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,-i MEDFOTtT) MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORKflON, TJTUK.SDAY, 'AUGUST 20, 1914 PAGE THREC iV- ft' ,' it- i v fc it: m 7 4 rt i 'J, k. iv i , Professor O'Gara Demonstrates That Poor Farming is . More to Blame Than Smelters for Ruined Farms To tlm IMItnrt It 1h iiihIIiIii Unit you, unions' my iiiniiy .Medford friend, would lllo to 1,'IIII'V ttllllt )IO!H'HN I IW lief II uuildiiu; Hini'ii leas Ink Htujuo Hivor vitllny. No ilmilil it kooiI iiiniiy pen. pin MippoHcil t lift t niv miiI, Iiitk uwld mil la nlniiu; M'li'iilil'ii' liuct-t hut rullicr nliiug tin Iiihw of lint ho citlled 4VM'il," uui is imtliiiiK but a pnriixlti' anil liiitittt h cerv iivciitie nt' Holenlllio ii'i'itii'li where lot ran aliNtirli Idiowli'tluit without uoiklnir. It Im now iiluiut (iit months hliioo. n It'll llii utllcy. limine Ha' Inter Mll I IllUe been mtv lainy mail. Til it Held of ituiiniltiii'itl icwcnrrli It an I'lioriuoux ontt (i'ii iii a dMilel Ilia lro of Ilia Sail l.nU uilloy. A linxly ujiinco mer llio Hltiiallon nflcr T ai lived hlituvt'il dial very t ! t ( U iijjrleul. Itiral Imm-nIIiiIIoii which would hit of Milui' to iih hail been done. In other wiinU, tlu dixtricl luiil been It'l itlmin ho far iih aurii'iilliiral imi'ttiKiitimm wi eoiircriicd, To me. it wiih n ruln country wiih a larit percent iitfV 'f Hat fniuioi loillui; nwny In hiixbl'lll ilHIoritlll'U of lilt) H'lll I'Olldl tlllll Of lllillKN. My findwnrW wn lo -eleel a fann which could ho u-ed lor it'iuonilra lion 'iu rjMKii, iih ui'll ax for expeii mental work. A farm which Ian! been forced iiH)lt tlm Mueller; by Hit' for hut owner liy rntMin of heavy dum. UK" clniin wiin M'lcctril, Tin former owner himcd hU fnilure upon no fault of lh own, hut upon (lit Nmrller which III' tuiil (mil pnlholicil iH oil aiiil ruined it for nytieulliirnl pur (nixi'h. Thin farm of ahoul fifty nerr wim llio mo"l tlcpliiriihlc lookiuc i)tht which iMiuld hi' culled it I'm nil thai I linil (Her teen. It looked n Ihtnmli lint owner had heen out of Mtrtx with hiinxi'lf and nut tire for Mineral vrnrn. The land and huihliii-. rould not have looked wnrit if ho-tlle iirnilr had urd them iih their hntlle pound. One reason why 1 M-lerted thin prop erty wax hecaiiM' I wauled the worn! coudiliou Mirihle in order to hhow that lat'tc of iiii'lliod in farming wn rejMinihlo for tlm tm fnlliircH mat mil Hie umi'llrrx. Ovwiiu to Hit' dilnp iihiled couilition of the property, wp rould not lircin our farm ocrnliont until well towaid lint middle or Mity. However, hIiiit thai ttmo we huvr heen hrincinu' onler rut of ehuo. Thin you will ho able to note hv n few photoj;railiri which I am nendliiu yon iinder t.emntlc tout. The trnn fonuiitiou of thW ruin into n lieautl Jul farm hat hen mo remarkable, that wo hit vo linil literally hundred of iitnrn willi iih In order to learn how it wiih done. i luiva had reprenen latieH of tlm arioiiH hurenuH of the .Ibiitod StnleH departuient of UKricuN line, miiIn, plant indiinlry, eiitomoN oijy, iiiineH. )r. 1. 0. Howard tf Hie bureau of ciiloinoloy, nfter xishlnj; Hut farm and laboratory, Hinted to n uewhpaper rrprcM'utntif Hint the work beinu done by our department in the moht rcinarkable of any done in the United SlatfH. That a 1,1 oiai'ltiiiK and refinini; eompnny hlioiiM oiikiiko in iiurldilluriil laxesll". pilloiiH in ho IhoroiiKli a heieulifie way illicit hit eoiiHidered an epovh makiiiK movement )r. Howard re nliretl that our metliodH ami eipilp. nienl are hiieli that wo can do ninny lliinpi whieh Hut expcriuicnl htatlnii 'aniiol undertake. ' huo men with iih who Jiaxn dona things anil i not nl'raid of haul work. jfer p'lHa fann operations Marled, my ne, ork was to make plans fur the laboraloiy and its eiiuipau'iil. Ah you will note in the hooKrapliJ w ,ae n tine uliiioM lneproof biiihliin;. All Hut walls, In I'ludini thgjjijeriiir oneH, ant 0f il0, HEALTH OF PARIS REPORTED EXCELLENT I'AUIH, Aug. ao, IMS n, lit. Tliu Intuitu of I'urlH In excellent, accord, lag to reports of llio nunltnry uu. thorltlcH. Tho population f hot), tho city nntl Itn miliurlm ro-nperulo read ily In tho nicntuiroa taken by tho health offlrcra ho that thoro la no diingor of opIdomlcH. Ailvlco an tn rovnroliintltm In very generally fo. lowed. TIo jmllco now cotiutlir jar tl0 linftmt city lit tlio world. Ilroiuod bliioJueketH huvu heen brought from tho naval 'porta to 8Upiomont tho police. Tho putrolH find little to do. Hnforo ninbllUutlnu tho avurMgo dally nrreiitH tu tho city wiih 700, TI1I1 hiu now ilioppeil to ICO, GROUNDED STEAMER IS SAFELY FLOATED HAN rilAN't'IKCO, Cal., Aug. 'JO, Tlm I'huiubur of niiuiuiercn hum n. ndveil woiil today Hint Ilia Weanier Colusa of llio New Voik i. 1'aelfju Hleiiuiblilp ,iiiiiiiiiiiy( ,lil I'lecl, willed went nkliiirn cl miles 1101II1 of An Inlliii hum i'louleil hint ululil, lililii Jul I'd, "" ' Mw urn ipi m Willi UUh4 rHUihii mn$ whicli uiuki'H thi! bullilliitf mi I'd and at the Hiiinn limit very cool for hiiiii iner woik. About Hid wiiIIh thcic la an air npacu Hiirrouuded by hiuvrcw, ho thai the iooiiih urn nmiir heated tint im; Ilia liollcMt dajH. There nr clht liiiKn roouiH for lahoratoileH, library and lieihailuui and ofliee pur' poKCH. In ailtlitiou, thcic h a hlore room for laboratory Hiippliii, Tint laboiatorii'H am etpiippetl with the fin cM nppataliiH lliiit moliey can buy; all our liiHtiiiuieuU and nppll anccK luixc heen purrhuHcd in order Ibal we may do precision work. In each l.tboia orv HuTi Im clcctiiclly. KiiM ami l'linuliit; water. In Hut rear of tin) laboratory hIuimIh our own u'iih plant, ho that we do mil depend upon elly Hiipply. The library In ono of Hit' moMt Itupnititnt piuIh of Him eiiiipiiieul, In udditiou lo I ho lib rary I lunl, I have, added a great many volume. I now huvo n emu plete net of HaeeardoV Sylhajo Tan Koriim, iiii'liulluir the ear IDin. ThN He! nbuin coht .t 100(1, and there nre many liihitutioiiM without it. Mine U tint only tr( within thin xlulc. In onler thnl we may be able to makn a t.urey of arielillural condl lions, it in ueeessary to hate (tnipet Irausporinlion. Tint company, know. In our ueeilH, placed nt our disposal six maehiiieH with which lo cover (he acrieiilliiral districts about Hut hiiicK tern. One uiilomohile U a traveling chemical laboraloiy, uud is uniipic as welt iih useful. Our staff con-tsls of tliiileeu men, which iucluiier myelf. In this staff we have representatives of the hext universities m the t'uiteit SlateH ami abroad. I Imv i in) staff a plant pathologi) ami assist, nut, an et'ouomtc entomologist, un agronomist and irrigation expert and nskUtnm a chief chemist, n ehemlsi in charm' of air aualysU ami fiiuil. lion experiuirnt. a Foil chemist and physicist, a veterinarian, panisitolo. gist am) bacteriologist, a dairy rx pert and animal husbandman, and a fann superintendent. Von will see, llien, that my Muff and eipiipuieut iro of n little higher order than was. provided me ii tlm ltoguo Itiver vat ley. Theru in nhsolutelv nn until im connected with mv work, and when I say uiai I am elner in charge I menu lo convey tlm impression that no one diotnlc Ii inc. I am civen the means with which to carry out niv Investtga. tioiih, and nil Hint in asked or me Is lo "deliver Hie foods." Wo arc doing two thingt. Kirst, we aru enrefullv intestiLiiihi Un. ngrjnnllural vomlitious of the ills. met; Hpcniid, wo arc eo.oH.'ratiug with the fanaerH and fivnrv nllirr agency which will help the eotnmii uity. In our eo.onenition uiili H. fnnuei-H wo are instructing hun in the matter of pent control, cultivation and irrigation of soils, feeds unit feeding, breeds and In ceding, with special rrferenen lo dairying. Wo arc paying a great deal of attention to soil phyhioii and dieinihtry, with npeeial n'lcrcnci) to irrigntloii prne. tico and ilrainage. We are also do iag much work on alkali iuvestiga. HoiiH. The fanner of the commun ity gel nil Huh help free of charge. If un animal is hick, our veterinarian preMTihcH without cos to the owuith. Soil nnnlvHOH or other cheiniciil . aJysoa are also mado without charge. any one o our experts may go at Hie beck and call of the farmer. The f n mien, have already learned that wo arc not their enemies, although paid by the smeller iuleres, hut that we are their friends. Our demonstration fann is a place for them to visit in order to learn how lo till (ho koII. Since beginning our vvuik here I have personally fouml present, but r OIITUARY. IJAI.MKT At Ashland, August ir Adam llalliel, aged fit) yearw. De ceased was well known in Southern I'aeifio railtoad towns for tho past thirty years. Ho was night foreman of Hie roundhouse at Weed, where ho was employed at tho time or his n cent illness and was sent to tho AMi laud Minitarium. The funeral look idneo Tuesday, conducted under the (.uspices of Mt, Shasta I.odgo No. Ill'J, Hrolhorhood of hoeomolivo I'lremeii ami l-higiu-eers. Home thirty meuibers of the order eame from Punsmuir, und For rest llalliel, sou of tho deceased, eamo fiom Dillon, Mont. Ileauliful floral displays were sent by railroad men whom ho had worked with from Haoramento, Duusiuiilr, Portland and Ashland. Tho interment was in Mountain 'iuw cemetorv, . . IIKKD -At Ashlantl, August 1H, Klizahelh V. Heed. Iloiu in I'hiladcl. I'hla, Juno ill), 1H III; died lit the home of her daughter, Mrw. A. T, Winner, alter an illness of two years, Tlui icreuter puillnn of her life vvim J'""I In I'eiiiiHylvniili, Koinh lleuil mid Kvaimvllli lud,, later ('(lining to Denver, t'olo,, nml m AhIiIiiiiiI iihnill I'mir titui'ii iigo, Hhu wiin Hiu widow iif A'llew ,1, Jiueil, ulliT uluue ilealli Him Hindu ier liiiinn wllli Mrx, W'uuwr, Hiu only eblld, Thu twauluv vtriVMtuI HUklfoi 'llwwwl, not heretofore leported from this ills. Iriel, three diseases of the alfalfa lint bacterial blight, thu crown gall and a stem ami leaf snot fungous disease 5 n fungous iIInciiho called nnlhracnoHP of red clover, also n nemaloilo or eel worm of red clover, two miles of tho pear uud apple; a mite new lo science on Hie native ample; two leaf discuses of Inn ley nmla fungous diseaso of wheat. In addition, Professor Dmiu, our econ omic entomologist, has found promt In the valley one unnamed species of wheat Joint worm together with two other species. Tlm three species of wheat worms have done an eiiiirniniis amount of damage, especially in the dry fnnn districts, where most of the Ileitis (his year were almoHl a total failure. These iiiiMi lunl discoveries ex plain the reason why fanners have not been getting maximum crops. They explain why lint smelters have been forced to pay heavy claims for damages. Our potato investigations have show u a deplorable condition; in the early putt of the season our CMimiaallon of the seed tubers of fered for snip all over the district averaged about 100 oer eenl diseased. It was impossible to find any lot of potatoes which did not have nresent in them such diseases as dry rot, ros. elle and scab, together with other more or less important diseases. Al ready our investigations have shown Hint such crops as alfalfa, imtutoe", wheal anil others, have not been damaged by smeller fumes, but rather by fungous ami insect enemies. How ever, the fanner was largely ignor ant of conditions nml he blamed (be smeller for his losses hecnuse to htm it was the most plausible reason for failure. My discovery of the bacter ial disease of alfalfa in the Salt Lake valley had a rather startling effect. I showed the funnels that llio pecul iar appearance of the alfalfa was not due to smelter fumes, which they supposed it lo be, but due entirely to I he presence of Hie small geni no larger than the pear blight genn. which attacks the alfalfa stem In much the same way Unit the ear blight t-rnit attacks iMimaceotis hosts. The genu also attacks the foliage ol tho alfalfa plant ami the peculiar isitting caused by it was supposed by the fanner lo be due to smeller fumes. I showed them that the al falfa weevil so serious in the Salt Lake valley, but readily controlled, was in a largo mrasuro resMinsihIe for llio entrance of the blight germ into (he alfalfa plant. It was also shown that the spring frosts, especi ally during tho early purl of may, caused sufficient injury to tho leaves ami stems of the alfalfa plant to per mit tho genn which lives in the soil lo cuter. It would tuko too long to tell about tho very ninny interesting tilings wo are finding, as well as other matters pertaining to our work. It is needless to say, however, that we have behind in tho very best peo ple in Hie community. We have noth ing to hide or lo cover up; everything is open ami abovo board. Wo nn doing for tlio H'oplo what has not been done for them by IIiom) who nro expected lo solve their problems. It is quite probable that tho farmer has spurned tho teachings of those sent lo help him. He that as it may, xre found tho farmer generally ignorant of actual conditions, hut iptito will ing to learn. With mv kind personal regaids lo you nntl my many friends in thu Hoguo Kiver valley, nin, Sincerely jouik, 1 J. O'OAKA. Salt l.ake('ity. Utah. Aug. 14. TO WAR AS AVIATOR DIJON, France, Aug. -0, via Paris, French gendarmes today mopped a young girl, who, disguised as n man, hnd toft with a group of Pau nvlutors for tho war. SI10 was weurlng .1 military aviator' uniform and had cut her hair short. It was found that alio wait an Hug- IIhIi girl, aged 3(1. 8I10 will bo twill back tu her paronts. Tho finest equipment In Oregon for printing fruit Itbelt. Medford Print ing Co. KHIVIXY -At Ashland, Augtisl 11, Jacob Shively, aged HI. Ho was living with his daughter, Mm, Fred Ma it ley, at Williams, Josephine count v, Twenty yearn ngo ho camo lo Oiegou and had ic.lded at Ash laud most of thu lime since, Deceas ed leaves four sous uud four daugh. tcisi Mis. IVed Itui tiny of Williams, Or. 1 Mrs, John Krwny of Hastings, Mich,; Ml. Mary J. Ilrway of Ml. I'lcuminl, Mich,; Mis, (', I!, Illnear of Mniih, All.; John (I, Hhlirly of Med lot il Aiiliur J. Hbiu'ly of l,o An tteli'Hi William H. MilW'l of Chand ler, All, 1 Jinny D Jililwly nf MW. divW, MM, MAYOR PURDN ASKED TO NAME Mil) or Piirdlu, of Medford, linn been requested by tho Hon, A. II. Flctther, pruiddcnt of tho Fourth American Itoau congretn and slate highway engineer of California, to linmc three delegate to attend Oct Hcmtlon of tho cnngresH at Atlanta, (Joorgln, during the week of Novem ber !nh. Forty-seven great organlmtloiiH nre taking part In tint concrctm under the londcmhlp of tho American High way association and tho American Automobile nxBoclntlon. In hiu let ter lo tho mayor, Pronldont Fletcher rnllH attention to the fact Hint prac tically every state highway commlR sinner will he present and take part In dlHcuiMlng tho Important problems of road construction and mnlnten nnce, and that some of tho foreman! men In public life will devote their attention to tho great qticntlnn of federal aid to road improvement, In nn endeavor to work out a pollev whlch may bo submitted lo the con gress of the United Htates with tho jttipporl of the organized road move ment of America. An Important move hearing upon state leglnlallon will bo mado at the soulon to bo held under the auspices of tho American liar ansoclutlon, at which a Joint com in lit co, appointed nt the 191.1 con gress, will report progrem In com pilation and auggcitcd revision of state road taws. The creation of commission participated In by eac'i stato to work out a revision of tho road laws will bo urged. Tho Na tional Civil Hcrvlcc Reform t.eaguo will hold an exceedingly Important sciudon on tho merit ayitcni In road administration. President Fletcher calls attention to tho exhibits to bo made by tho United States government, tho statci and more than a hundred of tho lead ing manufacturers nt the congress, which will Uluttraleo every known method, material and equipment for road construction and maintenance Ho urgoc that the city and countv bo officially represented, aa tho con gress it In reality a training ichool where a xcry great amount of useful Information can bo obtained through attendance at lectures with leading specialists In road and street work. and tho collecting of tho many In structive bulletins which will be avallablo for distribution. UNC0M IREVITIES A. I). MclCee. 11,, 11. Steplicnson and Joo Urlmpal havo gone to Smith fiver on n prospecting trip and expect to bo absent thrra wteks. Ed Pence nnd family have gono lo their home at Central Point. H. Phillips and K. FInley have gono to tho lakes to gather beef anJ vaccinate calves. Mrs. A. I). McKco went to I.lttlo Applegate alter her daughter, I.uelbi, nnd Is visiting friends there. Mrs. Minnie Kdwards nnd her sis tor, Mammlo Watklns, recently IMt cd Medford on business. FREE ADVICE TO SICK WOMEN Thousands HavBen Helped By Common Sense Suggestions. Women suffering from any form of female ills are invited to communicate promptly with the woman's private correspondence de partment of Uie Ly dia.rinkham Med icine Co., Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in itrlct confidence. A woman can freely talk of her privato illness to a woman ; thus has boon established a confidential correspondence whieh haa extended over many year and which has never been broken. Nover hayo they published a testimonial or used a lotter without tho written consent of the wrltcr.and never haa the Company allowed these confi dential letters to get out of their poa aesslon, as the hundreds of thousands of them in their filoa will attest. Out of tho vast volumo of experience which they havo to draw from, it Is mom than possible that they possess the very knowledge needed In your coio. Noth ing Is asked in return except your good will, and their ndvico has helped thou, sands. Bursty any woman, rich or poor, thould be ulna to take advantage of this renerou offer of assistance, Address .villa K. l'inkhum Medicine Co., (con. ftdentlttl) l.yun, Mass. Kvory wnmiiH iwlit to Ituvfl I,yillu It. rliikltMM'N MHmuH ''tut Hunk, It U HutH iNwk fur tfMrrul tllslrlliMtitfH, mt It (a tw slatH'llslVtft It t4 frsNI sut4 ttMly wiUlHHMa by tmil, Writ tut ROAD DELEGATES Ml if TJ ij 11 SISKIYOU ROAD BUILDERS CLASH E (From Anhlnnd Itccord) .Mrs. J. II. Sweeney came down from Portland Thursday evening to join her husband, who has the con tract for tho Hlsklyou Mountain end of Jackson county's ir.nn.OOO high way. Mr. Sweeney camo In from his camps on the HIkl)ous to meet her and after spending Friday at the Motel Oregon they went up to the camps, whero Mrs, Sweeney will "rough It" for a while. Mr. Sweeney brought an Interest ing story down from the camps that has to do with the war In Kurope. lie has among the several hundred men now at work many foreigners. Thorn am In the bunch Kuslnn. Ccrmans, Austrlans, Poles, Servians and In fact representatives of every nation that U at present engaged In tho great KuroHan conflict. Tho large majority of the men spend their Sundays and nights In camp only a fow seeking convivial ity at Medford or Hilt, California. They arc Intensely Interested In tho ICurojican conflict and discuss It heatedly from first hand knowledge of the conditions that have led up to It and an accurate familiarity with the geography and strength of tho nations embroiled. For the most part the discussions havo so far been without belligerent demonstration, but on ono or two oc casions thcro havo been loosened teeth and swollen noses. Tho most notable Instance was that of a Rus sian and a German who broke about 'even In tho scrimmage In which they Indulged. In one group of employes at ono of the camps are fourteen Austrlans and one Servian. They came to the camp together somo tlmo ago and have stuck together over since. Tho Austrlans show no animosity for tho Servian dospltc the fact that tholr na tion started tho great war by attack ing his nation as a result of ono of UROPEAN WAR MOVING SALE ABOUT SKPTKMIIKIt XVT Wo will move Into tho storo room formerly occupied by tho Isis Theater, therefore from now on wo will sell ALL SILVER PLATED WARE AT COST EXCEPT K.VIVES AXI FOItKS All cut glasa 25 per cent off. Dig reduction In gold and gold filled Jewelry; also Sterling silver toilet sets, vanities, mcah bags and coin purses. THU JEU'ELKIX his countrymen having nsnnsslnnted their prince. Ilccently two of theso Austrlans went to Portland (0 shl,v for tho old country to help tight tholr nation's battles, hut were unable to get pnsago and returned to work. Mr. Sweeney reports that ono of their worst troubles of lato hns bcon to get water on tho mountain for tlll.l'l'lwT?V)llTTT)l B9fifii U-Jl.flW.U RED CROWN ihe Gasoline ofQeamy Use it because it has made good with thousands of motorists use it because it's the best gasoline we can make. Standard Oil Company (CAUFORMA) Medford czaa MARTIN J. REDDY Buyers to Share in Profits Lower Prices on Ford Cars Effectivo from August 1, 1914, to August 1, 1915, ttud guaranteed against any reduction during that time: Touring Car . . $490 Runabout . . . 420 Town Car . . . 690 F. O. I). Detroit. All cars fully equipped. (In tho United States of Amor lea Only), Further, wo will be ablo to obtain the maximum effic iency in our factory production, and tlio minimum cost in our purchasing and sales departments if wo can reach an output of 300,000 cars botweon tho above dates. And should wo reach this production wo agree to pay as tho buyer's share from $10 to $60 per car (on or about August 1, 1915) to overy retail buyer who pur chases a now Ford car between August 1, 1914, and August 1, 1915. For further particulars regarding theso low prices and profit-sharing plan, seo tho nearest Ford Branch or l)ealcr. FORD MOTOR CAR COMPANY C. E. GATES, Agent Spurt Building Mud ford, Orgon drinking and cooking pnrpete and for tho horaoa. Tliey have tapped nit tho springs they could find, but ths dry weather threatens to render thi nupply Inadequate. Ho eays the re cent heated spell Is as noticeable on tho mountains as In Athland and that It has been hard on tho men and horses. V NEAH POST OFFICE . , A ' V SI&aKi ,t;: .m m A '"I ill '.!