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Medford Mail Tribune UNITED ntrcSS ASSOCIATION Full Leased Wlro Report. SEOOND SECTION Tho only papor In the itorli published In a city tho size of Medford having a leased wire. PAGES 9 TO 16 FIFTn YEAR. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1910. No. 137. j& IN MED FORD'S SOCIAL REALM I , - I v . I r V bo MrH. K. K. Cloro gnvo n looitnl Friday afternoon for llio puptlH and after tlio recital an informal rooop tion wiih given to tlio mothers of thu pupils, and light rofroHlimontH woro tmrvod. Following Ih tlio program. ItuKtio Danoo Sgambuti VhIho Arubosqpo Lnolc MIhh Oray. Duet, Flying Doves lliiinH M'ihhch Liberia and Elizabeth (loro March Milituho (honwnld MisH Velum Woods Mazurka Fonnimoro MIhh Mary llolmoa Duct WiiIIkm Selected Harry Wortmuii (piiuio) Lily of tho Valley -Mack MIhh Mabel Earnloy Scones of Childhood. No. 3. Schumann MIhh Elizabeth (loro pilot Selected Minn Alison, Officer (HooomhO Village Evening Hells 1 loins Minn Eva Oshnrn Tim Clock Sclvftfit Coming from School Selected MiHH Alison Officor Flow or Bong Lang M!hh Hrowning I'm din. Minuotto Motor M'ihh Mahol Cloulil Norkogiun Hridal Procession. .(Jroig Mien Mary Stevenson Mr. .1. W. Dmilap and Mr. Chat. Brown entertained Friday afternoon at Bridge at tho attractive homo of Mrs. Dnnlap, on Siskiyou lloights. Tho affair was given in honor of Mrs. Trapp, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Walter Stokes. 1'nneli was served dttrhig the 'afternoon and delicious refreshments were served later. Mrs. Daniels eariod off tho first prize, a handhomo holt buckle. Mrs. Mtiu dy tho coutiolutioii, a little vane. Mrs. Trapp as gnet of honor received a pretty pair of grape seisjors Among thono present were, Mesdammus Tnipp, ICentner, Mnndy, V. II. ltrown, I Infer, Lnvelin, Black, Malt by, Morison, Uan, Nye, Merrick, Stokes, Daniels, Harmon, Itoot, Hid- dell anil Glaizo. In honor of .Mr. and Mrs. Trapp of Lincoln, Illinois, Dr. and Mrs. Stokes gave a picnic dinner at their country homo, Thursday night. Mr. Trapp is a brother of Mrs. Stokes, and the family will spend some time bote. Tho dinner was Horved under the cherry trees and later a big bonfire was started, around which the guests gathered, and all spent u very pleas ant eveninu'. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Cowlos, Brown, Dnulop lirowu, -1 Infer, Harmon, Muudv, Trapp and Stokes; Misses ICentner, Ida Leu Kentuer, Riddle, Messrs, Walter Muudy, Lyman Orton, Whool don Middle, Waller Dudley, Howard Dudley, Leo Itost and Suey Smith. Mrs. Mnhlnu Piirdiu entertained nt cards most clianninggly Thursday afternoon at her homo on North Con- tral avenue in honor of her guest, XJrs. Filch of San Franoiseo. Tho do'norations were yellow, and thy were 3 tables of Mridgo and 2 of five-hundred. Punch was served during the afternoon and a very deli cious rofroHhinentH were served at the conclusion of tho game. MILLIONS SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 20. Statistics compiled from reports by growers and handlers indicate that tho production of commercial apples in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana will ho between 0,500,000 and (1,700,000 boxes this season; but while tho yield promises to bo tho largost in tho history of the four states, orohardistH and buyers say there will ho no cheap apples in thu northwest the coming fall nnd win ter, Tho uausu assigned for this is that crops in thu middle western states will bo smaller than over be fore as a result of thu Into frosts last spring. Tho yield in Washington is esti mated at from :i,r00,000 to :i,(l()0,. 000 boxos, us against 2,414,201 boxes in 1001), when tho average wjudosalo prioo was $1.40 a box. 'egon is second with approximately 000,000 boxes, us compared with 750,0011 boxoti in 100!) and 1,800,000 xoh in JD0B. Idulio will havo about (150,000 boxes, an increase of moro than 100 por cent ovor last yoar, and as against 450,000 boxoa Mi'sh Mess ICentner entertained most delightfully Inst Saturday with a luncheon, in honor of Miss Frisby, a Horority friend who has been bor guest. Tho color Hchemn was bluo and gold, tho colors of tho Univer sity of California, of which MIhh ICentner is a graduate, and tiio flowers were lit tic yellow bourn. The gucHtH were, Misses Friisby, Ilnzcl Davis, Fern Hutchinson, Alice War ing of Portland, Luke, Itiddell Eug lisb, Elizabeth Folger, Gladys Heard, Itutli Merrick, Wood, Gladys Curry, Mrs. Chas. Mrown, Mrs. Homer Itoth- erwal and Ida Lee ICentner. Tho Mitses ICentner entertained for Miss Frisbo, of Oakland ny giving an auto party in the ICentner auto truck. Tho party motored out to Itoguo river and near Mybce bridge, built a large bonfire and ate watermelons. Several mishaps, such as punctured tires mid blow-outs oc curred but they only served to liven tho party. Those participating were the Misses Bo and Ida Lookout nor, Frisby, Torroy ami Folger, and Messrs. Trovro Lumsdou, Caroy, Lee Hozcl Morrow. Hoe and Mrs. Adrian Holmes, re turned last week from a camping trip to Crater Lake. The other meinbe-s of tho party were Miss Ilihncs, Mr Moris Meed, and Miss Heed, Mr. Col lins, Itov. Matlock and Mr. Sytuoud, of Corning, California, and Mr. ('has. Hoover. The party met the forest fire fighters and were im pressed into the service for a dav, after which tho party returned to town, with the exception of .Mr. Mor ris ltecd, who remained to assist tho. fire-fighters. Tho friends of Mr. Meno Olin, a former resident of Medford will bo very glad to hear of (hcgood work ho is now doing in los Angeles, Cali fornia. Mr. Olin is a violinist who did very good work while he also ban a very good baritone voice and was one of Mrs. F.d. Andrews most promising pupils. In a letter re ceived by Mrs." Andrews he says he is playing in one of the orchestras in Los Angeles and has been en gaged as soloist in one of thu churches. Mr. Henri Guuson, one of Mod ford's most popular singers, loft last week to accept a portion with tho National Oper company. Ho will bo greatly missed bore, as ho has a very good voice and whh always willing to givn his services. Hut ns tho com pany ho is to bo with is billed for Medford ho will soon bo heard here in comic opera. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. King and Mr.. Chas. King who have been spending the summer on the Upper Hague re turned to Medford Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. King deave for Los Angel ch soon, where Mrs. King will spend tho Winter. Mrs. Chas. King will be joined by Air. King in San Fran cisco, Miss Elizabeth Deane, who bus boon visiting her brother Dr. Deane at Sunny Slope ranch leaves ne.t week for bor homo in Cincinnati. OF DOLLARS GROWING ON APPLE TREES in 1008, while Montana should har vest 250,000 boxes, a gain ovor 1009, when 180,000 boxes were marketed. Montana's bust previous crop was 225,000 boxes in 1008. Buyers for Now York, Boston, Chicago and Kuropoau houses havo beeu active in various parts of tho four states tho lust two mouths, and it is probable that 50 por cunt of the crop has boon sold, but ninny apples will bo hold in anticipation of ui oroaood pricoH around holiday time. No prices have been miido public. Tho growers aro keeping in touch with tho markets by reports from horticultural associations, growers' unions and commercial organiza tions, and while no efforts are being put forth to form combinations or pools, it is gciu..ill.s conceded that little or no fruit will bo sent to commission houses until tho pi ice to ho iaid is agreed upon by tiollor and buyer. Sovoral growers in north central Washington will send largo consign ments of select applos to England and Australia this season, while otli oru will try tho markets in tho Ori "Greatest Show on Eartti"Gives Exhibition in Medford Monday rm ,K A. L rkw f ' " V ym tf- t b ,w - 4 jti 5aHfr2kjBHf tw it rlfc'l" amHRSvLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHiIIIIIIIIIIVLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH BIW WSk venl'-nt location pcsslblo mM mF IPtt&XO.W"0 W Aftcr,u' Porformanco tho circus This particular combination has al "WieZlfVe afJfesM'-' Irapliomnll.i will bo loaded upon wny8 pivcn the pubUo n satisfactory Wonderful Equotstrian Exhibitions Given by Barnum and Bailey Troops of Sixteen Trained Tandem Stallions Quartette of Hluh Schooled and Saddle Horses. Tho Itnruum and llnlloy circus will show on the Kenwood addition on West Mala stroot, tho most con- .Miss .lonnio Sucdior has accepted a position of Supervisor of draw ing in the Medford l'ublio schools. Misc. Snedicor is a great favorite in the schools but for tho last 1 vears has been in Aberdeen. Wash- liugtou. ent, Hawaii and South America. One grower near Wenatcheo has arrang ed to accompany a shipment of J15, 000 boxes of apples to Loudon. Or chardists in Oregon and Idaho will also ship to London, Glasgow, Ber lin and Paris. Montana will send most of its commercial apples to middle western statos, also consign ing some to adjoining distriots. Or ehardists in northern Washington expect to soiul.homo of their prod ucts into tho Canadian northwest to help tho southern distriots in tho provinces of British Columbia and Alberta to supply tho markets. A now system of packing apples for export trade has beeu adopted by sovoral of tho largo handlers in Idaho, whereby each applo is care fully wrapped and placed in a paste board compartment with doublo sidos, Tho pasteboard layers somo what resemble tho tiers used m packing oggB, except that with tho apples thoro ia absolutely no oliuuco of a bruise. Tho compartments, vary in size to accommodate tho apples. It is hoped by this system to got Idaho applos to Europe without a t- 11 .-;- nun ,i 1 Z f ' rnd f, ,h r; num. and Dalloy circus will start from ho Bhow-groumls shortly after eight o clcok omorrow. Mon- day morning. Tim doors will open about nlno o clock. Tho perform- nnco commences at ten o'clock shnrn. ..iuroi.cci.il iiuoi. ai AMiiana incso trains will bo dovldcd Into seven sections, each roctlon requiring threo powerful engines to draw It over tho mountains, twonty-oao engines In all. Thero are elghty-nlno cars of railway equipment belouclng to tho "Dig Show." Five special trains of miiwny equipment carrying the entire circus paraphernalia will reach Medfoid some time Sunday afternoon. Stren uous activity will bo the order of the afternoon, ns all must be in realiuess Mr. and Mrs. Austen, who have been spending thu summer on their ranch bevond Central 1'oint, have taken a house on Peach street and will spend the winter in town, moving in Monday. ' bruise. Many packers boliovo that this medium of preserving thoir fruit will give them a ready market. It V likely that tho plan .will bo fol lowed by grower?, in other north western states, though votorans in tho industry, say thoro is absolutely no danger of bruising if the boxes aro filled with uniform fruit in square nnd diagonal packs. Tho last named is proforred by many for shipping long distances, as there aro four points of contact, top and bot tom, whereas tho square pack pluoos apples ouo on top of tho other. Ono of tho big factors in the ap plo industry in tho Pacific country liorenfter will bo tho Northwest Fruit Exchange, organized by growers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, for tho purposo of cen tralizing tho handling and marketing of fruit grown in tho cliiof distriots through ono channel, It is purposed to eliminato costly competition, avoid ovorsupplying tho larger markotH and bring about a worldwido distribution of tho product handled. Ordors will bo taken at prices fixed by tho exchange, AM A ' I " lV ' for the one comolcte iwrfnnnnnnn l1 strtct Pn.de to be given hero tomorrow mornin(,. The pnrnd(J wi start at 8 0,clock Th(J perfonnnncc wil, hcpin t 10 0.clock fahnrp. Interest in tho nppronchillR pcr. formnnces of the Barnum & Bailey j.. ..i .. i. ?..! c rcus erfonniiiice. Th riders. WTOnasts and dining specialists of ouo kind and another are said to bo the most expert in their sovcral pro fessions. Most of tho artists in this season's program make their first bow to an American audience. There aro 420 performers appearing in the areuie shojv and more than 1000 rare wild animals in liio zoological col lection. There are 1J80 penplo con nected with the great undertaking. Of tho nbovo mentioned 420 perfonn ( continued on page 13) ' Miss L. 1). Hull left for I'uttlnnd Monday, where she will spend 'veral weeks. Colonel A. F. Kay left la&t week, on a business trip to Portland. Offices are to ho cctablmucd in piactieally ovory market center in the United States and Canada and provido a dcpondablo outlet for the products, which aro rapidly inorean iug in tho northwost. Tho organiza tion also has completed preliminary plans for the establishment of trade connections in till Europcnn markets, and will immediately tako up tho ox Dloitntiou of tho markets of the Ori ent, including Hawaii, Russia, China, Japan, tho Philippine islands and Australia. The sales, accounting and traffic dopartmonts will be in charge of experienced mon. Tho officers and directors ot tho association are: President, R. JI. Parsons. Medford. Or.; vico-prosi- dents, Michael Iloran, Wenatcheo, and W. N. Irish, North Yakima; sec rotary, C. R. Dorland; treasurer ana general niaiiagor, W. F. Gwin, Eagle Point, Or,; directors, R. 11. Parsons, M. Iloran, W. N. Irish, W. M. Rich ards, II. M. Gilbert, Toppouish, Wash.; Judgo Fremont Wood, Hoiso, Idaho; A. C. Randall, Talent, Or,; J, S. Evans, formorly gonoval manager of tho Fruit Dispatch company, Now Mrs. J. Stilwell Vilas and son Gcorgo left Thursday for Sau Jose, whero they will spend the winter. Mr. Vilas and Mr. Ned Vilns leave to day, making the trip by auto. 'I be young men will attend school there. Mr. Vilas will return later and hpend tho greater part of the winter in Medford. Miss Gladys Heard was a chnrminfr hostess nt a very pretty luncheon Friday at her homo on Siskiyou Heights, given in honor of Miss Evel yn Wilson of Portland. Tho color scheme wac pink. Tho center piece being a beautiful basket of pink roses with pink ribbon bow. The place cards wcro also in pink. Miss Ely and Mrs. A. P. Talent Jr. assisted the hostess in serving. The guests were Mcsdames Dnniela, Harmon, Kcntner, Vawter, Budge, Corey, Mouldin, Root, Merrick, Boy den, It. A. nolmes, Orr, McTowan, Bnrncburg, Heard, Foster, O'Brien, Fitch and Aliss Week. Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Geary were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Picket, last week, before leaving for their home in Portland. They have been spending several weeks on their Griif fin Creek ranch. Dr. Geary" was the first mayor of Medford and was for merly in partnership with Dr. Pickel. The camping party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Piatt, Mr. and Mrs. Goddis and Mrs. and Mrs. Howard returned home Inst Sunday. They wore called home by the illnes of Mrs. Angel, mother of the three Indies. The invited guests were Misses Evelyn Wilson, Bess Kentner, Ida Lee Kentner, Jesse Halo of Grants Pasc, Fern Hpfchinson, Alice Waring, of Portland, Hazel Davis, Madge Riddell. English Ely, and Miss Hom er Rotheriaal. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Aldenhngcn intend building n bungalow oh tho site of their present home on Orange street. The house which they are occupying now will be torn down, immediately and the new house will be started as soon as possible. Miss Clair Gibbony left Friidny for Urbana, Illinois, where she will attend tho State university of Ill inois. She will live nt the homo of her aunt. Mrs. Oldsfnther. Mr. Olds father being an instructor in the school. a Dr. Martin C. Barber and family of Shollsberg, Wisconsin, arrived in Medford last week. Dr. Barber is a cousin of Mr. E. B. Waterman and expects to make this his future home. Mrs. A. G. Huffum who has been tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foster returned last week to her homo in Boston. Mrs. Buffum is a cousin of Mr. Foster. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Olwell, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hannil, Mr. and Mrs. Conro Fiero, Mrs. Fiero and Miss Emilio Fiero returned Thursday from, a pleasant trip to Crater Lake. IN THE NORTHWEST York; W, F. ,3 win. No ono familiar with the industry and conditions in northwestern mid other districts believes thoro will ovor bo an overproduction of ap plos on this continent, though occas ionally tho cry is heard. To provo tho contention that overproduction of clean and wholesome fruit is en tirely out of tho quostion it is ne cessary only to quote statistics of cominoroial reliability, which show that tho crop of tho United States in 1009 was lesn than ono-third of that harvested in 1890, beforo the chief districts in tho Pacific country camo into bearing. The figures for 14 years follew: Growors in tho United States pro duced 09,070,000 barrols of apples in 189G, tlio banner year in tho his tory of tho country. Thoro wns a docroaso of nearly 28,000,000 bar rols, or more than tho ontiro crop of 1009, in 1897, when tho yield am ounted to 41,530,000. Another do croaso followod in 1898, tho yiold being placed at 28,570,000 barrols, but in 1890 and 1900 thoro woro sub stantial increases, tho yiolds being Tho Misses Evelyn and Francis Wilson of Portland, havo retanred from a trip to Crator Lake and aro tho guests of their Undo Mr. Bruce Wilson. Mrs. E. J, Runynrd and family have returned from an extended trip in Iown. Mr. Rnnyard ban nlso re turned from n summer ontimz at Peyton. Mrs. Reinhart, of La Grande. Ore gon, worthy matron, will visit tho Iteamcs Chapter O. E. F., Friday evening, September 2nd. A full at tendance is requested. Mrs. H. H. Holmes who has been tho guest of her daughter Mr. D. 1L Divorcry, for tho past two months, left Tuesday for her homo in Port land. Miss Watt entertained with a luncheon last week in honor of her guests Misses Helen Whitnov and Hazel Morow. Mrs. W. G. Aldenhngcn mude the trip to Colestin last Sundav to meet Mr. Aldeuhagen on hi3 return from San Francisco. Mrs. B. J. Trowbridge and Miss Mary' Trowbridge left last week for a visit to Camas Valley. They will be gone abont two weeks. Mrs. Eugene V. Foster nnd young son Gordan of Oak Mount orchard left Saturday for Long Beach, Cali fornia. Mrs. Josephine Russell and son and Miss Nunan of Jacksonville returned last Sunday, from Colestin where spending the 6mnmer. a Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Bl'uou and family returned from Newport, where they have been spending tho sum mer. Mrs. Helen Haskins and Miss Fan nie Haskins returned last week from Newport, where they havo beeu spending a month. Miss Alice Warling, of Portland who hns been the guest of Miss Fern Hutchinson, leaves next week for her home. a Mrs. Glascou, Mr. Sam Glascon and Miss Agnes Isaacs will return to day from a trip to McAllister Springs Dead Indian. a Mrs. II. P. Hargrave and daught er have returned from an extemlcd viisit with relatives in Oakland Cali fornia. Mrs. J. M. Smith rotumed last week from an eastern trip and Miss Gertrude Smith will return at a later date. a a a Mrs. Cary moved into her new home Friday in Oak Pnrk addition, whore sho has been making exten sive improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Pnlbert havo re turned from Crater Lake. (Continued on pago 12) 58,400,000 and 50,860,000 barolB, re spectively. Thero was a drop of 30,000,000 barrols in 1901, while 1002 showed -an inorcaso of 20,000, 000 barrols, tho crop that year being estimated at 40,020,000 barrels, Forty-six million bnrrels of applob woro produced in 1903, and in 1901 tho yield was 300,000 barrols less. Thon, in 1005, it dropped to 24, 310,000 barrels, and in 1900 it in creased to 38,280,000 barrols. Tho orop of 1007 foil off to 20,540,000 barrols; it was 25,450,000 in 1008 and 22,733,000 in 1009. Tho apple-growing industry is a substantial ouo; in fact, fow enter prises offor suror or more uttract ivo profits. This is evidenced by tho fact tliat Englnnd, Germany, France, Denmark, Australia and tho Orient aro already drawing upon tho orch ards in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia, When this export trndo is firmly es tablished, nB it will bo in a fow years, tho domauds upon tho growers will bo largely increased. This means moro now orchards and botlor envo of tho older ones.