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THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUflUST 20, 3909.
Medeord Daily Tribune
Official Paper of the City of Medford.
Published every evening except Sunday.
MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
George Putnam, Editor and Manager.
Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postof f ice at
Medford, Oregon.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES :
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TODAY'S WEATHER PREDICTION.
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' Clear today and tomorrow. Warmer. '
A rare and salubrious olimate-Wd of remarkable fertility
beautiful scenery mountains stored with coal, copper and gold
extensive forests streams stocked with speckled beauties game in
abundance a contented, progressive people such is the Rogue
River Valley. t " 1
Average mean temperature 50 degrees
Average yearly precipitation 21 inches
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EDUCATING THE FARMER.
The United States deportment of agriculture is in the
moving picture business.
Not that it operates or contemplates operating a string
of five-cent theaters, nor "syndicate" films whereupon
are depicted everything from slap-stick comedies to sobby
sentimentalities, nor hopes to give the great American
farmer the uplift in the drama via the motion picture route
not by any means. The department is simply entering
the field because far-sighted Uncle "Tama Jim" Wilson,
secretary of agriculture, believes he can by its aid bring
home to the farmers of the country the necessity tor mod
ern methods in agriculture.
It has always been hard to make the farmers of the
country understand from mere description how to handle
their crops in this new era of agriculture. It is for this
reason that the department is now adopting the motion
picture machine to educate the fanner. Films will be made
at the various experiment stations throughout the country
showing the new order of things in the way of preparing
the land, planting, cultivating, harvesting and handling of
the crop, how to make roads, how to breed cattle, horses,
sheep, and farm animals, and. the .thousand and one tasks
that occupy farmers: By. exhibiting these 'films at popu
lar meetings of fanners all Over the country the depart
ment hopes to give them actual, visual, convincing proof
the new agriculture means better crops, better farms, bet
the new agriculure means better crops, better farms, bet
ter roads and better animals.
A co-operative arrangement is now in formation, where
by the department will send its moving picture taking ma
chine to the various experiment stations throughout the
country and there Thotograph the operations on these mod
el farms. The films will be developed at Washington, and
duplicates will be furnished to such of the farmers' organ
izations as desire them, for exhibit at agricultural meet
ings the experimental farms, state institutes and other
semi-governmental agencies owning the machines which
reproduce the films.'
In this way the department of agriculture will soon be
a sort of clearing house of films on agricultural subjects
a sort of moving picture syndicate, which will produce
and distribute films for' exhibition among farmers all over
the country. Then, too, the farmers' institutes in the sev
eral states will become subsidiary distributing points for
reels.
It is a brand new idea in the campaign which the de
partment has been waging for. years to educate the farm
er. Not only that, but it is a brand new idea for any gov
ernment department to own motion picture machines or
loan films. The navy department, it is true, has for some
time been making use of motion pictures to portray life
aboard. ship, in their campaign for recruits to the naval
service. The assumption was that the pictures which
were taken by a concern principally kiiown for its produc
tion of "popular" reels would-excite the interest of
young men as a truthful portrayal of n life on the bound
ing ocean wave. The pictures were shown in connection
with a lecture given by a recruiting officer. That they
have been eminently successful is beyond a doubt. Still,
the navy department wasn't actually in the business of
making the pictures. The department of agriculture is.
Town Booming
Helps
V. Where Is Your
Talent?
Remember the cue of the man
who took hit talent, wrapped it in
a napkin and buried it?
Not only did his muter punith
him for his folly, but his conduct
has beoome a byword.
The world has progressed since
his time. Modern conditions have
developed a kind of man who is
even more useless than the one who
buried his talent. HET.S THE MAS
WHO SENDS HIS MONEY OUT OF
TOWN TO BUY FROM MAIL OR
DER HOUSES.
The man who buried his talent et
least had the talent to show for it.
If we all spent our money out of
town in a short time we would have
nothing to show for it except
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.
The man who patronizes home in
dustries benefits the people he deals
with and benefits himself. His con
duct is like that of the good and
faithful servant who so used the
talents intrusted to him that they
greatly increued. He is a good and
faithful citizen who is worthy of
the success he is sure to win.
The next time you see an attrac
tive advertisement of a mail order
house go to your local merohant and
try to buy the article of hint. ' D?
HE HASN'T IT ASK HIM WHY.
If he has it ask him why he never
told you about it in your local pa
per. That will be a boost for us. But
we'll stand for it. And we'll boost
back; remember that.
Do your share of the boosting
and you'll get your share of the
prosperity.
LET US BOOST 1
FRUIT BROKERS
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WANTt: BARRETTS!
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Sgobel & Day Urge Growers to Ship j
Pears to New York as Demand
Is Unprecedented.
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TWENTY-ACRE TRACTS NEAR MERLIN.
1 Iiiivg n number of 20-ncre tracts near Merlin, which I enn sell
!il from $:i(M 1o $."00 for nnirnpruved land and up to .$2(100 for
well improved. Sec me for good investment.
. . CIIAS. K. SHORT, Merlin, Or.
Sgobel .ScDay, fruit brokers of
-New York city, arc most urgent in
their demands for fruit growers to
ship Bnrtletts at once to tlio New
York murket. In " a trade letter of
August 14 they say:
Three hundred and eight cavs, auc
tioned here this week makes the rec
ord heaviest ever known, and came
on top of 237 cars last week.
Yesterday prices were as follows:
Uartletts, $2.00 to $2.10. Average
$1.75. . .
Hartletts Think of this market
taking over 00,000 boxes of Hhrt
lclts just as many as came the week':
previous and the market, holds1
itirr A lnf.fn i.. .. .1... . . . !
California fire yellow ripe. Califor
nia is ended, and this makes the out
look on liartletts from other sections
remarkably good; and we feel ipiite
safe in urging shipments, believing if
your Hartletts are good thai yon will
get morn money back from New York
Iban if you sold them f! o. b. yours.
The dealers tell us Hint they aclimlly
cannot get enough JSartlells 0 sup
ply the 'unprecedented demand.
Primes The market is lower this
week, partly because of pretty solid
receipts from nearby points. How
ever, California is almost finished,
and when those from your section
come in hem the prices promise 1o bo
fine. We know of eastorn parties
bidding high prices for Italians, be-
WOOD LASTS
TWICE AS L
Life of Timber Lncreased Through
Use of Preservatives Found by
Experimental Work.
MISSOULA, Mont., Auk. 20. In
terest m the preservative treatment
of timber to Inoronso its length of
uiu ia developing at n rapul rate
throughout tho northwestern states.
Tho life of almost any wood can ut
loust bo doubled by thorough impreg
nation with creosote or iiiu ehlo
rido. This alone moans a great sav
ing, gith in tho original cost of tho
timbers and in the labor of roulncinir
them. But better yot, cheap woods
when woll treated us just as good as
the valunblo and naturally durablo
kinds, and will Inst considerably long
er than those whoch are nuturully
durablo but untreated. Then cotton
wood, willow, spruce, lodgepolo pine,
or jack pine cau bo used in plnco of
cedar for posts; birch, hemlock or
tamarack hi placo of oak for ties;
lodgepolo pino in plnco of cedar fol
licles; and in every enso tho treated
substitute will last longer than tho
wood commonly used, and will cost
less. '
Railroads Adopt It.
The railroads, always alert for
greater economy in management,
wero the first to adopt preservative
treatment for their tics. Tho North
ern Pacific now creosotes nearly ev
ery tie used. Its two.creosoting plants
at Bruinerd, Minn., and Paradise,
Mont., are running to their full ca
pacity and using uny species of wood.
The Great Northern operates n largo
plant at Seniors, Mont., where it uses
zinc chloride instead of creosote. Two
new plants will bo erected very soon
by the Great Northern, 9110 at Cnss
Lake, Minn., and another near the
western end of the line, in Washing
ton. ' Tho new transcontinental road,
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Paget
Sound, is also planning to build a
very largo treating plant in Montana
within a short time.
Mines Follow Sv.it.
The large mining companies are not
fnr behind the railroads in adopting
prcscrvntiyo treatment for the tim
ber iised in the mines, ns enormous
quantities of timber arc used each
year for supports. While a great deal
of this is- temporary in character,
thcro are many tunnels and shafts
which must be kept open for a long
term of yenrs.. Hero where wood de
cays very rapidly, and ibc cost of
replacing the timbers is very great,
a good denl of money can be saved
by treating the timber .wi"i n preser
vative. The Hunker Hill ( Sullivan
Mining & Concentrating c";npnriy of
Kellogg, Idaho, and lli'j Hercules
Mining company of Hurk". Idaho, hiht
year obtained the assistance of the
forest service in designing ncd build
ing treating plants. The P irest serv
ile furnished an engineer ii wood
preservation U: take eluv i.f ih;
plants until employes of the compa
nies had become familiar with the
work, the companies paying the ex
penses. After six months' operation
under the scupcrvision of the forest
service, the latter withdrew and the
plans arc now run by the companies)
themselves. .
, Any person who" so desiros can ob
tain similar co-operation with the
service by application to the district
forester at Missoula, Mont. ....
NEAR-BEER MAN FINED
$250 AT LA GRANDE
' LA GJtANDK, Or., Aug. 20.
Ralph Atkinson, proprietor of n near
beer place here, was fined $250 and
given 2.) days in jail for violation of
the city local option law by Recorder
Cox. He has appealed.
cause they know the dandy outlook
in the east.
Peaches Market, went, to pieces
middle of the week on immense arri
vals, mostly from California, with
some from Maryland, Delaware and
Ibis 'stale. When the lime Comes for
the handsome Colorado I'lberlas we
believe this market will be in good
shape. ,
. No such week-as. this was ever
known. Study the quantities above
nnd see what a grand market New
York is to lake over HOOO tons nf
these fruils and pay such prices. The
outlook is certainly fine, and wn feel
confident we, are going to make you
some good money. , "
B Gash 6 Store C
SPECIALS
For Today and Saturday
SALT AND PEPPERS PATKNT COMIHNKD GLASS AND NICK-
'F.L TOPS, KKGULAR 23a MF.LLF.lt FOR 10c KACH.
WATER GLASSESLEAD BLOWN,. KINK QUALITY "'fUIV.
GLASS, HANI) ETCHKD, I'KIt SKT Of SIX, $1.00.
SYRUP PITCHERS FINE CLKAK GLASS, KACH 20cj FINK
CLKAR GLASS. COLONIAL STYLK, NICKEL TOP, B0.
WATER BOTTLES -LAUGH SIZK, FANCY LOW SHAPK, FLUT
KI) CLKAR GLASS, KACH 40u.
TEA POTS-BKST QUALITY ENGLISH ROCKINGHAM WAliK,
, MEDIUM SIZK, KACH Mo.
JARDINIERES IN PLAIN AND EMBOSSED FLORAL DE
SIGNS, SMALL SIZE,. EACH 50.
The store that serves you best by telephone, 2351.
B.&C.Cash Store
223 West Main Street
Your Health
Your health is dependent to a 'grout ex
tent upon the fit of your shoes, so the
doctors say. Ill-fitting shoes make the
feet fool uncomfortable and also force
the wearer to walk unnaturally, which,
by causing the weight of the body to be
distributed unevenly on the foot, brings
about various nervous disorders. If you
fed all out of sorts perhaps your shoes
are to blame. Anyway, get a pair of
Walk-Over
and "note the restful feeling they will
give your feet.
$1.00, $5.00
Edmeades Bros.
THE WEST SIDE SHOE STORE
Bargains in Real Estate
A few investments -that will make money for you
. 40 acres fine fruit Innd near railroad station, $80 per aero, '2 cash,
, easy terms on balance at-'J per cent intercut.'
100 acres ol! Ihii bout orchard lnnd in tho valley, ONE MILE FROM
RAILROAD STATION, $30 per aero, ONE-FOURTH cash, eny
terms on bnlnneo ut 0 per eent intorost.
10 acres of choice orchard bind close to railroad station, $100 DOWN
.AND $10 A MONTH BUYS THIS. You will regret 'it if y0.
neglect to socuro thin ton acres on tho above terms.
4 largo city lots in West Modford joining Kenwood addition, $200 ea.
The owner of tlio abovo propertied purchased them four years ag
before tho advnneo in prices and will sell at n very moderate profit.
Considering quality of. land and location, these are niiioni; tin)
cheapest buys hj tho mnrknt today.
J. C. BROWN
OffiGe in Palm Block, Upstairs , Medford, Oregon
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meoTora iron vvofks $
E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Proprietor. ' $
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