THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1926
WHY—
Thunderstorms Are of Ben
efit to Farmer
The widespread fear o f lightning Is
out o f all proportion to the grounds
for It, Judging by the outcome o f a
five years survey conducted in his
state by Dr. Arthur W. Utlbert, the
commissioner o f agriculture for Mas
sachusetts.
The survey showed that the chance
o f death by lightning Is less than
one In a million. Only nineteen per
sons were killed by a bolt from the
clouds In five years, an average o f 3.8
persons annually, or about one-ten-
thousandth o f 1 per cent of the state's
population.
The man on the farm. Judging by
the survey. Is ten and a half times
as likely to be struck by lightning as
the man in the city, because o f the
comparative scarcity In rural commu
nities o f steel-framed buildings, street
car wires, and other metal structures
which In a city relieve electrical ten
sion during a thunderstorm.
Lightning rods, however, In Doctor
Gilbert’s opinion, offer the country
man much the same thunderstorm ad
vantages as his town brother, the
farmer, as It Is, being 20,000 times
safer from harm than a man dodging
motor traffic In a big city.
Doctor Gilbert's survey was made
prim arily to determine the extent of
the damage done to crops by thun
derstorms.
He declares that while these storms
at times cause thousands o f dollars'
worth o f damage to the crops, they
really assist agriculture much more
than they harm It, because the rain
fall they bring saves large areas from
a blighting drought.
Why Dahlia Is Popular
Among Flower Lovers
"T h ere Is little doubt that the most
popular flower In America today is
the dahlia." according to Dorothy
Giles o f the Garden Club o f Amerlcu.
writing In McCall's Magazine.
"From coast to coast Its dominion
Is unchallenged, nnd among Its enthu
siasts are numbered millionaire land
proprietors who 'go In for' cups and
medals and blue ribbons at the horti
cultural shows, fanciers who are ex
perimenting with the propagation of
new varieties and thousands o f busy
commuters who. having only an hour
or two lu the cool o f each day for gar
dening pursuits, dedicate them gladly
to the service o f the dahlia.”
Miss Giles herself is evidently
among the enthusiasts, for she re
marks :
“ Indeed, I know no better adven
ture than comes In a packet o f dahlia
seeds.
“ I f these are planted In flats under
glass In May the young seedlings
•pricked out' later into thumb pots
and planted In the garden about the
time the tubers are being set out,
they will blossom In September o f the
same year. There is no knowing what
they will prove to be— the only sure
thing about the experiment being the
surprise. Who knows?—-one may dis
cover thereby a new variety, lovelier
far than any already known, and find
a fortune in Its beuuty.”
Why Einstein Was Wrong
All space is supposed to be tilled
wlHi an Imponderable substance called
the luminiferous ether. I f this is
true, we should be able to measure
the "ether drift,” or the motion o f the
earth through the ether, but all pre
vious attempts to do so have fulled.
Einstein said that such measurements
were fundamentally Impossible, nnd
his theory o f relativity Is based In
part on this assumption.
Doctor
Miller has now been ahle to meas
ure this "ether d rift" and has shown
that previous failures were due to
Insufficient altitude, the ether appar
ently being drugged along near the
earth, so that Its drift past the earth
can he detected only on high moun
tains.
This proof is likely to make
necessary a modification o f the Ein
stein theory.
Why Salt Lake la Salt
The water o f the Great Salt lake
Is a natural brine.
It contains from
14 to 23 per cent o f saline constituent,
according to the level o f the lake.
The chief rivers feeding Great Salt
lake are the .Ionian, the Weber and
the Bear. The last I * 4»V> miles long,
hut Its month Is only HP miles from
Its source. These waters contain so
little salt It cannot he discovered by
taste.
Tut the Great Salt lake has
no outlet, so the waters brought to It
evaporate and the solid matters which
are dissolved In them remain. That la
why the lake Is salt.
Why Teeth Are Defective
lleeiittse we have violated the law
o f life. D efective teeth are a menace
to life sn<1 health, and are the plalnear
proof o f llaeaae. or changed function.
They cry aloud for replenishment.
Every human having defective teeth
la diseased and cannot he healthy until
the condition la changed. The lime
to look a fter jrmr teeth I* all the time
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cause a clean tooth will decay, unless
tion concerning all such deposits to o f literature addressed to those who
the normal requirements o f the life
cells of the body are maintained In thousands o f potential users o f the indicated sincere interest in Oregon
| mineral involved..
farm opportunities.
the blood stream.— Motive.
Why Railroad Tie May Pass
Itallroad officials are putting their
heads together to plan the death of
the "old-fashioned'' wooden railroad
tie.
Knglneers' drawings are being
made to show that concrete Is better.
It is declared that heavier rails and
traffic demand It, while a fixation of
routes seems to favor the more per
manent foundation.
VALUES IN SWN. OREGON BASE
ORES DEFINITELY PROVEN
The question o f the difference in
assays between local assayers and
those from outside o f the state was
the main subject o f discussion at the
meeting o f the Southwestern Oregon
Mining Bureau as they were assem
bled in their annual meeting at Riv
erside Park last Saturday afternoon.
The subject o f assays was
first
brought up by Dr. Herschel Parker,
a prominent geologist o f nation wide
reputation, who stated that few out
side assayers knew how to recover
the values from ores in which the
mineral was as finely distributed as
it is in many o f the large mineral
hearing bodies in this district. Lo
cal assayers have, a fter long years o f
experience with southern Oregon
compley ores, developed a method o f
recovery, said Mr. Parker, that is
unknown to outside engineers or
chemists.
Dr. Parker stated that there is no
place in the known world where there
are such large bodies o f precious
minerals as can be found in South
western Oregon.
They appear in
immense formations and dikes and
though the mineral is evenly distrib
uted throughout the rock in almost
microscopic quantities, by proper re
covery methods most o f these large
bodies can be mined, milled and
treated at a cost o f less than three
dollars a ton.
There are but few
o f these large formations that will
not recover more than six dollars a
ton.
“ These bodies o f ore,” said Mr.
Parker, “ are unlimited in size in
mineral bearing ore and with suffic
ient water could be developed to be
as profitable as the famous Tread
well property in Alaska and other
extensive mining developments.
The report that Southwestern Ore
gon is nothing but a ‘pocket country’
is false, said Dr. Parker. “ The only
trouble with the engineers who are
sent to investigate fo r Eastern cap
italists is that they have not as yet
learned how to recover the values
from ores in which the particles o f
precious minerals are as fine as they
are in southwestern Oregon ores. In
ordinary assay methods, which are
chemical methods, the fine particles
are lost through oxidation
or are
floated o ff with the water while the
assayers o f this district,, who have
learned its pecularities, use other
methods o f recovery and get more
o f the values. This problem is hold
ing the district back,” said Dr. Park
er, “ and until outside assayers learn
how to treat our kinds o f ores, it
will he difficult to interest outside
capital,” he said.
A report o f a trip made by Mr. E.
Derwent o f Gold
Hill to Tacoma,
where the Gold Hill chemist showed
a Tacoma assaycr how to recover
values from Southwestern Oregon
ores was read and truly appreciated
by the miners present. In this re
port, the Tacoma assayer, who had
previously made an assay return on
a sample o f a few cents, after learn
ing Mr. Derwent's method o f recov
ery returned an assay o f over $40.00
per ton.
Each one o f the miners
present has, at some time during his
experience, found great differences
in the assays made o f his ores and
this report begins to show him a way
out o f his difficulty.
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— So. Ore. Spokesman. Grants Pass
LIST
OF
MINERAL
WANTED
DEPOSITS
More than 400 western mineral de
posits listed by the geological depart
ment o f the Southern Pacific com
pany are being brought to the atten
tion o f manufacturers throughout
the United Sûtes and owners are
j
already realizing subsUntial profits
j
as a result o f this service.
N o » G. J. C ielaff. chief geologist
;
fo r the company, asks that others
j who know o f unlisted
non-meUlic
mineral deposits anywhere in Cali
j fornia, Oregon, Arizona or Nevada
get into communication with him. It
<
is desired to circulate full informa-
“ Most mineral now imported from
j the East exist here in sufficient
' quantities to replace the importa-
I tions,” S ielaff said. “ The railroad’s
I policy is to place in the hands o f the
nation's manufacturers data relative
! to all mineral resources o f the Pa
cific coast. For California alone we
I have listed more than fifty varieties
I of minerals found in commercial
I quantities.
“ Rich in natural resources, the
Pacific coast possesses raw materials
sufficiently diversified to meet all
the requirements o f manufacturing.
Development o f industry in the west
will be hastened by any survey which
places reliable information concern
ing these resources at the disposal
o f interested parties.
“ Persons knowing of mineral de
posits that should be listed will per
form a public service by notifying
this office.
Carrying the message o f Oregon’s
desirability as a farmer's goal as well
as a vacation land, Irving E. Vining,
president o f the State Chamber, has
just returned from a successful tour
o f California where he was received
with great enthusiasm. It is expect
ed that the travel o f Californians to
Oregon will be stimulated by Mr.
Vining’s inspirational addresses, and
that others who have sought homes
in California without
finding just
what they desired will be encouraged
to com« to Oragon befors leaving the
Pacific coast. Streaaing the similar
ity o f problems o f the coast states,
Mr. Vining has made a valuablec on-
tribution to the unity o f methods o f
solving these problems. A fte r spend
ing the week in Coos county, the
state chamber president will come to
Portland to deliver addresses here as
well as in a number o f neighboring
cities.
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Garage, Central Point-, Oregon.
Brick Ica Cream at Damon Cafo.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PAINT YOUR CAR
WITH
LAND SETTLEMENT DEPT. ITEMS
One hunderd twenty nine new set
tlers were reported to the
I .and
Settlement Department o f the Port
land Chamber o f Commerce, cooper
ating with the State Chamber, during
the period from February 1 to May
31. These new residents are valu
able economic units in the state for
they have invested over $375,000.
Dupont Duco
— EASY TO APPLY—
During the month o f May the Port
land o ffice received signed state
ments from 102 families who de
clared their intention o f coming to
Oregon bringing an investment o f no
less than $240,900. Thirty-one others
indicated in their letters their expec
tation to come to this state.
The department operations con
tinue active in correspondence with
new inquirers as well as with those
who have extended their exchange o f
letters over a year or more. Letters
aggregating 2421 have been sent out
in May, accompanied by 3399 pieces
DRIES FAST AND LASTS
W . C. Leever
THE
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Notice to Water
Consumers—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on account of the extreme dry
weather and the dangerous condition of dry grass around the city, which is a
serious fire hazard, it is necessary that the City of Central Point be and the
same is hereby divided into two WARDS, and these wards shall be known
as NORTH CENTRAL POINT WARD, and SOUTH CENTRAL POINT
WARD.
All that portion of the City of Central Point lying NORTH of PINE
STREET, is hereby designated as NORTH CENTRAL POINT WARD, and
all that portion of the City of Central Point lying SOUTH of PINE STREET,
is hereby designated as SOUTH CENTRAL POINT WARD.
For the purpose of conserving a sufficient quantity of water available
for Fire fighting purposes during the irrigation season, all water consumers
will be required to irrigate on certain days, between the hours of 5 o’clock
A. M. and 8 o’clock A. M. and 5 o’clock P. M. and 9 o’clock P. M.
There shall be NO IRRIGATION between the hours of 8 o’clock A.
M. and 5 o’clock P. M.
NORTH CENTRAL POINT W ARD will irrigate on the even dates of
the month, and SOUTH CENTRAL POINT W ARD will irrigate on the odd
dates of the month.
THESE RESTRICTIONS will begin with Sunday, June 13th, 1926.
Any person using city water for irrigation purposes after nine o’clock
P M. will be arrested and fined $10.00 for each and every violation of this
notice.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
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L. HATFIELD, Recorder
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