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MEDEOTCT) MAIL TKTllUNE MEDFOTtD, : OREGON, THURSDAY, APRTL 10, 19i7
Medford Mail Tribune
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Sworn Circulation for 1916 2,491.
Full leaned wlro Associated Presg dls
patches. EM-TEES
Sho Isn't In lovo with bohio cirlf
eyed movie hero. .
She doOHli't spread tlie bhIvo about
Hal, Bub, or any of those swoll guys
sho trots around with, and their clas
sy roadsters.
'
Sho doesn't play "Poor Butterriy"
moro than 2ii times an ovenliiK.
Sho doesn't warble about country
clubs, hor friends In N' Yuwk and
dinner parties at tho "uthlctlc elub."
That's hor the girl you mnrry, If
somebody else doesn't get her.
With npoloRlcs to tho Inventor of
"Tho girl you many" series, Hholo
Grove, the gentel youth.
WASHINGTON, April 1!).-Temporary
Htispcnsiim of construction of
work on the five hnttle cruisers and
also on other capital ships is under
consideration, Secretary Daniels said
today, so that (lie steel shipbuilding
industry may he concent rated upon
construction tlf merchant, shipping to
make (rood suliniarine losses.
Plans so fur made are only tenta
tive ami nnlhiiu; will be pennilled to
interfere with the prompt completion
of IVhlinir craft now well uilvanccd
in construction or to hinder the hiiild
.ine; of new destroyers, scout cruis
ers, submarines and other small ves
sels which can be completed in less
than two years.
COMMUNICATION.
To tho Editor:
The wires crossed somewhere,
lilthor Moses or Wilson Is wrong.
The great lawyor made It clear that
consent ot tho governed was desir
able and necessary. A few gentlo
inou at and nenr Boston Impressed
tho fact on (leorge III Hint repre
sentation was right and ilroper. St.
Patrick Henry exclaimed "(llvo Me
Liberty or (live Me plum duff." Con
scription Is not always a success. Rus
sian Nick had tho habit deep rooted,
and today tho disgust of both Nick
nnd tho Itiisslan people Is mutual.
It seems government by the consent
of Ibe governed should be reciprocal
nnd tho benefits mutual. Ooverniiicnt
should protect the unlU from oxnlol
latlon and exlortion from adulterated
food and worthless and harmful drugs
sold as patent medicine. Conscription
of gun provlndor should be followed
by conscription ot annual Incomes
down to $10,000, If necessary ,..
scrlpllun of the same amount of In
terest on federal loans to National
banks as Is demanded from farmers.
Conscription of at least enough rev
enue on second class mall matter to
pay the cost ot delivery n.ifl not do
$s worth of work for $t, at an an
nual loss of Isn.tiiin.niHi.
The blows should not mil one way
nnd the bend its another.
WM. .1. SCOTT.
CHECK PASSER HAS
ACCIDENT IN CELL
Irving P. Oehler, confined In tip.
county ,all on the charge of passing
spurious checks lu .Medlonl In tin'
sum 61 several hundred dollars, caine
nearly cheating the grand Jcry of n
case yescril.-iy, as the result of an
neeldeiit while roivlsliit; In Ms cell.
llo was Hwlncliig from a bar attached.
to tho ceiling and, while Ms feet
woro In the air, his hold on the bar
(dipped, prdlpltntlti't him to the steel
floor, hid head striking flist. lie
wan rendered unconscious from which
condition ho recovered In an hour
only by skilful assistance. Ho was
roportod Wednesday as recovering
satisfactorily.
The report that he performed the
crofiatlo feat In iin effort to destroy
himself probably Is not true; but that
A NEW ERA
o OCIALISM and centralization have heen tho outstand
J ing developments of the war. WJiat decades of peace
could not accomplish has been done almost over night bv
the war. When peace again comes, it will be impossible
to nnsocialize and decentralize industries to the degree
formerly existing.
Inasmuch as nearly the entire world is now at war,
peace will inaugurate a new regime, for the old order is
passing.
The European belligerents
industries of the nations and
to secure national efficiency
hereafter be surrendered for inefficient individualism.
Transportation and traffic, food supply and distribution,
manufacture and agriculture have alike passed into the
centralized control ot the state.
That the war will bring
btates also there seems little
centralization for federal control seems imperative if the
nation is to emerge victorious irom the contact. The
weapons that gave the Prussian jugger his strength to
defy the world must be utilized by the world to destroy
the .pigger and the world
The new Adainson bill is an indication of the tendency
of the I imes. It empowers the president to take over rail
way, telegraph and telephone hues in case of actual or
threatened war." It will accomplish federalization of
public service systems, if necessary; at a minute's notice.
Jt provides tor the conscription ot employes, from section
hand to general manager and president, to work for their
country. Precedents for the bill are furnished in both
England and France. It is but one of many similar con
centrations prH osed or in process of accomplishment.
Driven by the necessities
riglits nave become submerged m the right ot the many.
The state exercises its power by conscription of both
property and persons for the common defense. The old
methods, the old systems, are going into the discard they
no longer fill the needs.
To be successful in war, the nation must be efficient.
To be efficient, centralization and socialism are essential
that the many may work as a unit toward n common nnrl
And when the war is over the
control over individual treebooting will bo so apparent
that much of the new system will remain.
We are at the dawnof a
Humanity.
Bread and Boats
BY ARTHUR nULLAUD
(Of the Vigilantes.)
The German submarines hope to
sink a million tons of shipping a
month. Tholr object Is to prevent
tho llrltlsh from sending troops to
'landers, coal to Prance, or muni
tions to Hussla. And In tho end to
starve England.
If they succeed democracy will be
defeated 111 Europo before they can
begin to fight.
So our first campaign In this war
must bo agnlnst tho enemy subma
rines. Our nuvy in already ut work.
Hut tho boys In blue cannot do the
Job alone. Wo, who nro civilians,
must do tho biggest share of the
work.
We must build boats faster than
tho submarines can sink thorn. And
wo must fill Ihom with bread.
Kveryono who has to do with Iron
from tho miners to steel riveters
can help to sliced up tho process.
Any big structural Iron Job today,
which Is not absolutely necessary,
Is a sort of Industrial treason. It
means that Just so much raw mater
ial, so many skilled mechanics are
not available for tho building of
ships.
Everyone who has to do with wood
from I tin lumber packs to the car
penters who put pianolas together
can help In building the new fleet of
wooden cargo boats. Every man who
knows how lo handle an axe or n saw,
n hammer or a plane ought to bo at
work on ship building. The new
barn can wait until peace comes
again. To build It this summer Is
from thn ship yards. It means
helping the Commits. It will make
It more prolmblo that some of our
American boys will be killed in bn'.llo.
And It will be useless to build bo lts
unless we can fill them wlt'i food
stuffs. LIGHT SMUDGING IN
VALLEY WEDNESDAY
Light smudging was dono Wednes
day morning In tho Klamath orchard,
but Hie went her bureau and county
pathologist's office say It wns unnec
essary. Floyd . Young, the special
agent of the weather bureau, declares
thai Hie fruit buds are so strong this
season Hint they will easily stand 27
degrees for four or five days yet.
"I nsheltered thermometers are
"iy iiifslcadlng," said Mr. Young.
'The actual ti mpcn.tinc Is prohahly
Tour or rive degrees higher than the
degree recorded by the open ther
mometer. The hails are In a very
healthful condition. There will not
he so much bloom this season, as last
hut It will bo stronger and moro pro
ductive. ''
It has been discovered In most
I'oinlce prar orchards thai that var
iety of pear will be short In produc
tion Ibis year on account of tho tin-
FOR HUMANITY .
have mobilized all the vital
co - ordinated all the resources
an efficiency that will not
vital changes to the United
question. The process of
has learned its lesson.
created by war, individual
advantages of efficient state
new era in the history of
Dread Is scarce all over the world
Tho farmers In Europo are fighting
instoad of planting. Fire and swoid
have swept away tho harvest over
vast territories. A plaguo of grass
hoppers has descended on tho wheat
fields of Argentina. Our own har
vests have been poor. All the world
is going to bo hungry tbla wider.
And we must feed not only our own
vast population hut also our comrades
who aro already In arms.
Tho other day In a restaurant
thoy hissed a man for not standing
up when the orchestra played "The
Star Spangled llnnuer." It would
have been wiser patriotism to have
hissed every man and woman In tho
room who was eating white bread.
Our wheat will go almost twice as
far If we grind it all Into flour.
Whlto bread has always been an ex
travagant fashion. Today It is an
iinpntrlotlc fashion.
We must multiply our food supply
by Increasing planting nnd decreas
ing waste, ftvory tinolouched acre
In our laud means that someone has
neglected a patriotic' duty. Everv
rust wo throw nwny niukos It so
much easier for tho (lermans to
starve our friends In Europe.
Wo can not put an army Into the
field before next spring. Hut wo civ
ilians can begin our fight today.
Waste Is our great enemy.
It Is treason to wnsto wood or Iron.
It Is treason to employ steel-
workers or carpenters wastefullv.
They aro needed in tho ship yards.
It Is treason to let good laud He
fallow.
It Is treason to wnsto the pro
ducts of the land.
Our soldiers and sailors will meet
the enemy with bullets.
Wo civilians, men. women and
children, rati do our hit by boosting
the output of Hrend and lloats.
that account nnd for the further rea
son that about 4".0 acres of that var
iety of apple have been grubbed up In
this Valley since tho last harvest. The
Spitz doesn't yield tho color and
lustre In this climate that are requir
ed to make It choice In the markets.
Almonds nnd a few peaches have
begun to show tho color of bloom,
but ibe buds are. not burstliiR precip
itately. Entomologist Noren says the orch
ur. lists may reasonably expect Ibe
usual rrop of pests, however although
the cold weather has served to keep
them housed up an unusually pro
longed period, for this valley.
FURTHER LOSSES OF
BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS
LONDON, April 1(1. -There have
been further losses recent I v of Hrit
ish Im-pilnl shiw which will be pub
lished shortly, Andrew Itnnar Law.
member of the war council, announc
ed in the house of cuiumoti lodov.
OF NEW YORK
STIRRED TO LIFE
NEW1 YORK, April HI. The pntri
otic spirit of New York was stirred
today by reminders of the battle of
Lexington nnd tho befrinniiur of the
American fight for independence.
Nearly 200,000 persons took active
part in parades nnd meetintrs nnd
other demonstrations tlirnuirhoiit the
city to celebrate the 142d annivers
ary of the beginning; of the revolution
and to stiirtulate recruiting in the
army nnd nnvy.
. "Wake Up, America lnv" began nt
midnight, ushered in by the ringine
of church bells and the cheering of
crowds on Broadway while, a young
womnn in the costume of Paul Re
vere rode through the street smii-
jnorning the men of America to ans
wer their country's call in the new
struggle for human liberty.
The feature of the celebration is a
great pnrade this, afternoon, in which
members of patriotic organizations
will participate. One division will
assemble nenrly 3000 citizens of
Great Britain nnd Canada.
TIED OP BY STRIKE
LINCOLN, Neb., April 1!). About
half of the conductors and motormen
joined the street car strike declared
at midnight last night and irregular
service was being- given on most of
tlie lines over town. Strikers claim
that 100 out of 170 workers have
.joined their ranks. No violence has
been attempted, but the' men staged n
pnrade nnd demonstration early this
morning.
Tho men demand increase in wages
and recognition of the Union.
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
BY MAYOR GATES
Your country needs your help.
There aro a number of ways In which
you can respond to the call. The
Red Cross needs money very badly to
purchase supplies to use In making
bandages, etc., to be used In tho field
hospitals caring for wounded sol
diers. Hut the Hod Cross Is restricted
in tho manner In which It secures its
funds. Tho good people of Medford
have decided to assist by gathering
papers, magazines, pamphlets and
paper of all descriptions to be sold
and receipts of salo to be donated to
the Uod Cross. Evory man, woman
and child In Medford can lend a hell:
Ing hand and In this manner answer
their country's call.
In consideration of this fact, I
C. B. Gates, mayor of tho city of
Medford, do hereby declare and pro
claim Saturday, April 21, to bo Paper
Day and do roquost.and urge all men,
women and children nhd especially
the school children to secure ns
many papers, magazines, circulars.
etc., as they can and dollver tlie,same
either to tho city flro department or
their nearest school house. . By so
doing, they will .nid In tho nursing
nnd core ot some slek or wounded
soldier.
(Signed) C. E. GATES,
Mayor.
MRS. PIERCE FINALLY
OBTAINS CITY'S AWARD
The case In which Mrs. Anna L.
1'iorco sued tho city ot Medford.
about a year and a half ago. for
damages In tho sum of $ 2 r 0 0 on ac-
coutit of alleged Injury suffered by
her by reason of a defective sidewalk.
and In the conclusion of which she
obtained a verdict for $100 and costs
the latter amounting to isn.sr,
supplemented by (he city's giving her
$219.75 which sho did not then re
ceive has finally been definitely ad
judicated.
The city council on Tuesday nluht.
keeping faith with the apparent In
tent of the old municipal legislature's
purpose to allow Mrs. I'lcrce $400.
votej her an appropriation of
$2 111.73, the payment to be made to
Clarence L, Pierce, assignee.
The warrant wns drawn nnd cash
ed and Mrs. Pierce obtained the
money.
I'nder an old ordinance, the court
could nut go beyond tlio sum of $100
in according punitive damages in
ascs ot that nature. Hence, the
erdlcl for $100 and costs, the total
being $ ISO. 2.1. The defendant ob
tained that, despite a troublesome at
tachment. The latter fell without
'ffoct.
HHiCHESTER S PILLS
..TilA HMI-I AkJ.r I'rucalM f .
lira Ail will
I'll.l 4. tor
In order to have the Pacific high
way In Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia leading into Medford, Oregon,
In the best possible condition for
travel by automobile for the good
roads convention to be held on May
IS and XI, tho Tri-Stato Good Roads
association Is sending out this bulle
tin to all county commissioners and
supervisory requesting the setting of
a date in their respective counties for
a Road Drag Day, prevailing upon the
owners of land along the highway to
Improve their roads by the split-log
drag.
Tho perspective Illustration of this
simple implement shows plainly the
good points of a road drag, its cheap
ness of construction and method of
use.
Extracts from Farmer Bulletin No.
321 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: '
"There are at present In this
country about two million miles of
earth roads, most ot which must be
maintained by somo means more or
less Inexpensive. The split-log drag
is of great service on roads of our
rural highways and can be kept In
Figure Showing Construction of Split-Log Drag
repair economically and in good con
dition by the use of this simple im
plement. Construction of Split-Log Drag
The author by experiment with
many varitles of devices for road
dragging has found that the two-slab
log drag with liberal 'set-back' is the
most satisfactory.
The drag should be light that one
man can easily lift It, besides a light
drag responds more readily to var
ious methods of hitching and to the
shifting of the position and weight
of the operator, both of which are
essential considerations.
Tho log should be seven or eight
feet long and from 10 to 12 inches in
diameter, carefully split down the
middle, the heaviest slab to be select
ed for the front.
At a point on this front slab four
Inches from the end that is to be at
the middle of the road locate the cen
ter of tho hole to receive a cross
stake and 22 Inches from "tho other
end of tho front slab locate tho center
for another cross stake. The hole
for the middle stake will He on s line
connecting and halfway between the
other two. Tho back slab should
now1 be placed In position behind the
other. From the end which is to be
at the middle of the road measure 20
Inchos for the center of the cross
stake, and six inches from the other
end locate the center of thd outside
stake. Kind the centor of the middle
hole as before. YvTien thoso holes
are brought opposite each other, one
end of the back slab will be 16 Inches
nearer the center of the roadway
than tho front one, giving what Is
known as 'net back.' The holes
should bo two Inchos In diameter.
The holo to receive the forward end
of the chain should bo bored at the
same time.
The two slabs should be held 30
Inches apart by the stakes. Tho
stakes should taper gradually toward
the ends. There should be no shoul
der at tho point whero the stakes
enter the slab. The stakes should be
fastened In places by wedges only.
When the stnk.es have been placed
In position nnd lightly wedged, a
brace two Inches thick and four
Inches wide should be placed diagon
ally to them at the ditch end. A strip
of Iron ubout 3 feet long, three or
four Inches wide and one-fourth of
an Inch thick may be used for the
blade, and a platform of Inch boards
held together by three cleats can be
placed on the stakes between the
slabs.
An ordinary trace chain Is strong
enough to draw Hie Implement, pro
vided the clevis Is not x fastened
through a link. The chain should be
wrapped around the rear stake, then
passed over the front slab. Raising
the chain nt this end of the slab
allows the earth to drift past the face
of the drag. Tho other end of the
chain should be passed through the
holo In the end of the slab and Is
held by a pin passed through a link.
One 'and ono-half trace chains are
sufficient.
JOHN A. PERL
UNDERTAKE
Ily Assistant.
JSH 801TI1 IIAKILKTT.
Phone M. 4? ami 17-J-tt.
How to V'se a Drag
The successful operation of a drag
involves two principles. The first
concerns the length and position of
the hitch, while the second deals
with the position of the driver on the
drag., Each Influences the other to
a largo extent, and successful manip
ulation of the drag Is dependent upon
an understanding of both of tbem.
For brdinary purposes the snatch
link or clevis should be fastened far
enough toward the blade end of the
chain to force the unloaded drag to
follow the team at an angle of 45 de
grees. This will cause the earth to
move along the face of the drag
smoothly and will give comparatively
light draft to the team, provided the
driver rides in the line of draft.
The distance from the drag ' at
which the team is hitched affects the
depth of the cutting. Shortening
the chain tends to lift the front slab
from the ground; a longer hitch
causes the blade to cut more deeply.
The length of hitch may be regulated
by lengthening and shortening the
chain at the end which runs through
'
the hole in the blade end of the drag.
Usually two horses are enough to
pbll a drag over an ordinary earth
road.
The object f the drag is to move
earth toward the center of the road
way and to raise it gradually above
the surrounding level. While this
is being accomplished, all mudholes
and ruts will be filled, In which traf
fic will pack the fresh earth.
The drag does the best work when
the soil is moist, but not sticky.
Use a Drag on Itocky or Gravelly
Itonds
In soils full of loose stones or even
small bowlders the drag does good
service. The loose stones aro drawn
into a windrow down tlie center of
the road while the earth is deposited
around the bowlders In such a way
that the surface Is leveled.
The approximate cost of a split
log drag, labor and material Is about
$3; the cost for dragging one mile
going over several times, team and
driver. Is Just what you will make It
from $1 up, depending on the num
ber of times required to go over the
rough' road.
The advantages to be gained from
tho persistent use of a road drag may
be summarized as follows:
1. The maintenance of a smooth,
serviceable earth road free from ruts
and mudholes.
2. Obtaining such a road surface
with tho expenditure of very little
money nnd labor in comparison with
tho money and labor required for
othor methods.
3. The reduction of mud In wet
weather, and of dust In dry weather."
Beware of Ointments ror Catarrh
That Contain Mercury
H nfffliit IM Fiirolf ,1tror tho Bpnso of ntnell
mil tfomi'ivtrlr Oi'ratiK tlie tio, H,rxititt itIk'U
Fiilrrlux It tlirotmt) thp ttutroim surlnr,.. Sticti
irllclei Ahuulil nt'vcr bp u.pij txci'iit on lirvncrlp
ilntm fruin rpputnblp pn?trttini. ns tlip ilntnnKc
titer win un 11 icn ioiu to Tlio Kon,i rtl can pna.
sltily (IitItp from thoui. Unit's Catnrrli Cur,
rcnnnfnclurftl h.r J. Chiny A Co.. Ti-lctlo. O.,
coutolhH no nuTcnrj, ntnl !. tnkon. Int.'rnuM.T,
artlnir dlrwllr upon th Moon ami innron an'r
farm of thn nr'lrn)- In lotjlnf; llall'a Catnrrli
Cnr !. anrp y.m rp! thp comilnp. It la taltpn
Intrrnnllr ami mmlp In T,tp,lo. Ohio, by V, 3.
Cticnp.r A Co. T.-allmonlals fro.
Bold by PnlMlata. rrlc, Toe. pop bottle.
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Twenty-four hours after you Btart to
take Dr." Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, poisonous matter and blood
impurities begin to leave your body
through the elitninative organs.
It brings new activity to the liver,
stomach and bowels in a short time,
thus causing sallowness, indigestion
and constipation to disappear.
. It enters tlie tiny blood vessels of
lie skin, bringing with it fresh vita
lized blood; and abiding faith in its
wonderful cleansing power has come ,
to thousands, when pimples, boils, car
buncles, rash, eczema, acne and other
skin troubles dried up and disap
peared. Good blood means good health ; good
health means strong men and women,
full of vigor and ambition, with minds
alert and muscles ever willing. Any
medicine dealer will Bupply you with
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
in either liquid or tablet form. Re
member it is not a patent medicine for
its ingredients are printed on the wrap
per. It's a pure glyceric extract of ,
roots, made without alcohol. '
Write to Dr.Pierce, Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y., for free booklet on blood.
Sick people are invited to consult
Dr. Pierce, by letter, free.
OREGON PEOPLE.
Astoria, Oregon. "My blood was
bad for a long time and I was all
run-down, had severe headaches, was
nervous and tired all the time. After
trying different remedies without get
ting any better, I decided to try Dr.
Pierce's remedies. I took the 'Golden
Medical Discovery ' and the ' Favorite
Prescription ' according to directions
and was restored to perfect health.
I can conscientiously recommend
them." Mhs. C, O, MESSfiSaUB, 1703
Puaue Street.
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HIDES!
Qreen hides per lb ..17
Dry hides, per Ib. . 25fl
Green calf hides. Der lb. ?Rn
Dry calf hides, por lb .0o
We AUso Bojr Sheep PolU and Goat
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208 East Main Street,
Medford
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