Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 18, 1917, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE THREE E BERLIN SHE UNCLE PAUL REVERE E FOR PEACE SHOWN SUNK BY U-BOAT AND 18 LIVES LOST PLANTS, FLOWERS L WEDFORT) MATE TRIBUNE MEB-FORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1917 BY DILLON' It. HILL. It is conceded oy all that the heat produced by the burning fuel la the source of the protection to fruit on a frosty morning. It Is admitted, to be sure, that there is less danger of damage from frost on a cloudy morn ing than when the sun rises in a clear sky and its sharp rays suddenly liquidize the congealed particles of moisture on the fruit buds. But heat that prevents the freezing tem perature is the one and logical pro tection to tender buds and plants. To obtain heat by imperfectly burn ing oil is merely to add another dan ger to that of frost. The "smudge" is the tangible evidence that the fuel is not being wholly consumed In the heating process. Aside from the dum Sge and the discomfort of the smutch and smear of the unconsumed parti cles of (he fuel, oil thus only paTtially burned yields ethyleno gas, a very poisonous element, not only to fruit buds and bloom, but to plant life generally; and it is both offen sive and hurtful to human life, as well. Positive Demonstrations. So many and varied have been the positive demonstrations of the de structive effect of ethylene gas on flowers and plants that there ought to be no excuse for Ignorance of the fact.. Carnations, for Instance, are a hardy plant. One part of ethylene gas in one million parts of air pro duces a poison that kills the carna tion. If the buds have not yet bloom ed, once exposed to that atmosphere, they never will. They die and break off. The greasy appearing bark of the fruit trees Is due to the erfect of that poisonous gas and to the presence of unconsumed particles of the oil the smudge. It is observed that this greasy appearance of the tree bark is found only where oil has been used as a fuel for heating the orchard. If the burner were perfect so the com bustion would be cpmplete, there would be no such effect on the bark of the fruit tree. Close observation will detect the effect, also, of the ethyleno gas In the sensitive pore cells of the tree bark, rendering nat ural transpiration and absorption im possible. Common sense Is all that is needed to discover the positive damage of such a condition of the tree. Natural Processes Hindered. Arrest or obstruction of thq, nat ural processes In the course of life In anything must at once cmbarass its. progress and weaken its normal forces. Will any reasonable person undertake to dispute thlB? Surely not! But, added to this superficial effect of damage to the fruit tree is the injury that is constantly permeat ing the bark and reaching Into the " tender wood fibre. In a period of lyears of constant use of the oil smudge it may be scientifically reas oned that tho ethylene poison Is grad ually working Into the very heart of tho tree trunk and inslduously pro ducing its death, just as surely as tu berculosis produces death If not heal ed. There ought not to be more than one opinion about that fact. It Is positively demonstrable; and, when you have demonstrated a thing, you have proved it. But this smudge is not alone inju rious to tho lifo of the fruit treo and absolutely destructive of the fruit bud and bloom In cases In which Its den sity Is extreme; It damages other farm and garden plants; smears tho alfalfa foliage and tho tender blades of grass; Insinuates Itself into the pistils and ovaries of plants and bloom of all kinds and works their destruction. Only Ono of tho Causes, Ethylene gas Is only ono of the causes of any definite Injury to fruit buds and plant life; hut It. Is enough r condemn forever the uso of oil for heat production In orchards as a frost prevention or for any other purpose when the receptacle In which It Is ignited Is not sufficiently perfect to render tho combustion complete. No burner has yet been invented which will do this. Meantime, It Is well to compare the damage done by poison ous gases arising from burning oil In orchards to produce heat that will ov ercome the dangerously low temper atures with the possible good obtained from its use: for, when we uso ono menace to combat tho danger of an other, the only object Is to profit by ii iipi'iit-aiiuii. ii iihtb no no prom n It, It would better bo left undone. Other features of the damage done by oil smudge produced by burning oil In Imperfect rereptacles will be considered In another statement If hairs your pride, T use nnnntnirn LONDON', April 18. A Berlin dis- patch to the Politiken of Copenhagen as forwarded to the Exchange Tele graph company says that work has been resumed in most of the Berlin factories. The Vossicho Zeitune; of Berlin says that as conditions of returning to work, the strikers demanded a sufficient supply of bread and po tatoes, proper distribution of food and guarantee of the promised Prus sian electoral reform. COPENHAGEN, April 17, via Lon don, April 38. The Vorwuerts nlone of the Berlin papers continued this morning to comment editorially on the strike. It said the demonstration was based rfiot only on the food sit uation and tho demand that internal reforms be no longer delayed, but also on the deep longing of tho peo ple for peace. While claimintr the peace sentiment lias n derisive role in the movement, the Vorwaerts ar gues the strike cannot be regarded as anti-frovemmentnl since the "Austrian and German declarations justify the hope that the policy of the central powers is now on a path which will soon lead to pence " The paper laments the fact the demonstration will have exactly the opposite effect probably from that desired by cneouraginir Germany's opponents to continue the wnr and by diminishing the output of munitions. It also regrets that nmonjr other excesses a crowd gathered in front of the vacant British embassy, yell ing and catcalling. No reports of a strike movement in labor centers outside Berlin hnve been received as yet. A Kiel dis patch says the radical anti-war party got control of the greater Kiel socialist Assembly and passed reso lutions against voting war credits. Another sidelight comes from Mun ich, where a woman teacher was put on trial for "pacifist intrigues." She was acquitted on the ground that sho was demented from overstrain. RAINS HINDER E LONDON, April 18 The British forces have made further progress north of St. Qucntin and have cap tured the village of Villers-Guislain, according to an official statement given out by the war office today. The statement follows: "During the night we made further progress southeast nnd east of Kpehy nnd this morning captured the village of Villers-Guislain with some pris oners. We also improved our posi tion in the neighborhood of Lngni court. "Elsewhere there is nothing to re port of special interest. Heavy rain is again falling." WAR TO DIM LIGHTS OF GREAT WHITE WAY NEW YORK, April lS.-War will soon cast Its pall over the gay night life of New York City. An order Is sued by Mayor Mitehcl to take effect May 1 will stop the salo of liquor throughout the city at 1 o'clock In the morning. All night licenses held by saloons, hotels, roof gardens, res taurants and cabaret places will he cancelled for the duration of tho war, Mayor Mitchel said that his action was called for by good taste and a proper sense of the present crisis; also by the necessity of conserving "our resources," national and per sonal, human and material. GENERAL VON BISS1NG AGAIN REPORTED ILL AMSTERDAM, April IS. Accord ing to a Brussels telegram. Governor General Von Hissing Is again 111 and the emperor has appointed General Von Zwehl his successor for the time being, (iencrai Von Zwehl is at pres ent governor of Antwerp. General Von Biasing has repeat edly been reported III during the last year and was said to he suffering from pneumonia and in a dangerous condition last December. Reports of his resignation hare been equally fre quent but have never been confirmed "And the span struck out by that steed in his flight Kindled the land into name wlilits licnt." From Longfellow's point describing the ride of Paul Ilcvcro which took pla ca i42 years ago today. 10 All mule citizens over 18 years of age of Medl'ord or Jackson county are invited to join the home guard company hit its meeting tonight- at 7:30 o clock in tho high school as sembly mom. Already ninety-four citizens of all ages have enrolled; in cluding many of the city's most prominent business and professional men. At tonight's meeting an executive A 'Mir, .fcV,".r i -iVd: W A TPITTT A IJPC 1 council of three members nnd n cap tain nnd lieutenants will ho elected, to be chosen from n nomination list selected by a special committee that wns appointed by -Mayor tliiles last Monday. Arrangements will also bo made for the beginning of drills by the company in tho near future, nnd the question of obtaining guns will he then considered. If A. G. Perry, a lumberman of Bend, Oregon, who has lieon attending to business for his sister, Mrs. M. L. Jones, of Gold Hill, during tho past ten days, visited Medford Tuesday to conclude- the business and return to Bend. Sensible Cigarette . v''.iA71"j - I,. -rf tlAVt - WW-' ft 'I-- U-BOAT SIGHTED AT SEA NEW YORK, April 18. A Gorman submarine disguised as a Balling ship, carrying three masts, wns sighted by tho British steamship Southern Down on April i when about .100 miles west oi Lisbon and for two hours tho Brit ish frelghtor wns chasnd, escaping capture or destruction through her superior speed, according to officers nl the Southern Down on nrrlval of the vossol today at an American port. Such men want comfort AFTER smoking T'S NOTTCEABLE lhat more and more sub. Ki:inii:il men arc choosing Falimas for their steady smoke. Tlicre must be some reason for it. Surely, these men would quickly pay a far higher price for another cigarette if it suited them Letter. That is just it. No other cigarette can quite give what i'alimas give. Some other cigarettes taste good, yes. But Fatimus do more they arc comfortable. Not only arc they comfortable to the throat and tongue while you smoke them, but, much mora important, ihey leave a man feeling keen and "lit" AFTER smoking, even though he smokes mnm limn iimml. T.'.,:V - i.f ' THE HAGUE, April 18. How ur gent Is the yearning for peace among the German people and how great Is the Increased strain just Imposed on them In consequence of the reduction of the bread ration may be judged from the exhortations and tho pic tures of woeful alternatives publish ed in provincial newspapers on tho Inauguration of the curtailment of the bread supply. The Courier, of Hnnovor, for ex ample, represents that a quicker but unsatisfactory poaee would not lead to a hotter food supply. The people are told that Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States are reck oning with a world famine for tho Btirrcnt year and that In case of a premature peace the demands of these countries who have their own needs would prevent the supplying of Germany with foreign foodstuffs The Courier portrays the British peoplo as paying the highest grain prices of a century and declares that the Germans are situated more favor ably than those who planned to starve them, not being menaced by a bad world crop and rapidly Blnklng ship tonnage. If, however, the blockade of Gormany should succeed through lack of economy, the newspapor.says, "our people would have not only a time of bitter hunger, but also a long period of the lowest wages and most painful enfeeblement. Then while France, Italy nnd Russia carried off Alsnce, Lorrain, Trlest, The Trontlno, Constantinople and big Auatro-Hun- garian provinces as the price of vic tory. Great Britain will undertake tho long planned acquisition of our eco nomic rights. Bread would bo dear and our wages low for the entire la boring population. Wo must there fore muster all our strongth, clench our teeth and remembering the sacri fices and sufferings of our men folk In the field, hold out and take up this new food sacrifice." IS NEW YORK, April 18. A slight improvement was evident this morn Ins in the condition of Surah Bern hardt her physicians said. The ac tress was operated on last night for an affection of tho kidneys In an ef fort to save her llfo. I; . - tcjyeJt jtCftuOSCauo fir. MADRID, April 18. The Spanish steamship Tom Pom has been torpe doed and sunk without warning. Eighteen lives were lost. It Is expected that this occurrence will further Inflame public feeling in Spain. The Tom Pom, 2409 tons gross. was owned in Bilbao. Recent dispatches said demonstra tions had been caused by the tor pedoing of the Spanish steamer San Fulgenclo. The Spanish government Bent a protest to Germany and is re ported to have demanded an indem nity. Tyrone iJ in. "ARROW form-fit COLLAR CLUEII, PrABODTiCa yVCMAKEPS Hotel Hoyt Sixth and Holt Streets, near depots, Portland, Ore. Fireproof, newly dec orated. Rates 75c to $2.00. L. W. Hlmes, Manager. FOR SALE 12 choice Jersey cows, 4 pure bred, 8 grade. 1 Three-year old registered Jersey bull. 1 bay mare 7 years old, weight about 1100. 1 Mitchell, Lewis & Staver rubber tired ibuggy and harness, i 1 farm wagon and frame. 1 9x30 40-ton Weyhhauser silo. , 1 Sharpies cream separator. 1 hay carrier and Jackson fork with 54-ft. of steel track and cable. 1 Babcock milk and cream tester. 24 stanclons, 12 10x1 2-4 It, Bash. 1 light delivery wagon with top and bod sultablo for Ford car. 75 foot 3-4 inch water pipe. 100 rods 'barbed wire, 25 split posts, second-hnnd lumber. 1 Iron wheolbarow, 10-Inch plow, wagon Jack and small tools. 12-ncre ranch tor rent, THE IUIOAD9 DAIRY, West l-'.nd of Main Street. Phone 344-X. GIM CHUNG China Herb Store Herb cure for earache, headache, catarrh, diphtheria, sore throat, lung troublo, kidney trouble, stom ach trouble, heart trouble, chills and fever, cramps, coughs, poor circula tion, carbuncles, tumors, caked breast, curoB all kinds of goiters. NO OPERATION. Medford, Oregon, Jan. IS, 1917 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: ThlB Is to certify that I, the un designed, had very severe stomach trouble and had been bothered for several yonrs and last August was not expocted to live, una hearing of Olm Chung (whose Herb Store Is at 241 South Front street in Medford) I de cided to got herbs for my stomach trouble, and I started to feeling bet ter as soon as I used them, and today am a well man and can heartily rec ommend anyone affltctod as I was te see Olm Chung and try his Herbs. (Slgnod) W. It. JOHNSON, Witnesses: M. A. Anderson, Medford. S. B. Holmes, Eagle Point Frank Lewis, Eagle Point. Wm. Lewis, Eagle Point W. L. Chlldreth, Eagle Point C. E. Moore, Englo Point. J. V. Mclntyro, Eagle Point. Oeo. B. Von dor Hollen, Eagle Point Thos. E. Nichols, Eagle Point WESTON'S Camera Shop 208 East Main Street, Medford The Only Exclusive Commercial Photopraphcr in Southern Oregon. Negatives Made any time or place by appointment. Phone 147-J. We'll do tho rest. E. D. WESTON, Prop.