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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1908)
THE MEDFORD MAIL Published ovary Friday , A 5. BliTON, PublUher. MKDTOKD MARCH 27, 1U08. D3CKIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR red In iha poslorfloe at MfHlfora.OregOD as ucuadelaM wall matter frank U. Trotter formerly of Mod ford it Dow the odltor if too Bur Oneiver of titer. Idabo. Tb. flrat namear of Um paper reached thir otlee tbli M It li neatly prim- d well made op paper and we witb Bra Trotter all klnde of prosperity and good luca . r ttouike Ooobron It not a Dumoora. according to Hose Murphy. Wbat Murpbrli according to Cochran abould be give full rata to bit feel- OBi-wulJ likely bare to be pot In type by band, and tbe printer! fur nitbed witb aabeatoi glovei, and even tben tbe cbancet are tbe warmtb of th eipresalooa would melt tb press roller. Tb Beuretary of Stat will tbli week begin mailing to registered voter printed eoplet of tbe biUa and osuttltatlonal amendment! , upon whlob tb people will vote In Jon. Bead yoor copy and tben be oareroi to am It for leferenoe. If 00 won't gat n toll andetatandlng of tbe meat no at on readlag. It la yoor doty, at o good eltlsea, to ttody the tawine antU yoa andantaaa theau, if poaeible, bat if yoa oon't too their Bonn .to wio 1 leta toU 'No.' The death of an eaergetle, ospsbl, parpoMfol yoaag nun repreaeat a saiptniioa of Individual fora that la a dlstlaot Iota In a etna wide or nar row aoeorilng to tb eoope of bit . activities, and 1 an ot that la to be regretted aecordlngly. In thlt Tlew tb death of Senator Bryan of Florida 1 a dittlnet Iota to bit tat and poetlbly to bit Nation. B aaooeeded In Impretelng bit In dlvidasllty, opoo tb pablie mind daring bit brief term In tb United State Senate, and bit untimely death It unlvereally regrttted aa that of a forceful young man to whom many yeart of Ufa war ttlll rlghtlally due. 'There are two candidate for tbe republican nomination for pnxecuting attorney for tbit district, Gut New bury and B. F. Mnlkey. It ihould be the aim of every voter at the re publican prlmarlee to select that man for tb poeition who It belt qualified forth place. Personnally both men atand well In the oonnty. Mr. New. bory bat been a reaident of the county for 28 yart and Mr. Mulkay for four 1 yean. Mr. Newbury bat practiced law before the Jackion County bar for ill yeart and Mr. Mulkey hat never tried a case In the district. Mr. Newbury by hit eiperienoe at the bar hat proven himeelf capable of filling tb petition, Mr. Mnlkey may bo capable of filling tb position, but he hat not at yet abown that fact to the voter! of Jack too oounty. The poeltloo ia aa In portentous and th man with Iheei perlence and who hat tbowa hit fltneat for tb potitlon abould b chosen The Mall will therefore support! Mr. Newbury for the nomination. AMONG THE CHURCHES. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Sunday March 39, at 10 a. m. Sun day aohooL U am,, eermoa: "The Devil' Railway Train on Dark Vai ley R, R. vs. The Uotpel Train." 6:30 p. m. Y. P. a C. E. Albert Koblnton leader. No evening air mon. Cbnroh will unit In the great mat moating of antl-aaioon boalneee mm In tb Medford Opera bout. Thlt will be a great meeting. Yoa are oordlally Invited to wortblp with ua. Oon't forget tb temperance ting. Thirty or more botlnoai mm will be on tb platform., PKESBYTERIAN CHL'ROH Nut Sunday In tb morning at 11 o'alook tb paator will preach on tb "Failure to keep on ttrlklng." San- day sebool at 10 a. m. Cbrlatlaa En deavor at 6:30 p. m. In tb e rental there will be a anion moating of all ehurob with tb aatl-taloon boat. Beat men, and all tb people who ad' voeate good cltlteaehlp, la tb Mod. lord Opera House. W. F. Sbleldt, Paator. M. E. CHUKCH. "Tb Divine Human Partnerabip" will b tb tnbjeot next Sabbath at 11 a. m. In view of tb Union Temper aao meeting at tb Opera Hoot there will be no tervleea at tb eve ning boar. Sabbath aohool at 10 a. a. Epworth Leegu at 6:20 p. m. All are Invited. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Uhrlttiaa Solano trvloa are bald every Sunday morning at eleven o'clock la tb Commercial Club room. SabjMt of tb leteon-eermon for Man 28th "Reality." All are weloome, -, ST. MARKS' CHURCH. The regular eervlcee will be held Sunxity. Morning wrvlc at 11, and Bunds aohool at tan a. m. There will be a CVealeg terric at the churohea will aain in a Tseiperaae meeting at the operate, wMm by the bast a ntaa 0 Medaard. Tb aarmoa la the moralam will b on "Tht rim Twmawaeawt af Carta." Wedaeedav mwUf MTJ way lau.alry alaoj will be bold, to which all who deir to learo wbat tb Epltcopal church Itaadt for are cordially Invited. Fri day evening, Krvice It held at eiiibt o'clock, with addresses on "Mural Heroea March ifj John Wesley April Florenoe Nlghtingal Killing the dime. (By Jamet D. Fay..' Another auch an exhibition of ball playing at that eeived up latt Sunday will make tbe grand ttaud look li the audleoo of a frt lecture just after tbe collection ia announced That gam wat awful, It wat slower thin a Southern PaclrJo train and more full of errori than a wy' brief It waan't bacauae JacasonwlH out played Medfoid that tbey won, but because tb tocalt, aaeieted by the umpire, out errored tbe vltltori and intlated upon preatntlng tbe game to them. Pat Donegan, tbe old te llable, It getting alow, and let ao aay on eauap him. Sexton did a little better tbau before, but licks a whole lot of belug tbe ball player bis reooid at tbld by hlmaelf, would cause ue to expeot. Voung Stout at third played a claaay game and Wendt covered oenter field In a way that will make him a rival of "oui own Pug" after be geta to be a few yeart older. J Ulrlob at drat waa a "ablne." He could get a ball If It earn right In hi mlt, bat wbea Boattam b It a hot on to him It being after four o'clock although he ttopped tb bail be oooldn't at It Bat that Medford bunch. Ia tb Brat thro w bad aa alleged gnat oatcher. He might aateb sold, bat be would have to mov factor tb did Soaday. Pordy haa aboot aa arnaa boalaaai at eeoond at a Jack rabbit weald have la a dog pit, Whoa bo got behind tb bat tb gam waa better, Hopkins, who played league atyle bait, tb Sunday before, eeeraed to be dead, and mieeed a oooplo of aaay obaaoai that would have changed tb gam com. Wll- kinton allowed a ball tc bonnd off hia ablna Into left and oauaed tb ran getting to oommeoo In tb flnt. Payne, anothw new man, played left for three apaamt and then moved to third, when tb twitch wat mad in tbe fourth, H only had on obanoe and followed tbe example tet by bie team matot and mleaed It Bo oatum pitohed winning bail and cooaerted witb tb leather twice, and ehoold have won If he had bad any support at aU. Hit exploit la oatcblag. Donegan napping at drat got blm the "big band." Tb woodeneet play wat In the sev enth when with three men on base a and nobody oat Elfert bit high fly to left. Now any body an owe that a high fly la toat field It tb eame aa oat bat tb coeobere and runners went orazy and every body e tatted to ran, aa a ooneequeooe Neman caught Eifert oat, whipped tbe bail to sec ond before Thornton ooold get book from wbtoo it went to third and oaagbt Stevenson. Triple play and ao eicuae for It. "Doo" Steveasoo waa a surprise to nit men da and himeelf. tie amaahed tb ball and Beaded bit poti tlon Ilk an old timer. He mad on eapeolally cood whip from right oatoblag hit man at flnt wbea It looked Ilk a safe bit. (too. Davie, of Jacksonville, plred tb gam aad tb deoitiont be ad were wtaUlag wlerd. If be doeeat hare sossotalng done to hi yea pretty aooa aomo oae.la likely to til blm a gold brick. Tbe orltlcltmt we bar mad above are mad only In a friendly tplrlt, Tb writer It a lever of baas ball and want to tee tbe gam prosper In vary way. But tb public will not pay to eee game snob aa we have aeeu thlt seaaun, especially after wit- netting the olatty kail they did latt A mlttak the Medfoid manage ment bat alwayt mad la that tbor will take op a player, who aaya be It oraoktr-jack, and will Ignore a bom boy who might bare tb "mak Inge" of a ball player. On reaaon Jacksonville with its few hundred In habitant bat alwaye bad a ball team that baa oeen a lector in tb game because they "work op thai klde". Their pltcber Soaday played la tb eeoond team latt year aa did tb oenter and right fielder, and tb third baatman. Mtdford allowed a local boy to eli on tb benoh without even giving blm a tryout, whe aa a matter of foot la practice he :out-batted aad oat fielded torn other people who played la tb gam. It It dlaoourag lag to tb yoaag player to be 00a. ttantly toned dowa aad not allowed to have a chance, and that I perhaps, oa reason why thlt olty li not pro doolng ball p la vera aa It abould. ForsCommissioner Jam Owens, of Eagle Point pre- olnot, I a repablloan oaadldat for aomloation tot County Commlaalon er. Mr. Owen bat been a reaident of Jaoktoa oonnty for tweoty-tbree yean, aad thoee of bit acqualntanoee who know blm beat are dolog tbe hard eat work for bit nomination. H It a good road advocate. T the Pnbllc Having boon eolloited by a goodly number of tb cltlzene aad tax payer of Jaoktoa oonnty to beeom a oaa dldat for tb offloa of Coast A- of Jaoktoa eouaty I bav de- elded to be ecm soak taadidaee. Mb- ta aatlM of tb llseaibUeaa it tao aotalag primary Uoa J. W. Uwiea, KeUant.Oi ANTI-SALOON. Ulttra From Promheat Pertom- Atned O. Scbmlt, oaahler of rirat National Bank of Albany, Oregoo, wrltta tb following: "Your Inquiry of tbe 20th inat re- oeivtd and la reply will lay that tbe argument "A dry town makes a dead town" It falte, aa It amply proven by to proeperity of Albany, Corvallie, Eaiiene and every other town that went dry two years ago In tblt val ley Butlnett a ong all legitimate llnea bat been Inoreaalng right along, and Albany la a cleaner, a prettier and mon desirable oltv to live In tiuoe tb aaloont went out of existence, and the booze elenent aought other quarteia. The open raloon la the euemy of avery legitimate business and occupation. It only tends to tear down. It oauaea money con stantly tn go out of a city and in return It will give Itt oitlzeue that which only disqualifies tbem to do honest and paying labor. The saloon and what goea with it it a curse to any community, and tbe American people are waking up to tbe fact I do not bellevt that there It a power. on earth that oan keep tblt nation from doing tbe right thing In tbe eud a far at tb open taluon it concerned-It will go and U matt go. Simply from a purely buiintu atand- ont w oannot do otberwit. Tbe Local Optloa law oan be entoroed aad I being enforced bare and In tn plaoee above cited. All that la re quired to aoeompllah It U to bav tb eltlMB mak op tblr mind to nava It done. Govern or Jobs Barka of North Da kota writ: "Tb law la well eoforoed la oar atata except la a tow of tl aad aoothera oonntlee, am tlment ia gradually changing la that ouantlee to that la a little while It will be enforced throughout tb a tire etate. Where It la enforced It to go:d thing from n baitneas standpoint. Tb money that would so Into the saloon under a Herat law. go into tb legitimate obannela of trade Tb people bav more money to buy tb necessities of life. Collect! ona an better and In all tbe towna In tblt ttate when tb tow it enforced, tb bualneaa men an In favor of the law. In tut farming communities. tbe farmers argue that in tb dayt ot high lioenat, If a wet day eame In tb t arrest urn or in any buey sea son, their hired men went to town and Kot.druok and the farmer did not get any good from them for never al daye. They lay that ao tuob oondl tiont exist now and many of them will tell yoa that tbey are not pro blblttonlatt xoept from a buiioeit standpoint Tb prohibition law doe not In crease tb taxes. Poeeibly in torn of tb munlolpalitlee where they have lioane aaloont, tb eity would bav tb tioeneo money to Inveet la city lmpovmatt, bat tblt money ao obtained all cornea cat of tb people Tb wlooa keeper. In order to pay hit Ho use moat cat It from tb profit of the eel of liquor, and In addition to paying the lionet. tb people alto pay for tb fin "home that tb Balooa keeper bolide, hi guild ei palao of a Balooa. bit feat noreee sad automobile, 2ad for th money that ha epeod at tb raoee. AU thto OOBM oat of tn pocketa of taa people. Tbey are paying it In directly. If tbey did not pay ao moon, indirectly, tbey would bav mon money to pay th direct legi timate taxes of tb olty. Tb prohibition ot th saloon teadi to decreaae orlmt beoauee It trade to decreaae tb oontumptlon of lo toiloating Mquora. If th law It en forced It will pohlblt, and th quel tlon ot enforoemeot I limply a quea- tlon of otHoial duty. Then lie ao troubl about th enforcement of the law, If tb offloen will limply do their duty." Prohibition and proaperlty in Kanaat Governor E.W, Hook kindly favors at with the following: "I am overwhelmed with thing to do bat m never too busy to contri bute my mlt to th good enat yoa npreeent I ban been a reaident of tbli atata tor 36 yean, helped to pat prohibition into oar eoattltatloa la 1880 aad have been la tb tbiok of th Ught ever tin. It ha been a bard tight aada unfair one. Bvery lata lurrounding at bat btea op posed to oar policy aad oootrlbaUd la every way poealble to It defeat Tb powerful inflaenoe ot th brewer and dlttlllUra, with unlimited money, bav been arrayed agalnat aa, Every ooaoalvaole Mohnloality bat been Invoked in the court againat tb law, bat to day in on bandnd oat of on hundred end flv oountiee ot tb itate tb tow to aa well raforued aa any penal etatute, aad la the remaining oountlea tb atmotpban to getting quite inltry tor It't violator. W have tb only ttat oapltal la th Union absolutely without a talooa. We have a quarter of million young men and women over 21 yean of age who never eaw a ealooB. I believe we have the meat prosperous ptopto oa earth. They have over 6100 par capita la to baaki aad a poor bona it a joke la Kaaaa. Prohibition bat beaa a gnat beaeflt to tblt ttat morally. duoatioaally aad flaaaolally. Pro- hlbltloa lithaoaly log real attitade of govarameat toward a-recogalawd til, aad that the llqae ttmffl I a laid vU is at at ltd by msy law, klafe at low, aad baa Bitaad by evwry asatt tnas taa laejaat to aVt kagkita. I kejtoft aha I total J waa ta iSpecial Attention is given comfort clients. to the convenience and of our depositors and If Efficiency in every department ia a cardinal principal with ua. If Your account and banking busi ness will receive our best attention. Established 1S88 State Depositary Capital and Surplus $115,VV0.0U W. I. Vawter, Pres. G. K. Lisdley, Cashier City, Kanaaa, i tbe greatest tingle 1 victory ever won for teniperanoe in the United State. Kight aorota tbe street it Kansas City, Missouri, but tbe joint! ere still cloaid on oar side and tbe city waa never before 10 pros perous Later repoita from th baoke at even better than those given by Mr. Trlokett, With (84,000 ravenoo fiom tb joint tn oltv ran 124,000 behind tb latt year of tbe old system, bat under tb sew system It to self supporting and th city bat Increased la popu- Itioa 13,000 the last year. 0a Yea sow Tray Th WerM Kaad? Qoti If yoa aaa answer this question to tb satlafsatlos of all who ask it yoa are a wonder, bat there ax many other qoeatloo that an aaked. juet fool lab aa thla oaa, there are many, many people asking why tb lolaro Range an au per lor to so many other make, tb snwr I beoaaae It 1 mad ao that to gat another mak to do tb earn tblng It moat b jut ilk th Toledo, ana when aa Mat era factory make on juet like tb Toledo and it ia ehipped to Med ford it ooete to much tbat tbey can't compete with tb Toledo, for ail tb material In tb Toledo I abtpped to Oregon In tbe bull of steamer ballast, and that get th loweet freight rate known, again the Kaogea an not mad by place work otbr astern range are made, bat each man i paid ao much for eight boon work and haa no excuse to eltght bia work, io thee fauts put tb Toledo in a olaaa by Iteelf and poaltively can't be duplicated unlea condition wen the aame. I aak any one to mak a rigid ioapcot ion of every part and after using 30 daye if not eatiafaotoiy your money will be nfunded. We an prepared to take a Maud S pump any where, we don't oan how deep or bow high yoa want your water, we guaraotee oar work aad further to get your water .when vou want It, eheaper thn any one No paint pat la oan will go any farther or atav any better than Naaon'i Pan Paint nor I there a weeber mad that oleena th doth any better or rune any eealer than tb 19U0 or th High Speed. And aa to balldlng hardware ell w sak to s obano to figure, if yoa fail to do thla yoa sn dolog youreelf an In jaitio. Who Sfaorti Guntt' only. For Sheriff I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Sheriff of Jackson County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election, April 17. Medford, Uregon. w. A. Jones, " To the Public Having been solicited by s goodly number ot the oitlzen and taxpayer of Jackion county to become a can didate for tb ot&c of County A tor ot Jackion county 1 bav decided to become ench candidate, aub)eot to tb action of th Republican voter at tn coming primary eieotion. WiUlam T. Qrlevea, Peialat, Uregon W LL PROTECT THE INNOCENT BUYER SHALL PURCHASERS WILL NOT BE DISTURBED WHVX LAND GRANT IB FORFEIT HD, Attoner-Oweni Boupjfwt mf Fauraan a4 Frmitgnmn Ha4 Hat N Tm ot Omtmam, Advcitlted Letter Lilt. roiiownn is F. llit of lettara rmtiraiBar aa called for at th Medionl poatofflotj on Mr Barrowt, W F Biglow, Immi Bora, a k oraier, uenry Brown. W 5C Cherlmtn. L A Cook. Edf r Hill, Mrs Loo Jckun, G torts W Lawtoa Frederick Louli, L D RusMll, L E Slmmoai, W T Weaver wiillaa Wood,OW A cbftTf of one east will ba me4e apoa da- TMTJ M eaatial at IB atUUTSI arjlkajrs. Pereoni oallliu lor anr of the abora letters will plaaaa aay"Aiertfeed." a,, m.. -uvunittu. roaiaaawnai Kad oarafaLlr tha daw ral Ntitt lu. or u U Flro a Boo, 1b tnu la-oa. 2, i, Washington Th status ot or chaaera of graatsd lead la good faith from th Oregon ft California rail road company, and their rights under the law, were set forth In some detail t the hearlnga before the Hon commute. The provialona ot the grant prohibit sales except to actual tattlers in limited quantitle and at a limited price. By necessary lmpll cation It permit talet of the kind mentioned. Thla provision of the grant it a condition lubaequent tor breach of which the Oover ment hat right of forfeiture. However, a condition subsequent la not self-executing. Upon the breach of the condition title doea not automatically revert to tbe grantor. So that until the Govern ment in some way asaerta rlghta of forfeiture, title remaint unimpaired In the railroad company, with full authority to make aalea to actual settlers tn the manner provided In the grant. After forfeiture 1 claimed no further talet of any kind can be made br th railroad company. If th contention of th Oovernment I correct. But all sale mad within th terms ot th grant will be valid aad win be In no way affected either by the Fulton resolution or by any salts thst will be commenced. Attorney-Oeneral Bonaparte In hi tatamot said that, whan land had been conveyed In quia title alightiy In excess of 1(0 acres, to farmer or fruitgrower, there was ao sabatan ttal violation of th real aplrtt ot th law aad that th Oovrnmnt could conalatently refrain from attacking purchasers of that class. Th I predion waa given that purehaser ot this typl will aot be diaturbed and will ultimately be eoaflrmed In their title. The tame Is true of actual tettlen who bought tmsll quantities ot land and paid more than $2.50 per acre for It. Two million acre of land In Cali fornia and Oregon veated in the Oregon and California Railroad Company, owned by the Central Pacific, and controlled by E. H. Har- rlman, will be subjected to tult for recovery of title by the United States, if action taken by the com. mlttee on public lands it tuttalned by the house. Will Pas Employer' Liability Act. Speaker Cannon and Vlce-Presl dent Fairbanks hare announced their belief that th preeent Congress will past tn employers' liability act which will meet and overcome th uncon stitutionality ot th present taw pointed oat by tbe Supsesne Court of th United Slate In a recent deci sion. The utameota war mad by th Speaker and Vloe-President to a Mgtton ld by Sam eel Oompars, praatdeot ot the Acnertcan Federa tion of Labor, from 8T national and Interna! on al trade and labor and fertnen' organisation assembled in a national conference In Washington. The delegation called on th Speaker to lay befor th Houa ot Repre sentatlv, through him, a memorial entitled, "Labor s protect to Congress. OVER A MILLION' IDLE MEX. the Effects of the Panic Is Felt ia East and Sooth. New York, March 14. la a can vas of tb country to ascertain th number of unemployed men, dis patcher hare been received from many Industrial oentars with reports ot condition, and from then It I estimated that more than oa mil lion men are mines Jobs. The re ports Indicate that more than 600, 000 are Idle In the chif eitlee aad nearly, (00,000 la the ttate oat- aide the aid. re nret ss wetk se te . W. Tiwatihta. Ore, pewavalaa, pbotea aa I mails, teams pietataa. Clawed -6-3 ill; For furnishings that you will like, COME 1I1SRE. ' K Our styles are not like every other clothier's. 1f We keep things that are different. 1 Styles that can't be found in every store you enter. If Furnishings can never be too fresh. J Come here for your Shirts Ties, Gloves, Hosiery, Auto Clothing, etc. and you will get the correct things. f We.have searched the best markets for the best things and we get them. fsBNr. IT We can fix you out for all sorts of Spring and Summer sports, for Outing, Travel ing or business. We have "all the little fixings" a man will want for Spring and Summer. MEL CLOTHING G0R2PANY Medford's Correct Clothiers Seventh and B Streets NOW That we are in our new quarters we are more able to, meet the demands of the public 11111wawaawawawaw Prescription! Carefully Compounded A Choice Line of Toilet Articles We Manufacture Witch Hazel Benzoin Creak C( H. MEDFORD PHARMACY Q C Stmt near Post Office wUHafca. . '