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.
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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.