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3 THE MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1909. Medford Ma il Tribune A consolidation of the Medford Mail, established 1880; the Southern Oro- gonian, established 1902; tho Deraocmtic Times, established 1872; the Ash land Tribune, established 1890, and Medford Tribune, established 1900. 1900. Official Paper of George Putnam, SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Ono year, by mail $5.00 DRAWS A LESSON FROM OREGON. The Atlanta Constitution sleeping southern railroads sible for permitting systematic emigration from the south to the west, and draws a lesson from the community plan of advertising now in vogue the south to "forfeit thousands of dividend-producing settlers to the west." Speaking of the Oregon plan, the "Constitution says: ' "In Oregon no town or community is too poor or s trial to maintain what they call a 'booster' organization. "Headed by a few these organizations literally flint and sluggish members them into contributing liberally to development and ex ploitation funds, and refusing to allpw them to occupy 4.v. r,u: nUiwin n rvrnfifino- lw Ilia nnT.rint.if! frmer- WiU JJUliia.illVi ttiuiuuu "j. jyj. ositv of other ciitizens. "As an inevitable result of this broad-gauged policy, the whole country is told, day after day, month by month, year in and year out, of the advantagesof settling in this or that section of that great "Tho communities of the ity. They do not wait for garding western advantages. with a strong arm and mallet! "And that is tho schedule to which every southern town and city must come. "Self-effacement does not pay in sections any more than it does; in individuals! The southern railroads and people should combine in such a campaign of national publicity as would atone tor the nog lect of the past twenty years." PROMPT JUSTICE The Mnglitrato Was Firm and Tried to Be Genial. In tho "History of Beverly," Mnss., Uio following anccdoto Is related of a good Justleo of the pcuco in tliu old co lonial times. On u cold night In winter n traveler called at his honso for lodg ing. The ready hospitality of tho Jus tleo was about being displayed when tho traveler unluckily uttered a word which his host considered profane. Upon this he Informed his guest that he was a magistrate, pointed out thn nature of the offense and explained the necessity of Its being expiated by sit ting an hour In the stocks. Remonstrance was unavailing, for custom at that time allowed tho mag 'Istrate to convict and punish at once, and In this case ho acted as accuser, witness. Jury, Judge and sheriff, all In one. Cold as It was. our worthy Justice, aided by his son. conducted the travel er to the place of punishment, an open place near the meeting house where the stocks wore placed. Hero tho trav eler was coullned In tho usual manner, the benevolent executor of the law re maining with him to beguile the time of Its tedium by edifying conversation. At the expiration of the hour he was reconducted to the house nnd hospltn lily entertained till the next morning, wjion the traveler departed with, let us hope, a determination to consider his words more carefully before giving them utterance In the hearing of n con scientious magistrate. JAPAN'S PAGODAS. They Are Quilt to Resist the Shock of tin Esrthqunke. . A roumrUublo fact In .latum Is that pagodas built hundreds of years ago embody the principle of the uedeni seismograph, which to minimize the effect of eurttiqtittko motion by tho combination of an Inverted pendulum with an oi'ditutry pendulum, or, In other word, by the untou of n stable m il an unstable structure to produce u neutral tati!ty. which renders tho whole biilldltitf leust Keusible to earth quake slunk. In the hollow well of every five sto ried pagoda a heavy mean of timber la Huspemlod freely, like tin exaggerated tongue, from the top right to the ground, but nut in contact with It. mid at tho shook of an onrtlniunke this lerge pwuduluui slowly swings nud the structure awuys and then guttlou bad; wifely upon It Imso. This is also the principle followed In the const met ton qf nil bell towers throughout Japan, where tho boll nets Us pendulum, and tho roof, supported the Pity of Medford. Editor and Manager. Ono month by mail or carrier. .$0.50 in a recent issue holds thi primarily and largely respou in Oregon, which has causct wide-awake and determined spirits dragoon into line the skin of the community, shaming "J x o state. west 'card-index' prosper settlers to inquire casually re They go out after settlers by posts, forms an Inverted pendulum, as In the seismograph. When an earthquake occurs n pagoda or n bell tower may bo rotated or dis placed, but It cannot bo overturned, ns a whole. Wide World Magazine. Peeling a Snake. It Is dlllicult to skiu n dead suake, ind thn skin Is often spoiled in the :ourso of the operatlou. while, on the Dthor hand, It Is n simple matter to tkln 11 live snake, nud the skin thus ;ul tied Is worth much more. Dead makes bring from 2 to C cents, accord ing to their size, ami lire ones from .'." cents to $1. One of the largest make skin companies has factories in Sumatra. When a snake Is received from a hunter it H seized adroitly by in operator, one hand squeezing tho aeck and tiio other holding the tali. It Is then attached by the neck to tho trunk bf a palm tree, nn assistant Soldlng It by the tall. With tho point )f a knife tho operator cuts tho skin lust below the head and, pulling with ill his strength, peels It from the tvrlthlng reptile In the same way that i woman peels n pair of gloves from lor hand.-Popular Mechanics. CLAWS OF BIRDS. The Toes of Those That Perch and of Those That Run, Let us note that the art of standing began with birds. Frogs sit, and. us far as I know, every reptile, bo it liz ard, crocodile, alligator or tortoise, lays Its body on the ground when not nctu ally carrying It. And these luivo each four fat Jegs. Contrast the tlnmlngo, which, having' only two, and those like willow wauds, tucks up ono of them and sleeps poised high on the other, llko n tulip an Its stem. Note also that one too has been alto gether discarded by birds as superllti ous. The germ or bud must bo there, for tho Dorking fowl has produced u fifth toe under some lutlueiice of tho poultry yard, but no natural bird has more tlmn four. Except lu swifts, which never perch, but cling to rocks and walls, ono Is turned backward, nud by a cunning coutrivnoce the act of beuding the leg drtiws them ull automatically together. So a hen closes Ms toes at every step It takes, as If It grasped something, and, of eotirso. when It settles down on Its roost thoy grasp that tight nnd hold It fast till morning. Hut to birds that do not. perch this mechanism Is only nu Incumbrance, bo ninny of tuoin. llko the plovers, uballsh the hind toe entirely, nnd tho prince of nil two legged runners, tho ostrich, has got r.W of ono of tho front toes also, retftlnlug only two, I.ondou Strand Magazine. 4566 VISITORS 10 CRATER LAKE Government Officials Are Folclln Their Tents and Crawling Down From Highlands. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. Henry E. Momycr, assistant to Su Tjorintendent Arnnt, of tho Crater Lake National Park, lias just rc turned to his homo in this city from government headquarters in tho park his work having been completed fo tho season. Winter comes early in thd Crnter Lake highlands, and se oral impressive snow squalls h:u- nlninly' suggested tho closo of the tourist season, nnd Superintendent. Arnnt himself will soon como dowi with his family to more conscrvaiiv elevations. Even Will G. Steel, who holds u concession from tho depart ment of the interior to entertain properly visitors to tho park will soon fold his tents and steal dow to a milder atmosphere. Mr. Momycr1 reports all tho gov ernraent buildings which subsided under a weight of probably 25 foot of snow Inst winter, completely and substantially reconstructed, and that Mr. Steel has mndo good progress on us hOuso of entertainment on tho very rim of tho crnter. He also re ports the enumeration of 4508 visit ors to Crater Lake from June 2 to October 24. Many others ontored tho park that ho was not able to count What Would You Do? In a enso of burn or scald what would you do to relievo tho pain? Such injuries arc liable to occur in any family und ovcryono should bo prepared for them. Chamberlain's Salvo npplicd on n soft cloth will re ieve the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is a very severe on will causo tho parts to heal without envii a scar. For sale by Leon i?. Hnskins' Pharmacy. A Methodist Minister. Recommends Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhooea Remedy. "I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for sovornl years for diarrhoea. I con sidor it the best remedy T have over tried for that trouble. I bought a bot- tlo of it a few days ago from our druggist, Mr. .R. R, Brooks. J, shnil over bo glad to sponk a word in. its praise, when I have the opportunity.'' Rov. J. D. Knnpp, pastor M. E. diitrch, Miles Grove, Pa. Sold by .con B. Ilaskins' Pharmacy. The Wheel Problem. Which, at nny given moment, Is mov ing forward faster the top of a conch wheel or the bottom? The answer to tills question seems 6lmple enough, but probably nine per sons out of ten, asked nt random, would glvo tho wrong reply. It would appear at first sight that the top and bottom must be moving at tho samo rate that Is, tho speed of tho carriage. Hut by n llttlo thought It will be dis covered that the bottom of tho wheel Is In fact, by tho direction of Its mo tion around Its axis, moving backward, In an opposite direction to thnt which the carriage Is .advancing nnd Is con sequently stationary In spnee, while. the point on top of tho wheel Is mov ing forward with the double velocity of Us own motion around the axis nnd tho speed nt which the carriage moves. Tho Whistle Tankard. A rare form of drinking vessel Is In tho possession of the corporation of Hull. This Is a whistle tankard which belonged to Anthony Lambert, mayor of Hull In KitSO. This tliio specimen of old Kugllsh silverware Is fitted with u whistle, which comes Into piny when the tankard Is empty and Is evi dently meant to bo used ns a signal for more liquor. It Is said that only ono other whistle tankard Is to be found in lCngiaud. so temperate Is England now! Loudon Chronicle. A Good Alarm Clock. Ilusbuud-Why don't you have tho cook shut the fcltchtm door? Ono cnu smell tho breakfast cooklnpr nil over tho house. Wife We leave It open on purpose. The smell Is all thnt gets the family up.-.Judge. No Terminal Facilities. "They say Harold Codllngton has brain fover." "Impossible! Could nn nugloworm have water on the knee?" Chicago Record-Herald. Reality la part of the finished lan. gunge by which goodness opeakB. EllOt. .TO VISIT WASHINGTON Lakes-to-Gulf Deep Waterway Con gress Holds Rousing Session. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2. Adopt ing President Taft's suggestion that nil time for oratory was past, tho Lakes-to-Gulf Deep-waterway con vention tonight decided to send 500 lobbyists to Washington to demand flint congress deepen the Missouti A resolution to that effect was of fered by Davis Francis of Missour and was adopted. There was silence for a moment after the resolution was read. The lobby idea apparently shocked many delegates for a mo ment. Then somebody turned loose nu old-fashioned rebel yell nnd the resolution was adopted with whoop. Tho issunnce of public bonds in small denominations were urged upon congress as a means of paying for the great undertaking. FELT HATS. Evolution of the Fluff Fur Into the Finished Product. It is an Interesting matter to follow stage by stage the evolution of i little pile of soft, fluffy rabbit fur Into the finished hat. whether a light colored cruob orn raven black bard bat of the derby shape. The general Idea about such a hat Is that ft Is cut and made or molded out of a sheet of felt, so that amazement comes wbeu one I shown bales and heaps of rabbit fur and Is told that it Is out of this that hats are made. Kelt ludecil Is not st much a pi-liiitirv material, hut felting is i lie prcer.t uy which wool, fur m hair N limited together and. furuicii Into a cin-to Itiliric. I'or hats raiiiiit fur l. the nuitei-liil used. The llrt stop In It iii'Mtiuciit N iln thoruiigh dcim-iui: or Hie close clipped fur III u machine which winnows It of all die: or foreign mutter and leaves It In a soft. Muffy condition resembling the finest und lightest down. Anything less resembling a hat It Is Impossible to imagine. Hut the mar velous Ingenuity of the next process accomplishes nn almost magical change. In the central box of a bop-per-llko machine n big copper cone re volves. From above tho soft. Huffy fur Is fed down lu n shower, which clings like gray snow on the revolving coue, while Jets of water and steam spray on tho fur mat and plaster It Into a complete covering, lu a minute or two tho cone Is covered to the depth of one-eighth of an Inch with this matter and saturated fur. which is now become felt. The machine Is stopped, the coue is taken out, and the workmnu dexterously peels olT the felt covering. Helng built up on the cone, it Is also cone shaped and looks like il gigantic sugar loaf bag. it Is the em bryo hat. In tills tlrst stnte It Is a soft. wet. felt cone, measuring 24 by 150 Inches. ftolled up. It enters upon a series ot processes trial Is shrunk together so that It measures lO'j by 14 Inches. The hat, now u browny-gray felt coue, like a clown's cap, is smoothed by being placed against rapidly revolv ing sandpaper. It Is stiffened by be- ng dipped In shellac, dyed black by mmerslon In n rat und then passes on to be slittped. Warm water gives the felt pliability again, nnd the man pulling out or "enrslng" the apex ot the cone draws und smooths It down to n wooden block ot the oi.tet shape and size the hat Is required to be. As it dries It takes Its destined Bbape nnd firmness as regards the crown, while the brim is still Hat and untrlmmed. The body ot tho bat Is now practi cally finished. Then comes the shap ing of tho brim, which Is worked dowu nud bent over a wooden frame of the exact curl and line of the ordained do slgu. Kuch size and style of bat has Its own frame, ns It has also its Iron mold, wood block, etc. and every al teration In n senson's styles and sbnpes calls for nn entirely new set of molds. Brooklyn Eagle. Highest Endurable Temperature. It Is dlllicult to say what the high est temperature Is that a humnu be lug can live In. In the kitchens of some of the great hotels nnd In the stokeholds of somo steamships the temperature gets to 140 or 145 de grees. Cooks and their helpers and stokers have to endure thnt tempera ture for hours ut n time, and they seoin to get along pretty well. Tho hottest place perhaps where human beings work Is In the vulcanizing fac tories, where the temperature is 21Si, tho boiling point of water. There arc a few who cnu stand this heat for id llttlo wmio nt u time, but man can on dure no more. New i'ork American. STAY ON FARM IS TAFT'S ADVIC Says Farmer's Life Is Most Intlc pendent and Opportunity Is Greater Than Ever. JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 2. Presi dent lait would have young men stay on farm With its plenty and ccr tainty rather than decide on cit life, according to statements made ill an address nt the state fair hero yes terday. lie said that the farmor mo was the most independent nu that from now on there will probably bo a greater opportunity for tho real profession of ngnculture than for an other. Tho president lunched with tho governor nnd Mrs. Noel and me many distinguished citizens of tin state. OLD ANNE ROYALL Sho Was Once One of the Quaint Char acters of Washington. Old, queer, sharp tougued Anne Roy nil, traveler, editress and Interviewer, was for many years a familiar figure In tho streets of Washington, trottlug Indomitably about her business, very poor, very persistent, often trouble some, often rebuffed, but with quull ties of honesty and courage to be re spected. There Is given lu the story of her life by Sarah Harvey Porter a delight ful glimpse of bef visit, to ex-President Madison and his wife. The contrast between the gracious mature beauty of charming Dolly Madison, elegant In her rustling black silk, and the funny little limping, shabby figure lu auti quntcd skirts and ridiculous wadded bonnet, could senrcely have been en banccd. As usual, old Anne Itoynll had tramp ed to save carriage hire; as usual, her errand, probably none too welcome to her hosts, was to secure nn Interview and use a descriptive background. Hut Dolly Madison saw In the absurd, in qulsltlve, bespattered person before her neither the reporter nor tho guy- only nn aged nnd weary woman who was her guest. She hurried to bring her a glass of water, then quite slm ply stooped nnd retied her loosened shoo laces nnd wiped tho Virginia mud from the tired old feet. It Is small wonder that Mrs. Itoyall'i) .lollies wore queer. She was scarcely of a bent of mind frivolously to pursue the fashions had she bad the time and money, but she hod neither. Her pa per. the Huntress, of which she was iwnor. editor and chief reporter, onco published conspicuously on the edl torlal page a notice which Is perhaps unique in journalism: "No paper will be Issued from this office this week. We really must take me week once In ten years 'to fix up ur wardrobe, which Is getting shabby Our next Issue will welcotuo congress." WILD GEESE. Thoy Never Feed Without Throwing Out Scouts or Sentries. Some of the common saylugs con ernlug birds nie stupidly wrong. "You stupid goose!" is an expression onstantly beard, yet the goose, whetk' r wild or tame. Is most sagacious, Wild geese, for instance, never feed wiuioui inrowing out scouts or sen lies. J. O. Mlllals describes how he ii w a llovk of geese t'eedb.g with sen tries, out nud how after a time one of the soutrlex went up to a bird that was feeding nud gave It a gentle peck on the hack The latter thereupon left Its grazing and we it off to take up guard, while ihe sentry took Its turn to feed. "(Jontle as u dove" Is such a com mon proverb that the dove has become the emblem ot putuo. Quito u mis take, for all the dove and pigeon tribe ire great fighters, mid In the breeding season the cock birds Indulge lu bat tles royal. The foolish prejudice against nil birds of prey Includes that pretty little hawk the kestrel. Now. If the kestrel were known as the mouse falcon it I possible that keepers wdutd nut lu variably shoot it ou Might. The kestrel liven mainly on mlcu and wtrewortu. It Is quite Innocent of killing par tridges. lu a game jiroorvlug district In soutliorn Scotland kestrels wero prac tically exterminated a few years ugo. .What was the reaultV Over a tract of .ouutry of I.2litl square mile Held mice Increased lu such myriads that (he gritting was absolutely rulusd. Quo iheop farmor lewt $S.00O In ouo year. ICxelninge. Successful Publicity. The king of successful advertisers was slvon nn Interview. "My methods nro very simple." be aid. "I learned thoni from watching a girl trying to keep her engagement a secret."- vuwark News. BENSON'S BARGAINS Four-room shack, lot 50x150; a good cheap homo and u bargain ut ( $450 Good 4-room house and largo lot; a small payment down; balance at 0 per cent $10000 5 nores of Innd insido of city limits, good 5-room honso nnd outbuildings; -this is a genuine bargain and is worth twice tho prico nsked..$4000 Good two-room house, fino largo lot, best location, near Oakdalo ave nue; a snnp if sold at anco . . .$550 Wo havo a number of suburban lots which wo will close out in a bunch at a bargain counter price, or will trndo for ranch. Small house and Innre lot on IIollv street, $550. Is this a snap? Wo havo several incomo-navint? business properties for snlo. If you nro interested in this clnss of invest. menl, it will pay yon to seo us. Wo aro headquarters for business properties of every description. Ten acres four miles from Medford and iy2 miles from Central Point, now lnnd, acres ready to culti vate, new 3-room house, ggod new small barn, situnted on main traveled road; the vory best soil in tho val ley; fino fine shade trees and a beau tiful sito for a home. 1 Largo lot with 12 full bcarine: nn- plo trees on South Contral nvcnuo: fine locntion nnd a beautiful sifo for a "home; a snap if taken at onco. Forty acres, 1C miles from Med ford, half mile from Beaglo; 8 acres cultivated; 4 acres in fruit tree 2 to 10 years old, on two good roads; small house, barn, woodshed, eto; 25 acres inclosed in woven wiro fence $2000 New 5-room house, hardwood fin ish, now woodshed, well on book porch, lot 50x100, corner Jackson and Fir $1450 Ono acre, 9-room house, barn. chicken honso, city wnter, only 000 feet .from Riverside avenue . . . $3400 5-room moJevn bungalow on South Central avenue ;u snap if taken nt onco $2050 Nino-room modem house, Bunga low addition, lot 50x100, corner 4th and Orongo, nenr Oakdalo ave.. $31150 28 acres, ono milo from P. & E. depot; a bargain at the prico. .$6000 Rooming honso 'Best location in tho city; clenrs $150 per month; long lenso $2200 7 acres, thrco miles from Mcd- forn; $1500 house, good barn, all in alfalfa; tho best land to bo found in the Roguo River vnlloy; torms.$ 12,000 1SV ricros, close in proporty, fin est free soil, 14 acres planted to com morcinl apples nnd pears 4 years old, 4 acres alfalfa; good tonus $1 1,500 For sale or rent 9-room modern bungalow on Ornngo street, near Oak dalo; rent $30; prico $3850 Business locntion lot 50x100, right in tho honrt of tho city. Call at our offico for particulars $8500 5 acres insido city limits, high ele ction; this trnct can bo subdivided into building lots or would make nn ideal orchard iract. It is a bargain nt $3000 5 acres adjoining city limits, good orchnrd lnnd and a beautiful sito for a homo; in ono year will bo worth iloublo tho price asked $2000 10 aores, ono milo from Medford on main traveled Toad to Ashland; Boar creek bottom land, sot to npplos and pears 2 yenrs old; trees aro strong nnd vigorous. Hero is a beautiful sito for a homo. Easy terms. Prico $2900 3-room box houso and largo lot on Smith Central nvonuo, complotoly fun. ishod; good well and chiokon louse; a gonuiue bargain; easy tonn. Price $750 Some splendid business proportion for alo, clofeo in, good iucomo pay- el's, tail nt our ofnoo tor dotails. Our ohargo is $1 por month for renting and collecting. v BENSON INVESTMENT GO Opposite Moore Hotel 12 W. Main St. Phone 3073 Main. t v (M