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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1916)
I 1 1 lit v W o fcfc fo W vrnrmrn mtt, Tnmrvr. vmrorm. rmrr.riv vovnw. .TvrT?Y pi. loin SQUAB 0 iCIVIC FEDERATION mm? Truroi? IY SATURATED WILLIAM FAfJNUM IN THE WONDERFUL ADVENTUflE AT PAGE PROFITABLEONEFOR REFORM PLAYTHING SOUTHERN OREGON! FOR THE IDLE RICH Ilrrc, 01) Hip Wrt fiiisf, l'i, lutii- ne- of jn iHlnciinr iiiiil tr tin i.mrkct linn boon cnorlnnkod. Few in iluatrieo in the entern nnd nutliorn Mates liHvo iuhiIc micli rapid growth during Iho Inst five years lin (he Miwli iiiiliiHlry. Thcro nrc fourteen different puli liontiunn devoid o.xoluhely to tin liiftpon in oireiilution Ihroutuout' the 1'iiitcil Rtnte. Pigeon iiuIm nnl siiuib iwiiH'ialions are sjniuulng up evor.t whore. Pigeon nro poultry niul it is full timo that wo poultry jiion lot' the Itogue Ilorcr vnlloy reuliri'd tlio op portunities for ha in thin lirttni'h of tlio poultry buiini'D. In tin cu.it the deinnnd for dieted miiiiiIw nlwnys exceeds the supply. As for the wewt, Seattle is prying for Mpintis. Tlio Mpmb-eiitint public of Portland nnd Ttiooinii pny iw hifjh ii fO nnd $7 per dozen during tlio winter month. The hotels ficnttorcd through Idaho niul Montiinu pay .f."i,and ill for cold-storage Mpinlm shipped from the Cent ml State-. TIipip are a few large, plants in California, hut even in California the market is never shifted. The business of producing mnikot (nulls in not only fiiiiintiug, but when proppily handled, with miII'ip ienl attention to details, is the most prolitfiblc branch of the poultry in dustry. Approximately fix months is re quired to deo!op a laying hen. Pig cons are often mated and hard at work at four month. A hen's period of usefulncMs is seldom more than two year, Pigeons are in their primo at two years and have been known to pay dividends when twenty yearn old. I might offer apologies to the hen, but that is not noce-Miry, for the two work together. Kery Hpmh plant Miiiiiild no equipped with a meat grinder and enough hens to use to advantage the refiiso from the Hlaughler pen. This valley and nil of southern Or egon is ideal ns a location for the Mpiali business. The pigeons nro hnrdy and cheerfully adjust thtfn selves to extreme climatic conditions. They prefer n moderate aliunde, with lots of sunshine and. verve in the air. lluilding materials are compara tively cheap here, and, since wo arc not compelled to combat low tempor aries, n satisfactory building enn bo constructed at tlio reasonable cost of ..'l per miming foot. Our e.perionec teiifhe that each running foot will accommodate three pairs of breeders. Another great athnntagc of this lo cality is that we can mtpply the working buds with pino noodle in aininilunee. The hiid use these needles in building their nests and seem to prefer them to anything clue. The needles Imvo a iph'iioui odor which acts as a repellant to vermin. Pigeon aio strictly vegetarian. Tlgrontor the variety of grains and the more often the change of mixture the more acceptable it is to the birds. Wheat, Mint lower, corn, kwffir, mil let, pea, beans and numerous other pigeon grain can be grown in this pnrt of the Mate iieeefully. The prospective squab grower should uducnte himself leading loud value or different grain. The department of agriculture at Wn.h mgrnii, I). C, will bund you for the oking data giving relative food val ues pigeon grains. Pigeon need giiiins rich iii protein and rich in oil. Sunt lower are rich in oil and eoudi tion in this valley are iwenliarlv adapted to their ciilttuQ Analyses of some or the prineipiil pigeon grains and eU, taken from 'm.Hs of Ike United State depart iiient of agriculture: Caibohydrates li-.i..: ,. IWIVIH. nun laix. '"a lo Wheat H.S T..1 0.0 11.S !M.O 31.0 squall 8:1.0 s.r, so.;i &i.o 01.? 71..') raiM'is llv OH.SOX OAHPXER. WANIIIXOTON, Jan. 21. The Na tional Civic Federation has been holding it annual meeting in Wash ington. This i the organisation which has made reform a respectable and nfe avocation for the idle rich. Seth Low is its president and Ralph Knsely its f.peretary. Twenty year ago the idea of making refonn re spectable and safe had it birth in Chicago in tlio office of Lyman J. flage, president of the First National bnnk of that city, and subsequently, fieerotnry of the treasury under the McKiuloy administration. Tito id on was communicated to a young news paperman, llalph M. Kuscly, who bo en mo the orgiinir.ntion' first secre tary, and who later nationalized tho movement. .Air. Gage was it first president. Xo Heal Itcfonns The civic federation is character ized chiefly by what it does not re form. U does not refonn the tax '.system because many of it members and Impost contributors are those who benefit by the uiifninicss in the present system; it does not rofoim laud ownership because many of them arc the greatest landowner; it doc HO refonn tnits, because institu tions like the shoe machinery trust find representation among it offi cers; it docs not refonn nuomploy- iiiuni and poverty necaiise many ol its largest linancial backers and con (roller are tliPniQlvos large employ ers of labor and heneficiuric or the present industrial sy-tem which makes poverty and uuoinplo.i input in evitable. At its meeting here the association went on record at once in favor of big prepa redness of the Xavy league brand, with fat contract in tho background, and failed to mention government manufacture of muni tions. Xlrc Ivwiys Head Nice e-ay were lead, one on pro-paredue-s by Seth Low, one on "our nag" by Maude Wetmore, daughter of Ilhoilc Island's sometime reaction ary nml very wealthy sonator; a nice piece by William 0. Mather was lead about how kind employer make their workmen contented by so-called "welfare work," which consist in supplying drinking water, toilet and ganlens, and encouraging tho plant ing of pausics on the window sill of the lowly; another piece was contrib uted on "why poor people nic aick." by tho facile and popular Dr. Wood Hutchinson. Tuosubjeet of immigra tion, which mipplios a fresh volume of labor to employer annually, was lightly touched upon by Joremiah Jcnks. The National Civic Federation h given a complexion or radicalism by including among its membership Ham Hid nonipor, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, and John Mitchell, who for a number of year found more congenial occupation a a paid loettner for this aasociatinn than in stirring up strikes among the Pennsylvania miners. Mr. Kasely i a genius at securing harmless publicity for ucll-to-do pen pie who otherwise would not figuie in mo iiows)Hii. SOIL YIELDS LESS THAN II LAND i the poultry industry generally Hie date of the first how will be I'cbruary 0-1:1, inclusive. Now, pigeon people, let u show our enthusiasm wnd promote the induti by putting the hct of ur birds on exhibition. Let's make our di-phtv so hirce ami nttrai-tne tbut it will be the m.iiu leatiin- ol the lmw . CAUOLL F. CAKPIATFIt. Hioc, hulled Kaftir Millet 1'eai Soy beaiife . . There are a few scatteied over Mtutheru Oreaon. but wo.( or these are aimply raiding bird, for home eonaumptiou or pleasure, or n combination of the two. I will not ay that every can make u mic cess of commercial tquab nd.ing, hut I do say that thoro is a good ehanee for a large number of pooplo to do a profitable bueiueM along this lino. no ici take the hint and rauo morfW hijk aim UHUor UHl. And lot's Ii together, for by working indiiid itally then u too mneh dudieatiou l waed cneiy. Hy working lo ether wje can get cheaper supplic wl we ch handle the distribution jH-ohleia Uttr. The psychological wowcHt ha Me. The market it ieeeptie and y to pay well for our product. Tlie poultry men of the ally hae already toru4 what will be know,, the SwiUwm OregoH Poultry a. owtiou for the puc,M of huldin an uuaiuil poult ri hoM and improuiiff ( ) ECZEMA IS A T The Blood Reaches Every Part of the Body Every Twelve Seconds. l W . WATSON. A fanner vbn )s lieeti mteii.ch cultivating a small acreage which he ean irrigate the greater pait of the growing season, since a creek courses . through it ah long aa the moisture in j the hills will feed it, hna observed j au interesting condition arising from the fact that ho can irrigate hnlf of if mimli winn nAtufwiali Iknn i)tl rfl- mnining half. Jin find that the three acre he litis been, keeping saturated all of the timo becnuso it is conveni ent to do so, generally prudtioos less than the other half, which receive loss water. Without desiring to be named and quoted, ho risks why this result is obtained. 1 am pleased to answer his ques tion, because it prosonts one of the most imuoitnnt phases of artificial irrigation of crops. This fanner uses too much water on the fiixt hair of his acreage. lie may Imvo reached that conclusion, based on his nbservntions, but ho doesn't know why it is so. q Soil Nutrients Xccjlcd drawing plnnts immediately draw upon the water added to the soil by irrigation or rain. That i tho rea son for their reviving so quickly nrter water has been applied when the soil has become too dry. Hut, if the outer has not remained in the soil long enough to permit it to absorb soil nu trient, the soil moisture films cnunot distribute the plant food. The chem ical combinations are formed quickly, but the uinistuic films about the soil grain arc heavy because of tho ex cessive saturation. That fact ex plains why the percentage of plant food is mil sufficient to give the growing plant peimanent vitality, al though it may cunsc it to show ab normal top growth. The soil nutri ent have not had time to bo distrib uted freely in the solution; bonce, it is a very dilute fonu of plant food. Tho optimum point of saturation is that at which tho soil is just wet enough to be cultivated easily; just wet enough to saturate the soil grains sufficiently to dissolve the nutrients on which the plant feeds, Unix filling tho moisturo films full of plant food and enabling tho plants to obtain a strong, vitalizing diet. Continuous Saturation Tho inqiMier in tin cr.so evidently kept hi soil on the one side of tho stream saturated beyond the opti mum point, thus feeding his garden plants on that tract a weak diet. Hx- ooio degree of saturation also car ries a large iwrcentagc of the soil nutrient down into tho soil so far that they are out of reach of the plant roots. The reason for an un satisfactory product from soil main tained throughout the noattt in such a wet condition are apparent. Tho growth of riMit crow, including po tatoes, carrot and beat, is ruined by that proeo. Potatoes and carrot will be small and fluvorjos. Heel may grow to a largo aiie, hut they will contain only a small content of sneoharino substance, rendering them practically valueless commercially. Tho other half of tho tract in question was fortunate to escape the abuse of prixilcge by the iirigator. It was kept practically at the optimum point of saturation, in which condi tion it was easy to Keep n m proper tilth. In that condition, a No, the re leased plant food was im-iiK dMnb- SSSbSS ISSSSbY1 VHutQHQHwHflHBBBBrr. BSShBBSSSSSH F 'JsLflHsKjHSiluiSHBiiiiflEltf rf)aK3 JBbiisiiiiV sssssssssVHEVEDrjBVBBBsVBBflBCItJVwL iUsTsbbbbbIsbbb ntBBSSSSsV' VMbW BSSSBsVflFjMBr ?lSSSSbBV 'ifrBsssssr7 !W U VbsbbssV ' "JjtrSBIMsMl fc1fc.j r? t 1 KBSSSSSSSBs H. t iuf 'uV&kH BBBBBBBBBBSBk si SBBBsSJb t " jBVKL wflStHt GIGANTIC RAID PUBUC IN SENATE "CASCARETS" BEST IF HEADACHY, BILLS, W.VSlUNOTON. Jan. 2 1. Fourteen bills seeking to reverse the eonscr- at ton policy and to grant tree tu Heat for l.lver nml HoncN, Had llrcnth, Itiitl Cold i, Sour Stonmeli : -tntcs land now la federal ownership lo"KU0' 'nU fnd noso cloci ihave already been introduacd in tho w '- nys trace this to In this, ono of the moat startling , In "The Wonderful Adventuro" at and Intense William fox photoplays 'tho Page th9atro Monday, Mr. Far- num Is one ot MetUryd's favorite screen ai lists and Is at hrs JjpEt In I this excellent pliotoplay. soil from which the eroiw draw their vitality when tho muisturo pi educe the necessary combiuations to make moisture is upward when tho top soil i dry. It is always busy in ostnh lisliing it proper equilibrium. Hut, supreme ever roloased, William Far- num, America's grontost actor, ap pears In n dual role. utcd through the soil affected and hold for uo it the growing eop needed it. For Cultural Operation Kvery fanner should (and most fanners do) underalnnd from direct examination just whmi hi soil is i'o proper condition to plow or cultivuto otherwise, llolow the depth of tho cultivation tho por cent of moisture i much greater. It should be, when irrigation i properly applied. Stor age of muisturo in the soil is n very imHirtaut feature of irrigation. It i one of tho chief value of the use of water in that manner. The causo of the heavy losses by drouth laat year in this alloy is found in tho fact that thoie wns no moisture stor ed away in the ground. The growing crops liml nothing to draw on, after the top soil became dry. Not cnoiejh moisture fell in the annua! precipi tation to saturate the lower strata of inoiie, without irrigation. senate. Ihey would nllennto from public ownership thirty million acres of public lands. One alono (intro duced by Senator Key Pittmnn of Xenda) contemplate tho frco gift to Xcxndii of seven million acre of public lands for tho benefit of pnbllo schools. Ncvndn has already receiv ed 2,72:1,017 acres of public lands for sustaining its schools nml other pub lic institutions. In addition, tho fed- Gel a 10-tent box. Sick headncho, biliousness, coated up tor pid llvor; delayed, fermenting food In tho bowels or sour, gassy stomach. 1'olsonouH matter clogged In the In testines, Instead of being cast out of tho system Is re-absorbed Into the blood. When this poison reaches tho delicate brain tissue it causes con gestion and that dull, throbbing, sickening headache discards Immediately cleanso the stomach, rcmovo tho sour, undigest ed food and foul gases, take the ex- l.itnl i..wt'limiMtf fti1li.AiivinlA f.n Oltll ... '.' .' . .V . COSH lllto from Ihn tlvnr nml enrrv mil n year tor the agncultural colleges in .. ,. , ' -- each stale. Senator Smoot wants one million acres for Utnli; Senator Warren of Wyoming wants n million acres each for Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Xo plant food. The tendency of solljvndu, Utah and Wyoming; Senator Pittmnn wnnta another two million neres for Nevada; Senator Shufroth wants nnothor million for Colorado if thoro bo no moisturo thoro, thoro i from "any Innds thnt belong to tho is no stored plant food for tho crops to draw from. When the condition is reversed, the top soil being an (united all or the time, there is no tendency of moisture upward; honco, tho soil nutrients in tho top soil boing con sumed, tho supply is exhausted, so far ns tho growing crop is concerned. It must exist, thoicforc, on a "milk-and-water diet." Let mo again remind the farmers of this valley that there is no stor age of moisture in the lower soil United Stntos within such state, whether such Innds bo within or with out tho forest reserves," and Sonator Smith wants to grant to A?izona n modest fivo million acres for build ing roads, highways and bridges. The Pittmnn bill Riving awny seven million noros, is now in debate in tho senate. Should it pnss it would sorvo ns n precedent for tho pasnago of others. all tho constipated waste matter and poisons In tho bowels. A Cascaret tonight will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep a 10-cent bos from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet, breath right, complexion rosy and your liver and bowols regular for months. Ady. Sir: My wife told n frlond (?) thn other night that when shu (wife) strata of their fields this year and blW t H '"" "My ur," the lirosnect is that thoro wil bo Ba,u lH0 ,rionu. ou rw stuff cotton In your cant!" should rvlllo. A Food Fact to Remember Sovonlocii yoift's ago n fond wns originated that combined the entire nour ishment of the field grains wheat and barley with ease of digestion, delic ious' taste and other qualities of worth designed to fill a widespread human need. Today (hat food o Medford House Movers XHW FIItM Houses, Machinery, Hollers, Moved Any 1)1? tan co Also Houso Itepalring Phono 488 M 012 So. Xavrtovm 737 W. 1 Ith St. Bargains in ROSES rape-Nuts has no near competitor among cereal foods in form or nutritive value, nor lias it had from tho start. Gmne-Xute on the Urcalcfasl Menu builds njid maintains bod', brain and norvos as no other food does. .Ready to cat, economical, appetizing. "There's a Reuoa" JOIN TOE THINKERS' CLU& (JiiHirs eve t.v where soil (irape-Xuts, 200 Tnroo-ycar-old Caroline Testout Roses for salo at a bargain Tho finest rosos In Medford from tho best roso hodgo In tho city. The Carollno Testout Is a perpet ual bloomer, laggo pink rosea and tho best bodgo or street roso for this climate. Pierce, the Florist FOR SALE CHEAP One 6-Room HOUSE o on No. Riverside, close in to be moved off lot Call900-Lor217So.R INSIST ON HOME PRODUCTS THESE GOODS Altfi MADE IN THE ROGUE RIVE VALUE fc2P H W0tfY At HOWS KJiBMI3 Til T Ir In Thvw Mpp!uMIIUtlrl by mVY. uf Itttl vuliaU. The ea rn r III kktll uf uiioit with ihf tiluuJ t-ha 7.00u 9UM IllllllUII lud unci HaU m uinellin Hllvd llli pulauna mid thn nklu rl wnU blUH-m. -li rril HHd rurv, itHd bvcvuie Ilk o nuuli llnaue tirr. Muln do not rucli thr nourcv ( the trouble Tu iimkr th blood ui Ix tlu only Kclcnlini' inrlheit of irllir o. . S. I the Krtttttem Mood uilfl-r bwuiide It to a natural una Tlini' ta no mlnaral of any avrt In II. Ii i p " -ly vKrUbli - So rrrt la the fame of 8 Mi..t many aubatllutas trail aln.: I" ai n ctlona uf Ih country. Th all -"'' er or later, die a natural ttraili "' H bulltt up wrak and acid l-lo... ki liroinpl rwlltf to a 1 moat ,-wr rt- of eciema. wintrr tatter and uitu i mi. nutlaUifia. Voil OW ourlr in. .1 i ut lrlnt( a bottle o H Take nu aubatllute. Writ foi out fife " on akin dlaeaaea t'onHdeiitlal l.ti-ix repllail lo our Ivdlval rx.u ttii't Swift Hpelflc t'o, tiepjitiuriii -i Ai tanta. Qa William Farnum pAGE TODAY to vol it iii:iru I (Up iihp of a flour tliot lontalui the maximum ol nutriment Hut is juire and tleau O Rogue Spray Flour0 U the arms of our milling per fection, a milled from wheat that ussuriug purity xml cleanliness, Is put through our special processes result, a vitalizing, body-bulldlnt, nutritious flour. riiv Koeri: simi.w n.oin, MEDFORD ROLLER MILLS II. 0. Nordwick, Prop. Phone 507 d We Want to Show You 'T JUL HLr K USE THE PRODUCTS OP Rtofiae Mm Vsisj; The Byst Oatle Help rfdme Industry. Try Loganberry Juice and Sherbets j at the fountains and Ice ere par lors. Tom OU& w tv I it a brosjj field our mill work eov-c- Come and the raady la um 1 'lar, plUstera, moldings, bnlusters, r.liHK, and a hundred other things a seli built houiti should have. A sit here Hill surely show you how to liuU' a more at'rnctive home at tu haiiie cost )ou ex.'iet'ttMl to pay for a plain how. MEDFORD SASIJ & DOQR CO. For o GALVANIZED TANKS OIL AND WATJiH and "rmUOATINO PIJ'E Uo to J. A. SMITH 128 K. Grape St. Telephone 890 ant Ads They Iteach the People Pntronizo tho institution that maintains Wio Largest Payroll in Medford. The Medford Pnnjsng Co. rTlio Best Equipped Job Plant in Oregon outsido of Portland Ask Your Grocer and Butcher fou Pey Are Home Grown ROGUE reiVE.nLp JiftAND, KX iJvsi Ra ST! -OVjiAri -f '- - .(. OINT PW 3N They're the Best Ever a ffy-J