MEDffORD MAIL T.RIBUN13, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 393.0,
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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
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Offered The Citizens of Medford
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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
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