THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNK, MEDFORD. OliKOON, THURSDAY. KKPTEMHER 2, 10M. SAMPLE HOSIERY Closing Out Price 10 Cents Per Pair We have about 200 pairs of men's and ladies' sample Hosiery left that are regu lar 15c to 25c -a pair qualities, in Macks, tans and fancies; closing out price 10c pr. Boys Scbool Hose' 50 dozen boys' extra fine quality heavy ribbed cotton Hose in a lxl and 2x2 ribbed, with triple knee, -toe and heel, the best wearing hose made, in all sizes from 6 to 10, 25c a pair , 50 dozen misses' extra fine, quality waco cotton and lisle thread Hose, equal to any 35c .hose in the city; here in all sizes from 5 to 9 1-2 ; in black, tan and white ; every pair guaranteed fast color ; sale price 25c a pair 50 dozen boys' or misses' heavy cotton ribbed Hose; fast black ; double toe, heel and knee; equal to most 25c hose sold in the city-'j on sale here tomorrow in, all sizes from ( to 10 at, your choice, 15c a pair SPECIAL FOR TOMORROW AND SATURDAY 10 dozen genuine import ed Japanese Cups and Saucers; white ground, with blue pattern; white ground with green pattern; white ground with colored pattern; a 25c value; with 7 pat terns to select from ; while they last, per set of 6 cups and saucers- 75 Cents Per Set 20 dozen boys' Jersey ribbed Knit Underwaists, just the thing for school wear ; salq price, each . . , and 23 . Also full line of boys' and misses' shoulder and side elastic Hose Support ers. ' HAND K ERCIIIEFS, R I B BONS, ETC. Before buying these goods come in and see the qualities we are offering. You will save some money. Our motto is a better quality at a lower price. DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR LINE OF s BOYS' 15c . -SCHOOL HOSE . OUR BOYS' AND MISSES 25c SCHOOL HOSE HAS THEM ALL BEAT HEAVY DRAIN ON NATION'S FORESTS Twenty Billion Cubic Feet Is Total Yearly Drain Upon Forests of the United States. ''Tlio total yearly tlniiii upon our forests, null counting losses from tiros, storms unit insects, is some '.'0, nun nun nnn r.,i ". if s k',,n,,,.,r assistant forester in charge of (lit ! office of forest statistics. "Our present forest (iron of 550, 0(10,000 acres nmy lie roughly esti mated to consist of .'00,000,000 acres of mature forests, in which the. mi nimi growth is balanced liy ilealli ami iteeay. of 250,000,000 acres par tially cut or burned over, on which, with reasonable cure, there is suffi cient young growth to produce in the course of time, it niercliantuhlc. lint not a tall cron of timber, anil .100, 00(1,001) acres of more severely, cut anil biirneil over forests, on which there is not sufficient young growth to proiluce another crop of much j value. j "Taken ns n whole, the annual growth of our forests uiuler these conditions does not exceed 12 cubic j feet per acre, ntotal of less than 7,- 000.000,000 euliii! feet. I lint is, wo are cutting our forests three times as fast ns they nro growing. There is menace in the eonliiuiaiiee of such conditions. While we might never reach absolute limber exhaustion, the unrestricted exploitation of our for ests in the past has already had se rious effects, and it will have much worse if it is allowed to continue un checked. 'White pine,' for instance, which was once considered inexhaustible, has fallen off 70 per cent in cut since 1800. and more than 4." per cent since 1900. The cut of oak, our most val uable hardwood lumlier. has decreas ed 1( per cent since 1000. and that of yellow'poplnr 22 per cent. The same story will be told of other woods if thev are not conserved." Band Concert in City Park This Week Will Be Unusually Splendid Two Solos. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. United States to Isaac F. Wil liams, 120 acres in section 8, township 35, range 2 E . .patent United States to Milton E. Jar nagin, 100 acres in section 34, township 37, range 2 E. .patent Pauline Sturgis to Cora E. Car ' der, lot 1, block 1, Gray's addition to Medford 1000 Homer H. Harvey to George H. Eads, lot 7, block 3, Park ' addition to Medford 10 Emil Britt to Andrew J. Clar- ' no et ul 1G0 acres in sec tion 33, township 34, range 1 W 400 George Dnilrioh to R. H. Toft, lots 2 and 4, block 3, Olyson lena T. Corliss, lot 3, block 2, Bungalow addition to Medford 750 D. and Annie M. McDonald 1 acre in section 25, town ship 37. range 2 W 1 Roscoe Potter to John D. Tay lor, lots 33 and 34, block 2, H. L. White's addition to Ashland 10 James Carr to Mary M. Heard, laud in D L C 52, township 37, range 1 W 10 L. Ncidermeyer to School dis trict No. 05. 6 acres in L. & N. subdivision. 700 United States to Augustus Lee Williams, 100 acres in sec lion 20, township 36, range 2 E patent addition to Medford ...... 10 Sarah T. Wolvcrlon to Mrs. Si Curtenius, 120 acres in sec tion 20. township 35, range 2 E 10 Isaac F. Williums to Kate Cur tenius, 120 neres in section 8, township 35, range 2 K 10 Charles M. English to Florence Snath Herrick, property in Park addition to Medford . . 17 i - Marriage Licenses. J. O.' Wight and Mary L. Davi son. Peter E. Frilzwalcr and Clara Orr. W N. Stuub and May Tucker. The Wigwam is the placo for a good time Friday night. 142 The regular band concert will be given at the city park on Friday evening. The regular program will bn supplemented this week by a trombone solo by Mr. Fay Lane and a cornet solo by Mr. John Norling. which are sure to greatly nugment the pleasure of the evening. The program us arranged follows: No. 1 March. "Regimental Pride." No. 2 Medley, "Way Down Smith" (by request.) No. 3 Romartzn, "Evening Star" (Tannbauser), trombone solo, Mr. Fay Lane. No. A Waltzes.' "A Toreador's Dream." -No. 5 Comet solo, "Young Ameri ca," polka, Mr. John Norling. No. 0 Characteristic, "Jolly Jingles" No. 7 Overture, "Poet and Peasant" (by request). No. 8 March, "National Fcncibles." SHORT SCHOOL SESSION MONDAY School Board Considered Business Preliminary to Opening of the Term. The school board held a session Thursday morning and considered much business preliminary to the opening of the school term next week. The hours of school were fivxed from 0 to 12 a. m. and from 1 :30 to 4 p.m. The tuition to be charged for nnti resilents will be $2 a month in the high school and $1.25 n month in the grades. Owing to the fact that Monday is Labor day, only o, brief session will he held. Scltool opens in regular session Tuesday morning. The New SUITS Arrived Today Sqe Win low AAA'S We can show you the largest line of strictly Suits; all the newest and classiest styles; at very LOW PRICES The Hutchason Co. Successors to , BAKER-HUTCHASON CO. URGES CO-OPERATION OF FRUIT GROWERS (Continued from page 4.) that the pro-rating among the mem bership of each association gives him an absolute guarantee that he will receive the average price of that sea son for every box of every variety and grade of his fruit according to its quality. "In my judgment the success of the exchange has not bren entirely due to the successful marketing of its fruit, but much of it to the belief among the growers that they nro giv en a "sijimre deal," and I think this confidence has been lnrgely gained by the associations who have given the grower of, say one enrlond of fruit, an equal voice in its manage ment, with the grower who has 20 or more carloads. In other words, be cause the vole of Iho smaller shipper counts ns much as a vote of the larger, this giving up of what would naturally bo the larger grower's legal rights ban given him Iho ' moral strength in its mauiigement, and they in (lie greatest nieasuro guide the ac tions of the association." All citrus growers in California have been largely benefited by tho successfil operation of the exchange The commission men, the independent buyers and speculators can no long er make a football of the noii-mcm-bcrs of the exchange, ns he is able to form a very close guess as to Die re turns on the various kinds of fruit which will tirobalily be made to the members of the exchange, and un less he can receive a price approxi mately near this amount he is likely to become a member of the exchange the following year. Buys All Growers' Packing Material. The Fruit Growers' Supply com pany was organized in 1007 for the purpose of 'purchasing nil packing material used by the exchange grow ers. Through it favorable long con tracts have been made nt fair prices, so that the charging of exorbitant urines by the manufacturer and seller lias been made very difficult, if not impossible, and great savings effect ed in the aggregate, not only to nil exchange members, hut to all other cilnts fruit growers, as Iho manu facturers realize that unless they sell lo the latter at about the same price he exchange members buy. the non mmbers would join the exchange. The Supply company has purchas ed for. this year's use for the ex change some 0,000,000 boxes, equiv alent to 45,000,000 feet, honrd meas ure, which is cqiial to 1800 carloads of prepared lumber or shook, and has also bought 120 carloads of tissue orange and lemon wraps and 20 enr loads of nails, averaging 500 kegs to the car, with 55.000 nails to tho keg, nt n price considerably below llial. ordinarily paid. During Iho life of the exchange the writer, cannot remember of the fail ure of any of its affiliating associa tions (numbering at the present time about 1000), and for yoars all of ils (lacking material lias boon paid for almost without exception within ton days from the receipt of tho good. Its officers and directors are gen erally the same as thoso of the ex change, with the addition of Mr. H. tl. Dcxcll, the crucial manager. The exchange hu saved its mem bers a large amount of money an nually by forming a "mutual indem nity compact," which insures llicm against loss by fire on the properly of the various associations affiliated with the exchange, lis total loss to dale, nfler an cilcuco of more than six years, is less than the amount of the regular premium charged by Hi" mercantile coiupanics for one year. It is the policy of the California Fruit dinners' exchange to put llm fruit of ils members on the market the year around, giving careful con sideration to climatic conditions and probable monthly needs, at all times selling freely at auction at an f. o. h. price, or at the prevailing market price at the time delivered, as tho buyer and the grower may prefer, and to do a(l in its power to extend its district and to force sales through its advertising ami its employes to every possible market, realizing that glutted anil uneven markets mean in the long run higher prices to Hie con sumer but smaller returns to thu grower. With an even market, both the wholesaler and the retailer aro willing lo sell on n very small mar gin, but (hey will not handle the fruit on an irregular market, as to pricn without a much higher leeway for profit. Growers Supreme on Pricing. The growers individually reserve the right to pick their proporliuniil amount of fruit mid of tho markets at all ijeasous of the year and to de cide absolutely whether they will ac cept or reject the price offered. The orange growers of today nro receiving fair returns for their prod uct and the consumer is getting n better orange at a less price than before the present tariff went into effect, at which period tho grower was nimble to sell bis fruit, in many instances, except nt n loss. He fore the present tariff the grow ers had to pay the commission men from 15c to 20e per box profit in tbn picking and packing and 35c or morn ier box for selling and guarantee. Today the members of Iho exchange have their fruit sold lit an average cost not to exceed 7c per box, there by making a siivinu to tlicni in pack ing and selling of not less than 40e per box, mid owing to the regularity with which the fruit goes on to tho markets today and the evenness of the price, the jobbers and retail dis tributors realizing that they lake lit tle or no risk of loss between them, accept a profit of from ,'iiic to 35n per box loss than under the old con ditions, making a total saving of ex pense between the growers and tbn consumers of 80 or more cents per box. As the present duty is but 72" n box. this saving more than offsets it. The present competition among the growers themselves enables tho consumer, ns I said before, to reeeivo a litter orange at a less price than before the present duty was chnrged, if the duly were removed or lessened, allowing large and irregular ship ments to con io. in nt any time, which would inevitably disturb marketing conditions in prices. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the city council will receive bids for the construction of a five-foot ccmont sidewalk on the east sido of Onkdalo avenuo from Seventh to Eighth streets same being three hundred (300) feet in length; and also for a five-foot cement sidowalk on the south side of Sixth stroot from tho cornor of d'Anjoti street to a point 140 feet east. Bids may be filed, with or mailed to tho city recorder up to 4 o'clock p. m. on September 7, 1001). Dntcd August 23, 1900. ROBT. W. TELFER, 141 City Recorder. HEADQUARTERS FOR Harness Saddles Whips Robes Tents Blankets Wagon Sheets Axle Grease and Qall Cure ALL KINDS OF CUSTOM WORK J. C. Smith 314 E. Main