The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909, July 31, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text- HV.K Itl'KI.N KHH AHEAD. Published tnrji Friday A 5. BUT0N, Publisher. MEDKOKD JULY 31, WOK. SUBSCRIPTION $1.30 a Year Enured in the pottofficc at Medford. Ore on AS second clas mail mailer. THIS OLYMPIC COMMITTEE The Olympic meet at London bat a greater significance than that of a mere huge sporting event. It la even of greater Importance tban tbe de al una of II founder ever Intended It to be. Baron de Coubertln wiahed to encourage athletics In France, and to revive some of the Greek Ideals of physical vulture In modern nations. 1 he Olympic game have transcended thu scope and threaten to become something of a factor In tbe relations between nations. Tbey could easily cause contention and trouble 'Pd fce! tig between oationallt's lliat a goneiutlon of diplomacy mid trait making could not wipe out. That keen interest was taken In tbe games which were held in Lon don last week is evidenced by tbe hundreds of letters pouring into news paper offices regarding the all'ged unfair treatment offered the Mneri ean athletes by their British Hosts. There has been a full and widespread (less comment also, and many bitter things bave been said by graybcsulf, at, well as youths, throughon' ibr country. A nation's sorts revejl a nation s character. A peo le is jeal oi' i f.f Its sportsmen. M a man will fight over an injury Inflicted upon his horse or his dug more quickly than be will resent an Insult to himself, so a people will resent bitterly a slight put upon those who represent them In a purely trivial vent, such as that of a sport con teat. Fair play is beloved of all tbe world, and whoever thinks he Is not getting It feels nlmself outraged. It Is, of course, possible that 'the reports of British unfairness In the games which were held In the Lon don stadium may reach this side or the Atlantic strongly tinged with ex-1 alteration. On paper It has looked very ugly for the sportsmanlike spirit supposed to prevail among our cous ins. It may not really be so bad. But It has caused more or less feel ing and condemnation In America. On the other hand, the "kicking" In dulged In by the Americans against the ruling of the British offlcial bas stirred up sneers and caustic comment In tne United Kingdom. It Is certain that today, Instead of the Olympic meet Instead of drawing the great mass of the people of the two countries closer together. It has thrust between them a feeling of sus picion, of distrust, perhaps of III will and contempt. It may even be that the British Olympic officials are entirely Just and that we are In the wrong. But thai will not cure the misfortune or abate the feeling. Tbe system of holding the games and selecting of ficials Is at fault. The games are under the control of a local commit tee, whose powers are delegated to It by the International Olympic commit tee, many of whose members know nothing about athletics. The local committee, being organized for each meet In the different countries, has ao guiding body. It has no interna tional suiierlor. The present com mittee Is all British. The next one, at Berlin, will be all German. The one at St. Louis In 1904 was all American. A local committee, pre scribing local rules, conditions and Judgments, is neither large enough nor cosmopolitan enough to compe tently conduct a great International contest. An International committee WE NEVER. PUT SHODDY StVT? INTO O.UR. .STORE, THEREFORE WE NEVER HAVE .SHODDY StVTT. QUALITY S THE FIR.ST THING PEOPLE .SHOULD KNOW S GOOD WHEN THEY 6UY AN ARTICLE. YOU WILL BE .SURE To GET GOOD QUALITY IF YOU MY FROM VS. AFTER QUALITY, PRICE S THE NEXT THING YOU WI SH TO 6E RIGHT. OUR PRICES .ARE RIGHT. RESPECTFULLY, DANIELS LARGEST CL01HING STORE IN SOUTHERN OREGON IT ASSURES SAFETY The financial strength of the Jackson County Bank assures the safety of every dollar of its de positors funds. Its management, equipment and facilities enable it to furnish a banking service that is unexcelled for efficiency. Your account, subject to check, is invited. X X w, is riRinly needed to conduct the n-'xt Olympics If they are not to become the root of mora evil than good. A Chicago professor predicts that he English language will be dead n.iO years from now. Does ne mean le KngllBh language or the language at present generally spoken In Great Britain and the United States? Think of the things that Mr. Roosevelt may do to Budyard Kipling as n nature faker wnen ne compare! Iilb real experience In the African Jungle with Kipling's Jungle book. It you will sit down and study con ditions we do not see how you wtli 1,4 able to reach the conclusion thai Medford Is not about to enter upor a wonderful era of prosperity. Turn Little Sister and Little Son loose now, for one month of wild freedom on the beaches and among the mountain tops! It will require a lot of new mone- Just for the purpose of buying grease for the Idle freight cars alone. Our lawn and bose will keep you cool these summer days. Big clear ance sale. Meeker & Co. AN rSl'Hl'AL IIONKYMOON. Frank C. Pollard, under Jierlff ol Siskiyou county, California,, passed through Medford on train .. 13 yes terday afternoon, having In custody Fred Wicks and his young brid? He was taking them back to Yreka Cnl., to answer to the charge of gram, larceny. The honeymoon of this young couple was not of the usual kind de picted by such sentimental writers of Action as May Agnes Flemmlng and Miss M. E. Braddon, as they were taken from a state of bilss in the Htate of Washington, all the way across the state of Oregon, Into the state of California, where they are now languishing in the county Jail in a state of misery. i It appears that Mrs. Wicks, who was formerly Annie Booth, kept house for her uncle, L. Shaw, at Yreka. She was a cook and a good on , and It was not to be wondered at that she was eagerly sought for by several young men In the town, who appreciated her good looks, as well as her good cooking. Her fa vorite, however, was a half-breed In dian nnnied Fred Wicks, whom her uncle forbid her to have anything to do with. REr-iVED THAT YOb DONT HAVE TO HUNT AROUND or BAR CA I US tVtKYTHllSC IS A BARCAlNl IN OUR store. BUSTER.. BROWM JACKSON COUNTY BANK Medford Oregon , Stat Depositary 20 Till tOMl SAME MtOAGMUNI $115.0 I. VAWTEK, Pres. U. R. LISDLEY, Cash. On account of a loss of confidence in tbe banks during the recent finan cial flurry, Mr. Shaw drew out of one of them the sum of $1,300; and, forgetting the Bible Injunction not to lay up riches where moths and rust corrupt and thieves break through and steal, hid his wealth In the cellar. One morning last May Annie turned up missing, so did Fred Wicks, and also the $1,300. The lovers went direct to Cutli la in et, Waklakune county, Wanhln? ton, where they got married, ar.J lu'Jt to show be was not so selfish a.: to want all Annie's cooking for hint ttelf, had her hire out as a cook al the local hotel, while he took thii job of dishwasher. They were lo cated and placed undtr arrest there rud agreed to return. They both deny the charge and will enter a plea of not guilty when placed on trial. U'KATIIKIt KKKVH'K HKUl'X. Willis S. Moore, chief of the United States weather buixr.u at Portland. has issued an order that Medford be supplied dally by telegraph of the weather predictions as forecasted '' the government. Flags have been sent and n pole will be erected on I lie hutchlnson & Lumsden buMi'ln, I rum whrlch th edlfferent flag wiil t'y. The Western Union Telegraph company will furnish the telegrams dally and deliver them to Secretary Miller of the Commercial club, who will fly the flags accordingly. The service was commenced yes terday. The prediction was: Fair Saturday night; Sunday fair and warmer, except near the coast; north west winds. The service will mean much to the fruit growers of the valley during the spring, as It will allow them to make preparations for fires In case a cold snap comes on. The government's step shows that Medford Is gettinr a little better place onthe map. HAVK Rl'KIKD HATCHET. NEW YORK, July 29. A confer- cure today between George J. Gould head of the Gould railroad system ui.d E. H. Harrtman and represen tatives of the banking firms of Kuhn. l.oeb ft Co., and Blair A Co., was ac cepted as giving substance to a report that llarriman and his associates are about to enter a friendly arrange ment with Gould, which will haroin Ize the Gould and Harrlman railroad enterprises. On -3 of the Immediate results of the conference Is expected to be the financing of $8,000,1(10 notes of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, which fall due Saturday and which are guaranteed by the Wabash ral toad Both these roads are Gould roads. It Is understood that a formal I -Inn will be adopted and some part of it will be made public tomorrow. It Ib believed that Harrlman li to enter the directorate of the Wht-elhm road, and this will be followed by a working agreenint between that road and the Erie. Kumor further has It that Harrl man will Improve the physical con dition of the Gould roods, In return for which the Erie will get a large share of Pittsburg tonnage now car ried by the Wheeling. Harrlman re fused to discuss tbe Gould situation today. CLEAR LAKE 1WM KLAMATH FA LI A. Or.. .Ti.ly 2S Some of the land holders of the upper project or Bonanza MHon of th federal reclamation project, have drawn up a petition that t'"elr lr.nJs he released from te cou tracts wth the reclamation servlco to, govern ment water. The case will be made test one. It ows lU it: t tut ton to the refusal of Chief Di-'.ctor Newell of the service to reconsider the bids the Clear lake dam The required 80 per cent of the lunds are not a ye. Unei. up, to which Mr. Newell asj.pns hi reason for non-acceptance or th bM Tae land owners say they have 7 per cent signed, which Is ! that Is pos sible at this time. It It not thought that the question will be carried to the rvtroire 1t:nlt h," the land owners, as the d Upon It Ion of the service has been o meet all reasonable demands a tlic need of water 1 too Imperative for them to refuse government Irrigation, TUB MAIL FOR MEWS William B. Cbaflin, a prominent business man of New York city, is of the opinion that ibe business world at present is on the soundest basis It bas known for some time. In speak ing of the matter he said: The business world is on a sound er basis than for some time past. trade conditions are Improving, and barring at-cldent, there may be ex pected a steady Increase. We be lieve prices touched the bottom In June, aud we look for improvement: in values during the autumn." Mr. Cluflin was asked on what con-, d it Ions his views were founded. 1 'To answer clearly that question It Is necessary to go back a little," he replied. "The commercial business of 1907 was unprecedented In all lines manufacturing, wholesale and retail until the panic that followed the failure of the Knickerbocker Trust company in October. 'Let us consider first the retail trade, for tnat Is tbe branch In closest touch with the people and first feels varying conditions. Merchants had laid in enormous stocks of goods for their holiday season. When the crash came their sales were at once sharply curtailed. When they took inventory on the first of last January they found themselves possessed of the largest supply of stock on hand that they had ever known. Naturally, they stopped buying and even can celed orders already given. This had Its effect on the wholesaler, and ttiroup m the nianuiacturer, wuo was forced to curtail the production. "But since the first of January the retailer has had good business. There have been bad spots, such as New York, Pittsburg, Birmingham, Ciucinnatt and San Francisco, but taking the average of the entire country we find that during the last six months the retail business has been only 10 per cent less than It was for the corresponding period last year, and Just about the same as for the spring of 1906. The mer chant has been obliged to cut prices some, and his profits have decreased, but he has disposed of his accumu lated stock, and has not contracted any new obligations. "Whereas on January 1 the aver age merchant found himself stocked heavier than ever before, the first of July disclosed on his Bhelves the smallest stock he ever carried, with his credit goou and a valuable lesson learned In economic and conservative management. "In 1907 he had gained 10 per cent over 1906. This year be bas fallen back to the 1906 record, so his loss has been one year's advance. "With the manufacturer the fig ures are different. During the last half year his production has been only 65 per cent of what It was for the corresponding period last year. The retailer lost only 10 per cent of his sales record, but tbe manufac- turer's sales have gone down 35 per cent. In these very figures, however, are signs of improved conditions for the future. .uere is a difference of 25 per cent between the consumption and the production. More goods have been sold than were manufactured during the past six months. The sur plus stock on hand has been greatly reduced. The merchant soon will have to buy lor the autumn season. The mills are beginning to Increase their activity In anticipation of tbe demand, and In this way the revival of prosperity will start. "One most Important point tn this connection I have been endeavoring to urge," continued Mr. Claflln; "that is to go slowly and conservatively In the revival. Let us not rush hastily to the extreme in the belief that busi ness is going to resume full steam ahead all at once. "It has been too much tue custom for merchants to overstock. Often, thinking to take advantage of an ex pected rise In prises, they lay tn a supply far beyond current needs in order to make an Increased percent age of profit. But almost Invariably this extra profit Is more than wiped out by the unsold stock which has to be sacrificed. ""If we can be satisfied to go alone conservatively, building up solidly, buying according to current needs, we shall not be In danger of a re action, and good business wilt fol low In the autumn." Flit ST SHIPMENT OF CATTLE. KLAMATH. July 27. Klamath's first shipment of beef cattle for this season started from the Horton ran?h last Tuesday. Charles Whorton re turne da few days ago from a trip to the Klamath marsh section, and while there he bought 108 head of dry cows from Alexander Davis, which were delivered at the ranch Monday, and were started for Montague the following day to be shipped to Oak land for Immediate slaughter. In speaking of the stock con.t! tlons In the north end of the county. Mr. Horton said: "Grass is fine In that section and stock Is In prime condition. The cows that I bought Lrc In fine shape for the market, and ;he marsh eectton will supply excep tionally beef cattle this season. The tint shipment is In such fine shape that I see no use In feeding hay. It is too early to say how m?ny cattle will be taken out this year. Le price of hay will have mmh tn do with that. 8tockmen canrot af ford to pay the prices that aro bolnj mentioned, and there are ft lartca iv rr ber of lean steers tn the county. If the price of hay Is high stockmen will not fatten as many cattle as they did last year. The price at piesent If about 6 cents for prime steers and ( cents for cows adn heifers. MONEY TALKS Some talk is cheap, we know, but The language of our Cash Grocery is valuable-to you Every article in our store speaks volumes. IT FLOATS WEBF00T FLOUR at $1.40 the sack try it. CRESPO 3 packages 25 cents. You buy your Groceries of MILLER & U BANK on what you save every time. It RANCH HXE BKlil'X. PORTLAND. July 29. Work was statted yesterday on the extension of the Salem, Falls City ft Western rail way from Dallas to Salem. L. Oer 1 Inner of Portland, president of Iht road, says no time will be wasted In building this extension, but it prob ably will be nevt fall before trains will be running over the new track Grading will be carried on as late this winter as possible, but with the ar rival of the rainy season, work will have to be suspended until next si ring. By October, 1909, it is ex pected the extension will have been completed. The extension of the road to Salem will give the line a splendid outlet, with a desirable connection with the Southern Pacific main line and the Oregon Electric Railway company. A desirable feature of the extension Is that It will give an outlet to the Wil lamette river at Salem for logs hauled over the line from the timber at the other end of the line. As the road s being pushed further west Into the timber of the coast mountains all the time, the timber and lumber traffic will continue to be the leading source of the road's revenue. However, the country to be traversed by the new mileage is very productive farming country, and will provide a large amount of new tonnage. Be tween Salem and Dallas Is one of the most heavily traveled country roads in the state. The country between, the two cities Is now thickly settled, but the farms are being cut up into smaller tracts that will provide homes for a more dense population, and con sequent ly furnished Increased busi ness for the projected railroad. The ultimate destination of the Su- Icm. Falls City ft Western on h. est is the ocean at the mouth of the Sllets river, making a roa'l from Sftlem to the coast and tapping sume of the best timber in the world. jffi ?ll fI3T INIKPK.MFNTS NAME TICKET. CHICAGO. 111.. July 28. For president. Thomas Hisgen of Massa chusetts. For vice-president, John Temple Graves of Georgia. The above ticket was tonight nomi nated by the Independent party at Ita first national convention. Friend of William Jennings Bryan made an effort during the night ses sion to bring his name before the convention, and J. C. Sheperd of Kansas, who attempted It, nearly caused a riot and narrowly escaped physical violence at the hands of In dignant delegates. He waa hustled out of the hall, while some of the In censed delegatea vainly attempted to strike him, and one of them savagely struck at him with a cane. Hisgen's ' nomination came on the third batllot. J The nominations were made at the night session, after the platform had f ueen adopted this arternoon, which, In brief, declares that the Independ ent party is for the purpose of wrest ing control of public affairs from the hands of selfish Interests and corrupt bosses, and to make the government cn agency for the common good. The I.latform endorses the eight-hour day; the protection uf laborers ly safety appliances, and hygienic con ditions; an employers" liability law; prohibition of child labor; It con demns prison-made goods; favors tho creation of a cabinet deparement of commerce and lubor, to include mines and mining; Insists that the righ. to is3ue money Is inherent with the gov ernment; demands a revision of the tariff to be made gradually; discrim ination by railroads Is condemned, and to prevent It the establishment o Interstate commerce court Is ad vocated, whose purpose shall be to review and enforce the summary or ders of the interstate commerce c.ini- t'ission. Combinations In restraint of trude are condemned and prison sentences foi violations of anti-trust laws are advocated. The platform declare for government ownership of public utilities, parcels post and a postal savings bank. Asiatic Immigration Is opposed. Other planks advocate a strong navy. Improvement of na tional highways, the protection of American citizens abroad, and the popular election of United States sen ators. IHSSOI.l TIO.V OF PARTNERSHIP. Notice Is hereby given that the co partnership heretofore existing in Medford, Or., by and between Delbert Terrill and E. T. Huth, and doing business under the Arm name and style of Terrill ft Huth, Is by mutual consent this day dissolved, Delbert Terrill retiring from said firm. All accounts owed by said firm will be paid by E. T. Huth, and all accounts due said firm are payable to said E. T. Huth. Dated at Medford, Or., this 18th day of July. 1908. DELBERT TERRILL, 50-lt-w3t E. T. HUTH. ADVKRTIHKD LKTTElt UST. Blis, Ernest H. Caryle, Edwin S. Doris, Josie. Doren, Samuel. Gibbon, W. M. ' Gower, Emmanuel. Hawklnson. H. W. -Hlggla, Bill. Hugh, Frank M. , Killy, Mrs. James. Martin, Willard P. Miller, S. L. Pankey, Mary. , Porter. G. L. ' '' Scott. Chick. Shlrtleff, F. C. Stoner, 8. B. Rogue River bottom land at Wood vllle to exchange for Medford resi dence property. Give lot, block, Im provements and prka. Ben A. Low ell, Woodvllle, Or. tf sA Good as Can Be Grown Spitzenberger, Newton Pip en Apple Trees. 4 to 6 feet, $10 per 100 5 to 7 " 15 " " Peach. 4 to 5 feet $15 per 100 Standard Prune $10 per 100 Guaranteed true to lable. Free from pests. Buds and scions taken from bearing trees only. Southern Oregon Nursery Oakland, Oregon. 600 LOTS OR MORE. Flour, $2.50 per 100 lbs Rolled Barley. II. 65 per " lbe Middlings 11.60 per " lbi Mill Feed.... 41 .50 per lba Bran 1.40 per lb LESS THAN 500 LOTS. Floor 12.70 per 1001b Rolled Barley.,11.80 per " lbe Middlings 11.75 per " lbi Mill Feed f 1.60 per u lbe Bran 11.50 per H lbe MEDFORD FLUUR MILLS. MILL PRICES.