Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 27, 1912, SECOND EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textli lt '1 I, PAGE "FOUR, Medford Mail Tribune - f -. . - . -, .-. an JNnni'icNmcNT nuwrpaphu rUJIMflltRD RVIJUr Al-TISIIKOON BXCEPT SUNDAY. HY TliU MKOPOKD PRINTING CO. Tim Uomoerotlo Tlnn-n, Tim Mertfonl Mall, Tlio Mrilforrt Tribune, Tlio South ern Oreuonlan, Tlio AfihlHml Tribune Office Mntl Tribune nulldlnir. 25-27-29 North Kir struct; phone, Main 3021; Home 7B. arcortcm PUTNAM, Editor ami Mnnnecr Entered an (cconJ-clflRS matter at MedTord, Orcgen, under tho net of March 3. 1879 Official Prtpor of tlio City of Medford. Official Paper of Jackson Oountj WEST'S PRISON POLICY SPURS JADED PEGASUS Tlio Mail Tribune hn received tunny vowea renrdiiifr Oo ornnr West's prison, polity since Hie n( tempted oenpo of Ihreo "honor" moil. Two of tint host nro hero preduced: The Trusty on Hip .Mountain. Tlio prison doors jrwini? opn and con demned men suffering there, March out into thu country, where tlioy toil in sun and air. With a chance to show tho honor deep implanted in caoh honrt, For it stirs the soul of trufttios in the prison. Fceure in ninny comforts of ,i for tune quickly made, Tho oppressor blnmos tho Rov'nor for tho policy ho laid, Dill tho world hits loft hohiud it much stern judgment so unkind, And must work to liolp the fallen hrothor upward. Tho acres in tlic?vallcy, tho Ijmbor on the hill, The salmon in Iho fiver and thcNleor ho mult not kill, Arc alluring to tha doctor, a tempta tion to the dork. As wall as to tha imty on the moun tain. The money in the eoffors, the poods upon the shalf, Tho huttor in tho dniry and the san- soc mnde of pelf, Arc a snare unto tho banker and to the Rrooor grief, As well as to the trusty on the moun tain. l'or tho hnkor and tho bntehor Judge Colvi had to .pray, For tho hanker and tho doctor he la bored night and day; But ho kopl thorn from the honor of preceding to the "pen" The trusties that are living on the mountain. The joy of homo and dear ones givd shelter from tho foe; Will yon shut a man in prison where his1 viciousnoss will grow? Lot him live out close to Nature, the groat healer of our wounds; JIo'U return to God and country from the mountuui. Do yon think that you have finished when conviction is assured, When behind tho bars of prison your brother is secured! Ho is yours -when shut in prison; ho is yours behind the bars; Will you not do something for him ere he perish? Lei him who has no error in his own soul unconccdod Cast a stone upon his brother for tho sin tUc court revealed; He is struggling to do better, to ef face tho evil doed; He can do so as u trusty on the mountain. II. W. G. To tlio CSowrnor. What earthly use lute prieon fear When more from caoh unhappy heart Of virtue it oBohonts caoh year? 'Tis use of hopo-Bubduiug cell To force decaying souls to holl. What iibC ha prison fear? What use of tme romorso and cheer And hope to prove n Hiiff'ring soul, With proper care each fleeting your May yet grow sound and free from sear: When faith is oiushod by iron bars? What use hue prison fear? No soul of man is wholly soro Of virtue, truth, siiniority. How grandor far it is to olenr A pathway to that spark that light Of faith amy fostor prospcols bright Am banish prison fear. Oh, honor men, tliunk God that jeer And jibe and tniuit of narrow foo Has ne'er compelled from course to veer Tho noble man wio holds supremo His high resolve to souls redeem And end your prison fear. AH praise to him who grnnls you ohuor, Assumes your pledge, oslooms your word And fosters faith nud conscience jl(tir, IeslofOfi ambition, long since dead, And thrusts aside from path he'd tread 'AH niO of prison fonr. , , , Jack I'reseolt, A KIDDLE AND W1IISN is an opinion not an opinion? When it is hiuulort down bv the supremo court. Then tho ihnijoritf boanios tho minority and the minority the law. Judge Burnett wrote the .Jackson rounty road mum decision. Justices Beau, Eakin and Alol3rido dissented in the most important essential, uy a local taw ar, a regular eiecnon, provide lor iur isu anee of road bonds. The ruling of the minority is handed down as the su preme court s decision the decision of tho majority is merely a dissenting opinion. Therefore the opinion of one justice stands as tho court's expressed ruling that of the three justices merely as memorandums. But is the supremo, court's notion in this startling de parture from formula according to precedent 7 .If not it may reverse itself. Every time southern Oregon tries to build roads, the supreme court stops it and the people hereabouts tire get ting tired of it and want it ended. Jn the classic phraso olo' of the new Missouri state song "Tho boys keep kickin' my dog aronn' Every time I come to town, Alakes no diff'renoe if he is a hound, They got-a quit kickin' my dog around." ' FOR AUTO WITUiE idling waiting for? providence to dump a rail road to the sea in our laps, the people of the Roguo river vallev can materially better their condition and lower tho cost of living bv establishing a motor truck serv ice to Crescent City or Port Orford. That the present road is a feasible and practical route, with needed construction and rebuilding, is the opinion of those who have considered the subject. The main line Would run from Ashland to Crescent City. V32 miles, with branch lines to cover tho Applegatc and other tributary valleys. George E. Boos, former secretary of the Commercial club, "who has made a studv of tho auto truck business. states that the road could be placed in excellent condition for under $100,000, and freight carried at a cost of I 1-P cents 'per ton mile, the latter figures being based upon auto truck lines now in operation. The cost of transporta tion from San Francisco by steamer to Crescent City thence bv auto truck to Ashland is placed at $7,110 per ton, to which a reasonable profit could be added, still leaving a reduction of 100 percent in freight rates. Tt would not require a great deal of capital to operate such a line and the time seems ripe to make a start. THE SLEEPY THE Portland ."Journal has for some months been ener getically striving to infuse a little life info Port land's commercial circles endeavoring to secure the es tablishment of a steamer line to Alaska to seize trade there. So far the effort has been futile. The Journal ex claims in despair: "Is Portland a live city or a dead city? Is it a live wire town, oi' in the midst of a Kip Van Winkle sleep?" Portland is the child of nature, not enterprise. Port land grows because-its geographical location forces it to. It does nothing to lrelp itself. AVith a'rich undeveloped territory tributary coining down grade to it, Portland does nothing, and never did do anything to develop this territory. Consequently Portland is half the size it might be and Oregon is still sparsely populated. AATho would be benefited by the Alaskan line? Jobbers and manufacturers principally but who ever heard of the Portland jobber doingnnythiug except to try and prevent some other section from securing equitable freight rates? Once in a while a junket is taken through the interior and customers chucked under the chin that is all. Portland sits under the plum tree so the plums con tinue to fall into her lap. She can't help it. -But she is too lazy to reach out her hand and grab one like Alaskan trade. Nineteen Years Ago Today Items from Tlio Medford It is altogether probable that the lloguc Khor Valley Short Line, ruu- Jiing between Medford and Jackson ville bus tho youngest conductor in its employ of any railroad in tins world. His imme i John Barnum and he is a sou of William Hurauin, an engineer on the same road. His age is in the iniuiodiute vurroundings of 12 years. The young man is said to be taking lctwous in the guttural ren dition of '"Rok-ots" and pays as lit tle nUoiiliou to questions asked by passenger as does the average real man conductor. Contractor L. M. Lyon is putting in tho ceiling at' the now brovry. jfr. Lyons states tlntt 'prospect ware never bettor for u good run of huild-ing-than right now. Tliore is oonsMoruhlo talk of erect ing a Gorman Lutheran church m Medford in caily springtime. Mewirsi Hmnillbn & I'ahn have very gener ously agreed to donate land upon which to put up tjie building. Tlioro arc at present few, if nny, fish in Crate hike, but it is proposed to slouk ite waters with young trout next) spring. Thu Medford distillery is running to Hh full capacity, Hotel Mudford has a new office arEB-Fcmn math trtbune, AN ANSWER. holding- that the county can, TRUCK LINE. METROPOLIS. Mull of Jiuiuary 127, 1H;J. desk. Groat is tho Mcdford (.'iitiniiHl round of new things. -OHO- Ami still another brick building promised for C street. The three Deiumor brothers, living about a mile northwest of .Medford, nro s noar u trio of hustlers as nny throe .men in this section. They are improving their ranches ami right now are making ready to each put tut a vinoyard. (Those vineyards aic now "inside" property.) 0. W. Isaac was quite sovoroly in jured Tuesday by being hooked by a vicious cow. One of the cow's horns made a ragged wound in his right inrni, Uying the tendons entirely bare. hlJr. Geary was called ami diosscd the Hvound. Tlioro arc several new ontorprisos JiiBl in the act of budding in and about Mcdfordi but tin tlioy Will not jbtt ripe for newspaper picking for ,a couple of woeks, the Mail is kitop lig its hands off and saying nothing. Mr. Cogoshell has u two-slnrv ropjdonce on !' street nearly com- ugtod. lie is a now niaii hum, hut I0 is getting right (iloveily into the V'y's peculiar to Medford. Hotel Clarendon has been lonoad jjyr Landlord Purdiu of the Medford medford, oimaoy. Saturday, ,tanitary 27, and will bo uod in connection with the Mcdfovd. If Medford isn't setting ta tlio front ovury epot in thr roiid, it in no fault of hoi people. rVd Lay, Jr., and Miiw Minnm Ida Hyluv wore uliilcd in uuuTtono by Ktv. Knots at the home of the bride' patent!,' Mis am Mr. William lly boo, nwir Jacksonville, on January a:i, ISO!). Tho yomi couple will o to Tnoonia to tuaidis Mr. Luy boiii utignyoil in business there. Colonel Marry of Central Point was in Medford Ttuwduy. Attorney Hammond of thin vrns in .iHoksflitvillo Monday. city J. L. Crtfitlo.. a I'oilland "dock buyer, in hare ihtyinp fat entile nml lgs. A flrirfiu Crook item of nineteen jwm Hun: Jujft rav pnm to Harry Wortwua and tlui mil that wilt II- hiniiuntc hit ooiintennuco will uul a ray of unshhio through a bank of IWt fail to hoar Captain W. S. Oroojr.s lecture on "Chinese Suoucs and a Yankee in the llttihl King dom." Mr. Crowdl is a (Incut speak er and a flrlffin Crook folk arc proud that liu live iiutoiig us. V, T. 1'redenburg shipped two oar-loud- of wheat to Port Costa, Cal., this week, wliuh innkoa u total of It) cnrlonds &h!ppd from tntnil Point by Mr. Fredenbuix this win ter. A wild trniulottd of stock left Central l'oint for Portland Sunday, (t consisted of 15 enrlond.s of oaitlo belonging to William Itsnley and one curlwad of hog1, the propyl ty of J. W. lloekersmith. The shipments of ealllo. hojrs and wkvnt fiiun Central Point ix no small itu. ' Station Agent Ijppinoolt informs the Mail that the report that an ad ditional imssengor train is to be put on between Kosohnrir and Ashland is a mistake, lie think no such notion is contcmplnted by the oompnuy. (There was thon n daily passenger train each way.) Kvcn o Jong as 10 years ago th Mail had a pool on its tttff. Lilcn to him: Dear council, give n street lights, And give them to a soon, Or we'll go over la Central Point, And bkip by thflight of the moon. f COMMUNICATION. A Defense of tlio Siiprcnio Court. To the Kditr: We trut you will give us cnoutrh of your space to re ply to your cnticisins of our su premo court in lut night's Mail Trib une. , Notwithstanding your stirclnr, we venture to assort that the deci sion in the Ixwul otisc is Iwsed on a correct a)plieation of sound prin ciples of constitutional law. We lime no doubt but (hat the members of our supreme court would have been glad lo find a way to sus tain the bond ihue, but the court is not vested with wwcr to make con stitutions. Its duty and the limit of its authority is to ooustriic the con stitution as made by the people. Moreover, iu construing tlio con stitution it haw no light to depart from the cstuhlishsd rules of consti tutional construction. It seems Mraugu indeed that any intelligent man csn fail to realize mat lor a court to assume tue power to disregard tin- ontuhlishod rules of law in order to decide a given enso in a particular way' moans the assump tion of a power atbitrary, autocratic Mid unlimited. Suoh u court (tan have no place in a ropublic, for it must nuvor he forgotten that the power to ignore the law to make a popular decHiou in one case implies The power in another to ignore tho law to override tho rights of the people. The car of Knssiii pos sesses no ri enter power thnn this. Any court that assorts the power to ignore the established law in nliy case nshctts the power of tyranny. It is true that the common law is n living, growing system of juris prudence and Unit altered conditions sdniclimoH render established rules obsolete. Coin Is always heck to' find tho reason underlying the rule of law and when the reason no longer exists the rule no longer binds. Hut let us ghiiico at the situation iu tho caso iimlor consideration and sco whether (hero was good reason for disrcgaiduig tho rules of law there held applicable. Tho gist of the bond ilocisiou is that the people iu exercising the pow ers tliey have reserved in themselves must act in the manner and at the times tlioy have' provided iu thou' constitution or which have boon pro vided for them by their legislature, to whom they have ilologntod that powor. It suems scarcely ncccfifinry to nr gno tlint tho larger tho lawmaking body, tho mora inmo.rivo it boaoinos that it act in nn'orilorly manner and nubjuot lo clonrly cstabliBiied rul6s, A dictator might well act at tiny time and in tuiv place. A law milk ing bodv composed of it few men might safely net with groat infoimol ily. When lcgislntlvc power comes to bo reposed iu a logWiiture of a hun dred or move mniuliert, it becomes necessary that an established time mill plncti Tor its mooting ho Ihud b. law, nml thai it adopt orderly rule- of piMcediitc. This bus led to tho incorporation into our law oT coitnin rules and principles that our courts nro iu duty bound to reoognixo ami apply. Hut when legislative power is, ro posotl iu the whole iiiiism of tho peo ple when the legislative body is In creased from 10011 lo 1 1111,1100 docs not (ho, reason for and the necessity of tlioso rultm become a thousaml tinnw greater and inoic iiiipemtivcf And if this be true, by what right could n court sworn to follow and apply the established rulos of low igiioro ami set tlieui aside. Mr. Kditor, you wholly misappre hend Iho effect of Iho decUions of the supremo court if you tliinU that the single tu nmeudmeut was held self executing and the count v indidit cduoss held not self cvecutiug. What the supreme comt held was that neither provision wic, of itwlf, self exoeuting, but that both uiueiidinenl-4 may be carried into effect under the initiative mul referendum provihio.ir. of tho constitution. The majority of our supremo comt in IhoMi decisions take itiUauced ground. Iu our judgment, the effect of Ihoxo decisions will be of great and pcnimuent alue to tho people of this stale, and the supremo court is entitled to (he approbation of ovor friend of direct Icginluitoit ami lor il self government. Your oiitioUm in this i u I nunc, al loust, is. unbilled for mul wholly unjust. Ifgnpectfully, I'OltTKK J. N'UFP. C. L. BMKS. lA't's I luxe (t'ooil Uoiulii. To the Hdilur: A (Ih gtod nm.N movement seems to h inilioiisl, wh. not call a nntionul good toads con veiitiou and each state lo be io pre sented by dclcgnUw to formiiiittc wune plan to have the government lake a hand iu building roads, hm Dm piiti lie highways are sovisfiied ami be long to the wopW Whv mil have the gnvernment inr legal tender grcnbneks (or moae ) and give cHch state a certain aiiiouit of money each year to tic expended in building road", under (ho supervision of some cpert road builder ltppoinl 91I by the government Y Wo could have good roads without having a bonded indebtedness nml every innn could hnvo, work. Or aiiijtlier way to get good roads and all other public improvements is to put the socialist party in olinrgo of the government in 11)11!. Then the people will be able lo get any public improvement they want without having to ask nay court, for under poeinlisut the people will rule, not corporations and courts. Under a socialistic form of gov ernment (which the old Mirty wtli tifiaus, officeholders and graft his mv so opposed (o) the wo pie would xolvc the milroHiI rate proKsitiii by own ing the' mads and operating them for the public good, instead of for divi dends for they fow. They would alxo solve the problem of the high cot of living by collectively owning ami operating all public utilities, thereby doing away with the prolit yem, which is the cause of iiiiie-tcuths of all crimes committed. For nearly every crime that is committed today can be traced to the profit system. When the bond issue was passing here it was amusing lo sec how the old party politicians and office holders showed their love for the much de spised socialists and labor unions. Yes, they loved them in (he superla tive degree. Nothing vvus loo good for them. They would graul every thing they made a demand for, if tli- would only vote for the bond isuo. And il was humiliating to nit class conscious socialists to see how easy it was to hoodwink a few so-culled socialists, who arc inexperienced iu old party politics. In order to show you how tlioy loved the socialists, you have only to look over tho elec tion board hud jury list. How many socialists do you find 7 I can't mime one, but I can name some thai be long (o tlm old parlies that were con victed of perjury and some that took the immunity bath ill older to keep out of tho pen. Now, Mr. Kooiulisl ami Labor Union Man, you will prob ably Have another opportunity lo vote as your very dear friends want you to. W. J. DHUMIIIL1, Socialist, Who adheres lo the fumluuiciital principles of "no fusion, no com- homivu and 110 political trading." Rcbckalis Will Entertain. The members of Olive Heimlich lodge No, 28 will give a box social o-i Tuesday evening, January .'10, lit H o'clock, at Odd Fellows' hall. All Odd Fellows, their wives and nil mem bers of their family nro expected to bo at this social. All ladies arc auked lo bring a box lunch for two. JOHKI'lllNKK CLARK, Recording Bccrctury. On the day tliiittyoiir aloro Is the bwjt adveilisod store In town life ought to Imvo a very rosy look lii 'you 1012. Valley Second Hand Store Dtiys anil Sells Sccontl-Hnml Goods, Copper, noliticr, Drass, Elo. M. J. PILCKEn, Prop. IS North Fir itomo .ii iwi mrxa Clark a Wright LAWYERS WAHUIMN'ON, P. C. Public Uml Matters! VI mi I Proof. Doeoi L l.iimls, Contents nml .MlnlitK Canon, ticrlp. Associate Work for Attorney REAL ESTATE Willamette Volley Farms of all description, Garden ami Fruit Lnntls, Timber Lands. Some excellent bargain iu AL 1IANY CITY PUOPKltTY. Wute or call on J. V. PIPE, 20:1 West Second Kt . Albany. Or.. C. A. P O E For your Repairing of Plumbing and Pumpwork. Coils installed nud guaranteed to give satisfaction. Kstitiiutca given on Water Sup ply Systems nml Plumbing. No job loo small or largo. ALL WORK POSITIVELY GUAR ANTEED. No. 24 Fir Street South. Pacific 3702. WOOD COAL ANY QCANTITY BURBIDGE FUEL & TRANSFER CO. UOTIl I'llONICH PLUMBING Steam and Hot Wator Heating All Work Ousrsiflootl. 'rleM lleuMiimlilu. COFFEEN & PRICE as Xlowanl Iilook, SntrAUC on Oth St. l'aolflo 3031. Iloiu 310. Scuttle Appraisals Sevornl Medford jiooplo liavo employed 11a to nppruUo Scnttlo real ostnto. Such nppralnal Is uiunlly worth more than It coats. Ira J. Dodge ot Medford was formorly connocted with thin of tlco, Othor Seattle nml Medford roforoncoH on request. It. (J. KIIKKIXIJ .V COMPANY 20(1 Now York llllc, Keattlo (Charter Momlicr Scnttlo Ileal Kb- tnto AitBn.) Medford Real' Estate & Employment Agency rem ham:: ! ncrcti 1 mlloH nut, $7."00. 20 nrrcn at Kaglo Point, I'.'IOO 'JO acnfi 3 iiiIIok out, IS a, to poarn, $.'tG00. 2G,000 ncroM for colony or mil) dlrlHlon, JIIO acrea In orchard, n fltHt oIiihm propoaltlnn. 80 acroH, -10 Iu bonrlng orchard, 1 miles out, 100 acres 4 14 mlloo out, J1C0 per acre. 'IUADI3 Aparliucnt hotixo with 70 rooms In California, 10 acicH 1! iiiIIoh from (Ircoloy, ColiTMulo. LaiKo dwellliiK In (Irand Junc tion, Colo. 10 0 acicH Iu Weld Co., Colo. I have laud lo trade In Knumifl, fdulio, California, almont uny vvhero, LIhI your pioporty for snlo or trade, I liavd parlleH who want fur iitulicd houticM, nhio vacant oncu. MlflOKriLANKOUfl. IIorBOH for mile, Llut your property with us. EMPLOYMENTS Waltrodo. Woman to cook on a ranch, Qlrlu for couorul hoiiHoworlc. E. F. A. BITTNER . ROOMS 0 AND 7, PALM BLOCK Opposite Nash Hotel Phono -JM1) Ifomo, 1-1. I WHERE TO CO TONIGHT 1 5TAR T TE A T H, Cnder dlrcutlon or Peopled Amiiso inoiit Company AI.WAVM IN TIIK I.UAIt llllll) feet or Mnl bless VII111 -10(1(1 MOI.dV IMTfMIKK A lag out of American hlatory. Stirring action throughout, PATIIK'H WKKKI.V Current Kvunln KI.KANOIUC (H'VI.UIt Pleasing Killmui Dntuin IN TIMC CM'TCIIItS OF A VAI'OU MAI II A real IuurIi pioiluccr Ah SATIIKU In eiiiig WOOI.WOUTIIH The motion picture muslclnun Vour Own (lood Judgment Will At'kuowledgo Our Superiority In Kvcry Itcsjiect AiIiiiUnIoii lllc, MiitJuco every tlnjr Medford Theatre TUESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 30 Etl W. Rowland ami Edwin Clif ford, (Inc.) Oltd the ureal Sew Yoik. Chi ii'o and HimIoii utn-. bv Kd w.ird K, Hor. THE ROSARY Like the Poem mid Sollg It will live forever. The most bwuittfut set I lugs ever hcu oh any stage. I-nrge Compniiy of Kecptlonnl Ability. Prices, $1.00, $l.00; GOc. EVERYTHING FOR THAT OFFICE If short phono us. ..Both Phones Medford -Book Store TUSCAN SPRINGS Having no crpml on enrth In varloty of mliiorni wutorH and curlnj: dlnenMi that medlclncfl will not reitcli. If yon aro In need of health, como now. Wo nro open all tho year and enn Ktvo tho boat of en re nml attention now nn well iih Iu tmmmcr, Bingo dally from Ited Illuff to tho iiprliiKii, Vurtlier par tlculara adilrcmi E. B. WALBRIDGE TUSCAN RPIUNC1H. OMi. Draperies Wo curry a vury cninplela lino fit drii)HiUn, ltuiti eiirtolnH, fix- tllt'l-M. etc, flllll llll llll I'lllKMOH (f iililinlMterlnK. , A HpiH-lnl iniin In lonU ufler IIiIh work cxclunivoly mul will i;lvi us ipiitil ncrvlco iih In poHHilijii to mil In uvea tho lurio t cIIIcn, WEEKS S MgGOWAN CO. IF YOU OWN A LOT Wo will build you a homo on monthly paymonts. MEDFORD REALTY AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY M. F. and H. Co. Building I !' jn