JtWL
KkaDEH, IF YOU WANT TO
Raise Fruit, Grow Stock
Mine or Lumber.
Or mace In any occupation In
tbla peerli9 Mellon of ft laud ol
ainwMt uaUmUotl opportunities
THE MEDFORD MAIL
OREGON LEADS
Id tbt production of F1d Fruit
The Rogue River Valley
Uftdi ORIGON and HMllera,
Its m.tropoli. and trade Molar,
X uw. rvprvOTOiva . ia
S THE MtDrOID MAIL 9
O taxo rt to rourn aasraaa vaonrae fi
WILL T-L TOO ALL A BOOT IT
VOL. xx.
MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. (908
NO. 5
We Are Still Harping On
Dndermusllns
Do You Wonder WhyP
W honestly feci, deep down In our hesrts, tbtt wo in showing tbo
ltru.it aseortmente, ttao prettiest styles, the best values in Gowns,
Bklrts, Corset Oovara and Drawer, that will bo abown In Southern
Oregon this season. Everv earment made In a sanitary factory and tba
paloes are guaranteed EXCEPTIONALLY LOW
Saturday the Last Day
Special Sale of Petticoats
These Petticoat were deiignett aod
built by tba manufacturer (or
trade winners under the most ap
proved anitary" condition.
Each garment bar the "latwl1
of the "National CouBumciV
League, M a a guarantee of the
cleanly factory ooodltlona where
'tbiiT are made.
Be sure And see these values before
they Art gone.
No. 10 is a floe black Underskirt of
Imitation hetnar bloom, made very
full: an ezceoional value i nn
at.: . i.uu
No. 19 le made of a good quality
Mercerised Sateen, witb a 12inch
""el's!,? t h uii91,8- .s?i.h
era of 6 rowi .birring and ruffle
baa one cluster of 6 row. .birring
and one-half lnob nematlched bera;
ehowy pattiooat
No. 67 Hade of good quality Mercerized Sateen, witb IB-loch flonnoe
and dost raffle, trimmed witb a two-band umbrella ruffle with three
ln tucks In each band ; flonnoe hat three pin tuclca abore ruf- a. rn
e; out full; a very auperlor skirt , 4)1, all
No. 249 Moreen Skirt, made with H-lncbunder-tlounce; ontaide flounce
consists of one six-inch band with two group, of three plo tucka and
two S-inch band.; a good Skirt at tue price; going at j -irj
No. 254 Thli la made of Imitation Heatberbloom Taffeta and baa a
deep flounce anA ruffle, both cut very full; flounce haa two groups ot
fire-row abirrlng and three rows hemstitching ; ruffle baa three pin
tucks and hemstitched hem; a Terr desirable petticoat at t nn
the price ; a Terr ahowy design ; price 4.UU
No. 273 Made from ultra quality Mercerized Sateen, with dust ruf-
He and very deep and full outside flounce, consisting of 7-inch band
with three tapea: 5 inch plaiting and two three-lnoh band umbrella
with tapes on each band, and all taped together where joined, ) rn
making 9 tapea on the flounce; a very handsome skirt.... 4X.jU
No. 248 Made from an extra good quality Meroerlied Sateen with-a
very deep flounoe and dost ruffle; flounce has bias pin tuoka and rows
of hemstitching alternating, and Is finished at bottom with a wide
umbrella ruffle, witb two rows of hemstitching and hemstitched
hem: a very elaborate skirt and needs only to be seen to be n nn
appreciated; prion , 4U.UU
All Silk Petticoats at Cost
Ladies Goods Exclusively.
Baker-Hutchason Company
First Boom North of Jackson County Bank
CrsXc)Crta)CttO)0
goe4H4awawa4Haeo
i Ut
(ONE NIGHT ONLY)
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mini
Y FEBRUARY - 3D
GLORIA DARE
AND HER
FL0R0D0RA GIRLS
Concert and recital selections from all the late
metropolitan musical successes .. - .,
FOR THE BENEFIT On'
Weatonka Tribe, Imp. Order oi
. Redmen
RESERVED SEATS - - 76 CENTS
GENERAL ADMISSION - 50 CENTS
The Musical Treat ol the Season
vjriii
wswaara V
ia black only; a vary
$1.25
Mill J Mr
NEW THEATER
By tba beginning of the next that
iloal aaaaoa, aboot deptambar 1st,
Medford will have one of tba moat
complete and op-to-date play booaea
In tba state outside of Portland,
Plana for tba building have bean
oompletad and work will be oommeo
cwd la a vary abort time.
Tba bolldlaag la to be ereoted on
tbo property owned by Dr. K. E.
Page on tba south east corner of 7tn
and A streets, by him, and will con
tain, Daaidea tba theater, three si ore
tooma on tba ground floor. Tba
building will have a fioouge ot 215
feet on 7th street and will be 00 feet
deep and tbrea etoiiee high, Every
convenience of modern theaters will
be incorporated In Its structure. Tba
etage will be sutUolent in size to
permit of tba presentation of the
biggest prodooktooa oomlug oat of
New York. This play house w.ll be
quit, similar to tba Hellg in Port,
land witb new oonvi.noes added.
Coanty Commissioners Court
Ia matter of petition of Mark
Whipple for liquor licence. Ordered
that lloanaa be granted to . patlloner
to aall liquor la Woodvllle preoinot
'In matter of Froitdale add to Med
ford. Bald plat approved.
In matter of Queea Anna add to
Medford. Said plat approved,
Ia matter of West Medford add to
Medford- bald plat approved. 1
la matter of oanoallattoa ot tax sale
oartlBoata of land la tp 39 aria.
Ordered that said sale be cancelled
aad tba asoissary oorreotlons made
In the tax roll.
Ia matter of cancellation of tax
aala certificate for land In tp 36 a r 2
w. Same order aa a bora.
In matter of taxes on lota 2 and 3
Uelmaa add Ashland. Ordered that
clerk draw warrant on general fund
for 110.17 la favor of U. S. butler on
aeonnnt of double assessment of real
property.
Ia matter of petition of Oregon and
California R. R. Company for refund
on aooount ot doable assessment.
Ordered that olerk draw warrant on
general fund In favor of K. H. com
pany for 1241.55 for aooount of anob
doable testament.
In matter of tax levy for 1908, or
dered tbat a tax of 7 milla be levied
on every dollars worth .of property
la the county, divided aa follows
For county eoboola 1.8 mills, for state
tax 1.6 mills, for oonnty. axpenae
2 mills, road tax 1.6 mills.
In matter.of petition of J. M. Hur
ley for oonnty road. . Ordered that
aald road be established as, soon aa
damages are paid by petitioners.
Matter of claim of E. B. Henley
for damage on aoooaat of 4. M,
Hurley's road. Claim disallowed.
In matter of appointing of fruit
Inspector. Ordered that Ueo. W.
Taylor te appointed fruit inspector.
In matter of appointing road sup
ervisors for 1903. for district No. 1
W. P. Holbert, No. 2-L. A. Rose
No, 3 A. Throckmorton, Nn, 4
burton E. Hard, No. 5 J. K. Morri
son, No 6 Louie J. Header, No. 7
Royal Brown, No. 8 Oosr Sobnman,
No. 9, Geo. W. Stacy. Oraered
that Jack True b appointed county
toad master for. 1908.
In matter of road petitioned for by
t rederiok Schneider. Report order
ed established aocordng to law.
Tba total outstanding debt of Jack
son oonnty October 1, J1907, aa abown
by the report of the'oounty olerk waa
sWfo. VT ..-SZ
In matter of Banker Hill addition
to Medford Plat approved.
In fmattrr of King, adaition to
Medford plat approved.
In the matter of the settlement of
D. H. Jackson, eberiff, showing dis
position of the moneys colleoted by
blm as oolleotor for the year 1906.
It appearing that said sheriff and tax
oolleotor has oolleoted all tax je witb
wblcb be waa obarged exotpt the sum
ot ll('i:.27 wblcb ia delinquent. It ia
order s I that the aheclff and tax col
leotor ; roceea to Issue delinquent
oertlflcates In the manner provided by
law to partlea desiring to purchase
the aame. '
Davenport's Lecture.
Homsr Davenport, who la probably
Oregon's mot widely known native
son, gave hla lecture on the "Ro
mance and Mystery of the Orent Ara
bian Dsuert" to a large and interest,
ed audience laat Friday evening, Mr.
Davenport aside from bis ability as a
cartoonist, baa a peraonhty all his
jwn, lie doesn't Indulge In flowery
talk or long, flowing sentences, lie
simply talka plain "United Stat"
andlaa the subject he apoka o fin
new to most of or, and tba e:4ar
' u one wbo bad "been there" hie
kclare was especicUy Instructive ard
euurtalniug. AfUr t,a lector an
Informal baoquot ' i at Hotel
Naan, where Mi. . - pot wn'
,'arther Into del. I a ouo ,ng bl'
eipenenoe in ins aeeert rn ,- tne
wild tribe, wblob Inhabit It. .
THINGS TOLD
ON THE STREET
Aa Easterner "I have heard, elnea
coming to Hertford, several paraona
apeak of the 'Poor Farm'. Now, do
yoa know, I don't Ilk that exprea
alnn. Back East an Institution of
tbat kind la oalled a 'Coanty Hospi
tal'. It meana the same thing, but
I can't help bat think the latter
sounds smoother, and la not aa signi
ficant as th. former epeolallly
wbea the expression la beard by
atrangtra. Tba poor, of comae, wa
will nave witb na always, and tbey
mast be taken ear of and, of
ooorae. will be. bat I fanoy your
oonnty could, by using tba word hos
pital, do away witb a little of th
seeming barabnaaa and annnd of
pauperism which cannot but grate
upon a aenaatlva nerve and at the
earn time doea a needles, harm to
one of the riobaat and moat prosper
ous looallltlea la the United States."
E. W, Andrews: "Everything ia
doing do ont at oar place. The
twenty aore of pears ana epplte my
brother and I pnt oat but year oould
not be la better afaap than taey now
are. Did yoa a the Tokay grapea
wa marketed laat fall? 1 belleva tbey
war. th beat aver grown la Soathera
Oregon. 1 have a aotlon of my own
with regard to grape culture, Ion
may have noticed tbat prsttv marly
avoir vineyard la th valley get very
llttl oar or cultivation. Now I
don't believe tbla la right, . I believe
giap vines ehoald be aa toorougbly
cultivated aa trait trees. Laat sea
son w cultivated our vineyard regu
larly until about th middle -of J oly
aad by doing tbla we kept the grapee
growing all the time, then wbea the
rains oam on In early September
very little if any, aew vigor waa
glvea the vine by tola moisture
and oar grape did not crack. My
theory la tbat If tba vloet are kept
growing by cultivation and not al
lowed to dry oat tbe '.fruit will not
take on enoogh of to vigor given it
by th early rains to a rack, at leaat
oaia war in no way alt voted by the
ralna laat eeaeoo, which was the
wr
THE vSALOON and
case in eome other vineyards, and
which has been tbe oaae pretty nearly
every - year heretofore. Unr plaot
(tbe old Peter Elmer plaoe) may be
eapeolally adapted to tbla kind ot
fruit, but 1 don't know about that.
However, if we oan always grow its
gjod tf.Hpia aa w did lust seson we
will be satisfied whether ienllly
salted or not."
fxcarslon t Sonlhem Cillloral i.
Some forty have already elonlfled
tbelr Intention of taking tbe trip to
Loa Angelee. Round trip rate will be
$31. W. whoh la a trifle over one fare
or tbe round trip, thirty days U the
limit of the tlie hnr "-tea can
return sooner It tkjj v.; . - .--
ut plan ia to, go soa'n t. ... oar
Franc. ro via the Scenic Uosu
rouv . nrnlng via BakersOelil and
Fretnn. Th!, n Is not limited t
Meci;. r1, nki. juurlng oltlea are lu
vited tu jw!n. Aa tbe time ia getting
ihort leave your name at tha H. P.
depot, Medford. Ft la expected to
!': Medford, I'.raarr ! t 10l3S
. to. Kemember thi let" - l.M fur
tb tvand trip. .
HELP FOR
Portland Oregoplant '
1 On wood think there J was an old
oonntry editor In the Poet ottl3 Da
partment, making iawa and retrain
tlons, good fellow of the Tom Rich
ardson order, who Is bound to give
tba boys a boost and bring them In
to tbelr reward. He must b a man
of experience . witb th frailties of
th dellnauent subscriber, that terror
ot the editor and despair of th edi
tor's wife, who in moat oaaea la tba
bnanoial "man" ot th Ira.' Foi lo,
and behold, come th ruling that
papers, to get Into tbe pound rate, ,
muat bareaf tet ba paid for by sub
scribers in advauce, or at beat oaonot
ran mot than a year behind. Well,
why not? All th pioaparcoa city
publication adopted th rale years
ago, and It should ba enfoioed by
tbe country weekly aa a matter of
plain business.
if aver tbe laborer la worthy ot bia
hire, It la th adltor and publisher
of tbe local weekly, plugging and
boosting year In and ont for bia
borne town and oonnty, often worried
into sleepless oighta by vialnna of j
bills do and payable aad nothing on i
band or la sight to meet then. It'
I safe to venture eaytng tnar 1 not '
ooantry paper ia thf land tbat baa
not, at tale date from 1500 to 11000
oa it books, owing by "good fal
lows," moat of whom are honest ot
purpoae, yet oaralaaa or ebiftleee
aboot paying op. Th.. earn, "good
follow" hare plenty ot money oa
clrooa day, and when tbey attend the
oonnty fair or other pobllo diversion,
or when tbey think oJ It at all, cay
tu themselves tbey will pay some
day. They meet tbe newspaper man
with a oordial snake of tbe band and
oompllment him on tbe good work b
la doing, bat that la all, while he
wonder If the Creator gave some
men a doable allowaao of gall. In
mistaken fear ba hesitates to ont
them o If.
Th day ot deliverance la at band:
henceforth the lga goes ap "Uash up
and no gramblng."
f,i;'S -r., 'Ui . "t) 'r.-.
JOHN R. KNODELL,
Who Speaks Saturday and Sunday Nights on
City Bonds Sold
- e
'At tbe meeting, of the city oouncil
aoturrfay .night preeuaut to adjoarn
ment from' .Monday oif;ftt, all mem
bers were pieaent exoentlng Mayor
Kbddy and Uounolloian UnTrr, ' .
.Th business .of tbe meeting was
the opening of bl.ls for the urobase
cf ii,000 oJ general fno 1 bonds,
bearing 6 por L-ent interest aud run
ulug tea r ,' s ' tthout opttcu of re-
Ideuiption. . 'V vllowlng olila were
'rejelwc;' .- ii, Xolllns.Jt Sons, ot
j Chicago, 8' : 'p.ujilumnud woxmA
Interest to tbe time 6f delivery of tba
bun.. John Nuovtn, of Clilcago, ttl
premlom. MoDonald, MoCoy A Oo.
of Chicago, ill!)') and arcrued InUr
tit, A. J. Hood A Co., Detroit, 25
pomtum and accrued Interest. Mor
rla r , cf Vortleqd, 5 premium
.nd a-ciur.l lntret. The bid of
'll'js it hour. l'lon accept
ed. . . )v
Tbe I oonnoll then adjourned to
Thuralay, January 3 th.-
Hitter A DunM,i'a ! ' only
-pUioa in towo where jo i vu - an.
oopon with every clgdf u-rrbf-J.
L
FIVE COTTAGES
Edgar Hater, manager ot rn low
Lumber ft Box Compear, also on ot
tn prsnt owners of the Peoltto A
Eastern railroad, la right now laying
plans tor the "recti on of four or Ave
Bv-r:om rottaga In tba Palm addl
tlon, in North Mdford, these to be
built by th company, npon property
tbey own, and when built will be
tm sale.
Mr. Hater npon being naked as to
what plana bad been made for oper
atiug tba Faciflo A Eastern 'railroad,
stated tbat at tbla time oo d.flnite
announcements could be made, any
more than that w might stat that
tbe road would b operated aa before
just as soon as tbe weather would
permit them to put th track and
road la shape for traffic. H also
stattd that. In all probabllitlea, mora
rolling stock wonld ba put oo dar
ing the early spring montha.
Th ouo thing which ie moat both
ering tbe new railroad . owner I
bow are tbey to get Into Medford
with their road that ia, bow will
tbey rch tb center of to olty, or
th. Souther Paoiflo freight depot.
Tola oaa only be don by fraachla
to ooaatraot tb.lr Una over eome on
of oar atreta About th only way
tbey oould get la would b to ran
south from near th.lr mala lin over
O street tc near the old green houae
property and than (wing weet oaa
block, and fiom tnar aontb oa D
etreet to tbe S. P. depot. A plan la
also mapped oat for th track to ran
till on aontb to 12th street and thvn
vest oa 12tb to tb west bouadarlee
ot tb olty limits. Tb object la
aaklng tbla franchise to extend be
yond tbe 8. P. depot la that la all
probability th P. A E. will, la tba
near fatur, extend It lin to tb
Blae Ledg oopper mine.
With regard to a rumor current
wblob la In abateno tbat tb Iowa
Lumber A Box Company Would move
lta box factory to some other plaoe
than Medford Mr. Hafer stated tbat
there waa no troth whatsoeverjlntbe
rumer said tba factory would re
ire'. v v J
.T, V c
BUSINESS
main In Medford, lie also stated
tbat the company wonld1 put on add!
tlonal and experlenoed help for the
management of the local lumber
yards here, and that be- and Mr.
Theirolf would give their attentioo
to the box faotory and the saw mill,
Order of the Post Olfice Department-
Post aards and Postal cards mailed
under cover of eealed envelope,
trunnparent or otherwise, are charge
able with postage at tbe Brat olaaa
rate- two cents an onnoa or traction
thereof. If enolosed in nnaealed an-
velopea, they are aubjeat to postage
according to the oharaoter of tbe
mesrage at tint olasa rat It wholly
or partly In writing, or third class
rate If entirely lu print and postage
should be fixed to tha envelope cover
mg tb ame. Postage stamps affixed
to aucb cards enclosed In envelopes
having an npenlng exposing the
stamps cannot be recognized In pay
meat of poetag thereon.
Sliver plated trocar, for use fc r
relief of oowe when bloated, for aala
a. to nogu Klt.r creamery, Med
! tf .
5 ITLI D PER HAPS
Salem, Or,, Jan. 27,-(8peelal)-A
big furprlse wn sprang today wea
Mayor J. 1. Raddy, of Medford, filed
n Initiative petition tot a oonstraa
tlonal amendment, wblcb, If adopted,
will result in many "open towaa"
In Oregon. Hie measure propose an
amendment to tba section of tb Co
atltntioa ralativ to municipal oor
poratlona. To purpose I to glv
oltle exolualre authority to lions,
regulate or aappraa rac tracks,
poolrooms, tb' atere, saloons and aim
liar plaoaa. -
Tba effeot ot tbla amendment, if
adopted, would b to divest Sheriff
and District Attorneys of tb power
to supple, poolrooms, Sunday sa
loons and Sunday tbtaters and give
municipal authzrltlee power to run
b towo aa wld opn aa tbey desire.
Tb constitution aow provide that
city charters moat be -'subjact to th
constitution and criminal lawe ot
tb state." Tba amendment pro
posed by Mr. Keddy leave oat tbt
important clause:
Though tba petition for th pro
posed amendment haa been circulat
ed sad bears over 900 slgastai, it
baa bo bees generally knows that
annb a move waa oa foot. Mr. Redd
also Bled aa irgument la rap art of
hla measure, tbe aubstanoe ot wblcb
1 tbat tha aoadltloaa ia oa part ot
tbe atate are not elmliar to those la
another aad that each city ahould
bav power to regulate Its owa
affair.
Mr. Reddy'SDseaeara pro pons to
amend section 2, article 8 of tbe ooa
atltatloa, so aa to read aa follows:
Corporatlooa may be founded aa
der general law bat shall not be
created by tb legislative Bearably
by spsclal laws. Tba leglslatlv
assembly shall not enact, amend or
repeal any o barter or act ot Incorpor
ation for aay manlolpallty, olty or
town. - Tb legal voter ot vry city '
and town are hereby granted power
to oaot sad emend tbelr municipal
charters and tb areoutlve por to
lioenae, regulate, oontrol and tax,
or to aappraa or prohibit theater,
rac track, pool noma, bowling al
leva, billiard ball, and tba aala of
liquors subject to tbe provision of
tb looal option law of th Stat ot
Oregon, within tba corporate limits
ot any manlolpallty la ve.td In anob
manlolpallty. .
Tb section at preaent reads as tot
follows: ' V aj
Corporatlooa may h framed onder
general Iawa, bat snail not b creat
ed by tb Legislative Assembly by
special Iawa. . The Leglslatlv Assem
bly shall not enact, amend or repeal
any eharter or act of laoorporatioa
for aay municipality, city or Jtowa.
Tbe legal voter of every city aad
town ar hereby granted power to
enact and smend tbelr municipal
charters, subject to tb constitution
and criminal law of tb State of Ore
gon. "Who Is back of tbla measurer" Mr.
Reddy waa asked, wbeo seen at the
Willamette Hotel tbla evening.
"1 sm snd a number of other peo
ple," he replied. . ..
"Who sre some of the other peo
ple?" "Well, 1 wouldn't car to glv
their names for publication. Peoul
wbo bellev tbat a city ahould govern
l'a own aifalia are back of It,"
"la it favored by tha Mayors of
other cities besides Medford?"
. "I think it Is. We don't like to
have oonnty offloera meddling la
matters tbat relate to olty affairs.
But, I don't want to go into an ex
tended dtcusalon of the measure.
I Bled a brief in support of It"
"Will tbe oburohes support . th
proposed amendment?" Mr. Reddy
waa asked.-. - , ..
"1 think they ought to If they are
fair and believe In bom rale," he
responded with onnsidertbl earnest
ness. "Will tbe gambling element support
the measure was natatally tba next
Inquiry. ' ,
"I don't know; I , '.n't thought
about that" '
"Would tbe elfaotof this amenl
ment be to avoid Ibe decision of tb
Oregon Supreme Court which declar
ed pool-oelllng to be publlo nuis
ance?"
"Well, now yon are going too deep.
' Tbat la a question I don't want to
dleooas for publication." '
So far aa Mr, Reddy w.1! .'.BOloee,
he alone la sponsor for the proposed
amendment. A, Orofton, fo,merly
manager of th Wholesale Liquor
Dealers' Association, was in the olty
today, hut It was announced tbat be
wa here in oonncotlon witb th
beufert Hsb.ry bill, land there la no
Indication that be baa an ooenee
tlon witb Mayor Reddy'" amend,
ment,
Nolle.
Parties owning lots In Butte Palis
townsit can Rial. ) payment to J.
A. Perry, tru.we, at hi otBos In
Me Ifnrd, Oregon. - I-Jt
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