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WHEAT PRICES
OF AN E
CHICAGO, ,Tnn. 0. Wheal prices
lropied today ns it fdmek with n
hammer. Opening prices were in some
cases nearly 2 rents n bushel lower
tlmn lnt nijjht, May Fcllinjj down to
$1.3!), as compared w .fti-MhO
$1.30, ns compared with $1..-10 nt
ycstonlay'K cloe.
Fear of tlio effect; of lull: of an
embargo on the export of bread
stuffs, ns well as on arm', and am
munition, had much to do with the
sudden decline.
Despite the fact that btiyinjr on the
part of exporters and domestic mill
ers afterward rallied prices slightly,
tho market seemed to po to pieces in
in the final qunrtcr hour of the ses
sion. Quotations fell a full cent a
bushel below the lowest point at the
stnrl, May selling as low ns $1.38.
Conditions nt the cloe were much
disordered nt a decline of '.! to 2ai
net.
ROUT OF ANGELES
KL PASO, Tex., .Jan. fl A battle
evidea ly occurred vcMerdny at Hu
mes Arirpc, Cohuilu. The oiticinl
Carrau.a rcj)ort received toilay stat
ed that the t loops of the first chief
under Generals Villareal and Guiter
re utterly routed the Villa command
under General Angeles, cuptiiriirj; all
the Villa artillery.
The buletin issued from the Villa
consuate here declared that Angeles
forces defeated decisively the Cur
raiiwt hoop-, copturinj; their artil
lery. 4
I COMMUNICATION.
llit I'mpovcil Cliy Charter
I have been ica.litu; it oer care
fullv and 1 have failed to eo any
tiling in that lenglhy .document which
would give tlio people of our delight
ful city of .Medford any relief what
ever instead of keeping the city ex
penditures nt the present mark. Thoy
would hnvo to be inciencl, if noth
ing' nioi c than the gieat managcr'n
salary.
Aio tliop seven of our very ablest
men so unfit (even with three attor
ney) in tho bunch) to understand
their ntitttiiiiitr needs
Would thi manager know morn
about the city's needs than all the
other seven f
Again, what great improvements
arc in tho air to he prunned down
upon our already oveihurdened tax
payers? Are we ready to pay our
delinquent taxes and uesnmcntn?
Are we ready to vote for more? Can
wo pay for them?
Let us Mop and sift those fines
tions to the bottom before wn cast
our ballot. Lot us liist iccovcr Iroin
tho effects of our wild ru-.li and then
wo can stand more of it. Let us use
plenty of common souse as we go ou
vnrd ami upward and wo will all be
more contented ami more pin-pcrnus
and our so-called knockers will nil
disappear.
And again, it virtually lakes nenrlv
nil the power away from the people.
Now, Hen tells us, wc can use tho re
call on any officer at once. Well,
that's surely going some, Head tlio
charier and see if that is the case.
Can tho peoplo vote for their city
treasurer and recorder? We can an
pwer that with an (X) no.
1 could go on and on with more like
the above, but 1 consider enough said
to convince every voter who lin a
Greater Medford at heart, built up on
n square deal ami sound basis,
Your, do, A, FJNDEGAH.
DROP
RUMOR
MBARGO
THAT RENTERS' TICKET
A SUPPORTER of (ho Standstill ticket, or Indepen
dent ticket as it is labelled on the ballot, slurred the
Progressive "Business "Men's ticket as a "Renters' ticket."
Hero's the truth:
Mr. Gates, candidate Tor mayor, owns his home and a
tract of land outside the eity. In addition, he owns a largo
business.
Mr. Mann, candidate for council from the first ward,
owns his own home and a large store and is probably the
largest taxpayers among the oouncilmanie candidates.
Mr. Schieffelin, candidate in the second ward, who, by
the way, is a native son of Jackson county, rents his resi
dence, but conducts a large business and is, a heavy tax
payer. ie 4
'Dr. Dargreave. candidate in the third ward,owns his
home as well as a business.
All of these candidates are successful business men,
conducting enterprises creditable to any sized city, despile
unfavorable times. All are men of reputation, ability and
integrity. It is true that they are renters in the sense that
they rent storerooms and furnish employment to a large
number of persons.
Jt is also true none of them own buildings rented as
saloons, and none of them own brick blocks, whose upper
floors are questionable "lodging houses" rented for im
moral purposes, from which disorderly women have been
frequently ejected.
ON WHICH SIDE ARE YOU?
S election ucars, the lines
the question of adopting
the opposition is based upon
Jor the charter arc the great majority oL progressive,
enterprising citizens and community builders.
Against the charter are the town knockers, the curb
stone pessimists, the tightwads and the calamity howlers.
For the charter arc the majority of the present coun
cil, most of the business men, the great majority of tho pro
fessional men, and nearly till the broad-visioned men of
the community.
Against the charier are the chronic grumblers, the mail
order patrons and a certain type of landlord, beneficiaries
of unearned increment.
For the charter are the clergymen, the Women's Chris
tina Temperance Union and the aioral influences of the
community.
Against the charter are the saloons.
On which side tire you?
In the January issue of The American City, the maga
zine of national reputation and ranking firse as aa author
ity oa civic aad municipal nffairs, appears the following
editorial statement: "The rapid spread of the city man
ager idea in charter drafting is the most hopeful tendency
in American municipal government. The report of the
committee of the National Municipal league containing the
statement that the city manager plan "is the aiost ad
vaaeed and scientific form of municipal organization yet
suggested ' is very significant."
Business Should
Ilusiness begnn to halt in the Unit
ed States two years ago because of
an impending change of administra
tion at Washington; it continued to
halt because of an impending change
in the tariff; it kept on baiting be
cause of anti-trust legislation and an
imjcndiug change in the banking and
currency system; it actually stood
still temporarily on the outbreak of
the European war, because of the be
lief that the investing and creditor
nations would make a raid on the
gold reserve. All this is past nnd
gone. The democratic administration
did not overturn things; it removed
all uncertainly legording the tariff;
it gave the country nothing runic ex
treme in anti-trust legislation than
bud been received from two previous
republican administration; it reor
ganized the bnnking nnd currency
system along lines that have been
pronounced satisfactory by the mon
eyed iuteresls; it has carried the gold
icscrvc safely through the crisis.
.Moreover, the tariff - uestion i. out
of the way for some years to come,
ami impoilcrs and manufacturers
know exactly on what basis thev can
make their calculations; the banking
and current'- question is out of the
win1, and there is no occasion or ex
cuse for "unsettled conditions" on
this scoie. Knitbermore, tho gold
lescrvo is immense and iiuthrcatened,
the bank vaults arc full of ready
money; the cro - tremendous in vol
OFFER SUBSTITUTE
E
WASHINGTON', Jan. J). A substi
tutc to the ship purchase bill author
izing the president to acquire vessels
suitable for naval auxiliaries at a
cost not exceeding .f.'IO.OOO.OOO, for
which I 'a nam n bonds would bo sold,
was introduced today by Senator
Cummins. All such ships would be
under the secretin-" of the nnvv in
stead of a shipping corporation, as
the administration bill proposes, and
in times of peace, those not needed
by tho naval force would bo leased to
those engaged in foreign commerce.
With Medford traue Is Medford made
C
atEDFOtti) majj; TrviBimR.
are more clearly drawn on
the new charter. Mosl of
ignorance or prejudice.
Now Go Forward
ume, arc commnndin; high prices;
foreign governments are pouring in
orders that aggre'ito hundreds of
millions; the president promises that
there shall be no further legislation
touching business, big or small, nnd,
lnst, but not least, the railroads havn
been granted the advance in rates
winch thev claimed would insure
their prosperity.
One might go on reciting reasons
why the United States, presently and
prospectively, is on n much rounder
footing financially, industrially and
commercially than it hns been at any
time in, sny, the last live, and per
haps in the last ten years. In com
mon with the rest of the world, it has
just felt a mighty shock, but, unliko
some of its sister nations, it has ro
covered from it. Among all tho na
tions of tho earth today it seems to
be in the best position to give nn ex
dilution of confidence in tho future.
Its optimism would be cheering to the
depressed everywhere. Its example
of prosperity in pearo would exert a
widespread moral influence over pop
ular thought abroad.
There is no good reason that wo
can seo why tho United Stutes should
not face tho now year with all its
promises of belter things. The coun
try is in the enjoyment of exceptional
opportunities. Hy making proper use
of them it can perforin a good part
for all the world. Let every one get
to his post and do his part. Chris
tian Science .Monitor.
BRANDEIS B 10
Ef
WASHINGTON. Jan. 0. Argu
month iu support of the bill to legal
ize price-fixing, were made befoio the
house commerce committee today Im
LoiiU I), Ilraiidcis of Boston and nth.
eis. .Mr. Hrandcis argued that tho
bill would prevent "nliani bargain
sales," which, he said bv "destroying
the confidence of consumers in stau
(laid goods," were an evil that af
fected the whole commuiiitv.
A Good Ilesuliitlou.
To help build up .Medford payrolls
by smoking Governor Johnson or
Mt. I'ltt clfe'uu.
medfokd, oTtrcfloyr. satpudav, .tanuauv .),
IAJ. LADY X1COT1XH COMICS MOM
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if
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W?S CUHAArHlHCION-LOVP
Tti.it tuhacio U nn liucntlw la lntlli I- Hi" llini (,m I. il.ui nf .Mit ('turn
Vuhliistoul.opp, llu 1'ivaili v ifc of mi Amciliiiii. wlui hi i tome to A tucrl.it
to uilti-( Miiul.lnj: Mipi'In" fur "tier l.." in nlic. put It. nt Hie front tu tin
gixMt i;uioM-'in i uiiflkt
In her pretty Trench wny ihli clinriulns; nuitnui cf I'mme mid - -Iiri
a siunKcr of Hie holm-c of a . Is.ir. a . IsMtWie or li I'll , nnd u imil.c a u
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lutert"lc), Irtlinlilc tain
llll ail. II un
in.,i !, ,111'.'. Itl ,1 Uhll
And Mr Washington l.npp t.iiou
Stic hart heard tin liit of I lit Ih
uiiimLu s!li. Iiih INli.n.il In llii Iiliilliti
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i oi.e of the ii.ti-ts oiitu ltd uKU llu Au.erl in lUwplt-il In I'ur'i fti- I- I
cu.liUHi.ctlc Iu tur traUe uf lli.n ItibntHluii cpe ulo It altlU.iU- luunl !
toliuoco. . I
The Open Fires of the Soul
(From Minneapolis Journal.)
When the weather is half winter
and the other half late in September,
and the fires are inclined to run low,
the open fireplace resumes some of
its last ceuturv functions iu the
household, nnd the cheerful flicker
ing of the light dn the walls and cur
tains tells a story of home and health
still far from forgotten, no matter
what the "best " seller.'' somtiiucs
seem to try to milke nut.
Philosophers and friends of the
rnce may take n note of cheer from
the return of tho old fireplace to the
American home. It mav well be that
it i fully as expensive as the mot
elaborate "gas grate," with it, sadly
artificial burning log that is ueer
consumed, but of that nothing can
be made for an argument. 1'or the
real fireplace stands for sincerity,
the contemplative pleasures of the
soul and tho abiding love of home and
all that the word implies.
What moving picture so moving as
the gentle lapping of the flame on the
hearth where harmony reigns and
where nothing can disturb or destroy.
The chill corners ami dm fly hallways
do not need to depend nn this small
snored flame to mitigate their harsh
ness now, for the radiators nnd regis
ters may bo depended on to care for
their mnlady of cold. The mission of
the open fire is not so much to the
body ns to the soul. Ilcflcction, some
degree of solitude, has been onn of
the greater needs 'of the people of Iho
new race. Ileforo the opn fire, who
can resist the chnrru of reflection, or
escape thn solitude nf himself, no
matter who shares tho generous half
circle of the largo room, the real J
From Everlasting to Everlasting
(Charles II. Hhlnn in tho Public)
In tho times of doubt, of chango,
ot upheaval, when tho fountains of
tho deeps a to broken up, and prim
itive passions i tin looso among men
ono has to consider tho verdicts of
othor days, In tho calm, after wur,
when tho whirlwinds woro dead,
Suppose, If you like, that It Is writ
ten upon tho nnrolllni; scroll of
"present politics; future history" (to
tiKo "Norman Conquest" Fioeniun'u
phraso) that ouo loiiB-proparcd war
rior nation conqiterH IOuropo, both
hemispheres, and nil tho hou-IhIuihIh,
tho oceans, Iho last fastnesses of
tho mountains, tho uttermost oases
of tho deserts. Suppose Unit this
reloutlcKs victorious nation attempts
to rule and remould all the children
of tlio earth as Atlantis, Assyria,
Kgypt, Macedonia, Home tried, and
failed. Suppose that wo, for our
blindness, our laziness, our stupidity,
our selfishness, our materialism, or
Inveterate habit of stoning (or neg
lecting) our juopheta, aro lo pass
through these tleop waters, aro to
sound uncharted seas of disaster, aro
to Iobo this our civilization and onco
more llvo In huts, by campflios, In
tlio waste places of tho nutlands,
Still thero would bo those who
drew their slroncth and silence
spin It by spark, from t)io all behold
ing ulars, Still would the eccdu of
- ll ,l..lT ,, , .'.i,,!".. I iiij t HI l.v
She l.n I u at the front ,i miiim
In Hit mudd.t Iteiii'lics for ."iiictliln: ti
uf III, xiitt!'it,-i! Itl lilt liu.lill :l
shrine of the contemplative soul 1
The open fire is much like the small
baby. When it is around, the nitra
tion gnius no foothold in aii thing
else. It absorbs mid monopolizes.
Conu'rxntion lug, dumps and be
comes impossible. It is seen to be a
thing of dinners mid of chance meet
ings ami of "set pieces" in set places.
In the piesrii f the open fire it
becomes nn impertinence and a su
perfluity. The only laiiguaifo is the
language of the soul, the silent com
munings ami the telepathic inter
change of whatever minds are at
tuned. The brain and tin scuscit, like
the eyes, are half closed, ami it is
the intuition rather than tint mulct
standing that reaches and doc not
feel the need of grasping.
Far better the fireplace and the!
Msiou than the steam heat of com
inert1) ami a competence. No matter
what the outward possessions, the
mind imprisoned in them will hen
against the bars, or keep its cease
less igil back ami forth, back ami
forth, like some wild thing caged, and
with nothing left but the memory of
freedom forfeited to "comfort."
We ought to take hen it about pro
pic. Their salvation is from within,
ami no one ever wander ipute so far
away, but the discomfort of wrong
living ami wrong thiukincr tend to
drive him back. Mack where? Hack
home, where the open lire of llu soul
smolders on the hearth, wailing for
the fuel that is always at hand.
Mount hue its symbols, the open wood
fires in tho health, fdow with in
creasing frctpiencv on the mviuitl
hearths of American homes. .May
they never grow less.
truth, of justice, of liberty remain
on earth, taking root, nouo might
say how, In tho hearts of children
Still the earth would hnvo saints and
martyrs, Onco again, In tho fullness
of tlmo an always before, the
mighty nnd seemingly unronqtior
alilo dominion founded upon Forco
would go crashing down Into Irro
trlovablu wreck. It would nt last
iperoly ."point a moral or adorn a
tain." Tho new world capital, (lioncli
guarded by utmost sciences of disci
pline, would bocomo "ouo with llahy.
Ion and Tyro"; tho now war loid
would only bo remembered with
"Oyninndlas, King of KIwjh," by bis
broken staun of stone Iu the desert,
nuil bis "sneor of cold command."
Theto Is a moral order to tho Unl
vorso "from overlastlng to ovorlast
Ing," nnd when history, writing of
this whole affair, came to sum It up,
a thousand years from now, It would
writ; "In tlio twoutloth century after
Christ there came another Attlla who
broke tho nations to pieces ntTaWrlcd
to reshape, tho world with his war
hammer. HvorythliiK pasHcdHlirough
tho flro; tho lies and blunders of our
civilization perished, and much be
sides, but nt last a better and happier
social order developed, At laut mou
learned how to llvo tosother with
out hale, Tho war deeds of this
Attlla aro not worth recording, nnd
even hlu burial place is forgotten."
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STILL UNCONSCIOUS
SKATTI.i:, Wicdi., Jan. I).- L. An
ifci'Miu, it llgbt lieiivywi'iulit piiro
f'mhter, known in th ring ax duck
Newton, who collapsed lnt night (
tcr heiiikt beaten bv Ike Cobeu Iu a
boxing bout before the Pnoilio Alh
letie club, an oruutiikolitiu comiio-eil
of city policeiueu and tin'iiH'ii, dieil
todaywilhoiit lemiiniii" consciouM-
IIKAS.
Cohen and I'. M. Milehell, n xeeond I
iu (he fiith I, are in the city lull in
defuult of bail. I.ounie Austin, iff
ciee; Dun Salt, master of eeiemonies,
nnd Sammy Good and .1. J. ,MeGinle,,
seconds, were aiicstcd al'terlhe fighl
and icleased on 1100 bail pi'iuliuj; the
oiileoniO of Anderson's injuiic". Pr.
I. T. Ilanley, the club phyieian, e
amined the uieii before thev enleieil
the ting and pioimunccil lln'in fit.
The unloi lunate mail showetl poor
I'm m iu the right, and m the thin!
i omul weal down fioin a right mwiiiv
on the jaw, lie slaggeieil o his feet
after nine had been counted, and Co
hen stepped forward to knock out Ins
helpless ailtauonisl, hut the icfeiie
iiiteifeted nnd ratd Aiuhi ou b
dccliiiiut Cohen I lie winner
GRANTS SS. a.In. !. - The rec
iinl'iundo h Dr. I(edd iu his trav
els during 101.1 hud the perambula
tions of Wilhnm Jennings Hrynu
crowded to the edge ot the map, bill
a tabulation of figuies at the Ifeilih
office shows that iu 10! I the doctor
out-trnvclcil himself, Iu promoliin;
the mteiesls of the municipal radio. id
ami the extension to the const, the
doctor uiiido two trips ucto-s the
continent iiutl numerous ones to olht r
points of the compass, the tl.t sepa
rate journeys totalling -S,:t.l.t miles.
Of this dislaiiec, 'Jli.'JliO wcie bv mil
ami U07.1 were bv automobile Mr.
ItVddv w'lU tho oeeupoul of a bei'lb in
I ln Pullman slrepci's (ill nit-lit ilming
John A. Perl
UNDERTAKER
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Interesting Entertaining Educational
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Also
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Admission 5, 10, 15c. Matinee 2 P. M.. Evening 7 o'clock
Iho ypury and Jill niglils of llio!lll.t
were passed at his homo Iu Mudfoid,
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piiHiMi thin tho federal government
I ulu over all Coos lluy Impioveiuciits
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