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March I. 1ST.
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ADVENTIST
ISSUES
DEBATE CHALLENGE
TO
REV
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GRANTS PASS HELPS ITSELF.
T AVINO waited in vnin for a score of years for I ho
I JL Southern 1'aoifie to fu 1 rill its nronnsos and construct
a railroad to the sea, the people of Urants Pass have final
muni atari it themselves.
Iv awakened to the faot that it' they secure a railroad they
Since Kcv. A. A. Holmes wltiiout
provocation bitterly attacked Seventh
Day Advcntists last Sunday nt the
Baptist church, and grossly misrepre
sented both them ami myself. I (eel
that a statement ot facts Is duo the
people ot Medford.
First, That on March 29 the fol
lowing challcngo was read In a pub
lic meeting In Drownsboro and then
placed In my hands:
Drownsboro, Ore., March 29, 191
I hcareby challcngo any Seventh-
Day Advcntlst residing In the state
ot Oregon to meet mo In public dc
bato In the city of Mcdtord, Oregon,
nt any fixed tlmo within six months
to debato on tho following subject
on which I will take the afflrmatlre:
Resolved, That Seventh-Day Ad-
ventism is a false religion because It
teaches many false doctrines, three
ot them being as follews:
1. The Dlblo teaches tho Chris
tian docs not now have an immortal
soul which is conscious between death
and tho resurrection.
2. Tho Dlblo teaches that un
saved men will not suffer eternal
conscious torment after the lost re
surrection. 3. Tho Dlblo teaches Christians
should keep the seventh day Sabbath
Instead ot the Lord's day, common
ly called Sunday.
(Signed) A. A. HOLMES.
Second, that the above was for
mally accepted by tho oxecutlvo com
mittee of Southern Oregon Confer
ence S. D. A. August 14, and tho ac
ceptance forwarded to Mr. Holmes
a few days later with tho stipula
tion that thrco nights bo used on
each ot tho first two proposllons and
six on tho third. October IS was
suggested as the dato to begin the
debate.
Third, that Mr. Holmes replied,
agreeing to tho dato suggested pro
viding he was not engaged In spe
cial meetings, though ho expected so
to bo employed.
Fourth, that I then wroto Mr.
Holmes that. If tho dato suggested
was not satisfactory to him, a later
dato would suit mo. To this letter
ho made no reply.
Fifth, that on October 15 I came
to Medford to meet him In debate,
but found that ho wus In Oregon
City. Waiting for him to return, I
called on him October 19. Ho then
stated that ho had resigned, and had
arranged his tlmo up to tho holidays,
but -was willing to have tho debate
soon after that, If possible.
Sixth, that I met him on tho street
a few days ago, when be postponed
tho dobato Indefinitely.
Sovcntb, that I mot him at the
close of his attack on Advcntists
last Sunday forenoon and told him
that thero was now no way out of
that debate Ho said ho could not
stay und dobato this week, but that
he had made this attack becauso 1
-was holding meetings hero and he
wag going away. I told him then
that, since ho had mado tho chal
lenge, und it had been accepted, and
he had deferred debating, and had
postpoued It Indefinitely, now to fire
a shot Uko that boforo leaving was
inexecuBable. Ho thou promised to
return aud meet me.
Eighth, that ut his evening serv
ice ho mado statements which gave
out tho impression that I urn afraid
to meet blm.
Ninth, that I am hero In tho city,
and ask Mr. Holmes to meet the is
sue which ho himself has created,
beginning Deccmbor 1G. Thoro is
but ono way for him to gut out of
this now that is to run,
F. S. HUNCH,
Proa. So. Ore. Conf., S. D. A.
s a proliminarv, a subscription has been raised to
purchase the Draper survey, right-of-way and terminal
grounds, aud tho city council has called a special election
t submit to the voters the question of issuing city bonds
for $200,000 to construct the first section, which will
roach the lime and shale deposits, where manufacturers
agree to creel a large cement plant.
Of course Ihe $200,000 will not build a railroad to tho
tea, but with $250,000 subscribed by the redwood lumber
owners at Orescent City, with a thirty mile railroad from
Ino coast already constructed aud with actual construction
under way from both ends, the task of financing the rail
road is much simplified. It is made possible more than
that, probable.
The bond issue is commended by the bankers of (J rants
Pass. Its legality has been passed favorably upon by the
attorneys of that city. It is the fairest and best way of
raising money to start the railroad, for the property own
ers, who are most benefitted, arc the ones effected, and
this class, as a rule, draw back, let. others take the risk,
while they real) the profit. And there is little risk in this
wise for whoever finally does build the railroad, will have
to assume the city's indebtedness.
The only way the people of the "Rogue "River valley can
secure a railroad to the coast, is by creating a condition
that will either force the Hill or 1 Tamilian systems to act
or induce independent capital. The Southern Pacific does
not want a railroad to the coast from here, because it would
cut into the earning capacity of their present line. Not
only this, but it is against tho policy of the company to
build branch lines or feeders unless forced by competition
or fear of competition. The Hill line has no necessity for
an outlet to the sea until they complete their line from
Ucnd to Eagle Point.
Grants Pass is to be commended for ils effort it is
helping itself.
What is Medford going to do about tho railroad?
Grants Pass efforts will make it easier for this citv. A line
from Medford would strike the Grants Pass line about ton
miles from that city. It would also tap the "Muo Ledge. 1 1
would give this section the needed stimulus toward devel
opment. The Lord helps them that help themselves and
destiny is what we make it. . Med ford must h
help itself.
Welfare Movements Which Tinker
With Result and Let Cause Alone
Mr. C. H. Ingcrsoll, ot dollar
watch fame, is preaching sound poli
tical economy to tho reformers of
New Jersey. It seems that somo of
these reformers nro badly In need of
a teacher. Judging by remarks they
have made to the effect that they
nro more Interested In treating sym
ptoms of social disease than attack
Ins the cause. Mr. Ingcrsoll pre
sented some truths which they have
overlooked, In a letter to tho Nowark
News. He said as follews:
"Tho practical question is what
chance Is there for child welfare
while children and parents as well
are being robbed by an Iniquitous
system of taxation, ono ot tho first
Items ot which is tariff taxes. Have
tho Col by s and Iloosevclts discovered
a way of dissociating child welfare
from tho material conditions which
surround children? Can thero ho
child welfare when children are
obliged by hard economic conditions
surrounding their parents to go Into
factories and department stores when
they should be at school?
"Wo have thought that great men
like these havo finally comu to n
realization that child welfare was a
part of general welfare, and as such
Indicated an attack on tho strong
holds ot special privilege, but we
find after years of observation of
them that when It comos to the
point of attack they fall hack on the
Jingling phrases of child welfare and
becomo mealy-mouthed and spine
less with reference to the first work
at hand, I. e., destruction of special
tariff privileges which havo built up
tho trusts and doubled the coat of
living.
"I havo Just received n large and
expenslvo colunie, tho report of the
Conference of Charities nud Correc
tions, nnd have diligently soarched
through for anything Indicating In-
(cIIIkciico as to causes and preven
tion of povorty nnd crimes; the ap
peal always being with fine-spun
theory to this sentiment ot relict
and alleged cfflciont handling ot tho
ever Increasing output of n system
that badly needs radical change.
"This is no surprise to me as I
havo long known that charity Is or
ganized into n bindnoss and mnkos
Its own fo)d, but I supposed our
'Matusumu' hud gotten liooml the
viewpoint that child welfare was
fundamental and tho tariff n mere
detail."
The New Short Cut to Panama
DIED.
In Medford, Nov. 28, 1912, George
Itolfc, aged GO years und four months.
He loaves a wife. He had boon a
resident of Medford a comparatively
short tlmo.
Tho remains will bo shipped to
Vancouver, Waah., Sunday for interment,
The Jon discussion ns to whether
(lie I'niininu Ciinul will pay cxpeiine
or any interest on this vnst iuvot
men litis nt lat been definitely niix
wercd by President Tuft's nnnounce
meut of the cuuul lolls. It is. fig
ured ociierviitic.y that tho income
front ship' toll will lie lO.OOO.OOO
a year, periiupi, more, from tho very
blurt, allowing a bale margin of
profit lifter meeting nil current ex
penses. The l'ixiu of the rate
meanwhile serves to remind Ihe gen
eral public, that the grout cnnul ih
now mi uecomplihhi'il fuel. After so
many years of work the great ditch
has been du:: us deep us it need to go,
und tho enormous nvhtem of looks
for raising nnd .ownriuir Die wordV
largest steamers are practically coin.
plete. It only remains to 111M the
fiuibliin touchch, u wojj; of a few
months more, und tho canal will be
thrown open to the commerce of the
world.
The rupidly approaching coinplc
Hon of the eiiiuil Iuik nerved to at
tract thousands of rinkon, from all
parlH of tho world. The proportion
of Amerieun visitors is of course by
far the fjrcutet. Tho cmml mukes
u putriolio appeul to every citizen of
the United Stutes. In older to nc
commodulo tourists from the middlo
wot a convenient whorl cut has In-cn
nrrunged by bending bpeein cruises
from New Orelnns as well as from
New York. This does nway with the
loiitr journey which many people from
tho west were obliged formerly to
take to Vnw Vnrlr in nmmm.t ...iil.
the I'miumn bollix.
Tho eruifco from New Orchitis to
I'uniimu, feloppiii:,' at Havana, Cuba,
nud Kingston, Jumuien, may ho liimlo
in two weeks. The palatini Ilnmlmix
Amerienii liner Kronprinzus in (Vcilc
will make two special ciuiscs to the
Isthmus of l'uuamu, sailing .January
'J'.l und February III, the first cruUo
of l'illci'ii mid the second of bixtouu
days duration. On these cruises the
steamer curnos no freight und hpr
schedule is nrruuged ontircly for llic
convenience of the tourists, This
steamer nas ijccii popular lor years
in the regular north Atlantic service
mid ussiiro nil the comforts mid lux
uries of modern ocean Irnvel.
It Is said that Ilayard Vlllnr's pl.ty
"Tho Fight," will bo rowrltton and
that Helen Ware will bo thn star,
PEOPLE SHOULD GUARD
AGAINST APPENDICITIS
Medford people who havo stomach
aud bowel trouble should guard
against appendicitis by taking Him
plo buckthorn bark, glycoriuo, etc.,
as compounded In Adlor-I-Ita, tho
Gorman appendicitis remedy. A
SINGLE DOSB relieves sour etom
ach, gas on the stomach and consti
pation INSTANTLY becuuso this
smlplo mixture autlsopticlzes tho di
gestive organs and draws off tho Im
purities, h, U, Masking, druggist.
World's First Aerial Shooting Contest
llaWuic tasted the full Jo or "llm
shoot" on Old Molhr Cnrlh. the
twentieth contry nntrmmnit Imn fin
ally taken hi modem flnmrui Into
the lust veil, on the wIuhh of "the
torpedo boat jr tho cloud" thuiM to
battle In still nunc Jllortous con
Mtiosts. '
Through all Ihe At ' history tho
world had waited mtUl November R,
19 13. to seo nit urinal shooting eon
test In the nlr. On that day OIuu-Ioh
I.ih Outlier, borne In a Wrlsdtt bi
plane by (leorgo YV. Hoatty, soared
above a cheering crowd at Aviation
Field. Onkwood llmchtn. Staten Isl
and, nud , xhootlNK a Itomlugtou
I'MC autoloading shot mm, broimht
down three of sevfi' balloons that
had been released after the big ma
chine left the ground.
lloforo "taking wlnw." Caldor had
shot five balloons from tho ground
without a miss a part ot tho con
test, his opponent, with another
niitku of shotgun, havlnie only been
n.lo to bietik two of his five. In
the nlr Caitiffs rhal. the first to
no up. dhl not break any of (be bill-Inonn-iIioumIi
his aviator worked
sklllrnllv in JnrUoylun for advantag
eous shot.
ThrlllliiK. Indeed, was tho siwotnelo
rom tho viewpoint of "tho man In
(hi g-iuulntuiitl." The bailout were
tent up a lew minutes apart from
far out In the field and drifted up
toward tho watching thrituic. It was
noeesmiry for tho uvlatoiw to work
their iimrhlnott Into positions at rlxlit
angles to t..o lino of balloons that
the shootlmi nilnlit bo done across
tho Mold and not toward the specta
tors. This condition, tomUhor with
the uiu'ortuluty ot the air eurieuts,
required ju'ueb nutueuvuilug and the
onlooker were treated to a rare ex
hibition of aeroplane muiuuNtlc.
Thero are undoubtedly element of
Interest In aerial shootliiK stunts
that nn not found In cum the most
excltliiK contests on terra flrma. aud
It Is probable Hint tho future will
sic mail) nunc such contests its the
uiMlicrlttK at OuUhiuiiI HelKhts mis
ii'lvllined to Miliums
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Trouble Thai I.iMimI Fifteen
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We Must Have Money
Wo must have $."i0,()0() just ns quick as wo can got it.
"Wo have to pay our rout. Wo have tu pay grocery
anil meat hills, laundry ami milk hills. Wo havo tn
huy wootl and lots ol' other things. Anyway wo iioyd
money. Wc need it worse than am hotly. That is
why we sell cheaper. A glance tit the following items
will coilvinoc the most skeptical.
Clou's 7uc Shirts J5
Men's Shirts Hint sold lor $l.oU, $1.75 and $'', at 50?
Men's Wool Son K)
Men's 10c Handkerchiefs .-. !
Men's $-.00 Mats $1.00
Men's ir'J.oO Trousers ..t $1.00
Men's Overalls 5()
S;ih. runs until we get all the money wo want.
lit
AVill the lady that is wearing tho hoot please Wring
il in in time for the sal-.
106 North Front Street
THE CHEAPEST STORE IN THE WEST
Few thoiiMht .Mrs I,) din a Steven,
son, of lltutoii. Wash., would live,
so severe a eiiso of stbiiuu'h trouble
did she have After tnklnit a course
of Sulphiirro lieatmonlH she wiolc
The O. M. C Stewart Sulphur On..
Seattle. Wash., 71 Columbia St.
Gentlemen:
Siilphurro Is the RrontcHl euro I
have eVr found. I suffered over t
j eats with Craiuim. Stomach Tumble
and lias I would cramp double and
swell twice my site, ami seldom knew
a day without pain. Last year I was
taken to the hespital: very lew
thought I would live. Specialists
vwuiled to operate on me; wild t
would never get well wltiiout It. I
IiokkoiI them to wait, so they willed,
and I got butler, anil left In sl days,
but 1 stilt bad those pains. I saw
your "ad" In the paper and got of
Sulpburro In February and have
taken four smalt stscd nettles,
I went by Ihe directions, both as
to eMcrust and Internal tiwitment.
I have not hud a pain or cramp
since, and swelling Is all gone. Hut
I keep Sulphiirro on hand and take
It at times, aud It In the best thluK
to relievo kiis and cramps.
I have otteu thought I would go to
your otflre and tell you what Sul
phiirro linn douo for nu. You may
use my name aud (ell the people
what Sulphiirro has done for me I
am ut'. ycart old and am enjoying
the ht of health.
(Signed)
MltS I.YDIA STHVUNHON
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Pictures
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is different. Also a verv
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I! few mirrors-anil serving
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Vaudeville nud Photoplays
lllg Hill .Mho Mae
III.AINtlia.li .V WiaiSTFIt
Comedy HIiikIhk and TalKIng Act,
entitled,
"A llu-y Day In a Itonl.lng Orfhu"
I Feat mo I'hotoplayH I
Inhibiting tho best ot tho licensed
pletuies, whi H It xlvo you n Riianin
tee of better subjects, belter pho
tography, Ihe best actors, bar none,
and a better show.
Till: I'llACIIHIfH I'AltllON
i:relleut drama produced In Miik
Iniid by dene (lauutler and bar nil
Mar company of Kaleni players.
UliY.MOIf (U.MHS AT I'l I'lSHltltO
Topical
tint itiamvii'iio.v of st.iviuts
A Flue Dramatle Htiidy
tiii: iiti:ii.'.i:vitn monstuii
Olsver Comedy
(lood MunIc
Spcilal Matinees Hot unlay and Sun
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A drama nf the west thai bus a
moral.
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CFI.CII
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A pliotoplay that silds to the rep
utation of thbt well-known company,
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Itosauny
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laughs.
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A kimhI story with a flue cnt.
ALL WOOL SWEATERS
Ladies' $U,50 and $-l.r0 all wool Swea
ters, white, navy and gray. Saturday,
only $l.i55
MEN'S WORK COATS
Wool linejl, velvet collar, gray covert,
regular sj2 'value, sale price ...$1.10
CHILDREN'S COATS
Clrayx, navys, hrowns, (5 to II yotirs,
now . . .i.!... Half Price
$2.50 value $1.25
$3.00 value $2.50
$0.00 value $IJ.OO
$7.00 value $3.75
LADIES BLACK COATS j PRICE
Ladies' hlack hroadcloth kersey coats
satin lined, all sizes.'
Uegular $20.00 value $12.50
li,egiiliir.T-.,MMK)viiliio $15.00
Regular $20.00 value .. $10.00
LADIES' SUITS
Ladies' $20 Suiis, navy and hrowu,
anything in the house' $1.4.05
l2'c Linen Toweling, unhloaehed,
a yard ;.. 8;
10c lileaehed Muslin, I yard wide, a
yard .. '. 7
All CHILDREN'S SHOES 10 OFF
House lining, holt price 'Wv!
O'ihhI Aliile and Singing
Coming Hstiirdny The third sbr
li. of ' What llsppcucd In Mary."
Cbango of program every Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday and .Sunday.
1'ilrcs Always I lie Same, .1c and I lie.
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