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PAGE SIX OTiDFOftD MATT TRTTtUNK MTCPFOKD. OT?KOONT. SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, MM. CLUB LADIES PUREFQODCRUSADE N MARKETS D RATINGS MADE BY FOOD INSPECTOR A comtnitleo from the civic sec tion of the Qrenter Medford club hn been nocompnnyinjr Stnte Food In fpector M. S. Shrock, on his tour of inspection of the tnnrkots and cut ins houses of Medford 41iim week. Four bakeries, one candy fnetory, six meat tnnrkcls, five dnirics, m.x gro ceries mitt twelve cntinp lioutes were inspected. The Indies did not in sjcet nil of those places, but will 'do so in the, nenr future. Some very deplorable conditions were found, opccinlly in the eating houses. Auy housekeeper knows tliut oysters, tomatoes nnd mush- rooms must he emptied nt once when the enns nre opened. Hut in more tlian hnlf the eating houses nnd one or two hotels food of this sort was found stnudinir in tlie cans hours nf ter thev had been oKncd in some cases decayed in the cans. Jinny ice hoses were found to contain rotten meet, soured or mold vegetables, decayed fruit nnd abun dant evidence of mice. In fact, one eatinu: house was serving meat that had been recently gnawed bv rod ents. In n space in the rear of one eating house, eight by ten feet, were found the following articles: One toi let with the door standing open nnd indescribably filthy, used by the oc enpnnts of four buildings; a barrel where, n shoemaker soaked his, sole leather, two barrels of garbage, and fish refuse, a chair on which reposed somo twenty pounds of meat, uncov ered two boxes untied on the wall containing meat and other food, lib crally coated with mice tracks, and two dogs. The committee mado n second visit to this placo and fonnd that the dogs had been removed and an ef fort made to screen the boxes. Rut bo long as such hovels exist nnd the owners, for the snko of a few dol lars, are allowed to rent them for such purposes, wo mny expect that bomcono will be foolish enough to try nnd mnke n living by offering tho public n sure way to acquire pto maine poisoning or typhoid fever. The following incident was related by one of the inspectors as Inning occurred in Medfovil, but was class ed by the inspectors ns typical of that class of food handlers through out the state: A butcher was found with a meat grinder that had not been washed since Inst used, and jxjrbnps not for secral days. It was late in the day and another in spection was made the following morning. At this time the helper was preparing some meat for the grinder, which was still unwashed from the previous day's work. "Are you going to wash that grinder be fore you grind thnt meat?" was asked of the helper. With n very as tonished and inquiring look the helper said: "I will, if it is neces sary." He was told it was neces sary. ''We believe that people who ODcr ntc nn establishment where food far humnn beings is prepared should bu trained for tho work," said one of tho inspectors. "Yet we very often find that men with no knowledge of the business or legal requirements nuil with apparently less desire for qualifications than for protits, nre juggling our food behind the scenes, and wo risk our lives in their un trained hnuds. "In your town we found a mnn who operates a rt'sliiurnnt and does much of the work himself, yet show ed himself to be ignorant of some very vital things. ITo was frank to confess his ignorance and admitted he had had but three weeks' experi ince working in n vcrv small restau rant previous to taking ehurgo of the one ho now operates. IIo was asked why ho undertook so important a task with so little training, and he again showed his frankness by ad mitting that ho was led into it bv the assurance thut there was money in it." The grocery stores inspected all raled well above 00, though only one was found free of mice. This one should bo a refutation of tho idea that a cot is n necessary adjunct of a grocery store. Tho hnkories of Bedford leave one with n sinking feeling iu the pit of tho stomach tho place whero they onco put bakers' bread, but can put it no longer. Ono inspector answer ed wuen uhkcu now no wniiui go about cleaning up such a place, "With n torch, How can you expect to havo clean bread baked in a. liv ery stable or tho outhouso of onuf" The scoring of the grocery stores will not bo innilo public until till have been inspected. The public market will not he KCKfid, tliougli.U mas, inspected .and sanitary condition were, found ex cellent. MHB. A. A.UIKIi; Cuuinuan civics section. VIRGINIA APPLES NOT COMPETITORS WITH NEWTOWNS Tho Inspectors' official scores by Deputy Food and dairy Commissioner M. S. tShroch, arc based on 100 points for a perfect p!ant. 40 ot which arc based on perfect equipment and construction, while CO points aro allowed on perfect methods as ihown by the clcanlluoss. Following aro the .Med ford stores rate this week: Markets nnd Slaughterhouse Nichols & Ashpole. market nnd slaughterhouse . 72.1 Warner, Wormian & Gore, .mar ket nnd slaughterhouse 70.6 Cast Side Market, market and slaughterhouse G9.S West Side Market and slaughter house 65.4 Star Market 56.0 Medford Fish & Touttry Markct..r2.0 Kd Dins, market 32. S Candy Factory Medford Candy Factory, N. Grapo street 46. 1 llakrrics Model Bakery, E. Main St 57.1 Medford Bakery. S. Central 42.5 Hoal Bakery. W. Main St 40.5 Pullman Bakery, Pine St 40.0 Kntlng lIoues Medford Hotel. W. Main St. . . .77.5 Boarding House. Mrs. Addle Hart Sixth and Bartlett 74.4 Johnson's Cafo, S. Central 6S.7 Electric Kitchen. W. Main 67.5 Plainvlew Hotel. S. Holly 66.6 Manhattan Cafe, . Front St... ,.64.S Nash Grill. W. Main 57.6 Diamond Boarding House, J. M. McNclly 57.2 Cafeteria. Horlc & Shcpardson, S. Central 55. " V. S. Chop House, S. Front 49. 5 i English Chop House, S Front 45.0 Oregon Restaurant. S. Front 42.2 Home Lunch Market. Mrs. M. Glbbs, N. Fir 32.7 Dairies J. W. Snyder 6S.0 Asberry Beall (retailed by Med ford Creamery) 63.5 W. It. Wagner, (retailed by East Side Dairy) 45.3 John Bollinger 43.3 M. Walsh 2S.3 It may be stateJ that these scores reveal with mathematical precision the conditions as they exist with the exception ot two places, viz., the Med ford Candy Factory which has Just been moved into new quarters and had hardly settled down to working conditions at the time ot inspection, and the Cafeteria which was scored quito low on account of lack ot equipment rather than slack methods. The Cafeteria is a very clean place. Sixty is a high dairy rating. Itcsolution of Thanks. Jan. 7, 1914. 'Whereas, tho Medford Commer cial club, Medford, Oregon, furnished a. valuable part of the splendid ex hibit material and offered invaluable assistance to tho eforts of the state Immigration commission to assemblo and install a creditable exhibit for the state of Oregon at the Chicago Land Show and the International Dry Farming Congress, therefore Be it resolved that at this special meeting of the Oregon State Immi gration Commission held January 2. 1914, the members of said commis sion to express and record their ap preciation to the Medford Commer cial club for the splendid and effec tire co-operation and assistance rcn dered. THOMAS C. BURKE, President, JOHN M. SCOTT, V. W. LONEGREN, W. E. COMAN, MARSHALL N. DANA, C. C. CHAPMAN. K. M. MeKenney, who is locnl rep resentative of the fmit commission firm of W. Dennis & Sons of Lon don, England, and the l'ioneer Fruit comiNiiiy, icturnetl rrulny e cniug from n si weeks' i"it to New York City, vlieie liU linn tins established an office. Mr. MoICenney visited several other cities of the enst, but the places of special interest from n fruit viewpoint were Virginia nnd New Mexico these two states being com paratively now apple-producing sec tions. In Virginia the Albemarle pippin i grown for shipment and iu iv way this fruit goes on the market in competition with the Newtown pippin of the Rogue River xnlley. Hut in the opinion of Mr. MeKeuiiey the only wny iu which this variety of fruit can be considered as n com petitor with the Newtown is in its keeping qualities, whieh nre such as to enable its being put on n foreign market alongside of the Newtown. The Albennnrle hns not the pecul iarly pleasing flavor of the New town in tact, there is nothing to the npple which comimres with the Newtown, either in flavor, size or general uppenrnncc. "No." sid Mr. McKeanev. "the Pacific growers of Newtowns need hac no fear from this Virginia ap ple as iv competitor in nnv of the markets of. the world, and then ngnin the territory in that state in which this fruit cnu be grown is very limited. There is practically only one small valley iu Virginiii where this fruit can he grown with nny success whnlevcr. "I also visited the miieh'Inuded new npple section of New Mexico. Here the Jonathan and Hen Davis are grown, hut the fruit matures too early to ho of any crent value for shipping. The extreme heat of that section ripens the fmit for market as early ns September, nnd helm? crown in this wnnn climate when it renciie.s ew lork or an" other distant mnrket, it is too soft and overric to meet with nuvthing like n reasonably good market. There is no i-liinnte in tho world which can produce an npple to a degree of per fection equal to the northwest Pa cific coast." Mr. MeKeaiiey reports thnt finnn- cial conditions in the cunt nre im proving and that bankers nre pleas ed with the currency hill nnd pre dict n business levrral In the spring .-.;qftaW-tr-.--i n-uraMW MERRICK'SBOOSIING 1UL1- lUlL. . -. 1 ..-1.K..E L L'-ll. CAUSES TRAVELER 10 PASS STA1I0N To the Editer: Talk about "boosters." Mtirrlck Is sure some hypnotUcr. Wo were traveling east together on the "Pacific Limited" and mot up with the sheriff of Cofre county, Ne vada, and F. E. Merrick began to ask questions about the state of Ne vada (and ou would have thought that he was n five-year-old from tho amount of questions he could spring up.) Well, ho satisfied his curios ity and began on Rogue river valley aud had that sheriff so spellbound that he forgot to get off nt his sta tion where he chauged cars to go to his county mnt and was carried on townty miles bofore he discovered that ,ho had ipaiwed Ills Junction. Then ho laughed and said that big red Spitxcnborg got the best of him ami the apple story wns great. Now t call that some "booster." Our trutu was late, so wo will have to remain hem until tomorrow fore noon, ns there Is on!y one train per day north to Douglas, Womlng, our destination. They are having beautiful weath er, as a Chinook Is blowing lightly and tho thermometer stands nt 68 degrees at 10 a. in. and the sun Is shining bright as summer. I am enclosing a few heads of a new wheat, "Black Emmer," which is a winter or fall wheat, and tinder favorablu conditions produces if.O bushels per aero. l.ct somn one plant It If you cure to. It Is a great stock food, taking tho place of oats, barley, etc. U mny do all right to plant It now and tho effects of what winter wo havo there. GEORGE A. KINO. The New Singer Sewing Machines Machines for rent, phono 816-X. Repairs, cleaning, oils, ncodles, parts, phonograph repairing. AL INGRAM AM, MANAGER 27 South Hotly fit., Medford MEDFORD FXUFFY COMPANY HUG Hugs and Carpets woven from old carpets and sowed rags. .11 1 East Main Phono 03.1-R HUDSON Has Arrived and Is a Beauty It was on exhibition on tho streots Saturday and was admired by all. It is a high-grade Six, is lightor than equal poworod cars, has lowor operative cost, with a strearalino body of tho most distin guished type; four or fivo-passongor, with two disappearing ton neau seats, 123-in. wheol baso, woighs 2940, has full floating axle, Timkon bearings, Delco patented systom of oloctric lighting and starting; has "ono-man" top of gonuino Pantasoto a girl can easily raise and lowor tho top without getting out of tho car. Quick adjustable sido curtains that slido on wires and othor up-to-date improvements. Price $1950 f. o. b. Medford. I want you to see this car. 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Prices Are Reasonable Decauso I make an oxhaustivo and, scientific examination, and accurately fit each lens to the requirements of the eyo for which It Ib Intended, should not Imply that my charges aro exhorbltant. t While I mako no effort to competo with cheap, imperfect work, yet my prices for expert services are most reasonable My work is guaranteed. Dr. Rickert ICjo Sight Specialist Suite- 1-2, over Deuel & Co. E.D.Weston Official Photographer of th Medford Commercial Club Amateur Finishing Post Carda Panoramic Work Flash lights Portraits Interior and exterior view Negatives mado anv tim and any place by appohi. ment. Ii. SI. HAHMO.V, Manager. ! 208 E. Main Phone 1471 Y T ? t T ? t f T t t ? T f T t t I t t y t t T J r r t t t r y y y t y y GUARANTEED Electric Vacuum Cleaner $30.00 r - ' Does the work ns well iih tho higher priced Machines. , rr ' . t, Provides u quick, easy jnul officiont method of keeping tlw liome clean. Has powerful suction that gets all tho dirt; cleans nigs thor- -oughly without spreading dust ovtsr the house; no need to use. n duster. The smallest home can afford ono; costs less than one cent ' per hour to operate. ' Special Exchange Propesition: t ' ' , ' 'i For $20.00 and that old Electric Vacuum Gleaner; any make, 4 wo will give you tho latest improved machine, ono that cannot be duplicated for twice the cost. t ; tf ti t California-Oregon Power Co. 216 West Main Street Office First Floor Phone 108 Salesroom iu Basomout lltlllZHlZ i ! t y y y y y y x x y y y