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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.
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! 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
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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
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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
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J The SNirt Landau Sedan 'fi'JWfijJJ
Hotly ry Vishrr
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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?
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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.
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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.
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