MTOFOKP MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TJ I (JRSDAY, JULY 34, 10J0.
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THE PASSING OF THE PELICAN
Win. H. Flnloy In Collier's Weekly,
RAILROAD CHIEFS NOW
Aliovu mi on ovory nlilo lit iilrotchoil
n mm of tuluii, Kor four wookn wo
liml boon exploring a nitiall portion
of tlio ICIaiiiiitli country (lint I Ion In
Houtliuru Oici'.on itml Northern Cali
fornia. Kor diiyii wo liml followed
tlio wlilnnliu: channels tliut flow bo
Iwoou tlioiiNiimlH of tulo Inlamla, find
ut liiHt wo worn ciiiiiioi on tlio oo"ko
of tlio iiroat Vonlco of bird liilandii.
Tlio next about noon I wan lylni;
In ciiuip watcliliu; a pair of nvocotn
Unit woro wadlni; alone iiwIiik their
loiiK IiIIIh from nldo to nldo In tlio
mud mi n reaper iiwIiikh IiIh scytho.
Huddouly I board n distant ronr
t nit Hound tliut wnii comliiK iiouror,
lllco tlio approach of a thuiitlurntortu.
I Jumped up oxpurtlnc to soo a blade
cloud nrlnlui; from tlio noutli. An
other peal of tliuudor followed rapid
ly, and anotbur. And, iih I looked, I
Haw a IiIk wblto pnllcan toboKnnliiK
out of tlio heavons lllco a motor.
l'iivliiK a tall of tliuudor nt Hh tall.
'Tlio Colony ti Wonderful Hl(lit
In tlio dnyn tbnt followed I often
watched tlio proinonndo of tlio wblto
pelicans, After tlio nlulit shift ro
turned from tlio feeding i: round, and
tlio young blrdH hud liroalifnnt,
tliolr parontn Hat around for two or
troo bourn hiiiiiiIiik tlitmiHolvoH.
'lion tboy lu'cnn ralttlni; from tlio
colony, swinging nrniind In bli; cir
cles, lilKbor nnd higher until In halt
an hour tlio wbolo baud looked llko
n flurry of nnowflakoti In tlio clear
bluo nky. Tlio 0)0 noon lont night of
tlio blrdH oiillroly, oxcopt an tlio nun
wan reflected In faint flashes from
tlio nuowy breasts. After two or
tlirco hoiirH tlio prouiunndo wiih ond
od by tlio blrdH desponding with rl
Kid bnlf-cloued wings,
Tlio tiitimli with nil the mynterlon
linn no other night to compnro with
tlio white pelican. It In alinoiit twice
nH lnri;o as the brown pelican. With
Itji eight or nine foot of wings nud n
wolght of 15 to 20 poundH, It rlmn
with difficulty from tlio mirfnco of
tlio water, Kicking with Hh foot to got
a Htart and leaving n tall of llttlo
nplnHluii In tlio wake. When once
aloft, It floatu with Utile effort.
The experience of the pant docudo
rIiowh tbnt the white pelican la
doomed to go nH tlio buffalo hnH gono
and mi the nntelopo Ib going, JSvon
If It In protected, tlio reclaiming of
Home of our lakes, hiicIi iih Mnlliour
lake In Southern Oregon, tlio Lower
Klnmath, lylni; on the border botweon
Oregon nud Collfornln, and Pyramid
Inko J n Nevada, may In tlmo destroy
nonio of tlio Inrgost colonloH that ox
lut. The pelican ban a largo nklnny bag
that b rings from the lowor part of
bin bill. TIiIh when distended, holdH
several (liinrtii of water. When not
In iiho tli Its Hack Id contracted ho It
occupies very llttlo npneo. Tlio white
pelican uses HiIh oh n dip net swim
mltiK along and Hcooplm; up tlio
young fry, It wan formerly thought
that tli In pouch nerved to convoy llvo
fish swimming In water to tlio llttlo
pelicans nt homo, but, na Audubon
romnrkod long ago, It Ih doubtful
whether the pelican could fly nt all
with bin bunion no out of trim.
Ono might think that tlio pollcan
wnH too heavy and cluiiiHy to inalco n
good flHlier, but the brown pelican la
iih expert an the klnixflnhor at divine.
A. Kroin a height of .10 to 40 foot, ho
mtiin iiiiu ii nciiuui ui yiiiui); iihii uiki
rlhw to the uurfaco with his pouch
filled, with flflh and water. Ah tlio
diver HtrotchoH hlu uoclc and drnwH
bill straight up, tlio wator ruiiH out
and tlio whole catch Ih uwallowod at
with ono gulp.
ThroiiKh tlio woatorn pnrt of tlio
United Btnteu tlio pollcan hoiidoii be
glna In April nttor tlio enow and lco
liavo moltod, and laata until August
or Soptombor, when tho young nro
old enough to enro for thoniBoIvoH,
SomotlmcH one will find ogga Just
hatching from May up till July, The
pollcan gonornlly lay two or throo
oggfl, and Incubato about four wooka
boforo hatching.
Not lliiiulsoino.
The flrut time I over Haw u motoly
crowd of half grown pollcanti, I
thought iiiituro bad Hiirly done her
boot to make ooinothlng ugly and rl
iIIoiiIoiir, It wan a warm day and tlio
blrdH ntood around with tliolr moutlia
open, panting like a lot of dogs after
a chaso, tliolr 'pauolioa ithaklng nt ov
ory breath. When I wont nonr tho
youngsters wont tottering off on tliolr
big wobbcil feet with wlngit dragging
on tli Ih Hide and that, iih If they woro
poorly hamjlud crutchoH. Tho young
stora huddled together lu Hinall place,
TIioho on tho outHlilo cltmbod nud
pimliod to cut to the contor till It
lookod woruo that any football scrlm-
iuaf(o I ovor saw,
In thin wldo uroa of low Islands
and wator It wno nocosHury, slnco wo
wantod to Btudy tho pollcan at closo
ran go to adopt Home mothod of hid
ing. Wo took a largo wagon um
brella covorod with a pioco of greon
canvoa that hung down around tho
and covered the top with weedu and
reedii, Tho whole thing hooii panned
an part of""tho onvlornment, whllo
from tho lunldo tho camera man could
point hlu camera out through a Hilt In
tho cauviiH, take pictured and mnko
obHorvatlomi at will.
Olio might wonder how hiicIi a huge
billed bird an a pollcan could food
a helpleriii chick Just out of tlio egg.
Tho old blrdrogurgltntod n flnhy ho up
Into the forth end of Hit pouch, and
tho baby pelican pitched right In rind
helped himself out of tho family iIIhIi,
Ah tho young blrda grow older nnd
larger, at each meal ho kept reaching
further Into the pouch, until finally
when ho wan half-grown It wna a
moHt remarkable night. Tho mother
opened her mouth, nnd tho whole
head nud neck of the ncHtllug din
appenred down her capacloun maw
whllo ho hunted for hlu diner In tho
Internal reglonn.
Gradually DlNiipiKvirlng.
The American white pollcan was
formerly found In tho east an well
ar tho went, but tho ran go of tho
bird linn contracted until It in raroly
neon on tho Atlantic count. Tho bird
formerly nested In Mlnnenotn, but
the mont ennteru noHtlng Blto today
within tho United HtntoH la In the
Yellowntono Park. A bird ao con
nplciioua In nlzo nnd color and ono
that nontn on the ground, can nover
rear Its young froo from tho dln
lurbanceii of prcdacootiB nnlmaln and
men unlcan It can find a rotnoto In
land, where a largo number of them
can nest together. An those plncca bo-
como fewer nnd fewer, tho wblto pol
lcan will be forced nearer and nearor
tho point of disappearance
BOY JEKYLL-HYDE NEAR
DEATH IN HOSPITAL
ItlCIIMONI). July 1-1. Lyiiic at
tho point of donth in St. Luke's hos
pital lioro, Kly ltunyon, 11) yenrs old,
hoii of .Mrs. Dr. Kmily K. C. ltunyon,
a prominent physician, furnishes a
puzzle to psychologists and physi
cians. The "Moy Kafflos," as ho is known
to tho police, received a blow on the
head when ho dived into a hIiuIIow
ihioI on tho Fourth of July ut the
Young Kopublic, wlioro ho wiih sont
nfler ho luul robbed the homo of K.
A. Mosloy. Tho youth wns thought
by oxporlH lo liuvo u dual personality
mid to commit liurglnry wliilo under
the spell of nn obsession. Wlien h
emorged from tliom ho always ex
proHHod bin (lisgiiHt nt tlio orimcH he
luul committed. ltunyon hns figured
in biirglnrioH in Snvnnnnli, Qa., ltieh
iiiond and other cities.
It !h tho hopo of physicinns tliut
tho blow received will counteract the
NtrmiKO criminul oliHCHniou.
Lot a want ml do a wnnt ad's pint
in every taHk or oucHt you nndor
inke, nnd you'll got into (ho hnliit of
Hiieconsl
NKW YOHIC, July 3 1. -Jdiilrond
presidents are begiiiuiiig to take it
more cheerful view of tlio crop situ
ation. This change comcu by a
Htraugo coincidence nt u time when
Wall Hi reel hears that the "big inter
ests" have been buying HtockH. For
two months the financiers who con
trol the great railroad systems of the
country have been bearish on the
stock market. All tho crop news has
been extremely discouraging during
this period. The railroads of the
west are tho biggest collectors of
crop news in tho country. Every
railroad has a crop bureau. It was
impossible to get any hopeful news
out of thono crop exports up to thrco
or four days ngo. Now thoy are all
beginning to hco the bright side of
things. President W. C. Drown enmo
buck to town on Wednesday. He
found conditions along tlio Dig Four
to bo particularly roseate. Mr.
Drown was ono of the gloomiest of
the gloomy railroad officials' two
weeks ago.
The Chicago, Milwnukco & St.
Paul crop collecting bureau has liaen
very downcast over the outlook for
the crops throughout tho northwest.
After tho directors of tho Chicngo,
Milwnukco & St. Paul declared tho
regiilur dividend on tho stock yester
day the nows ticker sent out tho fol fel fol
eowing: "An official of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul declared that he
considered tho crop outlook in the
northwest somewhat brighter than
during tho Inst week or ten days."
D. L. Winchell, president of tho St.
Ivouis & San Francisco Railroad
companvt who loft for tho southwest,
said beforo his departure:
"I mn very well satisfied with crop
conditions in tho southwest."
"BACK TO THE FARM"
BEG0MIN6 A REALITY
WASHINGTON, I). C. July 11.
Terence V. Powderly, chief of tho
division of information of tho de
partment of, commcrco and labor,
says: "Thoro is now a let-up in tho
demand for men for work on tho
rnilronds, on construction nnd tho
liko, hut tho demand for fnnn labor
is on the increase
"When wo began this bureau two
and ono-hnlf years ijgo," snid Mr
Powdorly, "wo hoard a great deal of
tho cry, 'Dack to tho fnnn!' Hut most
of tho men who wcro talking nbout
going buck to tho fnnn did not go.
They hnd novor been on tho farm, in
the first plnco.
"Today a chutigo has taken place.
I returned last night from Now York.
Mr. Green, who is in clinrgo of the
station there, says tho interest of
nlienw nnd of immigrniiN nlrendv in'
this country in fnnn work is increnM
ing. Men on construction work and
otiier woik in tho city nro rcgiMoiing
j . i i it
in tun nope ot neiug sciu to un
fa mis.
"Immigration is brought about
largely by the fact that people here
write homo to their friends and ad
vise them to come. In tho past leltcr
sont to Kuropo hnvo been from won
working in tho mines or from men in
tho cities. Hut the division of infor
mation has been sending nlictis to the
farms in largo numbers in tho Inst
two yonrs and a half.
Not less than 8000 porfions have
been sent lo permanent positiosn on
farms. Of thnsn onlv 20 bavo fiiilnd
to Btay. Those who have gone to the 1 1
fnnns have been writing to their i
friends abroad or lo Ihcir friends
employed in tho cities, and the result
is a gradually growing tendency to
go to tho lnnd. Tho demand for farm
work comes from nil ovor the country.
DOCK HVltlSr.fi COAL.
Tho flrnt rar Hold llko hot cakca
nnd right from tho car, and by ao
buying tho purnliunorfl nave monoy.
Tho second car arrived this morning
nnd unloading cornmencoa tomorrow.
People arc buying lco now Inatcad of
coal, but remember wyoti will wnnt
Home of this coal this winter, and
now Ih tho tlmo to got It. It will bo
higher In prlco and harder to got next
month. See Hiirbrldgo, tho drayman,
now, and placo your order. 103
STOLE $3.40 AND NOW
RETURNS $300 IN ITS PLACE
CINCINNATI. O., July 34. Miss
Ircno Tcdcschc. sister of Mrs. F. II.
Philips, today has a loiter whose
writer sho would liko to know.
Tho communication enmo from
Louisville and was written by a girl
who snid sho was Miss Tedcschc'n
classmate two years ago at the
University of Chicago. Sho said
sho had taken .$3.40 from Miss Tcd
escho's pockctbook during her uni
versity enreer. So much hns her
conscience troubled her Binco thnt
sho inclosed .$300 to make restitution.
If it's a job for a want nd don't
lcavo it to n placard 1
FOOD FERMENTING
CAUSES INDIGESTION
Robert F Maguire
Late special agent TJ. S.
General Land Office,
announces that he has
opened law offices in
the Medford National
t Bank Building, for gen
eral practice before
state and federal courts
and the Department of
the Interior.
3 Days of Fun
at the'New
NATATORIUM PARK
Medford, Ore., July 14, 15, 16
I Attractions furnished by THE FRANK MILLER AMUSEMENT CO.
OF PORTLAND. FOUR BIG FREE ACTS. Balloon Ascension and
Parashuto Leap at 10:30 a. m. dally. Slide for Life at 2:30 p. m.
Maximo, the Wonderful Educated Canine, dives from a laddor 70
feet high every afternoon and evening. The Peerless Lashell, in
aerial and acrobatic feats in mid-air twico daily, aftcmoon and ovo-ning.
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Notice.
All persons knowing them
selves to bo indebted to VAN
DYKE'S will plcnsc call and
settle, as books must be bal
anced at onco on account of
store having been sold to F.
W. Gray.
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"I got a box of Mi-o-na tablets for
a distress In my stomach, and tho
first doso rolloved mo, nnd nftcr I
took tho fourth I havo not felt any
moro of It. I think It Is a -wonderful
modlclno." Hiram Shultz, Watseka,
111., July 27, '09.
If your stomach Is out of ordor or
distressed, no matter from what
causo, Ml-o-na stomach tablets will
glvo Instant relief, and if Liken regu
larly, will euro Indigestion, acuto or
chronic, or monoy back.
Evory sufferer from stomach trou
ble gas, belchlrg, sour stomach, ner
vousness, dlrzlncss and biliousness,
should get a fifty cent box of MI-o-na
stomach tablets today and start a
trcatmont.
In thrco days' tlmo tho stomach
and bowols wli bo thoroughly purl
fled, cleaned and renovated, tho sour
ness will go, and pure, sweot breath
will tako tho placo of foul breath.
Contlnuo tho treatment for two
weeks and tho stomach will becomo '
so strong that It will bo ablo to dlgoat '
tho heartiest meal without distress. I
A fow Ml-o-aa tablets will do this, j
Sold by druggists evorywlioro and by i
Chos. Strang. !
Booth's Pills best for constipation,
2Gc.
BUICK
Model No.
19
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The latest size of Buick and the most
popular car in the world, now on hand.
It has been impossible heretofore to
secure these cars on the Pacific Coast,
owing to great demand east. The largest
automobile factories in the world have been
unable to fill the orders for them.
tvt 19i I? beween the White Streak
(No. 10) and Nos. 16 and 17. It is the car
designed for family use,
Buicks are all satisfactory cars, but
No. 19 has proven the most satisfactory of
all. See them.
Medford Buick Co.
TOU VELLE, Manager.
Garage, - - Riverside, near Main.
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A SNAP
FOR SALE Til' OWNER.
80 acres Improved land; gov
eral good springs; 1 ouso, barn,
etc.; C acres In bearing fruit;
5 acres good corn; C tons hay;
If sold at onco, 310 PER ACRE
TAKES IT.
Good Terms
Inquire 720 West 12th.
GOLD RAY GRANITE CO.
Office: 209 West Main St., Medford, Ore.
Operating Quarry at Gold RayOregon
DEALERS IN
BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND
IRUJSHED GRANITE
Single rooms or en suite
also rooms with bath
Che finest
Sample Rooms
in the city.
Hotel Moore
Fire Proof
Rau-Mohr Company
Proprietors.
European Plan
Big machinery is now excavating the ground,
northwest corner Main and Ivy streets, for the new
HOTEL MEDFORD
"Watch the dirt fly and hurrah for Medford.
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A COOL CUSTOMER
will buy more goods than a warm one will in hot weather.
A cool customer will buy with less palaver.
He or she will be better natured, less cranky and
easier to sell to; and you know it.
Moreover, you yourself, and your employes, will be
in a better selling mood if your store is cool and pleasant
than if it is sticky and suffocating and savors of a boiler
room in its stiflingness.
The Electric Fan is a blessing and a cheer which jrou
can ill afford to ignore.
Life in the dog days is a question of degrees.
Make your place of business habitable and inviting to
the people, and the trend of trade will be in your direction.
It stands to reason it's logical it's apparent.
Why not invest a little money in trade-winning cool
ness? Electric Fans will create a tempting and delightful
breeze, and in every breeze there'll be dollars for you.
May our representative call aud take it up with you?
Don't wait until it's 90 in tho shade. Phone us today.
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P. S. How about that Electric Sign you've been think
ing about?
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