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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 3910.
No. 35.
MEDFORD M
In MedforcTs
Following ii pretty custom origin
tiling in England, but much liked i'
Amorien, lliu liulk'H of tlie Greater
Modford cluli aro preparing a lawn
foto to bo given lliu city park in
which tho crowning of tho May queen
und tho winding of tho May polo will
ho tho prominent features. Tho nf
fair will bo both picturesque and
Mpootnoulur and u oiwontially an out
door entertainment that cannot ho
takon to a hall without ..n'.ir- Khh ol
effect, bunco tho date 11 ..idcfinilo.
depending on tho statu of tho
wonthor. Tablon will ho spread on
tho lawn in tho park and rofroh
montii of icon and cako will bo nerved
while tho May polo dance, participat
ed in by tho children from Mr.
Weaver' and Min Norton'H grades
in tho public school, will take place
on tho hnudntand. An interesting
muftii-itl program in also in prepara
tion and a fortune-lolling booth
proiniKCH to attract much intercut.
It will bo roineinbored by many
what a ttignnl hucco tho Indie
made of the firot lawn social Kx '
in the park noveral ycara ago. An
outdoor fete such an thi. with
promise of many ioboh, an entranc
ing dinpluy of girlinh boituty and the
service of Medford' inoft popular
matron", will dnuhtloHtu Hiirpntu any
thing heretofore attcmptud in thw
line.
Mr. .lack Albury and Mr. II. H.
Tronnon were dinner host at the
Louvre cafe Wednesday evening.
Inning n honor gaunt Mr. and Mr.
F. II. Hopkins, who aro leaving
obortly to mako their homo in Port
land. The table deeoratioiiM were
hundnnriio bowls overflowing with
gnrgooim Papa Oontiur rooH, occu
pying the center nnd each end of the
table, while silver candelabra tdiitded
with rone and green nhadon added
another nttractcd decoralivo noto.
After tho dinner, which watt elab
orate and woll served, tho party ad
journed to the hospitable home of
.Mrs. .1. F. Neddy, whore dancing win
enjoyed until a late hour in the par
ish ball, Mazelrigg'H orchestra furn
ishing tlio mimic.
Mr. Astbury and Mr. Tronson's
guoslH wero: Mr. nnd Mr. F. H.
Hopkins, Mrs. Pratt of Now York,
Mr. and Mrs. Ooorgo II. Dnggett, Mr.
ami Mrs. John D. Olwell, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Neddy, Mr. nnd .Mrs. F.vnn
Noainos, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hrooko,
Mrs. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
iramil, Mr. John It. Alien, Miss draco
Andrews, Mr. A. Conro Fioro.
Tho monu: Naw oysters, chicken
gumbo soup, rninbow trout, eolory,
salted almonds, olivos, sweetbread
pntties, green peas, murschiuo punch,
spring chickon a la Maryland, straw
berry Ico crcaia, Noquofort cheerio,
Bout's water crnckors, coffee noir.
A largo and efficient committee
from NonmcB' chaptor, 0. E. S., con
sisting of Mr. nnd Mrs. M. L. Al
ford, Mrs. A. M. Woodford, Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Nvo, Mr. and Mrs. Wos
loy Green, Mr. II. F. Piatt, Nov. W.
F. Shields, Mrs. Mary Isaacs, Miso
Agnes Isaacs, Mr. John While, Mr.
II. C. Kontnor, Mr. Charles Strang
and Mrs. A. L. Eisonhnrt, provided a
most delightful ovoning of sociabil
ity for mombors and guests Wednes
day ovoning at Masonic hall, tho oc
casion being tho rogulnr monthly re
ception. Miss Agnos Isaacs was
hoard In a piano solo, as nlno wore
Mrs. II. E. Marsh and Miss Nuth
Woodford, in a pinno duct. Missos
Crowoll and Crawford rondorod
many bonutiful clnssio and popular
selections on tho violin and piano
that woro grootod with hearty ap
plause After rofroshiuoutfl of sand
wichos, pioklos, olives, ornngo shor
hot, cako nnd coffco, an hour of
convorso followod, whon, tho orowd
beginning to disporso, thoso remain
ing indulged in tho Virginia rcol.
Among tho visitors who nro recent
nrrivnls woro.: Mrs. Maltby, Mrs.
Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Gnmol, Mr. and
Mrs. Budge, Mr. nnd Mrs. Corliss
nnd tjio Missos Folgor.
Much intorost is oxprosnod in tho
first annual exhibition of mnnunl
training nnd domostio soienco work
to ho given by tho pupils of tho pub
lic schools on Friday, April fl, at tho
high school building. Sowing by tho
girls and cnbinot work by tho oldor
boys will bo on display nnd it is hop
ed that nil iutorostod in thoso prac
tical arts boing taught in tho schools
will go to boo tho work dono tho first
yonr,
Social Realm
Tho closing danco of tho Swastika
series win given Friday ovoning nt
Anglo's opera house. Tho hall was
attractively docorated with scores of
Jnpanoso lanterns bunging from the
coiling, whilo open Jnpanenc umbrel
las formed a screen on tho stage for
tho orchestra. Mrs. W. 0. Alden
bagbii nerved as chairman of the
decoration committee and Mrs. J. I).
Hoard of tho rofroMhmoul committee.
Notwithstanding tho rainy night, a
pleasant crowd was present and Un
closing dance passed off with tin
same vim that has characterized the
entire scries.
About eighteen young pooplo as
somblcd at Smith's hall Monday to
givo welcome to AJrH. F. Otto Krause,
who has recently returned from Los
Angolos. The affair wan informal
and in tho nature of a surprise.
Piano selections woro rendered by
Miss JcunoHAO Butler Miss Venita
Hamilton. Minn lone Flynn nnd .Miss
Lorrnino Bliton gave violin and piano
nuuihors, and Miss Enid Hamilton
and Mr. Krnuno Hang. Nefrcsh
monts were sorvod nnd dancing en
joyed. Mr. Charles Carr entertained IS
young friends Friday evening of last
week nt his home nt tho corner of
Eighth and Mixtletoo. Games were
played and n jolly evening enjoyed.
Thoso present: Misses Laura Pag-.
Nuth Nye, Mildred Uliton, Nuth War
ner, F.sthor Warner, Frances Yonr,
Lucilo York. Hertha Wold and Ha
zel Anile. Charles Nay," Nobcrt Gib
boney, Urnl Coleman, Leslor Jacobs,
farter Brandon, George Ilcnselman,
Karl York. Steven Nyo.
The meeting of tho Young Peo
ple's Hiblo Society recently hold at
the home of Miss Margaret Noberts,
015 Oakdnlo nvenuo, was greatly en
joyed by the members. Airs. Maltby
and Mrs. Sbiolds wore present to
assist the young ladies with cm
broidery nnd a delicious lunch, con
sisting of sandwiches, olives, ico
crenm nnd enke, wns served under
the trees on tho lawn.
Tho Ladies' Aid society of tho
Presbyterian church hold a ploasant
informal meeting Tuesday afternoon
at tho home of Mrs. H. 0. Wortmnn,
012 Oakdnlo avenuo. Tho porches
nnd lawn worp used for tho accom
modation of tho ladies, tho refresh
ments being also served out of doors.
Considernblo work was accomplished.
Mrs. Charles Delhi nnd Miss Ma
bel Nay gave a skating pnrty nt the
rink ThurMlny evening that was ono
of tho most pleasant events of the
week. Though plnnncd for last week,
Miss Nny's tnking a hasty trip to San
Francisco made postponement neces
sary. Tho morchnntfl' lunch given by tho
C. E. socioty of tho Prosbytorian
church yostordny nftornoon wns woll
patronized had was a distinct suc
cess in every way. Tho financial and
social enmmittoos of tho society
woro in, chnrgo of tho nrrangomonts.
.Mrs. J. A. Perry nnd Mrs. W. II.
McGownn ontortninod tho Five Hun
dred club Friday aftornoon at Mrs.
McGowan's homo, 35 Oakdnlo nvo
nuo. Tho prizes wero hnndsomo pot
ted plants nnd woro won by Mrs. T.
K. Daniels nnd Mrs. Antlo.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ilnuloy gave n
ploasant dinnor party Sunday ovo
ning at tho Nash grill, having ns
gnosis Mr, nnd Mrs. Miihiny, Mr. nnd
Mrs. Evnn Nenmes. Tho flowers woro
rod car.mtions.
Mrs. Charles King of Portland nnd
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cox of Alnmedn,
Cal., who aro visiting rolativos in
Modford, spoilt Friday and Saturday
at Door Crook.
Mrs. D. IT. Drowory, who has boon
visiting in Portland for two wooks?
has returned homo mid is accompan
ied by hor mother, who will mako a
visit of sovornl we'oks.
n
Tho Lndios' Missionary soototy of
tho Preshyiorian church will hold its
rogulnr mooting Tuesday nt tho homo
of Mrs. J. E. Wutt.
Mrs. Jo nussoll of Jnoksonvillo
wns tho guost of Mrs. N. G. Gnlo dur
ing tho wook.
Nov. nnd Mrs. 0. W. Gibbony have
roturnod from a trip to Srjokano,
Congressmen Martin and Olmsted and Scenes
In the Philippine Island Sugar Scandal.
XSVGSIR TRUST i . pvTVf AMk iiflKJ
CONGRESSMAN
ConKrcHHiimu Martin of Colorado nnd CoiiRrensmnu Olmsted of Pennsylvania declare that confess must not
odjouru until a complete Investigation hns been started oil tho sale of susor binds In the Philippines by the gov
eminent to the HURiir trust. The sale of the land involves many millions of dollars, and Congressman Mnrtlu
Is busy preparlnk n detailwl report which lie will plve to the bouse showing, he deelan-s. that a KiKantic swin
dle hns iK-en carried ou lu Washington. He hns itone on record as snyini; that be has evidence that men high lu
olllcial and business circles have been active In turning over sugar land to the trust at a great loss to the gov-ernmunt.
CORT NO LONGER
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Severs His. Relations With Klaw &
Erlangcr and Will Book Shubcrt
Attractions Asks Thirty Attrac
tions at Once.
NEW YOKK, April 30. Tho Sbu
borts formally announced today that
thoy had completed an ngreomcut
with John Cot, who controls the tho
ntors of tho northwest nnd tho Pa
cific coast, whorcby Shubort and tho
Lieblor company nttrnctioiiB would
horoaftor appear in his housos in
stead of Klaw & Erlangcr bookings.
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This nnuouncemont follows tho
news that Klaw & Erlangcr revoked
nil their bookings for CortV houses,
numboring moro than 150.
Uroadway does not yet tully uu
dorstnud tho portent of those
ohang03 or what is behind them.
Cort announces that his thontors
will horoaftor follow tho "open-door"
policy and rofuso to tako diotntion
from tho "trust." Hut nn open-door
policy might just ns woll bo n closed
door policy so far as Klnw & Erltui
gor nro concornod, for thoy nro not
sonding their attractions to houses
controlled by tho opposition.
Tho Shnbort8 hnil tho chango as a
tromondous victory, which menus tho
wresting of tho theatrical businoss
from tho hands of tho "trust." Thoy
point to tho fact that Julius Calm
and his circuit of 200 thontors in
NoV Englnnd lion latoly adopted' tho
"open door" policy; also M. Nioa and
his 100 thontors in Now York, Ponn
sylvnnin, Ohio nnd Now Jorsoy.
Pnrt of tho Shuhorts ngroomont
witli Cort is that ho shall have, 30
first-class attractions at onoo. This
wns compliod with.
Furnishod hoom huntors can nar
row tho soarch jlown to throo or four
wortU-invostigatiiiB places ull nd
vortised. 1
BOWS
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RUTH WILL WED
DESPITELEAV1TT
Says She Vill Wed Owen on May 3
In Spite of Any Opposition Which
May Bo Offered Plans Leaving
for Nebraska.
JACKSONVILLE. Ind.. April 30.
Mrs. Nuth Bryan Loavitt, daughter
of William Jennings Bryan, declared
today that sho will wed Reginald
Owen of tho British Noyal Engineers
on May 3, in spito of any opposi
tion thnt amy bo offered by William
Hornco Loavitt, from whom sho wns
divorcod.
Mrs. Loavitt is visiting friends in
Jacksonville Sho plnns to loavo Into
today for hor fnthor's homo in Ne
braska. Furthor than roitornting hor
intention to murry Owen, sho refused
to comment on Loavitt's declaration
that ho would try to provont the
corcmony until ho secured possossioii
of tho Lonvitt childron.
Probato Court.
Estnto of John B. Brown Ordor
mado Bottimr apart porsoual prop
erty; invontory showing real prop
erty valued at $5000 filed and ap
proved. Estato of Ellen Jaquish Invon
tory showing proporty to tho vnluo
of $0885.01 filod and npprovdd.
Estnto of L. F. Gardner Mnry E.
Qardnor nppointod ndminiotrntrix;
II. T. Polton. J. L. Rowo, W. W. Ed
ington npprnisors.
Estato of Mary L. Buck Joseph
T. Buck nppointcd administrator;
Frod Rapp, John Kobinson nnd L. A.
Abbott npprnisoi-s.
Estato of Ooorgo M. Noodles
Final report of ndaiinistrator filod
and date of final sotllomont sot for
Saturday, Juno -1, at 10 a. m.
Estato of Salisbury Shonnan In
vontory filod and approved.
fioal vnluoa iad buyora promptly
whon ndvortisod for pooplo now
adays havo como to "know."
PATTON BUYS ALL
COTTONIN SIGIT
Calls for Loans to Extent of Six or
Seven Millions Over $14,600,000
Worth of Cotton at $75 a Bale Is
Purchased.
NEW YORK, April 30. Manipu
lated by James A. Patton of wheat
market fame, tho largest transaction
in spot cotton New York hns over
known nro now taking place and will
probably bo terminated Monday.
Through tho office of J. S. Bncho &
Co., Patten has purchnscd $1-1,000,-000
worth of cotton nt $73 a balo nnd
lias called for lonns to tho extent of
sis or soven millions, which will be
ready Monday.
Patten's purclinscs includo virtual
ly every halo of cotton in tho ware
houses of New York, about 200,000.
S. A. R. Annual Meeting.
TOLEDO. O., April 30. With del
egates nnd visitors from nlmost ev
ery stnto, tho 21st annunl congress of
tho national socioty, Sons of tho
American rovolution. began in this
city today with a meeting of tho cx
ooutivo committoo at tho Ilotol Scott.
Tomorrow tho delegntes will r.ttond
patriotic services in Trinity Motho
dist church. Tho businoss sessions
will bogin Mondny. San Francisco,
in which city tho socioty wns first
organized, is nn npplicnnt for tho
noxt mooting of tho national con
gress. Pomcroy-Schulzo Wedding.
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 30. Soci
ety in Now York, Chicngo, Denver,
Indinnnpolis nnd sovornl othor cities
wns represented at tho wadding of
Miss Louiso Sohulzo, dnughtor of Mr.
and Mrs. Thoodoro A, Sohulzo of
this city, nnd Theodoro Pomoroy, son
of Mrs, C, Kins Pomoroy of Chicago,
which took placo this nftornoon in
St, John's Episcopal church.
Precooling
Seven hundred nnd fifty thousand.
dollnrs is tho price which tho Pacific
Fruit Express is ipondintr to secure
a system of refrigeration at its new
precooling plant in Colton, Cnl.,
which vill make it possible to handle
citrus fruits across tlc continent
with practicnlly no decay. About
two-thirds of tho big plant has been
in oparation for n month. The pros
pnt capacity is permitting it to hnn
dle 20 enrs every four hours. When
the bnlnncc of the plant is completed
the capacity will be 40 cars every
four hours. Work is rapidly being
puslrd and within another 30 days
it is expected the entire system will
be complete.
Citrus fruit culture in California
is ono of the stntc's largest indus
tries. Mechanical features have
kept pace with the growing and mar
keting and the intelligent use of them
hns made it possible to grow and de
liver oranges in grcnter quantities,
better condition nnd thereby obtain
ing better prices. Machinery for
cultivation, for preservation nnd for
harvesting on one side nnd for clean
ing, sizing, boxing and shipping on
the other hns developed tho indus
try and has likewise developed with
it. Economy, sufficiency end excel
lence in handling, packing nnd for
warding have kept pace with the ex-1
tnnsion of territory cultivated and
expansion of market.
The big plant of the Pacific Fruit
Express is tho resnlt of tho necessity
to minimize the enormous amount of
damage ocenrring nnnunlly in the
transportation of the fruit.
Clnim? aggregating hundreds of
thousands of dollnrs are yearly filed
with tho railroad companies by ship
pers because oranges and lemons
and other fruits nnd vegetables
reached tho market in decayed con
dition. The cause is either insuffi
cient Icing or other defects in pre
serving the fruit while in transpor
tation. It is stated by some thnt tho sav
ings in damages alone will pav for
the Colton plant in two years, and
that tho snvine in loss of decayed
fruit to the growers will amount to
even more than this, because the
damages awarded by tho railroads
are seldom equal to the actual loss.
The system adopted by the Pacific
fruit exDrcss was decided upon af
ter a series of experiments by the
federal government nnd the rail
roods, and is known ns tho direct
system. Althontrh a different pntent
from thnt used bv the Santa Fo, the
results obtained hy the Colton plant
aro identical.
Although years wore spent by the
inventor in perfecting his idens and
much time wns taken np in conduct
ing n series of tests and perfecting
the machinery before it wns finally
ordered to be placed in service, yet
the system is simple. Tho tempera
ture, whntcver it may bo in the fruit
when londed in the enr, can bo
brought down to 33 degrees in four
hours. This is ten dogreos lower thnn
is nt present reached after tho fruit
hns been on the rond three days un
der the old plan of rcfrigoration. If
the fruit is delivered nt tho icing
nlnnt in the cars m good condition
by tho shipper thero seems to bo no
renson why it could not reach tho
mnrket without decay.
Whilo pro-cooled enrs nro as fre
quently ro-iced en ronto ns thoso that
movo under ordinnry refrigeration,
tho nmount of ico consumed nt the
vnrious icing stations en routo is
considerably less than under tho old
system. Tho Pacific Fruit Express
is mnking somo extensive experi
ments to dotormino just what saving
will bo mndo in tho ico consumed en
route on procooled cars ns compnred
with oars moving under straight
ioing.
Roprosentntives of tho Pncifio
Fruit Expross havo frequently stnt
ed that if it is dovolpped by those
oxporimonts thnt thoro is considor
nblo moro saving in ioing on routo
thnn tho cost of precooling tho ship
pers' will nnothor season bo given the
bonofit of this snving in reduction of
rofrigerntion rates.
This company qlnims to bo doing
ovorything possible to porfect its sys
tem of refrigeration and transporta
tion to such a stnto ns will practi
cally gunrnnteo tho delivory of tho
fruit nt tho onstorn mnrkots in tho
idonticnl condition thnt it is deliv
ered in tho cars.
Horotoforo it hns boon nocossary
to ro-ico fruit from eight to ton times
botwoon southorn Cnllfornin nnd
eastern 'mnrkots, at a cost to tho
shippers of $02.50 por car, and nl-
of Fruit
thrugh it is understood that no re
duction in this chnrgo will bo mndo,
there will be no additional chnrgo for
precooling and ovory car of porish
ablo stock will bo procooled, whother
so ordered by tho shipper or not.
Whether or not tho expense of tho
immenso plant will prove to bo a good
investment as far ns tho snving of
dnraago claims are concerned is n
matter time alono will answer, but
evidently this matter was carefully
gorie into beforo tho plant was con
structed. Tho success of tho pro
cooling plants nt Pomona and Roso
ville has clearly demonstrated tho
necessity of procooling nnd tho snv
ing of loss to the growers.
The prent interest taken in tho
plant by the interstate commorco
commission and railroad officials
from other points, fruitgrowers and
newspaper men has made it neces
sary for A. M. Mortensen, manager
of tho Pacific Fruit Express in this
territory to make many trips. In ev
ery case both surprise and delight
have been expressed by visitors at
tho amount of money expended and
the perfect system demonstrated at
evcrj conceivable minute detail for
the protection in handling of fruits.
The ipemaking room, which has a
capacity of 250 tons of ice per day,
and the coil rooms containing about
tlO miles of three-inch pipe, arc most
interesting; 20,000 tons of ico aroi
now in storage hi tho big plant. In
the coil rooms, which resemble im
mense safety deposit vaults, mado of
reinforced concrete, the air which
passes to and from the care is cool
ed. There aro two large tunnels or
aid ducts in this room, one of which
conveys the cool air at the rate of
20,000 cubic feet a minuto to tho
cars at an average temperature of
14 degrees. Tho other air duet con
veys tho air back to tho coils at nn
average tempo rat nro of 30 degrees,
whero it is again cooled nnd driven
onco more into tho cars. Immenso
sets of fans nro used to force the air
into tho outgoing duct and other sets
for the pnrposo of suckine the air
back and forcing it agn'm into tho
coil. room. Immense flexible coup
lings are attached to tho pipes which
are so mado as to fit tho door of tho
car. Air cushions aro used around
the edge which aro blown up with
high pressure in order to mnke tho
car absolutely air tight. Inside of ithis
cushioned door where tho air goes
into the car thero aro distributing
chambers which force nir in nil di
rections at the same velocity and
pressure. On top of tho cars thoro "
nro at each end n 20-inch flexible
coupling attached to tho opening in
tho ico bunker, through which tho
warmer nir containing heat from the
oranges is drawn back into tho coil
room.
Ono of tho first questions which
comes to tho mind of tho avcrngo
layman and ono which G. Harold"
Powell, a government oxpert, who
spent somo timo in California devel
oping tho procooling system, con
tested, is, "will tho orange in tho
middlo of tho box bo as cool as tho
one on tho outside and will tho heart,
of tho orango undor this process bo
as cool after n four-hour tempern
turo ns tho outer skin?"
At tho Pomona precooling plant
tho boxes nro plnced in refrigeration
vaults and left for two or threo days
in order to cool tho hearts of tho
fruit, which scorns to bo n reason
able process. At diffocont periods
during tho four-hour process tho
tempornturo wns taken by specially
prepared instruments on tho outsido
of tho box, tho middlo of tho box and
also tho outor skin of tho ornngo nnd
tho heart of tho orango nnd it had
been thoroughly demonstrated thnt
tho tempornturo m tho middlo of tho
box and tho honrt of tho orango woro
tho same. In explaining why this
was, Mr. Sullivan statod that on ac
count of tho juico of tho fruit boing
a conductor of heat or cold it was
only necessary for tho tempornturo
to penotrato tho rind, nnd thnt tho
honrt of tho orango in any caso wns
alwnys tho samo tomporaturi ns tho
insido of tho rind. This septus n vory
ronsonublo and plausiblo explanation
and whon it is considorod that tho
saving of two to thrco days in timo
nnd tho nmount of lnbor and exponsa
nocossary to handlo tho fruit in
vaults for sovornl days tho diroot
systom usod by tho Pacific Fruit Ex
change covering a period of only
four hours, enn bo appreciated,
, Tho big plant is locntod in tho
honrt of tho citrus fruit seotion and
tho cars pnokod nt tho difforont
(Continued on Pago 13.)