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J I ill PA'GE FOUR aiEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON". TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1911, Medford Mail Tribune AN INDKI'ENnKNT NKWHTAPKR I'UIII.IKIIKI) HVKIIY AKTBUNOON UXCK!T BUNDAY 11V TUB MKDFOIU) POINTING CO. Tim tlemherntlo Tlmon, TliA MedforJ Mall, Tim Medford Tribune, The South ern Orettonlnn, Tho Anhlaml Trlbunn. Office Mall Tribune HutliMne. 26-17-S8 North Kir trct tMcphono 74. THE FORECASTING FIZZLE Official I'opor of tho City of Medford. Official l'apcr of Jncknon County. Kntorfd nn Bccon,d'Cl8 mattor nt Medford. Orcgpn, under tho act of JJarcli 3. 189. HUHBCRirriCm HATES One ynr, by mall.. . . tS.OO Ono month, by nuill... . .so JVr mouth, dullvrrcd by carrier In Medford, Jocknonvlllo ond Cen tral Point .80 Saturday only, by mall, per year. 3.00 Wci'kly, pr year . . .. . 1.00 SWORK CIRCUI.ATIOJT. Dally uvornco for nix months ending December si, 1913, :soo. Tho Mall Trlbuno la on sale at tli I'rrv Ncwn Stand, ftan FrancUco. Portland Hotel News Stand. Portland Portland News Co , Portland. Ore, O. Whitney, BeatlK Wash. Fall Itaifd Wi Vnlttd Prcta Dlipatfhti c IS A6AN MATCHED 0 FIGHT MY MURPHY SAX FRANCISCO. Cnl., Jnn. 20. Willie Hitchlo and Harlem Tommy Murphy nro rcnintched today for n twenty-round contest nt Coffroth's Howard street arena on April 3. Trie Bnnio conditions which were made for tho proposed matches hold good, Ritchie being truarantecd $13,000, lo.e, win or draw. Now n date has been definitely de cided upon, Murphy plnnned today to accept an eight weeks' vnudevillc en gagement. He has nnnounccd that ho will take on no opponents until he L'etH n crack at tho title. No stipulation was made in the fight articles as to whether or not tho principles will bo allowed to en gage in n contest before that time. It was believed that Kitehio will go cast and engage in one or more ten round bouts when his sprained ankle heals. Jim Buckley, Murphy's manager, left for tho cast yesterday in re sponso to n telegram telling of tho serious illness of his father, who is 72 years old. Muqriiy will remain in San Francisco until ho starts out on his vaudeville tour. FAIRBANKS BETTER IS HE KLAMATH NORTHWESTERN recently ve- marked: The tntl of tho big cistern hlltsard that scut tho mercury down to i! below ioro tu parts of New York Statu reached Klamath Falls last night. The Northwestern 's mistake is a common one. Mnnv a person speaks about the coast getting the "tail end" of an eastern storm, -when the reverse is true. Jf the North western had stated that the tail of a bit? western storm had sent the mercury down to 'Jo below zero in parts of .New York it would have been more nearly correct. Storms, so the weather bureau tells us, do not move from points on the Atlantic across the plains to the Pacific coast. A casual glance at a series of weather maps will show that all high and low barometers, therefore, all fair and foul spells of weather move in a generally west to east direction after reaching the Pacific coast. In gen eral, all weather over the earth's surface has a generally west to east direction. The weather forecaster on the Pacific coast finds it difficult to forecast for more than twenty-four to thirty six hours because his data is rather meagre, there being no stations at proper intervals in the Pacific ocean. How- ever, me iorccaster living on ine .Atlantic coast nas me distinct advantage of the data gathered by the observers on the Pacific coast, and can therefore forecast for three or four days to a week ahead. The central weather bureau at Washington now makes weekly forecasts, these forecasts taking advantage of the fact that all weather moves from west to castat the rate of from 400 to 000 miles a da v. Forecasts for Oregon weather are made at Portland. They are issued for eastern and western Oregon, the Cas cades being the dividing line the assumption being that there are only two kinds ot weather in the state. As a matter of tact, each section has a climate of its own and it is absurd to apply the predictions for Portland to the Rogue River valley and as a result weather predictions arc a standing joke in the communities of southern Or egon. A comparison of forecasts with weather records will convince anv one of the absurditv of the bonehcad svstem now employed. For instance, Monday's prediction was for fair weather for forty-eight hours, and with the white flag flying, came the heaviest downpour of the season. With rain signals flying for days, scarcely a drop of rain tell. Weather predictions for northern California made at San Francisco are nearer correct for this section than those made for Oregon at Portland. While admitting the handicap of the forecaster in not having weather stations out m the Pacuie, this alone does not explain the repeated failures of the weather forecasts for southern Oregon which are practically valueless to the public. Crawford Loses $700,000 Out of Platform in a Week THE CRUEL WAR IS OVER PASADENA, Col., Jan. 20. For mer VIco President Carles W. Fair banks Is now almost entirely recov ered hero today from tho Indisposi tion from which ho was suffering whon ho first canio to Pasadena for tho winter several weeks beforo tho first of the year. Fairbanks not only was ill but two deaths in his family thoso ot his wife and his son's wlfo had caused a depression from which bo was finding great difficulty in rallying. Slnco coming to Pasadena he has been in tho habli of taking long walks, especially in tho morning, and tho sight of his tall, span) figure, as ho btroltcd along the streets, swing ing his arms like flails, has caused consldorablo wonder among those who did not know that this was Col. Itoosovolt'a former admlnlstrativo partner taking his dally constitu tional. Fairbanks Is accompanied by his oon and mother. E OF T THE cruel war at Copperfield is over. In spite of tho frantic shrieks of the Oregonian and other lovers of license, the circuit court has ruled that the governor was X, 1 1 1 .1 -,-1- J .1 , wiui iu ins rigius in using tne nniina to rout tne demon rum from gambling dens. The only corpse is that of the rat that the commanding colonel shot on the fly as he kept his lonely vigil over the whisky kegs. Oregon has a spectacular governor. Oswald West is a born advertiser. Whether or not his methods are ap proved by all, they arc as picturesque as they are effective. The game may not have been, in" the opinion of many, worth the candle, but there is no question of the execu tive's earnestness and sincerity. A few gamblers and saloonmen in Copperfield thought they were above the law. They captured the city admin istration arid proceeded to run rough-shod over the com munityignoring both state and local laws. Roth the sheriff and prosecutor were prominent in the can't-do-it club and so busy finding ways not to enforce tho law that the' could find no way to interfere at Copperfield. Warnings and requests from the governor were ignored or ridiculed. The rum-selling officials insolently defied the executive so a young lady was sent to show them.the error of their way, accompanied by a detachment of militia, which proceeded to confiscate roulette wheels and whisky bands. Next time the governor makes a request for the surcease of sin it will probably be duly heeded. While all do not agree with the governor's conception of his duty and would leave minor local matters to home rule, there is no question but that Oregon will be a cleaner and better state because of Oswald West's law-enforcing proclivities. Value and Preservation of Hen Manure I'lnttk I'Yoni Crow font's Platform "Tho common school fund should bo sacrmlly guarded and It may not bo too lato to savo n portion of Uo $;r.0.000 worth of Indemnity school lauds which have during tho Inst few years been practically lovt to tho state." (Nunment by West "Tho above statumont I cither evi dence ot the attorney general' gross Ignorance or laud matters In this state, or It Is evidence ot n deliberate attempt to furnish a rotten plank tor a meaningless platform. ' Tho records of tho state land board will show that selections have boon made to rover practically all losses In school sections In this state and that such selections have either boon approved, or nro now pending beforo congress or the departments at Wash ington. Tho unsatisfied losses amount to but 3000 acres. Thcro are other surveyed sections amount ing to 4 COO acres within tho bound aries of forest reserves for which wa had hoped to secure Indemnity, but tho department Is holding against such solectlons and It an exchange Is secured It must como through an act ot congress." Crawford's Ktplnnatlon "Tho stntotnent In my nnnouueoment that seoms to bo questioned relates ta tho following transactions? "Two or thrco years apo tho state land commissioner used up about CO, 000 acres ot what Is called Indemnity school land base, being lands to which the state was entitled, and for which It might select government lands In lieu of lauds lost to the state or reconvcyod to tho United States. Tho land commissioner se lected In lieu ot this baso lands In the vicinity of Abert and Summer lakes, Iu Lake county. "Lands so selected worn alkali lands, worthless for any purpose whatever, but were to be used, It at all, by parties who were to endeavor to reduco tho sodas and salts and other mineral values from tho lakes." Comment by West "In making this stntement tho at torney general has proven himself to bo an unmitigated. If not a malicious liar, for ho was In possession of all tho facts long beforo making any statemont In refcronco thereto, as '"wljl Ijo, shown by u copy ( n letter 'sent hi hi by tho clerk ot tho statu land board under the ditto of October ait IBIS." Itcvords of Ktato I .a ml Office "Honorable A. M. Crawford, Attor ney Uenernl, IIuIUIIiik. -Dear. Sir: "Ih'forrlng to your request for In formation mi to certain Indemnity se lections made by tho state along tho shorou of Summer and Abort lakos. wish to say that these selection lists whon Mrst fllod covered 33"!l acres, or such lands as the company lens- lug tho lakvti from thu statu thought would bo necessary for thu successftil operation of Its plant. "llelng Informed Hint owing to a chnbgo In Its plans thu bulk of these lands would not bo needed by It, tho snld selections wore withdrawn with tho exception tu two lists covering 1)8". 0(5 acres along thu shores t.f Abert lake and 302. 30 acres along tho shon! of Summer lake. It Ik deemed tidvtsahlu to hold theso lands In o I'd or that tho state will own nt least a few acres of shore lands aud thus always have a base of operation on tho shore side of tho tueandor Hue. "Yours very truly, (signed) "O. 0. nilOWN. "Clerk, Slate l.und Hoard." A Correction by (lio Orcgmiiuu "In Attorney (lenornl Crawford's statement, as tulegrnphcd to The Ore gonian from Hugetiu, It was said that tho stato land commissioner had sur reuded 'JCO.OOO of school land base.' Through error this wns printed ns 'r.0,000 acres.' " The Question and the Fact Thu Question Is whnt has happonod to tho f700.OUn.00 or the difference between tho $750,000 00 alleged loss as stated In Crawford's platform and u0,000.00a being tho alleged loss as per his la'st statement. The fact are that not one penny Is being lost and even the 591 acres of base men tioned by Clerk llrown In his letter to tho nttoruoy general Is being re turned by tho government to tho stato as tho government contends that tho lands wo were selecting were inln crnl. So oven nfter dropping hit loss figures from $750,000.00 to $50,000.00 he Is stating what Is ab soltoly untruu and what makos It worse he knows It. iiriMarwigresivttfa. ?" -V ininninrm LIVER AND BOWELS Curo Hlrtt Hernial lie, Constipation, HlllnUMicss Hour Hlniiiiuli, Had Hi vat h Candy Cathartic THEATRE Hot a 10 cent box now. Are )ou keeping your liver, stom ach aud bowels clean, pure aud fresh with Casearols- -or iueioly forcing u passageway every few dajs with anils cathartic pills or castor oil? This hi important, , Cnscnrets Ihliuudlately clcanim the stomach, renunn tho sour, undi gested and (onunutlug food uml foul Kiinch; take the excess bllo from the liver and carry out of tho system tho constipated wantu matter and poison In thu bowels. No odds how sick, headachy, Ml Ions aud constipated you fool, n Can caret tonight will straighten you utc by morning. They work while you sleep, A Ill-rent box from your drug gist will keep jour bend clear, stom ach sweet and your Uxor and bowels regular for mouths. Don't forget tin children tholr little limldoit need x geutlu cleansing, too. ISIS UictiM'd I'hnloplnys Tuesday uml Wcdiii'sihiy I'rogriuii The Cypher Message Dotm-tho Story In Two Ports PATIIi: WKIWI.VNO. 70 News 111:1,1,0 TiteriiM: Comedy Coming Tliutday vim o' tiii: movii:s Two Heels TDK hi: I.IIONH Featuring Hnh Ho I. con, Yotittitoit Acrobat In iuorlca STAR THEATRE John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Asolstnut uh 8. HAitTi.irrr Phones M. -17 and I7-J1S Ambulance Sarvlr) Deputy Coroner TODAY Weak Luiijis Ollcn Lead to Serious Illness ull tl- Si-lift- llllll tf'ltlMtl The Mail Tribune's New Year Issue (From the Portland SjHjetntor.) Well edited, nrtNtically illustrated and complcto iu it mechanical pre paration, was the Midendid New Veur'rt edition of the Medford Mail Tribune. Kutcrtniuiugly it told of the wonderful resource f the re nowned Iloguo river valley and the Hurroundiii;; southern Oregon country- Its full page htorleri with fine illm trntioiirt gave a rnpital picture of tho proyreKi made ill irrigated sections, in non-irrigated sketches of country, in field, iu orchard, and in the great expauno of imMuro IniuN. The di versified reMiurees of this favored valley have never been ho Hntifnu torily pro-ented to the world us iu thw comprehensive edition of the .Medford Mnil Tribune, which is do horvinc; of the widest possible circu lation. The editor und publisher, George l'utnam, Eiiih well earned the cnngrntulntionH showered upou him. This speciul edition emphasizcx the importance of the .Mail Tribune as mi ndvertikine; medium. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 20. The movement started by mlllownpra which, It Is expected today, will do volop Into a federal Inquiry into tho San Francisco lumber boycott on northwest finished lumber products, grow with tho announcement by a largo mill owner of Tacoma, thut he was In favor of starting legal action and would Join In any such movemont inaugurated. Northwest mill men generally ex cept thoso who maintain finishing plants In San Francisco, aro said to agree that tho ttmo has como to breuk tho long existing California boycott following tho admission last week by tho San Francisco chamber of commorco that a boycott existed, affecting a restraint on trade between states. This admission, they think, places tho mattor on tho proper foot ing for a federal Investigation beforo grand Jury, A recent bulletin of the Muine iif!-1 10 pound of sawdust, good drio lic.ilturnl experiment Hlniion hhowl'nm or pent, 10 )miiiu1h of acid thut the uoultrviiinii or farmer ,.aiMIho.sphnte and 8 pounds of kninir. uintcrinlly udd to the profit of his bushier by properly enrinjf for the droppings of his fowls. For exam ple, it i shown thai the droppings from 1U00 fowls, if preserved with out needless waste, are woith at least $,'100 per annum, and tiii esti muto is bused on the assumption Hint Ic,k than half of tho dropping, or only U0 pounds per hen per year, can be collected. According to the Maine station, the droppings should lie collected dnily and mixed with substances which will (1) prevent loss of nitrogen, (2) udd sufficient potnsh and phm phorie acid to make u better buhnit' ed fertilizer, and (.') improve tho mechanical condition of the munurc so that it can bo applied to tho huid with a immure spreader. This can ho done as follews: To each JO pounds of the manure add Such a mixture will contain about l.'Jo per cent of nitrogen, -1.5 per cent of phosphoric ncid and '2 per cant of potash, which, used at 1 lie rate of two tons por ncre, would fur msli o0 pounds of nitrogen, 185 pounds of phosphoric ncid und 80 pounds of potnsh, and nt the present price of fertilizing ingredients U worth about $10 per ton. Tho mix ture would furnish a well-balanced stable fertilized, which, ulthough not fine enough to work well in drills, can ho successfully applied with u innnuro spreader. The treated man ure should ho well sheltered until time to apply to tho hind that N, shortly beforo plowing. Garrecht Nominated WASHINaXOX, Jan. 20. Frank E. Garrecht was nominated today to be federal attorney for tho eastern district of Washington, (From the Lake C'rvstnl (Minn.) Un ion.) Lust Wednesday we took from the post office u big bundle of papers and on one end of tho wrapper was written II. Humphrey, J'J Geneva av enue, Medford Oregon. It was n boom sheet und divided into section oil which there wero eight mid each sec tion had ubout 111 pages. We count ed n few, tot t'ri''l "hd auit. On tho examination of the hand writing wo could have bet our lifo it was thut of Henry Humphrey. This, is tho firnt tune wo have heard from Henry for a good many years, yet wp under stnnds ho reads the Union weekly. On pago five our attention wns at tracted to a row of several bunga lows and thu one on the corner of this row was marked II. Humphrey. It's n beautiful place. Tho paper, tho Medford Mail Trib une, is full of hnlftono cuts of orch ard views that actually bewilder the eye and puzzle the bruin. This is a great country of ours. To the Editer: Although I did nut receive my copy of your isMie of January 1, I miw the one sent to my mui, Y. F. Kiddle, nnd want to congratulate you on the character and general appearance of the paper. Even if I were not large ly interested iu the valley, I am ipiito sure that the paper would impress me with the past development and the future prospects of tho Itoguo Itiicr valley in general, and .Medford iu particular. Wishing you the greaisst measure of success, 1 am, Yours very tnilv, W. K. KIDDLE. St. Louis, Jnn. l'J. To the Editer: I received (he New Year's special edition of your local pnier and en joyed reading snme very much. It wa simply splendid. I know a heap more about Medford and the Kotruc Hiver vnlley now than I over did h' foru iu my lite. Many thanks for your kindness. Very truly yours, KHOOKK KKAIjTV CO. Ky Morris Krookc, president. Sacramento, Cat,, Jan. U. If jim lm nnk Inn, llr mil, iit-t I, t,liU r niHl roll) u.irlitll l, 1-, , f I. n l.um; CniuMi' In ihai', , n.t-4 I'll .miihihU of Imiin lu.,1 tr.'iil.l. i i, ii- Id,' liiiina In n liimli hi ill nil roii'llll, n l'kni' Al trmllt, I. imilMiH' fr ibc Ihi.Mi met liiMW- l,l li N" I'l-vtr f Mini la I i-tjr ln ii HI. , ,'li ttli. n rt , "iir tif i-lltHlli nu. I ur Itfuimrni- UH..I m tl M lli-f II, m.I .f I hi. - .-31 S AiMiiili,' At". IIwI4hSvM. N J. "(1,'MtWlM.n III lh full t 1110 I ml, tmrlisl il (ft) 'r ll nIiM, ftllrO mi IM) IrtliJ. Al l,.l I U'ftnn In rut .piilimi. mil uiy lijrt l Ibrii itiM hh- I mint ih In l'lir,ri,Ui lintiioltalriir At Hit. i Inn- I mltlM-, I,, 111, r.MuH' AUlfKlltf I !) I tl Imxim mt 1IM uiriM-r.1 IoWImk II tU U.I wrrl. in lll.i a-r I Iiii In Imiifutr li.l IS r-l wirl In Jiii Hl llX I IMUMir-t if. I, K ulnr (hi iii'Mti.iii. ImtIhs sallx-'l "' l""""1' fully ii-iurrl In ImniIiH It U How .-ii jrMr I lt' in) r''rrr ho, lrn rir.-ll 4liit I rliu,t frill.,' IKiuhn' Alt'tAim li, Illicitly (Sli,r.ll W V T.VI'ltM lAU.ti- iitaiflMtisI; Iihxf nil !,-l I I:, litMii'ii Antrum,- lin Imm-ii .f,.,'u l,y many "r' il l l- nm-.! i f A, for r,.ii- 'IhriMt mi,l I mm (Tr ll,.,,. Ilrmlilll., lliulM-bUI A.itaini,. SliiI'l'ofH Cil.l, aii't In HulHilbllnic lit IIH. !itilrln mi imK'itti'o i-'l,'ii r Kol.lt furmlnc iliu. A.V, f.ir Uil.ll IrlllHS uf n-oitrrlM. uml wrlln l IM.mti lilnimlitry I'lillmlvli'lili ls fiw rtl i1ik. I'ur talc lir all l-mlliu ,Iul-II Last timo tonight to soo Wild Animals At Large Or VWIIHNr Til .'win UltOK The IS real est Coined v niontlis .MIONACJ-LOOSI'I" in E. D. Weston Official Photographer of th Medford Commurclal Club 'Ainntour FiuishitiK Post Canld Puuorainic Work Flash lights Portraitfl Interior ami exterior view Negatives made anv timt and any place by appoint iiienl. K M. 1IAHMON, .Manager. 20R V, Mfiin Pnnn 147) Butler6 Lyons 'Thoso Cowboy Fiddlora" KNTIU'K (MIAXCIl TOMOKUOW ADMISSION 10 CENTS rxh eat re Tainlglit uml Wrilncsilny .Vlgtil The Wreck Vltntraph Three Heel Special Fcaturn A Terrible "Head On" CollUlon With A Humiwuy Kngluu (2i:i:h.i, iii'.NKo'H vitrnmv Knlom, liulluim, Wllil Welt I'iano M.wriMtrruiiiNd Knletn IMuratloual Coining Tliui-Mluy Night WILKINS AMI U'lLKINS Violin, Harp aud (lullnr Club or Four I'eopln To tho Edi(or: I want t tlmiik you for sending mo copy of your Now Ycur's edition. It really is n icinarlmblo effort and does you great credit. It is surely a good country (hat will justify t'lu production of such a paper. Wishing you a happy und prosper ous New Year, I am, Sincerely yours, JOHIH'H N. TEAL. Portland, Jun, li, To the Editer: Someone sent inu a copy of the special edition of the Medford Mail Tribune. Not knowing to whom I am indebted, I want to thunl; you for the splendid isxuc. I am usually too busy to examine papers thut como to my desk, but I couldn't help it in this enst. The. issue is of great credit to Oregon aud a fine compliment to Medford und surrounding country, Sincerely yours, ALLAN II. EATON. Eugene, Jun. 15. To the Editer: 1 rend with intich cure and delight tho Now Yenr'H edition of tho .Med ford Mail-Tribune, after which I sent tho copy to an ncquaintuncn iu the south who is much interested in Or egon. I cannot restrain the impulse to commend you and congratulate thu people of southern Oregon upon (ho success of tho edition. Having spent Severn! days iu (hat section of tho state, ( nt once appreciated the ....i.... ..' ii..,- ..,.i:..i,.., ii... ,1111113 f inu iiJiii'irn i;wii, viii iik mi resources of your country and their reliability and lack of exaggeration. Wishing you continued success, I remain, Very sincerely yours, , CI IAS. L, M'NAHY. fjnlein, Jun, l'J, Page Theatre, Jan.19-20-21 w. SENSATION OF THE CENTURY iBNi MILLIONS AR 'APPLAUDING J-aZJIMJKll) GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT .uiaun nintiornont co, iq Bth AvK Nrw YORK CITV SOLE OWNCnS PJilCKH: Children ISc, Adults 25c. TWO SHOWS DAILY Matinee 2:30 Evening 8:00, T.. A. ii' wJ-