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Home 70.
QEOltaU PUTNAM, Editor nnd Manager
Entered ns second-class matter at
Medford, OrfBon, under the act of
Match I, 1879.
Offlnlat roper of the City of Medford.
Official Papnr of Jnckaon County.
BUBScntrrrort SATES.
One year, by mall ',02
Ono month, by mail 80
Per month, delivered by carrier In
Mod ford, Jacksonville and Cen
tral Point .80
Saturday only, by mall, per year.. $.00
Weekly, per year '.SO
JOLTS AND JINGLES
By Ad Brown
Give mo nn ax nnd n spade and a pan
And n bill that looks pood to a min
ing man,
All I ask of you.
And I'm off again on tlio old, old trail
Thnt points to wealth if the loads
don't fall,
An they often do.
I'm a mlnlup man as has rocked a
pan
From Alnskn down to the Rio Gran',
And I always say
Atiiat I know in my heart fore 1
grow old
I'll bo rich as a kliiK with the very
gold
That I find some day.
My pack is full nnd I know my way,
So I'm off again at the break of day
To a whistled tune;
For I know that riches are coming to
mo
Ileforo I am withered and bent of
kneo
And that'll bo soon.
A Learned Suggestion
Dear J. & J. Portland wished to
curb tho soapbox orators. Now my
Idea is to enjoin grocers from selling,
giving, or allowing to go out of their
possession any and all empty soap
boxes. Does tho Idea appeal? Prof.
I. N. Sane.
Portland physicians aro against
the roller towels. We used to know
a farmer's wife who had a storage
battery addition to her roller towel,
so fitted out that whenever the hired
men pulled on the towel power was
laid by for the family washing.
The editor of the paper who helped
start the riot at Rock Island is nam
ed Looney. A lot of us know who's
Looney now. .
Spring has come, people 'are dig
ging garden, painting fences, and
cleaning houses. Our United States
senate has applied its annual coat of
whitewash to Senator Lorlmer.
They say old Dunn has it doped
he's won already before the race has
begun, and then again, some others
maintain he Is running as fast as
Darnum's train.
Moral Support.
"I'm strong for Bob La Follette,"
A fellow said today,
' And when the votes are counted
I hope they go his way.
You bet I'll fight for Robert
From tho drop of tho hat,
nut I'll have to vote for Wilson
For I'm a democrat."
COMMUNICATION.
To tho editer: Dear Sir In your
Issuo of the 22nd lust, your Eagle
roint correspondent records among
his list of "remarkable incidents,"
ono which never occurred.
Wo aro made to appear as an op
pressor of innocent maids and os
setting ourselves up as dictator in
educational matters.
Tio facts are: A lady camo hero to
apply for our school, having sent
word she was coming. Wo mot hor,
took her homo with us, entertained
her over night nnd took her back
tho next day.,
Wo questioned her as' to her train
ing and experience and ability to
teach.
Sho was a stranger In tho state,
never having taught or taken an ex
amination In the stiito and had no
certltlcato valid in this state. Wo
callqd up Superintendent Wells by
phgno and he said hp would grant
her a pormil, till noxfexnliilnntion.
Wo found sho hud both a univers
ity and normal training. The school
board had loft tho hiring of a teacher
entirely with mo, with' Instructions
to ongago a compotont toucher. We
pay wngos ubovo tho ayorugo, to so
euro what wo want.
Why romurkublo that wo should
deslro to seo, and talk with u person
to whoso euro wo are to entrust tho
training of tho mlndB of our chil
dren? Wo aro through engaging
toacliors who have nothing to recom
mend thorn.
UcoaiiBO a person can puBa tho re
quired .Qx,amlnutlotho Is not nocos-
THE GALL STONE SCRAMBLE.
WHAT kind oT n biur is il thai iiidtu'os the impos
sible, incapable, unfit and misfit to run for office f
The direct primary, in its initial stages at any rate,
seems productive of bringing out many candidates who
have no other qualification than an o'erleaping egotism.
an exaggerated head and an abnormal enlargement of gall
glands.
Mental weaklings grotesquely imagine themselves lejtd
eis of men and pigmies see themselvcsH'eftccted as super
men in the mirrors of their imagination. ' . -4
The unknown do little or nothing feels "himself inspired
to leap from nowhere into M,ie spotlight and .for a few
fleeting minutes he struts and poses till an unkind fate
kicks iiim back into the impenetrable obscurity from
whence he came.
Under the old caucus and boss system, these aspira
tions from oblivion were usually squelched stillborn, un
less circumstances justified their use as tools of corrup
tion. Under the new order, there is nothing to prevent
any human jackass from running for anything in the pub
lic service, from coroner to United States senator and
von will find them braving
!Most of these ferocious
feathers pulled in the primary election but some manage
to slip into office, just as some got in under the old
regime.
Power is a new thing to the people. Only recently have
they been permitted a voice in the naming of candidates.
The candidates were named for them and they were per
mitted to vote for a choice between those selected by the
bosses.
Kept divided by party labels, the people voted blindly
according to label regardless of the- individual or his
principles and really it made little difference for the
candidates of both parties were usually selected by the
samft boss.
Everything possible has been done by the old leadei's
to undermine and discredit the new system. Those better
fitted for office have-been influenced or scared out of par
ticipation. The old guard has repeatedly worked for the
unfit in order to undermine the system ami secure by
reaction a return to power.
However, these things will adjust themselves in the
course of a few veal's. A better type of citizenship will be
developed and as the judgment of the majority is nearer
right than the judgment of a few self-interested, a better
type of candidate will be evolved.
2fcv conditions develop new leaders. As the pooplo
stud)' government by participation in it, as they learn
judgment by experience, it will be far harder for the
inflated human gall stone to secure public office by fool
ing them and it will be impossible for corruption to place
willing tools in the seats of the mighty.
SPRING EAST AND HERE.
AST. LOUTS newspaper of March 21 contains an ac
count of the coming of spring in the middle west and
eastern states that makes one glad that he lives in the
Rogue River valley, where spring is on to her job and
long ago ceased to linger in the lap of winter. Thus is the
advent of spring in the Mississippi valley heralded:
"This is the first dav of spring. The sun entered Aries
last night at G:29 o'clock.
"A blinding storm of snow and sleet marked the
change in the North Central states yesterday and last
night. Disaster was heaped upon transportation facilities
and communication service.
"Half a hundred cities were shut off from communi
cation with the rest of the world when miles of telegraph
and telephone poles were blown down or wires were cov
ered with ice until broken. It appears that March, com
ing in like a lion, will go out the same way.
"Steam and electric railroads, urban and interurban,
were brought to a standstill in the territory affected by
the storm. In several instances trains were snowbound.
Snow again is falling tonight and ovevy effort will be made
to prevent another blockade. The indications, however,
are for a heavy all-night snow."
In the Rogue River valley the hills are green with the
soft verdure of spring. Wikl flowers spill their fragile
fragrance, carpeting the earth in many colors. The rank
perfume of the blossom ladened orchard is wafted by gentle
winds. "Whistle of meadow larks and melody of robins
usher in the jocund day as the sun showers the hills with
gold.
THREE COUGARS
BAGGED ONE DAY
lien Lewis who resides in the Hay
IluUo district lias probably won the
liuntinir honors of the season. On
Wednosiluy of this week, lie killed
tlireo cougars in one day, nil within u
radius of two tnilos of li'm home.
For some time Mr. Lewis litis been
bothered by wild animals which at
tack his stool;. Two weeks ago lie
started on a determined hunt. For
several days his efforts were vain,
hut Wednesday afternoon he hh'c
cecdoc) in finding three cougars, each
in u difforon't locality, und killing
them.
Mr. Lewis was in Medford today
with the skins nnd will seek the state
bounty on tho animals.
sarlly fitted to teach, Wo have no
schools to properly train teachers for
this work. Wo supposed wo were
doing our duty carefully and guard
ing Interests of tho pcoplo whom wo
sorvo. Should this bo held up ns re
markable? Hotter try again,
Very truly,
M. II. CUSICK.
rEDKOiB" ir7crr; trtbitke, Mfim?orcn, oktwon,
for all the offices.
egotists get the peacock
FALLING TREE
E
W. B. O'Brien of FJ1: creek is in
Medford purchasing Hipplics to re
plenish his home, which was badly
damuged'hifit Tuesday when a lmu
fir tree, without warning feel, nnd
crashed through tho building. Luck
ily Mr. O'Brien with his wife and
child were not in the Iioiikd when
the nccidunt occurred. Otherwise it
is almost certain that the accident
would have resulted in a tragedy.
Mr, O'Brien has resided in (he cab
in for (wo years. Near it stood n
huge fir tree which gave no evidoiico
of decay. The reason for its full :
an unexplained mystery to Mr.
O'Brien us yet.
Prayer Meeting to Punish
LOS ANGI3I.KS, Cal March 30.
Elmer liurge, Joseph Sanders und
Clarenco Wheeler, uggregato ugo 22,
tied a cat and a dog together and
throw thorn Into a prayer meeting.
Tho udjourncd uorvlro will bo held
tonight und tho boys must attend as
punishment.
SMASHES
DM
POLITICAL CARDS
(l'uld Advertisement.)
County cloifc.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for tho democratic nomination
for tho otflco of county cleric, nub
Ject to the will of tho otern of that
party at thu primaries. I promise
tho people or Jackson county that In
enso of my nomination nnd olort'on I
will fulfill tho duties of tho office ac
cording to law and tho boat of my
kuowledgu and ability.
W. H. MILLER.
Gold Hill, Ore., Feb. IC. 11U2.
For Sheriff.
I announce myself a a candidate
for sheriff, promising a 'continuance
of tho buslnussllko administration I
have given tho office in the pant,
A. JON'IBS.
County Recorder.
I nm a candidate for a second
term for tho office of County Re
corder on tho Republican ticket, ub
Ject to tho coming primary.
1 havo conducted the otflco to the
best of my ability, tho books aro al
ways open for Inspection and fool
that I am entitled to a jtccoml term.
FRED 1,. COLVIG.
For I'roHci'iilliig Attorney.
I hereby an no unco myself as a
candidate for tho democratic nomi
nation for tho offlco of prosecuting
attorney for tho first prosecuting at
torney district of Oregon, embracing
the counties of Jackson and Jose
phine, subject to the will of the vot
ers of that party at tho primaries,
and I plodgo tho people of Jackson
and JoMophlne counties that in the
event of my nomination and election
I will fearlessly, Impartially and to
tho best of my ability prosocuto all
violations of law in raid district and
endeavor to administer tho duties of
said office with tho utmost efficiency
and economy. K. B. KKLLY.
For Iteprv.Ncntatlve.
I respectfully preuvnt my nnmo as
candldato for representative to the
republican voters nt tho coming pri
mary, rhavo been oncu honored by
the people of Jackson county, having
been chosen to represent them in tho
state assembly two years ago. If
nominated and elected, I shall do In
tho future as I have lu tho past:
give to my constituents as lione.it und
faithful servlco as lies within my
power. I redJiottJuifctlvrj'aro mat
ters of importanco to southern Ore
gon that will como up in tho next
meeting of the legislature at Salem,
and it will be my earnest dohlro if
elected to act to tho fullest satisfac
tion of all tho pooplo of Jackson
county.
J. A. WBSTERLUND.
For County t'omnilsNloiirr.
I heroby aunounco myself as can
didate for the nomination of county
commissioner for tho four year term,
subject to tho endorsement of thu
republican voters at tho primary
election April 19, 1912.
It nominated and elected I will
during my tonn of offlco couduct the
business of Jackson county on a
strictly bualnoss basis, and to the
best Interests of tho taxpayers, and
without fear or favor to any party,
parties or to any particular section
of tho county.
W. C. LEEVKR.
For County Judge.
I am a candldato for tho nomina
tion of county Judge of Jackson coun
ty to bo dntermlnad by tho will of
tho voters at the primaries April 19,
1912. If I am nominated und elected
I will during my term of office, ax
soon as lawful authority of tho voters
can be secured, bond tho county and
begin the construction of a scientific
system of permanent roude. Ono mil
lion and a half dollars Is not too
much for this purpose. Hut a dol
lar's valuo must bo hud for ovory
dollar spont. I will ppposo increas
ing tho county's warrant Indebted
ness and will endeavor to reduce tho
samo and restore Uio county'A credit.
I will uRsumo full responsibility for
a business administration of evory
county offlco, '
p. E. MKRU1CK.
County Clerk.
I announco mysoir an a candldato
for tho republican nomination for the
offlco of county clork, aubjoct to tho
primaries April 19, 1912.
N. L. NAKREGAN.
County Recorder.
I heroby announco myself as a can
dldato for tho republican nomination
for tho offlco of county recorder, sub
ject to tho will of tho voters of that
party ut tho primaries. I wan born
and rnisod at Eaglo Point, Oro. I
havo for tho past two yearn been
deputy in tho UBScssor'H offlco anil
all I ask tho pooplo to do la to look
up my chnructor nnd past record bo
foro casting their baflots.
CIIAUNCBY FLOREY.
l'or Hhcrlff.
I respectfully present my name to
tho republican voters u candldato
for sheriff of Juck'son county at tho
sathrdav, makcit no.
xrz
coming primaries, t have nerved
two tonus ns countable of Medford
illstrlt-t. and If nominated and elected
I shall nerve I lie people In llio fill lire
u lu the pitMt.
AUG. I). 8INOLER.
For AtM-MMir,
I hereby aunounco mynolf utt a can
didate for n hoi'OihI tonii for county
usewor, tiiibject to the republican
pilniarloH, April III, I ill it, ud prom
ise If nominated and elected to do
my duty lu tho futnro n 1 have lu
the pntit. W. T. OR I EVE.
For HepicscntutUo,
I hereby announce myself nt a can
didate for the nomination as one of
thu two rHprutMtlvM to the nutem-
lily for Jackson county, to b chosen
by tho republican voter nt the pri
mary election April l'J. ID I it.
My two Interest--thu ranch nt
Central Point und law practice
having brought me lu touch with
condition eoufroutlux both the (arm
or and tho buslueatt man, lu consent
lug to make tho race for tho nomina
tion for ropnwoiilutlve, l wlnh to
state that I am lu fnvor of well built
highway, constructed along econoin.
IchI and scientific lines. I bivor such
laws as will enable our orcharding
to protect and cure for their orchardH
lu tho bout poHttlblo manner. 1 be
llee lu tuich loxlMlutlou ns will pro
tect and safeguard nil tho Interests
of tho pcoplo lu matters of taxation,
railroad rates and efficient public
service.
And If nominated and elected, I
will glto to each taxpayer lionem.
efficient nnd hunlneTikii Hcrvlce.
JOHN II. OARICIN.
Prosecuting Allurncy.
I hereby announce mylf ns a can
dldato Tor tht offlco of preNcctiMui:
attorney for the Flrat prosecuting at
torney district of Oregon, cominH
lug the rouritlffl of JuckMin and Jo
sephine, subject to Mho will of the
republican votera at the primaries.
If nominated ami elected I will
prosecute all violation of the law
and will faithfully discharge the du
ties of the office, honestly. Impar
tially, economically and to the bet
or my ability.
H. K. IIANN'A.
Jacksonville. Ore.. March II. 1912.
For Sheriff.
To tho Jtepubllentia of Jackaon
ceunty:
1 hereby announce that 1 am a can
didate -for thu Republican nomination
for sheriff of Jackson county, Ore.,
subject to the wIhIioh of tho voters of
the Iiopublicnn party, to be expressed
at the primary election on April 19th.
1912. In ciihu I should be nominated
and elected to tho said office, I promise-
tho people of Jackaon county a
buslnotmllkc administration of tho of
fice. KM.MKTT HBKSON.
l'or Pioseciillug Attorney
I hereby announco myself a candi
date for the republican nomination to
the offlco of prosecuting nttoruoy for
thu first district, Oregon. If I nm
nominated and elected I shall prose
cute alt violations of the lnw, and
especially will I prosocute nil viola
tions of thu liquor laws, and all laws
safeguarding tho welfare of young
manhood and womanhood In this Jur
isdiction. Tills I shnll do with what
ever of strength and ability my six
yearn' oxporlonco as a practicing at
torney and threo years as deputy
prosecuting attorney of this district
has conferred. Very respectfully,
J. ,N JOHNSTON.
(Paid adv.)
County Hiirvejor.
I hereby aunounco my candidacy
for tho abovo named offlco, subject
to tho Republican prlmiuioM In April.
I respectfully refer tho oluctora to
my past record as a basis upon which
to Judge my (iiiallflcatlous for said
offlco,
T W. OSGOOD.
A Fair Smiling Face
Is mado much more beautiful by a
good not of teeth. If nature linn not
given one to you, or yours havo "gono
wrong" let us make a now set of
Tooth for you that will Improve your
looks, and your enjoyment and thor
ough mastication of food, Wo nro
oxpart dentists and employ only ox
port help, lu every branch of DciiIIh
try. Added to which our charges are
most reasonablo,
DR. BARBER
THE DENT1KT
AdklpH Block, Cor, Main and Central,
Both Phones,
in.2.
IK? m
DrOMgessiuriTHEATRE
i'ractlie limited to ihnlr dlora-i"
HOTEL HOLLAND
WediioMclnvH Hour. 10 to It.
Orflio Hotel Holland Moth Phones
KoMldenco plion Farmer li.xfi.
A SNAP
0.0 aero, sK miles from Medford.
good r.rad'd road ciosaea tho tract,
nil free sell, at Jf.O per acre. J I Mo
will hniidlu, easy terms on balance, i
Part b crook bottom land, su'tabloj
for alfalfa. Several springs on the
place. Timber enough to pay for the
trait. No building, lu tho (lilfflnj
crook district.
W. T. York ca Co.
Watch Our Addition
Grow
JnckMui ntiil Summit
MulllonI Kciiity (Hid
Improvement Company
M. F. tf II. Co. Illdg.
A Klamath
Ranch
FOR SALE OR TRADE
1110 acres V2 mile eat of Klamath '
Falls, on main road to Lakeview. ,
About 8.1 aercH will bo under the gov
ernment ditch nml can bo irrigated. I
Fino alfalfa or garden laud. An
abundance of frou outnidc ranch. One
of. the beat proM)nitiont4 there in m
thnt Hcoliiui for a man who want to
outage in the sheep himincM. Locat
ed just right for t iowimilo whon
thu railroad is built from Klnmaih
Fall to Lnkovlew. Price WO per
nero. Will oxcluu'go l'or Medford
city or country property.
W.T.York (a, Co.
Medford Real Estato
& Employment Agency
for ham:
9 acres lu lieailug. lurgV house
and barn. $Tooo.
10 acres, S acre In pears, house
and barn. Ihooo.
i; acres 1 Vt miles out, good for
Niilidlvldlng, lOUOu.
20 acres lu pears lu bearing, II
nilloH out. or will sell you to
acres out of tlm wunii ranch.
.'! acres, house and barn, 1 mllea
out, 2:i0ll.
120 acres about 12 miles out, jno
per were.
MIHOFXLANF.OUH
Itoo car for sain, $la0 lukoH II.
A good car run about one season,
lu good repair, ?ir.O.
Want it six room bungalow from
owner who will tunic foi acre
age near Centi.il Point. If you
have authliig to tiinle, call at
looms ii and 7.
KMPLOV.MKNT
Girls for general housowork.
Six coal minors.
Coal miners to work by tho ton.
Phono lu your ordera for meiij
no charges to tho employer,
E. F. A. BITTNER
ROOMS 6 AND 7, PALM BLOCK
Opposito Nash Hotel
Phono llil; Home, M,
AW- now have an Kxpcrl
Mechanic for
Repairing
Typewriters
and Kodaks
You save transportation
eliai'tfCH to find from
Portland, besides our
charges aro less.
Medford
Book Store
i
TTTS
WHERE TO GO
TONIGHT
STAR
Fixlei dliectlon Pi ipli "M Alliuso
mem Co Muiinn In the lend.
IIHMI Feel of Hlgli.CliiHx Film
Spot lit 1 Feature- SM'clul
CAHM.N'.U, WOI.SKV
An blsloilc linldent lu the reign
of King Henry VIII of KiikIiuuI.
The NiiNtalnlng of the HiicrodutHta
or marriage by Cardinal Wolaoy,
The lieglunllig of the estnlillsll
meui of (ho Kiigllsh chinch III
(Irent Mrltnlu.
"TIIK II AXIUI'AP"
Tin tiling rtloiy of the .Inure
racetrack
"'I Hi: ACM OF SPAKliS"
A lirama of tlm Went, lu which
I'a i e pla)M a hand
"Till: V.lt F TIIK N.WCV
IIFI.I."
A thousand feet of comedy, with
a laugh In every foot
A I, SA'IIINIl in Houg
WOOI.W'iHtTHS, the Musician
SPCCIAI, AN'MII'N'CKMKNT
On TliuiMday. April 1. we will
give it lleiieflt for tlm Greater
Mi'dfuiil Club Tell our friends
ali. Mil Yuii mIiiiiiIiI all lie
I hole
M VTIMIL.S KVICRV DAY
Admi'Sluii 10c. Children fie
IOc THEATRE lOc
Thurrdav. F. id.iy and Saturday,
Two (inoil Ai l of Vaudeville
itAi.mviN .v it.vi.nwiN
Kluglug and Talking Act
and .MISS HOT HARRIS
That Soubratte, In Popular Hongs.
10(1(1 FCICT Or FII..M
"TIIK PSSINO OF .1. II. RA.V.
liKl.L .V COM PA XV"
Powerful Drama
"AX ANTIOFi: IllXli"
A Pleasing Love Story
"TIIK GIRL DICIMTV"
Rose appointed deputy sheriff. A
story of the west
"A FATAL CHOCOIiATR"
A Olograph Comedy
"GOT A MATCH"
Rattling Good Ijiugli-iuaker
lSvenliigs, 10c nny sent In tho
house. Spoclnl Children's Mat
in co evory Saturday and Sunday
at 2 p. m., admission Ce: and lOcc.
Follow tho crowds to tho lain.
. ':."jt
Wo solicit your pntronago,
which will bo received with court
esy. Hall & Myers
Taxi Co.
Taxicabs and
Touring Cars
Phenes: Pacific 1100 Home 100
Time Rates:
City on PavoiiientM, Jll.OO per hour
Country, $:i.nn per hour
Waiting TI1110:
10 Cents Kvery Four .Minutes or
?l.rwi Per Hour
LiiiIIoh Shopping. $2.50 Per Hour
Doctora' Clly CuIIh 12.50 l'or Hour
Taximeter Rates:
Service Day or Night
Tuko llio Ilrown Cars
1
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WASHINGTON, I). O.
Public Lund Mutters: Final Proof.
Dcsort Lauds, Contest und Mining
Coboh. Scrip.
Valley
Second Hand Store
Buys anil Soils Second-Hand Goods,
Copper, nuhlier, Drass, Etc
M. J. PILCKER, Prop.
ID North Fir
Home BM Doll 807U
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