MTCPFOTID MATT TRTT5TTN13 MEDTYVRP, OKEfiON MONDAY. MAY 21. 1017.
PXOTC FOITIJ
' Medford Mail tribune
AN INDKI'KNDKNT NKWHPAPKll
PUBLIKHlCn HVKUV AKTICHNOON
KXCKI'T HUNIMT Hi THIS
MICDFOHU PlilNTINO CO.
Office Mall Tribune Building, 25-27-39
North Kir si rem; tcU'pnono
The Democratic TlmiMi. Th Medford
Mall. The Modrord Trimine. The Houm
rn OrcKonian, The Ashland Tribune.
OEOHOI3 PUTNAM, Editor.
fltTBSGRIPTXOlf RATES!
One year, by mail -.5-00
One month, by mail ........ .40
Per month, npnvr!U by carrier In
Mfdfunl. Anti land, Ptiunulx, Tal
' ent, Jacksonville and Central
Point ..- .BO
Raturrlay only, by mail, per year. 2.00
Weekly, per year - 1.60
Official paper of the City of Mdford.
Official pupr Of J nek on County.
Entered as gi-comlclHns matter at
Medford, Oregon, under the act of March
8, 1879.
tiworn Circulation for 1916 2,491.
Vnll leaned, wire Aauoclated Press dls
pat chew.
Ill FOR CALYX
Most of lliu Newtown and SitKn
burtf apples on the floor of tho vitllpy
liavc rau licd the proper Ktnifo for tli
calyx Kpray. Thin application Khonld
ho umilu within u week niter the pet
als have fallen. Spraying may be
Hlarled when 0(1 per eeat of the pet
alH ure off and should be completed
within the week following- This i n
very iinporahit application i and
spraying xliould ho done tliorontlily.
The principal object of thin applica
tion iH to fill the calyx cup 'with nr
xenate of lend before it closes. In dis
tricts where scab is prevalent it is nil
visuhlu to combine the arsenatu of
lead with lime sulphur. Duo to the
fact that many growers did not make
an application in the pink stone with
Jime and sulphur, it is important that
this application he made at this time.
Kor apples, use limo sulphur, 1 gal
lon to 40 palls of water, arsenate of
lead pasto ' pounds to f0 gallons, or
arsenate of lead powder 1 pound to
CO tfullonH.
Pear orohnrds that have lawn both
ered with scab should also be spray
rd nl this time, but nrseuute of lead
will probably not bo needed in all or
chards. However, some injuries ure
being reported in various districts
from leaf-eu tinj; insects such as fleu
beetles, click beetles, sall'ly larvae
etc. Where such insects are working
it would he wise to add the arsenate
of lead in combination with limo ami
sulphur. For pears use lime sulphur
1 to 00, and arsenate of lead paste 2
to Wl, or arsenate powder, 1 to 50.
Atomic sulphur 1-1 pounds to 100 gal
lons of water may be used instead of
the lime sulphur if preferred. . Some
new infections of scab have been
lVuiad in different sections durini! the
past week, and the cloudy and rainy
weather is conducive to scab develop
ments. , Those who expect to use special oil
emulsion combinations, confer with
the county pathologist.
! C'LAL'DK ('. PATH,
i County l'utlioloni .1.
Jlay 21, 11117.
A NEW ORDER HERE
CHICA(ll), May 21. With specula
tion la wheat all but eliminated on
tho hoard of trade by tlin establish
ment of maximum prices, inta trailers
toilay took possesttlon of tho pit his
torically Barred to wheal, nlthouiih
thoro wos llttlo trndlnK.
A notice In tho new oats pit slated
that with the approach of warmer
weather tho auxmcntcd oats nroui,
reinforced by many former wheat
brokers, needed roomier quarters.
Wheat prices dropped S to 10 cents
early, but recovered.
OPENS AT BERKLEY
DHUKKl.UY, Cul., May 21. An
aviation m'huol opened today at the
University of California under the
direction of Lieutenant Arnold X.
KroRHtnd of tho I'nlU'd States avia
tion school at !an DIcko. Two hun
dred pupils were exported. At the
end of each course or plght weeks
twenty-flvo students will he kiiiiIu
ated and transferred to the San DIcko
headquarters.
Special courses of five weeks In rt
Ilof work. Red Cross work, telegra
phy, eanniiiR, automobile const ruction
and other subjects of Interest during
war time, also began today. The
courses are conducted with the co
operation of the American Kcd Crona
and the state .council of defense. 1
TtTJITLK congress, tiucreloiisly loquacious m procras-
filiation. grudging! v, reluctantly and tardily en
acts legislation to place Hit; nation in real preparedness for
war, tar- reaching and drastic changes in the economic ana
industrial life of the nation are being enacted in the pro
cess of the mobilization of the national resources for the
conflict changes that not only affect the daily life of the
individual during the course of the war, but likely to per-
manentlv affect the future ot the nation.
Of these vital changes, congress has had no part, but
has looked on. powerless, while persons who held no public
office and had no authority under the constitution and
statutes, brushed technicality, red tape and quibble aside,
smashed precedent and upset established order in the
effort to weld together aijd solidify the conflicting and
divergent interests of a hundred million people tor a com
mon purpose.
The war has developed no great national leader in con
gress. No constructive program of preparation has been
forthcoming. Those we have ranked as statesmen hith
erto-stand idle spectators of the great drama of a nation
preparing for war, either speechless or carping critics of
i i ..:t:..: ;,. a: .t.i ,i, ... A ..,1
1 l lViaill ICS. ilDSI- I'l UU-tKIU i.- uj.-m:wuiili:i.i ill ciu 1 uikti:. iinu
it is largely due to the realization of their own failure to
measure up to the opportunity that congress is so dilatory
in carrying out the program outlined uy the president.
When war became inevitable the president organized
the cabinet as the Council of National Defense and created
an advisory board, composed of the leading executives,
creators and organizers of the industry of the nation. The
exigencies of the occasion caused the creation of a multi
plicity 'of new committees, organized under this Advisory
Board of the Council of National Defense, which have
been given (.'arte blanche by the cabinet, and, inspired by
patriotism, work without salary and under authority ot
national necessity, undefined by law, in establishing
national efficiency.
Drastic action by these captains of industry in the ef
fort to eliminate waste, to increase production, to equalize
distribution, to systematize and co-ordinate the industries
and resources of the country has followed. The best brains
of the nation have patriotically gone to the rescue of the
nation and arc 'remedying the detect ot democracy m its
habitual unprepa redness lor Avar. What (ierman autoc
racy accomplished in fifty years of effort for Germany
and British democracy achieved in three years for Eng
land, American genius is accomplishing almost overnight
for the United States. -
Tho production and distribution of food, coal, iron
necessities of every sort, the improvised nationalization of
transportation systems tor their distribution, the speeding
up and increased output of munitions and other war essen
tialsnil these have been turned over to efficient business
men and their orders voluntarily obeyed without question
or law to enforce them bv the industry of the nation which
is nationalizing itself. And as a result American govern
ment is being made, for the first time, efficient.
Events are moving so fast, so irresistibly, that the life
of the nation is being changed as we look on, almost with
out knowing it. Of course, the change is temporary for
the war onlv out having once established efficiency m
government, it is not likely the people, or business either,
will consent to a change back. "Why displace the efficient
business man by the nielticient politician with his crim
inal waste in managing the affairs of the nation?
War requires a concentration of power in a few hands
a concentration that congress is loath to legalize lest its
own dignity he impaired. But war is no time to haggle
over technicalities. Without a definite program of its
own, congress is powerless to do other than carry out, how
ever modified, the program laid before it by the president
and his advisory board and the quicker congress enacts
the program; the better for the nation.
America's Gifts to Europe
Hy Al'lU'STl'S THOMAS of the
Vigilante.
If the products of American inven
tions could be taken from the arm
ies and navies now confronting each
other in Kuropc, the combatants
would stand naked, unshod, unfed
and powerless.
The yj'nin ial feeds them was
sown, reaped, threshed and ground
hy American inventions. The elolh
ini; for their vast armies was put
together by American sewing ma
chines. The cotton in it was scpar
aled by an American cotton gin.
Their shoes are made by American
machines.
As to the wcopons, the revolver is
an Auieiiciui invention, Ihe br'crh
loadmg gnu is an American inven
tion, the magazine gun is an Ameri
can invention. The irou-elnd, the re
volving turret, Ihe torpedo, are
American inventions. The submar
ine is an American invention.
The electric light in camp and
trench, the telephone that reports
and takes orders, the telegraph that
calls for supplies, the cable thai
hooks up ally and ally are all Amer
ican. The barbed wire that defends the
trenche-. the tanks that override
thcui. the airplane that rceonnoitcrs
and fights above them arc American
invention. And uhen the wounded
an' retrieved, the chloroform thai
make-, accurate surgery po-.-ohle i
an American tlicoverv. And finally
the ambulances that carry the wound
ed to the hospitals are motor cars
from Detroit.
America has given great gifts to
Kuropc. Hut she has one more gifl
her greatest yet to give. Her
oilier gifts have been material ,jifts
and they 'have been given indis.-rim-inalcly
to the nations who ore fight
ing for democracy and those who are
fighting against it.
America's greatest, gift, to Kuropc
is the blood of America's youth, shed
for democracy.
I'nlcss America gives men to Kur
opc,' nil her other gifts are it mockery.
STATE OF OREGON IS
READY FOR WAR CENSUS
S.I.I-:.r, Ore.. May' I t.JtJovenior
.lames W'lthycombo today telegraphed
tho war department thnt Oregon's
preparations for taking tho war cen
sus Juno t are complete. Kvery pre
cinct In every county has been heard
from. uccordliiK to reports made to
the governor by tho adjutant general.
In charge ot preparations, and all cen
sus officials are ready for work.
ASS FOR and GET
Horlick's
The Original '
Malted Milk
Substitutes Cost YOU Sam Price.
Bell-aims
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
provesit. 25cat all druggists.
JOHN A. PERL
TTNDERTAXM
lljr Assistant.
SH HOVTH 11AKTI.KTT.
Phone M. 47 and I7J-J.
Anstomobllo Hears Service.
Ambulance Service. Coronal.
I
COKVAU.IS, Or., May 21. That
the moon hus no effect on the grow
ing of crops, so far as planting is
concerned, has been successfully
demonstrated by experiments exten
sively carried out in Kuropc There
is no perceptible difference in the
yield of crops planted in different
phases of the moon. The difference
in the yield is caused by a difference
in tho thoroughness of preparation of
seed beds und care and cultivation of
the plants and crops. The first es
sential is the preparation of a suit
able seed bed and the planting- of a
good quality of the right vuricty of
seed as soon as the ground is warm
enough and the season sufficiently
advanced. The "light" or "dark" of
the moon makes no difference.
Good seed, well planted in the
proper season, and carefully culti
vated, will get satisfactory results,
regardless of "signs."
liulletins No. :07, 209, 180, 184 and
91, issued hy the Oregon Agricultural
college, should be in the hands of ev
ery gardener and fanner. They can
be bad for the asking and they give
spenific instruction nnd advice con
cerning plnnling, cultivating and har
vesting crops of the farm and garden.
LISBON", May 21. The scarcity of
brtsd r.nd potatoes has caused an
ont!::e-!: of rioting here. Mobs at-toc'-od
rrvcral stores, 'but order was
restored by the police
WASHINGTON, May 21. Favora
ble report on the administration bill
to give the president broad powers as
to preferential shipments of food,
munitions and other war -traffic, was
made today to'the house.
The report says the bill is "Ger
mane to the earnest effort we are
making to utilize to the highest otate
of efficiency during the war the trans
portation facilities of the country to
promote the efforts of the administra
tion to carry on the war by requiring
preferential shipments of all freight
which In the judgment of the presi
dent, Is essential to the public secur
ity and defense."
The section as to the movements
of transportation, the report explains,
"has no reference, as has been er
roneously stated In some quarters, to
any disputes between carriers and
their employes."
Fortunately, It adds, "there Is a
truce on that subject during the war."
MARSH FIELD, Ore., May 21.
James Burns, an Indian, was arrested
today and charged with the murder
of his son, Clay Burns, who was found
dead in the woods yesterday with a
gunshot wound in his body. The
elder Burns had led the search which
resulted in the finding of the boy's
body. No weapon was found. The
boy's lifeless body, with a bullet hole
In a vital spot, reposed leaning
against a tree.
Garden Insect Pests
Because of the numerous insect I Write tho Oregon Agricultural Col-
posts which attack vegetable crops, a
few brief hints on somo of tho more
Important pests and their control are
offered. The recommendations are
based on careful experiments and rep
resent the most approved practices
for control. These suggestions on
pests and their control are offered by
A. L. Lovett, associate professor of
entomology at O. A. C.
. Cutworms. Before crops are
planted, chop up succulent plants,
such as alfalfa, clover, mustard, etc.,
and to one gallon of the chopped
leaves add one tablespoonful of white
arsenic, parts green or lead arsenate
and two tablespoonfuls of syrup or
sugar. Mix thoroughly and placo In
small heaps oyer plowed ground.
After crops are in, use poison-bran
nrash as follows: ''
Bran, 10 pounds; white arsenic or
paris green, 4 ounces; salt, 2 ounces;
warm water to make a crumbly mash.
Amount . sufficient for one acre.
Broadcast over field In evonlng. For
plants such as cabbage, tonuitoes, etc.,
cylinders of stiff paper or tin (tin
cans with bottom molted out), may be
placed about the plant, extending well
down in tho soil and projecting about
two or three inches. Take care that
no cutworms are inside when apply
ing, i
Grasshoppers. If grasshoppers ap
pear, use bran mash formula ubovo,
substituting one-half ounce lemon ex
tract for salt.
Slugs. Grayish or brownish, slimy
repulsive naked snails. Use vegeta
ble bait as for cutworms. Dust soil
with ashes or alrslakcd lime. Dust
plants with the following prepara
tion: Screened wood ashes or sull
phur, 85 parts, powdered arsenate of
load, 15 parts.
Wlrewonna. Difficult to control.
lego, Corvallls, Oregon for special
circular. '
Flea Beetles. Small, shiny,, brown
or black beetles which jump like a
flea when disturbed. Dust plants as
recommended for slugs. Send for
special circular on flea beetles, wire
worms, etc., at the Oregon Agricul
tural College, Corvallls, Oregon.
A'phids or Plant Lice. Small, soft
bodies, greqn or black insects feeding
In groups on under surface of leaves.
Uso liquid contact sprays; kerosene
emulsion or tobacco sprays. The best
for general use is water, 10 gallons;
fish oil soap, 1 pound; blackleaf 40,
1 ounces (3 tablespoonfuls). Dis
solve soap in small amount of boiling
water. Mako up to 10 gallons and
add blackleaf.
Cabbage Worm. Dust plants at
ten-day intervals with sifted wood
ashes or sulphur, S5 parts, powdered
arsenato of lead, 15 parts, until plants
commence to head and later if worms
become had.
Spotted Beetle. About size of lady
bug. Yellowish green with black
stripes or spots. Sec under cucumber
lnsocts.
Tho Spotted Cucumber Beetle.
About size ot ladybug, greenish-yel
low with black spots. Dust plants
with material recommended for cab
bage worms. Leave a few plants of
beans, squash, or similar attractive
plant untreated on which they may
collect. Kill(theui here by mechan
ical means.
Corn Ear Worm. 'Eats into tip of
ear, appearance of cutworm. Fre
quent surface cultivation of much
valno. When silks "shoot." dust sul
phur and arsenate down Into tip of
ears (seo cabbage worm) at eight
day intervals until silks dry up. Use
can with perforated cover and treat
two rows at a time.
UWOMEN
Women who bear children and
remain healthy are tlwsv who pre
pare their systems ia advance of
baby coming. .
The surest conrse Is to aid na
ture by using- "Mother's Friend."
By its use the muscles expand
easier. The tension is relieved.
The breasts are kept In good con
dition. Much comfort is had
throughout the period.
Thousands of mothers have
learned from experience the true
value of "Mother's Friend" during
the period proceeding childbirth.
They advise its use by all mothers.
Send to the nearest drujr store
now and get a bottle oi Mother s
Friend." Apply it externally,
yourself, nigbt and morning.
A (rrcnt deal of useful and timclv
information for mothers is con
tained in a book -which will bo sent
yon immediately. Address Bradfield
Se gulntor Company, Dept. G, 44o
Atlanta, Go. The book is free.
OTHERS
Stop at The
NEW HOUSTON HOTEL "
lilh and Kverett Streets, Portland,
Oregon. New management. Vhoncs
ind elevator. Hates 50c, Toe, $1.00
and 1.3-0 per dnv.
INTKKVHI1AS ATTTOOAK CXX
TIMK CAM).
Leave Medford tor Ashland, Taleol
and Thoenix dally, except Sunday, at
8:00 a. m 1:00, 2:00. 4:00 and 1:11
P. m. Also on Saturday at 10: 15 p
m. Sundays leave at 10:30 a. m. and
2:00, 6:00 and 9:!0 p. m Leavt
Ashland (or Uedford dally, except
Sunday, at 9:00 a. m., 1:00, 1:00.
4:00 and 6:16 p. m. Also on Satur
day nights at 6: SO, Sundays leart
Ashlond at 9:00 a. m. and 1.00, :0t
and 10: SO p, m.
COLONEL ,
Ueglatered Belgian draft stallion,
weight 1620 pounds. Will stand for
the following season at our barn two
miles northwest of Medford on the
Dr. Dellar rami. . C, W. & It. 1'.
CASKBOLT, ownirs.
sji .
F&tliet Time -wlio
makes ihe fire bum brighter
- -who makes cigars more fragrant
Green wood .burns but
badly. Wood seasoned by
time burns brightly with a
cheerful glow. Time-seasoning,
time-curing is responsi
ble for the change. So with
tobacco. Green tobacco is
harsh. Tobacco properly
time -cured is mellow and
fragrant.
And time-curing it is that insures
the fragrance of your OWL Cigars.
Months of time-curing. Time-curing
backed up by $1,000,000 worth
of reserve leaf. And often more.
Time-curing of leaf- guarded by
time-curing experts.
Such time-curing is OWL flavor
insurance. It's the OWL "fragrance
pledge." Why don't you buy an OWL
Cigar and redeem this OWL "fragrance-pledge"
? ,
5c at the nearest cigar store.
THE MILLION DOLLAR CIGAR
mellow OWL
if: jmmw' '
hi i MHMHK
Showifitf exact size
v jVJ 111 I ,".Ji w
of rte fragrant, - J Mf
1 1 ' '.i-'i'55'
-us-anaett lor
your protection
DISTRIBUTORS NAME
BEDDING PLANTS
It's time to plant your flower garden. "We are
better prepared than ever before to supply your
wants for all kinds of outdoor plants. Call at green
house at 100,") Ivtst Slain or Telephone 374.
PIERCE Medford's Leading Florist
The Portland Hotel
PORTLAND, OREGON
The Rose City's world-rained hotel, occupying an
entire block. All outside rooms. Superior dining
and grill service. An atmosphere of refinement, with
a service of courtesy.
European Plan, $1.50 and Up
RICHARD W. CHILDS. Manager
rt tiv tin uiucum t'u utwtvii i in.