l
ON PEAR BLIGHT
The iintiual Itotl CroH crunimlKn for
the enrollment of tnentbei'H nml sr-cur-ln
fundH for carrying on the relief
The Routhern (JreRon experiment
station has Just published an Import
ant bulletin entitled "Blight IloalHt-
ance in Pears and Characteristics of work in Jneksou county, will he con
Fear Bpecies and Stocks."- This bill- ducted tliia year ty tin local execu
letln gives the results of, the work tivo committee. Mr. J. c. Mann us
Professor Reiroer and bis associates "luted by Mr. C. M. Kldd are already
hare been conducting during the Hunt outlinlnu the plans for the cninpalh-n.
tea years In. an effort to find, varieties It"'. K. P. Lawrence, secretary of the
Jf pears and root and body stocks executive cdiumlttec, will act ua sec
Boro resistant to blight than those rctnry and temporary treasurer. Mrs.
low grown in southern Oregon. Leonard Carpenter Ih hard at work,
j-XJiis is the first bulletin that has orcnniiinR the forces with which to
Wjir been published in any language' make a thorough canvas from huuMc
A the BUbject of resistance and sus- to huutw in the city residential dis
ptlblllty to blight in cultivated va- trlctH. and also all through the outly
letiea of pears and root stocks. Dur- li'B country, that every one may have
KB -the past ten years this experiment a chance to subscribe to this moat
tatlon baa inoculated trees of bun- worthy work. ,
reds of .cultivated varieties of pears Mr. Mann announced today that ho
Bt thousands ot seedlings of the would call for volunteer helpers from
rpmlslng species of pears from all xomc of the organizations that have
arts of the world. . In addition. H always so loyally and willingly us
srqplete record has been kept of the slated before. The executlvo commit
atural infections which have occur- tee will do some preliminary work bo
Mi In the 600 varieties 111 the variety fore tho general canvass is mado in
rfehard at the station. . the city and county.
For this work the station lias asnem-1 The mixing of funds for this great
14 the largest collection of varieties agency and its objects would be an
pears in America,' and the only easy matter if every ono could know
Jmprehensive collection of wild spe- uorwuiHlly and Intimately the work
: of pears In the world. The tm- that the Hcd Cross is carrying on. Tho
Qltance of this collection will be small portion that goes from the
((predated when It Is known that county to national lieadiiuarters Is
16 vast majority of our cultivated used for tho relief of. communities
irieties of pears have originated in sorely devastated by turnadoest floods.
Urope, and that all the wild species fires, earthquakes and other illsaators.
( pears are natives of Europe, Africa where the lied Cross goes ad an angel
lid Asia.- No wild species of pear of mercy. - '
IS ever been found in America. The Into the government hospitals It
pit valuable material in the collee- goes to brighten tho long clays uf our
in. from the standpoint of blight wounded .soldiers. Dny in and day
((stance, is that which Professor out, its public health nurses are. car
timer collected during bis two ex- ing for the sick, protecting trie well,
BBlve trips through Japan, Korea and teaching the principles of good
ii China. health to all. And in eountlcxs other
it Is perhaps needless to say that fields, It is proving Itself worthy ot
is important piece of work would the recoKiiitlon it has gained as the
tie been impossible without such an official relief agency of tho Ainei-I-
tensive collection..
' ' In testing these numerous varieties
IS
FOR ENSUING YEAH CIRCUIT COURT
Henry C, Conwuy, charged with
possession of a still, wits found guilty
bya Jury In the circuit court Tuesday
afternoon after 45 minutes' delibera
tion. The principal witnesses against
Conway wcro Mr. and Mrs. Dun Stone-
breaker, who testified to alleged asso
ciations for tho selling and manufac
turing of moonshine. Jack Diiromlo.
alleged salesman of the liquor, was
acquitted by a Jury last' week.
The defense presented an alibi to
the state's star witness by offering
testimony that Conwuy was in North
Bend on Juno 25, an imH)rtant ilato
in the testimony of Stonebreukcr.
The trial of "3. S. YV'hcaCon, also
charged with a liquor violation, was
began -in the circuit court tills mom
ln;i and is expected to bo concluded
late today.
Tho next case on the calendar is
that of Hynmn Huntley, charged with
first degree murder as tho result of a
stubbing affruy last September, in this
city, resulting in (he death of Jobso
James Ulbbs. Tho quarrel was due,
It is chargod, because of the alleged
attentions puid by Ciibbs to Mrs.
HuntloV. The work of securing tho
Jury Is scheduled to start in tho
morning.
L
TO OPEN HERE
IN SPARTVBLD'G.
underway. Mrs. ')" I''""". Mr.
Jams, violin. .Mr. LoVeland. band and
orchestral Instruments, and Mrs.
Uazelt'lgg. voice, will continue as be
fore; also Sirs. Osborne's beauty p;ir-
(lar will remain Imnct. O
. The Sparta build. ng. on tile eorner
of Main and Riverside, ut the Junc
tion of the two lliglnP.iys. Is declared
to be splendidly located for this pur
puse. .Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are too
well known to require comment.
' can people.
t best scientific methods of inocu
Uon and testing were employed
le blight bacteria were obtained
m badly blighted trees and grown
I millions in pure cultures in the
itlon laboratory by the same meth
I used b ymedical science in cultur-
the various bacteria which cause
yuan diseases. During the ten years
it this work has been in progress,
J779 inoculations have been made in
20 trees. ' ' ..: "..
It is important to note that when
is work was commeni
tcht-lmmune variety of pear was
jwn in America. It Is also gratify
f to note that as a result of this
E wtf now possess a number of.
uhe varieties and hundreds of lm
e seedlings. -These immune trees
ire all found among varieties and
edlings collected in China! by Pro-
tit- of tho French seedlings, used
relpfore as the standard root-stock
American- pears, blighted when
ASHLAND NOT EASY
SAYS
Tho Med foul high school toot tm 11
T?. JS?.Cel,.n " Sl1! Its Armistice day game with the
Ashland high school, and Coscli Call!
son gave his charges a lecture and
three hew playh, bosides drilling all
evening on interference. Thirty-one
men reported for practice. .
' . The squad is in the best physical
condition of the year and the end of
isor Keimer. Furthermore 43 per "7 " h"J "fl : 72,
Coach Call. son announced also that
the man who delivers the goods will
get the firm choice. "J'liere are no
stars on thin team," aatd the coach.
"The bunch downtown think Ashland
is easy. I don't, and you know they
are not" . - 1
. The Ashland team, ,under Coach
Hughes, is also drilling .hard and, is
full of determination to topple Med
ford. , ',
Announcement In mailt Unluy that
tho upper pari uf tho Spurrti buiUUiitf
now being riMuoili'linl by Its uwner,
Walter How no, is to bo an up-to-iLtlo
h Hullo building, and nmuisornentH
hnve all been concluded whereby Mr.
and .Mrs. (Jeorge Andrews will have '
control uf It and use it ax a high class
srliool of music and allied arts. The
building will be vhlually rebuilt up- ,
stairs and wijl include beautiful,
HtudiuK.. single and en suite for all
branches of music, voice, piano, violin
band and orchestra, Instruments, har
mony, and orchestvnVion. esthete anil
ballroom dancing, languages ami dra
matic art. There will be u largi
recital hall that will ateo bo used for
dancing classes.
This studio building, its Kpunsors
claim, will fill a long felt want in the
community, for herelnfure studios
were hard to find and were scattered
all over the city. Now Mediurd will
have a building where all tho teach
ers can be together, one that will be
come tho center of the artistic life of
tho community. According to .Mr.
Andrews, there never has been a time
when there was such evidences of a
greater dcslro and appreciation fur
music and dramatic ail all over the
country, and Medford, with her
splendid talent can not aTford to lag
behind.
While the bnl Id lug operations arc
J. W. Judy was one of the Medfbrd
visitors in Grants Tass yesterday on
business.
ELKS OFFER PRIZE
The Medford tonne of Klks avill glvu
a medal to the school pupil wriMnK
the best essay on "Old Ironsides." anil
next week Is "Have Old Ironsides"
week. The Klks from November 0
to II will nil ho u fund of J.MlO.OOO to
saw the historic ship from tho junk'
pile. Addresses will be delivered to
school children (mil a drlvo nindo
throughout tho nation. The grand
lodge pledged Itself ($1 the Portland
convention last summer to proservo
tho vessel as a patriotic shrine. Tho
meilal to be gh$n for the best essay
will be placed on exhibition and the
judges ot the contest named at an
early duto.
Hwan Kdlund and family of Monroe?
W'iihIi., were visitors In the city toduy
while en route to southern t'lillfornla.
It
BAGLEY CANNING CO
; DOUBLES ITS PACK
GET RID OP YOUR
Rheumatism
BEFORE WINTER SETS IN
lii- Seated l i-lc Acid l)em-its Are
.Dissolved nuil the Itiiciiiuatlc I'ol
noii Starts to lHave the System
Within Twenty-four, Jloni-s.
tculated in the roots, while In the
pst resistant -species collected in
Ina and tested at the experiment
. iltnn nnlv i not- fant llllirtltoM when
thoroughly Inoculated In the roots.
1 The bulletin can be obtainod free
charge by writing to either the ex
Hnient station at Talent or tho ex-
rlment station at Corvallia, Oregon.
pnv
BOOTLEGGERS. .
PLACED IN JAIL
LITHIA HOTEL SUES
: FOR STOCK PAYMENT
' The l.lthian Hotel coiupuny of Ash
land TueHdav filod civil suit in the
When arraigned before Justice circuit court against .I.J. tieakln for
lenn O. Taylor yesterday afternoon. $120, alleged to bo' duo on stock sub
'alter Dyreborg and John Bughncr scriptions to tile hotel construction
I Kacranicnto, Calif., arrested Mon- campaign. It is alleged that Ueakln.
ly night by Htato Special Officer a real estate agent, subscribed ,for
A. Talent and Federal I'rolilbitlon $000 worth of stock and paid 150, and
ffleer Cletus MeCreillc south -or subscribed foi a $100 share and paid
shland whllo attempting 'to run 50 $M. Judgment on the1 two causes of
tllons of corn whiskey Into the val- action for a lialanco Of $120 alleged
y to fill orders taken some time to be duo la sought.
Iforo, each bad their ball set at, -
000 and i!000 respectively. in
ifault thereof, thoy are being held
i tho county jnll. ' ' .
J. J. Travels of Stockton, Calif.,
rested by. the same officers the
nio night while attempting to run
!0 gallons of corn whiskey to Jhim
h Kalis, was turned over to. federal
ithorltics. He left this morning In
le company of Officers McCreille
fd Talent for 1'ortland In the Hud
in sedan. , loaded with ..approxl
lately 1000 pounds bf moonshine.
lze by. the officers .Monday night.
The prellmihary hearing of Uyrc
Irg and Ttughner was continued
Isterday until Friday niornlng when
ldenco to ' bind them- over to the
'and Jury ivlll.be presented. ,
According to Ralph Koozer, man,
tiger, tho Bagley Canning Cu lo
cated at Ashland, has Just closed
ono . of the most uctlvo campaigns in
its history, more than doubling the
pack of 1924, this year being 75,000
cases as compared with ilfi.000 last
year and 15.000 in 1023. He also
says they hope to reach 150,000 cases
yearly with the increase In demand
for Itoguo Hivor valley fruits, fruit
Juices, berries and vegetables and
the increase. in production und qual
jty as- a result of irrigation.
'. "The principal pack is .pears, but
In order ta " properly handle tho
crop, cold storage facilities must bo
provided for Holding of fruit," said
Mr.' KoJier.
"Help is also a serious problem
This is shown in harvesting tho wild
blackberry crop. About 100 tons
were harvested from the Applegato
district and packed at our plant tills Kveiv druggist tn ! 'this county Is
your. Kuliy 100 tons additional could authorized to sav to every rheil
have been picked and pac.ked had the llmt sufferer that If a full pint
help been available. Although evcryUotllfc o( Allenrhu, the sure con
effort was made to Interest fiuidlles t,uoror ot rheuniatlsni. does not show
In the work, only about half enough ,lc WBJ. to ,,,, t10 nifuny, reduce
pickers could be obtained, anil tho m,.niin ii ,.,i,l do jiwsv with
remainder of the berries went to cvel, u,,, iKiuet twinge of rheu
wastc. In the past, these berries nia(c pain, lie will gladly return
have never been harvested, and their j.om. nlnuy without comment. I
sale was a net gain for the owrnars Allcnrlui' has been tried and tested
of tho land upon which they were fol. years, and really marvelous in
grown, since they required no utton-. sut nnv0 u0l,n necompllshcd In llio
tion whatever.'.' - most severe cases where the suf-
Tho Uaglcy Canning Co. has aver- fm-B !M,d agony wus Intense and
aged about 150 employees during the piieous and where tho patient was
busy Bcaaon and will oporate on a helpless.
smaller senlo for a few. weeks yet. James H. Allen of 20 Forbes St.
It has purchased all box shookv fruit. Kochester, N. Y.. the discoverer of
and vegetables from local peoplo Allenrhu. who for miinv years suf-
nnd Is distributing thousands of fere(i tho torments of acuto rheu-j
dollars annually lr. southern Ore- nintlsm. desires all sufferers to know
Kon- -.1 that ho has Instructed druggists to
Mr. Kozer says the trouble Is not gun run tee it as nbovo 111 overy In
lit securing a market for the uro- stance.
ducts, but to secure tho raw pro- Heath's Drug store Is my np
ducts and help to put up the puck, pointed agent In your city If you
' j live, out of town I'll gludly send you
4th free particulars. Adv.
TO
BIBLE HERE TONIGHT
It. J. Carl, a blind m?isloDary who
Bds Hie Bible to audiences wherover
I goes, in tho language of the blind
Ith his finders, will read from the
etpel of John at the closo of the
Myor meeting at the Presbyterian
lurch. Mr. Carl will also say a few
Jnls as tn his religious faith and
' tlicf in prayer. Ho travels from
ien to place reading the HI Wo to
pups who gather around mm in notci
on the Btrcots or wherever he Is.
-In recently hold 8 service in the
l-si Preshvtnrlan church of Kugene.
lo regular ervlce will ' be at 7:40
111. The stutly Will be the Breat love
pter. 1 Corinthians 13. Everyone is
Hied to attend the service and hear
blind reader.
1 Ahnvn In Ellentburo.
KU.KNSBUKO. Wash.. Nov. i. (A.
I The mercury descended to in
Jgrecs here last night, the lowest
C Grip
f 1
Laxative
Brbmg
Quinine
omissus
Serious illness and com
nlieations often follow an
ordinary Cold. Check it--
iin tho nirt Ka inn a. ."Sato
and Proven Remedy, 'Lax-
-io RPflMn QITTpJTNR 1
The First and Original Cold
and unp Tamer. jrroven
Safe for more than a Quar
ter of a Century, v
The box bean this signature
Dayton Loggers
Another shipment ol the famous Dayton Logging
Shoes has just arrived. Now all you fellows that
have been waiting for them come in and get yours
We are selling Men's All Leather Work Shoes at
$2.45
We are selling Black Bear Overalls at $1.35
We have another heavy Overall at $1.15
We have Men's and Boys' Knitted Blazers, Men's
Leather Coats, Men's Rain Coats, Men's Slicker
Coats and Pants, Men's Logger Shirts, Men's
Sweaters, Men's Flannel Shirts.
Men's Fine Suits Overcoats
Boys' Suits, 2 Pants and Vest . $4.75
We have Blankets, Quilts and Pillows, Samson
Trunks, Suit Cases and Bags. We have almost
anything you want, and the
PRICE is away down below zero
The Cheapest Store in the West
WILL H. WILSON
THE PRICE CUTTER
32 N. Front St.
Cnnlr with fftm
NOW
PLAYING
mi
in
mmmkmw
NEVER
1 Have you teen ueh
thrills, romance, fun
and .divert
The moit unusual
drama of tho year
really worth while.
h&VenMloquist
lh Giant arid
LON CHANEY In
hit flnett character.
R.IALTO
FRIDAY
TOM
MIX
and TONY
"The Everlast
ing Whisper"
Just the Kind of
Laundry Service You Want
At the. American Laundry wc liavc exactly
llie kind ol' Kervice von want. There's WET
WASH, DUY WASI'I and ROUOII DRY one
ol" wliidi is sure to fill your re(iiireinents.
' All you liaVe. lo do is PI ION K 873 and our
car will call J'or your wiish, we will handle the
jolt iiickly and thoroughly and return it to you
as you want it.
7rt oJicc words, w will vlinmiiiie aU ol the
' drudgery of wash day and charge you a surpris
ingly, low amount for the service.
We cordially invite you lo investigate our
' laundry service. 0,ive it a trial or, bettor still,
come and see our modern facilities which enable
us lo handle your wash so well. We will gladly
' explain the various types of laundry service wo
. offer.
Dry Wash 7c
American Laundry
138 So. Central Phone 873
Try the American Laundry First
Price 30c
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