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Office Mull Tribune ItulldlnK, 3527-S9
North Fir street; phone, Main S02I
Home 76.
QBOItQR PUTNAM, Kdttor and Manage!
Rntrrtd an sccond.nlaca maltr a
Medford. Oregon, under the aot of
March 1, 1878.
THE PORTLAND HOG AGAIN.
Official Pnnflr
Paper of Jackson
Official
of the Clljr of Medford
county
nioitniov batzi.
One year, by mall fS.OO
One month by mall SO
rer month, tiollvorcd by carrier In
Medford. Jacksonville and Cen
tral Point ...................... .80
Runday only, by mall, per year.... J. 00
weeaiy, per year i.o
BWOKir CXJSCUI.ATIOK.
Dally average for alx month! ending
December 31. 1910, 2721.
roll Seated Wire United rrM
Dispatcher.
The Mall Tribune la on sale at the
Kerry News Stand, San Francisco.
Portland Hotel News Stand. Portland.
Rowman News Co.. Portland. Ore.
W.0. Whitney, Seattle. Wash.
2CSDT0B9, OttzaOsT.
Metropolis of Southern Oregon and
Northern California, and the fastest
growing city In Oregon.
Population U. 8. census 1910; 8840;
estimated, 191110.000.
Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity
waier system completed, giving finest
supply pure mountain wucr ana six
teen miles of street being paved and
contracted ror at a cost exceeding l.
000,000, making a total of twenty miles
of ivement.
Postofflco receipts for year ending
March SI, 191. show Increase of 41 pec
ceni. uanic deposits a gain or zz per
cent.
Banner fruit city In Oregon Rogue
River Spltzenberg apples won sweep
stakes prla and title of
-Apjfi Xta of tk WmU."
at the National Apple Show, Spokane.
1909, and a car of New towns won
Ttrrt Mae la ltio
prices In all markets of the world dur
tar the past six years.
write Commercial club. Inclosing 8
cents for postage for the finest commu
nity pampniei ever written.
JOLTS AND JINGLES
By Ad Brown
Speaking of names, Samuel Rot
tenberg of New York has been ar
rested for selling bad eggs.
' A drunk at Baker drove Into a
saloon through a plate glass window.
Probably the .largest glass he saw
about the place.
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Jim Hill says the public Is lazy.
Doesn't "lhat make you tired?
The earth wasn't' to be denied the
privilege of shaking up poor Mex
ico;' r .
A Centralis, Wash., barber tried to
commit Biilclde in another barber
shop. There is such a thing as car
rying business rivalry too far.
Said Mother Earth to Mr. Madero,
"Shake!"
ANNOUNCEMENT is made1 by tho Southern ViwxCw
that tho freight rates formerly in effeetfroni Port
land to southern points, reeently redueed by order of the
state railroad commission, are restored beginning July 1,
for interstate business.
In other words, the Southern Pacific will charge Mod
ford shippers 20 per cent more, for hauling freight orig
inating outside of the state than it will charge for the
same haul for shipments made from Portland.
The existing rates were established after a full and
fair investigation and hearing of both railroad and ship
pel's by the state railroad commission. The railroad ap
pealed to the federal court for an injunction, and the court,
after due deliberation, sustained the commission.
The rates in effect have, then, been adjudged fair and
equitable by the final authority. The cost of hauling from
Portland is the same to the railroad, regardless of origiu.
The proposed increase, then, is unfair, inequitable and un
justifiable. As any shipper can avoid paying the new rate by mere
ly consigning his shipment to Portland and rebilling it
there, the increased rate means no additional revenue for
the railroad simply a source of annoyance to the shipper.
The tariff from interstate points for interior points
has always been the terminal rate to Portland plus the
local rate trom Portland. New, however, the tariff will
be the terminal rate plus the old local rate, which the
courts have held excessive and unjust. In other words.
Medford 's rate will be the rate to Portland, plus the local
rate, plus about 20 per cent.
For instance, the tariff upon paper from eastern mills
to Portland is 7o cents per hundred weight. Prom Port
land to Medford it is 59 cents. The present freight rat
from the east is 75 cents plus 59 cents, or $1.34 per hundred
weight. Under the new tariff, the old rate from Portland
of 79 cents is restored and the rate from the eastern mills
ft Canadian International Apple 8howJ to Mcdfoi'd will be $1.54 CCllts PCI" hundred Weight, tllC
Vancouver, u. C. It, nn- -.,, i .? .,
Kogue raver pears Drought pighest nam OI 461 UlllCS H'Olll I'Ol'tiailU COStlUg HlOrC 1111111 tllC
3310 miles from the mills to Portland. But by rebilling
at Portlaud theiotal rate will be $1.34, a saving of 20
! cents per hundred weight, or $90 a car.
So the increase is not.along the usual lines of making
the shipper pay "all the traftic will bear.
Why, then, is the freight rate raised?
"Who will the increased rate benefit?
Not the railroad it means no additional business, no
additional revenue, nothing but ill will all along the sys
tern.
Not the interior shipper. It puts him to the trouble
of rebilling his cars at Portland.
Not the interior cities of Oregon. It penalizes them as
jobbing or distributing centers for interstate business.
There is but one person or class benefited the Port
land jobber.
It becomes self-evident, then, that the increase in rates
is made for the sole benefit of the Portland jobber.
Every little town in 'Oregon is slapped, every interior
shipper is punched, to please the Portland jobber.
Medford has several eases before the interstate coni-
! nierce and the state railroad commissions for more equit
able rate adjustments. In every one the Portland jobber,
through the rate committee of the Portland chamber, of
commerce, has had attorneys present to oppose Medford
and to assist the railroad in combatting our contentions.
At every, turn of the road the rate committee of the
Portland chamber of commerce has been actively fightinc
the efforts of the small towns to build themselves upi by
becoming distributing centers in a small way.
Portland is the most short-sighted metropolis in the
world. It strives to become great by stifling the growth
of all the smaller towns forgetting that only by their
growth can Portland grow. v
Portland has milked the state for years. Yet it has
never given back anything. It furnishes no brains, no en
terprise, no capital to develop Oregon. Instead, it is ac
tively fighting the earnest efforts of the few live town?
to develop themselves.
The increase in freight rates is but a fair sample of
treatiupnt that can be expected from Portland. It is one
of the lemons the metropolis has always passed to its little
brothers.
Why, then, should the smaller towns patronize those
who have so often shown enmity?
Medford merchants should give Portland jobbers a
jolt they will remember.
There is but one way to do it boycott them.
Buy in San Francisco, in Seattle anywhere but Port
land. Jbbbei-s of these cities will gladly pay the freight
differential.
It won't have to be done long. And thereafter Port
land merchants will have a little consideration and respect
for at least one of the small cities of Oregon.
The entire community should back up the Medford
fvnffiV linvrjin in ir. pnminniwljililn oi'fnvitt tn nrnvniif. iho
proached was Dill Jukes, a 13-year'-l , ,. . . , ,.,. , , ,. , ,, . . .
qtjl boy. Brushing a bit of mud irom .eW Yiitc.S tr0m SoinS "ito ef tcC't, to thwart til IS HOW 11.JI1S-
ui;u tins iiJiwurruJiicu iup itb uiu wuniuu ut inc mui'tv
along the Southern Pacific.
People of Medford should demand of their merchants
that they cease buying goods from Portland jobbers, until
they change their attitude.
Medford must fly with her own wings. Let the flight
be a strong one.
WOMAN SAYS
LOVERffl blame
Helped Him Bury Body of Man, How
ever, In Onion Patch- Took Ax
and Crushed Rival's Head While
He Slccpsy
XOKKOl.K V Juno . tWwS
iii); tliut she lias helped liiiry tho hotly
of Harry Uuvis.-.in nil onion bed in
tho yard of her homo Ml Musou creek,
ili-s. Minnie Murdook cleared up the
mystery surrounduij: tho fiudinjy of
his body and accused her lover,
Charles Morkle, Of having killed him.
Iiv her confession to tho police to
day Mrs. Murdook ni.vs that Morkle
elimhed through a window of hoi
home and fiudinj: her with Pais
crushed his head with mi nxc. She
declared that she and Morklo wore
panic-stricken and hid tho body under
the bed until monimp. Then, she
Mud, they rim wed it out and huriod it
in the onion patch.
Morkle and Munlock are held for
murder. .V
"Davis, who is also known as Har
din, was a frioiiri of mine for years,"
Mrs, Murrioek told the police. '"Throe
mouths ftRo we quarrelled" and he left.
Cliarlio Merkle nnd I went together
after that, Wovotild not uree and
I ordered him away. Then Davis re
turned. Recently Merkle told hie if
I did not drive Davis away lu would
kill both of us. A few nights ajio
Marry and I wore sleeping when a
sudden noise awakened ine, I wa
horrified to find that my pillow and
my body were covered with blood, I
iiinieu ami mere ueswe me 1 saw
Harry's hcari.cruf-ht'ri in. Deside him
stood Merkle with a bloody axtvin hi
ItnmK I screamed, and Merkle with
lifted axe threatened to kill me- if I
did not keep quiet. I don't think Har
ry was dead when we put him under
the bed. Then we sat down and
waited.
"In the morniiii; we. scooped out a
hole in the onion'beri and buried the
body." i ,
FATS AND LEANS
' PLAY JUNE 23
Benefit Baseball Game Is Bclnu Ar
raniicd for Benefit of Mrdfurtl
BaudWill Try and Have Business
Houses Close That Day,
BALLOON PUTS MAN'S
BEAN CROP ON HUMMER
An aeroplane narrowly missed
King George's head the other day.
Should he get a bump there he would
have to order a larger sized crown
for the big' show.
St. Louis advocates a farm (or
drunkards. Ought to be able to raise
cane.
Burglars robbed a laundry In Port
laud. The "cuffs" and Irons for
them.
jSVn old sea- dog in Massachusetts
jwantB a divorce from his wife be
cause she keeps 15 cats in the kit
chen. By intense application one
could almost extract a Jcke from
that.
Fools and
spotted.
their money are soon
Once I knew a mau who could play
the 'cornet so well that tho neighbors
didn't care.
. Sune or Insane?
We have taken it upon oursolvesJ
to Interview several prominent Med
ford people upon the subject of sane
and' insane Fourths. The first ap
his' right Qy'ebrow, he said:
'gano fourt? Wat's dat? Say, don't
conio.rouud- .herijwld any of .dat
tjuff.,-'Tale'lt from toe, dla fourt is
goln'.tq bo tho warmest even When
youso was a kid dldent you shoot the
biggest cannon krncker you could
buy? I don't seo no missing noses
or cars on your classic face, It 1b a
skin game to ask us tcr cut out tho
nolso so you can sleep on a holiday.
Wo are onter youse, all right, all
right."
The next citizen Interviewed was
Percy Mollycoddle. Leaving an ex
citing game of Lotto to give his views,
he said:
"My views on thu Fourth of July,
in brief, are this. Let each child con
tent himself with n few torpedoes
and a pluwheel. Thus we got tho
Idea of both night and day colobra
tlon and our lives are not endanger
ed by explosives, I favor a sane
Fourth.". .
''Flits'' orsu "henna" ihnrt,
bttuupy liMtU'ss mun playim; hall wi'h
tall, lapky himiitcsa men. Thin will
ho the order of things Friday, June
-;i, when the merchants will n'vo ui
exhibition dml! pimo, the proceeds ot
which will ko to aid tho Mcrifom
hand. '
J. li. Summerville anil K. ('. lielaiu
are already oi-jruuiiriiu; the teams mil
with n little practice two faitly pun
teams should he developed. Tho jjniiu
will start at 1 o'clock in tin- after
noon and an effort is beiiiir made li
have all business houxes closed al
that hour that nil the employes ma
KO to the name.
JACK SHERIDAN. DEAN
OF UMPIRES, HONORED
IMIlliADKLl'lllA. !., .Juno n.
In recognition of his 'JO yenrs' ser
vice on basebairaihiler, Jack Sheri
dan, dean of American league tint
pires, today lias, a huiuNoiuc prit'
medal presented by tho leapio offi
cials. He is the only umpire in hi
lory so honored.
Steamer On Fife.
KUttlllXM, Holnuri. June !. A
Inrjio' steamer believed to be theJ.ey
laud liner Oxoninu. is afire off Vnr
den, midway between Antwerp am"
Kliisliinjr. The Oxonian sailed frou
New Orleans for Antwerp on May.
Bank Suspends.
LONDON, June . - The suspen
Mn of the nierheck hank was an
uounced today. The institution Inn'
over ."0,000 small depositors. It U
estimated liabilities exceed assets b
$'J.OOO,000.
FOR SALE
CITY PROPERTY
Lots wholesale and retail
MOOREHNI-CO.
HEKKELKY, C'al., June 1). With
a battered eye and some minor
bruises, R. L, Hemphill, who had!
nursed n pirden nn - his back yard r 212 Fl'llitgrOWOrs Bank Blcltf
from infancy into n near mess of "
string beans, apjwared in xriiee court
today to complain ngninM the bal
loon that sat on and demoralized li'w
crop. Tho balloon which sailed from
Idora park came- down in Hemphill's
garden last night, crushed vines and
bushes. A few minutes later a park
employe came for the balloon. Hemp
hill refused to let him take it. assort
ing .$75 damages had been done. The
employe said lie would go and get the
money. Hn returned with three othr
husky gentlemen and a special officer
and when they, with the hallo had
departed, Hemphill had his decorated
eye.
Today he is seeking damages for
his personal injuries as well as the
destruction of his garden.
BELASCO'S DAUGHTER
DIES IN COLORADO
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., June
I). Mrs. Augusta Helnseo Klliott, 'JO
daughter of I'layright Dnvid Dela
co, is (lend hero today. .Mrs. Klliott
was brought hero by her father
threo weeks ago in the hope of ben
efiting her health. She had been suf
fering from iiulmouary affection
Mince last January. She was born in
San Francisco.
NOTICM
Notlco In hereby given that board
of directors of school district No. 40,
will receive bids for tho furnishing
of COO cords, i feet, ofNflr and oak
wood. Bids received for all or any
part thoro of. Board reserves right
to rojoct any or all bids,
ORIS CRAWFORD,
8 . Clerk.
Pure
Clear
Sparkling
Von can't afford to do without
this splendid, refreshing drink.
Call up and order a case sent to
tho house. The purest, most
healthful drink known ia
SISKIYOU
MINERAL
WATER
P. C. BIGHAM, Agent.
PORTLAND
ROSE
FESTIVAL
TO UK IIKLD IN
FIGHT LAUNCHED TO
MAKE CLEVELAND OPEN
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 9,A
fight to make Cleveland an open fihop
city wns launched here at a meeting
of tho Cleveland Employers' associa
tion when General Harrison Gray Otis
outlined tho methods that had been
employed in Los Angeles. President
Kirby and Attorney Drew of the Na
tional Erectori' association spoke in
favor of the movement. Eight of tho
largest employing concerns in tho city
are allied in tho Employers' association.
NEXT CONGRESS TO
TACKLE ONE CENT LAW
CLEVELAND, O., Juno D. C. W.
Hurrows, president of tho National
Ono Cent Postage association, an
nounced today that President Taft
and Postmaster General Hitchcock
had assured him that the question of
one cent postage would bu presented
at the next session of congress. The
fight for higher magazlno postage
would bo renewed then, ho said.
Look nt the classified ads if you
have lost something and if the
.NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby glvon that tho nil
ilorslgncd will apply, to Hft city coun
cil of tho city of Medford, Oregon, at
Its next rogulnr meeting on Juno 20,
1911, for a license to sell splrltotis,
vinous and malt liquors In quantities
less than a gallon, nt his place or busi
ness nt No. 17 South Front street, In
Bald city, for a period of six months,
O. M. BELBim
Date of first publication, Juno
1011.
"'
Hasklus for Health.
Draperies
ry a
lacu i
cry complete lino of
rtrupork'B. lacu curtains, rlxtura, eta..
and clo all claimaa ot unliolstnrlnir. A
Hpcclnl man to look after tills work
nxclUHlvely uml will Klve ao gooil
Nervlco as Is poMxIfolo to get In oven
the largest cities.
Weeks & McGowan Co
Portland, Oregon,
June 5 to 10f 1911
WILL HI3 A MOHT IIUJLMANT
FLORAL EIESTA
& CIVIC JUBILEE
Portland, "Tiio Homo City," will bo
none of splendor and tho center nt
world-wide Interest for ono wuek.
One and One-Third Fare
to Portland
Fno&t
ALL rOirTTS OH THH
Southern Pacific-Lines lii Oregon
To keep perfectly posted on all Impor
tant inattnra rotating to this great evnnt,
cull on local ugont for circulars and
printed matter, or write to
WM, McHVKHAY
fl cne nil I'uHHongor (Agent,
POHTLANP, OOKL
PRODUCERS
FRUIT CO.
Our oftlco In now lneutod In our puck
lug house, and Is open for tho senium
Ki'oui now on wo will liavo tho dally
reports all markets, Hliuwlug pi'lri'tl
realliied by tlio California Krult Din
Irlhutoi'H, and all other Hlilnpi'is,
Any ono Interested Ih invited to
eoiuo In and look thoin over and eoui
pure prices. Ily shipping with us you
will liavo all tho ailvantaKos, of the
largest and most complete deciduous
lolling oraaliWutlou in tho United
States and at a low or rout to you than
In tho past.
Last year wo handled nearly ton
thousand car loads, or Hovouty-slx per
cent of tho en II it) California crop,
Koiueiuber wo
I O O L N O T II I N (1
All fruit Is sold on Itn Individual
merits, and "su'li growers naiiio and
prices realized for each shipment are
published In tho catalogues. Pooling
was tried and failed years ago In Cali
fornia. If you want to sell soo us, If yon
want material, Inspect our samples,
ind get our prices bofoiu purelias
lug.
I'ltODlMMlUS V Kl'IT CO.
K. M. .Metieaiiy, NortliMi'Mcrn Aui'iil.
Home I'lu. lie 1M12. Pacific 7001.
DAHLIAS
Now Is the ttuio to plant
We have a choice assortment
of tine growing plants In pots,
All tho uoNoltlcH In t'.tll
Dahlias.
J.T.BROADLEY&Co.
fitveiiluuito near City Itesenolr
Stoiv C and Central .Urouo
Phone .-,;tl atitt I 1.11.
IF A FIRE STARTED J
IN YOUR PLACE
l Would ou have anything at
hand with which to ilf.lit H? j
j Tlio Ohomicall
Powder Extinguisher
l Ih cheap ami a) to use and Is
kept filled at no oxpeuto
J. ('. M'.PK
Ciati't IjiUo Ii'nniKi'.
b
Where to Go
Tonight
U-GO
t'rtiliiy and Batunlay
-s
run I
. , ."witnnu
OHOwnn oo"
"Tllli I, I. IN ,.VI Till.' .MUl'NH"
Tho nioat Now VoiK niiceimii.
Look Prices fie and .'ific.
IHuiulay "Al Plney HIiIko."
wjx3
n.
MWIM.MINCl SESSIONS A. M.t
III a, in, to 111 noon. P. M.t
"J p. m. to It p. in. KwnliiKt 7 p. in.
to 10 p. in,
I Private lnnl ruction from 10 a.
in tola Kor further liitoruintloii
see tho Instructor.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
thi: .Mi:i)i'oiti nui:itv
Is now belni; conducted by W. M,
Kennedy and OotRn Purucker, V.
A. Todd having retired.
Borne tmporlaut ciimiikos are
coiilomplated and as a result the
public will bo suppllsd with first
class goods nt reasonable prices.
Medford Bakery and
Delicatessen
PJ .SOl'TII Ci:.NTK.L.
YOUR
Vacation
Will Last Always
II-' Vl' ItKCnmi IT WITH A
Kodak
Medford
Book
Store
W.ll TI.MI) St',n
ItO.M.WCIJ O.V IIAK.O.
HIS I.M.UII-: IN THK WATIIlt
I'A.MII.V TltOI'ltLKH
I'niir (lood Plrluivfi Tonlulit.
Don't Call to See Tlicsr
ti.vi: ih.mi:
THE ISIS THEATRE I
.Speilal KuKUKemeut of
V..V NI VAX
In their fareo comedy entitled
; "Tin: iHit'roii's patiunci:-.
! I'or tho next thivo nlr.hls all those
; atleudliiK Hi" tsls will bo overjoy-
ed as well as aitreotdy surprised
I at the special bill Hie mauiiKur has
put before them, with two such
; clever people, none but the very
best of comedies can be looked for
A performance you would Kindly
pay twice the admission asked and
feel satisfied. Vou have this op.
porluulty for (he small sum or '.'()
cents.
Hillt In Iteiinttid
THU .NKHAHAIIS
in an entire ehatiKo of act, In
troiliicltiK the old plantation
smile, cost nines and d.iuren In
dulKcd In Ioiik before tho war. The
darkey as the old times found him
In the sunny south. BotueihltiK thai
will Interest an well as please both
the young and old. Don't ml us this
blc bill
X
" V 9- 0-0
NAT THEATRE
Is now open every ulKht ami .Sat
urday and Kiinday afternoons. The
coxiest and molest theater In town.
I'lnost of IlKht, and the best film
subjects.
ClmiiKo of program Holidays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, Admis
sion l"c Coiiio ouco and you will
eomo attain.
Tlio viiiini vteallier will soon
lie here. Wo hnvo tho necos
snry requlrenlonts to mako
work easy In warm weather.
Boo us for tho bent of I5LI5C
Tltia FANB and tho best of
prices.
SOUTHERN OREGON
ELECTRIC CO.
U7 MOUTH CKNTHAL,,.
AFTER ALL IT
NARROWS
150WN
TO
i i
The Merrivold Shop
FOIJ
WHITMAN'S
CANDY
llll W. Main Ht Medford.
WOOD FOR SALE
Limited fiinoiint of Dry Ash, oltliur
lilouk or split. Low price.
Phone 3311
Rock Spring
Coal .
ON HAND ALL THU TIMB.
rnoNii iooa.
Burbidge
JUMk COAL MAN.
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