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TJIK I'OWIH:il 1'IWH SIX'IiKT.
BY CI1A1U.ES DIUSCOLl,.
Tho powder puff puffed ut milady's
fair fure,
And sighed, "llow I long for the
vanity cure!
I want to get hack with the mirror
and file.
And rest from my wcarlHomo labors
a while! "
And I, who had envied both powder
and puff.
Said, "Whero In the deuce do you
Bather that stuff
The angels would Jump at your joh
In high glee,
But they don't stand a chance, to
Bay nothing of me!"
Then the powder puff paused by
milady's fair nose,
And whispered, "Another poor flnli,
a" I suppose!
If you knew whut I know young
fellow hut hark!
That's the reason you wait for your
ltlxs till it's dark!"
CHHISTMAS TIMK.
Christmas IB tho time of the year
that makes you feel like going up to
an old enemy, slap him on the buck
end Bay, "Come on, Mill, shake!
You're almost as big a fool as I am."
You talk and act friendly to stran
gers as If you owed them money
you wiggle In crowded cars and laugh
whon the car Jerks your stray neigh
bor looso from his pile of bumlleB
that Bcttlo on your brow.
Kvcn the motorman has a grin on
lils mug, and tho conductor Is polite.
Everybody Is full of the Chrlstmaa
spirit and some with the other kind
Everybody la happy and genial.
..l.ook-at the janitor. Even lie Is
happy and II doesn't hurt (thore'B a
Teason ) .
Tho clasp In your poeketbook won't
Btny Hhut and tho money nllps out
onsler thnn a raw oyster off your vest.
'.; Well, we've been trying to explain
just how Christmas time makes a
fellow fuel, but anyhow It make
fellow feel bo fluoio in the filbert und
happy, If he went to Hee a wrestling
match they'll throw him out for up
jilaudlng too loud there, that ex
plains It best.
Reported by Jackson County Ab
stract Co., Sixth and Fir Sts.
('in nil.
.lohn H. Abprnntby vs. Chili J
ivonney, ct al, rost bill.
I'robnte.
It II til Keliur estalu, bond of ndniln
istrulor.
Ilrwl Hstuto Tiniisfer-j.
Frank U. l-'ehige et ux to
John Elden, lots S and 9
blk D It H ad Ashland ..... I
John W. Elden et nx to l'enulu
Zaun, same
Lucretlu K. Enyart to A. ('. Ah-
nrms, lot 3 and B'i of lot 4
blk 6S Medfonl
Thomas MrAndrew to Margaret
Purroughs et al, lot t;i blk 3
. Medford
rhomns .McAndrew to Knto Mc-
Andrew. pi 37-1W
Thomas McAndrew to Margaret
llurroughs, pt 37-1 W
Ada C. Must ft vlr to Frank
Pttsworth, pt 33-2 U
W. W. JlrDonuld to Anna E.
Nye, pt 37-lW
V. B.'to Ana C. Dltsworth, pt
200
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2U-33-JK Patent
Lewis Iiooms et ux to Win.
Moore, lot (! blk i: Hullo
Tails HO
ATTENTION . i 1 A. M.
Jt Special conimunbiitlon Friday
-f evening, nerembor 22. at 7 : 0
Vi o'clock lor the purpose of In
stalling officers. All .Master Masons
cordially Invited. Hy order of W. M.
A. X. HIEIiEllltAXI). Scry.
Mr.
and .Mrs. .1. R. Hill and John
it. Alien of Medford. are registered at
Hotel Portland, Tot'tlund, Oregon.
VOTE FOR DEVELOPMENT
TxU'j old cj-n ik passing awfiy whether we want it to or
not. Si iiblmi'ii opposition may delay change, lmt
cannot stop it. The dead hand of reaction cannot forever
throttle progress.
I he agricultural development ol the valley that sus
tained several hundred people
not suffice to sustain as many thousands today and as
many tens of thousands tomorrow. Necessity forces a
change in methods.
The economic and industrial progress of the valley lias
been halted. Under present conditions, progress is impos
sible. The limit of production litis been reached. Our
hands have been tied by obsolete methods sufficient in
their day but outgrown some years since.
The greatest good for the
here as it has prevailed elsewhere. Those who do not make
i! best use of the land must
It is the law of evolution, the
J lie great problem to be
irrigation, prosperity is impossible, because production is
lnsullicient. lo increase production, the dry larin, yield
ing a bare sustenance to a few, must give way to the intens
ive, diversified farm, sustaining inanv.
District irrigation is the
equitable mclliotl ol securing water. Jt olrers the only
practical solution of the problem for this valley. Those
who oppose it are seeking to
ment of tile vallev, but their
Are we going to continue
despond at the behest of large
we going to grasp our opportunities and give our valley
the development essential to secure prosperity?
Jiy their voles at the irrigation election December 27,
rue land owners win ueciuo
Jl 1 1 ? I I 1 t
backward whetiier we prolong hard times or whether we
usher in abiding prosperity.
BUY UNCLE SAM'S
SOM K time next spring the federal farm loan board will
irive the iieonle of the United Xf;iro tlin I'irwf cli-mcf
, 1-- -
they have ever had to buy farm mortgage securities in lots
to suit every customer. ,
These bonds will be the
offered to the American people. . !
llicy will bear trom 4 to
safe as government bonds, and will be entirely free from
taxation county, municipal, state or national, includiiur
the income tax.
There will be $25 bonds, $50 bonds and $100 bonds for
the small investor; and bonds from $500 to $1000 for the
rich man. If you happen to be saving to bu'v a home, or
for any purpose, buy farm loan bonds, so as to make your
money sale, and your interest something worth while.
These bonds will be issued under strict government
supervision, will be secured by the stock of thousands of
local associations, and each one will be secured by the guar
antee of a farm loan bank covering several states, and in
addition by the resources of eleven other farm loan banks.
Jn fact, each bond will be secured, by all the resources of
all the farm loan banks as well as by all the first mortgages
on farms in the system.
Probably the first bonds issued will bear a higher rate
of interest than issues made after the market is estab
lished; so that the cream of the business will be in the first
issues.
"N'e unqualifiedly advise our readers to buy. We do not
know just how the bonds will be sold, but in all probability
applications stating the amount, you wish to invest and the
size of bonds you wish to buy, will be received and given
preference by I'ncle Sam's federal farm loan board, Treas
ury building, Washington, I). V.
The day of the small investor is dawning, through the
operations of the federal farm loan act.
THE GAMBLERS'
T IIKRF. will be few tears shed over the collapse of the
"war brides" in the stock market. They served as
a medium for getting rick quick and are now serving as a
medium for getting poor even quicker.
The Wall st reet panic is purely a speculators' panic, not
an investors' panic. The reckless era of speculation Cre
ated by war orders is drawing to a dose. It has long been
foreseen and it is a good thing to have it over with.
The business and prosperity of the country does not
depend upon the slaughter of Kuropeans. War orders will
sooner or later end and the inflation and speculation at
tending have taken a heavy toll from legitimate industry,
as reflected in the high cost of living. Jlonest investment
will replace gambling on margins and business be re-established
upon a substantial basis.
Peace will benefit, not injure, this country. Industry
cannot be paralyzed in any part of the world without injur
ing the balance. Prosperity dependent upon the war is'not
worth the cost. The sooner peace conn's the sooner the
United States will lake the world leadership, economically
and industrially, that belongs to it.
COMMUNICATIONS
To the Editor:
In your l.ssue of the isth Inst. I
am quoted as being formerly opiosed
to irrigation, which Is an error. 1
am only opposed lo the district plan
of Irrigation, and as a member of the
I'armers and I'rultgrowers committee
urged the itogue ltlver Canal com
pany to give us a more liberal con
Irart, which we now have, and which
the committee asked farmers anil
fruitgrowers lo sign, us we thought II
the Lest method of getting water.
V. UI HSEI,!..
Mr. anil Mis. John Monroe of Spo
kane, Wah , arc spending a few days
in the city.
in the davs prone by does
greatest number must nrcvail
give wav to those who do.
law of progress.
solved is irrigation. V ithout
cheapest, fairest and most
block not only the develop
own prosperity.
to mark time in the slough of
owners of idle land, or are
wnetner we go lorvvam or
111 it
FARM LOAN BONDS
..... . ....... ..u.
first really ideal security ever
5 per cent interest, will be av
PEACE PANIC
HONOS CONFERRED
BY ENGLISH KING
l.OxnoS", rcc. 22 in arcordanrc
with custom w hen tbero Is a change
j In the government, the king has con
; terred honors on various persons
- recommended to htm by the retiring
'prime minister. Lord Candhurst,
j former Lord Chamberlain; Lewis
jllareourl, former first commissioner
of works, and Lord Cowdmy are
'made viscounts and Joseph Albert
Tease, former postmaster-gcuerul,
' Arthur liuwar, former soltcltor-gen-icral
for Scotland, Sir Thomas Koo,
member of parliament, and Sir Ed
I wnril Partington, director of the Man
chester and Liverpool district bank,
are made barons. A number of min
or honor also hnve been conferred
by tho klus.
OF VALLEY WAITS
(Continued From rage One.)
if he was stubborn nmt matched his
puny efforts uguiiiKt the resistless
forces of progress and refused to
nilupt himself to tile changing condi
tions, il wns simply one more proof
of nature's first law: "the survival of
the fittest."
Urn of lllverslriod 1 arming.
The grain farmer has in turn given
place In the smaller diversified far
mer; uml here nt this time we nre
striving to make this change com
plete. The grent mn.joritv of the men
who ore opposing irrigation are rem
nants of a past era, mid (ire looking
into the pnst rather than the future,
seeing- things ns thev were rather
thnn as thev nre and as they will lie.
The fiiTmalion of the district will
force them lo subdivide their large
holding, nnd the land that is now
supporting one or two families will
support twenty. Even if they kuc
eceil in getting their own land elimin
ated from the present district thev
are merely putting off the (lav of
judgment for n few years, and it if.
but ft ouestion of time when they
roust either lake the water or let Ilie
land go for Ihe taxes. This is no idle
statement, because irrigation will
e-rently increase the population of
this vnllev, nnd ns the population in
creases the land values nre going
hieher; improvements for roads, etc.,
will be greater and the taxes per acre
will be greatly increased.
" Tho IHMrlct Plun.
The district plan is a good Ihing
because it will enable the farmers to
get the water on their land so much
cheaper. Tho first election is merely
for the purpose of organizing to in
vestigate t ho number of acres in the
valley that are suitable for irrigation,
the supply of water and the cost per
acre of putting it on the land, and
for tho purpose of collective bar
gaining, ihe deal with the i.anal
company, or whoever supplies the wa
ter, is vet lo be mftde, and for this
reason directors should be chosen,
not because they lire irrigation en
thusiasts, or because they are oppos
ed lo irrigation, but because they nre
fitted for Ihe place by their business
or professional training. They should
be able to make u fair and impartial
investigation; ill ('use the district lie
cides lo purchase nny rights or pre
viously constructed works thev
should be nblc to form an intelligent
opinion us to the value mid the dura
bility of the coiiHti'iiclioii. The
choice of trained directors will make
a big difference in the cost of upkeep
in the future.
I'ndec the dislriet plan, the dis
triet would own the canals and dis
tributing systems, in nil probability,
and these cnnnls vnuld be maintained
at cost. It they were properly con
slriietetl the maintenance would
amount to very little. In many dis
tricts it is only a few cents per acre,
and it is up lo the voters of this dis
trict to determine whether or not
they will be in this cluss.
Industries Awaiting.
The installation of an extensive ir
rigation system in this valley will
mean lhat we will get a number of
large mauufiietuiiug establishments
here, such as sugar factories, cheese
factories and creameries and canning
factories. The sugar -company say
that the best that any dry fanner has
done this year is to pay ills cost of
production, and the only profitable
beet crops were raised by the use ol
wnler. Thev are ready to build a
factory here as soon as the high line
canal is completed. One of the large
canning companies made n very thor
ough investigation of conditions here
-iome months ago. After getting nil
of the climatic data available, the
investigator said that luck of irriga
tion was the thing that would prevent
them putting a plant in this valley
that il would he absolute folly to
come here until there was n lnrger
area under water. Several weeks ago
a ereamorv man came in here from
California looking for il location. Hi
plan'was to buy high-grade cows, sell
them lo the farmer on time, letting
him Day for them a he could, but
nl'lcu looking over the vnllev lie left
because there was not enough irriga
tion.
Play for Sympathy.
The men fighting the formation of
the district sav that they want water.
but they do not like to be forced in
the matter. This urgtimeut is used
merely lo postpone uelioii in the mat
ter mid is n play for sympathy on
llieir neighbors. These same men
have been approached time mid uaiu
Bell-ans
Absolutely , Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. 25cat all druggists.
how
many of them have j-igneiU
I'hcy have been able to block all
irrigation movements in the past be
cause of the large acreage that thev
controlled, and their refusal lo d
anything, thus making the wuter cost
prohibitive for the rest of the val
lev.
Our government is n government
of people und not property, nnd
there is something wrong when n few
men are allowed to block progress to
the detriment of Ihe niauv. As T
stated before, Ibis is one great bene
fit of the irrigation dislriet, the tak
ing nway the power from n few men
to hold up the progress and prosper
ity of Ihe valley.
Fly saying lhat they want water
these men have admitted that it i.
a good thing. This being the case.
thev should he glad lo be "forced,"
because when I hoy double their pro
duction, us some of them have admit
ted that it will, thev have doubled the
cash value of their land.
Argument of Opposers, .
Another stock Argument is lhat this
will force n mortgage on the land. If
ev iVoulil look at it fuirly for one
minute, thev would sec that il is not
liability, but an assel, lhat they arc
etliug, mid something that will be
an uii! rather than u hiudruiiee.
Sonic, are opposing irrigation be
cause they have sticky soil, contend
ing that it cannot lie irrigated suc
cessfully. This is not the case. The
sticky soils have a very high clay
content and are very close in tex
ture. Ihus the water movement
through them is very slow, nnd where
too much water is applied it stagnates
and sours the soil before it can get
away. What the man on sticky w,ill
have lo do, and what every other
man in the valley who irrigates
should do, is to know his soil.
Study Your Soil.
In this valley we have a subsoil
lhat is practically impervious to wa
fer at from two lo twenly feel below
the surface. What these men must
do is to find out by boring or other
wise how deep their osil is, and ap
proximately how ninny cubic feet of
soil thev have in each tract or acre,
above the hardpan, or whatever tin
formation may be. Then before they
irrigate, take samples of this soil
from various depths nnd weigh them
Then put thtm in the oven and dry
them nnd weigh again. From these
weights il is easy to figure the per
centuge of moisture that the soil con
tains,
liy having a physical unul.vsi:
made of the soil lhat is, ascertain
the amount of sand, silt and cluv thai
it contains, they can know the moisl
lire percentage that will be required
to give them the best results on lhat
particular soil. Knowing lhcsc
things, it is a simple mailer to fig
ure the amount of water neccssnry to
bring the moisture content up to tin
rcipiircd point. ,
Thi" much wiiler .should be applied
and no more, as it is a well-known
fact, und it is lo this fact that the
objection to water on slick is due
Hint loo much water is more liiirni
ful than not enough.
When the farmers of this valley un
dersland Ihe use ol water and get lo
handling it on this basis, the men who
are fighting irrigation Ihe hardest
now will become its strongest bm
ers and will wonder why Ihev did not
do it sooner.
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