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HEDgQRD TRIBTOVUSDFQRDRlOOOy, SUNDAY, MA VTff 1!)10. TRIBUTE TO ROGUE CENSUS JQKE8H11IS IBM bv newspaper man 6Ei iB w im ii,s. I Buy Now In Hill View Addition 14 Vovcd to poetic Heights Oldest News-1 Government Falls to Scq Funny Parts paper Man In Southern Orcgdrt, In; Point of Service, Describes Beauty of Valley at This Time of Year. (Tho matter-of-fact nowspnper man engendered In n cold, Iiard world ot facts, docs not often lot his sonso of tho pootlc sot tho uppor hand of his work. Occasionally, however, sonic great work of nature moves him out of his accustomed plnno. Here, tnen. Is n tribute to tho vnlley of the Roguo as penned by the otdest journalist, In point ot service, In southern Oregon. And It came aft er a great portion of his llfo had been spent In tho valley): If thoro is a raoro beautiful valley on earth than the Rogue at this time of tho year, one would better follow Mohammed's example In regard to Damascus and view It from a tancu, rather than risk his chances of a paradise beyond the grnvo by en tering ono upon earth. Words utterly fall of a description of tho beauties of tho valley ot tho Roguo now. Green fields of alfalfa and grain, orchards with symetrtcal trees rang ed In orderly rows, farm homes Inter spersed among tho green, and sur rounding all the blue tinted foothills, surmounted by tho snow-clad peaks of ML McLaughlin, Wagner and Ash land, make a picture Impossible to describe and only possible ot reallra, tlon by actual vision. SIxfy-fotir years ago Lindsay Ap plegate and a band of pioneers pass ed through tho valley, laying out a road to the east to avoid the danger ous Dalles of tho Columbia. Ho wrote In his diary: "It was the most beautiful sight I over saw. Tho valley was a mass of waving green, Interspersed hero and thcro with groves of oaks, giving tho Impression at a distance of grain fields and orchards." Mr. Applegate lived to see part of tho dream that camo to him on his first sight of tho valley, and if ho could seo it now his implied pro precy would seem to have been fulfilled. of Some Queer Answers Ono Man Talks "Shop" and His Wife "Hot Air." WASHINGTON", May ".Joke smiths who hnvo sprinkled samples ot thoir wit over the census blanks aro going to hoar from tho "govern ment. It will not be merry poals of ap preciative lnughtor that will greet them whon tho agent of Uncle Sam calls, but a stern and repressing order to extract tho Jokes and iusort Infor mation. In cases ot children loss than 2 yoars of age the fact is solemnly re corded with tho langungo spoken is "Da da." "Mum," "Bottle talk" or "howl language." In one family tho answer to the question was: "Head dls-1 at tl)0 nouso tnl,;s 'sll0P.' mother hot air, son norse, uaugtuer much, ana the baby, baby talk." j One woman recorded tho statement ' nun ouu was iiuuiiiru uii.ujr wait's, i and a number of citizens stated their ages In figures running from 90 to 150 years. Census enumerators will return to the Jokers with the census sheets and a copy of tho law that Imposes a pen alty on those wno give false answers to questions. Tho census enumeration in tho cit ies was completed today. LOCATED ON WEST SECOND STREET, NEAR PAVING. BUY NOW :iN RILL VIEW ADDITION. Just opened on A est Second street; pavement will adjoin (his lntest and most desirable addition. Jackson . . struct paving will be dose. We are on the high, sightly ridge just north of Kenwood, where lots sold as i a . high as 050 eaeh. 'Phis is just as good. No are starting 16is at $250 to $350 eaeh on easy payment; plan. ' There is no district in Medford whore vaJ"?s Ulmo1'0 niPidly. There are many very sightly lots. Some have large oak trees. IF I0U W.ISH TO INVEST FOR A HOME OR SlKCP LAT.ION, SEE US MUST. HUMPHREY 815 East Maiu Street Phone Main 3992. Out out this coupon and mail today: Ploaso call for mo AVhere When Name . .. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL TENDERED ST. Will Be Erected as Near as Possible to Gateway to St. Louis Expos! tion Held in 1905. NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS. The board ci directors of school district Xo. 49 will meet Friday eve ning. May .13, 1910. at tho high school building at 7 o'clock p. m to consider plans and estimates for a six-room annex to the Vashlngton school and a ten-room ward school. 40 ORIS CRAWFORD, Clerk. Ha skins for Health, ATTENTION, lOCAHOXTAS. Let every member of Weatonka council. No. 20, D. ot P., who ap preciates our captain's work, make a special effort to bo at council on Friday evening, May 6. Team work and a jolly time assured. ELLA SHOULTS. 39 Keeper of Records. 'Hasklns for Health." ST. LOUTS, Mo., May 7. A memo rial to Jefferson aod the Louisiana Purchase exposition, to be circled at a 6ost of between $350,000 and S300, 000 has been tendered to the city of St. Louis by former Governor DavId R. Francis on behalf of tho world's fair' directors. Thu offer wMl prob ably be accepted. The memorlnl hall will be erected as near as possible on tho site if the main gate of the fair groimds and will be pnid for out of a surplus that remains in the treasury of the expo sition. Under the dome of tho cen tral part of the building will bo plac ed a marble statue of Thomas Joffer son, now being constructed by Karl T. F. Bitter, the New York sculptor. In Case of vSicKxiess PHONE 8 G 4 1 MEDFORD PHARMACY Near Post Olfioe AHNight Service Free IMhuj Medford, Oregon : 'This certifies that we have sold Hall's Texas Won der for the cure of nil kidnoy, blad der and rheumatio troubles for ten years, and have never had a com plaint. It Rives quick and permanent relief. Sixty dnys' treatment in each bottle. Medford Pharmacy tf A SNAP IN ORCHARD LAND Ono hundred and sixty acres of f rco rod soil, 10 to SO foot depth ; two voile, about 25 ncres cleared; a vory grnduul south hill bIojwi; ono-halt mile from postotnee, less thou ono-fourth milo from school and seven und ouo-hulf milos southwest of Jacksonville Onlv f 30 per aero. Cull on or nddross JOE THOMAS 222 SUUTH HOLLY STREET. MEDFORD, OREGON DRIVERS that know the country BIGS that cover the country QIMCKLV AND WITH COM!" MIT TO YOU AltIC AIAV U'H TO MK FOUND A I THE FA H LOW Ai 'DOW ISO, PUOIMUETOIW. WEST SIDE STABLES PHONE 2IIU H. UHAPK HTItKKT m I ORCHARDS AND HOMES If you wont tho truth in regard to orchard lauds and conditions, it will pay you to sco ono who has been raising trcos and fruit hero for tho past eighteen years. Phone 5003, Ashland, or Address E. E. F0SS, TALENT, OR. GOLD RAY GRANITE CO Office: 201) Went Mnin St., Mtdfoid, Ore. Operating Quarry at Cold Ray, Oregon DEALERS IN BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND CRUSHED GRANITE e t Medford Is Certainly Entitled to Be Named The Pasadena of Oregon Every advantage connected with living in a city may be had with an Eden Valley Tract The Best Class of People Are Attracted Here People of refinement; people with means; retired business men; professional men; college and university grad uates, are coming to the Rogue River Valley by the score. Within the past two years almost a hundred Chicago and Evanston, EL, people have purchased homes near Medford, and nearly every one of them has a friend or two whom they hope to induce to come and locate in the valley. New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many oilier eastern cities are almost if not quite as well represented, while St. Paul and Minneapolis have more representa tives here than any other several cities combined. Think these statements over and got your thinker going. Write to the" undersigned or the Medford Commercial Club for detailed information about the country, and you will never have cause to regret it. The Most Fascinating Investments Are In Bearing Orchards Near Medford Most of the producing orchards have been held in large holdings until recently. A few weeks ago the Eden Val ley Orchard, containing 605 acres, was placed on tho market in any desired acreage. We have been authorized to offer the bearing apples and pears for sale, and if you know anything about this country and want a desirable block of bearing trees, write or come soon. During the past week over $.150,000 worth of tho property has been disposed of. It is located within two miles of Medford at an elevation of about 100 feet above the city and is ono of the best kept orchards in the world. Parts of the orchard offered for sale have paid tho owner over $G0O per acre per year for four straight years. Do not come unless you are prepared to stay, for just so sure as you do como the combination of fat soil, grandeur of scenic beauty and Italian climate will steal you, body and soul. After ono visit hero you will be miserable any other place on earth. . An Eden Valley Orchard will pay an income the very first year Buy now JOHN D. OLWELL EXHIBIT BUILDING MEDFORD, OREGON