afEDFOftD -MAIL ttRTBUNE, MEDTOUD, OREOON, PftTDAY, JANUARY 10, 1018. PAGE FOim t! 1 M : l 9 I MjBDFORI) J1EML TlUBUNE AN JNIint'UNDKNT NUWflPAPIin 1'UHMHIIICU KVKUV A1TKHNOON Kxrnrr minhay. nv this MUDKOUD 1'IUNTINQ CO. ' ' Tlio Pemoorntlo Tlnws, Thrt M ml ford Mull, Tim MnUoril Tribune, Tlin Kouth (iru Orugonliih, Tlio Asliliind Tribune Offlco Mall Tribune Ilullillnjr, S6-17-J9 North rir Direct; plione, Main 3021; Home 75. QKOUan PUTNAM. Editor inrt Manager rcntercd nn second-class matter nt Medford, OroKOn, under tho net ot Msrch, 3, 3S79 Official Tnticr of tho City of Mmlford. Official Vapor of Jackson County. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One year, by mull $5.00 One month, by mull E0 Per month, delivered hy enrrler In Mrdfnrtl. Jacksonville ami Cen tral Point .KD Baturdny only, hy mall, per year.. S.oo Weekly, per year 1.60 SWORN axSCTCATXON'. Dally averse for eleven months Injr November SO. 1911, 37S1. end- mill Sensed Wirt United Press Dispatch. .. . Tho Mall Tribune Is On pale nt tho Perry Ncwa Stain!. San Francisco, Portland Hotel News Stand. Portland, llowman Nows Co.. Portland, pro. W. O. "Whitney, Seattle, Wnsh. KZDrORS, ORECJOW. Metropolis of Southern Oregon and Northern California, and tho Tautest trmwlnc city in Oreson. Population U. S. census 1910 8S10; estimated. 191110.000. Klvo hundred thousand dollar Gravity Water System completed. giving flnesr supply puro mountain water, and 1T.3 ml lee of streets paved. Postoffleo receipts for year ending November 30, 1911. show Incroaso of 19 per cent. Banner fruit city In Oregon nogu Itlvcr Spltxenbcrg apples won sweep stakes prlxa nnd tltl of "Apple Xlnsr of ths Worta" nt the National Apple Show. Spokane, 1909, and n car of Newtowna won Tint Prix In 1910 nt Canadian International Applo Show, Vancouver. B. C. rtrst Tris In 1911 at Bpokana National Apple Show won by carload of Newtowna. Rogue Hlver pears brought highest prices In all markets of the world dur ing the past six years. Write Commercial Club, Inclosing. 6 cents for postage for tho finest commu nity pamphlet ever published. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown Someone has suggest ed that when the S. P. catches Unit train robber they charge him far between Reddiuj nnd Red Bluff. Woodrow Wiisou has told irnrrer,s Weekly that it is doing him more harm than good and it is now up to Harper's to discover some other ideal man for tho democratic nomination. Tho baby emperor if China''' oan't lie found. Have they looked in tho jam closet? Tho fellow who uhops wood in the back yard doesn't have time to notice the wolf in the front. A London suffragette, objects to bald headed men. 'Stick to your knit ting, woman! A Yule studont is taking lessons in high ultitude aviating. Allee sumeo high flying. Every reform writer sooner or later writes, "Jt is lime to throw off our shackles." I Evidently the great singer doesn't caro a rap for Rapp. ' King George muy" visit Amorioa. We'll show him how little AmericniiB care for kings to the oxtcnt of u first page story every day. Dr. Woods Ilutuliiuson says but fill it out yoursolvoe, as he has said everything. Every tjmo wo think of publishing pome delightful liltlb Christmas gem about tho "Window Wfchorg," we re frain through four thut a typograph ical error might mako tho title read "Window Washer." Georgetown (O.) Telegram. Or, worse yet, tlio "Widow Wish ers." Baker Herald. It might even turn out "Window crashers" and hit tho murk. MULD00N TELLS OF THE CAUSES OF DECAY PHILADELPHIA, l'ii.f Jan. 19. "Money hogs and money muduoM) are tho twin causes of decay." This is the content ion hero of WiJ Jiaiu ('. Mu'doon, fprejimst itonditionor of men in the country, in discussing his views of ruoo decadence. "Tho youngor gouoration," ho said, "it losing its vitality, itu morals and its reputation, all from too much money. Thqy njro no good to them eelvds and no good to anyono eUo. Every year its gets worse, with' moil driving thenihelvoH at u grantor puce. Thou follows the iuovitiblo collapse. Nearly nil my patients are neuras thenics, their nerves rugged, their di gestion guiia nud tuifforerv from in soiunia. Jt is the alarming incroao of doeadonoy, mental and .physical, with which wo must buttle." Evorv one of your store nils that icnlly repay rending also orentes in tcroste'd readers of all tho lute yon print Jn tho duy to come thua cre ating nnd holding your store's capital oi; "good will." FOR A CITY BEAUTIFUL. THE old city eoimeil made an onviablo roimiil for il-solf from a utilitarian standpoint. Undor it iUodfortl became tlio host paved, watered and sewered city in the country. The new council lias an equal chance to win fame by making Aledtord the city beautiful by initiating and fostering movements tending to beautify the city and malco it attractive. Med ford is shy on shade trees, shy on parks and on other needed improvements that in themselves are small, but in the aggregate work a transformation in appearance. Medlord has many long, flat and rather uninteresting streets. A row of shade trees, uniform in size and variety. would innke such streets hancing the property values and increasing the commu nity health fulness. "Medford should secure some public parks and recrea tion grounds before the expansion and growth of the city send the price skywards. These can gradually be im proved. Above all things, the Southern Pacific right of way in the heart of the business district should be cleared of its shacks, lumber piles and debris, parked and beautified. Especially ought that portion between Sixth and Eighth streets to be thus improved, as it would add immensely to the attractiveness of Medford to the passing tourist. Clearing these old shacks off would work no hardship upon railroad, owner or occupant. The builders have long since retired from business and now use them as a source of income. One shack that cost a few hundred rents for $90 a month and the railroad gets $1 a year Vor its share. The owner long since made many times its cost and the tenant could get quarters elsewhere more commo dious for the money. The Southern Pacific leased this ground for a nominal rent to encourage the shippers with cheap facilities. That purpose is past. It is not fair, moreover, to other mer chants and business houses that one set of shippers should bo favored, and others not. It is up to the new city council to act. The Commer cial club, the Greater Medford club, the University club have all petitioned the Southern Pacific to clear oft the shacks and park the grounds. Public sentiment is well nigh unanimous in favor of it. Now is the time lo start to make Medford the citv beautiful. DOES DR. WITHYCOMBE FAVOR THE FARMER ? IT IIAS always been supposed that one prominent in an agricultural institution supported largely by the agri cultural interests of the state, would favor such methods as would tend to give the farmer what is justly due him for his labors. Dr. "Withycoinbe, of the Oregon Agricultural college, in his Medford address before the Merchants' association declared that there should he no public market, but, on the other hand, the farmer should mdrely grow the prod ucts and let some one else handle them for him. In other words, Dr. Withycoinbe tells the farmer that he must not be a business man, and that, as in the past, his products arc such things as should be gambled with by a set of individuals who are not producers. Agricultural statistics as well as the findings of the country life commission show that the farmer, or for that matter, the producer of an industrial product, docs not re ceive more than a third of the actual value of the product. No one doubts that there must be some aid to distribution but at the same time no one believes that a product should go through half a dozen hands before it reaches the con sumer. If Dr. "Withycoinbe is right, then all the fruit growers' associations are a menace to business. The farmer has no right to be a business man; he has no right to form an association for his own protection; lie has no right to eliminate from his business that which has been a constant source of loss, or in other words, a consumer of profits. No one doubts that we must have some one to help distribute the farmers' products, but has not the farmer, through cooperation, the ability to hire such talent rather than to have it apart from his business? Does Dr. AVithyeombe know that the success of the citrus industry in California was brought about bv the armers themselves? Here we have a business of many millions handled by fruit growers who before the citrus association was formed were not successful, because their profits went elsewhere. Docs the Doctor believe that the DTood River or Roglie River associations are not helpful to the fruit growers? But to return to the public market. Everywhere the public market has been a success, that is to say, wherever one has been instituted. It is possible that Dr. Withy combe has never seen the public markets of Baltimore, Washington, Des Moines, Minneapolis, and Seattle, not to mention scores of others in smaller places. The merchants in a city with a good public market are never the losers, nor is the public who buy the farmers' products in these markets. The farmer is certainly not the loser. All have more money to spend since there is a more equal division of profits. This world is full of lost'inotion. By eliminating lost motion we save time. In other, words, the shorter the gap between the producer and tho consumer, the fewer the losses and the greater the gains. Dr. AVithyeombe is at the head of an institution which is supposed to teach the agriculturist how to produce. lie ought to be there, also, lo toll him how to secure profits and rid his business of leaks and lost motion. If he is not doing this, he is only doing part of his duty. If Dr. AVithyeombe 's talk was purely for political ef fect, it is poor politics. Would he make the same talk to the grange that he made to the retail merchants? If he does not believe in public markets or business methods for the farmer, why speak of theso things at all if ho has a political ax to grind. Dr. AVithycombo's honesty is not doubted, but his ideas jive certainly not in accord with the agricultural interests of tho state. , avenues ot beauty besides en Woodrow Wilson on Initiative and Referendum RICHMOND. Va.. Jan. ltt.Thu following letter from (loveinur Wood row Wilson of, Now Jersey to Wo feasor H. tl. D.iliney of the Univer sity nf Vlrg'nln Is published In tho Ulehmomt Tliuu.iUliint(,li: , "My l)mr Heath: Wo did not hno a chimci when l w with you to Imvo our talk out about tho Ini tiative, referendum and reeall. It nmv ho worth while, therefore. In view of tho liiuiortnnr of the sub ject, tor me to ritimnirtrhto soin-wtiiit more formally what I wtld to you In scran. "In tho first ittnce. with rogtml to my own state of inhul. I surrVmlorod to tho facts, as. ,uwry en ml Id man must. My whole prK)sse8slon my whole rtasonlnK wiut uBitlust these thltiKs. lint when I caino In contact with candid, honest, nubile spirited men. who could sneak twlth regard, for oxamplo, to Oregon) from per sonal observation and experience, they floored mo flat with their mu nition of what had actually hap pened. I found In them tho men who hud advocated theso things, who had put them Into operation, and who had accomplished thing by them, not critics or opponent! ot rep resentative government, hut men who wore eager to restore It where It had been lost, nnd who hail tnken successfully taken these means to recover for the people what thoy "had uuiiuestlonably lost control of their own affairs. "In short, thoy wore not trying to change our Institutions- Tho Initia tive, referendum and recall wore to their eyes (as, they are to mine) A Trifling Exaggeration (From the Portland SH'ftutor.) lu the Interest of truth and Jus- cotters, and Jeremy Dlddlem of the tlee. tho Spectator dwIrcH to correct Hk who had been exposed by It In a mhmtat.n.ont .that appeared In ';- ""d editorial articles could us ... . ..a advertising columns to deceive recent Ihiio of oui-gonlal and usually (urram, ho pilWr ,f l(oy iw well Informed contemporary, tho for U0,r ndvertlsfinentH In advance. .Mall Tribune. Our Medford friend, I The Spectator coufesson to huvlns; reviewing tho career nnd discussing' emitted a rather sarcastic laugh at tho policy of tho Portland Oregonlan. lho '"tlnnd OregonlanV self-expo-, , suro of Uh queer notion of the duty closed a clever ami otherwise accur- R owm, Uw iWc. nj lm nMRh ate editorial wllliJfao werds: "Jt;Was boisterously echoed by the Mall (the Portland Orcjjonluu) Ilea by dny, Tribune. This Jeering laughter Jarred lies by night, and lfat for the lust of the Portlaud Oregonlan, which, lu a j.,nK.. ' .iwirMv t.tfuniiUorlitK' rngo. printed an article fM' " thnt rviim.iil l)i. Mull n'rlt.n,... ., , , ,, .1 t t I. causo of tho quarrel between and tho the Portland Tribune- Oros9(nlBn ami tlio Mull a quSrfel wlfoso Vnlmosl- ties lod our Medford friend to dig Into tho Portland paper's mucky pnBt, and to lmputo to our looul ncqnnla-'. 1 tanco a viclousnws that Is rare nnd unique It Is the Spectator's duty and pleasuro to show that our southern contemporary has been drawing It a lec-tlo strong. Hero Is how tho troublo which culmlnatod whon tho Mali Trlbuno said tho Portland Oregonlan "Lies hy night, lies by day, and lloa for the lust of lying" began: Tho Specta tor, noticing that tho Portlund Ore gon laji published as u paid advertise ment a must mendaciously flattering story about the disreputable A, W. Lafforty, asked the Portlund Oregon lan If It considered It honest to en dorse through Its advertising columns a fraud and a cheat which it had de nounced In Its news' and editorial pnges- The Portland Orogonjon did not answer the Spoctutor; hut when tho Mall Tribune put tho sumo ques tion, our local acquaintance took tho pains to say that frauds, fakors, cheats, rogues, rascals, quacks, wild- WHAT OLD FOLKS NEED Some Arc Voungcr tit 05 Than Oth ers An at !() IVars, Bo many proplo begin saying "Well, I'm getting .old now," ubout tlto tlmo they reach 6, and then let themselves act old-aiid tho fuct Is thoy could trtay young for a long time, In all but years. Wo liavo seen men and women of fifi who were n-ally younger than somo aro at 40 years; wero moro uctlvo and moio up to doto In every thing. When your r-norgy heglns to fall build yourself up with our delicious cod llvor and Iron remedy, Vlnol, which la a wondorful tonlo and strengthoner for all1 weak persons. A gentlomau of AHentown, Pa., says: "I am 70 yoani of ago and find Vina! a great modlcliio. It Is wonderfully HtreiigUiQiiIng and com fortlug to mo." (Naino on request.) Thousands of feoblo old pooplo hnvo found Vlnol to ho Just whnt thoy need to revlvq their flwggliiK strongth, Wo fjuaranteo It to please you -money back If It does not. Medford Pharmacy, oar P. 0. mai .B an FBBunuiuiP-iiiiH., ... , ,von,H ,,, ftt , ,.,,,, or Is true, and perhaps hardly uotlcoablo lnw mm ,mi.neutory, mid .xplan to tho cursory fader hut an exng- atory remttrks. gorallon nuvorthtdtisit, As the Spec-1 We wish to glvo the Portland Oro tator was the unhappy but unwitting 'k01'1"" "lu' ,la wo ,w,lr" tn l merely u menus to an end - that end being the restoration of the euntiol of public opinion. Where opinion nl. rtwdy coutiols, where ihoro Is now actual, genuine representative gov ernment, us I believe there Is In Vir ginia, and lu the mWh In general, they are not uecosmry. Kach state must Judgo for Itself. I do nut see how It could be made a subject of national policy. The people will, lu my opinion, demand these ineaNiireH only where they sire manifestly neces sary to take legislation nud (ho con trol of mlmlnlfttrutlvt action away trout xpcclul, hopelessly entrenched Interests. They tiro no general or universal panaceas. "Tl reeall of Judges I am abso lutely against, and always have been. It Is a remedy for n symptom, not for a disease the disease being the con trol of tho system hy ludttlfcoueoN which general opinion Iiiib ceased to control. "It Interested me very much to find that even In Oregon literally no one thought ot thesn new method)) or action as a substitute for repre sentative Institutions, but only as a menus, of stimulation anil control. They are as devoted to tlu Idea of our representative luHtltutloiut as we are and are bent upon realizing these Ideas In practice. That Is their coiihcIouh object. "As for tho recall, It Is seldom used outside tho municipalities. I do not remember an Instance ot Its use on u state officer. It Is merely 'a gun behind tho door.' Faithfully yours, , "woonuow wiuso.w .... .-.J .. ....... . . ,.,....u ... ..CT.I the Malt Tribune right, so that lu tlfti ftiltin It vl'III fjifpfilu tr tit ikvim. gratia, even In the slightest do. ,giee. the shortcomings of our local acquaintance. Wo think the Mall, .Tribune should lmvo wild: The l'1if Irtti il fWautMlnli lliiu lit lti ltitu .... , ,, , ., , . , by night, and lies for tho lust of Inonoy... tv R0, plirpoi!0 ran bo sorved either by exaggeration or by sacrificing Truth for n more matter !of "Ml'hony. wo wisn our two contemporaries n hnppy Now Year. Wo hope tho Moll Trlbuno will get over Its habit of exaggeration of trifles, and wo trust tho Portland Oregonlan will resolve to lead u new and better life. eTOjig Don't Think a AVarran ty Deed to a Piece of Property Is All You Need. For, still more, you need n re llablo nbstract to show you how good tho deed Is, llnvo us mako It, Wo Hpcclallo on Abstracts That Are Absolutely Reliable Whon wo mako an abstract or any part of one tho part wo have had under search muy ho dependod on to hIiow the exact condition of tho title. And will detorinlno your safety lu buying ur loaning, Jackson County Abstract Company Corner h and Fir His, North Mall Trlbuno Dldg. Medford, Oregon BENSON'S bargain: We wish to impress you with the fact that we are EXCHANGE HEAD QUARTERS Ml Ph rough us vou can ox- change what you don't wani for what you do want. Nothing dovMi and $20 per month buys new two room house with two large east. facing lot, sewer ami water. Price $000. 0-aero tract just outside city limits, suitable for sub division or chicken ranch. Price $2900, easy terms. Splendid south and east facing lot on South Oakdale, high class residence district. We aro in a position to make price on this away below tho market value. AVe have a few choice lots on Dakota and King St. at prices that aro right and terms to suit. AVill exchange real estate for automobile. Nothing down and $10 per month buys good high, dry lot; sewer find water. Price, $:wo. Los "Angeles and Seattle property for exchange. 10-acre orchard tract near city; G acres in 7-ycar-old Newtown apples, '1 acres in 1-ycar-old pears. Price $750 per acre. 21. acres within ' miles of Medford; one half set to II and 4 year old apples and peara. Good deep black lnimi soil. Splendid homo site with fine view of valley. Price, $8500 cash. AVo aim to handle and ad vertise only real bargains. BENSON INVESTMENT COMPANY REAL ESTATE - MINES SIOI (JAItNKTT-COItHV JIIJIMMNfJ Phouest It.ll, 701)1 1 Home, .T.MC 1 WHERE TO GO TONIGHT ISIS T II EAT.RE TONIGHT (lltAIIAM'H NOVm.TV ClltOl'H At"!' ('oiimNIImk, of Only Potty lints mid CatN This Is decidedly the grimiest nov elty net ever stagi'd lu Medford. It's wonderful to see tho control Mr. Irahnnt has of so many little pets all loose on the stage at the tmino time. Special Matinee Katiiidn)s nud Sundays at liHH) livening Performance at 7i00 STAR THEATRE I'nder direction of lvopl.m Amuse incut Company AIAVAVS IX TIIK f.CAl) 1000 feet of .Matihleos I'llni -1000 savixcj tin: si'iri.i A railroad story lyiprndally strong lu Its thrilling lunmiuitn of ' suspeuso. "TIII5 MOt'XTAlX LAW" Story of mooushlulug lu the Ken tucky hills. "AltT VS. .MI'SH'" A comedy, acted by the favorites. MIihi h'lorencv l.uwreuct and Arthur Johnson. "TIIIC CHIP'S UAt'CIITiat" A dramatic event lu tho life of Dnulel Doom. "APItlli I'OOI." Al. HATIICIt Tim Singer. tiii: WOOIAVOUTIIH lu Music and Kfrects. Vntir Otwi (ioOil Judgment Will Arkiiou ledge Our HuM-rlni Ity lu Ucry ltMMt AilmWftlou 10c. .Mill lino every dny NoyesS Black IIOUHK AXO Hlfl.V PAINTIXCJ Up-to-Dnto Auto and Carriage Painting, Onld Leaf Signs and Interior Decorating a Specialty. Shop nud Officii H, (JniiKi mid loth St. Offlco Phono 7771. lieu. 7213. All Work Positively Ounranteod. TUSCAN SPRINGS Having no cfjunl on enrth In varloty ot mineral waters and curing discuses that medicines will not reach, If you are In need of health, como now. Wo are open all tho year and can glvo tho best of euro and attention now as well as lu summor. Stage dally from Hod Uluff to tho springs, Furthor par ticulars address E. B. WALBRIDGE TUSCAN HPUINOH. VAh, Wanted-To Trade A fine piano for a nice driving team, weight 1250 lbs, Will pay cash difference. Wo handle Kuiibo, Sterling, Helming, MoPhitll, La Knrijilo, and many others, Call at HAMi'H PIANO 1IOUHI3 Cor, 10th mill Oakdale Draperies V carry a vitry complete Una of dnipi'rli'H, limn curinliiH, fix lures. Hie, anil tin nil i'Iiiuhi'h of uiiliulnti'rlilg A special mini to lni)l( ufloi' IIiIm win), uxolmilvely and will itlvi; as good scrvlcu us Is pnxHllilo lo (. in i-Vun lho lurKCSt cities, WEEKS & McCOWAN C6. IF YOU OWN A LOT Wo will, Imlld you a homo on monthly payments. MEDFORD REALTY AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY M. F. anil IL Co. Dulltllng V V A ' I