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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. .
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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
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THP COST OF
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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
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TIIIK IS NOT , MOVIVN PKTt'HH HIIOW
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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.
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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
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