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75?vTwTTTTTTTNMnM i i "" Mnni'r t r-r -f ' PXG15 FOUH. BUttFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MBTffl5 MKOPOHD Pmt NKWRPAPRIt nr ArTRiiNooN IJAY 11 T T1IH rniNTiNO co. Th Dsmoeratle Tlmri, Tha Medford MtlL.Tti MJfor7l Tribune. Thn South ra OrifronUn, Tha Ashland Trlbuna. Offlca MJI Tribune Uulldln. J5-17-JJ gorttt Fir strsstj phono. Main 10X1; omi 71. ORonaRFUTNAM. Editor and Manager Rntsrad fcond-clius nutter Mirtford, Ortg-on, nJer tha aol MA Jnrch I. IITf. OffIell rrr of tha City of Mtdford. Official Paper of Jackaon County. BUBSCRirTlOM HATES. On year, by mart. ..11,00 One month, by mall. SO rr month, delivered by carrier In Medford, Jacksonville and Cen tral Point SO fMturday only, by mall, tr year.. 2.o Weakly, per year 1.80 TO SAN FltANCISCO. Dec, IS. "Dick Donald, ot Medford, Or., arrived liero, ready to bet on ills Northwest ern lightweight champion, Hud An derson. Donald hoped ho would nr rlvo In tlnio to get his slashing tight er on with Durnn or Hoppc, but was disappointed, as Coffroth already had niado up his December and January cards. Tho Medford man was not so sore ly disappointed, after all, and ex pressed his willingness to wait a cou ple of months, nnd then send his champion against the winner. "Wo arc looking for a 20-round battle, not a 6 or 10-round one," said Donald. "Anderson has cleaned up all tho boys of his weight In the Northwest, and ho and I believe that he will clean them up hero also If ho gets a chance. All wo want Is a start. Wo will bet our money, and If wo are beaten, wo will go homo good losers." Had Donald nrrlvcd a few days sooner he would havo secured a match with cither Burns or Murphy. As It Is, tho dates are all filled In, for nobody has even suggested that Mof fltt would run an opposition show over In Oakland with Coffroth operat ing on this side of the bay. MM PREFERS JML 10 PAYING RNE LONDON, Dec. 18. Kitty Morgan, n militant 8uffnijctte, nccuscd of turning in falno fire tilnrms wns nr reigned today in Haw street court room and given the alternative of go ing to jail or paying u fine of $125. Sho chose juil. Suffragettes here uud in Edin burgh resumed their deprcdutioim to day, pouring ink in u number of let ter boxes. JOLTS AND JINGLES By Ad Brown A B)ug is n member of tho Kociclv for tho Prevention of Useless Giving. And yet many Spugs uontiuuu to give nilvico. I blood on the bridge nt Hear Creek While tho clock wits Mrikiug the hours, And I dropped n I ear in tho waters For Abhlaud'ri Heutuii Dowers. I thought of plans frustrated And wept ull down my vest Till tho tears iuado the creek a tor rent Hut tho bridge hlood well the test. lluw often, nh liotv often, Have men's pluns gono uwry; lluw ofttif, nh, how often An insect in the piol "They suy thut tho Hear Creek bridge hasn't needed any underpin ning or Miipiwrls tu fur." "How's thutr' "For n long time Iloiilon Ikiwcru held it up nnd now tho buprcmo court is sustain!' it." Tlio men behind tho new cannery have already caiiuod n whole lot of the knocking thut hub been lloutiug nbout. "Dnng, dang, get off tho track, Med ford's street cur bjslein is head ed this xvuy." F. P. Gluts of Alubuum is men tioned for u place on Wilson's cab inet, No cabinet is complete without a glass, And "F. IV probably stands for "Front Mato Glass." John A. Perl Undertaker 28 S. BAItTLKTT 1'liouc M. 471 and -173 Ambulance Service Deputy Coroner DONALD WAIT FOR GOOD MA NO TIME FOR DISCORD. THE Medford Mcivlumts association is to be eonjjrnht latcd upon tho initiation of a movoniotit to establish a cannery. It is tho first constructive effort of tho associa tion, which has hitherto confined its efforts to a very nar row field. It is to be regretted that the merchants both individ ually and as a body, do not show more co-operation with the 'Commercial club. Few of them attend club meetings, not half of them are even members, and as is usually the case, those that do not contribute to its support are loudest in criticism. Medford cannot afford to permit any discord between its public bodies. It cannot afford to permit petty enmity aim local neaioiisies 10 erinme me euocuvencss m u mur lie organizations. The situation calls for unity of effort in all lines, the fullest co-operation and complete harmony. The Medford Commercial club is a most important organization in the life of the purpose. The growth and progress of the city arc evidence of its accomplishments. .It is the recognized bureau of publicity. It typifies the creative energy and initiative of the people. It is representative, not ot a class, but of all. Its management is just what its membership makes it and those who never attend forfeit right of criticism. Tho Commercial club means more to Medford than nuv other organization. It is entitled to the fullest sup port, financially and otherwise. Everyone should help sustain it so that its activities may be increased. A dormant Commercial club means a dormant city. A large, vigorous, amply supported club means a Creator Medford. Why Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished (L?y Froncis 1. Go-, Member ofltnliring effect of Mich executions on Legislature of nhmgton). While I most emphatically oppose capital punishment, I most positively favor n punishment that shall not only punish adequately, but nt the same time shall not brutalize our civ ilization nnd violate one of the funda mental laws of mnnkiud. Tho opirancnts of capital punish ment do not sympathize with crime nnd criminals, nnd arc not inicrvious to the necessity for the protection of society nnd the public welfare. They nrc not swayed wholly by the emo tions, as those who favor capital pun ishment charge. Hut I do raise my voice in behalf of that submerged tenth of human ity so little understood by most peo ple, nnd so out of tune with the world of indifferent thought. It is u terri ble thing to kill, uut Huhvcr reminds us in forcible language that "bociety has erected the gallows at the end of tho lane, instead of guide nnd direc tion posts at the beginning." Privilege to Plead for IJfc With this thought uppermost in my mind. I realize that, grave us it is the tragedy of ussastinntiun, it is n great privilege to plead for the liven of those huuiuii beings who, for want of the guide and direction posts, took the leisurely luuc that leads to the gnllows; to plead for the misshapen souls of the guilty. 1 know that when we turn the last pages of the human document um which arc recorded tho cardinal crimes that bring men to their ruin, we mint needs pause to !ouder the problems nnd see if there is not a more effective remedy for tho ills of the world than the IckiiI murder of men with blood upon their hands and the blackness of despair und abandon in their hearts. When wo remember that it has been proved by the most abundant and trustworthy evidence thut "the greatest proportion of crime is tho result of poverty and early privation that one-half, perhaps two-thirds of those who take life flagrant in stances of society's gross neglect in educating the souls God committed to its keeping, inherent and iingovcru uble to minds, juot hovering on tho borders of insanity, if not wholly in sane nnd irroouhiblo this malig nant feeling of revengo toward mot criminals become ferocious mid bru tal. Prucllcal Side as Well as lUliIinl There can bo no compromise be tween a law for tho abolishment of capital punishment uud uuy law which lias for its ultimate the legal murder of- man, whether discretion ary wilh the judge or jury. The abolishment of capital pun ishment has its practical as well ns its ethical side. On its ethical mJo thcro nro arguments- of tho moralists who opMJS0 tho capital penally on the ground thut it is uii-Christiuii, unauthorized, unjust. And there is tho practical side. No man ever benefited by seeing tho stato break another man's neck or drop his head into a basket. Cere mony and tho dry husks of Ihe lnw cannot take tho horrot out of such an event. On the contrary, it tends to dull and deaden the lino feeling of sensitiveness which lies at tho basis of gcutlo human nature, and out of which has grown the magnificent culture of our civilization. At the moment, it is nut so much a iicstioii of hardening men so that they may do the world's rougher work, as it is tho question of soften ing tliem to the gentle demands of society. Human nature should bo tender uud responsive, not tough und unresponsive. ,Ueci)H60 of tlio degrading mid bill- todfotid matt, trtkunKj arEDFOKp, qixTOOn, wianNMiispAY.jjiinRRjs.yn;. connnunitv. It tills a usetul the public mind, the law has grndunl ly changed frm muking execution" uii occasion of public rejoicing to surrounding them with the eloiM privacy nnd vesting them wtih the least ceremony possible. Writer Against Itetnllnlinii If capital crim" has ever been com mitted with full premeditation of consequences, tho very fact of its commission is proof that the threat ened denth K"iialty is not u deterrent. How foolih, then, to suppose that even the extreme pennlty can les sen or prevent such offenses. The ablest writers on social sei ienee nnd jH'nal legislation, among them Heearria, Lafayette, Wake field, John Quiney Adams Ileuja miu Franklin, Mautnigue, living ston, Hroughnm. Cohdeu, Heuthnm, Ulackstoue, Victor Hugo, and in our more recent day the beloved Tolstoi, have held to tho principle that society has no right to take human life. The old lnw of retaliation is ob- Isolde. Men anil women nro be ginning to realize that revenge has no bearing on the problem of criminal reformation. The abolition of tfie death pennlty is not n new nnd untried experiment, cither nt home or abroad. Us total abolition is prnwded in the statutes of Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Jtliodo Island, und Kansas, and in tho countries of Switzerland, Helgium, Prussia, Saxony, Holland, Finland, Italy, Portugal, ltrjtr.il, Ecuador, Venezuela, Koumania, Tuscany, Cos tn Itica, Itussia nnd in three states of Mexico. Statistics show that in Ihe states where denlh penalty litis, been abol ished, the increase in homicide has not been greater, or, in some in stances as great, ns in those states which have not abolished it. 1 hold, therefore, that the state cannot find judicious warrant for go ing beyond the disarming and con fining of disorderly persons. NOT! on. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned will apply to tho city council of tho city of Medford, Ore gon, at Its next regular meeting on January 7, 191.'!, for u license to sell spirituous, vinous und bait liquors In quantities less than a gallon at Its place of business on lots IS, 0, 7, 8, block 'JO, In said city, for a period of six months. HOTKL NASH CO. Dated December 17, 1 1 I li . .Vol Ire. Notice Is hereby given that tho un dersigned will apply to the city coun cil at its meeting to bo held Jan. 2, 1913, for a llccnso to sell malt, spirit uous uud vinous liquors In quantities loss than a gallon nt Its placo of busi ness on lot 10, block M, city ot Mod ford for u period of six months. HOLLAND HOTEL CO. Dated Dec. It, 1912. NOTIOK. x I tako plcasuro In wishing nil my customers a merry Christmas und happy New Year and also Inform you thut am now prepared and am do ing tho best horse shoeing and gen eral blacksmlthlng you can got In Oregon, I guarantee all work. Wo cure corns and pay special attention to ull crippled horse. (An old say ing) "Horses shod by Klllott never got old. HUGH KLLIOTT, Medford, Ore. Through want advertising you can talk to prospective tenants of tho closa who "pay ud stay." Journeys to Homes OViittiMi for !)ntl Mail Tribune bv I il. K. Hofer, Kditnr of the Oicgon Muniifnelurvr.) Portland, Ore., Den. 1 1. Tlio Maiinfiieturer Association of Oregon has employed n woman xlnle organiser, who is going over the state to organize women' home Industrial leagues to increase the deiutvud for Oregon nuule product. It is esti mated that tho women buy 05 por cent of lite supplier that go into the home"", and Iheir lo-opeintion will he very xntuiiblo in the campaign for the development of the home Indus trie. As next Monday is wash dav. it might be inleiet:ng to consider vltnt can be done to promote the nuiuufucture of soap nnd wahing eoiiiffluiuN by such nil organisation. At a low estimate there nre '200,01)11 homes in the stnte where these n eles nro ued ftr cleansing purposes. Estimating Unit each homo em ploys only f0 pound in u year ' thee articles it would mean ifiat 'J00.000 .0-poiilid esses would be called for from our manufacturers. Thety nre in Portland three large soap factories and one factory man ufueturiug what is known as Ihe t"ie- miuuto washing compound. Their total product probably does not ag gregate 100,000 res. If it could be generally iutrodtieed, this brunch of manufacture would be increased 100 per cent. The effect of extend ing this industry i best illustrated bv the story of a little occurrence that actually hnpKued last summer. A housewife wont to the gioeory store in thi: city and asked for nu extension of credit. The family were owing quite n bill mid "lie wanted tho prhilego of paying $" A mouth on the old bill, uud wanted an extension of credit for more family supplies. She explained to Ike grocer that her husband w-us omHoyed in the soap factory which was temporarily shut down. Her sou was employed in n box factory nnd w-as nlso out of work. I'ntil they could get more em ployment the family must have sup plies, and after bearing her tale of distress the grocer consented to car ry the account. The housewife pro ceeded to order supplies', nnd first Medford's Hall of Fame (Holng extracts from nn nddrcss delivered by Mrs. ,11. C. Stoddard nt a banquet given by the Uastorn Star Lodge.) When Mr. Gnrnott asked mo to say something humorous on this oc casion I explained how utterly Im possible It would bo for mo to say anything funny short of a week's notice, my handicap being an Kngllsh extraction with l!u proverbial Ideas which travel by freight. Howover, 1 have always liolluvcd In the efficacy of "taffy" rather than "epltaphy," and wish to mako a few remarks In eulogy of somo of our prominent citizens. In looking ovr tho record of those who havo distinguished thomsulvcs In public service, our thoughts nat urally turn to the record of Dr. K. II. Picket. Tho doctor has tho record of being tho handsomest mayor to date, ami will probably rontlniio to mijoy tho distinction until wo elect a suffragette. Dr. Plckol was mayor In tlio days when wo drank Hear creek "liquid." It was gcnorallv liquid. In those days of we wished to leave our homes at night wo equipped our selves with rubber boots, procured u lantorn, nnd with foar and trembling sallied forth Into utter hlackucHS. If we reached our destination without stopping on the end of n board whoso other end was not nailed down we folt that wo waro under the protec tion of a special providence Dr. l'lckel was largely Instrument al In selecting tho present alto of Medford's pure water supply, and for this service alone wo think ho Is cu tltlod to n plaia In "Medford's Hall of Fame." Another noted citizen whom wo all dmtgnt to honor Is tho Hon. William Colvlg. Judge Colvlg Is tho original and only booster all othors are Imitations. Ho was horn In Missouri, and lived In Jacksonville for a tlmo, both for which wo for gavo him, as ho now spends all his tlmo convincing people that tho best placo on earth Is Medford In Houth om Oregon. At n recent mooting ot tho Cham ber of Commerce In Los Angelon, during which nil tlio local members Hpoko In glowing terms of their own city, Judgo Colvlg, being present, was Invited to speak, Tho Judgo aroB0 and suld ho did not feel that ho could add anything to tlio beautiful tributes that had boon paid to Los Angeles, but that what ho had heard reminded him of tha following otery: ' 'A party of ,os Angolos people who had departed this valo of tears were being shorn n through tho Celes tial Uoglons. As Ht. Peter pointed out tho pearly gutes and golden strcots their admiration was un bounded, and they expressed them selves with such oxclamatloiiB as 'Heautlful;' 'This reminds ua of Los Angeles;' 'This Is Just llko homo.' As thoy proceeded thoy cumo to a beautiful palace wherein ft group of of Oregon Industries called for n brand of soap made in Philadelphia. The grocer expressed no mirprlso nnd furnished It- The point to the story is quickly seen The housewife uud the grocer were both uneducated to the Importance of supporting home Indus) tie. It Is the 'JOO.OOO hmisewhra In Oiegon, each calling for JW cents worth of soup manufactured in some eastern oily, that is enriching men like Millionaire Kels. who wn able to spend $:i),000 on a political e pcrimcut in Oregon, the money for which is furnished by the Oregon hotisewixea. Mom bnsinea for the munnfnclurcrs of soup uud washing compounds mean more bulnes lot the box ttiHiiiifiietiirera. I his ineiiwa more hiiaiiicftt for the printing oatulf lishmeiits supplying the labels, more business for Uie printing establish ments supplying the labels, inoie business for the sow mills and log ging camps. When we consider that lumbering is probably the gronlo! industry in Oregon uud realise that nil industries are inoie or Iwh de pendent upon each other, the impor tance of the campaign of education must become apparent to the dullest mind. There is more in the uuiiiufne hirers' campaign for tlio home in dustiies than in uuy other campaign that is being curried on in our state, not ex on excepting the woik of the churches. In n recent nddress l'.l belt Hubbard made the statement that the man who gives an oppottuu- itv for u better lixelihood to another is the real missionary. It is estimated that the people ot Oregon are sending east about $-.-000,000 tiniiually for articles which are now manufactured in the stale. The support of the home Industrie is not n bo.xeott ngniust the pro ducts of any neighbor tnte. but i the scientific promotion of the wel fare of the entire Pacific coast. The greater prosperity or Oregon people mans that they will be able to llt the wonderful places of interest in California nnd Washington, and by leaning to spend their money nt homo become more dexoted mid more loyal to ex cry xvesteru common wealth. people were chained to the floor with heavy chains. Upon asking St. Petor who those pcopln were, and why they chained, ho replied:' Those people came from the llogiio Itlvcr Valley, nnd wo have to chain them to keep them here.' " Another of Medford's dauntless sous Is (icorge Putnam. Mr. Pill- nam has established a metropolitan paper that Is a credit to the town. When (icorge was young he wont to Ireland, where ho kissed the Illarney Stone, first Indulging freely In To banco Knuro. Imnco the pungent ipial Ity of bis editorials. Mr. A. B. Itosoiibaum, beside be ing the court of Inst resort for all those who have claims against tho Southern Pacific Company Is the original Minor' In Medford. Ho bo longs to mora clubs, colonics, lodge etc., committees and organizations than any other man In Medford, and run fill four eiiKngcmotits In one ex enlng In a most graceful and Lord Chosterflebl manner, mid take In n round of tho prize fight und tho third act of tho theater on thu way home. Ills patriotism U unquestioned, as bo Is one of tho few men In Medford who have never missed a meeting of the Commercial olub. V. K. Merrick, as a member nt the city council for several terms, has al ways Idoutlfled himself with progres sive measures, and It Is largely duo to Influence and ability, together with his perseveronce against criti cism and opposition, that wo have our prosout pure water system. Mr. Merrick la noted for bis proficiency In dancing tho Virginia Keel, which ho does In a most 'realistic' manner. Wo all know II. C. Ouruett as u booster and a freight rate adjuster, and a llvo wire among business men, but how many of us remember him as a novelist and short story wrltcr la tho oarly days of Medford, boforo wo bad tho "Nut" and tho moving picture shows, our principal evening niuiisomoiil was In reading his thrill ing romance of Jack uud Kdlth, which ended with the Information that they had purchased a Toledo Itange, a 1900 Washer and it Maud S. pump of Shorty (larnutt und expected to llvo bupplly ever utter. Dr. J, F. Koddy und prosperity ar rived In tho Itnguo river valley about tho Hftiiio tlmo. His Influence, pre cept and oxampln havo been behind many of tho good things which Mod ford has achieved. Dr. noddy's pub lic spirit Is shown by the largo amount ot tlmo nnd money ho hun devoted to unselfish boosting of Southern Oregon, He has many friends whorover ho goes, ns Is Illus trated by tho story that during his recent trip to Krlsco, bis wlfo wish ing to give him thu election nows from Oregon, und being unable t locato him at his hotel, telegraphed four of his friends, asking each If he had spout tho previous night there, mid each answered "Yes," STAR THEATRE Under direction Peoplu's Aiihiho incut Co, Wo load, others follow. M.x.VS (UliMNO A dinum talieii horn life and staged In the houutloa of California. It's a I'ljlng "A" feature. AT MIIHIITV An amusing comedy dm mu by Ihe Thuiihoiisor Co. HIS IIUHSS SPIT A comedy with a puueli A MOniKtt'M I'OI.I.V Intensely DrJimitlo TUP. TWO CIIHI'S Heat comedy In mouths New Song llll by A I Slither IVm rest Pianist Woolwortli Drummer ADMISSION, fie AND 10c Wntcli for Coining features ISIS THEATER BIG DOUBLE FEATURE BILL TONIGHT Moii3tor Two-Rod Animal Picturo The Lion Tamer's Revenge dO-BIG SCENES-40 20-LIONS- 20 All-Star Cast Big Vaiulovillo Act THE ROYAL MIDGETS Foaturo Singing, Dancing, Burlosquo Boxing TOM THUMB, HERMIT CRAB Trick Comedy. Scenic No Advance in Pricos ADMISSION 10 AND 15 CENTS Horo Friday FIRE AT SEA CANDY OUR STOCK OF THIS CHRISTMAS NECESSITY IS THE LARGEST TO BE FOUND Sufi, candy, Imnl candy, colored candy, mil. candy, .stick candy, a Itewildcrint,' array of llic very hoal, at right prices. I dirge orders for the Christmas parlies solicitalcd ALLEN GROCERY CO. Jiwt Off Main on South Control rt-Crrf '.!'. w. fa'i. fcVCC' that makes Insnected Sash. 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