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At&LAKD TimXOS
Monday, February 8, 191&
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ARROW COLLARS
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mm-
25 cent collars made here or abroad
Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc. Makes or Arrow Shuts Tboy, N.Y.
Possibilities of
Canal Limited
The first big experiment in the use
of the Panama canal for shipping
northwestern fruit to New York has
just been completed by the North
Pacific Fruit Distributors. Two im
portant facta have been determined,
according to president II. F. David
son, who recently returned from New
York. One is that only three dis
tricts and part of a fourth of the ten
principal fruit districts in the north
west can ship their apples to Atlan
tic coast ports that way and make a
substantial saving in transportation
charges. The other is that small ship
pers are practically debarred, owing
to handling charges and to certain
established trade conditions which
are encountered upon arrival. Only
a large organization with its own
salaried employes at the receiving
end to consummate private sales and
to arrange for the immediate disposi
tion of the fruit upon arrival can
avoid losses, which would more than
offset any advantages that might be
gained from transporting it via the
canal.
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' "Hood River, and a few, nearby
points in ' Oregon and Yakima and
Wenatchee : Ik Washington are the
only northwestern districts that can
make a substantial saving," declared
Mr. Davidson.- "Even then someone
who has a direct personal interest in
the cargoes must be on hand to meet
them and take care of them at once,
The other northwestern districts are
practically eliminated because of the
expense of getting their apples to the
Pacific coast ports where they would
i . a
uf loaaea.
"It costs ' 66 cents per hundred
pounds or about 33 cents per box to
send apples by steamship from Seat-
"THIS catalog
truthfully pre
sents and illustrates
the most desirable
varieties oi seeds for
the Northwest The best oi every
thinf (oc lb mulct or kom gtfdea, ui
farm, tlx orchard, the poultiymta "4 UM
bea-keeper. A tellable and tale ffuide to
your pufcKaMt and t reference book which
Hould be in the hand oi er rower.
Atk lor catalog No. 100
PORTLAND riS
SEED CO. SSSD
PORTLAMTJ.ORE. SMPAH
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PATRONIZE THE
Men Valley
Wursery
The leading nursery of Southern
Oregon.
A full line Fruit, Shade, Nut and
Ornamental Trees.
Roses, Flowering Shrubs, Vines
Hardy Perennials.
All stock guaranteed to please and
the price guaranteed to be right.
My constant aim Is to serve the
public promptly, pleasantly and well.
Mall list of stock wanted, or, better
still, call at delivery yards, 61 OH
East Main street
W. S. Bennett
riione 102. Box 823.
MEDFORD,
OREGON
tie or Portland to New York, we have
ascertained. That includes merely
switching, dockage and unloading at
Seattle or Portland, freight and re
frigeration to and lighterage at New
York and insurance. . To this must
be added freight from the fruit dis
trict in question to the Pacific coast
ports, which, varies from 4 cents
per box in the case of Hood River to
as much as 33 cents from some sec
tlons of southern Idaho, making the
total cost run from 37 cents to
66 cents.
"These ocean shipments, of course,
must be made under refrigeration,
passing as they do through the in
tense heat of the torrid zone. On
the other hand, overland shipments,
which are almost uniformly made in
ventilated instead of refrigerated
cars, cost 50 cents per box from all
northwestern districts to New York.
There are a few weeks during the
early part of the season when rail
road shipments are made under re
frigeration, and the expense of send'
Ing apples overland under those clr
cumstances range from 59 cents to
64 cents per box, the cost from most
of the districts being 61 cents. At
that time practically all of the dis
tricts except western Montana and
the most distant points in southern
Idaho could make substantial sav
ings by using the Panama canal.
However, if the steamship com'
panles expect to do any great amount
of business in transporting apples
throughout the shipping season they
will have to put their rates down
lower than they are at the present
time to secure the support of the dis
tricts that cannot now use the water
route to advantage.
The most important consideration
in this whole question of Panama
canal shipments upon the facilities
which the shipper has for handling
them upon arrival. The American-
Hawaiian and the Atlantic and Pa
cific lines, which were the first to
carry apples from the northwest and
which the distributors have used, dis
charge their cargoes in Brooklyn at
the Bush and the Atlantic terminals
respectively, while the fruit markets
of New York are centered in Manhat
tan at the Erie and the New York
Central docks. Hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have been lost in
past vain efforts to deflect the trade
away from the Eric dock to some
other place, but dealers have their
stores and warehouses clustered
about it and custom cuts a mighty
large figure.
It would be a very easy matter
for transfer and other handling
charges to more than eat up any sav
ing made by ocean shipments. If
the fruit is consigned or is placed in
the hands of someone who has no
direct personal interest in it, the item
of 'handling charges' could cover a
multitude of sins of both 'commls
slon and omission.' This situation
virtually necessitates a large organ
Ization with a salaried represents
tlve In New York to take charge of
such shipments and dispose of them
at private sale.
"The Distributors' first shipment
by way of the Panama canal created
quite a sensation in New York
Twenty-three carloads of apples ar
rived there on the steamship Ohloan
of the American-Hawaiian Mine last
week. Wllmer Sleg, the Distributors
sales manager In New York, met the
boat and immediately arranged for
handling the cargo. The chief en
glneer of the line has accompanied
it to watch temperatures and study
the needs of such 'shipments. Rail
road man in New York were natur
ally very much interested and tried
to ge on the dock, but were not ad
mitted by the steamship company
The run occupied just 26 days and
a thorough examination of the apples
right down to the lower deck showed
them to be in excellent condition
We have estimated the saving in
transportation on these 23 cars to
be approximately $2,50.
"This week the Santa Clara of the
Atlantic and Pacific line is due to
arrive in New York with eight more
carloads, and the Montanlan of the
American-Hawaiian .line will follow
several days later with 16 carloads,
We are also now loading the Santa
Cecelia of the Atlantic and Pacific
line with seven more carloads. Of
course, tor the reasons stated, we
Dog Catcher IJay;
Develop RaWes
When William Cook, the: recent
city dpg catcher, was bitten by a dog
several weeks ago, the head of the
animal was sent to Portland for ex
amination. Through some delay
word was just received Saturday that
the dog was infected with rabies,
and in the meanwhile Cook was re
leased by the city and has departed
for parts unknown.. Word has been
sent .to the city papers and efforts
are being made to locate him. He
was last seen In Dunsmulr a few days
ago.. ' If he is not located and given
the Pasteur treatment within a few
days be will begin to show tymptoms
of the rabies in a couple of weeks.
However, there is a chance that he
was not infected, as only about 25
per cent of victims bitten by mad
dogs contract the disease.
Babies oi Murderer
Taken to Portland
With her three small children,
Mrs. ' Frances Williams, wife of
Frank Williams, who is serving a
life sentence in the state penitentiary
for murder, passed , through, from
Klamath Falls Friday, en route for
Portland to place them in the Boys
and Girls' Aid Society. The children
were committed to the care of the
society by the probate court, William
S. Worden and Marlon Hanks sitting
as judges.
They are Frankie L., aged three
years, Fay Pauline, aged one and a
half years, and Iva Delia, aged nine
months. Mrs. Williams will return
to Klamath Falls after placing her
children in care of the society.
Freight Cars Go
On Rampage
Seventeen care were ditched at the
derailing switch at the foundry early
Sunday morning. The night switch
engine having been taken off lately,
the road crew of Freight No. '221
were switching in the yards, and
while trying to make a coupling
failed to make proper connections
and butted the cars down the track.
The local yards are on a slight grade
and the cars fast gained headway
and would have gone clear to Gold
Hill if it had not been for the derail
ing switch. A telegraph pole was
snapped completely off and the rails
bent considerably, but no serious
damage was done. The wreck ' oc
curred shortly after midnight, .and
was cleared up by noon. . .
Widow of Game
Warden Gets $3,000
The bill introduced in the senate
at Salem by Senator Von der Hellen,
to reimburse the widow of Arthur S.
Hubbard, who was killed in the per
formance of his duty as game war
den, was passed Friday. This appro
priates $3,000 out of the game fund
for Mrs. Hubbard, to be paid to her
in installments. Two hundred and
fifty dollars is to be paid, now and
$50 per month until the whole
amount has been paid.
Auto Upsets, Top ,
Saves Occupants
While returning from Medford Sat
urday evening, Jimmy Hubsch,,,wlta
his wife and Duff Harrington, nar
rowly escaped serious injury when
the steering gear of bis car broke
and the car turned over. The acci
dent occurred at the foot of Eagle
Mill hill and the auto was going
about twen.ty-five miles an hour when
the gear broke. The top of the car
was up and saved the occupants.
The top was smashed and the car
scratched up, but none of the passen
gers was injured beyond a few minor
burises. " ' '..
Spray Plant Will ;
Soon Be Rebuilt
Charles F. Howland, secretary, and
S. H. Beetera, manager of the .Call
fornta Rex spray plant which burned
at Phoenix last week, are in the val
ley, and found the plant to be prac
tically a total loss. The company ln
tends to rebuild the plant immedl
ately, according to word given out by
the men. In the meanwhile the com
pany will arrange to supply its cus
tomers with the spraying materials
from their plant at Benlcla.
Stephenson is
Rebuilding
George Stephenson has put a gang
of men at work on rebuilding his
building which was burned recently,
This building is the one which was
occupied by the billiard hall. Mr.
Stephenson Is going to completely
remodel the building and will make
an up-to-date structure out of it. He
will put in a brick or concrete front
and back and strengthen the side
walla.
have made provision in advance at
New York for all of those apples.
"The Distributors have for a long
time been making a deep study of
the whole Panama canal proposition
as It affects northwestern fruit, and
we were the first to avail ourselves
of the opportunities afforded, almost
to the exclusion of other shippers,
When the Santa Cecelia is on her way
we will have shipped 64 carloads al
together by the water route.
"The objections which have been
raised by other shippers to the use
of the Panama canal are well found
ed, and for concerns without ade
quate, organized facilities for proper
ly handling shipments both at the
loading point and at destination the
water route is certainly not an ad
vantage; nor can. lt.be employed sat
isfactorily by shippers sending only
a carload or a very few carloads at a
time; but an Institution shipping
from 50 to 100 carloads per week to
New York, as we have been doing
for several months,' can make a sub
stantial saving for the growers.!!
'HMtJt i iimimy
ViMKG'THEMlE
Klamath After
Sugar Factory
The Klamath Chamber of ' Com
merce has started a move to secure a
beet sugar factory for Klamath coun
ty. The Klamath county boosters are
working hard for the proposition and
have invited the men who are looking
for locations for sugar factories to
come to Klamath and look the terri
tory over. There is a vast territory
adjacent to Klamath Falls which the
people claim will raise fine beets.
Get the Spirit
And Let's Go
One Ashland citizen has agreed
that if the Commercial Club member
ship is increased by 1,200 by April 1
he will enter membership lor himself
and wife and all of his children and
pay $1 per month dues for each of
them, and he has a whole flock.
That's the kind of spirit that will
make the tourist proposition go and
go big. Let everybody get the spirit.
Portland Stock Market.
Receipts for the week ending
Thursday have been: Cattle 931,
calves 2, hogs 3,530, sheep 1,907.
Cattle There have heen many
good cattle on the market this week,
tops selling reallly at $8, bulk going
at 25c to 35c lower. Demand from
killers excellent.
Hogs The hog receipts for the
week have been light compared with
previous weeks of this year. The
market is fast regaining strength,
closing this week at a full half dollar
over last week's close. Tops are quot
ed at $7.25.
Sheep The sheep market con
tinues steady to strong with a keen
demand for all classes. Best lambs
are quoted up to $7.25, and if extra
quality possibly $8 could be realized;
yearling wethers $7, ewes $5.90.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Welch drove
over from. Jacksonville Thursday.
What do you wantT A Tidings
rant ad tells it to more than two
thousand people In a day. Twenty
five cents does the business.
Get scale receipts, legal blanks,
etc., at the Tidings office. .
Classified Advertisements
(Continued from Page Three.)
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR SALE Shetland pony. A. M,
Beaver. 74-tf
FOR RENT Building centrally lo-
cated, suitable for garage. Call on
or write O. L. Young, 77 Oak
street. - 74-tf
MRS. W. D. BOOTH will take orders
for Rhode Island Red baby chicks.
9 9 6 Oak street, phone 2 9 1-R. 74-tf
WAWTlfiU, BUIUK. WORK If you
want a good bricklayer to tlx your
' chimneys, see Nyby, 296 Maple
street. 1 74-2t
FOR SALE, IMMEDIATELY Five
acre ranch, with good sheds, well
. with pump, furniture, electric
lights in house, ground all plowed
ready for planting; right at the
edge of town, 20 minutes' walk
from center of city. An ideal place
for chicken ranch.. Can be bought
with small payment down, balance
' like rent. Better act qulcK Ad-
jdrejss II. L. Sinclair, Ashland. Ore
74-tf .
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Wed. and Thur.
February 10-11
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IN
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IHIi I ! 1 1 I X I 'M I
Valley to Have
A Frost Survey
Word wa3 received recently from
Senator George E. Chamberlain that
the United States Weather Bureau
had granted the request of the Rogue
river fruit growers for a frost survey
of the valley during the coming
spring. The survey will gather data
concerning smudging, frost and other
meteorological conditions of value to
orchardlsts. The survey is Intended
to systematize frost observation and
should be of great benefit to the val
ley f ru't growers.
Phone news items to the Tidings.
E. T. Staples Will
Manage Oregon
E. T. Staples has taken over the
proprietorship of the Oregon Hotel
and will manage the hostelry person
ally for the present. Mr. Staples has
had a great deal of experience along
the lines of hotel management and
will no doubt make a success of his
new venture.
Hercules stump puller, a bargain;
work and driving harness, bargains.
115 Granite street. tf
Get scale receipts, legal blanks,
etc., at the Tidings office.
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