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Medford
Tribune
Full Associated Press
Full United Press
Thirty-Second Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1937.
No. 136.
PEARS GAIN FAVOR
AS RECORD CROP
Bartletts Are Favorites But
More Attention Is Being
Paid to Late Varieties
Big Harvest Is Forecast
(By Bureau of Home Economics)
WASHINGTON, D. C (Spl.) An
enormoua hora of plenty, spilling
over with pink-cheeked golden fruit
Into the market baskets ol a nation
so might an artist pic tonally de
scribe the 1937 pear crop of the
United states.
Crop estimate artists of the bureau
of agricultural economics show the
same picture Just as vividly but more
accurately with statistics. It's to be
a record pear year they say 13 per
cent above that of 1936 and a fourth
larger than the five-year average for
the years 1928-1932. Moreover, the
pears are proving to be of unusually
good quality and size.
Most In evidence on fruit markets
now Is the Bartlett blonde favorite of
the pear family. . For- the past ten
years Bartletts have been steadily
gaining favor in the United States.
It is probably safe to assume that
they will continue to be popular and
their production Increase since many
Bartlett orchards have not yet reached
their bearing stage.
perfect "Eating" pear
The Bartlett, accepted the nation
over as a perfect "eating" pear, prob
ably gives more pleasure to the sense
of taste with the least physical effort
than any other fruit known. It has
neither to be peeled nor pared. The
eater merely haa to make sure that
the fruit Is reasonably clean, sink
his teeth into the delicious soft pulp.,
His reflexes will do the rest. j
The perfect pear depends upon the1
benevolence of Mother Nature and
the intelligent cooperation of the1
pear grower. The Bartlett and many
other pears to be shipped are always;
picked green. After the pear Is ripe
It breaks down so rapidly that It is
often Impossible to keep It more than
a few days. The pe tr grower harvests I
the pear at what he calls a "mature
green" stage. From then until It Is
in. the hands of the retailer the pear
1b kept at temperatures scientifically
found to be the best for Its preser-,
vatlon. Some of the pear crop goes
to market Immediately. Some Is I
stored; to be sold later In the season.
But this ripening Isn't the problem
of the shopper. It's her business to
see that she gets the best possible
pears for her money. If she Isn't at
all familiar with pears she should, If
possible, buy those marked U. S.
No. 1, or the more select pack, U. S.
fancy. Either of these grades usually
Insures the best value to the shipper
providing of course that the pears
have been properly ripened.
Caution Advised.
tf she buys from roadside markets
or from loose supplies of the run-of-!
the-orchard fruit she should avoid1
pears that are shriveled, that have a!
water-soaked appearance or which
show signs of worm or blight dam
see, or of having been picked from
the ground.
Pears 'for Immediate consumption
should be soft but not mushy and
drop straw yellow In color.
First Refugee Picture From China Shows Damage
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This picture, brought directly from the Shanghai waterfront, shows the explosion which resulted when a bomb struck the Ablatio Petroleum
company property along the Whangpoo river. It was taken from the deck of the German steamer Kulmerliiud by Mr. James B. Murphy, soc
ially prominent In New York and the first refugee to return to the mited States, she arrived In Alamrdn, Cal., by Clipper plune.
In buying quantities for canning
or preserving the shopper .should
have several split lengthwise to make
certain that no decay or brownish
breakdown may be starting from the
core of the pear which Is not visible
on the skin surface. The pears
should hare no scale or worm damage
or show any skin splotches which
may be the first signs of storage
scald. . :'' .".
Combinations Suggested
After the pear season la further
along and members of the family
have satisfied their yen for raw pears
there are numbers of interesting
combinations to be worked put - of
pears with cheese, peara with other
fruit, and pears as preserves on
crackers with cream cheese.
Combine pears with acid frulte In
fruit cups. Just like Cousin Tilly,
they are Interesting In a mild way
and may be trusted to get along well
with their more tart relatives, pears
have insufficient pectin for Jellies,
but pear preserves are a delicacy
that few dieters have the heart to
refuse.
Little Seckel peara, which will be
available soon, have a high content
of sugar. They are & good size for
pickles, which may be served this
winter as relishes with meats.
Winter Pear Delicacy
It la best to buy Bartletts that have
been kept in storage no longer than
60 days. By the beginning of No
vember the Bartlett season and the
season for other mldseason pears Is
definitely over.
The fall or winter pear la a deli
cacy with which the average Amer
ican la unfamiliar. In the past sev
eral years pear growers have formed
organizations to develop new mar
kets for them and to acquaint both
dealers and consumers with the han
dling of the fruit.
Many of these pears have been
shipped abroad and to metropolitan
centers of the United States for some
time, but because of the close atten
tion which must be given to their
storage temperatures they have been
too much trouble to bother about
for the retail merchant In smaller
towns.
.-.-. Greater-Consumption Seen
Perhaps within a few years we
shall be as familiar with these va
rieties as we are with the famed
Bartlett. All ' these fall or winter
pears are picked when quite hard
and green, but are allowed to ripen
In storage. The varieties differ as
'to 'the temperatures at which they
fTpco'Scatr" A winter pear which has
been harvested at the right time,
properly stored and properly ripened,
and eaten In the normal season of
the variety to which It belongs Is
naturally mellow, Juicy and aromatic.
Definite steps have been taken to
grade these pears carefully in the ,
western states In which they are 1
grown. The home cook who would!
like to give her family something
different this winter would do well
to try one of the fall end winter
varieties If It Is available In her
town.
JO JOHNSON teaching popular
piano playing. Baldwin Piano Shoppe.
Tel. 336.
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WINDOW GLASS W 9 sell window
glass and will replace youi oroken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cao
met Works.
Mark Twain was born on the day
when Haley's comet appeared, and
died on the day of its reappearance.
FLORENCE MORGAN
RITES TOMORROW
. Funeral services for' Mrs. Florence
Mary Morgan of 1311 West Tenth
street 1 be held at 2:30 p. m. Sat
urday In the Perl chapel. The rites
will be conducted by the Rev. James
Hamilton, pastor of the First Chris
tian church. Interment will take
place In the Siskiyou Memorial park.
Mrs. Morgan was killed In an auto-
-mahllft, awadfin,UJnlfti;iuggtiajuAftcr'
noon on the Pacific highway about
29 miles north of Medford.
Mrs. Morgan had been a Medford
resident for six year. She was born
in Calloway. Neb., on December 36.
1912. She spent her early life and
attended school in Calloway.
Later she came to southern Ore
gon and was united In marriage to
Oeorge F. Morgan In Klamath Falls
on May 14. 1931.
Survivors are her husband, a daugh
ter. Claire LaVerne Morgan, 4; her
father, Frank Peterson of Fort Lar
amie. Wyo., her mother, Mrs. Hattlc
Bradshaw of Medford, and two broth
ers, Frank and virgu reterson 01
Sheridan, Wyo.
GOLDEN CROSSES FOR .
FAITHFUL CHURCHMEN
CALDWELL, Idaho, Aug. 27. P)
Golden crosses for 26 years of church
service were presented today to W.
H. Ertog of Twin Falls and W. W.
Deal of Nampa. state Grange master,
by the annual Idaho conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
Officials also announced transfer
of the Rev. W. F. Dodge from the
North Dakota conference to Boise,
Idaho, and the Rev. Merle- Burres
from the Oregon conference to Wilder,
Idaho.
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James I of England ruled as Jamea
VI of Scotland before his ascension
to the English throne.
Colored patent leathers are used
In many attractive fall shes.
Customers of Utilities
Paying for Less Since
- Friendly Negotiations
Oregon Commissioner Achieves Reductions
Without Costly Court Fights and
Long-Drawn Out Litigation
By PAUL W. IIAKVEV. JR.
SALEM. Aus. 37. (AP) Customer, of Oregon utlUtle, now are pay
ing 715.88l pr year less than two years ago becauae of rate reduc
tions accomplished, through negotiations between N. O. Wallace, state
utilities commissioner, and officials of the utlllttos.
It also was learned that reduc
tions expected In the near future
will mako the last cuts appear email
During the four years before April
I. 1935, rate reductions were negli
gible, Wallace blaming this on the
system then used. The publlo utili
ties commissioner would order a re
duction, and then the company In
volved would fight It In the courts,
and most often would win.
But since that time reductions
have been accomplished through
friendly negotiations.
Power rates have been reduced
,603,621, telephone and telegraph
rates ,128.918. steam heating rates
46.942. and gas rates ,36.400.
No Lengthy Litigation.
When the commissioner feels a
company Is showing too neat a profit,
negotiations are opened at which
rate cuts are sought. This system
eliminates costly Inventories and
does away with lengthy litigation In
courts.
Reductions are made on the theory
that lower rates will make for more
profits.
For example, Wallace asxea one
utility, on the verge of bankruptcy,
to reduce ratee 10 per cent, al
though this would reduce the com
pany's operating revenue by 2S per
cent.
The utility reluctantly agreed, but
soon It showed an 11 per cent ope
rating profit. The compnny officials
came to Wallace a year later with
another rate cut.
Any May Complain.
Any customer of a utility may
file an Informal complaint with the
department, and have assurance It
will be Investigated. This year 469
such complalnta were received, 132
of them being from rural residents
who wanted line extensions. Each
complaint usually has msny signa
tures, .
A graph In Wallace's office shows
that if 10 generators were Installed
at Bonneville dam and If all the
power were marketed In Oregon, tno
present power production of the
state would be doubled.
Representative Walter M. Pierce of
La Grande, citing the need for low
"postage stamp" rates for Bonne
ville power, charged In congress last
week that privately-owned utilities
do not reduce ratea.
"Private plants write rate bases up
Instead of down," he aald. "If these
private plants are continued with
their present practices, our children
and our chlldren'a children will be
paying four times a fair value for
electricity."
Martin Opposes,
Pierce urged the publlo to build
Its own transmission lines through
out the northwest, rather than dis
tribute public power over private
lines.
Governor Martin, arch-foe of Pierce
on the power question, advocates
use of private lines to avoid the
cost of building new lines. He claims
the cost of construction of the new
lines would make It Impossible for
low ratea to be established.
Pierce cited Eugene and Tacoma,
Wash., as examples where publicly
owned plants provide low ratea. Ta
coma, which has the lowest rate In
the nation, charges 9.13 for 100
kilowatt hours, while Eurmis resi
dents pay $2.0, the lowest rate la
Oregon.
Mrrtford Rate Cited.
In Medford and Klamath Palls,
both .served by private oompanlee.
the rate Is 16.50, highest In the
state.
Rates In other cities are: Portland
and Salem, ,3.39: Ashland, 3.70i
Corvallis and Albany, (4.36; Hood
River, The Dalles and Pendleton.
4.o2: La Orande and Baker, 15.
The Portland and Salem ratea are)
one cent less than those of Seattle,
which has a municipal plant man
aged by J. D. Ross, mentioned ae
probable administrator at Bonneville.
The rates for Portland and Salem
also are 11 cents less than those of
the government-owned Tennessee Val
ley authority plants.
Pierce said he did not want con
fiscation of private plants, but "take
them from their Wall street holding
compsny owners at fair valuations.'
FOR FIVE OREGONIANS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 37. yp Tha
war department announced today the
appointment of five Oregon men to
reserve officers corps.
Terry Bell, Canyon City, received a
commission as first lieutenant In the
infantry service.
Wlllard J. Chandler and Floyd U
Woolcott, Jr., both of Portland, will
serve as first lieutenants In the med
leal reserve.
Hamilton S. Rebentlsch, Portland,
will serve as a second lieutenant la
the Infantry reserve.
Wilson H. Wilt, Salem, received t
second lieutenant's commission In the
quartermaster's reserve.
MANILA PREPARES FOR
THRONG OF REFUGEES
MANILA, Aug. 37. VP) Contem
plating the possibility that all Amer
icana might be forced to evacuate
war-stricken Shanghai, relief agen
cies said Manila waa prepared to care
for them.
High Commissioner Paul V. Mo
Nutt, Red Cross officials and mem'
bers of the coordinating oommlttee
said facilities were ample to accom
modate 5,000 refugees In addition to
3.000 already here, and army officer
boosted total figures to 10,000.
The Suea cannl was opened In 1869.
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SPECIAL CLEAN-UP
Sale Used Gars
Below are ten of our Bargains in this Special Sale. COMPARE
THESE PRICES with the values of the merchandise offered in this
sale.
1929 Ford Coach
1929 Buick Coupe
1930 Chevrolet Coupe
1930 Essex Coupe
1929 Chevolet Coach with Trunk
1929 Reo Coupe
1930 Ford Phaeton
1929 Pontiac Sedan
1930 Oakland Coach
1930 Chevrolet Panel Delivery
$B500
YOUR CHOICE
OF THE ABOVE
LOW DOWN PAYMENT AND SPECIAL TERMS
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SCHOOL ROOM
SUPPLIES
Paper Towels, 3,750
in Case $4.25
Toilet Tissue, roll. . .... ,5c
Liquid Soap, concentrate,
1 gal. makes 3 of soap,
gal , T $1.70
Soap Dispenser $2.69
Floor Brushes, 16-ih. . .$2.88
Dust Cloths .10c
Waste Baskets, metal. $1.00
Floor Oil, gal .60c
ZENITH AXES '
$2.79
CORN KNIVES
45c
Star Drag Reels
$3.69
HURRY! .
if you want thli Lawn Mower,
$5.09
Li " I
Double
Bit
With Saw
Steel Blade
$5.00
Value
14-Inch, 4 Blades,
Ball Bearing
CASA FLOWER
HOLDERS
25c to $1.00
Salad Bowls
Hardwood, Finished, 2 Sizes
50c and 85c
Water Pitchers
69c
Ice Betainlriff
Lip
Aluminum Moulds
5c
Goblets & Sherbets
19c
Now
Bbapoi
Cut Pattern
Crystal
ICE TEA SET
98c
8 Crystal Glasses in
Carrier
Enamol
CANNING
SUPPLIES
Rotary Sieve
39c
Cold Pack
CANNERS
7-Jar Capacity
$1.29
SPECIAL
Protecton Bowl Cover Set
The oiled silk bowl cover that
can't slip off. 85c value.
Set of 3, 69c
WE SPECIALIZE IN GIFTS
AND BRIDGE PRIZES
See Our Bargain Table For Real Values In Housewares
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