aiHDFCMJ MAIL TMBrNK, lAIIODKOHD, OIHCMOX, TlT10SI)AY, DKCIOMmSR 20, 1910.
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Medford Mail Triijune
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED E-AII.Y EXCEPT SATUR
DAY BY THE MEDrORD
PRINTING CO.
A consolidation of tlio Jtp.lford Jtull
ostabllshod 1S89, the Southern OrcKon
lun, pHtubllHhcd 1902, tlio Democratic
Tlltirs, I'Stnhllnhr.l 1872, tlio AahlunC
Trlltuno, established 181)6, and tlio Jlod
fonl Tribune, established 1900
aiCOItan PUTNAM, Editor and MannKer
Hntered uh second-class mutter No
vmiiIut 1, 1909, ot tlio poslofflco aj
Mnlford. OroKon, undur tlio act oi
Murcli 3, 1879.
Official l'nper of tlio City of Medford
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Ono yenr, by inall 5.0
Ono month by mail .: "
Per motilli, dfllerod by catrlor In
MeUfr.l, Jackson vlllo and Con-
tral I'olnt ,-f;
Himdny only, by mall, pur yenr.... JU
Weekly, per year ' -'
Tull leaied Wlro United Preea
Dlipatchos.
The Mali Trlbuno Is on Halo at tli
Terry Ncwh Stand, San Francisco
Portland Hotel Nows Stand, Portland
llowtnan News Co, Portland, Or.
W. O, Whitney, Seattle, Wash.
Hotol Spokane Kowb Stand. Hpokano.
SWORN CIRCULATION.
Average dally for
January, 1910 2,12'
March, 1910 2,20:
April 1910 2,30
May, 1910 2.451
Juno, 1910 2,r,o
July, 1910 2.G2
August, 1910 2,!2
KeittMillier, 1910 2.3S
October, 1910 2,79
Novombor Circulation.
SIDE LIGHTS ON RAILROADS.
AS WAS PREDICTED
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We Are Sole Agents For
The Southern Pacific's business in Oregon lotnIlu(l';,Ia-t,k''011 .c,0,,iy4 ,",,,;"lu . wl!Vib,le'jl:: TT . -m-r . -g fi 4-r
8,830,945, or whi,h ,520,526 was expended, .leaving a J tn u-r'l ftSw-'" FToOIPT K itChPIl daDlietS
net profil of $-l,i:9,H9 or -17 per cent. The entire system-columiiy Saturday ....d the oongrnt-i A JLVJ KJ&JlKs I JU&JL tliVlX V d ""
Tiinni,icinMv- ..:.l. i:...i.i.. .. r. .... :i ...... ,1 ..,'j,,..k,..1 ;,,
IiN 1 I'jli I'jD 1 liMI SHIC llglllh Oil II1C lilillOiUl MlllilUUJl III,
Oregon and elsewhere are afforded by the annualre- The best posible uj to demon
ports of the Southern Pacific and the Oregon Short Line, Pirate u belief i ii. put into ue th-
iff w h he state rai road commission. I tliro" " u.e in.inu.iae mm
rvu.y C,
1 IJU JI V
cent, anion
1C 3,07
17 3,07
IS 3,05'
20 3,101
21 3,05i
22 3, Of).
23 3,05.
2I .1. US'
27 3,07i
28 3,00i
29 3,00.
30 2,97
3,100
J ;!,.!! u
3 3,100
4 3,100
G 3,160
7 3,100
H 3,100
!) 3,100
10 3,100
11 3,100
13 3.1M)
14 3,100
If. 3.100
Total V 70,901
Daily avoraRo, 3,080.
BTATH OP OUUQON, County of Jaclt
ROD, HH. :
Oli' tl) first' lny of December. 1910
yiorsoniilly appeared beforo me, GoorK
Putnam, iiiunaKor of tlio Medford Mm
Tribune, who, upon oath, acknowledge
that tlio abovo figures aro true and col
root. II. N, YOCICI5V,
(Seal) Notary Public for Oregon
MEDrORD, OREOON.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon am
Northern California, mid tlio fasti'Mt
growing city in Oregon.
Population U. 8. census 1910; 8810
OHtlinuted In Novombur. 1910, 10.000
Kiwi hundred thousand dollar Oravit
Water System completed, giving flues
supply pure, mountain water and six
teon miles of street being paed am
contracted for at a cost exceeding II
000,000, making u total of twenty mile
of pavement.
Postofflco receipts for year cndlni
November 30, 1910, show u gain of 6
por cent.
Hank deposits woro $2,370,532, u gal'
of 22 por cent.
Thinner fruit city In Oregon Hogu
Hlver Kpltxenberg apples won sweep
stakes prlzo and title of
"Apple Xing of tlio World"
nt tlio National Applo Show, Spokane
1909, and u car of Nowtowns won
rirst Prlio In 1910
at Canadian International Applo Show
Vancouver, II. C.
Itoguo Itlvor pears brought hlghes'
prices In all markets or tlio world dm
lug tiio past six years,
Writo Commercial club, IncloHlug (
cents for postage for the finest coinmu
nlty pamphlet over wilttou.
nam
Want -nth ortio for work For l
sttoug want ad is all the "influence"
tare. All we afk is a visit. Wi vmi'll need.
vunranlcu yon .suti-l'nctioii (it- inonf- ; m
back.
GAWXKTT-COItr.Y IIDWK CO.
Corner iMiiiu and Grape Si
j I. nko ltynn of .Iiirksonvllle Is pro
j imrlitK to tear nwa a part of ono of
l tin old landmarks of Jacksonville
and ad a modern front and a new
'story to the building. JIi Ryan
has caiiKht tlieinuplratlou, bo believes
that to llvo a town must progress
dad 1k Is going to htait the ball roll
ing by improving n putt of this property.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
Dec. 20.
Ordinance of secession passed
by unn,nlmoiiK vote tit tlio state
convention of South Carolina.
Tlio wording of the declaration.
"We, the people of South Caro
lina, lu convention assembled,
do declare and onlnln that the
ordinance of rati Ilea Hon of the
constitution or t):u United States
passed by South Carolina la 17S8
Is heieby repealed anil the union
now subsisting between South
Carolina and the other states lu
the name of the United Slates
of America Is hereby dissolved,"
was virtually adopted by the ten
States w hlcli ultimately follow
ed South Carolina's lead. (Pop
ulation of South Carolina was
UOO.OOO, of the United Stales Ul,-000,000.)
mid $22,97(J,0."9 in dividends, besides laving away a sur- alations heard upon the tiim demon-
plus of $S,897,(5M. , . , .. ., , i strata tho lTuthat tlm people-stand
egon tsiiort J.nie declared dividends (31 ou per ,," " - -
7. j,.,, ,ir- -on r i- i-i ll,e prettieftt, most uniipiu lmrdwhie
ntingto$l,J,(jru,o.50. Operating earnings ol the ,,,, . ...,. IM111 . Th-
company amounted to ij520,22,'l 0, operating expenses muy iJ0 siores whoiu muru biyekjs
$9,5'1 1 ,")7'5, 01' '1.3.8 mi' CClll. ' . jcunied but none j). handsomely ftir-
'I'hese two railroads are operating under supervision of n"i" "' ivllxiW'H. ananed.
the state railroad commission, so regulation eannfft be' J !',s hl"lu " ,6" "s ,l f"'8J
. . . ' " by its present owners, will always
Very injurious. ,,,.,.. . ... ,, . Island lor quality, li.mutt deuling.
The ordinary business man js well satis) led ii there jslmiutoous truatmont and serviee as
a )rofit of 15 or 20 per cent or less on the volume Of busi- "(,"V periect us p.-ibiu. Our line
uess, yet we see these railroads clearing nearly 50 per cent,! wil1 b ,rHy h-ii-i-u-d and u the
resorting to the courts to prevent the lust and reasonable,1" ,u "' u k-"1, """ -
, , . , t ,. ', -. "' 1 ,, mi will bao them and we mean by guar-
reduction ordered lor southern Oregon by the railroad ( ,,,,, aatisfa,.tion or 1I1011t.v jac.c.
'Omniissioil. Don'l J'ottfet the fact that we own Ihe
Poor's Manual gives the net profit above all charges. , building; don't foict that it is, not
of the Hill system for 1907 as $-15,7:50, Ki.f5 and the gross ,l "' 'dfair. but the nuttitu
earnings as $200,152,-185, or about 22 per cent, so that it is uf"l l,; .""i"1"1 " fix ,no !""
1 ? 11 -i ii M if 1 1 11 it n niado this buildiii,' .mil store possible.
ivident that the reasonable reduction ordered by the Oie-iIIMlI wilIl slldl wd knmvll arti(!los as
jon I'ailroad commission for this section, does not mean, Toledo umges, mini Wasiier'.-, paint
'confiscation" of the Sputhern Pacific as their attorneys that cmers the caniiayiU'niier hake
nlpjwl. 'Vhov will Ktill elenr more than tlie nA'crayo l'ailroad. utk-iy we have im leur l'or the i'u-
It is because the public is beginning to understand
something of the railroad business, something of the fabu
lous profit made through promotion and excessive tariffs,
and to resent the unjustifiable robbery of being made to
pay inexcusable charges in order that interest may be paid
upon "watered" securities and "inelpns;' cut for the ben
efit of the controlling interests, that wo beliold the speelu
lc of railroad magnates threatening the country with
panics and cessation of railroad building, unless they arc
permitted to run the country to suit themselves.
Railroads are built with bonds. Those who buy the
bonds, furnish the money, but they receive no share in the
profits beyond the stipulated four or fire per cent. Tin
profits go to the stock, which usually cost little or nothing,
md hence is "water." When a road is reorganized, it is
usuallv done by new issues of bonds and bv assessment ol
itoekholdcrs, so that the reorgani.ers may gobble the stock.
When systems merge or consolidate, the extensions are
built by bonds. Panics and financial depressions depreci
ate the values of the securities which are thrown on the
market to be grasped at opportune times, and hence rail
road control in the United States has become concentrated
in the hands of a few and the excessive tolls paid by the
people go to still further enrich this group. So in the past
")0 years railroad fortunes have grown from nothing to
hundreds of millions, and are rapidly growing into billions.
One of the great railroad systems of the country started
on a forty cent option, has had an actual cash investment
of $158,875,000. which has been reduced hv bonuses to
Rl,875,()00 has $210,000,000 of stock, on which enormous
dividends have been paid, enabling the actual control ol
over 20,500 miles of railroad, with a total capitalization
of over a billion dollars. '
The Wall Street chiefs cannot understand why, havingi
done these things with impunity for so many years, 1 lit f
public has begun to object t,o paying increased tariffs, whvi
the railroad is not their own private plaything and the
country theirs to exploit at will, to buy or sell legislation,
control courts and corrupt the electorate to accomplish'
their ends.
Capital is justly entitled to a fair return on investment.
Railroads are entitled to reasonable rates, lint railroad
capitalists do not want fair returns, or reasonable rates.
They want to be 'Met alone" to continue to amass ex
cessive fortunes as heretofore.
America is young and crude and does not yet know
how to govern; The dollar is still placed above the man.
I here is scarcely an huropean nation that does not can
And Sell at the Factors'y Low
Marked One Price Figures
$26.50 to $35.
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WEEKS & McGOWAN
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MAIL TRIBUNE WANT ADS BRING- RESULTS
MAIL TRIBUNE WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
omoaox, simw. nrcrmimw 18, i9io.
FOR THE
While General Josso S. .elaa, de
pohod provident oL Nicaragua, is ui'
to ho .yearning l'or permiHsiou to liu
again in liis native land, it pruhahb
thai the Nenrngunn aulhorilu
would feel more eoutentud to haw
him remain in Belgium,
In alarling l'or the south mK.
mcuihurs ol' the lliirtletl-Whilnex ex
pedilioa doubt leng will take with then
everything iioeennry to proo theii
(ilaini in ease they get to that isolate.'
locality.
OOKS
RookwoodandTeco
...Pottery...
PRICES ALWAYS CON
SISTENT WITH QUALITY.
EDFORD
..Book Store..
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Pretty New Home
for its people better than we do. Iut we jire beginning to
realize conditions, to learn from the older civilizations, to
painfully grope for a new and better order, and notwith
standing the protests and power and prestige of our bil
lionaires, there is going to be a more etpiitable division of
our wealth and the halcyon days of the gct-rich-quirk in
railroad circles arc one with ihe roses of vestervear.
The more ono hrs regarding the
1)00 pieeou of silver neoenhiiry to tin
outfitting of a certain millioauirp'
maiiwiou n New York, the le one
I'eulb Ike taking on tlio rtipouiihili
liuti of owning a manaiou.
- Chopping n deficit by 1 l.AOO.OUO
in twelve month U the best eson
that l'oklmavter General llileheoek
(ioiild read to any of the guvenuueut
departments.
Codfuh hu advanced to Y.'U) e
hundred pound, but a lunulivd
pounds of codfish w inorethaa uu
family iioods at one ow liiae. won
in (lie height of the fUhbull mou.
Los Aogele
AND RETURN
A Story
About Pants
Home people prefer to call
them ' tioiiMt-s," but anny,
they are ni.ulo by the "Old
Woolen Mills'," of Ma field,
Kv, and aie the best in the
wo 1 Id
Thev M.ui the line with the
genuine Old Kentucky Jeans ,:
$1 :' ". a pair, and run to the
tine .-'I wool grades at $" 01)
Ul sr MAIN STKHKT
The Wardrobe
Wot Main Street.
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$31.5
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THE WOMAN WITH A PRETTY HOME IS BOUND
TO APPRECIATE A PIECE OF THIS WARE. NOTH
ING WE COULD SUGGEST WOULD ADD MORE TO
THE ARTISTIC APPEARANCE OF THE HOME
THAN ONE OF THE MANY ARTICLES INCLUDED
IN THE COLLECTION OFFERED HERE. KARNAK
BRASS HAS A WORLD WIDE REPUTATION FOR
ITS RICHNESS AND BEAUTY. IT IS MANUFAC
TURED AND DESIGNED BY MEN WHO ARE AR
TISTS MEN WHOSE RARE GENIUS ENABLES
THEM TO PRODUCE THIS CLASS OF WARE WHICH
HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALED. THERE IS NOT A
SINGLE UNWORTHY ARTICLE IN OUR ENTIRE
COLLECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDECIDED AND
WISH TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT WILL
PLEASE, WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION OF THIS
WARE.
Medford Hardware Co
the
If sufficient uuirh.T diMiv to make
trip an eNcur.sioii will be 1 .niduited
Medford to Los Angeles
and return some time in January or Feb
ruary at the round trip late of
$31.55
with a thirty day limit to return. Tickets
will permit of stopovers and be tfond via
either line to and from Los Angeles. For
further information see or phone
A. S. K0SENBAUM,
loenl S. 1'. Aijent, oicall at the PaKjsonjjcr
Statu. 11, l-'uiu .'Ml. 251
ee Us For
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ifrrfr 1iihiilrrt,rlrnfr.fr nrfi.A fl ,fc d. 11 fll iB lll rfll rti imra m1 A it. .fr ,1
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ut Flowers Plants : ; For iSale
j:j. T.-BRADLY & Co.
l-'erns. Palms, Hullx Wreaths, Clreener.N, Misth
toe, etc.
American lieauty Roses, Carnations. Xniv.us
Ilvacintlm, etc., etc. See our display and plan or
dels loilay.
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booking orders for Xmas de-
I'otted plants of viiy description. Take
a look in the Medford Hook Store window
and see them.
Cut
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cinths,
flowers we
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will have in stock nt
uose. t arnatnuis. mi-imhv; ik-...
Lily of the Yallcv, ilets. ''
I Corner 6th. and Central Avenue
Medford
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M. I.egagnon.v is the ui-nilcii..n.
hos(. inline wo JIIIIM ) n . lulu I, 1 1
aro di-xuini- of i im n .ii. in ' ti
name ot th. imm wh U t-i ! .1
(he nlhi- in luiDpl.i.-i i ..tli 1 ,
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