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FARMS DOUBLE
VALUE DECADE
Number Increases It Per Cent-
Wonderful Progress Shown by
Census Report Just Issued by the
United States Government.
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WASHINGTON. July 22. Of
mnrkcil inlcrcHt brciuiso of many
stuloinenls tluriiij tlio CntiniUnu m
ilrucity delmtu wns Hie census bu
rcnu's lUinounoonicnt today of the
latest general farm statistics of the
United .States, allowing tlmt laud in
farms more than doubled in value
during tho last 10 years, having in
creased $15,2.r2,7S8,0U0, or 118 jut
cent. In 1000 thev were valued at
$i:),U51l0.'i:il00U, ami returns of the
lUth census show they are now
worth $28,381)821,000.
The number of fnmis in 11)10 was
0,340,120, as compared itttf,7U7,3f 2
in 1000, nn increase of 11 per cent.
The land increased in 1900 from .flKi,
002,000 aeros to $7:1,703,000 in 1010
or 5 per cent, but a larger increase,
li) per "cent, is noted in improved
acreage, which in 1900 wns 414,490.
000 acres, and in 1010, 477,424,000
acres.
More conspicuous than the increase
in tho number and acreage of farms
has been the increase in the values
of farm property. Tho land in fnrms'
rose in value from $13,051,033,000 ini
1900 to $28,383,821,000 in 1910, an,
increase ot lio per cent, ana during
the same period the
per acre of all laud in farms ro-e
from $15.00 to $32.50, or IDS ior
cent
Farm buildings," which in 1900 were
valued at $3,550,014,000, "were re
ported in 1910 as worth $0,294,025,
000, nn increase of 77 per cent. Farm
implements nnd machinery, reported!
in 1910 as worth $1,201,817,000, and
10 years previously as worth $749,-
778,000, show an increase of OS per
cent.
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Alarming reports are in circulation in London icgarding the health of
.Tames 1. Keeue, the well known No w York financier. Mr. Keone is now
seventy-three years old. His ills, it is .said, are incident to advanced age
and nerve racking career he ha had as a financier and speculator, with
millions at stake at a time.
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INVADE PORTUGAL
Anarchy In Torreon.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. July 22.
Foreigners arriving here today in
large numbers from Mexico rejxirt
thnt a state of anarchy exists in Tor
reon nnd the state of Coahuila. They
say that the situation is critical, and
that thoy will not retnni utnil some
foreign power intervenes.
Troops of Provisional Government
Rushed to Northern Frontier Where
Force of Monarchists Are Concen
trating, Preparing for Attack.
LISBON, Portugal, July 22, (Via
Badajose). Troops of the provision
government were rushed to the north
ern frontier today, where a force of
DR. CHISHOLM IS
SENT 0PJ1 LIFE
Judge Pronounces Crime Most Atro
cious Ever Committed In Conntry
Prisoner Will Be Taken to Fol
som at Once.
SANTA ROSA, Cal.. July 22. Lire
Imprisonment for Dr. L. C. Chrlsholm
for ithe murder of John D. Powell,
was the sentence pronounced here to-
Portuguese monarchists under Cap-j day by Judge Seawell. When Chla
tain Couciere is reported to be about! holm, with close cropped hair and
to invade the country. The royalists, I shaved face, appeared In court, re
it Sit rannrti.il. nrn rwiiiiniiml wifli fuacil to Biipak when naked liv the
modern arm. court If he had anything to say why
FOREIGN FRUIT FLY
CAUSE fl ALARM
,
California Fears It Will Come
Through North Coast Ports From
Hawaii nnd Authorities Confer
With Neighboring States.
SAritAMKNTO, fnl.. July 22.- So
as to seal the, entire Pacific Coast
against possible- introduction of tho
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waimii islands, Horticultural Cmn- Q
uiissiouer Jeffrey has taken the mat
ter up with the authorities of Oicuou,
Washington and Brinish Columbia,
Small essels and one large steamer
ply between Honolulu and thu ports
of the north, and the California hor
ticulturist desires cery possiblo pre
caution to be taken so as to keep the
fly from getting into California.
While the states of Oregon and
Washington nnd the province of Brit
ish Columbia have not taken ?o mucn
interest in the exclusion of tlii !'!
which preys upon fruit and trees, as
it is not much of a mcnaOo so fa
north, it is thought that action look
ing to investigation and inspection of
fruit shipments, if ant a strict nuar
autiue against fruit, will be inaugu
rated. Ships from Honolulu laud at Van
couver and also at Grays harbor, and
it will he at these (voints (lint the dan
ger will lie,
Jeffrey said today that vhuV there
are not so many fruits in the north
which the fly attacks, the danger !s
open to Honolulu shipments. If once
the fly gets on the continent and its
spread is not immediately checked,
it would in time reach tho orchards
of this state.
THE VALUE OF PUREDRUGS
And thu Nacnunry xrl
Unee In Compounding S
The value of medicine lies equally between the purity
and power of the drugs and the method and manner of
their compounding. The drugs we offer are strictly of
the highest class. Our training, experience and equipment
assure that all medicines be compounded right.
Bring your prescriptions here to be filled
MEDFORD PHARMACY
NI.AU POST OKPK'IJ.
1'IIONK NK11IT OU l,Y MAIN Int.
sentence should not bo passed upon
him ami remained with downcast
eyes until his doom had been pro
nounced. "The crime for which this prisoner
wns coavlcted." said Judge Sen well
In passing sentence on ChUholin.
"was ono of the most atrocloim ever
committed in this country.
Chlshotm will be taken to Kotaom
prison at oacc.
to ctnu a coxa x ora bat.
Take LAXATIVE I3RUMO Quinine Tub
lots. Dmerlsts refund money It it fall
lo cure. E. W. OftOVE'S signature la on
each box. 3Sa
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BUILDERS' HARDWARE
For City and Country Homes
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HIGH QUALITY AND FINISH.
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Cedar Poles
We are now carrying in stock
a full line of Cedar Telephone
and Telegraph Poles. Let us
figure on your needs.
CRATER LAKE FUEL CO.
PHONE MAIN 971
SPARTA BUILDING
PIANO SALE EXTRAORDINARY!
EILERS MIDSUMMER CLEARANCE SALE
Another chance FOR ALMOST HALF PRICE PIANO BUYING
NE HUNDRED PIANOS COMING--must make room for them
and the present stock of nearly Fifty High Grade Specially Selected
Pianos, are selling at about half their actual value. Not a Piano in the en
tire stock that has not had the knife in the price, cutting them almost in
two, which means that for a genuine sale of the makers best r efforts in
piano manufacture such price cutting has never been done before and
will never occur again.
Every instrument guaranteed as to Quality and also to Price. Your money back if at any
time within six months you can buy the same grade of Pianos elsewhere, east or west, at any
where near such low price. "NOTE THE PRICES."
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$175, $185, $215, $235, $255, $262, $267, Etc.
PAY $6 PER MONTH
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Even sufh pianos as Chiekering, Kimball, Iiallet Davin, Smith & Unmet, HoiTmann. Have been reduced nearly forty por cent.
It means that Eilers MusicIIou.se is the one place in town where one secures nioi-oictual solid piano worth for the inonoy than at
any other place. It means that Eilers Arid-Summer Clearance Sale now being conducted is attracting most wide-spread attention. It
means also that the prices and terms at this sale is being taken advantage of by many who never heretofore oven di;oiimed of, bo
ing able to secure a High Grade Piano at such a low price and on such easy terms of payment nnd an extra 4 per cent allowed for
all cash within thirty days. Remember that we refund your money if not satisfied-That you have over forty makes to select from
Un our exchange agreement,
, That we have used pianos, al
moBt good as new from $102
up, that cost from $350 to
.$550 when now.
Vov the convonionoe of those
who, cannot call at the s,toro in
the day time wo will keep the
store. open evonings. Don't for
getUho placo,.37 North Fir St.
BIGGEST BUSIEST BEST
OVER FORTY STORES ON PACIFIC COAST
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