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TOVH MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE TuMdaf. Eh. 4. 1945 Rogue Valley Pear Gift Box Trade Described By San Antone Columnist Lois Johnson, columnist on Hie San Antonio (Texas) igm, recently donated the entire space in her column "We Wom en" to material on the pear gift box Industry of the Rogue River Valley as carried on by two sets of brothers, Harry and David Holmes and Maurice and Ward Spati. The columnist wrote: 'Heine on of il" mmny mn who rrd your uprlshlly anil Infor aiatha r.ilumn faj'Hjr but sur-r-ruJilously. I w. ir J " polntnl to observe that. In a re Jrnt column devoted In prt to the fn-y (hrUtmni lift P""' bn.lntts. you n.med prarUrally everv stale except the one In whlcn II w orntnaled.' , , "Well; it seems that It origi nated In Oregon In the lovely Rogue River valley city of Med ford. Two native sons, Harry and David Holmes (whose luscious ads you can see for yourself around this time of the year In the slicks) found them selves In the midst of the depres sion with Cornice pear orchards on their hands and their Euro pean market gone because of the lack of epicures with cash. The U. S. market for such fancy fruit was restricted largely to aristo cratic families who had learned to eat the pears In Paris or swank New York hotels at 75 cents per half portion. "The Holmes boys had to do something with all those pears, so they decided on wrapping them in fancy packages at low prices. They sent out letters rather fearfully to such indus trial giants as Henry Ford, such Hollywood names as Louis B. Mnyer. They sent out other let ters to names found on mailing lists. "The response, almost 100 per cent and enthusiastic, almost knocked them off their feet and led them Into a lucrative busi ness. The brothers plunged 1 Park View Convalescent Home 153 Granite St.. Ashland. Ore. Equipment for bed patients. Registered Nurse In Charge MEDFORD NEON CO. SIGNS ind SERVICE Personally supervised by RALPH ELLIS 527 Putnam Phone 3276 WASHING MACHINE REPAIR FOR ALL MAKES Also Refrigeration Service Younger's Appliance 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 their tractor money Into some high class advertising and again held their breath. The business grew, said my Oregon corres pondent, until there were long trains of express cars leaving daily and the Railway Express Agency moved a whole staff from other offices right Into the plant. "Things like this happen: A business man phones from Den ver to Oregon and orders two small packages sent air express to a friend in Honolulu for Christmas. The two packages of pears cost around $5, the air ex press $85. Within the U. S. the purchase price includes railway express. Then the Holmes boys got another Idea. The Fruit of the Month club. To its mem bers a package of seasonal, and usually exotic, fruit is sent each month. The package Idea spread up and down the coast. "Another Medford brother team, the Spatz brothers, made a specialty of pheasants, in addi tion to pears. (Seems everyone in Medford has a pear orchard). At first the Spatz brothers con centrated their mailing lists to the New York and New England area. "One day two orders got mix ed and a brace of pheasants were sent to a Bostonian who had ordered pears. The Boston ian wired frantically: " 'I ordered pears and re ceived two chickens. Send my pears. Am returning chickens.' "After that the Spatz' turned their pheasant trade to the south and southwest where gentlemen know their pheasants." Son of Senator Stops Transfer Account Furore Honolulu, Dec. 4 (U.R Slc Paul T. Stewart, son of Sen. Tom Stewart of Tennessee, ask ed that an order transferring him to Norfolk, Va., be can celled and the request was granted, it was disclosed today, after the order was brought un der fire by the army newspaper Stars and Stripes. In a letter to Lt. Vance Wade, commander of the Waiplp am phibious operating base, where he is stationed, Stewart said: "I feel that my continued presence overseas is desirable as evidence that my status can not be attributed to any possible political influence. I have not completed the 18-month period normally required for transfer to the continental United States." Stewart, who has been over seas only a few months and has only 18 points, admitted to Stars & Stripes that the orders send ing him to Norfolk were highly irregular and conceded that "some navy official" might have engineered the deal to gain fa vor with the senator. Mark Golden Wedding -; V---iTT lsv.. 'IT V ml Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bell recently celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary with a reception at their home in Talent, The Bells were married Nov. 17, 1895, In Phoenix. Mr. Bell Is a native of the county, having been born at Talent, and has resided here his entire life. Sustained Yield Meeting Of Top Importance, Cordon Says Eugene, Ore., Dec. 4 (U.R) Sen. Guy Cordon of Oregon yes terday characterized the sustained-yield lumber hearing in Eugene as one of the most im portant sessions ever held in Oregon, one which may form a pattern for cooperative forest management for the Pacific northwest. "ordon was the first witness as 330 lumbermen met In the Eugene armory to hear the pro posal of the Department of the Interior for a Joint effort to per petuate forest yield through sci entific management. "We have here what appears to be the best opportunity pri vate ownership will ever have to experiment and determine whether sustained yield can be worked out as a profitable, com mercial program,' Cordon said. Timber Backlog The senator, who was a for mer attorney in Washington, D. C, for the Oregon and Califor nia Revested Lands Administra tion, which handles federal lands In this area, said the plan is an opportunity for private owners to combine their lands with public lands of the O. and C federal and state govern ments. He said this will permit them to secure a bncklog of tim ber about twice the size of their own holdings. "If it can't be done with the government carrying one third to one half of the tax load, It never can be done with private ownership carrying 100 per cent of the tax load," Cordon added. He explained that while he had worked for some time in preparing the way for such a program, the basic idea came frpm the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Association. He said the program Is practical "because lumbermen had some thing to do with It." Walter Horning, chief forester for the O. and C. administration, outlined details of the program for the proposed master unit in the Siuslaw area of Lane and Douglas counties. He said 41.3 per cent of this timber is mer chantable, 21.8 per cent second growth, 25.2 per cent in the re production stage and 21.7 is classed as a reforesting area. On all lands in the master unit, he said there is an allowable cut of 130,000,000 feet annually and a potential cut of 155,000,000 feet. If sustained yield as outlined is followed, Horning explained, this timber should come to the cutting stage on such a schedule to provide a permanent Indus try. At the end of 100 years, Horn ing said, the present merchant able timber will have been re produced so that cutting can be resumed there. ' Ho said if pres ent cutting practices are fol lowed, the forest would be ex hausted in about 30 years. Employment Could Rise The forester said the proposed sustained yield program would result In curtailing employment from 1500 to about 1,000 for the area, but explained that if wood wastes are utilized, employment should rise to 2.000 or 2,500 for the area. At present, only 30 to 40 per cent of the timber Is util ized, compared to 60 per cent In Europe. State Forester N. S. Rogers said the state is desirous of co operating in any program to sta bilize economy, but said the law requires hearings before state lands are included In such a program. The Mandeville and Northern railway at Mandeville, La., is the shortest railroad In the world. Though only about two city blocks in length, the line has two stations. Let's Look at the Wage Record Leaders of the UAVC-CIO have never ac Cusod General Motors of paying low wages. They have not because they could not. CM hourly wage rates are substantially higher than the average jot industry in general Under these circumstances the wage demands of UAW leaders appear fantastic VTithout offering anything in return, they demand a wage jump that would add 0 to the pay oj uvrkers already among the highest paid ht the country. In 1941, the last peacetime year, the aver age GM factory worker received a wage that put his income among the top one third of all Incomes in the United States not just labor incomes but all incomes. The average GM factory worker can huy much more food, clothing and other neces sities as well as more oj the comjorts oj lije than the average industrial worker can. General Motors has always paid high wages to its employes. It always expects to. More and Better Things for More People" 1 1 I IS VETERAN OF Chief Joseph F. Acosta, CEM (PA), is now stationed perman ently In the Medford postoffice building as a navy recruiter. Chief Acosta Invites any young men interested in navy enlist ment to contact him and he will be glad to aswer questions. The recruiter served for eight years on submarines and had many experiences while In ac tion In the Pacific theater. He took part in 14 submarine runs, 13 of which were successful, while serving aboard the USS Gudgeon. The Gudgeon was lost on the next trip after Chief Acosta left her. He then put the USS Hammerhead into commis sion. While on submarine duty, the chief took part in dropping commandos off in the Philippine Islands before return of the Americans and later covered landings at Leyte and Linguyen Gulf and aided in laying mines in the Gulf of Siam. Chief Acosta is entitled to wear the following medals: Phil ippine liberation, Philippine de fense, presidential unit citation, commendation ribbon, American defense and good conduct rib bons and the submarine combat insignia. Prospect Prospect, Dec. 4. Mrs. Jack Hollenbeak was hostess for a bridge party Nov. 29. Score for high prize was won by Mrs. Everett Shafer. Refreshments were served to Mrs. Archie Mc Killop, Mrs. Wallace Neece. Mrs, Lewis L. Jantzer, Mrs. Harry Goode, Mrs. Elden Bean, Mrs. Everett Shafer, and Mrs. Hollen beak. Prospect Parent-Teacher Asso ciation .met in the school dining room, Nov. 28. After the busi ness session, presided over by the president, Mrs. Olive Mc Grew, several grade school chil dren presented an Interesting program. P.-T. A. will sponsor a public card party in the school dining room, Dec. 8, beginning at 8 p. m. There will be prizes and refreshments. Everyone is cordially Invited. Mrs. Marion Carter entertain ed her bridge club with a lunch eon and party Nov. 29. Prize for highest score was won by Mrs. Elmer Clemens. Guesta Included Mrs. Earl Ulrich, Mrs. Wallace Dinkens, Mrs. Mary E. Grieve. Mrs. Tracy Boothby, Mrs. Elmer Clemens, Mrs. James H. Grieve, Mrs. Floyd Kelley. Florus Broomfield, recently honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, where he held the rank of sergeant, is visiting his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Broomfield. The visitor has been In the South Pacific for the past two years. Other guests at the Broomfield home are Broomfield s brotner-, in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lewis, formerly of Turlock, i Calif. Prospect high school students! are selling tickets for their an-! nual night club, to be held at the high school gymnasium Dec. 14, beginning at 8 p. m. An elab orate floor show is being pre pared, alternated with dancing by the audience. Visiting at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Collingwood and Mr. and Mrs. John Phipps for! the past week was Isabelle Al-j len, mother of Mr. Collingwood and Mrs. Phipps. Mrs. Allen re-j turned to her home at Klamath i Falls Nov. 30. I Mrs. Elmo Parks of Riverside,! Calif., arrived here Nov. 29, and. will make an extended visit at the home of her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clemens. Mrs. Clara Uhly returned here; from Waldport, Ore., Nov. du, where she has been visiting with her daughter, Miss Robin. Mrs nenrae Tribett of Rainier spent last week visiting her daughter and grandchildren,; Mrs. Frank S. Jantzer, and Rose! Marie, Helen, Norman, and Faye Louise. Mrs. Tribett was called home Nov. 20, on arrival of guests at her home from San Francisco. j SEARCH WIDENS FOR ESCAPED PRISONERS , Salem, Ore., Dec. 4 (U.R) ' Search widened today for two convicts described as "possibly dangerous" who escaped Satur day from the state prison by concealing themselves in . the rear of a laundry truck. State police said the men, Roy 1 L. Waggoner, 24, and Elmer Riley Lane, 33, hid In the rear of the truck and later forced their way out the rear door of the vehicle when lt stopped en route to the Oregon trade school for the blind in Portland. Pretty War Bride Found At Home Of Another Officer Dubuque, la., Dec. 4 (U.R) A pretty British war bride, who disappeared from a trans Atlantic plane at Chicago, was found today in the home of a young American officer, to whom she fled for a solution of her wartime love triangle. Mrs. Jean Pauline Gloor Car- bone, 19, wife of a discharged U. S. army lieutenant, turned up here at the home of Capt. Darrell Bechen. She said ah was to" become a mother and that Bechen was the father. The first thing she did was to call her husband, Harold Carbone, in Rochester, N. Y. Carbone had been making fran tic inquiries of the Red Cross in Chicago, where his wife dis appeared from a London to Chi cago plane two days ago. SHOPPING BUYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS Greeting Cards - Seals - Wrappings SHOP for GIFTS JU WEST SIDE JpS& SHOPPING CENTEk The Rexall Store, Medford, Oregon West Main and Grape Phone 3330 Closlns ume rot Classified Arts 8:30 i a m. loo Late to Classify 12:15 p m I LEARN TO PLAY THE ACCORDION Gef our your accordion and learn to play your favorite tune IfLslHL' AT THE N t W Accordion Studio 1211 West Main ON SATURDAYS V TkV- VI 1 1 - WW today . . V3 1 n. pacemakers for trains to come Every day Southern Pacific's luxurious stream lined Daylights join San Francisco with Los Angeles in a glorious daylight trip. One Day light streaks along the California coast, over the Santa Lucia Mountains and along the blue Pacific Ocean shore for more than a hundred miles. Another Daylight travels over the rugged Tehachapi Mountains and through the great San Joaquin Valley. The Daylights are among the most popular trains in America and the most beautiful trains in the world. Aboard these luxurious red and orange streamliners you enjoy enormous "showcase" windows five feet wide, soft foam rubber seats, fluorescent lighting, a low-voiced public address system to announce station stops and points of interest, baggage elevators, complete air conditioning, smooth gliding motion thanks to ingenious tight-lock couplings between the cars. Modern ideas such as these, tested in years of daily service on Southern Pacific's Daylights, the Lark, the City of San Francisco and the Sunbeams, gave us a head start in designing the trains to come. The- trirndlff Southern i'arifif tomorrow . Southern Pacific is planning more streamliners, and will have them on our four major routes as fast as conditions permit. These new trains will be the finest the world has seen. Watch for the new Southern Pacific stream liners. Tlicn it will be more exciting than ever to ''try the train."
