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Friday, May 10, 10101 TAGE SIX FORCING GROWTH OF PLANTS Wild Horses Eat Up Montana Range ASHL.1XD TIDINGS 1 P4TmT(0T11!roUTrrfPIM!J 1 fen 3 i " ' ' I TO THE WE ALT OF THE COUNTRY U. S. Department of Labor W. B. WILSON, Sec. of Labor. LEONARD C. PETTIT Violinist Russian School of Violin Teaching 311 Wlmcr St.. Ashland, Ore. I GET THE BEARD BUT LEAVE TIIE ROOTS' , I'm not after the "pound of flesh" I leave the roots to continue their growth. "You are next." Buckhorn Barber Shop Clyde Costolo WELDING WE weld anything large or small. Auto repairing by competent mechanics. All work guaranteed or no charge. - STORAGE. The sturdy Briscoe-the hill climber. Mitchell Six - Liberty Six Efficiency Demands Trustworthy Tires Pacific Highway Garage 1J Blks. South Nash Hotel MEDFORD - OREGON Frl. II Tires are so important a part of the equipment ot an automobile, that the experienced motorist does not care to lose his money or his temper making experiments. He buys tires that have proved their worth after years of testing, and leaves it to others to shoulder the expense of trying out the novelties that come and go. It is in this fact that the United States Tire Company finds the ex planation for its steadily mounting sales among those who want good tires. Present day efficiency demands that the automobile owner keep a careful account ot all his costs and that he know the exact performance of each tire. It is among1 this class of buyers that the United States Tire Company finds its best customers. Many large corporations, which have reduced their tire buying to a sci ence and place their ordors where they got the most service for the money, use UMTED STATES tires exclusively. PureHilk . Pure Cream Norton's Clover Leaf Dairy E. N. NORTON, Proprietor TELEPHONE 392-J Strictly Sanitary. Thoroughly Up-to-Date. Good Ser vice to Any Part of Town Astoria Work to be resumed at McEachern Ship Yards. Two ves sels to be launched at once. 2560 acres of land In Deschutes and Jefferson counties open to home stead May 27. ' J. P. Dodge & Sons Undertakers Liiy AuisUnf Deputy County Coroner State Licensed Embalmer tilllUllg Just Think! Nearly everything that a man can lose in this world has increased vast ly in price, while insurance itself, protecting him against these losses, has hardly increased at all. What would it cost you to repair and refurnish your house if dam aged by fire? If your home is .worth having, It's worth insuring. Do you know how little it will cost to protect you from that loss? BILLINGS AGENCY All kinds of good insurance Fire, Life, Accident and Health, Au moblle, Livestock, Plate Glass, ct. 11 East Main Phone 211 Intelligence of Man U Enabling Him to Become Master of Nature and the Seasons. Py degrees man Is becoming mas ter of the seasons. Light and elec tricity nre being pressed Into his serv ice, and he can already force on plant growth so rapidly that he can beat the ordinary process of Nature by many weeks. One method Is to trcnt seed, be fore planting It, with small doses of high-tension electricity. In 1910 n trial was nindo of this method near Bum-ham-on-Crourh, In .Essex, England. Spring wheat is usually sown In March or April. On this occasion the wheat of which the seed' had been treated by this special process, was not sown until July 19. It was up In five days, and on September 10 was in ear. It was renped 12 weeks from the time It was sown, whereas the ordinary time for wheat to mature In that country Is 18 weeks. Another method of forcing crops Is to run a current of electricity through overhead wires. In this way the yield of oats and beans hns been nearly dou bled. Experiments tried last year at Lincluden Mains farm In Dumfries shire, were practically successful. A third method Is to use artificial light, cither electric or, better still, acety lene. Flnnts nre thus made to grow by night as well as by dny. Cabbages and lettuce nre easily forced In this way, but other plnnts such as carrots, seem to resent it Flowers bloom ear lier under artificial light, and are more brilliant. LOATH TO GIVE UP ARMOR Nobles Wore It as Gala Costume Long After It Wat of Any Value at Protection. Until the sixteenth century armor de veloped In a logicnl way; Its forms were governed by the necessities of war, changes In It were the result of practical experience and actual experi ment on the bnttlefield not derided upon In the office of the minister of war. After the sixteenth century It be came fnntastlc and meaningless, a gala costume rather than a harness; the greatest captains opposed Its use, but the nobles clung to It as a mark of distinction. After It was made bulletproof It be came so enormously henvy that at the end of the sixteenth century Lanone complained that gentlemen of thirty were already deformed by the weight of their nrmnr. In(spite of the huge armors of ITenry Till, of Anthony of Burgundy and of some others, the average size of the modern man is grenter than that of the soldier of the middle nges and the re naissance, if we can Judge from the nrmors preserved In the museums of England and the Continent, which are, with few exceptions, smnll and nar row, especially In the leg and thigh pieces. Valuable Stamp Collection. The first set of stnnips in the $1,000, 000 collection which the lute Henry J. Duvcen accumulated la less than 30 years, was purchased by Mr. Puveen in an attempt to Induce his son Geoffrey, to take up the hobby. When the son evinced no Interest in the stamps, his father, who knew little about the cu rios, bought another packet for him self, nnd becoming fascinated with the pursuit, continued his purchases until his collection grew to be one of the four finest In the world. It is said that the late J. Plerpont Morgan tried In vain to purchase the collection. The love for his stamps which Mr. Duvcen displayed may be Judged from the enre he took of them. It Is said he kept his collection, dining the lat ter years of his life, In a room espe cially prepared for them In n fashion able New York hotel. He paid $10 a day for the room nnd employed a spe cial secretary to care for his treasures. Rock That Floats. James K. Grieve of Trospeet, Jack son county, Ore., hns a formation of rock on his property which will flont, Mr. Grieve claims that floating rock Is not uncommon In his vicinity, the supposition being that It is the rock from the eruption when Crater lake was formed, that body of water being about 30 miles from his property. The rock resembles pumice stone nnd pieces of It can be seen floating around on the ponds. Regarding this strunge rock Mr. Grieve says: "To appreciate this enormous erup tion one should visit Crater Lake pnrk nnd the surrounding country, which Is being made more accessible nnd attractive every year by exten sive road and trail work under direc tion of the war department." Working Upward. There is nothing so sure of succeed ing as not to be over brilliant as to be entirely wrapped up In the thought of success, and endowed with perse verance which, in spite of the rebuff it may meet, never re'nxes In the pur suit of Its object, and the man of real talents is the man who will make bold to ask for what he wants. He will besiege every employer In the world for work before he will remain Idle or be satisfied with a mediocre position. Then when he has once obtained It, he will almost Immediately lay claim to something better. He will summon all his courage and demand the right to take a step higher up on the success ladder; and nine times out of ten he wlU be permitted to take It, Ex- Failure of plans to market the meat of the hundreds of thousands of wild horses in Montana lias not discouraged the efforts of cattle and horse men of the state to rjd tho range of these animals that are de clared to be responsible for the loss of millions of tons of grass annually. The Montana) Horseman's asspclai tlon organized here recently out of the membership of tho Montana Stockgrowers' association, now has a plan for the erection of a plant there for the treatment of carcasses of the wild horses for bones, hooves, hides, fertilizer and other, by-products, with a possibility of disposing of the meat as tankage for hog feeding. The Montana range horse has long been a problem. Some months ago, when war demands upon meat be came great, It was proposed to slaughter the range animals and ship the meat to Europe. Investiga tion disclosed the absence ot a mar ket sufficient to make the plan pay, and it was abandoned. Local Men Organize Advertising Company A move of much public Interest because of the people concerned takes place In the formation of a new company for tl,o purpose of conducting a general advertising agency business, organized under the laws of the state of New York with offices in New York City. The name of the organization will be announced with the filing of arti cles ot Incorporation. This move carries with it several local men of prominence. Among this number are F. C. Grandln, A. H. Hulscher and G. V. Rothenberg former))' of There's a Reason Co., and L. J. Lamson and Dr. C. W. Green, who have boon the predoml OWN YOUR OWN HOME If you can afford to pay rent you can afford to build your own home. Why throw your money away in rent? We will gladly offer sugges tions and quote prices without obli gation to buy. Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 All kinds of I!uildiii- Ma tor ltd nant advertising factors in the copy department of tho Postum Cereal company. These men have associated them selves In the formation of a new company with a paid up capital of 100,000. The advertising account of the Postum Cereal Company will go to the new agency. The president and chief stock holder of the new organization Is F. C. Grandln, who with C. W. Green and L. J. Lamson, vice presidents; A. H. Hulscher, secretary, and G. V. Rothenberg, treasurer, hold the een tire stock. The new agency is officered by men of broad and trained advertis ing expericenece in evory branch of the business. s Gov. Lowdcr of Illinois has vetoed every proposition looking toward a special tax and by consolidating or abolishing most of the commissions has made possible a program which will save tho taxpayers millions. Western states that need industrial development most, must remodel their state and local governments to invite Investments of capital and then keep taxation below confisca tory levels. , Oregon products already en joy national reputation and sale International in many cases. Oregonians should take a pride in giving their patron age to the manufacturers who are making ' Oregon famous fop quality product. , ASSOCIATED I.VDCSTRIES OF OREGON. TRADE MARK j Tha City of GOODRICH 0 1 Compare Goodrich 375s with other FordCarTires If you have net used these husky, de luxe tires ' for the Ford car, go at onceto a Goodrich deal er and say to him,"Give me a Goodrich Three-Seventy-Five." Compare it with an or dinary Ford-size tire, and you will find it bigger and burlier in every way. A3 a matter of figures and measurements, it is an inch bigger on the cir cumference, and much thickerin the cross section-that is, a 31x3'A inch tire. That extra size means a finer looking, easier riding Ford car to be gin, and a longer lived car and tires in the end. Though "Three-Seven-ty-Fives" cost a little moreat theoutset,built to meet the especial needs of the Ford car and bring out its known virtues, they soon re veal a greater dollar economy.which makes :t the better buy in the long run. Bdy Goodrich Tires from a Dcahr 375 size "BEST IN THE LONG RUN" MM a KtSil 111 I I'll .1 Cottage Grove Lorane road pro ject first to be Btarted this spring,