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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAROIT 28. mil.
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Mall. The Mnirord Tribune, Tbn South
ern OreRonlen, The Aahland Tribune.
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Korth Fir afreet; telephone It.
Offletsi Pawr of the Cttr of MedforJ.
Orrielal l'sper of Jackson County.
Entered aa second-elsss matter at
Medford. Oregon, under tha act of
March 3, 7.
STATE GOOD ROADS DAY
AT the request of Portland admen,
to name April 2o as Orecwn Go
BTTBSCItimOS KATES
Ont rear, by mall. .. IJ.C0
One month, by mall , .to
Per month, delivered by carrier la
MKUoro. Jacksonville ana cen
tral Point. - .
Raturday only, by mall, per rear 100
Weekly, per year . . l.0
With Medford Stop-Otcr
ASK BOURNE 10
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REPRESEN
NY
ON HARBOR PROJECT
Governor West is
pril 2o as Orecun Good Roads da v. and
every person is invited to do a day's work on the roads of
the state.
The suggestion is a good one and may prove valuable
in interesting persons in the good roads'propagauda. It
should result in the filling in of many chuekholcs and much
temporary rejiair work. Perhaps it may induce some eitv
people to work a little for the benefit of the country anil
may n-iiH in farmers improving their own wads.
Uoo-l vwuis are not built in a day. They are not built
iy vommcers. j uey are tne work ot experts and cost
money. Permanent improvement involves a considerable
investment, an annual maintainance and a resultant higher
rate of taxation. Rut the latter is more than made up bv
tire reduction m the cost of transportation following the
road construction. They are therefore a legitimate and
iii-irvsMu. uiL'MnifiiL wr me coiummuiy.
As has before been advocated in these columns, the best
method of improving dirt roads is by use of the "King"
split log drag, following a rain, before the earth bakes.
Jackson comity has recently constructed fifty of these
drags for use on the county highways, and their use should
result iu much smoother and better highways.
Notwithstanding improved methods of construction and
simple rules for maintainance, the bulk of our road build
ers remain hopelessly immune to progress and the primi
tive methods of the first road bui der are still in evidence.:
But each year sees improvement. Eventuallv scientific
mtliods may prevail on the branch roads as thev do now
on the Pacific highway.
THE NEW AMERICAN CITY
A HcMinio tr Itio'ltcvri't Movement In MunlrlM lIIUc Mini the Salient
IVatuiv of Civic lleforui.
My Hen. C. Shrlilon. Secretary Medford Charier Commission.
II. TIIK XATI hi: Ol' a citv ciiahthh
lteforc a charter commission canalicular ell) ; sometime
proceed Intelligently to tho task ot
drafting a new city charter. It mutt
consider the nature ot a city us ..
political entity. Hit powers ami llml
tatlonH ami Its relationship with the
other pollttral sub-dl visions making
up the complex Amerlran system.
Our tYitcritt S)lcni
The structure of that stim he
Kin neither at the bottom anl works
up nor nt the top and work down ' P' of the stato are koIhr to delegate
It bccUis In the middle. The unit Is .certain pun era, thoso powers must
the state. The urlRlnat thirteen he definitely stated. Court after
states, as colonies of a foreign Jia J court has handed down decisions
the legisla
ture provides n general charter for
all cities, or those of a certain site;
sometimes they havo allowed the cll
lea to draft their own charters with
certain requirement's and limitations.
As nn 'outgrowth of this practice,
a legal principle was developed that
city should have only (hose power
epresly granted to It by Its char
ter. The Idea was that. It the peo-
Medford, March 27.
Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.,
Washington, D. C
Tnkin-j advantage of your ex
proved friendship for sonlhcrn Or
rgon nd willingness to be of serv
ice, the county court has I alien the
liberty of appointing ou reproentn
tivc of Jnck'Mia county in the matter
of kccurinf; n nopropriation for
Orescent City harbor, a subject of
vital concent to this region, and ear
nestly request that you represent the
county nt the hearing before the
board of engineers April 7.
F. I TOU VKl.LE.
County Judge.
The above menge was wired Mr.
Bourne nt Washington, I). C, Friday,
following the definite refu-al of 6.
Putnam, who had heen npoiuted
Jackson county representative, to
make the trip.
TEN PROJECTS IN
LOCAL SCHOOL WORK
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion J. A. Churchill, announces tha
the industrial clubs which are being
being organized In the public schoo'i
of the. state, are proving very popu
lar with the children. Although the
work of organizing these clubs has
been In progress but a short tlmj.
4363 pupils have already enrolled
and applications for membership
are coming In at the rato of ISO a
day.
There aro 10 projects In which the
school children may compete, fo.
prizes, the names of the projects and
the number of pupils enrolled in
each being as follews:
Canning and preserving .... 371
Cooking and baking 563
Dairy herd record ...... ... 36
Corn raising . 3S3
Manual arts -. 266
1'lg raising ..... 13 1
Potatoes .-.. 296
Poultry -......... .... 472
Sowing. ...U.......M..1,015
Vegetable gardening . 777
Wenatchee's Fight Against Blight
(From the Weatchee World.,
To the 1'copJc of the Wcnatchee val
ley: Wc mnke this appeal to all the
people of Wenntchec valley because
we feel that nnything affecting the
fruit industry is vital to the intcrot
of nil other industries of the com
munity. It is necessary that every
citizen of this valley should interc-t
himself and nid ill the battle against
fire blight.
The results of the work of the
next month are more momentous than
many people realize. There is
enough holdover blight in some pnrtt
of the Wcnatchee valley to ruin
practically every orchard of the
more susceptible varieties if condi
tions this spring are favorable to the
spread of the blight.
It is a difficult thing to warn the
people of the community. Most men
prefer to wnit until dUa-ter stares
them in the face. Mot of the fruit
districts that hnve heen nearly de
vastated by fire blight have" had
some warning. Slowness in heeding
that wanting has cot enormously.
Xow is the time for concentrated
effort. Nearly everywhere we go we
find some holdover blight. Last c -ening
in ono orchard near Cashmere
in a five-minute search we found
enough blight to ruin all th ur
roundiug orchards. This orchard
had been pruned and nppnrently wa
iei in mis Minie io go turougli tne
spring. This man had even cut
through blight cankers with h s sa
in pruning.
Blight cannot bo ..tnniH'd out b
nn individual. It must be community
work. The blight left by one cureless
grower will undo all the careful work
of the ninety nud nine who are do
ing their work cnrefullv. We all
have loo much at tnke to let blight
ruin the fniit industry of this val
ley. It is not loo late if all will help.
The incctor.s are trving to or-
gnnize tliw alley into ro-oiwratiw
blight-fighting unit. Von ns an in
dividual can aid by seeing that every
man attends these meetings and hel
in the organization.
Thi is not written ns :i scare; it
is nn npHal to Wcnatchee to save
herself. Wc have been in the blight
work iu other section nnd hnve seen
the havoc wrought by this po-f. It
is time for Weiiulcliec to wnrkr
Very truly yours,
. "O. T. CI.AWSO.V,
District Iiisjiectur.
Karl Ilarnlull. deputy.
tlon, were as cotnpletol.v Independent
or each other, politically, as two nn
tlons of Kuropo aro today. They re
belled; gained their !m!ecndcnce;
and united under our federal consti
tution Into a single nation. Other
states have since Jo'ned the union
So the sjate became the unit.
For purpose of local administra
tion, the states arc divided Into sub
divisions; the counties. Tho coun
ties of most states, on plans varying
with tho several state, aro dlvldcl
Into smaller units, townships, dis
tricts, precincts, etc
Citizenship
holding to a strict Interpretation of
this rule, and against a broad Inter
pretatlon of Implied or general pow
ers being grunted In city charters.
Tli ore also applies tho principle
that a hod) cannot delegate to others
powers that are delegated to It. In
other words, the people of the stale,
the original source of authority, hav.
Ing delegated to the legislature
through the state constitution, the
right to organize cities nnd grant
them charters, the legislatures could
. not delegate that power Io others.
I even thn people of the cities them-
selves. A
slight breaking awav
The theory of the system groups 'fom this fetish was seen In the
the people, as to tholr citizenship. In-! holdings of some courts that a legli
to states. It might be said, with rcl-jhUuro could draft a proposed char
atlve but not absolute accuracy, tbatjtcr ami allow tho people of th city
tho Individual Is a citizen ot a state, to determine by vote whether ther
but a resident of a city or county, would or would not adopt It.
This principle Is exemplified through- l"rrvlom of the t'lilen
out our common law, as for Instance! Tho lesson seen In the glorious
In the right of th several states to histories of the cities ot ancient civ
determine tho qualifications of voters
therein even when It comes to voting
for national officers.
The IVopIo Are Supremo
A fundamental principle of our
lllzatlous. of Athens. Home. Syracuse.
Carthage, and of the "city-states" of
Kuropo In the middle ages, seem to
have been lost upon our America a
people. The real secret of the growth
charter commlnsloti Is guided In It.
work.
Hut even under tho homo rulo
provision of our state constitution,
tho rltlcti am more or less limited Iu
their powers. Obviously they can
not nuthorlie or coudoun arts violat
ing tho criminal laws ot tho slate
Also they cannot concern themselves
with. tho governmental functions delo
gated, under tho constitution, to
other ngencles. For Instance, in
Oregon we have a rntlier unutuml
school s)sleiu whlrli does not por
mil a city, as such, to provide for or
control Its schools. Our local
schools are not those of thu city of
Med ford, but those of tho Mod ford
school district, lleuco our city char
ter cannot bo concerned with thotu
This statement of tho cltys place
In our political atrurturo Is I in
nortaut In our present studies, for
this reason. The great upheaval and
demand for municipal reform that Is
sweeping through tho country, flndi
Its chief cause In tho evils of city
government that havo characterized
our cities among thoso ot tho world;
which evils have sprung primarily
from their dependence upon tho con.
trol. caprice and whims ot state leg
islatures The movement Is of vast
Importance. It heralds tho dawn ot
a fuller and better tomorrow.
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KLAMATHFISHCULTUF
IIST
REFUSES 10 RESIGN
Total 4,363
$4000 SUBSCRIBED FOR
NEW CANNERY AT MEDF0RD
Tho campaign for a cannery for
Mcdford goes merrily ou. Four thou
sand dollars havo been raised and
there Is but $1000 moro to raise. Tho
contributors of tho last few days not
printed before in these columns In
clude tho follewing:
W. C. Lcever, I. C. Itohlnott, Cen
tral Point; Woods Lumber Co., Med
ford Grocery, Medrord National
Dank, First National Dank, Jackson
County, Farmers & Fruitgrowers,
Oregon C-ns nnd Klectrlc Co., Uaddls
& Dixon, M. M. IH'pt. Store, Medford
Printing Co., Medford Implement Co
K. A. Krobchol, Medford Bash & Dood,
Medford DouieMIc Laundry, Ilert An
derson, Medford Hook utoro, John A.
Fori, Will II. Wilson. Kaglo Drug
Co., It, N, Foster, J. W. Diamond,
Fads Transfer company.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March
'-'S. Holding that a third of the
l."iO,000 eastern brook trout eggs be
ing hatched at the iwncer creek
ntchery belong to him icrsonnllv.
and the ret to the Klamath .Sjkirth
men.s ns-oeiulion, A. J. Spnigue bus
refused to surrender (lie hateherv in
Jnmes Driscoll, sent hero from
Bonneville by Fish Wurden K. Hun
ton Jo tnko rhnnro. Suramin nvf.
(he Mate has no equity in the eggs,
docs not own the ground where the
butchery is located and that he will
not give up his pot until removed
by force.
Sprugue bus hud charge of hatch
ery work here for the Mate for the
last year. Last fall he secured tho
eastern brook trout. The Siwrts-
men, nssoeiution is to Uidrbi
government Is that all power and ."ml glory of those cities of antiquity
authority Is vested In the people, or J was tholr freodom. They had the
at least, tho electors. My the adop-j freedom to dream and to plan: th
tlon of a state constitution, the co- 'freedom to experiment and to aehlor.
pie delcgato certain of their powers! and. in rivalry a ad tossjwtlttow. lb
to certain administrative, Judicial or. Incentives ta ilevetopsftstnt. All this
legislative offlcors. In tho earlier as test 1st t)e tjptral togtttaturo
hlstorles ot soutq of tho states, Judlc- cowtrollwl etty Aistotira
lal powers were vested In state t- : "My kr wmnl-
ntes. a heritage, from tho Ilrltlsa dll rOrss. x e Ux h devl-
plan of vwtlngflucb. powers In thels- A rl ir4s t ar ettl-s '
house ot lords. ., I cwsstex tktt te ssrM ef the I
Among these dologatlon of powers, howe r.V t4:m. AM OrogoR
was a plan of alios Inu the state leg- h y H pr4. kit kr a
Islature to organic the more rongos- J le- U mmtrmt asaosg tho
ted centers, of population Into polltl-, tftrfc ot utrs. Ske has.
cal units more qcjes independent of , Uirwsgfc as aaSMimeat to the stato
the regular subdivisions. ot the state. jcnstltton. adopted in 1906, n
tho mintlox Thl. riflllni..i hniia broad. (samiarolinnslTi. nrovlslnn for
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Change dally
Matinee 2 15 p. in. and 7 p.m. Sc ouly
Tin: iUkck snt:i;i
Two reel special "llrnao" feature.
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ItcllaNCti ramedy
"TWO MUX AXI A Ml'l.tr
Sorlw No. 2 Itollautu oowtsly
Here tMrrow
IIIIAKTS"
A teaching "Itellanro" drama In tw?
parts
Also No 2 ' Calamity Ann's Dream'
Comedy. "American"
ISIS THEATiE
I'hotopUjs Friday and rlaturday
An American King
Comedy Drama Iu two reels, Featur
ing llonjamlti F, Wilson
VAOAtllltf OF l'ATIl
Lilblu Draum
HOW lU'ltlC .V HI'ltK MADK (10011
Vllagraph Comndy
Comliig Sunday
A MODIIU.V VHMliriTA
Iu Three Heels
STAR
THEATR E
TODAV
The Battle of
Waterloo
S spccacular reels
Hundreds of horses.
Thousands of men.
Produced at tho actual sceuo ot
battle.
A stupendous production.
THOMAS .V WAIIII
Colored entertainers.
admission in n:.vrs
CANAL ML REPEAL
WASHINGTON, March 'JS. Ilcd
hot denunciation of the plan to re
eal the exemption elau-e of the
Funamit ennui tolls net was voiced
from the floor of the house today by
Iteprcscututivo Iliirri-on of .Misnis
bippi. iluve we spent . 100,000,0(1(1 vain
ly!" asked Harrison. "Did we
achieve biiccess in the building of the
canal merely to Mirrender control of
our rights I Are wc now to bow iu
humble humility to Great Hritnin
merely becnu-e it thinks, now that
we are confronted with international
complications, we will surrender
honor to an unjust and unreasonable
contention 1
"As much a I admire and honor
tho nrcsident, I cannot reconcile m
custom has. developed pf so organiz
ing the smaller of thcic units, the
towns and villages, that they are. In
practical effect, wards ot the counties
In which they aro, situated. Hut th'
lecislatures have'kent a moro direct
'4 J"
control over the larger centers, the
cities. They have Jealously guarded
their right in this regard. I'olltlnl
and business Interests with ulterior
motives, have fostered this Idea. It
has developed ono of tho most fla
grant abusot of power in our time
That our cities have developed as
well as they havo, has been In spite
of rather than because, of these con
ditions. The City Charter
Tho city Is organized through tho
granting, liy tho legislature, of a
charter. It Is to tho city, what tho
stato or federal constitution Is to
thoko units. Sometimes tho charter
Is a special enactment for that par-
Is under tho authorities granted jy ,
that amendment that our Medford I
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men's association U to distribute its ' l'0',"-,c' t" hi view and surrcn-
Minro through the btrenms of tlu.."Lr ,J r.ngiuiici wnat to me secuis a
REAL ESTATE PRICES
BART0H0MESEEKERS
OLYMPIA, Wii., March 28 Tho
decline in immigration to Washing
ton stato during tho last four years
is tho result of "unwarranted boost
ing of real estuto prices" according
to speakers at tho stuto Immigration
convention which oponcd today, Tho
speakers ugrced some means must
be dovlscd to provldo cheaper lauds
for Bottlers and a system of rural
credits to enable Immigrants to do
velop the farms. Consideration of
the plana to Increase immigration
and provide homes for tho settlers
will be taken up tomorrow.
county, iiice eggs nro now in
course of hatching.
The ufrair hud created u iens.nluii
here, ii Siiragne buys that members
of the association urged him to re
lain the ftupcrintciidcncy. The
spoilsmen arc in wire communication
with the state game commission re
garding Ihe hitiintioii.
principle of national honor nud
legrity."
in-
Legal blanks toi
Trlbuna nfflca
ui at the
Mali
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TAjNKS
Wo manufacture spray and supply
tanks of all kinds. Wo havo built
theso tanks in Medford for 1C years
and some of tho first ones aro stilt
In use. If you want a good tank get
ono inado by
J. W. MITCHELL
!!J S. Itiverslile, Medford Phono t!fl
Mil WiIcimi
Mtikir's Friiri
COTTON FUTURES A Duly thai Every Man Owes lo Those
GET NEW I PaRF riF I icr! vho Perpetuate the Race.
WASHINGTON, March 28
tlio senato passed a bill today regu
lating cotton futures trading, Sena
tor Keuyou who with others mis
understood tho amendment legaliz
ing pooling operations moved a ro-
consideration, paving tho way for
roopenlng the fight tomorrow. The
amendment would annul tho supremo
court decision In tho Patten case that
pooling with an agreement not to soil
on the exchango violated tho Sher
man act,
It Is lust ns lmnnrfnnt thn m-n -V.a.iI.1
After i 'tnow ' Progressive methods In advance of
uiuiueruuou. I lie sui-
lerinz Incident to
chlld-bcnring can be
easily avoided by hav
ing at hand a bottle
of Mother's Friend.
This Is a penetrat
ing, external applica
tion that relieves all
tension upon the mui-
eln and rialilitf tliim
to expand without painful strain upon tho
llxaments. Thus there Is avoided nervous
spells; the tendency to nausea or morning
sickness Is counteracted, aud a bright, bap-
ifj uiaiMwiiiua is preserveu inut rellects
Wfiittemore's
11 Shoe Polishes
riHZST QUALITY UKGIIT VARICTV
This is One
of the pure food ac
cessorics. Tso it in
nil recipes culling
for a tfood baking
powder.
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
Contains no AlilWI.
Your Grocer Has It.
Crescent Mfjr. Co.,
Seattle, Wash.
BASE BALL
AT MEDFORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1
AT 3 P. M.
Nick Williams' Northwest Colts
vs.
New York Colored Giants
This game will be railed at p. in. in order that
(lit! school children can attend. All children under
.1 IS years of age admitted free. All nehool children
over VI yearn of age, admission !'.' cents, fbmoral
admission ftO cents to either grandstand or hleach
crs. Accommodations for automobiles.
The only chance to see big league ball this season.
Remember that some classy ball players will bo
seen in action in this game, as the Now York Colored
G inula havo three of tho best ball players in tho
world.
Gates opened at Iplft p. m. to accommodate tho
crowd.
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UNDERTAKER
Lady Assistant
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Anihulaace Henrico Dejmty Coroner
wonderfally uiwn the charcter and tem
perament of the little one soon to come.
lou can obtain a bottle of "Mother's
JrU-DU' at auy dniir Horn at $1.00. It
preserves the mothers health, enable her
to make a complete recovery, and llitis .llh
renewed strength she will eazerly devote
herself to tho cure and attention whlrli
mean so much to the welfare of the chlM.
Write to the Ilradlleld Itegulator Co., X)
I.amar Itliljc. AllMiita, Oa for their valu
sble and Instructive look of galdsucu for
rfjctuu mothers,
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tvriMU rjmnr ii.thu rASTe." urnrnor
Iile p.llh tutttt kinds of hluk sliws. Coiiitins
Bs sui Mists to ptIHh slid Mcurvt Ilia ItstUr.
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