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"Miss Pnmlora Zwieback is goin'
to Hi' world's fair. Th rest o' th'
family chipped in to pay her way if
sho promises not tr end homo any
piclcr postcards."
LAUGHS
Ills SUttM
"That man seorns to bo making a
great deal of money."
"Yef In tho nature of his business,
ho la always up against It."
"How Is that?"
"Ho Is a wall decorator.'' Atlanta
Constitution.
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a& ' Useful Itcllc
"'Harry, dear," sho softly said,
"havea't you a lock of ray hair some
where In your pockets?"
"I have Indeed, sweetheart" was
tho prompt res pan bo of hubby and he
a affectionately embraced tho sharer of
his sorrows and Joys, "I have It right
ncro in tno pocket closest to my
heart,"
"That's flno, Harry!" delightedly
returned llttlo wlfoy. "Won't you
pteasetake It down and match mo
some, miffs when you 'got down
towngFhlladolphla Telegraph.
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Various Results
Two men tat a tablo In a club. Tho
first man, frowning at the other,
asked:
"Why on earth do you let your wife
go around saying that sho made a
man of you? You never hear my
wife saying that."
"No," tho other frowned back, "but
I'vo often heard her say sho tried
her hardest."
1'ractlwtble Feature
Corporal (to soldier) Why Is tho
blade of tho sabro curved Instead of
Htralght?
Soldier It Is curved In order to
give mora forco to tho blow.
Corporal Humbug! Tho sabro Is
curved so as to fit the scabbard. If
it was straight how would you got It
Into tho crooked scabbard, blockhead?
Making Kiuls Moct
Sho Why, (hero's our chauffeur
mid our car, using It as a Jitney bus.
Ho Hush, not so loud I I was
driven to It I'vo sent him out to
earn enough to pay his wages.
Ills Kit of Tricks
A boxing professor was giving his
pupil a fow tips, when suddenly ho
gavo a knockdown blow,
1'upll Is it necessary to knock mo
dpwn lll(o that?
Professor Mess yo, no, governor,
qet up and I'll shown you ten other
ways.
Xoxt to I'ujnjruiH
"Goodness, John," said a woman
to her husband, "your suit looks as
if you had teen sleeping In It!"
"Well," replied John, "why not?
Isn't that the suit J wear at church?"
'Wasps of tho Alio."
"My sprinj; lint will bo of battleship
gray,"
"How about tho armament, my
dear?"
"1 think lliree hatpins in a plenty."
r Milwaukee Leader,
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' Actor-jrVVHat, back no soonT Did
Uk j)lyvl. UVeT
u4rf.5 , Uip'uy- look; the
IUMpf'tMilc;ita meipl, tho builifl's
tak th ti&ititty, the landlord took
Hie trunk ww'Ono author took to
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JOIIN R. DOS PASSOS of Now York City, one of the
lending lnwyers of America, in an interview in tho Now
York World says that our legal system is "rotten," and
that it operates rather to detent justice than to promote it,
that it is growing worse from year to year: that it favors
the rich as against the poor, and that the. lawyers them
selves arc to hlame. He says in part:
"Our present legal system is rotten. Tt operates chiefly
to defeat the very purposes for which society supports it
naniely, to render justice, to suitors quickly,' surely and in
expensively.
"The law should be clear in its principles, simple in its
lurius, jtiat an us application aim swuc in us execution.
Instead of this, we find in the United States a body of law
which is ill-avranged, inconsistent and incomprehensible,
and which is of such enormous bulk that its administration
along fair and equitable lines is absolutely impossible.
"Add to this that our civil and criminal procedure has
been growing worse from year to year; that it is today
more complicated, more expensive, more dilatory and more
oppressive than it was a generation ago, and a caso has
been stated which cries aloud for drastic reform.
"The so-called law is contained in statutes and judicial
opinions so numevous that thov would fill about (5000 vol
umes of 700 pages each. It is a preposterous collection of
contused and conflicting authorities.
"'I'll j Hiinitn ! - -( dtiii 1 r 4-1. ,v v. ilt Kti
J.1IU OlIU'lMim lUtll-lll-IMK lit J VI IS llll" UliU Willi IV
fingering through this enormous mass of law literature
digs out the most eases. In this task he not only buries his
moral principles, but he closes his mind, locks up his intel
lectual powers and hunts for the truth? Not at all for
what some individual, perhaps an ignoramus clothed with
judicial functions, has ruled on the matter years, months or
days ago. And to make the matter worse,' there are forty
eight state legislatures, as well as tho United States con
gress, turning out new laws with frightful and relentless
rapidity.
"Now, the greater part of this unwieldy mass of ,iudic-
lnl and legal lore could be wiped out of existence if we abol
ished the single legal maxim, 'stare decisis.7 The literal
meaning of this phrase is 'let the decision stand' and its
application is that whenever a point of law is raised m
court it is possible for the lawyers on either side to drag
into the case every reference which stands in the whole
record of judicial decision to points which are identical
with or closely similar to the one under discussion.
"The maxim 'stare decisis' is not a principle of justice;
it is merely a legal doctrine, and it runs counter to that fun
damental principle which underlies all judicial decisions
namely, that a judgment stands because it is just, not be
cause it rests upon nudge-made, precedents.
"It is by appealing to the maxim 'stare decisis' and by
resorting to every mechanical device which the legal forms
place at the disposal of the wealthy suitor that our boasted
equality before the law is reduced to a mockery and that
the rich man is enabled to hide behind a thousand techni
calities of which the poor man has not the means to avail
himself.
"Most of the forms and practices attending the admin
istration of justice in this country are useless. They should
be eradicated, and with their disapiiearancc would fall to
pieces the present organization of the bench and the bar.
"Speaking with reference to our legal system as a
whole, I say that every case should be decided on its mer
its; that the records of judicial history should be short
ened; that the lengthy and involved opinions of judges
should be prohibited; that the office of barrister or pleader
should be separated from that of solicitor; that lawyers
should becomo real officers of the law, concerned only to
discover the truth and to establish the right, instead of
seeking to obscure the former and to defeat the latter, and,
as the first and indispensable condition upon which all
other reforms are finally dependent, let the bench and the
bar be forever divorced from politics.
"It is the aim of the criminal law to ascertain whether
a person accused of crime is guilty or not guilty, and that
criminal procedure is best which settles the question with
tho least delay, at the lowest cost and with the greatest
certainty.
"For a lawyer it is humiliating to be forced to admit
that most of the evils of our legal system arc to be traced
to the lawyers themselves. The substantive law as it goes
in the statutes is drafted by lawyers, tho technical pro
cesses ot the law are devised by lawyers, the administration
of tho law is entirely in the hands of lawyers, tho opportun
ities for delay, sophistical differentiation and profit which
the law and the codes of procedure afford arc better known
to lawyers than to any other class of our citizens, and it is
the lawyers who reap whatever monetary gain there is in
the faults which their system perpetuates." ,
MABEL NORMAN, MOVIE STAR, "SIMPLY DOTES" ON BOXERS
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Mubel N'orinniul, iucioiw comedi
enuo with the Keystone Mourn; Pic
turo company, is nu nnlfiit boxing
fan, one of the many women of Hie
west who lake u deep interest in tho
events, of fihtinna and its heroes
A sportswoman through and
through, this plueky film star admits
she'd rather witness a clean-eat
spurring exhibition than hear t'nnmo
Hing. for iustnuee.
"Of course, I can't sec many
bouts," Mubel explained, "but recent-
HOWLAND
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INDICTMENT
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CHARG
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DENVKIt, .March 15 Governor
Qeorgo A. Carlson prepared today a
special message to tho loglslnturo,
congratulating It upon Its efforts to
go to tho bottom ot the charges grow,
lng out of tho dollvory of a packagu
of currency to Itupresentatlvo W. W.
Howland on the floor or the Colorado
houso of representatives I-'ubruary U.
Tho governor urged tho passage of
ponding bills to reduce state oxponses
and to create a statu industrial com
mission. Tho mossaKo probably will
be transmitted tomorrow.
Tho county grand Jury resumed Its
inquiry into tho Howland enso. How
land arrested Into Saturday on a
charge- of perjury growing out of his
tostlmony boforo a leglslatlvo InvestU
gating connnlttuo, still uas In Jail,
hatng failed to furnish bond In tho
sum of $2000.
It wan stated at tho district attor
ney's office that us Howland k ar
rest had been on a direct Information
No Crime to Kill a Game Warden
(From tho Portland Oregonian.)
The acquittal of I.orin Martin,
hhtyer of Deputy Qnrne Warden Hub
hard, in Jackson county, again proves
that human life is tho cheapest thing
in tho world, except the nlayer'H, Tho
tender feeling of tho whole public
toward all murderers was illustrated
labt Noverabor, when the stnto abol
ished capital punishment; and the
sensitive regard juries hnvo for tho
right of any man to kill his enemy is
shown by tho failure of the ordinary
jury three times out of four to con
vict, if the iiciuibcd bus friends and
influence.
Arthur S. Hubbard was a game
warden, one of the best in the serv
ice of the stnte. Ho was shot by
Martin in the performance of his du
ties, He had taken venison from the
cabin of Martin and was about to
placo him tinder arrest. Martin re
sisted by killing Ilubburd.
The slayer had tlje sympathy,
straago as it may seem, of many
JjMKple, wjtlt whom no doubt enforce.,
ment of gnmo laws is not popular. It
is ojwiily declared in Jackson coun
ty, and the charge is repeated by
flumo Warden Finloy, that Sheriff
Kingler and his deputies actively sup
ported the defense by lending their
official influence to Martin. If the
charge is true, Sheriff Singler ought
to ho recalled.
Tho sad miscarriage, of justice has
led to a vigorous protest by Game
Warden Finloy, who makes this an
nouncement; "I do not intend to appoint another
deputy game warden in Jackson
county. I regurd tho value of human
life more highly than tho enforcement
of gume laws. If necessury, we can
do without game rather thun to leave
a homo without u father and make
orphans of helpless children.
Tho poachers huvo freo sway in
Jackson county.
Tho Dalles Knights I'ythlus to
erect four-story concroto lodgo build
ing.
GRANDMOTHER KNEW
There Was .Nothing So (.'ood for Cii-
gcstloii mid folds as .Miistnnl
Hut tho old.faHliloneil mustard
plaster burned and blistered whllu It
actod. You can now get tho relief
and help that mustard plasters gave,
without the plaster and without tho
bllslor.
MUSTKUOLK docs It. It In a clean
white ointment, made wth oil of
mustard. It Is scientifically pre
pared, so that It works wonders', and
yet docs not blister tho tenderest skin.
Just massage MUBTKItOMS In with
the flngor-tlps gontly, Sen how quick
ly It brings relief how spoodlly tho
pain disappears,
And thoro Is nothing like MUS-
THIIOLK for Soro Throat, nronchltls,
Tonsllitls, Croup. Stiff Nock, Asthma,
Neuralgia, Headacho, Congestion,
Pleurisy, Ithoumntlsm, Lumbugo,
I'alns and Aches of Hack or Joints,
Sprains, Soru Muscles, Drulsos, Chil
blains, Krostod Feet. Colds of tho
Chest (It often prevents Pneumonia).
At your druggist's, In 25c .and fiOo
Jars,' and a special large hospital size
for 2.r.O,
Do suro you got the gonuino MU8-
TI3KOLE. Itcfuso imitations got
what you ask for. Tho Muster.ole
Company, Cleveland, Ohio, f Adv.
John A. Perl
UNDERTAKER
Lady Assistant
2H H. I1AIITLKTT
Phone I. -17 and 47-J9
Ambulance Bmlco' Orxmcr
ly we hud ono of Iho cleverest boxers
in our studio heio in the person of
I" rankle Dolau. 1 jus doted u him
while Im was in training. And cer
tainly felt disappointed when Fraukie
left the company's employ."
Dohin participated in many four
round amateur bouts hem and in Sail
Francisco. When Charlie Chaplin
left tho Keystone sen ice he took Do
lau with him.
In addition to her interest in box
ing and boxers, Miss Normand is an
experienced horse woman, oes auto
mobile racing and owns three cars.
filed by the district ntturnoy, the
grand Jury would not duplicate this
charge by Indicting him for perjury.
It was expected that a meeting of
the public committee which Investi
gated the Howland caso would bo
held today, I'ntll after that meet
ing, It wan said, the house would
probably tako no action toward ex
pelling Howland.
STOP COUGHS AND COLDS
Instantly with Schlffmann's Concen
trated Hxpectorant. 2 ounces maku
a pint at homo. If not found tho
very best remedy ever imed, your
money will bo returned by Medford
Pharmacy Adv.
VOIR SICK CHILD
IS CONSTIPATED!
LOOK AT HI!
No mutter what ullii your child, n
gontlu, thorough Inxatho should ul
wnyo ho tho first treatment given.
It your llttlo ono Is out-of-sorts,
hitir-slclc, Isn't icstlug, entlug and
acting naturallylook, Motliorl see
tr tunguo Is coated. This Is a suro
sign that It's llttlu Htomanh, liver anil
bowols are clogged with waste. When
cross, Irrltahlo, feverish, stomach
sour, breath bad or has stomacli-urlie,
dtarrhoun, soro throat, full of cold,
glvu a toanpoouful of "California Sy
rup of figs," and In a few bourn all
the constlpnted poison, undigested
food and sour bllo gently moves out
of Its llttlo bowels without griping,
and ou huui a well, playful child
nfenlu.
Mothers rnu rest eusy after giving
this harmless "fruit laxative." be
causa It never falls to cleanse the lit
tle ouu'ii liver and bowels and sweeten
tho ntumnch anil they dearly love Its
pleasant taste. Full directions for
babies, children of all ages and for
growii'tips printed on each bottle.
llowaro of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a ri0o)iit bot
tle of "California Syrup of Klgs";
then nee that tt Is made by tho "Cali
fornia Syrup Company." Adv.
IT Theatre
Monday and 't'MCMlay Xiuht
The Boss of the
Eighth
Two Heel llronctio, daughters with
Short) "
Daphnia
American two reel story of I.ovu and
Intrlguo Featuring Kd Coxon
aud Winifred Greenwood
TheUnpainted Portrait
Majestic Story of an Artist's Life
Baggage Smasher
Ke stone Comedy
.1 and 10 Yiitw
STAR Theatre
MONDAY-TUESDAY
Paramount Picture
The
PatchWork
Girl of Oz
Clean Comedy, wonderful Illusions,
pretty ;'irls, beautiful alrls, inannlfl
crnt scenery, live parts.
A Joker Ccmcily Ono Part
FOOLING
FATHER
Afternoon 2:15
Evening 7:00
FIGURES
COUNT
lliforo you hnvo vehicle equipped
with rubber tires, auto wheels or bod
Ins built or repaired, or any kind ot
wagon work dono It will pay you to
flguro with
BILLINGS
Wagon Carriage and
Auto Works
Ho has had 22 year's experience In
his linn and guarantca his wurk.
Corner Itlvcrslilo and l.'lghtti
THE PAGE
Medford's
Leading Theatre
Comfortable Well Ventilated Safe Larue Seatlnrj Capacity
One Big Feature Week
Commencing Monday, March 15th
The Extraordinary Programs for This Week Chanuo Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Such a Gnlnxy of Stars and Pictures Have Never Been Seen in
Medford Before in One Week's Time
MONDAY AND TUESDAY Offi Essanay Comedy, Charlie Chaplin In "THE CHAMPION"; Three-Part
Lubln, "HER MARTYRDOM," featiirin'o Arthur Johnson mill Lotllc Briscoe; "THE DEATH
TRAIN," fcaturlnn Helen Holms, a Kalcm Sensational Drama.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Special Featuro, MARY FULLER in "THE HEART OF THE
HILLS," three parts; Thirteenth Episode of tho "MASTER KEY," two parts; Ono Reel COMEDY.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Broadway Star Feature, "RADIUM THIEVES," In three parts; Comedy,
"HIS NEW JOB," featuring Charlie Chaplin; Sella-, Tom Mix In "SLIM HIGGINS"
SUNDAY Three-Part Lubln Drama, "SIREN OF F0RSICA"; two-part Vltarjraph Melodrama,
"SNATCHED FROM A BURNING DEATH"; Vitanraph Comedy, "CUPID'S COLUMN."
YOU SHOULD NOT MISS ANY OF THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS
NOTE The Page is the only (heater In Medford showing tho productions of the Vitaraph,
Broadway Star Features, Essanay, Dlofjraph, Luhln, Edison, Sellg, Kakwt, Hearst-Sellg Weekly,
Melles and others. Moving picture fans and those who enjoy the best In motion pictures will
appreciate what this means.
One Thousand Dollars
In
A MAXWELL 1915 TOURING OAR, electric starter, electric lights, speed
ometer. See it in our lobby.
TWO DIAMOND RINaS See them in Reddy's show window.
While "It's always a big sho wat the Page," this week's program excels any
thing ever offered.
MATINEE 2 P. M.
EVENING 7 O'CLOCK
. No Change in Admission 5-10-15c
Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin
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