Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
THE WEATHER.
Associated Press
Dispatches
Rain tonight ami Wednesday;
southerly winds.
VOL. II.
MEDFORD, OR., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1908.
NO. 216
CITY COUNCIL
SEEKING BIDS
FOR PAVING
Either Asphalt or Bit
ulithic to be Laid
On Seventh Streets
Harrington's License
The city council held a special meet
ing yesterday afternoon, principally to
hear the report of the committee on
street pavement, which had just re
turned from Portland. The mayor and
members of the hoard were all present,
with the exception of Councilman Ha
re r, and on account of the city hall he-
inn in use as a polling place for the
school election, the meeting was held
in the city attorney's office.
Upon hearing the report of the street
committee, action was taken to secure
bids for the pavement of Seventh street,
both asphalt and bitulithic pavement to
lie considered, bids to be submitted not
later than March 1. It was specified
that, the work must be commenced with-
' in !H days and completed by October
1. and must be done according to me
. official specifications in ne by the
citv of Portland.
Jt was also ordered that the alley
through block 7'J be vacated, so that the
listers could proceed with the erection
of their proposed school buildings at
once.
.John Harrington was granted a li
cense to sell liquors for a period of six
months, and the resignation of Charles
. Turpin as chief of police, to take effect
March 1, was accepted. Such other bus
iness as remained was allowed to go
over until tonight, when there is an
adjourned meeting of the board
HORACE M'KINLEY'S TRIAL
TO BE HELD NEXT APRIL
All pending Oregon land-fraud cases,
(numbering '.'2. will be taken up at the
April term of the Tinted States court,
which will be convened on Monday.
April l.'t, at Portland. Such an order
was made by Judge Wolvertou at the
request of Francis J. lleuey. who left
Saturday night for San Francisco,
where he will asiist District Attorney
Langdon in the prosecution of Abe
Knef. The first ease to be tried in April
will be on the indictment charging
Horace fi. MeKinley with the forgery
.of settlers' names to fraudulent home
stead entries. MeKinley was recently
apprehended in Manchuria aad is being
returned to Portland for trial, having
left the l imed 'States while under
bonds awaiting trial.
' The plans of the government contem
plate that Tracy ('. Pecker, special as
sistant to the United States attorney
. general, shall conduct the MeKinley
case and try the minor indictments,
while Mr. Heney may return towards
the close of the term to try llinger
Hermann in the lilue Mountain con
spiracy case, and also direct tin govern
ment's ease in the retrial of .1. X. Wil
liamson, ex-congressman, who was re
cently granted a new trial by the Unit
od States supreme court on a technical
ity. EXTEND GREAT SOUTHERN
FROM THE DALLES TO DUFUR
Articles of incorporat ion for the
Great Southern railroad have been filed
in Oregon and work will be begun as
soon as contracts can he let, to extend
the line, of the road, which now runs
from The Dalles to Dufur. south as far
ah Aygh, where it will tap the rich
wheat and timber enuntrv nf the Tvgh
falby.
Although the line from The Dalles to
Dufur lias been built and in operation
a couple of years, it was never extend
ed outh n had I n the original in
tention. The origiml articles nf incor
poration were filed in Washington.
John Hriturieh, president of the rad.
has removed from Seattle to Portland
and will make his permanent home in
this city. Sigmund Frank, nf Momt &
Frank, the vice president, and Julius
L. Meier, the secretary and purchasing
agent, nre both prominent Portland bus
iness men, and the rond will he entirely
an Oregon enterprise. The nominal capi
Itul stock mentioned in the articles of
incorporation is $100,OuO.
Two Now Battleships.
, WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 The house
committee on naval affairs voted to
rpcommend an appropriation for the
building of two battleships of the Del
war type, in-tead of the four reeom-m'Dd-
by tbe navy department and
urged by the preside .d t
DANCING IS
SURVIVAL OF
Oil
D. H. Hawkins Says
Pastime Is Childish
andEvenSilIyEvilto
Him who Evil Thinks
A it en t the controversy that has arisen
out of Rev. Mr. Renter s aftirmations
regarding play-acting and dancing, 1
cannot for the life of me see whv both
Mr. Renter nud Mr. Andrews have gone
so far afield in the discussion.
Evidently both of these persons are
educated gentlemen, having trained, cul
tured intelects, and both of them are
endowed with strong perception. One
(Mr. Renter) being a pulpiteer, niingles
not with men as men in other vocations
and avocations of life, mingle with
men to know them with a closeness of
knowledge seldom if ever acquired
by persons of clerical training. The
other (Mr. Andrews), in addition to be
ing presumably a man of education anil
culture, is also a man of parts differ
ently to Mr. Renter; and having a prac
tical knowledge of the world, of men
and things, such only as may be ob
tained through contact wit h crowds
and peoples, in many states and climes,
and under such circumstances of lift
as reveal dearly the good and the bad
in men.
Why Search Noah's Ark?
Allowing that both these men have
good acquirements that each is hon
est and sincere, does it not. appear some
what strange that they should go nnae-
ing among the musty rolls of Noah's
ark to prove a theorem that hath today
for a mother J There are times, of
course, when one may moon among ruins
to advantage and profit. Hut when one
leaves the major premise in a proposi
tion, purely modern in import and bear
ing, to go mooning among the fallen
facades of the temples of post-Accadian
ages or of pre-Peruvinri periods, to find
analogy to a quest ion almost wholly
modern in the manner of its being pro
pounded ami therefore modern in its
meaning by rule of sequence and appli
cation, one is constrained to ask if
somebody has not (bulged the main ques-
t ion.
As the matter presented itself to me,
1 understood the question to be as fol
lows: Is dancing and play-acting
wrong.' Oh, to put it by affirmation,
Dancing ami play-acting are wrong!
Uses Comparative Method.
Now. all processes of reasoning should
be analytical and comparative, without
which no conclusion reached can be
wholly safe and reliable. I shall there
fore, in a brief discussion nf this ques
tion, adopt the comparative method.
As to dancing: To begin with, danc
ing, like many other modern custom
or institutions, such ns the wearing of
finger rings and other styles of personal
adornment; eard playing; also many re
ligious rites and ceremonies, prostra
tions and genuflections, nre, each and
all, relics of barbarism.
To some no doubt the dance is n
means of innocent pleasure and enjoy
ment, while to others it affords an op
port unity for personnl contact, with
motives impure and even bestial. The
beast -man and the beast-woman and
tny person of good intelligence and in
tuition may readily recognize all such
ought ner to be allowed to mingle
with chaste young men and pure young
women on the floor of any hall or
drawing-room where men ami women of
noble character and lofty ideals are
uoit to assemble.
Good and Bad of Dancing.
While I cannot ee any d ir t and
real harm in the dance, when engaged
in by persons of good morals and strong
haraeter; yet, mi the other hand, there
a re somet lines assncuit ions a ml eondi
tions surrounding the dance that nre uu
fit and df moral i.iniz in the extreme.
ind when such is the case one should
dm n the dance as though it were a
poisonous stench. o
One may not truthfully sav that the
Careys, the Parkers, thp ' nanning and
the Kmersons ever received harm of the
dance; nor can it be said that they ever
brought harm into the dance. Our col-
ii i ii I mothers danced, and a more no
ble, purer race of women never inhab
ited this earth. Hat, says one, eondi
tiuus are different mm. True, I yield
the point. And if pnw-d Would yield i
tfc" further jwiot UuM UB (?pe4
to what 1 utive WntfB above, n.M tlAt 1
CONDEMN
SINGING OF
OLD HYMN
Women's Peace Con
ference Censures
President and Boys'
Brigades.
XKW YORK, Feb 11. The Wom
en's Peace Circle today condemned the
singing of ' 1 Onward, ( hristian Sol
diers ' ' and other hymns with martial
swing. Hoys' brigades as adjuncts to
Sunday schools and President Roosevelt
were condemned because they favored
teaching schoolboys rifle shooting.
CARDINAL GIBBONS
OPPOSES PROHIBITION
XKW OR L KAN'S, Feb. Id. Cardinal
Gibbons has given out the following in
terview: "I am satisfied that it is practically
impossible to put prohibition into ef
fect, in any large community, and the
best means therefore to promote temper
ance is to limit the uumber of saloons
by high license. 1 would be in favor of
iribieting heavy punishment on the pro
prietors of saloons who violate the law
in the first instance, and the Heeond vio
lation I would revoke the license alto
gether. "In the country places T would sug
gest local option as an excellent means
for the repression of intemperance, if
in the judgment of the majority of the
voters the sale of liquor should entirely
be eliminated.
' ' haws like prohibition, that, are cer
tain to be violated, had better not be
made, for incessant violation draws
down upon them disrespect."
is that not all men and women have the
strength of the Kmeraons and the Car
eys. Dancing Is Childish.
To me the dance seems childish and
even silly. It would appear that man
kind could discover some more sensible
mode of en joyment and entertainment.
Madame Roland and Madame Recnmier
loved not the dance so much as they
delighted to measure their intellects
with the' master minds of the brilliant
period in which they lived. And yet,
because to me the dance seems silly, is
no reason for supposing it to be silly
and harmful only. Others there are
equally able who deem the dance no
more harmful than a hundred and one
other pleasure customs which obtain
among men, and most, of which are
or may be credited by the church as
being "best. ' '
While it does not, seem quite the
proper and consistent thing for a pro
fessed follower of Christ to take part
in those things which would seem right
ly to belong to that class only which
is indifferent to the higher claims of
life yet, in the light of all human ex
perience and in the name of good com
mon Sense where will vou demarcate
the line
Where Draw the Line?
Would you condemn mat hematics be
cause of false entries marie by default
ing bookkeepers and cashiers! Would
you condemn grammar because of slips
of speech? Would you abolish law be
cause of abuses of law? Would you
do away with woman's home and for
eign missionary meetings because they
sometimes are degraded to the level of
gossip societies? Would yoji wholly ab
rogate the claims of the church and of
religion because ministers sometimes
represent things falsely or ignorantly?
Would you forbid wech upon the street
because some man or woman of mongrel
breed vulgarizes conversation bv the use
of coarse suggestion am! indecent
word-; or because some low bred man
or woman slanders some passerby?
Would you eliminate psychology from
the sclion curriculum simply because
the psychological influence of misrep
resentation, suspicion and false accu
sation has s-nt finall yto the gallows
or to jail or to the grave manv persons
who, but for s.'iih untoward influence,
would be honored and respected mem
bers of society. la many ways the
church itself is a blessing to man. Hut j
in many ways other than what should
be the purpose of its mission here, thej
diuren ruts again tjecome a menace to
society. Doubtless no force exists in
the world but has hot h strength and
weakness. Why should one then, With
out rub' or qualification, presume to
eondemn the dance as a tvholp, "tving.
"It in fvi and evil only!"
NriW. as to th theater Well, With the
editor's pTDDMloD, I will prrAftSt tint
ftucr later on. D. II. HWI8
BROKEN
I SCHOOL
Catholics Let Con
tract on Forty Thou
sandDollarStructure -Parsonage Also.
(iround was broken today for the new
Catholic school to be erected on South
Tenth street. The building will cost
$-Jit,ia and be an imposing structure.
I: will be used as a day and boarding
school at present, but eventuallv as a
day school. The building will be three
stories in height and nearly a block in
length.
Negotiations are being concluded by
Father Van tor the sale ot the old
Catholic church on North D street, and
the sale will make possible the immedi
ate construction of a new church near
the new acailemv.
The contract has been let for a $7001)
priests home and work will begin at
once on this structure.
When these buildings nre well under
way attention will be turned toward
the erection of an immense hospital, the
largest in Southern Oregon, and a large
Sisters school on the heights east of
the city. If Medford will go after
these institutions it will hasten the con
struction. This much was promised by
Archbishop Christie during his recent
visit here.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS
THIS WEE KAT JACKSONVILLE
The following is the programme for
the February examinations ot appli
cants for teachers' cert if icates and
state papers which will be held at Jack
sonville, commencing Wednesday. Feb
ruary 1- at !t o 'clock a. m and con
tinuing until Saturday, February 15, at
4 ii. in.:
For state papers:
Wednesday Penmanship, history.
spelling, physical geography, reading.
psychology.
Thursday Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, gram mar. bookkeeping,
physics, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography, pom
posit ion, algebra. Knglish literature.
Sat unlay Ilotanv, plane geometry,
general history, school law.
For county papers:
i 'omniencing Wednesday, February
'2, at M o'clock a. in. and continuing un
til Friday, February 14, at 4 p m.:
Wednesday Penmanship, history, or
thography, reading, physical geography.
Thursday Written arithmetic, theory
of teaching, gram mar, physiology.
Friday (ieography. school taw, civil
government, Knglish literature.
LEAP YEAR HELPS OUT
FAIR IOWA EDITRESS
DKS MOINKS. Feb. 1 1. Kxasperat
ed over having ost in a contest for the
county printing, simply because she
was a woman, Klizabeth Schem, editor
of the Storm Lake Vidette, asserted her
hap year prerogative and in the cur
rent issue of her paper makes the fol
lowing proposal:
"A constant fight for what rightfully
belongs to her is a wear and tear on
the nerovus system of any woman, and
we have coine to the belief that in or
der to stay in newspaper work and
maintain our health we will have to
marry some mail printer who can do
the fighting and swearing for us.
"This is leap year, and this may toe
considered a a proposal by any one who
would be qualified to fill the vacancy
so evident in the Vidette office."
f(. A. Craig, the bachelor edilor of
the Lytton Star, wrote an acceptance,
coudit ional upon t he ability of M iss
Schcni to "make pancakes, fry ham and
eggs and distil good coffee," in tin
next. is-ne of the Vidette the fair edi
tor will assure Craig h her ability to
deliver the goods, and all newspaper
doin is preparing to extend coiigratu
tarn. ns,
RURAL DELIVERY PARCELS
POST IS ARRANOED FOR
WASH 1 ;T .Feb. I I .Senator
P.nrnham of New Hampshire introduced
a bill to provide rural delivery for par
ceh post for merchandise and other ar
ticles actually mailed on ruray delivery
routes. There are .'!. 0i hi rural delivery
routes serving daily mail to l.'i.niio.OOO
people. Huriihani's measure has the in
dorsefnent of Kooovelt and Postmaster
'n in ral Meyer. The rate of postage is
. cents for tin' first pound and 'i cents
for e;n h additional pound, but the priv
ilege cn only be ut ilized by person
act n My living tnd doing busiic on
the root on which tb delivery hi to oc
ear. Tile bill providM for reditu) rft
for frAttitoifl .f tbe first piuvd.
fiUlir. fiWDtiuD' Deal fad io
tli moo of Ti oft 6ilk fto4
Eiahrniaer Vtuti, "Tke Hi Hunt,"
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CHIEF TURPIN
RESIGNS FROM
POLICE FORCE
Resignation To Take
Place In March-No
Successor Named
Scramble For Place
Charles Turpin has resigned as chief
of police, to take effect, in .March, the
city council has accepted the resigna
tion and there is a scramble on among
would-be sleuths to fill his place.
Among those seeking the job are K.
h. Hale, John Ponimer, the carpenter;
C. F. Murdoch, employed at the ice
plant; .lack Fredenburg, present night
watchman, and Marry 0. Angle. The
position pays ."" a month.
.Mayor It eddy has the naming of the
appointee, but the council the confirma
tion. The mayor yesterday offered to
name any one the council might select,
stating that he had no candidate, and
the council was ready to confirm any
one he might choose. The appointment
will probably be deferred a few days.
CROWD PRECIPITATES RIOT
AT KING CARLOS' FUNERAL
LISPOX, Feb. lit. The bodies of
King Curios and the crown prince lay
in state until this, afternoon, when they
were removed to the Pantheon, where,
after further ceremonies, they were
placed in the tomb. Large crowds
viewed the bodies at the cathedral.
There was almost a riot this after
noon when the populace attempted to
get into the cathedral where the bodies
lay. The police were unuble to close
the cathedral doors at the hour ap
pointed for the beginning of the cere
monies of the final interment. The surg
ing multitude thrust the police to one
side ami poured into the main edifice.
The cavalry finally found it necessary
to charge. There were no casualties.
Morchnnts to Moot Tonight.
All Medford merchants are requested
to meet at the Commercial club rooms
al 7:.'t(i o'clock tonight to perfect the
Merchants ' Protect ive assocint ion.
ANNOUNCEMENT
DANIELS'
New Clothing Store
Announces the arrival
of the first shipment
of correct clothing for
men for the Spring and
Summer of 1908, fea
turing the New Athlet
ic, Belmont, Kenaford
and Portsmouth Models
Tuesday, February Eleventh,
Nineteen Hundred and Eight
Medford Oregon
VOTE BONDS
FOR $40,000
HIGH SCHOOL
Election Carried By a
Vote of 104 to 17,
Four Votes Thrown
Out as Spoiled.
The school (list rict bond issue was
voted upon yesterday afternoon und
resulted in the polling of 1'-i votes.
There were 1 0-4 in favor of bonding tho
district for a $4i),0(0 new high school
and 17 against. There were four spoiled
ballots The question which was nisi)
submitted to the voters, as to whelber
or not the bonds were to be fold in
Jackson county exclusively, or else
where, was carried in favor of being
sold anywhere that purchasers may bo
hail, by the same majority as was tho
question of bonding.
The school board has not determined
as yet where the high school will bo
located, but will make an effort to
purchase the grounds from the city now
occupied by the water tower, and may
i ust it ute coiideiuimt ion proceedings to
get the grounds, if suitable arrange
ments cannot be made to purchase tho
same.
The high school building will be threo
stories high und tin ground space will
be at least 1 00x1 111) feet. , r f
N.,., ;
WOOD IS NOW CHAMPION
MEDFORD BILLIARD PLAYER
R P. Wood is now the champion bil
liard player of Medford, having won
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j series id' games for the championship
that lasted two mouths. Iln played '.
games to win, and as proof of his prow
ess is showing a handsome silver loving
cup, presented by Waschau &. Itrown, at
whoso billiard parlors the contest was
carried on.
In nil, till games were played by tho
devotees of this most scientific of
games. V. A. A it ken, t he popular
plumber, won second place in I lie con
test, and V. C. ebley third. Among
other players who ranked high in tho
list of contestants were lr. Ilargrcave,
Homer Kotheriucl, John Wilkinson and
Mr. Conclier. The contest was finished
last week.
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