Medford MailTribune
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATUHDA.
.... .-. i xtii A.tohiiKhn.l 1SS9: (ho Southern OrcKon-
A consolidation 01 uic "" ........ . .i,i,i v-ifi.
tan. ..tabllalrtd 1902! the Democratic Times, established IS. I: the Ariilanil Trlt- ,
une, osUMIshcu 1S98. nml the Medford Tribune, JbUahcd ius.
I )fficial Paper of tlio City of Nlcdt'ord.
QEOKGE PUTNAM, Editor nml Manager.
gnT a, second clnss matter November 1, 1309, n -h po.t oh.ee at AU..l.
b s OrcRon, under the aot of Mrch 3. IS. 9.
ffl OREGONIAN PRAISING ITS VIRTUES H
FROM THE VALLEY RECORD.
no year, by mall.
SUDSCKIPTI ON RaTS:
$5.00 Ono month by mall or carrier.
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RE-ELECT THE OLD COUNCIL.
Medford has an excellent city government, one of
the best in Oregon, perhaps the best. Certainly the city
is making great progress in public improvement under the
present administration and it is therefore a matter of con
gratulation that present councilmcn, against their own in
clinations, and only after strong pressure from their con
stituents, have consented to become candidates for office
again and they certainly have earned re-election.
Medford is on the eve of great things. Another year
will see a population exceeding 10,000. Important munic
ipal questions are to be decided, and it is fitting that men
who have been tried and found not wanting should bo con
tinued in office especially is this so until the water mud
dle is definitely settled.
It is very important that in this critical time the time
when the village of yesterday is becoming the metropolis
of tomorrow, when an avalanche of public expense has
descended upon the community, when the improvements
that other cities have spent 20 years in constructing are
being acquired in as many months, that harmony and unity
so essential to the realization of the future be the order
of the day, and factional disturbances and petty rivalries !
be buried, that the entire population may pun togctner
for the common good. It was such a feeling that induced
.Joe Brown to withdraw his candidacy for council from
the Second ward, when he found that Councilman " ort
.t.-. 1mA A.niif nA onwn onrvflmv Toviii rmrl if. IS in 111
,., , mi i j.i i Wednesday,
1. .7 4-1. 4. .;1,a,i T,iftpnnrttirn nniwlwlfltnc will chnW TllPlll- . . .
selves equally broad-mtaded and big enough to put aside .U -' J'? ZlZ.,KTJl
.ambition, at least tor tiie present.
Councilmen Bifert, Wortman and Merrick, wno orig-
Tlio editorial lingo of the OroRimlnn
Is constantly ImtgRlnt: on H virtues
ami at this time la havlivj: a special
spasm parading its vanity before Us
readers. After It recovers from this
attack it will get around to the rural
press of the state and toll the cou
lio prel'iux llits balmy
limine.
, Wcnl Estate Ajjenl Harm of
Gnuita 1'nsrt has lioeji here looking
at'ter timber liuitl nml inspoi'llntf
(lie outlook for Hullo En Ik
The ditch nlomj the road from
Eajjlo Point to Hrownslioro h ruin
iiiR the roadway with wnler over
I'lowimr t'lom it and ns there in no
way, except by wadinj;, to ciosm the
at ream, it is an obstruction to the
what of a mystery.
Country publishers close to their
renders to refuse to admit these misty
advertisements at any price and feel
they can ntforil to lose the revenue,
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r I .1 1 11... Mt.k J J,. Ulll.lllll
pretnss at virtu and decency, persists iR iwnj ,.,,,...
In thrustlim them In the fnco of the '" over it. Attention
try cltor that If It was not for .J.-IiSfi XXXZZ
neTan C Wi ZlZ i Pole over the ditch ami lliij
K Uoruun'ht ?. do; . former years when the OrcBo. , - - 2 " tX
is to emulate the OroRonlnn editor nlnn xcm really ppearlK 1 Ue a do- Uiiulor s i J.
nmmint to miiiiethlnc cent shee two Sunday publications iPI L0 m 1,"u"u , , .,
nml amount to somciuuiK. i swim. Let it be attended to. Iho
Tito Oregonlan editor seems to gei uuuiibhvu m i uu.i.u.., iwi..h -
k i ... nf uoif nituln-1 mestlc scamlnls of citizens. Hut
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tlon and keeps It up for weeks at a
time. It Is a wonder ho noes not ink0
a survoy of his own sheet ami then
cease his flattery or clean tho sheet
up so tho public can read It without
having Its vile advertisements pro
trude themselves under the nose of
Its readers. The Oregonlan yearly
signs up contracts with firms that
atlvertso alleged remedies .for the
nastiest diseases that the human fam
ily are nffllced with, Ulscascs that
no gentleman or lady Is supposed to
have. Alleged specialists ar0 privi
leged to bawl out their shocking of
ferings In Just as plain and nauseat
ing language as It Is possible for big
black typo to challongo tho atten
tion with. Asldo from theso yearly
contracts the classified ads teem with
myriads of filthy reading offerings
of rollef for men and women.
Country publishers have for years
exvluded these nasty advertisements
from tholr advertising columns and
refuse, to admit them nt any rate, and
Just why tho Oregonlan Is so anxious
to rival tho urinals of Oregon as an
advertising mdlum baa boen some
time I'or such backwoods rouds or
1 . , i
times hiiv., chnmred and the Oreuo-. ""i v -
nlan beats them to It and when Sat-' K l lt," lm" 1,,,u mu'"
urday evening comes those sheets find ,,,",d.
thomselves rohnshlug a thrice told' MAM miQMFn ,MTn
northwest of Its grist of scandal nml
nastyness, It seems to fish it out oU
BUILDING SAVES STOCK
San Ernnclsco and California pools
and baa It sent red hot off tho griddle
from Now York and eastern points,
To this It ndds every fow days tales
from French lire under Paris date
Hues, tales that are not even asso
ciated with the names of prominent
Individuals, with which to furnish an
excuse for Intruding them upon the
public eye.
Thcro may bo some reasons born
out of experience In tho work of a
metropolitan dally that may scorn to
mako It necessary to feed tho public
with th0 vory last dotall of corruption
growing out of the scandalous rela
tion of people, tho crime and de
bauchery common to tho race, but
tho Oregonlan could at least "cut
out" tho dirty ads and the self adu
lation and praise It bestows upon It
self almost dally.
BUTTE FALLS ITEMS.
SPOKANE, wnsh., Dec. li.
.Mine. Winslow, who opcrales an os
trich plume factory here, is a hero
ine in tho eyes of her friends to
day. - f. I
Yesterday n fire started in the
store from a defective flue. Mine.
Winslow thought she had smothered
the flames and was retuniiiu; to her
work when neighbors hiiw dense
smoke nml summoned tho five de
partment. Tho flames 1 spread rapidly and
the woamii had hardly emerged from
the building before it was a mass of
'.flame. Then -'it wns t lift I Mine
Winslow remembered taht be valu
able property was in jeopardy, and
by a dash into the flames, a deed
which would hnvo done credit to a
veteran fireman, she saved $500 of
her stock nml todav will be doing
business for tho Christians trade
despite the fact that the store build-
aroused one of our fnmilies, but
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Tl, nnnnnl anlinrtl moolillL' for tllO that Httlo COllltl bo limdo of ll'lS Of- '"K. l'f,,r03"C
k.j 4-' a i- o,l if ic n hn'lcvvimr of a special tax was held on rand. Such men are fine .ones to
juuii uuu wiavuwu. iu oi; oumuu - .inesdav. December 8. nt the plnco in charRO of work and n most
and on omtion a. lew commendable exhibition of the judg
inally representing contending factions, but now represent
a good somersault, but wan not in- tion with the mill work. Hoth of
hired bv bis mishap. ihsso nrc No- 1 mcn 11,1(1 ,mve ,,03n
Mrs. Cob ev. formerly .Miss ISnt- nnouiiy ircnieu in wnuuni i muu
rent school year. A part ot this levy superiors in ensile, u m m.i uu.u
is for paving off about $1500 of tho long to down any industry or to
present school district debt and the bankrupt nuy busines under such
balance for interest nml running mnnnKcemnt.
t t.! Cn...M T.l?r.. n.i.l T.lnrilinnl
" " . scnooi expenses. vuiui wjav;i uiii .m.. .-...v.
Only jSledlOrd, liaYe all maae gOOtt rCCOraS ana iaiUUtun Windy Adams was catfght in tho Zmimennnnlmve gone to e.Udtonl to
wno mvon ndiust thoir differences in cornice
son with conditions existing at the last election, ana at i
J- :;n -.-P 4-i.- rirr mwl IMITCMiol 1 ill O 5 11 flCC 111
' ... , .. . i.. .... . .i:.. :.. .i..: tl. rntilrnnt nml liv tho liitonnpilillillt? of
terests. There should be no opposition to them, ana tneu- r rmisinl;out.
"re-election Should be Unanimous an evidence to the World ( Er;o nnd son have gone to Miss Dollio Parker, daughter of
Of the harmony that exists in Medford, which lias out-batching in their new cottage. Mr. Wann Parker, is visiting in Unite
. . ... . CnV io nnr nninlnr nml lma. snine fine Pnlls. nnrker hns lienn nt rnrost
grown and sloughed off the factional wartare so tyi)ical ol jobs of m-inVms hcrcftbouts. Grove for mhuo time and will now
J I ir ttllilLTDfc HM(UPi'l"iv kjwii- --ai-va
tho highways ns the mud is deep nnd ( jjsg Sweet, who has been teaching
tho roads full of cuts. ttt tho Perry school, has closed tho
C. P. Briggs has ben sick abed 8Cjjool and gono to tho valley as the
since his vjsit to tho homestead ns woathor was too bad for tho cliil
he was caught in the heavy snow-', t0 attend school,
storm and hnd to walk back tlirougb . It g rumorcd that ono of our of .
the deep snow, turang a before ' fioioim citizens has been requested to
leave town at nn early date. '
Ranger Hocst nnd family will soon
v-i '
he village, that it may realize its destiny.
WHERE MONEY IS WASTED.
The fact is patent that through ignorance 6f proper
methods, careless or indifferent supervision, much of the
money expended for the building of public roads is wasted.
The Atlanta Constitution is making a fight for better
roads in Georgia and in a recent edition pointedly directs
attention to this fact, and indicates the necessity for ade
quate knowledge and experience in the conduct of road
construction. It says:
It Is estimated tbat tho sum of $70,000,000 Is spont annual
ly la the construction of igibllc highways In this country. O this
great sun of money It is safe to assort that two-thirds of It Is mis
spent; that Is to say, It has not bepn spent In a way to produco
tho kind of result possible to obtain from Its Investment. This
Is. largely tho result of lack of proper Information and expcrl
enco In methods of work.
One of the very first things that county commissioners ought,
to do Is to have a good map of tho county showing location of all
tho public roads In It. A study of tho topographyy of tho coun
ty Is also essential. In tho Improvement of the roadn selected
It Is oxpedlont to mako such changes as will avoid going over tho
tops of the hills. It costs no more to build around a hill than It
does to go over tho top of It, and tho dlstanco Is usually not
'greator. Byvbulldlng around a hill tho road can bo mado practi
cally on a plane, thus saving much wear and tear.
. In planning th0 building of highways a good Idea is to make
tho county town tho central placo from which to mako tho roada
radlato ns main arteries; then build crosg-roada as feodors to thoo
main travelod highways.
During the past year the outstanding warrants in Jack
son county have increased by $80,000. The county offi
cials state that most of: it was spent for the building of bet
ter roads. And still on every side complaint is being made
regarding tho highways of the county.
It is important to Jackson county that every dollar,
every stroke of the pick should be made to count. Every
road built should bo an investment for the future; if the
investment is bad, it cannot expect returns.
There are many ways of building roads, as there are
in doing everything else.but there is only one best way.
Our county officials should find this best way, and having
found it, use it. It would doubtless. prove of inestimable
raluo to make a survoy of the situation and ascertain
whether there is much waste and where it is located.
It may cost a little bit here and there to secure neces
sary information or expert assistance, but results attain
ed are well worth the expenditure. A few dollars judi
ciously placed may ymivont tho waste of a thousand or
several times that sum.
which threatened pneumonia trouble
Flo is now bettor.
The infant child of Mr. Rnyburn,
nnd nlso the daughter of Mrs. Bnr
ritt, our school teacher, nre suffer
ing from nn incipient nttack of pneu
monia.
Our local boarding house
raised the nrico of board and many
of the boarders have taken to hatch
in ns thoy think thoy can Hvo
cheaper.
Wo 'have had another fnll of snow
nnd the ground is covered with the
'beautiful to the depth of several
inches.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Boughton gave n so
cial to the young peoplo Fridny night
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which was wen nucnucu nnu wan
much enjoyed. Music, games and
refroahmonts jinseod tho hours vory
nlensnntlv nnd all rotired to their.
homos well ploascd "with tho ovon-
irtjr's entertainment.
Dr. Holt of liiiglo Point wns in
profoBsionnl ntteudnnco upon the
children of Mrs. Bnrritt nnd Mr.
Rnyburn who nro sufforing from bad
nttnoks of cold.
Tho athletic club will give a dunce i
on Christmas night and Will Chum-
bers and wifo will furnish a fine sup- j
por. Tickets, $2.00 per couple. J
Hinno tho return of "Windy" Ad-1
nms from Medford there has been
quite n stir among tho mill hands. It ,
seems s if Mr. Nelson, Iho headj
sawyer, and Mr, Zimmerinnn, the I
"donkey" mnn, did not suit "Windy." ,
It is n irrent loss to have these men I
quit, as thoy wero both competent '
nnd reliable men, but this only ep.
forces with, increased emphasis the I
absolute necessity, of business prin
ciples being npnlied in tho manage
ment of tho mill, i
It nppenrs that somo six or mole i
doer woro hauled into Derby during
tho Inst week. As it is fio difficult j
to got uiiypno to inform upon theso
mon, would it not bo advisable for
our ga mo' wardens to make a iit to,
the section and iiiotly investigate? .
It seems as if a vory solf-iinport-innn
of our town, who has more of,
tho "spv" than man in his make-up,
wont to tho valley Intely and filled up'
boo.o nnd along about 12 o'clock at
night bo enmo puffing into town and
move to their ranch iu Sums Vnllev
nnd Mr. Hoest will then go to Seattle
to attend tho school of forestry,
where nlso Gconro West will go for
. 'n term, ns tho government is rcquir-
tin .uiitia iu dii.i.j ... ni.fi.
schools.
Ed Cowdon, who hns boon on n
visit to his parents in Pennsylvania
returned to tho Falls on Monday bet
ter pleased than ever with the Rogue
river valloy and tho Falls iu partic
ular. Ho had a plonsuut time mid
found many changes in tho enst but
Prepaid Rnliroao Orders.
"Something which is of consider J
known is tho syHtom of prepaid or '
thlo hjtorost to the public genenvllj '
and which is nirhnps not gonerall
dors now hi effect botween station
of tho Southern Pacific company
and nil points in the United hute
By means of this system tickets nm
bo pnrchnsod nt Medford from nnj
plneo iu tho United States and mail
od or telcgraphod direct to tho part
wishing to come horo. Sleeor nc
conrmodntions nnd sinnll amounts n'
cash in connootion with these ticket -mny
also bo forwarded at tho snmo
time" tf
For the Best
In
on
harness, saddles, whips,
obes, tents, blankets, wag-
sheets, axle grease and
gall cure, as well as all kinds
of custom work, see
J. C Smith
314 E. Main.
HEALTH HINTS
ON PAGE 6 ARE ALL RIGHT, BUT
THE SPACE THEY OCCUPY COST
MORE TIJAN THIS DOES SO
DOES ELECTRIC JUICE. CALL AT
HASKINS' DRUG STORE, MED
POMRD PHARMACY, MOORE HO
TEL, SMOKE HOUSE, MEDFORD
MAIL TRIBUNE AND MANY OTH
ER PLACES AND FIND WHY MY
GAS LIGHTS ARE BEING USED
'INSTEAD OF ELECTRICITY,
'Nuf ced'
J. W. WHITNEY
211 WEST MAIN. PHONE 1082.
HASKINS for HEALTH
Christmas Suggestions
PERFUME ATOMIZERS'
Tho improved Dovilluw stvln, tho
most perfect ninth: nil niv tcii'inintcod
to ntomi'o nnd iuv oninnwntn! .s woll
ns useful; nt 2r.n to $3.00
Pianos For Xmas
& AT SHERMAN CLAY fa CO. 2?
134 West Main Street
The uo&lest Christ inns gift of nil is n fine PIANO.
A Christinns tfift tlfnt will bring joy nnd glndness
into your home. Your little girl is ns good ns nny
other little girl. Alnke this blessed Yuletido time n
niemornble event in ljer life, nnd brighten the home
life of the entire fnmily, not only for this Christinns,
but for till the yen rs of your lives to come.
A FINE HIGH GRADE PIANO, only, vory
slightly usod, for $135.
Organs in fine shapo for .$22 and $45. -
SHERMAN CLAY b CO.
Victor Talking Machinos -all tho latost records.
134 WEST MAIN.
Stoinway and other Pianos.
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Going East ?
Unvo you a friend coming west? You
ought to bring one to Medford. Call and
see us. Let us talk routes nnd rates
with you. Information cheerfully fur
nished. Phono, address or call on
Southern Pacific R. R,
A. S. ROSENBAUM, Agent
FARiV
Send us your name
and address and we
will mail to you
calendar and we will
have the "Furrow"
mailed to you for
coming year FREE.
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