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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1915)
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IVIODERNIZf WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1. Tjiirty days by carnvnn from Con stantinople, near tho Persian fron tier, in Turkish Arabia, and removed 1o the westward but fifty ruiles from tho Gnrdcn of Eden, man's birthplace, stands the once splendid city of rev elry, ancient Bagdad, for centuries tho capital of tho Mohammedan world, and now the second city of im portance in the Ottoman empire. Withered by its riots of pleasure, nn ensy prey for Mongols in 1258, gen erations asleep and behind-hand, tho spirit of modern progress has recent ly taken hold there, and from ltugdnd tho flower of the Turkish array, of ficered by young incn of highest mili tary and scientific training, is pur suing nn invnsion of Persia. In ono of n series of studies of lands af fected by tho war prepared for (he National Geographic society, Freder ick and Margaret Simpich describe the city of Caliphs as it is today. On lUilht Side of Itlvcr. Bagdad, they say, is built nn both sides of tho river Tigris. On the west bank is tho old town, with streets so narrow that it is often impossible for two donkeys to pass ono another in them. The new town, with its gov ernment offices, barracks, consulates, prisons and great government nrmj factory, lies upon the east bank. Around, as far as the eye can reach, stretches tho vast, flat, treeless, empty plain of Mesopotamia. Twenty-five- thonsnnd Turkish soldiers nre stationed nt Ilngdud, and this divis ion of the Ottoman army apparently is as well trained as the model war machines of Europe. Tho older houses arc hnddled to gether, bo.x-hhuped, with flat roofs, and almost windowhws. Arabs spend the sultry summer nights on these flat roofs with tomtoms, flutes, wa ter pipes, and dancing women. Banked with flowers, fragrnut with scent, rythmic with eastern iiiumc, the roofs of Bagdad in the days of its luxury, when it bore tho distinction of being thq most recklessly wicked city in the world, presented nightly broad acres pf wildest rovolry to tho cloudless heaven. The license, tho indolence and tho insecurity of old Bngdnd are gone. Today, tho city is ns commer cial in its spirit ns New York. It has a largo foreign trade; is n distributing center for all tho country around. Bngdnd s becoming more business mid loss romantic the hard riding, fit ice fighting rioters of former days Inning gono forever. Modem Methods. Modern methods nro creeping in with modern business. The bazaars, however, are conducted the same as (hey woro in tho time of Marco Polo. They are held in struofs like tunnels, arched with brick to keep out the heat, and are faintly lighted, surging with experts in intensive haggling, thick with stifling air, mingled in wjich ure all tho distinctive, discom forting odors of tho past, a potpouri of all the agonies of smell. The iudi viduul shops arc no larger than tele phone booths. Tho shopkeepers sit cross-leered within, their wares piled high around them. Tho shoutim; of of few rivals tho nowo of an' Ameri can fair grounds, "Appease your mother-in-law," tho flower vender sings, out, nnd the other salesmen are as rhetorical. "Bare old rugs,1 costly affairs, aro mudo in Bagdad by laying fine new ones in the tilth of tho narrow streets beneath the tramp of men and beasts, The Bagdad traders in antiquities are not behind their confreres, (if Europe, toiio prepare at short police articles pf airy oo of tho flown CQUtllrics, BAGDAD OKE N THEIR OPPORTUNITY SOiMM of our citizens bopouio very enthusiast it and get. mighty busy when it eonies to killing a project, of any kind, hut never do anything along creative lines. They waste tieir energies in destructive, not in constructive, work. " Lately, if a person tries to do anything, no matter what, for eonnimnity betterment or development, he is at once assailed by this element, his motives impugned, his charac ter assassinated, his assertions distorted, even though he be only trying to find a way out of the slough of despond and the valley of despair. Those who, merely from altruistic, motives, devoted time and energy to formulating a new charier, with no pos sible selfish motives, were bitterly assailed and maligned, principally by those whose own selfishness blinds them to anything but selfishness in others. Similarly those citizens who have devoted .weeks of their time, spent money and energy freely in the securing of acreage for a beet sugar factory, for the benefit of the entire region, a remarkable display of public spirit, mot determined opposition and even abuse from those who would be most, benefited. t Those who have been worst maligned, however, are those who, acting upon instructions of a mass meeting of property owners suggested the district irrigation scheme as the best means of irrigating the valley, putting it up to the people for discussion. If they had bben criminals they could have received no more discourtesy, more abuse or invective and all because they showed public spirit in bringing before the people a possible solution of a prob lem that has got to be solved. The irrigation question has to be solved, and solved soon, or else the Valley drift back to its former condition, supporting a few thousand people instead of ,0,000. Pre vious efforts to secure water by long-time payments failed opposed by the same people who oppose the district plan. They admit irrigation is essential, but fail to show how it is to be secured. One thing is certain irrigation costs money. It can not be secured for nothing. It the cost to most of the property attectcd. lnle a crop is certain in a wet year, it is a certain failure in a dry year, and problematical in any kind of a year. The business man who can increase his business by en larged facilities docs not hesitate to borrow the money to secure them, and makes the new business pay it back. Irrigation must be treated similarly by the farmer it en larges his output and the increased output will pay its cost. Will the destructive statesmen who have knocked every irrigation effort made kindly outline a plan for valley irri gation? There will be a mass meeting Tuesday at the public library and they are asked to formulate some project. ANOTHER MAILORDER MELON D UHING the past year the nrofit enoutrh out of his ered himself lucky. Many failed to break even. Scarcely a merchant but carries a large percentage of his customers on his books, tiding them over dull times. The home 'merchant is usually a good citizen he pays taxes, he rents buildings, ho maintains payrolls, he contrib utes freelj of time and energy in public-spirited moves for the community betterment, and gives to church and charity. During the past year, when the Oregon merchant has had such hard sledding, what have the mail-order houses been doing concerns which pay no local taxes and do nothing for any of the communities they drain? They have been very prosperous. They have taken so much money out of Oregon, never to return, that they have established branch coast houses in the large cities, to se cure the advantage of carload shipments across from Chi cago to coast terminals, and the benefit of zone parcel post rates to customers. While the Oregon merchant was carrying his customers along during hard times, much of the cash in the country was being sent to mail-order houses. The following dis patch speaks louder than werds: Chicago, Jan. 30. Directors of Soars, Itoobuck & Co. recommondoil tho payment of a ?20,000,000 Btect: dividend to holders ot ?40,000,000 common stock of tho mall-order corporation at a meeting hero today. Tho now shares of tho 50 per cent dividend will bo Issuod against an accumulated surplus of approximately J23. 500,000. a largo part of which lias been reinvested In the buslne.s, It Is scld. Tho recommendation adopted by tho dlroctors provldod that the dis tribution should bo nmdo April 1 to Mockholdera or record March 15. A special meeting of stockholder was callod for February 'J3 to approve tho board's recommendation and to oto on a plan to Increnso tho author ized amount of tho corporation's common stock from $40,000,000 to $00,000,000. At a time when all the stocks of all legitimate, well-conducted enterprises are falling in value, due principally to the paralyzing effect of the huropean war, the mail-order stocks continue to soar. Why shouldn't they, when fifty per cent dividends are declared and it becomes necessary to water the stock fifty per cent to make the dividends appear smaller? ' If the money sent from each locality in Oregon to the mail-order houses was spent at home, Oregon would be prosperous enough. Unless the people wake up, how long will it bo before all the business of the state is done by tho foreign mail-order houses, whose paralyzing effect can be traced in dying localities and languishing industries? Where Your Job Is Don Lampman In tho Gold Hill Nows. Tho follow who shirked and tho geezer who lied, tho plausible cuss with the yellow Inside Time shall label as failures and file with tho past; but tho worth of tho worker pre vails and shall last. It shall last till the records aro ancient with must and tho scrivener laid down to dream In the dust; It shall move through the ages to quicken and start the motives that tug nt humanity's heart. Though yo build but A fence, ftfEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. more than adds the value of Oregon merchant who made business to live unon consid If ye build It by rule men shall mar vel and praise It and follow your school. By tho wires that yo string shall tho lesson run through It Whatever your Job Is, Journeyman, DO IT! Tho wastor who. whlnod, and tho cynic who scoffed, tho technical lol lop who viowed It and Vloffed" Tlmo shall make them as puppets to dance for the mob while tho laurels aro nasscd to tho limn on tho Job, Though ho dvlvo (it a sower or sweat with MEDFOKD, (miMON, MONDAY, FKlllUTA'RY J, fH HlHUHMf H ttttH The Knocker's Prayer Lord, pleaso don't let this town grow or valley develop. I've been bore for many yours, mid during that time I've fought every public improvement. I've knocked everything and everybody. No firm or iudhiduttl has established a Iiumihws hero without my doing nil 1 could lo put them out of business. Ni man ever held public office that I have not called n grafter. l'e tied about everyone, and would have stolen from them if I had the courage. I have done all I could to Keep tho town from growing mid the vnlley from pi ottering, nnd have never spoken u good word for anyone, as thou knowo-d. good Lord. 1'vo knocked hard and often, Whenever I saw anyone pros poring or enjoying themselves, I've stalled something to kill the iiuiimws or spoil the fun. Whenever someone tried to start some thing I've done tnv best to throw cold water on it. Po t'oueht irrigation in any, form, lest it make tho valley productive. Po knocked the fruit business and lied about the orchards. I've knocked the beet sugar factory and kept my ueipiuiutunoos from signing un acreage, lost they make more than I do. I've knocked a lumber mill and all other enterprises trying to put life into the community lest someone eke makes something. Lord, I've never bought a thing in town that I could get from n mnil-ovder house. I've poisoned my neighbors' dogs nnd fed my chickens on his garden. I'm against building a new church even though I give nothing. Yet, in spite of all 1 can do, I am nfraid the town is growing. Some day 1 fear 1 will bo called upon to put cement walks in front of my place, and who knows hut what T may lime to help keep up the slice's that run by mv premises? This would be more than I can bear. It would cost me money, though I have made all 1 have right here. Then, too, more people might enme if the town grows, which would cause me to lose some of mv pull, for when times nio dull the knocker comes into his own. I nsk. therefore, to keep this town nnd val ley at n standstill, that I nmv continue to he one of tho chiefs. Gic us this dav our dnilv gloom; strengthen initio mm nnd leaden my hummer, that the blows may fall more heavily upon mine enemy, Progicss. 0, Lord, there has come into our midst those who seek to foster progress and industry upon us that shall mukcth us to labor and sweat, and Thou knowest that Thv servant hast never perspired sufficient in lot lhoo many ,vcur to irrigate the moss that .so flourished! on his back. Spare us, O Lord, these innovations tltnt we may vegetate and hibernate in sweet sloth. Amen. spado, somewhere- Just ahead there's a scat in the shade: ho shall move among men like a horse on the track that leads at the quarter and never gives slack. Ily the might of his brnwn and tho light of his brain he shnll win to tho places tho worthy attain; he shall gaze at his past trom tho height and not rue It What ovor your Job Is, Journeyman, 1)0 IT! Tho haughty who sniffed nnd tho sluggard who slept, the humblo gaznb who Just sat down and wept Time shall ticket them all with the stlgmn of "shirk," and hand out tho checks to the man who will work. Though the task bo unpleasant ho proves but his ncrvo who bends to tho hnrnoss and pulls to tho ciine for It Isn't tho berths that aro easy to rldo which try out a chap for tho worth of his hide. By tho worth of his hide and his heart and his brain ho shall buy! thorn in lauglitor and labor and pain, (which nio unusual for this latitude, Be shall hold to his course as thoi tho normal being 211.6. Doc says his compass points to it Whatever our I Job Is, Journeyman, DO IT! Saturday nfternoon this section was visited by an Influx of motor cars said to havu como trom Central Point, Willow Springs and adjacent locali ties. Everybody thought at first that It wan a sugar beet boost, but it dovelupcd an Irrigation knock, es pecially against tho "district" phase of the canal project. A kazoo baud preceded the funeral procession. W. B. Scott, general manager of tho Southern Pacific, nnd party or San Francisco, wore hero Saturday In tho prlvnto cur Del Monte, on tho way south from a trip to I'ugot Sound points. Frank Schnoldor and wife, icorgo Mlllnor nnd wife, M.r. Anna (low land and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Beatrlco Gowland, all of tho Boule vard and Normal districts, constituted a motoring party which visited Med- ford, Saturday. Mrs. Frank Harding loft for Sac ramento, Saturday, whoro her hus band Is located temporarily. Later on they will return to Ashland. In lieu of tho customary annual, students of the high school will pub lish a monthly paper. Its title will bo "The Horiio," and tho Initial ap pcaranco will bo nbout February 20. At tho head of un efficient Ijoard of editors, Kenneth Lilly will bo chief, with Hob Spencer as business. Tho wholo push, howovor. will bo amen ablo to faculty censorship. A dotnehment of 50 iliarlnes from Philadelphia, passed through Satur day, bound for Sun Francisco, whore they will Join the Chattanuoga on a crulso to Central Atnorlcan waters whoro troublo seems to bo browing with Nicaragua. Prof, ltelmer, director of tho ox porlmont station at Talent, demon strated tho proper application of fer tilizers on a sample patch of alfalfa on tho promises of J. V. Mllnor, near tho normal, last Friday. In tho evening, as an alfalfu fertilizer ex port, ho spoke as one of authority re garding these uud kindred topics to a largo audience of rancher famtllen at tho Holloviow school house, Dr. C. F. Tllton has moved his of flco from Pioneer block to rooms over Citizens Dank, lately occupied by Dr. Kndelmnn. Arthur Wick, employed by tho ujuoodycur rubber IntorcBtB In Tort ASHLAND AND VICINITY -f v !3CET land, Is homo for an extended vMt, Ills mother, however, Is still In Flo rida, whither sho went several weeks ago. Loral mining men not only held several Interesting meetings tho past week, but on ono occasion were nd dressod by l'rof. Park, director of the state bureau of mines nnd geology, on subjects pertinent to their Industry, Tho minors, In addition to seuklng (or n continuance of tho appropria tion ot $25,000 T oar for tho state bureau, will also try to have certain modifications of the Blue Sky law adopted, with the major requirements of this excellent statute left In force. ltecent threatening weather has es. tabllshed a barometrical record In theso parts. Dr. Sougnr, who watches these fluctuations, says that the whirligig was unusually depressed Inst Friday. The flgurea woro L'.S.fi, machine established a record which went about as low as sea lovol sched ules. In going down to Old Mexico re cently, llonton Mowers and Hoy Wnlk or were not particularly Intent on sot- tllng the tiiiroronccs uotween vinn nnd Carranzn, hut had an eye on sev eral bunches ot cattle for Import purposes, llonton has a brother who for years has been a resident of So nera, and strnngn to ray has thus far kept aloof from entanglement In the rows among tho factions there. This brother has ranch holding of thous ands of acres and raises cattle on a big scalo. Tho recent boxing bout nt tho Ar mory wan almost us exciting an af fair an an average session of a Parent Teacher circle. About 50 attended, among them being ono woman. A local bnrbor acted aa referee. Under the law no official decision could be rendered, neither could any' enthus iasm be oenly displayed. Conse quently local sports worn dealt a solar plexus blow. Ordinarily "The Prldo of Ileiilab," would have been n betting favorite, but under tho cir cumstances tho fracas could only bo toriued a draw. In prlvato life the "Prldo" aforesaid Is known ns Jani tor Sargent ot tho Armory squad. Mr. and Mrs, Win, LowIh of Kancu creek, and their friend, Mr. Uyorly, a newcomer from the Dukntns were In town Friday, on matters connected with a roal estate deal. This was tho latter'u first visit to this vicinity nnd sho was charmod with views of city and valley, Tho "desperadoes" In embryo who broke Into three plncos hero Inst Fri day night secured llttlo or nothing. The First National Dank didn't loso quite a lot of postugo stumps woro accessible, and even tho shooting Irons of tho employes were left In tact. Tho bank will simply debit Us profit and loss account In tho mini of $8 for a iimashod window. The Ash laud Trading Co,, upon Invoicing, lost ono bottle of grapo Julco and six cigars. Mlnklor's Suit & Cloak House lacked a few dress shields of having a quorum Saturday morning following tho hold-up, Tho dog-muzzling ordinance, which expires by limitation February 1, has been extended Indefinitely, ('aid of 'J'huiiTS", I wish to thank my friends and neighbors for their klndnoss In my into boreavomonl In tho sickness und death of my father. (signed) .1. A. M'DONALD, 2li8 Tnlont, oro, 10.15 IEAGLE POINT EAGLETS , liy A. C. llowlett Lnst Wednesday Messrs, ItagHiliitu iind Peek or l.uko creek brought out Home beef cattle uud were met here by Messrs A. F. lieunort and John Donnlngtou of .laoltnouvllhi nnd taken to the latter place. They spent the night with uh at Iho Sunny Side. Charles Woldnn or Lake creek cnnie out on tho P, & IJ, and tilarleij Immediately for his home, .1. ('. Carpenter or Mcdrord came out Wednesday and took the ntngo to ko out to V, II. Crunilalls, llu Is out here looking after a )ouug orchard that belonged to bis brother, the late Judge Carpenter of Ohio. L. J, (Ireeuwalt ofN'ortli Yakima, Wash,, came In Wednesday to meet his wife and little boy who were vis iting her sister, Mrs. J. II. Jackson and after staying one day started for San Dlogo, Cal., to attend tho expo sition there and later expect to visit the fair at Sail Francisco. They ex pect to bo gone until fall, Mr. Urconwult at nuq time lived In Phoc- nix nml cultivated the Culver farm. On the same day. Wednesday, Mrs. J. II, and Mrs. Carl Jackson and Mrs. (Iroouwnlt and her sou took dinner with Mrs. llowlett. Just after I hud mailed my KiirIoIn the following Item with tho request that I put It In my F.nglots. On the evening of January 2.1 a party of oung people gathered at the home of (tun Nichols and Ills ciinrmlug wife. They Indulged In the pleasing art of terpslchore until mor phus claimed them. Supper wns served at the bowitchlng home. The guests were Mr. nnd Mrs. C, 1 lay worth, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Nlchell, Mliis Marie Newstronit Miss Nevnh Taylor. Mr. Thomns Abbott, Mr. Will Holland, ItolKjrt A. .Will, C. W. Cox, Thomas Nichols Jr., and John Foster. Harry Ash, n sou of Mr. Ash, one of the Trail merchants, came out Inst Wcdnosdny after a load of goods for his father's store. He spoilt th night nt the Sunny Side. Mrs. Wm. Urleves, ijio wife of our county nssessor, motored out Wednes day nfternoon to meet her husband nnd II. I. Hoffman, on their return from a trip to tho F.Ik creek country Tho same day, according to previous nrrangements all of the really Indus trious people In the neighborhood who could siaro the time 1 wns ory busy tbnt day gathered nt tho homo of J, W. Crovcr for tho annuiil wood cutting bee, (n provide wood for the church for next winter and from all accounts prepared wood enough to last all wM winter. I beard one Industrious limn cxprciui bis regrets that be rould not be there but he was promptly told that the wood bad to be hauled and that he could lend u hnud In Hint line when Iho road dried till. Dinner was rorved by Mrs. drover, attainted by the Indies. Well Wednesday night We all went to tho church and heard a fine sermon from Kuv. S. A. Doiiglns of ('.rants Pass. Ho has boon preaching here now for over a week nnd expects to continue nil of next week, llu U a very In teresting speaker and Ih attracting considerable attention. The Interest Is Increasing and tho congregation Is growing lu size and Interest. , Wm. Nlckoll ot Lake crock wns with us on Thursday, and hn had planned to go home bill was called oi;r the phono lo Medford on busi ness on Friday, Friday morning Ho v. Douglas and your correspondent visited our school and tho folding doom were opened and all three of tho rooms were In vited to meet together nnd meet us. Mr. Douglas was Invited to give tho chlldron a talk and In response he related several pleasing Incidents lu his life nnd at tho close of his short talk I was requested to tell the chil dren something of my curly school days experience. Our school Is pro gressing finely under tho mniinge incut of Prof, W. H. lluchunun, as sisted by Miss Minnie Taylor and Mrs, draco Von dor llellen. Fred Kllppel of Portland came out Friduy and took passage on the stago for Trail to visit his mother and sis tor who aro living on their farm about two miles above tho town ot Trail. Last Friday wo had hero for din ner Messrs. II, M. Mclutyro, II, N;. Moo, J. IC, dreon und Thomas JL 10, Hathaway, all ot Mudfonl. They had motored out to try to lnfluonco tho farmorH to tuko hold of tho sugar beet movement. They woro Joined by Wm. Von dor Hellon In the afternoon and ho visited with thorn aovoral places but they found tbot tho for mers hud their laud already sown In wheat and wero unwilling to plow tho wheat up. Thoy succeeded In having throe nnd a half ncros signed up. v O. II. WllJInon of AHhlund, Ore., a traveling snlosmun for Wadliam and Kerr Proa, of Portland, was among John A. Perl UNDERTAKER Lady Assistant M 8. BAUTLKT7 PIiobm M. 47 nf 47-M AwbidAMf Utile Unmljr Oervuvr ou r merohiiiilii I'tiiliiy. Ho mild that he Iiuh not been In our town for nbout nine motiluii. Mrs, L. ( Kit a Whoiihon who In teaching school In tho l-inliel Hill ills tilet, wan a pleasant caller Saturday, Slio wan acconipiuiled by liny Wat It I mi. DECIDE YOURSELF The Opportunity Is Here, Decked Ily Mcilfoiil Testimony Don't tuko our word for It. Don't depend on a slianger'a stale, ineiit,. , Head Medford endorsement. Head the statements or Medford clt Ixous, And decide for yourself. Here Is nun ruse of It, O. I. Kilbs, grocer, W. Maid St.. Medford, Oie., says: "I suffered from ti dull ache In tho small of my back for months, The kidney secre tions wero uitiintural and I had trou ble lu controlling thorn. I finally got u supply of Dunn's Kidney Pllht ami took two or thico hove, The pain left me and my klduo) are now In much bette- shape. I willingly confirm the endorsement I gave Donn'M Kidney Pllht several years ngo, when I lived In Madenn, Minn. 1 willingly allow ou to publish tbnt statement hero for the benefit of my neighbors." Price r.Oc, at all dealers. Don't simply nsk for a kidney remedy get Donn's Kidney Pills the snmn that Mr Krllm had. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Props, Huff nio, N. Y.-Adv. THE PAGE Mcdforil's Lentlinu Theater TONIGHT Last Time HISTORY OF World's Greatest War Five Parts It Is Historical Educational Sensational Should ho seen by every man, woman and child. Show runs continually. Last Time Admission Lower Floor 25c, Bal cony 15c, Children 15c STAR MONDAV-Tl'ICSDAV A .Most HatUfjIug and Tliillllng Pro gram Hearst-Selig News One Part Helen llolme-4 The Plot at the R. R. Crossing Ono Part PatliQ Din in a Close Cropped , Clipping One Part The Exploits of Elaine Second Part "The Twilight Sleep" Two Partu George Ade's Faldu The Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty . Ono Putt Matinee titirj P M, lv veiling 7; 00 . iv ,u ,ittu2&tfu.