atTCDFOttD MATTi TRTBUNTC, amnFOttT), ORKCIOX. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, ISMil.
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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-
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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.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.
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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.
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