashaw. Anderson charged that Wright stole three diamond rings from his store at a total value of about S500 on or about January, 1958,- while Wright was working for him. Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) Cattle for week 1975. Mostiy low-choice 1013 1113 lb. steers 28.50; mixed good and choice 28-28.25; standard steers 25-26.50 with utility down to 20; mixed good and choice heifers 27.50; standard heifers 24-26; util ity cows 16.50-19; few commercial to 20 and standard to 21; canners and cutters mosUy 13.50-15.50; heavy cutters to 16.50 with light canners down to 12; utility bulls 23-24; good and choice stocker and feeder steers 26-28. Calves for week 300. Good and choice vealers 25-28; utility and choice vealers 25-28; utility and standard vealers and calves 20-25. Hogs for week 2200. U. S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 190-225 lbs. 17.25 17.50: mixed U.S. No. 1, 2 and 3 lots 180-235 lbs. 16.50-17; No. 2 and 3 sows 350-550 lbs. 11-13.50. Sheep for week 3900. High-good and choice spring lambs mostly 21.50; choice 88 lb. long hauled lambs 2225; good spring lambs 20 21; cull to good slaughter ewes 2 4.50; good and choice 65-85 lb. feeder lambs 16.50-17.50. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large, 42-43C doz.; A large, 38-40c; AA medium, 34-35c; AA small, 26 27c; cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: A A and Grade A prints, 65c lb.; carton, lc higher; B prints, 63c. Cheese medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single dai sis, 41-51c; procssed American Cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43c, Farm Market - Large sized Willamette valley strawberries sold on the PorUand market today for $2.50 to $2.75 a flat. Oregon red raspberries brought $2.25-2.50 a flat. Local let tuce sold at $1.75 for 2 dozen head crates. Willamette valley cauli flower brought $1.50-1.75 a crate. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at PorUand, Salem and south to Eugene; f.o.b. ranch. No. 1, quality fryers, 2 -4 lbs., 19c lb.; light hens, 7-8c; heavy hens, 9c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, 33-36C lb.; cut up, 38-41c; hens, heavy type whole drawn, 35 38c; light-type cut up, 29-34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: Frozen ready to cook A grade young toms. 40-43c lb., according to weight; A grade young hens, same basis. 38-40c lb. Breeder Turkeys To producers: A grade hens, 24c on an eviscerat ed basis: A grade toms, 30c on the same basis; to retailers: A. grade hens, 30-33c lb. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white, Z3U-iV2 lbs., f.o.b. Portland, 19-21c; colored pelts, 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 56-58c lb.; cut up, 60-62C. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop. No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $32-33 ton; some to $35 at Portland. Wholesale Prices as reported by the Portland USDA market news service. Basis by the ton, bulk, Erompt delivery, f.o.b. track, Port ind. Wheat, No. 1 white $68.50 No. 2 Iilo, Eastern shipment $55.00 No. 2 corn, Eastern shipment $57.50 No. 2 wh. oats. Coast ... $53.00-53.50 No. 2 Western barley, Coast $44.00-45.00 Soybean meal, 44 protein ..$81.50 Standard millrun ....$37.00-38.00 Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair to night and Saturday. Low tonight 50. Hign Saturday d-b. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy alone coast and over north inter ior tonight. Partly cloudy Satur day. Southern interior fair through Saturday. Low tonight 45-55. High Saturday 75-85. Northern California: Fair tonight and Saturday except local fog on coast night and morning. Slightly warmer. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 65: below normal 4. Record high this date 104 in 1922, Record low this date 40 in 1955. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 un none. Total this month, none, .02 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 12.85 inches, 4.96 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 35, highest this a.m. 87. High 4:3 14- City Tester- a.m. nr. day Low Free. Brookings - 73 51 . Grants Pass 76 46 Klamath Falls 75 1 45 MEDFORD 79 51 Portland 68 '54 Seattle 61 . 52 Spokane 73 48 Yakima 78 -44 .35 Eureka . 60 94 52 64 55 52 67 60 66 79 Red Bluff Sacramento 87 San Francisco 62 Los Angeles 86 Phoenix 100 Denver 89 Chicago 76 Miami Beach 89 New York ... 87 62 Washington, D. C. 89 65 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through July 8): Western Oregon - Western Wash ington Slowly rising temperatures with highs western Washington becoming 68-78, western Oregon 78 88 and on coast 5-70. Lows near 50. A few showers occurring most ly Tuesday or Wednesday. Northern California No precipi tation. Temperatures near normal. BLIND MOTHER Boston (UPD - Though totally blind, Mrs. Aldo Marchisio is raising her five children un assisted. Her husband, who is 90 per cent blind, works for the State Division of the Blind, tuning and repairing pianos, and often is out of town for a week at a time. Mrs. Marchisio does all her own housework - and has enough energy left at night to read a bedtime story in Braille to her children, Ali son, 11, Peter, 8, Paul, 6, Car oline, 9, and Rosemarie, 3. Bayiiss Elected to Head Pear Shippers Warren Bayiiss of Myron Root company, Medford, was elected president of the Med ford Pear Shippers at an elec tion of officers held by the or ganization yesterday. New vice president is Dunbar Car penter and Marie Vogel was appointed as secretary-treas urer. Retiring president is Bill Williams of Bear Creek orchards. Bayiiss was vice president of the organization last year. Army Unit to leave Sunday for Training Approximately 20 officers and men of the 382nd Quar; termaster . Battalion, local Army reserve unit, leave Sun day for two weeks' active duty training at Yakima Fir ing center, Washington. The unit has been going to summer encampments annu ally since its activation in 1947. In the past, either commer cial bus or private vehicles have been used for transpor tation to summer camps in Washington and California, but this year most of the per sonnel will ride in govern ment trucks and jeeps which are assigned to the unit. California Governor Invited fo Picnic Gov. Edmund (Pat) Brown, of California, has promised to put the Jackson county Demo cratic picnic on his calendar, announced Ralph James, county commissioner and gen eral chairman of the picnic. Bob Duncan, Medford attor ney and speaker of the house of representatives, received a letter today from Brown af ter asking him to be guest speaker at the annual event at TouVelle state park on July 26. Brown said he would put the event on his schedule. Shortage Found in Gold Beach Accounts Gold Beach-tUPD-State audi tors Thursday found a short aeg of about $4,400 in the ac counts of justice of the peace William Fuller who has been missing since Tuesday. Sheriff R. G. Sabin said he heard that Fuller had purchased a ticket on an airline from Oak land, Calif., to Pittsburgh, Pa. Sacramento, Calif. UPD- So viet First Deputy Premier Frol R. Kozlov was greeted today by Gov. Edmund G. Brown on his arrival for a three-day visit in California. Albany, Ore. -(CPD- Queen of the 1959 Albany Timber Car nival is Mary Jane Alden of Albany. : THE TOY :deer RESTAURANT 4 Miles South of Aihlaad en Highway 99 ONE OF THE GREAT nt mm ww TJIF JOHW ir-v m . . . . . - - x' h it -CONSTANCE TOWERS -ilwWjohn lee mmOwin rom mh JOHN FORD -1 mnm nancm - ADDED SCOOP ATTRACTION FIGHT OFFICIAL WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT FILMS SEE THE KNOCKOUT IN SLOW MOTION Towns Honored by Welcome Stockade A total of 6,906 visitors have registered at the stockade on Siskiyou summit, Ernie Hood, coordinator for the Jackson County Centennial association reported. He said that 90 per cent of tbqse visiting the stockade are from out of state except on week ends. Today, Saturday and Sun day have been designated "Ashland and Eagle Point Days," Hood explained, due to the wide variety of activities1 planned in the two towns for July 4. Among the visitors who have registered recently were a couple from Scotland and a teen age boy from Bolivia. Hood stressed that visitors to the stockade are being en couraged to remain in the county over the week end in stead of traveling on the crowded highways. Visitor-Caused Fire Reported in Park The first visitor-caused for est fire in almost seven years occurred in Crater Lake Na tional park this week, Super intendent Tom Williams has announced. It occurred along Annie creek near the south entrance of the park. Williams said it was be lieved to have been started by a picnicker or fisherman. He added that it was the first forest fire of the 1959 season and the first visitor-caused fire since September, 1952. Low rain and snowfall dur ing the past winter have re sulted in unusually dry condi tions in all forest areas, Wil liams said, and all visitors are requested to be cautious with fires when in the woods. Eugene Firm Low Bidder on Copco Job Klamath Falls-flJPD-The Cali fornia Oregon Power Co. said today that Vik Construction Co. of Eugene was low bidder on about $250,000 worth of construction in Klamath Falls. Bids were opened Wednesday. Vik already has crews in Klamath Falls work ing on the 93-unit Rickfalls Apartment construction. DRAPERY FIRE Rays of the sun focused through a glass fish bowl in the window apparently ig nited draperies at the home of Mrs. Essa M. Barrett, 408 Edwards st., yesterday eve ning, firemen reported. Fire men found the window drapes burning when called to in vestigate a report of smoke about 6:20 p.m. DOOR. GARDEN TERRACE SPECIALIZING IN Italian, Mexican and Barbequed Foods Also Our Regular $1.09 AMERICAN DINNERS All, complete dinners from soup to dessert and the 2nd cup of coffee. Open 7 a.m. to S p.i Closed Tuesdays TONITE & SAT. Continuous Saturday, from 1 P.M. PICTURES OF ALL TIME VV WIUIAM AS THE RAIDERS ON HORSEBACK WHO RODE LIKE THUNDER ...AND X CTDIIrY i nwvn LIKE LIGHTNING I JOHN FORD'S THUKDEI1KS JKCWCUI n m FILMS! Mr. UNITED ABT15TS Obituaries ROBERT H. WOOD Robert Harvey Wood, 64, of Alemeda, Calif., who died in a local hospital Wednesday, will be taken by Perl Funeral home to San Francisco Na tional cemetery, San Fran cisco, for services and inter ment Tuesday, July 7. Grave side services will be at 1 p.m. with the Alcatraz Lodge AF & AM of Oakland, Calif par ticipating. Mr. Wood was born in Har risburg, Ore., on Sept. 7, 1894 and was a salesman, and a member of the Alcatraz Ma sonic Lodge and Shrine of Oakland, Calif. Survivors include three brothers; De Ver Wood and Robert L. Wood of Dunsmuir, Calif., and Carl Wood of Port Ian; two sisters; Mrs. Georgia Gundmunson of Bend, and Mrs. C. E. Allen of Pasadena, Calif. RODERICK BAKER Roderick Baker, father of Mrs. L. C. Casey, Shady Cove, died yesterday. Arrangements will be announced by Conger Morris Funeral home. WILLIAM T. STRAWN Services for William Thom as Strawn, 81, who died Wednesday, will be held in the Conger - Morris Funeral home Monday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. R. H. Mathewson of the Foursquare Gospel church officiating. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. Strawn was born July 13, 1877, at Murfreesboro, Ark., and on Oct. 8, 1904, at Murfreesboro married Mae McClendon, who survives. He had lived in Medford for the past, five years. Surviving besides his wife are four sons, Carl Strawn, Red Bluff; Warren Strawn, Charles Strawn and James Strawn, all Medford; two daughters, Mrs. Oliver Cum mings and Miss Vera Strawn, Medford; two brothers, Rob ert and James Strawn, both of Paris, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Brock and Mrs. Ethel Spears both of Arkan sas; and Mrs. Ellen Goodrich, Texas; 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. . Bearers will be Claude Ceulpeper, John Henry Jef fries, Paul Whisenant, Allen Moore, Ray Staggers and J. K. Willard. THEATRE INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATRES ENDS TONIGHT! 51 PER CARLOAD NIGHTMARE of HORROR! WW or.THE DONALD WOLF IT k A VftlAI-IMtfM4nOMM HltAM A MAMA tMdllV .7 EXCITING CO-FEATURE 1 NORTH fKlflCHICHi Hi? MA CAR LOAD. J 9t KV t&i TONIGHT & SATURDAY A FEATURES AND A SWELL CAST IN A FINE ACTION HIT "CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM" DRIVE-IN MX JkroTH pacific mwtuHjl' 1 H strikM with I ?f ARTHUR FRANZ I stfvVSA JOANNA MOORE VM IMVmAUMWNAfrOMAt MOIXt 7 W Waft Disney's jSrU M nCHNICOlOl MOWER TROUBLE Barre, Vt. (UPD Raymond Hosking, an employe of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., disrupted tele phone service . for several hours when he lost control of his power mower and it snap ped a guy wire. Births SCHEEL - To Mr." and Mrs. Clifford, East Trailer court, Grants Pass, July 1, 1959, girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ALDREDGE - To Air. and Mrs. Robert, route 2, box 34D, Jacksonville, July 2, 1959, a boy, 63A pounds ,at Sacred Heart hospital. BROWN-To Dr. and Mrs. Stanley, post office box 116, Gold Hill, July 2, 1959, a girL 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital." , JtBATCP I TONIGHT AND SATURDAY JOHN WAYNE DEAN MARTIN RICKY NELSON r- The fools fr jyA. who ingie oTckinson WALTER BRENNAN WARD BONO A WAINC WOS. ISASC 'J I daimmoraj victims? I-w.w.ik.. m hJ 1 technic o lorI J U : -- : jS, 66 Ant ITU BAlCI UIiUlAAVJ TOMORROW, GREAT ALL NIGHT DUSK TO DAWN SHOW PLUS SHORTS! NOVELTIES! CARTOONS! MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, duly 3, 1959 HOW IT STARTED Lexington, Mass. (UPD - The "shot heard 'round the world" to ignite the American Revo lution was fired from a pistol - not a musket. British Major John Pitcairn ordered the "rebels" to disperse and when they refused he whipped out his pistol and fired into them. NOW PLAYING UNA TURNER JOHN GAVIN SANDRA DEE DAN O'HERIIHY SATURDAY and SUNDAY Continuous from 1:00 P.M. RIVE-IN JllrC UIAUWAV JAMES MASON ROD STEK5ER j. 1NGERSTEYENS . . , s a ucno-eoiowUMri( ncfvtt aw DRIVE-IN 1 I SATURDAY ONLY f JACK J IDDIf
