MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908.
Medford Daily Tribune
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MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Geohoe Pdtnam, Editor and Manager.
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WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE US IT ED
STATES!
This poo-, unfortunate, down-trodden nation oujy pro-!
duced seven billion, seven million dollars' worth of farm,
produce this year, says the North American, and nearly
twice as much wheat as any other country in the world;!
enough corn, wheat, oats and chickens to put a hundred
dollars in the pocket of every man, woman and child with-'
in its borders!
In 1906, the latest year for" which statistics are avail-,
able, we produced more gold and silver combined than any'
other country in the world. Every year since then the out
put lias increased, until now the world does not produce
but little more than twice as much as the United States
alone.
.This year the prairies of Kansas and Nebraska, Texas
and New Mexico yielded a crop of grass that has never
been known to be more rich. And from Dakota to the Mex
ican line the great food army of cattle marched over three
million strong into Kansas City and Chicago alone. It
is fair to estimate that there was nearly a whole beef (lat
est census sixty-nine million) for every man, woman and
child in the United States; almost t wice as much as every
one eoidd eat.
Sitting here, so many people feel that our world of
finance is being overturned with every little flurry of the
street;' that our nation is burdened with more than she
can bear.
We do not seem to realize in this vast country of Amer
ica that we haven't even cut the trees nor built the roads.
Seven billion seven hundred million dollars in a farm
harvest alone, and yet scarcely a nientionable part of this
country has ever been touched with a plow! Indeed, over
five hundred million acres are not even surveyed.
Down in Texas, in Nevada, Colorado, up in Montana,
cattlemen standing guard over their living wealth are as
far out of touch of civilization as a ship at sea. Around
thein sweep an area of hundreds of miles of plain and plat
eau, mountain and ravine, with seldom even the sight of
a human abode. All rich ground, fallow to the plow, wait
ing for the seed.
In Nevada, college men leaving the western coast
tramp into the deserts as fully expectant of finding gold
as they have been before of finding knowledge in their I
classic halls.
This poor, down-trodden nation, so rich that the poor
est of us would be well-to-do to any Russian peasant; this
little handful of eighty million men and women, could be
lost in India, Russia or China, or scattered through Eu
rope like a hopper of grain in a plowed field. This hand
ful of population carrying the wealth of the world in its
pockets set up a terrible cry of alarm a year ago when
somebody overturned the ink pot and got things black.
. It's time wc forget that incident; doubly time. The
' best Christmas present we can give ourselves is a new de
termination to roll up our sleeves and go to work.
BOBBERS AT PHOENIX BROKE
OPEN WOODMEN STRONO BOX
In fact, " Bowser's" chief enjoyment
ti to acaro half to death some canine
who ventures in the neighborhood. The
The correspondent of The Tril.une 'n ""'f "" U'V
1 1 .....II .. 11 ll.mionx'i" tipfturitua Olid
at North Talent ha sent in the foi l ,o Mt wnUm ()ut
lowiug additional details of the robbery "Bowser" is ns big-boned as he is
in Phoenix: 'heavy, measuring 39 inches over
Monday nitflit some unknown person
or persona hroko into the store of
llearn 4 h'islier and robbed the strong
box belonging to the Woodmen's clerk,
which had been placed in the store for
the. convenience of members who wish
ed to pay their dues at the store.
It i thought that not more than $7
or $R was deposited in it. There was
nothing in tho cash register or safe,
which wero both broken open.
Entrance was offoeted by smashing
in a window. They then went up to
tho depot and broke into it and, find
ing 8evoral slot machines thore, the
property of Owen Duulap, they broke
them open in tho hope of finding some
money there, but failed.
CHALLENGES ANYONE
TO EQUAL HER CAT
BOSTON, Mass., lec. 30. Mrs. Tobey
of Dorchester believes that she owns.
the lnrest domestic c:it in the country
yard from the tip of his nose to tho
ml of his tail, and has a waist measure
ment of It' inhces. His muscles are like
iron, and he has nn txtra toe on each
foot, giving his extremities tho ap
pearance of boxing gloves. He is strip
ed like a tiger and is as handsome ns
he is large.
14 PIANOS SOLD
IN TEN DAYS
Never before in the History of the piano
trade has been such Terrific Cutting
Prices.
$15,000
LifUlt Tins great opoHimitywnjTotJst
pjfjBPjBpjBjBPjBM much longer. I0very day yhrewd biiy
ers are taking ad vantage of these wonderful offer
ings in America's choicest and yorv highest class
J'ianos.
Worth of these beautiful instni
uit'iits brought to Medford for
the first time. Sol a store to he had for lore or mon-ejl-
The situat imi was a desperate one and we decid
ed to nit, rut, vuf. Tn fact, we are selling every day
Pianos at an actual saving to the buyerof from
$154 to $249.
T4- TV.i1- of magnificent choice-ma-
JUdL X 111 J Ilk
hogany of universal fame,
selling at $192, $217 and f 248,Jiie vorv same make
of pianos have always been sold i regularly at $400
to St'O-jO. , i .
They are selling so fast.
We urge von to come in
No Wonder
at once and take adviAitagn of an opportunity that
we can safely say wil
again. We challenge
offer such values as w
R EME.M13KR Thj Eilcrs aggregation of piano
houses comprise the li rgest sellers of pianos to in-
sell 86 out of everv
never be presented to you
any company in America to
have at this great sale.
dividual huvers in Aiieriea. We actuallv buv and
00 pia nos shipped west.' We
secure great advantage by buying in such' -stupendous
mmiTwrs and we ahvay share these with our patrons.
Guarantee the great Eilcrs "Money back" guar
antee postivelv assures satisfaction.
Onr Motto is "tyery E1LER Customer
a Satisfied Customer."
TERMS We are
not cutting prices because we
need cash. No, iio-
after. Pav as von c
ha nd speak to your friends of
us jusaswuiidjiisj
delav another day, bid
great bargains while
the dealer's profit.
's homes for the pianos we are
We stand on otrr merit. Don't
come in and select one of these
hcv last and save for vourself
ANCIENT ORDER OT
WILL WITHDRAW FROM
CUBA ON JANUARY 28
over, it is known that all of tf
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Plans for
the evacuation of Cuba, tho ending of
the provisional government and other
details coincident with President Go
mes inauguration on January 88 wore
officially set forth in a cablegram re
ceived at the war department from Gov
ernor Magoon.
The plans were today formally ap
proved by Oeneml Clarence R. Kdwnrds
of the bureau of insular aliairs. i ue
onlv new feature in the arrangements
n,l el.nlliMu'cs nil the oroud possessors disclosed when the war depart-U discussion at tne depot
of llliskv felines to produce the equal I .( cabled Governor Mngoon authority , which ft citizen of Eugene.
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Dec. 30
woman, have you over been sd
Yesf Not If you havo, you ar
for membership in the Ancient
eepted Ordor of Lemons, which
been organised in this city wit
tnblishment of Crate No. 1. 1e hoad
officer of tho new society, csjed the
members is kept a profound socyt. How
ons" are sweet young things jnd not
the sour old maids that mlgM
uected from the name. It is 1
the new order will spread ovo
tire country nnd thnt "crates
organized in every city nnd top.
WHY NOT HAVE
COUNTY 00 II?
D. B. ReamR Suggests Hav
ing County Handle the
Water Bond Proposition i u 'i,csn t kwp y"
r on our exceptional offerings. Fine tni-
NEVEE LOOK BACK
loring can only be secured from the
jUHims ui mru-ciuss ranors. uur expo
rcnee and methods are cortainly worth
investigation. Wo employ the best
'workmen and our clohtes are without
doulit the mnt carefully selected in tho
ei Iv.
EIFERT
The City Tailor
MERCHANTS LUNCH
ing of the hustling qualities, merits and
Young
eezed t
ligible
td Ac
s just
tho es-
XiEMONS OROfnZED demorits of their reapectivo cities. All
at once the man from Portlnt, in al
most a whisper, said: "Well, gentle
men, wo must admit that Medford has
far surpassed her would-bo rivals, and
T am In a position to know, for I sell
goods in every city in' tho state, and
nowhere do I find evidences of advance
ment as I do in Medford. Tho business
men are up-to-date in buying and know
what they want, and from the amount
Main Saueexe, is said to be nbopular
vounc woman in Muskogee sopty, al
though the identity of both offjers and real estate" constantly changing
Mem-
be ex-
ly that
the en-
will bo
KIND WOEDS TOR MEDFOP
OVERHEARD IN DEPOT
of hor "Hmwsmt." Mrs, Tohoy's ligeto the new
A reporter of The Tribune
discussion at the depot ye
tiieh a eitizen of Eugene,
t'ubnn congress for or- j Salem and one from Portland
cnt would make five or six ordinary ..auiration nt any time prior to Janu-.of course they duln t know
U..M mi. He weiuhs a little over 40 -rv in a few feet of Ttiem snr
pounds, al ripped for action, and there Vhe eongnss. after tho organir.ation However, the conversation vJ
inn 't n dog iu Dorchester that dares to work and receiving tho electoral eoi- oret by nny menus, ns i-
meet hint singly and in open encounter, j wm a recess until January -P. Ulemert were listeners, idij
erheard
rday in
iie from
ok part,
nt with-
4-eporter.
not se-
hands, and the development of the coal
and mineral mines that are opening up,
it looks to me as though Medford is
destined to be a second Portland in no
late day."
Just as the speaker finished the train
whistled, and tho gentlemen boarded it
to follow their several vocations in oth
er places, little thinking that their con
versation would appear in cold type,
and that they made no mistake, either.
For Bare,
At a bargain, upright parlor organ;
in perfect condition; will make suitable
her gen- Christmas preirnt. For partiilars afl-
talk- drew, H," Tribune offiee. 248
To the Editor: Why not while ouc city
officials are having so very much troi:- !
Itle in negotiating the pale of the city
IioiuIh, have the" city's bonded indebt
edness nationalized t Ah what would .
perhaps be much better to havo the j
county go into I he water business nnd I
issuo about ,000,0110 of bonds, have
.them iiatiuali. d, sav on ill) vear.
fitnitf .With that inonev thev eouid - " l'"':"';,s amounts against
start -nt the head nf Prnmtnrfc f.I1w -iti r, I!. Itrnn.K.a tor miiKnal top school
a double tour-foot of two four and a , uu'Idiug, school district .No. lJ, please
half foo; nitM's. run Miem .me.fifti. sond statement to h. 11. Watson, clerk
one-uttarter tin liKt.itw (hon rnii..o within ten days of date of this notice
each pipe one-half foot in diameter, then ! v A I oUJN,
r. duee them ngain one-half foot, when j 2-17 , Butto Falls, Or.
oiie-uair t ne remaining distance was I
reached, thence on to Medford. With'
that mnotnit of gravity' and the in
creasing of the pressure in reducing
the sizw the pipes would bring the;
water from the head of Prospect falls j
to Medford in 'Mi minutes. Hence we j
could have tho pare, cold mountain
water right at our doors.
Easily Distributed.
From Medford the water in thrr
small piiirs can bo conveyed to each
and every house in the valley, so we j
. could all enjoy the drinking of the pure,
cold mountain water . At the same time
we would have sufficient flow for
domestic anil irrigating purposes, Tm
a very few years all our waste land
and .partially waste land could and
would he made to bloom like the rose.
And our valley would be worth bil
lions where it is now worth millions.
Say. will you kindly tell ns the dif
ference there is in selling bonds to a
capitalist or to have them nationalized f
The difference is this, to illustrate: Sup
pose you writo up two ten thousand
dollar bonds to run ten years, drawing
(J per cent interest, payable every six
months; you sell one of thoso bonds' to
a capitalist; the other lionod you have it
nationalized.- Now in having the one
bond nationalized you would be requir
ed to pay the comptroller of the cur
rency a trifle, perhnps one-fifth per
cent for printing you $10,000 of bills
ready for you to sign. They then would
be money with the same medium of ex
change power as the capitalist money
would have.
What Ton Pay Capitalist
Xow at the end of the first six months
you pay to tho capitalist $31; you would
also have to pay to the comptroller of
the currency $31; you would also have
to pay $31 and a trifle more on each
bond every nix months for T years; nt
the end of Hi years you would find
that you had paid the capitalist $10,
000 in interest; you would also find
that you still owed him $10,000. '
But stop a little, please. I would in j
the same time have paid to tho comp
troller of the currency $10,000 and I
would still owe him $10,000, so I cannot
see any difference.
Hold on there; if you please. Each I
time yon pay in the $31 to tho comp-!
t roller of the currency that amount is
canceled, and thea burnt, and when
you pay in the last payment the entire '
$10,000 have been canceled, bo you!
see thnt the bond the capitalist gotj
you havo to pay $20,000, while the one
that you . have had nationalized you
only par $10,000.
Now, friend, come; be honest; which
way would you prefer to dispose of
your bondsf Oh, certainly, I would
have them nationalized by all means.
Rut I do not understand, and you have ,
not told me how we could have themj
nationalized. I am sleepy now. I will
tell you next week, so I will sav adios.
D. B. BEAME. i
STARTIXG DECEMBER
28, WE WILE PL T 'JN A
MERCHANTS ' UTN(R
FROM 11:30 A. Ji. UNTIL
2 P, M. j
PRICE 35C
THE LOUVRE
TRIBUTE TO "OLD GLORY" ,
m THE FRENCH SENATE i
PARIS, Dec 30. M. Millcs-Lo Croix
minister of the colonics, announced in
the scnato today that owing to the sep
aratist movement in St. Picrre-Miquo-ton
(French island off tho coast of New
foundland) he had given the local gov
ernor instructions to bo firm but at
tho samo timo conciliatoty.
Senator Dolahaye protested against
the aspersions thusi cast upon tho patri
otism of tho people there, and ciarg.id
that tho manifestations wore n out
growth of the persecution of the 'fre
ochoolo. "
A sonatrr cidled Dolahayj't ,r,tc-.fon
to the fact thnt tho poop i of St. Pior-e
had raised the American flag, io T?tich
he replied that this was because the
American flag was the svmbol of lib
erty. "No surh incident has ever occurred
in the older colonies," declared Sena
tor Oiceron of Guadeloupe.
"The rcr.a is," M. Delnhayo re
torted. "Hint these colonies are inhab
ited only by negroes."
Amid a storm of prot. station Sonn
tei Linti!hac shouted: "Wo should
think of the color nf the flag and not
f th:it of tho eolimt3t."
Try
a bottle
of McDonald!
Leak
Shoe Oil '
Keeps
Your feet
Dry
Pint Bottles - 20
Quart - 3x
C. W. Mc D0NA1I
Successor to Smith & M ot!
To the Public
Medford Or., Dec. 22., 1903. I
by notify 'the public that I have
iey iuterist in the Medford
Door Co. and all bills and account?
bo ttled by the new company.
2 J. T.' THOMASf
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