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TJLGH TWO GKAYTJ9 PASS DAILY OOUUKIl Tl'IOHDAY, 'MAHCII IN, 1UIU. EMITS PASS DM; COURIER, Published Daily Except Sunday : A. B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. Bute red at poetofftce. OranU Pas.' Ore., as second class mall matter.; ADVERTISING RATES j Display space, per Inch Local-personal column, per llne..loc Readers, per line 5e; " nm.V miTRIER ! By mall or carrier, per year....6.00 I sy mail or iwi rh LJ WEEKLY COURIER , By mall, per year 00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches credited to It or all otherwise credited la this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. All right ot republication of spe cial . dispatches herein are alao res erred. TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 119. -!")' OREGON WEATHER a Rain, moderate southerly winds. , . 4. 4. IRRIGATION Sunday's Medford Sun contained a very Interesting article, covering several pages, In regard to the b-g Irrigation project contemplated .or the Medford district,' Some figures are quoted from the men who have been farming In that section rr many years, that are irrefutable proof that irrigation Is the best in yestment a rancher can make and that it is crop assurance. F. H. Hopkins, who had 38 acres in five-year-old alfalfa, harvested as high as seven tons per acre and never fell below six tons per acre Irom his Irrigated land. Three cut tings were made. Testimonials from many other alfalfa growers showed that they received not less than five tons of alfalfa per acre and as high as seven tons per acre Irom their ir rigated fields.' , . Here Is the testimony of Harvey '. n'.iun iui totaled that he bad lived on the Ross Lane ranch of 16 acres for seven years: Oft ot two plantings of sugar beets upon similar soil3, and adjacent he received: ' 1 Plat 1. Irrigated,. 22 tons per acre. Non-irrigated, 10 tons per acre. Plat 2. Irrigated, 19 to 20 tons per acre. Non-Irrigated, 7V4 tons per acre. He pumped the water in flume 115 rods, with two lifts, 15 feet and 8 feet. QueBtion, by Mr. McCormick: 'Were you satisfied with amount oi water you were able to obtain for your beets?" Answer, by ilr. Waiters: "No, 1 didn't get enough of it." Question, by -Mr. McCormick. "As ' a farmer do yOJ think you could have doue better had you gotten more water'.'" Answer, by Mr. Walters. "Ou, yea; I could have yielded quite a bit more. . We only got a small stream ani 1 could not do iuuc'i with it. I done the best I could with one irrigation tDd then quit." Several fruit men ttbtiiiea as to the value of irrigation, all claim ing that !t was almost indispensable fnr sui;tebs in their lino, and Eert Lowry, manager of the Bear Creel: orchards, testified that the fruit growe- ' Vt 'jount on 25 per cent in- reaped yield over uon-lrrinted or chards in ordinary y.ars and in the driest ye.-.r3 over l''ti ;mr cat. An 1 thero v.-ere doze,) of .ru:ii tourJruoi ials from r.nchers who dm H'.'O'vin-; various kicJs of crops. Summed up, tho verdict of .)! these farmerH in the Medford rli-.trii t is that Irrigation will in-rons the crop yield at loast "0 er cut year . In and year out, even on the bos' if river bottom eo!1. Mrs. G. R. Satchwell, who until recently was secretary of the Med ford Commercial club, states thit within the past year she had receiv ed about 700 letters of inquiry to- We Sell Tree Ripened SUNKIST ORANGES Because they are KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Quality First orchard and farming lands, and that more than two-thirds of these In quiries were for irrigated lands. Water is king in California and irrigation will epell success for Southern Oregon farms. WOOtUKOW HAS THE NERVE If the predictions ot Norman E. Mack, New York national democra tic committeeman, come true, Wood row Wilson will try for the third term as president. Wood row has the nerve there is no question of that. He turned the cold ' water faucet on congress, grabbed . the cables and established headquarters at Gay Paree. These are only a few ot the many precedents he has broken. In fact, Woodrow has broken more precedents than there are points in his peace terms. A new slogan will be submitted for "kept us out of war." ;What do you think ot the free camping ground tor tourists? Shall we close it and have them say Grants Pass wants the dollar, and the dol lar only? In days gone by tourists have expressed many words of ap preciation for our tine camping ground. . ' Senator Lodge is right when he says: "If the terms of the peace league won't stand discussion by the American people and the U. S. con gress they will be a dangerous thing to adopt." Germany signed on the dptted line to avoid an awful beating. Now she is wondering if it wouldn't have been easier to have taken the wal loping. The ex-kaiser is said' to have chopped down a thousand trees. Why not bring him to Oregon and let him clear our stump land? Willie Hearst may have to declare war against Japan all', by himself. Then the two Yellow Perils may kill each other off. The Irish question doesn't dis turb the American farmer as much as does the market for the Irish po tato. The congressional interim has not resulted in everybody cooling off. The kettle of international problems I3 still Blmmerinz. It's ali risrtu for ,-. bol.-hovlk to ! wea" a celluloid collar if he will on'y wash it onrc in a while. D Here's .L. f WD P9!T 4 ' -J r. I '41 i ' ;5 " Mill i- 'f 1 1 y VA VA lit- better I K " all OF OP Salt Lake City, Mar. 18. A herd ot between 300 and 400 buffalo, all ot them said to be as wild aa when they roved, the western plains,- are rulers of Antelope Island, in Great Salt Lake. Antelope Island contains approximately 26,000 acres and is, the estate of the late John Dooly, western pioneer. According to officers ot the Dooly estate, between 80 and 40 buffalo were placed on the island about 40 years ago. Occasionally, at the in vitation of one of the Dooly legatees, friends have been permitted to "hunt" the buffalo. ' The sport Is said to be exciting. Reports that the animals on Antelope Island are tame are met with invitation to Journey to the island and attempt to get close to the herd. Only the old bulls are allowed to be killed, and less than 10 of these annually, say the estate officials. The estate officials say they are wil ling that the government take over the buffalo and place them in some national park. They said that the buffalo eat much feed that could be more profitably devoted to the use of cattle. Although located in the mid dle of the Great Salt I,ake, fresh water springs supplywater'the year round. DAIRY COWS REQUIRE SALT Best Plan to Give Small Quantity In Feed and Place Rock Salt In Boxes in Yard. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment ot Agriculture.) , The dairy cow requires an ounce of salt a day, and while she should be given all she needs,- she should not be forced to take more than she wnn:x. It Is best, therefore, to give only a small quantity In the feed and to pln'"e rock salt In boxes in the yard. Forest Hospitality. One morning our company was drill ing, when a Boche plane flew over. We Usui lly go Into the woods when they are first sighted, hut this time the enp'nln said: "Everybody down nn! lie still." Then he added: "No ifi niiil:lne a brenk for the woods. n' H we where we go unl probably bomb us tonight" An acting private In the n-nr ran' replied : "Well, sir, let's run Into somebody else's woods." Ontario PoM. Eczema Wash ' A tnur h m D. T)-D. r fiv rrzenvi lore or ftrhiui; eruption mid ymrll be nUo to rent and leep onto Tm.r-. Think J-jnt a touch! Is it worth trvnitrr Get a trial bottle today. 8r, ytc arid ii.w. Your m"nry bath U Um iirat buttlj Uut-a not rul.uvo yuu. D Ytour Hat itT"" f 51 M l'" ')' ' 10) B-o IHo I M. Clemens, Druggist 1 IS I J I ' , v ' IV'I , 'K, 1 inr.cjf w r f , y '. : t 'AyA 'fl MP r it II i Jealous of the far-fnmod pullet at the O. A. O. and disgusted with tho boasting of numerous eastern chickens, a modivtt Grants Pass hen got busy this week and sot a record that may never bo surpamed. She laid an eng. And such an egg! " II. measured 9 Inches In circumfer ence and wolxhed 64 ounces. Not only that, but this hen did it up In tinsel by placing another egg Inside the big one, and the egg on the In si do ot the reoord-breaker was a full- sited hen's itn and was p rotated by a hard shell. There Is nothing small about Grants Pass hens, although they aro modest and this is a dry town. This particular hen la owned by 8. A Pottorf, 718 North Ninth street. MISS ANNA D0RIN Miss Anna Dorln, an employee of the Packard Motor company of Detroit, who was questioned by federal agents following the arrest of Ira O'Malley, In whose possession secret plans of airplanes were found. AMERICANS AFTER London, or, 18, Jorge A. Mitre, editor of La Naclon, ot Huenos Aires, gave Ureal Britain some advice con cerning the extension of Its trade in South America while speaking . at a dinner of joumullsts and public men the other day. "It may be a matter of some con cern to you," said Mr. Mitre, "that Great Britain, with tho control of roada, railways and waterways In Argentina, hits an Inferior position to other countries In the morket.' Take, for Instance, the case of agri cultural machinery. In that line tho United States. .Is ahead of you because the American has made him self familiar with the needs and the fancies of the farmers. "The South Amorlcan people dur ing tho next few years will have money to spend. There Is world wide demand for food,, ours la b food exporting country, and prices aro likely to be favoralilo to the producer. We shall want to buy not only locomotives, ploughs anl other machinery, hut motor cars, cutlery, plate, furniture, Jcwolry and finished leather goods. Who l:i going to stipply us with thoso things?" How Fast Shot Travels. When standing within a few yurds of n gun's muzzle ut the time of dls ctiorgr?, a person would he nuinzlngly astonished were ho only able to see the shot go whizzing by. Experiments In liiHlanlaiieous photography prove I hut the shot not only spread out, cuiiiellllie, us they lly, hut llicy string out, one tiehlnd another nt a much greater distance tlmn Uiey spriMid. Thus, with a cylinder gun, when tho t;hot of n charge leaciii's n tnrgct that Is yards nwny. the Inst shot Is lag ging full ten yards behind. lOvcti a chokeliore gun shot will lag helilnd el'hl yards In 40. This nrcounls' for the wide swath Ihit Is mowed In n Hock of. ducks on whic h 11 charge of hol fulls Ju"l right. Atmut fi per cent only of tin- sliot. according to Hie lined rellnble (lodiictlon from rxpcrliuentM, nrrK.' slninltun'Miusly nl Hie linnet Hlmed nt. the others digging In 'ill nil In miined nhove! . All kinds of le?al blanks 'at tb Courier. . i 1 V- l v ; 1 ,r; ' 1 t " V 1 Boiling point ars vnpor'ulng pointi. The full, unilmni cluin of boilina iminti is ncii7 In hlghilimJily i;nlin. Kd Cnmn hiutnsnu look for the Kl Crown sign befurs you till. STANDARD OIL COMPANY 1 m Mil f i-aiiiof nitw C. D. mC8, Rperinl Agent Largest Fire-Proof Storage rates very low , Grants Pass Hardware Company Ford Worm Gear Truck Commercial bnly, kimmI iw new, run -TV) iiillen, worth $WK), bnrgnln 675 I'sed Ford touring enr, ready to go $250.00 C. L. HOBART CO. Removal Notice In order to sccitro more room, I have moved my stock of second-hand goods to tho brick store room, No. 51 1 South Sidh St. I Hl'Y nXIl SI'XI, KVKHVTIIINtJ Automoliiles and Acrcirlcii Huggln WnggoiiH Kami Implc-m-ntn Itlg sun k Hlwnys on luind ' R. Timmons The Court House Lawn Schroder did the work Wizard Fertilizer Made it grow PARDEE ' Sells it Now Is the Time 1 Plant Your Garden Now also plant a little money in the Josephine County Bank You will enjoy seeing them both grow HMnilnrd nil Co., Grants Paw Warehouse in Town bctt 1 cm