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r,i r, w tWWflWWfrll!iWllh PAGE SIX MTCDFOTCD MAIL TRTRUNT3, ftfEDFORD, OIWCIOK SATURDAY, fFANlTAttY 27, 1012. I ' . p ) ! !4 i i II .H, i ADVANTAGE OF SUFFRAGE TOLD Ladles Meet With Suffrago Workers and Form Local Club to Carry Work on In This Section of the Country. Attractions at the Medford Theatre SCENE FROM "THE ROSARY," OPERA HOUSE, TUES. NIGHT, JAN. 30 Not willing to liavo heir sister stntos ahead of her In anything, Ore- Ron Is making a strenuous effort to1 havo equal suffrago win out at the next election. Interest has been aroused on that subject this week by Miss Charlotto Whitney, president of tho College ot Equal Suffrago league of San Francisco, and Mrs, Helen Hoy Greeley, a prominent suffrago advocate of Now York City. A reception was given to these ladles Friday evening at Hotel Med ford, when an Equal Suffrage club was formed. And from this time on Medford will probably do her part In tho work which la being carried on throughout tho state. At this meeting Mrs. Grcoloy oponed tho program with a short address. In this sho gavo a review of tho work which had been accom plished upon suffrago lines. Mrs. Greeley told of tho sweatshops In Now York City and other cllles, the underpaid shop and store girls, and of tho great number ot girls and women who arc today working for less pay than is needful for them to maintain n livelihood, and closed with an appeal for Oregon to get in lino with Washington and California in a solid coast effort to help the less fortunato women of tho east. "Thcso things," asld Mrs. Greeley, "do not appeal to men as they do to women, for they do not represent to them a llfo's work. Mothers are interested in their girls, their boys and In women who havo not the right to be free from labor. Man has occupied tho place of provider for the family. Dollars to them repre sent tho commodity that they hope to interchange for tho happiness of limit fn mtlf At A 0 n taii 1 tfinv rtn not rcalizo tho enormity of tho sit- ROGU RIVER IS UP MCE AGAIN Still Lacks Four Feet of Rcnchinn Height Recorded Last Year Placer Miners Have Been Helped by Rains. Tweedledum and Tweedledec (From llu' I'oi'tliMiil Orcgonliin.) Those who complain about the de- rosary of pearls figures In tho uu cadence of tho drama can offer no , folding of the plot, and Its final hap sound criticism of "Tho Rosary," py denouement, which was tho sensation of tho cast Tho play Is handsomely staged by i.t .roixnii. I. not n rtMldous producers. Rowland and Clifford. drama of tho heavy sort, lacking dn entertaining qualities. On the con- The heavy rains for the Inst few ilns have raised (lie Kogno river to a considerable extent, hut it yl lawks four feet of being an high ns it was at one time Inst winter. The Rogue- is n rapid stream and it dees tint inku long for u tlood to reeede, even when it is ut an ox homo height. MM. . ,1 .1 i. im rcconi nuns uuvo unpen me placer miner and ho will continue to he hcuclltcd for weeks to eoine. The scarcity of rain in the past lias pre vented uetive phu'or mining opera tions which will now go rapidly forward. DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE PARTY FOR MRS. SHIELDS trary, it is a delightful story of evcry-day life, in which the plot hinges upon the misery which creeps Into a household through circum stances which lead to suspicion and Jealousy, and of a part which a priest, Rev. Brian Kelly, plays In bringing and Is enacted by a powerful noting cast. "The Rosary' Is a play which every lovor of a clean and enter taining stago production should see. Six companies, nil equally formed as to strength of cast, aro touring tho country qgaln this season, repeating Uio tremendous hit that this play made everywhere last yoar. It will be seen at tho Medford theater on about a correct understanding. A Tuesday, January 30. ANNUAL METING OF SPECIAL MEETINGS FAIR TO BE HELD SOON nation. And women will havo to bring about tho change." Attorney B. E. Kelly, of this city, followed with somo remarks on tho "Legal Status of the Women of Ore gon." Mr. Kelly gave a very vivid and comprehensive talk on the sub ject but could not loso an opportu nity such as that was to "josh" a little, but when he had gotten down to a solid talk he said many things which showed conclusively that he could bo counted on as a supporter of tho cause, and voiced tho senti ment of many a stalwart, thinking man in the state of Oregon when he said: "If the men of this state bc como convinced that the women real ly want equal franchise, I am suro that tho men will grant it." Delaney Buried. OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 27. .The fu neral of tho lute Willium Delaney, the noted trainer and manager of pugil ists, was held this afternoon from the undertaking pnrolrs of Albert Brown here. Tho annual meeting ot the Rogue River Valley Fair association for tho election of a board of directors and any other business thnt may come before the meeting will be hold on Monday, February 5, at 7:30 p. m. at the Hotel Medford. All stockhold ers and any others who aro Inter ested In n permanent county fair are cordially invited to attend this im portant meeting. LADIES HELD A The Womnn's auxiliary of tho Bap tist church, successor to the Ladies' Aid bouioty, mot in bmiues sesniou Tuesday afternoon, voted oh a nw constitution and elected the follow ing officors : President, Mrs. Garnctl; first vice president, undecided; becond iee president, Mrs. Steams; third vice ARE ARRANGED Rev. William lir-.iiLs l). D., L pastor of the Third Presbyterian church of Portland. He comes from the work of n pastor to aid u pastor in evangelistic work. Earnest, sane, forceful and loving premutation of truth for the strongest and noblest diameter will he the object of those meeting. Dr. Parsons is n great preacher, it clear thinker and IiU thought is up to dat. Jesus Christ a8 the Saior of the world will ho his theme. You cannot afford to mi a single service. All nr welcome. Preaching overy evening at 7:30 o'clock, commencing JnntiHry 20. Our eople are at work and wo wepsti great results. According as our interest is will he the results. Theett meetings are for all the people. Thursday afternoon tho ladies of the Presbyterian church gave Mrs. V. F. Shields a delightful surprise at the Manse. So perfect were their plans that not until the house was full to overflowing with her friends did Mrs. Shields suspect their pur-, ixise. After presenting her with n set of sterling silver Knives and forks, a sterling silver l0iiit, creamer and sugar howl, and htt hut not least a tine meat muster, some of the ladies took possession of Hie pitched ami served delicious refreshments. All had a good time and left Mr. Shields very happy and appreciative of their kiudncvs and generosity. Hasktns for health. We nv in ilouht, after rending the I its submission Hint the amendment news reports of tho supremo eouit decision in the single (ax and mad eases, us to wMiieh is the greater sub ject o ninrvoil over, tho seeming in ability of tho Cramers, of our initia tive statutes Oo prepare an net thai Ills the puhfii fcenliuieul which in spires it or flic skill and agility of our courts in Uhnt I line honored legal practice known as splitting hairs. Unfortuimtclty, the custom of tho courts to ignnrV the practical, every day knowledge that conies to them is also time honored and therefore not to he reversed. Tliey will rarely go hack of the dra.ftiug of au not to de termine what was its intent, take knowledge of priblio discussion during its pendency or seek to ascertain whether there ever was any intent that is knowledge by the legislature or people ns to 'what they were voting for. The court works backward. It reads an act and decides what mean ing the people or legislature ought to have obtained from it. not how the people or legislature did understand it. They cull tho result of their in terpretation tlm ''intent" of the lawmakers. Thus it was that us a cold, matter of fact proposition, (he people adopt ed the single tux amendment without any thought us In Its meaning other than the thought that it repealed the poll tax. .Hut tho supreme court, in effect, toj the people now that their intent was to give Clatsop county, for example, the power and machinery to vote out of existence the tax levied by our state--not by the county on every llsh cannery in Clatsop count v. There were numerous other intentions which in fact the people did not know they had, hut thev will learn of them in due time as tho r'cls paid J bureau gets busy. On the other hand, there was the road bonding amendment. Kvorvbody kuows now and knew at the time of grew out of a desire of the several 'counties, principally ol Jackson coun ty, to vole county linnds for mad im provement. But, given court Inter prctntinu, tho amendment discloses that (his was not the intent of the people. Our intonl, wo now icnrii to our surprise, was simply to enable tho legislature to provide us with the machinery wherewith to bond coiiulies for road improvement. Perhaps tho mad amendment was not measured by the yardstick of the oretical intent, but given strict con structinit. In any event, the tending of the two decisions together justifies the conclusion that either through had wording or through hairsplitting tendencies an absence of intent or knowledge is overcome in one instance and au actual intent replaced with a theoretical one of opposite color in the other. It is not difficult to understand how one judge should reach tho con clusion that neither of these measures was solf-eNoouliug hut it is difficult to understand tho lino of reasoning of those others who found one amend ment self-executing and the other not, unless in tho road bonding ease they took shelter behind the theory that indebtedness in the form of bonds is not authorized, Yet to grant a county power to increase its wurrnut in debtedness, only upon consent of the people, seems to us so impracticable a procedure that no other intent th.iu au authoriration of bonded indebted iuwh could be construed to have been held by the h'opc. What sense would there ho iu spending several thousand dollars iu an election to de termine whether a warrant indebted ness, which in theory is but a tem porary indebtedness, should ho cre ated iu uu amount perhaps not great ly exceeding the election expend itures 1 The direct legislative power is now extended to municipalities by I constitution mid general hliitulo. The laws leave much, however, to bo im plied. Likewise there Is nil inilelliillo statute i elating to special elections In counties, .Jackson county found it thoroughly workable In tho lioiul elec tion now declared invalid, Yet Intent no more plainly expressed, so fur as the ordinary mind can observe lit miu than in the other, carries the tux amendment into workublo effect and fulls ns to tho bunding amendment, Few of us suspected (hero was such a vast difference between h1. mid a half doxeu. Lntllcs Aid Meets. The Ladies' Aid society of llin First Methodist Kpiscopal church mot In regular session Wednesday, '2 I'M) p. m., hi the church, a large at tendance of ladles being piosout. Committees for tho merchant' ban quet, to ho given I'cbiuary II, weie appointed and an excellent paper was read hv tho president on "Tim lletler lacuts of Work of tho I .adieu' Aid Society." Two now member wore received. After (ho close of the husl uoss of the society a prayer meeting in tho interest of the service, being hold uightri in tho church by the pas tor, was much enjoyed and was u source of gieat good to thoo pren. cut. Tho next meeting will he iu the church Wednesday afternoon, .limn ary 111. All members are urged lo come utitl lend their presence and aid to the work. LOCAL TEAMS-ARE DEFEATED AT BASKETBALL Defeat was handed out to the boys' and glils' basketball teams of the high school last evening, the hoys be ing whipped at Ashland and the girls getting the small score at Omnls Pass. 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