THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOK,- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1909?
BACTERIA NEEDED
TO GROW ALFALFA
ORIENTAL PALACE AND MANUFACTURERS BUILDING.
The Palace of Oriental Exhibits and Manufacturers Building have a
f frontage on Cascade Court and Geyser Basin and look across at Foreign
Exhibits imd Agricultural Palaces; Yukon Avenue separates those mag
V ' niflceut display buildings, and in the back ground the slate buildings of
t : Oregon and California are located.
f ' - Construction work on these buildings was completed last year and
f exhibits are being received and placed in position. The Oriental Palace
will house the most valuable collection of Far Eastern art that has ever
f' been sent from the Orient, and will present displays from Japan, China,
India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, French Indo China, Borneo, Java and
t all the eastern countries of Asia.
' The Manufacturers building encloses a vast amount of exhibit space
- and every foot of this has been engaged for display purposes by domestic
v and foreign manufacturers. The Interest manifested in this department of
rtho! AlanUa-Yukon-Paclflc Exposition is world-wide and competitive dis
' plays will be general and comprehensive. Exhibits are being dally re
I ceived and the heavy work of installation is rapidly being accomplished.
EXPLOSION OCCURS IN
. J GOLD HILL HOTEL
; Thursday nfternoon an explosion
'occurred in the- office of the Gold
Hill hotel which wrecked the stove,
fiays the News, scattering ashes and
soot (ill over the room and worst of
' nil disturbed landlord Jones in his
nfternoon siestn. For n while he was
, "looking the man who sold me ihnt
i wood" while other of our townes
people were principally interested
; in fiiHliiiir just which woodpile the
explosive material had come from.
City Business Directory
TIN SHOP
Tin and sheet iron waie on hand
and made to order.
J. A. SMITH
113 North G Street.
Let the
MISSION FUENITtTEE WORKS
make that piece j 'nrniture. Any
design, any color, any finish
dull, waied or polished. Shop on
cor. of 8th and H streets.
W. M. OolTig. O. L. Beamea,
COLVIO k BE AMES
Lawyers.
Office: Medford Bank Bldg.
Ground floor.
Cook StoTee and ranges. Phone 91
MOBDOBFF ft WOLF
New and Second-Hand Furniture
Eads ' old stand, 18-20 F St. South
Medford, Or.
MEDFORD CEMENT BRICK ft
BLOCK Co. will .e prepared Feb
ruary 15 to furnish cement brick.
Better thaa pressed brick and
just as ch-ap. in estigate before
contracting. P. O. Box 118.
MEDFORD TEA AND COFFEE
HOUSE Specialists in Teas, Cof
fees, Extracts, Baking Powder
and Spices. We carry all kinds of
dinner ware and fancy dishes.
16 W. Seventh St. Medford, Or.
DB. GBLE
The only exclusive Optician be
tween Portland and Sacramento,
Office en Seventh Street.
When others fail, call on
0B. B. J. BONVBB
Eye Specialist
Office in Eagle Pharmacy
Main 233. Sevmtn and Main
The mystery was finally solved by
the discovery that some photo
graphic flashlight powder had been
gathered up in cleaning up some of
the rooms in the house and had been
deposited in the stove. There had
been more or less fire in the stove
and when the proper degree of heat
was arrived at there was an explo
sion that not only raised (he cover of
thee stove hut also the hair of those
in the imniedale vicinity. After this
everything that goe into the stove
of tlie Goid Hill hotel will he carefully
scrutinized for concealed weapons.
THE B. B. V. LUNCH BOOM
Finest cup of coffee on
the Pacifie Coast.
H. H. Lorimer Prop.
DB. F. Q OA&LOW
DB. EVA MAIN 8 CARLO W
Osteopathic Physicians
Mission Block,
Phone 291 Medford
OB. WALTER B. STOKES,
Dentist.
Successor to Dr. J. M. Keene.
WA80HAU ft BROWN
wish to announce to their patrons
that they are located In their new
quarters in the Toung A Hall
building.
Billiards, Cigars and Tobaccos.
DR. FRANK BOBBBT8
Dentist
Office hoars: 8 to 12, 1 to 4.
Miles Building, Seventh Street,
Medford, Oregon.
For good bargains in Watehes
and Jewelry, Pistols, Masks! In
struments, go to
THE MEDTOED LOAN OFFIOB
C Street.
MEDFOBD FTJBNITTJBB OO.
Undertakers
Day Phone 353
Night Phones C. W. Conk-in 38
J. H. Butler 148
DB. B. J. OONBOT
Sieeeaaor to Dr. Jones.
Office in the Stewart Bnllding.
Bulletin on Crop by Agricultural Col
legeWhat Is Needed to De
velop Good Crops.
The Oregon agricultural college
has issued a bulletin upon nlfiilfa
in western Orogon, written by H. D.
Soudder of the, department of ag
ronomy. In part it rends as follows:
Of nil the crops produced upon
the farm perhaps no other offers so
many attractions and advantages to
the farmer as does alfalfa. As an
improver of the soil it has few equals
(1 no superiors. As forago for all
classes of livo stock, whether used
as hay, green feed or pasture, it is
unexcelled in yield, feed value, palat
nbility,, and pennnnenoy of growth.
Tto the fanner keeping cows, hogs or
poultry, it is of paramount value ill1,
that it is practically the only forage
crop that will supply green feed con
tinuously through the dry summer
months of this region.
In addition to these advantages it
is superior to all other crops in quick
ly improving and maintaining the ap
pearance and selling value of farm
lauds.
Primary Requirements.
The primary requirements of alfal
fa are a deep, well drained, sweet and
fertile soil, free from weeds. The
lands most nearly meeting these re
quirements are on the slopes' of the
rolling lands of the valleys, or the
deep,, sandy loam river bottoms well
above the water level. The ordinary
valley low flat lands are not suitable.
The deep feeding tap roots upon
whose length these plants depend for
securing plant food anil moisture,
make a soil eight to ten feet in dopth
impcral ive. Although alfalfa prefers
n sandy loam, yet it has proved
SAVOY T HEATHS
North d'Anjou Street.
Latest motion pictures and ill ni
trated songs. Entire ehange of
program Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. Admission 10 eenU.
BIJOU THEATER, W. 7TH 8T.
Continuous performance every
evening of motion pictures and il
lustrated ballads. Entire change
of program Monday, Wednesday
and Fridav. Admission 10 cents.
A. C. MUNCH
will call for RUBBISH and dis
pose of same at any time at a
reasonable charge. Address
Medford Postoffice.
EDEN VALLBT NTTBSEBY
N. S. Bennett, Medford, Or.
Orow trees that sell, sell trees
that grow anad fruit true to label
VERNE T. CANON
Billposter and distributor. All
orders promptly filled.
Boom 7 Jackson Co. Bank Bldg.
Medford, Or.
0. F. COOK
Sells trees that grow.
Offico: R. R. V. Depot.
P. O. Box 841. Pbone 393.
Medford, Or.
MBS. ED. ANDREWS
Voice Culture and Art of Singing
Stndio at Residence.
East Medford. Phone 225
8. B. 8EBL7, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Modern equipped operating rooms
X Bay. Office hoars: 10-12, 2-4 p.
b. Office in Jackson Co. Bk. bldg
HER GRACIOUS MAJESTY, ELIZABETH,
Buckingham Palace. .
Dear Lizzy: I take my quill in hand to say
n few words on economj. I note the following
bargains, which seemeth good to me:
Home Canned Fruit in glnsB
COe half gallons for 40c
:!0c quarts for 20c
(The glasses are worth 10c and ISo each.)
2."q Manhattan Egg Food I2'2C
Underwood's Sardines in mustard, the big
cans I5c
Kagle Silver Plating, an article which when
rubbed on worn silvor plated ware or brass
renews the plate like new, reduced from 2f)0
to 15c, or two bottles for 25c
2")c Juava Jellies reduced to, the glass ...15c
Fairbanks' Mascot Soap, bars for 25c
10c Sampson's Prunes, now two cans for . . . 15c
30c imported Kippered Horring, the can . . . 19c
"in Aoro Soap Powder, the package 3C
. I found these bargains while cruising down
towards the bridge in the Mission block at the
grocerv called
REX
winch it seems to my humble mind as somewhat
of an oneronchment on your gracious titlo. How
ever, in truth it seems to be the king of value
givers.
Your humble servant
Sir Walter Raleigh
I1. S. Take your purse, us thoy can only sell so, because thoy sell
cash.
equally prosperous on the heavy clay
loiini soils, u heavy clay subsoil or
hnnlpiin delaying, but not stopping
the root growth.
Water Injurious.
! Owing to the need of its roots for
jnir. a I fulfil especially when young
I and during the growing season, is
j easily injured by standing water
I either above or below ground. Root
growth stops at once on striking wa
ter saturated soil, henco the water
table should not be less than eight to
! ten feet below the surface of the
i ground during the growing season.
(Iverl'low from streams in winter
when the plant is dormant doos not
j cause much injury, oven if contin
ued for several weoks.
I Of even more importance to the al
' fnlla plnnt than a deep and well
.drained soil, arc the bacteria which
: produce the nodules on the roots,
through which the plant is cnnbled to
dni w upon the free ntmospheric ni
trogen, enriching the plant and the
soil with this most valunble of all the
' plant food elements. Conditions un
i favorable to thu activities of these
bacteria cause a corresponding lack
i of prosperity in the growth of the nl-
fulfii. Like the plant roots, these
bacteria require abundance of air in
the soil, upon which to feed, nnd also
n neutral or slightly alkaline medium
such as is supplied in limestone soils,
in which to work.
Need of Bacteria.
Unfortunately, the lack of lime in
, western Oregon soils, in addition to
. the prolonged wet season and the prc
vailing heaviness of the soil, causes
1 long exclusion of the air from the soil
and a tendency toward acidity or
: solurness which is very unfavorable
; to the alfalfa bacteria. Hence it is
, perhaps that in a majority of west
ern Oregon soils these hactcrin are
' not present, and must be supplied by
artificial inoculation nftcr the harm
ful acidity has been corrected. This
1 correction is accomplished in nat
urally well drained soils by applica
tion of different forms of lime. Wa
ter slaked lime most quickly and di-
reetly corrects soil acidity ground
unburncd lime more slowly but less
: expensively while light annual dress
ings with land plaster keep it sweet
; (more or less indirectly) by making
the heavy soils more open and fria-
' ble. The land plaster also assists
in making potash compounds for
I which alfalfa has great need, more
: available, but to avoid loss through
J leaching should be used only in small
i amounts.
! Fertilization Needed.
J" The need of a fertfle sail for al
Ifnlfn growing, while nsst " generally
to command,
recognized, is highly important.
Though the plant draws its most im
portant food, nitrogen, from the air,
yet it is a heavy feeder upon the
other plnnt foods of the soil. On
naturally unfertile soils, or those run
down by continued whent or other im
provident farming, it is necessary to
supply immediately available plant
food, such as well rotted barnyard
manure, to carry the youong plants
through the first two years until thoir
deep feeding roots are established.
Such fertilization as barnyard ma
nure or green manure (like rye or
vetch plowed under) is best applied
to the crop preceding I ho alfalfa or
by preceding it with clover or vetch.
Aside from its plant food and moist
ure retentive value the humus from
such fertilization is of grent assist
ance to the alfalfa bacterial activi
ties. JOHNSON
N BAD WITH
LONDON FIGHT CLUB
CHICAGO, April 28. Jack John
son is "in bad" with the National
Sporting club of London, according
to letters received today from A. F.
Rettinson, mnnnger of the organiza
tion. Hcttinson flatly denies Johnson's
statement that he did not sign an
agreement to meet Sam Langford in
London and encloses a copy of the
articles he alleges the negro approv
ed. Johnson's statement that his for
mer manager, Sum Fitzpatrick, might
hnvo signed the articles for the fight
is also denied. Bettinson declares
that Johnson agreed to fight, hav
ing suggested it himself, in the pres
ence of Fitzpatrick and that he placed
his own signature on the articles.
THREE TRUSTIES
ESCAPE AT SALEM
SALKM, Or., April 28. Three
tnisties escaped from the convict
camp at the feeble minded institute
yesterday. One of the escapes was
a Multnomah man, ITnrry Montrose,
received in July, 1(107, and serving
a three-year term for a statutory of
fense. Another wns a Bakor county
convict, Clarence Welch, received in
Jnnunry of this year, who was serv
ing one year for larceny. The third
was from Douglas, Rufus Fish, also
serving one year for larceny. FTe
was received in January.
THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS.
(By D. IT. Hnwkins.)
To be rich is not to be grent. Great
ness lies in a man's self, and not in
his holdings.
Who marries for wealth and so
for
cial position had best beware of di
vorcings. Who waits for time loses his birth
right; who overtakes time bestows
an iuhoritnuco.
Modern civilization but compre
hends the known, as wall as the an
known, best qunlitios of the past. 1
The correct civilization of the fu-
turo must organize out of what has
been and what is to be.
11 were no evil consequence to men
sometimes to hitch their thought-
steeds to major stars.
Look up, not down; see only the
mud nnd remain brute; finger a star
and becomo a god.
In n manner becoming their great
ness, do all great men and women
admire great things.
Talk about there being nothing La
religious verities, Mr. Kditor; why,
Inst Sunday evening I snw n woman
at the Methodist church whose hat
was so large she seomcd to belong
te. it by right ' conquest. In tht
near perspective not only did it hid
the pulpit and preacher, but 27 mem- ,
hers of the choir as woll. v .
TALENT TALES.
W. Ii. Coleman, county, clerk, was
a Talent visitor Saturday and Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Helms wers
Medford visitors Saturday.
George rolled and wife, who have
been at Imperial in southern Cali
fornia for ubout a year, returned
recently.
Mrs. Fred Happ and her sister,
Miss Ina Oatman, were in Medford
Saturday.
Miss Mazel Patterson of North
Talent was among those who attended
the circus at Medford Snturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Carey were Talent
visitors Inst Sunday forenoon.
Mrs. Weldon Hartley of North Tal
ent wns a Medford visitor last Sat
urday. Several of our orchard men say
that fruit has been somewhat injur
ed by the recent heavy frost.
Our electric light system is giv
ing ontiro satisfaction, and there will
be several electrio pumps installed
soon. '
Mrs. F.. O. Reuse, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Carey, and her husband
have gone to Oakland, Cut., to reside.
Mr. tease hns a good position at a
salary of $100 per month, house and
offico furnished. Mr. Reaso is en
gaged in selling Richmond property.
Spain buys more than a quarter of
its tobacco from the United States.
Read Sir Walter Raleigh's letter
to the queen in the Rex ad.