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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MBD.lKmi,, OREGON, MONDAY, DKCMMHUR (i, UK)!). CARE 0N1ESTS Little County Recognizes Need of , Forest Protection and Handle It in a Practical : Way. Switzerland recognized the benc f Us of forest protection and devol bnment COO years ago, when the for est ordinance of Bern was Issued. The Slhwald of Zurich, ono of tho most perfectly managed and most profitable forests In tho world, has been handled under a working. plan since 16S0. The little Alplno re public still reports progress In for est work, and the American consul, -writing from St. Gall, says: "Tho government of Switzerland has so carefully regulated tho timber output that It has never been per mitted to exceed the natural growth. The thick growth of timber on tho mountain sides, purposely allowed to become dense, has perceptibly les sened tho danger and frequency of avalanches and landslides, which In former times -were so frightfully destructive. To control the spring floods In tho rivers and streams, mas slvo dams, fortified by thickly plant ed trees, have been erected at ex posed placos. In the extraordinary attontlon paid to Its timber lands, tho government has taken into ac count also the necessity for shelter ing and pasturing cattle, the main tenance of the soli and the roads. "The actual forest area of Swit zerland comprises 2.205.50S acres, 21.4S per cent of the entlro surface of tho country. 77,004 of which be longs to the state and 2.12S.504 to tho cantons, communes, municipal ities and private corporations. Seven hundred and eighty-one acres of tho state forest are sot asldo as a nur sery. From this nursery in 1908 over 22,000.000 young trees were taken and transplanted in the va rious forests." YOUNG BOY MEETS WITH DEATH IN BOILING WATER TACOMA, Wash-, Dec. 6. After lying- in terrible agony as the result of being pushed into a tub of scald ing water, the 22-months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Alder, 192G South O street, died at 1 o'clock last liight. The accident happened at 10: 30 Sunduy morning, when the twin brother of the dead child playfully pushed the unfortunate buby into a -washtub filled with boiling water, which the mother was using to scrub tho floor. Tho child's back was terribly scalded and cougestion of the lungs and other, internni complications set in soonjafter tho necitlent. Dr." James Kelio and Dr. P. B. Garter attended the child but were unable to save its life. " IN THE HOME, YES, : BUT ELSEWHERE, TOO Mrs. Belmont Says Woman's Work I Isthe Uplifting of Mankind. X in General. 2NEW YORK, Dec. 0. In n recent speech Mrs. Oliver IT. P. Belmont ns Bertedjhnt the sphere- of woman is not firmed to tho home, but that hgr mission is a general one in tho uplifting. of mnnkind. She said in part: , "If woman merely stnvos to pro duce a homo hygienicnlly perfect and n race physically, perfect, he is not meeting tho obligations of tho cen tury. "Our political household must be rcgonerntujl. , I am certain this can not bo brought about except through tho assistance and co-operation of women." Medford, Oregon : This certifies tiint we have sold Hall's Texns Won .dor for tho cure of all kidney, blad der and rheuniatio troubles for ten years, and hnvo nover had a com plaint. It gives quick n'"l nnnnnent relief. 00 days' treatment in each bot tle. Medford Pharmacy. THAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT. A nlco ploco of cablnot work or mission furniture makes an Ideal gift, very appropriate and useful. Wo spo ciallzo In making tho "out of tho or dinary" pieces. In fact, anything in tho mission furnituro or cabinet vork linos mado to your ordor, any finish you may dcslro. Drop In and got our prlcos, MISSION FURNITURE WORKS, Shop near corner Eighth and Holly Btroots. Phono 3302. SWISS EAD i i I II The R CopyrlaM. (90S. by (fa MtClur Com piny. Copjrlfhl U07. 190S. by Stcwiri Edw&rd Whit. II Chatrter; 13 K2t I HAVE Tleluzmau's contract nil drawn." said Newmark the next morning, "and I think I'll go around with you to the office." They fouud the little German nwalt- I ing them. Newmark Immediately took charge of the Interview. "I have executed here the contract ! and tho bonds secured by Mr. Orde's ! ami my shares of stock In the uew ! company." he explained. Heluzmau reached his hands for the papers, beaming over his glasses at the two young men. As he read, how- i ever, his smile vnulshed. "Vat Is this'-" he Inquired, crlspness 111 his voice. "You tolt me." he ac cused Orde. "dot you were not bre pnred to break out the roll ways. You tolt me you would egspect me to do that for myself. Well, why do you 1 put lu this':" readlug from the paper I In his hand: 1 "In case said railways belonging to snM , parties of the ecoml part are not broken 1 out by the time the drive hns reached t them, and In case on demand x!d par- , ties of the seconu pa" " reiuso ur u , not cxerclso due diligence In breaking out said rollways. the said parties of the flrat part shall themselves break out said roll ways, and the said parties of Xhe second pnrt do hereby agree to reimburse said ' Dartles of the flrst part at the rato of a dollar per thousand board feet." "That Is merely to protect ourselTes." struck In Newmark. "But" exploded nelnzman. his face purpling', "a dollar a t'ousand Is ab I surd!" i "Of course." agreed Newmark. "Wo expect it to be. It U intended as a jvuu I iu juu uuu b uivu vu.. your own rullways in time." "I vlll not stand for such foolish ness!" pounded Hcluzman. "Very well." said Newmark crisply, reaching for the contract. But Llclnzmau clung to It "It Is absurd," be repeated In ajmlld er tone. "See, 1 vlll strike It out." lie dld.so with a few dashes of the pen. "We have no Intention." stated New mark, with decision, "of giving you the chance to hang up our drive." Ileinzman caught his breath. "So that Is what you think!" he shouted. He tore the contract in pieces and threw it In the wastebaskct. "Get oudt of here!" he cried. Orde's hands twitched nervously. "You to refuse our offer?" "Itefuse! Yes you and your whole rapoodlc!" yelled Helnzman. Once In the open street Orde drew a 3ecp breath of relief. "Whew!" said he. "That was a ter ror! .We've gone off the wrong foot that time." i Newmark was amused. Or "You don't mean to say that fooled you! lie uiiirvuiru. "What?" asked Orde. "It was all rubbish, ne saw we had spotted his little scheme, and be bad ! to retreat. It was as plain as the nose on your face. We've KOt an enemy on I our hands In any case and one we'll have to look out for. ne'll try to mako trouble on tho river. PerhapB he'll try to block the stream by not breaking his rollways." The partners hunted out the little frame building In which Johnson con ducted his business. "I see no use In It." said Johnson. "I can run me own wldout help from any man " "Which seems to settle that!" said Newmark to Orde after they had left. "Now," suld Newmark as they trudg ed back to their hotel, "this proposi tion of Helnzman's has given mo an idea. I'm not going to try to sell this stock outside, but to the men who own timber along tho river. Then they won't bo objecting to tho tolls, for If the company makes any proflts purt will go to them. I'll tako theso con tracts to show wo can do tho business, nnd I'll see about Incorporation and get a proper olllco and equipments. Of course we'll have to make this our headquarters." "I supposo so," said Orde a llttlo blankly. After un Instant ho laughed. "Do you know, I hadn't thought of I that!" "Also." wont on Newmark calmly. "I'll buy the supplies to tho best ad vantage I can." "And I?" Inquired Orde. "Get tho booms built nnd Improve tho river. Begin to get your crew. You can 'start right off. We have my money to begin on." Orde laughed. "My! Sho's a nlco big Job, isn't she?' ho cried Joyously: ON his return homo into Monday afternoon Grandma Orde in formed tho river boss with a shrewd twlnklo that she want ed him surely at home tho following evening. I I I Chapter iverman By Stewart Edward White -J "I've nskod three or four f in young people for a !d , a. sou. she. "Who, mother?" ikUii! Orde "Your crowd-tho Smith lolllnst-s Jane Hubbard and Her." said Grand ma Orde. The young people straggled In at an early hour after supper Orde stopped Into tho hall to help them with their wraps. He was surprised as he an proaehed Carrol) Bishop to lift her cloak from her shoulders to And that the top of her daintily poised head.' with Its soft, tine hair, came well bo low the level of his eyes. Somehow her poise, her slender grace of move ment and of attitude, had lent her the Impression of a stature she did not possess. "Oh, It Is so quaint nnd delightful," Carroll exhaled slowly, "this dear old house with Its low ceilings and Its old "Oh, It U 10 ijvaint and delightful." pictures and queer, unexpected things that tako your breath away." "It Is one of the oldest houses In town," said Orde. "and 1 suppose It Is picturesque. But. you see, I was brought up here, so I'm used to It." "Walt until you leave It." said she. "Then all these things will come back to you to make your heart acho for them." After the company had gone Orde stood long by the front gate looking up Into the Infinite spaces. Somehow, and vaguely, he felt tho night to bo akin to her elusive spirit. Farther and farther his soul penetrated into its depths, and yet other depths lay be yond, other mysteries, other ungucssed realms. And yet its beauty was the simplicity of space and dark and the stars. The next time he saw her was at the bouse of the friend she visited. Orde was lucky enough to And the girls homo and alone. Jnnc made an excuse and went out. They talked with a considerable approach toward intimacy. Not until nearly time to go did Orde stumble upon the vital point of the evening, ne had said some thing about a plan for tho week fol lowing. "But you forget that by that time 1 shall be gone," said she. "Gone!" he echoed blankly. "Where V" "nomc," said she. "Don't you re member I nra to go Sunday morning?" "I thought you were golngjo. stay a month." "I was, but I certain things came up that made It necessary for me to leave sooner." "Will you write me occasionally?" ho begged. "As to that" sho began "I'm a very poor correspondent. I do not make It a custom to write to young men." VOh!" he cried, Uplleylng himself en lightened. "Will you answer if I write you?" She began gently to laugh, qulto to herself, as though enjoying n Joke en tirely within her own personal privi lege. "What is your address in New York?" demanded Orde. Sho sank Into a chair near by with a pretty uplifted gesture of despair. "I surrender!" she cried, and then sho laughed until the tears started from her eyes. "Oh, you nro dell clous!" she Kald at last. "Well, listen. I live nt 12 West Ninth street. Can you remember that?" Orde nodded. Two days Inter Orde saw the train carry her away, T HE new firm plunged busily Into pressing activities. Ordo con stantly Interviewed men of all kinds riverine)), mill men, con tractors, boat bulldert), lurdvur deal ers, pile driver captains, bulldeiM, wholesale grocery men, cooks, axuien, chore boys- all a little world In Itself. Downstream eight miles, below the mills, and Just beyond where the draw, bridge crossed over to Monrovia, Dilu ent' Mcl.cod's shipyards steamed and bt I : ,d bolted awny at two tugboats. The spring burst Into leaf nnd Hot tied Into summer. Orde wus constant ly on tho move, As soon as low wa SiiChapiex" fcfj Lll 15. ZJ Cost Per Monday , . TuoBdny , WtMlnvmlay Tliurndiiy . l'rlilny . . . Saturday . tfuntlny , . . Total . . Our rate for cooking and heating is 5c per K. W. BL, making the cost $1.55 per week ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO. MEDFORD, OREGON ter came with tutdouinmor ho departed to Iteddlni. I lore ho Joined a crew which Turn N i th ! .ad collected nnd wont t tho lioiid . i tho river. Par back on the houhv.ifcrs he built a dam. The gate por.ind simply and could 1 mixed tot l.-o?o nn entire llood. And. indeed. i'.iN ris the whole purposi. nf tho d:iiu I' rnted a res ervoir from whirl) eou;d be freed new supplies of water to eke out the drop ping spring freshets. The crow next moved down ten miles to where the river dropiwl over a rapids full of Iwwlders, Here were built n row of stone tilled log cribs In n double row downstream to define tho channel and to hold the drive lu It and away from tho shallows. At the falls twenty-five miles below Orde pur posed his most elaborate bit of rough engineering. The falls, only about fifteen feet high, fell straight to n bed of sheer rock. This had been eaten by the eddies Into potholes and crannies until n Jagged Irregular scoop hollow had formed Immediately underneath the fall. In flood time the wnter, roared through this obstruction In a torrent. The logs plunged end on into tho scoop hollow, hit with a crash nnd were spewed out below more or less battered. Sometimes, when the drive brought down a hundred logs together, they failed to shoot over the barrier of the ledge. Then followed a Jam, a bad Jam, difficult and dangerous to break. This condition of affairs Orde bad determined. If possible, to obviate. "If." bald he to North, "we could carry an apron on a slant from Just under the crest nnd over the potholes It would shoot both the water nnd the logs off a better angle." "Sure." agreed North, "but you'll have fun placing your apron with all that water running through. Why, It would drown us!" "I've got a notion on that," said Orde. Into tho forost went tho axmen. Tho strnlshtest trees they felled, trimmed nnd dragged down trnvoy trails they constructed, on sleds they built for the purpose, to the banks of tho river. Here they bored the two holes through either enil to receive the bolts when later they should bo locked together side by side In their places. As fast as they were prepared men with ennthooks rolled them down the slope to a lint below the falls. After the trees Iind been cut In suf ficient number Orde led the way back upstream n half mile to n shallows, where ho commanded the construction of n number of exaggerated snwhorites with very widespread slanting legs, Whon tho snwhorsoH were completed Orde directed tho picks nnd shovels to bo brought up. Ordo set his men tollgglng n chan nel through the bank. It was no slight Job, as tho slopo down Into n swamp began only nt n point forty or fifty feet Inland; but, on the oilier haiiil, the earth was soft and free from rocks When completed tho elumnel gave pas sage to a rather feeblo Htreamlet from tho outer fringe of the river. Next Orde assigned two men to each of tho queer shaped snwhorKes nnd In structed them to place the horses In a row across tho shallowest part of tho river and broadside to tho stream. This was done, Tho men, halfway to their knees In tho swift wnter, lre down heavily to keep tholr charges m place. Other men Inlil heavy plunks side by side perpendicular to and on the .upstream sldo of the horses. Tho weight of tho wnter clamped them In plno.-. Big roeks nnd gravel shoveled on lu quantity prevented tho lower ends from rising. Tho wide slant of tho legs directed tho pressure ho far downwnrd that tho horses wero pre vented from Homing uway, and slowly tho bulk of tho water, thus raised n good three feet above Its former lovel, turned aside Into tho uew channel und pou. '.'(1 out to Inuudnto tho black ash swamp- beyond. A good volume- still poured down to tho fall, but It was so fnr reduced that work beennio posslblo. "Now. boys!" cried Ordo. "Lively while wo'vo got tho chancoj" of Electricity week for the average family for heating and cooking IlrcukftiKt (1 ao 8:00 . -kw.h. 1 kw h "i kw h. . Uw.h. . I kw.h. . N kw h. . 4 kw h. .5i kw h. taking S:0ii 1 1 :00 t kw.h. 0 kw.h. 3 kw.h. o kw h, 0 kw h, 3 kw.h. o kw.h. 7 kw.h, Ironing 7:00 11:00 0 kw.h, J kw.h. 0 kw.h. o kw.h. a kw h. 0 kw h. IMlllH'r 1 1 :.H 1:00 tH, kw.h. 1 4 kw h. kw h. t kw h. kw.h. kw h. a 4 kw h. 9 kw h. kw.h. 3H kw h. The tuont ix f i t I.:- "ore plmod side by side, slanting from a point two feet below tho rliu of tho full to tho lodge below. They wero bolted to gether top nnd bottom through tho four holes bored for that purpose. The task finished, thoy pried the tlaHh boards from the Improvised dam, plied them neatly beyond roach of high water, rescued tho sawhorsos nnd piled them also for a possible future use and blocked the temporary clinn nel. The river, restored to Its lmmo- ' mortal channel by theso men who had so nonchnlnntly turned It aside, roared ' on. Orde nnd his crew tramped back to the falls anil gnzed on tholr hnudl- work with satisfaction. Instead of plunging over an edge Into n turmoil of foam and eddies, now the wnter Cowed smoothly, nlmost without n break, over an "Incline of thirty de grees. "Logs '11 slip over that slick as a gun barrel." said Tom North. Quite cheerfully they took up their long, painstaking Journey back down the river. The trail led the crew through many minor labors, all of which consumed time. At Heed's mill Ordo entered Into diplomatic negotiations with old man Iteod. whom he found singularly amenable. Tho skirmish In the spring seemed to have tnken all the fight out of him, or perhaps, mora simply, Orde's attitude toward him nt that tlmo had won htm over to tho young mnn's sldo. Orde's crew built a new sluiceway and gate fnr enough down to aasuro n good head In the pond above. In September the crew had worked dowu as fnr as Bedding, leaving be hind them n river harnessed for their uses. Homnlued still tho forty miles between Bedding nnd the lake. Ordo here (mid off his men. A few days' work with n pile driver would fenco the principal shoals from the channel. Ho stayed overnight with his par ents nnd took the trntn for Monrovia to meet Nowmnrk. ' "Hello, Joe!" greeted Orde. his teeth flashing In coutrnst to the tan of his face. "I'm done. Anything now slnco you wrote Inst?" Newmark had acquired his articles of Incorporation und sold his stock. I'erhaps his task had in It as much of dllllculty as Orde's taming of the river. Certainly he carried It to as successful a conclusion, The bulk of the stock ho sold to log owners. Some blocks even went to Chicago. Ills own little fort one of twenty thousand he paid lu for the shareshat represented his half of tho majority retained by himself and Orde. The Intur gave a note nt 10 per cent for his proportion of tho stock. Newmark then borrowed fif teen thousand more, giving as security a mortgage on the company's newly acquired property-the tugs, booms, buildings and reul estate. Thus was the llunncliig determined. It left tho company with obligations of $l.r,oo n year lu Interest, expenses which wmld run heavily Into tlie thousands and an obligation to mako good outsldo stock worth at par exactly $lt),0)0. In addi tion Orde had charged against his ac count a burden of S'-'.OOO n year Inter est on his personal debt. To ofTset those liabilities, outsldo the river Im provements mid equipments, which would hold 111 He or no value lu case of failure, the linn hold contracts to tie liver about 100.000.d00 feet of logs. After some iIIm'-iishIou the partners de elded to allow themselves $'r00 apiece by way of xalary. "The only point that Is at all risky to me," nii Id Nowmnrk. "Is that wo have only one season contracts. If for any reiuoii we hang up the drive or fr.ll to deliver promptly wo'ro going to get loft the 'cir following, and then It's b-u s t l'it," (To ho continued.) Thv largo! )iiu have only mxiee miiww of imilu. tliu' ioot t.po i man ha thlrty-uluu. Ml HO. I toy Uw.h. 4 kw.h. Htiiir i.:io S:0A 4 Uw.h. 1 kw.h. 4 kw h. 0 kw h. 4 kw.h. 4 kw h o kw h, 3 kw h. Mlno. Night To I it I 0 kwh. 4 kw.h, o kw h. 0 kw h. 4 kw.h. 0 kw h. 1 kw h. S kw.h. kw.h, kw h. kw.h. kw h. kw h. kw h. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING in all its branches is our specialty. Specifi cations on contracts regardless of their size promptly furnished and satisfaction guar anteed. Wo also carry tho finest lino of Art Fixtures and Genoral Eloctrical Sup plies between Portland and San Francisco. Tf your house needs wiring, your motor re paired, or you need fixtures of any descrip tion, give us n trial. Southern Oregon Electric Company PHONE 1091. 36 S. GRAPE ST. Iplumbing Steam, and Hot Water Heating. All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. I. F. MOORE AND E. E. SMITH Old Tribuno Building. Phono 2931. The New Improved Aladdin INCANDESCENT KEROSENE MANTLE LAMP. Costs Ono Cent for Six Continuous Hours' Burninij. Brightest, purest und safest light. It iihvoh Oil, requires little cure, bums without noiso or odor- enn't orplodo. For snlo by W. E. STACY,S E. O. AYLER, Gen. Agents AGENTS WANTED. Lumps In bo had nt Strangn Dr. g Store M M, IIKHMAN. HERMAN BROTHERS Dcnlora in HARNESS, SADDLES, R0DF.S, WHIPS, TENTS, WAGON COV ERS, HORSE BLANKETS, ETC. All kinds of custom work and repairing douo on short nolieii. 317 East Seventh Street MEDFORD, OREGON CRESTBROOK ORCHARD TRACTS 5 10 - 20 Acres Arijolnlnii H 1 1 1 c r ess Fo r c 1 1 ar 1 1 anil con ' tain unoxcclotl deep, rich soil. Rea sonable prices and generous terms. OREGON ORCHARDS SYNDICATE SELLING AGENTS ROGUE RIVER VALLEY 4 kw.h. 7 kw.h. 6 kw.h. i kw.h. 3 kw.h. flkw.h. I kw.h. 31 kw li. C. II. IIKKMAN.