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MEDFORD MAIL TRTRITNE, MTCDFOnT). ORIWONT. WIOONKSDAV, FUB1UTAKY 21, 1912.
ARRESTED
SERIOUS
CHARGE
Deri Htovoll, a cook in n locnl ws
tnut'itnt wis nrreslcd lit noon Wml
ncsdny cliiirod vrtth a statutory
crime upon a complaint sworn to by
Mrs. Kffic ,Ioncs, nn oiphtccn year
old Rirl rrom Eugene. Stovcll will pro
bably lie given a preliminary hearing
thin nftomoon.
According to Hie story told to the
authorities by lrs. Jones, who in
fnid to hnve a splendid reputation
Stovel forced her by threatening to
hboot her.
Tlie girl's husband is at present in
the east on n short business trip. Her
father who resides near Eugene bit
been eoininunicated with and will pro
bably arrive in the city Thurdny.
ROOSEVELT PLEDGES HIMSELF
TO RADICAL INSURGENCY
(Continued From Page Two.)
that the people glvo a square deal
to any man engaged In big business
who honestly ondeavors to do what
Is right and proper.
All business into which the cle
ment of monopoly in any way or de
gree enters, and where It proves in
practice impossible totally to elim
inate this clement of monopoly,
should bo exercised by administra
tive, rather than by Judicial offic
ers. We should not fear, if necessary,
to bring the regulation of big cor
porations to the point of controlling
conditions so that the wageworker
shall have a wage more thau suffi
cient to cover the bare cost of living
and hours of labor not as excessive
ns to wreck his strength by the
strain of unending toil and leave him
unfit to do his duty as a good citizen
in tbo community. Whero regula
tions Ly competition (which is, 'of
course, preforable) proves insuffi
cient, we should not' shrink from
bringing governmental regulation to
the point of control of monopoly
prices, If it should ever become nec
essary to do so, just as In excep
tional cases railway rates are now
regulated.
Monopoly Unjustified:
I do not believe any absolute pri
vate monopoly is justified, but If our
great combinations aro properly su
pervised, so that Immoral practices
are prevented, absolute monopoly
will not come to pass, as the laws of
competition and eincloncy are
against It.
We stand for the rights of preperty
but wo stand even more for the rights
of man. Wo will protect the rights of
the wealthy man, but we maintain
that he holds his wealth subject to
the general right of the community
to regulate ts busness use as the pub
lic welfare requires.
We also maintain that the nation
and several states have the right to
regulate the terms and conditions of
labor, which is the chiof element of
wealth, directly In tho Interest of the
common good. You framers of this
constitution be careful so to frame it
that under It the people shall leave
themselves free to do whatever Is
necessary in order to help tho farm
ers of tho state to get for themselves
and their wives and children, not only
tho benefits of better farming, but
also those of better business methods
and bettor conditions of life on the
form.
Seo to it that no restrictions nro
placed upon legislative powers that
will prevent the enactment of laws
under which your people cacn pro
moto tho general welfare, the com
mon good. This also applies to the
police powers of the government.
J.ako it perfectly clear that on every
point of this kind It is your Intention
tnut the people shall decide for thorn
selves how fur tho laws, to achieve
to achlovo their purposes, shall go,
and thut tholr decision shall bo bind
ing upon evory citizen In tho state,
official or non-otflclal, unless, cf
course, tho 'supremo court of tho na
tion in any given caso, decidos othor-
WibO.
In tho first place, I bellovo In tho
tsliort ballot. Tho typo of boss who
Iiub inudo tho name of politician od
ious raroly hlmsolf runs for high
elect ivo office; and if ho does und is
elected, tho people have themselves
to blame,
I bollevo lit providing for direct
nominations by tho people, including
tuoroin direct preferential primarioti
for tho election of delcgatos to the
national nominating conventions.
Not as a mattor of theory, but as n
mutter of plain and proved otperiouco
wo find thut the convention system,
whllo It often records tho popular
will, Is also often used by adroit poli
ticians as u method of thwarting tho
popular will.
Initiative Favored.
I bollevo In tho election of United
Rtatos sonators by direct vote. Just
us actual experience convinced our
peoplo that presidents should uo
oleetod (ns thoy now uro In practice,
although not In theory) by direct
vote of tho people instead of by In
direct vote pf tho people through
an untrnmnioUnl electoral college, m
netunl experience has convinced ub
Hint senators should be elected by
direct vote by the people, Instead of
Indirectly thtough the various legis
latures. I bellovo in the Initiative and the
referendum, which should bo used
not to destroy representative govern
ment, but to correct it whoneer It
becomes nils-representative. In act
ual practice it bus been found In very
many states that legislative bodies
have not been responsive to tho popu
lar will. Therefore, I bellovo thnt
the state should provide for the possi
bility of direct popular action In or
der to make good such legislative
failure. The power to Invoke such
direct action, both initiative and by
referendum, should be provided In
such fashion as to prevont Its being
wantonly or too frequently used. I
do not believe that it should bo made
the easy or ordinary way of taking
action. In the great majority of ensos
it is far bettor that action on legisla
tive matters should be taken by those
speclnlly delegated to perform the
task; in other words, that tho work
should bo done by the experts chosen
to perform It. But where the men
thus delegated fall to perform their
duty, then It should be in the power
of tho peoplo themselves to perform
the duty.
Favors the Kccall.
Ae to the recall, I do not believe
that thcro Is any groat necessity for
It as regards short-term elective of
fices. On abstract grounds, I wns
originally Inclined to be hostile to It.
I know of one case where It was act
ually used with mischlevlous results.
On tho other hand, In three cases In
municipalities on the Pacific coast,
which have como to my knowledge, It
was used with excellent rosults.
I believe it should be generally
provlded, but with such restrictions
as would mnko It available only when
thcro is a widespread and genuine
public feeling among a majority !
tho voters.
Then remains the question of tho
recall of Judges. One of tho ablest
Jurists in the United States, a veteran
iu tho service to the people, recently
wrote me as follows on this subject:
"There aro two causes of tho agi
tation for the recall as applied to
judges. First, the administration of
justice has withdrawn from life and
become artificial and technical. The
recall is not so much a recall of
judges from office as it Is a recall .f
tho administration of justlco back to
life so that it shall, become, as It
ought to be, tho most efficient of al!
agencies for making this earth a bet
ter place to live in. Judges have set
their rules above life. Like the Phar
isees of old, thoy have said tho peo
ple be accursed, they know not the
law. (That is our rule.)"
Courts are Denounced.
Courts have repeatedly defeated
tho aroused morals of a whole com
monwealth.
Second, by the abuse of the power
to declare laws unconstitutional, the
courts have become a law-making, in
stead of law-enforcing agency. Here
again the settled will of society to
correct confessed evils tins been set at
naught by those who place motaphys
Ics above life. It Is the courts, not
the constitutions, that are at fault.
The Justlco between man and man,
between tho state and Its citizens,
Is n living thing, whereas legalistic
Justice Is a dead thing.
Moreover, never forget that tho
Judge s just as much a servant of
tho peoplo as any other offlci&l. Of
course, lie must act conscientiously.
Ho must not do any thing wrong be-
causo there is a popular clamor for
it. But in tholr turn the pooplo must
follow tholr conscience, and when
they have definitely decided on a
glvon policy they must have public
servants who will carry out that pol
icy.
Is a Last Jtcsort.
I do not bollevo In adopting tho ru-
cull savo as u last report, when It has
bocomo clearly evident that uo other
course will achieve tho desired re
sult. But either tho recull will have
to bo adopted or elso It will have to
bo made much easier than It now Is
to get rid, not merely of a bad Judge,
but of a Judge who, however virtuous
has grown out of touch with nodal
needs.
It Is nonsense to cay that Impeach
ment meets tho difficulty. In actual
practice, wo linvo found that Im
peachment does not work. But there
Is one kind of recall In which I very
earnestly bollevo, and the Immediate
adoption of which I urge. Kveiy
public servant, no matter how val
uable, and not omitting Washington
or Lincoln or Marshall, at times
makes mistakes. Therefore, we
should bo cautious about recalling the
Judge and wo should be caution
about interfering- In any way with the
judge In decisions which ho makes in
tho ordinary course as between Indi
vidual. But when a Judge decide
a constitutional question; when ho
decides what the peoplo as a whole
can or cannot do. the people Hluiuld
ltiwo tho right to recall that decision
If they think It wrong. We should
hold tho Judtclnry In nil respect, but
It ts both absurd and degrading to
make a fetish of a Judge or of anyone
else.
1 hold that now the American peo
pie as a wholo hae shown themselves
wiser than the courts In tho way they
have approached and dealt with such
vital questions or our day, uh those
concerning the pioper control of big
corporations and of securing their
rights to Industrial workers.
Keep clearly in view what aro tho
fundamental ends of government. Ue
menttter that methods are merely tho
machinery by which these ends are
to be achieved. I hope thut not only
you and I, but all our people may
ever remember that while good laws
aro necessary; while It Is necessary to
have the right kind of governmental
machinery, yet tho ulMmpot'tuut mat
ter Is to have the right kind of a iniin
behind tho law.
A good constitution, and Knot! laws
under the constitution, and fearless
and upright officials to administer
the lawn alt these aro necessary; but
tho prime requisite In our national
life Is, and must always be. tho pos
session by the average- cltlcu of the
right kind of character.
"Wo desire the niornllxntlon not
only of polltlrnl conditions, tint of
Industrial conditions, so that evory
force In tho couimuuty, Individual
and collective, may be directed to
ward securing for the average man
nml average woman a higher und bet
ter and fuller life In the things of
the body, uo less than those of tU
mind and the soul.
NEW SPRING GOODS
f000 yards fine Val.
laces and insertions,
good quality,
up to 10c val
ues, a yard ..
AT
3c
MANN
CENTRAL AVE. NEAR P. 0.
5000 yds. wide Tor
chon laces and inser
tions, up to
Toe values, a
vard ...
5c
The New Spring Suits and Coats Have Arrived
CATARRH, ASTHMA, COLDS AND
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
QUICKLY GO
Hero are some symptoms of ca
tarrh; it you have any of them got
rid of thorn by broathing HYOMKI.
It Is guaranteed to banish catarrh.
Iu your throat raw?
Do you snooze often?
Ik your breath foul?
Aro your oyes watery?
Do you" take cold easily?
Is your noso stopped up?
Do you havo to spit often?
Do crusts form In your noso?
Aro you worso In dump woathor?
Do you blow your noso a great
deal?
Aro you losing your Bonso of
smell?
Does your mouth tasto bad morn
ings?
Do you havo a dull feeling Iu your
head?
Do you havo a dlschargo from tho
nose?
Does mucus drop In back of
throat?
Complete HYOMKI outfit, which
Includes Inhaler, $1.00, oxtra bottles,
if needed, DO cents at Chus, Strang's
and druggists everywhere
"LA VOGUE" SUITS
Up to date in style, made of the best
materials, workmanship guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. Special values at
$15.00, $18.00, $22.50 and $35.00
"LA VOGUE" COATS
Made of all wool serges and fancy mix
tures, neat nifty styles, only one of a
kind all sizes and colors. Spocial
values at $5.98, $7.98, $10.00, $12.50,
$15.00 and $18.00
1,000 New Spring Waists on Sale
"Elk Brand" Mannish Shirts for wom
en, well tailored, every one guaranteed,
some with monogram attached. Special
values at $1.25, $1.75, $2.25 and $2.98
"Perfection" Brand of Lingerie waists,
something different, made of fine
lawns, voiles and marquisettes. Spocial
values at $1.25, $1.69, $2.25, $2.98, $3.48
$4.98 and $5.98
Great Display of .New Wash Goods
32-inch fine Zephyr Ginghams in plaids
stripes and checks, all fast col
ors, look and wear as well as
most 25c grades, very special
16c
New Japanese Crepes at 20c yard
Beautiful new Lawns, Tissues, Klaxons,
Organdies, Galateas, at very low prices.
Special -1000 yards fine new Batistes
in beautiful patterns, worth
121jC, special, a
8c
SPECIAL
Best Dress
Prints, a
yard
5c
SPECIAL
Good Bath
Towels,
each
15c
SPECIAL
Best Oil
Cloth, a
yard. ..
19c
SPECIAL
Good Dress
Ginghams
a yard ... .
10c
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THE MAN
Who makes Two blades of grass
grow where one grew before is
a Public Benefactor.
By this token how great benefac
tors are those who will transform
a region of indifferent crops,
because of LacR of rain at the
Crucial growing period, to a re
gion of Luxuriant Crops.
Irrigation Will Do It.
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY CANAL CO.
Fred N. Cummings
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Benson's
Bargains
Wo wish to impress you with the fact that we aro
Exchange Headquarters
What havo you got, and what do you want' Through uh
you iinn exchange, what you have for what you want.
Will exchange $8000 equity iu Metlford business lots for
clear property.
31 acres near Woswell, New Mexico, in alfalfa and apples.
Price $(5000; want pour or garden laud.
Will exchange 5 room house on Grape St. for close in acre
age. $3000.
25 lots on and near West. Jackson st.f Medford. Price,
$7500; will exchango for income city property or acre
age. 115 acres within l miles "I Woodville, S. P. By. runs
through tract, 35 or -10 acres fine alfalfa land, 3-1 mile
river front. Price $3250. Homestead relinquishment
near this place can be purchased at a reasonable figure.
I room house, large lot, water, KM) bearing grapes, chick
en house, good garden, strawberries. Price $1-100 cash.
100 acres within I miles of Medford, good subdivision
proposition; get details at office. Price $125 per acre,
terms.
10 acres in Lake county, Ore. Price $1200; will exchange
for auto or Medford lo(.
5-aerc garden tract near citv limits; good soil, house and
barn. Price $3500. $1500 will handle.
29 acres 2' miles south of city, 12 acres in orchard mostly
8 years old. Price $275 per acre. Terms; might ex
change. $100 down and $25 nionthlv buvs 'I room house on Court
st. .Price $2000.
25,000 business property, income payer, in Medford; will
exchange for ranch.
100 acres level land 10 miles north of Medford, nearly all
tillable. Price $50 per acre; will exchange for .Medford
city property, Seattle or Portland.
120 acres 17 miles N. W. of Medford, some improvements.
Price $3500; will exchange for Medford property or will
sell on very easy terms. Bclinquishnient on .1(10 acres
nearly adjoining can be purchased.
Some 20 acre tracts near Kaglo Point for sale or exchange
at attractive prices.
Several 10 acre tracts nearly adjoining city of Medford at
attractive prices.
5-acre tract suitable for chicken ranch within 3 blocks of
city limits. Price $2900, $1000 down balance in 3 years
or will take one half value in other property.
I room furnished house and about 1 1-1 acres ground,
barn, chicken house, paved street, water and sewer, all
kinds of fruit and berries on the place. Price $1500.
3 lots on Dakota ave., $250 each, cash.
12 acre tract inside Medford city limits, 10 acres in 18-vear-old
fruit trees, splendid subdivision proposition;
will plat Of) lots. Price $20,000, $0000 will handle, or
will trade for Medford income.
2 room new house, large lot, sewer and water; nothing
down, $15 monthly buys this. ( Price $550.
20 acres 2'o miles S. W. of Medford, all iu cultivation.
Price $0300, $1300 will handle; consider exchange for
city property.
Will exchange real estate for automobile.
We can finance mining propositions of merit.
List your alfalfa land with us. 'Wo have inquiries.
TODAY ALWAYS THE BEST DAY
WE AIM TO HANDLE ONLY REAL BARGAINS
We arc now located in our now quarters, corner
Main and Fir.
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Benson Investment Company
Real Estate, Mines
.CORNER OF MAIN AND FIR
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Phonos : Bell, 7991 ; Home, 234-L
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