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PAQB HIRER
FRUIT LEAGU
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Valley Fmitmcn Wage Con
stant War On 19 Differ
ent Diseases and Pests,
At Cost of 50.000
Codling Moth Most Des
tructive 3000 Office
Conferences With, Or
chardists. . "
Thu. annual rm'elhiK nnd election-
of tlio FruitKrowiTS' league,
Albert C. liurcli, presiding will be
held at the. Hotel Medford next
Wednesday a f I c mi o o n at two
o'clock. It will be tho first meet
ing of tlio orKaniziitiun since the
bcKinniiiK of tho fruit season last
June. It la expected that a large
percentage of tho 30Q -paid-up
members ot the organiuUiuu will
bo in attendance.
Uavid It. Wood, chairman of the
winter pear committee, will make
a report on tho JIobc canVpalsrn
in .Detroit thin year. The report
will entbody a financial. statement
of tho campaign. -.yThi!
campaign,, an undualified
miccosH. as so recognized by grow
ers nnd shippers, with one or two
fxcpptions, has closed nil details
an'd practically a,U the growers
subscribed have paid, in full.
Ol her matters of interest and
importance to valley fruitgrower.!
will be discussed, and plans for
the coming year outlined. Con
ducting of a. Jtoes campaign next
season In a new city, and develop
,nint of Atlantic. Coast markets
where, the Boac is now but little
known, will be disx-unsed.
It is also expected that a prog
ress report will he read from l'rof.
Henry Hartman of the Oresnn
State college, now in New York
City, studying marketing and stor
age conditions will be rend.
A plain and frank statement on
the aiiiH and purposes of the re
cently formed Pacific" C.rowers
Council, will be made by H. Van
Hocvenberg.
Another mcctingiis planned for
February,, when spring, nnd sum
mer plans will bo discussed, frost
protection-service, being the main
Item. ;'
How to turn a Model T Ford in
to ti snow bird and glide across
vast white blanketed areas. Is
practically' demonstrated this week
by George Gates of the local Ford
agency, who is thus outfitted for
tho winter. The ancient Lizzie at
tho Gales Auto company holds the
place of honor In the window on
Klversldo today, waiting for a trip
Into tho I.ako of the Woods ay
soon as the weather becomes
"vile" enough to permit It.
The sled attachment, which has
been purchased by Mr. Gates from
lb Snowbird . company of Wiscon
sin, provides two runners to be
attached to the front axle of tho
car; a 'middle axle, onto which
he front wheels era attached,
,:nid a track which surrounds the
four pair of wheels, and makes It
possible to traverse the heavy
snow-covered spaces which for
bids the Intrusion of the ordinary
car oMiilpnient.
This provision iit now in general
use in a number of eastern sec
tions of the l'nlted Slates, accord
ing to Mr. Gates, and has been
found Invaluable- on rural mall
routes, school bus routes, and by
flro departments ns well as Indi
vidual car operators.
Mr. (tales, who. with a number
of local masculine friends has en
Joyed winter sports. Including
skiing nnd sleighing In tho Ijike
oi uie .,. " ,
HOLDS ANNUA
MEETONWED
WIOTED
UPFQRJAUNTS,
LAKE 0' WOODS)
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of years says In, this Is the T list h(j ,
t me the party will he able to take ,ni m,rfM1,
the women folks along. meter wave length. -
M,e ear may be driven to the, J)a
' nc- vhero 11,0 a"',, Uavo believed, twenty eight vears
inon.s will be nu on and thusia(,o lho c ".-as
. enabled to' make the rest or tnel(j((n(?
otherwise Impossible Jouritey toj ' .
the scene of Ideal winter skiing
Sunday. Den. 13. loan
Medford and vicinity: Sunday,
rain; moderate temperature.
Oregon: Sunday, rain;, moderate
temperature.
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Local Dt.
Temprralure (dogO.. iil 6'
Highest (last 11 hi s.) C4 i t
I-owest (last 12 hr-.) 51 r.n
liel. humldlay (pet.) 05 8'
Precipitation (Inches) . 62
S'nle or weather I.t. ltaln Cldy
Total precipitation sTmo Sep
tember 1. 1!)!3, 5.43 Inches.
Sunrise todav. 7:32 a. m.
Sunset today. 4:41 p. m.
Humlse Monday. 7:SS a. m.
W. J. HCTCHISK.V.
Meteorologist.
A. C. Allen Writes Impressions of
Greeley A Hero of Disaster
Tlni inUu (tsiintf ami fxci'llmt ,
f ditoriat, in last' Monthly's Malt
TriluiiM', mi thu (irooly cxpedillun j
l tlio "ArcHir in tho caiiy 'KOh, w;ih
thfi riivt 'liifui mution that 1 imd '
hail at the pulilifution uf IJrain-.Jjrii. (irouly spent two yours thoro
urd's iliary. It u Willi en tut old nieni- j in i:trn:irativo t-nnifort and pioh
ni'k'H and ft rod miuw my inU'i'oul j ahly nonu of hiH wink was more
In this expedition. Perhaps the dangerous than Hyrd's.
reason for giy pt 'Kiinal iiitt.i'Ht in v, l'ut Klion Ui? tinif came fin ro
thla Ill-fated oxiioditiun.: w.hh thut ;dlof "Mr',' ili'v'lt,,'"necretary of lion
I had heard my father speak of
it so often and ho had taken the
aboard 'the Thetis whej-o it lay. in
the Hrurtklyn .Navy Yard a year
after the rescue.
At tho time, my father was, a
lieutenant In the army. He applied
j to go with tho expedition, but was
refused because ho had n family.
With the expedition was Lieuten
ant Lockwood, a very dear friend
uf my father's and, I believe, a
classmate at West l'oint; and one
of tho ltttft letters that Lock wood
wro to was one to 'my father. It
was sent on the Proteus the ship
which carried the expedition to
Lady ruuikiin Hay and accom
panied some fine Arctic furs
which Luck wood had sent my
father.
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ers in inu army i nuru nearu
reports and comments regarding
the (Ireely expedition. And now,
alter a lapse of nearly half a cen
tury nrainard's diary Is published.
It confirms many of the stories I
had heard nnd ace'ius to bear out
the contention that Cireely was un
duly lauded.
Hero of Disaster
(ireely was the hero of a disas
ter, the commander of an expedi
tion which for colossal blunders
ind useless sacrifices has never
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Ar,-.ic cxi,li.ratl0n. rom its very
Inco ..ion ihis oxpc-dH.on
marked ly iKno.ant-c, blunders,
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Tho motive for the expedition was
coveries to physiral observations.
Sevenil nutions were to locate sta
tions at different points in the
Arctic so all could mHke correlated
observations. The United States
sent lreely to Jady Franklin Bay.
AmnnR the first serious blunders
was sending a Rroup of inexperi
enced men into the Arctics under
the command of a youn; lieuten
ant who knew nothing uf boats
nor of Arctic conditions. The most
fatal of all was the .order given to
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Brisbane's Today
(Continued from Phrb Orj)
Baltimore decides tint, women may
now bo orduiricd as ' pastors and
ruling ciders.
Ono clersyman reminded his fol
liuvs tl:at' Christ had only men
among his 1 2 apostles. Siunchudy
mlghl liavo replied, hut didn't, thai
if I women l)ad. Imon chosen I hcixj
would iirobably have been no .In
dus. ' , ' ...
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There Is a gnoil deal of money
left and (J. K. Mitchell, head of
New York's iS'aHonal City liank.
has some of II. Yesterday he
bought his bunk and syndicate $!.V
ono.ono of the New Yorw City 4M,
per cent corporate stock nnd bonds
Ho paid a premium of 81.a2o.fia7
above par, u good price for secur
ities that pay only IU. However
thoy are freo of Income tax, which
3 makes a difference.
Heavy floods In porta of Kng
lntid, the Thames il miles wide In
places, swollen rivers and danger
ous flood conditions in France.
The storm that has wrought such
havoc continues roaring . along
Kurope's west coast.
Italy's steamship Leonardo da
Vinci, has safely reached (Hives
cm! with a precious cargo of arl
treasures. Tho field of Kunny
modo where Magna 'Carta was
signed is a lake.
In China I hc .storm Is worse
than In Kuropn, for it is a slonn
of hatreds, bloodshed and civil
war.
Shanghai reshlenls of Ihe Chi
nese nuartor, tearing for their
lives seoUIng to foreo their way
into tho International settlement,
were repulsed by force.
Ho 'grateful that wo live In a
country so peaceful, in spite of
bootlegging, crime, and Wall Street
curthouukes.
1 wcnly-eight years ago the great
Italian, dugllelmo Marconi, listen
ing on the Grand Hunks of New
foundland, picked up the single
letter "S" sent by wireless trans
mitter from the southwest end or
England.
Today Marconi, In n Umdon
stnd o. will lalk to l. IVi,,..,l l..
Anyway, th- tariff bill got far
enouuh along to take the blame
for Ihf wr.'rk of the stock bubble.
WE DEVELOP
Films Free
WEST SIDE PHARMACY
YOUR REXALL STORE
Open Cnndnys and Evenin(ri
AU th. Tim
Phono 9 for
FURNITURE REPAIRING
UPH0L8TERIN0, REFINI8HINQ
FRANK HOWARD
(19 Wett MUn Street
Cioely I'uvoriiiK his prot-oiluro in
cast' the ifli.f veni-rl tnulcl not
rourh him. lirevly wan almust as
fuinfurtiihly quitm-ml at Kurt
tvuijfer iin Is Jtynl in Uttlu-Aim
era I Unison, was sent in command
of the ti;iip..-. lit; wan iml u sailor
and he failed to reach (Jreely and
he very carefully carried back
" V ? " U,U IO HI "mi BUp"
phes he had taken up there.
.Siimihhing and Jealousy
The following summer Clrcely
was td huvo been taken away. Tlmls the Worst Sn
There was a lot of s.pinbbling iVifling with the ice he finally
about IHfs relief expedition and mmlo a milg.. reached Cape Sa
petty jealousies cropped out. Some ; hino umI lhori,( ,n ..tno HOMl GmN
one suggested that s ships wera forsaken place In the Arctics"
to be used the command of the millIe thtiv wlmer quarters. Kx
expeditlon should be turned over t nm.PN v..i1(, viuir...! r-,,m
lo the navy. Hut tho army would
not hear to this so they sent an
other young lieutenant. Lieutenant
Garlington, In charge of a char
tered boat. This was tho Proteus
fund
ordci-s which ho followed
blindly, to . Hay tho least. He
found Ice condition!' vei-y bad and
he feared ho could not' make Fort
Conger, lie knew that if ho did
not roach th"e fort , that ,'Clreely
would start south ' in August and
would expect to 'find the, relief
ship or a relief party with ample
stores. Yet (iarlington, through
absolute ignorance and because his
orders did not KpecifUwill? .tell him
to do so, never Iniwbany ;nrovl-
shins' for a possible disaster jto 'ltis
i . . - .. pnyui lid i; ;
, as ho went, north. -ThenUho Pro- ;
ous was ..vcrwholmcd dn.l wont to
t .o l.ullon,.- With i fv stores
....... ... 4.,,OTra ,
' southward and wero pieked up.
quorum ttf Anlli-
I j tle mcan .. ret.lv ,,
I pariy naa remained at Kurt Con-
ger for two years. From the very
start there had been bickerings
and mlsundcrstiAidinKS and each
winter night was marked by un
pleasant iiuarrels and dissatisfac
tion. These were duo to ignorance
on the part of Grocly. Had he
known tho Arctic he would have
had his plans lil for lots of work
to keep tho men oecupled and con
tented. Hut he did not know, and
i ;- . - - T ia!g
if ,von wiinl to l'r very much iippt'criainl, conic In l'lic Hiiotory' anil (ift'hpr
tril'lH lilic Hie ones snnKcsted licreiti. ' 'i'licn: urn rciiiciiihi'aiiccs del'inilely pliin -lied
to canst' iter lo say' 'How thoughtful of you ! , Jt's just what 1 wanted."
Sheer chiffon hosiery In till Ihe new
ihtik shaden for daytime uuil light
sliudes for evening. "
S1.75 and S1.95
Special Discount by tnc liux
l'ootv;oar brads the Hat
uf userul gills. If voit mh:s
tl:o size they're as easy In
exchange us other gifts.
S6.85, S8.50
and $10.00
Gifls wrapped in beautiful Christmas Boxes
Just Arrived!
New Wody
, ANKLETS.
All Color '.m
' $1.00 piir
'all during the months of cold and
i darkness tho men grew soft and
discontented. All their amusements
i palled and, at otm time, there were
1 muiterlngs anil suggestions to
vert hro w (lively and place an
other in command.
I lis instructions, given through
absolute tgnnr:inco of Arctic con
ditions, ordered hint to leave Fort
Conger "not later than September
I si, 1 SSlt, tind retreat southward
by boat."
September ea me, tlreely saw
that Ice conditions wero bad and
he must have learned thai Septem
ber wiih far ton late to make such
a trip. Winter was upon them.
They hhould have remained anoth
er winter and retreated in the
spring whin weather conditions
were belt or and game easily ob-
Ueined. Itut he obeyed instructions
j Iiml drovo Mft MMtK ,m ,ho p;u.k
' He 'abandoned his dngs and loft
them to die at Conger.
Clay have said that it would have
been almost impossible to have
found a mere bleak, desolate nnd
exposed position than was selected
for winter quarters. And this after
two years experience1 in tho Arctic!
Their provisions ran short, sick
ness, starvation and cold took their
toll. They lived In abject uilscry
and most of them died. They re
sorted to eanuibnlisni. There were
the inevitable quarrels, suspicions
r.nd dissatisfaction with (Ireely's
administration. One man was exe
cuted for stealing, others reduced
in rank. Pralnard and Lotnr were
foremost as workers nnd tho veal
leaders. Itut none of them knew
the country or how to combat tho.'
conditions properly. " Harry Whit- i
ininttug Tor iilefisure in that sec-
limu . Hc klnHl milskoxon , KUs. ;
lm.,.e ,,, noal. 0 s;,ill0 , '
vW1(.rt utt ,,., ,, ,, Chw
rnllhc. Ho went over tho loo by.
pledge and did It merely for sport.
Ili-.ilnunl and Iong Ileal 1eaders j
The terrific fight which the !
Greely expedition made for life !
was a fjno one, but was it more!
than any group of men would do j
to save their own lives? Greely's
leadership did nettling to save ;
them. He was merely in com- j
niand.; If initiative and work j
should have been rewarded then It ;
Vvas Uralnard and Long who dc-
served it: if It wns patient suffer- !
lug then poor Kllson deserved tlio i
most prals'n.v For nearly eight i
I'.oiidnlr'sllppenl The pajama vogiie
makes this one of the most welcome
glfta for 'Illiniums, V.
51.25 to S7.50
luKe AiiHortniciit
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mouths Kllsou did not leave his
sleeping bag. He had been frozen
so badly that his feet unit hands
had dropped off and his limbs
were gradually sloughing away.
Commander Schley (a Tier ward
admiral) made the rescue withahe
Thetis, Hear and Alert. Tho rescue
was no accident, Schley went lo
get the Creely party And ho did ho.
While no blamo could be attached
In (ireely or his party, yet the
whole affair win marked with
fatal blunders Greedy; to -repeal,
was the hero of . u dUustmv
(A. C. ALLl'N.)
Wide Interest is being attracted
by (be uiiuku.iI display in tho snow1
windows of Kakln Motor company,
ModToid Dodge Prothers dealer.
This display convincingly shows
the strength of the fenders on the
Dodge six. tho entire front of the
car being supported directly by the
fenders. Two substantial pipo up
rights hold the front of the
J by the tips"' of tho front fenders,
emphasizing one of the outstund
lug features of the Hodgo six, the
strong body and fender construc
tion.
n Clyde Kakln, head of Eaklu
Motor company, estimates the
Weight being supported by the tips
tif the front fenders at not less
han 1 r.no pounds. '
WEDDING
AmioiinrdneiitH nnd Inyf
tations, "socially correct,"
nindc without the expense,
of. a copper plute;
SWEM'S
Kodak, Book & Gift Shop
lilnestonii anil cut. steel
buckles. gift Hint Is nt
unco beautiful and unusual.
S3.50
to $10.(00
Just Arrived!
New Wooly
ANKLETS
: AU Color. '
'" '$1.00 pair "
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mr. " it -
In Your Dilemma
of What to GiveJHim
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, Diamond Rings
- Wrist Watches
Bracelets
. Compacts
Crystal Beads,
tMesh Bags Vi
Ear Rings ;
Cameo Brooches
. Leather Hand Bags
Pearl Wrist Watches
White Gold Wrist Watch Bands
Ivory Pyralin Sets
Manicure Sets
, Dinner Rings .
Silverware ,!
' Clocks .,
' )ih.4 Attraclivcfv
Fay E. Diamond
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A eOMPUTE CLEAMDW AO
Might We Suggest
Sensible Gifts Like
These Shirts?
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Men arc practical fellows and like things
that can be worn as Christmas gifts. . It
is easy , to buy shirts that will please even
the most fastidious rnan... Find out what
his color preferences are, does he like
stripe patterns or: figured designs and
does he , wear, his shirts with collars at
tached or with separate collars. You'll
find all these and many; other features in
this selection 'of shirts. ' '"'''" '
And Their Pfic'te' Is- Only
$1.49. :
Penney Co.
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LUDZ, .Poland VP) Automatic
telephone with talkie attaohmonta
are belnu installed here. When a
doaired number la fngmred the
telephone will ahout "Busy, busy,
busy," to the caller.
inc.
Gift Mint
Hanak'chiefs Plain linen handker
chiefs and fancy pocket
handkerchiefs 'make '
gifts that are always .",
appreciated and mcst
acceptable ; . . for a man
.never did have enough ' 4
of them.
15c to $1.00;
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We dive S. & H. J
Green Stamps
Campbell;
Clothing Co.
On Main St. Near Front
Ore and Bullion
Purchased
WILDBBRG BROS.
3MNLTINO RliFININO CO.
OOu.1 742 M.lkMSt.i trancuco
PUnu JtdulS Rfli. Fr.nrUfO
('rank Boyer, a farmer of Plains,
Mont., shot a deer from the kitch
en door of hie home.
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