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Medford Mail Tribune
AN INDEPENDENT MEWBFAFER
PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SATUIt-
SAY BY TUB MEDrOIlD
rniNTino co.
A connollOallon of tlio Moil ford Mnll,
established 18S0, tlio Southern Ok-ruii-Inn,
established 1902! tlio Democratic
Tltuoft, cstnbllshpd 182: tho Ashlnnd
Tribune, established 189(1, unil tho Med
ford Tribune, established 1900.
OKOHOH 1-UTNWM, Killtor find MnnnRor
4-
Kntcred ns stcond-clnsrf mnttrr No
vpinbor 1. 1909, at tho postofflCM lit
Medford, Oregon, under the oct of
March 3, JS7B.
THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD.
Official Paper of tho City of Medford.
SUDSCIIIPTION RATES. ,
Ono year, by mall J5.00
Ono month by tnall CO
Per month, delivered by currier in
Mcdfard, .liickHOiivllle und On-
trnl Point (0
Sunday only, by mall, per year,... 2.00
Weekly, per yenr 1.50
Pull Leaiecl Wire United Frets
Dlipatchei.
Di .",076
17 .1,07(1
18 3,050
20 3,100
21 3.05(1
22 n.ono
2.1 3,U.riO
2C 11,050
27 3,07f,
28 .1,000
29.- :i,ooo
30 2,97a
The Mnll Tribune In on sale nt the
Perry NeWH .Stund, Kan I'ranclsco
Portland Hotel News Bland. Portland.
Howinun News Co., Portland, Or.
W O, Whitney, Seattle, Wash.
Hotel Spokane News Stand, Spokane.
SWORN OIRCUZiATION.
AveriiKi dally for
January, 1910 2,122
March, 1910 , 2,20.1
April 1910 2, .101
May, 1910 2,lf.O
June, 1910 2,ft02
July, 1910 2,fi24
AURltRt. 1910 2,Ii27
September, 1910 2,riil
October, 1910 2,795
November Circulation.
l 3,100
2 .1,350
S 3,100
I 3,100
C 3,150
7 .1,100
8 3,100
9 3,100
10 .1,100
11 3,100
13 .1,150
14 3,100
15 3.100
Totnl 76,999
uaiiy average, ;i,uso.
STATE OK OltuaON, County of Jack
BOII. ss.:
On tlm first day of Dccomlier, 1910,
personally appeared beforn me, George
Pillnutn. inanairer of thn MeilfW! Mull
Tribune, who, upon oath, acknowledgis
niui mo iidovo figures uro irno nnii cor
rect. H N, VOCKUV,
(Seal) Notnry Publlo for Oregon
MEDFORD, OREGON.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
Northern California, and tho fastrst
growlng city In Oregon.
Population U. S. cciihuh 1910; 8810.
estimated In November, 1910, 10,000.
Klvo hundred thousand dollar Gravlt
Water System completed, giving finest
supply puro mountain water nml six.
teen miles or street being paved and
contracted for lit n cost exceeding II,
000,000, making u total of twenty miles
of pavement.
PoBtoffloo receipts for yenr ending
iiiivi'iuiiar jv, iviv, snow a gain or 61
per cent.
Hank deposits wero 12,370,532, a gain
of 22 per cont.
Hnnner fruit city In Oregon Rogue
Itlver Spltzonberg npples won sweep
stnkcs prlzo und tltio of
"Apple King' of the World"
lit tho Nutlonul Applo Show, Spokane.
1009, und u car of Newtowns won
FlratfFrlie In 1010
at Canadian International Applo Show.
Vancouver, II. O. ,
Hotfiio It Ivor pears broiiKht highest
iiiiL-un in mi iiiniKois or'ine world din
ing tho past six years.
Wrlto Commercial club, Inclosing fi
cents for postage for tho rinest commu
nity pamphlet ever written.
SECOND TERM
of the JU'ilforrf Cini'-orvnloiy
for
MUSIC AND
LANGUAGES
Will iim on
JAN. 2, 1911
G TAILI.ANniKW, Director.
Many good tlifnkurR nro poor tnll.
ora.
Til I0R 10 is something primitive and permanent and im
perishable about t'lie road. .Mankind lias never got
ten anywhere without a road and the rate and direction of
human progress has been always determined by the roads
of a people, says George A. Miller in the November Pa
cific Motor.
The road is very much like human life. It bears the
scars of all that has passed over it. It is also like living
in that if you want to get anywhere you must keep going,
and if you keep going, it makes all the difference in the
World which road you take. Some roads lead to the gar
dens of life and some to the cemetery. Some run across
the sands of life's deserts and some -where the fishing is
good.
There are no hopeless people in the world except those
who have no roads. And there is hope for them if they
will build roads. Over in the island of Guam, there is but
one road, and that a 'poor one leading across the island.
Many of the people of Guam have never been away from
home, not so much as the distance of a Sabbath day's .jour
ney two and a half miles. Most of them have never seen
the other side of the island, ten miles away. And there
are citizens of Guam who live in some parts of North Amer
ica. They are easy enough to find, if you ever knew where
they once were. They are right tli .re y6t.
There are no earlier marks of civilization than the
roads that men began to build as soon as human life became'
less beast and more man. In the up-reach after the bet
ter, men must' have roads or they could make no progress,
Rome built roads. TheVoads built Rome. Greece, isolat
ed, individual, valley dwelling Greece, did without reads:
the world did without Greece, and both lost heavily. Good
roads would have saved Athens.
Europe built roads, and Europe led the world. It mat
lei's not whether the roads or the leadership came first,
they both came, and neither could live without the other.
Kmjjland, doughty little England, did more for transpor
tation by laud and sea than any other country, and, well,
England is England. North America is again the less
said the belter, except for (he fact that there seems to be
a great awakening in progress that will be far reaching in
its results. This roads boom has been slow, but it looks as f liny it here you know it's fiood
il it is getting pretty warm and things are already be
ginning to happen' all over the country. Four years more
will see a revolution in the condition of North' American
roads. And when it comes, there will come with it a dis
tinct advance in the quality of civilization. Land values
will increase, the farmers' share will be doubled, monev
will move more freely, and every mechanic, artisan, busi
ness man and circus manager will be bnefiled by the
change.
It's no orator's Irick, nor dealer's device, this matter
of the road. It is the most serious and fundamental factor
in life, and as a nation buildeth its roads, so is il in its com
mercial and aesthetic life. Gain and loss, commerce and
intercourse, life and death, courtship and war, time and
eternity are bound up in the roads, and if there be no roads
man shall remain a ti.'agedyjn the-universe, torn by the
swelling forces within, for which ffierc is no release. "We
shall novcr have a full share of progress without roads,
and having achieved the road, we shall not wait for great
progress. It will come oul to meet us in the wav!
iniiforcoiincilmr.li in 15)08, fori MEN-BIRDS MAKE FLIGHTS
inn.yor in lUOl) und tlio infninoiiw re
cull olcction of 11)10, und would feci
sure of re-olcrtiun nt this liiuo
should ho desire to tnnd; but the
result of ycslurdny's bond election
looks like n buiik-tnick policy and
Mnyor 'Snell does not cure for re
election mid' have, it iiitl that he linn
nisiled in urcn&ng the ways" of a
downhill policy.
Permit nie to .sfou as
A DKFKXMKH OF MAYOR WfKLL
and Pitoniftissrox.
A-hlniid, Or.. Dec. !.". 1'UO.
-sa
I..-.. r,. .,- r-.inuxo nMIV flNF OBSTAULfc.
AT FRESNO. CALIFORNIA! KEEP G0TCH RETIRED
PKESXO, Oil., Dec. 10. A tliree
days aviation meet In which Glenn
H. Curtlss and his stable of blrdmcn
will tako part opened hero today.
Ctirtlisa. Wlllard and Mnra all made
several flights! Lieutenant McClos-
koy of the United States marine corps t
waa present as official barograph
reader. Lincoln Bcccliy, with a dlrlg
Iblo balloon will make an ascent later
In tho. meet. Today's fllgths wero
somewhat marred by heavy land fog.
CHICAGO, li!.. Uoc. 10 Only
"one little obstacle" keep- Frank
Guteli. world'-, champion wrestle1,
from uiin-rsiiwj from retiiemcnt i.i
take on Oeorjse llnckeiHclmiidl, runner-up
for the crown. Ciotch issued
today a -.tntemcnl to tin- effect, but
what the obMacle i lie declined to
say
I do not J eel liKo iiiUint: while I tun
as jrood as 1 Know 1 am al present
A i'cllow"hiitt lo pve'Tup when nb'
knows that he is the best mail in Iub
line in the world. If Unit obstacle
i eliminated I will irladly incut either
llackenchinidt or Manihoiil befoio
next summer."
C. C. lllKgltis of .Monet, Mo., a
retired general merchandise dealer,
Is visiting In Medford for a nliorl
... . . Ml ..ltl t. ...4
time. Mr. Illggms win visit run-
i. . ,r. 1....(lh unit VimrnllViir
I . m.v that I ill wrctle anv - """"A ... 71" " " ."
ami victoria, u. ., ui-u ............e.
home.
I
man in the world." aid (lotch, fcpro
idcd one little oh-tai-lc i reiuowd
Christmas
Candies
Nuts
Etc.
Before litiylnn your supply of
Xmas Candles, Nuts, etc., conic
ami sec our fine assortments-
all new. fresh, clean
and at-
tractivcly priced. "When you
to cat, and that the price was
rinht."
Olmstead
6
Hibbard
West, Side
Phone Main 571
BOOKS
RookwoodandTeco
...Pottery...
PRICES ALWAYS CON
SISTENT WITH QUALITY.
MEDFORD
..Book Store..
KBBtfffiLBM!
t'Jl fccjgAm-y.Tn aiwnaawK
Duffield
Bros.
Offer coniplele llnc of all
ilcslcable similes and styles in
Iioiim sllppci-s !- men, women
ami clilldrcii. .'IihIc of Icnllicr,
of fell, they last for years iiiul
no articles tonlil be more up
ii('cial'(l as
Christmas
Gifts
I'ine.sl line of
1 1 1 c; 1 1 tops
hi (he coigily. Have a look at
Hie ".I. .V M." line.
kwmkBbm
Kt'lj""
T
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H7PW
ill IA tJS
ISSt-VVBX
Make Pleasing Gifts
Kerv lady is a locr of line Ailintic Urasswaie, and
we do not believe you could make her a nioic pleiusiuc
iift ilia nlo prebciil her withVoiiio one of the many uwe
I'ul pieces wu uio bhowinu' in this wiuo. Kauiak Ura-s
Is especially altractho this year on account of thu many
new, exclu.sive de-iKiis.
Medford Hardware
Company
Open Kvenings.
. VIrtuo Itn't always satisfied wltjt
Its own reward.
When tho nveiujjo man asks you tli
.bo rcusoifnblo ho in asking yon L
.areo wi.th him. -
Sonio lieoplo like to have others
iiiBk favors of them, hecauso It affoiihi
them so much pleasuro to rtfuso.
Thoro aro no sure euro for tho to
bacco habit with tho possible nx
cepllou of certlan braiidH of cigars.
Hockefellcr'H palor says woiu
oii'h clubs mo moro onnient Hum
moil's, Has ho over sal in a kiiiiioV
ASHLAND OPPOSES PROGRESS.
I
A married man miyn the HhortoBt
uHiiHon of the year 1h tho time botwoen
fall inllllnery and opening for Christ
111I1H.
The baitfiiin liunlur in simply aet
iiiir upon the Hi rift iusiiuel. And tin
well-advorliKed store, in which bar
Kin huiititii: is always profitable
promoles and rewards thrift.
SNELL QUITS IN DISGUST.
(Continue,! fioiu I'Hge 1 )
water bomU occuried, 1 decided not
to .run for ro-elcctlou, an 1 know I
would bo U'-elected, and do not wish
to utnml Hpoimor for tho uuduliiK of
all tho kooiI work or the pant.
"1 am backed by thu proKieHBhe
oleniont of AbIiIhihI; th hunch thai
rallleu tiKaliiHt mu U the uhuic old
bunch that lm held Anhlwnd b the
throat for the paat 20 or 30 yer,
mid finding that I would enforce the
law, that 1 would pnh the city for
ward to where nho li!ont, they hold
a HocrotBinljiy, eliminate the iirtNw,
concoot their poIPIchI iK-hemei in the
dark nnd een admit that they rt
doing things whit h they do not delre
tho publlo .to know, l will bt no
pnrty to Biich Hchemmi nnd. while
am confident tlwr l eould b. olctN)
mayor by n larn niKjorlty, 1 wmIi
my haiidB of the wlmle hutiueM Bttil
N SPITIO of I ho I'acl thai Ashland sul'IVriMl a scwiv
shortage of wafer lasf sunmUM'. her eit.ixeiks have A'oled
'.aaiiksf enlai'in (he planf and refused (o issue bonds
Ifoi' nioderni.iiii,- (lie system (o make it adequate to the
"needs of a tfrowino; eify.
I'A'idenlly a niajorily ol Ashlandors do nol believe in
progress. 'I'he city isf lare enough for them and they
waul no more population. Af least this is the conclusion
drawn from flic election returns.
.Municipal progress in Ashland is only accomplished
al'ter a loii- aid hard fiht. There is an eienicnt of moss
backism in that charmini'site for a city that only exerts it
self to hinder improvement.
Sh'ool paving, park boautificatiou, o)enin of streets,
and other municipal improvements liave only been ac
eoni)lished after a strenuous battle in which every possi
ble obstacle wjis thrown in the way of advancement.
.Mayor Suell, who has made an enviable record as a
city builder, has given up in discus! the effort to improve
Ashland, lie has had to fight injunction suits, recalls and
referenduius until he has become worn out.
Who can blame hunf" Why should anyone sacrifice
peace of mind and ease to improve a city against its will .'
Let Ashland rest in peace, as long as the people de
sire if. '
BUY A SENSIBLE CHRISTMAS GIFT AT
MEB-FORD'S POPULAR PRICE STORE
Shop Early. It
Will Pay You
and Help Us Also
Central Avenue Near Post Office
Seven Days More
Store Open E very
Eve'g Until Xmas
Every Department Filled with Goods Suitable for Christmas Gifts
Handkerchiefs
i
Best Selection in City.
Women's all linen r
Handkerchiefs, each "
Women's all linen initial
Handkerchiefs,
each
Men's Initial
Handkerchiefs, en
Men's all linen
Handkerchiefs,
each
Women's fancN
cred llaudker
hieK each ..
7c
10c
nitial
25c!
enibroid
Neckwear
and Dutch
9c
Xew .Jabots
Collars;
siTecial
Xew fancv Hows and win-
Jewelry
The Newest Novelties.
New Jabot Pins, ICj
each JL
S x,":':h";s'.. .. ioc
Mesh Dai's at. each. Al "i().
. ..it , . .. . ' ...., ..m ' -,---,
.New isuic .Jahots in all the s-j.ti(), .v-;;-j0
new shades OHiand
ai OWC
New fancv I. ace
Dutch (Vllars
(low
Ties
25c
new
New Auto ells; extra
i5c!rr,K-lnl' .. $1.50
Ucautiful
5Aipnt up in Ilnllv
. vt :., :,()., 7,-,(. '
5.00
Hat iiins,
boxes, at
Ashland Water Bonds Defeated
Mayor Snell Declines to Stand fqr Re-election on a Policy of Retro-
lircsslon.
.Ilhl
Dalny Sets, at
a M't
98c
$1.25
Gloves
Tho Best Makes.
We carry the celebrated
J''. W. L. Kid (Move in all
'"lors. These iiuikesplen
did gifts. Sjiecial fur Sat-
untiiv on v,
'a pair.. $XleF
ALL WINTER SUITS AND COATS 250 OFF
p.i.
To llic Kiiiter: j iiu-nt in miK'hci- in A-hlnml
Siiico (lit- limiil isiit' lor llit int 'riMiiunU 'or Ihik1-iii Inn
Itiiixt'im-nt ut Axlilaml i iiiiiniciiml I nu-iil ami I'm- f.uicroii' iiirh .u
wati'r h.vxIiiii in a luuitcm anil xaiu-j Miluwalkx Mutl'icii-nt In kcp die ,i.'
lar mnmiyr and alonir Jiiu-n litut itiuii-i rtiliiti of 1D11 al uik in
niMvn in 0 fopoit ut' Kii;iiitvr W. .1.1 Jul 1, all ol' uliu-h bt-iuu ilnnc u ih
fiu'l ut' inoU"t ami n-M-innn'i i i.
tlio H(i)ile otM0il to prumi Mf
that liix rocord n a proun'-iv. ,i .
inliiMlnout minor lian lim-n (-i.i,.
i. . i .'
KuIhm'U, Mavor 1(. N. Sm-ll toMiit'
Iv (Ii'iIiiiph to ik'imll IiIh naiuo to Lt
netl j'or iiUiti(iii at ilni'i'oiniiijj
itv I'li'ftioa, .Mavor Sm-ll has hlood
Cor un;ii'iinii alum.' all munifiMl
liiici ami many &Qa iiiiovomon(,
lolh pulilic anil iit'ivalt), an- in eu
ili'iirc nil ovor Ahhlaiul. a a ivmiII
ol' I Iik iiriiirrti.iva tuilii'itt ulii.-li h
...in ..ii... .i.... . . i - -'- -
will liliun inwi- w.iwi-kii in HWSKOU ri-lMillilllPlKlvd HJkftl taklUC hi Mfnt ..
to the realism Ion that they hive1 ,ftVor. Januuiv I, 1UUH, mid wlii h
"wuHtort thQliB...n-ll8ou the U.'-rt a jIMal ,, ireirr..w.lw ruaiivil luive
air;" Hint Uu-y :.- Uon fighting aUtt-d him iu rartyiu hit . Tnt
iigiitnBtninn&wh'islnv0thdfMtor 4urintf i h.' m( two er
$ho wntor bniulH-jM no lileg of rnn- ;iv. Knoll iM th'
nliiK for ro-olootlon." nm wlwiMlern m:
iMit'd ami ina i m i foiiiciu i. -h
aiiU ami make room lor ooim-'oth.
tfooil 1-iiir.t-ii to till tho nil ire. uii
tho hoH that jmoiI iiuprt t -
now Ik-kuii in A-hlaini max ini,mi.
ami our Iw-uutit'iil eity rt-mam m in.,
with othor rugrKMiv oiiu-. .1 1 1 .
l'aoifio foaxt.
.la.or Snvll nUo vuIik. mi
Inuhlv the uooil vpl . i in.lfi-ixu 1
' ;"h t bee-- him In .t
"' "...j .-, .Mill ull.ll I,
Furs
Roliable at Low Prices.
Our l-'tii-s arrived a little
lati' iu (he season and we
are anxious to sell them. A
.splendid selection of con
ey, marmot, blended squir
rel, tan and -lap mink, on
ale from now until Xmas
at
25 per cent off
Petticoats
Now Styles.
New Near Silk AO
Petticoats, at, each eOt
Xew Wash Petticoats at,
;;;;:,":. s,v'.": $1.00
LH10 brand new silk IVtti
cottts, black and C AO
dors; special .. . yiouU
Waists
colors; spec
Xew Persian Petticoats,
all beautiful pat
terns; special .
$5.9
Beautiful New Ones.
Women's all linen Shirt
aists,
each
Women's
Shirt Waists,
'ach
W o m o n '
Waists;
special
W
Kimonas
Silk and Crepe.
A beautiful line ni
si Ik
Ki
all
)Rc.
v crepi- and flannelette
embrouh-red
1 5fl,!,"Ulms; f" distil;
' s black silk n,'w 8l.vll,s; llendid pat-$2.48t"nKSallsiz,'s:'"e'the
onieu s heautil'u lil.iiil , lu-st a nmw ., ... ...
and Persian Silk Waists:! , " '"' ,n,"n
CHILDREN'S WINTER COATS HALFPrioe
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