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- MEDFORD irSTL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1931.
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:OFPASSING
Noted Inventor Had Plan to
- Make Rubber From
Goldenrod Wanted Five
' Y?ars for Experiments
WEST ORANGE, W. J., Oct. On
the afternoon of Much 17, 1930,
Thome Alva Edison stood In the
Florid sunshine, and, on a tattered
pleoe of paper, addressed a plea to
Ood. asking for five more yean of
life.
Re wanted It, not because he wai
afraid to die, but beoauie Mi work,
which was hU religion e veil, was
unfinished. In the crowded 88 years
of his life he had brought the almost
limitless forces of eleotrlolty within
reach of any child able to push a but
ton; he bad Instilled voices In wooden
boxes and made It possible to preserve
the arias of a Caruso: he had cut
down time and space, linked hemis
pheres with the thread of a telephone
wire: he bad channelled the earth's
ether waves and turned night Into
day.
, But his death came In the midst of
his) most perplexing experiment. Wav
ing aside the laws of the vegetable
kingdom, he had sought to make the
common goldenrod perform functions
for wblch It was never Intended. Be
wanted to extract from it rubber, a
commodity of ever-Increasing lmport-
. ance to a motorlnd world.
Asks for Five Tears Mora.
"Give me five more years," he scrib
bled on that March day, "and the
United states win nave a rubber crop
that can be utilized In 13 months'
time."
It was characteristic of Edison that
ha should die disappointed, because
for elm yesterday's triumph became
tnslgnlfloant In the excitement of to
morrow's possibilities.
' Edison, born in Milan, Ohio. Febru
ary 11, 1647, violated virtually every
eanon in the typical American sucoess
formula except two he was a poor
boy and he worked hard.
', He quit school as soon as possible
and was at the foot of the class as
long as he remained. f
Be chewed and smoked.
Re was careless af his personal ap
pearance. He was discharged frequently from
various Jobs.
' He turned his inventive talent, in
hie early years, to cheating his em
ployers of his working time.
. He was careless of personal property
and frequently endangered lives with
his ohemlcal experiments.
Re scoffed at persons Who insisted
on getting the conventional eight
hours' sleep a night.
Many Korentrlcltles.
Edison evinced .many of the eccen
tricities and oontfadlctlons commonly
associated with genius. He was ad
dicted to heavy, black cigars, but
would not permit anyone .who worked
or him to smoke clgarets. His knowl-
txsj of and interest In rudimentary
1 Iness transactions were so alight
that at IB he did not know how to
cash a check, and when someone
showed him how he took 140.000, ob
tained for hie inventions on a mar
ket-quotation machine, In H and 10
bills and sat up with it all night be-
cause ha did not know how to open
bank account.
Edison sacrificed thousands of dol
lars because he was Indifferent about
protecting his patents. His mind. en.
rgetlc and briar-like when applied to
scientific problem, was incapable of
accurate retention of words and
phrases and when he tried to write
from memory the verse from Gray's
iegr written In a Country Church
yard," beginning "The boast of her
aldry, the pomp of power," he made
a mistake in every line.
Often neglecting to buy new suits
ten wnen bis clothing waa thread
bare, he insisted on wearing silk
nightgowns and carrying India silk
handkerchiefs a foot square.
Scant Recreation.
For the scant recrestlon In which
he Indulged he preferred things of
sweep end breadth; "Les Miserable"
and "Tollers of the Sea." In flotlon
(Hugo was his favorite author): "The
Birth of a Nation," and ' The Covered
Wagon" In motion pictures. He read
newspapers three lines at a tlms In
stead of by words, and his mind
, sponged up Information quickly.
Unsentimental about most things,
hi only regret concerning his deaf
ness was that he could not hear the
song "I'll Take You Home Again
Kathleen," a sentimental ballad. He
resented talking motion pictures and
shortly before he died, expressed the
desire to "see Clara Bow or Mary
Plckford in cne of the good old silent
films."
Sdtson's humor was designed to
be humorous to no one except him
self. Two examples:
"Whsn I was a baby I lived on
milk and didn't like It. Now I
have gone bark to milk again. That's
funny.
"I've been working two shifts most
of my life. Lota of other men work
two shifts, too, but devote en of
them to poker."
Never a publicity eeeker, Kdleon
minimised the Importance of his
own Inventions. He waa prepared
to accept 83000 for his stock quota
tion machine and was speechless
when offered 40,000; be believed the
chief benefit of his Incandescent
lamp was that "It helped keep the
world awake." Oversleeping and
overeating, he contended, were the
two greatest human vie. Edison's
four hours of sleep nightly have be
come legendary, although his friend.
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H array Firestone, contended the la-
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Famous Quartet.
Firestone, Henry Ford and Edison
were Tacatlon companions for years
and spent many evenings around
campflres. In October, 1920, Ford,
having reconstructed Edison's Menlo
Park laboratory at Dearborn, Mich
helped his friend celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the Invention of the
Incandescent lamp. President Hoo
ver was there and followed Edison
about the grounds while the m
vector marvelled at the faithful re
production of his New Jersey work
shop.
"Why Henry even brought the
damned New Jersey clay out here,"
Edison remarked, and he was right
for Ford had shipped seven carloads
of It to Michigan.
Edison was a vulnerable prophet. ,
Some time before the outbreak of i
hostilities In 19M he predicted there
would never be another war; the
talking motion pictures were doomed
to failure, he said, because the nov
elty would soon wear off; he was
convinced poured concrete furniture
would revolutionise that business
and spent a fortune promoting It
before he admitted be was wrong.
Edison waa a victim of hta whims
and once abandoned experiments on
rocket plane, since developed In
Germany, because one of bis models
exploded and burned his hair. Last
May he suddenly announced he had
forsaken the testa in which he tried
to pick ".America's Brightest Boy."
After one such test he. admitted
he could not answer some of the
questions he had asked the high
school boys.
He died leaving the imprint ox nu
genius In some form on every
modern Invention, except the air
plane.
FIVE GRANGERS ARE
OBLIGATED AT MEET
OF TALENT CHAPTER
TALENT, Ore., Oct. 19 (pi.) Tal
ent Orange met Thursday evening
with Worthy Master Ormle Qoddard
In the chair. There was a, large at
tendance, Mr, and Mrs. Louis Werth,
Bernloe Werth, Beatrice Werth and
W. A. 6 1 rat ton were obligated In the
first and second degrees. Two appli
cations for membership were referred
to an Investigating committee. County
Judge Sparrow presented the script
plan of relief work and the Orange
appointed a committee to co-operate
with the county committee.
Mr. Oaultan, chairman of the pro
gram committee, presented Mrs. KU
gore, music supervisor of Ashland
high school; Mat Tompson, Y. M. 0. A.
secretary, Ashland, and Hugh Thomp
son, U. S. N., radio operator.
Mat Thompson, with Mlsa Kllgore
at the piano, lead the singing. Miss
Kllgore played two piano solos.
Hugh Thompson, stationed on the
U. S. S. Arizona when President Hoo
ver made his trip to Cuba, told some
Incidents of the trip.
Mr, Dodge gave a humorous read
ing and Mrs. Frlnk, musloal readings
Refreshments were served by the H. E.
oommittee.
ztenslve plan are being complet
ed for the entertainment here to
morrow evening of Dr. Arnold Bet
nstt Hall, president of the University
of Oregon, and the members of his
tour.
The Oregon Mother and Dads din
ner at the Motel Medford will be the
major event of the evening and a
large attendance la desired. Dr. Hall
Is especially anxious to meet the par
ent of all student from Medford
attending the university and parents
of freshmen are urged to be present.
Reservations for the dlnnsr may be
made by telephoning Mrs. B. K. Oore
at 181 or Mrs. Allen Drury at 1448.
AT 0. S. C.
One Medford girl and two Medford
boys have been chosen members of
the Madrigal and Cllee clubs at Ore
gon State college, Thelma Gentry la
a first soprano, orval Locatell a first
bass, and Bart MoMath a second bass.
Membership In these clubs Is de
termined from competitive try-outs
with a large number of students com
peting. The Madrglal club has a
membership of It girls, and the alee
club consist of 48 boys.
Activities of the organisations in
clude an annual concert and appear
ance from time to time at various
college functions. Concert trips are
occasionally taken over the state.
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MILEPOSTS III LIFE OF
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
WEST ORANOB. If. J., Oct. 19,
The following chronology of Thomas
Alva Edison's life touches the most
Important phase of hi career:
1847 Born February 11 at Milan,
Ohio.
1854 Moved to Fort Huron, Mich.
1857 started chemical laboratory
In cellar of borne.
1809 Became newsboy and "candy
butcher" on Grand Trunk.
1883 Printed and published "The
Weekly Herald," fcbe first newspaper
ever printed on moving train.
1B62 Put up telegraph line from
railway station to Tillage.
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1888 First position a telegraph
operator at Stratford Junction, Can
ada. ,
1888 Employed as telegraph oper
ator in Western Union office. Boston.
1888 Perfected first patented in
vention, an electrical vote recorder.
1869 Landed In New York and
hired as superintendent of financial
houss's telegraphlo department.
1809 Entered partnership with
Franklin L. Pope a electrical engi
neer. Improved stock ticker and
perfected several Invention relating
to their operation.
1870 Received first money 4o,-
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000 for his inventions. Opened
manufacturing plant in Newark.
1871 Assisted in building first
successful typewriter.
1872 to 1878 Perfected monograph,
multiplex telegraph systems, paraffin
paper, carbon rheostat, mlcrotaslme
ter. 1875 Discovered unique electrical
phenomena "Etherle force," which
became foundation for wireless tele
grapby. 1870 Moved to laboratory at Men
lo Park. N. J.
1877 Invented carbon telephone
transmitter and microphone.
1877 Invented phonograph.
1879 Invented Incandescent lamp.
1879 Invented Improvement In
dynamos.
1880 Invented magnetic ore sepa
rator.
1881 Opened New York business
offices.
1881 Established first commercial
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incandescent lamp factory.
1883 Invented and Installed first
electrlo passenger railway.
1883 Discovered control of current
flow known as "Edison effect."
1887 Moved to present laborator
ies. 1891 Invented motion picture
camera.
1891 to 1900 Worked on great Iron
ore concentration enterprise.
1900 to 1910 Perfected Edison Al
kaline storage battery; made Impor
tant invention for producing Port
land cement.
1905 Introduced new dictating
machine.
1913 Introduced the klnetophone.
or talking notion picture.
ivi uevisea plan for making
synthetic carbolic add.
1914 Plant badly damaged by
fire, Dec. 9.
1914 Invented the telescrlbe. com
bining telephone and phonograph. I
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1915 Worked out chemical prob
lems relating to manufacture of car
bolic add.
1917 and 1918 Worked on special
experiments In war problem for gov
ernment. 1018 Resumed experimental work
at laboratories.
1927 Began experiments on rubber
production, which occupied latter
years.
1930 Developed keen Interest In
aeronautics.
1931 Died on Oct. 18, at his West
Orange home.
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ANDERSON CREEK, Ore., Oct. 19
(AP) Joe Daniels moved out the val
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ley this week after, spending the
summer on Geo. Young's ranch.
Mrs. Geo. McAnally spent Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Jss. Maya.
Mrs. Jess Black of Ashland la visit
ing her mother, Mrs. O. Bushnell
here.
Miss Bon Nell Jones called on Mis
Ruth Mays Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Green were In Ash
land Thursday.
D. C. Hale waa out to Medford
Tuesday. .
Ju un and famllv called On .
M. Centers Wednesday.
E. J. Center is helping Mr. genu
ette with his wood this week.
w.. nIIBhnll and Mrs. Black I Dent
Thursday evening at the Mays bom.
Burn dry slabs. 84.78 per load. Med.
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Kindling, 82.50 per load. Medford
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