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" HEDFORB KtAID TRIBUNE. BEDFORD. OREGON, SATURDAY. QOTOBER 18, 19tn. Medford mail tribune PASSING OF A BLUFF DURING his recent visit to Moclt'ord, President Sproulc of the Southern Pacific admitted that con struction work on the Natron-Klanmth lino has boon indefinitely suspended and that the biskiyou route would continue the railroad's main line, at least for years to come. Vieo-President Calvin this week made the same ad WIDOW OF TITANIC CAHKY1NC! VICTIM ON IIUS11AN1VS WOKK ' xmEvom. PAGE THEATRE Tuesday, Oct. 21 The Greatest Play of the Day THE LURE Tho while slave drama, indorsed by llio V. S. While Slave Commissioner. Now running nlso at Maxiiie KUiolt's Ihealer, N. Y. Pricoa 00c, 75c, $1, $1.50. Real, Rale Opens Sunday at Jlo.v OITieo. AN INDnPKNDKNT NI2WRPAPRII l'UIIMHMKU liVKIir AFTKUNOON KXCni'T BUNDAT 11 Y THIS Mi2uronu rniNTiNO co. The Democratic TlmfB, The MtJfont Mall. Tho Medford Trllmno, The South ern Orcironlixn, Tho Ashland Trlbunn. Offlcfl Mall Tribune Hullillnir. 35-57-10 North INr street; telephone 7R. Official Taper of the City of Medford. Official Paper of Jackson Count)'. anonan PUTNAM. Kdltor and Manager mission in Portland and the Portland Oregonian says: .,. . st-i..i.. ..... ...... r .I,., GiMiHinrii linelflr iifflrlnln llillil llltt Entered nx apcond-rtana matter at Medford. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1ST9. BUBBORIPTJOM BATES. One year, by mall ... IB.JjJ One month, by mail . - -- .0 Per month, delivered by carrier In Medford. Jacksonville and On- tral Point. - - . ;5 Hnttinlay only, by malt, per rcnr S.00 Weekly, per year -. l.0 DWORN CinCUItATIOIT. Tlnlly average for eleven months end Inn November 30, 1911, I'M. The Mall Tribune la on aale at the Ferry Newa Ktand. San Trnnclaco. Portland Hotel Newa Stand. Portland lMitland Newa Co Portland, Ore il. Whitney Seattl, Wnah rail XaiA Wlr Unlttd rreti Dlipatehc. KEOrORD, OREO OR. Metropolla of Southern Oregon and Northern California, and tho fasteat grnwlnc city In Oregon. Population U. 8. census 1910 SSIO; eatlmoted. 191110.000. live hunderd thousand dollar Gravity Water Ryatrtn completed. Riving finest Kupply pure mountain water, nnd 1..3 snllea of streets paved. Postnfflco receipts for year ending November 30, 1911, show Incr - of 19 per cent. Banner fruit city In i.tmo Illvcr SplUenberg npp1 t i- stakes prlxe and title . : "AppU ng of tho Wo:ilM at the National Apple - ifcane, 1909. and n car of Newtc i.on rtrst Prli In 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver. II. C. rtrst Friz In 1911 At Spokane National Applo Show won by carload lot of Ncwtowns. ARANT ASKS PAY FROM UNCLE SAM (Kltunnih Northwestern) Former Superintendent VT. Frank Arnnt of Crater Lake national park, who was removed by order of Sec retary of tho Interior Lane early last summer, received n letter from tho interior department Wednesday tcll inp; him for about tho 'stcenlh time that ho had been removed and no further salary as superintendent was coming to him. Mr. Arant has forwarded his bill "to tho interior department each month since ho was ousted as head of tho park. With each bill goes a letter stating that tho writer is awaiting orders to perform certain tasks in connection with tho park work and that ho still considers himself the lawful superintendent. In reply to each of theso notifications for monthly salary claimed duo him, Mr. Arant receives tho reply that he lias been removed nnd no salary is duo him from tho date of his re moval. Superintendent Arant maintains that ho was illegally removed from the park nnd is still tho only man that should claim to ho in chnrgo of tho park. Although Will O. Steel was placed in charge following Ar ant's forccable removal last sum mer Arant has continued to send his monthly statement of salary duehim nnd ho feels that ho is in a position to collect this salary unless it is pos itively shown that he was legally re moved. SNOW S10PS IRK AT CRATER LIE Fourteen inches of snow at Crater J,aka has cffcctuully closed down the work being dono thero by tho United States engineers on tho roads nnd trails for tho national vnrl . n'cnrd ing to a communication i ' ! J ""'"l George 13. Goodwin, ns- i , i ml States engineer in ch.p,- tho work. Tho last storm a few days ngo closed tho work for tho season, as tho snowfall will bo permanent nnd will rendor impossible) nny further work before next spring. However, tho work was continued about a week longer than wns expected, ns it hud been figured no more could bo done nftor October 1. Somo of tho engineers' equipment is being limited out nnd somo cached until tho work opens again Juno 1 of iioxt year. . . I W. C. T. U. ITEMS. Tito W. C. T. U. i? planning for n j.ocinl tho Unntl of October nt tht tent near tho It. E. church nnd want ii largo attendance, it is u free so cial nnd they intend to mnko the inonoy off of fines imposed. "U R invited to u hard timo social nt tho M. E. tent Wcduesdny, Octob or 22 nt nito o'clook. Come in nr xngs land bo mndo glad. If yuo wnut boiuo fun como to this." Tho W. C. T. U. are going to have n medal contost in about a month, The placo will bo announced later. Thoy bespeak u full house -. any ImmciHntu hopo for resumption of construction activity on the .Natron Klamath line. although several new surveys of Hint road have, been or dered. An effort Is being nuule to occuro a way over the Siskiyous at a lower elevation than originally established. As a matter of fact, the projected Natron cut-off and the loudlv trumpeted switching of the Southern Pacific main line through Klamath was a bluff to prevent the extension of the Oregon Trunk to a connection with the Pacific & Eastern and to boom the Klamath property holdings of the Southern Pacific company and its officials. The Natron line would parallel the Oregon Trunk and render its financing difficult. Enough work was done by the South, rn Pacific to accomplish this purpose then it ceased. . The use v( the Xatron cut-off as a mam hue was never reallv contemplated. Tt is common knowledge among rail road' ongim i-rs that the Natron Pass over the Cascades involved more difficult and costlier construction and steeper grades than that over the. Siskiyous. It necessi tated miles of snowsheds and would have been very costly to operate. To make this route practical as the mam line, called for the abandonment of the present Weed line and the construction of a hundred miles of new lino through the lava beds east of Mount Shasta to a connection near Bedding a, desolate district covered with twenty feet ol snow throughout the winter. Had the inouev wasted on the Natron cut-ott been spent improving the present line over the Siskiyous, the latter would be a better main line than that of the. Central Pacific over the Sierra Nevadas. The line can be short ened and the worst grades eliminated by tunnels. It is oulv a question of time, perhaps of competition, until these improvements are made, for this line of the Southern Pacific is the best paying railroad in the coun try. It was origiuallv built for mileage, so as to secure as much property as possible in the land grant. .It can bo shortened fifty miles between here and Koseburg and the grades lessened if desired, and similar improvements could be made throughout southern Oregon. The constant talk of switching the main line has kept many people away from southern Oregon, retarded its development and worked a real injury to the section. Now that the purposes of the bluff have been served, railroad development thwarted and southern Oregon kept in the Harrimau preserves, we shall probably hear no more ot it for a time at least. The next talk of switching the main line will be to the coast it will serve a useful purpose to again blulL railroad builders and keep southern Oregon bottled up. The Open Air Treatment It sometimes happens that when popular explanatton.of a phenomenon is disproved tho Impression is pro duced that tho occurrenco of tho phenomenon Itself Is denied. Some thing like this has taken placo with referenco to the recent work on tho physiologic factors Involved In room ventilation and tho qpen air treat ment. Thero Is.rcason to oeuevo mm tho cenoral public Is still somewhat contused on this point. It was for a long time supposed that the had effects of closo and crowded rooms were duo to chemical Impurities In their air, to excess of carbon dloxld or to organic polon, or elso to lack of oxygen. No ono of theso expla nations Is tonaulo In tho light of re cent experiment. On tho contrary, all the til effects observablo In cru" led roo.nk eem to depend on the staiiiMii'jii, Ms' tempoMturo and uioibtun. In i-. a,r: In a word, to those factors tbst disturb the normal heat regulation r tho body. If the temporaturo ami moisture aro kept low, human exhalations may bo al lowed to accumulate without notice able effect to a point far abovo that ordinarily observed in the most "badly ventilated" room. On the other band, if tho experimenter breathes "puro" outdoor air through a tubo, but allows his body to bo con fined in a small chamber whero tem perature and molsturo aro at a high point, he will soon havo all tho symp toms commonly attributed to "breath ing foul air." To substitute this explanation, which is wholly in accord with re-' cent experimentation, for tho once current theory that expired air has a toxic property is not to question tho valuo of frcBh air or to decry tho Great Is Sweet Clover (By Qeorgo E. Boos) This article, taken from tho Ne braska Farmer, fits our country to n dot. Many acres of unimproved land, tying idle, would bo earning money with a ftmnll outlay. It bus been tried out by many right hero in our vnlloy, and it did well in nlmost every soil, even without plowing. It is recommended that ttio land tie 6pringtoothed at tho time tho seed is sown, nnd a good crop with two cuttings is assured. Willi this little outlay of labor all idle land will bo mndo productive. Tho articlo fol lows : "I havo seen sovoral articles on open-air treatment for tuberculosis. On tho contrary, we aro now In a much better position to understand In what way cool air and especially movtnK air produces marked Invlgo- ratlou and Improvement of tho gen eral health. When the body loses heat at a suitable rate, heat produc tion must also proceed at a certain rato In order to compensate for tho loss. This means Improved assimila tion of food, and a largo consump tion of food means bettor supply of material to build up tho body. Tho action of cool, moving air Is probably In Itself beneficial. Moreover, it Impels to exerclso, and Increased ac tivity Increases nutrition. On the other hand, cxposuro to tho stagnant atmosphere of confined places allows the skin to become sur rounded with an envelope of warm air tvblch prevents tho body from losing heat at a proper rate. The nerves of the skin aro not stimulated Tho circulation Is depressed. Ilcluctanco to exerclso and to any bodily oxor tlon becomes marked. Expansion of ti.. liini.a nnrl nvvifpnntlnn nt the hinn,! nm in frffiunnt and thorouirh. Insufficient food Is taken and much ii,,. tnwi ,nin mnv iWnmnnm! in t4 IIIU .WWW VM.VI. w. ..,. - tho Intestine aud produco poisonous prOUUClS, Altogether thero Is still a sound physiologic foundation for tho belief products. l ,1... .Ir,..a nf th. nut.lnnr llfn tnr JU .IIU IJilUVH W. HIV WMVWW. ...w .w. ...... tho healthy as well as for tlio tuuer- culous person. In point of fact, says The Journal of tho American Modi- cal association, nothing can discredit the rational open-air-treatment, no matter what progress physiologists and hyglenlsts may mako In anuly zing the anechanlsm on which this " I treatment rests. clover in your valuable paper, thoueht I would give you my ; ti i " ..:...... swent bO I experience I IIUVU IJL-L'II L-Allvlllliuill. lllg Willi lins eroii lor ueveiui juiwn. At first I had a great deal of trou- bio getting a stand, and getting it to ing with this crop for several years live tbroiiL'l eh tho first winter. I'roi- ably I had southern seed that was not lianiy in our ciimute. nre threshing sweet clover now, and I ... " . ... .. '. . . think our best yield litteen bushels to tho ncro, "I will write in particular of one . iiieco. n lot of nineteen acres we KOWCU 10 BJHI11K wucui nu nnuwi tiiu- vcr in tho spring of J012. Tho wheat sowed to spring wheat and sweet clo- yielded 24.0 bushels to tho acre. Wo cut it about fourteen inches high. The faJR v-'cftjL?-!Cx ill Mks Mrnsv IMTK VKrTjClCV 111 B MAUUI.T 1 Jl-WJ Heury D. narrts perished when tho Titanic uniik ntnl hit orl. i;orn on. and the ouo who iltH It Is bis ltlow, who wn saved ubi-i ilic Kto.it rlcitm it.lp went to her doom. Sim found nllrf nflor the lioinirs of 'mi' April iiIkIiI in cnrrjrlug ou the business Iter husband hnd left, ntnl U .lilt tMux It. iiml ilnlnu t well sweet clover was tip to the baiuN in tho bundles in n great ileal of it .The sweet clover cured out well with llieiou growing. .. .. 1 nt htrnw, nnd the livestock te tho mix ed straw like hay. rtlllK SfU t4 J I ' The clover in the wheat slubbleit was allowed to grow to n height of all tue time, wiin itiitniuteiy no il.tii about two feet; then wo put onto itpr of bloat. With tut it will ird llifl bend of bo-js nnd OH head of oat- at least twice nn uiueli n alfalfa. tie that we were going to feed out. j llolli elapses of livestock ale tho for ntro readilv. and no one who did .not sec it would believe the amount of feed it made. The hogs nnd Cattle . - - "- " . ' . . I cleaned every lilt OI ll lip, leaving , the ground ns bnro as n floor. "I was afraid 1 would have no sweet clover thi vpring, but it came on well nnd early. We put on 100 head of sows, piurt nnd htoek hug nnd ran them there until nbout the middle of .May. JTIieu in the fore part of Juno wo cut from the nine teen ncrcs about tjwcnly-fivo tons of hay; and now we hn& a film seed Fall Plowing Fall i.lmvmi- i j nun nf Ilin mini ... ,.........n . - ..... , effective remedies known for iuheel the hilUide and nlmig the roinNide pests. Jt i, howrver, more of n pre- jniid feiicowny. Wlo-revcr the grnis- ventive than n cure, for the inccN destroyed by tins metliod are, lor the most part, in n dormant or ret-iiiL- KtnL'C. doiiik' little or no ilnnni"e. but getting ready for the next sea son s depredations. Ilns rcmeiy alone is not to bo relied tiwn for Un complete, eradication of any inseol, but as a ftiipplcmciitnry method of cotnbnt it is of consiilurabb) value, nnd ngainst some insects it is the remedy of first importance. All of tho following inscoln, rec ognized ns more or less injurious to various crops in our state, can be controlled to a considerable extent by fnll plowing. Colorado Potato Iiecllc.- TJiis in sect is only loo well' known to people from tho eastern nnd middle hlalcs. It hns nt last established itself in Wnshinjrton. Tho mature insect is a half round beetlo nbout the size and sbnoo of t half of a trardeii pea, , and has ten longitudinal black stripes .lnmi. tlu l.fit Tim Irirvfil ufntFii IK iiiii no iiix.n. n a plump, slimy slug found feeding on tho potato leaves and vines. The illSCCts winter ill tllO LTOIIIld llllll fllll -- -.. i ...;ii ... , ,.P 1...... plowing win nemmy iniwiy i mi.-i.., but ns tho Hummer treatment is so effective, the pratieo of full plowing is rarely lolloweil. CornKar Worm. This is tho common injurious worm found in enrs of corn, csppcinlly Hwcet corn, in nil parts of tho country. When P .11.. il 71-.... r..n flu. fully grown the worms drop from the nnr. In (tin rmtni,l U'ltfiril IllflV VciMIlill I-u iw ,,u b. ......., ,- - ...-,, over winter just beneath the surface. Tho very best treatment lor tins pest is full plowing, which tii'rns Vmmo of thorn to tlio siuTnc.e, wiljiro Wicy are WJM "P"" XM"S "'? "ther r' "?f a '",1or ","1 crushed. Cut Worms. Theso catorplllurs .... . ,l ii nro tnoro or less in j tin. ... to mos Juntl.ti of Bardeii, field and orchard u'"i .'., MY ' """,""" V "7 T ' J, nd hido in tho soil during tlio day. -"-v ; ;- ;.., . plowing will not only kill many or il.nr,n .. ,..rt-.rta I. nt it'll! nlan ln- iov wintor in t he L'lounu. rnu '-"" " -'"i .. .... ...n.l.. ..rvnil ullllill llim troy nny weeds upon which thoy niKht feed tho next spring. In this . .... ...An ..nl IsillnI lll 11. fill ay any wonns not killed outri,'ltt w ill starve tho next spring or Have - -- ", , ' " . , , to inovo to other land to obtain food. QrasshopporH lay their eggs in the falliit-iho uncultivated ground,' such crop. Thin ha been it ury dry mini, iner, but Ihe hunet uIoih kepi rifjht "I consider sweet clover ftill I equal to al fat fit ns n feed crop, nnd ! " ." !. I V'( can bo pastured al nny linic, and Wo plowed up our alfiilfit IiimI spring nnd sewed it to Meet clover. We will fow COO ncres more next spring. "As n Miil builder, sweet clover Itno m nminl fid (I ,.iti,i.ii ji.tt. il ill..-. ,1.' .'mill, nn ,, ,.,!-, I,,. i, ,, , . , 1 II , iiuhih gum mine. I ihiyij ihtii eim traetiiig seed fur fnll delivery nt $-M n bushel. I consider any land with a good stand of hwcet clover of the white flowered variety worth S'JOO nn ncru; mid (his crop will grow in the sand nnd with !o water than nny crop of which I know. It will mnke soil out of siiud, too, "W. !.. DAI.H. "Hock county, Xcbrnskn." for Insect Pests I iw itnulnrii liinil nr uili! Menli Iiii:iI on noppcr uac iiccii hi iiii pieiiiiiiu un pnst summer one xhould look for the female gntifelioppcr, with their ah domeuH htiekiug down into the ground in the net of egg laying. Where thero nre many of these females lay ing eggs in this maimer Ihe laud hhould be plowed in the tale fall lo turn under tho tigtrs nnd thus prevent n crop of gniHHhoppera the ruining year. Strawberry Crown .Miner mid Strawberry Itoot Itorcr. Tlosoi two iiihect penttf' arc well known to nil strawberry growers. The only ef fective remedy for thee pouts is fall plowing of the infested patches. Plow up mid destroy the vines found infested. Tomato Worms. The laro eater, pillars ci.:nmonly found destroying the tomnlo vines nre, in most in stanotiH, easily destroyed by liiind picking, hut if it is praclienblo this treatment niny well be supplemented by full plowing to expose tlio "ju i-v I n ' "i .'i- bundled" pupao over wintering 'n ihe I ground. UMC 1 II IIII" I lirnu iiiu nil nil vno, of Ihe "Juno bugs" or "May beetles." They nro most frequently found in now land. The uKist effec tive lemcdy for this pest is lo Ine.ik lip the sod laud in the late full mid liltii hogH in on it lo devour tlio ex posed grubs. T.nle full ploying ulono will destroy mnny.pf the grubs, especially if the weather is very cold when tho plowing is done and for some time afterward. Wire worms nro ninniig the most difficult insects to combat. They nro the long, slender, whitish brown grubs found in Ihe soil in ull'piirls of tho country. The adult insect is the olick or snapping beetle. The larvao transform to pupae in the fall nnd remain in that singe over winter, Tho most effective remedy for this insect !h fnll plowing. If this prac tice is followed for u couple of years the wire worms will bo worked out of tho bind, . John A. Perl Undertaker Lady Assistant. 2tt H. IIAIlTLIiTT I'hoiies M. 47 arid 47-J-2 AmbuUnce Service Deputy Coroner Theatre ritin.w am H.vrntn.w Ksinnny's HllrrliiK Melodrnum In Two Purls , Broken Threats United I This ureal character study snow (ho dniiKur Unit beset the pnttiwn)' of kind, cotifldliiK, rural folk while. vInHIiik a rliy. It portray tho ntnrt lliiK rontrast luitwenit tho slmplo rotintry life and the wickedness of a city. "A Jl'NtJI.i: ." I'LIItTATItlN" Aulmnted Cartoon "Tahiti tiii: I'lO'iiKsyn:" I'attui .Seeile 'TOIIIAS WANTS OfT" Kellu Comedy Wn art' lierti to slny. Try II and Imi eiiuxlnrtil. STAR THEATER TODAY In the Coils of The Python 101 Uis.Mi Tliiilli'i' .Most sensational awl rxi'il- iiiK animal picfnri'i'Vi'r inali Two OltH-r I'holojilays. Fredrik The Great Magician Coniinj,' (niimrrew: WEBB and WEBB Clever N'aiidevllle N. Florence Clark VIOLINIST AND TCACIICU Klrst'Clais MiihIc for all OcmHlous 1 1 10 W. Fourth SI. riiono 7KI-J Draperies Wn carry vary complain lint of driiHt(l',, loco curlntria, flituro. nta, anil ! nil claininii nf iniliiilnlnrliiK A lalal mini to look afliT thin work eiclunlviily nml will hIvh u irimil nrvlcn im In iiiinsltil to Kt In ovn tint lurKcnt oltlit. Weeks & McQowan Co. E. D. Weston Official Photographer of the Medford Commercial Club 'Amateur Finishing Post Cards Panoramic Work Flash lights Portraits Interior and exterior views Negatives mado anv time and any placo by appoint ment. 208 E. Main Phono 1471 IT Page Theatre TONIGHT Colossal $50,000 Reproduction Hagenbeck Wallace Circus Positively nothing like ever shown hi'iv. it Special Addod Attractien: i. H. Leo Presents LEE AND CHANDLER nn... ..i... i:...... r.... I III' rn'M'l i uiiiriiiiiiin, inr tiiring llii'ir original Tango and Tcxna Tommy t-rcatitins. A giinraniccil alt paction. Adiuission 10c, lfie, 20c. Dooi-s open 7 I'.'M. Special Childron'n Matinoo Saturday Afternoon, 2:30 Ranch for Sale or Rent Composm! of I ISO ncres In Wood lllver Valley, 700 ncres sown lo ti mothy. All iiiuler Irrigation. Water rluht owueil, Wll fmireil with 1'nK" Wire Keiiee, Kor further infornm t lou nml imrtlciilarH, write or apply tb John W. Cox Kurt Kliiiuatli OrcKon Dcsft located and most popular hotel in the City. Running distilled ice water in each room. European Plan, a la Curtc Cafe. Tariff on Room 12 rooms 60 rooms 50 roomi . . . (10 raomt Vrlll niltill Lilb $1.00 ch l.BO each 2.00 aach 2.00 each 2.50 aach SO rooms wild print Itlli 30 iuite. bedroom, oar lor nnd bath 3.00 aach For more than one guoit add $1,00 extra to tho abovo rate for each additional gueit. Reduction by week or month. Managtmtnl Ch$ltr W, Ktllty iNi