WEPFcmn MAtc.-TiimuNr.. medford, oukooy. rinn.vv. i?KBr.iiY in. 1017 PATJE TTTftflT! EXPERT DECLARES BLUE LEOGE BELT Ilv W. V. WATSON'. The L'Oiul opinion of those compe tent to form it on impartial consider ation of all the evidence obtainable, both favorable and adverse, is some thing to covet and to value. This los;ic applies to anything worthy of con templation. Since careful consideration is be iiifr fjfvcn to the jrrent copper field so .near to Mcdt'ord, in conjunction with concerted effort to cause the iniiiiii-r 1 world to know soiuethiii," of the in formation wo have thus obtained, the !;aJ opinion of a disinterested per- siVu whose life lias been devoted to f mining nnd the profitable development I ol mineral wealth, both in its scicn t - lil'ic and ils practical phases, brings us a meed of assurance of much i value. '- llliodes Klitlillscd. David liobcrt lib. ales, who recently . came lrom San llcriinrdmo, ( al., to ! investiute the ISlnp l.ede mining dis trict, rcpn'sentimr two mining syndi cates on ibis visit, was unfortunate in comimr before (be snow had suf ficiently di-appcarcd to permit more than a casual inspection of that terri tory; but be found enough evidence ; of the existence nf an immense min eralized area, attractively rich in ; copper, to cause him to speak en thusiastically about it. "1 would not undertake to make a j definite report on what you may or i may not possess." said .Mr. Uhodes. i "bid 1 am interested. You know, of I course, what it is that interests a I miner. I found aa immense mineral- ized area in which some practical de- I vchipnirnt Im, been made. Much of I it, however, is in the prospecting ( sla'e. That whil h has been carried beyond Ibis condition is very interest - ; a, because it is very proiuisiicj. Sonic exposures leave no doubt of the j existence of i irli copper ore in yieat f ledges. The fact that old ami sue- jeessfiil prosiK-rtors have located scores of claims and, bf dint of hard k effort and much hardship, have held f them for years, unwilling to look for iinythinu' better, should be taken into J I'aiciiil accouiH.-. i. f n -i", 1 "Those who know nolhihi; iihout the u'actical phases of mining have no A lilit to tloubl their judumeiit. And J found many id' these. The width of I tilt four-mile strip, extending from f. iiorlheasl to southwest, through which I these lodge-, parallel each other al V intervals of a few lilicdred feet, pass- 1 iiifT entirely through the range, tapped J on one side by the lilac Ledge camp i ami on the other by the Happy Camp I .group, sixteen miles distant, is a 'j somewhat unusual condition. That atone would make a large Held of op eration. V I'l-oitiisin Prospects. "In that area, on the Applegntc 5 side of the ramie, I made a harried i sketch of the physical neighborship j of Blue l.cdge, Sullivan, llloiuiil'ichl. I t'mdc & (ireea, St. Albans, first Na- h tional, Illue Caavon, Donkey, Iglo, I Morris, Sam's l.edgo, Hlue Kxtcnsion, 1 Copper King and New London. On b some of these caliias much has been j( accomplishi'd iiiexnoiiMvely : that is to say that- siie-e it is generally a tnn- i:: 110I proposition, not much work has s been required to make an ntmictivc t showinir as a pro-ped. 'flic general i character of the t'oriaalioii through ? oat the entire district, on the Medfon iside, indicates a compact mineraliza tion. I assume that that is the lea- f son so many of the pro-pertors have Vichl on to their Mind' in the confi- donee that they are partners in a 1 mountain of ore. i "Sufficient depth has not vet been I ncmih'cil to indicate how rich a field iit may ho per ton. J',very indication, iiwever, shows that the values of the y ore, both in copper and gold, increase I with depth, jinny mining camps, : with a much less attractive showing in initial work, have become marvelous I Jirodueers. ') Development Xoxt. a ('So. you sec, I lane talked a gooi! while without giving von mm-li inl'or- I la.'ition. You have passed the stage at which the prospectors are snti-- tied. The next stage i that of de- velopnicnt. I'rospci'toi-s, as lt rule, ilo 4 not do much of that. Mines arc j( made. It lakes monev to make them. I That is what thai district needs 1 now. A "That lerritory is e-ppeiallv bloss- ed with timber and water. I!ut Irans- Imitation is an essential pari of the laiuing business, particubirlv where I you ship the ores some distance to a I Mueller. Thercl'ore, you cannot talk mining development olTcctivelv with- 1 out talking railroad along with it. I "The showing made in the lilac I I.edge alone would jastifv lb n- t stru:-tion of a railroad from that dis- 1 ri.-t to the Southern Pacific or to the coasj. flic tirst money spent in de- jvdoimcnt of the a pi hi rent mineral wealth of that di-lliel, therefore, will . lie devoted either lo the erection rd 5 a smelter or Hie pn-l ruction of the OF NECESSITY BILL IS M A LAW S.U.KM, Or., Feb. !(!. Four con structive nicusiires the tenure in of fice bill for teachers, the certificate of necessity bill, the Willamette fish bill and the military code have pass ed the house. All have passed the senate, and as soon as the senate con curs in an amendment to the certifi cate of necessity bill, all four will be ready for the action of the governor. The other three passed the house without amendments. The senate committee on municipal affairs introduced the certificate of necessity bill. I'nder its term- a public utility must obtain a eer'.'fi- cate of necessity from the public sci - vice commission before entering bus iness in a field already served by a utility, and it is believed that it will sound the death knell of raiuoiis i petition that has prevailed more or less in the state between utilities. The amendment that must be con curred in by the senate was saggcsi ed by I'ublic Service Commissioner Imchtel, and it gives the commission power to recpiire public utilities serv ing a field to extend their sen ices when it is for the public- welfare. The military code was the product of the deliberations of the joint coni aiitlee of the two houses on military affairs and it is designed to eliminate polities Troai the national guard and to put that organization on an effi ciency basis. The code does not change the present riualificalions of the adjutant general, anil under ils provisions it would be irnpo'-isible to call the guard out on strike ilutv save in extreme cases. Senator dill is the father of the Willamette lish hill and ils passage was contested by Kcprcsentntivo Brownell. It prohibits commercial fishing above Stony IJoek, near Os wego. Its object is to permit salmon to pass up the river to the spawning grounds, and it is believed that it will contribute vastly to game fishing: in this stream. SAI.KM, Or., Feb. Hi. The new in surance code, amended by the house after It came from the senate, was yesterday itpproved bv the upper body, the amendments were concurred in and it is now ready for the gover nor's action. Insurance Commis sioner Wells is well pleased with the eoile. lie said in comment ing on llie mensurc: "The legislature, in my opinion, has enacted in this insurance code a law for the protection of the people that will mean more to them than any other measure they have enacted." WASHINGTON, Feb. 1(1. I'mpos : increased postage rates on news papers ami magazines nnd provision IVir I cent postage on drop letters filially were eliminated from the pos tal bill today on a point of order by Sraator Lodge that they had no place on stieh a men-are under the senate rules. This action is cxpcetcil to end the light at this session for ihe pro visions. means of getting the ores out in heavy tonnage. , I'titil one or the other of the-e tilings is accomplished, the val ues hi, thai mountain pile of ore arc wholly speculative." Mr. Uhodes indorsed the pun of the Illue l.edgc I)isiict Copper league very heartily. When told that some of the most promising claims in that territory had been patiently held lor ten or twelve year.s he wondered how the scoict had been smothered. HaveYouBeenSick? Then you must know that sickness leaves weakness and you should commence taking to put an edge on your appetite, : put power in your blood, induce restful sleep and restore I your nerve force. Scott's 4 ' is a true tonic-fond which is l 1 free from alcohol. ' 4f j mmlm HARD BATTLE FOR 1 Representative Sheldon's normal school measure passed the senate late this afternoon after u hard fight. When the resolution went over from the house, a canvass of the senate showed only about six votes for il. I'.y holding it in committee until he could carefully canvass the individ ual members of the senate, Mr. Shel dt n won over senator after senator until he had the necessary majority on his side. The nieasiire'came out onto the floor with an adverse com mittee report, but the organization worked ap in its behalf.. went to bat, turned down the committee's recom mendations anil passed the measure with a few votes to spare. The resolution puts on the ballot for Ihe vote of Ihe people at the next general election n single measure pro viding for (wo schools, one to be lo cated at Ashland and another at sono city in eastern Oregon lo be se lected bv Ihe board of normal school regents. A continuing niillage main tenance provision is made of l-'ioth of a mill for each school. This pro duces an annual maintenance fund of about if:)",!!!!!!. PASS THE HOUSE SAI.KM, Or., Feb. 1(1. Two mea-i-ures having for their object the build ing of good roads in all parts of the state were rushed through the senate late yesterday. They are house bill -1, by llcan and Barrett, providing for an emergency bond issue of -fl.HIMI.niHI. the funds to be used ir. matching the federal appropriation under the Shaeklcford net, when no other funds are available, ami house! bill fiO'J, by the house highway com- mittce, providing for the doubling of j the automobile license fee, after Au gust 1 next. The two bills, it is claimed, will work nicely with the bill, providing for the larger bon ', is sue of .$7,ll()tl,(lll(l, proposed in Sen ator Olson's bills nnd which will gj to the house soon. For the first lane In the history of Oregon, the legisla ture has set ils seal of approval on Ihe plan to bond the stale. FOOTS CREEK ITEMS Tracy Spencer left last week for McCoy. Charles Ciiamplain was a caller in Hogue liiver last week. Last Friday the Ilogue liiver bas ketball team played Central Point til the latter pi Hogue liiver schools will give a patriotic play the latter part of the month. V. W. Ttirdseyc, John Cameron and James Cotton hauled several loads of hay to Hogue liiver last week. The liivcrside liecrcaiion club met last week with Mrs. Alden, an inter esting urogram being given. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Porter, .lack P.cnson let! hist week for San I'Vlllleisco. (lien Woolridgc returne.l home Inst week from Grants Pass, where he has been under 1 1 are of a physician. George V hox and family, with Will Covcrdalc, spent Saturday on Foots ( 'reek. . Floyd l.ani'e and Miss l-'inma Oaun yaw were callers in Gold Hill Fridnv. L00K for "JONES" Saturday Everything Good in Vegetables GREEN PEAS RHUBARB RADISHES GREEN ONIONS CABBAGE CABBAGE Our bunches of LETTUCE arc whoppers If you don't trade with Jones you are passing up the largest and cheapest grocery store in Medford pi; Jones' Cash Grocery HALIFAX DECISION BRINGS RELIEF TO IE MOW YOKK, Feb. 1C The Krit- ; l.IYKIil'OOl., Feb. I.V The I'hila Ish admiralty's decision to permit ! delphin, the tiist American liner to neutral vessels sailing from American ! ll'"v'' lairope since (lermanv's dec- ports for Europe to umicrKO cxuml- nation for Kurope to undergo exami wall or Falmouth, brought immediate relief today to the congested cargo Kttuation at New York. StetimshiiiK of llio Dutch nnd Scandinavian lines which bavo been held in this port on account ot the submarine block ade made preparations to sail by tho new route nnd It is expected that sev eral will get away before tho end ot the week. Tho Itv ndam of the Holland-American line which returned here Wed nesday after sailing- to the very edge, of t he submarine zone, probably will leave today for Rotterdam. On this trip, however, she will curry no pas sengers. The Stockholm of the Swedish-American line is duo to leave today for Gothenburg with passen gers. Ily stoppiiiR-for examination at Hal ifax, vessels hound for Holland and the Scandinavian countries will be aula to skirt the north boundary of tho blockade, waters Included in the Ciermnn proclamation. Several freight carriers that fly the stars and stripes nro making preparations to leave soon for European ports. Agents of the big British steamship lines declared today that thero was no need of any congestion of ocean cargoes nt American ports. Ono of them pointed out that Great lirltnln has about forty steamships now at Now York ready to leave when loaded and representing a cargo capacity of 150,000 tons. Tho same authority asserted that there were in port here today about 2G0 steamships of Uritlsh, French, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Ital ian and American registry and esti mated their carrying capacity at 7.",a -000 tons. DELINQUENT TAX , BILL SENT BACK SAI.KM. Or., Feb. 1(1. licpresenla livc D. C. Lewis of Multnomah coun ty, lilclnllv Ihrew the nroverliial , monkey wreiieh into the machinery Thursday when the house had under consideration substitute senate bill (!.'!, providing for the advertisement of deliii(iicnt tax li-ls. Mr. Lewis declined lo approve Ihe subsiilulc bill as it came from the .judiciary committee and offend amendments of his own which provide that Ihe sheriff shall in an envelop.-: bearing the official letterhead nolilv' SAI.KM, Or., Feb.' III. -li -prcscnl-each and every dc1inriieut taxpa c ! alive Gordon's bill, prev ioiisly passed as thi! names appear 011 the lax rolls. ' by the house, regulating the circula If any of Ihese notices are retunn-M ' lion of initiative petitions, was passed I hen the sheriff shall advert ist t'se by the senate bite yesterday by a names in newspapers of more laan j unanimous vote. It will restrict sig lO.Onn circulation. natures on petitions and do awav with Get at Ths Source of Don't be misled by this term, for the appearance of pimples, boils or rashes indicate something more se rious than a mere "breaking out" of the skin. These eruptions nre, in reality, signals from nature that the blood is impoverished, debilitated and in need of help. Of course you can sometimes drive away the infected places by applying a salve or lotion, but unless you treat them through the medium of the blood, they will occur again and again. a. S. S. has proven its wonderful FIRST, AMERICAN LINER SAILED FROM iaratiou of unrestricted submarine warfare, sailed from here late Wed nesday alternoon. She earned H.'i passengers of all classes, of whom ;IS were Americans. The Philadelphia was unarmed. In addition to her passengers, she car ried n general cargo of what is known lis express freight nnd two tons of dispatches from the American em bassy in London for the state depart ment ill Washington. , LONDON, Feb. 1(1. Officials of the American line assumed today Unit the Philadelphia has passed outside the danger zone, as no word has been received from her since her depart are late on Wednesday. Among the Americans jvho sailed 011 the Philadelphia were Miss (lert rude Cohen, San Francisco; Charles lloyle, Dawson, Yukon Territory; (leo Kccles, Fresno, Cal., and Stanley J. Wheeler and wife, Tokio. NFW YOIIK, Feb. Ki.-The Phila delphia should bv this lime be well beyond the submarine one, American lino oflicials said today. The ship had on board, according to their ad vices, 'j:i7 passengers, divided us fol lows ; Firs! class, 01 ; second, (ill, and steerage 1 10. LAST LEGAL DAY SALEM, Or., Feb. Hi. The ap proach of the end of the 1!U7 session of the Oregon legislature limU bolh the senate and the house of repre sentatives rushing to get through. There are bills yet to be passed in both houses, appropriations consid ered nnd appointments approved. Tonight should end the session, bet is considered very probable that the two bouses will sil through until In. morrow night, ami possiblv Sunday morning, the members serving after tonight without pav. If ue.-essarv, clock will be I Mi ned back as it ap ichcs ininucjii Saturday night. ' pro j c nnvL MUST BE REGISTERED Your "Skin Diseases" buildinr? and tonic properties in thou sands of cases arising from disorders of the blood. It washes the poisons from the system and aids the blood in its work of cleansing and invigorating the body organs, throwing off waste mutter, and keeping the body in a nor mal, healthy condition. Prove these facts for yourself by taking a bottle of S. S. 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