Apple and Pear Orchards In The Rogue River Valley Pay $1,000 Per Acre Annually
ford Bam Cribu
S RAPLB GROWTH
THE WEATTIEE.
F:iir. co. I, r i-tii'Iir, 'i'.;; frost.
Tiii'xlay tail-, nmiliu'tt winds.
Assorted Fres Dvivtchos.
Year K:;lm I'--" ffi.e Hank I'-wu-Jiii.'.iary.
h-d i.-. ru-io-i..-. kit" n.
. ll.i-l 1 rjo.put .y-o.
VOL. II.
MKDFO.HD, PH., -MONDAY, MAKC11 H5, 1908.
NO. III).")
BH
CDLVIG NOT
A FOLLOWER
ui
! ! OF INGERSQLL
I I
. ; The Rev. Reuter's AttaGk
J on Stage and Attorney
Answered- - -Praise of
Stage From Preachers.
To the Fditor: Kcv. lteuter lias
again taken u the juestion of tin " im
morality uj" the theater." The greater
portion of his creed ia devoted to
' 4 .1 tiilr ' ' 1 olvig. Hi- wiys: ' Tin
judge isn't the lirst lawyer who, ia
writing about mutters of religion, was
caught blundering." This may be true,
as there has been a great ileal of blun
dering done along that line, and not all
done by lawyers, cither. The mistaken
ideas el' church doetrine, church blun
ders the historian tells us has caused the
death of over ten millions of innocent
people. Whether Christ, had two souls,
one human and 1 he other Divine, was
once a question that brought many inno
cent people to the slake. The time for
celebrating Kaster was once considered
of such great importance as to involve
the salvation nr damnation of nin. The
Tiev. David Swing says in one of his
pennons that "The demand for the rack
and the slake in the past history of the
church made up in terrorism what it
lacked in evidence, ami the ideas over
which most blood has been shed are
now known to be entirely false."
Rev. Renter says: " Me is a Metho
dist miujtser and Methodism preaches
Arminian theology and A rminian the
ology is radically different fmm Calvin
ism. One of two things is true. Judge
Col;g knows the difference between
Arminianism and Calvinism, or he does
riot? If he does not, he is to be pitied
for his ignorance." It is probable (hat
nine-tenths of the members of the H
Street Methodist church are subject to
the same pity.' P.ut 1 really do know
tin difference; yet F was not advised
which particular braiieli of Methodism
1,'ev. I i i 1 1 1 r follows. Tie t ween the two
founders of the Methodist church.
Whit. dield and WcsUy. there was a dis
agreement on this very question, White
field was a strict Calvinist. while Wesley
leaned towards Arminianism. ami the
church became divided, part following
one doctrine, and part the other. T am
glad to be in formed as to which view
my friend Kouter takes.
The reverend gentleman is verv craftv
in argument. Me would have his read
ers believe that the "Judge" looks up
on Heaven as a place f sadness and
gloom. have never said so. nor do T
believe if. The Rihle does not teach it.
nor does any reasonable system of relig
ligion. To end this part of the discus
sion. 1 will set the gentleman right by
saying that 1 have never read the works
of Robert Ingersoll. That T am not an
agnostic, an infidel nor a materialist.
Neither am 1 as well advised in man
made creeds ns Mr. Renter. My only
creed is the Bible as it appears through
my own eyes, and the great Hook of
Nature which is open before me. If
this creed is not sufficient, T am lost, for
J will follow no other.
Rome weeks ago the Rev, Renter gave
the opinions of a few theatrical people
on the subject of the immorality of the
stage. In the years past, there has
been much intolerance exhibited toward
those who were pleased to patronize the
theater. Hut. all intolerance is based
upon ignorance and elitism. Tt, pro
ceeds from the assumption that the
ideal has been reached. When the
Puritans banished the Queakers. thev
assumed to have brought the ideal form
of religion over in the Mavfjonror; vet T
am glad to state that this spirit is not
universal among ministers. One of the
great ornaments of the Church of Eng
land. Dean Farr.tr. nid flint "these
Pharisaical attack on the tnge are in
spired only by concentrated malice."
The Rev. Dr. Robert Cnllyer, at a com
idimentary breakfast given to a great
actor in New York Citv, in the course
of his remarks, said:
"T go to thi' theater whenever T can
get a chance. And 1 never go when a
man like our friend i-s playing that T
am imt lilted with it. T forget invsejf.
and augh and cry at the be.-k of the ac
tor, and cannot help T hit T
have no business to rand outside of the
business o ,,, V(,n;ni: nn,i rrjt;.- i:.
WV.it 7 have c,.t to d. is to enter into
ht -t iriT of tin play, and have what 1
r:i! i a 1 u t i 7 rtconim in t h
S AT
Warm Spell Starts Thaw
in Mountains- - -Nuggets
Found at the Sterling
Mines.
The I'n i ted States Weather Bureau
observer, who predicts the weather for
Western Oregon, hasn't hit it right
once in the past tin days for Medford
and the Rogue River valley. Day after
lay he has predicted rain, when the
most beautiful sunshine was bathing
the valley in gold. The last moisture
felt was on Sunday, February IK when
the only snow of the season fell be
cause t he Spokane excursion was to
visit Medford. Since then, the roads
have grown dusty, almonds, peach and
cherry trees have burst into bloom.
The fruit buds promise (he heaviest
crop in years in this vicinity. Oivh
ardists have been busy spraying, prim
ing and plowing for the past month.
Trees are in fine shape and the conn
try never looked fairer. Thousands of
acres of young trees have been set out.
Miner alone are clamoring for rain.
The drought has interfered with pla
cer operations and cut down the out
put of gold. The warm weather of
the past week has thawed the snows in
the hills and more water is coming
down the Rogue and other streams than
any time of the season, baring the few
days following the floods of the win
ter. Jeff Heard slates that the giants
were put at work Thursday at the .Stir
ling mine for the first time this -season.
Not since August had there been
sufficient water to operate them, a
condit ion never before encountered.
The hydraulic mine will be in contin
uous operation from now until midsum
mer. Mr. Heard is showier some im
mens.' nuggets washed out at the Stil
ling, and Miss Heard can gather nug
gets each morning before breakfast d
other uirls do spring flowers.
V. L. Champlin of the Ohamplin com
panv. operating a dredger on Foots
ei k. states that the dredger is work-
ing in coarse gravel bearing gold, the
best paying material encountered since
iperalions began
Hi:
season's work is the best paving
the dredge 's historv.
LANDIS PLACES MINIMUM
FINE AS WELL AS MAXIMUM
II H'AUD, March Hi. Oeorge S.
Milier, who wrote a do.eii postal cards
attacking tie- character of Dr. David
W. Wilkius, in vehement defamatory
and some times unprintable terms, was
fined 1 cent by Judge Keucsaw M. ban
di in the I'nited State district cuurt,
after Dr. Wilkius had admitted that he
had failed to pay a debt of to Mil
ler for washing the windows of the doc
tor's office.
"You are technically guilty, Mr. Mil
ler," said Judge Landis to the defend
ant, "because you .said these things on
lost a I cards. Don 't use the I'nited
States mail to say such things in the
future, (io to the man and say them to
his face, if you think you arc justified.
1 will fine yon cent, nnd you need not
pay any costs." Miller paid the fine
at once.
Dr. Wilkius had a witness fee of
1 ."hi coming to him and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Shirer suggested to the
worthy doctor that he could add "-
cents to the fee and pay the window
washer what he owed him. 1
I ALLEN NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Medford. Or.. March HI. 10'iS. 1
Kditor Tribune: In a recent issue
of your paper it was stated that I wasi
a candidate for county commissioner. J
While this statement was true at. thei
time, yet I regret exceedingly the lie
eessity which i ipes me to disappoint ,
my friend .ind supporters bv ntnting
at thi- time that I shall not be a can j
dida'e for the aboe or any other office .
at tl,' present election. However. I(
will alwaw be rea.h and willing to do'
I
tt
gut
PLACER MM
IRK
GAIN
nr roads. -appreciate
the
Is would make
in the matter,
i. is at dis
pie-. nt, I mil,
.. C. ALLEN.
PRESIDENT
IS ROASTED
South Carolinan Roasts
Executive Accuses Him.
of Guilt in Creating
Panic.
WASHINGTON, March Hi. Citing
what he claimed to be ' ' cold-blooded
facts,' to .show executive responsibil
ity for many evils which exist, Senator
Tillman in a s di in the senate to
day said: "In the most pronounced
language t he President has denounced
coiubinat ion bet ween labor orgaui.a
tions and the boycott, but. on the eve
of election he panders to .this same
vote by demanding changes in the law
as interpreted by the supreme court.
Organized labor is to be relieved from
prohibition of supreme court, decisions,
but along with it must go the relief of
capital. Unco relieved, 1 he malefac
tors of great wealth will smile in tri
urn ill over t heir victory while labor
will find itself no freer than before."
Tillman charged many of the evils in
connection with the recent financial
flurry to the president and his admin
few of the achievements of this un
crowned king. With others of his kind,
lie has created a Frankenstein monster
which, uusatiated by the blood of sui
cide and t lie fears of heart-broken
women, threatens to devour and con
sume his creators, who were able to
quench his t hirst by torrent s of gold
poured out of t he fi deral t rensnry. ' '
Tillman charged the senate and house
with absolute snbserviance to the wish
of the chief executive.
BATTLE OF AFFIDAVITS
RESUMED BY RUEF
SAX FRANCISCO. March Hi.
"The Initio ,,(' affidavits" between the
prosecution and Ruef ot the pending
tiou before Judge ,awer for a va
cation of Ruef'.s assignment on the
t'nifed railroad trolley franchise indict
ments, was resinned today. William .1.
Dm ns. sj ial ajo-iii for t lie pros.-cii-
tion. filed a -D.oiiM word document, and
Ruef followed with a lio.dHil word affi
davit support tug t he mot ion of Henry
A eli. i st l ike out and suppress " por
tions of the o5.HfiM.word affidavits of
F. J. H y.
Ruef 's affidavit contains .111 spe
cific ob ject ions to I limey 's document.
The motion and affidavit were filed jif
ter Judge Hawl. r had denied the blau
ket motion of Ach to strike out the en
tire affidavit of Heiiey.
Frank J. M urphy. associate counsel
for Abe Ruef, has fil.-d with the dis
trict court of appeals an appicafion for
a writ of habeas corpus to secure Abe
Ruef's release on bail. Incidentally,
the application calls the attention of
the appellati nrt to the remarks made
by Judge Dunne from the bench with
reference to fhe decision of that court
In (he Schmitz caoe.
MACHINISTS ON STRIKE
ON DENVER & RIO GRANDE
HKNVFR, March Hi. Fifteen hun
deed machinists, boileruiakers and mom
hers of kindred trades working in tin
Hen ver & Rio tirande railway shops,
went on a strike today in response to an
order issued by W. J. Mefjueeiiey. rep
resenting the machinists' national or
ganization, after the railroad company
had refused all concessions. Me-
Oiicejiv savs the strike will undoubted I
Iv spiead to every road in the fiinild J
-;-.teiri and That the struggle will be a
l.opf ami hard fought one. The strike
is the result of an order posted a month
uj.., alu'ogr'ting all contracts with the
union j,
JAMES COLE CANDIDATE
TO SUCCEED MANNING
y mm
PORTI. A NO. March Hi. .lame- c...
e. I'nited M.res at: irnev. has respond J
ed to itic UIgtlit re.plc.lt of his fii-iid-i
and l.e-iiine a candidate for the p-pub
licaa nomination t' r di-trict. attorney, j
Mi. '"!. i th. - :t-';:-'"' ''"g ,.
repuMi -an- f..r th- .eecr, .'mo,. ,nd. b.
iiil' w i hoi t'r j, j. i 1 .1 - d- ' ' to- - !:
igM.M.!i- ca-iipaiyi. ! ' l 1 l.-iMti i;di (
-ril d.s-hct. -axs ... v. d. ad hrg. H
on the p. f.tial etf.-rs of h. fii.
uiio hae gr.en I. mi rnu'h Mi-oiirag
uj'-ur. I
mEDFORD IS
BY 19 T0 10
One-Sided Game Won from
Jacksonville on Latter's
Home Ground-Victory
an Easy One.
With a badly crippled team Medford
invaded Jacksonville ami took the Irish
men into camp by the one-sided score of
l! to Hi Sunday.
Medford started the game with Rippy
in the box, and tin- Irishmen found him
to their liking so much -wi, in fact,
t hat in the t hint inning t here was a
regular parade around the bags. Wick
was substituted for Rippy and pitched
big league ball, holding the Jackson
ille boys down and not allowing them
a run.
Hopkins, a new man, was tried out
at first and certainly made good. lie
was sure the hitting kid, securing out
of seven times at bat, two three-baggers,
one double and two singles.
Mclutyre, who pitched for Jackson
ville, was hit hard at all stages of the
game.
"Little" Joe Thompson, who played
left field for Medford. deserves credit
for his share in winning the game, as
he secured three hits out of six times
at hat.
These same two teams will probably
play in Medford next Sunday.
I'urdy, Isaacs and F.ifert of the
steadys. played their usual good game.
FIFTH OF A MILLION
PER TON IN NEVADA
TONOPAII. Nev.. March Hi. inliabi
tants of this city and vicinity are ex
cited over titer rich gold strike that
has I ii made here, ihis linn1 in the
Round Mountain camp. Reports from
'here say thai it is tin biggest of the
kind ever stne-k in this district. Fight
inches of ore. practically pure gold, was
struck at a depth of loo f,.,.). h is es
limited that it will run .ti'oo.ilOM to the
ho,. FTAOIN NV
ton.
POPULISTS TO NOMINATE
LA FOLLETTE PRESIDENT
KMPoRIA. Kan.. March Hi. - F. M.
Walerbiirv, populist national committee
man from Kansas and delegate to the
party 's national convent ion at St .
Louis, is ipiotcd as saying, in the
course of an interview here today, that
I'nited States Senator La Follette of
Wisconsin will be nominated on the first
ballot for president by the populists.
It is stated further that La Follette
will not be al the republican national
convention when it is held.
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK
ACQUITTED OF CRIME
NKW YORK, March Hi. Ray mond
Hitchcock, tin median, was acquitted
by the direction of Justice Itlaiichard
in t he supreme court, upon charges
brought by several young girls, after
one of the girls, Flora Whiston, lesti
fied that the allegations she htpl made
against the actor were untrue, and that
t he actor had never harmed her, and
that she had told ln-r story to the grand
jury as she hail been directed to by an
agent of the children's society. Several
other indictments on similar charge
are stilt pending against. Hitchcock.
HAYTIANS THREATEN TO
KILL WHITE RESIDENTS
PARIS. March HI. -The situation be
tween the Haytian government and
France has become acute and critical.
The French legation at Port an Prince
is menaced, and a general m.'i'SHacre of
white residents is feared. This in for
uia t i 'Hi is con e vi-d in an of tic ial d is
pal ch to t he foreign office from I .
' aileron, 'rein h minister to Haytl.
SILVER LAKE MAN'S BODY
PROVES BRUTAL MURDER
SlLVFR LA K F. Or.. March Hi -That
.1 - WaPnieb . v h disapi.e-ired He
c. ruber J7. wa ,,,('ailv uni id- i -I . N it.
dieaf.'d b the , of wound-, in l-i-
b.,d . whi. h ha- b-. 1 1 found m Om- ,. .
near lv. r La' e
Wal'ande'H si. II wa- fiacn.red a -id
his If- ad had P . - p.. ind. d,
A ror.-iier "s jiif. i". in'- 1 ij ' i. .'.
M EM
lift ill
TO JAPANESE
Son of Heaven to Send a
warship to Fire Salute
as Mikado's Flag is Re
hoisted. PF. KIN, March Hi. The full terms
under which the Tatsu Mam incident
will be settled are as follows: China
agrees to punish the officers who tow
ered t he Japanese flag on t he Tatsu
Marti and send a warship to where the
sieanirr was sei.ed to fire a salute as
t he Japanese flag is rehoislod. The
Tatsu Maru is to be released iiutnedi
at ly. China will purchase t he arms
and ammunition seized. China will pun
ish the officers who committed this
breach against international usage. The
vieerop of Can ton will settle the am
ount of demurrage for the retention of
the steamer, after consultation with the
Japanese consul. Japan agrees to ex
ercise extra vigilance againt. her sub
jects in the matter of smuggling arms
into China.
f HuNGKONC, March Hi. The Jap
anese steamer Tatsu Mara was released
todnv.
WASHINGTON. March Hi. Fnder
suspension of the rules the house passed
the bill providing for the restoration
id' the motto. "In (iod We TriiHt," on
gold and silver coins of the Failed
States.
MULO
FULL APOLOGY
New Designs
tor Men. Op'-itiiiL; display of tin- hiU-st Sc1:lss
Mndeis in Htfht-u vilit Suits, Ovt-irnals, and Rain
coats iVoin the ni.-iSU-r tailors and (K-siiuis, St hloss
and Co., of Hall imoro
We have now r h ed and have
,jne of ihe famous "Scliloss t
we waul to get voitr opinion.
collection we've eer seen, but -
we're trying to please so we
hie thing you C'l II lie
sure of - 'Quality. We, and
1 he makers behind us, ah
soluti ly guarantee every
thing bearing the Schloss
Label. (Quality 's a cerlain-
:.. " r -
v. . i it i li e fi i vie s r if i c. ai
t . I . L ' . . I I Kl
The Attractiveness von can
see for yourself t lie Fit is
better than in most made
to iiiea-ure clothes and
our Prices are as low as
we can make them ami
"make a living."
So far as we can see,
t here 's not hi tig desirable
left, nut in this new Spring
Stock. ( 'oilie mid see it.
whet her vou are rendv to
buy or not you don t have
to buy unless vou want. lo. It'
now, while the stuck is new and
selections until later.
New Spring Overgarments
The picture shows two lleW
styles - I he " Automobile Rain
coal, full of fashion aiel new
idea-, and a teceiit modification
of tie- pupn la r Fngiis h Topcoat .
Ilotll these models ideal f o I
lleir respective plllpo-es t le
swdl " uto" for the man min-h
'lit t of doors; the smart "Top
per" for eeiy day. Yon i I
or I le ot her ma lie b-.i h.
r-piing weather is mnettain; tut
ter to have a good coat than a
bad cold.
Si O.oo to 8:ir.(K
Also a Milcmhd showing of now
iiiKH. helectod esjifcially lor Uio
THE TOGGERY
Moil's OuUitlclS I.t-:iU-ls in Slvlr ami (jnaiily
CAKE IS TO
SPEAK HERE
MARCH 26
Statement No 1 Candidate
for United States Sena
torshipto Address the
Voters on Issues.
The first political meeting of the year
will be held in Medford Thursday eve
ning, March L'ti, when II. M. Cake will
address the people at the Medford
era House on the political issues of the
day. Mr. Cake is a candidate for
Fnilcd Stales senator upon Statement
No. 1, believing in the rule of (he peo
Mr. Cake is a well known citi.en of
Portland, former president of fhe Com
mercial club and two years ago a can
didate for the senatorship against. Jona
than Hottrne, who won by a small plu
rality, lie has many f rieuds in t his
section, is an able speaker anil on the
popular side of the quest ion in what
promises to be a hard-fought campaign,
will no doubt be greeted by a large
house.
Mr. Cake is the first politician neck
ing the toga this year to discover that
j there are people and votes worth secur-
ing in the Rogue River valley.
PORTLAND, March HI. Advices to
the Associated Press indicate that all
danger of flood in tho Willamette val
ley ami Southern Oregon is over. Rail
road traffic in the Columbia river dis
trict is hampered by landslides.
in Spring
Clothes
and W-w York.
rcad lo m..w
Spring
lot h s. " ' We waul mi to t le-m ;
We think it aboiil t Im- inl M.mesl
- we bought it for you - it's vim
want to know what vmi tliinK.
Ar!
ou like, vou can nick mn vour clioici
complete, and we will resere your
New Spring Suits
Not shown here- but We'e
got them - all kinds and plenty
of them come and see at the
slote. Vmi II find we have ev
eiythii.g that frevti and slyl
i-h h bat s r people . all
' v I no in. ' ' Single a ud I oii
ble Unacted Suit- in all tie- new
model-, fabrics and patterns -iirv
one haudsioiie and desir
abb'!
$!o.oo to $:to.oo
things in Men's and Boys' Furnish-
best Spring Trade, Moderato PrlcpH
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