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i qW tOTO .. Cfct)FORD MAIL TRtBtJNTl, MT3DF0RT), OttlSGOiNT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, l.tt. If KFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN 1NDRFKKDRNT NKWHIrAt'EH rUBUHURU BVKRT AFTliltNOON KXCK1T BUNDAV. TX THH mbdford pmntino co. The Democratic Times, The Medford Mali. The Medford Tribune, The 8outh rn OreRonlan, The Ashland Tribune. nffinn Vnll Tribune Bulldlns?. "r'"i:T-" -:. " !: nam North tit Home 76. street; phone, 3S-37-I0 S031, QKORQE PUTNAM, Editor and Manager ntered as accoml-class matter at Med ford: Oreten, under the aot o March I, 1B7. Official Paper-of. the City of Hertford Official Paper of Jackson County. . . aoftacfsiratott mAxms. One year,, by mall 15.00 One month, bv mall .SO rcr month, delivered by carrier la ttnn .Turkannvllln and Cen tral Point . .JO Saturday only, by mall, per year,. 3.00 tWMtlr. ter year ................ 1.50 srvroaur cnsctnuMrxosc. averaee for six months ending: December 31, iio, aizi. Dally Tall Xaaed Wire Units 3FsM Slapato&ea. The Mall Tribune la on Bale at the Ferry News Stand. San Francisco, Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland. Bowman News Co.. Portland. Ore. W. O. Whitney. Seattle, Wash. WEST PROMISES TO VISIT FAIR i. . 'Cwcrim- States That if He Pessible Cm. He Will ie HereI'leneer Day And Other Events Scheduled Fer Medford's Big Show. In a letter received today by Sec retary Ware of the Fnir Association, Governor West accepts an invitation to spend a day at the fair if he can jjossibly arrange his time to do so. Mayor Cannon and Mr. "Wans will press the invitation further when the governor is here at the pood roads meeting aud hope to get Gov ernor West to set a day which will be advertised as Governors day, fait week, and an opportunity given the people of Southern Oregon to hcai and meet the Governor. One day will be called Old Sot tiers day and all who arc old set tlers will bo especially invited to at tend. Another day will be- School day and in the morning' of (hat day a big game of football will probably be arranged between Grants Pass or Ashland and our high school team. Thursday will be called Medford day when it is hoped all the stores will be closed during the afternoon and an opportunity given all the clerks and employes to seo the big raco program for that day. OVER SUPPLY KEEPS , PEAR MARKET LOW Sgobcl & Day write the following regarding the murkct under date of New York. Sept. 9: The pear arrivals this week have fitill continued very heavy nnd full details are as follows: Tuesday, 33.000. Wednesday, 31,000. Thursday, 0000. Friday, 8000. Arrivals continue in excess of the demand nnd while a few hundred boxes from the mountain sections in California sell from $2.25 to $2.7:5 the other California Bartlctts, most ly yellow ripe, sell around $1.25. Heavy arrivals of Bartlctts, from Washington (Yakima, Wapnto, etc.) aud Oregon (Hood River nnd Med ford) few of which arc doing well, say $1.00 to ijd.SO, the bulk yester day averaging around $1.25 to $1.05. The shipments from California havo, we may say, ended, nccording to newspaper reports, but wo must have lighter arrivals boforo this inurkct cun recover. CHURCH TO PROBE 60G0RZA-EAMES UNION NKW YORK, Sopt. 15. Thaat a now Inquiry by the CnUmlio church is to bo mndo into tho Ungnrza Kumos murriugo bectimo known hero today through a message from the archbishopric of Paris to lieeveud Thomas, of Now York. Tin? uich siigo states that Mrno. Karnes availed hoi-nolf of tho Paulino privi jlcgo by dispensation from tho holy office lnht June, but that tho arch r bishop had been of (ho opinion that DeGorgoren was a single man. Rev. Thomas' interest in tho matter has awakened ecclesiastical thought in the mutter nnd investigation will bo mndo. liuklai (or Hetlt. ROAD BOND QUERIES ANSWERED. TN A communication published elsowhore, E. J. Odcll of Central Point seeks information regarding tho bond is sue, which we hope will be furnished by the county court. Tn the meanwhile, the Mail Tribune will answer tho inquir ies. The bond issue will. cost principal plus interest The amount of interest paid is dependent wholly upon the length of time the money is secured for. In twenty years, the interest at 5 per cent, will of course, equal the princi pal. It differs from no other commercial transaction tho use of money has a positive market value, and is worth the price asked or it wpuldn ?t be paid. Is there any certainty that the bonds will sell for their face value? Yes, a flat offer has been received for a premi- umn of $o0,000 on tho issue. All of the California road bonds have sold above par. Tho sinking fund will not be deposited in county banks at 2 per ecnt interest. The banks are at present paying the county 'A per cent on its balances. On long time, as this would be, any local bank will be glad to pay 6 per cent in terest. "What per cent of the money will actually bo spent on roads, in other words, how much graft will there be1? The Mail Tribune believes that it will all bo so spent. If it thought there was any grafting, it is muck-raker enough to show it up. As a matter of fact, Jackson county is re markably clear of graft. Medford has spent nearly $2,- 000.000 in public improvements, Ashland $1,000,000, Cen tral Point $250,000, and every school district its share without suspicion of fraud or dishonesty. If tho county court, and the advisory committee named arc not to be trusted who is i The road building Will be mostlv by contract this will eliminate the feared "army" of county employes and the purchase of additional equipment. "They say" in accusing a man of incompetency and graft is the refuge of cowards. "Who says and why do they not come out in the open with their charges and their proof? Three hundred dollars a month is not too much county engineer has made good, it is certain that he has county engineer has made good, it is certain taht he has worked hard and endeavored to. Aud it is certain that he has built roads an,d is building better roads and building them cheaper than the count ever built them before and as cheap or cheaper than they are contracted for. Those who find fault do so through prejudice and ignorance they know not whereof they speak. But all fhisis beside the mark for the advisory committe will shoulder this rq sponsibility. Contractor Twohy was given the Central Point road work at $2.00 per cubic yard for crushed rock work laid which is about the same figure, c&nditions considered, the county is building them for. In the contract it is specified that foreigners are not to be emploved. The county in resorting to bonding for highways is do ing just what Central Point has done tor waterworks, sew ers and pavement, and just what every school district in the county has done and is doing to get the benefit now of improvements mat mane lire worm wnnc. ,. ,.- ,.,-. - IT IS NEW THEREFORE CRAZY. REGULATION of railroad freight rates through the in itiative, by popular vote, is a new idea, therefore it is viciously assailed. UcActionaries will of, course oppose it they oppose all popular legislation. According to them, the people are in capable of deciding logically any public question. They can vote for candidates selected for them by corporations and bosses, but that is the extent of their intelligence. The people elect a railroad commission, chosen from all walks of life none of them railroad men or familiar with any branch of railroading. Immediately they become " ex perts" and know much more about the subject than the people who elect them, whom they pronounce incapable of passing upon railroad matters. These people who elect railroad commissioners, hire a rea expert, who has spent his life studying tin? problems involved, and whose capacity is nationally acknowledged, and prepare a bill for submission to the people, eliminating special privileges whiclihc railroad commission fostei-s. Therefore, these people are ''insane," if for no other reason than because the idea is a new one, A writer speaking of tic proposed use of steam fpr mo tive power, says: 'The world is indebted to Oliver Evans. Tn 1784, he first conceived the idea of his high-pressure steam engine, and its application to carriages, on common roaus, as a motive power. J lis zealous efforts to promote this favorite scheme, were in advance of the opinionsof the age; he attracted no attention, and wtfs charged with in sanity for believing in the possibility of effect which are now daily Witnessed." The people pf Medford back of the idea of an initiative bill for uniform rates are also charged by the Oregonian with insanity for believing in the possibility of effects which Avill SQPn be witnessed. , TAUM HOME PHONE TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION TACOMA, Wu., Sept. 10. Feder al Judge F. H. Kutikiu today on hearing ordered tho foreclosure and and salo of the Home Telephone company of this city to satisfy judg ment for $1,037,000 and five per cent interest for two years, due the bondholders represented by tho Los Angeles Title Insurance and Trust company, Tho salo Is to be held within six weoki. The i I v of Tacoinn will be come a bidder if it can arrange Its finances. . u x.tfWjjtf TWO DRIVERS KILLED . HORSE RACE DORMS, Cab, Sept. 15. A liorwi raco which ended by plunging both contestants into a barbed wiru fence was tho cauho from which K. K. Dctaciirnth add Charles Williams, of the Prathor ranch, lie dead bore today, Deiscnrath's mount, excit ed by the rnco, became unmanngen ble aud hurled his rider into tlui fence. His compniniou, seeking to render uid, was also thrown against the barrier nnd neither regained conscioitsness ofUr llio accident. Uanklna for Hwilth, OLD WOODEN STORE BUILDINGS MAINE GOES WET BY 134 MAJORITY The wooden store tmllding on South Central Au'iiuu which wore so badly dniuagrd by firo a few weeks ag arc being torn down and moved away. Tho owners of the property. Mosdnines Knynrt and Carnahan, have not determined tin to thu 8r.o of the building thoy will ereot on tho ground but thai thoruvril, frontago goes without saying, as Ihe bo n building of some tirw proot mu ground is too vnlunblo to long v twnl oriltil iwnorniL' tin1 cntUv main vacant. AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept 15. Ac ooi ding to romploki retains of the stunle, HcmUoffiuinally announced at tho slnato house today, iMitiuo linns gone wol. Tho vole uunounood is: Wots 00,517, iirvs uw.:ih:i. a urn- jorily of KM voles. Trans-Atlantic Cable Business 12 SL2-JLJL n - AM 12 3 4 10 ia LONDON TIME i aat4iS67n NEW YORK. TIME 7 a 1 9 liol ii 12 1 1 la 3 to 12 flM 7 ' l Ul'l &!ii;:!i!ii!:i;: ' Ht V'ikcir-i ; ',:, ifrsr" a "m-ft)-,-' . m : - 'iliiiljUiSHyjiHUi. -S :j:.. unutilized"!' ,. ""i . j.. : &.;' Traffic Chart of Western Union, AorIo. American and Direct U. S. Cable Business, Showing Capacity of the Cables and the Proportion Now Utilised. Proposed Modification of Existing Arrangements A provisional modification of an arrangement which has existed Tor many years haibeen reached between th'e Western Union Telegraph Com pany, The Anglo-American Cable Company and the Direct U.S. Cable Company, under which the cable sys tems of these companies now worked exclusively in business connection with each other, but operated and maintained separately, will be oper- etsenta no, ony that there be at ail be obtained, demand direct cable cir cuits between principal centres of the two sides of the Atlantic, as welt as special circuits devoted to special business. Efficient Service Requires Sufficient Facilities To meet these requirements it la ated in direct physical connection with eacn other and witn tae western Union land system. Two objects are to be attained by this arrangement: Fint, mor tfficitnt and conomi Cal operation. . Stconii, th Introduction of new forms of ttrvic to th advantage of (Ac public. . times sufficient cable facilities, under one control, but that they should be operated interchangeably with each other and In close physical connec tion with land lines sa one system. Ample spare facilities are necessary to provide against the very frequent cable Interruptions. Neither the Western Union nor any one of the comnanica of the Western The Trans-Atlantic Cable Union group has, Independently of the r... .. j r others, facilities enough to handle Situation ana Competition ,h0 business which at limes any one The trans-Atlantic cable situation company might be called upon to take Is as follows: care of, because of some particular The Mackay group of seven ca- rush of business, or because of some bles, including the German cables, cable Interruption. Nor could any one owned by or worked in physical con- company furnish all the direct circuits nection with the telegraph lines of necessary for efflcirnt service, al- tnougn tne comuinea lactones oi that comnanv form one system The French cables comprise fen in dependent system, using both the Western Union and the Mackay land lines for their United States connec tion. In competition with these is the Western Union group of cables, eight in all, owned by three separate com panies, two of which are British companies owning five of the eight cables. Two- only of th Brithh owned seconds are valuable. cablt terminate in the United btatei and all of them are entirely depen dent on the Weitern Union for their connection with any telegraph tytem, or for their reaching any centre of butineu, and are now worked excla sictly, to far at butinett it concerned, with the Wettem Union. these companies are ample If they could be used supplementary to each other and interchangeably. As it is, each compsny operates ha own cables through separate and dis tinct offices .ind under separate and distinct management. All interchange of business is by actual transfer of the business from one company to the other, with the consequent delay and Interruption oi a service in wnicn Daily and Week-end Cable Letters So, toon at the proposed arrange, mtnt goet into effect, the Wettem Union purpotet, with the content of the British Poll Office Department, to Introduce at least twoneiufeaturet . , lT J..f .ih a t JL a PAHA mMm Waste Prevented deferred rate-the DAILY CABLE LETTER and the WEEK-END CABLE LETTER at a Very low rate for cable service only. This will enable the public to save the tix to tight days consumed in the tram-Atlantic passage of mails. Efficiency Increased, The proposed arrangement between the Western Union, the Anglo-American and the Direct U. S. companies will bring the eight cables of the three companies under oncoperating con trol. The consequent increase In effectiveness and economy will place the Western Union in a position to offer certain advantages in cable service not now enjoyed by the public. The other way open to enable the Western Union to make such im provements and introduce such new services as it proposes to do, would be to lay new cables. This would seem to be the height of folly, Monopoly of Cable Business Impossible There is no cable monopoly pos 8lble. The three systems the Western Union, the French and the Mackay will continue to exist. The Mackay Companies is a hold ing organlxation wltn no pnysical A?S 'cabMlities at a cost'of property, but exercising, hroughjUock m.nv millions, when there are more owncrsnip, lease or wnu.si, .-. than ample facilities for all business, would put an unnecessary financial burden upon an already fully burdened business and would probably postpone the reduction of rates or introduction of new services. ' Limited Business Hours and Idle Facilities As at present carried on, the trans Atlantic cable business is practically all flash service, . , instantaneous. Owing to the difference In time, there are only a few business hours of the dsy common to both sides and during these hours at least 75 of the cable business is done. This in demon strated by the accompanying chart. In the interests of international business nothing should be done to interfere in anyway with the so-called flash or instantaneous service, and the lines should be kept clear to ac commodate such messages duriugthe few business hours common to both countries; but to continue to confine the cables to this class of service, as at present, will utilize only about 25 J& ine control of various companies owning land lines and cables which make upthe Mackay System. Through this control all the various properties are operated as one system to great ndyantagc in service over what could be given by these same companies if operated separately. The French cables form another system. The Western Union System, under the proposed arrangement for one operating control over the present segregated units, will be enabled to make two distinct advances in the trans-Atlantic cable business: 1 BETTER SERVICE. Thlswlllbe insured by more efficient and econom ical working resulting from single direction over the operations of both cables and land lines. ' 2-PUBL(C ADVANTA CES. The greater part of the cable capacity has been and is now uuutillsed. It will co'itlnue to lid dormant and unutilized under existing conditions and tradi tions, The Western Union purposes to make these wasted facilities useful of the existing capacity of millions of to the public by means of new kinds property and puces on mat nmiteu 01 came service, service all the capital, maintenance jn addition, the Western Union lo an d operating charges, tends to nationalize its land lines by The limited time and the character opening them to all iraus-Atlantlc of the business, if best results are to cable companies. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY New York, Sept. 1st, 1911. Theo. N. Vail, President Save Money nv mivi.vu Yoim mmat at TIIM WK8T HUM' MAUKKT Wo uro now hoIIIiib moat on a ntrlctly broth bantu. Tltln plan moaiin that wo can noil to you at n low or rato (linn you havo boon lutyliiK. It's t Saving for BotK of Us You will nlwaytt find tho bout moat al our market. Our aim Ih to nlcftno, both In quality and norvlco. WesttSldeMnrket I.OUltt lIKll., Proprietor Draperies Wo carry n very cony rininn, n rtraprti, lae ell complete lino of ixturoa, !, nnd Oo nil clnna of iitliolstnrln. A poolnl timn In look aftr thU work vxelualvnlr nml will iv an Rood crvlcn na la passible to cat In nvau tlm lrKat olllra. Weeks & McGowan Co LAND BAHQAIKB. Ziuman If. Judd. of Tnl isiit. OrvKon, Huh for Mlo In Oi fruit, cordon nml tilfnlfiv Imiil uf south vtn Orrrjon llio folliiwlnul J nrrrn, ulonn li TaIiiI, lit otllllvn Hull, ilwellliitf Iioiih mid kimmI "nil. prleo ISVOO. 1 1000 rush, IIOUO ono 'mr nt 1 prr cnl, IIOOO two yrura nt ir coat. Two niliira, OjiMr nnd Ituth, S mile from Titlrnt, cxiimtnii them, flint tunnol 0 feet, tho oilier ISO feet 40 ncren niuoiiK the lillln. dweltln. ii fow nrrrn clrnrrd, plenty of wlr, tlfi nn ncre. 10 ncren nenr Tnlent. nil In rulllvn. Hun. IIS6 nn ncrr. one-third down, lil .tiioo In three yenrn nt 6 per evnt. 10 ucre.i. Cruof Inline, harn. ctilrkrn limine, pome, fruit) prlco I27CO 10 ncren, net lo ntfrtlfn niiil fruit treed, prliv 1 1 500. 40 ncrr. 6 inllen from Onlil HIM. nil under colli vnllon dnrllliik. urcliard. etc lia.ooo. lluilnea lot In Talent. IS ncren fruit In t-ncrn lola. nttjoln. lie Tulctit, fsoo an arrr. one-third mill, tinlnnco nt per c-int. I50 ncren unlinprted land nenr Jack onvlllc. 10 ncren orchard. I mllo from TAlont, price. I3000. 19S ncren, mm mile noulh of Talent, tio ncren net lo llnrtlelt mid 'VAiiJmi puarn, a ncren to HpltxeiituirsT mid Jon rttlmn niplen. I2&0 btlllKiililW, Imril A0i (0 feel; ti'O ixr nerr. IZS.UOO down, Iml. mc termn. SI0 ncren tlmlier, 4,000,000 feil of nnw timber, 4 inllen from l.tttln llutta; price I3000, one-llilrd i!on. 73 l3 ncren, nrrlntnl nnd nlfnlfn, tint fnr from Tnlent, If nold ttllUKOllier, l36 in nrre. If nold lit 10-acro troctn, f3'0 an ncre. One lt III IhWii of Tnlenl, "SxlS feet, I S.room new liiuiKnlow, woodnlivd lx 50 Yoit. ynrd, well, nlinde trees net out orlce II90O, 11200 ciKti. tinlnnco on lime. 31 ncren choice, fruit farm, I mile from Tnlent j 113.000, 17000 onnh, Iml mice, n yenrly npynienln, ouch of 11000 a per cent lntort, 17 ncren, 3 mllrn from Tnlent, n cum merclnl orchnril. nlimild yield thin yenr from ('00 to 3S0O boxen, prlco IIO.000, .ine-lmlf down IA0 ncren flno lllillier land, monlly fir wml hemlock, nometlilnc like 6,000,. 000 feet of nuw tliulMir; price 13000 cash 'lou it. SO ncren, 1 mil" from Tnlent. pnrt In young circlinrd nnd ulfulfa, f 33S per ncre 30 ncren nenr llio famoiin Hiiiicrenl irclinril, 10 ncren uiuler riilllvnllon, nil fenced, fruit and al fulfil roll) n ihvelllnrr lioune, burn nnd water Innk; only $I3S nn ncre, Orm lot In Ashland. 60x112 feotj good dwelllnn liutmn nml nenr llio doplt, II 100 rush. 10 ncren, nboiil 6 mllrn from Sled, foril, niuoiiK tho' hills, $1260 uu aero, roiiKli, ronl and limber Imiil, 18 ncren. nun block from llio pontof. flro nt Tnlent; Kitrden, fruit nnd nlful In ("ill; 13 ncren i""'in, fmiilly nrolinnl, i Kood dwellhm linimn: 111,000, $0600 ciinli dnwn, liutiineo on lime, 90 miri-H, monlly miw tlmlier. yellow pine, 1,500,000 feel, niiiiim; the hllln, prlco 12000, 4 norm, 3 mllen from Tnlent, nniniiK llin foothllln, In n IiIkIi nlntn of milt I viitloit, fruit and chlcn rnnuli, dwell. Iiik limine, oto., 11700, RANCHES 2S0 ncren, HS nn ncrr, flno milnllvlnton 3 ncren I'orry nnlnllvlnlon, enny tcrniH. IS acrrn; clono In; beauilfut vlaw: fine noil; 1250 acre; very enny terms. 1 1-2 aoron; beurlnir orchard! water rlRht; ntoro; also lrnsn on Rood a ture and hay land; nl or trade. TRADE 1 1-2 ncros, 4-rooni house, SR0. lsa rtcrcH In Wild county, Colorado; trndu for ranch hero. 1C0 acres, 1 1-3 mllcn from town In Wll lamntto valley, rich bottom and up. Innd, 100 aaren cultivated, itood im provements, U5 Horo. fncoma proporty, rentuln, UB monthly; take goot acreuge. 10 aoren, IS In pears, close In fine build. Iiir alto and Vlow. IBO-acro stock and alfalfa, ranch: 150 acroa tillable; 'under ditch; 171 per acre; take Income uroporty. 120 acres raw Innd; nil fine fruit land; take any Rood property. SO ncres, tillable; 12000; take town prop- erty, 20 aores, cleared; take residence In trade. SO aorea Hear Creek bottom for Dakotah land. 30 norcn, PallMiido, California In orchnril, tuko dairy or ntook runoh nnd alty property. Incomn property, Twin rolls, Idaho, for good acrouKO. WANTED ' B carponlern, UolHtlng oiiKlncnr. wiris for Kenornl housework. City and ranch property t list Cuttoff men, box fnctnry, 13.00, Tnll cutoff mnn, 2.no, IlucKora, I2.7C. Li Ii Hi BTTNER Where to Go Tonight BOOM HI fr-frrrr THE ISIS THEATRE 1)10 DOUMI.IO llll.l.v Hpt'olal ICniwuointmt of Wlllliliu llhiKi'r ami Morxiito lloll In "Iho l)aiiKlil,r or Hvo." Horn In tho rat you havo lonu liciiii wultliiK for, iKHiiodiliii; out of tho oi-illuary run of nctii, ami ono that will lulort'st you an woll an ulvo you nomothlui: to tallc about for ilnyn to rouio; full of t'Ht wiicroitti on all of llio IniKnr clr- fomotty that Irt ronl comoily, with a llttln hIiikIiik ami a hrlglil lot of now Joki'ii nml all Itluiln of funny sltuntloiiH, that you JiimL can't i htMip from lauiihliiK at; tho act i Hint Iuih mot with tho vory grout- i culln throiiKlioiit tho north went. Thin In thu nut you don't want ! to intuit upo'nir. AIko Kiuldi mill i:llK (Joiiiiiiii Comml. Inn, Ono hi;; yoll from slnrt to fin ish; tlm fuutunluirn whom thu wholo of tho 1'nclfle count frtiui north to r.outh In nt lit liiiifitiliig 4 imiHH, in iiivir niiiv-apiuiiuK ncrnain "IVIUV VMI." --r-rrrr--i----rrrrrrririj UGO Theatre TOHIOKT'8 HOIWBOT Tho lli't Million 1'lrtiitvN unit Mimlo Chnngo of Program Tuomlay, Krl- day nnd Himdny ricniiil loo Tho I'nrlliiK of llio Trailn, (A thrlllliiK wimtitru ilraiiut.) Can Il- Siito I Trr? (A ilraiiia of (utonno lutoroitt.) Tlio Too .Minium. (A r.oml lively ilrninn.) Rock Spring Goal OX KAsTXt AXJU TMM TOO. Office nnd Cl Ynrd, Twelfth mbmJ Front Blrr0. Phono 7101. Burbidge OOAX. MAIf PLUMBING BTIA.M AM) HOT WATEH IinATINO All Work auaraatee. I'rlcra ItoasOBablo S5 Hownrtl lllock, KatnMc on (ttlt Htrrct. 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