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THE jMEDFORD atAIL TRIBUNE, MIDDFORT), ORISOON, MONDAY, OE0KMB1W 20, 1009.
YOUNG VAWTER
CHIEF STUNTSTER
Oregon Glco Club Splendid Oregon
Izatlon Will Glvo Concert Here
, Next Wednesday
Evening.
WANT MORE PAY
POK N C O LS
UNIVEIISITY OP OREGON, Ku-
geno, Dec, 20. (Speclnl.)r Tho Unl
vorslty of Oregon Glecn and Mandolin
clubs left Eugene this morning on
their southern Oregon, tour. They
-will glavo their first concert In Roue-
"burg tonight. Tomorrow night they
"will bo In Grants Pass and on Wed
nesday they show In Medford.
Tho students and faculty of tho uni
versity consider that tho organisation
Is tho best balanced club that has
oyer represented the Institution. This
Is greatly duo to the great wealth In
Tolcos found In this year's freshman
class and the up-to-dato songs, which
Professor Glen has selected for them.
Tho program promises to furnish
enough variation In comical grand
opera burlesques to keep tho audi
ence In the best of humor throughout,
tis well as to giro them a musical
treat.
For a freshman, Vernon Vawter of
Medford takes an Important part In
tho evening's entertainment. Ho has
a prominent role in two of the main
stunts of the evening, besides singing
in the scecond bass section. Another
year ho will probably bo tho main
stuntster If Professor Glen's opinion
of bis abilities remains unchanged.
Vernon Vawter Is the only southern
Oregon boy on tho Glee club. The
enly other member that has any right
to tho claim of hailing from the south
ern part of tho state is. Arthur M.
Geary, manager of the club, who was
born in Medford and who intends to
return to the town as soon as he Is
graduated in the coming June.
EDEN PRECINCT ITEMS.
Miss Elvia Walters of Phoenix was
Tisitinp; at the home of Mrs. W. S.
Stancliff last Wednesday.
Mrs. li. A. Reams and her son
Harry Reams, were in Medford do
ing shopping last Wednesday.
W. S. Stancliff, who is on jury
duty at Jacksonville, came out homo
Inst Wednesday night, returning
Thursday morning.
S. S. Stephens and wife made a
business trip to Medford last Wed
nesday. Mr. and Mrs. S. Itobison of Wag
oner Creek, were doing trading in
Ashland one day last week.
Land buyers have been quite
plentiful in the garden section be
tween Talent and Phoenix of late.
These fertile tracts will be along the
internrban line in the near future is
the reason for tho eagerness to buy,
Miss Clara Allen was teaching a
few days this week in Miss Shaffer's
place. The latter was detained at
home with her sister who is quite ill,
having just arrived in Phoenix from
Mntnna.
There will bo a public Christmas
tree at the Christian church in Phoe
nix on Christmas eve. There will be
an excellent program nnd every one
is asked to come and put on their
preseuts aud enjoy the evening. Get
acquainted and join in tho Christmas
cheer.
Twenty Per Cent Increaso Will Be
Asked (orWant Twclvo
Months' Plan
Adopted.
SPOKANE, Wit., Doc. 20. Threo
hundred and soventy-flvo teachers In
Spokano's grade schools are ready to
begin a campaign for 12-months' sal
ary instead of 9 months as at pres
ont. They will also ask for an In
crease of 20 per cent. Tho Spokane
Grade Teachers' association has sanc
tioned tho movement. Tho highest
Balary paid to grado teachers in Spo
kane on tho nine-month plan is $900
a year. Although tho teachers be
ltovo their causo a Just one, thoy have
not threatened to strike. They bopo
to win their points on a strictly edu
cational campaign. However, tholr
forces aro strong and well organized
and if their demands are refused they
aro In position to. closo every grade
school in tho city. Thoy will present
their request backed by a petition
signed by every mombor of the asso
ciation somo time in January, and
this will bo supplemented by peti
tions from parents of children at
tending tho grado schools. Th0 in
creased cost of living Is the chief rea
son for demanding moro pa. It is
given out that tho teachers will not
accept a reapportionment of tho pres
ent salary schedule.
HIGH FINANCE PLAY
SOON AT THE MEDFORD
Tho HenrieUn, Hronson Howard's
famous comedy funded on life and
events in tho Wall street stook ox
change, which will bo prvsonteil by
tho Joseph nnd William W. Jefferson
company during tho coming season,
can bonRt of several years of tho
greatest success nnd yet, regardless
of this fact, it is as thoroughly up-to-tho-minuto
as if it had been writ
ten only recently. At tho time of its
original production, it was pro
nounc&d ahead of its time nnd tori
daring in teliitie but the events of to
day demonstrate that tho author
knew full well the terrible possibilities
of financial manipulation. A Wall
street panic is dramatic beyond the
imngniuntiou of the majority and it
is on this foundation that Mr. How
ard has written his play. Every mo
ment of tho presentation scintillates
with action nnd human emotions .and
withal, n glorious comedy environ
ment is cleverly interwoven. A com
pany of unusual excellence will sup
port tho Joffersons in Tho Henrietta
and altogether, a performance of
great valuo is assured.
WITNESSES CROWD IN AT
HOLDING OF INQUEST
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I &IA UIML U U L UV
I W LttULL IUII1I LHULLIU X!P
'J By A. C. Hewlett J
Jniucs Hcuyen, our boss painter
nnd iHr hanger, has pust finished
a job of paperhaiiK'nig for K. H. Mill
tor. On the 1-ltlt of this month Survoy-
tlit'ii the changes will be made.
Tho surveyors Ituvo been engaged
for several days in trying to locate
the boundary lines of some of tho
places north of our town, and now
or 11. 1 Cowgill passed through our. I understand that thoy have to start
town on his way up Littlo Hutto anew at the township lino and htm
creek to do some work in his line, the work nil over in ortlur to got the
namely, measuring tho water in tho
ditches, etc.
On tho same ditto Mrs. Grnhutu of
Prospect canto out on horseback,
stopping for dinner and then proceed
ed on her way to Medford on busi
ness. Her husband is engaged in
tho cultivation of ginsinc near Pros
pect nnd seems to bo making quite a
success of it.
Hew Howard X. Smith, state sup
erintendent of the Sunday school in-
right starting point as tho wIIiiohh
trees have been destroyed and tho
whole work must bo done again.
There have boon several small
bauds of cattle driven out from this1
country lately.
Henj. l-'roedenburg of lltttto Kails
stopped with us last Tuesday night,
loaded with household goods ho hud
bad shipped from Chicago. He claims
taht he can save considerable by
sending back east for thorn. There
is an object lesson to our moreltants
Tonight's rnco will bo tho first in
door Marathon ever held in England.
Tho track is small, being fourteen
laps to tho mile. This fact probably
will militant against fast time be
ing made. The winner of tho mutch
will receive $750 nnd the loser 250.
When the first "for salo" ad. of n
secondhand airship appears in this
paper's classified columns, you'll
know that flying has come to bo a
practical thing.
VALLEJO, Col., Dec. 20. When
Coroner Klnbe called tho inquest
over tho body of Charles II. Duiilnp,
tho Vnllejo man killed by R. P. Ful
lerton's automobile hero yesterday,
his offico was so crowded with wit
nesses desiring to testify that ho
found it necessary to adjourn tho in
quest until Tuesday so that tho mass
of testimony might bo straightened
out. The names of twenty-fivo wit
nesses were taken.
Feeling runs high hero ns tho dead
man was popular, having been in bus
iness in Vnllejo for a number of
years. Thero aro no threats of vio
lence howovcr.
Tho Royal Albert hall will sent 10,
000 persons, nnd judging from tho in
terest displayed in tho coming race,
it will bo packed to tho doors. Am
erican sportsmen here are particular
ly anxious to see Gardiner in action,
ns he is planning to invade the United
States next yonr.
terests of the Congregational church Ho will tell his prices and thut will
of Oregon, came out on Saturday of cause others to send and thus take
Inst week and on Monday was joined ih trade from our homo morchtuits.
by Rev. Mark C. Davis, assistant Mrs. Thomas Fredeuburg of Unite
superintendent of the Sunday school Falls canto in on her way front Kliim
interests, and they attended to somo nth Falls last Wednesday night
business connected with their offico, whore who was mot by hor 'son and
lenviug on Tuesday morning. Wlint-1 teliy two went on up to her homo
over their business was it was not ranch Thursday mornitiir.
given out. Mrs. Mcllaniol of Hrownsboro
Otis Hums of Orants Pass, n friondi nemo in to tho Sttnnysido Thursday
of Rev. Mark C. Davis, emtio in on for dinnor on Iter wav from tho cttn-
Tuesdny morning from tho llntto Falls ty seat, whero she hud boon to seo
country nnd they met nt tho depot ntiiotit hor husband's estate
nnd took tho morning car for Mod- Another pioneer bus gono to rest,
ford togothor. Mr. Hunts hnd boon ( Died, December 13tlt, 1000, Mrs.
looking over some of tho timber in Sttsnnah W. Weeks, at tho residence
that section and thinks that it is of her son Frank Johnson, nged 80
grand indeed. years, 0 months and 11 days. Tho
Tho railroad company is oxporionc-1 subject of this notice was born in
ittg considerable trouble in thoir work Montgomery county, North Carolina,
on account of tho continued rains. I April 2, 1823, nnd enmo to Jackson
heard ouc of tho railroad men say county, Oregon in October, 1853, sot
that it had rained in wholo or in part tling on Littlo llntto crook with hor
twenty-eight days in tho month of brother, tho late John Mttthows, nnd
November. It hnd mado tho ground sister, tho late Mrs. Charles Griffeth,
so soft that it is very hard to got a and a nttmbor of others who enmo
solid foundation for tho roadbed, but . across tho plains togethor among
THE LIGHT QUESTION
Tho ads. these days show that
merchants are determined not to enr
ry Christmas stocks over.
The bell has sounded the knell of
kerosene, gasoline lights and other
forms of incompetent illumination.
Are yoa ready to quit them?
Haven't you tolerated them lonir
enough?
Thero was a time when burning
pitch faggots furnished tho only
means of artificial illumination folks
knew about. And it was considered
sufficient.
Then came tho tallow dip, and ov
erybody discarded his pitch fnggot
in disguest
Tho tallow candle was next to ex
ert its supremacy over tho tallow
dip, and folks were glad.
The next step of development wns
kerosino lamps, and thoy in their
turn were welcomed as a pleasing
step in tho right direction.
Then came tho gasoline lights,
which Jacksonville tried and cast
into the junk pile several years ago.
And now as a logical development
of science, wo have tho greatest of
all illuminants electricity.
Maybo soma day something will
replace electricity.
But the probability isn't strong
enough to justify us in waiting for
it.
No other form of artificial illnm
innnt eqnnls electricity in brilliancy,
safety, neatness, hcalthfulness, ccon
omy and cheerfulness.
Elcftric lighting emits no fumes
or oclor-j, nnd is tho roo hygenic light
for Hung roomj nnd Led rooms.
Tin fact that electric light cor.
sumcs no oxygen, like nil open flnmo
lights do, proves it to be tho health
iest light known.
It keeps tho nir ns pure nnd wholo
somo as if no light were bunting nt
nil.
The importance cf this one fenturo
is rcndilv apparent when it is known
that an open flania lighl burns moro
oxygen, from a room, than four per
sons would breathe.
No matches. No dangerous, dirty
matches are needed in tho homo that
is electrically lighted.
No washing nnd filling of lamps,
no danger of explosions; no danger
of leaks; no plumber's bills; no flick
ering flnme to bo blown out by a sud
den gust of wind; no fine si-.udgo of
soot ocntinunlly emanating from
your light to bo depositee on cur
tains, draperies, iiiwl furnishings,
when you wnnt to flood your homo
with light, simply turn the button.
Think hard now don't you wnnt it?
Attention Orchardists
HPHE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE will issue a homeseekcrs' issue on New
J- Years, which will contain the record of the past year of Medford and the
Rogue River valley, and data of interest to the homeseeker. It is desirous of se
curing at once data concerning fruit records made the past season. If complete
returns have not been received, fruit growers can give the yield' and the expected
price. By so doing you will help advertise the Rogue River valley to the world.
Cut this out and mail at once to New Year's edition, Mail Tribune, Medford,
Or ,1 -M?J
From acres of I picked
boxes of. for which I received $ per box gross, or
$ per box net. The trees are .....years old. 'The greatest
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age yield for any one tree was boxes, which netted $ The aver
ago yield per acre was boxes and the average return per acre was
$ I exhibited at , which were
awarded tho following prizes:
Name ; 4.'. ,.
Address
If instead of fruit you raised alfalfa or. vegetables, or turkeys or hogs, or any
thing else, send it in, so the world may know what you aro doing.
thoy nro pushing tho work right along
whero thoy can. When thoy cannot
use a heavy locomotive thoy run tho
omtor car to haul lighter loads aud
tako supplies to tho commissary
storo.
Thoy aro making a decided im
provement on tho rond between hero
and Medford. Dr. Holt, the assist
ant physician for tho rnilrnnd em
ployees, reports that thoy aro ac
complishingwondors along the right
of. way. ifuddy roads that are al
most, impassiiblo and in some of tho
camps they havo to contend with
sticky mud that beggar description.
whom were Mrs. and Mrs. Wooloy,
now dend, and now t)to entire num
ber of tho old mombcrs of tho com
pany havo passed away oxcopt Chris
topher Wooloy. Sho leaves fivo sons
nnd three daughtora and a largo nttm
bor of relatives to cherish hor motn
ory, nnd has threo children who have
passed ott to tho beyond beforo her.
Sho wn sa woman of remarkable vi
folity, being nblo to do the housework
for hor boys, who aro unmarried, up
to last August. Sho had n largo cir
cle of friends ns wns evicdoncod by
tho large crowd that attended the
funeral, thero boiug about eighty per
J. Frank Brown, one of live real. sons there. 'Tho remains wero intor-
cstato agents, report that tero aro rod in tho family burying gronnds on
several deals on hand whereby hor son's plnco at the month of Iu
changes will tako place in tho real dinn crook onftho Iftjli instant. Ftin
estato ns thoro arc now four or fivo oral services wore conducted by Rev.
places that tho partios aro simply A. C. Ilowlett, assisted by Raw Row
wnitine to get an abstract of titlo and lev.
.P. O. Hansen. Tom Moffat
We make any kind and stylo of windows. Wo carry
glass of any size on hand.
Medford Sash & Door Go.
WANTED
Timber and Coal Lands
ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING CON
TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES
FURNISHED.
B. H. Harris & Co.
MEDFORD, OREGON
Office in Jackson County Bank Upstairs
REAL ESTATE
Farm Land Timber Land
Orchard Land
Residences City Lots
Orchards and Mining Claims
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GOLD RAY GRANITE CO.
Offioo: 200 West Main St., Mttdfoid, Oro.
peratitig Quarry at GW Ray, Oregon
DEALERS IN
BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND
CRUSHED GRANITE
If yon cannot reach u In ponton, yon can ronelt tin by
Phono 3372.
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
PHONE US YOUR ORDERS. Jp '
It is a Kood bubit. It in a rapidly growing bnbit wltlt all Mud
ford. It in a ltnblt by vrhtolt tliotmandit Bavo In their dnily nnd
monthly and yenrly expenditure. It in a habit that booomen
tixod tho oftoner pooplo buy bore. And tho brond rennon is imt
isfnotioiu. I'coolo aro nitUnficd with ottr groceries. Pcoplo nro
satisfied with onr prices, Pocplo aro untlHfiod with tho waya of
tho rrforo, itn manuorn and metkoda.
WHY PAY 35c FOR A 5 POUND PACKAGE OF OATS WHEN
WE HAVE THEM FOR 30c?
Rex Grocery
J "One Price to Everybody
PLUMBING
STEAM AND HOT YATER HEATING
All Work'Gunrnntocd Prioos Roaeonahlo
COFFEEN a PRICE
11 North D St., Medford, Oro. Phone 303.'
F. N. CUMMINGS
T. W. OSGOOD
OSGOOD & CUMMINGS
Civil Engineers
THE BEST EQUIPPED ENGINEERING- OFFICE
IN SOUTHERN OREGON.
Surveys, Maps, Plans, Specifications,
Reports, Estimates, Etc., Wator Pow
ors and "Wator Works, Paving and
Road Making, Sowerago, Railroads, Ir
rigation and Drainage
OFFICE: MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Medford Realty Co
Room 10, Jackson County Bank Building I
Are You
l Going East ?
Havo you a friend coining west? You
ought to bring ono to Medford. Oall and
boo ua. Lot us talk routes and ratos
with you. Information cheerfully fur
nished. Phone, address or wall on
Southern Pacific R. R.
A. S. ROSENBAUM, Agent
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