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This New Year
By ROIJHRT DONNttX
tl.i -t-f-t-t-t-trtntnMt H)l4 ft
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HH year 1012 In it loop ycnr.
Query: Why la n lenp ycnr?
Why Old llio chicken croK
(ho roiiil? To cot on (ho olli-
rr itltln,
Miiylm tltnt'M why llio ycnr Icnpn.
Anyhow, wlint'n llio unit to Imtber
about mirh a tnnulod iniitlioniutfcnl,
iwtrouoinleul, Hclmilinu question mi to
why Kolii'iiury hntt nn ujtrn lny iivnry
our ywiw- Hold on there, nowl It
Iimu'I. it hns nn extra dny only
whim tho number or thn ycnr lit iIIvIhU
bin by four. Hold on iiriiIii! Kvpii
t lint 1 not Htrlclly lrtu, for tho your
JIW, which Vim illvKlilo by four nn
long iih H Inslrtl,. wnn not n leap ycnr.
Tho rtmwm won UtiL i;o mill look it up
in tho public library. Colobrntit thu
Now Yonr by finding out, Just how
leap ycnr ciiino iliout, Thin Hlory lion
to do only with limp yonr mntcluiinki
I ilk".
AIMl It I noivn lnom jwirt of
llio common Uh, In iirle to o
Hnl rnlatlon of life, Hut nn often
oh nvrrr IiImx(II your ilotli re.
turn. C ! Imlytm Intvn tlm ol prlv.
ll-He, iturliitf (li limn It rotitlnunth.
of inukliiK lovn Unto thn men, Whloll
thnjr ilii. tilllicr Uy otdei or lookr.
m to tliPin tt cemelli rnpr; nmi,
inoinotrr, no man will tm minted
to ticnrnt of clcrcv who dotlia In
mix vlan treat lifr iroKMl with
lliilit or ooutuinrir. from n Hook
1uIjIUIi1 In HlmkmixAra'a Time.
T.cnp ycnr In Indies' yonr. Yon; only
ycnr out of four when tho Indies Imvo
tho prtvrj of popping tho ipicNtlnn,
nud ovon (hen thoy don't do It. Tlirro
in n prmiilent fiction to tho effort that
Klrla pi-opofl to young men during leap
OVI.RPIUTB Tltr. .SKW VKAIl nr ritiniNo
OCT JUnr HOW LKAi YlUlt coutst Aiiour
yrnrn. It In nothing but n fiction, how
ever. Thnt in, they don't propoio nny
more In lenp ycnr thnn they do in oth
er yearn. An n matter of fnct, glrln
lo n In'rgo nhnro of tho proponing nny
how larger thnn mot of tin ining
inn. Porhnpn thoy do It with their
oyon limtend of their voleen, but it Is
ii nut thnt women nro tho real pro
poMom. .If jou don't hellevo It Juit keep
your ryM open nud witch. "Drink to
ino only with thlno eye.n" In not n Tnln
tonst. Tho oyen Imvo It nlwnyu when
tho motion "to Jovo" Is put, provided,
of course, nbo really lovm you, oh.
lmMiful nud lovo nick awnliil
Yet thero couicn oteruttlly back thin
needy old miporntljion to tho ctfoct
thnt in leap year women propo.no mar
rlngo to uien-ilo It dollbcrntely by
word of utouth. Now, lot'it lw hcubI
Me, Hid you oyer know or liear nu
fbcuttpully of n wouiau who took nd
rilESKNT TIIH TIWDRn HicAiunn DAilSKf,
WITH A NBW HII.1C UllKaS,
vnntngo of this prestimed leap year
prlvllego? Ten to ono you novor did,
nud you nover will.
"A littly hns tho prlvlloffe," enya ono
of the- writor-H vho tnko things for
grnnlod juut bocouso thoy Imvo ulwayn
hoijid so nud qo,,"lu lonp year of mig
ECotliiB mnrrlngo' botweon herself nud
a bachelor acquaintance, In thooveut
of hs vrfuHiig thp penalty in thnt the
Not nianv iinudvorlHod liusliu"
npporiuuilit'H will ho considered b,y
jicoplo who have money to invest iii
nu ciiy iiiii xvvu
K
Is Leap Year
Copyright by AmMlrun Trcin Amo
cilatluti, lil.
tinKAllnnt gentleman film 1 1 present tho
tender (lnttiMol with n now ilk tiro,
'i'Jicro In ii roBorvntlon, howovor, Hint
tho rfclit to clnlm thin pounlty do
IKiiuIh on llio circumstance thnt when
sho proponed tho dnmiiol wnn tho
wearer of n tiro r let petticoat, which
IIKWAIIK Of TUB hkViVf,
(or n III Ho of tho lower portion of
which) oho uiiint exhibit to (ho gentle
limn, tho understood Jden being thnt
tho (liken dress nlinll cover tho pettl
cont find thun nssungo dlro feminine
Indlguntlon nt llio rejection of her of
fered bund."
Whcroforo It bohooveu lis tiaeholors
or wldowern- In thin now yrnr to bo
wnro of Indlon whoso Ncarlct icttJcont
peep out when they cron n wot ntrcct
or elliuh into nn nutomobllo or car
rltige. Atblt. n oflfn leap jrenrro
ilotho occur, ttii woman lioMtth
liroroctllvn vrr 0 inenno In nuil
tpm of ronrtililp. lovn enA tnalrl
tnonlpj o thnt, whn tli Imly pro
x)ctlu It lmll nut bo lawful for
thn man to ny hnr line, hut hnll
riiti-rtaln her propoKall In nil cuJti
Mtrifl Kroin tho Htntuto In tlia
Old tlaxon Codv.
Aecordlng to tho old Saxon code, nn
quoted nbovc, no ninti may refuse n
maiden who propones In lenp year
without being discourteous. Therefore
It Is to bo tnken for grunted thnt If
nny dnmnel or dnmo tunken love, with
proposal of matrimony, to nny bnch
olor or widower eatd victim nuint nc
ept the "ntiKKtlon" or forovor nfter
bo held dlneourteous to tho fnlr hc.v.
l.onp ycnr truly Is nn ancient insti
tution. It won created, wo nro told, by
no loss n pernonngo thnn C. Julian Cnc
war, Mho announced to tho world thnt
"all Gaul In divided Into thrco parts."
Tho Into Mr. Cnosar In tho year -1(1
tacked tho oxtrn dny In tho culeudar
on to I'ebruury, nnd for bin Kcrvlcon In
thun giving n local bnbltntion nud a
unmo to tho day that liml been wnn
derlng nrouud overy four years with
out whero to Iny Its head tho future
cnlcndnrlM honored him by naming
tho mouth of July for hlm-Jiillus,
July.
$ovrn hundred yenrn ngo. which wnn
lJOO years nfter Cnesnr's dust wns
turned io clay, to stop n hole to keep
tho wind nwny, ns somebody qunlntly
remnrltuil, lenp ycir wns tho subject
of lawmaking. A Scotch atntuto of
tho year 1Z1S reads thus:
It J sinful nnit ordatnt that dur
ing Jlio rolno of her inalat hlnilt
inujentle. Ilk forth year. Known as
loap year, Ilk innMen laJyo of balth
hliiti nnd low rttnlt shall hava lib
arty to uoiipcnK yo man ho likes;
nlbylt. It ho refines to tako her to
bn wlf, tin shall bo mulcted In ths
sum of ono pound (1) or leas, as
hta ostfttt mat he, rxvopt and awls
If ho ean inako It nppuar that ho Is
botrnthod to ana women, and then
ho rhslt bo freo.
Mr. Toft's Now Ysnr'i.
rrcsldeut Tuft will bo a wenry man
beforo Now Year's dny Ih over, but no
doubt till perennial umllo will conccnl
the fuel, Kvery year the president gives
n Now Yenr'n reception nt the ANhlte
House. Au insmilous slntUUclnu hns
lleured (lint ho shook u tullo of litinds
Inst Now Year's day, nnd this tlmo he
may Imvo move thnn a mile of slml;
Inp. Liisl .Inn. t! (ho statUUelnu wrote
an follews: ,
"Tho Tuft hundshnko yesterday wns
n long ono. It Is ostlninted thnt nil
tho hands If raised ono above tho oti
er would bo tuler thun tho combined
hnlghU of KllTel tower, tho Met
ropolltnn IJfo tower, tho Singer build
lug, tho WiHliIntslon monument nud
St. Peter's dome, in Home.
"Tho president nhoel: tho hands of
rj,5"5 petnoim In thrco hours. Tho nv
crngo length of n linuil Is soven lnehes.
TIiq totnl longth of tho linntlR shnken
compiiled on this bnsls Ih nn.025 Inch
es, or 5V-52 foot 1 inch, or over half n
inllo.
, "Tho "nifTol tower Is 03.1 feet high, tho
Moiropolltnn tower 057 foot, tho Singer
bulUUng 012 feet, (ho "Wnshlnijtou
monument 055 feo,t and St. Poter'q
domo (130 feet, n total of 3.130 foot, nn
nsrnlnst tho prasldcut'n handshako. of
0,252 feot high, or as long as you wish
to compute it.'t
Not mnny omployors will lulk busi
uosh with work hunters who ennuot
bo reached through want advertising
in this citv (Ills wool,
0
H ICQuiiD
M1SDF0R13 MAID TIOTTJM,
Our Correspondents
TABLE ROCK ITEMS.
Tallin Jfoi'k obHcrvrd OlirinliniiH
Willi a very eliilionilo jiionun nnd a
lice on C'JjHwtfiitiM ov. Tim nehool
liotino wan filleil with a joyou ami
iiipr('iaivn itudieiitM).
1C. V. Carlton in viMiling bin old
homo tit i:iiziil)iitli, N, J. Ho oxpeoU
U rolurii to Tallin Hook about1 the
iniildlo uf Kohiiiiiry.
Mr. anil .Mrs. Horace Voiinrablc
ami iAlrs. Ilnuklii of Apiilegnld wore
tho kiiohIh f V. . Hyriiiij Sunday
nnd Olirinliniiw dny.
A Jiumlinr of (ho Sniiiw valloy peo
ple organized it nyntemalio aoyolo
hunt on CliriHtmiiH day ami tlicy had
(lie good Itiok to Neouio on scalp.
About all (ho tuikeyM in thin com
inuiiity were shipped to Sun Fron
oifen In m t wuuk.
Mr, (J. -:. Walling of Piirlluud haft
(oiiio to Tallin Hook In live, having
piirohimoil what in known an tho
Mnntift ranch.
Mr. and Mrfl. John Mcllrido xpeut
CliriHliiiiiH willi Mr, and Mrs. Oliver
I'uiilmid of Kitglo Point.
Mr. and Mrn. Frank Tinkler of
Koonctt, ('al., aro the guen(H of .Mr.
and Mr. r. K. Hccho.
Vonio I'eiidleloii and Clyde Har
iiiiiii aro viitfng tho family of S. K.
AdauiH at Molhnvell, Cal.
Viihh Thompson H spending the
liiilidayK with hi parents, Mr. nud
Mr. V. I,. ThompMoii of Cnnyouville.
Mae J J. Neiilon, who in iittoiiriing
the Mtate normnl at Corvallis, in home
for Hip holiday vaealion.
Mi Thi'luia Mollride in nlleuding
the Niiiilinim Kuiiitnrium nt Onkluu'd,
Cal., to become a trained niirMi.
.Mr. J. ('. Conlny Iiiik pnrohaHod a
hie ranch nt Jvliimnth FoIIm.
.Many young trees Imvo paused
Ihroagh T-nhlo Ilook lately for up
river rnuelioH.
Tho genial nud efficient foremuit
at Modoc, Mr. Snmuclri, telH iik thnt
more iniproviuneiitH will bo made nt
Modoc thin winter than lut. Tho big
levee just completed contains 12,000
cubic yards, and thu crew is now
working on a job of grading which
will require tho moving of 0000 cubic
yard, A concrete retaining wnll
will be litiilt on tho hill nnd IfiOO
yard of earth will he required to
level up tho ground whero (ho fine
residence will ho built. Five thou
Mind more poar Iroos and four acres
of grajwH will ho planted thin Win
ler. Tho writer has worked for tho
Modoc people and ho lias tliis to say
of thein: If nil employers of Inhor
treated thou employe ns do tu Mor
doo people thero would ho lews ground
for complaint among the laboring
el n m, o, and while good work is done
and rcaultrt obtained tho ranch ih
mora homoliko than uuytliiug 1 huvc
Keen in itn class.
1'rof. V. A. I)nvi of Tahlo Koek
kcIiooI is upending a few days in
Portland.
Miss Ituth Hull will lonvo fur Cali
fornia in a few days to attend school
at .Sacramento. '
Modoc had a Christians tree, which
was Hiiid to Imvo been loadon with
mnny valuahlo gifts, such as silk
hosiery and diamond rings. But tho
mew of soiuo of tho articles woro
sadly nt fault.
Ilasklus for health.
MEDFORD THEATRE TiVC lUi
SUNDAY Nir.HT UllVm iJlfcjl
EDDY
HtPHHKy jjEBw)$wBi
SPIRIT POWER IN THE LIGHT-LONDON OPEN LIGHT SEANCE
A lahlo rises from 1 o r feet nnd flonlH in mid air. Spirit hands
nnd ftitiOH tiro plainly seen nud recogulstod by frienils. A puitnr is
played nud passed wound tho room hynn invisible power. Flowgrn
aro lirotijjlit ami passed toHho au'dienoo by hands'' and pluinly
Been, nud IioIIh nro runtr, harps nro played and other testa of fsturt
liue; imluro tuho plueo iu tho proseuob of theso wontlorful mediums,
I ALL-ARE INVITED.
MJgDITORPQKTSGOff, FftfDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1911.
CENTRAL P0IHT ITEMS.
Vidor Agucr find family, who
have redded horc for some lime, left
Wo'liiCHiIny aftonljtion for Haernmen
lo, Cl. whore (hey will reside.
Mr. Hpink of Mdford him moved
his family hero niftJ will occupy (he
renidenco vacated by William Smith.
Hoy Dutilnp nndwifo left Wednes
day evening for Grants Push, where
they go to take charge of (ho Stewart
hoime.
Prof, nnd Mrs A. J, lianhy left
on Thurnday nf(crndon for Sun Fran
cisco on a few day' visit.
J. N. Smith fiiMjnt Thursday in
Grants I'nH on a husiuess trip.
A number of our young people at
tended the play, "The Three Twins,"
at Mcdford Wcdnejlny evening.
Many Central Pointer sent Thurs
day nftornoon in Mcdford. Among
(hem were Hev. and Mrs. Crntic, Miss
Shuck, Mrs. J. I). Parker, Mrs. J. C.
Word and soil, Councilman J. W.
Mynx, A. J. Hunlap, City Kecorder
J. . Jacobs, Cuiiuciluinn 1J. F. rcarl,
George K. Fox nnd S. F. Hathaway.
The IodieB of the Chrihtiun church
will hold a hnrgaiu dny snlo of nil
kiiidn of good tliingH to ent Sniurdny,
December 30, nt (ho Qunlity store.
ANOTHER
PIONEER
PASSES TO
BEYOND
Diod.'nt (he home of her daughter,
Mrs. .lane Morgrin hi Ashland, nt 2
o'clock Saturday morning, December
I!.'!, PJ1J, Mrs. Susannah S. Ferguson,
uged 8. yearw and 8 days. Tlic fu
neral servit'OH were held in Jackson
ville, tho interment being mnde in the
beautiful cemetery of thnt 'historic
town, whero in tho final resting place
of so many of tho ioneere of nouth
oni Oregon, (ho remains being laid
boside (liobo of hoc husband, whose
ilcndi took placo 118 years ngo.
Mr. Ferguson wns born December
l, 1S20, near Dover, flamhiirg coun
ty, Tonn. , She was inurricd in 1817
Id Robert L. Fdrgusou and in 1851
slio nud Mr. Ferguson and their two
children enmo by ox team to Oregon.
Tho first settled in Milwnukio nnd
later moved to Portland and while
residing in tho latter citv (then town)
Mr. Forguson was sheriff of Multno
mah county. In 1801 they moved to
Jacksonville and liveScJicre for four
years nud then movfii (o the Willow
Springs district nnd bought a form
adjoining that of X. C. Demi, whose
farm was tho first located in the
Kogno Hiver valley. The form
remained in tho ownership of
th family until four yenrs ngo when
Mrs. Ferguson sold it and moved to
Auhluiid to reside with her duughtcr.
Mrs. Ferguson was genorous and hos
pitable and ovor ready to lend a help
ing hand to those iu need and to give
a full mother's euro to her largo fam
ily, and she had many friends who
sincerely mourned her death, She
was tho mother of 11 children, those
now living being Francis M. and Rob
ert L. Ferguson, Mrs. Jnno Morgan,
Ma. Mary Abbott, Mrs. Sarah Oviutt,
Mrs. Clnra Bnrkdull, Mrs. Martha
McRcynohls, Mrs. Hannah Fisher,
nnd nil woro with their mother when
sho passed nwny. Sho had 20 grand
children and nino gront-grandchil-
dreu.
Ilnaklna for health.
AND HIS
COMPANY
OF
MEDIUMS
YOU WANT
DISTINCT
COMFOIITAIILB
VISION
I Supply It
Dr. Rickert
Over Kctilncr's
PLUMBING
STEAM AND HOT WATER
HEATING
AU Work Gu&rnteX
Prices Itoasooabla
M Howard Mock, EatraJtes
ob flth Street.
Coffeen 8c Price
I'sciflc 808 1
norrm
L. N. JUDD
Orchards, Homes nnd Farms
In a Thriving Centor in ono of the
Garden Spots of Roguo Itivcr
Valley.
TALENT, OREGON
TUSCAN SPRINGS
laving no equal on earth In variety of
mineral waters nnd curing diseases
that medicines will not reach. If you
aro In need of health, como now. We
aro open all the year and can give the
best of caro and attention now as well
as In summer. Stago dally from Red
Bluff to tho springs. Further par
ticulars address
E. B. WALBRIDGE
TUSCAN SPRINGS. CAIj.
Clark & Wright
UTmzi
WASXXSOTOir, s. c
Public Land Matters: Final Proof.
Dsrt Land. Contests and Mining
Cases. Scrip.
Associate Work for Attorners.
New Year s Cards
Calendars
Diaries
All the week
Medfortf
Book Store
NEW LINE to
TILLAMOOK
Pacific Railway &
Navigation Co.
Trains will rim dally, oxcopt Sun
lfi SUNSET
(OGDEN & SHASTA) 1
V Ros r
McnrV7
day, on tho following schodule:
Lv. Portland 7:20 a.m.
Lv. Illllsboro . , , . . . 8:50 a. iu.
Ar. Roach Points. .. .1:20 p. m,
Ar. nay City 2:04 p, m.
Ar. Tllllamook... ,. 2:25 p.m.
I.v. TUlumook 7:55 n. sn,
I.v. nny City. ...... 8:15 a. in.
Lv. Reach Points. .. .9:00 a. in.
Ar. Illllsbovo 1:25 p, m,
Ar, I'cirtlnml .,,,... 4 ; 10 p, in.
Through tickets on sala nt city ticket
otflco. Third and Washington stroots.
on Fourth and Yamhill, to all points
on tho l It, & K. Further particulars
from tho city tlckot agent or agent
Fourth and Yamhill stroots,
John M. Scott,
General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon,
Let us show you' that The Art Store
is the place for Wall Paper. Two
hundred lands to select from
c. E. COLLINS
Do You Need Drain Tile?
WE MANUFACTURE IT
Tho Rest Thnt Can Ro Made.
Beforo Ordering Sco Va.
Rogue River Pottery Co.
Plant nt Tolo. 200 Onrnctt-Corcy Bldg., Mcdford
, -
XMOSOOOBBftjrWAra CSVOKtSi
W-VVr4V4VV4i4SV
? MBvridyjBKtrri
Medford Theatre, January 2nd
"There's a Eeason ,
GEO. SIDNEY
(HIMSELF)
IN" THE MUSICAL PANTC
BUSY IZZY
A JOLLY JAMBOREE
With the Greatest of all Comediennes
CARRIE WEBBER.
AND A HALF HUNDRED OTHERS
See the Gowns, Hear the Songs, and Last but Not
Least, See the Bunch of Pretty Girls
Seats at Haskuis': $1.50, $1.00, 50c.
We have for sale some ten-acr " tracts across the
road from the State Experiment (Station recently lo
cated between Phoenix and Talent. The soil is suit
able for fruit, alfalfa or garden. Well water in quan
tity sufficient for irrigation can be had at 20 to 25
feet (we have a well on an adjoining tract which sup
plies 200 gallons per minute). The price is .$300 to'
$350 per acre, and we can make very easy terras'.
W. T. YORK & QO:
Mail Tribune Block
...First...
National Bank
of
MEDFORD, OREGON
CAPITAL STOCK $100,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits $58,000.00'
Doited States and Postal Savings Depository
Wo solic1 youi' business, which will receive our care
ful attontion.
F. K. Deuol, President M. L. Alford, Caihiir
Orris Crawford, Assistant Cashier
We Have Moved
Tho J T. Broadloy flower
storo Is now In tho M. F. & IT.
otoro, across tho atroet from
former location,
Choice lots of cut flowors,
bulbs, ferns, palms, etc, al
ways on hand.
J. T. BROADLEY
PAGE THlta-
27 North Grape
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A Full Line of
i
Peerless Lamps I
All guaranteed. Now is
the time to fret vour house !!'
wired. Good ligrifc adds-to ! t
the comfort of
winter 1
months.
Southern Oregon ElsGtrlG Co
Nerth Grape Strwl. S
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IF YOU OWN
A LOT
We will bnild yw hm ii
mwthiy iMynwtti.
MEDF0J!D REALTY W.
PR0VEMENT C0MPAJIY
M. F. and H, Co. BuK4(n
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