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? I ' . P3BKF0UB. arTCDFOUD MATT TRTBTJNTC, MEDFOttD, OTUWOtf. FRTDAY. lKOEMTVRR 12, lOW. IIEDFOKD aiAIL TRIBUNE an mnnPENnnNT nkwhpapku . ruiiMHiir.n kvkut avtrknoon KXCKIT PUNDAT 11T THE MKUKOHD PH1NTINCJ CU. The Democratic Tlms, Th Medford Msll, Tin Medford Tribune Tho South rn Orrjronlan, Tho Ashland Tribune. Office Mull Tribune Hulldlnr, X5-37-: North Fir street: telephone 76. Official Taper of th City of Medford. Official Paper of Jackson County. aiSOnOH PUTNAM. Kdltor and Manager Entered ns second-class matter at Medford. Oregon, under the act of March 3, H". BUBSCJUTTIOW SATES. One year, br mall. -- a- One month, br mall , W Per month, delivered by carrier In Medford, Jacksonville and Cen- trnl JMInt - Saturday only, by mall, per ycar 2.00 Weekly, per year- '-811 ti-mnvrt rtnctir.ATIOJf. Dally aerac for eleven iitontha end nir Novenbr SO, 191J. TSl I tic ON SATURDAY The civics aectloi ot tho Greater Medford club will distribute tho last of tho dahlia bulbs on Saturday morn. ItiB at tho public library, beginning nt nlno o'clock. All thoso who registered last week but failed to call for their bulbs must comp early as none of the bulbs will bo reserved. Anyone, whether they registered or not may sccuro some ot the bulbs, en long as tho supply lasts. There- aro nhout n hundred and fifty ot tho bags each containing five bulbs, ricaso wrlto your namo nnd address on a small strip ot paper to hand to the chairman ot tho civics section, uo an accurato count may bo kept of tho number distributed also that special literature on dah lia culture may bo sent you. ENGLISH' BIRTH RATE LONDON, Dec. 12. Startling facta ami deductions concerning Englund's steadily dccrcnsinc birth rnto nro contained in the annual re port of the registrar general, pub lished, tolay. Tho .rate has been gradually declining' kiuee 187C, when it was 3G.3 er thousand. It is now only 23.S per thousand. Tho grow ine; reluctance of the men nnd wo men of 'England to nssutno parental responsibility is shown by the fig ures of nvcrnco nee nt mnrriapo in tlio past year 29 years for hus linnds and 27 years for wives. Fur ther, it is disclosed that tho ratio of births to the number of married women of potential age lias decreas ed 3 1 per cent in' the past three de eades. In other words, if there lind been no change in the ratio, births in the past year would linvo number ed 1,273,C98 instead of 843,503. Tho birth rate is higher in Wales; next comes the north of England, with tho south having tho lowest rate, which would bo still lowed but for London. The mining countries nro the most productive of children, while tho agricultural counties are the least. Illegitimate children arc most frequent in rural communities and least so in London. "Deliberate restriction in ohild-bearing'' is as cribed bv the report ns the chief rea son for the present low rate. REX SPRAY COMPANY SHOWS FAITH IN VALLEY Tho Ilox Chemical company, with headquarters at Omaha and branch factories all over tho United States and Cuuada, is demonstrating Its con fidents and faith in tho future growth and prosperity of Itoguo Itlver valley, by erecting a J 10.000 plant at Pmocnix for the purpose of manufacturing tho celebrated "Ilex" solution ot lime and sulphur and other treo sprays. Tho Ilox companies aro tho pioncor makcrH ot lima and sulphur solu tion, having manufactured and sold it for years principally na shcop dip before its great valuo as an liibcct nnd fungus destroyer on trees nnd plants was discovered. Tho advautago of being ablo to so curo tho best quality ot spraying ma terials, fresh from tho factory, right hero at homo will bo a boon to oreh nnlista and it Is safo to say that ovory fruit grower will wolconio such on enterprise. Tho plant at Phoenix has been under construction slnco October and tho company oxpects to begin oper ation In January, In nmplo tlmo for tho early spring spraying. Tho Hmo and sulphur solution will bo handled in fifty gallon barrels, which will bo loaded Into cars at tho Phoenix plant and shipped to tho dlf font points along tho line, Tho dis tributing offlco of tho company will be in Medford. Sco their ad in this Issue. GIVE OUT DAHLIAS ASHLAND VIEWS A SULAND'S two newsimoers take divergent views of tho road tax decision of (ho supremo court upholding tho clause in the oily charter exempting the city from county road taxes. 'Che Kecord is for co-operation with (ho balance of the couuty by the amendment of the char ter, whilo the Tidings still has a chip on its shoulder be cause the COUllty CO-Oporated bridge, and takes a rather narrow and selfish view, ns folloVS It Medford' wilt amend her charter so that she will have to keep up and) put In all bridges within tho city limits, then Ashland will hae a strong ills-i position to amend her charter so as to pay county road tax. Hut at present I they feel It au Injustice to have to build Medford's. and this without "Tho next move," remarked a taxpayer. "Is up to Medford. If they wnntj equality of taxation let them make the first mote. MoMdford has one bridge on si county road, and under agreement with the county, hereafter maintains this bridge. If Medford wants to refrain from co-operation with the county in road construction, all (hat the city has to do will be to amend its charter with an exemption clause similar to Ashland's. Ashland's road tax for 1913 was approximately $1)000. Half of this went to the city treasury, (he other half, $4500, to the general road fund. Much inore than this has been expended in Ashland's vicinity. In addition, about half of the county road bond issue of '$500,000 will be spent near Ashland, which will bo benefited more than any portion of the county by (ho county is doing so much, it is hard to understand Ash land's refusal to co-operate with its mite. The Tidings' appeal to prejudice is best answered by the Record, as follews: Tho legal status ot that section of the charter having now been cstab that method ot exempting the city taxpayers from county road fuud levlo will no doubt be placed bctoro tho xotcrs nt an early date ns many ot tint best Informed cltlxcns feel that tho charter should be amended nnd tho city share with tho taxpayers throughout the county In the general road work. The necessity for this is apparent to all as tho principle would allow tin other Incorporated cities of tho county Talent, Phoenix, Medford, Jack sonville, Central Point. (3 old Hill. Itoguo River. Kaglo Point to amend their city charters in accordance with the proposition. In that case the only property that could be reached by county road fund levies would be the pro perty of taxpayers living outside ot Incorporated towns. Such an arrange ment would soon become so unfair that It would become Intolerable. An example of what It would lead to is already on In I.ane county. Several years ago bitterness nnd Ill-feeling between Cottage tlroxe and Kugene re sulted In Cottage Groc exempting herself from county road levies. Other towns in tho county followed. Last week the Lane County Patrons of Hus bandry (tho grange) protested to tho county court against tho levying of a county road tnx. setting up the condition ot affairs whereby tho properties ot taxpayers In the cities arc in a position to exempt themselves, whereas there is no arrangement for exemption available to the property owners In tho country. Tho Itecord believes the majority of the citizens of Ashland are thor oughly In accord with the road program now In vogue nnd will In due tlmo prepare and submit an amendment that will be fair to all. The Menace (Continued from Yesterday) (By P. J. O'Gara.) Carriers of Tinman I)l.eaes lints nn.!(. -.--.i -i. .!.!..,. -tf it. mine we musi uueii uuiih, ul mc i rat ns merely n destroyer of foo, products wo -mu t not- forget that be is n factor m he imns-isoon of several diseases the most important being. plngu UVUIK- imuuc. note u iiliuvniil ".'Ml,,. ,.lfll. ....(.... 1 I.. I.I u bacterium known ns bacillus pe-tis, a minute microscopic organism which causes the dreaded plague. We have not forgotten the plague epidemic which threatened San Francisco some few yours ngo. Since tho rat is subject to the plague disease, it is now known that he is more or less directly restwnsible for cases of hu man plague in n community, and that ho is the most frequent mediirn through which plague is carried from one locality to another. These ani mals nro good travelers, and it is al most axiomatic that no ships nrc without them. The rnt is also a mor or less regular passenger on freight tiains, and they have been seen leaving freight cars in tho ynrds nt Medford. Tho rat comes in contact xx itli other animals, nnd the common ground squirrel has been infected with plnguo from this source. The rnt will livo in burrows made by the ground squirrel, and it is easily seen Hint the dihcmo may be transmitted without difficulty. The ltat n Filthy Animal Aside from the fnct that tho rat has such bacterial diseases as plague, leprosy, pneumonia, p-cudo. tubercu losis nnd n large number of other bactcrinl troubles, ha is subject to the nttneks of n largo number of an imal parasites, including nt least three species of protozoa, ono tre mntode, twelvo species of ci'itodos, thirteen specien of nematodes, ono specio of ncaiithoeephnlids, cij.j,t species of arachnids or miles nnd fourteen species of insects, such as lice, fleas, etc. No is, then, what may ho called u really filthy animal. Sinco the rat and tho ilea (several species of them) nro nlmost iusep arable companions, and since (lie flea is known to transmit the bac illus of plnguo from it plaguc-iiifcel-rd rat to human beings, wo should feel tho greater nccossity of ridding our homes or premises of rats. Jt has been shown that n flea' stomach might receivo ns many ns flfJOO plague genus whilo sucking tho blood from n plague infected rat. Tho plnguo organism will also multiply in tho stomach of tho flen. As 'has been said before, tho flea urn tUu rat aro close companions, nnd no less than a dozen species of fleas have been taken from tho black and the brown rat. Destructive Kittles of Hat Family Of tho many species of tho rnt family (about 300 in nil) which are known, only three or four have been ablo to ndapt themselves to oondi linns so as o become cosmopolitan. OP ROAD TAXES 111 bUlldlllg the -MedtOl'd build all their own bridges and helpU,rv mtlo Indeed to show for tho there being any feeling of bitterness, i the'expenditures. So when of the Rat Four nro found in America the common house mouse (mus mu-cu- nicxaminnus) ; tlie brown rat (mu nlexnudrinus) ; the brown rut tnii- . , ,. ., ,,... hnm ,, , Mern.t ni)(, j,, ,,,.,, bInrl. rnt (mu, rattus)t Tu. ,,,,,,. rnt ,ms ,)(en kn(JW1 ,n Knf Mncc mu i.iikii ii-iitiit,, , urn, (in minikin to America about. the beginning of the eighteenth century. The roof or Alexandrian rnt is thought to be n nntivo of Egypt. It 1ms established itself in the wnnn climates ot the different parts of the world and is common on the const in the south ern part of tho United States. It is abundant in tho Sacramento valley The most destructive of the rnt funv ily is tho brown rat (in. norvegictis) It inhabits most of tho thickly in- habited parts of Acninca. It occurs generally from the Isthmus of Pan nran to the Yukon valley nnd south ern Greenland. Tho oulv states in which it hris not yet been found by tho United States biological survey aro Nevada, Utah, Wyoming. Idaho and tho greater part of Montana. This species can shind extreme cold, which is proven by the fact that it flourished m 78 degrees 'AT minute north latitude on board Dr. Kane' ship Advance, in the second drill nell expedition, during tho two win ters when thnt vessel was icebound. Tho brown rnt is generally sup posed to bo of Asiatic origin. ! reached western Kuropo nhout 1727. although it is snid to have appeared in Paris some time later, 17")0. It was brought to the United Slutr about 177.V Audubon slates that it was unknown on the Pacific nni in I8.")l, although others deolaro that it arrived before that date. It ar rived in tho sluto of- Washington about 18."rj. CALUMET STRIKE DISTRICT IS QUIET CALUMKT. Mich., Dee. 12.--Willi both sides apparently exhausted by tlie iury of tho past two days' riot ing in tho strikebound copper district nhout, (inct reigned today in tho mining country. Muny strikers vol untarily surrendered their arms and ammunition. Moro than J 00 men wilNjo tried on charges of compile ity in tho disorders. With Medford trade la Medford made John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant M 8. IIAKTIiETT Phones SL 47 nnd 47-J2 Ambulance Rervlco Deputy Coroner- Christian Missions in India (Minneapolis Trlbuuo.) Kdltor ot the Tribune: 1 have never heard of Dr. Hluwtrl till 1 read of thu discussion his re marks caused at tho Purity Congres. but haxlni; lived many years in India and while In no way disparaging mis sionary work there, i am obliged to Indorse the most of his statement J""" m observation and expo.'. to""'. 'U Oiat or friends. there. It Is perfectly true there Is . .... , Is- ""1 ""'" i'M'' slons. 1 eaunot speak for united States' work except mostly by hear say, but I can for the llrltlsh Protest ant mission from knowledge of their own reports and estimate. It Is obvious to any onsen er that Christianity so far has miulo little headway In India nnd where any real hold Is gained It Is more often by the Catholic than the Protestant mission' nry. With regard to this statement 1 again ngrco that tho prospect of a large Hindoo conversion Is very re mote. The missionary may touch thu lower, but It Is extremely diffi cult for him to tench tho upper classes, Tho Protestant missionaries cer tainly live comfortably out there And I came to tho conclusion that those from tho United States certain KL l'ASO, Tex., Dee. V2 kinnihtn was refuted OutHt totluv at Ojitiiign, whore the federal garrison of Cliiliunliuli took rel'inco after it Might newts the deert to the bor der. A battle was expected before Sunday. Tho federals miit fight to the death, suneuder to the rebel, who probably would kill most of the higher oftieers, or cross the border nnd give thcin-clrci ui to the 1'iiited States authentic. JURY BOX FILLED IN WESTERN FUEL TRIAL SAN FKAXrTsTO, Oil., Dee. 12. With the return of the special en ire of forty mem ordered by the court, tho Western Fuel company conspiracy trial was resumed here today before United States District .ludgo Dooling. Special Pro-editor .Matt I. Sullinn predicted that the jury would be completed befoie night. After the jury box bad been filled tho prosecution poremptorily chal lenged J. M". Tnft,"nn Oakland mer Clip this coupon nnd bring It to tho STAIl theatre with IT. rents nnd got a beautiful C5 cent pennant. Wo nro giving pouuniits of nil tho Colleges, Universities nnd Htntcs In tho United .States. All pennants' aro mado of good felt ISx3C In sle. Mali orders G ccntR additional for each pennant desired. Different pennants every week. STAR TIIKATIti: Address Modfanl, Oregon, f 4 kc: :kc: c K C Baking Powder r guaranteed absolutely pure and wholesome. fltj f T" 1 11 1 i nere is no iocneiie salts, no harmful residue left in the food that is leavened with K C. Even the most delicate can eat hot breads raised with K C without distress. Try K C Baking Powder breads if yeast raised bread does not agree with you. ex IaS9 ppyy fiiq Mm KC TOD AIT Arrow Shirts ' tfov 0atl ace being shown in the better sort of shops fashions latest edicts correctly and smartly ex pressed in aarments of unusual merit $10 and up CLUETT.PEABODY fi CO.JKCMakeci ofARROW COLLARS ly lived that way and luvvo more fur loughs than some of thu llrltlsh con freres. With reminl to the lower class of Hindoo eonveits It was the common opinion of mself and friends there that they Just became Christians for what they could get out of It. When I first went nut I though It right to encourage and em ploy unlive Christians when I could, despite friendly warnings. Hut af ter MirloiiH unfortunate attempts, 1 gtwe up In despair and fell back to "The Vuregeneiates." and never le gretted It either. I found the latter good and faith ful sen ants, the best I ocr had, but I had nntU u Christians who were buy and Oil ty, who stole and who lied. I have had a flood ot bud language showered on my head from them, a thing that uo Hindoo or Mohamme dan ever disgraced himself by doing before me, mid finally, ouio when I was going to give another man some work, a good servant I had had for a long time, begged mo not to so nnd his remark (he spoke a llttlu Kugllsli and was proud ot airing It), when he said earnestly and, I am sure, unite forgetful of my lews at the time: "Do net: .Mensahlb. Ho Christian. He drink," was a perfect shook to me. That was my last attempt and In the future was a wiser. imiTIHH MCNSAIIIIt. MONIE CARLO AERIAL RAID IS ORGANIZED PAIMS, Dee. 12. Hcmplitiie race to Au international Im called the Monte Cnrl" Aerwl Kitid," i- hcinc iirjjiuuM'd for next spring bv the In tertiatioual Skirting club of Mourn I he race, which will be dmded into seven mrtn, will be tun as follnw--(I) I.Hiidon tn .Monte I'arlci, Moppm nt Oilaix, Dijon ami Toulon ibi nuig of the waler-plnue ! I (.' Unif-ds to Motile Carlo. m (' inl and the same route as mIiuw. ( li Paris to Monte Carlo, m Anji r. Totilouho nnd Toulon. ( ll (1 tliu and l'mnkforj'to Monte Carlo, via Dijon and Toulon. (7) Koine to Monte Carlo, ia Turin, Venice, Itouie aiul Kicnon. Thcc lollies nmv h xliitht ly tillered later, the rules of the con test being submitted to the Minou xportiug clubs of the different coun tries having j it n prudence, llm -t.irt will be made between April 1 and 1 1 nnd nrriwils at Monte Carlo will be regsitered from April 2 to l.. The distances to he covered are about tho same from the seeu citio and the number of controlling points nrc equiil. Prize nlreadv up nro .f'OOII for the het time oxer anv of the routes, $20011 fur the bet time with u muehine with n wing surface of more than 2.'i meter, ,f 10I1U for th. second bet time. With Medford trado Is Medfor.l mndn 1- 4 :kc K K C K KC CVil'I'co A liiiuifii'd smile: a lYniinitil Hip of Schil ling's Hcsf coffee as a hopeful send-off lo i lit (lay's work. In aroma-tlght rims, cleanly ginii- J ulated, inonelmck. Draperies c eiirrv a rv eniaiii-li Him nf llllllKll-H till I (Ulll'IIIH. fUHIHK, I'll1. Hill llil III (1IK1 H ft UI'llilHI.MlMIC A HK-lll DUKI III look llldl till 1I( iXlllOOllll HHll Will .! MS Kl WIUIV IH IN MIHmtlll III Kit III l;M'll lllli lltlHi Ml CllllS I Wooks & McGowan Co. --- f---"------ f GUS tho Tailor MAKKil Ht'lTtt TO PIT AN'D imp to wi:aii Wanted liive uiiiii to sell life in .siintnee, regular salary and coiiiinissioiiH. Call No. .". St. Mark's IiMj?., liet. 'J and -I, or write ilox ."(. Shingles Made In Mi-ilfonl from Ituiue grmiii MiU'ur pine. If )ou are going to build anything or re lilnglc your liousu r barn see us. 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We want yon lo try us oneu and we will take our eliancus after that Sanitary Cafateria 20 South Control E. D. Weston Official Photographer of the Medford Commorcia Club Amateur Finishing Post Card Panoramic, Work Flash liKhtB PortrnittJ Intorior and oxtcrior viowa Negatives mado any lime and any placo tiy appoiut inont. Ii. M. HAItMO.V, MautiKer. 208 E, Main Phono 1471