n.vrrc uice riBRCON OCTOBER 23 1908. ROQUB RIVER CUUK1E,k, oft "- , roceries Fancy Comb Honey, Extracted Honey, Tokay Grapes, Kananas, Other Seasonable Fruits J, Pardee 17 G Street Near Paluce Hotel HOW OUR SCHOOLS HAVE PROSPERED The report of attendance of the Gnuihs Psa schools for theiuuutlM f Hnjiteuilter 1HOB as oouiparea wuu iuc same month inJIOOl waa elitihlty mixed inm nnrtlnn of the last weeks' edition of thin taper, the yeais havingl"" tnuispoiiwd. To oorrwtfffie"limt;ter lite satire roport is givnn again : Sept. Sept. ll08. 1U07 Ho. 'days in attend. . .14, WM 1,67 Nw. days' abteuoe.... 278 2l2i ITa7d ays absence nuex cased 1X Ko. cases tardiness ... 4 19 Ho. boys enrolled for month 875 81 Hariris enrolled for month 409 400 Total number enrolled for month 784 . 71 Average daily attend 728 688 Furoeiitage" of attend ance 88. 1 98 De Witt's Little Early Risers, mnant HttleJpillt that are easy to e. Soldby Model Drug Btore. TOlirer Chilled and Cramer Bros., agents. Steel Plows Ijame Hhoulder. This is a common form of muscular rlieu asatim. No internal treatment is needed. Apply Cliamberlain't Liniment freely three liimaaday andaquick cure it certain. Thin liniment has proven eerially vahinhle for mim-iilarand chronic rlipuuialiam. rxild by M. (leinena. Continuous rorformaiirc Kvory Nipht This Week Except Sunday at the I -THE FAMILY THEATRE" Eaet Front Street ELEVATED FLOOR Doors Open at 7tl5 Moving Pictures ILLUSTRATED SONGS Change of Pictures Three times each Week MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY Admission 10c BIJOI OplIK time has arrived when plants, bulbs, etc. should be taken frtn the garden and put in pots for tho winter, and to provide for this, the L. R Hall Art store has brought on a large stock of the J. B. Owens ware matt green jardinieres. This ware i tho finest that can bo had and will add great beauty to tho appearance of the home. Call and see them at HALL'S ART MEDFORDS DRINKING WATER PROPOSITIONS Water Is still the main quest on on der discission at Medford and though there seems to be plentj of it In the numerous streams, lakef, springs etc., aroond the town and even descending from the bearens on the heads of Medfordites still it Is bothering them a good deal to get enough to drink. There ara various proposition offered, of which the Tribune lias to nay : The cot of the water propositions before the ptople Is as lollows: Rogue river, pil e and puniping plant (per coinrantor's bid) tlOT.SOO: Fish Lake ditch, pipeline, ?I64,1H); rig Butte Springs, Hume and pipe 1262,- 410(fluin) 1110,000, pipeline. reservo r, etc, per coutract'T's bid 152,410). If a pumping plant U chosen it will be the Kay proportion and mean a avingiu initial expenditure of froin 150,000 to tflo.OOO. If a gravlf ysteui, the cholre is between Fish lake ditch water, 245 ini'hxs in quantity delivered to the city for 1154,100, or 300 inches of Big Botte Spri..gs water for t2t'.2,410, both witli in the amount of money availabl'. Iu caso tlie lalt r preposition is ao oepted. it means the establishment of t lurwe mill with a payroll if 1160,000 a year opwards The Fireside Garland Heater is the best in towu. Cmukt Bros, agents. NEWMAN M. E. CHUHCH. Preaching morning and eveulng by the pastor. At the morning service Mr. A. H. Reitz, formerly of Topeka, Kansas, will sing a solo. In the even ing the choir under the direction of Prof. McMurray, will sing one of the beautiful new anthems. Sunday nhcool at 10, H. L. (Jilkey, superintendent. Junior League at 8 Mrs. Kindley, superintendent. Epworth League at 6:80. D H. Stovall, 'president. Everybody invited t these services. ALEXANDER R. MACLEAN, Pastor. Food Choppers, Bread Makers and Cake Makers at Cramer Bros. ORLGON NEEDS FIRE LAW Continked from first page tell tbe beauties of the old Indian system of burning every year and wind up by saying the 'Indians bad no bad fires.' It would be a shame to try to wreck such fait I) in a traditioual avs teu: that revolted 'bad fires'; but what made the bare bills and eroded slopes that murk such a vast propor tion of what was once Southern Ore gon's vast fnrest Pohb bly this was before Chief blue Horse or Hod Dog got his tire syttem in working order. Nearly every bare hill aud slope in Josephine County was once covered with forest timber. Tbe miles of brush, brush, brash, on the bornH1 ridges on the wett slope of Coast Mountains are result of this wonderful tire system. The repeated fires burned the seedlings aud finally the scattered seed trees which Hih .Siwsli Forenter was prott'uting and nothing but brush can grow. " llie existence of thickets where it was once open l.unl in Iudiaa d its are frequeut; but it is the changed cond tious Unit are the case. Tho uld tetller TfrtlNfi A? AID IDandruffand are but outward signs ol the evil done la secret by myriads ol dan. Jrutl (ertns sapping the life blood ol the hair. Micro kills the para site, soothes the Itchiag scalp, gives lustre to tbe hair and stops It falling out. A single application fives reliel aad proves Its woith. Save your hair before too late. Micro prevents baldness. It is a delightful dressing tor the hair, free from grease and sticky oils. Ask your dniQist for tree booklet HOYT CHEMICAL CO. mmw' wuacm STORE Xr' m Ih.l In 'than irnod old Will MMI JUU " i t -A days of open woods the grass and f-ert was good now me mmitw- fj.ka its dace. In the good old Indiao davs the soil was onbmken and the seed falling seldom reacnea vn and conld not germinate now the white man and the white man bioc. has broken the soil made bare the ground and with the assistant of the Indians burning the soil has looseoed to that every feed that falls goes Into the ground. This 's what causes the tki.i,.i. A runeated burning (if oi- ilized law and common sene din not interfere with It) wonld only looeen the soil more, and increase the very thickets which tbe system is supposed to prevent; and finally seed trees ni ho oTtorminnrL and make way for the impenetrable brush slopes that have reunited ironi ne name irri mBiit. "I am not objecting to any man believing in th supposed success- .1. i.t tVtu Inrimnfl. hot it is llll iiirun'w ' sad to think of Burnable men preaching . ;i Innmlnn tl.A O.l. a return iu it, auu inuw dence of the irreparthle damage done to the 'nee wood-u hillt, that if no in their orig'cal nnuurnen couuinou 1 i l,a o,,irtli mi Minns to the iriira- and miner as a lOUrCB Of water supply, not cmnting the gold ttat would be represented in tbe tim i :..! We ronst have a nre law, mi mnre tha all most have modern ideas in stilled nto the minds or tbe yonug. Teach in the schools the results of ex- aftuianiR unit nhaervftt.ion. lwriujuMti c j " i - I ...... Amn nnlinrrV. ATlr1 TT T H P t If1 ft 1 III UU1 u n u i. 1 ' n u .' i - wot kin its of various forest systems iu .,.. ... r.t tha Old World. Then hUO i. ...iru littla riiflFnrenne what: tales Ik lUOi"n .... - .- - - - are told of wouders done by the Indian i in ...... t v. i rnrstir. touniinu win hhii i.ri, thev do. and ther will be treated only as tradition." Iconoclasts va- Refoim. Neither the individual nor the or sauization that is ptirelv iconoclastic hHS a riirht to the title of "Be former." Reforming is not merely overturning; it is building anew. Tbe empty boose rill not long remain empty, and a recognition of this fact Is the oasis 01 every irae leiurui uiuvu u ent. This morning I received a cireolar letter from tbe Prohibition committee containing cards which were to be signed and returned. Tney read in part, "I am opposed to tbe stloon, consequently a prohibition voter and desire to have iny name enrolled," etc. This Is, from my point of view, a decided non stqnitur inasmuch as that party op to date has made no move to provide the substitute for that which it would destroy. A man may be opposed to the saloon w tbout voting with the prohibition nor any other party. A wave of reform is sw eping over the land, having for its object the destruction of one of tbe most appalling evils that ever cursed the earth. The progres' of that wave lias been such as to surprise both friend and foe. Whether it will be permanent or not will depend opoo whether tbe constructive force shall go hand in band with the destructive. It is nsele-s fur as to deny that the saloon supplies, in some measure, a want of man's nature.. He is a social, a gregarious animal, aud all reform i movement must recognize that fact. And it is just as necessary that we rcosnize the diversity of tastes in human nature. An afternoon tea party may be to the taste of Beatrice or Alueruon Augustus, but it will not appeal to Jack, nor will it lore from the saloon the m'oer fresh from the mini s nor the cow puueher trout the rauge. When Jack came home from a tea party he was asked 'Jack, how did you feel among those swells at the tea party;" "Feel?" said Jack. "Why I felt like a rerni whale trying to do crochet work, thats how I felt." And he would not go again, no matter how kmd the host and hostess might he. The saloou has been voted onl of Grants Pass, but the "blind pig" is with us, aud if we can believe nose and eves mil eirs it is doing a pay ing business. Aud we are asked what we. an guiug to do about it We wonld not 'list a doubt upon the in tegrity of tho courts, though there ha been palpable pervirsiou of jus tice in tiiu-s pas', nor would we look to the cmvts for h remedy for the exiHting evil further than the enforce ment of the law. Upon the Christian, the law abiding people of (.'.rants Pass, rests the respoiilnlity for the ex istence uf the "blind pig." A recent estimate pHcet the national drink bill at $2,3:5 070.857. To this must he added fully ll.'-'OO.OnO,-000 indirect cost such as loss of life, wasted grain, misdirected labor, crime, pauperism, insanity, idiocy, ect. Against this the recorded gilts tor charity, edncatiou, religion .tud other philantropio purposes amounted lU'-MMK!, 130 cr about one fifteenth of the direct iMst of the liquor trallio. Grants Pa-s with its numerous aloous has borne Its share of this enormous loss, aud the loss to homes aud society has been felt even mere keenly. It would seem a if tie hope if returning our proportion of this enormous sum to the legitimate channels uf activity would stimulate us to do our work thoroughly, but so (ar as we know no steps have been takeu to supply that demaud for hu man nature that the saloon supplies to lUiiu's hart. We do uot want tea parties, nor do we want some stctfy reading room where the mail not educated up tn an 1 enthusiastic appreciation of Milton, Shakespeare, Kuskin or Browning rau go and pore over a lot of'second hand magaziuea. We do want a place ' where a man can not onlv fiud good hooks aud magaziues, fresh aud clean, but we want a place where he 'can have healthful games, a hath, gymnasium, a place w lie re lie can ; meet bis fellow man aud talk above a ! whisper if he wants to, a place where be can get reireshmeuta that i will not hurt in a word be wants a I place that will appeal in a h'gher sense to that in bis nature that draw him to the saloon. The writer never took a drink of liquoi as a beverage, never played a game of cards nor smoked a pipe, O'gsr or cigarette, yet he has spent msny an evening io the saloons just A Timely Tip For all Men who wish to Dress in the proper Style at Little Cost 1st, You will save yourself time and worry in the selec ion of your fall clothes by coming to this store. 1 T T 2d. Here vou season's wear, in an tested quality. 3d, If you want finish, in strictly all - 4th. If vou want garments that fit manently retain their smart appearance, e you satisiy you in New Fall and Winter Suits f made for us and $18, $20, $22.50 and $25. Come and then know why particular men. Geo. because he was a social animal and had nowhere else ti go. The saloon must hive bovs, and it will get them if we do not put it out of business by getting the bovs hist. It will catch tbe D y tro.u me is ON THAT HTU T.,,. 7ran IIM Twenty-seven inches to first Now carbon coiled t-'prinvr. bteel. Stands a strain Standard Ranch Fence tt ' - I - Page Fence Anexperienced man and tools are ncjwiu erect ience over Gaddis & Dixon, "The Page Distributors Southern Oregon and J 1 f.l' can see every new siyic ucsigneu ior tm immense variety or high-class hand wool garments. every way wiui our you by Hart Schaffner & Marx, at $15 our clothing is so very popular wit! S. Calhoun Co. "Outfitters to Boy and country, the miner, the sailor if we do not give thtni that which will 8tisfv thoiii better. As a business proposition Grants Fa-s could put up Hud in running timer the fiuest building iu the place, the time to RABBIT PROOF FENCE W n nave Unr 40 wide spacv. The same quality of all Page Fence. Hi." . - fW f .Jt i is guaranteed to be exactly as represented furnished to assist in the erection any ground witnout cutting or Fence Men" Northern California. handsome rabnes tailored and faultle accurately and will per then we can pleasf1 l see them, you Man" fitting it for all purposes of r-creil; thus making tbe "blind pin" profitable. Until we are readv to do thii Id simply call onrRelves ''iconoclisii' not reformers. R. a special Kabbit Proof Pence, m- iffl especially for this locality I no..: of over 18,000 pounds. Hog Sheep Ct)yote Lawu of all Page Fence, without extra coh lapping, bagging or sagging. J. D. FRANKLIN, Agent Cnr f,rh onrl I Streets Grants Pats, 0rf 1 r