THE MRDEQRD MAIL ACEDffORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FISHRUAUY 2, ;1910.
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Medford MailTribune
PUULISHBD DAILiY EXCHPT SATURDAY.
A coooUdtlon of trie Medford Mali. eaUbttiihcd 1S: tho Southern OrRt
Un. cttabllahvd 10; tho l)raoc ratio Ttmea. establish! IttV. tho AahUuil Trib
unes atnbllahel 1S96, and tho Mod ford Tribune, csUbllihed 1IM,
Official Paper of tho City of Modford.
GEOKQE PUTNAM, Editor and Mnnaor.
tniond aa second claaa matter November 1. 1I0. at thopoatofflc at imson.
Oregon, under the aot of March 3, IStS.
)na year, by mall.
SUBSCRIPTION HATES:
.85.00 Ono month by mall or carrier....! .50
WILDCATS AND ORCHARD FAKIRS.
A family that reached Mcctford last week had three
different places pointed out to them hy interested pas
sengers on the train as the spots that grew the pme win
f Snnkane. Albany. Euirene and Suthcrhn
were each claimed in turn to be the places that produced
the sweepstakes winners.
Why boomers ot tuese Localities snouiu not sum lu mu
plain, simple truth in advancing the interests of their see
vond eomnrehension. The truth is good enough
phenomenal growth during (he coming year i.s proven by
tuo way sue mis start ou out. J'oslal receipts lor the month
ol .January total JrlMlM.i; as against spMfiM.l!) for January,
.1909, an increase of 51, per cent over the business of a eat
ago.
During 1909 Medl'ord's postal business increased over
113 per cent over that of .1908, and it was tho largest nronor-
tiouate gain made by any city in Orogon, but 1910 promises
1 . ! . .. .1 111.... .....1 1 1 I 4
to wir uiKcouw me record nuuio last year.
For the past five years Med lord's nostoi'fieo business
nas made an annual average increase of over !H) per cent.
auuwmjjf umi i hp gruwui ui me cuy nas neon steadv and not
in the line of a boom, but it; is not alone the post oi'f ice that
shows an increased business. The banks show an increase
ot ol) per cent in deposits, and nearly every line of industrv
reflects the growth and prosperity'ol' the conimiinit v.
A most conservative estimate will give Medford be
tween 10,000 and 12,000 population at the close of the vear
1910. She will have this population if she morel v main
tains the ratio of growth made during the past five veais.
This she will more than do, and there is everv indication
that by 1912 Medtord will have 25,00 nonulation and
Jackson county o0,000.
n-nA ili ro is Win necessity for mradiner irn false colors.
Twn hitniKps of mettv raw work one on the part of
Lane county boomers and one on the part of the Suthcrhn,
valley promoters, are called to the public attention. Both i
of them state bare falsehoods, needless and inexcusable I
fnieolinnrl. thnr. pan onlv react disadvantajieonsly for those '
j.ww..w , - ,, , 1, ill I
who promulgated them tor m tlie long run tne train win
be found out and it only pays to tell the truth.
The Minneapolis Journal contains the following stand-
GROUNDHOG OUT
SEES HIS SHADOW
CHIEF GAGS ALL
INFORESTRYWORK
1 2.
incr advertisement:
Tho Rodent Which Is Supposed to
Regulate Spring Weather Must
Go Back for Six Weeks
More Sleep.
Today, February 2. is "groundhog
day," when the groundhog is said to
The A. C. Bohrnstedt Co., 629) " " "JJr,u"
thoro bo sunshine, tho sight ot his
shadow, which he has not seen for
en him .so
his hole
Issues Order Prohlbitlnfj Men Under
Him in Oregon, Washington and
Alaska From Talking for
Publication.
"Orecon Fruit Lands Our lauds adjoin the pleasant
village of Creswell, Lane county. Oregon. This county
took first prize on apples over all states represented at
Spokane. Washington, 1909. Willamette valley, beautiful
for a home, mild climate, non-irrigated, on main line of
Snntlipmi Panifin. near the state university. Call or
write for full particulars.
Palace Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn."
This bare-faced lie for Lane county never had an ex
hibit, let alone capturing first prize at Spokane, is on a several months, will f righto
1 c.f 'that ho wdl dive baok into
tar witn rue eiioii or tne i-aiiu uuiiiitv piuuiuLuxo iyiiu iu3u . , i :: , . : v......
jiai wiui mx. '-,Y,1ff i i,!,, n;iLs nTU1 vponrfa of and nmam for the noxt 8UC weeka- " tho bookH oE nnlionnl fores
year stole the Medford pamphlet pictuies and letoias on i and for that Umo thero wil 1)0 slonjiy I on.ico fts tlQner
KogllC Kiver orcnarOS ana paimea lliem oil uii uu iui3w- weather. If, on the other hund, tho.ficially ends nil work of exploitation
-? . ' t m n T J T 1 11 H 1 1 l ail . I ...... '
DectlUir mibllC as being irom Jjane COUnw. xrouaoiy m- aay u eiouuy anu uars, no wui stay
vestijVation would disclose common origin, the fertile brain t out and spring wd commence.
J . ...MJrtni. ss.aAT wnjm4-r it'll r urin 11 n fn imliifo 1 -louay tno groundhog cortainly saw
oi so uu wiiurtib uiww u pwmu. mx.v, iUs 8hadow U3 Sou,horn Oregon was
settiei'S upon ;ue inencs ot nia owu proposing", muaijuui
ades in stolen plumage.
Tiio nthvv hRtsioo: of mendacitv is contained in let-
nwVinrrl -niirnhnRftrs hv t.hfi knowing
f,"T V WI.7 III: Z 'msJ weather. Uke the Medford charter,
SUtliei-lin i,ana water compuuy auu ius auw. .-.has a way of its own and 'docs not
enterprising firm, in order to get rid of then tracts m an anow th8 methods or actions of other
unproven district, have lifted bodily Rogue River valley I sections to interfere with its -intia-
records and appropriated tnem as tneir own. ijeciers are
Iny a io taking up tholr 50 noron of
npplo trotMi mid puttlun In poar trooii,
II. Connor loft a fow dityn uk ',r
Now York city to vIhIL at hl did
homo, cxHt(lnR to titnp a day or two
at Chicago and tietroll and rot urn
to Tablo Ucclt About March l.
Ilulou. tho llttlo tliuinlitor or Mr,
and MiM, S. K, AdaiiiM, In voiy III with
puouinoulu, Amloi'flon Ih attend
Ing hor.
January ail Mrn, A. I', KrhiNou col-
ohratod hor 8 tut birthday at tho homo
of hoc tlnuxlitor, Mih. J. C. Pomllotou,
Quito a numhor of tho Table Itovk In
dltH wore proHiuit and report havlnft
an oxcollont time.
Howard Hao of Mod ford Ih Bpoud-
lug a fow dnyn with hln partmt horo.
Our Mchool Irt clonod for fow dayH
bathed, in sunshine all day.
However, tho people of the Rogue
River valley have the consolation of
that Southern Oregon
The Gold Hill News of Jackson
county, in Oregon, blends its Into with
the miiKic of the Jtedford Mail Trib
une, "the strongest string upon whoso
editorial harp is Siskiyou":
"If Siskiyou proposed ovor be
1 . 1 1 - - 1 - . IT : ,1 Umi.nJ T. CTAffmnn
Deingsent io people in xvauaaa siguuu uj xuau xj. uuiumm '
aS . . l -all it ri 1 1 1 I
of Entei-nnse. Ivan., and otner agents tor ouinenm pro-i more about sisKivnii.
moters in which occm- the following: "Would you bej
interested in a proposition that will net you at least ou per, (New Wk Times.)
cent? Have vou ever investigated Oregon fruit lands,
especially the'wonderful Sutherlin valley? If you have, i
ryou know my statements of 50 per cent net returns is less
than the smallest returns from a well taken care of or-'
nhnvA Aforn nfit 75 ner cent to 150 ner cent than 50 per'
f T nrn m,lno;nrr cfnfortiAnf nf fnflfs. wbinb T trust ! conies SIMym in fact, the Crat,or
v,. " " ' 1 Lake road will bo built, for ono thing.
yOU Will read careiuuy. i Medford will get that coveted federal
The "tacts" enumerated in tins statement are as ioi- building, and perhaps the stato capi
lOWS: M0' Present political minnows will
" A c'rwrln nnvn nf "Rnvtlof f. npjiTS otowti T(nv Slltllfirlm ! become political whales, and the onll
vielded $2250. Nineteen and one-half acres of Winter Nells I fc?y aL "" "!n5,
pears netted $19,000. Du Cornice pears from Douglas coun
ty sold for $10.08 per box in London. A fraction over three
nfrps of Ynllow NV'wtown Pinnins netted $2500. Write
to any Oregon official and vou will find my figures cor- the now star that
, ,v " threatens to project itself into the
recc.
in
many breasts now perforce uti visited
by that noble emotion."
Here, at last, nrc reasons, not
vouchsafed hy the jenlous Portland
1 .niiatnlliitimt atntnu Pni in unln
These tigiu'es are taken trom tue iMediord pampniet 0f the Crater Lake road, the hope
nnd are records made bv Roerue River growers some hun- ful future capital, and tint noble emo.
rli-ful n(U liiilns awav from Sutherlin. No single acre of tio,1K nf M'dford's political patriots,
Rnrtlntt dhmis m-OWll near Sutherlin ever vielded $2250. 1 f '""lc"tK ,of Oregon and of Cnlifor
. - -n r. , i t i um uavo neen nroupn on ami are
Tins record was mane ny tne Dear v;reeiv omuu-u, .!-' wliirlinjr by nu irresistible attraction
ing Medford. No nineteen and one-half acres of Winter! into the orbit of statehood.
Nelis pears near Sutherlin ever netted $19,000; sixteen w recognize the belligerency of
and a half acres of Winter Nelis pears on the Snowy Butte tllL' Siakiyounns it may be that their
orchard, near Central Point, did net $19,000. No Cornice Ei
pears trom uougias county were ever som in xjoikiou or
anywhere else for $10.08 a box. They are a Rogue River
product, and Cornice pears from Hillerest orchard, near
Medford, sold in January, 1909, for $10.08 per box in Lou
don. No fraction ot over three acres ot Ncwtowns ever
netted $2500 at Sutherlin; three-acre tracts near Medford
did net $2500, and similar yields have been made by many
of the orchards
When the Sutherlin valley was first explointed, it is
said, agents were sent to the Hood River, Rogue River and
other sections, and tancy apples were purchased trom these
famous truit producing regions. Tins fancy mut was ex
hibited through the east by agents of the Sutherlin com
pany as Sutherlin valley product. But it is evident that
this concern, not satisfied with taking its truit, must also
steal the records made by established fruit districts and
pawn thqm off on strangers as their own. Wildcatting of
this kind is so rank that it cannot fail to react disadvan
tageous to the country that sanctions it.
Here is work for both the Eugene and Roseburg Com
mercial clubs. They should discipline wildcat fakirs, who
in the lonj run are working a permanent injury by circu
lating falsehoods. It is not necessary to lie about any part
of Oregon in order to populate it and develop it. The mere
truth is sufficient for each locality, and cannot be improved
upon.
MEDFORD STRIKES HER GAIT.
That Medford has "struck her gait" and will make
lulls, and tull timber will provide a
Mife refuge for secession, ami that
the Rogue River valloy and its con
tiguotiK area will in duo season blos
som under u new and more sovereign
name,
Hia.VAI.8 Ol- kWBTItKSH.
Medford People Should Know How to
Kcnu and Hml Thein.
fllck'kldnoyfl give many signals of
distress.
'i no secretions are dark, contain a
sodlmont.
Passages aro frequent, scanty, pain
ful.
Hackaclio Is constant day and night
Headaches and dizzy spells aro
rrequent.
Tho weakened kidneys neod quick
help.
Don't delay! Uso a apodal kldnoy
remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills euro alck kld
uoys, backache and utinarr disor
ders.
Medford evidence nroves this state-
merit.
O. W. Barnard. 424 S. W. Hamil
ton street, Medford. Or., says: "I
always uso Doan's Kldnoy Pills when
suffering from a cold In ray kldnoyn
or wnen I Hero any symptoms of
rheumatism, and 1 novor fall to got
rollof. I Kladly recommend this o-
collont remedy."
Kor sale by all dealers. Prlco 50
cents. Fostor-Mllburn Co,, Buffalo,
N. Y solo agents for tho United
8tatos.
Romembor tho namo Doan's
and take no other.
PORTLAND, Feb. 'J.-Through an j
order coming direct from Chief For
ester Henry S. Graves ol tho nation
al forest son-ice, the employes of
district No. tl, embracing Oregon,
Washington and Alaska, are hereaf
ter prohibited from talking for pub
iication. The order is recorded ui-
st
has under.
which this department
takon.
Whilo no reason for the order is
given, it is supposed that its object
is to stop indiscriminate leaking of
departmental nffairs, such as tho
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. An
other theory is that men accused of
land frauds have gained information
from forest service officials. Doth
Benson and Hyde obtained their in
formation from clerks in the Wash
ington, D. C, offices, it is said.
It is tho department, however, nnd
not tho public, that will suffer. Tho
order shutting off publicity from nny
project in which the national forest
service is interested will moan that
the employes of tho service will have
to exort themselves that much hard
er. Through gratuitous advertising
given to many of these project a the
enthusiasm of the public in the dis
tricts affected had formerly been
aided largely.
Other work, such as tho preventing
of forest fires, the organization of
state conservation societies and the
work of tho department of agricul
ture and of manufactures has been
Inrgely depondont upon the advertis
ing gained through the columns of
the newspnpors for success. These
departments have worked on foot
for the coming year, which, without
publicity, will gain them but little and
which will undoubtedly be rendered
doubly hard for the service to ac
complish. That the present order originated
with the decapitating of Pinchot is
generally believed. The local de
partment of the forest service ab
solutely refused ut first question to
bo interviewed iiX)ii the question, but
later furnished n written interview to
tho papers. Pinchot was nccused jf
talking too much, although much of
the talking wns, at tho time, said to
have been done by his subordinates,
Oraves, tho new forester, evidently
plans doing awny with any chance of
his subordinates gotting him into
trouble by shutting off nil publicity
mi mm
ine iocai iorcstry ottico has as
yet roceived no order that no infnr
(nation should bo given out to news
papers. Tho experience of sovornl
ex-members of tho forest service, as
well as thoso who aro now engage
in tho work, has been that the publi
cation of the work being dono and
projected by tho forestry bureau,
and the statements of tho results
achieved and to be oxpoctcd, has re
sulted in a reversal of public opin
ion from opposition to support.
People nave leaniod through tho
nowspapers that tho object of tho
forostry bureau is to, save, not do
a troy, and that the system will work
out to tho benefit of all. Thoroforc
forest rangers are not handicapped
ns in tho first fow years by neutral
ity or nctunl opposition, but recoivo
an almost universal support of tho
residents of tho section in which thoy
work.
TABLE ROCK ITEMS.
Sotting ticos Is tho ordor of tho
day at Tablo Rook.
Dr. A. A. Finch nnd H. T. Find-
owing to the lllnotiii of tho teacher,
I'lofcMiior V, A. Davis, mill tho roii
oral provaloiicn of colds.,
(Julio a uuitlhor hoia horo attend
ed tho Ikix social nl Axnto at which
I hoy roultxmt I 111) lo ho npont for a
hell and geiiornl Improvements of tho
school ImiIMIiik.
(Ilonii .May I'lis iiccoptod tho posi
tion of foreman of tho Menrn orchard
mid Is iIoIiik soiiio tip.tonlnlo pruu-lig.
(lodfroy and llninlln of Medford
vvoro buying hoof caltlo In this vi
cinity a.fmv ilayn a:,
John Wllllnmn U working at tho
Flnillay orchard.
Stationery, office nnd school sup
plies at the Morrlvold Shop.
"My baking is
always successful-
I ulways ubo
OLYMPIC FLOUR
Mether.
OLYJtrio Flouu ia mtulo from
carefully solootod North westorn
wheat, thoroly cleaned and scoured
by tho moat modem methods known.
All tho nutritious qualities of tho
wheat aro retained and it reaehca you
clean and jmro and wholesome. If your
dealer can't supply you, write us and we'll
toll you who can but don't take any
other than Olympic ineist upon it
"tfearc fast aay Jwt
as gr91.M
? JJltlULOJr
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viiYmrfcrMasV
AT YOUR GROCER'S
rOKTLAMD IXOUKIUQ MILLS CO, rORTXAXD. O&XOOJT
GOLD RAY GRANITE CO.
Office: 209 West Main St., Medford, Oro.
Operating Quarry at Gold Ray, Oregon
DK A I, EltS IN
BUILDING, MONUMENTAL AND
CRUSHED GRANITE
Opening Third Unit
Of U. S Government Lands, Uma
tilla Project, at Qermiston, Ore.
February 10, 1910
For the above accasloa tho Orogon Itallroad & Naflfjatton Co,
and Southern Pacific Cempany lloos n OroBo, will make an
opon rate of
One and One Third Fare
for tho rouod trip from all point In tholr HnM to Hermlaton.
Tlclrata on aalo Pobrtiary Cth and 7th, with final roturn lim
it Fobruary 20, 1910.
Kroo booklet, Itxuod by tho Kovornmont containing full in
formation a to coat, how to fllo, water rlghtn, etc., may bo ob
talnod from any O. It. & N, or 8. P. ARont, or by writing to
WM. McMUIlflAV, Gcucrat l80iior Agent,