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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1912)
i JS'VJt'Y t itV4 n'ai '1 ViSSRiW&j. areDFORPnem TRTBtnfrni, ansDFottp; onrcnoN, ttostuy. may 28. ima. (((!(9IpMft(l?'S3RKHttWHM!MWW)iW!WW ft V Mlfofo&ff BCIL TRIBUNE AN INHHNlHNT NiaVHIAtISt PUlU.IHHKt) RVKUV AKTJCItNOON JSXCRIT HUNOAY, HY THE MICWOltD l'UINTXNO CO. , The 1otnnnrtlo Tlmen, Th Mm) ford Mnll. TJift Mcdford Tribune, l4ho South- nrn Orcgonliin, Tho Anhlniul Trlbuno. Officii Mall Tribtlho nulldlnir. S5-S7-59 North lflr street; phono, Main 3021; Home 76, CIKOliac PUTNAM, Editor and Manager 1 THE ANTI-SUFFRAGETTES. Kntorcd nn neconil-clans matter n Medfnnl Oregon, under tho act of amrcn 3, 187V. Official rawer of tho CHy of Medford. Official l'npcr of Jackson County. 8U8S0KXFTZ0X XATEB. Ono year, by malt , f 5.00 Oim month, by mail....... ........ -.50 Peru month, delivered by carrier la Mcdford. Jacksonville and Cen tral Point ..... ...... . .Kb Rnturday only, by mall, per year.. S.on Weekly, per year -. 1.60 tWOKX CXXCIT&ATX09. Dally average for eleven months end ing November 30, 1511, 5751. mil ItttittO. Wire TTnltrt Frtc SUpatchei. Thci Mall Trlbuno la on aalo at the Forry isowa sunn. an Krattciaco. Porjuma Hotel l-owa Stand, Portland. Huffman News Co.. Portland, Ore. W. O. Whitney, Seattle. Wash. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad. Brown. Now Jersey Now. Samo old scrapping, Same old nnte, Dut Its moved to Another sifntc. h And did yuh notc, fellow members, a saloonist named Beers has been ar rested nt Portland. A stork lsltcd a famous surgeon, 1 would like n Httlo cut oft my bill." said he, And for once the surgeon compiled. Eerj body's Doing It. A question here and I daro ask it; Have you got your . Market basket? Great Times Coming. A fellow ought to feel his oats, 'Dout this time of 'tho year. For strawberries and carnivals Have promised to appear. ! Modest Amanda. So modest is Amanda Leo That she strolls out o' nights, Lest at tho butcher she migh bcc Tho sausages In tights. . Youngstown Telegram. So modest is Amanda Leo ' In days of bloorriing youth, She'd blush if in her presence ono Should tell tho naked truth. Scranton' Tribune-Republican. So modest is Amanda Leo That she pulls down the blind, Or goes into another room, That she may change -her mind. New York Telegram. So modest is Amanda Lee Stio dwells' In grief and pain Until tho nude, -unblushing tree Gets something on again. St. Lousl Pout-Dispatch. So modest is Amanda Leo She'd blush liko a red rose, Should any young man chance to see Her nifty garden hose. Seattle Post-lntclIIgcnccr. So modest Is Amanda Leo It drives her in a trance, And makes tier blush ' bo' painfully To hear her lapdog's pants. Sacramento Bco. So modest Is Amanda Leo Sho finds it most distressing To face a salad at her plate Without its salad drees Jug. I COMMUNICATION. I Kcott's Bonding l'luu. To tho Editer: Analyzing Wm. J. Scott's commun ication of 24th Inst. It simply ad mits that tho proposition to organize a Taxpayers' Nutlonal Bank is only a pretonso to get a money issuo with out any Intention of conducting a bank. Siipposo tho application for a monoy issuo was granted on non-Interest bearing bonds and tho system adopted by all other subdivisions' of government, tho paper monoy put in circulation would soon aggrogatc ICO.OOO'.OOOOSO 'tr so. Tho entire monoy circulation at present is some ithing over $3,000,000,000. The stan dard of value Is gold, of which ?!, 000,000,000 coin is in circulation, and and spoclo paymont on tho $2, 000,000,000 paper monoy Is main tained by a cash reserve of ?150'( 000,000. Tho disruption of tho pres ent financial system 'would W pre cipitated by tho first issuo of non interest bearing bonds which would cauBO gold to disappear from circu lation mid paper money would not bo worth tho cost of bank pdpor to print It. Instead of saving tho county 90, 000 u year, Mr. Scott'a financial rev olution would produco chaos and hnnlcruut llio nation. JO. J, mcCluhe, THE "Oregon Stale Association Opposed to the Exten sion of the Suffrage to Women," an organization of PoVtland women, officered largely ly the ladies Of the "first; families,5' the "100" of tin metropolis, is making an active campaign against equal suffrage. While they lack the zeal of. tho crusader in a just cause,- thev substitute tho blind partisanship that, characterizes the iory defending a cherished institution. Thev are the stand-patters and re- . . ..... .- - .. ........ aetionaries of the sex, who would continue conditions as they are, rather than help make them what they should be. The arguments advanced by these ladies i in the form of "A Protest" in which teu arguments are given against suffragism. The preamble of the protest, vends as follews: "We, American women, citizens of the state of Oregon, protest against the proposal to impose the obligation of suffrage upon the women of this state, for the following, among other reasons": Arguments are given by numbers, and followed bv the Mail Tribune's replv to each. 1. Because suffrage is to be regarded not as a privil ege to be enjoyed, but as a duty to be performed. Certainly suffrage is a duty that should be performed by even1 .citizen of the state, otherwise democracy is a failure. Its success lies in education in the fundamentals of government and participation in solving problems. It is a duty that shirked, results in niisgovernment, in inequality and injustice. Those who would evade this responsibility because it entails labor, plead laziness. 2. Because hitherto the women of this state have en joyed exemption from this burdensome duty, and no ade quate reason has been assigned for depriving them of that immunity. To call government a democracy when half the popula tion! is barred from participation in governmental affairs, is nn absurditv. The same arguments used in defense, of depriving women of suffrage, were used to kcop the Rom ans enslaved, to keep the peasants of Europe in serfdom, to clog the progress of human liberty throughout the ages. To grant imnmnitv from suffrage has been the basic prin ciple that governed every tyrant that ever oppressed hu- niaintv. 3. Because conferring suffrage upon the women who claim it would impose suffrage upon the many women-who neither desire it as a privilege nor regard it their duty to seek it. . Womankind as well as mankind, is prone to love its chains, and progress always has to be forced upon the un progvessive. There is always an element that resents change, especially when they are beneficiaries of injustice. Many a serf fought to prevent freedom and many a slave opposed his own liberation. 4r. ' Because the need of America is not an increased quantity, but an improved quality, of the vote, and there is no adequate reason to believe that woman's suffrage by doubling th6 vote will improve its quality. The only way to improve the quality of the vote, as to improve the quantity also. Women average- better than men, arid their indulgence will usually be thrown for, tho better things. .Education ot both sexes in public attains will improve the quality by stimulating the study of gov ernment. 5. Because the household, not the individual, is the unit of the state, and the vast majority of women are repre sented by household suffrage. The household is no longer the unit There arc millions of men and women who have no households, prevented from having them largely by tho injustice of man-made laws' which have made it impossible or impractical without bringing, fresh misery and suffering into the world. These millions have as-much right to life, liberty, and the ballot as the more fortunate, many of whom neither toil nor spin. 6. Because the women not so represented suffer no practical injustice which giving the suffrage will remedy. The social injustice of the world, the failures of man made laws of which woman is the principal victim open a field as wide as the world for both sexes to work in to correct this "practical injustice," and the united efforts of both are required to solve the problems of the present as well as of those of futurity. 7. Because equalitv in character docs not imply simi larity in function, and the duties and life of men and women are divinely ordered to be different m the state, as in the home. Where does the divine authority come from that orders differ6nt duties for womeii.md men in the state? Probably from the same source that sanctions polygamy. It is hard to conceive of the Infinite ordering inequality or injustice, though every enthroned wrong has bolstered up its in justice by presumptuous claims to "divine order." 8. Because the energies of women are engrossed by Mr present duties and interests,-from which men cannot relieve them, and it is better for the community that they devote their energies to the more efficient performance of their, present work than divert them to new fields of activity. That's what the Sultan of Sulu said when they tried to abolish his harem. Civilization has, nevertheless, thrown women into new fields of activity and it is a condition, not a theory they confront. Forced out of the quiet of the home and into the hurly-burly of the world, they should be given a chance to help solve its problems. 9. Because political equality "will deprive women of special privileges hitherto acorded hel: by the law. What are these special privileges? 'It is only a few years since woman had no rights at all, and only by special legislation does she secure fair piny now and nof even (hat in many states. i 10. Because suffrage logically involves the holding of public office, including jury duty, and office-holding is in consistent with the duties of most women. - Some offices women can hold to 'advantage, some they cannot. The judgment of tho electorate will decide. Office holding or jury duty is not inconsistent with their duties any more than with man's duties, as is proved in other states. Boiled down, the nrguinents against equal suffrage advanced by this association arc simply pleas to shirk du ties of citizenship P'eas for immunity from participation in their own government. .Instead of lulpi"K settle the vital issues of life, and aiding in tho solution of tho problems that vex and uplift; humanity, thev prefer their mane pink-teas, useless card games and the potty problems of tho narrow monotony of homo life. Woman has n higher destiny, however. She must help in the uplift of the world, by making democracy and its consequent development of humanity a realized dream. Cry for Water Is Growing Clark & Wright LAWYERS WAHIIINC1TON. 1). O. Public Laud Mnttorii Final Proof. Doiort liitmto, OontoaU and Mining Canot, Scrip. To tho Kdlter: Tho good people ot Mcdford nr awakening to the fact that water ! king In Itoguo Ulvor valley. At a mooting held lately by tho Medford Commercial ol It wus brought homu to the cltlxens of Mcd ford that unless somo action be taken nt ouco for irrigating tho suburban lands which In n great measure are non-producttvo owing to non-lrrlga-tlon and non-benrlng of crops that tho metropolis or Southern Oregon will bo at a ntnmlstlll. Tho cry for water Is growing. peoplo are realizing that to lmproo the conditions of tttclr city they mum hold out Inducements to tho smaller agriculturalist, ono who will malco his homo In and near around tho cities In tho valley, one who will becomo a producer. Inhabitant and n .helper ot upbuilding a co.u niorcnl contor. it f demonstrated that Irrigation In tho vnlley the foremost of all enterprises, more sont this time than tho building of railroads to tho mines or to (ho coast, or The subsidising or factories which would now bo obliged to fehlp in their' raw material. It is of the greatest importance that wo first creato and grow a product then look to disposing of said products and transpbrtotlonand markets w'll seek production. Dut to create this product tho land must bo put under Irrigation to assure profitable, con stant mid rcllnblo crops. It Is ad mitted our land, owing to .the peculiar fitted bolli and cllmnte. will produce crops and fruits of all kinds Hut the yields of tuch crops are Hot profitable without Irrigation and until tho vnlloV Is In condition to Increase Its products tho nv comer cannot bo induced to locate among us. In tho period of July 1, 1010 to Juno 30, 1911, two hundred and twenty-five cars of hay alono were shipped in tho vnlley and only sixty two cars wore shipped out. Klghty four cars of potatoes, forty-eight' cars of oats and barley 11ml thlrty flvo cars of Yetfnbles were shipped in arid only twecars of this com modity were shipped out. This shows that our production In tho vnlloy Is Inadequate for our local consumption, ilesldes our local nu.r ketrwe have outlets both north nud' s'ftuTh who cannot and do not produce tho cropsf both In vegetables, pota toes, grain, rotn. hay and feed, not mentioning out qtco'llent fruits nitd berries, that we could produce hi Irrigation. What this vnlley needs to Increase Its population Is tho snlnll cr farmer on Irrigated lands thereby assuring a yield of products Worth while to ship lu largo quantities .ami whore u iiuuehunt elthur at I'm Hand or Seattle on tho tun th or tho south ern Pacific coast on tho muitli em depend on getting carload lots of agricultural coiiunodlU'es nil tho Onto. Not until thou can the valley fai-mor and 11101 chants succeed. , At this time there Is a movement on foot to urge tho building of the high Hue and tho middle lino ennuis which aro feasible nnd practicable to place thirty thousand acres of land under Irrigation. Not until then cut front ranks. The clttxpiiii of .Mcdford, seeing tho Importance of tho building of tlu-M canals, have called n mass meeting setting forth tho Importance of such a movement whereby all laud owueis will ho Invited to como nud help tho cause nlong. lUUlUATOU. Central INrlnt, Ore. Medford Parcel Delivery Express and Transfer TRUNKS HAULED 2fc Packages ioe, ice, 25c Vhenes: Pacific :i(72 Home I).")-! Messunger Service Suicide for $20,000 SAN FUANCISCO, Oil , May 38 Firing a bullet through his brain, so that his divorced wife could collect $20,000 llfo Insurance, Joseph West Itoblnsou Is dead hero today. A note beside the body made clear tho mo tive for hln act. Mrs. ItohluKou, from whom tho suicide was dttorrcd six years ago, Ihcs In l'nsadomi. Bronson Near Welnht INOIAXAI'OUS, I ml . May 2S - liny llronson Is down to Kts pounds today for his ten-round bout hero with Pncky Mcl-'nrland of Chicago. PLUMBING Stoam and Hot Water Heating All Work niiftrnntro. I'rlco Henaoimblo. COFFEEN & PRICE 9 owrJ Block, Xntranc on Olh at raotrto soai. xom . A SNAP GO acres, nix miles from Medford, good graded road crosses tho tract, all free soil, at $50 per acre. $1000 will, handle, easy tonus on bnlanco. Part is crook bottom laud, su'tablo tor alfalfa. Several sprint; on the placo. Timber enough to pay for the tract. No building. In tho Orlttlii creek district. W.T.York. Co. HAIR BEAUTY l,ct Parisian Sagi Put l.lfo iiml dus ter Into Vuiir llnlr. ' t Don't say madam you cannot have Just as fascinating hair as any other woman. I Any women who makes such a statement hasn't mot tho girl with tho auburn hair who appears on every carton and bottle Of PARISIAN' SA(JMV HadVant h'nlr li?"nnts hard to get , start to uso PARISIAN SAOC today nnd In 10 dnya your hair will compel admiration. PARISIAN SACK Is such a delight ful, refined and refreshing hair dressing free from grensu and sticki ness nnd has won such a splendid reputation for Itself all over Amerlrn that C'Ikih. Strang Is perfectly willing to guarantee It to abolish dandruff. stop falling hair or Itching scalp, or, money back. A largo bottle costs j but .10 cents In any city lu America Tho girl with Auburn hnlr on every carton. Watch Our Addition Grow JscVson noil Summit Mcdford Realty nnd Improvement Company 51. F. II. Co. lllilK. FORDE CAN DO IT Do you wntit your Inwn r)ut In first cluB ntinpcT All work guaranteed. Leave nuMrcss with II. B. Pnttersn, Quaker Nursery, Nash hotel. Draperies V enrry a very coinptoto lino of ilrapnrlv. lam curtoln. fix turra, nlo. aml'4o nil clnmipn of itnliolnlnrllig A rp.'ClrU nmn to look aftiir lids --fork nxclunlvi'ty nnd will Klvn ua Kooil rvlct nn In posnlbln to cot If oven tho InrKixt cltlrs. WEEKS & MGGOWAN CO. ttMjKSMX X T t t J T t J T T t 10c 10c MONDAY and TUESDAY Special Added Feature THE NEW YORK SENSATION i 1 Edward Holland's- Powerful Explained Pictures The Lights and Shadows of a Great City in the f ? T T t T T T ? T i T T J f i t t t ? i ir i9" Liie s a Underworld i. V i In addition to usual Vaudeville and Picture Program c f T t 10c - MONDAY - TUESDAY - 10c Z. ... - . . M. A . . j . . A. .. A. . j .. .. .. .. .. A .. ., .. A .. .. A A A . &&&4&1k&WWyWWwJ& 'J'0,,c' BlKUl" "a IM eullw syflini f T t T Y ? T t4 'i4 t f t ? .i ! WHEHB TO ao TONIGHT STAR THEATRE Dost Ventilated and Mont Up-to- Dale Thenler lu tho City Advnureil Vttudeilllo mill .Motion Plctuies IIAV AMI PAYKTir. Couiedy, Hinging mill iliiuelug on toller Hliulori. Don't fall to m-ii this grotesiiue couple ot culohrnted iirllidH ."I.ONKSOMi: HOUKItT" Thrilling story of it wIioIom op erator "WINNIIVS IIANCli" t'lnnBy comedy "Tin: vAtmioNhS" Dramalle heart slory or u wan deivr nnd his dog "A eoMPl.MWTKM tUMPAMlN" This Ih a hummer get lu on thin Ali SATIUilt. tho Singer WOOIAVOUI'IIS, tho Mimlclann Tho plnco whi-ro tho plcturon don't hurt your ees AtliulNHlon 10c, Chlltlreu fie MAT INK KM DAILY COM I Ml SOON' CO.MI.MJ "t'lHi;Ui:i.IiA" R"H,'n SuIiIImio Masteritleco rsis lOc THEATRE lOc - - i - i lll(,l. I,.SS diaim.i: ,vn piunopi.w '1M(.'IIT .M.it.sii.i.ii vvd moeiu: Comedy SlugliiK. Dmietng and Munli-Ul Act. LAST .VI 01 IT OK KDWAIll) IIOI.IiA.VD'H NKW YORK Srt.N'SA'I'IO.V The l.lghis and Shadows of a (In. it City Life in the Underworld In nddltl' n to usual Vainb-illlu and Pit lute Program llllio I'Vct of Ki-iituro lMlin I'lve (loud Huhjerts Rciueiubor our third annual Tree Matinee. Thursday, .May ,:t0, all children are Invited to a ll free show, on Decoration Day, at IkIs Th'-.Uer. Doors open Imme diately iifur services at puih. I.adioH with small chlldu-u wilt ho admlUiMl NEW THOUGHT MEETINGS Aro Ilehl in Moose Hull ovrtry Tlmrsility nl 3 p. m. Kvorylioily invited. MISS FLORA GRAY Piano Instruction Hi South Control Avo. Studio Phono Alain I'-M I MORTGAGE LOANS iM'onpy on hand a I, all times lo loan on improved ranclieH and city properly af lowest rales wiili "on or bol'oro privilege." JAMES CAMPBELL Phono 3231 320 G- -0. Bldg. A HMiiMwalTaliliH A Vonlc. AlUrMlvo nnd Uriolvcnt. 'llio I'rit mildly tut MiliK-yu, l.lvci (mil llnwtU. ICintlkult'il l'llllltlfy. 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