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PAGE SIX
SLAUGHTER OF
DISTRICT PLAN
SPELLS CALAMITY
Dunbar Carpenter Answers Argu
ments Advanced by Attorney
Reames Against Irrigation Project
No Alternative Proposition
Valley Will Continue to Go Back.'
To Tbo Editor:
I have read with attention the
communication of Mr. A. K. Iteames,
appearing In your Issue of December
11th., The standing and ability of
Mr. Itcamea are suili that Ills vlows
necessarily and arltthtly must bo con
sidered as the strongest possible
ptatenient of the case of those op
posed. They ore therefore deserving
of close analysis.
iMr. TleamoB stresses the fact that
he is In favor of irrigation. Ills
Ktatemcnt must bo taken ut Its faco
value; so It becomes unnecessary to
(levoto any attention In considering
the arguments advanced, to the basic
need of water, both Mr. Keames and
the proponents of the district being
at one upon that point.
Mr. Kennies' apparently feols that.
the creation of a district necessarily
means that the water will be taken
from the Canal company, and rather
than have that happen, ho prefers
water at all. I do not understand
that ho as any alternative proposition
at least he suggests none In his letter,
so It does not seem an unfair conclu
sion to draw that the opponents If
the district are adopting merely nega
tive attitude.
Mo Alternative lYopoKaJ.
It Is hardly necessary to point out
that first the directors of the district
and finally the landowners thom
Belveg will decldo from what sourco
the' water Is to come. It appears cer
tain that the only chance of gettlus
Irrigation at all lies In the organiza
tion of a district at this time. If there
are other sources of water supply,
that will be brought to the attention
of the director's and members of the
district nt the proper time. I know
from my own experience as secretary
of the Water .Users Association In
3 015 that the only hope of accomplish
lng anything at all is to perfect an
organization. It would appear that a
more consistent attitude for those
favoring Irrigation on general prin
ciples but opposing the supply from
the Canal company would be to vote
for the incorporation of the district
and afterwards, when the spoclflc
question is up for vote, to work and
vote against the particular proposi
tion to which they are opposed. I
do not understand how they can now
assume that only the offer of tho
Canal company will bo considered.
Arguments Kx'tniincri.
. However, I should like to oxamlnc
the arguments advanced by Mr.
Iteames. He feels. If I understand
correctly, that the Canal company
will not be oblo to deliver sufficient
water, and ho cites' figures, mostly
from arid eastern Oregon, to sustain
his contention.
, Mr. Heames mayor may not be cor
rect in bis estimate of the amount of
to deliver in normal years. For tho
present, I will assume that four acre
feet of water Is the desirable mini
luum, and that year In and year out
the Canal company will not be able
to supply that amount. Mr. Kramer
does not Indicate how much water j
the Canal company will probably
have. Let us further assume that mi
an average, It will have only hall' that j
mount, one and one half aciu fict.
Does this necessarily condemn the
proposition? Not as 1 see It.
It appears to me that Mr. Kennies'
argument Is based on the assumption
that the Itoguc river valley lies In an
arid holt. Hut such Is not the fact.
If It were, If there were practically
no preclptatlon, as is the case in eas-t-rn
Oregon, It would obviously he
unwise to bond lends to buy water
which, with the normal rainfall,
would never be sufficient to procluco
cropB.
Average Itiitnfoll.
The weather reports 'extending
over many years show that the rain
fall around Medford varies greatly
Speaking only from memory. It Ih my
'recollection that In some ears the
precipitation lias been over forty
Inches, that thirty Is not uncommon,
that the minimum Is fifteen Inches,
and that extending over a larg r.un'
Iit of years, the normal, not ov.nme,
precipitation Is above twenty-thice
inches.
It will he granted, I think, tint
wten the ralnfa'l In any one year ag
gregates In excess of thirty-five Inches
no Irrigation will be rcnulro.l. For
the sake of.. this argument, I will
grant that when the precipitation la
under twenty Inches. Hie Canal com
pany will not be able to deliver suf
ficient water to multtie large crops
I'lease understand clearly that 1 mn
New St. Marks Church to
be Dedicated on Sunday
I
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St. Murk's, Hie handsome new
Kpiscopal edifice nt the corner of
North Oakdulc nud Kifth streets, has
been completed and the opening ser
vices and the ceremony of layine; the
cornerstone will he held tomor
row. The Ut. Itev. Waller Taylor
Sumner, bishop of Oregon, will he in
attendance and preliminary to the
Sunday ceremonies there will be mi
informal social frathcrim; nt St.
Mark's hall Saturday evening nl
8 :riO 'of the members of (lit parish j
and St. Mark's Guild, in honor- of
the bishop.
The services will he ns follows: At
8 n. m., holy communion; nt 11 a. mj
llishop Stunner will deliver a senium,
and bless, the altar. Special music
will .'.he provided for this occasion.
The services of ltivintr the oorncr-
not stating as a fact that the ("tin.. I
company will be short of wute; at
any time, but only making that as
sumption In order to test the validity
of the argument advanced by Mr.
Iteames.
Always 11 Itcnefit.
Even In tho excessively dry years,
It will bo granted that any amount
of water sufficient to penetrate the
ground for a foot or two will he of
benefit, even tho the bulk of tho crop
be lost, In keeping the trees vigorous,
or more vigorous than they would he.
were the wator not supplied, and In
setting the buds for the succeeding
year. So oven under thees exception
year. So oven under these cxeoptloii
Sfom Irrigation.
I Now If In Bomo years Irrigation
will nut be necessary, and If In others
it will not save tho crop, thcro will
of necessity ho many years, when tho
precipitation Is around twenty Inches,
when the application of even a small
amount of water will make the differ
ence between a large crop and a small
crop or even none at all. It appears
to me that Mr. Iteames overlooks
this point entirely. He assumes that
If we cannot get a minimum of threo
feet, It is no use having any water at
all. If my argument has any valid
ity, It entirely refutes the statements
referred to.
If a small amount of water will
save tbo fruit and alfalfa crops every
other year, and produce a small crop
In even excessively dry years, it is
well worth forty dollars an aero.
' No Irrigation All.
Thus even under tho adverse con
ditions pictured by Mr. Keomos. I
cannot persuade myself that no bread
at all Is better than half a loaf. It
It) much as If a rlank iye thrown to
a drowning man, and some one on
tho shore Insisted that he should not
tako hold of It because it was not a
llfn boat.
J,et us not deceive ourselves. If
tho district Is now voted down be
cause. 11 may later bo decidetl that
the source of supply will ho from the
Canal cotnpuny, it will be years be
fore there will be any Irrigation at
all: and in the interval, many farm
ers und orchardists will lose out and
move away. If th 's any other
feasible scheme, there Is no Intelli
gent way of Investigating and bring
ing it to the attention nl landowners
ixcept through the directors of the
proposed district. Will the opivn.
ents give th-ur time and spend in"ir
money in tuvstlgatlng the fcnsllill'' v
and cost .n' o'hor mooted sources nf
supply, such as the Klamath rher
t'lan Is to Kill Irrigation.
rniiuestionably Mr. Keames la p-r-!
ictly sincere. It Is to tie feared, how -
ever, t lint others whe are against ir
rigation In toto front whatever souiw
are ulirlterlnft themselves behind h'S
Iniply-denionstratcd influt-nre and
public spirit, it they can kill tin
proposed district because It may t v;c
water from the Canal company. ou
will find that they have cqnall.
strong and valid objections to am
other plan proposed hereafter. Any
re,d her'lng will do to draw atrcs
a trail one does not wish to be fol
lowed. In view of the clear warning given
that the Canal company Is trying to
"unload." I cannot think so pooi 1 of
tho Intelligence and Integrity of the
men ou will elect as your directors
as to believe for an Instant that they
are going to walk lilliulfoTilctl Into the
trap set, according to Mr. Keames, In
the sight of all men, or to sell out to
any concern, thus assuring their own
ruin. Tbo further nsMiinptiuu that
-if r J-'
i4' I lUrf .
til Lt, '
stone will be held ut 2:110 in (he nf-
lernoon, ISi.--hop Sumner officiating.
I KveniiiK prapcr w ill he held at 7:'10.
I The public is cordially invited to
these services.
St. Mark's is one of the most' at
tractive end suh.-lontinl church
buildings in Metlfonl, built of con
crete anil brick at a cost of .f.'iOOO,
with inteiior furnishings rcprescutim?
an nililiiional outlay of if'2000. It
was principally through the efforts of
Ifev. William llnmillon, vicar of this
parish, that this structure was erect
ed and completed. Fur the past
three years lie hits labored unceas
ingly to secure the funds to build a
home for his eoni;ri'f.'ation, one that
they and the city niyht look upon
with pride.
a majority of the landowners men
who have their all at stake are go
ing to follow their representatives,
after further Investigation and full
report by their directors its to any
plun recommended, equally blind to
destruction, passes ordinary human
comprehension.
1)1.' Nil Alt F. CAKI'ENTKR.
San Francisco, Dec. 11, 1916.
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No men anywhere In the world
know more about theli specialties
than some of the big men selected to
discuss the important questions which
they will handle at tho Farmers and
Home Makers' Week at the Oregon
Agricultural college from Jan. 2 to
6. Some of the leaders are as fol
lows: E. X. House!, grain exporter,
Portland; I,. M. Jeffries, V. S. grain
standardize!-: (. D. Jarbo, chief of
grain Inspection. Washington; L. F.
Hussell, leading prune authority in
the worlti's prune center, Washougal,
Washington; J. II. Neff, California's
nut expert. Anhelin, Cnl.; J. A.
Churchill, state superintendent of
schools; H. K. Ellington, assistant
chief western dairy division, Salt
Lake; W. E. Meyer, testing associa
tion specialist. Salt Lake; Capt. Paul
Weyrauch, president Fruit Growers'
Agency, Inc., Walla Walla; E. C.
Scbroeder,t noted llolstcln breeder,
Moorehead, Minn.; Telnter liablkl, In
chnrge of dairy farm Investigations,
Washington, O. ('., and Miss Alice
Hnvenbill, noted English child spec
ialist. . Miss Anna M. Turley, extension
specialist In home economics, has the
following to say: "1 feel we should
give special attention nud urge -that
the women of the rural connnuiiities
come to this conference. The men.
perhaps do not need as much encour
agement to get them away from home
as the women do. so I want to add
that you. urge the women of your
county to come for the week. All
those Interested please notify the
county pathologist's office as arrange,
nients are under wny for charteiig
a special car."
Absolutely Pure
Made from Cream of Tartar
NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHATE
El
Even Best Alfalfa Land in Valley,
Yielding Three Cuttings Without
Water, Increased 50 Per Cent With
Water as Proved by Experience of
Fred H. Hopkins on Snowy Butte
One of the pionceis in the use of
irrigation in this valley is Fred II
Hopkins of Central Point, who has
been a water-user tor the past nine
years. The Hopkins lateral, one of
the first to be constructed, was built
to carry water to his Snowy li'itle
orchard, and was named alter him.
Water was expensive to obtain in
those days; it entailed the construc
tion of flumes ii nil ditches by the water-user,
yet these expenses were
cheerfully borne by Mr. Hopkins, who
realized the necessity and benefits of
irrigation. The reason for using wa
ter, in dollars and cents, was outlin
ed by Mr. Hopkins Friday by n com
parison of irrigated and non-irrigated
yields on bis thirty-nine-nere field
of nlfall'n bordering the Pacific high
way near Central point.
Mr.. Hopkins' alfalfa 'land consists
of heavv Hour creek bottom land, the
kind of land that opponents of irri
gation unito in dri'luring- does not
need wnter, because it will grow good
alfalfa crops without it, better, pcr
hiius, than nine-tenths of the land in
the valley, yet water made n 50 per
cent increase in yield.
Without water three cuttings were
made in the 11115 season, the first of
1PJ tons, the second 51 tons and the
third 18 tons, or a total yield of 171
tons, which nt . 10 per ton realized
fl710, or about iflH.80 per acre.
Water was applied in the 1916 sea
son and the following" amounts were
cut: First 101 tons, second 100 tons,
third 5(1 tons. This makes a total
yield of 251 tons, at 10 per ton
f-510, o.r about ,(il.:'0 per acre. The
distinct gains from the use of water,
it will be seen, was in holding- up the
yield in the second and third cut
ting's. '''.,!' 1
' The net pain from the use of wa
ter was $00.50 per acre, or a total of,
.fHOO for the field of ,'10 acres. From I
these figures it is easily seen whv!
Mr. Hopkins is an ardent supporter
of irrigation. '
''In this valley," said Mr. Hopkins,
"I would not think of fanning with
out irrigation. It is the onlv thin?
elect
Morris Chairs
Smoking Stands
Cellaretts
Shaving Stands
Leather Rockers
Sewing Rockers
Pailcr Cabinets
Library Tables
Foot Stools
Music Cabinets
Child's Rockers
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Medford
50PERCENTGAIN
N ALFALFA CROP
THROUGH WATER
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$ BlL Something for Every Member : ;
I felL of the Family ?
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BLEACHER SEAT
10 BE ABOLISHED
NEW YOIi K, Dec. IB. Permanent
abolition of the bleacher seat the
25-ceut sent is foreseen in the ac
tion of the National league, favorin;
a lediieliun of the scats in this sec
tion of the baseball grandstand to n
"minimum." The club owners are
desirous of doing away entirely with
Ibc L'5 cents, it is explained, but in
the cities where they have been a fix
ture lor years, the proposed change
will have to be made gradually.
President Kbbets of the lirooklyn
club is father of the movement to
reduce the cheap scats to a minimum,
and it is strongly favored by all the
(dub owners. He claimed that if
something- was not dune to increase
revenue and cut down expenses the
business of operaliiiK baseball clubs
w-ould become a losing proposition.
Prior to the ad journment yesterday
the magnates of the National league
took further nction for the curtail
ment in operating expenses by recommending-
unanimously a retrench
ment in players' salaries. The sal
ary list of more than one nf the Na
tional league clubs last season ex
ceeded $100,000 nud the probable re
duction may he estimated by the
statement, of one club owner, who
said that he expected to cut bis sal
ary list by nt least one-fifth.
Changes in the rules governing the
worlti's series, as proposed by August
Herrmann nnd President Tencr, were
recommended by the league. These
include the provision that the players
of the two teams competing- in the
series receive a stipulated amount
and that a percentage of the receipts
be divided among the players on the
other clubs finishing; in the first di
vision of each league. By this plan,
it was claimed, interest would be
slimulafed among the second division
clubs in their efforts to finish "with
in the money." After the plan is
drawn up in direct form it will ho
submitted for approval at a meeting
of the two long-ties. This meeting will
probably take place in I'ebruary.
Mrs. Geo. Aakjer, from llozeinan,
Montana, arrived hero Thursday
evening to spend tho Christmas holi
days with her daughter, Mrs. P. Oen-
hof. They expect to start for Sa-.i
I'lego the first of the year to spend a
few months, v hero Mr. Aakjer will
join them later.
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FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS!
for fanner or' orchardisl. am and ,
always have been a booster for irii- ; C. E. GATES
cation." ' ('(lf'orfl ' '
Christmas P
From This List
High Chairs
Sectional Bcok Cases
Magazine Stands
Sewing Stands
Writing Desks
Dressing Tables .
Brass Eeds
Buffets
China Cabinets
Card Tables
Serving Tables
OF OUR CHRISTMAS
$1.50 Guernsey
Furniture 6 Hardware Co.
FOUR CANDIDATES
j Four candidates are now- In tho i
i field for election to the mayorallty !
' of tho city. Krlday petitions were j
circulated for the nominations of J. j
: II. Cooley, iuedpendent and 11. O. ,
i.N'ordwick, prohibitionist for mayor.
! C. E. Hates has already declared his 1
intention of runulng on the business
j men's ticket, w hile the petition cull-j
lng for the nomination of K, V. Me-'
cl v n.sk I on the people's progressive
! non-partisan ticket, was filed Satur-:
!day afternoon at the city recorder's
office. This petition, which bore -15
names, is the first to be filed for any
candldato for city office at the Jan
uary election. i
The contest for councilman In tho
second ward promises to be close.
John Carkln is in the field on the
business men's ticket. O. C. Hoggs is
running as an Independent, while It i
! probable that H. L. DoArinond will
be the candidate of the people's ;itn iy. '
Charles I'ruett was n Medford visit
or from Uutte Creek Saturday.
Pep, vim, life ! Tho resilience that always
comes up smiling after every shock. The
strength and endurance that simply"eat up"
the road. These are the qualities that produce
big mileage. These are the qualities that are
built into every Savage Tire.
And if you have a Savage Grafintte Tube
ihside your Savage Casing you can. simply
forget road troubles.
i swaeE TIRES ' -
of Useful Gifts
Dining Tables
Davenports
Parlor Tables
Cottumers
Tabourcttes
Silverware, Chafing Dishes
Cut Glass, Percolators
China Ware
Hand-aPainted Plates
Electric Lamps
Casseroles $1.09
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
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n-a. b tlir w-at of lli tllraM. Cuturrl, Ih a
or tviuUimlniiMl iliM-nM-, und hi voltr io cute it
jou muxt tuke Itilrmul rriuouU-. Uall'g Ciiu,,).
lu.-e w uk.'ii lutvriwlir. mill ucti ilii-ll uiu
11m IjlrfMl una uiuiMiw u!f..i-i 4, Han Cuu.rt,
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ftvritxst by oac ut tbo Wat ilij"k-lii In tLU
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It la c-Iiej,M-d of Iti bt touk-a alrfino,
M:n4 Mtu tbe ut-t blood purlfmta. allLr til.
ri'vilj on tbe UiUcoua aurfac--. 1b, L,rw
t-ouiulnallou of (tit U.n thirri-iUt-uta I- Hlit t.ro.
iIuk-h t.ut'h ouuiliTfiii roMilta in iufiiig i-autru,
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W'c have them. Tho largest
nnd finest assortment of fancy
boxes ever displayed In Med
ford. Call and make your se
lection before tho best aro
taken. We will wrap your
package suitable for mailing.
Now is the time.
THE SHASTA
resent !
Fancy Baskets
Hobby Horses
Rocking Horses
Doll Carts
Black Boards '
Tricycles
"Irish" Mail
Air Rifles
Express Wagons
Carving Sets
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