it I Wi 1 j r h fl' mam iroim. MlDKORD MAIL TRIBUNE A MM NT ?1I!WI'AI'RI1 rv 1 i - "vi':.'.:i:.1i IT AFTRHiSlHJN 1INIIAT 11T TIIH Mituronu i'irnva co. . ThepsmoerMIrt Time, Tho Mulford Mull, nil MtJfonl Trlbuno. Th South rn OreronUn, T)i AstiUnd Trlbun. Offleo Mull Trltiunn lmtldlnit. 53.3T-19 North Fir nirstis phuns. Main t021 jiomn 70, OKOnnU PUTNAM, IMIlor nml Munmter Kntervd ns second-clsss matter t Mwiford. Oregon, nJer the set of March 1. ts?. OfftoUl rpr of ths City of Medford. Officii! Paper of Jackson County. JUIIISCIIUTIOX UATIiS. On vmr. by malt .15.00 una munin, nr mini.... IT " .1. 1. ll .60 Per month, delivered hy carrier In rf1fnri1- Jarlcltnnvllln nml On- tral Point .SO fUturday only, hy malt, tr year.. sj Weekly, per year 1.G0 Mvnnjf cmctitiATiov. Dally Average or eleven monlhi end InK November 30, 1911. 27S1. The Mali Tribune Is on aate at the Ferry Newa Bland, San Franclnco. Portland llotol New HtanJ. Portland. lVowmnn Newa Co, Portland, Ore. W. O. Whitney, Seattle Wash. Pull Leainl Wire United Fra IHapatchea. atnnrimn, oukrov. Metropolis or Southern orepon and Northern California, nnrt the fastest crowing elty In Oregon. Population V. S. cennut 110 SS40: estimated. 1811 10.000. . .. Flvo hundred thouaand dollar Oravlty Water Pyatem completed, clvlnft flneat supply pure mountain water, and 17.) mllea of streets paved Poatnffic receipt for year endlnn November SO. 1911, show Increaie of 13 per cent. Hanner fruit city In Oregon Hoiruo Illver Hplttenberjr npplea won avrcp slakes prlxe and title of Apple Klnor of the World" at tho National Apple Show. Spokane. 110. and a car of Newtowna won rir.t t'rUe In 14IO at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver, n. C. 10 BE PE Many people seem to bo under tho Impression that tho Medfonl Choral society was organized solely for tho purposo of bringing out "Tho Rose Maiden" and disband thereafter. This Is very far from tho truth. The -society was permanently organized threo months ago In order, not to .make money, but to stimulate mus ical Interest In Medford and vicin ity, and whllo it is not -working for purposes of charity, It is neverthe less a labor of love, as oil who par ticipate in it givo their services free; -not only tho members of tho socie ty, but tho vocal soloists and orches tra players as ,;wcll, including Mr. Talllandlcr under whoso directions "Tho, noso, Maiden" will bo given. Tickets aro sold to cover tho expense of tho music, printing, advertising, hall Tent and similar expenses only. Tho object is to foster a love and appreciation of good music, which will prepare tho ground for, and eventually mako possible, tho cn gagment of one of tho famous or chestras with noted soloists for an annual Spring Festival of Music, whenever such an organization can bo (secured on their Pacific coast tours. Tho performance of "Tho Itoeo Maiden" next Thursday at tho N'ata- torlum is simply the first stop in this direction. Now' members will bo added to tho society and rehearsing on a new work will bo begun at onco. Tho work to bo taken up noxt will probably bo tho oratorio "Namann" by Sir Michael Costa. Tho oratorio has always flourished moro on Eng lish than on Continental soil and for this reason somo of tho best works in that Una wcro produced by English composers. Tho performance of "Tho Rose Maiden" is awaited with considerable interest Do it eaid onco moro that the Medford Choral society is a permanent musical organ ization, endeavoring to grow larger and do hotter work as tho years go by. Tho present membership is as fol fel fol eows: Mrs. K. M. Audrows, Mrs. Allder, Mr. II. Danker, Miss M. Dotty, Mrs. Uowman, Mrs. Anna Coffin, Miss. Iva Coffin, Miss Inez Coffin, Mrs. Davls Bon, Mrs. Eastman, Mrs, Eberle, Mrs. Ada Hamlin, Miss Anna Hansen, Miss Mabel Mcars, Miss Catherlno Mears, Mrs. McCallum, Miss Anna Purucker, Miss Holon Purucker, Miss Kern Stino, Mrs. Whipple, Mrs. J. Wold, Messrs. H. N. Aldrlch, Ed An drews, A. O. Bauson, John Darby, Forrest Edmeads, Henry Farnum, Fletcher Fish, A. N. Hlldobrand, E. D. Knhlor, D. T. Lnwton, It. J. Lock wood, A. S. Mack, E. V. Maddox, Her man Purucker, Henry Illley, E. D. Valentino, T. C. Wicks, a. T. Wilson, Mrs. L. McKUlop, Miss Franceno Mc Nassar, Mrs. It, J. Lockwood, Miss Kathorlno Murphy, Miss Hose Noalon, Miss Hazel (Norliug, Mrs. Etta Lunt. The mombers of tho orchestra ure: Mr, Carlton Janes, Mr. Kunsel man, Miss Ione Flyun, Miss Caugth yon, Mrs. Daddysmiiu, violins; Mr. E. O. Root, viola, Dr. W. Marlon, violon cello, Mr. U. S. Collins, bass, Mr. Uowman, fluto; Mr, doo, Dyer, cor net, Mr. Don Colvlg, clarinet, Mr. Goddalo, clarlnot; Mr. Earl Dratnoy, trombone, Mr. Moon, trombouo; Mr. Hogsott, horn; Miss Ivy Doeck, piano. Mr.' Gerard Tnlllaiidlor, conductor. CHORAL SOCIETY mm HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. HJHTOltV jt'pwils itself. Kvcry uVpnrtmv from irn dition or eu.sloin imnisrs a tumult. IUmiw the froth and roam of tho critics of the initiative frciiiht rate law, protesting against a more jiractioal and uniform basis for raie inaKing. Every law passod is subject to court review and inter pretation. So far as the friends of tho act are concerned they arc willing that, this test be applied, because they know thai tho law embodies the principle of practical and economic rate making and the chances are more in its favor than against it." A competent tariff compiler will find no difficulty in drafting rules, minimum carload weights and rates in con formity with tho provisions of the law. 1 ts provisions are well understood by traffic managers, and they well know the law imposes no necessity on them to make a general revision of rates. The tariffs of the railroads now accepted by thu state railroad commission contain flexible rules governing mini mum carload weights which vary with thu length and capacity of the car, ranging from :11,000 pounds to (10.000 pounds on lumber shipments, and from : 10,000 pounds to SS,000 pouuds upon grain, and other variations oh other commodities. It is stated by tho interstate commerce commission that "an increase in the minimum carload weight is equivalent to an increase in the freight charges," so that where no change in rate is made with the increased minimum weight the large shipper is discrim inated against in favorof the small shipper. The law equalizes this discrimination by decreasing the rate and thus maintains a parity between each class of shippers. Tho early classifications provided a '20,000 pound min imum for all classes, but immediately subsequent to livST the classifications were changed fixing minimuins at 120.000 pounds upon articles taking third class and higher and tfO.OOO pounds for articles taking lower than third class. This rule prevailed continuously from that period until after 1907, and the railroads prospered and traffic moved freely under these fixed mininniins. The interstate com merce commission frowned upon the fixing of ntinimunis apparently upon the value of the articles, and favored the iixmg ot mimmums according to ine ihuk ol mc ju-iu-u-and carrying capacity of the car. The latter rule the law recoimizcs. The bill was drafted and circulated with a nil know ledge of the Sanborn decision in the Minnesota case in that, should this decision be upheld by the supreme court of the United States, it would nullify every state railroad commission and state law fixing railroad rates and fares. Therefore the fate of the initiative law is no more in jeopardy from this source than the railroad commission; if one is knocked out, both are. So far as the railroad commission is concerned the people need relief from it. In a recent decision involving log rates, the commission, after substituting its own testi mony for that of the plaintiff, fixed a rate of $1 per 3000 feet for a haul of 71 miles. Any lumberman or any traffic, manager knows such ra.tes arc prohibitive and that not one foot of logs would move under this rate. If the railroads are in anv danger from restricted traffic and the loss of revenue from prohibited movement, it is from the railroad commission and not the initiative law. The critics concede that the law is beneficial to interior cities and the. state generally and that it provides ample revenue for the railroads, so the tirades against the bill must be in behalf of a few disgruntled privilege seekers who have profited from a rate adjustment detrimental to the general welfare of the state. "A FLOCK OF SEA GULLS." THE sudden activity of Klamath county democrats is commented upon by the Klamath Northwestern and likened to "a flock of sea gulls screaching and squealing over some piece of offal thrown from a vessel on the high seas." The Northwestern says: Thero was no need for a county commlttoc boforo tho oloctlon. No, indeed I Klamath county had alwnys heen republican and thero heomwl to bo little hope that Ita political comploxion would ever chunco. And, anyhow, oven If this county should support Wilson, It would do so by republican votes; and so those who had called thomsolvon warhorsoii 'of the democratic party sat tlfiht and did and said nothing. If they wero for Wilson or Lane, no ono hnow It. They woro afraid to mako known tholr choice, Ucauso all of thorn wero moro or loss Interostod In some local political battle, and they hesitated to Jeopardize the chance of their can didates for local offices. ,,,,, And so no organization was formed. No literature was distributed and no campaign wbk made. And Wilson was clectod. Moro than that, he and Mno carried Kla math county. And then, suddenly, those vlllant "warhorsos" woro con fronted with the hopo of political spoils. And straightway thoy doomed an organization necessary. A fighting organization, too, organized to fight not for dcmccratc victory, but for democratic spoils. And thov gathered together a few of tho 'faithful," olectod for chairman a person who has hold office under a republican officeholder here for years, and startea tneir campaign ior me spotis wiav win win out of Washington next April. This accounts for the sudden activity of these pie hunters for the iob of superintendent of the Crater Lake park. Four of them who never lifted a finger in behalf of democracy or of Crater Lake are now clamoring for this one place and it is a fair presumption that other places arc being scrambled for the same way. LIGHTING FRANCHISE STILL AT DEADLOCK Mayor Canon and Councilman Campbell and Suinmerville, held n coni'erciico Friday afternoon with of ficials of the California Oregon Pow er company, over thu dendlouk re Knrdinu; tho lighting and power rates anJ l'rancliiso qiieslitui. No conclu sion was reached, hut tho power tiompnny promised to Hiibmit u prKi silion by the middle of the weelc. U" no compromise cun bo effected, tho council will net under tho new public utilities law and submit n new scale of lighting churges to ho voted upon nt the generul election in January. - arorwoTm anVTfi ttubttnr E A concrclo foundation was htnrtcd Saturday morning hy S. Childers for u new brick store building on North Front street. I'lio building is being put up by W. S. liaruum. It will be 'J.rx75 feet in sizo and one story high, and will bo nu oxact counterpart of I ho building recently creeled by Mr. liaruum on n lot just south of (his site. For practical charity organized la bor has a record second to that of no other human Institution. Kvery year It disburses mlllloim of dollars lu death, sick, out-of-work and old ago benefts. Mrcniroun. onrcnox. SATrnnAY. rwrKMrtrcrc 1 1. A Small Talk on Good Roads and Special District Assessments To th' Killter: I Imvo tiott'tl with inlerimt lhat v. oral or tlio fond lltili-U lit .tneknoti cunnt arc kuIdk to lo ott a spcclul ta levy, to luiiro Ihwlr roaild, and I would llkt to say a fpw words to the InlnrwIiMt tuiiterft, In ImlmU of tho proponed inpusm In Dee. Hi 10 tho uximyunt In road district No. 10, itthlrlt romprlm t.ltttt ApiiU'KHtu and tho upper coi tion of the 111k AppleKitto country), voted a special tax or A mtlln. Tho work which wo were enabled to put on our romU from this tax Is tho only roal road work which was aver dotio on thin road slneo It w hinted out. and iuhmIs only to lie truxeltnl to ho npprticlntud, and we arc tiuliiK to voto on another special 1ty thU month. Thoro Ih not one taxxtor In this dis trict today, who would willingly p.irl with tho Improvement on our road for double tho niuotmt which It cost him. It you havo considered tho matter at alt you havo roallivd Iouk hotoro thl that ou are palnK tin oxorht tnut tt and koMIiik practically uotli ItiK In return. Now If you vote a itpcclat tax In your road district eery dollar of It will hL oxptMidcil on oiir own Immeil lato roads and you will got tho direct Will the Chains (Klamath Northwestern.) Thu oxpected has happened. Tho railroads of Oregon havo announced that thoy will defy th so-called Med ford rato hill, which wns paMcd by tho people nt tho ( election by a vote ot Sr,.S9'J lit th affirmative to 41.71H In tho uugatite, Tho -official announcement conies from tho 1 1 til I In on. la a Httttoment given to tho puhlk by Wilbur K. Cotnan, general freight and passen ger agent of tho till! Hues In Ore gon, the pronouncement of the rail roads Is made, it hi mated that the railroads will appeal to the Federal courts for an ajiuulltuoiit of tho law on the ground thnt it U inipoimlble of observance." It Is interesting to note that tho railroads will appral to tho Federal courts, nml not to thu courts of the Mate. Hut thu not astonishing thing In this whole proceeding Is that tho railroads blandly announce tho absurd ground upoa which they will seek an nnnullinont of, tho law. lly what right. f you pleuso, may thu Federal courts nuniill laws passed by the people of a state, on the ground that they urn "ImpoHslble of.1 observance"? Docs tho Federal Constitution grant any such powers to thu courts? Of course wo know that tho Su preme Court of tho United Slates, In those most remarkable decisions lu the Standard Oil und Tobacco Trust eases, actually rewrote a law passed by congrww, by Inserting lu it tho word 'reasonable," whloh eongrctwi had several times specifically refused to do. And we cuu, see how the In terests, omlioldetied by this victory, may reach for further spoils. Tho fact ot the matter Is that the decisions ot the Supremo Court In thoso trust catvs amounted to a revo lution. Some day the people ot the United Statu will come to a realiza tion ot the fact that tho Supremo court reached out nod grnspod openly tho power of making the laws of the nation a power the court had been building up for Itself through years of technical dminions and upon which It had been looking with Jealous cyoa for decades. Consider, If you please, what It means to tho people when tho courts oun openly muk and iiumalio lawn. Th ore was a time when congress pro tected lis constitutional right to mnko tho laws of this nation by inserting as a provision of legislation that It should not be subject to review by the Supremo Court of tho United States. Dut In tho decisions ot the Supremo Court In tho Stundnrd Oil and Tobacco Trust cases, tho court grasped this power which It had been exorcising by Inadvertence for gen erations and openly assorted Its right to mako laws. And tho abRiird appeal of tho rail roads of Orogon thnt tho law recently passed by the pcoplo Is Invalid he cause "Impossible of observance" Is only the next xtep in the chain of events hy which tho Interests seek to mako us suUorvlcut to their will through the control of tho courts of this nation. Of course, tho plea has no merit In fact. Tho new rate hill Is not Im possible of observance, it is a very simple law. it merely operates to Increase tho "spread" between car load rates uud rates on less than car load shipments, ho that the Jobbers In small communities may havo n chance to do business in competition with big centers. It Is tho law that' has been lu operation in Wisconsin and other eastern states for years, In maintaining this plea tho rail roads havo cunningly thrown out a bid for support from tho Portland jobbers (If, Indeed, any hid woro I necessary) by stating that tho opera liton-fll therefrom It eaii ho nrraiiKed so Unit ter resident tamer, If ho no denlren can work out double or treble the amount which the road tax wolild iiucemarlly occasion hlni, an tho uk KmKuto amount of taxex which tile relienl tu.pa)er would mi,v woiilil ho very Hiitnll compared to what would necrito from the tax on rail road lauds, timber elnlms, patented mlultivt claims, ote, Outside or what they havo already nold at a ood flu tiro tho S. P. company now owns Just one half of all the laud lu .litrknou county People ownliiK timber elaliim mid other properly, compi'loo another Koodly portion, moxtly all min-rel-deula and holdliiK tho laud for ttpocii lathe purpoxo. They rldo In their Pullman or loitr liiK cars while Mm Ntlr th mud and Kiiud the lioulderx on your so-called county roadH and help IncreaHo the valuation of their property. You aro living under thn Ixwt nyntom of Kovorniueut lu tho Union, and ou should exercise the power which jou havo. It Is up to you Koiitlemnu. you may with a Utile of fort, trawl good roads, or uur may still ion Unite to ntlr tho mud. JOHN HYUN'K, WathliiH, tire. Be Tightened? tion of tho now law would "revolu tionist) rates and hindues." Tirol Is, It would loosen tho grasp that the Cortland Jobbers hnve on the com merce of this state. Of coiirt tho new law will rovo lutlnlote rates and business. That's exactly what It Is Intended to do. And Muppoite that It dot. Ilnvo not tho pcopltt of Oregon u right to rovoliittouto their freight rati? (led knows thnt they have needed rototutloulzltig tor a long time. The railroads should not forget that this measure was passed by n voto ot the people, nml n big nte at that. It will he extremely Interest ing to not, whether or not the Fed eral courts will have tln audacity to uphold the absurd plea of the rail roads and forbid the people of n sov ereign state to regulate the rates that shall he paid on railroad truffle wholly within that state. Wo have no doubt that the courts will seek to uphold tht railroad com pany's absurd contention. And If they do. what then? Shall we meekly submit to the Inking away from ns the ower to make our own laws? That's what the courts have net about to do. That's what they have done. And ir the people cannot regain that power without bloodshed they will regain It with bloodshed Some day tho people will awaken to llu way In which they havo been robbed these ninny jonrs. They an getUnit pretty thoroughly nwukoueil now to the fact, that they are being robbed, but they art a little hazy ns to the exact method ot robbery. When they rttitlxtt that the making of laws by our rorporatlou-owued courts Is tho particular method by which their money Is taken from them, thero will bo n revolution. Will It be bloody? 'Mint all de pends upon how fur tho courts will go. Sometimes It seems an though they hud already overstepped the limit. Mnyjie they have. The de termining factor Is always how many Hungry puoplo there are In the coun try. Ileeniise when people got hun gry they forget to think. If they tiro hungry enough, thoy havo lost tho power think; thoy can only feel. And this bald attempt to set aside tho laws ot the people culls for Just serious roflootlon.. To what level has our prated "government by the people" fullen, that wo can seo tho laws that wo ourselves havo mado set aside hy thu court becaiiNu some rallronds hold that they are "Im possible of observance"? Ah a matter of pure reason, the people have tho right. If thoy wish to exorcise It, to reoulro that tho smokestack of ovory engine on evory railroad lu Oregon be painted olive green with yellow stripes nrouud It, and to require that all engineers wuar yellow breeches with green neeklles. Whether tho railroads like tlili law or not Is hoslde tho question. Onco you admit that the peoplu are not to ho tho final Judge of the laws under which they slmll operate their government, you havo destroyed the theory that this Is tho government hy thu people. OMItlHTMAS HAM.'. A Christmas sale wilt bo held hy tho li. A. Bocloty of the l.iithoran church 011 Saturday, Dec. I Ith, at -17 W. .Main street. Fancy articles will be on salo and light rofreshniunln will bu served at nominal cost. 2!!7 John A. Perl Undertaker 2H H. 1IAKTMJTT t-iiuui-tt iti, -lYi uiiii i7;i Ambulance Kervko Deputy Cormier j mi: A GUIDING STAR (or those who are looking fur pitln I imis and otfftotlvo DanilHtry Is the sign at the uiitrtiiice to our establish tuer.t. We practice pnlulesn extract ItiKi ami every other brunch of the profession. Whatever your leipilre. menu In Uih Dental Hint, )ou mny be sum of the best service at the least expound here. Ask your friends who havtt tried us. I.iuly Attendant DR. BARBER Till liKNTI.ST Over Panlctn tor Duds, I'arlflc IMioue UnUS, Home Phone n.VJ-IC TALKING ABOUT WATCHES J&S Air Our showing at this season com prist the finest selection orer shown lu .Medford. No matter how Inex pensive the watch that conies from Keller tho Jeweler, wo guarantee it to keep accurate time. Let us show jou our stock and convince you that our prices are the very lowest. Keller, the Jcwelc ler Corner of Main nml lr Street We Can Suggest iiotliintr, licllci' for Clirislmns than a REMOETTE JR. the new models ijtt.OO ami 97..ri0 MEDFORD BOOK STORE PLUMBING Steam and Hot Water Heating All Wort rtunrntM4 'rlci llnasoimbl COFFEEN & PRICE IS Jfowrd Blook, Botisce on eth MX How . C. F. Richstein 3b Company All Kinds Wood For Salo Rick Wood, Block Wood and Tior Wood Strictly Cash on Dolivory Eads - Holbrook Fuel Co. WOOD FOR SALE Tior, Rick and Block Wood Mill Blocks Strictly Cash on Dolivory. Clark & Wright LAWYERS WASHINGTON, 1). O. Publlo Land Matten: Final Proof. uosori ijsnc Caioi, Scrip. Desert Lands, Conceit ana Mining IS IS THEATRE Vaudeville ami I'hotoplnyi THU Mr.SKMh IIKXTI.KVH Mitrliuba .N)lophone soloists piny lug the largest instrument of lis kind In tin. world. TO.S'MIIIT I FIlATtHIK I'IMIK I Wo are today featuring u thrilling tlellg sou picture, "Till: HIHTI'liU OF I'Ai'H" Soiiwttlimul, sneiiltt, spcctunular "t'KNTHAI I'AIIIC, ,V. V." Descriptive "iti:i H.ir.vniMi.s1 .s.nnrin:" Western melodrama "I'AVIMJ illi: IKIAltD MM." Itlpronting Kaleiu comedy Special Matinees Saturday nnd Hun day. Matinee prices, C and 10 cents. (loud MiiaIo COMIN'O lilA'll'lli: 1'IIOTOI'f.AVH Till: I.IO.V TA.MIllt'H ItKVlJNdi: Dee. 17lh, tSth, lUlh Featuring 20 roaring lions S reels. FIIIU AT HKA Dee IMltlt and IMst Scenic - Spectacular Sensational STAR THEATRE I'nder direction People's Amuse ment Co Wo lead, othors follow, Ilnvo you heard Charles . (,'olliy, thu popular ventriloquist? If you haven't, )uu belter eome down to the Hlar, where - ' MK, roi.nv .v ), Presents the biggest novelty act -of thn ni'ssou. It's a long, lingering laugh throughout. C 111(1 PHOTOPLAYS 5 - 'CHAHITV" it's a grenl Thanhtnuer drama JACK, Till! WINDOW I'LISANFIt" Some comedy "AT TIIH PHONIC" Intensely dramatic "(JltANDIUi DISK'S FLOCK" Ileal laugh producer "TOO MICH MOIHHIMN.LAW" (let In 011 this, It's a hummer I'OllltlMT AND WOOLWOUTH Thu Itngtlme WUards Matinees Dally 2 to C p. in. ADMISSION. 5c AND 10c LOOK LOOK LOOK Coming "MOTH IN Till! I'LAMK" An Intensely dramatic three-reel pictorial vorslun depleting this (uni ons udage. Love, hatred, Jealousy. AT THU UGO ALWAYS A CiOOD SHOW TONKHIT "CNDKIt KALSIC COLOHS" .IMI sou, A forceful society drama', "NOT ON Till: ClltCHH PHOOHAM" HsHiiuuy. A story of llfu under thu great wlilto top, "THIC Cltl.VrWll"A j.ulilu west eru drama, "NAirCHTY MAItllnl,A"Pntlin. A comedy bound to pleasn. . Coming, big fouturn--"l,roiilci I'liiuiice" lu three reels, Palho's big gest production, , ,v Miss Woohvorlli nt piano Chnngo of program ovory Sunday, Tuosdny, ThiirHday mid Saturday. Prices Always tho Same, Bo nui 10 v f v i 4, 1 , t A ' if? ' ' i ' X. ,, , ,