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ADVANTAGE OF
SUFFRAGE TOLD
Ladles Meet With Suffrago Workers
and Form Local Club to Carry
Work on In This Section of the
Country.
Attractions at the Medford Theatre
SCENE FROM "THE ROSARY," OPERA HOUSE, TUES. NIGHT, JAN. 30
Not willing to liavo heir sister
stntos ahead of her In anything, Ore-
Ron Is making a strenuous effort to1
havo equal suffrago win out at the
next election. Interest has been
aroused on that subject this week by
Miss Charlotto Whitney, president of
tho College ot Equal Suffrago league
of San Francisco, and Mrs, Helen
Hoy Greeley, a prominent suffrago
advocate of Now York City.
A reception was given to these
ladles Friday evening at Hotel Med
ford, when an Equal Suffrage club
was formed. And from this time on
Medford will probably do her part
In tho work which la being carried
on throughout tho state.
At this meeting Mrs. Grcoloy
oponed tho program with a short
address. In this sho gavo a review
of tho work which had been accom
plished upon suffrago lines. Mrs.
Greeley told of tho sweatshops In
Now York City and other cllles, the
underpaid shop and store girls, and
of tho great number ot girls and
women who arc today working for
less pay than is needful for them to
maintain n livelihood, and closed
with an appeal for Oregon to get in
lino with Washington and California
in a solid coast effort to help the
less fortunato women of tho east.
"Thcso things," asld Mrs. Greeley,
"do not appeal to men as they do
to women, for they do not represent
to them a llfo's work. Mothers are
interested in their girls, their boys
and In women who havo not the
right to be free from labor. Man has
occupied tho place of provider for
the family. Dollars to them repre
sent tho commodity that they hope
to interchange for tho happiness of
limit fn mtlf At A 0 n taii 1 tfinv rtn
not rcalizo tho enormity of tho sit-
ROGU
RIVER IS
UP MCE AGAIN
Still Lacks Four Feet of Rcnchinn
Height Recorded Last Year
Placer Miners Have Been Helped
by Rains.
Tweedledum and Tweedledec
(From llu' I'oi'tliMiil Orcgonliin.)
Those who complain about the de- rosary of pearls figures In tho uu
cadence of tho drama can offer no , folding of the plot, and Its final hap
sound criticism of "Tho Rosary," py denouement,
which was tho sensation of tho cast Tho play Is handsomely staged by
i.t .roixnii. I. not n rtMldous producers. Rowland and Clifford.
drama of tho heavy sort, lacking dn
entertaining qualities. On the con-
The heavy rains for the Inst few
ilns have raised (lie Kogno river to
a considerable extent, hut it yl lawks
four feet of being an high ns it was
at one time Inst winter.
The Rogue- is n rapid stream and
it dees tint inku long for u tlood to
reeede, even when it is ut an ox homo
height.
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placer miner and ho will continue to
he hcuclltcd for weeks to eoine. The
scarcity of rain in the past lias pre
vented uetive phu'or mining opera
tions which will now go rapidly forward.
DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE
PARTY FOR MRS. SHIELDS
trary, it is a delightful story of
evcry-day life, in which the plot
hinges upon the misery which creeps
Into a household through circum
stances which lead to suspicion and
Jealousy, and of a part which a priest,
Rev. Brian Kelly, plays In bringing
and Is enacted by a powerful noting
cast. "The Rosary' Is a play which
every lovor of a clean and enter
taining stago production should see.
Six companies, nil equally formed as
to strength of cast, aro touring tho
country qgaln this season, repeating
Uio tremendous hit that this play
made everywhere last yoar. It will
be seen at tho Medford theater on
about a correct understanding. A Tuesday, January 30.
ANNUAL METING OF SPECIAL MEETINGS
FAIR TO BE HELD SOON
nation. And women will havo to
bring about tho change."
Attorney B. E. Kelly, of this city,
followed with somo remarks on tho
"Legal Status of the Women of Ore
gon." Mr. Kelly gave a very vivid
and comprehensive talk on the sub
ject but could not loso an opportu
nity such as that was to "josh" a
little, but when he had gotten down
to a solid talk he said many things
which showed conclusively that he
could bo counted on as a supporter
of tho cause, and voiced tho senti
ment of many a stalwart, thinking
man in the state of Oregon when he
said: "If the men of this state bc
como convinced that the women real
ly want equal franchise, I am suro
that tho men will grant it."
Delaney Buried.
OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 27. .The fu
neral of tho lute Willium Delaney, the
noted trainer and manager of pugil
ists, was held this afternoon from the
undertaking pnrolrs of Albert Brown
here.
Tho annual meeting ot the Rogue
River Valley Fair association for tho
election of a board of directors and
any other business thnt may come
before the meeting will be hold on
Monday, February 5, at 7:30 p. m.
at the Hotel Medford. All stockhold
ers and any others who aro Inter
ested In n permanent county fair are
cordially invited to attend this im
portant meeting.
LADIES HELD A
The Womnn's auxiliary of tho Bap
tist church, successor to the Ladies'
Aid bouioty, mot in bmiues sesniou
Tuesday afternoon, voted oh a nw
constitution and elected the follow
ing officors :
President, Mrs. Garnctl; first vice
president, undecided; becond iee
president, Mrs. Steams; third vice
ARE ARRANGED
Rev. William lir-.iiLs l). D., L
pastor of the Third Presbyterian
church of Portland. He comes from
the work of n pastor to aid u pastor
in evangelistic work. Earnest, sane,
forceful and loving premutation of
truth for the strongest and noblest
diameter will he the object of those
meeting.
Dr. Parsons is n great preacher,
it clear thinker and IiU thought is
up to dat. Jesus Christ a8 the
Saior of the world will ho his theme.
You cannot afford to mi a single
service. All nr welcome.
Preaching overy evening at 7:30
o'clock, commencing JnntiHry 20.
Our eople are at work and wo
wepsti great results. According as
our interest is will he the results.
Theett meetings are for all the people.
Thursday afternoon tho ladies of
the Presbyterian church gave Mrs.
V. F. Shields a delightful surprise
at the Manse. So perfect were their
plans that not until the house was
full to overflowing with her friends
did Mrs. Shields suspect their pur-,
ixise.
After presenting her with n set of
sterling silver Knives and forks, a
sterling silver l0iiit, creamer and
sugar howl, and htt hut not least a
tine meat muster, some of the ladies
took possession of Hie pitched ami
served delicious refreshments. All
had a good time and left Mr. Shields
very happy and appreciative of their
kiudncvs and generosity.
Hasktns for health.
We nv in ilouht, after rending the I its submission Hint the amendment
news reports of tho supremo eouit
decision in the single (ax and mad
eases, us to wMiieh is the greater sub
ject o ninrvoil over, tho seeming in
ability of tho Cramers, of our initia
tive statutes Oo prepare an net thai
Ills the puhfii fcenliuieul which in
spires it or flic skill and agility of
our courts in Uhnt I line honored legal
practice known as splitting hairs.
Unfortuimtclty, the custom of tho
courts to ignnrV the practical, every
day knowledge that conies to them is
also time honored and therefore not
to he reversed. Tliey will rarely go
hack of the dra.ftiug of au not to de
termine what was its intent, take
knowledge of priblio discussion during
its pendency or seek to ascertain
whether there ever was any intent
that is knowledge by the legislature
or people ns to 'what they were voting
for. The court works backward. It
reads an act and decides what mean
ing the people or legislature ought to
have obtained from it. not how the
people or legislature did understand
it. They cull tho result of their in
terpretation tlm ''intent" of the lawmakers.
Thus it was that us a cold, matter
of fact proposition, (he people adopt
ed the single tux amendment without
any thought us In Its meaning other
than the thought that it repealed the
poll tax. .Hut tho supreme court, in
effect, toj the people now that their
intent was to give Clatsop county,
for example, the power and machinery
to vote out of existence the tax levied
by our state--not by the county on
every llsh cannery in Clatsop count v.
There were numerous other intentions
which in fact the people did not
know they had, hut thev will learn
of them in due time as tho r'cls paid J
bureau gets busy.
On the other hand, there was the
road bonding amendment. Kvorvbody
kuows now and knew at the time of
grew out of a desire of the several
'counties, principally ol Jackson coun
ty, to vole county linnds for mad im
provement. But, given court Inter
prctntinu, tho amendment discloses
that (his was not the intent of the
people. Our intonl, wo now icnrii to
our surprise, was simply to enable
tho legislature to provide us with the
machinery wherewith to bond coiiulies
for road improvement.
Perhaps tho mad amendment was
not measured by the yardstick of the
oretical intent, but given strict con
structinit. In any event, the tending
of the two decisions together justifies
the conclusion that either through
had wording or through hairsplitting
tendencies an absence of intent or
knowledge is overcome in one instance
and au actual intent replaced with a
theoretical one of opposite color in
the other.
It is not difficult to understand
how one judge should reach tho con
clusion that neither of these measures
was solf-eNoouliug hut it is difficult
to understand tho lino of reasoning of
those others who found one amend
ment self-executing and the other not,
unless in tho road bonding ease they
took shelter behind the theory that
indebtedness in the form of bonds is
not authorized, Yet to grant a county
power to increase its wurrnut in
debtedness, only upon consent of the
people, seems to us so impracticable
a procedure that no other intent th.iu
au authoriration of bonded indebted
iuwh could be construed to have been
held by the h'opc. What sense
would there ho iu spending several
thousand dollars iu an election to de
termine whether a warrant indebted
ness, which in theory is but a tem
porary indebtedness, should ho cre
ated iu uu amount perhaps not great
ly exceeding the election expend
itures 1 The direct legislative power
is now extended to municipalities by
I constitution mid general hliitulo. The
laws leave much, however, to bo im
plied. Likewise there Is nil inilelliillo
statute i elating to special elections In
counties, .Jackson county found it
thoroughly workable In tho lioiul elec
tion now declared invalid, Yet Intent
no more plainly expressed, so fur as
the ordinary mind can observe lit miu
than in the other, carries the tux
amendment into workublo effect and
fulls ns to tho bunding amendment,
Few of us suspected (hero was such
a vast difference between h1. mid a
half doxeu.
Lntllcs Aid Meets.
The Ladies' Aid society of llin
First Methodist Kpiscopal church
mot In regular session Wednesday,
'2 I'M) p. m., hi the church, a large at
tendance of ladles being piosout.
Committees for tho merchant' ban
quet, to ho given I'cbiuary II, weie
appointed and an excellent paper was
read hv tho president on "Tim lletler
lacuts of Work of tho I .adieu' Aid
Society." Two now member wore
received. After (ho close of the husl
uoss of the society a prayer meeting
in tho interest of the service, being
hold uightri in tho church by the pas
tor, was much enjoyed and was u
source of gieat good to thoo pren.
cut. Tho next meeting will he iu the
church Wednesday afternoon, .limn
ary 111. All members are urged lo
come utitl lend their presence and aid
to the work.
LOCAL TEAMS-ARE
DEFEATED AT BASKETBALL
Defeat was handed out to the boys'
and glils' basketball teams of the
high school last evening, the hoys be
ing whipped at Ashland and the girls
getting the small score at Omnls
Pass. Ashland piled up 117 s)lnts
lo Medford's ft ami easily played the
better game. Tlin girls were beaten
Jl lo .1. Tho boys will play a o
turn game at the ".Vat" February
and hope to turn the tables, ollth
teams bring back stories of coin Icons
treatment by officials and rooters.
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president, Mrs. Kent ; secretary, Mrs.
Ilolmos; tronBiirer, Mrs. Young. Thp
auxiliary meets next Tuesday, uldo at
2:30 p. in., at tho church.
Hasklns for health.
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