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atEDFOITO MATH TRTRUNE. MEDFOU1). ORKflOtf, SATURDAY, 'APRIL II, li)M.
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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
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f- v
"As a ionA
citizen I
thank you
for your
Play"
Theodore
Roosevelt
Now Pluying
to Record
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Stlnjrn Managing Director) Prittnlt
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"I was
never more
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Interested"
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