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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1936)
PACE TWO MTCDFOTCT) MATL TRTBWK MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1936. HUGE PIE TO FEED AT PEAR CITY OF IRUN FALLS TO REBEL ATTACKERS Talent Will Regale Guests With Piece of World's Largest Pear Pie Pro gram On Friday, Saturday 71 va elrla last night started peel' Inf pears to form the filling for the Jsreeet pit of its una ever ouea Tbiy oontlnued today end the ec tuM biking of the huge putry. which Is to he the piece de resistance at the Talent pear end tomato ihow on Saturday evening, will begin tomor row ' How la eucb a pie to be baked? In the ovene of the Beck bakery will be baked In 80 seotlons, and the sections pieced together to mak the whole, nine by ta feet. It la esu. mated that 3,000 generoua cnunlca can be whittled from the completed pie A varied program use been worked out by the various committees work tag on the show, and an estimated crowd of between SO-jO and 10,000 will be present, Including delegations from this city, Ashland. Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, and Yiuka, California On Friday afternoon a kitten ball cam between pear and tomato pick en will be offered, along with a now stunt putting the shjt with a bal loou. There will be a fat men's race and other amusements. Friday even ing In the high school gymnasium at Talent will be a pear peeling contest, a specialty program, a pear packing ' elimination contest and with the ev ening to end with dancing. 1 1 On Saturday afternoon, unofficially Medford day at the show, there will be a pear race patterned on the old poV.to races, a bicycle race, 100 yards dssbes for both boys and gins, a 60-yard dash for girls, a pear devour ing contest, a pear pie devouring contest a baseball throwing contest for girls, and a pear heaving test. Prises will be offered In all events. Saturday evening will see tht fin als of the pear packing oontont for the unofficial world tltlo, the prem ium to be announoed at the begin ning of the contest. The big pie will be cut and distribute! at 7:30. and vaudeville and other entertainment will precede dancing In the city hall. James Stevens, popular Medford bari tone, will sing, sud other vocal num bers will bo presented. The premium list, not yet complet ed, boasts many handsome prizes. In the commercial exhibits for tomatoes a llrst prlM of 25 Is being offerod, with second prises of 110 and 43, for the best commercial variety "pinks" packed In a 30 pound flat box. Judg ing will be for alee and general ap pearance of fruit and peck. Variety must be shown. Similar, prises are being offered In eannery exhibits, the varieties to be displayed In L. A. lugs. They will be Judged for perfection In color, flrm ne, uniformity and smoothness. Tor the meet attractive plate exhibits at, agio and II prlres are otic red. The largest tomato shown (no stand ards) will be given a 1 award. For the largest selection of home esnned tomato products or comblna ' ejor of tomatoes with other fruits or vegetables, a prise of 110 Is offerod. The exhibits n this division must be put up In glass and marked with the amount of tomatoes used with other fruits or vegetables. Nearly every pear picking plant in she valley Is cooperating In making the show a success, snd It Is estimated there will be nesrly 30 commercial pear exhibits. CTADTCn RJIIVAL ij i Irun, next to the French border In northern Spain, became a city of fire and death when It finally fell to rebel forces after a long, desperate alege In Spain's civil war. The victorious Fascists rushed on toward 8sn Sebastian. 8ome of tha loyalist defenders of Irun are shown hers behind aandbag barriers. (Asso ciated Press Photo) MARTIN ISSUES APPEAL FOR SPEEDY, GENEROUS AID TO FIRE REFUGEES SALEM, Sept. 80 (m Appealing in behalf of the 1000 men, women and chlldron of the Bandon forest fire area, Governor Martin today Issued a statement to the publlo urging gen erous ana. quick response In contri butions to the Red Cross. "This agency, with 83 ycara' experi ence behind it In 1100 disasters, has sasumed responsibility for meeting all Individual and family needs," the governor declared. Homes must be rebuilt, household furnishings and equipment must be replaced, temporary shelter, food and clothing must be supplied these dis tressed families. A relief fund of $130,000 Is needed quickly. Tho national Red Orona has generously contributed 136,000. I urge my fellow citizens to respond generously and quickly to this ap peal. Contributions may ba sent to your nearest Red Cross headquarters. THREE JNJURED WHEN CAR FORCED IN DITCH ROSBBURd, Gept. 30. p) Three IMrnotu wre injured on the Ump qwu. highway went of Drain lata yea- tflriny when a cm drivon by Hurry Brantley of Coqu.llo wiu forced off ttio rond and ovflrturritd. " Brantley 'a slx-year-tld dAUgnter'a skull wan fearM fractured. His wife's ahoulder vu Injured and he himself suffered back Injuries. NEW SALEM POSTOFFICE TO BE OF WHITE STONE SALEM, flopt. 30'. p) Concerted efforts of Btst and city officials brought Assurances here that the new frdorM building would barmonlM with the etnte cnpltoi structure by uae of white stone for finishing. Leaden had protested the proposed use of dark atone a It would be out nf lie ping with that used for the new capltol. 52ND AUTO FATALITY ON PORTLAND RECORD PORTTjAND, Sept. 30. (P) Port land's accident fatalities since last December Jumped to 83 yesterday with the death of James Tuttle, 38. of Vancouver. Wash. Tuttle died fmm Injuries resulting from a eraah last Sunday when his motorcycle struck and killed Jimes Muldoon, 83, of Portland. Muldoon was tha thlrty-thlrd pedestrian death for tha fiscal year. SOCIALIST CANDIDATE WILL SPEAK IN OREGON PORTLAND, ftspt. 30. (TV- Port land will hear a presidential candi date on rrlclay when Norman Thom as, Socialist, speaks st the public auditorium. Thomas, who polled more than 18, 000 votes in Oregon In 1083, is ex pected to discuss the Coughlln-Lem-ke movement. Tha candidate's only other Oregon appearance will be at Cormlll. rri. day afternoon. KLAMATH BELLHOP DRUNKEN DRIVING JAIL FOR KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 80 (AP) Wayne Roeaner, note, bellhop, yea terJay began serving a 80-day term for drunken driving. At dawn Tuesday Ma careening automobile had demolished Police Judge Clifton Richmond's garage. MnoTTlTRun" Victim TOLEDO, Ore., Sept. SO. (flv-Believed to be the victim of a hit-run tlr'ver, the body of an Indian woman wai found beside the hlghwiy north of Depoe bay Sundsy. Authorities tsntsttvely Identified ner as Cynthia WIL.ngs of Orande Ronde, Weather northern California: Pair tonight and Thursdsy, but fogs on coast; lit tle ehange In temperature; gentle to moderate northwest wind off coiat. Washington "and Oregon: Pall to night and Thursday, with fog In west ern valleys and on ooait; little change In temperature; gentle changeable wua off coast, Closing time (or To,) Late to Clas lfv Arts Is I SO p. m. PLAN NOW TO USE "Pres-to-los" The Cleanest, Most Convenient Solid Fuel Available Pbone Your Locsl Dealer Medford Fuel Co. Valley Fuel Co. Tel, 031 Tel, 70 nut hern Oreron rres-fo-lojn Co. LANDONS TAKE IN THE FAIR f) Sir 4 1 h E TO EXPERIMENTS Plant Wizard Of Santa Rosa Trained No One To Follow And Left Few - Notes On Uncompleted Work. By Sam Jackson SANTA ROSA, Cal (AP) ,. Ten years after tiie death of Luther Bur bat-It, his world-fanuua exper men tal garden here stands practically un used a challenge for someone to step into the plant wizard's place. There Is no algn out reading "Oonlua Wanted," but aocordlng to MUo B. Baker, professor of botany at Santa Rosa junior college, that sums up the situation.' When Burbank died his work stopped," aatd Professor Baker "He trained nobody to follow him and left few notes on his work His mantle has fallen to no one." The famous horticulturist had more than 3.000 plant creations un der way at the time of his death. but scarcely 20 of them have been perfected and put on the market. In one ambitious experiment he was growing 300,000, rose bushes in an attnmpt to overcome mildew and many of these plants still survive some of them resistant to the blight out the Job as a whole uncompleted. Misconceptions Numerous Uurbank's widow haa turned his garden over to the Santa Rosa Junior oo'luge, which maintains It as free public ahowplace. It contains some of his most notable productions. In cluding the thornless rose, spineless cactus, "rainbow" corn, the oybrld mulberry tree with which Bu bank hoped" to foster an American silk ln- AII other affairs were put aside by Gov. Alf M. Landon to take little Nanoy Jo and John Cobb to tha Kansas state fair when It opened at Topeka. There was apparently something Interesting down tho mid. way when this picture was taken. (Associated Press Photo) dusiry, and Bis striking, red -com bustion plant," which be described ss "tha most brilliant plant human eyes have ever seen." Professor Baker's botany classes use the garden for study, but the col lege Is not 'equipped to foste. re search on the Burbank soale. Some experimentation la carried on ny J. B. Kell, custodian of the garden, but most of his time la taken up cor rect. ng misconceptions of vlslto-a. "Most people believe Burbank de veloped the grapefruit and the reed, less orange," saye Kell. "Such Is not the case, although the atatemen' has even been put Into lextbooka The grapefruit wan a citrus variation dis co? red In Ilorlda, while United Statea government naturalist lm pod tho seedless orange from Brr.zll," Cedar Marks Grave The famous naturalist Is burlfd In the acre-and-a-qiiarter tract, his grave unmarked except for a plant cedar of Lebanon. Mrs Burbank lives In the small frame house nearby where he resided during bis 80 years of research. A pretentious home oullt Just before his death has been con vened Into a business college. Nearest thing to a successor to Burbank, experts here say. Is a cen-tury-oid nursery concern, Stark Brothers of Louisiana, Mb., whose erstwhile manager. MaJ. Lloyd C. Clark, la Democratic candidate for governor of Missouri. The Starka have leased a 13-acre farm which Buibank operated at Sebastopo,. Cal.. and have Introduceo successfully some of his frulta and flowers Into the middle west. One of Burbsnk's assistants Wil liam Henderson, who wsa with him six years, now operatea a nursery business at Fresno, Cal., and another. Cari Hanson, Is with the royal gar dens In Copenhagen. "It was lmposalble for Mr. Bur bank to train anyone to succeed hun," says Mrs. Burbank In com menting on the cessation of her husband's work. "His gift was like that of an artist something that cannot be taught. His work neces sarily closed with his own life.' Be correctly corseted In an Artist Model ay Ethelwvn B Hoffmann. FOR EX-SERVICE MEN CCC enlistment will open to ex service men from October 1 to IS. it va3 announced yesterday by Paul t. Carter, manager of the U. S. veterans' bureau In Portland. Enlistment requirements have been modified, permitting the selection of veterans who have not been register ed on public relief rolls, although vet' srans of that status win be given preference. Blanks for application may be se cured by writing to Carter, at the ad drees given. Buckingham's Ice Cream, Candy as Party Specials. The Crest 230 S. Cent. GDN REPAIRS. Expert gunsmith Sims Bros.. 33 N. Fir. Qun sights. Phone 842. we'll haul away youf retuse City Sanitary Service. 1 . tu suisi to.'oi0 mouosi :: LJaWIBiaawWirsmMWIWI ll es sir! You ought to get Top-Ran whiskey for your money. That glow ing 93 proof Crab Orchard warmth that smooth, ripe blue grass flavor- Ibey tell you It's high-price quality at bottom price. The same method of distilling that makes the expensive brands, also makes this Top-Run Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. When you try it you'll know for sura that nothing beats It for real value. Tha A.M.9. Dlvlalon of KaUoiul Dlalllivr, Product, Corpomlan LouhrllU, Kenlnckj lgpfy"2l KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY ..rrTT i Mir- SSi -JOk ". a W 3RSaV 1 . h'h '--rW u . A FREE TO THE FIRST 100 WOMEN ATTENDING OUR OPENING Fancy Silk Sofa Pillows, $2.00 Value. Women must be accompanied by their Husbands or Men Friends To Secure These Fine Attendance Prizes! Cordial Invitation It is with pleasure that I Invite south ern Oregon people to visit my now store this evening At 317 East Main Street ... I know that you will be delighted with this smart now store and pleased with the smartness and complotoness of furniture displays , , . This store expresses my confidence in the future advancement of this fine community. I am proud of it and will welcome Mie opportunity of showing it to my patrons and friends in the Rogue River Valley. JOHN CUPP. the OPEN HOUSE ONIGH1 BEGINNING 8 O'CLOCK New Home of c FURNITURE STORE 317 East Main Street EVERYBODY WELCOME! BEAUTIFUL DISPLAYS VALUABLE PRIZES! The JOHN UPP
