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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1903)
THE MEDFORD HAIL v Published Every maw Mornint. A. 3. BLITON. JIedkokd, okkook, March 13, 1903 , hn was (orn to hustle. He 1 of tew days; but quit plenty. SUBSCRIPTION $1.80 PER YEAR Calved In the Posiotboa at Msdrord, Oregon as Beooul-Oless Mall Matter. In Italy a beggar has to have license in order to ply his vocation legally. That might be a good law in this country and if strictly en forced at legislative sessions the li cense fees would come pretty near Davinir the salaries of the law makers. An esteemed Democratic con' temporary wants to know who stole the bill putting the state printer on a ealary. Very likely it was the same fellow who' swiped the "fiat salary" plank from the Democratic platform. The latter article hasn't been heard of since Chamberlain's election. By the action of the supreme court in denying a motion for re hearing in the case of the State vs. B. F. Durphy, charged with bigamy, the case is closed, and Duiphy is freed from the charge. Durphy is well known in Southern Oregon, where he operated as a mining pro moter several years ago. There is a bill before the legis lature oi Virginia to make it a mis demeanor for a person willfully and knowingly to furnish false informa tion to a" newspaper. It ought to become a law. Then there ought to be a law suppressing a newspa per which willfully furnishes false information to its readers. The 8uppreesion of this class of papers wottld give us truthful fellows a much wider field. .. Several distinguished gentlemen undertook to defeat certain legisla tion during the last, hours of con- the president retaliated by calling an extra session to convene imme diately after the udjournment of ' the old body. 1 Some of the garru lous old gentlemen . who .occupy seats in the U. S. senate chamber remind one very much of a lot of school boys if they can't go swim- . roing they won't play ball but chances are they'll bave.lt piny ball before thy git out of Wash ington this season. New poaliuasiera are to be ap pointed at Oregon City, Eugene and Ashland, and Senators Mitch ell and Fulton have been in con sultation lately over the recom mendations they should" make. There were no recommendations made by the late Congressman Tongue for persons to fill the va cancies. Postmaster Eng'.e, of Ash-1-ind, has served a year over his term of four rears and indications are that be will not be re-appointed. a numerousiv signea pennon lor the appointment of J. R. Casey has been on file for eeveral months. - rollcalls were taken. The number of bills and resolutions introduced in the House during the two ses sions of the Congress was 18,420, and reports were made on 2810 bills and resolutions. The Senate sent to the House 1030 Senate bills and retolutions. The House dis posed of 2412 of the measures ori ginating with it' and of 1012 of the Senate .bills and resolutions, mak ing a total of S430 bills aud resolu tions acted on. Lonaress lett on its calendars 405 House and 1SS Senate bilis and resolutions. Fif teen of the members of the House died during the Congress, seven re' signed and Messrs. Rhea (Ky.) and Butler (Mo.) were unseated, the latter twice. The Marshfield Coast Mail be low attacks an abuse which has been the cause of no little "black sliding" from ways of grace, and more or less profianity among the graceless. It says : "Why doesn't some one start a match factory on Coos Bay, to make the common sulphur match of commerce? Here we are paying tribute to match makers who are so infinitely small that they rob us even on the count, to say nothing of the goods. If there is a small sulphur match on the market in Marsbfield which is of good quality and packed 1000 in a package, as it is supposed to be, then the Coast Mail man hasn't been able to find it. People don't mind being robbed on a large scale, but they do hate a sneak thief who puts eighty-one matches in a bunch, instead of 100, especially if they have to strike twenty-seven before they get a light. We are probably no worse off than people in other places: and the moral is that a match faotory here that would make good, reliable matches and pack in full count packages could find a practically unlimited market for its product." m m m ELECTION JUNE 1 Alexandir McDowell, clerk of the House of Representatives, to day made public an official com pilation made by Tally Clerk Wakefield showed the work' done by the House during the 57th con gress. It shows that the longest day of the session lasted, with re cesses, 144 hours, during which 80 WINTER'S BLASTS . AND MARCH WINDS play havoc with tender skins as well as with throat and lungs. Our lino of preventives, allevtutora and curatives Is not only large but eftVetlve daintily porluraed cold cream nnd skin food vie hore with oougii remedies In helping you Rifht IneloirWftWiveather CMAS. STKNQ, Druggist Governor Chamberlain has issued the following writ ordering a special elec tion for the purpose of choosing a suc cessor to the late Thos. H. Tongue: "Whereas, ' by the reason of the death of the Hon. Thomas H. Tongue, Representative in Congress of the United States, for the First Congres sional District of the State ol Oregon, a vacancy has occurred in the office of Representative In Congress for said District: "Now, therefore, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested as Governor of the State of Oregon, do order that the date hereinafter named, a special election be held in the First Congressional District in the State of Oregon to fill said vacancy, and you, the said sheriffs of the counties com' posing the said district, and each of you, are hereby commanded to forth' with notify the several judges of elec tion In each and all of the several elec tion precincts In your respective coun ties to hold a special election In each of said counties and precincts on Monday, the first day of June, A. D. 1903, in manner and form as general elections are held, and pursuant to the statutes In such cases made and provided, for the purpose of fl'ling the vacancy afore said caused by the death of the Hon. Thos. H. Tongue, and for his unexpired term. s Dr. T. V7. Harris, of Eugene, chair man of the Republican congressional committee for this district, has issued call for the committee to meet In Portland, Thursday, March 12th, for arranging the time and place for hold- log the Republican congressional con vention to nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. I. n. longue, congressman from this district. The Benefit ol Change, We are like bouse plants. ' We need a change of soil now and then to be replanted. New scenes, new experi ences, new surroundings a change of climate, dry air instead of moisture, tuinhlne in place of cloud. This is sometimes essential to bealtk. There are conditions near at band that are better than Europe can offer. Take a month or two in California. Plant yourself for a time where there are no irritations, where the hotel is beyond criticism, the landscape pleasing, and where warm, sunny weather invites to walks and drives. Pure and dry air, and the increased electric influence of sunshine are vaBtly helpful. . Yuu can make this trip at very little expense, and enjoy a ride over the scen ic Siskiyou-and Shasta mountains. wmcn, at inn time oi the year with their snow-covered peal's, are unsur pasred for their grandour. for complete information regarding rates, points of Interest and delightful hotels in California, add itth W. E. COM AN, Gen. Pass. Agt. S. P. Co Lines In Ore gon, Portland, Oregon." Wit Nearly one hundred of the prominent stockmeu of Jackson county -mot at the oily hall In Medford on Saturday after uoon for the purpose of taking prcllml. nary steps for the organization of a ttocknton's association. Temporary or. ganliatlon was effected by the election of Grant K&wllngs, of Central Point, as chairman, and Fred Nell, of Ashlaud, as secretary. ' Hon. Richard Scott, of Mllwaukoe, president of the State Stock Breeder's Association, was In attendance and being called upon outlined some of the benefits which have come td the fine stock breeders of Oregon through the efforts of the association,, of which he is president. The organization has been one of the factors in securing a re. ductton of two-thirds In the rate tor the transportation of pure bred stock, and has also boon Instrumental In railing the standard of breeding in the Mate and also In scouring bettor prices for stock belonging to members of the as' sociatlon. Mr. Scott recommended that this association be made broad enough In Its scope to take In all classes of stockmen, and not attempt to con fine it to cattlomen or horsemen alone, as there Is a community of Interests between all raisers of stock, which could be mutually advanced, by an as soclation taking them all In. One ataitling statement was made by Mr Scott, and that was that there had been two carloads of dressed beef shipped Into Portland from Kansas City within tba-paat month, and that In the face of tbe fact-that Oregon Is beef country. Mr. Scott declared that Oregon could raise better stock than could be grown in the eastern states, if the same care was taken In breeding as we have here a greater variety of food and the animal can be kept grow ing all the time. Dr. Witbycombe, of the State Agrt cultural college, followed with a short address on tbe breeding of fine stock It costs no more to raise a pure blooded animal than it does to raise scrub;" be said. ''You must feed the scrub as much as yon do tbe pure blood and the result, bath in weight of the animal and tbe quality of tbe beef, is greatly In favor of the pure blooded animal. G. W. Bailey, state food and. dairy eommissloner, followed, talking some what on tbe same lines, and glvlog some Interesting data collected in' his travels over the state. H. E. Lounsbury, traveling freight agent of the Southern Pacific, gave a brief talk on rates on blooded cattle When formerly an animal other than a calf that is SOU pounds or over charged for at an estimated walght of 2000 pounds, now, an animal over 500 pounds is estimated at 1000; between 1000 and 1500, at 1500; and over 1300 to 2000, at 2000; over that at actual weight, making in this one Instance a very ma terial reduction. .The following committee was then elected to draw up a constitution and by-laws for tbe association: Geo. Owens, W. Beesoo, D. H. Jackson, Grant Rawiings, Homer Barron. Tbe committee .will meet at Ashland on March 14th to draft the document, which will be presented to tbo associa, tion tor approval on March 21st, at Medford. A vote of thanks was tendered tbe speakers for their participation and as sistance In tbe organization. A motion for an adjournment was taken until March 2lst, at 10 o'clock a. m. It' was evident from the large attend aiice and the deep Interest manifested, that the stockmen are "In this thing to stay," and why should tboj not be In terested? An association on the lines outlined by Mr. Scott will mean better stock, better beef, better prices, more beef to the given weight of tbe animal, and consequently more profit to the stockman. Why? First, because, as every American knows, "In , union there is strength." A union of the stock Interests of the county will enable the s'ock to be marketed in one lot, and at tbo time when the market Is at the best jlt will enable men who have only small bands to have the advan tage of the experience and council of those who run larger herds, and fins1' two or three or more member nf th associatlon whose berus would' noi. singly justify tbe Importation ol a thoroughbred sire, can club together and secure not only better rates from 'the transportation companies, but a lower purchase price on tbe animal, and at tbe same time improve the grade of their stock, where otherwise tbey would be unable to do so. The matter of the recovery of strayed stock belong ing to members of the association, and the return of the mine to tlwir owner, is one important item in the good re sults to bo n allied, and, as huw by the reports of the old mioeintiori. this feature wnsonecf tlio main ones of that organization. i For Sale. Some woll-rootod, two-year-old Rinck Melvoisc gr-aiies, ut my vineuiid nn Jackson creek. ' 10 at CD.' Bkkd. Governor Chamberlain has been ui Ing tho voto power jrUy freely since the adjournment of the legislature. Among tho bills vetoed was una ol tho general appropriation bills House BUI Ml which carried among other things tho appropriation ol f M.AQO for the purpose of nn executive mansion, claims abrogating 1000 for so r vices rendered iu tho pursuit of Tracy and Merrill, 110,000 for the Improvement of toe state (air grounds, 134,000 for olaltnt under the scalp bounty nut from various counties and sundry oiaur claims, among the latter holng the claim of ex-Sheriff Ornio for $112, and of H. G. McCarthy for fill), for expenses laourred In pursuelng fugitives from justice. The governor says In his veto message that many of tbo items In tho bill are meritorious others are not, and In order to kill the prenlulous measure he was compelled, under tbo constitu tion to veto the whole, basing his reasons ll.erafor on the fuct, that the bill Includes more than one subject and the subjects are not clearly ex pressed in tbe title, both of which are contrary to tbe constitution. This ac tion on the part oj tbe Governor cuts 113,000 from the total of appropriations. He also has vetod the bill creating bureau of mines, cutting another tso.000 from the expenses ol the state. Bv his veto of Senate Bill 204 ho nipped In the bud a landgraftlng scheme which might have meant a loss of .V)0,C00 to the state. Tho bill looked harmless enough on the face of it, bat upon do tail examination the wickedness of tho measure Is exposed. Tbe purpose of the mearuro was to "sot up" lieu lands that have fallen down by u-ilng forest reserve base for that purpose. As bad been many times experienced the "base" hunters have used invalid base for the selections of Ilea lands They sell their information regarding the base at from 75 cents to 11.50 per acre. If the base Is finally disapproved. the title to the lieu land falls, and the man who paid good money to the base hunters Is out. The purchasers of lieu land and the base hunters want tbe state to use good forest reserve base to set up tbe fallen lieu land seloction. i no state is unuer neither moral nor legal obligations to do this, but has done It to the loss of thousands of dollars to the school fund. Representative Olwell amendment to the pure food law was also vetoed by the governor, for the reason that be thought tbe drastto provision of the measure would render It capable of be Ing used to the dutrlment of the In. dustrles of the state In the hands of an unjust or abltrary commissioner. New salary scale In Coos and Jose phlne county have become laws as fol lows: Josephine County Judge, $900; Treasurer, $1100 ; Clark, 11700: Sheriff, $2000 ; School Superlndeot, f MX); Dep. nty Olerk,$7o per month; Deputy Sher Iff. 805 per month. Coos Count Judge. $1000; County Clerk, tlKOO; County (Treasurer, $S00; County Assessor, 41000; County Com mlssloner, $5 per day. wV" 1903 Spring' Reason, j Grand Opening' of MILLINERY and DRESSMAKING Pari. Pattern Ha and Bonnet, tlllfh Art Novelties . You Are Invited to Call 1 MISS HALE (U HALE Corner Oth end North C iSle. fcj-VL' rS' eWlireWtyW SfS E. D. ELWOOD, Cranduate Optician Eyes properly tested and fitted to Classes IN PALM-BO DC t BLOCK, MEDFORD NrirvvrvvvvvvvvrVvvyvYVVVyvvvvvyvvvvvvvvvyv DFORD WWW 1 GARDEN I TOOLS! Highest cash Drice Daid for noultrv. Brown i Owen. Wood! Wood! You can now ' enter' into cash contracts for furnish ing tho CITY of MEDFORD with four-foot, body fir wood made from live timber. If you want to make a contract, call on J. R. Wilson, chair man of the Light and Water Committee,, or Ivan Huma- son, chairman ortherinance Committee. Wm. S. Ckowkli,, ' Mayor for Rent! unlimited range DR. C, ou t.si de R. RAY, Tolo, Ore All Kinds, Sizes, and Prices jfi Spray Pumps, too $ Q. NICHOLSON r ..t..--i. I SELL GROCERIES, CAflPERS SUPPLIES Hay and Qraln always on Hand In"' ';m,:n,Llr.r.;,,J;r,','i,?.l,:,:,1, " "' . Your for HuiIiioik STAN. AIKEN, Prospect, Oregon ARIIC MEAT MARKET EARNART 6 PR ALL, Props. Fresh Meats of all Kinds Oiir Phone number Is 413. Cull us up and we will ilellvvr any Wfcd ml ny nutnlliy ol iumI ni your door South C St., Phone 413, Medford A Relic of the Civil War. J. M. Weevor, ol this city, hai a, copy ol tbe "Delly Citizen," published at Vickaburf,. Miss., and 'dated July 2, 1W. This wst Jut, tbe day before tbet. city was captured by tho Federal trooiis under Gen. Grunt.- Much has been said and written about this pspor,' which was a single sheet, printed on the ulnnk side of a piece of wull paper, and many (uc simile copies are scattered through out tho Union, but this particular copy Is alleged to bo one of the original papers. vVhon the Union forces entorcd the city tho paper was found all "made up" and ready to "ifo to press," one item in it speaking o Grant's avowed Intention to eat his 4th of July dlnnor in Vlcksburg, intimates that the re ceipt for cooking a rabbit, Is "llrst catch the rabbit." . Among the Union soldiers were plenty ul hunters, and to this Item tboy simply added tbe words. Geo. Grant bus caught Ibe rabbit," and printed tho edition. This time was the turning point of tho war. News under date of Juno 21, told of the Invasion of the North by Lee, and predloted tho speedy triumph of the South; but on tho same day wnon the 'stars and stripes" were lowored at Vlcksburg, Lee was burled back at Gettysburg, and from tbat day the star or toe confederacy commenced to wave. ' ' t Forty yoors (nearly) after tbe events chronicled in tlnsilittlo papor wo can smile at the string of adjectives the odi tor used to dasoribe tho enemy, but In those days everyone of those ndjcntlves had Its sting, and thore Is not another nutlon on earth tbat could view the events of forty years ago with as much good humor and nonchnlnnoons do the A.nHnu.ui peoplo, who but a fow yenrs after mi- uf i lie most fiercely contested and bloody civil wars In history, re ferred to It as the "luto unpleasant ness." ' ' V P A r, frf, ff tt ft 'Twouid Spoil this Story In Toll It III tho Headline. rase, ving j -; Lyons to Hang. Elliott Lyons, the murdoror of Shor. Iff Withers, of Lano county, has beon sentenced by Judge Hamilton to bo hanged on April 17th.- Lyons' trial occupied only two dayB and tho jury were only a few minutes in coaching a yerdlct of guilty. ' Wttkol'ul Ulilldron, For a long time tho two year old child of Mr, P. L, McPhorson, 5!) N. Tenth St. Harrisburg, Pa., would slnop but two or threo hours In tho curly part hurd 5000 acres of farming and ranch lands Ranches from 40 to 5 jo acres. , - Alfalfa Lands, Grain . Lands, Garden Lands, Pfilit la 11 Ho n n H tl ir.i. r..- of tho night, which nittdo It verv OUH-K Kantces Wlin for her parents. Ilor mothor oonoliid. cd that tho child hud momaah trouble, and guvo lior half of one ol Chain bur Iain's Hlomaeh and Liver Tnblots, which quieted Ilor stomuoh and she slept tho whole night through. Two boxes of those Tablets havo ulj'uateii n permanent euro and sho is now woll j anu strong, vor ealo by Chus. Striiuu. To uso an eighteenth century phi this la an "o'er true tl." h. napponeu in a mall Virginia town la tne winter ol IWI'J, It is a story very much of the Drone nt. Up to a short time ago Mrs. John K. Harmon, of Nelfa Station. Va., had no personal knowledge of tho rare curative prop erties of Chamberlain's Cough lirmud?. "Last January. " she savn. "my lilu took a dreadful cold and at one tlmo I feared abe would have pneumonia, but, one of my neighbors told me how this remedy had cured her little boy and began giving It to mv bubv nt once and It soon cured hor. I heartily tiiank tbo manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy for placing so great a cure wfthln my reach. I cannot recom mend it too highly or say too much In favor. 1 hopo all who read this will trv It anil be convinced as I was." For sale by Ohas. Strang. For Sale. Twentv-flvc hpml mrli miln so i,n.i hog and 12 hem) 0( work and driving horses. Addross C. O. GlI.I.'lllllST. Sains Valley, Ore. .trtlt(.ttfl'ff. 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