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VOL. II.
MKDFOIJD, OK., T1IUKSDAY, DECKMHEli V2, 15)07
No. 224.;;:
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RAISE PHONE BOOM JURY TO NO SALE GREAT CHANCE FOR
ELECTION LINE TO KIEDFORD MEET ON FOR FINE HICH SCHOOL TEAMS TO
ISSUE MINE IN 'EAST MONDAY APPLES SECURE UNIFORMS
Attorney Phipps Says
Reddy's Term Ex
pires Next Month
-Council Puzzled.
3 Attorneys and poiii it-inns are still
discussing the ijiu st ion as io whether
or nut Mayor Neddy's term expires
Turrit month. Tin city council has asked
tin city attorney for an opinion, which
O will lie given tonight, and severSPeomi
citnicu have .sought other b'gnl advice
O on the same (mint. If it wasn't for the
council, the lawyers would starve dujL
G in-,' thes- legal holidays. As it is. all
ar. Kept busy pafeing upo mooted
q O poiirti of the law, such as whether or
q not the council's meetings are legal,
whether their trl 1 u :i ni'i s are legal ami
(hether the mayor's term is aliout to
expire, q
Attorney Phipps, who is reported to
be a candidate for the office of mayor.
lias written the following" letter on the
sulnerl:
6 O
0(J Attorney Phipps' LettOT
Medford, Or., JHe.OH). Kditor Tri
bnm0 Yesterday 's Tribaae contained
a Inert! item to the effect that I aura
candidate for mayor of this city, and.
f art her, t luit the t erm nf 1 lie present
mayor dors not expire unt il January.
JmifT 1 irin sorry lUat T cannot agree
with either statement. 1 am not now.
nor have I ever lieim. a eamU'iiite for
any office. This, however, ,h of little
consequence, but tin1 question as lo the
terni pf office offhe present (innyor is
ol great impir,I.iu.cc. o
The charter "of llnto, among other
things, provides:
"The mayor shall be elected :in1 hold
office for a term of two years, or until
liTS" miicim fiftiir Ik elected and qualified.
And further, '.'All the elective officers
(of tlir present1 town of Medl'md shall
remain in office and shall hold the
.snme offices in the city of Med font
until the, -third Tuesday in January, A.
T). 1Hi0, or unt il t heir successors are
elected and qualified. ' ' etc. Another
and a vrry important provision for the
consid-'i.-.f oh of thU question reads:
"Vnciiictes in an elective office may
he filled forptho balance of the unex-
1 pi red te in at any session of the coun
cil bv a inajoritv vote of all the r-.oun
oil'' ' '
( History of Office.
O Mit'.ir V. IT. Ilradsliaw was elected
th. third Tuesday in .lartuarv, l!tiii. th
D beginning ef the regime under the pres-e-nt.
elwr'er. for a period of two years.
He .rvigii d after having -served some
seven months, and J. S. Howard was
by the ...unci! appointed to fill the bat
ancp of the uinfXi'i.'d term, wIi'tIi ex
pln-s or would have expired January.
lfn'S. It 'is not necessary to consider
whether Mayor Howard could have held
office until tin expiration of the term,
that is until l!"S, for he voluntarily
abandoned an claim thereto, when he
nfliciallr concurred in the call for an
(dectioji .of his successor in, J!i'i7.
The Charter having fixed the first
lection for llnfi ftnd maile the term
two vcars, it appears clear to me that
Mayor lieddy could liavp been elec ted
orAy for the unexpired term nf P-rad
ft It aw. '!'
T'inb'r the awjf tie re U any uncer
(tainty in such a' matt'T, the doubt is
resolved in favor of the shortest term.
' Where a const itul ional or statutory
provision is uncertain or doubtful in its
coast rn.-t ion as to the duration of the
term of a public tiffin the interpret!
tion w'll be adopts which limits the
term to the shortest time. (1 Am. &
Klig. Kuc, 1st Kd.. "UlL'.)
Outside of Council.
The city council tn ust net within the
authority granted by the charfer, and
can no more transcend its limitations
than the legislature can those of the
constitution. The act of the council in
calling f-T the ebvti..u of a mayor for
r term of two years in January of last
year, if nch be the case, would simply
be outside of (heir authority so far as
the second year is concerned.
The lat ease involving this question
decided bv our supreme court, so far
as T have be.-n abb- to find in the Mm
ited time I have I.nd for investigiti..n
of the subject, is State vs. Ware. H
Or. ;Im. In this case the court Icld:
"The term nf office of n circuit judge,
under the constitution of this state. i
sit years, and ' n r' va.-tincv occur
ring within 'he "n rm i filled bv dec
tion. th- pent n ch-tid h-!d-. not
Cir the fiill l" ri.-l
l.ul
mily fur tlio riMiKiin-Vr tho unrt
pirol trrm '
At nnv rnti tlio s.'ifo tliintr t' '1"
IB to Hi'ct n mnV'ir n Iht rrmiiniT rW
ttaa. w. r.. HUPPS.
Phlpp Quoted Syllabn.
Tho l:intfii:li;n .jli'.t in tin Hb'tVP i
lot tho lanuaffn of the supreme court,
Poles
Here for Tele
phone to Perkins
Ranch - Financial
Condition Better.
"Poles continue to arrive for n tel
ephone line to tlio Pacific Coal com
pany's mine, the Western Oregon Or
chard company 's property, and II ill
crest orchard," said the Hon. ,T. W.
Perkins, who has returned from a visit
to Portland. "The lino will be six
miles in length. The poles are fool,
cedar and will carry six wires."
Asked what the tinancial situation in
t lie metropolis was, Mr. Perkins said
that a readjustment was rapidly taking
place ami that ouditions would soon
bo normal. 0
'Portland banks want the holidays
t. end on Pcceuiber 11, but the county
banks are bringing strong pressure to
hear upon the Couvi nior to continue
them, in spite of the fact-Hint, rela
tively, the quarterly s!ate-tn nts showed
tliat country brnils had greater gold
resorves ihan the city bunks.
"The other io ruing I saw jf-'jriO.nno
in gold delivered to the Pirst National
f Port fa nd and similar .shipments are
being received by till the bunks right
ilong."
bur of the writet- of t ' ; . llabus. If
Mr. Phipps had read Hie opi.iion of the
oiirt in the Ware case, he would have
ilitteoverd that the constitution of the
(dale expressly provides for t he elec-
tion of such judges for the unexpired
cent. In t hat case, 1 he court said:
Put when the const itutioii fixes a
bfinile term of office, as for six
vi-ars, without any limitation or refer
ence whatever to unexpired terms, then.
Win n a vacancy occurs, the common law
aceeptaf ion, lueaiitug vacancy in office,
'ii list be received and applied in the
construe I ion, and when filled, t he in
cuinbei:! is vested with a full term of
nix years. ' '
PRESIDENT WITHDRAWS
v BRISTOL'S APFOINMENT
The depaitinint of justice announces
t hat t he nominal ioji of William '.
Iliislol, iTfiilrd StHlrs attorney for the
d isttici of Oregon, which has been
sent to the s tialc, will be, withdrawn, in
accordance with the department's rec
ommendations tit the president, because
)ti istol 's course with reference to t he
innd fraud prosecutions in Oregon hiis
tt iit iinsatist'iictory.
The witlidrawal of liiisbd's name
cleans the ajipoint incut of a new I'tiiled
States distriet atlormy for OregiUi. Mr.
I'.ristol could not he found alter the re
ceipt ol: t he news t his aftciiioon. I Lit
In; has rliH lared n'Mtedly that lie was
r adv Ut proceeil at any time with the
land fraud trials as soon as the cases
were turned over to him by Honey. This
II iiev has not done.
LoT Rent.
HIi) acres, miles from Jackson
ville; house, barn, hearing tire hard;
j. jd water; ten acres fenced. llox
J!1:!, Meil ford.
Tne Gocd Gucrn?oy.
A mnn may well think flinv or four
tlmps licfiin- lie pays a law prlio for
ppdlRnvil nnliiial. Wlmti the pcill
(Tree H true arl the nuinml traces
baek to noted anecstors a catt;e owner
cannot do better than introduce pure
Mood Into his herd. There are pleiitj
of honorable men In the laiidncsM win
would no more think of substiiutiiis
an Inferior animal for a ciod one thau
they would of commlttini? foraery.
Here la a picture of r. pood (luernsey
bull. lit in an luipor'' d animal and
when pbotoxraptKil a two ymrs old.
He Is well marked am! (.lord, a line
specimen of tin breed. was Kural Vew
Yorker.
The Gueni'.-c.H are very p amlur with
those who know then. They have'
never leen Inip-irted a l-ir'ely as tho
.rereys. :;!rl tl.-!r owie-rs have not at
tempted t j b.n ii tin-in by spectacular
nieth'fls. ';); !-'iind of Cuernsey Is'
pmaller tli:i:i tit t "T .le.v..y. with fewer I
cattle on it. TN Uu.-r ; t y ,s a larger
franied v"v lit in the .lerscv, with a '
quieter d;i-i-tU'ii and averi!l;inK even,
if'tfter as a butter pn.lner. The
Guernseys have reua! k(rfe power to
give hUh cii'ir to i ilk ai d bn'ter fat.
In many lIoNteb-. h -nl. v bere i. !:; Is
DOM few IJU; ri:'e'. s nil' kept I i ii.VP
a Rood coli rno the product. .s the
Guernseys rro often "lotted It Is eil-der
to Identify speeimens by their nitirk
Ines. and ttv Guernsey Cattle club is
Tery careful of Its records.
Rail;oad Press Agent
Sends out Articles
Praising Product
iveness of Valley.
Mayor J. F. lieddy has received the
following from Ivy It. Lee of the liar
riman press bureau. Now York city,
who visited Med fo I'd last summer:
"We enclose herewith ail article we
are sending out about Medford. This
goes to a number of papers with pic
tures, and we hope the publicity we
shall gain for it will be of sonic value
to Oregon."
The article is as foil own:
" Besides keeping up the reputation
of its fruit products by stringent rules
that prevent the shipping of all fruits
lluit do not piiine up the highest stand
artl of quality, Medford pear grow
ors have reduced to n science the meth
ods of fighting insect pests.
' ' To discover just the right time
to attack the codling mot It, one of the
greatest foes of fruit trees in this
part of Oregon, a nelertetl tree is com
pletely surrounded by a wire cage, in
which t he moths are confined. Fly
cai of ul observat loo of their develop
ment it is possible for the grower to
know almost to an hour when lie should
begin to spray all his trees so ns to
destroy the moth without injuring the
fruit.
" Py methods of this kind Oregon
fruit growers have raised the quality
of their prodnet to a point where they
now ei)inin:ind the highest prices in the
world 's markets, Oregon pears have
brought as much as jfii.oO per box itn
Xew York during last season. One
I'entral Point orchard of Hi acres pro
duced pears worth $'2fl.fWW). The high
est, record for production by a single
tree was made by a d'Aujoti pear tree
in the Medford district that yielded
1" boxe. this season, which sold for
$7t.i0 a box, netting the grower $t)l,75.
"Oregon's entire fruit crop for the
year shows an increase in value of H.l
Iter rent over last year, or iM,27V)00
for all fruits, including prunes."
SENDS REVENUE CUTTER
TO PATROL COLUMBIA
Senator 1'nllon ha sprocured a prompt
order from the treasury department to
send t he revenue cutter Met 'ul lough
to the Columbia river. The cutter is
now at San Francisco and will be kep',
there a month until the Hear is repaired,
when it will go to Oregon.
Tomorrow Fulton will offer a bill for
a new post office building at Portland
to cost .-fJ.tHHt.iHia. The present one will
be t nr. led over to federal uses. Hi1
will also introduce bills for public build
ines to cost $mo(uiM) each at Pendle
ton, La (iranile, Oregon f'ity, Albany,
l.'.-eburg and Astoria.
Kllis will introduce a bill similar to
Pulton's for the Portland postoffice.
INi! ton has a bill for $12 a niont h
pension for Indian war veterans.
Judge Heck left for Portland today.
It is understood In; will file a bill
against the Southern Pacific in t te
la ml grant ease.
Writing from Marin enmity, C'al., a
correspondent Bays In Hoard's dairy
man: One tcs treat iiinntlt1e o oat
bay In this part of the county and
little nlfalfa. In conversation with a
valley farmer llvlnR considerable ins
tance from the coast be stated that In
his locality the noil does not n-ein to
be adapted for It, os It failed to thrive.
During the long wet season from No
vember to May water stands on the
bottom lands much of the time, and
the alfalfa la killed out; otherwise It
mlpbt do well.
l!ut the oat hay s-ems well adapted
for the purpf,se of provender, and It
proves an cxed-dinKly U'wiil crop. It Is
cut with nn ordinary mowing maehlnft
when In the soft douudi stace and Is
cured the same as h;iy. To an east
erner It look like straw, and the man
who. upon beit'i; asked to help himself
to hny for his horse, replied IMer that
he couldn't find any Lay. but fed the
animal some straw, mlltht ea-lly have
lcon pardoned for the mNtake.
Some idea of the money vul-ie of the
crop may be pnlnod when a man can
urow, as one rancher here ha .lone the
present year. M.on worth it It from
n I Ol aero farm. Prices are IiIkIi this
f(''ar. raisin!.' from I7 to $-'P per ton.
find the yield Is eo3 HiOr Is hlRh
nino. sellim.- for .Vi cents per pound
brick at the present time. WM'iJ it
good finality.
" 11:0 dyspepsia or imi io;'-st im for
years. .No appetite, and wli.irj di'l eat
oihtres,., me terribly. I'eek liit
Its rnrd me." .1. II. Walker, Sun
bury, O. O
Sheriff NotifiesMem-
bers to Report Al
thjugh Proceed
ings Maybe Illegal.
Tho fact that last Friday nnd Satur
day were not legal holidays brings the
state face to face with n special of the
legislature. The only other possible
alternative is for every county to call
special sessions tif. the courts, if they
expect to transact any judicial busi
ness within the next several months.
Sheriff .lackson has notified members
of the grand jury to report at .lackson
ville Monday, though there is a ques
tion as to the legality of the grand jury.
In some counties recourse has been
had to the old law covering special
court sessions, nnd no difficulty has
rc-ultcd, but Portland lawyers declare
this law is confusing, -tid in order to
make it effect ivo every item of busi
ness that is to be transacted drCring
the special term must be designated in
the call for the extra term.
(iovernor Chamberlain does not thing
such serious consetpiences as indicated
above are lively to follow his mental
lapse, and he is inclined to letrthe courts
work out t heir jwn salvation in the
matter as best thevumv.
WOULD FEED PEOPLE
OLD OREGON GOATS
"This is I he time for farmers who
want goats to clear their landu of weds
and other pernicious growth nnd get rid
ui' t heir ticcnmulat iou (if tin cutis to
get into the market," said n commission
man today, says thu 'Oregoninn. 'The
Angora market has gone the way of
the Xew York stock market ; values
are down to the sacrifice point; many
sections of the valley are overrun with
the animals, and the growers are mix
ions to unload their surplus.
"On many nf the farms in the Wil
lamette valley there are thousands of
tin' animals t hat are past the period
of usefulness for the production of the
wool that has made them valuable in
the past. They are too old now to pro
duce the fine grade of wool they once
did, and their owners, rather than keep
them through the winter and feed them
everything in sight, would kill them
Hiiad put them on the fresh meat mar
ket. Unfortunately for them, the de
ma ml for goat meat is at nil times
very limited. j
"Yesterday a farmer from up I he -valley
offered to -sell .'100 goals in Port
land, killing and forwarding a week.
I told him it would be better to kill two
or t hree and send them as a sample
shipment; that it would be wiser to test
the relish of the Portland meat-eating
public before committing any large con
sign men ts. Today he sent in a small
lot ami the demand the meat met with
is not sufficient to encourage the killing
of goats in a large way. They drag at
I to 5 cents a pound."
The flturty of nearly 700 year reconU
of cows In ttiu Venn unt station !i"nl
and of over -J00 lnrtntlona prompt
the following statements:
To determine annual milk nnd hut
tar yields with relatively 11 tt lo effort
and with a close enough approxlma
tlou to accuracy to wrvc every pur
pose: 1. Weigh tho milk of eneh cow fui
three days monthly. At the end nf the
year mid these results nnd multiply
by ten, making such corrections, for
tlmo of eulvlug ami drying off (is elr
ciimstnuces indicate.
2. Test the milk of eneh cow twice
or thrlei; yearly. iiHlng two composite
BinplcM taken us follows:
(a) For cows calving normally in
Ui months of September to February
Inclusive and due to calve again In
reasonable time In the third ami fifth,
or Id the third and seventh, or In the
second, fifth and seventh, or In the
second, fourth nnd Mfventh, or In the
third, fifth and sevttth months after
calving. The outcome Is likely to be
within per cent fat of the truth
nine tlrnen In ten.
(h For rows calving normally In I lie
months of Mnn h to August Inclusive
and due to calve ngnln In n reasonable
time-In the third, fifth and seventh
months after calving. The outcome Is
likely to he within ..'10 per cent fat of
the truth Ave times In six.
(e) For rows calving normally nnd
tending to go dry early In the third
and sixth months after miring. The
outcome Ii likely to bo within .a0 per
cent fnt of the truth nJjie times In ten.
(d) For cows whlehfiavo aborted In
the third nnd fifth or In tho third and
sixth months after calvln. The out
come Is likely to be wlthlu .30 per cent
Fancy Fruit Put in
Cold Storage to
Await Higher Prices
-Astbury's.
H. ( F. Astbury, w ho last summer
purchased the liiverv iew ranch, near
Cold Hill, has raised an. I .shipped this
year some of I lit1 f im st Spit zenbery
apples tlmt ever left this valley or
any other section. One car of this fruit
reached New York rijjit in the midst
of t he panic, elicited much praise on
account of quality and packing. Of
fers of fi'.")U per box were made at a
time when other h'oue l;iv er Spit?,
were being sold as low as H.- per
box. Kue Hatfield refused to sell
a lit) placed the apples in cold storage
to await a belter market, The follow
ing let I er tells t he story:
New York, Nov. L'o.--Mr. It. As
bury, Hold Hill, Or. Iear Sir: We
are pleased lo report the arrival of
your ear of Spitz that you consigned
to us, and want to congratulate you or
il"' qiiality and pack ol yoi.r fruit. It
is surely A-1. We regret, however, that
on account id' (he demoralized condition
of our lejiikel, which has been tho case
now for the hist three weeks, or in
other words, since the Ifoosevelt panic
si nick us, it is impossible for us at
this time to dispose of this car at its
true value. We are therefore pulling
them in cold storage, awaiting a better
market, which is sure to materialize
in n short time, or. in other words, un
til the timid dealers in our trade over
come t heir t imidity( The banks have
gotten over their trouble here, and we
hope Hint the commercial interests will
assume their equilibrium in as quick a
t hue.
We could have sold this car today
without adding any peiie in the way
of cartage and storage at to
f.oll. This is in sharp contrast, to the
liogne liiver Spitz, whichnre being
sohl , here at from down to M I .!!.".
These are being sacrificed, but do 11 ol
propose to sacrifice a car of fruit that
is of as good a ipuility and pack as
yours. You can rest alined I hat we
are going to handle this car to your
verv best possible advantage, and move
the same at as early an opportunely as
we possibly enii, and report pr ptly.
Yours verv I rulv.
UAH & ll.VITIKU).
Veteran Actor Dead.
NKW YOb'K, Her. 'J. James Henry
Stoddart, the veteran aclor. is dead at
his home in Sewareii, X. J J Mr. Stud
dart was ho 11 in Kngland in I -7 and
first appeared on He stage in Scotland.
He came to America in Is"' I ;unl soon
won distinction here. Paring his ca
reer he supported Joseph Jefferson and
olh-r notable players, for J0 years he
was under the maim geiiient of A. M.
Palmar. l.atir he-stain d for several
seasons in " IteM'de the P.nMiio p.riar
Hush' iiii.br the louiin-o'inchf of the
late Kirk Lash-lie.
BARNUM WAIVES PRELIMINARY;
IS HELD TO GRAND JURY
W. S. Harmim, pn-siib at of the Ifogue
Itiver Valley railroad, was arrested last
evening, cha rg'd with assault, with H
(hing'Tote; wi'itpMii for atiacl.ing Mayor
J. P. P-'bly with an .1. The warrant
was isntied by Heputy l'i-ni. L Attorney
pi ames and sworn to bi t'.. re .lu-lice
Stewaft. The an-'-st. was made by Sher
iff .lack-:. m. Mr. Harnnm waived pre
liniiiarv e a in in a I on and was held to
ipp.
b tore th- grand jury, which
t ,1a. V s'.n lib- M lav, under
pJ.'M bonds.
fat of ttie trnru more inn u nine muc
in ten,
(ej For farrow cows when their 011
(lit Ion does not follow a hortion any
combination of the fourth or tifil
month's test with that of either tlx
thirteenth or feirt.'onlh month bnl e
with that of any month from the mm
cnth to the o'-venth In- In-lve. Th
null miii! Is I ' '.y M b. v .'bin ':) pr;
Cent fat or t he truth p- . en t it no I:
eight.
In each en i - add the re tills nnd di
vide by tl j, -imb- r o 1 n or
three, as th v i m-iv be. ,' ,r cat 'i!;f
ed it vera e te-l for w year,
Rcstr.iininc V:-: Ki-!c
Home of lie- devi'e; reroin.Nen-h )
for preventing a row fio-rt I c king ;'r
likely to pi' ie ruiiioiM to tie aiilmal
('omiiieiitln iq-oii 01 e h i- b, a wrdet
III the Hreed-r's (JllZelle. Chicago
says:
"I llicbrtu sketch thai I will gi.Wm
tee to pro; p.- f as i-". o :url not
oenrly as daug.rous. lb" rope or
' .. . ir illl It: , e it 1
..' . ; p ' ' '"( 1: o 1 He h"
le, llllil i.i l.i. - in.i'.lh i It w ill be itn,
poilde fo" Pie ;.t.:n.tl to Ml ler le
on the side of the imiii w Im is iiulkln
her.
Twenty Five Yearly Subscribers Will
Outfit Baseball or Basketball team
Many Valuable Prizes Offered Jin
Tribune's Great Contest.
v.
t-flrrrHfff,lr fr
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SPECIAL INDUCEMENT TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.- '..
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Pur securing new vearlv subscribers to The Tribune We. will out '
fit the high school baseball team with n complete set of new iiniformnrt
belts, caps, baneballs, bats, nuuks, entclier's pads. .,'
Or for the same number of subscribers wo will furnish tho gills'
basketball team with n complete outfit of uniforms, balls, etc. y . vlck.
Club together, nnd by n few hours' work you will be able to .$:
secure this grand offer. Cull n't the Tribune office for .receipt books, t -4
"'' , t
Prizes are on exhibition in the show windows of tho following .
slonvs: , . '-'
Hlgin gold watches and diamniK rings Medford. Jewelry Si Optical . t
company, ..
Solid gold fountain pens, ladies' gold writing sets, gold handled ,f-,
umbrclhis and ornamental clocks Klwootl 's Jewelry store , t, .--
Winchester rifles nnd shotguna Hoyden's hardware store,
Suits of clotluvs Haniels' clothing store. ' . .
h'osewood manicure sets, music rolls Medford Plinrnuicy. , .., '
Hirdseye maple parlor writing
Si.h , ;,...t.,.tu'iM... M...1..1
Smoking jackets The Model
Teddy Hears, manicure sets Medford Jluok Store.
Pancy stationery Russell's candy store.
Carving sets, chafing'dish sets Shorty (Jnrnctt's. 1
test, is iiitw on and as large numbers of
he students are busily engaged in so
uring new subscribers for Tho Tri
bune -'.jo as (o obtain one of tho beuu-
; iTuI prizes offered, high school slu
bii'H should avail themselves of this
.pl'oi 1 unity to secure n diamond ring,
,-old watch, suit of clothes or Winches
'it rifle.
A lillh ell'ort on your part and you
will be able to earn most imy prize you
! en ire w it liia a few days.
I all at The Tribune office ami get n
I'ci i pi book, visit vour friends, rela-
tives and nc'jiiaiiitnnccH, induce them to
subscribe for t he best newspaper in.
southern Oregon, and you will get. the
prize you desire before you have half
started.
Knch ."it cents secured as n, subscrip
tion entitles (he contestant to 0110 vote.
If he get a new subscriber for one
month he gets one vole. If he gels a
new subscriber for two monlhs, ho gels
1 wo votes. Three months entitles him
to three votes, ami so on.
Now is your chance to earn a beauti
ful Christmas present for yourself or
vour friends. I.ook in the show windows
of tin- Medford Pharmacy, Daniels, the
Model and Toggery clothing stores, Hoy
b 11 V hardware, and Shorty Harnett's,
M dford Jewelry and Optical company.
!Hveod 's jewelry store, Russell s and
tore, Medford Purniture company and
King 's randy stop-.:, If ask ins' drug
'ORiMINO JOINT PARTY
FROM TWO OLD ONES
I ACOMA, Wash., Dec. J I. Mayor
Wright, ami leading democrats of Tn-
onia and Pierce county are nursing a
moicuM-tit for the formation of au in -
I. pendent party that, shall next, spring'
ilteaipt to wrest control from the re
publicans.
A "b (duration of principle!-- embody
ing much of Hie political faith of Wil
lia'ti .1. Hryan rind which has been ap
i"i. and in some instances acted
poll bv Pre 01 elt Ifoosevelt, is being
iidila' d f-T signatures and is being
laigely -igioil by leading dtunoi-rafs an l
rMpublicaas.
SEVENTY ONE KILLED
BY HUNTING ACCIDENTS
S' nty persons were killed
i" ! ol I lie in by ca re less 11 ess d 11 ring
io' hunt ing n a-ui of P.Mi", now about
o dose. This is slightly below the
"I'd d lai ear, when 7 1 peiMonn
lleit li.s in pursuit of game.
The no "ib. r of injured t his year.
o e v r, a- in exi-e-s of that of last
. a .on, I hunters having hern hurt
i.is reason, coM,3e( with only 70 dur
io; l"i I!.
I'lie boa nl of npialiut ion of .lack
son c.iintv has returned au uMseHsment
nation for Ashland for l'-7 of $11,
,o-7. This is a little over a million
excess of the valuation as returned
the (flriiv assessor for HtuO.
IH -i lrics, ihe mi) nr retried nt Pert
nd sfveral days ago on suspicion of
te-ing tin- man who shot Officer Swear-
inger nt (Hants Push in September,
nas neen riiKeti mere nr trial, ly'tnjj
been id. ntilied hy the officer. Ho was
lel'l in Ifoschurg on n ehurgo nf snfe
'obberv, but was tnki-n there to nn
iwer the more serious charge.
desks Medtord Furnituro company, .$t
ei..'i.;..,. ' ' '
Clothing coinpnnv.
i
many other stores for tho prizes." '
Call at or write to Tho Tribune office
for subjt'eription blanks' 'and get hfesy
with your friends nnd rclntlves. Tney
will help you along. ' ' '
Some of tho prizes nro as follows:
.fi.OO Stetson lints .1. 35-votes'.
$.".fiO dress shoes .'. .35 votas
flO Watermr.r. fountain peni, " ...
gold- mounted (,.,.;.. .50 votts .
$2.00 purses : . . .iatjj'
$10 in.-i ii-ure sets ..; '. . w.'.lOO fots
$S overcoats ,.100 votes
7..ri0 Flohert rifles 'i . . . . ,50'vntes
$1.00 air guns ; . . .'.25 votes
$20 Klgin gold watch fc.100 vote-
.")0 Rambler bicycle ....'... .300 votes
$1S Winchester repent ing rifle.100 votes '
Winchester shotgun 100 votes
$11 single barrel shotgun 75 vote's
$10 Victor phonograph ,:200 votes
$7.;"0 embroidery outfit jft4, .7I votes
$J pocket knives 10 votes
$l"i furs, muff and throw -. t .76 votes
$:i.:"i0 pyrography outfit . 1 i25 votes'
fcl'ii) roller skatea ,. .25 votes4
$J0 suit of elot lies 100 vote
$100 Oliver .typewriter v. .. .1000 votes
$:t.r,0 Teddy bears 25 vtffA
$U0 Klgin gold ladies' watch. ilOO votes
$:t..r0 gun metai watches U i ?25 votes
$ lo diamond ring . . . '. : t ' i i . .300 votes
$L'0 silk dress . . : . .'. .1-OOVote V
$10 chafing dish set .;.... 5.60 voly f
$10 carving sets '.....,. ,v. . .-.50 vrties
and iiumv other valuable (wiktSs, ' ,
POULTRY FAIR TO BE :
HELD AT 0IANTS PAS
The fiarst annual Rogifo RiVei Valley
jioultry show will .b-''jKfauJ.,
Pass on .TauUi'iry -3(5 -Uliad't Febru
ary I. The show will be umlor.the aus
pices of the tlrnnts rass'rinjjtry. Keep
ers' association, which organization. Is
making every endeavor that it shaJT' ho
a credit to the valley and n strong fac
tor in the development of tho. poultry
industry in this part of Oregon, ttlmer
Hixon, the well known poultry judge of
Oregon City, haa been engaged topasa
upon the merits of Hie owls ip.exhibtt.
Professor .ritines Drydeii of the Oregon
agricultural college will also bo present
and will supervise the proper arrange
meiit of the exhibit?. From the interest
that is being p-ken by poultry-keepers
in all parts of tho Itogue River valley it
is certain that a very lurgg, antjj tom
pbte exhibit will he made and entries
will he made from HrjintHPasdAshland,
Medford, Jacksonville, Hold Hill and the
other towns and by many of the farm-.?
ers of Josephine and Jnckson coun
fies. There nre ninny poultry fanciers
in soul hern- Oregon fad everyftrired of
fowls is to ho found hero.', i-?"1
Stopors In "Hants PaSs,'
The Stopers of the Worlds an organ
ization only of mining mu,; hfls boon
organized in HrnaM Pass, With a BtraVi
membership. This makes aeoret or-
rlers in Orants Pass.
SAYS LODOE OOAT HURT
HIM $20,000 WOBTH -;r.4..
;.
NEVADA, Mo., Dee; n.Jame 8rt4tth
filed suit In the Vernon county court
today ngainst tho Modern Woodmen of,
America for $'JO,n0O. Ffi alkges that :
while being initiated by the Krio, Kan.,
lodgo his leg was broken.- ' - -