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Finn). II. Mmldeii Iimh received lln
following Idler I'ltnii a I'lh'iitl in ""'
leidimi, hlinwltiK Iho MilTering (ici'iik.
limed liy lln' unr. The writer, mi
Aiiii'ili'iin moiiiiiii, iniiriled a wi'iillliv
(lei man wool imiioi lor, and I'm
Ittcnlv vi'iir him been ii icmIiIi'iiI of
Antwerp, Helghim. lie wiih peneeut
eil iih a hpy, lln homo broken up Mil
(lit two win, Hi'luinii hot it, M'rviiiK in
tint Mi'IkIiiii aiiil.v, ilif-gnu-eil lieeiuine
lliey IiimI (li'imaii lilooi! i.' their velnx.
I'mully hIImI
"We hid Iiniilly e.xpnlMeil, luiviilj:
liinl to iihainloii eer tiling, business
hiiiiie, in In el, all, II' on will JiH
open your histoiieul hunks upon lit"
Fii'iieli revolnlion or rather the
.Spanish liiiiiilxiiiiiii, von will he aide
to I'oim a feeble idea of what we hnu
heen lllliiliuh thesn lost hi weeks
Tlit! Molten o' ihe pavement binned
my feet; hooted in the sheet n
"HiileH alleiiininlM," perneenled hy
atioiiyinoiiK letters fioia all miiIm of
people o ihe gu eminent ; 'h I'loin
I lie Kfiidmiiiop, who weie lirntal in the
extreme; the Xeppelin pushing light
over our house (we pieked up pit s
of Ihe hondiH in our own guidon),
ele., i'le., Mtu will readily imdersliiiid
what a seething hell the town mis W
US lint the eliiuux oanio when tlmv.
disunited our soldier hoy in disgrueo
heeiiiisit hn earried 'tainted hlnod' in
his veins I Kilt l'tiit nlleniimd.
"Ittiltoriltiia. Kept. 17, IU1 1.
"They look in at the beginning of
August "II the wdinitrers they emihl
get -good, had mill indifferent, and
a Tier Tito week, when many of them
hail fought loyally at the front, mid
Mime oven given their liven, they were
all urrested and on! into the war
prison, Hundred of them lighting
gtilhiutly for what (hoy thought was
their mother country, disunited and
disgrneed heoaiixo in smile way Ihry
had (lorinan hloud, eeii an far haok
as Iho third Koneralion.
King Interfere for Hoy
"With IhU final instill, Kugeu roe
up in wrath and did not Mop till ho
leached the king, and hero in whom
mv American Idood snved our hoy tor
us. Vou know they are all bidding
for failed Slate' limit' and we tun
intimate friend 'of the l S. ooiimiI,
ho today t Iho biggest man in Ant
werp, not excepting Ihe king, lie
went iersonully with mil uiipliealiou
to the king nud laid lln: mutter be.
fou1 him, lie made it it por-onal re
iiiet to have I hit. pii-oncr of war
given hack to hi Amoriean mollier in
older thai she might soil with hor
family to New Yoik, niiiltiug Mel.
giuin foroor. The king did not Iicm
liile a uiomeat, hut gave oideis uu
liiedlulel Inset sit-enlled "Sohweerdl,
'J hallotio, volunloor, I'd d'uu alio
maud, moio Amerioaiiio, ftoo. Tin
child wan in prinn in (Irnge. Wo
had to leave not tiller than the Will
or uiidoi-go prison, so our Mimiieh
friend, Dielorieh, who, hv the way, i
lahoiing under the etiise of a (lor
man inline, undertook to miiuiige for
us in our ubsenee. The result i that
wo have our hoy haok. Thank dial,
He in i Ivor line night hrforo lal in
good health, and while ho roiiiiders
hiiuseelf no longer a llelgiaii after
sued treatment, Mill ho is not ul ail
in sympathy with Oeriniiiiy.
"So now' wo are together, and that
it nil in Ilia world I want. Tim 110
oaiiiutalioii of what a happy home af
ter I unity year- menus had lo ho
given up in twenty-four hour-. Wo
hold on like grim death art long iih
wiih possible, hut lo no purpose. Lot
il go, in all I say. I never waul to
hoc or hear of thai place again,
lleglim l.lfo Anew
"I.ifu in before us iih il wan twenty
yearn ago, with the difference, that wo
are approaching the half century.
Ah I what a thing thin war in. Who
could have conceived thin slate of af-fnh-Hf
"You wore all wondering, no doubt,
why I did not wrote, hut it wiih hit
posHihle and luiieh too diingoroiiH, All
mail wiih carefully examined nud if
tint HelgiaiiH Hit ill it regimolit wiih on
itn way from the taooii to Hitvn them
from ,'hiiIuh coehotiH d'alloinaiidH' and
you had the niiM'ortiino to iiuiairo hy
whal routes-why, then, you wero pto.
(Ionium and must ha shot, piihHu par
Ion nrnioH, iih llioy nay.
"A thuiiHiiud things I could tell
you, hut it is u wusto of time, at we
tiro about to Hitil for poaooful shores,
namely, Now York, where I hope
Homoono will Hiiccnr these ioor war
rofiigeoH, When One Iiiih licen
thrtiugh what wo have, small diffi
cullioH iliHiippoai. (
"llugen Iiiih great hopcH In a coin,
hliiuliuii of Noma kind in IIohIoii or
Now York, though ho doox not know
just what,
Antwerp I Killed
"Antwerp I killed finnnoially, The'
liaihiir will ha lieiicoluilh it Mlngiiniil
pool, The hlg hlcaiiier line will no
iluiihl Mill't In Itolloidaiii, which will
piol'll eiioiiiioiinly,
"If itn luin imiiiiiyii II, wo wunl In
HORROR
WAR
FROM ROTTERDAM
New Home
wa . ivHfTar.i) : Hi?i
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.1 t'i Miinn ciinin lo the. rotitil fourmiiltiiiK pnrlorit, aniit-lo-ilnl roht
)eiir iir.o In Kcarch of u lonitlou ituillioom, mnitu other modern liiiprov;.
iitioti IiIh urrlviil In MoiUont wait no ' inentK, ami now Iiiih (loultle IiIm or
dollglilcd with the oily, Iho valley iiinl , titer Hour iar nail onu of thn nlcem
the Mplrlt of Iho peoplo that ho lia jhrlghtOHt, irTnl hinileMt tjtoron In itouth
modlntoly tiurcliiiHoit u More, iiIho airn Oregon.
niiirh. II11I111: it llv wire inerclmnt i Thin "(Sroalor Metlfont Stora" wits
11 ml t'ltrrylug inoilerii htockn of kIioiIh
lit populur prlrcM IiIh IniHlneHH Iiiih
roiiHtautly InrroiiHeil and II lieeamo
uocoHHiiry for htm to itxiniud. Il
leitHcil the room uoulli of hln old
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lUMri'JI, fVIMIHl III" nillllT, JIIIII4IIK III
a now front, now clonk roomn, drew
POHTI.A.N'I). Ot. 19 With heart
felt Indormiuiont of Senator Cltntn
berlnln, Dr, C. J. Smith. A. V. Klegel.
Tom Word nnd ovory other candidate
of the iliintncrntle prnty for ntnto and
county off Iron, JiiiIko A. 8. Ilonnelt
of Tho Mullen told a throng that
imrkeil tho nHHemhly bull of tho pith
lie library building Saturday night
that tho party preHontlng lo the
x o!trn a ticket of Orogon'H very bent
IIIOII.
When ho unttorod n word of honor
lor Dr. Smith tho man who defeat
ed htm for tho gubernatorial nomi
nation at tho prlinnrloH tho nMomb.
I.fgo burnt Into prolonged npplaimu.
"I would bate to think he Ih not n
mighty gooil man," tmld the judge
wlilt a hiiiIIo. "I would halo to
think that Dr. Wllhcombe could boat
a man who could neat mo. Dr.
Smith Ih exactly tho man for Iho
place. Ho Ih an Ideal candidate. He
piomlKOil x on and ho Ih a man of
IiIh word or ho would not him re
ceived Mich a troiiiondoiiH ovation In
Iho prliaailoH In Umntllla county
that ho would gtvo you a IiuhIiiohh
mau'H mlmlulHtratlon. If ou are
tnxi'iitvorH, and 1 bellovo nil of ou
pay taxeH, yon know bow badly wo
need an old-faliloiiod IiuhIiiohh ltd
mtnlHtratlon In Oregon.
"Nowaday It tnkoH nearly nil nn
luvoHtment Ih worth to pay tho taxon
on II. It Ih a good Investment that
pit)H I or n per cent; Jet when a per
rent of tho Iiicoiuoh gom for tnxoH
how long will II bo be fo io tho man
who hits nothing will bo richer than
(ho man who ban much?
"Dr. Smith Ih an aide man; ho Ih
n.coiiHclontloiiH ninii: ho Ih clean, w
putablo, In ovory way. 1 think you
uio being offoied tho bent limn for
the iilaco."
MEDFORD BUSINESS MAN
SELLS HALF INTEREST
i:, .1. White linn Hold a half Interest
In Whlto'H Velvet loo cream nnjfl,
dairy biiblnoHH to tt. A. Morgan of
IXivIIh I.ako, N. I)., where bo wnH In
tho whnloHiilo fruit and grocery IiuhI
uohh, Mr. White uHtnbllHliud tho Ico
cream factory hint March. Ho Iiiih
niado tho bent quality of goodH, put
Volvet Ico cream on tho map In Jack
hod county nnd Iiiih recently moved
to 32 South Central whoro thoy hnvo
opened tho Dairy atoro and will con
tinue tho miiuiifactiiro of Velvet Ico
oronm mid Ditlny brand of butter,
Mr, Morgan originally cnnio front
WIhcoiirIii where tho family hnvo
been In tho dairy IuhIuouh forty
youm.
hiiIiI n week from Saturday, Septem
ber 'JO, from here, of cnurnc, hut
I hern h nothing Hiiro about it iih yet,
In any 0110. wo will nahla ,nu upon
leaving,
"III Touicnliig- llioy (old Mini Ku
gen wiih piihho par Ion iiiiiioh, Iiooiiiimi
ha had huuglil ho hlggeM cuiislgii
nii'iiU ul' uiinl hit hiihl, nil fur (lor
many. Am a niiillei' nl' fiiol, the whole
uf il uenl In New Yml(. Ah, ymt ha
wiu hhul In ihu i'l, tin Moll."
SMITH
PRAISED
BY JUDGE
BENNETT
of Mann's Greater Medford Store
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forinully ojK'iioil Tliurmlay, Krldny
nud Kntuiiltiy, on Itn fourth ntinlvor-
hitry, anil Iho unimtial Inrgo nttonil
iitiiii wiih mi evldentii thin tlio peojih;
nplirocluto it flmt cIiihh cntultllHlimoiit
'ti.iit ti tlv.i i.MiupnHUU'it til.trnlldtlt Mr
IMIIil l,'- ii wft.un".." .i.'i v.it.. .
Mnnii Iiiih ntWnyn Iiih'h an anient hiiji
TEDDY FINANCES
El
NKW Y()KK0e(. 111. Anilounee
meiit wiih made today that Colonel
Theodore Koo-ievclt has siih-crihod
funds for an o.xploruttou expedition
in South America to ho bonded hv
Loo .Miller, of Iho Muff or the mil
t'tiiii of natural hiMory, w ho sii-in
pained tho former president on In
roecnl expedition. The Miller pattx
will id tin week for I'orto Cob.ni
hia. If all plan are fulfilled, tihoni n
year will ho -pent in IVru, Holivia
and Chile.. After o.xidoring ihe An-
tie, it l propo-cd to voyage down
one of the livers flowing into the
Aniiinn, either the llvui or t.he I'il
comu.xo. A the piulv proceed down the
Aunton, if health H'niiit, Mr. Mil
ler plan lit foiled pooiiuon on lite
now river Tendon, which va ex
ploiod h Colonel ooovolt.
STEADY ADVANCE"
IN CATTLE MARKET
I'OKTLANI), Oct. in., Hevolpt
for the week have boon, entile l.l";
oiilvo 1; hog IllSIl; hoop Sill I.
Cuttle ran xluiit computed with lat
week. Some very good Moors nt liv
ing which oonunanded a premium.
Steer maiket clo-ed higher than
lat week, hoviag nil iitlvauoo til
uhntil l."i cents. Cow and heifer
weak. All other classes Moady.
llntf nuilkel niieiHd for (bo week
with a biuall run ami continued hott
until end of week. Market It
lingui-lied hy nil iitlvaiiot of ,i to HI
font nnd iiinoli hotter tpiality T ar
rivals. Sheep oonliniies sloatly nud firm
for tho week. Souiowhut iiioroaoit
nnivals. Yearling wether are In on
follont doinaiitl, wliilo look our for
lambs decline, l'linio liimh .f.'t.S.'i Hi
.f 11.00; owes .$1.00 In .KIl.'i; yeailings
.f.'i.OO lo .f."!.."!!) ; wethers .fl.T.'i In
$.". 10.
SAFETY APPLIANCES
WASHINGTON, Oct. It). DotntUd
iiifoimutiou of all block signal nud
other train sufety nppnrutus in uo
on American railroad was called for
today hy the iiitorMuio commeicu
coinmiiou, in an order which speci
fics that the MatiMics inn! In) in
Wahingloii not Inter thiiii January
l.'i, IDl.'i. The iufoimalioii may ho
iihctl in coiiuoclioii wiih Iho ph,vsicul
vuluulinii work or siildy iuvosiiga
linn, luoi'fioloncv of the train order sys.
Itin wu iiooigiii'd hy tin lnlcrln(
coiiimoii'o cniiunliiii us Ihu iiiiio
pal I'liiixn of it hoiiil-uu itdllkioh mi
Ihu Iviiiimi Cits Hiiiilhciii iniUuiy
iiirnr Tiplim I'nidi Mo., Angii! ', In
which lorn Unit' wi'in lillnl nnd
Hull) t'i(lil iiijiHiil,
(PLORATI ON PARTY
portor of Avery worthy cntortirliw nnd
uuilorlaklng In .Medford nnd has
1 pent roanldcruhlo of IiIh own Jliao
In lilm: liooet for them.
Mr Mitnii Ih a gtont helleVfr In ml
vortlHliiK, nnd i-Hpecially imwHpupor
inlvortlHlng, nud Imtkn up IiIh belief
with the llticrnl u of bpacu from
which ho setn romiltH. Ha nttrihutes
it groat nhnru f IiIh HiiccesH to odvor
llHlng nnd nayii n merchant can no
more run a Jive- progriMulvo butlneHH
without publicity than ho can without
.modern merchandiw.
STATE E
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I'OHTI.AND. Oct. 19. -Tired out
'with tho two dnyK of utrenuou.s bail-
uohh lehslons and eiitcrtL'.nincntH, the
ilelOgnteH to the Hnnual convention
of tho State IMItorlal agsoclntlon
held at Oregon City Krhlity and Sat
urday, landed nt the Portland Cont
inental club Saturday night and
v.en given a farewell hampict. O.
W. Millie gavo n- short ntldrcRa of
vvottoun on bdialf of tho organlrn
Hon. HIh remnrka wero responded
to by i:. B. Ilrodle, the now prenldeut
of tho nnroclatlon.
Plans for next year'H convention
of the editors, which wero told by
Sam BvniiB of Klamath Fnllfl, Incluilo
Home IntoroHtlng fentures. The mcot
lug will bo held nt Pelican Hay
Lodge on Upper Klamath Inko. Horo
the biiHlncBS bemloiiH will bo held
Friday and Saturday of the third
week In AugiiHt, nnd Sunday tho
guests will bo takon to Crater Lake
nud (ben to Medford. Tho dele
gates will bo tho guests of both the
Klamntb Falls and the Medford Com
mercial clubH.
After a brief talk by Mm. Sarah
A. BvaiiH and a farewell nddresH by
II. W. Mel.iuie, tho editors wero dls
mlsBt'il. Phil S. Hates without n nomination
being made, received tho unanimous
vote of'lhe convention for re-election
iih ocretnr
COLD i GrVltlG
OF
When your child suffers from n
cold don't wait, ttivo tho llttlo Btom
itch, liver and liowols a Kcn'tto, thor
ough cleansluK nt once. When
cross, pcovlsh, lUlloss, palo, doesn't
sleep, eat or net naturally; If Urcnth
Is hail, stomach sour, kIvo n tea
sioonful of "California Syrup of
1'Mks," und In a few hours all tho
oloKKod-up, constipated waste, sour
Idle and undigested food will gently
move out of the liowols, nnd you have
a well, playful child again.
If your child roughs, snuffles nnd
has caught cold or Is feverish or has
it soro throat give a good doso of
"California Syrup of Figs' to ovn
cuitto tho bowels no difference what
other treatment Is given.
Sick children needn't ho coaxed to
Inko this harmless "Trult laxative."
Millions of mothers keep It huudy ho
muse the) know Its action on Ihu
stomach, liver and IiowoUnJh prompt
and sure. Tht also know a llttlo
given to day savo a sick child tomor
tow. Ask )oiir druggist for n 50. rout
holllo of "California Hrnp of Figs "
which luiitiiliiM dliorlluus for bullies,
children of all ages and for grown
ups plulnly on Ihe buttle, lluwurn
of eoiinliirfiiltu kohl buni, (lei tint
Ki'iiuliio, niHilit hy "ChIIIoiiiIu J'J
H)iup L'oiupuii) AdV,
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LONDON, )d. 1!), 1:W n. m.
From the point of view of Ihe allied
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i ariiuc, o inr a cooiti ou niirnr.ii
fiom ilinpatoho renohiug London to
day, the Hituntinti in W'ct Klanderx
ami in I'raiieo it far hoiiIIi a Lille,
wined on thi', tho Hocut.x4'ovonlli
day of the war, (Hiliisp- inon' hopeful
(hail ut any lima xiuco the Uennnii
iidvnncc on I'ltrf xxiih .checked.
Though the new ronchidg ICughuul
i monger nnd lo nn extent delayed,
all tiding oem lo indicate thai the
(loniian atlvaiioe from (Mend on Iho
Flench ooat town ha boon block
ed teiui'orntily u leant, while farther
south in a uuion that wn it week ago
the extreme (Icnniin right, tho iuvaiU
or have boon again foniKdlcil lo give
ground before the allie' wedge
foree. which ban heen foneenlniliiig
on Lille.
Several reports contend that (ho
Oeruians have withdrawn from thin
Invvii, hut Ihi i not oonfinneil, nor
i the icpoit that they evnouated
Coiirtai, nearly thirty raile-j north
west. I foeum plain, however, that
Ihe iiieiiiiei here grow marked and
that the Herman nnuy nerAtiim
nloug the roast of Flnnden. foiunl
ilself in peril of being cut off from
the main body.
What opposition they met. along
Ihe sea. is only guess work, for it
hits never heen disclosed in OronL
Britain what forces the allies have
or what point they touch the const.
COMB SAGE TEA IN
TO
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Grandma kept her locks dark, gloity,
thick with a mixture of Sage
Tea and Sulphur.
Tlie olddlme mixture of Sag Tea and
Sulphur for darkening gray, atreakei
and faded hair 1 grandmother's treat
ment, and folks are again uilng It to
keep their hair a good, even color, which
it quite aeiulhle, aa Me are living in as
age hen a youthful appearance la ot the
greateit advantage.
Kovradnya, though, we don't hare the
troubletotua task of gathering the aage
mid the muy mixing at home. All
drug atore cll the ready-tottao product
called "Wveth'a Sago and Sulphur Hair
Itemcdy" "for about 50 ccnU a bottle.
It i very popular because nobody can
dim-over "it has been applied. Simply
tnoiitcn your comb or a soft brmh with it
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand nt a time: by rooming
tlie gray hair diappcar, but what de
llghta tlie ladles with Wveth'a Sage and
Sulphur It that, besidea beautifully
darkening the hair after a few applies
tion, it alio producea that soft luitre
nnd appearance of abundance which it to
attractive: bcnide, prevents dandruff,
lulling scalp and falling hair.
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FLANDERS
BIG PIANO
CONTEST
Commencing Oct. 15, Ending Feb. 15, 1915
Thousands of dollars' worth of beautiful Pianos will be given away free. Four
other beautiful prizes given away monthly to those hoUliug highest number of
votes. ' .
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1 for each lo cash snlo
100 for each $1.00 cash salo. "" ,
200 for each $1,00 in merchandise paid with duo hiUs.
00 for each $1.00 on pnyments of old accounts.
200 for each $1.00 on due bills sold
200 for each $1.00 on bargain and clearance wiles..
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'J.O.MANN'S
"Pon'l fail to bo n candidate. Send in your imuiq or friendy iiuino frpm city
or oounlry. Rtiirt oarly and you will hnVo IichI hIiow to bo a winner, Prlicw ou
dlBplny at abovo hIoi-cb, Clo and ho Huiih and got paHiciibuK.
H. II. Ilaumnn
MEDFORD
uwtm&bceatfl
SCHOOL OF MODERN METHODS
31 N. Cfp .XI , M.ilfotil, Oton
BUSINESS, SHORTHAND AND ENGLISH COURSES
DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOL
IRENE HAMPTON ISAACS
PIANO VIRTUOSO
I.mt School of t'iino
Instructor, Accompanist, Coach for
Ensemble Singing
Studio 1105 West Main St.
POULTRY WANTED
We Are Headquarters for Poultry In Medford
Will always pay you the highest
market cash prices. Can use all kinds.
We solicit your trade.
MEDFORD POULTRY 6 EGG CO.
TELEPHONE 583 129 FIR STREET
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PACKARD INTERURBAN TRUCK
Apple and Miscellaneous Freight Hauling All Valley Points
A. S. AMES, 236 S. Central Ave.
Passenger equipment for special occasions. Lcavo iiono call or drop a
Postal. , ....
Hunchors, teaming Is exnnslvo an d alow, Havo yor apples hauled in
now by tho truck, sating tluio and ru onoy. Phono 855-X.
KIDD'S SHOE STORE
SOHIEPPELIN'S GROCERY
MEDFORD FURNITURE & HARDWARE 'CO.
II. I. VauOUdff
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Phone 361
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