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Liberty Buiding to House Standard Oil Offices On the second floor of the Liberty building at Main and Grape Streets, the Standard Oil Company will establish its main sales agency for the Pacific Ocean to Reno, Nevada. L PLACES SALES OFFICES HERE Medford Is New Distributing Point for Large' Area -Offices Will Soon Be Es tablished in Liberty Build ing Further Develop ment Expected. ' : One of the most Important busi ness announcements in Medford d u ri ng 1929 was mad c by the Standard Oil company, which is establishing offices to serve as the main agency for southern Oregon and northern California, serving that large territory from Kugcne south to Sacramento, bounded by the Idaho and Nevada state lines on the east and the Pacific ocean on the west. The east half of the second floor of the Liberty build ing Is now being remodeled to pro vide ample office space for ihe new ugency. The specifications will provide offices and equipment usually Installed by n metropolitan bank ing house.., , The now offices are expected to , bring from 10 to 15 fjiinilfcs to. Medford from Califor nia and other parts of Oregon and business may later attract from 30 to 40 families. A gouil percentage of the office men will be technical experts and subordinate, executives of long'cxperiencc, with all receiv ing substantial salaries. The media nica 1 and storage equipment of the. Standard Oil company In Medford will also be Improved and enlarged to provide for the increased business brought to the city. Medford was c:iosen as the location for the central sales agency, following careful surveys made by company officials who for n time debuted the loca tion between .Medford ahd Klam ath Tails. , Med foid up until this time bad only been n sub-slat ion. but in creasing business of the district made it difficult to handle out of offices located at Tort land and Sacramento. The lead of the Stan dard Oil company is expected to be followed by other- concerns and Central Point I. m STANDARD 01 M r:-..-2 r D 4 it? -Vsj 1 3 el4 1 f- -ii T U : MT-W A.M9 . .. 4 " View rf Central Point Health Center buildinj, firtt of the kind to be constructed in Jack ion county. In front of the building are Dr. B. C Wilton, the new county physician, and Mrt. Lyda King, county nunc. -f r ..... 1 - (dwE& -in., -: wm.-. SwS .Ml O ?I f 1 the vast territory from Eugene to This city will be the distributing ticx iwst si:lm:ies IX l!12ft Compiled for , the Vnltod Pres& by the Jtaker & Taylor company. riciion "1. All Quiet on the Went em Kront. lly Krtch M. JTemaniuc. Jlittle-I'.rown. $2.r.O.. 2. A Farewell to Arms, ity Krncst Homing way. . Serlhners. '2.r0, 3. Hudson Hi ver Bracketed. By Kdlth Wharton. Appleton. 2.r,o. , - 4. Blair's 'Attic.-' By Joseph C. and Freeman Lincoln. Cow-ard-MrCann. S2.0O. ... 5. Uoper's Bow.' By War wick Deeping. Knopf. $2.50. General 1. The Specialist. By Chnrlen .(t'hlc) Sale. Specialist Pub lishing company. $1.00. 2. Caught Short. By Kddie Cantor. Simon and Schuster. Sl.uO. 3. The Autobiography of CV vin Coolidge. Cosmopolitan. S3. 4. Twelve Against the Ciodsn By William Bolitho. Simon and Schuster. $4.00. n. The White House .Gang T. II. lly Earlo Looker. Hovel, $3.00. also by manufacturing companies for the same reason expressed by the Standard Oil company. IIADIO HKCK1VIXU LICKXSKS (SARXTKD JliBl'SALKM ( I', P.) Ex perimental radio receiving licenses for residents of Palestine may now be ohtalned on payment of ap proximately 10 shillings. There are no broadcasting sta tions in Palestine, but many Euro pean (Hat ions can be picked up easily. This licensing arrange ment Is only a temporary meas ure, pending an official Investiga tion into the possibilities of broad casting In Palestine. Badio fans are officially advised, in their own Interests, not to purchase large stocks of apparatus until a decision has been reached regard ing the terms under which any broadeasting concession may h? granted. Cmlcr Idaho law It-Is now n misdemeanor to throw lighted linking material from a vehirle, or otherwise deposit anything that may cause a fire. Old Bing. a bird dog guilty .f numerous chicken thefts. Is serving a life sentence on a Texas prison firm. Health Center in . - 1 (-11 if J, . I ' 7.' " MKDFORT) MAIL the Sacramento district and from center for this great area.. L HAS THE FIRST Nearby Town Has First Building UsecT Exclusive ly As Health Center Re view of Year Shows Mar velous Record for 1929. Pointed out as being the first building to be constructed for the p'urposo in Jackson county, the Central Point Health Center was completed last year and has been i in regular service since last June. Child welfare clinics are given monthly and it Is held open on , day each week for the purpose of "holding health conferences with : Central Point residents in matters j In which aid can be expected from the county health unit, which di rects the operation of the center together with the Jackson County Health association. The health association Is largely responsible--, for Its construction and continued success. Mrs. Lyda King, county nurse, has office hours at the center each week. Dr. B. C. Wilson, county physi cian. Is in charge of the clinics held there when Infants and young children from the entire f community are examined. The health unit is also opera ting a health center In the Berry dale district where it is located In i a building a short distance north of the end of Biversido avenue. Miss Augusta C 1 o vfe r. county nurse attends to duties there and I ik planning 10 iium 11 cihkh hi i home nursing in a short time. Th B part of the health unit prog ram Is greatly appreciated by resi dents of the Berrydalo and mill d 1st riots, and many babies ore brought In for examination, each monthly clinic day. Jacksonville and Ashland also have regular ci:nic and are held under the direction of Dr. Wilson and Miss Kdith Ijiubscher, county nurse. However, there are no separate huildings In either of these two cities, rooms being pro vided elsewhere. Secretarial work of the unit, located In the court house. Is handled by Miss Jose phine Koppcs. fiKllMAN ATIII.CTK.S i .MAY I I.Y TO V. S. BKIlMX (P) Trann-Atlnntlr croiwinKH via Jiepielln nre ex jtei'lort to be no commonplace ill 1!I32 that fiormany'n (llympic team Is likely to chnnne that trannpor tatlon for ltn voynijo to lon An- Ci'li'K. j Plans for tho founillnix of n ; company to pponnor mirh nn un dertaking nre ntrendy belnK mart" here. While tho Zeppelin work j at Frlcdrlrhfchnfcn have not yet j been npprnnrhcr In thin connec- tlon, officii of the company iail the plan in entirely fciiflhln. I Tin: i Aitiio rxritKss now is a iikii:iii:i-: nrt.fTII. Minn. (VP Itllly V trolle, the Fnrtro Kxprefm of thrt rinnr. who had OhRmpIon Hamnv Mandril within a uhlnper of n knockout two yenra ago, now In licensed referee. Petrolic nuit the rlnc with it nest cgK of $75,00(1 and hna hi, own home here. He la married. CENTRA N HEALTH CENTER TRTBTTNR, MBDVOKP, ' X La,i fruit' rc6VPA0 : X.rU 1929 NEAR THE TOP IN TOTAL 1928 Exceeded By Over $100,000-0nly 2 Years, 1925 and 1926, Shows Greater Activity New $100,000 Movie Theatre Started. BUG PERMITS Year Amount 1021 ! $171,1(10 122 t 255,423 r 1023 412,2.15 1K24 (U4.304 1!Z5 77!t,002 J lft26 780, 330 1027 R4G.835 102S 553,907 , li20 050,430 if ---- - " Showing a substantia! lncren.e over the proceeding year, the build ing program in Medford, 19.!0, reached a total of $650,430, with 353 permits Issued. The heavies month came In Mnrch when con struction was begun on the, $70, 000 packing plant of the Southern Oregon Sales company and th $50,000 addition by the Medford Ice and Cold Storage company. During the same month, construc tion wan uihu 'iifKun uii hip vn-iti b- M. Roberts home at a cost , ex ceeding $18,000. - The building program for 1030 is promising and while, no an nouncement of big construction during the year has been announc ed, the total la expected to be Just as large by Building Inspector Harry Rinabarger. The new city fire hall was com pleted last year nt a cost exceed ing $10,000 and n $9,000 home for Mrs. Margaret Foasley waa con structed. Another $25,000 addi tion to the Medford Ice and Stor age company was also completed, as well as a $10,000 packing houc for the Kimball Kruit company. The Firestone Tire compuny spent $25,000 for a new service slntlon on Riverside avenue and the Shell Oil compnny constructed a serv'ce station on Sixth street at a cost of $K500. Tho administration building at tho new Medford airport was con strueteel at a cost of $30,000 and work was begun in December on the new Neldermeyer theater-store building to cost approximately $80,000. L. J. Adams also com pleted an npartment house on Holly street nt $12,000. By months, the total of the ywr Is as follows: January, $33,33.'; Medf ord's Cat and Dog Hospital rc'U:-fci B i 1 1 ii i1 il " i -1 n it ii '' w-y .. '. ..fft,'''ir. itL.Hfci :a.-:.'v.V l Constructed a year ago, through the co-operation of Medford and MMithern Oregon humanitarian and animal lovers, the cat and dog hospital, operand by Dr. I). W. Stone on North Riverside ave nue is filling long Mt want Klnce being completed n year ago. The building Is an attractive struc ture of concrete and has facilities for providing for the needs for a large number of animals, and ha pens otilslde for dogs libit nre not seriously sick. OKKMON.. TUKKTUY. DKOKNfl'JKK 31. 1923. Kimball Fruit Company Attractive new plant of the Kimball Fruit February, JC.1,825; Mnrch, $174, 730; April. $20,0.1-,; May, $01,645; June, $02,775; July, $!i8,200; Auk ust. $40,775; September, $15,245; October, $22,785; November, $39, 700; December, (incoinpluto) $00, 200. (These permits never represent the market value of the variouH buildings, the permit value rani; IllK.irom 20 to 50 per cent below tbo rash InveHtment.) EXCHANGE EXPECTS The Farmers Exchange Cooper ative, beset in tho closing weeks of 1929 with troubles, to which any enterprise may fall heir, faces the New Year with renewed hepe and brighter prospects. Reorganization of the concern had been under way for two months, and according to Attorney O. C. Bogg.4, general director, Ihe expenses have been clipped fifty per cent. This will continue, and the .Fanner's Exchange Cooperat ive, by patience rfind business fore sight, should emerge on an oen kcebai no late date. The annual meeting and election of ufficers and directors, Is sched uled to bo held early lp (he New Year, when new policies will bo adopted. Changes In the bylaws are also among the possibilities to be considered. Steps in the recent reorg.iniz.v have included the installation of a nw mnringer. and taking over tho Rogue River Poultry association, a separnte unit, under tho wing o the cooperative. Under the new plans, the parent organization will handle the poultry husiness, oper ate egg pools, and attempt to sup ply the Klamath county and locnl markets. Last year, the valley was unable to supply the demand for eggs from these two sources. The present heads believe this can be. rectified, ' i The cooperative conducted tur key pools at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and plan another one for the latter part of January. The top price for the Thanksgiving pool was 31 cents, for the Christ mas pool 26 cents. These prk-es were on a par, or slightly higher than other pools of the North west. Under the provisions of tho Farm Aid bill, the local Institution In entitled to apply for aid, and can secure funds thereby for the improvement and Increase of the mechanical equipment. Whether the local organization will t&ko ad vantage of Its privilege or not, is a question to be decided luter. The milling machinery needs replace ments however, and when the con cern is firmly established financial ly again, It Is likely an applica tion for federal aid will be filed. At the annual meeting to lv held, on a date to he fixed later, there will be a full and free dis cussion of all phnws of tho Farmer Cooperative Exchange qf fairs. 18 Li IU : ' " Dr. Stone performs operations and has saved the lives of many household pets, injured in acci dents, poisoned nnd 111 from dis t rn per and other ailments Ten years ago, dogd with broken leg would probably have been killed to relievo then, of misery, hut with inn .present equipment, a broken leg is nothing more than an Inconvenience for the animals. The hospital Is at the end of Riverside nvehtie In plensnnt sur roundings nnd plans rnll for com pb-tv landscaping of Ha front yard. I J Builds Attractive $25,000 Plant During Company, opened June 30th in this LARGEST COLD STORAGE PLANT ERECBHERE Addition to Medford Ice and Storage Built During Past Year Makes it Largest In stitution of Kind On Pa cific Coast. The Medford Ice and Storage company, during the past year, ex pended more than $200,000 for Mi nrovomonts to their plant located on South Fir street. Tho opera tions wero centered in an ice stor age warehouse, and a pre-coollng plant, to meet the present needs of tho fruit industry of the Rogue River valley. . , r- Tho Ice storage warehouse ' Is the largest structure of its kind in the far west, outside of Nam pa, Idaho. Tho addition gives the plant an Ice storage capacity of 20,000 tons. Insuring growers and shippers a swift and nn ample sup ply oi li-u, tiu ring i iie puiiipin; season. The pro-cooling plant, modern ly equipped throughout, has facil ities for the handling of 20 cars of fruit every 24 hours. The plai t 'can receive fruit with a Held bent of from 80 to 85 degrees, nnd bring It to a temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit at the core, in from 30 to 40 hours. The company has a standing in vitation to the general public nnd fruit men to visit the plnnt. Fev residents of tho Rogue River val ley realize the value and ' Im mensity of the establishment, and its mechanical thoroughness. The plant is under the direction of O. T. Bergner, secretary and'! manager, with O. S. Butler of Ash land as president. Storage For Furs Plans for the coming year are now under consideration, and will be discussed at the annual meet ing of the officers and directors,1 to he held this month. Addition I of nnothcr unit to meet the yearly growth of the fruit Industry in thU section, will be given consid eration.. Addition of a storage room &t tho plant .for the exclusive hand ling of fine furs will be one of the features for 1930. This stor ago room will bo equipped with special machinery, for the render ing of a special process to the furs, Tho room will have alter nating temperatures. When the furs are first received, they will be subjected, for a two-week per iod, to n, temperature of 28 de grees. Then the temperature will be dropped to zero, and held there for. a fortnight, before being changed to another temperatur?. Tho theory of this process is novel. If, by any chance a mem ber of the moth family, should be In the fur when received, r.o matter what tho temperaturo the tiny crcaturo simply goes to sleep, quite secure, to renew his activity when the fur Is removed. By alternating the temperature, from time to time, the parasite Is of ten awakened nnd being unable to adapt himself to the current cold spell, perishes, I During the past fruit season, the pre-pnollng nnd storage plant was filled to capacity, and shipments of winter varieties of pears, ore now being made. Manager Bergner describes the 1920 business "as good despite, ad verse conditions." Hhlpment of over (100 cars of Bnrtletts to can neries without Icing, left tho com pany with a slight surplus of le. It Is also probable Hint the Southern Pacific railroad, will In crease their track nnd Icing facil ities nt the plant tho coming year. This work wnn planned for 1929. The 27-nere tract ndjolnlni? the enmpns nf 1ho 1'nlversily nf ldnh, wnn Irnsed by the university for severnl yenrs for ntirHery nnd nr bnrelum purposes, has now been purchased by tho university. ' A group nf business men In flrnnd Itnpids helped stnrt the f'rst 4-lf forestry club In Kent county, Mich., Inst, year by pny Inrr for 1000 northern white pine nnd Norway spruce, seedlings for each of 2Ci fnrm children. city. C. C. Darby Is District Manager. Medford Fruit Brought Into Valley Over $6,000,000 in' 29 Best Record in Local History Nineteen hundred and twenly nlno will go down In tho annals of the fruit Industry In tho Rog.i River valley, ilh a grower's year" a year outstanding for It finan cial returns for the crops, nnd In united action for tho development of new markets and movements of high luyport to the future welfare of tho orchards and tho orchard- I.HlS. A lotat of $0,127,(i40, a now cash record for all time, was re ceived froi'n the sale of apples and pears. The- pears returned $&, M6.280: apples $011,300. The ship ments aggregated 4071 cars. ThlR was below the 1928 shipments, but slightly In excess of the spring e tlmates. The shipments by pear variotloi were as follows: Cars Cannery Rartletts 610 ' Packed Rartletts 9G Howells .. , .....101 Bosch 72" D'AnJnus 87 3 Conilre r. 2211 Winter Nells ....41fi Assorted ..fi.. : 21 For runnory" BartlPttsl looil growers received from $70 to $80 per ton, a record price. Achievements of 1020 Among the high lehievements of the pnst season, hacked by the Fruitgrowers' League, and the Rogue River Traffic associatl'jii were: Tho Bose pear campaign of the Winter Pen r committee in Detroit, a new market, where Boscs were Hold at a slightly higher average, per box. than in New York City, the standard market of the land: and, plans for the development of new markets next year In the Kast. Assurances' from the Southern P. rifle railroad, that the 1030 fruit would be moved over the Alturas cut-off, saving valley fruit an auction day in the markets of the Kast. . , Securing of ai extension of the emergency pear freight rate, nfter June 3ff Inst, through the fruit shipping season, meaning savings of thousands of dollars to' grow ers and shippers. Opening negotiations for the so- SELECT CLOTHES' FOR YOUR HEALTH What the well-dressed nian wi:i wear this season may he import ant to some folks. But, regardless of fashion hints, the happy man during the next three or four ! months will be tho warmly dressei ' man. m' ' 1 This Is the opinion of Dr. C. O, Sapplngtou, director of the indus trial health division of the National. Safety Council, and It Is his bul- ness to provide health advlco to: millions bf Industrial workers throughout the country. J There Is a common sense wnyj to dress for every occasion he says. Right now It consists of plenty of warm clothing, gotd sound shoes In keep t h e, feet dry. Beautiful New Findlay Apartment r Kl i r Tha attractive new Findlay apartments at the corner of Hollf ml . Twelfth streets, erected during the past year by H. T, Plndlay, . . . ..... i-. i"'r -. ' !. PAGE FiVM 1929 curing of apple and pear export freight rates, from Medford . to Portland an San Francisco, , 'on parity, with similar freight rates from tbo fruit districts of Wash ington state, to Seattle, Wash. 5 t Steps .for securing a standard box weight rate fry valley frui;, similar to weights allowed for California shipments. Assignment of Prof. ITonrv Hartrnan of the Oregon State col lege, to study marketing and stor age conditions In New York City, and other eastern points, to the end that the best methods be de termined for placing valley pears on the market, at the peak -of their edibility, etc. - : Securing the aid of the- Oregon delegation in congress to' secure an appropriation, for the extension of frost protection work in the val ley. - . launching n drainage survey of the valley, tinder the direction of the Oregon State college, with'a U. S. reclamation engineer In charge, the Fruitgrowers Leaguo and county court, sharing tho, expense. Cooperation Is Adapt oil , - Cooperation with other eousl districts; tri 'tho formation , 0C ,th Pear Crowers Council, for mut'inl aid, nnd to study thoroughly an suggested plans for the national edvertising of pears, to the. rend, that future increased produelion; will bring Increased1 . consumption of pears. Adoption of a "watohful--walling" policy, against any, possible invasion of the. Mediterranean pear. 1 ' . . , . Adoption nf the suggestion -of eastern shippers, ; that ' all pe(ir boxes, be labeled '"Medford, -U; 8 A." : . Support to tho publication ot "a pear booklet, containing pear rec ipes and a general discussion o the valley pears, ' . J f V'1 Simplification of the spray res idue tests, at; a lower eoat per'car' than in 1028. ' ; ' ' ' tl ' ! , Marketing ' ' N- Study of th winter pear' variety sale situation lrr the KftHt.- Through the efforts of tho traf fic committee, the securing of more switching trackage In, the Mot? railroad yards. ' nnd warm Klove.i to keep the hand, from becoming numb. . Aalde from health, there le an other consideration In the choice of winter clothea, Miya Dr. Sapping ton. A man who Is numbed by cold, Ilka a man who la blind, or one yho la deaf, Is In continual danger of fretting hurt. Unions ho 1m Hiifficlently dresned to protect hlniMcIf from c.tpoRiire. ho lackti th? alert, wide-awiike attitude which il ho ncccHHnry to avoid accidents. Hands that are cold -are not quick In emerRencies.. Automobile ' drlvera know thla from experlenco. And the pedestrian know. '- that numbed feet will not respond rert.lf lly when he wants to run or Jumr) out of harm's way. , ' Exposure lends to sickness: 'Cttf' mon colds, Influenza, -broncttltls-and a host ot other winter ailments even though they may . not bo xerlous In themselves, weaken tho resistance and deaden the aenss, It is known that a man who ' Is sick, or one who has been sick. 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