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PKG13F0UB. METTFOTCD MA1T. TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, ORKCiON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER il, WU) Bedford Mail tribune AH INI)RtINnHNT NHW8PAtK1l l'UUMHIlKO KV13UY AKTHItNOON Ifi.XCKI'T HWNIMT HV TJIH MUUKOltU ntlNTlNO'CU. Ttio Domorrfttle Times, Tho Mctlfonl Mini, tiic jiourora Trimine, Tha soutn rn OroRorilnn, Tim Ashland Tribune. Office Mnll Trlbiino Ihlllillnff. 2S-27-S9 North l'lr street; tolephono "&. Offllat rpr of th City of Mcuf.ird. Offlclnl t'mier ot Jncktton County. QKOriai; PUTNAM. Editor nml MnnftKcr tjg Bnterl n sccoml-clnss matter at SAedford. OrcRon, under tho act of March 3, lb 7 9. SUB8CKXPTIOH RATES. One rear. ly mull. . ,.. ..--.IS.ftO Ono month, by nmit .. .50 1'cr month, d-Hvcrl by cirrlrr In Mrttfuril, Jacksonville ami Cen- tml lVlnt..- . - .SO Bntunlay only, ly mall. pr year ,. 5.00 Weekly, per year . . -. 1.80 SWORM CIRCULATION. Dully averse lor fUvcn months end Ins November 30. 1811. -nst ULSTER ARMY IS LONDON, Dec. 9. Tho most democratic army In tho world! It ma)' be a slight exaggeration, but thoro appears to bo at least tanglulo basts for this proud boast, made by tho Home Utile roslstcrs of tho North of Ireland on behalf of tho Ulster Volunteer Force. Information from various section of tho disaffected province Indicate that class distinctions, which hither to have always been exceptionally marked In Ireland, have been all but obliterated In the organization and mllltnry Instruction of tho oS.OOO men who nro pledged to fight to the death agalnRt tho enforcement of the proposed Dublin parliament. Merchants and manufacturers, far mers and day-laborers, lawyers and doctors, preachers and parishioners nro to bo found serving side by sldo In the ranks. In many instances employes have been set over on ployers in command of companies; tenants drill their landlords, and sex tons Isstiu orders to their vicars. Among tho 300 officers and section leaders of tho County Tyrone division who attended tho first camp of in struction held on the Uaronscourt es tato of tho Duke of Abercorn then were 1G5 farmers, 31 day-laborers, 10 manufacturers, seven clergymen (four of tho Church of Ireland and three Presbyterian) five merchants, flvo clerks, five carpenters, four en gineers, three tailors and thro chaf fenrs, whllo tho -rest represented a scoro of other professions and occu pations. Tho drilling and target work wai dono quite openly. The Duke how. ever, had taken tho precaution to got from a couple of the local Justices ol tho peace a formal permit for the use of his rlflo range for this purpose, sf that tho encampment could not br prescribed as an Illegal assemblage Tho justices, needless to say, aro antt Home Hulcrs. TENGWALD'S FATE Curl V. Tcnpvuld, hurgraiiit in tho "Sleepy Seventh" nnd colonel to the wui Id, will have his fute ijsi-u-lm1 nt tho regular weekly ilrill tit th "Nut" tonight. Tho colonel will at tend tho Klks' ball upstairs, htcppinj: off "Colonel Tenjjwnld'H Sleepy Sev enth Ki'giinental l(n;" while his mil itary career is being blighted. Colo nel Tengwnld's friends want him to run for city recorder. Lieutenant K. T. Kong of the "Sleepy Seventh'' now holds tho position. Wednesday Hi' lit the militia will hold a Muokcr probably to celebrate whatever linppi'iih lo tho scrjjennt. HETCH HEIGH, BILL WASHINGTON. IJ.c. (). The ilclcli IJutvuy bill pasM'd Into Satur day iiinht Ij.' the uenate, reached tin whilo house today. Ifcpro-entntiiO Unkor of Culifornia, nuthor of the bill, predicted that President Wilson would sign Iho inciiMiro within three Jays. CASTOR GIVEN SIX YEARS FOR MURDERING DYER SAN VHAXCISCO. Cal., Dec. 0. Walter Castor, agod 20 years, was sentenced by Superior Judge Law lor hero today to six years' imprison ment in San Quenliii prison for bhfloting ami hilling William J. Dyer August .'I last. Castor was convicted of mtuislij lighter. MOST DEMOCRATIC GREAT AN EFFICIENCY, NOT SYMPATHY, THE ISSUE T? LSEW11F-RK appears n - I toward m iieu.'iti iu tut,' prcscui ctiv .hiiiiiiiim rmmii. Willi it appears tho unsympathetic ideas Mr. Howard entertained three months'niio. LI is Mv. Howard that has changed, not tho council. .Its attitude toward the public is the same. Tho issue that confronts sympathy. Tho integrity of the councilmen is not, ques tioned. 'Their efficiency is. Business methods have not been followed. Boeoipts do not justify the exponas in curred. Economy is needed to lighten the burdens of the peo ple. Neither the city engineer nor the other department heads aro criticised. They nro not responsible for condi tions, but the council is. If. as Mr. Howard admits, it is good business to consolidate the offices of city engineer and street commissioner, why has it not been done and the extra salary saved the taxpayers the past year? Jlr. Howard criticises citizens and the press for not upholding and encouraging the council. The council has not been hampered. 1 ts principle critic has been Mr. How ard himself. At the council press, the authority of the spring by charter amendment, it has had Lree and unlim ited chaiice to put in effect its plans for economy for the past vcar and has done nothing. The eitv government is have not enough to do to instil v their salaries. The scale of expenditures is kept the same as when there was a much greater industrial activity. meet changed conditions. The city recorder s statement shows more money ex pended in payrolls than received hi taxation a condition that cannot be called healthy. Instead of reducing the payroll, the couueil has increased the taxation making the burden of taxation heavier at a tune it should be light cued, in order to maintain or perhaps increase the payroll . .Throe months ago Air. .Howard called the councils attention to the "writing on the wall till around the room." Hut the warning was unheeded. The present discontent and agitation means that in the minds of a great manv citizens, the administration has been "weighed in the bal ance and found wanting. ' As Mr. Howard then put it: "If the council by their damned,' somebody is going the people. The Wife Is an "Absolute Necessity" on the Farm (From Christian Science Monitor.) Not along ago a metropolitan paper published a letter from a man ex plaining his success in turning from city employment "back to the land." lie was a stenographer. Ills eyes gave out. He thought to try farm ing. Ho got hold of a small piece of land. He had a capital of only $S00. nut fortunately, ho says, he "was possessed of a good strong wife who did all the heavy work, such as plowing, planting, splitting wood, etc." And he added "a wifo Is an absoluto necessity on the farm." This naive narrltavo should stimu late the movement farmward to such an extent as soon to cure tho com plaint of, dwindling agricultural pro ducts. All that a young man start ing out with ambition to mako a suc cess In business needs to do is to pos sess himself ot a "good strong wife," and then fasten on to a piece of land. Tho wifo will do tho rest. Ho might be equally successful in the city In tho line of heavy work If ho wanted to do trucking, or portcrlng, to con tract for digging cellars, laying Sins of the Children NEW YOItK, Dec. 9. Father Knickerbocker Is wholly to blamo for his "delinquent children and the ...,.,.,,. . . f..w ,.. .1.1-1 sins. In the opinion of Ernest K. Coul-, tcr, founder of tho Dig Brother move ment In New York, and who bad t great deal to do with tho establish ment of tho Children's Court. "It is tho sins ot tho city against tho children that stand out most starting!)' in tho Children's Court. ' Coulter said. "The community robs tho child In tho congested district of cvor thing a growing human being meds for health ot mind and body -nnd tlion it would punish him with his efforts to win theso chanccu tor himself bring htm in sharp contact with tho law of tho grown-up world. Wero there anything llko a rational distribution of population, were the dueller iu tho tenements not de prived of light nnd space, wero tho tenement children not dcsporately put to it for naythlng llko normal play, i there would be small work Indeed, for chlldron'8 courts, charitable and re formatory Institutions. "It Is Indulging tho (Jod-glven play Instinct that tho child, uudor proper supervision, best develops his phy- falcal mental and moral stdo. When we forco him to dodge about tho gar bage cans for his gamo of tag and push him into dark and ovll-smolllng stairways and cellars for his hide-and- seek, how can tho community com plain when he does not dovolopo Into J a good citizen? "Arraigned iu tho Children's Court sympathy plun from .J. S.I the taxpayers is not one of s invitation, supported by the council was strengthened last top - hoavv with officials who There has been no pruning to acts say 'the people be to be danmed, and it won't be brick, or quarrying stone, his good strong wife might possibly earn five dollars or more a day for him, and ho could get a better start than some of our richest men have had. When this Idea comes to bo thor oughly assimilated matrimony will boom. There will bo no further com plaint of men refusing to tako tho re sponsibility of family life. Tho good strong wife will solva tho industrial and tho agricultural problems! This is a kind of woman's rights that men who object to conferring tho balot on women can heartily ap prove. Perhaps they would even consent to give their good strong wires tho ballot In consideration of their own exemption from suvero toll. IJut what of tho women? Will they jump at this chanco to justify their existence and -display their value In our social economy? Wo should rathor say not! .Most of them will bo apt to greet tho amateur far mer's narrative with a hearty laugh, and set It down as a bit of Ironical perslflago designed to call public at tention to the folly of much of the economic theorizing ot tho day. Blamed Upon City recently for tho holnous crime of Playing ball In tho street, a half clad ,U,I fel!r; wa8 B,kd hy tho ,n,aBl,8; trate: 'What an, tho streets for?' Tho culprit, whoso head barely rcuched the bench, thought hard and earnestly, his faco white from starva tion nnd fear. Automobiles, sir,' he finally faltered, and tho magistrate straightway Kent him homo, "In one of tho most crowded dis tricts Inst summer I saw a little girl cry and fleo In terror from a flutter ing butterfly that by sonio strangu chanco had been blown across tho Hudson from tho Jersey meadows. The only fluids sho had over known wero tho asphalt and cobbles; tho only Insects within her knowledge hud beon roaches and spiders, and worso, and her only brooku wero tho guttor floods when tho sweepers oc casionally turned on tho flro hydrant to flush tho dirty pavements In her block. "It Is hinal wonder that when somo occasional charity takes a hand ful of tenement children Into tho country for a week those who havo always lived in the city's din and cry thut It Is so still it makes their earn hurt, and thoy beg to bo taken buck to tho city." John A. Perl Undertaker Lady Assistant. 88 S. HAltTMSTT Phones M. 47 nufl 47-J-S AmbuUiice Service Deputy Coroner J. S. Howard rather of Medfoid condemn tho te i-outi'ntcd wltli pi Attiukx Hie ltccall To tho Editer: 1 sea by tho Oregonlan that thoro Is u rucall petition clrcutntluit Iu Medford to recall Mayor I'urdlu and tho ontlro city council and It Is re ported that a certain west sldu gen tleman who Is one of tho Instigators of tho recall petition would llko to recall tho elective franchise of tho voters on the cast tsldo of town. From tho best I can learn, the movement originated with a few sorehead poll tlclsus. llcggs would llko to city attorney. Stockman would llko to bo city engineer and h on down the line. 1 think tho whole thing Is uncalled for and a very unfortunate moo Just nt this time. Tho fact l thai the present council have Inherited n most unfortunate legacy from the ex travagant boom times of the city and that they have been planning to economize and meet tho present un fortunate conditions as rapidly as possible and that it should bo thu duty of all good chitons and tho press at the city to uphold and assist and encourago the council In every possible way Instead of placing ob stacles In their wcv. licfeuiN City Engineer As things are nt present I think It would bo wise to combine the dutloi of street commissioner with that of city engineer ns ho Is certainly bet ter qualified to till that position than any one else, lie knows tho location of every water and sower pipe and every culvert and the grade of every street In the city nnd could combine tho engineer's uud street commis sioner's office most efficiently. Those who think the city engineer has nothing further to do are cer tainty most Ignorant of the city's af fairs. Our city Is about one-fourth as largo In uren ns Cortland nnd only about one twenty-fifth ns large In population, yet this largo nrca Is n net work of wnter und sower pipes ot street and sldewnlk grades and gutters and property boundaries nil under the care and supervision of tho city engineer mid he Is the custodian of all tho records appertaining to thu same and his salary Is derived from a flvo per cent assessed against city property street Improvements so that thoro Is no burden of taxation on the citizens for his salary except as derived from thote who are as sesscd for street Improvements, A ItltHy Official Tho city engineer with somo assist ance .from Mr. Ocrlg drew the plans for our beautiful $10,000 bridge and supervised tho building ot the snmo nnd was on thu Job all thu time to sco that It had proper foundations and tho requisite nmonut of steel nnd concrete. If this same kind of im provement was muilu In Portland the plans would havo cost $2000 and the supervising 5 per cent of the cost or 12000, altogether $1000, all ot which cost tho city less than $1000 for tho city engineer, together with other nutBlde duty at thu same tlmo. Now the city Is contemplating putting iu a new pipe lino from tho reservoir and building a new reservoir. Now when tho present reservoir wns built, through some bungling engineering. It was found to leak. Tho pipe for Inlet and outlet wns crushed by tho rock which filled thu Inlet trench and altogether It cost about $5000 to repair It. In case a now reservoir Is built Mr. Arnsplgor will guarantee that tho former disastrous experience Is not ropeated. lutuko Ih Primitive Tho intake to tho city plpo lino Is a most prlniatlve affair. Tho city engineer bus plans prepared for a now intnko which will muko the wnter much moro purer and ulso greatly Increase the quantity dollvorod. Ko thoro Is plenty of work for the city engineer for tho next year. Tho present muor and city coun cil working on a plan to retract and economize In every avallublo manner commensurate the welfare of tho city. Thoy aro all gentlemen of tho highest Integrity. There Is no room for graft of any kind, thoy havo no poli tical debts to pay and I don't think It Is possible to seciiro a bettor muni cipal govornniont for the city. I have crltlclrod their actions somo times and will do so again if I think it Is justlfnble but I may be mistaken somo times ns woll as tho council. Personally I havo tho high- est regard for thiim as nolghbors uud follow citizens and I wish all follow citizens could Join mo In that senti ment und lot us all Join and holp uud encourago them In tho present trying situation which has como upon them as an unavoidable and unwelcome Hltuuttou, J. 8. IIOWAIl!) Decombor 8, 1913, MRS. H. L. LEACH Expert Corsetiere 32G North Bartlett. Phono 5G3 M. on City Affairs rail ami dolVmli tho council, otluui expivMseil opinion. Let tec Attack the Council To the Editor. "Vov Popull vox Del." Under a domociatlc form of gov ernment like ours the voice ot the people Is supposed to bo supreme, that voice is expressed In various ways, usually by ballot sometimes by rc-HtlutloiiH passed by assembly bod ies, but expression of the people's desires has boon by petition, piutlo- ularly from King (loorge's tlmu until the present time. The Medford charter enacted by the people provides that tho govern meut of tho city shall be vested In n major and six coiiucllmeu. The of. flee of nuor has boon vacated by death. The charter provides for tho appointment of the mayor following vnoincy from any cause. It Is In cumbent on the council to appoint such presiding officer without delay. Ignoring IVililitii A petition lias been presented signed by a majority of the heaviest tnxpnvor ami by many other good citizens to appoint C. E. Oaten who received thu noxl largest vote nt the last election and who Is known as one of our best business men. That petition has been entirely Ignored nnd It Is reported In the newspapers thnt petitions will not bo considered by the council, which amounts to say ing "tho people be damned," Evi dently the council docs not under stand the temper ot the American people. They probably will late ron. The action or uou-nrtlou of tho council reminds me of a certain roue ell nbout 1000 years ago at a banquet presided over by Mr. llolsbuyer and whoso government wns delinquent In many ways nnd who wns brought In a round turn that greatly trou bled them -the Incident Is descrllicd In tho Hook of Daniel, fifth chapter, and reads as follews: "In that same hour enme forth tho fingers of n man's hand and wrote over against tho electric light upon the plaster of the wall of tho king's plaster mid the king saw the part of the hand which wrote, nnd there was a "a heap of trouble on the old man's mind." Ilaiiilvvrlllng mi Wall And the writing on the wall wni this: "Mene Mene. Tokcl t'parsln" and as Interpreted by thu I'hophot Daniel means "weighed In the bal ance nnd found wanting " Now If the city council do not heed the petition presented by the people they will see tho writing on the wnll all round the room. When tho mns tor of weights nnd measures weighs any quantity, and finds It wanting he Immediately puts It down nnd out. If tho council by their tirts say "the people be damned," somebody Is go ing to bo damned and It won't bo tho people, J. 8. HOWAItl). September 1., 1913. , j Coffee An expert's service free, lbs picks out your coffee for you and pays your grocer lor it him self if you don't ap prove his choice. That's the true mean ing of moiievback with Schilling's Hcst. In nromn-tlght cans, ever fresh; cleanly granulated, Lady Baltimore Cake TheMost Populur CakeThls Souson DyMrt. Janet Meh'enslellUL Editor oj the lloiton Cooking School Magazine This is considered by many cooking authorities the finest enke that can be niAile, though iu reality It is not at all difficult. UCLady lUlllmor Gala One euft butler: 2 enfs granulated tugar; I eufi ttiilif I fsatxwnful rote water; Ji eut Jtour' J level teaspoon' full A" C taking Jvwder; xvhiht of 6 ef,gs, beaten dry. Cream the butter and beat In the sugar frradually. 81ft together, three times, the flour and lukiiiff powder, and add to thu butter nnd sugnr.nlteruntcly with the milk and rose water. Lastly, nt il tiiceggwhitcs, Ilakeiu three-layer cake pans. Put the layers together with the following frosting. NeiTK Tlie caIc 1" n Inritu one ami lelUat XVuuicu's liictuiui-c fur it JO, Frojtllflii t ot Lady IWHlroQra Cafis Thit tuft ttttHulaltit lugari I fuf botlint waltrt whittle J tin it I tup chatttJ mifiiii, I tuptluifftd nulnKdtll Jlgi cut ii Him llutl. Stir the sugar and writer until the sugar Is dissolved, then let lxU without stirring' until the syrup from a spoon will spin a louf; thread; pour upon tho whites ot the eggs, beaten dry, bca'.hitf constantly meanwhile. Continue the hcutlui? until the frosting is cold; add the fruit and spread upon the cuke, Tho K C Cook'i Hook roiiu.,u ninety Juit mil U dcl'cloiM rccliwi, lirrii'l, imilliii., tnla-n uii4 Mutry. X'ouairi wcijtf uuii'"' by tin' ritMlKicTlflc:ilciii.l(ti In rey 23-ccilt can of K C haklmr J'owilcr Iu lh Jaoiiks Ml o. Co., Clifiuirr). Small cum do uU coatala Covk't JJwk icruucatci. .15 Draperies Wi e it i a n miiiioIi It lino of ilitipi ill s. in.' i flunis. (ixi'iiifi ele, nml iin tin dux-it nf iitnetitiilm( a npu'lill W: In li'i'li lirirl I 111 M VW'lK i icIiiMwiv ami w II iilM' n 'i huO'I NtMVlCO 111 S llilMllllllo til Hit III ('Mil till' lllfKl'lt I'UI Wooks & McGo wim Co. Dinner's Real Estafe & Employment Bureau lU- -ttlll A No, t nloi'k ranch consisting of 100 ncres, 1 00 acre- In cultivation, bottom laud, fine black, free soil, good out range: fair buildings. Will trade for Ashland propert? HO ncie stock ranch, HO acres III cultivation, UK acres In alfalfa, sumo stuck, tools and hay. Knap at f I'lOOi). 120 acre stock ranch, CO nines Iu cultivation, 'it nines under ditch, all can bo irrliiateil, fair hulldluM Want smaller acreage rloso In. clear Price JiitlOO. .1 '4 acres, lioso In, iilti' f room cottage, lamu barn, fine poultry housos. Want Portland rtwldonc. Price $3300. I'lue. new 7 room kiiimalow, lot dixit li. eash $1700, bnlnuro In monthly payments. . Houses furnished nml unfurnished, for tent. h'lllln) nii'ilt Olrls for general house work. Waitress !;'; toom and board. Pantry girl. MRS. EMMA BITTNER Hot. Plume iml).' Phono H.tM. OpHiilte Nash lliitrl ItOO.MS il ami 7, PA I At ItUM'k' i:vi:s iti;nri'i:n. Eyes Tested I fit someone with glasses nltiunt every day who ha paid good money for u misfit. Tho accurate fitting ot lenses In volves a degree of sclentltlo knowl edge llttb understood by people gen erally, until thy have proven the fact by costly experience. If I do )our work il will not have to bo redone or rcimld for Dr. Rickert Sulto l-i:, Over Deuel's SIXTEEN DAYS TO CHRISTMAS Today h Better Than Tomor. row For Doing Your Christ mas Shopping. Meot Mo at My Headquarters Wonder Store YSfilrfW uHs&sLt.tsEiapifnff'l Raises the j I Dough Better I k ALL GROCERS k A Theatre Tonight, 7 o'clock Whavp Daughter of the Underworld Two-Wool K'lileni Detective Thriller, "ARCHIE AND THE BELLBOY" MdiHoii Comedy "THE PROBATIONER" Nelitf Comedy llaskins, Mnsie with KITeetH Coining Thursday niht only "Lovo Lnto of Rom uny." Mssa -Western two fee I tfip.s life. ISJSTHEATRE .Vt IIKMM.i: TOII.W May Emeral tukk Chnngu Artist Pliuiiiptit) TMK I'INOI.It PltlNT Kellg Hpoclnl III Two Paris patmi: wt.iaw.v no, an News I'ATUIIIt'S MAT ItANO Vltugrnph ('omnily t-'euturliiK teo IMaiioy and Norma Tnliuttdtto iliuiMla) (inly JVNI.T Ol THU IMW'IW Two Keels STAR THEATRE TODAY SAVOR & POOLE Clever vaudeville net, intro- diieinjj l heir mixture of .Mnsie, .Melody and Mirth. THE CLOSED DOOR A two-reel photoplay fontnr iiiL' the return of Miss Klor- enee Lawrence to motion pictures, STARS OF MY CKOWN A society drama of inten.su interest. 0, YOU PEARL Farce comedy, a sure euro for the hhies BALDY BELMONT WINS A PRIZE Cl'issy and latiKhahle coin ed v Woolworth and Woolworth The host in music and effects Admission 10 Conts N. Florence Clark VIOLINIST AND TIMCHI-.U First ctnss Music tor nil Occasions 1 1 til W. 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