TJTE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEL) FORD, OREO ON, FRIDAY. OCTOIIKR h. 1M00.
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THE ASHLAND FAIli.
People of Ashland are receiving deserved congratula
tions on the success of the district fair held there this week.
The fair is certainly a more complete exhibition of the
products of the valley than any yet held, and there is a
better attendance from outside points than enjoyed by
either Medford or Grants Pass in the two previous' years
. . The exhibits are better arranged than those at Medford
were, and have the advantage of all being under one roof,
an advantage not enjoyed at either Medford or Grants
Pass. There is a far better fruit display.
. Medford had the poorest fair of the three held we
blnsh'to say it. Perhaps it. was because we were to busy
to spare the time, but next time we will have the best. Then
it rained all the time, which put a damper upon the attend
ance. : The other cities were more fortunate, not only in
weather, but in having better fruit to display. . . ',
The district fair is a good thing in many ways, 'but
chiefly because it helps draw the people of the various
towns closer together in a community of interests.
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NO RESTOCKING OF OREGON STREAMS.
' The California fish and game commission's fish car
left Sisson last week with 200,000 young trout for restock
ing the streams of several counties. There are two mil
lion young trout at the state hatchery at Sisson.
Oregon has no trout hatchery, no fish car, no young
trout for restocking streams. The fish commission is de
signed to aid sahnon f ishers and not sportsmen, but it does
what it can within its limitations.
' Oregon streams can only be replenished with federal
assistance. Out of 70,000 fry promised for the Rogue river
by the bureau of fisheries at "Washington, less than a third
were delivered.
, Oregon anglers pay an annual license. The money re
ceived therefrom as called for in the original bill submit
ted to the legislature, was designed to support a state trout
hatchery. Instead it has been turned over to the game
wardens and does not benefit fish or fishermen.
As long as salmon interests control legislation in Ore
gon no favorable legislation can be expected. The only
way the Rogue river can be kept a good trout stream is to
close it entirely to commercial fishing by initiative peti
tion at the next general election, and this will be done.
BROAD OR NARROW?
y The way the Crater. Iake highway, appropriation liti
gation looks to the citizen of the world is shown by William
E. Curtis' comments upon it in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Mr. Curtis is the, most famous of newspaper correspond
ents and sizes up the situation in this fashion : I
: "If everything had gone through as expected the road
would have been under construction at this moment, but L.
H. McMahan of Salem, a lawyer of small practice, applied
to the local courts for an injunction prohibiting the treasf
nrer of the tate from disbursing the appropriation on the
ground that the act is unconstitutional because, the legis
lature of Oregon has no authority to appropriate public
funds raised by taxing the entire state to be expended for
the benefit of a single county.- It was discovered Mr. Mc
Mahan pays taxes .on $1400 worth of property and his
share would be 6.1 cents, but the local court granted an
Injunction. The Crater Lake commission appealed to' the
supreme court, and the appeal is pending. i
' ' The point at issue is whether the people of the entire
state will derive any benefit from a boulevard connecting
the railway at Medford with a national park belonging to
the government of the United States similar to' the Yosem
ite and the Yellowstone, except upon a smaller scale, or
.whether the movement is purely a local affair for the ben
efit of Jackson and Klamath counties. It seems to be
a question that will be decided according to the breadth or
narrowness of vision enjoyed bv the members of the
court." . wmwam
Savoy Theatre
TONIGHT
Laughing All The Time
0H! WHAT A BEARD!
A FRESH KID
CONSTRUCTING BALLOONS
. FANTINE A Story of Jean Valjean
ONE DIME
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"t $11,000
Five rooms, bath, toilet, with all
furniture, well woodshed, sewer
connected, close in $2500
IUistness location, large corner
lot in the heart of the city, witb
frame building, clearing about
$100 jier uiontu. Investigate $8500
Two fine building lots on the cor
ner of Oukdale and Tonth street,
one of the best locations in th
city Jor a home.
Seven lots, with small house, on
Jackson street, at $1500
This will compel you to sit up
and take notice: Three large lots,
cornor, close in, with jfyid five
room house, in the best residence
part of the city ,..$2500
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Twelfth and Fir, bath, toilet; a
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Six-room house, ' lot v 50x100,
close in, bath and till furniture.
Easy terms $3350
Rare opportunity Lot 100x100,
two blocks from Central avenue
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boarding or lodging house. . .$6500
Kew, modern 9-room bouse in
Bungalow addition, lot 50xlC0,
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Fire and plate glass insurance.
We represent the best companies
on earth.
BENSON INVESTMENT
"COMPANY
Opposite Moore Hotel .
PORTUGUESE STEAMER
I WRECKED; CREW LOST
I.IKIIOX, Oct. 8. The Portuguese
slciiiner ltastos Uei was wrecked
off Avcrio today. Seventeen bodies
have been washed ashore. It is fear
ed, that most of the crew of -111 men
have been drowned.
An Ancient Sky PilM.
From Garnctt's "Antl:oluy." volume.
T. page 48, I copy the following, taken
from the "Writings of l.ti.lan."
Greek liorn about loo A.
"We VV,TC IilliMi!v i"!M-;'il liv li
l hiri wiiiil. win, ii l...;,i.. i.-s-.-;
cvi-i'nl Mines :i ri :i m'Ii!'
M IMlM'tlllollS W..i li,. ,lliii ....ill v
.'huh .".m0 stailia in tin- air id s."
Mug it down agi'ln on Lie t'i. O'.if
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! .nil'Niei'j;!! a: il rnrrli'l ill. " it.
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In Hicee ilays nt iilr i ii"l iiii
ootntiiii"' uiiglil lie ol iitim..-! inii"si
0 iirroituuts null also niiarj iiipii
1 bis- nni-lei.; OiilitiT ii-i pr tn-d
.swift, mill as fur i.iiiitisi, mine Jun-
em" a't. iii i"l?"--ii ml. led:
"Hiivlng iim riin.'inui-ii mir course
tbrougli tin- shv lor a i:iii ofsvu
lays null. as in.iiij ni);l 1-. .it llic elglltll
.lay e ilesei I a .-mi t cartb lu tbe
iir."- eli-i i)Uilili i imcj to lie the
moon i. f '
Tbe thoroughly familiar vernacular
exiressloit "going siiuie" upplles wltb
ui-lgtuai vi'ir to this early and per
baps first sl;y pilot. New York Times.
An Obliging Preii-ent. ',
During a sunrt lived revolution. say
Harper's Weekly, tbere came to be
tbe bead ot ibe government in a little
Central American republic n man wbo
was above nil things courteous and
wbo was. moreover, very anxious to
gain tbe good will of tbe foreign con
suls. One of tbe latter, having beard
tbat a certain countrymnn of bis bad
died, addressed a uote to the bead of
tbe new government, in which be stat
ed that his own government would be
grateful for a certlllcnte ol death of
the individual in question. A fw
days later tbe consul received this
communication:
Esteemed Honor I blush to eay that 1
cannot at present comply with your ex
cellency's request for a death certificate
of the man named. J sent my soldiers,
but he KQt anay, to my Bhaine. 1 shall
use every efrort to catch him, however,
and hopo to send your excellency the de
sired certificate at an early date.
Needless to sy, tbe consul lost no
time In commtiulculing to the obliging
president tbe information that tbe cer
tificate was undesired, in view of tbe
fact that Hie individual was able to
"get away." '
Mr. and Mrs. John (laide of Fre
douia, Kan., are stopping here for n
short time.
PHOTOGRAPHY
ns an art has made wonder
ful advancement in the last
few years. Be sure and see
to it that your photos are
finished in an up-to-date
manner.
The Gregory Studio
Rings Rings
Rings
All Kinds All Sizes
at
Martin J. Reddy
THE JEWELER
. Near P. O.
CREST-ROOK ORCHARD TRACTS
10
20 Acres
Adjoining Hlllcrest orchard and con
tain unexceled deep, rich toll. Rea- ;
sonable prices and generous terms.
OREGON OROHAEDS SYNDICATE
SELLING AGENTS ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
iroa euooir W
State .Depository
Established 3888.
Capital and Surplus $123,000
Kcnurr;s $700,000
HIGHEST ATTAINMENT IN
SYSTEMATIC BANKING SERVICE
The Jackson County Bank respect
fully solicits your account, subject
to your check, with the strongest
guarantee of safety and efficiency.
We offer tho hi'host attainment in
systematic banking service, which
nssiires the greatest care in every
financial transaction, with this oUig
ing institution,
W. I. VAWTKR, Presidont.
G. R. LINDLKY, Cushier.
B
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theatIe!
TONIGHT h SATURDAY
James
John S
Brltt &
umneips
u ; jin ttie remarkable I
20-round figM " for the
lightweight championship
of the world at London, England.
Wbat the World's Champion Fighters Say; .
"They are the clearest and most active fight pictures
I have ever seen. There isn't any of that loafing in them
that one sees in so many of the motion pictures of ring'
battles. For speed the fight is a peach." Battling Nelson,'
Lightweight Champion of the World,
"The fight is a grand oiks and the pictures arc clear
and full of action." Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Cham
pion of the World.
"It was a fine fight, one worth looking at time and
again, and the pictures rtught to take well throughout the
countrv." otanley Ketchel, Middleweight Champion of
the World.
Admission,
only
10 and
I5c.
WINNETT GROESBECK in Illustrated Song