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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.
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