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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
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