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SUNDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1960. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Aiedlfird Mtheir Turns 4b Caiimig Tokyo; Three Tracts of Timber Are Sold By BLM in Area ' Although all three tracts of timber offered for sale by the Medford district of the bureau of land management Thursday were sold, there was practi- , cally no competition during the oral auction sale, accord ing to John. A. Carnegie, BLM sales officer, The three tracts, which con tained 11,022,000 board feet of timber in Jackson and Jo sephine counties, were sold for $234,654.25. The only tract in which there was any competitive bid ding was one containing 908,- 000 board feet of timber lo cated on West Fork Evans creek in Jackson county. The high bid of $28 per thousand board feet for the Douglas-fir was submitted by Timber Products company of Medford Their total bid was $24,771.15, Elwood Harvey was the un successful bidder. Kogap Manufacturing com pany of Medford purchased 9.078,000 board feet located in the Dead Indian area for , $184,499.70 without competi tion. The prices for the two major species were $23.70 per tnousand for the Douglas-fir ana $14.50 for the white fir. Brown Brothers Lumber company of Williams also had no competition for the 1,038, 000 board feet which they pur chased for $25,383.40. The Douglas-fir in this sale was priced at $23.90 per thousand. -The tract is located in the West Fork Williams creek area of Josephine county. On Nov. 10, ihe Medford district plans to offer for sale four tracts of timber with a volume of 16,938,000 board feet appraised at $322,529.05. One of these tracts is partially in Douglas and partially in Josephine counties and the other three are located in Jo sephine county, according to Carnegie. Baptists Forbid Newsman's Notes Salem-(UPD-A newsman for a Salem newspaper said Thurs day he was asked not to lake -notes at the opening session of the Oregon Baptist conven tion here during a presenta tion titled "Is the Religion of a President Relevent?" Bill Mainwaring, assistant! managing editor of the Capi tal Journal, said he was told he could remain during the discussion but he could not take notes. He left. Dr. Dwight Dodson of Port land, executive secretary of the convention, confirmed that he had so advised the reporter. "We didn't feel that this discussion should be re ported," he said. "This sort of thing is misinterpreted." The convention, attended by about 40 pastors and repre senting about half the Bap tist churches in the state, opened Thursday morning in Calvary Baptist church here. Dallas, Tex. - OJPII - Greg Dunn, 11, explained Thurs day how a friend had' solved the problem of having enough . to spend at the State Fair My five dollars Isn t enough " he said. "Jack's taking $6 Tommy has $7. And Bob is taking his dad." I 2100 3 O (( n Jo Hotick Funeral Director SISKIYOU 11 SP 2-5488 605 (ffiffldhmB CAR THANSMITTER-If the power should ever go off in Medford, communications will still be available. Mrs. Barbara Sven sen, amateur radio ham, shows the powerful transmitter she and her husband, Norman, Farm, Home Loans Reported Down Farm and home loans to Oregon veterans dropped two- thirds during the first quar ter of this fiscal year, accord ing to the state department of veteran's affairs. Last year 1,302 veterans borrowed $14,105,400 be tween July 1 and Sept. 30. Only 449 loans totaling $4, 780,900 were issued during the same period this year. Jackson county veterans re ceived 19 loans totaling $200, 000 this quarter, compared to 47 loans for $489,500 for the same period last year. The department of veter an's affairs said the reason for loan reduction is that the department has reached the limit of bonds it may issue to obtain more loan funds. The department said meas ure 13 appearing on the No vember ballot would give it authority to issue another $135 million in self-Haul- dating bonds to make more loans. Jackson county would re ceive about $5,170,500 in loan funds for veterans' pur chases of homes and farms from the $135 million the measure would provide, tile department said. HE PLAIN FORGOT , Galax, Va, - (UPD - Dixie Bedsaul, who is riding 225 miles to Washington aboard a mule to plug the Democrats and urge everyone to vote, ap parently has dctermina t i o n but a poor memory. A county official said Fri day that Bedsaul forgot to pay his poll tax and is in eligible to vole. HITS CUBA POLICY ' Miami Beach - (UPD - Ameri can Legion National Com mander Martin McKncally, of Newburgh, N.Y., said Friday night United States policy to ward the "Communist-oriented" Cuban revolution has been unsound and called for "termination" of U.S. rela tions with Cuba. COMPLETE funeral ARRANGEMENT, with "One Call" MORTUARY CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM CREMATORY Highland Dr. 77 1, . y If J j- ' , s7 'W' Polk County Retains Republican Majority Dallas - fUPD - Polk county clerk Betty Adams said Fri day the county has retained its Republican party, voter edge. i Final tally of voters regis tered for the November elec tio nshowed 6,819 Republi cans, 5,898 Democrats and 272 Independents. Girl Scout Official Now in Idaho Falls Miss Ruth Kilbourn, who recently resigned as executive director of the Rogue Valley Girl Scout Council, is now working in the Syringa Girl Scout council, Idaho Falls, Idaho, local Girl Scout offi cials have announced. Those wishing to write her may write in care of the coun cil, box 722, Idaho Falls, Ida ho, a council official here said. Miss Kilbourn was em ployed by the Jackson County Public Health commission from 1051 to 1953. She was a caseworker for the American Red Cross in military hospital for three years. In 1956, she returned to Medford and was employed by the local welfare commission. She did volunteer Girl Scout work until she joined the Rogue Valley coun cil in June, 1957. Navy Band Concert Scheduled Today Grants Pass-Guest artist for the U. S. Navy band con cert at Grants Pass High Bchool today will be Gordon Finlay, solo cornetist of the Navy band. Band performances will be given at 2 o'clock this after noon and 8 o clock tonight. Finlay will appear in concert with the band and later con duct a brass clinic for all in terested musicians. Finlay's concert appearance and clinic will be sponsored by the Purucker Music House of Medford. L. G. "Lew" Mile O Cemetery Manager SISKIYOU MEMORIAL PARK I if ! ttn have installed in their automobile. Mrs. Svensen is emergency coordinator of the American Radio Relay League in the Med ford area. (Knackstedt Photo) HERB ALSTADT Speaks to Realtors Title Company Losses Reviewed By Firm Official Herb Alstadt, senior vice president and chief counsel for the Title and Trust com pany of Portland, spoke on ti tle company losses at Friday's meeting of the Medford Board of Realtors in the Jackson hotel. Two main classifications of losses are those arising from things of record and losses arising not from the record, Alstadt said. Losses from things of rec ord may be due to inaccuracy in county records, human er rors by title employees such as delinquent taxes missed by title searchers. The title com pany many times pays these taxes without property own ers knowing it, the attorney said. One cause of losses arising not from the record is that from careless use of the no tary seal. If the seal is left around carelessly a name may be forged on the deed, the deed stamped and the notary public's name also forged. Another error is notarizing the name when the notary did not see the person sign, the title company official said. This may be forgery. A hus band may forge his wife's name, the husband dies, the wife then can assert her in terest. If the title company has insured the purchaser he must pay the wife. Title insurance during the lifetime of the property should be raised to meet the value of the property as it is improved, Alstadt said. Too often, a loss 10 years later will find the property owner insured for only a fraction of the property's value. The title insurance Issued to the owner or purchaser is good for as long as the person owns the property. Bankruptcies at All-Time Record Portland -(WD- Judge Estcs Snedecor, Federal bankruptcy referee, said Thursday night that installment buying and bankruptcies have reached an all-time high throughout the nation and in Oregon. Judge Snedecor made the statement in a speech to the Portland Retail Credit Asso ciation. Judge Snedecor said there was every Indication that both installment buying and bank ruptcies would continue to spiral upwards. He warned that low down payments and extended time payments were at least parti ally responsible for the un precedented number of bank ruptcies in the courts today. Radio Operation Turned Into Good ic Service By JOHN STAFFORD Mail Tribune Stiff Writer "This is Barbara at K-7JQS calling Tokyo, come in please." Who is Barbara? And what is K-7JQS? Well, if you hap- pened to be in Tokyo when this call was received, you would know that Mrs. Bar bara Svensen, 416 Willamette ave., Medford, Ore., was call ing. And you had better ac knowledge the call quickly, because Mrs. Svensen's mes sage is probably important. This mother of three chil dren has turned an interest ing hobby, , that of amateur radio operation, into an im portant and helpful public service. Emergency Coordinator Mrs. Svensen is emergency coordinator of the American Radio Relay league in the Rogue Valley area. League members are dedicated to public service. In the event of failure of regular communi cation facilities due to storms, floods and similar disasters. league members offer the use of their amateur stations to their country and communi ty. In addition, the league of fers radiogram service free of charge to any persons de siring to send emergency messages to any area of the United States. Messages are handled by radio amateurs solely for the pleasure of op erating. No compensation can be accepted by a station owner. Mrs. Svensen, or Barbara as she is known to her friends on the receiving end of her messages, first got interested in amateur radio in 1955. Lived in California She and her husband were living in Crescent City, Calif., at that time. The city was hit by a major flood, cutting com munication lines. The only communication channels out of the area were amateur ra dio stations run by operators known as "hams." Dick Davis, then of Cres cent City, but now living in Medford, started Barbara and her husband, Norman, in their new hobby. In 1956, the Svensen's se cured novice licenses from the Fedefal Communication commission. Novices must be able to send and receive five words of Morse code a minute. Apply for License ,In 1957, the Svensen's ap plied for a conditional class phone license from the FCC. This license requires that op erators be able to send and receive 13 words a minute. It also authorizes microphone broadcasting. With their phone licenses, the Svensen's became regu lars on the ham circuit. Their interest has risen , to where they now have a 120 watt transmitter in the kitchen of their home. They have also installed a 50 watt transmit ter in their automobile. If the power in Medford is ever cut off, the Svensen's still have communicaiton facilities aval able. "When conditions are right, you can talk to almost any part of the world," Barbara says. Her broadcasts have been received from as far away as Viet Nam. Handle Radiograms Barbara calls her biggest thrill, "handling radiograms for servicemen all over the United States." When Barbara was showing her automobile transmitter, a telephone dial was visible on the dashboard. When asked what this was for, she dialed "O" and four short blasts fol lowed by two more short blasts came from the horn. She explained that this meant "hi" in Morse code. All amateur operators have their call numbers displayed on their automobiles. "When ever hams see these call let tels displayed, it is tradition al to exchange hi's in Morse code via the horn," Mrs. Svensen said. An easy way to locate the Svensens is to tune to 3.84 megacycles on the 80 meter short-wave band. When you hear "this is Barbara of K 7JQS calling," you'll know who you're talking to. POLIO DECLINES Washington - (UPD - The number of new polio cases in the nation dropped again last week, to 131, indicating the peak of the 1960 season may have passed. The U.S. Public Health service reported Fri day there have been 2,435 polio cases this year, com pared to 6,652 for the same period last Til; :.' 'f 1 jr "- -, i i jC -'aS '. tXT- . X ... Vit USUAL HOBBY-Mrs. Barbara Svensen of Medford is a lady with an unusual hob by. Mrs. Svensen is an amateur radio opera tor. Her call letters K7JQS are shwon on top of a transmitter in the Svensen kitchen. Two Are Injured In Two Accidents Two persons suffered appar ently minor injuries in two traffic accidents reported to Medford police Thursday. Injured in one of the acci dents was Mrs. Lucille Deloris Harding, 1905 Hazel st. Po lice said she complained of pains and was limping, but she declined medical aid. Mrs. Harding was a passen ger in a car operated by Wal ter Louis Jansen, 58, of 2400 Howard ave. Police said the Jansen vehicle pulled from Summit st. onto McAndrews rd. and collided with a car op erated by Leonard Chandler, 33, of 620 Benson St., about 4:14 p.m. Police said both vehicles sustained heavy damage. Po lice cited Jansen for failure to yield the right of way to a vehicle on the right. Injured in a second Thurs day afternoon accident was Mrs. Margaret Matilde Bert ram, 62, of 911 West 11th st. Police said Mrs. Bertram had a cut knee and said she had a pain in her chest, but said she would seek medical aid on her own. Mrs. Bertram was the ope rator of a vehicle that collid ed with a parked car register ed to Charles Arthur Hendry, 1172 Hilton rd., on North Riv erside ave. between Maple and Jackson sts. about 4:28 p.m. Damage to both vehicles was described as moderate. No citations were issued. Residents .Warned Of Unusual Sales Medford residents were cautioned recently to be wary of offers which cite unusual circumstances as reasons for making extraordinary price reductions. Don McNeil, manager of the Medford Chamber of Commerce, warned that al though genuine bargains of ten result from unexpected events, false situations have been used recently to lure buyers into thinking they are getting a great bargain. McNeil said that the Better Business Bureau has warned consumers to beware of un usual appeal sales. "Prospective p u r c h asers should take lime to investi gate, for it is quite possible that the alleged bargain of fered is selling locally for an even lower price," McNeil said. JOHN DELLENBACK FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICAN "DO YOU WANT TO PAY HIGHER OREGON INCOME TAXES? The simple truth it that if ballot measure No. 14 passes vou and I will be forced to pay higher Oregon in come Taxes. One of the leaders pushing this bill was and is from right here in Jackson County Ht.ii my Demo cratic opponent I AM AGAINST THIS UNNECESSARY INCREASE. I am against taxes being any higher than absolutely necessary and as your representative I pledge to work for you toward that goal." Pd. Pol. Adv. Dellenback for State Rep. Comm. S. V. McQueen, Chnv, 2136 Hillcrest Rd. Man Has Invention To Destroy TV Sets London - (IPI) - Television star Chan Canasta told his audience Friday night, "I have here an infernal ma chine which destroys TV tubes." Canasta then blew into an instrument and thou sands of television sets around London went black. They all came back on again about 40 seconds later with Canasta explaining it was all a gag. But not be fore 47 viewers had phoned ihe British Broadcasting corporation to com plain that "you've - ruined our sets." SOCTFA Schedules Thursday Meeting A business meeting of the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm associa tion will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in the new Port iO' Call restaurant at Fourth and Front sts., Med ford, according to Dale C. Prentice, secretary-manager. Business will consist of dis cussions of radio communica tion improvements, air pack age delivery, a new radio share set up for the Sexton system and discussion of a possible new radio system for associate members, Prentice said. "This meeting will be im portant to the future of your radio communications and down time in the woods, Pren tice said. He stressed the im portance of attending. Pinching Sicilian Males Thwarted Catania, Sicily (UPD Har ried police Friday came up with a solution to the problem of hot-blooded Sicilian males who pinch women on public conveyances-segregated buses. Buses have been designated "for women only" to prevent young men from engaging in the traditional Italian sport of pinching and patting attrac tive girls on their backsides. Women traveling into the .industrial suburbs got so fed up with male passengers with wandering hands they just quit riding the buses. Bus company officials re ceived so many complaints that they called on the police to come to their aid. Segregated buses was the police answer and the deadly hand has been paralyzed - at least for the time being. v O She has been a ham operator for about four years. She shares her hobby with her hus band, Norman, whose call letters K7JQO are also shown. (Knackstedt Photo) Misread Court Date Results in Error A misread court date by Medford's Municipal Judge Alan B. Holmes led to error in a story published in the Mail Tribune Wednesday, Judge Holmes said Friday. The story said that Robert Lamb, 43, of 1211 West 10th st., had forfeited $85 bail in municipal court Tuesday to charges of assault and battery and disorderly conduct arising out of a Friday night alterca tion. Judge Holmes said he mis read the date on which Lamb was to appear in court. The right date was Oct. 14. Holmes read the date to be Oct. 11, he said. So when Lamb did not appear in court Tuesday Holmes ruled that Lamb had forfeited bail. Lamb, however, pointed out to Holmes Friday that the cor rect court date was Oct. 14. Judge Holmes then rescinded his bail forfeiture order and Lamb was allowed to enter a plea of innocent to both charges. Lamb's trial date has been set for Nov. 2. WARDS O M T G O M R V 1 CHRISTMAS DREAMS COME TRUI IN J8L Christmas Book Magic wands that make wishes come true are hard to get. ... But you only have to ask for Wards Christmas Book that wiB make dreams come true . . . dreams of ele gant gifts, easy shopping. See it now SHOP BY PHONE - SP 3-6641 SHOP IN PERSON 117 S. Central Nez Perce Fish Solution Found Portland - (UPD - Owen W.: Hurd, managing director ol . the Washington Public Power; Supply system, said Thursday; the group believes that it has found a workable solution to" fish passage problems at it proposed Nez Perce dam on the middle Snake river. ; Hurd said direct testimony: has been filed in Washington, D.C. with the federal power, commission in behalf of the. system's application to build the dam. The commission also plani a hearing next month on a private power group's request to build Mountain Sheep dam ' on the Middle Snake. ; Harlan Holmes, fisheries bi ologist consultant, expressed; confidence that the collection; system for handling upstream migrants would work success-1 fully at Nez Perce. 2 Estimated total direct con struction costs of upstream and downstream fish passage" facilities for Nez Perce ha been set at $28 million. Tappin Honored at Retirement Dinner Arthur Tappin, retiring member of the Oregon Stata Game commission, was honor ed at a potluck dinner recent ly by the Oregon State Em- piuj-cc ft aasutmuuu. The Crater Lake chapter ol the association sponsored tha dinner. Tappin has served on the game commission for IS years. TT 1 1 - -! T I A ne lias oeen a inaciiiiiisi a. the Hpntral Point Rpreen nlant. Tappin lives in Eagle Point. Come, meer your candidates! Frot refreshments and musical enter tainment. Sponsored by Jacksoa Co. Young Rep. Club. WARD 7Mf Hatfield ,f 91 Candidate f I Old Fashioned A POLITICAL 27 ll RALLY f JjJ Sat., Oct. 22 N f 6:30 p.m. yfH FREE ) ft
