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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1905)
OREGON Is the Best prt of the United Stnte, HUE B1VEB VOLLEY is the best paJt of Oregon MEDFORD is In the ii-iuar of thi' viillcy Hinl THE MAIL di! et-'st imiwr If you want to I Mine, Saw Lumber, Kaise Truit, Grow Stock or do most anything eleo you will find your opportunity hero THE HAIL tells about it VOL. XVII. MEDFORD. JACKSON. COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1905 NO. 20. 1 Jlfofl. FARMERS MEET F A. groat m&ny of tho representative farmers of Roj;ue Wver valley were an Bedford Saturday to utcud the ftrst Farmers Institute hoM in Jackson oounty. At tiro morning sjou, which opened 'at 10:90, Hon. H. Von 'dor Hellon was oh own ns chabiaian. The ISfat number ok the prugwwii was ! the address of woW-uie to the visit ing agriculturists, lelivered lis 'Hon.! VV. I. Vuu'tor. Mi". Vawterc, n thet 'to meutfrm soiu-M of th many aud 'varied rresourotjs of Royse -"ri'vr valley. Its 'itfineH, ttsnlbor, fruit, . grain -Had fori go .prod note name in for fiorablo mention. Di. Jas. AVifihyoombtft, uff Corwt!liis, rosptridecltringratuiabing the city of Med! civl hi lartiuulur nmh the Rogue 'river- valley 'in generaS inipoii the pro .gror.d mode. He BtaM tfbat'' the- pur pose ofsHclding tbese farmers in ; stitutcwg--3 lo help 'the tillers- of the soil in'fchGir work. Ij,v givinf them 'the benefit of ecioitfviiio researcues "being o&tstautly niadeby thengriouI- tural 'colleges. Tina iom-bined with the practical knowloilgo derived from liviii cfiosG to the anil, would Drove extremely advantageous to'the farni-j! or. "IfYequeutiyV'-aid-tbo speaker,! 'oue hears a mim who !has risen somewhat in fhiauoiul, 'profess i on a1- or literary eirles, -declare, in. a pa tronising way to u hunYole tiller cf the soil, that he, (the. successful cue) had come from a farm, .giving the im pression that he -had 'risen in the world. I cannot boliove in the rise, No stream risce hightir than its source. And the -man -who lives close to nature, whose occupation is to , garner from nature .&orehouso the products without wbiol? the wheels of industry must aouse -to move,' is the blood and sinew of tbo country, the power which mokes (possible the pro gress of nations, :outl ; furnishes when needs be the feruineitcdireot us well us the muscle to iporfcrm great under takings. " Prof. A. I. Knmeiy-ispoke for a fow minutes upois soil '.fe&Hture. In men tioning a sample of the "black sticky11 he said that jhis - analysis of the sample fee 'had 'received showed that the soii was :praotically without organic matter pud 'that -the percen tage of uihatos was very low two very important elements needed to make fertile soil. iThe- subject was discussed at some tfougth by Messrs. Peil,Von der Helleu and Prof. Withy combe. It was dorreloped in the dis cussion that tiiiky land worked at the proper time would produce fine orops. To increase the proportion of organic matter lu the soil Prof. Withy co in be advised the planting of vetch. . Ho claimed for this plant a superiority of quality over alfalfa as a forage plant, .and that instead of reducing the strength of the soil it increased it. Prof. A. li Cordiyy then spoke of "Sprays and Spraying. " Tho pro fessor frankly admittedi that tho fruit growers of Ffoguo triTor v .valley likely j knew as much, if -not more, about tho subject than he ; did. However, he proceeded to give a short descrip tion of some of tho ll&test discoveries in spraying formulne. Several sam ples of new diseases .of trees were submitted by Prof, tordley. One, . known as the powdery lUiildew ho did i not regard us serious, ilt came from ' forcing the growth of lives and could ,be kept down by checking the growth tin tho fall. Also the spray used for icodliu moth would be ''effective. A Jtnotty, fungus growth ujit-n the roots .of trees the professor regarded as bo :iug a great doal more serious. This (disease is known ae tho '.root .gall, " :iud no method of killing it has yot ibeeu discovered. Its effect upon a itreo is to make tho fruit smaller, the growth less, .and finally to kill the, itroo -by absorbing nutrition which should go into tho tree. Prof! 'Cord ley recommended that when trees wore found to be affected by thifj dis ease, -that they should be dug up and burnt il aud tho soil about the itree he saturated with copper sulphate. He also advised that all fcreeB pur chased examined carefully and af any symptoms of the disease were ap parent that tho trees infected be im mediately (destroyed. There was no, itbe fooling with thai disease. Prof. T. L. Kent's address on mod ern dairying was one of the most in teresting features of the program. ! He outlined the many improvements made in dairying during the past fifty years, from the hap-bazard methods ol the old en times, wnen crenm "raised", of its own volition, to mod ern methods of separating. Prof. Kent's conclusions showed the value of keeping the "best" stock. The "general purpose' cow has been eliminated from the herds of modern dairymen. This is an age of special ties and stock-breeders are not be hind the times. Tho Habcock test has been a great feature in tho pro gress of dairying, lly this test the owner can determine just what his ones. Prof. Viiltyt;o:i'oe's Utk du "In tensive Agriculture Mas very lutor estfng. Tho speaker wanted under stood that ho bt')ii.vd in "inten sive" not ' extensive'1 tunning. The soil ami the cuFive:lities t.-f Rogue. river vrf.uy ure siwiii that it should support a dense population, aud with in the lifetinio -df many of us that point will bo renHhcd when twenty 'or forty acres wild 'be u good-biy.ed fitrm and under a -system of iiitensfrled sou ntiHc cullmre will produce '-more tlu u three times that number oJ'acres produces viith ordinary methods. Foguo rivoi valley will become an Kgricultui-ali parudise with inittnlligont methods i! 'cultivation. H. K. HiiHiusbury made hort ad dress ujprin the subject at trc.V importa tion, skimving how tho raUmuKda were as dou-iSy interested iu.1ilit: develop ment tti the country uu llhe people thomsffilvos, and how tlw iHt:lding of ruilrvtuds had mado posRi'nlo the open ing vftT of the region (vidMiy Daniol Wetister to bo "lit only -for the abode of strirago men and s-tSK w tro savage beasts." Now railroad trains are liioqKng hotels. iZrrijr - rt. of deli aesj produced in the iv.'orld uiay be found iu the dining cars, but none of titom could equul, Mr. Louusbury u night, the "home Blade dinner he had enjoyed at the fPugo warehouse hnt dny. Viands prepared by South- torn Oregon house warr9 from articles ?!produced by the native soil. At the evening sessions there were short addresses by Hon, J. D. Ohvell on "Fruit Growing," "Legumiubus Crops,' by Prof. A. L. Knisely, an address by Hon. E. Ij. Smith on farm ing in general; uiture, 1 by Prof. N. L. Narregau and an illustrated ad dross on "The Agricultural College and its Work,1 l).y Prof. F. L. Kent, which were enjoyed by a largo and interested audience. During the ses sions excellent music was furnished by the ladies of tho Lewis and Clark club, which was .greatly appreciated by those iu attendance. The iustitute was a successful one aud is but the 'beginning of other gatherings of -the kiud. The farmers iu attendance showed their interest by the pointed 'questions they asked each speaker ooucerning the subject; under discussion. Much valuable1 information was elicited by the an- swors to these -and the results of tho j gathering may 'be regarded as worth the time and trouble involved in got- I ting up the inafeitute. The basket dinner at Pago's ware house was one 'of tho features of the day, which won ; greatly enjoyed by those present. The housewives of Southern Oregon have an enviable roputatiou fur the preparation of toothsome viands, aud iu this case they in no way .belied their reputa tion. The tables were loaded with an abundanoe of things good to eat, and the way ihoy disappeared showed the way the diuers appreciated. TIE 5TERLINGJINE SOLD. One of thf; Historic mines of Southern Oregon Brief Sketch of its Discovery and Development. The following' from the Portland or and made more extensive exam in- Telegram ivos intelligence of oiks of at ion of the ground, flnully deciding tho most important mining deals that it was very rich. In leaving which bo takou place iu Southern they agreed to mention the find to no Oregon for many years. It indicates one until thoy returned uud could the sale '"of tho Sterling mine, famous stake out their claims. Tho persua- all Blvvot tho coast as a groat and sion oi a friend, however, caused one steady -producor. of the party to divulge the'socret; too "Sale of the famous Stemug mino much red liquor loosened another 111 UllcnBUII UUIIUIV WOO UUUIHIUU'U IU- tmi.Tiin mwl tttn imii'o cnun till itXZefXT"Z theon1p.cu8iuf!ttatumpcde at the syndicate of local and Eastern capi- llow divings. For a time it was a uuihh. mo muie W4 tuiihi as ooiiir noui lsning camp ana many tuousaud wortli 18300, 000, but the "actual piico dollars were tukon out by the primi- nnnmiitiw vvli oh will 1m knu.ii aa flm ...v,.ul.n tuu.. ... uou. Sterlinir Mine ComBHitv. exoects to ground was .doep, howover, and soon oxpend 8fl00,000 iu improving the became so that it could not bo work- pronoroy ana emariMne it aurinu tno ,i i, .1 o i. iiauiiiK yoav. ... u, iiouru will uo , , . ., , , maiiBgw of tho mine. wandered away to more easily worked "Iho Sturlini! mine is one of the Ileitis and their ulaims wore cradually largest placer initios in tho United bought np by Hon. 'Theo, Cameron Jugge Charles B. Bellinger. Quietly and without ostentation, simply jot most impressively, th last tributes of respect wore paid the're uiaios t.f Judge Charles B. Hellinger, Sunday utfternoon, at the Portland oromatorjum. TheitBoral tributes were many aud beautiful. Aftor Dr. T. L. Elliot ihnd pronounced a short discourse, Mha metnbars of the Mason io fratoraiitr took charge and con ducted thoiimpressivo Masonic burial service. Charles B. Bellinger was born il Knor oounty, IU., November 21, 1839, and came to,Cti'egon ..when eight years of ago After ponding two years at Willamette Uitrvorsity .iie commenced the study of law in tbo.olllce of B. P. Bonhatn. He was admitted to the bar ill 1J3G3, a.tid first practioed law in Sa lem. Judge Bellinger served in the early Indian .wars, .has . engaged il various classes of business and ha: long been regarded as ono-of the most learned lawyers of tho United States In company with W. W.. Cotton he compiled Bellinger ,fc Cotton's Anno tated.codo of the lawjiiof.OreKou. In April, 1893, he was appointed U. S. district judge, to 1111 tho ivacancv by the death of tho Into Mathew P. Deady, and haa filled tho .position with honor and distinction. For several mouths Judge Bellinger has devoted much time ,&ud attention to tho laud fraud cases, xind to ovet work iu looking into the matters care fully and conscientiously, as well -as mental worry in being compelled to decide upon questions involving life long friends, the physicians attribute much of the conditioius which made tint a prey to the fatal disease. All of Judge Bellinger's famiy, con sisting of bis wife "three sons and two daughters, were present at bis bed side when the end came. Soolhrrn Pacific Reduced Rales. On account of the Lewis and Clark fair at. Portland the Southern Pacillo Company will sell tickets to Port!:!' ' and return, daily, from May 28th 1 October 1.1th, - l!W."i, as follows: Individual tickets, limited to :x days, for one and a third fare 313.20. Party ticket?, ten or more, (must travel together both ways) one fair for the round .trip limited to ten days. Parties of 100, or more, moving on nmodnte: individual tickets at one fare for round trip limited to ton days. THE STERLING MINE. States, all of the work hnini? Hhiia mid TT R TTnvian uhn urovo ihjL,.AAIi i!,.""1.'" Prooes?- " is rate'1 to do so by the knowledge of o doep as a largo producer, and tho reasons . . ,. f " assusnoa uv tho owners for iLs su is "" ".uu imuugt mo that they want to rotir from biui. ground. In after years thev sold .their ness. Mr. Ankouy also states that he interests to D. P. Thompson, Burnell JiyBiuVuMnes.ld l C"ti"UO "" ! othcre of Portlamd who oo.n.neuo "Tho new munacement ovnnrtj. n od the extensive iiaprovomenU that put in ditches and use much of the have since boon made. A ditch watar mowing irom tne mine alter it twentyight miles in length brings Irrigation of oTOharda in the vicilt? wter from the headwaters of the Ap aud tor other purposes. This water P'egute and the Sterling dually be will :bo sold to owners of farms And .came tho greatest 'hydraulic mine -in friut .ranches. " the woifid l'heihistory of the Sterling mi no, The cost of the .mine aud mltnt lateen from an article from the pen nf when completod wnB in the noighbor- the Into W. J. Plymalo and published hood of JflOO.000, but the results have in IThe Mail of November 27, 1!3, da fully justiHed tho expendituro. Sinoo briefly as follows' : the nccjuiroment of the mine 4jy ' -'In 1854, Aaron Davis aud James Messrs. Ankouy, Joofc and their ae- Sborling, while on a prospecting trip. sociatOEvseieutillc mining and modorii foand gold on Storling creek. Pear business methods has put thojproper- of Indians, which wore restless in ty on a valuable paying 'basis, and at those days, caused them to return to loast four million dollars in gold have the main camp at Jacksonville. In been taken from Sterling crook since company with Ueorgo Rockefeller, gold was ttrst discovered there and It John Jioiuio aud J. P. Burns, thev is not worked out by nuy means reteirncd to tho place a fow weeks jut- yet." act of the laU legislature regarding the exemption of wage will go into effect. This act amends the law bv ranking one-half tho earnings of tho lebtor subject to execution proceed ings, if tho debt bo for family ox pen sea Prior to 1003 all tho earnings of a Burglars in Mcdford. Mudford merchants were the vic timw.of ourgularions operations Satur day nd Sunday nights. On Saturday uight the hardware establishment of Roberts & Uaruett was entered through, n rear window in the tinshon and by this ineaus eutorauco was made debtor for thirty days next proceed to thestoro, where they took some 8250 ing the service of an attachment ov- worin ml lino kmvos and razors. For edition or Bai iiiahmnnt ,. t some weeks repoits of similar dopro- if the earnings wore noedod for tho datiou have been coming from North- support of a family. Under that law uumuuii lunua, anu two UUVS men with onnu .len.l.U , ...!.... :.. lu.rnFa -i.;..f nf Dl: ul' 1,1 wU.u. ... i unto .-tiigiu was : comes would warned -that tho robbers could be I their deblM .ui arrive, outuraay even-' amended t in i.r. ii..,iti.. ing ho wartiod tho merchants to leave I amount ofonrningsevemnt. tn-ma ' i...t stores, in , leaving the law otlmikeTtlmrMuiTe' 'SE '1 ';s.-a..ter2 c 5 v. nrwsasT- -3M ii ii ., n ii ?r 1 v The formal opening ot the Mcdford some llgs, nearly full grown, some e.hibtiun building took place oaLiir- ludi ripened cherries and well devei- day, in conjunction with the;farmei'B' oped apples from the Ijoovor plaoe, instiuto. Tho interior of tho build- near Central Point, some Duo spool ing wns literally a mass of roses, meiiB of copper oro from the Blue contributed by tho Indies of Mcdford, Ledge aud pnro quicksilver and cin and not the least attractive feature of uabar oro from tho MeadowB eiuua- tho exhibit wore the Indiesithemsolvcs, bar mines. Tho exhibit will be added rivalling iu Bweotnoss and beauty the to us the season advauoes, until Mod- roses which thoy wore arranging with ford will have one of the haudsomest such deft hands. Mineral speoimeus exhibits along the lino. of various kinds, samples of grains Tho lighting of the building is pue and other agricultural products, pho- of its best features. A continuous tographs of Southern Oregon scones lino of lights, numboriug nearly 200, tastefully arranged made a pleasing runs around the outer odgo of tho ensemble and brought forth many ex- porch and inside tho lights are in pressious of udmiration, uot only equal profusion. from the oitizous of the town, but Credit is due, and whole lot of it, from persons passing through on tho to tho gentlemen who inaugurated the trains, which now stops ton minutes enterprise and especially to Hoh. to givo passeugors an opportunity John D. Ohvell, who gave it his pot to view tho exhibit. ' ' Bonal time and attention from its be- Among tho exhibits whioh attracted ginning to its complotlon. more than ordinary attention were STREET E GHOES Opinions . of Some i of Our Citizens S erious and Otherwise. ' Casliior O. L. Davis: "I wish you would siiy that the membership list of the Mcdford Commeroial olub has Loon plaeod In my hand?, at the Mod- ' ford bunk, aud all mombors may pay their dues to me and I will rocolpt for tho same, for the olub.'1 ." ' W. A. Vaughan, of Trail, by ' letter - to a friond: "1 want to tell you that tho roads in the Trail oreek country ure in tho best ooudition . they have boon for years, and compare fuvorab lywith2thoroughfares iu any part of EITo county. Harvey Richardson; our road supervisor, has been doing somo hard, ooiisoioutious and oUloiont work on them." .... ., Cal Penco: "1 .wish you wouldTsay a good word for our. road Bipemsor, Harvey Richardson. He Ib doing a great amount of good work on the escape tho payment of Tho legislature of 1903 a light biirning their order that'll might be able to see tho AiTtlie relaro comii interior. .Roberts & (laniett failed to I wmrkTngfor "Iwratively'tfcwJ moil comply aud,sufrcred iu jouscnuoiico. 1 87f n mouth, thm l, mi !.... Two men were arrestod at UrantB ineii'To nvnld n.i- ,ii,t,. ...i.:.. Pass on suspicion, but nothing could ! sjnpellirtb- ri , tu be proved against them and thev wore i7i";T , V,-,'. ' Ar"i o'l.r.ir.'Tr' . : , reloased. Suuday night J. T. Kads' second-hand store, west of tho rail road truck, was ontored and several revolvers and .other articles taken. and it is evident that both robberies wore tho work .of tho same men. A fairly good (inscription has been se cured of two fallows wh .uK.ciiii.uiu ui iDuuj; amended tiio sec tloii still Jiirlhor by adding this ;lminc : xy pfwiiMi't he '.iehriH YiTeVirrwl for family expenses furniHliodwithin six months of tho date of service of such nttnrhmeut, execution or earn ishmenl, 50 per cent of such earnims ..u.u .ecu : km lie silliieet I., un.-h ........I ooking about the store Sunday, and ( evecutimi ..r .m., m1cii Who hllVO flitliA rluiitnnoi-nl 'PI.,. I . . ti,.. r ni; r,.. . ' ' -18 cnll9t e' J the courts, the y.j IS timt i.,e op- term "family expenses" inehwl... ,-i. V. C. T. V. Items. Tho Union opened on timo to mi extra attendance with scripture read ing by the presidont, pruyer by Mrs. Hubbard, singing by a 1. All the time was taken in complotmg ar rangements for lour national confer ence, which will be hold in Meulord May 17th to 18th, at tho Presbytorian church. Mrs. Lillian Stevens, a world-wide worker, and Anna Gordon, who was private secretary for Frauds Willard for twenty yeurs, will be proB' ent. Mrs. Additon, tho state presi dent of Oregon, also will bo here. Such speakers only htippenouce in a lifetimo in the same place. Come aud hear them. The Union listened a fow minutes to Prof. JFertig's talk and then was dismisHed by Mrs. Lo- zier to meet at tho Chi istiau churoh May 2.1th. Mrs. L. H. T. Additon, stato president of tho W. C. T. U., of Oregon, . filled tho ptiplit of the Baptist church, both morning and evening, May 14th, by special rcqllost of Rov. Carstoiis. A very full hollBO greeted tho spoaker, who hold tho amdienco from start to finish with the closest attention. Mrs. Additon is refined, cultured woman, pleasing in manners, forcible mid logical iu argument, apt in illustration. Mrs. Additon is especially interesting in her address, as she does not stuy in the old rntB of temperance contro versy; but is a studont, up-to-dnto, progressive, iu fact, an educator of tho best typo. Her personal magnet ism mid relliiomeut of mniincr at once wins hor nudieuco. Anyone who wns not fortunate enough to hour this gifted speaker lost au intellectual treat. erators travel as hobos, drift into a town, size up tho situation, pick out the proper places to make the break. then inform their chief of tho time and hour when the rubbery will tako place. Thoy make tho time of the robbery and time of tho arrival of tho next outgoing train to coincide, so that it is possible to deliver tho stolen goodn to the gentlemanly passenger I cows are doing iu the way of produc-1 ing butter-fat and weed out the poor' -P'enty 2-lc beds at Hotel Medford, items as provisions, fuel, rent, furni ture, wearing apparel, pianos, organs jewelry, medical attendance, etc. Lewis and Clark Exposition. During the Lends and Clark Impo sition tho Southern Pacific Company will sell round trip tickets to Port land, limit thirty days, at one and one-thud fare for the round trip n the Pullman car, while the real op- ' K.'i: , . L'S erators go out of town on blind bag-; trip. For organized parties of one gage or grab on a convenient freight ' hundred or more, Individual tickets train. Tho tourists.of conrw?,aro sur- Ht "" '"rB for the round trip. ;Hsed when thcy.aro arrested, but ! JS"'ZrtZ x: 'toods are not found on them, and j reading, through thai point during the in t;.e meantime the gentleman Iu the i Exposition. Ticket? nuiMt be debited Pullman is disposing of a lot nf high class cutlery 300 or KO miles away. To Protect Oregon Merchanls. Oregon merchants will have a very good icmedy against many of their bad debtors aftor .May 18th, when tho with Joint Agent ciiarge of iifly cent, exti'iif-inn of time. at Portland and will l;o mude for For Rent. A nic. newly lifted up looming house, of twenty rooms. Close in. Good water and sewr connections, l.nrpiire of F. M. STKV,M!T. AMONU THE CHURCHES. BAPTIST CHURCH. Services will bo held at the Baptist church Sunday morning at tho usual hour. In the evening tho pastor will deliver tho Baccalaureate sermon at Central Point. FRF.DKR1BK W. CARSTKNS. r.lMKCOPAi. rin;m:ii Sorvices will bo held at St. Mark's Episcopal church, Monday, May 22d, Rov. Williams, of Grants Pass, olll- ci-ting. Tho repairs being made to the churoh will havo boeu completed by that timo. CATHOLIC CHUIICU Services will be held at the Catholic church in Medford, ,Suiidiiy,May 21st, at 8 :30 a. m. Father Lane will olll oiato and preach atjthis service. UIIKIKTMM CllllllCH. Preaching next Sunday at olovcli o'clock; subject "Christ for Our Hearts." Sunday school at ton o'clock ; Kndonvor at tho usual hour. ELDKR JONF.K. Wauls lo Knuw about Assessment, TO MEDFORD MAIL: I havo read what our assessor, .Mr. Applcgate, had to say in a recont Is- huo of your p;.per about assessing at full value of our property and if what ho snyH Is true (and I am of tho opin ion it iB) wo will not bo prejudiced by an assessment of our property at 100 cents on. tho dollar, as if uiipears to' make absolutely no difference what valuation is placed, the dollars at par will be the same and each and all will have no more than his nor- porportinn to pay. The great ques tion in my judgment is, will Hie as sessor find values and assess all at the same calculation? Will he assess the railroad lino ot tho sumo por cent of value and other incorporations ns well? l'rom the best information I! can obtain the fi. P. railway line cost' about $.15,000 por milo. That is, tho oompany claims it did and tholr state ments to the intoroatato eomniorce commission show thoy are worth $10, 0000 per milo as nu investment. Now will our assessor take our property at all it is worth and aasoBB tho railroad at its real value, ut 940,000 per mile, or will ho permit hiuiBolf to bo 'in fluenced by the wily railway men, take railway proKrty at a small por eout of its value and tho rest of us at a largo per cent of value? It iu true we havo in the past been assessed ut less than full value, but many of us havo Ijoon ussossed at 50 por oout and upwards whilo the rail road has been nssosBed at about 15 pur oent or less than one-third the por cent of value plnced upon tho humblo peoples' property. It is clenrly evi dent that we havo been paying somo whoro from throe to llvo times as much taxes in proportion to value of our holdings as the railroads havo been paying. . Will our assessor cor rect this abuse? Oilier corporations of our county, organized ton to fifteen years ago or any timo in tho past, may be worth llvo or ton times as much as thoy wero originally capitalized at: will lit llud out their valuo mid assess them at tholr real value as woll as us? True the amount at whioh tho incor poration first put into the business as Btocks has. not grown as ropresontod ill figures, but tile value of stock may have isrowii immoiisoly, Can we have a "lib t,:mko? Respectful'', F. W. CIA INKS, The Seedless Apples. W K. lllndley sny In II, u Orcitnn lloottcr. Th Oregon npplo is king in Oregon and tho king has vanquished his ono my, tho codling moth. A seedless varioty has been propagated which, asido from the fact Hint It is much more valuable because it saves tho waste of tho corn, is immune from the attacks of tho codling moth, the post which annually costs American orchard ists more than 810,000,000. Tho assertion mado a short time ago by John F. Sponoor. of Grand Junction, Colo., that ho had propa gated a secdlesH applo attracted a great deal of attention, because hor ticulturists who had studied tho cod ling moth and its motliods assorted that the introduction of iho seedless appio mount extermination of th pest, since tho seedless apple has no oye, and tho moth therefore has menus ui ingress. Simple, isn't it? Vol tho assertion that this in the case uun iiol ueeu uetiled. Reduced Rale lo Visiting Raslerners. Tho Southern Pnclllo t,'o. will make a rate ot one turn lor tho round trip from Portland to nil points in Oregon. Ashland and north for visitors from the oast to tho Exnnaitlon ui l'n, il,.,i to enable thorn to look over Western Oregon with tho view of settling of Investing. Theso tickets will bo good for 15 days limit with stop over at all intermediate points, and will bo sold to holders of tho imposition round trip tickets from points east of the Rocky mountains. This will alfcrd tho various counties aud communities that will maintain exhibits mid ndveitlso In other ways nt the imposition, every inducement to havo Eastern people visit their section. Commercial Club' Mcclinj;. I'liem Will bo a milled fmei.1 in., i.r the directors of the .Medf.n .l Commer cial club held at tile ciubrooms on .Monday evening. May 22d. There aro a number of important mntters to bo considered lit this meeting and it is desired that there be n full attend ance. Ph ase do not loruet the dnln C. I. HUTCHISON, President. w roads and I have always thought that it didn't do any harm to tell a person ' about it when ..he does a deserving aut espool dly if he is doing publlo ; ; work. His distriot extends from Pro.peot to, I think, tho Bybee bridge, i but the distance doesn't out so much of a figure if he will fix' up the bad -places mid that's what Harvey Is do- ' ing.",. ' . V.. Capt. T. . J. West: "Oh, -.nothing doing thut Is especially ' now except y tho orops and there's something doing -. thero. Say, you ought to soe how . things do grow. But, oiindidly, 1 1 never lu my life suw crops look bet- . tor than thoy do right now. This' ought to be a bumper year for the ' Roguo river valley. That Medford fc Crater Lake railroad is going to bo a grand thing for MB farmers up Butto creek way; but, say, do you know, there are some peoplo out with tholr little hammer knocking the projoot.n ... . . . . ,- - - J. II. Cochran : "Have you seen , tl'o io fruit and almond specimens in (J.W. Palm's real estate office? Tako a look at 'them. ' Thero are somo of tho HnoBt over seen in the Rogue rivor valley. I visitod tho Clay-Moad-or orchards, just aouth of town, last week and secured . those beautiful Bpociinous of growing frultB and nuts. . It is woll worth one's , while to visit this, the finest orohard in tho Roguo river valley. Mr. Meader takes grout pleasure In showing the orohanlC Ule--packing and store houses, the almond ' buskers and prune dryore to. persons who. visit bis plaoo-provldod, of eouruo, yp catch him whoa ho Is not too busy. ' ' J. W. Olwoll:" You should Havo soon thoso conductor oxourstouJatfx-: flock into the' exhibit building Woa1 nosday morning, whilo tho train thoy wore travoling on - was standing at tho depot. There was a full I lain load or tliom'lRrd thoy wore from all parts nf tho Eastern and Southern stntoB. I believe I could have u.,1,1 llvo dollars' woitli' of souvoulrs if I hud had any to tell., Thoy admired everything in the building and want ed a piece of tho ontiro oxhibit to tako homo witli thorn. When It was timo for tho train to move thoy just naturally would not brook loose from thoso exhibits. This 'shows the in terest Htrnngors aro going to toko in our building mid tho exhibits wo have in it. " J. T. Ends: "No, I am unable to state just What my loss wub In tho burglary of my store Sunduy night. So far I have missed u couple of re volvers, onrtridgos for thorn mid tho thieves pried the cash drawer olf the counter. A eotiplo of pairs of shoes wore missing from the shoo shop, but wo found ono puir. Evidently they didn't fit und wore thrown away. Also a choap watch thut wub taken from the show ciibo. E. F, Winkler was. In tho atoro Sunday afternoon, when a couplo ofstrangors came along and their conversation outside llm door was such ns to lead him to sus pect au Intontion to rob the store. As soon as thoy doteoted bis presence they left. II iB ' suspicions were so Btro ig that ho took- tho beat revolver out of tho show case and hid It, then notified the police. Evonts proved that his suspicions wero correct, but I wish ho had moutionod them to me. I would havo waited in tho storo thut night und would certainly hnvo caught the robbers." Farm for Sale. HVacroB-slxty acroa of lino" sub irrigated bottom land i,,l,,.. f.,,. eiiltluitlon, A million feet of film timber. Hundred of oords of hard wood. Near I.. . and all down grade and a line :...,d. G.i dwelling with lu, well of splendid water at tho door. Lota of fruit and berries of nil kindu. c,,..i ..., ...... daily mail nt the door. A splendid place for lioalth and a plonsant homo. ....... in, woouvlllo, Oregon.' Secure Rooms Now. ,TP1 llo peoplo of Mcdford nml vi clnity: If you shou.d want rooms during the Lewis and 'Clark fair call on Mrs. L. T. Plrce, formerly of Modorii. TorniB, fl.00 and $1.50 por day; residence 501 East Oak street, corner loth, Portland, Oregon. u tC