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Thinks We’re Easy M arla
Tin' Mail Tribune has re-located John
R. Allen He is in New York, but otters
to help build roads in Jackson county.
Apparently he still looks upon this sec-
tiou as ltis oyster. He has sons' reason,
however.
A G rants Pass p rin ter made _
alight m istake in printing cards ad
vertising F lats to let w ith windows
In every room ." He left the “ n” out
of the word windows.
T IS the last retort of many of retrogressive—or conservative, if
W e S e ll C h e a p !
socialist, when used as an epithet, is generally used h.v someone who
is blind to the tendencies of the times and the truth and justice
behind those tendencies, and oblivious to present economic conditions
To some who linger yet with the traditions of twenty years or nmr
ago, all progress, all forms of change however beneficial, all unselfisl
effort for the general weal, are dangerous in tendency and sociulistii
in nature. That time has passed when Americans fatuously revered
the pomp and pride of party power, achieved in dubious ways and
unhesitatingly accepted by the dupes of party loyalty. In the n«w
era much that would a quarter century agone have been condemned
as revolutionary in character and dangerous to government has been
tested and found high-grade. And, as yet, we are but at ‘’the cock
crow and the morning s ta r ” in a atupenduous moral und economic
evolution. This is no time to quibble with phrases uor to reject what
ever unblemished bricks may be at hand for the reconstruction,
however they may be called. The fools who term the policies of
progress “ socialism” are unwittingly rendering to the lively little
party the highest compliment within their somewhat limited power.
Socialism has no patent on progress, and the common spread of great
er ideals and nobler purposes is nothing but new proof of the growth
of human brotherhood.
Up in Minnesota Mr. Olsen had a
cow killed by a railroad train. In due
When Abraham Lincoln was running a country store in
season the claim agent for the rail
conjunction
with a country postoffice, he kept the monies re
road called. “We understand, of
ceived in two stockings—one for the store and the other for
course, that the deceased was a very
docile and valuable animal." said the Uncle Sam. Isn’t it just barely possible that a few less card in
claim agent in his most persuasive dexes, looseleaf ledgers, accountants, stenographers, etc., and a
claim -agentlem anly m anner.
“ We few more stockings—used as Lincoln used them —would simplify
sym pathise with you and your family the work in several county offiices, make less expense to the
in your loss. But, Mr. Olson, you must taxpayers and avoid the necessity of such an official houseclean
remember this: Your cow had no bus ing as now seems inevitable?
iness being upon our tracks. Those
tracks are our private property, and
when she invaded them she became a
trespasser.
Technically
speaking,
you. as her owner, became a trespass
e r also. But we have no desire to
carry the issue into court and possibly
give you trouble-
Now then, what M & 3 THESE QUESTIONS ARE STILL UNANSWERED
would you regard as a fair settlem ent
between you and the railroad com
pany? ’ “Vail,” said Mr. Olsen, slow Z ^ V E R fifty per ceut of the money spent on bridges in
Jackson county in 1911 was spent without adver
ly, “ay bane poor Swede farm er, but
ay skal give you two dollars.”
tising for competitive bids on the work. WHY?
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We
>Sell fo r C a sh
AVING changed our method of doing business from the CREDIT
H System to a CASH BASIS, it became necessary also for ua to,
make a complete revision of our prices. We quote the following:
Pure White Flour, per sk.,
Daily Bread, per sk. • -
Peerless Flour, per ak. -
Carnation, per sk. - - -
$1.60
1.60
1.45
1.46
These four branda are all
guaranteed hard wheat, and
every sack is warranted to be
brat claaa.
Golden Rod Flour -
1 5 n-5
n0
Kerosene, gal.
- -
These are No. 1 soft wheat.
Heavy Shorts - $1.35 per sk.
R E M E M B E R
W H Y ?
White Middlings, 100
pounds, per sk. - - -$1.90
Feed Rolled Oats, per sk. 1.16
Bran, sk.
..................... .95
A B Dairy Food, per sk.
1.40
Alfalfa Meal, per ak. - - 1.46
Diamond Chick Feed, sk. 2.75
Scratch Food, per sk. - - 2.76
Fine Salt, per sk. - - - .60
Half Ground, per sk. - - .40
3 lb. cans Coffee, - - - 1.00
Rpitxenberg Apples, box - 1.75
Yellow Newttwn, 1.50 and 1.76
T H E
P LA C E
LANCE & COMPANY’S BIG STORE
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Sixty thousand dollars were wasted on the roads of Medford uud Rogue River valley
With four feet of snow and a tem
Jackson
county in 1911, according to County Roadmaster music lovers are certainly Indebted j
perature of tw o degrees below zero,
Harmon.
WHY ?
to th e efforts of Manager McCallum
Hood River, Oregon, doesn't seem to
be the exact place to go to escape
Insofar as the proceedings of the county court concern for the successful arrangem ents by
w inter w eather.— B antry (N. D.) Ad ing contracts for bridge work are concerned, there are which he will bring the F. C. W hit
ney Opera company Intact in the pro
vocate.
nractically no records in the county clerk’s office, except duction
of the “ Chocolate Soldier"
Y’es. But with the m ercuries all
tonight, F ebruary 3. To more th o r
frozen solid, and the other therm om for warrants drawn to pay for such work. WHY ?
Although the law expressly provides for two official oughly appreciate his effo rts the
eters in such low spirits th a t they
w ere scarcely within shouting dis papers, in which county publications shall be made, there com pany was originally routed to
tance of zero during January, it is is but one such “ official” paper in Jackson county. WHY? jum p from Sacram ento to P ortland,
b ut by using every known wire he
difficult to see ju st w hat com fort
No record of the payment of the $10,000 received “ by succeeded.
This company only stops
North D akota can possibly extract
from the Hcod River report. Now, public subscription” to help build the Flounce Rock grade in Medford and P ortland in th e sta te
while North Dakota was the victim of appears in the offices of either the county clerk or the of Oregon. T heir traveling equip
m ent consists of two SO-foot bag
her regular annua! dose of Dr. Cook county treasurer. WHY?
gage cars, two standard sleepers and !
w eather, and Hood River was w rith
When W. W. Harmon first began to “ work” for Jack- one ch air car. The company consists
ing in two feet of snow under the
son
county, and for months afterward, he was called of an assembly of 60 people and an
lash of two below, the Rogue River
“
county
engineer” . Suddenly the title was shifted to orch estra of 30 musicians of artistic ;
valley was enjoying a rain that
quality. The company leaves Med
scaked th e soil for next season's that of “ county roadmaster.” WHY?
bum per fru it crop, set th e ditches
When the old Centennial bridge at Gold Hill was ford Immediately after the perform
singing brim ful and put th e m iners wrecked there were no competitive bids for the work, so ance by special train and arrange- '
nients have been made to attach a
a t work at th eir annual harvest of
far as is known by several who intended to offer bids. coach to carry those atten d in g the
th e stuff th a t glitters. The moral
WHY?
perform ance from GrantB Pass and
of all this is obvious.
I ntil the money ran out, County Roadmaster Harmon o th e r points between th ere and Med
ford. Also the late train to th e
SOLITUDE
used to go before the county court with a written order, south
will be held’ for a reasonable ;
(From the Gold Hill High School demanding five or ten thousand dollars, and a warrant
length of tim e for the accommoda
Magazine for January)
would be drawn in his favor for that amount. He would tion of those attending from Ash
I have often longed for solitude,
then
pay for road work by personal check. WHY?
land and o th er points south.
F or a nook far from civilization;
After county warrants went below par and became
And there by myself to live,
As if alone in creation.
non-negotiable except at a discount, Mr. Harmon ceased One of the most Intense scenes in
I have often wished th a t I m ight go to do the disbursing for the countv, and warrants were "T he Squaw Man" is th at In th e sec
ond act. when Cash Hawkins, the
W here no hum an foot has ever issued direct to those who had them eoming. WHY?
" ru stle r," invites the cowpunchers In
trod;
th e I.ong Horn i'aloon to “ drink with - I
And there to dwe'l by myself, instead
m e." The Invitation is em phasized |
These Girls Wil Sing in Gold H ill Thursday Night
Of struggling in this world of woe
with a draw n .44 Colt. It is n o l ||
used, because Haw kins had th e drop
I have often longed for solitude,
on everyone present, and each indi
W hen I am feeling blue;
vidual knew It. This is one of the
W hen the presence of another
few cases on record where a "bad i
Annoyed me th ru and thru.
m an’’ pulled a gun and did not use
Ju st lead my simple life
It, and th a t failure la ter cos*
W ithout a thought of th e morrow
Haw kins his life.
Edwin Milton Royle has taken the!
W hile other men are searching
F o r som ething to quench th e ir sor
Incident from real life, and It acta- j
row.
ally occurred in the Rocky Mountain |
Sheep saloon, “W est Cliff." "Y oung"
I or in solitude would I be happy.
Dick McCoy, one of the "bad m en" ,
If happiness is to be found;
of Wyoming, dropped into the saloon, I
The wonder is men do not flee
loaded with bad whiskey. Son*" had I
Beyond reach of all harsh sound.
come in from th e round-nn and were
Only to be In solitude,
quietly drinking. McCoy, with an
O there to spend my life,
oath, whipped out his gun, waved It
F ar from the busy m ultitude
tow ard the bar, and in a b u rst of
W ith no p art In its struggles or
profanity declared "th e house drinks
strife.
with m e." Then he said, “ I’ll kill
the first coyote and ‘sho rt-h o rn ' who
I do not care to be one of the moo
don't d rin k and step lively." W hen
W hich crowds the w orld's highway
the glasses w ere filled, the ru stle r
W ould If they dared, th eir neighbor
proposed a toast, as he lifted his
rob,
glass on high and swept his gun In
O, may I ever from these be away.
a semi-circle— "H e re’s to the Boers.”
Only to be in solitude
A young E nglishm an, H unter, step
T ls my one and g reat desire;
ped up to th e desperado, whipped ]
F o r me a place of refuge
o ut his revolver and placed it against j
W hen I sm other am bition’s fire.
McCoy’s side, blowing a hole through
his body. As he fell dead, McCoy's
T hus in solitude to live,
trig
g er finger closed convulsively. ■
T hus to die in solitude;
W hen th e sm oke cleared away, It
C ares m ortal for w hat fame can give
was seen th a t H u n ter's left ear had
if th e longings be for solitude?
been clipped by th e last shot of the
— R M. A. '14
"good bad m an.”
F or th e B a b y
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We carry the choicest and purest Malted Foods prescribed
by physicians, and pronounced to be the healthiest and
most nourishing of Infants’ Foods. We have a special
departm ent here for baby’s needs, anti every wise mother
ought to come in and get acquainted with its possibilities.
J a r v is t h e D r u g g is t
Gold Hill C afe
Eor Sundries and Meals
Eancy Mixed Candy
Eresh Supply Peanuts
-
15c per lb.
15c per lb.
English Walnuts
Almonds, Oranges
and Apples
At Prices that Meet any Competition
TRUAX & CO., Proprietors
S T E IN H O F F
T h e A rc h ite c t an d B u ild e r
Is here to stay, and is very much alive to the
needs of this growing city, and will design
and execute anything in the Building line,
Brick, Stone anc
tid Cement. Plain or artistic
Cement and Iron G rill Fences
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