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t.t : ' ; r? ;v . . : ? rn: wbsr PAGE P0U9. MTJDTTORD MATT! TR.TRUNTJ, OTTWOttD. OKFIOtf. RAMTRnAY, KKIUUTARY 1, WIN. en ft M :8 K 8 4 1 J U I tvi r t tt Wi Hi ; At idford Mail tribune ...AN INnMt'HNIWNT NKWUfATKU PUIU.lHllKtl IJVKUV AKXHltNUUN KXCKIT KUNIJAV IIY TUB MKDKORU I'ltlNTtMJ CO. Tim Democratic Tlmrn, Tim XlnHonl Mnll, Tlin Mrilford Tribune. Tli South crn Oiricoiiton. Thn Anhlnnil Tribune orflco MaII Tribune UulMlnc. 3B3?-S9 Norlli Kir street; phono, Mnln 30X1. UnOHOi; rUTNAM, Editor and Manager Holered ieeonrt-lM8 matter nt Medfnrd, Oregon, under tlitt act of March 3, is7. OfrietM Paper ot the Pity of Medfonl. Official Paper of Jankson County. THE REAL FOOD PROBLEM. BOBBCKtrriOK XATSS. One year, by tnntl . ............. .,15.00 On month, by tnAll ...... .50 per in nn Hi, delivered by carrier In Medfonl, Jnckoonvlllo and Con trol llnt.. ... .SO Pnturday only, by mall, per year.... 1. 00 Weekly, per year - l.tn BWOKK CIXCTCATXOK. Pally ftyrmiro ff eleven months end ing November JO, 1011. J"51. Tlio Mnll Tribune Is on le nt tha Perry News Stand, Fan rrnnclnco, Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland. Portland News Co., Portland. Or. W. O. Whitney. Seattle. Wash. - ' ' HILL INTERESTS 10 PUSH RAILROAD 10 CALIFORNIA (Oregon Journal) From ftnnnclal circle In Now York conies a story of an nlllauro between Hill nnd Goultl Interests thnt Indicate early on try of the Mil railroads Into California. The combination was of fected some IS months ago, It is said, for the purposo of admitting the Hill lines Into California territory in ex chango for allowing the Western Pa cific to meet its competitors on an equal fooling in Portland and Oregon According to this information tlio Touto from Portland Is to bo by way of the Willamette valley and up the McKnnzlo river to the low pass through tlio Cascades, thence along the high plateau and debouching into tho Sacramento valley through tho Pitt Illvor pass, making tho connec tion with tho Western Pacific a short dlHtanco north of Sacramento, sweep ing the entire length of tho Sacra mento valley from somewhere In tho vicinity of Red Bluff southward. In Oregon this would probably in dicate that the announcement mado to Hugeno people by an official ot tho HIM lines that the tracks extend ing to that city would not stop there, had a pretty definite translation In plans or the system. It would open tip a great timber district on tho Mc Kenzlo and reaching the cast side of the range would tap additional tim ber in tho corners of Douglas and Crook counties and form a junction with tho Hill lino south of Dend. where a contract has recently been announced for its extension. Slay Menu Itlght of Wny War Southward It would for a dlstanco or somo CO or 70 miles follow the Klamath Falls-Medford line, nnd tho route would necessarily continue in u southeasterly direction toward tho Pitt Illver pass, bisecting tho Klamath valley, skirting a rich region of tim ber nnd itosslblo of agricultural de velopment Just over tho California lino, and tho PJtt lllvcr pass Is de clared by competent engineers to bo tho most dcslrablo of all tho northern gateways Into the Sacramento valley. In seeming confirmation of tlieso plans are facts gathered from various fcotircea In Portland, though no ono teems to be authorized to confirm tho details, it is asserted thut tho Hill Hues' general offices In St. Paul havo been in possession for moro than thrco years of detail maps of surveys through tho Pitt river and McKcnzio pusses and that tho California plans wero incubalod even before tho lino was piiBhud south of tho Columbia rlvor. Tho Southern Pacific company, pu tho other hum), bus filed mups show ing tho plana of thut company contain plated tho building of roads through these Bamo pusses, giving thereby In dications of auothur railroad war ovor rights of way In tho defiles of these gateways. Southern Piulfiu Hastening Work 'Another fuct that seems to have a boarlng on tho situation Is tho con struction of tho Modoc Northern from Fearnloy, Nov., to Susanvlllo, Cal., tho contract on which was awarded only about a year ago. Now It is stated that tho lino will be oponod for traff flcJune 1G, and that It will then be unshed through to Klamath Fulls, to which the survey has been completed and tlio right of wny acquired for about two years. This lino when completed becomes u link in tho projected Pitt river line of tho Southern Pacific, forming the Bouthoru lart of tho Nutrou cut-off, giving the route of eusfest grades Into Cullfornlu from tho north and would connect with tho present main lino at Chlco, It Jh claimed. Apparently tho Southern Pacific Is hastening com pletion of the lino from Kournley us the cut-off from Klamath Falls to tho Central Pacific because It forms the part of tho now California line plac ing It within striking dlstnnro of thff VW, lUver pass. THE New York Stale Vootl Investigating eoiniuiion lm.s issued n report- of its eonuniltoe on markets, prices nnd costs, of which this very interesting resume lias been prepared by W. 10. MeKeium for "Tho Public." This report deals with the food problem in some of its aspects, but not in all. For example, it explains that combinations to fix prices, whether of scud's or buyers, have only been examined incidentally as part of the eco nomic inquiries into cost." It may be noted that the report adds little information to that branch of the subject. Nevertheless, nianv of the committee's findings are interesting. The consumer will no longer be able to lay the flatter-in"- unction to Iris soul that he himself is entirely blameless for the high cos,t of living. Consumers buy in packages wlien they could buy cheaper m bulk; they want choice cuts of meat and insist on eating steaks and chops, al though those things. are becoming extinct; they run up bills and sometimes neglect to pay; they have a weakness for iiading stamps, and they want small packages scut home instead of carrying thein. One flagrant instance of the last-named offense is related, which aroused a grocer to rebellion and caused him to declare that he would deliver no order of less than three egss or of one pint of milk. It is partly owing to these mental and moral imperfections of the consumer that the retail business is so expensive; Tor the committee finds that while the retailor adds an average of jJ3 l-:i per cent to the price of goods! only 5 per cent of this is profit. The rest is cost. So, from n economic standpoint, the retailer is n failure and must go. "The high operating costs of tho individual retailer," says the report, "make his elimination inevitable." When ho docs go, it may be some consolation to him to remember that he will lose only five per cent, and be in no further danger of hearing over the 'telephone a soft soprano request for an Ogg and a half. "Wholesalers and jobbers also have their troubles. They are hampered by inadequate market, trucking and storage facilities; and this, of course, does mot help to solve the problem of the high cost of living. What of the producer t A visitor from .Mars might imagine that in this era ot High prices tlio producer is rolling in prospentv and work nig overtime to increase his output, lie might be if the high prices were going to him. Rut the committee does not find this to be the case. Hero arc some quotatiqus irom its repert: The producer sconu to be receiving about forty er cnt of the retail price. This Is absurd. Ho should receive from sixty to seventy per cent. The failure to secure good prices and fair treatment for producers U very Injurious to our food supply. Tho producer (of milk In this cun) Is placed In a position where he must either submit to the prices fixed by these Interested dealers or go out of buslncts. Many farmers have chosen tho latter alternative. The failure of the producer to realize an adequate price the committee ascribes largely to lack of organization and to the fact that goods have to be shipped to commission merchants whose methods are not alwavs above suspicion. The fault is that producers aro restive and Indignant, nnd nearby sources of supply ure dry ing up. Albany does not receive one-quarter of her butter, eggs, chickens, or veal front tho excellent farm lands nround the city. Now York gets It rrcsn vegetables from the most distant points, lluffalo Is mostly fed from the west. The only prosperous farmers mentioned in the report are certain able agriculturists of Long Island, who sold ineir larnis to suouroan homes development companies, and have retired to live on the interest of the money. Land monopoly doesn't seem to hurt this kind of farmer, if ho may be called a farmer. But suppose we had a substantial slice of the millen nium. Consider the retailer as eliminated, the consumer and the commission man reformed, the producer organized and market and trucking iacilitics unproved up to date. Undoubtedly there would result great economies in the business of producing and distributing food. Rut who would get the benefit of the saving? Tlio producer? The consumer t Or would they devidc it between them? Or would someone else step in and see that nrices wcro kept still high to the consumer and low to the producer? aim; rviiiniiLu:e uusiiiiuu.v JCCUglllZCS U11S posSUJIlllV WIIOll it observes in its report that "the problem of cbeap"cr food supplies is only in part a matter of facilities, for the saving from improved facilities might be alworbed by tho han dlers and the price paid the producers might be so meagre as to reduce production of food." Apparently it was not within the province of the com mittee to investigate this problem. Tt is the real food problem nevertheless. And if it were investigated, other interests than those of food handlers might bo disclosed as the probable absorbers of savings from improved facilities. IN Li 10 OOES NO! APPLY 10 ROGUE VALLEY 10 BE AT M.v Gnintn ltoboou will I'ubH ripeni liu fcecn nt tlio lioiixu mi next Friday, Feb. 7, in liu- mlo of "(Inm- ilium" in "A Nilit Out." She not oply rejuvenate her (laughter but Inn. the Mime effect upon everyone in lior audience. It in to Imili mid llioro U nut u luuali mlshetl by iiuy one. Hlii i u nwvut hi-renm iiuil iik clmrminj: iih Jmr gown of In vendor ml old lace. Tlicro is not n siiiglc solitary problem in the whole piny, juxt one luxurioiih, long Imili, with Just u xplt-o of quaint, olil-fnnliioiicd fceliiij; thrown in hero anil there. Medfnrd theatergoer, will piobnh ilv irconJI tho injury xiintiiined ly 1-linH Itob.-on at the old Medford t hu ll I to Hovcrnl monlliH ngo, which oc curred just us the curtain wu goln up on the firt net, nccehhitatiux tho dismUHal of tho large audience. ,' ii i i i if. i Legal blanks tot sale at the Mnll Trlbuue office. tt A F KKW YOKK, Feb!. 1.Ciircij hioual investigation of Oregon nnd California laud fraud, provided fur in a 'ronoliiliou introduced in the hoiito by Hcireoiilutivo JVirix, in welcomed by" Uotootivo Win. ,1. Hum, iiccorditu; to hit dcclii ration hero today. "1 niohi enruextly liopo mid pray that tho resolution in paxhod," aid liunis, Master mechanics at tlio various navy yards havo received substantial wago Increases. John A. Perl Undertaker 28 fi. UAIITLKTT I'liones M. 471 nutf 47.1 Ambulance Servlco Deputy Coroner (liy Prof. P. J. O'Uiun.) Press reports regarding tho danger which routrnnU fanning on arid lands havo cnusott people to wonder If the stntcmentH that havo been inuilo hnve any bearing on tho ltugue Illver vulley. It may bo stated emphatic ally thnt tho reports sent out by tho department of agriculture havo no reference to this district, but rather to tho nrld Intermountuln and other districts, principally where largo rec lamation projects havo boon under wny tor somo time, lit these districts the difficulty alt lies In tho Met thnt alkali Is tho real menace. Uesldcs "wearlug out" of tho soils by "sat uration" Is duo to tho character of tho soils nnd subsotU. The soils In question aro what Is usually called "volcanic ash," contain ing practically no humus and only n small quantity ot nitrogen. Tho min eral salty, though sufficient for the needs ot agriculture fur n number of years, aro largely In tho available form and nro easily carried away by tho uso of too much water. In many raxes tho subsoils are sandy or are underlaid with roaro gravel, hence percolation of tho water from tho soil carries away plant food. Ouco the water from tho surface soil reaches tho gravel it cannot bo brought back by capillarity, hence tho plant food carried lit It Is tost. Of course, alkali Is, after all. tlu groat "soil poison." Wheroer It Is present. Booucr or later, all lands ly ing at lower levels aro ruined by It, duo to tho seepage and washing which takes place, unless sufficient drain ago Is secured. In tho earlier days of reclamation only tho lower levels wero Irrigated: now the higher benches aro being covered with wa ter, with tho result thnt nil lands ly ing below nro being moro or less In jured. The moro alkali In n region tho moro tho ultimate damage. Tho peoplo of Hofitie Itlvor valley little rcallzo tho heritage they have. Hero wo have a district ot moro than n quarter of a million acres of avail able agricultural Innds, nnd when these acres hnvo been settled upon thcro will bo fully 'another quarter of n million acres which may bo opened up. - - Hut tho most wonderful nnd Inter esting thing Is that In tho entire val ley thcro Is no nlknll. Tho country docs not belong to tho "arid class" or even tho scml-arld class, so far as Its soils aro concerned. The soils nro varied, thero being about eight gen eral types, and about fifty-four vari eties, all of which nro areablc. Tho soils aro not ot tho typo which will readily wear out. Tho structure ot the soils nnd subsoils Is such that "wearing out" by saturation will not bo so likely. Tho Irrigation of tho higher levels cannot nffeol tho lower lovulH by uddlng or bringing down dolntorlous salts, because alkali I unknown In Itoguu Jllvpr valley. Tlio rational uso of water could thuroforo only produce good. Thoro is an old ndugo which miya "it llmo country lit rich country." If this Is true, thu lloguo Illvor val ley Iiiih wealth beyond tho dronniH of a Croesus. A rational system of ag riculture would maku this country richer and moro productlvo twontji flvo years from now than It Ik today. In tho orchards tho growing of cover crop, whleh may bo so easily accom plished, will provldo for humus and nltrogoii; tho addition ot mlnornl fer tilizer, such as phosphates and fwt ash, may bo accomplished without dif ficulty uiul lurgo cxpoudltiiro of cap ital. "When many of tlio arid and sonil nrld districts havu (caned to support civilization, this country will bo In Its prime It will feed it largo part of tho world which now sloiiih to bo get ting along without our help, but which, In tlmo, must cotno to uh for aid. Tho resident of the Itoguu Illvor vulley need only go nwuy from homo to rcallzo that after all thero Is no country quite Ilka Uil. WHERE TO GO TONIGHT f bl AR THEATRE Tho Home of IVittiiro Photoplays An Alt-Stnr Show Today "NWI.Ij Ol" TIIK PAMPAS" It's a l-'lylim 'iv Western without favorites In tho leading rules. UAPMOXT WHKKIiY Dost film news of current osenls. "Wll.li AM) A WAY" It's a Thnuhuuier. Fruit labels In any color by tho Mall Tribune printed tr E.D.Weston Official Photographer of the Medford Commercial Club Amateur Shushing Post Cards Panoramic Work Portraits Interior and exterior views Flash lights Negatives made any time and any plaqo by appoint ment. 208 E, Main Phono 1471 "A .MILLION" OOliiailS" A picture that will hold your attention. Now Song Appropriate Mui.lt and Hffcetit KXTitA spi'iai--i:xti:. .Monday, Tuesday, WcilncMbiy Pictures of tho llt'll ANDKIISO.V SAMMY TIM) IT contest nt I.oh An golett, January 2R. Mntlneca Daily, 2 to 5 p. m. ADMISSION. 5c AND 10c COMINt! t'liATDItKM Or. (Jar. HI. Ilitiim A Ortat Northern sensation In 3 reels, I'Vbriinry tin) nut! Itlt .. . . . . . . . . . MMllli.t ,M Vf, TTl"l'Tr,r,l"l'1"PTV rtf i'f A ' v TVTVf 'r t ISIS THEATRE ? YAl'DP.VU.I.i: kesi: and m itui: Co uicd SIiikIiik ami Talking I Kcrentrle Dinrlng 4 I'lioloplnjH I'rldiiy Saturday tiii: scuiiMi: WILD PAT tiii: I'lmti'itaiTKit's i.evi: The story of u fireman's bet tor nature, shoeing real fire rcenoo. -H--H -HH-f-H"l-H-M4--;-H Tnwr f r (W mkL HsiiBSI IP WE CAN INDUCE YOU TO TRY 4j4kf s AS 0 sVs2sS "OR THE PUBLIC HEALTH 1 W2EX2J5X2aUB0 TlfAOC MMM HAIR TONIC Ou our sm so. on mir posltlvo gunrniitei', our luuiiny bnck without qucMtlou If Milt don't IIUo It. wo will foul thut W'i hnvo doitu Mm n real wnlu' We know what Merltol Unit ToiiU- U m.tdo of, It Ik made for us, and wo know thnt there In nothing better for the hair. Moritol Shampoo Pawto ia Just us Good HASKINS' DRUG STORE MUMItiatS AMKItll'AN Dltt'tl .V PIU'-SM ASSOCIATION Grants Pass Opera House T. I lluiilfy. Mgr. FRIDAY, FEB. 7 d. s. .sum; A.m.ci:s tiii: inti:nthii, cumkdicn.m: May Robson IS III it LAI'l-sT lOMU "A Night Out" Dlnct from ll(nl Ituin, nt Sen New York and lliwtuii America' li trident Comedienne Mlu Dale. X Y. Amvrlcun. A play wllli J ti-t cumigli pallio In ati)ii from laughing )urMlf (it (lentil. N. V. World Sent-, on Sale Tuesday. I'lione itH'J.lt, (iianl l'n. Pi lie .'til rent-, to tCllO Xo. Ill will be held at t.'rMnti P.i" for Uiiki- who uMi to tllnc MU ItobsoiiV Pel fin iiiamo Clark S Wright LAWYERS WASIIlNfSTO.N, D. U. Public Land Mntters: I'lnnl Proof, Dosurt Lands, Contest nnd Mining Cases. Scrip. Against Against s Substitutes Imitations HORLICKS MALTED MILK .GctthcWell-Known Hound Package PLUMBING Steam and Hot Wator Heating All Work Oii.iruiil.od 1'rU'va It.-imoiuililo COFFEEN & PRICE 35 Howard niock, Cntrsnc on OtU fit Horn, riioc 213. Draperies 'e carry u very complclo lino of drill" rli'. I.u'o curluiiiH. rixliir'. etc.. Hint ilo uM i-iuith. n nt iililinlstrrlui; A IMTiul iii.iii til look uUr Dili) Mirk xt'liiHl. ly und wi'l Kivn lis miiitl HiTvlie uh is iiimmblu to gut In oven thu l.itK' i)l cili- M. Weeks & McGowan Co. Fl II 1 1K Mf jT tt m.fJK'M -i m sv-L jnv.'inTi rnr-rsM iMiiiTrn.iK-n.i.iim.-i lzmixxm Bcdl located and moot popular WvKijj'vs" notei in mc City. Running diillcd ice water in each room. European Plan, a la Carte Cafe. Tariff on Rooms m-IilkMlj.Wl 12 roomi - - 60 roomi SO roomi . . 00 room v. ttb private liitli fiO roomi nilli print! bilb $1.00 each l.BO cacIi 2.00 each 2.00 each 2.50 uach 30 aultei. brdrootll. nnr lor and bath 3.00 each For moro than ono uucit ndd $1.00 extra to tho abovo ratel for each additional gusil. Reduction by week or month, i, flfanattmtnt C.ir W. KtlUy IZXAMLULYMAZl rfZtiiMTriFAft ihimnu Made In the largest, best equipped and sanitary Malted c Milk plant In the world Wo do notimUc"milkproduct8?- Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, etc. But the Original-Genuine HORLECK'S MALTED MILK Mado from pure, full-crcnm milk and the extract of nclcct malted tfraSn, reduced to powder form, noluble in water, licst food-drink for all ages. gASK FOR KORUCK'S Used all over the Globe Jfame 5mksJMi$am " (m) iiiiiu rmr ...-jtiiif r'. -..,! - 5S5&TfTf.5K' YOU WILL SAVE MONEY IF YOU BUY PAGE FENCE THE PRICE OF OTHER FENCE IS ADVANCING BUT THE PRICE OF PAGE FENCE REMAINS THE SAME pWlffif Wo can Biipply you wiih anytliiiiy in tlio I'onco lino, or will conti'aot (o I'onco your I'liriu (ionipltito. Let. us figure with you. Gaddis (8b Dixon "THE PAGE FENCE MEN" 134 N. Riverside Avo. Medford, Oregon