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O O MTT)FOT?D MATT, TTCTBTXNT!, ifEDFOgD. OREfiON'. RTTNTUY. 'APTxTL 1. 1028. O PAGE THREE Polk Hull, Pioneer Hudson Patents "F-Head" a. i:. Rt'iitff I'ei ImpH. the must pirtuipsqut and nBilf old-lime fliihtvr in tin lute conflict ImMwitii tin1 hlui-s ;unl the i;ru'H In tin- 60V, rsMiiiK in Itouuy Itfvw valley tmhiy U llk Hull the sukc of Criffm ciovk. on soiiif prairiv i-WiliK mraili omt j cain waiting fur passe iik ft trains i to pass. . j Arriving atQSiiltMu in ilu time without any means, tho Hulls wimo ! l;unl!(Hiis of a hioel in the i-apitol i town for a year. Jn 1 S 7 f they While the UKtfroffMte nunihor of moved to lfciuiMtis county near theKC eld warriors left in Jackson county can he counted on the fin irers of the two hands, yet these lads now veterans of that warfar ins time were all hearty youths and men. is evidenced by their liurdi-n of more than four-score years. Although tills veneiahle pioneer of this valley, I? not one of the ' early settlers. However, with the ! mi- ui mv , coming of 11119 he will have spent a 'half century in our midst. He knew many of these early pione Koscbuii; and uKiiin )ccame tillers tf the soil. Alcftins prosperity in a very small way l: 1 .7 they equipped a coven-d Unpm and started on tho way to I.os Anfct'hs. Stopping at Anhland for a few days rest heture clunbins the Sisktyous were attracted hy the splendor of Houe Hiver valley and trvi-umv residents tf the liranlte city. Those were the days -of the woolen mills in the valley town, yet with all his knowledge of the art of weaving Hull went to work din-inn their lifetime, and saw tho,'lt l,ie mill :, weaver at 51 per valley hloom into its present mod- ' Later he was advanced and I cm day uplendor from the rude ; ft It very prosperous on a salary of ! I element of the pioneer splendor. !- Ppr '- Finally prosperity set j ifWhat he missed in the early day j ' with the Hulls when the head of hardships of thiH valley, he expert- tne family hccanie muster weaver enced in his pioneer jaunts on the :t the mills at $3 per day. Jn the frontier of Kansas and the middle , meantime during- their stay in. west in the days of the covered Oregon every cent made above U wason. What were the luxuries of I want living was devoted to redeem those times are the necessities of ithe abandoned farms in Kansas. ! today, as It Is hard for the present i After three ye:us stay at the i generation to realize the privations I women mills an uic om scores ' and hardships endured in these j 'vre wiped off ami there was former generations. money hoarded for a rainy day. A few days ago while in Med ford : At time 1"-' land in Kansas from his comfortable (iriffin creek I were sold and wit hthe savings home, where he is living in retire- ; hoarded from the mill work, all ment, this aged veteran grasped j wuh invested in the big dairy farm the hand of the writer with the 'n the Meadows on upper Kvans same old vigor as that of nearly ; creek out from- Cold Jiill. and to forty years ago when we first met. (day these big holdings are still His hair is a little more grizzly, j known by the old-timers as tho yet the bloom of health still lin-!"lIk Hull" ranch In tho .Mead gers on the ruddy face and the j ws. piercing eye denoting friendship, j ' 3 93 came the big wave of generosity and ehivalrlc fairness is : hifi-l prices for valley souls. The still there as of old. model farm of the Meaduws with Polk Hull was born in Indiana ! iis many watered and green acres the year of 1H44 during a fighting land its herds of dairy and stock period fighting the battles of life 'cattle, passed to a wealthy Califor- ..n t lin fi-nntiLP t.n.l ll.a ..mlcbin 'Ilia faitlltv. Till t:l I'l (if I lilt U(:ilth When Abe Lincoln made . hasty I was Invested in tin- farm home of ,PI''" " permits l.mi, .,,- call fop voluntocrs In the early 60 s the Hulls on (iriffin ireok. where i V Lenefits in a lame im.lnr to beat tho Johnnies back from I now resides the oll veteran ami llko ,l,e "" S-upfr-Mx. limit lnvadinB the north, yumiR Hull re- i his only son, Ola Hull, both j "oiiil.ressinn. it was sa ,1, has gponded. The elder Hull headed widowers. I proved a far more d.ffirull ,.nd.- his five sons and son-in-law and i I recent years Mr. Hull has I with larKe motors than with . r..... .......... .i, traveled m.irh ntinn.liou sever,. t "lose of smaller dimensions. The colors of-the 10th Indiana aBltery. i national O. A. R. reunions in the All seven of these Lincoln soldiers ' east, as well as nearly all the Im survived tho war. yet none escaped ' portant battle grounds of the lata either a musket ball or a remnant Civil war. r jP ijS , o ! GasolinecPrices O Vary in Stories Valve, spark plug, and combustion arrangement for the high com pression Super-Six motor, patents for which have been granted to the Hudson Motor Car Company. Announcement is made by the! dual effect. First, all "wet" parti Hudson Motor Car Co. that It has ; ides of find are subjected to the been granted patent rights on the I heat of the exhaust valve anil "K-llead" high compression motor cha mber, which tends to vaporize which lias been used in all Hudson them and make them fit for clean Super-Six cars -since early last jand speedy cmnbustion. Secondly, summer. The patent relating to the exhaust valve is subjected to internal combustion engines cov- enough of this cooling action so ers tlie entire arrangements of 1 that it never becomes excessively 1 on January valves, spark plugs and combus tion chamber. A Hudson engineering executive says the patented design is impor- overheated. Avoid Knock In Very hot exhaust long been recognized as one of tho . th FOR CHEVROLET IN FEBRUARY With its factt'ilem. assembling pjaiits and sales 01 :tniy..i t ion tbiui'iit the ciHiiltiy operating at peak i'fii leiu y. the Chevrolet Mo tor company in February srt a ni'W hith monthly refold of lit".. t4;l cats ami trucks. mu-siic re tail deliveries fur this period are est i mated at SO.immi units, against 5S.:'33 in February, m:;. "As a result of the reeept ion which the new car is receiving." said Mr. Allen, of the I'ierce-Alb-n Motor Co.. "factory officials are ' more contitb-nt than ever that the I ' s volume will be considerably above last year's figures. when l.ioii.SUi units were, produced and marketed." The best previous 'month in Chevrolet history was May, l!fJ7. with an output of llii.d";! ears and rucks. Product ion la si month shows a lit! per cent gain over the S Ti . s 1 7 units of February, last year, and it Is more thud four times the s .ii s 1 units turned out in Febru ary, I'.tL'fi. March promises to out do even tho hiKh figure set during last month. I'p to March I the total number of "lligger and lieiter" Chevroleis manufaet ured w as 1 1 . ,'t i units, ;!.7T3 having been pioduceil in I Jecember and shipped to dealers to enable t hem to have ears for display at the first public showing I . The achievement of building almost a quarter of a Cause ' million cars in so short a space of valves have 'time has never been duplicated in automobile Industry. A recent eh' Automobile variance in ) the I'liil'i V.wi r check w.i-i made, prices ranged from 1 Oe a gallon on straight run olin at I'coila. Illinois, to 27c si raie ht rim at I'hoenix. Ariz. iilijh test gasoline cost i:!e a gal- k by the American i Ion at I'eona and :yc a gallon nt association of the j Finn nix. lietween the low and gasoline prices u er high limits itoQ'iotied there were Stales shows I It it on i 47 ill tie: .lit p in es on gasoline. .'. II'.'T the d . the I Tb.-e peine- inehi'l- d tin- ga-- line tax In effect in the varloim states. It was shown, however, In the states where prices fluctuated widely from city to city that th tax was negligible us a factor. O l.ocat ton of cities near souree.1 9 of gasoline supply seemed to have no effect iit all on prices as soma of the highest prices were charged hi cities Mdjaeent to refineries. WHICH IS YOUR CHILD ? f of n bursting shell. Folk, the youngest of the squad, came out of the war on crutches bearing a shattered leg, the aftermath of a bursting shell, yet today he is the only survivor of the Hull family that braved tho front of the Civil war. The war stories most interesting to tho writer, recently related by tho old warrior were those of the latter days of tho war, when he served as gunner on one of the rude gunboats on tho upper Mis sissippi river fighting tho land bat teries of the rebel Johnnies. While the commander of the boat and his men had never been on the ocean wave, yet these gun men came under the purview of the naval regulation much to their dismay, The commander, a youth of the frontier, used to Indian warfare, practiced his frontier tactics to 1 4. I FLIVVER We're still old-fashioned enough so that we look away, after a min ute or so, w he 11 w e see it well -dressed young woman sliding out of an automobile seat, facing us, as they sometimes do. "How did you happen to get hit?" asked a friend of Hip loiieh- stem tne tine 01 ute reneis wno hanhiged victim of a collision be- uisregarueo an army regulations 111 their warfare. Ambushed, and covered hy a camouflaged heavy battery of shore guns, the commander's first raid proved to be a splendid, vic tory, A spy had crept aboard the gunboat and gave the crew n wrong tip. which Drought the boat and its guns to shore leaving them to fnce this heavy lands battery but a few yards away. The land batteries set to shoot high, com- j The young lady put out her arm menced to fire, shooting over the ; indicating that she was making a boat and its guns riddling the j left turn. Imagine my surprise smokestack of the gunboat. Young jWhen she turned to the left. Hull, of a crew of three gunmen, : was a loader of a muzzle loading! Ho who hits and inns away may six-inch gun on the bow of the,-am- -n J-1'' Sl)mi' later day. boat, the only gun in range for tween a truck ami a. flivver. "Well, I was rolling along in my old bus watching the road and driving as I should when along came a truck with a sign on the windshield, 'Howdy, half the road is yours. 1 thought to myself 'That fellow's a gentleman.' but I didn't find out till later that by 'half he meant the outside quar ter of each side." task has been accomplished in mo tors specifically designed for anti knock gasolines, but the Hudson design is intended for any stan dard or even sub-standard fuel. High Compression Obtained With the new patented design Hudson motors now are built with a compression ratio of nearly 1; to 1 or H per cent above the aver age with correspond in cly high standards of nccelerat Ion, fuel economy ami power. The com pany engineers say that it is prac tically impossible to make the mo tor knock under even the most ad verse operating conditions. In the patented F-Hcad design, the intake valve is lueated in the head of the motor and the exhaust valve at the side. In a way, the motor is valve-in-head as to intake and I.-Head design as to exhaust. The intake valve opens to admit fuel in a location just above the chief causes of pre-ignilion or knocking in high compression motors. Hudson engineers have succeeded at once in moderating the valve temperature and at the same time making it serve the purpose of a "hot" spot. The fuel charge enters the motor so easily and exhausts so cleanly that only moderate-size valves are used. Since introduction ot the new series Chevrolet on January 1 pre vious records have gone glimmer ing. Fourteen domestic plants are operating on full C.me to keep pro duction on an i-ven keel with the orders piling up. A large number of cars 11111. trucks are going into the export market to meet the de mand from virtually every country I Another important feature of on the j-lov the patented arrangement is the j meats are 'location of the spark plug. This Is seven Chev at the extreme side of the com- assure de; ; bustion chamber. The effect of pie mocks 'this is that the first intense expo-; Hespite sion of the fuel charge is confined 'now excei Hay and niht ship- being made from the rolet assembly plants to ders everywhere of am for prompt deliveries, the fact that prod net ion ds .".UMO daily, dealers to the small space around the j throughout the valves. ly the time the combus tion lias extended Into tho cylinder proper, the action is a pushing in stead of an explosive one. This results in especially smooth opera tion. Tin' Fssox System The new pa'ent covers all these and other arrangements, "each in relation to and in com bi nation with all others." ' .''- The compression ratio niadu possible about ll to . 1 is practi cally the mine ak that usof twrthc ituniry with- t surplus of automobiles. In Oregon, Washington, Idaho ami Montana it Is apparent that March quotas will be exceeded by a good margin. II is an indispuiablo fact that good nourishment brings irood health, and this brings a desire for learning taught. and a readiness to absorb t hat which is The dull child is usually cientlv nourished. the one that is insuffi- (Jootl milk is ilu host food the nourishes the bones, tho muscles, the brain, on JSniders' pasteurized milk. best tonic. Tt Insist Sniders Dairy & Produce Co. "If It's Snider'sIt's the Best to Buy" Sniders GOLD MEDAL Butter is Also a Pasteurized Product exhaust valve. Hence, it is stated., sma tne incoming nni is itr.'iwu direct ly over the exhaust valve with a r Kssex motor, where ad J4- llead design has been found quite tisfuotory. railroads. "At every crossing." the Med ford man declared, "that fellow would slow Hp. look hot h ways up and down the truck, and if there was a train coming any where in sight, he would stop the car and wait for the train to pass. I I asked hiin w hy he was so careful land he looked surprised and said he always did that. He said he saw an automobile try to butt a train off the track once and was convinced that it could not be done. liesides that he said his wife promised to have strawberry shortcake for supper tha t night. and he didn't want to die before supper." Motorists Are Responsible for R. R, Accidents First Motni-ist--! had a drink of roal moonshine the other day. Nothing Itoinaillic Second Motorist "How was When fair Maud .Milh-r met the 'it?" judge J I'lrst Motorist -1 find that 1 can He said: "Ten plunks" and she get about the same result if I kiss said "Fudge." a spark-plug when ,iy motor is The motor cop had finite, a hase, , runjiing. 'Twas Just a common .--pecding ; case. "IH be ;' g"d driver?" j "Well, when the load turns the The husband was showing his same time he does, iCs Just a co- (-hooting, fine of the gunner lads became panic-stricken on the commencement of the duel and left Hull and the other gunner to man the gun. However, they soon got the gun into action, and with the first shot blew one of the land batteries clear off its base. This was t h e beg inning of a v i ct ory . me enemies guns were nanuicap- wif(! nVM. thp ncw ufm(; m which i ilu.jlJcn.t.; pen, naving oeen set lor long tnt,y were to Hve 4 range shooting and could not train 1 )0 yuu like it. der?" he asked. I Clean rags wanted at the Mali uown on me gunooai, wnne me 1 ..oll -H porfectlv wonderful" gunboat, but a few yards away. plie ViUei.. "Those beautiful win with accurate training soon wreck- ;dow. Thf, wonderful floors! The ed the whole battery on land and flne furniture whv. it's almost as the rebels retired, losing all their nir(, .tK a fmiR station." Liar guns. While the Hulls in the "walk of! lioh: "Any speed traps around life," had been "tillers of the soil," here?" ut the close of the war Folk, , Villae Constable: ".Nope. Not any maimed with a .shell shuttered leg, ' more. Calchln bootleggers pays was unable to continue his chosen ! better." trade of life and sought employ- f - '.- - -- ment in the woolen mills as a! '"Iu-st bought a new car." weaver. Shortly he married the "Thought you were going to girl of his choice, who pioneered .have your old ono repaired." with him In Iowa, Kansas, and' "Un- 1 couldn't afford that!" Oregon, and went to her reward hut fix yours ago at tholr (Iriffin Tribune off ire t1 The recent supreme court decis ion fixing the responsibility fin all accidents occurring at railroad grad" crossings on the motorist, mn Ues the following information of interest. The number of rail road grade crossings on class 1 railroads, representing M per cent of tho steam railroad trackage in this country, increased In 1 0 " i . ;rade crossings to the number of 1IM were constructed on these rond during Hcl, while the num ber eliminated was lir,v. ,,f which only lflii were eliminated by the separation of grade. The total investment in highway transportation is now greater than the investment in steam railroads. the highway transportation lent and 'giiipnient. including mo tor vehicles as well .s the high ttiivi, represents an investment of a i) p r o ximntely ho.miiO.oOu. The. investment in the road and equipment of the steam railroad amount to S .t.n ;t, 1 1; 3 fi't :t. (irrRini, W'ashlnKttfii, Idaliu an.l II I I .a Successful Six ' I tunv winning Fvcn Greater Success v : I J J The SNirt Landau Sedan 'fi'JWfijJJ Hotly ry Vishrr T IN where Else. Such Features for- i Who cares a hoot yhout the f.o. creek home. Tho young couple " " "?y settled first at Felly. Iowa, whiro.10" US how mU"h a month? . I The man who used to blow out the gas now lets his automobile engine run in his dosed garage. young Hull still maimed with th crippled lfg was employed in the woolen m ills. He rose f 10 m a weaver to master weaver of the mills and on recovering from the' You Auto Know! injury in removed to Ies What cur is used to generato Moines In that state where he heat? again became a tiller of the soil. What car is made of green In 1S69 the young couple left for cheese? the frontier at Washington, Kan- 3. What car is a river in Ncw sas. arriving there nearly bare handed, fought droughts and grass hoppers for several years. How ever, in tho strife, with frugal hdblts and hard labor they acquired a large holding of prairi farms. In 1 S 74 they abandoned the-Hc holdings and left for Oregon. However. In later years aftor fight ing legal battle to recovt property from the claws of car was once rail Voi k? -i. What splitter? a. What car mentis to avoid? fi. What car provides a cross ing for a stream ? 7. What car is an intoxicated brfad maker? x. What car was a tinted the 'French explorer? tax . 9- What car first experimented sale, realized a neat sum for these with clectrP it lands. q ! 0, What car In noted violinist? In 1S74 the Hulls wTTh their In-! II. What car is two letters of fant (on left Kanas for OOregon. .the alphabet.' They boarded an emigrant Full- ' 'W: answer to the first question man on th- t'nion Faeifie railway is Sur ly, you can tell the attached to an overland freight rest. train and r.rrived at Stockton, California after a nine day jour ney. The aeats in the Pullman WVS n1at-e 'l' 'li', a"d were fold edwown and afforded beds nt night. The train would be mailed A M-d ford mn n came In and said he had an Item for an auto mobile page. He said hf went for a diUe to pevei .il towns with a f ri-nd and in the rotn-af of the or sidetracked for lioufs at a time J"urm' lh" hiltJ ty "i"'Q',veial , lor everjrgffland ho$rl Have you licarrl tlie news, kid.s? That's sjiceaiiiii' oVr the town? 'I'lic. I'icd J'iiei- Jiiiiiscit' is coming To bullish cvt-i'v I'rown. Tt won't lie long until lie's horn, With a million thrills and joys, With niusi'- and fun for every one And toys for all the girls and hoys. Ifeineniher the time Wednesday, April 4 4 p. m. Sharp -nl Peli i Id ron will gatli(ry at our store for some real fun. o C. M. KIDD SCO. r-n .x.- - East Main St., Medford When you actually learn what the New Series Pontine Six offers you for a base price of only $745, it's easy to understand the sensational success it is enjoying. At the right is listed a group of advancements in design which never before have been com bined in any low-priced six! Some of them such as the G-M-R cylinder head and the cross-flow radiator rank as master strokes of engineering. Yet these are only the new features that have been added to the basic design vfhich enabled the Pontiac Six to make automobile history in tlie past two years! You still get the largest engine used in any low-priced six. You still get the long life assured by an oiling system which forces 250 gallons an hour through the en gine at 35 m. p. h. You still get the ability to maintain 50 miles an hour or more for as long as you like. Come in ! Learn by compari son and by driving that you get the biggest, staunchest, most beautiful low-priced six the market affords today. Coupe- Sport Roadster M Phaeton . Sport Cabriolet 4-Door Sedan Sport Landau Sedan $745 $745 $775 $795 $825 $875 OMmU AH AtIcm Sir. $IIH1 to SIMt. All lm lartmry. D.li.rrd prurM ItulttA minimum humllmf . Cu,i(fc katy to hit " (-rai Moftfr, T..M 2. DOOR SEDAN 4-Wheel Brakes and all these Added Features New Fisher Bodies New Fenders New CM R Cylinder Head New Fuel Pump New Crankcase Ventilation New Carburetor New Manifolds and Muffler New and Greater Power New Cross-Flow Radiator . New Thermostat ' Ncw Water Pump New Instrument Panel New Coincidental Lock New I)ath Gasoline Gauft New Stop l.lftht New Steering Gear New Clutch, New Frame New A ilcs. Ncw Wheels i f ) ! 'I SANDERSON MOTOR CO. , . ,. "T SOUTH BARTLEl1 at EIGHTH STREET Phono 1385 ! 1 ; S... H V i U i A Q" ixaJ i i ;: : Mo i ; f -NEW Hill tk 0 '"
