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M"EDFOTt"D TrATT; TRTRTTXE fEDFORD, ORFOOX. MONDAY, MAY 7. 1017.
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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.
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S.S.S. Keeps It Always Fit
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Sixth and Holt Streets, near depots,
Portland, Ore. Fireproof, newly dec
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jaimcs, Manager.
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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.
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any dMurwl atiad of
BLACK, BLONDE,
DRAB or RED.
ONLY ONE APPLICATION
. MO AFTER SHAMPOO
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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. .
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