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'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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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POWDER
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No Alum No Phosphate
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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
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