WHEAT BILL SUBSTITUTE UP
NOW IS THE TIME
TO BUY REAL ESTATE
Wisconsin Solon Proposes New Plan
for Selling Corporation.
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
Events of Noted People, Government«
Things Worth Knowing.
Howard Carter, co-dlscoverer with
the late Lord Carnarvon of the tomb
of Tutankhamen in Egypt, left Lon
don for the United States Saturday for
a lecture tour.
The soldier bonus bill will join the
tax reduction measure on the senate
calendar this week, and leaders ot
both parties are prepared to clear the
path for their immediate considera
tion.
The federal government should take
steps to put outdoor recreational op
portunities within the grasp of the
poor as well as the wealthy, Presi
dent Coolidge said Sunday night in an
nouncing appointment of 1 rational
policy on out-of-doors life.
L. P. Quimby of Los Angeles, Cal.,
88, a resident of Portland, Or., for 60
years, and Oregon's first game war
den, died in Seattle, Wash., Tuesday.
Quimby came to Seattle to attend the
funeral of his daughter, Mrs. Lotta
Quimby Taylor, which was held Mon
day.
Formal notification of Germany’s ac
ceptance of the experts’ reports as a
basis for renewed reparations par
leys was sent to Paris Tuesday after
noon and will be transmitted to the
reparations commission by Secretary
Fischer of the German war burden
commission.
tiara Kimball Young, famous screen
and stage actress, was taken suddenly
ill while appearing at a Fort Wayne,
Ind., theater Tuesday night and the
curtain was lowered in the midst of
the second act while physicians were
sent for. She was removed to tier
suite in a local hotel.
Washington, D. C.—Indefinite post
ponement on the motion ot Senator
McNary ot the McNarjr-Haugen bill
Monday is of significance. The bill
postponed was the original McNary-
Haugen bill, which was placed on the
calendar two months ago and for
which an amended substitute was in
troduced l>y the Oregon senator near
ly two weeks ago. The present Mc-
Nary-Haugen bill Is to await consider
Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, wdi'e ot
ation until the house has acted, its
Brigadier General MacArthur, has
passage in the senate being apparent
been appointed a special policewoman
ly assured.
by Mayor Romualdez of Manila, and
assigned to duty with the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. JAP NOTE DENIES' THREAT
She is the first woman attached to
Washington, D. C.—A specific dis
the Manila police force.
claimer ot any intent to convey .“a
Members of the democratic national veiled threat” in the use of the phrase
committee definitely decided late Tues “grave consequences" in his recent
day that tho national convention cf communication to Secretary Hughes
the party would be held In Madison protesting against the Japanese ex
Square Garden, as originally planned, clusion feature of the Immigration bill
and not in the 258th field artillery ar was made by Ambassador Ilanihara in
mory in tho Bronx as suggested by a second letter to the secretary, made
some members in order to admit more public Saturday, and characterized by
spectators.
Mr. Hughes as a ‘‘frank and friendly
The special committee appointed by explanation.”
The ambassador's letter and a re
the Paris International chamber of
commerce to study the two reports ply by the secretary were made pub
of the experts has reached tho unani lic by the state department, Mr.
mous conclusion that these reports of Hughes' letter saying that in the light
fer a real prospect ot proving practical of the context of the original letter,
measures for removal of obstacles and prevailing friendship and under
which heretofore have appeared in standing between tho two countries
surmountable in the reparations set he “had no doubt that those words
(grave consequences) were to be
tlements.
Marvin Chase, Washington state taken in the same sense you have
supervisor of hydraulics, Monday stated, and I was quite sure it was
granted a permit to the Northwestern far from your thought to express or
Power & Manufacturing company of emply any threat."
The correspondence was made pub
Port Angeles to appropriate 1300 cubic
feet of water a second from the Elwha lic after Secretary Hughes had given
river in Clallam county for utilization much of his time for the past two
of a hydro-electric plant, which is esti days to a consideration of the inter
mated to cost $1.600,000 and develop national issue Involved, He conferred
again with President Coolidge, and
20,000 horsepower.
before receipt of the ambassador's
John W. Moore, president of the
second letter had been advised of the
Fidelity National Bank & Trust com
desire of officials ot the embassy to
pany of Kansas City, Mo., since Its
have an explanation of the language
reorganization In 1916, Tuesday was
of the protest placed before the pub
dropped by the board of directors with
lic.
the statement that Moore “is short In
What effect tho explanation may
his accounts with the bank." Tho dis
have on the pending exclusion legis
crepancy is alleged to be 5600,000.
lation in congress was not apparent.
Lester W. Hall, a vice-president, was
Senator Lodge, chairman of the sen-
named ns his successor.
ato foreign relations committee, who
Industrial, financial and commercial in senate debate characterized the
leaders of California, at n meeting phaso "grave consequences” as a
Tuesday to discuss means of combat "veiled threat" in recent days hag con
ting the foot and mouth epidemic in ferred with President Coolidge on the
the state, adopted resolutions recoin question, but leaders In congress de
mending that Governor Richardson sire opportunity to study the language
confer with the governors of other of the second letter before appraising
states for appointment of represent« the situation.
fives from their respective states to
net as permanent committees from
Good Deed Remembered.
those states in California.
Chicago.—When Mrs. Ida B. Kusch
A resolution authorizing investiga
tion by a special congressional com
mittee of all land grunts to the North
ern Pacific Railway company was re
ported to the house Tuesday by the
public lands committee. The resolu
tion would defer until March 4, 1927.
any adjustment by the secretar/ of
the interior of the railroad's claim
to 3,000,000 acres of nntlonal forest
land In Montana and Idaho.
CARELESSNESS WILL
CAUSE POOR HATCHES
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In Jacksonville. A new era is here and all desirable prop
erty will soon be taken at the very reasonable prices now
prevailing. List with me if you have property for sale.
The demand will be good this Spring.
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Surety Bonds Furnished
The careful gathering, selecting and
holding of hatching eggs are factors
too often overlooked, asserts W. H.
Allen, poultry specialist at the New
CITY RECORDE1|
Justice of the Peace.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Jersey College of Agriculture at New
Brunswick. To prove his statement
Jacksonville, Oregon
Office in Roe building,
Mr. Allen points out that nearly 90 per
cent of ail eggs that are set in lncu- L h
bators or under liens are fertile, i.nd
should hatch sarong chicks, yet only ; ~~
50 to GO per cent ever do.
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Eggs should be collected three or
THE
four times a day, and from clean nests.
This prevents them from getting
chilled, dirty and damp. Grade them
for size, color and shape. A bird
usually lays eggs of the type of the
one from which It was hatched. Keep
O. C. DOROTHY, Proprietor
the eggs In a dry room with a tempera
ture of 50 degrees F., and never hold
COUNTRY CLUB AND ROYAL CLUB
them more than six days before plac
BEST COFFEE ON THE MARKET
ing In the Incubator. Eggs held 12
days will hatch 10 to 15 per cent fewer
Fresh Eggs, Bread, Meat Products. Cereals and full line
chicks than eggs only a week old.
of canned goods.
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Barber shop in connection
Incubator rooms should not be cold.
The Ideal temperature Is 70 degrees.
The place to go for soft drinks, Cigars, Candies,
When the temperature Is luwei than
Nuts, Ice Cream, Etc.
this the hatch will be retarded and
FRESH ROASTED PEANUTS AND POPCORN
the chicks of poor quality. A chick
hatched In twenty days is worth two
hatched In twenty-two.
The Incubator should be leveled ___
to prevent uneven temperatures with
in the machine, all thermomet ,rs tested
for accuracy, and the machines disin
fected. The manufacturer's Instruc
tions should be followed. Run the In
cubator three days before putting In
the hatching eggs. Do not disturb
them for two days after they are set;
By GEORGE HACKNEY
after that turn them twice dally. No
cooling Is necessary during incubation,
especially during the months of Feb
ruary, March and April.
The best temperature at which to
run a machine Is 103 degrees. Test
out all Infertile eggs on the seventh I
and fourteenth days.
To prevent
chicks from dying In the shell, ft is
often necessary to add moisture. This
GIVE ME A TRIAI
can be judged by weighing the eggs
plus the hatching tray on the first day
and again on the seventh. The eggs
Statements made at an open meet plus the tray should not weigh over
ing held in advance of the conference 5 per cent less on the seventh day
developed Mhat the foot and mouth than on the first.
epidemic in California is much worse
than has been reported, and it was Poultry Profits Depend
freely predicted that should the dis
on Earliness of Hatch
ease be transmitted into Oregon.
at
Profits in poultry raising depend to
Washington or Ida. o, It would bank a large extent on the earliness in the
rupt these states.
season that chickens are hatched.
Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian The earlier in life a pullet commences
ot Oregon, reported that he had es laying, the greater the number of eggs
VV. A. BISHOP, Prop
tablished disinfection stations at -yie produced during the flr»t laying year.
at the
California-Oregon border, where auto Pullets should be In laying condition
mobiles were given a tire bath and the first part of October, If good win
Moving and all kinds of
passengers required to walk through ter egg production Is to be expected.
The more eggs laid during November,
freight handled.
a mixture. Baggage and bedding found
December and January, the greater are
in machines, he stated, were fumigat the annual profits.
ed.
In order to commence laying In Oc
Dr. Lytle stated that fumigation was tober, pullets of the Plymouth Rock,
not certain to kill the germs, but that Rhode Island Red, Wyandotte, and
there was no other measure, outside similar breeds should be hatched the
of absolute prohibition ot entry of latter part of March or the first part
tourist travel, that was better, and for of April. Pullets of the Leghorn,
that reason he advocated continuation Ancona, and similar breeds should be
The banner county of Oregon A modern town of 1000 people,
hatched the hitter part of April or the
of fumigation and disinfection.
first part of May.
—
which captures nearly all the is the county seat of Jackson
E. L. French, director of agricul
prizes
at the state fairs—has a county and is situated in the
ture of Washington, who presided at
Intestinal
Disinfectant
population
of about 25,000 hap most fertile and productive por
the conference, declared that he be
for Control of Diseases py and prosperous people and tion of the famous Rogue River
lieved his state would be willing to
assist Oregon in operation of the sta
A good Intestinal disinfectant, such enjoys the distinction of having Valley—correctly termed the
tions on the Oregon-California border as bichloride of mercury, can be used
the most delightful and health “Italy of America.” The town
and M. A. Means, commissioner of In the drinking water provided for the
poultry
flock,
as
a
means
of
aiding
In
ful
climate in America—not is beautifully located in a cove
agriculture of Idaho, who represented
the control of poultry diseases. Thli, even excelled in Southern Cali at the base of magnificent pine
that state, assured the conferees that
however. Is but a small part of the
he would ask the governor of his state procedure In disease control and doe» fornia. No dbunty in the west clad mountains and is sur
to assist.
not strike at the real source of the ern country is richer in re rounded by the finest irrigated
It was agreed that if the disease trouble.
sources—the principal ones be alfalfa farms and fruit orchards
made its way into Oregon, Idaho and
One of the first steps In keeping the
in the entire country. The town
Washington would be certain to be in poultry flock healthy Is to dispose of. ing farming, stockraising, dairy
is
five miles west of Medford, a
by
killing
and
burning,
all
birds
af
ing, fruit, alfalfa, lumbering,
vaded.
Commissioner Means explained that flicted with tuberculosis, fowl cholera gold, silver and copper mining, modern city of 8000 people,
he sympathized with California citi and other similar serious diseases. A cement, marble, lime, etc. This with which it is connected by a
second step Is to see that the two main
zens but that it was necessary for the
causes of disease, lack of sanitation county, which lies in the south I steam and electric railroad and
northwest to protect itself.
and a condition of lowered vitality,
western part of'the state, ad-| splendid highway. The altitude
are eliminated from the flock.
joins California and is a happy of the town is 1568 feet and
Vladivostok Asks Loan.
J. L. ROE
Fire Insurance.
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and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Washington, D. C.—A new bill as a
substitute for the McNary-Haugen bill
has been prepared, Senator McNary,
republican, Oregon, co-author of the
Three States Join in Air-tight
measure, informed the senate Mon
day in requesting that action on the
Embargo.
original bill be postponed indefinitely.
The new bill was drawn to include
the committee amendments.
Representative Voigt, Wisconsin,
republican insurgent on the house
agriculture committee, introduced a
bill for the creation ot a corporation
to sell wheat abroad along lines simi Steps Taken to Safeguard Livestock
lar to the plan provided in the Mc-
Industry Fumigation of Tour
Nary-IIaugen bill, under which various
ists Decided Upon.
farm products would be bandied fur
export.
Mr. Voigt announced he would press
Portland, Or.—An absolute embargo
fur action on his bill as a substitute
for the McNary-Haugen measure, on food products of all description
which he contends is unworkable in from California and stricter regula
that it attempts to cover tou broad
tlons for control of entry of tourist
a field.
Under the bill sponsored by the Wis from California into Oregon as the
consin representative a corporation means of preventing the entrance of
with a capital of 550,000,000 to be sub foot and mouth disease into the north
scribed by the government, as against west was agreed upon Saturday by
the 5200,000,000 fund called for in the representatives of Oregon, Washing
McNary-Haugen measure, would be ton and Idaho, who met in joint con
set up, to buy all kinds of wheat until ference at the Multnomah hotel.
the price of No. 1 Northern spring
In addition to agreement upon the
wheat at Minneapolis reached $1.65 a embargo, members of the conference
bushel.
decided that should the foot and
Grain purchased would bo sold mouth disease travel north by one
abroad, but if the price reached 51.70 county, or become prevalent within
the corporation would have authority 200 miles of the Oregon-California
to sell in the domestic market.
border, a complete embargo would be
A charge of 15 per cent would be placed upon the entry of tourists and
made by the corporation against each automobiles from California.
bushel of w'heat bought from farm
So long as the disease remains in
ers, who would be reimbursed, in the the present infected areas, it was con
event a profit was made by the cor cluded that the operation of disinfec
poration, in proportion to the amount tion and fumigation stations at the
left after deduction of losses on ex- various entry points on the border
ports and expenses for handling the would be sufficient.
grain.
The conference resulted in the uni
Provision also is made for an em- fication ot protective measures, some
bargo on wheat and wheat products of which already are in effect In one
with the president authorized to de or more ot the northwestern states.
clare embargoes during which wheat The action will tend to simplify en
could be imported.
forcement of the regulations.
became 111 seven years ago Mrs. Caro
line Werner, only a casual acquain
tance. volunteered her assistance. "I'll
always remember you." Mrs. Kasch
said when sho moved away to Olym
pia, Wash.
Monday an employe of the county
treasurer's office informed Mrs. Wern
er that Mrs. Minnie M. Blass, execu
trix. had sent word that Mrs. Kasch had
died leaving Mrs. Werner a legacy.
Chocolate
Corner
Blacksmithing & Wood Work
At Bishop Shop, Jacksonville
Horseshoeing a Specialty
All Kinds of Printing
Jacksonville
Freight Line
Reasonable Prices
Post Printing Office.
Jackson County
Tokio.—The Ussuri railway expects
to float a loan of approximately $1,-
500.000 in the London market shortly,
according to S. Ito, manager ot the
Vladivostok branch of the Bank of
Chosen. The money will be spent for
the improvement ot Vladivostok liar-
bor and terminal facilities, according
to Mr. Ito. British recognition of the
soviet government was said to have
encouraged Vladivostok railway of
ficials to seek this loan in London.
Court Frees Ex-Wizard.
Indianapolis. Ind.—Charges of vio
lating federal prohibition laws made
against Edward Young Clarke of At
lanta. Ga.. former imperial wizard pro
tern of the Ku KIux Klan, were dis
missed by Judge A. B. Anderson in
federal court Saturday.
Dismissal
was made on the .motion of Homer
Elliott, United States district attorney.
Chief of Police Slain.
Little Rock, Ark.—Oscar Sullivan,
chief of polico ot Hot Springs, Ark..
was killed late Sunday night by Hu
bert Cokes, proprietor of a pool room
nt that place, «ccwrtlng to a Jong dis
tance telephone report from the Sen
tinel-Record. Sullivan was shot five
times and died a few minutes later in
a hospital. Cokes escaped in an auto
mobile, pursued by posses.
Better not give tankage nntil ths
chicks are three or four months old.
medium between the extremely
wet climate of the north coast
and the dry desert climate of
California—being the most per
fect climate found on the west
ern continent.
there are no extremes in heat
or cold. The annual rainfall is
about 25 inches — there being
little or no snow in the valley.
A more healthful place could
not be found.
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Try to find the stolen nests, Some
times a careless turkey lays where County Official Directory
the eggs easily roll out
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State Senator—Geo W Dunn, Ash
Any of the reputable brands of dry land.
Joint Representative—Chas F Hop
grain clilck feed will prove excellent
kins, Roseburg.
as a ration for the poults.
County Representatives — John H
Feed mixed grains In the morning Carkin and Ralph Cowgill of Medford.
Circuit Judge—C M Thomas.
along with water or milk, then mash
Pros. Attorney—Newton W. Borden.
at noon, and corn In the evening.
County Judge—G A Gardner.
Commissioners—Victor Bursell and
For incubating purposes, discard all Geo Alford.
Clerk—Chauncey Florey.
eggs that have Improperly finished
Sheriff—C E Terrill.
«hells or that ijre Irregular In shape.
Assessor—J B Coleman.
Treasurer—A C Walker.
School Supt—Susanne Home» Carter
Tribe Starving Owing
Coroner—John A Perl.
to Drought and Locusts
Health Officer—Dr W P Holt.
Johannesburg.—Owing to drought
in<1 destruction of gruss by locusts, a
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Mayor—Emil Britt.
-mtlve tribe under Chief l.tncoe, in
Councilmen—Chester Wendt, Peter
lortli« extern Transvaal. Is starving
Fick, G W Oodward and Frank Lindley
The tribesmen are eating locust».
Recorder and J ustice of the Peace—
-Hterpillnr» an<f ants to keep alive.
J. L. Roe
Treasurer—C. C. Chitwood.
The tribe, numbering some thou-
Marshal—M D Jones.
>nd*, owns 2.000 acre«, but these
Council meets first Tuesday of each
md» are Insufficient to maintain them month.
aid they are unable to buy more.
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Jackson County Lawyers
MEDFORD
C. M. Thomas, Cir. Judge, Medford Bldg.
M Purdin, Medford bldg.
Gus Newbury and son Donald, Medford
Bldg
E H. Hurd. Medford Bldg.
Lincoln McCormack, First Nat Bk bldg.
John H Carkin. First National Bank bldg.
G M Roberts, Medford Nat. Bank bldg.
Rawles Moore. Medford Bldg.
James F Fliegel, Old P. O. bldg.
Porter J Neff, Medford Nat. Bank bldg.
E E Kelly, Medford Nat l Bank Bldg.
H K Hanna. Old P. O. Bldg.
F. M. Calkins. Old P. O. Bldg.
T W Miles, Jackson County Bank bldg.
F J Newman, Palm bldg
N W Borden, District Attorney, Palm bldg
Winfield R Gaylord, Talm bldg
E A and Charles Reames, Liberty bldg
O C Boggs, old postoffi.ee bldg.
Frank De Souza, Liberty bldg.
Glenn O Taylor, J P and City Judge,
Federal bldg.
H A Canady, old P O bldg.
B. F. Piatt. 30 Laurel Street
W E Phipps, Clarion office.
ASHLAND
Nellie Dickey.
L A Roberts
Briggs A Briggs.
G. W Trefren.
W J Moore.
C. B. Watson.