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0 OREGON FIR 10 BE ADVERTISED John Bnrrott Has Provided For Uso of This Material In Con struction of Now Bulldliiijs. I'Oim.ANI), Jan. 5. (Hpuulnl) oxtiiiiiilOH o( fir flulnliliiK, Hithl to lio tliu inout olitlioratu uvur iioiit from t ho tiortliwunt, will ho iililpiiml thin wouk lo Vanliliijioii, I) 0., whom tlioy will witor Into tho now tiiillillni; luilm; uroctml by tho hiirraii of Aiiuirlcnu ropuhlluH, uii- dor tho illroolloit of John llurrott, Tho wood will ho niiutl In tho rowptluu room of tho now liulltllnc, which will ho ciiniiltit)ly flnlHlioil In fir, TIiIh will roHtill In a IIk advortlHo imtnl for tli Ih wood iih rlnlHhliiK inn- torlitl. Tho wood him boon piojmroil for iihlpinuiit i'iHt and noon an a Klft from tho Oror.on & WhhIiIiikIou I.iun luir Manihaoturora' AHHorlatlon, Tho f I n loll In k eotiHUtii of jmnolM, Hurolhi, niodulllonH, (IukIcii and hrncltntH of tho inOHl olahorato hainl-carviHl iIuhIkh. Tlio craln of tho wood Ih nhown to iiil;nillil advantiiKO and Ih ntalnud with an oak flnlHh, x IiIIIiiInt Trutlo ItooitiH. LoKKurH of tho Columbia rlvor ox mot tho now your will mm moro raw mntorlal handlod In tholr canipH thann ovor hoforu In tho hlntory of tho IndiiHlry within a Hlinllar porlod, Tliu Itimhiir trado Ih mild to ho hoom liiK and tho coining yar iii-oiiiIhoh Kroat activity. Many n.llln aro Hhort of Iokm and cauipM will rotiiuno opor attoiiH In IVhrnrary Itrntimd of wait Inn for Hprlnu. Now inllln In tho Co tnnihla' rlvor dhttrlct havo draw hoavlly upon tho iimiul loj; unpiily until It Ih ItHtH than UMiiat at thin noa non of thy ywtr. MIIIh aro imld he filled up with oritorn that will hoop thorn huBy for tho lomIiik thru monthn. A nonoral rovlHlon of rntiw on th North Hank road that Ih favorahlo to tho hhlpiKirH of tho tiorthwont haw hoon :ui:ioiinroil and wlU ro into offont lVhriiary 1. Tho now raton will apply hotvoon point on tliu road In WitHhlncton mid between nil Hta tloim and I'orlland. Now and more favorahlo raton will ho inado on park Iih; Iioiiho produnlH and froHh incntn In rarloadu. TIhmio coiicohmIoiih hy tho Mill Hit., will ndd to tho htmliiwm of Portland livestock parking pluntu and IncnviHo tho prontlKo of Portland mi n packing I'oiiro router. THE) MBPFOBt) jjOyTBUM, KjDDFOBD, QttEGON,WEPNESI).AY, JANUARY g, 19X0. JACKSON COUNTY COPPER MINES AGAIN AT WORK CUT 3 MILLION Assured hy Great Northern That) State Board of Equalization Lowers Oro Trains Will Bo Moved Assessed Valuation to Mine Announces Reopen- $23,80 1,700 From Inn of Work. $20,438,660. (llllfvr I'AU,8. Mont., Jan. G. Tho wtato hoard of equalization has Following tho nHHurunoofi .hy tho of- complotod tho work of cfjuaPrliiK tho flolnhi of tho Ureal Northoru railroad I (IhhohiuiiuiiL rolhi of th0 varlouti court that they will i;uarautto tho movliitf tlon and han embodied Itn flndliiKH In of oro tralim belwuon Hutto and Groat la ntalomont which wan fllod on KallH. It wan iMmoiinced loilav Hint Monday In tho offlco of tho nocro- tho r.nmt Iloiton and oMiitina of tho tnry of ntnto. Tho ntatomont shown: CALIFORNIA LEARNS E Fresno Fruit Growers to Take Ad vantarjo of Their Own Experlcnco and nofjiio River Growers. Tho real OHtnto honrd of Kiobiio, California, at their annual luncheon Decouihur 2D, dlHciiKHed tho inattur of tho KrowliiK f pearw In that hcc tlou nKiiln, In Hplto of tho fact that tho treoH had boon doHtroyod hy hlh;ht Hovornl yoaiH nj?o. Tho l''rono Itopuhllcan of Dccom hor .10, myn: j "At tho lunchnon of tho KroRiio v Hon I lJHtato Hoard yeKterday In tho Hoiiuola, PrttHldent I J. Ilahor read a lottor from P. J. O'Clnrn, Kovorn- iiumt patholoKlHt, Htatliu; that pears may ho rained In Krouuo county aKatn iih hoforo hllttht appeared iuiioiik tho troou. At tho Kiimo time, Mr. 1 lu hor reported tho effoctn of luvoatl KatloiiH ho had inado, jiIiowIiik that healing orehardH In thin ntato aro yloldliiK f tut) romiltH, payliiK $100 to $ri00 por aero. "Iletween tho yoara 1809 and 1901 tho pear orchnrdu of thin, county ah woll an thoHO In other purta of tho iilato, woro practically wiped out hy hllchl. HtopH aro now holm; taken with a view to reviving tho IndiiHlry horo. With thlB In vlow tho Iiivoh tinatloiiH hnvo huon mndo and Mr, O'dara and li Ih iiHHlHtaut, W. S. Hal lard, will ho Invited to KroHiio, to look Into local condition!). Prof. O'Oara'H lottor vrlttan from ' Mudford, wiih In part an followH, and Itieldoutnlly uIiowh how through tho nomhlnod work of tho urchardmen of tho HtiKiio rlvor valley and tho Htato agricultural hoard tho dlHautor which ovorraiuo tho pear KroworH of Cali fornia Iuih hoon avoided hy thoso or Oroiron. Prof, O'Oara cayH: "Hoplylni; to your lottor of Docom hor y-lth, rolatlvo to tho poaHlhlllty (f ki'owIiik poara In tho Kiohdo hoc tlon, wIhIi to nay that poarn may ho grown thoro iih thoy havo heon grown In tho paHt, providing tho minio ilinnuut of caro In tho liiHpuutlon of tho oicharthi itml tho eradication of I Ii'lrnl! Thu frilnt tnrnliln nrntinrfv AmalK.uuattl troppor company will , onc,, C0HUy nm, Qf lh(J m roHiiino oporatloim. . nRiteHiiod hv tho county aKflCHHor In making their promho to movo Lri ontialUod hy tho county board of tho oro tralin, tho railroad official oqimllzatlon and cortlflcd by tho va- ieciare.1 mat ttiey would so ponton- rUH county clorkn to tho Bocrotury ally Into tho yardM and do neceniiary of tho Htnto hoard of tax commlBHlon- HWltchliiK If It wan found Imponulhlo orM Uh of tho dato of tho last county to find a Hufticlunt uuinhor of regular aimoBHinent. i . .... . i nwncunioti to do tlio woric. Hocond: Tho total taxahlo tirooor. Many loctM Hmoltom v.oro forcoil to hy utlch county nH laHtuHccHBod and olOHo during tho recent HWltchmon'H equalized na r.dJiiBtcd and oquallrcd KiriKo. uuriy.fivo hundrnd mon woro by tho board of ntato tax communion thrown out of work In thlu city. oru. Third: Proponltbn, In porccntago AERONAUT INJURED which tho oquallrod valuo of taxable IN AUTO ACCIDENT Property with each county bears t tlio total amount of taxablo proportj OAKLAND, f'al.. Jim. G.-.V. 1 ln n" ot u' counties or tho stato, as Uutn: hueiilor ..f .... nmi.lni,n 80 ilutormlnod and equalized, which rni ' - w, . , . . . which ho hail entered in tho Iob nrP"ion is niHo u.o proportion or AliL'eleM nviathm meet. Sx ni Inn 1,10 8,nl taxes l,0 PIld by tho BOV- homo at Fruitvalo, KiifferinK froin M""ai counnos or tno stato. in nri.. MiiHtnimwl whim hiu n.iti.inn. ""K ruc;rj. Into wan hit hy a Btrcot car on tho ,n mnny Bwooping cnangc uiu wiuuiuu iiuiu inu vniuniions as equalized by tho county boards of equalization. Dakor county Is In creased something ovor SO, 000,000; Clatsop county Is almost doubled; nonton county la Increased noarly 3, 000,000; Columbia county Is reduced tho blight Is oxorclBod ns In now tho about 14,000,000; Douglcs county Is rao In tho Hoguo rlvor valloy. I reduced nearly $2,000,000; Jackson rmomhor very well tho orchnrds of county's asnsssmcnt Is cut slightly tho Han Joaquin valloy boforo tholr lew than $3,000,000; nearly $C,000, dOHtructlon. TIioho bunutlful or-1 000 Is added to tho valuation of Tano chardH nggrogatlug fully half a mil- county; tho valuation of Marlon conn- lion troos, wero doBtroyod between ty, whoro proporty woo nssorood at thu years 1801) nud 1904. During nil as noar cash valuo as any county la this time scarcely a thing wnB dono tho ntnto, Is cut somothlng ovor $1, to prevent tho sprend of tho disease. 000,000; Multnomah county's valua- Hoforo tho blight reached California tlon Is rcluccd about $4,000,000, Til-1 tho peoplo woro warned Ly tho Un- lamook county Is roducod $1,000,000 Itcd RtateH department of ngrlculturo and Umatilla county $8,000,000. that thoy should ho on tho lookout Wasco is Increased $3,000,000 nnd for It, but tho warning wno not hood- tho snmo Is true of Washington conn ed, with tho results which needed t'. Whcolor'B valuation Is reduced PLUMBING Steasa aaci Hot Water Heating. All work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. I. 7. MO ORE AND E. E. SMITH OW Tribmw Building. Phoxe 3831. ILM 1 F. H. CUMMINGS T, W. 08I00D OSGOOD & CUMMINGS Civil Engineers THE BEST EQTJIPPED -ENGINEERING- OFFICE IN SOUTHERN OREGON. Survoys, Maps, Plaas, Specifications, Reports. Estiraatos, Etc., Water Pow ers and Water Works, Paring and Road Making, Soworagc, Railroads, Ir rigation and Drainage. OFFICE: MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK BLD&. outHkirtk of tlii city. Hupg croHHcd tho path of a Hired car which wan traveling nt n high rnto of npocd. Tho machine was Hi ruck hroailnido nntl hurled into HjiliutcrH to tho niilo of tho track, not ho mentioned. "Ah to tho mothodn employed In mo orauicaiion or control of pear blight In tho Hoguo river calloy, I may say that tho good reaultH arc $1,000,000 nnd Ynmhlll Is Increased hy $2,000,000. Htato NctHls $t,52H,IOO. While tho statement fllod by tho stnto board doos not lncludo tho duo, first, to a very efficient stnto nmount of stato tax to bo paid by honrd of horticulture, which compels each county, tho figures In tho last careful and comploto eradication, which means an absoluto uimpllnnco with tho stnto horticultural laws, When an Inspector ordura a thlni; dono In tho Itogtto rlvor valley his ordom aro not questioned. ln tho second plnco, tho fruit grow ors of tlilH valloy aro, as n wholo, a vory Intelligent lot of mon, nnd tho mothodH laid down by our offlco, for tho eradication of tho ponr blight, havo boon rigidly adhered to. Pear blight cannot b0 treated by a spray or nny other method than by eradicating tho hold-ovor I light from tho orchnrdu ot an ontlro section. If every orchard 1st docH not do careful work, tho work of holding tho dts- easo In check In othor orchards, Ib very difficult. Any spraying dono ln tho pear orchnrdu Ih for tho scab, scalo or codling moth nnd not for light. Any treatment, sveh na bor ing hoJos nnd filling thorn with cor- aln cliomlcals, treating tho soil with polaonouH HalH, etc., Is n waHto of time. "Whllo tho cllinntlo conditions ln tho'ltoguo river valley may ho sllght- y moro favorahlo so far na pear light Ih concerned, I hollovo that California could do tho samo good work of holding poar blight In chock, r possibly eradicating It If tho poo- plo had tho deslro to do so, nnd If ho stato .horticultural hoard would onforco tho horticultural Inws ns they aro onforcod In Oregon. It may not ho tho fault of tho California tato hoard ot horticulture, but rath er tint of tho peoplo thomsolvca who liavo mndo no domnnd upon tho Btnto honrd, which would willingly com ply with any roauonablo roquost. Un- loss public Bontlmont stands un for cortaln thing It Ih almost a wnsto of tlmo for nnyono to attompt to do anything; ovon an officer of tho law finds hlnuiolt vory much handlcap- pod," In udltlon to tho rolling ot this loiter Mr. Ilahor stated Hint h0 had Inqulrod of a frlond aciiunlntod vlth tho conditions In tho poar orohnrnV bout Sacramento, and had found hat last year thoso orchards nald 100 to $r00 por aero, Tho pear crop of this stnto, onco largo, la now small, on'nccount of tho groat number of orchards doa- royod and put out of boarlng hy tho blight. column of tho tnblo gtvon aro acml official and approximately corect. Th0 nmount of monoy to bo rnlsod for stato purposes Is $1,528,400.79, and on tho valuation ot $094,727,031.90, thoro will bo roqulrod a lovy of two nnd two-tenths mills, which la slight ly less than tho original estimate of tho lovy. Counties. Stnto Board's valuation. linker $ 10,284,420.00 Denton 10,150, 930.00 Clncknmna 22,043,720,00 Clatsoi 15, 089, 400. Ou Columbia 11,SCG,950.00 Coos lG,214,Br.0.00 Crook 7.933.800.00 Curry 3,112,390.00 Doucloa ... 25,003,200.00 Olllmnn 7,857,380.00 Ornnt C.071.160.00 Harnoy C.5C5.180.00 Hood Ulvor 7,440,540.00 Jackson 23,891,700.00 Josophlno 8,677,150.00 Klamath 10,309,700.00 l.ako l.ano . . Lincoln 0,099,710.00 28,205,900.00 5,592,500.00 Mnn 25,315,880.00 Mnlhour 0,013,810.00 Mm Ion 32,443,800.00 Morrow 9,100,940.00 Multnomah 247,207,520.00 Polk 13,270,200.00 Shorman 7. 030, GG0. 00 I rillnmook ., 10,090,600,00 Umatilla 33,965,255.50 Union .7.947,690.00 Wallowa 7,947,090.00 Wnsco 11,310,1S0.00 Washington 17,145,890.00 Whoolor 3 313.850.00 Ynmhlll 10,305,276.40 Total $094,727,031.90 Hookworm Appears In Fresno. SAN PRANCISCO, Jan. fi. Ac cording to tlio dingnoHis of Dr. llor- bort Qunn, of this oity, mndo publio today, tho hookworm disonso has mndo its nppoarnnco in San Fran cisco, Dr. Qunn, who was cnllod upon to dingnoso n disoaso which nttnokod Mrs. Mnrmn Jiminoz. nn ngod Span ish woman of this city, doctored that tlio patient was sufforinp; from nn nttaok of tho post, probably con tracted during ft visit to Honolulu. I RESOLVED I III II I The best resolution for yon to mnko is to come to ns for your next suit, if yoa want Romcthisg ont of tiro ordioary. We do the best work and charge the lowest prices. W. W. EIFERT THE PKOORUSSIVE TAUiOK DRIVERS that know the country RIGS that cover the cotmtiry QUICKIiV AND WITH COMllfT TO YOU Alt 12 AIAVU'S T6 llll FOUND Al 1'HH I'AItLOW & DOWNING, PltOPIUKTORa. ,Mmvr, 0. WEST SIDE STABLES The Helping Hand ,1 An Eiectrlo-llghtGd Window i lo, a lialnlnrr Unnrt 'in' IniAnoAf ' I Dusiness. it oxienas lor you in glad hand of businoss followsr)Ip to ovory possible customer. 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