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MEDFOftD MATL TTCTBUNTJ, MEDFORD, QJ?EOOX, THURSDAY? AFfiFST 2. 1028. o IE! Aft 8" The Life Story 6f Dick Price 0 Boniface f Crater Lake Over 3,000 People Harvesting Record 1928 Fruit Crop O ' yyt q "Dick" rrk-e, fl8 Inn friends call him. In owner nm manager of ("ra ter I-ake lodRP. U fat down to Kfthor recently Jn hfs office over looking Crater J-'tkc, ami In miKwer iiut'Htloux, eay 1'red l.oekley In the I'm'thind .lournel, lie said: "Yes, I am an Oreconlnn. I was Imrn In Portland, July U, 1SS. My father, IMehnrd I'rlce, wiih a farm er. My mother, whnno nmlrien mime was K tin Ice Jane Oulmhy. came to Oregon with Jut nurent when thi? was two yejirn old. They took Up a Jilaep on the (.'nhimhfu river. My father was horn In Wales ami panic to America when he was He nerved Jn the I'nlou army, lie eanie to Oregon nhiitly after he was dineliarKcd. He i t tlcd at Purtland In Uiili. He Imii'-'lil a fa nn on the eawt side of tlie WllhiiiH'tlc. The western houudaiy of the farm was what Is nmv 3 nth street and the easti 111 Imuudury l.'ud street. Hawthorne avenue sne through ear farm. I live on 1-ast 4 nth and Hawthorn avenue, which 1h jia rt of 011 r old fa rm. Father bought this place from Dr. I'rettyman. When tiny Marled C t linprove Hawthorne avenue, ue ut lip 11 mall box ho that we ould net free delivery. They put up an "arbitrary nurnher on our place, j, 11'fMi Hawthorne avenue, bought the two lots where our old gate was. on whU h this number I L'imi was painted, mid, hy an odd coin cidence. my house number In now , J200 Hawthorne avenue. "There were five of nv children. ' Three of us art now II vim: -my ulster, Mm. Margaret Simpson, who lives in Iadd addition, and my , Ulster, Mrs, Mary Itohn is. at dak drove. As a boy I went to n-bool , Jit the Mount Tabor schoolhouse. T)e Morgan, who now lives In l.niircthm.Ht, and myself wi-re sehoolmatet. Y were also fellow noldlers In the Philippine Islands. ;1 started In school wlirn I was six mid nttended Hclionl until T wuh six i Alary Kathhtirn was my first teaelt K'V. I had to walk three miles from our home to (he Mount Tabor j rehciul. I usually took I lie trail ! thrnuKh the timber, as It was a . short cut. When I was - I went : to the Central schuol. "At 11 I struck out to make my own II vim;. While walking aoji Vnln avenue, on the Kant side, 1 imw a sfun In W. II. McMonles har ness shoi). 'Hoy Wanted.' applied for the job and waa iut to work at $i!.r.O week. My first work Was blacking- leather, worked Ihree years and learned to make hariHNH, pack-saddles mid other leather goods. I was ilol ipiltc IS when Oregon Mas called on to send ; it regiment t H,(- l'hlllpdnes. fudged oti my age and Joined Com-i puny 13. 2d (iregnn, under Captain It. 10. Davis, (iur reKimeni took i Part in the capture of Manila. We1 Oiinlcd on the I.uneta,. A w I parted hi march Into the cliy, the, iiplaln said to me, 'Dick, drop out"! Of Mill' inirl direct the next ci.iit - pauy where to come.' J had not hern there Jong when I saw the .Spanish flag hauled down and the Stars anil Srtipcs go up. Just jim the Stars and Stripes went up'otir baud civile ah nig. I pointed to our flag going up on the polo, and they struck 1 1 'The Star-Spangled llannei-.' At the band started to play, two S p a 11 I h officers ap proached inc. If ev r a boy fell parriotfe, I did . 1 made the Jvo Spanish officers bare their hi ads, face the flat:, stand at attention and sa lute the f lac, and to see 1 them doing It gave rue a thrill 1 will never fort: ft. I was In the . Mauds exactly one year to a day. I came home on the hospital ship Itelief ami was mustered out with my company at the I'residio. "I. "pon niv ret urn to Portland I landed a job selling harness and raddlery foods for the Cenruc ,aw- renc mpauy. My territory cov ered t H'eciii, Wa shillt: toll. Idaho , and M n t a 11 a. After traveling three years I started a harness store of my own at the corner- of Droadway a 11 d A nkeny streets. I ran this till the automobile put me out of business. Harness shops, Iniugy whip factories, carriage fac tories, all had to succumb to the inevitable, so in 1 I .". I wold out. tool; over the Mallojy hotel and1 ran !t till J nil. I associated my- ! -'If Wlth Kile Hutiser and uenti down to tl)e Multnomah hotel. I j ! did this Nit t Mil t I Wlllllll lll'I'll llll' ; inin-i- wlih'ly ai-Miiiiititcii villi tin-Irnvi-lini; ptililli- nnil nlsu li':irn iniir iil.uut Ihe hiih-l l.uini-ss. I ;ii-liiiii:i-il tn inUi nvcr Ihc Ciiiti-r l.llki' luilui' III l'Vlini;iiy. !l:'. lll"lli;ll I illdiri II llll July !l 1 uf Hun ynir. Vi'i. 1 IiiihuIii li "im- ' si-lit nnil unveil.' I-;. .'. I'arli-l liiirst I111III ihi- flr.l unit nr ihf' Inili;,.. I (mid S41101111 fnr ll. ,v ln-rHcnl Iii-('nI incut Is SHiMi.inin. fm ! ' I'"" Ijii-bimI the lodu-.. until ! It Im fiuir llnii' M InriiP JIM It vum when I iimiii' line. U hnye inn: rnnniM ;unl. with nur i-miniM :inil '( I'll 11 n-mllly lnl. nf i :'TT. kiii'nIh. The yeiir I tim); nver Hie Incite L'd.lllKl ienili. vllle, Hp.j p:irl. l.nMt yenr tiinre thuu ST.iinn ; runic here, (iur I'e.ieryatliinM fnini the enslern Iiiui-ImI iiueiieleM fnr Ihij; seiiMiiii ii pn thritn times more thtiu they eve,- ere her.H e, mh ;,, ,.,'. ue lire Kiiiik t,, vl. t. lii,., MeiiMiin ye vi- ever hull. lv nre' hullillnu' 11 iiifelerlii whii h win niUe e.'ire of i'iiii peuple ill ii mi'iil. We lire iiImii initilne W1,n,. ,,iUSe. lieephn,- enhlns alK huihling u i Mlnie JiiMt north nf the e.ihiiuunlty j hmise. ti i-jirry eiiiuiiei's' MlliilleM. "lie of the lliliiL-K that Iiiik helpeil I very inn) 1-1I11 1 1 y tn .,,! In the reiu- I llillcin nf I'ruter I .like leilue Im the' t.Vle nf 111 fellnw WurkerM. The) KlrlM In the illnliii." ronm iiml kit-I ehen 11 ml lhue w h y enre for the! I'unlllH lire Utllvel'MllyVRlrlM. tnnsl of' IhiMn eunilim friim the I 'nl--rMlt ! nf iireiinn. Tin. ymini; meji who Wn'f-k "liliiAll Ihf'' n.'ilKe. luliliij' uu.mim over tn W'lwir,! ImIiiimI In " C zt&jfl. ..riLzl: . j , Tvpical packing house scenes showing how IVeclford's record 1928 frir.t crop is being packed. This year It is estimated that over 3000 people, practically all living in the Rogue River Valley, are participat ing In the picking and packing of this bumper fruit crop. Several Medford packing and cold storage plants were enlarged this year to accommodate the larger yield of pears and apples. GREETINGS man m ti th iurr in ' Legionnaires and Legion Auxiliary A.ssni-iuli'il Kllivl CiiMilinr, Asstn-itit-l (liisnliiie C.vi-dl Oils mill (liritsi'S, Vciilnl Oils mill (Ili'iiM's Coleman & Lawton SKIiVK'K STATION' .llMK'lioil (tf I'jH'ifir Iliirliway, Cnilrr l.nlip lfirliwtiv inul Mnin Strrel Mi'ilt'ni tl. i )rcmiii AcrpssuricN. Cnitik Cast' Service ('nmfut't Sljilinn the launch and dolu other work, lire university hoys. They are not only loyal and capable but they are intelligent ami can meet on an equal footing those who come here. "During the pasl two" years every meniber nf the hoard of directors of tin- .Southern 1'aciHc company, from New York, has visited i 'ra ter Lake. They have appropriated $2:ii.aiM ,, publicity, much of which will be spent In att ractim: attention to ("rater Lake lodue and the other scenic beauty spots alon their line. We have had soiin of t he most distinuuished people In the country as quests here. I saw you talkluu to May Kohson. the liclrwss, few minutes nun, 'We have many well kuowns actors and actresses here, fulled Stales wn utofs and hhmi of affairs, sip li as John D. Rockefeller. J,-. "My daughter .fosephlue is here with inc. My wife and my daugh ters ( 'at he line ami Kut h are at Uhndododendrou, at the foot of Mount Mood. I was married Jan uary 7, 1 !tu. to Minnie .s'lnihle. the ilauulger (lf Walter Siruhle. My wife was born here in Port land. Our daughter Jane, who graduated at Hie I nlvcisiiy of (re Mon re('ently. niari'li'd James Me t'lUikle ' of Portland. Josephine, my helper here, is a student :tt the I'tllversiiy of ureon, I'ather lu' f at Kranklin hi;-,h an.) Itnth will become a slmlcnt ii Kranklin this f.ijl." The 1 lonui' I'.lradise of the Kiver Vatley-Wnrhl. -the WSm JEWEL CAFE Extends a Cordial Welcome to the , Legionnaires and Members of the" Ladies' Auxiliary AMERICAN AND CHINESE RESTAURANT Quick Service Open Until Midnight 28 North Front St. , A Cordial Welcome . i to Legionnaires Welcome i Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members "This Is a Great Country" and Bates Barber Shop Is a good place for Hair Cuts, Shampoos, Massages, Hair Bobbing and Shaves Six Barbers at your Service SSTJi'iiilE. WELCOME LEGIONNAIRES AND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY MEMBERS laiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBaii m i GREETINGS Legionnaires and Members Ladies' Auxiliary .CRATER LAKE BASEMENT CAFE Meals at All Hours Home Cooking Fountain Drinks Coolest Place in the City Open from 6:30 A. M. to 10 P. M. N. Central. Medford Center Bldg. Basement W,iiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiaiiiiieii:iiiEZIZZZi: . Sanderson Motor Co. Oakland and Pontiac Dealers WELCOME Legionnaires and Auxiliary Memberso o
