Medford mail tribune., December 30, 1916, Page 8, Image 8

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CEMENfPLANT
COS! $200,000
FEATURE 1916
Most Important Addition to Indus
tries of Valley Will Benin Opera
tiH Haxt Week, Empleyimj Eighty
' e Men -' oc;itet! ;:t Cold Hl!l
f. akec Cement and Lime.
The most Important addition to
the Industrie!) of the Rogue Klvur
valloy has como with the uogliml.'itf
of maaufucture at the Gold lllll
plant of tho Beavt-r Portland Co
ment Co. Tlio plant was completed
early In November und the first stop
in the process of cement manufacture
cuino with tho filling of tho stour
bins with Hiiicstono and shale, tho
principal raw products entering Into
the makeup of tho cement.
Shortly after tho first of til 3 year
tho wheels of tho plant will opsin to
turn In earnest. A crow of S! or
moro men will ho given permanent
ompl'oymont und tlio payroll, which
will amount to in tho enluhborhood
of $250 per day will ho put Into cir
culation In the valley.
Investment of 7110,000
Three years were spent In tho con
struction of tho mill, f.'iUO.OOO beliiR
KPont for niatnrlal and machinery,
$75,000 for freight uml $luO,ono for
payroll before a wheel was turned.
The plant, which is situated about
half a nillo north of Gold Hill, was
stnrtcd In 1913. Operations wero
discontinued dinini; lull, due to the
Impossibility of obtaining .shipments
of machinery. Last year work was
continued and now the plant stands
ready for lis work, complete In ev
ery detail. Tho building operations
wero carried out by the Hunt Kn
glnccriiiK company of Kansas City.
J. S, Uurch of Portland Is presi
dent of tho company, William
Schrump vhe-piesident, li. P. Tucker
and William Stueue Is in charge of
the quarlie:).
In tlio quarries held by tho com
pany Is ononi;h material to run the
plant continuously for a hundred
yoars or moro. Thu llmcstono quar
ries lie on a lilll two miles west of
tho plant, and on tlio hillside directly
behind tho plant. Mere also lie the
beds of shalo rock which is used. The
plant was built for permanence and
for the adequate working of the enor
mous supplies of raw materials at
hand.
Of Latest Posl'-fn.
Throughout tho plant the latest
and most approved methods of manu
facture aro used. For tho transport
ing of material the gravity system is
used, very little power being nocos
sary for tho movement of tlio prod
uct from tho lime it enters tlio hop
pers on tho hillside. In grinding, the
latest and most economical types of
machines aro used. In making the
cement the materials are put through
what Is known ns the "wet process."
which Is clulmed to produce the most
uniform cement, due to the greater
admixture ol Ingredients while In a
state resembling a thick mud
Tho capacity of the plant is 1 0 00
barrels, or 4000 racks, of cement a
day. Tho materials used are 250 tons
of limestone, 100 tons of shalo. to
tons of gypsum and 10,000 tnllnns
of crude oil. which Is used for rind
In tho burning of the crushed .done.
Half of Hie llmeslono now being
used conies from tho quarries lying
two miles to the wort of the plant,
and known ns the lni tine quarrt s,
and half from the quarries at the
plant.
Tho shalo also comes from the
plant. The g psum and oil e. ol
course, shipped in. Storage i pro
vided for 130. noil gallons of oil.
Death Takes Great Toll Among Worlds Famed People!
, rr - . m. -
' '1 f ' wun intelligent marxeting 01 tne j
LOUIS H. PLYMALE
I.ouis II. Plynialo commuted sui
cide at ,1::i0 o'clock I-rlday afternoon,
slashing his throat with a razor,
severing tho windpipe and jugular
vein. Plynialo came to .Med ford Fri
day morning from Ban Francisco ac
companied by a brother, Frank I'lv
male, to make an cxteulud visit with
his sister, Mrs. Tom Collins. Ply
nialo was 4 4 years old, was born near
son of tlio
GROWERS NET.
1916 FRUIT CROP
(Continued From rage One.)
on Jonathans Is explained by tho tact
that 84 per cent of the totnl of this
variety packed consisted of four and
a half und five-tier fruit, and 70 per
cent of tho total of this variety pack
ed consisted of second grade or fancy
fruit.
Our packing for the season has
k I If)
a-
Hero are some of tho voild-l'umel people who answered the call of
tho frrim reaper in 1010. 1-eft U right, they ni:
Kail Kittliener, lliitlsli general in charge of the conduct of the
war; Kranz Josef, emperor of Austria nnd king of Hungary and Ilobe
min; lUrlturd Harding Pavis, writer of "GidUiglior" unci other stories;
j lias been shipped with the exception
: of one car of Hen Davis and approx
imately one car of odd varieties.
The -e we expect to load out nnd ship
within a few days and we will then
'close our plant for repairs nnd prep
! aralion for the coming season. Wo
Jacksonville, and was
late W. J. Plynialo.
At noon Plynialo appeared cheer
ful. Shortly utter lunch ho shavel
himself. A few minutes later he left
the houoo on South Cottage cre-ik and
walked toward tho bank of Ilea:
creek, lie wns seen liv Ton' fVillln
who followed him to the creek bank! "nvo llsn0SpJ of " r apples
.with tno exception ot a lew uoxes, at
!$C.."0 per ton delivered, cither to the
Ilagley Canning company or to tho
Hogue River Canning company and
to tho Knight Packing company of
Portland, Oregon, who havo paid in
$0.00 per ton f. o. b: cars in bulk
at our own side track. Wo have
miido no charge against the growers
for the handling of thoso culls and
tho growers will receive tho contract
! price less whatever expunso muy be
attendant upon delivery of tho fruit.
The average of this expense should
not exceed $1.00 per ton, which
would give the growers $5.50 per ton
for their culls.
INicking of Ci-op.
Every box of fruit that the associa
tion has handled this season has been
packed at our own cold storage plant
In tho city of Xledford. Wo arc more
than ever convinced of t-io advisabil
ity of concentrating packing at one
plnco In oo far as this is plijslcally
possible. During the months of
August and Septcmbor wo received
all our pears nt night between the
hours of six p. in. nnd 7 u. m. and
throughout tho entire rush season
while the Purlieu ond Howell pack
ing was on we never for a single day,
fulled to pack out during the dav,
every box of fruit that was hauled in
the night before und to hjvi: every
box either stored In our covins
rooms or loaded into refrigerator
cars. Wo believe that thil method
now been completed and all the fruit !sir linger Casement, Irish revolutionist.
closer, drew the razor and after wad
ing through tho creek slashed his
throat.
Collins summoned aid and Dr.
Seely, hlef ' Hlttson nnd Coroner
Perl rushed tho man to Sacred Heart
Hospital, whoro ho died at 5:30
o'clock.
Itelatlvcs attribute tho sutcldo to
despondency, caused by 111 health
following u nervous breakdown three
years ago. Since the failure of his
health ho has spent his time visit
ing relntlvos in various coast towns.
For fifteen years Plynialo was con
nected with tho Oregoninn In the .
capu-ily of advertising man. Ho was
a member of Harmony lodge Xo. 12,
A. F. and A. M. of Portland.
Tho deceased man is survived by
four sisters and six brothers, Mrs. j
Ada C. Jones of San Francisco, Cal., i
Mrs. EntmiiUno Stine of Wbodlnnd, .
Cal., Mis. Mario Fail-child of Yreka, j
Cal., Mrs. Kate M. Collins. Mcdford.
Will L. Plyuitile of Vrekn, Cal., Frank
Plynialo of fi.in Francisco. Cal., Dave
Plymale. of Alameda, Cal., Vic
tor Plynialo of Portland.. Walter Ply
nialo of Kansas City, nad Ben H. Ply
nialo of Med ford.
The funeral will be hold at Perl's
chapel Sunday at 2 o'clock. Burial
will be In Jacksonville cemetery.
PLAN MERGER OF
Center, Inez MHliollniid liolssevain, called "th most h.-aiitlful suf
fragette."
Again, left to light: dad: London, author of "Tho Call of tho
Wild"; .folin I). Arclibold, president of die Ktnndiu-d Oil company: James
.1. I ill. builder of the (.'rent Xoithern railroad; Henry James, expatriated
American novelist.
Ilelow are Jamos Wliitcomb Ililoy, tho "Hoosier poet," nnd Hiram
Mnxlin, inventor of firearms and cxpl oMvos and cousin of Hudson Maxim.
by us, this in spite of the fact that I Xolls and 83 1-3 per cent of our Ben
tho Bartlett market, at least, was a Davis. Wo have also succeeded in
very trying one toward tne clone of cleaning up our marketing nnd get
tho season ond some of the fmit sold tinS the money to tho growers at a
In the late August and early Rep- j very much earlier date than over be
tember auction markets brought ex- fore In the history of the association,
tremely low prices, In some in-1 We wish to assure every grower who
Btnnces, not enough to pay the I is Bhipplng his fruit through us this
freight.
Another feature of our operation:!
of which we are,, we bellevo, justly
proud, Is our system of receipts nnd
accounting under which, even during
the busiest time when we were re
ceiving, as we did for three nights
running, over five thousand boxes of
loose fruit per night, -we lost no fruit
nnd were enabled to account to tho,
grower to his entire satisfaction In
every instance and without delay for
every box delivered by him.
Marketing Plans.
Still another feature which gives
us satisfaction la the success of our
thia-ycar's marketing plan. Wre have
been enabled to lake advantage of
all markets and of all possible mar
keting channels. We have paid toll
to no ono except for value received. '
Tho auction nnd export servico w'e )
have received from Messrs. Dennis, !
Kimball & Pope has been entirely
satisfactory, both as to prices realiz
ed and quickness and accuracy of re
turns. Wo have sold approximately
53 per cent of our Bartletts at pri
vate sale on an f. o. b. basis, approx- !
of handling Is accountable in a large itnately 40 per cent of our Howells, I
season that wo will use our best ef
forts to dispose of our remaining
cars of Newtowns and Winter Nells
together with the one car ot Ben
Davis and of odd varieties at the
with Intelligent marketing of the
fruit. Up to tho present time wo
havo made a record, both on average
prices and on quick returns and we
hope nnd believe that this record will
not be broken when the season Is
closed and all of the fruit finally ac
counted for.
Improvements Planned.
We hope to be nblo to Install, be
fore the commencement of another
season, several of tho latest improved
type of mechanical slzer and a suf
ficient amount of gravity conveyers
to handle a much larger tonnage at
our central packing house with
moro efficiency In every way. Our
plans may also include the building
of a large packing shed Immediately
contiguous to our present cold stor
age plant. We believe that by the
use of mechanical devices which have
already been successfully tried out in
other districts, we can materially re
duce our labor charges and nt the
same time Improve our pack and in
sure even better deliveries than here
tofore. In conclusion, the management
wishes to publicly express its appre
ciation of tho uniform courtesy it
has received during the season from
each grower who has intrusted the
handling of his fruit to tho associa
tion. S. V. P.F.CKW1TH,
Manager.
earliest possible moment consistent nusic.
EDWARD STRAUSS, NOTED
MUSIC COMPOSER, DEAD
III-'. HI. IN, Dec. nil. A Vienna dis
patch announces the death of Kd-
uard Strauss, the composer ol' dance
AEROPLANE FLEET
FLIES, NEW YORK
rim.APKLI'IIIA, Pa., Dee. 30.
Eleven of the, fourteen airplanes that
left Hempstead, X. Y., nnd Governor'
Island, X. Y., in n flight to this city,
landed tit the Philadelphia navy yard
in two hours after leaving the start
ing point today. It wns one of the
coldest days of tile winter nnd the
aviators and passengers were stiff
with cold and covered with a thini
easing of ice. i
The flight of the airplanes, one of
the grcnlest that has boon attempted
in this country, number of machines
and distance considered, was under-,
taken for the double purpose of com-i
peting for government air licenses
uml to test the stabilizers and other
devices. The airplanes left Hemp-,
stond nt brief intervals and wore
joined by two others ns they flew
over Governor's Island. Heights of
from 2000 to ")000 feet wore attained,
the aviators said. The remaining air
planes that started in the flight hud
not reported up to early afternoon.
Lieutenant K. M. Hugnnll, who had
to return to the nvintion field in
Ilcmpstcnd because of engine troublo
soon nflcr he started, arrived safely
ntjho lmvy va rd. .
With Modford trado Is Medford made
measure for the fact that throughout
the ontlro season we hnve not rere'v-
ed red Ink or anything l!ko red ink
on a single curlotul of Iiult shipped
every box of our SpiUonbergs, ap
proximately 55 per cenuof our Jon
athans. Hiid up to date, 40 per cent
of our Newtowns, 2 0 per cent of our
heads
l.HXINfiTOX. K. Dec .10. The
of rive aiiliilqncr oriuinla-
tlons conferred here today, relative
to a proposition to merge all prohi
bition bnilies I'll the Pulled States
Into one national party whose princi
pal object would be to carry on Hie
fight for nation-wlile prohibition.
Thoso five leaders were: V. !.
lllnshaw, chairman of the prohibition
national committee: Miss Anna Cor
don of Kvaiision, 111., president or
the W. C. T. P.; Dr. Charles Bran-
Chicago, geneiMl fecretary of
temperance coniinlpslon of the
federal counrll of churohe; K. H.
t'herrlngton of New York, an editor,
and D. Leigh Colvin. New York, presi
dent of the Intel -Ciilloclalo Prohi
bition nssoelntlon, which Is holding
Jta convention lu this city.
Ion.
the
LONDON, Dee. .10. The corona
tion of Kmporoi' Charles and Kuipre.-s
Zitn of Austria as king and queen of
llunciuv took place this morning in
t. Malliey church nt Iliidapesl, Hie
Amsterdam cnrrcMpiuidenl of the Kx
eliiiuge Telegraph company cables.
Tile ceremony was marked with all
lie traditional medieval pomp. The
:irg wore t'.ic uniform of a !l:!!ic,ar
iiiii field tii.'ir-bal and was siiriti-m.!-
ii hv the captains el his boil'juard.
Tin' queen rede in n roaeh drawn
by -itien lci:.o-, which w is I'.dlmv
ed hv a pageant. Salutes were tired
as tjie prince-inn unwed tiirnuch liie
-1 reels.
Cardinal rsemocli, primate of
Hungary, with the remainder of the
'ler:;v, escorted the kin:; nnd queen
into the church, which win filled wilh
ol fieius and diplomats. The king
took the oath In defend the interests
of the Unman Catholic: church ngiihisl
any eueuiy. Afterwards the king,
wearing the crown, took the oath be
fore tlio parliament hiiildiug in tho
presence of tho populace.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Uiowne ot .
1 .oil i. California, are spending the'
holidays with relatives near Central j
Point.
ofilwiear
Highest quality, Jewelry repairing !
diamond setting, wutcb I
repairing j
Martin J. Rcddyl
'1 , i',if The Quality Store foi
Itellablo Goods.
!12 E. Mall) St. Mcdford, Ore.
Every year is like a t jboqe.nn slide. The distance
you qo riuriiiq tne year depends upon the start you
Siet.
Some people are no further alonrj this year than
they were a year atjn, while otl.ers are way ahead
hecause at the beginning of tl'e year they started
a bank account. Tiiis year they have money in the
bank, whereas last year they had nothing. Next
year they will Lave still mere, because their savings
multiply through compound intere-t.
Start this year with a dollar to open your account.
Determine how much you can save each week.
Come in to see us and we will tell you how much
you will have next year, counting interest at 4 per
cent.
The Jackson County Bank
Moilf'ord. Oivo-ou
In lit, f.i t..J..i. . --L
On the Threshold
Tomorrow will round out .the year aud wo shall turn over a clean
page for 1917. It seems a good time for retrospect as well as for prom- '
ises.
Jt has been a good year.
This store has enjoyed a most satisfactory year's lmsiness a husi
ness that has in a very large measure exceeded our expectations as we
turned over the page of 1916 one year ago. And that our share of
growth in the past year has been so exceptional is evidence of a gen
eral public, preference which wc cannot fail to recognize; which wc do
not fail gratefully to appreciate.
Assuredly 1910 has lifted us nearer to the goal of our merchandis
ing. Assuredly our conception of a store's place and public sen-ice
in a community lias been more nearly realized than ever before.
During the past year we added another store room, nearly doubliug
our floor space, and with increased stocks during 1917 we will be bet
ter prepared to handle our increasing business.
To have the merchandise right in the best sense: to have such a
standard of fair dealing as should exist between man and man; to
afford an elastic and an INDIVIDUAL good service to those who de
pend on us these are a few of the principles to which we have held
in the past, nnd which we write down again as Xew Year's Resolu
tions in the Dook of 1917.
Wc shall try to make the store better than it has been. We shall try
to make it a more USKFUL store to the good people of Medford and
the Rogue River Valley.
We wish one and all a Bright and Prosperous New Year
Golden Rule
C. W. WHILLOCK & SON