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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.
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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
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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.
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Theatre
Talking'
Moving'
Pictures
First Time Here
. The Vaudeville
Lights of Broadway
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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
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I'ntho
"A CIII.NHHK VV'MM"
Ulograph
"THK HM'IMT 1IOX"
A l-'arco Comedy
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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.
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OVERLANiDS
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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
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more 1913 cars
,
C. E. Gates
I-
"The Overland Man"
1 132 SrJutb Riverside
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