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AS PRESIDENT OF
BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr. II, II, I'liikul linn returned froinj
HoIimii, wheru ho utti'iidml the huituul
HKM'tliiK of thn Mutt' board of lienlth,
of which lie iwrved iih president III'
uit yrnr. Now of fluent were ! t
(! as fell'iwn: j, A, Plane, Port
Juml, prrnlilvni: W. II. Mown, Hnlem,
vleoreldniit, unil CiiInIii H. While,
secretary. The oilier tneuibeni are
Dim. K. II. Plckol, TliomnH J, Hug
. itliu, Andrew Hmllh nml Alfred Kin
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AuiiUiU Itrport Mutlo
According to thii hlonnlnl report of
the Mtito board of health, thiTn wero
21,793 hlrthfi In tlio ntntn during thn
blennlum which cnino to n close. Sep
tember 30, 11M1M. Of thU number
11.2V0 were mnli'H nml 10,502
females, During tin period there
wax a total or l2,fi3H doutlift, of
which number 7.572 wore tunlcn ami
4,$lfl0 wnro females. Tho number of
inarrlRRoM ilUrlnK Hi" jwrlod aggro
gated 10,640.
Tho report declares Hint 1,784
cases of tifberculords worn reported,
nml Hint then wont 1200 deaths from
Oil i)leftic. There worn 70S cammi
of typhoid fever, ami 1 tt 7 dealtm.
TIk' diphtheria rutim aggregated IU"
and thoro wore 61 deaths. Tlio tear
lot foVnr cases 1 130, and Uiito were
3b deaths. There were 4379 cases
of measles ami 05 deaths; 16&C eases
of smallpox and four deaths, anil
321 cases of othvr Infection diseases
and nlno dentin, making a total of
9 i K0 cases of contagious dlioawii and
1501 deaths. Discussing school In
spectlon (Iki report majk,'
W'liut SdiiHiN Show.
"Hellelng that noun' supervision
over tin snnltnr)' and hygienic con
dltlous of Hit' mini schools of thU
h(fic a demanded, thn board pro
,'ircil thn nfrvlcrK of two Kriuluau
nurrs trnlnml In school Inspection
worlt, nml dining 191314 they In
si-feted tlm ruriil srhools In 'JO of
tint 34 foiintli.fi of this statu. Llltlo
or no attention una paid to nny In
peulon of tlio chlldien, save for man
Ifesl defarmltlr and skin diseases,
bat part Ir-nlnr attention was paid to
tlio military condition of tlio build
ItiKx, KrittiiiilH. water, supplies, and
Minltary facilities. Tlio law provld
lug Unit bi'fnri; uny xoltool can draw
ItH proportion of tlio Ntnto fund It
niimt comply with eortuln -.miliary re-iliilninii-iitK
bus ln-en honorud In tin"
breuch rather than In thco bmrv
unco. Thtf blame for this condition
lien largely with thn lorn) clerks and
boards of directors. Many buildings
wern found unkopt and dirty; I undo
quato, nud In mnny Instances, no
water supplies. Considerable Im
provement han already been mndo In
Hid correction of tin-so defects,
"In tlm study of tlio children them,
sohos, mmo IntoreNtlni; facta liayn
been doducod. For llluntrutlen:
Nuntbor of rouutleti Intpccted, 26;
number of schools Inspected 683;
number of pupils Inspected, 30,261;
ImpctlKo, 4 f. 6 : ocrofula, 2; ectema,
20; scablvs, 80; ringworm, 189; pop.
nlbln trachoma, 11; dufoctlvu hIkIU,
1770; dofuctlvo flix-'ech, CO; defective
henrlng, 1G3; mentally doflclont,
77; Inflamml oyolldo, 170; cleft pal
u I ii, 12; tuberculoslH nuspocti, 16;
blind, 1; partially blind, I; cross
eyed, 7; chlcUonpox, C."
Apical 4 iA'KUIatunt,
Tlio report shows that 30 nstour
trentmentn wero administered In tlio
offices of tho bonrd, and that in all
the cihoh no untoward symptoniH of
any kind havo resulted. Twenty-sov
on ot tho tri-ntments woro furnlshud
free.
A, doclitlon wn renched by tho
board (o ask tho I)RlHlntiiro tp pnHR
u bill providing Hint thn plnnn of
ct((H and towiiH Xar wntor supplies
and sower NyHtemH'nbnll be approved
by tho board prior to their Insinua
tion. Kiirtlior, it viib doclded to ask
tho I.oK(nlnturo Ui nmend tho present
luwso that the iitato'a stroaiim cannot
be iollitei by cities emptyliiK Ui'elr
sewuKo Into them,
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yrEDKOBT) WW trtdvytf,, m,T)Vcmrt orkoo, TJirnftmr, mcvMmn it, mf-r
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ELECTION
SAVED
MED
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D
AS
JACKSON
COUNTY
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u;.1. 4..1L
1?OTE 'THREW
-M-MHmM
RAW
MILITIA
EN
ATTACK
ASHLAND
CENSOR
-The Med
milled oif
AHHI.AXI), Dei.. 1(1..
I'o.iil Mii'iWy liriHlocrni'v
t licit hlioW lo ii tiiiehed iiiulli'iieii nt
iniiiK llii'iitii' iii AhIiIiiiiiI Ttii'iiiliiy
i'VI'iiIiik. Tho icrfortii't'N iirriveil in
tlio iniiiri'iit wiiter eity.in the iiiler
noon nml I'linhl I lie town in tho
IhroitH of the iiiiniiiil fiiv nleolioii.
.Mr.. 1-M Himloy' fiKlteil WlmlV !'
I'uhh about. WIiiiI'h (lie ihmm W'Iio'm
)ul WIio'i'iiii till iih nil iibout HI"
Hlin uiiii told that Hot' Sheldon
tin' K.vMcm, that lm I'onld interpret
AhIiIuiuI belter than Kil Atulrewri
eoulil ilivitie .liipnn. Men :ot to Ui
the riiKe ami iuformril the how folks
(hat O, II, .lolniHon was the mayor
who otvnnitei) a olieo forea pat
terned after Anthony CoiiihIooVh tie
hinn, and that ('. W. Ilanta wuh np
jioiin hint on a hiiiRlo plaulc plat
form; that lie would get the mayorV
Koat (Cliief of I'olu'o I'orier) an I
luitir him in the ril.v park at hih
noon. Mrs. Ileddv wanted to know
what wuh .Mayor .lohusonV prineipnl
reform rnWirturn. It wan explained by
.Mcdford'h eharler expel t Hint the
piece tie rCHmtnnee of bin miiuieipal
bill of fare wiih tho hoard of censor
Hhip, which hud nTiised ,o M'nait the
"New York Hoeii'ly ami I'liuVrworM"
filum to ho e.xhibiteil u week no, ami
would defend a ilamace Hiiit with
which the city wuh to he mtvpi. soon;
that the mayor had htrict old Now
KiiL'land ideiiN nn to jiiht how far
vaudeville htuntH were to be pulled
off or put en: Hint the theater man
iiKcment had tho ordinance ami alo
carried in stock tlio feminine eo"tum
injr pennitled.
The Indies refused to (,'et into the
censorship clothes and the thenter at
taches oxiM'ctcil t sec the whole show
pulled any uiiuule. I'd Staples acted
iih iiitcrmediarv and explained to the
consorti that tho ear containing tho
trunks of tho ladies luul broken down
somewhi'ro on the road ami declared
the officiall "scribed costumes
would not fit the .Medford nrtists--Ihi'V
were not coiistiuctcd that way.
With this state of uitccitinnty the
show ItPKiiu nnwindim; itcf and the
nip and tuck election retuiiH between
.lohnson and H,''ii wcie read be
tween nets, with no duo as lo which
willev would prevail, yet it was no
tieeahle that tho Few Clothes familv
ii the since were ohi'crinj fur liniita,
notwiilistoudiu irudence and staid
polilenes-. siiauested neutralitv.
The ciitertuiiin, nt was one ol the
swellest ierfoniiaucc milled off in
tho Granite Citv. nml though it is a
iiiuzlor how it cot bv the censor
hoard, Jtldi-o Vithinton declared
Ashland secretly liked it and would
eat out of the hands of the perform
ers nftor they (jot a few tin. ten of real
art.
TO PAY $97,278
AS STATE TAXES'
UNDER
Fl
OF REPULSED ASSEI
GERMAN FLEET BERLIN STATEMENT
8AI.I3M, Or., Dec. I7. Amiounrn- j HAKTMSI'OOl., ia LunTtmi. I)kJ
Mi'to the meal inililia, who Mere scut
lout lo liiilli (he defense ttiiulics on
I the x'-a Ironl win ii the Omnan raid-
I ith apii'iarid. Tliev weic
"Vcstoidnv the PrimMi eoiitiiiued
their a tacks at Ncinport without '
jsuccens. Attacks were attempted at'
("lielled by. Zillehncko and La llassec, bat were'
- i
7u,r, io
39,123
11,812
77,837
4 8,22 4 8
CS.C70
4K.I2S
12.171
85,782
29,091
23,138
277,432
33,304
97.278
28,101)
48,413
28.413
122, S03
24.012
99 211
the enemy, who had tin r.ine of the i repulsed with heavy Issue to tho en
ucy ilifcuses with accuracy whieh erny.
siiKKestH inforiiiation bv njiien. (. "The intention of the French to
The militiamen stood their baptism throw it bridge over the Aisne at Kois-
of lire splendidly, especially when itsons was prcventtd bv our nr.illery
is eonsidnrcd that they were power- "French earthworks to this east ol
less to make a uply, as the firing hail ' Hheims were destroyed.
11HHI.I.V, Dm: 17, by wirele-,. tot
jiaeiit hns been mnde by the Hjntc Tux 17. The first nun of Fail Kitchen-. London, :! p. in. Annv headipiarter-j
Commission thut thn alnie lev for er's new aimj Income (miler fire tolny isnned the following sttement!j
ltl " would be 3.34 mllti nud that
(he total ntnte tax would bo l.o.';i,
000 l.-MM than Ihnt for this )eiir. Tho
levy for next yenr Is buyed on a to
tal vnltiutlon of )932,li:i,080, nml It
will proilmi) a total tax of ?;t,ll2,
000. The levy for this yenr was 4.30
mills, mid it was baM'd on a total val
uation or ID,'. 1,000,0000, and produc
ed n total tax of 14. 105, 000. The
stale tax each county must pny next
yenr follews:
llaker
Ilentoti
Clncliamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crook
Curry ,
Douitlas
nilllam
Ornnt
Harney
Hood Itlver
Jackson
JoHi'phlnn .'.
Kliiiimlli
I.nke ,...'.
I.ane
Lincoln ....
Linn
XMAS SALE
29 NORTH GRAIMi
Saturday, December 19th
Aprons, Fancy Articles, Home-made
Candies, etc.
Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society
to be left to the heavy kuiim,
The offieer in command had n nar
row escape when a shell struck the
earth mound, burying him and three
mill in the trench. I oituimtely
four were uiihuit.
The casualties in the trenches were
seven killed nml font teen wounikd,
most of these in a mjikIc eompnny.
BY
"There is no news on the east nm'
west I'rnssinn frontiets. The Hu
jdan olfeusive against Silesia am1
l'ohen linn eoinntntelv broken down.
all In the whole of Poland the enemy was
forced lo retrent after fierce and
stubborn fron al battles, and is licinp
pursued everywhere.
"J hiring the fij,htinp in norther
Poland yesterday and the previoir
day the bravery of the West Prussian
Hessian regiments caint'd n ietorj'.
"The effect of this vietorv ennnol
bo estimated."
LONDON', Dee. 17, G:l.l iu in.
Ai'i'urihni; to the Pctrojjrnd eorre
s)tondent of the Post, the. Turkish
battleship McsMtdieh, which was rc-
.Malhear ..( 39 S9C ' C,M,'-V MI"k ,n ,ni I'nrdnnelles by n
Marlon..,. 13H m 1 ru,H" nuoniunnc, nan oecn ruccnii'
Morrow" ..."." " 31314 "'' rheil with nn entire set of tin
Multnomah" " l is-'of I ,"u'sl Vl K,,nft I'i'illy sent fron
i,.i, ,,,,., (iennany, nnd the erew, ns well as tin
HI,,. .,.. nt. i. . u . r "'I'- vi. -niioii-..
Tillamook ..'...
The declining wool industry is to be
promoted with demonstrations nl'
over Orecon.
'' t ,1 !
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NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream In Nostrils
Open Up Air Passages.
To
1.182.012
0C.710
28,100 1
62.170 I
Umntllln I3C.004
t'nlon
W'ullowa .. .
YVokco
WiiGhliiRton
Wheeler .
Yamhill
04,112
3C.S2-: J
52,054
S9.ri3r.
1 2.750 j
159.273
IS
ON MARINE INSURANCE
LONDON. Dee.
J he cou'i anient
17, r;07 p. til.
tndav anuoiineed
rODCL" TD AIKIO 0 A CCD I l,,r,,,,,r reduction.-, in the premiums on
rAKr I rliA Alirr K 'innino in-uraueo under the war riks
LUI LL innlllU Unl Lll lin-.i.raiioe-,ehome. The rate on a
THAN ROSYS m
Ah I Wiat relief I Your clojrged noi
trlls open rllit up, the air ponugit of
four bead are clear and you can breatho
freely. No more hawking, snuffling,
mucous diKharge, headache, dryneis no
HrugcliiiK.for breath at ulgbt, your coll
or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed unl Get tt im.ill
bottle of Ely's Cream Ilalm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of thii
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your no
triW, let it penetrate through every air
pasngc of the head; toothi nud heal
the MTOllcn. inllnmrd inm-nin inpinliniiii'
ivlnj: joii instant relief. Kly's Cre.im i
llslni i int what ovorv cold and cu- i
-ttrli jlTcrrr ha4 btcu soeLiug. It's I
n -Irn-l .'
When Setting Your Table
for an important event, do not forget that
cut glass of good design and pattern al
ways imports that elegance so essential
to a brilliant affair.
C The above illustrates a new and very popular
cutting that is attracting much attention.
C We would greatly apreciate your inspection of
this pattern.
JUST RECEIVED TWO BARRELS 0 F THE VERY LATEST CUT GLASS
MARTIN J. REDDY, The Jeweler
New Location - - 212 East Main
siiikIo oap' U reduced from "20 to
shilliiiK, and 'nn a" round voyage!
:' three months the policy is reduced
1111111 Id to 'HI shillinus.
MAN
ROD
OF SEA RAIDERS
TWO MILLION LOSS
IIF.HLIN, via Amsterdam and Lon
don, Dec. 17, 8 a. m. Coneeminpf the
hhclling of Scarborough and Hartle
pool, the llerliuer TnKeblatt xnys:
'Af-aiti our naval forccn, facing
dnm-cr of the scattered mines in the
North Hen, Bhelled KtiKlitdi fortified
places."
The DeutehcK Tiij-pk Zeiltmp ex
preKses Kntinfaetion with the attack
especially immediately after the naval
battle off the Falkland islands,
The Merlin Neutden Naehriehteu
has this eeuiment:
"This time it Is not a daring
enimer tnok with the transitory
throwing of a bomb, hut a regular
homhardmeut of fortified places,
which is n new voucher for the ("!
lantry of tho navy."
The noersen Zeitung hays:
"The honibardment is imssihly tin i
herald of (-renter events."
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An Old, Family Cough
Remedy, Home-Made "
i-r if
i:.lljr Prepared Costs Vtrr J
I.llll.. but la Prompt, ur i
and Kffrctlvr
t-tH-st-4s-H-t-est
What m declaicd to be an unparal
leled record for -nlVtv Inst" oK'ia
tion of a t;ival tntn-ixiitation system
was ostublishfd by the Southern l'a
cifio eonipnny duriui; the mouth of
September, which shows, how much
safer joy rides oxer the Southern Pa
cific are than iu I'ose.x'h safetv first
...... MM .
.".' i. ' ' '"" :. "y ,,",kin'-' Pi" old-time eouah
I he Southern 1'acilie railroad vrup at home ou not only nave nbout
made .vc.ord in Se,(en,ber for .-vi&dMOT
i-iiiihk iivi'ineiiis nun, so iar as is
known, has never been eiimled bv any
American railroad of any i.e or iin
jmHunee. It went tlirnuj-h the month
without a siiiRle injury livin report
ed. The detailed reports from all di
visions of tho entire aysle-n were com
pleted yesterday with the followiuj jJ ,Mncx'
hhewUifr: In the mouth in question the I You can i
prompt unit oftlvn remedy tn everv way. '
it oicrcoines the iiniiiiI cnuulii. thro.it und
client cold In 'J I hours rcliec even
MhiwplnsroiiKh iiuickly nnd in excellent,
too, for broiichUiii. bronchial usthrim, .
Iioiiruone? und fpuiMiiodle croup, '
(let fioiu nn druj: stqre 2,t ounces of ,
Pl,iiv l.'.ll (SHitti unrlli nrtu I l...n ..
pint lMttl- mid tll tbn bottlo with plain'
uijar yrup. run Ulreotlooai
rii. nnriA.,,. n.i.i .a. "
-vv 'v,,v.., u,u v.bi;a
Crnnulatnl
rompany owrntcd 65'J2 miles of rail
rond, It rnrried 3,13.1,010 passen
jjers an m-invj-nte distance of 105.
70:i,881 miles. It employed ll.V.Kl
trainmen. Not oue emnloye and not
ft siuKle jyasscnuer was hurt."
The enormous passenger mileilpi
may he conceived by sayinj- that this
record was equivalent to hnulinj one
jmsseiiKer from the earth to the sun
nnd nearly 11,000 miles hack toward
tho earth iif-aiii, It would mean 'JM)
round trips from the ear.h to the
moon and -l."00 trips around tho earth
at the equator.
fffi tills I ill-ft ImM nt n Mimti I
... -- -- - .;- - " .-..- , w .wu.i .
or com in a way mat means buInr. It
uulckly loosens tlio drv, boarm? or pain-l
Jul coujih and heals tlio intlamed mem
lirnnei. It aUo hns a-remarkable effeet
a overcomlna the per.'Utent Ukuo couuh I
bv stoppinK the formation of phlesin in'
in,- wirnai una iiruncniai iupox.
The effect of Pine on tho membranes 1
known bv almost cverv one. Iln In u
most valuable concentrated compound of
t-enulno Norav Ino extract eomblned
with Kiinincol ii'id other natural hcalinu
IIM' VieilH'lllH.
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Santa Claus'
Headquarters
Are at this store and ho hns
There arc many- worthless Imitation loads Of presents foi CVerV
of this famous mixture. To uwid din- x w--.j
uppoiiitment, iiik your druccUt for "SV
ounces of l'lnex," nml do not accept ay
tiling clue.
A uuuriinlcc of ulmnlutn R.ilfffactlon,
or money pnnnptly refunded, boch with
this preparation. Tho l'lnex Co., Ft.
Wnvnc, lad.
one.
RED FRONT
5, 10 and 15c Store
i . '
& m s'T' im IT . "W T' A -W VH A -TsTT m "m J
POTTSVILI.K, Ph., Dee. 17,--Fire
in tlio liiisinesH seclion of Pottsvilln
eaify today wiped out propoity valued
ut nearly .f'J,000,000. An entiro block
of hiiHiness buildings stocked with
holiday booi'm wjs deslroyeil,
Twenty stores, tho Pennsylvauia
National hank and tho Academy of
IMtiHli. ouo of Pntttivillu'H leading
l-Ip-yhoiiHCHf woro nmoii(r tho huildiiiBS
Jt'strbyvd.. Tlio postdffieo tmught
fh'O; but wus hot badly diuunged.
sHsBBBSrTrCifli
Evory Drop" Mfl
at a can today from RIIMWllI
your hordwaro or sra- EHUJlJIllHy
fry dsalor. RlsMiH
Got Your Noxt Suit of
XT' LOTH ES
m maiu: iiy
LEIN
rniOKs f-is.oo up
Alao Clounliia, ProsHlub' and Altering
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REMOVAL SALE
We will move to larger and mpre suitable quarters January I and will make a reduction on everything
in the stock.
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MEaka--fS'2toHHVjHRr
Buyers to Share m Profrs
Lower Prices on Ford Car
Effective from August 1, 1914. to August 1, 1915. and Euafan.cod
against any reduction during .hat tlnie:
Touring Car .. ...-.- -....400
Hunnbout ....-' . -tlO
Town Car ...-....... COO
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F. O. U. Detroit. All cars fully equipped.
(In tho United Statca of America Only.)'
Further, wo will bo nblo to obtain tho maximum efficiency tn our
factory production, end' tho minimum cost in our purchasing and
sales departments if wo can reach nn output- of 300,000 cars be
tween tho abovo dates.
And should wo roach tbls production we ngrce to pay ns tho Duyor'
share from J40 to $00 per car (on or nbout August 1, 1916) to
every retail buyer who purchases a now Ford car between August 1.
1914, and August x, i01o.
For further particulars regarding theso low prices and profit-sharing
plan, sco tho nearest Ford Branch or Dealer. '
Ford Motor Car Company
C. E. GATES, Agent
Sparta Dulldlng Medford, Orogot.
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SPECIAL SALE ON TRAVELING BAGS, SUIT
CASES, TRUNKS AND ALL0THER LEATHER
GOODS
Consisting of Genii'uo Impoitcd English Purfes,
big lino Ladies' Hand Hugs, Gloves, ."Wilting
Cases, Music HnR5, Traveling Slippers, Card
Cases, Drinking Cup Cases, Collar Hags, Cigar
Cases and numerous other leather novelties for
Christmas presents.
We have a nieo'liuo of Pocket Knives, Uaz.
or-., lugei'ooll Watches,
MEDFORD HARNESS CO.
E. H, LAMPORT, Prop. 322 E. MAIN
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San-Francisco's New Year
Celebration is justly famous on tho Pacific Coast, nnd on
account of tho opening of tho big Exposition six wook
later, now glories will bo added,
SHASTA ROUTE TRAINS
Shasta Limited, California Express and San Francisco Ex
press from Portland dally offor tho best and most comfort
able mode of travol, tho most nccnlc trip In tho West and
bring you direct to tlio
Panama Pacific International Exposition
AT SAX FHAXCISCO
LOW ROUND TRIP TICKETS
TO LOS ANGELES
with liberal stop-overs will enablo you to see tho delightful
wlnttrlesa California outdoor land Santa Cruz, Del Monto,
Paso Hoblos, Santa Uarbara. Los Angeles, Long neuch,
Santa Monica, Catnllna Island, Mt. Lowo, tho Orange Orovcs
and hundreds of other Interesting outing places In tho
Golden Stato und you can go to tho
Panama California Exposition
AT SAX DIEGO
Full particulars as to Special Christmas
Fares and dally fares tp California can bo
obtained with doscrlptlvo literature on Cal-
fomla and tho Exposition, fron? nearest
gcnl,
A irr crrfis
Tho Expoaivwu A.U10 19 l,r'
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
John M. 8cott. Gcnftral Paaifngr ABt,
Portland, Oregon,
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