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FXaMOUOR. MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORKGON, MONDAY, DMCMMKKK 4, 10.U. Medford Mail Tribune AN INIIKIHCNDKNT nkwupaphu I'UJtMHUK!) 15VNIIY AKTKUNOON 4 JSfXCKl'T, 8UNIMY, Y THK NMi:Dl'QltU l'KlNTINO CO. ThJTemo:ratlo Time, Tim Medford Mall. Tlio Mcdfortl Tribune, Tho South ern urcgoninn, Tlio Aniilnnd Tribune. NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES. urrico MnU Tribune nulliiliiR. 2 Mnjn North .Home Kir .8. street; phone. i5-!7-S! 3021; OKOHaii IHTtNAM, Editor nnd MannRor -Kntpntl n necond-elAStt mntter ivt Mcdfonl. Oregon, under tho net of inn rcli. J, 18i, OfflelnV!I'npcr of tlio City of Medford, 4 Official lMpor of Jncknon County. BTJBSCXXXTXON HATES. One year, by mull 5.oo One month, by trmll ,....,.,.,..,. .CO Per. inoritti, delivered by carrier In ' Mcdfonl, Jacksonville nnd Ccn- trnl Iolnt 50 KjifiinlAv tinlv. hi mnlt. nrr vixnr. . 3.00 IVockly, per year 1.B0I BWOHK CIRCULATION. DAlty itvornso for eleven months end ing November SO, 1011, 5751. Xull Seated wire United J?re k OUpMohe. i The Mall Tribune Is on sala at the Ferry News Stand, San Francisco, rortmnd Hotel News Stand, Portland. Uowman News Co.. Portland, Ore. V. O. Whitney, Seattle, Wash. KX&rOKB, OREGON. MetroKlis of (Southern Oregon and Northern Cnllfornla, nnd tho fastest Krowlng city In Orepon. I'opuiation mj. s, census lsiu so; vsthnntpd, 1911 1Q.OQ0, Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity Water System completed. Klvlnc flnrsx supply pure rapuntaln, water, nnd 1,7.3 miles of streets paved. Postofflcc rccflpta for year endtns November 30, 1911, show Increaso of 19 per cent. Manner rruu city in ureRon koriic lllver ' Spltxenbcrg applet won sweep- hinucs pnztt anu tllio or Apple Klnjf of the World" nt tho Nntlonal Apple Show, Spoknne, 1909. and a ear of Newtowns won riret S-rlie in 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver. B. C First Prize la 1911 nt Spokane National Apple Show won by carload of Newtowns. Itocun lllvor pears broucht hlchcst rices In all markets of tho world dur- Wrltb Commcrelnl Club. Inclosing 6 prlc-Iiik' cents for imstnue for the finest commu nity pntnpiuet ever puuiisnco. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown Ed.IIowo says "the mnn who set into nn cntcrtuinmcnt without pay ing is the one who kicks the hard est" A Medford mnn suggests that the mnn who vmnly tncs to get in for nothing nnd who is forced to dig up is the one who really innkes tho most noise. Every once in n while we hear of some minister who knows exactly how a newspaper ought to he run. The Salem man who stabbed an ' other with an nwl certainly gave him his awl with a vengeaucc. P. Un-stcfT" Won't ho long before we sec the Chinese" revolution at the moving pic ture shows. Just to make it unanimous, let's ask tho wind to confess, that it blew up tho river. One Medford woman says that an automobile is a handy thing to own, hecnuso ono may stop in front of her husband's office, toot the ..horn and make him come out. Note how wo slipped past Thanks giving without once mentioning tur key hash, turkey soup, etc., etc. And yet you sny you have nothing to be thankful for. Speaking p names, for the one hundred and tenth time a San Fran cisco diamond thief named is successfully eluding the police, Dodge Mnn nnmed Ironsides was struck by it street car in Portland Friday and only slightly injured. CONGRESS NOW IN SESSION. NORTHERN and Central California, like tho Roguo River Valloy, is awakening to tho neud and neces sity of irrigation. Jn both sections, crops can le raised without water, hence neither has fully realized the value o irrigation. JTailnro to comprehend the enhancing value of water is responsible for California's receiving but a small portion of the allotments made ot the reclamation service .funds. Less than a third of the monev contributed has found its way back into the state, because of the refusal of property owners to bring their holdings within the scope of the proposed projects. Discussing these lost opportunities, the Sacramento Beo says: "Mead and other government engineers most eloquent ly described, in official reports, the wonderful fertility of tlio valley s lauds and tho advantages ot the climate for tho production of alfalfa, vegetables and other crops with tho aid of irrigation. He showed that the proper use of water would multiply tho productiveness of the soil, and that instead of one crop of wheat in two years, under the summer fallowing system, lands then devoted to wheat could be made to produce at least three or four crops of alfalfa annually. It was also pointed out that such use of water would prove the most efficacious solvent for the evil of land monopolv, as exhibited by numerous great tranches scattered through the valley, each embracing thousands ot acres and some containing scores ot square miles. -fe'l&jil'ifl "TTiifortiniato.lv. tho land nwnors. a-i n rnlo. woro strongly prejudiced against irrigation. Thev had not practiced it and knew little about it. A mistaken belief prevailed that honicscckers could best be drawn to the valley, and induced to become land buyers and residents, by insistence that irrigation was not needed, the average annual rainfall being claimed to be sufficient. "This was and remains true, in a measure, for grain crops, and for certain crops on bottom lands. But expe rience with irrigation has since shown that even on soils naturally rich and moist irrigation may be used to advan tage for various crops, and that on the higher and dryer lands of the valley it is a great help to fruit trees and vin.es: that it often makes both feasible and profitable the production of alfalfa and other crops not well suited to natural conditions. I r -v mi -an Ji late yea re the wonucrtul prosperity and progress of the northwest, and of Colorado and other states in the "arid region," has been due largely or chiefly to the gov ernment works of irrigation. They have profited bv the failure of the Sacramento valley to grasp the maguificent opportunity that came knocking at Uer doors so loudly and persistent! v." All of these statements hold true for the Rogue River Valley,, with the exception that this is almost the only re gion in tne worm wnere irrigation water goes ucgging, and it is difficult to find users. There is water sufficient to supply 50,000 acres that is used on only oOO acres, in spite ot the fact that the pro ductivity and output of the valley can be increased from 3,0Q to 1000 per cent thereby. The prejudice against irrigation is rapidly disappear ing, jftothing succeeds like success and irrigation spells success. - - . THE BATTLE OF THE SMITHS. (Continued From Page Ono) chaplain's prayer was silenced as he nuueuuccd: "The clerk will call the roll of the states to uncertain the presence, of a quorum." Thereupon the house, out of rer spec to thq memory of the lato Ilep rcscntntivo Madison of Kansas, ad journed. Benito Opens. On tho dot of 12 o'clock Vice Pres ident Sherman, immaeiilntely dressed, entered ut n door besides the elevated chair mid desk at his official station, and a moment later tupped for order. Senators arose for prayer, tho first number on tho urogram, by tho chap lain of the senate, Rev. Ulysses G. 11. Pierce, pastor of tho church of which President Tnft is a member. Vice President Sherman directed tho secretury to cull tho roll. At tho (dose a number of members arose to explain the absonco of missing col leagues., Shorumiyuuuouuccd that u quorum was present. Then cumo tho business of appoint ing two senators to net with a com mittee of the ho,uso in informing Provident '-Tuft that n nuorum qJ itptli houses, wnij nssmnh.led and that "con gress is ready to receive any comnvi uicutions ho inny bo pleased to make." Tho BOQvetnry was directed to notify tho house that a quorum of tho sen nlo hud. Hssqroh.lqd ami wn ready for business, Hmmbi for HMitx. . .. npHE battle of the Siniths for the mayor's chair at Grants Pass creates an amusimr situation. Of course the Smith family will win in today's balloting no matter which branch is victorious. "Shall prohibition prohibit1?" is the issue. R. 0. Smith, who has been attorney for the wets, and is not a prohibitionist, says it shall if he is elected. He promises to close the many "blind-pigs" and declares that "the trouble with Grants Pass today is that it is rotten; it is worse 'than airy town in southern Oregon." E. V. Smith, the socialist, declares: "The prohibition ists are making the same mistake they usualljr make. "While men of intelligence in ordinary things, they permit the liquor interests to. invariably use them politically as thejr wish. The ossification of the human brain begins at the word 'prohibition.1 " Dr. J. C. Smith is the candidate of the "open town" element and believes that prohibition was forced upon the city by the county and that the city does not want it and hence ought to enjoy the principle of home-rule enough to regulate itself in other words license the blind-pigs. Meanwhile the Grants Pass Couriier prints a letter from a man who "intends to invest $115,000 in Grants Pass" because "it seems remarkably clean. What above all else appeals is the absence of saloons and the unde sirable element that saloons always draw." LOCAL SOCIALISTS El CQNQ I RAS The socialist local of this city-at a meeting held Sunday adopted resolu tions condemning tho McN'amara brothers for the manner in which they deceived the labor world uud those who hud contributed money to tho dufenso fund, The case wa& discussed in detuil. F1SKK KXTKUTA1N3IKXT. Tho Control Labor council will fjivu a fo.W entertainment at tho Medford opera Iioubo on December 4th and Oth. Sevornl beautiful, high clasB, up-to-date moving picture sub jects, iniiBlc, Illustrated songs, and a short lecture on trade union labels, Qhlhjren admitted If accompanied by parents. jjo HosMnB or llcaltti. MANY ATTEND ELK. MEMORIAL Tho Elk memorial services hold at the opera house Sunday afternoon were attended by n large number of local peonlo' who cathcrod with the Elks to pay a tribute to their duputt ed brethren. The exercises of tho nftomoon were most impressive, while the addresses were closely fol lowed. Tho Elk memorial is hold by each lodge on tho first Sunday in Decem ber each year. This YQnr local Klks rejoiced because no member of .Mud ford lodge llOg failed to respond In roll call, -! ' Perhaps ono of tho letters you ought to writo during tho next hour is a rep.Iy to somo ono of today'.'. wnnUd.8, ERIGKSON BACK FROM LONG TRIP Supervisor of Crater National Forest Spent Two Months Inspecting tho Largo Domain Under His Charuc Logging, on East Slopo Lively. r. L. Eriokson, supervisor of the Cascade, national forest service, re turned a couple of days ago from a two months' inspection tour of all that part of the forest reserve hi hi jurisdiction. Ho visited nil of, tho service ranger cabins and the trails loading to uud from these cabins, and made note of tho condition of the for est nt nil thu different pouits where work bus been required during the past year. Mr. hriuksun liindo special nolo of tho progress being made by the large lumber company which is logging liui hor in the vicinity of Pelican hay. This company has purchased 100,. 000,000 friit of lumber from the gov ernment and is now in netivu and fully-organised oixrntion. The coin- pany tins dredged a cauiil throo-pinr-tors of mile in length from l'elican bay across low, swampy laud to n point whero the actual logging opera tions have commenced. This canal is fifty fret wide and eight feet deep and was built at a cost of from o,000 to $i,000. A logging railroad is bciug built, which, with its spur, will he fully three miles iu length. The company has iuiorted a great number of .Minnesota lumbermen the regular, dyed-ju-tho-wool lumber jacks, which mndc Minnesota fit mo n by their hardiness and capability .is logging meu, and theio men nro 'now putting from 00,000 to 70,000 feet of logs into tho canal each day. The company expects to cut and make into lumber over .10.000,000 feet each J ear lor tbu ne$t three years, audi wiien thoir present contract with the government for the purchase of lum ber is completed it it not im probable that they will contract for an additional amount at the now pre vailing price of $;i.'J."i per thousand all kinds ol Dine and &l.f0 nor EAGLE POINT LIVERY .STABLE Tho uiulorHlgncd liming jtittt eontnlotod n Iiu'ko now livery Htituto In Kaglo Point, wo Invito tho travel ing ptibllo to cull ami oxnmluo our rigs, tcnmtt, ole, all being In flint clns condition. Our motto Is to Myi) and Lot I.lvo. Phono nt ntablu and residence. Call central. S. II. 1IAUX1KII .V HON, Props. - - . ORDER YOUR SWEET CREAM Coffco or Whipped- BUTTER MILK BUTTERMILK Medford Cream and Butter Co. Two Free Deliveries IXilly NATATOKIUM llUIMMNG Phenes: 161-L Main 881 -- A PLUMBING OT HAM AM) HOT WATKH lUIATlNO All Work (luarsutnH Prlcen HeaHonnblA n Ilownrd llloek, Kntrnnc on 11th Htreet, Coffccn & Price I'ncltlo llOill Horn at for uiousnnd for all kind of fir. Thorn. logs will be floated into I'clicim huv nnd from there nfto Ivlamnth hike and then to Klamath Falls, whero th-.v will bo sawed. Tho government has two men em ployod, onen scnlor, who scales every log as it is put in the water, and tli other a witter, whow duty it i to "spot" all trees to be'eut by the com pany. All trcs two feet ill diameter and under are left standing. Of tho total of this great amount of money which' the government will receivo for this timber the state ot Oregon will receive one-fourth, anil mis ouc-tonrth will bo divided, among the coimlios iu which the re-1 servo is located. This din'siou is' miido in proportion to the number of pcrcs of nil the reserve iu each conn-1 ty, wined will kivc to Jackson county 70 per cent of ouurfourtli, there be ing greater area of the reserve in Jackson county than iu Klamath county. As soon nt transposition facili ties are provided for moving tho lum ber on thtM side of tho divide the gov ernment will ofrr for nolo nil that tract of timber in the reserve Iviug west of the Crater Lake National park. Flies Up Market Street. SAN F1IAKCI8CO, Cal., Dec. 1. Mnrting Irom Golden Gale park. Aviator DoMnsson, iu a Curli bi plane, flew down Market street at 2 :.)() o'clock Saturday, and, panning over the Ferry building, crossed the hay to Oakland, at nn altitude of about fiOO feet. The flight was un dertaken for a prize offered by a commercial firm. TlnsktuB for Ilcnltn. Games Come in and let us show you Medford Book Store Valley Second Hand Store Wo Ituy nnd Soil All Klnda ot Second Hand Oooda. M. J. lMU'HICH, Prop. 13 Nurth Fir Home U.I I Hell 11072 Clark & Wright X.AWTER wAsuiaxoir, . a fubllo liiil MnUrn: 1'lnnl Proof. Doiiort Lnnili. ContiMttn ntnl Mlnliix Cuiioit. ifortp. Ainoctato Work for Attorney. ' HaikluB for Health. OPEN- For Business IlKJdlNS & MvHMirH HccotuMInml Ktoro nt 3G Bouth Orapo Htrcot. Give uo a call nnd wo will treat ffyou fair. HlghcHt emu prlco (or oecond baud gooda of nil kind. To hnve laundry work dono 1h right here. Wo arc alwayn on tho Job. l.lttlo IncouvculeurcH like fires cannot throw uh off our trol ley. Wo novor censo to do our work, and to do It In tho sumo excellent way making prompt tlullvorles, uud giving the same hiiow wbllo finish that wo have ulwnyH been noted for. THE STAR Steam Laundry MedfonI, Oregon $j&7- SMITH'S APARTMENT HOUSE Kouth Hlvcnddn Ner and I'p-tMJiUe Modern In every iwirtlrulnr, giw cook liter. Kti'uut beat, etc. Women ami girls must bring refer- uneca. W. M. 8MITII Home l'ltouo HtK. WOOD! The Medford Wood Yard. All kludii nnd any length of Kod dry wood. Corner Seventh nnd Newtown. Come to tho olicd and boo the wood. Phono Hell, COIli Home, 33C X. A. B. Tail & Grant ProprlvtorH We Have Moved Tho J. T. Ilrondley flower atoro la now In tho M. F. & H, Htoro, ncroHH tho utroot from former location. Choice lots of cut flowers, bulbs, form, palnm, etc,, nl wayu ou hand, J. T. BROADLEY Miserable Dyspeptics All the world looks gloomy-to tho man with tho upaot stomach. Ho sees tho world through smoked glasuea and never tries to rub off tho smoke. Cheor iip, Mr. Dygpoptlc, thoro'a bright days ahead or you. (In to Chas. Strang this very day and say I want a hox ql MI-O-NA tablets. Take thorn a8 directed and If tho mlBory dooan't leavo your Htomnch and bring a gunny amllo to' your gloomy countenance, go nnd got' your 50 cents back. MI-O-NA Btomach tablela will promptly ona' tbo'dlstross of indlgoH tlon, will stop norvouBnQHS, dlz,liieBs, blllotisnoBs, Hick hoadacho and sleop- IW8MIU.X8. -irty conts liuys n mrgo box at rims. strniiK'H and rtnigglstH ovorywhoro, Raymond and Whitcomb Auto Train, Five Carts, Arrives from New York. Machine In Fine Condition After Their Record Run. HIGH PRAISE FOR POLARINE OIL. .Speaking of the Raymond ami Whitcomb TrniiNcoull ncntal Auto Tour, II. D. Asli ton, the timtiagcr, said: "The quchlioii of lubrication is of supremo importance, on a trip like this, and I attribute our microns largely to the splendid, ('Iiclcucy of t'l"rlne, tho oil we used on all our cars, "Crossing the Hocklcs .with the thermometer below zcroj iu tho trying trip through the desert; in all weathers and on all roads Polnrlno gave com plete and uniform lubrication, "There was no overheating of the cylinders, no trouble Avlth carbonized valves or plugs. It Whs a searching test, and I'olnrJnc proved Itself, " Trltt for fiur Wdroir luiahlrltfrtt, inat paid; anu utitncy. Standard Oil Company (Incorporated) i r ii , VhmmimBKw SjiyTi,n' TlrrrfiiWfi nnrttr Medford Employment Agency women to cook on ranch, Olrla for housowork. l-'OIt SALB in ncroH '1 mlloa out, 11500, 40 ncreu, 2 Iioiikom, .! barnn, 1 1 000. ICO acroa, 7 head of hormiH, a cowh, 20 hogH, 100 chlekoiiH, 20 Ntauda of huoH, n niimbor of tur key a nnd (ill farm ImplomeutH. Call and boo mo about this, MIBOBLLANKOUS 9 Wanted to rout a pltuio. Wautod to nolKu mortgngo; will uhavo It 11000, Hoiihoh to rout In dlfforont partH of thoo nlty, 10 ncroH to triido near 13aglo Point for hoiiHO and lot In Mod ford. Furniture for alo, Women to cook on ranch, E. F. A. BITTNER ROOM 7, PALM BLOCK Opposite Nash Hc-teJ Phone ll Home, II. t tHHt-4-t-t !: t it l? i n M' 'i W11ERP TO GO TONIGHT SAVOY THEATRE Under Wow Mnunitonicnl Klrnt Hun, LIcciibpiI Motlini IMettirnii. Cluiin Hhutv, Coui'leoiitt Treutuiont, Kiaiik II Hull, Prop. lOo Tnit OiiHTB ioo 1818 T II E A T R E TWO HU3 IIOI'llliK Al'I'H Tin; Hintorn trio Hen Violet ami Unity Violet Noelety'H Mnleilalneix TIiIm being the groateat act that Iihm over played Mmlford ill ieet from Orphebni at Portland, whore they have been the hlxKimt kind of a drawing card, nn Ilaby Vloleto Ih only four wtr old and doing all kind of entertaining conning nil Portland to talk of Iter h no child ovr Iihh thin act alone la doublo wotth tint prion of ndiulMtlou. Hut .Still Hero Im Another t.KW WIIKKI.CH Itlai Ufiuo ConiiHllan All of you who lumi forgotten how to laiiKh Jtiat I'liiiiii down and pay Lew a vltdt. If bo can't niiilio you laugh then thoro'H no bopo for you. Hoh tho original tiHtaa Iu of norrow. THEATRE C'O.MI'iUtTAIIIj: A IMIHT.W H ItTSHIl' llcMtitlful atory of tlm daya of wlicherafl and the wltchwty of love. 1 TIIH HAYS OK COM A Wontcru Klory full of thrilling action. A HOT TIMK IN ATUXXTIO CITV Abiolutely tho fuuuloMl comedy over exhibited. Ali HATH Kit Tho HIiiK-r Muxlc mid lUfcetK to Suit tho I'lcturcH. U-GO THEATRE VAUDEVILLE AND MOVING PICTURES 10 and 15c Change of Program Sundays and Thursdays Rock Spring Coal OX RAXP Ait. XJM TIMS. Officii nnd Con I Yard, Twelfth nm4 Front BtrctiUi. Phono 7101. Burbidge VXD OOkX, HA 'III I J Electric Rooms UIK Went .Mala Undor Now .Management Nowly I'lirniHhcd, all inodorn, Hteam heat, Imtlm. ole, Kate H. Rocliwcll, Prop. IF YOU OWN A LOT Wo will build you a homo on monthly payments. MEDFOnD REALTY AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY M. F. nml M. Co. Diillilliirj -.. ci ::&$&..