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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREO ON, SUNDAY, FKMiUARY 15, .UilO.
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PARIS SUFFERING FROM 02STE OF THE
WORST FLOODS IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.
100,000 BAD ONES IN
'FRISCO SAYS .JORDAN
Stanford President Thrills Audience
' In Los Anodes by Statement
I Rcgnrdlnu Snn Francisco.
ij I't'd ul liy Foi-Don unil UIh Kuropeau
i ' Kxperts unil llloodlo HurgcuuH. u
purt was d'Uilled to 'ntervlew Uiim
very tiuhiuo character who is com
,LOH ANUtilitiS, Cnl., Kelt, ft.
! David Sliur Jordan, president of
Sinn university, thrilled an audi
onoo this uftnniouii during bi ad
idrrxH on "Good (invornuient" before.
' tho City club, when liu stated: tc Sacramento ami the sur-
"It would have la-en u good voiiuuiug country nave ucou mo stir
if lOO.(HK) San KrnuclNcniis had died
'when the bubonic plague- threatened
Snn Francisco in 1007 if yon tumid
have chosen who the .100,000 were,"
J The remark va made ahrnjitly af
tcr a lout: dissertation on good gov
onnueut. in which he illustrated he
points hy referring to the advanee of
health governmental inenmires. Later
in his address the educator defend
ed fonnor chief fores, tor Clifford Pin
chat, saying:
"It's a crying shame that the
j strongest adniinUtrative officer in
the United States should have been
forced out of office. Mr. Vine hot
gone, but every man retained in the
'department i a chip off the old block
'nnd the great conservationists works
1 will i?i on."
Ferdon's Medical
Experts
To Arrive in
Med ford Monday
IIIS MI'.IMt'.M, ItXPKIlTH AND IIM) UDIjIsHH Ml IKJKONM VV'..Uli DOC
TOIW. lU'.MIXU Nil Till: NCIKXTINTH AND CONVINCK TDK NK KP
TlfS ANIl WIHUACUKH -(THKH THAT WILL LIVK IN HIHTOUV.
'BENSON'S
BARGAINS
I Not since the. year 1740 lias the river Seine, which bisects 1'arlt). been so high u In I lie Hood which covered
tho low lying streets of the French capital with muddy wnter, dnnuip.nl property to an nliuoct iiHukulabic extent
and threatened with disaster many historic puildlng. In the city and In the provinces rlioiinndH were rendered
homeless by the rising waters, and the government voted $-100,000 for their relief. Anions the fainou edifices
round and near which the waters of the Seine swirled, undermining their foundations, were the lofty Ktrfel tower,
the bridges over the river and the beautiful cathedral of Notre Dame. The wires on tho KIlTel tower from which
were sent the electric Impulses used In wireless telegraphy were ordered down, by the authorities on the ground that
they constituted a menace to the people. Much of the "city of light" was left by the Hood without the service of
electricity, an the waters submerged tne dynamos. The electric street carervlce was entirely MusinMidcd.
We are agents for Snowy Uutte
tcn-i:re orchnrd trnctB. These tract
arc In different singes of develop
tuent from undeveloped land to full
bearing orchard Those tracts aro
I near Central Point station. Tele
phone 541 for appointment or call
at our office over Fruitgrowers'
. bank for prices nnd terms.
' U'O acres In Sams Valley, 1-2 mile
west of Ileagio postofricr; price f.10
j per acre. We will exchange this for
other reul estate, preferably In or
near Medford. What hnve yon to
offer?
GAME WARDENS
GETTING BUSY
GOLD HILL WANTS
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
APPLICANTS ARE -NUMEROUS
EOR JOB
Two Carcasses of Deed Taken From
River Near Gold Hill Chased in
by Dogs Action Inexcusable.
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For hunting deer with dogs, Chas
Kinkel of Savage creek was arrested
by Deputy Game Warden Sandry
and brought before Judge Morelock
in Gold Hill where he plead guilty
and was fined fifty dollars.
George Carter of Woodvllle, charg'
ed with having venison In his posses
slon, bat! a hearing the same day
and plead not guilty. The meat was
found In bis woodshed, 'hut he claim
cd that someone other than himself
put it there with Intent to get him
into trouble.
within the past few weeks the
caraesses of two deer have been tak
en from tho river at the Oregon Wat
er and Power plant Just north of
Gold I1I1I. A big four-point buck
that floated down last week was shot
In four places and had evidently been
run by dogs.
To know how and when to adver
tise a good boarding house Is about
an Important to know as how and
where to conduct one. You ought to
bo "up" on tho high phases of bus-
Idceh.
ELEOTIUO WINDOW DISPLAYS.
As a man Is judged by his clothes,
so Is a store judged by Its window
displays.
You devote Jots of time nnd care
' to the trimming of your windows.
Yet the most of the people that
pass your store during tho day pay
but Ilttlo attention to your windows.
They haven't time.
They are too busy.
It is during the evening hours that
many sales aro decided upon, are
started, aro made.
It is during these evening hours
that your show windows should be
well-lighted jivlth good, brilliant,
electric light,"
Electric light attracts attention,
and Is your active, silent salesman.
Electric light displays your goods
to the beat possible advantage.
Make your windows bright with
electric light and draw tho trade and
the dollars. ,
JIOOUH RIVER KLKCTUJC CO
By Good Majority Voters Decide to
Purchase New Grounds and' to
Vote Soon on Bond Issue.
Ry a vote of forty-eight to thirty
two the voters of the Gold Hill dls
trlct, nt a spec.al meeting Saturday,
authorized the board to purchase new
school grounds, confirming the vote
of a former meeting. As a committee
appointed by the board selected a
tract In the Dekmn addition as tho
most desirable site, Gold Hill new
new central high sclnol building will
doubtless be located there. A 'special
election vill bo held February 12th
to decide whether or not to vote the
Issue of $14,000 bonds to build the
new school.
Twenty-four Applicants Were Exam
ined at High School Building by
Local Secretary Warner.
40 acres 10 miles north of Med
ford: S acres cultivated; 4 acres la
fruit trees from 2 to 10 years old:
on two good county roads: small
house, barn, vegetable limine. 2 wells,
this can all be canity cleared without
n foot of wnsto land: 25 ucres enclos
ed with :'a'e wire mce; prlco $2100: .strongly Improves you with
half cash, or will exchange for Med-1 wouderful winning personality.
ford city property.
lug our midst for n short time, yet
I venture to suy Is luiown to every
man, woman utnl child In California
i ml will ".(.on bo known In Oregon
as well.
Mr. J. F. Foi-Don, (better known
nr. tLo (iieat For-llon) lr a man who
his
He
I Intends to open offices at the Mooie
Five room modem bungalow onj,,otwl' whorw 1,18 l,)Cor wl" b rwuIy
i ' o lecoivo an wuo come .Monuuy,
Buy a Lornin ranee and get the
best. For sale by Medford Hardware
Co. 277
West Tenth street, 13r.0: cut front.!
Halt rash, balance In tine year at
per cent. Tenth street will soon be
paved.
Nine room bunualow on
Orange near Onkdale avenue,
lot. Price J38D0.. Terms.
North
Large
FIvo room bonne In ilenson addi
tion. Lot 50x125, facing east. Price
$800. $400 cash, balanco $20
monthly. Jturt comploted.
Will J. Warner, local secretary of
the civil service, examined twenty
four applicants for the position of
census enumerator at the high school
building this afternoon.
The applicants wero from all por
tions of tho county.
Medford, Jacksonville. Gold Hill,
Peyton, In fact nearly every section
of the county being represented.
No definite information of course.
Is given out as to tho names or stand- 9 !2 ftcrM ncar Central Point, 3
Ing of the applicants: that bo for tho!ncre .which Is In 2-year-old Hart
civil service commission to decide. Vts. Price $2850; 1-3 cash,
balance 1, 2 and 3 years at e per
cent.
Twenty acres of bearing orchard,
less than 3 miles from Medford.
Price, $13,000; terms. .
YOUNG MAN WILL RECOVER
FROM ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
ASHLAND, Feb. 5. Lawrencn
Hatiglian of oPrtland, who came to
Ashland on Tuesday of this week, at
tempted to end his life by slashing
his throat with a razor Wednesday
evening. That ho was not success
ful Is duo to tho fact that assistance
was closo at hand aud prompt med
ical attention has mado it probablo
that be will live.
Haughau hue been 111 for some
time and only recently underwent
un operation in rortiana. ills re
turn to health has been slow, and
me mea mat no was becoming a
burden on his pareuts scorned to
have derided him to end It all. .Ho
is only 32 yeirs old and unmarried.
iho tragedy was enacted in tho
home of Mr. Jlndger on Sixth street
where he hod secured a room only
that day. Mr. Badger had followed
him to his room and was horrified
when Haughan stepped Into tho clos-
t, only to stagger out almost Inline'
uiatoly, with a terrible gash In his
neck and a bloody razor In his hand.
Badger socured the weapon and wrap
ped a towel around tho man's neck.
A physician was hurriedly summon
ed and found that tho knife had bare
ly missed tho Juglar vein, but hnd en
tirely severed tho largo muscle In
tho neck. The patient was taken to
the hospital where tho wound was
dressed.
peoplo hnvu been uotl
JO. .1 Uaugbau's p
. j fled.
Book on Irrigation Free.
The Union Pacific railroad is pub
lishing a book on irrigation that will
doubtless provo of interest and as
sistance to both the practical and
prospective irrigntor. It will contain
about 100 halftone cuts nnd l&Q
pages descriptive of many irrigation
plants in tho west.
This book will be sent free to any
address on application to the pas
sengor department of the Union Pa
cific railroad, Omnlui, Neb.
Fer-Dun is a man, young, vigorous
In the prlmo of. life, hair slightly
t.nged with gray, and eyo that seem
to ruud ones Innomiost thoughts.
I't'uy sparklu and daucu as ho talks
to you. They command your atten
tion and hold It nil the while you are
ImptohHcd wllh lao typo bo repre
sents a strong, muncular , red
blooded mnn, whoto Indomitable
courage and will-power stops at no
obstacles, "i'.u to buay to talk to
you," ho said, but after another word
tie Invited mo to bo seated.
You liavo stirred un this commu
nity as no other man hns ever done,"
''vat my Introductory onunont. Ho
smiled. "It la truo, Mr Fer-Don, I
continued, "that yon aro a strong b
Irlvor In charity, anl that a largo
portion of your earnings aro devoted
to charitable work among the de
serving poor? And I hope that you
v III pardon jno, If I seem porsonnl,
but it Is a fact that you recently give
n poor family In Oakland $500 in
;ohIT
Uuy n Lornin range nnd get tho
best. For salo by Medford Hardware
Co. 277
Are you a conservative Investor?
Do you know values when they stare
you la tho face? If so, wo want to
meet you and show you that wo are
selling good residence lots for $260
that aro as deslrablo from every ' For-Uou' face 111 up and a nuillo
standpoint If not moro so thnn lots (broke across bis honest couutennucu,
ducement wo will only ask you to nay . ,JU ' o many words.
$25 down and $10 monthly. It will
pay you to boo us. DO IT NOW,
"I don't enro to talk about those
thing.," Mild FtM)on. "Yes, WoMinvo
beou in Ooklund over a year now."
"Can you refer inn to sonto peoplo
your o.xpci'ls litivn cured. In Oakland,
as the people here In M'tr'i'd want
to know facts?"
' Yti," replied Fur-don., "I unii
give you the name of thousands," and
In a voice full of feeling and pathos
he related lb" story of little Kuther
Goodman of (1HS Madison street, Otik
Innd. She enino to Fer-Don'H Hum
ponn exports with her bond twltod.
Tho child's neck was stiff anil tho
con's were so contracted that tho
I bond was resting on the Ilttlo one's
shoulder. These eminent mtiii treul
Cd the little girl. Bhn Is now nblo to
move her head aud twist her neck
as any oilier child can do.
TalMng with this wonderful char
acter, the committeeman found him
tu b a legulnr globetrotter, philan
thropic and great social order man.
Hesldes being a thirty-second de-gnu
lluson, a Shrlner and a member of
tho IC. of P., he Is also an Klk nnd
connected with niiitiy other social
and fraternal organizations. Al
though of French and Irish descent.
j Fer-Don was born In tho United
Htntcx nnd Is mighty proud of K
lit Investigating grout discover!
lu medicine nnd surgery Fur-Don has
spent a fortune, aud In securing the
services of the efficient corps of Ku
ropeau experts and Master .Special
ists thousands upon thousands of
dollars havo been spent. Fer-Don
bns thus made himself n great public
benefactor aud offers lu further proof
to present $10,000 to charity If tho
testimonials ho has from time to
time prcfteutf'd of cures effected and
relief given the sick nnd afflicted anr
not genuine.
"Why, you know Joe doldberg?"
Fer-Don went on and told how after
one or two treatments Joe was re
lieved of hip Joint disease and nblo
to walk without crutches, which hud
been u part of him for seven long
years.
"Another case In point," continued
Fer-Don, who was now getting warm
ed to his itubject. "Mr. W. H, Har
vey of 2C3 Kureka street, Ban Fran
cisco, bad been a sufferer from gall
stones for years. Doctors couldn't
help htm, didn't know what was tho
mntter with him. Our experts did.
They gave him one dose of our prep
aration and he was relieved of over
200 gallstones In a few hours.
"Mrs. Lucy Parker of 1707 Tenth
street was also relieved of 150 nail
stones lu sixteen hours without tho
use of n knife, or drawing a drop
of blood.
Crowds besieged the offices In Sac
ramento every day and there Is tu
qucxtlon they will do u large business
lu .Medford. It Is Impossible to count
those who como to consult tho Medi
cal Experts. No big fees tiro charg
ed, Their buslucKs Is to get you well
as fast as possible, and they honestly
toll you whether they can help you
or not.
WILL DUPLICATE CASKS IN
MKDFORD.
Fer-Don Minted that before m
month's time horn In Medford. "You
see," replied Fer-Don, "tho offices
of my Kx pui ts nt the Moore hotel will
be crowded dally,"
conservative, inr-siguiea men novo (
prophesied that 1000 hounes will boj
ouiit in .Mcuioru nun scuson. w hub
In truo hadn't you bettor got biiBy.
Put $10 a month Into n lot; perhaps
tho other fellow may want your lot'
to build his bouoo on. ,
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL
ISSUE IMPROVEMENT BONDS
NEW YORK, Feb, 5. Southern
Pnoific officials announced hero to
day thnt they are plnnning to issuo
bonds to be secured by the Bay Shorn
Cut-off in Snn Francisco, to provide
funds for further terminal improve
ments in that city, Tho statement
was ns follows:
"The Southern Pncifie comrmriv
bns n largo amount of money in
vested in the Hay Shore line, an ex
pensive cut-off, and other terminals
in Snn Frnnoisco, all of which aro
Tree from hen. We are now merely
taking advantnge of tho nnhunl
meeting to bo held on April 0, to ob
tain tho consent of tho stockholdnru
for nn Jhsuo of bonds to cover this
investment, nnd such future imnrovo.
ment of terminals as may bo found
advisable, without tho dolay nnd ox.,
penwo of calling nn extra mcniing. No
u the hood ix cunlcinnlf,!,.,! ,i
Hie i)re-ei time." i
LA 1)1 IK L PAItIC
Is a now addition placed on the mnr
ket for tho first time January 28th.
It commonces ono block went of tho
11th street storo, nnd jotno Highland
Park addition on tho south. You will
llko Laurel Park.
Wo reprcsont flvo strong old-lino
firo Insurnnco companies, nmong
(hum bolng tho California Insurance
Company and tho Protector Under
writers, both of which paid Sun Fran
cisco fire losses In full. Insuro your
automobile against tiro and theft.
BENSON
INVESTMENT
COMPANY
Offjcf over FruHgrowers' Honk
I'honu 41.
Our Shoes
HAVE THE STYLE, SNAP AND DASH THAT
PLEASE THE EYE OF THE CRITICAL AND
THE WEAR THAT SATISFIES THE MOST
EXACTING. WHEN IT COMES TO PRICE,
WE WILL MEET ALL COMPETITION,
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