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MEDFORD MAJTJ TRTBUNE, atEPffORD, OKIOTON, AVKDNKSDAV, .TANIMRY 21, 11)12.
Mepjfobd mail tribune
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EXPHI'T SUNDAY. IJY THU
MKOrOltt) 1'KINTJNQ CO.
Tim Democratic) Tlmfts, Thn Mrdfonl
Mull, Tlio Jloilfonl Trlliunn, Tlio South
ern Orcponliui, Tho Ashland Tribune.
Offleo MaU Tribune Hullillnrr. 26-5729
North Kir
Kir street; phono. Main 3051:
Home 71.
OKOliarc PUTNAM, IWltor and Manager
KntcmJ ns Rceomlolns rnattrr nt
Meilfonl. Orcijon, under tho net of
March 3, 1ST 9.
Official Paper of tho Cltr of MrtironL
Official iapcr of Jnckson County.
BunncatrriOK hates.
Ono year, by malt ........ J5.00
Ono month, by mnll SO
Per month, delivered by carrier In
Medford, Jacksonville nnd Cen
tral Point SO
Paturday only, by mall, per year.. J.00
Weekly, per year 1.E0
SWOKS OrKCUtATIOTT.
Dally averajfo for eleven month! end
Ins November 30, 1911, 261.
Jfnll easM Wire United Tnt
Dltpatchttt.
The Mall Tribune Is on wilo at the
j-erry sscxra aiana, san Krancisco.
Portland Hotel Nowa Stand, Portland.
Bowman News Co.. Portland. Ore
W. O. Whitney. Scattjo. Wash.
MXSrORB, OREGON.
Metropolis nf PouUiern Oregon nnd
Northern California, nnd the fastest
BrowlnR rlty In Orepon.
Population U. A rensun 1910 8840;
estimated. 191110.000.
Five hundred thousand dollar Gravity
Water System completed, clvlnfc finest
upply puro mountain water, and 17.3
miles of HtrootH rwived.
PostofflcC; receipt for year endlncJ
Novomner so, isu, snow increaso or is
per cent.
Banner fruit city In Orcpon Rokuo
Itlwr Spltxcnberp apples von sweep
stakes rrlro and tttln of
"Apple xinff or tb World"
nt tho National Appto Show. Spokane.
1909, and a car of Nowtowns won
Tlrst rriae lu 1910
nt Canadian International Apple Show,
Vancouver, B. C
rirst rrlso la 1911
at Spokano National Applo Show won
by carload of Ncwtowns.
Rojrua Blvcr pears broucht highest
firlces In nil markets of the world dur
nr tho past six years.
Write Commercial Club, lncloslnc 5
cents for postage for tho finest commu
nity pampniet ever puonsncu.
KILLED MEN FOR
SHEER JOY OF II
Zollic Clements, Holdup Man, Says
He Killed and Robbed Merely for
Excitement Had No Use for
Money It Gave Him.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. 21.
Having finally broken his silence,
Zollic Clements, the young holdup
man arrested hero with a gunshot
-wound in his nrm after having held
up a jsaloon and seriously wounded
tho proprietor, James Martin, today
seems to revel in reciting his deedB
of murdor and desporation. He has
confess d with gusto to a remarkablo
career of crime lasting for a poriod
of ten years. In which ho killed three
enen and committed innumerable rob-
Lerlcs.
"When but 1C years of ago, Clom
cnts say be shot and killed Jamos
Inrkham, a brldgo bulldor, of Sac
ramento, whllo holding him up hero.
Ho also confessed to having killed
Policeman George Brown In Oak
land in September, 190-1, and to hav
ing murdered "Diamond Dill" New
man, a saloonkeeper of Storkton,
January 15 of this year.
Clements says he has traveled up
nnd down tho Pacific slopo and has
committed countloss robborlea and
holdups. He killed and robbed for
mere excitement, he says, stating
that lie had no use for money, but
that it gavo him great ploasuro to
hear his victims groan and drop to
tho floor. "It used to make my
blood bubble when I saw 'em drop,"
said Clements today.
Mrs. Hattie Clements, wife of the
prisoner, van astounded whon told of
tho confession of hot husband.
Ho is the last man on earth I
would hnve suspected of doing such
things, said Mrs. Clements, who has
been employed hero as a manicurist
ulnco hoiv husband loft hor abput two
years ago.
"To mo ho was always kind and
Bhowod no slgnu of a vicious nature
Ono dny ho loft mo In Stockton, I
nover knew what for, and he did not
conio back. 1 saw him two weeks
ngo and ho usked 'mo to got a (II
vorco from him."
Clements married his wlfo, who
was Miss Uattlo Sooly of PlacervllJo,
four years ngo nnd lived with her for
two years. A Stopktoii girl. Kmlly
Unrrlollos, claims Clements as hor
fiance. Slio attomptod to establish
nil alibi for him In tho Nowmnn caso,
Baying ho was with hor at tho time
of tho murdor.
Fifllits Duel With Bandits.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2 !. In n
rovolver duel with bandits early to
day Qeorgo Aid, a bnrtendor, was
flllghfly wouuded. Three highway
men onterod tho salopn in 'wliiph ho
wns employed anil with drawn guns
advanced. Ard drow n rovolvor and
Jlrod t tho trio, who flod uftur an
;nterclmnB of shots.
THE ROAD BOND DECISION.
T11I0 decision against, the county road bonds was a jjvoat
disappointment to tho progressive oitixons. of Jack
son count.v as &U as to the entire state.
The obsolete constitution framed for Oregon by the
fat hoi's of the commonwealth has ettectually tied the
hands of progress in many lines consequently Oregon has
lagged tar behind her sister states m development. iMoss
baekism has thriven at the expense of enterprise.
Courts in America have gradually usurped the gov
erning power, seizing both executive and legislative func
tions. Legislatures may enact, the people may enact, the
executive may approve, but the courts really govern. They
undo and enact anew, they kill or create at their own
sweet will.
l?ed-tapo and precedent take tho place of common sense
and justice all too frequently. What some other court
ruled in the musty past counts for more than abstract
right or wrong. A mole-hill technicality, or triviality be
comes greater than a mountain of intent or fact.
Formula, formula, formula! It is alwavs formula!
Formula stunted our past and stulifies our future. 3t
was to break away from formula that the initiative and
referendum was adopted yet it also finely its course
hampered, as in our road ease, by the dusty formula of
davs gone bv.
Tn brief, the court holds that the initiative is not revo
lutionary, but evolutionary that laws passed by the peo
ple must conmly with the split hair technicalities of prece
dent. So we must lose a year more in complying with
formula.
Though the Voice of the people may no longer be the
voice of God, and the voice of the courts has become the
voice of -God, for all practical purposes anyway, a course
has been indicated whereby Jackson county will be per
mitted to spend its own money in building itself highways
by complying with the required formalities a few more
initiatives, a few more campaigns, a few more elections,
a few more injunctions, a few more court decisions onlv
stand in the wav.
"What a misfortune to Jackson countv that it is not a
part of California, where the state aids instead of ob
structs road buildings-Hid where efforts at self-improvement
aro encouraged instead of frowned upon!
But California is twenty years ahead of Oregon in
material progress and development.
SPORT ONE OF OUR ASSETS.
JACKSON county ranks second in the state in number
of hunting and anglers1 licenses issued during 1911,
there liaving been 6414 licenses issued as against 720 in
1910. Multnomah leads with over 16,000, with Marion
third with G000, Lane fourth with 4600, and Klamath fifth
with 3500.
This makes Jackson county's contribution to stale
finals so large that it is entitled to a largo amount spent
in return in game and trout propagation. '
The hatchery at Elk Creek should be enlarged to ma
ture to the fingerling stage, at least 3,000,000 trout. Bob
White quail and other game birds should be introduced in
the valley.
With this number of sportsmen in this county, it is
easy to understand why our hunting and angling is re
garded as an asset.
NO SPRAY TANK WANTED.
T xVDIES of the Greater Medford club are to be com
L' mended for their stand against the construction of
an ill-smelling, unsightly spray material tank in the heart
of the city.
Not only will the tank be an eyesore to the communitv.
a foul-smelling and nauseating obstacle, but it will be an
added excuse against vacating the railroad right-of-way
for parking purposes.
There is abundant vacant ground at either end of the
city and plenty of room outside, where ;i stench tank can
be erected, without offending the npstrils of citizens by
placing such a nuisance near Main street.
The property owners and tenants of adjacent buildings
should join with the ladies in the protestotherwise they
will regret it exceedingly. ,
Public opinion is with the ladies in their fight for a
better, cleaner, more beautiful citv. Mar thev win.
ROYALTY MAY TARRY
.LONGER IN NEW YORK
NKW YORK, Jan. JI.-l'laiiH for
mi exloiihion of Uioir vinit to Now
York arc being niado ly tlio Duke
and DneliOM of Coiinaught and their
duuglitor, J'riiicea Patricia. They
aro much taken with the metropolis
and will remain until Fiidny night.
Tho duchowK aixl I'riico Patricia
probably will not accompany the
duke to WiiHliiiigton to vinit l'reai-
Jeut Tpii.
Tho royal party is rioligntoil with
tho city as n rosult of two diiyn'
of fcsighlbeoiiig. TJio (IiicIiokh and
princess will attend the opera hero
tomorrow afternoon and evening, it
was huiil, while the duke tnkes a run
over to Washington. Jf the duke ro-
tuniB to Now York in time lie will,
attend the opera hero Friday night,
nnd the party will leave for Oltawa
after tho theater.
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal', Dull oaro
drove John Watson to attempt sui
cide. Ho leaped in front of a car.
Tho fonder tosBed him bonoath tho
hoofs of u tonm 'or runaway horson.
which stopped still, and John saved
HARD FIGHT AT POLLS
riKKLIN, Jan. 2J.--Conn.lcnl of
giiccoaK, the hocinliula nre out in full
force at tlio poll today in a deter
mined effort to capture a majority of
the districts whore roballoliiig is
ilocensary as a rouult of nono of the
donlostantH for meinbuivihip in the
roiolwlug receiving a plurality ut the
general election January 12.
The early vote indioutud that the
socialists would mako good their
hoiiht Jo iypep (Jeniuiny "with a red
fflnuV, of volori, and it seem cer
tain that tliuir membership in the
rpiohbtng will exceed J 10, insuring
them first pluco over Ihu Catholic
centrists. , NOTICK.
I doslro to glvo notlco that I am
no longer the, ijliysJoian for Uio Jlod
fjprd Hospital association. Dr. It. W.
Foollnltv; Is tho physician for tho
(ipoclatlon. Dr. 1'ocllnlU and I uro
not purtnors.
20.i J. k. BiiRAnron, m. d.
s
' GREAT SUCCESS
Assembly of CO People Will Put on
Great Production Is One of Hid
Dcst Slfows Which Will Bn Here
This Season.
Mudfunl music lovers are certain
ly Indebted to the rUurls or MnnnKcr
McCnUuni for the suceonstnl tUTnuno
ments by which he will bring tho
P. C. Whitney Oihtr coiniuuty. Intact
In the production of tho "Chorolnto
Soldier" Saturday night, February 3.
To . more thoroughly appreciate ills
efforts tho conumny was originally
routed to jump from Sacramouto to
Portland, but by usIiik every known
wlro ho succeeded. This company
only stops in Medford 'and Portland
in the state of Orem. Thulr travol
Iuk equipment consist of two (50
foot liflggagu enra. two standard
sleepers and ono chnlr car. Tho
company consists of an usoinMy of
CO people and an orchwtra of :il) mu
sicians of hotter quality. Tho com
pany, leaves here Immediately nftor
the performance by special train nnd
arranoinonts aro now being intulo to
attach a coach to carry those attend
Ihk tho performance from Grants
Pass and other points between thoro
nnd hero. Also toe lato train to tho
south wilt bo held for u reasonable
length of time tor the accommodation
of those nttciullns from Ashland and
other points south.
Tho management wlthec it distinct
ly understood that (hnso not signing
tho lists, whlnh are t Whetzol's ami
Iln.xkliia. will pot be allowed to se
lect thulr souls until the following
day. Sent nlo will open Tuesday,
January 30, for signers and Jitnunry
31 for those not sinning Out of
town orders accompanied by check
will be given attention In ordor re
ceived. Work ou tho wjtrglng of tho or
chestra pit will Itpfin at tho close of
tho "ItosHry" ongagsment, and addi
tional dressing rooms wilt bo added.
OVERTOGRANDJURY
W. A. SLmiii of fluid Hill, wlm
whu nrrosslad Tyiwdny on n. charge
of noii-mippurt of hit. child, wnt.
brought heforo .lustiee of liio I 'we
Glenn O. Tnyfcir, Tuewlay nfternuou
and wiiH hound over in the Mini i-f
$.100 to stppeftr I j afore the next xntnil
jury, which oflvein on April o. Mar
vin furnished bonds.
NOTICK TO MINK OWNKIlfl.
All porsons who aro doslroiiH of
securing spaco In tho Medford Mining
Jubllco Rook on tho minora! resourc
es of southern Oregon and northern
California, to ho Issued Foby. 1, 1012,
should luuncdlatoly call upon or ad
dross C. W. Patterson or (Suy T.
Thrasher, Nash hotel, Medford, Oro.
Hasklns for health.
Are the Taxes All Paid
on the Properly You
Are About to Jhiy or
Loan Money On?
Or was thoro an unsatisfied
Judgment or mortgago against
some former owner?
You can't toll unions tho ab
stract shows It.
Wo make
Abstracts
That Are
Absolutely
Reliable
CHOC
tie
Our record aro so completo
thnt nothing that affcctii tho
title to any property in Jack
sou county could occur without
our having knowlqdgo of it.
Tho most caroful soarch
through tho county records
might not show it.
Jackson Cpunty
Abstract Company
Corner 0th and Fir His.
North Mall TrJbuno Hide.
Medfortl, Oregon
BENSON'!
argain:
"We wi.sh lo impress you
with the l'aet that we tire
EXCHANGE HEAD
QUARTERS Through us you can ex
change what you don't waul
lor what you do want.
120 acres i) iniloa from
Central Poini, will exchange
for California nropertv.
Price, .$75 per acre.
S7 acres foothill fruit land,
3 miles N. AV. of Medford,
partly in young orchard. Can
he irrigated. (5 room house.
Will exchange for other
property, not necessarily lo
cal. Can pay cash difference.
10-acro tract within half
mile oft Medford, f acres in
fl-year-old pears, l'd acres
bearing grapes: house, barn,
hennery. Price $(i000. Terms.
.15 acre orchard tract with
in Yj mile of Medford. Some
thing choice. Ask us.
3 (JO acres level land all (ill
able, G miles from Eagle
Point. Price $7000; $1500!
will handlo or will exchange
for other property.
320 acres in S'ams valley,
17 nines northwest ot Med
ford, 7 miles east of Gold
Hill. This is a good sidehill
fruit ranch in'the rough. Soil
is deep. Some saw timber
and wood enough to pay for
place. About 12 acres cleared,
I'heap new house, barn and
chicken house. Part of this
can be irrigated from spring
and creek. Price $:")00. Will
take half in city property or
sell on easy terms.
5 acres truck and berry
land on Pear creek ior sale
or exchange.
KJ0 acres timber, will ox
change for lots. Price $8200.
"Will exchange real ostato
for automobile.
List your alfjrlfa land with
us. "Wo have inquiries.
8 room house, fine resi
dence district, 4 bedrooms,
each with sleeping porch,
modern in every way. Price
very low considering value.
$1700 will handle.
Jf you consider buying lots
be it a high class residence
lot, suitable for a mansion or
something cheap, wo have
, them and you will find both
I1JIX' illlU ll!l -jiih llML.
Wo havo quite a numhor of trnct
raiiKlnK from 5 to 20 anros oaoh
within a radius of mllu of Med
rlty limits. ConmdorltiK tho past
wonderful crowth of Medford mid all
sIkuh Indicating a continuance of tho
same, wo havo no hesitancy ni rrc
ommendhiK tho purchase of acrcago
adjacent to thin city, For tho past
Mirco years wo havo not only
preached but practiced this polluy
with gratifying results, Our expo
rleuco and advlco aro at your dis
posal
JO acres deep, black stick soil near
Central Point, fi acres .'! year old
orchard. I'rlcw, $21500; $1000 will
handle. Will exchange. Submit
proposition,
20 acres In cultivation 2 'A, miles
S. "W. of Medford. Price $0000, easy
tonnn. Will exchange. Suhmlt your
projioiiUlon,
120 ncros nlno snlloH from Central
Point will oxchnuKo for California
property. I'rlco $75 por aero.
87 acros foothill fruit land, li
iiiIIoh N. W. of Medford, partly In
youne; orchard. Can ho IrrlKutcd, 0.
room hoiiKo, Will oxchaiiKO for othor
property, not necossnrlly local, Can
pay cash cjlfforcnco.
J0-acro tract within Vt mllo of
Medford, fi no roil in .". your old i(t;is
I 'j acreR bearing crapes; liousp,
barn, hotinory- i'rlco $0000; terms.
f .. .-.i. -...nftiM w.1 4unnli ...II 1. f.. 1
JO-itUlU WiCllUlll llllll II.I1I1 YA
mile of .Medford.
Sumethlui; choice.
Ask us.
Wo aim to handlo and ad
vertise, only real bargains.
Benson Investment Co.
REAL ESTATE - MINES
km uAjtNm'T-courcv itnriMNn
Phenes: Ikll, 701)1; ilonie, J1U-IC
Valley
Second Hand Store
Buys nml Sells SiT.unil-Hnml Goods,
Copper, Rulilicr, Brass, Etc
M. J. PILCKER, Prop.
15 Nor III Fir
Home :t.1t Hell SUI7U
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASIIINOTOV, I).
Publlo Land MntteiH! Klnul Proof.
Desert Lands, Content!! and MIiiIiik
Cases. Scrip.
Associate Work for Attorneys
Attention Dairymen
nnd Stockmen I
Juit received a car of registered
ami grndo llulstelu cattle. They
wore the morlKUKO lifters of the
Ohio Western Heservo and can do
It hero. All from tho noted DeKol
strain, Imported from Holland.
Must herd west of tho Cascades,
Prices nre right.
Plume 7:u 4nrty It-1 or visit
our much ou Itosn Inno,
TICKNOIl .V IIOOM'ITIiK
C. A. POE
For your Repnirinn ot Plumbing
anil Pumpwork.
Colli installed anil Kuarautccil
to (,'ivo satisfaction.
KstiiiuiU'H j;iviMi on Water Sup
ply Systems nnd IMutnbinj;.
Ho joli too small or lure,o.
ALL WORK POSITIVELY GUAR
ANTEED. No. 24 Fir Street South.
Pacific 3702.
WOOD
COAL
ANV yi'ANTITV
BURBIDGE FUEL &
TRANSFER CO.
IlOTll PIIOMvH
PLUMBING
Steam and Hot Wator
Heating
All Work (liwranlM-il.
l'rli'cs llottsoimlil.
COFFEEN & PRICE
S3 Howard Block, Sutranc on Oth 81.
1'scKlo 3031. Jloiu 09.
Seattle Appraisals
Sovcral Medford peoplo havo
omployod uu to nppralso Soat,tlo
real ostato. Kuch appraisal Is
usually worth more than It costs.
Ira .1. DoiIko of Medford was
formerly connected with this of
fice. Othor Heattlo and Medford
roforonccti on request.
It. '. Kll.SUI.Ni: .i COMPANY
Mti Xmv York lllk., Kent Ho
(Charter Member Seattlo Ileal Ks-
tato Assn.)
Medford Real Estate
& Employment Agency
I'on ham::
'idO ncros Vj mllo from Cold
IIIII.
480 acres good grain and stock
ranch.
20 acres near Central Polit $100
por agro.
100 norun i'j iniloa out, lfiO
por aero.
Fiirnlluro for rooms, dlulios.
go with tho deal, $100.
'J'UADK
Houses In Lou Angeles to trado.
Stock of hardwaro In California.
70,000 worth of property to
trado for runch.
10 'ncros near Central Point for
houso In city,
MIKOWJiANKOUH
Wnnt from owner, acroiiKo t
trado for l.oa Angoloa property.
All kinds of tradou in California.
Homos for iinlo.
Furnlsliod hnuuon for ront.
Vacant Iioiihou In nil parts ot tho
city fur rent,
List your property with us,
NMPLOYMKNTl!
Wnltross,
Woman to cook on a ranch.
Girls for gonoral housework.
E. F. A. BITTNER
ROOMS 6 AND 7, PALM BLOCK
Opposite Nash Hotel
I'liono IMI; Home, 11,
WHERE TO GO
j TONIGHT
lrr-rrrjrnr-
ISIS
T II 1L A T R E
TONIGHT
Special rjox Utdco Attraction
PltOI'KSSOU tU'KUIN'H
Tim AiiHtrallaii Milk Can
Mystery
Till l'l,'.7.iH W TIIH WOIIMI
Tako Nolo or Our Inilihy llsplny
This can will bo In the Lobby the
next ilriyn only.
Iloiv nt Laxt
TOM STOCKMAN
A Crnekwrjni'k
llliickfaro HIiikIuk and DancliiK
Comndlan and Iliutjo Kololnt
If Von llon't IiiikIi Von Alii Sick
Special Mutliicn Saturdays anil
SumhiyN nt -HMI
livening IVrfoiiinuiio at 70(
5TAR
THEATRE
Under direction of Peoples Amuse
ment Company
AIAVAVH I.V T1IK MJAI)
1000 feet of .Mutriilct I'IIiii 100(1
"tin: ritoNTiKi; Dortoit"
Powerful Wenleru Drama
"CAITl'ltlMJ POiait UKAItS"
Oreat HiHUtliiK Ktory
"llOVKIt IS JICAMMW
Clear Connnly Diuuui
'KXAMl.NATIO.V OP HTO.MACII
IIV .V-ltAV"
Highly ICdurstlonnl
"TIIH .MAID .;i' Till'. IIKIAI"
A true lo life story of the soothing
Knlw Mud tin briny deep.
"Till: VK.VTKIMKjriHT'M
Tlir.VK"
Hide KplltlliiK Comedy
Al KATIIKIt
Thn HIiiK-r
WOOIAVOIITIIS
Thn MiihIi Ihiih
Vour Own ft'ood. Juilitmctit Will
AckiiowlcilKO Our SiiKilnrlly In
Kcry ItcsiN'i-t
AiIiiiIhsIiui Klc. Mittlnc ctery tiny
NoyesCc Black
HOUHK AND HUiS PAINTING
Up-to.l)atn Auto nnd Carrlngo
PalntltiK, Cold Loaf HIrus nnd
lutorlor Dticoratlng a Specialty.
Shop anil Office
H. Crapo ami lOlli HI.
Office Phono 7771. lies. 7212.
All Work Positively Cuurautocd.
TUSCAN SPRINGS
laving uo cipint on oni th In variety nt
mineral waters nml curing dUeasea
that medicines will not reach. It you
are In need of health, come now. Wo
are open all tho year and can glvo tho
best of care and attention now iih well
as In uu minor. Stage dally from Ited
llluff to tho springs. Further par
ticulars address
E. B. WALBRIDGE
TlfHCAN HPHINOH, CAIi.
EAGLE POINT
LIVERY
STABLE
Tho undersigned having Just
completed a largo now Jlvory utablo
In Waglo Point, wo Invito tho travel'
lug publlo to call and uxnmlno our
rigs, teams, otc, all being In first
clans condition. Our motto Is to
Idvu and Let l.lvn. Phono at ntublii
and rosldonr.o. Call central,
H. If. IIAIRS'IHII Ai HON. I'rops.
Draperies
W" carry a very roinploto lino
of ilrupi-rifH, lco oiirliiiiiH, fix
ture m, li', ami do nil uIiihhvh ot
iMilinlHli-rlug A Himalul iniui lo
liioK artor Hits work exclusively
nml will kIv iih nooil scrvlcn us
IS )IINNlllll to gut la I'VIUI Urn
lllfK'Nt clllrs,
WEEKS & NgGOWAN CO.
IF YOU OWN
A LOT
Wo will hiillil you a homo on
monthly paymontt.
MEDFORD REALTY ANDJM
PR0VEMENT COMPANY
M. F. nml II. Co. Rullulnu
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HnflUna for health.
Miss Qwou Morrow's life.
IlnsliliiH for health.
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