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j o Si VJX59 ffJtm Medford mail tribune: a; pu l'JUfli JFvShT. ArrttRNooN S.WKPT RUtNUAT I.Y TUN MKUrOUU I'lUNTINU CO. wm i u i n Tho rmeerlla TIbim, Thn Medford Mull, The Mf.UorTl Tribune. Tha South rn Omsonlan, Tho AkIiI.iikI Trlbunn. Orrii'A Mall Tribune null.tln. 3S.3T: North rir ttrort; phone. Main 3011; lleiMlt. OHOROK PUTNAM. Kdltornnd Manwter Ktittred nil fconi1-cla matter at Mi-Jford, Oregon, nJr tha art or March a. T. Official Prr of th City of Hertford Official l'arxT of Jnckaoii Countr- SUHtCniPTIO.X IIATIS.1. On year, by mall...... IS.oo One month, by mall....... 60 I'er month, delivered by carrier In Hertford. Jacktonvlllo and Cn trnl l'olnl. ......a........... ... .50 ftatunlay only, by mall, cr year S Weekly, per year 1.50 PWOIIX CIllCOI.ATIOX. Dally average or eleven month! end ing November 30, 1911. JT51 Fall I.enneit Wire United Fra l)lInlrhrm. E; IS "Por henwn' s.tkc aend aomcone down hero who will drive, ji herd of tleeroft my land. They're eatltiK up overythltiK on tho place." That was the Insistent plea that camo over tho telephone wires to Chief Clerk Catron In tho office of the Rtnto Rnme warden Monday at Portland. Charllo Champlaln of Kvnnn creek was making tho call. The call wan so urgent that Mr. Catron Immediately ordered Warden Sam Sandry and Ulley llammeraley of UoRtiti River out to the place. Some time later there came another call, this time from the wardens. "There aro 16 head In the hen!," said Sandry. "When the deer saw us coming they made a bolt for the woods and one of them ran Into the fence and broke its neck. What shall we da with It?" They wero ordered to make a re port before a justice and Ret an or der and then to turn the meat over to some charitable Institution. This they did. Justice Wertz or dering the meat distributed among a number of poor families. "When wo found the doer," stated Mr. Sandry Tuesday, "they were eat Inr. young tree. We shouted at them and they started to run. One ran Into n woven wire fence so hard that he Instantly broke his neck. Wc then had to make an affidavit to It. I wish I could scare some poachers I know tho same way." WIFE DESERTER'S Fi Tho bond of K. C. Montgomery, wife deserter, on which Or. J. K. Keddy and 11. O. Worthlngton are Ntiretles was forfeited In the circuit court Monday by Judso Calkins ow ing to tho non-appearance of Mont gomery. It was for ?500. Montgomery married a Medford girl some tlmo ago and later de Hcrted her at Oakland. Sho re turned to her parents here. Mont gomery was arrested as ho was pars ing through Medford and bound over tp the circuit court. Ho secured bondsmen and was freed. Montgomery is at present In Idaho but it Is said that ho cannot bo ex trad feted. The case against him wus strong and conviction was said to bo utmost certain. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown .Vincent Afitor worked on life -lt birthday. Willi cure lie will prob nbly be nlile to recover from his ex perience. . So lone; as the wupply of encyclo pedias lioldrt out tie Turkish war correspondents will work on mnlix tltrbcd. At Slnyton, Oregon, n mini mimed Spnninl was elected to the council niid the town, of course, will go (o thu dogs. It. Spinkoyvintz, who ImR been M lent l'or some time, send in the fol lowing beautiful thought, "It tithes it juggler lo iiiilniico n billiard cue a carpenter is needed In miiku tin um brella htuiid. Ho Drew Zero. I iv in Blur uud JIs Ninu Sypheis wero married hero today. IJItichly, Ore., correspondent in Kugcne llcg isterj John A, Perl Undertaker Mi 3,- itAHTpirrr Plumes M. 171 niid 17ll Ambulance rJervito Ucputy Coroner DEER IS EN NECK BROKEN BOND EITED OVERRIDING "GOVERNOR WEST-ojight jwt to hrt naked to defy tho vJ plain and emphatic mandate oT the people, lie should not he asked to overthrow the ballot box. He should not he asked o repeal the election returns. He should not he asked to substitute the will ol' the minority for the will of the majority in the government of Oregon. v The people ordained' and from that edict there should he no appeal, except by another ballot of the people. There fa no higher authority." The above is from the esteemed Portland .Journal. The occasion, the foolish petitions well meaning persons are signing requesting the governor not to hang murderers after the people hav voted that the Lord giveth, but man taketli away. Tho Journal's point, is well taken. The petitions but needlessly embarras the executive who has already gone the limit to abolish capital punishment. He has no alter native but to prepare the noose. The attention of the .Journal, stanch defender of the people's will, is respectfully called to another attempt to override tho expressed mandate of the people this not by sentimentalists seeking to save human life, but by soulless corporations backed by greedy jobbers with porcine ten dencies secretly ahhetted by a flaccid and complaisant railroad commission, an occasion calling for vigorous de fense of the people's rights as expressed at the polls yen tue stauncn journalistic tribune ot tlte people is strangely silent. The initiative railroad freight rate bill carried bv a vote of 56.S09 in the affirmative to M,710 in the negative. Jt swept every county in the state by substantial major ities, except two, which returned small votes against the measure indicating in no uncertain manner, the will of the people. No sooner was the result known than the railroads began their calamity howl and the Portland jobbers their unwitting wails. The Portland press was filled with con tradictory clap-trap and the state railroad commission Minounced that the courts must interpret the statute and "requests for interpretation will be declined by the com mission" for the first time on record. Rut the bill is so clearly drawn that it needs no interpretation. Though a month lias passed .since, the hill became a law, the railroads have ignored it, and the commission made no effort to enforce it. junketing in the east. And an injunction not from the state law but from the federal courts. If tho federal courts sustain the railroads, which is much to be doubted, they will in effect decide that the people of a sovereign state have no right to regulate rail road rates for traffic whollv within the state. Til IS RIO IT OF THE PEOPLE OF OUEdOX TO .MAKE THEIR OWX LAWS FOR OREGON IS THEREFORE TILE ISSUE. And yet none 'of the staunch metropolitan journalistic defenders of the people's rights are battling in behalf of the people. Will it be government by the people if a court can by 'ts edict, at the request of venal corporations, overthrow tlie will of the people? Xo more than it would be for Governor West to overthrow refusing to execute sentenced murderers. It it can be done in one case, it can be done in all cases. The very irinciple of popular government is at stake the JESTRUCTfON OF THE OREGON SYSTEM IS 1 THREATENED. Changing the subject, not the words or the principle involved, the Journal's editorial reads as follews: "The courts ought not to be asked to defy the plain and emphatic mandate of the people. They should not ho asked to overthrow the ballot box. They should not bo asked to repeal the election 1. I 1 j i 1 -II be aSKCd to SUOSIIIIUC lllC win or. inc minority lor tuu wm of tlie majority in the government of Oregon. The, people ordained and from that edict there should he no appeal, oxcept by another ballot of the authority. Yet it is left to the country papers to present the mat tor aright to tlie people and to make tho light for popular government merely because the throttle grasp of a few Portland jobbers upon all of Oregon is likely to be loosened tor the weltaro oi the state. A REWARD ANLLUBER of democrats are seeking appointment as superintendent of the Crater National park. None of them are especially qualified for the task. None, of thoni have done anything to merit the appointment. Jt is tho usual scramble 'for the pic-counter. There is, however, one person who is pre-eminently cMiMlii'ipil for the nosition and who. for the future of the park, should have it, and that person is Will O. Steel. -More politics should not bo allowed to nueriere wun me appointment. Jt is duo solely to Mr. Steel that there is such a national park. For thirty 'years ho labored unselfishly for its crea tion. All the money spent in its creation came from his personal funds. lie has spent year after year lobbying in He lioimlf nnil if i dun. ljivcrelv to his efforts that the ap propriation for its improvement was made. He is the author of the proposed systom ol roans niniscn, kuuwh nvni'i' vnnlv- mid enmnv iii the park and is bv all means the best qualified for its superintendency. Mr. Steel is not financially interested in the park or its concessions, having disposed of his interests in the Crater Lake company. Jlis appointment woum not oiuy no a gracious recognition of his lifelong efforts in its behalf, but for tho best interest of tho park and a source of gmti fication to the many friends of the mystic lake. MARRIED Chandler l'ptter mid Edith Stowoll wero united in marring by Rev. W. P. Shields, pastQr of tho Presbyter ian cliurgh, a C ji, ., Monday, at tho niauso. Mm. Potter In ono of Medford'n glrlB, but formerly lived In California. Mr. Potter Ih of Siski you county, California. Those yomiB MTDDFOTCT) MAIL TRTBUNE. ftrEDFORP. ORKCIOK. BmsteesesK THE PEOPLE. Instead the members are now the railroads are seeking state courts, although it is a the will of the people by returns. They should not ! il . . ! ..it ...ill people, There, is no higher OF MERIT. people expect to inalco their home In Cold Iltll, Or., where Mr. Potter ox pectfl to oncaKO In business. Their many friends wish for them joy and happiness. Through want advertising you may realize your ambition to earn oh much money ns "tho othor fellow" oama for tho same sort of work, Pertinent Paragraphs With Agricultural Truths i WASHINGTON. Pec, 10, The. UTIhtntt illxouwd, itml luxeel mlYMiM ntiUual report ttf ill xeerelurv of iij;ritultttre, mmlo puliHe lutlny, lie ptiH wlllt n nonet nf thort iuru pruplis in which Mimt iiiipoitniit lit; riiMilturttl truth iv Mriktuuly Iuv.hmhI, It phioeoiU willt Hie eiw totitnry review of the n.urleiilluriil ptWuetiott nml 'nnMi;n trade nf (lie yenr tun! intiiii touie result mi tho invtvMijhttioii tutu Inonl eoinll turns itlTeeliujj mjiioulttirnl eretlil, the ifiiinl coihIhiv'c! Httiloinotits til' the work nf the bureaux ilttriui; the .vonr, mill n lon; neeouitt of the work nnil tieliiewmoiit f tho tin purtmeut tlurittu. the sixteen .einw thrniiluint wltieh Seereliiry Wiloit' ervieo Iiih exteiulcil. Itrief eniiiiiiftitM What niv teniuM lirief eiimiiienU are expressed iw iiilluws; The mutt efTcrlive initvo town til reilueeil eott f hvm it the pniilue lion of sreater np. TliU U at tributable (o the ui'k of tlte ilepart tueut of axrioiilture, the aurieiiltural onllios ami I'xpviiini'iit liitinii-, mul the help uf the pnws in ulili-liiii everv moveineut to help the fanners. Peinoiitriitioii work in Miiitliern Ntate in tlu ficlik lia been of im meiliate benefit. The -mttlt lui in eretwetl the food -upplv very miielt in the latt few year. The moveineut ordered bv eunr to Inke fit mi ihiiinii'trntiiiii into all iiotllient -tut i" will lit itttr tiinti' fiiml into our markets. Our rWiU eau nnil will Mendily !nen'a llieir output in eomiiiK year's n way- ami mean- of gmwitiff lieavier rp beeome bet ter tiuilertooil. The iiitlioit forsot its fanners in h ctu-tiil m1iiuhi of education of ml venrn; few philaii thmpitM tlnniHlit i.t tlinn trheii :i itST for I'lliiealiitii. (ihim-.s is vu,ni I" 'I' They are wtkint? up ,iml ' iiiiiikins fr ihtui-eive,. Crow til of Suunr Crops The siinar erop from the beet wa G00.000 tons a year; it is 700.000 1 ton this j car, Tin snr iinnej. from thi carbon-dioxide of the all mo-phere, takiint no valuahle plant i food fmm the Mill. The process of ;:nvin;: is iiilciisiva au'iiciiliiirc, I somethinsr new to all hut our iriinl. etiers, ami prepares the oi Tor in cn'itheil yieltU of all other emp. i One Itumlreil and i.tvlluit thou sand Mpinre n.iU h.tvT loeit olenro.l(A jfk unch prepircd in a B!nute. of tho fever llok ill the Miuthern T.ke bo Imll.tion. Juit lav-llORIJCK'S.- stales, cMittal to the area of three! states. The ftiniietv there nre hnm:. 'i in improved slock uud will mmiii eoiitribute mnteriall.v to the meat supply. v Seven hiuulri'il ncres of Kirvptian mul other lotts-lnplc eottou nre lie nt; t;ii)vn on the Colorado river in "ionium laitioniia. tinner nveareit conditions tluit uive "oi.d promise of eventually supplying the ilemnu.l ! ror Mich tiber. riircuil iimkerH oflpicty irrlKatlon water, price l-.urop,, arc here impiiriiiK into future I H.-00. w, ,rn,,e for Bnuinr Iur. hiipplic of loii-laplc cotton. The mnrket waits for the M-ienli-t to do his work. When the I'muuiiiii canal is open for liiiine our bulbs ami beet ocd will come from the I'neifio count. InrreaoliiK I'mmIikIIoh The Ieadiii peelulit-. of the do. purtmenl of nisnYiilliiiy eduenle their aMMmils Hip i.iiIhIiIi. world want inriii lion hij innio iiiiiii iiiu iiar i M-i,inin ecini: niiii in inc kiiciiiiiiciii service. The food and dltl'-'s act is exact inj; on ilcpartiuent lime; J I.V.I viola tioiiH were ei.i to the deparlineut r jiihtiee duriiir la-l year .'-. per cent , more man the year lie I ore. ,lml cu tenees nre im lieini.' iuiHicil. Our fnniicrs tret only halt eropii on the average, or ten Ion of liccls mi acre. They nre Icarniiij; how to funn inteiisivclv ami will tirow twice this tonmiKc in a few years, when they will not iVnr reduction, of du ties. Our drv-lni-d prolilemn will he mrtuurably wdved through alfalfa from Siberia ami iioiiacchariiie horg huins from A fried. Congress tins tiveti u law lo keep Do You Know How the Rayo Lamp Breathes? OUR experts have made a scien tific study of it, and a RAYO breathes or takes in air -in just the right way and just the right quan tity to give the best light. JT-rwtr Art Every detail of construction of tho fu lGL1t M mous RAYO Lump has been determined "" vith tho same caro. Ab u result, It is.tho best Jamp made a Btcady whito light, clear and soft, Ideal for reading and sewlnj;. Can be lighted without removing chimney or shade. Easy to clean and rewick. Made of solid brass, nickel. plated. " At DaaUn Everywhtre. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (C.llfornl.l Pprtl.nJ, TUESDAY. DRORMTJIUR 10, k jiu tJSf piaut. Imi rui demount ration in the liehli in heiiu; oimilKi'il lit nil the lint them slates, eoutjii'MM iioidiiitf. The field U the hetl eliiHstiiuiu for instruction in practienl aui'ii,iiltiiii. Depailiuenl slmly of poulliv iiml ejJtr-t will help to net Uum I'ouiN lo iiinrKel in ninl eoiiilitinn. The sen li I lie ureal iveinir of potah, I'lic kelp plant tillici. it. We u'lither the kelp ami extract, ' llos OiiIiiuiiiIm'i Sliccp Two feet of woven wire ami lluee Imrli whet keep ! nut of a sheep pax hire. Doks onliiiiiiibet' sliccp in many stales, and wo have not learn ed to eat ! itA they ilo In some Kuropeait eottutntvi. Till'" renstiii Riven liv 11101 fnruiers vvhv tlia.v do not keep hlteep in "the ilni." Kan sits hail, in HUH, 17.", (HI II Kheep and mul UHl.OOll ilntt, Colntrit Iclls us, The town tloes not need ilia ti tired rn niter, vnIi'iK the ftuiii neeiU his experience ami hi capital. , retired farmer cnpilal going to waste, Takiiur euro of the .-oil is (lie first eoiisiilcration in eonervalioit of our rv-ouree.s, Dcninark huy our mill feeds nml selU .? KMlOO.llUO of dairy produut to (Ircat Ilritaiti, llookkcepius; will Hoon be n com iiion on tho farm as in the factory. It is just as iiiiioitiint for a farmer to know what it Im ot to produce a siven emp h for tho mnmifiietiirer to know tho cost uf ninkiiur the arti cle ha sell. ThroiiKli want nilvrtlMiiK you limy make ' a luik mile" of Unit leal eMte for tho want ads an at (ho bottom of a lot nf kooiI luck f Fftiinalncit tTlanwUarn Atfountains tlsewliero Ask for li HORLICK'S n Yhe Original and Qenuini IU A I TTf Mill IC iWIfi I K.1 l"lkH Tni r08tJDflnk for All Agll. At tettauranU, hotel, and fountain. Dcliciouj, tmigoralinit and suiiaintng. Keep it on your tideboaid at hotr.c Don't tr.ivrl without it. . . not in Any MUR Trust Bittner's Real Estafe & Employment Bureau l2t ncre at llrown.boro. f, acre jult r0mlnK In to boarlnc lo aeren Kra mt frecaoll. ome bulldliiH. tme or city pro(Mrty. Ill ncron, 11 ncrcH In penrK nonic npitltw, I aoro In alfalfa. . room bungalow nml other ImiIMIiiiw, will tnko untile city properly. Price lli'.oon. 'IMi norm, all In cttltlvntlnu, 1 i room Iioiihc. ohlckuu hnutui uud yards ,0, , w;,of , rrW, r . wa(or for ,,,, w t mllm ,m mm m "i)0 Wo have noma of thu betit stock nine lien In the comity, nUn Home good hiiirII acreage that we can tell nt n wr' low I"'"' nn,i " '"", of ,ermH- onm lu nml let us tell you what we have. If you want to trade your fnrm for city property count and see what wo have to offer. .. I'hiiployiiietit (ilrls .and women for general Iiouho work In and out of city. MRS. EMMA BITTNER l'hono Home 1 1 Opposite N'ii!i Hotel HOOMH ri nml 7. I'AI.M 1II.OCK. Sd Frtpclico wimnmtmt iaffiirvl ni2. A GUIDING STAR for tluiso who are lmihlini for palu Iom and effective Dentistry It thu hIkii nt the entranra to our oMiIiIIhIi inert. V prattlco paliilenH oxtritcl Inn. ami tvery other branch of the profession. Whataver your riwiulri) iiieutH In the Dental Hue, you may he hiiio of the bout Hcrvleo at tho burnt e pernio hero. Ask )otir frlembt who have tried tut. l.mlv Atlciiibtnt DR. BARBER TUU IlKSTIST Over 0,inlelK for OmU. J'nelfla l'hone ::'N, Home l'hono n.li-IC TALKING ABOUT WATCHES Our itluiwlm at IhN nenton rout prlsiH ibo dm-. i srlct Hon ocr shown lit .Medford No mailer how Inex pensive ibo wnleh that roine.i from Keller tho Jeweler, wo Kunrantuo It to keep accurate time. I, tit im ahovv sou our itook ami convince you that our price are the very lowet. Keller, the Jeweler Corner of .Main ami I'lr Kl recti LEATHER GOODS BRIDGE SETS POKER SETS And many useful articles. Sole axt'iitH in southern Oregon for Rookwood Pottory MEDFORD BOOK STORE C. F. Richstein (8i Company All Kinds Wood For Sulo Rick Wood, Block Wood and Tior Wood Strictly Cash on Dolivory Eads - Holbrook Fuel Co. WOOD POR SALE Tior, Rick and Block Wood Mill Blocks Strictly Cash on Dolivory. PLUMBING Btoam and Hot Wator Eoating II Work ciirnto 1'rlcea Ilcuiuaabl COPPEEN & PRICE IS Howatfl Btook, Botranca on 6th Ik stoma aa. Draperies We carry u very complete Una of drupurlen, (tiro ciirfalnu, flvtareH, eta, anil ila all oIuhhuh nt unbolHtarlnv. A special nian to look after tliln work otcliiHlvuly anil will ulva um kooiI Hcrvlro uu Im imnHllilo to get lit even tlin lun;cnt olllua. Wooks & McQowan Co. rr AT Til 19 UGO AT.WAYH A (idol! Hll6V Special I'eatnii's Tbnlht anil Toinor iou Mulil Only 'IIIU .UlUI'THIl t'HII.O A lilac two-reel fcuturo photoplay, A I'llthO'N IIIIIMlcrpllH'O I'ATitu's wiiuivi.v oi. crmtu.vr lU'llVTS A very liilorwtlliiK topical film SO MIA II A,Sll VHP SO I'Alt A topHntrli lltonrntih wnnpily Miss Woohvorlli ul piano Chaime of prountin uvry 8imlity, Tuesday, Tliui'iidny and NatUlduy. I'rlrcs AItnN tho Same, tr nu4 file ISfS THEATRE Viimlevlllo ami I'lioloptnya tllii'i letul tool ivc nic Mill follovvliii; ttllli tlie l'IKiiit, lulublcht ami Mlllppll-.) xlcm lo ibo I II) hoe 'IIiciii I'ly IIIIOIIICS .V McI'AIUhM) With the UIkrmI leuwttloual upce- tnciilnr novelty ovr ntnKed by a vaudovlllt net Rpcelal Mettimry KUetrleal Kffecta AN AlltHIIIP I'rtaitlHtlllK The Uallaut Ship of HcnniM ntATl'ltlt l'IIOTOI'lY I'llOtlltAM Tllll I'lMIISIMI Thrllltm lor of llf In thu wott ttiivi(iviV(j .sr.victt.v vits.mu OrarrliitiVH I.I Iv tS KMCII'IS Ol' ni.tt A ftmtnuy lil.lCIMIA.VT ON TIIIMIl HANDS Vlamili lugbnKrnplt flprelnl Mntlnttuit Snturilay and Sun day. MatlHHe prlew.,;, nml 1U conti. f.ootl .Mimlo CO.VIINO I'lSATIMtll Piioroi'iavs Till! MON TAMKIt'M UI5VHN0H IKie 1 7 1 It. Iitli, tilth t'eatiirlug '.'0 ronuiiuK Uoua 'i reela. rim: at hi:a Dee jtith ami Ut Secitle - Hpc im tiar Seiintlonnl STAR THEATRE Wo load, otuern follow. Complete Change of Program Today Al HATIimt, tho SlttKor roilltKHT AM) WOOIiWOUTII. Tho lliiKtlmo Wlitardn Matlneou Dally 2 lu 5 p, m. ADMISSION, fie AND 10c M)()IC LOOK LOOK Coining ".MOTH IN 'I'll I J l:'f,AMK" An lutoiiauly drumatla throo-rool plutorlnl vertilon depleting thin fain oiib ndiiKo. I.OVO, hatred, Joalotiay,. CTark & Wright LAWYERS WASHINGTON, li, 0. Puhllo Land Mattera: Final Proof. Desert Lands, Conceal and lllnlni Coooi. Hcrlp.