THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MtiLWOKU,. OREGON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, J!)10.
Medford MailTrirune
l UVV1IL OIUIU IIVMIOU 111 lllU Vll., UIUl 1W18 UVl UWll IVl
year's. The increase tails below the demand. Hero is a
field worth the attention of men of means in which to make
investments.
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATUIIDAT.
A consolidation of tnv Medford Malt, established 1J8; tha Southern Oregon
la. ntubllshed liOz; tha DemoortUlc Times, established 11715 tha Ashland Trlb
twe, established 189, and the Medford Tribune, eatabllahed 10(.
official Paper of the City of Medford.
AMERICAN APPLES ABROAD.
I Proiluoo Journal )
GEORGE PUTNAM. Editor and Manager.
entered as necend claaa matter November 1. 190I. at the poatofttce at Medford,
, Oregon, under the act of March i, lt't.
-SUDSCRIPTI ON RATES:
) year, by mall 15.00 Ono month by mall or carrier....! .SO
LL .
PURIFY THE SOURCE.
A FAVORED REGION.
The Portland Oregouian in answering the Mail Tri
bune's query as to when a constitution is not a constitution
in the eyes of the Oregon supreme court, remarks as fol
lows: iliil
"It is not the Oregouian s business to explain for the
supremo court.
"The Oregouian has questioned the constitutionality
of all these acts. More, it has shown and proven all of them
to be without constitutional warrant. But the tribunal of!
last appeal can make the law what it wishes the law to be.
"Right along, .for many years, there has been legisla
tion that has distinctly violated the constitution. But the
supreme court has upheld it, even as to the salaries of its
own members. .2LJ IV
"The supreme court, being supreme, decides as it
wishes. It lavs down the law, and there is no real need
either of legislature or of constitution except as sources
"of supply of material for the supreme court to work upon.
The supreme court is the real and ultimate lawmaking
power. And it denies the people even the referendum."
."What the Oregouian says is true. What a hollow farce
constitutional law has become, veering like a weather cock
according to the political winds that blow. Still, like child
ish minded, idol worshipping savages, we clothe it with sa-
dun guru aim uuw m reverence. I "When told thnt her husband.
The courts reallv rule the land, unsettimr the work of T,,on'as A. Brooks, hnd been killed
ai :i ,3 - iY i jvi..i. ,n Seattle, whore he was being
.pcuiu aiiuiuiaiutuiira, uc-uiiixi wuiie is uiilCK auu UUlCK pouKht on n charge of having nt-
is wlnte according to whim. Precedent is more sacred , tempted to murder her. Mrs. Brooks,
li.on inoHnn In if nmm-nn nA . (employed at the Turner hotel ui
juuniv, villi Mipikb null JJitJltlllVit; CUlUUgUl IUUU pit-
cedent. The best. that can be done is to place liberal, big
minded, just men upon the bench. Those who prove other
wise should be retired to private life as unworthy of trust
and honor.
Yesterday the cast was in the grasp of the ice king
and nearly all of Oregon under a blanket of white, but
sunshine showered the Rogue River valley and tho balmy
air of spring was swelling tho buds.
in Portland it was rose planting day, and roses wore
planted, despite snow and cold. At Salem there- was half
a foot of snow with the thermometer below freezing. At
Pendleton and all over eastern Oregon, the temperature
ranged close to the zero mark, while snow fell steadily.
At Hood River the thermometer fell to 1( above zero,
heavy snow fell, and the famous fruit belt experienced
some of tho worst weather of the year.
Are you not glad to live in the Rogue River valley,
where the thermometer ranges about 42, whore sunshine
and cloud chase each other athwart a blue sky. away out of
the snow and cold?
The Mail Tribune was in error when it said the salary
of a supreme court justice was $3000 a year. Tt is $4)00,
although fixed by the constitution at $2000.
SUICIDED TO ESCAPE
CLUTCHES OF THE LAW
SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 23. It
became more evident today that
Thomas Brooks, who knelt beneath
a streetcar and was killed last Wed
nesday here, tried suicide to escapo
the police.
A special dispatch from .Topl'm,
Alo.. says:
surviving,
Webb City, fainted. On
she declared:
"Well, ho tried to kill me. I'd
never have lived with him again."
Hen Pays Her Rent In Eqqs.
rrn, n , , .,, i OKEENWOOD, Del., Feb. 23. Ev-
The Oregoman does not answer, neither can anyone, ery morning a hen beiontine m Ed.
else answer why in the eyes of the supreme court there is j wnrd Hastings, ntes to tho kitchen
one law for northwestern Oregon and the Willamette val- Q"Z lltHZ 'IV 8T, Th?
., m , w,ndow being opened, tho Intelligent
ley, and another law for southern Oregon. There is no val- biddy takes possession of a long wood
box at ope side of the stove and,
hovering down In the darkest corner
for a short tlmo, reappearing with a
Joyous cackle, which announces that
a freshly-ald egg is In tho box.
id reason why one section should be favored, and another
frowned upon, why measures tending to the development
of one district should be encouraged and pronounced legal,
while a similar measure tending to the upbuilding of other
sections be knocked in the head as illegal.
The supreme court, which openly violates the consti
tution in its own membership and salary, violates it again
for the development of a favored locality, but throws the
mantle of its protection about it to retard the development
of another section, has by its decisions on one side of the j
question one day and on the other side the next, done more
to shatter public confidence in its body among the people
than all other efforts combined could have accomplished.
The only way to restore the supreme court to the con-,
fidence it formerly inspired in the minds of the public is
to elevate to the bench broader, bigger men .
BRIGHT PROSPECTS AHEAD.
In the consular reports rognrdlng
tho apple market nt tho principal illn
trlbutlng points In Oroat llrltaln and
Ireland suggestions are mndo -which
aro worthy of careful consideration
by tho fruit growers of tho United
States. Perhaps the most Important
fact noted Is that American apples,
when honestly graded, packed and
labeled are preferred In English nnd
Scotch markets to any othors, Tho
trade has become sufficiently ac
qunlntod with tholr good qualities to
appreciate their excellence and to
make thom favorites, and alt thnt
remains to give them a staple market
Is adhoronco to quality nnd to form
In packing. Unfortuntoly, this dm-
portant fact his been lost sight of
by numerous shippers who seem to
Imagine that British receivers nro so
gullible that Inferior fruit can bo palm
ed off on them at top prices, and that
the gamu can bo prolonged Indefi
nitely, Some dealers may argue that tho
foreign public has become so used to
American bad packing and grading,
so accustomed to being cheated by
having Inferior goods foisted upon
them after contracting for fancy
grades, that they havo como to expect
that kind of treatment as a matter of
courso. This Is a mistake Neither
tho English nor the Scotch consum
ers havo yet been convinced thnt 14
ounces make a pound or that five
Third Week
Of The Great Fer-Don and the Euro
pean Medical Expert in Medford,
Offices Are Crowded Daily.
Wonderful Bloodless Surgery
ItciiMikithle Cute Is Effected by 1'er
Don's Expert HHt-htIlst After
All Other Physicians
Had Pulled.
Made Biscuits nt 116.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Feb. 23.-
Alnbnum is getting a reputation for ' n-unrt8 of anything can bo taken out
long-lived people. A few dnvs ngojof a RnUon measure. American shlp
Eliza Hell died at Russelvillent tho !'"'"' anoM"l kll0W better than to loud
ago of 11(1. Aunt Eliza wns a slave ' themselves to such sbnllow devices
in tho Harris family. She was sold ' for hoodwinking the British public,
to hor last owner 'for $1800 ivhenlA w,Hor mt)n tMnn n".v of them laid
she was n young girl. Her age is 11 down as nn nxlom thnt you cannot
a matter of trustworthy record in ro01 nu ,M0 P,,1'" tlmo, nnd
the history of the family. She was the ilay has gone by whon painted
n famous cook up to tho time of her ni'es 'ma be passed off on tho cltl
death. Her hot biscuits were fa-izen8 of Oroat Britain ns zobras.
mous hereabouts. In the same part Il-ls ensy to understand tho Batls-
of tho stnto lives S. H. Holt, wIioMncln which British mnrkotn give
is in his 90th year and who is ono'Cnnn,"an Krowcrs. Tho latter aro
of tho best riflo shots in the stnte. nn'o to maintain, far better than
A week ago he bagged ten squirrels American shippers, tho same propor
in half a dn.vVith an old-fashioned . tlonnte level of prices throughout the
cap and bnll rifle.
year because they tnko pride In hnv-
An Invalid for ten long years, pro
nnuuued incurablo by half a dozen
doctors operated upon at one time
for tumor, and. after tluitlly giving up
all hope, thinking u horrible cancer
wns slowly hut surly vntlrty away her
very life Itself; then, In a short tlmo
being fully restored to health and
happiness, doing all her own huuse
work such Is tho truly remarkable
experience of Mr. John 8lovers, liv
ing on n ranch five miles southeast
of Winters, On I. Tho sudden change
In hor condition was duo to tho, fact
thnt sho finally found physicians who
know what wns the matter with hor
and tho treatment required. Each
and ovory case, ho It uteioly a cold,
or any other disease affecting hu
mnnklnd, Is given tho most careful
nttentlon by these masters of the
medical profession. If, after a rareful about the treatment oft hose speolat-
charge $1 for consnltntlon.
to touch It, 1 hnd begun to think I
wns afflicted with cancor nnd Just
nbout given up nil hope of over Bet
ting well when 1 heard of tho many
cures being made by Fur-Don's Ex
per Specialists at tho Monro Hotel,
Medford, Oregon, I ciuub In to ueo
them, and ono of tholr export ding
nostlclaus, aftor carefully examining
me, said that thoy could euro mo. It
coined almost too good to bo truo,
as only temporary relief was all thnt
I hnd exported, and If I could get
even thnt I would have been sals-
fled. However, they treated me, us
ing no knife, and today I am almost
perfectly cured; tho palnH hnve all
gone. I do all my own housework.
and feel belter than 1 hunt tor ten
years.
"The cure they mndo on mo Is very
remarkable to my mind, because of
tho fact thnt I wns so very III nnd
hnd tried so tunny other physicians
with such little success.
"If there are nny people In my
neighborhood or nnywhero else, for
thnt mnttor, who would like to know
exnmlnatlon. they think n patient In
curnblo (which rnroly but sometimes
happens), they promptly toll tho af
flicted one the facts, and refuse to
tako tho case under nny circum
stances. This U one of tho Inviolate
rules of Fer-Don's Expert Medical
Specialists, and has, In n ureal meas
lire, contributed so Inrgoly to their
- i Ing It snld in Liverpool. London.
BATTLE IN BULGARIA; j Glasgow nnd other places that tl i PUfntnm'nnl muccom.i. Just rend whnt
MANY SOLDIERS KILLED oam1 nr aPPI,,!, bearing tnoir names, ' " m nn;
and mnrked No. 1 nro sailing undori "''"H" tho past ton yearn I havo suf
SOFIA. Bulc-nrin. Feb on. true labels and must bo sold nccord-
rious crash between frontier trnnrw '"K'y. becauso they realtzo that com-
of tho Turkish nnd Bulgarinn armies mPrco 0UK,,t to ,,onoflt ,)U'or ftnd
wns reported today in dispatches ' tM'"rH n"Kff' u,oy Know wmu ino
from Tnmmsli. Afnnv sni.i;nM ! nmrket wants, and they havo learned
both sides were killed, accordiiiR to to ""PP'J 11 ln the bight way, thus
news reaching tho wur office i,oroi maintaining the confldenco of pur-
Tho Bulgarian e-nvnrnmnnr bn ennsers insteail or nhusing It
an investigation into tho cause of th-
fighting.
isis, ir tney win call or write mo I
will gladly toll whnt they did in my
ense. I know of nothing thnt com
pares with It In the euro of disease."
How About Yourself?
Stop and consider your own health.
Aro you enjoying life or havo you
some nllmeut thnt Is supping the vt
tnllty from your system? Hnvo you
whnt you consider only a slight cold,
to which yon attribute your run. down
feeling? llownre! Thousands of cases
of consumption nnd pnoomonln hnvo
' - ,'..... ..iviimjim wmrvn nrij ui
was opernted upon by ono physician. Hotel nt tho head of sta
who thought I had n tumor. At times hours, from 10 to 12 n.
A Story and a Half Bungalow.
Desitfn 860, by Glenn L. Ssxton, Architect.
With real estate transfers exceeding $1,000,000 for one
week, breaking the record of any single week in the val
ley's history, and with over $500,000 worth of new build
ings in Medford already contracted for erection during the !
coming year, there is every indication that both the Rogue
River valley and Medford are entering upon their most
prosperous year.
February is usually one of the dullest months, but this
year it has been one of the liveliest. Valuations are higher
than ever before both in orchard and city properties, yet
orchard valuations are far beneath those in the Hood River,
Yakima, Wenatchee or Colorado fruit districts and are des
tined to climb still higher, because this region has supe
rior climatic conditions to those enjoyed by the other fruit
belts of the continent. 1
Medford values will naturally increase with the"crowth !
of the city. Medford is destined to be the largest city
between Portland and San Francisco, and no investment
can be made in city property today that will not make
money for tho investor in the near future.
With all this growth and prosperity there is no boom
and has been none. Both city and county have grown stead
ily for the past five years. Medford 's average increase for
each of these years has been in the neighborhood of thirty
ye ucjut, uuu. iuio ruuu win uo inainrainea ana pernaps sur
passed during the year 1910.
Tho principal handicap Medford suffers from and al
ways has suffered from, is lack of accommodations for the
strangers within her gates, the new arrivals coming to
make this country their future homo. Two new .hotels
.have been planned, which will relieve the situation, but
there is a great dearth of- apartment houses, flats and
of grading nnd packing apples. Tho
tlmo Is rlpo for nn ontlro reorganiza
tion of tho system. Thoro In no
doubt whatever that many growers
hnve boon cnrcloss ln, grading nnd
i'KUSPECTlVE VIEW FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
This plan of a bungalow contains
everything thnt the average family
would desire In a complete and model
home. All the rooms located on one
floor. The plnzza In front Is of ample
sizo and can be readily screened In.
From this the entrance Is into u sinull
reception room, opening up with Hie
living room, which Is mndo unusually
inviting by Its large open tlreplace. In
case one desires tho partition between
tho reception room and living room
could be omlttHl, thus making this one
Inrge room. There are two bedrooms,
nnd there is ample space In the second
story so thnt two largo rooms could be
finished on tliM Moor. If desired, and a
stairway lending to the same between
the dlulng room and bedroom. The
size of this bungalow la tweuty-elgbt
feet wldo and thirty-eight feet deep,
nirch floors and birch finish through
out. The height of the first story Is
nine feet In the clear Tho basement
is twenty.flvo by twenty-eight feet and
seven feet deep. These plans can be
blue printed reverse without any extra
expense. Cost to build, exclusive of
plumbing ami heating. 11,880,
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PIAZZA
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lacs ai
fored untold torturo nnd ngonv with
mnmncn. uunng an i ins tlmo I started with only n slight cold, and
hnvo hnd nt least a half dozen differ- tho victims, Instead of securing enrly
ont physlclnns, but none of them nttentlon nnd proper treatment, now
seemed to do mo nny good. I hnd so- fill our graveyards nnd cemeteries.
vero iiomorriinges. griping pnlns nnd Medford offices nro at ho Mourn
stairs. Offlco
in.. 2 In 4
If Amerlcnn npplo shippers deslro! ' w"ld Just cry with pain ns It seem- nnd 7 to 8 p. m. Sunday from 10 to
to maintain the plnce they desorvo ,J" lt nnendurab'e. I hnd burning. 12 noon. A largo number of peoplo
and to which their products aro on-Pn,na '"' "tomnch was so soro' visited tho Fer-Don Hxports yester
tltled In fnrefgn mnrkets, It will boltmt 1 t'"1'1 "t "land for anything day In their offices In Medford. They
a saving of tlmo and money to thom ' - - - ' ; j
to effect some reform In tho method SENTENCED TO GO TO CHURCH; bo completed on tho leo on the C-
MAN APPEALS SENTENCE Inmbia river, it being tho plan of tho
MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 23,-Sen- !,,U,,,!";i "l"'" A
' ' vx. hull if Mm nanii,, (.. II... r I
fenced to attend church for six Sun- -j-
I packing, nnd It Is also truo that pack- ;,mi? 11 ""occasion nnd to pay n foro tho ico melts.
,Ing N'o. 1 apples on tho top nnd bot- """" Ed Krior, found guilty Mb scheme is to plnno tho bout
torn of a barrel, with No. 2 or cldoriof n charge of intoxication, has np- on the ico and, whon tho boot iH fin
npplos In thoconter. has been a popu-!.p!n,e1 rnthor t,mn ""uKO tho nun- ishod, cut tho ico from nround" her
lnr practlco In many sections of thin i sIm!t,t t nnd allow the vossol to drop easily
country. I In sontoncinjf Knor, Polico Judge into tho wntor. Tho boat will oarry
All this Is discouraging. Applo, Str1"R 8ft!tl l,mt 1,0 wo"1,, 1)0 lonie"1 nout 30 Ions of freight and n him.
growors ln the United States should.." impoH0 ,n f'no jf.3,anl coatsdrod pnHHongors. Cnplnin Arm-
reallro thnt they como Into compotl- oruor . K,vo n lcai fllro"K "nfl i numlior of boats
tlon with Cnnndlan producers w
orrniln. nnrv nnd tnlml llmlr unnlm
Mrnr,.iiv nit imnn.e lter readily nvniled himsolf of
poso of
buyers fixing tho price of tholr fruit ?, 7" . V," "y1H0V(,rn' wiinoHsoH -Alien . Kcod, wir0 of Lioutonnnt
on tho basts of Inferior grades, ns Is'thnt lH. ""'"T W. ! u"oatci hm AUo D nu0(1 n ''o U. 8. S. Albany,
uuu racoivaa in ino inst tnrea dnyn
25 lottors from hor husbnnd, fifteen
the first day, four tho nocond and
six tho third day. Lioutonnnt Hoed
got hmvo of nbnonco lust full to get
married, but immodintoly after tho
oorcmony wns ordorod to Contra!
America, nt tho boginniiiR of tho Ntc
nrngjinn trouble
iti- h"" niruiig huh iiiiiii a numlior or boats
hoponnlty from which to nppoal if ho in n similar mnnnor in tho Stikiue,
losHan .fit lo l0 B0, Yukon nnd other northorn rivors.
tho "culls" at homo, thUBlH10 0PPort,,,,ity offc,rml nml filo(1 "-' Wr'te Wife Fifteen Times a Day.
ng the chances of English t,co f. n,)ponl .nflor hftln- vnlnly LIBERTY, Mo Feb. 23.-M.
! often done In tho caso of American j WftB ,nifltnko" clm0H'
FLOOR PLAN.
By nxclal arrangement with me the editor of this paper will furnish one
complete set of plans and spccWcatlona of design No. 800 for $10.
QLENN L. SAXTON.
'apples. Thoro Is only ono way to ro-
movo tho handicap with which Amor-
' lean npplos nro benot In foreign mar
kets, and that Is to fallow tho advlco
, laid down by Consul McCunn, name
ly, to moot tho competition of Can-'
ada with a barrol equal In packod
weight and In quality to tho standard
barrol of that country; to oxorclso'
moro enro In tho grading, packing
nnd forwarding of shipments; to giro
moro attention to tho customers'
wants, and to glvo tho consumor moro
for his dollar than thoy havo boon
j giving hlra ln tho past.
Whon that Is dono, Amorlcau npplo
shlppora can exact from foreign con
sumers of tholr fruit hottor prices and
largor profits than thoy now com
mand. It looks ns if this must bo
dono soonor or Inter, and It would
seem tho soonor tho bottor.
TO BUILD BOAT ON ICE AND
LET THAW LAUNCH IT
NEW WESTMINSTER, Fob. 23.
A Htonmor intended for uso on tho
Columbia rivor ia boing partly built
at tho FraBor Rivor millH, nnd will
Tho growora of tho Roguo Rivor
vnlloy do not como within tho ncopo
of tho foregoing nrtlclo, an nowhoro
In fruit moro carofully graded and
packod than horo. It simply ehowfl
tho damagocastorn growora nro doing
to tho ontlro applo trade
To Check Gambllna.
CORDOVA, AlnBkn, Fob. 23.--A
dotorminod movo to ohoclc n rovivnl
of gambling horo in under way to
day, under tho loadornhip of tho
United StatoB marflhnl. Sovpntoon
men plnying pokor woro nrroBtod in
n raid on tho hnflomont of tho Alaska
nilldim.' Innt night. Tho ensos will
Elk's Peerless Minstrels
This is the Elks' Quartet, which will sint? "Evening
Hells" and "A Good Little Bad Little Boy" next
Monday ovonincr, Fcbrtmrv 28. Enr'li mnmlmr of f.im
B. P. O. E. has tickets to sell and thosn wlin hnW nv.
change tickets may reserve thom Friday morning,
February 23d. General seat sale opens Saturday
morning, February 2Gth. If you wish a good seat,
buy of some Elk and rcsorvo early, as tho season seat
reservation will not apply to tho minstrel perform
ances.
Prices 75c, $ 1 .00 Sb $ 1 .50
be triod this aftornpon.