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TEE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MED.PORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEAIRER 18, 1909.
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 fice at
Medford, Oregon.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One year, by mail $5.00 One month by mail or carrier, .$0.50
The Tribune is for sale by Hotel Portland News Stand, Portland. Or.;
Ferry News Etand, San Francisco, Cal.
KEEP THE MOXEY IX MEDFORD.
Every resident of Medford should make it a point to
buy all supplies in the city, to patronize local merchants
and home industries, to keep the money, in Medford.
Practically everything needed m the line of merchan
dise can be secured in Medford. The local stores are equal
to those in the larger cities and what is not in stock will
be secured .on short notice.
Portland and San Francisco merchants pay no taxes
and no rent here, buy no supplies here, support no pay
rolls here. Money spent with them is lost to circulation
here. They never reinvest what they receive.
People who buy clothes, furniture or other necessities
out of their home cities are helping detract from its pros
perity. Those who spend their money at home help build
up local institutions, support population and in other ways
create prosperity. Everyone who makes it a point to spend
money in Medford helps not only the business of the com
munity but his own business as well.
Everyone in a community is dependent upon the rest
of the community, and as one prospers all prosper. There
is no surer wav to injure a town than by spending money
outside of it that could be spent in it, for if your neighbor
cannot make a living, he cannot buy from you and you
cannot buv from others.
To trade at home means greater trade for merchants
who have invested their capital, energy and future in this
eitv, and added prosperity for each individual, no' matter
what his vocation may be. To a great many, the benefits
come indirectlv, of course, but none the less surely.
Suppose that all the people of Medford sent to an out
side point, sav a Portland mail order house, for all neces
sities and luxuries. They would simply be assisting in
the upbuilding of the Rose City at the expense of their
own in short, rutting off noses to spite faces.
There is satisfaction in seeing what, one is getting. You
can do this when you buy from the local merchants. You
can have satisfaction or your money back. It's different
when you purchase abroad. The best you get from a mail
order house is the worst of it, and, your money having been
sent in advance always in advance the mail order house
takes no chances you have no reparation.
Keep your money at home. If you must spend it all,
spend it with the home merchant. They are interested in
improving the city and making it a more desirable place
in which to live. The merchants Of other towns are not
If you manage to save a portion of your earnings, invest
it in the local banks. They are thoroughly reliable finan
cial institutions. Your money will be perfectly safe and
will be loaned out again on good security to assist in the de
velopment of Medford and its tributary districts, not some
other far away portion of the country.
A model city would be that in which every necessity of
its inhabitants was manufactured. Everyone, absolutely
everyone, would be prosperous and poverty a thing un
known. Of course present day conditions render such a
city an impossibility, but you can, buy everything needed
from home merchants, and incidentally get your money's
worth both in quantity and quality, and every bit of it
counts. Your individual patronage may not amount to
much, many drops make a bucketful, and by keeping your
small amount of money at home you can assist in filling
that bucket.
If you are a day laborer the same applies. Doesn't pros
perity, one of the direct results of buying at home, mean
more work and better wages for you i
Be a booster. The city of Medford has behind it a dis
trict teeming with wonderful resources. "We need two
things: capital and people. The only way to get them is
to advertise. We have to bring to their attention where
the Rogue River valley is, what it is and where its re
sources are. Don't miss nn opportunity to let your east
ern friends learn about this district. Send them copies
of this paper. Postage is cheap, and conscientious and
truthful effort has been made to give a true account of
things as they are, and future possibilities.
Anyway, it is a great deal more pleasant to boost than
to knock. ' One has more friends. One malignant knocker
might offset the work of a dozen hard-working boosters to
his own disadvantage and theirs. It is not necessary to
veer from the truth when talking or writing of the Rogue
River vallev. The bare truth is marvelous enough in itself,
A Safe Investment
Some shoe dcnlers
will try to sell you
shoes that are "just as
good" as WALK
OVERS. Hut why
take and chances on
getting shoes that are
"just as good?"
Gambling in shoes
is just as profitable as
any other form of
gambling.
vThc purchase of a pair of WALK-OVER
Shoes is a safe investment.
Kdmeades Bros.
THE WEST SIDE SHOE STORE
WANTED
Timber and Coal Lands
ENGINEERING AND SUBVEYINO CON
TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES
FURNISHED.
B. H. Harris & Co.
MEDFORD, OREGON
Office in Jackson County Bank Upstairs
FOR QPICK AND SURE RESULTS TRY THE TRIBUNE "WANT" ADS
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GIGANTIC
SALE OF
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Weeks & McGo wan V Mammoth Stock of
Furniture And Carpets
Commences Monday Morning, Sept. 20 at 9 O'clock
See Sunday's Paper also Large Circulars for Price Reductions, and by all
Means Don't Miss the Opening Hour
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The First $25.00 Sale which is Turned into our Cashier Monday morning entitles the purchaser to one
Handsome Axminster Rug Absolutely Free
A Regular $5.00 Axminster Rug Free. Doors Open at 9 a.m. Get in line as early
as you choose. Don'tbediscouraged if there are several in front of you. They may buy
less than $25 or it may take them longer to select than you.
Wailted 10 SALESMEN (experienced furniture men not necessary), 8 BOYS TO DISTRIBUTE CIRCULARS, 6 MEN WITH TEAMS TO ASSIST IN OUR DELIVERY DEPARTMENT. APPLY AT ONCE
WEEKS
M
cGOWAN
CO.
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The Largest Fnrniture Store in Southern Oregon .
Main Street, West Side of Railroad . ' Medford, Oregon