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Newspaper Page Text3 t immmmmmmmsmmmBssaammssmmssB MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AtJ' INDfel'ttNni'NT NtnVMl'APRR rUUI.lHIIKI) KVKttY AKTISIlNOON J.NOKI'T KUNIIAV IIY THIS AIKM'OIU) 1MUNTJN0 CO. .Office Mnll Trillium fliilMlnir, 25.27-.J Norm Kir nircei) iciojiiiono vi TIib Drmnenitlfl Tflnt-M. Tlio Mrdtoril Mnli, Tlio McrtMnl Tribune. The Souili- cru urpgnninii, Tito Afiunnii 'inuuiic. HUHBCRrPTIOW RATES One yctir, ! wmi ...... ... . ... s oo ime month, by. mnli - .60 I've mom i, iipiivorcu t enrrier in MtMlforil. Phoenix, Jncksonvlllo hml ontral Pollit ....... -....-.- .Bo Hnturilay only, by mitll, per yonr. S.oo WcrHly, per yoar ............ 1.80 Ofrlclnl Pnper of tlie City or Mcdfonl. Official Paper of .Inrksou County. Mnlpifd an rtccimil-clnss manor nl Mrdfnnl, Orceon, utulcr (lie act of March 3, 48TP. Oworn Clrculnllon for 1911, SR88. l'titl ironed wire .Associated Press dis patches, J. Subscrlbcro falling to rccclvo pnporo promptly, phono Clrcu- Intlnn Manager at 2S0H. LI CONVENTION IMS BUSINESS PLANS ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21. I Several him tired delegates representing the lead ing commercial organizations of the United States, attended tho opening KCsMiui of the second nntional ,irndc convention, which met here today. After preliminary addresses of welcome by Mayor JCicl of St. Louyj and by Samuel D. Capcn, president of the St. Louis Business Men's league, nn address trns delivered by Secretary of Commerce Itedfield. Pennnnent organization was ef fected and tho convention began con sideration of problems of interna tional law ns they affect American commerce during tho present Euro pean war. Tho principal address on this topic was made by Professor John Hassott Moore, former counsel lor of tho state department. After a discussion of tho points raised in Mr. Moore's address, the convention heard nn address bv John J. Arnold of Chicago on "foreign blinking, loans and credits." The afternoon session was to be devoted to n consideration of the government regulation of commerce as it affects foreign trade and to the problems of tho small manufacturer who desires foreign tnidc. . E GRANTED 10 OACIA WASHINGTON, Jun. 21, No in euranco on the hull of tho steamer Dacla, tho former Hamburg-American liner now under tho American flag will bo granted by tho federal war risk Insurance bureau, but a policy will, bo Iksuud nrobubly today on her cargo of cotton. A distinction between tho cargo and tho hull of tho Dacla has been found by the bureau on tho ground that tho cotton Is absolutely vested in American citizens and It Is not clossod as contraband. British au thorities have Indicated that tho Dacla lioraolf Is certain to bo taken into a prlzo court to determine whether the question of hur transfor of flag was bona fldo. FATHER OF PRESIDENT OF SENATE PASSES AWAY AI.HAXV, Or., Jan. 21. Itufu-. Thompson, father of W. I.air Thomp son, purulent of the Oiegon senate, died at his homo here late last night. Mr Thompson, who was prominently known in Oregon, is survived bv his Vile and eight children, the other be ing Dr. Fred Thompson, Si Jem; Hu bin Thompson, Ilcno, Nov, : Mrs. C. I). Howies, Kentllo; Mrs. PJint, Sun Francisco; Mrs. Prank Parront, Port laud; Misses Cassie and Itutli Thomp son of tb'w city. COMMUNICATION. I 4 ,; To tho IJdlter: PIcaso uccopt my thunks for sam plo copy of your Issue of January 1st. This pnper is certainly vory attrac tively gotten up and Is a credit to your institution. I note from rovlowing tho pages that Medford still continues to pro gress and giow and undoubtedly Is ami will remain the metropolis or southern Oregon for many years to come if not for all time, and again assuring you of my appreciation of your thoughfulncss Jn romemberlng mo, bpllova juc, Most sincerely yours, A, 11. OAM.OWAY. Senttjo, Jan. 10. NA N N THP COST OF E Yl'JRY U'jislalm'0 moots, talking economy. The taxes are Kohii? to foe cut, commissions abolisluul, officials eliminated and hoards, consolidated. Hetoro much prog ress is made, however, it is discovered that most of the commissions have boon created in response to popular demands; that most ot the that it costs just so much to etlic.ioncv. Cost of government h as . tn demand more government vice corporations be regulated. They demand that, the public health bo looked after. They demand that livestock be watched, that fruitgrowers be assisted, that highways be built, that reclamation be assisted, that the insane, the defectives and the sick be cared for. They demand pro tection from the vultures of business, protection for work men in hazardous employment, regulation for the benefit ot the working girl and regulation ot almost every indus try for the benefit of the public. Dairies and food must be looked after for the publh health, manufacturers must must be kept on a safe basis, wildcat concerns must he kept from fleecing the public, insurance companies must be kept from extortion, fish and game must be protected and replenished, epidemics of disease kept from spreading, for ests be kept from destruction, ist, livestock be kept sanitary and new industries encour aged. Children must be kept in school and schools provided, the quacks eliminated from preying on the public, sailors be kept from being shanghaied, farm development assisted by experiment stations and a score of regulations main tained, all tending to benefit humanity. All these so-called frills the public welfare. It is easy to show the increase in cost to the taxpayer, compared with the cost of a decade or two decades ago,' but the increased benefits received must also be remembered. ' A few years ago there was no government in the sense there is now only the general administration. Public service corporations robbed the people as they pleased, epidemics raged unchecked, banks wildcatted at will, bogus insurance concerns swindled the people, workmen were killed without compensation and a score of other abuses were tolerated all "within the law." And there were no roads in the modern sense. ti i -i' it f i i .. i i. i. -almost evcrv one ol uicse about after a hard-fought struggle, resisted fiercely by the special interests benetitting thereby. Juich one is the re sult of popular will, and it would be a long step backwards to return to the old methods. Lower taxation is desirable, but low taxes is not the chief end of government. There probably is room for economy, and business methods will probably reduce ex penditures, but there can bo no wholesale reduction with out crippling efficiency. Hence, when the session is over it will be discovered that expenditures will be not much reduced. The legislature's main work is to see that value is received for money expended. Even the much heralded saving through cutting out the $50,000 appropriation for maintaining the stateinnnigra tion board is a questionable economy. Its business was attracting immigration to Oregonto exploit and develop its resources. In brief, it was the publicity end of the state government. A state three-quarters undeveloped, with a sparse population, surely should do something in the way ot publicity work and liot leave the entire burden to the various localities. The same applies to the state bureau of mining, which has made a valuable mineral survey of the state to open up and develop what should be its greatest source of wealth, but which has been long neglected. And if we take the list of those so-called "useless" commissions, we will find each one of them doing a useful work, most of them officered by public-spirited citizens serving without re muneration for the good of the cause. RAISING SALARIES LARGE part of the legislature's work consists in raising salaries for countv officials. The system is wrong, because the people who pay these salaries am not given a chance to pass upon them. As a matter of fact, all county salaries should be fixed by the county commis sioners, with the right of referendum. A bill has been introduced fn the legislature to raise the salarv of the countv treasurer of Jackson county to $1800 a year from $1200." "When the salary was fixed at $1200, the treasurer only had the work of acting as custodian of the county funds as received from the various officials, and the bookkeeping connected therewith. To this the leg islature of 1913 added the collection of taxes, doubling the work and responsibility of "the office. There can be no valid objection to increasing the treasurer's pay, as the work should be adequately paid for. However, we find the legislature of 1913 increased the allowance of the sheriff's office for Jackson county by $300. The sheriff now receives $2500 a year, $1500 for deputy, $800 for expenses. The excuse was that the sheriff had in addition to the sheriff's work the collection of taxes. However, this reason no longer exists, as the treasurer is now tax collector. If the county treasurer's salary is increased because of the work of tax collecting, the sheriff's should bo pro portionately reduced, because he is no longer tax collector. SPECIAL AGENT HERE TO PROBE Guh A. Lovegren, bpeeinl agent of the depaitment of the interior, i in the valley to investigate complaints Ijiat in' uiiult1 U'gtirding Ihe cutting of timber J'lom the government lands MTCDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. GOVERNMENT oil totals earn their money and run the government and secure increased because the people They demand that, public ser- install safety devices, banks county fairs enabled to ex cost money, but they are for re tonus nave ueeu uuiugut and to make inquiry into the manner in which homcHtendorn have complied with the rc'inircmentri of the home stead luw before makiii" final pi oof. Numerous conipluintu repot t parties cutting wood from government land in southern Oregon. Mr. Lovegreu also has a number of controversies regarding applications for home stead within forest resorveH in tho Mcdftird district to iiivosligsito and lo icpott upon to the department. MEDFORD, OREGON. TIWKSDAY. JANtTATW 21, What They Say of (Suleiu Capital .loiiriinU The Med ford Mull Tribimu Nmied one of tho most comprehend o New Year'n editions printed in tlio north went. It was handsomely Illustrated and neatly printed. (Koseburg News.) The New Year edition of Ihe Mod ford Mail Tribune, consisting of four sections nlid thirty-two pages, was a splendid tribute to the enterprise of that paper. Profusely tilled with do. seripiious and excellent pieluies of the places of interest and scenic beauty in Jackson county, and the territory contiguous to Medford, it cannot fail to be of great benefit, not only to Medford, but to all this part of Oregon. The splendid outs nlid descriptions of Crater lake alone are n notewotthy part or this metropol itan issue. Newberg Knterprio.) The Medford Mail Tribune of thirty-two pages is fully up to the previous annual editions of that en terprising (taper. Its illustrations are of ti character to e.xoile most favor able comment whoretor tho paper is seen. No more earnest or effective work in Oregon's development is dune by nnj paper in tho state than is done by the Mail Tnhuuo. (I'ottland Journal.) Tho Medford Mail Tribune's Now Year's isue, W'i pages, in four see tions, surpasses all of that enterpris ing journal's previous achievements in graphically presenting the tit true tions and opportunities of Medford and tho Kogue Uiver valley. At least half of the issue's space is taken up with illustrations, all of first rate ex cellence from the stnndoint of exe cution, those of a scenic character being surjiassingly impressive. Not able fentures arc a page of views of Crater lake and an entire section de voted to highways, the hitler showing tho new Pacific highway grade over the Siskiyous. (Central Point Herald.) The New Year's edition of tho Mail Tribune is a credit to our county, and the people should give the manage ment genuine suppott by mailing sev eral copies to friends in the cast. The paper is one of the best adver tisements this section of the state has nvi'i- inii' it is well written and full illustrated and every one ought to Complete Kitchen at the Fair WASHINGTON, DjO.Jan. 21. A complete kitchen with a real stove, refrigerator, sltilc. work-tablo and other nece.'snrles Is being sent by tho department of agriculture to San Francisco for the fair. Tills kitchen In not a "model" in tho &onso that ovcry hotisowifo Is to try to make hers uk nearly llku It as possible, but Ih rather a composite of many possible model kitchens which Is designed to Illustrate various essential principles ot convenient kitchen arrangement. Tho American hotisowifo, for whoso special benefit tho model has been constructed, must JiuIko from it what appliances and Improvements in ar rangement will best fit hur pccullur household needs and tbosu of her purse. Ono general Idea emphasized by tho deportment's San Francisco bound kitchen is that tho size of the Why Germany W. II. Halrd, Kcneral manager of the Garden City beet sugar factory, and a man of travel and study In con struction and operation of beet sugar plants, Is an authority on many mat tors of tills nature. Ho Is a student, also, of tho wasto on tho average American production. "Germany sometimes luiighs at us," ho said. "Wo nro too freo with tho organic matter of our soh conserva tion Is In its Infancy." And ho related this Instance,: "Germany buys cotton moat and Unseed meal from this country. She feeds it to her cattle. Tho fertilizer la placed back into tho soil. With this soil, she raises sugar and trades It to tho United States. Trades sugar for inoro cottonseed meal. In other words, Germany lias traded tOAmcr lca tho free and inexhaustible supply of carbon and water for tho diminish ing and invaluable potash, phosphoric acid, nitrogen and organic matter ot tho soil, "Wo trado something wo cannot re place for somothlng wo have plonty of," is tho way General Manager Oalrd expressed It. In tho sugar boot Industry there is no reason why an) thine should bo sold from the soil- If properly car ried out. Take tho sugar beet, It Is plantod, is highly cultivated and grows. It ripens. It is dug and lies on tlio Holds for the workers. In tho first place tho beet top Is a stock food-- n most valuable' stock food, the New Year's Issue help tho nmnugoiuoul hoar the ex pense, ul least to Ihe extent of buying every copy printed and mulling lo their friends In the cast, (Ashland Tidings.) Tho New Year's edition, lIMo, of tho Medford Mail Tribune, is a sub ject for hearty oougmlulntion. Con sideling the deuossed times through out tho country, tho tesults rolled, in a lu'gh degree, tho uptiuiMii ami stamiuu of that community and the courage of Ihe Mull Tribune manage ment to assume such mi uudoi tak ing under the oil omittances. Tho city of Medford N a live number. The people lit it nmintniii, under ndvet sily, the suuio restless spirit Hint ex isted when everything in America was going forward by leaps and bounds. Siteh spit it eauuot ho downed. Med ford will ho among tho lirst of Amor, ieau municipalities to come buck when tho depression of the Kuropeaii war Iom's Its gtip on the country. And the Mail Tribune is in no small degree responsible for tho splendid enterprise mid grit of tho city. (Oold Hill News.) Annual editions of various news, papers mid periodicals, issued lor the purpose of .displaying tho progress and advantages of the utrious coin nuinitios and distticlx, tiro current nl this particular season. I'pou most of these issues the publishers hne bent every of foil toward producing a strongly sustnined mid typographic ally beautiful argument lor (heir lo calities. Southern Oicgou and the Hogue Hiver valley need offer no apology for Ihe splendid representa tion given through, the New Yenr's number or the Medford Mail Tiibutic. Were the issue to be compiled in magazine form, both its subject mat ter and profusion of instructive and beautiful illustrations would make it a best seller on the news stands. As n newspaper it is a typographioal triumph, iind as Ihe courier of south ern Oregon's manifold advantages It is the best word that has gone fotth from the valley since Ihe edition of one year ngo. The aiituml issue of the Mail Tribune depends largely for its support iisin tho Medford dis trict, although it is devoted to the valley generally. It should be more liberally supuorted by tho business men of sister towns and tho country districts when the next opportunity is afforded. oidlnary kitchen bhotild bo small rather than largo if tho room In In bo lined only for the preparation of the meals. It should be as compact as possible to savo traveling back and forth. Tho stove, table, and sink should bo as noar together an In con venient, and the distances to sttppllon and the dining room or pantry should bo short. On tho floor of the floor ot tho model room the distances most commonly traveled In preparing and serving meals aru Indicated by straight lines, "Tho fewer ornaments tho bettor In a housowlfo's workshop" Is tho text of another lesson of this little ex hibit. Corncm are rounded; surfaced are plain; there are as iuw inoldliiKH ns possible to catch dirt which must bo removed with so much uffort. One feature Ih a table with legs tlmt may he raised or lowered to milt tho height of the worker. Laughs at Us It Is pfaced In silos. It In mixed with straw or kafflr, it Is fed out right. After tho fields havu been cleaned of tho tops and beets taken to tho factory, tho hogs aro turned looso In to them It Is flKiired that from i0 to 100 pounds or pork per aero Is gained through this process. The hogs dig up the "leavings" af ter tho crop Is Kathered. Tho tops bring a good price or thoy ran ho left in tho fields whero cattle, will fat- ten upon their richness. Just enough of tho crown of tho boot Is loft with tho top to mako It rch and luscious. Another thing tho root of tho boot long and spreading Is of great benefit to tho soil. Whon tho beet Is (Juk only tho main root Ih oxtractod. Tho myriad of flbrouH roots rot Jn the ground and form a fertilization In the lower strata of the soil. Farm- John A. Perl UNDRTAJa!E ' Lady AfsUst M B. BAIOT.KT7 FbosM J. 7 u 7JI tw,klao Brt ftrtastv fVwOpm For Reliable Stylish Tailoring KLEIN 128 East Man. Unsfalr? SEE HUH era near Onrdeu City have found Hint n field, after two or three eropn of sugar IhiuIh, Is greatly morn proline llvo for other oraim. Fioipienl lentil Ipivo lioon made tho gain of tho Nvhoat or corn or oats or iilfalfn over tho production of a nelghhoilug Held tolls the story, Karmoi'H In this part of the slato have doubled or trebled their soil value whtlout litcrouliit tho acreage, Tim lllioi al fertilization, the deeper plowing and tho,moi'u consistent eiil tlwitlou Impiovo the laud Millies to crops. So wo have the hoot -a good per centage, of sugar, mi Invaluable stuck food In pulp and top and a piecloiiH aid to tho soil -all for tlio raluer. Thin added lo tlm Met that II In a cash 'product. As one oxpeit hint said! "Farm ers will eumigo In sugar beet null tiro In profuionco to Ihe culture of other root ei ops because It Is a casl.mono crop, while other root eiops only can be fed t(i stock, and because after hav ing boon sold for the siiKiir contained In tho beets, fnrmets haul back to their farms the b.ipiodurls which contain all tho elements extraeled from the soil and tlm footling value Is slightly diminished by the uxl tui tion of the sugar " Truly the sumir beet Is an Institu UECHGKB m m ami! Get a 10-cciil box now MtiHt of tho Ills of childhood aro caused by a rour, disordered stomach, sluggish liver ti ud constipated bow els. They catch cold easily, heroine cross, llstlo's, Irritable, feverish, tost leu, tongue coated, don't eat or sleep well and need n gcutlo cleausltiK of tho liowcls- but donl' try lo force a nauseating dose of oil Into the little one's already sick stomach It Is cruel, needless and old-fashioned. Any child will gladly take Casca rels Candy Cathartic which net gently inner gripe or produce the sIlKhtost uneasiness thuugh cleanse tho little one's system, sweeten the stomach and (nil the liver and how els In n pure, healthy condition. Full directions for children and grown-ups In each pnekaKe. Mothers ran rest easy after gl.liiK this gentle, thorough laxative which costs only 10 cents n box at any drug store -Adv. SICK CHILDREN THE PAGE ONIi NIGHT ONLY SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 BUO nyn n? Ji"-iv-,"h1v &m uvu Scat Sale Box Office, Thursday at 10 A. M. PRICES: 25c,'50c, 75c and $1.00 NOT A MOVING IMtTt HI! SHOW D A fT? THEATRE f) I J VJlL Thursday, Jan. U 1 PCKLAND,,,- XyifL CPMBWJO BIG CLIFFORDS arnr.y 2yc79NV HIT! fc im a mMAhm sPBCAvaf iva m r Jfe. mmtmLLLLLLLLLKAFXL&J' MHWT vtiL.n"7'l iuriz mrnmrn VIRQILSBNNBTT ff W FRfiHK TA WPHU. GRSAT TANGOEdQPETCfflMVM QbSTUAftt A RtOT Ttj COLOQ? CMC, SNVIRONMMTJ JUPeRQLy. DCSIGMD , PRICES 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 Scat folc Opens Tuesday. Mail Orders Now. Phone 418 TIIIK IS NOT , MOVIVN PKTt'HH HIIOW a tion II llmlf A, .1, Cm i nth In Tito Topolut Btnto ,1ntii mil, A Good devolution, To help build up Mud Turd payrolls by nmoklmt Governor .lohiiaon or Mt. I'lll elgnrs. page:d? MNCAItY tf'JXH WILLIAM FOX Piosonlii CIIARLKS IIICI1MAN AND CATIUUNK COUNIiSS THE IDLER Friday Miitluco and livening Thin groat photoplay was booked for Ft Ida) mid Saturday, but owing to "Mult ami Jeff" being hero on Hat urilnv, this can only he shown Friday. On this account there will ho an ox Jtru inittliteo Fildny afternoon i! p. m. No Adtauio In AiIiiiInMoii STAR THURSDAY The Deacon's Son Ono Part Mysterious Black Box One Part Saved by a Watch One Part Man From the Sea Two Paris Child Thou Gavest Me One Part Athletic Family One Part MI'Dl-OIUVS I.KADINC TIIKATKI-: KICHtnS LATCST BUCCCJ3 Gy':i':0wJ);p,p, n rui w n nz nn cvetrvTHino newt BIGGER AMD DETTER THAN EVER. Nontm Burm AND PRETTY GUS DA"NCR343IrGEk A SALti 'CfM HUM ( CHICAGO) uoces3. iii". ,il J i?V . .