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General Makes Plans For '35
Key Loss Avoided
For Auto Drivers
Mm? ft motorist hu been annoyed
Explorer of Pan American Highway Takes
Primitive Ferry Across the Valles River
by the loss of an Ignition key, but
this can be avoided by hiding an
extra key in some accessible place
about the car. the emergency rc4
RECENT MONTHS
service ot the Oregon State Motor as
sociation has suggested. For the per
son who locks his doors, it has been
found vise to conceal an "extra" In
MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1935.
FARM PRODUCTS
WORTH IRE IN
side a hub cap. It also may be put
By JOHN SNIDER.
k National agricultural conditions are
definitely on the upgrade.
Statistic, received here this week,
compiled by the United Statea De
partment or Agriculture, are undia
putable evidence of this fact. Baaed
on averages of 11.809 correspondents,
these figures represent a, true cross
section df existing conditions of all
phases of agriculture today.
The reports compare the states
of Oregon and Washington with the
nation as a whole. The figures show
the tendency of rising prices in the
past year to a level equaling and
surpassing those of the period frofn
1920 to 1933.
Current prices of January 15,
1935 show a decided new high over
the prices by authorities of the agri
cultural world.
A reduction In milk production,
together with a sharp decline in
atorage holdings of butter produced
an unusual contra-seasonal Increase
In the farm price of butterfat from
December 15 to January 18. Milk pro
duction per cow on January X drop
ped to a new low level for the 11
years for which information la avail-
able. Butter holdings In cold atorage
on the same date amounted to only
i about 47.000.000 pounds, as compared
I with 111,000.000 on the same date
lafit year and a 5-year (1930-34)
January 1 average of 61,000,000
pounds. In consequence, the farm
price of butterfat rose from 38J
cents per pound on December 15 to
30.5 cents In mid-January, the high
est level recorded since December,
1930. On January 15. 1934, butter
fat prices averaged only 18.1 cents
per pound.
Fourteen agricultural commodities
other than meat animals also
turned higher prices to farmers on
January 15 than, a momn earner.
Dairy products, other than milk, "'d
at wholesale, advanced contra-sea-sonallv.
Wholesale prices of milk
showed a ureater than usual gain
Work animal prices increased. Wool
and chicken prices rose. Egga showed
less than the usual seasonal decline.
The general level of prices received
by fanners" advanced 6 points during
the month ended January in
result of the marked upturn regis
tered for prices of meat animals. This
advance raised the farm price Index
to 107 ner cent of pre-war, the mgn
Rt level recorded since November,
man. in January. 1934. the index
stood at 77.
A portion of the statistics bul
letln Is printed below.
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5 S g 5
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Pears u. .74 .80
Hogs (per 100 lb.) 8.94 7.20 8.87
Eggs, per doz - 20 .23 .25
Butter, per lb. .30 .34 .27
Butterfat, lb .29 .32 .30
Whole milk whole
sale, per 100 lbs. 1.78 1.80 1.78
Whole milk (re- -
tall) qt 9 .9 .
Milk cows, each .... 59 45 38.00 38.10
Chickens, live,
per, lh 15 .11 .12
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The motorist traversing the Pan American highway from the American border to Mexico City, cornea
to the Vallea river about 500 miles below the border, where the new biltlge Is not complete, and Is ferried
across the stream on a primitive rait. Ahead of the pathfinder is a work truck of the road building operations.
Not Quoted.
RSE
OF SERA PLEASES
Keen Interest is being shown in the
SERA Spanish course being given at
the senior hleh school, according to
Prof. J. C. Hunter, who Is conduct
ing the classes twice a week.
The unusual Interest Is attributed
by the professor to increased travel
and trnde relations with our Spanish
neighbors on the south, and particu
larly to publication of travelogues
dealing with Mexico and Central
America, such as the tour to Mexico,
an account of which Is a special
Sundny feature of the Mail Tribune.
The opening of the highways Into
these countries is bound to effect the
interest in Spanish, the professor
said, and increased industrial de
velopment there will bring about an
Increase of Interest in this country.
Piofessor Hunter was born and
raised on the Texas-Mexican border,
and he has spent considerable time
In Cuba and Central America In the
government service, so he Is an auth
ority of real merit on the Spanish
language.
The claws started on January 22
with 41 pupils, a number which has
now rlwn to 48. all of whom are
adults. There has been some diffi
culty in securing text books, but the
suply Is nearly sufficient now. and
all thow? inieiesteil in the course
should attend the next meeting of
the clas Tuesday evening at room
2 ' r I senior htch.
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WAN"tt ans will be on the air
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Splendid Juicy oranges, plucked
fresh from the trees, at seven cents
a dozen. Papla. mango, banana, pine
apple, dates and other tropical fruits
growing in profusion In the country
round about, many m the courtyard
of my hotel, the Hotel Vega, where a
room for the night foT my interpreter
and myself, and with two beds, was
84 cents. Deer, wild turkey, black
bear, puma. Jaguar and small game
In profusion and an open season the
year around. Five good, big rivers
In the 60 miles to the north of here
with ten varieties pf fish, ranging
from catfish to a variety of trout
All of the rivers swift flowing. Ho
tels that range from excellent to ade
quate. "Outdoor plumbing" la the
only feature that wlllmpset American
tourists. Days of everlasting sun
shine, but yet it does not get above
85 degrees Fahrenheit at midday. No
rain. Pleasant and courteous people
but who do not speak enough Amer
ican for the tourist to get along with
ease. No beggars, not one so far
Road excellent for 470 miles; there
after under light construction for 84
miles. Between here and Mexico City
barred to all cars except those with
special permit until about early April.
Such Is the story ot the Studebaker
nathflndlng trip from Monterey, 150
miles be!ow the border,, to Tazaun
chale (534 miles) a town of 4.000
population.
I proceeded by easy stages, taking
a leisurely 48 hours for the 384 miles
between Monterey and here, stopping
at Linares, 80 miles below Monterey,
and at Villa Juarez. 160 miles below
Linares. . The road for the first 194
miles south of Laredo, Tex., Is as
phalt and rock paving, wide enough
for three oars side by side. It Is
quite the equal of any similar road
In the United States. The road for
the next 180 miles Is a triple rock
ballast that Is quite the equal of
good paving. A speed of 55 miles an
hour, five above the allowed speed,
Is' safe, secure and comfortable all
the way excepting for the several
small mountain ranges, where It la
wise to slow down a little on account
of curves. From 374 miles below, the
border to Tamazunchale. the 160
miles of road is under light construc
tion in spots, being cut from the
mountains, ballasted with rock and
with five bridges under construction.
Passage has to be made on three fer
rles and two temporary bridges. Good
speeds, 55 miles an hour on com
pleted sections. 30 to 40 miles an
hour on sections being ballasted, and
from five to ten miles an hour on
about four miles of narrow, difficult
detour, chiefly around bridges under
construction.
Keep your gas tank full. At spots
It Is 50 and 60 miles between sta
tions where you can get gas. Gas
ranges from 20 to 23 cents a gallon.
and the beet oil Is about 30 cents a
quart. Two big American companies
and two big Mexican companlca op
erate the gasoline Industry through
this area. The products are all equally
good. The Mexican gas delivers the
same mileage and performance as the
American. There Is no high test gas
It is all the standard product on
which the Studebaker Dictator six
though still new. is delivering a little
better than 1 8 1 a miles to the gallon
The country immediately south of
Monterey Is rolling tableland with
mountain ranges In the distance on :
either side. Occasionally the moun
tains close in and one crosses thro'igh
small paws.
At Victoria, about 300 miles below
the border at Laredo, one comes to
the Hotel Victoria, conducted by W.
S. Hart, an American It la the be
ginning of the heart of the game
country. M.ny expeditions of hunt
era put up A the hotel, which is
fine. Mr. Hart is one of the best
hotel-keepers I have ever met. nd
I have met seversl hundred, from .h
Ural mountains on the Russian Si
berian border to New Zealand.
About 25 miles below Victoria one
runs into the lower Jungle country
and runs through It for shout 20
miles. It is a complete new thing
The verdure comes to the very ede
of the road, which is a hlRh dirt fill
rock ballasted and very good.
It is hard to describe the Jung'c.
The growths will vary between 20
and 30 feet In heUht I counted 19
separate kinds. They ranee from
bunch grays to (riant pulms. The
growth Is so thick that a man co':d
not go through It at more than 100
vardA an hour, cutting his may. It Is
so thick from close to t:ie uro'ind
to t he to p t h n t e v: n rr. 1 1 1 d
? iki li - .1. t:,iv r.-.:ia It
Out of the Jungle country c tv.ui.
to the Village of Juarez, with a hotel
as fine as can be found anywhere,
rooms with baths, spacious lobbies
and a good restaurant. The rooms
range In price from one dollar single
and without bath to two dollars dou
ble with bath. Meals In proportion
Juarez Is distinguished by one of the
largest sugar can mills In the world,
that handles 1500 tons of cane a day
from the 23,000 acres under cane
cultivation.
About 80 miles south of Juarez Is
Valles. Between Valles and . Taza
zunchale there are five rivers, rang
ing from the mighty Valles, swift
running and 250 feet In full stream
to smaller but equally picturesque
streams. New, rock and concrete
abutment, steel bridges are being
built across each stream. Two are
now crossed on bridges on the old
single track dirt and rock road, and
three are crossed on ferries. The
ferries are a picturesque delight and
operate by the power of the stream
the nearest thing to perpetuil mo
tion I have yet seen. It takes only
a few minutes to cross the streams
and the ferries operate at all hours.
The crossing for car Is 14 cents
and one and eight-tenths cents for
the round trip for a pedestrian.
The trip from now on goes Into
the real mountains, rising from the
700-foot level I am now at. to 8.400
feet in the next 100 miles. The nexi
story will deal with the trip through
the mountains, and the fifth of ;he
stories with the Journey Into Mexico
City.
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Slipping Clutch
Cause of Damage
Driving an automobile with a slip'
ping clutch for even a short distance
will cause damage, and the condition
should be remedied as soon as dis
covered, the emergency road service
of the Oregon State Automobile asso
ciation advises. The clutch is slipping,
It Is explained, when the motor runs
fast while the car moves slowly or not
at all.
(Oontlnueo f-Jtr page one)
You can get an Idea of what to
expect from the states In the fact
that twenty-eight states now have old
age pension systems in which the av
erage payment la 119.74 a month.
Attorney General Cummings gave
the textile labor delegation a private
fill -In on his attitude toward prose
cuttng New Deal labor cases, a few
days ago. Said he. In effect: "There
la an impression abroad that the Jus
tice department la reluctant to prose
cute these labor cases. Nothing ts
farther from the truth. We are ready
and eager ... all we want Is good
cases . . ." He then mentioned the
famous Houde and Welrton cases,
now In the courts, and promised to
push forward five additional cases
submitted by the delegation.
The delegation left, hopeful, but
not necessarily sold.
Several disinterested observers late
ly returned from Oermany report that
HI tier continues to stand merely be
cause no one cares to take the trouble
or risk of giving him a putsch.
The thinking classes of Germans
regard him as a stop-gap, not as
permanent ruler. . They consider him
a good Joke on France, and Goerlng
as a Joke, but not necessarily a good
one. Most of the others In the gov
ernment are laughed at.
Everyone keeps a Hitler picture In
his office, but you can tell the vary
lng degrees of disaffection for htm by
the varying degrees of prominence
given the pictures.
4
Automatic Cut-Out
Ends Battery Wear
The advent of the automatic cut
out has made the practice of burning
car fights In the day to keep down
the generator charging rate passe, ac
cording to the emergency road service
of the Oregon State Motor associa
tion. The proper procedure Is to have
a competent service man adjust the
charging rate In accordance with the
particular driving requirements. Ex-
Wlnilk '111
under a running mat, or, for the man
who doesn't drive a closed car, It may
be placed under a floor mat. Of
oourse, the association warned,
thieves also have brains.
Mrllon'i Ron Weds.
NEW YORK. Feb. a. (API Paul
Mellon, 37, son of Andrew W. Mel
lon, former secretary of the treasury.
and Mrs. Msry Conover Brown, 30,
of New York, were married today at
the home of the groom's sister, Mrs.
Dsvld K. E. Bruoe,
Picture shows heads of divisions of General Petroleum Corpora
tion who met last week at company headquarters to discuss merchan
dising plans for 1935 sales of Mobilgas and Mobiloil. They were
greeted by M. D. Leh, center, assistant general sales manager. Left
to right: A. J. Donnelly, Northern California; Don Dawson, Southern
California; M, D. Leh; A. L. Horn, Jr., Oregon; and Lloyd Bayly,
Washington.
Called for the purpose of formu
lating expanded sales and merchan
dising plans for 1935, a meeting of
general managers of divisions of Oen-er.-.l
Petroleum Corporation. was held
last week, with divisional chiefs from
Southern and Northern California.
Oregon and Washington attending.
Optimistic reports of sales pros
pects for the current year featured
tho meeting, which was held under
the leadership of A. H. DePrlest, gen
eral sales manager of the company,
and M. D. Leh, assistant general sales
manager. A review of corporation ac
tivities for 1934 revealed very heavy
gallonage Increases throughout Gen
eral's Pacific Coast marketing area,
both In lubricants and gasoline. Dur
ing the same period, It was disclosed,
the company's retail marketing fa
cilities, mainly through Independent
dealers, had been expanded to a point
unsurpassed In any previous year of
General Petroleum's history. Credit
for the above-normal sales increases
was given to the high quality of the
company's brand products, Mobllgai
and Mobiloil. to the enthusiasm of th,
sales personnel and to the aggressive
newspaper advertising support given
the dealers.
Merchandising plans for 1035 again
Include a spec'aoular advertising
campaign using many media and In
corporating several new and striking
ideas, DeFriest revealed. Newspapers
and radio will figure extensively.
More Intensive sales and service ef
forts will also be devoted to Industrial
lubricant users, for whose special
purposes the scientists of General
Petroleum Corporation and Its inter
national affiliate, Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, have developed highly spe
cialized products.
Division general managers present
at the conference were Don Dawson,
Southern California; A. J. Donnelly,
Northern California; A. L. Horn, Jr.,
Oregon; and Lloyd Bayly, Washing
ton. A second conference of members
of the lubrication department of the
company la scheduled for this week.
cesstve heat Is created in the storage
battery when lights ore used for a
long period, thereby ahortenlng Its
life.
4
When It comes to radios, remember
"Prultt's can do It " Phone 11.
Hiccough Victim starving
CHICAGO. Fob. S. (AP) Miss
Elizabeth Warner, 10-year-old Whea.
ton college student, entered her nine.
tcenth day of hiccoughing today.
with her relatives fearing she might
die of starvation.
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