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JSXCRIT HUNOAY, HY THE
MICWOltD l'UINTXNO CO.
, The 1otnnnrtlo Tlmen, Th Mm) ford
Mnll. TJift Mcdford Tribune, l4ho South-
nrn Orcgonliin, Tho Anhlniul Trlbuno.
Officii Mall Tribtlho nulldlnir. S5-S7-59
North lflr street; phono, Main 3021;
Home 76,
CIKOliac PUTNAM, Editor and Manager
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THE ANTI-SUFFRAGETTES.
Kntorcd nn neconil-clans matter n
Medfnnl Oregon, under tho act of
amrcn 3, 187V.
Official rawer of tho CHy of Medford.
Official l'npcr of Jackson County.
8U8S0KXFTZ0X XATEB.
Ono year, by malt , f 5.00
Oim month, by mail....... ........ -.50
Peru month, delivered by carrier la
Mcdford. Jacksonville and Cen
tral Point ..... ...... . .Kb
Rnturday only, by mall, per year.. S.on
Weekly, per year -. 1.60
tWOKX CXXCIT&ATX09.
Dally average for eleven months end
ing November 30, 1511, 5751.
mil ItttittO. Wire TTnltrt Frtc
SUpatchei.
Thci Mall Trlbuno la on aalo at the
Forry isowa sunn. an Krattciaco.
Porjuma Hotel l-owa Stand, Portland.
Huffman News Co.. Portland, Ore.
W. O. Whitney, Seattle. Wash.
JOLTS AND JINGLES
By Ad. Brown.
Now Jersey Now.
Samo old scrapping,
Same old nnte,
Dut Its moved to
Another sifntc.
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And did yuh notc, fellow members,
a saloonist named Beers has been ar
rested nt Portland.
A stork lsltcd a famous surgeon,
1 would like n Httlo cut oft my bill."
said he, And for once the surgeon
compiled.
Eerj body's Doing It.
A question here and
I daro ask it;
Have you got your .
Market basket?
Great Times Coming.
A fellow ought to feel his oats,
'Dout this time of 'tho year.
For strawberries and carnivals
Have promised to appear.
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Modest Amanda.
So modest is Amanda Leo
That she strolls out o' nights,
Lest at tho butcher she migh bcc
Tho sausages In tights. .
Youngstown Telegram.
So modest is Amanda Leo '
In days of bloorriing youth,
She'd blush if in her presence ono
Should tell tho naked truth.
Scranton' Tribune-Republican.
So modest is Amanda Leo
That she pulls down the blind,
Or goes into another room,
That she may change -her mind.
New York Telegram.
So modest is Amanda Lee
Stio dwells' In grief and pain
Until tho nude, -unblushing tree
Gets something on again.
St. Lousl Pout-Dispatch.
So modest is Amanda Leo
She'd blush liko a red rose,
Should any young man chance to see
Her nifty garden hose.
Seattle Post-lntclIIgcnccr.
So modest Is Amanda Leo
It drives her in a trance,
And makes tier blush ' bo' painfully
To hear her lapdog's pants.
Sacramento Bco.
So modest Is Amanda Leo
Sho finds it most distressing
To face a salad at her plate
Without its salad drees Jug.
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COMMUNICATION.
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Kcott's Bonding l'luu.
To tho Editer:
Analyzing Wm. J. Scott's commun
ication of 24th Inst. It simply ad
mits that tho proposition to organize
a Taxpayers' Nutlonal Bank is only a
pretonso to get a money issuo with
out any Intention of conducting a
bank.
Siipposo tho application for a
monoy issuo was granted on non-Interest
bearing bonds and tho system
adopted by all other subdivisions' of
government, tho paper monoy put in
circulation would soon aggrogatc
ICO.OOO'.OOOOSO 'tr so. Tho entire
monoy circulation at present is some
ithing over $3,000,000,000. The stan
dard of value Is gold, of which ?!,
000,000,000 coin is in circulation,
and and spoclo paymont on tho $2,
000,000,000 paper monoy Is main
tained by a cash reserve of ?150'(
000,000. Tho disruption of tho pres
ent financial system 'would W pre
cipitated by tho first issuo of non
interest bearing bonds which would
cauBO gold to disappear from circu
lation mid paper money would not
bo worth tho cost of bank pdpor to
print It.
Instead of saving tho county 90,
000 u year, Mr. Scott'a financial rev
olution would produco chaos and
hnnlcruut llio nation.
JO. J, mcCluhe,
THE "Oregon Stale Association Opposed to the Exten
sion of the Suffrage to Women," an organization of
PoVtland women, officered largely ly the ladies Of the
"first; families,5' the "100" of tin metropolis, is making an
active campaign against equal suffrage. While they lack
the zeal of. tho crusader in a just cause,- thev substitute tho
blind partisanship that, characterizes the iory defending a
cherished institution. Thev are the stand-patters and re-
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aetionaries of the sex, who would continue conditions as
they are, rather than help make them what they should be.
The arguments advanced by these ladies i in the form
of "A Protest" in which teu arguments are given against
suffragism. The preamble of the protest, vends as follews:
"We, American women, citizens of the state of Oregon,
protest against the proposal to impose the obligation of
suffrage upon the women of this state, for the following,
among other reasons": Arguments are given by numbers,
and followed bv the Mail Tribune's replv to each.
1. Because suffrage is to be regarded not as a privil
ege to be enjoyed, but as a duty to be performed.
Certainly suffrage is a duty that should be performed
by even1 .citizen of the state, otherwise democracy is a
failure. Its success lies in education in the fundamentals
of government and participation in solving problems. It is
a duty that shirked, results in niisgovernment, in inequality
and injustice. Those who would evade this responsibility
because it entails labor, plead laziness.
2. Because hitherto the women of this state have en
joyed exemption from this burdensome duty, and no ade
quate reason has been assigned for depriving them of that
immunity.
To call government a democracy when half the popula
tion! is barred from participation in governmental affairs,
is nn absurditv. The same arguments used in defense, of
depriving women of suffrage, were used to kcop the Rom
ans enslaved, to keep the peasants of Europe in serfdom,
to clog the progress of human liberty throughout the ages.
To grant imnmnitv from suffrage has been the basic prin
ciple that governed every tyrant that ever oppressed hu-
niaintv.
3. Because conferring suffrage upon the women who
claim it would impose suffrage upon the many women-who
neither desire it as a privilege nor regard it their duty
to seek it.
. Womankind as well as mankind, is prone to love its
chains, and progress always has to be forced upon the un
progvessive. There is always an element that resents
change, especially when they are beneficiaries of injustice.
Many a serf fought to prevent freedom and many a slave
opposed his own liberation.
4r. ' Because the need of America is not an increased
quantity, but an improved quality, of the vote, and there
is no adequate reason to believe that woman's suffrage by
doubling th6 vote will improve its quality.
The only way to improve the quality of the vote, as to
improve the quantity also. Women average- better than
men, arid their indulgence will usually be thrown for, tho
better things. .Education ot both sexes in public attains
will improve the quality by stimulating the study of gov
ernment. 5. Because the household, not the individual, is the
unit of the state, and the vast majority of women are repre
sented by household suffrage.
The household is no longer the unit There arc millions
of men and women who have no households, prevented
from having them largely by tho injustice of man-made
laws' which have made it impossible or impractical without
bringing, fresh misery and suffering into the world. These
millions have as-much right to life, liberty, and the ballot as
the more fortunate, many of whom neither toil nor spin.
6. Because the women not so represented suffer no
practical injustice which giving the suffrage will remedy.
The social injustice of the world, the failures of man
made laws of which woman is the principal victim open a
field as wide as the world for both sexes to work in to
correct this "practical injustice," and the united efforts
of both are required to solve the problems of the present as
well as of those of futurity.
7. Because equalitv in character docs not imply simi
larity in function, and the duties and life of men and women
are divinely ordered to be different m the state, as in the
home.
Where does the divine authority come from that orders
differ6nt duties for womeii.md men in the state? Probably
from the same source that sanctions polygamy. It is hard
to conceive of the Infinite ordering inequality or injustice,
though every enthroned wrong has bolstered up its in
justice by presumptuous claims to "divine order."
8. Because the energies of women are engrossed by
Mr present duties and interests,-from which men cannot
relieve them, and it is better for the community that they
devote their energies to the more efficient performance of
their, present work than divert them to new fields of
activity.
That's what the Sultan of Sulu said when they tried to
abolish his harem. Civilization has, nevertheless, thrown
women into new fields of activity and it is a condition, not
a theory they confront. Forced out of the quiet of the
home and into the hurly-burly of the world, they should
be given a chance to help solve its problems.
9. Because political equality "will deprive women of
special privileges hitherto acorded hel: by the law.
What are these special privileges? 'It is only a few
years since woman had no rights at all, and only by special
legislation does she secure fair piny now and nof even
(hat in many states. i
10. Because suffrage logically involves the holding of
public office, including jury duty, and office-holding is in
consistent with the duties of most women. -
Some offices women can hold to 'advantage, some they
cannot. The judgment of tho electorate will decide. Office
holding or jury duty is not inconsistent with their duties
any more than with man's duties, as is proved in other
states.
Boiled down, the nrguinents against equal suffrage
advanced by this association arc simply pleas to shirk du
ties of citizenship P'eas for immunity from participation
in their own government.
.Instead of lulpi"K settle the vital issues of life, and
aiding in tho solution of tho problems that vex and uplift;
humanity, thev prefer their mane pink-teas, useless card
games and the potty problems of tho narrow monotony of
homo life.
Woman has n higher destiny, however. She must help
in the uplift of the world, by making democracy and its
consequent development of humanity a realized dream.
Cry for Water Is Growing
Clark & Wright
LAWYERS
WAHIIINC1TON. 1). O.
Public Laud Mnttorii Final Proof.
Doiort liitmto, OontoaU and Mining
Canot, Scrip.
To tho Kdlter:
Tho good people ot Mcdford nr
awakening to the fact that water !
king In Itoguo Ulvor valley.
At a mooting held lately by tho
Medford Commercial ol It wus
brought homu to the cltlxens of Mcd
ford that unless somo action be taken
nt ouco for irrigating tho suburban
lands which In n great measure are
non-producttvo owing to non-lrrlga-tlon
and non-benrlng of crops that
tho metropolis or Southern Oregon
will bo at a ntnmlstlll.
Tho cry for water Is growing.
peoplo are realizing that to lmproo
the conditions of tttclr city they mum
hold out Inducements to tho smaller
agriculturalist, ono who will malco
his homo In and near around tho
cities In tho valley, one who will
becomo a producer. Inhabitant
and n .helper ot upbuilding a co.u
niorcnl contor.
it f demonstrated that Irrigation
In tho vnlley the foremost of all
enterprises, more sont this time than
tho building of railroads to tho mines
or to (ho coast, or The subsidising or
factories which would now bo obliged
to fehlp in their' raw material. It
is of the greatest importance that wo
first creato and grow a product then
look to disposing of said products
and transpbrtotlonand markets w'll
seek production. Dut to create this
product tho land must bo put under
Irrigation to assure profitable, con
stant mid rcllnblo crops. It Is ad
mitted our land, owing to .the
peculiar fitted bolli and cllmnte. will
produce crops and fruits of all kinds
Hut the yields of tuch crops are Hot
profitable without Irrigation and
until tho vnlloV Is In condition to
Increase Its products tho nv comer
cannot bo induced to locate among
us. In tho period of July 1, 1010
to Juno 30, 1911, two hundred and
twenty-five cars of hay alono were
shipped in tho vnlley and only sixty
two cars wore shipped out. Klghty
four cars of potatoes, forty-eight'
cars of oats and barley 11ml thlrty
flvo cars of Yetfnbles were shipped
in arid only twecars of this com
modity were shipped out.
This shows that our production In
tho vnlloy Is Inadequate for our local
consumption, ilesldes our local nu.r
ketrwe have outlets both north nud'
s'ftuTh who cannot and do not produce
tho cropsf both In vegetables, pota
toes, grain, rotn. hay and feed, not
mentioning out qtco'llent fruits nitd
berries, that we could produce hi
Irrigation. What this vnlley needs
to Increase Its population Is tho snlnll
cr farmer on Irrigated lands thereby
assuring a yield of products Worth
while to ship lu largo quantities .ami
whore u iiuuehunt elthur at I'm Hand
or Seattle on tho tun th or tho south
ern Pacific coast on tho muitli em
depend on getting carload lots of
agricultural coiiunodlU'es nil tho Onto.
Not until thou can the valley fai-mor
and 11101 chants succeed.
, At this time there Is a movement
on foot to urge tho building of the
high Hue and tho middle lino ennuis
which aro feasible nnd practicable to
place thirty thousand acres of land
under Irrigation. Not until then cut
front ranks.
The clttxpiiii of .Mcdford, seeing tho
Importance of tho building of tlu-M
canals, have called n mass meeting
setting forth tho Importance of such
a movement whereby all laud owueis
will ho Invited to como nud help tho
cause nlong. lUUlUATOU.
Central INrlnt, Ore.
Medford Parcel
Delivery
Express and Transfer
TRUNKS HAULED 2fc
Packages ioe, ice, 25c
Vhenes: Pacific :i(72
Home I).")-!
Messunger Service
Suicide for $20,000
SAN FUANCISCO, Oil , May 38
Firing a bullet through his brain, so
that his divorced wife could collect
$20,000 llfo Insurance, Joseph West
Itoblnsou Is dead hero today. A note
beside the body made clear tho mo
tive for hln act. Mrs. ItohluKou, from
whom tho suicide was dttorrcd six
years ago, Ihcs In l'nsadomi.
Bronson Near Welnht
INOIAXAI'OUS, I ml . May 2S -
liny llronson Is down to Kts pounds
today for his ten-round bout hero
with Pncky Mcl-'nrland of Chicago.
PLUMBING
Stoam and Hot Water
Heating
All Work niiftrnntro.
I'rlco Henaoimblo.
COFFEEN & PRICE
9 owrJ Block, Xntranc on Olh at
raotrto soai. xom .
A SNAP
GO acres, nix miles from Medford,
good graded road crosses tho tract,
all free soil, at $50 per acre. $1000
will, handle, easy tonus on bnlanco.
Part is crook bottom laud, su'tablo
tor alfalfa. Several sprint; on the
placo. Timber enough to pay for the
tract. No building. In tho Orlttlii
creek district.
W.T.York. Co.
HAIR BEAUTY
l,ct Parisian Sagi Put l.lfo iiml dus
ter Into Vuiir llnlr. '
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Don't say madam you cannot have
Just as fascinating hair as any other
woman. I
Any women who makes such a
statement hasn't mot tho girl with
tho auburn hair who appears on
every carton and bottle Of PARISIAN'
SA(JMV
HadVant h'nlr li?"nnts hard to get ,
start to uso PARISIAN SAOC today
nnd In 10 dnya your hair will compel
admiration.
PARISIAN SACK Is such a delight
ful, refined and refreshing hair
dressing free from grensu and sticki
ness nnd has won such a splendid
reputation for Itself all over Amerlrn
that C'Ikih. Strang Is perfectly willing
to guarantee It to abolish dandruff.
stop falling hair or Itching scalp, or,
money back. A largo bottle costs j
but .10 cents In any city lu America
Tho girl with Auburn hnlr on every
carton.
Watch Our Addition
Grow
JscVson noil Summit
Mcdford Realty nnd
Improvement Company
51. F. II. Co. lllilK.
FORDE CAN DO IT
Do you wntit your Inwn r)ut In
first cluB ntinpcT All work
guaranteed. Leave nuMrcss with
II. B. Pnttersn, Quaker Nursery,
Nash hotel.
Draperies
V enrry a very coinptoto lino
of ilrapnrlv. lam curtoln. fix
turra, nlo. aml'4o nil clnmipn of
itnliolnlnrllig A rp.'ClrU nmn to
look aftiir lids --fork nxclunlvi'ty
nnd will Klvn ua Kooil rvlct nn
In posnlbln to cot If oven tho
InrKixt cltlrs.
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Advnureil Vttudeilllo mill .Motion
Plctuies
IIAV AMI PAYKTir.
Couiedy, Hinging mill iliiuelug on
toller Hliulori. Don't fall to m-ii
this grotesiiue couple ot culohrnted
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Thrilling story of it wIioIom op
erator "WINNIIVS IIANCli"
t'lnnBy comedy
"Tin: vAtmioNhS"
Dramalle heart slory or u wan
deivr nnd his dog
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This Ih a hummer get lu on thin
Ali SATIUilt. tho Singer
WOOIAVOUI'IIS, tho Mimlclann
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don't hurt your ees
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The l.lghis and Shadows of a
(In. it City
Life in the
Underworld
In nddltl' n to usual Vainb-illlu
and Pit lute Program
llllio I'Vct of Ki-iituro lMlin
I'lve (loud Huhjerts
Rciueiubor our third annual
Tree Matinee. Thursday, .May ,:t0,
all children are Invited to a ll
free show, on Decoration Day, at
IkIs Th'-.Uer. Doors open Imme
diately iifur services at puih.
I.adioH with small chlldu-u wilt ho
admlUiMl
NEW THOUGHT MEETINGS
Aro Ilehl in Moose Hull ovrtry
Tlmrsility nl 3 p. m. Kvorylioily
invited.
MISS FLORA GRAY
Piano
Instruction
Hi South Control Avo.
Studio Phono Alain I'-M I
MORTGAGE
LOANS
iM'onpy on hand a I, all times
lo loan on improved ranclieH
and city properly af lowest
rales wiili "on or bol'oro
privilege."
JAMES CAMPBELL
Phono 3231 320 G- -0. Bldg.
A HMiiMwalTaliliH
A Vonlc. AlUrMlvo nnd Uriolvcnt. 'llio
I'rit mildly tut MiliK-yu, l.lvci (mil llnwtU.
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