MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 19.10.
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Are rase Dally for
November, 108
December, 1908 ,
January,- 1910
February, 1910
March Circulation!
H S.J00 17
a i.aoo
l t.HB
4 2,225
2,800
7 2,280
8, 2.S50
8, 2,250
10. 2.250
21 2.259
18 2,800
U 2.250
i 2.280
if 2.250
Total
Leas deduction ...
18
20
21
22...
28...
24...
25...
27...
28...
29
20
21
1,700
1,848
1.925
2,128
8.260
2,250
2,200
2.250
2,250
2.200
2,260
2,260
2.800
2,260
2.260
2,250
2,250
80,850
1.160
Net total ..59,500
ATerace net dally 2.202
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Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
ortfeern California and faatcat-grow-I
elty In Oregon.
Potation. April, 1910. (594.
Baaner fruit city of Oregon Rogue
Irer apples won sweepstakes prixe and
We ef
"Ayf4 Ma gs ef t-a WorU"
it National Apple Show, Spokane, 1909.
JtegtM River pears brought highest
prices in all markets of the world dur
ing tae paat five years.
trzlte Commercial Olab for pamphlets.
Cooler weather? look out for frost.
Only a day or two left to be en
rolled in tho census.
Dr. Oliver's Ananias club promises
to liave as largo a membership as his
conversion class.
Get your name in on the census at
once. Phone Commercial club if you
bare been skipped.
Free vaudeville by the Cpmmercial
club at Anglo's ffpera house tonight.
Everybody welcome.
Don't let Ashland or Grants Pass
beat Medford in the census. See to
it that every man is enrolled.
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Jacksonville wants the internrbnn
trolley. So do nearly all tho towns.
What's the matter with Ashlrxtdf
The Mail Tribune has been elected,
along with the Oregonian, to Dr. 01
iverta Ananias club. It is to laugh.
Prohibitionists won't endorse
Bryan, declaring'him 'foot out of the
kindergarten class of the prohibition
school."
The Portland excursionists saw a
little of tho Iioguo lttver valley. t
would take a week for them to see It
nil and then some.
Grants Pass gave tho Portland ex
cursionists paper bags labelled,
'Trash, cool air, for use at Medford."
Wo are advertised by our loving
friends. . ,
Buffalo Bill plans a tombstono
consisting of a marble buffalo 40
loot high,, with brilliant electric- lights
for oyes. Uses even death as an advertisement.
William Random Hearst and Marse
Henry Wattorson seem to bo wido
pSirt in their news of the qualifica
tions of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
us ,0, president.
Dr. Andrew C. Smith is a possible
candidato for governor. Ho pos
e esses two requisites which will win
him votes in Southern Oregon be
lieves in good roads and tho Crater
Lake highway.
Banker Beckman showed tho Port
land excursionists somo large freak
nuggots taken out at Jacksonville. If
ho had been inclined to collect them
ns they passed through his hands, ho
could have ontiroly filled his bank.
The policeman in Cumberland, W.
Val, who killed himsolf because ho
was retired from tho forco was about
as bravo as tho chicken-hearted of
ficer in Oakland who allowed two
highwaymen to bold hint up after he
bad captured thorn.
PORTLAND'S OPPORTUNITY.
THE Rogue River valley cordially welcomed the rep
resentatives of Portland, as it gave them a chance
to, partially demonstrate the natural resources and growth
of the communities. It must, be admitted that Portlauders
in general are densely ignorant concerning southern Ore
gon. Portland has done littlo or nothing for this section
of the state. It now has a chance to do something, not only
for southern Oregon, but for the entiro state, and for no
one more than herself, by contributing largely to the build
ing of the Crater Lake highway. She will probably avail
herself of tho opportunity.
Members of the excursion departed well pleased with
the entertainment provided aud greatly impressed with
the business opportunities and growth of city and valley.
Indisputable evidence was shown, proving that- Med
ford has had and is now enjoying the most rapid growth
of any city in Oregon. Figures taken from banking, post
office and railroad, all show an increase of approximate
ly 50 per cent over the business done during the same pe
riod a year ago. and the business then done exceeded by
the same proportion the business of the year previous.
Perhaps the most convincing statistics aro those of
the Southern Pacific. The railroad business, both pas
senger and freight traffic, has increased 100 per cent over
a year ago, and more goods are shipped to Medford from
Portland than to any other point in the state!
MR. LEWIS AND THE WOMAN'S LEAGUE.
Mr. E. G-. Lewis of the Lewis Publishing company of
St. Louis, who seems to be a prolific letter writer as well
as a fertile schemer and resourceful promoter, has written
regarding the editorial recently printed by the Mail. Tri
bune concerning his modesty in publishing a fulsome write
up of himself. He states:
"The article which you refer to was not written, by me
at all, but was a reproduction of the editorial written by
the editor of the Belleville News-Democrat. We did have
the amazing gall to reproduce it in our own paper, but
were not the authors of it or the instigators of it. I have
never made any particular claim to modest, but do not
find it necessary to write this sort of thing myself, as it is
being written for me by those who have been here and
understand and know what we are actually accomplish
ing." In Sunday's Mail Tribune !Mr. Lewis answered certain
criticisms regarding the American "Woman's league and
the attacks made upon him by the Rural New Yorker.
Regarding the operations of Mj Lewis, Collier's Weekly
recently commented as follows:
"Fundamentally, the plan of the American Woman's
league is reasonable. An ordinary American town of ten
thousand pays to the large periodicals about five thousand
dollars a year. The getting of this business costs the pub
lishers, in agents' commissions and otherwise, about thirty
per cent or $1500 a year. For the women of the town to
form a little organization, attend to renewing the subscrip
tions, collect the commissions, and use the income to found
and maintain a clubhouse is feasible from a business stand
point and a wholesome thing for any community. But
jMt. Lewis, having the promoter's temperament to an un
safe degree, goes beyond this and , makes extravagant
statements and promises of a correspondence university,
an orphan asylum, and various other adjuncts winch can
not reasonably be expected to materialize. We believe that
all the women who enter his organization with any greater
expectation than to secure a small clubhouse for their
towns will suffer unhappy disappointment.
"As to the criminal charges which were brought against
Mr. Lewis by the federal government somo years ago, he
was completely exonerated by the dismissal of one suit
and the dropping of the others by the government. It is
also true that in connection with various schemes of past
years, 2klr. Lewis has solicited and received large suras of
money from the public: in these schemes, those .who sent
money to Mr. Lewis have not only failed to receive the
profits which 2.1r. Lewis led them to expect, but have also
Deen unable, in many instances, to get back from him their
original investments. Jbinally, the womeri who work for
and cam a clubhouse from Llr,. Lewis should in every case
J. iX XL-J. AIi.1 X - i.1 L i t ji
ecu lu xi mm, uiu uuu iu in o property is xaKen m me name
of the local women who have built it. Any other system
is unfair to the women who do the work."
various colore tuvd grotesque put
torus.
Their houses were of designs com
mon to many tribes. Their winter
dwellings, varying with locality, wore
principally of two forms, conical and
sipuiro. Those of the former hnpo
prevailed most widely and wore tints
built: A circular hole from two to
five feet deep and of variable width
was dug. Hound this pit or collar
stout poles wore driven into the
ground) which, being drawn together
at tho top, formed tho rafters of the
building. A covering of earth sev
eral iuohos deep was placed over tho
rafters, a holo was left at tho top to
serve both ns door aud chimney, to
which rudo ladders 1 composed of
notched poles, f,-avo access. Somo
houses wore built of heavy timber,
forming a beehive shaped structure.
The tomiorary summer houses of
those tribes wore square, conical or
couoidal in shape, by driving'' light
poles perpendicularly into tho ground
and laying others across them,.' or
by drawing tho upper ends together
at tho top. Huts hnving tho nhapa of
an inverted bowl wero build by driv
ing both ends of the polec into the
ground. These frames, however
shaped, wore covered with neatly
woven tulo mn'.ting, or with bushes
aud ferns. The ground beneath was
somotimos scooped out and thrown
up h a low circular embankment.
Tho mou of tho tribes wero usually
practiced hunters. A portion of their
food during a groat part of the year
was tho wild gamo of tho forost, and
this they approached and captur-id
with considerable adroitness. The
elk, too large and powerful to bo
taken by bows and arrows, was
sometime snared; aud the same fate
befell tho titer aud antelope, The
boar was far beyond the power of the
natives, when their only weapons
were tho bow and arrow, but after
tlioir acquisition of tho while iuiui'h
riflo they have hunted brulu with
success. The last griwly bear over
scon west of tho Cascades was killed
iu 1877, by Don Pedro, n Klamalh,
near White Hock Butte, oast of
Itosoburg.
Fishing was a more congenial aud
more productive occupation than
hunting. Its results wero more cer
tain, aud iu the prolific wntors of
tho' Klamath and Itoguo, more abund
ant as well. Several methods were
in voguo for taking fish. Sometimes
a dam of intorwovoq twigs was plac
ed across a rapid so as to intercept
tho salmon in their periodical visits
to deposit their spawn. Within
niches suitably contrived tho fish
collected aud were speared. Thoo
dams often required an immense
amount of work iu their construe
Hon, especially if upon n largo
strewn. On liogue river the fish
wero speared by torchlight iu n
manner similar to that iu use in
Canada and tho far north. Many
trout were taken from small streams
by beating tho water with brush,
whereby tho fish woro driven into
confined spans and dipped out.
(To Ho Continued.)
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND TABERNACLE
EVANGELIST OLIVER STRIKES HARD AT INDOLENCE OF MANY
PROFESSING CHRISTIANS.
Dr. Olivor last night delivered a
sermon which seemed to many the
most practical and stirring one !nnn
tho union meetings began last Sun
day morning. Before unnpuncing his
text, Dr. Olivor made roforenco to
local conditions, and among othor
things said: "It socms that since Ash
land, Iioscburg mid somo othor towns
in this vnlloy have driven out tho
saloons that Medford has become
tho dumping ground for that class of
bum. clement that aro naturally
drawn to a saloon town. You will
find here, ns in many othor towns, a
class of people who are opposed to
any movement for decency nnd tho
uplifting of (ho community, aud I do
thank , God for stalwart mou and
brave-hearted women in tho churches
iu this town who aro willing to stand
four-square against tho dovil nnd all
of his machinery that Modford might
become u clean city and be n credit
to this beautiful vnlloy.
Not Hoaponolblo for All.
Dr. Oliver branded the statement
printed iu tho afternoon paper "a
lio" which said ho called tho city
council "bums." Ho said: "I am not
responsible for perverted, gnrblcd or
twisted statements which nro carried
by malicious enemies of Qod, pur
porting to bo my.utteraueco."
The "Oivgonbm" llrnmlcd.
Dr. Oliver calls it "tho official or
gnu of tho dovil." The Oregonian
was branded while the audience gave
rigorous applause. Oliver ifuld: "The
best indorsement I have hud since I
ciimo to Oregon Is the opposition of
tho Orogonlau. 1 would not consider
myself u decent gentleman If that pa
per indorsed mo or my work. (Ap
pinnae.) Tho Oregonian In the dirt
iest, rottcuost, degenerated typo of
yellow journalism lu America today
(Great applause.) Somo voars ago
Charles Sheldon tried to opornto tho
Topeka Capitol as Christ would run
it. The paper was a miocosa, If you
should take n copy of tliu Oregonian
to tho dovil aud ask htm for any sug
gestions in order that it might lie
made to suit him, ho would doubtless
answer: 'lloxs, it- beats me; I have no
suggostlou to offer. It is my official
organ.'" (Applause.)
After n tender prayer by the evan
gelist on behalf of the poor drunk
ard, the drunkard's wife and children
aud thoso who wero losing tho happi
ness which sin robs so many of, Dr.
Oliver read ills text from Amns,
vi:l: "Woo to them that aro at eao
in Zion."
Olivor said in part: "These words
wero tqmken to the Israelite!) who at
this time "had compromised with the
nations about them. You don't have
to look long iu these days to see thu
samo tendency toward religious shal
lowness. With many professing
Christians family prayer Is neglect
ed, no blessing askod at tho table, no
Hiblo read at tho fireside and no Gos
pel songs sung in tho home, Tho fact
is so many people aro money mad. If
someone was to tako a bushel if
nickels and distribute them along a
path loading to pordition there aro
many people who would bo so bmy
picking them up that tlioy would run
straight into pordition beforo they
rcnlixed whore they wore going,
"It i smy purjwHO tonight, by tho
help of God, to locate aud remedy the
difficulty."
Dr. Oliver said ho did not want to
say a word from tho pulpit that was
not right nnd that would not mako
tho community bottor, and noithor did
ho want to leave a word unsaid that
ho ought to say against sin nnd thoio
things that make the community
wowo.
In applying tho text to tho mem
bers of tho church, . the cvuugoliitt
said: "Woo to tho proachor Hint is at
cast in Zion. God wants preachers in
these days who nro not afraid to
spoak out ngainst sin. I hoard of a
proachor in Iowa who was told by
ono of his loading members not lo
preach against tho saloon IiiisImohh,
and it was learned that some of tho
members of tho church wore renting
buildings for saloon purposes. I tell
you, a mail who will rent it building
for ii saloon Is on thu hiiuio level with
a saloonkeeper. 1 have nothing to
say against any proachor who stand
out and out against sin. The host
friends 1 have iu the world aro men
of tho ministry, May tied give us
more preachers with backbone
"The officials In our oliurolus
need to rcatixo that God looks their
wy, too. Woo to tho church offi
cials that nro at easo in Ziou. Hare
wo nood church offinlnlH llko Staph
on, men who nro 'full of tho Holy
Ghost and faith.' I am afraid many
of our church officials do not roaqii
tho standard hold up In tho lllble.
"Thon there is tho Sunday school
superintendent aud teachers. 'Woo to
them that aro at case lu Zioii.' There
aro many officers nnd teachers iu
our Sunday schools who will, during
tho week, attend card parties and
gamble for prir.es of out glass, china
ware, etc., and thou come to Sunday
school and look iin pious as tho devil
under holy water and undortako to
tench children about religious mat
ters. I havo just as much rcsnoet for
ono gambler as I do for another, A
Sunday school superintendent or
tencher should bo a man or woman
of prayer. Teachor, either clean up
or glvo up ytur class,"
The evangelist said the text applied
to the Young l'eoplo'a society or tho
individual church member who was qt
ease in Zion.
In concluding, Dr. Oliv.or said:
"Tho time has ooiiio for evory Chris
tian iu Medford to got on the right
side of the line. If you are for God
and tho uplifting of tho community
thon stand true or elso go to your
pastor nnd havo your uamo taken
off tho church bonk."
Iargn Chorus Choir.
Professor Maltbln is doing excel
lent work with his Inrge chorus choir.
All who can help in the Hinging nro
invited to join the chorus. I'mfessnr
Oliver, n brother of tho evangelist, is
hero with his family and Mrs. Oliver
presided nt one of tho pianos last
evening.
Mcotlnun for Ladle Only nnd Men
Only.
A meeting for Indies only will bo
hold in tho tabernnclo next Sunday
afternoon at 2 :.'!(). Tho subject of
tho sermon will bo, "Marriage and
Heredity." A meteing for inon only
will he held next Sunday ovoniug nt
7:30. All mon of tho city nnd com
munity nro invited.
The Pasadena
of Oregon
INDIAN WARS OF SOUTHERN OREGON
(From J. C. Walllng's History of Southorn Oregon.)
Gibbs, in Schoolcraft's Archaeol
ogy, says: "Many of tho women wero
exceedingly pretty, having large, almond-shaped
eyes, sometimes of a
hazel color, and with the red showing
through tho cheeks. Their figures
wero full, their chests ample, and tho
young ones had well-shaped busts
and rounded limbs." On the othor
baud, most travelers havo failed to
remark any special beauty in theso
tribes, and somo have characterized
tho women as "clumsy, but not ill-fa
vored."
As for clothing, the mer. of tho
Klamath family anciently woro only
a belt, sometimes a breechclout, nnd
tho women ah apron or skirt of deer
skin or braided grass. In colder
weather they throw over their shoul
ders a cloak or robo of marten or
rabbit skins sown together, deor skin,
or, among the coast tribes, soa ottor
or sealskin. Thoy tattooed them
selves, tho men on tho chost and
arms, tho women on tho faco in three
blue linos extending perpendicularly
from tho center and cornora of tho
mouth to tho chin. In somo fewlo-
calitios, moro specially near tho
lakes, tho men painted thomselves in
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People of refinement; people with means .retired business men; professional men;
college and university graduates, are coming to the Rogue River Valley by tho score
Within the past two years almost a hundred Chicago and Evanston, JJlinois, peoplo have
purchased homes near Medofrd, and nearly every ono of them has a friend or two
whom they hope to induce to come and locate in tho valley.
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many othor eastern cities aro almost if not
quite as well represented, whilo St. Paul and Minneapolis havo moro representatives
here than any other soveral cities combined.
Think these statements over and get your thinker going. Write to tho undcrsignod
or the Medford Commercial Club for detailed informtaion about tho country, and you
will never have cause to regret it.
I
Bearing Orchards
Near Medford
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Most of tho producing orchards have been hold in largo holdings until recently.
9 few weeks ago tho Eden Valley Orchard, containing 605 acres, was placed on tho
" market in any desired acreage. Wo havo been authorized to offer the bearing applcB
and peara for salo, and if you know any tiling about this country and want a desirable
block of bearing trees, write or come soon. During tho past wcok over $150,000
worth of tho property has been disposed of. It is located within two miles of Medford
at an elevation of about 100 feet above tho city and is ono of tho best kept orchards in
tho world. Parts of tho orchard offered for salo havo paid tho owner over $600 per
acre per year for four years straight.
t Do not come unless you are prepared to stay, for just so suro as you do como tho com
bination of fat soil, grandeur of scenic beauty and Italian climate will steal you, body
, -... i.u.u "uiu j uu Jinauiauiu tllljf UUIUl JJJUUU Vll Uul lll.
John D. Olwell
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EXHIBIT BUILDING
MEDFORD, OREGON