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Mkdpord Mail Tribune
Omiptoto
8rles! Thtrty-ntnth
Dally, Fifth Year.
Year;
SUIT XXCXTT BAT UK-
SAY BY TKS MXIirOlU)
GOOD NEWS FOR THE VALLEY.
A conaolltlatlon of the Medford Mall,
axttabllahetl 18S: tho Southern Urecon-
feuSl.. extend it eastward across the mountains.
Tribune, fiatabiishcd i8ic, ana the aieo
Cord Tribune, established 1I0S.
BBOKQB PUTNAM. Editor and Manager
fettered aa aocond-elaaa matter No
Tffiber 1, 1901, at the poatofflce at
Medford, Oregon, under tho act of
March I, 1878.
Official Taper of tho City of Medford.
Medford. Ashland. Jacksonville.
Talent. Phoenix. Central Point,
Oold Hilt and WoodTtlle SO
unday only by mall, per year.... S.OO
'Weekly, one year 1.60
Snll Z.easd
Wire United
Satckea.
Preia 91a-
JOHN B. ALLEN 1ms been the harbinger of good news
for Medford and tho Roguo river valley. On his first
visit, he brought the money to buy the Blue Ledge mine
- j and dovelope ft. On his seoond trip he brought the money
I to purchase the wreck of the Pacific & Eastern, rebuild it
Incidental
ly, he purchased one of the big commercial orchards and
set a needed example by cutting it up in small tracts, un
tills trip he brings tho money to build an interurban trol
ley line to couunect tho various towns ot! the Rogue river
valley and fecilitato tho hauling of fruit from orchards.
AVith real estate tranfers for the first three and a half
trBBCBITTIOK RATESt I mrmflic nf rlio vnni' ncc Hm twn iiTwl n ImH- ltnilinii innrlc.
Ob year by mall f 5.00 1 . . , , ... i , . , Arworr.- 'li l
On month br mall 601 With niVlllirds Rflll11(T n.Q hurll nfl S!i-I7n Jill 1HP. With llflSt
l month, delivered by carrier, In . ?.... i i r i tu .4.1...
uiucu uiisiiR'ss iiii'iuasiiig jr pui uuui a uiuuui ovur uiu
previous year, with bank deposits increasing 50 per cont
over 1909, and two and a half millions on deposit, with
contracts let for ten miles of street paving, and numerous
buildings underway and planned, with the Orator Lake
highway begun, with the heaviest fruit crop in the history
of the valley hanging on the trees, with the city full of
homcseckers, Medford 's prospects are exceedingly bright.
Medford but reflects in greater dogreo the prosperity
of the entire valley. Ashland is growing by leaps and
bounds, and with her shaded streets, her beautiful park,
her paved avenues, and her sightly location, the most at
tractive small City in Oregon. Central Point is becoming a
business center, building' a water system and putting on
tiie ail's of a city. Gold Hill has awakened from its lethargy,
opening up its mines, building railroads, manufacturing its
lumber and becoming a manufacturing center. Woodville
is enjoying a boom and has grown faster in tho past two
months than in the twenty years previous. Jacksonville
is also making municipal improvements. Half a dozen
country districts are building brick school houses and im
provement is the order of the day.
All this development will be vastly augmented by the
building of the interurban electric line, and the Rogue
river valley fulfill its destiny, one vast orchard from
Grants Pass to Ashland, with homes on every five acres,
with its many varied natural resources under development,
a veritable hive of human industry.
The Mall Tribune on Bale at the
Frry New Stand, Franclaco.
Portland Hotel "News Stand. Portland
ttowuian Nowa Co.. Portland, Or.
VP. O. Whitney, Seattle. Waah.
Hotel Spokane News stand. Spokane.
Fortare 3tateai 1
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BWOBK CXSCBXAXXOKl
Arentre Dally for
November, 10 1.70ft
December, m 1.841
Jaauary. 1910 1.9SS
rebruary. 1910 3.13S
acaxeb CSretOaUaal
1.. 3,200
a.,... z.iuq
I.MS
.... I.S15
2,30
7 3.1S0
8 1.158
1.150
10... 3,250
11 3,350
It 3.300
l 1.10
...... 1.159
2.1 E0
Total (9.356
Lees OedaeUesa 1,350
IS:
17 3.350
18 3.359
30 -1.180
31 3,350
33 3.160
33 3,300
34. 3.350
35..., 3.150
37 3.300
38 3.2S9
It 3,250
30... 3.350
31 250
Net total St. 590
.Average net dally. 3,203
VetrepeMa ot Southern Oregon and
'artaern California, and feeteet-gTow-Mf
elty In Oregon,
rpesirfatloa. April. 11. 8109.
'Banner fruit eltjr of Oregon Rogue
Iver apple won aweepx takes prise and
Jtlfl of
"Apple SOngs of tsa WetM"
ht Natleaal AbdI Show. SDokaae. 1909.
Jteffae lUrer pears brought highest
wieec la all markets of the world dur
teg tne past nro years.
trstte CesasnereUl Ctab tax pamphlets.
Settle the water question.
Last day of sin in Medford.
Where will
Ask Allen.
tho trolley lino run?
That Jefferson bank must be run
by a dead one.
Are you on the census rollf
not, Ret on at' once.
If
Water, -water everywhere, except
in Medford's $250,000 pipe line.
Medford is a busy burg too busy
to engage in factional fights.
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup
and tho lip, as Mike Hanley proved.
Rogue River valley now boasts the
Highest priced land in tho northwest
THE JEFFERSON SPIRIT.
'A-
LTUf EDFORD against the world for cheek," said the
1V1 Oregon State Bank of Jefferson, when asked to
contribute toward the Crater Lake road fund.
Jefferson is a town near Salem in the heart of the Wil
lamette valley, and it might be added, " Jefferson against
the world ior mossbackism."
The town can be judged from its bank. It is in the
rut and will stay there. It knows not enterprise and com
prehends not public spirit. The center of rich region,,it is
content to vegetate an almost unknown spot on the map
of Oregon and its principle sign of life, the passing trains
which whistle but seldom stop.
The spirit in which the bank has greeted the effort to
build a highway by popular subscription and so aid in de
velopment of the state diverting hither the great tourist
travel is the silurian spirit that has kept Oregon in the
rear of states so long the spirit that has retarded its de
velopment, the spirit that the supreme court exhibited in
its decision invalidating the state appropriation for the
highway the spirit of toe hog content to rut in its wallow.
Little drops of water that's what
Medford wants in the new pipe line.
The big stick has whacked the
malefactors of great wealth in
France.
It's up to Ashland grant that
franchise, so tho valley can have a
trolley line.
Teddy's got a new pair of glasses
to, spot the new members of tho
Ananias club.
We're all looking at yon, Ashland.
We want that trolley line. Get a
move on vou.
1
MEDFORD MUSIC LOVERS
HAVE A DELIGHTFUL
EVENING AT RECITAL
f 4-
made tho number ono of the most
enjoyable on tho program.
Miss Margaret Roberts played
"Prelude" by Chonin. and "Tho But-
jterfly," by Grieg, with rare intelli-
(TMinn nnrJ nVill wliiln Minn Kfnvpn.
son.
in
girl of high school
doing an entire Beethoven
from memory is "deserving
commendation.
"The Doll's Dance," by Poldinl,
nd "The Spinning Wheel," by Raff,
sonata
hearty
ition at future
hearted
recitals in no hnlf-
Another Hyde witnoss is dying.
The angel of death is helping the ac
cused physician.
Two and a half millions in .real
estate transfers since January 1
.and that's going some.
At,4 MnrnnM. miib( nil 4 nHl
-the Portland visitors. Show them
.something to remember.
All patriotic citizens will see that
they ore enumerated only a few
days loft for enrollment.
Summer weather in the Rogue
Eiver valley tornadoes in the south
and blizzards on the great lakes.
Which do you preferf
manner.
Haskins for Health.
HEX.
Medford is the home of a music-
loving people. No better criterion
of this fact has been apparent for
spite of a sudden drop in the tern- P'aQ, ?133 iMora ur' uni
perature, accompanied by a heavy "?.e "teresting program to a close.
rain, tho Jfresbytonan cuarch wastT) . tt 7 a t
comfortably filled last Tuesday evc-iBoeck4 wter? "f10' bc,cuu80 of 8,ck'
ning by the friends of the pupils of ne!!' to tak? their parts.
Mrs. E. E. Gore, tho occasion being j"r a . ' '
a piano recital. Those who attend- ?.nd i0? wlU shw h?r "PP"
ed were well repaid, for each num
ber showed a careful study of
phrasing, expression and those mi
nor details that mean Iittlo to the
lay mind but mark tho difference'
between tho finished or careless ren- j
dition. It was also a remarkable
fact that each number, excepting
duets, were played from memory.
The program opened with a bril-.
Want piano duet played by Misses
Docia Clay and Violet Caskcy, and
was followed by "Day Dreams of
Youth" and "Rustio Dance," by Miss
Lucile York, two well-contrasted
pieces, showing delicato expression
and UghtneBS of touch, Miss Willie
Howard, who understands the" inner
meaning of her music, played "Mel
ody of Love" and in the piano and
pipe organ selectipn Miss Stevenson
One for
to
You
"V
Consider
33 Acres
in 5-year-old Apples
Seven acres
and two and
m pears
one-half
acres in peaches, all un
der ditch, two and one
half miles from trans
portation, in best fruit
district in valley.
$6500 will handle, bal
ance in ten years.
Address
Claud Miles
128 East Main Upstairs
Be Assured That You Are
WELCOME
Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the tim
ber king, ,says, "Economy and a good
wife guarantee the success of any
man." Both bard things to got.
President Taft has won the pub
licly expressed approval of William
Randolph Hearst. Thus has the ex
ecutive finished, running the gaunt
kt of denunciators.
From the present outlook the
UaHed States will have to pay the
Gafftrenheims a higher price for
Alaska than Russia got in the orig
faal deal.
displayed gpodS technic on runs.
while the smooth legato of the organ
played by Miss Gray carried .a pleas
ing melody.
Little Miss Gertrude 'Hargravo, a
talented child of 8, and a pupil of
soven months, played two selections
on the dance order with a variety
of touch and composure of manner
astonishing in one so tiny ns to be
just able to reach tho pedal.
Miss Frances York played "La
Fontaine" with accuracy and bril-
liancy, securing a firm, round tone.
Miss Gladys Wilson and Miss
Browning Purdin, two younger girls,
played their selections well, and tho
piano trio by Miss Schuelor, Miss
Wilson and Mrs, Hibbard, was ex
ecuted with dash and rhythm that
Going Fishing ?
r. . j IF SO, GO WELL PREPARED FOR THE SPORT
If you go fishing, you go hoping to bring back a nico catch. In order to
catch tho gamey steelhead or cutthroat trout, especially in Kogue river, you
. must have the, right kind of fishing tackle. Wo can show you the best poles,
irods, reels flies, etc., inado especially i or fishing in Roguo river. You won't
regret coming here for your
Fishing' TacKIe
NICHOLSON HARDWARE CO.
EAST MAIN STREET
MEDFORD, OREGON
Store visiting is especially wel:
corned by us.
And wo want to impress upon the pooplo of
this community I hat thoy need not fool that
thoy must bo on a shopipng bont to bo wolconio
hero. Wo try to keop this storo attractive ami
a ready welcome always solf-ovidoni, ho that
w.honover you come along ourvay you'll drop
in horo for a visit as a mattor of 0011180. Wo
lileo to have you inspect our goods and tell your
neighbors about thorn. Wo like to have you
talk with our salespeople and talk with your
noighbors about them, too. We know that you
cannot say very much ill of us and ours. But
lot's got to business. Below are some of tho
things vou '11 seo here noxt week. And somo
of them will not bo soon hero later.
Meeker's Great April
OPENING SALES CONTINUE- FOR FEW
DAYS ONLY.
Just a few days loft in which to enjoy this
April sale. JUST NOTE THE FOLLOWING
.ITEMS and mako a list for Afbnday 's shopping
or Tuesday, cither. You will never rogrot a
trip to Meeker's.
Summer Silks
AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION OF IMPORT
ED AND DOMESTIC FABRICS
Women seeking some unusual shade, a par
ticular novelty design or color, or somo en
tirely now wcavo for which fashion has ex
pressed a preference, arc doubly assured of
the right selection in recent oxtensivo addi
tions to our regular lines.
75c Silk Rajah, all shades, 2G-inch 50c
50c Yoma Silk 35c
Jabots and Dutch Collars
OF IRISH CROCHET AND MEDERIA
Attractive values in two styles shown. The
chanco to select something unusual in these
very popular neckpieces is made possible by
such frequent additions aa these ombracing
designs that will bo admired expressly for
their exclusivencss.
25c valuo Dutch Collars; salo price 15c
25c .Tabots; sale price 15c
25c Stocks; salo price !!."l5c
All Suits Reduced 1-3
ALL THE NEW WOOLENS IN THE
FANCY WEAVES
Don't fail to seo our lino of Suits. You'll
find something to please you and tho prico is certain
ly exceptionally low.
Imported White Goods
SHEETS AND PILLOW OASES
Imported White Goods Exceptional values
prevail in our white goods section offerings
of prime interest to all. Big showing, 25(. vd.
Shoots and Pillow Cases-Worthy qualities
at greatly reduced prices. Instant solliUg will
result.
Remember
Wo guaranteo ovorythin sold over our
counters.. If whon you got homo you do not
fool satisfied with your purchase, bring it back
and get your monoy (except goods cut from the
bolt).
YOU MUST BE SATISFIED.
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