THE MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, . MED.FORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. D1WEMH1CR 11, 1909. Medford Ma il Tribune VUHLISHUD DAILY KXCKIT SATUKUAY. A consolidation of the MeOfonl Mull, eatftbllslunl 1SS9; tho Southern Oregon lan, established 1902! tho Democratic Times, established 1S7S; tho Ashland Trib une, established 1S9C, and the Medford Tribune, established 190. Official Paper of the City of Atedt'onl. GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Manager. Entered as second class matter November 1, 190P, at tho noatofflce at Medford, OrcKon, under the act of March 3, 1S79. ino year, by mall. suBScnirn ox rates: $5.00 One month by mall or carrier....! .50 PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH. The action of the county commissioners in cutting ot,f fruit inspectors for the sake of economy at this time is ex ceedingly ill-advised and brings the fruit growing interests of the vallev face to face with a grave crisis. The earn- 1 FOLLY AS IT FLIE & i A Family Likeness." Polite. yA f flit I W- i EDEN PRECINCT ITEMS. SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL LIGHTING. Miss l.oltlo Htnnollff of Phoenix n0(, ,,,,m authorities and tin was shopping In Medford Inst l-'ri- gouorul public ant becoming in.no nml '" 'more nlivo in iho fuel that in justice (lonrno Alford of Fern Vallny wan to tint children, tho simple principle visiting In Tnl'-nt ImhI Saturday, of good artificial illumination imil James Allen of North Talent was not bo neglected in liht Iiik school doing trailing umnong Talonl inor- minus. For there am low seined chants lant Saturday. which do not loipiiro a certain Mrs. Nnuov lloluilo spent Sunday ,,, lutifu-inl light, ami many with her daughter. Mrs. K. nilihs. . timing i,' months, am light- Noal, CI.nn.llor I.hh recovered from ,m1 - ' " 'l'"'.oon hi recent Illness vufflcontly to r- "nly ov,.ry dny. tarn to his ho.no la Korth Talent. ( ( yos,g,, ,on n re- ' k'in'il to the con. lit. onx ol ovoight in U.l llH.alln of IJdon Valley was ,,,,, vtninm lMH mm ,.imjd making .Medford a husliuws visit Inst ',...,, iu. I...M. l..,r.. ..ml .-,,, I Tl... Cls.sle Oh. lteggle. don't give It tc him; give It to his father. Two Rascals. paign to eradicate pear blight is only half finished. Much work must yet be done to free the valley from posts, and a dollar spent now will save a hundred in the future. Fruit growing is the principal industry of the vallev, and upon the thousands of acres of orchards is based the ; commercial prosperity of the region. Land not worth $50 an acre for farming is worth $500 to $2500 an acre in orchard. It is therefore essential to the prosperity of the county that full and ample protection be given the horticultural interests. A successful campaign against pear blight has been waged for the past year under the direction of P. J. O'Gara, pathologist for the department of agriculture. The remarkable showing made in controlling and eliminat ing pests has attracted nation wide attention. Tt would be little less than criminal to drop the campaign when the battle is but half fought, for the sake of saving a few dol lars on a penny wise and pound foolish policy. The Rogue River valley is the only section of the Unit ed States where the government has stationed one of its leading experts to direct the warfare, and the concession was made only on the understanding that he was to be lurmslied ample assistance in carrvmcr on the battle. Jr. "I'm nrraid so. ny tin way. herov he is not given this assistance his time will be wasted and , ,hat J"ar -vtm '"m "u "is" A "Here come two rascals. 1 guess we are eolvg to lose nil onr money!" lr. Woodpecker Pear tae! 1 must be more careful when I knee!: ou peo ple' ti doors. I've pecked a hole In this one. Iliirper'rt Weekly. His Viewpoint. he will immediately leave for regions where such effort is .appreciated and his departure will cause a depreciation in orchard property, as it injures the security of the in-, vestment. The county commissioners last summer, at the request ; of the horticultural interests, appointed three deputy in spectors to co-operate with Inspector Taylor in cleaning up the orchards. This was, in comparison with the work to be done, a minimum force. In November, after three months' service, the commissioners discharged one inspec tor on the ground of economy. Now they plan the clis-, charge of the second deputy for the same reason, and In-, spector Taylor is resigning in disgust. Next Professor; O'Gara will leave, and the campaign against orchard pests collapse. This must not be permitted to occur. The commis sioners are servants of the people, and must follow a broad course and act for the best interests of the valley. If those who pay the taxes desire the money spent in channels ben efitting the entii'e county, it is the duty of the commis sioners to so' spend it. And it is plainly their duty in the present instance. "Open All Night." ''' ArC 'IT- She It Is n woman's lot to suffer In illence. lie I should put It differently. She How, pray? Ho A silent woman suffers n lot. In the Airship Days. yzr'---J& - Snturdny. IM Slni8 of tho I'hopj.lx n.orehnnlH was delivering itiocerles la North Tnleat hint Saturday. i.iu.or aicvlHon of AHl.lnud was down huylni: veKetuhles of C. Coroy last Sunday. Oeorso lloliorts of North Talent was over In Kern Valley Sunday vis iting his duushtor, Mrs. I.em IIUKhes. S. S. Stephens has been haullt.K wood from his orchard tract, which ho has been clearing preparatory to plnutliiK to peaches. William lleardsley of Phoenix has been up on Coleman crock getting out a fine lot of polos for tho electric light and telephone companies. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Roberts nnd dauRhter, Miss I.ulla, spent last Sun day nt tho pleasant homo of Mr. and Mrs. C. Corey. Hoy Cofrmbnn, who ban been tint from Missouri for nearly two yearn In Howie It Ivor valley, will visit his old homo soon, oxpctliu: to reach home in tllno to spend Christmas. Tho Odd Fellows' IoiIko of Talent sent a narso down to Medford to nurse one of tholr brothers. K. H. Oatmnu, who Is quite III nt his home In that city. "The boys of Talent nro not slow to find out where to show their fraternity, not only do thry preach but practice. GoorKo Williams of I'hoonlx met with an accident last Snturdny which may lay him up for some tlmo. While getting off n load of wood his foot slipped. oiiusInK liliu to fall on his bend nnd shoulders. It U feared bo may have sustained Internal Injuries. hi auro results in muny enscs are ol uicul niuirionnee. For o.va.nple, Dr. Ilor inun Colin of Mrcslnu icpprH thai sliort-siuhl hardly omsIs nmoutr tin pupiU in the lower grn.les, hue be comes more and more prevalent un til uiuot.g the pupils who reinuiu In school fourteen yentu, iV per coat am found to have imperfect iitlit Dr. Maximilian Itomli of Viiuua, re ports ximilar hiuh figures. In Amer ica, condition scorn to ho approxl inalely the same. The Vermont leg islalure, in lilOfl, began a study of the eyesight of ehil.lren in the schools nnd recent rcitorts show that II I per coat of these children worn found to have defective vision, la Now Vork of .18,1)18 children recently examined, 17,1K18 or HO per cent were found to have defective vision. A circular issued by the United States huronu i-f information shows that near-sightedness steadily increases from clnss to class, until in the highest grades of the public schools us nianv an ill) to 70 per cent of children have defec tive ovoxight. Many similar Hear" could he given, bat the above are sufficient to show the imsrtanco of tho subject. It is Irue. of course, (lint all defective eyesight cannot be .Unbilled to poor artificial lighting, but the connection is sufficiently ev ident to emphasize the necessity of paying great attention to proxr illumination. BENSON'S BARGAINS I "PANDERS" TOO SENSATIONAL NOT ADMITTE DT0 LIBRARY I Designing Spinster They told me there was a man up here, but I don't ecm to see one! I TOI.KDO. Ohio, Dee. I I. 1 localise the local library board decreed the hook "I'nudeiV too much In the sen sational, the Hov. Cyhi ToviiMiid llradv's "The Maud of Regenera tion." will not be admitted to tho shelves of the public library here, ae cording to the library IriiHtees. The novel deals with the sex problem and tho conventions of the a puritanical world. PROTECTION OF TREES (Contributed.) In towns and cities the trunk of every tree, whether young or old, newly planted or of full growth, should bo enclosed to a proper height in wire netting of a small mesh. Un less this is done, or some similar precaution taken, it is not worth while to plant. The necessity for some such protection is readily ap parent on oxaraining the trees from the curb stone side, nnd observing tho large number on which the hark has been gnawed by horses. There is a feeling akin to pity when one notes! tho patient, repeated efforts of tho tree to repair tho injury how it tries each year to caver the wound with new wood and hark, onl yto hnvo it torn nnd widened by some fresh at tack. It is wasted time to discuss puritivo measure as a remedy for this evil. The horse is not to blame; nnd any law for tho prosecution of the driver would bo practically in operative. A more sensible way would bo to protect tho tree by some other , simple, inexpensive devices which are nvilnblc. All of tho trees in Washington are protected by wire screens, of a largo mesh, wrapped around the trunk. But this, in turn, will never bo done until the care of the trees devloves upon the city nu thorities or a tree-planting society, invested with necessary powers. The man in a rented house will not invest a cent to protect the trees in front of his residence, and the landlord cares nothing about it so long as he gets his rent. Th erection of electric wires for telephone .service trolley linos and il luminating purposes is n prolific source of injury. It is a disputed nuostion whether electricity itself does much harm; in fact, a mild cur rent may bo beneficial to trees ns well as men. Professor Stone stntes that as shown by experiments, the alter nating current is loss disastrous to plant lifo than tho direct current, and that either, when used nt a certain strength, will accelorato growth and strength. Tho injury from the cur rent is mostly local, being confined to points of contact; and this can be largely preevnted by a complete insu lation of the wires. But tho mutila tion or destruction of trees caused in tho stringing of the wires is a differ ent matter. This evil can bo pre vented by tho village or town author ities, unless a right-of-way has been granted which gives tho railroad or telephono or electric light company permission to remove any obstruction, that interferes with tho erection of its poles and wires. 4-1 t DJErjt III Health Is More Expensive Than Any Cure. This country is now filled with neo plo who migrate ncross the continent in all directions seeking that which cold cannot buy. Nine-tenths of them are suffering frrom throat and lung troublo or chronic catarrh re sulting from neglected colds, and spending fortunes vainly trying to re gain lost health. Could every suf ferer but undo tho past and cure that first neglected cold, all this sorrow, pain, anxiety and expense could have been avoided. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is famous for its cures of colds, and can always be do r i 1 t 1 . . upon, use it ana mo mora serious diseases may be avoided. For snlo by Loon B. Hnskins' Pharmacy. MEN REACH SAFETY AFGTER HARD FIGHT VANCOUVER, D. C Dec. 14.- Ten men composing tho crow of tho gasollno schooner Lulu of tho hall but fishing fleet which blew up fol lowing a flro on board, 30 miles south of Prince Ituport, hav0 reach ed that place after a trying oxperl- enco with tho waves. Tho flro broko out suddenly Sunday night and burn ed so fiercely that tho crow found It Impossible to extinguish It. They abandoned tho boat and In a fow minutes tho gasollno tanks blow up and she sank. Tho Lulu was built in Seattle In 1888 and had many ndvontures dur ing her career on tho west coast. Benjamin Kggleston. Benjamin Eggleston, an old and respected resident of Ashland, died Saturday afternoon suddenly as tho result of an attack of heart disease Mr. Eggleston had not been In rug ged health for several years, but dur ing the past month or two had seem ed unusually vigorous and actlvo for one of his years. Saturday afternoon ho was an Interested attendent upon tho fruit growers' meeting at tho city hall and after Its close was return ing to his homo on Church street whon ho suddenly foil to tho side walk In front of the Baptist parson age. Ho was carried Into tho parson ago and doctors wor0 In attendance In a vory fow minutes, but ho did not regain consciousness. .T. II. Ilrown. After an Illness not known to bo so serious, J. D. Brown died very suddonly and peacefully at his home In Ashland on Church stroot Sunday morning, Decombor 12, at 3 o'clock, In tho C8th year of his ngo. John Barnard Brown, born In LIv ormoro Fall, Mo., April C, 1812, was graduated from Kentsklll college, Malno. During tho civil war ho had chargo of tho United States malls for Ui0 army of tho Potomac ond at this tlmo ho was detailed by the postof flco department to superintend the first railway mall car over tried by tho United States government and un der his care It proved a decided suc coss, Mrs. William Nichols. Mrs. William Nichols of Portland, a passongor on tho Shasta flyor yes terday morning, on route homo from Los Angeles, Cal., whither sho had gone for her health, died just after th0 train reached Ashland. Tho body was taken In charco by tho Doduo lindArtnUIni? PHtnlillnhmnnt nnd nro-1 pared for shipment on to Portland on tho evening train. Tho deceased was a widow and 28 years of ago. Sho was attended by her slstor, Mrs, Paul son. Forty ncros first-clas pear, peach or grapo land, 4,(A miles from rail road station, close to school, daily mail, phone and main county road; easily cleared. Price, .$2000; $800 cash: long tiem on b-tv 1.11 231 New Store, New Stock. Van Do Car & Jasmanu buy their diamonds unmounted and free from flaws. Tho largest assortment of watches and powelry in tho city. Philips Bldg.. Kast Main street. 220 STRIKERS FAILED TO REPORT FOR DUTY 1IUTTK. Mont.. Dec. II. Not a niiut reported for work today, though Ht a Joint meeting of thj, Order uf Itnllway Conductors and the llrollier- hood of Itnllway Trainmen bold here Inst night authority was given the striking switchman to return to work as Individuals without Jeopardizing tholr rights ns members of the union. It was furthermore decided thnl the strike will bo rnufluuod. Nona: All Yooiuon ant requested to be at . "io regular meeting of the Order In tho Iledmon hall Monday evening nt 7:30 p. m. 299 Four hundred and eighteen acros first-class ranch, four miles from railroad station, !() acres alfalfa, ir rigation for 1 00 acres, first-class or latpl, .1 good barns, 2 good houses, suliool, daily mail. A snap for $.10 per aero; one-fourth cash, l to ,1 years for balance. Sco J. W. Dress ier Agency. West Main. 2:i7 We Arc Headquarters for Small Orchard Tracts I miles south of Mu.lfonl. Price $2'l.1 per noro. Will exchange five iei.leneo lots for improved oily property. Our pluu ami terms makes Invest ment onsy. Own soinn property ami receive your share of tho increase in value this spring. 2'a ucros on Nuwtown street, good .1-rooin house, well and outbuilding, nearly all set to fruit $2800 11 is ucres between Peach and Newtown streets; nicely located fur subdividing $2100 Wo represent seven strong fire in surance companies. Insure before the fire; its too late after. Within 100 feet of Oakdale avo into, new 10-niotn modern house, south front, largo lot $2500 Surety Honds Wo represent the Union Guarantee Association of Portland. llocomo informed about our ten and twenty-acre orchard tracts!, mostly undeveloied and prices right. One fivo-noro tract, clone in, will make 2(1 building lots. Figure it out and see for yourself what you own make ou it . 1000 Our rental department can handle your nouses right. Benson Investment Company Over Farmers anil f rtiltijrowers Dank VOTICB. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will apply to the city council of the city of e.Mfdonl, Ore gon, at its next meeting for a license to sell spiritoiiH, vinous and mult liquors, in (inutilities less than a gal lon, for a period of six mouths, at its place of business at lots .1, (I, 7, 8 and 0, In block 20, in tho city of Medford, Oregon. Dated Decombor 8, 1000. 1I0THL NASI! COMPANY. Engagement Extraordinary MEof ftye chubert Symphony ' Club1 In looking around for trees to plant dint orchard of yours don't forgot to I sco l j. K. Hover. Ho has the goods i as ordors for over 200,000 trees for! this season will prove, 228 Quartette and Orchestra Under the auspices of the High School at the High School Auditorium Wednesday, Dec. 1 5, at 8 p. m. 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