MEDFOftD MATL TTCTBUNTJ, MEDFORD, QJ?EOOX, THURSDAY? AFfiFST 2. 1028.
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The Life Story 6f Dick Price 0
Boniface f Crater Lake
Over 3,000 People Harvesting Record 1928 Fruit Crop
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"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
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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.
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and
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