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"Wff V Vs ' Y ", ' WEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN' INDKI'ENIJKNT NKWBPAtm FUUMHIIKI) nVKHY AlTnltNOON KXCIU'T HUNDAY I1Y TUB MHDKOIID l'lllNTINQ CO. Ottltti Mall Tribune llulMlrc-, 3B-27-3 North I''lr'trt!t; tlcpliono 75. The Democratic Times, The Mdford Mtll. The Mod font Tribune, Tho South rn OrtRonlan, The Anhlnml Tribune, SOTBCRX7TXOH BATS One ynr, by mall.....Mm.-. 5.00 One month, by innll.... .(0 Per month, ilnltveretl by carrier In Mcilfonl, l'lioonli, Jacksonville and Central l'olnt -.. .80 SutunUy only, by mall, per ycar 3-00 Weekly, per ycar-.- 1.50 Otflotnl Paper of the City of Metlfonl Official Taper of Jackson County. Entered aa pconil-clan matter at Meilfnnl, Oregon, under tho act of March 1879 ' orn ' HrviliHIOK for 1914. 268K i III' " mi'. wire AHdoolaltnl Pri" Hk Ht'rh i Subscrlbors falling to rocoive papers promptly, phono Ctrcu- latlon Manager at 25011. . "Soy Dean, long th' llfo and soul of our dancln' sot, tins lost Interest. Ho can't danco th' now doncea whero you don't holler." LAUGHS AVoro 'Em Out A teacher had been at great trou ble to explain to her class the mean ing of the word "notwithstanding," nntl, on asking for a sentence in which tho word occurred, was some what nonplussed to receive the fol lowing effort from n blushing maiden of Rome eight summers and winters: "Please, miss, my little brother has a holo in the sent of his trousers, and it's notwithstanding." Thc'Scrlbc'g Blunder In an account of n social gathering a reporter .'described ono of the lady guests who was of exceptional stat ure, as possessing a form "that Juno might envy." Tho next morning, how ever, ho rend in the pnper that the lady pow-CKsed a form ''that Jumbo might envy." r Heightened Effect Critic That moving landocapo pirturo needs a dash of color. Friend Then why not put in a red motor car,;j Iloston Herald. t " . llallicr Tamo Quest (departing from party) WVvo had n simply delightful time. Hostess I'm so glad. At the same time, I regret that the storm kept all of our best pcoplo away. Mistake Somen hero "Thut fellow Smith drinks like a fish," snid Drown, "That's queer," rc&pondcd Jones, "ho told mo Hint ho nuvcr touched water." Cincinnati Knuuirer. Encouragement Mischu Elrnnit tells a story of his early youth. He was playing at ti re ception given by a Russian prince and played Ileethoyen'rt "KrcuUer" bonutu, which has several long and impressive rests in it. During one of these rests i motherly old lady loan ed forward, pat led him on the shoul der and said; "Play something you know, dear." IinjMkmillilu (o Comply At the uniutal dinner the committee had a table set apart for their use at one end of tho room. AYlien tho sig nal was given to commence tho carver, before whom was n large tur key, asked tho waiter to inquiro of each guest what portion he would like before ho started carving. Kueh one professed a desire to have u leg, and on, this being told to the can or, he was somewhat confused; but, rising, he exclaimed: "Gentlemen, I should liko to oblige you all, but this is a turkey 1m carving, not u blessed spider." Walling The pars are getting cheaper now, thoy tell mo, Hut 1 shall never purchaso one, I fear, Until an agent volunteers, to sell mo "A dollar down and SO cents a year,' Peoria Journal. 'Fathor-In-Law Look hero, young man, don't you think it's about time you wore going to work, or do you expect mo to qunnort you the rest ef your life? ftJOSH i, Son-ln-uaw it wouio oe no more u than fair, Just alter wnat l nave p aono iqr yoju, "T Use to Ktow wuai you ve eyvr ' done for me." "Wty'i llaM't I take your daughter fl off ytftif tiHHau." Uoon Transcript, PLANT THE COUNCILMAN IMEDYNSKl'S suggestion that tho poor of the oity plant the vacant lots to potatoes, corn and other produce that can be utilized by themselves and sold in the market is an excellent one. The planting of vacant city lots has proved profitable wherever tried. The late Mayor TMhgree of Detroit made a national reputation by inaugurating potato planting. The example was successfully followed in many other commun ities, affording real relief. The planting of idle land should not be confined to city lots. The country is full of idle land that can ho utilized at a profit. Much of it can be had for the asking for a sea sou's crop. 'Wheat and all other products promise to real ize good prices. All of this land should be utilized. Owners of teams unable to secure steady employment should secure this land and plant it, instead of standing on street corners and knocking. Those who have depended on charity to keep their families over the winter should plant enough to insure their food supply another winter. But most of them won't do anything of the sort. Afcmy of them have no initiative and less energy and no inclina tion to help themselves, and are perfectly willing to let the community relieve the distress their own lethargy brings to their families and themselves. All the world is looking to America for foodstuffs. Everything that can be shipped a distance will be in de mand. As the Christian Science Monitor remarks: Everybody within reach of. a plot of ground, no- matter bow small, In front yard or back yard or side yard, should this year raise something that will add to tho sum of tho world's food supply. There should bo no Idle lots by the roadside In the country, by tho street sldo In tho hamlet, vlllago, town or city. Tho soil Is ready to yield .bountifully to feed tho millions abroad that aro threatened with hunger, and tho labor It calls for should bo provided cheerfully and plentifully. If tho Idle farms and tho Idle loin, tho land that Is going to waste on every sldo within the. borders of tho North American republic, wcro cultivated this year the United States alono could fccil tho world. Lct an army of American men, women and children be mobllzcd for this grand object and It will go far more than a llttlo way toward repairing tho harm that Is being dono hy tho armies of destruction mobilized olaewhere. Everbody, broadly speaking, is eligible to enlistment In this caune. If everybody does his part, smalt or large, there will, wo believe, bo no cry for bread throughout tho wide earth this year or next year to which the people of the United States cannot promptly and generously respond. PRACTICAL T AN1CERS of "Wenatchee - ample for the banks of other fruit regions by co-operation with orchardists, enabling them to enter dairying and hog raising. The Portland Livestock Reporter of March 4 contains the follewing: Will Dloch, who has been connected with the livestock business at Port land for several years, passed through hero yesterday with two carloads of high-grade Jersey and HoUteln milch cows and heifers consigned to Wenat chee. 3!r. Oloch bought theso cattle from dairymen in the Willamette val ley and is taking hem to Wenatchee for Frank F Schultz. a banker of that city. They will bo placed with farmers and fruit growers In tho Wenat chee valley. The bank Is providing x diversity of interest for tho fruit grower. Insuring his prosperity through a regular milk check to ttdo him over between apple crops. Probably three-fourths of theso cattlo were Jersey and they woro flno typcy animals, showing all tho points of the puro bred Jersey. Thoro were several very good Holstclns in the lot. too, which cost over $100 at Independence. All show good milch cow conformation and arc nearly purcbreds. A few hogs to coasumo the buttermilk aud help pasture the orchard will still further enhance the returns from Wcnatchco fruit ranches." This is practical co-operation in the development of the country by enabling the divcrsitjr of interests necessary to insure permanent prosperity. The providing of such co operation is a fitting subject for the Commercial club to expend its energies upon. AN EDIFYING SPECTACLE NEW YORK is offering an edifying spectacle of the ad ministration of justice. Harry Thaw is again being tried. Under the laws of New York he is insalie, aud therefore irresponsible for his acts, yet he is being tried for conspiracy to escape from the asylum, just as if he was sane as he undoubtedly is. How a legally insane man can bo tried for a sane man's acts can only be comprehended by a lawyer. As long as the Thaw millions last, as long as the devoted mother is willing to spend them iu behalf of her son's free dom, the persecution of Thaw will continue. The lawyers will see to that. It gives employment to one set at state expense and another set at the Thaw's expense. If Thaw had been a poor man he would have been freed from the asylum on the recovery of his senses. Being a rich man, he is persecuted as a source of revenue for the lawyers. Latest Definition of (Ry Hugh S. Fullertun.) William II. T. Shade, my old pal and a fellow known to nil the old-time minstrels and most of the musicians in Americn, who haH retired to run his own country paper, has come to bat with the first plausible explana tion of the origin of the word Jitney, which suddenly bus como into pi emi nence through the 'jitney buses. fihndo was musician, manager, au- vatico agent, actor, poet, author, the atrical inuu; printer, reporter, com poser, song writer t(ml much else. He wus business manager ol tlie old Cleveland nnd Hnverly minstrels in tho palmy days of minstreldoin, cor net soloist, bandmaster with cir cuses, business manager, press agent and saxaphone soloist, orchestrator and a few other things for bignor Liborti. He ought to know. He says the word jitney is derived from tho word jetton, n word Angli cized from tho French, and meaning a small metal iliso used in French gambling houses instead of checks, The word is. in. good usngo in English and is found in Webster. According to Shade, a minstrel troupe was playing in Lake Provi dence, La., many yenrs ago. Some of tho negroes in that distiiot had se cured ) supply of (hose mctfil (tfacH, MflDtfORt) MXTC RtBTJNTA IDLE LAND CO - OPERATION are setting an excellent ex the Word "Jitney" probably from some Now OrVeans or Baton Itouge French gambling bonnes. flic discs were nbout the size of nick eis, mm wncn tlie nox oince man came to count up tho receipts from the gallery ho found a quart or two of jettons, which thenegroert referred to us jitneys. The ininstrcl men took up the expression, jitney, and used it when referring to a nickel, and it sprend rapidly, especially uinong the negroes, who in many parts of the coiyitry use no other name for n B ecnt piece. PROPOSED INCREASE WASHINGTON, March posed increased rates on ll.Fro- Uvcstock, pressed beef and packing house pro ducts In carloads from Chicago to tho Mississippi river crossings and other points In the middle west toeastern seaboard and intorlor points, includ ing Buffalo, Krlo and Pittsburgh, wero. suspended today by tho Inter state commerco commission pending Investigation of their reasonableness, I MET)1?ORD, OftTMON, 'Pnurc&nAY. jMAKttT 11, BIGGEST BATTLESHIP TO BE NAMED BY PENNSYLVANIA GIRL 0 j' ' EUbci.Kdlb WJien tho now Unllod States tiat tlcshlp sllim from tho ways at New port Now, Va., March 10, Us name. "Vennsylvanla,' will be formally be stowed upon It by Miss Elizabeth Kolb, who Is called tho "sweetest girl In Pennsylvania." Mis Kolb Is a I I l'i -" i, l. if ... rfi...x ' s.Mi rL mAu ' A&flriliHH "Sulphur Most Valuable Alfalfa Fertilizer (lly V. Q. Itrlnier, KH?i-lnunit St ntlon, Tnlcnt, Ore.) (Continued from Yesterday.) ltccomiiu'iitLutloiiH While our work la by ul moan's completed wo belief o that the evi dence presented Justifies us In mak ing tho following preliminary rcclm mcndatlons or suggestions, which ap ply only to alfalfa. Do not use any of tho "coniploto'' fertilizers .which contain potash and nitrogen, as well as other elements, slnco you nro paying dearly for the potash and nitrogen which are not needed. Whero the alfalfa Is producing un satisfactory yields uso crude ground sulphur at thu rato of ono hundred pound pur acre; or uso Land Plaster (Oypsuiu) at tho rato of three hun dred pounds ier acre. On ono acre uso Superphoiphato at tho rato of thrco hundred pounds per aero, for comparison. Tho Superphosphato contains sulphur and also phosphor ous. Leavo at least one aero untreat ed for comparison. This matcrlnl should bo evenly broadcasted over, tho alfalfa field. It may bo harrowd In or left on the surface to bo washed In by thu rains. This should be dono Immediately so that tho material will bu washed Into tho soil where tho roots can got It. In caso no rains follow tho applica tion tho materials will simply romnln on the surface whero they will lie of no benefit. In sueli caso tuoy would ho washed In by tho next win ter's rains nnd would benefit tho crops tho following year. Favors Wood for To the Kditer: A questien: When do we have to smudge? Is it before pollenization bus taken place o- is it utterf this U a question none of us can answer. Some seasons wo bao hud to fire two or thrco times before, and other sea sons wo weren't obliged to light n fire till after polenizalion hud thor oughly taken place, especially the pcura. Now we know from tho experience of a good many reliable fruitgrowers of this valley that smudging with oil before pollenization has taken place h almost sure death to the pollen. That is to say, there is no more chance for tho pollen to be distrib uted by tho wind ami the insects and bees will not enrry it. Therefore it iH termed us being destroyed. We know also that all of the blossom do not ripen and fall at tho same time, so one smudging of oil before this per iod would not necessarily in jute the entire crop but if tho cason was such that two or Ihreo fircings were necessary before this stage, there would be a very slim chance for a crop. I have watched this vory closely during my experience in this valley. I vuu recall un itistanec which oc curred in the spring of 1011. I wa carcing for an orchard coinposodof CHICHESTER S PILLS W-- TUB JUMONU BKAND. X 7fLV I4II A.li four lrufl.l lf JS rill.la li.4 iJrEa't mtulUiSS t.itl, lulcl IU tllk KIU. S, UIATSONI, IIUANI PILLS, IBB ktuwau UL8llM. AIKUU SOW BY DRUGGISTS EVERVWRC Htudotit In n kIiIb' school In Washing tun. Tho "I'eniisyUanla" will bu tho biggest battleship In tho American navy. Uh tounngo Is ai,UU0, Its length 0U0 feet and It has a beam of 97 feet. Tho sea monster cont t I, 000,000. Tho following materials aro rich In sulphur: Crude Sulphur, Land Plaster, Iron Sulphate, Superphos phate. Considering cost and freight the Crude Sulphur Is thu most eco nomical source of sulphur for this valley. In thu other materials tho sulphur present will cost you from two to ten ttmcB as much as It docs In tho form of crudu sulphur. On soils naturally poor in lime, applica tions of Land Plaster Vould bo more desirable than applications of Crude Sulphur. . Sulphur on Pnxlurtlio Nolls Our soils aro variable. On somo of tho very deep nnd rich soils, whero alfalfa normally produces vory largo crops, applications of sulphur or of any other material, may not ho need ed at present. In all of our exten sive work with fertilizers during tho past thrco years wo havo found only two nlfalfa fields which did not res pond to tho uso of Superphosphate. These apparently contained suffi cient sulphur, slnco tho Superphos phate which contains a considerable amount of sulphur as well as phos phorous, produces no Increase. Sulphur IVwl by Other Crops The following crops as shown by carcrul chemical analysis uso oven more sulphur por aero than alfalfa, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, turnips, and rutnbagaB. Tho following uso comparatively small nuuntlllca of sulphur. Wheat, barley, oats, rorn, and all fruit trees. Orchard Heating imrtlottH, JIowcIIh and Winter Nellis There camo a spell of cold weather ami it was necessary to lire thrtio time. Cn to this date (ho Winter Nellis hadn't polleuized, but the other two varieties were in this stage. The consequences were the llowclls and Ilaitlutts set a-nleiitv. while the Winter Nellis wero u totnl failure. The pollen on the blossoms was so completely covered with this oily smut it win impossible for it to be distributed. This was the flint to lead me to think that oil was u dangerous fuel to use for smudging. In the first place, nt N a very expensive proposition to equip yourselves to handle oil. First vuu have to erect a storage tank; second, u tunic wag on; third, smudge pots; fotutli, gas oline: also tmsolino cans and torches. $100 Reward, $100 Th rml-r of IbU luiiwr will l pleii'il ( letrij lint tlvrv li nt lml oh Jretdnl illivtM tbiit KlerK lia Um able to turn III ll IU Hih, nd that li Catarrh, llull'a CMairli Cur la tbo unlr IiixIIItv turn not kixmll In tho liiml. kal fraternity. Catarrh lirliiu h ifcriatlmUuiial dlwaae, rriiilra iwatltutlonal Ircatiucilt. Ilall'a Catarrh Cum la taken liitaruallr. actlnij illrrttly um lh bloud nnl twicoua aurfartra of tb ajrateui, tiiTrl tltalrurlnir th foundation or mo uuvaae, nui imiift iuo paiirui airrntfiu tjr building up tho ronatllutl'ni and aaalatlns na ture In rl"!nir It, otk. Tho nroprltlora naro an murn riitn in ta ruratuo powtra ini too tittft Ono Hundred Dollara for any caao that It filla Iu cure. Krud (r Hat of lealltuonlala, AiMrcaa l. J, CUKNF.V k C0 Toledo, O, Sold IT all PnirsUtH, 73c. ' ' Take Hall' I'aullr I'lUa for conitlpatloa. John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant 28 H. HAItTLKlT Phones' M. 47 and 47-J2 Ambulance Service Qftrowv 1015 Then oil h ho dlHiigreeiible and dirty to handle, with a certain annum! of witHto and evaporation il you have to cany it over from onu season to auollior. Then again you liavo to send away for I Ills oil, anil ho gtkw tho money out of lliu valley, which mciuiH a good many thousand duU lui'H, nnd will mean it good iiiin, more each year us the oielmnN grow. I say, whv not use wood nntl leave your money in the valley and help lo make bettor times. II will employ a few hundred men all winter long eut titng and bundling thin wood, ami wood will come far cheaper than oil, Another point, il is bo clean lo linn tile, and if you don't have to smudge you have the wood to burn in the funtaee aud eookNtove. Some pco plo will say: "Oh, you can't smudge successfully with wood, and it Is so unhandy to prepare your fires nnd start them, 1 say it is just as easy to. prepare your wood fires anil start as oil, when you know how to go at il. Iu the first place, iu iniug wood you will only have onu fire, ulteie with oil you havo from four to six. Iu stinting my wood fires, 1 prepare a few sticks of pine kindling for u starter and top off with three or four sticks of four-foul fir. In lighting my fires I lake some waste, which U ery cheap, make a ball about the sio of a hen's egg, dip it iu coal oil so it is well soaked, place it uuiler the kindling ami touch the torch t oil. These bulls should be prepared tho evening before, a sufficient iiuiiiber to apply lo all vour fires. Placo them In a pail uiiml put on the lid, then vou are ready for the firing iu Ihe morning, thus doing you can cover as much ground, if not more, than if you were burning oil, for you have much less fires lo start. There hae been a few growers attempted to fire with wood by jut laying the coarse wood iu a heap and pouring coal oil over same, but this is a very crude way ami has proven very unsatisfactory. Ak thoo who have fired with wood successfully and see whul they have to sav nbout it. This ball of waste soaked iu coal oil will burn a good flame for seven minutes, nclual test, so vou aro well assured vour fire will slurt, if your kindling is propcrlv arranged. The volume of heat rising from the wood fireH has it lendencv to create a current of air, which is very favor iibhs In using; wood vou nro assured net a 10-rcnt box now. Aro you keeping your liver, stom ach and bowels clean, puro and frenh w Itli Cascarets or merely forcing a passageway eory few days with salts, cathartic pills or castor oil? This Is Important. Caacarots immediately clcanno tho stomach, remove tho sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bllo from thu liver and carry out of thu system tho con stipated waste matter and poltton In the bowels. No otitis how sick, headachy, bil ious ami constipated you feel, n Cns caret tonight will straighten you out by morning, Thoy work whllo oii sleep. A 10-cent box from your druggist will keep your head clear, stomach sweet ami your liver nntl bowels regular for mouths. Don't forget tho chlldron their little In sides need a guntlo cleansing, too. Adv. Accordion, knlfo anil box pleating, sunburst pleating, hemstitching, pi cotlng, braiding, oinliroblory nnd tucking. Hasten! Novelty Mfg. Co,, M'. Fifth Ht., noxt to humbermau Hank. Mali ortturs promptly attend ed to. CASCARETS BOILS STOMACH HEADACHE OLDS THE PAGE THKAY Medford's Leatllnn Theater Two-Part The Fortunes of Margaret Featurliifl ISABEL DAINTRX and ROY PILCHER "Twelfth Episode of tho MASTER KEY In which Dore and Ruth rjo to India and aro filmed amid settlnrjs of Dazzllnrj Oriental Beauty Crystal Comedy .Such a Mistake Music by WURLITZER ORCHESTRA Mr.'M. H. Stelnmetz, Organist Admission 5, 10, 15c. It's Always a Big Show at the Page MWMfMVMawffvwmi9ff you mo not ilaniagliig (In) blossom and nut smutting up dm wiiuiu emu. inuiilly. In iiiTiingiiig my J lies, I find Hint every oilier tow ami every ulhoi space Is ipiilo sufficient 'of tho slxu fire mentioned heretofore. It Is ad visable, lo pieparo every row iu ciihii of emeigenoy. These files will last four hours. Ho stuti the wood is thoroughly seasoned. T. !:. i;iiaui,ii:it. AFTER GRIPPE Mrs. Klndley Made Strong ty Vlnol tfevery. Kans. "The (liippo left mo In a weak, in rvotis, run-down con dition. I was tlio weak to do my hounowork and could not (deep. 'Af ter trjltig dlffeient medicines without benefit Vlnol restored my health, Htrcuuth ami appetite. Vlnol Is a grand medicine and every weak, ner vous, run-down woman should take It."- Mrs. tleo. I'lndloy. Vlnol. our delicious cod liver and Iron tonic, nhnrpeus the appotltu, aldn digestion, enriches the blood, and builds up natuial strength and oner By. - Medford IMiatmaoy. Adv. STAR Wednesday - Thursday Seventh Episode "Exploits of Elaine" THE DOUBLE TRAP Two Parts Two-Part Coincdy Drama "An Unexpected Honeymoon" World Famous Pathe Weekly Matinee 2:15 Evcnlnn 7:00 YF Theatre ltlg Show i:ery Night Ktccpl Hunrtny FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .Mntlnoo nntl Cu-iilug $20,000,000 MYSTERY Thanbouser two reels complete, with thrills. Jim C'ruzo, vidian, transformed Into the danhlug hero of tho .llmmlu Norou typo seen In tho Million Dollar Mystery. The Alarm Two Keel Keystone Comedy Stolen Radium Majentlu Mutual Weekly News ft nntl 10c lloit't .MUs It ft uiul 10c Drama Afternoon 2 P. M. Evcnlnu 7 o'clock . S', .Hfi4c.