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Medford Mail Tribune
AN INDUl'KNDKNT NHWBl'Al'KU
rUilUlHIIKU IJAIl.Y BXt'KIT HATUIt
imy y Tin: MRDroni)
l'lllNTlNU CO.
Tho Democratic Times. Tim Medford
Mull, Tlio Medford Tribune. The South
ern OrnKOnlan, The Ashland Tribune.
Offtco Mall Trlliuna llullillnc 2S-S7-89
North Fir utrcol, phono. Main S021
Homo 75.
WHAT WE ARE MISSING
M
nT tf no mii .11 if in Iwn.ntiin en .iwni'liil in I he little
' I Values nrt based on llie Inw of sun
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HITS 01 IlIO that WO UOSjlOCt thO liur OUOS. pl and ilenmndt the l" supply, ivml
Crop Forecast of 1911
, i i in vi iittiit iiitnitt ni mi iiuii nr ituv ttit
'ri,.i,N.i4 .. , .:;..! i..-.i..li.l f.il.-.t tutui mw ntliUllimi Ml 1 110. ...... .1.... .v..... ,...i... i .....
J.IIXl.ll.lXlllXIllvx.IVllvlnllv l ituv mm mi. ."i".. .. -v ii-n i in' nil- ' im ""i niii)
tlKOHOi: PUTNAM. lMltor mul Manniwr
F.ntered nn m-cond-class matter
Medfiird, On'Bon, under the act
March 3, 1SI9.
Offlclnl Paper of the CI I J of Medford
Official rapcr or jacsson t,ounty
BtTTIRrttirTIOK KATES.
Ona year, by mnll '"J2
One month by mnll .............. .SO
lVr month, delivered by wrrrtcr in
tn.ir,,r.1 lii.l:uimv 111a ntnl Cm
tral Point .,... .t". .KJ
fhintlav only. Iiy mull, Per year.... 2.00
Weekly, per year '.to
ttcciiidluK lo iv dispatch tippi'tnlnK In n
reCCIlt llcXXSpilpel', C.Npl'OtS III stlll MIOU
carload of apples IIiIn full, Tlio kioxv
eta iiiv tcutnluu to lul.i' care of their
b Iho supply of siiv ono demand Tor. nrvhiud nml cxeiy laiHe tuchiitil In pin
any Klxeu variety or kind of fruit, but -cln with fuml devlcea and spiiiyliiK
emiipiiieni,
Missouri. Uuports from thin statu
nre not complete; win fiom St. Joseph
j i by other minus un well, industrial txnd
III JU. financial iMiidlthuiti. xienther conditions.
imiIIiik nml keeping nihilities, and by Ihe.
supply of "ctuiuietUixe" trull. Thus,
ti very lurKo crop of orniwca In l-'lurl-ilix
nml x'.illfoiudv not only Influences
XHlites of iirtiiilnw hot of ntililes. bit-
liiimi mul all other iisnuahlo fruits us!
BWORN CIRCUr.ATIOH.
Dally avernjre Tor mx months ending
December 31. 1HI0. 2721.
Xnll tented Wire United rri
Dlipatcbu.
Tim Mnll Trlbunn In rfi Mlc at th
Perry News tfhuul. Snn PrancUco.
Portland Hotel Nem .stnn.l. PortUmV
Itnwmnn Nvwn Co.. Portland. Ore.
AV. O. Whitney, Senttle. WnMi
MEOrORD, OREOON.
Metropolld or Southern OroRon nnd
Northern California, and tho fastest,
irrowlnp elty In On-Ron
Poiiulatlon - IT S. tviisus 1910; SSIO.
eMImflled, It'll 1U.O0O
Kite bunitreit llmusand dollar Gravity
Water Stem coinpletwl, Klxlnp finest
mply pure nioiiiitaln water and six-
Iruin lllll. IB At iXlriHit lieltUT Il.lVl-J am.
eontniqlcl'for at a eot scfllni: tlf
000.0ro mrtklnK A total of twenty-mile
of pavement.
I'otofflce receipts for year ending
u.ii i hi. xlmv inereano of 4t tier
cent Uank deposit a pain of 23 pT
cent. x
nnnrr fnilt city In Orecon Itocu
lllver SplUenbcrir apples won awctrp-
ataKea prue. ana tine ot
"Apple Xing; of the World."
nt the National AppIa Show. Spokane.
1909, and a car of New towns won
First Prise In 1910
nt Canadian International Apple Show.
Vancouver, tt C. . .... u .
Itncun lllver tienrs broucht hlshes'.
prices In all markets of th world dur
ing the past six years.
Write Commercial club. Incloslns t
cenla for iiostape for the finest commu
nity pamphlet over wrmen.
WHEN YOU ASE GONE
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Whn you aro koii the phoebVs call If
stilled.
Or emti to le;
The sheen ujxn the maph-'.s jjreen l
iluH.il
Ah by a shadow:
My eyes, unseeing, make me miss
The violets.
Though they arc bloomlnsi there.
As when we toopeI In quletJoy :
To bn'wk their uaw-w'et'Rtems.
jOtvcr tho cfart a jellls Imnir.
And all tlie sadlfans TBf-tho sfeo.
Is flunu upin 'the sands.
ITo fvI jour hands
"Upon my hrow!
To feel them now!)
Tho hurt of you afar ., . .' .
Ik In tlio sun and raln; tft ' t
And ,1 nm bent and old
When' you nrn Bono.
Hlehard WlRhtman In "Suecs MaKa-
"xluc.V., ,., ,. , f , ... ,.
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exponso of tho bettor, hiihor and noblor.
In tho nmel raoo at'tot tho umtorinl. wo Forgot tho i
Wo spend our days grubbing in tho oarth, whon wo might
sing with tlio birds in tho tree tops.
Wo blindlv ohaso alonir littlo troailinills mul oonooitoillyl
,, . , ., , .. -i ... ...1. :,,nl well, tor a lnrKe supply means lower
think woaiv uuiving tho'oarth, or pompously mark uuiot ,.,,.,, for lin. Klllll i.omnil,in,yi ,,
', . . , ,. ., i ,. ...., i low prlrva: vs6lt, innilly. In piiipor.
aiul imagine wo are loading tho march ol progress. tunmteiy inorwsvM t.uumii0on of nm
V, . n i . ' ,i tiii i .l.:.t. .....article. Tltorvforv. tin student or iiuir.
booing nothing but tho little rut wo are making, nnoj k, POI,,Mioit llllM wrr vmy wui..
- .1 .!.! .. t.... .. ... I. ...... I... i......
Fauev it is a kings highway that leads somewhere onhrv,j. ,.rlvo , HJ (U,,,n.viiimi.iy -
1 I4 1MIH1' 'IIMni.THIIH hi II rM 1HIH Ml lilt'
llIO. frullKltlWera Of the P-tOlfU) liortliwest.
anil mi liiHtltullou for mul by Iho Kron
er, this oxohuiiKv.' will uuili-rtitko to us
nvinlile ami U iIIsh. in note full mul coin.
Weio Information e.nieernliiK not only
our own enipM, but tniiiKtlll i-ropn In
all imrlN or Urn i.nintry -mid of lite
wot Id. so fur aa Hi. utforiiiiillou la nvult
abl. Crop eiinitlttotis '.i re In the north
west aro pretty . 'H-nilly known, and
this bulletin will I'livh on Ihetii but
iiuhtly Sufflo) !- -V thut the In.lUn
iioiih an for n Imn crop In southern
HrKim, prolKibly iii-i Tnvr U per cent
nl' last viHir In ai'i'li a. tlioliKll a Knod
rrop of. poors; IUm-.i Hlxer I'KMm.ite &
x-r cent to tlu p. i .-eiit of List j.iir's
erop uKliua now stlmates 30UO cms
tNr OkkUiul, C.IKoinU
The only WoinimV College on Hie I'ltrlficCnml
lilinitrrril IHHS. Nr two wreat I'lilYertilir"
lilcul OIimaIo llinnmlioiit llie yrnr. Ktiluiu'i
mul Kmiliiallnii, lunilmaciiU rililvilril b
thine of Stiuifiml aiid CitlvenUjr nl ( .ililoiiiln
l.nltoriltoilrt lot lelrnve Willi liuiilrlll (iilll
inrnt. Ivkiirllriit iiii(itliiiilllr (ol . Iieinl
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THE YAKKEE OEBI
7TTT-7T7-,
(By IM Andrews.)
Ijst nlKhfa iierfornwnce was a de
llBht. It was a play tliat nwls no anal
ysls. Tho author didn't take himself
Herlously when he wroto thi; pla tie!
thor did Miss Itlnc' when sh purchase
It. In fact, she doesn't tuU a rea'
play. Any vehicle that would rob nianch'
Him- nt tier iwrsonalltv. Ulul iiut.licr ll
nIuvs. weubl be a detriment Kh I
a smlTe' and manner tliat must not I
tampered with by nnre playwrlKhtt
MUa HllK lia beauty, but she do-s not
rust her case thr-, as most liandsomi
utinun do. Just as you are adiiilrliu
her prtty red H.she Klves her inoutl
a humorous twist tliat -sets the tabb
In a roar," us Hamlet would say. And
by the way. we hao stumbled onto i
pbycholoKloal problem which Is hard t
npswur. namoly: why do women of th
Btajjo who have Iwauly so rellulouslj
shun any character, costume or expres
slon that Infringes In the least upoi
thulr physical charm? Tho writer can-call
but thrvo women on the ataifo to
day who are exception to this rule
namoly:"" Mls'R"Tresfllo.JIay Irwln anc
lllanche RIiir; and all three of them ar
In class A aa tnoney.wlnner. There ar
others who havo talent, but not eve:
Ktild and Jww.Ih will lure them from tht
pretly poee. I humih It Is the lnbori
liistlnot of untold eenemtlons or Is It
Just "boUH"?
Miss ItliiR waa not the oillf'Sfeilnlni
attwolloii In the show by a Imiir wu
Slw was ably asNlstetl by MlsjS IiiifTi
who, unfiled In li-inperament for th
pari, novo us u iusl pb-aaliiR rundltloi.
of her lines.
AVo shculd not uverlnok Hurry flllfol
In paiMlni;. for he mado us Utunli. lb
la vurv stromr In the jart of Harry OH
foil. Ho couldu'l bf anythlliR else If
ho woro cast for Polonlus, h would still
bc-f.ll.irry Gllfoll.
Our old friend Carleton lja Rrown tali
npd handsoiim, like his father. WV T
OarUton, who i-njoyetl u national iputa
tfwi sonio yuars uko uh actor and man
auer of the Carleton Opera company at
ft llmo' when Kiiuiiu Ablxilt, tho 'Huston
Jans, the Carleton and the Andrews Op
ura companies were tin- only road iom-
jmnloH playinK iik'i "is-ni.
And by tl. miy. it makua ono f-el u
bit old. "VIP I Addy 1 Ay"
NAILED TO A CROSS III
l'ASSIOIf riiAY, HE DIES
' CUAPAIiAJAItA, Mexico. May 20
pirlbeo Uornojo. u Texan Indian win
iook'llaj'piirt of thu CIirIhI In l"""iiuu)
Holy Week JVimhIwii iday ,al ih- town
of Toxpim. In the" HOiitbern IMit of thl
tjliltu. fa dead, M the result of his In
slbtonco that Ms liandK he nallud to the
urnKs In tbf eiuciilxlon kcihid. He wim
71 rollijloun eiitbiiNlusl, ami was not con
tout to be lied to tlifc cross, us had huen
thu ouHiom in nrexJoua years. He ln-
HljitiM that nulls be driven thrniiRii Ms
liumlH. 'l lie nans iiseu wero rusiy, aim
"jilood polsuiiliiR iliivi'lupml. For many
Venn the Passion Pluy has lxiuii a )-u-
tlll'O of Holy Week obHervunoe amonK
Iho TdMian Indians.
, . Dulcki to Play Pass.
Tho' Medfonl lltiluha will play at
(IraiitH Pnsa Kiiuduy and say they are
H0lm? rt0 Ret tho. "money" of the down
.valley' huueli. (lranlH Piih Is it pretty
luml lint to eniek bowovm- anil llie motor
fliuida will lilivti to oxtell dthuiilHelves
In order in win.
Killed Over II owl of Soup
" COMJMHIA. K. C, May 20 Walter
Hundlfer, uiteil Zi youra. waa shot mul
Instantly killed and Mm Coin HersliiRir
llaiKerouhly wounded In the hitter's res
tuiirunt hero i by Krimst QrlniRley. a
fiiiinty conU-( Riinril, fullowliiK a ills
jiuto ovur n bowl of tioiip. Handlfer wiih
H iwvUow of Mia. Uvt uliifer.
Tho more aiubitious-ol! us work brain; body and soul for
but ono thing niatoriaradvaiiconient. thinking that it' wo
solve this problem, wo havo solved tho rhfillo ol' agesthe
nivsterv of life.
Striving for wealth, striving for fame, always and eter
nally for self, wo forget that happiness can only come in
striving for others, that riches never bought peace on
earth or entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Thinking of self, wo grow self centered. Dwelling on
i i it ' i . . t? i riti : :. .ri.. ........ I of .ill
Sorillll UUm'S lliaKOS US sortiui. 1 lie unconscious uium-nn- vemufi. .timi. t..HVsaiu .strs
oltluuglUWwarpsn.Hlhwis1s. or expands and st iv.igthens;S
character.
So it is beneficial.to gc.tvoiffu)f'OUi'selves occasionally, if
onlv for a dav to change tMivironmont, to fleo "far from
the nuidding crowds ignoble strife;," to seek the country
as yet undefiled by man. to breath the pure air, enjoy tho
sunshine and meditate in the cool of the forest. .
Nature is constantlv teaching higher things in tho lthra-
blcsyhu parades-before ns: Thostf UiAb have eyes to see:;- ,;r"o;1 ;,V,7 t
and oars to hear can learn many a lesson.
God has given us a beautiful world, but like the ant wcN',,,M,;,ICrl!ulr'r '?i- New
are apt to see only the prey we are dragging. The gloryj;V
of morn, the splendor of noon, the lovliness of eve pass un-; v,XV!h"Tr,!l,o,wJ', in ii
beetled. A o learn untight irom the yellow Makes ot sun
light or the violet shadows. ,
Purity sparkles from myriads of crystal ilcwjlrops. the
glistening jewelry of mora, but we see it not: majesty
breathes in the solemn stillness of our stately forests, with
their cnthedrnl'twjlight, but we feel it not infinity dwells;
Mi iho bint) bowl above us,. with its gold joftn' summer sky,
but like the owl "hooting at theglorious sun in Heaven"
we crv out. "where is it'x''
But as Brvnnt sang nearly a centurv ago: i
"To Hun who in thelove of Nature holds
, .) .Counnuiiion with her visible foi'inshispcakvi
A various language.-tor his gnyer'hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
''And eloquqiice df beauty, and slie glides '
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy, that. steals away
Their sharpness, ere he is aware."
southern Idaho rrturts a considerably
heavier crop In prvupect ror this year
than she had Inst year. These ell
imtl.-s are all subject to Vi-ry material
retlslon, of course, as the season ml-
Minces. Hoaevei. Ih eonsmisus of
opinion seem to ludleate that the apple
ciop of the northwest for the seaton of
1911 xxlll run setnexvlirre between CO
ami ii per cent of the 1910 crop.
P.issIiir from our oxx'u tMinditlous,
what to x e find in oilier apple prddne
Ihr dltrlels of thi Cplliil SttOesJand
euiiudaT Colorado Is our chief eouii.
nil-100
cars a retltictlnn from first prosiM-ots.
i hut still it In r ;ii emp ctimpan-d with the
history of the valley
Illinois Iteports from this slate lu
ll lent. that there will l a larRe crop
of appls thin sroun the first for a n
liutlilier of years Prnctltstlly all the
prlneiiMl dlstrlots of this stale rvport a
lieaxy blmim.
MIchlRun. An ImiHirtant fruit slate,
which, however, lias not produced htv.
Ily ror ."everaPyWrs Seuretnry of Stall
Martlndule has Isnueil a ncnt 'bulletin,
xxhlch Is appeudeil lirnunder, and l ac
cumpHiiled wlih the coiniiiriit that con
ditions point not onlx to u kimmI crop of
fruit this year but a "record" hrfakur."
lief Is the estlnule'
Fire Pifevention j& By F. H. Cowles
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Apples
Pears, .....
Pctfuhe'ii . .'.
Plums ....
Cherries
Small fruit
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92 Hi 9.1 93
Mr. Martlndale savs there hits h....ii
tnorv attention Rlvun to sprtiyluR. the
Rrowers haxinc discovered .that snrai
Iiir pnyu.
Arkansas. - lu-tton county, ,Vrkansis.
s'utes that Miiillsnii enunly ll fuclliu
Ilia brlKhlesI ri'lllt irosieelH III Us Ills
lor) with all ilmiHei' of Iosncs elliuliiiit
etl. " '
Next- York Slate- This Is tlio ninul Im
portant pioducei' of npples In the i-nst
h'tillows a c.iXiif Idem Inl lopoil from one
of our correnpiilulentM:
"There has lieeti no ehaiiKo heio in
the Mint and the xti-illir eoulliiiies fa
xonilile and as (he .i.hvsimi Is lHH'kwa,nl,
It woiildaipeir that thvre Is ery little
itmiKiT of Host iIiiiiuiko ioxx At this
xxrlilnir the trees, mo In full btoni and
the wilier Just nfler reliirtiliiR front an
I'Mennlxe Hlltn lllp till tuiRll tlio llmlnun
river seel Inn, can lepoil fiom j'.emiiiml
iihs-xitt,lou that the lilooiu Is xerv, vvl V
profuse, ami this I Deludes not only up
pits, bill piHils. plllllis, chelllis, peni'lti H,
and lii fuel, all fruits."
We think the follow Iiir ituolallou
fiom a leller received from -a fruit
dealer III Chlciik'U will lve an xcellitlil
Idea of hoiV'the astern eoudltliius are
affeetlUR the seiitlment of the fuilt buy
ers:
"It npiMiirs that iiiohI of the tunle
have neelxeil liifurmatloii The apple
erop this senson all oxer Iho Culled
Slates, xvill lust biiuier one What
ever the June drop max result In will
determine Urn whole situation tlf
rnlirse, the 'xxlse ones me piedletliiR
that they Will bo able In ri to the
uorlhwest this comltiR seanou and Jilix
applei at their uni piUwt-"
We replleil to our eorrenpotident llut
ho could Ml his iixer-ronfblvlll ftlelutu
that so far at this exeluiiiH" nod Its
members jjre. iliICeriieil, -the luiyiim
would not iiiiike Iho prlims. which xvoiild
Ihi reRiiliileil, scleitlirieally. on tho busts
of the law or KvYeiral simply and Run
erat demand, and not mi theldeas of the
eilUMRii coterie lint never! llfU'SH., llie
luelilent nerves to show tile exerlllefe.is
iiir need of utronR orRuuftiilloii bv' (hi
Kroner or fai'illlliii xvhlch will ilnk.
them lndeieniiiit of any local ui.iikM
or auv sIiirIh Rt-oiip or markelH. r4olll
llen such at this cju-hmiRc Is uf finillitR
to Its lilembershlli It will be tuiriirt In
mltiit that this exchatiKe illslrlbutfil 7iii
cars this twist seiixoti to !( different
marketsless llinii la ear roIiir to New
York - er slKiilfleaut example of lh
broad distribution and extensive faelll
ties of the northweateru fruit ei'lmn.'.
which iiuikes Its meiiibers Inilepemlent
faeturs. presentlnR tin orRitnUed front
In the whole market, and) at llie uierex'
of no croup, and subject nfily to thu Inn
llaltons of the whole market
In our next Imiieliiu we shall lixi
somethlnR to say of frlut crops In ;ny.
land.
Meanwhile the exchmiKo illitioiinees
that 20 fruit Rroxxers aMoclaUuns
some of them tho most prominent In
the northwest' have allied thimN-lvi"v
with the exehaiiRe. and takes this ocas
lon to stiRRest to those who have- nut
ileleriuliieil on their course to drelde
the umller ulekly, ns the exohatiRS Is
plunnliiR a very wirly canvass or the
luHiiers. iHiokluK orders ahead, and will
close lli memhiirshlp C4initlRU In Ihr
very near future so as to W free to Rlxe
Us enilrn iitniillou to the matkeiiiiR
OHIIIkllIIH
NOUTUWCSTIIIIN PltCIT
KXt'llANUIl
reouiiiiiii'ii uiimiy niiiur. inui ,hiki n
,lilriii (tyiiuistlimi. bni-cliil .nr fur lusltl
ol Mmltiiti, oiitdiMir life, I ."Itiil.. I.ij-llii
fliiy Curniii. A K - t.llt i.ll'. l''r
I'alnliiunr mli rrti Stllrldty. Mtlu I nllriir '
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II., I itlitiitlita.
1 Ii'ORSALR
CITY PKOPIOUTY
Lots wholesale and retail
M00R-EHNI-C0.
212 Pruitgrowei's Bank Bldg
Draperies
W carri' it vprif complete line of
dratieiles. lace curtains, fJituren, iitiv.
and do all ol.iKtfrn of uptiolslerliiR A
special mull In look after thlH work
etctilslVely mid xvlll Rive as Rood
ei-vlco as Is possible to Kt In even
the InrKest cities.
WeeRs & McGowan! Co
SMITri
APARTMENT ,
HOUSE
017 SOUTH KXVEHBinM AVBKOD
Thirty complotnly furnlihtd
Aiinrtnuitta for ramllUa
Osi KanRM and XdjthU
Vree TtltphoiKt
Nvtakluir Tuboi, call niu
Vilvnt natha
Jfw, Oltan and rJaultary
ror Apartments apply at
rrutlii
WM.Smitli.Prpp.
Look for Ihn loser of llm nrllrlen
you have finiiid for a prompt ad uiuy
save him a lot of worry
04T
I Cora E. Utley
! CHIROPODIST
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The Marinello Shop
MANIOURINa
FACIAL MASSAGE
SHAMPOOING
SCALP TREATMENT
HAIR DRESSING
Room 5, Ovor Kontner's.
Phono 111
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1-2-5 Acres
and Home
Medford. On-Ron. May 15, 1911
To the Kdltor The Inevitable conse
quences of an unlimited supply of lum
ber In a new country are becomlnR
manifest. A tire on a windy nlRht Is
becomlnR to be the common fear. It
.nay well tie so fur Its Justification Is
manifest. What city In America could
foretell while Chelsea waa burnlnR that
in the book of fate waa written the name
of Dalles, Fort Woth, Manchester, llo
Chester, Lennox, and Hangor are pro
IllRate fire wastes near ten tlmea the
European average two hundred fifty
million annually la-no stupendous; that
In tr sense we JiaVi- loat the facxTTty of
Indng horrified. At Kort Wortji over
two thousand people were made home
less. Itroadxvay, a wide avenue with u
wide parkway. contalnliiK trees and
I lowers, and with both roadways paved
with asphalt, and which at" noon one
day had homes on either sldo the niXt
day hud not a slnRle vejtlaRe.of property
left, upon It lire In u forty-mlu wfnd
odres no more for the forty thousand
dollar home than the workers' tenement.
In Manchester. N. II., an area three
blocks wide and nearly a mile lonR was
swept clean. Tho human auuVrloR and
luconvenlern.r xvero as manifest In one
placti as In tho other. In IiaiiRor.
Maine, the loss waa nearly six millions.
In the Dulles, Texas, tiro of lust sprliiR
the wind carried burnlnR brands, atart
InR six separate Urea At Lennox, Mass
tile loss of Uvea was over six persona
which overshadows tho property loss
There la not a city In tho country
which dfH not offer conditions of a
serious coi.IlaRnitlon, iirul yet these con
ditions are beliiR everywhere ,hu-uiIII
duplicated by tho erection of poorly con
structed fruinu bulldliiRS, and eijually
had brick InillillnRH without suitable lire
walls or file stypu or proper vxludoxv
propU-ctnrx. NolhliiR but the lire e.
liaustlon of our aupply of uvullabh
lumbcr would seem destined to check
.. uror of American Improvidence In
hoijNliiR our fuinllliiH and our wealth In
suwli stttiuturewas chulIeiiRo tlm wonihr
iiir comment of tlio traveling Kuropean
in Kuiope audi ilres are of rare occur
aiice, hecausu tjiej uto iiimilRinitly
Ruarded aRuliisl. the hulldlnRH which are
In tlienihelvca IJro rutunauts. Model u
American communities moved by llie
fear ot conllaRratloiiH and reiniRiiizlnR
the fact that lire lnsura;icu la u tax and
not u ruiiitouh reltuhiiisenient of loss
from soiim ulliep planet lire rIvIiir
IhiMIRht (o llie shoc-klllR lire waste to
iho Culled Hlafi-H ki a preliminary slop
toward checkliiR It. Willi lljla end In
v)ex It Im evident lhat ln'tlie first place
our imiiiiiitR metiioiis must be better.
ThlH In the inudeiu city inouiis HUllable
bullilliiR laws, and a silllublo IiiiIIiIIiir
dep.iitmeut, In xvhlch shull be employed
men who know xvhut Rood bullilliiR Is.
Homo of the most sliocltliiR scandal of
the country haxo their souice of llie
bullilliiR duiiartnieiilH of certain of our
cities Ni-Rlect or liu.'ompetnnco In thlsl
ui'i'ui iiiieiii iiuinn iini'u unuur a rair ex
terior wallliiR for lire lu disclose It.
A dishonest or politically Inlliienceii in
spoylor may pass unlit structural ma
terial, xvhlch he knoxvH muy ho hlihlun
rum slRlit by eyerilllR, laklni! his chanco
tlons as experience In fire prevention
enRlneerinR baa proved essential Tlilt
demands public servants, who . know
their buslnes, and who are securo In
their iiossesslons as not to fear Intimi
dation from a selfish property owner or
his political representative. It Is olenr
that politics In the bulldltiR deportment
Is a distinct and far-reachlitR lire haz
ards, offering as it does enumerable op
portunities for the evasion on the part
of Influential Individuals of the duties
and responsibilities, which they owe to
the colb-ctlvn llfe.p The possibility of
harmful political influence dm nut. pass
frofn a clly.v fiowt-ver, nnce It la well
built. Proper BulldlnR construction is a
"aat help toward Immunity from fire It
is of course difficult for an outsider to
svlfct an Individual fire, and say of
courmJI would have, been sooner ex
tliiRliIshed with a smaller loss. but
many a fire ehlefmlRht have ideas upon
the subject but rffused 4i utter them
It Is therefore nji-eskirj; that the fin
department Itself . also kepi up to a
IiIrIi standard.
In a meilium-sleil city the fire chb-f
may be dismissed by an IncomliiR ad
ministration. This naturally makes hlmii
a politician, lessens his tllRnlly In tin ' J
eyes of men. Impairs dlsclplin and Ren- 2
rally reduces thu virtue of the orRiinlz-' J
atlon of the department. In many of, J
the smaller cities theru are nriinlle:illv
no ordinances covitIiir the slornRii of
explosives, and the stoniRe and use of
petroleum. The Hro chluf Is tho sole
arbiter. Under such circumstances If
his berth Is political lie will, bo aware of
oiicndlnR the local hardware iniixiinle.
who duslrea to keep u slock of dynainlle
In his cellar, or who muy not care to
bury his irasollnn lank. j
In many ollles an IrilelllRent public .!
opinion has secured Iho ndopllon of '
RiHtil liulldlnR ordinances. Rood laws '
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Ives, and other rcRtilatlnns to protect
life and property from lire, hut has
found that the local politician can walk
unlmpedidly throiiRh such reKiilalloiiM
at will. However, It Is ovlilentthat the
axvak'-ulnR jiubllo consclenco reRtirdliiR
the needless lire waste of the country
must stimulate Inquiry Into all such
matters, and lead eventually to such
action as will secure (n American com
inunltleH public protection that Is essen
tial to common safety. It Is difficult to
liellevo lhat there will he any consent
whatever to the admission of iioIIiIch In
to u department of tlio public seVvleei!
up the InteRHty of which the life of iinv! '
ciii.en muy lit llioiucilt depend.
K. H. COWl.KH
BECEHT ABKIVAL FROM
NOETH YAKIMA DEAD
A. J. IllckH who with a son resided
at the home of II. M. Iluiuh, "in Koiitli
Ivy Htreet died suddenly about 8 30 o'
clock Haturday afternoon, heait failure
beliiR the euiise of death. He was l,'i
years of iiro and eauio hero some time
aRo frdjn North Yakima. Tlnee duuRh
terH sin vivo him iiNvdoeH one son who
resldoH here. Tim body Is In Weeks and
McOownus clitipid. There were numer
ous reports us to the. infiuiiur of his
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Medford Mail Tribune
Official Map of
Jackson County, Ore.
fjomplloil tiHpcclallr Tor tlio Mull Trlliuno by tho
Jackson County Abstract Co, Approved anil offi
cially adopted by tho county court, July, 1910.
Shows ownership of oarh parcel of property,
townehlp ami noctlon linos, county road, fproHt ro
K'-Tvco, railroad i;rant, city and town boundaries
and all other neccHoary Information.
Tho only convenient, handy, comploto map
of Jaclmoii county published In many yearn, filzo
; both endH.
: Vi by 40 Inchon, on heavy map paper, tinned nt i
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; f.jr J2.50, but will bo i;l vim away freo to Biibucrlb- :
llllit lllll UCehleflt Will out t,.l',.til I.Im ,.,,1. I llllfllll hill flfllil nil fif'.'OlinlM 1... 1..I.I
pabblllly iiulll he Is beyond punishment doxvu on the bed fully dressed and xvas
The Integrity of our hluldlnn depetnla found in thut posltlun, Kunurul notice
upon (ho enforcement of uch prtcau- luler,
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J will build you a I in " nioiu bungalow on i
aprp ii),wall:indisl.'iuc(r(ir $1000 In 1200, fin!
snil for bcrrii's, plcniy walcr. 1 will pluw nYul
; lurnisli seed, biuall payiiiPiu.s or will U'a.sp; nuso
j boinos in ronunuUily;ill, jjiiilil good lioiuo. .,
EV.H. Manley
217 Went Main Stroot
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Choice South Oakdale
Avenue Lot
Kast front, 100 by 175 feci; alloy in rear; a num
ber or largo oalc trees, splendidly placed in reln
i ion to a bouse; registered title; nothing better
in the oily. A V ill .sell at a bargain tor cash.
A1ko lots in
Turtle's Third Addition
Just opened up. Large trees on each lot. Terms.
HARRY H. TUTTLE,, Owner
"Park Avenue,
Or any member ol! the Medford Realty
"' ""Association,
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MORTGAGE LOANS, COUNTY WARRANTS
CITY AND.PGHOOL BONDS I
Monoy on hand at all 'times to loan on improved
.' ranches and fruit land. '
PHONE 3231.
320, GARNETT-GOREY BLDG.
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J J it in riiiiio punt.' to lw
c.onlonlw illi soinethiiig else, Hut if
DR. RIOKERT
content with something else. Hut if
because you have the best.
ROOM 2, OVER KENTNERS, Medford
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