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MGE FOUR '; M13DFORi: MAIL TRIBUNE, MISUFORD, OREGON; SATURDAY, NO VISITOR, '18, 101 1j Medford Mail Tribune AN INDKPBrtDBNT NRWAnArEU runMHiino Mviswr aktbiinoon 1SXCJ51T SUNDAY, 1JY TJUO MEDFORD 1'ltINTlNO CO. The Dcmocrntlc Times Tho MMford 'Mnll, Tho Mmlford Trlbuno, Tho South irn OroROntnn, Tha Ahhland Trlbuno. Offleo Mnll Trlbuno Uulldlnir, 2&-I7-J9 North nr Home 76, street; phon Main SOU, ANOTHER "UNLOADED" GUN TRAGEDY. OEOllOU PUTNAM, Editor and MinaRcr Kntflred eecontl-clABS matter at Mod ford. oreor under tho act of March I, m. Official Paper of th City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County. .. TTnnnTirm &ATI1 Due year, by mall 'S8 One month, by mall ,: 'i0 Per month, delivered by carrier In Medford. Jnefcsonvlll and Cen tral Point ' .52 Saturday only, by mnll, per year.. S.00 Weekly, per year 1.80 IVTOBK cmCUfcATXOW. Dally avcrace for lx tnontha ending Dember SI. WO. S7I1. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown Daddy Gander's Rhymes. Sinp n sonjj of politics, pocketful of hope; Tour tilul twenty candidatos writing up their dope. When election's over, A lot of thorn will sigh. Many men nro wiser when election time is by. A Washingtaon dispatch says nn ndniirnl there shot himself in the resi dence. Probably aimed at one of tho panes. It will take Lincoln Center, Kau . a lone; time to outlive the odium of having applied tar nud feathers to a decent girl. Thirty days till Christmas; Merchants, if you're wise, You'll grab time by tho forelock It's time to advertise. A new Mexican revolution is brew ing. Down with the brewers! Los Angeles has started n crusade against the bnrnynrd rooster. All the crowing in the future is to be left to the Commercial olub. The Lincoln Center Hoodlums sav tho tar was meant as a hint to Miss Chamberlain to leave the city. What would they have done had they meant it as a downright request? Most every football player thinks he looks like (he pictures in the clothing advertisements. FROM Los Aiijrelos conies (ho story of another death duo io tho " unloaded" gun. A bride of cloven days while arranging1 her new home playfully pointed a shot gun at Iter husband and pulled the trigger. She is now a widow, prostrated by the awful suddenness of the tragedy. Ul course thoro is (he cry (hat she did not know (he gun was loaded; the explanation thsit it had been "pu( down just for a little while" before it was stored away out of sight, but all tho pleas, all the extenuating 'circum stances cannot lift the weight of horror from the shoulders of tho brido whose careless bauds pulled the trigger, or tne sorrow Jrom tho relatives and mends ul (he man. Nor can it make it any less hard (o appear in a crowd ed courtroom on tho charge of having accidentallv or otherwise shot one near and dear to her. Yet the remedy for all this is not difficult, for it Is simply tho rule to keep firearms locked carefully away from careless hands. There is a lure about u gun or a revolver that tempts every one to handle the shining thing. Tho fact that death lurks within that round, smooth barrel lends it a mystery and a fascination. It tempts the man or woman who has grown despond ent or worried into seeking the solace of suicide. It tempts the man or girl who is angry or jealous, or hvsterical, to . .'-. ...- -' ' shooting quick to satisty that lust tor "hurling" that springs uppermost in tho human heart during a quarrel, and it tempts the young people to "try it," -to poop into tne barrel, to see "now hard the trigger works," and only too often leads to the accidental killing of those whoso life is bright and who seoniinglv have vears of happiness ahead of them. " u ' nfHfiSSS1 Don't ever believe that a gun is unloaded, for it usually isn't, and, what is more, don't have any kind around where you or your family can see it. Give a thought to the sad homes in which such weapons have played so tragic a part during the. past few weeks, and bo sure that in your own home "father's revolver" is put away where none but he can find it. BHTHf SURE 10 DIE FRIDAY DEMOCRATS MAY SPLIT ON BILL Governor Mann Analn Refuses to Reproscntativu Henry's Mrtnsuru to Interfere In Case of Wife Murder rrHas Evidently Decided to "Die Game." KirilMONM), Vh., Nov. IS.-(lov-ernor Mann today loitumlcd bin decMiui not to interfVri in th ohko of 1 lurry Cly Health, jr., tiulonmd to din ill tlui oleciiic I'lutir no.t l-'ri-dit. for tho murder of liirf yoimje wife. Health) -linn ewdeiitlv determined to "die gntiio." lie wt in his cell calmly smoking ignretlen, ami in apparently jnihffeient lo tho ntmr approach of donth. --ii. - SAN' FRANTISCO. Judge D. A. Sturlovnnt want to can hi judicial decisions talk Vm into a phono graph but the hoard of Mtpcrviwoi refuses to ee the Miul, and if llic judge iiumnrtaliie lit- ruling on a talking nuiohine plate he will lne lo foot tho hill liiniKt'lf. Supplant tho Sherman Anti-trust Law May Not Receive Undivided Support, as Expected. WASHINGTON, I). (5., -Nov. I. Tho hill of Itcproftcnlntivn lloury of To.n to muppluul tho Shtiriimn null trout law and furuiah Ntiougiir iuchm- iii cm for (runt hunting and ciiini unl prunecutiun of the IniMt ning nntoi i not to have the undivided support of the ili'inocralN in emi gre, nccouling to report hero lo day. The report were Mlmlvd by eonferonoo hctwwn resident Tuft and ItcprcMcutHtlve Stanley, chair tiiHii of tint uleel hint invoKtlguting ciinunittcc. Stanley will nmko gen cm I rccnuunciidntiniiM in tegtud lo trust legislation at the next m-km.oi nud hi talk with the pieidcut i hejieved lo uugur no good for the llcurv bill. WccRs & McGowan Co. UNUEUTAltKR Day Phono M NlKht Phones V. W. Wccka 9071. '. A. JO, Orr, ISP. liAUT ASSISTANT. Where t,o Go Tonight fvr-'ssrrsvj i ; m w a mm Undertaker nud Knilmltuer 3mn:onvor to tho uiulortiiUtnt; do- partiuout of Modtord Furnltiiro Co, Offleo i!H South llartlctt HI reel Tolenhouei: day, Hell 471; iiIkIU rofllduuco, Doll Ti. Hoino L7i)-I. CnlU aunworod nllit or day AMlUIIiANOK SKUVIOU M JS..rf SAVOY THEATRE Umlur Hew Mannaoiiienl rirnt Hun, Ittcciixmt Mot Inn PletiirnM. cii'iui hhnw, I'mirliMuiii 'I'riMilintiiit, l'niiiU II. Hull, l'roi. too vurr oiiNTM joo TEE LURE OF SPEED. Insnranro promliuiK inwy nem wnltl. hut thoy numn frijcitota from proant anxiety and future worry. C. B. WALKER & CO. Insurance of All Kinds Ilia W. MAIN KT. MEDFOHD NEWS OF 19 YEARS AGO TODAY J. W. McPherson of Griffin crcok called Monday on buhioss. Mr. Whitehead has returned from his northern trip. G. W. Isaacs has returned from a trip to the Willnraotfo vnlloy. ,J. B. Shearer of Steamboat visticd at the county soat the other day. ,rfl jou are unwell or experience that tired feeling, take The Mail; it will rest you. Postmaster Grieves of Lake creek lias been -with us lately. J., A. Whitman made a flyinjj trip tdMerlin ovor Sundn3 on business Mrs. U. Gordon of Roge river, who fell from a barn and broke her shoul der, is rapidly recoveing. Ms. C. B. Stone of Halsey has been vibiting Mrs. Isaacs. E. P. Walker has purchased three and three-quarters acres of land near Medford from Conrad Mingus io $214. N Tho records toll us that J. II. Far riff has 6old lot 30, block 13, to Vnw tqr & Howard for $3,-100. (This properly is now the home of the JaokSon County bank.) Jn the ronl ostato transform we find that B. Obonohain has sold to Qarrio M. Ilouton forty ncros in township 37 south of range 2 west for $70.r Wngon roads throughout the coun tyVro said lo bo in good condition Tho recent rains laid the dust and filjed' Ihe chuck holos made by the Unimex travel. This hoing tho case wo would roquost thoso of our sub scribors who cnu possibly haid us wpod before tho wet weather sets in lo do BO. In company with several others, Postmaster Howard went up Salt creek Tuesday in tho boat. W. II. Bush of Ashland registered at tho Grand Con t nil this week. Robert T. Lawton will soon open a saddlery in his building opposite Anglo & Plymale's. This week Mr. Bonnoll is nursing a vory sore finger, caused by a close lit uqlwpon n. log and tho fire place 'Almost overy businoss house in f in town was nicoly lit up with rows o Qiuulloa on Tuesday night last ii liojior of tho victorious democrats. 3&fr! Pitt, an extinct volcano in tin Cascades, about sixty nnlcs duo east A f 1 -. . oi.urmus i'hsb, is said to no snioking agiun, says (ho Grants ass Connor. C. A. Woolford, who has been in sight of it recoutly, says tho black ewoke shoots straight up in largo TEN" homes in two cities, and, perhaps, many others scattered about the countryside ,arc today over shadowed by tragedy and grief, for fronrcach tho lure of speed that specter of .modern life has claimed one, sometimes two victims. One home has been robbed of son and daughter, killed while "joy riding"; another is burdened, by the double sorrow of the loss of a mother, and the loss of the hus-i band s behet m her also the result of a so-called "joy ride." In another a father has shot himself after a busi ness failure-due to the mad rush for gold, which is still another outcome of the lure of speed, and in still another of these homes the lust of excitement and the striving after social position and the luxuries of those more wealthy than they have brought about the death of the wife and mother. We have all felt that lure of speed, born as it is of modern conditions, of the apparent opening of alluring paths to swift fame or fortune or social success, and we have most of us been tempted to join, for at least a little while, the throngs surging alpng those paths of fate, tempted first by the will-o'-t,hc-wisp of ambition and later by the exultation that comes from the swift moving for ward with the air stinging the cheeks and the world rush ing past almost unseen and unheard. Isn't the moderate fortune that comes with the years of maturity and after days and months of happiness and content better than the swift riches that so often are lost as fast as gained, bringing nervous prostration, financial ruin and sometimes the shadow of a prison coir into the home'? Isn't it better to go through life leisurely enough to find its beauties, the little wonders of growing flowers, and gentle acts and the small happinesses that lie in every day? After all, the whole of life is made up of little things, small happenings and dreams and hopes, and if these are forgotten and thrust aside in this mad rush after things that are really not worth while, 'we lose the joy of life and set our feet into the paths of tragedy and heartbreak. volume from the snow-capped peak, and that the sight is a grand one from one of the summits at tho head of Blood run. Oregon's horticultural oxhibit for tho World's fair at Chicago next year, which has been proparod un der the riiiporvision of the State Hor ticultural society, is now nearly complete. It took nearly a carload pf jars to hold the exhibit. The following is n nummary of the assessment roll for 1802, as approved by tho county board of equalization nt its sossion lust week: Number aoros of laud, 3-11,785, valued at $2, 133,(129; 2,858 town lots, valued at .$283,941; with improvements, val ued at $'13(1,710; merchandise, imple ments, etc., $091,989; money, notes, etc., $859,938; household ftiriiit.ue otc, $107,424; 4,331 horsos and mules, valued at $100,292; 13,530 cat tle, valued at $148,255; 9,225 sheop, valued at $13,773; 7,489 swine, val ued at $15,120; 302,108 acres of rail road land, valued at $180,229. After the deductions wcro mado for indebt edness, exemptions and reductions mado by tho board, tho tola! taxable property in tho county is $3,744,720. There is not much difference botweon tho now assessment nud tho ono of 1891. Peter Devlin of Uiiionlown last week went to Santu Ilosa, Cal., to at tend tho business college. L, C. Kellogg of ortlnnd has boon paying at the rate of 05 cents pot- box for ehoico Ilogtic rivor valley ap ples during the last few days, and has secured a largo quantity of the product of the valley. The Jackson County Bank - ..o Medfoid, Oregon Founded by W. I. Vnwtoi In ISSS and now for 1!3 yearn under 8amo management. Capital (fully paid) $100,000. Surplus $65,000. Ilasod on nearly n quarter of a century of mpiaro, wife deal ing, this hank smttrlta your imtroniiRO with tho promltfo thnt your account will bo carefully Riven overy ntteutlou and that you win bo at all tlmos given tho utmost courtOHy. t W. I. VAWTKK, President. (J. It. I,INIM,KV, Vlro President. , , . W. M'llOXAM), Cashier. ..First... National Bank of MEDFORD, OREGON i CAPITAL STOCK $100,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $58,000.00 Unittid Stales and Postal Savings Depository We .solicit your business, which will receive our care ful attention. F. K. Deuel, President M. L. Alford, Cashior Orris Crawford, Assistant Cashior lf( SUNSET OGDEH a SHASTA V ROUTES California IS FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER FOR ITS SPLENDID H0STLERIES, ITS VARIED ATTRACTIONS, ITS FINE BEACHES, HOT SPRINGS AND PLEASURE RES0RTS- REACHEP WITH EASE BY THE Southern Pacific KOUTti OF SHASTA Id.MITKl) "KOAD OF A THOUSAND WONDK-lt.S" Excursion Tickets Costing S55 Portland to Los Angeles AND RETURN 'tr On sale daily, good six months with stopovers going or returning. Correspond ing low fares from other Ontgon points. Call on our Agents for Handsomely Illustrated Literature describing $u Hun Frauciwco, Oakland, Ml. Tumulpuiii, limkuloy, Stanford Unworldly, San Joo, hick Obwtrvn6ry Hanla (.'rub, Pol Monte; I'uko HoMoh Hot KpiiugH, J....i T 1 -r , .. i .. . r f... II! !.!.. II . . .11 I.. ,.. I.f il...fcll nauia uaroaru, Jjog ugui'iri, ruMiiuonu, I.oii- notion, voiucc, iiivuimmi", iichiiiiiiih, diiii iuuuo, inu wiu KpimUh Mishioiifc, Yogemite National I'm I; uijil Dig Trceu, and many other (dueou of iuloroHl In Iho Qoldun State; or wrjto to W JOHN M. ROOTT flen'l l'mnV Agent, POItTUND, OKKdON Clark & Wright fcAWYHItS WABUWOTON, II. O. I'utillC l.ntl(I MntttTir I'llilU I'tinif. t)Hit KiuiiU, CoiiIkmIn niul Mlnliis OtMMM, Hurlp. ARinrliitn Work fur Atlurni'yu. lliukliiH for Health. SMITH'S APARTMENT HOUSE Houlli Itlventldn New nud l?til)iit( Modern In overy irllciilar, gnu rook In If, nlcnui beat, etc. Women mid glrN nitiHt bring refer ences. W. M. SMITH Home l'lmne HIIC. U-GO THEATRE VAUDEVILLE AND MOVING PICTURES 1 Oc Change of Program Sundays and Thursdays Medford Parcel Delivery I'red Crocker, Prop. ParcfU, I Or. Hie, 2r,c. TrtiukH 2(o Huywlioro In tho city Offlee: ValMy Heron d llnud Store, . 1& N. Kir St. I'linne: Mnlu 3072; HouiH.Ut. Hclilcnr Ptieiie: llonio 1I& X. Prouipl Hrvlru WOOD! The Medford Wood Yard, All lilmU nml mux IoiikHi of good dry wihmI. Corner Seventh And Ncwlown. Come to tho nil I'd and nee the wood. Plume Hell, noil; Home, 3.10 X. A. B. Tull & Grant Proprietors We Have Moved Tho J. T. nron'dlny flower ntoru a now In tho M. K, & H. fitoro, aeroxH tho street from formor locution. Choice lotH of cut flowers, bulbil, foniH, palmn, etc., al ways on hand, J. T. BR0ADLEY THEATRE tiii: tiiticvr ii.i,h In a HiarllliiK act of IiiuoIImiu. Tin- Ull. of the toMii. Wonileiful tn a ili'KH'c And 'iuiiic; cIiiiukk of I'liliiK'i today ItAUHV'S IIOV .XI .MAM.MV A Hoy Hen, of tho Civil War. MA CM Ml'I.I.ICIt A Heniitlful Production of Wlilt- (ier'a limtioiial l'ooni. TDK TIHCIiKH THICUHH co.Mist; icvritA "Till COI.I.ICI..N MAUN" Produced In Ir.'land In I hit exact location ibv rlltcd In lloucltiull'H r.'USrt.-d ttny. Thl plcturo I In tbii'if nxiU. AH ilATHHIt In ,Sw KrtugH. ' ' ituilHug Hood Comody. Itcst of Music and HffcciK Watches andClocKs fy f ?M Medford Employment Agency FOR SAHW HoHtaurant. Rooming houxo. Hyo WorkH, r. room bungalow, mini!,, all urnlHbod, can bu boiighl oil her furnUhoiI or not. 5 room bungalow V- 100, 1 1 '1 noroH. 1!0 aciuii uoar Kaglo Point. TRADW Hoiiho In Koattlo for Iiouho or iicroaKo horo. A good watch to trade for ohlokemi. I do ajl kluilH of trading, HMPI.OYMKNT ' women to cook on ranch, 1 walliOHW, ?'J jior week and board. I WANTKI) H toauiH lo do hauling. Man and woman lo take chaigo of hotel, oto, FOR RHNT j 4 Million hoiiHokoopltiK.nioiuH. OlrlH for hoiiBOWork. E. P. A. BITTNER ROOM 7, PALM BLOCK . Opposite Nash Hotel Phono J Ml Home, 11." are th. two rhb f artlclon of our bimlnenH Tho CIocKh and Watchen which wo are offering nro tho vory bent made and pmdtlvnly reliable. Wo alio wrry a lnrn utock of vory flno gold and ullvor Jewelry, rliiKfl. pliiK, lirnochiMt, braroletn, clialim, thariiiH, locketH, ete., etc. KELLER Tim JUWEX.BB ' 103 W. MAIN PLUMBING HT1CAM AM) HOT WATKIl 1 1 MATING AH Work OuarntPc4 Prlccu Reniionabla X5 Hownrd Illot-k, Kntruc on (Itli HttL-et. Coffeen & Pric Paclflo JtOill Ilout iMD OPEN- For Business ItUKJINH ft M'XMIC'H KecoiiiMfauil Htoro nt 30 South (Irapo Street, (live un a call aud wo will treat you fair. IllghoBt cfmh prlco for aocond hnnd goodn of nil kinds. Rock Spring Goal ex kax a&k xxm ratk. Offleo and Coal Yard, Twelfth stud Front BtrcoU. Phono 7101. i Burbidge XUM aOAX. KAJT. 1 V