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atTCDFOttD MATTi TRTBUNTC, amnFOttT), ORKCIOX. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, ISMil. pxoEiroun. Medford Mail tribune t AN INDKl'UNnKNT NUWHPAPKH I'UDI.lHIIKn KVHIIT AFTKIINOON UXOBIT SUNDAY I1Y TUB MKIJKOUU 1'ItlNTINa CO. The Domoorntlc Tlmcii, Thi Mnlfonl Mull. The MeJford Tribune The South ern Ori'Konlftn, Tho Aohlnnil Trlhune. Office Mull Tribune nulldtne, J5-I7-J9 North Kir itretti telephone Ik. Official Paper of the Cltr of Mcdford. Official Taper of Jncknon County. QKOnam PUTNAM. Editor and Munnircr ICnterod n second-clnsii matter at it rd ford. OreRon. under the act of March 3, U7. BUBSCnrTTlOW RATES. One yar, by mull-..., - . 15.00 One month, by mall - Per month, delivered by cnrrler In Meitfonl, Jockaonvllte and Ccn- trnl Point--.-. - . 2 Saturday only, by mall, per year,,,. S 00 Weekly, pen year . - '' "THE PEOPLE BE DAMNED" KNUTE KNUTSON POPULAR FAVORITE "Knuto Knutson will never prow old." You know a play must have unusual attributes when grandma, Krandpa, mamtnn. papa and nil the kiddles nro unanimous In their praise of Knuto Knutson. In these modern days whoro competition In the enter tainment business, In nil Its branches. Is so keen n play that will pleaso the masses Is n rarity, and tho public, becoming more nnd more discrimi nate In their tnstes. can no longer 1o decetved. So when a play like Knuto Knutson supplies their demand lor something worth while one can rot assured that It must bo an attraction of more than usual merit. Aside from tho play Itself, tho cast is composed of artists that aro liv ing types of tho characters they por trny and a finished truo to llfo per formance Is guaranteed. In tho last tho artists were supposed to make tho character fit their Individuality, but in Knuto Knutson this Idea has been eliminated and Individual types havo been picked .to fit tho charac ter. You will find tho band and or chestra that accompanies Knute Knutson in his travels to be ono of the finest body of musicians In this country. Tho band jou wll hear on your principal streets at tho noon hour but you will miss n musical treat of exceptional merit If you don't visit tho theater and hear tho orchestra In Its rendition of operatic and popu lar selections between tho acts.- ( Page Theater. Thursday, Dec. 1?. COMPLETE RADt AN PASS E (Grants Pass Courier ) Tho grade on the municipal rail road will bo completed to Wlidor vlllo by Saturday night. Tho entire roadway will then bo ready for tho tics and rails for tho first ten-mllo unit, and as goon as tho funds are available from tho bond sale the road can bo completed that far without further delay. Mr. Keeler, repre senting tho buyers of tho bonds, is now in NfiW York City, anl expects that tho legal questions surrounding tho issuo will bo cleared away within n few days and tho transfer made. Tho work done by tho city to bring tho grado on tho first unit to com pletion nlll show nn expenditure of approximately J32.000, the btato ment prepared by tho engineer on tho first of December totaling $29. C39 to that date, with a probable 12600 for tho present month. Tho culverts aro now all In place, G3 having been laid In tho ten miles at a cost of fl.983.C5. These culverts aro of cement tile of homo manu facture, and nro from six inches to 2G inchos In dlamotor. Tho bills for tho clearing and grading of tho ten miles amounted to $23,709.35, con sidered n most reasonable flguro In view of the yardage of dirt moved. DIED At her home, -18 Hose avenue, flcoriiv A. HciiFclinun, wife of J. H. llcnselman, a I OtfO p. in., December 30, of dropsy, following n hix-year illnefcs, aged 51 years, 11 month, 1(1 tinys. She was a native of Iniliijnt, born in Covington, Decehmor -9, 1801. Hho had been a resident of Medford J'or six years. fihu leaves u luifdmnd and three children, Kd--win G., George II. of Medford and Ohurjea 1 of J'omVon, Mont. Slio was u member of the 1'vlhiun Wa ters. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Her t-itter, Mrs. Cutherino Zriglur of Allien, lad., will nrrivo for tho funeral. Bishop's Visit Postponed I)isho Scndding, who was expect ed to visit St. Mark's church Thurs day niul Fridny of this week, has been compelled to postpone his visit until' nf tor tho' now -year. TJie meet ing for Thursday ejeninjj wilt there fore ho cancelled. yrtf, I). JIAMlf.TQS, Vicar. . Ti.fAYOR PURDIN ami tho city council evidently do .- not believe that tho people should ruloat loast not when it af Coots their own pet ty salaries. On a technicality, they have refused to submit to tho people the initiative bill' for a charter amendment for action at the January election, but prefer to put the city to the expense of a spe cial election later so for a few fleet till? days they can cash their warrants. Tho administration docs not believe in economy, as shown by tho absurdly larjje payrolls, the purchase of the useless Hamilton ranch, and the needless increase of the tax levy.- .Least of all does it believe that economy should begin with itself. Though the salaries are small, they are extremely large to tho mayor and couuciliuen and ex ceedingly precious. If the administration believes the salaries are justifi able and earned, it should have no hesitation in submitting the question to the people who pay them. The people believe in the square deal, and if the council could make a case before the people, it would be sustained. But tho council does not believe in a square deal for the people, for it refuses o submit the question. The employer has the right to determine the remuner ation paid the' employe, but here is a case where the em ployes of the people refuse their employers the right to pass upon salaries paid. Section V, of ordinance Xo. 1-4, carrying into effect the initiative and referendum powers reserved in the con stitution, reads: If any ordinance, charter or charter amendment to tho charter shall tia prdposed by initiative petition, said petition shall bo filed with the recorder, and ho shall transmit It to the next session of the council, w ho shall then cither ordain or reject tho same, and If the council shall reject said proposed measure, or shall take no action thereon for a period of thirty das after such measure shall have been submitted, then said recorder shall cause tho Same to be submitted to the people for approval or rejection at the next ensuing election held In f-nld c!t. Tho council may ordain said ordinance or amendment aad refer It to the people, or It may ordain said ordinance without referendum petition In like manner, also tho ordinance. If tho council shall reject any such measure and tako no action thereon. It may submit a competing ordinance or amendment, which shall be submitted to the vote of the people by the recorder at the same election at which said 'Itmldtlre petition Is submitted. The initiative petition was filed with the recorder De cember l'J, thirty-one days before the .January election. Had the council desired, it could have-been submitted to the people at that election but the council did not so desire. The action of the administration shows plainly that its members are serving merely for the potty salaries rather than from public-spirited motives that they are in office for the money they make out of it. It is evident that the present council' considers itself superior to the people. The hitter's informal petition for the election of ( E. Gates as mayor was thrown into the waste basket. The formal petition for charter amendment is postponed on a technicality. The people's servants have become masters of the people. "Upon what meat doth this, our Caesar feed, That ho is grown so great?" THE PRESIDENT AND r THE CARIBAO i rT,HE carping critics of President Wilson, who imagine AOvthey have found a hole in the armor of the president in his criticism of the Caribao jinks will find few sympa thizers for the martinets of the army and navy. These high-minded and rigfd. disciplinarians who cans" the enlisted man to stand at attention in front of their quarters with a ramrod-like spine and heels together by the hour and sentence the privates to thirty davs in the gmuuuouse tor a ranure 10 kow-iow to ms superior ouicers aro not entitled to any sympathy in their wanton disre- hpece oi iiie commanaer-in-ciiiei oi tne army ana navy. Tills fiVPlMMllfl nvfivfn1 ittwlnmiml.-nl niwl n.ni-ivr.ln. intr arm of the trovernment is not. nxnpctwl to ahnw imv great enthusiasm in the policies of the administration, Avhen those policies tend to a curtailment of military sine cures 'that have been burdening the backs of the pYoduc ej's, njl tpo longhand any proper and respectful criticism would have received a respectful hearing, but tho .shame less buffoonery of the recent orgie of the Carabao society Was beyond all bounds of humor or decency. Just what Lincoln or Roosevelt might have done under like circumstances is pure conjecture. The soldiery of President Lincoln's time had something to do besides con duct Saturnalian revels mid it is not recorded that anv governmental understrapper in his relations with Presi dent Roosevelt ever transgressed the most rigid rules of obsequity without being called a liar. Tho Caribao society is to be complimented on its most appropriate selection of a name, the Caribao being now the largest species of bull extant. Odd Gyroscopic Toys Somo extraordinary toys based on tho old gyroscopic tops havo recently beon Invented by I'rof. Gray, of tba Iloyal society, and exhibited by him at tho Hojal IiiBUtutlon. Ono toy Is a doll flguro hanging by its hands from two wires strung along to gether, a gyroscopo whirling Insldo tho doll figure. As tho wires nro slightly Jogged tho flguro begins to movo along tho wires, hand-overhand liko an acrobat. Ily a cur ious property of tho gyroscopo, when tho hidden wheel begins to run down tho llttlo flguro begins to hurry, as If It Intended to use every effort to completo Its Journey before losing Its power. Another toy consists of thrco doll acrobats on trapezes, a gyroscopo bo ing concealed In each doll. When tho gyroscopes aro properly started the three acrobats perform balancing feats, each doll in its turn doing a stunt In regular order, but no two doing tho samo stunt at tho saino tlmo. " ' t AV'U hlcyclo rider on a tight rope. Is another toy. From tho haudlo bars of tho bicycle wires. aro run to tho proper connection with tho gyro scopo, so that If tho llttlo flguro starts to fall to tho loft tho handle, bars aro turned down, and tho front wheel points to tho loft enough to keop tho balunco, exactly as a human rider does. From his models tho sclontlst showed how It Is possible to placo a gyroscopo In a motor car to prevent tho car from overturning on a curve. With such a dovlco a car rounding a curvo nt high speed would tilt to tho Insldo as Jf it woro running on a banked trak and theoretically It would bo Imposslblo for tho car to overturn. Dundee Advertiser. "Tho Iiluo Mouse'' is to bo mado Into a musical comedy for early production, John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant 2H S. I)AUTJjI;TT I'liones M. 47 and 47-1:! Aiubuluuco Kenlto Deputy Coroner Tlic Menace of the Rat (Continued from Thursday) lly l J. O'Uurn. Undent i:loiiiittmtliin Tho fact Unit the nil Is an o tromnly wll vrcntuio makes him ono of the most difficult of all tuiliunls to exterminate. ll his constant as tuH'latloit with man ho has become ex tremely wniy, nnd Is frightened by nuMhlng which Is at all out of the ordlnur). lie will eat bread on uhloli poison Is spread so carefully that the poison will be left behind, tho bread being practically nil eaten lie will spring traps by dropping slicks on the pan nnd then make his men I of the bait, ltnts are found where food exists In abundance or where they can find suitable breeding and nesting places. Take thoio two re Hulsltos away and you will drive away tho rats. . The problem seems simple, but In practice It Is ver.i dlf flcult to bring about such coudl tlons. Itats multiply at an enor mous rnte. There are from three to flxo litters a year for ouch female, tiie average being about three litters under normal conditions. There Ik considerable inriutlou In tho num ber of oung produced In a lllto'. but ten young would be about the avorngu number. If a single pair of rats and their progeny were to be al lowed to reproduce without Inter ference for n period of five jenrs, there being three-lltors a ear and each litter preduclry: ten ) otitic, flvo males and five females, there would be, providing nil would live, a total of IM0,3C9,0C9VISS rats! Keproduc tlon takes place a't a' very early ng there being records of birth In cap tivity when the female rat was only eight weeks old. Gestation In rats occupies three weeks. Hat destruction may be effected bv trapping, poUonlng, exposing them to natural enemies, cutting off their food supply and by dctlro)lng nests as well as preventing the mnklug of now ones. For trapping thrco tjpei of traps, nnnivly, cape traps, sna.t traps and barrel traps, may bo used. Tho betit cngo trap U tho largu l'J Inch French typo which Is mado of very stiff, heavy wire. Tho traps should always be ret on a hard nur ture, and united with any of the fol fel fol eowing: Fish, fish heads, smoked fish, raw moat, fresh liver, cooked corn boef, fried baron, pine nuts, up ptos, carrots, etc. In a moat mnrket. It Is best to mo vegetable bait; while In places where YQi;etnblen,are plenty fish or meat axo.luubciit bait. Tho baits should bo fastened to tho Inner side of tho top of the trap with n piece of fine wire' ho that tho first rat In cannot displace It. If tho pan of the trap is to tch with a feather dipped In anise oil or oil of rhodium, tho odor will attract tho ruts Af- A WUITli 8TKIPUD MADRAS Arrow COLLARS 3 for 25 ctfc. C!nil Vmmbodf A Co.. In. I B. -------- .... .--. Draperies We carry a vrry compute lino of (Imperii m Inn curtains, flxturi s. rte, nnil il nil iI.imhih of ujitmlKlrrlnK A mm-i-uiI mini ti iMli nfir Hiih work uxcltivlvt ly ami will Ktv us uooil ri-rviK ii m U KiHlblo to gi't in nvcn Ilia larK'l clll s Weeks & McGowan Co. --------- y Special Services First Baptist Church December 17th Sfcrmon by Dr. U. Ar. Alac Oullougli,.Ph: D. Song Service' at 7:fl0 p. m, liev. MoKcc will have a se lection of liibles and oilier books Tor Kale in one of tho cla.ssropms. , - . ft ' ' Baptism at The close of the prnaching. c ter haudllUK a trap, It should bo smoked with a piece of hurtling news paper so that there will be no odor of human hands. Snap or spring traps are service able In that they may be placed In runways or In places where the cage trap cannot be used. Such traps should be dlsguUed by covet lug them with sawdust or dirt; the limn Hhould nlso be smoked with burning newspaper. Ilnrrel traps are miide by omplio Ing a carefully balanced metal lop which takes the place of the lumel head The barrel Is partly filled with water and a plunk Is laved front the floor to the edge of the barrel. A larno piece of strong cheese or other hull Is securely fastened to the mid dle of the cover The rat inns up the plank onto the smooth, metnllc lid which tlpt under his weight pre cipitating him Into the water (To bo continued ) ISIS liiEAIRE rhotopln)N Tuesday anil Wednesday TltYINU IH'T 707 Sellg Drnma f.vrm: vii:uiiV no tin News Ao.xi.Nsr DKSi'iatATi: onus Kaluiu FANNY'S CONSHU.U'Y Vltapraph Comedy Oniilng MOTION I'lriTIti: MANt'lNtl I.USSONS Three Heels IT Theatre TON I (JUT "Pendulum of Fate" lleaiitlful Sellg Two Heel Fcalur i Drnma HIS NKI'IIUWS stiti:.Mi: IMUon Comedy I'Hici: or Tiion.'HTi.iiviNirss Vltagraph Comedy canals or vi:ici: Vltagraph Scenic lliikln, .Muilo mill Kf frets 9 Coining Tlmi-Mlay Night Hero Nlglit, Coffee Night a r.ci: fho.m tiii: iw.vr Featuring Mnry Fuller I'lajlug Two i'nrtn STAR THEATRE TODAY New Act of Vaudeville Today I'HII.II'S ,V IIIMKUN I'liotoplays tiii: kaiiiii.i: Two reel feature production. hau'kf.yii's ;hi:.t cArri'iu: Fnrco comedy tiii: I'ir.mtiM Allegorical ilrnuia WHAT Till: WIM) WAVIJH DID Furco comedy U'OOMVOItTII ,M WOOIAVOUiil .Music and effects Tomorrow High class musical net. TIIIJ FOUll VAN STAATS Presenting AN OM) DUTCH .muhicam: ADMISSION, 10 0I3NTS Phone 682 for Milk, Cream, Butter, Buttermilk BUTTER, 70 PER SQUARE Our Own Delivery Rogue River Creamery Page Theatre 1 Q One Night, THURSDAY, DEC. A J 111(1 lTNr KEST The Four Acl Swedish Comctly nuleKnutson' II I'KOIM.K 1! Couccrl hand and orchcslra. A biillianl display of special scenery and electrical effects. A real show for real people. "See the (iovciiiiiieut Locks." See (he blowing up of the powder house. Watch for tho Swedish band on street at. noon, Scats on sale at box office now. Trices 7.V, fiOc and 'Joe. Telephone I IS. GUS tho Tailor MAKCH SUITS TO FIT AND FIT TO WHAIt KLEIN for KLOTHES At Mod ford Tailors 4. ii. 4.. .4n.44. ' .Clip this coupon and hrlng It to the HTAit tliewtre with 1"5 cnt s- nnd get n ItMUtlful 66 cnt puttnsrtt, We are kIvIhk pviinanls of ti'l the Coleii, I'tilversltles and rttntrs In thx rnllnl Htnlos. All prtnmnts are tuada of good felt li3 In sUe. Mull orders 6 cents additional for warn pennant deslrod. Different unniitrt every week. UTAH Til HATH K - Addrfiw MtMlford. Oregon. M 4 H Oialmers 0 MOTOR CARS ARE THE BEST FOR THE MONEY Don't 1'WijU the BIG DANCE To be given by the l.m.il Onhr of Mouse at their hall,' 210 West Main Street, on WEDNESDAY EVE, DECEMBER 17 Music furnished by lla.clrigg and Dr. Homier. DON'T WAIT UNTIL XMAS TO BUY YOUR Christmas Candies AND THEN TAKE WHAT IS LEFT "When tired shopping stnp and ,'( an appetizing lunch, specially prepared at any hour. While in tho store select your fancy Christinas boxes, while our stock is complete, and leave date you wish them filled with M'BRIDE'S DELICIOUS HOME-MADE CANDIES Huy your Candies and Lunches where you aro invited to go into (he kitchen and see them made. McBRIDES Special prices for lodtfc, church and society treats. Mm DOORS SBSUSBSffl MjHoltlfir,kllnHltltiU)oiitlnI'r,hfMtl(iitltt, C . rala panels rnarhlnstapUdl. laU.nitock.OM vl' I.rlceiocvcrTboUy-auyiiuanlltr. "",,u"" JpucJ WHITE F O It CATALOG 33 nnd tavt &0ii on Sh, ( Inltli, I'ranibi, Mould. 'a(i, Koolol tie IC. D. INSIDE FINISH rn matoh im c',a Vou nooun Cuini, iieia vow wi)innwii-r..ini Vjlli Illlmt Stnp, lartln IleaJ.Out. J" Cj I ami Sill, I'lillcrjilii pi cV, lockeUcut,WfltcrTt.lo tt 1 l r? Cap, J'crtet V1 Vo Sell Acrunc mi Ship Aa,licn Mmwtl Wr iMii!iIfMff jvvi itoiuiiimi"w"-i M 'iim'ji'twjiMii,.",