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PATJfl WOVE arTCDFOttT) rATTJ TRTBUNRjrEDFORt), OKEClOy, MONDAY, MAKOTT 25, 1012. V y k 4 m i i Medford Mail Tkidune AN INDEPENDENT NKWAPAPRIl PUnMHlIED BBVBlir AFTERNOON KxanPT Sunday, nr tub MKDFOIIU PltlNTINQ CO. - '.,0 JPottler-1,,. Tlrnrn, Thn Medford Hull, Tha Medford Tribune, The South ern Orcgonlnn. Tho Ashland Tribune. Offlco Mull Tribune Tltilldlni;. 28-87-29 North Fir trcotj plion. Main I0J1; Home 75. OEOnOK PUTNAM. Editor nd Mngor BE Kntcred n second-class mutter at Medford. OroRon. under th set of Mnrch I, 1879. Official Taticr of tho City of Medford. Official Pnpcr of Jncknon County. HTrBSCRrPTtOW HATrl. una year, uy mnii . One month, bv tnnll ItMttMMMMIttll.UW Per month. delivered tv onrrlor In iVV Medford, Jacksonville and Cen tral Point EA Saturday only, by mall, per year.. S.00 Weekly, per year 1.60 WORN CIBCUI.ATIOW. Dully nvernj for eleven months end tnjf November 30, 1911, S7E1. rail ied "Wire TJnlUt Txtn Dlipatchtn. The Mall Tribune Is on sale at the Ferry News Stand. San Francisco. Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland. Bowman N'ows Co.. Portland. Ore, W. O. Whitney, Seattle. Waah. XEDrOKD, OREO OH. Metropolis of Southern orepon nnd Northern California, nnd tho fastest Krowlnc city In Orecon. Population U. S census 1910 SS40: estimated. 191110,000. Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity Water Ss'atetn completed, Riving flnmt supply pure mountain water, and 17.3 In II fs of streets paved. Postofflce rreelpU for year ndlnc November 30, 1S11, show Increaae of 19 per cent. Banner fruit city In Oregon Rogue Illver Spltxenberg apples won sweep stakes prlcn nnd title of Apple zinjr or tne wona at the National Apple Show. Spokane, 1909, and n car of Newtowns won rirst Prise la 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show. Vancouver. B. C Xtrst Prlss Is 1911 at Spokane Notional Apple Show won by carload of Newtowns. Ttojfuo River pears brought highest prices In all mnrUets of the world dur ing tho past sir years. COMMUNICATIONS. To the Editer: 1 saw iit the 3lnrch 21 issue of the Mail Tribune nn edi torial regarding the honor system as it is established in Jackson county. And you, Mr. Editor, are not char itable auough to give the petitioners credit for having the welfare of the community at heart in so doing. Hut attribute it to political motives which may be true. However, we are too prone to judge others by our own standard. And it is awful hard for tho commercialized word to con ceive of anyone starting a movement for the common good without an ul terior motive. The cii'i-e i my esti mation is a good one and if success ful is bound to nip in the bud what otherwise bids fair to be tho worst menace that the working class of our fair state ever had to cope with. It seems strange to me that we liavo in our community such a largo number of business men who are so utterly oblivious to everything else but the getting of the most labor for the least possible cost, and seem to forgot the most obvious fact which is that tho welfare of a country dopeuds upon the prosperity of tho working class. Who (you will certainly agree with me here) produce all the wealth, and who (yoii will also agree) get a very small share of their product, as weil as a vi'ry small consideration from the onus who otunuilly prey iiimjii thum. And right hero 1 would like to ask, how long do you expect the workers are going to put up with such treat ment as 1ms been accorded in the recent past, such afi working convicts in prefureiicti to free 111011, thereby placing a premium on crime f For thousands f onr unemployed have lookod upon the jobs held by the con victs with oiivioii oyes. But the only way to get as good a job was to vio late the law. Your very m-pcclfullv, S D. C. WHITE. Medford, March J2. johnsIIll J. N. Johintoii, a young nltorncj ti' Grunts 1'usk tiled Monduy lor the republican nomination lor district at torney, and will upposo II. K. Ilunmi at tho primaries. Mr. Johnson's i'riends say ho will make a htroug bid lor the uomiuatiou. lu the lull the victor of tho fight at the primurius will bo opposed by K. K. Kelly, demo crat, who f-oes into the primanct, un opposed. District Attorney Mulkoy line with drawn from the race to devote hu iiinu to private practice. Two cundidatoK for iitebussor and the samu number for county coroner wore, announced Suturduy afternoon. h. A. Gregory ot this city unci J. A. lleuard of Abhlaud have filed their intention with tho coiyily clerk for tho offiue of ufesoijbor, while Dr. B. II. Seely of this city and U. C. Stock of Abhlaud have declared that they will uocepfe the position of coroner if tho ropublioun party will award thorn that honor at the primarioH. J. C. Stocekmau of thin city has filed his inlculioiiH for count) kiic eyor, Hubjcit o the primaries, , a jcpuhlU-uii. OPPOSE HANNA MUCK-RAKERS REBUKED. 1 TJf7"E F1JCD that (ho county court litis expended VV much money for public roads and bridges and is now heavily in debt. It might he open to criticism but in no moral sense. Such expenditures, were in response to widespread public demand for improved highwavs. "We can find no evidence of dishonesty and we have given all matters due eonsiderntion.'' Report of grand jury. The report of the grand jury effectually disposes of the rumors of graft in the county court so industriously spread by the muckraking village press of .Jackson county in its frantic efforts to elect George V. Dunn county judge again. It seems a shame that there is no redress for officials who have faithfully served their constituents, for having been so viciously assailed by inuendo and misrepresenta tion, mudslinging and bat throwing. AYlien our new Ashland bosses planned their campaign, it was evidently decided that the first step in the program was to blacken the name of the county court, tho road master and all others connected with road building opera tions. The suspicion of graft, which they so brazenly in sinuated., combined with depreciation of county warrants brought about by warrant shavers, and the high taxes, which Jackson county, along with all other counties in the state, is suffering from, offered the opportunity for a return to the stagnation of the Dunn regime, they fig ured. On these lines have they campaigned. The Mail Tribune is no apologist for loose methods in public affairs. It has clamored for years for the installa tion of modern business methods. It has never defended or championed graft in any form. It stands for a square deal and the village press, for political reasons, has not been giving the county court a square deal. The grand jury's findings are rather a tame end for so much mild-slinging. They show clearly that the village press the two Ashland and the Gold llill papers, come under "Webster's definition of a muckraker, 0110 who "seeks for, exposes, or charges, habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations." SOCIALISTS WASTING ENERGY. NO ONE who has examined the subject can see any harm in the Boy Scout movement. On the contrary there are many things to recommend it. It teaches order liness, cleanliness and discipline, provides healthful men tal and physical training and keeps the young idea out of mischief. "With all the real wrongs there are to right in this world of ours, with all the injustice and oppression, all the in equality of opportunity, Socialists waste their energies and make themselves ridiculous when they attack this innocent form of bovhood diversion. The Jioy Scouts are not so much needed in the small town, where youth have casv access to the green fields and wooded hills, as they are in the great cities, where the slums arc producing a stunted, half-developed, ab normal degenerate race, a sorry satire upon civilization. To the half-baked youth of the festering, sweltering slum, the Boy Scout movement is indeed a Godsend. In another column will be found a communication from a Socialist protesting the employment of prison labor on roads, thus supporting the petition circulated for political purposes to discontinue the work in Jackson county and abolish AVestville. The writer says that working convicts upon highways is a detriment to the working class. What are we going to do with convicts I Continue the 'old system of contract work, whereby their product comes into direct competition with that of free Workmen .' Shut them up and keep them idle a burden to the taxpayers and themselves? Or work them upon highways where the communities benefited by the construction are also benefited by furnishing supplies almost the sole ex pense 1 Out of a thousand dollars a month that the Honor camp costs, less than one-seventh goes to the men as payroll and it nearly all goes for tobacco and supplies. So prac tically all the money spent in maintaining the camp re mains in circulation in the county. The work is done far cheaper to the taxpayer than it could be otherwise in short, for the same amount of money less than a fifth of the work would be accomplished. , The plan of working honor men upon roads, in prefer ence to contracting their labor or employing them in fac tory work at the prison, has the endorsement of the state labor organizations and of every one that has made a study of the prison problem.. One wishes the Socialists would do something besides knock that they would originate something besides pro test that they would justify their existence and chiims for the advancement of humanity by something besides opposition to anything and everything others are attempt ing, that in brief they become constructive rather than destructive. Only those make no mistakes who do nothing but the Socialists do nothing and still make mistakes. ADVERTISERS GATHER IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR WEEK SAN FRANCISCO, Cal March 25. More than sixty well-known ad vertising men from all parts of tho United States, mouthers of tho Poster Advertising association, aro looking over San Francisco toduy as tho gueBts or tho Advertising Association ot San Francisco. The party has Just arrived from Portland, whore the convention of tho association ended a few days ago. Tho visitors will leave tomorrow morning for Los An geles. Tho program for the cnter laliiiiHMit Iipiv included an Inspection of the exposition site, JAPANESE EXPLORERS MISSED CAPTAIN SCOTT WELLINGTON, N. 'A., March J.'. Nothing was, ncuii of tho liritixh South Polar expedition of Captain Scott by the JnuuuofeC Antarctic ex pedition, which is here on in return today. The Jupwicio wore ouj-agud chiefly in couslal exploration in Kiiif; Kiiwurdlund. "Railroad Justice" for Fientl 25. "Railroad Justlco" toduy wuh 23. "Railroad Justlco" today was meted out to George Parry, a Judge having sentenced him to sorve sixty 0110 years In prison one day after his arrest Tor inlstroatliig Lvdla Aim ttedt, un 11-year-old girl, -r - POLITICAL CARDS (Paid Advertlsomont.) County Clerk, I hereby announce mysolf ns a can didate for tho democratic nomluntltu for tho ottlco of county clerk, nub Jcct to tho will ot tlio voters of that party at tho primaries. I prouttso tho peoplo of .Inclcfon county that lu caso ot my nomination nnd olect'ou I will fulfill tho duties ot the offlco ac cording to law nnd tho best of my knowledge and ability. II. MILLER. Gold IIIU, Ore., Feb. 1C, 1913. For Sheriff. I nnuounco myself us a candidate for sheriff, promising a continuance ot tho businesslike administration I have given tho office In tho past. W. A. JONES. County Recorder. I am a candidate for a second term for tho office of County Re corder on tho Republican ticket, sub ject to tho coming primary, 1 havo conducted tho offlco to tho best ot my ability, the books aro al- wnys opea for Inspection and feol Hint I am entitled to a second term. FRED L. COLVIO. For Prosecuting Attorney. I Hereby announce myself ns a candidate for tho democratic nomi nation for tho offlco ot prosecuting attorney for the first prosecuting at torney district ot Oregon, embracing the' counties ot Jackson and Jose phine, subject to tho will of tho vot ers of that party at tho prlmnrlcs, and I plodgo tho people of Jackson and Josephine counties that in the event of my nomination and election I will fearlessly, Impartially and to tho host of my ability prosecute all violations of law ia said district and endeavor to administer tho duties of said office with tho utmost efficiency and economy. K. K. KtfLLY. For Representative. I respectfully present my name as candldato for representative to tho republican voters at the coming pri mary. I have bcea once honored by tho people of Jackson county, having been chosen to represent them In the stato assembly two yearn ago. If nominated and elected, I shall do In tho futuro .1s I havo In tho past; give to my constituents as honest and faithful service as Uos within my power. I roalize-that there aro mat ters of importance to southern Oro gon that will come up la tho next mooting of tho legislature at Salem, and It will be my earnest dotlro If olected to act to tho fullost satisfac tion of all tho peoplo ot Jackson county. J. A. WESTKRLUXD. For County Commbiiloncr. I hereby annouuco myself as can didate for tho nomination of county commissioner for tho four year term, subject to tho endorsement of the republican voters at tho prmnry election April 18, 1912. If nominated and elected I will during my term of offlco conduct the business of Jaokson county on a strictly business basis, and to tho best Intorosts of tho taxpayers, and without fear or favor to any party, partlos or to any particular section of tho county. W. O. LBKVKR. For County Judge. I am a candldato for tho nomina tion of county Judge of Jackson coun ty to bo determined by tho will of tho voters at tho primaries April 10, 1912. If I am nominated and elected I will during my term of office, as socm as lawful authority of tho voters can bo secured, bond tho county and begin tho construction ot a csleutlflc system of permanent roads. Ono mil lion and a hat dollars Is not too much for this purpose. But a dol lar's value must bo had for every dollar spent. I will oppose Increas ing tho county's warrant Indebted ness and will endoavor to reduco tho samo and rosloro tho county'a credit. I will assuiiio full responsibility for a busluoss admlulstratlpn ot ovcry county office. ' I-V 13. MERRICK. For Sheriff. I respectfully present my nnrno to tho republican voters as candldato for sheriff of Jackson county at tho coming prlinurJes. I havo served two terms as cqnstablo of Medford district, and If nominated and elected I shall servo tho peoplo lu tho futuro as In tho past, AUO. D. SINGLER. For Asseshor, I hereby announco myself as a can didate for a secopd term for county assessor, subjoct to tho republican primaries, Aprjl 19. 1912, and prom lao If nominated und elected to jlo my duty In tho futuro as I havo In tho pust. W. T. GRIEVE. County Itcfoi'der, I hereby uniiiiuiu'O injsoir aa a enn dlduto for tho ropnblleuii nomination for the offlco of county recorder, nub. iect to the will of tho votora of tluit party at tho primaries. I wan born ami raised at Euglo Point, Ore, I havo for tho past two yearn been deputy lu tho assessor's offlco and all 1 sk the people to do lit to look up my character and past record be fore casting their ballots. CHAUNCEY FLOREY. County Clerk. I nnuounco myself as a candidate for the republican nomination for, the office of county clerk, nubject to the primaries April lt, UU3. N. L. NARREGAN. For KcptVM'titutlvo. I hereby announce myself ns a run dldato tor the nomination us one of tho two representatives to tho assem bly for Jackson county, to be chosen by tho republican voteiH at tho pri mary election April IP, in 1 3. My two Interests tho ranch at Central feint and law practice having brought me lu touch with conditions confronting both tho farm er and the busluusa man, lu consent ing to make tho race for the uomlna. lion for representative, 1 wish to stato that I am In favor of well built highways, constructed along ecouom. leal and scientific Hues. I favor such lawH as will enable our orehardlsts to protect and care for their orchards In the best posslhlo manner. 1 be lieve In such legislation as will pro tect and safeguard all the Interests of tho peoplo In mutters of taxation, railroad rates and efficient public service. And If nominated and olected, Pj will give to each taxpayer honest, efficient and businesslike service. JOHN II. CARKIX. Prosecuting Attorney. I hereby annouuco myself as a can dldato for the offlco of proneriitlng attorney for tho First prosecuting at torney district of Oregon, compris ing the counties of Jncknon and Jo sephine, subject to the will of the republican voters at the prlmarltts. If nominated and oliM'turi I will fnlthfully discharge the d 11 tic of the office, honestly. Imiwrllully. econom Ically and to the bwt of my uhlllt) II. K. IIANN'A Jacksonville. Ore. March ,11. lUU NEW THOUGHT MEETINGS Aro Held in Moiwo Hall every Thursday at 3 p. 111. K 00 body invited. Draperies Wo carry a vry complete Una of ilrajif rlcit, lars curtolim. fix turon, etc. and 10 all cIhhhi of upholiit,rlnir A niwlnl nam to look after thin xork exclusively nnd will elve a good nervlce n In poKitlMo to ul In even the larKi'tt oltlon. WEEKS & NGGOWAN C0 Yes, You Can Grin 1 mist -rs with satisfaction If we have care ot your tooth, for they will look well and give you a comfortable feeling. Wo do all kinds of Dental work In a thoroughly professional manner and yet charge most modostly for our service. Children's teeth we make a specialty of. Bring the youngsters hero so that wo may uiuko their mouths look good, and feel good. DR. BARBER, The Dentist 207-208 Farmers and Fruitgrowers Bank" Bldg., Medford, Oregon 1'aclflo Phono Main CSS Home Phono 287-L. And look around our laundry. You'll bo convinced that It Is everything an up-to-dato laundry should bo. Quick sorvlco and excellent workmanship aro two of tho many fine features ot this laundry; THE Star Steam Laundry Pacific lliOI. Home (15. MEDi'ORl), ORE, Wue 1 lOKiiOffi lu fftif"3k I flrfPLilfll Clark &Wrig lit LAWYERS WASHINGTON, 1). O. Public) Land Mutters: Final Proof. lloiert Lands, Contests nnd Mlnlns Cases, Scrip. Valley Second Hand Store Buys tint! Sells Sccoiul-Hnml Goods, Copper, Rubber, Brass, Etc. M. J. PILCKER, Prop. 15 North Fir Home nU Roll UttTJ PLUMBING Stoam and Hot Wator Hoating All Work (lunriuitixi. I'rtcoM ItoimunnblA. OOFFEEN & PRICE 93 Howard Blook, Sntmnoo on OtU It. rjJtto 3031. Horn A9. A SNAP uO acres, six miles .from -Medford, good graded road crossen tho tract, all free soil, at K0 per acre. $1000 will handle, easy terms on balance. Fart Is crook bottom luud, su'tablu for nlfalfn. Several springs on tho plnco. Timber enough to pay for the tract. No buildings. In the Griffin creek district. W.T.York. Co. TUSCAN SPRINGS1 Having no cuual on earth in variety ot mineral waters and curing diseases , that medicines will not reach. If you sro In .need of health, come now. Vo I are open all the year and can giro the best of enro and attention now an well as In summer. Btago dally from Red Bluff to the springs. Further par tlculars address , E. B. WALBRIDGE TUSCAN HI'RINGH. CAL. A Klamath Ranch FOR SALE OR TRADE J GO acres, 12 miles cast of Klamath Falls, on main road to Lnkoxiow. About 8.' acres will bo under the gov ernment ditch and can bo Irrigated. Fine nlfalfn or garden Intnl. An abundance of free outside ranch. One of tho best proKMitious there is in that neetioH for 11 man who wants to engage in the hheep business. Locat ed juxt right for a townsito when the railroad is built from Klamath Falls to Lukcview. I'rico S-IO per acre. Will oschangu for Medford city or country property. W, T. York (2b Co. Medford Real Estate & Employment Agency FOR HALE Hill acres .' uilliw out fiom Med fonl at $!.'.() per acre, good terms, 10 acres near Cunt nil Point at 1 1 .' 0 pin' aero, 120 acres about 12 iiiIIoh out, ISO per arret. 2 acres I miles out, $Sf)0, $51) down, fill month, low Intercut; parly leaving. Lot In Walnut Park 00x125 only 22r cash, about 180 ft. from West Main '. r:i acres set to alfalfu, a good stand, house, barn and other Improvements; $250 pur aero. Wo havo city property to trade 011 ranches. Call and sue us If you have any thing to trade, from a Jack knife to a miiiiBlnu. MISCELLANEOUS Who has an Incubator to sell? 1 httyo a buyer. Overland auto at a bargain, only ?!i00. Euulty to trade In a 5 room plus tercd bouso on aureago Im proved or unimproved, 49,000 acres of good tlmbor which will ci'iilsn well. 211,000 acres lu a- good sheep ranch lu Calif, Hheep can be bought at market price. E.MPLOY.MENT Girls for gonorul housework, 8lx coul minora. Coal minors to work by tho ton. Phono In your orders for' men; 110 churgos to tho employer. E. P. A. BITTNKR ROOMS 6 AND 7, PALM BLOCK Opposite Nash Hotel Phono '1111; Home, II, wrrr4- WHERE TO GO TONIGHT w JL J JK THEATRE t'uiler dli tit 011 Peoples Aiiium. nient l Always In tho load 1(100 Keel of .Muti'lilcRi Films Complete ('limine of Program Today "Tilt: NiVI'AW'M MKRT OF tni.vrriTini" Rattling (iuod Western Draiiia "WHKHTLINM IN INIMM'HINA" One of the fastest wieitlliiK iiialche over seen 011 a picture screen IN MTTIiF. 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