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MEDEQRD DAIIjY TEIBUNiL MEDFOBDj OREO ON, FRTDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1008.
WASHINGTON; Dc. lO.-Thut tho
j-orccntaje of tho foreign bora pouula
tidu of this ccuntry lias remuiued prac-Wi-ully
otational-y during tlie past 40
Tears is shown in the stimuli report of
06ar Straus, sucretary of commerce
end iubor. The populuiion of tho Unit
aS States in 1860 wus 1,443,321, of
which 4,138,687, or 13.2 por cout, were
foreign born. The population shown
f the most recruit census, that'of ' l'JOO,
whs 7fl,2D3,fl8Tf of wh1clr l.4ab.0SS, or
irf.'T percent'-'weVtr'fbreig' boi'n. This
is' pointed out as n soluc; to tho fears
of those" who claim to believa that im
migration may eveutuully eliminate the
itutionai"cliaracteriatlcp un Amevican
izo the nation;'
As a result of the recent financial de
pression, the net increase- of alien pop-u-lutiou
for the fiscal yer.r just end
ed was cut down to 209,867. There ar
rived during the- year ft totul ot 924,
SOS persons, of which 732,870 had this
country aB their final destination, white
141,825 were passing through or were
u'.oToly visitors. There left this country
during the year 714,828 uliens.
The total deportations' r.nil rejections
during tho year waB 12,971, an increase
of 50 per cent over lust year, in the
ratio the deportations bear to the ud-
urissions in tho respective yeurtr, and a
sure proof of the fuller working of the
r delusion laws. Tliosi figures do not
include a largo number 'of undesirables
rejected by tho steamship companies to
avoid penalties.-';
No Bad Effect on Wages.
The secretary says:
" Notwithstanding' the large increase
Id' immigration durfing .the past decad
the wago standard of this country 1ms
fat been lessened. On the contrary, it
has continued to increase. I think it
can' ulso to' stiiCed' ns' n fact that the
iilinitgWtit! laborer nu' n' class- uminlly
finds employment at I lie bottom of the
softie of iilduotries, thereby leaving the
litghof grade whoro work is more re
mnnomflvo to tho native workman.
Tho statistics show that in June, 1907,
n total1 of 2208 Jnpnneso were admitted
(1134 to tho continent and J074 to Ha
waii)", and flint in June, 1H08, only 781
Japanese wero admitted (446 to the
mainland and 330 to Hawaii), as a tur
titer illustration of the gradual but sure
reduction, it might bo notod that In the
first mouth of tho past fiscal year 115S
.Tnanes(i were admitted to continental
United States: in January, 1908, only
405 were admitted, and in Juno, as al
ready stated, only 446. During the en
tire yeur, 9o44 Japanese wero admitted
t ! continental United States, of whom
fiOOS, of over half, woro non-laborers;
diiring the Bsme period 5718 Japanese
departed from continental United Mtntes
mi that tho uct increase in the Jnp
otieMO population was only 3826.
During tho year the report continues,
n'total of 2172 contract laborers have
been removed from tho country. Many
neinufnetuTlng 'concerns have been con
' vleted and mulcted for violation of the
contract labor law, and there was one
easo of imprisonment. Throe lilhor
unions wero found among tho violator.),
having brought in glass workers be-crime-
of a disagreement between two
rival organizations.
Would Change Exclusion Laws.
Of Chinese, 477 wore deported during
the year; the cases of 445 aro pending,
and 154 Chinese arrested were dis
charged, escaped or died. The secretary
as tin that, from motives of economy and
eelerity in acting on cases, tho exclu
sion of Chineso bo under eiecutive jur
isdiction, a sis' the exclusiono f all
othor aliens; and thereby be taken from
the cumbersomo procedure of tho courts
Shd a special nnd expensive olnns of
immigration officials.
' Secretary 8trnns strongly recommends
tho adoption. of n definite system of
positive supervision and regulation of
corporations through an administrative
of fieo, urging that such a system is eon-,
stnictive, not destructive Through this
office it would be possible to publi.di
important facts as to corporate corpn
rations, safeguarding the unnecessaiv
publication of all proper business siv
erots.
Your Sweetheart, Wife or Mother
would bo plcnscd with u rare stiil;e iu
nu i'.ppr;iprinto m'tliii','. Wy van furnish
any stone or any (letting. Tlu-u think of
the vast assortment' of icwelrv we car
ry. Xinns gifts hero for everyone. Come J
in and look the ;ttoek over.
County Hospital Report for November.
William Hartman, 30 doys; Charles
Honflrtcksnn, 30 days; W. T. HurBt. 30
days; William Hargrove, 30 dnys; Chris
I. ahsen, 30 days; August Tolpper, 30
days; T. A. Shaw, 30 days; Julius Stoin.
30 days; James Armstrong, 30 days,
returned; T. J. Richards, 30 days; J.
II. Nelson, 10 days left; H. J. Cole,
1!; died November 11, 1908; Mrs. S.
A. Cuthbert, 30 days: John Wsldon, 30
days; John Clair, 30 days; John Silver,
30 days; John Hughes, 30 days; George
Bush, 30 days; R. B. Tnekard, 30 days;
John Maroni, 20 days; S. W. Patterson,
30 days; total 560; Rmout on hnnd, IB.
TREES FOR SALE
I liave on hand and for h1 the fol
lowing miner? stock
10,000 BARTLETT PKAK8
e,000 OOMICK PEAKS
4,000 D'ANJOU PEARS
2,000 WINTER N ELLIS
A limited number of Idaho, Flemish
Beauty, Sickel, Clapp's Favorite, Wia
ter Bartlett Pears.
CTI ERR1 ES Lambert, Royal Anne,
Bin jj.
PEACH STOCK Muir, Elberta, Ear
ly and Late Crawford, Snlway, Foster,
Early Charlotte.
A full Hae of APPLE TREES of all
leading varieties.
L. B. WAENEE,
Oakdalo Avenue.
Tho first figures of tho inventory of
tho forests of tho United States which
tho national conservation commission
has made wero presented to tho confer-
eneo by Honutor Reed Smoot uf Utah
I'luiirmau of the section of forest3 of tho
commission. Senator Smoot 'a tvtort is
a summary.of the tfmit mass of statis
tics which the first inventory represents.
jne report represents six months' work
on tho part of the forest's section and
presents the most striking figures of
inn rorenrs' inventory.
In part tho report is nu fnlluws:
What Forests Do.
Nest to our need of food and water
comes our need of timber. Our indus
tries subsisting wholly or mainly upon
wood, pay the wages of more-than ouo
and one-half billion men and women.
torests not only grow timber, but
they hold the soil, nnd they conserve
streams for all useful purposes. How
far forests increase tho rain is not yet
known. It is well known that they
check wind, and work against excessive
heat or cold.
What Wo Have,
Our forests now cover 550 million
acres, or about oue-fourth of tho United
Stntes. Tho original forests covered
not less than 850,0(10,000 acres, or near
ly one-half.
The yearly growth of wood in our
forests does not nverage more than J2
cubic feet per acre. This given a total ;
yearly growth of let:s than 7,000,000,000
cubic feet.
What Is Used.
We take from our foreHt each year, not
1KK'"K and in manufacture, 23,000,
1100,000 cords of firewood, 40,000,000,-
000 feet of lumber, more than 1,000,-1
000,000 posts, poles and fence rails, IIS,-
000,000 hewn ties, 1,500,000,000 staves,
over 133,000,000 nets of heading, nearly
500,000,000 barrel hoops, 3,000,000 cords
of native pulpwood, 105,000,000 cubic
feet of round mino timbers, nnd 1,250,
000 cords of wood for distillation. ,
Where We Stand.
W take from our forest each your, not
counting tho loss by firo, three and one
half times their yearly growth.
Our lumber has increased not less
than 15 per cent in the last seven years.
But the average price of all kinds of
lumber at the mill has risen 40 per
cent, and the rise will continue.
Tho condition of the world's supply
of timber makes us already dependent
upon whnt we produce. We send out of
our country two and one-half times as
much as we bring in. Except for finish
ing woods, relatively insignificant in
qunntitl, wo must grow our own sup
ply or go without.
Where We Might Stand.
By reasonable thrift, we can produce
a constant t imber supply beyond our
present need, and with it conserve the
usefulness of our streams for irriga
tion, water supply, navigation and pow-
Undoi right management, our for-
osts will vield over four times as much
lis now. Wo can reduce waste In the
woods and in the mill at' least one-third,
with present as well as future profit.
Wo can perpetuate tho naval stores in
dustry. Preservative treatment will re-
iluce by one-fifth the quantity of timber
used in the water or in the rgound. We 1
can practically stop forest fires at a j
total yearly cost of one-fifth tho value .
at the standing timber burned each
year, not counting young growth.
What Must Be Done.
For ench million acres of forest in j
public ownership, over throe million aro
privately owned. Tho conservation of t
public forests is tho Binaller task be- j
lore i no nniion una tne stares. me;
Elwood 6 Burnett
OPPOSITE HOTEL NASH.
After the Theatre
(.o to THE LOUVRE after the theater.
Wo will have music nnd a special bill of
fare. You will round out nu evening
nf pleasure ai it nhould bed one.
The Louvre
Hotel Mooi-o Bdg., W. Seventh Street.
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I HAVE ON HAND
Newtown Pippin
AND-
Spitzenburg Trees
THREE AND lOint-KOOT SIZES.
ALL OTHER YARIET1ES TNT ANY
: : : SIZE DESIRED : : :
LE. HOOVER
MED FORI), OREGON.
Agent Yiikinin Valley Nursery.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry
' Klil'AIKlNQ A Sl'KOlALTY.
"Not liow much I can do, but how well I enn
do it," is my mottc. ;
B. N. BUTLER
With Martin J. lieddy, Central avo,, north
of Jackson County Bank.
3ttrs. Tfreite Ufamp ton Isaacs
"3tttructor of "Piano. Tlsat 5Zttt)o6
Stuils at fttiloinct. Morlb
larger task Is to induco private forest VALE RESIDENTS ARE
owiM'is, which iucilks inrt'L milium uicii,
to take care of wlmt they have, nnd to
tench wood users, which means every
one, how not to waste.
If these things are done, they will con ",IS 1 ' --'iuis.nsi.c ngnm ovnr
serve our strenms ns well as our for-; ''o matter of government img:ilioii,
ests. If they are not done, the use- and are willing to situ nu their hinds
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER WATER
' VALR, Or., Dec. 10. liosideniu nf
tins nee! ion are enthusiastic
XMAS CLOTHES
fulness of our streams will decrease
no less than the usefulness of our forests.
Rose Melville is
Charming
nrrordiiK to tho n'(uinnnwitn of tho
Kuvmiiimnt. A private w.itor eoiniituy
has boon oi'jrfuiizued In tnlio up tho
mattor with tho Kovorumcnl. Wnltor
Griffith hsis liven roislincd by the com
pany to hold mccHn'ffH iii nil of com
munities Hint will be b-liefited by the
prnjeet.
Similar mot'tingf! havo already boon
1 held at. Demi Ox Flat, Nvssa, Vale, On
Medford playgoers rertaioly had a;,...:,. ,M .vnri H): llnit ,,.,,
treat last niht, and if Manager Hazel-' , , , , - ', ,
rigg continues to Rive his patrons such "1 ''""'I'""'"" 1'avo been approached
attractions, ho will havo to build an , !lnl1 if ' nndorslood that both are will
addition to his theater before it is a ing to sign up their lands,
year old. ; In ,, , i,n.n n,n
Thn hnon ..ll ...1 11.- '
.. a . , j ' ,, hour project, the department, has placed
rose on the first act, and to sav the nu- ; ' '
dience laughed is putting it mildly Mr. eymouth in charge of it. and trans
it roanil all through the piece Of " rr" neiiuciuiiiers m iwm; niu
courso Roso Melville in tho namo part """ M,tion "f Oregon goes under the
was tne "Dig noise," and sho fully '""uu i'n nrpumros wr-
lived up to her reputalioa as a great iri'- Mr- Woymonlh in company with
artist her conception of "Sis Hop-! lf'rhnrt N'ewell, also nf the govern
kins" ns a uuiquo character, wholly ' reclamation service, was in Vale
liffcrent from anything ever produced, H,"i "P tn lie Harper ranch inspecting
deserves to rank with Jefferson's "Hip ' t'10 proposed scsrvoir sites. ! nun
Van Winkle." nnd others of that class. ",cr0 ",0.v "'P" to Dead Ox Flat, where
The agent has not a9 ypt been appoint
ed, but hit appointment is expeetod any
d-y now.
Miss Melville, you're strictly all right.
And one thing I noticed with pleasure,
that unlike so many wars, Miss Mel
ville did not surround herself with in
ferior actors. On the contrary, her sn
port was uniformly excellent. Who
could fail to love "Ma" and "Pa"
Hopkins? And was there ever another
Ohadiah ' Tho young man playing
there is a body nf 25.00(1 aero;: under
the Malheur project.
This project will cover from 1SO.0O
to 200,000 acres, and if tho Wilb.w
Creek division is taken in it will ap
proximate 230,0110 acres of land.
NOTICE.
Xotice is hereby given that the under
this part was undoubtedly tho hit of . signed will apply to Ihe city council nf
the piece next to Miss Melville. : llw dly nf MnlJfnri!i Oregon, at its next
The stage mountings were in keeping ... , , ,,
. , , , , T . i '. !. meeting for a license to se spin Inns,
with tho play nnd what ft pleasure it is
to he st last able to go to a show nnd vinous nnd malt l.qnors, in quantities
see it put on in its entirety the same less than a gallon, for a period of twelve
as at Portland or San Francisco. months, at its place of business at lot.
The house orchestra is deserving of s g nm jn ,)(ll,k in (l pli)y
more than a word of praise for the way , Ml,for(1 0r ,.
In which it is handling the scores of '
the different plnvs as well as the selec ! Ttd December H, l!os.
tiooa between the sets. H. HOTEL NASH COMPANY. .
ATTHE BIJOU
TILL THIS WEEK
"DON FUL7INO"
THE
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PI C1URE
Xotliing more appropriate for him than
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C It A V K N K T T K
SI'lT OF CI.OTIIKS
I'AN'CV W.MHTf'OAT
M A 11 F. T O F I T
EIFERT
THE CITY TAILOR.
19 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE
That Christmas Present.
A nice piece of Mission Furniture
-would bo just the thing. Pretty, useful,
durable, and a mi i table gift for anyone.
Let tho Mission Furniture Works make
it. Prires about one half usually charg
ed. Aoy dpsign, any color, any finish,
dull, waxed or polished. Drop in. Shop
on corner of Eighth and H streets.
wwuiMJiiiiimi M mwtm w-im ,m,, ,
nniiTiiiinfn
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THE OUEATKST KDUCATED JIOUS13 TN" TMR WORLD
Tim .Bijou enjoys the reputation of hill ing the hiff attractions. The nianageuieut
surpassed all previous efforts when they secured this wonderful horse at tia lit
ile expense. . Tlie attraction has heen a lieiulliner on Mm large Orpheum circuit.
Different features every niht.
Wc
Admission
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A Christmas Present in Every Corner
Not fancy goods of good-for-nothing novelties that you put away and forget
the day after Christinas, hut appropriate useful merchandise that yon ust every
day in the year.
For Women and Children
Woudn't some of these unit you bctler1?
Kine Cloves nt all prices, iu heavy and light weight;'
silk and wove waists; silk mittens; belts; fancy col-'
lars, riichinn's, handkerchiefs, furs, veils, fancy and'
plain scarfs, cushion tops, purses, handbags, etc..
For Men and Boys
1 Tuts, caps, silk handkerchiefs, linen handkerchief,
mufflers, suspenders, gloves, fancy hose, shirts and
ties, scurf pins, slippers, purses, etc.
Euv now and avoid the rush nearer Christinas time.
Van Dyke's
DRY HOODS
OUVriTTNO
SHOES.
"Crestbrook Orchard Tracts
Two and one-half miles from Mud ford Railway .Station.
TEN ACRES $225 CASH
5 YEARS TO PAY
BALANCE
99
We will plant and care for trees
AT COST
l)o voi i realize how this makes vour small capital work? Always large increase
in value of land immediately after planting. , YOU reap this PROFIT. '
Tracts directly south and adjoining th' famous-
HILLOREST ORCHARD
Oregon Orchards Syndicate
SELLING 'AGENTS
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