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about tliiily i...'!iou (mis of mineral
muter.
Copies of Hits repot t, which
UNIFORMLY
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A report 011 the ipialily of lliu Hitr
fiico watcra of Orogim, jiinl issued by
llic United State geological survey,
coalman much information Hint will
bo valuable not only tu municipalities
mill lo manufacturers already in Or
Cfron, litit to llio'.o who niny content
plate Joriilin iniliiriat eslabli-h-menlrt
within the slate, ami nl-o (o
irnfjation cntneers, wntersoftcnii4
concerns Jillcr ninniilneturer' anil
othcre to whom the chemical compos
ition ol' water supplies is a matter
of importance. This iloeument em
bodies the results of the firs-t com
prehensive study of the surface wat
ers of (Arc-gnu, and, with it- eomonn
jon documents on Wicdiinston (wa
ter supply paper Hit!)) and California
(water supply paper '.'17) fornix n
fund of invaluable information re
funding the compo-ilion of surface
Maters nluug the Pacific coiiht.
Cooperation With State
In .Inly, 11)11, the director of thu
federal survey contracted with the
htate engineer for n co-ojienitive
ntudy to (tetenuinc the chemical com
position of (ho wntors of Oregon, anil
this study was carried on during the
lot of that yenr and in 1111.'. Daily
samples oj water were collected tor
u year from more than twenty sta
tions on the principal . rivers, and
these were analyzed by Walton Van
Winkle, the author of the report, in a
laboratory winch was placed at his
disposal through the courtesy of Wil
lamette university. HcmoYs the.se
regular erinl examinations Analyses
were made of samples of water from
several other ri'-crs, nearly all the
iniHirtnnt lakes tun! certain mineral
springs of the stn(o.
Waters DeMrphlc for t'so
The results of these tests show that
tho surface waters of Oregon are in
general soft and free from harmful
mineral constituents, comparing fu
vonfbly in these respects with the
bcht surface waters of Xcvr Kuglmid,
northern Xew York and northern
Wisconsin, enormous ipinntitiis of
which ,,re sed in all kinds of manu
facturing. .Mnny of the Oregon wa
ters are even less highly colored than
much water which W uicd in the ent
without trouble in paper mills,
blcaeheries and d.vo works. 'J'lie river
waters of wotem Oregon are soft, do
not rcipurc treatment, for use in boil
ore and would not cause corrosion
under most conditions of use. Those
of eastern Oregon tire not imifoim'iu
character; the waters of Chcwaucuu,
Deschutes. (! ramie Itonde and Wal
lowa rivere arc soft, but tbo-e of
Crooked, John Day, Owyhee, Powder,
Silvies, Snake and Umatilla rjvere ate
hard and need Miftcning for best re
sults in boiler practice.
The slight mineralization and the
small amount of incriistauts found in
vntcrs flowing through tho arid jior
tions of tho ntat,o nro surprising. In
these respects they differ greutly
from tho desert waters of California.
i:rclleut for Irrigation
All the river waters of tho stato
that were ctiuniiicil are excellent tor
irrigation and could be used utmost
indefinitely without causing an injur
ious uccumiilatinu of alkali duo to
their dissolved matter, All tho lake
waters of tho southeastern part of
the stato nro characterized liv the
-presence of black alkali or sodium
carbonate and some are not oiiitablo
for irrigation, though others may be
Used if proper precautions lire taken
to prevent undue accumulation of til
kali. Several lako beds in southeastern
Oregon have been looked upon as
possible sources of salt, Dotassiuin,
soda and othor commercial salts. The
report coiituitw reliable analyhcs of
most of these salines mid discusses
their commercial possibilities,
Coliimbht Isnv In MlncnrnN
Columbia river, which forms part
(if tho northern bouudai.v of Orc-on
is- one of tho great rivers of the
World, draining an area of nearly
!i 10,1)00 xpiuro mile. 1th water at
tVeudo Locks, the Jowet practical
sampling point abovo tidewater, car
ries tut average of only 07 parts por
million of dissolved matter and 10
parts of suspended matter. It if
Iqwur in dissolved mineral content
than any other grunt artery of tho
United Btates, being superior in thiw
respect to the Mississippi, the Kio
Grande, the Colorado ami tho Kt.
Lawrence, and carrying less sus
pended matter or silt than any other
river except the St, Lawrence, which
drains w iimurusu sedimentation
rcjjervoliv of the Orent Lakes.
The basaltic, character of the rock
lit (ho Columbia liver basin and the
lirnvy rainfall on ils h'cjh uiouul.iiu
tribiilaiics am the chief reasons ultv
ils wulnr citrrloN so little mineral
Mm 1 1 it, Vet in spite of this rein
tivtJy mhiiII nioji'iilion the dUdmivo
o'hs slivnm is so gieiil lli.il it car
lit'ti xnu unity iiiln Hit' ('aijitc lu'eiin
been published us water supply naper
U0H, can be obtained free until the
edition is exhausted by application to
tho director luited States Geological
Survey, Washington, 1). C.
BELGIANS GO ON STRIKE:
WON'T WORK WITH GERMANS
LONDON', Oct. 22, ,T:,0 a. in. -A
fortnight ago hundreds of Itclglnn
HUNDRED
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OREGON
GOLD
The nluu of the until produced
lu Oregon reached $ 1 .027 7 to In
t'.HII. This la an Increase of more
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY
SHORT ON MEAT SUPPLIES
VWNICK, via Part. Oct -'. t-r.O a.
m. Alistila and I human mo eon
fronted with a sorloun idinrtnito lu
their meat mppllo, nuotdliiK lo I11"
formation received lieie. Altlioimh
ptleiw In Vienna mid Hilda Post !tuc
risen considerably durum the past
fortnight the ItvuwlucU offered III both
these iiinrhetM Ijnii been rnr hotow the
'allod to nl trait larger "Upplleii of I HOPE ANEW FOR
Mullock to tliuiuaii.etH, In taken to
llultrate Unit the total stock of eatlo
within the dual monarchy Ik Innde
ipinto to meol the protonL otronln
at v demiiuil tor meat. Hlncu thoro Ih
no (mniedlaln likelihood of being ablo
to lueumse luiiuirla of cattlu tho alt
tiiittou h ruKiirdud iinsgiimm,
THE ALLip FORCES
LONDON. Oct. K2. a:l.'l a. ill. In
l OhMuituli dated "llclilml the allien'
Heft Winn," tho Hall .Ma IPs cone
Jsioiulont ny ho licniii ltn tleinuiiiK
ul u on the point of evaeuutlnu lliii
jUeu. Ho declared tho Mlttuitlon in
idull
postal clerks etrtick declining to work I than 100 per cent over the nliio for
longer with the Germans, snya tlie j I 13, according to a statement Just
Dally Mall's correspondent who has Issued from figures compiled by the
just returned from Hnusels.
"On the same day all tho post,
boxes wore placarded with n German
poster telling tho paonln to call for
their letters. Hundreds of Germans
have been Imported to take tho plncn
of tho Rtrikcrs.
"All the grounds at tho palace of
Lncken, one of King Albert's summer
resiliences, arc occupied by troops,
but tho palaco Itself was occupied
only for throe days by the officers.
During their occupancy, howover,
much damago was done, to the pic
tures lu tho palace. The officers had
dinners brought In from tho hotel
and paid for them with bills that
woro signed with a rubber pntnip be
longing to King Albert which was
taken from the king's des.lc.
inini'iiviiiir tin' Mm nl Mmk
(irromti Warships Off Fnlstotlio j ..Thl, mMM ohann.-i army"
LONDON, Oct i'i, S: IS a. in. -A jibe corrcspoiiitoni ndds, "minims lu-
itiianllty ivipilrtid for the uornint con-, Geiiuuii rlnt l tvpoitml ofr b'nlRtur-' dotlultely between the const and Lille
sumption of the population The Ml- , bo. HviotVu, on tho Itultlc sea by the 'and It citntot lie lung boforo the nti
uatlon la Hirthorigtrii.Ucd by the j CiHMibimou i'orii'iondgnt of thu amy U eiumplod and his torcea hiirU'd
necessity of provlilljiR niciil for the , Dally, Telegraph, back Into Get'iuiiiiv,'1
troops in tho Gold.
With Mcdforrt trnfM I Medinrit mnd
Gnltod States Oeoloalcal Surey In
co-onoratlon with tho stato of Ore
gon. Oregon's output of clay pro-
ducts for P.tU. oNcluslNe of pottery,
is valued at ?77 1 ,7lr, compared with j
?7a4.'J2fi In 11)12. Tho productloni
of ynnd and gravel Increased from
1.0C7,;i t tons lii IJitS tu 1,144, I5S
tons In 19 la but decreased some
what In value. The value of the
stouo produced, howover, Increased
from ?2iiS,002 to S357.19S. There
was a slight Increase In Gio produc
tion of coat, from $lt,ti:t7 tons, val
ued at ?lld,724, in IIMJL Other
mineral moducts of the stato are
I
copper gems, gypsum, lead, llmo. j
mineral waters, platinum, aiufsiivor,
The total value of tho mineral pro-
durts of tho stato Increased from
?2.r,5n.r,-jti in i:iu to ?3.r.o;:.9iy in
una.
The fact that !ilxlir trl cs tm( 7lti Mcddird tnntnts .T.(,'i(ird jund
A dlstmteb to tho D:iv t'liioiilclo
fioni tic HuiKliiii frontier sns
"The llunili'lral cMiilitdon or thu
(U't'iuiiii luiuiy to Dm Nuilh ijoa hall
reiiifieil au'liiKlorlniin roiirlimloi't, Tho
nlioiuiitcil coiiHl raid to CabtlM linn
loiupletoly railed.
' Ostend ban been oMiuiiatud by tho
(Iciiunn., 'I'hclr n (real In being
.biHcl,. fin. n. . d dp by tho allies. "
With Mcdford iinilo is Meitfuril tnndn.
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Are you going lo win one of the seven Beautiful Pianos or any of the
fourteen valuable premiums that are to' be given away by THE ALCO?
To Republicans of Jackson County
In a nation normally republican,
and overwhelmingly republican so
far as our state, county and city are
concerned, wo have a democratic
president, a democratic senate and
house of representatives and a.
democratic governor. Our county
Judge and our prooocuting attorney
aro democrats and in our city the
mayor, recorder, trcasiiror, attorney,
pollco judgo mid most of tho police
force aro also democrats.
Under such political control our
taxes aro tho highest they h.iva over
been. Wo bnvo a corporation taw
an inheritance tax, nn Income tax, a
socalled "war tax" which Is really an
BXTKAVAGAXCK TAX, not to men
tion the usual stato, county and city
taxes, and not forgetting ioclnl as
sovsments and extravagant county
il state expenditures. Our proper
ty Is assessed high and our rate of
taxatiou has been advanced. IT
HAD TO UK to meet tho enormous
expenditures of an extravagant demo
cratic administration.
Vet in tho face of them; bumlllat
.ig facta tho democrats have tho ef
frontry to ask republicans to voto for
George Chamberlain, (tho political
trimmer whose carelessness mid ne
glect of duty lost to Oregon about
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS) rather
than for It. A. booth, a pioneer in
"Vo development of Oregon Indus
tries who has caused more than TEN
.MILLION DOLLARS to bo brought
Into Oregon and spent in tho develop
ment of her natural resource. Is
there u man In Jackson county, no
matter what bo bis financial stand
ing or political faith, who would not
rclcomo men of Hooth's typo to do
vclop tho resources of Southern Ore
gon as ho has develox;d the re
sources of Lane and Douglas count
ies? No! Men liko Ilooth build up
tho community in which they oper
ate. Tho domoerats t-eek to turn repub
lican votes to Chamborlaln with tho
absurd argument that his experlonco
.: Washington entitles him to six
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to continue his unswerving support of
extravagant democratic policies six
years moro of shameful neglect of ,.
his duties to the htnto which sent him
mere, we nave and too much of
politicians who Ecek tho office and
its perquisites rather than tho op
portunity of nerving to their best
nbilltv tho Ktatn thov roiircsntit. If
you arc a true republican you will $,
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vote for R. A. Uooth for Pulled
States senntor and help elect a innii
who will support republican princi
ples and give careful heed to tho In
tercuts of Oregon. And for gover
nor yon will voto for Wlthycombe,
the candidate of your party and an
honest, respected and efficient man.
He will work harmoniously with the
Oregon legislature for economy and
efficient government.
Itusincss Is dull and development
Is at a standstill all over tho country
as it always hag Iteen during demo
cratic administrations. History Ik
repeating itself. What explanation
do tho democrats offer. Not any
they hnro fallen back on their usual
tactics and are mud slinging in an
attempt to befuddle tho voters by de
faming the character of tho republi
can candidates. Republicans, should
remember that tho candidates of their
party woro selected not by under
handed methods but by a majority of
the voters of tho republican party In
a legal and Ktntc-wlda primary last
May. And credit should bo given to
the majority of tho republican party
for ability to select for our public
offices men of honesty and ability.
Republican piinclplcH bavo stood
tho test of time and tho country hns
prosK.Tcd under republican admin
istrations. In contrast you have only
to review in jour mind tho history
of the democratic party to realUo tho
certainty with which IuibIiio.sh do
prosslon ami worso has followed Its
rI?o to power. Republican principles
and republican candidates DKSKUVK
TUB ACT1VB SUPPORT Ol' ALL
REPUHLICANS.
JACKSON COUNTY RKPUHLICAN
CENTRAL rOMMITTBB.
(Paid Adv.)
No Route South
can equal
The Scenic Shasta Route
of tho
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Through Oregon and California
THREE THROUGH TRAINSDA1LY
"Shasta Limited" Leaves Portland 3:50 p.m.
"San Fruuclsco Express' Leavos Mcdford 10:5-' a.m.
"California Express" Leavea Mcdford 4:00 p, in.
DIroct connection at San Francisco with trniiiB East via
Ogdeu or South through Los Angeles, El Paso or Now Orleans
$55 Medford to Los Angeles and Return
OX SALE DAILV, LIMIT SLY MONTHS
CorrcHwiirilug Low Round Trip Fares All Oilier K, I I'olntH
Tickets to all points south and east on kiiIo dally. Litera
ture descriptive of Cullroruln, Thu Exposition and thu trip Hun
FraiiclBfo tu Now Orleau on iipplluitiou to nearest Agent, or
Joint M, Krotl, General I'icngcr Agent, Poilluud, Oicgnn
Muniifacturorx and Lmih ProitidH Show Portland, October 2C to No
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with, whidi enlitl.'H you to L'OllO Vbl, ami IuIiik to our
hlou. Only one uotnintitiut; ooiimiu for enrh eniMllilnte.
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nomliuitloit an a candidate) ami 2Q0U votM,
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to the person rcefiuun iIih bighe number of vol en will .he
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RUILOINGS AND GROUNDS, KASTF.RM OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL "
IE JUST TO EASTERN OREGON
Althounlr embracing about two-thirds of the date's area, Ear,t;rn Oregon now lias no state school of any character. Rcaore-to it
the Eastern Or'rrjon State Normal School by voting
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Cat your-ballots for the cause of cduiatkn, for the be'ternitnt of the public school eyutem, for the bolter training of Orecon's
younj; men and women who wish to become teacher i, It vIII add put a festher'i weitht to the burden of your taNca.
. ONE FORTIETH OF A MILL
or two and one-half cents annually on every thoutiand dollars ussciwed valuation, as provided In the milage tax bill rfqrrcd to the people
by the Legislative Assembly will rcrtore to the state's use the Kantern Oregon Normal's plant at Weston, coimUUiij; of olio main build.
ItiB, two durmitorlca, a prosidtnt's ibttage, and 10 acres of nround,
Kaitcai Orcr.ou nerds this tibool. Oregon needs It, uud alto uecda the Southern Oregon Normal at Aibland. Three normal
schools are none too many for this yrrat commonwealth.
Kellect that if you pay t.ixoti on $2000, the permanent and adequate maintenance of the F.aitctn Oregon Normal will con you but
five cents uuch year.
(Puid adyertUemtm, autlitfrifed by V. 1), ValU, VIIIIam MacKeiulc, 3, A. llsrnci IS, O. DeMoss, Clark Wood,)
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