THE MRP FORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OKWJON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1J)0).
PAYS TRIBUTE
TO OLD AGE
Hun. B. F. Mulkny Delivered Eloquent
Address to Pioneers at Their
Reunion In Ashland.
Tim I'nIliiwiiiK in mi cxlnicl, from
(lit) ihMi'i'hh of I Inn. II. Mill key Id
l Iio piiiniH'rK ol' .liii'kkoii enmity lit
llii'ii iiniiiiiil ri'iiiiiini :
It in iminfiil to rculi.ii for I lie iiint
linn' Hint urn! h (rowing old. All ef
fort to reconcile nm have been lu
lili', I lictic Vf. Wu ilu not wind to In)
told wu arc growinir olil. To hit oiill
ci "hixly" when we are fifty Hclilmii
pIl'IIMI'S. Til Hl'lt tll firl wrinkle of
llin liruw nr tliu first gray hair ki'IkIh
un nwuy frmii llin mirior with iiliirni.
Wu shrink from ngi bi'ciiuwi! wo w'imIi
to Iio i hi rt of Ilii' I'oniiniiiiity lift. We
wimIi to In' ulili! I.i work if wc wish
to, notwithstanding "nr life's iinilii-
tillll llllH lll'l'll til III' illll'll'lllll'lt of
work.
Anil, too, wo think of age us 11 pe
riod whi'ii tin pli'iiMiiri'i nf lifo tin vo
lost edge. Tin- clock lii'krt slow to
llin yrniulinnlher or grandfather li-ft
iiloni' lit tin' I'iiiiiii'.v I'orni'r while
othi'r household ini'iiilii'rs mi' uwny
for mi evening ul piny.
Ilnl l lie- real ri'iimni why tin
HlllllL'lll of el'ovillg lllll Hlllllll'IIH ix nut
Hint age bring ilccrcptitiiilc mill
wrinkle; nor tluil Ilu' bourn are long
mill idle mill loni'ly Itnther I think
it is hi'i'iiiiso nlil ago is I hi' begin
ning of tin' imiiI. Tin' nlntf mill lli
ling I'fiuir ini'iin 1 lie i-offiu m-xl. It
in riuhl for ns in wish to live, and
just ns long lis we run. Thus it i
hi'ciiiihi' llin yellowing of leaf
menu tin- falling of the twig that
hi' shrink from Ihnl period of life
when wo innsl faili1 tiki' tin loaf.
Itul even mii, in IIiiih iiiHliiii'livcly
hhriiiking fmm n ','i' anil its encronch
ini'iits wf iln show n will must "in
correct to nature anil to hrnvi'ii." Ah
ii ninl (it nf fad, age i Un' only
period nl which mini attains his full
vnliin cither to liiniM'lf or to tin'
worlil. Youth linn no n'nl worth ex
cept as a prnuiisi'. Manhood is slill
tin experiment. N'n corri-rt I'slimatc
ran ln iiiiuli unlit iln' plants arc inn
(tired ami tin- work done. Hut in age,
wo tuivi' a positive quantity, a Hum
total, a roiiipli'toil task. It is I lit
story of 1 ln ori'lianl. The spring
rovers (he trees with hlooui, hut the
apple ernp is not assured. Krosl,
anil the blight that kills may ennlra
vene. There is just enough in Ihe
conditions to awaken hope and anx
iely,' , '
In July Ihe nivhni'il trees are filled
with young apples. Slill there is no
certainly nf a harvest. The promise
of a erop in there and if there, hi) no
hail storm, ami I here in a proper
admixture of moisture and sunshini),
ami II llin Iniusitnry inserts do not
plant Inn iniuiy. cggM in the vulyx nf
Ihe piisill( flower, there will he ll
erop,
Then eoiiies the mil uiilil, lilid Ihe
story is told. If ynu find Ihe apples
are full grown and ruddy nr golden
mid ripe for Ihe picking, Ihen, hut
not lill then, ran ynu eorreelly esli
main Ihe erop. Thuse hloHsnnih nf
Hpriiiglimi! were like youth. Those
little gi ll apples upon Ihe houghs
ill Hummer were uimihoud. That rip
ened i'riiil ilccpniling fruiii the bend
ing hriiliehefl of Ihe tree is nlil ago.
And an1' i an liiueh more glorious
than youth iim the full grown apple is
more valuable than the 1'nigilo. IiIoh
snin in which il had ils origin.
Tlio farmer will tell you that one
apple' sound anil ripe in worth a
thoiihiiiu! hlussoiiiH. I'reeisely a sipglc
inaliired anil rounded life is worth
more to the world than n thousand
lives jusl begun.
The groat ChineHii wall is the won
der of Ihe age. Fifteen hundred
miles lone, crossing wildest ehusniH
iiuad Mealing precipitous hi nl' Is and
iiiounlaiiiM. A sl riii'liiic containing
brick and Htoiie enough to form a
wall six feet high mid two feet thiek
around the earth, oceans ami all.
Thin wall was all planned anil mini
pleted within the reign nf a Kindle
moiitireli. Illumine the feelings with
whieh Ihe intrepid ruler and his peo
ple placed the first stone of that
giant iinderlnking. What emotions of
hope ami fear must have intended
Ihih first step in Ihe mightiest mate
ial aehievemeul a single generation
ever wrought. Hut liow does this
lep dwindle when it is rnmpnrrd with
Ihe last step, when lluil imperial hand
plaeed the filial Ntnne in position, the
viikI iiiidertakinif no limber a prnjeet,
tint a solid, enduring reality. Ace is
ns iniieh grainier than youth, ns I lie
eouipleliou nf lluil (rreat wall nf Chi
na was more suliliie than its hein
niiiK. Ini portaut as is the I j i ' i M r
of the eoriierstone of a Htrueliire the
snpreine inoiueul is when (he eap-.
stone is fitted info position.
The eiiilh in like the sen, unit our
livese are liiueh like the ways of
ships. Now the supreme moment in an
neeau viiViil'i' is not Ihe instant of
slartiiii.'. True, the hour with ils
adieus f.mkeu, and tile weiiihinn nn
ehnr, Hlamps itself upon the memory.
Hut the transeendeiit moment, the
hour that sweeps every ehord of the
soul and M'tid the heart to Hie eyes,
wriliiiK il events upuii memory with
a diamond's point is not the moment
of selling sail, hut Hie hour nf niak
intr port. That hour ynu realize that
the (real sea. willi ils slnrmy waste
is nil behind ynu and land and lmme
are at hand. Any hark fan sail upon
the sea. hut only Hie Kluumh ship
well miiuned ean sueees-fully enm
plele Ihe vnyaire. The ehildreii and
ynulhs are harks seltin sail, tint Ihe
aijed nnes amnni; us are the ships
euniiiiK i". Jusl u 1'i'W muni miles,
Ihe I'iiiiiiiIiiih of aunlher point, and
their keels will have Iniiehed (lie
dnek.
There lies a bunt mil in the stream,
ll is Ik'iiiiIi! nl in all js lines. It has
hwiiii I I'Min Hie pier and lies lit an
ehur yonder, and men, as they ems
Ihe ferry stand and look nl il and
admire il. Hut il has never heeii out
nf purl. l stands there jjreen, new,
unlried. Slill everylmdy thinks il is
heaulil'iil. Thai hunt is just like love
ly eliildhood. There conies up the
hay mid is making toward the navy
yard another ship. It. is an old niaii-of-war.
It has heen in ho III oceans
and around the world. It lias ejven
and taken thunder blows under the
fhiK of its eountry. It is ttin old
"Coiistiliilion" herself. See lmw the
penple Ihrnn the ears ami (jo out to
net sihl nf her. See huw sailors
stand upon her diek and kuvm upon
Iter. Some i.-f them have nailed in
her and to them kIir is (hriee hanil
somer than any new vessel. Thin old,
war liealen ship that earries the mem
ory nf inemnrahli' biilllcM lies there;
and the ernwds look at her breeched
liow. her shuttered riupni;, lier eoorsc
and rude outlines, her dinny sidcH,
mid everyone llirilln with the feelinj;
"(lod hlesH you, old ship, floil hless
you." Anil that ship is honored and
virtuous nlil ac. And yet wo Hi'eh
for yc.rtlh and pity nfe! We would
rather he ju-l euleriui; Hie rare than
rcneliiiitf Hie 'oal as winner!
Thus ace, ripe, mellnw, sweet, in
a heiiedietimi to the home and to the
eiimmuiiily. These heads are white,
mil willi the frost of years, hut colil
"II brown in the master' service are,
our irrefubible evidence that right
eousness, the fear of find, and the
love of man is not only possible to ua
all, hut Hint it is the only tiling which
paM and endures.
These old men and women may not
have all hecu Christian men Mm wom
en," hut their lives have heen budded
iijmiu tho principles mainly which the
'reat Oallilemi uv to the world.
Anil now, good friends, if you are
helped by these brief reflections upon
your work u pioneers ami upon your
individual lives as you (row. older,
I am pleased. Life's twilight in the
rest which the mini man ban earned
after bin day of toil. .Inst keep pa
tient, faithful, sweet, and true, and
allhoiiKh the face wrinkles and the
lock whiten, and, one by one, you
relinquish the cares and burdens of
life. He will slill he with you, and
you shall find his beautiful promise
true. "Thine iijfe shall lie clearer than
Hie noonday, thou shall shine forth,
thou slialt be as the moniiii''."
P. C. Hansen. . Tom j0ffat
1 kWe make any kind and style of windows. We carry
i glass of any size on band.
. Medford Sash & Door Co.
J. E. ENYATtT, President
JOHN S. OUTIl, Cashier
J. A. PERRY, Vice-Presidejt.
W. B. JACKSON, Ass't Cashier.
THE MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL $50,000
SURPLUS $10,000
Safety boxes for rent. A icneral Banking Business transacted.
We solicit youT patronage.
Bijou Theatre
Entire Change of Program
Illustrated Songs
The Chicago Trio
In a New Act
Why pny 10 eents for a tey moving pictures wlien for 5 cents more
you enn see n h'nh grade vaudevillo act. hear illustrated songs, in ad
dition to a full picture program. .
D0NT FORGET THE BAB Y CONTEST BEGINS TODAY. HAND IN
IN YOUR PICTURES.
Admission10c and 15c
APPLES AND PEARS AND ALL KINDS OF
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.
YAKIMA VALLEY NURSERY
Largest Commercial Nursery in the Pacific North
west. Not in the combine. Competes with all first
class nurseries.
L. E. HOOVER, Agent
MEDFORD, O R E O 0 N
Savoy Theatre
TONIGHT
ALL WINNERS
BORROWED CLOTHES A scream.
THE KINO AND THE SWORD Comedy drama.
JUDOE NOT Drama. - .
Wu rim no old pictures. , ' ONE DIME.
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Have the Best Turnouts in the City
You nre (rented right, the price is right, the team is
right in 1'nct, everything is vi jili t . Come and see.
HE NASH LIVERY CO.
& KEWANEE
System of Water Supply
provides an absolutely safe and satisfac
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offered by any city water worLs.
An abundant suddIv of water
always available and deliv
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throughout the house, barn
or grounds.
Affords
Absolute
Fire
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With
the
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System,
an air-tight, steel, pneu
matic tank, called the
Kewanee Pneumatic Tank
is placed in the cellar. Water
is pumped into this tank and is
delivered to the fixtures by air
pressure.
No Attic Tank
to Leak and Flood the House.
No Elevated Tank
to Freeze or Collapse.
100 pet cent better service and will last a
lifetime.
Over Nine Thousand Kewanee
Outfits in Successful
ft' ' Operation.
Also agents for White Steam
Cars and Fairbanks-Morse Gaso
line Pumping Outfits.
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E. A. Washburne Sc Son
Miles Block Medford, Oregon
For Sale
Necessity of owner compels this sacrifice offering on the follow
ing: Two lots, 50x161 feet, with 20-foot alley at rear; good soil,
good well with force pump, 5-room plastered house, newly papered
and newly painted outside and inside, electric lighted; this Is a bar
gain at $1100; cash $712.50, good terms on balance. This must go
at once. Address Box 120. City. ;
Medford Iron Works
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E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Proprietor. t
Foundry and Machinist
All v.ro of Engines, Spraying Outfits, Pumps, Boilers and Ma
chinery, Agents in Southern Oregon for
FAIRBANKS, M0PSE & CO.
GET AHEAD OF THE HOT
SEASON.
You cun biit det'iunce to the heal
by huving an electric fan put in po
sition. It doesn't cost very ranch,
either. I you haven't- one, we can
fix you up i na short time, at the
least expense. We're general elec
tricians, and do all classes of work
in our tine in the most thorough
manner. Jobbing skillfully Bud
promptly executed at lowest charges.
.Portable lamps in all varieties.
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Bargains in Real Estate
A few investments that will make money for you
40 acres fine fruit land near railroad station, $S0 per acre, '2 cash,
easy terms on balance at 0 per cent interest.
100 acres of tho bent orchard land in the valley, ONK .MILE FROM
RAILROAD STATION, ifc'sO per acre, ONE-FOURTH cash, easy
terms on balance at C per- cent interest.
10 acres of choice orchnrd laud, close to railroad station, $100 DOWN
AND if 10 A 'MONTH BUYS THIS. You will regret it if you
neglect to securo this ten acres on the above terms.
4 largo city lots in West Medfo.'d joining Kenwood addition, $200 en.
The owner of the above properties purchased them four years ng)
before the advance in prices and will sell at a very moderate profit.
Considering quality of land and locution, these are among the
cheapest buys in the market today.
J. C. BROWN
Office in Palm Block, Upstairs Medford, Oregon