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MEDFORD MAIL .TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, QRKflON. SATURDAY, KlWKrAKY !), 1012,
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Medford Mail tribune
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MKDFOUD rniNTINQ CO.
Tlio Domocrnllo Times, Tho Medford
Mall, Tlio Medford Tribune, The South
ern Orcgonlnn, Tlio Ashlnnd Tribune.
Offlco Mall Tribune nulldlnr. 26-2739
North Fir street; phono, Main 9021;
noma o.
QEOnOB PUTNAM, Editor and Manner
Sgj3
Entered aa eecond-cUmi matter at
Mod ford, Oregon; under the act of
March 8, 187.
Official Paper of tho City of Medford.
Official Paper of Jackaon Cou n ty.
8UBB0BIPTZ0K RATES.
One year, by mall 5.00
One month, by mftll 60
Per month, delivered by carrier In
Medford. Jacksonville and Cen
tral Point ....... ...... ........ .50
Saturday only, by mall, per year.. 8.00
Weekly, per year 1.60
HWOBW CXBCUXATXOir.
Dally averagn for eleven months end
ing November 80, 1911, 3TS1.
roll X.itd Wire United Tzn
Slipatohsa.
The Mall Tribune la on sale at the
Perry News Stand, San Frnnclneo.
Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland.
Powman News Co,, Portland, Ore.
vV O Whitney. Seattle. Woah.
JOLTS AND JINGLES
By Ad Brown
.
Tlo lrospcctor.
Say, J'vo Leon fooling 'round these
diggings
Sinco boforo I met -with you,
And I'vo made n heap of money
Por the men who staked me, too.
I am busted now but happy
I'vo been busted lots before
But I always have tho prospect
Of a heap ot gold In store.
I'm not asking you for money
To bo lifted from tho ditch.
But I sny, just you' grubstake mo
And I'll mako you blooming rich.
The world is growing better. A
crowd of wedding guests at Portland
boiled tho rice before bombarding
tho happy pair.
"Insurgent windbags mako tho
president tired," says a Portland
standpat paper. It Is even possible
that these some insurgents will make
him retired.
Miners haro a funny habit
Of departing from our fold
And returning of a sudden
With their pockets full ot gold.
"If you do not llko tho railroads
or other corporations," says Leslie's
Weekly, "why not buy stock In them
and sharo In the profits?" Deuced
clever Idea, Isn't it to tho man who
is making $2 last until next pay day?
Yes, tho mining men aro coming;
Saw a raft of them this noon,
Every one lias struck It lucky
Or will do so very soon.
You may say their tales are flighty
And that most will meet a fall,
But you must admit that they are
Rarest optimists of all!
HERE'S CHANCE TO
HELP THE LIBRARY
Tho following is a list of reference
books which tho library is anxious
to add to its collectien:
Adams Dictionary of American
Authors, $3. CO.
Bartlett Familiar Quotations, $3.
Bliss Encyclopedia of Social Jlo
form, $7.50. '
Crabb English Synonyms, $1.25.
Granger Index to Poetry and
Recitation, $5.
Hopkins Scientific American Ref
erence Dook, $1,50.
Lamed History for Ready Refer
ence, 7 vols., $38.50.
Parsons Luws of Business, $3.75.
Who's Who in America, $5.
World Almanac, 50 cents.
Thcso aro lint prices and a dis
count Is mudo to libraries,
Tho Debaters' Handbook nodes Is
vory useful and can bo purchased as
a whole, or tho separato volumes at
$1 npiece:
Capital Punlshmont.
Central Dank.
Child Labor,
Commission Plan of Municipal
Government.
Compulsory Arbitration of Indus
trial Disputes,
Direct Primaries,
Eloction of Unitod States Senators.
Employment of Women.
Enlargements of United States
Navy.
Federal Control of Interslato Cor
porations. lncoino Tax,
Initiative and Referendum.
Municipal Ownership,
Open Versus Closed Shop,
Parcols Post,
Woman Suffrage
Ilasklna for health.
THE CUCKOO
FOR n largo newspaper, tho Portland Orogoniau is sur
passingly little.
It permits its petty spite to stand in the way of state
wide progress. It is the best, example of reactionary tory
ism in the northwest.
Because it has adopted the policy of opposing every
thing that Governor "West champions, regardless of
merit, it is opposing the. good road hills put forth by the
state good roads association, under the specious plea that
the bills would create a political machine tor tho governor.
Oswald West is the onlv governor Oregon ever had who
over paid any attention to
is doing more for the state s highways' than all the pre
vious governors put together.
Figures presented by the governor show that Oregon
counties have spent over $50v,000,000 on roads and the
amount has been largely wasted spent haphazard, with
out scientific direction.
The counties of the state spent $S32,752 in 190G on
roads and bridges. In 1907 thev spent $1,217,24S. In
190S thev expended $1,600,537; in 1909,, $1,820,685; in
1910, $2,687,717, and in tho first six months of 1911,
$1,675,046. In the five vears and six months thev spent
$9,S33,9S9.-12.
Because the governor adopts the plans suggested by
the state association for the
money, theretore the Oregoman opposes the needed im
provement.
The carping, narrow, provincial attitude of the Orc
gonian reflects the mossback spirit that has so retarded
the growth and development of the state for decades,
which is the main reason why we are still wallowing in
the streaks of mire called roads, despite our fifty million
dollar expenditure.
The rising spirit of enterprise has nullified the Ore
gonian's influence and made it a cuckoo clock of hoodoo
ism. "Whenever it begins to cuckoo against any measure,
movement or man, that particular subject becomes des
tined for success.
It takes more than the cuckoo of a hoodoo to check the
mighty good roads movement.
DR. WITHYCOMBE AND
DR. "WITHYCOMBE in a letter which was published in
The Mail Tribune. repeats the statements which he
made in his talk before the Merchants' association at Med
ford. lie insists that he is a friend of the farmer and yet
asserts that he sees no reason why the farmer should be
a business man: '
Dr. AVitlrycombe's contention that the public? market
is an unorganized chaotic method of doing business is en
tirely without foundation and is refuted by a statement
which he himself makes in his letter, namely, that the
market at "Washington, D. C, is successful; but he would
rather consider the brains which have made the Washing
ton market successful something superior to what we have
in the Rogue River valley, and likens the citizenship of
Medford and its surroundings to that ot the "professional
hucksters of a low standard of citizenship" such as he says
he found at Columbus, Ohio. He is even unwilling to give
us the benefit of a (loubt.
If we have been able to make Medford a cttv beautiful,
we are certainly able to keep it so and have no fear of
having its beauty marred by the citizenship surround
ing us.
Farmers of the Rogue River valle' are not covered
with moss and do not represent the class which it seems
Dr. Withycombe has been dealing with in his surround
ings. The citizenship of the Rogue River valley repre
sents the best that the country at large can afford; there
are more men and women with college degrees on the
farms of the Rogue River valley than there are men with
degrees in the institution of which Dr. "Withycombe is
director.
Business men are not wanting in the Rogue River val
ley. There are any number of successful business men
who have made good before coming here, and we will at
least trust to their intelligence rather than the advice and
warning of a professional politician.
Medford will have a public market and it will be a
success. Dr. Withycombe will have an opportunity to use
the information we can give him in the course of a"ywir or
two to publish a bulletin on "How to maintain a success
ful public market."
OUR DEFECTIVE SCHOOLS.
THAT the local schools are not the only ones in which
pupils are defective in the common rudiments, the
three It's, but that the same conditions exist throughout
the schools of the state is gleaned from the columns of ex
changes. The Salem Journal remarks:
"People art; wondering why so few people in the gram
mar grades can pass in ordinary tests of the common
branches.
"Of coui-se, it is political
thing done in the name ot public education in this state.
"But that does not settle anything in this situation,
where, after eight years in school, children cannot even
spell.
"Take the record in Benton county, where, out of
thirty-nine eighth grade graduates, only four could pass
the examination.
"Seven more were conditioned and may make up two
studies by next June, but the fact remains tweilty-eight
failed outright.
"In Marion county twelve out of 118 passed, but seven
of these were conditioned holdovers, who tried a second
time.
"In Benton county 75 per cent failed in spelling, 50 in
geography. 75 por cent in arithmetic and 44 per cent in
grammar." I ' mmwmmMWm
So it runs throughout the state. Jackson county is in
the same class, but with a higher average.
Perhaps the "inbred" system of employing ns lencliors
OF A HOODOO.
good roads, lie has done and.
scientific expenditure of road
THE PUBLIC MARKET.
heresy to call in question any
raw, inexperienced youths and voung women, tho latest
product of these same defective schools, in preference to
trained experts who have made a life study of tho sub
ject is partially to blame.
Anyway the (raining being given the youths of Oregon
in the public schools is a sorry joke.
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
Horns from tlio Mrdlrd Mail
l' lYliruuvY a. ISM.
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(.Vulval I Viul Hern: Miss ,U(ic
Nicholson of near Medford is .op
piiur in (own (his work.
Mr. I lurry Sovcviw ami Mrs. Mnvv
Sticklin wore married nt tlio home of
tho Initio in Conlvnl Point. .Ituiunry
IW, by Justice of the Pence V 11. A.
Temple. Thoy will reiV Kk'o
I'oint.
.1. C. Hull of Central I Vint, who
lu'coiiipnuiotl (ho (niiiiloml of douk
to Portland Inst wook, report one
stoor weighinj;1 IKlflfl pound. They
wore pronounced tlio finest lot of cut
tle Hint have reuehed Hint market for
u lonj; time.
Heal estate trniu-fer: .1. l. hums,
don ot nl. to Ktniuii Morriiuitii, lot 11,
Mock D, LutiiMlcnV addition to Med
ford consideration :?r.
(J. A. I lover, tlio gcntleiunii who re
ceived a .severe cut in the unit tit the
pork packing house muiio wcjks npi,
has boon having a hard Megc with
erysipelas and blood jHiisim the past
week or two. It stems the wound
healed over too mioh and before the
inner parts had been u'iveu time to
heal properly, resultinsr in the wound
opening up anew ninl wotso than nt
tlrst. The gentleman' life was de
spaired of for a few days last week.
but lie is now improving .mid will
probably got around all right again,
although it will he -cvcrnl wook be
fore ho can again cot to work.
The Medford business college loo.
l." .students now taking the mirmitl
course, four of whom expect to take
Mate diplomas. The progress of all
.student is very rapid and inn di
credit is given Profe.-or Kigby for
his thorough, pushing propensities as
mi instructor.
h. K. Hoover, special agent for the
Singer Sewing .Machine company will
leave for a business trip to Wed
Hltiff. Oil., the llrt of next wook.
Bert Whitman returned this week
from his Portland trip. Hi business
hence was thatdf tlising of a
iiiuiitity of apple irum his celebrat
ed fruit packing establishment, lie
found fruit in ipiite good demand and
unloaded a goodly amount.
"W. W. Caldwell brought in a hand
some specinien oft quartz this week
from the prospectgowiied by himelr
and Francis Fitch? The piece, which
wns by no moan n small one, con
tained moro gold! than quartz, and
has considerably stimulated the own-
ers of the claim. The claim lies
about seven milfi south ot Medford.
Last Thursday while II. II. Wolters,
an employe in the Mother- meat mar
ket, was engaged in cutting saiisiigc
meat, the second liugor of his lett
hand came in too close contact with
the knivos and the finger was so bad
ly cut as to necessitate amputation
nt the first joint. Tho wound is do
ing nicely and the gentleman will be
cutting suusage again in a short
time, but we'll wages he'll cut more
sausage and less finger hereafter. ,
The Southern Oregon Packing com
pany shipped a carload of lard and
bacon Saturday night, ami Monday a
carload of bacon mid hams- both to
hang & Co., Port la lid.
Messrs. Huberts & O'N'eil have
their new residence on A street near
ly completed. The main building is
LM by ''( feet in mzo with mi h 1 1 by
18 and porches on three sides.
We struck the trail of a good min
ing item this week, but before we
could dig it up it had taken it back
(tail for the "diggins."
Indications favorable to Hie early
erection of our busitnwi college are
looking brighter with tho setting of
each day's sun. Tho committee which
has the matter in charge has no such
word us fail in the category of its
make-up.
William I "1 rich U building a resi
dence on N'orth ( street.
Miss Millie SolUw, who is intend
ing the Medford business college,
Suiidayed with her parents at Griffin
Creek.
Griffin Creek ilem: Wiliner Me.
Plierson has moved his grubbing ma
chine down to Asa Kordiee's anil is
clearing up some land lor Mr. For
dice. Griffin Bros, are preparing for a
busy season. llcsidcH their fruit mid
gruin crops they will run u header
and steam Hircnlmr.
Griffin Cicek can boast of moro
good looking giils than uny oilier pre
cinct of its size in Hoiitliern Oregon,
Numerous young men of Medford ap
preciate this fuel, and Ihe liveryman
rejoiceth that it is ho.
HaBklns for health.
Valley
Second Hand Store
Buys and Sells Second-Hand Goods,
Copper, Rubber, Brass, Etc.
H. J. PILCKER, Prop.
15 North Fir
Uoiuo fl5i Bell ,1072
i ORCHARD COMPANY
! online iHwrornno
OlluUu IIIICO Uldl
I'OUThAN'l). Ore.. IVb. a. Sov
oral hundred thou wind do I In in wore
lost by Inventors In Oroson through
the cullnvwa or the Columbia ltlvov
Orchard company. I'or two dayn the
offk-o of A. J. Ilelhl, who handled
the company's hunlucH here, Iiiin
been hcstoKOd by his putroiiM. Ilelhl,
however, remained away from the
office.
A number of people who pur
chased the bonds by mortgaging and
seeding tholr homes stand to lone
even thing
Dr. E. Kirchgessner
Practice limited to cliouio diiU'iieos.
HOTEL HOLLAND
Wcdnosdins.
Hours, 10 to .'I.
Clark S Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, I). C.
Public Land Matters: Final Proof.
Desert Lands, Contosta and Mining
Canes. Scrip.
Associate Work for Attorneys
REAL ESTATE
Willamette Valley Farms
of all description,
Garden anil Fruit Lands, Timber
Lands.
Some excellent bargaiiiH in AL
BANY CITY PKOPlillTY.
Write or call on
J. V. PIPE
203 West Second St.. Albnnv. Ore.
Noyesft Black
HOUSi: AND SHiNTAINTINCJ
Up-to-Dato Auto nnd Cnrrlago
Painting, (Sold Leaf Signs and
Interior Decorating a Specially.
Shop and Offlco
S. (.'niH) and lOlh St.
Offlco Phono 7771. Rob. 7212.
All Work Positively Guaranteed.
PLUMBING
Steam and Hot Water
Heating
All Work Guaranteed.
Prices Itoaaunubln.
COFFEEN & PRIOE
35 Ilownrd Block, Sntranco on Otli St.
Faclflo 3031. ' Horn 340.
Medford Real Estate
& Employment Agency
roit balk:
9 acres 1 Vj iiiIIcb out, $7500.
20 ncroii at KubIo Point, $2100.
20 ncroa I! iiiIIob out, 18 n. to
pears, $.'1500.
25,000 aerou for colony or nub
dlvlHlou, l.'IO acroH In orchard, a flrat
cIhhk proportion.
80 ncrcH, 40 In bearing orchard,
1 Vi mllCH out.
1C0 acres l i mllca out, $150
por ncro.
tiiadi:
Apartment Iioiiho with 7G rooms
In California.
40 iicroH 2 mlloa from Qrooloy,
Colorado,
LarKO dwollliiK In Grand Junc
tion, Colo, y
100 acroa In Wold Co., 'Colo.
I havo land to trado In Kansas,
Idaho, California, almost any
where List your proporty for
Halo or trado,
I havo partlcH who want fur
nished houses, also vacant ones.
MIHCKMjAfflSOUfl
Horses for Halo.
List your proporty with us.
KMPLOYMKNTr.
Waitress.
Woman to conic on a ranch,
Qlrlu for genoral liouuowork,
E. F. A. BITTNER ,
ROOMS G AND 7, PALM BLOCK
Opposite Nash Hotel
Phono 4111; Home, 14, '
BENSON'S
BARGAINS
Wo wish lo impress von
willi tho I'lU't that wo arc
EXCHANGE HEAD
QUARTERS Tlmmtrh us you onn ox
elmiiKo what you don't, want
for what vou do want.
What have you to o.U'liuime for prop
el ty in Seattle, Portland, Willtim.
cite Valley, Im AngcloK, Hoiitli
ern California, Idaho or New
Mexico? Call at our office. We
might he able to match your
I nolo.
DON' DE CROWDED
Why live in Mlurfy-i furnished
housekeeping iiioiun, lackini;.
noiuc comiori anil piivuc, wiicn.
for '?HHI to $,'100 jik initial pin
mont you j'tiii buy a real home,
paying balances monthly, like
rent Ask us for details.
Legitimate milling pfopattlluii fi
iiuncetl. l'Jt) nciow snloliill fruit much, deep
miiI, liiiihlliifr; piioo Jflliltll!; Mill
consider ec!inii;o for Medtord
eity prolyl ty.
WOULD YOU
pity .r.'iaOH for a &Qu( iwidnni
and lot proponltioh fS'ttiMtml 'lu
Medfoid'x mont vxijIiipIvo icjii
ilcnce district 700 oio-h
handle. I(iiid iiiveslijjHtion in
Mtril. A I'onl hnryuiti nitrel).
BoariiiK orcliHidM and orulmnUi jut
coining Into InmrioK, within one
mile of Medford, In Intel rang
ing from eight Nurtw up, chii int
purchased through iuji nt vry
attractive priuM jual now.
$500 hoiiHNttuttd ruliHiUiiliiiietii for
mile.
Will e.liaio iwul iIlo fur
mobile,
auto-
Will exchango limhur
eipiilioc.
for lol or
$1200-1(1 nuros in l.ulu! (joiiiily, Oiu
oii lo xiiliiiliiu for Medford
loin or t!(ii!y in honlu,
$29005 iioriw, praclioally ailjoiiiiiiff
eity, Miiiiniiic lor Miibdivikion or
cliicliiiii ranch,
BENSON
INVESTMENT
COMPANY
REAL ESTATE - MINES
.ill I (MltXICTT.COItUV Itlll 1,1)1 NC
Phenes: Hell, 701) Ij Home, .'CMC
rf f
Willi RE TO GO
TONIGHT
STAR
THEATRE
Al.WAVH IN Till! I.KAI)
Under dliecthin of People Ainimn
meiil Company
.Motion PIcluicN i:tliiNlvcly
1000 feet of feotnro I'llin liini)
"A HOI'TIIKUV MOV OC 'nt"
A HtlrrliiK War Drama
TAII IX HIS OWN CtIX"
Powerful Drauia
"MOW TOMMV NAVKD lIH
PATH UK"
TlirlllliiK Story of a l.lltlo llny'M
Mi nun y
"MILL'S HILI.K"
A Ileal LaiiKji ('inducer
AL SATIIIvIt
lu Song
Till; "WOOLWOHTHS"
They Play Music and ICf feels to
Suit the Pictures
Vour Oon Cood Juduiiieiit Will
AcUuouIedo Our SuiM'rlorlty lu
Mvery HcNtwct
AiIiiiIkhIoii IOc. Malliico cery tf
ISIS
THEATRE
TONIGHT
(THUS AM) l VAX
Character Chauuo Artlnln.
Acrobatic and ICcceutrlo
Dnncum.
It's at nu extra cost that we liuvo
bciiu nhlu to pariunilo thtmo pk
pl lo bnmk their Jump between
the Orphoum lu Portland and Knu
Kraurlseo. Drop lu and wo a root
Orphcuim act one IIUo wo Mddom
co In hiiimII (owns.
Wu Peatiiro Our Now Dp to Dale
OIKTIHKTHA
Consisting of four pieces.
The host wuslo lu town,
(ho iih n tilal.
Onco you come .you will conu
again.
Threo reuls X0Q0 feol of Kino
Pllm.
Spwlnl .Mntlnuu.
Huturdiiy and Kuiiday 2 p. in.
Ktoiilug PcrforuiHtico 7 p. in.
Medford Theatre
.s.vTVim.w, run. :
THIS .. C. WIIITXHV
OPHHA COMPAXV
PresuutliiK
The Chocolate
Soldier
HoiiIm now on iiulo lit I IuhI; I mi
Kiitlro lower floor , f 2.00
rimt 1 rowa balcony 2.00
N'oxt 2 ro wh In balcony,,., l.r.O
HuHurvud K't'Iury 1.00
(lenoral adtiilHulun l.O'l
IF YOU OWN
A LOT
Wo will Inilld you a homo on
monthly payments.
MEDFORD REALTY AND IM
PROVEMENT COMPANY.
M. F. and H. Co. Dulltllng
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