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THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFOR1), OKQEON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER fl, f)09.
Medeord daily Tribune
Official Paper' of the City of Medf ord.
Published every evening except Sunday.
MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
. George Putnam, Editor and Manager.
Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postof f ice at
Medf ord, Oregon-
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TODAY'S WEATHER PREDICTION.
Clear today and tomorrow. Warmer.
A rare and salubrious climate soil of remarkable fertility
beautiful scenery mountains stored with coal, copper and gold
extensive forests streams stocked with speckled beauties game in
abundanoe a contented, progressive people such is the Rogue
River Valley.
Average mean temperature. 55 degrees
Average yearly precipitation 21 inches
ono" is now able to provide.
Mad aino Briand is descibed as a modestly dressed, quiet
old lady, who still wears the peasants' cap of her youth,
lives peaceably in a tiny cottage in the outskirts of Nantes,
does her own marketing and does not, know the luxury of
servant's help. She has steadily refused a large income
from her son and has told him to "spend the extra cash in
railway fares and come and see me oftener." And like a
good son. the premier comes as often as he can and always
writes a long letter every Sunday.
Great men usually acquire their greatness from their
mothers and the greatest men are the most unaffected and
simple and the premier of France is evidently no except ion.
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DEATH OF CLYDE FITCH.
Th Pltuturt Batkir.
A SCHOOL FOR PACKERS.
All fruit growers of southern Oregon are requested to
help make a success of the school for fruit packers which
opens for ten days in Medford next Monday .under state
supervision. The course occupies three days of instruction
under instructors from the State Agricultural College.
' This is a subject which vitally interests every orchardist
in the valley, as upon the pack depends the price paid in
the east for fruit. An object lesson in this has been fur
nished by the pears sold this summer from this section in
eastern markets. The quality of the fruit from the various
orchards was practically the same, yet on the same day, the
products of some groves sold for considerably less than the
products of other groves in the same markets, and the only
reason given was "slack pack."
It is to remedy this condition of affairs that local growers
are paying the expenses of the school for packers, so that
the pack of the valley may be uniform and the name of
Rogue River valley upon a box stand for a perfect pack, as
does the name Hood River.
Not only Medford orchard ists, but those of Ashland, Tal
ent, Phoenix, Jacksonville, Eagle Point, Central Point,
Gold Hill, Woodville, Grants Pass and Merlin are interest
ed in correct packing, and packers from all districts should
take advantage of this opportunity to receive free instruc
tion by writing C. E. Whisler, Medford, chairman of the
committee on arrangements. .
THE MOTHER OF APl'lEMIER:
In these days of puf fed-up arrogance, if pomp, of power
and the snobbing that comes of "a little brief authority" it
is delightful to read of the unaffected simplicity of Mad
ame Briand, mother of M. Aristide Briand, premier of
France, who refuses to exchange' the quiet paths in which
she has walked life journey, for the luxury that her "little
The death of Clyde Fitch at the early age of 44 removes
the most prolific and successful of American playwrights,
Early struggles with poverty and adversity were followed
by phenomenal prosperity and the author died with an in
come estimated at $230,00 a year derived from royalties.
Fitch's first success was "Heau Bruminel," the favorite
production of the late Richard Mansfield, and it followed
numerous failures, lie was the author of some sixty or
more successiul plays, among them "Barbara Fitchie,"
"The Moth and the Flame," "The Cowboy and the Lady,"
"The Climbers," "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines,'
"Lovers' Lane," "The Last of the Dandies," "Her Own
Way," "The Woman in the Case," and "Girls." .
Few, if .any, if his productions will live, thereby as a
playwright he had few equals. He wrote too much, over
taxed his strength and his talent, and his life affords an in
stance of the prostitution of art for commercial success.
Had he written but few plays, and concentrated in them his
undoubted power and genius, he would probably have lived
longer and have been numbered among the immortals.
Sunday's Oregonion contains a page write-up of Kogue
River valley orchards, illustrated by photographs of some
of the leading groves, written by Arthur M. Geary, a son of
Dr. E. P. Geary, now of Porfland, but formerly mayor of
Medford, and still owner of an orchard in the Griffin Creek
district. Young Mr. Geary is a student of the University
of Oregon and has been spending his vacation here. The
article is well written and calculated to inform readers and
the staff of the Oregonian on a subject they know little
about and result in further advertising the valley. It is
gratifying to know that the Oregonian is discovering that
there is something in southern Oregon besides the normal
school which it helped kill.
l.mly Well, I'll iilvo you G 1'i'iitn
Dot Ikviiuhc I tlilnk you denervo It,
nil ml, but Imthuku It please me.
Trump Tlinnk ycr. Couldn't yei
ninko II 10 ci'iiii and thoroughly eujoj
jretuclf? t
A Scot In London.
Indlcnnnt Scot (a he rends the no
tire) Na, na; I'll gang dlrly Ural.
MILES RETIRES
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T. E. Daniels Takes Over Intemt and
Consolidates Shoe Department
With Clothing House.
A biiHiuoKM tnuiHl'ur wum made Fri
day afternoon by which the Daniels
for Duds store look over tho entire
shoe stock of tho-firm of l)anicln
Miles mid in tho future Ihn Daniel
for Duds slow will bn exclusively it
complete men's outfitting store.
A lurge shipment of shoes for fnll
Iuim been received. Tim most iiuDor-
tiint shoo innovation for tho new store
will bo the Heirul agency. Uveal
Hhoe stores have, boon established in
(ill tho lnre;n cities of the United
States, but few in cities th size of
Medford.
As n result of tho transfer of tli
blioe stock, T. K. Daniels become tho
nolo proprietor of the Daniels for
Duds store.
The way to a tiiiiii'h heart, is via,
his Htoinneh, such bcinif, tho case, tho
Loucro enfo in entitled to the thank
of every woman whoso friend or rela
tive has over Hat nt itH table 'tin a
pleasure to eat there.
BIG APPLES FROM
THE BIG ORCHARD
J. A. Wcsterliuid, president of (he
Western Oregon Orehard eompnny,
brought to the Tribune offiee today
three big apples of the red ehecek
nppin VirViety, grown on his eompany
orchard, three miles cast of Medford,
on a 5-year-old tree.
The three apples weighed five
pounds, or over one and one-half
pounds eneh. These apples will be
sent to tho AIuska-Yukon-I'iieific ex
position, where they will surely carry
off the first prize as big apples.
Some of 'the finest fruit in the
Hogiie River valley conies from the
rieh fruit lands nt the foot of Mt.
Ko.vy, where these apples were
grown.
Orchestra music during dinner each '
evening at tbp Kosh Grill. j
SCHOOL
SHOES
, We are prepared to supply you with
most anything you may call for in shoes
for your children for school and at.
prices that will please you. Von never
had the opportunity before to fit your
children out with school shoes at our
store at the beginning of the year. Do
so now. You'll never regret it.
Edmeades Bros.
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THE WEST SIDE SHOE STORE
'Be Fair To Yourself
DON'T ALWAYS PAY RENT. OWN A HOME OF YOUR OWN.h WE STILL HAVE A FEW
K LOTS UNSOLD IN THE FOLLOWING A Dl) FT IONS.
Wood lawn, - Mountain View
Laurel Heights and Oak Grove
ONLY $20 AND $300.' $25 DOWN AND $Q PF1UIONTII. NO INTEREST.
Do It Now While You Think. of It
Benson Investment Conip'y
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