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PAQB FOUR MEDFORD tAHI.TRtBUlTE, MTCDFOIiD, OKEflOK. FKTDAY, FF,TffiFAKY (?, 1012. Mkdfokd mail Tribune AN INOKI'UNnUNT NlSWRPAPRIt rUlJMHUKD JJVKttr AlTlillNOON1 UXOKl'T BUNIkAV, HT TUB AUCIU'OUU i'UINTlIq CO. Tho Dcmncrntlo Times, Thn McOford Mnll, Tlio Mnlford Trlhunn, The South rn Oregonian, Tito Ashland Trlbunev Offico Mall Trlbuno nullillnc. 2G-27-S9 Norm Fir atrcot; plionc, Main 3021; Jioeno to. arconaii! PUTNAM. Editor ami MsnsRor B Entered aa ecoml-clnga matter nt Medfonl. Oregon, under tho sot of March I, 1879. Offtclnl Pnpor of tho City of Medford. Offlclnl 1'npT of Jnckson County. BtTBSORirTION RATES. Ono yesr, by mall 15.00 Ono month, by malt .............. ,S0 rcr month, delivered by carrier In Medford. Jacksonville) and Cen tral Point ..... .SO Faturday only, by mall, per year.. 5.00 Weekly, per year 1.60 RWOBH CIBCXJIiATIOK. Dally average for eleven months end ing November 30, 1911, 3751. Tnll eued "Wlr TJnltta Frtsa Dispatch. Tha Mall Trlbuno la on sale at tha Terry News Stand. San Francisco. Portland Hotel Nevra Stand, Portland. Bowman News Co., Portland. Or. W. O. Whltnoy. Seattle, Wash. MEDroaD, OREO OX. Metropoll of Southern Oregon and Northern California, and tho fastest growing city In Oregon. lopulntlon U R census 1910 SSI0J estimated. 191110.000 Plvo hundred thousand dollar Gravity Water System completed. giving finest mipply puro mountain -water, and 17.5 miles of streets paved. PoRtofflCA receipts for ytmr andlnc November 30, 1911 ahow Jncreaaa of 19 per cent. Banner" fruit city In Oregon Rogue River SplUonfoorg apples iron, awoep atakes prlro and tltln of t'Apgto Xing OX tha Woili' at the National Apple Show. Spokane, 1909, and car of Newtowns coa Tint Trite la 191 at Canadian International Apple Show. Vancouver. B. C. nrmt Prlco ta 1911 at Spolcano National Apple Show won by carload of Newtowns. TtoiniQ Ttlvcr Pears brought hlchest prices In all markets of the world dur- twr tno pst six years. Write Commercial Club. lncloatng 6 cents for postage for the finest commit nlty pamphlet over published. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown The Parting; I've decided I must leave you, So I quit you ns you are, For I fear too well I love you, You and I must part cijjar. Many times you heled rac summon Pleasant visions of the past, Framed in smoke like dreams are painted, But well, I have smoked nry last So farewell to thee, Havana; This otir parting, brings regret; Say, has anybody got the Jfakin's of a cigarette? The United States now has a col lege of immortals. Immortality, on tho ballot system, means that a lot of icoplc who would otherwise soon be forgotten, will have a chaneo to think they nre famous. ' The hobble skirt, by nature, goes slowly but it will be a long time be fore it comos back. A Bedford girl writos to know if underwriters arc peccons who write btorics about the underworld. Portland has a behool to leach boys to become mariners. Boys learn to become skippers in most any fechool. Miiuy a coiusuicncc, like a lazy dog, hhowo signs of wagging ilb tail onco in a while. Sweet as the flowers that bloom on the hill, Soft as the hreer.o from the feoulh Were the words that you spake when you bade me keep still; licmombur you bind, "Shut youf mouth." Ono out of every HfiO porous in ludiauapoliH tides u tuotoicyele the rest dodge. ' "Whenever wo read of n dental col lege's baseball tenm playing a game we can't help but hope tho other side wins. MINING CLUB IS TO MEET SATURDAY Mining men and all who are Inter ested In tho mining Industry in this section aro cordially Invited to at tend tho noxt meeting of tho Mining Men's club which will bo hold In tho city hall Saturday, February 17, at 8 p. m, sharp. This will bo a vory Important meeting and all aro urged to come and bring their friends along. Bvorybody will bo wolcomo. Ono of tho objects of tho Mining Men's club Is to maintain a perma nent exhibit of ores aud minerals. With that ond In vlow Secretary Pat terson requests thoso who desire to contribute to tho collection to bring or send their beat specimens to him at tho Nash hotol, whore they will bo properly mai ked and displayed In tho glass case that has been provided for that purpose. Tenter on thoro will bo ,moio mailable spam for the Inrgoi enmnles, J COLVIG AND THE P RESIDENT Win. M. Colvig of tho McuMord Comnuu'- ci;il club is out with a roads measures proposed for initiative aotion by the state coed roads association. All eight measures are sweeping 15 condemned, upon the ground that they centralize power in road matters and legislation. It cannot bo too clearly set forth that, in opposing the good roads legislation, Judge Colvig speaks only for him self and not for the Bedford Commercial club. His atti tude is not necessarily the attitude of tho jjlub, on this subject, any more than it is on other subjects upon which he is in the habit of airing his opinions such as politics, mining, railroad rates, etc. The character of the interview would lead a stranger to infer that .Judge Colvig spoke for the commercial club, and voiced the prevailing' idea of its membership. H will probably be printed as such in the Portland Oregonian, creating the impression throughout the state that the pro gressive citizens of Medford lation, whereas these bills have never been brought be tore the club. Only a short time ago, Judge Colvig as president of the commercial club, repudiated in an Oregonian interview the proposed initiative railroad rate bill promulgated by the Medford Traffic bureau and at the next meeting the commercial club almost unanimously endorsed the meas ure. He openly opposed railroad rate agitation, ami yet the Bedford Traffic bureau's vigorous crusade for more equitable rates has already resulted in nearly a -10 percent reduction, and more are on the way, and it will make pos sible the growth of the city as a distributing center. Judge Colvig's remarks of the eight bills, but is taking the knocking Oregonian': word for them, and the Oregonian is his bible, lie says: "The reason whv I advise acts is that I believe the people of the counties of the state should keep the power ot expending money tor good roads in their own hands and not make themselves dependent upon any commission or bureau at Salem. ,Thc people of Jackson count v know the kind of roads they need. They understand the climatic and other conditions winch nave a bearing upon such work. "If there is any money to be paid out for good roads there is no more reason why the state highway commission should have the balance of power than that it should have the power to say where we should build our streets. I believe in home rule for the building of roads in the several counties of the state. "We need no state super vision in the matter, and 1 hope the people of Jackson county will assert their right of self-government and sit down very hard on the proposed bills, as espoused by the Oregon Highway association, and only support the en abling act, which gives them the right to control without any strings on their endeavors." Judge Colvig s argument is merely an echo of the Oregonian 's, which opposes progress along all lines. Counties have been spending their own money for half a century and still we have no good roads. Most of the money has been wasted. Every county commissioner, every county court in each of the counties, thinks they know more "about road building than the United States government and 57 different brands of highways none good have been the result. "When a few counties have attempted to hire road engineers politics, not efficiency, has governed the appointment and it will ever be so. State highways should be -under state supervision and constructed along uniform lines. If the state can aid the count', can put up dollar for dollar, the aid should be ac cepted even if it made local graft impossible. .Examine these bills in detail and see that .Judge Colvig's objection applies to none of them, observe; how little study he has put on the One is for amendment ot constitution and provides that the state may incur in debtedness for permanent road building. This would make possible the building ot state highways. Jt would legalize the Crater Lake highway appropriation. 1 1, would enable the state to cooperate with counties in road work. What objection can there be to this bill? Two other bills are for the employment of local and state prisoners upon highways, instead of keeping them confined in prisons sensible, humane and economical. No progressive citizen can object to these bills. Another bill is an enabling act, permitting county courts to call road bond elections. It would have legalized the Jackson county election last fall. Judge Colvig thinks special elections should not be permitted on account of cost, but action should be taken at general elections making counties wait two years for road improvements. At the same time .fudge Colvig is heading a movement requesting the governor to call a special session of the legislature to enact just such a bill. Consistency, thy name is Colvig! A fifth bill is an act permitting the creation of a state bond issue for the building of permanent roads. It author izes the expenditure of $2,000,000 a year for ten years in permanent highways. This, is the bill that has aroused the opposition of every moss back in the state including the Oregonian twenty million dollars for highways! And yet California is spending ,$38,000,000 in one lump! A sixth bill provides for the creation of a state highway fund, makes a distribution of the license taxes derived from motor vehicles, and provides for its apportionment among the counties for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, counties being required to spend an equal amount, the entire work being done under jurisdic tion of the state highway commissioner. A seventh bill defines state aided highways, as being those paid for wholly or in part out of the state highway fund, and enables any county court to avail itself of state aid in road construction or repair work. The eighth bill is the so-called "centralization" meas ure. Tt establishes a state highway dcpai Iment and author izes the appointment of a btate highway coimuiobionor at GOOD ROADS BILLS. broadside against tho good are fighting good road legis show that he has not read any opposition to the proposed subject. Section 7, Article 11 ol the $5000 to auponise all work paid wholly or in pari by the slate. There is nothing in any of these measures preventing "home rule" or interfering with the supervision of the expenditure of county funds other than by county authori ties. The state exercises jurisdiction only upon highways where the state is paying, wholly or in part, for the work. If Jackson county wants to spend its money, it can, but f it wants the state to put up dollar for dollar, the state will insist upon supervision. What is there about any of these bills that any pro gressive citizen can object to? They cover tho road situa tion in a thoroughgoing manner, mid make the state bear the share it should bear in its own development some thing the state has so far failed to do. They solve the highway problem, local and general, as well as the prison problem. MUTT AND JEFF COMING ' .Mutt and Jt ff whMi Mil lie th attraction nt tho Med ford theater commencing l'ebr Mtj -'-, t de scribed ns ono of be funnliKt pin) eor written. It H a dramatization of the cartoons of Hud Fisher of the Mtmo name, which have been attend ing tho attention of the entire coun try for tho Inst ywtr or no. This new play wan onlruetcd by Otia IIIII, thp well Itaown New York pro ducer, who bait tred no expense or tlmo to umlto of It one ot tho lnwt mtiHlcal comedy production! over leut on tour. Tho ty ht described .8 musical comedy ot a very high ordur, containing a laugh In uvory tick of the clock, and to be filled ultu all tho laugh profolcltig mltuutloiiM the public has bees led to expect. Fish er's "brain ionle" present very broad opportunities for a play ot mors than ordinary Iuttrel, and no lack of greftutfg these piMrtunft1s vslll bo iunaf when tho play Walts this city for tho first time. More than .10 iwjtto will he cast In tho production. Including a chorus of tho prettiest girts a big il' has to off.-r. The sntlcs of Mutt and Jeff." while the object of Interest, they will not be missed uheu not on the stage, s the plsy has been constructed so to be sufficlsdtb' interesting without having to depond entirely on these two funny fellows. The best mid most fanions theatrical mechanics have iKwn busy for months on the scenic production, which will rival In beauty anything that Uroailwny Iihh seen in years. Frank I lay den Had several hundred people worklnx nlKht and day mi the costumes, which are from tu original designs fur nished by A. Kdol, of Carls. ".Mutt and .Isff" Is a Ilttla bit on tho order of "Little Johnny .lonoaV' but will lie presented n a iiiuch more oln berate stale. Seats on f.ile begliinliiK Siltuiilus TO CURE ACoLd 151 ORK DAT Take 1.AXATIVK JIIWiMO Quuiliin Tli- lots DriiKKliilH rofnnil tommy If It TjIIw to cure K W. CJHOVirH nlBfiature la on cii ii'ix 'iuc &as in Your stomach Nirt Always Dyspepsia It's Nervousness Your Kcr.r, my oftM ak .' r Mnfteh InlUlk. t Mfiuw if. .fc, Imt 4m mM "' ': l'J- TVtV.milug), Sjm niti.ttofaiWttKiw1 aiwltfck iJ )! '-u - notjflir Ramtdy .titeU'in"Jv tofHrnnnrti Vthm. tt&tesnr'(W'rattfMvtMi!n'ife'ti'n. TWmc uvk ttj4u.Ur f r tit. Ybtr ?" ' '", the vU It IrHuliir. ''''' s1' "'I towns, nl MiiJJUrwsljilM.wuimihoijtly Itwlly A went i ally U yus mow Iwj in tat ki-udt sty' iVweU twitter Itatl.MUMi'i (Jm-TiUX. 7Up-.'jlnrMbU!Kl'HirSiljMwy '! u.vit, M J i.tv t u 11 ttMOWM I'M) -tumy, 340 i itler lit, ti! I f fUj f- - . To Every Owner of An Oil Lamp Would you like morn light' Better liglii J'or loss money? The MARVEL VAPORIZER does it. Bum air with the oil. AI 11 18 J.'ItKJO. The Vaporizer turns the oil inlo gas or vapor, mixes tho vapor with tho air and then burns it. Kesult a pure white, soft, steady light. Perfect light for half the eost, Vaporizer only 35 cents, with burner 50 cents. Everybody can afford one. Mail a card to T. Henry Callaghan 102 Mjstlotoo Strooi, with your nuinher and address and get a 'v trial. A grid'! winled. IU ferine. Jackson County Untile LOCAL LODGE WILL CELEBRATE Kiiljjlits ot Pythias to Oltsrrvo the Forty-cl(hth Anniversary of the Institution of the Order, on Fell rtiary ID. Ncl Monday, February III, the lm.il lodi;t of Ktitfht- of ltltiiiH utll couuuciuornte the ISth nnniviirxnry of the n -liluliou of the order, l'ebninty !', lShl, when stiife and tlissetutiniiH were I en i in-- nt the heHittiiuim of our nation, IuhIu II. Kalhboiie in minuted the order at Vihinitou, 1). C, on the three curdiiml priiieiples friendship, eharity and benevolence. Up built wiser than lio anticipated and he lived to see the product of hi fertile hntiu thrive hfjoud his fond et evju'etntioni. At the time of his dpnlh, December II. ISSt), the onW hnd a ipiHrter of tuilliou iiieiuhciH enrolled under it bonners. It has made the rent cut strides in ndMtnrc meiit of any frHterasl order in c ihtciicc until toilay, at the tender hkc of IS HMr. it iHimber llnce-fourllis of h inillHiu uiciuberH. The first KhIkh in Orstr 'w i-t s tilled at I'oitbuid .Innunry !!0. 187:1. There nre now SO lndt in the Mt' with it membership of Mbout IK'iOU. The IocrI lodxe was instituted April ', KSD0, niid m now in it noiirihlnnv condition. Next Moiidsy eveniiV thev uxpeet to hold an intinwlitiK Mwsiou and all ineuibers are unfed to ntteud and all Hojourtiitii; ktiifhtK nre cor dinlly iiiMted to juiu in the celebra tion. The anniversary date this m-mi chance-, to full on the rejrulni nieel iittr uixht of the local lnd . .aid cum initlceM hae been apHiiuled to make Htiitable urrnuKcincntri lo celebrate the occnuioii in a holUtuiK lunnucr. F0RDE CAN DO IT Do you want vour lavui put hi llrnt cla-K hluiH? AH work ciiaraiitecd. I.eae addrecs with II. It. I'utterNou, Qiiakt r Nursery, Kiisb hotel. Look at Your Child's TeetH occasionally, to two that they are nil rlKht and have no Hymptoum of t. cay. If In doubt brlni; tho child to us for un examination. Wo are com petent DcutlHtu of Ioiik and varied practical experience and lo tho host work in ovory branch of tho profes sion. Our chnrKoa tiro most inodor lite, as our many plonsod patronu will tell you. And our worlc never falln to ylvo Hatlsfnctlou, DR. BARBER, The Dentist 207-208 Farmers and Frultgrowera Dunk libit,'., Medford, Oregon Pacific Phono Main CCS Home I'houo 287-1 Dr E. Kircligessner j'ruellco liinllod lo elionio dlseuscH. HOTEL HOLLAND WcdiuwduyH. Hours, 10 lo 51. Clark & Wright LAWYERS WAHIIINt.'TO.V, l. O. l'ubllc Uuid Mutters: Kliml Proof. Desert UiuiIh, Contesta nud Mluliic Casuu. Hcrlp. Assoclalo Worlc for Attorneys Valley Second Hand Store Buys anil Sells Sccoml-Hnml Goods, Copper, RtilibtT, Brass, Etc. H. J. PILCKER, Prop. 15 North Fir iioino ir,i Hell ;to7U TUSCAN SPRINGS fi.ivInK no cuual on earth Ju variety of minora! wntem and ciirltiK diseases that medicines will not roach. If you aro In ncoel of bealth, como now. Wo aro open all tho enr and can kIvo the best ot caro aud attention now an well as In summer. KtaKo dnlly from lied Itliiff to tho nprlUKS. Further par ticulars address E. B. WALBRIDGE TUSCAN HPIU.VHS. CAL. Seattle Appraisals Govornl Medford people have employed us to appraise Seattle real estate. Such appraisal Is usually worth more than It cunts, Ira J. Dodge of Medford was formerly connected with this of fice. Other Seattle and Medford reforoncea on-reejiiest. It. (3. KltHKINK COSU'AXV MU New York Illk., Seattle (Charter Mpmbor Seattlo Ileal Es- tnte Assn.) FOR SALE Choice Baled Alfalfa Hay Delivered in Medford in toil lots at $15.50 PER TON $14.75 PER TON at car. Send postal or telephone (Home) SLEEPY HOLLOW FARM ROCK POINT, ORE. Our alfalfa is well cured mid in not -tin Hctfrvhcel ami letaius nil its rich liiiccri and iioiii-isliuieut and color. The Ktiilkn nre not bruised uiiel broken and the tender I caws nud tops nre not bruised and hhnl tercel off. TI I K I'lNKKT TOI'-VAI.UH HAY THAT CAN UK I'llODUCMD. The farm is iniyHlwl froiii Hokiio liver. Medford Real Estate & Employment Agency l'OH hai.i: 20 ncres at KiikIo I'oliit, $2200. 20 in i en I! hiIIch out from Medford ?200 per aero. 10 acres Improved, houso, barn, orchard, etc., fXOOO. 9 acres Improved 1 uillufl out, 57000. ft loom buiiKalnw with Itltcheu fiiniltuio, ?2200, r. room hiiuKulnw, $1550. 4 room house, JUG down, $10 por inoii t!i . $7no. D loom houso, lot 00x125, $12.pi down, bal, $10 por mouth, ti acres 2'H in Mem out, Improved. Houses for miiIo. Call and hoo iih. l(!(l acies l'j liillou out, $1C0 per aero. tuadi: 'n acros, will take houso ns part oxchant( 10 acres near Central Pjilnt for Iioiiho In town, 20 acros up Urlfflit crook Bend for chlckoa ranch. 5 acios nt HnKlo l'olnt for a ood lot or a toam, 2 itno earn lo trado for auronj;o or loin. 1 have ull kinds of tradoH to offer. Trades, trailna of all kludti, DMIMiOVMKNT 2 mnn for priiiiliuj. Olrls for gonorul housoworlc. Six con! Illinois. E. F. A. BITTNBR ROOMS 6 AND 7, PALM DL0GK Opposite Nash Hotol IMioiio 1MI; Home, 1 1, WHE.RE TO GO I TONIGHT . WMt ttj STAR THEATRE A1AV.WM IN 'I'MK MCAD rt New l'lioopn)N 'luebij n Toilaj'n I'niKiiiin "imivi.Nti iieaii: tiiij rtiwii" 'I'lllt 'Witt pllll Hi )Oiir heirlietelUKS. A Clll Wnr mnsiKi piece. "A J'OOIl KVCt'Mi: TIIVT wmmidi" IlefllliMl Coiueely "A lt).MANCI Ol' WAI.Ii KTIIUIM" IVitluiliu; the Kuiihmih 'MhiiiIih Coiledb -Cast of ClmnicleiH I'lill Union. Mi. Maui be ('imlollei 1 4i wienie Ilurkw Mr. Charles IChlild' .1 ili ii Taloi..Mr. Ttippu .lidiuiHiu Uiurii Tn)loi'. his dHimhter. . . . Miss llasnl Neason I minion. llurhV ilerk.. Mirle, Uuirs's mnld Miss Norms. 'I'sltundKo "Till: MAIIi OIUIKU WICK" How n vshliuslcal fate broiiKht the rlKht henris toKelher. "TIIK TK.MI' Al TIIH ItKAIl" lluilesejue Comedy AI. NATIinit The Hlnger WOOIAVOIflllH" The Million I'lrfure Musletaiis Ct).MIN(! COMlNtl! n.MIN(.'! Keb. t!Olb, l.'1-l, ITJiitl "VAMTV KAMI" 1'inipb'te nnel perfrrt pres.'iila llem of Thacketiiy's f.uniin mel In lbre. r'ls toon fi Itemeinbrtr our cIimiiko days Huiidsy, Tuesilny sud Friday Matinees Kvery liny. AD.MI8BION lOo TH EATRE TONIGHT i'itoi:i,i, ami wi.Ncinci.ii 'IIik Irish MltllouHlreii 'Hie Two Ileal HIiiIiik. IhunliiK and TnlliliiK ('onii'tlliiiit CAIlUl.ltSS (TUT The World's (inwtlopt lllcillst Three Keels, IlliOO feet of MOTION PICTURES llcst of Muio Hpecliil Mat lutm. Oaturday nud Huudiiy 2 p. m. lJvonlUK I'crfnriutiiico 7 p. in. PLUMBING 4 Stoam and Hot Wator Hoating All Weirk Ulliiranteiod. I'rlciHl llOIIMOIIIlblP, COFFEEN & PRICE 30 Ilowarel niuclt, EnWauco on CtU Ot. raoirio noai. nam ao. No.'yesS Black 1IOUHI ANl HJ(IN CAINTINO Up-to-Dato Auto and CnrrloRo I'nlutliiK, Gold Loaf Bli;nu and Interior Docorntlni; a Bpoclalty. Hliop mill Offico H, (irapo ami lOtli Mt. Offico Phono 7771. Hon. 7212. All Worlc ToHlHvoly Oimrantood, IF YOU OWN A LOT Wo will liullil you a homo on monthly paymonts, MEDFORD REALTY AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY M. P. nnd II, Co. Bullilliiu