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MIDDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORISCION, SUNDAY, .TUNE 19, 3910.
G. L. DAVIS, President
L. E. NEIDEMEYER, Vice Pres.
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L. E. WAKEMAN, Cashier
L. L. JACOBS, Asst. Cashier
Farmers "Fruitgrowers Bank
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Capital Stock $50,000.00
onths in Business
RESOURCES
Over Quarter Million Dollars
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WESTERN
OREGON
Comprehensive Bulletin Issued by
Department Upon Experiments
With Water In Sections of This
State.
economic problems confronting Wes
tern On'Ron."
LOS ANGELES MAYOR TO
KEEP PEACE ON STREETS
Tho department of agriculture htm
issued n comprehensive suidy upon
irrigation oxporimontH mill investign
tioiiH in Western Oregon, by A. P.
Stover, who was in charge of tlio
work.
In tlio introduction to tlio report
Mr. Stover miyii Mint climnlic comli-j
tioiiH in Mint region for tho Kroator
prt of tliu your uro typically hu
mid, but Mutt from Juno to Septum
bor Micro is pruoticnlly no rainfall.
ThiH condition is nlinoHt idcul for
tho production of grain, but coutiu
ued cropping hau reduced tlio yield
from CO mid t)0 bushulH of wheat per
aero to 10 or 12 IiuuIioIh, which in
not profitable. Ah a consequence,
diversified farming !h boeoming pop
ular and for thin much moisture in
noecssury during tho Hummer. In
vestigations woro begun by tho do
partmeut of agriculture in 1007 for
tho purpose of finding a solution of
tliis problom, and woro continued
through 1008 and 1000.
It wfiH found that all of tho noil
in tho region under discussion wan
fertile and Micro was oul uecdod a
proper application of water. Condi
tions wore said to bo Himilar to
thoso in tho l'o valley, in Italy,
where irrigation him boon resorted
to for conturioH to bring about tho
fulloHt agricMltural production.
An interesting account is given ot
oxporimontH tried with irrigation in
the Willamette vnlloy. In ouo case
0(1 17 pounds of groan fodder por noro
weiu Hccurcd without irrigation, and
0(100 pounds, an iorreaso of 71 por
cent, woro obtained with two irriga
tions. J'otutces, uuirrigatod, yielded
12001 pounds por noro; with one ir
rigation, 0700 pounds, and with two
irrigations, 7000 pounds, mi inoroaso
in tho latter of 180 por cent. Tho
unirrigatcd potutoos yielded 8I).'J por
cent of marketable tubers. Tho po
tatoes which woro inigated yioldod
IKI.'J per cent of nmrkotnblo tubors.
Hoots yioldod 27-10 pounds por aoio
without iirigatiou, and MM) pounds
with ouo irrigation. Tho yiold of
clovor inoroasod 27.1 por cent with
irrigation.
Tho report says:
"As tho result of a widespread
campaign of education and driver
tisomont, Western Oregon iH cxpeii
oucing today ouo of tho gicatost oim
of growth and dovelopmout it has
over known. From all ovor tho Union
men are coming to this legion to lo
cate their capital. Along commorcial
and industrial linos tho dovolopmont
is very grout, indeed. Along agii- !
cultural linos thoro is much invest
ment and speculation, hut on tho
whole, littlo leal dovolopmont is tak
ing plnco outsido a few of a vory few
especially favorod localities. This
backwardness in tho actual dovolop
mont of tho agricultural industry
constitutes ouo of tho most serious
LOS ANOKLKS, Cal Juno 18.
Foundry and brewery owners and
inauagerH today profess to see n par
tial victory in tho deoibion of Mayor
Alexander that order and peace
must be maintained by persons ad
dressing crowds on tho public
streets. "Tho mayor merely is tak
ing precautionary measures," snid a
strike leader today. "He need not
fear there wjll be disorder and our
pickets will keep well within tho limit
of tho Jaw in everything they do."
It was stated that strike meetings
would continuo nnd Mint a call would
be issued today to all nonunion em
ployes of foundries and browcrios to
attend a inns meeting at tho Labor
Temple tonight, at which the cam
paign for the third week of tho strike
ill be outlined nnd explained.
Three Kill Selves.
SAN FKANVISCO. Cal., Juno IS.
-While Marv and Thomas West
woro dying in their apartments at
100 Albion nvenuo heic today, a
neighbor, identified ns Oeorgb W.
Kennedy, of 170 Albion uonuc, shot
nnd killed himself in n downtown
lodging house. The police are inves
tigating tho coincidence
Tho Wests were taken to n hospi
tal, where it was said tltc woman
would probably dio. It is beliov
thoy boenmo despondent because
poverty nnd ngrocd to dio togcthoi
Doth had Mvnllowcd morphine.
Raclnn Men to Confer.
LOS ANGKLKS, Cal., Juno 18.
A conference of racing men will bo
held hero Into this month to deter
mine whether or not Santa Anita will
bo tho scone of a race meet this fall.
It wns roportcd today that a (10
days' moot, to begin in Novombcr,
has practically boon decided" upon.
This will be sottlod definitely upon
tho arrival of cortaiti racing men,
who will como from New York for
tho conference.
MINISTERS FIGHT
DUEL WITH KNIVES
church, whoro 'ho participants wero'
nEsoclnto piirtors. j
It Ib bolloved troublo over church'
affairs caused tho fight.
i Ilov. Vnnovor was stabbed In tho
i loft car nnd tho wound resulted In
! Instant death.
Encounter Takes Place in Pulpit of
Church Where They Were Asso
ciate Pastors One Is Dead, Other
Under Arrest.
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RETIRED ENGLISH CAPTAIN
IS BURNED TO DEATH
SAN RAFAEL. Cal., Juno 18. F
A. Blake, a retired captain in the
British army and brother of the
British consul at llorgkong. was
ImrtiAil 4n ftn.ifli fnilnv in n firo tint.
ItOCIC CItKBIv, Ky.. Juno 18. - , .. J ' , ,
'destroyed his home at San Aaselmo.
Uv. Itobert Vanovor Is dead nnd( 1Jluko unvc tho alarm oi Cro nnil
Rev. Isaac la under arrest today fol-jthen re-entered" his blazing home.
lowing a duel fou3ht with knives !atolT,,nt was th ?st s,een f him "Hvc'
, , , ., ,. , , . , . . I Ho wns suffering from heart trou
last night. Tho duel toel: place In md u .g bcUovc1 (Uat h(j fnintc(1
tho pulpit of tho Rock Creole DnptlatJ , fcu jnto (i10 flnmcs.
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HUSBANDUSPECTED
Mrs. Jerome Hite, Aged 22, Lies in
Hospital With Three Bullets in Her
Neck Man Who Fired Shots Escapes.
LOS. ANOBLES, Cal., June IS.
Mrs. Jerome IIIlc, 22 yea:s of age,
lies In the receiving husp'tal today
with three bullets In her neck. They
were fired, according to the police.
by her husband -whom thoy say was
jealous of attentions paid her by oth
er men.
The shooting occurred at 2 o'clock
this morning at the Loralae hotel.
The man who fired tho shots escaped.
At the hospital It was announced that
the voman had little chance to recover.
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
ARE SHIPPED BY ESTRADA
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BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua,
18. A score of American "
of fortune," includi"'
don and his "
from N?
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desirable characters" from Nica
ragua. Estrada's men admitted that the
Americans had rendored excellent
fighting sen-ice to tho revolutionists,
but they expressed tho fear that lh
Americans would sell out to Mad'
Only Americans favoring r
will ho allowed to rcmo'-
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satisfactory because it doesn't crack or pool off'i .
burning tho articlo cooked.
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