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ifEDFORD MATT, TRTRTTNT!. MF.DFOK1). OfiEGOX. TTTITJSDAT. MAnCTT 26. 1f3fi. PAGE THftttR FRUIT PROBLEM IS TOPIC AT MEETING HERE Memberi of the Pacific Northwest Advisory board, a group of railroad men Interested In reducing the lose of fruit due to freezing while enroute to the eastern markets Wednesday conferred with fruit men, packers and shippers In this city, demon strating the three kind of fruit car heaters now In use. R. Glddlngs, vice -president and general manager of the Pacific Fruit Express company, with headquarters In San Francisco, acted as spokesman for the railroad men. He told the Med ford shippers that car heating, at a uniform temperature, was not yet perfection, but that rapid strides had been made In the past few years, and said that he foresaw the day when fruit could be shipped east through the most severe weather without danger of serious loss. H. A. Aberg, travelling car service agent of the Northern Pacific rail road with headquarters In St. Paul, demonstrated the charcoal car heat er. The type, inservtce for years la t rapidly being replaced by alcohol 'burners. "Eventually the charcoal heater will have to go," Aberg told the group. C. A. Richardson, superintendent of routing for the Pacific Fruit Ex press company with headquarters In fW Francisco, described the heaters now being made and used by his company. This heater burns alcohol, and Is thermostatically controlled at a pre-set temperature range. Alfred A. Hamer, general mechan ical Inspector for the Western Fruit Express with headquarters In Alexan dria, Virginia, described the stove his company la building and using. Em ploying a radical new design, the heater Is equipped with a small team boiler, the steam driving a tur bine which In turn drives a fan which sends the hot air downward, under the racks In the cars. The hot air circulates under the fruit until It gets to the space at the center of the car, and then circles back over the fruit and back Into the vent at the top of the stove. Glddlngs, atlll acting as spokesman for the railroad men, admitted that the Western Fruit stove was probably the best of the three shown, adding that the old cut-throat policy of railroad competition had gone by the board and If tests prove the stove moat practical, they will undoubted ly be used by all the various lines. Harry Rosenberg, representing Med ford shippers and acting as spokes man for the Rogue River Traffic as sociation, asked questions of the railroad men In relation to the de velopment of the stoves, and ex plained the difficulties of local ship pers in getting their products on the eastern market without their being frozen or ripened too soon by heaters not accurately enough controlled. The railroad men heard his plea for uniform heat control, and pro mised their cooperation In developing a system as rapidly as possible. Old dings, and the other railroad repre sentatives present, presented a rosy picture for local shippers, vlslonlng the day, not far distant, when all fruit will be landed In Chicago, De troit, Philadelphia and New York in prime condition, summer and winter. Other railroad men present besides those mentioned were J. C. Johnston, district agent of the P. F. E. In Kla math Falls; M. R. Whitehead, super intendent of P. F. E. In Portland: fi. P. Mabel, agent for W. F. E. in Seattle; E. Q. Roscoe, car service agent for the Association of Ameri can Railroad, In Seattle; D. S. West over, chief Inspector of the Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad. In Chicago; and E. L. Roewe, assistant secretary of the Pacific Northwest advisory board. Local men who attended the dem onstrations, besides Rosenberg, were: Fletcher Fish, department of agricul ture Inspector; Frank Isaars, Pin nacle; M. M. Morris, Medford Ice A Storaoe; Lyle Thurman. Medford Ice and Storage; A. fl. Rosenbaum.. S. P. district agent; D. R. Wood. The al mer corporation: Leonard Carpenter, S. O. S.; Lyle Wilcox. S. O. 8.; M. S. Spate, Pinnacle, and L. R. Raker, Plnnarl. WPA Seamstresses Earn $2600 Monthly Making Garments for Destitute By Janet Wray Smith. A WPA project felt by many to be among the most Important being carried on In Jackson county Is the instruction and employment of 86 women tn sewing and constructing of garment and other household equipment, such as qutlta, sheets and towels. Employment Is confined to women on relief rolls, preference being given those with no other work. The women employed are princi pally widows, most of them with children. All types of clothing ar ticles are made, particular attention being paid to making only those things actually needed, to avoid waste of material. Case workers throughout the county report on the needs of families in their dis tricts, the specific needs then being filled by this group of workers. Work is under the direction of Mrs. Eunice HI His. During the past month. 137 articles were made by the women, the number ranging each month be tween 120 and 160. Materials are furnished by WPA and use of the courthouse auditorium U donated by the Jackson county court. Of particular interest to Jackson county and Medford citizens Is the monthly payroll of approximately 2600 paid out to these workers. It wa pointed out by WPA officials that the size of the individual wage, characterized as subsistence, necessitate the entire amount being spent here, none of It -going to Yi LIVING 8TON. Tenn., March 2. (jpi Although be missed the last twe weeks of school, Harllss Reeder has graduated from the eight grade, to the great delight of his teacher, who Is also his wife. Harllss, a strapping youth of 16. and his teacher. Miss Pauline Roberta. 30, were married two weeks before the end of the term and the boy im mediately swapped his pen for a plow share on his father-in-law's farm. This week examination came. Mr. Reeder took the testa In readln', writing' and 'rlthmetle and such, and pleased Mrs. Reeder by knowing tho right answers. Pear Market Yesterday other states or communities for lux ury expenditures. , Another interesting phase to the work is the effort being made by those in charge to teach the women how to make attractive clothes to stimulate an Interest In the work and to encourage the women, both those who receive and these who construct the clothes to con 1 1 nuf the work In their own homes. Neatly made dresses, with buttons. blqdnga and stitching, come out of ; thl workshop, on the basis or we tent- that inexpensive dresses need notfbe unattractive, an effort being mad to create a desire for and an Improved taste In becoming clothes. It Is 'also felt that a certain psycho logical etfcgt Is gained by having the womei work on "nice" things, an effect .they will carry into their own homes. Women employed on this project work 120 hours a month, a similar work being carried on In Ashland. In connection with the sewing and construction project and continuing wort started In Medford by Miss Helen Carlton approximately three I years ago, vthe reconditioning of clothing by relief workers has been taken up by WPA, This group Is composed of not only women strictly on relief, but also border-cases. The purpose Is to Instruct w"V tl remodeling and reconstnilJin of garments, pay ment being jfcfljde In garments In stead of wagefc'hla group also works In the courtrtoqse auditorium, time and number of persons varying. Local WPA administrative heads state that they feel very gratified at the enthusiastic response and suc cessful results of these two projects. A plan la now being contemplated for an cpn house In the near fu ture In order tt$ the public may visit these promts and examine the result first-hand. It la felt that work of this sort 'should be and Is of Interest to everyone. '"fi1S.i!!il """""""I'm ! NEW YORK, March 26. (AP-USDA) Pear auction market: Nine cara ar rived, eight Oregon, .two Washington cars unloaded, 16 cars on track. Oregon D'AnJous, 2,020 boxes extra fancy sold 1.60-2.60. average 1.85; 1.348 boxes fancy, 1.60-2.39, average 1.73. Nellis. 360 boxes extra fancy, 1.60 1.75, average 1.66; 100 boxes fancy, 1.60-1.60, average 1.65. . CKICAOO, March 26. 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