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'4 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDITORD, OREGON", MONDAY, JULY 18, 30.10. I h I Medford Mail Tribune C t DIplOlO Herlcs: Thirty-ninth Years Dally, Fifth Year. AX XWBrWDBNT NEWSPAPER WVMTJSXBO DAILY SXCEFT SA.TUB- JDAV T TKE MEDI-OBD VRXXXXXO 00. A nnn1l(1ntlmi nf tlin Mpilfonl Mnll. tftbllshed 1889J th Southern Orc tofllun, established 1902; thd Democratic Times, established 1873; thp Ashland Tribune, established 1896, and the Med- jwrfl Tribune, established 1906. OllOE PUTNAM, lMltor and Manape Entered as second-class matter No mnlwr 1. 1909. at tho Dost-offlce at Medford. Orocon, under tho act or UtLTCh a, 1S79. Official Paper ot tho City of Medford SUBSOBXTTZON BATES. vni liv mnll. ...... . . .... 15.00 IBM) On month hv mall. .......... . .SO 9r mnnih. delivered by carrier, in Talent, Phocnlr, Central Point, Oold 11111 and Woodvlllo...... .50 anday only, my moll, per year. . . S.oo Weekly, per year 1.50 Jrmll Xe&iod Wire United patches. Press Bts- The Moll Trlbuno Is on sale at tho Terry Naws Stand. San Francisco. Portland Hotel Nows Stand, Portland, awman News Co, Portland, Ore. W. O. Whitney. Seattle, Wash. Betel Spokane News Stand. Spokane. Postaffe Bates. I to 12-pago paper ...lc ...2c ...3c IS to xi-pOEe paper... at to 16-paee paper... BWOBK CERCTOATION. Average Dally lor November, 1909 December, 1909 Jaauary, 1910 . ..... ..... 1,700 . 1S4. 1.916 2 1 March, 1910 .;, iKll. 1910 2,501 Jaee, 1910 J.460 JUNE CIBCULATIOW. jwiruarj-. jljiv ..... 16. ......... 2,525 17. 2,525 19 2,575 20.. 2,525 21 2,525 22 2,525 a3a..... .55 24 2,525 26 2,575 27. .. Z(5 Z 5 not ill 9. . X53t 30.. ....... sipO.J Total for month V.. 65,700 I.HI deductions 650 65,050 Average net dally, 2,502. TATK OF UKEGUX, county of Jack- on, as: On this 1st day of July, 1910, per vaally appeared before me, O. Put Bam, manager of the Medford Mall Trl hBue, who, upon oath, acknowledged that tas above figures are true and correct. (Seal) IL N. TOCKEY. Notary Public for Oregon. MESrOSS, OBEaON. Metropolis of Southern Oregon and Northern California and fastest-grow-tar city In Oregon. Population. 1910. 9.000. Bonk deposits. $2,750,000. Banner fruit city of Oregon Rogue Xlrer apples- won sweepstakes prize and title of "Apple Kings of tho World" at National Apple Show, Spokane. 1909. Begue .River pears brought highest glees In all markets of the world dur r the past five years, write Commercial Club, enclosing 6 eats for postage on finest community pamphlet ever written. Killing time may mean the suicide of success. He who serves his friends is never out of a job.' WVJt.l;,9' T3p V A woman isn't necessarily because she can fool a man. 'vise Many of us have cause to thankful for what we don't get. be Economy may be wealth, but we'd rather inherit real money. A slow way to become a millionaire is to work for the money. Hrs easj to love our eneinics tor the undertaker sets them. -nf- Thus far 17,490 editors have made remarks about "Too Much Johnson." Now if wo can only lose sight of John L. for another six months! And still the postal savings bank ! eeems a Iens: ways off. Keep up to date. Don't trust in your ability to "come back.' 1..... 2,600 3 2,500 I. .... 2,500 ( 2,650 6. ... . 2,600 7 2,600 ....... Z,oZ5 I.... 2.526 10.......... 2,525 It.......... 2,675 JIB. ........ .,5.5 XI..... 2,525 OS.... 2,525 V Another case of hitting the pipe. Ijjj Tho prico of smoking tobacco is to be raised. Regarded merely as a peril, it is Kmch easier to dodgo a coming aoro- f plane than it is to' dodgo a motor cycle. Now tho alienists declare that Por- i ter Charlton, who killed his wlfo in 1 Italy, is suffering from contusional Jasanlty, exhaustive psychosis and he bephrenia. Evidently tho Thaw ex perts woro a poorly equipped lot, for they never thought of any of thoso norie. A prizo cow in Missouri enjoys tho eoollng broozes 'from an eloctric fan In her stable, And a lot ot human beings in Missouri aro working In overheated tenement rooms without even a chance of going to the parks tor fresh air in the ovenlngs. Summer up m few words, the pre- cautions that should bo takou in hot I wuther are theso : ' Ti 1 ....!.. !.. .ill Miitwya Drink water and buttermilk. 'Leave beer and " other alcoholic drinks sovoroly alone. Eat lightly ono-half tho amount I eafen in winter is about right. Uvoid meats, buttor ana heavy foeds soups, fruits, vegetables and ScV cream aro tho proper foods. t'Koen tho bowels uotiye. ygui-stom- aohorWenrly empty and your skin AN ATTEMPTED HOLDUP. MEDFORD wants the Hill line and should do every thing possible to make its entrance into the city an easv one. The Hill line comprises a total of 15,000 miles of rail road and to have Medford a terminal point means every thing to the future of the city. Hill's railroad will furnish another outlet for fruit to the markets of the world. It will afford a means of mak ing Medford a distributing as well as a manufacturing center. It will be a leading factor in the development of both country and city, for there can be no extensive de velopment without railroads. The Hill people pay as they go. They ask no subsidies and no bonus. They demand only a square deal. Attempts to hold them up for exorbitant amounts are not square deals. i?timn Such an attempt that is delaying and may block the entrance of the Hill railroad inlo Medford is being made. Efforts to secure a right of way across the I. J. Phipps alfalfa ranch along Bear creek bottom, at a fair figure, having failed, condemnation proceedings have had to be resorted to. K ' ' 8 i S SHIOH AYliilc the railroad was trying to negotiate with Mr. Phipps, lie optioned the place to C. E. "Woolverton, who is said to have made a small payment down, at an alleged valuation far in excess of the actual valuation of the prop erty. This has the appearance of being done to liold up the railroad, for Messrs. Phipps and "Woolvertoii demand, for the 1.76 acres required for right of way, $S000, and an additional $30,700 for "damages." The land lies outside the city limits along Bear creek. Of the 1.76 acres wanted, 1.15 acres is meadow land, the balance washed out creek bottom. It is absurd to claim that this land is worth $1500 a lot cut into small town lots. It is equally ridiculous to claim that the railroad will dam age the property. In fact, it will enhance its value, as it will make it desirable for numerous purposes, whereas it cannot be sold for town lots today. Adjoining property owners asked and received $500 an acre for property needed by the railroad, and an at tempt to secure $38,700 for 1.76 acres is "hold-up," pure and simple, and should be frowned upon by the community, for it is not the Medford spirit. THE TN THE current issue of Hampton's Magazine, Hen - rietta Crosman, whose acting so delighted Medford theatergoers last week, has an article on so-called "dra matic schools," which every stage-struck girl, and there are many, even in Medford, should read. The dramatic school is usually a despicable graft, where mediocre maidens are encouraged in the belief that they have "talent" in exchange for their money. The stage presents an unaccountable attraction for silly young girls. At some stage in her life, nearly every sweet young thing, flattered by relatives and friends, conceives the idea that she has talent, and if opportunity offers, falls a willing victim to the unscrupulous fakir, who cares only for her coin. That this entails a needless sacrifice of womanhood is made plain by Miss Crosman, who summa rizes as follews: "Girls, do you really feel that you must go on the stage? Are you sure that years from now you will not be a total failure as an actress and as a woman? For the odds are great that if you are not successful on the stage you your self will follow the path that so many others have trod. Necessity is a difficult thing to face, and necessity makes many a woman do a lot of things she would not think of doing if there were any other way to face the condition that confronts her after failure. I could tell you cases of girls by the score, girls T myself from their simple country ways to an acceptance ot the mean licentiousness of the big cities after reaping the in evitable fruit of original incompetence. The pity of it is that all this annual contribution of bright-eyed, ambitious young womanhood to failure one bit, has not added one per cent of worthy acting to the annals of the stage. "I want "you to understand that to one with genuine, talent and they are comparatively few the stage is just as safe as a business office. But the stage attracts more young women without an iota of talent than the busi ness office. It is terrifying to consider the legion of young people absolutely unfitted for stage success, who, after trying in vain, sink to the easiest and briefest way of mak- mg a living. "There is a great deal of talk today about the conserva tion of inanimate things. I think there should be a greater conservation, the conservation of humanity. And as for that portion of humanity with which I am in constant touch, I know that the sacrifice of American girls unsuited to the stage is criminally unnecessary, and that there could be a worthy conservation here; the conservation of our daughters in their homes." STAGE-STRUCK GIRL. have seen gradually change has not advanced the stage CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS City Attorney Porter J. Noff Answers Criticism nntl Tolls tho Why ami Wherefore of tho Proposed Chnnps nntl Their Necessity. To the Editer: It is plainly evident from W. K. Phipps' communication in tho Sun day Mail Tribuno that ho is dis pleased with tho charter amendments recently proposed and that ho is an gry at the council for submitting them to tho people. This is distressing. It is most unfortunate- that city councils cannot do all things at all timo to please till people. Hut since human affairs have been otherwise, ordered it may be well io briefly examine into tho matter and see whether Mr. Phipps has any just grounds for his com plaint. Mr. Phipps does not tell us which of the proposed ninoudinonts has aroused his displeasure, so it will bo necessary to examine nil four of them. 1. Ono of the atnondmonts pro vides for lowing tho neoessnry tax to support a public library. The la dies of Medford have been laboring to secure from Mr. Carnegie a dona tion for a public library. Mr. Car negio makes it a ralo to mnko uo gifts of this kind unless there is pro vision for supporting and maintain ing the library after it is built. The charter uiueudmcut i designed to meet this reiiuiromeut, and it is sub mitted at the instance of those who are working to build up a free pub lic library in this city. No further argument on this mat ter is necessary. If Mr. I'hipps does not want a free public library he docs right in opiosing tho amend ment. Tho council is seeking noth ing more than an expression of the will of tho people of the city on this matter. 'J. Another of these amendments provides that if any assessment for peoinl improvements, such as pav ing, sewers or water mains, is set aside by tho court or declared illegal because of any technical defects in the proceedings leaiting up to it, the council may make a reassessment. The officials of the city aro taking great care to have nil preliminary proceedings lending up to the making of assessments for street improve ments regular and in accordance with law, but occasions arise where this is extremely difficult. For ex ample, the property owners may de cide after paving hah been ordered on their street that thoy want it narrower or wider. 4The council wants to follow the wishes of those .who are to pay for tho improvement and yet to chance the width of the pavement after the work has been ordered might be held by the courts to invalidate the whole proceeding. It is to meet situations such as this that tho amendment was prupnred. Tho city of Portland has a similar provision in its charter, and it has been held to be valid and legal by the supreme court of Oregon in a recent case. Tho city of Scuttle also has such a provision in its charter, and it was recently held to be valid and legal by the supremo court of the United States. No ono would ob ject to a provision of this kind un less he hnd in mind contesting his as sessments nnd did not want the city to have tho power to reassess his property in case he succeeded in knocking them out. Mr. Phipps has recently petitioned for it pavement in front of a largo amount of his property in this city. Can it be possible that Mr. Phipps has in mind fighting his assessments after this pavement is laid, and in case ho finds somo technicality which will render the assessment invalid, does not want the city to have the power to remedy tho defect, in order that he may escape paying for his pavement and make the tax payers of the city, after paying for their own improvements, also pay for his out of their general tax. It is difficult to imagine any other reason for his opposition to this amend ment. A third amendment authorizes tho city to ashosH a portion of the cost of trunk sewers or water mains agaiiiht abutting property whore I these trunk sewers or mains' can be used by the property owners as lat orals. It is probublo that this is tho amendment which - arouses Mr. Phipps' particular ire. Tho facts with reference to this matter, no fur as it affects Mr. Phipps, aro these: Just boforo tho prosont administra tion took office a trunk sowor was laid at an expense of about .$20,000, It has never been paid for and some method must bo found for meeting this obligation, eithor by general tax or otherwise. For a portion of its length this trunk sower runs .along North Kivorsido avenue in front of proporty owned by Mr, Phipps, This trunk Bower servos tho purpose of a lateral sower for this proporty. All tin, other proporty owners of the ciu must pay for lat eral sowers in front of their property and for district trunk sowors lending to this mnln trunl- oAp. Tf ta'nc. posed to iphesh against this properly 1 1 as much of the cost of this trunk suwor as will equal tho cost of a lateral sower in front of this prop erty, and thou to pay tho balance of this cost out of tho general taxes. It is difficult to see how any fair minded man can object to this ar rangement. If tho whole cost of this trunk sowor is paid out of general taxes the result will bo that tho tax payers of the city, after paying for their own lateral sowors, will bo fur nishing Mr. Phipps a sower in front of his property free of cost. Surely this would not bo fair. Hoar in mind, it is not proposed to assess against Mr. Phipps' proporty any more of the cost of this trunk sowor than he would havo to pay for a lateral sower tor his proporty. Ho is escaping all the cost of a district trunk sower by reason of tho fact that tho trunk sewer runs in front of his proporty. lie. is only uskod to pay toward tho cost of this trunk sc-er such an amount as will cipuil its special hen efit to him over and above its bene fit to other proporty in tho city. He can use the sower both as a lateral and us a trunk sewer. We want him to pay for tho privilege of using k as a lateral just as other property owners nro paying for their lateral, and thereby lighten to some extent tho burden of the taxpayers of the city. Of course any taxpayer of tho city who wants to pay for sower facili ties for Mr. Phipps after paying for his own will oppose the amendment. Hut thoso who want a square ileal all around will support it. 1. Tho fourth amondment relates to tho assessing of the cost of open ing or widening streets. There is no provision in. tho charter covering this matter and ono is badly needed. It is perfectly fair and equitable. Simi lar provisions aro found in tho char ters of all modern cities. As mat ters now stand, if a majority of tho property ownors in any locality want a now street oponcd thoy must eithor pay their own share and the share of their tight-fisted neighbors, or tho city must pay it out of its general fund. Mr. Phipps proceeds with a wave of his hand to brush aside as uucoii stitutiomil and illegal these amend ments. This is discouraging. He sajs that our constitution prohibits "re troactive and ex-post facto laws. Kven assuming thnt these charter provisions aro retroactive in their effect, which is nut the case, will Mr. Phipps bo good enough to cite the provision of the constitution of Or egon or of tho United States prohib iting retroactive laws? Surely Mr. Phipps does not con sider theso aiiiendinonts "ox pot facto" in their effect. Tho writer had always understood that this term applied only to criminal enactments. Possibly Mr. Phipps has the impres sion that the council is seeking to line him for living on North Hivor sido avenue. Such, however, is not the fact. Tho council only feeoks to have him pay for what ho gets and not to saddlo tho cost of his own improvements on the other taxpay ers of the city who are already suf ficiently burdened in paying for their own. Mr. I'hipps also goes into a resume of tho pnst litigation of the citv. It is not apparent whnt connection this has with the matter in hand, but it may not bo out of plnco to remind .Mr. Phipps that in tho litigation with Mr. Ilanloy tho city got just what it ycut after, and got it for the oxact prico it offered before tho litigation started. Where necessary to secure justico to tho taxpayers of the city the administration will not run away from litigation. The city has an at torney paid by tho year and will bo at no considerable exponse, and it may be that after exhausting nil tho resources of tho Oregon laws for do lay, Mr. Phipps, liko Mr. Ilanloy, will find it advisable to make "con cessions." And while wo aro on tho subject of tho Ilanloy case, the writer can not refrain from calling attention to the fact that Judge Caulkins has ju.-it ordered a jury to try tho condemna tion case of tho Pacific & Eastern Hallway company vs, Phipps iir or der that the compuny may save the financial loss that would result from tho delay of waiting until Septem ber. It is just a year ago, almost to a day, Hinco tho ,pidgo of tho same court refused substantially tho same thing to tho cityvof Jledford, though the delay in that case meant suffer ing, sickness nnd loss of life to many of our people. No criticism is meant to the action of Judge Caulkins in tho ponding case, It is clearly right, Hut what shall wo say to tho ruling ill tho city case? Simply this, thai the world moves and that spoodv justico in Oregon is possiblo if wo elect officers who will servo all of us and not a few of us only, nr.. i?.i!.. r i.s.. ..i.r 'i.. i.i. en. r.iiuur, i iiuvo aireauy lai.cn no much of your valuable space, but BIJOii THEATRE TONIGHT Unexcelled Moving Pictures A NKW EXCUSE MOTHER'S OI KM "HATS Comedy. VOXY SOIiMlCR- -Comody. -Drama. Comedy. Song, "Just to Roraind You," EVERY SEAT 10c. I feel that just a word is in order in explanation of tho frequency with which charter amendments have boon submit ted to the people of late. Tho charter of tho city of Medford is an oxcollout one. It was prepared a number of years ago by Judge Crowell, W. I. Vawwtor and other puhlio-spirited citizens. Hut at that time Medford was a village and the charter was designed for tho gov ernment of u village. As Medford has developed from u village into a city, it has boon found necessary to have additional provisions to meet the changed conditions, and it has been thought best to retain our pres ent excellent charter as a foundation, making the uoconMiry additions from time to timo. It is easy to criticise nnd iihuso public officials. Criticism was not wanting when the council spent a couple of hundred dollars of the city's money last spring to send tho mayor and one of 'their number to California to investigate paving mat ters. The fact that this trio resulted ia breaking the paving combine iu 'owing doscrlbod proporty belonglnc Southern Oregon and saved Medford to ,M tato, nnmely: A stock of .fSO.OOO on the present year's work Is niorchnndlao, coiiBlstlnR principally of a matter concerning which the critics Indies' furnlHliIng goodn nnd shoon of have -kept silent. If the paving of the Invontory valuo of $23,838.25, to streets, the laying of sowers uud BQthor with n lot of storo fittings and water mains and improving the city fixtures of tho Inventory vnluo of in a biiMiiessliko manner at lower! 12031.70, nil locntod In storo build prices than havo ever boon secured, lnB nt Nos- U'1S Norlh Central nvo liy any other city in .Southern Oregon 1U ,n Medford, Oregon. Cash or a without graft or waste is an evidence certified chock for ton por cent of of "moss." then the council accents tho amount offorod must nccompnny the appellation and believe the people ot the city will accept the "mo.ss and wlii.skern" with the n-it. POHTKH J. N K PR EQUALITY OF THE SEXES HARDLY TO BE REACHED WKLI.ESI.KY, Mass.. July 18. That truo equality of the sexes may never bo reached under present con - ditions and that oven the most kind- ly disposed friend of suffrngistii can not help adopting a different atti tude in hi relations 'with the oppo site sox aro two of tho striking views held by Professor Mary A. Willcox, ...l... .... or i i i i ..,""" " "h ..u . -. ,.,.... ... ... .. he department ot zooogyi,, el- icom.) vuiiugu, nun mm nun jiibi ueuii made professor omoritus. "To insure tho same treatment for hoys and girls alike," says Profes sor Willcox, "it is not sufficient that the parents of the children dress the boys and girls alike, allow them to piny the same games and in every sense put them on tho samo plnuo. Just ns soon as a girl's sox is rocog uizod men and women unconsciously adopt a different and loss stiinulat- 11l flfiittliln trilt'fl Vfl lutt tlttttt iiiimj1 "T " " " "" l"" a l)0. ,.,. , , ..... .MUUllirU, UIUKUII, will IUVII11U dui.im "lhoro is no essontuil difleronco ! proposals for $30,000.00 fi por cont hotwoen a man's mind and a worn-jtwonty-yonr General Kund DondB of mi's mind, in my opinion, but this isU'10 Bald city; bids to bo , Mod I with a question that cannot bo answered conclusively until tho treatment of tho sexes from childhood is exactly the same." AUTHOR WILL TAKE LIFE IN HAND TO VISIT MEXICO 8AN FRAN'OffiCO, July 18. As suring his frlouds that ho will re turn to their midst with a whole skin, Herman Whltakor, author of "Tho Planters," ono of .tho host uollora of tho year, which hoavlly scores Moxl- can officials, loft today for Mexico City, where ho propoHos to bco Presi dent Dlnz, talk with him about things lu general, hco Into n fow mattors overlooked on his last trip, and then como back to tho United Stntos and write additional articles on modorn conditions. Whltnker's friends aro foarful for hlu snfoty. Ho admits ho has boon covortly throntonod. If your store is twico as interest ing a place as one that is twico ns effectively advertised make your ads twice as interesting as the ads of tho other store DKSIUOUS OF GUIIINO T1IJ3 DRINK III HIT. Wo aro hoacatly desirous of curing all who aro addicted to drink, and If you nro Intorooted In nnyono noodlng Orrlno wo Invito you to wrlto us. 0ur Cprroapondonco la contldontlul, land our roplloa uro flout In plain soalod oavolojiOH. Orrlno No. 1 tin a ticurot treatment, ami No. a la (or Uiobo who wlBh tho voluntary treat ment. ?1 por box. "Wrlto for free booklet on "How to Curo Drunken ness." Tho Orrno Co., 032 Orrlno llullilliiK Washington, I). 0. Thin leading driiKKlatn Indorse Orrlno, and Is sold by Loon II. Hanltlno. NOTIOU. In tho dlatrlct court ot tho United States tor tho District ot Oregon. In tho matter of Dakor-IIutchaion Company, an Orogon corporation, and tho IlutchiiBou Company, a partner ship composod ot J, r. Ilutehason, O. W. Zorn nnd KiiRlor, bankrupts. Tho undersigned triiBtoo ot tho nbovo entitled estate lu bankruptcy will recolvo soalod bids at his otttco, No. 7 First stroot, room 8, Portland, Oregon, up to 12 o'clock noon ot Hat urday, July 23d. 1010, for tho fol "" "'d nnd tho sale Is mado subject o confirmation by tho court, tho right being reaorved to reject any nnd nil bids. An Invor.tory Is on file nt tho office ot tho undorHlrjned and tho proporty tuny bo inopocted upon ap plication ut tho storo In MoCford. Dated at Portlund, Oregon, July 7th, 1910. II. L. SA1JIN, Trustee , above-named , ,. .... ' unuiiruiHBi Nottco Is horoby glvon thai a moot ing of tho creditors ot snld bankrupt will bo hold. In tho office ot tho tm dorslgnod roforco nt Medford, Jack son county, Oregon, on tho 20th dny , mo 2 ,c,ock ,n th(J n(t. 0 'Mw tho alo of tho poreonnl proporty montlonod In tho forogolng notlcd and to transact such othor biiBlnoHS ns may proporly como boforo snld mooting. Dntod July 7th, 1010. noLimooic withinoton, Koforoo In Dnnkruptcy. 90,000.00 niiN'KItAL FUND HONDS OP T1IK CITV Or MHDFOHD. OIIKGON Tho City Council of tho City of .-. -.... ...Ill .A.nl.n .nnliul lliu oiijr iiuluiuui i mw v.. Medford, Oregon, not Inter than 1:30 o'clock p. tn July 2lth, 1910. Dldu to bo accompanied by a cer tified check on somo National or Stato Dank within tho Btato of Ore gon equal to five por cont of tho amount bid for; check to bo mado payablo to tho City Treasurer. Tho Council rcsorvoH tho right to reject any and all bids, UOJJT. W. TIOLKBIt, City Itocordor. Dntod at Medford, Oregon, this 11th day of July, 1010. r z. x.m Preserved Pleasure You can onjoy all winter tho pleas ures of a summer trip- " $1.00 TO $05,00 Medford Book Store KQDM H i inwrnn clean, I