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,'. PAGIC FOUR nUDFOUT) MATT; TRTRITNT), rTCDFORD, OrtlWON. MONDAY. ,TVNlTAT?V I. 1!)in n I i ii. Y; r u- MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE UK0IIOI-: l'VTNAM. IMitur AN l.VrtKI'KNniCNT NP.WHl'Al'mi J't'lH.lHIIIJI) j:VKHV AKTHIINOON jixcni'T hi no.w nv tmk AII3IU'0)(U 1'KINTINO I'D. - n i1 Offlc .Mull Trlbunn Dulltlinjr. 15 North I'll' mroet; tciiplimio 76. 19 Tlie Dcniucrnllo Tinn, Tln Mrtlforil Mull, The Medfonl Trltanv, The Soutli t OroRoltlRti, Ttu AHlilnmt TrUiune. SUBSCRIPTION, KATES Orm .vf-nr, hy innil V 00 Onu hmnlli, iy liinll SO IVt itinnUt, iMIvofil l'" wurlrr In .Mwtroril, IMipvittx. Jackson llio bihI Control Point r.o Knituilay only, liv iimii, pit tir. J.no AVi't'hlv, it or. .... t.fca Ofrlclul l'ntmr of Ibo City of .Mtfnn1. UfTialtil IV iter of .Inclwon County. Knlr-i-tO nit Rli.'tnvilol.tn nmlti-r nt Mm) ford. OrtiRun. uniVr tho net of .Mnrrli 3. IRTIt. Sworn circulation for 1911. IX"s 1'nl I lNinml wlr patches. AlKXlClHtftl 1'lVW tlld- ijD Subterluors falling to receive papers promptly, phono Clrcu- lfttlon Manager at SfiOH. : I LON'IJON, Jnn. 4. Tho Ixmtlon stock exchango re-opened for busi ness todny after having been closed on account ot tho ,war since July 30. Sovcro restrictions were placed upon trading In order to prevent anything nppronchlnR panic Rolling or tho un loading of securities hy hostile coun tries. "Tho session opened with a round of ringing cheers and to tho strains of tho national anthem, heartily sting by n rather ttmallcr attendance than usual. A number of Hritish and French members were absent on ac count of (ho war, while the exclusion of aliens who wero not ablo to satis fy tho commltteo that they had sev ered all connection with foreign countries reduced somewhat the for eign attendance. Tho singlo fact that business huS been resumed oven on a limited scalo nnd under restrictions Is taken to In dicate that tho greatest crises In tho history ot tho exchange has been safely negotiated through tho com bined efforts of the treasury and the stock exchanga committee. NKW YORK, Jnn. I. Work of the Amork'tm Ked Cross hospital unit in Servin, under direction of Dr. Edward ifynn of .Sernnton, I'n., line bttved mtiiiy lives in nnd mound IJelgmde, nceordinj? to .li Emily Siiuinonds, n Urilihh Ked fro nurse, who ar rived here today on the steuimdiip St., Paul. Min Siinninml wns sent with the first Hritish expeditionary iurco into Franco nnd from (hero to Servin. "With .oven yoiinjr KiifdMi girls. I no worked in tho ' trenche 400 ynnlrt from llio firing lino for forty eight hours nt u timo," blio said. "The coming of "" American unit under Dr. Kdwnnl llynn wns a Oodhond to the Servians, for nt the timo we were down to our last hits of bandages and dreeing nnd were living on tdioit ration. Vp to (ho arrival of Dr. Jl.xim ninl lii Ameiiimn iinoo (he )mpitul win constantly in danger of artillery fire. Dr. Uynii's l'irt net was o unfurl (ho American Hag over (lie building. It was intnntlv re jspeetcd and conditions rapidly im proved." T NEW YOKE". Jan. 1. - Slow poison administered seven days ago bv Mrs. Ida Kogors to her (wo babicr. and her bclf resulted Nday in the death of tho older child, John, aged two. I.o xidu, eight mouths old, died lntt Weil nebday.' Tho inoilier'o death was ox peeled, Lollys Ellon Kogcis, n lawyer known as her husband (o the neigh borhood in (hi) Mronx whero they Jived, blill kept Jii vigil at tho sick "Woman's bud side, lie had no com Inuul (o .make; nor did Mr. Annie flitCinovri) lingers, who divorced Jlogers in 11)00, nor Mrs. Caroline (liddiiigsi U'rs, who married lingers in 100!) niiij liycd wilh him (ill last 'Olobcr; Mrs. Annie lingers has been LONDON STOCK EXGHANB EN HR BUSINESS AMERICAN NURSES DOCIOR SERVIANS ER POISONS BABIES AND SELF H freidient culler n't the hospital binee rs( Ida lingOy. VaH taken there, hut x blic. hHfi det'Hat'd to listen (u (pielion onuomiiijc Hty,'' l'K REJUVENATING THE VALLEY TliK ;MAII;"hHKra'H is desirous flint both sides lie heard regard nip: the new city charter, hcuec offers its space to both those for and against. It requests that articles he made as short as possible, and that they be left at. the office the day before to insure publication.' "While the charter is" deserving of serious study by all. it, is by no means as important to the community as the establishment of a beet sugar factory and a lumber manu facturing plant. It does little good to improve the system of city government if you fail to furnish employment to those governed. Medford's greatest, needs and the vallev's greatest needs are payrolls creative industries that will utilize and develop natural resources. The'heet sugar factory fills the bill better than any single institution does because it profits the farmer, the Stock raiser, the laborer and the general public. Its benefits are the widest spread. A study of what the sugar beet has done for Colorado, for Utah, for Idaho, for California and for other states is evidence sufficient of what it will do. for the Rogue River valley. It will bring about an era of intensive, diversified fanning, transform methods of agriculture, increase the cultivated area, improve the soil, stimulate stock-raising, increase population and provide a payroll. The following is a description of conditions in Colorado before the coming of the sugar beet and the transformation it wreught: When the slgarJect first came to Colorado tho staple crop was potatoes, and had been wheat. Ignoranco of the demands of tho soil for a diversi fication of crops or n disinclination to practice It had brought tho yield in both cases from far above the national average to a point near to that mark. Tho farmers were standing still,, At heart they were progressive, but they lacked tho opportunity. They had become used to a prartlco In farm man agement that recked llttlo of the intensive. Kcrtllirntlon on u heavy scalo was unknown, or If known, unprnctlced. They faced decadence, if not ruin. The advent of the beet sugar gave them the very Inspiration that they needed. Fields that had been barely scratched and still less properly tilled took on new life under the demand! of the beet for belter soil treatment. Thev were fertilized after approved methods, were assiduously tilled, ca joled and petted- almost, Into bearing, nnd the reward which followed was couched in terms that rang vlth the clink of gold; almost ns resonantly with tho consciousness that at last Colorado farmern were becoming tho equals If not the superiors of the husbandmen or tho corn belt stntes. Men who had decided to sell their farms and seek a now location gave up those notions nnd stayed to reap the golden harvest which the beet of fered If properly cultlvattA. Towns that were languishing because the far mers upon whom they were dependent were losing their grip, took on new life and developed Into cities. (Ireeley nnd Fort Collins and Fort Morgan what tho beet has done for the urban centers in tho short space of fifteen what tho beet has done for the urbancenters Intheshort spaco of fifteen years. With the prosperity ot the farmers these towns that grew up became commercial centers of largcnreas. What the sugar beet did for Colorado it will do for the Rogue River vallev. Every farmer is vitally concerned and should do his utmost to secure the project by agreeing to plant as many acres as possible to beets and inducing his neighbor also to plant. Medynski's Views To the Citizens of Medferd: I nw in Thursday morning's ine of, (he Med ford Sun an nrtiele signed liv (he Medford charter eommt-ion, saying, "there has not been n single valid objection raised to tho ehar ter," nnd they nNo "challenge the bringing- of any sueh object ion" they graciously admit "there is some luck of under-tanding," and to that end arc seeking to further inform Un people (by prearranged meetings) of some of tho so-called important ehnnges they wi-h to introduce into Medfonl. In view of tho fact that I am in n position to refute their insinuation that the city's buMness under tho present ndminUtrntion is not being conducted "along the lines of n bus inesslike basis," I will say right here tho present office forco have faith fully done their duty, nnd have wel comed all changes suggested, along (he lino of 'better business ineth- 0.1b." To begin with, wo sturlcd off Insl spring by having (lie books exported. We nlso" chdddMied a n.vstem of in dexing them, thus increasing, simpli fying and expediting the facilities for ready reference, nnd to assist the force in giving greater effiuiency. We increased the typewriting facilities, also installed u cash register, which all progressive busiuc-i.s methods handling largo amount of ensh feel the necessity of, and which our city officers especially needed. We found the treasurer's report of Jmumrv I ()M, gave tho total bonded indeht ednesb of tho city to bo $1,11:18.1)110, and cash on hand of 87.8:i:i.!J'2. which cash was distributed be. ween our four banks, without security bonds. Those bonds wo obtained to the amount of .t'-'.'i.OOO from each bank, as security for handling the city's money. Our bonded indebted ness ha- been ivdifced this year in the iicighboihood of .rlt.',0()0, which our cil-y hooks, which me open for puli lie inspection nt all reasonable hours, will verify. So that at Ihe present time our office woik will compare j'nwirubly with any modern methods. Now, to take up (ho subject of the new charter and stale my reasons for not favoring it. First nnd foremost, the new ballot system proposed is complicating the ballot instead of simplifying it. Complication in cjrease. tho chancea for mistakes, also for manipulation. Our present bal lot system is simple, secret and hon est, mid war. adopted because of those vory virtues. Each candidate is fully credited with every vole cast for him by the people. What moro can an honest candidal o nskf My bccond objection to the new chillier plan is (hat (ho people arc virtually asked to loliuqiiish their voice in popular government. They may still be permitted In vole bonds and speciul lusce, but whether or uot ort the Charter they will be granted the jowor to re call is another mntter. You must remember, the directors elected bv the people nppoinl (he cen tral election hoard, consisting of. the secretary (already (heir Appointee) nnd four other electors, these five do ing the counting of the ballots (see article 0, sections 120 nnd JUS). Now, supposing one or more of Ihe board of directors are named on thr, recall petition which would be the most likely to occur, tho nppointment of their friends or their opponents, on this central election board? Do yoii not see whereby sueh ft system can be perverted 1 Our prcent sys tem of counting is much (o be pre ferred, in my estimation. Further more, cr.st your eyes over No. ." of section 1JI8. Do you sec tho "I.nui-.-innn lottery methodf" Thirdly The mnnagor is nppoint cd by (he hoard of directors, hence the people have no power of recall over him, should ho not give satisfac tion. Any objcclion to the idea is (lint it is virtually a return to u con dition from which all progressive cit ies nrc attempting to escape that of "bossism." City inanaeer is a higher sounding name than "political boss," but when the cloak has been remov ed it will bo found that the city man ager, if ho desiies to be a boss, will have little hindrance. If the city nianuger is n phenomenon, ho can run every department ami detail of gov ernment us it should he run nnd at Ihe same time please the people who fool tho bills. Unfile may not bo in fallible, even though ho does get big pay. And, rememiier, scciion -.i linves it optional with (he board of jdiicctors ns (o whnl ho shall receive ns salary. They could make it $20, 001) ner venr if thev wished. The second objection ihnt the city man nger might become n political boss, is an especially strong one. And, it will not he removed by making that offic ial subject to the recall. It will bo difficult at best to find a manager who has tho reouisite ability to ho u city manager and is willing (o serve in (hut capacity even nt n very high salary. Hut it will be next to impos sible to obtain tho services of such a man if ho shall bu liable to have his career as city 'manager cut shorl bv the recall, in case ho shall lake meas ures that will antagonize a consider able part of the community, as his sense of duty might easily compel hint to do. Hut tho wrong man chosen to bo city manager because (he right one could no be engaged, might easily be come a "political boss," and with Ihe power and patronage vested in him, could so strengthen himself that ho would retail his job in spite of ef forts to iccall him, especially if, as is usual, only a small pint of the vot ers took part in tho recall election. A tho above objections, "cover the main reasons for my not favoring Ihe new charier, 1 will close this by giv ing yon some light oli what the pros. J enl city iidmiuWlmliou has accom plished during llio year ol 1011. Asj chaiiinau of finances, I will uive here a condensed statement of what has 4 been done and which the c"l mimuil reports will give in deluil later. We have tih'd to follow mil the principles on wjiielt we were elected, vir., efficiency- and economy. The payroll, for the year of UM.'l was :i.V.U0: we have i educed tins .ilKHUI. which has been done not bv crippling Ihe efficiency, hut hv laving olf su perfluous employes which does not mean that one man is doing three men's work, hut which does incnn that three men were emploxed to do one man's work. It has heeji said that we nrc making one iiiiiu do three men's work. It would be an absolute impossibility for one mutt to do even (wo men's work. If a man is receiv ing good pay. it is his dulv to do nil in his power hence lhat is his limit. We luno aNo saved on streets and roads mid water $lt!,00S.'j:i, which umkesa total of ifJ.VI'JS.-W. Our gravity water system has been oor hnulcd and is now in better shape than it ever was. Our streets nnd mads lmu been kept in Ihe best of condition ami our fire department is belter equipped than ever before. Xow, instead of a new eil,y char ier, we are more grenllv in need of a ground lloor office with more room and n fireproof vault o as to keep all valuable cilv documents, safely. The vacant lot beside the cilv hall could be ulilurd reasonably for this purpose nt a co( of iihout S.'OOO. as nil that is rcunired there is cud walls mid nof. This would nlso gie u a more commodious city hall, or council chamber up-tnirs. and with ample room for nil city liTfiee under one roof. This present council has been en gaged throughout the pst eur in making practical improvements, Theie is much Inlk of the present clintlcr being uutiiuatcd, but we have found nothing injl that hinders prof, tical work bring done by prnctieiil men. To quote from the New Year's edi torial of our esteemed paper, The Sun, "there me numerous promise, but what we all want is results." It mntters no so much what the charter of n city i, for without nraetienl men to administer it. the most excel lent nnd oluminoiis f chatters will not give saiisfaelorv icuilts, but, with the right men at the helm ii noor charter can he improved by ordi nances from time p timc,hs the need presents il-elf, nmOso In- minle into a very creditable and efficient nuc. It is easy to thcorixe, but to obtain the right results you must have men of practical e.erieiice to work them out. Theoretically, ninny things may look fen sihle nnd very much to he desired, but when they are put to the test they prove erv dear experi ments. I look the office I hold for the express jmrposo of trying to dent ons(rntethe need and benefit of practical, not theoretical work. This lias not been n "bid of roues," for I have met with considerable opposi tion, hut what I have accomplished for tho good of the city will speak for itself. All of the reductions we have made in salaries, etc., this past cnr bus enabled us when milking up the city budget to lower our tux ussess ment for next venr. '. V. MI-'DYN'SKI. Mcdford, Jan. '.', ll)l.i. A CiHid Itcsoliitlou. To help build up Mcd'ord payrolln by smoking Governor .Johnson or Mt. Pitt ctgarf. BE0!IGE HOUSE HOLD EXPENSES! Ha'e Vm Own Cough Medicine Tho illiTcrcnio 1 1 byr4 ona of tie roost cinclent, k'est a 1st up-to-il.it cough an 1 cold remedies (which c. n U made at home), and buying tho old ordinary, rcady-mndo hinds, U that wli llio new one you g-.-t n!l puio medlclnr Instead of buying n l.ryu proportion sugar and water, hetddc paylug for lint ties, corkn mid lal.eM; nud it usually r. qnlrei 2 to 3 botilciof thuold-fauhloned ready-mpdo mutdles break up t cough or cold, while 2 ounces (50c wot ih of SchlEfmunn'a new Coucunlruted IJr. pectoraut, which h r.o ttronnly concon trated that 2 outlet?, wlieu mixed at honi with simply ono pint of KiunulRteH hurhi and one-lmlf jilnt of water, t)ial;i u lul pint (1G ounces) of excellent cough icro cdy, nud will l Mifliclvut to prob.ihlj lust tho wludu family the entire whiter It positively contains 0 chloroform opium, morphine or oilier narcot.lt?, unt' Usopluiuant that children like to take It, Arr.'iiKuincnt3 liavu been m.iilo with di uj Htoro named below to refund tho mum, to any person who fiiult; it docs not nivc nerfectsatlifuctlon. or If it is not fnuuil the very best remedy cveruidfurcuiih.1,1 coins, bronciiitl.i.troiiri. wuoopiuKCoiiKi undhonrseness, You will bctheiiole judge, nnd under the noltivo Riiatuntee by these drucKlxis, absolutely no risk Is iu;i in buying thU remedy. I'orsalaliereby Med foul Plinriuary John A, Perl UNDEETAJOJE Lady Aiilsunt H B. liAUTLKTT Phone M. 4,1 im 47-JB AiubulMf (MhttIo DffKty Cor' BEN HEARINGS F E WESTERN RAILROADS WASHINGTON. .Inn I Public hearings on rrelglit rale lucieiises pro. 1 posed hy railroads west of tho MIs.h liedppl river will begin In CIiIchro on I'Ybrunry I, and will bo conducted by Intersloto Commorett CouiiuNhIou. or Daniel. The hearings will mark tho bo - OR RATE INCREAS II i .f . i iii( pnjn ii in it niiniiu itllllli'l itj iii" lining In public of an Important rnto ,.nusu t,c urla wold In im-at ewltes the cane ossonllnlly dlfferOnt from the I klilticM. they Nvomo nvvrwurkrdi kH Vecent enMerii ease, In that the west-! "h'KKilt i'W' up und cuino all mirU ol em mails me mil mmIHi.v f.,r i.,ri i dlntteM, jurtlculnrly bncknclui nnd ndv em ron.is mo not nsl lug for n horl- j fry , tl.o Ultlnov region i rlicuiuMla twin xoutal Incrvnue In nil ralen. but an t K,., Witer Iio.i.Iiic1h, ncl.l ntuiuncli. con- ; IncrenKo based upon traffic eoiull-; ntlpnliun, torpid llcr, uleeplmitu'ini, I tloiiH and upon the movement of In-1 ,""'V"'r ,'n,, ,,rl,"r' 'rriintion. illvlilimi i.lM'..a im.i ,.mm.i...iin... rl, naiinenl venr Nick litirtt or fcM HI , dual i inmM and loniuiodllles. nnn,t nc, , f, it 0f hUMfr borne of tho nilMiuces proposell ng-( UiUiern you. gi't nlxiiil four ouncc nf gregating as niiielt as HO per cent Jad Malts from nny givhl plmriuncyi while others amount to only two or, !''b0 tnhl'jiHwdid In n glitM of water tnrce per cent, tm nonio Kinds er: traffic no Incientes have been pin- posed. ' i It Is underMoo'd tho wmlorn lonils ! , , , ., , lime onileaored o ralHo tlmlr ratoj. .o Us not to bear too hard on the gen-1 ernl shipper. PLANS TO RAISE To the Kdiier: Since 1 puichasnd the Try place, on the Pacific highway, north of .Med foul, a g i cut ninny jwoplc Iihvo nkcil me what I iuleuil In raise In mv in leresl on Ihe iuvcsltiieril of .film m-i nere. GARDEN I will-siiy Ihst l ciune fumi I'liy-'Two ulliip, Wash., wheie stuiibir laud sills' nt $10011 km' nere. There Ihu ,Maie I principally herricK. I shall plant five neres to lognnherriis, (hrt'e nen- to other berries', Ihivo ncrvt to aspara gus mid ten acics in Kentucky Won der beniis, mid the balance I shall plant to onions, lonmloes, ioni or im thing that Ihe enuuing company here will handle. I will ruise homes nud vcxclubles fur the cunning lac tory here at .Medfnrd. 1 will take wulcr from ihe Itoitue Kixer Valley ('mini ininpnnv ns ns us I can get tny land ninly. I believe THE PAGE MEDFORD'S LEADING THEATRE SS9 m HvW I iMiwfl 111 ik:.Ti MA4r'tiHiiVrt'. J) ulJ FiK i ir ';4 i J I I1 I rCWrnn A 4Kvi I I lilt's r.i.. ;?ix. ivi i r . ixpri b .wisb l??' , i-, -, irji m i LeROY TALMA AND BASCO AND THEIR ALL-STAB COMPANY THE MOST STUPENDOUS AND BE WILDERING MAGIOUL PRODUCT ION THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. $50,000 SCENIC PRODUCTION WITH Aft ALL-STAR VAUDEVILLE Santo Santucci Viz'aref hf the A&drdeon WIT ft A NOTABLE COMPANY OF ENGLISH JUGGLERS WAR TIME PRICES: 25c, 50c, 75c arid $i: Seat Sale Now On At Theatre ; ' . 'HUH IH NOT A MOVINO WLTUItU thlil lletti' creek Inittoiu Is us good I laud us I have seen uiiywhelo, Iml llluiil; il should he irrlgiilcd lo ohliiln i the lies! rcsii)s, I 11 H. I belli M), milicttliiil adapl cd In ihoiM'owlnir of Ihe eiops hitc IBS MEAT IF BACK AND KIDNEYS HURT Take a ftlau of Salts to lluih Kiilnoyn If lllaihlor bothors you Drink lota of water. Kntlng tnc.it regularly eventually pro " J" M,lm'-V ,r,V T "' m) '"' k(j,icv, , ,,, nol flll(,. .j.,,,, r,ou, al( is umite from llie acid of grupei niul louinii Juice, roliililm-d with lltlila, S"'1. hi' j1' .""d tr wnrrnUpiH In nuh clegged JjIiIiiojh untl ullmulnte tlicui to normal activity, nlo toneutralUetli lu-'idn In tint urine no It no longrr Irrl vi"i uiciiitinv iir n irn uhv hihi vinir lllll'H. tlllll .tnllni lilmlilnr illinnlnra I tfad SalM cumiot Injure nnyotiri nukei a dellglitful clfervenceiit llttil.i w.ttcr drink wlilrli nillllmn of men ami wonu'it Inko now and tlmn to keep tlio khliievs and uriimrv orgam cImm, tlnu uviilillng scrluun khlnry dliraie. JJf Theatre Tt)l. Our Mutual Girl l.e M A Soul Astray Iti el " Sin lotigli,i Drama, I fnleii The Dog of Flanders Two Part ThniihoiiNcr His Favorite Pastime Ke.nioiio Comedy utf Seil a-IOc Wiif esffaiki, 4.1 1 1 'A. CARMO niilni'd hImjvi', ami at the price- I paid it U the cheapest land ol' any on llio eoiis, 'er truly, ' CAM. I. iMKKKII.r.. STARIii Qunlity Features Rvcry Day Moncluy.Tuosday Mr. Frnncia X. Bushman And nn all star company in An Unplanned Elopement Ono Part Mls.'j Mjibol Trunnpllo In a Two-Part Drama A Question of Identity Hearst-Selig War News A Myatory Fcaturo Within An Ace In Two Parts 4 A George Ado Fablo Aggie and the Aggravated Attacks , No fcaturo too good for our patrons Admission Always FIVE AND TEN CENTS Out Your .Next Hull ot K LOTHES .Mni: nv L E I N pin" us $'.do in Alio ('loaning, Proming and Altering ti!N i:. .Mnlii. Uti.inlr One Night Monday, Jaiu 4 Warner & White Eccentric Dancers i W-" "rtr ""r,y