Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 25, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO StEDFORD MATS TOrBUXE. MEDFOBD, OREfiOX, SATURDAY. 'AUGUST !5. 1917 i Fortr-cin rrr aitj of th .nxi Tjatioa Mrrvic pad tfcra tbr city ' todij ttroat frgia life Y-tiiCtwver ; tarra.-ki to 5'ort Sara Houuos. Tex i For tte Lett Icmnnce, see Holmes. tt .'durance Man, i I Lieut. It I'dg Wt Friday td Kri. H. A. Jirz.f-j aid two hii-jll, for Ameriiao Lake ad Lleat dr Lo fcave iB vteMfig Mr. srj(j IoudixiOt Cosoer leave Sunday fox y.f. A. B. V.'iJIiixi. iit twiay for j l-J ti:c TOCAL AND L PERSONAL I. E tfceir fcorxife li .Seville. Enrobe tfcej !!! nop over Portias! for a tlior: visit Dr. Heine fits g'afs-ei correctly. F. B. Merriek Ifcf; tbi morning for lJvfl' Lake, N'tiitS Irafcou. to look Brit yoir wtieat to the Oatral Point Kills. We handle it la balk acl ire roo the coit ol Ls. V are In the market for all kindi of grain. IxB L. Colvitr, former reeloent after lilt nro;eriy Interests ibere and . M-31oM and now accountant of the the fcarvKtlag of the frraln crop on SItiilyoa dlrUlon of the California be (rone bis large ran'b. lie will a wil two month. Mr. H, K. Gore will reeeire pupilr. In .laeo and barnjony at her re.l dtriM ntuilu. 310 Geneva are. 1 32 Tbru the aeere'.ary of the C Com pany auxiliary. Ignore IJreweier. letter of thanks ban been received 1 Mayor C. E. Gate for the courtei and kinilneu be has ihown the not diera of the company durlnx that command's nay in the city. Johnson for hlxli-claM watch re pairing. tf Mrs. E. M. I'eteraon of Keattle, sis ter of JudKC F. M. C.'allrlnn, who ban been the sueKt of .Judge and Mn. i.alklns for several days, left today for her home In Seattle. Willi her hof.ts she took a trip to Crater l.ake and back to Med.'ord by way of Klam atti Fall. ' ' ' Tor tewlnff call oa-j:i.. . 13 Mr. and Mm. R. W. Hinn . of Lou Angeles are among the tonrl.ls tIb IliDK In the city from California. . Meti cam t Klversld Garage. Mr. and Mrs. John II. KnifUen and Mr. EnKlfeh'a inotlier. Mrir. if. V , V.uvWrM, of Chicago, have returned from their vacation auto trip to va rlous California polnta. Jllmi Mar garet EriBllli left the party at ISerkc- Icy where she will attend the univer sity of California. Mian Grace Wilson of Medford returned with the party from San Francisco, where she uncut a week. Highest price paid for barley wheat, oaU and bay. Monarch Seed tc Feed Company. Miss Helen Mowling who waa the guest of lllss Vera Olmslcad. haa re turned to her home at Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Q. I,. Jones and Mr and Mrs. Ell Campbell lcavo tonlaht for a several days outing at Crater Lake. Johnson for high-class watch fo- pairing. . Another examination for stenog raphers and .typewriters for govern ment service will bo held at Grants Pass by a representative of the 1,'nll ed States civil service commission ou August 21. Call Tavl 203. Word has been received In the city that Oscar Sullivan, a former Krnano hotel landlord, has purchased the well known old Sergeant ranch, which Is one of the best ranches with Irriga tion In the Williams creek district of Josephine county, from It. P. Ilrooks Oregon Agricultural College Fruit ft Vegetable Evaporator, built accord ing to official speolflcatlous at Pacific Furn. ft Fir. Factory. Lieutenant Cecil Hell of Eugene who won bis commission at the re cent training camp of the oflcers re serve corps at San Francisco passed thru the city tills morning en route borne for a short vlxlt before being assigned to nctlvo army duty In the infantry branch of tho service. Sir. Hell Is well known In Medford, hav ing formerly traveled thru this ter ritory as the salesman of the Pacific Coast Hlscult company. Al the de pot today ho hud a i Imrt .-visit with Attorney George Coddlntf, they buy ing become acquainted at the San Francisco training camp. See Dave Wood about that flro In surnnco policy. Office, Itoom tot, ,M F. & II. Hull. ling. !. A. Allen of Portland, telephoni expert of the forestry service, who has been In Medford for several days on forestry business, Is spending to day at Unite Fulls where he will have charge of Installing the telephone equipment In the new loolioul stullon on ItuMler Peak near Unite Falls. Just received, a carload of water melons, selling nt one rent per pound at Enders ('mli lieparlnient Stor-'. Ashland. l.'t'l W. K. McLeod nml Mrs. M. 1,. Tliumi.son am visitors lu Ihe city to day from the Prospect malou. Mr. and Mrs. .1. F. Workman are expected home today from their three months rejourn In the rust, where Mr. Workman whs operated on some time ago by a famous sur geon. Med cars at Illrersldo Garnge. Alllo Goodsle of Halucr. Wash., ar rived Hi the clly thin morning, hav lug been culled heie by Ihe sudden death of bis mother, .Mrs. Henry W. (loodale, Who! lillieml Hill lie held at . 2:30 p in, KuioUv from perl's diaper, Frank Gooilale, anolher son, who Is an I'linlncer In Hie Indian rec lamation service hi Fort Hall, Idaho, has telegraphed that he will be un able to attend the funeiul. Mlsa Flora Grey - Piiuio and lis as soclnled brandies AIo teaching nml hods. The udieus Hludlos In 81. Marks lllock. dunlin phone :iM J; residence- phone 70i. II. St Oregon Power company, with hea quarters at Yreka, 1 spending tl. week end in the city attending to personal basfners matters. Dr. Frank Roberts, dentist, Mark'a Building. Phone 223-Y. The Medford friends of Mrs. Mary- Penny of I-ogansport, Ind., wbo was stricken with paralysis shortly after her return home from this city last April after a visit of two yeara with her daughter, Mrs. Harry L. Wilson will be pleased to know that her con onion nas so improved tnat she was recently removed to her home from the sanitarium. Ilale Mooie, Attorney at Law Offic now located Rooms 7-9, Med ford National Bank Bldg. Mr. and Mrs. J. Percy Wells will leave soon for Hydaburg, Alaska where Mr. Wells will serve the gov- eriMneut as school teacher, post post master and store keeper. Mr. Wells was formerly county superintendent of the Jackson county schools, and for several months past has been en gaged In O. A. C. extension work. Singer sewing machine shop. A. Chapman. Phone S03-K. 24 Central. 147 Information hai been received in tho city that the big cement plant at Gold Hill will resume operations in 10 days. ' Dr. Chas. T. Sweeney, Physician and Surgeon, I'hlpps Bldg. Phone 36 tf Registered at the Holland hotel to day is a party from Merlin, Klamath county, consisting of Anton Petrasek and family, Charles Petrasek and family and Charles Horalck and fain fly- They are residents of the large Hohemlan colony at Malln. Medford Transfer Co. Phone 9a 158 Among the tourists and visitors registered at the hotels of the city to day aro the following: Uda Blcmlon of llakersfleld, Calif.; O. It. Howard of Tucson, Ariz.: F. C. Canln and oiils Aaron of New York; H. H Woods of Eugene; Mrs. Emma Reese and A. K. Dltwller of Los Angeles: William J. Parker. Mr. and' Mrs. 8 . Corrall and F. M Morlarty of San Francisco, and Albert 8 llrown. Miss lulla Pratt, F. II. Nash. C. W. Ans- man, Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Snyder, Mr and Mrs. McKell and E. C. Ilendltcn of Portland. Halhs, 25c. Holland Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Alenderfer will spend Sunday at Prospect. Hot cakes and coffee, lflc. Dia mond Restaurant, 127 Sixth St. 140 Mr. Henlnger and Harry Ling Of reka stopped lu the city Friday to visit friends on their return trip from an outing nt Crater Lake. Mr. Ling Is a former resident of Medford. Call Taxi 303. Funeral services over the lute Mrs. Henry W. Goodnlo who died suddenly at her home, croncr of loth and Or ange streets Friday morning, will be eld from perl's undertaking dispel on Humbly ufteruoon at 2:3u o'clock llr. J. C. Rollins of the Me I bo ll it chiin h will conduct the services. Burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cem etery. Fruit paekeds' finger cols at Has Mns' Drug Store. 1 33' Saturday waa another big day at the public market in fact about the U"lcHt day of Hie summer season Willi largo stocks of fruits and veg etables on mile and huudruds of cus turners after them. Iir. Heine, eye, ear, noso, throat. A tourist purty visiting iu lliu city today from Kdgcwood, Calif., con "litis of Mr. nml Mrs. Frank II. Wells Hurry M. Welln mid Eugene Wells. We pay rash for Harllett pears by the Ion or box. .1. A. Perry at Co operative Fruit Growers Assn. Aiiioui; the Grants Puss visitors In Ihe city Saturday are .1. I.. Shaska August 1 toot ti Holmes and Allien Am linen. Apron for pickers and pa kers at Tent Factory In iSnt. -112 .1. T. Payne, who Is ihe employ ment agent for fighters for Forest Supervisor Krlckson, this morning sent 13 men to Grants Puss In help fight (lie lilg forest fire hut has beei raging for tho past two weeks on th boundary of the Siskiyou and ('ruler Luke liHlionnl forests. it had been golteii under control hut two dsvs ago got away from the fire fighters As the flro Is climbing the rlile and tin re Is danger of lu spreading Into Forest Supervisor Krlrksou'a terrl lory that official readily nsponded to Ihe call for help from Forest Super visor Mi Huff of the Josephine Kiunly district. At the refiue-t of the eonmuttte cond'jciing the pre-rit movement for the oraniution of the Medford inv 'jiitum district, the following- gentle men have con-4-nted to become eondi dale for director-: Leonard C'nrrn ter in division Xo. , K. O. Coleman in divi-ion Xo. 2, and W. A. Fol in divi-ion Xo. 3. Thc-e selections have been well re '-ei'.ed and assure the proirt-r conduct of the of) air- of the district whet: oranized. Three elements very nec- efcMiry to an intelligent prosecution of the work are represented by these gentlemen knowledge of the orch ard industry, familiarity wilh usrri- cultural needs urn! methods and ex perience in handling lurge business undertakings. Mr. Carpenter a sticcessful and entertiriMntr orchardi-t who person ally orates ninety acres of fruit. He has been brought lo believe in the necessity of irrigation for orchard after a dose study of conditions in that industry for the last weveru! years. He was a candidate for di rector at the election last IJeeember and was euccessful over u strong field in division Xo. 1. E. 0. Coleinnn of I'hoenix lias been identified with Jackson eonntv and the needs of its jieople for many years. He is a fanner and knows what Ihe fanner wants and what he doesn't want. On a hoard where the question of whether any particular parcel of land is uctualiy benefitted by water Ls likely to be brought up reeatedly, this peculiar knowledge of the land in this district will bt Hjieeiuliy vuluable. V. A. Folger, while an owner and oierutor of orchard and fnnn land. k above nil else an exjicrienced bus iness man. Hack in Ohio he has btten a bank official and then for many years was treasurer of the Goodrich Kubber company, an exten sive and highly successful manufacturing- concern. His duties largely consisted in (he framing and . close scrutiny of contracts for the pur- biise of inutenuls mid for eonslnie- tiun work, lie nlso managed the I'iimnceH of the eorporntion. His Iriiiiiiui; for Hie work to come bus been thorough and comprehensive. None of these gx'titlcmcn is now or ever lias been connecld with uny pri vule irrigation scheme. Thev all be lievc that if this election curries nnd Ihe district is organized their firs and chief duty will be lo conduct an economical but ut the same time thorough investigation of the best source of irrigation for the district and then to formulate some practical scheme lo lay before Ihe voters at econd election. E OFF FOR CRATER HER GREATEST NEED OF VALLEY SAKS OLD TIER AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT L. C. Coleman, an oTd-iimer and A dance at the Medford hotel last-' heavy property owner Lt the vallev. ing until midnight following an en,-'h" b Inding the week here joyable banquet tendered them bv thef!00"'08 'ler hU "CTts" " - ! Hie the r&n nf irripai)nn u. Medford dealers wound up the official j Bt ,nd g,,, Brvon Coe; man, accompanied him. They will return to San Francisco Sunday. 'I am satisfied that the future prosperity and growth of the valley depends upon irrigation." said 'Mr. Coleman. "Without water, the val ley will go backwards. With water it will steadily go forwards. Irriga tion Is necessary if the valley Is ever going to amount to anything. "1 have been a resident of the val ley since 1878 and far many years en gaged in business- here. I think any kdd-tlmer will admit that my word Is as good as my bond. I am not a seeker after publicity or ofice and have only the welfare of the valley at heart. I "I find that many farmers are afraid that if district bonds are voted the money will be squandered, but the fact that the expenditures are under state supervision and construc tion is by the state engineers,, and the funds will be administered by local men of unimpeachable in tegrity, should be a guarantee that the district will be well managed. I am willing to trust my interests in their hands. "I am the owner of 84 7 acres of visit of the Motor Dealers association of Oregon to this city. , This morning the visitors had a big surprise awaiting them when their treasurer approached Emil Mohr. manager of the hotel, to pay the ban quet bill, and were told that the bill had already been paid by the Med ford dealers. They could hardly believe the news when the treasurer circulated it i among them, for it waa the first city or town during their week's trip down rrom Portland tUat the associa tion did not have to foot the bill for the banquet tendered the members. The action of the Medford dealers made a distinct hit with the visitors. especially as the banquet and enter tainment tendered them was the best of the nvany feeds enjoyed during the week. ' . m m m The banquet was .served at the Medford at -7: 30 Friday evening with 65 persons, including the local deal ers and. their wives, seated at the tables. .Quite a number of the deal ers and their guests did not wait for he banquet but left for Portland or for Crater Lake In the afternoon. Ugt-n- n v ft....- . . j . . ! . c. a. lleu an .oasi-! and an,i ain ,...,. !,., a ""3'ci uuu aiiuji aouresses were made by M. O. Wilklns, president of the association, and Fred Fogler and A. 8. Robinson, all of Portland. Miss Flora Gray rendered several piano solos, and William I. Vawter, vocal soIob. Much enjoyment was also eon- tributed to the program by Albert S, brown and Miss JuMa E. Pratt of Portland, the professional entertain ers traveling with the association party. Following the banquet the tables were pushed back and dancing was enjoyed until midnight to music by an orchestra. - 'j- The dealers 'a-m! tnnrsts are spend ing Saturday- at Ashland and will Bpend Sunday ot Crater Lake and Monday at Klamath Falls. as any man In the progress of the country. 1 regard Irrigation as the solution, and if there is anything I can do to help secure it. the public ls welcome to my services." ITALIANS WINNING (Continued from Page On.) scored n new victory on Ihe Yen! root lust night north of Hi!! .'till Three fortified works near Kcthin ourt were captured. The number of prisoners taken bus been iiiereuscd to H 1 111. With Medford trade la Medford made llrllisli Victorious. LONDON, Auir. l!."i.-Tlic ciiplur of a Gentian position near la-ns wit uniiouncril today by Ihe war office The statement follows: 'By successful nitueks curried out illi slight cusuulties lust night west f Lens we raptured a short lengtli f tiermiiii trench of .some local im portance. We nl-o captured mi en emy post during Ihe night in th neighborhood of Loiuluierlzvile and seeim-d a lew prisoners and a ma chine gun. There was coiisidcruhh artillery activity curly this morning cast of F.ehy." (iciiniiii HcHrt, llinU.IX, Aug.ri.-The (Icniian line on Ihe northern fringe of ller entlmg yvood, in the region of the Vprcs-Meiiiu niad, bus been pu-hed back soiuenhat by the llruish, the war office announces. The (lennaii an' nporleil to have captun-d (lille iinint farm, south of Vc lulhuillc. J. I). Grant, of Snn Francisco, pres ident of the California-Oregon Power Co. and a member of the National Council of Defense, and E. O. Mc Coruilck. vice president of Ihe South ern Pacific, accompanied by the pri vate secretary of Secretary of the In terior Lane, arrived In Medford by auto frotn Crater Lake Thursday ev ening. Mr. Grant remained over night, returning to Sun Francisco rlday. nnd the other members of the party left In Mr. MrCornilck's private car for Portland. With Medford in.de Is Medford made TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WATEI -Girl (or general house work. .Montgomery House. 141 N Kir street. lii IN FULL BLAST "The paeling Hon-'- inul pre-cool-in-f plant of the l'nirup Hiver Fruit & Produce n.-soi'intion is now in full ojwrution,'' states .Mmiiiger Keck- wilh. "The picking of H.irllett- liecoining- dully more general and re ceipts for the next ten days will prob ably average between ."lOOII and (KIWI boxes per night. "The gravity conveyors ate working- to erfcclion and seem t( os sess almost human intelligence. All fruit is being prccoolcd ncconiin? (o schedule and all car loading- is being done at night. "This week's payroll has on it one hundred and five employes in vari ous capacities and the wages paid out by the association from now on will run from .'l-'tlll to .fl.'i(H) -r week. 'The fruit so far is of execntion- nlly good ipialtly and slloivs very lurge erecntage of extra fancy pack. The f. o. b. market is. getting more active daily and the assoeialion is niukiiiir private sales nt " prices ranging from l.(i." for a ear of lll.'i t.e and smaller and from f l.Ilil' size and smaller and Irom fl.im to fc! for tiindiird lllue Triungfo pack. Anv urties interested run, iih.ni uppli -u- tion, olilatn pcnuission at anv time during parking hours lo insjieet Ihe plant." PORTLAND WILL HANDLE 1918 GRAIN CROP SALEM, Aug. 25 Chief of Grain Inspectors Porter, whose office op erates under the Oregon public serv ice commission, after conference with a representative of the federal gov ernment, whose name was not given, believes It probable that a federal buyer will be stationed in Portland to buy practically all wheat produced In the state this year. The official with whom Mr. Porter talked did not say positively that this would be done, but said it was bis opinion. The public service commission to day designated Portland as a grain- inspection point for Oregon. Accord ing to Inspector Porter, all grain pur chased by the government will be handled through Portland and manu factured Into flour there. MODERATE WEATHER FOR COMING WEEK WASHINGTON, Amr. 2r Weath er predictions for the week beginning Sunday issued by the weather bu reau today arc: I'ueifir. stales Fair; moderate temperature. Announriim the Dawn of a New Era iu I'bolopluys for .Medford uud vicinity. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT iv Attend to the EYES of the School Children DO IT NOW Fvr troubles make u rlnld backward in his stuilirs. See DR. RICKERT EYF-SIGHT SPECIALIST Suite 1-2. Over Mnr Co. 1 A Return of MARY PICKFORD - In POOR LITTLE PEPPINA II is an unusual story of a child of wealthy Americans kidnapped by Italians. lVppiuu arouses your sytiipalhy and the story never abates in interest. -Coined v: "His Social Rise" TOMORROW There'll br a glad laugh sprcad itr.' till over .MclTonl. CHARLIE CHAPLIN Tn "EASY STREET STAR Get a pnigrani and i-etul new Millry. COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAM BILL HART in 'Wolf Lowry Laid in those we-tern domains, fenc ed by the far horizon. Tite siyry concerns "Wolf Lowery, cc.ttle king,' and little Mary Davis, s iatter. It will rank, we believe, with Hart's greatest westerner-'. Also two acts of glee and comedy, ' "LOVE AND TOGS," and tiie Incom parable Page On-he-tra. Last time to hear tha , Musical Treat e the year MINNA NEMER0VA nn-ian Snprano. a&it ?d by MiM-ha J'elz, Bus Mian Ptanl-t. TOMORROW VIOLA DAXA in a ' happj characterization of "Lady Barnacle-." PAGE REGULAR PRICES Adults 15c Children 5c Southern Oregon's Greatest Place of Amusement. FRED ALTON HAIGHT Tcar-her of Piano and Harmony. Composer and Ar ranger of Mnsie, announces season of 1917-18. Phone 72 THE HAIGHT MUSIC STUDIO 401 Oarnett-Coiey Building Medford, Oregon WillM Still Better Wlllard The Willurd Battery with Threaded Rubber In sulation which made such a remarkable record in two years' test on 35,11011 ears. Come in and let us explain the vital importance of this better buttery insulation in postponing the day of repairs. Don't forjret, either, that we're still on the job to help you fret long life and service from your batter'. The Electric Shop 105 S. Central - Phone 22-J Free inspection of any battery at any time Don't Break Your Back Pulling Beans When you can buy a. Bean Puller for We carry in stock small Bean Threshers and Bean Pullers Hubbard Bros. ECONOMIC and MILITARY PREPAREDNESS !Zm THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON . ftj" t 4tHa ta camplata cewrvea to Ki.ral an4 . Hit-"i-UH MILITARY DRILL, DOMESTIC SCIENCE mm ARTS AND COMMERCE PUn ter ifUclfvt firtttr rvlc. Your country ( It. 4 f r fr Mtuvtratod blilts.Tral(t tfca UrmHt ft Pc r War n4 Th Woman tm4 til UMtvorsttT. Mroft Mistrr. UNIVER3ITT OF CKECON. EiiM(, Ors.on DENNEY & CO. Fruit Marketing Agents Specializing in the dis tribution of northwest ern boxed fruits. 1 M.E.ROOT, Representative 1 I Medford, Phone 294 Main Office Chicago, III. Western Office Payette, Idaho I F. H. Horuc, Western Manager,