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" fv V ... Ift P2TOH mjm aArEDTTORT) MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOftD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OOTQ1WU M, 1011. IfiEDFOUD MAIL TRIBUNE .AM INnifif'ENnRNT NEWSnAPBH PUBMBURD KV15IIV AKTliKNOON KXCBPT SUNDAT, BY TUB iiBDi-'onn pmntinq co. Tito Democratic Tlmo, Th Medford Mull. Tim Medford Tribune, The South ern OroKonlnn, Tha AthUnd Tribune. t,Ofrico Mall Trtbuno Bulldlny. .JT-M North Fir atrcct; phono. Mala aoju, Uomo 75. A BULLETIN ON FROST FIGrHTING. Srccman rUTNAM, Editor and MasaKor J.5.00 su Kntftied n Bccond-clftBS matter at Me ford. OreRor- under the act of March I. 1878. Official Pnpr of tho City of Midford Offlclnl Paper of Jackaon Countr. BTTBSCRITTIOH JLA.TJW. Ono yoar, by mall Per month,' delivered by carrier In Medroril, JUCKOOUviwa " .- -. tral Point ; gaturday onlr. by mail, por year.. J.oo Weekly, per year ..,..... 'B" WORK OIRCOI.A.TIOX. Dally nvcrtK for bIx montha andlns December 81. 1910, 71. Ta.U taaaad 'Wlra XJalta Dlapatckaa. Tho Molt Tribuno la onaalo at tho Ferry News Stand. San Fronclaf. Portfnnd HoUl Nov? Stand, PofUand. Bowman New Co.. Portland. Ore, W. O. Whitney, Seattle. Uaah. ami fastest KBDrOHS, OREOOK. Metronolla of Southern .Oregon Mnrihrrn California, and tho growing city In Oregon. -,. m. "population U. 8. oenaua 1910: SIM): eattmated. 191110.000. omvllv rivo hundred thousand dollar Or? Water Syntcm completed. Klvlm: neM -...,... r mountain watr and alx teen mlloa ot atrcot belnt? P "" contracted for at a coat jwecedln l. 000.000, mnklnB a total of twenty miles of pavement. . . -..i. Postofflco receipts for year n"n March 31, 1911. show Increase of 41 per cont. Bank deposits a pain of per Banner fruit city In Oregon Hobuo Tivr Kultxenberc apples won sweep. takes prtie and tltlo of "Apple Xlnir of tha World. at the National AppI Show, 8pokane, 1909, and a car of Newtowns won rtrat rrlia In 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver. B. C .,.., Hokuo lllvcr peara brought hlgheal prices In all marketa of tho world dur. InK tho past alx years. Wrlto Commercial club. Inclosing 6 mnta for Dostacc for fhrt finest commu nity pamphlet ever published. JOLTS AND JIKGLES By Ad Brown I think well ot my follow man, Ot all except tho ono Whoso specialty is showing how My business should bo done. " Taft has urged tho California women to use tho ballot now that they havo won It. Before electiou comes around moro than ouo candi date will bo free with advice about those samo ballots. If tho Wrights make a perfectly safe aeroplano tho district fairs will have to go back to balloon ascensions for thoir thrills. A dispatch Bays a man walked from Jersey City to San Francisco. He wont a long ways to escape tho raos-quitos. Taft has worn out three silk hats on his western trip. Think of the poor hatters beforo you Bay the trip did no good. :Tho banana peel Is getting more nnd moro dangerous. They're making whisky out ot It now. I'll VI, of China. Don't cry Littlo Pu YI, If thoy tako.your throno away. A throne means tears ' Tor future years Bettor you' could romp and play. Kittle Ah Sid, A Chincso kid Who nevor ovon saw a crown, Mny walk tha street With playful feet And havo tho froodom of tho town. Better far For Pu Yl'H star Thoy tako your throno and crown away: Thnt llko a boy You may enjoy Tho golden fruit of childhood's day. NOW SHOCKING! STAID OLD BOSTON TO SEE NAUGHTY PLAY H ?BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 31. Seat jnjj 15J0 persons, representatives of Boston's wealthiest and oldest fam ilies today nre building an exclusive playhouse where tlio stockholders will view in private plays forbidden nt public, theaters. ' The new theatre is being built nt No. 10 Lime street in tho west end. It is understood only stockholders will bo admitted to the performances, and t)int the plays to bo produced will iiiiiludo Oscar Wilde's famous (rniniiR and somo of the suppressed works of Bernard Sliuw, Granville Bnrkor, Isbon and Bernstein. VSAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Actual york oir tho Panama Pacific expo, ejtion site hero will bo begun within three weeks, according to announce ment in ii do today. Tho engineering h'nd architectural departments of the exposition company are diligently preparing plans for tho buildings and grounds, which thoy will givo to the public in tho near future. BULLETIN No. LtO, entitled "Preliminary Pros Fight ing Studies in tho Rogue .River Valley," has just been issued by the Oregon Agricultural College under the authorship of 0. 1. Lewis and F. 1?. Brown. Tho bulletin eould have been made worth while it' tho authors had boon inspired with a little more scientific accuracy and a desire. to give others the credit due them. Omissions and niis statements are niado where it would have boon very easy to havo gotten tho facts. To tho pereon not acquainted with the Roinic River valley it would appear as though nothing had over been done in tho way of orchard heating excepting during tho past year, and tho assumption would bo that the authors of tho bulletin were directly respon sible for tho remarkable results accomplished in tho com mercial orchards. In the introduction, or history, wo find just a little more than a page devoted to the statement as to the work which has been done in an experimental way by the col lego. No mention is made of the fact that very important work was done by the orchardists under the direction of a government pathologist, and that many valuable crops wore saved during the past three seasons. The bulletin cites the work done by the college in ono of the orchards in .1909 where the results were of a negative character. Tho owner of the orchard, together with" the experiment ers, maintained in public meeting at thai time that orchard heating was of no value. On this assumption, duo to snap judgment, the owner failed to protect Ins orchard the tol lowiug yoar, with results too well known. If experimental work of this nature results in a future loss, what is its value? The "history" further relates that no work was un dertaken in 19i0, and then comments on the statement that "the growers ot the vallev resorted to various meth ods of frost fighting in order to save their crops." The authoi's further state that "Unfortunately, in their rush of work few of the farmers kept data and notes of such a nature as to be very valuable in frost fighting work." A statement like this is unjust and a direct insult to our intelligent growers whom these veiy experimenters found fully prepared for the frost fighting campaign of 1911. As a matter of fact, some of tho most valuable work was done in 1910, and if the authoi's of the bulletin had de sired to look up sources for their "history" they would havo found some very valuable data. The authore attempt to discuss weather conditions, and in the page devoted to tho discussion some very interest ing "facts" are disclosed. If there were no TJ. S. "Weather Bureau office located in the valley, fully equipped with accurate instruments, there would be some excuse for the inaccuracies m temperatures and precipitation. An error of one degree is quite permissable, but not so where the error is seven to twelve degrees. Why not state the exact precipitation instead of saying "very little rain fell"? It is possible that the authoi's consider an inch of rainfall "very little." Under the heading "Forecasting Frosts" the authoi's are veiy particular not to give the local weather bureau officer, Prof. P. J". O'Gara, any credit. They do not state that he has worked out tho system of local forecasting which has been used for the past three years. This sys tem, which depends upon a great many factors, has been due wholly to his work. He is given by the authoi's of the bulletin the very interesting 30b of "posting the general forecasts as sent from Portland. This statement is false, since the local forecasts have always been made up and given to the telephone company before the arrival of the Portland evening forecast. The records of the local weather bureau office were evidently overlooked. During the entire frost season, this office remained open all night whenever serious frosts were forecasted, and was in constant communication with the different orchard districts of the valley. The authors glibly assert that "the system of forecasting is- probably the best, in use at the present time" and offer the sugges tion that "it may be bettered in some ways." Naturally, if the "system" of forecasting were simply to post the Portland forecasts without considering local conditions, this would he veiy true. If any reader can understand "forecasting frosts" by going over the authoi's' statements he will have to read between the lines. The authoi's suggest that ' ' each grower rely more or less upon his own forecasts and alarms" without telling him what to do. Better abolish the United States weather service and provide ourselves with a psyenrometer ana a Jsjg $en." The larger part of the bulletin is really devoted to ad vertising two types of heaters, although there are several types in the valley; and it would seem that the two rival smudge pot companies adopted a pretty good advertising stunt. A perusal of the pages devoted to the so-called tests shows that they were not all made under actual frost conditions. Furthermore, the orchard selected for tho. five cheap thermometers tested tho previous year, and yet tho 1911 crop was saved, The bulletin Winds up the discussion of orchard heat ing by injecting into it a problem in pollination. It is evi dent that tho Rogue River valley is a very fine place to bo and they want to have something to do, as "The investiga tions carried on this year wore not conclusive, and simply opened up n largo problem for future solution." So long as the experimenters believe as thoy do,, tho problem will remain unsolved so far as thoy are concerned. Throughout the whole bullet in there has not boon the slightest attempt to cite from tho various bulletins and papers on orchard heating. There have boon published at least one u. h. .armors' uulletiu, one u. S. AVeathor Bureau paper, and several articles on frost prevention in tho Roguo River valley, but no references are made to them. Instead of properly citing references, the authors Irequently lapse into quasi plagiarism and state facts which have been secured through the efforts o others. So far as the valley itself is concerned, the bulletin moans nothing, and, as has boon stated before, the whole "exper iment" was not only a waste of time but a waste of money. If this valley were to depend upon the station for ils horticultural information, there would bo indeed little ad vancement. Only alter the experimental stage has passed does the station consider it worth while to experiment. After the valley has done three veal's of successful frost fighting, they admit that crops may ho saved. SMITH'S APARTMENT HOUSE South UlviTHldo New nnd l!i.tul)iiti Modern In every imrtlrulnr, gnu eoolc- inir, tttcam heat, tc, Women and gtilrt iiiiinI bring refer. viiccs, W. M. SMITH Home Phono HUC. Where to Go Tonight Draperies Wo enrrr i very ooimilrtt lino of ilrnporlro. fnao aurtnltm, fixture, uto., nml do nil cIuhkcd of upholM trrliiK- A poo In I mnii to look nflor thU work oxahiRtvuly nml will k!vi n txil flrvlc it la !ioll)lo to Kt In nven tlio Ureeat elite. Weeks & McGowan Co WWMWJWrWJJWWJW rur inr tiipithp inC 1313 INEIIKE inn douiimo niu- ' tiii: tiiuki: iiaoanh .Mnilliu l.uoy Jnrk Orlfiliifil Mimical Coiiiitil)' (intltlml 1 "(11.11 IIKAIJM AMI YOU.NH j lit Hid IIKADS AMI lllv'AUTS" Danger of a Conflagration (By General Sonysmitli.) Forty yenra no I witnessed the jjreat Chicago fire which destroyed the hnildings covering nn men four times ns Inrge ns Medford. And then nnd there resolved thnt I would do my hest to dovixe some method of hitilding Unit would he proof ugiiiusl such destruction, nnd I hnvo ran sacked the whole rnngo of materials used, and thnt mny he used, in liuild ings nnd tested them as to their re sistance to fire, nnd their uou-cou- tiucuou. It gocfl without saying thnt those who do not hum, such as stone, brick-, tile, iron mid steel nre to hi preferred, each according to its fit lies in strength, durability, worka bility and cost for the particular building contemplated. When n fire stnrts in n neighbor hood covered with wooden buildings the heated nir rises nnd n strem: current rushes in, even when there '. no wind blowing. This quickens and spreads the flames; especially whci the buildings nrn-ns dry nnd inflam iblo ns tinder ns thoy nro in n per fectly dry atmosphere such as thai of Hertford. Now this is largely n wooden town wny. gratuitously. nnd to renlixo our danger ono need only place n small spark, n live co; or n burning splinter on n roof nnd wnteh it grow quickly into n spread ing flame. Another alarming fcutun of our situation is thnt our unlet supply nnd means of its rapid nnd plentiful distribution nre entirely in adequate to afford the fire depart ment any chance to fight their battle with tho flames successfully. If these statements or nny of llicin nre not true, I shall bu glud to Imvi them corrected nnd quietly submit Id being called an alarmist. I am but a newcomer nnd perhaps not well informed. If fire should stnrt and cet iilo headway on the windward side of I he town, when n heavy wind is Idowiut;, the damage would bo greatly in creased. "An ounce of prevention is worth 11 pound of cure," csHieinl!y in tliix case. If there is danger that n total de struelinn of the town, or n very large pan or u, ny tire, proper means -hoiilrt be provided immediately to prevent it. If I enn aid in devising such means I will glndly do so in n consulting NOW Is the time to subscribe for your MAGAZINES WE WILL FIGURE ON ANY CLUB YOU MAY DESIRE Medford Book Store 2 kind ChhI of (llmriiPtorH! I Dena Mneartliy Mnloney i Marlyu I lagan ( ? Koro .Moloney (hln daughter) . . i liiiey lliigauz 2 Harry I.nilimni, an attorney., ;.lliu Lynch (a biimlur) Inck tlngau 'I'IiIm li.ilmr Mi tlil in.) .if li t - --Iff, !( ,..l. Ill I, If, ,, ever iilnveil Intro. It h1ii.ii lit ho a III it tlrawlni' eiiril. mm nil lilii.tu ? I of Hinting, dancing and good coin. j edy Ih Introduced. RTll.l. ANOTIIKU VAX ll.llil.KNI.STK'K.4 lL'lliilli.li .t .tf.ilu.t Li I i..ift.i..i . ........... , ,.....-.,, ,,.,. i Direct from tho I'antaceH theatre, : I'ortlitud, coineii Kuglaud'n famnim arrobatlo dnucerH and nlugorx, ; who aro pronounced by tho l.on dou Times as two of tho greatest i; dancers KiiKlaiiil linn over pro ducod, 9 Mm Star Theatre Mntlneu livery liny 3 to I'. M. COMMUNICATIONS. tests was most favorably situated and easy to protect; yet the authore admit a considerable injury to the fruit, and suggest that "this was due to the effects of a late frost which occurred on a night when no heating was done" Very clover, indeed.! There is no weather bureau office m the valley, it would appear! Of course, the experiment was not necessarily intended to save the crop, it was sim ply an experiment. The temperatures recorded outside this orchard were not nearly so low as in the ease of sov oral other orchards where careful records were kept and where no fruit was damaged. Of course, it is always a good tiling to know "how not to do" some things, and in this the bulletin may have some value. A few pages of the bulletin recite the experiences of some of the growers. These experiences were secured by interview and several statements are so incorrect that they really demand correction. For instance, it is stated that it required fifteen to eighteen men to handle the wood fires in the Hollywood orchard of 50 acres, and that a fair crop was saved. As a matter of fact, not more than four" men were ever employed at one time: and. besides, aii excellent crop of fine quality pears was harvested. It seems that one of the most interesting facts discov ered in tho Burrell orchard is that it was equipped with To the Editer: Will you nllow a suggestion from one fully in sym pathy with Governor West's humani tarian plans? It is to spenk (in tho paper and elsewhere) of thoBO inmates of the penitentiary who nre to bo employed on public works ns "trusties" and not ns "convicts," ns being in ac cord with the governor's idea of re forming them, also us being reassur ing to timid people. Another suggestion nnd request; I have rccetnly had several requests from persona in tho cast desiring to know what wages nro paid out here; the last from u college student tak ing nn agricultural course, wanting to know what nn inexperienced man would be paid. Can you not furnish facts ub to mechanics, quarry men, miners, fruit-pickers and packers, farm hands, summer nnd winter wages, men who work in orchards tho year round, men who work in box factories, etc.? A list liko this cor rected from timo to timo would bo useful. I have wondered why such things wcro not published in the booklets. SAItAII P. At)AMS. Peyton, Ore., Oct. 27. , -',- MIXED MARRIAGES ARE DECRIED BY CLERGYMEN VANCOUVER, Wn.t Oct. 31. Aroused by the unusually large num ber of mixed marriages which have taken place here recently, the clergy men of Vancouver today launched n war ngninst mixed nliiauce, deter mined to slop the practice. Fourteen; intcr-raeial marriages have tuken plnco bore recently. In each case a white woman became the bride of a Japanese, Chinese or Negro. Couples front Idaho, California, Oregon nnd Washington, who were unablu to securo licenses in other pluees have come to Vancouver nnd havo been married. At the last session of tho legisla ture nn effort to enact u law pro bibiliirg the marriage of whiles and negroes or Asiatics failed. To tho Editer: Some eijc or otght weeks ago tho bridgo over Itoguo riv er nt Jackson Ford was completed; since then there has been nothing done to put the road on either side in condition to allow tho uso of the bridgo. It is impossible to drive onto tho bridgo nt present. A fow days work on each side would remedy this. Is the bridgo .to remain closed all winter on this account? If this work isn't rtono beforo tho rain comes, it would noVtfr bo done. Who is responsible for such conditions! Many people would liko to uso tho bridge if it wero possible, A BUBSCRinBR. Knglo Point, October 20. Papke Confident. CHICAGO, Oct. 31, "If anybody happens to bo at mo, he'll know lie hns been in a real fight," declared Hilly Pake, csrtwbilo middleweight champion and prominent member o the down and out club hero on his way to Boston jo box Bob Mohn twelve rounds next Tuesday night'. Pnpko maintains thnt ho has really "como back" nnd will best Frank Klaus for tho world's title. Mean while a Inrgo quotation murk is per meating tho brains of fiastiaua fol lowers, ' LAF0LLETTE AND WILSON FAVORED IN OREGON PORTLAND, Oct. ,I0 A straw vote taken throughout Oregon on the presidential possibilities, published in the Portland Journal today shows that LnFollctte, among tlio republi cans and Governor Woodrow Wilson, among the- demoornts wero over I whelmingly chosen, Taft, Champ1 Clurk, Bryan, Folk nnd Harmon re ceived only u few votes each. I'oliticaus declare that tho ballot was a fair indication of tho strength of the various presidential candidates in Oregon mid that it shows tho sent iments for Taft's reiioiniimtiou is weak in. Oregon. If you hnvo not been getting nntlsfactory laundry work, why not glvo nn n trial? Wo will mnko good, for our work In nn perfect oh human Ingoutiltyvnu mnko It. Our work costs you no moro than the Inferior kli ', THE STAR Steam Laundry Medford, Orrgon. Hell I'hono l'Ml Home (in ONi: n,.l XV li.KT Second appearance at tho Htnr of Vltngrnidi's famous luiport.nnt.tlnu of Abraham Lincoln. tiii: it.ANui.irs htu.vn:ii:m A WcHlorn Hummer. cnti:i I'oit chimi: 1000 Feet of l-iuglm. in Ali HATIIKIt Wllili HINd "HOOD nv, .mv i.ovi;, dooimv." I'ny ntrlct attention to our mimic and reullutlc. offectH. BVISKINQS 7 TO 10: 1C OPEN- For Business IlinaiNH & LKSMK'H Hccnnd-llnni Hloro at 30 South Orapn Street. Glvo us a call and wo will treat you fnlr. Highest cash prlco for aocond hand goods ot all kind. SAVOY THEATRE Undtr Nw Mnrnttbt I IriHt Itun, I.lccnsril Motion Plotur. Chun Hliow, ('i)iirtroiiH Trcitlinnnl Trunk II Hull, l'ro., 10a TElf CENTS IOC Medford Theatre WED., NOV. 1st LITT & DINGWALL'S Production of tho Most Popular American Play Ever Written. Valley Second Hand Store Wo Buy nnd Bell All Kinds of Second Hand GoodH. M. J. I'lI.GIIKK. Prop. 15 North FJr THRILLING PICTURESQUE AND ROMANTIC STORY OF KENTUCKY LIFE. In Old Tlio Spirited nnd Excitlnu Horso Rnco Tlio Famous Ken tucky Thcrou(librcd Queen Doss Tlio Rolllcklnn r"un ocf tho Inimitable Pickaninnies The Stronncst nnd Most Expensive Cast tho Play Hns Ever Had. MEDFORD OPERA HOUSE TUES., OCT. 31 JOS. M. fMITKH Presents CECIL LEAN and FLORENCE H0LBR00K In llm Btiipomloii MiiHlcnl Comedy Hiicccnu BRIGHT EYES ' WITH A COMPANV OK HICVKNTV-I'IVK PKOPM? Original Now York, Chicago and jloHton Production AUOMlfN'i;i:i) OIlCIIKHTItA it Iy dio Author of 'TllltUH TWINH" llook by CIuih. DIcIchou Lyric by Olio Hnuoibach MiihIc by Karl HohcIiiiii CONHTIIUOTKI) FOR KNTHItTAININO PUHPOHIiS ONLY NOTK TJiIh company In n ton.notchor, nHldng oritlu from nono for reputation nnd iinlquo talent. Tho production la a complete and porfoct oxproHiilon of Blago-craft. Tho munlo mnlceH toulor row hum happily and tho nn UiiKon. dny and day aftor, HKAT BALK flATUUDAV, OOTOIIKIt 2H irAHKiNH' imua htokh Limitation HIv HeatN. Mall OrdeiN Filled Promptly Kentucky Writton by C. T. Duzoy, Kentucky Tlwrounlilircd HORSES Tho Minions PICKANINNY BRASS BAND Prices $1.00, 75c, 50o. SkIo Monday at Hasklns. Clark & Wright &AWTBR1 WASxxwcKrox, n, o. . Public Land Mnttorat Final Proof. Doeert I.onilii, ContewlH anil Mining C'dHoH, Horln. Annoclato Work for Attorney. Hasiclnu for Health, !?