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t HEDFORD MAIL TRTBTJfJTE. rEDFOBT). QBEGQy. "VTEPyESTIiAY. OCTOBER S. 1933. PA'QE SEVEjT STX' WEDFOKD MAIL TRrBTTNTE. MEDFOKTV OBFG-Oy. TTETOCESTfAY. OCTOBER 5. Y938. Opening of Two New Modern Mobilgas Outlets In Medford Boosts Local Building Records! TO E OPENEDJ CITY Investment Approximately $30,000 Latest Equip ment Featured Local Builders Erect Stations T modern new servlca stations, one located at Rlvarslds and Fourth street, tha other at Riverside and Ninth stresta, ban Just bean com pleted by the General Petroleum Corporation at a coat estimated at 30,000. The very latest- up-to-the-minute equipment ! featured In both stations with a (ull line of Moblloll, Mobilgas and other general Petroleum products offered to the motoring public Complete senrlce will be provided at both stations, according to Ted Snyder, General Petroleum corpora tion representative here and Orant Bean, wholesale aent. United States tires will be Included In the lines handled. Oscar Ford, district manager for the Genera! Petroleum Corporation, la In Medtord today Inspecting the two fine stations and conferring with Mr. Bean and Mr. Snyder. R, I. Stuart and Sons, Medford contractors, erected the two fine new stations; Trowbridge and Flynn. elec trical contractors, handled the elec trical Installations and wiring: Pen well's Plumbing Shop had charge of all plumbing: W. R. Finch and Fred THE EAGLE CAFE 309 N. Riverside Avenue Featuring CONEY ISLAND REDHOTS Club Breakfasts 20c to 35c Plate Lunches 25c and 30c Steaks and Chops Try Our Coffee With Pure Cream Oardner handled the painting. The new Eagle Cafe haa been opened ad jacent to the station at Fourth and Riverside. Vie Kengls and Warren Liggett are the opera tori of the new station at Ninth and Riverside while H. P. "Skeets" Knight and Jim Beall will have charge of the Fourth and Riverside unit. The stations are now open for business under their management. Need 43 Years To Count Gas Gallons It would take 48 years to count all the gasoline gallons consumed In one year In the five western states marketing territory of General Pe troleum corporation, If a person counted 13 hours a day at the rate of 300 a minute. This 'Interesting estimate by Mo bilgas statisticians Is based on an average annual consumption of 650 gallons by each of the three and a half million motor cars In the states of Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Ne vada and California. It gives one a conception of the magnitude of the petroleum Industry, employing a great army of workers In these states in the production and marketing of Its products, essential to present-day civilization. Eagle Cafe Opens On Station Ground An attraction on the new General Petroleum Mobllgea service station lot at 309 North Riverside avenue Is the modem, new Eagle cafe opened recently by Nellie Reed and Elmyra Peck. ' The new cafe Is attractively furn ished with all new equipment and features coney Island red hots, club breakfasts and plats lunches. Steaks and chops will be a principle menu Item. OKfCE AAHKf The Flying Red Horse Flies Over a new establishment that stands as a distinct credit to this community. ONCE AGAIN - - R. I. Stuart & Sons have served ai the general contractors on a sub stantial, modern building project. ONCE AGAIN - - We invite your attention to our facilities and ability for excava tion and general construction. We have the equipment. R. I. STUART & SONS GENERAL CONTRACTORS Rreprsentative Attractive General Petroleum Station at Ninth Street General Petroleum Station at Fourth Street Is Open r - . . v- -r"""v; . .r'-.i v '"n . rgSsr:m& , friF:iT'''i' v-.-' .4, w -,, . f on, p,mi..,m rn,.rtln .tllnn nt Fnnrth strwt and IlKerHrto Anll nlilrh li now opon for bnlnr under tH canahlt man- .9n39PS! S ' '' :- - f' . t- ' ' ' " tmfi. nt tt V "SlrMt." KnUht anil .Tim ttonll Agent Ted Hnvder, well known Medford man who Is reprewntatlve for rhe General Medford, Petroleum Corporation IMPORTANCE HERE OF OIL CITED BY Increase In local payroll. Increase In money Invested In this city's per manent Improvements. More trade with local supply houses. Employ ment of local bulldlnR construction men. Use of more local building materials. Enhanced attractiveness of the city. Improvement of service to the motoring public. These are a few of the advantages of the project represented In the new Mobllgns and Moblloll outlet, New General Petroleum- Corporation station at Biter tide Avenue and Ninth street, managed by Vic Kengla and Warren Liggett. now serving the motoring public- This attractive station the opening of which is announced here, according to statements of General Petroleum corporation rep resentatives In this area. It is also cited by Ted Snyder, General Petro leum representative here, that the oil Industry as a whole contributes to the prosperity of this city, the state and the nation. "Today, when there are enough automobiles In the country to take everyone for a ride," says the Mo bilgas executive, "everyone Is de pendent on this Industry and Its service stations for the supply of essential . fuel and lubricants. It Is also pertinent that this Industry pays 11 per cent of all state, federal Hnd local taxes. "However, it Is not gasoline, oil and grease alone that this Industry supplies to the nation. For Instance, a 42-gallon barrel of crude oil yields an average of 18 gallons, of gasoline I Congratulations ' I Cnera Painting W. R. FINCH I and FRED GARDNER I Painting Contractors Spray Painting Decorating I PHONE 1947 or 1512-L and naptha, two gallons of kerosene 16 gallons of gas oil and fuel oil, better than a gallon of lubricating oil and many other product. LABOR ATTORNEY HIIS CLAIM RAIL WAGES ARE HIGH WASHINGTON, Oct. (AP) Railroad labor counsel questioned to day as Ill-founded, the testimony of a witness for the railroads that the wages they pay are high In com parison with other Industries. Charles M. Hay, representing 18 brotherhoods, asked an emergency fact-finding board to discard a pile of charts and graphs offered by the carriers In an effort to Justify a pro posed 15 percent wage reduction. The board was named by Presi dent Roosevelt In an attempt to fore stall a strike voted by railroad men In protest against the cut. Hay sharply cross-examined Dr. Wlllford King, New York university economist who prepared the wage studies for the carriers. The brotherhood attorney contend ed King had failed to Include thou sands of part-time workers In his charts. These charts showed the aver age rail worker topped those In nearly every other Industry In hourly and weekly wages. "The railroad Industry runs 13 months a year and 24 hours a day," Hay said, "and cannot be compared to many of these other Industries that operate on a seasonal basis and employ many unskilled workers." King had testified railroad wages were at an all-time peak In the first six months of this year while. In nearly all other Industries the wage trend turned downward. He said yesterday the "shrinkage The Wising and Fixtures IN THE NEW General Petroleum Stations Located at 4th Street and North Riverside Ave. and 9th Street and South Riverside Ave. Were Installed By Trowbridge & Flynn Electric Company 214 West Main Phone 12 Operate Fourth Street Unit Once It Was the Old Horse Truck r'.-K far NH' fc s m (Irani Rpan, Medford man, who Is wholesale agent for the General Tetrolenm Corporation In this city. Manage Ninth Street Station " I Like the gasoline pumps of early days, the first gasoline de livery wagon and the old horse team that pulled It are recalled by many pioneers whose memories have been aroused through the Mobilgas building proj ect featured In these columns today. For comparison with the fleet, attractive, big - capacity gasoline and oil trucks seen on the streets and high ways today, this news paper has secured a picture of one of these first motor fuel equip ages. The photo, re produced herewith, shows the delivery equipment of one of the first General Petroleum dis tributors. "In marked contrast with this early day equipment." says Grant Bean, agent, here, "the company now has a large fleet of streamlined trucks to which constant additions are be ing made. "These, trucks carry up to 1.800 of a ' First Truck General" Distributor Left, "Vic Kengla and rljrlit. Warren Liggett. new General Petroleum Corporation station at Ninth and Riverside, associated with an automotive service firm In Klamath Falls. He Is mar ried and has become active In this city as Skipper of the local Sea Scout troop number 8. Warren Liggett Is well known In Medford, having been a resident of this city for the past 12 years. He attended the University of Oregon and was actively Identified with local DeMolay affairs here Liggett has had considerable experience In the field of automotive service. Operators of the new General Petroleum Corporation station at Fourth and Riverside streets are, left, H. P. "Skeets" Knight and. right, Jim Beall. Ikects Knight, formerly a resident of Klamath Falls, Is mnrrlrrt and has tne child. He is experienced In garage and service work which will stand . ... r to tofA stead In hid operation of the smart, new service station in Medford. operators of the attrarAM V,. mrrrfpi ,, - fnmnv. came to Medford two rears neo from ak.. m n. i. .i,n.nlI.hir aviMFlsiiKat l aatTrtfut sitattnn nnorntlnn. fliYnril- rmUWIU. ITT IB UHMUU5III' i( I ( lliru ass ' . , biff to General Petroleum officials here. gallons on a load, servicing many stations scattered, over a wide area, and making many trips a day. Such trucks have undergone Just as radi cal Improvement a the modern pas senger cars. They represent a heavy investment, made necessary to quick ly and adequately serve a fast grow ing clientele for the 'largest selling gasoline In America'." FORMER DAYS ARE RECALLED BY NEW Oil Changes With Seasons Is Claim Gasoline and oil, like clothing, are changed with the season, says a re port from Mobilgas refineries. Vola tility of gasoline and body of oil must be changed to compensate for radical cllmatlo extremes. There are 4,000,000 horses In Po land, enough to take all the Inhab itant riding simultaneously. .. . Use Mall Tribune Want Adl. Former days of the old "horseless carriage" and hand-operated pump are recalled to many pioneers of the city through the opening of the new modern Mobilgas outlet, announced In these columns today. MBny of those who , "remember when" look back to the time they bought gasoline in five-gallon cans, at the grocery store, carried It home, and poured It in the tank, located under the front seat of the family's pride and Joy. Later on, about 35 years ago, came the first gasoline pump. It was very small affair, operated by hand, with a good stiff pull. One of these first ones, found in the srehives of General Petroleum corporstlon, was set up In one of, the modern, auto matically-operated Mobilgas stations of the company. About that time the Brewster twins, popular and personable young act resses of the 20th Century-Fox tu dlos. happened along. They Insisted on performing the act of operating the antiquated equipage and pour ing gas in the car from the bucket Remember WHEN? TUB fHING STATION' MAN C PAWLED UNDER THE CAO TO LUBDICATE IT ANb DPAIfJ OUT THE OLD OIL. IT COST $I.SO TO$2,SO TO a TAKt IHt IH.UC VUTOF THt- fj MID A HIGHED PPICF K THE OIL V ADDITION tT TOOK MAL F A DAY AMD OF MEN TO CHANGE AND PEPAID A COUPLE OF TIDES. NO WOMDEP tT COST YOU $2.50 SERVICE CHAPSe. IF A TIPE LASTED FOP 300 MILES WITHOUT A PUNCTUP& OO BLOWOUT YOU WEPP LUCKY. IF IT SEWED YDO K SOOO MILES IT WAS A MIPACIF. TIPE MAKERS WOULDN'T GUARANTEE- THEM FOR MOK THAN 1500 MILES. SOMB WOULDN T GUARANTEE" THEM AT ALL. IT TOOK THE FAMILY ML DAY SATURDAY TO GET PEADY FOR THAT "LON6" SUNDAY TRIR OF SO MILES. YOU POURED THE GAS N THE OL' &US FPOM A S-GALLON CAN YOU BOUGHT AT THE STOPE, TQUSTING IT HAD ENOUGH PEP TO STAPT THE ENGINE- ANP KEEP HEP GOING. WE JUST DPIVE N SEWICE- STATION MEN (YES.THEYBE &L-AME) AQB THE ANIMATED TmfwHO DO EVLTQYTMNG FOP us bltt (?on oup households. THEY PLAN OUO VACATIONS. AHSWEP OOP QUESTIONS-" CHECK ANP CHANGE- TPES MA UEEr IOBPICATE. FUORAND NSFECT THF- WHOLF CAP IN A HUPPY. NAIL TO THE UP-TO-DATE- S5CWQF STATION EKPEPT ESSENTIAL TO EVERY MODERN COMMUNITY filled by the pump, s shown In the accompanying picture.. In the days of this first pump, say old-timers of General Petroleum, a perron pulled tip a gallon, or there abouts, at time. The only meas urement was the bucket. Then about the time of the World war came the visibility pump, still a hsnd-oper-ated affair, which also pulled only one gallon at a time. Into a top com partment of five-gallon capacity. But progress didn't stop. With more and better cars, pump manu facturers originated the beautiful, electrically-operated, completely au tomatlo pumps, forming part of the equipment Installed In new Mobil gas stations. "It's a far cry," said an old-tlmef, "and the motorists of the younger generation don't reallM how fortunate they are." Oil Industry Here In Condensed Form The oil Industry, of which the new local Mobllgss unit becomes an in tegral part, depends on approximately 341.000 wells in the United states tor Its production. Oil Is produosd In 33 states, refined In SB, and mar. keted In all of them. Soma of tM wells now go as deep aa two miles, and It Is predicted that oil drillers will soon perdtrate three miles ba low the earth's surface. Petroleum producta, besides serving America's millions, constitute 10 per oent of thft United States exports. Automobile radio sets are not per mltted In the urban areaa of Nether land's Oulsna. Osa Mali Tribune Want Ala In railway Income Is so large as to forecast bankruptcy of the Industry unless the situation la remedied." Menus of the Day By Mrs. Alexander George USING L'P LEFT-OVERS ' Breakfast Menu fltewed Prunes and Orange Juice Browned Rice Cakes Syrup Toasted Bun Coffee Luncheon Menn Veal Relish Sandwiches Cocoa Plum Sauce cocoanut Cookies Dinner Menu Avocado Pear Salad Broiled Meat Cakes Creamed Potatoes Buttered Cauliflower Breed Apricot Conserve Grapes Coffee Chocolate Cake with Creamy Frosting Veal Relish Filling (Enough for 13 sandwiches) 2-8 cup chopped cooked veal 14 cup chopped ptmlento-stuffe4 ': olives cup chopped celery 1 teaspoon minced onions teaspoon salt teaspoon paprika S tablespoons salad dressing M teaspoon minced parsley Mix Ingredient with a fork and spread over buttered slices and bread Avocado Pear Salad 1 peer 3 tablespoons lemon Juice Va cup French dressing Watercress ' Peel pear. Cut It in half and dis card the seed. Then cut the pear into thin strips. Mix with juice - and dressing. Chill for one hour. Serve on cress or any other salsd green. o o o mm mmmik mi Dse Mall Tribune Want Ads. ; THE Plumbing Work Standard Sanitary Fixtures and Wheeling Pipe Were Installed in the new General Petroleum Stations by Penwell Plumbing Shop E. 0, AMID0N, Prop. g3g ' s si To render a better service to local motorists, the celebrated Mobil Products are now made even more conveniently available. Now, nearby, is this handy outlet dispensing every-day motoring necessities bearing the famous Mobil brand -MOBILGAS, the largest selling gasoline in America - MOBILGAS ETHYL, premium gasoline leader MOB I LO I L, largest selling motor oil in the world MOBILGREASE, leader in lubrication value and other quality products. V OURTH MID IPBHS ' 1 . V nun and rustttt tin ERSlOt FOURTH AND RIVERSIDE STATION H. F. "Skeets" KNIGHT Jim Dealt NINTH AND RIVERSIDE STATION Warren Lifjrjott Vie Kengla
