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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1915)
' jy--Wil,-y,J, 1C I . J -J II lM I -! 4 'Bill.- 1 r RTX 5TRDF01fW ISfATTJ Ttrmntfrc. V- 'JL' JJ.JJ '. Ll 'I ' I ' OKKOOV. SAMTITOAV. NOVTCMttTCT? 23. '1915 $80,000 PAID FOR STATE HIGHWAY MONEY IN ONIONS LAND SHOW SENDS I HIGHEST PYTHIANS -WHEAT BY LOCAL BOARD REFUSES IN VALLEY PROVED CHILDREN THANKS TO VISIT ME0F0RD MILLS ANNUALLY CRATER LAKE AID, BY TALENT GROWER. FOR LETTERS SENT VWO HUM IS mi! thus il uftll, 3-ifhliu f ny W. W. WATSON ,Kijihty thousand 'doHnis fVititl to the fnnne'rn of Hokuc Hivcr rullov in a car for the cotenla thry produce rfidrkx a niont viicoiinitiff bejfinniiijj for n Uwal tfommcrclol eiitcrprisoi and tt tbut in what the Mcdfnid mlb in;; mills, under I ho mdiumement of M, 0. N'ordwieli, pioprielor, linl begun to itu, after uix xcnnt Of iillonphri limdc nreosinry by tho fuiliiri1 of tint funnels lo produce the grain in mif fielciit quantity to cnrblc tho mill viwiier to operate his plnnt profitably. That is n tpioillv HUm I"1!' those farmers who raise, grain In-tliin vrtlloy each ear, and it requires les (linn one hundred thotiHand bushels o'f eeienls of the few hinds produced fTi conimnml that total price. If the.v produced twice that amount of grain itfieU .Vear and (lie conmimerrt of the. futput of the mill would perform Iheii jfill-iluly in helping to crCrtfo niut rrmfiitnin thn market for it, tho pro. jfiietor of the Mod ford rolling milk ejliild and would, utoftt gladly, pay to tlie fanners of this willey .1(10.0011 njiiiunlly. lie would uperate bin plant two nhifts eyery tvrrtity-Mur bourn loublc the jmyroll of the ling ir. wage to local work jnrn more than n thousand dollars a jnonlh. Can llo liudly Dono tjThd purposo of tills article is to bIiow to Iboho most intimately con tienic.d in tho progress of sueb an en terprise in thirt community bow uioht certainly they pi iy aid the mnnnget of th in local rolling uU to distribute ?J 00,000 annually for cereals pro duced in thirf valley and nn additional $1 ",(I00 for her to operate his plant in convening ilirso raw ptoduets into the iiinniifartiiicd nrtioIcN -o ht'iple iii' the incrohaiidisc of the world uh to b'c known uh "the atnft of lift " PA moment of iclrorpeotlnn will iv eoll to oldtinjerH in this alios that the institution now known uh the Medford rolling mills was established ".bout tliriy ,fii- ago, when the chief ngri cultural pndtiot of tho vnlluy wa wheel. That was before the breath lews invasion o( the fruit man. Orenl fiflds of Roldcu hanest waved chul Iriiguigly to the man of the mckle niii thirshor and badi (he iiieueor fanner to he of good ejufr, while tlu maw of the null was tilled to .capacity with tho product of u vii'H'ii hoiI. Time opine, however, when tlie soil, robbed flf Uh vital eluu"ntH of life, iruiii fonted iU lotH of stieutth in the weHhness of its xiold. ,Kncli succeed, trig yur intensified the disticks of the wlttation, until someone led the do. jrtinn Irom certain to fnut. As u lynlt tht'ieof, the grain aien had heip so icducjd as .to render the ,op filition of n flour mill in tho vllc. unprofitable and the blinds 'Mere Jnfwn on every kisi in (lie Meofoiil roiling m?IK ' King I Volt Tok llio Milln Tlle toptttll of the grain tjchls was pliwd) disip under the subsoil and vi$n elemunts ol growth .erc hud liuie to the warmth of the mid for th(-firj-t time Ninee their inenreeiatiwn U'ler the suvluce of (he ulbv floor. Whn.1 lureions fmiU thev produced. M'liat rilendid ttvo gmwthi what per Jlet wood tiberj what ' fortunes Ih between the pieturerpi(i uallrt of tlii fjltliiitlful '.ale for the producer of (n'lit,! 'J'hus, tis the orchard nna pnw by leaps nud boiuuU, the gram jjoicage van eonespondingly reduced iintil the old millstones ceased to turn for IneK tt something to gund. The , l'l'UJt pendulum made a lon stroke in MX yen ix. hut it has begun to Miiii jink, and, in obedience to the taw of iioiumeree and icspouMve to the In. 'tatiou of opportumt.x, the uiillstoueV nguin began to turn. t fMlllwriphts were rnsftgiil all of last tunmior in rebuilding, tehubiltintiuii jjd modeniiriu? the Medfoid rollms )nilln, and jit Angiot las) the new in. Mttuilou became n (Jung of huninc- t-niity, turning out cervni flovr, meals nd bnjektust fooi.s qnnJ An the ?jiolvtct quftlitv of snub good pro jiliU'( anywheto in the woild. The niljl rpncnU an oullnv of .fW.OOfl. Jvhjh is' at e. n eaniet of the pnijinetor'H i-owfidenee in the suer jor MriMlH rwi'-eil in this yallex. and lit purpose ot tho funrters to product IJjem ir. Mifficiwit toiinnge to mipplv llj.0 uiill for one xhifl day al pie-.-,nl, with exeellont piomibe that j tftUy be lundo doublr tbnj .rvu ulti jyatoly. " FulliieoJIeulilrrBitunlioii JrThie fnnpciv of the UIt lvalue lltfcftU.itiitfpn Ww inn' laltv hn n Jinm -n'ml thut Utxit uti Hem ieaiJiV(j in this vnlf, limWr pivseM CQnnljlui . i ivy lime iei diahsl tc diversify thwr onp itroitiu ?Jrti. The Mill of old wliimt fields lm )ien nsusctiitct iiy fo th r jVinMise,-.. H .will piwdtiat bellr ibca: i gfeatiir vieht than evr h '4 'I... :.-. aF Ai.ltwiiliftn iti l li' rinltd Ii 1'iiilhigc of nichunU jj c ir n Hr i. -h '' wise, miie" Iht; uo i ii t d to ohailow tooted StiVME TIRES ing .f lft.000 n Tnr fiem the stnt? hiuhtvny fund,"f5r'tl $inliyoti Hpc tion if the Pacini hliilhn, it ls ex ti.enii'lv likely Ihu) Jnekson eottqly would linxe reePived hut a "mall up nrojuiation -ir road wik the coiuiiig J fca i so gteat the demand from all pailfr of the tnW for aitl. Heeuiine tho appropriation has been rxhiiiiHt ed fot 1010, the corniuiHsion lefimcrf the request f Jackson cotiutv ami W. WMIIain Pucliartl, " !io roaldeu ii SAM2M. Oik Xm 1.1,-Had it not la'tnifor the fter bill appropriiit niUe noiith of Talent and cultivates aercH of orchaid and garden, lo cated there, five years ugo, havltig conio from New Knglnml Htates, whore, tnteiiHc cultivation of tho noil Ir the only n)Htem that pa8. Carele.sB i tillage Htich nH he finds In ninny hcctlonx of tho went would send a farmer there to the iuor lioune. Among the growtlin Hint will en- O. Stiel of tho Crater national mlkiKn;,' hls H,pcltl1 t"'tloii this year that the state cn-oiwrate with .lack son county and the I'nlted Stales gov ernment in making a survey fiuin tin pnik to Medford, upon which to Iiiim in nppinprialion'tnlie asked of eon gicss for the construction of a na tunnl hiel way. For the admitiistintiou of the stat. highway ibpailuient and for bndgtn the poiiimininn set aside .f2.r(,000. f'lnlsop county was giwn .i.'J0,ol)0, and 00(IO of thi sum will be expend ed on the Columbia river highway in rock work. The sum of .j'.'Ki.OOO was awarded Columbia county, and W-',-000 of It will be expended on the Itai nier hill. To reitrbursi S llenson for money paid for services in Hood River ooin.ty, fiOOO was s t aisiit, and H'i.UIH) was uw aided to Hood Itiver find WnH'0 counties for the coiiKtnielion of a road from Hood Itiver to iMoMcr. This provided Wasco eonnty voles bonds. For Crook county .fl 0,000 was set aiKirt for uiK'ricinntntiou on luvn cimler in rond work, nud .f 1 l.fifll) was given Washington county for the Itox-Ti-gard villo road IJoughiH vviih given 16,000 and .losephinc $7000. Tho first named sum will he expended on n had grade on the divide hotvvcen Insnphliip nml PoughiH counties, and tho lattet in theclinnnation of a grade at the KUiuinif of Wolf mountain. I.mie and Polk counties wore given V'000 each, the first to use its ap portionment on u road leading fiom tho Doughs ciiiuty line uoiili, and the Hccnild to expend its nppoitioii innt under the il:netion of the high way engineer. In eoiiiplinnce with n law passed b the hvt logislatnie, $iri,0iQ was apportioned to Jackson county for use on the Siskivou inoiin- tain road. Vrmhill iiul Tillamook nocnties were given fOOOO, to be ex pended "ii n highway lending from Willnn'ina to Tillamook. Vegetables or coin. Hut wheat the must raisu, because il pavs to supply it to the nilll--aud the mill niiixt have it, his'iiiisc ith patrons inin.1 havs flour; ii'iil they pufei (he local brtimlH, for two good and sufficient reasons, ntunel.x : They aie the best they etui obtain and in puiciiasiug them they keep home money at home TIiiiI'h the osh neo of the philosophy found in the phrase, "l'.itionie home industry." IiiNtelid of impovenhhiug tho community by sending .mil money away, enih'li (he eoinnnmitv by onuvcrtin? the raw innleiuils into ihe. will tin nn acre and a half of onions of tho Silver King nnd the Prizctak er varieties. Tho former Is early nnd sweet and grows to perfection under proper treatment In this valley. The latter Is a later variety and grows to largo sire. . They are eenllent va rieties for production here. .Mr. Packard has onion plants up slv Inches high now. Ho transplants tlioin, 120,000 plants to tho nore, In February. Ho has onions to nell hy I ho ton at tho early prices eagerly offered hy tho market heforo his neighbors are ready to preparo for onion harvest. 'Invent y Tons IVe Acio Last year Mr. Packard Hold tilii eaily onlnils for three renin a pound, Ills vjcld was good, but he declares It will ho much better this year be cause ho Is In better shape to tako proper care of them. "Moro than that," ho ramarked with a iimlle, "I know how to rnlso onlonii In thin noil and cllmnto." That's the mcret of Mr. Packard'n auctess ho known how. Ah an eastern farmer ho had to know how, Tho conditions there taught liliu a very salutary lenson. It Is worth money to hint now, nn It was there; hut hero ho linn the ad vantage of doing hotter because of tho moro nearly perfect natural con ditions under which ho works tho noil,1- together with the fact that ho has'a much bettor soil to handle. Cinlons under proper treatment In this valley have been known to pro vince twenty totm1 lo toll acre. That shows what wo can do when wo know ! how. That onnage Is worth $S00 , an acre gross, at two cents. In good liuaiket years this Is n very conser l vatlve price to obtain. Hut tho whln- I lug skeptic Is always on the heels of tho man who succeeds,-tho skeptic, mind on, with his hands In his pock ets nud a hungry cluster of wrinkles about his ejes emphasized with n si'uier In the hollow of his cheeks Ifls a forbidding person, but It Is ii'iMnxnry to endure him till his clan "'dies off." He will Insist that that oetluuHo Is "too big, too big " Bo let's say half (hat. Yet, the farmer has 100 nn acre, gross. .Money In Onions Mr Packaid, It Is peifectly safo to guess because Mr. Packard has lirlRatlon for his little ranch will do bettor than that next jcar And jet tho people of this valley eat Im ported onions at the big market price with tbe cot of the shipment added. It mu he said, also, thut most of tho Following the prcAoneo in this ritv about thiee weekn ng of pioipincnt speakers reptoenting the Portlum' chamber of conlinerqc in its woik in promotion of the .Maniitanlniers nnd Land Piodtleln how', on which sub ject they addressed tho local high school student, '-upenhtnndent Ilillis requiieil the ttudeiils to intomornte into their regular work in HoglHh let tors lo the Portl'ind chamber, ex-pies-unp- appteeiation of the speak ers f tVit and pinpoc lino. Over JI0U letters were written in his man tier fix the local ii.gh school students to whinb (ienryo F.. Hardv. executive i leorctarv ol Ihe Portland elininber. replies as lollows in u lettei o Sn- rerinlendeiit Hillis- i "The Portlnnd ehanibfi' of com-1 merei" sends its sincere thanks nud high appreciation of the eoMiperation ' wnieu (naoicd trie .priil.eN nptc senlinir Ihe fnllulnturrs, nnd l.und Prodiu'ts show lo bold a successful meeting in ,nur oil v. "It is an all-Oregon hbow and its managers arc making every effort to present the advantages of vour coun ty to the thousands of visitors who ore in attendant-" daily." A large majority of the letters writ- ten were ot unusual excellence, boll It is a source of gratification to all citiro.ns.of the Houuo Hivcr valley and especially 1o (lie1 Knights of Pvthlnsl to know that th" supreme chancellor of the world will visit Medford. Next f-'utimlnx, November 'J0t Supreme Chancellor Brig- S. Young mf Ailn, 0. together with Oregon grand lodge of fieials, will make an official visit hen.' ami all the lodges of southern Ore gon 'have been notified of his coming. The- meeting will be held tit S p. in. in tho P.vthiau castle hall nnd will be open lo all members of thebrder and, whether dues are pcid up or not, they are urged to see rnd henr this highest Pythian official in trie world. Theo high oftieinls seldom favor such sinnll places as this, and so far west, as he will make but three stops i in Oiegou, nil Medtord should feel I honored nud do honor to the IMhinu chief, who is ul-o the head of thn unilotui r.iuk ol that older. SOCIETY ITEMS 1.4'P Ptfrker n given a very pleas ant surprise at bis home on Knight sheet Friday evening by the .stu dents of the seventh olid eighth gntdes ot the .laekson school. The .Mis-.es Hansen apd Catkin, his le.ieh ers. were dinner guests and about 7:'I0 the other gitcd arrived. It be ing Ins biithdav.'die .was given a You get double safety as well as extra mileage in the Savage Grip Tread two safety treads in every Savage Grip Tire. Those deep diagonal depressions form an effi cient tread of the vacuum type, while the sturdy diagonal ribs add the 45 degree resist ance walls of the ordinary safety tire. The Savacc Grip Tread tire does not wear smooth, hut retains its anti-skidding features until worn to the fabric. Our distributor has a complete assortment in stock. The Savage Tire Co. San Diego, California Factory Distributor C. E. GATES handkerchief r-ltnu'cr by bis friends. in diction and construction, nml were I The veiling was spent with games real boost letter-' for southern Ore-1 ami a very cnjoxable time had bv all gon. The students of .Medford high fiehool deserve specinl eommondntior for their progicss in I'nglish olns-woik. Our Ket Seller Wo aro soiling more of Merltol Kczema Hemedy than nil the others put together. This largo tialo In duo to tho fact that it Is a preparation of unusual merit, mndn expressly for ono purpose, eczema In Its various forms. If you aro nffllctcd with this loathsomo dlsoasc, do not deluy using Morltol Kczema Remedy. Prices fiOc nnd 11.00, Kxcluslvo Agency HaBklns Drug Store Adv. present. M mi' 1 1 Anticipating The New Baby Kferr Mprx-Unt uiiNj a umie or motlicr ibmilil lute MotlKf fflruJ." It ppllol orcr tlw miurtni, nitkn ibm itroiu tlier cipitntl wilhuut uiKlut ttralii, ptln h rellcired, imu4 Ii oycraraie and Ut klu l Uiiu prurneil uliwt m ami olhcr Hs frcl m (isiimnii wlrr "Mirthrr's Friend" liar btn nrclMlMl. Wrllr rur a liil,le IxmW. It If flllf, with tliDtlr InfomitftlMi'.rHl rput ltiri)Uh thf iintriT an,l imr tlwlr rm fort to Muthrr'i KrlenJ." .sW pyjUi drut '- - -' -l- '.Vj.-.lim. ciu. .U t 1 . .1 limsiiru prouiiei mr liomo eousiuiip lion, tliiia iwxiuij the mlll-u piohl on Imported onions come from dlslrlcts itv products, is operative a profu J wheio the onion is not produced In on their labor and tho fn river r ' nuch perfect growth ns to flavor and profit on Ins iM'vot. ''e as rlfjht hero In Itoguo ilver v CELEBRATE WITH US PAUL'S ELECTRIC SHOP The Dollars You tnkocaroof now will tako earn of jou later on. Tho tlmo will como when you will need them no ques tion about thut. If you have no banking home, como to this strong locnl bank. y H OVER gg VABS UNDER ONE'MANAGEMCNf IL li M 4 mJP , ... .ni rrr-tt- toiac v . 5 T GetReadyforWinter i m 4tEMcS lie onc et wuy to Rct rrtu't' ro,n yur K W 1Hr A o'UKc buttery this winter is to let us tell "A 1 (B(feB yOU now "on,e n ul,y I'mc. T Si Free inspection of any battery at any time 103-105 South" Central THE ELECTRIC SHOP Phone 22-J That is the only way lo d"velop In- n icsoiin'cs prrditnlily. It is the only way to cieato a locnl market lor local products, and vt Is the sole me dium through which to invilp and se en re local proopciit.v. Ignore Jhis svslem of local gmutli nml vou de stroy lit energies vital to local prog, less. That do'ie and vou have t'Oieh- ed the fatal unteli to Die local home, the nrminNtV fuse to the locnl biisi ues lioune utnl bidden the niesM-nger of death tu come and claim his own. In another article the manner in wh'ch the h.vdcm nf eixie pride, bus iness loxaHv nnd home erowth is be ing applied in M'dford to lo'nl enti r pne- will he -et totth nunc in dit Hi It in an CXeeHilll SV I' rn valley. We pay the enterprising f.tr mer somewhere else a nig profit for iIoIiik that which wo can do hotter at homo. Instead of getting two prof lls--tho one we should make on on Ions, hut which we now pny to the other follow In another state, and the 0110 wo make on some other pro- duet which goos away from homo for something; wo can produce at home, for shipment to loss favored districts where the farmer cannot raise It Wo should ho exporters Instead of Im porter. What a vale of comfort this would ho If wo had the buslneso sense to do that. Is these any excuse for wonder that tho delltmuent tax list Is so vo 1 luminous in Jackson count) DAVHT KUxAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely-Pure No Alum No Phosphate t r T r ? ? ? ? f f r v V V r ? ? ? ? x f y r ? ? r r y y X-mJJm-X f --r J f ft I I J TO OUR PATRONS ; 'J'ho niannjjiMiionl of this company is desirous ofnpply in (he host possible electric service, in addition to esta'b ' lishinj? and nmintniningnt all times the most cordial rela tions with its patrons. AVe expect and require all employes of this company to ' rentier every consumer efficient service in the most prompt and courteous manner, and for the future improvement of the service we request any patron who does not tet the best possible service from an employe to mail a report of the circumstances to the nearest Division Superintendent, or Cionoral Officer of (he company, ffivin.u the date, place and hour, in order to enable us to place the responsibility . for any defective service. The compam further strives to give all present or pros pective patrons tho fullest information possible about rates, metei"s and electrical equipment, so as to clear away nil mystery from these seemingly complex, though, in facf, simple problems, nnd further enable each customer to make hjs own estimates. Nearly everv problem of lighting, beating or power lias been solved for home, business, ranch, orchard, mine or factory, the Electric Way. Yours for K'.oetrie Service, California -Oregon Power Company 2l West Main Street rhone KkS MISDKORD, OKISGON t s 1 l k y t y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y t y y y y y f y y y y y y y y y y y y t y I