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ti 1 1' 1 f PXGEFOUR AIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORPOKKCION, SUN 6lffit, JUNE 11, 1011. Medford mail Tribune AN INDEPENDENT NKWHPAl'KH rUULlHIIKD IAtI,Y HXOKPT RATUH day ny tiir mrdfoiid rniNTiNo co. PUBLIC MARKET NEEDED. AMONG the most urgent of the nmny nocds of Modford is a public market where growers of all kinds of mSCtMX'A can offer it for sale to tho consumer. eii urcguuian, iuo Asninnu iriUUnO, I Irimnii.iiJ ,,.,,,.,.1 ,J.,i. ; . ... .,1 Vll-lJIIV-lll. VUIIIJUIII11j js itimi i . . i with inni m nut: I mm No"?rn'st?e that local merchants refuse to purchase' vegeta un's miu produce raised loeany. 'I Ins is easily understood. The grocer must have a Homo '75. QEOnaiS PUTNAM, Editor nnd MBnKt I Kntprod ns second-class matter Mcdfonl, Oroiron, under the set March S, 1S7P. ' Official Paper of tha City of Mcdfonl I'npcr or JDCKaon county reliable and dependable source of supply. lie must be auiu in secure n cerrain uuamuy regularly, anil lie must t'be assured t lint he can depend upon securing it. i ms nas not been the case to anv irreat extent, be- . . -.. - Official KATZI. ! I I I UBSCRIPTIOI viio yt-iw, vy limn One month bv mall Per month, delivered by carrier In Mtstforil, Jnckaonvlllo and Con- irai l'oint .................. ftuntlay only, by mall, per year weoKiy, per year rJ cause no one has made a business of raising market pro - duce. The vegetable garden has alwavs been a side issue. AVhen the orchardist or farmer had a'surulus. he thought of the merchant. But the merchant, with a clamoring pub- . tt SWOBK CIRCUtATIOW. .SO .so 1ii fn cimnlv .miL1 unf i.i,,i fL. t.'d. .r ,i,......x:, .:...- 2.00' ""t'l'V J . nv' m. mi wiv: noiv in uiotiujiuuuuiy nir- 1-SOi foilinrs linflil tho flimifn nf SfWiiiiiiia iM'orlnoii fiMii .in ,,...., ..J..,.. ...... V...W...U vr. UIVMKIII, IM'UII1. HUIII till UV1 --1 I Medfords Hustling Abilities Are Pointed Out by Writer in An Eastern Magazine .Writer in Merchants Trado Journal, Published at Dos Moinos, In., Tolls of Somo of tho Impressions Ho Rocoived Whilo Visiting This Oity Rocontly Modford Is PointecLOut as a Modol to Work by. Where to Go Tonight Tho following nrtlrlu uudor tho 'these. Improvements costing iiilllouHii:(tllMt tint iuIvoi'IIhIhu iitm-iiiin... 'Pi.iu caption. "Medford Commorcliil Club upon millions of dollars, niul It hopiu- Is nothing now, of oouiso. for tho Dally average for Mx month ending December 31, 1910, 3721. rail X.eitd Wlr TTnlttd Trtta Dlipatchts. The Mntl Tribune In on sale at the Kerry News stand, San Francisco. Portland Hotel News Stand. Portland. Howmnn News Co., Portland, Ore. W. O. Whitney. Seattle, Waah. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown Hot Weather Occupations. Wither spends his spnro liiuo Sitting in tho .shade, Willie's in the hammock Sipphy; lemonnde. Sister dear is. primping,, . (She's a dizzy beaut) While mother, dour old mother She is entitling fruit. sionnl grower. Hence lie bought and buys where the 'sup ply was constant and dependable. To accommodate the rapidly increasing number who take a flier in truck farming as a side issue and at the same time work a convenience to the people as well as to reduce the cost of living, a public market should be established, where those who have a surplus may offer it to those who need it. The Commercial club, the city council and the Mer chants' association would do well to take this matter up, as would the various fruit growing organizations. The grange, which puts in a great dealf time on politics,: mignt oy organized ettort Help solve the problem, and the labor organizations could profitably spend some of their uiiurgy in usuiuiismug an institution so usettu and ncedtul to the laborer of 'all kinds. A Portland woman wants a divorce because her husband talked of "-tfyra" in his sleep. Just possible, you know, lie was going to say some thing about "Myrn Lntions." THE FIRST PAVED HIGHWAY. The excuse for the mouth orgnn is. at last found! One stopped a bullet in Portland. And again, the quake might have been Mexico's way of shaking Diaz. Speaking of Xnmcs. (These news items were gleaned from the papers of the last few days. Who dares say there is nothing iu a name?) In Chicago a fellow named Gentle men was arrested as a slugger. We read that the editor of the Merchants Exchange in Portland is named Wright. SjKiknne has n murderer named Byrd who was "captured after a short flight." One of the officers of the Oregon Dental Society is Dr. Fixott. - nplIE county court is to be congratulated upon letting Tiic contract tins week for the first hard surfaced paved highway in the county outside the cities of Medford and Ashland. The road will run from Medford to Peiitnil Point, probably the most traveled road in the count v. It will cost $12,000 a mile and be 16 feet wide. The new highway, like a new newspaper, will fill a long felt want. It will mark an important enoch in the history of the comity, as the first strip of pavement did ior tne city ot .uedtord. 'ltluu three years from letting the first contract, contracts have since 'been awarded for twenty miles of paved streets here. The paved road will be an object lesson to the count v. Its benefits will be so apparent and so lnnnv that everv section will clamor for such highways. By thctime i't will be possible to bond for. high ways", another two vears, public sentiment will have crystallized solidly in its favor. COMMUNICATIONS. Tho divorced "bromo seltzer" kins is to be mnrried again. Let's hope this venture isn't a fizzle. An 80 year old woman has entered the UniverMty of Wfxconsiu. Beware of the fudge, and the pickles and the sorority dances. The Contributors Club. (Before we get through we will fctart a lot of clubs. This one is for the friends who have contributed to tins column. All respoiiMbility den ied for everything below thih line) Hcurd at Tuesday's game: "Oh isn't the man that throws the ball oil tho standpatter)' side just bplendid! lie bends it so they hit it every time!" I deem it a solemn duty to warn young couples now that the summer is coming on, either to avoid 30 cent hammocks or to hang them very, very low. Congress bus decided to postpone tho investigation of the boot and shoo tniKt. Evidently we have only been half-sold. RESOLUTION. The following resolution was re cently adopted by tho Socialist local of Talent: Whereas, the class Htrugglo be tween the working class and those who exploit the working class has been In existence since the bediming of history; and, Whereas, under tho modern sys tem of machine production there has It Is In the center of a vast agricul been created vast organizations of tho I tural, horticultural and mining sen Offers $."000 Howard." ..appear In the .tune Ihhuo of "MoiThaiits Trado Journal," published at Dea Moines, la. The eouimorrlal club f Medford, Ore., bellcvo In their town. They think ko much of ttu'h' town that they havo drawn a line In a circle 40 miles around It 'and uow they offer a reward of $500 cash to any person who can, by authentic testimony, show that any city or town In tho United States outside ot tills lOlinlle circle has tributary to It within a ten-mile radius or a 30-mllo radius, a aoimllc radius or a tO-mllo radius as tunny diversified resources as Medford, has within the correspond ing radius. Now you say, "Whore Is this town?" Possibly it might be best to let this same commercial club toll you In their own lauKtiage whoro their town Is to be found. First ot nil, it Is In what Is known as the Hoguo Illver valley, in southwestern Oregon, In n very attractive booklet sent out by this commercial club, in speaking ot the Rogue River valley, they say, "It Is as fair as the garden of tho Lord." They toll you that It lies between the verdure clad, gold-seamed Slskl yous and tho timbered slopes and snowy sentinels of tho Cascades. Through It flows the wild, turbulent, Rogue river, most beautiful of tho many rivers of the west, wasting more power than Niagara In Its tumbling course to the sea. Aroung this beauti ful valley string range upon range of mighty forest-clad hills, and across Its broad acres extend mllo upon mile of the choicest commercial orchards. I'pon this picturesque and sunshine showered valley-of the Rogue, Nature hns showered her bounties with a wanton hand, and wo who live In this pleasant valley where gayly slants the sun, where hills beckon In garb of green nnd gold,, where tho streams murmur with laughter, and myriad fruit trees exhalcthelr fragrance, we know of no place so attractive and p alluring." This valley hns an area of about 3000 square miles, or just about as largo as the states of Delnwam and Rhode Island combined, and right In the heart of the valley is the bustling thriving, wide-awake commercial city of Medford that, wo want to tell you something aboti. Medford is located about half way between San Francisco and Portland. It'w hard to live within one's sal ary, but there is one consolation it's hnrder to live without it. In divorcing a foo and his money most of nre willing o be mimed as corespondents. Itnilronds are getting out their va cation booklets. Not a mosquito or foxtail mentioned. i Press' dispatches tell us that u man who stole 00 cents in Chicago was sent up for hi.x years, How Chicago bates u piker! Train Is Wrecked. ALBUQUKKQUE, N. JL, June 1(1. Tho Siuitu Vo passenger train No. 3, known as the California Limited, was iu collision with a tie tnijn near Do mingo, 30 miles north of here at 10: If) yesterday. Six persons are reported and n largo number in jured. Among the known dead aro A. W. Green, engineer nnd the fireman of the Jiimiled. A mistake in orders is wild to have been responsible f,,,. 10 wreck. Relief trains of nine cars, carrying; surgeons nnd hospital sup plies hnvo loft for tho sceno of tho wreck. Editor Mail Tribune: I cannot see that I created any con fusion by asking a few questions to Mr. Young, as suggested by Mr. Rod gers in Tuesdays Tribune. I have never given Mr. Rodgers, nor any other man, the least cause to conclude but that I have the utmost confidence in the remedies I havo ad vocated. I respectfully ask'hitn for the time being to abandon any pre judices that he has formed in that direction. I know of only one remedy for all social evils. It is perfect liberty. By the term "Liberty," I mean "Freedom to do right." To define the term "Right" I shall copy the exact words used by tho late Herbert Spencer which he held to bo the true definition ot the law of equal freedom: "Every man has the right to do whatsoever 'he wills provided he In fringes not on the equal rights of all other men." I believe this to be ab solutely correct and that mortal man as he Is now constituted cannot improve on It. . I hold also the preamble to the American Declaration of Independ ence Is absolutely infallible. Tho rights of men como with them when they are born: and that they come from man's Creator. The only remedy for social evils consists In tho discovery of these rights, and the establishment of them amongst men. The greatest and best movement towards this end Is embodied In the gospel of Henry George. It Is com monly known as the "Single Tax." Any movement In this direction, noi matter by what party Is a partial remedy, but not a finality. Man can not obtain Justice until all of his chains have cast asunder. It Ib my opinion that tho best way to obtain relief Is to seek for It on tho lines of least resistance. Wo ought to proceed always In the nat ural order. Consider tho confusions that Is created by listening to public speak ers claiming that our evils are tho result of competition. Tho true theory Is: That these evils arise on account of the "Absence of competition." We often hear somo agitators de nouncing tho "law of the survival of tho fittest." It Is a natural law and j handing on principles that somo of .business blocks aro cither now under cannot ny any means impronca inem-,tiio -master minds of tho ages havo construction or will ho toon. Ho wo solves to tho law of nature, advocated. I am open to conviction, might contlnuo telling you of tho al- Tho constitution of tho United though on any matter or theory that 'most iinbollnvnhln accomnllshmcnts exploiting or capitalist class ono one hand, and vast organizations termed labor unions of the working class on the other; and, Whereas, the class struggle be tween the working class and tho cap italist class through organization has become Intensified and tho capitalist class has Bhown a disposition to re sort to any means, fair or foul, to retain supremacy over tho working class; and, Whereas, the capitalist class have, In. our opinion, falsely accused of n foul crlmo tho officers of the Iron Workers' union, and through Its agents, the Durns detective forces, havo illegally and forcibly brought the officers of said union, The Mc Namara brothers, from the stato of Indiana to the stato of California; therefore, be It Resolved, by tho Talent socialist local, as a branch of a political par ty representing tho Interest of tho working class, that wo denounce such actions of the capitalist class through its agents the detectives, as being a violation of the Inalienable rights of man, tho principle on which our re public was founded, and we earnest ly call upon all organized bodies of labor, and all fair-minded citizens to give what assistance thoy can to tho much wronged and persecuted offi cers of tho Iron Workers' union, tho Mc.Vamara brothers, at present con fined Mn tho Los Angeles Jail. C. W. SHERMAN, F. O. KINDER, Committee. Hon. It has a population of a little over S000, to bo exact, 88 10, accord ing to the 1910 census. This little city of 8000 has the distinction or having made a greater percentage of gain between tho years of 1900 to 10 JO than any other city In the Unit ed, States, excepting Oklahoma City, Medford's gain having been 393 1-2 per cent during tho ten years. Now, there are a great many things that we would like to tell you about this wonderful little city; In fact, It seems that one could write a volume about It, but there are Just a few things that wo are going to take spuco to tell you, but these things are so astounding that it will make you stop and think, For Instance, this lit tle city spent overall. 000,000 during the two years ending December .11, 1910, for stre( pnving, 'cumunt-side walks, sewers and clty'wator mains. Now, Just think" as you read these, as tounding statements, that you are not reading of a great city of hundreds of thousands population, but of a lit- tlo city of 8000 -population, possibly not nearly as large as tho town In which you aro livings During the year 1910 the city of Modford spent over 15,000,000 for business blocks and residences. Now, Just stop and think what that means. Why, there aro many towns of 8000 population that could bo pur chased outright for a great deal less than 15,000,000. It has magnificent business hoiuos and residences to show for It and at tho time you are reading this thoro aro probably any where from 300 to GOO dwelling con tracted for. Thoro Is at the, present time holng erected a 1100,000 hospital, a f 120,- Auto Racer Killed. CHICAGO, III., Juno 10.Mnrr! Basel, racing automobile driver, wns killed this afternoon in tho firnt men 000 otel uml anothor 1100,000 bo at tho Ifawthorno Track. Ho wunjt0'' congress has authorized tho ex thrown from his car. Ho was rushed pondlturo of $110,000 (or tho orec to St. Anthony's Hospital, where he t,0 f government building: and a died shortly afterward. magnificent library, two splondld pub lic school buildings and numerous States Is a travesty on natural law, Tho constitution of tjio great stato of Oregon Is a libel on Justice All of these matters appear to me to be profound truths. They jman can propound. But It must bo truo, nnd tho party advocating that must bo ablo to demonstrate that fact. D. T. EDWARDS. I. S. I would ho glad to havo a ara not original to mo; I am simply porsonal Interview with Mr, Rodgers. of this little city. Somo time ago tho writer had tho pleasure of visiting this city and ono of tho business tnon took him to an observatory m top of a building over looking t'io vajjpy and polled out oil almost miraculous that such lui provement could ho brought about In a town of this slxo in so short a time. Ilut now you will want to know how they do It. Possibly you will say your town Is as large, If not larg er, than Medford, hut you ltiivn not yet accomplished as great things as this town seems to havo accomplish ed. So you ask how they did It. Well, here hi tho way they did It; they did It by boosting. Every per son you meet In Medford Is a booster. Every man. woman and child you see Is simply bubbling over with enthu siasm. Every business man you meet on the street will stop you In the street. If you glvo him half a chance, and tell ou something about their wonderful town and this great Rogue Rlvor valley country. Why, ns you train pulls Into he little city, ono of tho very first things that attracts your attention is a mag nificent booth where aru on display the yar around samples ot tho va rious crops, fruits, grains, vegetables, as well as a display of mlnernls, ores, etc. This building In Itself Is Inter esting and well worth tho time of tho traveler to stop oft between trains to see, Thlsl s one method tho people of Medford have of letting tho world know that they are In existence. They talk their town, thoy tell about the great advantages to bo found there. While tho writer was standing on tho platform ready to board tho train leaving Mod ford, a very amusing, yet meaning little Incident rnmu to his notice. This train stopped for n few minutes, possibly five minutes Thus waiting, a passenger stepped down out of the Pullman car and approach ed a native business man of Medford and asked In a very pleasant way: "Mr, what city Is this?" Tho Med fordlte turned a fierce glare upon the Inquisitor nnd said: "Do you ask me what city thin Is?" and continued: "Why, there only three cities on the Pacific coast, San Francisco, Medford nnd Portland; THIS IS MEDFORD," and tho stranger, seeing tho Joke, smiled and remarked: "Why, certain ly, I should havo known that." This shows tho spirit of tho people ot the town. They aro not backward In tell ing you that their town Is Medford. You are not permitted to leave tho town with tho Impression that you are leaving any otho rtown. No, sir, It Is Medford, and they want you to know it nnd they wnnt you to know It so well that you never can forget It. Tho governor of tho state of Ore gon set aside tho date of March 3 1st, which was. to be known as "Colonist day," On this day every man, woman nnd child Is expected to write to some friend outside of tho state and tell them something of their wonderful stato (of Oregon. On this date tho commercial club furnished every, school child In Medford with litera ture and stationery to bo used In ad vertising Medford to friends outside tho city and stato. Thus several thousand letters were mulled by the school children on that day, and dur ing this mime week tho commercial club mailed something lko 30,000 pieces of advertising literature and they report that tho returns from this source woro gratifying beyond their fondest hopes. It Is no uncommon thing for the Medford Commercial club to send out rrom 300 to 500 pieces of advertising literature dully, especially through tho season that, tho greatest number of tourists aro ex pected In tho west. So this Is tho way thoy have boost ed tho town. Every body hoostM and none knock. Tho business men are of tho real live, wlde-awako, aggres sive class. In this city or a little over 8000 population tho commercial club has a membership of over 000. Think what that means. Hlx hundred live men thinking of Medford, tnlklng for Medford and boosting It for all thoy aro worth. Then, whon you know all theso things, you can begin to account for some of tho marvelous thing's you find In tho town, In tho nvorago city of this slzo you hear tho goneral com plaint that thoy need soma sort of theater or auditorium whoro great crowds rum assomblo. Medford doos not pornllt her citizens to fcol thus, ns thoy have a magnificent collsoum that would do Justlco lo a city many times tho slzo of Medford, and busi ness men will toll you that It Is one of tho best Investments of tho city. It attracts conventions, It attracts great assemblies and draws somo of tho hcBt theatrical attractions on tho road. Hut tho Modford Commercial club doos not depend entirely upon thole coininei-clal club of every town In tin country gets out advertising litera ture, so In getting out their litera ture their aim was to get something Just n little better, Just a little mote luirnciivo limn any other commer cial club Iu tho entire country Whether they have succeeded In do ing this e do not know, hut wo do know that they have put out some very fliuulltogitiire, nnd some time ago, In writing the president of the commercial club, wo made the state ment that one particular booklet they are sending out Is the finest piece of booster literature that has over been delivered at our office, and wo wish that every business itinn In tho Unit ed States, who has the "booster hug" In his system, could have one of these magnificent booklets put out by the Medford club. It Is simply a master piece of tho printers' mid engravers' art, containing fi I pngoa and cover, Iu size about seven by eleven Inches, printed on heavy enamel paper, the cover on an extra heavy enamel pa per of high grade, The photographic reproductions, of which tho booklet Is replete, Is simply beyond descrlp tlon. The cover plates aro a repro duction of natural mountain scenery in this locality, printed In tho nat ural colors. Then, as ono turns through the booklet, he finds repro- dilutions of some of the most mag nificent mountain scenery; forests of stately pines, clear mountain streams, dashing cataracts, great expanses of orchards whoro the trees aro break lug under their livid of delicious fruit, Hceues snowing tno laborer prepar ing tho soil, planting trees, gather ing the crops, vegetables, and so on. They have not forgotten to show some of the mine scenes, great caves and caverns and other things of this na ture that are of Intense Interest to tho average Individual, Then tho cll Is pictured, birds-eye view, street scenes, palatial dwellings, schools. churches, lodge buildings, and so on, form scones are shown, too, nnd make ono bellevo he Is In tho heart of the effete east Instead of nway out here In the Pacific roast country, nnd there are hunting scones, fishing scenes to warm the cockles of the sportsman' heart. And so wo might contlnuo and still only half tell the ntory of wjint thot Medford boosters tiro doing. We de light In telling a story of this kind. because It do- us good to tell of the success of any iiinu or men whoso purpose Is to better their town and community and country. Tho Med ford business mun are real boosters, not boomers.riiey nro not trying for uiluutu to Inflate valuations In their town and community. They know that would not pay. but they have the resources, they have a wonderfully rich valley surrounded by iiioimtiilnr ami hills that aro full of the richest minerals and ores, and thoy know that their community will he ablo to uphold any reputation that they can glvo It. I Hut', after ail, Mr, Reader, wo do not want you to lost sight of the fur that these things have not Just Imp pencil to Medford. No, sir, not for a minute should you get such an Idea Wo well know that many and many a inan will read this arllcln about Medford and then with a sigh say "Oh, yen, I know that Is possible foi those peoplo there at Medford, bill our town Is different." Yes, ol course, your town Is different. Possi bly tho people luu tho town nro Just a little different, hut don't you know that no town and no city can over become greater than tho people who live In It, tho peoplo who make It, Now, you possibly would novel huvoicunl of the city of Medford, Ore., If tho business men Iu that clt) had been Indifferent uiutd willing to let their town and that wonderfully rich valley Ho dormant and dovolnr as It would In natural coiisequonco h) tho hIow, todloiiH process of tho years i Thoro Is many and many a town In this countr ythut would ho known, that Is practically unknown today, If every person living In It woro amused to a full soiiho of their own Individ ual responsibility, Ho, ns you read this story of Med ford, do not think of It as a fairy talo, but ihlulc of It as tho accom plishment of practical, modern twen tieth century busluoiis men, NAT THEATRE Is now open every night and Hut unlay and Sunday iifliiiuiions, The coxiest and coolest theater In town. Finest of light, and tho best fllin subjects. Change of program tliiiulhyii, Wednesdays and Frldaya. Admis sion 10c, Come ouco and j on. will como again, y U-GO ."wnnnu tun ohowub no11 : ; Friday and Saluiday - i"TIIK 1,1 .V AND tiii: .Mou.sir; The gieat Now Yolk hiicccsh. Look -Prices alio and anc. Sunday "At I'luey Ithlge." NATATORIUM HWI.MMI.Vd NISHioNS A. .M.t ? Ill a. m, to IU noon. 1. M.t p. in. to t! p. m, Evening t 7 p to 10 p. iu, f in. Private Instruction fiom 10 a. in. to 13. For further Information i seo tho Instructor. cAmMeaM JWAIt TIME ESCAPE I ROMANCE ON IIAH-O. 4 m.t i.m.w.i; i. Tin WATER FAMILY Titmiu.i;s Four (food PlitutVH Tonight. Don't Full to See Tlico ONE DIME j THE ISIS THEATRE " Special Engagement of VAN AND VAN In their fnrco comedy entitled "THE DOlTOIt'H PATIENCE." For tho next throe nights all those nlteudln- I In lln will l... .H....I1...- " " "" en ns won as agreeiiiy surprised j at tho special hill tho manager has r inn union' uiem, wnn two SUCll clover peoplo, none hut tho very j best ofloineilles can ho looked for. ! A performance you would gladly ; pay twice uio aiimiimiuu asked ami ; feel satisfied. You have this op- portunlty for the small sum of 20 cents. In troduclug SHII In Deliuiliil THE HEIIAItAIIS nn entire change of act, In- tho otll llliitifnl Inn ft " J scenes, costumes and dances In- ; uiiigeii in long iieroro tho war. The ; darkey as tho old times round him '', In the sunny south Something that will' Interest as well as please both ; tho young and old. Don't miss this big bill. !: AFTER ALL IT NARROWS I DOWN i TO The Merrivold Shop FOR WHITMAN'S CANDY Jill W, Main St., Mcdfonl. Draperies Wo curry a vciry comploto Una of drapnrlcs, luco ourtalns, fixture, oto.. nnd do nil olussits of unliolstorlliK. A special man to lank afliir this work I'xclusivoly nnd will kIvo as good nrvlcii as Is txissllila to get In oven Uio llirsecit cltlos. own personal touch lit making tholr II UppUc MfftnUnn Cft town appeal to people, so thoy havoU ",'lia ITItmmail tU wood for; sale Limited amount o'r Dry AnJi, ultlior block or split. Low prluo. Phone .3311 Rock Spring Goal OW HAND AM TH TIMB. ,. PHOND 1002. Burbidge TKB COAI, MAW, iMnkki.i.j, , . . , M 1