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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1928)
PAflE TWO mkdfotcti wait; TiNftUNT,, MrDrorcT). QT7Krioy; -srypAY, xovEMrr is, 1028. Ramblings of a Foot Creeker AI'TOK. Cnl., Nov. M. in out last letter we nily loltl uf mir v;iy of living. And In tilling nf our trip to .Mnnterey vvv liil mJ men tion Heeiim the lnunkt ' tree. In tlie j-nunilM of till iJel .Monte hotel. Thiti Hiilleulur tree whh about ih ft. IiIkIi, the limbs heKun ut the ground; wowing IttnK and winding like the monkey'H tnil, eiu'h llinl loijked llli un eloilKKted iit tlehoke; eiieh point beitiK h1i;u like n .needle. We were told It wuh called monkey tree been use no monkey eould climb It. However, it was the most curious siu'clnicn of na tuie We ever taw. Another week we went to Stock ton the lieun of the most, pros peruus portion of i'allfoj-nia. lleie H WllT lUliil iiumn iium iwi i in- Vim-o loadhiK and unloading all kinds of freight. 'Next year work begins to make the arm of Mar tinez Htralts deep and wide euoiiKh for the lai'Kest ocean koIiik vi'nhuIh. A Hioekton Ih now directly ron nocteil by rail with thu entire Houthwest and the inli'i'-inounlain country, It Is expected that in a few years Stockton will by , the principal mm port of the Pacific coast. We passed jjreat ranches, with hundreds of Hnlstein cows; : Kreat burns und ricks of hay. fruit, vcffetabes, corn , and wheat. It looked like real living to us. Stock- ! ton Ih the new home of the Toilette of the Pacific. We counted eleven 1 beautiful building" saw a larpe swimming pool, tennis courts and ball Krotinds. Thu lawns looked ; like K'T'on velvet; beautiful flow-j urn and vines wevo everywhere. : AVo noted the nljsenee of trees, iwid j were told the col lew had been at . San .Jose, until four years hk. The . .St. Joseph hospital and grounds ci,i- 1 1w, tiniHt lien nt Irii I vvi I'vci' bohelil and we passed many fine buildings and homes. The H perry flour m i I Ih were on tho canal, it seemed to us they, were large enough to supply, the world with flour. . , Here ujsu Sears & Itoebuck ami Montgomery Ward have fine build ings and large stocks of kockIh. We went Into both buildings hut did not purchase any yuuds. Ah we were in Stockton Oct, ,i'!th the Portuguese from all over California were, there in great numbers celebrating the day, Fur home reason we had always felt the Portuguese were u small peo ple but the men were not only tall, but very large, I remarked of olio man that the diameter of his chest must be six feet yes, I mean just that. And he was not a fat nhb either,. , y An extremely high cold wind prevailed all the way over. 1 was chilled and so worn out 1 could naroiy gci oui or me cur, uur lundlady told us the wind had pre vailed all the day and night before we eanio. On our return to .Ml. Jlcrmon the wind hud gone down the weather warmer- so we en- Joyed the trip. Again V panned the old .Mission Kan Jose; njso Uu residence am) grounds of General Vallcjo, the first Spanish governor of California. Signs were up, "I'rl vatiu No admission." Hut it look ed like un enchanted land from the highway. . Wo had lunch at a cafeteria In San Jose; here pcnplu of all classes could gather for reading, or games of checkers and chess. We hud trouble In piloting .Mr. .Carle otl uf the building after he caught sight of the gantesi However we Sound Transmitted Over Beam of Light By Aid of Photo CelljW rim Mi J :m --4 nM . . , .tJJiju' va. m & i l B! S ,. H:,n r inotoliBta nil tho way up : Tlti-.-B-Haif Troll." tU all fov I"" cMlaniiyli- iiniiKiny GRST WHITE WAYS Tulips in Stripes and Splashes (..Hi)- Itl'tUI'll to f A' i' M"l,.il.'"H'"" V I .1. . '. ! . ' ft Striped Tullw Popularity ' In the days of Holland's fa mous tulipomanlH when the bulbs f were a speculative medium und . operators cntublitdicd coruei'H and i sijueezeH much as the modern j wheat l J t operators sometiineK do, the popular tulip was the striped : tine, Thu tulip has a peculiar ' habit of ii p tea ring first of solid i or self -color or with at most a 'Hhiding of colors iud then with out warning breaking into stripes, i The striped tulip is known uh 'i ; broken" or "rectified", tulip.1 It !was for many years believed to bo the mature form of the tulip al though some tulips go for years 'with no signs of breaking- Into i motley. , Recently some doubt us to tho ; reunon for this "breaking" has been ruined by scientists who have attributed it to dlNease carried by Int'eetf, particularly a form of ' plant lice that sometimes cover the bulbs. The striping Is said ! to bo a, manifestation of the mo- the stripes' are In red or purplc ! alc disease. Kqually good an- hues. j Apparatus for the transmission of sound over .1 beam of light has tllt'1'it-v ,llfl"rtt' the disease theory, A third class Is the Ilembrandt been developed by John Bellamy Taylor, consulting engineer. The il,,rt nili"lea that mllps break tulip, tt .striped form of the Dar 1 transmitter with electric phonograph pickup Is in IJhe for jground and ,,Uo H,l ll's iuite aside from any win. It. too, has the rose and the receiver In the rear. Mr. Taylor Is regulating the Intentaty of sound) Hhcsm1 condition: tin support .of violet division. The other bfz i by cutting off the light beam with a piece of pape. At the lower right !tI,iH ,lK'ur' i tin fact that strip- zures and bybiofjm are striped i Is a closeup of the transmitter. . j '! Hilips have endured and main- forms of the Cottage elass. : ' i tallied their Identity for many (me of the curiosities of the ATLANTA, flu. Wj An intri-, transla.1eH the lU-ht intu electric j years, If It were a condition of tulip world and one which bot jcule .uppuratuH which tranKnills , energy. This, after anijillfication, j disease, tulip experts Insist, the anisis have not aecounted for is 'sound over. a bean; of light huh : pusses to a loud speaker, wherobulbs would have died out. .the parrot tulip, with long petals! been demonstrated .here, Jl'he j t he "final sound trnnHformutlon ,t any rate, whatever causes curiously slashed anl gringed ami; i process Is , "narrow-casting." ' occurs. ,' j t he striping, there Is a distinct : also coming In blotched and strip-1 I The equipment, developed by The 'process differs from radloiclass of striped tulips that give'ed forms. It is "one of the show-: 'John HeJJutny Taylor, consiillig broudmt(ng In degree ; only. In j a fascinating und Interesting' plant- j lest of rill tho tulips but it has j (engineer of, the (lenernl lClectrio the cise of light, frepuenclea of beeiiuw of the bewildering ar- weak stinis. a few of these should' icomimny. in photophone,' bulk never jtl hundred trillion per sec-pay of their variations.. There areibe planted as a matter of Interest.' on oiu principles, out uuu.nm ontj give wave lenguis oi uie iute tulips und known as idzzures ; The colora are mostly in red and' tho perfected photoelectric cell, order of a flfty-thouHundth of anjiiiul bj blooms. The former havcjydlow allhuugh recently the first How ground and base and the in red ami white markings has. risif :tl the rati of one Kiehfield's "Cleat ' White Way" .. . f.,t'r. till UK' l'Viil of ah- heacona Jill cnuiully of . glowinu Non Kieh field bliiz-- a sky and highway path will stain tne "L" of l'ght along every route be- ino-1-:nre f cm c t-u twe-' :i M'M o ''"'rhrei- of the beacon tuWcrs alrtady have ! n tU"";1. .,.., ,,.,.. f uniuuc service stations, Cnhlonuu .it KnM.iish-American arcb- ' on sUes nue. at the foot of tho l- Wlll gantic elect!!' at oeacuns. i ihm- month, will form uio nuc-ieu ineai chain villages at the site of each light lUgns tower. consiiHung " niei. tuie, uddv garages, stores untl dwelling in i.riii fivers Mdition l'i "e hhhik mmiuiis. Southern City, r.eauiiiont, Iteach. tiiher and towers electric pickup and newly novel- -inch, while broadcast "waves are oped amplifiers und sound repro-1 from (too to 1,500 feet in length. duceiK. ; Kb ctrlcitl energy Is sent over the light beam to transposing. and i reproducing' elements, mounted ion a tripod some distance away, j Knergy is led to a mirror, one thousandth of a square Inch In jnrea, suspended In a mngnetlc I 11(1 Illli 1 Ul , 11 III ' I'he light waves will pass only In a straight line ajid through only such solids as are trans- latter white. , The hyhlooms are appeared. They open wide while subdivided Into rose and vlulct most tulips retain their cupped b'yblootns. according to whether form. parent, while :)roiu.:ust wuvos , ,,,,-,, J)f an(i unfuvoruble symptoms we will hear in our Father's house. will bend around olmtiuetlons and puss t hrough walls. ..Mr. Taylor Is able to control the sound produced at will by pusslng his hand or any non- field by wlreH. crlng In tune with the cle-ctrle ) 1 run:pnrenl solid In the path of current, focuses the light by a j the light beam. The lighting Ileus Into a narrow bourn, which, (of a mutch produces a sound not I pupating Ml the. frequency de- j unlike the rumble of thunder, termlued by music on a phono-1 -while the varying light from i graph record, is projected through irmiill dynamo-diiveu flashlight!,. pace to the light collecting mir- j houihIs like a siren, i ror or lens of the receiver. Air. Taylor has been able to The mirror, or lens, condenses i puss a light beam during duy j the tight on the photoelectric time across u street. and ut 'cell, which responds to evory var-jnight the beam may. be Projected 'iatloii In light intensity, and: three or four miles. t rees, besides apples, pears and ! i riend Iv gnipeM. The man In charge told dered fine me to use what 1 wished. Only a ;very much, aro developing rather too rapidly so we will soon lake up our jour ney lo-the southland. At Soquel we found a little 1 rlshman in the Congregatiunul church. Hut he could und did preuch. After coming here we went back once more to hear hint. Two weeks ago we went to the Watson vl lie I'resbyturlan church. The preacher, a young man, gave us a genuine Hell tire sermon And moreover he. spoke st raighO from the 111 ble 1 so, if anybody objected they would have to quurrel with the author, ami not with the preacher: 'There was u good con gregation and the people feel I have been In tho presence ' of God. We hear Hoover has been elect jed, but there is no enthusiasm. .M UH. CAULK. South African Hears Broadcast From America .Repairs made to any make of Radio by an experienced man Tubes Tested Without Charge Receivers Balanced WE CARRY BATTERIES, TUBES AND SPEAKERS 22 South Grape Phones: Store 335; Residence, 1442 Medford . yjrpj-.j JS j .4.tn-v. 1A!UtmJi Mlumii&u dov.eli rlpi' grape fruit were left, f hack to Mt. llermon for a farewell and some smull .oranges, 'hut they ! visit with a former nun-sion teacher Hnust. llcald, l. o. Cape. Town, Woiith Africa, with a short wave receiving set. heard the church r.v service of the Shadyside I'resby- stirpllced choir ren- tetian church, Ulttsburgh, Ta., muslcf we. enjoyed II broadcast through station KDKA, l.ust Sabbath we went Sunday. 8entembcr 211. beginning wore good, of Icmons- Wi in tin afternoon. The I dlffpvenco In1 time made It that i ui(Ku sermon on ' the fervice was received In South ; successfully steered him out- and : j after spending ah hour walking along the principal streets, we onco mure started out; reaching Mt. llermon at ,S o'clock p, m. . JS'ext day we took up our Journey:) wore good. There is a fine crop In Atuska. toward the southland. Pitched our of lemons blossoms and fruit In irood citizenship; lint 1 g;et fed i lent at Sequel for one week, Mere (every state of development on the up on such stuff. I thought 1 was j 1 gtd " teri'lblo dose of poison gait,,, same trees. A I so the' grape fruit j an out of date old logy. What was ' and was most thankful to move' trees aro full of largo green fruit, t my surprise to hefir our hostess, 't down to rieusant Valley near Wat- J There are several large Knglish j now well toward Jtu years, say "l I sonvllle. Hut 1 buttled poison oak i walnut trees, bm tht crop hud al-latways get the Catholic service 1 for ten days after coming here, ! ready been gathered, Air. Curie hear only Clod's word and there laud don't want, ever again, to be I has spent a part of the time, since in such a reverent1 Kplrlt as it l near 11. ,llere we live on a large coming here picking apples, 1 hail I com oh over the radio. Ami she Is j screen porch, with a big pantry for I some thought we might stay at ii dyed-ln-lht-woot Presbyterian, after battling hours with t a kitchen. There are two each j Wutsonvllle for a good while, us I I To me, the music al the Catholic ' enormous seas on u passnt;o that i of nrnnge. lemon und grupe fruit like the country, Hut it's low and church, is just the' kind believe normally takes an hour and a half. You're THERE with a JIed nfeiaa uAxst SLasr3 J&h Africa after 11 p. in. "The voice of the minister and tlie selections sung by the eh oh' came in very clear , and loud," .-iiysMr. Heald. $ 110rMHlXI, Krunee, Xuv. 17. (JP) -The channel steamer Maid of rml she Is Orleans arrived nt ll(iu!ognetody MEDFORDfEtECfMCO;-. Telephone 90 You're Right on tHe Side Lines ."' ' ' ; v . with a flfm) si PART ON COME IN! Let us show the new SPARTON to you. You will be amazed at the beau- " ty and dignity of 9PART0N cabi nets. 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