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-