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THE MEDFORD PAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1909. Medeord Daily Tribune Official Paper of the City of Medi'ord. Published everv evening except Sunday. MED FORD PUBLISHING COMPANY George Putnam, Editor aud Manager. In short, all classes and grades from every state in the Union, mingle on our well paved streets a progressive, energetic, cosmopolitan citizenship few cities of any size can equal, and none, our own size, surpass constituting not the least of the many attractions we offer the home-seeker. Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postoi'f ice at Medford, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One month by mail or carrier. .. 0.50 One year by mail 5.00 . TODAY S WEATHER PREDICTION. Partly cloudy toni(jht. Possible light showers Thursday. A rare and salubrious climate soii of reinarkulile fertility beautiful scenery mountains stored with coal, copper and gold extensive forests streams stocked with speckled beauties game in abundance a contented, progressive people such is the Rogue River Valley. Average mean temperature 65 degrees Average yearly precipitation 21 inches PETROl'OUTA X MEDFORD. Mcdton. is the must metropolitan of the small cities of Oregon and its population is the most cosmopolitan m character. It lias acquired the airs and graces of a city several times its size, and at the same time preserves many of the monuments of its crossroads period. What other Oregon city can produce nightly operatic performances with local talent that compare favorably with those of any traveling troupe that visits the country? What other city of its size can turn out audiences suffi cient to support opera? And local tastes are discriminat ingonly standard and classic productions are given or patronized only these and moving picture shows. Wo have the best hotels and cafes outside of Portland in Oregon a banquet like that given at the Nash by the Crater Lake company Saturday has never been equal edand cannot be duplicated in any of the smaller cities of the northwest. At the same time it is possible to obtain a 5-cenl breakfast or ;i 10-cent dinner. The startling contrasts, earmarks of a rapidly growing! community, are seen on every hand. Up-to-date stores adjoin the crossroads emporium of a few years ago. Pol ished plate glass fronts connect with the dirty, cobwebbed windows of the country store whose proprietor cannot realize the transformation in the character of the popula tion and still tries to supply all the needs of humanity with a meager stock. In religion we are strictly up-to-date. We must be a very wicked cily, and have many souls still to be saved, for we have an endless chain of great revivals going on. Some of our preachers are live wires and have universal knowledge. They preach on "thirty minutes in heaven" and "fifteen riiiuut.es in hell" and advertise for us to come and "get the scales burned off our eyes." Then we also have the quiet clergy, who spend their energies in looking after the material welfare of their congregations. In fact, religion is one of our strong points, and we can sup ply anything the bin ' i t y affords -from the Salvation Army up. We have no tenderloin- -though we have a saloon row with the blinds off and il is quite respectable though the monotony of existence is occasionally enlivened by a scrap. We also have a moral squad, whose specialty is children. Woe to the erring kid but the grown-ups are compara tively safe. We have "society," with its soirees in the shape of lodge entertainments, its lawn fetes in the guise of picnics, its pink teas in ihe way of chicken dinners, and its grand balls in the form of benefit dances. Hut it is "society" just the same and all the jealousies and rivalries that njle vanity fair are there in full force. There are as nianv sets as I here are settings and all equally brilliant -at least in their own estimation. AUi.omooues are our speeiauv. tiver i:mi niolor cars are owned in Medford. more than in any city of its size in the world. We have the man who mortgages his honu' to buv an auto and the man worth a quarter of a million dollars, who thriftily adds to his income by carrying the less fortunate to the circus at two-bits a head. We have the wealthy mossback who never spends a nickel and weal's the hand-me-downs he took on a debt year's ago and the spendthrift, in tailor-made fabrics, who squander all he can borrow. We have tight wads made rich by the efforts of others in increasing the value of property and the booster who spends all he makes booming the community. ' v , - i .. TEACHERS 10 USE ROD WIN IN COURT Trial on Assault Charge Creates Great Excitement at J Grants Pass. Partisans of the two contending factions in the Grants Paws school row precipitated hy the attempted chastisement of Kouhnis Itiehev. a Indent, last week, became so dem onstrative at the trial of the two accused teachers that it wo neces ary tn clear the eoiirh-iiom so the use coulil proceed. Justice of the Peace llnlmun, be fore whom the case was lined, after hearing Ihe eviilence fur the prose cution, discharged Ihe two del'end anls. I'riucipul Mcillic of the high school and City Superintendent of Schools R. A. Turner, and dismissed ihe charges of assault and battery which had been lodged against Ihem. Feeling over the ease has been in tense ever since the (rouble started last week. Attendance at the hiir'i school bus falln off greatly and prep aration for commencement activities arc badly interrupted. T.onir before the hour scl for the trial the lilile courtroom of the .jus tice was jammed with people, mainly women aud students. Five attorneys appeared in I tie ease, and at llie be ginning Iberc was every .evidence that it would be botlv contested on both "ides. As llie proceedings pit under way the niuliloi's began to make dcmori siralions. and wilhin a brief time a liiL'h-pilcbeil babble resulted. As 1lie court could not hear what the ai torncys were saying, he ordered Ihe room cleared, and after IMenhiL' to llie plaintiff's evidence all the after noon dismissed the ease without liear intr the defense. , Announcement of the result was ' received wilh reat indignation bv the partisans of the plaintiff, and the situation in the school continues tense. The father of the hoy says he will carry the case to a higher court. i It developed at the trial, under cross-axatnination by Itoh Smith, at-.' torney for the plaintiff, that the punished youth, Kosebaix Ritchie, was a most exemplary student, and hail offered to take his books and , leave school rather than be forced to make an apology to his teacher, Miss McCnrmick. for twisting n rubber band around his fingers. The ones- J tion of the riirht to so punish n sehol- ; was debated to a standstill. I was. however, clearly not a ease of assault and buttery, and the justice ruled. What the effect such proceedings will have upon the teach ers influence hereafter it is difficult to determine, but the educational phase is of (he first importance. Sunday with relatives living in Med ford. Mrs. 0. Hurbaugh went to Ash land Tuesday to meet Mrs. W. F. Slcudinnn of Auunheim, California. Mrs. Steiidman was formally Miss I Su mars Bentz of this city and will Tuesday. Miss Nina Wall and Miss Clara Abbott left .for Corvallis Tuesday evening to be present at the 0. A. C. commencement exercises. Mrs. Tube Stone and children left for Weed, California, on a visit to the funnels mother, Mrs Willi". Mrs. John Murgreiter and son, Carl siarted for Klamath Falls 'luesday on an evtended visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs C. K. Conklin of Med lord, were .Jacksonville callers Mon day. JACKSONVILLE ITEMS. Miss Kathryn Chapman, the mil liner, has returned from n short bus iness trip to Grants Puss. Tuesday evening. ' ' Mrs. Charles Dunford. who has ' been visiting friends in Grants Pass, 1 returned home the first of the week. nipnmed by her mother. Kobort Nye left for San Kranciseo ; one day this week. Mrs. Nve remain ed here until he has found a location. The teachers of the puhlie school and n number of high school girls. ""' oasenall team, went to Cen tral Point Saturday to witness the tennis tournament and haseball game remaining until l,.tl hm FOR SALE. For Phoeniv town rwnnertv. both spend some time visiting old friends J improved and unimproved and three iu mis wsuiu.v. good orchards, see Watt Latnoun, J. F. Kennoy was a Medford visitor Phoenix, Jackson county, Oregon. Nash Grill When we remove the dishes from your table at this cafe you can sit back and smoke contented with the world, for you will have dined like a king. If things are a little out of killer with you, come and enjoy one of our good dinners. After eating it you will see the brightest side of life again and he better for it. MERCHANTS' LUNCH. 35c, Served daily from 11:30 till 2. RELIABLE wilh Central Point's h. ospi- pleased talitv. Miss Kate Ruekley the nurse i making Jacksonville n visit. Mrs. U. It. n ad Misil x,.,n spent Tuesday afternoon in Medford Mrs. C. Wilcox. Miss AllOA ...... .1 left for Williams Creek one day Inst week on a visit. Mis Mollie rtritt spent Tuesday in Medford the enest of Mrs. Charles Conklin. Mr and Mrs. tJ A. I.angtey spent THE STORE ON THE CORNER MAIN AND C ST. Medford Loan Office MONEY SAVED WHEN BUYING JEWELRY DIAMONDS WATCHES Money Loaned Just received, a huge shipine ul of Diamonds." Watches, Clocks, Novelties. Jewelry, etc. Come in and examine our slock unit 'see for yoiir-elf. Get our prices before you buy elsewhere. OLD GOLD BOUGHT UNREDEEMED PLEDGES CHEAP. V' ft' " This Is B. N. BUTLER The Pioneer and Reliable Watchmaker that everyone knows. Jew- , elers come and go, but he Is-' always on duty. With : : MARTIN J. REDDY, Next Postoffice. An Old Adage Says: A man is known by the company he keeps a quarry by the monu ments it has furnished. LET US SHOW YOU a few of the many we have erected in local cemeiones. REMEMBER we have a number of small markers which are going at reduced prices in order to clear our stock room before Decoration day. You will have to hurry, for they are selling every day and we have only a limited number. SMILE CHUCKLE ATTENTION ELKS! Thursday and Friday Evening of this week Ashland Lodge, B.P.O.E. will present "A Night in Bohemia" at the Chautauqua Building All Members of the ORDER and Others are Urged to Attend ROAR LAUGH OREGON GRANITE CO. ii. 103 East Sixth Street. Manufacturers and Importers. Summer School The regular summer school of the Southern Oregon State Normal j School will open June 28, 1009, and i close August 10. Classes will be formed in methods of teaching and j in all the branches of study required in examination for state and oeunty I papers. The school will be conducted by II. H. Wardrip and W. T. Van I Seoy, members of the normal school faculty. ! Expenses: Board at school hall, 'r'J.rO. and room rent. fine. th atn. 'dent bringing bed clothing. Family lioarn .f.i.oO and $100. Tuition, $10 for the term. Aany student who will secure five who will attend the full term, will receive a receipt for tuni tion. Anyone eipecting to attend Ihia school please write at an early date.. Address W. T. VAN SCOY Ashland, Oregon. IF IT'S IN THE ELECTRICAL LINE "IT'S HERE." So waste no more time call od us. We have the most complete line of electrical sundries and equipment in electric lamps, bell buttons, house 'phones in short, it would be easier to mention what we haven't As to prices they are always beyond com petition. ROGUE RIVER ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR Harness Saddle! Whips Robes Blankets ALL' KINDS OF CUSTOM WORK. J. C. Smith East Main, Nrt Rex Gnmtj C.