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' V, W vtfj fr - i. i " J i - V MUDtfORD MAIL Till HUNK. MMDKOM) OM'XION. HATUUUAV, IIWU'AKY 120. l)o PAGE TWO FI.H-. iTwifrflaw) fr I- !'- . IOCAL AND L PERSONAL hnho V. M. Colvlp, tnx ivrciiI of tlio tfoutlicrri Pnclflc, with hendnunrl Org In Portlrthd In In tho clt for n few dayn vlsltlnpold frlcmla nnd rein tlvnBr IWhillfU'H mllllncfy ntdro la oiion ngalif with "OW rtprIi!B Roods. 2$l Thd Vttflllr.ef orchestra ;wir oper ntoil nt tlio rngo Theater Friday night for thd ftret Utile, nml made, ti litctily fnVornble impression' on natrons of tlio pluyhotnic. "Tlio Vninlilrc,'' n drnmutUntlon ot lludynrd Kipling's Kteft fiOein t UiQjJsiutjfyiifunur! unH nhown, ' It In one ot the beat movltiK IilcturB over Bhown In this clly. nnd drew a InrRo attendance. Mrs. Leach, 32C North Bartlett, ex port fcorsetlcrc. Phono 5G3-J. MIbh Fay Pankey loaves today for Portland to spend u few weeks with frleiuln and relatives. Johnson's Cafo will ho ready to ncrvo ltd palrons lit Its new quarters In tho Holland Uotol building at noon Wednesday. 11 will bo under tho same management which has made this home-lllto eating Plnco so rnmous on 86utlt Central, and the bid popu lar prices will remain In force. 2SG L. U, Stewart of tills cltjf Is hold by thd Kbrttntrg auUtbrlltcB upon a wnrrft'rtCchnrgtnfe wife desertion, and Is al(idito- haVo Jct;hls wife In this clly w'ihiout funde, ami In a destitute condition SfewarL'Tvill ho fought bach to' tho.cfty' fojtrlhl, Constable Al If BxniQud..fvlnV for his prisoner today, it "Ms alleged that Stewart, though able ami in cood health, mado no effort to secure work, and spent all lila time loafing In the bus iness district. Lottie Howard Is showing every thing now In advance styles of spring millinery. 2SG Don't forget to hoar Rev. George Sclioener, tho roso wizard, public li brary, Feb. 22, 23. 31, 25 and 2C, at 8 j). m. All Invited. Subject, "Rosea and Itoso Growing." J. T. Myors and wlto left Friday night for Grants Pass to visit friends and rolatlvcs for a few days. City pasengcr service 15c Coun try trips in proportion. Plerson & Foster. Phono 878-L. tt K. N. Warner has returned from Portland where ho was a delegate to tho annual meeting ot the Oregon State Retail Merchants association. Mr. Warner was named ono ot tho directors for the year. A. II. Woods of Klamath Falls is spending a few days In tho city at tending to business matters. Dressmaking by the day or at homo. Satisfaction guaranteed. 340 South Riverside Ave., tMrs. Geo. II. Wolf. 285 Miss Hazel Clarke vUited with friends In Phoenix Friday afternoon and evening. "A Fool There Was," last tlmo tonight at tho Page. Rain fell over' tho valley Friday night and Saturday in ono ot tho most substantial showers of tho month. In tho foothills snow fell. Roxy Ann be ing covered with white, and tho snow ' extending far down into tho valloy, unusual for this season of tho year. Sec Dave Wood aoout that firo In surance policy. Office Mall Tribune Bldg. ' Tho Commercial club at a meeting of 11b dlrqctors Friday afternoon de cided to hold tho regular monthly banquet, and appointed C. M. Thomas W. F. Isaacs nad H. A. Latta a com mlttco to arrange details. Matinee, the Page today. Attorneys G. M. Roberts and Gus No'wbury attended to professional matters lu Jacksonville this morn ing. Tho boys' team of tho Mcdford high school defeated tho Cottago Grave, team at the Natatorlum Friday night by tho scoro of 32 to 0, and tho girls' team of tho high school dofeuted tho Talent girls' team 1C to 0. Tho locala wero never in danger, and showed much faster than their op ponents. "Mutt" Williamson, Philips mid Doncam starred for tho locals, doing most of tho passing and guard ni Mian tfnlllo Corum excelled for tho Medford girls, throwing a num ber or difficult baskets, Sweet cldor at'De Voa'i. Ono of tlio principals a recent boxing carnlvul' fti Spok'an was Dud ,Home or Vancouver, -mere is a won '.grounded suspicion that' tho gentle man may bd bono ollYorTlfa Hud An derson, na tho weight Snd general description fits. A Fool There Was',1' last tlmo tonight at Uiov"Pago. 'Wr James Kills of Hilt. Cal.. Is spend ing n fow days iri tho city attending to legal majors, Any case of piles relieved at onco aud a permanent, curd guaranteed or no charge, Call 21 Genesseo street and sco J. L. Kldd. Ladles may boo Mrs, Kldd. 285 AV. Hughes of Rutto Fulls spent Friday in Medford attending to busi ness matters. .. J50fl.00.i$ J"- Jtod. ctttlug np jl3 cheap. Flro" insurance that pays' in ease tit loss. .1, W. Wako- riiid. - . Monday Is Washington's birthday, and will bo observed In thin city by the closing ot tho banks, city, county and public offices. No special observance-of (he day will bo mado. lix crclses In honor ot the day wero held lu the lower grades of the city sbhbolK Frldny afternoon. Uot year mtttor, cream, milk and butter-milk, at Do Voo'. At a incntlng nrtho directors of the Hokfl tcnnnrry Friday artcrno'on iillt UiV old oflcrs for tho year Jv'erdjrfo-Vlectudl a follews: J. b. 'MnnMHldonl; J. A. Westctlund, 'v!cpVeldent; John H. Cnrklns, sec retary; J. A. Perry, treasurer, nnd R. D Hoke, manager. "A Fool There Was," Inst tlmo tonight nt tho Page. "R. A. Toircr, returned to bis home In llUgetio Friday night after spend ing a few days In Medford attending to business matters and visiting friends and relatives. Get It at Do Voe'a. Mrs. Kdna Isaacs who wns oper ated upon at Sacred Heart hospital Friday morning Is Improving. Kodak finishing tho best, at "Wes ton's Camero Shop. Over Isla Thea 'er. An Insistent beggar called upon tho residents of South Holly Friday evening, frightening a number of residents of thnt section by his in solent manner, 'and demands for money, refusing offers ot food. The police were called but when they ar rived tho alms Bcekcr had disap peared. Karly cabbago and cauliflower plants ready March 1st. Orders also taken for nil kinds of vegetable plants. Maddox & Uonney, phone S7-R. 310 The local high rchool basket ball team will play tho Ashland high school boys and glrs teams, for the first time this season at the Nata torlum next Friday night. Kodak finishing and suppllos at A'eston's Camoro Shop. OTr Isls Theater. Warren Ilutler. a high school stu dent, while racing out of the Nat Fri day night nfter the baBket ball game was knocked unconscious by running Into a door. He rapidly recovered his breath, and suffered no III ef fects from the injuries. Cora E. Utley, chropodist, 407 Garnett-Corey building, phono C57-R. Tho debating tenms of tbo Med ford and Grants Pass high schools, will meet In this city next Wednes day evening, tho quostlon under dis cussion being tho federal ownership and operation of railroads. Med ford' to date, has beaten all competi tors In oratorical lines. J. O. Gerklng, tho best alt around photographer in southern Oregon. Always reliable. Negatives mado any whoro. tlmo or place Studio 228 Main St. Phone 320-J. The Greenback mine in the Graves creek district is reported as running ten of its 40 stamps, working excel lent ore. Dr. S. A. Lockwood nnd Dr. Myrtle S. Lockwood, (physicians and sur geons) havo moved to their now suite of offices. Rooms 309, 310 and 311, third floor, M. F. & II. Dldg. Horticultural Commissioner A. C. Allen spent Friday In Joscphlno coun ty. Wo aro headquarters for real first quality cut hair. Marlnollo Hair Shop, 407 Garnett-Corey building. Mrs. Harry Edwards or this city, whose husband was reported to havo been married In Alameda recently, has never been served with divorce proceedings and was not awaieher husband was free to again wed. For better insurance, seo Holmes, tho Insurance Man. Matinee, tho Page today. W, A. Stewart yawned In bed, Thursday night and dislocated his Jaw. For a day Mr. Stewart was un able to cat, talk or laugh. Dr. E. It. Seelcy attended tho Injured man.Mr. Stewart awakened from a sound Bleep, nnd following a natural bent yawned long and deep. In the midst of this function, his Jaw slipped out of place, arid a doctor was called to relievo tho predicament. Tho acci dent that befell Mr. Stewart was not generally known until today, all Im mediate frleudH and family being sworn to secrecy. Constablo A. L. Irwin or Ashland lu lh tho pity today attending to busi ness matters, William Lewis of Gold Hill spent Friday in Medford attending to busl nosH malfors and -visiting old frlenda. The police Filday night rounded up four horses that havo been roaming promlscously over tho lawnu on east Main street for iho last month. They aro hold In Ifio city pound pending redemption by the owners. It is thought tho anltnals havo strayed in from tho country. Contractor J. W. Sweeny of tho Siskiyou division of tho Pacific high way Is spending a fow days In tho city attending to business matters. The Parents nnd Teachers asso ciation of tlio Washington school hold a largoly attended dmeotlng at the high school Friday night. Smoke Unmc-Jhulo Cigars. Governor Johnson, Jdt. Pitt and La Vista are tho best, MARTIN'S TRIAL SET FOR l.tirls Martin, game poacher of Trail, Indicted Thursday rot- the mur der of Gnmo Warden A.' S. llUbbard last December, will be placed- on trial Monday, March 1st. The high est penalty that can bn meted out to bl tn is life Imprisonment, nnd the lowest third degrees manslaughter. Martin's plea will bo self defense. Tho petit Jury will npon Its session next Tuesday, the first ease to bo called being that of tho state vs. Ray Toft, charged with perjury In u pre liminary of a rase of a stolen goods, heard In this city. Tho cases of Medford saloonkeep ers charged with selling liquor to minors, and held In abeyance the last two years, pending the decision by tho supremo court In tho appeal of Ed G. llrowu, will begin Wednes day. Most of the coming week will bo devoted by the coutt to the hear ing ot civil actions. IS ILL C. C. llcekmnn, pioneer Jackson ville banker, is dangerously ill. He has been under the weather for sov ernl days nnd is reported much worse, and suffering from hemorrhage of the IhiwcK Oil account of Id ndvuneed uge, he relclmited lu 8"th birthday Jnuunry U" nnd his fifty-third wed ding nnnivcrnry Juminry 'JO, fears nre entertained for hw recovery. His on, Benjamin, has been sent for from Portland. E PARIS. Feb. 20. It was sctnl-of-flclally announced in Paris today that an Austrian aeroplane flew over Cottlnjo, tho capital or Montenegro on February 8 and dropped nine bombs. Two women wero killed and tour children wero wounded by the explosions, according to tho state ment. HOW THEY LANDED B0WLBY (Continued from Pace 1.1 fercnt department:. Wliile the reso lution wus general in its terms, it wns drawn only ns n blind to cover its real purpoxo. Its real purpose wns solerly that of giving Day n chnneo to hammer Howlby nnd make it easy for the governor to remove htm. Consolidation Hill Withdrawn Tlio whnle program wns so careful ly planned and m sure were President Thompson and Day of its successful execution that, when IJarrutl's bill to consolidate the offices of thu high way engineer nnd that of htuto en gineer came up for Ihlrd rending on the afternoon of the day of the hear ing. Thompson beckoned Barrett to his ehnir nnd after whispering in his ear announced that Senator Barrett had concluded lo withdraw his hill, Now that they were about to gel Bowlby's sculp and have lm's 'iinii Morris appointed to mi -eied hiu'i, there Svns, of couri-c, ili Jurther de sire for consolidation. Then came tho hearing in the eve ning. Tho Mate highwny engineer, not being notified, knew nothing of tho meeting until just before it wns eulled, nnd then only from lobby gos sip. His presence nt the meeting wn therefore unexpected. Cun Keo I'M'rs After Dismissal It wus not intended that he should be given n reasonable eliniice to ex plain. Jt was nlmuicd that tho meet ing should ho packed with people hos tile to him, and that there should he rend into tho record charges which, TOO IjATB TO CliAHHlFT. FOR 11KNT Nino room hoime, ono block from P. O. Furniture for salo or rent. Furnished for three suites houHckeepliiK. Kmiulro ot M. McDonouBh. S3 8. Almond St. 2K7 FOR SALE Complete furnished five room bungalow with garage lH0NE 527 81 i DAKOTA A VU. MARCH being spread broadcast through the eolunms of the press, would aid in his enu'ifixHm mid removal. Talk about the rule of Old Chun eellor Jeffreys yh.v, Smut lor- Day. had he lived lu -those ihtys, would hnvo hail him hacked eelnr off, tho boards. He would have had the king out rutling paving Contracts roc liw eouipnny. Tuesday morning following the hearing Bowlby wrote Senator Day asking for the documents, exhibits and other papers submitted t" the commit Ice in order that they might he enniined nnd nit answer prepaid!, lie was mUised on the following f teruoon. and ut'ter bis dismissal, that he mtaht eumc and take n look at tho papers, but that thev could not be taken from the oonuuitteo room. Uowlby Asks for lleut lug Tuesday morning following the hearing -Mr. Bowlby wrote Governor Withyeombc, ehatnuau of the state higliwnv commission, us follews: "Salem, Or., Feb. 10, lti;.-Tn Honorable James Withyeouihe, Gov ernor of Oregon Dour Sir lu view of the fuel that untrue and umwir muted charges have boon Hindi ngnuist this department by disgrun tled contractors nnd recalled offic ials of Columbia eountv to the ways nnd means committee of the senate, and fuither, in view of the fact that 1 wns not notified of the meeting so ns to he able to prepare to be present nnd receive a fair hearing hefote this committee, it has occurred to me that you might desire to hear the engin eer's side of this controversy, from the engineers who hail direct ehuige ot the work in the Held. "As L. (Iriswold, assistant engineer, who supervised this work, and ('. ('. Kelly, the district engineer for Co lumbia county, arc in Salem today, 1 would like very much to have them explain to you briefly the facts con cerning the construction of the Co lumbia highwny in Columbia county. If you enro to give the time to this matter they will be ready at your convenience. Respectfully, "HKXltY h. BOWLBY, "State Highway Engineer." No Hearing Is fironted A meeting of. the highway commis sion was called l!ic following inorn ni'r, but instead of giving Bowlhy it hearing the bonrd, by n majority vote tho governor nnd state treasurer voting hyo nnd secretary of state no culled for his resignation. He wns promptly notified us follows; "Feb." 17, ll)lf. To Major II. L. Bowlbv, state Jiiuliwnv engineer Dear Sir: Concurrent wit.li the action of the state highway commission nt n meeting held this morning, in it chairman, I am requesting your resig nation ns highwny engineer of the state of Oregon. "While I nnd other members of tho commission appreciate your faithful ness to the interests of the state nnd the constructive work of your office, yet the majority of the board deems Y N ? t 5 J t T T J 7 ? I r J "T". this action accessary til this lime lo insure u mure generous liealmcut of road legislation by the legislature than seems possible to procii'0 ir you continue in ol'I'ieO. Vciy Irulv ytutvs, "JAMKS WlTIIYCOMBi:. '(luAeruoP." The chief eoniplnlnl uguinst Bowl by at the heating seemed lo he thai lie wits' guarding the interests of lite people ton close j that he hud actually ilisisted on contractors fulfilling their contracts with the counties nnd liic state. Who ever heard of such a thing? No wonder he was letircd, Ktrtisc (liven By (Joveinoe Tho governor lu his letter of tils. uiNsal to Bowlhy- says while the hoard appreciated his good work alul his faithfulness to the stale, yel it felt his removal was necessary in or der to Secure needed good loads leg islation, It will he noted that prac tically nil road legislation hud been disposed of and that it was too late in the session to think of mole. With our irrigation program killed nnd the work of our highwny depart ment all shot lo pieces through the present nitxiip, It looks ns though 1H3C 3CZIC Tjf lliur was a law -J agin killin' worry, I reckon VELVET would be indi'ted by the grand jury. There's no need to tell real pipe smoker that there' no worry killer like tolucco. Hut faero'a some thloc for him to bear la mind. When be want tobacco that's laild, ceo!, long burning and bltelcaa let him My VELVET. The natural mulitic of Ken tucky'a Burley de Luxe and agedinthr-woml nirl lownesi make VELVET tlio Smoothrtt Smoking Tobacco. 10c tint, 5c Bicul-lincd bags. , 3EJC nan slHLLVfliHLEE The Electric Sign Will Work for You From SUNSET TO MIDNIGHT i You quit .soiling goods al h'ix o'clock (or tlit'iuaboiilK). Ho tlo your clerics. But the rent doesn't quit. And your taxes don't quit. Moreover, the people do not go to bed fit six. The electric sign and well-lighted show windows show people tho way to your store and display and sell goods for you afror six 'o'clock. The very people you want to reach have no time to h6 on the street. except evenings, and goods displayed in Iho show windows in the evening mean sales the next day. You can use 25 ten-watt lamps in sign or show window, for $2.r0 per month. California-Oregon i t PHONE 1 68 2I6 WEST MAIN "(1 renter Oregon" would have lo hole up for the season. lu closing, 1 wish to expiess my admiration for the masterful ntimticr in which Sijnntor I lay eonliols per tnlu luctiihcrs of I lie senate. He iiiPi dies them like lip would a hunch ut ttreek Inhalers, 'fhey gel their or ders and you don't hear u chirp mil of nny of them, These seniitot's "What Can Yoti Do?" nskn tho llUMncsfi Mdn, What In YOUR nnitwof? OKI' A lll'HINKSH EDUCATION Vt'MHIC,, Medford Commercial College and your answer wilt Nullify Mr. lliinlnimH Man. "TilF. SCHOOL OF MOIttiU.N'MKTIIOD.s!." !lt Ninth (Irnpo Sticet, ledrnti!, Oregon. Telephone l.Mi. m Visitors to the Panama-Pacific Exposition will find the moHl convenient medium for earn Inn their fiindH Ifiln tho form or nurTravclern Choclm. They tun mtfe and available, everywhere. OVCM ?8 VCARS UNOtn OHC MANAOCMCOf II (? Buyers to Share in Profits Lower Prices on Ford Car ' Effective from August 1, 1314, to Auguit 1, 191C, nnd KUArnn.eed galnit any reduction during Uint time: Touring Cur ......-...iOO IlunalKJiit ....... ... 410 j ivn v tt owif F. O. I). Detroit. All can fully eqnlpnod. (tn tho Unltod Btatea of America Only.) Further, wo will bo abto to obtain tho maximum efficiency tn our factory production, and the minimum coit In our pitrchnmnK and nlog dopnrtmonta it we can reach an output ot 300,000 enra be tween tho above datoi. And ihould wo reach Oils production wo ncrco to pay as tho huycr'i hnro from $10 to ICO per car (on or about AuRimt 1, It) 15) to very retail buyer who purchases a now Kord car botween AtiRtiot It 1914, And Auguit I, iDIft. For further particulars regarding thcto low prlcoa nnd proflMhar Ins; plan, too tho nearest Ford Ilrnuch or Dealer. Ford Motor Car Company C. E. GATES, Agent' BparU nulldlng Sledfor, OrctfOk. : Power Company L ! STREET MEDFORD, OREGON .. - v T.wayiiajwpM''''l1Hr,wff-',M should not he blamed, lioueer, for some men me hoitt only to follow, nnd it is I'oititniitc thai llii'V have hern provided with tuti'li'iul nhlu leader ns Senulor Hay. NOTICE, Stray slock In city pound! blucli, ono grey, ono bay and white horse with hell on, One one I I'M i 133, I W, .1 W ll ft It vM- ? vltl' .' K 0,