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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1899)
THE 1IEDF0RD MAIL Published Kren mdy Moraiaf. A. S. BUTON. VAN WAS BORN TO HUSTLE 11 is Ol tew dJi but O.U1M ft plMlJ, SUBSCRIPTION fi.go PER YEAR; BaltnvA In the Poatotbcx it Modtont, Oregon as BMOBddiu Mall Matter. Mkdpord, Friday, Jan, 13, 1889, THIS PAPER 8"iSttS lutelDi Ageuoy, m Mia w MerenuM m un Bn mnoliwo, Cslltorals, wheraeoa Itmu tor sarcrtlaing ou be made for ik Our Clubbing Lut. TBI Hail and Weekly S. P. Call 12 25 " 11 Examiner 2 36 " Chronlole 8 35 Oregonlaa 8 60 " Cosmopolitan .... 8 10 " . Weekly Clnoln- nail Enquirer, - - 1 76 Spaniards in Cuba now want to be Cubans. Things have changed, and the "ever-faithful isle" will try to be faithful to herself. In the North Dakota legislature a bill has been presented requiring examination of applicants for mar riage license by a board of medical examiners. "Persuasion first, power after' wards, is the Philippine program. And it is the only one commended oth by humanity and by common sense," Gregooian. It is said Cornelius Vanderbilt receives on an average as many as. 300 letters daily. He is not bragging about it. There are quack doctors with confidential secrets to ell who get as many. . The divorce mills of North Da kota will not grind so large a griet hereafter. A bill has been passed by the legislative body ot that state requiring applicants for divorce to have been residents bf the state not lees than one year. A Willamette valley newspaper advertises that a musician has a few "vacant" hours on certain days dur ing which he can give instructions, Now if that musician can find a "leisure" room some place he can probably do business during his "vacant" hours. Gen. Wheeler says the argu meats againBt expansion are very similar to those made when we an nexed Louisiana, and again when Florida was annexed, and again when we annexed Texas. These were repeated when we sought to annex Hawaii." It is the general's pinion that the expansion of the present is as wise - as that of the past. A Russian engineer has invented a plan for practically doing away with friction. A little of hia salve, or whatever it is, would seem to be greatly in demand just now as be tween the Americans and Filipinos. San Francisco Bulletin. If a carload of this anti-friction salve could be dumped off at the California state capital it might prove gratifying to the newspaper reading people of that state. , It is a noticeable fact that pretty nearly every howl that is made in , congress against expansion is made "by the representatives from extreme eastern states. They can see no direct benefit accruing to their Indi vidual states hence they are just narrow enough to presume that all things are radioally wrong that do not directly benefit the diminutive territory' which they represent. The Oregonian very deservedly Bays this of ex-Governor. Lord: "Oregon has had no executive of higher oapacity than Wm. P. Lord. He brought to the office a clean record and high purpose; he quit the office with the credit that be longs to one who has done hia duty. To great firmness of character he has added a comprehensive knowl edge of the business and jurispru dence of the state." the views of every honest thinking taxpayer of Oregon the political boasters and bunco-steerers don't want it, but the people do henoe Governor fleer will be the peoples governor. He has laid the first stone in his economical pavement by suggesting that the present leg' islative body proceed to do all their necessary legislating in thirty days instead of forty- thereby saving the tate I1C00 per day for ten days, The Ashland Tidings' bill for printing the delinquent tax list for Jackson County was $121.60. Had the list been printed in Tm Mail, the offioial newspaper of the county it would have oost not to exceed $45. The Mail haa repeatedly said that it wanted to see Jaoksoa County out of debt and that it wua willing to help the taxpayers do this. The Tidings haa made like assertions but the faot that it hornswaggled Sheriff Orme into publishing the list in its columns proves that the assertions were not made in Rood faith. Sheriff Orme is not to be censured one iota in this matter. It is true he gave this particular printing to the Tidings; it is true also that he did not know that the tax list was inoluded in the offioial printing contract, which contract then existed and Btill exists be tween The Mail and Jackson County; it is further true that the Tidings did know where the tax list, according to contract, should have been printed. President McKinlky's proclama tion to the Filipinos was another of those oarefully worded, thoughtful masterpieces which is characteristic of our very able . chief executive. After citing the destruction of the Spanish fleet in Manila harbor, the success of American arms and the signature of the treaty of peace, and mentioning the fact of the United states acquinng sovereignty over the entire Philippine group, the president continues : "We come, not as invaders or conquerors, but as friends, - to protect the natives in their . homes, employments and per sonal and religious rights. "All persons who co-operate with the government of the United States will receive the rewards of its protection. "All others will be brought within the lawful rule we have assumed with firmness. Mu nicipal laws of the territory are to be considered as continuing in force and will be adminis tered by the ordinary tribunals as far as possible. Operations of the civil and municipal gov ernment will be performed by such officers as accept the su premacy of the United States by taking an oath of allegiance, or by officers chosen as far as practicable from the inhabit ants of the island." LAW MAKERS IN Too Oregon legislative bod; semblod at Kaleai on Monday ol this week. Upon tho tame day the uow state officers took the oath ot offloo aud ware duly onslallod, oxoopt Governor Ueer, who was Inaugurated on Tuesday Provident Taylor called tho members ot the senate to order at 10 o'olook aud owing to the absence of several mem' bore an adjournment was taken until 2 o'clock. In the house nearly all niomberi ot the house wore present when Speaker Carter oalled that body to order. Moody, of Multnomah, moved that in order to remove any question aa to the legality ot the action of the special session, a speaker be elsoted, and he Dominated Speaker Carter, who was unanimously elected. A resolution was passed ratifying the resolution of the speolal session that certain offloers and employe of the speolal session bo oontlnued in office for the regular session. Bon. S. Worsley, of Clatsop County. was the ohotoe of the caucus, and, on the house reconvening, was cleatod sergeant-at-arms. A resolution was passed for a joint committee to examine the books of the state treasurer. The bill to confine the employmont ofolerkeof both houses to forty-eight passed the house and was referred to the committee on eduoation In tho senate. Some of the hot fights at this session will be over: The Portland pilotage bill. The school laws revision olll. Tbe state fair bill. The normal sohool bills. The sugar bounty bill. The sheriff salaries bill. Ii Governor Geer will follow closely in the trail his inaugural message blazed out, he will prove himself a governor for aix, the peo ple. He has said in his message that he is in favor of an economical government. That is in line with Road Supervisors for '99. Tbe following gentlemen have been appointed road supervisors for Jackson uounty lor tbe year lsaa: District No 1 Jack True. 2 " S Joshua Patterson. " 4 A Andrews. " 5-1 J Pruttt. " 8 J as 1 FredeDbnrg-. " 7 Pred Tlce. " S Geo Hoffman. " ft T Blackwood. - -" 10 Ed Farra. " 11-C E White. " 12 Geo Lynch JS-G F Hohmldtleln. . " H-K B Gall. ' 15 L A Robertson. " 10 John Ashpolp. " 17 lohn Obenchaln. " 18 Arthur Nichols. " ' le-LCBayse. " 20 Chas Hamilton. " 21 E W Calkins. " ; 23 Chas Pursell. ' ' , 23 Chas Crump. . ." 24 A B SaltmarSh. " 86 Gus Nlobols. - " 28 ThoB Bailey. " 27 Chas Owens. " 28-M H Scott. " 2 J H Tyler. " 30 Cat Owens. " 81 Wm Mayfleld. 32 Thofl F MoAndrewB. ' 33 D H Jackson. " 34-W H Penlnger. " 8-RontCook,-Jr. " ' 36 Herman Myer. " Si .." 3S John Bnffle. ' . " 81P-A M Wilson. , . Now that alcohol has been tabooed In the army and navy of some of the leading nations of the world, the ques tion has arisen what is the best drink with which the soldier can quench his thirst? Many distinguished Indian commanders have testified in favor of tea as a thirst-allayer when on a long march In equatorial lands. The men under the leadership of Sir Herbert Kitchener during the recent , cam paign in the Soudan, who were allowed no alcoholic stimulants whatever, per formed their long journey through the desert on cold tea, and fought splendid ly at the end of it. Tiger hunters in India, who are often subjected to in tense heat in the thick jungles, in variably use cold tea as a drink. It is now proposed that our army in Cuba should be allowed to follow the exam ple ti their British brethren in arms in India and Egypt, and fill their can teens with tea instead of water. Governor Geer was inaugurated Tuesday with the acoustomed cere mony. The governor's message was delivered In his accustomed oloar and distinct voice and It was received with repeated applause. Some of the prinoipal points whioh the governor dwelled upon aud empha sized in his message are here given: - That the present session of tbe legis lature only last thirty days, thereby saving 11000 per day for ten days. That the tax levy for 1809 Is greatly increased owing to $200,000 unexpected appropriations of tbe extra session. That the State Stove Works be man aged by private parties. That the Reform school expense has been greatly decreased during the past two years, and the superintendent re ports that a further decrease may be made in the cost of maintenance dur ing the ensuing two years. That the wooden building now oc cupied by the farmer at the Reform school be converted into a girls' re formatory. The soldiers' home board ought to he abolished. The executive should ap point the commandant, upon whom would devolve tbe duty und responsi bility of the management of tho affairs ot tbe Institution, subject to supervi sion by the governor, who would muke regular Inspections, through some member of his staff, thoroughly quali fied for duty. Favors the normal schools, unlvorsity ana agricultural college. ah ruau taxes snouiu oe paid in money, and the present system of work ing out road taxes at extravagant wages under supervisors, often selected with out reference to tbelr qualifications, should cease. Consolidation of the deafmute and blind schools. A registry law. Limit appeals in the supreme court tofoOO. Abolish state salary of district at torneys. Two-third or three-fourth of a jury to give a verdict in civil cases. A commission to revise criminal laws. I county cnool Notes. I By Supt. Q, A, Qregory. We hoar that the Ovid Hill sohool has Doen amiuled with the muaslus, Whooping cough, measles, ulu., ough 10 oouia 111 vne summer vacation. Dlstrlot No. M Is enjoying a winter term 01 sohool lu ubargu of Oloua Hoi laa. Miss Uoltan seuma to be In du' maud scarcely closing 0110 sohool be ioro sue is wautou ui uuuiuor. District 14 has ordered forly-nvo voluinos for tholr school library. Tboro is uot a Door volume In the lut and n predict muuh good to the dlstrlot as a result oi tins sensible movement Dlstrlot No. 7, Noll district, is soon hi uaru an ooHirtaiumont lor Horary purposes, xuui uisiriot uas too ro utatlou of doing well, whatever undertaken, se we eipeot to hoar ol goou results ram tbls effort. Jacksonville sohool resumed work last week, Wednesday, with an eu oouraging attendance. Under the dl ruction ol Pro!. Uorton an effort Is bu Ing made to arouse Interest In muvlo. Tbls is right and he will suooeed, husio should be tautrbt In over school Other thlugs being equal teachers who can qo tois snouiu ne employed In many districts In theoountv there Is uo dictionary. This serious dufuut should bo remedied iu every oase at the beginning ol next sohool term. Nothing but tbe Webster's Interna. tlonal should bo procured for any of tho country uisiriois, luo reprints ot wobbler's old edltlou Is not irood and should not be used. Any dealer will procure the latest, or theoountv suuer- tutundont will do so at the lowest rato possible. There are more than uftv toaohera in me county who will not bo ougaged in toaolilng until spring tonus ouuu. What shall bo done with the I lug three months? Tbe wise teaubor wno oxpeots to oontinuo In thu work will spend a part ol thu time in dt vUun. ikk wuru vcnuiiiug puwur. xnis may be done bv ruadinv uood school Inumnla auu uunas on iuo suojcois to oe taught; but the really progressive teacher can and will do more. Good reading out stdo tho lines required should be done. IjOI every teaotier ureoaro toorlve short talks to pupils on Interesting and prollt able subjects. Decide that Villi will give not less than ten of those during tun ran term, men maxo toe Dropara tion at once to fulfill vonr d.inUion Every teacher should Buend at leant one day better a week In visiting the different grades of one or more of graded schools and carofully observing and noting down those features which may be ol use In future work. Anv viaitlno- teacher would receive a hearty welcome from every teacher in thu irriiil.,,1 schools. The following program for the local Institute at Central Pnlnt (Mm Saturday, Is ful1 of good topics and' ' suohiu attract tne attention and soeure tbe presence of every teacher within reach. Prof. Barnard extends a cor dial Invitation to all sohool boards In tbe vicinity and hopes that many will attend all or at least a Dart of thu sion. Session begins at 9 o'clock. Toaohors be p -ompt: PRuaiUH. Introductory Phvsloloirv" Ruin HiMh.m Leader In discussion Mrs. A. J. Ilanby The Hesitation'1 Ullnn ii..vu..i. Leader In discussion Roberta noewnMi nieroisesin inv Public Bchool"... I Sift Mill iiV Hi Of 0i i ocerles . . m HA $ That word nioitns tv heup to ovory housewife. X means a heap more wlion tho Krocoriop are known $ to bo fresh and Hrst-olnBS. Wiiun your wife telle- you to got grooorios at David', you better not run 2 chances on bu.yinir them olHOwhoro. When she 9 slit't u,,t, I n 1....I ll.il . V m win v oiiy irnoiu hj iu, VUll 1IIIU UUHOI UHO It 11U10 al i ...i . -...I 1.- 1 ii, w jg ui jrvui uiiii jUUUiuub UI1U lilllrvtJ BUru'UU 10 l lgllt. J IHifIir. ?)olivor8 goods freo. Trades grooor-fi II lli VI W i8 fr furm produoo, vegetables and m llyUTIO poultry. . Medford. flreeon. " m M r Cigars Per 13ox From IF YOU CAN IN CIGARS or PIPES 65c Up I have thu largest assortment of plies that ever oamo to Modford. Uigur oases and match boxos. Opp, Hotel Nash. ! Kurtz 9S Of Off N TIJDI0 On Postokfice, Medkord Fine Photoiraohs m m m Leader In dlsousalon .N. A. Jacobs P. 11. Corum ArrauMnnif rkhaium "8olenco In tha Public Hahonl" A 1 ITnK Leader In discussion J. u. Horton "Advanced Reading" NoraHydow Leader In discussion p. h. Osiw nctnoos in Language -Intermediate aud I'rl Dtrv OradM" if-mm r.nlM.n Loader la dL'russton . Aim. n....nHi. "M uslo in fubllc Hchoola".. . . u. A. Gregory The oldler nor at Home. When the soldier boy, still in camn. came home on a two-dava' fiirlnnoh his blithe sister scared up a tin plate tuuicwuere, wnicn sne set at his place at the table with a tin cup beside it. 8he wanted to have it look natural. she said. And the soldier boy laughed, and said the plate was all riirht. hnf. Via didn't want to drink out of a tin eup. The basis of this feeling could not even be guessed by the boy's father, who had himself in other days carried a tin cup tied to a haversack; but he didn't ask about it, nor did anybody else, They gave the boy a china cup, as they would have given him anvthlnc else they had for the mere asklnir. And before the food was brought the blithe sister removed the tin nlote and substituted for it the best china plate that the house contained. And then they fed him on the fatted calf. They'll bring out all the crockery and kill the whole menagerie when the boy comes home. N. Y. Sun. . Rheumatism Causes more aches and pains than any other disease. It is due to acid in the blood, and Is cured by Hood's Sarsa- pariua wnicn neutralizes tnis aoici. Hood's Pills cure biliousness. Mailed for 26 cents by O. I. Hood A Co,, Lowell, Mais. The State Tax Levy. The state tax ljvy for 18K9 will bo i-iu muiB against ,it mil b for 1R0H Tbls decision was reached by the gov. ernor, secretary of stato and slato treasurer at a meeting hold in Salom, Thursday, when thoy inspected the summaries of assessment rolls of all tho counties in tbe state, whlob thoy obtained at tho secretary of state's of fice. The amount expected to be raised is about $750,000. The increasn In thin year's levy over that of last yoar is duo to unexpected Items In tho genoral ap propriation bill passed ut tho special session of tbe legislature, including 41.000 for the legislature, of 1807. which did not orgauizo; :)3,000 for tbe purchase of tbe branch asylum site at Union; $25,000 for tbe roplacing of the burned buildings of the stuto agri cultural college at Corvallls, and f 15, 000 for the expenses of the Oregon com mission at the Omaha exposition. The total taxable property of the counties of the first judicial district is as follows: Jackson, W, 476,621; Jose phine, 1,141,880; Klamath, !,620,124j Lake, $1,469,603. Among the Churches. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Divine services will be held in St. Marks Church on 8unday evening, Jan. IStb. A cordial invitation to all. Isaac Dawson, m. k. church, south. Second ouarterlv confnrnnnA np-rt Saturday at 2:30 p. m. Services at 7:30 p. m. and tbe usual services on Sunday, S WILSON, Pastor. MBTHODIST CnUKCII. . The servlaoa at the M. F.. nimrnh for m xt Sunday are as follows: Preach ing at 11 o'olock a, m. and 7 n. m. The pastor will not be absent from his pul pit as was announced last Bundav. All are cordially invited to attend our ser vices, h. n. rounds, Pastor. PKESIIYTKR1AN OHUKCH. ' The Buhiect of the mnrninar mrmnn will be "Sin Its Mature, Origin, Effect and-Consequences." Tho evening ser mon will be the second in a course of sermons on "O. T. Typos of Character." OnillSTIAN CHURCH, The special revival meetings in prog ress this week will continue over next Sunday. No service Saturday evAninc Tha steadily growing audiences, and tne excellent attention given to the sermons Indicates that Elder Mnfiiil- lough's preaohlng is interesting the people, and will not be In vain. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these services. O. J. Gist. Tha w BuJl lu M wltS, uwtTmkwasm: ask . "yjg HAVE STRUCK .. jj A happy medium in the price of till arti- t : cles in our lino, and can furniHii vmi ? ? ...A SINE or A RANGE... j " Cheaper than you ever purchiiHed one bo- 1 Z fore. We also have in stock ItoitBtorH, Bakers, Pie Plates, Moat Cutters, ltais- jj in Seeders and Nutmeg Graters in an l " endless variety. Call and see The Hardware Men Boyden Si Nicholson NASH LIVERY and FEED STABLES. PERRY & FOSTER, Proprietors. Having lately purchased thoso stablos we aro prepared to furnish First-Glass Rigs anil Teams at Reasonafiie Bates. 4 I 1 I Boarders and transient will roctuvo careful attontlon rigs a specialty. FRONT STREET - Commorolnl travelers'' MEDFORD, ORE, lined, Seamless .. FULL STOCK French Kip Plow Shoes For Comfort and Durability Thoy Cannot be Equalled, Every Pair Fully Warranted f Also sovoral lines of extra-well made Boys' and Children' 1 School Shoes. , XI Tayler The Foot Fitter. U SP i nnnnnnnisnci v utaBUBtapous lI nnrsnnniinein rBDBDBOBtiBd Y ODBOBDBUBQ 'caBocuBBoa l(. nn met aa bo BO BO gcinnfiicsRnQQ aiaatcataaca niSEianRDnno Bacacaoauu First-class Ries Fast Horses Caremi Drirers UNION LIVERY STABLES De ROBOAM ft ORSER, Props. Cor. Seventh and B Sta. fledford, Ore. van a c aa UII Special Attention to Commercial Hen Bgl The torpedo boat Davis reaohod Mars island last weok from Portland. It took her two wooks to make the trip owing to rough weather, A wall of a building being erected at Visalia fell recently burying Ave work men. One, Harry Hughes, was killed and tho othors soriously injured. Continnod shipments of dried frail are being made from Bulsun to Ham. burg, Germany, This year's shipments are far in oxoess of previous years, show ing the demand for California produoti is on te Increase in fereicn jmarkst. In Tna Mail's wood yard thoro is still room for a fow more tiers of good stove wood. Subsorlbors, new or old, wishing to fix thomsolvos on our booke for any length of time can do so by bringing in wood. LruoodTs flurn all ll.TTT. ' ... r Curo all llror llln,' bilious, hens, hesdaohe. sour nttm. aoh, Indigestion, conitln. Hon. Thtf ut aullr, with. tL. oni. iSVir; r'a,""rortiiu. lima ins eitfj nut to tax with uoe4'i DsnspsrlUa, Pills