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f A ' .'IiV I pxge mftm iUEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MWPITORP, OlWaONVlWinAY, JUNE !), 11)1 1. V" PM o-vWjw. m m Medford Mail Tribune AN INDRPRNDKNT Ni:VRPAIRH WlUKIlKD DAILY KXCRPT RATUR VAX HT TI rniNx i in MKDFOllD ITINQ CO. The Domocrntto Times. Tho Mcdfonl mii, in aipuioni xnounc, tub uouih rn Orejronlan, Tho Ashland Tribune. Office Mull Tribune ItulldlnK, 3527-S9 North Fir street; phone, Main S02I Home 76. QBOItQR PUTNAM, Kdttor and Manage! Rntrrtd an sccond.nlaca maltr a Medford. Oregon, under the aot of March 1, 1878. THE PORTLAND HOG AGAIN. Official Pnnflr Paper of Jackson Official of the Clljr of Medford county nioitniov batzi. One year, by mall fS.OO One month by mall SO rer month, tiollvorcd by carrier In Medford. Jacksonville and Cen tral Point ...................... .80 Runday only, by mall, per year.... J. 00 weeaiy, per year i.o BWOKir CXJSCUI.ATIOK. Dally average for alx month! ending December 31. 1910, 2721. roll Seated Wire United rrM Dispatcher. The Mall Tribune la on sale at the Kerry News Stand, San Francisco. Portland Hotel News Stand. Portland. Rowman News Co.. Portland. Ore. W.0. Whitney, Seattle. Wash. 2CSDT0B9, OttzaOsT. Metropolis of Southern Oregon and Northern California, and the fastest growing city In Oregon. Population U. 8. census 1910; 8840; estimated, 191110.000. Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity waier system completed, giving finest supply pure mountain wucr ana six teen miles of street being paved and contracted ror at a cost exceeding l. 000,000, making a total of twenty miles of ivement. Postofflco receipts for year ending March SI, 191. show Increase of 41 pec ceni. uanic deposits a gain or zz per cent. Banner fruit city In Oregon Rogue River Spltzenberg apples won sweep stakes prla and title of -Apjfi Xta of tk WmU." at the National Apple Show, Spokane. 1909, and a car of New towns won Ttrrt Mae la ltio prices In all markets of the world dur tar the past six years. write Commercial club. Inclosing 8 cents for postage for the finest commu nity pampniei ever written. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown Speaking of names, Samuel Rot tenberg of New York has been ar rested for selling bad eggs. ' A drunk at Baker drove Into a saloon through a plate glass window. Probably the .largest glass he saw about the place. f Jim Hill says the public Is lazy. Doesn't "lhat make you tired? The earth wasn't' to be denied the privilege of shaking up poor Mex ico;' r . A Centralis, Wash., barber tried to commit Biilclde in another barber shop. There is such a thing as car rying business rivalry too far. Said Mother Earth to Mr. Madero, "Shake!" ANNOUNCEMENT is made1 by tho Southern ViwxCw that tho freight rates formerly in effeetfroni Port land to southern points, reeently redueed by order of the state railroad commission, are restored beginning July 1, for interstate business. In other words, the Southern Pacific will charge Mod ford shippers 20 per cent more, for hauling freight orig inating outside of the state than it will charge for the same haul for shipments made from Portland. The existing rates were established after a full and fair investigation and hearing of both railroad and ship pel's by the state railroad commission. The railroad ap pealed to the federal court for an injunction, and the court, after due deliberation, sustained the commission. The rates in effect have, then, been adjudged fair and equitable by the final authority. The cost of hauling from Portland is the same to the railroad, regardless of origiu. The proposed increase, then, is unfair, inequitable and un justifiable. As any shipper can avoid paying the new rate by mere ly consigning his shipment to Portland and rebilling it there, the increased rate means no additional revenue for the railroad simply a source of annoyance to the shipper. The tariff from interstate points for interior points has always been the terminal rate to Portland plus the local rate trom Portland. New, however, the tariff will be the terminal rate plus the old local rate, which the courts have held excessive and unjust. In other words. Medford 's rate will be the rate to Portland, plus the local rate, plus about 20 per cent. For instance, the tariff upon paper from eastern mills to Portland is 7o cents per hundred weight. Prom Port land to Medford it is 59 cents. The present freight rat from the east is 75 cents plus 59 cents, or $1.34 per hundred weight. Under the new tariff, the old rate from Portland of 79 cents is restored and the rate from the eastern mills ft Canadian International Apple 8howJ to Mcdfoi'd will be $1.54 CCllts PCI" hundred Weight, tllC Vancouver, u. C. It, nn- -.,, i .? ., Kogue raver pears Drought pighest nam OI 461 UlllCS H'Olll I'Ol'tiailU COStlUg HlOrC 1111111 tllC 3310 miles from the mills to Portland. But by rebilling at Portlaud theiotal rate will be $1.34, a saving of 20 ! cents per hundred weight, or $90 a car. So the increase is not.along the usual lines of making the shipper pay "all the traftic will bear. Why, then, is the freight rate raised? "Who will the increased rate benefit? Not the railroad it means no additional business, no additional revenue, nothing but ill will all along the sys tern. Not the interior shipper. It puts him to the trouble of rebilling his cars at Portland. Not the interior cities of Oregon. It penalizes them as jobbing or distributing centers for interstate business. There is but one person or class benefited the Port land jobber. It becomes self-evident, then, that the increase in rates is made for the sole benefit of the Portland jobber. Every little town in 'Oregon is slapped, every interior shipper is punched, to please the Portland jobber. Medford has several eases before the interstate coni- ! nierce and the state railroad commissions for more equit able rate adjustments. In every one the Portland jobber, through the rate committee of the Portland chamber, of commerce, has had attorneys present to oppose Medford and to assist the railroad in combatting our contentions. At every, turn of the road the rate committee of the Portland chamber of commerce has been actively fightinc the efforts of the small towns to build themselves upi by becoming distributing centers in a small way. Portland is the most short-sighted metropolis in the world. It strives to become great by stifling the growth of all the smaller towns forgetting that only by their growth can Portland grow. v Portland has milked the state for years. Yet it has never given back anything. It furnishes no brains, no en terprise, no capital to develop Oregon. Instead, it is ac tively fighting the earnest efforts of the few live town? to develop themselves. The increase in freight rates is but a fair sample of treatiupnt that can be expected from Portland. It is one of the lemons the metropolis has always passed to its little brothers. Why, then, should the smaller towns patronize those who have so often shown enmity? Medford merchants should give Portland jobbers a jolt they will remember. There is but one way to do it boycott them. Buy in San Francisco, in Seattle anywhere but Port land. Jbbbei-s of these cities will gladly pay the freight differential. It won't have to be done long. And thereafter Port land merchants will have a little consideration and respect for at least one of the small cities of Oregon. The entire community should back up the Medford fvnffiV linvrjin in ir. pnminniwljililn oi'fnvitt tn nrnvniif. iho proached was Dill Jukes, a 13-year'-l , ,. . . , ,.,. , , ,. , ,, . . . qtjl boy. Brushing a bit of mud irom .eW Yiitc.S tr0m SoinS "ito ef tcC't, to thwart til IS HOW 11.JI1S- ui;u tins iiJiwurruJiicu iup itb uiu wuniuu ut inc mui'tv along the Southern Pacific. People of Medford should demand of their merchants that they cease buying goods from Portland jobbers, until they change their attitude. Medford must fly with her own wings. Let the flight be a strong one. WOMAN SAYS LOVERffl blame Helped Him Bury Body of Man, How ever, In Onion Patch- Took Ax and Crushed Rival's Head While He Slccpsy XOKKOl.K V Juno . tWwS iii); tliut she lias helped liiiry tho hotly of Harry Uuvis.-.in nil onion bed in tho yard of her homo Ml Musou creek, ili-s. Minnie Murdook cleared up the mystery surrounduij: tho fiudinjy of his body and accused her lover, Charles Morkle, Of having killed him. Iiv her confession to tho police to day Mrs. Murdook ni.vs that Morkle elimhed through a window of hoi home and fiudinj: her with Pais crushed his head with mi nxc. She declared that she and Morklo wore panic-stricken and hid tho body under the bed until monimp. Then, she Mud, they rim wed it out and huriod it in the onion patch. Morkle and Munlock are held for murder. .V "Davis, who is also known as Har din, was a frioiiri of mine for years," Mrs, Murrioek told the police. '"Throe mouths ftRo we quarrelled" and he left. Cliarlio Merkle nnd I went together after that, Wovotild not uree and I ordered him away. Then Davis re turned. Recently Merkle told hie if I did not drive Davis away lu would kill both of us. A few nights ajio Marry and I wore sleeping when a sudden noise awakened ine, I wa horrified to find that my pillow and my body were covered with blood, I iiinieu ami mere ueswe me 1 saw Harry's hcari.cruf-ht'ri in. Deside him stood Merkle with a bloody axtvin hi ItnmK I screamed, and Merkle with lifted axe threatened to kill me- if I did not keep quiet. I don't think Har ry was dead when we put him under the bed. Then we sat down and waited. "In the morniiii; we. scooped out a hole in the onion'beri and buried the body." i , FATS AND LEANS ' PLAY JUNE 23 Benefit Baseball Game Is Bclnu Ar raniicd for Benefit of Mrdfurtl BaudWill Try and Have Business Houses Close That Day, BALLOON PUTS MAN'S BEAN CROP ON HUMMER An aeroplane narrowly missed King George's head the other day. Should he get a bump there he would have to order a larger sized crown for the big' show. St. Louis advocates a farm (or drunkards. Ought to be able to raise cane. Burglars robbed a laundry In Port laud. The "cuffs" and Irons for them. jSVn old sea- dog in Massachusetts jwantB a divorce from his wife be cause she keeps 15 cats in the kit chen. By intense application one could almost extract a Jcke from that. Fools and spotted. their money are soon Once I knew a mau who could play the 'cornet so well that tho neighbors didn't care. . Sune or Insane? We have taken it upon oursolvesJ to Interview several prominent Med ford people upon the subject of sane and' insane Fourths. The first ap his' right Qy'ebrow, he said: 'gano fourt? Wat's dat? Say, don't conio.rouud- .herijwld any of .dat tjuff.,-'Tale'lt from toe, dla fourt is goln'.tq bo tho warmest even When youso was a kid dldent you shoot the biggest cannon krncker you could buy? I don't seo no missing noses or cars on your classic face, It 1b a skin game to ask us tcr cut out tho nolso so you can sleep on a holiday. Wo are onter youse, all right, all right." The next citizen Interviewed was Percy Mollycoddle. Leaving an ex citing game of Lotto to give his views, he said: "My views on thu Fourth of July, in brief, are this. Let each child con tent himself with n few torpedoes and a pluwheel. Thus we got tho Idea of both night and day colobra tlon and our lives are not endanger ed by explosives, I favor a sane Fourth.". . ''Flits'' orsu "henna" ihnrt, bttuupy liMtU'ss mun playim; hall wi'h tall, lapky himiitcsa men. Thin will ho the order of things Friday, June -;i, when the merchants will n'vo ui exhibition dml! pimo, the proceeds ot which will ko to aid tho Mcrifom hand. ' J. li. Summerville anil K. ('. lielaiu are already oi-jruuiiriiu; the teams mil with n little practice two faitly pun teams should he developed. Tho jjniiu will start at 1 o'clock in tin- after noon and an effort is beiiiir made li have all business houxes closed al that hour that nil the employes ma KO to the name. JACK SHERIDAN. DEAN OF UMPIRES, HONORED IMIlliADKLl'lllA. !., .Juno n. In recognition of his 'JO yenrs' ser vice on basebairaihiler, Jack Sheri dan, dean of American league tint pires, today lias, a huiuNoiuc prit' medal presented by tho leapio offi cials. He is the only umpire in hi lory so honored. Steamer On Fife. KUttlllXM, Holnuri. June !. A Inrjio' steamer believed to be theJ.ey laud liner Oxoninu. is afire off Vnr den, midway between Antwerp am" Kliisliinjr. The Oxonian sailed frou New Orleans for Antwerp on May. Bank Suspends. LONDON, June . - The suspen Mn of the nierheck hank was an uounced today. The institution Inn' over ."0,000 small depositors. It U estimated liabilities exceed assets b $'J.OOO,000. FOR SALE CITY PROPERTY Lots wholesale and retail MOOREHNI-CO. HEKKELKY, C'al., June 1). With a battered eye and some minor bruises, R. L, Hemphill, who had! nursed n pirden nn - his back yard r 212 Fl'llitgrOWOrs Bank Blcltf from infancy into n near mess of " string beans, apjwared in xriiee court today to complain ngninM the bal loon that sat on and demoralized li'w crop. Tho balloon which sailed from Idora park came- down in Hemphill's garden last night, crushed vines and bushes. A few minutes later a park employe came for the balloon. Hemp hill refused to let him take it. assort ing .$75 damages had been done. The employe said lie would go and get the money. Hn returned with three othr husky gentlemen and a special officer and when they, with the hallo had departed, Hemphill had his decorated eye. Today he is seeking damages for his personal injuries as well as the destruction of his garden. BELASCO'S DAUGHTER DIES IN COLORADO COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., June I). Mrs. Augusta Helnseo Klliott, 'JO daughter of I'layright Dnvid Dela co, is (lend hero today. .Mrs. Klliott was brought hero by her father threo weeks ago in the hope of ben efiting her health. She had been suf fering from iiulmouary affection Mince last January. She was born in San Francisco. NOTICM Notlco In hereby given that board of directors of school district No. 40, will receive bids for tho furnishing of COO cords, i feet, ofNflr and oak wood. Bids received for all or any part thoro of. Board reserves right to rojoct any or all bids, ORIS CRAWFORD, 8 . Clerk. Pure Clear Sparkling Von can't afford to do without this splendid, refreshing drink. Call up and order a case sent to tho house. The purest, most healthful drink known ia SISKIYOU MINERAL WATER P. C. BIGHAM, Agent. PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL TO UK IIKLD IN FIGHT LAUNCHED TO MAKE CLEVELAND OPEN CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 9,A fight to make Cleveland an open fihop city wns launched here at a meeting of tho Cleveland Employers' associa tion when General Harrison Gray Otis outlined tho methods that had been employed in Los Angeles. President Kirby and Attorney Drew of the Na tional Erectori' association spoke in favor of the movement. Eight of tho largest employing concerns in tho city are allied in tho Employers' association. NEXT CONGRESS TO TACKLE ONE CENT LAW CLEVELAND, O., Juno D. C. W. Hurrows, president of tho National Ono Cent Postage association, an nounced today that President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock had assured him that the question of one cent postage would bu presented at the next session of congress. The fight for higher magazlno postage would bo renewed then, ho said. Look nt the classified ads if you have lost something and if the .NOTICE. Notice Is hereby glvon that tho nil ilorslgncd will apply, to Hft city coun cil of tho city of Medford, Oregon, at Its next rogulnr meeting on Juno 20, 1911, for a license to sell splrltotis, vinous and malt liquors In quantities less than a gallon, nt his place or busi ness nt No. 17 South Front street, In Bald city, for a period of six months, O. M. BELBim Date of first publication, Juno 1011. "' Hasklus for Health. Draperies ry a lacu i cry complete lino of rtrupork'B. lacu curtains, rlxtura, eta.. and clo all claimaa ot unliolstnrlnir. A Hpcclnl man to look after tills work nxclUHlvely uml will Klve ao gooil Nervlco as Is poMxIfolo to get In oven the largest cities. Weeks & McGowan Co Portland, Oregon, June 5 to 10f 1911 WILL HI3 A MOHT IIUJLMANT FLORAL EIESTA & CIVIC JUBILEE Portland, "Tiio Homo City," will bo none of splendor and tho center nt world-wide Interest for ono wuek. One and One-Third Fare to Portland Fno&t ALL rOirTTS OH THH Southern Pacific-Lines lii Oregon To keep perfectly posted on all Impor tant inattnra rotating to this great evnnt, cull on local ugont for circulars and printed matter, or write to WM, McHVKHAY fl cne nil I'uHHongor (Agent, POHTLANP, OOKL PRODUCERS FRUIT CO. Our oftlco In now lneutod In our puck lug house, and Is open for tho senium Ki'oui now on wo will liavo tho dally reports all markets, Hliuwlug pi'lri'tl realliied by tlio California Krult Din Irlhutoi'H, and all other Hlilnpi'is, Any ono Interested Ih invited to eoiuo In and look thoin over and eoui pure prices. Ily shipping with us you will liavo all tho ailvantaKos, of the largest and most complete deciduous lolling oraaliWutlou in tho United States and at a low or rout to you than In tho past. Last year wo handled nearly ton thousand car loads, or Hovouty-slx per cent of tho en II it) California crop, Koiueiuber wo I O O L N O T II I N (1 All fruit Is sold on Itn Individual merits, and "su'li growers naiiio and prices realized for each shipment are published In tho catalogues. Pooling was tried and failed years ago In Cali fornia. If you want to sell soo us, If yon want material, Inspect our samples, ind get our prices bofoiu purelias lug. I'ltODlMMlUS V Kl'IT CO. K. M. .Metieaiiy, NortliMi'Mcrn Aui'iil. Home I'lu. lie 1M12. Pacific 7001. DAHLIAS Now Is the ttuio to plant We have a choice assortment of tine growing plants In pots, All tho uoNoltlcH In t'.tll Dahlias. J.T.BROADLEY&Co. fitveiiluuito near City Itesenolr Stoiv C and Central .Urouo Phone .-,;tl atitt I 1.11. IF A FIRE STARTED J IN YOUR PLACE l Would ou have anything at hand with which to ilf.lit H? j j Tlio Ohomicall Powder Extinguisher l Ih cheap ami a) to use and Is kept filled at no oxpeuto J. ('. M'.PK Ciati't IjiUo Ii'nniKi'. b Where to Go Tonight U-GO t'rtiliiy and Batunlay -s run I . , ."witnnu OHOwnn oo" "Tllli I, I. IN ,.VI Till.' .MUl'NH" Tho nioat Now VoiK niiceimii. Look Prices fie and .'ific. IHuiulay "Al Plney HIiIko." wjx3 n. MWIM.MINCl SESSIONS A. M.t III a, in, to 111 noon. P. M.t "J p. m. to It p. in. KwnliiKt 7 p. in. to 10 p. in, I Private lnnl ruction from 10 a. in tola Kor further liitoruintloii see tho Instructor. sr rr, mmtij x 001 ANNOUNCEMENT thi: .Mi:i)i'oiti nui:itv Is now belni; conducted by W. M, Kennedy and OotRn Purucker, V. A. Todd having retired. Borne tmporlaut ciimiikos are coiilomplated and as a result the public will bo suppllsd with first class goods nt reasonable prices. Medford Bakery and Delicatessen PJ .SOl'TII Ci:.NTK.L. YOUR Vacation Will Last Always II-' Vl' ItKCnmi IT WITH A Kodak Medford Book Store W.ll TI.MI) St',n ItO.M.WCIJ O.V IIAK.O. HIS I.M.UII-: IN THK WATIIlt I'A.MII.V TltOI'ltLKH I'niir (lood Plrluivfi Tonlulit. Don't Call to See Tlicsr ti.vi: ih.mi: THE ISIS THEATRE I .Speilal KuKUKemeut of V..V NI VAX In their fareo comedy entitled ; "Tin: iHit'roii's patiunci:-. ! I'or tho next thivo nlr.hls all those ; atleudliiK Hi" tsls will bo overjoy- ed as well as aitreotdy surprised I at the special bill Hie mauiiKur has put before them, with two such ; clever people, none but the very best of comedies can be looked for A performance you would Kindly pay twice the admission asked and feel satisfied. Vou have this op. porluulty for (he small sum or '.'() cents. Hillt In Iteiinttid THU .NKHAHAIIS in an entire ehatiKo of act, In troiliicltiK the old plantation smile, cost nines and d.iuren In dulKcd In Ioiik before tho war. The darkey as the old times found him In the sunny south. BotueihltiK thai will Interest an well as please both the young and old. Don't ml us this blc bill X " V 9- 0-0 NAT THEATRE Is now open every ulKht ami .Sat urday and Kiinday afternoons. The coxiest and molest theater In town. I'lnost of IlKht, and the best film subjects. ClmiiKo of program Holidays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Admis sion l"c Coiiio ouco and you will eomo attain. Tlio viiiini vteallier will soon lie here. Wo hnvo tho necos snry requlrenlonts to mako work easy In warm weather. Boo us for tho bent of I5LI5C Tltia FANB and tho best of prices. SOUTHERN OREGON ELECTRIC CO. U7 MOUTH CKNTHAL,,. AFTER ALL IT NARROWS 150WN TO i i The Merrivold Shop FOIJ WHITMAN'S CANDY llll W. Main Ht Medford. WOOD FOR SALE Limited fiinoiint of Dry Ash, oltliur lilouk or split. Low price. Phone 3311 Rock Spring Coal . ON HAND ALL THU TIMB. rnoNii iooa. Burbidge JUMk COAL MAN. rw ! 1