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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 119.
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OREGON WEATHER
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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