1 VOI xxu. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 19$7. NO. 42. ACTS GLEANED FROM WEATHER HISTORY ummkry of Eleven Years Ob servation Discloses Many Things of Interest. A record of Grants Pais weather for years, 1895 to 1905, inolusive. coin led from the observations of J. B. iddook, volunteer observer is fall of teretting facts relative to the cli atio condition of Southern Oregon. The annual rainfall during the iriod stated it observed to raDge oml8 59 inches in 1898 to 43.76 in 04. The average yearly rainfall for ell yean is 82.51 inches. If there is jy law of sequence for wet and dry sons, it wo a Id be difficult to put it tangible shape from the reoords. i comparison with the average the veral years rnn as follows dry, wet, y, dry, wet, wet, moderate wet, st, wet, dry. The greatest annual snowfall re- rded is 204' inches in 1903. The eatest snowfall in one month is X inches in February of the same ar. The least snow fall, in any e year is one inoh in 1905, falling December. In 1904 the total owfall was 1 inches, in March. 190S the snowfall was also l cbes, tailing in January and Decern r. In 1806 there was a snowfall of arly seven inches in March, the only ow of that year except about half inch In December. f The lowest reoorded temperature is degrees (above zero) in February, 99. In February, 1903, the mercury soended to 11 degrees. Three times the 11 years, besides the occasions sntioned, the temperature has fallen low as 15 degrees; in November 45; In November, 1896, and in De mber, 1898. Die lowest recorded mperatnre for January is 16 de ses in 1902. During two different trs, 1897 and 1904, the mercury did t drop as far as 20 degrees. The Idest weather in each year'occurred follows: 1895, in November; 1896, November; 1897, in February; )8, in December; 1899 in Fehruarr; X) in December ; 1901 in February d December; 1903, in January; )3, in February ; 1904 in January ; tt, 'in February aud - December, tiila -February has the record for 9 coldest days, the average mean nperatore of this mouth is four greet higher than that of January d December three degrees lower in March and two degrees lower in November. rha temperature went to the frost int every year in April; in all but o years, 1900 and 1904, in May; in o year, 1901, in Juue; never in July r August; five times in September, the Fall of 1901, there was no frost til November. rhe highest recorded temperature is ) degrees, in August, 1905. The it mark is 107 degrees in July H and in August, 1903. The mer ry has never reached 100 degree in ly. It has gone to 100 or ever four uei in June, seven time in July, ;ht times in August and twice in ptember. The hottest day of the r occured once in Jane, five times July and five times ic August. Iu ly on year, ISsm, the temperature led to reaoh 10U. In 18'J9 and 1900, )re were hiRher temperatures toned in September than in August. 1897 and 1902 there were warmer rs in May than in Juue. The srage of maximum temperatures is 9 degree higher for August than for ly. The average moan temperature 'August is t9 degrees; for 'July, degrees. lain fell in June each year except )5 and 1901; in July each year ex ?t 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900 and 1905 ; August each year except 1897, 1902 3 1905; in September every year, tcber was a dry mouth in 1.I5. Phe mean temperatures for Janaary ige from 86 to 46 degrees, average, ; February, 39 to 47, average 4!i ; irch, 41 to 52, average, 46; April, to 54, average 51 ; May 53 to 64, BOURNE AND MULKEY GET SENATORSHIPS People's Choice Ratified by Leg islature. Two Adverse Votes." Jonathan Bourne, with 80 out of 87 cast, aud Frederick W. Mulkey, with 87 out of 87, were elected long and short term United States Sena tor's respectively, at noon Tuesday by the Oregon Legislature, Senate and House balloting separately. Wednes day at noon a formal joint ballot was taken. In the Senate Malkey re ceived 27 votes, .with Mays, Miller (Linn) and llart absent. Bourne got 23. Those voting against bim were Booth, Laycock, Whealdon and Miller (Marion). The other four votes went to Bean. In the House Malkey received the whole 60 votes for the short term. For the long term Bourne got 57, F. A. Moore 13 aud Malkey 1. Rogers and Reynolds voted for Moore aad Settlemeir for Mulkey. It was the first time in the history of Oregon that two candidates for United States Senator eaoh obtained a majority of eaoh House in the Legis lature. It was the first time, also, that the people of the state ever had an opportunity to express their prefer ence for these positions, amounting practically to the election of Senator by popular vote. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., was born in New Bedford, Mass., and came to Oregon in 1878. He read law with Colonel Effinger in the '80s, and formed a partnership with him, the firm taking the name of Effinger & Bourne. Later be abandoned the practice of law and engaged in min ing, with which he has been identified ever since. He owns some extensive properties, and the mining town of Bourne, in Baker County, was named after him. Bourne was chairman of the Repub lican State Central Committee in 1896. at the time of the first Bryan campaign. He was a stanch advocate of the free coinage of silver. He was elected to the Legislature on the Mitchell Republican ticket and at tended the session of 1897, when the memorable deadlock, in which be took an active part, prevented the Legis lature from organizing. He has always been a strong advo cate ef the direct primary nominating elections law. Frederick W. Mulkey is a native of Oregon aud has spent practically all his life in this state. He is a lawyer by profession. Having graduate from the University of Ore gon, he took a course ia the law de partment of the university and began practice, mating Portland his home. He was once a member of the Portland City Council. When the last Legislature passed an aot creating a State Tax Commission to prepare and submit a new tax code, Mr. Mulkey was one of those ap pointed to undertake this vexatious tusk. The commissiou wrestled with the problem for 13 months, and the voluminous report whiob promises to worry the energies of the Legislature is in good part the result of his labor. At the last e'ection he was the sole candidate for election to the United States Ssnate for the short term. average, 57; June 59 to 66, average 63; July, 64 to 73, average, 6H; nuKutt tu i4, average ; Septem ber 57 to 64, average, 61 ; October, 51 to 68, average, 54; November, 40 to 48, average, 45 ; December, 37 to 43, average 39. 1 C A DM FOR O A I CT i jnn ivi onL. C Two and one half miles from town on K. R.. It miles from irood school: CO acres in Alfalfa and Timothv. nlentv of water to irrigate entire place; about J Price of land is first-class for apples, balance suitable for grain, hay, etc. Good house of six rooms, fair barn, ex cellent well water. Fine out range for stock adjoining the place. If you want a farm in Southern Oregon 1 look this np, it will pay you. Terms, i Per Acre if wanted. W. L. IRELAND THE REAL ESTATE MAN . 1 '. Several good HOUSES FOR RENT. GRANTS PASS, OR E 4 115 Acres Only EXCELLENT CHANCE FOR AMERICAN IMPORTERS European Apple Market Seeking Fruit-But It Mu.t Be Care fully Graded. In some parts of Englaod.espeoially in the south, the fruit yield is plenti ful, while in the northern part it is said that apples, pears and plums are a failure. In the neighborhood of which Hull is the oenter enough ap pies for local consumption are not grown even in good years, and the market has to be supplied largely from abroad. This gives American exporters an excellent opportunity to market their surplus. But there are rivals in tha field. Canada is makinge earnest efforts to get control of the fruit market in England, and it is necessary to im press upon American exporters again that the Canadian government is aid ing the movement to its best ability. It has made very strict regulations for the grading of all apples shipped and has imposed heavy fines on violations of these rules. For instance, a Canadian barrel branded "Fancy," which is a new grade, is required to contain tonnd, well-grown frnit of one variety, with all imperfect, small and marked frnit carefully eliminated. "No. 1" grade consists of 90 per oent perfect fruit, aud "No. 2" grade must have 80 per oent of fruit free from defects that cause material waste. The success which has so far attended the efforts of the Canadian government in this line has enoonraged it to make the regulations still more strict in respect to the picking of frnit and the penal ties still more severe for the ship ment of barrels graded wrongly. Now it is believed that only apples properly graded are received in England from Canada. If the American farmers expeot to retain the hold (hey have on the En. glislt market they will have tcTbe as careful in grading their appples as a re the Canadians, otherwise "they will soon lose their market in this country. They have lost a part of it already by bad grading, andthe, same defective methods will lose them more of it. England consumes a large amount of fruit, and the quantity is con stantly growing as the public be comes educated to it. There are few farmers in Britain as compared with this class of farmer in America and Canada. There has been no such scientific culture of aples there as has been conducted in some other countries. As a conscqueuce there are few or no large orchards, most of the fruit being grown on small, scat tered patches of land. It is reported that a steamship ser vice for the exportation of American apples exclusively is about tobe es tablished between Boston, London and Hull, the vessels sailing setui-iuouthlv and having a capacity of 80,000 bar rels each. Heavies: Fruit Crop. Benjamin Newhall, an authority on the apple situation, writing from Chicago to the ruit Trade Journal aud Produce Record ssys that np to date the most important features of the season have been first, the heavy crop; second, the relative importance of the western crop as compared with the eastern, and third, the con sumption. As to the first, it seems to be the general opinion that it is the heaviest orop on record with the pos.-iblo ex ception of l9ti. Many goxl apple men even place it ahead of that vear. As to the second feature mentioned, it is likely that for the first time on record, the Ben Davis group (or sec tion ) prodtioed more apples than the Baldwin section. As tfl the third, the consumption, judging by the number of cars ex ported weekly and the number re ported ss sold in New York, Phila delphia and other markets, the con sumption has been on a good scale and is likely to keep up preseut values. Exports have been only a little un der last year to date. The trade in boxes has not been as good relatively as that in barrels. With very few ex ceptions, the quality of the box fruit is not as good as the last two years, iu ui me oar re i rroit, es pecially the western varieties, was ! never better. i The storage oo December 1 is the i largest in the history of the trade. I Een New York State (whiohoulyl claimed half a crop) has the largest total in her history on hand a larger ! proportion than usual in that slate be ing in common storage aud in farmers hands. TYPEWRITER-Visible writing ma-1 chine for fo at the Musio Store. I All kinds of typewriter ribbons ami 1 supplies. SAN JOSE SCALE A CHINESE PRODUCT First Apperred In the 70't in the Grounds of James Lick on Imported Trees. The San Jose scale is known to be of Chinese origin, says C. L. Marlatt, of the United States department of agrioulture, in a bulletin on the in sect just published. Its first point of colon i.aion in America was in San Jose, Cal., in the grounds of James Lick. Mr. Lick was a great lover of plants and imported trees aud shrubs for the ornamentation of his grounds from foreign countries and it was in his orchard that the scale first ap peared. By 1878 it had spread to neighboring orchards. It had extend ed as far west as San Francisco by 1883 and reached important frnit dis tricta in Southern California iu 1886 and 1887. It bad already slowly ex tended its rauge on the Pacific coast and in the states west of the Rocky mountains, including California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho on the north aud Nevada, Arizona aud New Mexico on the south. From the early 90s it had penetrated into British Columbia. By the end of August. 1894, the scale was known in Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, Pennsyl vania, New Jersey and New York. In capaoity for harm the San Jose scale probably exceeds any other scale insect known, and it attacks ptacti- cally all, both those grown for frnit and the ornamentals. Its eoonomic importance is increased by the ease ith which it is distributed over wide districts through the agency of nursery stock. The practicability of several means of control and particularly the lime and sulphur wash, has been demon strated. In the case of certain fruits as, for example, the peach, it has been found that the lime and sulphur wash has a very great value as fungicide, so much so that some growers are recommending its ubc "whether the San Jose scale be preseutTin the or cbfd or not Furthermore, the pres ence of this scale has led to much more careful methods on the part of the nurserymen and in the planting and care, thus raising the standard aud giving intelligent aud conscien tious, paiustakiug growers a distiuot advantage over their careless neigh bors. The necessity of annual spray iug of the trees is now clearly shown. With the exception of a few 'hours of active larvel existence aud an equally brief winged existeuoe in the case of the mature male, the life round of this insect is passed under the protec tion of a way scale. This scale cover ing conceals the real insect beneath. The Wiuter is passed by the insect iu a half grown condition under .small, black protecting scales, mere points; ji't visible to the naked eye. UNLUCKY PLIGHT OF DISEASE GERM Senator Miller's Measure to Bat tle With Microbe in Pub lic Schools. Medford Coal Mines. Development work at the coal mine eait of Medford is going steadily on and w.th each foot added to the tun nel the quality aud solidity of the coaT is increased. During the last few weeks the quality of the coal has not only increased but it has reached a point when there seems no longer siiy doubt as to its permanency. Un til quite recently there lias been several veins in the tnnnel and these divided, one from another, with streaks of dirt and slate. These streaks have now ceased to exist aud instead there is a niue-foot vein of solid coal. The quality of thiB coal is good which fact will be attested by any of the several merchants of our towu who are burning it, aud if further proof is necessary to couviuce you of its quality, you are but to step into the exhibit building and examine those large blocks of the coal which were brought from the mine a few days ago by Manager R. P. Little. These blocks will weigh from 150 to 200 pounds each. This coal urotiosi- tinn is being claimed by nearly every I town in the valley, and incidentally, we want to say to all other towns thau Medford that if they want to lay claim to this coal mine thy will cer- i taiuly havx to wait until Medford is through with it. It is in every nvnse ; a Medford proposition ; is "situated : near Medford ; is being developed and operated by Medford men ; its product ! is being sold in Medford and there1 will be a railroad to it from Medford liefore one year from this date. The owners of the famous Blue Ledge mines are interested to this coal mine proposition and at the present time it is a "loss op' as to wbich mine' thc'i'ompany thinks 'not of. Mail. i Education, sanitiaton and health are to march three abreast from one end of Oregon to the other if Senator Miller, of Linn and Marion, can se cure the approval of bis fellow-lawmakers. Diseass will be battled with oa the playground of the little red schoolhouse and, oh joy I if the lessous are too numerous or too taxing ou the brain, they can be changed not by the teacher, nor the Board of Education, but by the school physician. Physical examination of teachers is insisted on. Even the Janitor is not exempt, nor are the pupils. Tbe missiou of Senator Miller's measure is to eliminate the fWlve Hi. sease germ, especially and particu larly the germs whiob are contagious. Sanitation is one of the ' Senator's strong points and no half-war meas ures will be tolerated with tnhnrnn. losis, mumps or anything else spread able. The Pro Dosed law in wrir.tnn to embrace not only the publio schools, but the Agricultural College, the Normal Schools and the State Univer sity. To attend to tbe dutv imnnnnrl b the Miller bill it carries a nrnvlninn for eiainininir chvsioiani. Thau r to be appointed by the School Board or the Board of Regents. In cities where there is a Board of Health, the board shall take charge of the appoint ment. All teachers and janitors are to take a physical examinationto see that they are sonnd is wind and limb and will have to pass as good a physical examination as they did an education al one to hold their job. Tbe teaohers, once each term, are to give a lecture to the pupils on contagious diseases and the way ucn diseases are commu nicated. Pupils will be tested for de- feots of hearing and sight This testv.il! be applied by the teacher, who will receive instructions how to make the experiment by the State Board of Health. Pupils and all others at school will be olosely watched for any symptoms of contagions disease, whether it be mumps or tonsilitis. Anyone under suspicion is to be reported to the school physician, who will investigate and diagnose the case. If the physi ciau reports that the teacher, janitor or popil is affected with a contagion, that particular individual cannot re main In the school until well. Where there are defects in the hearing or eyesight of the children the parents or guardians are to be notified and this is also the case where any dis ease is found. When the course of studies is such as to impair the health of a pupil, the lessons are to be revised in such manner as to relieve the strain and at the same time not oause a loss of education. All school buildings are to be regularly and carefully inspected and the same is the cae with the grounds. The sole idea of tlto bill is to safeguard the schools, where there is great danger of disease being spread through want of proper re strictions. Teachers, when giving leotores to the pupils on contagions diseases are also to explain the methods of treatment for the same. Data on this subject will be supplied by medical atithoritiei of the state. FLAT SALARY LAW GOES INTO EFFECT Oregon's New Regulative Meas ure Is In Force from First of January. Oregon's new Oat salary law went into effect with the beginning of the new year. From this time on the state officers must turn into the state treasury all fees collected by them. From the best information at baud, it appears that uuder the new law the State Treasurer will turn in fees to the amount of $4 000 a year, this being M per cent on the security bonds held by him for insurance companies. This fee was allowed for collecting this interest for the companies. The Secretary of State will turn in about $8000 a yoar, the fees to this amount being received from notary c ommissions certified copies of re cords, a percentage of the insurance licenses, aud the insurance lioense fees. This will make a total of $13, 000 a year. The flat salary law cuts off perqnlsi tes to the probable amount of $5000 making a total of f 17,000. It does not follow, however, that the state will be $17,000 better off by reason of tbe flat salary law. The flat salary law raised the the salary of the governor from $1600 to $3000, thai of the Secretary of State front $1500 to $4500 and that of the Attorney-General from $3000 to $3800, showing a total Increase of $9800 and leaving an apparent gain to the state of $7300. The gain is more apparent thau real however, for the enaotmeut of this law raising the salaries of the princi pal state officers has started a demand for raise in other officers and a movement it on foot to have the present officers relieved from some duties they performed heretofore, be cause they reoaived the Jfees and per quisites paid for the service. It ia proposed, for instance, that a State Board of Control be created to perform the work heretofore done by the board composed of the Governor, Secretary and State Treasurer. If this should be done the new board would cost the state more than the saving of $7200 a year. Then, too, the perquisites referred to above are those which were paid to the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer for serving on the several boards. These sums were 1 aid out of the appropriations for the several state institutions. Now that the money will not be paid to the slate officers out of the appropriations for the institutions it will be avail-' able for other purposes. COUNTY TREASURER CALLS FOR WARRANTS Funds Now on Hand to Make Payment on Warrants Interest Ceases. There are funds in the treusory to pay all warrants protested to July 7, lUO.'l. Interest will cease from this nat., January 1H, 11)07. J. T. TAYLOR, Treasurer of Joseph iue o , Ore g on. Edison and Victor Talking Machines at the Music Store. IIoiiioM Kiii-iiImImmI Complete Immense Carpet Sale Carpets at the Prices of Common Malting 500 YARDS AT 30 CENTS PER YARD i For immediate purchase only and cash at tho time of purchase, you can have it dolivorod any time. These goods are sold at f0 cents any where. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS SALE Thomas O'Nei lf Headquarters for things for the House 0