M"EDFOT?D MATL TRTBTTXE MEPEOKT). OHEOONT, MONDAY. APRIL 2. 1917. PAGE F1TE SEEKING ORCHARD 4 HEATER ABOLISHING I SMOKE NUISANCE "Aleta," Oriental Dancer WIthlPROTEST Alexander at Page Theatre Clinsi. K. Henry of Portland and Pasadena, who recently visited Med (ord, sends the following clipping from Pomona In the Los Angeles Times relative to the experiments be ing made to make a sanitary orchard heater: "If experiments continue at their present rate of development, the or chard heater smoke problem, which has come to be such a nuisance in southern California citrus districts, may be almost eliminated before the beginning of another winter. The Pomona chamber of commerce, which Instituted the campaign for the abo lition of the so-called "smudgo pot," has had a committee working on the heater problem for nearly two months, and many encouraging re sults have been obtained during that time. An Absolute uiaiijico. The first and most satisfactory re sult was the decision of 100 promi nent growers in convention here, to effect that suspended carbon of smudge in connection with orchard heating Is wholly undesirable and an absolute nuisance. Since the grow ers arrived at the conclusion that a smokeless heater Is the thing they need, many men of a mechanical turn have been making an effort to pro duce the sort of heater that Is need ed. "Experiments have brought forth some peculiar heaters. Most of them are crude oil burners, the Impression of experts being that a more intense heat can be obtained by burning crude oil than by firing with any other kind of fuel. The idea of heat ing the groves with electricity has practically been abandoned because of tho expense of developing power and putting in the necessary equip ment. The plan to heat with natural gas has also been tossed Into the dis card on account of the expense of equipment being considered prohibi tive. Some of the heater designers itjo exploiting pots that burn distil late, and fairly good results seem to be obtained therefrom, but the sent iment seems to be in favor of crude oil used in heaters which will not llberato the free carbon. Consume Aspbnltum. "The tendency seems to be toward a heater which will consume tho as phaltum which develops as a residue in the heaters after they have been burned for a series of nights. Some of the oil men think that they have a grae of oil from which considera ble of tho asphaltum hns been re moved at slight expense. "A Japanese named S. Mochida. who resides at Upland, appears to have patented as long ago as 1913 a down-draft heater which Is calculated to be prnctically smokeless under fa Vorablo conditions. His device is low stacked, but it has a perforated stack Jeachlng clear to the bottom of the neater tank which acts as a draft for the fire burning upon the surface of the oil in the pot, and sucks the flames into the stack, where the free carbon fastens Itself to the sides of the stack en route to the exit. "Severn! Pomona men have made heaters which appear to have consid erable merit. One of these Is a tall stack which can be set upon a wire tripod and placed over the top of any of the old-afshioned, short stacked smoky heaters. This tall stack is Perforated for a distance of perhaps tea Inches frdm its base, and It has a contrivance at the base which forces the flames to burn downward into the oil, thus doing away with a great deal of the smudge. The tall stack accum ulates much of the lampblack on the inside and but little suspended car bon Is liberated. At the same time this heater, with an equal amount of oil, is said to give off twice as much heat aB the old-fashioned heater burning at full blast and rolling up dense clouds of lnhipblack. Different llnrm-rs. "One man has a distillate heater which burns distillate gas on a torch burner which is attached to the end of a piece of gas pipe leading from a distillate tank. The main objection to this type, growers claim, is the amount of apparatus snd the Incon venience of having so much apparat us in orchards, rather than the un doslrahility of the heater, for it I? claimed to he quite a worthy devtoe. "C. .V. Burton, the father of the orchard heater Improvement Idea, who deposited $.10 with the chamber , of Commerce early last winter to be lpcnt In research work looking to ward the elimination of the smokcy heater, soys that the growers are making rapid progress In their study of the subject, and he expresses the belief that they will be using Im proved types of heaters In their groves next winter." 7V?V i """"" 1 Anexander, peer of crystal seers and exponent of magic will be the at traction at the Page theater for three days beginning Tuesday, April 3rd. This is the first time Alexander has ever played In Medford. Coming direct to the Page theater from a two weeks' run at tho JlacDonough the ater In Oakland and Clunie theater in Sacramento Alexander has ben se cured by the management of the Page for this engagement before the open ing at the Helig theater in Portland where Alexander played last year for five weeks to capacity houses and where this attraction Is booked for three weeks following the engage ment here. The performance is divided Into two parts. The first part being a ser ies of the most perplexing, astound ing and wholly mystifying and enter taining feats of magic, illusions and disappearances over staged at one time by any exponent of the olack ait. The second part of tho perform ance, termed the Simla Seance, Is an offering so unusual, weird and baf fling that critics, professors and pro fessional men have proclaimed Alex ander to be the most wonderful brain marvel that has ever appeared In pub lic. Any one who has ever witnessed this show has left the theater bewil dered, and satisfied that Alexander truly Is the man who knows and that ho not only lives up to his booking In full but has a show that Is greater than that offered by any of the de ceased exponents of magic and super natural, In fact combing the past of fering of all these artists of the past in one performance that is an at traction extraordinary. F, E TO Mrs. Thomas Fuson of this city Is spending a few days at Grants Pass visiting with Airs. George Jester. SPOKANE, Wash., April 2. 13. G. O'Shea president or the Spokane Federal Land Bank, has returned from Wnshinfc.on where he attended a con ference of the president of the twelve federal land banks, with Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, and the mem bers of the Federal Farm Loan Hoard. He expressed grallflcatlon over the fact that this conference bad fixed a flat interest rate of 6 per cent, apply ing to all parts of the United States. He declared thut this Interest rate would prove a great boon to the farm ers of the northwestern slates and pre dicted that within a year the Spokane Federal Land Bank will have made loans aggregating 10,000.000. IncroiLso Ijoun Limit. Mr. O'Shea also announced that Ihe conference of hank presidents passed a resolution asking congress to In crease the limit of the loans permitted to an individual borrower from $10, 000 to $25,000. Ho expressed the hope that the specltil session of congress, soon to convene, would make this change for the large borrowers of the Spokane Bank district. In order that more funds may bp available for Investment In farm loan bonds, and In turn made available to lend to farmers of this district, Mr. O'Shea urged that the legislatures of Washington, Montana, Oregon and Idaho Immediately pass laws making farm loan bonds approved Investments for trust funds, insurance companies and savings banks. Mr. O'Shea announced that the bonds issued by the twelve federal land banks would he placed on the tnnrket at 4V& per cent, but would probably be sold at a premium. He expressed gratification over the fact that, the Federal Farm Loan Hoard has anticipated that at least $100,000, 000 of these bonds will be Issued dur ing the coming year and is making arrangements which will assure a ready market for them. All of this money will be made available to the farmers of the United Suites at G per cent. To borrow from these federal land banks, farmers are required to organ ize themselves Into groups containing at least ten farmer-hortovvcrs and each group asking for at least $20. 000 of loans. The Spokane federal land bank Is now prejinred to furnish a blank form of articles of associa tion to make the organization of these grot:;; simple and easy. Other ne cessary blanks will also be furnished on application. Farmers arc permitted to borrow up to SiO jer cent of tho appraised STATE FARM LOANS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO COUNTY FARMERS OUKGON AGIilCUITliAL COL LKCiK, Corvallis, Ore, April 2. Fanners of Jackson county, who con template scouring loans from t lie state j rural credits fund may secure blanks and instructions by applying to the state land hoard attorney for this cmiiify, (). ('. Bojjtfs, Mori ford. It is also satrtresteri by Dr. Hector Mao phcrson, of the O. A. C, department of rural economics, who 'assisted in drawing the bill, that the loans be negotiated as soon ns posMhlo. (ton- oral interest rates are likely in face of wai conditions to rise ns much as 1 per cent in n few months, and even tually put the federal loan measure entirely out of business as well as render the operation of the state law much harrier. Such hns been the course in Hritish Columbia, where siaiilar laws were enacted four years airo, but have not yet been put into operation because of the war. "A piod deal of confusion exists," says Dr. Maephcrson, "ns to how to proceed to c;ct a loan. Intending borrowers should call up their coun ty repiesentative of the state land board, who can supply them with blanks nnd Rive them instructions. Loans may be made for ID, 'JO, 'M or years periods. Borrowers are ad vised to take the Ub'-year loans, which can be paid, principal and Interest, in nr a mi iial payments of six dollars each and one the last payment of about ten dollars. If able to pay sooner they may pay as fast as they pleno, and interest will be stopped on all partial payments as soon as made.' value or the land, plus 20 per cent of the value of the permanent Insured improvements. Loans are to be made at 5 jer cent and muni be retired on the amortization plan, which means re payment by fixed annual payments (TiroiiKhont 'he pc:iuri of the loan. The loans may run from 5 to 40 yearn at I tho option of the borrower. The ob ject of these loni; time loans Ih to I enable the farmer to meet these small j annual payments out of the increased 'earniiiKS of the land, marie Kissibte '. :v I tin tnvoulninlil nf t lie lidrrnweil money. Don CoIvIk left Moiiriciy for Yreka where he will be In chaine of the of firo of the Callfornta-OreKon Power Co. Mr. CoIvIk'h placo In the Med ford office of ?h company will be filled by It. It. Klel, formerly of Medford but for the past year In the San Krancibco office of the company. TO CHANGE NAME OF LANE COUNTY Mrs. Evil Idino Walker of Medford lias written the following: protest to the Eugene ('number of t'oinmeree protesting the resolution recently adopted invoriiij; I'hunjtiiij; the name of Lime county because of Senator Harry Lane's failure to support Presi dent Wilson in the defense of American rights. The protest reads ns follows: "To the Eugene Chamber "of Com merce : "Gentlemen: "I rise to n point of order and vigorously protest, against your re cent action in voting; to rlinitge Ihe inline of l.nne eoiuily because of the so-called behavior of Senator Harry Lane in the United States senate. "I huso my protest on the strength of our inherent personal liberty and civic principles. I base my right to make the-protest on being just what I am a grand-datigliter of old Ore gon. "My maternal nncestry goes hack to the days of Plymouth Hock, nnd some of those remote gramlsires pointed their flint-lucks at their king because they were iniHrt incut enough to believe ill the divine rights of the individual. As the years grew apace one of llieiu was given the highest gift our republic can give nn individual. tell you this so yon won't form the erroneous idea that you are more American than I am. My maternal grandfather was a Unit ed States army officer; brought his family to Oregon in 1845; his wife, five sons nnd five daughter:, grand parents and children now form a part of Oregon's soil, hut several hundred of their children and grand children still exist to Oregon's credit. Oregon has been good to them and they have given value received. North and South Blend. My paternal grandfather was also a United States unity officer (so was a very close relative, Gen eral Joseph Lane) ; in 18(1 he stepped south of the Mason nnd Dixon line and began shooting at my northern grandfather. When the war was over they came back lo their Oregon hind grunts, became friends and neighbors nnd were faithful, hard working Oregoninns. They worked shoulder to shouldci- with General Lane in the liitliriil' ' xvurs und in helping ihe struggling pioneers to bring order out of Ihe chaos of wil derness. "The southerner's son married Ihe northerner's daughter; one result of their union being myself. Myself being the dcsccndcnt of such for bears my mind is endowed with the happy faculty of being able lo look clearly at both sides of rather ticklish propositions without malice. Some minds, not having opposing origins, can't see both sides of n question at. first, and often net on impulses that cause them sorrow later. "Chamber of Commerce of Eugene.' I challenge your right to take such action on such grounds. 1 challenge you as Americans, I challenge you as Oregoninns. You nre, in effect, passing n bill of nltainer. If I were a mini, I would come lo your next meeting and fight, individually nnd collectively, with my fists if you dared to say Ihe mime of Lane brought dishonor upon you. As it is I fight you in the only way a Woman can fight with her tongue. A Cowardly Attac k. f "What right have you to stir up sentiment to change a name that the makers of Oregon gave in honor and that has been borne in honor all these yenrsj Is it fair to the living ot to the deudf Is it not cowardly und cruel lo a point of medieval crudity? Did not Ihe pioneers honor Unit name enough lo bestow it with pride on one of the fairest counties in our fair stale? Did they nut respect the owner of the inline so much that tln-y gave him the greatest gilt that their young common wealth had to he slow. The record of his life shows that he gave his lie-t effort h to his state ami thai they were acceptable to the citizens of old Oregon. "What is your object, gentlemen? Arc you attacking the characters of the Lanes who arc dead ? If so, have you considered that their lips arc dumb, or do vou nil believe that the good a man does is interred with his bones and only the evil lives uflcr him? Do you wind lo dishonor Gen eral Lane through his livintr grand son? Do yon want to hurt the living son by dishonoring Ihe niemorv of the dead grandfather? If that i yonr aim, then you, and not I lurry Lane, need pity, for you are doing more than turning down party prin ciples, you are turning down the prin ciples in manhood. Harry Lane can't fight over the ashes of his dead, and from his own point of view he has committed no wrong. "I Bin a republican o we have never agreed olilical!y. From my point of view, hi- reeent netion was an error; from hi-, it was the right thing to do; from yours, it was a crime. Now the punishment of an Oregon official can be meted out in a fair way, ami it is only as an of ficial you have any light to censure Harry Lane; as a private citizen he is as good and true as any man within tho limits of our stale. All the Lanes, past and present, were und are, loyal Oregoninns. As private people, they arc like all humans, neither better nor worse. "The Oregoninii has always been the A-H-C book of this particular family of Lanes, and somewhere within Uncle Sam's domnins, it will reach a man who for fifteen years has been in Uncle Sam's secret ser vice, loyal, unto dentil, ready to work for America and Oregon. Why do you want to hurt him? The Oregoninii will reach a battle ship, guarding our eastern const, where a boy of twenty-six, with Lane blood in his veins, goes daily under the sea in a submarine nnd drills turning the net work of mines that secures your country and mine. Why do you want to hint him? Oregon never called once and found a Lane wanting ill courage and loyally, what ever else they lucked. Harry is much-loved as a man, no matter how he is regarded as a politician. Ho has done some great service for his state, even though he has apparently blundered now. "Use the whip-lash that ci'ic honor permits, hut drop the flail that holds the scorpion's sling. If you do not, you will all live to reach Hie stage of second thought, and realize, as all the state will, that by your noliim, you have placed a blot upon the fair pages of Oregon history. "KVA LANK' WALKEH." Expectant Mothers Relieved of Pain Women Use Prescription oi Fam ous Physician. Since tie days of our first parents in the Gnrdcn of Eden, women have borne the pain and discomfort of childbirth. Science on its part, ha3 worked to modify and to relieve in part, the dreadful suffering at such a time. The preparation known ns "Mother's Friend ' is applied by the mother-to-be herself, externally, night and morning. It relieves the tension on the muscles, cords and ligaments of the abdomen, and the expectant mother is made much more comfort able. Tho crisis is one of much less pain and danger. Thousands ot women wno nave uscu it successfully stnte that they cannot say enough about the good "Mother's Friend" did for them and refer par ticularly to the absence of nausea or morning sickness. - Ask your husban3 Id gel ybtl 9 bottle from the drug store. If yotj wish a vahiablo book for mothers writs the Brad field. Regulator Comi Sany, Dept. F.445 Atlanta, Ga H I Jtreo aud. will bo, n$ a$ pjw,j SIMP? iM "in IP m Easter. J. LiM MAKE HER EASTER BRIGHT SEND FLOWERS Tho recipient of flowers always enjoys her Eas ter. They express your thoughtfiilliiess and cheer her a floral offering always does. Send her n beautiful blooming plant, a lovely Eas ter lil7or fragrant cut flowers. No matter what yon choose, if it conies from here, you may be sure she'll appreciate it. We'll deliver anywhere at any lime. PIERCE, the Florist Medford 's Leading Florist, 1005 E. Main. Phone 374 Down Town Store, Heath '3 Drug Store. 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