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KSGH FOUH atEDFOITO MATH TRTRUNE. MEDFOU1). ORKflOtf, SATURDAY, 'APRIL II, li)M. MEDFORD mail tribune AN INDKPHNnKNT NKWHI'APKIl PumiKiu:n i:vi:ut aptwinoon KXCKPT BUNPAT 11 Y TUB MKDFOIID 1'IUKTIKO CO. Tlio DemocrMlo Tlmo, Tho Mtilford MMI, The Medfnrd Trlbun. Thn Souths crn OrfRonlan, The Athlani) Tribune. Office Mall Tribune Bulldlm?, J5-JT-29 North Kir streotj telephone 76. Official Paper of tho City of MailfonL Official Paper of Jnckvon County. Entered necond'Clnga matter at MeiUont, Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1ST. BUBscnimoN rates One yrnr. by mall - It 00 One month, by innll - .0 Per month, Olllcml by carrier In Medford, Jacksonville, and Con- tral Point .. .60 Faturdny only, by mall, per vcar. S 00 Wrtkly. per your . 1 to Willi Medfonl Ston-Otcr 1 FATALLY SHOOT PORTER XBW Oltl.KAXS. I.3.. April 11. Two masked men. ono a negro, held up nn Illinois Central paFsengor train, near Tangipahoa, Into last night and idiot and fatally wounded Ifom Al len, a train porter. Luke Anderson, a negro passeiiRcr, attempted to es cape but fell between two cars and was crushed to death. Irvine Kent led other passengers In an attack on the bandits who fled without obtaining nny loot. Illood hounds were put on the trail of the two men today. CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES EASTER SUNDAY An unusually Interesting musical program has been arranged for Cas ter Sunday at the Christian church, under tho leadership of Miss Florence liazelrigg, as follews: Morning Scrtlco Prelude. Doxology. Invocation. Hymn. 121. "Christ the Lord Is nifen Today (Klein), Ladies chorus. Communion Hymn 319. Offering. Anthem "Alleluia to tho King", (Clemens), Announcements. Solo "Mall Joyous Morn" (Cad man), Miss Coffin. Scripture Heading. Quartet "The Magdalcno" (War ren), Miss Haxelrlgg, Mrs. Wold, Mr. H. Ueach, Ur. Howard. Sermon. H) inn 12S. Postlude. Ironing Sortlco At tho evening Benito tho musical numbers will be: "Hall Mighty Victor King" (Plll moro). "Allellua to tho King'' (Clemens). Also congregational singing. D. C. Kcllcins, who has charge of tho Ulblo chair In tho State univer sity at Kugcno and ono of tho leading ministers of tho Christian church has been secured for tho occasion and will preach both morning and evening. A special Invitation is extended to oil to worship with this congregation. COMMUNICATION. An Appreciation To the K.liler: I lime nliuuily e.iie-eil in peroon what J think of your ery excellent liiiiior. hut wish to do ho by way of mi I'uMer Lrrcoliny, liy loller, whiil I Mill tliiul; of il. Let mo cunnilu Into you on jour splendid editorial, none better uiiywhcic, mid wliii-h are woitliy of mote pretentious hhcetn. I uduiiro .onr bold, fcntlehh, independ ent Maud on the great iiui'MiaiM now before lit), mid even when we do not uxree 1 credit you with beinjr liouoM, hiucero iiml your liew point is iiliviiy hime, oi'ii uiiil above hoard, and cut (unions to help vour readers to u but ter iiinloiMiiiiiliiitf of wlint vou di cuss. Your view rolatiie to the present iidmlniMiiitiou, tiio JlourMV pnpem and even those on tlio temperance question hiuo pleaded me ery much. Medford has in jour paper one tlial Miould haio linger circulation, as it is n great eilucntor on whatever ior- taiiiB to the bent interest! of tlio city mnl valley, ninl tho life of those who liuyo coino into our iimlbt to imiko it llieir home. In Mr, II. Sheldon ym linvu n i'Ioku competitor in Die thing uliloli make for u, better, richer niul in oin dchirublu place for lhoe nlio liavo pilclii'il their tviiU within om KH(e. Ifeio U wiliiiiK Jim yionler pniN parity mnl jny mnl puacu limn oer, with JriuilM u'KKitl, Yoiiim fllllllfllllV J. U llll.l Mwlfwnl. AjirlJ JO, JIM I. (a? Mtil Mt VnIM up Up MICHIGAN UNDER the caption, "Thoiv's Money in Knrit in Mich igan," a Saginaw Valley paper publishes several col umns of matter setting forih the alleged superiority of Michigan as a fruit-growing section over the fruit belts of the northwest. It is claimed that not only apples, but peaches, cherries, grapes and other products can be more profitably produced than in the Pacific coast country, and that the fruit is of better quality. An interesting and misleading "comparison of orchard costs" in Michigan and the northwest, compiled by the Western Michigan Development Bureau, is printed as foleows: Yak I inn or ltood Klvcr l'rlco of im planted orchard land per aero $:.o to sr.oo Interest on Mor row ed Money S on average price, per aero $30 Cost of Labor per day $1.7fl to J2.50 tabor Supply Occasional city Scar- Cost of Irriga tion per aero Soicral Dollars a Year Machinery and Chemical high er, packages Cost of Materials lower Yield per Acre can be Hathcr better colored and keep longer Quality of Fruit Freight Hato To Chicago, pet bbl. of 3 boxes To Chicago, per cwt. I1.S0 $.9u Ictng Charges 73c for 3 boxes Length of Ship ping Season Till freezing These statements, we suppose, refer to apples. They would be interesting if true, which they are not. Success in fruit raising, east or west, depends so much upon the personal equation that blanket comparisons are almost impossible. The best comparison would be the record of Iruit exchanges for prices received and acreage output in both localities. Any corner grocery in the east will tell the difference in selling price. The cost of land east or west is dependent largely upon quality and location Conditions being equal, there is no such difference in suitable orchard land as made out by the above table. The higher priced western land is much of it adjacent to cities and includes the water right, which is frequently of more value than the land. Tn any case, the value mush be governed by the possible return on the investment. Labor is cheaper in Michigan than in the west. This, however, is an advantage to the small western orchardist who supplements his income by selling his surplus hours. The advantage of irrigation consists in crop insurance in dry years. A drouth not only ruins the year's crop, but kills the fruit buds for the following year. Irrigation doubles tho output and makes fruit a dependable yearly crop instead of an uncertain bienv'al crop, as in the east. The average annual output of the northwest orchard is heavier than for the Michigan orchard, not only because of better care, but because of superior climatic conditions. The quality of northwest fruit is superior, as testified by the higher price it brings, higher colored, better keeping, and finer flavored. This is the onlv reason whv a box of northwest apples brings a higher price than a barrel of Michigan apples and yet the Michigan "comparison" rates them of tho "same market value." There are many other misstatements in the "compar ison." Jcing charges are unnecessary for the bulk of the .northwest apple crop, and the shipping season lasts until long after Michigan apples have gone the way of all apples. The co-operation practiced west in marketing is unknown in the east, as is the official inspection and en forced cleanliness of orchards. Tho industrious orchardist can make good in almost any place but the natural and created advantages of the northwest fruit belts are so many that no one familiar with conditions in Michigan, who has once felt the lure of this promised land, cares to .suffer the hardships of fruit raising in that winter-swept region when he can bask in tho smiling sunshine and verdure-clad hills of Oregon. THE "COUNTRY LIFE" SCHOOL EVAtfS VALLEY is to "country life" school school. Its advantages are so many that the example should bo widely followed in the near future. The one-room, one-teacher district school is doomed, Oood roads sounded its knell by enabling pupils from several such schools to attend the central school house with several rooms and as many teachers, which is re placing the district school. Throughout eastern states, where the consolidated rural school has made the greatest progress, and oven in Washington, to the north of us, and California on the south, tho consolidated districts provide transportation for the pupils to and from school. A carry-all and in Home cases an auto-stago is sent out daily to gather up tho chil dren and take them home. The cost to the district is slight and the attendance more than doubled, The consolidated rural school affords the count r child all the advantages of (lie grade ncIiooIh of the city, Many of them offer special coiiwh in manual training, agriculture and home ccoiioiiiIch, Tlicy add much to male intf country JjI'o atlriclc, AND OREGON Advantages In Michigan favor of Mlchl gait JL5 to 1100 $200 to $r.oo (if on average. price, iter acre $3.73 $2ii.23 per acre, whlrh would al most pay for Michigan laud $1.2.-. to jt.r.o 10c to liOC Less occasion scarcity Nothing. An nuul average rainfall 32 In. No cost for rain more than offsets regularity of Ir rlgatlon Fertilizers little used either In west or Michigan $3 to $10 an aero rti. Adiautnges about eitual The samo quantity approximately grown in both regions. Hotter tlnvor and finer meat About market SJtUU value ICc- -30c 400 to r.oo i: -lCc Not necessary for apples shipped from Michigan because of nearness of markets. (Sreatly in Michi gan's favor Alt winter have Jackson county's first the first consolidated rural THE NEW AMERICAN CITY A ltcumcor (lie Itoiont Movement In Mimli ItMil Politic ami the fallout IVutiirc of Oilo Itefoiin. l)y llonj. C. Sheldon. Secretary Medford Charter Commission iv. tiii: suour n. .-k one hundred iliiuVnN of American municipal pm'iniucut, fu uiilinr with the Ixpionl oit.i'- oontli tioiw ninl needs wlint ono element in ho great lefoiin movement Hiveeplnn aoro. the eounlry i of fnt impor tniioo, uud ninety-five answers will he 'the short hallot principle." The other five miulil nii-wer. "popultir control," hut to that the niiioty-fivi would loply, "In I lie hoit ballot principle lies thc'nutv miHhotl nf oli iniuitnr real popnlar control." tiiimtli of irfiug ;tit:;ut To uiiilcrstiuiil it ximiifiotuiec om mut cou-iiler the growth of the oviN which it seek, to reinedv. Tlioy inn.v he uuion-dy eipived: "Lack nl popultir ooiitiol," "iiiircpot"iitf of lioiuN," "n lack of Miu!ur inloiiM," "party inlo" or "ln- domination." Their uiiiWih lias been untuml. Il tin- come with our development ('ton u uat'ou of town to a nation ot cities A the duties fall hit; on uov eminent hecuinc heavier mid more oouiploK, more official-, were ndded. ami, in keeping with the common o tiiuatc of ilcuincmcv, they were liirp'h niiiilc elect iv c. The bullo grew. Fewer votes wore oust intelli gently. While the public hecami more clumsy in it-, ue of the ballot the ncocsoity for its intelligent usi boenmc more urgent as gov eminent -ul functions became mure delicate and intricate. Tho Polltlelnn Hence the riMi of the expert in po litieal affairs, 'the politician." Ill introduction was the nccesimry out growth of the people's iuiiliililv through the muss of details to which they were called uhiii to give atten tion, to do their duty us electors The expert attended to the detail It became his Iiumuc-s, mid in iiianv ca-es a most lucrative one. From the politician j;rev the pol itical machine. 'fho Mtem natur ally developed that organization to Ml p ply the fituctiUli which the people could not -suinily attention to de tails. A ceituiu amount of ordci wns neeo-Miry, The mueliiue furn ished it. Hence the rciidv-iiindf ticket. Xothinr mcct-cd- like mil' cc-s. The macliiiic became powerful and grew, from nhnt a mioisilj into n public menace ami the most potent factor in corruption mid mix government. There is not u votci of mature car in America who hu not, to Mime degree, allowed others to do n part of 1ns choosing. Provi dent Kliot df Harvard! the "ideal citizen," eonfofsc? that he does it. The mnt prominent of our public men admit that they do. It in a typ ical mid universal American atti tude. In Philadelphia it even went mi fur ns to elect ilit imaginary man. Voter Not to Illauio Don't hlaiiic tho voter, hut the long liullot. With it the individual simply cannot cn.st mi intelligent vote. lie cmiiiot gain a dixcriiniuut- nig- knowledge of tlio cnnilidnlch' merits. In u largo city the itevvx)iu "ors cannot inform him if tltej would. In u leeenl primary election in Chicago thure were over OOOli nominees, HuwVoiiliI the inpor in form the citi7iu n.tnjho merits ol the individual m th'iH army of incut Under nin-h an arrangement tlii ready-made ticket becomes n con venience, mid the power of the ma chine waxes htrnug. It i-J)ii onlv hi dislodged by the building of mi other miicbiuc. The Short Imllot Tho remedy is tlio nhort ballot, it other words, in a real democracy. A real dcuiocruc mentis n method whereby the will mid judgment of tin grout iniiHS of tlio peoplii may In given expression. That is iuijmhhiblc witb blind voting. Hut it follows naturally and inevitably tho ami of a ballot hlmrt enough to receive, nil of it, the study mnl intelligent judgment of the oitieus. Tho whorl ballot principle means (hut only those of fieof. hhould bo elective which nn important enough to ileKcnc mid at irnci piiniic intention. It menus eeiiteiinj,' authority in those few of iieon, mnl their nppnintucH, mnl (lien watching them. In fact, the key note of the principle is the word "owiHpieiioiis." ConBpiciious eniidi datoH, conspicuous ofliceiH uflci election, couspicuoiiH responsibility, ruder the old Hytrin tho people del egated largo powers to many offic er whom, after election, were but dimly m-cu in tho gloom of the in significant character or their of fices. Invihiblo officur nro those who can iiml do misuse their power. Under (ho hlmrt ballot, every pub lic sonant is cmiNimilly visible or is rcMponnlblo fo tlioso who nre, They John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Ldy AMlitaut i.i.ot piumipi.i: aic each in the spotlight. Public in tores) iiiKtcad of being dit fused to "tactical extinction, is ooneciitiatid mid effective. The elected ofticei must nmke iroml He i carol ul in selcctinsf his appointee, for upon their vvuik, us well u his own, uiiisl he stand or tall. Ami nunc impoi taut than all else, is the cnustnut fooling', on the Hilt of cicn pabla sctvmit fi om top to hot om, o to Mion-iliilitv to tlio peonlc and tln-u walohfulncs of his woik I'vui c ooiiupt iiiuu would tind it mote ion louiout to be stmitcht. Popular Interest The kIioiI ballot ptoiuo'cs the c II iron's iutoicst in public altniis, the most potent iullucuoo to good go criiiueiit. It menus thut the ptople reiuniu interested in the ofiiccn whom thev diet. I.el each loader juilgo fiom his own experience, lluvc ou not follow ell uit!i uiiicli gieatcr ilitetest uud iittcnliou to of tlcial conduct that otficcr in whosi election or defeat )oii wore put licit larl.v iutcroslodf And, ncucrallv "peaking, is not the teote tnu the oltiouil in whoso oout(a vou were not uitoiotcd has not been tol low ul in his work. The short hnl lot moans thut the citizens' civic in lerests do not cease on election dav I'ooplo l Not SeliHii Imports Hvperienee bus proven time with out iiumhor that tin1 people as a m i w ill not uiake a disci imiiuitiiig clioni in solcctitiic an expert to handle e public function en Unite 'or cH-ri service. Tliry choose men uliom they like; men of their own kind men whom they know. Mow iniinv votes oust for county Mirvevnr nti with a rcn rcjrnrd for the ahditio of the candidate to hiindle the tech nieal problems incident to that of fleet lino tho n erase cilucii voir for u health officer bcemmc ho i- n student of iniiuicipnl nmiitution, ot becau-c he bus an attractive person nlitv or happens to bo a. friend Hut the coii-.pioiioiis elected officials charged by the people with the ilalv of ettiili; rcHiilts mid watched to sec lliat tho-o roKults nro forthcoiuinir consider carefully the atliiiiimeit-. o llie catn'liilates mnl (.elect tlio olio who will make good, for in his tio- ce-s lie theirs. nmlorsciucuts The short ballot principle lms been indorsed by ever.v living Anicricnn writer mi polititenl economy of nny importance. It is bcini; tmiKht uud advocated in the classrooms of our colleges and utiivcrsituxi. PrcHidcul Wilson mijs: (' believe the short bnl lot is the key to the problem of th nstoratioti of popular Kovcriiincut in litis country." 'Ihcodorc Koosoiell suys; "I believe in the short ballot. i on cannot get good service from the public servant if ,oii cannot see him; mnl there is no more offcolin way oi iiuiing nun iiian in lui.Miig nun up wiui a mtiiiiiiiue oi otiiers so thut none of them urn important enough to catch the eve of the av- eragit workiday cilircu.'' William II. Tult: "I have the fullest h.vui pnlhy with everv refonn in goicin uieutul mid elective machinery which shall facilitate the expression of the popular will, hiicIi as the short bal lot." (loicruor II i in m W. .IoIiiisoii of Ciilifeiiiin: "The most mliauccil thought in our nation bus readied the conclusion that wc can liel avoid blind voting and best ohluiu discriiniiiulioii of the electorate by u short ballot." John .Mitchell: "I am heartil.v u favor of the short ballot priiicinlc mid look for its curly mid general adoption." Judge lieu II. Lindsay: "The long ballot is the 'jungle' of which I have been writ- lllg." The short ballot menus the differ ence between a teal uud mi assumed dcinociacy. The loiitf ballot lias pic- vcuicii nu expression of ical popular will. The short hallot iitcmm thut the popular will mid the volc-cxpicsscd will wiull lie the same. WESTON'S CAMERA SHOP Ilccontly remodeled and oulorcod, added now cumoraH mid apimrutui and In now utrlctly iip-to-dnto In ovory way, Coiiiinerlrul '"ik of ull UluiK IiicIiiiIIuk copyliiK mid onlnrelnu of plcturuH, IukuI ilocuiiiontK, etc. Ilro iiildo oiilnrKlnir, uny nlio, uud kodak fluUhliiK nf every kind, Piofcimlonul and ninutiior photo tirufhlu xuppllon, 1 1, Mi IfHrmoii AkoilttM Willi Mo. Hhop ovvr lull TliUMtur, Phong H7J L E I N roit LOTHES Halts to order, prliea reaHounblu. Next door to llrt National Hank, up ntulin. Mi:ill'Oltll TAll.OltS. Garden Seeds Choose your (larden and b'lower Seeds from a stock that is carefully selected ami handled. Our method of handling seeds insures perfect relia bility and a "true to name" standard is perfected. Don't put off your buying too long, as we may not be alTle to duplicate seeds that we are out of later in the season. Monarch Seed 6 Feed Co. LI-.'ll P. .Main St Main Si. Modfonl, Ore. Veil in Star 'Iliontcr Jv. Star Theatre TODAY DANLfiL FROHMAN Presents the Notable Drniiintic Success "Leah Kleschna" FOUR PARTS Interpreted by tho Rifted actress Carlotta Nielsen Ono of tho Best of tho Famous Player Productions WOODI.EY nml PATTERSON Glassy Entcitniiicrj ADMISSION TEN CENTS PAGE THEATER BM Elizabeth De Barrie Gill llnrplm Uutertaluor Two bourn of Hulled enjoyment with mimic, mirth mid melody ciiAitAfnat kki:tciu:s IIII.MOItOPH hlOIUIC.1 Prlrim, UB, :iR mid noc. . ,; Dours open 7, lf, curiam H,30. THE CtRATEST Sr.NSTION TUB STACL HAS nVBR KNOWN American rUy Compny. (Aih f- v "As a ionA citizen I thank you for your Play" Theodore Roosevelt Now Pluying to Record Crowds in New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne IT3" CLEAN ! IflllMWJ THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAY M & MOOERll TIMES Mil hBjIfAij IT AMEftiCMN! CoiiiIiik Pilday, Apill 17th Scat niiIo Wednesday, 10 A M, I'llceii I'lmt fonrteun ioivm $1' 00 l.iml four iowh . 1.50 llaliony I'lrnt four iiiuh H.JiO Kot foil i iouh .. . , t.oo l.imt flvu iuwm .fiO SPECIAL TRAIN FOR ILI.IH0T0N, li-unir Aliliml ul 7 I . m. flriiin nl fill tulioiii, illinium icr Ilia iM'ifiiiiiiaiicc (SIS THEATRE I'liotopliijs I'lhbi) ami Sutiiiiliiy THE DRUDGE VltiiKiaph Pontine In Two PmtH TIIOP SHALT NO'I' 1(11,1, Helln llramn AIIVKNTI'IIKM P Tllll P.ATIIA IIAHV Second Htory of tho Adieutureti of OclavluiiH, niuaturo dctccttie, Com edy. CoiiiIiik rliliulay tun .M.issAciti: J A TlirKlliiK Wetern Htoiy in two rnrlH House cleaning Time Is Imro niul you will want coma new wnll paper. Wn haio the litre ct linn of the choicest patterns ever uliuwua In Mvdford. Couio and ei Wo carry Cabot'g Creoiolu Hhluiclo Statu waters illil Piisl .Main Phono l.i:t w , H & APRIL 13 IIAUP K)MW CONTIIAIi'lO SOI.OH Stlnjrn Managing Director) Prittnlt ,, J , "I was never more ttrilled or Interested" Woodrow Wilson A Triple TritttaM Uider TkrM Flan I AMXKIOA ENGLAND AUSTRALIA T3 HUMAN ! mp9FF'