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PXGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORFGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1911. U ! I i Medford Mail Tribune INFLATED RENTALS. AN INDEPfiNDCNT NEWHPAI'KH PUULIHIIBU DAII..Y KXCI2PT HATUIl- day iiy Tin: isinoroiiD 1'IIINTINO CO. Tho Democratic Tlmp. Thn Mpilford aiuii, xno .icurorii 'iriuunc, Tne wotim crn Orogonlun, Tlio Ashland Tribune. aconau PUTNAM, ndltor and Manager Entered ns fieconil-clnxH mutter n Medford, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879, Official Paper of the City of Medford uiiicim i'nper or jncKnon uounty SUnSORIPTION BATES. One year, by mall $6 00 One month by mall .CO Per month, delivered by currier In Medford. Jacksonville and Cen tral Point SO Sunday only, by mall, per year.... 2.00 vvecKiy, per year l.bu SWORN OIROULATION. December 31, 1910, 2721 United Dally averoKe for hIx months ending rail teased "Wire Dispatch... Pre Tho Mall Trlbuno In on sale at the Kerry News Stand, San Pranclico. Portland Hotel Nuwh Htund, Portland. Ilowman News Co, Portland, Ore. W. O. Whltnoy, Seattle, Wnnli. MBOFORD. OBSaON. Metropolis of Southern Oregon and Northorn California, and tho fastest Krowlnir city In On-con. Population U S ecu mi h 1910; 8840; o&iimaieu, juii iu,uuu Five hundred thoUHund dollar Gravity Water System completed, giving finest supply nuro mountain water and nlx teen mllen of street being paved and contracted for at a cost exceeding $1, 000,000, making a total of twenty miles of pavement. Postofflco receipts for year ending March 31, 191, show Increase, of 41 per cem. uuiiK deposits a gain or a per cent. Banner fruit city In Oregon Itogue juvcr wpiircnuerg apples won swfep stakes prize and title of i' "Apple Xing' of the World." at tho National Applo Show, Spokane, 1909, and n car of Nowtowns won First Friz In 1010 at Canadian International Applo Show, Vancouver, n. C. Itoguo Itlver pears brought highest firicos in aw niarKais or tna world uur ng tho past six years Wrlto Commorclal club. Inclosing C cents for postago for the finest commu nity pamphlet over written. 30,000 IS PAID FOR 100 ACRES . I Butler artd Noo Ranch is Sold to Chi cago , Man i Seventy-four Acres Are planted to Pears Sale Made by J. D. Olwell. Another largo renl eHtato deal was closed Friday when II II. Oialmm iif Clili'iigoJuMcluiNeil a nno hundred ncio - orchard fromJS. Il.niitlur nWLV Jr. Noe, . thG Joint ' owners. "Tlio cdiialTlorutlon bojng $30,000 Hovont)'fouf 'nerpH uro planted to pcuiM and tlio li.iliinco to apples. Tho tiavt In situated rpur onil one half miles north east of Medfonl and Is (pne of the finest yol(tig oii'lmnlM In the valley, being planted with two and threo j'c'ur old trees. Jo)ih I). Olwell wuu Iiiat l"u mentjil In closing tho deal. INFLATED rentals is a subject deserving the considera tion of property owners not only of Medford, but of other cities. The commercial prosperity and supremacy of a city depends largely upon the ability of the mer chants to carry larger and .more attractive stores aild to undersell the merchant of neighborhood places. If rent als are made high, the merchant must charge a high per centage of profit to cover, and is undersold by competi tors in other towns where less over head expense ob tains. The result is an injury not only to the merchant, but to the community. The rent hog, the land lord who never docs anything to upbuild his community except to raise the rent, who will not improve his premises or sell to those who will, is a familiar figure in all cities. He is the one who profits most by unearned increment, who secures a profit through the efforts of others. He is present in numbers in Med ford. Jn this connection, some sensible remarks made by the Portland Journal to Portland landlords can be quoted profitably. They are equally applicable to Medferd: Says the Jeurnal: " Portland property owners ought to remain sane in the important matter of rentals, inflation- of charges beyond the reasonable is bad business policy. It has been extrem ely injurious to many a prosperous city. "There are already accounts of advances in Portland that are to be regarded as inadvisable. The prosperous atmosphere of the city has tempted some property own ers to go too Jar in their demands upon tenants. It is an easy way to kill the goose that is laying the golden egg- "ft is bad business to lay on all the charge that the traffic will bear. Rent is inexorable, and the merchant or other tenant must meet it in fair business weather or foul. It is a fixed charge that is as relentless as death and as uncompromising as time. W it mounts to unreas onable proportions, the tenant must go out of business. Then and there a blow is struck at prosperity and the influences set in motion to bring harm to the property owner himself. "The landlord in Portland is constantly garnering a splendid profit in the increasing value of his property. The holding that was worth $100,000 yesterday will bring $200,000 tomorrow. This constant gain is result of the prevailing prosperity, and an element in that prosperity is the tenant's ability to conduct a prosperous business. It is very foolish for our property owners to boost their exactions beyond a reasonable limit. "Portland's best bid for the trade of a great intcr lan'd is ability to undersell competitors. It. is a factor of enormous value to tho city's growth, prosperity and ex pansion. The undue boosting of rents will gradually un dermine Portland's ability to undersell and will to that p.vt.pnt. nndprmhip Pnvrlnnd's fiit.nro. One of ihn chiof causes of Seattle's present unsatisfactory situation Is the' lnut ol mllated rents. Jt ought to be warning to Port land landlords. " tion with hosiery, and Avhile the many protest, yet they gladly pay their money to see the chorus girls caper to "the lascivious pleasings of the lute." Meanwhile such actors as Frederick Warde have been forced into the lecture, field.- Of late, there has been a so-called reform in the theatrical world, and Shakespeare, like Jeffries, Bat Nelson and T. R., is trying to "come back." Medfoi'd at present has two performances booked, and the bills are upon the walls. "Julius Caesar," and "The Girl From Rector's.'? Which shall it be? Wc shall sec. MANY LOCAL PEOPLE VISIT IN PORTLAND , - -f -r -f SIDELIGHTS IN CONGRESS -f Itepieseiitatlvu "Ollle" James (dein oerut, Kentucky) still retaliiH tho piotid distinction uf being 'the biggest man, physically, In the houxo of lepresentu tlvvn. Iteptesontatlse Penby (lepubll can, Michigan), who was his foimldabln competitor In the house of repieseuta tlves Keprusontntho Donliy (lepubll can, Mluhlgan), who was his foinihlahle competitor In tlm Slt -flint coiikU'hh, wum uiiuing thOHo who did nut letuiu in tho Slxty-seuond Tho west oorrldur of the second flour of the House office building has been dubbed "Old (luaid Lane." Hanged In hiiccuhhIoii along this hall mo the of flues of llepiiwentutlWH 1'ajliM (republican. New Voik), u trio of standpatters Me Call's advouuu) of OMimdlun leolptoclt) Isn't partlouhiily plmislng to his two coiiHi'i'vathn filvndrt. Although "I'nele J oh" Camion Isn't u minority lemlr. and hunn'l any claim to HptKilal fuvoiltlsHi st the hsmls of the new mttjoiltx, th democrats Imw coiiMldeiHtvly allowtd Mm the lain fuor of an office within onl u few slepi of the house flooi The exspeakvi Islodgtd In the quartets foimeily oeeuplvd by the committee on pensions Minor!!) Load er Mann, who oould lme had the phiue gruuufully withdrew In fsoi of Cannon, tilld took u loom on the flooi below Itepresuntuthe Hamilton (republican. Michigan), who was chaiinuin of thu Iiouhu commuted on thtt triillorlfM dur Ing the liiHt session, Hud reported the enabling acts to admit Ailioim urn! New .Mexico, whuiu ho was plaited by Minor ity l.ouilur .Mann Hamilton uis he fuels that he hus done his shaie of the woik on the ten Holies' OOllllllltte Hope hits Ix-eii pruclloully atNiiuloned for any changes In the hall of the house of rvpiusenlutUes Kor six or koeii juits' linprnvenittnts have been plaiinud with the Idea of making the iMml-r smaller and the acoustlos better At tliu , beginning of the Sixl) -first oougress, a coiiinillln' imd arehUecls ill aw up plans which conleinpiHltH) sh veiling changes ii lid the i xptiidltur of tiiMilly u inllllon dollars to to effeet these olinngos Now that the dfinooruts art In power, and thn rojroiichmnnt program on, it Is said there wilt be no wxpudl(iii fur this pin-pose. Thereon 1 Akin s republlCHii, who was elected by democmis from the Twenl- fifth Now York district Is ncognUod neither by tli republiuaiiu noi the dam ocruts. lie did not uiiend the oauoiises of ollhcr parly. Mmil ure conimnnt- Ing on tho f"cl ,,ml sinee his piaoo on tho aisle of tint reputillittn side, oppo si to tlio "Panhandle strip' the overflow of doinociats from the inujoiitj side THE MONEY MAKERS. RB, riLLlDR, traffic manager of the Southern Pa- cific, once remarked that if he lost his job with the railroad, he would retire to his Rogue River Valley ranch and raise hogs, and that he was satisfied in his own mind, that alfalfa and pigs would make any man in Oregon, par ticularly in Southern Oregon, a fortune. If the market for her hogs fell, he would put up "Miller's Home Made Dairy Sausage" and become a millionaire. Mr. Miller would doubtless get a great deal 'more out of life if he followed his own advice and retired to his Rogue River ranch, than he secures as traffic manager of a great railroad system, for nowhere is life more en joyable or are conditions more attractive then here. In addition, he would probably be a financial gainer. For the present he contents himself with advice to others, and this has taken concrete form in a booklet jus published by the Southern Pacific entitled "The Money Makers Hog Raising in the Pacific Northwest." This pamphlet on hog husbandry is written by D. O. Lively and contains a concise summary of conditions essential to making a success of the industry, the latest scientific methods to he followed together with sound advice covering all details. The pamphlet is for gratui tous distribution upon application to the railroad com pany. From a perusal of the booklet, it is apparent that nowhere in the entire country do more favorable condi tions exist for hog raising than in the Rogue River Valley and that a source of much wealth is being over looked by the comparative neglect of this industry. CAN SHAKESPERE "COME BACK" IN MEDFORD? kook for llm Huslness opportunity lids that urn worth answering for one of them, noniu iluy. wlH l l muke our fortunol Look for "wprOi-answorlng" mi ads and answer tltm aU Af 101) FORI) will soon have the opportunity to test its' Ff-1 real appreciation of the higher class of drama. Frederick Warde, dean of the dramatic profession, will appear in Medford Thursday evening. He is, beyond a doubt, the foremost exponent of the classic drama in this country. Mr. Warde is a scholar, and an artist, and is supported by a company of actors and actresses of first quality. The piny Mr. Warde appears now in ".Julius Caesar." a drama that has stood like a stone pier in the river of time through the centuries which have elapsed since its first production. During all this time dramatic literature, good and bad, has drifted by, and the greater part of it is lost in the oblivion of forgotten vears, while "Julius Caesar," "Hamlet." "Othello," "King Lear," "Richard the Third," "Romeo and .Juliet," to say nothing of many of the lighter works of the great master, have been given a place m the repertoire of every great actor for centur ies. No artist has made a lasting reputatioli in the more serious school of acting who has not been judged by his portrayal of some one of Shakespeare's characters.' Hut of lato years Shakespeare has come into serious competi ,1 POUT1.AND, Ore., April 22. (Spiclal to The Mull Tribune ) The following people from southern Oregon wero In Portland .luring (ho past week: Prom Medford Di It Gale, nt tho Cornelius hetel: J. S. Vilas, A. K Reames, Mr. und Mrs, William Orelg and daughter, nt the Powers; Ira J. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. PreS N. Cummlngs, nt the Portland, visiting with friends, I.. 11. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs J, 1J. Corrlgnn, and It. Hchol Prom Grants Puns A. IlutlcY, nt tho Cernelius: Mr and Mrs. V. A. Pettlson and sons,' At tho Imperial, V. C'oUlg, II V, niilott, Mr. and -Mrs. .1 A. Conner. Prom Ashland J M Ilrooks, P H 16 HOURS IS ON BEAR STATE ROADS SACItAMIiNTO. Cal April 22. Gov ernor Johnson touay signed the "1C hour limit" bill, whtcli prohibits railroads from allowing conductors, engineers, firemen, brakemen, dispatchers and oth ers In their employ from working more than 1G hours ut a stretch, nor to start woik again after such 16 hours stretch until eight hours of rest lias Inter vened, Wrecking and relief crows are excepted from tho provisions of the law. Carter, at tho Haton, Prom Hosehurg W. C. Haw ley, M. S Maxwell, at the Imperial: Mr. and Mrs. 1.. A HlckM, nt tho Portland. hPF, USf-'v 9 j- 9LA i rpTT fxxt nrt fin tTXit rtTi .f fc - 'if v 1 WiTTv I AA Ull tltl.BtlHLIliteCO.NV, in m c HS OLLEGE BRAND" SUITS The famous "College Clothes" models are for young men who want style, fit and distinction in their clothes. Such fit, grace and character cannot be found in any other clothes. And under their graceful lines you will find the solid founda tion of honest, all wool fabric built by mas ters on thoroughly shrunk, needle-molded canvas and hair cloth. We have umn "College Brand" models, including NorfolLs body-fitting with deep side-vcuts running ten inches from the bot tom of the coat, t.ur to five buttons on each sleeve and two, three or four buttons on the front. Prices from $18.00 to $35.00 If vou find am imperfection in any suit boaring the Coll e Hrand label, return it and gi t your nun cy back. DANIELS FOR DUDS Largest Men's Store in Southern Oregon. TAILORED SUITS ONE-FOURTH OFF Think of the opportunity of saving one fourth on your new spring tailored suit. "We arc mak ing this drastic cut on our entire line of tailored suits at $20.00 and above (excepting white serges and pongees) the suits arc the newest, the best values anyone can offer, our only reason is our stock is to large, we have miscalculated, our mistake is your gain. Full line of sizes, Juniors, Misses, Ladies and Stouts. $20 Tailored Suits $15 CP& uimAmtJl $25 $30 $35 $45 it tt $16.90 " $18.75 t " $22.50 " $26.50 " $33.75 Alterations if any are made free of charge New Dresses Alterations if any arc made free of charge. The showing in dress-, es is now at its best, the last week has added many new numbers in dresses. Foulard Dress es, Messalinc, Pongees, then the showing of Lingerie Dresses, Mulls, 1 Lawns, Marquesettes, with the many pretty ' new trihimings in Cluny Lace, a touch of Velvet Ribbon, etc., also the showing of wash dresses is most charming inMadras. Anderson Gin ghams, Renfrew Ginghams, Printed Lawns; me styles are most beautiful and so reasonably .J..! 1 1 ii . . , f v priceu aim so wen made. 9 .K r .i3'VCii ...,, .,,-r ,-w. MM? ' W I; Jj, ft if''- N (! M ' :"M .1', ii HI ll''n 111 TOW fmmmjf t Junior sizes !3, 15, 17 $3.50 to $7.50 Misses sizes 14, 16, 18 $2.95 to $35.00 Ladies sizes $1.50 to $57.50 Millinery- Wonderful Assort ment of New Styles The great assortment contains a wide variety of new styles, the large, the medium, and the small hats all being well represented, they are of a character and a style that is distinctive, yet refined. The eolorinirs the Con tour, the general makeup of these hats an rue Aureus standardaucl tar above the dinary. Yet modest in price. Shirt Waists That Are Regularly Priced $1.50 to $3.50, Special $1.00 About twelve dozen in the lot, most of them . are spick, span, and new lingerie waists, others are plain tailored styles in lawn and linette, nianv are the-well tailored Roval Waists, regu lar values $1.50 to ..50. All sizes, very special $1.00 Then the showing of the better shirt waists is most complete, the ROYAL and WALDORF makes, Linegrie, Linen and Marquerctte $1.95 to $10.00 Chiffon, Marquesette, Net, Lace and Silk Waists $5.00 to $35.00 or- Niagara Maid Silk Gloves 50c-$175 Sm 222 West Main f M A im m K . PL