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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 22. 1f38. PAGE SEVEN Receipts 100 Years Old PAINESVILLE, Ohio (Up) Six re ceipts, almost 100 years old were dis covered In some old furniture by E. L. Cunningham. One of them dat ed February 19, 1840. Is for a load of wood valued at 75 cento to be ex changed for a subscription to the Painesvllle Telegraph from February 10 to July 25, 1840. QfJSk4 liYONS 70-Proof SLOe&TN Mode from fmportad lloe ber ries, It has the true sloe berry flavor ... a rich, ruby color ..a distinctive, fruit-y tang. FIFTHS, $1.30 PINTS, 85c THE e. O. IYONS SAAS CO. Sort Franeiico, California gt L Nestle Down Company Vis ions Huge Demand for Goose Down Material Worth Three Dollars Lb. National distribution, through' di rect selling In cooperation with re tall establishments; end a huge, mode ml y -equipped factory In Med ford doing thousands or dollars worth of business a day. Such Is the future of Nestle Down Sales company, one of southern Ore gon's newest Industries, as seen by P. C, Leslie, organizer of the sales program for the makers of pure-goose-down comforters. The company Is located at 215 East Main street. The active sales campaign for the new company, which was organized by Henry Petri of Medford following hln Invention of the new process for tt:o construction of such comforters, was started Immediately after July 4. Already, Mr. Leslie revealed, 100 orders have been received from local residents, some for future delivery and some to be delivered at once. Three Salesmen Three salesmen are employed by the company, and they have averaged better thah one sale a day in the three weeks the campaign has been underway. They are Tommy Wilt, Prank Haggerty and Hobart Luther. Mr. Leslie stated that, regardless of the hot weather, Medford residents were showing extreme Interest In thi product and that salesmen were hav ing no trouble selling comforters. He added that sales so far represented a cross-section of the middle ind upper brackets of the potential local market. "Judging from the reception our product has received from Medford people," Mr. Leslie stated, "a peak production of 800 comforters a day can be readied within the next six months. When that occurs, and the Pacific coast area Is supplied for the first time with Nestl Down comfort ers, we plan to open up a national advertising and sales campaign, bringing employment to many local persons and a large payroll to Med ford." Vast Market Mr. Leslie explained that the nat ional campaign would combine direct selling with retail store cooperation. He stated there were from IS to 30 million potential prospects for oom forters In America, and that It was possible for the local company to reach those customers through prop er channels. "Immediate steps ahead," Mr. Les lie pointed out. "are to arrive at a 1000 membership, that Is. accumu late 1000 orders for the comforters, it; en move to a large building and equip it with modern machinery for manufacturing on a large scale. Pro duction would be stepped up to two or three hundred comforters a day In a short while. When that point Is reached, we will be ready for our na tional campaign." ' Farmers of southern Oregon will be offered the opportunity of devel oping a new industry as Nestle Down sales Increase, Mr. Leslie said. At present, the company Is purchasing Its goose down from the middle west, lone source In the (jountry. He stated O'.ere was no reason why the down couldn't be produced here; that southern Oregon and the northwest was considered the finest territory In America for the raising of geese. Down Worth 93 Lb. During the lifetime of a goose, Mr. Leslie explained, about one-third pound of down can be clipped. As the market price of goose down Is $3 a pound, the average goose yield would be 91, enough to pay for the expense of raising the fowl. Tills would leave the farmer a clear prof It on the carcass, he pointed out. Between three and four pounds of goose down Is used In the manufac ture of a Nestle Down comforter. Mr. Leslie explained: in other words, from $9 to 913 Is expended by the company for down for each comfort er. With the company producing 500 comforters a day, that would mean an expenditure of from 94500 to 90000 a day for down, Mr. Leslie ex plained, and added that a large por tion of that money could be upent In southern Oregon if farmers start ed raising geese. He emphasized that there was no reason why the raw ma terial couldn't be produced on the Pacific coast. To Expand Selling; Salesmen of the company have worked only In Medford, to date, but plan to include Grants Pass and Ash land In the near future, then spread out to take In the entire Pacific coast, Mr. Leslie stated. The Nestle Down comforter, whose average weight is only 4! pounds, is manufactured by a special process Invented by Mr. Petri. The top and bottom coverings are not tltched to gether, as In ordinary comforters, thus providing sir-plus-down insula tion. Mr. Leslie explained. It ha proved itself equal In Insulation to from four to six army blankets at almost 10 times less weight, he stated. IS SHANGHAI, July 32. (API Wau Shi-Sen, Chinese member of the Japanese-dominated local government of the Shanghai district, was shot and killed by two gunmen in his home In the International settlement to day. One assassin escaped but the other was caught by a watchman. Settle ment police questioned him and a series of widespread raids with nu merous arrests followed. There have been more than a dozen political assassinations in Shanghai since the Japanese army occupied the district. Most of the victims have been Chinese who had taken office in the Japanese-dominated regime. Wan was chief of the Judicial de partment of that regime. SLASHED! Coats and Suits cut to 910.95 up Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann. L POSTOFFICE AIM 'Clean Up Rural Week' Will Start August 1 Through out Country Carriers to Seek Cooperation An effort will be made here to procure the installation 6t standard rural mall boxes during "Clean Up Rural Box Week" which will be held throughout the country beglnnirg August 1, It was announced today by Postmarter Prank DeSoim:. During the week rural' carriers working out of the Medford post office will endeavor to contact all rural residents and discuss with them the replacement of boxes not stand ard In size and appearence, Mr. Do Sours said. The rural carriers to engage In the work are Myron P. Sheets, P. Edwin Nichols. Hans Ram mln and Qunder O. Sanden. Herbert Hartle and Prank Henspeter. substi tute carriers, also wHl assist. To Aid Delivery, Regarding clean-up week, a post office department bulletin said: "Unserviceable nnd unsightly rural j mall boxes both retard delivery of mall and detract from the natural scenic beauty of the highway. Par ticularly to be deplored are the non regulation, old style top-opcnlng boxes, as well as makeshift recep tacles which expose the mall to the elements, "It Is the desire of the postofflco department not only to correct the above-mentioned unsat Li factory situ ation but to encourage all rural mall patrons generally to possess pride Jn their boxes, both in the manner of erection, neat stenciling and tidv appearance." For several years, Mr, DeSouza said, the postofflee department hrs been engaged in an effort to stanu ardize rural boxes In size and ap pearance, primarily because of is sistance In the delivery and col lection of mall and also because of the appearance of the highways, filve Bad Impression. "Unsightly mall boxes often glvo wrong Impressions of conditions In a community." Mr. DeSoura said. "Peo ple traveling along the highways w the mall boxes first and the adjacent homes nnd farms afterward. "We've had fine assistance from state and county highway depart ments and due to their cooperation new mall boxes with proper posts have been Installed along prlnclpitl roadways. There remain. However, many rural boxes that should be re placed with modern equipment and we're asking all to unit with tlv postofflee department In making these Improvements." PROBE DISCOVERS NO COLLUSION IN serious charge against the auction companies was that the buyers, through agreement or collusion nmong themselves, can gain control of prices to be paid growers." "No proof was found of any con spiracy to pay an agreed .price for any commodity," the commission's report stated. The auction market's Bole purpose Is to sell fruit for grow ers and shippers at the highest prices afforded through supply and demand In the largest population centers, It was aald. "The fees charged by auction com panies for their services are 'on a commission basis of lA to 3 percevt of the gross returns." Therefore, Mia auction companies earnings are in creased when higher prices are rea lized for growers and shippers, It was asserted. LOS ANGELES. (Spl.) 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