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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1911)
i ITOEJ KMJR MEDFORD MATTi TRXRUNK OT.DFORn; fotttWONV'ITTCRDAY, OfTOnRR 2 1, 1!)1t. Mepford Mail Tribune AW INDKPKND15NT NKWHTJAPRn FUIIMHIIHD HVHKY AKTlJllNOON EXCtSPT SUNDAY, BY TUB) ' MKDFOUD 1'IUNTINCI CO. I,, TI16 Domnornlln Tlmrn. The MlMlforrt Mull, Tho Moilfonl Trlbuno, Tim soum em OrcKonlnn, Tho Ashlnnd Tribune. Office Mall Tribune Iliiltdlnft. S&S72ti North l'-lr street; phone, Main 3021, llomo 75. OKOIian PUTNAM. Editor nnil Manager Bntej-ed nil eecontl-elnss twitter nt Med ford, Orcftor under the not of Murch 187g. Offlrlal rnper of tho CItr of Medford Official l'npcr of Jackson County. . BUBsennrxxoH suites.' One yenr, by mull ........... 15. 01 One month, by mall .............. .61 Per month, delivered by carrier In Medford, Jncksonvlllo and Cen tral Point 61 Saturday only, by mall, per year.. 2.0e Weekly, per year 1.61 IWOXX ciKCtriTlOK. Dally average for six tnontha endlnr December 31, 1910. 2721. mil Xeased Wir TTnlte Tnta Dispatch!. Tho Mall Tribune Is on sale at tin Forry News Stand, San Francisco. Portfnnd Hotel News Stand. Portland llowr&ah News Co., Portland. Ore. Y. O. Whitney, Seattle, Wash. M-r.rjros.ri. oxxaoiv. Metropolis of Southern Orciron and Northern California, ana me rasiesi Krowlnc city In Oregon, Population U. S. census 1910; 8840 estimated. 191110,000. t.-ivn imndrn.! tlmimand dollar Qravltx Water System completed, giving finest mipply pure mountain vrater and six teen miles ol street oeuiK pavcu nc contracted for at a cost exceedlnB 81. 000.000. making n total of twenty miles of pavement. Postoffico receipts for year endlns March 31, 1911, show lncrcaso of 41 pet cent Bank, deposits a gain of !2 pel cent. Banner fruit city In Oregon Ttofju nivcr Spltzenberg apples won sweep stakes prixo and tltlo of "Add1 Xlnjr of the Worla." at tho National Apple Show. Spolcane. 1909, and a car of Nowtowns won rlrst rriio la 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show. Vancouver, B. C. nni-nn lttvrr neara brought highest prices In all markets of tho world dur- tng the past six years. Write Commercial clu pant Com DOSt Wrlto Commercial club. Inclosing cents for postage for the finest comrou- titty pamphlet over published. JOLTS and jingles By Ad Brown Kurly Christinas suggestion; hose for the firemen. : An inquisitive man writes in this: "Does n piipcr cutter get paid per cut or what?" Whenever society women' put on a living picture entertainment for charity, it's the husbands who put tip tho jjold for the frames. And now the muddy days have conic When many souls arc tried; You'll find nil feet nion the stovo And all the shoes inside. Boyhood's greatest when mother visits school. sorrows; When China becomes n republic it will be put up to the new president U organize a China cabinet. Hops to Hope. "When hops go up to 20 cents," My father Raid lo mo, "We'll sell the crop and take the trip Perhaps across the sea. But when hops went to 20 cents D'nd wore n pleasant smile And said. "I think I'll hold these trip can wait n while." .Now hop arc climbing up each They'll ho lc fifty soon, Jf dad will hell, he'll have enough To lake us to the moon. Now tell me, could anyone object io Oov, Kolk's calling his parents tho Folks ut home? - Whenevor wo road that the Ital ians have taken Dorua wo wonder what effect it had upon them. 'Jho Heat Fighters. There's a bunch of correspondents, Soniowhoro off Sidra TJny Who fought all the cruel engage ments That wo read about today. "Turkish navy blown to atoms," "Bonghnui now ruined lies," So fights on the corrospondont Then the whole thing he denies. Wires, the fighting corre&pondeut, "Forty ships went down today," Later ho Bonds th'j correction, "Make it read 'went down tho bay.' " This Turjc war- bus taught a lesson, And of war wo calmly think, War has hell, but how inoro often rfis a Jot of printers' ink. It is rumored that Tuft will ap point 1j. W, Lemaiiii to tho supreme bunch. Arise, ye jokesmiths, and hjv ho hns picked enough of that kind nlrondy. Wo rend Hint Sheik Iloiuissi. Arab leader, hnjj .declared a holy war. Inj uu u DMiiu ivu iuko j, a rcircui is made in holy tcrrge. Tfunlffna for HeaUh. THE WISE WALT MASON, tho nolod pool of Kansas, hns ooino lo tlu fori1 aain wilh his quaint. poHiunl philosophy and in regard io (ho man who can sou nothing good in homo invostmonts at (5 por oont ho says 1 ol'ton buy gold bricks by mail; in I'aot, I'm always sending kale to lakers here and fakt'rs there, and rainbow dealers everywhere. 1 ve orange groves on (treenland's shore, and meorsehaum mines and moonlight plants, ginseng and rubber elephants. The lakers get, me in their snares, and sell me wind and Belgian hares. 13ut, when my fellow townsmen talk, and' ask me to invest in stock to help some local enterprise, 1 1 am conservative and wise. "2s; ay, nay," I cry, "your, boosting schemes are merely wild and woolly dreams. 1 cannot spend my hard earned dough to hob) to make this village grow. Your schemes which fills my soul with wealth increase hand over hand, and never cease, so I'll buy ice in Hudson's bay, and mines a million miles away, and wireless stock and pickled snakes and gravel pits and other fakes.'' I think my view is safe and sane, yet people say I give them pain, and now and thou a vagrant egg' breaks on my bosom or my log, and now and .then a long! dead cat conies up and hits me on the hat. A Word With I hope that I shall be pardoned fori spcnkiiitr in tho first iveivon, hut 11 want to make this article a perMinnl interview with the iuumo lovers of .Medford., While we are well to the forefront in ninny thiujrs, yet it is a fact somewhat to he deplored that wo allow the higher grade inusie.il entertainments and artiMs of world wide renown to appear in Medford before empty benches. There is iorhaps no greater liv ing artist in certain styles of play ing than Maude Powell and yt she played a little more than a year ago in Medford to a mere handful of people. The famous Rti.-inn Symphony Orchestra had an audietieo about hnlf the t-ize that an ordinary musi cal comedy would attract. I feel that this is perhaps luc to a lack of' proper advertising. The mtisif.il, The program will be arranged ! comedy attracts with its flaming ! suit a mixed audience. There will posters, while the more classic en-j be some of tho popular music as well tertniumout.s arc invariably modest las some of .the cla-sic. There are in their billing. otlior splendid attractions offered But, ns I still hnve faith in Med-;ntid our success with Skovgaard will ford, I nm pleased to announce that, determine whether or not it i worth Professor U. S. Collins and myself the while to bring rcallv firt ch are going to try something of n new musical entertainments to Medfoid. plan. We have engaged Skovgaard,' ED. ANDREWS. THE TRAVELING SALESMAN HERE TOMORROW. ; "Tho Traveling Siiloninau," Jumes Foibeh' uto-t comedy, with a full line of plain and fancy laugh, will i a btory truo to life, and among bo proMJiitod at the Med lord oponij the thousand laughs the play cou lioiibo on WedncMlay, October '2'),t tains, nro bits of patliow which add for one night. In "Tlio Travolingi vnricty to a nwit intorofctiug por Knlofsninn" the nutlmr liast written a' formnnoo. Support tho manufacturers of your homo city first, luat and all the time, and you will hulp yourself to prosper ity. But Jf your local factories can not Biipply your wants, Insist that tho moroliQiit carrloa "Mndo In Orogon" INVESTOR. blown mvsolf for bonus ore, and would vield but G per cent,' discontent. L want to see mv! Music Lovers the great Kalian violinist, who will appear in .Medford on Frid;i evening, October 27th, at the Med ford opera house. ' The price charged Jor this Port land concert is $JJiO. Mr. Colli.i nntl myself have talked the mutter over, and we are going to put pric nt fifty, seventy-five cents niul out dollar. It is not our desire to itm'vc money on this nttrnotiyn but to gie Medford a miK-icul treat. To th- end we have decided to place the ad mission at the prices named. Sknvgiuird is a bu man in every respect; he stand- full six feet, and has a tone in keeping with hU stat in e. I heard Skovgaard some three years ago in Miuucaixilw, and 1 place him ohmI.y in the class with Maude Powell. Ysavo." Kroi.-lcr. KubelJk and Miehe Klmeti. Iiuinorous oxponilion of the charae-J tcrixties of the modern drummer. It' !t i-Ul- goodB from other Orogon sources to supply your needs. Home prosperity depends upon homo industry, and state-wide pros' porlty will ho (jroator If factories MERKLE, mho guards ti-iSab1BRtaPS. ''SHJIIBWffiaKHWfeMBflF .aW mm3 "m MERICLE PORTLAND FANS ARE APPRECIATVIE Each Member of Pennant Winning Team Will Be Presented With a Watch and Chain Fans Pay All mission Price to Swell Fund. PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 21. Loyal fans in Portland tiufay began shell ing out the price of ndmiseioit to help swell a fund that will bo u-ed to pur chase testimonial of appreciation for members of the pennant wiuniinr Ilea vers. Although the committee has nt definitely decidod what kind of a memento to presoitt, it h believed each player will be given n watch and chain. JOHNSON IS AGAIN SUED FOR DAMAGES LONDON. Oct. 2 1.-Jack .Johnson, negro champion pugilixt, must pa $117 hero today because he umiuhcd the furniture and dfchf and left a Hat so filthy as to be untenable. Johnson was sued for this amount by his landlady in Paddiugtoti. rNT A PRESIDENT OF ANY COUNTRY A KING OF ANY KINGDOM AN EMPEROR OF ANY EMPIRE Never slept In any bottn b 1 'hjui you i:n di'p n at the nowly opened . - ' ' J j HOTEL MEDFORD Furthermore, Its rooms arc mil of cliourf iilnomi, awoot ulr ami huiihIiIiio. Tho ciilnlno In miperb . Tho lobby tho coiloHt homo. , ' Tho mexxmilno moist oxqulKltu. Forty rooms with bath. Hot aiijl cold watointeum boat, long dlstanco teleptiono In ovory room. Kleutrlo oluvutor and In fact all tho comforts tho traveling public dotdroM nro found horo. Tho best untnplo rooms In the stuty of Oregon. Kiiropcuu plan. ItatcH $1,00 autl up. JtAt'OIOIIK CO., I'KOP. Medford Opera House, Wed. Night, Oct. 25 THE GREAT LAUGHING SUCCESS J. JuSLJlL' TRAVELING SALESMAN Hy JaineH FoibeH, Author of "J,IU-3 CIIOItlH IiAIV" MOST niHVVHHKU CO.M KDV OF 'J'HM CH.VTL'JIV TIIK HKf'Om) 9 Months New York, 7 Months Chicajo, 5 Months Boston, Original Scenic and Klccl ileal ICipilpiueut anil a Company of Unu biial Fxccllcncc, lllclllllllIK DON MacMILLAN and DOROTHY GRAY I'iIcch Jjil.rtO, IjH.OIl and fSOe, Kent hiiIo Alonday MoiiiIiik, HiinMiim' first base FOR NEW YORKS. ISTANDARD OIL Palmer Union Oil Company Intends to Compete Seriously With this Standard Oil Company Will Build New Tank Lines. SAX KKANCISCO. Cal.. Oct. 2L Another concern entered tho field to day to compete .serloimly with tint Standard Oil rnmpany. I'tpo line nro to bo built at once to Port liar ford :i ii (I tank Mies at San Kninclxeo. Seattle and I'or.tlanil. Tho company lateadH to enter tank HtenmerH In compctittnu for the trade of South America and tho orient. The new concern Ih merged from tho I'almer Oil company and tho I'nlinor Union Oil company, and will retain tho name of the latter concern. FOWLER OFF AGAIN ON H LONG FLIGHT BANNING. Cal.. Oct. 2 I. -With the repair of hix aeroplane motor com pleted, Robert 0. Knwlnr iihceudcd early today. Tho aviator wart flying thirty milcx an' hour it ml at an al titude of about .'l.'iOII feet. Ui uoM htop will be at Viuna, Ariz. :: (. ;i 'i 'i 'i 'i 'i ' 'i 'i 'i 'JIIH VluW WITH ONK THOI'KANI) liAUOIIS HAS COMPETITOR 1 WfclMH "' Help Celebrate THE Anniversary Sale By Taking Advantage of Some of the , Special Inducements We Are Offering Two special new numbers in in Wool Serges one piece dresses have just come in colors brown, navy and black, specially priced at $13.95 and $22.50 mfama - itMCT"1' jfJi'J. Jii F r jf ss Where to Go Tonight rnrer THE ISIS THEATRE ItlK Special A I tint lion IIAFFIN'M MONUKVH The world'ii Kioaliwt truiipo of moiikcyM. Those Utile rellowH have been tlio uiitlti alt riicl ion over the Orplmiiiii chcult and rwrywhein llioy hao appcariiil they have phijcd to MtiiudliiK I'miu only, no ureal Iuim been their ilruwluu ability, as the uinvaimnoi nrnlnon I buy have receive,! Npmik of HiIh act iih tlio KruHltwt In Dim world today, IiuitIiik noun. .IiimL IiiihiIiio iuoiiI(o)h iIoIiik a trupoKo act. Fun you picture uuytlilutr nioio com ical? Illcyclo lldltiK. boxing, etc. Don't iiiIhm Hcelntc ihiyu Only act "of Ita kind In Auicrba (odny. Star Theatre .Mai luce Kwry Day ii lo .1 I'. ,M. TIIK KXI'IIICSS KNVKI.OPK A Hensntloual ralliond utory. ACIIOSS TIIK I'OhAU HIUS NVnmlrrful uroulo, TIIK IIKIA.Itl.N'CKIt OF'I'IIIMIt. MKVllcautlful fairy (alo. iiih sisTKirs nin.iMtK.v- vu- UKraph comedy. Af HATilKIt In 1'opular Hon;t licit or .MuhIc niul Hffiiln KVKN1NCS 7 TO 10: 1G PLUMBING HTIM.M ANI HOT WATKII 1 1 1. 'ATI NO All Work Ouarantn4 1'rlcort Itoniionnblo 25 Howard llhxk, lCnlrAac on (II h HlriH-t. Coffeen & Price raciflc lioat Home Ul Draperies W curry n very eoinolrlti lino of ilrnimrluit. iuoo etirtalnn, riluri, oto, niul iio nil clinuinit of upliolnlrlair. A Mporliil iimu lo look after tlitit work fixrlunlvnly nml will ulvi n ko.hI rvlcn nil In pomillild Ki Kt In uynn tlio InrKuat cltloit WeeRs & McGowan Co Rock Spring Coal eir KAKD AZ.X TSM TrUH. Office and Coal Vnnl, Twclflb and Front Hlnxttfl, I'liono 7101. Burbidge txm ooa.1. ma a OPEN- . For Business KIOOINH .V: MCSIjIK'H NecoiuMlaiiil Htorii nt nG .South Orapn Btrnet, Olvo iih u cull and wo will trout you fair. HlKliotit cniili prlco for nocond hand KooiIh of all Ulud. Carbon Faper $1.25 per box 100 sheets 5 Boxes $5.00 (liianintond to malco iih iiiany coploii an any carbon at twlco the price. Medford Book Store m X trrmtttHt4nit0fttttttritrrrrrrtttt9rt