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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1910. REPORT ISSUED UNCLE SAM SOON ON RIVERS' FLOW 10 PLAY AT WAR Notlco to Real Estate Dealers. AW parties having my property llrilud nro hereby notified to cancel hiiimo from your lit. 2110 C, I' JIIOINHOTIIAM. Government Compiles Roiiort Rc lliirillnii All Streams In Northwest Which Empty Into the Pacific i Ocean, ! Entire Military Strcnoth of the Country to Do Mobilized and With the Militia of Various States to Wane War. A report on (ho flow of river of tin) nortliwiiNt tliul empty Into (ho PllOlflll OCHIIII llllll jltHt llHltl initlllHll' cd by tlio United 'Htntos (loolnglcnl ; "playing at wiir" ilurlnc tho month Burvny iih Water Supply Paper 252. 'of July, August and Soutombor, nc- WAHIIINOTON, .Mnrfch 18.--l'rao tkally Urn ontlnj military Hlrongth of tho tuition vlll bo umlor nruiR and TImmmj HtrmuiiN nro In WnHhlngton, Oregon, Idiiho ii ml northwontern Montana. Ntiito mid Nittlon ('ooH'nit' In Work. Tho work In Oregon linn boon dono In co-operation with tho slatu. Tho legislature begun coopiMiittou In ll'Ofi co nil lit to tho plan of tho War De partment for tho joint maneuvers of! tho regular oriiiy ami tho mllltla to EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS CHANCES FOR SALE Oil TUADB. Equity in 10 acres irrigated land in California. 10 acrcH in 0-year-old vinovnrd in Californin. GO noros, 7 miloB from Mcdford. FOR SALE. 10 ncrcH near Woodvillo; a snnp. 20 noros, planted to trees, 2l2 railoe j out; a snap, I Four-room house, furnittiro and two Ijo bold ut tho ten 11 k camp of In fit met Inn. Tho wnr program, na Just nnnouncoil, will plnco every regular commnnd In tho fluid null only pro cowh, $050. Sovon-room hounc, lot 01x200, $3000. HOUSES FOR SALE. 'A nrul il.mom Imnr.nlnurn. SOIln by appropriating $2,000 for tho pnr-Porly guard will bo loft nt tho post. 6.wom bungalow, modern, K2300. Poho and tin appropriated this Mini Tho regular fow In tho military I i.TOOm cottar S1700 ' from your to year ovnr hIiico, Tho districts, IncluiMng ovory arm of tho Iwl, linn aervlco will bo utilized with tho mill- -room cottage $1700. FOR RENT. (5-room house, $20.00. 'tin fffitil thi intillminilii hint an ntt.t i tho eltlmi oldlor will bo Instructed i'n?m hoUB0. ncr"' 91.2 .00. In nil tho field duties of tho oldlurJ.W0,V0rT ,,OUH0 fur"8,lcd from "policing camp" to "battlo pr0. Jjvo-moiii Iiouhc. Htato engineer, John II roprenentiMl tho Htato In thin work. A largo part of It Hpoeliilly that In tho Yakima river bnln In Wash ington and In tho Hnako River lmln I.. I. fU 1.1 ..... I... .1... tf..l... ' t.1..(.ln' BlatoH Reclamation aervleo. Assist-1 Tho guard organisation will bo or-i0"1 for cncr"1 hrk, no wnsn anro him boon rendered by tho Unit-, gnnlxitd an follow: Tho citizen ol-1 , . , . , , ed Ht.it.. Weather Hurenu .nd the dim of OMo. Kentucky , Indian,., 1,,rf ,for KcncrnI orU Unltml HtnloH KiikIuo.ii Corp. MIcIiIkihi, llllnol and Wont Virginia P".r , Value of Htmiiii uimliiK. will Join the repliant nt Fort Hen .J ?w , The inenHiirment of river flow to lliirrlon at Indlannpollti early In 8"p- n ! , v? ' ,'sr','l ..,n rn ., .1..l..r,..l II,.. t :.rt.. S.,i.il,r- Tlw, T,.rn ..r,.,.,.lrnMo- will U,UJ rn,1C" "nllU' POr inOntJ' r " : .: :"zr . nmi board. wuiwr iivnmuiK iiir uariKiiiiou, wamr pm ii riwui ni i.vun ojiri. ca. ii'xnn, ; water available for nuvlijnllon, water, AubumI IRj The ICnnnau, Missouri, I.., . i . . H...a tr,....i....... .... ..I... ....... ...ii, i irrigation on uoen ror mnny yrnim town, ..u. ...,M,,.m,u. k...,.m,l 'Mnn nnd wif , , a part of tho work of the uololcl ,ibllo nt Ft, Jllloy, Kanww, dur-, "'JJj J; ' h",St am nurvey. rno great imitation pro- mik aiikiii:i; ine coiorajo nun umii toKutber with tl'o Wyoinliig and Mouth Dnltotn roRlmcntu will hhkpiii nt Ft. I). A. miHHoil, Wyoming In July; at Atnorlciiu Lake, Waslilnnton tho Montana, North Dakota , tho De partment of Lolumliln. July 30; nt One ranch hnnd, $40 per month nut bonrd. Jontx of tb t.rld Voit bml their In toptlon In the Hiirvoy over twenty yearn ago, by lultattvo and tho per Inrlty of Director John W. Powell: nud tho work of draining Rwamp IhiiiIn, If dortnkeii. will Inlbit tho aid of tbo government' topogrnpher Matiratk'ro, California, and bydrogrnphor. Klglily-tluve Sti-i'iinm Menmired , tho Arizona, Nevada and California regiment will nHnemblo during Aug Tho report juat publlhcd give tho Wisconsin guard will go Into camp record of flow nt 127 gaging ta-,at Sparta, Wisconsin, Bcptomber C tloiiN on S3 river and creek; nlrjo and ,tho Iowa and MlnneBOti regl record of tho Htago of water on ment may bo- dlvertod from Fort four lake. Tho stream monxiired Ulley to thin camp; tho now govern dlffer greatly In lzo, rouging from Ment maneuver grounds at Pino mnll creek on the Flathead Indian Camp, New York will bo used by KoKervallou In Montana to largo rlv- Maln, Now llatnpnblre, Vermont Now er. Including tliv Columbia. Theo!York, Conno-tlcut and Ithodo Inland Btronma drain arenn of rMdcly differ-j troop; tho North Carolina, South ent character nti umy lie "mi by Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Ueorgla, Shccphcrder. $35. f hnmlicnniimid, out, 2f. HOMESTEAD' RELINQUISHMENT 140 aorcs, price $400. 100 neros, nriee $350. WANTED. California, 'n" wife, no children, woman. . nRSIHI. 25 Ranch hnnds. Chambermaid, out, $25, room and ! bonrd. j Shoophordor. ono UBcd to lambing. , Hnvo you honio cleaning, enrpet i nig to clean, chimneys to clean r nny othor work, hour or dnyt I : can furnish you tho help; also Ruitv cleaned and pressed. E. F. A. BITTNER, 208 Taylor & Phlpps Big. Phone 4141 Something to Investigate and Consider 50 acres of the best soil in the valiev. lo catcd 4 1-2 miles from Mcdford and 1 1-4 miles from shipping station. 5 acres planted to Bosc pears 5 years old. 2 acres peaches in full bearing. 22 acres pears and apples 1 year old. 13 acres alfalfa. Balance of land ready for planting, waste land. 1 No Fine building site; good -water; splendid location. If this interest you, we will be glad to give you full Information and price. J. W. Dressier Agency West Main Street. $150 AN ACRE -270 acres, foothill land, about 6 miles from Mfld ford; there aro about 85 acres on this place how planted to frwH, which includes about 20 acres in bohrinjr. The benriiif? vrtriettes nro Newtown and Spitzonborfr apples and Comloo pears. There nre 2) ncres of Newtowns in their socond year with poach iillera and about 0 ncres of Newtowns just planted; also 20 acre of jonntrmns and 10 ncres of Hartlott and Anjou pears just planted. About 200 acres of first-class fruit land on tho plnco. Thore are many springs on tho plnco and considerable wntor could be do voloped for irrigation; two houses, good barn and othor bnlldinjc. Would subdivido nicely. Easy terms. $2500 Sixty acres, 0 miles fromMedford, about 15 ncres cleared and partly planted; small building $250 AN ACRE 70 acres, about 1 miles from Modforrf, free soil 25 acres planted to Nowtown and SpitzenKon? apples, mostly 3 years old; in addition, about 25 acres under cultivation, balance easily cleared; good new 0-room plastered house, new barn; also set of old buildings. Could be subdivided into two or three tracts nicely, easy terms. $5500 Six miles from Mcdford, good new buildbfrs, about 8 acres pianiea to Wewtowns, Spitzcnberffs and pears, 1 and 2 years old? about 7 acres additional cleared, balance not hard clearing;; good team, wagon and machinery gCB w,tn tn8 place. This ta a 40 ncro tract. $275 AN ACRE Seventv ncrea of level land within a mll 1 t.1 of the city limits of Medford; first-class fruit land; priced at I least 5j0 an acre less than anvthinir in the vielnltv: ooad hmMiner. Would subdivide nicely. $12,525 Eleven acres in Cornice pears, 10 years old 9 acres in Bart lett and Anjou pears, 1 to 3 years old; close in; good soil; terms. $12,000 Eleven acres in Cornice and Bosc pears, 14 years old; these , , trees are in full bearing and will pay a good income on the price asked. $7000 Thirty-five ncres of black sticky, 3 miles from Medford, all under the ditch and can be irrigated. $13,000 Thirty-two acre, close to Medford, 8 acres in Newtowns and Spitzenbergs, 5 to 7 years of age; 14 acres in alfalfa, 3 acres fp peaches, 2 ncres in berries; irrigated; buildings. $14,000 Thirty-five acres; buildings; exceptionally fino place for a home; 12 ncres in apples and pears 3 years old; about an acre of bearing orchard; 11 acres in alfalfa; all fino deep free soil. $150 to $200 PER ACRE Stewart acre tracts; 2 miles from Medford; tracts aro from 10 to 25 acres in size; fine building spots on all; can all be irrigated; cheapest tracts in Medford neighborhood; easy terms. $300 PER ACRE Finest 5 and 10-ncre orchard and garden tracts in the valley; easy terms. W. T. YORK & CO. r. Hansen iIM Moffat t i. maki nay mm k ana sn (- .it windows. "Wh carry glass of any size on hand. Medford Sash & Door Co. comparing tho barren divert of Cen tral Oregon with tho heavily forest ed lope of the Cm cad oh and Count range, where tbo annual rainfall In until o place exceed 100 Inches. Irrigation in (lie Iteglim In the region conldored In this report tho Unltod State Reclama tion Service hn roven projects tinder rontitructlnn, covering nn Irrlgablo area of 77C.000 acres, and has eight project under consideration. Prl vate capital In developing at lenat MlKHl-nlppll and Tonneeneo regiment will occupy tbo camp at Chlcknmu gua uaod during tho Spanish War atiHombly, early In July. Tbo date and plnco for tho mobllzatlon of the PemiHylvanta, Maryland, Delaware Now Jcntey, Virginia and the Dlntrlct of Columbia ha not a yet been dc flnntely oct. At overy camp tho regular form tho military ilUctrld in wh?ch tbo camp Ih situated will rotnaln la the field for ono month and rill receive twelve project under tbo authority , ono month of lntructlon. Tho raan- of tho Carey act, tho largest, tho Twin Fall project, covering an nren of nearly half million ncrea, About 1,!iO0,OOA acre of land are under ir rigation In tho northwest and thU nren will bo more than riotiblod whon tho project now under way nro com pleted. Tho aucce of all these pro Jeot depend primarily on tho ad oquney of their water supply. Water I'ower The water power available In thin folgon I very grent. The Htrenmn draining Into tho north Pacific ocoan will furnloh nt low water over 12 million horHopnwor ono third of tbo total of the United State. Homo Long Hct'ord Mont of tho record of stream gag ing given In thoHo report covor only 1007' and 1008, but record at Clark Fork, at Newport Washington, Juat below I.nko Pond Orlolle, cover six years; horo on Wlllainetto river at Albany, Oregon, covor olghtoon years, tlioao on Columbia rlvor at Tho ouvers nro oxpected to arrouae popu lar Interest In tbo military arm of tho government. TO INCREASE SIZE OF MONSTER BATTLESHIPS LONDON, Mnr 18. According to Hear Admiral Hecon today, battle ship to bu bnllt In tho near future will be nearly fifty per cent Inrger than tho mounter fighting vessels of thu proBont. Rear Admiral Hccon, who wns tho commander of tho first Dreifdnought of the English navy, stated further that tho enlargement of tho ships nnd tho power of tholr guns must nocoHsarlly Increaso until war con firms or modirioo tho theory af naval construction. CimiCl) WITHOUT A KNIFE. About olght years ago, attor hav Ing conoultod tovoral physicians who failed to euro my wlfo, 1 callod In GILT EDGE INVESTMENTS 88 acre fruit Innd 3 miles out; 50 acre poara, 1 to G years old; all under ditch; a good investment; $22G per aero; good torms. 14 acres, apples, Nowtown and Spit; nice 6-room houso; modern Improvements; ono mllo out; 12, C00; caBy torms. Mco 7-room bungalow; 5 rooms finished: 100x108 foot lot; nice oak ahndo trees; high lot; a dandy homo buy; onry $2350; ?500 will handle it. ONE ACRE of fino land, half sot to 5-yoar-old fruit; nlco 6-room houso; cast front; cloao to Main at.; only $3600. A fino corner lot GOxlEO, Improved, Juat off or Oakdalo; a snap at $1000. Tako a look at our Ross Park lots. Thoy aro A No. 1; only $350; terms to suit you. Nice 8-room bungalow, all modorn 1 conveniences; best resident district ' In city; close, to Main street; only . $4500; torms; lot 60x200. LET US SHOW YOU. 128 East Main. Wright 6 Allin! DRIVERS: that know the country BIGS ihat cover the. country QUICKfclr AND WITH COM- MTT TO YOU VHE AJ.WJrS TO UK k FOCNn A1 TIIK FARLOW & DOWNING, PROPRIETORS. WEST SIDE STABLES PHONE 3431 . 8. GRAPE STREET A SNAP IN ORCHARD LAND Ono hundred and sixty acres of free red soil, 10 to 30 feet depth; two wells, about 25 acres cleared; a very gradual south hill slope; one-half mile from postoffice, lees than one-fourth aiile from school and soven nnd one-half miles southwest of Jacksonville. Only 20 per acre. Call on or address j i JOE THOMAS 222 SOUTH HOLLY STREET. MEDFORD, OREGON 128 Ean Main Street A.L. VROMAN PLUMBING; J3team and Hot Water Heating. All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. I. P. MOORE AND' E. E. SMITH Dalle, Oregon, covor thirty year. Dr. lllng, Chinoao Phyotclan, 725 J The Columbia Ir tho larnet rlvor stroot, Sacramento. Aftpr making an wIioho dlKchargo has boon computed examination bo pronouncod It n case by tho Geological Survey and tbo ro-'of abscess of tbo bowolo, for which 'cord at Tho Dalles Is tho lowest on bo successfully accomplished n euro mo report, in viow or t no tmnor-, w tnout a Kniro. About a year aco tanco of long rocords In .a' general study of run off nnd Htronm flow UiIh record will bo of groat value to tho engineers of tho country. Flood Flow of tho Columbia. Teh maximum flood of tho Colum bia occurred In Juno, 1801, wheji tho croBt dlHchargo nt Tho Dalles was 1,380,000 socond-foot nbovo tho mnxlmum drachnrgo of tho Ohio at Pad u cah and nonrly tho maximum recorded flow of tho Mississippi b'e low nil Jts largoat tributaries. Tho porlod'of low wator Ih In Docombor nnd Jnnunry. Tho lowest discharge on rocord 18,500 uecond-fout oc cured In January, 1888, Tho damago by floods In tho Unlt od States oxcood $100,000,000 annu nlly and any project of stronm control must bo basod on an aeurato know lodgo of stroam flow, Tho roport Juat published covers 410 pagos and can bo had without charge by applying to the Dlreetor of tho Burvoy at Washington. ho also trontod bor for l oi.rt troublo, with which ho had tho samo succocs, Some tlino back ho cured mo of n caso of kldnoy troublo. Anybody want lag any roforoucos can addross mo at 538 Ouk avonuo, orAntolopo, Sncra monto coun'y. T. J. ATWOOD. January 8th, 1910. PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTOR , No job too small, none too! large. Tweuty-fivo years'' practical experience. OFFICE 113 SOUTH FRONT STREET. t Old Tribune Building. Phone ,931. SUMMER EXCURSIONS EAST. Tho Southorn Pacific cpmpany will noli oxeurclon tlckots to oastorn points nt reduced rates on tho follow ing dates: May 2d and 0th, Juno ?d nnd 17th and 24th, July 5th and 22d, August 3d and Soptcmbor 8th, going limit ton days, total limits 00 days. Rates to Missouri Rlvor points and return $00,00; to Chicago and return, $82,40. Fo- furthor Information call nt local ticket c'flco or adlrosa A, S. Roaonbaum, Local Agont Southorn Paolflo Co. Ilaskins for Health. BuMy - - Robes - - FINEST ASSORTMENT OF BUGGY ROBES IN THE CITY. Single Harness Now Is the time to food Man hattan Stock and Egg Foods. Horses shed coats and look splen did. Egg Supply Will Increase-One-third. J. G. Smith 814 EAST MAIN STREET; MORTGAGE LOANvS Money on hand to loan on Heal Estate. City and County Warrants bought. Fidelity and Indemnity Bonds Furn- isnea. i-ire insurance. JAMES CAMPBELL 1 Phono Mala 51231. 0H Fruitgrower' Hunk Rulldlngl For Sale - - - - Splendid Bargains Piecre, Shepherd & Co., 128 East Main Street. A 5-room house, porches, plastered, modern, large "barn, xroodshed, new buildings; price $2500 and $1050 t?an remain one year at 6 per cent. Lot 50x168 feet. Three-fourths of an acre, South Central avenue, with building; easy terms, $1600. A 6-room bungalow, modern, maple floors, an extra good buy, $2000; North Riverside; $1000 can remain on place. A fine bungalow in Queen Anne addition, $2100; 5 rooms, bath, electric lights, fireplace, cobblestone foundation, corner lot. Can also sell you two as fine homes as there are in the city, one $5000 and one $6000. Come to office and Jkt us show you these special bargains. "We also have good buys in ranches and small tracts. Pierce, Shephard & Co. 128 East Main Street. I RESOLVED Th best resolution for you to make is to come to us for your next suit, if you want something" out of the ordinary We do the best work and charge the lowest prieea. W, W. EIPERT THE PBOQKfcSSrVB TAEOOK CHI n!KT RATFQ T0 OREGON GREAT NORTHWEST Tho management of the Southern Pacific Co. T N 1 . twines m uregon; raices great pleasure in an nouncing that the low rates from Eastern cit ies, which have done so much in past seasons to stimulate travel to and settlement in Ore gon, will prevail again this Spring DAILY from March 1 to April 15, inclusive. PEOPLE OF OREGON Tho railroads have dono their part; now it's up to you. The colonist rate is the greatest of all homo-builders. Do all you can to let east ern people know about it, and encourage them to come here, where land is cheap and home-building easy and attractive. PARES CAN BE PREPAID at homo if desired. Any agent of tho road named is authorized to " receive the required doposit and telegraph ticket to any point in the East. REMEMBER THE RATESFrom Chicago, $33; from St. Louis, $32; from Omaha and Kansas City, 25. This reduction is proportionate from all other cities. WM, McMTJRRAY, General Passenger Agent Portland, OrtfM