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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEUFORD," QREGOy, ' SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26.ia29
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Henry Ford Plans Notable Tribute
to Thomas A. Edison on 50th
Anniversary of Invention of
I the Incandescent Electric
Light
L-'i';r?-ss - ii 1 ra esj
T
, WO men who hare changed
the history of this country
by doing the Impoeslble,
became they did not know
It was Impossible, will dine together
on the night of October 21st at
Dearborn, Michigan. One will be
host; the other, guest o( honor.
With them will be a group of fa
mous men, who hare reached the
heights in the various arts, pro
fessions and . industries of the
Twentieth Century. ,
The occasion will be the cele
bration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the Invention of the electric
light; the host, Henry Ford; the
guest of honor, his friend, Thomas
A. Edison..
'Although the whole clvlllied
world will "llBten in" by radio to
the tributes that will be paid Mr.
Edison that night, the celebration
itself will be marked by a homely
simplicity and Informality. It tfill
be the personal tribute of one
friend to another. Because of the
benefits that Mr. Edison's inven
tions have conferred upon the en
tire world,, however, Mr. Ford con
sidered It only fair that represent
ative citizens from all countries
should be among the Invited guests.
Renumbers His Admiration '.
You sco," he said recently, "I
fcaveo't forgotten the-respect and
admiration 1 felt for -Mr. Edison
long before 1 had the privilege of
meeting - him and , becoming bis
friend. And somehow I feel there
are millions, of other poople to
day who feel about Thomas Edison
as I, felt then. 1 want them to be
represented at Dearborn on the
night we let Mr. Edison know how
beloved he really Is."
In the past two decades the coun
try has come to know something
of the friendship oxlstlug between
Mr. Ford and Mr. Edison through
the newspaper reports of their va
cation trips together.
Comparatively few people know,
however, that Mr. Edlsou had been
Ford's inspiration for many years
before they met. Edison was just
winning world recognition when
his future friend was a school boy
of twelve or thirteen years. Like
many other lads of that day. Ford's
imagination was fired by the
story of the young man who had
risen from obscurity by no more
than his own Industry and talentB.
Later, Ford frequently passed the
Edison Electric, Light Company and '
largely through his admiration of
the Inventor be was Impelled finally
to go there seeking a job. That
Job gave him his first contact with
Edison and brought about their
comradeship.
Visited Luther Burbank
The Ford-Edison friendship has
embraced associations with many
other . Important men who were
companions on some of the camping
parties or trips about the country.
While attending the Panama Pacific
Exposition In San Francisco Messrs.
Edison and Ford visited at the
home of Luther Burbank, the plant
wizard. During their long acquaint
anceship. Ford's ideas and admira
tion of Edison crystalized and with
the crystullzatlon came a desire to
preserve for humanity mementoes
of the life of the great Inventor, and
particularly the buildings that
figured so prominently In the groat
work at Menlo Park, Now Jersey,
the birthplace of modern lighting
methods. Ford wished also to
make those buildings, and the
equlpmont that went with them, an
Inspiration to young inventors. All
this was as an honor to his friend.
Dearborn was selected as the
place for the removal and restora
tion of the laboratorios, machine
shop and other Edtsonla. it seemed
appropriate that the area about
Detroit, where the Inventor passed
his ourly ' yours and began the
Journey toward the heights of ac
complishment, , should have drat
claim to this shrine to achievement.
So, during the past twelve
months, the Edison laboratories at
An .ntlmate' p,c I 'TVl " - V'Y JST
friend, Henry Ford. . , S.l' T LTT At lmtTV3fT
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The old Edison laboratory from Menlo Park, N. J, where the wizard of
electricity developed the llflht that was soon shown round the , ,
' world. The picture shows the new location In Dearborn. :
Edlsonia village will give some Idea
of the thoroughness with which Mr.
Jd has gone about setting up an
exhibit that will visualize In detail
all tho colorful phases of the
famous Inventor's lite.
It has not been for a mere one
night's celebration, however, that
all this Edlsonia memorabilia has
been mobilized. The distinguished
visitors will see the epoch-making
event of fifty years ago re-enacted.
They will pay their tributes to the
wonderful old man who has given
The Ediion buildings have beon placed on tho sito enclosed in the circle. In the foreground are
'the Ford Engineering Laboratories. The picture shows also a section of the Ford Airport.
First house ever llghtod by electricity. It has been removed
. by Henry Ford from' Menlo Park to Dearborn.
Monlo Park, and Fort Myers, Flor
ida, have boon transported bodily
lo the slto of an Edlsonia village
ut Dearborn. With thorn have come
the benrdlng house of Sally Jordan,
whore the Edison assistants lived
when Edison Invented the electric
light. There, on the night of Oc
tnbor 21st, this year, the ceremony
of Introducing the first Incandes
cent light will be roonactcd with
HON OF
NEW PRESBYTERIAN
PASTOR WEDNESDAY
Mr.. Porter will be formally In
tailed as pastor of the First Pres
byterian church by the Presbytry
of Southwest Oregon at a sorvlco
to be held Wednesday evening,
October 83rd.
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Portland whore 285 membcrR
woro rocoivod . during the four
nnd a hulC years of his puetorato
with tho church growlns propor
ttonatijJy In till Departments,
Mr. Porter uttended , Uoton
Univornlty Modicnl Rchool nnd was
graduated from San Franciaco
Theological Seminary.
For eight yenra he nerved In
the V. S. Marines, through tho en
tiro war. Ho Is a Mason, a Kl
wanlan nnd a momber of tho
American Legion.
Mr. Porter it married and has
one daughter. Gone.
PRESIDENT
FOR
whole question of limitation or
armaments by hind Or sea bo
Imndlotli by League of Nations
machinery. .
Coolldwo nHcntcd to American
participation In tho effort and de
ferred ht own plans of direct ne
gotiations between the naval
powers. Ultimately, when ho did
Invito n five-power conference, tho
continental powcrs( Franco nnd
Itnly, stood aloof.
Kven tho restricted Ihrco-power
meeting to which his hope
dwindled ended In n deadlock; yet
tho OooltdKo ndininiHtration whm
not without Its own pence accom
plishment. It was then the Kel-
the famous old. Inventor , himself
liluylug.tho.' leading role. .
'OUier" distinguished participant?;'
In the celebration will be brought
from Detroit to Dearborn : on s
quaint old train that will be a re
production of the train that ran on
the railroads of 1SG0. At Dearborn
thoy will disembark at the "Smiths
Creek" station, of tho Grand Trunk
Now President Hoover 1ms re- HOME (P) Tho fascist govern
newed tho drivo for direct nnvnl mont, slnco It assumed power In
power commitments to losser bat- m2.'hn expended 20,000.000 on
tin tonnage maintained in fixed ,.,, nnd tller pub,lo Inrovc
ratloa. lie 1ms broken tho British- montH , the provlnoo of Ca,nb.
,mcni4in ae.Kiio. K on cruisers; mil ; rln vMt,h form8 tho to8 of Itny.3
lino. This station has also been
lvenpi new site at Dearborn be
icausoit in one "of fIio earliest of
the Udlsonia exhibits.
Sixty years ago, Thomas A.
Etllson, then a boy of sixteen, was
once set down on its wooden plat
form with much haste and no dig
nity while an Irate conductor stood
guard at the baggage car door and
howled threats of dismemberment.
Young Edison was a news dispen
ser by' those days but ha 'expert
'mehteB with chemicals on the side.
His' small laboratory occupied a
corner of the car. On that particu
lar day he had mixed the Ingre
dients of an explosion and set' Are
to the baggage car. '
The fact that the "Smiths Creek"
station has been made part of the
so many inventions of Incalculable
value to tha world, and the world,
through tha instrumentality of the
greatest hook-up of radio stations
ever attempted, will listen in. Edi
son hlmsllf will speak.
An important feature of tho anni
versary celebration will be the par
ticipation of the airplane. The Ford
Airport Is nearby the Menlo Park
village and the annual Reliability
Tour, held to test and demonstrate
the reliability of trie airplane ou
long trips about the country, will
end at the time of the anniversary
events In Dearborn. This tour al
ways attracts national Interest and
It is hoped that the airport lighting,
with great electric beacons, at the
time the tour is nearlng completion,
will serve to show another contribu
tion by Edison to human progress.
The small, Incandescent bulb has
grown to mighty proportions,. , as
the beams that will Bhoot 'nward
into the night will demonstrate.
Inspiration for Youth . .
After the memorable night' has
come to a close, however, the
thing that Henry Ford wants most
to do for his friend, Thomas Edi
son, will take definite shape and be
come a living reality. The museum
and school of technology, now in
process of formation, will open Its,
doors. Mr. Ford Is anxious to assist '
In continuing the Edison inspiration ,
In American mechanics. He feels!
that association with the equipment'
and machinery that yielded to Mr.'
Edison his great discoveries will be .
an added Inspiration to youths who '
go to Dearborn. 1
When the restoration is com-'
pleted everything will operate Just,
as It did In the days wbea it was;
used by the wizard of electricity.,
In Henry Ford's opinion nothing
can give the youth a better picture
of the progress of Invention and in-;
dustry than tracing it through tha!.
different phases since October 21,
1879. And either In the Edlsou
collection, tin museum ot Ameri
cana which Ford has been collect-J
ing for years, or the Ford factories
the ' types of electrical machinery!
leading from 1879 to the present
day .will be available for the stu-!
dent., . j
il ln place Of . S museum' with ' 'st'
lence" signs to curb the enthusiasm' '
of young visitors there will be si'
Dearborn an active plant in dally
operation, where representatives of
the oncoming generation may find
Inspiration, encouragement and
practical education. This Is Henry
Ford's real tribute to bis friend.
can ho nlso sweep OHidc the fours
and suapicions upon the continent
that have twice blocked tho peace
pathway of bin predecessors?
If ho can. his name will llva
long In blHtory uk n champion of
world peace in something more
tangible than wordH.
. An nptlmist 1h not one who rc
fUKca to sco diHngrecnblo ccrmlt
tinna or possible fntlllre In life,
but . the one who. while seeliiR
logR peace pact was written on . them, cheerfully . and corngeously
American Initiative. 'miiken tho bent of them.
boot-llko peninsula.
nnHIJN Wl Further evidence
of the "Americanization" of Ger
many Is found In Hcrlin's subway
stationH, where thre are almost
as many penny-in-thc-slot chew
ing gum machines as in American
cities. . '
Success comes by doing, not
talking- If" we really do well, oth
ers will take note and praise us,
and we shall be under no necessity
of praising ourselves.
. REV. CLAUDE B. PORTER
In tho afternoon a meeting ot
the I'resbytery will be hold at
which Mr. Porter will bo received
nnd the Insinuation will he imide
at the evening service, t:4S p. m.
following the service a reception
will he given for the pastor and
hip family.
The public is Invited to this
aervlce nnd reception.
The following ministers will
have a place on the program that
evening: Ilov. II. T. Mltchalmore
of Ashland, Rev. D. V. Halght
nf Klamuth Kalis, Itov. W. O.
Hohnson, Jr. of 1'hoonlx end Rev,
K. Iverson ot Medford.
The Presyyterlnn church extend
ed a call to Mr. I'orter at n meet
ing held August 26th. The call
was accepted and the pastor com
menced his work here September
18th. Before entering the ministry
Mr. Porter was director of re
llgndua' education' for the United
Presbyterian church In Ban Fran
cisco. Blnce entering the pastorate
he has hnd churches In Camp
Meeker and Monte Wo, California
tke latter church being organised
nnd property purchased where
there had never been a church
nefore, following; (Hat he 'went
to Unity Presbyterian church In
By Kirko Simpson
Associated Press Feature Service
Writer
WASHINdTON iPl Is Herbert
Hoover, engineer and dlspusslonate
analyst of International cause nnd
effoct, to be the greatest world
peace promoter ot his age?
,1s ha to bring to realisation
visions ot non-compotltlve arma
ments that proved only unutlaln
ablo dreams to his pnulocessors
to Woodrow Wilson, Warren
Harding, Calvin Coolldgo?
I.lka them, Hoover has made his
bid for permanent pence. It must
be a vision especially dear to the
heart of America because four
presidents In uctcslon have made u
ii nimoni mo major tneme or men
administrations. And, again like Harding and
Coolltlge, llouvcr has approached
his task from the coldly practical
side of nuvnl armament limita
tions despite their failure ot com
plete success.
. Wilson's peace vision wne writ
ten Into the covenant of the
League of Nations, designated to
bo a peace agency of world-wide
scope hnd power. It was.' even
his opponents' at home admitted,
a noble dream; hut It was destin
ed to repudiation by his own coun
trymen. Harding first thought the Inter
locking of the five lending naval
powers In a hard and fast treaty
of limitation of navnl power. He
saw part of his hopes realised In
the 6-6-1 treaty; but It served :
merely to shift the race In navnl '
armaments from battleships to !
cruisers.
Coolldgo took office intent on
completing the Harding project of
limitation. He was first balked
by Inetetene among the continen
ts! powers of . Rurnpe that the'
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