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MEDFORtf -SOTff TRrBtTNTUr MEDfcORD. ORKOON, S.WTTRTMY .TTJfcY 21, 19J5.
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AVERAGE PRICE
FOR FIVE YEARS
FOR LOCAL FRUIT
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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