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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1936)
t PAOK TWO MEDFORD MATT, TRTMTNK MEnKOKD. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7. 1936. WORD YIELDS OE VIS LIVING Fruit Crop3 and Vegetables for Home Use Produced Roadside Market Is Source of Major Income FATHER KISSES ACQUITTED SLAYER Dy OWEN II. BABNHILL (In the Oregonisn) The experience or M. a. De vrles, bo lor the Mat sla years bu been terming two seres on the Pacific highway two miles south ol Medlord. shows on way of making a living on little land. While th two acre produce prof itable fruit crop and vegetable for home use, u well aa provender (or tne family horae, the major part of the owner'a Income la derived from a roadside market and from taking care of nearby orcbarde. Tula tiny farm 1 kept In the pink of condition. It main feature la one of the llneat berry patches In the Hague river valley. Long, straight rows of purple cane glisten In the spring sunshine. Latham red 1 tbe msin variety grown. The canes are headed waist high and held between two wires on either aide, tied to gether with binder twine, i Quality Is Bought. , Youngberry vines are trelllaed shoulder high. Three-fourths of the canes were cut out sud the others headed back, because excessive vine growth makes email berries. D Vrles aim it quality, rather than quantity. De Vrles gave away nis nrat crop of Youngberrles to Introduce variety when It was new. Now be sells all the berries be can raise for 1 per It-cup crate. Prom a fraction of an acre 900 crates of berries were sold last sum mer at SI per crate, the price charged for all varieties. One hundred more crates of lo ganberries could hsve been msrketed t this figure. A few blackcapa are greatly prized by people who know the high quality of this fine berry. Plenty of water, Judicious spray ing and liberal fertilizing with poul , try and rabbit manure produce market-topping berries. A small patch of heavy soil yields over four tons of oat hay per acre. Uorcrs Killed Off. When De Vrles traded for his pres ent country home, It was a veritable wilderness, overgrown with weeds, brush and scrub oaks. The latter were grubbed out before breakfast, one each morning. De Vrles at that time was a shoe salesman recovering from a serious operation, and 'his doctor hsd ad vised "light outdoor exercise." He had learned fruit growing In Mlchl gan and Washington and soon was busy working in nearby orchards. One neighbor wanted to hire De Vrlea to grub out a peach grove which never hsd amounted to any thing. Instead, the newcomer dug out the borers which were killing the trees and showed how the letter could be cared for. Last year more than S400 worth of peacbes per acre were sold from that salvaged orchard. Elberta rays lint. Elberta It the moat profitable peach to plant, De Vrles believes, be csuse It Is so well known, therefore easier to sell. He has had enough pioneering In the Introduction of new varieties. De Vrles sells not only his own fruit, but lsrge qusntltles for neigh bors, who leave to him the price and grading. Most of the produce turned over to him has to be resorted and repacked. Some amall orchards were eared for and the fruit Bold, while one nelKhbor grows each year a crop of peaches which De Vrlea harvests and markets. Vegetables, as well as fruit, are sold. Customers come long distances each year to buy canning supplies of De Vrles, because they always can depend upon his merchsndlse being ss represented and prices fair. After six very strenuous yeare. De Vrles has slowed up and plans to take life a little easier from now .on, being nearly 00 yeare of age. He enjoys selling thtnRs as woll sa pro ducing them. The former requires less physical labor, therefore It bet ter suited to older people, he de dared. 1 .?; I'X ' c J mmutmmmtmAmmmK. , ,,; iti ,,numx. eaw'ej lain Was) Tzitu PARENTS DAY AT Prank Strata, 70, bent over to give a congratulatory klta to hit daughter, Vara Stretz, following her acquittal at New York of the charge of murdering Dr. Fritz Otbhardt, her lover, whom the admitted shooting. Samuel Ltlbowltz, her attorney, It at the right (Associated Press Photo) FRANCE'S DEBT IS AS COSTS MOUNT PARIS. (UP) Under the Hew Deal In America every child Is born with debt of Sl.017.3S hanging over Its head. The figure for Prance It 000. While Republicans were figuring out the exact lndebtedneal per capita In America, French atattstlciana dis covered that remaining to the gold atandard and conservative pollclea had resulted In about the same per capita tax. The finance committee, making Its budget report for 1036, pointed out: "we are experiencing a rapid rise In total of the national debt. It In creased by 4,840,000,000 franca In 1031; by 17,000,000,000 In 10331 by ,. 417,000,000 In loss; by ao.an.ooo. 000 In 1034; to reach, according to the last balance sheet, csrrylng us to the months of August, 103B, the figure of 333,370,000,000 thus ahowlng, In com parison with December 31, 1030, a to tal Inorcaoe of 70,000,000,000 (64,700, 000,000). . In the 1030 budget, Interest on the national debt eata up half the reve nue roughly 90.000.000,000 francs out of 40,000.000.000. If It continues to increase at the same rate, In 10 yeara the Interest would equal the whole of this year's budgot. If to the national debt of 933,370, ooo.ooo francs Sia.ooo.ooo.ooo which doesn't Include Increase alnce August, loss, or the 18,00,000,000 francs which It hss been announced the government will have to borrow this yesr) are added the debts of the departments of municipalities, mount to the stsggertng total of 000, 000.000,000 franca ( 130.000,000.000) . And that makea, per head 10,000 francs, or SI, 000 owed by every man, woman and child In Prance. INJURED SHERIFF RETURNS TO POST Sheriff Syd X. Brown, Injured in an auto accident on the Pacific highway near Yreka, C&1-. two weeks ago. re turned to his office today for the first time since the mishap. He la atlU sore and suffering slightly from chest hurts, but recovering rapidly. Sheriff Brown sJso received a severe out over his left eye, which caused a heavy loss of blood. The accident occurred when the auto Sheriff Brown was driving hit a "loose shoulder" on the highway, causing the auto to momentarily get out of control and plunge Into a ditch. District Attorney George A. Codding, riding with Brown, escaped Injury. The two oflfclals were re turning from an extradition hearing at Sacramento, Cat. SET FOR MAY 2 ASHLAND. April (Spl.) Par ent's day at Southern Oregon Nor mal school on Saturday, Uay 2, will offer fathers and mothers an oppor tunity to acquaint themselves with what Is being done In the Ashland Institution. A full dsy of events has been arranged, ending with the showing again of the George Bernard Shaw production, "Candida." Quests will register at tne normal between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.. at which time open house will be held. Following, business meetings will be held at 1:00 pm. and 0:00 p. m., these sessions lasting one hour, for both fathers and mothers, while for the mothers a reception Is being planned for 3:00 p.m. by the Aseo. elated. Women students. Fathers will engage In baseball under the super vision of the Associated Men stu dents at 3:00 p.m. The crowning event will, of course, be the showing of "Candida," at which time parents wilt be able to see actual work being done In South ern Oregon Normal, Preceding the ahow, which starts at 8:30 p.m., will be the banquet at 7:00 In the Llthla Hotel. Presiding officers for the 1838 ses sion sre: President, V. T. Jackson, Roseburg; Mrs O. O. Crawford, Lakevlew; secretary, Mrs. Anne Prloe, Klamath Palls. Student committees Include Doro thy Jackson, Roseburg, Mark Seeley, Coqullle. and Delia Wlllard, Ashland, publlolty; Harriet Bones, Myrtle Point, Robert Prentice, Medford, and Errllla Oearhart, Aahland, hospital ity: Joyce Banish, Medford, and Nellie Breedlove. Myrtle Creek, re ception for. mothers; Osrlyle Bur goyne, Riddle, Robert Webb, Prine vllle, and Ross Ragland, Klamath Falls, bsseball for fathers: Jsmes Baughman, Ashland, Rachel Bones. Myrtle Point, and Beatrice Palmer. Medford. banquet. Angus L. Bow mer's staff will handle the play de Heads Big Ranch A( ' V h4 JBL LM W. P. f 0 L 3 0 M W. Percy Foltom, head of the pio neer t. B. Smith Livestock company of Pilot Rock, Umatilla county. Is one of the beat known wool growers In the ttate. The company spec ializes In pure-pred sheep. Folsom was installed In 1935 as worthy grand patron of the Eastern Star lodre. The exnlorer vhA trt -,. Lhasa. Forbidden Citv nf nhf faced by a political and rellsjtoui bul wark weu-rugn impossible to pene trate, a recent observer wrote. Sea horses are Drlmarllv lnhabl. tanta of warm waters, although oo- caslonally found In cold seas. WILD LIFE TOUR PUBLIC INVITED Bringing to the people of Jackson county the drama of wild life and the Importance of Its conservation, I. C. Jerome, chairman of the Jackson county council, today stated that all arrangements were completed for the visit to Ashland Thursday noon and Medford Thuraday evening Of the wild life tour of the natural resources unit of the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland association. Both meetings are pen to the pub lic, the first of which will be held at tbe Llthla hotel, Ashland, at 13:10 noon. Dr. Irving I. Vlnlng will act as chairman. The evening meeting will be held here at the Hotel Med ford, at 7 o'clock, mtertalnment and god speaking will make this on of the outstanding treats enjoyed by this community for sometime, Mr. Jerome said. Visitors to Attend. The following will be among out side visitors: Dr. Alfred Cookman, lecturer and naturalist, aslgned by the United states army; Tod Powell, the "Woodsman" of ths San Francisco Chronicle; and Lou I. Herrlngton, ex ecutive secretary of the Flth and Game Development association, San Francisco. William M. Rush, regional director. V, S. biological survey, Portland; M. B. Pratt, chief, division of forestry for California; and James A. Snook, chief, division of parka, California. Lew Wall so, member of the Ore gon game commission; FMd P. Crone- miller, chief, division of wild lite and range management, San Francisco; and M. N. Kavanagh. chief, division of wild life and range management, Port land. Officers Coming. 3. S. Hunter, chief, buresu of gsme conservation of California; August Bade, superintendent of gsme farms of California, and two representatives of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Medford and Bedding districts. Burt K. Snyder, president of the Shasta.Cascade Wonderland associa tion, Lakevlew; A. H. oronwoldt, vice president, and T. L. Stanley, general manager, both of Redding, Cel., will also attend. AIDING STUDENTS Many fine pictures have been com pleted by students of the Southern Oregon Art association In the olasses being conducted at their studio at 107 East Main street. The present courses, schedules and teaching fac ulty are as follows: Tuesday evening. 7:S0, ahow card, P. w. Poster; Wed nesday afternoon. 3:00, fashion de signing, Fred Elnkopf; FrldajF after noon, 1:30, pastel drawing, Mrs. E. Sdmondson; Saturday afternoon, 1 :30, oils (French method) landscape, Mrs. Minnie B. Hlene; also Saturday after noon, 1:30, oils, landscape and still life, Max Slemes. Hew pupils may Join the elaauna now and ths aaaoclstlon welcomes tb associate membership of all local art lsts. oncers, teachers and members met last Saturday evening to discuss plans for another public art exhibit to be held in June, and from now on all class work wilt be done with that objective In view. Two new features are being considered for the exhibit. Portlander Plans Non-Spin Airplane PORTLAND. Ore.. April 7. (API Construction of an airplane which will not spin In making dives and consequently can be leveled off safer, was announced today My Bufdrd Johnson of Portland, amateur builder. Many veteran pilots like plane which will spin, but some beginners don't, he explained. Harold VTagner made a teat flight In ths ship. Suits and Blouses for Easter at 1THELWYN B. HOFFMANN'S. LAWNMOWSRS sharpened. We call for and deliver. 33 N. Fir St. ellMS BROS. Phone 201. Schilling'; richvinv flavor S IpcBjpipcBJpj; Pear Market Yesterday CHICAGO, April 0. (AP-UBDAl Pear auctloj): One car California ar rived, none on track, one sold. Oregon D'AnJous, 730 boxes extra fancy, 1.8S-1.9S, average 1.92; 260 boxes fancy, 2.05-2.35, average 2.13. NEW YORK, April 8. (AP-USDAf Pear auction: Fourteen cars arrived. 13 Oregon, 3 Washington unloaded, 10 on track, 2 delivered. Oregon D'AnJous, 4,037 boxes extrn fancy, 1.43-3.60, average 2.10; 3,550 boxes fancy, 1.30-2.38, average 2.08. Nell Is, 1,650 boxes extra fancy, 1.35 3.18, average 1.74; 1,424 boxea fancy 1.20-1.95, average 1.63. 8 P KOTOS loo. Peasley's Studio. OREGON LEADS AREA Oregon led the entire territory of the California-Western states Life In sursnce company In volume of bust neaa written during ths month of Msrch, socordlng to sn announcement made today In Portland by Pari J. Knutson, manager for the stats, word of the record, which aet a new all time high for the company, waa made public here by Howard V. Schetfsl, district organiser with headquartera In Medford. "The splendid record made by the California-Western B'.atea Life Insur ance company In Oregon during the past month la extremely gratifying to us." Scheffel said today. "The south ern Oregon district made a material contribution to thv new all-time rec ord which reflected the general Im provement of conditions In thlt sec tion of the state." Portland Denies Criminal Dumping PORTLAND, Ore., April 7. (API atstemente by Chief Detective Vorls of Seattle thst rortland and other Oregon points are "dumping" un wanted criminals on Seattle hit un founded, aa far aa Chief of Police Harry Nlles of Portland knows, he said today. He said Municipal Judge Julius Cor refused to give vagrants "float r," or ordeu to get out of town In 34 hours. Instead, he sent them to ft , a jtbottt va w w e BBS jmr-kil A Ts I V I as. essn w w aas)IaIiaakxnssaatJBBsBI ii i M ft s-wi-RX" e s w ari-l a .iriif.-a LIBERAL ALLOWANCE on your old stove, regard less of make, age, type or condition, to apply on reg ular retail Wedgewood prices. TERMS as low as $ii00 tJ a month 4ttn4im s moJtl yon itUcU Once you experience the exclusive advantages of modern GAS cook ery, you will never wint to return to any other fuel. Gas is "insunu quick," dependable and economi cal especially at NEW LOW RATES for our clean, hot PE TROLEUM NATURAL GAS. 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