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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1936)
VXGT, TEN lVfEDFORD MATL TRTBTTNE, MEDFORP, Q-RTCGOTT. VTTONEST)AY. 'AUGUST 19. "1938. Climate and Soil Combine to Produce Pears Famous World Over " ' " ' i , ' ' " , f ' .......... . . ........ . .. ... . . .. . Above 1 ihown the "Royal Orohard Tracts," one of the units of Orchard Park Farms, Inc. This unit, which is locat ed east of Phoenix, Ore., inoludes 170 aores, eighty of whioh produce Bartlett pears, one of the largest solid blocks of Bartlett pear trees in the Rogue River valley. - . . , I SNAKES FOR COMING 1L DANCE hotuvMjA, Ariz., Aug. lg. yp) Fleet Hopl runnera received the bleu in of the make prleete today u tliry entered the Painted desert and Indian country on a four day search for reptile to be used In the ancient nake dance ceremonials e prayer for rain. . Armed with whlpa made of feathers which are used to keep the snakes from colling and striking, snd with bags In which to carry their strange prey, the runners set forth at sunup on their sacred mission. They will gather hundreds of dead ly rattlers, harmless red racers and big bull snakes that will be used by the. dancers Saturday, Sunday and Monday In the weird snake dance rituals described by many authorities as the most aborlgln&l of American Indian rituals. The reptiles will be carried Into the underground klvss of the Hopls where the snake prlesta will prepare them for the ceremonies later In the week. E FOR REVIVAL THROUGH T WASHING TON, Aug. 10. yp Any day now the government will launch a nw program, to revive an old and romantic American Industry whal ing. "It la hoprd." iiaid John R. Oarrt. 'ner, special assistant to the commis sioner of fisheries, "that this ancient and honorable business can soon be restored to something of its old glory." Commerce and treasury representa tives are re -drafting a lew final reg ulations and officials said they hope within 60 days to Issue the first Unit ed States whaling license. Through laws passed by the last congress the much hunted right whale has been given the Immunity of a sacred cow and Its killers con be imprisoned for six months and fined $10,000. . The law says harpooners cannot kill a sulphur bottom under 60 feet, a finback under BO and a humpback under 35. yet even experienced gun ners have a tough time guessing the whale's length when he blows, "The business," said Gardner; "it not exactly rushing. The United States has four companies whaling two In Alaska, one out of San Francisco and one out of New York." - la 1770 there weft 300 American whaling vessels. In 1846 736 ships sailed the world for whales and 40, 000 persons were employed In the In dustry. ' ' Harry Balogh, New York fight an nouncer, won the plaudits of a Lon don newspaper, for his phrase "May the better man emerge victorious," instead of the usual "May the best man win." ' EASTEND, Sask., Aug. 19. (F) A pair of amateur geologists studied to day the remains of a trlcerotops. a monster they described "as big as a house" that roamed these south-western Saskatchewan plains something like 25,000,000 years ago. Aarty of eminent geologists from .the United States that came here some weeks ago stirred anew the fer vor of George Beane, editor of "The Enterprise," a weekly newspaper, and "Corkey" Jones, the town policeman. The official party secured 625 spec imens of the eocene mammals of the rhinoceros family from beds uncov ered near here. Beane and Jones, al ways deeply Interested in scientific studies, thought they could do as well. They Just about did. They uncovered the fossilized skele ton of a trlcerotops, the predecessor of the present rhinoceros. The legs of the age-old monster were bowed by the weight of his immense body. Sci entists said the trlcerotops was a quadrlpedal, herbivorous reptile, hav ing an Immense head bearing three horns and a frill over tho nock, Remains of other similar specimens have been found in Wyoming, but tha discovery of Beane and Jones was the first ever made "in Saskatchewan. Started In 1015. the British Indus tries Pair Is generally considered tha world's largest national trade fair and Is attended annunlly by buyers from all parts of the world. t Ten months may elapse before an, 82-lnch pyrex mirror has been poln iBhed and made ready for use In s, big telescope at the McPonnld ob servatory In Texas. ,( ORCHARD PARK FARMS, Inc. Standardize HARDI (SI RA HARD IE SPRAYERS LEAD IN THE MEDFORD DISTRICT HARDI SPRAYERS LEAD IN THE MEDFORD DISTRICT POWERFUL UNITS FOR LARGE GROWERS THE FIRST NEW -TYPE HAR SPRAYE With Pneumatic Tandem Wheels IN THE NORTHWEST! Portable Stationary 600 Gallons Capacity With 4 Guns Operating With Power Take-Off -Spraying 35 Gallons Per Minute This Sprayer Operates With 450 to 750 Pounds Pressure! The HARDIE M A Mf T7 A iHTT TOTT iT"n. sis northrup st. PORTLAND, OREGON HOWARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 128 So. Riverside Medford
