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MjBDFORI) J1EML TlUBUNE
AN JNIint'UNDKNT NUWflPAPIin
1'UHMHIIICU KVKUV A1TKHNOON
Kxrnrr minhay. nv this
MUDKOUD 1'IUNTINQ CO.
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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.
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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
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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
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