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trT"V7"Vx,f'- "!-"v CI M0E tovh IN'ranFORD MOT! TRIBUNE, MEHPOUD, nftTT.noy. TWKSTUY. .TUNF. 0, 1012. m IK I Medford Mail tribune an ini)kpunii:nt nkwspavru rJtSXCICIT MJN1MY, IIY TUB , Mlrl'01l!) 1'UINTINQ CO. Tho Dcmoe-ntlo Times, Tho Mrilfont Mull. Tim MoaTnnt Tribune, Tho South irn Orconlitn, Tho Axlilnnd Trlbuno. Office. Mnll Trlbuno ItutltlliifT. 2S.27-S9 North Kir street; phono. Main 3021; jioino 7b anonOU PUTNAM, Editor nml Manmror jffifr Knlercil as sccoiiii-clnss matter ni Medford. Oregon, Uiulcr tho not of Msrrli fl. J 879. OfficlM Pncr of tho City of Mcilfonl Ufflclnl I'nper of Jnckson County. BCBSC&XXTXOir XATES. Ono yesr, by mat:.... .....15.00 Ono month, by mull.. ,60 rr mentii, iiemerea iy carrier in Moitfonl. Jacksonville, iintl Ccn- trfll Point .. .,. Ko Bfitunlay only, Iy mall, per year.. 3,00 Weekly, per yenr 1.50 SWORN CtRCTOATXOlT. Dully nvcrace ttr eleven months end ing November 30, 1911. S751. roll Itnicd Wire United Treat DUpatcbe. Tho Mall Tribune Is on salo at tho Ferry News Htninl. San Kranclsco. Portland Hotel Nqwh Staml, Portland. llnwman News Co., Portland. Ore. W. O. Whitney. Snttle. Wnsh. MsoroRS. OKsaosr. Metropolis of Southern orecon nmt Northern California, ami the fastest- CTOvrtnu city In OrcRon. Population U. 8. census 110 SS40; PHllmaletl. 191110.000. Flvo hundred thousand dollar Gravity Water System completed. Riving finest nupply puns mountain water, and 17.3 mllen of streets paved. Postnfflco receipts for year qndlnc wovemuor an, iu, snow increase 01 Uanner fruit city In Orccon Koruo illvor BpltxcnberK apples won sweep stakes prlxs and title of "ApplB JBnr of the World" at tho National Appto Show, SpoVane, 18Q9, and a car of Nowtowns won rim Frts in 1910 at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver. II. C. ririt Prix In 1911 at Spokane National Apple Show won by carload of Nowtowns. Rogue Itlvcr pears brought highest prices In all markets of the world dur ing tho past Blx ycar ... Write Commercial Club. Inclosing 6 cents for postago for tho finest commu nity pamphlet ever published. I A I Tho Oakdalc Tennis club at their t grounds on South Oakanle avenue will hold open grounds to any andl all persons In this vicinity who aro lntorstcd In tennis. They nave now completely enclosed four of the finest and fastest courts In Oregon and ar rangements have ucen made to hold the principal tournament of southen Oregon and northern California upon th080 grounds. Upon Saturday, June 8, the grounds nrc open to tho general public and any that desire may piay tennis there on that day or day call and Inspect the grounds. The grounds are owned by the club which now comprises about 40 mem bers, but more associate and charter members are wanted to carry out the plans of tho organization, which are to erect a club house and Install lock ers and shower baths. Tho secretary of tho club, Harvey Field, will givo Information regard ing the costs of mcmberslp, which aro reasonable. FOREST RANGERS BATTLE WITH FIERCE FIRES SAN BERNARDINO, Cat., Juno G. Steadily forcing back a detachment of forest rangers who battled against its udvanco throughout tho night, a terrific forest flro penetrated Into 13cnr Valley today and Is threatening tho famous Pine Knot Hotel. Ac cording to brief reportB from tho mountains at noon, a shift of wind direction only ran save the building. The flro Is raging in ti virgin fer ret and unless checked may swoop thousaudH of acres of giant pines on both sides of Dear Valloy Lake. Ad ditional rangers will bo pent to the si-unc. NIXON OF NEVADA DIES; SENATOR AND MINING MAN WASHINGTON, June C- Senator George S. Nixon of Novada died in n local hospital horo last night of spinal meningitis. Senator Nixon hud been in tho hospital since last Thursday wlieu an operation for nasal catarrh was performed. Spinal men IngltlB developed and tho senator'.! condition soon brcamo critical and for tho past 24 hours death has beon momentarily oxpocbed. Senator Nixon, who was ono of tho most con spicuous mining men of the West, was 52 ypars old. MEXICAN REBELS NEAR TO FEDERAL LINE CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Juno C Slowly tho rebel und fodoral armies aro drawing together and within threo days a sharp skirmishing may be ex pected west of this city along the lino of tho Mexican Northwestern railway n well as south along Mexican Cen tral, tho routo of Heurta's northward advance from Torroon. The robel vanguard under Col, Antonio Hojas la at Old Cruz close to the federal front. Tho fodoral lines are at Uusta iuaite, duly 20 mllou south of tho po sition held by Hojus. OAKDALE ADD SHALL THE BLACK FLAG FLY? Q HALL (ho black flag of county'? rpi Flint is. what will probably happen if the Ashlalid coterie captained by "Benton Bowers, R D. Briggs and S. A. Carlton are successful in their threats to block construction of the Medford bridge. If the bridge expenditure is illega', so is every other expenditure "made by the county and particularly are those expenditures made in previous years when the county ex pense exceeded the receipts, which is not the case this year, 'Fhe Oregon constitution prohibits counties from con tracting indebtedness over $o000. For hal f a century .Tack son countv as well as everv other count v in the state has contracted indebtedness over the constitutional limit. They had to in order to develop and grow. This technically illegal indebtedness has all been in curred in previous years. The outstanding warrants are scattered from New York to California. They are evidences of debt contracted in the name of the people of .'Jackson county, and are worth money because the good faith and promises of Jackson county repudiated. Yet the bridge warrants cannot be assai'ed without destroying the value of all other warrants and ruining the credit of the county. Under the provisions of the Bedford charter, Jackson county is compelled to build and maintain bridges within the city, as Multnomah county must maiutain bridges in Portland. It is the county's duty to provide an adequate bridge over Bear creek. But the city offer's to pay $13,500 of the $33,900 required, and also to construct the ap proaches and to relieve the comity of further maintainance or construction charges on bridges. Medford has paid into the count road and bridge fund in the past three years $59,72S.6S, half of "which went to the Medford road district. Of the remaining $29,839 only a few hundred dollars was spent in Medford. In ten years' Medford has had practically none of the county road nionev expended within its limits, though by far the heaviest con tributor of the various districts. Whether Medford received any return of the money she paid into the road and bridge fund or not, under the statutes, Jackson count) must provide adequate bridges and if accident happens, Jackson county must foot the bills as the responsible party. The county court's duty is plain and it has no alternative. There was a four mill lew made this vear bv the county for road and bridge purposes and the Medford bridge was included in the levy. The county is therefore not contracting new indebtedness, but merely using the money on hand raised this year for this purpose by direct taxation. The same condition exists with the Ashland Armory ajpropriation. It was covered by special levy. The funds raised for a special purpose should not be diverted to anptner purpose. It tne payment ot one can he stopped, so can the payment of the other in fact of all indebtedness, particularly old indebtedness, contracted in excess of levies of previous years-. There was no levy made this year for redeeming the warrant indebtedness. Only the surplus above the year's expenditures can be used for redemption purposes. Section 6320 of the Code prevides: "The count)' court or commissioners' court of each county in the state may levy a tax of not to exceed ten mills on the dollar on all taxable property of said county, at the time of making the animal tax levy upon the previous year's assessment, which shall be set apart as a general roadfund, to be used in the building and improving the public or county roads or bridges on county roads of the c'ounty in which the proper ty is located." This law is not complied with in Jackson county. The county treasurer keeps no General Road Kund. Instead he places the money raised for road purposes and other pur poses as well in the General Fund and there is no warrant for such a procecdure. There was a General Road Fund kept in Jackson county until six veal's ago, when, it is said, because the road expenditures were less than the road levy, acting upon the advice of the then County Judge Or. AV. Dunn, the General Road Fund was abolished and merged with the General Fund, where it could be used in the redemption of war rants. The merging of the Road Fund into the General Fund is a procecdure that benefits only the warrant holders. To day the county treasurer is using the money paid into the county this year for this year's road and highway con struction to redeem outstanding warrants issued in prev ious years, and issuing new warrants to pay for the road and bridge building contracted for this year. What is the object of state laws regulating county finance if county treasurers pay no attention to thorn and continually violate them'? , To a layman, unskilled in the tortuous maze of the law, it would seem impossible to prevent the construction of a bridge for which a special tax levy was -made, and the money for which, as provided by state law, should be on hand, and if not on hand, the treasurer and his bondsmen are responsible for and can be made to produce. Special bridge taxes are not levied with the sole idea of helping the warrant shavers, though if there is a surplus in tho fund at the end of tlie year, it could be used for this pur pose. If an attempt is made to enjoin the bridge and the attempt is successful, other injunctions will follow and the flood-gates of litigation be opened, that the flood of bank ruptcy may engulf the county, destroy its credit and pnrnlizc its progress, repudiation fly over Jackson has never been questioned or Butchers and the Public Market To the l-Mitor:- I uuderstnml Hint there N n move ment on Toot ninonjc roiliiin mor I'lmiits of this oily to invvcnt tho iiClliuc of moat at our 1'nlmo Murkot. Tho roaon jjiveii hiWK Unl tho partita now oiiKagvil in M'llitij moat thoro are not tho. in-otluoors of tho moat and that the jmtMM of thu markot helm? to brine tho imaluoor ami consumer into diioot tnulo with ono another, those parties xhoulil have no such riRlit there. Tho purpose of tho market as aliovo expressed is oarfoct so far a it coos, hut tho prime object of n puhlio nmr kut is and always Imp boon, to roduoo tho cost of Hvinjj to Uio conornl puhlio at tlw tamo time furiiMat'jr a ivady market for the homo prothioor, Tho reason it in able to uocomplwh this purpose is (hut it oluuiuatos all tho oxoesivo middlemen who, under tho usual method of tnulo, stand between tho pnnlijoor and tho oon sumor, ami it breaks up nil monopoly. Tho suoooss of thu phui here in Medford, ns already expjriem'otl, has resulted in mutual hrnetit to both producer and consumer, and this is true roenrdless of whether they tnuled at tho market or nt tha stores, for no sooner had tho markot opened for business, than the prieos of vege tables, berries, etc. came down at tho stores to moot the competition at the market. urn! the prodm-cr, if not satis fied with tho prices offered at the stores instead of nertf)tiiie, any old price or carting his goods homo ngam, took them to the murkc' and found there a rendy" sale nt a fair price for all ho had brought to town. Hut the plea that the man who is selling meat at our market should ho denied that right ltuoiuii-e he does not mise till the cattle, hogs and sheep which he sladghters, dn-es, cools, cuts mid delivers ; ami that therefor we must he denied the privilege of trading with him,' is, judging from my point of view, a very lame o.xeu-o for compelling the public o pay the un reasonable pricct asked at the meat shops in tlits city. Why, do you know that many a family in our citv ami iuiuity hid TAFT FORCES MAP PLANS TO COMBAT ROOSEVELT CHICAGO, Juno 6 A plan to meet tho full forco of Colonel ItoosoveU's flKbt to control tho organization of tho Republican nntlosnl convention, making permanent the temporary or ganization with Scnatir Hoot as chair man, wan partly nested .to today. by Taft leaders hero. 'Tho control of th committee by Taft forces Is said to bo certain by member of tho :uv tlonal committee friendly to tho president's candidacy. When tho committee meets to or ganize tomorrow th lloosovclt forces will not attempt either to seat It. IS. Howoll to succeed Victor 1'onewutrr or to select a IloosevcU committee man as presiding officer for tho con test hearings. Tho committee will select a suc cessor to Chairman Hill of Main , who died last winter and adopt ruleea to govern the conteits, dccldo whether to hold public hearings and allot the tlmo for each caae. There will bo moro than 238 contests, tho first of which will be taken up Friday, It is said the Taft leaders regard at least 53 members of tho national committee aro favorable to tho pres ident's candidacy. hair turns white as j result of Search SAN KItANCISCO, Cal.. Juno, G. Claiming that the ohock of having her homo searched by sccrca sorvlcfc men turned her brown hulr white In u single night, Mrs 0oda Scliwln, wlfo of an Inventor, hai filed today a pro test with United States Commissioner Krull hero. Tho wcret servlco inun ransacked the Hchwfn homo in the belief that they had unearthed a gang of counterfeiters, but found nothing but an elcctrotyplng plant and a gold champagnn basket of tho period of Louis XV. Tho Inventor was mould ing duplicates of it into souvenirs for tho 1910 exposition. luther McCarthy gets bout with kaufman SI'HINOKIKLI), Mo. Juno C Luther McCarthy who recently do featod Carl Morrla hero, practically closed a deal horn today for a bout with Al Kaufman in Sail Kranclsco Juno 20. McCatthy'8 managor Is holding out for an additional five per cont of tho receipts. DUCHESS OF CANNAUGHT RESTS EASY IN SICKNESS MONTHKAL, Quo., Juno C No change for tho worse occurred today In tho condition of thu Ouchoss ot Coiinaught, who Is suffering from an attack ot appendicitis. Htntomonts wore Issued from tho Royal Victoria hospital hero that her" royal hlghnoss had stood well tho Jotirnoy from Quo bcc. It will bo several days, It was announced, boforo the surgeons will bo ablo to stato Just how surlouH Is- tho duchess' condition. moat on their lahlos Inst Sunday for ilia fir-J tuna in vooks all hocinwo Ihov could buy it at tho public murkot at a prieo which thoy couhl afford to pay, and many a mimV table expense is now from hVouly to fifty cents per day loss than it was hofoto tho mar ket oponoil This is tho saiao to him as five lo ton dollars per mouth mora on his wages, because while it does not in crease his wages it does increnso thu lanvhasing power thoroof which is' tho equivalent to him. And now, Mr, Merchant, can't you see that while tho average family spend their entire income anyway, that ou do not loose on this market proposition? Ilooauso what tho family saves on their tnhlo expense, thoy will spend for hotter clothing, furniture, homes and other uoossitios and liiMir ies of life ami it all conies hitek to you niiywuy. This, of course, lofons to thu mer chants, collectively and not to any individual man or business for it would bo the grossest injustice to deprive the whole puhlio of this mod ern method of trade and thcrebv com pel them to tnx themselves for the benefit of a few tradesmen and a few lauds by paying to said tradesmen evoosivo prices for his goods that he in turn muv pay to the trusts and land monopolists excessive prices for tho privilege of doing a specific busi ness on our own itmiu streets. The man who is at present supply ing meat at our public maikct is us iniuih tho producer of his meats as the man who fells trees and converts them into fuel and lumber is a pro ducer, even though he did not plant the trees us seed. A visit to our public market at any hour will con vince oven u casual observer that more than anv other stalls we uecd the "mi'iil slull." We not oulv need the "meal stallj" Von! We, the Public, demand it. Tho benefit of the many wo hold to be of far greater importance than a privilege to the few. Itv all means, Id us hao the"me.it stall." A COKSrMKIt. LAS VEGAS MAYOR TO ' BET ON JACK JOHNSON LAS VLOAS, N. M., June .- To Mayor Oelgado of Las Vegas beloucs the distinction of being the flrsL to offer a largo wngur on tho' JolitiHon Flynn heavyweight battle hero on July 4. Mayor Donatio visited the champion's gymnasium and was so Impressed with the IiIk black's show ing that he at once offered to put up K',000 against 2,'J0() thnt Johnson would win. Will Sinn Three-Year Law. CHKYKNNK, Wyo., Juno fi Spe cial to the Tribune from Washington says President Taft assured Senator Warren today that ho will sign tho three-year homestead bill. HAIR BEAUTY Let Parisian Sago Put Life mid Lus ter Into Your Hair. Don't say madam you cannot have Just as rnsclnatliig hair as any other woman. Any women who makes such a statement hasn't met tho girl with the auburn hair who appears on every carton and bottle of PARISIAN 8AOW. ' Radiant hair Is not hard to get start to use PARISIAN HAC5K today and In 10 dayH your hair will compel admiration. PARISIAN 8AOH Is such a delight ful, refined and refreshing hair dressing free from grease and sticki ness and has won such a splendid reputation for Itself all over America that Cluis. Strang Is perfectly willing to guarantee It to abolish dandruff, stop fnlllhg hair or itching scalp, or money back. A largo bottle costs but 50 cents In any city In America. The girl with Auburn hair on every carton. New " and second-hand lumber for sale cheap. AVo are tearing down our ware house buildings on railroad property opposite Southern Pacific passenger station and are offering for sale ma terial taken therefrom at very low prices. 'Phis is your opportunity to buy lumber at u sacrifice. Call at factory, yard t'o place order. CRATER LAKE LUMBER CO. Draperies We carry a very complete line of draperies, lane curtains, fix tures, oto., und 40 all clussos of upholBterlnjj. , A special man to look after this fork exclusively end will slvo m Kood service as Is possible to cot Ir oven the lursent cities. WEEKS & McGOWAN CO, FOR SALE FRUIT BOXES Horry, peach, pear and ap ple boxes for sale cheap. We have an assorlnienl of boxes which wo desire lo diriposo of at once al very allraetlve prices. Call at Orator Lake Lumbor Company I'nHory opposile Southern '.Pacific passenger slalion, From Mouth to Mouth our fame has spread for careful and accurate dentistry, Our pnlnlesii sys term has made mi popular. Skilled operators In extracting, and In fitting single teeth or full sots, In filling, with gold, idatlitum or composition, aro al the set vice of tho public, and our charges aru Known to be moder ate. Lady Attendant DR. BARBER THU DUNTIHT Over Daniels for Duds. Pacific Phono 'JfiSa. Home Phono 3T.3-1C PLUMBI NG Btoam and Hot Wator Hoating All Work OutirnntmC Price lloiiaotuble. COFFEEN & PRICE (S Howard nioek, Snttanr on 6th B raolflo S031. Komi tit. Watch Our Addition Grow Jackson and Summit Medford Realty and Improvement Company M. F. ft II. Co. Hide Clark & Wright LAWYERS WASHINGTON. I). O. Public Land Matters: Final Proof Doiort Lauds, ContoaU and Mlnlni Casoa. Scrip. MISS FLORA GRAY Piano Instruction 144 South Central Ave. Studio Phono iMuin 12-11 Medford Parcel Delivery Express and Transfer TRUNKS HAULED 25c PACKAGES 10c, 15c, 25c T?hones: Pacific. H072 Joirie 354 ' Messenger Servico xooooooooo Office Supplies A coinpleio lino alwayH on hand, including the celebrated Jee Lox f Jar lions and Ribbons for which we are solo agents Medford Book Store $ Ot--QOfptfOfOtOfOt (rt-Tc,-N. S..AAA 9 WHERE TO GO TONIGHT sJ 1 . JtV THEATRE The place whore you breathe fresh air Advanced Vaudeville and Motion Pli'liU'os lOr A NO WAI.T HTHICI.V Talk funnily, play prettily, slim chnrmlitRly Tin: hank I'HKsimc.vr.s son Powerful dtama ItATIIINt; (WVAI.Ur iiohsuh A military plituio with r.omo real sport In it. AIIT OK PltlNTINO Ah educational eye-opener woukino ton iinmv Another sidesplitting lltiuuyi;mph. Thin Is where you'll see him at his host, Alt HATH Kit la Soiiu U'OOI.U'OHTHS. Hie .Miinkhttii Admission 10c, Children tic MATINKIJH DAILY It wilt bo here on Juno 1 1, 1'.'. III. '('INHKItllli.V" KoIIk's sublime masterpiece for old and emit: alike ISIS lOc THEATRE lOc v Novn.'rv rr, a hi; tih:t (r the old as w'll us joiiiik SKi: IHH.M III IITON WITH ii i:u -j.- TKAINKU nous These Utile aiilmnls ran do eVeiy thliiK ut talk Wo will kIvo, by your approval, a special miitlut'P Haturdny after noon. Kvery rhlld In town should see tlienf pretty little doKH. "Till; SKVCS'TH SON" One of the VltiiKruph's Kniutot productions, a drama thai will turn h jour In art. "takkn itv sritpmsic" A story In which the unexpect ed always happens. "THK STOM'A ISVKNTION" Dramatic novelty HCKNKH IN A.MHTKHHA.M THAXSI'OIOIATIO.V )!' SWAP IHON Special Matinees every Saturday and Sunday al 2 p, in. KvenltiK I" rf'irmnnro, 7;.V0 BARGAIN FOR SALE Urea le.sl aiilo bargain of Ihe season, 125 h. p. roads! or, new, run less than 150 miles. Will sell at great sacrifice. Home phono H0I-X or write JANES BROS. MORTGAGE LOANS Money on hand at all times to loan on improved ranches and city property at lowest rates with "on or before privilege." JAMES CAMPBELL Phono 3231 320 G -0. Bldg. A SNAP 00 ncros, tilx mllou from Medford, Kood graded road croiiuoii tho tract, nil freo noil, ut JGO per noro. $1000 will handle, easy terms on balance. Part Is creek bottom land, mittahlo for alfalfa. Sovoral HprlnKa on tho phico, Tlmbor onouch to pay for.tho tract. No buildings. Iu tho Griffin crook district, W.T.York. Co. NEW THOUGHT MEETINGS Aro Held iu Moobo Hull ovary ThurBiluy ut U p. in. Everybody invited. -.1 . i 4 t. ;. T