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R MfrFbtru 3MEDF0RD MATFi THHWNTC, MEDFOUD, OKKCIOtf, THURSDAY. ,1UNW 11, 1!)1! S -"Tto (f)v h K i' N Medford Mail tribune i. AN INDKl'KNDKNT NliYVKPAPKR puuMwnr.D KVKiir aktrknoon KXCKPT 8UNHAT 1JY TIIR MKOFOIU) VRINTINQ CO. The Pemocrntto Timet, The Medford Mall, Tha Medford Tribune, Tho South rn OroROtilan, Tli Ashlnnit Tribune. Office Mall Tribune Hulldlnir, 3S-37-M North Kir street; telephone "6. Official Pater of th City of Mstlfont Official t'Apcr of Jackson County, Untrred an sccond-clsss matter at Mmlrnnl. Orocon, under the act of March S, -TSTO. KtTSBOKITTXOH ATB Ona year, by """ TR fth ons nmnin, by wall. , .t I'r mnnth, ricllvereil by carrier In Medford, Jacksonville and Cen tral rolnt.. . . BatunUy only, by mall, pr year.. Weekly, per year - - . ,,,,. ,110 :.oo 1.50 Villi Leased! Wlro Asiorlnteu" lres With Mctlfonl 8top.Oter SUFFRAGEnES POT 1 I.O.N' DON, Jtinrj 11. Fears ot suf fragetto activities hnvo cnuscd tlio withholding from publication In Lon don of Colonel Thcodoro ltooscvclt's engagements during Ms approaching visit to Knstnnd. It is known, haw ever, that except for his Iccturo be foro the Royal Geographical society, Colonel Roosevelt will take no part In public functions while :ic ts here. On the other hand, an cxtonslvo list ot private entertainments has been ar ranged, so that tho colonct may have the opportunity of meeting prominent Ieoplc whom ho desires to sec. Sir Edward Grey, secretary ot stato for foreign affairs, Is to give a lunch eon In honor of Colonel lloosevolt Juno 1, and on that occasion most of tho leading members of tho Lib eral party will bo present. He fore this, however, immediately after tho arrival ot Colonel Roosevelt from tho continent, Walter Hlnes Page, the American ambassador is to entertain him at Inncheon. The colonel Is to spend ttio week end ot Chequers Court, the country residence In Buckinghamshire of Ar thur Hamilton Lee, a Unionist mem ber of tho house of commons, who Is to bo tho host of tho former presi dent ot the United States all tho timo he Is In England. Among thoso In vited to Chequers Court nro Field Marshal Earl Roberts and his daugh ter: Owen Seaman, editor of Punch; John St. Leo Strnchey, publisher or tho Spectator, and Mrs. Strachcy; Sir Sidney Calvin, who was for 28 years keeper of tho prints and drawings at tho Hrltlsh Museum; Sir Ucrtrand Dawson, physician extra-ordinary to tho king, and Sir Horaco IMunkctt, agricultural expert. PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 11. Crowds gathered early today to wit ness tho parade and drills ot over r.OOO Portland school cnlldren, whoso program opened the third day of tho Rose Festival. Wlillo today's at tractions woro numerous, chief In terest centered in the national bal loon race under the niiBptres of the Aero club of America, which was scheduled to start at 4 p, m. Northwesterly winds prevailed dur ing tho forenoon and this augured ovn flights Inland, leading tho coin lulttco In chnrgo to hope for a now American balloon record. It was ar ranged for tho balloons to rlso In tho following erder: Kansas City III, piloted by John Watts of Kansas Cltj. Mo.: Uncle Sam, piloted by li. K. llonoywell of St. Louis; Springfield, piloted by Roy ponnldson of Springfield, 111., and Million Population CluO, pllqtcd by Captain John Merry of St, Louis. TITRATE OF SODA CAUSES $200,000 BLAZE, ST. LOUIS ST. r.Ol'IS, Mo.. Juno 11. -Fire that hlurlcil in the ether home of jho Mtillinrkroilt Chemical Work, early today cmicil diimuyo to (lie lilmit ehlimult'd nt $200,000. Com. biiblliin of nitrate of mhIii n the CHine, tti'winlinc it oflielnln, PRINCE ELEXANDER'S WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT IS DENIED i - LOXUPNi Juno II. Tli N'lwrM HHKHt'lt of I'riiieo Alt'XHIIlIlT of MUnlmv ! Comileo .in Tor- , WuVr tliiiijjIiUT f Oriitul Duke "Wlrhni'l Mii'luii'lmilcli or lfuli, win. L D ON ROOSEVELT'S LONDON PROGRAM PAH IL ROE CARNIVAL SHOULD GET IX tho opinion of : majority of citizens the council nimlo i mistake when it arbitrarily raised the water rates of those outside city limits to a prohibitive fijinre. Many of those affected arc already paying meter rates which are sufficiently lush and which yield proportion ately a much greater revenue for the water consumed than is yielded by the same amount of water sold within the city. That, there exists inequality in rates outside the limits is no fault of the people concerned and no reason why all should be punished because the city council has neglected to establish a uniform selling system. Medford needs even dollar of revenue her water can produce. She needs the money, trade and the friendship of those outside her limits. More than all else, she needs com munity harmony and good will. Such actions as above cited will not produce thorn. In its recent telephone decision, the railroad commis sion refused to grant the increased rates prayed for. hold ing that the "rates would he so largo that the same would exceed the value of the service to the patrons and would lie unreasonably high, and the company would in conse quence lose so many subscribers that neither its gross nor its net revenues would be increased." "Wore it possible to submit this water rate question to the commission, a similar decree would be forthcoming, for the new rates are so "unreasonably lush" that thev "exceed the value of the service to the patrons," and the 'L Ml I i .11 Ml euy win lose so many water consumers mai revenues win be diminished, instead of increased. 3n all fairness, the council should set a date to hear the protests of the suburban water-users and try and arrive at an amicable adjustment that will be fair to both parties. Local Experimenting in Fertilization In a recent Issue of your paper ap peared a valuable and Interesting article by Professor F. C. Hclmcr. director of the Southern Oregon Ex periment station. Talent, Oregon, calling attention to tho elaborate ser ies of fertilizer experiments that the station has been conducing during tho past three years and giving spe cial mention of recent tests on al falfa whero applications ot materials containing sulphur, cither alono or In combination with recognized plant food gave marked Increase in yield. The writer read tho article with much interest nol only for tho In formation therein but also because ho has been rather closely In touch with the work of tho station under Professor Relmcr's regime and ap preciates that tho fertilizer work Is only ono ot tho many lines of val uable rctcarch work In progress nt tho station that will dcveolp results of Immcnso Importance to tho val ley. At tho samo tlmo many ot our farmers perhaps do not realize tho dollar-and-ccnts value to themselves of tho experiment station work and It is with tho hopo of emphasizing tho valuo of tho fertilizer tests that the writer would like to mnko some additional comment on tho article In question. In no respect, however, should this comment bo taken as dis paragement of tho tests described which tho writer has seen and which seem to bo tho only field trials ever mado on alfalfa with sulphur ami phosphorus-sulphur combinations. 1'remii nnil (Jernian KerlmenN Ilcccnt experiments by French and Herman agricultural scientists along lines somewhat parallel to thoso fol lowed by Professor Ilelmcr hut with different crops are confirmatory so far as tho results aro comparable. In 1910 experiments reported In tho Dcutscho Landwlrthschaftllcho Press,) demonstrated tho vu:uo of sulphur as nn agent In checking potato diseases llko scab and also Hhowcd that It fncreneed tho yield of potatoes and mangolds. Its value was greatest when used in combination with com mercial plant-food. Tho following year experiments were reported In tho Journal d'Agrl culture Pratique Involving tho use of sulphur In combination with phos phorus, potash and nitrogen on beets and potatoes. Tho amounts of sul phur used vnrlod from 225 to 150 pounds per nrce. Theso trials wero also In lino with tho local trials In showing an increased yield In almost every Instance. Sulphur us Hurlerlul Stimulant After these experiments Uoullangcr and Dugnrdln mado on elaborate ser ies of parallql tests Involving the use of sulphur and sulphur combine, tions on sterilized and unstcrllized roll. Tho yield on storllzed soil was very much less. This led tho experi menters to concluded that sulphur acts(us a bacterial stimulant rather than as a plant-food. Their conciu Ion was given to the French Academy of Sciences In the following werds: "Tho fertilizing valuo of sulphur Is duo to tho Influence it exerts on the ammonifying bacteria us well as on tho nitrifying micro-organisms. In tho presence of sulphur tho plant finds larger quutitltlos of directly as. slmllttbhi u Milium I urn salts and this fnvornblo modification of nitrogen oils plunt-fuod Is followed by import, nut Increases In crops aiiuluKOiis to thoso follow Idk the iuo of uiiiiiioiiluin sulphate. Nevertheless It Is a mutlor of Imppituiiiu to bu horiio In mind I lift I the iiiniiioiiia thus formed by tho ImiU'ilii J pnnlucvil fscitiNivil from TOGETHER the nitrogenous substances In tho sail and thnt the addition of organic ul troftconus fertilizers to tho soil Is necessary In order to counterbal ance the greater withdrawal of ni trogen by the plants.' Sulphur Content High Very recent and complete chemlcnl analysis of various farm crops, In cluding alfalfa, by both the Ohio and Wlsconsls experiment stations con firm Prof. Helmer's statement that the sulphur content of most crops Is much higher than was formerly sup posed. Tills fact was brought out by Improved methods of analysis. Crops containing large amounts of protein, like alfalfa, contain more sulphur 1 than crops with n low protein con tent. Ilko wheat ana corn. Some sulphur Is present In all soils and somo sulphur is present in all rain water. Dr. Hopkins stntcs In this connection thnt long-continued In vestigations at Hothamstcnd, Kug land, (oldest agricultural experiment station In the world), and elsewhere show that as an nvcrago rainfall brings to the soil about seven pounds of sulphur per aero per annum, or ono pound mo'ro than would bo re quired for a 100-bushcI crop ot corn. And, further, that In addition to tho sulphur In the soil and thnt brought to tho soil by rain there Is an un known amount of sulphur absorbed by tho soil directly from tho ntmos pliore. On this subject tho Ohio ex periment station states: "For cer eal rropx tho supply ot sulphur In thn soil, together with that added by tho rain, Is amply sufficient, but for lieavy yields ot leguminous plants, llko alfalfa, recourse to other suppllos -LlOOIetanshrdluetaolumfwypetnotuu would seem necessary. When super phosphate used as a carrier ot phosphorus it also supplies sulphur; 100 lbs. of II pec cent superphos phate contains 11 pounds of sulphur, Valur of SierphiisphatR The fact that tho soils of tho Itoguo It her valley, like moat of tho soils ot the Pacific coast region, aro Inclined to be low in phosphorus, particularly when long cropped In grain, Indicates thnt perhaps the most rapid method of restoring and Increasing fertility would bo tho growing ot leguminous crops, fur their, nitrogen-gathering ability, and the addition of phosphor us and sulphur In somo readily avail able form, llko superphosphate. It Is particularly worth noting that In buy ing superphosphato tho farmer pays only for tho phosphorus therein and receives free tho sulphur and llmo, which superphosphato ulso contains, as stated ill Professor Ileiiuor's arti cle HALPII W. KLDKN. Central Point, Oregon, John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant 28 8, HAUTLKTT Phones M. 47 n 471 Ambulance firvc Itouutir Coror 300 Is tho Number of the Medford Taxi Co. Office Wllfcon's ('lKr Wore. I'lrst Door West Klrd National lliinK it, ViMVKIIHA1.!, C '.riH I'l oj'rli'lor Sargent Defends City Council To tho lMlter: Since passing tho mnv ordinance Increasing tho wntor tales to users outside tho city tho Medford Tilhuno In nu editorial hnn characterized this legislation ot the council as "An Out rngeous Action," nnd tho Medronl paper hnvo published a number, of articles, mostly from parties living outside the city, endorsing this edi torial ot the Tribune and protesting vehemently against this ordinance. Our action Is pronoumed by tliesu parties to bo unjust, Is It so? Let us see. To begin with, this water belongs to tho city of Medford to Its cltl zettH nnd to no ono else, and wo nro rnunclliueu elected by trio citizens of Medford and by no one elso. Anil, or course, as councllmeu It Is our first duty to look after tho Interests of theso pooplo who elected us nnd who nro tho ones runcshlng tho money for pavements, lights, clean ing the streets, etc. Thousands upon thousands of dol lars have been spent by the citizens of Medford for paeinouts. The lighting of the city, costs tho citizens of Medford about $700 n month. Tho rlenutug and repairing or tho streets, though now done much cheaper than formerly, costs the city about f uT0 to $700 a month. And not a penny do the eoplo living outside tho oily (un less of course they havo property In tho city) pay for thoso and other benefits which they nro constantly using. They use tho streets day nnd night. Many of them living Just out side the city limits nnd coming dally, often sovernl times n day, to tho business district Use theso well lighted streets on nu nvcrago much more than thu citizens living Inside the limits. Hut these outsiders pay no taxes for theso city Improvements. Use Com mercial Fertilizer only on Lawns WASHINGTON. I) C. Juno 1. In the late spring, nbo.il n month af ter active grass growth has com menced on tho lawn. It Is doslrnblo to apply n grass stimulant to keep the lawn In first-class condition. Ni trate of soda Is a good fertilizer and will make tho grass grow thlrkly with a rich dark green color that will show Itself promptly nftor tho appli cation. Tho landscape gardener of tho U. S. department of agriculture advises that those who use nitrate of soda should npply It nt tho rate of 50 pounds per;(nrre ouco a month throughout the summer beginning about tho middle of tay In tho lati tude of Washington, D. C. The nitrate of soda should bo ap plied Just betorc a rain or a sprink ling wjth tho hoe. Under ordinary conditions It will keep tho lawn a vivid green during the period when tho vitality of the plant Is low. Tho application of this fertilizer com bined with careful watering (de scribed in n previous nrtlclc) will provent the lurched nppearanco of tho lawn during thu dry hot summer season. C'nru In I'slng IVrtiller IMirliitf Drought When nllrato Is applied durlnt,' any dry period It should ho used rarefully. It ran. however, bo ap plied nt any time If tho nllrato "f soda Is powdered up flno beforo us ing hut It is safest to dissolve; It In water. Ilccauso of a generally pre vailing fear that this fertilizer muy ruin u lawn If mud rarelesaly, thu department has bei-n cxporlmcntlnr, to seo Just how mutii nitrate of soda would hnvo to bo used In order to kill urast.. These experiment seem to show thnt nltrato of soda cun bo iihoiI fairly extensively without cans Ing Injury, for attempts to kill grass with It wcro unsuccessful except when surh largo quantities as 100 pounds to nn acre wero used. Although fertilization Is a splen did thing for tho upkeep of a lawn It will never entirely muko up for a lawn soil thnt was poorly prepared In tho beginning It Is only when n lawn soil Is proprrly prepared In thu first place and enrlchod with stable ni nn me, lime, and bono phosphato Board of Health Indorses PLATE ICE CLEAR, HARD AND PURE "Will outlast any othur muko ol' artificial ice. Moriiiiij,' Deliveries Medford Ice & Storage Co, I pay nu taxes to keep tho city lighted, pay no taxes to koop tho street clean. Thoy enjoy nil tho benefits but they hoar none, of tho bunions, Tint tho pooplo living within the city should pay homily for nil thoso things while thoso outside, although they reap tho full honofltn, should pay nothing, in nut Just, Is not right. Those who renp tho bouotllB should help to hear tho burdens, Tho outsiders complain because their water rates nro raised, hut wo reply that they pay nothing for street Improvements, or for lights, or for tho upkeep ot thu city; and In case It should hecoiuo necessary, ns It un doubtedly will lu time, to replace tho wooden pipe, or to build a second reservoir, or a second main lending fnm tliu reservoir to tho upper part of tho city, thoy ivild pay nothing on tho bonds Issued for obtaining tho money to mnko theso Improve ments while If they were Inside ot tho clcty whnt thoy would have to pay for all theso things would amount to fully nn much ns, or more than, they are now, ns outsiders, called on to pny extra for water. Thu fact of thu matter Is that theso outsiders hnvo heretofore been oh talulng from tho city of Medford n grent deal for nothing nnd now- thnt tho council with nu ey to Justice and square dealing, has Increased somewhat their water rent lu order to mnko things a little more even, n strong protest by those outsiders has gone and Is going up ugnlust tho council's actlun. As I see this matter, Justice to thoso who etectod us to tho council, requires thnt wo look after their In torests and not the Interests ot tho outsiders who while reaping thu benefits want our constituents to bear thu burdens. II. II. SAUUKNT. that n lawn may be mnlntnlucd In the best condition. I'lirottril .Manure .May Mo nitre OihiiI Ijiuiih Curetted stnble manure should be kept away from a lawn at all times, tho opinion of many to the contrary notwithstanding. Stable manure con tains weed seeds nnd particularly af ter tho early growth of grass these weed seeds will bo encouragod to sprout, for at this time tho grass Is weakened by Its spring growth nnd the weeds have additional Impetus to spread. A weed has boon defined ns it "plant of placo." Weeds nro certainly out of plnro on n well-kept lawn. Fertilizing materials hnvo u great advantage over stable mantiru ns they contain no weed seeds. There are othur fertilizers besldo nltrato of soda that are most val uable for tho lawn but their use Is more especially adapted to tho fall. Later tho department will Issue nil vlco regarding tho application of surh materials as ground bono, phos phntu rock, potash, dried blood, fish scrap, nnd sterilized sheep manure. Tho dissolved rock lu particular should not ho used In tho spring. $ STAR THEATRE MR. ' . CLEOPATRA Hinged hy Hie Italiana "fines" of liome, Jtaly, and made in Italy and Kgypt In Eight Magnificent Parts. 4000 People in Cast A Mighty Story, Rich in Romance and Adventure, With All tho Lavish Woalth of Cofitumo and Emioniblri a So Charactorifltio of tho Period, ONKDAVONLV Y ADAIIHHION - - - 2JV mid ir v ISIS THEATRE I'luitoplnjs Today Only Iii The Moon's Ray A Honsut'omit and Mjsteilmis Dotec tlo Drama In Two Parts llt.MD CAT Featuring Sunny .Hm IIU'KHVIIXU'S riNIIST liurlosque Comedy ItlNUS AND UOIlimit.H b'nno Comedy Hero 'I'ouioimtv .tVI.VITI'K.H OF K.VI'llliY.V Nt). I IT Theatre Tonight Only Cliungo Tomorrow "BATTLE OF GETTYS BURG" Kivo Heels Al.soIHTAIi WIWKIiY NHW.S Our "Now Slinplox" Pro jector, Fireproof. Soo it, Hear It J Op- MiWAVS U)f For Camping and Picnicing We have everything yon want in the choicest and heat CHEESE (Imported and Domestic) SMOKED MEATS PICKLES CANNED MEATS And many other necessities for the occasion Medford Fish & Poultry Market J'hone .'Hi'-'. TOMORROW GEORGE KLEINE Presents Tho Kloino-Cinos Spectacular ANTHONY AND Tht New Baby 1 is World's f Wonder r.ftrr tiny hifiihl iiuikri life's ir sin-mini wider tout lirlulittT, And wtiut- pvir lliprn Ik Id en- Imnrc IIh nttlwil ninl to rn no mill rnmdirt tlio MMrlniil itinllirr sliotllil Im iilvrn ill trntlmi, Auuuiir Dm riMl lirlpfiil tlilim It nu cxtFnmt nli dmiittml nipllrntl(iii known ns ".Mnlhvr'x S .ALyyVV J rirmi - li in m 1VII lllf'UFHl v l'7 wninrn that innnt druit rlntes Illinium nut tlio I'nllrd Hlnlcit wiry "Motmr,it l"rlnnl" ns ono nf tliclr rttipln mut Hll nl'ln rrmvdli-ft. It l tippllcd to tlot nlxtiimliiAl imilit In irllinu the klrulu on llMituii'iils nnd trillions. In u tit t In lnHik nro dcucrlhrd inure fully tin) ninny rxvmuiH why "Alolln-r'ti Frknit" ban hftm u frlnul Imlcnl tu women for more limn two hiihtiiIIimh. Dili Ixink wns pri'iiirrd nut only to nlil Ilia ItirMHTli'ticril hut tit i'iihMi pu innliy. woiiiru In hOn Ut band tlio tlumty hints. fiiiKHi'iitloiiN mid hi'li In t-omiii mut ncstlr prlntiM form for rwuly iwfririii'o. It nliotiM bo In nil lm'. "Itullinr'a Itlriut" my be bid of ntnuwt nny tlru glut but If u foil l" ninl It writ" u ill. rvvt Hint ill") wrlla (or booh In IWmllli'l.l ItmiiUlor Cu. 303 1-iuuic JUIJu., Atlanta, (liurtila. Farmers who oppimi the uo of beer lotto surely not studied the sub ject deepl) 0 YMP-IA BbtiK "Us the Water" w tilth Is nn unstirpasnabln rep resentative of brer of thn American tpe, contains 3 4 per cent by weight or I 4 ier cent by volume of nlrohol, pro duced by natural fermentation. It Is a mild, delightful, healthful buiurngo fur thu furm worker, Its regular use minus temp ernuco nnd contentment, (let It from Niuh I Intel Co., Medford William O'llaru. Medford O. M. Selsby, Modfori! I.'. (1. Ilrown, Medford Murphy & Co., Medford l.ny & Keegau, .rnckimnvlllo M. Ilargar, tlrnuts I'm li. W. Ilenrn. tlrnuts I'nrs Katuuel ft Kteorteii. (Irniils Pass L. It. Cnrdwoll, (lold lllll M. S. .lohiuou, (lold lllll r ? ? t t ? t ? T ? T t ? '. ' fr-Ow V lb.