Medford mail tribune., May 11, 1910, Page 2, Image 2

MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 11, 10.10.
CENTRAL POINT IS
NOT FOLLY C00NTE0
Poll Tax Payers and School Chil
dren Make Up Most of Total, Not
Counting Maids and Bachelors.
(Central Point Globe.)
TJnclo Sam's consus cnumorntor
has completed his labors in Central
Point and the result looks like a
school boy's answer to a Christmas
guessing contest.
After two weoks of enumerating
they havo como to the conclusion
that thero aro as many as 752 poo
plo living within tho corporato limits
of Central Point. But the result of
the enumeration could have been
foretold from the first by the man
ner in which the work was being.
done. From tho start there was ab
solutely no system to tho work and
that oue-fourth of tho people of tho
town were missed is not at all sur
prising. The enumerator must have
just wandered aimlessly about work
inn one section and then another and
ended up by making ono rough guess
at it all.
The number of pupils enrolled at
the school last month was 302. Fig
ure that at a pro ratio of five and wo
would have a population of 1510
which is about 200 more than wo
claim. In 1007 tho school census
gave us 900 people and everybody
knows that our town has not de
grcsscd in that time. In fact it hns
increased over one- third.
Another proof of the absolute
worthlessnes8 of tho count is to be
found on the records of the city
street superintendent. On his poll
tax list 140 are subject to the poll
tax and 100 are exempt. Add to that
tho school census, 374 which gives
you 614,, without counting a lady in
town who is aboro tho age of twen
ty years, or a child under the ape of
four.
That the census of Central Point
should have been accurately taken is
a matter of vital importance. This
count goes down as a record for our
city for tho next ten years and will
be taken as authentic bv everyone
who does ont know tho conditions of
the count.
The taking of the consus hns cost
the people of the United States manv
thousands of dollars but if the work
in general will be of no more use
than the count made in Central
Point it will certainly be a michtv
poor investment for tho taxpayers?
MAKE DRUG FIENDS
OF BABIES IN ARMS
Certain "Colic Cures" and "Infants';
Friends" Deadly, Paternal Uncle
Sam Reports. !
Mac Lets Men Out.'
PORTLAND, Or., May 11. Wal
ter McCredie, of the Beavers, is be
ing subjected to much criticism by
local fans here today owing to his
action in releasing Armbrustor.
Howard Guyn was given his walking
papers also.
But big Mac is getting the "hooks"
on account of Armbrnster. Those
acquainted with tho situation say
that Charles was not given the
chance to show his speed as catcher.
WASHINGTON, May 11. From
1,000,000 to 4,000,000 persons in the
United Stntes are addicted to drugs.
So states an interesting and valu
able pamphlet just issued by tho bu
reau of chemistry of the United
States department of agriculture.
Tho pamphlet is entitled, "Flabit
Fonning Agents: Their Indiscrimin
ate Sale and. Use a Menace to the
Public Welfare." It is written by
L. F. Kohler, chief of division of
drugs of tho bureau. Ho contends
strongly that many babies in their
cradles contract drug habit3 through
tho administration to them of cer
tain so-called "baby syrups," "sooth
ing syrups," "colic cures" and "in
fants' friends."
These immensely harmful sooth
ers contain opium, morphine, heroin,
a derivative of morphine, chloroform
or chloral in some combination. Mr.
Kohler writes:
"Mothers believe that these sooth
ing remedies arc ncithor harmful nor
habit-forming, and therefore give
them with a certain feeling of secur
ity, with the result that in somo in
stances tho baby is put to sleep
never to awako again. Numerous
cases of this character aro on rec-
prd.
"In some instances, in which the I
remedy is freely used and tho child
does not succumb, thoro is developed
a case of infant drug addiction. As
soon as the effects of one dose pass
away the child becomes irritable and
fretful, with tho result that another
doso is administered, the craving is
met and the child is quieted, a con
dition which is analogous in every
respect to drug addiction among
adults. Sometimes these children
look plump and healthy, but as
matter of fact their flesh is soft and
flabby and they withstand attacks of
illness very poorly."
The writer devotes much attention
to "soft drinks," and to alleged rem
edies for asthma and catarrh which
contain cocaine and such drugs. He
adds:
"With the exploiting and advertis
ing of medicines containing habit
forming agents it is but natural to
expect that drug addiction would re
sult. It is only surprising that the
number of cases is not greater. The
reasons for this probnbly are, first,
that the average individual is horri
fied to think of becoming a drug ad
dict; second, tho secret of many of
tho habitues dies with them; and,
third, the most common cases, i. e.,
those using cocaine, morphine and
opium, are short-lived, mose of them
dying within ten years after con
tracting the habit. The craving for
the drug, with rare exception, can
not be controlled or overcome as long
as the drug is obtainable."
Experience
Insures Quality
Our yeais of experience have taught us just what
goods to buy and when to buy them. QUALITY
IS INSURED. Everything you buy at this store is
the best that we can procure the best the market
affords.
You'll find that quality is the strongest word in
our vocabularv.
WARNER, WORTMAN & CORE, Inc.,
Grocery Phone 286 Market Phone 281
A SAFE FOR SALE
CENTRAL POINT NEWSLETTER
THE
SAVOY
THEATRE
TONIGHT
APEX OF
PICTUREDOM.
THE LITTLE VIXEN
A Laughnrnph.
POLAR BEAR HUNTING
Exciting Sport.
THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER
Pastoral Drama.
Excellent Music.
ONE DIME.
MANY TALES TOLD
OF COMET'S TAIL
Large Number of Local People Re
port Seeing Starry Visitor Just
South of Roxy Ann.
were given accurate description of a
missing Japanese suspected of the
crimo.
The Japanese was seen at the
Wilson homo, Saturday by two men,
and his description is in tho hands
of the police. It is believed that the
murder was done Saturday, as th.it
was tho lost day on which Mrs. Wil
son was seen alive.
A HOME
At A Very Low Price
A Small Payment Balance Like Rent
S Rooms, brand now house; bath, toilet, screen kitchen, swell electric fix
tures, cement sidewalk on street and cement, walk to and around the houne;
fully furnished in first class style. Parties leaving town and therefore will
sacrifice this splendid homo.
A Fine Money Maker
If you are looking for a deal in orchard land that is sure to make you good
money in a very short time, don't fail to get in touch with this: 9D acres in
tho tract; .I5 acres in trees; 25 acres now in bearing and planted to apples; 8
acres in Spitzonbergs; 8 Ben Davis, and !) in Newtowns; 5 care shippod last
vear and double this amount will be shipped this season; 20 acres in pears,
Anjou and Bartlett 1050 2-year-old trees; 15 acres of grain; flia miles out;
cverv acre can be cultivated; house of 3 rooms, fair barn; all fenced; all can bo
irrigated; WILL MAKE GOOD TERMS.
Here is a Fortune
53 Acres Hi miles east of Central Point; all bottom land, mostly free soil
of the very best quality.
10 Acres 8-year-old Spitz and Ncwtowns apples; 2(5 acres 5 to 7-year-old
Spitz and Ncwtowns Apples; 200 Jonathan apple trees; 200 Winter Nellis pear
trees; G acres 3-year-old Cornice Pears. Price $32,500; $15,000 (fash, balance,
three equal payments tit G per cent.
Beautiful Home Place
30.31 Acres of the very best soil in the valley; large nine-room house;
good barn and outbuildings; three wells and plenty of water for all purposes.
1,8-M trees on place, mostly pears. Price $10,000; half cash, bal. good terms.
Walter L. McCallum
HOTEL NASH LOBBY
Halley's comet was seen by a
large number of Mcdford citizens
this morning all that could bo per
suaded to arrive at tho unearthly
hour of three o'clock to look at tho
celestial visitor.
Tho head of the comt could bo
seen just south of tho summit of
Roxy Ann, vhllo tho luminous tall
extended south and westward over
a good part of the horizon.
The sight was a beautiful ono and
well worth tho exertion necessary to
see It.
JAPANESE SUSPECTED
OF DENVER MURDER
Mrs. Prank Amy of Medford vis
ited at tho homo of Mrs. Robert Kyle
on Wednesday.
G. S. Sanderson moves across the
street today (Wednesday) into tho
building lately vacated by Freeman
& Wiley, where ho will bo at home to
people who aro interested in Central
Point "dirt."
Mrs. C. E. Lango has been quite
ill for the past few weeks with neu
ralgia. Sho is now up and around
her homo, but not yet recovored from
tho effects of her illness.
The thunder storm that visited
Central Point on Tuesday evening;
was tho real thing, all right, and
somo of the eastern people felt that
they had got right back to "old Mis
souri'." The thunder was somewhat
disconcerting, and tho vivid flashes
of lightning made you feel somehow
as if you wore "nearer your homo
today than over you'd been before,
but tho showor was plentiful and wel
come, so wo havo no criticism to of
for, J. K. Boswoll came in from his
homestead, whoro ho has been re
cruiting from business cares for tho
past six weeks. He will return after
a few days' visit with his family und
other relatives.
Tho Qlobo moves into its newj
quartors today, in tho old Freeman
building, which haB been repaired and
put into good Bhapo. Lynn Purdin,
editor of the papor, will then bo in
much bettor trim to handle his grow
ing business.
It, G. Bellinghnm of Ccntrulia,
Wash., was in town on Monday with
his wifo nnd daughter. He is look
ing for a location for a home "whoro j
it doesn't rain throo-fourths of the;
time." i
A fow of O. M. Garvin's friends
.dropped down upon him suddenly!
and sooiallv last Monday evening,
the occasion being his 20th birthday.
C. E. Collins, who has undertaken
the renovating of the hotel, return
ed on Tuesday with his crew of men
and is now busily at work remodeling
and modernizing the old building.
Plans are well under way for the
erection of a big tabernacle to be
used for tho evangelistic services to
begin in this city May 19. The tab
ernacle will ba built as near tho cen
ter of the city as possible, the better
to accommodate all who will wish to
attend. A thorough advertising cam
paign will he begun immediately so
that by tho time the evangelist, Rob
ert E. Johnson, of Minneapolis, ar
rives every man, womnn nnd child
within the Central Point precinct will
bo familiar with tho details of tho
proposed meeting.
FRICK BUYS REMBRANDT'S
GREATEST FIGURE PIECE
LONDON, May ll-IIenry Cluy
Friek of Now York and Pittsburg
has bought Rembrandt's painting
"Tho Polish Rider" from the family
of Prince Tarnowsky.
So the Morning Post announces;
tho price Mr. Frick paid is not
stated. Arrnngomonts are being
made to exhibit tho painting in Lon
don boforo it is tnkon to America.
Art critics here say that, with tho
possiblo oxcoption of "Tho Mill,"
owned by Lord Landsdowno, "Tho
Polish Rider" is tho greatest of nil
Rembrandt pictures and is absolute
ly unrivalled among his figure pieces,
At tho recent Yorkes sale Mr.
Frick paid $137,000, a record price
in this country, for Franz IIul'i;
"Portrait of a womnn." Last year
Mr. Friek bought tho famous por
trait of Christina of Denmark by
Hans Holbein, tho younger, paying
$330,000, is it roportod.
Hnskins for Health.
DENVER, Colo., May 11. While
the police endeavored to ascertain
tho meaning of the mystic symbol nut
on the forchend of Mrs. Knthcriiie
Wilson, who was found strangled t
deuth in her residence here, they
For Sale
100 Acres AYi miles from Talent,
$20.
100 Acres 4 miles from Talent;
good for alfalfa.
10 Acres, one-half mile from Pbhoc
nix, $1,000.
34 Acres 3 miles from Medford, un
der ditch. Will divide.
25 Alfalfa, 15 fruit, l2 miles from
town
5-r. bungalow, modem-, n hiiup.
8-room bungalow, modem; .') fine
bay.
Lots in West Walnut addition;
$350. Terms.
20 acres, 2 miles out, set to com
mercial fruit, $375.
7-Room modern house, 2 blocks from
main, $3,500.
WANTED.
Ranch hands.
2 girls for general housework, $1 per
day.
2 women for general housework, $o
por week.
2 girls for general housework, $25
per month.
Dining-rjom girl, $25, board and
room.
E. F. A. BITTNER
Medford Employment Bureau.
Business chances, roul estate, ;il!
kinds of hJp furnished and bushiest
elm ii oos handled. i
Room 208, Taylor & Phlpps Bldrj.
Phono 4141 Main.
The Pasadena
of Oregon
People of refinement; people with menus; rotircd 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, Illinois, people havo
purchased homes near Mcdofrd, and nearly every one of them has a friend or two
whom they hope to induce to come and locate in the valley.
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many other eastern cities aro almost if not
quite as well represented, while St. Paul and Minneapolis havo more representatives
here than any other several cities combined.
Think these statements over and get your thinker going. Write to tho undersigned
or the Medford Commercial Club for detailed informtaion about the country, and you
will never have cause to regret it.
Bearing Orchards
Near Medford
;t .?; of the producing orchards have been held in largo holdings until recently.
'.) few weeks ago tho Eden Valley Orchard, containing G05 acres, was placed on tho
-.arkoi in any desired acreage. We havo been authorized to offer tho bearing apples
and pears for sale, and ii: you kno"" anything about tN" country ai;d w.?nt a desirable
block of bearing trees, write or come soon. During the past week over $150,000
worth of the property has been disposed of. It is located within two miles of Medford
at an elevation of about 100 feet abovo the city and is one of tho best kept orchards in
the world. Parts of the orchard offered for sale have paid the owner over $600 por
acre por year for four years straight.
Do not come unless you aro prepared to stay, for just so sure as you do como tho com
bination of fat soil, grandeur of scenic beauty and Italian climate will steal you, bodv
and soul. After one visit here you will bo miserable any othor place on earth.
John D. Olwell
EXHIBIT BUILDING
MEDFORD, OREGON