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December 31. 1910, 2721.
uioronD, oreooh.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon anu
Northern California, and the fastest
growlnK city In Oregon.
Population U. S. census 1010; 8810,
estimated In November, 1910, 10,000.
Klvn hundred thousand dollar Gravity
Water SyHtcm completed, giving finest
supply pure mountain water and six
teen miles of street bolng paved and
contracted for at a cost exceeding Jl,
000,000, making a total of twenty miles
of pavemont.
Postofflce receipts for yoar ending
November 30, 1910, show a gain of 61
per cent.
Bank deposits wore 12,376,632, a gain
or zz per com.
Banner fruit city In Oregon Itoguo
TUvor Spltzenbcrg apples won sweep
takos prize and title of
"Applo Xlnr of the World"
at the National Applo Show, Spokane,
1909, and a car of Nowtowns won
rirst Prlxe In 1910
at Canadian International Apple Show,
Vancouver, B. C.
Iloguo Itlvcr pears brought highest
prices In all markets or tho world mir
ing the past six years.
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PORTLAND, Fob. 15. To tlio Ed Ed
ieor: Tlio heart linos k'ivcu to tlio
item from Wellington in your issue
of tlio 12th rcl'errinj; to tlio prusidonl,
mentions Christian Science where tliu
item itself docs not, and 1 would like
yon to afford mo npnco to correct it.
Tlioro in no relationship between
tho church designated "Divine Clinch
of Science" and tho diurohos of tlio
Christian .Science denomination, nor
do tho Chrh tiau Science churches
havo personal pastors, consequently
tho statements credited to tho Bal
timore woman as pastor of the
Church of Divine Science" should
not ho regarded as having been made
by a "Christian Science leader" as
shown in tho headline. Christian
Scientists try to leave people alone
to determine what they need relief
'from and how to get it, and such
htateinonts4 as those made in this
iiowh item indicate a disposition to
Jatrude which is foreign to the teach
ing of Christian Science and the ac
tion of its adherents. Truly yours,
f IIOWAHD (J. VAN MKTKIt.
THERE arc two hundred thousand people serving the
United States government tor salaries ranging from
twenty dollars a month upward, who, if they worked for
almost any other employer in this country, or ior the gov
ernment in almost any other country, would be on a strike,
says a writer in Munsey's.
What is more, if their case were fairly presented to
the public, they would win the strike.
They are employes of the classified civil servicethe
clerks, accountants, stenographers, librarians, biologists,
engineers, mathematicians, chemists, lawyers, editors, and
other specialists of almost every sort, including mechan
ics, who carry on the work of the various departments.
Positions in this service are given only to successful con
testants in competitive examinations. The holders tire
immune to removal for nolitical or religions cause, and
are commonly regarded as holding something like life
tenure. There is a cheerful theory that the' tire paid enor
mous salaries, do no particular amount of work, and are
the special iavontes ot amiable iortune and government
largess.
Why do not the civil service people organize, bring
political influence to bear, and force congress the only
authority to raise their pay? That's what other people
do when they want things from congress when they want
laritl duties raised or lowered, when they want appropria
tions, when they want more battleships, or fewer battle
ships, when they want their wives enfranchised, or the
.Mississippi river canalized. Likewise, that is what the
employes of a corporation do when they want more wages
they organize and send up a grievance committee.
The civil service people don't organize, and don't carry
their troubles to congress, because of a certain executive
order, which reads:
".All officers and employes of the United States
are hereby forbidden, cither directly or indirectly, individ
ually or through associations, to solicit an increase of pay
or to influence in their own interests any legislation what
ever, either before congress or its committees
on penalty of discharge from the government service."
Gus Newbury Made Strong Appeal for
Upholding of the Peoples' Fish Law
Rearranging Seats In Congress
.WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. With
tho membership of -X in the house
of representatives practically assured
for the Sixty-third coifgress, the ne
cessity of seating, within a reasona
ble area, that number of members
will enforce a total rebuilding of the
house wing of the capilol. l'laus
huvo been completed for the change
in the seating arrangements and an
increase in the capacity of the hall
and it is probable that the work will
bo done during the coming summer.
so that the first regular session of
similar to those employed in the
Ilritish house of commons were stm
stituted. Hut this lasted for only
a single session, and the benches are
now berving a useful purpose at St.
Kliabcth's hospital for the insane,
in tho chapel of that institution.
One of the main objections to the
sizo of (lie present house has always
been the disorder ' attendant upon
debate and the necessity for a strong
bhrill voice to itinku a statesman's re- in that county H appears that there
The following-is the text by Otis
Newbury before the senate commit
tee on fisheries on Wednesday oven
ing:
Jt is argued by the advocates of
this measure that this is u measure
wherein Sport vs. Commercialism is
the issue, and that tho failure to pass
this measure would mean the con
fiscation of .j2.jU,000 worth of prop
erty, and in addition to that it would
thiow out of employment a great
number of people. The fact is, thero
arc about 10 actually employed in
this industry at the mouth of tho
Hogtic river; that the advocates of
this bill are the owners of about 8000
acres of land along the Hogue river
at its mouth and most of the people
who are employed in theindustry are
employed tho greater part of tho
year in looking after this 8000
acres of landd.
Theadvocatcs of tho bill aro the
owners of the land, respectively 14
miles on one side and nine miles on
th other side of the river; having
monopoly ot it.
Evidently the editorial that ap
peared in the Portland Orcgonian
same days ago in relation to this
measure, was inspired by the advo
cates of the measure but we accept
the issue as suggested by the Orcgon
ian in the editorial, and believe with
it, that this is a matter that should
be left for the, determination, to tho
people of the community that it par
ticularly atlccls, and m this partic
ular, it may be well to refer to the
volo at the last election when this
measure was adopted by a majority
of more than 10,000 votes in the
state, to the vote of the people in the
communities that are particularly af
fected by it, to-wit: Curry county,
Josephine county and Jackson count
ty. The vote is as follews:
Mai.
No. Ag'nst. For It.
ail 181
!)52 2 l(i
."i"5 . . . 'J(i07
It thus appears that the majority
for the bill was 'J(107 and the ma
jority against it is -127, and a not
majority in it favor, of 2180 votes.
Thei ndustry rclerrcd to as being
one that would ha' confiscated if this
measure does not become a law, is
situated in Curry county and even
County. Yes,
Curry 1:10
Josephine 70(5
Jaskson . .11182
nuirk's audible. On this point, Hep
rcsentativo iMcCull (Hep., Mass.) in
Committee on Publication for
Oregon.
; Played Them Doth Ways.
Tho French comedian IVrlei was nx
traordlnarlly tlilu. A physician nvom
mended htm to try some hath la .'he
I'yrenocs, so he betook liluwclf to the
mineral springs, where lie hiiilud tin
"rcmlttltiKly, hut all In vain; he did not
Ineroaso la nIzu. "I'ntleiice," nrpcil the
'doctor. "There Is iiiuhlui; like nut
baths for making people fat " Oar
dny whllo Perlet was wiiIiIiik phllo
noplileally la hi linlli for an emboa
point which never came he heard n
conversation In the next room, rrom
which III own was tllldcl ti only u
thin partition and which was occu
pled by an enormous woman, fat as th
Hottentot Venus "Doctor," suld !ie
"I am getting tired of this." "WliyV
linked the Aesculapius "I lime been
hero two months " "Well?" "Well. I
am an enormous ns I was when I
came." "A little patience, uiiiduine.'
urged tho doctor "There Is not hint,
like our baths foi uitiKlny people thin
Perlet, hearing these wouli. spuui;: on
of his bath, dressed, rin-hed home t
his hotel, ordered his hill mid left tut
I'arla by tho next iralu.-Argoanuu
tho Sixly-uecond congress will ho I1"" ri'lM,,,t f tlio committee on li-
held in an entirely new chamber.
Tho entire interior aspect of the
hall and gallery floors of the house
wing of the capital wil bo chuiigod
under the new plans. The members
will be deprived of that pleasant lob
by, behind tho speaker's desk, where
in times past they have whilcd away
dull legislative days chatting mid
Ktnokilig. The hall itself will occu
py the space now devoted to the lob
by, and will be moved up diiectly
against the outer wall of the wing.
Tho size of the chamber will bo ma
toyjally decreased, although the
change of the seating arrangements
tvill add to its capacity. Under the
tcheme reported to the house by the
committee on library, which studied
(he matter thoroughly, chairs similar
to those used in theaters will be sub
stituted for the cumbersome individ
ual arm chairs now in use, and the
bulky desks thai now occupy prac
tically all of the space ot the big
hall will be replaced by narrow
shelves, attached to the backs of the
seals. The size of the hall will he
cut down i'lom a length of 1 Ill's Itvl
and bieadth of 87 feet to a hall la)
by I'O'j feel. The seating capacity,
however, will be inci eased from IW.
to 11(1.
Plans and drawings of the new
chamber have been placed in the lob
by of the lioiihU whole Member have
nt'idied them carefully. They mIiow
in detail the nivurriuiiHUiunit of the
seals in the liotne, and the oliinhin
tiou of the desk-.
This desk question has ruiitnuttv
agitated the hmiM- suae it ciime into
existence On one ncciisinu the desks
wuc eliminated an dbn In nclii -,
brary, on the rearrangement of the
house said:
"It is often impossible to know
who is addressing the house. Perti
nent interruptions and questions aic
often unnoticed because they are un
heard. Parliamentary government
in its literal sense is government b
speaking and the correlative ol
speaking is hearing. If it is impos
sible to hear, speaking becomes oi
no account, and in proportion as the
difficulty of hearing is increased the
value of speaking is diminished.
"The house of rcpiesentatives oc
cupies the largest legislative hall in
the world, and it is chiefly due lo
that fact thai it is not the greatest
legislative body in the world. Vis
itors of distilled, m often come to its
galleiics prepaied to witness sympa
thetically the proceedings of the great
representative body of (he American
people, and. seeing nothing hut eho.ts
and confusion they arc compelled in
record impressions which are not
complimentary to the house. Thou
sands of American citizens who come
lo Washington carry with them to
(heir homes a similar impression.
Presbyterian Church.
Preaching at 11 a m., Dr. W. S
Holt, 1). 1)., the Pacific coast sec
retary of the boa id of home missions,
will speak, lie is an inlcrcsting
talker. The choir has special music.
Picachinjr in the evening at 7 :.'
o'clock h.v the pastor. Ouod music
Sunday school at 10 a. in.; l K. so
cietv at (i:.'IO p m.. 1. ('. !). societv .it
I :-IO p. in.; meeting Saturday. Feb
man IS, ,i 1 10 p. ni. and 7 .1(1
m , with Dis Holt ,uid Millignu. AP
are icoue-tid to lie piescnt.
was one-third of the votes the conn
ty cast againsf Iheidea expressed in
the present measure.
It is also sa'id "that this confiscat
ed property of the value of $250,000
brought returns to the assessed valu
ation of all improvements in Curry
county for the year 1010, but .$117,-2.-)0.
Tho advocates of tho bill lino this
matter up as Sport vs. Commercial
ism, and we- wilL- accept the issue
there. On tho one hand, there are
10 peoplo that aro supxrtcd by this
industry; on theo tlier hand, there
is ii population of 30,000 people in
one county alono affected by this
measiiro that do their fishing in
been derived fro mthc industry has
been expended in the neighboring
state, California, and senrcoly non
of the money that has been taken
in by virtue of this industry has been
expended with the state of Oregon,
all of tho stipjphcs having been pro
cured in the state of California.
H is asserted that tho salmon do
not take a. hook and line but they do,
and tho people residing in Jackson
county and in a largo measure, those
residing in Josephine county have
gotten their salmon heretofore by
fishing in this strentn with a hook
and line.
it is asserted bo the advocates of
this measure that there were more
salmon last year than over before
in Koguo river. This may bo true
at the mouth of the river but the sal
mon never got past tlio seins and
fish nets down there.
tl is still further asserted that if
the hatchery along the river were
discontinued the salmon industry
would die on account of the dams
and milling along the river and its
tributaries. This is not tre. There
is scarcely any mining done along
the river and its tributaries, the
placer mining being a substantially
dead one.
Heforo theindustry nt the mouth
of the river, in years gone by, had
monopolies, the salmon coming into
the mouth of tho river furnished the
people in Jackson and Josephine
county along the river and its trib
utaries n good living, tho river and its
tributaries always teeming with the
fish life, hut since this industry has
been in operation the salmon have
been greatly declining until at the
present time, there is scarcely any
fish coming up the river at all past
the seins and the nets. Tho salmon
that get past the seines and the nets
find their way over tho dams that
aro across the river, for good fish
ladders have not heretofore been and
aro now being installed along the
Hue of (ho river al these several
dams, and the fish if permitted to
pass the seines and nets get over the
dams all right.
This bill with its proposed amend
ments carries a little joker, there be
ing a restriction in the measiiro as
to fishing during the spring season,
but there is no restriction for the
fall season df fishing.
1 CLASH IN ORIENT
SAYPORTLANDCHINESE
POKTLAND, Or., Feb. 17. Offi
cials at the Chinese ranch consulate
here today predicted that Kussia and
China would not come to a clash, but
that other powers would intervene.
One well known Chineso official
who requested that his name bo with
held, said that China fully expected
that tho United States would side
with China and prevent Russia from
Koguo river and this 30,000 popula- actually making an armed "invasion
tiou as against the population rep- j into the territory of the old Cathay.
I'J 1111,1 t ml 1... .lui 1 t .... I'.. .......I i.. -.11 I
ii.wiivn mi- iu luiriiuii in, nil
want this measiiro now advocated.
Killed by the senate.
There are 3,r0 miles of Rogue river
and it.s tributaries in Jackson county
alone and these 3."0 miles of setle
nicnt along the river rely upon this
river and its tributaries to furnish
A millionaire has offered a large
sum for tho discovery and identifi
cation of the grave of Kve. This
may he a touching exnmple of filial
respect for the memory of our uni
versal mother, hut it is also under
A Simple Lite,
"And what." Inquired the visitor
who vvns "being nice" to little llohble,
"aro you going to do when you grow
up?"
"Ilo n business man," responded Holt
crt, "llko father, lie took me down to
bis olllce last week, and I'm golug to
work llko him and have a good time'
"And what are you going to do In
business?" put sued the visitor.
"Going to do Just like dud," repented
tho youngster "catch tho train ever
morning nnd when 1 get to the cilice
light u big cigar and sit down nt an
desk and say there's no much work to
do it's no use beginning till nfter lunch
and then go out with another big mnn
nnd cat and eat till 1 can't oat nuv
more, and then go buck to business and
nsk everybody else why the work iiln t
done, and then get so mud because
nobody does anything that I'll go
homo early and bo so tired 1 can't do
u thing except read the pnpor and
einoke more big cigars and swear."
Pearson's.
UaakliiH for Health.
Medford Theatre
Wednesday, Feb'y 22nd
The Famous German Comedian
MAX DILL
late of
KOLB and DlLL
in a magnificent production of
"Lonesome Town"
50 PEOPLE 50
SUsUU'lMIl lis 11 llinniW nf irmmtur Hit.
ihii... ..:!. i':. 1. rn it... .... -
....... ..ii j.s. ,u ,M,i. ,,,., ,,vcr U.riety absolutely free of cost.
at the mouth and up to Grants l'ass1
simply menus that those people living1 Hasklns for boalth.
along the 3,"0 miles of Ibis river and
its tributaries shall be denied the
privilege of getting any fish from
the river.
II tnav be still further said that
this industry, up to the present time,
has been sustniued bv the product
of this nvr and the money that his
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