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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1916)
pa nw Trrmsfl rail i PIONEER FARMER IGKAT FLOOD OF TELLS EXPERIENCE 1890 ISOLATED "OLD JOHN" GIVES SOME GOOD ADVICE IN ! THEIMPORTA NT MATTER OF PREPAREDNESS i ny -t&z?y E .5 VALLEY A MEDFonp matt; TnmnNrc. MF-nFOim onkoox. Tiin.snw. TT.nrtrurr 10, ioi NEE REBELS c OW VARED INI A CING-KN UY W W WATSOX II II. Taylor, n readout of south cm Orotcou for nearly half a century, ynH In Med ford joMertlny on a bus iness errand, lie returned to hi home on the Applognto Inst even In r. The greater period of Mr. Taylor's , immoral activities wan spent In farm hiK and stock-raisin In this valley. Once he ownod R7B iicro- of what Is now known nH the Westerlund orch aids. Mr. Taylor has "dry farmed," and ho han farmed with Intention. Ho, Ih dolus tho latter now most Hticcess-1 'ully 011 a ranch of 21S acres on tho Wlupate, 100 -cres of which are rlmilile, When ashed ns to lilts iilKiiicnt on the question of trust K to the annul rainfall In southern m'koii for crop sustenance, .Mr. Tay. r Maid! (Wt IKi It Successfully "You can't do jt successfully. I have talked water for the fields In this valley so' much that people, ciuno to think I had water on tho brain. It would hnvo been much better for this Horuo rlvor country If ninety ulno percent of Its farmerH had been similarly afflicted Ioiir iiro, I hnvo farmed nit kinds of Roll hero and that's a good many. Some kinds re quire more moisture than others, to bo nine, but they nil need more water Hint) comes In rainfall. In some of tlm soils of this valley the moisture drloo out very rapidly, no matter how much It rains dining the winter months, in this case, It must bo sup. piled artificially. Crops fall far short If ou do not. That entails a heavy loss. Two or three years of such lossos, all around, would amount to enough mono to put In n Reed Ir rigation system, blinking tho water from tho mountains In sufficient quantity to Insure, enough. Dry anil Wet, Compjiivd 'In this vnlloy the host I could do with alfalfa was to obtain from two to two and a half tons to tho a cm without wntor. I wont where I could set water on no own account over on the Applpgntc. Thcro I ralso twice that amount mid I have liar oiitod as much ns night tens: to tho acie. You can flguro for jourself what I made by using tho water when my fluids needod It. I couldn't affoid to do without It. If one wants to pioduco a maximum eiop In this count) and who want I mm than that? he must Iihvh IrrlKHtlon. In fuel, with tho rainfall vvo'vo been xettliiK tho lat fow orn, our farm Uniln are a piofltless oxionso with out It. There Is no problem about It It I- a clear case for the exor cise of common souse. Our farmers nro going broke, badly bioko. with out IrrlRntlon." Snuill Anviigo Kuougli "With Irrlxatlon I find a small aoivago enough to care for," wild H. II. Joney, the grocer. 235 West Main Htinnt. "I have eight neros uiulor the system of the Itoguo ltlver Vol loy Canal company, about tlueo miles out of town. On that tract I lalso berries and molonn, largely. The Und U palnx mo abundant profit on tho mono) Invested, both in tho acreage and In tho water. That In cludes tho f2.."0 an ncro n oar ns u maintenance fee. I toward that ns a loasonuble fee, along with easy payments on the perpetual water right. couldn't afford to cultivate the tract at nil without water. No business man could long be content with such a hopeloss task. With wator with which to Irrigate tho bor rle and guidon when they need It, I find It a ploasuie to produce a fine harvest. "I roRard an Inveetmont on farm lands under Irrigation In this valley a money-making proposition, If the land price be loasonnblc and the In vestor knows how to farm. I have no complaint to make on tho cost of water. Without It, I wouldn't want tho land at any prlco." This is the manner In which farm ors all over the vnlle are beginning to talk on the subject of Irrigation It was a hcaonl demonstration that brought them wisdom. GERMAN CONSUL WROTE VON PAPEN e XKW OIU.KANs. I.'.. F.b. 10. - Dr Paul l(oh. Oeiin.iii inii-ul at New ' OrlfSli. uduutlcd toI.i fn the A On listed Pie thut he wrnti- the letter takfii at Falmouth b lliiii-h agents 1 1 urn Cuptain 1'inus Von Puieu, re-j Q-alled (ii-nuan military ullathsj) and I uhii'b Iti it i-h ot'lK-ial iiul u- sign-1 i,l Willi tin iniii.il- "I.' l ' mil 4 i,i, I i ilit. ., ! ,11 Ml ' 1 . 1 f ' i 1 I t Twent--ix your no the IJorui ltlvor vullr-y w inff-ritig the vw-t deluge in itst history. Two feet I wow coveted the j-rouiul. Henv warm niin followed, precipitating tremendous flooiN in all -tienm. Hear eioek cut it- piescnt deep chan nel then, curr.ving hwn.v the Medfoid bridge and flooding u luree poition of the ent side. I'tnetienllv every bridge in hickmiu and ,loophiuc counties was coiricd out. Slide, blocked all railroad traffic north and south lor oer a inontli. A tremen dous landslide in the Cow Creek cnu yon dammed up the atrcnm ami eic utcd u lake, Mibincrjjitif- miles ot truck t fin t had to be rebuilt. Piovis- ions and supplies of all kinds became .scarce. It was necossnr.v to print the new-papers upon eoloted postor pa per. Stoiy of Ocliige. The Jacksonville Times, dated Feb ruary (1, 18110, recently left at this of Jice by K. C. Welch, who tosidos neat Mcdford, eontains much "news'' of inteicM oonccniintf the great stotm. One of the "seine heads" that adorns ono pnc,c of n two-page edition of the Times on orange-tinted dodger pa per tends: "A Second Deluge! The Willam ette, Itogiie lover, I'mpquii, Kluinalli nml Saetiiniento Valleys Swept bj Floods 1 "Portland Submerged and Tele graphic Communication Willi th Willamette Towns Cut Off. "Xo Prospect for Thiough Tinins From I'ither Direction for Weeks." Follow ill)- this came ti telegrnpliln report from Portland, by way of Chi eago, to the effect that water on First street in the Oregon metropolis was knee deep; that snow was five feet deep at Mntt, near Duusmuir, Cal.; that the .Southern Pacific raihoad was so badly washed down the nioiiti tain side that weeks would be te rpiiied to repair it; that mills, fac tories, parts of towns, oiclumls and ranches all along the line from Port laud to Saeiamento w'eie being- wash ed out and ejinicd away, and devas tation reigned thiough the medium oi floods, avalanches nml cloudbursts. Hiiinngo to Ibis Valley.' ruder the caption, "A Oiont Dis aster," the Times pniphicalli do seiibii. the havoo wi ought locally. In pint it Miys: "The dnninKO to thic vallov bv Ihu flood cannot be own estimated as el, for postal eominuuieatioii is so un certnin and limited that only sur mise, can be made of the ruingcs ot the water on the line of the niuneioii tributaries ol the Kogue riier. . . . Tin-almost apprehension was Hit n to the result, had the niimcii-r imis-oH of snow in the mountaiii melted and vanished by the usual slow pinocles of wind mid sun; but, when to those fears vu added the eci taint of a flood winch came with the giealost nun storm on teeord in this valley, it is small wonder that a xic.U commotion pievailed among tho SOI.VKI) AT fcST The High Cost or l.hlng Actual tests madesliOA that bouse wives can swvo $ I .r0 on each -,k ,. of flour by doing tboir own linking ItoudorM of thiw miner bave been watchlnR with Intoiost the woilin out of a solution to the high cost of J UvitiR problum. Tho results are aston Ishlng even to th housewjies who' liavo boon baking their own bread I The advertisements show how It In possible to save 1 1.50 on each -ack ot flour, as follews: I sack of White ltlver Flour used by a baker and rosold In bioad at 3c a loaf (SO b.tk er's loaves to tho sack) H I sack of White Illvor flour imcd for homo broad baking 11 "0 Cost ot all materials, Ingredlonts, oto I 00 2"0' Saved on oaeh sack SI '.o which is the prlco of a sack of' WIIITK HIVI.lt I'l.OlH j MOHAK: Your Flour Coats You Nothing.". This has been verified by actual tost. If ou do your own baking jou, are invited to send to Allen & I.owh j Portland, Oregon, jour name and the name of your dealer accompanied m ' tho words "White ltlver l'lonr" rut1 from the Wlate ltlver Flour sack, mid fin K. v9 t hurtliniiintar mnnnlail mi ' an 8xJ thowuomuter mounted v wood and enamolod in white will reach )ou fro with their com;. II meats by return mail ! The savins of 11-39 Pr ss( k lit' the use of White ItiOr Flour i home baking Is based on the estab lished retail prleo made b Portland dealers an standard brands In Sa lem annViiijiuJjb4-aue of frtlKiit charges, the retail price is lilul in t'Vii'x of the above inrntionrd ,ifrrfg( o-t or Miit- Iliwr ) r and ' c avln i iturr or. i I s t,h' rci Kid AbssssssssssssssssssssssssQ"issssssibI 1 EJ& ByX ? I JiylBBBiSSSsWisPhsVsr lIBHlSSSSSSMPiSSSSSSSWl sssssssssssssssssP xJJltMRwW&tUBKIBSBIBmSKIBEKtt jmKrfit HSBssisiBBBBBBBsvVrytt vt 'mLTlBEjsstL V LsssssssssWiHPis 4flf 3visMiisss f &rm ji w 11 M t "Old .lolm," .li urate Feb. s. -Old John", Portland, t pati iaich and canhcm of the Siletx Indians, Is a stalcal sdvorato of pre VarcdnbM. . "In ttiiniinur," h ttmnUi, "must get for wlntor. "Me, 1 buy overcoat last August, because know him koIiir to bo dam oold winnter. Now you son." And ho dwellcix abiiiK the hIivhihh n thoj waleiis Im'kiui to ndiniieo iimiii them." j llnoiiglt mi evlrudcil account, in details moie or loss harrow iiijr, the leport iltop. to the mine local couilt tion.s, thus: Valley a Tin bid Sen. j "The heart of the xallev has pre-' Rcutid the, npponnuico of a tuiliid ! sea for days, Boni creek itself has boine off a good deal of wreckano, bridges, fences, otithitildiui'M and even a few barns and hoii-es, and Iihaj wrought jiutuh ilcst t notion in und?-r-1 milling- mid sluii-ing off the deep al-j InriniH rompo-ing its banks. It is one of the most trvnehonnis streams in the valhj mid ltfrlinp Hi) least capable of ivlnininir iU volume ot water when lmiikfull. Wlinle farms' hne been siibmcrgid for tlays."" i Then folkiWh a descrittion of tho , gloat flood just I wtiii, -light years piCMon- tfi that ditto, in IHIIJ. The II 1 .Innui'.i u 1,-110 i. tlm-. suiiiiiinrid' lillllllll'd llf 1101 Os III i I u I j , THE UNION EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBK iBBBBBBBftBBM BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbB rBBBBBBBBBBBBW laaBn''"i- mR aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaHw1-' Y ''jL-' BIBBBBBBBBBBBBbI aBBBBBBBBBBVaBBBBBBBBBBKkafitJBBVbL-lB, IBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbI HsRaBMlBBHsBf &JZS Q MaWaBBBBBBBBl i itwiv Mvrms Frank Mathis, Evangelist Bernard Vessey, sE3f,is, You are personally interested in the general welfare of this city and should devote a part of your time to spiritual work. Come and enjoy yourself at these meetings. HEAR THE CHORUS OF TWO mBnr rrrrcnTf i iri-nr wwriMi of I'lepaitslncss. drew his tattered hut serviceable coat about his shoulders. Oresonlnns who have known "Old John'' laiiRhcd whon tho grlxxlod Sllot- prophet predicted for this wlnt or the worst snows, In oars. Hut now that tho sevorcst wonthcr the Xorthwost has known In many years has swept southward ns rar almost as Mexico, thoy aro recalllnR tho pat rlarch's warnlni;. ."i" ' -iaft3" iTTyr " Tras3Bc wheal were awept nivny; IJogue ilvci was a mile wido between Tola hriilgo and Table Itock; not a I in dice wan loft in the oounty on a stieam of any consequence j thiity acies of tin) Knoeh Walker place was washed into llcilr creek and cniried away; minefl were (lmnaged; homes ruined; tho Southern Pacific track washed out In many places in tho valley; people e enpcil from their homes in the lower lowils in hustily coiiHtruetcd rafts; but it wan not known at Hint date how many, if any, live had been lost In the deluge. Today, tweit.i-wi year, later, the same week, our most en most pracr Is lor more water; laiufall far below nonnul; floods all about iim, ninth and south ami east; -pringliko weather prevailing; littr irrigation enterprise being hurriisl to eoinitletiou; pisiple of a In lite uitn of the ulle itbout leadv to Mite on aiinthei under slntt logii hituui, cmi-vHiiiii: -cicne evept the im'-liou 41. In Iium wi shall iixcioiimi' I lie ultsi in c ol .nil iiinisturc BEGIN Tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. at the Natatorium HUNDRED - s SHAN'GHAI. Feb 10 Luthow. in tho toilthtrA part of -Chttn , rovineo, have been captured kjr tlm ; Yunnan revolutionists, ncWrdlitp to word roevlvod hero todar. I.uchow is fifty inllo wost of Sltt Vu, which the lebols fook shortly aft r thoy entered Sie-Chuen, and ! a 'll't'fl'''nbout 100,000 population. Two Tuldslonary stations nro there, ono of tho China Island Mission, mid ono of the Methodist church In Can ada. SAX FKANCISCO, Fob. 10. Chi nose revolutionary foices from Yun- ' nan province have advanced from i I. nohow and lluvo raptured CIiuiir King, tho largest city of Szo-Chucn province, according to cable advices received today by Tong King ChonR, president of the Chinese Republic association. The revolutionary forces, Mr. King said, consisted of noarl) 00,000 men under command of (lenernl Toiir Chi Yao. Cliung-KIng has a population of about a thlid of a million I0TAL 2,377,378 LONDON, Feb. 10 -The Amster dam Courant states tho the Prussian casualties lists numbers 420 to 429, show 19, It:!'.) dead, wounded and missing, and Prussian lists numbers 4 HO to -IflO show 18,349 dead, miss-' Iiir mid wounded. Tho total Prus sian losses nro computed by this nowgpapor as 2,377,87s. Tlib Her man military lossos Include ntso 335 IIbIh of casunltlos of WurttomburR forces, 217 llnvo.ilnn lists, 24S Saxon lists, 00 navy IIbIh and some lists concerning Herman officers mid non commissioned offlcors In tho Turkish service, according to the Courant. Med f mil IIoosIcih SmoUo Tho Mftdford and Mt. Pitt Clgnis. How's This? Wr irr On, llun.lrr.l lhlar ll,irl for r cw of lalarth Hull muiHil U iiiit1 l- llilli t'nurrli lur' 1 J (IIUNK 4. ID Tulwlo. O Wr. tk nnilrralaiH A b known I' J. Clmn-r tot lb- lat i.' )'-r- mil b-IWt blw 0-r(llir Muoumlil li all ba-lum Iraiyuvilutu tmi Siiaiirlall- M- lu larr uot an- lliIMM uiri b- bh Hrm MT HANK Of rOMMKHI V ToS-iki. Ohio. Hall a ralnrrli Cure I- lukra liilriiallr arilnf 1lnnl iimmi iii UIimmI nml miiiH,ua aiirfar4 at lb --atm T' allmiMiInU at nl fr I'ru- T nt r lt H.II l.r all DfUfiMa Til Hall a I anil- I'lIU lr rauailyatiaa. HI UN ltl sst VOICES sM i laiBBm sbbbbbbu A Vast Army of Workers who need sound nourishment, whether for labor of body or brain, have pome to know by actual test that they can depend upon Grape-Nuts Made of whole wheat and malted barley this famous pure food supplies all the rieh nutriment of the grains, including their valuable mineral ele mentslacking in many foods but mighty neces sary for energi.ing of the mental, physical and nervous forces. Clrape-Nuts has a delicious nut-like flavor is always ready to eat easy to digest and wonder fully nourishing. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts Sold by Grocers everywhere. Clairvoyant It you contemplate consulting a ClnlrvoMiut, two HiIurs should bo tukvii under consideration tho abil ity ot tho Clairvoyant und honesty of tho methods. I am a natural born medium of 27 years' oxporlonco. Hut with my wonderful powor I will Kiildo jou arlchl on business, lovo, eourtshlp, inanluno, dlvorco und niln lug. Toll whether your husband, vvlfo or sweethoarl Is true or ful-o, when nud who you will marry, whon oii will sell jour proporty and what you uro best ndupted for. To thoso uuhnppy and discontented or In any trouble, brliiK It to mo and I will stralKhteu It out to your ontlro sat isfaction. It ou hnvo lost confidence through unscrupulous clairvoyants, havn a full life reading, Jt-00, and know tho truth. Opposite Nnsli Hotel, I'ulin lllork, Itornii 1 1. RESULTS COUNT O.ir courses are arranged with one aim in view to get the best results. Investigate then enroll , in Day or Night School. t jMedford Commercial College New Students May Enroll Start the Day Kight ACORN BRAND BACON FOR BREAKFAST End a successful day with our succulent, spicy HAM. All the leading stores in the valley carry our products. CENTRAL POKNT PACKING CO. SAFE DEPOSIT PRUDENCE Tho pr ident rron doe not wait for fire or theft brlon he Jsct Safe licpcs t Trotcaion tor Ms valuables. Our Vault U I ire and Uurgmr 1'roor. r we have Ssfe (MnoaU Uixes for rei o have Ssfo Giou &xo for rent here as low aa -J B'J.nil ll M f I OVER gg VARS UNDER ONK MANAOEMENf II X-1 v3vJWix?rSP'iBBsiBiBiBBi il flu fj Y fyR WESTON'S Camera Shop 203 East Main Street, Mod ford The Only Exclusive Commercial Photographers in Southern Oregon Negatives Made any time or ' place by appointment. Phono 3d7-.T We'll do tho rest E. D. WESTON, Prop. at Any Time. Phone 15-L ) I'Ull VKAIL m