THE MEDFOIiD MAIL TRIBUNE, AOSDjFORD, OREGON", FRIDAY, JANUARY 2.1, 3910.
GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Manager.
Snt.rml b necond clans matter November 1. 1909. nt the postofftcc at Medford,
OroRon, under the net of Mnrch 3, 18T9.
.$ .50
Medford Mail Tribune
PUBLISHED DAIL.T KXCErT SATURDAY.
A consolidation of tho Medford Mull, established 1889: tho Southern OreRon I Just t tow more words In regard
Inn, cslnblldhed 1901; tho Democratic Time, established 1S7SJ the Ashland Trlb- , , .,,,,,,. , ....,.
une, utafalLhed 1896, and tho Medford Tribune, established 1906, j t0 th ro,ul UUOHtUm. I think eor
Official Paper of the City of Medford. i of lmnrovlnir mir Wk1 . lult
as to tho boat method to pursue Un
der existing circumstances, la the
question to discuss.
According to our state constitution
no county can bond Itsolf, so tho
first question of Importance Is fi
nance. Tho present method of rond build
ing, especially west of the Mississippi,
developed from the biased trail. In
early days when the country was
sparsely settled tho most that could
ho expected was a path through the
forest wide enough for a wagon nnd
stumps cut low enough to clear tho
front axle of the wagon. This road
was Improved a little by trnvol, fin
ally when tho country became settled
and heavy crops had to be hauled, to
1 COMMERCIAL CLUB SHOULD ACT
SUBSCRIPTION RATKS:
n year, by mall 15.00 Ono month by mall or carrier..
A WORD TO INVESTORS.
Now tho fact Is we nre practically
pursuing this same old method, with
Improvements so slight that It Is
scarcely noticeable, except In the
amount of money expended, but there
Is no use to enlarge upon tho In
dictment, for we have all pleaded
guilty. Neither Is It timely to go Intn
the Intricate part of road building.
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v mum mm i n ruiiuimmt oil iivit i
the country, with tho view of urging!.
LEAPS TOSAFTY FROM
BLAZING AEROPLANE
French Aviator Displays Rnro Cool
ness When His Mnchlno Dashes
Rapidly Earthward.
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start tho ball to rolling, write M
tors to nil tho other commercial clubs
Fl'Ult , market, local laws wero passed gov-' throughout tho state, enlist tho sen- ' n t; " ml a aS to have
erchll Anting tho construction and up-lceep lces of the Medford Mai, TxlJ1
'of tho roads. A farmer was gen- tho Orcgonlan nnd other prominent , ,, 1 Ti,! ,1 ! l . r
the local sawmill man.
dum to removo the present obstacle,
nnd when wo have nrrangotl tho fi
nance It Is n matter of detail work
to put men competent In chargo of
our road building. Tho road question
Prospective investors in fruit lauds would do well to
choose for their field a proven district, where the business
has been a demonstrated success for years, where- the ele
ment of experiment has been eliminated and the chance
for loss reduced to a minimum.
Such a region is the Rogue River valley. Hero the
purchaser takes fewer chances than in any other spot in
the northwest, or for that matter in the world.
growing has been reduced to a science and the commerci
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w-Liunu ia u vun (jiuwiuiuutuuia,tw' r orally chosen as road supervisor, who papers throughout tho stato, It will
It IS Often Said lU Portland aild Otlier panel's tliat ailV.was expected to put In a row ilays.bo an easy matter with our refereu
part o Oregon will grow fine apples and pears. Probably I SLT"
any part will grow an apple, but very few sections have j their road tax, the good neighbors
as yet proven that they can grow commercially profit-' wouW Eet ser. 8C mtI
, , r. . , dirt Into tho low places, toll a few
able apples and Still fewer pears. stories, get a receipt for their road
Apple and pear culture, to be commercially profitable, ; tax and can it a job. Bridges or any
must be in a region where peculiar soil and climatic con-! ZZT.
ditions obtain. Aitituae is an essential, otnerwise tnc prod
uct will not keep and will not successfully stand shipment.
Only experience will tell the story. For instance, Hood
River, which raises a perfect apple, will not produce a
perfect pear, while the Rogue River valley seems pecu
liarly adapted to both apple and pear.
City newspapers of today are filled with advertise
aents of wildcat orchards where some speculator has
ought up a farm at a cheap price, planted it to fruit, sub
ivided it, and is unloading on the public, using as bait
the records of the few really successful fruit belts. Most
of these new orchards are experiments, with chances
against their producing a commercial product.
Prices are higher in the Rogue River valley than in
these wildcat districts, but not as high as in other proven
fruit regions, and it is better policy to pay more and get
something than to experiment with an unknown quantity
or to buy a pig in a poke.
OltAN, Algeria, Jan. 21. Curried
tit iv flaming ucroplnuo downwnr
through space at torrifio spued, Ollio
blnger. n Kronen aviator, today e
eupod death by n halr-ratHing jump
from the machine whon it wiih with-
chnnglng our law so that tho county
can Issue bonds for road building,
and thorel s but one sourco that wo
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trim iuuiv iu nil Ki'uu mum I'liiiiiuiu . ,n ... . r n , m
, , ,, , ,. u J0 loot from ho ground, b ngor
wnrlf ntnni tnla linn mill Mmfr la Mm "
different commercial clubs. Theno
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. i i with grcn force nml was coinplo o
...k..nK..t. At. I.. ..4 Ill
blagora' flight wuh heinj; watelied
'suntiuuotl slight injuries
Ihu neroilano smnshed the earth
was eomplolo
lonn pnvod the
(ducky noroiinut from liuhig eniHhed
and, to tho horror of the spoctntorn,
tho machine began to drop. As it
descondod, tt gathered momentum,
and none believed tho driver could
cscapo death.
In tho flash of time liofore the
liliiTinc nnroilntin Kiri.ol.' (tin nnrlli
should bo ono of the principal toplcH SI g WftS Mon ((J , from
discussed at tho high jinks next Tm. , t.omot.liko nms8 Ho wns uncon.
day. Judgo Colvlg, wo call upon you . ..!t...i .... .....
ly recovorod, and nn examination
siiowcd that no bones wero broken.
for a speech.
E M. ANDREWS. ,
HILL'S RIGHT BOWER.
MANY CONVENTIONS
MEET IN PORTLAND
Hibernians to Number of
Gather There Soon In
Convention.
1400 Will
Annual
DER KAISER MEETS
LADIES; PEOPLE SORE t Fl
PLAIN TALK TO
GRUMBLERS
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 21. A big
convention of tho coming year for"
Portland is that of tho Ancient Or
der of Hibernians. 'Die annual
gathering of tho national body will
oo neiu nero July i"J-M, nml it is
thought the greatest meeting in the
history of tho order in America will
occur at that time. There are 1400
accredited delegates who will be in
attendance, and in addition ninny
othor members nnd their frionds will
mako tho trip to tho northwest. It
is expected that no loss than 30,000
visitors will bo attracted to tho
North Pacific coast by this convert
tion. Committees are at work plan
ning entertainment for tho Hibern
ians nnd every indication now points
to the gathering being n big success
Wool-growers of tho country will
gather at Portland in 1911, bringing
to this city a convention representa
tive of n great industry. Delegates
to the recent convention of tho wool
men nt Ogden from the Pacific
northwest were a unit for Portland
ns the next meeting place, and thoy
captured the gathering without seri
ous opposition. Ninety per cent of
the wool growers of the country nre
members of tho orgnnizntion nnd tho
convention will bring thousands of
visitors to Portlnnd. The noxt moot
ing of tho nntionnl body will be held
horo in January, 1911.
Grocers to Meet.
Concerning John P. Stevens, right hand man of James
J. TTill in Oregon, whose inspection of the Pacific & East
ern and the proposed Rogue River valley trolley line,
though in an individual capacity, led to reports of Hill's
connection with the same, the "World's Work of January
speaks as follows:
"Mr. John P. Stevens was recently appointed presi
dent of the Oregon Trunk Line railroad, a little road that
is to be built from the Columbia river down into the heart
of the neglected countiy.
"The task looks small for a man who served as chief
engineer of the w,hole Great Northern system and was
called to the gigantic task of building the "Panama canal.
"But, in truth, it is no small nor unimportant task. It puts
dr. Stevens in the front as the new hope and salvation of
Iregon.
"Por today, as yesterday, Mr. Stevens is a 'Jim Hill
man.' His new appointment means that the long railroad
deadlock in Oreoron is to be broken, and that tho Inifm un-
peopled area of that state, which is as big as New York, EuGe! ll TmTzT?V&
is io get a real raiiroau. JLt is to ue no Jltue spur-line Dam annum convention or tho Oregon He
.to be sold, but it is to be a new railroad, built to operate,
'designed to make those millions of acres of land worth
money, and to bring Oregon into the list of great wheat
states.
"The task is a big one, and the man also is big. His
experience carried him into the front with the men that
built the early transcontinenntals in Texas, in Colorado,
in Washington, in Canada. His regime in Panama was
short; and he has never told just why he left. Lately he
has been on the New York New Haven & Hartford road. weighing oso pounds brought
with Mi'. E. H. McHenry as chief engineer. It was hard to I $01.20. This is tho highest price that
guess just why he was there; but the spirit of these north-iaf 81"R, ,ho .cve,r brought ,nt,tl'
ern people is hard to analyze Mellen of the Northern Pa-! tocSte? Wn
cmc, McJlemy, also or tho old Northern Pacific, and then 1 nogs reached $9.20 during tho week.
or the Canadian Pacihc, and Stevens of the Great North-' Coos Bay ficems to in Hno for
ern and the same Canadian Pacific they flocked together
in a tame country to do what could be done. But the call
of the mountains is strong; and Stevens answered it at the
first hint of work to do."
Action of Emperor Bill in Receiving
28 Americans Is Heavily Scored
by the German Papers.
A
BERLIN, Jan. 21. Social leadors
of tho German capital aro In revolt
today becnuso 23 Americans, among
them Mrs. Benjamin Ido
wlfo ot tho president of tho Univer
sity of California, and her illeco, Miss
SpraRO, wero presented nt court last
night. The social elect declared that
few of tho Amorlcans, mostly women,
wero entitled to presentation.
Wheeler, 4.
iau uroccrs association, mere is
a splendid program of deep interest
to tho dealers in foodstuffs, and tho
attendanco is expected to bo tho
largest in tho history of tho state as
sociation. Problems coming up iu
the grocery business will be discuss
ed nnd mutual help gained from the
interchange, of ideas of tho various
dealers.
An cxnmplo of the big money in
hog raising was given hero during
thepast week when a single porkor
A morning paper today In comment
Ing on tho affair says:
"Tho dignity of tho court Is com
promised by association with ordin
ary Americans, who aro not moroly
socially unfit, but nro actually sworn
republicans."
Twenty women, somo of thorn at
tended by their husbands, wero pre
sented to tho kaiser by tho Amorlcan
ambassador at tho annual levco at tho
palaco. Twenty-eight Americans In
nil woro presented, tho largest num
ber to bo greeted by tho kaiser at ono
tlmo. Tho guests also wero greoted
by tho knlscrjn, tho crown prlnco nnd
crown princess nnd other mombors of
tho emporor'B family.
All tho American women woro
dressed In the handsomo gowns that
Worth, or Hertz of Berlin could pro
duce. Tho dresses wero heavily om
broldored with Jewels nnd Instances
wero numorous whoro tholr woarors
had difficulty In lifting tho trains, so
heavy wore tho masses of gems.
rom tho Uold Bench Globe.
Qod gnvo gceso brains
enough to quietly take their
departure from nny country
thnt no longer suits them;
yet there are howlern in
Curry who nro classed with
men of ordinnry intelligence,
thnt don't show ns much
sense ns tho goose. If you
don't like tho country, move
out of it. No ono will grieve
for you. If you like tho coun
try and hnve no idea li. -.v to
promote your own interest
along with that .of yout
neighbor, keep your mouth
phut and don't hamper Ihoso
that have and aro executing
their ideas.
After 11 long fight ngnhttd dopoitu
lion, Airs. Harold (holg, formerly
of Seattle has learned that she
must return to Canada, from whence
hIio entered the United .State. Mrs.
Oreig was ordered duporlod liy Ihu
local federal immigration authotitlcH,
in Hossion here today, on tho ground
that bIio is nu "undesirable."
OTKliN ANNM AIUMTIO.V ATTAO
TIVH TO INVICMTOIIH.
W. J. Lynn mnlii'rt piiroluiHo on
Itoofiovolt nveiiue, With the many
ImprovumontH that aro to bo mmto Iu
that Koctlnu tho coming tioanou, Mr.
I.yon plotunm great advancement iu
values. U02
The Southern Oregon Hospital
IS NOW KKADY TO HKCB1VB PATIKNTri,
YOUR CO-OPEHATION IS KKSl'KCTFUUA"
INVITED.
Visiting Hours 2 to - P. M.
OFFICIAL HOSPITAL OF P. & E. RAILROAD.
E. W. 1HSEV, Matron and Solo Proprietor.
PHONE MAIN 1301. , 334 S. CENTRAL AVE., MEDFORD, OR.
Wm. E. STACY & GO.
REAL ESTATE AND EMPLOYMENT.
District Agent for A1,A!)I)IX LAML'Local agents
wanted.
Office 8 South Central Ave.
iMIODFOUD, OI
Do you know
or
Woman Ordered Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl.. Jan.
21 -
Do you care
Are you paying more for yqur shoos than t hoy arc
worth1? Aro you trading whore .shoe men witli inanv
years' experience in properly fitting feet are in chargo i
AVe desire to have the trade of those AV 1 1 0 DO OA HI
It's our pride to fit every foot so that it looks its host.
Those "who care" will appreciate these faets. We
carry the two lines, the Dorothy Dodd and Walkover,
which are without doubt the most popular of any shoes
on the market in this county. Correct styles and wear
ing qualities have made them.
A JANUARY DAY.
With the sunshine gaily playing on hill and valley, with
the thermometer at 65, with the south wind pressing soft
caresses, who would not live in the Rogue River valley?
Here it is, tho 21st of January, and as balmy as a May day.
En tho frozen oast, traffic is still tied up by blizzards, and
snow covers city and field. The groundhog has not yet
come out of his hole to seek his shadow and the ice king
holds his frozen carnival. It will be months hefore such a
day as this brings warmth to cheer to rich and tho poor.
Why do people stay in such a country, when they may
live in a place like this?
somo roal railroad building, nnd both
tho Ilill and Ilarriman systems nro
reported to bo showing interest in
thnt section. It is said work is
about to bo resumed on tho Southern
Pacific lines from Drain nnd tho
Northern Pacific is snid to bo nego
tiating for bic conl holdings, which
lie closo to Mnrshfield.
New Corporations.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 21. Articles of
incorporation have been filed in tho
office" of tho secretary of state as
follows:
Englo Point Orchnrds company,
Englo Point; W. W. Von der Ilollcn,
P. K. Woodurd nnd II. N. Starr, in
corporators; capital, $25,000.
Medford Ilardwnro company,
Medford; C. E. Evans, It, M. Cross
and Mrs. Marion Cross, incorporate
ors; capital stock, $10,0Q0.
TREE PLANTING HAS
STARTED IN EARNEST
Shado treo planting nlong Med-
ford's streots under tho nuspices of
tho Lndics of tho Qrcnter Medford
club has begun in onniest. Tho
planting is being done under tho di
rection of II. B .Patterson of tho
Quaker City nursery, who supplied
the trees nt cost. Tlmo who havo
failed to sign up for trees can se
curo them from tho club or Mr. Pnt
torson nt tho Hotel Nash.
Fourteen hundred trees nro being
sot out, consisting principally of
horso chestnut, maplo and cork elm.
Mrs. Goorgo B. Brown nnd Mrs.
M. M. Brown of Brownsboro woro
Medford visitors Thursday.
BBUICK
Won 93 per cent oi all the great competitive
events held in the United States and Canada the
past season. The combined automobile output
of the whole world won the other 7 per cent.
Buick 20 "White Streak" . . $1 150
. . $1550
. ; r$i9oo
Think it over.
Buick 24
Buick 30
All Prices F. O. BIPortland.
Mefdord Buick Co.
Tou Telle Manager
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A Box of Monkeys
Presented by the Senior Class of the
MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Medford Theatre, (Saturday, January 22nd.
If you beleive in laughing you will certainly enjoy this
A ROARING TWO ACT COMEEY
Seats on sale at the Medford Book Store - - Prices 35. 50 and 75.