BEDFORD MSTE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON"," SATURDAY, APRIL' 5, 39t9 '
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IN JACKSON CO.
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War hBB been declared on the Dig
ger 8qulrrol In Jackson County and
in every district the farmers are
spreading poisoned barley with the
idea of eliminating the ground squlr.
rel from all the patented lands In the
county. The project known as "Ro
. dent Control" has 'been adopted in
every community by members of the
Farm Bureau and this project prom
ises to be carried out with very good
effect.
Mr. F. C Homes of Ashland, is the
county leader in this work with the
following men as leaders tor their
. respective communities:
Name. District.
Joshua Patterson.......... Talent
Geo. Alford Phoenix
J. B. Judy. - Griffin Creek
Geo. Launspaugb Jacksonville
.AW. P. Young Willow Springs
F. C. Homes. ....'. Bellvlew
M. Tucker... ......Nell Creek
Geo. Martin.... .....Rogue River
D. M. Lowe. : Valley View
F. E. Upton...... Central Point
Geo. Brown . Eagle Point
Tom Strathorn .. Sams Valley
J. C. Daley ......... Lake Cree
. W. Jacobs. Gold Hill
; A. L, Vincent . .Table Rock
Henry Hanson..... Dewey
D. D. DuffI :...Oak: Grove
Geo. B. Brown Brownaboro
The above men will inform -you
relative to carryiug oat plans of ro
dent campaign in this county. They
will tell yon where to gst .the poison
and assist you i.i any way possible.
The county court of Jackson county
has furnished tho strychnine for po!
soning barler and the poisoned bv
ley can be obtained tor seven cents
per pound in every community In the
county.
V County Provides Central Mixing
Plant ;
All equipment for a central mixing
plant has been provided by the coun
ty court and the county agent . has
already mixed two tons of barley and
will probably falx two or three more
tons before the season is over. This
mixing is done in the warehouse of
the Rogue River Produce Association,
on Main street, Medford, Oregon, and
a supply of poison can always be ob
tained at this place.
RODENT PESTS COST
THE GOVERNMENT
FULLY $500,000,000
ARREST ALLEGED FORGER .
PAYING A SOCIAL CALL
SAN FRANCISCO. April 4.
While in the company of Eva Smith,
an 18-year-old eirl of Portland, Ore..
James A. Merrill, said by the police
to be wanted on a charee of forgery
in Vancouver. Wlteh., was arrested
here last nieht. The eirl was not
arrested, but was taken to the juven
ile detention home and her parents is
Portland notified. The police said
they had evidence also that Merrill
is a deserter from the army.
Be ready for the Victory Liberty
Loan. Buy the bonds and keep them.
Saving means thrift. Thrift means suc-
Galn may be temporary and uncer
tain, but expense is constaat and cer
- Remembsr that money is of the pro
lific, generating nature. " - ,-
All things are cheap to the saving,
dear to the wasteful. .
With Medford trade is Medford made
The annual losses from ro-
dent pests in tho United States
have beon estimated at fully
1500,000,000.
About two-flfthB of this dam
age is Inflicted oy house rats
and mice, both Introduced from
the Old World, and the remain
der by native species.
This enormous waste of re
sources may be greatly reduced
through systematic and organ-
Iced campaigns against the In-
Jurlous species.
The bounty system effects no
permanent relief and Is far
more costly than the use of poi-
sons and traps.
.The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has devol
oped . and perfected practical
methods of extermination which
haye been successfully applied
over wide territory.
The Bureau of . Biological
Survey of the department coop-
erates with the public In organ-
izing and carrying out system-
atio campaigns .against animal
pests and invites correspon-
dence on the subject.
Protection of their natural
enemies is urged as an lmpor-
tant aid in controlling rodent
pests.
OF YANKEE PERIL
WASHINGTON, April 4. ft ad
vices have reached the war depart
ment from the Archangel section di
rect or from Europe reflecting the
serious situation of the American and
British forces in north Russia as pic
tured In reports published yestorday
In London. ... '
NATION WIDE STRIKE
TELEGRAPHERS LOOMS
PORTLAND, April 4. Sentiment
in favor of a: nation-wide strike, of
telegraphers la spreading over the
country, according to a statement is
sued by local union officials last
lght. iBallotting was in progress
among both union and non-nnlon em
ployes, they said. The balloting will
close April 15. S. J. Konenkamp, in
ternational president of the union
has sent a message to the Portland
local saying that if the vote favors a
strike 400,000 men will be affected.
President Wm.-gurke of the Portland
local said.
BRITISH THRIFT
The British War Savings Committee
has become a permanent institution In
cngiana ana tne following declaration
haa been Issued explaining the English
attitude toward thrift:
'Quite as important, ' both aa a
source of revenue and as a soda)
movement, is the restraint of luxury,
and growth of economy and simplicity
of life among the well-to-do. Other
wise goods and services will be wast.
e. War saving' applies to all classes,
and appeals to all incomes.''
ARCHANGEL, Thursday, April S.
(By Associated Press.) Goneral
Marushevsky, commandor of the Rus
sian antl-Bolshevlk forces In., nor
thern Russia, startled Archangel to
day with an unusual proclamation
Intended to call tho bluff of Bolshe
vik sympathisers in this territory.
The General offered them a choice of
sate conduct to. the Bo'.shovlk lines
up to April 10 on written application,
with the alternative of trial by mili
tary court If found within the mili
tary sous after April 10. The proc
lamation said in part:
"I consider it most Important to
expel out of the torrltory occupied by
the army all persons whose presence
Is undesirable. I consider that the
Bolshevikl and their agents and ail
adherents of soviet cause are such
persons. Such persons still living In
the zone entrusted to me will be ex
pelled systematically, being sent to
their beloved country of tne peoples'
commissaries, the soviet land, where
all their Ideals such aa .'soviet com
radeship and abundant food' and
open theft, violence and other Bol
shevik things become true." .
YEAR INDUSTRIAL STRIFE
SAN FRANCISCO ENDS
SAN FRANCISCO. April 4. A
year of industrial strife in the San
Francisco bay district shipyards and
contract shops was ended today
when approximately 10.000 machin
ists, boilermnkers and allied crafts
men who were out for two months or
more as a result of a strike reported
back to work. The men were civen
their old posts in the shipyards.
GERMAN BANK TURNS OVER
MINE STOCK TO MINERS
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BHRUN. April 3. The S. Blcich-
roeder Bonking company of this city.
which owns nearly all the shares of
the Oppeln mine at Oppeln. Silesia.
has, arranged to turn over its stock
to members of the miners' union at
pnr. - .
-'"Order
In the County Court of the State
of Oregon, for Jackson County.
In the Matter of the Extermination
of Ground Squirrels. '
We the County Court of Jackson
County, Oregon, do hereby authorize
the PubltcaUonyot Notice to Exter
minate ground squirrels in three is
sues of the Dally Mall Tribune and
Ashland Tidings pursuant to the
Statute in such case. .
Dated April 2nd, 1919.
G. A. GARDNER, ".
County Judge.
GEO. W. OWEN,
, ' County Commissioner,
i JAMES OWENS,
County Commissioner.
Notice to Exterminate Ground
Squirrels
Every person, firm, co-partnership.
company or corporation residing on,
owning, leasing, occupying, possess
ing or having charge of or dominion
over any land, building, wharf or
dock infested with digger, ground
squirrels in Jackson County, Oregon,
Is hereby notified to begin at ones li
effectively oxUrmlimto and dt'Mtroy
all such DtUGElt GROUND BQOIK
KBLS. . i
The following poison for nilxJiiR
and Instructions fur uso thereof U
tho method most oxpodlunt and off sc
tlvo to be used for the extermination
and destruction of such ground squfj'.
rols and Is hereby recommended, to
wn, alkaloid strychntuo used on oili
er barley or wheat, barley proforreil,
mixed according to the following for
mula and manner, to-wlt:
Barley, clean grain, 16 quarts.
; Strychnine (powdered alkaloid), 1
ounce. '
Bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1 uounce. t
Thin starch paste, pint. 1
Heavy corn syrup, hi pint.
Glycertiie. 1 tablvspoonful.
Saccharine, 1-10. -This
material should be mixed as
follows: Mix thoroughly 1 ounce or
powdered strychnine (alkaloid) and
1 ounce of common uaxing soon, om
this Into i)4 pint of thin hot paste
and stir to a smooth creamy mans.
(Tho starch puste Is made by dlxsolv
Ing .l heaping tabliwpoonful of dry
KIosh starch lu a llttlo cold water,
whlnh Is then -added to H pint of
boiling water. Boll and stir constant
ly until a elonr thin paste la formed.)
Add U pint heavy earn syruu and 1
tnblvsooonful of glyourlno and stir
thoroughly. Add 1-1 0 ounco of sao
carina and stir thoroughly. Pour
this mJxturo over IB quarts of clean
barloy and mix well so thnt each
grain is coated.
' Ono quart of tho poisoned grain
mixed as nforosnld Is sufficient for
forty or fifty baits and this quantity
scattered along squlrrol trulls or on
clean hard places on tho surface
about tho holes will not endunuer
stock. Strychnine iu any form other
than tho powdered strychnine (alka
loid) li not effoctlvo in tho above for
mula. From the date horoot until May
1st Is the moBt ottectlvo tluio to poi
son and destroy the digger squirrels,
as they nro just emerging from their
hibernation. Thoy aro hungry and
food Is svurco.
The County Court of Jackson
County, Oregon, has seen red alamo
amount of strychnine and tho other
inixrudlenta nocosHiiry for tho mix
ture, and a quantity thereof hnabeen
mixed and Is now on sale, to tho tur
ninrs or persons interested lit uatiml
mutt and limy bo hud by applying to
tho undersigned at his office In tho
I.tburty Building or nt tho following
places: . '
Ashland Fruit Association, Ash
lui.ul, I), M. l.owo, Talent,
Brown's Htoro, Talent.
l'hoenlx Mercantile Co., 'Phoenix.
Roguo Ulvor Fruit & iProduco As
sociation, Medford.
Flck Htoro, Jacksonville,
l'omoll Store, Applogiilu,
I'axson Drug Store, Central Point,
llrowu Bros., Kugle Point, , ,.
Knfur & Son, illrowimhoro.
Bowers Drug Co., Uold Hill,, ,
Don Wilson, Itoguo Itlvor. '
Table Hock Btoro, Tallin Rook.
inalnS
If any parson harnln designate
shall, wllhln thirty days from tho
first publication of this mitlcu, full
to begin In good faith tu exterminate,
eradicate and destroy, acuordiug to
the method aforiwiild, or by nnv "thor
orfouttvo mutuia said gonad I qulr
rets herein designated, tho Oounty
Court of Jnokson Coin,', Oregon,
will appoint a person or puiim to
prucuud with tho oxteriiiiiiulluii and
eradication of such grou.iu, ,.,iilrrnl,
and the cost thoroof In-jiirred will be
assessed to such land n.illuii.g, wharf
or dock, and unless pulil vl 1 boaoma
a lien against (he sums, tor ,ho exter
mination of ntilil guuno tnulrrols.
This notleo is piT'i'Miet pursuant
to tbu statute in suca oa'.n made and
provided and for iwo nonseoutlve
weeks or three Issues a'nt .! per
sons described thureit. ata required
to take nottro thereof.
. Dated and first publish 1 this 5th
day .of April, 1919. . , .
m .A II mo fl, d.lTH,
County Agent un jui...nt ciiumv.
Oregon, j. ''
Tie Early Bird Catches toe Worm
With Our Arsenate of Lead Sprays
We carry the most complete line of Sprays Materials in the !
valley. Our prices are right. Call and see us
Weh
ave on
hand
Fresh Car of Arsenate of Lead Paste and Powder
for Codlin Moth
We have
Distilate Oils, Black Leaf Forty, Atomic Sulphur
; ' for Aphis,1 Scab, Mildew and other Fungus Diseases
..... , .
Grow a clean crop of fruit this year
and make some money
.... " .f-r t k ' . ' ', '
Rogue River Co-Operative Fruitgrowers Association
J. A. Perry, Manager Medford, Oregon
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