MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1909.
SOW (MR NOT WISE TO
SWF GATHER
Citv Business Directory
ALTER CHARTER
Will Probably Enact. Di
rect Primary Law-Japanese
Question Up
SACRAMENTO, (ai., .Ian. , The
Thirty-eighth California legisluturo mot
hero yesteidey with tho prospect of sen
sntionnl contest over the anti-ruce gam
blinghill and tho direct primury mea
sure, as the result of the reform em
inent to end thr (lon.inatiuii of state
polities by the Southern Pacific rail
. road machine' Numerous othor mutters
f vital interest make the session one
i f the niiiHt important in many yenrs.
Among the other prominent mutton
to be taken up are the consideration of
of measures curtailing the privilege
iiownceorded Japanese, the passage of
nets almost complexly revising the
criminal laws of (Ylitnrnia, mid the
election of a Tutted States Senator.
A vigorous fight is to he made against
Senator George C. Perkins, hut it b
generally believed that the organiza
tion has desid.d to stn.l him back to
congress and that when it comes to the
-final vote the Republicans in the. upju r
house will stand almost unanimously
for him.
Lincon Roosevelt League adherent
desire the direct primary act drawn by
the executive commits ? of the reform
party adopted in its present form,
practatly every attorn-y sitting in the
assembly and the senule will have some
amendment to the criminal laws of Cal
it'ornia to present. That the law in
question are in need i f general revis
ion is the consensus of opinion among
legislators ami there will be amend
ments innumerable, meny of them of
minor importance; some revolutionary ;
in character. It is proposed to pefmit
eight men on the jury in a' criminal
ease to bring in a verdict.
Another job laid out for the legislu
tu re this year is tli" passage of a new
set of Inws governing banking in this
state. At thespeeial t-F&inn of the leg
islutnre held during the financial de
press ion in 11)07, n joint committee from
both houses was appointed to investi
gate with a view to ascertaining what
revision of the California banking laws
Was needed.
Dirrect Primary Law
The h-gishit ure w;ll enact a direct
primary law. but the anti-organization
members of the senate and assembly
are somewhat dubious as to the charac
ter of (he measure fh; t will be passed.
The invest igators recommend thai
the present Siate Hanging commission
be replaced by a Hanking Commissioner
who shall have und'r him such assist
lints as he may need.
In order to comply with the Dick Act,
enacted by congress, which places the
organized militia of the different states
second in rank to thr fegular army, the
military ; w s of ( -t I; torn in must be
thouroughly revised to conform with
those governing the iegular army.
Few Officers Seekers
A feature of the opining day of
the legishit ure was t he noticeable ab
ut nee of the army of job seekers and
would be attaches hilt heretofore nl
ways has invaded the capital city when
a legislature convened. The adoption of
the const it ut ional amendment limiting
the ex pen sen of each house to $-100 per
day has had the eff-er of discouraging
many of thus who have been in t In
habit of flocking here every two years
for their share of legislative patronage.
Teh legislature went into session in
the capitol recent ly i mod led. Leg
islature of l!Hi7 convent d at Redman's
nlill. There is genuine relief among the
old time members over the prospective
enjtytnent ofconvcienet s in the Cap
itol. PRESIDENT'S INVITATION
TO CANADA AND MEXICO
WASHINGTON, .Ian., 5. Announce
ment was made nt the white house to
day of a proposed plan 'or a conference
at the white house on Feb., IS looking
toward t lie conservation of natural
recources of North America.
Letters suggesting Hie plans have
1 i addres-.-d by t It.- Piesident to the
.(iovernor (ieiieral ami t lie Tremire of
Canada and to Presidei t Pin, of Mex
ico. They will be b livcred in pet.-n::
by (J if ford Pinclmt. chairman of the N:i
t ional Conservative om mission and
chief forester. lie will go to Canada
first starting tomorrow, and then go
to Mexico.
In his I'-tter to the (Invermir General
of Canada the Presid'ii says:
"It is evident that the natural re
cources are not limited by the boundary
lines which separet" nations, and that
the need for conservi-v '.hein upon this
continent is as wide as the area npn
which they oht. In iew, then-fore,
of these cons idem 1 1 ps and of the
dose bonds of frieadi-Hp and mutual
aims which exist between Canada and
the United States. I take especial
pleasure jn inviting y(m to d'-sliiatc
repr seat a i n s "f the government of
Canada to meet and Consult with rep
resent at ivo of the s.ate ami other de
partments of the government, and the
national conservation commission in
the city of Washington on Feb. 1!".
The purpose of t!ie conference I have
the honor To pr..i.o- to consider
mutual interest involved in the con
.rvation of the ,;.ituil n-curce and
in this great field to oalih.-rnte- up-n
i, nrn-iicjibilitv "C it.-i -a i r' r g a gem
ral pi
adapte.l to promoi- mo-
fare of the nation eovperm
V. C Talhv of Kngeni i hiking
over the Rogue Itiv-r valley with a
view of locating.
New Building. Awaits. Re
sult of Election If Drys
Win Halt Will be Galled
To the Editor: Why .should tho pres
ent charter of the city of Medford be
amended or changed in any wayf
That will bo the principal question
to bo decided ho.re at tho election to
lu held next Tuesday, and to a large
extent the prosperity ef the city de
pends on the action taken by citizens
at that time and to result of their de
cision. That being the case, it is certainly
the duty of every voter to consider the
mutter carefully during t he week in
tervening ami then cast a vote, not
for mere sentiment, but for common
ieii,e for business reasons ami for the
center of the three bukn of the chain,
the continuation of the present pros
perity and the remarkable pi ogress now
being made by the city of Midford a
record equaled by f-w, if any, towns
in i he United States.
To begin with, who ere the leaders
of this so-called moral movement? Are
they, as i rule, the im. who represent
tin financial or the business interests
of 'ho community, or do they belong to
th.i class who have lilt! or nothing to
lot:ef Tho latter is certainly the case,
with .the pomble exception ef n few
whose .(V.l i:i which they honestly be
lieve to be a good cans. has made them
forget the fact thet discretion is ihe
for part of vain, and, like Don
(Quixote, willy fi.rth, clad in armor and
lmet and armed with a spear, to fight
ail !i windmilm.
What has been found so far to be
:iny drawback to the present charter of
he city of Medfordf Simply that it
iillows the saloons ta exist if the ma
jority of the voters of the city decide!
that wav. Vh saloons were here before
my of Ihe men came who are seeking
by fair means and foul, by mise.lnto-
nMMits ami misrepresentation to change!
the present order of things to suit their
selfish purpose ami peisonal end.
What could be fairer than to leave
this matter as it is at the present time,
wholly in the hands of the people liv- .
ing in the city to decide for themselves
s to what they want? If the policy of
Ihe citv of Medford is to be decided bv !
the votes of people living many miles'
outside, people who Hi" not called upon j
to pay any share or patt of the interest .
on the water bonds, lo contribute to .
I he sewer fund or help pay for t he
paving, in fact peopb without any in- i
(erest whatever in the city or iln af-j
lairs, Why allow the people living out-1
side to say how the civic affairs shall,
be conducted j
As a matter of f.iel , there is one
business firm which now waiting on1
the decision to be rendered next Tiles- !
day, the promotion of two business
blocks, the erection of which depends,1
they suv positively, on the vote at this
election. The form r firm says: "If
we want to locate in .1 dry town we enn
go to Ashland, to Grant Pass or to sev
eral other places we could name. The
fact, is. we looked tho:.e places over and
could not see that tle'v eon hi compare!
with Medford, However, we would not
think of invest ing our money if the
city decides to make th. change.' j
Then the men who iiropose erecting ,
new business blocks naturally hesitate
to invest their money where there is j
likely to be ten vacua business build-
ings in addition to i higher tax rate!
and a falling off in the business. Ask j
any business man in the city and he
will tell you that n lar.ee amount of the
business done here is with people from
.Vhlnnd, Grants Pas and other places.
Visit the depot and ate the targe iinm- j
her of people getting off ami on the
trains. Why is this not so nt the two
places mentioned f Ashland clninis a
larger population than Medford. Their
people claim they have a better city
than this in many way -. Then why the
difference? Well, if a change is made
here, Medford, just rs sure as the sun
riiten and sets, will soon be classed in f
the same rank as th- places named.
TAXPAYER. '
THE SERPENT IN VIRGINIA.
A pestiferous newspaper down iu Vir- i
ginin hits collected some interesting sta
liHiies Inuring upon the prohibition
ipiest ion. says the New York Sun. i
There is a probability that
the good people who have the matter
in charge in that vtat will not long
be contented with the arrangement un
der which counties, c mniuniti.n, etc..
may now exercise their own judgment
in the mutter of lifpior, a'id will move
to obtain the enactment of a law pro
hibiting whisky throughout the length
and breadth of t he common wen It li,
whether the people in given localities
wi-di it so or not.
Actual results do nt justify the ec
static but somewhat vague and irre
sponsible pronum-iame'ilos of the evan
gelist". It t;ikes. for t xample, I't wet
counties and iM dry counties, gives their
n-ipertive populations end the amounts
in every case expended f-r criminal
proceedings, and fmd i that by this
siandiiid the morals the dry conn
ties are V:ter th:-n tie- morals of
the wet counties. It dis.loses no dif
ference between the two in the matter
of public order and, pi e uiiuably. decent
i,.ii:ivior Moth the wets and the drys
' have improved during l1"' I"" " " years
j but the drys have io.t improved any
morn than the wets. Thirteen f the
' dry counties sent 3 convicts to the pen
1 iTeaiarv la-t y-r. A 'similar number
of wet counties sept 4JS. After ten
i years of the peace that prohibition is
i used to bring and ten years of the
degradation attiibnt'sl to licpior we find
the balame of demen-trateil virtue
practically equal, though leaning slight-
SEWING
STARS
THE STARS ON
The ph uire shows the interior of the eottage once omijdetf by Uelay Kim,
tho pat riot e Philadelphia woman who Is reputed to have iiuule the first
At nor lean rt-; Ih-uiIuk tin Mtars and Htrlpes, The lumso Is now the properly
of a pati.'.lk1 asso'lailuii and lias become one of the bhow plai-eH of the
Quaker City.
ly to the wetB.
As regards the economic aspect of
the case we kjiow of i.o truer measure
of local prosperity than the amonniw
paitl into the state treasury through the tionists in combination with the anti
medium of assessment and taxation. Lo Saloon league tuny concoct some over-
calities contribute to the common rev
enue according to their condition and
ability. If they are opulent they pav
much. If they are pinched or behind- 1
hand they pay little accordingly. There
are 100 counties in irginia. Thirty
five of them do not meet expenses
that is to say, they receive from tin
general treasury nuir1 than they pav i
Twenty-eight of these counties are
dry and one of tlx
Scott.
obtains
fi-i.iii loi at.it n I ii (ioon i
year. 1
c t , ,i , II i i
tun tin- mil in unit u.i i iii' uiy conn-
ties pift together pay into tho state's,
strong box $i4,!0!), whereas the wet I
entities altogether pay tour times that
sum f.t!)ri,i!M.
In other words, the dry counties do
not show any superiority as regards
Compare
the
Allen & Reagan
Groceries, . Chinaware, Fruit
and Feed
SALEM BEER
SALEM is the most popular, beer in Northern
California and Southern Oregon. It is acknowl
edged to be the equal of the very best eastern
product. All beers are good, but some beers are
liked better than others. The proof for this as
sertion lies in drinking Salem beer. If you wish
to be convinced, ask for Salem beer and drink it.
SALEM BREWERY ASSOCIATION
Medford Depot: Mdford Ice & Storage Co.
H You Owned i the Earth
producing capacity men a
d, r.ueh us some we J..i ve
ting his purchase price b
agement. Ib-w ran v.:al
lie the good yi.ung oreh
' Alwavs a; "iir er if'
ards we
for the
ROGUE RIVER
KMIIIIIT Ill lI.liINi:
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
morals, public order and reputable eon-
duct, while the wet ci unties furnish
fonr fifths ot the state's total revenue.
It is unite conceivable that the proluhi-
whelming answer to these loathsome
statistics. We hope so, if only for the
gayety of nations.
LONDON, Jan. fl. At a meeting to
day of the women t"nnis players of
England an invitation will be extended
to Miss May Sutton to bring u team
of women lawn tennis players to Eng
land next year to play in international
muicaes tin ine
lines of the Davis ten-
mM VUV ,,r--
If she accepts this offer to come to
England, a team of English women, or
whom .Mrs. u. v. Miiiv.uu win no cup-
tain, will go to America to return the
visit.
Quality
li. is, and always has
been our nun ta supply
our customers with
goods of the highest
quality and to that end
we nre always adding
quality to our line. The
addition of "preferred
stock " makes our lino
of h.j.h grade Canned
Goods moBt complete.
' Our aervice always the
b at nnd every accotn
givoii our customers.
Vnii eoiihln't find u better place
to live t ban in thin glorious
R'igue Ifiver valley, with its in
coinpa ruble win, it nnd mi miner
climate, .lust now we have some
particularly g.d developed or
chard proposit ions to submit to
thr- homesooker. which are sure
wianeis. test- give t!iis matter
immediate att'nlion. It tfoes not
take a very wise man to foresee
that the advance in values which
we have been p" dieting in in
coming producing fruit lands is
about to materialize. A g 1
young orchard wili not only in
'crease hi vnlu nt. its ineome--es,
but witli'the r;glit kind of ail orchar
to show, the purch.'i'er has a cli;nci of g t
ick out nf a'ningl.- crop, with proper man
h be acciimn lated faster than by buying n
have for sal-f
best buys in this valley.
LAND COMPANY
MKDKoltl), KHKdoN
Let tBe
MISSION FURNITURE WORKS
ntukQ tbut pice '4 iroiture. Any
deaign, aujr oolor, an iaisb
dll, waied Jr poluhed. Shop an
cor. of 8th tad H itreoti.
W. M. Colvlg. 0. L. Beanies.
OOLVIO k BBAMEB
Lawyers.
Office: Medford Bank Bldg.
Oround floor.
Cook Stores and ranges. Phone 91
MOBOOBFF t WOLF
New and Second-Hand Furniture
Eads' old stand, 18 20 F St. South
Medford, Or.
KARNES BOOMDTO HOUSE
Newly built and newly furnished
AU modern conveniences.
D. O. Karnes, Prop.
20 8. G St., Medford, Or.
FISH MARKET
Fresh fish received daily. Oys
ters in season.
Cor. Seventh and E Sts, Medford
MEDFORB TEA AND COFFEE
HOUSE Specialists iu Toas, Cof
fees, Extracts, Baking Powder
and Spices. We carry all kinds of
-dinner wars, and fancy dishes. .,
216 W. Seventh St. Medford, Or
DR. GOBLE
The only exclusive Optician be
tween Portlaud and Sacramento
Office on Seventh Street.
When others fail, call on
DR. E. J. BONNER
Eya Specialist v
Office -in. Rngle Pharmirr
Mniu 233. Seventh and Main
THE HOTEL EMEBIOK
Rooms from 50 cents to $1.50 pe'
day. All modern conrenieuces.
We solicit your patronage.
,VALLEY AUTO CO. have ensued
Iheir new garage and ropair shop
hack of the Moore hotel. Motor
cars stored and taken caro of. All
work giKimnteed. Pheue No. 310:1
RIVERSIDE SUBDIVISION
This most beautiful addition to Medford is to be put
first, sale will occur FRIDAY, JANUARY M, 190!).
LARGE SIZED
flood garden soil, natural uk trees, wide streets, four blocks to Nurlli school,
ncivrrai0 ulretidi hi.
LOW PRICKS AND KM KOXAHLE TERMS.
J. C. BROWN
Exclusive Agent Palm Block
RUHBIANS CELEBRATE
CHRISTMAS TOMORROW '
WASIIINOTON', Jan. 5. There are I
two t 'hrist mases ut the Itussiau em
bassy, presided over by llnnm de Ito 1
sen, but the real ecleiirn t ion conies to
morrow. The fact that the joyous festi
val is, by reason of th. use of the ltus
pinn calendar, soinewhiit debited, does
not, however, affect the enthusiasm
wit li which the celebration is carried
out. The l'ussian ambassador has made
tdu borate prepn rat ions to celebrate
hrist mas day, and 1'oiintess Kli.abcth
de Honen, the rharmiu daughter of the
Hupsinn repn-seiitative. is expected to,
iitertain her young fneiidi, j
THE E. E. V, LUNCH BOOM
Fiueit cup of coffed on
the Pacific Coast.
H. H. Lorimer Prop.
ARTHUR H. DAVIS
Contracting Electrical Engineer.
210 W. Boventh St., M-odford, Or.
ANLO PENWELL
" The Plumber.
I solicit a share of your buainoss,
pledging satisfaction.
THE ELECTRIC AND FRENCH
DRY CLEANING AND PRESS
ING WORKS
W. E. Lane ft Son, Props.
Opposite Hotel Moore,
Medford Oregon
WASOHAU ft BROWN
wish to announce to thoir patrons
that they aro located in their new
quarters in tho Young & Hall
building.
Billiards, Cigars and Tobaccos.
BR. FRANK ROBERTS
Dentist
Office hours: 8 to 12, 1 to 4.
Miles Building, Soventh Hlrect,
Modford, Oregon.
THE MISSION GRILL
Always open for business. Neat
and clean. Up-to-date. Popular
prices.
12 So. 0 St. Lambert & Brown
For good bargains In Watches
and Jewolry, PiBtols, Musical In
struments, go to
THE MEDFORD LOAN OFFICE
0 Street.
MEDFOBD FURNITURE CO.
Undertakers
Day Phono 353
Night Phones 0. W. Conklln 30
J. H. Butler 148
DR. R. 7. CONROY
SueeeKHor to l)r. Jones.
Office in th Stewart Building.
NOTICE
The Hotel i'oi'inerlv known as the Taylor House in
.lacksomillc. Or., has
will licin'clortli be known as the
ABBOTT HOUSB
under the management of V. D. & M. K. ABHOT'J'.
'l'Jic liin-(( Ii.ts been remodeled and made modern
a;: 1 up-to-date in every respect and rates are is
reasonable as eonsistnt with first-class service.
SAVOY THEATER
North d'Anjou Street.
Latt-at motion pictures and illus
trated Bongs. Entire change of
prograrn Monday, Wednesday and
Fridny. Admission 10 cents.
BIJOU THEATER, W. 7TH ST.
Continuous performnnce eyory
evening of inoMon pictures and il
lustrated balluds. Kntiro cbango
of program Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. Admission 10 cents.
WM. II. AITKEN
Plumbing, St on m and Hot Water
Heating.
Phone 23.
210 W. Seventh St., Medford, Or.
EDEN VALLEY NURSERY
N. H. Bennett, Medford, Or.
Grow trees Unit sell, sell trees
tlmt grow nnud fruit true to labol
VERNE T. CANON
BillpoHter nnd distributor. All
ordors promptly filled.
Room 7 Jackson Co. Bank Bldg.
Medford, Or.
0. F. COOK
Sells trees that grow.
Office: R. It. V. Depot.
P. 0. Box 841. Phone 593.
Medford, Or.
MRS. ED. ANDREWS
Voice Culture and Art of Singing
Studio at Residence
East Modford. Phone 225
S. B. SEELY, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Modorn equipped opernting rooms
X-Ray. Office hours: 1012, 2-4 p.
m. Offico in Jnckson Co. Bk. bldg
on the market and the
LOTS
changed management and
JACK FKEDENBURG I
Scavenger. V
Harlmgo hauled. Medford. A
J. M. KEENS, D. D. S. I
Dentist H
Specialist in operative dentistry E
Painless xlrnction of teeth. I