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.MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. 1909.
No. 308.
MAY
PAY FOR
City Unable to Pay For
Paving Intersections
May be Paid by Property
Owners
The city being unable at the present
time to pay for the piving of the ii;
li.rsections of West Seventh street, f.
movement has been launched by tin
property ov:nei'n along that Htreet to
see if it bo possible to pave the
property owners each paying their pro
rata of the cost of paving the inierseo
lions. The eity council having m their
regular meeting Tuesday evening indef
init ly postponed the. paving of this part
if Seventh street mil Oakdale avenue.
The city dads roult! like nothing
better than to bo able to order this
work done, but the oily treasury in it k
resent condition of emptyness makes
iL impossible at the present time.
Many Were Present
A large number of citizens were pres
ent at the meeting in expectation of a
free for alt discussion of the mutter.
The finance committee, however, had
done the discussing previously and bas
ed unfavorable report upon I he fact
Hint1 no funds were available for this
work. Oakdale avenue and West Sev
enth street will not bo paved unless
the movement launched Wednesday
morning is successful. The finance com
mittee, however, reported favorably
upon the paving of Front street be
I ween Sixth and Eighth, no uupaved
intersections in these two blocks to
make it impossible.
The council at last showed signs of
rer.l activity in the matter of naming
the streets and numbering the houses.
The fact that Grants Pass and Ashland
have secured a free mail delivery, while
Medford has not, as announced in Mon
day's Tribune, was responsible for their
definite net ion in this matter. City
Attorney NVf f tendered an ordinance
providing a penalty of a fine from $'J
to $10 for failure to number residences
vitbin 30 days after notice to do so has
been served by the chief of police.
Sidewalks Watched.
f'ouncihimn Welsh is fast earning for
l-iitificlf the title of "sidewalk watch
man." At the last two council meetings
be has portrayed in a striking manner
some of the disgraceful features of
Medford 's walks. lie succeeded last
evening in getting a motion through
the council providing that the council
men from each ward inspect the walks
.f some other ward ad make a report
at the next meeting. Probably this ac
tion will result in sune good.
A committee of the Greater Medford
club composed of Mfsdames Krdman,
Watt and Kentner, tendered a commu
nication stating that D. D. Sage had
offered to give the city a lot in Cot
tage addition, providing it will be main
tninod for park purposes. The commit
tee asked that the water main be ex
tended to this property, so that a lawn
might be grown ther". The matter was
relerred to the water committee.
A large number of petitions were re
reived from different societies, citizens
and property owners of the city, all of
which were referred t- the proper com-niitt.-es.
Robert King served notice, through
his attorneys, that unless his bill of
nearly $300 for past services was paid
at once the city would be held liable
tr the amount of the contract of put
ting in water taps, which was termin
Med nt the Inst meeting of the council.
The plat of Summit addition, be
tween Seventh and Fourth streets, was
accepted.
The light committee reported that
street lights had ben ordered for the
following street intersections: Central
and Court. Eleventh and B, Eighth and
'. Fourth and Q.
INVESTIGATE COOS
BAT MAIL SERVICE
MARSIIFIKLD. Or.. March 17. Tn
I'oector Roberts of the postoffice de
partment is here to investigate the com
plaints regarding he Coos Bay mail
service. He inspected the road from
I.'oseburg to the bay and says that it is
111 had condition, but that with the mi
rrovements ordered should be much bet
tor by next year. lie intimated that if
the contractor who carries the mail is to
blame fines will be imposed.
About 1500 pounds of mail are
brought into Coos Bay daily, and it is
suggested that the situation could he
ilieved if third nnd fourth class matter
v ere brought to Coos Bay twice a week
bv steamer. Mr. Roberts will discuss
the matter with the chambers of com
merce. Talk with Pr. Page should Ton djrt
orchard tr ts or imsine:. property.
PEOPLE
1
BOTHWELL IS
ANSWERED
FULLY
He Shows How Cost of
AnotherSystem Will Come
Out of Pockets of Users
of Phones
To the Editor: Iirj;!ir,ling the state
ment of Mr. .1. A. llotl woll in the Mom
MK Mail an to the telephone question.
I woulil say that on investigation I find
hal Mr. Uothwell has never had n tele
phone sine, tllkillK U, ,lU
here in Medford. but I do know that
he hves on Riverside avenue and uses
l is neii'liljorn' teleuhone. nml !,
there was a cull for him our niun-ntnm
used to eall his neighbor nnd oet lii...
to run or send over to Mr. HothwellV
house and advise liiai that lie n. u-nt.
oil nt the telephone, and at iho present
line he and his family are using
eijhbor's telephono. the same n. eve
It seems that the neeole without tnl.
phones are the ones that aro trvimr to
tell the toli-phonc subseribers what they
ought to do in this telephone matter.
.Mnv, ns a matter of fact. I believe tlmt
the busiiio?!-, men and telephono users
(the people who are telephone subserih
ers nnd have to pay the rentnlR everv
month) aro the ones that are the beat
indues us to whether thev want another
telephone eompany without any long.
Hstanee connection to crive them local
service only, and isolate this well nd
vertised city of Medford.
As to the assurance that Mr. Bnth-
well speaks of reirardinir an imnrnv.
oil :ystein. I would ray that the work
row gomg on in the streets nnd houses
of Medford. and if Mr. Uothwell was
in touch with Medford he would know
this. The Pacific Telephone 4 Tele
gr.ipli company are not asking the citi
zenr. of Medford for money or trying to
scell stock to the people to enuio the
city of Medford with n modem common
battery exchange, which will be com
plete heforo July 1, lflnfl, hut are spend
ing tneir own monev to do this work.
and when completed the people of Med
rorcl will linvo the same up-tmdnte
service and equipment ns Portland. San
rre.ncisco or anv of the Inrge cities in
I he Fnited States.
Regarding the question of rates, J
would call the attention of the public
and Mr. Bothwell to the franchise of
the Citizens' Telephone company, ns
printed in the Medford Pailv Tribune.
March 8. 1000:
$3 per month for individual business
main line service.
"$2.50 per month for individual res
idence main line service.
"$1.50 per month for two-party se
lective ringing service.
"$1.25 per month for four-party se
lective ringing service."
It furthermore reads that when they
get "one thousand operating tele
phones they will raise the rentals 50
cents per telephone per month."
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company rntes are as follows for the
same class of service:
$2.50 individual main line business
serrico.
$2, two-party line business service.
$2. individual line residence service.
$1.50, two-party line residence serv
p. $1.25, four party line residence serv
ice.
Comparison of th" above rates will
how the Pacific Telephone 4 Telegraph
enmpnnv's rates are less than the rate
that Mr. Bothwell advises the people of
Medford to vote for. I wonder why he
does! Relative to Mr. Bothwell 's state
ment as to the successful independent
companies in N'ehrnsk.l. will quote
from the Lincoln (N'eh.1 Journal. March
12. in"", and March 30, 190S. the fol
lowing, which will show that there has
been some failures 13 his own siai
Nebraska and a a telephone man. lie
ought to have bn fnmiliar with. The
following quotations are only two of
hundreds of others:
(From the Lincoln. Xeb.. Star. March
io iqn ,
,r r r-.ol, I I would again iv that tin- Pa
..Telephone Men Pcro Mn;:J:,;MT(l,phone ft Tdegran con,Pa,.v nr.
-Fall Htv oompary has asked rjfv f " MMfIir(I; fllu,
permission in "o r'-t-
"The Falls City Telephone company
wants to raise its r?tr. Tt aks per
,ni-mon fmin the -tnte r.iilwnv com
mission, although its petition dr.es not
detail the desired inereae. . The pre
ent rates are at th rate of per
year for business tiV-phone rt n
per rear for residence service.
"The pompanr t:s that its in
vestment is $21.m7. The assertion
i-. made th.-t a telephone plant depre
cinfes at the rate of 1 per cent per
annum. In the last thiee year- the com
panv has been able to set aside nrdv
714. IS for depreciation, while at the
estimated rate, the depreciation is over
$;nQO. This is made the basis for the
FUNERAL EXPENSES
BY THE
OIL WELL IS WELL
STARTED; ARE DOWN
OVER 100 FEET
EVERY FOOT OF SOIL IS BEINO
TESTED IN TWO WEEKS THE
REQUIRED DEPTH WILL BE
REACHED.
The work of sinking the oil well by
the Desert Oil company, which was
started at the later part of Inst week,
is progressing rapidly. The well is now
down over loo feet. A hard formation
has been eneountere.l from the surface.
Those in charge expect to break through
this into a clay before going very much
deeper. Within two weeks the drillers
expect to be down !ie 1200 feet or to
a level of the sea, where in most in
stances oil is found.
Colonel .1. F. Mundy states that he
is having every foot of material passed
through carefully tested, and from oil
indications he believes that ho will
strike oil and probably natural gas be
fore the well is completed. He intends
to sink three or four wells before giv
ing up the search for oil, and is most
athusiastic regarding the prospects.
At the coal mine en the Hroadbent
property a new vein Inn; been struck in
the main tunnel, nnd is now being opon-
I up. More men are to be placed at
work at once drifting ami determining
the extent of the new vein.
i:;erease in rates, the operating reven
ues not being sufficient to pay other
expenses nnd allow provision for de
preciation at the same time.
"The earnings of the company from
May 1, l!.n7, to .liinuarv 1, liHiji, were
slightly more than $300(1.
Xo action will be taken on the pe
tition until the commission forgets the
excitement of von vent ions and ngnin
settles down to work. A hearing will
probably he granted at which the com
piny and protestants against an in
crease, if there are such, will be given
an opportunity to offer evidence. "
(From the Lincoln, Xeb., Journal,
March o, 1!0S.)
"Telephone company meets with op
position at Mumbotdi.
" Humboldt, Xeb., March 2!. Strong
local opposition has developed to the
proposition of the City Mutual Tele
phone company of this city to increase
iheir rates for residence and barns on
recount of the present schedule not be
ing one of profit for the company. As
n result a monster pet it ion has been
gotten up and will bn forwarded nt once
to the state commissioa. before whom
the application is to be heard. The pe
titioners alleged that the present man
agement secured control of the plant
and a franchise largely through their
promise to put into effect a lower rate
on both business and resilience phones,
ft ad that the present M tempt to incrense
is violation of the original agreement.
The lower rates were applied at first,
but over a year ago the business phones
were raised to the old figures over the
protests of the patrons, who object
strenuously to this additional increase.
The petitioners hold that the company
is making money, but that extensive
improvements and building of rural lines
have prevented them from declaring re
cent dividends.
"The company contends that if thev
cannot secure relief in the matter of
totes they will be compelled to go out
if business. ' '
In view of the above facts it would
'.eem that people who have no tele
jiluuie interests in and have no knowl
edge of the telephone question would
do well not to write paid articles and
advise people who have to pay the tel
ephone hills that thev must double their
expense in order that some people may
profit in the fostering of a stock-pro
uniting .i'ib on the citizens yf Medford.
as this scheme nlways takes the money
f nt of the local people and forces the
. professional and business man to double
his xpcno and impairs his service, and
'the promoters g't the monev. and the
11'"' "nM their no-.-lv engraved stock
Uert if icates. awn-t.ng nnd awaiting for
I the promised large dividend.
I wonio again w v mar uie raen i-
an re
be
fore .Inly 1. 1!"'!'. th- citizens of Med
ford can have any c)a-s of service that
thev Miav desire, and they wmi 'f have
; i turn the e ra n k . t m r-1 v take t lie i r
r.wn ff th- honk. In addition to that
they ran g't connection with over 4"n.
r,00 subscriber cenncte. with the J'n
cific Telephone A 'i- f graph company s
ostein, and over lo(,.non people can
talk with M'dfrd through nnr long
.!it:mo line.
H.-nv-mbfr. unless the p-p!i' of M-d
ford want to pav for two telephones
C UHlt V..I.-
i;f,o.
Fri'lnv. March
K MKTiRILL.
8pfl OO tfVfvnt
NORMAL ADVOCATES
SENATE HOSTILE
THROUGH THE
SPECIAL SESSION
NORMAL SCHOOL QUESTION WILL
WILL BE DECIDED AT NEXT
GENERAL ELECTION BY THE
PEOPLE OP THE STATE.
The youug people of St. Mary'u acad
SALHM, Or., March 17. Kinal effort tiny have arranged u verv pleasant
by the senate to kill Oregon's normal ' er-tertninmont for this evening nt the
school system by granting euch of tho ' n'w,,MI,-v "m! attHurM n good lime for
., '- . , i ... 'those who attend.
three existing schools Monmouth, Ash- riM ,, .
j The program will consist of the nor
land and Weston $8000 apiece foriimvil ' n imn,ir.-i ,).-..... ri.-n
linleuance to June 3U of the present
ar, repealing nil normal school legis-I
lation, abolishing th normals after this H,rke, ,nitn y0lt Marie Wasclmu.
date and disposing of the property to I Wileta Kdmunds. Marv IVninger, Knth
respective distnota, met with defeat in Prim. Murphy, Unzel Hruess. Janice
the house just befori adjournment last i itn.bre Tnnuv i.1r..-;(.r itj.imi wi.n,.
night, when an effort to suspend the
rules and pass the bill failed through
the opposition of the normal school ad
vocates. The senate had passed this
bill a few minutes before by an over
whelming majority. All other proposed
normal legislation hud met defeat in
the tipper house, oven the bill submit- i
ting the normal school problem to the
people of Oregon at the next general
lection. So hostile whs the spirit of
the aeuato that all pretense of fair play
wes laid aside iu the effort to slough
tor the normals.
At all times during the session the
house was friendly to the normals, but
the only chance to force favorable con
sideration by the senate would have
been to organize a deadlock and hold up
the general appropriation bill until the
nnte surrendered, but the normal or
ganization was not strong enough to
tteuipt it.
Fought tho Smith Bill.
The friends of the normals fought the
Smith bill, giving them money enough
to pay funeral expenses, born use with
the sites deeded away and the schools
abolished by law, tlx normals could not
have appealed to fairer judgment of
the people at the election in November,
1 010, Hence they preferred to have
conditions left as at present, with the
schools dependent upon funds raised lo
cally, trusting to future legislation for
reimbursement.
The senate was unreasonably hostile
and stubborn in its opposition. Its anti-
aormal school combine stood ns solid as
a stone wall in resisting the efforts of
friends of the schools. Senators were
blind and deaf to all arguments nnd
appeals. Senators Miilit and Norton.
ohnson and Smith of HmatiHu led the
forlorn hope, and ma b a gallant though
hopeless fight. All made strong nppenls
for just consideration. Mulit was tak-
nn ill Tuesday, and was taken to the
I'apitol in a cab nnd left n cot in the
basement in order to vote.
The house made repeated efforts to
secure a compromise from the senate,
but the upper house repulsed everv ad
vance, refusing to appoint n joint con
ference committee, refusing to receive
mensnges from the house, holding it
w business, nnd voting down the pro
val to submit the problem to the peo
pie for one, two, three or no normals.
All the normals had strong lobbies
present, but their efforts accomplish
ed little except bidding together their
ouse supporters. Ashland normal had
the largest lobby, both Ashland nnd
Mi'dfurd being represented under the
radcrdiip of K. V. Carter.
CALIFORNIA ORANGES
MAKE RECORD TRIP
KANSAS CITY. March 17. From the
ire" to the consumer in a week, includ
ing ri IfiOM mile journey is the record
i!.-w made by orang" growers in south
em California Wednesday at 5:30
o'clock a special tra'r on the Atchison,
lopeka & Santa Fe railroad left San
Ttirnardino. Cab $1 contained 2o re
f-igerator cars, each loaded with II M
Iimxch of oranges. F.ch box had 150
flanges, making n total of 1.440,000.
The train is schedule! through on pas
4'iger time and is doe to nrrive in Kan
-: Citv tomorrow. This is the first
' pecial train of thi kind to be run
thro'-ph from California to Kansas City,
POOSEVELT PREPARINO
FOR TWO YEARS' ABSENCE
OVSTKR KAY. X. Y.. March 17. -Former
President Hoosovelt is arrang
itig Ins affairs for at least two yenrs'
;-b- ence abroad, it was announced to
dav. This tune will 1 e passed in Africa
and Furopc.
Roosevelt is busy iu preparing for
bin tour. His duties ns a magazine
editor will take him to N'ew York ser
.ral tniH'S during til.- week and there
he will be busy dic.ating articles for
publication.
It i expected also that during the j Mr. Business Man and Telephone User,
wiek the Smi.hsomai members of the i that unlese yon wish to pay for TWO
xr.eMion will come to Ovster !0r for tlfj)ioneQ SOU pmH U NO on Frl
a citron. fWQ? a 0
SPURNED
T
TONIGHT AT ST.
MARY'S ACADEMY
PLEASANT EVENING ASSURED
FOR LOCAL PEOPLE LARGE
CAST ARRANGED AND ARE
WELL DRILLED.
ThlM)0 hl the'east are: Misses
lleen Kiiurshurv. .lulm Midlev thv
Margaret Kmig, Myrtle MeKoe, Myrtle
(uigley, Louise Wnscheu, Mab? Hcud
der. Vita Henderson. (Uadya Unite, Vida
Thronburg, Ileryl Litherlnnd, M. Alice
Fester, Mary liiown, Hvowniug Purdin,
Harriet Harris, (lenevievo Harris, Lael
Kluui,.
REMEMBER,
Mr. Business Man and Telephone User,
that unless you wish to pay for TWO
telephones, you must vote NO on Fri
day, March 19.
PRETTY GREEN IN
NEWJfORK TODAY
IRISH FLAG AND SHAMROCK
FOUND ALL OVER GOTHAM
ON ST. PATRICK'S.
NKW YOHK, March 17. Although
ew York makes no claim to the luxu
riant early spring of the balmy south
I.'i-mI, yet things look pretty green here
today. The Irish flag flips over city
hall along with the flag of th" brave
nnd free, and the green bunting which
the loyal .Irishmen reserve for t h is
day has been unfurled. On curtain im
portant thoroiigbfar.'S one finds nearly
every corner, and sometimes even a
place iu the middle of the block, pro
im;"ly decorated wi'h the color so dear
io the Idishman's heart, and here and
i hero a flag from a window or house
top. The whole of the arrangements for
the parade were under the control of
he Ancient Order of Hibernians, which
is the most powerful, numerically, of
all the Irish societies in the United
Stall's. In order to follow the tini"
hopored precedent lilts yei-r's pnrade
bed to excel the parade of last year.
The efforts of (irand Marshal Patrick J.
fiilroy were snccessf ul. Over 70,000
men were in line. The parade was
more of a military character than in
former years. Kach division assumed
battalion formation under the charge
of experienced nnd specially chosen of
ficers. The men marched eight abreast
;nd consequently tin k several hours to
cover the route.
The lending battalions were (he Irish
Volunteers. 12,000 sj;ong, under com
m:nd of Colonel Kilgnr. and the Sixty
inth regiment, commanded by Colonel
I M v.a rd I )n f f y with t heir respect i ve
bands making the windows along Fifth
:iv nue rattle with "The Wearing of
t'-.e Green" and "Th Herp That Once
Through Tara's Halls." as they do but
onco a year on the scTonteenth of
March.
SOUSA SAYS RAGTIME
IS DEAD AND BURIED
I'lXKliriiST. X. J., March 17.
' ' Kagtinv has had it r funeral, " said
b.hn Philip Sotita, th' bandmaster, m-w
here, discussing popular music. "It
j I ad the gout or dyspepsia long before
' :t diod. It was overfed by poor nurses.
(Jood ragtime came and then half a
! million imitators sprung up and as a
result the peo pi f were sickened with
; their stuff.
j "I have not played a piece of rag
jiimo this season," continued the march
king, "and it's simply because the peo-
pin do not want it. I used to play it.
! I do not discriminate between ragtime
and grand opera, or Anything else that
possesses merit. Some of the best of
the old ragtime will bear as clov
manipulation as Doviak bestowed
the old Slavonic dnneo tunes,"
REMEMBER,
SIMS HAVE WILD ENGINE
DIG JOB ON WIPES OUT
HANDS DEPOT
Payne's Bill Contains
Over 100,000 Words
Based on 8000 Pages
30,000 Letters
WASHINGTON. March 17. Hepre
native Sereuo K. 1'nyne, chairman of
the ways and means committee, today
presented to congres-t the tariff bill
I earing his name. The document is a
totuiidubli' one, containing over 100,000
words.
The bill represents the judgment of
the committee, which is based upon S000
printed pages of testimony, over 110,000
letters from all sections of the globe,
and till the known statistics on the sub
ject. It is estimated that the revenue un
der the duties presented will be over
100,000,000.
The bill nut horizes the issuance of
treasury certificates Io the amount of
ifcL'o O.ouo, 000 to in ii a year.
The lumber tariff is reduced 50 per
cent. Coal and agricultural implements
i re put upon a reciprocal basis
The tariff on wool.i, f i rut and second
i b'ss, is unchanged.
Hides will be admitted free and shoes
have been reduced 40 per cent.
GOLD STAMPEDE
GREAT STRIKE MADE IN HUMBUO
DISTRICT DURING PAST
FEW DAYS.
YltKK A, fal., March 17. The great-
st mining excitement known iu Siski
von ctoiuty in years is imw on hero and
if. growing daily hourly. Seventy five
mining claims were filed in the record
er's office today, and it is only a be
ginning. The activity is in the Humbug min
ing district, within four miles of Vreka,
in a westerly direction. The first dis
covery was made iu February, but at
thai time was taken as only an ordin
aiily good find. It ii called the lino
in in , and every day since the ledge
urn' encountered new richness has been
uncovered. The best wan found Sunday
;mhI yesterday. One side of the ledge
lias been found, but the other side has
not yet been reached, so its extent is
till unknown.
Sonie of the ore ha 4 been beaten up
liete and shows immense richness, but
imne has yet been sicHiyed. It is the
best thing seen here in many years.
In tin- same district others have made
impiirtaiit finds iu 1 lie pas few days.
Several well known mines an in the
Humbug district.
SIMPLY AN OPTION
ON EISH LAKE CO.
KPOKANE CAPITALISTS HAVE 90
DAYS TO CLOSE OTHERS
HAVE HAD OPTIONS.
I has d-M-I.tped that tin- Fish Lake
Ihtch company has not as yet been sold.
Instead an ..ption has been given on
tie propeity f..r a period of io days,
luiring that time the matter will be
yo'if into by representatives of the cap
italixts who will determine whether
Pev can- to take th" matter up or not.
Several oi her parti's have held op
lions on the holdings f the company
fioin time tn time, among these being
I. Isaac And"rson ful Kuhn Hrothers
if Cittsburg.
There is a enusiderabb amount of
work to be done before t he Spokane
people will be readv to make their de-
MASONS. NOTICE.
The funeral sTvic of X. H. Sowerby
v ill be held :it the home of W. A. Ait
ken. on South (i H'net. at 1:30 p. m
Thursday. All brother Masons are re
unrated to meet at the lodge hall at
I'j r'.O harp.
WM. MI'LLKIf. Secretary
ATTENTION. K. OF P.
There will be work m the third rank
Mondnv night. ' .ot every Knight be
pCnt. Visiting Knights invited.
Kills Six People Instantly
Completely Demolishes
Frame Building When
it Leaves Track
MoXTItKAL. March 17. A
oil the ItostOU & Muinn rnilmaJ .....
"ing wild and with no one at tho throe-
eiasneu through tho station horo
lay. pluiiiriiii into tlm inHi..u .:.
" wwino nnn-
nik' roum, killing nit pontons inntantly
nml ii.. ..... '
..... ,i,,y injuring rive more.
i"uiu mil or u boilor plug
niflt'il till' rngiiH'cr from tn0 ca, an((
Imillllwl III!) firiMimu wlion lh.
wus u milt, fi.,,,,, t, n:ntiou. With no-
"l.v K'ii"ilm( tlio train, it ontorod tho
ly lit tcrril'ic apocd, jumiica tho track
I'lll the stlltinn nml .lf,.i. u..:t.. :
II,.. huil.liug. " B""m0
' i culinintwl nt l00,000.
An unknown littlo girl was crushed
lif.vonil humiin rcsi'inblunoc. Mrs. W. J.
Dixon, wife of tho trnin ili.nntnhl. .j
"liiM wore hoth oriiHh! ni.Hr it,.
ti-nili-r nml I'nirinn.
I'. A. Anstry nnd wif0 of Chicago
arn iu Medforil with an idoa of Inokine
t.vor tho valley.
MARRYING MARY IS
MERRIU MARRIED
SPLENDID PRODUCTION BY MISS
FLORENCE GEAR AND HER
EXCELLENT COMPANY.
Matrimony probably would be more
'""inion if people could get into it and
out again as easily as Mary Montgom
ery as port raved bv dniniv Pnrn..A
iear. The large audience that followed
,M''" nonius domestic entanglements at
the Medford were not at all abashed
at the reckless way in which alio made
n vi' to every available affinitv that
came within the range of her vision,
nail no lady could blamo tho numoroui
SWnillH, you Hi and Old. for anina Aatt,
lor Miss (bar "just cao't mnko her
eyes behave. ' '
The smart musical play, which at
tained considerable diotinction with Ma
ne (ahill and her long-skirted chorus,
was given a creditable production by
Misa dear and her excellent company.
It is full of bright lines and many
good laughs. Aad another commenda
ble point, and one that would be hailed
with delight if moro musical shows
followed it, is the faci that tho eborut
was attired in a decent amount of rai
ment. Miss tiear wore four electa nt
creations. The first was of palest
mauve, the second a purple pink, which
ju.si matched Miss Gear's blond hair.
The third of blue was not so much, but
t he hist of cream lace was not least
bv anv means. They were such u to
ntj.lte many a staid old bachelor sit up
and take notice. The women declared
they were perfect "dreams," so thero
voii are.
All of the song numbers wero en
cored time and again r.nd several of
them had to be repeated over and over
before the audienc" would be satisfied.
' ' I "in So Lonely, 1 ' by Miss dear, in
which a large hand mirror was used
effectively, with a spot light picking
out likely "affinities " iu the audi
nee, was the biggest hit. Several well
known theatergoers were in the lime-
liglt while the petite singer told about
the vacant spots in her heart. Those
who did not come within the pale of the
ipntlight ' gleam bowled with joy.
The performance wai one of tho best,
if nut the bet, een this season at Th
Mid ford.
PRICE NEARLY LOSES EYE
WHILE AT WORK IN SHOP
W. E. f rice, the Central avenue black
imifiA miHn very near losing an eyo
WtnittrAiilav morning, a chunk of iron
flying and striking his face. A dcp
cut resulted. It was thought for a
while that the eye was injured. Pr.
Convoy dressed the wound.
William K. Nicholson and sister, Mrs.
K, M. I.eover. left Medford Tuesday
for Furl Klamath.
REMEMBER.
Mr. Business Man and Telephone tTr
that unless you wish to pay for TWO
telephones, you must rote NO on Trl
day, March 19.
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