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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW John Lennon Tour Bus teaches North Medford students about music recording ... State bill would bar medical pot grows in rural residential zones ... Bates' suction-dredge bill dies in committee ... John Lennon Tour Bus teaches North Medford students about music recording ... State bill would bar medical pot grows in rural residential zones ... Bates' suction-dredge bill dies in committee ... Mail Tribune 100, Feb. 25, 1916 The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Feb. 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM Posted Feb. 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Social News Feb. 25, 1916 VEGETABLE FREAK PUZZLES EVERYONE A vegetable freak has been left at the Commercial club rooms for public inspection and identification. In native botany there appears to be nothing like it. Externally, it resembles the horseradish. Physiologically, it is much like a sugar beet. Nothing similar to it in the vegetable growth about it has been found. Its flesh is white and bitter. The specimen is three feet long and eight inches in diameter at the top. Its shape resembles that of a parsnip. The plow had cut it partially in two, four inches under the surface of the ground. The other half of the root is equally large at the top, but only half as long. Foliage grew at the top of it like potato vines just sprouting. E. W. Bradshaw, whose place is eight miles east of Medford, found it in his open field. It was such a strange growth that he dug it up and brought it to town for identification. It grew in dry, coarse soil, in which are found ordinary wild plants and domestic growths of this region. The specimen is so large, the meat so tender and brittle, the growth so vigorous, apparently, and the conditions in which it was found so ordinary that an effort is being made to find someone who can tell what it is. LOCAL AND PERSONAL When a typewriter ribbon gives 250,000 words without filling the type there must be some merit in its construction beyond the ordinary ribbons. The Associated Press operator of the Mail Tribune made this record with one of the typewriter ribbons sold by the Medford Printing company, and the ribbon prints just as good as the day it was put on the machine. In all this time the type has never been cleaned. How much longer it will be serviceable is yet to be seen. Attorney George W. Joseph of Portland, who stopped over a night in Medford on his return home after a visit on business in the Ashland district, reports business conditions improving in the Oregon metropolis. Mr. Joseph spent his boyhood days in the Goose lake country. MailTribune.com Writer Posted Feb. 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... Business Name address Location, ST | website.com Find Southern Oregon Attractions Bars Restaurants Beauty Salons Entertainment Doctors Medical Specialists Contractors Education Lawn Services Lawyers Shopping Travel Tanning Used Cars Wedding Services ▼ Add your business here + Events Calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Mobile Site Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2016 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Local Media Group Publications Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com | P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501