THE MEDtfOKD MAIL TBIBUNJfl, MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY. OUPIOiM IM. inOi).
.Medford Ma il Tribune
rUW.lBHKD DAILY lWCCltTT KJLTUKJDAY.
A eoollUlton of llio Mtdford Moll, at&kUahrrf Uio ikmtticrn OrRon
lan. eatAhllh4 lilt: tfco lmoerUo Tlatoa, ewJallii tSTt; tho Aohlind Trlb
'Unn. wttllh4 ltll, and Oic Uedfard Tribune, nst&hlUhod 10.
Official Paper of the City of Medford.
GEORGE PUTNAM, KriUor and Mmmtfor.
pntenvl m mcni olau mnttcr KovcmtkM- 1. at tho jwxitoffice at Meilronl.
Oregon, undar th not of Marh 1, ltTI.
SUBSCRIPT! ON MATHS:
Jne year, br mall $6.10 Ono bj auUl or cArrlcr.... .59
UNPATRIOTIC ACTION.
Why do some prominent' but unpatriotic citizens of
Mcdford buy supplies in Portland instead of patronizing
home supply houses? The quantity of groceries and other
products shipped in regularly is a shame.
This is not the way to build up a city. The Portland
or other foreign merchant does nothing for Mcdford. He
docs not contribute to its progress in any way. ITo docs
not help foot the bill that keeps Mcdford in the limelight.
He does nothing for the community and is deserving of
nothing from it.
Money sent out of the city is lost to circulation in the
city. Only by keeping it here and in circulation is the city
benefited. Local stores are as good as any in the coun
try, and if those people sending away for merchandise
will hnv in flip, same nuantities and i)av cash and the
freight,' as they have to do when they send away, they can
get just as gobd prices. But they will ask the local mer
chant to carry them on his capital, buy in small quantities,
and when they make a large cash purchase, go away from
Tioine.
TCvnvr innii wlin umkos a living in Mcdford and the
"Rogue River vallcv owes it to himself and the cdimnunitv
to buy everything here, even it lie pays more, tor ne win
"thus be contributing his mite to the growth and prosper
ity of the community, and in return secure his share. No
matter what it is wanted, clothes, household utensils, dry
:goods or groceries, buy them in Medford.
NEWSPAPERS PAY FOR IT.
The Willamette Pulp and Paper Mill company at Ore
:gon City has announced that the sum of $2000 will be dis-j
tributed among its employes as a Christmas girt. The
newspapers are paying for this Christmas gift, the price
of paper having been raised, three-quarters of a cent a
wound since last May. In the last month an increase of
"ten cents a hundred has gone into effect with further ad-,
vances threatened.
t a . .1 .1 J An nr i .1 .1 -1 !
-uasi; spring paper soiu ior .ou per nuimruu pouuus
at the mills in carload lots. This week the Mail Tribune
paid $3.35 a hundred weight for a carload at Oregon City.
The freight rate from Oregon City is higher than the rate
from Chicago to Portland, so that the interior paper pays I
1 i v j i j i i n ii. it !
a mucu nigner rare ior us macenais man me .roruanu
paper.
The Taft-Aldrich-Payne tariff bill is responsible for
"the huge profits of the paper trust, and the news:apcrs of
"the country, along with other -consumers, can thank tho
administration for being continuously plundered.
It is to be hoped that the Oregon City mill also remem
bered Uncle Joe Cannon with a handsome check as the
cause of their prosperity this gladsome Christmas time.
7 The news that Arbuckle Bros, were forced to pay to
the government $695,573 for shortage in payment of duties
on imports may well cause uneasiness in the Willamette
"valley, as it will probably be followed by a rise in the price
of the favorite beverage to recoup the payment.
WHAT BAD ROADS COST
(Sacramento Bee.)
It Is a remarkable thins that while
farmera and fiuit growers as a rule
are keenly mindful of th0 Impor
tance of cheap transportation by rail,
they aro commonly Indifferent to tho
high cost of hauling over had roads.
And yet the tax Imposed upon rural
Industries by poor highways Is rela
tively far greater, Jn proportion to
distance, then, that laid upon them
by excessive railroad rates, however
indefensible the latter may be.
Tho averago freight rate in tho
JJnlted States by rail Is less than 1
por cent per ton per mile, while the
average cost of hauling by wagon
over highways Is about 30 cents per
ton per mllo. In Europo tho averago
cost of hauling by wagon Is from
8 to 10 cents per ton per mile, or
less than one-third tho cost In this
country. Tho dlfforenoo Is duo almost
entirely to the general Inferiority of
American roads, It is truo that there
are thousands of miles of good roads
in the United States, but by far tho
greater part of tho highway mileage
Is decidedly poor and much of It ex
ceedingly bad.
How many producers realize what
a great saving would bo effected by
good roads In place of bad? It would
bze about 20 cents a mile on each ton
hauled. Assuming the product of a
100-acro farm to bo ono ton to the
acre, or a total yield of 100 tons, and
tho average haul from tho farm to
the railroad or steamboat to be ten
miles, tho saving would amount to
$200 a year. In other words, It
would cost $100 instead of $300 to
haul tho crop.
At 1 cent per ton-milo tho cost of
hauling tho farmer's crop of 100 tons
a distance of ten miles by rail would
be $10. This Is just one-thlrtloth
tho cost of hauling by team tho same
distance over bad roads, at tho rato
of 30 cents per ton-mile, which would
amount to $300 for 100 tons hauled
ten miles.
It Is plain that nothing is moro Im
portant to rural districts than good
public highways. Bad roads Involve
an enormous loss. When it takes 12
horses and threo men to do th0 haul
ing on bad roads that could bo dono
by four horses and ono man on good
roads, tho loss is Just as real aB If It
were paid directly out or tho farm
er's pocket in dollars and cents.
NICARAGUA IN A NUTSHELL
There is only four squaw miles
difference between the area of Nica
ragua and the stato of Now York.
Take Connecticut out of Now Eng
land, and Nicaragua would cover tho
rost of it. It is approximately half
tho size of tho stato of Washington.
To bo oxnct,it covers 49,200 square
miles, which is larger than IIoHand,
Belgium and Denmark combined. It
has a remarkable extent of coast lino
on two oceans. On tho Caribbenn, it
reaches nearly 300 miles, or approx
imately tho distance from Washing
ton to New York, Its least width is
125 miles, or approximately tho dis
tance from Chicago to tho Mississip
pi river.
It has tho smallest population of
any Central American country, but
i coiTospoiuHugly oapablo of jzvetU
niutciinl development. There are only
about 1500,000 people within it lim
its. Of these, five-sixths nro upo
the western or I'aeifie side. The
eastern or Caribbean shore lies low
and is drained by many rivers. The
only industry of this section is tho
growing of hamulus which were ship
ped in 100S to the number of L.'iOO,
000 bunches, valued at oO cents i
bunch. Tho principal town here is
Hluefields. a little south of the cen
ter, having o.OOO inhabitants. It is
t.'ISO miles from New Orleans and
310 miles from Colon. Tho only oth
er important places on this cast coast
are Oreytowii. at the southern point,
with 2,000 inhabitants, near the
mouth of tho Sau Juan river, Cape
Gracilis a Hois, at the northern point,
with only 1,300 people. On the -onii-lated
Pacific slope the chief cities
are l.eon, the historic and interest
ing old capital, with 00.000 inhabit
ants; Miinngun, the present capital,
with 40.000: Matngalpn, with 1(5,000:
Granada, with 12.000: and several
other tovvi s of from 3.000 to 10.000.
The principal port on the Pacific side
is Corinto, near tho northern end. vrtflr
only about 2.000 people. At the
southern end is the harbor of Sao
Juan del Sur.
Ther is one railroad in Nicaragua
which starts at Corinto aiid :...- o
Managua and thence across to Gran
ada on Lake Nicaragua, which i
the largest inland body of water h
all Latin America. If one wishes to
go to Nicaragua, he can take steam
ers on the Atlantic side from New
York, New Orleans or Mobile. Go
by Pacific he will take steamers from
."San Francisco or from const- points
of other countries. Perhaps the
quickest way to roach it today is
either through Mexico by rail and by
steamer from Salina Cruz to Corinto,
dr by steamer from New Orlenns di
rect to Bmefields. The latter jour
ney generally takes about four day's.
If, however, ono lands on tho east
coast, it is practically impossible to
go to tho west coast on account of
the lack of railroads and othor fa
cilities. A common way to go to the
west coast is via Panama and the
Pacific side.
Tho total value of the foreign
trade of Nicaragua in 1908 amounted
to $7,500,000, of which exports were
$4,500,000, and imports $3,000,000.
Nicnraglia bought from the United
States textiles, clothing, machinery,
etc., valued at $1,300,000. She soid
to the United States bnnnnns. coffee,
rubber, mahogany, cattle, hides, etc.,
valued at $1,030,000.
Nicaragua has a president, a cab
inet with five ministers or secretar
ies, thirteen departments or states,
and fivo divisons like our territories.
Its nntionnl assambly consists of only
ono chamber which is now in sos
sion. Lying between 10 degrees 45 min
utes and 14 degrees 55 minutes north
latitude, and between 83 degrees 11
minutes and 87 degrees 40 minutes
west longitude, it is locnted all with
in the tropics, but it has a consider
able variety of climate. Although
the east is low-lying nnd very warm,
tho central and western sections arc
in parts so mountainous and "elevat
ed that tho tempernttire never reach
es a high point and the climate can
be considered salubrious. The west
ern section, in which tho grentor
part of tho population is locnted, has
such a varying latitude, and tho
country is so broken with lakes and
so closo to the sen, that it is not by
nny means as hot as it would np
pear to bo on tho map.
Look! Look!
Tho Rocrue Itivor Fish Co. has for
Xmas com fed turkeys nnd mill: fed
geese and chickens. Call and seo
us. 238'
Get
That
Piano
YOUR HOME NKKDS IT. YOUR. LLTTLM (II If L NK10DS IT. MtKllITISN YOUR
HOME WITH MUSIC THE LANOUAOE Ol'1 THE A NO ELS. "A Til I NCI OE
BEAUTY IS A JOY .EOREVER."
s
Just ono moro day in which to buy a Christmas Piano. Tho nianos have boon .soiling.
rapidly, but wo have plonty loft. In all our chain of stores, which aro in ovory city hi'
nny importance on tho Pacific coast, none have done ho woll as our Modford storo, Ojt
ios with twenty times tho population of Mcdford have fallen behind in tho number and
quality of pianos sold this month. Wo aro proud of Modford. Tho citi.eus have treat
ed us 'royally and clean, honest business mothotls have won out in Modford, as they
do. ovorvwhero.
Our pianos consist of the STEIN WAY, A. B. CHASE, CONOVER, CABLE, EV
ERETT, PACKARD, LUDWIG, KINGSBURY, ESTEY, KURTZMANN, EMERSON
WELLINGTON and other pianos. OUR PLAYER PIANOS, A. B. CHASE Upright
and Grand SOHMER CECILIAN, CAROLA INNER PLAYER and KINGSBURY
INNER PLAYER, EUPHONA INNER PLAYER, ESTEY ORGANS,, PIPE OR
CANS and CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGANS, VICTOR TALKING MACHINES. Ono
price to all and that tho right price. Loavo Ordors for Tuning.
Herman, Clay b Co.
'The House of Quality"
1 34 West Mam Street
ANOTHER MAN IS KILLED
IN QUARREL OVER CARDS
BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 23. In a
quarrel over n Ratnc of t-ards at a
prospector's cauip in tlio Powder
Rvcr country near here, early today,
W. J. Schmnlsle instantly killed Thus.
Bell, a prospector, when ,lio struck
him over tho head with a pokor.
Schuialslo then telephoned to the
Butte officers to come and get him.
II claims he acted in self defense.
THE FAMILY CIRCLE.
Tho city of Jacksonville), tho- busi
ness men of Jacksonville and the
Itizons of Jackrtonvillo lmvo bad
their experience with a cheaper
form of lijjht than oleotrio liht ev
ornl voara nio. Before I'ouyidorinr
! n choapor form of liht sot ilicu ox-
pononco.
Thoy enjoy a well lighted homo and
there is no nicer or moro convenient
light than electricity, if they got I
cnongh of it. One of my gas lights
flood a room with white light, giving
10Q candle power at less thnn ono
cent ocr hour. Thoro is absolutely
no odor, no gasoline in tho hou.se and
a child can operate it. Call and seo
them.
J. W. WHITNEY,
211 YT. Main, next It. It. Elec. Co.
235
The city of Jacksonville, the busi
ness men of Jacksonville and the
citizens of Jacksonville have hflitl
their experience .with a' choapor
form of light than electric, light sev
eral' years ago. Before conaideriif;
o cheaper form of light get their ex
perience. 2-10
III Health Is More Expensive Than
Any Cure.
This country is now filled with peo
ple who migrate across the continent
in all directions seeking thnt which
gold cannot buy. Nino-tenths of
them nro suffering frrom thront and
lung trouble or chronic cntarrh re
sulting from neglected coWb, nnd
spending fortnnos vainly trying to re
gain lost health. Could ovory suf-
fnror but undo tho ptftt and cure thnt
first neglected cold, all this sorrow,
pain, anxiety and expense could hnve
been avoided. Chamberlain h Cough
Hemedy is famous for its cures of
colds, nnd nu hIhuv
upon. Use it nnd the more serious
diseases may bo avoided. For sale
by Leon B. Buskins' TMmrmacy.
Be sure yon nro right boforo you
m nlieiid. is trnnil ndvina that imnlii'R
to tho light business as well as othor
busmoss. . Llcctnc light Inw stood
tho test of time as' tho sufesl and
most economical light n'ld bofore
considering choapor lights get this ex
perience of people who lmvo used
them several months at least. 240
Cold and
Filled
Diamonds
Watches
Jewelry
Cut Glass
Toilet Articles
All new nnd complete lino. All our
goods engraved free.
George A Butt
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
135 W. Main Street, Medford, drcgon
THE ELECTRIC METER
Contrary to popular Impression,
tho electric motor Is tho most perfect
and accurato measuring Instrument;
It mcasdrcs tho electricity that passes
through It with greater accuracy than
tho avorngo watch measures tltno, but
liko tho watch It Is dellcato and needs
to bo cleaned repaired and ad J listed
sometimes.
Electric motors do not got, out of
ordor very often (If thoy aro not
worn out), and whon thoy do they
moro frequently roglstor In favor of
tho consumer than In favor of tho
company.
"V0 will test our consumers' mo
tors at frequqnt Intervals (frco of
chargo) that they may register cor
rectly, and that thoro may ho no
causo for complaint.
'If tho consumer thinks his bill too
largo, please notify us at onco and
wo will gladly do all wo can to as-J
certain tho facts and make all nec
essary corrections; If tho consumer
thinks his bill too small, kindly re
ciprocate, by notifying us.
If tho consumer thinks his motor
Incorrect, w0 shall bo j;lad to tnko It
out and test It In his prcsenco with
an Instrument so slmplo that anyono
can understand It; If tho test shows
thnt tho motor has boon registering
Incorrectly against him wo will cheer
fully rebate him accordingly.
Wo nro ospcoially desirous that our
customers should learn to read tholr
own motors, bo that thoy may verify
tho correctness of our hills, Tho
readolng of a metor Is vory slmplo
whon you onco understand It, and
our employes will gladly oxplaln tho
samo to anyono.
Wo nro vory desirous of giving
good sorvlco and satisfaction to tho
public and aro at your sorvlco day
and night. During tho day time call
at our offlco In tho Whlto building
or tolophouo 1081; during tho night
call up Frank I.oder, tolophono 3802,
At your sorvlco.
ItOQUE niVEIt ELECTRIC CO,
For the Best
In harness, saddles, whips,
obes, tents, blankets, wag
on sheets, axle grease and
gall cure, as well as all kinds
of custom work, seo
J. C. Smith
314 E. Main.
A Select Line
of
Ladies'
Purses and
Handb&gs
AT COST
Herman Bros.
317 E. Seventh St.
The Helping Hand
An Elootrlc-llKltoU Window
lo a holplnu hnnd to Incronood
bdBlnostt. It oxtonds for you tho
glad hand of business fellowship
to ovory posnlblo oustomor. A
woll llhtod storo lntdo nnd out,
makoB good friends, nnd good
frionds muko good oustomors.
Our oxport onn show you tho host
and chonpost mothods of sign nnd
Window lighting. 'Phono for him.
ROGUE RIVER
ELECTRIC COMPANY
HASKINS for HEALTH
and
HOLIDAY
GOODS
PLUMBING
S1EAM AND HOT WATER HEATING
All Work Qunrnnteed ' Pi ioos Runponablo
COFFEEN PRICE
11 North D St.. Modford, Oro. Phono 30$
THE ROADS ARE NEVER BAD
' THE WEATHER IS ALWAYS GOOD
WHEN YOU WANT TO GO, CALL UP
THE UNION LIVERY
R. O. DUNCAN
Proprietor