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r PXG13 SIX .v--.. MEDFORtf -SOTff TRrBtTNTUr MEDfcORD. ORKOON, S.WTTRTMY .TTJfcY 21, 19J5. -mj AVERAGE PRICE FOR FIVE YEARS FOR LOCAL FRUIT r Returns Secured By Association- Two Radical Changes In Policy Fruit of Every Kind Handled No Peel In Bartlets for This Season and no Blue Triangle Labels. tiio Hoguo Itlvor Fruit and Pro duce association has recently receiv ed Home very interesting figures as to prices obtained for Its fruit through the salesmanship of tho Northwestern Fruit Exchange Thcso figures cover four succcsslvo seasons on ponra nnd show n grand nvorngo In onch variety pnld to tho associa tion tho North western Frulo Ex change, tho average Including returns from Extra Fancy, Fancy, "C" Grado, Special and Jtimblo pack ind from all nluos shipped. Such an nvcrago Is n very sevoro test of marketing facil ities. It Includes at lonst two years Which hnvo boon moro or less disas trous marketing years In tho fresh fruit Industry, and It also Includes, as Rtatcd above, every grado nnd nil sizes: Average Vrtm for IVnrs ltrirdetts, full boxes .... J 1.23 box Hone, full boxes 1.7D box Anjou, full boxes 1,78 box Comlco, full boxes 1.3R box Howell, full boxes 1.71 box Winter Nolls, full boxes 1.C0 box llosc, half boxes $1.34 Anjou, half boxes 1.25 t'onilro, half boxes 1.2C Cornice, hnlf boxes 1.30 Winter Nolls, half boxes . ...... 1.42 Referring lo tho Comlco full box prlco or $1.35, which seems low, this Is caused by tho fact that a largo majority of tho Cornice, consisting particularly of tho large Extra Fancy fruit, Is packed In half boxes, and that thn full boxes contain a really inforlor grade, both lu quality and size, Average Prlco of Apple On apples, nil varieties, grades nnd hIzps, tho grand nvorago f. o, b. Mod ford, Ih $1.00 per box. Hero too tho period covered Includes thn two dls- will probably Include beforo tho sen son Is finished melons and tomatoes nnd any other produce- which tho grower grows nnd tho association can find n mnrket for. In other words tho association Is In business to help tho grower nlong cvory posslblo lino No Itnrtlctt Peel Tho other radical change adopted Is tho decision of thn board of direct ors not to pool Hartlctt pears shipped by tho association this season, an,d not to pack Mom) under tho nssocla tlon's Trlnnglo labels. This decision was reached after n very careful ex amination of tho Hajrtlett crops df tho valley and very careful consideration of tho matter from alt viewpoints Tho 19H Hartlctt pool showed very low returns. These returns, how ever, wero entirely duo to tho irreg ular chnrnotqu or tho frujt )(rpducpd In n dry senson and the fact that! Home fruit that appeared to bo first class and entitled to tho first grado was, ns a matter or fact Inferior In quality nnd lacked keeping qualities, This resulted In two InstnnrrcH at least In very low returns from which toll wholo pool naturally sufrorcd. Tho association boiloves that tho growing conditions this season are certainly not bettor thnn thoso In lOH, nnd Hint thn fruit Is Just as Irregular In quality, and that tor this reason It would bo unfair to tho growers at large to pool tho Dartlctt pears and compel thosq whoso fruit does stand up nnd Js first class to benr tho burden ot poor returns on fruit which turns out to bo or Infer ior quality. Therororo tho policy or .t-Muiirav AMFRIRA I,'! FIRM f K MhK K-H ,,V i. . . tj '. uonunueu irom rngo unoij t1i'lffgoVernn(eiH' regards ns grave nnd Unjustifiable violation nf Mm rights ofi idiierlcnn citizen's 'by de'r inan n.aYnbc6jnmnnders. Illegal nnd Inhuman acts, however justifiable thoy mny be thought to be against an onomy who Is bollovcd to have acted In contravention fMaw nnd Jiuiiianlty i(rMriinilfostly Indcronftlbld' 'whtyt-. thoy deprive neutrals or their ack nowledged rights, particularly when they violate tho right to life ltscir. .Should Abandon Submarines ir a belligerent cannot rntalluto against an-enemy without Injuring tho Uvea or noutrnls, as well as their propurty, humanity, as well ns Justice and a duo regard tor tho dignity or neutral powers, should dictate that the practice bo discontinued. It per sisted In It would In such clrcumstan. ccs constltuto an unpardonable of fense against tho sovereignty of tho neutral nation affected. Tho govern ment of tho United-States Js not un mindful of thn extraordinary condi tions created by tli(s war or tho raill- 1 cal alterations or circumstances nnd tho association ns to Hartlott pears method or attack produced by tho will bo to handlo them tor each Indl- use or tho InstrumcntnlltloM of naval vldual grower's account. ' Unequalled FiKllllle Tho association boiloves that It Is offering thlsear'-falllHIes In pack ing nnd physlcnl .handling, which hnvo never ben eqiinlted In this dis trict or any other trult growing dis trict or-TlioVnortii west. It proposes to furnish nit materials, do all haul ing nnd furnish nil other labor In con nection with tho packing tor a certain tlxod sum which Is. In Its opinion, less than Btmllar labor and matorlals can bo furnished by tho Individual grower. It also proposes to haul all fruit to Its centrul packing house In Modtord by nuto truck nnd pack ev erything there under ono supervision nnd with one Inrgo crow and pro poses to clean up this packing houso every dny, so that cvory box or fruit brought In ouo dny by u grower Is packed, whether It bo first grado, sec ond grado or third grado, and ns packed Is placed by means of gravity nm!tnLeLjU)jLSP, H,orn" room whom It will rocolvu from 21 nstrous marketing jenrs or 1U12 and to 4 8 hours or pro-cooling bororo It wnrfaro which tho nations or tho world cannot hnvo had In vlnw when tho. existing rules of international law wore formulated, and It Is ready to make every reasonable allowanco for those novol nnd unexpected as pects ot war nt sea; but it cannot consent to nbnto any essentia! or fun damental right ot Its pcoplo becnuso ot a mero alteration of clrcumstnnco. Tho rights of neutrals In tlino ot war nro based upon principle, not upon expediency, nnd tho principles nro Immutable. It Is tho duty and obli gation ot belligerents to rind a way to ndapto thn now circumstances to them. . Tho events of tho past ow months hnvo clearly Indicated. that It is pos sible and practicable to conduct such Hiibmnrlnu oporntlons ns have char acterized the activity or thn Imperial (lermnn unvy within tho socallcd war ouo In substantial nccord with tho accepted practices or regulated war life by an Illegal act. Tho government of the United States while not Indifferent to tho friendly spirit In which It Is made, cannot accept tho suggestion of tho Imperial Oermnn government thnt certain vessels bo designated and agreed upon which shall bo troo on tho seas now illegally proscribed. Tho v'ery agreement, by implication, sub jects other ve'ssols to Illegal attack nnd- would bo (i curtailment nnd there foro an abandonment or the princi ples tor which this government con- JtcpdB nnd which In times ot calmer cduhsefiT'tivoVy nation voilld concede ds n matter ot course Tho government ot tho United States and tho Imperial German gov ernment nro contending tor tho samo great object, have long stood together In urging' thd very p'rWlpl'es upon which the government or tho United Slates now so solmonly Insists. Thoy aro bnih contending tor tho freedom or the seas. Tho government ot tho United States will contlnuo to con tend tor that freedom, rrom whnt- ovor sourco violated, without compro mise and nt any cost, i It Invites tho prncticaly co-operation ot tho lmpor lal German government nt this tlmo when co-Qpemtlon mny accomplish most and this great common object be most strikingly and effectively achieved. Freedom of tho Sons Tho Impcrlnl German government expresses tho 'liopo thnt this object may bo in some measure accomplish ed even bororo tho present wnr ends. It can bo. Tho government of tho United States not only reels obliged to insist upon It, by whomsoever vio lated or Ignored, nnd Jn Jhq-protection ot Its own citizens, but It also Ih deeply Interested In seeing It nindo practicable between tho belligerents themsolves, nnd holds Itsolr ready at any tlmo to net ns tho common friend who mny bo privileged to suggest a wny. In tho mcnntlmo the very vnluo which this government sets upon tho long nnd unbroken friendship be tween tho poople and government of tho United States and pcoplo nnd the government of tho German nation Im pels It to Impress very solemnly upon tho Imperial Gornian government tho necessity for n sexupufous observance or neutral rights ( this critical mat ter. Friendship ltolf prompts It to say to the Imperial govomWent thnt AT L AV BREAKSALLRECORDS The Hull Tuxi Co. rcpoitw Hint Ihe tourist travel in their earn Inn broken nil records during the past week. . fn' (ho' jmfct seven days, tho I lit II Taxi Co. lias carried more people (linn during; any full mouth of .last season?'-'' ' . f ' ' TJiey have .lind from fiyo to, eight euro on tne road every my. inc cotniuz week tho travel will still be .henvier nn several liirgc patties, ut'o hooked. ' A 'front nninber nf')cnpta llinlo been coining from the north und No. l.'l und leaving immediately for the hike. Tho roud thin season hits been easy on tires. With n run of 'J.'l dn.VK for five curs heavily loaded the Mull Tnxi Co. bus not had n puncture or blow out, which is a ro- murknhlo record for their Goodyear tires. repetition by tliH-commnndcoi of Gor man, nnval vessels, qf acta'in contra vention ot thoso rights must ho ro garded by tho government ot the . tnio. Tho wholo world has looked. United States, when they ntrect Am with Interest and Increasing sntlsroc-.crlcan citizens, FORTY MILLION HEIRESS VISITS CRATER LAKt Mr. Mary hen of New York City, whoo wealth is estimated nt $ 10,000, 000 und neieo und maid wero umong tho distinguished visitors to Crater Lijkc this week. Mrs. I. en is one of the world's richest women. Shu .journeyed liv unto lo Crater Luke, (hence to Klamath Falls. The Misses Kstcllo Tillman und Ititth Tillman of Columbus, Ohio, and Miss F.thcl Vernon of W'elmington, Bel., neices of Senutor Hen Tillmnn of South Carolina, one of the most picturesque figures in American poli tics left Medford today for the lake. Friday Major .1. Morrow, U. S. A., in charge of federal rood work und party includinir Hurry Davis "of Portland, well known ns n golf play er left for the hike. Tho roads to tho scenic wonder are now jn good shape, nnd tho season will boat its height by the first of, the moiith. r L HiirriiiK the unforeseen, every retail buyer of n new Ford ear between August, 191-1, nnd August, 1015, will receive from $10 to $00 as a shnrc of the Ford Motor Company's profits. Tho Ford Mar Is everybody's utility, becnuso it fa , jonsjly .ndnptnblQ to everybody's work or piny. It h 'reliable; xerves cveryono nnd brings pleasure to nil. An economy becnuso it saves money an nver ngo cost of two cen(s a milo to operate and ninin- 11 tdin.-,;! n i .,..: ;, llnnnbout $1 10;'TouriiiR Cnr $100; Town tar souu; Coupolct $700; Sedan $1)75; f. o. b. Detroit with all equipment. On display and snlo nt C. E. GATES B. P. O. E. Excursion With Medford trade Medford mado. 1914. Tho association feels Justly proud nt thin showing ror roiir seasons, nnd (hero Is little doubt that as an nvor ngo It certainly equals and probably In most canes exceeds tho average re turns from any pthcr Inrgo shipper or combination of shippers represent ing anywhere near an equal tonnage, tlinngtv In Policy Tho association this season tins nindo ono or two radical changes In Its policy, which nro worthy of public note. In tho first (dace it has hand led rrom tho beginning ot the season, mid will contlnuo to handlo through out the season, nil ot the fruit and produco of every description grown by any or Its members. Up (o dato this has Included cherries, blackber ries, loganberries, raspberries, apri cots, beans, onions nnd poaches. It rolls, lu view nt tho condition nt tho crop the association offers to grado and puck each man's crop us tho man hlmsoir desires. If ho pre fers ono grado bo will be accommo dated. If he prefers two grude or morn ho may have them, lKn eloping Now .Market In this connection the association Is now developing a now market which might consume nt reasonable prices n largo tonnage of Unrtlotts ot second nnd third grado quality and small slbcs up to 250 to tho packed box. The marketing policy will ho the samo thnt It has been In years hihI an effort to stick to f. o. b. sales In so far as possible, and to use tho auction markets and nil other meth ods 'of sale that aro known to the trade. tlon at tho demonstration of that pos sibility by German nnval comman ders. It Is manifestly possible, there fore, to lift the whole prnctlco of sub marine attack nbovo tho criticism which It has aroused and remove the chief causes of offetH). AiltulKtloii of Illegality In view or tho admission or Ille gality made by the Imperial govern ment when It pleaded tiio right ot re taliation In dofeiiBo or Its acts and In vlnw ot the mnnlfost possibility of conforming to the established rules of naval warfare, tho government or tho United States cannot believe that the Impei Inl government will longer refrain from disavowing tho wanton net ot Its naval commander in sink ing tho l.iiHltanla or from offering reparation for thn American lives lost so far as reparation can bo mado for a needless destruction of human friendly. ns deliberately un- (Sfgnod) Lansing. 0. A. C. HEADS ON VISIT m.EDFORD W. II. Kerr, jirpsldpnfoTtl, A. C, Jefferson MyjBrfl, pnojpr regents of tho state, sphppi. apuMni, Jeffer son Myers, . JU Glay'sleh county agricultural expert, and Addison Den nett, staff correspondent for tho Port land Urcgonlnn arrived In Medford last night, and will Inspect tho exper iment station at Talent today. Tho party came from Klamath Falls by way ot Crater Uiko spondlng Inst night at the scenic wonder. Thoy re port tho road to bo in excellent con dition. Thoy passed moro thnn 20 iiutos going to tho lako. Tho party will spend tlay In this city ami Talent to COLESTIN Sunday, August 1 by Special Elk s Train This train will bo under the auspices ot tho Elks, but Is open to all nnd will run on tho following schedule: POOH SIGHT l a handicap In life. I can oxamlno jour eyes and inako glasses to glvo you normal vision. DR. R1CKERT KYKSIGHT SPECIALIST MKDFOItl). ... OUEaON Lcmo , Grants Pass 7 :00am lloguo Illvcr i 7:17am Gold Hill 7:30aiii Tolo 7 : -i Gam Sovon Oaks 7:5 lain Schedulo licnvo Central Point 8:00am Medford 8:20am Phoenix 8:33am Talent ! 8:40am Ashland 9:00am Koturnlng Lcavo Coleatln 8:00 p. in. Special will stop at all points going and roturnlng ROUND TRIP FARES Including admission to Colcslln Park Pass ?2. OB Medford fl.lo Grants Koguo Klvor 1.80 Gold Hill ... 1.55 Central Point 1.20 Phoenix , 95 Tnlont 85 Ashland 70 Nine Hours of Fun at thn Springs, Games, Ilox Hall, Shooting Gallery, Tennis, etc. Medford Hand and Ilazclrlgg's Orchestra will entertain excursion ists. Lunch nnd refreshments on tho tho grounds. No Intoxicating liquors. Call on nearest Agent for full particulars. , ' SOUTHERN PACIFIC John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. m2m$mS A T t Y ? ? ? T t y ? ? V A I MWJf.J ll X' T IF YOUR CORN IS DRYING UP BUILD A SILO And Turn What Would Otherwise Be a Loss, Into a Feed As Nutritious and Palatable As Blue Grass If you arc not milking cows, feeding sheep, cattle or hogs, sell your corn to your neighbor who is. In 1882 the U. S. Department of Agriculture could find only 91 farmers in this country using Silos. . . Today there are 800,000. . i j Act quickly as it will take a little time to get one installed and this drouth will necessitate cutting early. Call, write or phone us for size you require, and we will promptly give you price and information in detail. BIG PINES LUMBER CO. ! 'bfctetet!& 4 t ? T t ? t T t ? T T t t ? T X y y .' y f f y f ? y f