MEDPORD DAILY TRIBUyrTMEDPOftn. OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26,08.
Medford Daily Tribune
A Live Papeb in a Live Town.
WHAT PAPERS SAY
Published every evening except Sunday.
MEDPORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Gbokob Putnam, Editor and Manager.
AN EDITOB MILITANT.
Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postoffice at
Medford, Oregon.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
On month, by mail or carrier 0.50 On year, by mail. .
.$5.00
HI SIS' ESS MAS' SEEDED.
Medford litvivliaiit.s ri'imrt Hit biggest Christmas trade
in their history. There is not a store in the city whose
business is not greater today than it was a year ago, despite
increased competition. If present indications are ful
filled, next year will see Medford make its most rapid
growth and the latent resources of the country developed
to a greater extent than ever before.
Medford is passing through the hardest trial in the
life of any growing community, emerging from the coun
try town into the city, shedding its village ways for those
oi tne municipality, installing expensive improvements
Building water works, lavinsr sewer svstems. mvhnr streetr
w ' v j J. O
and the thousand and one improvements necessarv to build
tlie city. All this makes heavy expenditure, and all the
revenue necessary must lie raised in ways that will work as
little hardship upon the coninumitv as possible.
.'For this reason, a business administration of the city
is demanded, and a man ot ripe experience and proven
ability, who will administer the city's affairs satisfacto
rily, is needed as mayor and such a man is Judge Canon,
tlie Jiusmenss Alan's and taxpayers' candidate.
, ET THE CJIA liTER A LONE. ' ; . .
(Orem Journal.)
Publishing a live and aress'ive news
paper in Jackaon county him it n draw-
! backs. The testimony f (ieorire Put-
nem editor of the Medford Tribune,
if in point, it appears in another col
uiiiii on this page. There is a closed nca
hou for wild game, but aunt fur Kditnr
Putnam, at least in .luck so iirouuty. He
ha been attacked by grand juries and
felt the heavy banad of a cmirt that
lit Id it an offense to criticize the action
of a grand .jury. Jin has Irt-en person
ally assaulted by a deputy sheriff who
&cftcd that an assault would disprove
a charge by the newspaper that was not
otherwise disproved. Along with the
other manifestations Inward him of
lack hod county justice, he lias been in
jail, but in the face of it all he and
his bright newspaper are still in the
ring, Happily there are higher courts.
and if his vitality holds out Kditor
Putnam will survive the1 courts, officers
and grand juries as applied in Jackson
and reap the reward that always comet
to the patient. A great political party
perished because it attempted to muzzle
free speech.
Tlio Tribune does not believe that the Medford eity
charter should be altered. It is unique in that it enables
the city to control its liquor business without dictation
troni rival communities, and adjacent farms. It is for
hmntc in having such a charter and is the envy of the
entire state. To surrender the principle of home gov
ernment would be the height of absurdity. '
Two petitions wore presented the couneil, one by the
liquor interests to submit the question of wet or dry an
nually to the voters. If carried, it will keep alive the con
stant agitation and friction between the two elements and
prevent united effort for the upbuilding of a real eity.
The other petition was submitted by tjie prohibitionists
and provides for making tho charter conform to local op
tion law of the state, thus enabling Ashland to vote Med
ford dry. ,
Both proposed amendments should be defeated.
THE COMINO WEES DAY BY DAY.
NKW YOltK, Dec. 2(1. Among the
important news events scheduled-!
-tho. eurniritf week are tho following:
Monday.
House committee on interstate and
foreign commerce will leave Washing
ton tor i iiiiama to make an inspection
t( tho canal none.
Mihs Kth el Roosevelt, second daugh
ter of the president, will make her for
mal debut at a dance to be given at the
White House.
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science anil lit affiliat
eve will bo held in New -York, Chicago,
San Francisco and otlatr targe cities of
tho country.
Friday.
New Tear wifl bo widiwimetl by the
people of Washington at tho annual
public reception to be given nt the
White House by President Jind Mrs.
Koosevelt.
State-wide prohibition laws will be
come effective in North Carolina, Ala
bama and Mississippi.
International conference for the abol
ition of tlie opium traffic, inaugurated
in America, will bo o pencil in Shang
hai, China.
Old age pension bill pasurd by British
rd learned societies will begin annual parliament, under which a half million
scHsion at Johns Hopkins university, ' men and women over 70 will receive
Haltiuiore. i bounties from the government, Incomes
Kducationnl societies of New York (effective.
Minnesota, Arkansas and other states J Wednesday,
will begin annual conventions, to con j VoMn Iirn,ni,(l,mMl,s (..-tween the
11,11,0 through tho week. Icifie coast to the Atlantic sea-
Triangular College Chess league, com lu ,wn (,(,n, ttor r:lt(1 win KVl,m(,
poneu in i imijin n tni;i, hhmhi mm t in n f i v i '
.(ieneral increase will 'be made in
f might tariff on railroads from t lie
Pcifi v coast to the Atlantic aea
aMSociat ion, ' board.
univct'Hities, will commence annual .
ton ma meat in New York.
Tuesday.
Southern I'M m-at lonul
SLAPS SHEARER ON WRIST.
(Grants Pass Courier.)
J. If. Ahif is of the opinion that
lhe Medford police are a mighty lax set.
A couple of weeks ago he had a man
dressing poultry and after the work
whs finished the man walked off with
a fine, large turkey, and the last seen
of him he boarded a train for Medford.
Mr. Ahif notified the""polioe at that
plaeo and the latter seemed to take his
notification as a joko, and apparently
mado no attempt to arrest the thief.
GOOD, HEALTHY GEOWTH IS
SHOWN B CENTRAL POINT
While there has been nothing ap
proaching a boom in Central Point dur
ing tho year which is a, bout to close,
there has been a good, healthy growth,
which is most gratifying to every citi
zen, says the Herald. Tlie following
list of new buildings completed and
erected during the past year shows that
the town has by no means been at a
standstill:
Public school buidling eomplete.$20(000
Oranfill & Robnctt and Freeman
& Wilev, double warehouse. . . . 2,500
Virgin, flouring mill 12,000
Mrs. Whitehouse, losidonco, , . . 1,250
P.- B. Siiupkins, residence 1,500
J. H. MeKull, residence - 700
R. C. Wagner, residence 1,000
J. E, Ross, business building ... 1 500
J. P. Hay, residence 1,000
,f. H. Guy, addition 250
K. A. Moon, residence 1,000
J. J, Orim, residence 1,200
J. S. March, residence 1,000
Ben Little, resilience (addition) 1,000
Witto residence 800
J. W. Merritt, residence (addi
tion) oo
F. O. Cochran, two d wellings I .Win
Albert Altimns, residence - 700
Mrs. Bumdall, two dwellings . . . 1,700
Win. Eliza Caldwell, dwolling . .-. 1.200
W. K. Knhler,, addition 500
K R. Rmorson dwelling 500
CERTANLY - -
riTDVMAW In Jackson nad Josephine
lVLRI Ifllll Coiiies Would Appreciate
Having a . . .
LITTLE BLiNK BOOK
, Which We artGiving Away .
All you have to d men is to call for
one of these boos. It's worth the
trouble. - -
The Man in the Count Needs this Little Book.
MEDFORD'S EXCLWE LADIES' SHOP
Baker-Huthason Co.
Central Avenue, Just Nortlf the Jackson County Bank
AMUSEMENTS.
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iHfttS PORTLAND
l5ST5Lri 2SN OREGON ,
warn
An attraction of more than ordinary
merit will hold the boards at the Med
ford Theater next Monday night, De
cember 28, when Manager Hazelrigg
will offer H. E. Pierce & Co. 'a typical
western comedy drama "In Wyoming"
with a cast of well known players, in
cluding Cecil Kirke, Frank Patton, Nel
son Leavitt, Herbert Rawlinson, Denn
Selah, Burt Crowoll Harriot Dunsmoro,
Anna Gardiner, Marie Bonsall, and oth
ers. ' in Wyoming" is a strong, wen
written drama of western life, without
the usual gun play and melodramatic
feature. Every character and scene in
the pieco brent hos the life of the great
western cattle country. The dramatic
incident of the. capture of tho cattle
'thief, Stave Gordon, in the fourth act,
nnd the marvelonsly realistic western
suna-t, add an element of realism to
the play which has rarely been equaled
in tb history of the American stage.
HOT
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Total !i3,.TOI
Tn nd.lifwin tn HlOMR tllO ITCW CPment
walk work already done and under way,
tMfrHit witb other street improve
ments, a general survey of the town, etc..
will aggregato in tno neignnoruoou ui
$0000 mom, making a- grand totaf of
alnmst fmr.om.
iMioipristnn in iW un title rOitp till of t In
lejidmg trackers of t'.tr stmlh, meet" in
Allanla.
Kducat ior.al see in i s of ( MJiihotiia
Kansas, I i:i na. Suit h I ':i
Jtii.l otlier Mutes will i - w c!
pntli.
of
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sayo, niautiurat inc new
i oiilnion-. e:tt!iitaii;i).
Withdrawn! fr.-ni 'uba of tlie
: Aiii rir:iu army of pae i 1'n at ion w'.ll be
ta, Illinois yin and will be completed within three
1 in annual ; ut-uu -.
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I'UIi t'reOl Till!
Doaii's Kidney Pills Hart Done Great
Service for People Who Work
in Medford.
Most Mofford people work wrory day
in 94)ine strained, unnatural position
beading constantly over a desk riding
on jolt ink wagons or earsdoing- labor
ions housework; lifting, reaching or pull
iug. or trying tho back in a hundred
and mm other wuys. All thse strains
tea to wear, weaken and injure the kid
bH untif they fall behind in their
work of filtering the poisons from the
blood. Uonu's Kidney Vilh euro sick
kidneys, put new strength in bad backs.
W-di'ord cutis prove it.
Tli on.is J. Williams. Oakdnle ?trrct,
Medford, Or., says:. '-1 suffered for a
long tune f rom kidney and bladder
Th-' pa Mis ti;r.-iiurh my h;.K
evr-v at times that I could
tht -a. My ki ii ns wen-
Novels in dramatized form am rap
idly fweoming the most popular plays
of the theatrical seasons. The- records
for large business in nearly every thea
ter are now held by plays that have
been dramatized from a popular novel.
The latest play of this typo is "Jano
Eyre," a dramatization of Cbnrlotte
Bronte's famous- book of the same title,
"Jane- Eyre"" in possibly one of the
most popular and widely read novels of
the present generation; in a recent arti
cle in the New York World is stated
that "Jvnv EyH"r was one of tfrc ten
greatest lovo stories over written. This,
of course Sounds like a strong state
men t ; n evert hel ess. i t is true.
Like must no wis of this class-, the
scenes nrr laid in England. The dramatic
version in said to follow the. original
manuscript very closely, making a play
that is intelligent and consistent aw well
as amusing. There is nbout the play a
quaint rare charm that fascinates. At
the Medford Theater Wednesday, De
cember sty.
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Hodebv Comfort
Moderate Prices
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ENGAGE ROOMS EARLY
run rai AL.ASKA
TUKON EXPOSITION
A. 8. KOR-yy, Mima
l-SEAR'S FIRE LOSS
I TOTALS $215,000,000
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