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TWIT! FOUR ftrTCTTFOTvP MATTJ .TRTTITJNT!. MTCPFOttD, OTJKf!0T. TTIPHSDAY, MAY 15, 1010 MEDFORD MAlb ramuNE PUUIjIHH KL) KVKItY AKTKttNOON BXCEPT kuM'AT BY TUB . MKUKOKU JMUNTlftO CO. Offtoa. Mull Tribune HutMlng, lp-27-2 North Fir HrwL ,'hone 75. A eonsolMattnn of th IVmoomtlp Ttma, The Uvdford Mall. The Medford Tribune, thn Huuihorn Oregon tan. The Aahlaitd Trlbuiio. The KfedfoM Bun day Sun Is furnished ubucrlbera Oealrliig a oven-day dally newspaper. . . , j IIOIUCrtT RUM!,, Editor. . VS. H, SMITH, Manir. inssonjPTXoir tdbmsi nf Mill IN AfWANPh' Dally, with Sunday Sun, year..f 6.00 - Daily, wllh Sunday Sun. months .66 Dally, without Sunday Bun. year.. 5.00 Dally.vltliout Sunday Hun, month .CO VWottkiy Mall Trlbuno. on ycwr.. 1.50 Sunday Bun, -ope your,. 1.60 BY CARRlKlMn Medford. Ashland, - Jnokeonvllle, Central Point, Ptiotmtx: Dally, with Sunday Pun, ynar.$7.60 Dally, with Sunday Sun, month..- .66 Dally, without Sunday Sun, year.. 6.00 1 Dally, without Sunday Sun, month .&0 Official paper of the City of Medford. iMiiciaj paper oi jaoKson k,vuiuy, Entnred rs second -class matter Mod ford, Oregon, under the aot-of March 5, IBVtf. worn daitv aTaraira circulation for lx months endlnff Ieo. 31, 1918 3,04 MEMBER QV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Full leased XV:ie Service, The Asso ciated Press Is exclusively entitled the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other wine credited In thin paper, and also the local news published herein. All right of republication of special dispatcher herein are also reserved. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry . There was a young girl at Eagle Point Who strangely twisted an arm Joint At a fly she did swat, ' ' 0 -And bit where it was not, : And needs liniment with which to annolnt. REGARDING IRRIGATION". Among the things unchanged by the war, as predicted, are the cir cuses. These institutions remain as they were in 1914. THK KXCITKI) lKIOKTKR v. (Salem Capital Journal) - ' 'Maybe you've never heard the gypsies sing. Maybe you've never seen a regimental band march oft to a doubtful destina tion. If you haven't, you may from new on. More than that; you can hear' the armies meet and part; you can bear the wild 'birds return to their old haunts In Belleau Wood and the Rouge Bon.net; you can hear the swish of the water 'against the, keels of the great painted ships as they, bring the armies home again. And hundreds of other things that have nothing what ever to do with war, and every thing in the world to do with the pursuit of happiness. Music will do it all. The monster orches-. tral pipe organ that has been in stalled in Ye Liberty theater Is all one needs in order to- be transplanted Into a war scarred land.:-: -- The Hun in his whining complains that the peace terms are "monstrous" and this Is what the Belgians thought about the invasion. They are also looking to America 'for sympathy, under the impression that Bill Bryan and Henry Ford are in tbe saddle. For Sale Timothy. (Want ad Chico Enterprise). Can this possibly be ourC. of P.? . The Salvation Army is worthy of support in their drive. They are one of two organizations in this world who can stand to give something away without a sermon. ' - ' Congressman James of Kentucky, proposes that the Flume question be settled by America acting as guardian of the burg. . This is far enough away to prevent raids across the bor der a la Mexico. " 4j i SPRING FEVEk. . ; Fofiowlagr. Colds, Grippe," TEa, i Watery or Poisoned Blood . (Br Da. Vaientine Mott.). Al this time of year most people suf icr from .what .we term ''spring fever" because of a stagnant condition of the blood, because of the toxic poisons stored up jrithin the body during the long winter. . Ye eat too much meat, jfith little or so green vegetables; Bloodless people, thin, anemic people, those with pale cheeks and lips, who have a poor appetite and feel that tired, .worn or feverish condition in the spring time of the year, should try the refresh ing tonic powers of a good alterative and blood purifier. Such a tonic as drug gists have sold for fifty years, is Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, It is a standard remedy that can be ob tained in tablet or liquid form. Made without alcohol from wild roots and barks. Occasionally one should "clean house" iwith castorioil or tiny pills made tip of the May-apple, leaves of aloe and jalap, and sold by almost all druggists in this .country as Doctor, Picrce'a Pleasant , I'ellets. . Loa Angela, Cal"l will giadly"tcll of the relief and cure Dr. Pierce's Golden Mcdicnl Discovery gave me. I was sick with nil troubles of stomach, liver, etc., nnd La Grippe with all its attending ail ments. When all else failed Dr. Pierce's Golden Mcdicnl Discovery did the good work. I also took 'Pleasant Pellets for biliousness, with grand success. I write with gratitude to tcH others of the relief thnt is in store for them. Do not delay but hasten to get the above remedies if suffering from any indisposition." Samud Ke.hkj, 07o" t'ueW dpt.-. Wl-i print today a cominuuieat ion from II." tf. Conger bpposing irrigation. Wo have no desire to cuter into a controversy, at tins late date, regarding the desir ability of irrigation in Jaeksoq County, but it is only fair to correct a tew statements made, in this communication. Mr. Conger declares any person of ordinary intelli gence will grant you can't benefit grain by irrigation. Ve believe there are a. number of persons of "ordinary intelligence" who will not grant this. Mr. Dillon Hill is one oi" them.' Mr.' Hill invites anyone who doubts the value of putting water on grain land to visit his ranch south of the city. "If I can't double my yield of barley with irrigation,'" says Mi". Hill, "then I know nothing about barley and nothing about water." , ..." Mr. Conger blames district irrigation for the decrease in Oregon land values. If he will examine the government statistics once more he will find that the two western states where land values have increased most, are Idaho and California. these two states have, ten acres under water where Oregon has one. In fact the districts where land values have increased most in Oregon are in Eastern Oregon where irrigation has been introduced, and they have decreased most where irrigation has not been intrbt duced. 1 It is stated in the communication that fifty bushels of wheat have been raised per acre without water. This may be true as an isolated instance, but we don't believe Mr. Conger will maintain this is representative of the vallev. The average grain production is about 15 bushels. whereas the average in irrigated districts runs as high as sixtv bushels? ' ' . i',:"' Our correspondent claims the" grain and alfalfa form ers who own sixtv per cent of the land within the district are opposed to the bond issue. And vet according to the records the owners of only 4,000 acrfs have protested and asked exemption or approximately lb per cent.- JNot only this, but it is a matter of record that several property owners .who originally opposed irrigation, are now among its strongest advocates. In fact irrigation senti ment, in the vallev, lias been steadily growing the past few years, and is undoubtedly stronger today than it has ever been betore. ' . We repeat we have no desire to revive the irrigation controversy. To our mind the facts supporting irriga tion are literally overwhelming and a paper could be fill ed with convincing argument. But let any one who doubjs tak? a trip into the Applcgate Valley, or a trip through Northern California, or confer with any rancher in southern Oregon who has irrigation, Messrs. Hopkins, Burcell or anvone else. What do thev sav about it? If Mr. Conger is correct then every rancher in South ern Oregon who uses water is inviting bankruptcy. Yet we have received no imposing list of irrigatiouists who are going out of business or abandoning their water rights. Judge Dunn or Ashland has the reputation of being a lamv practical farmer and a ram v. successful one. He considers his water right worth as much as his farmand he has been an lmgatiomst tor nearly as many years as Mi-. Conger hasn't been. ,- ' " " " ; We have always maintained an open mind regarding u'l'lgation. .bor unless a person is a practical farmer him self, he must base his opinion upon the evidence Of others. 'But we have yet to hear an argument against irrigation in Jackson count y which has been convincing.. There is mst one individual who has had -in our opinion a valid protest, J.1- 1 .To mat, is iue large property owner wno secured ans lana ior a song, and who, because of these two facts, the volume of his acreage and the small investment per acre, can make a living, during his lifetime, without diversifying' his crops, renewing his soil, or increasing his per acre produc tion. - - . ; Biit in this controversy as in every other, where tlie selfish interests of a few conflict with the interests of a community as a whole, it is the latter interest tlat must receive first consideration. And ultimately it is our con viction that with the establishment of a comprehensive irrigation system, the .large property owner will share with the small land owner, the increased community pros perity and material bertcf its, which irrigation has brought elsewhere ana .will bring here. - '..',:,; . ' , i !;... f f .i;:.!n '".;';"' Add horrors of war, two members 6f IT. S. Third army assessed tor drench champagne they didn't drink. Portland Paper Pays High Tribute to C. C. Cate COMMUNICATION. Why He Opposes Irrigation To the Editor: state that under the new management, the paper will welcome communica tions from any person siiminc their name. This is eood news to the peo ple who oppose distriut irrigation, es pecially so since the pnper's policy heretofore seems to have been pages for those in favor, but not one word in opposition." Since we now hnve the opportunity, T wixh to eive a few reasons whv the i?rain and nl- fulf'a farmers who own npproximatc iy CO per cent of the hind in the Med ford irriention district are opposing this bond issue. 1 There are two crops that paV on the generul fanning lands of this dis trict, and thev are grain and alfalfa. Anv person of ordinarv intelligence knows vou could not benefit grain by irrigation because when needed nt the .proper time, it matures before the drv part of our season arrives. Also the fact Hint many of these farmers are threshing 50 bushels of wheat tjer acre during the drvest seasons' this vallev has ever known, proves to most people that this vullev does not need anything to make it u good grain sci -tion. Then, as to alfalfa: the thing that makes this section famous as tin al-i fnltu country is the permanent char acter of the crop. Near Jackson ville there is a piece of land that hiis produced good crops of alfalfa for, 30 venrs without reseedino;. Also I am informed that in the Griffin creek country that is a piece of alfalfa thnt has been cropped for forty years without reploW'ing, This is easily ex plained. Wherever' vou find sub-irrigated land, with the water table standing from six to eight feet from the surface, vou have an ideal alfal fa field, and vour alfalfa will live and produce good crops indefinitely. The only reason all of the good land of flits district does not produce this permanent alfalfa is because the water table stands too near the sur face. Given proper' drainage so as to lower this water table to six or eight feet during the drv part of the season, the whole floor of the -vullev exeppt the hard pan sections will pro duce this same permanent alfalfa. Now then, put in a good system of irrigation and what do vou do? You raise this water table nearer the surface, forever ruining this section as a permanent alfalfa producer. I admit that for the first ve.lr, or pos sible two vears. there niav lie an in crease in prodiictioA, but if vou want li see the effect of irrigation on al falfa after the first or second vears, drive out to 'the Kred Hopkins ranch. ; JOHN A. PERL ; . Undertaker Phone M. 47 and 4713 ' Automobile Hearse Service . Lady Assistant 8 HOUTn BAKTLKTT uto Ambulance Service. Coroner A Jackson couiilv orchurdist last war spent !I0 cents n tree I'm' fer tiliser in his Wcluml. and iiu'ioased his output $:t.:tll a troo. His orchard was pears. U used nitrate oi soda. It' was Imiiuht from the government direct hv carload at $l)'J n ton. or at it saving of 10 per ton. The in vestment paid for itself many times :n increased output. ' Jnekson count v orcluii'disls and fanners nn highly progressive, Thev have oi'giiiiixed n fai'iu bureau under the.phiu suggested bv the United States department of agriculture. The oarUiud of nitrate of soda is ex ample of th work, of the farm bu reau. The membership in the bii renu costs' n dollar a venr. mid in cludes subscription to the r'arni Kiir renu Monthly, of which t'liiude 0. Onto, count v agricultural agent, n graduate of the Oregon Agricultural college is editor. Tho membership in Jackson cotmtv comprises -100 fami lies. . v . Meetings hnve lilreadv been held in oructieullv every school district in the coiintv. A program of work suitable to enclf continuity has been adopted. Work for each neighborhood is plan ned, and this is called a project. The ma'ii project for the count v urc uji follows : ' ' 1 Undent coiitrol.Ulairving. cow test iitK associations, silo campaign, poul try, egg circles, feeding and housing, livestock improvement, 'cooperative livestock shipping, crop ' demonstra tions, farm record keening, child wel fare, food conservation, household account keeping, home study tottr and three phuses'of hovs' and girls club work, including livestock, crops, cunning and sewing. ' ")V ' From three to seven of these pro jects have been adopted in everv community, and committee men have been named to take charge of the re spective work for each project. The policy of the bureau is co operation, ii Policy universal to neiir-l Iv nil endeavor except farm activities. In cooperation with' tlio Northern Short Horn llrvcders' association, the bureau recent I v conducted a public sale ot purebred cattle, which whs de scribed in the Journal at tho time Seven hulls sold at an averagu1 of f:l8ll. Olio brought iir'H.'iO, Nineteen females' brought at auction an nv eriige of uciuiv $'2'lt).. One .sold at, $ Ii"). It was the first sale of its kind ever conducted in Southern Oregon. Its success inlike it tuM'tniii that other auction sales of livestock will be held under the direction of the count v farm bureau, ' Jackson county farmers have found out that their country is not onlv n wonderful fruit c;unlrv, hut that it has enormous resources for the livestock business. Almost inex haustible summer ranges In tho near hv mountains mid big crops of alfalfa niul other feeds for winter use are full of big possibilities for a profit uhlo livestock industry'. Dairying is included in the program, and in ad dition to heavy pnruhases of best dairy stock already made, the farm ers of Jackson aro looking for otlrer 'inimuls to place at the head of their licrdfl. I'luuile C. fate, eonntv agricultural agent, is n capable leader in all those growing farm activities. The county nitenti arc an influence for advance incut in all the counties in which thev ar employed1. There is no nttcstion of the iul vnnccmcitl to come from such organi sations. Thev spread information ami diversify farm activities. Thev interest the communities in farm problems and soon bring to bear upun those problems (he best available in formation. The Jackson county orchardist who spent HO cents n tree for nitrate of soda anif increased his output $,l.:i0 a tree is example of thu profit to come from such orgaiiixiitioiis. Portland Joiirniilj or to Victor Hursclls, in the next few days, mid see what it has done to their nlfafla. Then, while vou are out jov-riding, come on around through the west side Uoss I.une Jacksonville, and Griffin creek dis tricts and- see some dry land alfalfa, lie fair minded. a'1 us show von our crops and compare them. Then we think vou will sec the reason whv we do not care to be bonded unv where from 7".00 to 'J00.00 per aero 'for something we can't use. sim ply to hcln our brothers in the or chard business sell out before thev are ejosed out. , Our honorablo hoard of directors hare been telling us this bond issue tor irrigation will, bring prosperity. Perhaps it will. - If so we wonder whv these fartuers who own this U0 tier rent of the district fight it clear up to the supreme court of the United States. There are some mighty good, leven-hendcd business men among them. It's the' first time we have noticed them shy at prosperity. Then, again, whv has the federal gov ernment, through the land bank, noti fied Mr. llurd. the local farm loan secretary, that thev will loon no more federal money in this district should the bonds enrrvf Whv hnve some f the Mcdfprd capitalists refused to loan nnv more money in the dis trict until the thing is knocked out 7 Surely prosperity does not make n loan unsafe. Whv it is that accord ing to government report. Oregon is the one state in the union where bind values have decreased during the Inst three vears f I con answer this In! oncstiou. It is siinidv on account ot such laws as this district irrigation law. Capital is not investing til land in a statu where thev can, legislate vou into bankruptcy. "Irrigation in ninety days." Huh I Also tho bond market is bullish. :'This is nil true, perhaps, hut wo Were under the im pression that they would have to sell soino bonds before tbt'v begun digging tho caiial, and we .want to see the color of the- bond biivcr's hair who wants to take (hem over with the state board unileeiilcd., two law suits on tho wftV up, und 1:10 farmers own ing (10 per cent of the land in the ilis trict. who consider this district ir rigation an injustice nnd an outrage, repudiating all irrigation -' assess ments now and forever. - Yours trill v. ' ' " H. K. CONGKR. Medford, Orecon. May 14th. CHICHESTER S PILLS HWA ,fi"t'U' 'V'M J' i II mmmfsmm Good With Cocktails ', i , ... One good dish deserves another. Oyster or fruit cocktails ore delicious dishes. Snow Flukes ore delicious crackers. Combine the two and you have a most enjoyable course. Don't ask for crackers, say Snow Makes. our grocer can sur m Mour grocer can supply you. M RiW J f, l V K II " ' ill I It I .JWTBWt 'St. .'J I.W (. .-'.t City Treasurer's Notice of Semi-Annual Interest Due WTO BIOS BU'T. Dl Alio SO II It AS l WLI SOLO b t bRUG'iiSTS EVISnKUi Was the ', t v- - FIRST PEIZE WINNER For Best Decorated Druggist's Window for Victory. :-, ;;. l;Ai i Week . ' , ; ; )s 5 .Wat6h Our Windows Daily. . . , ' itllillllllllfe Varnished Surfaces Make Housework Easier ? ; -i . ; u x; . ,: :. -s . x. :f ' 1 J When your floors begin to look shabby, and the worn spots show, up on the steps, your work ot keopliiK them clean is . almost doubled. Your housework will be made much ens- . ier if you have them rertnished with - i . r , . fiCME QUALITY . ' ' . . ' VARNOTILE (FLOOR VARNISH) r . made especially for floors. It wears woll, docs not scratch , or mar white, and Is the Ideal finish for floors, steps, hall-. ways, and Interior woodwork-of all kinds. There Is a spec- . ial Acme Quality Varnish for every surface Tell us what . 'surface needs, varnishing, and we will assure your getting " . tho material that wrlll give you tho besfresults. - CraterLake Hardware Co. . I i - V MEDFORD. OREGON V. . , ,v NOTICK- IS 1IHKKIJV ('if VlOX that the seini- animal interest tin paving,' sewer and wnterninin as sessments upon all properties for, which application, was made to extend the time of payment, will be due and payable at the office of the citv treasurer "Juno 1, 1919, and will lie delinquent after thirty (.:t(l) days from said date and shall bear a penalty of five per cent (57, ) upon the amount' of 'such delinquency. , , v. Thirty days after any such delinquency the prop erty will be sold for the amount of such delinquency together with penalty and costs of siteli, sale, in ac cordance with the provisions of Section. H8 of the city charter., ; ' ,' i ' " .Pared at Medford, Oregon, this loth da v.. of May, 191!). . .," " ' MARY A. HASWELL,.. , ! Treasurer of the IHty of Medford, Oregon. ' Painting: and Decorating . I am pleased to annonneo Hint T now have ono of the host and most thoroly equliipeil painting nnd decorating estiibllslimonls to be found In Oregon, llavo recently secured tho services of two Port land oxpert painters and decoratorswbo will assist mo In tho carry. Inn on of this work, iiavo been dolim painting nnd decorating la Medford for tho past sixteen uionths, nnd my work spciiks for Itself. Uso only the vory best 'of materials and nlh work Irictly gunrnn teed, at prices that will compare favorably with prices' offarod any where In the state, 'j t -' '-' . ' . ' k. : I am now In n position (o give Immediate, thorongh, nnd expert attention to all conn acts taken, amTwIll bo pleased to quota prices to anyono requiring work in my llipj., lo nil kinds of house palut Ing, panorlng, tinting, dacorntlug, and floor finishing,. , Ilospccirully Huhfnlttod, R. J. Miller 1.1 i: l'hone 110 or'3nil.U. BERRY - . 1 " ' BASKETS v. ' for sale at ,'i'-v? DENNY & CO; S. 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