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THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1900-
Medeord daily Tribune
Official Paper of the City of Medford.
Published every evening except Sunday.
MEDFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
George Putnam, Editor and Manager.
Admitted as Second-Class Matter in the Postof f ice at
Medford, Oregon.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ,
i month by mail or earner.... 0.50 One year by mail W.00
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TODAY'S WEATHER PREDICTION.
Clear today and tomorrow. Warmer
A rare and salubrious olimat soil of remarkable 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 55 degrees
Average yearly precipitation 21 inches
EVERYBODY BUY A TAG.
,f Tomorrow is tag day.
Everybody ought to buy a tag.
Everyone who has the interests of the city at heart will
buy a tag or several of them.
The ladies of the Greater Medford club will sell the
tags and use the money so collected in beautifying the jmb
lie park.
The block west of the present park must be-adorned
shade trees planted, fountains installed, the old water tow
er removed, walks laid out and lawns planted. To do this
requires money. The city has none for park purposes,
bnt a dime or two from everybody makes it possible. -"We
are all proud of our park. We owe it to the ladies.
The least the rest of us can do is to buy a tag.
So don't forget to buy a tag the ladies will do the rest.
REAL PROOF OF DISCOVERY
Similar to the rival discoveries of the -north. pole are
the discoveries of Medford and the Rogue River valley
and its fruit growing possibilities, first by the Portland
Telegram and now by the Portland Oregonian. For years
this section has been making world's records in quality,
quantity and price of fruit, yet these Portland newspapers
have just discovered them.
Horticulture is only one of the several resources of
southern Oregon that await similar discovery most of
them dormant for lack of capital, and while Portland
drains this country commercially, it does nothing to aid in
its development, although there cannot be a dollar spent
here that does not find its way back to Portland, and in
crease the importance of the metropolis.
Perhaps southern Oregon's greatest resource is the
scenic wonderland of Crater Lake and its picturesque en
vironment. Eventually this attraction will net more mon
ey annually to the state than even the fruit crop, yet the
Oregonian. has not yet discovered the existence of the mys
tic lake of magic beauty, and has refused to aid in making
it accessible. In fact, beyond cursing the normal school,
southern Oregon has attracted but little attention from the
twin journals of the tall tower. However, exploration and
discovery is the order of the day, and we live in hope.
Cook and Peary didn't see anything worth while except
from a cold storage point of view at the north pole. But
the Oregonian discovered something really worth while
when it discovered the Rogue River valley, even though
the exploration was not thorough. As proof of its discov
ery, the Oregonian has brought back the following sci
entific observations and records.- which ought to convince
the most skeptical, and the Oregonian is to be congratulat
ed; "-. hwmV
"Given the man and the land, nature will do the rest
in the Rogue River valley. Such is the lesson to be learned
from the interesting story of Medford orchards, in yester
day's Oregonian. It is an amazing record of success ; there
are no failures. At least we never hear of the men who do
not get along in the raising of fruit in Oregon. It is nat
ural that we should not, since where there are so many opportunities-for
success and so many sagacious men and
women who have seized thorn, and done well, the small
minority who, through indolence or ignorance or ill-luck,
have not prospered are silent. "Wo do not mean to say,
mind, that there are such unfortunate persons in Oregon,,
for we lo not know of any and do not know anyone who
does know of any. AVe nierelv assume that there must be
some who have not been able to keep up with the proces
sion, since there are such men in every other pursuit and
calling.
"The Medford story is little short of marvelous; yet,
after all, there is nothing very wonderful about, it. I lore is
a region singularly adapted to horticulture; with apples,
pears and peaches as specialties. The early ventures were
not uniformly successful, however, since scientific methods
of cultivation and production were not then far advanced,
and, yet more important, there was no market. Now all is
.1. .......... l fpi. i : e :i s ji. . . . t- n ,
uiiuiKwi. -me luscious 1 1 uii- or me jtogue itiver vauev nas
a world-wide namevthe battle with the fruit pest has been
won ; there is a systematic application of approved orchard
methods; and the highest intelligence is employed in both
packing and marketing. Luck and chance have played
very small part in the fortunes of the Rogue River region.
Soil and climate have been favorable; but hard work lias
wrought the miracle. The orchardist who plants his trees,
and then sits down to' watch them grow, aud awaits the buy
er to call around for his fruit, will not succeed there, nor
anywhere."
If the Oregonian will only extend its explorations and
discover the wealth nature has showered upon southern
Oregon, it will become an ardent booster of the richest sec
tion of the state, instead of being a wet blanket to dampen
development.
Of No Further Uu.
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A Passenger 'Ere! Whoa! There"
an old bloke fell uff the bus!
The Conductor Orl right, sonny.
"Es paid 'is fare Sketch...
Shakespeare on Baseball.
I will go root.-"Rlcbnid III."
Now you strike like the blind man.
'Much Ado About Nothing."
Out, I say! "Macbeth."
1 will be short. "Hamlet" '
Thou canst not bit It. hit It. bit lt!
Xove's Labour's Lost."
He knows the game. "Uenry VI."
Oh, hateful error! "Julius Caesar."
A lilt, a hit, a very palpable hit!
'Hamlet."
He will steal. sir.-"Airs Well Thnt
Ends Well."
Whom right and wrong have chosen
as umpire. "Love's Labour's Lost."
Let the world slide. "The Taming
of the Shrew."
He has killed a fly. "Titus Andronl-
cus." g
The play ns I remember pleased not
the million. "Hamlet."
What an arm he has! "Coriolanus."
They cannot sit at ease on the old
bench. "Romeo and Juliet."
Upon such sacrifices the gods them-
BftlrfiQ fltl-nu.' InAnnon "Vtnn T nn "
wasningion rose.
Dining Room of a Circus.
The discipline of nn army reigns a.
prenjo In circus life, nnit It Is always
Interesting to watch how the thousand
or more people of such nn organiza
tion are fed three meals a day without
a hitch and as silently as In a big
hotel. The grass serves as u carpet,
and Jhe forty or more waiters move
quickly In and out. The kitchen tent
Is completely equipped with pastry
ovens, warming tables, steam vnts for
stewing, steam urns for cotTve aud tea,
boiling ovens and number less other
cooking utensils. The force of cooks
numbers sixteen. Including the thrco
which tend the camptlre, at which
nothing but soup is prepared. The
ranges fold up and are carried In
wagons, and the tents are lighted with
electricity at night. It la not unusual
toerve as muny as 0.000 pancakes for
breakfast, and 000 loaves of bread are
used each day, In addition to crackers
and biscuit. The meat consumed each
day Is somewhere near 1.000 pounds.
Such provisions as celery, young on
ions, strawberries, radishes, melons,
etc.. arc bought In each town, often
cleaning out' the entire market. An
advance agent of the commissary de
partment keeps well in advance of the
show, contracting for its supplies for
mau and beast. Popular Mechanics.
Old Cures.
The antiquary took down a little
gray book. "Here is a -family doc
tor,' " be said, "that was published as
far back as 15G1. Talk about your
quaint prescriptions!" The first pre
scription, a truly quaint one, run: "If
a man be greved wyth the fullinge
slcknessce. let him take a he-wolves
unite and make it lo powder awl use
It; but if it be a woman, let her lake
a she-wolves liarte. A IjtJI jaundice
cure was: "Take earthwormes and cut
them small, and liraye them wyth a. lit- I
tie -wyne so that ye may swallow it; '
di'incke the same fasting." I'or tooth- .
ache: "Seetb as many little frogges '
sitting upon trees as thou canst get, '
In water: take the fat iiowynge from
them, and when nede is, anoynt the
teth therwyth."
A Craving For Sweets.
Advocating the use of sweet fruits,
preserves, sugar and good candy by
children, Dr. Woods Hutchinson In
Success says that a craving for sweets
Is nature's call for the subBtauco
which is "a full blown member of the
grent trinity of uutrient materials, sug
ar (carbohydrate), meat (protein) and
fat. Sugar Is wood, coal, gasoline for
the muscle engine. Every time the
tiny engine gives one of Its rhythmical
explosions (bat Is to say, when n mus
cle contracts a certain amount of sug
ar Is burned up. It Is fortunate for
peoplo whom a, mistaken conscience
deprives of sweets that the humnn
body can manufacture sugar out ot
many foods, out of meat, milk, vege
tables and grains; otherwise the body
would go Into the desperate business
of manufacturing sugar out of Its own
tissues, which Is precisely what dia
betics did In the days when this dis
ease was supposed to be due to too
much sugar in the food and physicians
tried to cure it by cutting sweets and
aweetmnkers out of the patient's diet.
A Weet Indian Wife Catcher.
As Is customary with Indians the
world over, the Curlbs are expert
basket weaver, and ninny strong ami
handsome baskets are to bo bought in
ltosenu at reasonable prices If one
tluds tho right shops, writes Harriet
gtilmhy In Leslie's Weekly. A pecul
iar Instrument, Hindu of basket straw
anil woven closely logolher so ns to
form a hollow tube ending lu a (hung
of twisted ends ami commonly dubbed
a wife catcher. Is also made and sold
by the I'nrlbs. Ily slipping I lie hollow
cud over a man's linger above t ho
Joint mid pulling on (lie twisted end
the catcher will tighten around thu
linger and the captive will bo unable
to release his hand. 11 is claimed that
the Indians formerly employed (his
device ns a handcuff for prisoners,
using several for each band mid lend
ing the captives by the Angers. Few
tourists are permitted to leavo Itoseuu
without a wife catcher, for which six
pence is willingly exchanged.
MKI)KOI(I), Or., Aiitf. fi, 10011
Hall's Texas Wonder, of St. Louis,
u u red my (laughter of a novum liidnev
anil bladder trouble oflr flmtlnri
failed to give liny relief, anil I can
I'lieerl'iilly recouimmiii it. Mrs. I,. I,.
Wilson, MS llnrllelt SI. Hold l.y
Muslims' Drug Store.
The Niisli drill is open day ami
niplil I ho finest sorvico Ijetwcnn
Portland anil Ran r'rnneison.
"A Hunting Case Watch."
Buying the First Bond.
in the lives of most people there are
a few moments lliut are not only big
with Importance, but remain long in
the memory. One of these moments
may be the first sight of tho ocean;
another, when great, snow clad moun
tains, lirst come into view. Still an
other, though perhaps not quite st to
mantle, is that time when the nveiagt
man or woman draws his or Iht sav
ings out of a bank and buys the first
bond. Moody's Magazine.
Sonsitive Salmon.
"Splendid color. Isn't It?" asked n
fishmonger us ho cut n doiiiiiI or tu-n
of salmon for a customer.
"Yes." replied the latter, "looks as
If It were blushing at the price you
ask for it!" London Scraps,
"A mau Icarus to do by doing," re-
toarki-d the moralize!-.
"Yes," rejoined the demoralizer, 'ami
also by being done.''
Babies' Bank Accounts.
lu Schoeiihcrg, n suburb of Her I In,
every baby Is bom with u banking ac
count. No Schoeiiberg baby can help
this even If It wants to. The munici
pal regulations provide that whenever
tho blrtb or a child Is recorded tho
oltlclals of the municipal savings bank
ajiall Issue a bank book lu tho snld
baby's name. The city Itself then de
posits 1 mark (about 25 cents) and
immediately allows Interest. Wltb
this nest egg the authorities believe
that the parents of the child will bo
encouraged In thrift and that tho baby
itself will hnvo a fair start on tli
road to wealth. No withdrawals are
allowed In less than two vcars. and
thn ntvllnntwa finnll.kfl I n nil t'tiltilmn I
whether they ore member of poor
families or descended from million
aires. llnhirs are popular In Schoeiiberg.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Harness Saddles
Whips Robes
Tents Blankets
Wagon Sheets
Axle Grease and
Gall Cure
ALL KINDS OF CUSTOM WORK
J. C. Smith
314 E. Main
DF0RD TIME TABLE
SOUTHERN "PACIFIC RAILWAY!
7:41a.m.
g OS a. m.
f.:2I p. m.
3lfl p. ni.
i ne uoti uonsey.
In Turkey they tell stories about
Nasr-ed-Dln and his donkey. Once upon
ii lime when the donkey wits lost Nasr-ed-Dln
went about seeking It. nt the
same time giving thanks iih he went.
' "Why do you glvo thanks?" asked
his friend "I see no cause for thank
fulness." "Cause enough:" was the prompt re
ply. "Why. mau alive. If I had ltoen
along with I'.iat donkey I'd have been
lost too!" New Vork Tribune.
Uce For the Anchor. .
"Captain." remarked the nuisance
nn shipboard who ninny asks foolish
quest Ions, ."what Is tho object In
throwing the anchor overbnn rd?"
"Young man." replied the old snlt.
"do you iiiiilcrsiiiud the theory of
seismic disturbances? Well, we throw
the anchor overboard to keep the
ocean from slipping away In the fog."
I Northbound.
No. 20iIiOKebtirir Pima...
No. 12Shaslu Limited...
No. ltilOregon Express..
No. U'lWtinnd Kxpresi.
I Southbound.
No. lljShiiMta I.iuiileil. . . ";"0 n. m.
No. l.'i'l'nliforiiiii Express 10 :3fi a. tn.
Nn. Kl'S. Express 3 ;32 jpm.
Medford to Jacksonville.
Motor car leaves
Trniii leaves
Train leaves
Trnin leaves
Motor cur leaven .
8:00 a. m.
10:4.1 0. in.
3 :3.r p. m.
6 :00 p. m.
0:30 p. n:
Jacksonville to Medtord.
Motor ieaves . . . ,
Train leaves ....
Train leaves ....
Train lenves ....
Motor ear leaves
7:00 o. in.
8 :45 a. in.
2 :30 p. m.
4 :30 p. m.
7 :30 p. 111.
PACIFIC & EASTERN RAILWAY.
t.k mmB if Ml in 1 m 1 m 1 m 1 r 1
Hew to Do.
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Oh!
"How did you act when he pro
posed '"
"I sank gracefully on ouo knee."
"flow ridiculous! What In the world
did you sink on your knee for?"
"On his knee, not mine."-Houston
Tost. I
No. iLcavos Medl'onl . . .
No. .'I'.I.envcs Mcilfonl. , .
No. 2! Arrives Mo.lford.. .
No. 4Arrivnn Medford...
No. 'Arrive Kuglo I't..,.
No. 2!l,euvcM Kaglo I't...
No. 3'Ai-rives Eagle I't...
No. 4!l,eiivcK Kagle Pt.. . .
MAIL CLOSES
8 :00
2:20
10:10
5:00
8 :4.ri
0 :0.1
3-:0".
4:Vr.
N'oillilionnd ..
Southbound . .
Eagle Point..,
8 rfi.'i n. ni
0 :l p. in
:'R:10
.:3:00
2 :00
p. 111.
p. m.
p. 10.
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space and cost of four rooms; Iceless refrigerator, built-in buffets
aim UIC99CI9, tduuiei niiuueii, -
J. A. McINTOSII, Architect. I
I Third Floor Medford National Bank Building. J
r -ASH LAND
Swedcnburg Block.
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man or woman can secure, an excellent course- of business training
Splendid rootiiH in Iho. SivednnbufR block, individual iusl ruction, in
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