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PiatS JFOTJI. MEDFORD MATH TRimiNR OTTOTORP. OlWaGNVrnKSDAY. rT.nnUANV IB, MJIL fl t " f ) ft V-, - V Medford Mail tribune AK iNniei'KNnnNT nkwhi'apku I'UBI.IHMKU BVKIir AI'TKUNOON KXCKl'T nuNiur MV TUB MKIWOnu l'lllNTINQ CO, Tim Democratic! Ttnini. Th M,lfnr,l Hflhll ft.. ,..,... . . n a.fc ... The .Medroril TrlMine, rRonln, The AnhlKmi Tribune Of(et Mall Tribune Hullillng. :t!7-i North J'lr utrcotj phone, Main 1021. QKOnac PUTNAM. Editor an Mnsr Rnterril n riecen'-eU-i matter at Medfnnt, Oregon, . under th act of March 3, lilt. Official Paper of the City of Medford. Official Taper of Jackxon Countr. BUBSORXTTZOX HATXS, One year, by wall,,, - . U.ftO One month, by mall. ,.,.l .to Per month, delivered by carrier In Medford, JncK-onYllle, and Cen tral Point . . .,. .SO Paturday only, br mall, per year S.00 Weekly, per year -. - .t BWOXV CTBCUIATIOTT. Dally averafrofor eleven month! end !ng November 30, lll, 2"J1. The Mall Tribune la on aale at the Terry New Miami, San Krancl-co. Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland. Portland Newa Co., Portland. Ore. A. a Whitney, Seattle, Wash. "Full ad Wire TTnittd rrt-a Dliptch. uebtoju. oftiaoir. Metropolis of Southern Ore con and Northern California, and the fattest- rrowlnc city In Oreson. Population U. s. census 110 8S10: eMtmaica. mi: in.uou. Five hundred thousand dollar Oravlty Water System completed. Rlvlr.r finest supply paro mountain water, and 17.3 nillps of streets ruiveL PoatofflcA receipts for year indlnc isovemoer sv, mil, snow increase or. is per cent. Manner fruit city In Orecon Kej-tie Itlver 8pItenberR apples won aweep- siaKes prim ami line or "Apple Una- of tae Woild- nt the National A Vpplrt Hhovr. fjiofcine, Newtown won 1909. and a car or nni m in istu at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver. It C Xim Prise in im At Spokane National Apple Show won by carload of Newtown. Itoiua Itiver pears brought hlchrst rirlces In all markets of the world dur ni; the past six yours. JOAQUIN MILLER POET OF SIERRAS SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 Joa ran." died Monday afternoon In Oak land. Ills daughter. Juanlta, and wife were with him. Miller died In hU one-room cabin which he built' with bid own hands In Piedmont Hills many years ago. Death ratno slowly to tbo vonerable poet, who became unconscious Thurs day after a lingering illness which began two years ago when ho was stricken with paralysis. Slnco then, though ho has worked at times, he rarely ventured from "The Heights," as ho called bis re treat Slnco his collapso Thursday he has gained consciousness several times. This morning ho realtxed be could not survive tho day. At noon life was barely- dtecornable aud three hours later the end came. Miller was ono of the most pic turesque characters In tho literary world of the United States In his day. He was born from Scotch American parents In tho Wabash dis trict of Indiana, November 10, 1842. He was scarcely ten years old when his father emigrated to Oregon, then a wild and sparsely settled country. Ho received but little education and lived a wild and adventurous life. Three years later Miller, thon a boy of 13, left home to try his fortuno in California. Very llttlo of a reliable nature is known of Young Miller's llfo during tbo soven years he roamed aimlessly through the wilds of northern Cali fornia and southern Oregon. Gold diggers, lumbermen and trappers, Indians and outlaws wero his com panions. Whoa he becanio a "squaw man," sharing tho tent of a young Indian woman whoso trlbo ho had joined, ho lost casto with tho white men altogether. After his return to his homo In Oregon he began to study law In the office of George II. Williams nt i'u gono, Or, Tho following year he bc camo an express messenger In tho gold mining districts of Idaho, which position he resigned to becomo tbo editor of tbo Democratic Register, a veekly nowspaper In Eugene, Or. Ho was' well known and had no difficulty in finding papers or mag azines eager to .print and liberally pay for his proso and poetry. In 1873 he published a volumo under Uio tltlo, "Songs of tho Sun Lands,' and u prose volume, entitled, "Life Among tho Modecs: Unwritten His tory." Slnco then ho has published nioro than twenty books, poems, nov els, essays and plays. Of tho latter, "Tho Dnnltes" and " MO" became quite popular. Tho last years of his llfo ho spent on hla estate, "Tho Heights." near Diamond, Cal. BATTLESHIP CONNECTICUT SAILS FOR MEXICAN COAST NKW YORK, Feb. 18. Willi 1,020 tunriuos uhonrd, tlio huttlcsliip Cn iicoliciit suited from thu ltrocklyn nuvy ynnl for fluuiituiiziuo, ('ubn t.i day, Seven liuiidrt'd other iimiiiieH left the nuvy yard mid took u pciul tniiu for l'Jiiludulphiii where they will board n triinsport. All qro ofitiip jK'd for netive borvit-e, DEADATOAKLAND A LOCAL AMONG (ho uionsuvos thai have passed (ho houso and arc now heforo (ho senate, is a bill providing Tor tho construction, operation, luniutninnucc and disposal, by tho state of Oregon, oC tho irrigntion project in Crook ooimty, known as tho Columbia Southern project, and appropriat ing $500,000 for the work. Tho state has never heretofore entered the invgalion business though perhaps there is no reason why it should not. However, tho Carey act provides a way wherobv dry districts can secure for themselves irrigation projects. This irrigation scheme portion of the state. Indirectly, of course, it. benefits the entire, state, for whatever aids one section, benefits all Hut if the state is going into the reclamation business it should not piny favorites. A hundred localities need assistance in , constructing irrigation systems, Many other projects, besides the Columbia Southern, do not rest upon a sufficiently sound commercial basis to attract pri vate capital and are not of sufficient magnitude to interest federal authorities. If the precedent is once established of state constructed irrigation projects, there will bo a never-ending drain upon the treasuryand the best wire puller in the legislature will get the'eoin. It is a question whether into enterprises of this kind. Hie Crater Lake national park was a -'local affair," and therefore it enjoined the -state from constructing a high way to make it accessible. If a national park is a local affair, how much more so is n Crook4 county irrigation scheme that interests and benefits only a comparatively few farmers'? THE SENATE SHOWS APPRECIATION. Q ENATOR VON DKR II - IlIS n.QQrU15lto2 !f Ss-llmn early Sunday morning, after the hands of the clock had been set back. The Portland Oregonian contains this ac-.-ount of the preceedings: "During the wee small hours when the senate was cleaning up its final strokes on the calendar, one of the bills coining up had been introduced by Von dor llellen, providing for a millage tax for the Ashland normal school, uie inn tu Ijc submitted to the people. "The senator from Jackson countv was accorded a pleasant surprise when, one after another, the senators, including President !Malarkoy, Senators Closer, Dav, Jo seph and others, rose to their feet and began eulogizing the author of the bill. They declared that if for no other reason than the fact that it was introduced bv the senator from Jackson they would vote for it and thev elaborated upon his qualities as a man and as a legislator." Senator Von der Helton possesses the courtlv, polished manners of the gentlemen of the "old school" i-arelv seen hi this commercial age. In addition he uses excellent judgment in considering measures and is staunch for his convictions, no is not a politician in anv sense of the word, but a legislator of Iiiirh tvwe. The senators were right. ator Von der llellen and his nonor to Jackson county. WEST'S LACE QEVERAL exchanges, which never see anvthing com -J mendable in Oovernor West, are deploring his "lack of dignity" in striking a defaming newspaper reporter. If it was not a dignified act it certainly was a very human one. Dignity as used in this sense, 'means loftiness of style, impressiveiiess, statelinoss, a purely external and super ficial characteristic a mannerism." This mannerism is cultivated by every sort of a quack and fraud that preys upon humanity. Dignity is a com mercial asset that every impostor utilizes. There never was a pious fraud robbing widows and orphans, a sanctimonious hypocrite stealing pennies off the eyes of the dead, a platitudinous statesman selling out his constituency, a patriot bucanecr of finance making his country walk the plank, a captain of industry wrecking rivals, corrupting courts and buying legislators, that did iiui, inuiy u.nuuu dignity at every pore. Dignity is as often a mask to cover crooks, a front to hide frauds, a pompousness to conceal shallowness as it is a stamp of nntive nobility, in fact, far more often, for the fine character does not stoop to dissimulation and is care less of opinion. Oovernor West is honest, sincere and tries to do right and as long as he does, his lack of frock coat urbanity and stuffed pomposity and puffed-up pug-dog importance will be overlooked, along with other human frailties. A Shetland Kvery school lioy and 'irl in the Mate will be delighted to know that tlioy uro j,'oiiifj to Jiavo an opportunity iiKiiiu thin year to win u .Shetland pony nt the state fair. The Portland Union Stoek Yard company are invinu the pony and it will bo it nice one. Noth ing in all the prize lint at tho Htato fair last year nttraultd anything like the attention that the Shetland pomes did. This pony will bo j"ivci to tho boy or irl who makes the best exhibit of livestock at the sttito fair ue.xt fall. That exhibit must eiioniM of at least ono trio or pen of chickens or duuks, two pis mul u sheep. The boys and jfirls who compete for the pony will have an opportunity to compete for several other valuable prizes also. Tu tho poultry contest there will he j-ooil prizes for tho winning trio of each breed; M. M. Garrison offers $5.00 cash to tho boy or girl making tho largest and bet exhibit of poultry; the State Poultry nssoeiution cives a fine cup for tho best pen of, birds AFFAIR. directh benefits onlv a small the state is authorized to go The supreme court held that ELLEN'S popularitv .1 anionc; WHO nHncfnl in nil mmi-nol ttiv It is a pleasure to know Sen presence in the senate is ai an OF "DIGNITY." Pony Free (one male and four females); "Poul try Life" also fives n-finu cup for which they can compete; Iluuser Uros. give an air gun to the child raising tho most isniltry by Juno 1st; unci the Northwest Poultry Journal gives ap'cnr'H subscription Jo pvvry prizo winner in tho iKiultry denart- ment; the by who fits aud shows (ho best sheep will get a good cash prize and the one who does the best in the pig feeding contest, feeding mid ex hibiting two pigs and furnishing an uccoiint of same, showing cost, pro fit, etc., will receive a liberal prize which we will tell you all about in .another story, and in the prize list which will soon be published. The total value of prizes offered tho chil dren nt tho stnto fuir this year will bo over $3000. Now boys mid girls don't you think it will pay you to try to win this pony and some of the other prizes abovo mentioned, nil of which you can com pete for whiln trying for the pony, Get busy with your chickens, pigs, lambs mid gnrdeuu, XAismrs only n.trcmnm to iwcomk 3 tuk liinnK of i intrxxiricK ntiNcn JmrL SrtLr vJM- ,-f- , .A " I I "eis" N J J ) " ci pKiNcfe Erhst August I'rlt Vl"t.r; I tip My prov nBipfl If I'r.i'-, r'net - . Joaquin Miller's Last Poem Joaquin Mlltr's lust puetu wax written hint Krliluy tunrulHK wi.n bo r oal I it'll that ihstth wart umir. "Till Ik my Inst iimwumihi to tbo world." Sllllor loltl lita wlfa lie handfil hir pli-cttn of impor on which li hud ih-iwIIwI tlw riillnwlHK IImwi: '".t H1111I l-itrtliiK'" "Cimld I but tench limn to Imllevo. "C011M I but inuk( Mtnall hioii to grow, "To break frnll splilur wl that wtmve "About their thews mid bind them low. "Could I but slug one song and Iny ""Orlm doubt; 1 then could ho my wny "In tranquil slloiire. Kind. rone. "Hut, Ah, this dUbfllof. thin Doubt ,"Thls doubt of (loil. thin doubt of good, "Thl damned pot will not out. "Wotililst loam to know one little flower, "Its porfittne. perfect form and httoj "Ven. wouhUt thou havn our perfeet hour "Of all tho yinr that rotue to you? '"Then grow as (Jod hath planted, gru'v "A lordly onk or daisy low, "As lie hath not Ills gurden; bo "lull what thou art, or Know or tree, "Thy tronfiuros up In llimvan Inlil "Await thy ur atriidHK soul "Life nftr life -lie not nfmldl" WOMEN INVADE WILSON'S OFFICE TRKNTON'. X.J., Feb. 18. I r. -itiir him to iuli his way tlironfi ili.'ir rank in order to ronrli hi of lice, (to tliousnnd MiffniKi'tliw took io-hf. ninii of tho Mute Iioiim toiliiv in n ruill(iH fiiilcuvfir to lutve it 'Vint" with I'reMilciit-elrft WiUon. On account of the MrM o n si npiw Wilson' "ot'ii office door" A it'V has bveu MiiNtcudud for m'iiih iluyi unci the order wn not ni-l for the Htiffrnj-Ptft-H. The band wi hciidcd h I'r. Am it Slum. Tlicy nfd "oIim for m Pll" JlUL'S. , wncrevcr tjicy can find a lodg ing placo in grease and dirt, KL- PASO, Texas, ivb. 18. Hands and where things are scrupu of nrnifil and mounted Mexicans lously clean they find it hard crossed the border at West Alpine, j0 jjve Texas, today mid raiding the llaii-j ' cock. Ifalcv and Wilson ranches, took The easiest and nurcat wnv la many hon.es mid a great mimitily of supplies. Shi-rirf Walton at Ihe heml of a large ponse is pursuing the Inn- ilits, who ure believed still to b mi TexnHfcoil. It wnu icoorlcil lodnv Hint K Iiiim.1 of "-Icxicaii rebels crossed the bnrd"r ' ' ' i at lachilii, K, M., last night ami loio , a rapid-fire gun irom a detii'dimiit of Americmi troop. Officers at 1'ott j iiliss declare the story ubstil'i'. GLORY OF THE SEAS NOW COLD STORAGE SHIP RKATTLH, I'eb. 18- The "glory of the seas" once a famous clipper ship in thu China trade, is to be converted into a floating cold storage plant, for uso in storing halibut In ley Strr't. John A. Perl Undertaker 28 fl. lllilTLI'TX I'houes Si. 471 mid 17U Aiubulunco Service Deputy Coroner ilnc'itfr itf w t.'prnin Cinirn.r m.l Urn Viiiiil-I. hii uf ii liil(,i nf l'imirt'tiil. SENATE nEFUSES TO ABOLISH NAVAL MILITIA NAI.Kll. Or.. rVI. IH TIip ti),it hn ttMlnv ilrfoali'd n .uiur lm n truiltlctril b Scnul'T ))lnu k 'iboli -ll UIK tllf ('rc..ii nut ill iniliti.i. Tin' ndiniliiM'rMlinii nf Ihc uulilia ill re main llie Mime im liiniiiilv. xrive away germs with GOLD DUST ! The modern surgeon care fully cleanses hands and in struments beforo and after every operation; ho realizes J tho danger both to himself t and his patient of tiny cling ing gerrns. I Germs thrive and multiply eP things cloun lies in tho uso -,." u Dust washing powder, "Ola DUSt goes deep after dirt and "" ?" every germ ana Juauon 'impurity. It ' "1 BOnt Nphih. iioto, feJiTJjff ISJJ Da not mi So.p. Uiut. CuU Ouit fata til dtflrtbl rUanioqualitj4i pflactlylirnitti n4lMinilorm. xss 4-fHH "Lt th COf.O DU3TTWN3ilayourworJk" Draperies Wo curry a very complfito linn of (lruprrlcM. lime ourialriM, flxtuni, etc., u ml ilci all rI.incn ut iiiiliolHtcrlim. A ii'!iil mini tu loult uflor llils work xxcliifllvoly anil will kIvo mm koui! scrvlro n i In ixiHHlblq tu sot In oven till) lurKCHt vUIch, Wooko & McQowan Co. S ' IBaldheaded Row Kurly I'leiy Not Alwitjs the Ciiuni- or ItlllllllfkM liiiiHUiuili us It Is mi -ii'touted fact that ImbtneHM. fnlllnu. hnlr and ditud ruff nro fnuiii'il by n neriii, iloemi't It Nlniul to reimou that the only way to prevent wueh eiilHintllen U to kill the Ket'iiiN? Ami doiiHlt't It ituliit to iciimin Hint the only wit)' to kill thtwo iternut Is to uno Purl-Inn Knitn, whleh CIiuh. Strum; liiis mo uiuuh rnllh h thitt he KUitntu tetvi It to euro dandruff, fnlllm lutlr mill ItrhliiK nt'rtlp In two week, ir money Imok? I'nrlHliin Huho In it dellKhtful hnlr toule pleuiHtiit to ue. It Is not Htloky tir Kroimy. mul imntnlnit only thoe liiRreilleutit Unit will surely benefit. It Is now hold by iIiukkIhIh all over Amerlnn, mul by Clint'. .HtrittiK for fiO cents u Inrtte hnttle. It Is lined ex tensively by women who denlro luxu riant hnlr with a r ml hint lu-lcr. Tho Itlrl with tho Auburn hnlr In on every imrkne. Bittner's Real Estafe & Employment Bureau All Kind of Projierty 1'or Sale for Sale 200 acres, 140 nrros In rultlvatlou, 90 acres under ditch, f.O neres In tuendow, -U) nrro- In fall grnln, itood 10 room bonne, two --ooil lntrtm, hoiiiu stock mid lniilemniits, price 1 16,000 or will otchmiKi for elty prnperty to tho niuouut of ffiOOO. HAiiiu eimh. mul terms on tmlmuto. a room modern furnlihml houne. mid two wiml lots, A-l mill. I'rlee 11000, Some Mite bnrmlHi In htrtre and x inn 1 1 iient Irtiet. lloiiw UHit lols to oxehnuMn for neroo m. 1'or Item llnuM mid roonM. funilihd uuftimtelied. mid llinployiMi'iit ('IH mul o in en for xononil houo work. Hint class wnltroM, Wood choppers. Hunch hand. MRS. EMMA BITTNER riiouo Home It OpMHl(t Nn-li Hotel ItOOM.S (I mul 7. PA KM IIUH1K. We Turn Out MA.NV A I.OAI-' Ol' IIIIKAO Here I Itery Day, Vet Can Not Ho ACCrHKD OK LOAI'IM) We Keep ltuy Turning Out Ital.cry (foods of (Quality. MEDFORD BAKERY & DELICATESSEN tii Koulli CVnlrnl 0. A. DE VOE 418 W. Main DMrlliufluu; and Kuh-erlplloiis A(li:.NT for Tlie Saturday Evening Post Tho Ladio3' Home Journal Tho Country Gontloman Sc mul lSo per copy, $1.C0 tho your, I'or sale nt all iiowh -tnndB Moro Hoys Wanted I'lioim Main noil BeSt located and moat popular hotel in the City, Running distilled ice water in each room. European Plnn, a la Carte Cafe. Tariff on Rooms 12 room- .... CO room BO room - - -00 room ttith piiulii bath SO room with irlli lilh $1.00 each 1.50 ench 2.00 cadi 2,00 each 2.S0 each 30 uiitoi. bedroom, par lor and bath 3,00 each Tor more than one auett ndd $1.00 extra to tho above rate for each Additional guet, deduction by waek or month. Manuctmtnt Chttttr It'. Klly BKSSSSESEEISm Hill WHERE TO ao TONIGHT UGO THEATRE I'mlcr N'eiv Mmmgeiueut , ItOt'UII ItllH' WITH MTItOdliV CKItlNK A Htory of oil fields mul exiilonlven, One of the most dritiuittlu mul really luteruHtlitit films made. A MOTIII'lt'H KTHATKUV Dnium -l.uliln mi itrNNixu aw.w tr duhih Here's a Drnmii With n "Puiiuh" Tin: ri.t'i: tiiTiuuNU Comedy I'llin with it 1'imrhy ltaob;ill HldellKht ' Mtiilo Under the Direction of Mrs. Woolwortli. ADMISSION . mul too. t t t t ISIS THEATRE I val'dkvii.m: tiii: inssiw in'i renlurliiK Itusulmi HlmUug and DiincliiK mid .Mu-le t I'lmiu I'lujs Tucs. mul Wed. J tiii; i.st I'Kiti'niiMA.N'ci: III Two Uvfn t PATH l(S Wltlllil.V Sit. I Cniiiliiu I'rldiiy tiii: siiArmutAtM III Two lloel ti Hnnw'-twHnnmtt STAR THEATRE Tin- Hitfeit plncrt to ki Klrrproof. modern and tip-io dale In vory re- KIK-Ct TOMAV AXD TOMIHtltlMV ONI.V The Mterlous ami rourrfully tm- liuliiK I'Vaturo tiii; vi:.h;ci or KdYiT PortruiliiK n dlaholUni ilntiionlne upcrntliig throitKh a iiiottnllty mani fold DmUi ami iliMtnter Hint over- 'inke tl- luherlUir of the vune. Tho I in It'vnlHiil eye of n ilHimtttiK it'lty I w huh iiimiii Ha mrw of eruolty l, iin' n iiw ii In Three IteeN 'llirm Thousand I'i'ct Hollies I(MM) ftv of Hntllltu- CihmI, llllfCnuUliiK I'uyiiy I'llui AliW.WS A OOOD KONO Wo nro KoIiik to brim It to Med ford. Will let you In on It soon. It's a peach. "ft Mntlucoi Dully, 'i to S p. m, ADMISSION, fie AND 10c E.D.Weston Official Photographor of tho Medford Commorcial Club Amateur FiiiiHhinf,' Post Cards Panoramic "Work Portraits Tntorior and exterior views Flash lights NofjaiivcH made anv timo and any placo by appoint ment. 208 E. Main Phono 1471 Clark & Wright LAWYERS WASHINGTON, 1. O. Puhllo Land Mnttoni; Kiniil Proor. DoBort LiiiidH, Content mid MlnliiK Ciihou. Scrip. PLUMBING Stoam and Hot Water Hoating All Work Ounrnulcod J'rlcoH "Icimonnltlo OOPPEEN & PRIOE 80 HoWRril Illook, rntrnnoo on OtU It, Xoiu VttDiiD 340, 4,4VI.iA4.. " f i "Vt -'' ' ' w4-