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Medford
News 1933 Medford-related
news items from
1933. Also see
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of Medford and
Jackson County
for this year.
Cheese Factory Opens Feb. 1; Wants Lots of Milk
The Rogue River Cheese and Products Company, which has recently
constructed a fine new factory on the Pacific Highway entering Central
Point, Oregon, will hold its formal opening next Wednesday, February 1.Manager Churchill reports that men are in the field contracting for milk for the factory which is in the market for any amounts of whole milk at highest market prices. Many farmers and dairymen have already signed up to furnish milk, but the factory can handle much more, Mr. Churchill states, and he urges farmers to take advantage of this opportunity to market their milk. Prices to be paid are based on [the] San Francisco butterfat market, and these prices are usually from one to two cents higher than the Portland market, upon which most of the local creameries base their prices. The new factory is a fine, modern institution, and the company invites farmers to attend their opening, get acquainted, and inspect the building and equipment. They also announce that the company is prepared to finance any reliable farmers wishing to buy more cows, provided they can show they have the necessary feed and pasturage. The company will ship in the cows of the best breeds for cheese making and will sell to such farmers at cost, financing the transaction through their office. The advertisement of the company appears on the back page of this issue. Further details can be obtained by writing the company, or better yet, attending the opening. Gold Hill News, January 26, 1933, page 1 The last page was not digitized. APPLES WANTED IN RELIEF TRADE
Orchardists who have some apples left that they haven't disposed of can
make a good-sized payment on their taxes with them, Hamilton Patton,
director of relief work for Jackson County, announced today.
The relief organization is prepared to take a large quantity of marketable apples at 30 cents a sack, which will be traded to Klamath Falls farmers for potatoes. The potatoes will be used in the relief commissary here, and the apples will be used in the Klamath country. "Thirty cents a sack isn't much for apples," Patton said, "but we are getting the potatoes at 30 cents a sack, and some apple grower here can do a lot towards paying off his taxes." Growers with apples are requested to see or call Patton. Medford Mail Tribune, February 2, 1933, page 1 Orchardists Pay Taxes in Apples
Calexico Chronicle, Calexico, California, February 6, 1933, page 1
MEDFORD, Oreg., Feb. 6 (AP)--Hamilton Patton, director of Jackson
County relief work, announced today that orchardists will be allowed to
trade in apples in payment of taxes at the rate of 30 cents a sack.
BALLOT THEFT CAUSES 'WAR'
MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 27. (U.P.)--The asserted theft of 10,000 ballots
brought a flareup of "civil war" in Jackson County today.A newspaper editor was horsewhipped by a woman. Sheriff Gordon Schermerhorn, Mayor Walter Jones of Rogue River, a deputy sheriff, and two other men were under arrest. County Judge Earl Fehl, openly predicting arrest, arranged a $5000 bond. More arrests were promised by Police Chief Clatous McCredie. All was the outgrowth of a bitter fight being waged by Sheriff Schermerhorn to retain office. The other half of the fight was led by his predecessor, Ralph G. Jennings, who campaigned as an independent after losing the nomination to Schermerhorn. Jennings claims he won the general election but that Schermerhorn destroyed the ballots, preventing a recount. The arrests followed. The topsy-turvy state of affairs was climaxed when Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin sought out Leonard Hall, youthful editor of the Jacksonville Miner, and flogged him with a horsewhip. Mrs. Martin, president of the "good government congress," a supporter of Sheriff Schermerhorn, resented a story Hall had written. Hall said he would not prosecute. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, California, February 27, 1933, page 1 Former Riverside Citrus Grower Held in Shooting
Llewellyn A. Banks, who yesterday shot a constable to death in Medford,
Ore., was until three years ago a prominent resident and citrus grower
of Riverside. He still owns a packing house near Arlington and at one
time sued the California Fruit Growers Exchange for $1,000,000,
charging an attempt to restrict his business. He is a member of a
family well known throughout the Southern California fruit district.(By United Press)
MEDFORD, Ore., March 16.--Medford's three-year political feud led to
bloodshed today when Llewellyn A. Banks, former publisher of the Medford Daily News and leader of the insurgents, shot and killed Constable George Prescott.The shooting occurred when Prescott went to Banks' palatial (mortgaged) home to arrest the eccentric publisher and fruit grower on a grand jury indictment. MAKES THREAT GOOD
When Prescott stepped to his door, Banks made good his oft-repeated
threat to shoot the first officer who attempted to arrest him again.An hour elapsed before the publisher was arrested. He submitted readily. Capt. Lee Bown entered the mansion after state troopers surrounded it. Banks put on his coat and hat. "I'm ready," he said. As he left under Bown's escort he walked to a spot near the front stoop where Prescott's body still lay, looked at it without speaking, then rejoined Bown. Banks said that if he is brought to trial he will plead insanity "and would never hang." NEWSPAPER SOLD
The Medford News was sold at the Jackson County courthouse here yesterday on a mortgage foreclosure.Banks' business manager, J. A. Ladieu, was in the county jail charged with participating in the same ballot theft on which Constable Prescott attempted to arrest Banks this morning. The stolen ballots had been ordered up for recount and investigation in a recent election. The office of sheriff was in dispute. The Banks home at 1000 West Main street is a luxurious residence. Banks had moved his own office from the second floor of the Medford Daily News building to his home. He had his desk in an alcove leading from the large living room of the house, and from which he commanded a view of the entrance. A loaded rifle was leaning against the desk at all times. On an instance three weeks ago in which a United Press representative called at the house, Banks asserted he would "shoot to kill" at the next attempt to serve a warrant upon him. He asserted he was being victimized by a "political gang." INQUIRY ASKED
The recently formed "good government congress" of Jackson County, in
which he was the leading spirit and which has been holding a series of
mass meetings, recently petitioned the United States Senate and Gov.
Julius Meier of Oregon for an investigation of local political
conditions, asserting that "legal lawlessness" prevailed.Banks came to Oregon three years ago from Riverside, California, where he was a large-scale independent citrus grower. He became interested in the pear lands of Southern Oregon, gradually disposed of his orange groves in California and moved to the northern state. Two years ago he purchased the Medford Daily News from Carl Sweigert, Dan Bowerman and Lee Tuttle, and began an editorial attack upon the alleged "political gang" of Jackson County. He ran for the United States Senate from Oregon, and was defeated. San Bernardino Sun, March 17, 1933, page 4 HELPFUL SENTENCE
MEDFORD, Ore.--After he had been fined many times for drunkenness,
Charles Jessimant, of this city, who appeared before City Judge Curry
for the same offense, was sentenced to attend Sunday school regularly.The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida, May 20, 1933, page 3 Ask Receivership for Growers Exchange, Inc.
Medford, Ore.,
May 26.--At a meeting of the Growers Exchange, Inc., held last week it
was decided to ask for a receivership for the concern. The receivership
was asked by the First National Bank of Medford, which holds a mortgage
on the packing plant. Dr. George B. Dean is president of the Growers
Exchange, and Myron E. Root has been actively at its head as manager.
The Chicago Packer, May 27, 1933, page 17
The "big" carnival at 11th and Fir streets has all the earmarks of an "Our Gang Comedy"--fortune telling, sideshows and pink lemonade. "Town Briefs," The Tattler, Medford, June 16, 1933, page 1 G. R. Wilson received little credit for his work years ago for planting the trees in what is now called the city park. Mr. Wilson hauled the trees in by team and placed them in the potato patch, as it was called at that time. Many people enjoy the shade and beauty of the park during the summer months. ----
Pumping gold out of the Rogue
River is an experiment to be tried by Seattle men who are assembling
equipment at Almeda. The most modern gold-saving devices will be used,
and the plant will be equipped to handle 75 yards of gravel per hour.----
Since the new pavement is in
between Medford and Central Point, you can fairly sail along--no sharp
corners and bumpy pavement. The tourist should enjoy coming into
Medford."Town Briefs," The Tattler, Medford, July 7, 1933, page 1 "KUROK" DISPLAY
An interesting and unique display of "Kurok," a specific remedy for the
treatment of poison oak, is in the front window of the Chamber of Commerce building. The Grace Laboratories, a local concern, 205 Liberty Building, are manufacturers and distributors for this remedy.
The Tattler, Medford, July 7, 1933, page 4
Electric Air Conditioning Is Displayed
The first demonstration of electric air conditioning equipment ever
held in Southern Oregon opened today at the Hotel Jackson. This novel
demonstration, which is conducted by Raymond Gill, commercial engineer
for the Frigidaire corporation, is being held in the small dining room
of the hotel and has already attracted many local and out-of-town
visitors. The need for air conditioning to cool and dehumidify the air
is particularly apparent during the present hot spell, and much
interest has been taken in the new and improved methods recently
introduced by the Frigidaire corporation.Through its many distinct advantages the Frigidaire conditioner fills a long-felt need. It offers comfort in the home and relief to hospital patients. It promotes efficiency among office workers and increases profits for stores, restaurants and many other commercial enterprises. It makes it possible to flood a room with cool, refreshing air at the flick of a switch. And as Frigidaire lowers the temperature, it likewise lowers the humidity, bringing cool comfort and relief on hot, sticky summer days and nights. The Frigidaire demonstration now being held here will continue all the rest of this week and promises to draw a large attendance from all parts of the valley. Medford Mail Tribune, July 13, 1933, page 3 AIR CONDITIONER DRAWS INTEREST BUSINESS FIRMS
Much interest is being taken by the business and professional men of
this city in the demonstration of electric air conditioning equipment
now being held at the Hotel Jackson. The operation of the equipment has
proved a revelation to local visitors because of its simplicity and
efficiency.The Frigidaire air conditioner changes hot, humid air into cool, refreshing atmosphere, in three simple operations. First, the warm air is drawn into the cooler by a specially designed, quiet fan. Then it is forced over a Frigidaire cooling coil where frosty-cold surfaces not only chill the air, but cleanse it and condense the excessive moisture. This conditioned air is then forced out into the room again. Through this simple cycle of operation, from 450 to 550 cubic feet of air are cooled, dried and circulated into the room every minute, without creating annoying drafts and breezes. When cold weather comes, the compressor unit used for cooling and dehumidifying is turned off. Then, by turning another switch, the Frigidaire air conditioner, when connected to steam or hot water lines, functions as an extremely efficient radiator, and in addition humidifies and circulates the air. This is done by drawing the air over a reservoir of fresh water heated by the vapor or steam line. The moisture given off is taken up by the air, as it is drawn into the unit, and is passed over the heating coil. The air that has been thus heated and humidified is then forced out into the room by two quiet motor-driven fans. Each Frigidaire unit, through this operation, is capable of conditioning between 450 and 550 cubic feet of air per minute. Medford Mail Tribune, July 13, 1933, page 3 FRIGIDAIRE PRODUCT CLEANS, CONDITIONS BUSINESS HOUSE AIR
Heavy duty air conditioning equipment suitable for large residences,
office buildings, apartments, stores and theaters has been introduced
by Frigidaire corporation, subsidiary of General Motors, according to
word received here by Morris Leonard, local distributor for the company.The new equipment, according to Mr. Leonard, opens a wide market for the company and supplements the unit air conditioners suitable for individual offices, small residences and retail establishments. "Mechanical governing of atmospheric conditions rapidly is becoming a necessity for business houses of all kinds," Mr. Leonard said. "Business men are finding that the one way to prevent the seasonal summer slump in sales volume is to provide selling quarters so comfortable that patrons find it a pleasure to shop. "Restaurants, the hottest places in any city in the summertime, find that air conditioning installations actually pay for themselves in increased patronage. The uses of air conditioning are so wide that it may be said that every business and professional man can use it to build business." Medford Mail Tribune, July 13, 1933, page 3 Outlook Good for Pears at Medford. Medford,
Ore., July 21.--The Medford pear season will follow the rule
established by other fruit crops on the Pacific coast this year in that
it will be about two weeks late in getting started. Growers and
shippers in the district are not expecting harvesting to start until
about August 15. The crop is in good shape with the fruit coming on
nicely. According to early July estimates, there will be 800 to 850
cars of Bartletts packed in the district, 700 cars of Bosc, 800 cars of
d'Anjous, 250 cars of Winter Nelis, 165 cars of Comice and 25 cars of
miscellaneous varieties. The Bartletts will be the first to move,
followed by the Bosc and d'Anjous.
The Chicago Packer, July 22, 1933, page 13 University Gets Indian Collection
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 1. (U.P.)--A valuable collection of Indian relics
has been presented to the University of Oregon Museum by Dr. L. S.
Cressman, professor of anthropology.The collection includes portions of 16 skeletons of primitive Indians, together with 22 obsidian knives and other weapons. Most of them were excavated from a mound in the Gold Hill district of Jackson County. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, California, August 1, 1933, page 5 Peach, Apricot Growers at Medford Organizing.
Medford, Ore., Aug.
4.--Organization of peach and apricot growers is under way here, and it
is believed that a strong organization will be perfected which will act
as a centralized marketing agency for the many small growers who at the
present time are more or less at a loss as to how to market their fruit.The disastrous experience which cherry growers have just gone through is causing small fruit growers to organize. With canners practically refusing to handle cherries, and the cherry crop showing almost a total loss to many growers, it is felt that urgent measures are necessary or other small fruit crops will suffer the fate of the cherry crop. The Chicago Packer, August 5, 1933, page 39 Myron Root & Co. New Firm at Medford, Ore.
Medford, Ore., Aug.
4.--Announcement has been made here of the formation of a new fruit
company in Medford to be known as Myron Root & Co., Inc., with
offices and packing house located in the former plant of the Growers
Exchange, Inc., 11th and Fir streets. The company, organized to pack
and market Rogue River Valley pears and apples, was incorporated for
$10,000. Myron Root, manager, has had 20 years' experience in packing
and selling fruit from this valley. He was formerly connected with the
Growers Exchange, Inc., a cooperative association.The Chicago Packer, August 5, 1933, page 40 MEDFORD, ORE. NEWS NOTES
Confident hopes
that the NRA will take action to compel canners and other buyers of
Bartlett pears to pay a minimum of $25 per ton for No. 1 grade pears
was expressed here by Paul Scherer, general manager of the Southern
Oregon Sales, Inc., who has returned from a conference of pear growers
and shippers held at Spokane.
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First picking of Bartlett pears will commence in the
Rogue River Valley districts about August 15. Packing houses now have
crews working getting in shape for the tonnage which will soon commence
rolling, and growers and shippers are feeling quite optimistic over the
outlook.----
Articles of incorporation for Alta Vista Packing
Company were filed this week here. C. A. Knight, Walter E. Flinn and H.
K. Hanna are named as incorporators. The purpose of the corporation
will be to pick, harvest, clean, pack, ship, export, import and market
fruit.----
Incorporation papers were filed here last week for a
new fruit packing and shipping company to be known as Myron Root &
Company, Inc., with the following named persons as incorporators: Myron
E. Root, Rawles Moore and Marjorie Marshall. Myron E. Root has long
been identified with the fruit industry in the Rogue River Valley, and
for the past few years has been manager of the Growers Exchange, Inc.,
and also has shipped fruit from Medford under his own name. The new
concern will operate from the packing house plant formerly used by the
Growers Exchange.The Chicago Packer, August 12, 1933, page 13
Shipping Pears in Passenger Baggage Cars.
Medford, Ore., Sept. 8.--A new
innovation in fruit shipments is being tried out in Medford for the
first time this year in the loading of boxed pears in passenger baggage
cars, each car being loaded with approximately 780 boxes. The pears are
loaded the same day they are picked and shipped out of Medford on the
night passenger train to Portland, arriving there the following
morning, where they are put in cold storage in the Oceanic terminal,
awaiting arrival of steamers for shipment to France. After unloading
from the baggage cars, which are not iced, the boxed pears are
immediately put under 31 degrees storage temperature, and this same
temperature is maintained on board ship until the pears arrive at
destination. This new plan of shipment was conceived by Raymond Reter,
manager Pinnacle Packing Company, and a saving of 7¢ is effected
per box over the old method of shipment.Packing and shipping of Bartlett pears is now on in full swing here. In order to assure a high grade pack, a number of the packing plants are combining the extra and fancy grades into one grade marked "fancy." In view of the short crop of Bartletts this year, estimated to be about one-half of normal, the packing season is going to be short, and the movement of late pears will commence next week. Cannery prices for Bartlett pears are ranging from $17.50 to $25 per ton. The Chicago Packer, September 9, 1933, page 8 Agree Not To Pack Certain Classes of Bosc Pears.
The Chicago Packer, September 23, 1933, page 9 Medford, Ore.,
Sept. 22.--Action taken at a meeting of the Northwest Fruit Industries,
Inc., at Portland last week will mean a cut of at least 25 percent in
the Bosc pear tonnage this year, it is believed. In order to eliminate
a large oversupply of pears the association agreed not to pack certain
classes of Bosc in the fancy and extra fancy divisions. The meeting was
attended by representatives of the industry from Washington, Oregon and
Idaho.
Bosc fancies larger than 100s and smaller than 165s and extra fancies smaller than 180s are included in the classes that will not be packed. Raymond Reter of Medford, chairman of the winter pear commodity committee, presided at the Portland meting. Pic O Pac--Fresh deciduous fruits. Use claimed since August 10, 1928, by Pinnacle Packing Company, Inc., Medford, Ore. "Trade Marks," The Chicago Packer, September 23, 1922, page 11 A SNAKE YARN
MEDFORD, Ore.--Declaring a rattlesnake had punctured his tire, J. C.
Clark of this city rolled his automobile into town with a "flat."The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida, October 14, 1933, page 4 MEDFORD, ORE. NEWS NOTES
Alfred J. Weeks, long identified
with the fruit industry in the Rogue River Valley as one of the
principal owners of the Del Rio Orchards, [died] recently after a short
illness. His death followed by a few months that of his brother, Fred
J. Weeks.The Chicago Packer, October 21, 1933, page 16 WOOD DEALERS TO STAY IN ONE SPOT
The wood dealers situation here, which has been a problem to the
public, as well as the dealers, for a long time, was improved last
night, when the dealers met at the chamber of commerce and approved the
proposal of the Medford city council for use of the lot on Front and
Third Streets, across from the fire hall.The dealers, now stationed along the street, will move to that lot and will establish an office and official market headquarters there. A dealers' association is being formed, and the public will be welcomed into the public wood market to be established. Prices will be set and agreed upon by the association. No more wood trucks, as a result, will be stationed on the streets of the city. Medford Mail Tribune, October 25, 1933, page 3 Pear Movement from Rogue River Valley.
Medford,
Ore., Nov. 3.--Pear shipments from the Rogue River Valley for the
season now closing total 1,501 cars, according to figures of the local
traffic association. Total shipments of pears last year were 2,112 and
apples 128 carloads. To date 26 cars of apples have been shipped this
season.
Pears shipped out and in storage, according to traffic association figures, total 2,328 cars, segregated as to varieties now in storage as follows: Winter Nelis 109 cars, d'Anjous 527, Bosc 141, Comice 36, Howells five, Bartletts four. Harvesting of Newtown apples is now under way, but the tonnage this season is light, so it is expected that the season will be brought to a close within a few days. The Chicago Packer, November 4, 1933, page 16 Medford Apple Shipments.
Medford, Ore., Nov. 24.--Apple
shipments from the Medford district up to date totals 49 cars. There is
a considerable movement of local apples to California points by truck,
which has reduced the carlot tonnage in point of figures available. The
going price on these shipments is from 75 to 80¢ a box, loose
packed, unwrapped, which nets the grower a small margin of profit.The Chicago Packer, November 25, 1933, page 6 Box Shook Man in Crash.
Medford, Ore., Nov. 24.--The
United airplane crash in Portland last week in which four people were
killed and four injured had its direct effort on two prominent Medford
men. Floyd Hart, who was a passenger on the plane, and who was only
slightly injured, is vice president and general manager of the Timber
Products Company here, and is actively associated with the fruit
interests on the Pacific coast, as the company he is with supplies a
large part of the fruit trade with box shook and crates. Dr. William A.
Coffey, nationally famous surgeon, and who was killed on the plane, was
on his way to Medford to perform an operation on Dr. L. A. Salade, who
has operated one of the finest pear orchards in the Rogue River Valley
for many years. Dr. Salade passed away Friday after an illness of about
a week's duration.The Chicago Packer, November 25, 1933, page 16 Last revised November 20, 2024 |
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