THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE. MCDFORD. OHKilOX. SATURDAY. AlHUUST 1, 1!)0!. 3C Do Not Forget the Date, August 9th and 10th, 1909 DO NOT SAY THAT OPPORTUNITY NEVER KNOCKED AT YOUR DOOR Everybody invited to take an automobile ride out to the Alfa Addition BUY A LOT IN THE ALFA ADO 20 per cent cash, 10 per cent quarterly ON Ice Cream for everybody Good Music in attendance Realizing a long felt want for the good of Ashland, and to satisfy this want, we have put on the market one of the finest and best located residence additions to be found in Ashland, located near the heart of the city, between Boulevard and Main Streets T heSale of the Lots in the Alfa Addition will take place BtttSNM AUGUST 9th and 10th FOR SALE BY P HUG We also have some' very fine orchard tracts for sale 3E iwiiii;BiiitiiiiipviM RESOLVED The best resolution for you to make is to come to us for your next suit, if yoa want something out of the ordinary. We do the best work and charge the lowest prices. W. W. EIFERT THE FBOG&&SSTV2 TAJXOE LEWIS WRITES OF ORCHARD FERTILITY NOTICE I Ts hereby given that the undersigned ' will apply at the regular meeting o" the city council of Medford, 'Oregon, ' on August 3. 1900, for license to sell mult, vinous and spiritous liquors in less quantities than one gallon for six months at lot 13, block 20, in Medford, Oregon, for a period of six months. , H. 0. WILKINSON. Dated July 21. 1909. ' NOTICE Is hereby given that the undersigned will apply at the regular meeting of the city council of Medford, Oregon, on August 3, 1909, for license to sell malt, vinous and spiritous liquors in less quantities thnn one gallon for 6 months at lot 11. block 20, in Med ford, Oregon, for a period of 6 months. W. M. KENNEDY. Dalcd July 17. 1909. NOTICE. muer hills tor June and prior I hereto, not paid by the 2d of August, will necessitate the shutting off of water without further notice. I5ENJ. M. COLLINS,' City Recorder. 115 Bv R. W. T. Mt. Angel College MT. ANGEL, OR. in charge of the Benedictine Fathers. For young, men and boys. Term opens 'September "Hi. Preparatory, commercial, scientific and slassicul courses. Write for catalogue. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Howard S. Dudley to W. I. Vawter. 200 acres in section 30, township 37. range 1 W 10 Alice White Shoblev to White- i Shebley-IIunt Mining, com- puny, 120 acres in township ) 34, range 4 W 1 C. J. Brady to L. M. Brad- .... ford, lot 45, Highland Park addition to Ashland 1000 Maurice J. Goodheart to Lucy H. Carson, land in D L C 45, township 39. range IE 10 Sarah E. Pankey to Gold Ray Realty company, lots 19, 20 and 21, block 29, Tolo. . G59 Emilv Maltbv to Fielder A. Jones, N E '4 section 20, township 33. range 2 W ... 1000 P. A. Taylor to Edward Cour- tois, 40 acres in section 30, township 30. range 2 E . . . 2000 Frank R. Pendleton to city of Ashland, right of way for water pipe I United States to Ira F. Crab tree, 1G2.72 acres in section 23, township 32, range 2 E patent United Stales to Jacob Shive ly, 120 acres in section fi, township 40, range 2 E ... .patent United States to Aaroi. E. Net telblad, 100 acres in section 28, township 37, range 4 W patent Thomas Kealihcr to C. S. Lam mey, 120 ncrcs in section 25, township 30, range 2 W . '. 3000 A. W. Sturgis to Belle Nickel!, 100 acres in section 12, town ship 30, range IE 1 Eugene A. Sherwin to George W. Stephenson, property in Ashland ' 10 (!! Professor C. I. Lewis, O. A. C.) ' Orchard fertility is a very iinjior tant subject for the fruit growers Ij study and much more attention mid . thought should lie given to. this sub- ' jet than it now receives for the very, sucr ess of an orchard depends large-j I y ni.on the maintenance of fertility, j In order to harvest heavy crops year after year and to still maintain the highest type of excellence we must sec that the orchard soil in not al- lowed to become depleted. We are apt to think on the Pacific coast that our soils cannot become exhausted. j Tn this we are badly mistaken, for! we have already plenty of nvideneV in some of our fruit sections that thin is not true orchards in , which tho foliage is yellow, the fruit small, and the annual growth very short. True it is that some of these orchards need more water, but as will be shown lat- j er there is a rather close relation between water supply and food supply in many of our orchards. Taken as a whole, our orchard soils are rich, especially in certain elements, but without system of management they are losing much of the available sup ¬ ply of plant food. Our problem i; to maintain the fertility. j What do we really mean by orchard I fertility? Simply the food supply thalj the trees need to do their best. This food is represented in the form of about 38 chemical elements. The chief elements from this number are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur. potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, calcium and iron, while sodium, chlorine and silicon nri found in lesser rimntitics. The plant obtains its carbon from Ihc a;r through the leaves. Hydrogen and oxygen arc obtained from the water, while nitrogen is found in decaying organic matter and is also obtained by some plants from the air. These elements are often termed the organic elements, the remaining elements the inorganic or mineral. When a plant is burned iho first four elements pass off into tho nir while the remaining are found in Hie ashes. We say, then the four organic elements come from the air, the remaining mineral eh meuts from the soil. Nature supplies most t the 3 elements that cuter the plant, in great uiiioidancc; in fact, in very large sup i lies. much greater than our plants juill ever need. There are. however. . Ihice or four elements thai are apt to , be deficient and absolutely es-eulia! tc plant growth; these are nilrocc'i. potassium and phosphorous, and o -casionally lime. Nitrogen is the great vital element the life giver, so to speak; it is the clement that gives the plan! ils rich, vigorous green color and luxu riant growth, the producer of wood and leaf. Potassium forms about 50 per cent of the ashes from a plant, and is supposed to aid in the development of color. Phosphorous aids in the ripening of the fruit and aids in the seed de velopment. We have found in our pollination studies that there is a re lation between heavy seed and heavy fruit; they go together. Our problem is to keep the soil supplied with these elements in suf ficient quantities. Some of my read ers may have received literature from the soil bureau of tho department of agriculture. Washington, D. C, star ing that there is no such thing a soil exhaustion, Hint the reason some plants do not grow is duo to poison i ns secretions from the soils. Thorp may be something in this; however, v.e prefer al present until more in formation is received on the subject to believe thai soils become deficient nt times in certain elements. "For you particular customers who demand the best groceries, wc recommend Folgers Golden Gate Coffee." It is so good we cannot obtain a better coffee not if we paid $1 a pound for it. Everything about Folger's Golden Crate Coffee is perfect, and we sell it with the positive guarantee that it will please you. Allen & Reagan GROCERIES, CHINA WARE, FRUIT AND FEED. Prepaid Raiiroao Orders. "Something which ,is of consider known is the system of prepaid or sble interest to the public generally and which is perhaps not generally dcrs now in effect between stations of the Southern Pacific company and all points in the United States. By means of this system tickets may be purchased at Medford from any pin co in the United States and mail cd or telegraphed direct to the party wishine to come here. Sleeper ac commodations and small amount of cash in conneetion wifh those tiokets may also be forwarded at the some f 44 t a . miriri 1 T meaiora iron vvorKS f E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Prourietf ; ,... I j jnit""W7' i All kinds of Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pum,,.. pollers and Ma-t Jchlnery. Agents In Southern Oregon for , I J FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. J Mtrs. Tfrtiu Ufamptoit Isaacs Urutuctor of "pumo. Tl$t 3tttr,o& Stuito at Mttlinc. itotlb Oranjt Strl