MEDFORD MiJITRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APR IT, 8, .1910.
Medford Mail Tribune
Complete
Serla! Thirty-ninth
Dally, Fifth Year.
Year!
rBBniBKXB. SAXX.T XXOBPT 8ATUX
3PKXJTTIJT8 CO,
A oonsotldAttoa of the Mftdfonl Mali,
atabllaiied 18S9; the Southern Oreron
athttah! iini ihii Democratic
flMM, established 187J: tha Ashland
Tribune, established 18, and the Med
ford Tribune, tatabllshod 10.
SEOnQK PUTNAM. Editor and Managar
Kntorcd aa accond-clfca matter No
rwnber 1. 1909. at tho ppstofflco at
litdford. Orecon. under tho act of
March 3. 1879.
Official Paper of the City ,of Medford.
H SXJBSOKXPXXOH SATES:
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. Ono month by mull.. ... o
Per month, delivered by carrier, in
Medford. AshlnnO. Jacksonville,
Qold Hill and Woodvllle .BO
Stendty only by mall, per year.... j.j
Weekly, .one year...... . 1.50
OUR RAILROAD COMMISSION.
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gWOSK OZBOirZtATXOKl
' Areraeo Dally for
November, 1909
December, 1909
January. 1910 ...
hTebruary, 1910
tv aiarcV Oireulaklonl
1.700
1.843
1.935
3,133
IT
IS
30
21..
J.J50
1,150
3.300
3,350
1 2.100
' 3 2.300
S3 2.5
A? 2,350
At 2.250
9...... 3.2.0
2.250
SU 2.256
1 2.300
14 2.250
tC 2,258
If ... KO
. Total ,0,,s2
Vcm deductions . 1.350
OREGON'S railroad commission can by now fairly well
be judged on its meritswhat it has accomplished
for tliepeoplc. "By their fruits shall ye know thorn."
As a rulo, most railroad commissions are controlled
by the railroads and produce plenty of "dead sea fruit"
that nauseate and disgust the taxpayers. This, however,
in the'ease of Oregon railroad commission, is not tho fact.
It is a success, and has done its work quickly and well.
The fruits of the commission can bo seen throughout
the state. Nothing is more notable than the now and com
modious clepots along the Southern Pacific All recollect
the ".hen-coops" that served for years as depots. Tliov
are things of the past. Now comes tho servico, which is
several hundred points above the old "public-be-danmed"
S3stem.
Whilo the priming hook has lopped off many branches
of "all the traffic will bear" system in the form of lower
tariffs, overcharges have been returned within a life time!
which is nniquein comparison with former times.
Moreover, there is on tap a refreshing attention to tlie
Greatest Man Since Napoleon
Says Walter son of Roosevelt
LOUISVILLK, Ky April S. "Tim time in horo for tho
United Sluto to consider Theodore Hoosovolt uh thoy novor did
consider him before," said Ilonry WnttoYson today in an editor
ial. "To tal him 'mora seriously than thoy havo ovor taken
him; to renlUo that ho is altoKothor tho most otartllng figure
that has happened in tho world fiinoo Napoleon Honupnrto, a etr
oumstance not without significance and portent.
"Tho candidacy of Theodore Koosovolt for president in lOlil
may bo regarded from this time onward ns so probablo that tho
peoplo should begin soriously to oonsldor It.
"If there bo uooded for an oxooutivo hoad a strong man
having counice to take all tho bulla of corruption by tho horns,
nnd, regardless of obsoloto legal restraints, to shako tho llfo out
of them, then, indeed, Thoodote Hoosovelt would sooiu tho ono
fitted by temperament, oduontion and training for tho work."
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SPIRITUALISM AND ITS OPPOSERS
To the Editor:
icesafully used in douoiving lioliuv
An editorial of yours in tho Mall 0r8
wants 'and needs of the public. No longer are the patrons Tribl'n; ,,Anottwr Fk Ef kins had bee'
, . - ., , , , , mt m j i I HJS0d, has been sent inn with tho , , ,,,,
of the railroad helpless. Tho railroad commission, which.' t m the Cnth,
iv. i j xi. 1.1. 11 - muuiuu nuu uouruirKoa couuiiiou,
represenis tue peopiu, couiiiiimus, wilu uiu am ui iiivt0 your first statement that Krnont crazed by pain, and suffering, under
Tho fnots are that Kate Fox Jeu-
omo very ill, and while
Catholic hospital iu a do
bodrugged condition,
courts, an immediate "hearing," which is not ignored. , iiarps, "the boy wonder." had con
Manv hundred thousands of dollars have been saved to 58Sodll t!iatT 1,0 WM"fakip.J co-
ixisiuon to
34
35
IT
38 S.250
39. 2.250
30! 2,250
31 2.250
fosa that I am not in
eithor nffonu or deny, such a statu
meut as coming from his lips having
escaped me. Possibly ho may havo
mndo such a confession, but if ho
has, it proves nothing, unless ho
HIS bevond anv imagination, but it is an arrogant hold-up cor- tolls how it was done. Furniture, ro-
2.250. ... O P .... 1 . . - t i . i .. , ,
1SDO nnraHnn rhnt .lq cn fv rfnfinH nil Inw mic nhori t in )in i.i.u'u' " wns rviuurou nuu oo-
I IJUXUiaili LUKU Ull UU XtkX VAJil. IX (ill 1 V II ti.UVl AAiillV VUV I V 1 .
J. L 1 - 2-.- ..i. J--- uutuu ivo.-
the shippers, especially in the Inland Empire.
The great octopus, "Wells-Forgo, is about to be bearded
and trained to decenc. winch in itself alone will be worth
32..;::.,.... the price of the commission, as it has not only grown ncli
Net total SJ.SOO
Arerage net dally 3.203
Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
"ortnern California and faatest'Srow
far city In Oregon.
Population. April. 1910, SS00.
Banner fruit city of Oregon Itogue
Iver apples won sweepstakes prlzo and
$ie of
"Apple lOngs of tits World"
at National Apple Show, Spokane. 1909.
Ksgue River pears brought highest
prlecs In all markets of the world dur
ias; the past five years.
WUti Commercial Club for pamphlet.
hurled across tho room.
apparent physical contact,
such influoncoB as -doopIo holiovitiir
iu tho Cntholio or any other religion
ofton very conscientiously exert, be
Moving it is necessary to their salva
tion in twiothor world. It would not
bo strnngo that she should yield to
such influences. Hut after sho had
rocovorod nnd bocnino independent of
tho conditions and surroundings of
hor invalidism she mndo hnsto to re
tract the statement. i
You noxt toll us: "Every medium,
m Ik -m
JUST received The new
Spring models. Shoes of
style and character for
particular women. Selected
Spring and Summer fushlons,
in the smartest new shapes
nnd designs. Clever , pat
terns in all sorts of leathers for
cither indoor or outdoor wear,,
morning, afternoon or evening.
Edmeades Bros.
M00RE BLOCK.
Time may bo money, but it won't
buy an orchard.
Did Sheriff Jones make a capture
or was he captured?
Petitions continue to come iu
more paved streets in Medford.
for
proportion Of taxation. The commission Will enforce SOlllO land out of his reach. Ho wna Btrint. ! through whom it is olnimcd tho snir-
respect for the law and Secure a reduction in rates. I ly Ruarded and thero could possibly ,B ,mvu operated, has been sooner
The Changed attitude Of the railroads may not be whol-lbo ? confederate. Tf the boy made " later exposed as a Jake." I think
ltr dun fn ilm nnmmieoiAn hnf ia -nnrfinlK' ditn fn if fnr tlio sucn " confession, wo aro to rcmom- 'u nnsspoko yourself there. Many
ly due to the commission, out is partiam due to it, tor tlie ( bor thnt ho wm isonted from hjo tho B0.flaIIed n,ntoriniizing medi
knowledge that the people had a means of redress certain- iovcrs spiritualism, and among ums lmv "ecu exposed, and that,
Iv has had its effect. The personnel of the present com-! thoso who were unfriendiv to it. it too. by spiritualists thrmsoivos.
nussion is excellent, and creditable to Senator George E. IK not strnngo that, considering tho whJch k08 10 'w tlit spiritualists
- . . ' . ' . 1 . 1 fllA t1f fits mmiiIiiIaiih ....
CnamberJain. who appointed it. It is a matter of public n;8SU.rc "ro"Kl ocnrMipon ain,- -;""r r . .,uu,"
un-
regret that Oswald West, one of the ablest members of
the commission, will not be a candidate to succeed him
self, for he has "made good" and it will be hard to replace
him.
Oregon's railroad commission can be rated as a prac
tical success and not as a political nontity, like that of
California, whose labor is all for the railroads instead of
the public.
DOES THE SPIRIT RETURN?
An Aviation club is talked of for
Medford. Whero is Jeff Heard T.
Phoenix can boast of civic de
eocy and not a single occupant for
the "jail" since it was built.
Many a man doing nothiner has got
lick through the efforts of others,
bat it's nothing to he proud of.
Harking your lot up to an exorbi
tant figure and making no improve
isents isn't a good way to build up a
eity.
The now motor service is quite
popular with the people. The South
ern Pacific must have heard of elec
tric cars.
Don't discount the future
anach by raising realty prices,
future won't materialize unless
do your share.
too
The
you
ITever did the Rogue River valley
look more beautiful than at present.
Te Hfle an English expression, "she's
blooming bouquet."
It is 'Currently reported that mac
earoni and spaghetti is in great de
BB&nd in Medford since the late Ital
ian grand opera performance.
Revival operations will commence
in Medford shortly with a good press!
ageat His Majesty, St. Nick, will,
at course, take tothe hills pro tem.
A new bridge is the latest thing for
Pkoenix over $1000 subscribed for
' bridge over Bear creek. The way
to get a bridge in Jackson county
k;tp build it.
icolonel Hofer irises to remark that
mu primary nomination "for governor
lees not always mean an election for
gfvrnor, whkk, goes 4 to show' that
the epineut rainmaker is wise to the
equation.
Jackson county can boast of more
automobiles and worse county roads
than any county in Oregon.- The
working of county roads has been
looked on bb a "family legacy." It
should end.
Klamath Falls has a new daily,
The Klamath Chronicle," a newBy,
Mat. eteht-nasre journal. It is back
financially by the business men of
. m -mem , A U 11. A
Uie fails, wuo.ieu me neea 01 an
2-to-date daily in developing and
ntaitbiK the city, and its initial
Mtmbera .are well filled with adver
its. Grant Lincoln is editor.
Whether the spirits of the departed return to practice Eusnpin Pnindiw docs trick, still wo
that the bov should vield to tho ! ncqunintod with them mljiht Hiinposc,
prejudices of tho unreasoning peoplo ' nn(1 t,mt tn0J wil1 not countenance
around hira. I fraud in their ranks. Tho fact that
But, assuming that the boy was n thero nro fnkc8 uiasquorading uiubr
fakir, and actually did porform all ! 41,0 nnrno of sp'ritunlinm docs not
tho impossible tricks reported of him, "l,s,rovo spiritualism. Tho fact that
does that disprove all the phenomona ' thero nro counterfeits upon our cur
among spiritualists! If it does, then ! "" ls no I,roof t,mt t,10r is
all tho phenomena fn the Biblo is ac- B",lino monoy. It only proves the
counted for in the snmo method of v,n,uo C lho monoy. Tho fact that
logic. I "oro, such a thing ns bogus spir-
Your next refL-renen is to Pmf,. itualism only demonstrates that
tnero may uo n genuine somowhorc.
Rogues countorfoit only that which
hns vnluo; if they did not thoy could
sor Carrington's ie.xposo of Eusnpia
I'nlidino. Arain. let us sunnoso that
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such worthv feats as levitatinc tables bnlanehifr rhniiN unvo 0,1 1,10 Phenomena ascertained . Ul 'k inwnsoiv ?Jr , uy
t.utu wvLiuy itaifa as JCMtaung tauics, uaiancing cuairs, , do not countorfoit coimor coin that .
demonstrate that man lives after tho !H t". c,lonl, Tll0' counterfeit splr-
and ringing liells, or as in the case of the Harps' boy,
smashing furniture and tossing custard pies, as is con
tended by Daniel "W. Hull of Olympia elsewhere in this
event called death. But ns I under
stand tho professor, ho did not claim
a clear-cut cximm. Hn nnv.q. "nninn
issue, is beyond the knowledge of the writer. Even though 1 of tho phenomena, nt least, were not
spiritualistic." Hut what of the
other phenomena f IIo seems to
claim that whilo nnnblo to account
for nil tho manifestations occurring
in her presence, there was n moity
that ho was able to explain on ma
terialistic grounds. This statement
is a tacit ndmission that ho wont
over to Europo for tho purpose of
doing what Professors, Flamarion,
Lombrosso nnd all .tho othor astuto
scientists who had been investigating
the phenomena about her had been
unable to accomplish, that is, explain
them outsido of spiritiu.! ngoncy,
nnd no -wtho most ho can suy was,
"somo of tho phenomena, at least,
wcro spiritualistic." Why, tho man
had to say something. He would
have had his trip for nothing, if ho
had not.
The professor accounts for tho
phenomena what .he calls "exterior-,
ization of motivity." And what is
that? Why, that somo porsons nro
so constituted that thoy nra onablod
to exorcise physical force far remote
from themselves; that is, lift a piano,
as it did, with Abraham Lincoln,
Congressman Sommos nnd two othor
hoavy men on it, whilo a slight girl
was playing on it. Mind you, this
"exteriorization of motivity" is a
puro assumption, unsupported by any
fact; it is just a hypothosis; but such
aro tho straits of bigotry thot any
assumption, howevor absurd, goos.
Tho noxt statement rends ns fol
lows: "Before her death ono of tho
famous Fox sistorB con
fessed thnt tho table wrappings and
other feats supposed to bo perform
ed by the spirits through horself
nnd hor sisters woro nil tricks suo-
there seems to be no real proof that they do, there can cer
tainly be no proof that they don't Bnt tlie spirits are in
mighty poor business practicing such trivial tricks.
Mr. Hull does not keep posted on the events of the
day or he would have known of the Harps' boy's confes
sion and how he was caught in a room hung with mirrors,
fixing up his simple tricks to deceive his hysterical fam
ily. He would also be aware of tlie fact that a Harvard
professor caught Madame Paladine in her clever decep
tions and exposed her, though she had previously fooled
scientists of two continents.
She conscientious efforts of the Society of Psychologi
cal Research extending over many years, comprising in
vestigation of many mysteries and phenomena, hare not
resulted in any proof that spirits return after death, but
have shown up a mass of fraud.
"Strange, is it not, that of tlie myriads who
Before us passed the door of darkness throughy
. Not one returns to tell us of the road,
"Which, to discover, we must travel, too."
A COOS- BAY STUNG- CLUB.
The Daily Coast Mail, started recently as a daily news
paper at Marshf ield, has given up the ghost after a few
months' struggle. It suffered the fate- of most newspa
pers, started with shoe-string capital. Bills and payrolls
could,not be met and suspension followed attachments.
The plan of the- publishers, a plan by no means original,
was to secure several hundred yearly subscriptions paid
in advance. As soon as this money was exhausted trouble
becran and kept up.
Merchants of Coos Bay: refused to patronize the new
daily, not only because it had no financial backing, but
because "the town was too small to support two dailies
so it languished and died.
Close to a thousand people are said to have been
"stung" by the Mail. They paid in advance for a year's
news and received several months. To sell a paper for a
year and deliver only a part is obtaining money under false
pretenses swindling the public though bankruptcy
saves the publisher from prosecution. The peoplo havo
no recourse the only protection thoy have with a new
mper is to satisry tnemseives m advance tnat tne pub
iahers are financially responsible, and have the money
necessary to continue in business at a certain loss for tho
time subscribed for.
For Candy
pstronlM th "Uodsra Ttlt"
m c.nuttlcm.rr J., Mfri-i
UN mm
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itunlism on account of its known
vnluo.
Ouo inoro sentence of your editor
ial nnd I shnll bo dono. You nsk:
"Why should tho spirits of tho dead
do such utterly worthloss nnd non
sensical things ns thoy nro portrayed
doing in tho sonnccs of tho fakirs f"
Well, so far as tho fakirs aro con
cornod 1 have no explanation; but
they sometimes do "nonsensical" and
absurd things with gonuino mediums,
or nt loast things that seem to mu
as such. But did it ever occur to
you that thero nre many pooplo in
tho flosh that uct vory foolish 7 Well,
spirits aro only men nnd womon who
have laid off their physical bodies,
and wo cannot expect them to be
come wise nnd unerring ns soon as
thoy aro disrobed of tho mortal.
They must grow; and whntover thoy
lacked in mortal life, thoy must grow
to in spirit life.
Yours with rospoct,
DANIEL W. HULL, M. II.
Olympia, Wash.
To find a "backer" through a
want nd sooms almost too Blmplo
but three-fourths of them nro found
that way.
A.L. VROMAN
PLUMBING & HEATING
CONTRACTOR
No job too small, none too
large. Twenty-five years'
practical experience.
OFFICE
113 SOUTH FRONT STREET.
MITCHELL
& BOECK
WAGON MAKERS
We make a specialty of
rubber tiro work And or
chard harrows and
spray tanks, call at
Merriman'fl Shop
Riverside Avenue
Excursion Ratesto the East
DURING 1910 FROM ALL POINTS ON THE
Southern Paciric
(LINES IN OREGON)
TO RATES
Chicago $72.50
Council Bluffs $60.00
Omaha $00.00
Kansas City $G0.00
St. Joseph $00.00
St. Paul $00.00
St. Paul via Council Bluffs $63.90
Minneapolis direct $00.00
Minneapolis, via Council Bluffs $03.90
Duluth, direct $66.90
Duluth, via Council Bluffs $07.50
St. Louis $67.50
Tickets will bo on sale May 2d and 9th; .Tune 2d, 17th
and 24th; July 5th and 22d; August 3d; September 8th.
Tho above rates apply from Portland only. From points
south of Portland, add ONE WAY local rato to Port
land, to mako through rate via Portland. One way
through California, add $15.00 to above rates.
Ten days provided for the going trip.
Stop-overs within limits in eithor direc
tion. Final return limit three months
from dato of sale, bnt not later than Oc
tober 31st.
Inquire of any S. P. Agent for complete information, or
WM. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon
A help wanted nd will afford you I If 'thoro's any work thnt you can
a chnnco to choososo you ought to 'do do woll you can find a chance
find tho right workor for tho work, to do it, through want advertising.
Orchards
Farms
Town Lots
ONLY THE BEST AND AT
REASONABLE PRICES.
1 am in position to bo of material
use to you in helping you locate
In tho Itoguo Itivor country. My
acquaintanco with tho present
ownors and knowledge of tho soil,
nd conditions of ovory kind, fa
vorablo and othorwise, aro at your
command. What you wnnt are
all the facts, then you onn mnko
an intelligent investment of your
cash.
I have a list of vory oxcollont
bargains which, of course, is con
stantly changing, but never mind
that oomo and see mo and I will
nolp you gat what you want,
whothor on my list or not.
' Correspondence solicited from
those at a distnnco who wish to
lonrn of this land of health nnd
opportunities.
George F. Dyer
Room 0, P. O. block. Tol. 3204.
(Pormorly Manchester - by - the
Sea, Mass.)
Canton
Restaurant
SAM LOCK, Prop.
To Whom It May Concern:
Tho formor famous chef at the
Nash drill, Mr. Sam Lock, has
opened a flret-clom reeUurant
nbovo Konnedr'a saloon, No. 88
South Front street. Entrance at
both Bldoa. Only flint-class meals
will be served, and Juot the name
of the proprietor is the best guar
antee. OPICN BVBIIY DAY AND NIGHT
NOODLES, OTIOP BUHY,
This is tho only place where
will be oorvod chop uuey and Oht
na iioodlos, Como and see me and
you and I aro both euro you will
tomo back. Remember, I am will
ing and I p roach what I promise.
Yours truly.
SAM LOOK.
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