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Newspaper Page TextPA'OT! FOUR M"EDFOTt"D TrATT; TRTRTTXE fEDFORD, ORFOOX. MONDAY, MAY 7. 1017. Medford Mail Tribune AN lSTtKPKNl'K.N'T NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVEHY AKTKHNOOX EXCEPT Sl'M-'Ar NV THE MKUKOiiU PJU.NTINfi CO. Office Aluil Tribune limidinj, 2i-27-2 North Kir mret-t; ttUpl.one -". The Democratic Tirn". Th Mr-dford Mall, Th Mf.lford Tribune. Th South ern Oreftonlan, Th Afhland Tribune. GEORGE Pl'TXAM. Editor. SUaSC&ZFTIOH RATES I On year, by mini 5.00 One month, by n-....i .60 Per month, dir!fv-re3 by carrier in MetiforJ, Ah!ar,d, I'No-r.ix, Tal ent, Jacksonville and Central Point .60 Psturday only, by mail? ptr year. 2.00 Wek.y. pr year - 1.60 Official parwr at the City of Mlford. Official parr of Jurknon County. Er.trd & -Cfnd-cia matter at Medford, Oregon, under the act of March 8, U.S. Sworn Circulation for KuIJ leased wiro Associated Preaa dls patciua. EM-TEES MOVIK Ml'SII .NOTES. Editor's .Vote We publish these little notes, real izliiK tbat the majority of you might have passed through life without knowing these duly important tips about the movie stars. . - Evelyn Lightbean has five queer pets an ant eater, sardlno, glraffo, clam and a mulo. Just think of that! Nothing pleases pretty Genevieve Coldslaw more, outside of working before the camera, than letting her luxurious curls unfurl to the zephyrs whllo gliding o'er the waves In her private yacht. : Well! Well! Myrtlo Mildew, tho winsome little comedienne-, co-starring with Italph Keoblebrow, drives her racenbout to and from the BtuUlo all by horself. There, that's something to write homo about. I ' . . Beslo Batty, after camera hours, Is diligently doing her share. She removed a costly Japanese dwarf tree from Its priceless vase and bus planted three potatoes in its placo. Thero'8 news for you. Movio comedians aro Just as funny off camera as bofore It. To illus trate an Instance: Eddio Thlcknob when asked by a comedian, "Well, Eddie, how are things today?" replied quick as a flush. In his usunl witty fashion, "Fine, I ain't got no kick coming." There's something to tell your friends. LATER PLANTING IS ADVISED BY EXPERT Later planting, moro cultivation of the soli, and less seed per acre were three main points brought out by It W. Campbell, the well known farm export who Bpoko at the armory yes terday afternoon. Mr. Campbell is representing the Southern Pacific nl present and is making a tour of the Pacific coast. Ho showod many pictures. Illustrat ing tho value of pulling the disc ou the soil as noon In tho spr ing us pos slblp and keeping the land under cul tivation until Juno or July before seeding. Land should bo plowed in the fall, ho maintained, and seed should never bo liroad-rnsted. as It is wastoful and makes tho stand too thick for proper results. The speak er emphasized tho fact that not the number of stalks in an acre but the fruit that Is borne determines the profit. Tho problem of conserving mois ture depends upon first parking the oil well utter plowing, then discing and keeping a firm soft mulch ou the surface, by culllvutlng after rainfalls. Jle showed picture of a special soil pucker used In Nebraska. I.alo planting for corn, Mr. Camp bell showed to be partlrularly ndvnn tngeous, the corn planted in June ami July, With the seedbed properly culti vated more than trebling the output of corn planted earlier In the sousuu. under ordinary conditions. Cane and millet, the latter a per fect poultry food weie suggested as iloslrable crups In lhou pnrts of southern Oregon where (he moisture Is deficient and tliero Is no Irrigation. The lecture was lllrstialed by magic lantern slides nnd attracted a large audlenre. Many questions were askoil during the course of the nfi. r noon, the rnncbers present, men and women, showing a keen Interest and marked appreciation. PORTLAND TRAFFIC MANAGER IS FATALLY INJURED V OUT!, A. l, May ". W. D. Skin ner, traffic manager of the Spokane. Portland and Seattle railway, mis tnlned Injuries which examining sur geon later said may pnnc faiul, when an automobile driven by we bur K. Conmn, manager of the North western Electric company, t-kld.h d late today near liore and crashed Into a telephone polo. 'CHOOSE THEREFORE THY SEED A UK Aiaeric-iins beginning to iindeistand that the ;id dress of tile president to r-ongrcss was a very solemn warning of possible disaster, an almost -passionate appeal for prompt action? Head carefully, thoughtfully what the president said to tin; nation and you will find it voices the warning of a prophet of old to a careless and forgetful people: "I call heaven and earth to witness that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; choose therefore life that thou and thy seed may live." That same terrible warning is being voiced today by every thoughtful man in this to see what the president has imminent, immediate danger war. The armies of our allies plied with food and munitions. If they do not win, the United States remains the sole obstacle between a victo rious autocracy and world dominion. That, is the situation the from France and Britain are U-boat blockade is a very serious matter. Unless England cm gather from the ends of equipment, steel and coal to distribute to France, Italy and Kussia, the allies cannot sustain the fight. . If England, through starvation, is forced battle against autocracy is have to face the beast alone. That means l.'illions of tle front, perhaps on this very American soil. It means the gravest of peril to what established in 177G and to everything that Americans have added to the structure of freedom and democracy since that time. , ii , How can it be averted? to carry them to the millions of soldiers our allies have fur nished, ready and willing to do the fighting if they can be fed and equipped. The United States government will see to the provid ing of the ships. Only the people of the United States can see that the food is supplied. I here must be such a har vest in the United'States this year as the world never saw before. If this Avar is not won by workers in the farm fields of the United States, it years ol war and at the cost or the lives or hundreds of thousands of American boys and men. Is that worth working and planning for? There is little more than a month left of seeding and planting time. From every pulpit in this land should thun der that message, "Choose, therefore life that thou and thy seed may live." It should echo from every little schoolhouse and be heard in every lodge room in America. Every man who has influence with another man should put the situation squarely up to him. It should meet men and women at every turn. .Men should strive for action knowing that they are working for Clod and their country. Action now that will bring a record food supply will save hundreds of thousands of American lives, avert or phaned homes, widowed wives, weeping mothers, save democracy. "Choose, therefore, life, that thou and thy seed may live." . - THE BIRTH RUSSIA is in the birth-throes of democracy. The fever of the revolution must run its eounse. Such episodes as that of last week, when a determined attempt to oust the provisional government was all but successful, are to be expected. The wonder is that the situation has developed already leaders of capacity and strength sufficient to re sist the powerful propaganda of dissolution promoted by Jermany for separate peace. With the collapse of the autocracy, the discordant fac tions, whose only point in common was the overthrow of absolutism, naturally drift apart,' each intent upon the adoption of its particular fail as a theory of government. The radical becomes more radical. The socialist more so cialistic, and the anarchist more anarchistic. The forces loosened by revolution are destructive rather than con structive, some times narrow visioned, frequently lacking in pei-spective, often not hesitating to sacrifice the prac tical gain for the impractical dream. Patriotism serves as a cloak for the faddist as well as the rascal, and revolution makes his opportunity. In a revolution we have the socialist clamoring for confiscation ol proiieriv, uie laoonte demautiinir a lanor autocracy, the suffragist wanting votes, the nation, the rovalist plotting striving for privilege, and the absolutist grabbing power - -each so intent upon winning success, that the broader viewpoint of the common good is lost sight of. As one or the other of the faddists gain the upperhand over the sober cnimnon-seuce of the nation, various exper iments at government are tried out and if chaos follows, reaction succeeds, and history repeats itself with the triumph of the strong. The course of the new K'iKsia, the Iviissian democracy will be followed with intense interest by all students of humanity, because there is no precedent. Out of the tur moil and trouble will lie bom a government unlike any now ( xisting, that promises more for humanity than any other, I ause the Kr.ssian ideal of democracy, tinged with mysti cism and theocracy, is a different and noble conception than our own materialistic idea. With the binding shaek li ; and restrictive fetters of czarism stricken off, the semi oriental tJussian will work out his own salvation with a government and civilization that will reflect the genius end the glory of the Slav. LIFE THAT THOU AND MAY LIVE." nation. They are beginning seen for long months the of this nation in this world , cannot win unless amply sup president sees and the envoys emphasizing. The German the earth, food, munitions. to peace, the backbone of tin broken. Then America will American soldiers to the bat Washington and his patriots By food supplies and ships must be won, or lost, in long OF A NATION. prohibitionist urging a dry restoration, the niutot-rat WASHINGTON, May 7. The third week of the visit of the British mis sion began today with conferences of eight subcommittees among which the various questions of America's participation In the war against Ger many has been developed. During the week some of the committees proba bly will report back to the main con ferees, who In turn may make an nouncement of the decisions reached. As the conferences develop it be comes more evident that all questions are extremely complicated in their various Inter-relations to other ques tions and that the most difficult part of the work consists in harmonizing the various conflicting needs. Eon Instance, the sending of an American expeditionary force, desired by both French and British missions, involved not only military considerations, but also the question of whether it is wise to divert the tonnage necessary for troop transportation from its present work of carrying food and munitions Likewise It is essential to restrict Im ports to the materials of the most value to the allies. LONDON, May 7. A Melbourne dispatch suys that it seems certain that the Australian elections will give the nationalists control of both houses of parliament. The party's senate candidates are leading stron ly everywhere except in Queensland. The majorities In the labor strong hold are enormousl reduced. Australia has been the scene of a bitter political war since last Novem her when the administrations' con scrlptlon bill was defeated at the polls. Premier William Morris Hughes was ousted from the leader ship of the federal labor party and formed a new labor party with the an nounced intention of continuing the fight for conscription. The dlssen sion in his ranks caused the premier to resign on February 19, but on re quest of the governor-general he im mediately formed a new coalition cab inet. The acuteness of the political situation prevented Premier Hughes front attending tho recent Imperial conference in London, and Australia was not represented. PORTUGAL LEASES SIPS 10 BRITAIN L1SBOND, April 20. Correspond ence. ) Sixty of the 76 German mer chant steamers which were In Porta guese ports when Portugal entered tho war and which were promptly seized by tho government, have been turned over to lireut Britain on a ren tal basis. England has rented the ships for 17,000,000 a year to be paid for after the war. The renting of the ships to England has caused a good deal of criticism, particularly at this time, when the lack of merchant ships is sending itp the cost of living and disturbing the whole range of Portugal's exports and imports. One of the most serious resultB from the lack of shipping is tho coal famine. . Ordinarily coal costs about 6.50 a ton, hut the price now Is $37 and Jin a ton. KILLED IN TRAINING HEMPSTEAD, N. Y., May 7.-A-Peter Merrltt of Iloosevelt. X. V., and John Stcndorf of Tonawanda, X. Y., both privates In the recently organ lied aviation training corps nt Hemp stead Plains, were killed today when their machine fell from a height of over 2 000 feet. The accident was witnessed by many person, some of whom asserted the gasoline tank of the airplane ex ploded, while others attributed the mishap to pammlng of the steering gear. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. F Itlght and Wrong Way to Expose Thermometers In Orchard. lty F. C. lU-Jmtr, Talent, Oregon It is well known that good ther mometers are a necessity In orchard I heating work. It Is also of the great est Importance that the thermometers should be properly located and ex posed. It has often been observed In some of our orchards that the ther mometers are exposed in such man ner as to be of little value In deter mining when to begin lighting the pots. Thermometers attached to posts, tree trunks, branches, or the side or roof of a building, or laid on a box, shed, or board, do not give the true temperature of the air. A wet thermometer usually indicates lower temperatures than the true tempera ture of the qir surrounding It. This is due to the fact that moisture col lects on the bulb of an exposed ther mometer, and when it evaporates re duces the temperature of the bulb be low that of the surrounding air. This can be easily demonstrated by placing two thermometers side by side, wet ting one and' leaving the other dry. In a short time the wet thermometer will read lower than the dry thermo meter, although the dry thermometer indicates the true temperature of the air surrounding both thermometers. Proper Exposure The great importance of properly exposing tbe thermometers Is well, demonstrated by the following fig ures obtained at the Southern Oregon Experiment Station at Talent, Ore gon. During the frost seasons of 1914, 1915 and 191G, minimum thermom eters have been kept in a weather bureau thermometer shelter and also outside near the shelter, and exposed In various ways. It would require too much space to publish all of these readings in un article of this kind. Tito following table shows the lowest readings of part of these thermom eters on nights when low tempera tures occurred: In shelter 28.5 29.5 34 33' 33 In shelter 33" 31 .....27 33 30 In shelter 26 30 33 30.5 31. G 29 -...29.2 27.4 31 1914 April ..2!?.. 29.. 30.. May 4.. 1915 April 9 14 15 1916 March 2 4.. 29.. 30.. April 15.. 19.. May 11.. 12.. The thermometers used in tills work were first carefully tested and compared. They gave uniform read ings when placed in the thermometer shelter. It will be noticed in the above tables that the thermometer on the shelter reads from 1:5 to 6 degrees lower than the ono in the shelter, and that there is no uniformity in the difference. This difference is prob ably due to .the variation in the amount of moisture in the air, and the rate at which it collects nnd evaporates from the thermometer outside. . Board Reduces Moisture The thermometer on the shelter and which was fully exposed, always reads lower than the thermometer on the shelter over which a board was suspended. Thls.board permit ted less moisture to collect on the thermometer underneath and also re duced tho evaporation of the mois ture which, did collect, and checked th) radiation of hent. This difference la not uniform, but varies from one half to four and one-half degrees. The thermometer under the board on tbe shelter, however, always reads lower than the one In the shelter, ranging from one-half to three and one-half degrees lower. Ask Grandfather He'll Tell You- JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKE Lady Assistant. 2 SOVTll BAKTI.KTT. Phone M. 4T nnd 1 7-1-2. Austomoblle Hearse Service. Ambulance Service. Coroner, The thermometer attached to the side of a post, and fully exposed, al- way 8 reads lower than the one In the shelter, usually lower than tbe one on the shelter under a suspended board, and always higher than the fully exposed thermometer on the shelter. Undoubtedly a thermometer at tached to the side of a small post, exposed on all sides, but underneath a suspended board, would read high er than ali tbe other thermometers except the one In the shelter. This mattr is now being tested. The various styles of thermometer shelters are now being tested by C. A. Noren, of the local weather bur eau, and he states that be will pub lish an article on his results in the near future. .Summary The following is a summaryof tho facts established in our work: The minimum thermometer in Hie stan dard thermometer shelter reads high er than any exposed thermometer outside. The thermometer lying en tirely on the shelter, but with the bulb projecting beyond the edge of the shelter reads higher than tho one entirely on the shelter.VThe thermom eter on the shelter under a suspended board reads higher than any ther mometer outside and fully exposed. The thermometer attached to a post, and fully exposed, reads higher than a thermometer at the same elevation lying on a board and fully exposed. Thermometers outside and fully exposed are not reliable guides In frost fighting work. Those lying outside on a box, board, or piece of metal aro very misleading. Thermom eters In a standard weather bureau thermometer shelter, or a home-made shelter which gives similar readings have proved up to the present time, In this valley, the only satisfactory guide in frost fighting work. When the temperature in a standard ther- On shelter 23.5 28 31 28.5 38.2 On shelter 27 27.5 21.5 27.5 24 On shelter 23.5 26 29 27 29.5 24 23.5 23.5 2S 5 a 3 o 1 2d.o 2S.2 32 30 31 2S.5 28.5 24 29.5 30 27.5 27 24.4 28.5 niometer shelter is 30 degrees or higher very little damage will be done to fruit blossoms, unless ex posed for a long time. For a very short time fruit blossoms will endure a lower temperature than 30 degrees. When there is an abundance of mois ture in the air fruit blossoniB will en dure a lower temperature than when the air is dry. Carefully tested thermometers should be luSed in frost fighting work. Some of tiie thermometers used in frost fighting work are of little value, some reading too high, others too low. The local weather bureau -or the Experiment Station will be pleas ed to test any thermometer which has not already been thoroughly test ed. UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO FEED BELGIUM HAVRE, Franco, May 7. The Bel gian government has been advised that the United States will devote $150,000,000 for provisioning tho population of the occupied districts of Belgium and France. Of this sum $90,000,000 will be devoted to Bel- glum. It is estlniuted that the cost of feeding Is approximately J 7,000, 000 monthly. Treat The Body As A Delicate Machine You would not let n machine built for efficient work, get rusty and full of dust and dirt. Why let the body, the most delicate of all machine, (ret rusty and run down from Inattention? Cleanse the blood; thnt's the secret; keep it clean. S. S. S., proven for 60 yenrs the best of all blood tunics, will do it. Get a bottle at your druggist's TODAY and take it according to directions. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, ATLANTA, CA. S.S.S. Keeps It Always Fit Hotel Hoyt Sixth and Holt Streets, near depots, Portland, Ore. Fireproof, newly dec oraicd. Rates 75c to 2.00. L. W. jaimcs, Manager. E - I , t AMSTKHDAM, liny 7. The Ger man emperor lias sent tile following telej-'rum to the crown prince: "Your birthday full this yenr in a serious and decisive lime. In grate ful and full confidence llie Futher Innd and I look upon ymir and the other liattlefrunts which iinperturbu bly resist all uttnclt and which will stand invincible in the new buttles. Ond jrrunt the Fatherland in your new year of liiu a full victory mid u pence filled with blessings. ' The crown prince was born on May (I, 1882, and is therefore 35 years old. Jle i.s at present in com mand of the German tumies facing the French offensive. NnmiHpnmVtV.T ' laded. trkd or lifelcM it may be La GouU--Goutt will restortf your hair to any dMurwl atiad of BLACK, BLONDE, DRAB or RED. ONLY ONE APPLICATION . MO AFTER SHAMPOO TmImIi- will h vft and ffloUT. wt& ft lore I y. lifting, natural color that will Dot fad or ruD oir on piuowa i.iwi iioutte doe not aucoior uio acmjp. U colors avail mm roots iuuut Sold and Aoolied In All Good Hairdressing Establishments A bairdrewer can color your amiw factorilr, fly nd Utinlr "lr w" L Cotrtte--Goutta, ba Mir B V "lf't:.. m-..-.l U- tha hair and scalp mailed frco on requaat. L PIERRE VAUIGNY, 14 c. qTn ST.. nvw lorn La Cioutte-a-fioutto Is sold nnd ap plied In Medford by Miss Slay In galls, SDne. l)ovd Jeffei, Miss Cora TJtley. Stop at The NEW HOUSTON HOTEL Gth and Everett Streets, Toi-llnnd, Oresron. New management. Planes nnd elevator. Kates SOc, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 per day. GIM CHUNG China Herb Store . Herb cure for earache, headache, catarrh, diphtheria, sore throat, lung trouble, kidney trouble, stom ach trouble, heart trouble, chills and fever, cramps, coughs, poor circula tion, carbuncles, tumors, caked breast, . cures .all, kinds of goiters. NO OPERATION. Medford, Oregon, Jan. 18, 1917 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This Is to certify that I, the un designed, had very severe stomach trouble and had been bothered for several years and last August was not expected to live, and hearing of. Glm Chung (whose Herb Store Is at 2 41 South Front street in Medford) I de cided to get herbs for my stomach trouble, nnd I started to feeling bet ter as soon as I used them, and today am a well man and can heartily rec ommend anyone afflicted as 1 was to see Gini Chung and try his Hcrbi? (Signed) W. R. JOHNSON, Witnesses: M. A. Anderson, Medford. S. B. Holmes, Eagle Point. Krauk Lewis, Eagle Point. Wm. Lewis, Eagle Point. W. L. Childrcth, Eagle Point. C. E. Moore, Eagle Point. J. V. Mclntyre. Eagle Point. Geo. D. Von der Hellen, Eagle Point. Thou. E. Nichols, Eagle Point. COLONEL Registered Uclgian draft stallion, weight 111 2(1 pounds. Will stand for the following season nt .our barn two miles northwest of Medford on the Dr. Dellar farm. C. W. & R. F. CASEDOl.T, owners. . J0mm WESTON'S Camera Shop 208 East Main Street, ' iledford The Only Exclusive Conmiorcial Photographer in Southern Oregon. Negatives Jlade any time or place by appointment. Phone 117 -J. W;"i! dj Iho rest. E. D. WESTON, Prop. i i