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"
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"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."
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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.
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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
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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.
Reserved Seats on
vSale at Haskins' Drug' Store
50 and 75 cents
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