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."
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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.
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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
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m Easter. J. LiM
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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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"We keep abreast of laundry improvements. Every
facility which is devised for the betterment of the
work we install in our laundry. We are constantly
adding new devices, improved methods, doing even
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A'ancenicnt of the business. It's only by constant
study and watchfulness that anything or any busi
ness can improve itself, and the utmost scrutiny
along all lines is exercised in the conduct of the
laundry. J ) you wonder that we lead?
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Hats
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