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anonOU PUTNAM, Editor nml Manmror
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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.
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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.
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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'?
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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
$
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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.
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