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THE MEDFOUD MAIL TRIBUNE, iMEUiOKD, OR KG ON. TUESDAY, .TANUARY 25, 19.10. Medford Mail Tribune runusuKD dailt kxcbpt satukday. A consolidation of the MeJf.rU Mall, catabllshul ; tho Southern Owroji lu. stnbllslKd 1003; tho Democratic Times. estnWllBhed 1S7J! tho Ashland Trib une, established 189$, and the Medford Tribune, established 10. tfffiiMiil Paper ut tin Cit.v "f Medford GEOHGE PUTNAM, Editor and Malinger. fcntered as second, class matter November 1. 109. at the po.totflce (it Median). Oregon, under the net of Mnreh S. 1879. ' SUBSCIUPTI ON RATES: .15.00 Ono month by mall or carrier.... . ne yenr, by mal! THE NEW STATE OF SISKIYOU. Every little while Portland papers print an interview with somebody from southern Oregon in which the asser tion is made that the proposed uuiw state of Siskiyou.is not iu general favor in the Rogue Eivcr valley. Most of these distinguished interviewers laVk a proper sense of humor and do not realize that tho state of Sis kiyou has afforded them the great opportunity of a life time to break into the columns of a metropolitan daily, and that were it not for the proposed new state they could not be considered as a source of news by newspapers othel. counties will do the same. very large, portion of the gold output of the world, and as yep its immense gold prospects have scarcely boon scratched. Within its confines there is more standing mer chantable timber than any region of the United States can show. Jt contains practically all the remaining red wood. Its pine forests comprise nine-tenths of the sugar pine of the nation. Its wealth of fir and other timber ex ceeds all that of the rest of Oregon and California. In climate and scenery alone are resources enough to sustain an immense population. It is a vast natural park, containing the world's greatest natural wonders.. Its mountain scenery surpasses that of the Alps, an immense panorama of wild beauty. Siskiyou is the greatest of fruit belts, where natural conditions make easy the growing of the most perfect products. Properly developed, it can supply the entire civilized world with deciduous fruits. Its seacoast stretch ing from Humboldt to Coos, has half a dozen harbors, though nothing has been done to develop them, no national aid to fit them for commerce. Its coast counties form the greatest dairy region in America. Humboldt county alone, the banner dairy county of California, turning out millions of dollars a year iu these products, and made accessible, Most of the arguments used by those interviewed-ancl I VjMjt of cQal ar(? 8Cattered t, h thjs on . the arguments are almost as scarce as the interviews-are and there 8can!elv a mmeral knowu that U (U)eg m)t m)w to the effect that historical associations have endeared the . , , . nh,1(1n, As n .,. , ,.ft lv-,,lln.,fl, r,,i. i i - --- - W V V l V. ka V 4 4 a lllt I i It . Jtl IVVJ (1 I III i r- il l 1 1 ......1 J jtsi name 01 urcgon, ana mat uie pioueu wouiu tuu- Modoe counties eall llever be sm.pnssed. But.to cuumtM, Muuiu uuuiswpmawu. atc the resources of tins neglected and railroadless section, xmS . awerouuu piuiuj a wa.uu.u.i.u u, the tegt iu 1)0ssibiHtics jmd the g st m popnlatioil be substantiated. The majority of pioneers in the Rogue of Qf fnvored wouW aVolunie. Kiver valley have a higher sentimental regard for . all- 1 foraia then they have for Oregon. For many ye. M of I t ling else he ag.ta urn for the new state then- commerce and interests were with the golden state, of " ' 1 Jll ari mate and it is only eamparatively recently, that is, since the, '-v f e l-PuMica tor the .Wel coming of the railroad, that this section has had much to P-eutof,ts latent wealth. do with Oregon. Southern Oregon derives no advantage from bohitr h art of Oregon, and is as much entitled to separation as vere "Washingtpn and Idaho. Beyond the privilege of laying taxes, southern Oregon has received no benefit j-om the state government, and is without representation at the national capital. Oregon's congressional delega tion is not interested in this section enough to fulfill their promise of a weather bureau for Medford. The Rogue River valley has brought more money into SOME 1910 FRUIT PROBLEMS ADDRESS HEFOKE WASHINGTON STATE HOKTICULTL'HAIi SO- CIET1. associations. And this leads to tho nropriatlon, organized. Mnny person next and very important problem of al differences wero forgotten and that To rualtnaln the reputation which co-oporatlon. I tho fruit growers of the Pacific north- The Danish government has Riven wost have already acquired in the to the world a very successful plan i eastern and European markets Is ono for co-operation. Dairying Is tho ; of tho problems which deserves serl- chief occupation and testing nssocla- ous consideration at this time. As Hons wero formed to weed out the "ho fruit Hblnr.fni nnlnta Inrtrnnan In nnn-ninflHMA mwe Tl,lu inrt . In OrQgOll than Oregon ever brOUgllt llltO tllC KOglie IvlVd' 1 numbors wo aro apt to have cousld- spectlon is an expense tho samo as it Vallev. It has paid taxes Since the Organization Of the . arable variation in style of grade and is an Item of oxjiense t oovoraeo tho ,, , , ... j j? r pack. We.havo the quality, are com- grading and packing of Inrgo quan- state, ancT beyond a pittance received for a few years for 11andlng 8atl8factorv pr!ceS( and wo tltlca of fru!t ,n order t0 havo ,,,. a normal School, Which has nOW been killed, has never . must maintain our reputation for Its orm output, .Tho Danish govornmont had state monev spent in it. There is no more reason why 1 1 r,l y,b estlmat 'rm wi a certain proportion of the cost 1 . ! a monled standpqint. of this Inspection providing the as- any fond Olid Sentimental associations for Oregon Should J Let us adopt ruloa fixing high soclatlons, members of whom pay tho have Weight With pioneers Or Others than there Was that ' andarda of grado. then positively othor part. At the beginning the ., ? it a t iii x 'maintain these standards by' a sys- Danes wore seriously Impoverished, the people Of the American colonies Should continue to j tQm ot ln8pect,on bascd onVopor- and communities, in order that they xvnrliir. nt flip thronp of Tnfrlnnd ! at,yo efforts of tho state and shipping might not mis? their shnro of tho ap- .. x- o I Humanity has a tendency to love its chains.. It is J easier to wear them than it is to slough them off. It is ' easier to travel in the well-worn rut than it is to cut a new path, hence we always find a large portion of mankind, loth to change conditions. But we are all to a certain ex-1 tent makers of our destiny, and it is in our power to. do ! something worth while in the world or to peacefully vege j tate like cabbage in a sunshowered garden. As a matter of fact, the effort to create a new state out Df portions of two old ones, outside the actual need and sound business logic that prompts the move, is the greatest advertising effort ever attempted, as it at once challenges national attention and causes millions of people to study a region whose exististence they were not aware of. The very novelty and daring of the move and the many obsta cles in the way of its fulfillment are calculated to still fur ther call attention of the world at large to this section. ' Every time tho word Siskiyou in connection with the now state, finds its way into print in the east, some thou -sands to whom the west is an almost unexplored pink and yellow section on the map become interested and go to the trouble of securing information regarding a stretch of oiintry which they would otherwise remain ignorant of. It is thus not only a means of calling attention to this sec tion, but also to Oregon and to California. It is in effect .a movement destined, whether it fulfills its ultimate pur pose or not, to benefit the entire coast, the advertising .alone being worth millions df dollars. The secession movement is but in its infancy, but it will undoubtedly gain momentum as the days pass. Al ready this newspaper is in receipt of letters of inquiry from many eastern newspapers and from individuals in rpuote sections of the far east to whom the proposal has an irresistible appeal. The actual creation of such a new state will bring thousands of the adventurous from all parte to cast their fortunes with the new commonwealth. Few people, even among the residents of the section involved, grasp the opportunity of the future in Siskiyou, r realize the extent of its natural resources. The region , mbraced in tho proposed new state is already producing a very considerable part of the world's copper, and when itlie entire copper belt, which runs from south of Shasta northeast to the copper lined cliffs of Curry, is devel oped, it will bo the world's greatest producer of copper. It is producing now and has produced for fifty years a was tho flrut milld planli In en-oiior ntlon. Tho subsequent honofltH from tho roHtilts ot this wnn xoott uuviittont to tho oxtont that tho plan ueoutno vory popular itud lias slnoo boon tho nioaiiH of making that country ono of tho most prosperous among tho na tion. Tho Washington horticultural law provides that tho coinmlsslonor of horticulture shall co-oporato with dis trict horticultural Inspectors lu "the Instruction of horticulturists," lie twoen $10,000 and $50,000 Is spent In Washington end yenr largely for tho "protection" of tho fruit Indus tries, but some of II "shall" also be available for co-operaMvo efforts and Instruction, The Washington Horticultural as sociation should appoint a commlttoo for the specific purpose of Joining with the commissioner of horticul ture to formulnto plans wherebv tho district Inspectors and their assist ants may glvo Instruction In grading and packing conditioned on tho or ganisation of a shipping association In the community concerned. In most fruit shipping districts the the In sictors will hnvo tlmo from other duties to devote to this phase ot hor ticultural work. This committee on radlng and packing rules should seek to perfect plans whereby tho law l so framed that the stnto will co-operate more specifically with fruit shipping associations than the present law ire scribes, beforo tho next meeting of tho legislature, that tho grading and packing of fruit tuny conform to tho rules adopted and that tho priceless reputation already gained mny ll maintained without rognrd to tho dis trict from which the fruit H shipped Packing schools stnrted In tho various communities are highly commondnblo and stnte co-oporatlon will mnk more ffectual this part of tho work at ship ping time. Tho Dnnlsh government uninten tionally tnuflht co ,.cratlon and thus created a reputation In tho English commercial markets, until brands are continually recognized as standard to tho full value In coin what they rep resent. With llko plans our fruit growers can do equally well with no danger of reaction, as has been tho case In jo many Instances. To bring about a more complete stnto of co operation we must bo alert to condi tions affecting thoso with whom wp are dealing. An iiscqualntnnco wrfs engaged In fruit growing some years ago and felt that ho was so badly treated bv tho commission merchants that h de termined that there should bo at least ono honost commission man among the "rascals." He sold his fruit farm and opened up In the much criticized lino of business, and In less than a year was ready to say that among many of the farmers producers and fruit growers wcru tho "rascals." Tin' mcrchnnts handling the products of the orchard should ho under cortalu fixed responsibility, ami to tot It just right a knowlodgo of that lino of i.fditortn, together with (lint of how to grow and ship Is necossary. To ob tain host results from (ho trnmiporta tlon companion, tho shipper should havo a knowledgo ot tho Improve ments going on In thu transportation business, Ho should study tho c un to in of tho people In tho markets where seeking to pjlaco goods, Theao are some of tho commercial problems In which Instruction to young men might profitably ho available at our leading Institutions of learning. Another problem ot Importance to tho commercial fruit grower Is how bust to norvo lu urging congress for speedy action on tho road question, parcel post anil postal savings bank. Our various organ lr.nt Ions should hnvo committees appointed whono duty It shall bo to report thu mimes of con gressmen who are derelict In press ing (Iioho uieaiiuroH, Tho rural carrier charges lit cents for n pound pack ngo delivered at tho end of Ills route, while thu samo pack ago can bo sent to Englnud and delivered for 13 cents, This rural delivery man could Just us (CnnUuui'tl on tan I.) The car I hat has proved most satist'artorv in the Woguo River Valley. Ask any owner. MODELS 16 AND 17 Home Course In Domestic Science jz? By Edith G. Charlton j& Department of Domestic Ecomony cioole'e The Medford Mail Tribune has arranged to give its readers this- splendid practical home course. It will begin Thursday, Jan. 27 , and continue every Thursday for 8 weeks. This .course is Of Interest and Value to Every Woman Of Benefit to Every Man Here are the Topics Treated 1. The Scope of Domestic Science. 2. Selection of Food. 3. Cost of Food in Moderate Homes 4. Vegetahlcs in the Diet. 5. Some Breakfast Suggestions. 0. Cuts of Meat and IIow to Cook Them. 7. Substitutes for Meat. 8. Useful Labor Saving Devices. 9. Attractive Table Arrangements. 10. The Modern Kitchen. 11. The Process of Breadmaking. 12. Hints on Homo Laundering. 13. Washing Day Made Easy. 14. Principles of Home Decoration. 15. Use of Color in Houso Decora tion. 16. Treatment of Floors and Win dows. 11. Suggestions on Home Nursing. 38. Food for Invalids and Children. One Every Thursday MODEL 16, $1900 F. O. B. PORTLAND. This car may have equals for power, performance and speed, but if so they will cost at least $1000 more than the Huiclc. MODEL 10. The Famous White Streak In Rumble, Surrey and Toy Tonnoau. . -i il in - $1150 F. O. B. PORTLAND. The trimmest, staunchest small Touring Car on the market. 4.ezr 0 $1100 F. O. B. PORTLAND. Buick made tho two best American records during 3900 on track and road. -AT ATLANTA, 201 miles, averaging 72 miles por hour RIVERHEAD, U3 miles, averaging 70 milos por hour Medford Buick Co. TOUVELLE, Manager. HODSON'S GARAGE.