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7., - PX0B VOTJB. 'MEDFOBP MATE TRIBUNE, MEKFORP. OREGON. MONDAY, SEP'TOimOR l, 1011. I I. I 1 4 Kl Mkdpord Mail Tribune AM INHMt'KNDKNT NBWSPAl'Rtt rUHMHUKb HVMTtY AFTKltNOON KXCKPT SUNDAY. Bt TUB MKDFOnD rJUNTINO CO. The Democratic TImp, The MwSford Mali, The Medford Tribune The South ern Ore if on I un. The Ashland Tribune. Offloe Mall Tribune Dulldlnp. S6-J7-:o Aiam soi, Korth Fir Home 76. tret: phone. (1ROUQK PUTNAM, Bdltor and Manairer THE DUPLEX RATE SYSTEM. i Kntered oa second-class matter at Med ford, Oran, under the act ot March 1. 1870. Official Paper, of the Cty of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County. . . muminmfl vatml One year, by mall -&$? One month, by mall .: so I'cr nonin, uciivrn:u ujr vm.ic. ... , Medford. Jacksonville and Cen- tral Point ;" Saturday only, by mall, per yrar.. 2.00 Weekly, per year 1.80 WOSH' CntCUXATIO. arerare for alx months aadlns December 31, lip, J"i Dally jTbU Xeaeed WlreWalU Tn Blspataae. The Mall Tribune U on aale at Uio Ferry News Stand. Ban Francisco. Portland Hotel Now Stand. Portland, Bowman Newa Co.. lortland. Ore, W. O. Whitney. Seattle, Waah. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brqwa They sny tho Itoosavclt baby looks liko its prnnuMttcl, but mjtil it cuts iU) teeth wo remain unconvinced. Tho colored question may disrupt the American Bar Association. AH together, boys, tlureo cheers for tho colored question. One Medford cirl writes to know if labor day marks tbo opening of tho union suit season. Fun in the Press. Tbo heat may be oppressive But stiil must be granted That it's cheering to the fejlow Who has his garden planted. Scranton Tribuuc-Republican. .It's also cheering to tho man Who owns the soda fountains; lie is already making plans To send wifcy to the mountains. Wilkcsbarra, Times-Leader. .It's also cheering to the chink Who washes shirts and collars. For when old Sol turns on the beat Tho chink piles up the dollars. Allcntovn Democrat. It also, pleases Satan some And cnuscs jubilations, Because it is tho season when The preachers take vacations'. Houston Tost. It's also pleasing to the yap With nothing else to do, But spring this aged greeting, "Is it hot enough for yout" .Every time a Central American revolution gets started in a corn field tho crop is hurt just so much. Why enn't they hold their revolutions in, tho opera houses? THE PORTLAND OREOONIAN, organ of the vested interests, as might, bo expected, rushes to tho de fense ot me railroad m a column editorial attacking the initiative bill proposed by the Medford Traffic bureau establishing a table of maximum distance class rates that would equalize froight rates in Oregon. .Liio uregoman lias iought popular legislation ol any kind, all along the line. It has strenuously battled to restore the old days'of corruption and corporation control. Tt has never voiced a protest against tho robbery of the people and the throttling of tho state duo to unjust, "In equitable and excessive rates. So its opposition to any popular move providing a square deal to the people is ex pected. The Orcgonian has championed the fatuous policy of the .Portland jobber of stifling the commercial growth and development of smaller tojvus to the end that all bus uess may be centered in the metropolis a policy that has materially checked the progress of the state and reacted in great financial loss to Portland for Portland can only grow as Oregon grows, and Oregon can only grow as the small towns grow, and they in turn can only grow as they develop the surrounding country. So, the OregoniaiVs opposition in behalf of the short-sighted Portland hog is over to bo looked for. "What is a freight rate? It is simply a charge, for service, notliing more, nothing less. It is no more, complicated in the making than tho fixing of a price by the laborer for the lure, of his service. The householder has his invest ment and the insistent demands' upon his earning power in tho upkeep of that household, and the price of his hire must be fixed with regard to the expense arising from the need of existence. So it is with freight rate making, which is simply a charge to cover tyic cost of the upkeep of the plant, tho movement of traffic and what should be a fair return on the investment. It requires only the simplest rules of mathematics to determine what these amounts arc under ddveloped coudit56iis of an operating railroad. t The issue raised by Mudford is an equalization propo sition and not a distributive proposition. Lt; means atini form rate for equal mileage for every shipping point in the state, vheroas under tho duplex system now in use, Portland has tho only distributive rates in the state, and it. . j. ...,...'. . . . . i uar. is want romami secies to continue. What if there is discussion and opposition from the rai)roadstf It is nothing to be feared nor Hoiuothiiu to be shunned and from which to run away. The interior litis had this opposition to meet in tho years gone by and will have it to nieet in tho years to come, until the question of ,.n..:i..i.i.. i m i.... i . ii i..i.. . o Y .... vvjuimuu; uiKi uuiuirm rates ivv uio siaio ol uregoii is sottled, and the way to settle it is by the exercise of the initiative, and the time to settle it is at the polls in the next, general election, at which time the '"ordinary voters" can use the element ot personal judgment just: as well and as effectively as the railroad commission, as there will be ample time for the date oC?the shippers' congress to the date of the election to acquaint, tho "ordinary voter" with the simple facts upon which the question of freight rates rests, and the time will not bo' limited to tlie fearful 55 days as required by law. COURT? warn aum Nosws TW t a a vnat is a raiiroaa commissioner! A mere man, an COMMUNICATION. animated embodiment of flesh and bones, such as any human being is, elected frohi among collective huniaUity. If he is honest, fair and just (and lie ought to be, these being the chief qualifications requisite for any public offi cer), he will reason by the rules such as morality incul cates, but if he be dishonest and unjust, he will reason after tho manner of the dishonest and unjust; in either event, ho will reason humanly. Taken from the various walks of life, the mere induction into office will not evolve in him an intricate sense of reasoning to deal with a ques tion beyond the intelligence of ordinary voters. If the voter has ordinary intelligence to vote for an aspirant to the office of railroad commissioner and can discriminate in his choice, the same intelligence that guides him in this choice will determine for him what a reasonable freight is when the subject is discussed xrac tically before him. If he makes his choice for a railroad commissioner upon the statements of the individual seek ing the office, he can likewise accept tiyj statements of another as to what is a reasonable freight rate. If a voter lias intelligence enoug)i to cast a vote for a candidate for office, he has sense enough to know what kind of laws he wants tins representative to make for him, and knowing what kind of laws he wants made he has intelligence enough t6 vote direct for such laws instead of voting through a representative, which in reality he does in the process of making laws by legislatures and the enforce ment of such laws through railroad commissions. If the initiative is "properly a means for correcting abuses that are understood and recognized by the ordinary votors,,; it is just the instrument to use in correcting the abuses arising from the duplex tariff system nbw in voguu jind long in use whereby Portland has maintained a throt tld hold upon tlid commerce of the interior, because no question is so well understood by the "ordinary voters" than tin's abuse of privileged rates from which Portland has fatted these manv, many years. Have not these "ou dinaiy voters" pleaded these many years with the. rail roads to give them equity and the measure of justice to which the' arc entitled, and has not Portland blocked every effort of the interior in this ajjpeal for right? Review the acts of the railroad commission since its creation in 1907, and it will be found that the result of its two chief decisions, which were made in connection with the privileged rates already enjoyed by Portland and which the "ordinary voters" had sought relief from the discriminations such privileged rates imposed on the in terior, increased the discriminations against interior dis tribution; and when Medford and Baker appealed before this same railroad commission praying for the removal of this discrimintiou in an equitable adjustment of rates to a uniform basis, Portland, through her attorneys, pro jected herself into these cases and fought with the fierce ness and despair ot a tiger by resort to legal cunning and uriuKury in mo uuori, w in wart justice aim secure a uih missal of the suits. Evidently her attorneys looked upon tins body only as ordinary individuals and not moo en dowed with keen intellect to grasp and deal with a matter enfolded in the realms of "an abstruse and complicated science." Portland's methods savored more of the highwayman than that of the philosopher and scholar and economic student, and the Orcjonian is tjic first publication to dis cover that railroad rate making is a science, for tho inter state commerce commission which has been dealing in timately with this subject for years refers tothe matter of the traffic manager discovering by instinct a"reasonablc rate, and that "in every decision of this commission, un der any section whatsoever, there enters the element of personal judgment, just as in every yprdict 0f a jury the result is colored ueeessurily by the mental attitude of the juror." Personal judgment is not a science, but if personal judgment is an element in the matter of rate making it can lie exercised just as intelligently 'uy the voter in the uuMumu tii it nuts un ui iiitj oiiuice oi an individual who , New Own KJorenco 11, Hernol! vs. William P. Uornell, suit for illvorco; Nuff & Moaley, attorney for Plaintiff. K. II. Porter va, Tliompuon-Star-rett company, action for money; W. i:. Crows, attorney for plaintiff, Gold II1I1 Dank vs. Svlvnulto Man- ufucturlng company, action tt law; SmlUi & ttcckwlth, attorneys for plaintiff. Statu ot Oregon vs. Halnn Grig- lion, robbery; trniucrlpt from Justice court. State of Oregon varaus J. A. Mcln togh, neglecting to provide for fam Ity; transcript from Justice court. 10 JO rrulmtn Hutu to of II. L. Pcgg HuarlnR of final report continued, Kstato ot Jtosu J. Allen Onlor appointing Ous Cowberry adminis trator; administrator's bond filed and approved. Estato of John J. Johnson Inven tory and appraisement fllod and approved. To the Editor: Who Is responsible fop tho destruction of the city park? Whoever Is responsible for the cut ting of the grand old oak In the city park Saturday shoruld have to suf fer solitary confinement for 30 days and a yoar at hard labor for such an Inhuman act. It has taken many years to grow this grand old tree. It would havo furnished shado and com fort for many a tired laborer, a moth er and her children, who may not bo able to buy a homo with an oak treq or a tired wayfarer passing by, or perchanco pleased the eyo of tho moro favored sightseer, or wo could look at, It Ourselves, those of us that have tteusa enough to enjoy nature's hum ble natural bpauty. Wo had It. It was there and should have been al lowed to remain as long as U wished. Naturally, no ono had the right to cut It down. No one was empowered with that authority. It bolongcd to thu masses, not to any Individual or coun cil. Tho excavating that Is boing dono Is equally as silly and unneces sary. No ono needs a basement to read In, nor has a library any ubq for n basement. Tho latest modern heat ing plants do not requiro them and the destruction of the park lawn that( has coat our good ladles such offort Is a shame. Tloso responsi ble for.thcsQ acts should bo punish ed. It is brainless, Inhuman, injus tice. Tftoy would nhqyf mnch mpre fliiterprJBQ by destroying npino of tho filth, rubbish and dlseaso breeding places In tho city than to destroy tho beauty and comfort that wo haye al ready, to build a Carnleglo Ubrary, Thero was plenty of room In the park without cutting a tree, without spoil. Ing tho lawn or destroying what has boon ,dPo, had a llttlo sonso been used. , I , This may seem plain, but If tho nrrnnlnn rinmniirin. T will 1)0 nlalner next thrio. r jr. m. coss. shall exercise this element of personal judgment. Circuit Court Seven The grand Jury roturncd "not a truo bill" in tho following cases: State of Oregon vs. Lottio Wood, for assault. ! State of Oregon vs. IlenJ. Freden burg, for setting forest fire. m State of Oregon vs. F. J. Krebbs, for assault State of Oregon vs. J. J. Lane, for larcony. A(so ono truo bill In state of Or egon vs. John Doe. Fred J. Pick vs. Laura J. Pick, divorce; decreo by default. Knto Evans vs. Leon Evans, di vorce; decree by dofoult. Lydla llanscom vs. Horaro A. Ilanscom, decree of dlvorco modified, given defendant custody of children. State of Oregon vh. Prank Wjlspn, larceny of an animal; glvon indetcr mlnato aontenco in penltontlory from ono to ten years. Stalo of Oregon vs. E. L. Rowan, larceny of an animal; saino sen tence as above. Stato of Orogon vs. Enrl Crocker, forgery; sentenced to two to twenty years In penitentiary and paroled pending good behavior. Stato of Oregon vs. Joseph Docker, forgery; same sentence as above, Stato of Oregon vs. II. Itlddlo, grand Jury returned a truo bill, land in T. :i?,- L'W Thus. 1 Knlih'r to Annil A. Davis, 10i.lt) urn in m-. Ill, T '111 1 W I. J. l'htpps) to Aiiil A. "Davis, land in T. 30. a w; Scutt V. l)nvin to I.l.. Philips, relontiQ of bond. Kiln Ilmnlin to (1. F-IUkinpT, land in T. 'JS, I W ,0, 10. IlilMUKor to Kiln Ilniulin, hud in T. IIS- t W. CliiirlfH J, 'uorjno to (lc(iiu Lynch, SB 1-1 C SV I-, H. 17 'I' "t'l IP' LI, i. X li .......a.... Henry llvhnk to O. P. Ik-Inn, property in Tnlonl ,J. J. Fryer to David CitiKi'tulc, property in Enplo Point.... Max P. Jm-ohy to Gold !ny Ik-nlty Co., lots 'J'J, I'll nud 21, block 137, Tolo Horn A. Kolsey to John P. Kelsey, loh 7 nud 8, block Kl Dickinn nmuuded addition to tlolil Hill l Mnry M. Kstes to It. It. Houho, hind in T. Ill), IK 10 It. It. Houho tn Perry P. Cheremmnii, land in 8oo. 10, T. .10, 1 K Max P. Jiu-ohy to (lold Hny Itoalty Co., property in Tolo Afnx P. Jncohv to (lold Hny Itcnlty Co., land in Tolo.... Slimes- L. Downintr to John If. Downing, 10 nori'H in T. .17, 2 W. , , .Mary K. Yntes to Edith J. Lesley lnnd in T. 00, 3 W. l'JOO 200 Alia 10 10 800 10 10 APPLES FOR EUROPE, Wo nro iippntntod nr.oiitii for J. II. TltqMAH, Covont UittMim, Lon don nud Southampton, Kuglitud, wlinno clurms tiro 5 per cunt nud 0 cents pof box. JAH. LINDSAY ft SON, Ltd., 01ns- ,;ov una wdiuiiiii'Kii. Hi-ouuuii. u pm- t-oiit and 10 cmtta per box. UAWSON ItOJUNMON. Hull, Hug- Iniigi f pur cent nud 8 cunts per box, Tliosi) nro tho oldest and Inrntwit firms In their rospititlvo towns, it nd their rotoronco as to fluniiulal abil ities ran bo hnd at Medford National Hank, Medford, Oregon. Cash enn bu rnblml day after nnlo If reuulred. mid highest market prices guaranteed. Hod Pared Men smoking llltl CIO AUS talking "llOT'AlU" don't always llvo on air, houcu our remarks on charges. Tho chip-trap about prlvnto sale does not prove reuumcrntlvo, except tor some curios of a nmnll nature,- All sellers lly private sale havo .to wait until auctions nro over no ns to know what to ask, and' In tlio rase ot largo supplies thoy often got left. For further particulars, address. W. N. White EL Co. 7l t'AUK 1'IiACU SVW YOltK Where to Go Tonight ' f -'isr THE ISIS TIIEATRH 4K-tlitl Kitgnuemcut ofHaoliiJpun. J HJHH'hll )llptKOIIIOIlt tit Kl'HTIHH TH01JI1J OP TltAINl.U i ItOOHTICHH A 8000 10 10 10 Ileal Itn" Traniffeni. Scott V. 'Davis to Stanley Horfl Ipy, lot 15, block L Highland Park addition Jo Mod ford . . . Bcott V. DavlH to Stanley Horn loy, lot 1G, block 1, Highland Park addition to Medford.. John A, wcsterluiid to Tortor J. Neff, property In block 44, Medford 1 C. A. Hamlin to Martha A. Hrandon, lot 11, block 74, Medford ..,., CQ0 Margarot l, Andorson to E, Rcnshaw, jiroporty In Harr's addition to Medford 10 Mary G. Noo tojW. E. Philips, property In Galloway's addi ction to Medford 1000 Wm. 71. Ifnrrib to W.'lC Pnrkor, 4.83 aisroii in-20, 30, 2 W.i Est. Ernneis 15. Clnrko dqcoiiHfd, copy of will. .U. S. to Klmor, H. IliKiniiothaiii, 40 ncrcH in T. 30, 3 W Pat,.. J. O. Ihhiichoji to F, V, Clark, properly in Cirund Vjow addi tion to Central Point 10 Victor Kuraell to.A. E. Strattoii, Linirn J. Howard to John S. Jluruolt, hnlf un noro in T. 30, 1 E John I. Netr. to H. L. While. properly in Ashland 10 JL U A I ford to It. IL Toft, properly in Imperial ndditou to Medfonl ,s Q Venjil C, Lolir to Hen J. Trowbridge, lot 0, block 71, . . Medford. ...... ..,.,...,. io NOTICE OP EIGHTH flltADK U.VI- FOItM EXAMINATION. Notlco Is hereby glvun that tho noxt regular uniform examination ot applicants for eighth grade diplomas will bo held September 7 and 8, 1911, as follows: Thursday, Soptember 7 Physiol ogy, writing, history and civil govern- mont. Friday, Boptembor 8 Grammar, arithmetic, geography, spoiling. All those who woro rondltlnnod In opo or.two subjects In tho Juno, 1911, examinations should wrltn upon such iit thin examination. Othrrwlso thoy will loso tho credits earned. This will bo tho Inst examination for entrance to high schools until January, io is, . J. PEUCY WELLS, If you nro looking for muiu- plurn ulicni jour cIoIIm-h Mill Im Inuntlrnul Ulhout lii'iug nilnctl. Wn tlo our work to iM'rfi'cllnii. Wo iim no de htnifllvo mltli, and our plneo U r-fiH-tly Miultnry and our ttork liy gleuln llmiiigliout. I ItegnrdleMM of iixhiiho, coniim tho f i greutent and onlv net niMt.i i.lmi in tho world, Twenty trained roost erm It hardly nooum pohhOVu that hiicIi u thing could bo dono, but tlmo nud patlonco will prove to night what can bo iiccoinptln!iod ; when Kurtlss'H trained roosters will glvn their first porformanro. llolng tho only net of Its kind over shown hero, It should bo n great ; drawing mr for tho next (ow nights ; Kverywheru hoy Imvo ppiforuinil '! thoy havo raiised a great deal of! nowspaper talk. Don't mlsn see Ing thts wonderful ncL t 4,f -J THE STAR Steam Laundry Medford, Ort'gon. licit Phone- lUOt Homo M WA SiI2issb'9Ls In a Class by Itself It Is a groat big loaf, niado from tho best high grade flour. PEEIILIH IIUEAI) Is mora llko that good old homo in ado bread that mothor iiBOd to mako than nny other on tho market. Ask your grocor for PEEULICSH IIIIKAI) and Insist thnt you got (t bo cnuso tboro Is nuno so good. RARDON'S BAKERY Corner Main and Gmpn Street. UGO Theatre Ml'TT A.NIIJKPP ' (let pass to tho ball game. A CHILD'S HKHOIHM (A human Interest drama) II Ell (UITIVIJ (A feature Hlnon Film) Rock Spring Goal MAX9 AM, fM Office ud Col Vnnt Twelftk and Front HtrwU. l'uono 7101. Burbidgc TSHB OOAX, MAW PLUMBING STEAM AND HOT WATWl I1HATINO All Work Guaranteed Price lloaiontblo IiS Hownnl llloclc, Kntnuu on 6th HtrreU Coffeen 8c Price mciflc Satll Homo 'M9 rrf--ews Draperies We carry a very compl camnleta Una of draperies, (sea curtains, fixtures, ate.. and Oo All claasea of upholaterlns'. .A special man to look after this work exclusively and will elvo as good service, as la possible to cat In even the lareeat clllea. Weeks & McGowan Co Newport 30 acres Gordon T. 37. 2 W .17,000 irdou Voorljiefj to Hurry ,L. Irwin, 3778 norcH in T. 38, 1 W., ugrcomeiit. , MrH. P. A. Sp'oneer to Geo. IveiiH, 00 nuroH in T. 3(1- I W J. B. JlnmiHli to It. II. Toft, 20 r Kiefer Trees , No CO per cont losses, tho risk is ours. Wo aro willing to mako logs) contract with you. To plant Kil ter Poar trees. To work there oa top of any variety you may sel ect. Wo buy Kolfor toros of Stark Dros,, and Mt. "Arbor Nurnorles, Homo Grown Trees, no better grown. MedfordNursery Company 431 NOItTH OENTHAL AVK. Phono 74B1 TAQVIXA BAT omxaoira opox.am shack XSaOHT An Ideal rntreat for outdoor pastlrnos of nil kinds. HUNTING: KJHIUNO, IIOATINO, HUltP ilATIIINO, IllU INO. AUTOINO, OANOKINfl. DANC "NO AND ItOLLDH HKATINO. Whoro prutty wntor aKalim, inois nxutes. nioon-MtoticH, carnclliinn cuu lio found en the ionpli, I'ure mountain water and tho hunt of food at Ipw prices. Fresh fish, claim, craba and oysters, with aliundunco of vouetubloa of all kinds dally, Cswplng- Oronnds Ponvnltn ana At tractive with Utriof fABHary Xgulatlons. KOW JtOTJWD TKXJP laAIOaT TXOXBTI Ttom All Joints in Ortyou, Wash tngiou and Idaho, on sale dally. 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