fttEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE, AfEfiFORD, OftttflOy,
AVKDNKHDAY,
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.T.WTARY 10,
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SOIL
MOISTURE
EVAPORATION LOSS
VARIOUS
Third of Series of Articles on Local
Farm and Orchard Problems In the
Rogue River Valley by a Soil Ex
pertQuantity of Moisture Needed
in Soil for Crops.
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FAVOR
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By V. W. WATSON.
In an effort to uvoitl uiircasonablo
I'Nlii'iiii" in the uo of figures iu coifc
licet ion with tho important details of
soil tnoieturu, I find thut it is equally
posMihlu to be too cotmovntive. On
investigation today I discover that
the general estimate of the depth of
niimturo in the soil concerned in
plant production is from eight to ten
feet. It will be sufficient in this dis
imi .ion to consider the depth of eight
feet.
At the ralo of 3 per cent of nnjlu
tuie to the depth of one foot forVucfc
inch of water applied, a fairly heavy
irrigation of ix inches would give the
full oiI column of eight feet only 18
per cent of moisture. Wo still lack
nix inches of water to bring the sat
uration up to the maximum, HO per
cent.
Water added to tho oil by irriga
tion distributes itself with great reg
iiliuily to eoiiMdoetiblo depths. In
ordiiiarv xoila nud where there is no
hiih-irrigntion the percentage of iiioIh
t in c is tfcuorully tibout one-third Jess
At the eight-foot depth than near the
Hiiri'uce, until the percentage of tho
latter is reduced by evaporation nud
the e.Mietion of plant life.
I.OKS by Jva)Ki-atJou
The rate of nioiutiitu ovnponvtion
during the months of greatest sun
warmth, including the effect of dessi
eaticg winds, will surprise those who
have given the matter no study. In
California, for instance, evaporation
Irom a water surface is 72 inches for
six months. That is the highest so
lur giwii in any of the states. In the
Hogue Itiver valley it is !I0 inches,
That is the total of evaporation from
a water surface; hut tJic evaporation
of soil moisture has been known to be
two and a hnlf times greater than tho
evaporation from a water surfucc.
That extreme difference is iflie to the,
higher absorptive capacity of tho soil
tor heat found; for instance, iu very
dark oiW. In soils of fine to.xture
the water moves upward more rapidly
to be changed into vapor. Kvaporn
tiou is most rapid in the darkest soils.
Tin' driest air consume tho greatest
quantity of sil moisture. Light
olored seils: yield their moisturo
much moto reluctantly.
Avenging the aoiatnro loanos from
the Minoim typo of noil in this val
ley, both trom sun heat and dedicat
ing Hindu the observations being
taken ou tho low land, of tho culti
vated are, where tho soil texture is
line we find u total of five inches a
month in cno iu which irrigation
was applied ptftctiriiilly twice a month
That is a low estimate.
tt'-rator Than tlin Itolnfoll
Hence, Vfind Hint tho lima of soil
imoisIiiic by evaporation alono during
the Miid of the six wannest month
n this ni.v is two anil a liMllv'timo
u renter than tho total of rHiufall for
the entire year, in onvli of tho lat
two or Ihreo years.
Alter tho iirl i- week of aim
licit tnid drying wind, ttiurefnro.
vluil uiiiot ho tut) wiiidition of thu
soils of the field on which we hno
no iriiirutiou and, tluriHjr that period,
no iiuiifull, m in frtwiuentlv the 'mi
Im'iv? Tho Urn of the sod moisture
dming that time nearly hnlf tho
total sum of the rainfall for the entirti
year; sad the enue have only beiriiii
itcclop. Morn than 20 jper nh of
soil inoiotiire has bmH lout, reducing
the rwMwining reoitAe nrueticalry
lo tii ieMto-eupiilnry jwmt, at Thicli
the s.ol partielug refuge to yIeM any
more wniatiire to the growing plant.
At that stags of growth the crop i
ruined. Even eiiotild n drenehing rain
tall, it could only partially revive the
dmus enp. The loaa u poaitite
mid iM'rutanent,
A Tniiiiuiuloiis rist
In that manner and from Uioco nat
ural raueea the fanner of this val
b' hate luat miWeita at dollar in the
hist tw yearn n sum largo enough
to install half a doaan irrigation aye
tern tor tho entire valley n a epot-
Bsh proposition.. The loeen never
m. rwHivereJ. Tie only mfety for
the ranter lie in preventing iia n
urrenre. Irrigation ia the only in
urane ngninat lose of that kind.
Water for that purpose ia abundant.
Great eanak have been eoaet ranted
to cam it to the fiekb in the heart
f the vaUej- They eoauwad the
area- of 4urJFeoi!e. where irrigation
- moat Heeded. The hum who it
gaaahle with the element, when the
" hi eaiviod to hie door at a awn
h.t.1 uriee than the awn of ala loaa ia
ar trm droata, has only a
!. cewepiioa of the aeaaiaf of
iiwr. OLthe faro).
O
JKDIAXAPOMH, Jan. It).- Dele
gates to the United Mine Workers' in
ternational convention expected to
net today uku resolutions favoring
n national old age pension law, the
building of a home for miners and the
erection by he union of its own
building and printing plant. Numer
ous resolutions against preparedness
.arc in tue unuiu oi tne resolutions
committee.
Van Hittner of Pittsburg, president
of tho Western Pennsylvania Miners,
was made chairman of the scale com
mittee of the United Mine Workers,
of America, which wus appointed to
day by John P. White, international
president of the organization. The
duty of this committee is to fix a
basic scale ou which negotiations arc
conducted with tho mine oporatom
.throughout the country. The anthra
cite demands huviuir nlready been
drafted subject to approval of the
convention, the committee will confine
it labor to the soft coal situation.
The committee is mRde yp of the
presidents of the twenty-four dis
tricts into thicli the international or
ganization is divided.
OFFERS
M.00
F
OR WiLLARD FIGH
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NKW YOIIIC, Jan. 10. -Tex lliek
nrd and Samuel McC'rackcA, who
niiulo the original offer of .-f-15,000 for
a ten'-round bout hero between Jess
Willard and Frank Moron, increased
that offer today to $ lil.oUl). They
luivc conic to on ugrcement with Mor
au by which the Pittsburg man's end
of the purse will be $17,000 instead of
'$1.",000 and have wiied to Willflrd
and his manager that they will give
the champion $.)'-V00, thu original
offer having been $30,000.
Moron said tndav that he had lie-
ceptcd the terms offered by .Ilickard
and McCrnckcn with the understand
ing that the bout should bo indoors
next March, and until the expiration
of that month he would not consider
any other propositions to meot Wil-
lnrd.
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COLLIAN WRESTLE? REAL BULL IN TRAINING FOR ATHLETICS
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HAliliM. Or., Jim. 10.- Tho Hit
promo oottrt gitve (lovenior Withy
cninbo Hint Htnle Treasuter Kny it
rimil hiinckout blow In their fight
ngnliiMt Mtnlo Kiigiueer I.cwIh voHlcr
day wIimi It denied thrtr motion for
rcl'ionilng lu (lit) Hnlcm highway cn-o
lirniiglit by PetcrHon & JoIiiihoii. Tho
llimiDlHlMII'l''"l
SAYS HOT WATER
WASHES POISONS
FROM THE.L1VER
Everyono ihoutd drink hot water
with pltoaphnto In It,
before breakfait.
To fcot an flno n thd nroyhibla
flddln, wn tntlit kep tlia (War vraeliftd
clofin, nltnont every mornlnf, to pra
tout lt iiwtiKe-llho iorc from clott
Ring with IndlgMlttiln inntrrlal, nottr
titlo nnd pfliwnou texlnfl, my ft notsd
I)hylotntt.
ic you Rot iiontificiiaa. u your Jivrr.
V .... A...I. mt. all.. It ... Ilu.a
tupreme court doelded In IIh deelHloit if you wnlio up with n tmd tuito, furred
t imn wifitbM itun tint .own. urn noli lonnuo. nnmy nreain or stomacu uc
rotno rfltirtrl, It's your llvor.
' i trnlnmnu's flag fa t
Tlie tl i u ncvir fad
AKHOK, O., Jan. 1,'J. Olbe Due-
bach of Akron university wrestles u
real live bull to develop muscles for
use iu athletics.
Dricsbach is the strongest student
at the college and attributes his
strength to his unusual exercise. He
is a candidate for the baskctbnll team
of this season and did such good
work on the football team iu ltll.'i he
wns elected captain for 11)1(1.
DrioHbach wrestles tho bull hlmost
everv ilnv. tic wtium into ine inn-
lure, where the animal is kept, with Irom injury.
I
ncd at his bell. Iriebiich's nrttt and -boulder time
to attmi'l the ,.(.. are unii-unllv well dcclimcil. Ill
nltPiiluiii of the bull. Liro ln,ll(r,, vnvn i,,,,, n well Unit
The athlete hug been tlmmii iff. ', i,,,,.,!,,,!! he can .hoot tho Imll tho
erai iimee in ins worKouis, oni mis
nlwnys come back for uioro. lie
giabs the hull by the home and wioa. I
ties with him in nil effort lo foice
the bull's head to the ground.
Iu some of the Imttkm, Dtieebncli
full length of tho Kymnnsitiin ultlimit
liinilng Ilia body.
Tho vniiiig athlelo Is uuiisuiil In III
mode of life iu well as Iu hla xdue
tion of exercise. Ho outrun out nil
has been tosxed hither and thither n!iitnmer long nud at tho mid of en oh
the bull has swung Ins bond find , week iu the winter,
ranted about, but the athlete haa been Friend of Driimlmelt suy Hint ox
able to hang ou nud ao himself ,ccpt in the field he never throw tho
bull. lb- is modest and uuaaeiiming.
KAISER VISI I SNISH, iTURKS REPULSE
MET BY FERDINAND RUSSIAN ATTACKS
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RATFIES
LONDON', Jan. 10. -A dispatch 10
ceived by Keiiter's Telegrnm company,
snvs that Hmpcror William mot King
Ferdinand of Hulgurin iu Xiali, Ser
bia, yesterday. Tins iufonniition was
forwarded from Xish by way of Her
lin. The monnrehs greeted each othor
cordmllv, tho dispatch says, nud then
reviewed the citadel a procossiou of
Bulgarian, Macedonian and German
troops. '
STEAMER
RY
NOAM
AGROUNDIN BRITAIN
CONSTANT! NOP!,!-:, Jan. 10, Mil
Amsterdam and London Tho fol
lowing official atatumeut was ieeiied
at Turkish army lionduuarter:
"CnuciiMinn front t Tho Itiiaeinna,
who sustained ootibiderablu Ionics In
Lour violent attacks nud owing to our
reinforcements, wore compolbid to
abandon their attacks along the en
tire front. Uowpito eight days of ory
PEACE TREATY
WAHIIINOTON, Jail 19 Clillo'a
ratltlcatlon of tho pence rommlwlon
treaty nogotlatod by former Noorotnry
Ilryan, wa pronentwl to tho stato do
iwrtment today by the Chilean nui
bHMiador, Kduiirdo Miiuroz MuJIca.
I. I. rsnlliio, wns head of the high
iiy department, bill Wltliyeombo nml
Kay anttght to find it loophole In as
sinning tlmt the atfttr highwuv com-mi-slim,
of which the imeriior nud
stale tHHiaurer are mnnbern, could
hIIII give orders to Cflntllio na deputy
slate engineer,
In denying tltu tehoarlng todnv the
Hiiiimum eoiii t inailn It plain that
SIhI Kiiglueor Lewis I- Hie man with
whom the state highway coiiimtssUm
iiiunI dent.
"I will iiumudlalely assiime tdmrgp
of the office, nud for the lime being
I will allow Caiitino lo coiiliuue as
tililnf deputy," a hi Lewis wIipii (id-
vl.cd of llm decision, "'nils will he
iieuoasnry, bcenuse lu penning litiga
tion ns to highway wotk under Jus
imIiiiIiiImI ration I will need to know his
rldo of tho oonlroversy. Whether, uf ' you con eat anything afterward, It
flallow
akin, ininbty eompfexltin, watery eya
nil tlenoio llrfr uncleiullnc, Vour
liver I Urn ttit Important, olio tho
mut rbunt(t Nint iioglvotfcd orgnn of
tho body Four know Its (unction or
bow to relcAim tlio ilBinmNMip body
wnulo, t'llo nnd toxlim. Mont folka
rooort to violent rnlomr-l. which l n
dntignrouii. anltvnttng chemical which
run only no lined ocmloiinlly Ihicsiiio
It ncntimiiluteK lu the lliMUun, Uo
istlficloi (ho loiie.
i:vory inait ond womnn(-.Blck or
well, alioiild drink ench morning bo
,'oro hreAkfnil, A gtns of hot watnr
with n trnupcoiiful of Hmeitono lhon
plinto In It, to WAitlt from tho llvor nnd
bowels tho prnrloita dny'a ImllKvulllito
umterlnl, tho pol.oin. Hour Ml and
toxluit thu clonimlug, awcetentiiK
nnd frenheiiliiK tho entire Alimentary
rannl boforo putting mora food Into
tho nfcmnch,
I.tmcttono nhodinto doen not r
trlct tho dint Ilka cnlomcl, bffCAimo It
enn not nnllvnlo, for H li liarniiM ana
nOOSEVELT'S NIECE HELD
ON INSANITY CHAnGE
i violent otlensivo oieratioue ny an-
Official nnnounccmcut was mndo in perior ciiemv t'orcen, tho aitualion,
Herlln Sunday that KmiK'ior William i apart i'loin slight tbaiiucH, tenuous
had recovered Ins health completely favorable to tis. There is otherwise
and had returned to the front. no new declopmcnt
ler thut) I will retain him, I line at
the present nothing to an v."
Iletweeu Lewla nml Cniiliue there
haa never been n good feeling since
the latter elected to side with the
highway commission in the contro
versy ns to whether lie or Lewis was
entitled to have charge of the high
way work, I-ewis, be it known, tins
been contemplating discharging him,
and giving na a reason that he can
perform the woik personally. Ills
statement todnv would indieale tlmt
ho Is considering carrying out such
it'pn'Kmui.
BRITISH STEAM En MAREF1E
SUNK-CREW IS RESCUED
In infliniuiilvo and nlmoit tnitolasn, and
any pharmncUt will !! you a. quarter
pound, which la atifnclcnt for a dni
nnatratlon of bow hot wntor nnd lluta
atono phoKphaln clcnmi, Rtlmiilnlitt and
frenlioti tho liver, koeplng you fooling
fit day In and day out,
LONDON, Jan. HI,
Ltilunilit of New York, who claims
ho it niece of Theodore Itoosevelt, i ,mrti
been delaiucd by the police fur pn0no
exHiniiiatioii into lur sanity. A ' 270
Lalandc came hero on war u"
......t, nttractlTo
LONDON, Jan. II).- Tho steamship
Ma rem has hecu sunk, Her crew
Miss Kthlv1iuiwst,rtu(sd.
lent, doc
jeklnroud,
rnt'a rut-
iuTXei"ViFi. . . , leiopnono
owner at Juohnonvlllo, or Inquire
of If. II. Nye or Iloy II, l'eoblos at
Medford. U70
LONDON, Jan. 10. The steamship
It.Midnm of the IIollaiid-Americnii
line, im aground nt OravoHcud. No
rejioit has yot been made of the ex
tent of the damages the voeeol re
ceived. None of tho passengoro or
env is allowed to Iohwi tho voasel.
The It.Midnm, wljeh left New York
ou January i with 71) first-claee, III
hocnud class and .'8 third-olaat pa
Monger, ns well a mail for Kotter
dam ia Fnluiouth, whs reported iu it
(table dimteh yesterday a ltaving
wstid Southend down by the bows
with a lit to htarbimrd and aa having
armed Inter at Oraveeond.
It wum added later tlmt all the )
senger were sau?d, but that three
atoker were kilksl and four injured.
The foiiii of ai'i'iiliiit was nut an-iioiiiM-ed.
WANTHI) Womtn lot ua i
mnko money amllng gun
hoilory to weari full or pa(.
uig profits; axperlonco
nary. Addrnss, Inleruittlonli
ox laa, Norrlatuwn, Pa. jt
FOU KXatANOKj,
FOR KXrilANOK ClenTl
property for equltlon or I
Hltti redemption rlnht: '
preferrod, any utnount. t
Mall Tribune.
n jSsaaeia jaiiaM
IOBT--Frlndhln bracelelt
return to HHiel Alidernon,i
Front atreet nnd recoWo re
LOST Folr of pold rlmme)
glautcn. Fludor pleniH) to
Mali Trlhiinn offloo or lull
TEUTONIC ALLIES
LONDON, Jae. It The Kit liana
Telegraph eomen'a Aaeierdan ror
roanendeal aaa that a eenferenee of
the riaanee mlnlater of Germany.
Auatrla-Hungary. Tnrkey and Hul
aarlu will be held neat week la Vten
na The eklef puruej ef the con
ferenee. It U Mid, la Ike ilterM
of the financial pwalttoa of the Teu
tonic allies and the adopitnn of
urea te meet retiala eontlngnrlee
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It'i rnf lo change ibf
ibapn and color of un
alalJn brand, lo Imi
tate llm Trine Albert
IUlyrdtlii,fcuril('f.
poniblt lo Imltnta tlio
lUvor of I'rlnce Albert
lobacccd Thpatanl(d
pru tI9te.l llat
TISIK 0AII1
INTnnUltllA.V ADTO OAU CO.
Ixato Mndford dally eieopt Mon
day for Aahlnnd, Talent and Plitwmlt
at 8 a, m., 1 1 : f. 0 n. m 1 1 10, 2:30,
Si 46 and f.:l& p. m. Alio on Hat
urday at 1115 p. m. Bundnya Jcaro
at 10 n. m , 4 p. in. and 0:30 p, m.
Leavo Aahland for Medford dally
etenpt Hiinday at 0 n. m., 13:C0, 3:30,
3:30, i:M and 6:15 p. m. Hunday
loaro Aahland nt 0 a. m,, 1:00, CiOO
and 10:30 p. m.
M'CURDY
INSURANCE
AGENCY
IJffcrls Inaiirnnro
of All Kliida
Tolepltouo 133
Bparta Illdg,
BRITISH LOSS ON
GALLIPOLI SLIGHT
I.UXDON, Jan. l9.-!lrM J.
Tewwatt pftriiaateniary ngaiif-a b
tary for wnr. atated ia tho Immmw
ttwafht g qajgtif or eighth of tho
3.MMM iMMak atofg altrifcarted
i Ike Tmtaali report a a Ike nkw of
the kooty loft whoa Ine BralUh eae
sated QnfiiBoli neninenla weald
o m aaapapaosp BasasvaaMPaaBFpa rajaaaea
eoeteerjfng fcr-ft behuirl.
FIRST thing you do right away
is to answer this fttir-to-you
que tien:
Why is Prinoo Albert tobacco
universally distributed and uni'
versa Jly smoked?
And if the antwer isn't on th front -end
of your tongue; if you don't
fcol it juit galloping right out of
your think-divhsion, get-going for
tho nearest store that soils tobacco.
Invest 5c or 10c for a test-out 1
$&;
yBifti'yftrfg& I
You'll get the answer, all right!
And you'll know raof o about where
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPAffY, Wimton-Salom, N. d!
you and your tongue and throat
ftand on Ukj pipo and cigarette
rnakin's question in a mighty short
timel Sure an you are a foot
hi&h! Tlit patented process flxeo
that mnd cut out bite and paroh.
Men who liave never srnokad a
pipe or rolled a cigarette have soms
thine; mighty fine coming. Por
P. A, is the Orst-hand-pai of every
man who is willing to have it proved
to his satisfaction thct here fo to
bacco thut the man with the too
dersst tongueand throat aan smoke
.As Jill with a r el Mil WW you
take our word fix it?
Bargains in
ROSES
300 Tnreo-ycar-old
Caroline Testout
Hom for aaln at a bargain
Tho flrifHt roioa In Medford
from tho boat rono hedgo In tho city.
Tho Carollno Titout la a perpet
ual bloomer, large pink roi4 and
tho beat bedgo or street roao for tbU
ollmato.
Pierce, the Florist
YV p,Wn, ufwhlk gJi7htt?k,
It It. C OttUm X K III V4,
fr -' bldB, eeeeelle I. O. 1'Ihhh S7
cixifltj nit it w. cuANcr ptMm c
(Von an) i awrgettN I'lwea, oflle S. rf
ry flteoo-1 dooee It it Offleo heeia. it to
Pl WJ -w
205 Until Main SLraot,
Medford
Tlia Only 15salu&ivo
CcminoNiii riifltorajIicr8
in Seuthorn Orogon
Kagatlrc Mndu tuw tjnta or
piti hy appotntmaHt.
Phono 117-.T
Wo'll do the rwt
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