Medford daily Tribune Official Paper of the City of Medford. I'ublishfid every evening except Sunday. MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY Obobqe Putnam, Editor and Mauager. Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postof f ice at Medford, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : One month by mU or crrier....0.00 One year by mail. .10.00 ..f TODAY'S WEATHER PREDICTION. f Clear weathfir is promised for today and Thursday. A rare and salubrious climata soil of remarkable fertility beatitifnt Roenery mountains sto red witli coal, copier id gold extensive foresU streams stocks d with speckled beautios game in abundance a contented, progrea sive people tjuch is '.he Rogue River Valley. Average mc?o temperature. 5 J degrees Average yearly precipitation 21 "'"hes PATRIOTIC SXOBBRItY. Out of the celebration of the glorious Fourth has grown several. societies, which while American in name, arc net altogether American in spirit, in that they substitute a mild form of snobocracy for democracy. Reference i made to those so-called patriotic organizations limited tc descendants of the patriots who fought in the early wars. " Of all varieties of pride, the silliest is pride of ances try, for condition surrounding birth is the one thing in liie 'that the individual is not responsible for. The deeds of 'heroes are the common heritage of the nation and not the property of those whose sole claim to recognition is the fact that they are descendants of somone who really did ' something thereby confessing their own incapacity. In the veins of every true American, of every believer of democracy flows the warm, red blood of the common peo ple, and it is the only distinction he can truly brag of in the line of heritage. Boasts of blue blood in a democracy reveal the taint of Simian ancestry. The early settlers ot America were a -iiarayy venuue- ,.some, daring set. There was a large percentage of thieves. .pickpockets and other criminals, forced! to leave their na tive land for its good, and bound out to hard labor. There ' were many who came as bondsmen, and were long in becom ing freedmen. There were the narrow-minded religious fanatics, the crazy roundheadism of Barebones and Sheep shanks, those who in their efforts to monopolize the halls of heaven burnt their broader-minded relatives as witches. ..There were the psalm-singing pharisees, who laid the foun dation of the fortunes of the first families either by plying the 'nefarious but profitable institution of slavery or by sanctimoniously concocting poison sold as rum. When it came to public administration, these canting-hypocrites were worse grafters than Tammany braves. Does descent from .such justify a jK-acock pride? . Snobbery of uncostly has been smothered in America by the snobbery of plutocracy perhaps the worst of the .two, both of them diseases that afflict every nation and which will be mastered with the development of democracy. A BIT OF HISTORY Quite a number of people who witnessed the parade and saw our float did not fullv realize the full siirnifi cance of the story it so forciby told- .. ' October 1. 1907, this store' was opened under the present management and with onlv one clerk. For almost six months tins store has employed troin l.l to 22 salespeople being the largest number cmploved by any store in southern Oregon. The sales are increasing each month, which proves the popularity of the' store, and everyone knows that the popular store is (In- store that offers ti e best values at the lowest prices. The Dissolution and Reorganization Sale Closes with Saturday If you wish to prove conclusively the last statements made above come lo the store soon where you will find more and better specials than you have ever seen before in a town the size of Medford. CITY OFFICIALS FILE REPORTS Oily J'ln'-pntci Hurry H. Foster ill i his report lo tha city council for the j month ul June stated tjjat he bad completed for the improvement of West Main t.lreel 3241 feet in length mid feet in width. The total cost of paving' (his street will amount to f11.M0?7. Of thin amount $34, !0i.3i is .rpprr'Onlfid by the abut tir.t; property and $7(T8.92 by the intersections. , The city engineer during the month 'established grades for 2838 feet of cement sidewalk and 89fi feet of board walks. Many grades were es tablished for streets. Street Commissioner. The. Hlreet commissioner reported that fhu streets had been swept and cleaned 12 times during June; Jack son street was graded, between -the Southern Pacific track and River side avenue; East Tenth street was filled. Five culverts were put in and three crosswalks built. Two sew-, crs wore flushed and repaired. A sewer main was constructed for a distance of 282 feet on Oakdale ave nue. . , Treasurer's Report. The quarterly report of the city treasurer shows the following; bal ances : General fund, $5443.0 1 ; light and water, $1724. dO; street and road, 10.75O.2; 'o'ntinjrent, $32.r..80; park, .C14.0.".: general sewer. $2600.03; in tiirest-ftmd, $."71!t.27; Seventh street, .$682.26; .sewer district No. C, $64 19,56; sewer district No. -8, $1302.76; gravity water, $1 19.875.Gr! 0 street, $61.48; improvement bond, $248.23; improvement bond sinking fund, $2(i. " Amount on hand, $13').- WANTED- fiilr for general house work; must be good cook; woges $30 per month. Apply to D. R. Wood, Hotel Nash.;. FOR ItEXT 'Ninth and Woodstock streets, new five-room bungalow. Apply lo O. C. Hoggs, over Gar nett's, or O. Loomis, Tenth st. 94 WANTED I.jidy cook; hotel ence.. VVrite Hotel, Gold Hill. Steve jones;;.. . . ' " ; 08 Instead of -three nights of the op era "Oolah," the company will pre sent one night only .Saturday. Dont' forget the date. ' i I vA 'IV if"riillved by' the ihy coun cil hi' tin- ciiv of Medford: - Wherea., ,1. '.. Payette, .Iji'mc- A. Sioiiih. K. J. MrAndrew and II. -J S. Kobcrts diii heretofore duly .-petition the council (but the north. twenty-four t'ci-t of that portion of Sixth street. WcM. which lies within l',ry :u.t .-idilitimi to (he saiil city of Med foiil, and alio lor the vaealion'of the !;rt of Miid tulilitioii, now on rec ord,' in .-o far as ilie same is affect ed by the vacation of said portion of said street and. the dedication of the land hereinafter described ; And. whereas, ..iiid ctitiovcr a condition and iiidnceniiii'l .lo lln rmiitin of said petition for said vn ca'tion did offer lo can.-e to be !cj icnled to the jmbli:- i:se h coitcs ponding amoinil r,f la:.d as shown by an amended plat of .-aid aiMi(io:i, which whs Httai'bed to said petition; and Whereas, due .notice of the filing of said petition was given as requir ed by law, and there was received by the. council no objection of protest to the jrritntiiijr of said petition, snid petition lid vine been filed for more than thirty days and said notice hav ing been given for a period of more than thirty days; and Whereas, snid persons linve di.ily dedicated the land shown in said amended plat, in accordance with said petitinn; Vow, therefore, be it Resolved, That said North twenty-four feet of said portion of said street be and the same is hereby vacated. The foregoing resolution was pass ed by the city council of the city of -Medford on July fitli. 1909, hv the following vote: Merrick aye, Welch nye. Eifert aye, Kmeriek aye, Wort nmn aye. Approved July Olh, 1909. . H. CANON, Mayor. Attest: IiE.V.1. M. COIJJ.VS. Recorder. PALM KM INVESTMENT CO., Owners of MODOC ORCHARD (KJ00 acres lying on loth sides of Rogue River.) Offer for sale small tracts of irrigated land, with per petual water rights, ut reasonable prices and upon easy terms. These lands ronsist of rich river bottom loam and arc suitable in the highest degree for the culture of Winter pears, Winter apples and all fruits for which Rogue River Valley is famous. Also for the production of Alfalfa, Oar den Stuff, Root Crops and flrasftes. Inquiries relating to the resources of Rogue Rirer Valley or of Western Oregon will be answered cheerfully and comprehensively. PA LM R R I N VK8TMRNT CO. Medford, Oregon. CRATKil r.AKK--"Tbe Greatest Natural Wondjr of tlt World." Medford. Orejon. 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