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MAIL TRIBUNf, Medfortf, Or. ' tfUt. Dm. 23, 1939 Medford Man Bound Over fo Grand Jury Larry Howard Kell, 21. of 520 North Bartlett et.. wa bound over to the grand jury In district court Thursday on a charge of forgery. His case bad beep continued earlier this week with preliminary bearing scheduled yesterday. Kell, who is being held on $1,500 ball, is charged with forging a property bond Dec, 18 to be used for Mrs. Kelly Ann Kell, 18, who was cbarg ed with uttering and publish ing a false check. Mrs. Kell, 320 North Bart lett st., had waived the right to a preliminary bearing and was bound over to the grand jury. She was released on $1,000 cash bail Wednesday afternoon. . " ' State's Farm Prices Up While U.S. Prices Drop Corvallii - Oregon farm prices averaged slightly-low er during November, while national farm prices dropped more sharply, reports Mrs. Elvera Horrell, extension ag ricultural economist at Ore gon State College. Prices received by the state's farmers for their pro ducts slipped one-half of one per cent last month as small rises In prices for farm crops failed to offset sharp drops in prices for livestock pro ducts, Mrs. Horrell found as she studied reports from the U.S. department of agricul ture. They are still nearly S per cent higher than a year earlier, however. Beef cattle, calves, hogs, lambs, and wool all brought lower prices to Oregon farm- 1 From all of us comes a very sincere 'V Christmas wish for your happiness. Walt Young's MEDFORD STATIONERY will be closed Saturday following Christmas which has been our tradition these past 1 9 years. This day allows a complete rest for all of our loyal employees. They will be fresh and ready to serve you Monday, December 28. We sincerely hope this day does not Inconveni- ience any of our fine customers. i X - MEDFORD STATIONERY 210 EAST MAIN ers last month, Mrs. Horrell said. Sheep was the only item in the meat-animal class to Show an upturn. As a result, meat -animal prices fell as much as 7 per cent during last month and now stand 12 per cent under meat-animal prices in the state a year ago. reed Grains Drop Prices paid for farm crops in the state last month con tinued upward for the second straight month, with increas es reported on all crops ex cept feed grains, Mrs. Horrell added. Prices on feed grains dipped as lower barley prices more than offset higher prices paid for corn and oats. Nationally, farm prices dropped 2 per cent during November with meat animals, cotton, and oranges carrying most of the responsibility for the drop. Biggest upturns came in milk, potatoes, wheat, turkeys, and soybeans, Mrs, Horrell said, but these weren't enough to stern the lower price trend. As a result, national farm prices now stand 7 per cent below a year ago and the low est since March 1947. While prices received by the nation's farmers tumbled, prices paid by the farmers crept up another notch-one third of one per cent. But this was enough to push the gov ernment's yardstick for meas uring farm costs one per cent about a year ago and within one per cent of the all-time high. With prices farmers receive down, and prices they pay up, farm-product purchasing pow er lost ground last month, Mrs. Horell ointed out. The parity ratio-the government's yardstick for measuring the relationship between prices received and prices paid by farmers - dropped to 77. in November, 2 points below a month earlier and 5 points be low a year ago, Thi is the lowest parity ratio since August 1940, Mrs. Horrell pqinted out. When all accounts are add ed up this year, USDA econ omists say national net farm income may fall below last year by as much as 13 per cent. Biggest reasons for the drop, the economists say are lowered cash receipts, -caused by heavier supplies and lower prices; elimination of the acreage reserve; and a high er farm operating bill, pushed up by higher prices on indus trial goods and higher over head costs. The USDA experts expect an even further drop in the farm income in 1960, Mrs. Horrell said, although this should be only about half as sharp as this year's drop. ALUMINUM STATES Spokane - Washington, Tennessee and New York are the leading states in the pro duction of finished aluminum. TONNAGE BATE Detroit-More than three- fourths of America's freight tonnage moves at some time by private or for-hire trucks. tLVUWWtWV SJ1I sP Hunger hurts! m every ci sends a rood $1 Crusade packag So many like him are hungry . . A bowl of rice, a lunch of bread and milk, are a feast to millions of children. More than half the people. In the world da not have enough to eat. : " ".; ' . - : ' ' t We have svcti plenty to share 'TV v y From our form abundance the U.S. Government gives CARE milk powder, flour, corn meal. Then, .to help even more, CARE buys other foods to match the various needs of hungry people In, other lands. j You can be their friend . . . j Every 51 yow give provides one food pockoge i based on country conditions. Your packages reach needy families, schools, welfare Instltu-1 tions delivered with your name and address, j to brlna a messaae of friendship from you and i ovr country. Join CARE's Food Crusade! lri,VJLLj e Jokuill ' j I I 1 I Food Crusade !' H packages go to i - "t these countries! Colombia ( Ecuador Wtn Cirnny Omw -i Hong Keng Haiti India I Iraa Italy ' Karaa Pekistaa Turkey nil C . A -1 IVaim IaIum ma m Murk I " . care t av.., n.w y, h, n. y. - t ar your nearest CARE address Here is $.TT. . to send Food Crusade packages- Name . I ! Address - Theyll Do It Every Time l -By Jimmy Hatlo rr was come from --the north way the high hats on JS, EIGHT BELOW V'f POLE? THE LIES GET V( w V THE MIU BOTTLES ' y on my back porch W one anotheb-im pjr" the run f rf s I S4H5 SIXTEEN BELOVVt If THE SUMMER BACK, ALL THEY rr was an" there's a hot- everybods pl4CE talk about is TEN BELOW 1 pUS WATER PIPE IN A IS HOTTER THAN 12- i HOW SLUSHY IT 1 MSWi I -IBSlfS m MADETOOPD5R jjjj "m4NX ATH-TO Construction Hits Record High, Should Go Higher in '60 Washington - Construction boomed to a record breaking $73 billion level this year and will climb by another three billion in 1960, an authorita tive industry group has re ported. The Associated General contractors of America re ported the dollar volume in crease in 1959 was the great est in a decade. It consisted of $54 billion in new con struction and an estimated $19 billion in maintenance and repairs. For 1960, the association predicted that $56 billion will be spent for new construc tion; another $20 billion for maintenance and repairs. The forecast was based, however, on the assumption there will MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wins National Forestry Trip La Grande-(Special)-Young fellows who hope to become Oregon's future foresters had best look to their laurels there's a feminine Invasion of the field underway. Pretty Jean Wick, 17-year- old high school girl in La Grande, has been named one of 12 national winners in the annual 4-H forestry contest sponsored by the nation's for est industries through Ameri can Forest Products Indus tries. AFPI is giving her an all-expense-paid trip to the 38th National 4-H Congress in Chicago which ends Dec. 3. Last year another Oregon girl, Gail Brmer of Yoncaua, won similar honors. Jean is a junior leader of the Blue Mountain Forestry Club in La Grande. She has completed six major forestry projects, the last one of which was a mounted collection of 60 trees, shrubs and wild- flowers. La Grande's "feminine for ester" says she acquired much of her enthusiasm for forestry from her father, John Wick, who is a district ranger for the U. S. Forest Service and the leader of her club. Wick's devotion to working with youngsters in ' forestry has produced national 4-H forestry winners before four of them from the forestry club he pre viously led at Mackay, Idaho, James R. Huber, 4-H exten sion agent for Union County at La Grande, said Jean's club under her father's leadership has gone out frequently on tree-p 1 a n t i n g expeditions. Members also collect Christ mas frees for sale in the win ter, and harvest fence posts which they treat with preser vatives and sell to raise money-1 for their club treasury. Jean thanked Huber for his guidance, and said her 4-H for estry experiences have been valuable in teaching coopera tion with people as well as the techniques of good forestry. Winter Calf Care : Suggestions Told Corvallis Winter months are critical periods for baby calves, but losses can be kept at a minimum with a few simple management prac tices, says Don E. Anderson, extension dairy specialist at Oregon State college. . Individual pens in a perma nent calf barn, or temporary or portable pens help prevent and control calf diseases. An derson recommends plenty of dry bedding at all times as the most important single practice. Other tips include plenty of . light and - ventilation and freedom from drafts. Open sheds with outdoor exercise runs and individual pens of fer possibilities if the shelter area is dry, well-bedded and free of drafts. be no major stoppages, such as the steel strike, and that construction investment will not be hamstrung by a tight money market. Tight Credit Situation For the year ahead, the survey said the tightening credit situation "will be the major damper on the volume of construction that could be undertaken." The steel stoppage has had no great impact on construc tion yet, the report said. It summarized I960 this way: there will be a decline in housing, a sharp increase in industrial building, a con tinuing increase in commer cial construction, and a high level' of state and local public works. . By categories, the survey made these predictions: Residential: There will be a 4 per cent decrease to $21.4 billion, with about 1.2 million new starts compared to an estimated 1.35 million this year. However, apartment construction will continue to increase. Commercial Building Up Commercial: An increase of more than 15 per cent to about $4.5 billion. Religious: For the first time construction in this field is expected to reach the billion-dollar mark. Public utilities: An upward climb is expected, led by in creases in construction spend ing by telephone, telegraph and gas companies. Industry: A 2-year slump will end. Industrial bui'ding should expand 30 per cent to more than $2.5 billion. Decline on Farms Farm: A decline of more than 10 per cent is predicted. This is in contrast to a mod erate rise this year. ' Highways and streets: Ac tivity will remain near the record-setting mark of this year's $5.8 billion while some momentum in the highway program will be lost, carry over projects delayed because of the steel strike will make up the difference. Schools: There will be a mild recovery from a 1959 decline with spending reaching $2.8 billion. Con struction of public, class rooms should exceed 70,000 compared with 68,500 this Dairymen Helped By Beef Council Recovery value from dairy animals sent to slaughter is a factor that effects the net income of the producing dairyman. Any program of promotion and consumer education that will increase the consumption of beef will have a healthy effect on producer prices for all grades of cattle marketed. Dairy members of the Ore gon Beef Council point out that one cent per pound in crease would return $10 per animal. Voluntary contribu tions asked for in support of the Beef Council are 10c per head. A hypothetical situation like the above would mean a 1,000 per cent return on the dime invested. On or about Jan. 1, produc ers will be given the oppor tunity to signify their approv al of beef promotion on trans portation certificates, brand inspection and drive In slips when they sell their cattle. Active implementation of the Oregon Beef Council pro gram of promotion and con sumer education will follow expected support of the vol untary program by dairy and beef cattlemen alike. POWER CHANGE Washington U.S. farmers today own seven million mo tor vehicles and 4.5 million horses and mules, compaerd with 5.6 million motor ve hicles and 11 million horses and mules 10 years ago. year. The report said . that while voters have been ap proving bond issues for such work at a high rate, the tight money market is presenting difficulties in this field. Sew erage and water facilities should continue - to advance however. Shift Toward Missiles Military: Construction in this field, marked by a shift toward missile base facilities, should range close to the 1959 level of $1.5 billion. In reviewing 1959, the re port said the 10 per cent in crease in spending over the previous year considerably exceeded forecasts. It said private construction was propelled by a "spectacu lar spurt" in residential build ing, rose 13 per cent. The residential activity totaling $22.2 billion ran ahead of 1958 by 23 per cent. Private industrial building continued to show effects of the 1958 recession and the steel strike, the report noted. It dropped 18 per cent but the survey said a recovery "was in sight at the year's end." Collision Kills Home Presented I Man Found Beaten Four in Family Nashville, Tenn.-flJPD-There was no Christmas for the Lus ter family of Ridgetop, Tenn., today -r four members were killed in an auto wreck on Christmas eve. The accident occurred as they were on their way to a relative's house to exchange presents and have dinner. The victims were Mrs. Jean ette Luster, 39; her daughters Wilma Janice, 15, and Jean nette, 5, and her father, W. L. Read, 79. State Patrolman A. W. Gri sham said the car in which they were riding came out of a side road, was rammed by a big tractor-trailer truck and hurled into a brick house at the intersection. Grisham said bodies and Christmas gifts were strewn over the highway. The trooper said it was dif ficult to tell who was driving but said Read owned the car. He said the family was on the way to visit Mrs. Luster's sis ter. Read's wife had died last week and he was spending the holidays with his children. He was from Bowling Green, Ky. Camp Fire Girls Christmas Party Members of the Wa-Ki-Ku-Wa Camp Fire Group held a Christmas party December 23 at the home of their Guardian at 334 North 10th street, Cen tral Point. We played games, and had a taffy pull and some of the girls read short stories or poems about the birth of Christ. Each girl made a gift for the girl whose name she had drawn. Cookies were served for re freshments which the girls had made at their last meet ing. Girls at the party were Lin da Allen, Chery Cavin, Rosie Conlon, Linda Dallec, Terry Fletcher, Linda Dykes, Terry Davis, Vickie Hull, Donna Johnke, Judy Pershall, Kevin Rainey, Rosalene Smith, Shan nyn Tolley, and Karen Brooks. Helping at the party were Mrs. Ray Smith, assistant lead er, and Mrs. Charles Fletcher, Guardian for the group. . Terry Fletcher Scribe As Christmas Gift New York -fllPD- A young mother who was pushed into a burning furnace by a would be rapist last Oct. 8 was given a home for Christmas Tues day by. the city. The Housing Authority said it had found a four - room apartment in one of its proj ects for Mrs. Helga Koch and her husband and two children. The city's hospital department earlier had returned to the Koch's $1,700 paid for nurs ing care. Mrs. Koch still is under going extensive skin grafts. Her husband and children have been living with relatives. Boise-Idaho, New Jersey, Montana and Arizona lead the U.S. in zinc production. Along Highway ' Winston-Salem, N. C. Junior James McNeely of Shelby, N. C, staggered along the side of a highway between Greenboro and Winston -Salem Christmas Eve. A kinjly motorist stopped and took? McNeely to a local hospital. McNeely told For syth county deputies he' stopped to let a hitchhiker out' of his car when two Negroes dragged them from the vehicle and beat them. He said they took his wl-' let containing s.220 nA then' roared off in his automobile. Approximately 75 per cent' of all Americans living In iu, ban areas are now covered by . health insurance, com oared ' with 58 per cent of those liv . mg in rural areas. . 3 rain j""Here are cheery greetings j Cla of Holiday Season. 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