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Vtff & lipif , - - f '"A s; lV '-r r.i ld t-A Kir h J' H"l 0 'w MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN INUKrENOKNT NlSWRl'ArHlt rtJBl.lKIIKI) RVKUT AFTKIINOON JCXCKIT 8UNDAT BY TUB MEDTOItD rillNTlNQ CO. Offlcrt Mnll Tribune Huthllnr, J6-I7-2 I: tfarih Kir aircm; teiepnoii i The Democratic Timet, Tli Urdford fall. The Mcdfnrd Trlbuna, Tli South wit Orcifonlan, The AithUnd Tribune. nraioaopno mati One year. by mall. IS.00 One month, by mnll .so Per ntontli, delivered by carrier la MMirom. jncKtonvuie ana wen trril Point. . .80 Mturday only, by mall, per ytar S.OO Weekly, per year - .. . 1.50 Official Paper of the City of Medfori. Official Pnpnr or Jiicknoti County. Entered aa arcond-claaa matter at ttedford. Oreeun, under tka act of Maroh I, 1878. With Medfor Stop-Orar ABOUT POLITICS 10 F E .Too H. llccman, lormcr mayor of Gold Hill, has written tho follow ltK open letter to Thomas V. Luwson of Frenzied Financctfnmc: Oct. 25, 1914. Tlios. W. Lnwson, Prlncvlllo, Oregon. My Dear Sir: 1 havo read your appeal In behalf of Wm.-Hanley'r candidacy for U. S. Bcnator with much lutercet, especially bo in that I ato jf your Krcniicd I'lnnnco hide, hair and tallow I liked It so well that 1 invited my friends to partako of It. I seemed to thrive so well on tho diet that I bill- boarded myself with yourx National Block, but when you ask tho people or this wonderful state of Oregon to ack the banucr of Dili llanlcy, and to cast Senator Chamberlain in tho discard, you nro a wrong as you con fess jou were, when you took up lioosevelt In tho placo of Woodroxv Wilson, who you now frankly admit Ib "one of our greatest 6f presidents" and that his administration has dono more real good- for tho nation for the people than all the administra tions, bince Llnroln's, combined. 1 would remind jou that wheu you, and the system, were- promoting Amalgamated Copper, that resulted In no much hell as jou dramatically described It In your Frenzied Finance George E. Chamberlain was bat tling consistently for extending the people's rights, nnd recovering hun dreds of thousands of dollars of tbo people of Oregon's stolen money, es tablishing it in to n revolving fund for the schools saving as much from the wreck of tho school lands that tho land grabbers of tho strlpo of tho Mauleys and Hooths had failed to grab, llauluy would probably have fenced In that wonderful Oregon ozone, of which jour arc now breath ing so freely, had not tho hands of the law stayed him. 1 would also remind you that while ypu In all your greatness was writing Frenzied Finance, George U. Chamberlain was tit tho Sacramento Irrigation Congress telling Mr. liar rlinau to "sit down, that ho was not tho proper custodian of pobterlty." that ho could not steal S.OOu.uuu acres of Oregon'K best land, George E. Chamberlain fought consistently und hard and his ef forts a lo about to bo crowned with success, In restoring tliouo 3,000,000 uctos of railroad lands to tliu people. There nro big things to-do for tho nation, there arc big things to do for Oregon, In regard to tho disposition of these lands to the settlers, tho job requires a man whose hands are not Btnlued und calloused with land grab, blug, u good clean man, a man that has been tried and true, a man who has stood the acid test of time, whoso dcuds havu so won tho hearts of tho pcoplo that thoy aro willing to trust him Mich a man Is George K. Chum boilaln. 1 would remind joti that George E. Chamberlain stood side by side with Senator Qwens whom jou so frank ly ttdmlt Is tho greatest, of senators 1 ulso call your attention to the fact that Senator Oweps received a letter from President Wilson, u,nder the duto of September 30th, iu which tho president bald, "I want to say to you again how sincerely I hope for tho reelection of Seuutor Chamber lain.'' So therefore tho greatest of prosl Uunt, and tho greatest of feenators wants Senator Chamberlain returned to Washington, ivnd tho good people of Oregon with their knowledge of George Chuinborlaln's horvlro for them, could better afford to take tliu president' und Senator Owens' word, rllir thau yours, whoso Interest lu Mexico is purhups second only to that of tliu Standard Oil. I KiM, m-Kurully our, i, II, HICKMAN. IP BEEMAN mm FRENZIED NANC THE REAL AVIIjIjAOIO contemporary. Iniintinil upon thu subject of prohibit ion, t'intls fault with the Mall Tribune for .. ....... . . i . tea -. a t printing nnti-proliibitioh advert ising, law lit 1 Tho Mail Tribune reserves the right to say what will go into its columns. It believes that partisans of any pol itical issue are entitled to reach the public through its col umns, provided tho space is paid for at regular rates. It sells space both to the prohibitionist and to the anti-prohibitionist, as does vvery other real newspaper. The Mail Tribune believes prohibition an 000110111 fallacy, a political mistake and an industrial calamity. It believes prohibition morally a step backward into the out grown, narrow ways of seventeenth century puritauisiu. It is an hysteria cultivated by itinerant agitators, who make a fat living out of it. The Mail Tribune is equally opposed to the rule of the saloon. It believes prohibition sentiment created largely bv the refusal of the saloon to live within the law and the saloons' activity in polities to prevent law enforcement. Unless the saloon keeps respectable and keeps out of pol itics, it is doomed. The Mail Tribune favors the election of Dr. Smith for governor not only because of superior abil ity, but because he also stands for law enforcement. The Mail Tribune is one of the great majority which has 110 interest either in the saloon or in the professional prohibitionist, vet which is ground between the upper and nelher millstones of the agitation, a sufferer by the indus trial upheaval and financial depression that follows radical economic changes. The liquor dealer comes and goes; the prohibition agi tator comes and goes, but the property owner and business man, the investor and. wage earner has to remain and bear the burden, pocket the loss and pay the bills for the dance of the extremists for statewide prohibition means' hard tunes for Oregon. OUR CONGRESSIONAL INCUBUS UPON Congressman Ilawley 's re-election placard ap pears the legend: "NO INTERESTS TO INTERESTS." Mr. Ilawley draws some 20 cents a mile for mileage surely entitles tlie public to However, Mr. Hawlcv does not devote his entire time to serving the public. Ever since he has been congress man he has drawn an additional salary from a fraternal in surance organization of $75 a month and $5 a day extra with traveling expenses every time! he attended a meeting of the board of which lie is a member. The Congressional Tfeeord of August 8, "l.f)M, page 14(599, contains the following statement by Speaker Clark: Yesterday morning tho chair appointed the gentleman from Oregon, Mr. Ilawley. on tho committee of 4S to attend tho funeral of Mrs. Wilson. The chair ha just received a telegram from him saying that hs has gon to Oregon and ran not be here. Mr. Hawlcv wiis excused from congress to come to Or egon. He did not come to Oregon and had no intention of coining to Oregon. Instead, he went to Denver to attend the meeting of the fraternal organization. The official or gan of that fraternity says in its September issue, page 1JJ: August 10. At 9 a. in. the hoard of head managers met pursuant to ad journment. Present: John Paulson, head manager; W. C. Ilawley, head manager; John H. Altoui, head manngcr. On page 14 of the same issue is slated among official expenditures: W. C. Uawloy, railroad faro Washington, D. C, Denver and return and sleeper, $100.42. W. C. Ilawley, 9 days per dlom, $45.00. "Was this serving no interests but the public interests? Mr. Hawlcv 's conception of serving no interests'but the public interests is rather peculiar, as shown by his record. He has never originated a measure and always voted for the predatory interests. Senator La Pollcttc classified Mr. Ilawley as a "me too' congressman and quoted part of his record as follews: Mr. Ilawley voted for Cannon as speaker, for the continuance of Cannon czar rulo, und for Tammany-Cannon comblno against revision of Iioiiko ruloH, Ho voted for the emergency currency bill, which strengthened tho Wall street hold on finance. Without question or suggestion, within twenty minutes ot Its being of. fored to the Iiouko. he supported a senate amendment of iho appropriation bills Increasing the ocean mall subsidy $1,100,000 and the costs of the rallioad mall service $2,700,000. Ho voted with tho 'system' prohibiting the government to use secret scrvico men except In the treasury department, because somu had caught 'land grabbers' of high reputo red-handed, Ho voted for postal bank bill favoring Wall street, and against tho Appalachian forest reserve, which provided for the reforestation of de. nuded, barren hills. In brief, Hawlcv, a reactionary at heart, a sympathizer and nominee of the assembly, has always voted with tho standpatters and has done what ho could in his feeble way to oppose and embarrass Woodrow "Wilson. a a Really the most objectionable feature to Hawley's re: election is his blatant claim of "I done it" for every bit of legislation secured by the Oregon delegation. He has no more conscience about filching the credit of others than ho has for drawing a salary from two masters. Mr. Jlawley brassily claims credit for '.securing the Crater Lake road appropriation. The first appropriation was scared by Senator Bourne, who held up the civil sun dry bill until it was included. Each time the senate voted this appropriation the house, where Mr. Hawloy was, struck it out yet Mr. Ilawley claimed the ercdit'of secur ing the appropriation. ' The second appropriation for Crater Lake of $85,000 was sucurcfl by Senator Chamberlain this vear. The sen ate voted $100,000. The house, where Mr. ilawley sat, cut it to $75,000. Senator Chamberlain, as a conferee, secured the compromise at $85,000, yet -Mr. Hawlcv claims the credit for this also. rt is the same story with Oregon rivers and harbors and other approprintioim not '"ME, TOO," in those in stances, but "MIO" always and cvcr"MI0." Tt is true that Mr. Ilawley was rewarded for his faith fulness to Uncle Joe Cannon by being given a lit Ic out of Ilia pork barrel, a few pontolTiccH, JJJcu (lint at ModfowlJ MlilDFORt) MAXTj .TOJBtJKB. SUFFERERS cai illic it "blood SERVE BUT THE PUBLIC .$7500 a vear salarv and soint as traveling expenses,. which his exclusive service. MEDFORP, QUtiGON. TPlidftAV. OCTOBER 27, lint he has been amply rewarded by two re-elections ha-' done nothing since lo merit consideration. Now on the wrong side of the political fence for hudouts. The fate of tho rivers and harbors bill shows that the day of the pork barrel-is past. No longer will such meth ods be tolerated and there exists mr earthly reason for the return to office of insignificant pork barrel statesmen of the Jlawley type. ! Kegardiiig Mr. Ilollistcr, who opposes Mr. Ilawley, lit tle is known, save that he is an active and successful busi ness man and hails from a part, of the district that has never secured political recognition, lie is highly spoken of by his fellow townsmen and has created a favorable im pression throughout the district. At least he is alive ami wide awake to the needs of the hour. UVpublicans as well as dvuioerats are tired of ilawley and of such presentation, or rather lack of representa tion, at the national capital. That they regard the time ripe for getting rid of him is shown by the support Mr. Ilollistcr is receiving from the republican press of this con gressional district the great majority of the newspapers supporting Ilollistcr, and in their support reflecting the sentiment of their various communities. Now is the psychological tipie for the first disirM to shelve its congressional incubus, and a vote for Ilollistcr will solve the problem. Digging Diamond of First Water in Arkansas Hundred-, of dinmmuN, a lare proportion of them of otxl r.o anil the fiit wuler, tm liein nvovetrd from tin Mm' flay deno-iN which were (lirou'ivd iu i'iko county, Ar-kun-a, only it few yVitrs u;:o. Al though the c.XHtciU'o of diamond bearing formations in this viciuitv Iiai boon known by proloUts anil recently by those iu immediate prov imity to the Holds, it hits hcut be come widely known that the ili'Ksils nro m lurj;o n lo justify working the fields on u commercial InisH. u-s lite Xovemlter Popular .Mechanic Maga zine iu tin illustrated nrticlc. A typical diamonil-lieiuiui: forma tion nf several ncrc.s' nrcu exist where the firl stones were picked up. A second field, showing- immense bod ies of blue chix. yet unstmeyed, Iiiim been found n few miles hexoinl the first, mill it in eouittcivd Msililn (hat still ollin may lie uncovered in Grange Advises Farmers How to Vote To tho Voters of Oregen: On behalf of our novcral orKiwilni tloua, the tindcrslKiicd. bcK to recom mend the following action on ballot Nos. 303, STiO, 3.S and- 3 57. Wc reiouimend voting Number 303 S'o nKalii, na wc did In 1912, becauxo It creatcM tho new and unnccesnnry office of Lclutmiant Ooernor, and also It make the man who Is elected president o( the next senate the lieutenant governor for the next four yearn. The salary In a trifle now, but of courno that will be Increased It ou create the office. On 'Number 350, wo arlvlro votlm; Yen, becaimo it abolishes tho stato senate That body may havo been iiBoful in the early das as a check on hasty action by the houso of rop- resentatixes, but since the neoplo ob tained the referendum power tho sen ate Is only an obstruction. No stale or nation has over created a senate after the pcoplo obtained tho Initia tive, referendum nnd recall. Tho only excuso now offered for tho sen ate, Ib that it makeH tlin work of tho houso of representatives moro diffi cult. Mut the pcoplo of OroKon want every public officer to do usoful work all the tlmo and not merely to pre vent home other public officer from doing something. If tho senate Ik abolished tliero Geography of (JIVKT Tint iiorlhernmost. town in the neck ol French territory jut ting up into Itolgiiun along the valley of the Mctisc, eighteen miles north cast of Hocioi, ami twenty-fight inilcH north of .Mcicic. The town was originally two s mall xillugf", one on each side ot tho river. Louis Alv foi tilled them under Vnulmii mid united them into one town. In 1H02 nil of the fortifications, with the ex ception of the citadel of L'liui'lcuinnt, on u piccipitoiis iot'1; 70Q feet high, were demolished. The (own is impor tant as the junction of lines from I'm is o Xiiinur, und Vervins to Mcx ici. It has extensive inuiitiutdtiicH of iajier, lue, leather, beer, tobacco, soap, sealing wax amid copper ware. .Neaiby arc huge blue limestone rjititr lies. Tho phicu was one of tliu fron tier low lis jiul into (emponiry posses sion of the allies bv Ihe second treaty of I 'a lis in IHI'. H7 popula tion is about 8000. ST, HKXMT A hamlci of norlli- John A. Perl UjTOERTAKKB ' Lady Aiilitaat N U, UAHTMCT7 I'honr M. 47 mil 41 J9 Audtulaltt1 Mtrt Uf lWt is and he is the tlistiiet, Tliit land is now care fully fenced und enn-Mimlly suiuilcil. Since beginning its otcriiiioti4, one company has iriuoved I llltl stones, having mi aggregate weight of t.1.Ml carats. The cmii l -ield from the other mines is not known, since the results of their operations lmc been kept secret. An nppioinmle esi miite, however, places Ihe tola! re covery at 11000 diamonds nf unknown weight. The largest stone .so fur dis ciiveied nnd officially icported weighed eight ami nue-linlf carnts. t'simllc the rniiyh diamonds found have been distorted octahedrons, re sembling small pieces of uliiiu with it fiery ce iu Ihe center which glows aud Hashes when presented lo the light. While the sixes aie not, unus ual, some of them even small, the ipialitv is ussettcil to be exceptional, many of the stones being as nearly I lawless as are oulinaiily found. will not be halt so much opportunity nnd temptation for log-rollliiK, IckIh. lathi) ilelaj, fraud, failure, exttaxa Kant appropriations, and general In efficiency, an llieru Is now when all tho reiiponslblllly In divided between two houses. Orf Number 3.".", vote No, becaimc It repeals tho presidential primary law, It adds another general election every two jears, at a coat of 1-00,-000, and Is Intended to restore tho old party convention with Its machine 'and political boss xvhIciii. This bill takes from tho Kopl the xltal pow or to choose their own political party candidates for public office, and will kIvo that power to tho schemcra and i tricksters. On Number 357, voto No, because It abolishes majority ntlo In votlnK for tax amendments to the consti tution, and requires a two-thirds vote to mako tax chances, If this amendment Is adopted. Respectfully submitted, C. K. SI'HNCi:, Master of Iho Stato (iraiiKc. .1. I). IIKOWN, I'res. of tho Fanners' Onion, Oregon, W. W. (SltlBKNTIIWAITK, 1'rcn, Farmers' Society of ICiiull, Oregon State Federation of I.alior, T. II. IJurchard. I're., K. .1. SjMCk. I'coplo'H Power I.eaKUn O. i:. S. Wood, Pros., H. U'fJriiii. the War Zone ensliirn Frajce; iu t)ib Wonvro dis trict, nine miles hum Iho l.nrriiiuc hoitlcr, 212 miles sulitheast of Verdun and nboiit tho same distnucii south went of Mel.. The place originated from mi abbey founded theio in 1 1 'JO, Tho ruins of (ho ancient structure MADE-RITE In America IT WILL RAISE THE DOUGH BETTER f.'ROCKRS SM.L IT I Lb, 25c --- ft m lftl4 mmrim LiilWmilll iMFl."l Tim Hinge Iiiih a I'tiv bundled Imxo heeii iinlioved, n population of hill people and has im IiiuunlticN of any him1. t'ONKI.F.NS A ullpgo nf oNtrcinu liiiillieitittc.lii l''iiiuce,, 15 miles wl nf Mi'ln mill 'Jl miles east of Verdun, lit I hi' confluence of Iho Iron river Willi (he Dine. In IK III I lie (own had it population of UK), mill today 1(h in h'lhiimits do not iinmliei' nioie limn (lilt). Km solo impoilnuce is due lo its locution ul Ihe .junction of uiilionds from Ihe cast nnd "est, not lit, ninth eis ami south. I'liirs are held llune scmi-iiuuuull.x. CIIAI'hN'KS- A lowu of imrllit'iii rVanre, 'S- miles euM of Amiens und J'J miles es o( St. (Jut'iiliii, lit the inleiseelloii of railroads connecting Moutdiilicr and Pennine, nnd Amiens und l.iion. The (own uuinufncliues rubber goods, lis population U about t'JOO, piacliciilly the hiiiiic llial it was iu Ihe middle of Ihe last cculuty. The ruins of nu ancient chateau may he seen I here. KI.Kl'ltltAlX- A village of noilh ern Future, seven miles noith of west of l.ille, and but u few miles from Ihe llelgimi holder, with a pop ulation slightly exceeding iMIO. The place has no coimuetcial status, bill en riles on u limited trade ill coal mined in the dislitct. SI'AH.r A French illume, four miles doi th of St. Mihicl, on (he Creuc. nu all Incut of the Aleiise. II is about lo miles east of south of Verdun, to (he soulli of the W'ocvto dtsliicl. The population uiitnbers less limn half u Ihousnml, and pun ((pally a iv rmplovcd iu the uuiiuifiic turo of paper. -. , t, ..f. -- DRINK HOT TEA FOR A BAD COLD - (let a (limit pnikA" 'f llnnibiir,; ItrraMt Ton. or no tlie CVrmiwt folk cull lt,"llmtiliiirKcr Hrimt 'llue,"iit miy ilmriunry. Take n tnth')xHmlill u( tlio tin, put n cup of lulling wMrr iihiii It, pour tli rim i()i n Mevn ntnl drink ft tru-up full Ht kiiV tiuin during tliu dny or bi'forn trtirliig. It U tin" inont fftVcthn vmy to break a cold ami cum Crip, an ib open tlin porn of the kln, relieving ruii;ctlnn. Mm loowim tlm borl, tlam dritlng a cold (ruin tlin x trin, Trv It tlin tiU lime you wilTcr from a coll or tliu frlp. It U iiieM'ciiilii! mill nillrciy nimble, tlicttforw ufn mnl lirmlr. LUMBAGO RIGHT OUT Bub Fain and SUfftiMa away with n imall bottlo of old bonett St. Jacobs Oil Whim your bark I i"ire nnd lmc or lilinlisKo, Mlntb-a or rlii-iimntiMii Im you tldcni'.l up, don't niifferl Oil n Hi rent Uittlc of oLI, bom-at "St. Jamb Oil" nt iui ilnik store, ssir n Ilttlu la jour blind mid rub it rlglit. into tin pnla or nclio, nnd by the time yon count fifty, tbo soreiiM uml Ijuius nii in gone. Don't Ur crliiplr.lt 'MiU NUifn .5 nrnttriitliiif oil lirnU t Ui lossl on once. It laKi-s inn spiip itnn liain rigm out of your bsik oml nnls tin- inlrjr. It In inselcal, yt abwilutely liariiilcm and ili'irt burn tbo nkln. Nothing ili stopi luuibago, .'iiitlca mid lame Wk niinrry proinptlyl ?r PAGE THEATER n& MONDAY, NOV. 2 KLAW & ERLANGER Present the UolninK Success of England and America By Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblach 1860-1883-1912 The Masterpiece of Dramatic Art of tho Gonoration. 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I mil so Mire lint It x III do the name xxitli othert that 1 tun not arniid to HiMMiitcc It will relieve hiMantane. ouly. The dniKiic.li liaiullliitf AMhuiii dor will return jour money if xou .w o. Von are to be the sole JihIkc and uiidfr lhi positive ijuiiianti'c, nbwilutely no rink Ih run lit Imyliig Asthmador." IVukiih hxlng cWewhcrc will bo up plied under Ihe amc gii.ir.iiilcc by llipir JiKal druuuUt or direct bv Ur It Shitf- iiuun. bt raid, Mum. i or .! iicis 'jr .Medfonl Pliariiutcy PAGEHltrc TOXKIIIT ON'I.V The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner IMIsou Iu Two Parts "Man "Wlio'Know" An Interesting VIliiKraph Drama Wltji au All-Htar fast "An Untarnished Shiold" Second Herles of tho lleloVcd Ad xeiiturer 4,Whon Macbeth Oamo to Simkovillo" KsNiiuay t'omedy v.ini: ii.i.i: l'anliUeM (In oil "QunrtotofBoyn" Film Voices and t'omedy KliiKlug l.ouer I'liHir 1,1c Itiilionj inc. Poors Open 7:li( IT Theatre TODAY .Mailtos. ! I'. ,M. i:iMfng " '. Our Mutual Girl No. 27 Mutual (Mrl Weekly .Miignxlnn on lomlnu il liut ' fr ' asklug(al tho ticket office to tho llrsl KM) ladles. The Messenger of Death fb It is.' I Thauhomicr Special Stolen Ore Itcllauro Laughing Gas Kuyntouo t'omedy Kir' ,ntt) too Mako chocki payahle Page ,' tlioaUu' box office Friday itiiauH i