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.? 1MB t m MED1TORP MAIL 'TR133UNE, MEDFORD, OUISaOK TUtiBftAV, .TANUAKV 27, 1011. :!, AfSDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE M INDKI'IiNOKNT NBWHPAVKlt IMJIJI.JKIIKI) KVI3UY AlTKnNOON HXCKPT BUNOAT HY TUB MKDTOUD PRINTING CO. The Dcmocrntlo Timed, Tlis Mcdfcml Mall, Tlio Medfard Tribune, Tlio South ern Orrgnnlan, Tlio Ashland Tribune. Office MM! Tribune lntlUltmr, 86-27-2D North Kir street; tolepltono 7S. Offlclnl Paper of the City of Me.lford. Official Paper of JncksOn County. Kntwd tin 'second -clsss mutter ht Medford, Orison, under the act of lnrch 3, 1B". UBSCniTTIOK One year, by mall.. .... One month, by mall... SATIS .tS.AO .SO lVtr month, delivered by Medfonl, Jacksonville. carrier In and Cen Mill roinu . ......... ... Pntunlay only, by mall, per year, Weekly, per year . ,. . .SO J.06 1.80 BWOBH OtltetT&ATtOH. Daily avrrngn for six mcnitha rmtlnc December SI, IMS, S.'.OO. With Mctlfonl Stop-Over SANTA BARBARA Ti DEATHS SANTA DARnARA. Col., Jan. 27. After three clays of Isolation, Santa Barbara was in Intermittent com munication with the outside world by tvlre today. Eight Inches of rain foil here dur ing tho heaviest storm in tho history of tho city. Two persons wero drowned and daniago aggregating al most a quarter of a million dollars was dono. Louis Jones, vlco-prcsldcnt of tho First National Bank, and Mrs. Jenc: vcro drowned when their uutomohlto went through a partially destroyed brldgo over Mission creek. Their bodies wero recovered six hours later. Rescuo parties organized here saved many persons who wero ma rooned in second story farmhouse. 8corcs of houso wero flooded and many wero overturned or under mined by tho floods. Tho great Potter Hotel stands on an island. Guests wero being car ried to and from tho hostelary to day In boats. No trains have entered or left San to Barbara for threo days. Threo hundred marooned passengers arc being cared for hero by the Southern Pacific. There was llttlo probability of a lino being cleared for several days, and reports wero current that tho railroad would send a ship from San Francisco to tako off its passengers Schools hero aro closed and, prob ably will not be opened for several days. ATTORNEYS PLAN TO ORGANIZE FEBRUARY 9 Steps towards the formation of tho Jackson County Bar association will bo taken February 3th at a called iiiectln, at which Prosecutor E. E. Kelly will act as temporary chairman and W. P. Mcaloy as temporary sec retary. Attorneys W. E. Crows, Lin coln McCormark, W. P. Mcaloy, H. A. Davis and P. J. Neff have been np pointed to frame articles of organlza tlon. Tho following attorneys have sign ed tho call for tho meeting: E, E. Kelly, Lincoln McCormack, P. Menley, P. J. Noff, A. E. Reames, T. W Miles, II. A. Canaday, W. E. Crows, J. II. Carkln, II. V. Richard son, V. J. Canton. B. H. Lawlor, B. It. McCabo, F. J. Nowman, B, F. Piatt, H. L. DoArmond, A. II. Davis, N. W. Borden, Geo. W, Cherry and B. F. Mulkoy, F. L. Tou Voile, F. H. Mears and "W. II. Canou. Tho purposos of association aro set forth as follews: "Bollovlng that the organized ac tion and Influence of tho legal pro fession, property exerted, would lead to tho creation of more Intlmato rela tions between its members than now exist, and would, at tho same time, sustain tho profession In Its proper position In tho community, and there by onablo It, Jn muny ways, to pro molo tho interests of tho public, do hereby mutually agree to unite In forming an association for such pur poses." COMMUNICATION. To tlio JMilor; nnudoiif No if I can see u nv t gel buck lit.! without MH'ndiiij,' two du.vtf mill liiulilM on tlio fringe line, Medford look nam to mo idler compiii-iim oilier town of niinilur Mtu tvhli her. If 1 ever ct hack tlitin 1 uill know MlOUttll l lny in (i koih) v. Oh' Mwlford my regards nm will tm fan Hit to Hi" n w r -I'm I ii re f'lMH, A. MIJIJJUN', UMm, Oie, LOSS IS $250,000 AND it JACKSON COUNTY GOVERNOR JACKSON COLrNTY has never had n governor. mt is entitled to ohe. As n matter of fact, southern Oregon is not recognized politically, commercially or in any other way by the rest of the slate. Small part of its progress or development, is due to Oregon or to Oregon eapitaK Southern Oregon has grown in spite of Oregon, rather than because of it. It lias no state institutions and no state officials. The benefit, this section derives from being a part, of Oregon consists in being hampered in its development, by unprogressive and restrictive laws and in paying constantly increasing taxes to support institutions and officials, commissions and boards located in other por tions of the state. The Oregon system with its small filing petitions, its plethora of candidates and its free-for-all scramble for primarv nomnations, presents the opportunitv for .lack- son county to seize the nomination for a southern Oregon man and secure his election by concerted anil united ellort. There never was a time when more undesirables and more of the unqualified sought high office than in this year of our Lord 1911. The opportunity to climb the pol itical lightning rod in public has proven too big a tempta tion for aspiring politicians, oblivious of the fact that, like their simian ancestors, the higher they climb, the more they exhibit their unlovely posteriors. The day of the political party in state affairs litis gone by, as it has in city affairs. Tlie issues before the people are not those of inherited partisanship or beliefs based on differences in national policies originating in civil war times. Nor are thev those that split the republican party and elected "Wilson. Every candidate draws bis own plat form and asks for support upon personality. The charac ter of his support determines whether he is progressive or reactionary. The use ot a party land as blinders lor an unthinking people belongs to a day that is past. The great issue before the people at the November election will be prohibition. This will be settled, one way or the other, by the people themselves. Hence this issue need not enter into the gubernatorial contest, for the win ner is sworn to enforce whatever law the people enact. This feature out of the way, the main issues are economy, efficiency and good roads. Jackson county has many citizens qualified for guber natorial honors, who have proved their capacitv both in public and private life. It candidates for both parties than most of those whose per sonal ambition is now being ridden for a fall. However, the choice should be narrowed down to one candidate let the countv unite for him. register as belonging to his Jackson countv nearlv 10,000 will secure him the nom ination against a scattered opposition. "With the nomina lion secured, the election merely becomes a question of skultul campaigning. The Ashland Tidings suggests the name of State Sena tor von der llcHen of Wellen as a republican gubernator ial candidate. The suggestion is a good one. Another rcmiblican who would also make a fine governor is K V. Carter of Ashland, formerly resentatives. Still another is . I. Vawter, former joint representative. Another available republican is W. 11. Gore, president of the Medford National bank. Among the democrats who could be nominated and elected by a whirlwind campaign are County Judge Tou Velle and Attorney A. E. Reames. There are others just as avail able. What the people of Jackson county want to do is to draft the most available candidate, regardless of party, unite all parties and factions in his support, and by an energetic, spirited campaign nominate and elect him slip one over on the mossbacks by advertising to the world how Jackson county stands by its own, for its own, and how a side-tracked communityknowing just what it wants, pro ceeds to get it. The proposal is a business one for the entire county, and whether successful in its entirety or not, will secure for the county hereafter tho political recognition now denied. It should be taken up by the various commercial clubs, who should appoint committees to get together and prepare a program for the clu'os to ratify, and start the ball rolling. The Author of "Mr. Dooley" On Capital Punishment In tho February American Maga lnc, Flnley Peter Dunne, famous an Uio creator of "Mr. Dooley," writes an amazing artlclo entitled "Tho Ma jesty of tho Law: Impressions of a Hoy of Seventeen at a Hanging." i Mr. Duuno at seventeen years of ngj was a Chicago newspaper reporter and as such wltnoBscd a public exe-, cutlon. which ho describes and in- toriirr.t with crnat vividness. Ilia ' article Is probably ono of tho great est documents on tho subjeit of capi tal punishment In existence. Fol lowing Is an extract: "Probably few readers of Tho American Magazlno have ever beon a public hanging. At least I hopo this Ik truo and bolleve it must bo so slnco this form ot execution of tho law has pretty generally ceased to bo a free popular entertainment. In certain pans of the country tho pub lic Is still permitted to enjoy unli censed performances of the act of public vengeance. The time has gone by in most places, happily, when thousands of men were Invited 'by courtesy of llio sheriff to feast their Kiecdv eyes on the spectacle of a fel low human being struggling for air at the end of u hempen rope, al though there uiu still many romiiiuul lies hi which this form of prlvalfi IlieslVksltf still thrills those who have mi Interest Willi the Iiunkiiihii. "V) improve u mile In tlicso aimt could furnish better qualified till voters, men and women. part v. and the solid vote ot speaker of the house of rep tors of taste. It Is not a long time sluco public hangings wero tho amusement of the blackguards of London, when Thackeray wroto his Incomparable essay on tho subject and Lamb spoke humorously ot exo- cutious as among tno entenainmenis of the capital. It was not so lon beforo that when llttlo children played at marbles under tho waysldo gibbets from which tho skoletons of criminals tossed in their rags In tho wind, and a girl was hanged In Lon don for picking up a bolt ot cloth which sho afterward replaced on tho counter of tho shop, And this In u century when tho Weslcyi wee preaching and writing hymns, anl Ilurko wok declaiming against the in iquity of tho French In guillotining tholr king. So tho world docs rnovo a little. "We laugh at the ugly flguro of tho hangman In 'Ilaruaby Ittidge,' who hated tho government because It hud cm down tho number of crimes for which men could be hanged and co reduced tho importance of .his 'Pro testant, Conservative and llrltlsb' office. Hut aren't wo laughing u llttlo curly 7 it look a goo, muny )enrs for 'muwklsh sentimentality' to fcofleu this purlltiulur official man-Ifi-stloii of the passion for revenxv and the enjoyment of Die sufferings of others which still lurk In the boon of mull. ' Our Native Forest Trees vs Shade Trees lip. UtmiUl I). 1'o.itor, For! Kutni liter I'nltcd Slates forest Senleo (Continued from Yesterday) So far ns l know llto unlive Ore gon ash has not boon used In plant ing. It occurs naturally In sites whore tho brotullcnf ntnplo occtirn, and thoro. sooms to bo no reason why It would not flourish whorovor tho untlvo jnaple can bo planted. It ro quires considerable soil molsturo but should do wol planted on a luwn or street whoro It can bo wntorod. ThTo broad Ion f moplo Is itsod moro In planting than any other native spwles of tree. It Is regularly car ried In stock at most uommoivlnl nur series and may easily bo obtained In the forest. It Is a fast growing troo, though relatively short-lived. 8ln'o It Is n largo treo It should not bo planted on n narrow street or too clooo to building), It heads rathei low. This fault can bo corrected by cutting of tho lower branches to n height of ten or twelve feet (nun tho ground. This pruning should not bo postponed until tho treo has at tained some size slucu It wuuld les sen Its vitality ami possibly Injur-) tho symmetry of tho crown. The native aider has, so far as I have observed, not been u-od locallv for planting. Thorn seems to bo tut reason why It should not do well If placed In a moist situation or whoro It can be Irrigated. Ilccauso of Its wldo-spreadtng habit and tho lack of sufficient soil moisture It cannot bo considered as a street treo. The native dogwood can ho suc cessfully grown as an ornamental tree, and In tho spring when In blos som It Is perhaps tho most beautiful of our native tree. It Is not adapted to street use, however, slneo the crown Is too Irregular an I spreading and It rarely attains a sUo sufficient for n good shade tree. One of the most striking of our tiatlvo trees Is tho madrono (Arbuttt monzlesll). The rather common local name of "laurel" Is misleading and unfortunate since tho true laurel Is a The History What were Mippoet1 to he the cur liest known piiir ot" fiwtnclrs were tlioxe lielongini; to Willilmlil Pirk lieitner in the Wartlitiof, recently found hv (Irceff of llerlin. (Ireef tins described n still earlier pair, however, probably iniule before the yeiir l.VHI, which were drought to di.s attention by Sutllpiff of l.eipsie. These were found in nu old volume of iueutinhuln hv tie well-known antiitinrinii lioo!;.-c!lcr. ,7ucrues Koi cutlinl, mill wero presented hv him to the (iermnnie National .Museum nt Nuremberg, where they ore now to lie .seen in tho hcelioiiH devoted to costumes nnd personal ornnincuN. The frame is of tanned blackened leather of obvious Nuremberg make, and, like the Pirkhcimcr spectacle, of the old traditional "nose-rider" shape, hut they nro clumsier and thicker tlinu the Pirkhcimcr pulton, of 1. 720.1. VIO. The Jensen lire leek in sr. In view of these elinrneteris. ties nnd of the fuet t lit t thev wore found in nn old fifteenth century folio, Oreeff and Sudhoff seem to huve no doubt that thev were made before 1.VI0. These old spectacles, probably the oldest in existence, nr described hv n writer in the loiirmil of the American .Mcdienl Assoeiu tion. Grceff also traces the evolution of the true modern spectacle front tlio old nose-ritlers (the origitinl of (lie pincc-ncz), nnd describes tho bin oeles, which entile into fushion in 179U, eonsistiiiK of two lenses mount ed on n seissor-sluiK'd handle, tlio original of the modem iorncttc. The earliest J'onh of the true spcelncle glasses was invented and introduced by Monsieur Tlioiuin, mid were es sentially "temple spcclneles," the shanks extending no further tlinu the temples. There were two kinds, one with it small eul-itateli't, which was represented in n poitruit hv I'cllmm, nn Knglinh painter of the eighteenth century, of which n copper plate wan mndu by J. Chirk; the other, which is to he seen in OnilT's portrait of Governor FromJSouthern Oregon (From the Ashland Tidings,) Southern Oregon has never been represented In tho gubernatorial chair, and It looks us If 101-i might be the accepted time. The eyes of tho stato havo been ttiruod to this section tho past few mouths, by tin campaign for a slate exhibit In Ash land during the Panama exposition, und the magnitude ami Importance of this section of the state is becom ing more and more manifest. There are muny candidates for gov ernor from tho Willamette Valley and two of them, Mr, Miller, who formerly claimed Jacksonville as hi' home, nnd Mr. ('inter, who points with pilde to the fact that he once lived In Cold Mill, uro for those rcusons seeking the spcijlul support of I he peoplo of Jfeiitljuni Oregon. However, nelllier of Idem Is In un) very distinct species of shrub-n namo that has been applied for cull tttrlcR to tho genus Kalmla. Tlio inli drtino hns largo shiny limlhmy loaves that aro persistent In wlutor, Tho bunches of red berries and Ow mottled rod and bright jollow bark lend a plcatilng touch of color that m effect I vu on n largo lawn or about farm buildings. It Is, however, riot adapted to a oily lot or si root plant ing because of Its largo size and gen erally Irregular crown. Another nntlvn treo that Is some times used In planting Is tho cotton wood. It Is a very fast growing treo but this Is Its only recommendation. It grows tall with liuf llttlo spread of branches. It Is short-lived, ns most fast growing trees are. It drops Its leaves not all at once In the fall tlko most deciduous trees, but throughout tho summer, making a continual Utter. Tho cottony pistil- lato flowers lit the spring fly on tho wliiti In clouds sticking to clothing, In window screens, and wherever they find lodgement, and littering the walks and streets. Tho wood Is brittle and there Is constant danger of branches breaking and falling. Its roots peuctrato mid In a short lime elog sewor pipes. Tho samo facts aro truo of tho Carolina poplar which Is Itself a rottnnwood. Theso trees nro universally condemned l all street treo commissioners, The city of Albany, N. Y., some 20 years ago passed nn ordinance prohibiting tho planting or growing of the tree, and this ordinance Is still In force. Tho samu daiiBcr of Introducing a:i Insect pest or fungus disease on Itn- poted trees exists to a slighter degree In transplanting native forest grown stock. The danger from planting In cense cedar has been mentioned. This tree should never bo planted in tho valley. All forest grown trues should be Inspected by tho patholo gist In cbargo or ouo of his Inspectors before being set out. of Spectacles Cltedimicelvi (17!."i). wild n elmrni tentie largo circular fastener nt the end of the shank, which held tlie spectacle, oguinst the temple. Tin uc.xi sinu'o was unit ot iiic "our spectacle," which nt fin. I had crude, heavy, eluuisy shanks, jointed lit the cud, like those in the Itetdovcn house at llonii, which were further improved by slitliin; the ends or hv menus of no olue-slmped fiinleiier. I he next improvement, coiixistiutf of n jointed nppcudau'e to the sluiul., was made in 17.72 hv the London op tician, .1. Ayseouuli. A Inter ori ent of this point passed ilowuiwinf and hnekwurd underneath the ear. Still another variety of this joi.il wns so iirmn;;ci that it could he bent buck wlien tlie itlnsse were not in Use. These were called extension spectacles. I'p to tin; heiiiuiiiug of the eighteenth century the lenses were still very lait-e mid round; hut lifter that lime Idey began to be oc tagonal, sipiare, icclniiKtilnr nnd tin nil V oval. About the same time the bridge heau to eliiuige in shape, first itssumiui: the form of n K pine, cd siilewise. The origin of the present fashion of large circular lenses set in dull onto lotloino shell inoiiuls is a pas tut portrait of the painter Cliiirdiii in the Louvre, executed by liimtelf in 17(10, the spuetuelo in willed were copied with great .uccon liv recent French opticians nnd me known in Paris ns Cliariliu spectacles. Tlio mine type is familiar to its in n well known portrait of lieiijumiu Frank lin. Four or five yeurs ago, suys (ireef f, a youui; woman or duly of fashion would luive been horrified nt tlio notion of wcurinir spectacles of sued ifn uiisi'litly type. Today she would regiird it ns not only chic, hut the height of elegance. Plenty of people in America nro inclined, no doubt, to revive tlie traditions of "old Men Franklin's duys" for hiini tar reasons, ultlioiigh Die optical ml vmitiigcri and the comfort of tlicsc. large lenses ore obvious. way Identified with the present day or future prosperity of tho southern half of the slatft. Iloth aro as essou dally representative of tho northern part of the stato as If they hud never lived south of tho Ompiiia divide, Southern Oregon, with the right man lu the field, who could solidify tho vote of the eastern and southern counties, should bo able to win out over tho field of men who will split the northern Oregon vote This wl'l come, not by arraying one sectlo'i agulnst Oie other but because the John A. PeFlT UNDERTAKER Lmly Asslslunt iiHH, IMKTIiJCTT Phone M, 17 ami 17-1! Anihiilwiiv KorvlM' IM'j'Mly Coroner people, of Honlheiit Oregon liolluvii that a Southern Oregon man at this time will ho bettor ahlo Hum u man or tntiinl ability from sonio other sec tion to properly hnnrilo tlio nftitlm of stain, A mail Trom Routheru Oregon, peclally If ho has had legislative ser vice, or been otherwise so Identified with public affairs as to have made a study or conditions throughout the state, will by tho very location of the capital and lis proximity to the metropolis of tho state ho brought Into contact with tho needs of that section, but tho man who lives and has his Interests In tho same section as that In which his duties as a pub lie official place 1m, can never Imvo so Intlmato and thorough knowledge of the conditions In outlying portions as ouo who hns lived there Among those mentioned for tho position from Southern Oregon Is Senator Von dor llollen of Knnlo I'olut, who has bad nn extensle leg islative experience that would be of great value In dealing with the titles, lions which will come before the chief executive, Itn would start out with tho solid vote of Jackson county iitnl would bo able to carry by nil overwhelming veto the counties of the southern, eastern and southeast ern mu of the state HEALTHY HAIR NO IRE DANDRUFF Parisian Sage Makes Itiy, t'nnllrnc the Hair Soft, Fluffy, Abund ant ami llndliint Willi Life It's entirely needless to have un sightly, matted, srruegy or fadeil hair. Allttle rare la all that in needed to make It soft, pretty, per fectly healthy, and free from dand ruff, the hair dcstroer. Use Parisian Sago It supplies hnlr needs and Is absolutely harm less. It cleanses the scalp of all daudrilf, quickly stops Itching head and falling hair, and Is one of the best tonics to stimulate the hair and miiko It grow long and beautiful. (let a bottle of Parisian Sage today from Thus. Strang or any drug coun ter. It costs but &n rents. Hub it Into tho scalp all dandruff dlsap pears- your hend feels fine the hnlr Is pretty and perfectly healthy. For Hnle .'. acre tract near Medford for hii'.o cheap. All kinds of help furnished on short notice. Ileal estate bought nnd sold, ex changes made, situations secured. HITTMjIt i;tPMV.Mi:.T Itt'ltCAP Mrs, 11 nt faster, Manager, Successor IKTllEYMHiJ KLEIN MADE Till Y 'HE TA I LOU MA )E Medford Tailors It hns been our aim (t provide Hip house wife with a leavener enihivieiiiK the essen tial qualities purity, efficiency and whole .sonieiiess, and to do so at n moderate price. This we found perfectly feasible, as you will find by a test of Crescent Baking Powder E.D. Weston Official Photographer of th Medford Commercial Club Amateur Finishing Post Card Panoramic Work Flash lightft Portraits Interior and oxtcrior viow Negativea made anv Unit and any place by appoint monl, 'I. M.' IMJIMON, MinsKcr, 208 E, Main tttwi M7J STAft THEATRE TODAY Gonornl Film Company's Exchifjivo Sorvico Today. ALL FEATURES IMIOTOIMiAWS: Leader of Men A fjreat two-reel feature production by the laibin Company. Hermit of Lonely Gulch Two-reel Western Story with a punch, filmed by the Kssauay Company Caught Courting One of the Vitap'apii Com pany's exclusive comedies, featuring Alan rice Coslello. jack Mccormick Maritime Kingcr in .Songs that please Woolworth & Woolworth llesl music ami sound effects. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. IT Theatre Tli:si)AY ..M Wi:i).KHI)AY The Master of the Garden or "tiii:pi:v.i,tvo i'i.evi: A beautiful Hcllg two reel feature to ho shown at the It Theater to night and tomorrow night Is play ot thoughtless man's perfidy and trusting woman's ruin lu an environ ment ld)lllc. a picture of nature strongly Incarnadined lu uiodcstilty, yet harking back to the purity, sim plicity ami symbolism or srrlptunl times, "Tho treo of know ledge' "Plrst love" lu girlhood days, "The sin," then the Savior appears and sho drifts lu "The Ureal White Way" lu a great city, lu the second reel Jus tice finds out tho millionaire who trapped this country girl, slpi wnu durs the streetH alone, comes to tno open door of a church, pours out her soul in prayer. Then "Tho Master of tho Oarden" again appears, then Paradise for her regained. Two other split reels, of two come dies, one scenlu mid ouo educational fill the bill. ISIS IHEATRE lliotoplu)s of Quality TuoMlay and WeducMbiy Program The Chinese Death Thorn A Story of tho Underworld, lw Heels, It's full of Thrills p.vrui: vi:i:ki,v Nowh NO. iWMJNd i.v i.ovi; with ixi: IMIhoii Comedy Coining ThiirMhiy Only IMS iikkt pitinxn In Two Parts MI)'Oltl FliUWV ItUU COM P. ,V Hugs and ('arpols wovfen from old carpels and sowed rags, .111 I'iM ,MmIii Phone n;i;i. It MRS, II. L, LEACH Expert Corflotlere 1)2(1 North Hirtlntl. I'lmiiu fifl!) M,