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MEDffORD MAIL T.RIBUN13, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 393.0, 13 COOKING IH, THE MODERN WHY Uy Emmclt Cnmpholl Hall In May Good Housckocplnfl Maiiazlnc. Time wiui long iik win'" 1 lio prop- npiirlititiilH il Ih little inoi'o limn nriillon of food for tlm lahlci was ,Hot. To iiiiiny apartment dwell ..-i .....1 lvlllr.iillmi,,,r" "urvimtH aro out of lliu oiiohIIoii touched hlgh-wntor mark; thou ou.no '"'"' ttlcl for tho family iimin ......(...i.,u ,l.,m mn.i nl.i inn H il """" y wnu or imiiguuir. Iiuof that had hoou half roasted, lial l)iiiii(i(l, hoforu a groat roaring firo ami tho tidu of civilization ran low (a an almoHl cxtiiiguiMhod flaino Today, lty all progromdvo minds cook nir ih cHtuoiaod not only an an art, lint an a hcIoiico what it really irt, or hIioiiIi! ho. Kroin tho cooIc'h point of vlnw tho ideal lioal iihihI ho under iiiHlant am almolnlo control. II lniiHl no con- eontniti'd at tlm point wliuro it niiimtl into v needed. It Hhonld no oiwily inoval)lo from point to point Ulectrio lioat ooiiioh the ncaroMt, pr- liapM, to mooting those conditions Control Ih aliHolnto and porfeet. He 011110 tho iiunt in applied directly to and Immediately licncalli tli ntonwil in iimc, there Ih no waHlc. Moreover. thorn in n latitude in il imo not poo Milde with any oilier form of heat. hccaiiNo of the fact that a cord and plug nro all that 'ih necessary to con nect with the Honroo of Hiipply wherever thoro in an electric light ,fi.tnre. Improvement in cpparntUK and lowor cohI of production aro now rapidly bringing electricity into com mon iiho for cooking purpoKca. Tho conl rnngo in an improvement over tho wood-burning stovo in to far tiH tho heat !h more regular and enn ho maintained mora onnily at n fixed intoiiHity, hut coal produces heat with iihIi, hooI and cot.l gas, the liiMt boing harmful. AIho coal i n heavy and dirty thing to handlo. Oil produce heal with hooI, smell and gnu, and ilH iiro ontailH a certain de gree of dnngor, though explosions with hIovoh of a good innko are rare, (lax producoH soot and carbon inoti n.xidc. A gnnornlion ago it did not HCem ho nucoHHiirv to consider the (picMtion of the comfort of tho cook as it does today, for moHt of tho cooking was done hv fiorvniits who accepted the dincomforlH an natural to their ic cupation. Thon, too, kitchens wore generally largo rooms, with plonty of windows, not likely to hocomo intol crahly hot. Hut conditions lmvo changed remarkably, especially in the large citicH. In tho need to econ omize Hpaco tho avorago kiUhon ha been reduced in sir.o until in many One of tho solutions of the cook ing problem seems to bo found in the ulectrio heating dovwoH, which hav at hint beuu brought to hiicIi a do groo of perfection iih to lio praclicu and iiHublo household appliaucOH. It in truo that they aro not cheap, either in their original cohI of in their op oration, but tho cohI Ih not prolnb itivo, and, whon intelligently oporal cd, tho outlay for current nood no ho groat hardly moro than for gas at avorago pricos. Thoir attraction lies not in any actual economy which thoir UMo can necoinplinh, but in the fact that they make cooking reallv clean and cool. 1 ho operation of cooking amy he mado ho dainty th.it it cn:i ho carried on in tho dining room ilHolf, for, in electric cooking, there id neither hhIi, Hoot, smell, i'lamo nor gnH of any kind, and thoro in not, of courHC, any handling of i iiol. J hero ih no danuor connected with theno uovicos t hoy will not oven "Mini out" if tlio current ih thoughtlessly left on. W hilo it Ih poHHiblo to iiho ordinary cooking vessels in connection with electric stoves tho latter aro Kimply ittle metal disks, Htiitably mounted and iuHtilntcd and attached to a amp socket with a cord and plug thoHo cooking doviccH which aro coni ploto in themselves are moro sntis- factory ns, owing to thoir construo- tioti, there is absolutely no waste of icat, tho vormoIh fitting snugly and fastening securely to tho "stoves.'' 'hero nrn combination cookers which give mucli HUtiMlaction, hiicIi iih dou ble boiler, frying puns and stoves, it being postiihlo to use the fla'. top of tho latter for toasting. A switch pennitH control of the dogrto of heat applied. While ono may do almost ideal light housekeeping" with two or thrco utoiiflilH, to do "stiro enough" ookmg one nhoiild have a complete cooking and baking outfit, which in- ludos nn electric oven. In theso oloctrio ovens tho boat iH generated just whero it is wanted, on tho in side, ami thoro aro no products of combustion to bo carried away. Thoro is a threo-hent switch, and cooking can really ho dono by tho clock, not guess. Why Are More Buicks Sold Than All Other Cars Put Together ? IJECAUSE THEY STAND Till WKAR AND TEAK, COMBINE GREAT POWER WITH DURABILITY, LKJI1TNESS, RELIABILITY AND MODERATE COST. There may be cars just as good, but they cost a thousand dollars more. ASK ANY OWNER AND HE WILL TELL YOU THAT THE BCTICK IS THE ONLY ROGUE RIVER VALLEY". CAR FOR THE MEDFORD BUICK GOMPANY TouVelle, Manager Hodson's Garage Hy reason of tho fact that no heat' tin danger of lying sparks or the volts multiplied by tho amperes gives is thrown off bv tho electric devices, inconvenience of handling fuel. , tho watts. , I'i' cooking may no dono anywhere- on tho breakfast table, or on the top of tho oinno, for that matter. In a Hinall apartment it would not bo u bad idea to place tho ovoi. in the ower part of a sideboard, and a hafing dish which is a splendid combination cooker and tho coffee icrcolntor on top. J'hcro nro niimborloHS individual appliances to which electric heat may bo applied, such as flatirons, with ono of which any amount of ironing may bo done, ns it remains hot so ong ns tho current is on baby milk warmers, curling-iron heaters, mm nous radiators, etc. The luminous radiator is portable and produces teat immediately when the switch is timed. It consists of an onininon- al iron frame fitted with a polished copper reflector and largo cylindrical incandescent bulbs or glowors. The icat is quick, as tho process is by radiation, and not by the slower pro- ess of setting up currents of warm nir. ihis ho.iter is especially iwivan- tag".oim for temporary' heat on cool ays, ns tho boater may bo moved om oi.o room to another as rcad-j f i.s n footstool, or it may bo per manently plncod in an open f trophic?. With it thoro is the cheerful glow n:id warmth of an open firo without I Tho cost of operating electric ; That is, suppose one had a disk or ul""h ....., v... W.....V, iiuuilT inurKUU IIVC UIJlJUIi;b( UJIU 11 upon tho cost of current at any pur- vaa oemK uged on a 100-volt circuit, ticulnr place, but, when intelligently w woui,i uge 500 watts in nn hour, used, tho expense should net greatly Kilowatt moans a thousand watta; exceed that of gas. j hence, if tho electricity costs 15 Thcro is no more magic in electric- jeents n kilowatt, the cost of using the ity than in coal, and carelessness, (heater for one hour is 7V2 cents, wastefulness or ignoranco will waste when used at the highest heat or this kind of heat just as it will tint Wed". A chafing dish on nt full produced by gas. To bogin with, the 'heat uses 500 watts, but in general stove must bo properly installed; to chnfing dishos aro used about 20 or end with, it must be properly used.' 30 minutes at a time, and the mak Whon th jso two things are cared for! ing of n rabbit would cost 2V cents for the bent consumed. This compu tation applies to different electrical cooking utensils, and in order to know whnt it costs to run all or part of the stove, simple addition and multiplication alone are required. In 'using the electric stove, if the same amount of care is used as in operating a gas range, the compara tive price is ns follows: Where elec tricity costs 5 cents per 1000 watts and gas $1 per 1000 feet, the cost for the electricity is about two-thirds more than for gas; where the elec tricity costs 10 cents, it costs three times as much as gas. But this is not all the story: convenience, clean liness, little heat thrown off and no poisonous products, have to be counted also. tho cost of using such a stove i oquivalcut to using gas at $1 per one thousand feet. A simple ex planation should make it possible for tho man of tho house, at loast, to reckon average cost. We say man because it's sometimes difficult to teach oven domestic science students to rend motors and compute cost, and moti ns a class arc used to counting the cost. Electricity is sold by the 1000-wntt hour called kilowatt. The charge made by the electric light companies for a kilowatt varies from 5 cents per 1000-wntt hours to 15 or even 20 cents per. 1000-wntt hours, the av erage being from 10 to 15 cents. Now, each cooking article i? marked with its volts and amperes, and the Oddly enough, electricity is fre quently available in most remote places, along ejectric railways, neat mines and in small towns where there is no gas plant, so that a country cottage may fit itself up with more modern, scientific and attractive cooking devices than are to be found in many wealthy city homes. But it is to tho dweller in tho tiny cfcy flat that the electric cooking devices are perhaps tho greatest boon. Hoguo River Electric Co. offers electric current for ekctric range sufficient to do cooking for family of six for $5 per month. PREC00LING OF FRUIT. (Continued From Pago 9.) packing houses during the day are quickly run into the big plant at Colton and before the sun rises tho following morning they are precool ed and iced end on their way to the markets. The -citrus fruit industry in California has grown persistently to a mammoth industry and the ex pense of this immense plant will not only bo profitable to tho growers and the railroads, but it will have its ef fect upon the consumer throughout tho United States. The delivery of fruit in tho eastern markets in as sound and sweet a condition as when taken from tho trees should prove a great source of satisfactioa to all concerned. Tho Pacific Fruit Ex press, in erecting and perfecting such a system and method of quickly handling tho perishable shipments in California is to bo congratulated. Yea sometimes a placard in window helps tho ad-answerer to find tho houso that's advertised. But it docs not usually help much, more than that. Whips! A. fine assortment, including all kinds of drop top and straight Buggy Whips the values tknX bring you back 25c to $3.00 Get a Smith Snapper far Yow Whlp. BUGGY HARNESS. J. G. Smith 814 EAST MAIN STREET 1 The Greatest Opportunity For Small Investments Ever Offered The Citizens of Medford v and $ 1 0.00 per month Will secure you a fine building lot 50 x 117 feet In a very desirable residence district. This is an opportunity you can't afford to miss. , Brown & Wakefield (THE MEN WHO SELL DIRT) PALM BUILDING- H. C. Maltby PALM BUILDING, MEDFORD, OREGON. W. G. Davidson 11TH ST. GROCERY INVESTIGATE NOW I