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MEDFOTtT) MATL TRIBUTE, MFiT)FOftT), OTJ'FCiON', WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, 1017 vTioVi three I lly Y. W. WATSOX. Those wliii have talked with Kd 0. Itruwn hini'i' his return from tlui uiiu ing districts of Ari.onu uiid Xew Mexico have no doubt been busy milk ing comparisons more or less suj Kestive of our unmatched opportunity in this heaven -blessed southern Ore gon region. In the stimulating infor mation which he gathered fii-st-hund in and about the mines of that terri tory of sand dunes and cactus plains there is pabulum for thought that ought to create action in and about Medford. "We went out to Miami, where the big mines are, l'JO miles from Phoe nix," said Mr. Ilrown. "What was a little town of 1200 people two years ago is now a surging, crowding, hus tling city of 15,000 busy, eager, clam oring souls, nil doing something and getting something for it; nil appar ently prosperous and hopeful of be coming rich; thousands of specialists in the milling business and thousands more who specialize in providing physical comfort for the miners; the .jingle- of money everywhere heard; Hotels, restaurants, outfitting sta tinns and mercantile houses all enjoy ing n cash business to the extent of their ability to 'deliver the goods.' Everybody After Copper. "Even-body wants a copper mine,1 continued Mr. Ilrown. "At Globe, near Miami, the situation is a replica ol that found at the latter city. It was a town of n few hundred anxious souls two or three vears ago. It now lias 11,000 jieople and more going in every day. H doesn't matter when the Jay begins or ends. There is no Sunday there; nor is there any night. It is just n ease of three eight-hour shifts a day, every day in the month. It is copper there, too. Massive ma chinery of the most modem kind. grinding, maunching, groaning in the hum of its gigantic power; other ma chinery arriving and being placed; new forces of men being set to their tasks; new business houses going up; those already there crowded to their capacity with goods, clerks and ens tomers; everything agog with life, movement, stir, action and all of th clatter and racket sounding just like the jingle of money. And' it is. "At Superior, sixty-five miles from I'hiicnix, a town of 200 people ten months ago now are 4000 jostling hurrying people, each in his line or hers, all making money and cxpeetin and preparing lo make more; for, mind you, these modern mining camps lire no place for the bum, the idler, the dyspeptic straggler and his ilk. ' Money is in the air and every man who is worthy in his line gets his share of it." Southern Oregon's Advnnlago. This is only a hint of the real sit uation in those mining districts where real enterprise has become a mnel shorn of activity delving far into the depths of the mountains for vast for tunes nf precious metals. Nature has not provided them with timber and water. At great expense theVnro oh tnined; but, no matter what the cost, each gallon ot water or stick of tun her is worth forty times the price paid for it. Note the difference: Here we have nil abundance of magnificent timber for any possible measure of mining activity and the purest mountain wn tcr in eiiuul abundance. There they sink shafts two" or three thousand feetdovu into rocky bowels of the earth to find the great ore deposits; here the ores crop out along the foot hills and n tunnel only is necessary to open up the greater nnd richer dc jiosits further into the mountains. At .Miami one company has a fO, 000, 000 plant for its two properties, and is making millions of dollars in its op eration. A few thousands of dollars down there is "small change." They talk in hundreds of thousands and millions'. Here it is regarded Ji stu pendous enterprise to gather a few dollars together to pay for improvin; u wagon road,! There it is business rcnl, full-blooded, productive busi ncss. Here there is no business! Still Another Advantage. "The average yield per ton in that Arizona and New Mexico region," suid Mr. Ilrown, "is .$".."0. The highest grade of ore in the state, found at Jerome, is only $.10 per ton. In the Medford district the ores run from t'H to $200. You can find your own average. There, rich' dep)sits are be ing found nil the time in low-grade ores; nnd they are being developed Mere the -1-8 or 10 ores would he parsed up in search for the $10.1. "io. the $1(19.70 or the $2ilO ores. We 'are trampling fortunes under out feet everv da v. said Mr. lirown. "Jerome, where the 'big find' was struck, yielding $.1(1 a toji, had a mere handful of . hopeful people n few months ago. Now it has 8"H0 a , busv mas of W"le, who nppenr never to- slop lor rest. Senator I lark' proTty is nw pulling in tt WOMAN FIGHTS IN TRENCHES;. BECOMES OFFICER OVER MEN The advisory committee of the Trl- State (iood Koads association cam' palgn for the (000,000 Road Bund election is as follows; W. C. Leever, chairman advisory board. Albany B. R. Westbrook. Asliluid-4-13ert K. Greer, Chan. E. Wolf, A. Austin ChiRholin. Astoria-! O. lielland, 11. L. Hen derson. Ilaker county W. II. Strayer, I). M. Cartmlll. Bend Vernon A. Forbes. Burns Wm. Hanlcy. Central Point D. W. Stone, It. U Wilson. Corvallis Suiniici H. Moore. Cottage Grove E. E. Beade. Dallas W. V. Fulncr. Enterprise V. S. Ashley. Eugene Alex Martin. Gold Hill II. D. Reed. Gold Beach C. Uufflngtun. Grants Pass I. '". Ueddy, Chos. T. Sweeney, E. E. Illanohcrd. Hillsboro Dr. V. A. Wood. Hood River Leslie Butlor, C. N. Ravlln. Independence It. C. Dinsmore Klamath Falls B. B. Hall. I-akeview W. Lair Thompsou. La Gr.'.nile V. S. -A-shly. ilarshfleld A. K. Feck. Jlcdrord W. II. Cure, C. E. Gates. George Putnam, V. L. Walter. McMlnnvllle W. T. Vinton. Morrow county R. M. SUnflcld. 'Oregon City 1 i. E. Brodio. Pendleton Roy W. Ritner. Portland Frank B. Riley. Phil Metchan, Jr., O. W. Taylor. Redmond D. G. Burdick. iRoseburg Geo. Neuner, Jr , H. Hart. 'Salem J. H. Albert, Col. D. Hofer. St. Helena A. W. Mueller. Sutherlln F. M. Waite. Tho Dalles J. W, P.iewer. Tillainook T. P. Hrndly. Vale J. A. Hurley. IN LLOYD-GEORGE PLOIS LONDON, March 7. Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, who, with her daughters, Miss Ann Wheeldon and Mrs. Alfred Mason, and Mi's. Mason's husband, is on trial charged with conspirnev to murder Premier Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson, member of the war council, testified today that poison was obtained for poisoning dogs She admitted thut she sympathized with conscientious objectors to military service and said sho was attempting to assist three ot these objectors, in cluding her son, to escape from the c.unp in which they were interned. She volunteered to obtain poison which they desired, she said, in order to poison dogs with which the cninp was guurded. ' 4. Y . STEEL POINTS TELL HOW PLACES GOT fi in One of the remarkable incidents of the European war is that a woman lias been fighting in the trenches and became the leader of a troop of men soldiers. Sergeant Major Flora Sondes, an Irishwoman shown here, fought in the Serbian trenches nil through the of fensive against the llulgaiiuus and Turks which ended m the fall of Mon aslir. Serjeant Major Sandes was wound ed by a llulgarinn hand grenade while leading her men. She was awarded a Kara-George cross for bravery in the field. Ill this picture sho shown being congratulated by a Ser bian officer ST. PAUL, Minn., March 7. By a vote of 81 to 4 7 the Minnesota house indefinitely postponed action on the Anderson statutory prohibition law. The vote killed any chance for fur ther legislation at this session to abolish the liquor traffic. Many of the drys, unwilling to enact further promuiuon legislation at this ses sion, in view of the constitutional prohibition bill, today voted for post ponement of the Anderson measure $2,000,000 smelter at Jerome. Ilis bce is the same. Silver City and Tyrone, in New Mexico, are likewise the same. "Here we have another great ad vantage: Civilization nnd nil its mod em conveniences are at hand. They are far out on the desert down there. Here we can raise in our abundiintlv fertile valley vast stores of supplies for the mining cumps, all around them, delivered fresh from the field or the tree. There they have to take such stuff as reaches them over the desert roads in shriveled condition, and for which they pay enormous prices. "Mining activities in southern Cali fornia are beginning to boom; but their greatest stir there is in the work of great irrigation enterprises cover ing vast areas of 'desert land on which they will produce fruits and vege tables for the great mining districts south of them. Here we can't even or ganize an irrigation district!'' And in the hot blush of our verv shame for these local cmiditions receive the ,-neer of the tar-bucket liriuude. lo we deserve our aftlie lion? Shall we wait, like laggard, till it dies of -heel- iu.initi.tiif WASHINGTON, March 7. Meas ures to meet Great Britain's action in forcing American ships to curry Brit ish supplies are under consideration by tho federal shipping boaH. Presi dent Wilson's proclamation prohibit ing tho transfer of American ships j to foreisn registry without the board's permission, it is' said, will be used as a weapon to stop the British practices. The situation has been made acute by the continued detention of the schooner Muttie Newman of New York, held at Liverpool for several months by inability to make needed repairs because her master would not agree to carry war supplies. , "American ship owners havo made bitter complaint against British ef forts to coerce them into the coal trade between Britain and France and of attempts to force them to carry munitions. American ships that have run short of coal in British ports it is declared, have been ' compelled to agree to take coal cargoes to France before the British authorities would permit them to bunker coal. One purpose of amendments to the shipping bill, lost in the final days of the last congress, was to give the board more power In this respect. They would have permitted the board to refuse foreign registry to shfpH now being built in American yards. As many of these vessels are being constructed for British capital, the board, it is pointed out, would have had a powerful weapon with which to compel Great Britain to respect tile rights of American owners. able that the obstructionists, fillbus torers, may be actuated by traitorous sentiments. Tho revolution had Its Arnold, I trust I offend no sensibili ties in referring to the fact that in 1SGI ten or more members of this body wero expelled for treason. A vice president of the United States, ! who for four years presided over the senate was indicted and tried for treason and. a senator charged with him for this capital offense escaped expulsion by but one vote. Tho seir ate had already . .that day expelled one of Its members for perfidious ne gotiations with the enemies of his country. We aro all sworn to bear true faith and allegiance to tho Unit ed States, a needless oath unless it bo that some of us may conceivably require the aid of heaven to keep us true. "What say you, can the senate make a rule under which it, may be held at bay by treachery until a for eign foe shall have prevailed ovor a supine nation. 1 repeat, a rulo of tho senate, the effect of which is or may he to deprive it of the power under any circumstances of bringing dehato to a close. Is void. "I am not one of those who, being bnlked by some law, would ruthlessly sweep it aside to attain this end Reverence for law is the sure founda tion upon which government and so ciety alike rest. If in our conduct it is not inculcated where shall wo look to find it exhibited? I shall vote wit h a clear conscience that wo vio late no law in fixing a time at which debate on any subject before this body shall close." After Senator Walsh had concluded, tho senato adjourned until noon Thursday, AGREE UPON CLOTURE (Continued From Page One.) tho awful horror of armed conflict may be averted by further peaceful Overtures. Civil War Cited. f "Multitudes of sagacious men be lieved in 1X61 that the south would not fight and others that the north would never resort to arms to pre serve the union, ft is not inconceiv- Mrs. .John II. Ilurtman of York, Pa. Is a recent Medford arrival. A new number of "Steel Points," the first of a series of numbers to be devoted to American nomenclature has just been published for the au thor. Will G. Steel of Medford.' Tho present book deals with Oregon place names. Names of Oregon towns and places, rivers and mountains aro listed, each with the significance of the niinio, when, by whom and why they wore so named. In tho near future other numbers will be printed similarly, treating each of the northwestern statos. Naming of Medford. The account of the naming of Med ford Is given as follows: "When tho Oregon and California railroad was ill course of construc tion, in 183$, the vostoffico was nam ed in honor of his Ijome town, Med ford, Mass., by tho Chief Engineer." Other local points ot Interest arc designated as follows: Rogue Rivor 'Named by the enrly French trappers Rouge River, from the Red river of tho North, from whenco they came, but qulckiy changed to Roguo by tho American settlers and trappers. 'Roxy Ann Peak Originally known as Skinners Butte. Present name bestowed by pioneer packers in 1S54, in honor of Roxana Baker, a pioneer woman who wielded great In flucnce over tho Indians. Phoenix Originally known hb Gnsburg, for a family living there ill that time. In 1 S " 4 Samuel Culver named it Phoenix tor an ancient city of that name. Talent Tho original namo was Wagner Creek. Tho present nr.mo was given in 18S4 by A. P. Talent, who platted tho town. Jackson County Created Janu ary 12, 1S52 and named for Andrew Jackson. Naming of Ashland. Ashland Named for Ashland county, Ohio, and tho home ot Henry Clay in Kentucky. "Gold Hill Named by James Hayes in 185 9. This refers to the hill itself, where ho discovered, goid The town was named for tho mine. "Tolo A man named Cleophus P.ogsdalc, who lived on the Bite ibbo,. petitioned for a postoftico 'to be named Yolo, for his homo In Cali fornia. Tho postofflee authorities took his. 'Y' for a 'T' and named it Tolo. Applegate VIKago and post- of flee on Applognlo river, a tributary of Roguo River. Named for Lindfay and Jesse Appleguto, who explored the Rogue. river region In IS 10 and 1S48. "Asbestos So named because of a ledge of asbestos rock In the vicinity Mount McLoiighlln, "McLoughlln, Mount So named by Donald McKay In 1832 for Dr. John McLoughlln, then the Hudson's Bay factor at Fort Vancouver. Name of ficially confirmed by tho Oregon Legislature In February 1905. Once caJIoy Snowy Uiitte. Same as Mount Jackson of the Americans. Eleva tion 0,7(SO feet. "Eagle Point Named, 111 1854 by John Mathews, for an Eagle's nest on a rocky point cast of the town. . "Tablcrork Named for tho two flat-topped mountains near, which, ill turn, were so named by miners and packers in 1 832. "Prospect Formerly known as Dcsklns, for the postmaster. When the name was changed, the settlers concluded they had a fine prospect for a town, hence tho name. "Beagle Named for William Bea gle, who was postmaster there about 18S6. Big Butte Creek. ,"Blg Butte Creek Named by ear ly paekuru and minors, who supposed the stream came from the foot of Mount Mol.ougliUn, then called Snowy Butte. "Brownsboro Named lu 1853 for Henry R. Brown, on whoso land the sita was located. "Bybee Bridge Located on Roguo river near Table Rock. For more than 60 years William Bybee operat ed a ferry at that point. Flounce Rock Named by lllrani Abbott, who lived near by, because tho corrugations reseni,blo tho flounces on a woman's dress. 'Fort Lnne A level bench, now In tho town of Tolo, named for General Joseph Lano, w ho located It and com manded tho military forces there dur ing the Indian war of tho early 50's. Persist A man named Wlllluni Wllllts met all sorts of 111 luck, but persisted In staying there, and In 1880, when a post office was estab lished, It was called Persist in Iiib honor. Peyton Naniod for tho first post master. 'Ruch iN'nmed by Captain Wil liam Ruch, in 1S80 who was tlion postmaster. SaniB Valley Named for Chief Sam of the Rogue River Indians, who formerly lived there. "Siskiyou Mountains Comes from two French words, 'Six cailloux,' moaning bIx stones. It also is said . . . in n , to be an Indian word ana to bob tailed horse." -t, "Sterling Peak Named for Jn Sterling In 1853. Wellen Ranch home or Hon. .. KlUI Von der Ilellen and namea ui - for the estate of his aucestora lu province of Hanover." . FIGHTING RESUMED ON EASTERN FRONT Bl-MtUIN', March 7. There' U been a lot up In the severe weather along the RusBlan front accompnle4 by an lncreaso In the activity;' ann hoadquartoVs announced, today. - PARIS, ' March 7. -"Between : th Olso and tho Alsne we made a Trtinck nn ctnrman trenchea at Quennevleres and brought back lS prisoners; says today's official n nounceiuont. In the Argonne Jn the vicinity of Four de Paris, we . ploded a mine nnd occupied the ter. ' i BERLIN, March 7. -An attack w made by the French last night on Gor man positions at Cauriores wood oa tho Verdun front. Todoy'B war ofj flee announcement says the French were repulsed. . '7. -"ft:rv "M we-re KIM Ms H W 5 For Itching Scalp You do not want a blow treatment for itdiinjf w.ilp when hair is falling and the dandruff germ is killing the hair roots. Delay means no hair. 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