Friday, May 10, 10101
TAGE SIX
FORCING GROWTH OF PLANTS
Wild Horses Eat
Up Montana Range
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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Cottage Grove Lorane road pro
ject first to be Btarted this spring,