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Newspaper Page Textv V w s V . : f "Jf. .S m v KAk V Ft, si I &fl "V" .'. frf t . t'MK L.' i ' U .'T 9i ' WVi 4 -" & .t V '" F "V "). PAGE 3T0UR MT3DF0RD MAIL TRIBUNE, arEPTTORP, OREO ON, TUESDAY, STOPTWMHMR 10. 111. IHMiJ'iVw Medford mail Tribune AN INDHt'lINDRNT NRWfiPAPHR riJIIMHUnU I3VKIIY ArTKIlNOON KXCKIT SUNDAY, DY TUB MBDFOKD rniNTINO CO. The Domocrntlo Tim, Th Medford Mnll, The Medford Tribune The South rn Orcgonlan, Tho Ashland Tribune. Otflco MaII Tribune Building, JS-S7-S0 main lull. North Tlr Home 75 street; phono, QKOUan PUTNAM, Editor and Manager Kntercd as second-clans matter at Med- rorfl. urcgon, unaer me act 01 Miu-cn , 17. A MODERN CRUSADER. Official Official Paper of the City of Medford rnper or jaexson uouniy. RUBBCK17TXOK SLITS. One yenr, by mall ,. .16.00 ono monin, oy man .: "' Tor month, delivered by carrier in Medford, Jacksonville and Con- tral Point . ; Bnturday only, by mall, per year.. S00 Weekly, per year ................ 1.50 i iwobx oimcruxATio. Dally average for six months ftndlnc December 31. 1910, S7S1. STall 3Vad "Wire Unite Slspatchts. Frss Th Mall Tribune Is on sale at the Ferry Newn Stand. San Francisco. Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland. Bowman News Co., Portland. Ore. W. O. Whitney, Seattle. Wash. Kxoroms, oweoox. Metropolis of Southern Oregon and Northern California, and the fastest, growlnp city In Oregon. Population U. S. census 110; 8540; eatlmatod. 191110,000. i ri. mnclnv' thousand dollar Gravity Water System completed, giving finest unnlr nurn mountain water and six teen miles ot street being payed and Sontracted for at a coat exceeding II. 00.0C0. making a total of twenty miles or pavement. Postofflce receipts for year ending iMarch 51. 1911. show Increase or 41 per cent Bank deposits a gain of JJ per Banner fruit city In Oregon Bogua River SpIUenberg apples won sweep takes prise and title ot "Apple Xing of the Worl." at the National Apple Show, Spokane, 1909, and a car of Newtowns won rirst rrlss la 1910 at Canadian International Appla Show, Vancouver. B. C. ......... . Itogue IUver pears brought highest prlcos In all mnrkcts ot the world dur Gig the past six years: write commercial ciud. inciomns cents for postage for fhe finest commu nity pamphlet ever published. .- JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown Tnft's "Western Trip. Jonathan Jupp, of Jaguar Station, Tho anan, you remember, who wrote tho oration, Leaned back In the deepest or deep meditation Then offered the following wlso des- ertatlon Bout Taft and his visit to halt ot tho nation. "This Junket of Taft's to the Insurg- Ing west Is his wisest move yet tho shrewdest and best, For who can gaze calmly and not be impressed At tho Taftlan expanse of executive vest He Is bigger than Cummins and all of the rest. "As a loyal Insurgent I can't help view With an ounce of alarm tho harm that bo'll do," Then Jonathan bit off a comforting ' chew And opined that tho future looked Indigo bluo For LaFollette and all of his pompa dour crew. "But" Jonathan added, "Thero's no uso to mope, Our path cannot always bo well greas- ed with soap, There Is ever a chanco for an upset ' of dope, Remember the calf when they gave him moro rope It Taft talks of tariff "Why then wo can hope." Some peoplo would bo better satis fled If they could order up their re ligion with their groceries. Pirate. A rhyme I wrote weut on Its rounds Of papers In the state, I counted up tho credit lines, ' And lo, they totalled eight. DR. ,T. N. McCORMACK, -who lectured nt tho Aledford opera house Monday evening, is one of tho greatest exponents oL tne gospel 01 goou iicnim mau niseouiury has ever produced, and a man better equipped to dissemin ate tho propaganda of sanitation could haVdly bo found tho world over. The audience which heard his lecture recognized this and deplored the fact that all their kith and kindred were not within sound of the speaker's voice. Dr. MeCorniaek is interesting because he speaks the truth because he talks entertainingly and convincingly with the facts behind his arguments; because he strikes out fearlessly, exposing sins of omission and commission, hitting a head wherever ho sees it; and then pours the oil of kindness and humanity upon the wound he is compelled to make. His object in' exposing faults and showing up the fallacies of human acts is not merely to criticise, but primarily to correct. His lecture covered a field as broad and expansive as humanity itself. Ho went over the dif ferent professions and pointed out the envy and jealousy or liunvuiuai memuers ol inose segregated, mau imiuuu'u against harmonious action and barred tho way of progress. Happily, he said, the medical profession hail passed through the worst of this slough, and was being wafted to the brighter shore on a reform wave, tho like of which has never been seen before m the history ot the world. Doctors are organizing and working together for their own ad vancement, and for that of the cause of humanity, and the science of the prevention and the cure of disease is going by leax)S and bounds. Physicians recognize this. So do thousands of laymen: but the great men at the head of pub lic affairs, whether they recognize it or not, are slow to admit it, or give their influence to the furtherance, of the crusade. The result is that while the federal government is spending three out of every four dollars of its revenues on the army and navy and pensions, for the slaughter of humanity, it spends not one cent for the preservation of human life bv the prevention of disease. It spends mil lions of dollars for the preservation of trees, the promotion of animal husbandrv, for the cure and prevention of dis eases of plant life, and the dissemination of literature on all these subjects yet it has appropriated not one single cent for the crusade against the dreadful diseases which arc decimating the rant and file of the nation, men, wom en and dchildren alike. Millions it spend for tho preser vation of its inanimate flora and fauna and not one cent for the preservation of human life and this because it has no faith in its doctors and will not heed their warning voiee. The United States of America, says Dr. MeCor niaek, the greatest of the great among the nations of the earth, is the only nation of any importance which has no national health bureau, and as a result of this, the little brown men of Japan, a nation classed among the heathen, have a far lower death rate than we, and the health of their army and navy in actual warfare so far outclasses ours, that it was a shame and disgrace to this country. In closing his address, Dr. McCormack advocated the formation of national, state and local health departments, and the frequent public discussion of prcevntive measures. He is a great crusader, and the memory of his good advice should remain with us and bear fruit to the everlasting benefit of ourselves and our posterity. GET READY FOR THE PANAMA FAIR. IN 1915, the year of the Panama Exposition, there will bo probably one hundred thousand strangers visiting Jackson county. There is no one thing that will induce large numbers of these visitors to become residents here more effectively than good roads. The state of California, during the past year, appropri ated $18,000,000 for the building of good roads. This docs not include the amounts raised throughout the state by local authorities for the same purpose; it is only the amount spent out of the state funds. Washington, to the north of us, is spending millions of dollars annually in building good roads. To neglect the building of good roads will cost Jackson county in loss of money that will otherwise be spent here by newcomers, at the least calculation, feu million dollars in the next ten years. Fifteen large corporations arc now paying to Jackson county a total annual tax of $108,530 (figures of J 910.) Let us use their money to build good roads. It will pay intcr cst and sinking fund on the entire issue of bonds. Now that everybody has picked out room in tho now hotel I suppose I'll liavo to take what's left. They show It by figures and prove It by facts, And display It in booklota, and leaf 's lots, and tracts. And tholr logic's aa plain as wartH ' are on toads i ' ' Tho county, by gum, should build thom 'oro roads. Old Maluo has gone wet, It the figures aro right, and a lot of blind pigs will got back their sight. Thero's frost upon tho pumpkin but nono dlscernablo upon my Invisi ble vvoodpllo. Ci.riVRI.ANn May Sutton the California ohumpion, won tljo wom en's tenuis chnmpionfdiip of Ohio yes terday by defeating Lois Moycs of Toronto horn, fl-0, (1-2, Mips Moycs won I ho lit lo lust year. Railroad Regulation In Oregon Salem, Ore, 0, 1911. Cditor Mail Tribune, Medford Ore. Dear Sir: The Portland Orepon iuu on the 8th inst., delivered itself of a whole column editorial on what it pleased to term "Rate innkinp hy Prejudice," This paper in another in huc has udmoniHhed uh that if we un dertake to initiate reasonable rail way raten wo will arouHO "prejudice ngajnht corporation and rivalry be tween communities." In its issue of the 8th it nnyn In part "What the Oreoiiian feared hub became a leality an fur as argument is concerned." It may arouse Borne feeling nt leust to tell the truth about this matter. It may arouse some strife between communities, n part of which want special powers to themselves over their ncighboiH. But on account of these facts should we go on and on submitting to the ionihlo extoition that exists now? No matter how wo undertake to cor rect rates this stiife will surely bo present und we need hot think we can do anything like what is proper in this matter without some strife. We need not njepeet it. Hut need there bo n gicat deal of stiife? IVihnpi 08 per cent of the people of our state would be benefited by a squuro deal. Only n few ruilroad nttorneys. politicians and u few traders in Portland, who aro interested reap ing undue advantages aie interested in tho continuance of present conJi lions while all tho rest of tho po plo of the stale are on the other side. Where this grent majority of our population would bo so much benefited by this move it ought not to take a great deal of argument lo inuuco uiem 10 iukc wuui is their own. Not many peoplo expect all voters to inform themselves upon this matter sufficiently well to bo ulilo to drnw the bill that would cure these evils. Nor point out all the merits or dtsments of the proposed meas ure. But the Oiegouiati seems to think unless this was the case tho effoit would bo necessarily fatal. It will bo more than the writer expects to be accomplished if n bill is proper ly drawn curing 75 pqr cent of ilio present nbuses and should this l dono in this extremely conservative manner and tho sumo submitted lo tho people for their acceptance or rejection with tho iissiiiaiico'llmt it is not nil thnt should ln nooninpHMiril but that it is worth millions ot! dol lars to tho people of Uu siiiio. H ought not to lripiiio a grout deal ot nrguimMit to get thorn to olo yon l.inoolu Stephen unro said in nit in torview that President HoohuvoU wim having u hard Hmo trying to ;;ol tho people to tnko what was thoii own. Nothing was tutor thou; unth ing is truer now, though it often taken argument to prevail upon tho people to insist on Inning their own Yet thooe people very faintly reitlirt this fact, Tho peoplo of Oregon look upon the initmtivo iw theirs. Tliov know of tho extreme railway abuses and it ought not to take u groat deal of argument to got thom to otv light. There need bo no ilorimony in dulged in, iio tuirouMUiahlo stiife, juct plain, unvimtishod facts. With "inalioo towards nono and tipprop-i ate eluuity for all," oan us well and probably bettor ho tho motto in this work. This paper hoots at lliu idoa that proper ratu making is a simple mathoniatieal probhmyct it i comparatively little else than a mathoniatieal problem. . Hates -hould bo rcnsonnblo, sayeth the book. Iicuon js founded in justice. Justice demands (hat extraordinary rates be not collected. Justice de mands that the linos reeoive fair consideration for what Ihov do in tho way of serving the public. These fact, make this question one of mui plo mathematics. Said Judge Harlan in n famous rate case: "The utmost that a cor poration can demand nt the hands of the legislature for the use of its property, is that it receive a fair re turn on its iilue." This is more mathemntie good for tho ronri. It is constitutional protection for them, it also gives ns tho ns-mrnnoo that we have n perfect right to limit tho roads to this fair return. Tho su preme court of the nation snys so. More mathematics. Hut rate makiui: w a "very intricate and complicated problem." The Washington Itailroad com mission attempting to dotenuino what what (Mirtion of the net returns on the railroad investment should be charged against interstate traffic. This is certainly rank coined v. If the Washington commission or any one else ever spent an hour for purosc they might ns well have spent the time in some cool ground for nil the good such labors have ac complished. The tolls are not laid on the value of the rood, hut upon tho tounnge transported. Thern is'no difference in the expense or value of mcnhic tonnage in the state as distinguished from the interstate service. Wh.m all the factors aro tho same, the fact that one crosses n state line while the other docs not. makes absolutely no difference in the vnhio or expense of the service. All the rule making GALLEY TWO commissions in tho country take into consideration tho factors present in the work under its juris dictionchief of which is' the length of the length of the pulls, the density of traffic, is the service in car loads or less than car loads. And when the rate making power of a state takes into consideration all tho fac tors and makes rates' for service un der its jurisdiction, tho intorsntc com meree commission would havo mnile exactly tho same rateH had each of these sen ices crossed stale lines ,'n stead of being confined to n single state. Tho and interstate commis sions nre doing the same class of work and thev should accomplish the same results when circumstances are exactly tho same. Some people honestly think that inasmuch as n line is engaged in both state and interstate service and two authorities are making rates that the value of the property undor each ono jurisdiction should bo establish ed. This is never necessary. Tho amount of tonnago makes tho nec essary segregation. When rates arc properly mudo by each rate funking power such rates will pay their prop, or proportion in support of tho pub lic higbwuy paid as tho tonnage i. moved. No other segregation i necessary. Tho writer has watched with inter est tho workings of tho Washington railroad commission und unhesitat ingly says that they have, from his observation, resorted to every 'n geity possible to eontinuo oxhorhi tant rates, and put off tho correction of rates. The Washington commis nion, last of all commissions in tho nation should be cited ns a just ex ample, Tho railroad commission idea is tho result of years of ineffectual ef fort in this and other states to at tain reasonable nnd equitable rates hy means of legislation. This may bo be concoded. Sorno 'states have pro vided commissions and got fair treat ment through their commission. Ore gon has provided a commission who has "sotou the lid." It isn't that the commission system i wrong, but we have the expense of n commissi in without u coiiiiiuhsIoii'h service. This is what is complained of,. Said a learned judgo: "Tho com missioner system is tho best method of icgiilution, A, commission can change tho rates every six month, while the logtshituio only moots at stated Intervals." Oicgoii has had a commission for over four and nihnlf yearn and rates mo as had as over. If the Icglslaturu hud given us a sot of reasonable maximum tntos. in 1007 instead of a commission, and had improved those rales in 1000 and 1011, doubtless fifty times ns iduoh good would havo boon accom plished for (ho people as has boon by the Qicguu commission. ' Tho stale of Iowa piovidod a good commission in 18S8. This conuniKsion classified tins roads, hold fioquont conferences with thom, piovidod u schedule of into. for tho ontlie htate and ordcret those ,ratos into effect at a dale only about four mouths after tho com mission took office. Those rates were loss than fit) per cent of tho ,, rates in loivo today in Oregon. At this time Iowa had 8000 miles of road comprised of many different systems, doing a business of over $.17,0110,0011 a year and tho work of tin coinuussiou has stood tho tet of the Supremo court of the United States. , Says ex-Governor Larubeo In his work, "Tho railroad question" to whom I mil indebted for for u part of this iuformntalou: "Tho increase in both tho gross and not earnings of lown linos has been tcmurkuhlc Tho not returns in 1880 wore tlt.'JI per mile lino, and four yearn later $17.77 not (H'r milo line." Texas also provided a good com mission who found her roads capi talized for over $.l'.!,000 per mile. They found the value of tho sumo to be $17,010 per mile. They pro vided rates in the various lines and parts of linos dependant upon the value and desisit of traffic of the same and these rates havo returned to the various owners of the linos 0.7.'l per cent n year. When tho Ore gon commission was provided tin two principal lines in the state wore receiving newly $15000 per mile n.t and about lo per cent it year net an nual interest return. Matters have grown worse under the tutelage of the Oregon commission, and both the an nual interest returns and not earn ings per milo line nre now higher than before. It is not claimed that Oregon roads ought to be limited to what the low n and Texas roads get per milo lino, on the contrary thoy are entit led to nearly throe times ns much on account of the fact that the are more difficult of construction, con sequently nre moro valuable. But the Oregon roads are getting moro than six times ns much per mile ns Texas roads. Not only six times ns much per mile, but throe times its great mi interest return on three times an great a valuation. This wide difference can not be justified. If Oregon people had received the favrable treatment accorded the peo plo of Iowa and Texas there would be but little to complain of. But Or egon's Commission has taken more than three times as much (imo on one ense embracing rates on one trunk lino of 1.10 miles than it took the Io wa Commission to provide rntes for the whole state embracing 8,000 miles of road. Tho Oregon Commission is on tho people's payroll but at tho siuno time they most certainly arc in the service f the railroad companies. No one familiar with their work can deny that it is tho railroad lines thut are getting tho benefit of their labors. They arc puzzling over diftiuult problems it is intimated. It looks much moro like they were making a grand stand play between tho Yan kees and the benighted, tho Yuukc holding the sack whilu the benight ed shovel in the coin. It is said of Daniel Wcbstor that ho ouco remarked in court of an ap posing attorney, "Why, ho has taken moro time to examine ono witness than it took the Lord to make the woild." Was Webster alivo ami handling a enso before tho Oregon railway commission ho could with equal propriety exclaim, "Why thoy havo taken more than fifty times us long as it took tho Lord to make the world." Tho Oregonian concludes with "To turn now to tho initiative on tho rnlroad rate issuo is uupro gressivo. It is reactionary. It can not bo successful. It may bo niiu ous." It can not bo ruinous. It can bo successful. It is progressive. In deed it is tho very kind of work the initiative was intended for. When our public servants fail in (heir duty to wards the public, wo should get 'ii and do tho work ourselves. Never lias thorn boon a gi eater need. Nev er has there been u mattor presented of so vast importance. Nover was there a tipor time for tho uso of the initiative than in this question 'f railway ratos. Wo should without hesitancy initiate proper rates for our railway linos throughout tho state. Wo can and wosliould, No intention exists to I rent tho ia!l road unfairly. Tho O logon & Cali fornia rood in owned by sixfoil stockholders and should wo limit them on their capital to what others get on like capital or to what wo contend they nro entitled to thoy will yet receive over .$100,000 n year not earth, Tho O. If. & N. is owned by 2!l ..mniiimiill W "" "" " ' " ' '' -Miwa--a-wM t NOW FOR A HOT FINISH t ' don't v- VY'MlriM O've onus, on J 1)Rt OK COUUOAN I i"ffi . TO Go J - Arx jtrjr ir f'fcrT sf22P ! L--t -- - hi i Where to Go Tonight stockholders, und would each iccoivc over .$70,000 a year not, This in each instance iu addition funds to pay their operative expenses, taxes and fluids for tho upkeep of thoii propel ly. Our contention are certainty u"i liberal towards those opcintiug com panics. Very truly, P. W. (I A INKS. SKATTLK- "Tho tlofwil of justice through legal quibbling, injunctions, and delay is making more anarchists in this country than all other causes combined," declared Atloinoy Thom ns H. Horner ut a nines mooting o Dtiwamish valley citizens. - . Ask Your Neighbor AUOl'T IllCKKKl'S (Masses. ItlrUcrt's gtnM fit Clio eyes, nUn (ho feature.. You'll not look like an owl If j on wear his glnses. Itlck crt's gttmxes art liimiNoiuely fluUhcd, look hnmliomc, Improve both vision nnd nppenrnnre. I roushler ImiiIi Important mill esvnllnl toiiillllous anil take good van of imiIi of them. DR. RICKERT K'c-Slght Spo lallit. Over Keninrr'N, THE ISIS THEATRE HKI DOUIILU DILL Hpt'clu! KiiRnuomout nt William llrencrumi I'lotenio Hell In "Tho Daughter of live," lleio Is thu cat you havo long boon waiting for, nomothtuu" out of the mdluurv run of uohi, and ono that will Intercut you m well as kIvo you noiucthtng to talk about for day to conic; full of oat huccuhii on nil of tho larger clr comedy Dial Is real comedy, with n Utile sIiikIui. and a blight lot of new Jokes nnd all hlndu of funny Hltuntloun, that yon Junt can't keep from latinhtng at; tho net that hint met with tho very groat vults throughout tho northwest. This Is tho act you don't want to lIllHA MOtl'llg. Also Smith and I'.IIU, Ceriiinu Coined Inn. One big yell from ntnrl to fin hth: tho fuumukorit whom the whole of tho 1'nelfln nvnrit fioiu north to couth hi hIIII Inuclilnp about, In tlodr Hldo'Splltthn: dcrcnni "rrlU'n VMt." Save Money HY llL'YINd YOL'll Mi.MT AT tiii: wiist mnK MAiticirr Wo nro now Moiling meat on a strictly Irnnh bnals. Thin plan moans that wa can soil to you nt a lower nito than you hnvo been paying. It's a tSaving for Both of Ub You will nlwnyn find tho best meat at our market. Our aim Is to please, both In quality and oervlco. We stvSide Market LOUIS 1II0IL, Proprietor RANCHES 280 norm, MS nil no re, flno nuliitlvlnlnn 3 iiorvn I'nrry hiiImIIvIhIoii, fy tonus, IF Bcrnn; clono In; beautiful vlowj fine noil; $3B0 ncto; vary eny term). 4 12 ncrtn; ticiirlnir orclmril; watnr rlfilit; ntoroj nito Inarm on Rood paa turn and hay Und; nul or trade. TRADE 1 1-2 nornn, (room limine, fOGO, 100 unres In Wild county, Colorado; trudo for runch horn, 180 ucmtf, 1 1-1 iiillri from town In WIN lainiittu vulloy, rloli bottom and up land, 100 ncrrti cultivates!, icood ha provmnemto, fl2S ncrn, Incrnna properly, ronlnla, f 125 monthly! tuko Rood ucrcuuo, 20 aorcs, 8 In ponra, oloj In flno build ln nlle nnd view. ISO-ncro stock and alfalfa ranch! ISO ueren tlllublo; under ditch; I7S per acre; tako Income property, 120 acre rnw land; all fine fruit laud; take nny uood property. 80 acres, tlllublo; 12000; take town prop erty 20 acres, cleared; take realdeao In trade. 30 acres Hoar Creek bottom for Dakotah land. 30 erf it, I'allnado, California In orchard, tako dairy or stock, ranch and city property. Income property, Twin falls, Idaho, for good acreage, WANTED S carpenters, KoIhIIiik (niKlii'xir. ,irls for Kennral housework. City and ranoh property t list Cutloff men, box fualnry, S3 00, rail cutoff men, 12 CO. Iliicltors, $2,7C, UGO Theatre The Ileal .Motion I'lfturvs nnd MiihIo l.ullrv Change of I'rogtaui livery liny. Any picture will ho carried n Moroud day hy rotpusttliig sniuu nt box office, ami In nurh a en wo there will ho Hi" uuunl threo now roots ami the extra. fto nuil Kic. Rock Spring Goal OS UAMV AVX. VMM TIMS. Office and Coal Ynrtl, Twelfth nnd Front Hlrrcts. I'lioni 7101. Burbidge tn COAX MAX PLUMBING BTIIAM AM) HOT WATKIt HIUTINO All Work (luarantetd Prices Honnonablo an Hownnl Illofic, Kntrc ou mil Hlrwt. Coffeen & Price lMrlfic lioai Homo 810 E. F. L BFNER BOOM Ml mtvrB irrc.Tirwu A Full Line of School Books and School Sup plies at The Merrivold Shop 1111 WK8T MAIN 8T. i. Kodaks The most beautiful time of the year Better have one with you on that trip Medford Book Store . .... v ,