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SETTLE THE WATER MUDDLE.
Now is the time to settle Medfords water muddle. Pe
if compromise is necessary, compromise, il it. can he
done advantageously. Anything raiuer u.;m u. n-i m...
ters draff as tiiey have been doing.
rPhc Mail Tribune cannot be accused ol undue inenu
liness to Wasson canyon or to Mr. llanley. It does not be
lt 4i,rt i.,i4nvc .imiran or methods justifiable. Still it is
a matter of vital importance
secure pure drinking water ana tnu expend u
pipeline be comi)leted and waved from deterioration and
rmn.
It is humiliating that Mr. Llanley, through Judge Man
ila's injunction, has secured the whip hand, but the mat
ter has 'passed the sentimental stage, and become a matter
of dollars and cents. There is more to lose by continued
deadlock than by compromise. - Soon the Fish lake ditch
water will be cut off unfit for use and filled with sedi
ment iuid the city must resort to muddy Bear creek,
while its unfilled wooden main deteriorates and the city is
without proper fire pressure.
If a compromise is effected, the city will secure double
its purchased water supply, or a tof.U of o50 miners'
inches, sufficient for a city of c0 1!00 inhabitants, and the
cost of the water is reasonable. !n addition, the city will
save a mile and a half of watci vav. which will help de
fray the bill.
JUDGES AND JUSTICE.
A few days ago one of the circuit judges of Multnomah
county wrote Governor Benson stating in effect that
Harry Paly, under sentence of death, should not have
been convicted of any higher degree of murder than the
second, and that his conviction of murder in the first de
gree was due to popular clamor and prejudice growing
out of the killing of Fisher b- Finch about the time of the
trial. "
The question that would naturally suggest itself to
the mind of the layman is: What kind of judge is this?
What manner of man is he that will sit on the bench and
permit a jury to convict a man of murder in the first de
gree when under the law the evidence would justify a
conviction of no higher degree than the second ?
Blackstone said the trial judge should act as counsel
fbr the prisoner. He at least should see that he had a fair
trial. Every human impulse demands that a prisoner on
trial should' he protected from a conviction unwarranted
by the evidence. It is in the province of the judge and his
only to prevent this. If there is no evidence of a certain
crime or degree of crime, the judge should so instruct the
jury. If the jury returns a verdict against the evidence
the trial judge iould set it aside. A judge who attempts
to atone for his wvors in this regard by recommending
the governor to c." mute his sentence may ease his con
science, but he also pi oves that he is lacking in what should
be deemed the higlw attributes of a just judge fear
less courage and indn 'lidence of thought.
A DRUGGED SOIL.
Artificial fertilizers, phosphates and nitrates chiefly,
act upon the soil as drmis act upon the human body, ac
cording to investigation- just completed by the bureau
of soils of the departing it of agriculture.
Although there are .'une experiments and some tab
ulation of results yet to be made, the scientists have gone
far enough to evolve a theory that may upset present-day
methods of agriculture and incidentally put out of busi
ness firms selling jjrUfieial fertilizers. The saving to the
farmers will be s'-tiething like three billions annually, it is
estimated.
The new theory is based on a series of experiments
f!ut l:;o been conducted during the past summer and
ior several years prior to this season. They all tend to
show that there arc natural agencies at work in the soil
that will replenish wornout "soil tissue" just as the worn
out tissues of the body in man are replaced by agencies
inside. Only in the case of man there is usually a limit
to this process, whereas in soils the scientists have ob
served some wonderful results from soils long ago aban
doned as useless.
Tho products of the soil are in all cases the best fer
tilizers, according to this theory, and can be relied upon
to give back to the ground that which the vegetation takes
out. The most surprising analogy that has been drawn
from the experiments just concluded is that, just as in
tho case of the human body, so in the cases of soils, arti
ficial restoratives can weaken and render it incapable of
producing anything without the artificial stimulation
which it has come to expect.
A "drugged soil" may sound peculiar, but that is the
term applied by the agricultural department exnerts to
large sections of our count rv where phosphates and ni
trates are used in any great quantity on crop-producing
( ground for any length of time. The tendency is, say the
' scientists, for the crops to draw their strength from the
I artificial fertilizer and not from the natural soil itself,
and tho thousands of bacteria that are known to be carry
; ing on their work of reconstruction in soils as well as in
living tissues, are not active and soon hocome useless al-
Sonsiblo rotation of crops will produce much hotter
and more lasting results than the artificial fertilization of
soil; Say tho experts.
nalnlilmll.xl ISSH". tllG Southern OlV-
One month by mail or c'ricr;
to the city that the people
DIVORCE GREAT
. .
EVIL OF TODAY
So Declares Archbishop Before
Large Kansas City Audience
Flays Socialism and Apart-
(I'nltoil J'ross I.ouhihI Wire.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. lfi.
Divorce, socialism ami apartment
houses. necordhiR to Archbishop
John Ulennon of St. Louis, arc tho
thtvuti'tutiK uvils of tho American
commonwealth today.
In an address before tiOOO persons
in convention ball last night the
archbishop said:
"Kvery divorce granted is a chal
lenge to Almighty Hod. and a decla
ration that man can make better laws
than he.
"Apartment houses are only a sec
ond evil to divorce. In many places
parrots supplant children because of
the requirements' of landlords. This
should not be. A wife and a parrot
d not constitute a family any more
than nn apartment house constitutes
a home.''
THUGS SHOOT AND KILL
LOS ANGELES COACHMAN
(Unite! Pross Leased Wire.)
I.OS A NO ELKS. Cn!.. Nov. 13.
The police today are combing the
eitv in an effort to run to earth the
three thugs who shortly after mid
night shot and instantly killed I. A
Widdell, a coachman, in West Twen
ty-third street, the most fashionable
residential section of the city.
Ten minutes before the murder of
Widdell the footpads fired four
shots at W. H. Kims, department
manager of the Broadway depart
meat store, who was hurrying toward
his borne with a large sum ot money
in bis iMickets. Kims ret used their
command to halt and made bis e.
cape amid n fusillade of bullets finin
their revolvers.
Within five minutes after Widdell
had been shot down, scores of citi
zeus were helping the police sennit
for the trio. Good description- f
the murderers were furnished by
persons who, attracted by the shoot
ing, saw the men running from tin:
spot, whero their victim lay beii'jatl
n I rii.i.mt are light.
WidcVll's pockets were rifled and
two 1 .t A holes in bis head .-.hoTcd
that his death probably was ius'ru
taneons.
Ono suspect was arrested by thu
lIioe, but relaased when he proved
an alibi. Chief of Police Hishiin-n
today detailed a dozen detective, on
tho ease.
SHOOTS AT TOMCAT AND
KILLED A HORSE
(I'nltcil 1'nwn I-nti-il Wire.)
VALLK.IO, Ciil.. Xov. I.'..- With
hla nlno Uvea still Intact, Tom. the
9-yoar-ohl cat, a family pet of C. L.
Wlnchell, Is licking bis pink noso
today after a narrow cscapo irom a
violent death yesterday.
Ho owes Ills life to bis fleotnest of
foot and tho bad aim of Milton Don
nadlou, a grocer boy, who was dele
gated to snuff out Tom's llfo via tho
shotgun route. Incidentally Donnn
dieu is looking for another job and
Wlnchell for another horso; for tho
grocer boy's aim was faulty and when
ho shot at Tom ho killed Wlnehell'a
horBe.
Donnadlcu had driven Into the sub
urbs. With him was tho aged feline,
marked for execution.
Preparations woro completed; Don
nadlcu was aiming his cloadly gun in
tho "Doad-Eyo Dick" stylo. Then
Tom, feeling that all was not woll,
erected "like a plno tree cone," and
"heat" It for his llfo.
Donnadlcu drew a hasty head.
Bang, hang! both barrels.
With a howl of terror Tom lot out
another point in his high speed throt
tle, and swung nround a turn in tho
road. Tho horso browsing nearby
dropped dead, two charges of shot
lodged in Its head.
PORTLAND CLERKS ARE TO
HAVE EASIER TIME
PORTLAND, Nov. 1o.-Ak tho re-
suit of a conference between O. P.
Iloff, Ktnto Inbor commissioner, and
tho prominent merchants of Portland,
it has been agreed by tho latter that
beginning January 1 next the hours
of employment for clerks in depart
ment and othor stores will ho re
duced. Tt Jins not been docided yet wheth-
or tho stores in effecting n shorter
work day will close .'10 minutes ear
lier nt night or opon for business half
an hour later in tho morning. Mr.
IToff reports that ho explained at tho
conference that Iho schedule of
hours followed by many of tho
stores, particularly so far as women
arc oencorned, amounted to a tech
nical violation of tho state Inw which
prohibits tho employment of a wo
man for moro than 10 hours a day
or (10 hours each week.
Tho effect of tho ngreoment reach
ed will bo to insure for this olnss of
employes n uniform workday of nine
and ono-hnlf hours.
Marrfanes Licenses Issued
To N. J. Oarrolt and Kva Macaho,
To E. A. Heflor and Cathorlno Toft,
MUSHET ASKS
FORJECOUNT
Friends Believe That Late Primary
Candidate for Mayor In Los
Anodes Will Secure
Placo AftcrAII.
il'titii-it I'ivhm I.imvkimI Wire.)
I.OS ANOKIiKS, Cal., Nov. U.
SnpiHirters of William Mushct,
candidate for mayor of Los Augelc
at Wednesday's primary elections,
today are awaiting a reply to the re
quest for a recount which their can
didate addressed to George A. Smith.
According to the figures nnn.ouuc
cd by the city clerk, Smith, who is
the candidate of the Republican or
ganization, defeated Mushct for a
place on tho final ballot, which will
be voted December 7. by 51 votes.
Mushet's adherents claim irregulari
ties in the count, declaring that in
the 4."th precinct, fourth ward, where
no otes were recorded for their can
didate. 'J!) were cast for him.
Late last evening Mushct commu
nicated with Smith, asking that he
consent to the institution of a friend
ly contest. Smith has not yet replied,
but the Mushct men believe the re
quest will be granted.
SCIENTISTS DENY DEATH
DUE TO THEIR NEGLECT
Ct'nltutl l'res I.eascit Wire.
PALO ALTO. Cal.. Nov. -
Christian Scientists in this eitv to
day are denying that Mrs. Sarah A i
neli Sanborn died of "chronic peri
carditis." due to the neglect of prop
er medical attention, by the request
of the "deceased," as. was charged
in the verdict of the coroner's jury
which sat on the case.
Mrs. Sanborn died yesterday. Ow
ing to the fact thtn she died without
medical attention the city health of
ficer. Dr. C. IL Hoxmeyer. ordered
an investigation into her death.
Dr. Margaret Kvans testified to
the effect that water was drained
from the patient's pleural cavity. H;e
amount of water being from ono to
two quarts daily. Three weeks ago
she was notified that her attendance
vn no lunger needed, as Mrs. San
bom had determined to try Christian
Science treatment.
Miss Molly A. Howe, n Christian
Science practitioner, stated on the
stand that she had notified the pa
tient of her condition shortly before
her death and asked her if she wish
ed a regular physician, but Mrs. San
born replied in the negative.
Mrs. Sunburn was ,V2 years old.
She leaves two daughters. Mrs. 11. V.
Congdon of Palo Alto and Mrs. Dora
Calm of Fresno.
GIRL WITH DREAMY EYES
TESTIFIES IN MURDER CASE
(t'nlt.'it Pri-HH I.ciiHoil Wire.)
CHICAGO. III., Nov. I.'.. - Miss An
nie Kolb, "the girl with the dreamy
eyes," was tho principal witness to
day in the trial of Dr. Ilildau. Clem
inson, accused of murdering bis wife.
Tho girl, who stated that she met
Clcminson when she was about 17
years of age, said that the physician
posed as a single man. Ifi denying
that be had ever paid her room rent,
Miss Kolb stated that be did not
have money enough for Hint.
After the death ot Mrs. Clcminson
the girl stated that she visited the
doctor in jail. There she says the
physician made the following state
ment to her:
"Tho less you have to say about
this enso tho better."
Then Miss Kolb testified that she
was given $f00, which she spent in
traveling through the .middle west
and California. When the money was
all expended she says that she re
turned home. She denied that Clcm
inson over performed an oporation
on her.
DEAF MUTES HAVE HARD
'TIME WITH RUNAWAY TEAM
SKATTLK. WASH.. Nov. lrt. Al-
hort K. Holo and Mathew Trcsso, deaf
mutes, uro experiencing soma diffi
culty today iu convorslng with each
ether as they rost on adjoining cota
In tho city l.oopltal by reason of sun
dry bandages which encumbor thoir
flngors nnj partly covor their eyes,
Tho two young men rocolvod thoir
Injuries last ovonlng, when n run
away team knocked thon. Into thp
gutter, despito tho frantic yolls of
wnrnlng directed at thorn by persons
on tho sldowalku. Unconscious of tho
approaching runaways, tho men stood
on tho crosii walk at Third avenuo
nnd Yeslor vay and coatlnuod to ox
cltcdly dobato boiiio absorbing ques
tion. Doth woro tumbled over nnd
bruised and cut about tho l ead and
arms. At tho hospital whoro thoy
woro taken it is stated that neither
sustained serious Injuria!).
TAXIDERMIST AND FURRIER
Sond your trophies to ma for mount
ing. Pig game heads, fish, birds and
mammals mounted true to naturo by
improved motliodH, I do tanning, mnto
fur rugs, muko, remodel and oleni
fur garments. Express and mnil or
ders promptly nttondod to.
C. M. HARRIS,
405 Washington Street. Portjpnd, Or,
Telophono Mnin 3000.
TARIFF BEGINS
10. HITJ E0
Saioonmen Will Have to Put Hinder
Prices on All .Imported Liquors
Owliin to Enforcement
of Now Law.
The new tariff law, which went
into effect on November I, is begin
ning to bo felt in this city for the
first time, and in a way that was not
expected. The new law makes an in
crease of lit) per cent iu the dut'r.'s
on French wines and liquors and 10
per cent on all Knglish nnd Scotch
goods. The xulonnuicn iu Med ford
arc planning to get together and
make corresponding prices iu I hi re
tail price.
ACTIVITY EXPECTED
TO CITY PROPERTY.
Till! .Mcdfoid real estate men urc
apparently just a busy nowadays
as I hey were earlier in the season,
and many of them claim that thc,
are really doing a better business
than during the rush from the over
flow of the Seattle fair.
"When the tourists were coming
through," said one prominent don
er, "there wore nt least five 'jnv
riders' to every three investors. Peo
ple traveling through stopped here
and found the opportunity to see the
Rogue River valley open to them at
a trifling expense--just indicate that
an investment was Mssiblo and we
would do the rest but with all that
it was not lost time or money, ho
oauso the valley will get a lot of
free advertising from these people,
when they come to rohenre the in
cidents of the trip Ibis winter in
their several homes in the east. The
people who are coming in now. how
ever, are of u different Has-.. Thev
are the real investor-. Thev dnp
iu, look nround for several week-,
perhaps, make inquiries of mud5
lions, prices, etc., nnd when they ib
cide to buy they know whnt lhe.
want, the price they are prepared t i
pay and all about il. ami, besides,
have the money to pay for their pin
chases."
The next few days will show some
good-sized deals iu valley real c
tate. both city and subuibau.
The activity will be mostly iu cit
property probably in the matter of
new deals, as the recent rains ban
made the matter of showing orchard
property somewhat difficult.
IAP EASILY PUTS HIS
OPPONENT TO THE MAT
fl'iilPil Vri-K I.IHH.-.I Wire)
SKATTLK, Wnsb., Nov. l.V I s
ing his opponent's neckband as a
tourniquet. Tokogucro I to, north wc-.i
jiu-jitsu champion, clinked Gcnrg"
Hrauu of Sun l'raucico into uncon
sciousness twice nnd easily won
his match iu jig time. The first bout
lasted two minutes and twenty sec
onds, and the second was over iu It
"ccouds, ltrauu being limp and hcl
less from lack of air iu bis lung.
He never bad a chance, Ito is so
fast that he makes the average
wrestler look like a chunk of cold
molasses, and be outclassed I tin nil
in strength as well as iu kiiinvlcil ;e
of jiu-.iitsu.
The new form of "purl" seem
to have taken the popular fancy
more than l'JOO persons atteudinc
the affair last night.
Notice.
The W. C. T. U. will hold thdi
regular weekly meeting at the Hap
tist church on Thursday afternoon
at .'I o'clock. Until further uotitcu the
time will ho 3 o'clock itiHtend of 2:!!"
as formerly.
Which In tio host, purclnslne
cheap trocs from an unrollablo nur
Hory and saving n fow pom lea on tho
purchaso price and lose tl tusandH of
dollars lntor, or buy tho best at a
fair prlco from tho Yakima Nursery
nnd Bavo thousands who your or
chard comes Into benring? Think of
thin boforo you buy, L. K. Honvor,
l-.gent. 202
WE DON'T BELIEVE
YOU CAN BEAT THIS:
Thirty-two acres iu this tract, fine
fruit land, about two miles from.
n shipping point. Tho buildings
consist of a five-room box houso,
good-sizod barn, etc. Thoro aro
l'J aoros of fi and (l-yoar-old ap
ples, mostly Nowtowns, with com
mercial peaches planted between
as fillors. Also thrco neros of
young poar treos and somo family
orchard. Four acres in alfalfa,
Six or eight noros of timbor, most
ly oak nnd laurel, Thoro is a
pumping plant on tho place which
supplies wator for the garden and
nlfnlfn, equipped with gasoline,
ongino. About 40 rods from a
good school. Has rural mail do
livory and telephone. Price
ffilO.nOO. Terms.
W. T. YORK & CO.
DONLARIBOST
VALLEYMN1 EAST
Will Attend Illinois State Horticul
tural Society ... anil Toll
of Rouuo .. River
Valley.
(Mull Tribune Mm-oliil Service.)
CKNTRAL POINT, Or., Nov. If..--A.
J. Duubip, thu well known fruit
raiser, Is preparing to leave for an
extended trip throughout tho cast.
Ilo will go directly from Central
Point to Prbaua, 111., whero ho will
represent the Medfonl and Central
Point Commercial clubs i-.t thu annual
meeting of tho IIIIuoIh Htutc Horti
cultural society. Ilo will tuko with
ti t m a largo amount of literature of
Medford and Central Point nnd will
devote bin time to Inducing eastern
ers to couio to southern Oregon.
Mr. Duulap's knowledge of the
farming and fruit raising Mtuutluu la
Oregon, and likewise In IIIIuoIh,
makes him an excollat ropruHvutnttvo
for this community.
BLAINE Kl tlM PATENTS
ADVERTISING DEVICE.
Itlaiue Khun has received letters
patent for an unique advertising
contrivance, and will leave shortly
for Sail Francisco lo confer with
tiiunufucturcrs and agents for the
proper placing of the appaiatus.
It is designated as an advertising
hat rack. The contrivance has the
appearance of an ordinary hat and
coal rack, but -with the difference
that when the garment is bung on the
hook a bell is rung and an advertis
ing card appear above.
Mr. Klum applied for a patent sev
eral mouths ago, nnd during part of
the time the contrivance has been
used iu .some of the public places ,)f
this city.
TO HOUSEWIVES
Now that cold weather is hero, you will requiro more
meats of various kinds than during tho summer months,
and it is to your intorost to como whoro you can get
tho best. Such being tho caso, you will of courso como'
to tho
Rex
J Huth & Pech Props. Phone32 71
Your Opprt unity
To
hours
J. W. WHITNEY
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Office in Aikin Plumbing Co. 'a Store, Medfonl.
it in t
iYieaiora iron wonts
E. G. TROWBRIDGE, Proprietor.
Foundry and Machinist Ii
1 1 All Hn-' of Engines,- Spraylnu
I Tallinn jri nuuiiio iii uuuiiiuui ui t'yuii iui T
FAIOPANKS, MORSE &. CO.
LUMDER SCHOONER ARRIVES
AFTER LONG CRUISE
(PmIIimI Pii'hh 1,1'imcil Wire)
PORT ANGKLKS, Wash,, Nov. 1.1.
The lumber- scliouiuir Alloc Mi
Donald, Captain llcrsonu, Is in pint
today niter uu eventful voyuge from
Muztilluu, Mux., which nlulfcd Ti
days. SerloiiH alarm hud been felt
for thu safely of. thu vessel.
When their inudhook went inlo the
harbor here, Captain HurHono and
his men heaved a sigh of relief, us
they had not fell sufe for many dayi.
The McDonald left Manatlui.
Mux,, on September 1, and wheu. niie
day out encountered a terrific, gab?
which stripped the Miihunucr of pml
of her sails. Following this experi
ence, tint voriuel was bctuthncd, lying
practically iu the sumo spud for '.'Il
days. On October 110, Captain Her
ho i in sighted Capo Flattery ami suc
ceeded in making the cape again
next day, but was beaten by the
heavy gale then prevailing off thai
part of the coast and driven to sou
nnd far to the northward,. bringing
up HO miles to the northwest of ('apw
Ileale.
Capo Flattery was made again on
November 10. and this pint was
finnlly reached yimlerday afternoon.
First-Class Ladies' tmd Omits'
BootblacK
Parlors
NOW READY FOR BUSINESS.
WATCH FOR THE
RED LIGHT
V. W. Howard.
Coast Champion Bootblack, Piop
(I S. CKNTRAL AVKNUK.
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KJIVm liinnii' hi if ii 1 1 ii r.w.1 K.'ll.t
', .tiu i iiii uiua
Market
and at the .snmii time onjoy tho
luxury of stoamiiur hot wator- for,
the kitchen op Iho hath at all
of (he day or night.
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Outfits, Pumps, Boilers anil flhj-jr