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THURSDAY, JULY 3!, 1930
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DAY
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Dedication of Dandelion Has Many
Medford Port
Economic Purposes
By Air Tourists
NEW STEAM PLANT PLANNED
FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Copco Stops
Operations at
Power Site
Again the matter of an adequate
heating plant for the Gold Hill
schools is being brought before the
7
voters of this district. E’or many
years the school authorities have
struggled along with the old inad­
equate system of hot air heating.
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By Caleb Johnson
The present system has been, ac­
Nobody knows how Hie dande­ culling them out so that usually cording to the people who have had
lion got from Europe to America. parts of the roots are unavoidably the conduct of our school plant in
TEMPERATURE
Anyone who has seen Hie dande­ left in the ground. If this method their care, inadequate to properly
MEDFORD LEGION POST WILL
All Italian inventor hat develi>i>rd
lion
seeds floating uway on (heir is persisted in, eventually the plants heat the building. They believe WORK ON POWER DAM STOP-
a heat cooling furnace fo r domeitic
SPONSOR AIK CIRCUS AND
feathery wings—as who has not? are destroyed, providing that in the j that by the building of the new
u»e. The «m e apparatui which keep»
PED BY INJUNCTION FILED
CELEBRATION AT TH E
,th< h«>u»e warm in W inter w ill draw
—might imagine Hial they floated culling all leaves are cut away.
plant they will he able to create a
IN FEDERAL COURT BY
4)ic heat from the air in Summer
M E D F O R D PORT
across the AHuiiHc in Hie same way
The roots ar perennia land have saving in feul and at the same time
and keep it cod.
POWER COMPANY
were if not for the fact that the a food storage system» which pre­ heat the gymnasium from the same
Scientists have kno{*n for eighty
wind
is
always
blowing
Hie
other
plant.
I
he
stale
inspector
in
his
— a '
yean that thia could lie done, but the
I he Citizens of Medford, Oregon,
serves the plant over non-growing
report
recommended a
,
n u t ha» made it impractible. Now
Work was stopped at the site
will celebrate the arrival of the Pa­ w**y-
seasons. If no leaves are permitted annual
Professor E. Guarini, of Milan, claim»
Anyway, Hie dundelion has been Io grow the roots use up their change when he made a survey of | of the power dain again this week
cific Northwest Air lour in the
to have found a practical method of
before operations were hardly un­
with
us for two hundred years or storage supply, with the result that the local plant, last year.
Pear
City"
August
4th.
he
un
elab­
making »uch a refrigerator heater.
It is proposed to issue $6.000 in der way when the California Ore­
more,
and everybody who has ever the plant starves out. But the re­
órale
dedication
of
their
new
<120.-
Tlie u»e of »uch a mean» o f a rtifi­
cial cooling require» all window» to
ooo.oo Airport.
The celehrulion tried Io keep a green lawn green quisite is: no leaves must be per­ warrant sto be taken up at the rate gon Power Company filed suit in
be tightly doted. Outside o f the
will he sponsored by Medford Post j is painfully conscious of its pre­ mitted to develop; otherwise, fowl of $1,000 per year until the plant is Federal court for $5,000 damages
United State», however, few people
No. 15 of (lie American Legion and sence.
is stored and the roots will develop paid for. The election will he held against the Beaver Portland Ce­
ever open their window«; and it
at the school house on Saturday, ment Company and the City of Gold
a new plant.
will
feulure
lit
greatest
“air
circus"
Not
that
Hhe
dandelion
is
not
should not be difficult to provide for
August 16th at 2:00 o’clock.
Hill, claiming that the defendants
artificial ventilation to take the place
ever witnessed in Southern Oregon. beautiful. Unlike piost weeds, it
Any part of the root after being
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o f direct fresh air from outside
had dynamited the bed of the
Famous Pilots with speedy aircraft has an attractive flower, it is al­ cut will send up a new shoot,
Bogue River and thereby had di­
of every kind and description arc most as aflraetive when it goes to lienee. Hie starvation method will NEW STRIKE MADE AT
MOUNTAINS
REVENUE MINE LAST WEEK verted water from their side of the
expected
to
lake
purl
in
Ike
"stunt
seed,
its
leaves
are
go<xi
Io
eat,
and
finally
destroy
the
old
plants.
But
j
The I ighest peak east of the Miss­
stream.
show" Monday afternoon as well its roots have medicinal value. this method is bad. not only i, the
issippi isn’t as high as had lieen
Thl. goo<) ncw, of
new s(rjke
They also asked that the defend­
thought The U itrd States Geologi­
as the evening program and the Really, after all the only thing the lawn constantly disturbed and at the Revenue mine was reported
cal Sune.v has m ile a new survey of
ants
be enjoined from diverting
night parade to follow.
mailer with the dandelion is that it made unlsgbtly by the holes made ,as, week e|)(|> The ,H.W ,|lsrov(.rv
Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina,
any of the natural flow of the river.
Among
tlie
noted
pilots
on
the
lestroys
Hie
smooth,
green
velvet
n
it,
but
it
entails
far
too
much
and fin 's that it is A,AR4 feet above
The steps leading up to the action
day’s program will he Miss Dorothy effect lliut particular people strive work for small results, as many of , show» a vein about three feet wide
»ea lev I, or 24 feet lower than
former igure».
Hester, Hi-yeur-old avialrix, who fur in their lawns. And that, after us know and it does not prevent i with ore estimated at about $200 would require a long story with
Only a few mountains in the East
was Ute first woman iu history to all, is merely a matter of fashion, the thousands of new seeds blown per ton. The revenue was formerly which most of our readers are no
approx late a mile in height Cling-
do lite dangerous outside loop and if some fashionable leader should in front fields and neighboring known as the oid Hhoten pocket. doubt familiar with.
I.ast year when the Beaver Port­
man's I me. Tennessee, is 6/4 4 feet,
upside down outside spin; lex Ban- start Hie fashion of a dandeion lawns to establish themselves in Seattle interests have been develop
! ing the mine and they have now land Company attempted to build
only 40 leet lower than Mount M it­
kin, famous cross-country flier; lawn, everybody would he trying the vacated places of the old plants.
chell.
fount Washington, in New
closed down Up1 property, tempor­ the power dam they were enjoined
Nick Nnmcr, Gordon Mounce, Edith Io grow them!
One of the easiest methods of get­ arily to effect a reorganzation of
Hampshire, is h,>M, Mount Rogers.
by the Power company and the
Foils mid many others. A total of
As a matter of fact, the dandelion ting rid of the dandelion and other
Virginia 5,719 feet, Mount Kalahdm,
over fifty planes from all parts ol is cultivated by many people in lawn, old weeds are cut down and the company with a view to adding court with Judge Bean presiding
Maine, 5 J68 leet, or 12 feet less than
new equipment to the property and upheld the Power Company hut his
a mile, I he highest American tnoun
the Northwest Is expected Io par­ different purls of the world.
ing. This method checks the weeds planning more extensive develop­
decision was reversed by a higher
tain is Mount McKinley, Alaska.
ticipate in Hu- nig; | parade which
At
the
start,
lawns
should
be
given
In America us far as most of us
ment.
20,.100 I et high, with Mount Whit*
court and so with low water the
will
he
fhe
first
event
of
its
kind
• • •
ney, Cai forma, next, at 14,501 teei.
go in economic use o f the dande­ an extra heavy seeding of blue grass
company again attempted to renew
ever featured in litis section of tlx lion is to collect the leaves in the using five to ten pounds of seed
A ll tli highest mountains are sink­
The
country
is full of mining their work at the site only to be
ing. in a m illion years even rbe
Coast. Iln brilliantly lighted flttw •arty spring and boil them for upon a 100-150 lot once every three
Rockies nay le merely hills, and the
will parade through the skies fol­ green ..” In France an especially months, say April, July and Sep­ men, looking for Properties to buy. again stopped by the Power Com­
The report gained headway in pany.
Appalac lau range a flat plain.
lowing the nfghl exhibition,
A large-leafed variety of dandelion is tember. This makes a fine mat of
Grants
Pass, lad v -e k that tlie
The flood of several rears ago
SI IER ,OCK
triple parachute drop will be an­ cultivated for foo«l. The name dan­ lawn, prevents bare spots for dan­
The death o f Sir A rth u r Conan
other event which promises Io thrili delion is in passing, is French. It delions to get a start and usually Matthews mine on Foots Creek had bad partially filled the race from
Doyle a' 71 remove» from the earth­
the crowds. The rand finale of the is a corruption of “dent de lion,” gives the lawn the desired appear­ been sold for <75,000 but we found which the city water is pumped and
ly scene the creator of one of the en­
, that the deal had not yet been made thus caused a shortage of water at
evening
will he in the form of a meaning ‘lion’s tooth,” from a fan- ance.
during character» in fiction and the
although there was a deal pending. the city plant. This plant was be­
big
aviation
hall
given
by
Hie
Am­
father o f a new school of story w rit­
ied resmhlance to the leaf to a
Weeds in general, particularly the
ing operated by the Beaver Port­
ing.
erican l.egion in tlie new hangar tooth.
dandelion are sunloving. Its young
A mining engineer by the name land Company in accordance with
Educated as a physician, Conan
building at which Hie visiting pi­
'The French also use the dande seedlings cannot tolerate the shade of Price from Idaho stopped over the terms of the agreement with the
Doyle early turned to literature, and
lots will he guests of honor. "Miss
lion leaves as a salad, the slightly and the dense mat of a compact for a short time today and made an city of Gold Hill. In order to re­
while be wrote several historical
Medford,” winner of second place
novels I f great merit, his immense
I hitler taste being relished by many lawn. By persistent mowing of the inspection of some properties in the lieve this situation and to blast
in Hie recent state beauty contes
Success was with his stories of the
palates. Tlie Germans, on the other lown, old weeds are cut down and Foots Creek vicinity. No report away fragments of rock which
super de active,
Sherlock
Holmes.
lest will preside over Hie affair.
hand, boil the leaves and serve cannot survive as quickly as the could he obtained at present althou would tend to weaken the super­
Literally m illions of copies of hi»
Metlford citizens are justly proud
them as a vegetable and in some blue grass. They are thus crowded he stated that he expected to be structure of the dam, the workmen
books almut Sherlock Holmes have
of their new $120,000.00 Airport,
been sol I, and the name is fam iliar
localities harvest them for cattle out. If they are not destroyed, the back again in the near future to placed a blast in the river near the
which is one «if the finest on the fodder.
wherever English is spokrn
old plants should be cut out. Thus make further inquiries.
city’s side of the stream,
(.«last, and welcome the opportun­
No real detective ever did thing»
• • •
it was this blast which the power
When treated as chicory, the roots the heavy seeding method is per­
tlie way Sherlock Holmes did, but
ity to fittingly dedicate this splen­
haps the best, for it not only de
New strikes were reported at two company claims was a move to set
that makes no difference.
What
did new properly. They have ar­ will produce a Winter salad very stroys the old plants, but it pre­
readers of detective stories want ia
ranged an attractive program for much like the “barbe de capucin.” vents the entrance and the estab­ different properties in the Gold Hill their land high and dry and divert
not fact but illusion.
Hie entertainment of outside visit­ The roots are also employed, in- lishment of the new seedlings of District this week hut we were not the water to the opposite side of
able to verify the reports but will the river.
WASIIINGTON
ors on August 4 and extend a cor­ stead of chicory for mixing in cof­ weeds in general.
endeavor Io do so by next week.
fee,
thereby
becoming
both
a
filler
With the filing of the court ac­
In 1932 the United States of Am er­
dial invitation Io every one to at­
ica w ill celebrate the 200th birthday
Sucess sometimes is also had with There are also more mining deals tion goes the possibility of the pow­
and substitute.
tend.
o f George Washington. He was horn
Ils most iinportant use is medic­ the use of white colver over infest­ pending in the district which may er project being built this year and
on February 11, 1732, and the 11th
inal.
The roots are dug up in the ed dandelion areas. The clover, un­ materialize soon. At any rate this incidentally with that delay went
was the day which was celebrated as
BRUSH BURNED FROM
Fall and dried and sold for medic­ der ordinary conditions, if drainage Southern Oregon country is surely- the possibility of a job for many-
his birthday for many years. But the
I’AltK SITE NEAR CITY HALL inal purposes in drug stores under is good, withstands climate well being given a “look” by the mining men who would otherwise be en­
change in the calendar in 1754, by
which 11 days were dropped out of
Hie name of Taraxacum, which is and Is capable of crowding out gras.« men of the country and there is lit­ gaged at that place and making
♦he month of September in that year,
<>.
U.
Newell
and
Ben
Paul
were
•b<’ B^neric name of the common and seetis, but it sometimes dies tle doubt but what there will be their home in this city. The action
made thia anniversary, hv an exact
comes as quite a blow to the com­
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busy Wednesday
. . , , , , , burning
, , i , i n the
, - if,.iss
grass j I --------------
dandelion. ---
At one
—
—— time
....... ....
the root out due to various diseases which many new developments soon.
calculation, fall on the 22nd.
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munity for it will now require con­
and brush out of the park site on wn* employed os a remedy for attack it, leaving bare spots and
The national celebration of 1932,
the hill near the city hall. This ! many internal ailments, but now is places for the dandelion to return.
siderable time to clear up the pres­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Don
Avery
visited
fo r which Congress has appropriated
The spray methods are often used with old friends in this city one ent court case and no doubt no
land would make an ideal park I officially used as a mild laxative.
$4,5(X),tXJU, w ill last trom February 22
In India, where plant is native, with success.
Weeds in general day last week enroute to Yreka. Cal construction will be attempted
if a little work done upon it and an­
to Thanksgiving.
The President is
chairman of the Washington Bicen­
other beauty spot could be created it has never been used by the nat­ are easily eradicated by irop-sul- where Mr. Avery will be affiliated •gain until next year, at least.
tennial Commission, and each State
The people of the city voted four
in Gold Hill. At any rule Hie burn­ ives for medicinal purposes. The phate sprays if properly applied with his brother in the newspaper
is to appoint a similar commission.
Swiss require it to be gathered in and at the right time. If the spray business. Don served an appren­ y ears ago to grant the Cement com-
ing
of
the
brush
from
this
spot
was
Ix< a l committees w ill be formed to
Spring. It is collected chifely in is fine no injury is done to the ticeship on the Gold Hill News in >any the privilege of constructing
a Idg improvement.
sec to it that every child and every
Europe and thousands of pounds grass. If sprayed about once a the days of Ben Hur Laniptnan but he power plant here and they are
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citizen has an opportunity to take
are
exported to all parts of the month it kills dandelions and the has for the past few years been a becoming irked at the enforced de­
part iu some form o i local celebra­
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hayes and
tion.
His lays caused by the continual oppo-
family arrived in the city Wed­ world. Teas and wines are made pesty pluinlain. The general solu­ resident of Taft, Oregon.
I hope that the picture o f Wash­
front
the
flowers.
iition of the power company.
tion
recipe
is
two
pounds
of
sul­
friends
in
this
city
wish
him
luck
nesday from Gold Beach to make
ington as something between a saint
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Even though it has economic phate to a gallon of water. Spray in his new undertaking.
their
home.
and a drnu-god, so long perpetuated
values,
what
most
of
us
want
to
about
two
to
three
days
after
cut­
.Mrs.
Whiter
Ross left today for
In the name of patriotism, w ill be re­
know is how to gel rid of it from ting and do not cut for the same
placed in the public mind by the im­
Mrs. George Hatnniersly enter­ New York City where she will be
pression of him as a very human
our lawns and gardens. Complete length-of time after spraying. Gare
SAMBO’S PHILOSOPHY eradication
tained the sewing club, Friday af­ the guest of relatives.
sort of person, but I am afraid not.
is impossible because it must be taken in the use of tlie sul­
ternoon at the swimming tank on
lias gained worldwide distribution. phate, because it discolors clothes
SMITHSONIAN
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Byerly, Ruth
the Murrel place in Sams Valley.
II is thus found in waste places, and sione walks.
More than 1(0 years ago James
A splendid time was had by (tie Byerly and Aletha Byerly were vis­
giving seeds to furnish a good sup­
In gravel paths and drives, a women folks.
Smithson, a wealthy Englishman who
itors at Crater Lake today.
ply for all lywns and parks. The number of good methods are sug­
was the illegitimate son of a British
noblemaig left Ins entire fortune to
windblown seeds are produced all gested to prevent the recurrence of
the United States of America to found
Mrs. J. M. Blackinglon of Coquille
summer; hence the seeds arc found weeds after hoeing. Salt can he
"an institution for the increase and
Oregon, and a former resident of
any
and
everywhere.
sprayed
to
make
a
white
covering
diffusion of knowledge among men.”
To give an Idea of the seed pro­ of the ground. Washing soda is this city, was a guest of friends in
Congress just before adjournment
this year appropriated $6,500,00(1 to
duction. a controlled plant was ob­ used, five pounds to ten gallons. this city the past week. She was
add to previous appropriations fo r the
served for a whole season at the Other substances used are carbolic a house guest of Mrs. Mary Chis­
enlargement of the Smithsonian Insti­
New York Botanical gardens. The acid, 5 to 10 per cent, copper sul­ holm.
tution and its National Museum.
average number of seeds given by phate, ammonium sulphate 4.100
Smithson's bequest and the purpose
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reed of Los
oneaflower was two hundred. The and hydrochloroic acid, 2 to 4 per
to which it has been put have been
Angeles
was a guest of his brother
cent.
plant
produced
twenty
seven
flow­
worth uncountable millions to Amer­
ica.
Research in pure science con­
ers «luring the season; thus from
Other methods to eradicate dan­ and wife, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Reed
ducted by the men in charge of the
one plant 5,400 seeds were develop­ delions are the use of ammonium for a couple of days this week.
Institution has done more toward the
ed. From one field of dandelions, sulphates acids and kerosene or They visited at Crater Lake while
development of our national resour­
enough
seeds are produced to sup­ oils. When the dandelion is cut, her y. They left for the south Wed­
ces than any other one cause, so those
ply many lawns miles away. The a drop of the above suggested solu­ nesday morning via the Redwoods
fam iliar with the matter say. I l is
the center to which everybody who
seeds develop parthcnogentlcally, tions is placed on the cut surfuce highway.
wants to know anything about Amer­
without pollination or fertilization. of the root. This is rather a tedious trance of weeds, and entails but lit­
"Boss man 'low did harkin' «tangs
ican soils, rocks, fishes, plants, trees.
•O N I
Many methods are suggested for method, but it is efficient.
Un­ tle effort. The presence of dande­
Insects or animals goes for precise in­
Ion’ nevah bite lint lion us gnlne
F O U N D O U T Y E T 15 WH43W
Hie eradication of the weed. The doubtedly, the heavy seeding me­ lions always indicates good soil,
formation.
It is also the greatest
ter tell <lut Kin' o’ flunks fin d,
DO M O S « U lT O e $ S L B e P #
commonest
method
used
is
in
dig­
source of information on applied sci-
thod
is
the
best,
for
it
assures
a
UITIN'' dungs dal burka, TOUT’
but once this is known, they should
i ia tbs form of invention.
ging them out with a spud or koife, good lawn, discourages tbo <n- be destroyed unless desired.
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