NOTED
VISITS
Hon. John Barrett waa greeted at
the Baptist church laat sight by a
large and representative audience of
business and professional men, ac
companied by their wives, who lis
tened for more than an hour to a des
ultory discussion of the commercial,
Industrial and governmental condi
tions of the South American repub
lics. It was 8:30 when the speaker was
most kindly and graciously Intro
duced by Hon. William Colvlg, pres
ident of the Commercial club; it was
8:46 when the distinguished orator
had finished felicitating the people
of Oregon upon the providential care
that enabled them to enjoy existence
In this Garden of Eden; It was :00
when the narration of his extensive
travels and extraordinary personal
experiences In being appointed Unit
ed States minister was completed.
Being fairly launched upon a sea
of eloquence, Mr. Barrett, who has
had a wide experience aa minister
plenopotentlary and envoy extraor
dinary In 81am and In various South
American republics, and who has
crossed the ocean half a dozen times,
gave valuable and Interesting infor
mation regarding the Industrial ac
tivity and governmental policy of the
21 republics on the Western Hemis
phere, the United 8tatei being the
J 2d.
j He drew many comparisons calcu
lated to show that the government
was pursuing a shortsighted policy In
endeavoring to secure the trade of
China and Japan and neglecting to
establish closer relations with the
Pan-American republic, giving sta
tistics to show the vast extent of
their commerce and the unparalleled
benefits to be derived from turning
attention toward securing it.
"Commerce is the life blood of the
state, the county, the town." Com
parisons were drawn between the na
tural resources, clvlo Improvements,
transportation facilities and univer
sities of the Unite dStates and aLtln
America, showing Mr. Barrett's en
thusiasm for the latter even while
assuring the people of Oregon that
they are "some peanuts."
Mr. Barrett advocates a great con
vention In 1909 In San Francisco,
which shall be composed of delegatea
from the chambers of commerce of
the Pan-American republics and also
from the Pacific coast states, whose
object shall be cementing ties of mu
tual friendship based on a commu
nity of governmental and Industrial
Interests.
The following letter will explain
something about Mr. Barrett:
"Hotel St, Francis, San Francisco,
Cal., Oct. 9, 1908.
"Dear Sir: I beg to confirm the
following telegram sent this evening
to the Medford Commercial club:
" 'I am Instructed by my chief, Mr.
John Barrett, director general. Inter
national bureau of American repub
lics, thank yon for kind Invitation
address people Medford under aus
pices Commercial club. He accepts
and will arrive 8:24 Tuesday after
noon, leaving north next morning.
Subject will be, "What the Pacific
Ocean Haa In Store for Oregon." In
making your announcements, you
can state Mr. Barrett has been Unit
ed States minister to Slam, In Asia,
and to Argentina, Panama and Co
lumbia, In South America, as well as
special diplomatic commissioner for
the United Statea In different parts
of the world.'
"Of course, you are well aware
That Mr. Barrett has been a resident
of Oregon since 1890, and has rep
resented Oregon In the diplomatic
work of our country more than any
other man In the state of Oregon. Mr.
Barrett haa been looking forward
with sincere pleasure to meeting the
people of Medford, having for a long
time watched the growth of your
city.
"Aa stated In the telegram, the di
rector will arrive In Medford from
Sacramento at 5:24 In the afternoon
of Tuesday, the 13th, and leave on
the morning of the 14th for the
north,
"Yours very truly,
"A. E. ALEXANDER,
"Private secretary.'
CARRYING OP EXPLOSIVES.
New Rale Goes Into Effect Tomorrow
Inspector Appointed.
On October IS the transportation
of high explosives comes under the
supervision of the Interstate com'
merce commission and a set of rules
has been laid down for the railroads
to follow.
As these high explosives have
caused great damage to life and
property, have caused entire towns
to be wiped out, one of the Import
ant passagea of the law states that
theae high explosives must be moved
from the railroad station Immedi
ately upon the arrival. Therefore,
when powder or other explosives Is
ordered, be ready to take it. Failure
to do so will result In future "hip-
men Is for the same being refused by
the company.
If living at a distance, arrange
with some one to take delivery at
once and take to your store, for It
cannot be left on railroad property.
A powder Inspector haa been as
ilgned to this torrltory and will en
force the law to the letter, and the
penalties are severe, so It behooves
all concerned to be careful.
It might be well for those Inter
ested In the handling of high explos
ives to erect a powder house on the
outskirts of Medford. There are
three such buildings at Grants Pass.
AXIMAL8 OX TKA1NH.
The Southern Pacific Has Adopted
New Hulo Krgardlng Them.
On account of the difficulty In the
past of handling dogs and other an
imals In baggage cars, it will be ne
cessary hereafter for the ownera of
such who wish to have the same
move In baggage cars, to provide
them with substantial collars and
chains, or In strong crates, the same
to be properly marked.
Each dog must be tagged to show
the name and address of the owner,
and the owner must present himself
at the baggage car at destination and
claim the animal Immediately upon
arrival.
In times past dogs and monkeys
hsve broken or chewed the rope
holding them and have Jumped from
cars and have caused the company a
great deal of trouble.
The limit will be two dogs with
one ticket, one monkey or one bird
In a cage, and to be handled at the
owner'a risk.
No charge will be made for the
carrying of theae animals In the car,
If the owners care to reimburse the
train baggageman It is optional with
them.
AUSTIN'S "POETRY.'
Taking three out of a possible
seven stansaa of the latest verses of
Alfred Austin, poet laureate of Eng
land, Americana who love poetry will
give a verdict that all seven must be
bad.
The poet laureate may say that
Americana are not proper critics;
that tbey have no right to Judge.
Americana have that right. They
pay for magazines In which verses
are used as "fillers." They unani
mously condemn these cut-to-site
poems. They are qualified by that to
tackle Br'er Alfred Austin. More
over, Tennyson Is a household word
In America, and all educated Ameri
cans have read Poe. So have most
educated Frenchmen. No English
man, educated or board-school bred,
ever heard of him. That Is one of
the reasons why Alfred Austin
passes for a poet in England.
Alfred we used to call a read
poet by that name, and affectionate
ly, but thla time we mean Austin
haa written the three atanzas quot
ed below. The other four that the
kind-hearted editor of the Independ
ent suppressed from the Associated
Press copy may be left to that char
ity which draws a veil. Austin's
three know stanzas follow:
When the plover flaps
O'er the Idle plow.
And the woodpecker taps
On the rotting bough.
When the starved rook pecks
At the tight-stacked grain.
And the tattered nest flecka
The leafless lane.
Then, then will you lova
Me, and still no less
When the grass waves above
My dreamleBsness?"
Scan it! The outrages inflicted
upon the prosodlral values of English
words are beyond counting. "Me
and still no less!" That sort of verse
Is not Doric. There were Dorian
bards. This Is worse than Boeotian.
Poe would have taken delight In
exposing the metrical solecisms in
these stanzas. Any schoolboy who
knows his Latin could do It. Look at
the third atanza: If It Is lawful and
honest poetic artlsanshlp to make the
first "then" short, and the long
monosyllable "me" short at the be
ginning of the second line, then the
poetaster who Is rewarded by an an
nual cask of wine Is It Malmsey?
can aay that all the versifiers who do
take some pleasure In their craft are
all wrong.
Aa to the poetic theme In these
verses by courtesy, the Bowery Is full
of sentimental songs about "Will
You Love Me When I'm Gone?" And
they have far more poetic merit than
the Austin atrocity. The truth It
that England'a laureled bard could
not make hla salt writing songs for
Americans, even for that taste which
calls for maudlin sentiment.
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"STRAWS SHOW WHICH
WAY THE WIND BLOWS." 4
A straw vote taken by Ed
4 M. Andrewa on train No. 13 4)
4 between Glendale and Oranta
Pass yesterday resulted In 44 4
votes for Taft, 1 8 for Bryan,
S for Debs and 1 for Chaffee.
When result waa announced 4
4 In the tourist car the occu- 4
4 pants clapped their hands 4
4 and showed their pleasure, 4
4 only one passenger refusing 4
4 to aay how he atood. 4
4 4
For Chronic Diarrhoea.
"While In the armv In 1863 I waa
taken with chronic diarrhoea." aays
George M. Feltnn, of South Gibson,
Pa. "I have since tried many reme
dies but without any permanent re
lief, until Mr. A. W. Miles, of this
place, persuaded me to tryChamber
laln's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, one bottle of which stopped
It at once." For sale by Chas Strang
LOCAL AND
L.
(From Sunday's Dally.)
J. C. Pendleton of Table Rock was
in the city yesterday.
Norman Whiting returned yester
day after an absence of four months
at Marshfield, Or.
J. H. Messier, deputy game war
den, waa In Grants Pass yesterday
on official business.
Two more carloads of crushed rock
for paving purposes were brought In
from the quarry yesterday.
Tbomaa Riley, one of Wellen'a
farmers, waa In the city yesterday,
trading and meeting friends.
The notices have been posted an
nouncing that there will be a presi
dential election held November 3,
next.
The city warrants for laat month
have,been aigned and those entitled
to tbem can get the aame by calling
on the city recorder.
Most of the buildings used In con
nection with the district fair have
been torn down and tne grounda will
be cleaned up next week.
W. F. Entrops and family came In
from Butte Falls Friday. They ex
pect to leave thla week for Texas,
where they will apend the winter.
Rev, Edward M. Sharp, D. D., of
the Mount Tabor church, Portland,
Or., preaches today In the Presbyter-
Ian church at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m.
District Attorney B. F. Mulkey re
turned yesterday from Grants Pass,
where he has been attending a term
of Circuit court for Josephine
county.
Mrs. B. Anderson of Gold Hill,
who has been in Medford for the
past week visiting her sister, Mrs. A.
S. Rosenbaum, returned to her home
yesterday.
William Ferguson, of the firm of
Ferguson A Murry, Central Point
liveryman, waa In the city yesterday.
He reporta that their town la putting
in many cement sidewalks.
The Rogue Rfver Horticultural so
ciety held a meeting In the rooma of
the Medford Commercial club yester
day afternoon. There waa a large
attendance of the members present.
Miss Louisa Calvin of Meadvllle,
Pa., arrived In Medford yesterday,
and tomorrow morning will take a
position as teacher in the Medford
high school. This will give the high
school five teachers.
J. M. Cadzow of Potsdam. N. Y.,
who haa been at Butte Falls for the
past week on a visit to W. F, En
trap and family, will return to his
home today, going firat to Los An
geles and San Diego.
Mr. and Mrs. Fort Hubbard and
Mrs. C. A. Hubbard returned yester
day from a alx weeks' visit with rel
atives and old-time friends at Dallas
Center, la. They returned by way of
St. Louis and El Paso.
George Carder of Sedalia, Tex., Is
In Medford on a visit to his cousin,
E. W, Carder, the Southern Pacific
baggageman. It Is not improbable
that the visiting Mr. Carder will en
gage In business here. He and his
father are market and stockmen In
Texas, and they may both locate In
Medford.
G. L. Schermerhorn la very busy
these days endeavoring to sartlghten
out business affairs for the Naylor
Lumber company of Talent. All the
old accounts are being taken care of
aa rapidly as possible and he hopes
to soon have made arrangements for
disposing of all the output of lumber
from the mill to some Medford
dealer.
(From Monday's Dally.)
H. C. Stoddard was at Grants Pass
yesterday on business.
Miss Violet 8tewart of Portland Is
In Medford visiting friends.
Mrs. John Smart and Mrs. Oscar
Bunch, both of Fort Klamath, are
visiting Medford friends.
Judge H. K. Hanna, who la hold'
Ing court In Grants Pass, spent 8un
day with his family at Jacksonville.
W. R. Johnson, one of the well-
known stockmen and ranchers of
Trail precinct, waa In the city yes
terday.
Mrs. L. Wade left yesterday for
Portland, In answer to a message
telling of the serious Illness of her
daughter, Mrs. E. McN'eely.
Mrs. J. W. Peart of Oakland, Cal.,
who has been visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Bennett of Esst
Medford, returned to her home Sun
day. A. P. Dorllng and family of Wray,
Colo., are In Medford looking for a
location. They will remain here
provided they are eucceesful In find'
Ing a house In which to live.
John Bannlsh and family of Shel
don, N. D., are expected to arrive In
Medford on the 15th. Mr. Bannlsh
waa here last summer and purchased
the Ferguson home In East Medford.
James McClannahan la In the city
arranging to have a large plainer tak
en out to hla sawmill on Elk Creek.
He reporta the mill doing nicely and
cutting lots ot lumber. A planer has
I been needed for some time and the
I one be haa bought la a first-class ma-
I chine In every particular.
W. L. Orr, having been made a
special deputy police officer, waa de
tailed by Chief Shearer to take Flem
ing Hicks, the deserter, back to Van
couver harracka and left yesterday
with hla prisoner.
L. B. Brown and Charles Skeetera
returned Sunday from a two weeks'
prospecting tour around about Griz
zly Peak, In the Siskiyou mountains.
They saw a goodly bunch of bear
tracks, deer acarce and gold scarcer
than deer.
Mr. and Mrs. McShane of Red
Bluff, Cal., left Sunday for their
home after a few days' visit with E.
P. Bennett and family. These peo
ple were on their return trip from
Portland. Mr. McShane la a cousin
of Mrs. Bennett.
Charlea Caldwell, who has been
employed at Russell's confectionery
store in this city for the past sev
eral months, haa made a shift and
will now be folnd at the Emerlck
cafe. Herbert Hartzell haa taken bis
place at Russell's.
J. H. Cochran, the life Insurance
man, la over at Klamath Falls on
business which will be mostly that
of writing Insurance of which he
alwaya doea a good stunt, which is
an easy task when the merits of the
company be represents are taken In
to account.
THE OLD MAN IN TROUBLE.
"Well," said the old man, "all I've
got to say Is this here Is about the
atrangest world I ever wus In an'
no expectlons! The ol' woman
lowed that ef I drammed any more.
an' they turned me outen the church
ag'ln, she shore would leave home
an' me fer good an 5 all, an' lo an'
behol' she'a done gone and done
It And It warn't my fault nuther.
'You see. It thlsaway: Let a feller
once git the reputation o' drammln'
a little even ef it's fer his stum-
mick's sake, or maybe his rheuma
tism, or general tribulation and' ef
he'a goin' 'long, sober an' sorrow
ful, an' thlnkln' only 'bout whar his
enemlea are goln' to when they die,
an' he slips up on a banana peel an'
falls sprawlln', an' has to be holp
up, folks'U spread It all over the set
tlement that he had a dram too
much, an' lost his head an' couldn't
keep his feet! An' that'a Jest what
happened to me last Monday wuz
a week.
'Well, the news got home to the
ol' woman 'fore I got thar, an' when
I walked Into the door o' my domi
cile she wuz gone with all her be
longing. She even took the eight
day clock an' the family Bible, an'
never so much aa writ a line to say
how come an' why! So, here I "n.
all to myself, an' having the only
chance to be boss o' my own house
that I've had In thirty year! I sorter
feel like I'm on my honeymoon as
you might aay an' not a wave of
trouble rolla across my peaceful
breast.'
'I reckon I'll be turned outen the
church ag'ln Sunday, but I'm so use
ter It that I Jest take It aa one o' the
af rilctlons o' the righteous, who
ain't got no reward In this worl'
but'll crowd Abraham's bosom here
after!" CONTRACTOR GRAY BUSY.
Contractor R. W. Gray reports
that he now has a crew of men at
work on a new six-room bungalow
being built for John Day on Oakdale
avenue south, near the new Catholic
church. The building will be 22x38
feet in size and there will be six
large rooms, with all modern con
veniences. Mr. Gray has also Just completed
a 2 2x3 8-foot addition to Mrs. J. A.
Thomaa rooming house on Holly
street south.
Lumber has been placed on the
ground for use In constructing a fine
two-story home for Jeweler E. D. El
wood In Whitman Park. The build
ing will be two atorlea high and Mr.
Gray expects to soon have men at
work on the building.
LAND BEING CLEARED.
H. F. Meader, superintendent of
the Kaiser ranch, south ot Medford,
haa 17 acres of foothill land slashed
and the brush burned ready for the
grubbing machine. Thla land will
be cleared during the winter months
and set to pears and apples.
N. S. Bennett has let the contracts
for the clearing of 30 acres of foot
hill land near the above mentioned
tract and this piece of new land will
be set to grapes and peaches.
PEAR AND APPLE TREES.
N. S. Bennett of the Eden Valley
Nursery, reports the sale ot 7000
pear and 2000 apple trees to the
Burrell Investment company. This
company haa over 400 acre set to
orchard, most ot which Is bearing,
and the above-mentioned tot of trees
are tor the Edsall tract, one ot the
best hay and grain ranches In the
valley.
BRYAN CLAIMS OHIO.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Chairman
Hitchcock ot the national Republi
can committee, ears he can see no
Justification whatever for hope for
Democratlce success In Ohio. He
said the slate as a whole will more
than offset any local disaffection
and that Republican success Is assured.
II LITTLE OF
By working for 15 a week Theo
dore, Jr., haa already received $5000
worth of complimentary advertising.
"Back to the Soil" is the title of
a new novel. Wait till after the na
tional election. The ex-candldates
will crowd It.
A neck-and-neck finish in a base
ball race Is certainly a revenue pro
ducer when 30,000 people pay for
the privilege of rubbering at one
game.
It Is Just possible that durtug the
campaign of 1912 Mr. Parker will
have nothing more to aay about the
campaign fund of 1904, but Just now
It seems too much to hope for.
Poet Laureate Alfred Austin
doubtless feels flattered every time
he remembers that the American peo
ple atopped discussing politics long
enough to notice all the faults In his
new poem.
Alienists who would like to get
nearer view of a genuine case of
"brainstorm" will have no trouble
locating about 100,000 victims in lit
tle old New York If the Giants fail
to land that pennant.
Turkey Imported over 4,000,000
pounds of soap laat year, declares an
exchange. At present It looks as if
a few million pounds of the soft va
riety will have to be used on Bulgaria
to smooth matters over.
The talk of war in the Balkana Is
likely to make the oldest Inhabitant
sit up and try to recollect Just how
many times during his lifetime he
has beard of affairs being in a crit
ical condition In that quarter of the
earth.
The alliance Mr. Gompers has suc
ceeded In effecting between the farm
era' union and the labor organiza
tions In Texas may bave aome polit
ical significance, but It Is not at all
likely that It will result In the grow
ing crops confining their operations
to eight hours a day.
In Wisconsin, It appears, the "poor
man'a candidate" for aenator apent
In the neighborhood of $10,000 and
came out at the bottom of the poll,
having been distanced by two mil
lionaires. Being that much poorer,
he has also lost much of his strength
as a poor man'a candidate for any
thing. One can hardly blame Evelyn Nea-
blt Thaw for the agitation she dis
plays over her separation from her
Income. The very much photo
graphed young woman may be un
sophisticated, but she knows that
new gowns, Joy water and the latest
style in headgear are not delivered
to the needy by the ravens.
It Is up to Mr. Rosewater to stand
pat. If his editorial writer mistak
enly attributed the words of I In Re
publican platform to Mr. Bryan and
raoceeded to slash them merciless
ly, he did It from conviction, or else
proved his paper a common scold.
It Is better to oppose one's party
vlewa than to be shown Insincere In
one's own.
At a Lynn, Mass., .wedding . Usf
week bright, nev coins were thrown
after the departing bride and grsim.
Instead of the traditional rice auJ
old old shoes. In view of the fact
that the colna do not hurt so much
as the shoes, and that the bystand
ers prevent them from Uttering up
the street, It looks as If the new cus
tom ought to be encouraged.
A German scientist claims to have
discovered in an Alpine cave evi
dence that men were living 100,000
years ago. He doesn't know what
kind ot men tbey were, but he can
safely make one assertion that no
body will feel Inclined to dispute,
and that Is that they have been a
long time dead and missed a great
deal of fun and excitement.
"If we read our exchanges correct
ly." aays the Richmond Times-Di-nntch,
"a good many long-headed
Democrats are Bitting around hoping
that Mr. Roosevelt will take the
stump." And from where we are
sitting we can aee a number of Re
publicans making signs that they are
hoping the very same thing. It
would be a pity to disappoint both
sides.
A New York man, who tor years
waa exhibited as a "human ostrich"
and filled his stomsrn with iron,
glass and other things hard to di
gest, was compelled to give up that
line of business after the doctors cut
thirteen pounds of scrap Iron out of
his Interior, and since then he hAS
become a victim of epileptic fits. Pos
sibly the man haa made the mistake
of worrying too much over :he price
ot meat and vegetables. Exchange.
In the celebration of Founder'a
Week at Philadelphia It waa certain
ly taking an unfair advantage of that
gentle old Quaker William Penn. In
parading 10,000 troops In honor of
his memory, while thirteen warships,
with bristling guns, also participated
In the festivities. It waa enough to
make the old gentleman twist uneas
ily In his grave, for If there was one
thing more than another that stirred
hie choler. It was war and Its trip
pings In the uniformed soldier.
However. William has long been
dead. Exchange.
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