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"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
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