Medford daily tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1906-1909, February 27, 1908, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text-3-.r: fTITTn Wlir,, TUB MEDFOBI) i ATfY TiMBUXE, M EI) FORD. OB.. THITKSDAY. FEI3BTJABY 27. 1008. o i Medford Daily Tribune A Llv Paper In Live Town. 'ublisbed everv tvc.niii tlcept Sunday Medford Publishiui Company. O. PUTNAM, Editor and Uwmjiir. Tdmittd as Second Class Matter in the Postoffice at M.-dfnrd. '"''if""' Subscription Bates: One moiilli, ly mail or carrier to.'n One year. by mail . . . . . . " BARGAIN AND CORRUPTION. The Mar.-h numlt.'r t the Aiii.ri-an Mugiizim' Hiiit.-iiuM ua iirtivlf upon "l"Ktn. t hv Uw Ciiver," li.v Lincoln Wti-fr'i'UK. In thin artii'l', uh an exmu pie nf the furruptioii I hat ruhd On gun Mliti- before lite diiyn f State in f ut t. 1, in publinli'il t In emit nu-t until between Harvrv Scott. -litr of the Portland Ori'iroiiiiui, mid .ftmathan Itoitriio, ,lr.( at present junior member fnun Oregon, bv which J."J'00 was paid Bourne t withdraw fnun thn Hen filarial race in liMi.'t in fnvor of Ncolt Vlie piihlicat iuit of t hi contract in the American Mncazine linn run nod n political sensation in Oregon, yet to Tribune renders it in ait old story. Lust lieceniber Thn Tribune printed thin con traet, together with other data concern inn thn transact. on, and was the Unit paper to print it. Mr. Nleffen's article lhmwn a stron lij-lit upon the reitt of machine pidi tics in Orej-nn itnd opens up nil tin debauchery and rottonunmt that former Iv obtained ut tin Hlnie capital nnd which MlHloincnl Si. I pur an end to Kwry person itilercstcd in the welfare nf the stale Hhniild ri'ad thin mnj-;i.iiie story. It in easy to see why politician) an titling up against Statement N'n. 1 and seek in j- a return tn the rlayn of bribery anil Itnoillti in the election of Kenatorn. It in easy to hoc why the Oregon inn ih th under itifi against .Statement No. I and loading the f ih t upon il. One could buy n Heimtorship in tlumn ilays and the legislature and lobbyists wen in Hover. Vet had Statement So. 1 been in Tnrco in 1 !!),, it would Imvn been a (;ood tiling fur the edilnr of the Orej-o nin nf for there Would have been in yhorit of 11 ."i.llitO contract to rim from the jravn of petered nut political amhi tionH to haunt his footsteps in his idil aj-o, Ui make H moekerv of hi talk of political purity, to (dint ter public fait It in the honesty of hit utterance nnd to cant it blight iny Hhadow over futnro aspirations. How many similar contractu, how many, baraiim of corruption Statement So. I ban prevent can never be coin pnted. And il in to return tit such con dittoiiK that politicians are now askiiif- the people to surrender their power and repudiate Slut emeu t N'o. I, to rent on tlin days of pul i t it-ill putrifiiet ion. BIO LEAGUE PLAYERS LEAVING FpR THE SOUTH Ituseball in 1. ii m in i ii iiM fust in th elitd an here, and wit h in another t wn wee IiM all the major league clubs will Ih on their way to training rump or play hif. The New York (iiiintH huve nl rendv left for New Orleans bv steainei and (lie rhicao While Nox will leave for California next Saturday niylil. Tin mpiad will be divided into two pari. the llrnt one, of the older plavi-rM and morn likely ciindidateH, training at l.o AneleH and the yonnrtlerri al Sun Kran ' eiHco. I lie flrnl team will be made uj as follown: ('iitclici-rtSiilliiin and Weaver. 1'itcherH WaUh, White, Smith, Most nnd Speer. lnflcldcm loualnic, firsl base; ha vis, Hccnud bane; Tanuehill, third base; I 'a rout, Hhoitstop; At., utility. Oulllcldorn Mann( r .lotiecs Ornish ortv and Hiilin. Thn Hecoud team will rnutaiu the fnl towing: Catcherft - Arnibruster ami Mart. I'itHiern -Altrock, Owen, Kienr, tUni wtead, Manuel nnd Kreenuia. Inlteldern - Anderson, first hac; Kohe. neonnd bane; I'urtell, third base; (tu it I in, nhortstnp; Ostceu, utility plitvor. Outfielders -O Vi iU. W.lda.v and l,e jeune. daUin Al, fotuierly of the t'orthiiid team, in Kettinj; n rhauie with the tiist tMpuul. He wan buii-ht t rom N'en Or leaiiH hint fall and plarol in a i-uiiple of regular jjiunin. HARRIMAN AND HILL TO USE SAME BRIDGE That the Karrimitn and Hill railroad linen win iimc tae h:iiiic hii.luri arross the Colutitbla and Willametto rtvrtn and the name cut through th p-nuiHuln in n crwdible report t hu! is -Mti I he rounds nnd friven eolor bv iln- uo tplii a bin dclnv of the Hartnuan unin.iu.-iii.-iit In beiiniiri); tin boring ef its proposed tunnel through the peuiusuhi. It in Haiti thai wt-ie tlx- Southern tin J I r il inn I'aeific tunnel pro i- t reull v o have been bail I I he work would h.-i e been enmtnencod far hIih.o! of rat con Ml ruction on the sound ch-titou. and I hat I ho last winter would w - been utilised for working forces ot nien on the inside of the tunnel, ut n m-anon when men with pleat if u I ant n ty.-s low. AN INDEPENDENT PACKING PLANT FOR PORTLAND Swartr.ehild & Sulr.beruer. the wmld's birent indt-pemleut pnrkilil roint-rn, will ntart the cnntritctinu work on it h new packing; plant in South I'ort lanl within a month. Tho firm h:oi option, on nevenil tracts of land hn-h im- tift nit to be taken up. j TI nu's Portland plxftt will be ! tilOe. -iMI miT illiout l.00rl.l(. Maliv (Ort ill h filen iOltynieat. BVu1) crlltt tt NiiMrger ftie lil.i'iit from imi h of tl xtri'tne "t.'Mi lAew ce lot kind a fiatkKK . j f-mn " pi..;rai ef "ln.li Ii.ir to Mlnii ', loit it It not nil ' il:. attrcBl 0W the H'rtii j:ive the null The It n. -li,oi for iii. Ih. ii. i toil 14 tA lironillioa tliNl H ltitt;e (diuit h.o to nliolivli the drink Irjiffie, hut ttmlil lie I'.trtteted here. Aei'iirdin; how to rei'iffire it. :uid (n1 reeot;tiiiiii; to pritMiit phins the liaehinj; liouie will resolute it. li ino-.lv ho lonk tin drink he one of the most modern in the conn- is try tin ill he built in su.h a way that ' additions cna be built as trade war rant. U , THE BIBLE UPON PTriAlir rvmtti ' vruii or unlawful. For men DiKONO DRINK'"' i'- f-ti-r. i. lalwiivs b'i-n an outward anil visible Christianity and Alcoholic Beverages London Preacher "Discusses Influ ence of Drink and Religion Moham mehr.nifim Only Prohibition Religion. (H.v H.v. II. It. (iamble, 1,1,. 1 1. Ho l-'amoiiH l.oiulou l'ri'jn-liir.) A-t the present time a reat deal o harsh lauiiiie is mi J v,ltich seems to imply that the use of alcohol is forbirl leu to ChristiaiiM, nnd thai anyone en acd in I he businetiH of brewing has forfeited all title to the Chrisiiaii name. Ah a matter of fact, lauiuae of thih sort b n in ilHt-lf miti rhristiau. Il i tained with the old heresy that has up peared in so many forum which regards material t Iliads as in I hemselv cm e il, whereas to t lie ChriNtiau religion (he seat f evil lies, not in material tliin-i. but in the porverled will of man. There is not a word in t he Itibb-whii-h t n-alH wine or atmii drink as in itself evil. There are many deiiun .-iatious of drniik-niiesM. but none of drink. There is nothing in the Chris . i:t ii religion w li ir It forbids a inodi-riite line of alt-idiot, or which sets up ti-eto talism as in itself a higher ideal. The Wine of Cana. Surely iiothinj; cuti be more clear on this ipiestion than tin life and teaching of ( 'hrist himself. The conlrasl be tweea John the ltiitiMt and our Lord is very strongly marked. ''For John 'nine neither eating nor drinking and ihev sav: He hath a di-vil. The Son of Ma a came eat iny and drinking, and they Hay: lb-hold a man jjhittononM, ami a wine bibber and a friend of publii-aux and nin tiers, He increased t he gaiety of the wedding at Cana when he ehaiijj ed water into wine. I r, once more, what could be more niiiil'icuut than Ihat at the institution of Kiieharist he should have ehosen the common things nf life, "the bread that st reut heuet h man's heart." the "wine that maketli ulad the heart of man," bread and wine wine as well is bread to be made tin memorial of Ii i h sacrifice, and the vehicle of hi yilice No serious person will maintain Ilia! when "wine" is thus mentioned some non-intoxicatine; liipior is meant ; and :n the face of these Ihinys soiue of the InnnunKo used by certain speakers on platform ami in pulpils is, il uiiisl be .-oiifesseil, rather surprising. Those who want a religion which forbids t he usi of wine can have it, but the religion is not l 'hrist iauity, but Mohammedanism. Mohammedanism Forbids Wine. Whether the civilization produced by Mohammedanism is of a higher type than t hat developed under I he in Ho nee of Christ inn ity I must leave to ot hers to decide. I n lay i ne; down these principles, iv h ich it re so met iines forgot I en or ie; no red. it is hardly necessary to -say t hat I am not for a moment dispara jiH the noble cll'orlh of those who in I lie hope of saving the victims of ill in pera nee have theinselxes become to :.il abstainers. They have resolved foi l certain purpose to resign a lawful indulgence, ami in many eases thev ivoiihl be tin- lu-tt to use the sort of Ian Ullage tli. -i I I have been deprecating. In the same way we are bound to honor those who "for the kingdom of heuv ii 'h sake" have resolved to live the celibate life. Hill ill neither case eail they be regarded as setting a standard for average hiioiauity, nor can they who voluntarily abstain from alcohol or marriage impose a similar rule of 1 if e upon ot hers. It must then be miauled that the Christian nliion leaves the ipu-stioii of the u e or lion use of alcohol to the judgment of each indix id ua I. Hul there -s, of couisi-, another question behind this. Since it is admitted by all that the abuse of strong drink is a strong and crying evil in the country, would it not be advisable to aim at its abso lit inn by law. Ouejit not our j.'oal In bt l lie total pndiibiti t Hie sab- of all iutoxicat ni litpiors Growing More Sober. To this 1 would respectfully venture to reply that such a course, even if possilde, Wolilil (lot be expedient. As it is, the country is bee iu slowly bul surely more sober. No one can doubt this. Public opinion in all classes is .ihhihI the drunkard, ami in the upper and middle classes, as also in the cereal portion of the working classes, those who drink, drink as a rule, not in cx t ss. hut in modern! ion. I i ua kenuess, enrrallv sp.aktiiy. is a ii e of M lipid it v, and I he ilicrca-cil s.ituirtv niav be regarded as a direct lilt of Wider edllcal it'll. Men are uiin lo be masters nf t liemseh i-s. but to attain line self ma-terv thev uii-'t have libeitv. In this wny only can strong cliaiacters be prodiiceil. 'I'here is a slrou tiutli in the word iin.-e atlribulcd. wiihtly or wrongly, to a famous bish.o,.: " Hetter Kiiilaud fioe than l!nlauil sober." That is iiii sidiriety may be purchased too b.ulv if it be pin. based by the loss f freedom, w hich is essetit ial to 1 he pi o'luel ion ot c ha latter. Does Not Prohibit. Hut . ev i u if it vv ere expedient . it w on 1.1 not be possible. Experience shows erv clearlv that where the ef has been made it has failed. I n tin "prohibition state." thete is tpnte i as much dtinkiuu as in uthers. t.ut il is dene sc. i. llv mst.ad of op. nU j Mv 'piiu-.li is that v. rv .Itasttc ineas .uies .'iimoiii; ourselves, even it bs ilras 'tic than total prohibition, Would be at l. nd.d bv sniular n-nlts Those who w toh t - hoi It ink vv ill dunk, if rwt in pub s, then itiibibs. it" not opeiilv. llii'ii miiellv. .Hill Iheret'oie il it in the inMr.1 ol' true I. nTri:n 1 regarded as in itielr wroni. or .Ii. o.. eful. no regulation i imhmI.I,.; in, lOlllIOr M SlCT 3T! lKWT LO. iliQ - t .ventual l.olit,ijn)n ill ,,hv.,v L,,,,,,,, ss,v Offt on Seventh Street be Tlie ultimate gmi of the reformer. Opposite the lli(( Kledric Sign. j Our first duty tn to ucknowb-de tpiite Ifranklv that the deturo to drink is not si on of fellowship and the more openly it ii-; done and the mure frankly it is 1 colli.ed the to-tter. Is Social Necessity. Win ii we coiiiih-r how narrow utul restricted the homes nf the jreat lxry of the i pie are. we are bound In ad mil Ihat tin public house in soine form is a social necessity. The iniMrt ant point is. what form.' Our aim should be to develop a type of public house on the lines of the I'rench cafe, nf the Ceniiaii Ixer anb n, or lie Hauisli "OfhoMsh jeill. ' We want places where food as Well as drink, and non alcoholic as well uh alcoholic liipiors can be obtained; where a man can lake his wife and meet his neighbors without sense of shame, with windows through which ev'eryour can s-e. and plenty of tables and r hairs. These could be true Social centers. The worst of our ordinary public house is thai it does nut afford those social ad vantages; it has til I It except standing run in, a ml t he windows used serin tac illy to assume thai those who drink wish In be concealed. Reforms Most Needed. I venture lo think that it would be a -.Teat (tain if our brewers and ot hern in 1 1 rest oil in t he trade could be in duced not only To resist attacks, but also to throw their cncroies into a re form of this kind. With la rye, liyht airy, roomy public houses, with facili ties for obtaining food, and instead of bein mere drinkini; shops, present intf oppnrluuhicM for real social inti't'coiirso - many of the smaller, meaner drinking places mielit, uud I trust would dift peur wit h great advantage. It is fort much to hope Ihat teiuperauco reform ers would be willing to smile on such a movement. l''or myself at any rate I wish to make it clear that it is not in (he in. tirest id' intemperance, but of temper ance that lam oppose to some of Un popular remedies of the day, such as total Sunday closing, extinction of bar maids, local option, etc. It is not by trying to make drinking disgraceful or impossible that we shall get rid of drunkenness. The process, in any case, must be a slow one, but Christ iauity and common sense alike demand that' lo achieve results worth achieving ivc must treat men as free and responsible beings, capable of self reverence, self knowledge ami self control. Methodist Episcopal Church, B Street. Another grand meeting last night. A goodly number gat bored in the sane tnary to hear Ifev. Van Mailer's ser tnnn on "The Sinners' Kxcuses." The preacher made it plaint I hat it is not the Christian, but I he man who coiitin fin tie in sin and refuses to become u Christian who "gives up" the must valuable t h'nigs. A fter an interest ing sermon replete with st liking illust ra (ions he made several strong appoals to the unsaved. It was a gratifying sight to the evangelists, the pastor, the uiein bei'-hip. ami must have made the an gels rejoice when I I persons came for ward to seek salvation, (ireat good has come to the church ami the unsaved through these meetings. I'teachilig ev ery night, Kvervbody invited. A. I., limine of I'hoenix in Medford Thursdav. did hi MEDFORD OPERA HOUSE IIa:i.ki:i: A Wii.i.iams. Makai;i-:iih ONE NIGHT Saturday, Feb. 29 CULLIGAN'S Nashville Students BAND AND ORCHESTRA POPULAR TRICES. No Fire in (lie Kitchen Range No Hot H ater in the House Then is the time you ap preciate the convenience uf ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS the mvirest lamp sak kct and turn the switch HT, QUART, TWO QHAT ANA I.ARKR SlrS Pint Sue is .i-vi.t" .i i..i(i i.,r , lir ,.. . VWI Sm . P I I i til ( he I I jj M -II : - I HIS Jj . n . n . Attaeh a iiliiu to ".'V 5, f. FOR SALE OXK OF THE CHOICEST PIECES Ol'1 BUSINESS KEAE ESTATE IX MEI FOIfl). SITUATED OX THE CO.MIXO Al A 1 X STREET OF THE CITY. I'HOF- ewtv is now yieuhxo h per CEXT OX THE A.MOlXT ASKED, AND ' ( 'A X I E MADE T PA Y 20 PER C EXT i. . OX THE INVESTMENT. J.C.Brown T 1 1 Fj r e a l e s t a t e m a n PALM BLOCK J. K. KNYAKT.P.-i'siil cnt. .1. A. J'KllRV, Vic President. The Medford MEDFORD. OR. CAPITAL ' $50,000 SURPLUS 10,000 Sn My Boxes to Rent. A General Panking Business Transacted. AYc Solicit Your Patronage 11 I; .laekKOIl ((Ml III V liailK . .- HUM eiMlIllH III I III. HHIl IIIIUUII Ml. mil. I. ....n ... ........ pusstble liv its exiM'itiiiiially gouii facilities nnd careful lanaceinrnt nf all fumls entrusted to its pare. Vour aci it, suliieet to cheek, is cordially invited. JACKSQNCOUNTYBANK MEDFORD, OREGON. State Depositary. Established 1888. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $115,000.00 V. I. V AWT Kit. President. THE SIGN OF SAFETY 1ST NATIONAL BANK O F M H t 5- OR D OilrilAii, !.) 0,000 ' ALWAYS eO.NSM'fVATIVi:, ALWAYS RAFK Win. S. Crowe II, President. I'. K. Deuel, Viee President. Orio I rawford. The Nash Hotel and Grill Only first-class house in the city. Absolutely the finest grill between Portland and San Francisco. A specialty is made of oysters, shell and other fish. All metx used arc cold storage government inspected. Catering in all its branches. SPREAD THE NEWS Colonists' Rates Colonist Rates from all points East to Oregon from March 1 to April 30, 1908 The Southern Pacific Railroad Announces that rate in effect March 1, 1M8, will be $38 from Chicago, S;f.50 -from St. Lonift, Mo.; from Missouri River common points. Coun cil Bluffs lo Ktsas City. Mo., including also St. Paul, Minneapolis, $:; from Donvvr, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, $30. For further information call on or address A. S. ROSENBAUM. Agent, Medford, Or. mm Scale Spray for Sale S. ;il pruy, T.itnr ami .Sulphur Sitlntium. r.-.t.lv 1m u; in an;' v.in tit v. J. t. Perry, Msdforil, Dre. MEDFORD .lOH.V S. OUTir, C'asbier. V. I). JACKSON, Ass t Cashier. National Bank lirHirt'H III err III. liri.U3ll.iin ....:..:.... r...- Tl.;u iu ......In 0EO. H. I.IN'DI.KV, Cashier. ieo. V. Dunn, Vice President. M. U Alvord. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. Buy Tickets by Wire. t 'Pomi'lliiug which Is ol coiisidtrablc lut.-rest t the public p-mrally and which is perhaps not ueneralh- knawt is the svstcin of prcjiaid onicrs now in effect between stations of the Southerr. j t Pacific company and all points in the l'nited States, llv means of this system tickets may be purchased at Medford from any place in the Cuited States and mailed or telegraphed direct to thi ,iarty wishing to come here. Sleepel accommodations nnd small amounts of cash in connection with these ticket! mav also bo furnished at the Bam time.' tf Special Sale of ORCHARD We are alile to offer for a few days the most desirable vming orchard within a few miles of .Medford, which we have been able to offer our customers for a year, and within reach of the man with reasonable capital. The trant consists of ol' orchard land, with (it) acres' in cultivation and 43 acres in orchard of the right varieties of fruit, just coming into bearing. Thirtv acres of the orchard is in Spitzenberg and New town ' apples and Cornice pears. Fifteen acres in prunes, with good dryhouse on premises. Fully t0 acres more of good fruit laud on the tract, covered with brush, but with enough' firewood on same to pay for clearing and setting to fruit. Now is the time to act in this matter, for values are advancing so rapidly that onlv the rich can afford an orchard in this valley in a few vears. Why shouldn't values advance, when the right kind of an' orchard is yielding such fabulous re turns ? Roue River Land Go. EXHIBIT BUILDING, CATALOG HOUSES ARE NOT MERCHANT TAILORS They drain the towns of nione and neither give the fit, style nor distinction t" your clothes thatiyour own city tailor can. - PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY The clothes I make are the kind that "carry distinction," that bespeak the man, that keeps your money at home and are superior in every . detail to the "sweatshop" goods of catalogue houses. KEEP YOUR MONEY HOME EIFERT The City Tailor SERVED AS WE SERVE IT A iih'iiI lu-re is limn tliriu iii-to t'nml. it is a feast. Try this restaurant wlictiicr your appi'titi he pMul or poor. If it is tfmnl, you'll enjoy tlio p'ti itoiis w. t ions of tin1 ln-st eiiibles. 1 1' it is mh;', the tt'intin nianiu'r in iv li ieh wc put fooil liofori' you will re vivr your api'ptito as if Ity manic. The Nash Qafe 3ftrs.3rm 3ntructor of SluMo at Mesl.Vjitcj. Matth J Strjot Fine Job Printing and Linotyping Done at the Medford Tribune R. W. GRAY, Builder ( '() L )X I A 1 , 1 '( ) 1 ,H ' 1 1 W ( ) I K . ( i 1 I L L A X I ) L AT 1 1 W()liK. l'ATTKU'NS. ETC. TKLKIMIOXK 471. II1CT Di:rni'i:n JUOI IU.VI.I f and liKike up tin- - t. to suit y. n i I FT MEDFORD TE4 and COFFEE HOUSE L'Ui WKST SKVKXTII STl'KKT. McOI.ASHAX & .ll'XKKX - - Proprietors MEDFORD, OREGON. FRENCH DRY CLEANIN6 "Medford 3fatnptoii Usaacs jCliitno.C.isst "Ji'tcHtoo M KDFOK'D, 01'. THE SECRET "f why nur Wea.l is in sm-li ili tnaiui t"-r it- fine qn:ility. lightness nnl mo-t ! li.-ii. us t'la-r is that it is mnnlc from chi)ii-e winti r t heat and hy the best iiifi litols K now a in baUiu to ive nu trition :uul Mi'oymem of eatiuj at the same time. If you are iiut usiiijj Van Horilt'iiln-ri I'.ros. ' broa.1. try it. Medford Steam Bakery S..v..rnl latest styl., in li...,.-r Sets. on Open Stock. C-iiMc .-iii.l see our K"ods . -It.