The Medford mail., February 16, 1906, Page 8, Image 8

UR COUNTV
Correspondentsj
Jickionville Newt.
Wm. Jobuaon, a Humbug farraei,
' jot Wednesday In Jaokuonvilie.
.Sheriff Bader and County Clerk
' .'tb spent Saturday In Ashland.
Jobn Porter, of Medford, in aasiut-
g In the sheriff'? 9ffi9? during tax
,. lleotlng time, .
frank Calkins is In towu this week,
( 'tending an adjourned term of Ctr
l' lit court,
(Jeo. Durham, the lawyer from
"rants Pass, is in Jacksonville on
gal business.
0. B. Watson, E. D. Brlggs and
eo. W. Trefren, Ashland attorneys,
fttteBding olreutt court at the
t mnty seat,
Ths ooontv oierk finished, extended
the lax rolls iasl Week 4 the Same
ere immediately turned over to the
' berltf for oolleotlon.
C. A. Johns, of Baker Olty, was In
aoksonvilie one day last week. Mr.
'ohns is a oandidate on the Republl
- in tloket for the nomination of gov
rnor. A large crowd of Jacksonville people
attended the opera, "Mikado," Thurs-
ay night and several more went over
.'aesday night, when tho opera was
. epeated. A speoial train ran both
ivenlngs.
James Hansbrougb, the Douglas
ounty politician, is in Jacksonville,
haking handswlth old friends. This
:entleman Is aspiring for the Repub-
ican nomination for joint represents
ive.
Vour correspondent has boon Toll
ibly informed that S, P. Delidboam
s going to re-open the dining room
n the U. S. hotel. ThiB dining room
ms been closed for nearly two years,
. dr. DeKoboam expeots to have overy
.hing in readiness by the II ret of
lnrob. Another improvement to be
jegun in the noar future 1e an addl
;lou to the Taylor House. Mrs. Tay
or Intends to add several rooms to
'ler house and still another improve-
neut Is the oottage Mrs. Ellen Kubll
is putting up noar her roaidouoo.
Table Rock items?.
BY J. 0. P,
Jeese Bailey and Vsrue Pendleton
jpent part of Sunday in Medford.
Miss Pearl GriBbam went to Jack-
ionville Tuesday to attend the teaoh
rs1 examination.
Prof. Narregan, wife and son woro
visiting with A. h. Gtsonhart and
Family Sunday.
T, II. Pendleton -went to Grants
Pass Saturday night on some mining
business.
Roy Niobols was up from Gold Ray
Sunday and sputrt the day with
friends.
B. R. Porter, of Central Point, hns
beon making daily trips to the l''iuuo
more farm and -loading hiB four horso
team with baled bay.
FarmerB are taking advantage of the
fine weathor and good oondition of
tho Boil by seeding at a lively rato.
..Another week like tho last two will
seo most of tho fnrming douo hore,
S. K. Adams bus boeti doing oon
slderable driving latoly and barely
hitting the high plauos. From tho
paoe ho Beta wo rather think 'thero
1b a good Ueul ou tap and that ho Is
right olose to tho finishing point.
Several people who had hoard of tho
success whioh attended tbopluy. "Mi
kudo," as glvou by Modford local
talent, wont to Central Poiut Monday
evening to attoud the play there.
Quito u number of pooplo from horo
were ready to go to Llaglo Poiut to at
tend tho play last Saturday ovouliig,
but through tho Items of The Mail wo
learned that tho show wiib postponed,
So Tho Mall snvod us a big drive and
a worse disappointment at tho other
end of tho journey.
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D. T. LAWTON
General Dealer In
VehiclesandMarychine
Wb carry
the celebra
ted Mitchell
Wagons,
Hacks
and Buggios,
"Mnvmjoe l.ln
Planet Jr. Seodorgand Cultivators, Stovers Gasoline
Engines and Myers' Pumps.
J, I. Case Black Land and Free Soil Plows and Har
rows, Barb Wire, Poultry Netting and Sanders'
Disc Plows.
In fact we Carry a Full Line of
Vehicles and Machinery
MEDFORD, OREGON
been raising vegetables between the
rows, but will do so no more and
dopes tbHt tbey will oeaBe to work on
the trees.
The weekly song praotloe was Held
by invitation at the Blsaell-Hltzler
home and Friday evening ss,w their
pleasant dwelling "expand'' as Table
Kook boti'ea have a faculty of doing.
To their surprise and gratification
thirty-two guests made themselves
oomfortble and passed a most enjoy
able evening. These people have lost
no time In making themselves one of
us, a faot fully appreciated.
&n!ral Point Items.
Ray Staoy, of Beagle, was in
town
Monday.
S. 8. Aiken, of Prospeot, was
in
town SturdaBy on business.
Mrs. Ella Sims has been very 1U the
last few days, we are sorry to say.
A. 0. Freel and family, Of Gold
Hill, were i town onflny.
Miss Edna Whitley, of Eagle Point,
is spending this week with MrB. W.
T. Gileve.
Mrs. Esther Slnolalre, who has been
visiting her sister at Eagle Point, re
turned home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hamlin visited
Mrs. Hamlin's parents, Mr. and MrB.
Samuel Murray, Saturday and Sun
day. Oscar Rodgers, of Sams Valley, was
doing business with our merchants
Saturday.
'The soolal given at the Christian
church last Saturday evening wa3 a
success, both socially and financially.
Harry Wilson, xlt Merrill, passod
through Central Point on his way to
visit bis sister, Mrs. A. O. 1'reel.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. LaPonte re
cently of Chloo, Calif., have rented
rooms of Ed Farra.
A. S. Jacobs, who has been quite
ill during the past two months, is very
muoh improved
MrB. Ellle Caton, who has been vis
iting relatives hero, rturned to her
home in Washington last Saturday.
Mr. Lee and family, of this plaoe,
took Tuesday's 11 o'olock train for
Southern California.
The L. A. O. met at the home of
Mrs. G. E. Fox last Thursday and
took in three new members, Mrs. W.
M. Holmes, Mrs. O'ilarra and daugb
tor, Lola.
A large audience assembled in the
Con ti ill Point opera house Monday
evening to see the produotion of "The
Mikado," by tho Andrew's Opern
Company. The audlonoe wbb In the
best of humor, applauding tho many
bright hits and pleasing foatures of
tho evouiug'a entertainment. The
various roles of tho opera were well
sustained, some of the aotors display
lug great bistrionio talent. The thouie
of the opera caught tho fancy of the
audience and they responded with
continued applause.
- The FarmerB1 liiBtituto he'd lu the
opera house Tuesday aud Wednesday
evenings was well attended. The
farmera received many valuuble aug.
gestiouB in regard to farming and
fruit raising. Tho people of Oregon
should bo proud of their Agricultural
Collogo aud tbo many faoilitics that
tho rising generation have to beoome
prolluiont farmers. The professors of
tho CorvalliB Agricultural Collugo do
serve muoh credit for the pleasing
manner in whloh ' they prusont this
subject before tho public.
Pltocnix Items.
Tuoedny evening a emprise party
whb givou C. Curoy atthoir hospltablo
homo, Tho occasion was tho fifty
soooud anniversary of hia birth. Tho
ovoning was spout lu sooinl oonvorea
tlon, muuio and gajios, aud whou tho
Striugtowu pooplo moot for n good
tlmo you may bo euro thoro will he
somothlug doing. At tou o'clock do
Uolous rofroshinontB woro served and
nft'ir n fow nioro hours of mirth tho
guoata doparted, voting tho ovoning a
success In ovory particular aud wish
lug If it woio not for causing Nolgh
hn Pamm Inn aonn nki.HU nIV tlifo
lmortul coil that ho might havo
birthday at least onoo a week. Thoao
t j rv .
i proaout woro: Mr. and Mrs. D. Au
dortou, Mr. aud Mrs. J. Huberts, CJeo,
K0 bar!, Air. aud Mrs, I.eni Hughes,
Mr. aad G' - McClain, Jas. Al
len Mi; Chas. Huston, Mr.
and M. B- Glhbs, Mr. .and Mis. U.
Carey, Mr. Uotwton, Mrs. Nora Rob
erts: Missee Allen, Lulu Rob
erts, Martha C.vey. Mabel and Gertie
PorotUj MoOlaln ;
Anderton aa
"rr Alder-
Messrs Chester Allen,
ton, Noab Chandler, Ralph Roberts
and Harry Huston.
East Medlord Items.
S. W. Bouton returned Saturday
from a several weeks' stay In Kansas
Olty.
Jimmy Lyons Is occupying the
Johnson residence, on Cottage street.
Jobn Porter has acoepted a posi
tion as assistant in Sheriff leader's
oftloe at Jacksonville.
Mrs. L, R. Burdlc, of Ashland,
;jnt Thursday with Mrs. Wallace
V06ds.'
Mr. and Mrs. Maitln MoDoUbugh
were visited by H. Haskell and wife,
of Central Polnti on Tuesday of this
week,
Mrs. Jerry Heokathorn, of Eagle
Point., ie spending a few days wltb
her daughter, Mrs. L, Swingle.
Mrs. U. M. Love, of Sumpter, Ore
gon, stopped over a rew uaya wuo
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Collins, en route
for San Francisoo.
James Boyd, of Bly, Oregon, who
has been for some months with bis
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Lares, left Monday for bis former
home, St. Paul, Minn., where he goeB
to look atfer bualness interests. Mr.
Boyd has been oonfined to his bed for
several months and hiB many frieudB
are rejoicing at bis recovery, whioh
thanks to Dr. W. S. Jones, seems nl
most 'complete.
Normal Notes.
The class in book keeping this year
is large aud la niakiug Que progress.
The course is au extremely praotioal
cue.
We bad with us last week Mr. Sul
livan, of Alameda, Calif., and Mr.
AnderRon, of NebruBka. Both these
geutlemen gave interesting and en
couraglug talks in chapel.
Among those who wout to Jaoksou
villo for the oxamination are: Nora
iioebe, Ella Anderson, Anna Beosou,
Ethel Osburn, Jessie Wilson, aud MIsb
Poloy.
in tho game of basket ball between
the Normal aud Eugene teams last
Thursday evening, the Normal team
was dofeatod by a score of 21 to 10,
The program of tno Congressional
Debating Society for Friday is as fol
lows :
Song, Society.
Oration, L, Smith.
Recitation, E. Pollard.
Da bate, "Koaolvod that cremation
should take tho plaoo of earth burial. "
Alllrmativo, J. Herudou, J. Martin,
D. Cot.tr ell; negative, w. llorndou,
li. In low, R Mooro.
A valoutino soolal was giveu in the
chapel last Saturday evening, under
tho uuspiooB of Y. W. aud Y. M. C.
A. After the program all partici
pated lu the graud march. The re
malndoi of the evening wap spent in
playing uuinuo games, wbiob were
especially appropriate for the occa
sion. Frlenilnlilp Amoiiur FInIivh.
The sea cucumber, with loug body
and mouth fringed with tentacles lu a
feathery circle, gives lodgings to small
er forms, which have been called its
messmates, which Actually live wlthlu
its hotly aud swim In and out nt will,
thus llndlng a welcome shelter aud also
fcediiijy on ihe half digested food of
their hosts. In similar way sea anemo
nes, attached to a rock and furnished
with n circle of feelers or tentacloa,
with which they catch and hold their
food, make friends with little fishes
which 8wlm fearlessly witlifn their
Krasp and are constantly Infolded for a
few moments In what to the prey of the
unemouc would be a living tomb, hut
very soon the tentacles unclose and al
low tho ptayCul Httlo prisoner to escape
itt will. In shulhir fashion fish have
liecn seen living and snorting within
the arms of tropical starfish.
A CurtouH Onth.
The following curious oath was until
recent years administered In the courts
of Oio Isle of Mau: "Ily this book, and
by tlw holy contents thereof, and by
the wonderful works that God has mi
raculously wrought In heaven nbove
and In tho earth beneath In six days
and seven nights, I do swear that I
will, without respect of fnvor or friend
ship, lovo or gain, consanguinity or af
finity, envy or malice, execute the laws
of this Isle aud between party and par
ty as Indifferently as tho herring's
backbouo doth llo In the middle of tho
fish."
The Brlftht Spot.
No man knows his strength or his
weakness till occasion proves them, If
thero be some thoughts and actions of
his life from tho memory of which n
mau sli rink s with alia me, surely thero
are some which ho may be proud to
own and remember forgiven Injuries,
conquered temptations (now and then)
and difficulties vanquished by endur
ance. FrlpntlHhlp,
Don't flatter yourselves that friend
ship authorises you to ny disagreea
ble things to your Intimates. On tho
contrary, tho nearer you come Into ro
tation with 0 pewon the more necessary
do tact and courtesy become. Except
iu cases of uecesstty, which are rare,
leavo your friend to learn unpleasant
truths from his enemies.
Beloved of the Gods.
Mlsa Mary Anderson (Mjuo, Navarro)
In tho play of "Pygmallou and Galatea"
once turned with outstretched arms to
ward tho audlenco. 8 bo was supposed
to bo appealing to heaven. "Tho godi
will help niol" she cried. At onco with
one accord tho "gods" of the gallery
roared response, "We willl"
Pilorim Joe's Idea
Brings Him Success
His Moving Pictures and Pain Allevia
tor Combination Proves
. w:
ironvrlht.l906. bVlIcClure. Phlllimlco. 1
f N my last affidavit to the newgpav!
Ipers I stated that I bad combined'
the movln plctgre" business with
the sale of my Pilgrim Palm' Alle
viator anil that success had crowned
my efforts to provide entertainment
for man and beast. Before proceeding
to relate I wish to depart from my
Usual method and say a word or two
In regard to my alleviator. At) its
name indicates, H alleviates No mat-
TAKING A LIBERAL DOSE OF STY 0W3
ter what ails you, physically or men
tally, It brlugs a feeling of blandness
and consolation.
It prevents suicide.
It drives thoughts of murder out of
your mind.
It consoles you when your wife
elopes.
It makes you smile when your hus
band digs out.
It dissolves sadness as the morning
sun dissolves the dew.
A critter who has no aim in life has
only to take one bottle to find alms
buzzing around blm like bumblebees.
Look for the ynller label and take
no other. See that your druggist gives
you Pilgrim Pain Alleviator instead of
laudanum or carbolic acid.
Never equaled and never to be ex
celled. No chromos. No prize pack
ages. Will not restore the dead to life,
but has been known to work wonders
when a man has bad a house fall on
htm.
I had luxuriously billed the town of
Sold Again for my coming combina
tion, and when I arrived I was pleased
to observe that there was a flutter of
excitement among the people. I had
been In tho town about an hour and
the flutter was still fluttering when
tho mayor came around and asked
what sort of a show I had. I gave him
tho combination a tintype outfit, a
trotting horse, a fighting dog, a grass
hopper in a bottle, my pain alleviator
and a set of moving pictures, and he
said:
"Go ahead with your show. I pre
dict that you will meet with tumultu
ous applause. We have had so many
fakes here that tho people won't stand
another. If yours was a Cheap John
show I should warn you to get right
out of town."
I handed him out the usual six com
plimentary tickets, and he looked at
them for a minute and then asked:
"Where's the rest?"
"What rest?"
"There's ninety-four more coming to
me. No show as Is n show gives me
less'n n hundred free tickets.
I smiled blandly and let him have
his way, aud ho had been gone about
fifteen minutes when another citizen
hunts me up to say:
"What sort of a show have you got
hero anyway? Don't attempt to work
off any chicken hatching ou us for a
circus. This Is the town of Sold Again,
but we've got tired of the game."
I explained uiy combination to his
satisfaction and handed him tho same
number of deadhead tickets that 1
had first offered the mayor.
"Sixty-nine more coming to me," he
blandly observed,
"As how?"
"As the sheriff Is always entitled to
Boventy-flve deadheads. If you are
looking for tumultuous applause, baud
em over."
They were handed out, aud I was
still pondering on tho ways of men
when my thoughts were Interrupted by
tho coming of a citizen who extended
his paw and said: ,
"My fifty, please."
"Your fifty what?"
"Free tickets.' I'm the town clerk,
and If you get me down on you there
won t bo no show tonight."
After him came four aldermen with a
demand for tweuty-flve tickets apiece,
and I found I had passed out 325 tick
ets aud would not take In a dollar in
cash at the door. I hoped to tnako it up
otherwise, howover, and did not de
spair. As soon as the orb of day bad
disappeared In favor of the darkless of
night I took my place on the public
square with 200 bottles of my allevia
tor aud In a fow well chosen words told
tho people of its virtues. I was careful
to keep clear of politics and religion, 1
mado no mention of the pilgrim fa
thers or the battle of Bunker Hill. I
simply offered to lot any one tako ft
barrel of my alleviator and leave It to
him as to whether he felt better or not
and should pay for the same. I felt
that 1 was making a favorable Impres
sion on the crowd when the mayor op
pen ml and crooked his finger.
"As to what?" says I.
"As to my tlireo dozen bottles free. If
your alleviator Is a good tlilug, you'll
get tumultuous applause; If It's a bad
tiling, you'll get the bouuee. Hand
ver."
After him eauio the sheriff, the alder
men and the town clerk, and I counted
up to find seventy-seven bottles gone.
Then lhefcjeople.iiruimd ju? saUJ,.they
MEDFORD SHOE PARLOR
1 your old
SMITH (a MOLONY,
MEDFORD, OREGON.
guessed tliey'd wait for reports before
investing, and It required all my philos
ophy and natural blandness to prevent
my betraying the disappointment surg
ing through my soul. However, after
retiring to the hall and taking a liberal
dose of my own medicine my spirits
came stealing back, and by the time I
was ready to open the show I was my
self again. The deadhead tickets had j
been scattered around with liberal j
hand, and not a cent was taken In nt '
the door In the way of admission. On
the other hand, however, I thought I
could see that the people were ready to
render me the tumultuous applause re
ferred to by the mayor, and hope held a
place In my heart Even when au ac
tor's salary Is four weeks behind he is
gratified to hear the people yell. I pre
sented the movlug pictures ns follows,
with results as recorded:
Washington crossing the Delaware by
boat Some of the audience wanted to
know why he didn't cross on n bridge.
A meeting between a coal baron and
n railroad president with the earth at
their right. Earth doesn't amount to
shucks In comparison. Received with
yells, but hard to say what the yells j
signified.
The president of a great life Insur
ance company trying to remember
what a hundred thousand dollar check
was drawn for. Received with yells of
"Snatch them baldheaded!"
The president of the refrigerator car
trust defying the 80,0Oa000 people of
the United States. As tlw audience
look him for Ajax defying the light
ning nnd as he was looked upon as a
back number, no remarks woro made.
Milton lu his study writing "Paradise
Lost." The audlenco took him for a
railroad president defying the Inter
state commission to lower rotes and
Indulged In hoots for frve minutes.
Man viewing Niagara falls, Man Is
a member of the assembly and Is won
dering how he can steal the falls Cor
his party.
President of a gas trust examining
newly invented meter designed to reg
ister 20 per cent against customers. As
no gas Is burned lu the town of Sold
Again, the picture was received In si
lence. This closed the exhibition, and the
people filed quietly out When all had
departed except the mayor, he said:
"Come over to Jim's."
"As to why?" I asked.
"As to buy the drinks for the crowd
and receive your tumultuous applause."
I went with him, and it cost me $11,
and the tumultuous applause didn't
shake down the stovepipe. I think I
was sold again Instead of tlw town.
M. QUAD.
A Little V neat ion.
Conditions arc changing in so many
businesses that It would not be strange
if the manufacturer had yet to plead
for protection against tbo girl In her
teens. s
A young girl appeared at a large hat
manufactory one Monday morning and
asked for work. She was inexperi
enced, but they needed help badly, en
gaged her nt once and took the time to
teach hor one department of the work.
She learned easily and very quickly,
earned something the flrst day and In
two days was making as much as any
other girl In the room. They noticed
that she seemed to enjoy tlw work and
the prospect of goal wages and woro
greatly surprised when she appeared at
the olllce Friday night and desired to
"settle up," saying that she was
through work.
The manager asked If anything dis
agreeable hod happened.
"Oh, no," the girl replied airily. "It's
a real nice place to work, but .1 was
only visiting In the city for a few days
and thought I might make a little mon
ey. I'm going homo tomorrow morn
iug." Youth's Companion.
OAfilTORIA,
rfeirt th 1 ha Kind You Have Always Boiigto
of
OUR SHOE SALE Will Come to a Close
Saturday Night, February 17th, and if you
have not taken advantage of our low prices to pro
vide yourself with all the Footwear you may need
for some time to come, better provide your wants
while the cut is on,
OUR NEW SPRING and SUMMER GOODS are
daily arriving, and we are now prepared to snW
the finest, most Up-to-date and Snappiest line of
Footwear the good people of Medford have ever
had the pleasure to look upon. Nothing like it
has ever been seen here before.
v
WE HAVE SECURED the Services- of Mr. M.
S. Biden, the expert Shoe Repairer, who can make
shoes look like new.
a music ljover.
"Men are so refreshingly, frank when
they don't Intend to be," said Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Cntt, president of the
American Woman's Suffrage associa
tion. "Now, a few days ago I Invited
a young man of Bensonhurst to come -to
one of my evenings. 'I do hope you'll
really come,' said I. 'We'll have some
music and a supper afterward.'
" 'Thanks, thanks,' said the young
man from Bensonhurst 'I'll surely
come, but er I may be late. "Wo
man's Home Companion.
Two of a Kind.
"Your tongue is like a motor car."
"Why?"
"Because you are always running
some one down," Birmingham (Eng
land) Post.
Plan For Lnmbi,
Knlcker A drowning man rises to
the top three times before be sinks.
Booker Gee! I wish stocks would
too! Brooklyn Life.
A Stickler.
"Does Giblets stick to his friends?"
"Yes;, till they have spent their last
ent." St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Some Ail vice.
. I met a centenarian,
A hale and chipper party,
And asked him for his recipe
To reach an age so hearty.
I hnd pneumonia once," he said.
" "Twixt life and death I hovered.
I pot a lawyer for that case
And right away recovered.
"I shot a citizen one time;
My cose was hopeless reckonod.
A doctor proved I went Insano
For Just that very second."
My moral Is an easy one,
And you will never mo It
Don't give a man a chance to kill
The way he's used to do It.
McLandburgh Wilson In New York
Times.
Throwing Fire nt Soldiers,
Greek lire, which had several other
ssines wild fire, liquid Are, wet fire
ind fire rain was the most destructive
war material used before the Introduc
tion of gunpowder. Discovered by
Calliutcus, a Syrian, it was flrst used
in the siege of Constantinople, 673-078,
and at Mecca, GOO. According to au
eyewitness, It made a noise like thun
der, looked like a dragon flying through
he olr and made night light as day.
Ibis, allowing for a vivid imagination,
fires its strikng characteristics when
joured from caldrons. shot from cop-
fall Paper, Paints and Painters Supplies
We have opened nn Exclusive Paint and Wall Paper
Store and we are asking the good people of this bloom
ing little city to give us a share of their , patronage.
OLMSTEAD & WEISSER,
M'hite-Tbomas Building. West
per tubes in bails of twisted flax or
expelled from catapults In vials dur
ing sieges and naval engagements.
Water uuule it b;u-n more fiercely, and
wherever It fell it spread a torrent of
Qre. So well was the secret of Its pro
duction kept that it3 precise Ingredi
ent: :.::.! i::rurc were still un
known, but it Is certain that naphtha,
sulphur, gums of resinous trees, char
coal, saltpeter, plich and other bitu
mens were used.
Hoi nnd Cold Crystals.
Whether wo watch with the micro
scope a tiny crystal growing from a
drop of solution or contemplate with
the Imagination the stages by which
the fiery lavas of past geological peri
ods sank to rest and crystallized, said
Professor II. A. Mi era In on ad
dress before the geological section of
the British association nt Cape Town,
we view the same process. It Is the
transformation of liquid Into crystal
not necessarily Into n solid, for re
search shows there is no dividing line
between liijrid and salld. A plastic
solid buJy may tlow; a solid glass is
only a super-cooled liquid. The real
primary (Vf;t:::ction is between crystal
line and n.mcrystailine material. There
are two great liquid reservoirs from
which matet'Ia 13 have crystallized the
sea with its dissolved salts and 'the sub
terranean baths of molten glass from
which the igneous rocks have been de
rived. New York Globe.
Geriuiiu Care of Ijiimlscnpen.
Mofit tJenr.au states bave laws to
prevent the disfigurement of land
scapes by advertisements. The district
authorities arc authorized to determine
what luudseapes. buildlnvcs or monu
ments of hist3rie:-.l cr artistic value
should bo protected. "Violations of the
statute are made punishable by fine,
with or without imprisonment. The
statute provides against tho display of
pictures, advertisements or other things
calculated to mar or disfigure any es
pecially attractive landscape or detract
from the artistic or aesthetic effect 'of
any building or other structure of spe
cial Importance or as highly prejudicial
to any street or part of a city. The
alteration of buildings of historical or
artistic value may be prohibited by the
local authorities, ns may the construc
tion of other buildings calculated to in
terfere with such historical monuments.
Hnpid Growth.
One time when Joaquin Miller was hi
Chicago he was Interviewed for one 01
the newspapers. While he was teH';::
of the progress of tilings westorn the
reporter interrupted him with an (nn'.i:--ry
about the numerous city conflagra
tions out west The poet of the Sierras.'
instantly replied, "Our fires are caused:
by the friction of rapid growth."
An Expert Required.
"I wish nn electrician would get re
jected by Miss Snubem."
"Why do yon wish that?"
"Because he might be nble to explain
why her negative is so positive." Bai
tlniore American.
Not What He Want eft.
Skinflint I have no money, but I will
give you a little advice. Beggar Well,
if yer hain't got no money yer advico
can't be very valuable.
Side.
Medford, Oregon