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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1910)
aiHDFCMJ MAIL TMBrNK, lAIIODKOHD, OIHCMOX, TlT10SI)AY, DKCIOMmSR 20, 1910. 4 ti- ii V Medford Mail Triijune AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED E-AII.Y EXCEPT SATUR DAY BY THE MEDrORD PRINTING CO. A consolidation of tlio Jtp.lford Jtull ostabllshod 1S89, the Southern OrcKon lun, pHtubllHhcd 1902, tlio Democratic Tlltirs, I'Stnhllnhr.l 1872, tlio AahlunC Trlltuno, established 181)6, and tlio Jlod fonl Tribune, established 1900 aiCOItan PUTNAM, Editor and MannKer Hntered uh second-class mutter No vmiiIut 1, 1909, ot tlio poslofflco aj Mnlford. OroKon, undur tlio act oi Murcli 3, 1879. Official l'nper of tlio City of Medford SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ono yenr, by inall 5.0 Ono month by mail .: " Per motilli, dfllerod by catrlor In MeUfr.l, Jackson vlllo and Con- tral I'olnt ,-f; Himdny only, by mall, pur yenr.... JU Weekly, per year ' -' Tull leaied Wlro United Preea Dlipatchos. The Mali Trlbuno Is on Halo at tli Terry Ncwh Stand, San Francisco Portland Hotel Nows Stand, Portland llowtnan News Co, Portland, Or. W. O, Whitney, Seattle, Wash. Hotol Spokane Kowb Stand. Hpokano. SWORN CIRCULATION. Average dally for January, 1910 2,12' March, 1910 2,20: April 1910 2,30 May, 1910 2.451 Juno, 1910 2,r,o July, 1910 2.G2 August, 1910 2,!2 KeittMillier, 1910 2.3S October, 1910 2,79 Novombor Circulation. SIDE LIGHTS ON RAILROADS. AS WAS PREDICTED . ------ We Are Sole Agents For The Southern Pacific's business in Oregon lotnIlu(l';,Ia-t,k''011 .c,0,,iy4 ,",,,;"lu . wl!Vib,le'jl:: TT . -m-r . -g fi 4-r 8,830,945, or whi,h ,520,526 was expended, .leaving a J tn u-r'l ftSw-'" FToOIPT K itChPIl daDlietS net profil of $-l,i:9,H9 or -17 per cent. The entire system-columiiy Saturday ....d the oongrnt-i A JLVJ KJ&JlKs I JU&JL tliVlX V d "" Tiinni,icinMv- ..:.l. i:...i.i.. .. r. .... :i ...... ,1 ..,'j,,..k,..1 ;,, IiN 1 I'jli I'jD 1 liMI SHIC llglllh Oil II1C lilillOiUl MlllilUUJl III, Oregon and elsewhere are afforded by the annualre- The best posible uj to demon ports of the Southern Pacific and the Oregon Short Line, Pirate u belief i ii. put into ue th- iff w h he state rai road commission. I tliro" " u.e in.inu.iae mm rvu.y C, 1 IJU JI V cent, anion 1C 3,07 17 3,07 IS 3,05' 20 3,101 21 3,05i 22 3, Of). 23 3,05. 2I .1. US' 27 3,07i 28 3,00i 29 3,00. 30 2,97 3,100 J ;!,.!! u 3 3,100 4 3,100 G 3,160 7 3,100 H 3,100 !) 3,100 10 3,100 11 3,100 13 3.1M) 14 3,100 If. 3.100 Total V 70,901 Daily avoraRo, 3,080. BTATH OP OUUQON, County of Jaclt ROD, HH. : Oli' tl) first' lny of December. 1910 yiorsoniilly appeared beforo me, GoorK Putnam, iiiunaKor of tlio Medford Mm Tribune, who, upon oath, acknowledge that tlio abovo figures aro true and col root. II. N, YOCICI5V, (Seal) Notary Public for Oregon MEDrORD, OREOON. Metropolis of Southern Oregon am Northern California, mid tlio fasti'Mt growing city in Oregon. Population U. 8. census 1910; 8810 OHtlinuted In Novombur. 1910, 10.000 Kiwi hundred thousand dollar Oravit Water System completed, giving flues supply pure, mountain water and six teon miles of street being paed am contracted for at a cost exceeding II 000,000, making u total of twenty mile of pavement. Postofflco receipts for year cndlni November 30, 1910, show u gain of 6 por cent. Hank deposits woro $2,370,532, u gal' of 22 por cent. Thinner fruit city In Oregon Hogu Hlver Kpltxenberg apples won sweep stakes prlzo and title of "Apple Xing of tlio World" nt tlio National Applo Show, Spokane 1909, and u car of Nowtowns won rirst Prlio In 1910 at Canadian International Applo Show Vancouver, II. C. Itoguo Itlvor pears brought hlghes' prices In all markets or tlio world dm lug tiio past six years, Writo Commercial club, IncloHlug ( cents for postage for the finest coinmu nlty pamphlet over wilttou. nam Want -nth ortio for work For l sttoug want ad is all the "influence" tare. All we afk is a visit. Wi vmi'll need. vunranlcu yon .suti-l'nctioii (it- inonf- ; m back. GAWXKTT-COItr.Y IIDWK CO. Corner iMiiiu and Grape Si j I. nko ltynn of .Iiirksonvllle Is pro j imrlitK to tear nwa a part of ono of l tin old landmarks of Jacksonville and ad a modern front and a new 'story to the building. JIi Ryan has caiiKht tlieinuplratlou, bo believes that to llvo a town must progress dad 1k Is going to htait the ball roll ing by improving n putt of this property. Fifty Years Ago Today. Dec. 20. Ordinance of secession passed by unn,nlmoiiK vote tit tlio state convention of South Carolina. Tlio wording of the declaration. "We, the people of South Caro lina, lu convention assembled, do declare and onlnln that the ordinance of rati Ilea Hon of the constitution or t):u United States passed by South Carolina la 17S8 Is heieby repealed anil the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other states lu the name of the United Slates of America Is hereby dissolved," was virtually adopted by the ten States w hlcli ultimately follow ed South Carolina's lead. (Pop ulation of South Carolina was UOO.OOO, of the United Stales Ul,-000,000.) mid $22,97(J,0."9 in dividends, besides laving away a sur- alations heard upon the tiim demon- plus of $S,897,(5M. , . , .. ., , i strata tho lTuthat tlm people-stand egon tsiiort J.nie declared dividends (31 ou per ,," " - - 7. j,.,, ,ir- -on r i- i-i ll,e prettieftt, most uniipiu lmrdwhie ntingto$l,J,(jru,o.50. Operating earnings ol the ,,,, . ...,. IM111 . Th- company amounted to ij520,22,'l 0, operating expenses muy iJ0 siores whoiu muru biyekjs $9,5'1 1 ,")7'5, 01' '1.3.8 mi' CClll. ' . jcunied but none j). handsomely ftir- 'I'hese two railroads are operating under supervision of n"i" "' ivllxiW'H. ananed. the state railroad commission, so regulation eannfft be' J !',s hl"lu " ,6" "s ,l f"'8J . . . ' " by its present owners, will always Very injurious. ,,,.,.. . ... ,, . Island lor quality, li.mutt deuling. The ordinary business man js well satis) led ii there jslmiutoous truatmont and serviee as a )rofit of 15 or 20 per cent or less on the volume Of busi- "(,"V periect us p.-ibiu. Our line uess, yet we see these railroads clearing nearly 50 per cent,! wil1 b ,rHy h-ii-i-u-d and u the resorting to the courts to prevent the lust and reasonable,1" ,u "' u k-"1, """ - , , . , t ,. ', -. "' 1 ,, mi will bao them and we mean by guar- reduction ordered lor southern Oregon by the railroad ( ,,,,, aatisfa,.tion or 1I1011t.v jac.c. 'Omniissioil. Don'l J'ottfet the fact that we own Ihe Poor's Manual gives the net profit above all charges. , building; don't foict that it is, not of the Hill system for 1907 as $-15,7:50, Ki.f5 and the gross ,l "' 'dfair. but the nuttitu earnings as $200,152,-185, or about 22 per cent, so that it is uf"l l,; .""i"1"1 " fix ,no !"" 1 ? 11 -i ii M if 1 1 11 it n niado this buildiii,' .mil store possible. ivident that the reasonable reduction ordered by the Oie-iIIMlI wilIl slldl wd knmvll arti(!los as jon I'ailroad commission for this section, does not mean, Toledo umges, mini Wasiier'.-, paint 'confiscation" of the Sputhern Pacific as their attorneys that cmers the caniiayiU'niier hake nlpjwl. 'Vhov will Ktill elenr more than tlie nA'crayo l'ailroad. utk-iy we have im leur l'or the i'u- It is because the public is beginning to understand something of the railroad business, something of the fabu lous profit made through promotion and excessive tariffs, and to resent the unjustifiable robbery of being made to pay inexcusable charges in order that interest may be paid upon "watered" securities and "inelpns;' cut for the ben efit of the controlling interests, that wo beliold the speelu lc of railroad magnates threatening the country with panics and cessation of railroad building, unless they arc permitted to run the country to suit themselves. Railroads are built with bonds. Those who buy the bonds, furnish the money, but they receive no share in the profits beyond the stipulated four or fire per cent. Tin profits go to the stock, which usually cost little or nothing, md hence is "water." When a road is reorganized, it is usuallv done by new issues of bonds and bv assessment ol itoekholdcrs, so that the reorgani.ers may gobble the stock. When systems merge or consolidate, the extensions are built by bonds. Panics and financial depressions depreci ate the values of the securities which are thrown on the market to be grasped at opportune times, and hence rail road control in the United States has become concentrated in the hands of a few and the excessive tolls paid by the people go to still further enrich this group. So in the past ")0 years railroad fortunes have grown from nothing to hundreds of millions, and are rapidly growing into billions. One of the great railroad systems of the country started on a forty cent option, has had an actual cash investment of $158,875,000. which has been reduced hv bonuses to Rl,875,()00 has $210,000,000 of stock, on which enormous dividends have been paid, enabling the actual control ol over 20,500 miles of railroad, with a total capitalization of over a billion dollars. ' The Wall Street chiefs cannot understand why, havingi done these things with impunity for so many years, 1 lit f public has begun to object t,o paying increased tariffs, whvi the railroad is not their own private plaything and the country theirs to exploit at will, to buy or sell legislation, control courts and corrupt the electorate to accomplish' their ends. Capital is justly entitled to a fair return on investment. Railroads are entitled to reasonable rates, lint railroad capitalists do not want fair returns, or reasonable rates. They want to be 'Met alone" to continue to amass ex cessive fortunes as heretofore. America is young and crude and does not yet know how to govern; The dollar is still placed above the man. I here is scarcely an huropean nation that does not can And Sell at the Factors'y Low Marked One Price Figures $26.50 to $35. 00 WEEKS & McGOWAN . - ----- -- "wsajsai MAIL TRIBUNE WANT ADS BRING- RESULTS MAIL TRIBUNE WANT ADS BRING RESULTS omoaox, simw. nrcrmimw 18, i9io. FOR THE While General Josso S. .elaa, de pohod provident oL Nicaragua, is ui' to ho .yearning l'or permiHsiou to liu again in liis native land, it pruhahb thai the Nenrngunn aulhorilu would feel more eoutentud to haw him remain in Belgium, In alarling l'or the south mK. mcuihurs ol' the lliirtletl-Whilnex ex pedilioa doubt leng will take with then everything iioeennry to proo theii (ilaini in ease they get to that isolate.' locality. OOKS RookwoodandTeco ...Pottery... PRICES ALWAYS CON SISTENT WITH QUALITY. EDFORD ..Book Store.. 1 Pretty New Home for its people better than we do. Iut we jire beginning to realize conditions, to learn from the older civilizations, to painfully grope for a new and better order, and notwith standing the protests and power and prestige of our bil lionaires, there is going to be a more etpiitable division of our wealth and the halcyon days of the gct-rich-quirk in railroad circles arc one with ihe roses of vestervear. The more ono hrs regarding the 1)00 pieeou of silver neoenhiiry to tin outfitting of a certain millioauirp' maiiwiou n New York, the le one I'eulb Ike taking on tlio rtipouiihili liuti of owning a manaiou. - Chopping n deficit by 1 l.AOO.OUO in twelve month U the best eson that l'oklmavter General llileheoek (ioiild read to any of the guvenuueut departments. Codfuh hu advanced to Y.'U) e hundred pound, but a lunulivd pounds of codfish w inorethaa uu family iioods at one ow liiae. won in (lie height of the fUhbull mou. Los Aogele AND RETURN A Story About Pants Home people prefer to call them ' tioiiMt-s," but anny, they are ni.ulo by the "Old Woolen Mills'," of Ma field, Kv, and aie the best in the wo 1 Id Thev M.ui the line with the genuine Old Kentucky Jeans ,: $1 :' ". a pair, and run to the tine .-'I wool grades at $" 01) Ul sr MAIN STKHKT The Wardrobe Wot Main Street. I . . . . 1 $31.5 1 4 - iA nil if fin 4 WW ? : 1 THE WOMAN WITH A PRETTY HOME IS BOUND TO APPRECIATE A PIECE OF THIS WARE. NOTH ING WE COULD SUGGEST WOULD ADD MORE TO THE ARTISTIC APPEARANCE OF THE HOME THAN ONE OF THE MANY ARTICLES INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION OFFERED HERE. KARNAK BRASS HAS A WORLD WIDE REPUTATION FOR ITS RICHNESS AND BEAUTY. IT IS MANUFAC TURED AND DESIGNED BY MEN WHO ARE AR TISTS MEN WHOSE RARE GENIUS ENABLES THEM TO PRODUCE THIS CLASS OF WARE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALED. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE UNWORTHY ARTICLE IN OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDECIDED AND WISH TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT WILL PLEASE, WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION OF THIS WARE. Medford Hardware Co the If sufficient uuirh.T diMiv to make trip an eNcur.sioii will be 1 .niduited Medford to Los Angeles and return some time in January or Feb ruary at the round trip late of $31.55 with a thirty day limit to return. Tickets will permit of stopovers and be tfond via either line to and from Los Angeles. For further information see or phone A. S. K0SENBAUM, loenl S. 1'. Aijent, oicall at the PaKjsonjjcr Statu. 11, l-'uiu .'Ml. 251 ee Us For e ifrrfr 1iihiilrrt,rlrnfr.fr nrfi.A fl ,fc d. 11 fll iB lll rfll rti imra m1 A it. .fr ,1 1 m ---., mw'vmrmwmrmw i Jk : f i ut Flowers Plants : ; For iSale j:j. T.-BRADLY & Co. l-'erns. Palms, Hullx Wreaths, Clreener.N, Misth toe, etc. American lieauty Roses, Carnations. Xniv.us Ilvacintlm, etc., etc. See our display and plan or dels loilay. At Cuthberts : ; ; : : ; : : ; : ; : Cut Flowers : : : Ye are n liverv. booking orders for Xmas de- I'otted plants of viiy description. Take a look in the Medford Hook Store window and see them. Cut Ninas: cinths, flowers we i will have in stock nt uose. t arnatnuis. mi-imhv; ik-... Lily of the Yallcv, ilets. '' I Corner 6th. and Central Avenue Medford Green House 1 I : : : ; ; ; : : : : '. 1 ; : : : : ; : - : ; : ; ; ; M. I.egagnon.v is the ui-nilcii..n. hos(. inline wo JIIIIM ) n . lulu I, 1 1 aro di-xuini- of i im n .ii. in ' ti name ot th. imm wh U t-i ! .1 (he nlhi- in luiDpl.i.-i i ..tli 1 , --. (HWMViVftM