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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1908)
THE MEDflD ill Published every Friday A 5. BLJTON, Publlaher. MEDFORD APRIL 3, 1908. ttMauprtON fi.go PER YEAR avert la tb Qoatofflvr at Medrora.Oreloa a ecoad clam mall aasxter TO SUBSCRIBERS 1! you do sot receive tbe next luu of Tbe Mail you will know that 700 owe tbli paper tor a period of mora thao ooa jaar This ! not matter In whlon wt have any disc re tlcn whatever Tba poatal aatborltlM will Dot permit at to ooutlnue tend ing the paper if tba amount owed on eubeorlptloo exceeds tbe price of eighteen mootba Admiral Sperry.who will command tbe battleship Beet on the btlanoe ot the TOjrage around tbe world, enjoya tbe unique dlttlnotlon of never baring been ebatnt from doty on tlok leave In tbe whole lorty-tlx yeara of hit servloe In tbe nary. Judge MoCredle don't like tbe name of "Beevere" for the Portland ball team. There might be a more fitting name bat even that la better than tbe namet tbe faat oalled tbe team latt year when It waa to deep la the eellar that It would bare been eaaler to dig tbea oat from the other aide than from tbe top. Oapt M. V. Eggleaton, of Ashland, la a candidate for the Republican nomination for ooonty Judge. Capt Eggleaton baa all tba mental and ado atlonal qaalitlee neoeaaary to fill tbe offlot ot ooonty judge lie la paint taking and noouiate and, we believe. will be fair In bla admlnlatratloo of the otiloe, If elected, to all parte ot tbe ooonty. Mllet Overbolt latt week tamed over tbe editorthlp of tbe Jackton- vllle Poet to J. B. Barnet, lately of Albany. Mr. Barnet It a newspaper man cf experience and ability and pnrpotet making many Improvement! In tbe nieobanical equipment ot tbe thop. Mr. Orerbolt will go to Port and, where he bat arranged for the publoatlon of bla magazine, "Tanglefoot." Superintendent O'Malley, of the United Btatet Bureau of Fisheries, announoei tbat be bat jaet received 100.0UU rainbow trout eiigi which will be hatched and liberated at Clack amaa atatlon. lie alto aayt that about 2,000,000 tteelbead eggi will be etoored at tbe Rogue Hirer atatlon, Tbe flgoree are dltproportlonate. One hundred tboatand rainbow trout would eat 2,000,001) ateelhead fry be fore breakfatt. benator Fulton la, without doubt, entitled to re-election aa U. 8. nana- tor. Ilia record In tbe teoite baa been one of hard, oontolentiooe work, and good reeulta. He hat aonlered an enviable poaitlon on the rar loot eommltttea, and bealdea la a men) bee of tbe "oommltttee on ooa mltteee," tbe moat powerful 00m mittee la tbe upper boose, aa It haa the naming of the partonei of tne other committee, Tbla faot alone la one of the atrongett argument! for bit releetion. It baa taken aix yean to reach .bat point, where be It In poaitlon to do tbe moat good for the people of thla ttate, and it la not nnreeeoaabie to auppoae that it would take a new man at leaat at long perhapa longer to aoqulre the 1 poaitlon. What era yen going to do about water? The oummlttee appointed to Investigate the matter of a touroe of aaFply of pure, plenteoat and whole tome water have made a report. Tbla report favort Walton oreek. Tbe eetlmate oott, tbey report. It within tbe reach of the city Now what are you going to do wltb thlt report? If you vote for bonding tbe olty tomorrow you will be acoeptlng the report, if you vote agalntt bond ing you rejeot the report Read the report carefully before voting. Tbe Mall hat oontldenoa In tbli commit tee, Tbe Mall reallzet the neoeielty of better water and more of It, Tbe Mail la of tbe opinion that the bondt ought to be leaned. It 11 n bla pro ject for at to take In band, but we ', bare gone beyoud tmall thlngt and we matt grapple wltb larger onee. No perton can animate tbe good an ample tupply of pure, mountain water will do for our olty. No par eon btt a right to queatlon the In tegrity of tne reoortlng committee. ItteemttoTha Mail an opportune tlrua to dn a grand, good thing for oar olty. Crltloltmt, have been made from time to time lately upon road condi tion! la tbli oounty and the county court baa loma la for oontlderable adverte oomment. While the roada of Jaokaon ooonty are autoeptible of Improvement, not many year! ago tbey were to much worse, that In emparlaon they are turaplkee now, When Oommlaalooer Patteraoa took charge ot tbe road-building alx yean ago, there waa eoaroely mile ot toad la the oonaty that waa oapable mi beint treveled over at all aa atone at tbe year, now there are tevenl of taws. At that time people of Eagle Petal, Uiewatbofo aad other palate a Km eaetira portion ot tat eoaaty Special Attention to the convenience of our depositors and and 18 given comfort clients. U Efficiency in every department is a cardinal principal with us. IT Your account and banking busi ness will receive our best attention. Established 1888 State Depositary Capital and Svrplus $115,000.00 W I. Vawter, Pres. G R. Lindley, Cashier bad to came by way of Central Point to Medfora In winter and uaually had all they wanted to do then. Now tbey oome right In over tbe once dreaded "aticky" on tbe toad built uoder tbe direction of Mr. Patteraon. There are bad pieoet of road In tbe county, plenty of tbem, bat tbit cou diition It being remedied. It might be tbat tbe county conit oould have done more, bat when we eonpare what road bat been built with what It waa juat a abort time ago, we are Inclined to praiee tbe court tor hav ing ecoompllehed to much. Then again there are other parte of tne ooonty In whieb there are now pretty good roada. Gold Hilll, Central Point, Athland and In fact, p.etty nearly aveiy locality, baa bad aome good and letting work done within the put few year and the men re tpontible for tbla ought to be given credit While It It true thtt tbe publio bighwaya ot tbe ooonty are not boulevard! it It jutt aa true tbat good and permanent work baa been done on tbem and tbey are aa maab better than thty pieviouily were tbat well, we ought to be thankful tor that, and hope for continued Im provement!. At to the District Attorney. Tbe Gold 11 1 II Now! hai tbe follow ing to lay about tbe district attor nevablp for thlt dlttrlct: The Newt bat thut tar been only an observer of tbe oourie of politloal venti 10 far'as tbe diatriot attorney ship in concerned, buc it teema to mi that the dlatiict ahould have an experienced man in tbat otllce one , tlona tor delegate from Jacksonville who baa abown by bla experience at wu tn onjer. Chat, Prim waa noml office. Ihia diatriot bai gone beyond clared doled. There being no repre the dayi when a man ahould be 'ae-iaeotation from Oold Hill, D. H. Mil Democratic Convention. A few ot the faithful met at tbe opera bouse Saturday afternoon, to elect delegatee to attend tbe ttate eonvention for tbe purpoee of elect log delegatet to tbe national Demo oratlo convention.. It appeara J that Oregoa'e direct primary law baa left thla little bit of the old procedure In tact, having omitted to make a pro vltlon for the election of national delegatet. Senator L. Lu Mailt, of Aahland, waa elected ehalrman aad W. H. Canon, of Medford, eeoretary. E. E. Phippa, of Aahland, and W. H Canon and S S Peotz, of Medford, aa committee on rewlatlooa brought In reeolotlona eodoralng the "peel late leader of the people" Wm J Bryan for the preeldeatlal nomina tion, alio endortlng Statement No 1, wnioh reiolutioni were adopted There waa another eat of reiolutioni preaented to tbe committee, bat they thought 'bey .were too ttrong end wouldn't read tbem, muob to the dis appointment of the audience. Meaaia. E Kelly, Beamei Brot and R O Smith were "too buty" at Jackionvile, to attend the conven tion, and aaid to by telegraph On motion It wai agreed tbat tbe repreientation of loven aelevatet to tbe itBte convention ahould be ap portioned at two each from Aahland and Medford, and one each from Jackaonvllle, Central Point and Gold Hill Tba chair annouooed tbat nomioa- lactad for the noaitlon aa a itepplug itone to land tbe aiptrant Into tbe law builneta, and be ebontd ahow before eipiriog for tbe poeition aod by bit practice at tbe bar that be la qualified for tbe poaitlon. While Independent In politic! tbe Newt tor tbe raaeoni eat forth will tupport Una Newbury for tbe plaoe. Tba Nwa very properly oallt at tenton to tbe neoeeaity tor an ex perienced man In the offloe and em pbaalzie tbe feet that the time baa gone when tne dlttrlct ahould edu cate a man la the law bualnete by electing aim ai diatriot attorney. Tbe people are entitled to and de mand a man for tbe plaoe who baa abown he It qualified , one who haa had tbe experience at tbe bar. Qua Newbury haa had tbe experience. Sell Lots of Fence. During the year 1907 over 100 mllea of Page Woven Wire Fence waa told in Jaokion county by tbe local agenta, Uaddlt A Dixon. Moat of tbe fenoe waa aold In the vicinity of Medford for varloue purpoeee, bat prlna'pally for fencing oroharda. Tba fence waa aold by tne rod, over 31,000 roda being rilipoeed of, or over 100 mllea of fenolug. The rail tenoel wbloh'bave been in uae tor to loug are dltappearlng lapldly and It will not be a great while Before tbe old time rail fenoe will be aa much of a ourlMlty aa the woven wire fenoe wai a few yeara ago when It wat tint introduced. Tbe manufacturer! of (be Page fence oater to all kind of needt, making fenolng tbat It rabbit and ohicken proof to the ttrong f ince uted for cattle barriara. It la eaatly tet up and It li far more effective than any other fence uied In the va' ley at present. At present there li over 6U0 milei ot tba fence In ute throughout Southern Oregon Includ ing Douglai oounty. Among the local people who have uied a Urge amount of the fencing about Med ford are are W. U. Uore, J. W. Cox, Emorv Hunt, U. A, Morte, A. A. Davie, Wattein Orchard Co., Wilbur Jonet, W. 11. Lewie, George Hoes, Edward Uanley, J. U. Uore, S, G. Van Dyke, J. S. Howard, M. L. Hart ley, W. P. Dodge, A. P. Talent, and a large number of other. Tb Jack aonvllle, Medford and Aibland ceme- terlee have alto been partially fenced with the fenolng handled by Uaddlt A Dixon. Tbe ordtrt are continuing to oome In and a good builneta it promltad tnr tbla year. The aoooeta of Uaddla A Dixon In celling eo muob ot tbe Page fenoe la due prlmarilly to tbe good quality of the fenoe. But there are two otber.'elemente which ooatrlboted to .It income, One of tain tltmiata la found la the pervoaallty of Meters. Qaddla Dtxoa aad the other la the I that they are aot efaai4 to not aria van' Ink aa4 wtenty of It, , , ler, t'je father of Democracy In Jaok eon county, proposed tbe name of J. H Beemao and nominatlont were again declared rioted. Central Point asked for time to ooniider, and while the three repreeentativea from tbat precinct were deciding whioh one waa to be awarded tbe prize (?), Ath laid named & J. Farlow and hi E Phtpps, and Medfcrd named J S Ortn aad D H Miller 1 at J onee waa then named aa tbe delegate from Central Point. Tbe delegatee were then con firmed by aoeiamatlon At thla point Mr Marshal, the or iginator ot tbe retolutlooi wbiob were mppriond came forward with a motion to tbe effect tbat no proxlee iboold be given by the delegatee to any one, exoept Democrat! who would pledge tbemtelvee to nblde by ' tbe termt of tbe reiolutioni adopted, eapeolelly In reference to Mr Bryan It waa carried At tbla point D H Miller oalled at teuton to the luge and frequent gtpa In the Dtmooiatlo oounty ticket aad atarted to make tuggeitiont at to tbe propel geographical looatlon of can didate! for tbe varloui placet Tbe obair called bit attention to the faot, however, that nominatlont or even luggettloni In open meeting were oontrary lo the Democratic concept ion of Statement No I (Where be got tbe Idea la known only to tbe obair man); and auggeated tbat the con vention adiourn and the repeaenta tlvei from different preoinoti get to gether and agree on candidate! and have the petltioni oroulated That wasn't a caucus, It waa limply an Informal dlaonailon, bat ap to date oar reporter bat failed to get a de tailed report of tba prooeedingt Circuit Court. II E M on lion vi B F Whetstone. Judgment for plaintiff. P F Swayne vt Henry Orth. Dii-mined. C C Puriell vi Wm. llutton and Elwood. Ditmlieed. O L Davli vi K W Uray. - Judg ment for plaintiff, State of Oregon vi Samuel liudaon. True bill returned by diatriot attor ney. State of Oregon vt Chat W Fait true bill returned by district attor ney. H C Meatengir vt O O Vanatta. Demurrer! tooomplalnt withdrawn and permlieloa given to. Bile an antwer. W F Entrap vt Butte Fall! 8 P L Co. Dlemlaaed. Mabel L Steveai n SB Steveoa. Dlamlaaed. Aaaa Belle Helaua vt Abe Uaoola Helmaa Ball tot divoroa. Dearee granted. ANTI-SALOON. Leltert From Prominent Persons City of Eugene Exeoutlve dop't, Eugene, Oregon, March Utb, lHOg. "My oear Sir, Yoori of Maieb Utb at band. Tbli oounty and city were v ted dry at the June election 19o6 and the law went Into effect July tbe tame year. It waa laid by aome If It went dry Eugene would be a dead towo and tort grate would grow In tbe principle etreota of our beautiful olty, bat taoh baa not been tbe oate. We have beta mote proaperooa than at any time In tbe niatory ox El gene. Mind yon, I do not aay tbat Eugene would not have been proa- aroua If It bad ataid wat. What I do aay It that prohibition haa not hart Eugsne. She la more protperoui un I der prohibition than aba ever waa un der wblakey role. The Ant year, tbat la latt year, 1907, waa tbe moat proiperoui year In all tbe history ot 1 Eugne. We paved nine block! of too feet each at aa expense of about f35,ooo and eewart and giading and graveling ttreete end publio parks to at leaat tlS.ooo more Theie were built about tbree mllet of atreet car lioet at an unknown ouet to me, but would tbink at leaat lloo,oco- Tbe company'! employee tell me tbat Ita balog patronized beyind tbe moat tanguine expectation! of tbe com pany The Univenity It prospering as It never did before though It la oripplwl by tbe holding up of the ti25.ooo by tue referendum. Still to gieat la the oonfldenoe In Eugene'a future that that institution It forg ing ahead tn aplte of tbe most ter lone obetaclee. Our population baa Inoreaead from 6, ooa to about 10,000. Out aohool children drawing public money are 2175, an lnoreaae o( about 5 00. Our business men never did to good a boslneee aa tbey have In tbe past two aonimere. I dont know of a vauant builneaa boaaa In town, but there may be a few, but I don't think tbtre li one. There are five briok buildingi now under conatrnotion and being har ried to oompletion, Theie will be several other brlok blocat erected hire thla tprlnz. The Odd Fellowi will erect a tire atory brick building (00o by lit feet) at a oust of about (Do,oou. There an at least one-hundred houses now Doing conatiucted in tbe city and many of them will cost sev eral thousand dollart, yet the baild lag teason baa aoarcfly begun. It ia freely predicted by many of onr beat informed oitizent tbat our popu lation will liioreaee from 25oo to 5ooo tola year. Wairena Paving Co. are juat tbli week commencing tbeir paving contract. They now have a contract to rave ion tlxski, and eleven more will be let In a few daya, bidt for tbe - work are now being advertised and will be let In ten daya. Macb more paving work li b log talked of and I am oonfldent tbat we will pave at leaat 3o block tbla summer at a cott of abnut tloo, 000. Tbe Street Car Co. will invest at leaat I15o,ooo tn extension ot tbeir tinea. The city haa voted (3x,ooo bonds for a gravity ayttem of water worki Everything Is alive here and oonfldenoe la written on the counte nance ot all oar cittern. Tea, Eaaene is forging ahead at a marvelous rate. We raised a 1 12, 000 booster fund latt fall and thouaanaa of letter! are be ing aent oat to ell parte of tbe world netting forth the great advantage! of Eugene, especially, and all ot Ore gon. Tea we nave outgrown Eugene alone and are advertialng tba mar velous resources of all Oregon. Tet we think and talk tbat we live in tbe beit spot In the best ttate in the Union. From the above which la not over. drawn I think It It conclusive that prohibition baa not hurt Eugene." Very truly, J. D. Matlock, (Mayoi of Eugene City) WHY UBOR01A WENT PROHIBI TION. By' Hon. Hok Smith, Oovernor of Ueorgia. "Replying to your letter and tbe three queationt oontalned therein. It glvel me pleasure to aay : There are no Inalcatloni that prohibition will be deterlmental to tbe beat Intereiti of Ueorgia. Four fifths of the conn tin in Ueorgia had adopted prohibi tion under our looal option lawa be fore the ttate prohibition bill wu pasted. These oountiet bad tried the experiment, many of them for years. You Fellows Who Pay Your Good Money For clothes, ought to get good clothes for your money, and you can if you come here. We sell the celebrated "Model" clothes, because they are all wool; because we know they are; because you can depend on it. We are showing an exceptionally fine line of spring suits in grays, browns, modes and fancies, also a fine line of blue serges and blacks in ail the fliapes and styles of spring. We will give you more style and quality than you can pro cure anywhere else, and guarantee it at the lowest price obtainable. 1 ' , -Nrs SUITS AT SI2.50toSI7.50 FOB WORK SUITS AT $17.50 to $25 FOR BUSINESS SUITS AT $25 to $40 FOR DRESS 1 Tuxedo Suits at $35 for Informal Wear Full Dress Suits at $40 for Formal Wear MODEL CLOTHING GOMP'NY Medford's Correct Clothiers Corner 7th and B Streets Medford 3LYID kmSM CKTj DJ02 n o:i .l-nf.l.fc-J.ffiTTM; and tound it benetiolal from a busi ness aa well aa a temperance itand point. "I do not regatd the adoption uf prohibition In Georgia aa bavlnn been due mainly to an effort to pro tect tbe white people agalnat the negroea. It la true, however, that a detire to protect them againtt the ute of liquor waa a atrong factor in fluenoing the legislature. The great bulk of tbe negro race la atiU entire ly a child raoe. The amendment to tbe constitution precluded the prohibi tion of the aale of liquor to tbe negro aa a race. To prevent them from obtaining liquor. It waa tenantry to aiolode altogether the aale. A ma jority of tbe negroea have no control whatever over their appetite, and are waeteful and wioked when under tbe Infloenoe of liquor. I am not prepared to aay that prohibition would neve been adopted had there been no negroes lo the ttate, but I believe that a great many of the sup porter! ot prohibition would have favored It withont any regard to tbe negro question "I do not believe tbat there It like ly to bi any concerted effort on tbe part of the liquor Intereiti to evade or defy the law. "I can apeak eapeoially for Atlanta, tba target! ity In the ttate. Hera the law will be ordinarily enforoed wltb tbe anpport of a large majority of the residents." Holkey at Home From polk County Observer: Hon a F. Mulkey bat tiled with tbe Beoretary ot State bis petition for nomination to tbe office of Die irlct Attorney for Jackson and Jose phine counties. Toe Observer pre dicts bit eleation by a baudioma majority Mr. Mulkey served tbe people of Polk oounty at County Clerk for one term, and waa re-elected by tbe largeat majority ever given a politloal candidate In tbe county, winning out oy lvoo votes. He wai then called to aerve tbe people at State Benator, aod at tbe and of hit tour-year term, waa re-elected by a a bandtome vote. It It hardly Etc eaaary to add that Mr. Malkay'a ability aa a publio officer waa re aponiible foi tbia ahow of 3onfldenoe on tbe part ot bit fellow oitizent, and that here in Folk conntv bit name it household word for in tegrity, energy and executive ablliy. Aa a pnbllo epeaker he hai tbe rare power of organizing forcea, grasping detail! and atating tbem in ilmple, foioetul and oomprebenaive language. Betoie a jury be baa few cqnala. Aa a proaeouting attorney, Mr. Mnlkey will be aafo well poised, uniwerv Ing, but juit. lie it a mau tbat can neitbor be buriied Into action nor deterred from discharging hi! full duty, Ula many frienda tn Polk oounty will hope for hit eleation by a neet malortly, knowing full well that be .will "make good,'1 and that the people of Uoohern Oregon, aa here, will never regret havioa placed him In otUoe. Jury Returns Compromise Verdict . The trial of the tult ot the Cars tens Packing Company of Tacoma against tbe Pelton-Nell Company, which oc cupied attention ID the Jackson oounty clrco.lt court for aeverel daya latt week, resulted In the inrv. after aereral houra of deliberation, re turning Into court a verdict awarding tbe defendant! 2 XX), or tne amount wtiloh the plaintiff had advanoed defendant on nccouot ot certain eatUe oontraot Involved lo the ault. Tne Pelltoo-NeU Company oon tneted wltb tbe Carateni Company for the delivery to the latter ot one uonaana bom ot beet cattle to be ihlpped to tb northern market from thla atatlon and Northern California. A portion of tbe oontraot waa filled and completed and tba Carttena Company paid the Pelton-Niil Com pany 12000 adranoe on tbe remainder of the oontraot. The Poltnn.N.il Companywere ready to eomplete tbe oontraot at Wlllowi Calif., and Car. tent tent hit representative tc re ceive ine cattle there, but olalmed upon looking them ovar that onlv a oertain number were beef under the oontraot and then only would ha content to receive. The Pellon.N.il Company claimed tbat all the oattle wire oeer under tne oontraot and re futed to permit Caratent to tegregate tbem. Carateni sued to recover tbe 2ooo advanoed and tbe Pelton Nell Company brought in counter olalmt not only for the fJooo but alio for W6oa i alleged damages, tbe prim of beef baving taken a drop between tne t,m,,0,tbe n"ki'' of tbe contract and delivery of the oattle. Tnecaee wai a hard fought one, F. M. Calkins and Keamea & Reame appearing tor plaintiff and E. U. Brlggt and Colvig & Durham for tbe defendanta, tbe leading oattlemen of tbla teotion were called aa witnesses ia the oaae. It is repotted that the oate will be appealed by the plaintiff a to tbe lu preme court. Aahland Tiding! Murder in Second Degree. The trial of C. ',ti. and Norwal Waliwortb for the killing of Jamte Mankln on Poorman't oreek several mootba ago. waa conol tided Tnaadav. and tbe jury returned a verdlot of murder tn tbe second degree. The killing grew out of the attempt of Mankln to evlot the Walwortha from a cabin on hie Dremiaea. In the resultant row abate were exchanged between the partlea, Mankln waa killed aad both Waltwortni weie wounded. Tn the Public Bavin been aoilcited by n goodly nam bar of the eltizena and taxpayera of Jaokion county to beoome a can didate for tbe office ot County Aaaea sor of Jackson county 1 have decided to become airh candidate, eubject to tbe action of tbe Republican votera at tbe ooming primary election. WiUtam T. Grievee, Ptiilit, Oregon For Sheriff I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Sheriff of Jackepn County, subject to the action of tho Democratic primary election, April 17. Medford, Oregon. A. Jones. To the Poblic Baving been tolioited by a goodly number of the citizens and taxpayer! of Jaokaon county to become a can didate for tbe offloe of County As eesaor of Jackson oounty I have de cided to become inch oandldate, sub ject to tbe aotlon of tbe Republican voters at the ooming primary eleo tlon J. W. Lawton, M edford.Oregon. Subscribe for Tbe Mail stosiBsarjooses For aale. New 5-room bona. 11300, eoay teeme. C. A, Cutting, Mn atreet. Hot addition., Wert Med ford. lt-M 43500 bay 180 aerea, well located, baildlnga, ree nana at orchard, 40 atlta altar id, teal aw mm Be C U. Plan Baa), NOW That we are in our new quarters we are more able to, meet the demands of the public. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded A Choice Line of Toilet Articles WE MAXUFACTtRE Witch Hazel Benzoin- Cream 15. MEDFORD PHARMACY C Street near Post Office
