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Mail Tribune 100, Nov. 1, 1922 By Alissa Corman Nov 01, 2022 12:53 PM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Nov. 1, 1922 HALLOWE’EN IS GAY, BUT WITH LITTLE DAMAGE Hallowe’en passed off nicely in Medford last night with its many enjoyable social celebration parties in various homes, and less orderly and more democratic gatherings outside all over the city which were busy parading the streets garbed in fantastic costumes ... and carrying pumpkin lanterns. The open air merry makers were busy from the coming of dark until a late hour with soaping windows, pounding doors, ringing door bells, rearranging lawn furniture, making snoots at the curfew law, moving portable articles from one neighborhood to another and generally disturbing the peace and quiet of the elderly folks basking by their warm firesides, who accepted the situation with humorous grace, remembering that they were once young themselves. Very little damage was done beyond causing much inconvenience according to police reports received this forenoon. Many piles of winter wood at homes and other places had their braces pulled away during the celebration, causing the wood to topple over. One high wood pile at Washington school was give this treatment. A number of sections of board walks and the like were carried from one neighborhood to another, along with the other usual Hallowe’en pranks of that nature. But the youth of the city heeded the warning issued by the police and let the street lights alone last night. 40,000 CASES HAVE BEEN PACKED OUT BY LOCAL CANNERY The Rogue River Valley Canning company of Medford is one of the leading factories of the valley and the plant has been greatly enlarged during the past year and machinery added to meet the increasing demand, by wholesale houses and the general public for products of this valley, as well as to handle the increase of produce as a result of irrigation. The plant now has the capacity and can handle 20 tons per day, and its equipment is modern. It has in connection cold storage for 7,500 boxes of fruit and is installing a vinegar making equipment and will make vinegar, as one of its new products. The cannery has bought for cash, and at a higher price than most canners have paid, all the surplus berries, cherries, apricots, string beans and tomatoes grown in the district, and expects to do the same in succeeding years. They want to contract this fall for greatly increased quantities. ... The pack of the plant to date has been about three-quarters of one million cans, forty thousand cases, and about 40 cars. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]