Medford mail tribune., April 12, 1910, Page 4, Image 4

MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORlsgONriOSSDAY, AlRILllOlO.
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MOST MERITORIOUS MODESTY.
Complete rterlt Tlllity-nlnth
I'rtll.v. fifth Yr
Yew:
rarsuKZB a.utv except satwk-
BAT BV HZR MBDrORD
A tonsolldatton of lh Maforl Mall.
Mt&tolUhcd 18S9; the Southern Orem
Un. etAbllhcil "OS: the Uemoowtlo
Time. ctob)lhe. t ifkJSt the AhUml
Tribune ettabl!S-. .5 IS9. and the Metl
ford Trlbun, tfnttiMlahed
aEOllOB l'UTN'AM Klltor and Manager
Znterod a m'comi-claa matter No
rewber 1, 1909. nt the postofflc et
vriuifnnl. OnMron. under the act or
rf.
ho City ot Medford.
MODESTY is so rare and so often unappreciated now
adays that when we discover a truly modest .man
we fool like taking off our hats.
Particularly delightful is it to discover the real article in
an editor. The editor has the public so at his mercy and
might hold himself up as a full blown rose in glory instead
of parading the sunflower glory of others, as many of
them do.
A shrinking, modest violet in the garden of journalism
is E. G. Lewis, editor of the Woman's National Daily of
St. Louis, founder of tho Woman's League of Magazine
Hustlers and promoter of numerous other people's money
enterprises. ....
Editor Lewis' unassuming description of himsolt in
close any information thoy may obtain, except to tho cen
sus bureau, and a violation of tho United States law in
I regard to this oath means a $1000 fine'or imprisonment for
tiwo years, or both, at tho discretion ot the court.
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(THAT WOODVLLE BOOSTERS MEETING
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Bandar only by mall, per year...
Weekly, one ir.. '
2.00
1.50
Tall Leased Wire Volte Pwn
Vatc&es.
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March S, IS
Official lper of
v- .n . 15.001
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One month by mall. ........ . ,.i!..An,, Uc ,.-.,leH- TTo ie nlmrtRf
rf'..'JflMain !ne e1n fiin linchFnl 1,AV 1MlH,l.r Ilk first 1WOOO. Coil-
Gold Hill uml Woodvllle........ , . . . u' l i, l,rtt,n.frto mirl hlnelina in
strums ui uia uwu munis, in- iivommo tiv ...j.. ...
recording them. Only tho hope of more magazine sub
scriptions inspires him to complete the task.
In Editor Lewis' issue of April 2. Editor Lewis coyly
sets forth the fact that Editor Lewis is a young man. and
then candor compels him to add: "Lewis is not a man of
large type and mould, physically speaking, weighing more
In- yioneilnvnhln rlmil twn llimrivnit nmiTll1 loSS thllll tllC
::::::::::::::::::::! president of the United States. But he is a bundl" of tire
' 5c'lfss activity, and a -'ant, intellectually speaking, lie
swors caxoTOAxiow: j js a inan 0f ideas and a man of high ivposc in the world.
NoTJnb?r. 1949" j.jjo Here, then, we nave .a pen picture oi rue great man,
written by himself, and we see how impossible it is to hide
the real stuff under a bushel, for genius, like a diamond,
The ilftll Ti.bunc 1 on sale at the
Ferry Ncw Stand. San Francisco.
PorUaml Hotel Nw Stand. Portland.
Bowman Now Co., Portland. Or.
W. O. Whittle . Seattle. ash.
Hotel Suoknno Newa Stand. Spokane.
Paitaffa Bateat
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2 to SB-paBe paper
December. 1909
January. 1910
February. 1910
asxrea ouretuauoai
1.81!
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3.300
3.200
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1,188
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1! HIS scintillates even in the snotlicrht of self-exnloitatiou.
!i::::::::::: kill Editor Lewis proceeds to call Editor Lewis a "wonder
":::::::::::!:" ful nlc man," which he undoubtedly is, for does he not
:o JJJ Le-svis takes the ph-ice of the great Virginian." Of course
ti:::::::::: h?? s:r:::::::: a.e fujs js a Hern tribute to Qoorcre Washincton. who. except
H52 " .Qhv a modest man. denrecatino: his own virtures.
could never be compared to this editor, described by him
self as an "intellectual riant." And what a miserable
2JSS
Totii".V.V. ".J"
U deductloM
Net total ".J"
Average net tolly X.202
xxsroxB, OHMOX.
Metro:olla of Southern On? yon and
nrthern California, and faitet-Erow-lc
city In Oregon.
PopulaUon. April. 1910. 158.
Bejinrr fruit city of Oresoa Rogue
iTer epplea won aweepatakea prtxe and
Lit Of
"AMI XS&ra of t&e WorU"
it National Apple Show, Spokane. 1909.
Jterue River peara brought hlgheat
arieea la all marketa of the world dur
ing the past five years.
Write Commercial Clab for pamphlet.
Hotels foil, rooming houses
teats fall, and still they comet
full,
The tender tops of alfalfa are be
inp used as green and pronounced
sriierior to spinach.
Xever vras the valley more beauti
fu than it is now in its garb o
xc any colors.
.Every loyal citizen will make it his
business to see to it that he is on
the census roll.
If you can't build yourself, don't
leep others from building by mark
ing up the price of your lot.
Roosevelt has cabled for Seth Bul
lock, bis old guide. Ho may need
him in the wilds of London.
Pelican Bay has been sold to D.
C. Jacklin, the Salt Lake mining
Krnate, -who will beautify it.
This k thc last week of sin in Med
ford. Next week come the evange
lists. Get ready your sack cloth and
ashes.
The fruit crop of Oregon promises
to le very heavy. In no Bection,
however, is it any heavier than in
the Rogue River valley; "
The pears are about through
bloomlag and the' way the fruit is
Betting shows that much hand thin
ping will bo required.
Local demand for cattle now ex
ceeds the supply and cattlo are be
injr skipped into the valley, which
for years exported them.
Table Rock school has received
fifty books from, the Oregon library
commission as a traveling library.
Every school can get the same.
I'mehot has evidently won Teddy's
snMKrt for his brand of conserva
tion, and Ballinger won TaftS en
dorsement for his. But what is go
ing to be done about it T
The state land board feels the ef
fect of prosperity. The price of base
for indemnity selections bad been ad
vnrred to $15 per acre, an increase
of ."0 per cent in the past year.
The supreme court has caused
so-o emVarassmenf by postponing
action in the oil and tobacco monop
olies cases. The point with pride to
ilip campaign against tracts is de-kj'ed.
Drafn Nonpareils This tpwn don't
seam to have no ambition. Tfye city
election was advertised to come off
lost Monday. For two weeks before
"tho people" were notified of it. A
meeting was called to make up n
ticket. No one came but the mayor,
recorder and one lone citizen. Af
ter waiting an hour they adjourned
sine die,
thing it was to be. the father of his country compared to be
J m 41-.. 41. A. .Jp I I rZ v.r i- " 1 i-TT rntA11Wl I
Editor Lewis further tells us that he is mayor of Uni
versity City, where "the heritage of all the countless ages,
nilI ff nil rtnnnfn'oo -nrJU lin nceflniMnd " ivlinen "iri'nnf f 11-
ture can only be conjectured, and the imagination peters
i. a i i e i i c: ii. i. j
UUt ilt. LI1U lilotv Ul Ll lUl IU XlgUlU 11 UUL.
Surely the most priceless heritage of all and the one
that will "peter out" those who try to figure it out, will
undoubtedly be the remarkable modesty of Editor Lewis.
HELP THE CENSUS-TAKER.
Friday the work of census enumerating will begin.
There are four enumerators in Medford and it is highly !
important that every man, woman and child in the city be
listed. If they miss you, notify the Commercial club and
nersonally see to it that vou are counted.
Upon the result 6f the census Bedford will be rated for j
the next ten years throughout the country. JNo matter
how much the city tows in the meantime, the world at
large will class it by the names collected in the next two
weeks. Therefore, everyone is personally interested in
the enrollment.
When the census man calls, answer all his questions
cheerfully, even if they seem impertinent. He has to ask
them and Uncle Sam wants to know. Be sure and give him
the names and other information about every member of
your family, your sisters and your cousins and your aunts,
as well as the lodger within your gates not only grown
ups, but babies as well.
The subject of taking tbe census is one of so great im
portance that President Taft has dealt with it in a letter
addressed to all the people. The president aimed to expe
dite the work, and by his timely suggestions contribute
toward its accuracy. In this letter he took occasion to as
sure everybody that all the information gathered by the
census enumerators is of value and that the federal gov
ernment's pledge is that it is to be regarded as strictly con
fidential. This pledge should be sufficient to the masses.
Your neighbor will learn nothing of what you have fold
the enumerators. It is none of anybody's business what
information you have given except, of course, the United
States government. This is a guarantee that nothing will
leak from the records. The United States government tells
its business to no one.
The census law, with reference to population, requires
that the enumerators' questions shall, for each inhabitant,
call for:
The name, relationship to-head of family, color, sex, age,
conjugal condition, place of birth, place of birth of parents,
number of years in the United States, citizenship, occupa
tion, whether or not employer or employee, and, if em
ployee, whether or not employed at the date of enumeration
(April ID, 1910), and the number of months unemployed
during the preceding calendar year (1909), whether or not
engaged in agriculture, school attendance, literacy, and
tenure of home; and whether or not a survivor of the Union
or confederate army or navy; and the name and address of
each blind or deaf and dumb person.
The same law, with reference to agriculture, requires
that the enumerators' questions shall call for:
The name, color and country of birtE p eacli occupant
of eacli farm, tenure, acreage or farm, aurCcTgc of woodland
and character of timber thereon, value of farm and im
provements, value of farm implements, number, and value
of livestock on farms and ranges, number and value of do
mestic animals not on farms and ranges, and acreage of
crops planted and to be planted durir - the year of enumer
ation (1910) and the acreage of crops and the quantity
and value of crops and other farm products for tho year
erding December thirty-first (1909), next preceding the
enumeration.
All the U. S. census officials, supervisors, supervisors'
clerks, enumerators and interpreters, before entering upon
their duties, are obliged to take a solemn oath not to dis-
rnniwwniinwiM.i.iii j
Thimms U. U. Taylor, neurctury of
the Wooilville-Evnns Crook Dovolop
inont league, bus fiirmgheri the fol
lowing account of tho muss booster
mooting nt WihhIwIU' litHt Friday:
Tho mooting uus till thut i'unoy
ooulil have painted it. Kiuiy in tho
day tlio fanners ami business men
begau to assemble ami tho 8:11) train
from Modford arrived with Profoa
sor 1 J. O'Unrn and other distin
guished gentlemen, who were mot by
a reception ooinnuttee and were
taken by F. W. Streets on a short
auto drive to view tho Woodvillo in
viromueuls. At noon thoy wore tak
en to tho "Waldorf, tho now Wood
villo hostelry conducted by Profes
sor Thomas 11. H. Taylor, whoro
thoy wore served with n very elabo
rate banquet of niuo courses, con
sisting in part o' eiuokon, turkey and
T-bono stonk, ami pio just" like your
mother used to make.
At 2 p. in. they met in Wilcox hall,
which was 'well filled with most en
thusiastic ladies and gcntlctuon from
all parts of the Kvnns crook valley.
After a number of short and to tho
point speeches by some of tho most
cuthusia8tio boosters, Professor
O'Garn wos introduced to the nudi
otice amid tho clapping of hands in
tho anticipation of what wo know
was coming a talk that talks.
Your humble hayseed secretary is
not making any pretentions nt noting
the many valuable points to farmers
and kartioultttriMs in Professor
O'Qara's address.
Tho professor snys he is a fanner,
and I guess that is right, hut tho fact
that tho motive power of most of
his fanning is gas, in no wtso de
creases its value, as wo all know if
to be very penetrating. lie says ho
is a booster i. e. : a legitimate
booster but the dissembler, tho par
asite, the fakor, in fact, tho liar, who
prevs on tho credulity of tho truth
seeker, tho homesoeker. he vivisaets,
flays nlivo from start to finish.
At tho close of Professor O'Uarn'a
address there wus a scramble as to
who should get mimes on tho iiioiu
liership list first, and for awhile
thoru was a shower of meteors, a
metallic downpour among tho rest, a
big $25 comot struck us from .Mod
ford. This, coming as it does from
the very hub of progress, tho booster
center of nil Southern Oregon, fills
us still more with confidence and en
thusiasm, with reciprocal brothoily
love for all societies, more especially
Bedford's.
When tho roll had hcan called there
was found 42 live boostorn nR fol
lows: P. W. Street, T. 11. 11. Taylor, T.
P. Jones, E. II. O'Jlure, M. 11. Whip
ple, H. Laws, S, Ij. Sundry, Samuel
Mathls, Kd Thompson, J Noat
hanier, J. It. Ilillis, V. Hillis, Jonso
Xenthumcr, S. II. Mooro, 0. Hoots,
August Krnuse. E. K. Dimick, Chns,
Magrle, F. E. Hall, J. E. Hobbius,
John M. Colt. D. G. Scoboy, K. E.
! Mngloy, O. F. Worts, W. W. Williams.
Charles Owens. S. J, Myers, C K.
Palmer, W. II Mooro, E. C. Chnud-
1 lor, E. C. Sabin, O. F. Comer, Sidney
F. Potter, Arthur Hrown of Hoguo
Magazine, E. Stevens, A. IC. Enr-
hart. M. S. Snyder, E. W. Tilton, O.
W. Wilcox, F. L. Kneeland, John II.
jllnir, John Thrashor.
One of our contemporaries has
appliod to us tho epithet, "Baby."
, We take it kindly. Lest you forgot,
that in our infuuey we are, like King
I Richard HI, though wo are horn
slightly deformed, wo are also born
with teeth, not to Into tho world, but
to show our teeth by a great, big
smite at our new and most satisfy-
nng booster club.
Professor O'Oara, wo arc from
Missouri; como and show us some
more. Wo carry our hearts on our
slcevo; our tutchstring hangs out
' and "dars no lock on our chicken-'t'onlonh."
No. I $2750 (l-room house, bath and sleeping porch, oily water,
electric lights, coinont walks, lot 80x100, (I blocks from Main street)
$1500 cash, balance tornu) nice neighborhood; it won't last long.
No. 2 $3000 I) auros, inside city limits, luoliutlug house and
barn, oast front, a fine proposition to subdivide; will out Into 10 nloo
lots; there is money In it for someone; why nut yoitT
, Wo havo n bountiful home on Onkdalo wo would like to show you
nt a prion that is below the market.
No. 25 I G ACHES alfalfa, throo and ono-lmlf miles from Mod
ford, cut four crops last year; some ofo tho finest land In tho val
ley, black free soil; barn 50x55, on county road; laud around it soil
im,' for $500 por acre. For short time wo can furnish this at $100
per acre.
No. 1414 ACRES Near olty Jlmlts, all In fruit, mostly ! to (I
yoars old; all flno black soil; 7-room houno, full 2-story, with closets,
bathroom, etc.; one burn 20x28 and ouo M.tUH ft,; splendid well, Price
only $000 por acre; one-half cash, balance tortus. This priao goes for
a short timu only.
No. 43 FINE vacant lot, 50x255 foot, on east side; host of garden
soil. Price $000, tonus. It is worth more.
No, 2130 ACRES Ulack free soil, as fine an nay In tho valloy;
all fenced; 15 acres in ll.irtlott pears, with a few applo trees; o-room
house, barn and outhutldingH, all painted and In nine shape; splendid
well, on good county road; only 1 Vii non from city school. This in a
hnrgain nt $H00 por new.
Mc ARTHUR & ALEXANDER
ROOM 3, POSTOFFIOE BUILDING
PHONE 3081 MEDFORr OREGON
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JOSEPHINE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT
Tho agricultural dovolopmont which
which Is going oa In Joseplilno coun
ty this year surpasses unything in
its past history.' Thousands of acres
are being cleared of timbor stumps
and brush and the laud put under the
plow for orchard, vineyard or general
agricultural purposes. Thoso im
provements mean much in tho way of
additional valuo to all tho land clear
ed. Tho cost of theso improvements
runs from $15 to $35 per acre. Thoso
figures indicate thut much has boon
ndded to tho intrinsic value of thou
sands of acres which heretofore havo
boon nonproductive.
The demand for lands ready for
the plow is greater this season than
in the past and men of largo means
aro constantly looking over tco coun
ty with a view to tho purchase of ex
tensive tracts fo,r orchard purposes.
Shrewd buyors are not slow to soo
tho opportunities to purcbaco farms
which will make orchards or vino
yards and at a price way below thoso
of other sections of tho Hogue river
valloy. Whon our irrigation system
is developed values will double and
treble the present asking prico. All
things point to tho fact that this is
tho opportunity to purchase at prices
which are clearly safo figuros.
Tho Important work to bo attendod
to in the future is caring for tho now
orchards that have Ueon planted with
in the last few yoars. Tho troos will
need pruning and spraying, tho latter
to be attended to often enough to
protect them from any nnd all of tho
numerous pests. When our fruit
growers reach that point of under
standing that care is the ono import
ant thing that brings succoas to tho
orchardists, fruit ' growing trill bo
como cvonly profitable each yoar.
Thero is no crop in the world which
will equal that of a well oarod for
applo or pear orchard, nnd tho ownor
who will give proper attention to tho
business must succeed. Thore will
always bo men who will havo what
they call bad luck, but in reality this
only occurs from ueglect or lack of
knowledge.
After growors ncqulro experience
in all lines of work in tho orchard or
uuoyard thero will bo but few fuil-
'p. ..),... !.. ........ t .., i
from tho neglect of tho past yoars I
and it will require timo to overcome
the evils for which carolocs individ
uals are responciblo, but wo aro sat
isfied that tho worst is pact, for tho
future will bo looked aftor by able
fmit inspectors, who will demand
clean orchards and tho luw will bo
so amondod as to insuro protection I
against thoso who havo heretofore
spread tho numerous disoasos. Joso
phiuo county took up tho work of in
spection in earnest tho past yoar and
from now on thoro will bo a vigorous
oniorccmon'k or tlio law. Tliat a
brighter day is dawning for tho fruit
growers thoro can bo no doubt. Tho
recont organization of n Itoguo rivor
valloy fruit growers' union is a long
step in tho right direction. Hereaft
er this noted valloy will havo its rep
resentatives in tho great cities of the
cast and there will bo fair returns
for all fruit sold. Tho growora will
no longer bo obliged to soil his poars
and apples for $1 to $1.50 a box and
tho dealdrs of tho oast has grown to
bo a fino art, but tho snlo of our fmit)
oy mo strong union or tno wnoio vai-
f
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1 1 ratronlM the "Modem 1 1
IV, UtUn Q.nl..tlw.ry C.. Wit., Tcrtl.U. On. Ml
Excursion Ratesto the East
DURING 1910 ' FROM ALL POINTS ON THE
Southern Pacific
(LINES IN OREGON)
TO RATES
Chicago $72.00
Council Bluffs $00.00
Oraohn $60.00
Kausna City $00.00
St. Josoph $60.00 .
St. Paul $60.00
St. Paul via Council Bluffs $63.90
Minneapolis direct $60.00
Minneapolis, via Council Bluffs $63.90
Duluth, direct $66.90
Duluth, via Council Bluffs $67.50
St. Louis $67.50
Tickets will be on sale May 2d and 9th; Juno 2d, 17th
and 24th; July 5th nnd 22d; August 3d; Soptomhor 8th.
The abovo rates apply from Portland only. From points
squth of Portland, add ONE WAY local rate to Port
land, to mako through rato via Portland. One way
through California, add $15.00 to above ratoa.
Ten days, provided for the going trip.
Stop-overs within limits in either direc
tion. Final return limit three months
from date of sale, but not later than Oc
tober 31st.
Inquire of any S. P. Agent for complete information, or
WM. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agont,
Portland, Oregon
ley will put a stop to tho wholosalo
frauds porpotratod on the growers.
Flxlno Un Valley Roads.
Road Supomaor W. P. Holbort
startod a crow cf men at work today
making Improvements on tho county
road In his district south of Ashland,
tho first point ot attack being In tho
vicinity of Noll crook crossing.
Wright's
Investments
Fivo-noro orchard tract, 1 milo out,
all in full bearing applos, with peach
and prune fillers; a nico orchard
home for $4000; terms,
Nico 8-room house, close in, a
good investment at $3300, $1000
cash, balance 2 yars, 0 por cent.
Noat 5-room cottage and 4 lots for
only $2500; terms; this for one
week only.
Fino comor lot on Nowtown, 50z
100, comont walk; a good buy at
$525, liboral terms.
Block of S chole lot in Rose
Parle, fine soil and nice pear trees
in bearing on each lot, all east front
witk a excellent view of valley; for
one week at $370, $125 cash, $10
por month.
Choice list of investments in all
parts of tho city.
"Lt?t Us Show Yon"
J.Br uce Wrights Co.
I Formerly Wright & Allin.
' 132 West Main. Phone 2691,
Medford Shoe
Shining Parlor
OH, HERE WE ARE AT LAST!
For ladies, gents, children, this is
tho pinco whoro you will savo
timo and money by gotting your
shoes shinod by an experienced
artist. Oiling and dyeing is my
specialty. Now, don't forgot tho
place, No, 4 South Contrnl nvo
iuo. Opon from 7 n. m. to 8 p.
m.; Sundays till 2 p. m. Tho coast
Champion Bootblack.
V. nOWAIlD, Prop.
Pack Saddles
Pack Bags
Wo can supply yon wltK Jut
what you want in Pack Saddles
and Pack Bags.
STOCK AND DOG SOAP
is good for nil skin disonscs of
mnn or beast.
J. G. Smith
514 EAST MAIN STREKT
Canton
RESTAURANT
SAM LOCK, Prop.
The former famous chof at tho
Nash Grill, Mr. Sam Look, baa
opened a first-clnsH restaurant
abovo Kennedy's saloon, No, 33
South Front struct. Kutrnnco at
both sides. Only first-class nioals
sorved, and just the mime of tho
proprietor- is the boat guaranteo.
OPEN EVERY DAY AND NIGHT.
NOODLES, CHOP SUEY.
This is tho only placo whoro will
bo, served chop suoy and Chini nood
les. Como and sco mo and you and
I are both suro you will come back.
Romombor, I am willing nnd I preach
what I promise Yours truly,
SAM LOCK.
NOTICE
CANADIAN PACIFIC,
RAILWAY COMPANY'S
LAND DEPARTMENT.
REPRESENTATIVE
Mn, S. J. AdUrvill be at the Ho
tel Mooro until pril 10 for th
purpoie of Btying those who aro in
terested lu the company's famous Al
berta Wheat Lands. lie will b
propared to furnish comploto infor
mation, noluding maps, literature,
prices, otc, Call on Mr. Adlor aud
arrargo to tako advantage of our
lowrato semi-monthly excursions
during this sonsou and lnspoot those
Muds.
IDE-McOARTHY LAND
COMPANY
Colonization Agents
Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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