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fa. pxGEJxyim MEDFORD' MATT) TRTBTTNR MTCDFORD. ORTCCION. VRIDAY, 'AUnTST 22, 10111. -fa 0 r , 6V to ft .'Jf t U rs, A &. IIEDFOR1) MAIL TRIBUNE i AN INnnPBNOKNT NKWSPAl'Rn rUMI'IHIIKI) KVKKT AKTEHNOON DI-OTID l'lUNTINQ CO, KXnfiPT BUNDAT 1IT TIIH MS; Official rarer of tlio City of MnUord. UfflclM paper of JncHtion Count)-. OKOHOI3 PUTNAM. Editor and Manner . (WORK CIROuiATIOH. ' Dally avrrnirn for eleven InoiUlu end- InR November 30. Jll S?&1 PI WATSON 500 FO IRKING 0 Tho DomocrAtlo Times, The Medford Mnll, Tim Medford Trlliuno, Tlio South ern OrpRonlnn. The Ashland Tritiums. Offlcn Mull Trlbunn Building. JS-J7-J8 North Fir street; telephone T6. Kntcred as xccoml-claM matter at Medford. OrpRon, under the act of March 3, 187. USSCRTPTIOJf KATES. Dne jr-ar, by mall TS.00 One month, by mull .SO t'rr mouth, delivered by currier In Meilfortl, Jnckaonvin unit n tral Point Faturday only, by mMI, per yr 1.00 Weekly, per year ..- - .- rsn .SO Tho Mnll Tribune 1 on vale at the Ferry New Stand, Kan Kronclseo. Portland Hotel News fttnwl, Portland. Portland Sews co Portland, uro. V O. Whitney, battle. Vh. I ARIFF GOMWIISSION MURPHY H05ES M'CALL FOR MAYOR NEW YOHK, Aur. 22. Former Supremo Court Justice Edward K. Mc Cnll, chairman of tho yubllc service commission, today accepted tho offer of Charles F. Murphy to become Tam many Unit's candidate for tho nomi nation for mayor of Now York. This eliminates Mayor Gaynor as a pos sible Tammany candldaio and ho now assorts ho will run on an independent ticket. Tho republicans have en dorsed John Ptirroy Mitchell for the mayoralty nomination. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Tcstl-i fyliiR before tho sonnto lobby Investl-j Bating committee, today, 11. K. Miles of Itnclno, Wis., former chairman or tho tariff committee of tho National Association of Manufacturers, con firmed testimony by 'Martin Muthall that ho had paid former Koprcscnla tho James Watson of Indiana $500 for working to pass tho tariff com mission bill In 1909. Miles asserted that Mulhnll, who started as a messenger boy for tho N,' A. M., worked his way up to a field agency. Miles Insisted, however; that former President Van Cleave ofj tho X. A. M., was a friend of Union labor. "Yes, ho was." commented a mem her of the committee," and ho showed his friendship by trying to send a score or more union leaders Jail." Government Answers Critics of Its Methods of Fighting Pear Blight to WISON WORKS GERMAN ARMY AVIATOR t KILLED MAKING FLIGHT IIAT.UF.USTADT. GVnnnny, Aits. 22. Lieutenant Schmidt, nn nrmy nvintor, was killed here today when his aeroplane collapsed near the end of n six-mile flight. Schmidt dropped more titan ."000 feet. RIVERSIDE RIPPLES. Mrs. II. II. Nye has been enjoying a visit from her uncle, Mr. Gregory of'Dlnuba. Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Smith, Miss Itcsslo Daniels and Miss Dorothy Smith were calling on Rlrcrstdo friends Sunday afternoon. Miss Iicrtlm Woolverton is visiting Med ford friends this week. barlclgh Stead mado a flno catch of stcclbcad Sunday. Four all weigh ing six pounds or over. Ho caught three of them insldo of fifteen min utes. Tho Misses Marguej-lto Carlcy of North Dakota and "Ituth Nye of Med ford nro guests at tho homo of Mr. I. 11. Porter. Miss Carlcy is a sister of Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Itlchard Swacker and daugh ter', Avarll left Sunday for Idaho where Mrs. Swackcr's parents live. They will make qui to an extended visit. Mrs. W. W. IIHtlo Js enjoying a visit from her mother who arrived from Portland Monday. Gcorgo Jacobs Is having a well dag on his placo nnd will soon begin building a flno largo barn. O. II. Aldcu marketed over one thousand pounds of tomatoes in Med foril tho past wcok, rccolvlng flvo cents per pound for thoso sold at tho public market. Tho Illversldo Recreation club wore very pleasantly entortainod at tho Itozah's ranch Thursday after noon. Guests present woro Mes dames Pelton of Sams Valley, Iteddy of Hugeno nnd Early of Minneapolis. Tho Misses JIobsIo Daniels of Salt I.ako City and Dorsoy of Council Dluffs. Mrs. Spraguo has a flno nov,vlctrola and tomo unusually good records which woro much on Joyed. Professor Iteddy gavo sev eral readings from James Whltcomo Illley which woro so well rendered that laughter and tears were closely intormlngled. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Early nnd daughter Lois, who havo been vis iting at tho O. II. Aldou homo tho past eight months left Friday for their homo at Eyota, Minn. They woro much pleased with this part of tho west and mny return at somo fu turo dato to mako their homo In tho Hogtio river valley. ONSPEGIALMESSAGE WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Presl dent Wilson worked today on n special message ho probably will read before both houses of congress Mon day relating In detail to tho negotia tions conducted through John I.lnd with tho Huerta government In Mex ico. The decision to cmakc a compre- Uenslvo statement on tho situation to congress was reached today after tho president had about concludod his negotiations between I.lnd and lluor- ta slnco tho exchango of notes' devel oped no new basis for discussion. Two notes will bo presented with tho mes sage. Should ho read tho messago him self It will bo tho first tlmo slnco tho days of Gcorgo Washington that tho president has communicated a matter nt foreign policy to congress in per son. Tho message Is expected to bo a partial answer to lluertn's intimation that President Wilson stands alone in his Mexican policy unsupported gen erally In congress. Tho first reputation of Huerta's supposition came in today when prominont republicans vigorously up hold tho president. Tho expression of confidenco camo after Senator Penroso Introduced a resolution re quiring tho president to placo troops in Mexico to Trotect American lives. No action was taken on tho resolu tion. President Wilson said today ho had absolutely no Intention of taking drastic measures, denying that Secre tary Garrison had been called back to Washington. LInd probably will re main In Mexico Indefinitely and re ports Indicate ho has not abandoned hope. I WA HP WASHINGTON', 1). C Am;. 20. Tlte tlopntlment of agriculture hiix received nolteo by lelcgrupli from citixcim tit the slnto of Wnslilngloii Hint certain people me spreading the hlea thrtt pear blight is not bte tennl disease, and that the dcp.ut- inem a reeommeiuiatitm that poar blight onit ho dealt with by cutting but tho diseased portions of trees is not tin effective measure. In the fear that these unseienifio opinion may Map orolinrdiMs from following1 the highly successful prae tieal meuMiros recommended by tho federal specialists, nnd thin lo-o their own orohtmU ami spread the disease among neighboring orchards, the department has isxucd the Mow ing social statement: 'That pear blight is a bacterial dNeao of the pear tree is nut open to question. The scientists have clearly established the existence of these bacteria by means of micro scopic examination, and have re produced the diseao by inoculating fruit nnd trees with them. The germ is the bacillus nmylowmis. It is an ovn!"duiHMl lxdy, and is 1-18,000 of an inch long mid l-2.,000 of nn inch ncros, and can he clearly seen with a high jwwer microscope. Moreover, the scientists have raised these bac teria in their laboratories nnd have used them n largo number of times tit experiments to Direct healthy trees and Trait. Wherever this bac illus litis been introduced into a healthy tree or fruit the pear blight has followed. Scientists nNo have proved that the pear blight can ho communicated from the blossoms of nn affected tree to healthy trees by bees mid other insects, mid that the blight that is held over through the winter can be communicated to healthy jiortioiis of the same tree or to other tree by nien or other in sects. l'ear blight differs radically frtfin the peach yellows in the way it af fects n tree. The each yellows does not show itself outwardly in i tree until the entire tree is affected and cannot he saved. The ear blight, on the other hand, lias n purely local effect and attacks cer tain hlosoms, twigs, brunches, or n section of the linrfc, nnd leaves the rest of tho tree Mninjutcd except where giiuling has oceutied. In thousands of orchards, nnd in the ease of hundreds of thousands' of pear tiees, especially in t'alifor nla nnd Oregon, putleuhwlv it) the Medford district, it has been procn that by culling out the pot-lion of the tiee affected by tlio 'pear blight and Mashing the cut with a solution of oiio nrt of eormslxo sublimate (a highly poisonous substance) to 1000 parts of water, orchardists emu save most of the individual trees and pie ont the spread of the idseaso throughout their orchards. It there fore strongly urges orehaidisls in districts affected by pear blight to continue to cut out afectcd portions of the trees mid wash the cuts with this mixture. In cutting they should wash their tools in this disinfectant, so that tho too) itself cannot eom mituicate the hneteria to hcnlthv parts of the trees. Especially or cbardistH ure strongly adiset to go over their orchards xory carefully in their fall and cut out all cases of holdover blighl, in older to prevent the spread of infections in diseased trees or the oommtitiionlioii of infec tion to other trees in thu bbwsomiitg period. Ill addition to the cutting out and disinfecting process, the department advises orchardists to laKe steps to keep their trees healthy and strong, but llt over-vigomtis, hi oh In be highly resistant to pear blight. It warns orchardists to be careful in the use of manurot and feitilizers around fruit trees, ns any thing which iiierenses the rate of grou'th f the tree hastens the spread of tlio localized infection. The department has thoroughly tested all known or suggested meas ures for coping with this blight. It has found the cutting out and wash ing with the solution the one reliable nnd prnotical measure and recom mends it as n fullv toMcl and suc cessful remedy. This cutting out method "ill not sne nil trees, nor is it effective with certain varieties of pear trees which are particularly subject to the rn nges of hto pear blight. It has, how ever, saved, the cnr industry of Oil ifornin and rtions of Oregon.'' WHERE TO OO TONIGHT ISIS THEATRE Plintoptnxs Friday nnd Saturday THE KOIUtlimi'.N' WAV A Modern Molodrnmu In Two PiuU THE TWO ItA.NCHMEN' WValern Drama THE VKI.I.OW Sl'ltEAIC Featuring Anno Rchnefor Music Effects .Matlueo Dally STAR THEATRE COMING Saturday and Sunday Special Engagement I.Vri'UD'TINf' THE MOST VEMU'S IWENTIOV of Tin: i;c MAD- PAGE THEATRE TONIGHT QUO VADIS WILDEST AMERICA Showing 4000 Elk in One Herd Only One Show "Starling 815 Admission 10, 15 and 25c WOOD For Sale OAK, DR. LAUREL AND SLADW00D IN TIER, CORD AND fitteiftCi:. CARLOAD LOTS Regarding Good Roads and Those of a Few Years Ago i A GUNBOAT TABLE ROCK T!o Arrowhead carnival hn been postponed until Saltiiday, August aoth, owing to tho fact that the Jty- bee bridgo will ho closed noxt Satur day. Thero was nn error in last week's items, Hcv. Kcltwimley will preach hero September 7th instead of Aug ust 24th. . Mrs. R, neeso nnd Mrs. Hingo loft Thursday for tho east. A crowd of Tiiblo Hock young pcoplo held a "crawfish Mow" on tho rivor oiio evening tho first of tho week. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 22. An arm orcd crulsor rammed and sank n gun boat off Malmo today, according to advices Just received horo. It is feared several portions woro drowned. I.ator reports stated that It was tho battleship Oden and that tho ves sel it rammed was the Swedish gun boat Urd, Tho accident occurred west of tho Island of liven, wlillo tho wurshlps wcro engaged in mimic war faro. Many of tho sailors on tho Urd woro picked tip, but heavy loss of llfo Is reported. ROGUE PEARS HAVE V1DE AND VARIED SALE That tho Uogtio Itlvor Fruit nnd Produco association through tho Northwestern Fruit exchango nro de veloping now markets and covering a wjdo area is shown by tho pear sales reported yesterday when two cars of Ilartletts woro sold in Now Orleans $2.00 f. o. h. MedforaNand ono car of uiairgoes woro sold in hioux utiy. Iowa for ?1.G0 -. o. b. Medford. Tho prices aro excellent particularly for tho Clalrgocs which whllo good look ing pears aro poor sellors rarely bringing fnoro than $1.00 f. o.b. ship ping point. Mr. Norman of tho Wagner Hutto orchards has sold his crop of Maiden lllush apples at $J.QQ, f - ' Ho has only threo trees but ho picked GO boxes from theso netting him $20 per tree. To the Kdiler: In the year 1001! u hen just lauded in Jnckson comi ty the town of Medford was n small place of about 1800, while Ashtaiid was n place of from d000 to ,000. At tliut time Ashland was pointed out tut tho map in large print while Med ford would have to bo sought with n magnifying glass. The roods wo had nt that time Mere simply lanes fenced off in the fields with a mil fence on either side. The only piece of good road I know of at that time was about llirce-dtiarters of a tulle along the south side of ttp lcr Table Hock, pumice sand being used, which came from W. M. Scott's place. The county nt that timo was as sessed nt $-1,500,000. Thu only menus of transportation at that time was by means of sticky cart, consisting of the hind wheels of n wagon with every alternate, spoke sawed out, n iwll stuck in for a tongue. Then if it was really nec essary for the lady of the ranch to come to town, Minim would put two horses to the cart, pack three dozen eggs in oats, toko a roll of butler, and a gunny sack full of hay for the team. lie would load Kncy in the cart who did the driving while the proud Ilirum would walk knightly along with a sticky paddle nnd poke sticky front curly morning until Into nt night before returning home. Ono man said: "Mary Jane, I only regret that God did not givo me more language- to curse the sticky!" Well such language brought on a crusade of agitation for good roods among the newcomers, which cnuscil Ilintin and others to raise ti'i in arms against tho movement mid shout 'ruin, disaster ami bank ruptcy! " About then a few Mcdfordites started tho Medford Cominereial club, chipped in u few sheekcls, pass- eii around tlio lint, got n tow hun dred and decided that it was money well spent to ndvertiso tho valley's resources. So they got up tho Med ford Uooklct nnd after tho first car load or two went enst it started a boom. At that time tho best land averaged about $10 per aero. Well, tho more wo ndvertiscd tho moro wo raised the price of Hiram's land, conscniiciilly many Illrams wore dis placed with a livo Ket of people who have exiHMided $"."1,000 for good roads each year ever since 100(1. The county, instead of being as sessed nt $ 1,."00,000, in now nwcss- ed nt $ni;.000,000. At that time, if a newcomer had gone to ,lnckonillc and propovd a bond issue of J7."i(l, 000 nnd would have mado the inser tion that Jnckson eoiuty would lime been nssessed nt $:ili.()OU,OIIO in l!)i:i. ho would have been hogticd, thrown in jail, aditidgcd insane and rushed off to the insane usylnm. Well, horo we are, 10K! well spent. Seven years have passed. Wo are to have a hnml election to raise $.ri00,000 to build a paved trunk line through the count v. passing through nearly every iinixirtaul town in the county, one-fifth of the principal to ho paid off in ten, fifteen, twenty, twenlv-fivo nnd thirty years. Well, will the county be able to pay it off in that time? One thing sure, if Hie taxable property raised $:il,000,000 in seven years pant, nt tho Name ratio the county in thirty years from now wotiuld be assessed $l.r0, 000.000. Tho most of us will be dead in 10i:i, ho let us build thu road and enjoy its use while we live and let thp coming generation help pay for the benefits I bey will ulo enjoy. A. II. SAL! NO. Outfielder I.ollvelt, of tho Cleve land Naps, Is hitting with tho .300 set this season. IT Theatre Talking' Moving' Pictures First Time Here . The Vaudeville Lights of Broadway I'or Your I-hilerluliiiuetit I AM) MANV OTIMIILS t' I5XX iXAtII iKf" dXtYt iv tS& t tfl 1 1 )'(tvft;i';Y'i)CS'o')X?K,.4) in Frank H. Yard at Sixth and Fir Sta. Ray PHONE 7G0-R Siskiyou Heights Now in tlio timo to mako .sou'dion or lots rind tracts in this nmgniflnnt rosidoiini district. SEE JOHN A. TORNEY ROOM 1, PALM BLOCK 2 DAYS ONLY And nt no Inrrenso In prices., Illg features nro ..Tlio Always 10c AT THE STAR John A. Perl Undertaker Lady Assistant. 28 H. JSAIOTjKTT Phones 51. 47 and 47-J-2 Ambulance Service Deputy Coroner TONIGHT Special 2 Heel Feature by Iaibln "A IlKltO AMONG .MUX" Ono of tho very best photo plays "IX OM liUTCTII TI.MKS" A Strong Drama Killiion "MV IjAIIV ok iim:xkhs" Vltngraph 10c. Tenth ticket hanilod back and good again. Iateky number tlcliet ends on, postid up insldo. I-'alr Hold, no favors. We'll got a Job press, If prcssod. Coming Holiday nnd Monday Nights "1'UT ri0 Til.: 'jwht' fiollg "IN THU OAKOKK" 10 ill Hon '-'HXOWV KVHKT" I'ntho "A CIII.NHHK VV'MM" Ulograph "THK HM'IMT 1IOX" A l-'arco Comedy PAGE THEATRE Saturday and Simday Hunter & Hunter Tn a sintfniK and dancing act. Special, picture program Change of pictures each ovo- miiff. Lower floor 15c, Balcony 10c, Children 5c. NOW IS THE TIME To build a homo Labor, building material and choice building ailea will never be a.s cheap again. You can buy a large lot with BEAUTIFUL VIEW of VALLEY on the Kant Side in best residence district with build ing restriction, good roads, close to city water, low tuxes for small payment down, easy terms on balance This is one of (ho best building sites in thy valley, ADDRESS P. O. BOX 207 MEDFORD, OREGON. f- OVERLANiDS j t N, Florence Clark VIOMX .TICACIIKIt Studio 1 J 1(1 WcU -llli Street I have Three 1913 O.VERLAND.S in- in stock ready for de livery. ' If you want a car at once, see me, as I will not bring any i more 1913 cars , C. E. Gates I- "The Overland Man" 1 132 SrJutb Riverside fit g m J 4