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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1915)
RENEE KELLY W. A. DILL Editor and Manager Published Every Monday and Thursdayrby the Lano County Pub llshing Association. IIATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. -vObo Year SUO Six Months - .75 J Throo Months .60 . Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Yriavu Member of the Willamette Valloy Editorial Association. SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER, fl, 1915 nmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmtA THE LANE COUNTY NEWS SOIL DRAINAGE NECESSARY The benefits of drainage are self-evident when barren ' ' swamp lands are reclaimed and brought to full production, says J. E. Larsen, Extension Agronomist, of 0. A. C. It is harder for the average man-to grasp the benefits to be derived from the drainage df flat lands now producing only a small v part of a full crop. The fact remains, however, that water logged soils must be drained before, any scheme of soil im provement will prove successful. Drainage is one of the fun damentals in the improvement progress of wet lands. The . benefits from drainage may be classified as direct and indirect. Under direct benefits, the surplus or excess water is gotten rid of quickly and air takes the place of the excess water In the . soil mass. Air in the soil Is as important to growing plants as ' are plant food mid moisture. The excess water must be re j.. moved before proper areatlon -will come. This really increases the soil's capacity to hold usable or film moisture. Drainage improves the soil structure by permitting tillage operations, deep plowing, etc., at the proper season. The soil mellows and livens up with drainage and better tillage. Drainage lengthens 4 the growing season. The land can be worked earlier in the season. Heaving of the soils from freezing is caused by the ex pansion of the water in the soil. This is over come by drain age. --The feeding area for plants is greatly enlarged, which means big crops. Under-drainage check soil erosion. As indirect benefits we might mention the warming of the soli by the air taken in the soil through drainage. A difference -of from six to ten degrees is not uncommon between drained and undraiued-soils. Air also assists in the decay of organic matter, manures, roots, etc. This means more hunius,, which forms more available moisture during drought periods. Bac- terial activity is at its height in a "soil that-is warm, aerated ' and rch In humus. These things all tend to liberate plant food More available plant food means greater yields. Deep and thorough tillage is needed to loosen up and areate the soil after drainage. Clover, thorough Its deep root ing system, comes to the rescue. Lime, too. Is needed to sweeten the soil an dimprove its structure. Manures do their , maximum benefit only in a well drained soil. : Most of our wet lands are near business centers. Trans "jportation facilities are good. The. latent plant food Jsjusuplly ,very good. These lands vMl stand the overhead. expense nec-f Pessary to bring them up to 'full production. Drainage is the key that unlocks this treasure. SHORTAGE OF SHIPS ANALYZED (New York Times.) The Chambers of Commerce of the United States esti mates that because this country has to rely on foreign vessels to carry its sea-borne commerce about $300,000,000 leaves the United States annually in the form of freight charges paid to foreign ship owners. y "The principal trouble with the American merchant mar ine is not that it is infinitsimally small," a statement issued by the Chamber to night reads: "It is quite respectable, both In number and tonnage. Its lamentable weakness lies in the fact" that it is out of all proportion to the enormous trade of the country. "Out of a total of 26,701 registered and licensed vessels, less than 3000 ever plow foreign seas. In foreign trade our . merchant marine consists of 37 steel sailing ships averaging 1600 tons each, 544 -wooden sailing vessels averaging 600 tons, 239 wooden steamers averaging 300 tons, and 331 steel steam ships averaging 3800 tons. There are also 537 motor boats and 1106 barges. Go Home For Christmas THE holidays will soon be - -here. The time of hap piness and cheer. Your friends will be expecting you to come home. So will mother, father, sister or brother. Low Holiday Fares Are available for the holi days. On sale between all, Southern Pacific stations in Oregon Dec. 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, and aJn. 1. Re turn limit Jan. 4. Prom Ore gon to California points on sale Dec. 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, Jan. 1st. Return limit Jan. 3 s Ask the' local agent for fares, train service and other information, or write SOUTHERN PACIFIC , John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland. Oregon Who Plays "Judgo Abbott" In "Daddy Long Logo" at Etigono Theatre, Dec. 13. "In large merchant steamers, the class that Is fast grow Ing in commerce and of it" size and speed to render some assis-" tance as naval auxiliaries, the United States stands tljlrd, sur passed only by Great Britain and Germany. But GO per cent of the big and able steamers in the world nro owned by Great Britain and not 7 per cent by the United States. "The trade of the United States has at its disposal' only about one-tenth of. the shipping facilities available to the British merchant and manufacturer. If the United Statos is to take its" proper place It must not be content with more rank; it ranks quite high, ahead of Prance, Italy, Norway and Hol land. Americans must have actual commercial sea power in proportion to their trade." , FREIGHT TRADE PROMOTION (New York Times.) The country has begun to take practical measures on a large scale for the promotion of our foreign trade 'by means of fostering foreign enterprises with American capital. That is the meaning of the organization by the National City bank and its associates in the American International corporation of a company which wll do for partly developed countries what many groups of bankers in Europe have been doing for such countries for generations. What the United States has done in this line in the past has been on a small scale and as an Incidental achievement rather than as part of a broad guage plan to obtain for this country a new position in world trade. To gain that position we must not only offer goods for sale but must also offer the capital for the development of enterprises which will increase the purchasing power of the countries with which we would trade, South' America, China, Russia, any and every country which needs the stimulus of outside capital to develop its national resources and to creato new marqets or to enlarge those which already exist. ASHLAND WANTS THE OREGON BUILDING San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 8. I if the Southern iJacinc win ;haul the Oregon Building to Ashland free of cost, it is no,tl ! wholly Improbable that the fam jous Oregon Parthenon will 'grace the wonderful park being developed at Ashland through the expenditure of $175,000 se cured by bond issue for thin purpose and that of develoning the Lithla Springs there. Dur ing the past ten days, Editor Bert R. Greer, of the Ashland Tidings, and chairman of the Springs Water Commission has been here in consultation with the Oregon Commission and the .Southern Pacific Officials and is .serious in his attempt to secure the Oregon building for re-erection in his home city. Just now there is no great hope that the Government will decide to main tain the building here, and con tract calls for Its removal within ninety days after the close of the Exposition, The best offer that the Commission has had for the building is $1,000 the concern making this offer agree ing to remove the structure and put the ground in the shape re quired bv the contract. How ever,. Editor Greer figures that the Commission can afford to waive that amount if the famous building could bo reset at Ore gon's southern gateway, and the public in general will agree. It will cost from twelve to fifteen I thousand dollars to wreck the tbulldlng and Mr. Greer is con i . i j.i i i. ...... . it liuuut inuL nu uu.ii uuuuru umi amount In his home city, pro viding the Southern Pacific will agree to transport the wreckage to Ashland. It is understood that the Springs Commission al- j ready has available a consider able sum for the construction of a casino in the park, and there would be no difllculty about financing the reconstruction of the Oregon building. If the Par thenon is not to be maintained here, it is reasonably Icertain that all Oregon would delight in its reconstruction at Ashland. That city is spending a very large sum to develope a great resort and the beautification of the mountain park practically in the heart of that city is now in the hands of McLaren, father of Golden Gate Park's landscape beauty, and also responsible for the wonderous beauty of the Exposition grounds. The Ore gon Parthenon would have per lect surroundings there, and as a convention hall, museum, cas ino, or something of the sort it would serve a good purpose and advertise Ashland as nothing else could and result to the great advantage of Oregon in general. 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