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'I ImLv ir. ,4: ?: 'I K !! FACIE SIX -MEDEOIiD-JtfAJTl rn?T73rNTC, MEDFORD, OREOOX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915 AON CHILDREN BEAT OREGON IN CORN AND MELONS Tho boy corn growers of .Incksou county littve fared well ut the Mule fair, having carried off all the blue rihhoiw on tlilu golden cereal. Claurf ("hnrley of HrowjiRho"ro, who won finst Inst year nt tho Jackson county fnir iih well ns nt tho istntc fnir, in thm yenr n warded firwt in the Boj'h' Agricultural oluh with nn exhibit of .orn. His brother Lcland won firm in tho boys' corn-growing contest as v?oll an first in th'o boys' open com contest, class A. Vcrn Owens of Wcllcn carried off firnt in class H. Others of our boys winning in com lire Joe Collins of Tabic Hock, fourth; mid Sidney Hcnlley of Talent; fifth. It will be recalled that seed com from the Onus Charley field was distrib uted Inst spring td all boys in tho vounty who applied for it. This was done through tho school superintend rut's office nud wnri fiuld for by tho Fanners' & Fruitgrowers' bank, About twenty-fivo of tho boys mailc cjihibils at the Htato fair. .Mlfis Ksther Miller, Medford tt. !, was 'awarded first prirc iii tho poul try raising content, division A. The first prize in thrso project contests arc (rips to tho 0. A.' C. ut Corvnllls for a two weeks' course during the Minimer seliool in llllu. Other boys and girls winning prizes nt tho state fair arc tho follewing: .Too Collins, Table Hock, first on wnfermoltm, first on pio putiipkin, bcuoud on hubbard siimish. Ida HtcuniH, Uold Hill, fifth on ficwing. Harriet Howell, Medford, third on hand -inn do droit. Mniid Hicc, Tulcnt, fifth on pio pumpkin. Louis Sweet, llcnglc, fifth on bread. Merle WillltH, Persist, second on potato growing. Jnlo Cook, (lold Hill, fifth on po tatoes;. Mildred Lynch, Talent, font Hi oil baking. 'ifjiWifil llurnelt, Tulcnt, fifth oh 0'ul()IIH. !,Tloherl Kollor, Aslilamlj second on bi'ri) Ii6usc Cheater N'icklcson of Portland was awarded first prir.o for tho best in. disiduul e.hibit in the agricultural section; I). M. Lowe of Ashland ic reived second and Leonard (lilkoy of Lebanon third. GRANDPA" ROOT'S THE FELLOW 10 POT REFORM AND REACTION INTO THE SAME POLITICAL PEW Left the Wnr Department in Better Shape Than He Found It Voters Certain, to Repudiate His Reaction ary Draft for a State Constitution In New York. (Note by Hultor This In tho cc ond In a nerlcs of articles by our po litical expert on tho candidates for the prculdency.) Staff special. Tho second btril bet for tho re publican president! nomt-fdvorltc. Until tho Now York constitution making Job nt Alliany started n leak In tho gits bag, h( presidential boom was more beautifully Inflated than that of Hoot. Hut thin buslncns of presiding over a reactionary conven tion Is all to tho bad for presidential ambitions. Iloi.i Tweed's Attorney "Orandpa" Hoot In a clover man. This fact was discovered when ho was n young and comparatively unknown lawyer,' and led jU-Ills retention ns counsel to "Doss" Tweed when tho latter wan prosecuted for looting tho city, of Now York. It will bo romom bcred that Tweed died In Jail, n poor man, but Hlntorlnn Myers relates In tho first volumo of his "Great Amor lean fortunes" that real cstato won deeded by Tweed to Hoot In lieu of fees. Hoot Is a lawyer. Ills profession would bo liln answer to any criticism of his profiting by tho "Tweed Ring" loot. Ho has had many clients so mo good nnd some bad. At times ho has appeared ns counsel for "tho people," ns when ho nroso and Hpoko GRANDPA ROOT HOBBLES IN P "Vf "Av . v s. EflflBHKV Ho was a very competent secretary of stato with very llttlo to try his real abilities. Tho tlmo was peaceful and dlpb'iincj' at n low obb when ho was there - (Jrnndpa Hoot's ago has proved n handicap In IiIr rnco for tho repub lican presidential nomination. Ho was born In Clinton, Onolda county, N. Y Kobj, 1$,418I5. Ho would bo 72 years cj kg'Avhcn Inaugurated, If elected president, and 7G when ho finished Ills first torm. Tho stress of being president Just tho physical strain of people to bo seen and current work to bo dono, Is n task for youth and strongth. Tho most eloauont.y aKa.nt tho seating I ?!"! . " ? , ni-vvnw hji iii in iiinu it nuiiuun tun Grandpa Hoot was not torn limb from limb. Hut so potont wcro tho tonos of Grandpa's voice, and so commanding tho glnnco of his eye, or so gcntlo were tho assembled progressive dele gates that John nuvor had to strlko n blow. Tho nomination of tho beloved Taft wns triumphantly put through and enthusiastically by Grandpa Hoot. SEPTEMBER DRY AS OTHER MONTHS FIRST CARLOAD OF GRAPE IS SHIPPED MEDFORD COLLEGE NOTES The regular uionlhtly contests were lield Friday with the following re sults: Ornco Taylor again obtained first honors in spelling with a grade .r 00 per cent. Vnda Alliums and Mcdriti Altimus each secured third honors in spelling, nud Walter Hess obtained third honors in rapid cat dilution. Ksjwcially good records wcro mado in typewriting, Walter Hess writing 01 words pcrminuto and Hazel l'utnov ftl words net per mju lite. Tho Underwood credential cer- titiooto for fust typewriting was pre seated to Walter Hoss, nud Order of mi egg atiims crrmicuifN were awarded to Hazel Putney and Surah Henry. (Irrgg writer certificates were- also presented to ClertnuH 'Iruutfether iiml lluu-I Putney. Pol- lowing tho presentation of awards, .Air. Lutta of the Medford Cummer ciai club talked to tho students on lio subject, "Why Some Slenog- laphers Succeed and Others Pail," The program was concluded by Mr. Lynctto Hovious of the Medford con bcnntory, who gave n lending in the French dialect, which was enthuti astically received by the students nnd visitors. Wo shall nnVs from our dictation chinos Hen Forbes and Walter Hcs, who have secured stenograpldo imm tioiiH. Hen is employed in the law office of O. M. Roberts uud Walter is woiking in tho office of the Jack sou County (.'reamer'. They arc both ambitious to become cHits mi will continue in our night school ltuth Manning and Hazel Putncx, who havu been abn-nt from school for a few weeks, taking: wicutionfc, aiv with us again, doing good work in shorthand and typing;. Thobo who lime entered fcohool re cently arc; Louise Williamson, Vudrt Allimu!., Clell McCrcdic, Italph Hal com and Cuhin Shearinirn. The MisbUH Wllliiuiikon and Altimus nro taking the ktenogruphiu iouru and Muwr. MeCredie, Khonrbuni and llaluom tho commereiul course. Tho banner which whs .mauled the bchool by tho (iregg I'uhlUhin.j Co. for highent roniilt obtained in dmt- liaud during tho pakt year Urn. b.-tu iccejved and it now ocrupyiux too position id honor in thu ttul lill. KxciHlly good iomiiIu wvre ie cured in Iku weak' blindfold type writing tct, the student boiug xtry in il eli intict.l and ilutcnsintd (a work hard to got utill bvttur re.ult. Ourhuginnent, (Jioo who liao rvcunt , ciimlled, uiv doing vory good wvrk, " Smivto coiitidoutiy bollcu Iiml tk WjkWHt. r mark will bo ruuuhod in .3iWiUJtvc'uiv4 the vouiiuj; .Mar. of William I.orlmer of Illinois, who had bribed his way Into tho United States nonnto. And so It was for a good many years, whonovor the city of Now York got n spasm of vulgar political mis riilo, among tho "prominent'' nnd re spoctable citizens who would bo nam ed ns a "reform committee, was ICIIhu Hoot. Generally his namo ap peared not far below that of Roth Low. As an exponent of respectable reform, Hdot Is habitually there in his best silk hat. Hefoiiii Must ls Blow Hut rcforn must not trot too fast not If Granpa Hoot Is to stay In tho lino of march. Just before ho left tho United Htntes senate ho show ed how fast n pace he could stand. Somebody was talking about a gov ernment owned steamship lino, and Hoot held the senate In tho grip of his matchless orator) for nn hour white ho told why not. Tho Interstate commerce commission's creation, ho said, was a step townrd socialism. So was tho construction of a government railroad In Alaska. Ho opposed tho government's conservation activities, sldcratlou In tho minds of president tunkors. T .ho obllgod to discard n man at tho end of four years on ac count of ago and groom a successor Is an uninviting task. Appointed by Arthur President, Arthur Kavo Hoot Ills first boost lutolpubllc Ufo by appoint ing him, In l$S3, as. Inltod States district attprnoy for tbp,Houthorn dis trict of Nqw York, lla began muk lug constitutions in 1831 when ha was delegate at lnrcR to tho ntnto consti tutional convention nud ho lms serv ed tho country in other ways as by membership on tho Alaskan boundary commission In 100.1, tho North Atlan tic Fisheries Arbitration nt tho Ilnguo In 1010; and on tho permanent board of arbitration at t)io IlaRiio. Gruupa Hoot Is familiar with tho Job of presiding over republican con ventions, lie ,dld it at Chicago in 1901, nnd,aKali,pt Chicago in 1U12, when Taft received his second nomi-uatlon-Mhat nomination which broiiKht hlui tho electoral votes of Vermont and Utah. On tho second occasion the convention was kept In tn federal trado commission and prac-rorder with difficulty by 100 city po tlcally all tho results of congressional I licomen, and some flremon, nud at enactment for tho last 20 ycarH. These, ho declared, were all a dlro menace to Individual liberty a lib erty panoplied only by the constitu tion (unamended) of tho nation's fathers. As a member of Col. Honsovelt's cabinet, Hoot served In his familiar role as lawyer. Hoosevclt has somo times said In moro truth than Jest that he found Hoot useful ns tho pro ducer of excellent reasons far doing what he, Hoosevclt, had decided not to do. Age a Handicap As secretary of war Hoot showed himself an excellent administrative officer. Ho reorganized the war de partment and loft the army In much better shapo when he went than when he came. Grandpa Hoot's right hand during nil his presiding times, stood John May nard Harlan, six foot six In his sox, and weighing many pounds of firm muscle, for tho purposo ot seeing that The Real Suffrage Thought of Women Malhcrtmnil l ilwri lipptmuvit In womnn'i mini), And with it conifi IhontlilJ ot how tn rnliK ami utfrmnie the palm and dl Irrwj nf tho orrirnl. An tlrrnl trmttly, "Mothtr't Friend." If hlihlr rmmimrndtd. Mundrrdi or young mothtr wrltr Imw rrjolcnl Ihty were at the lnce of morning drLnM, nrrTounr .ind olhtr dlrtrre. Oft holtl of "Mothfr'i Krlrnd'' at any driif ttnrf. Slmiilf apply It oirr IS itomarh muwln and rrl awurrd or pnfrcl MfMy and mm fort itf and nlht. Write tn nradSrld Rrrnlt(r Tn.. Hit lamur Bt(U, Atlanta, Ga., for tbtlr handwrae and liutrartlvo bonk. The first car load of grapes ever shipped from tho Horuc Hlvcr valley was shipped yesterday by tho Pro ducers association. The fruit is des tined to Now York. II. U. Young, manager ot tho association, stated last night Hint ton car loads' will bo shipped from tho valley, this season. Tho growers, according" to Mr.' Young' Jp ..., will realize $1.00 nbrcrnto net. - -KL As tho Industry, from n commercial .J. point of view, Is so young in tho val- Jfl.., ley, California packers havo been em- id. ployed to pack tho grapes. 7 Yesterday's shipment were Tokays. 18. Tho vnrloty linn long been a money 1ft maker for California growers ami in 20 somo seasons has boon tho only var- 21 loty that has sold at a profit. For color, slzo and flavor tjic'locai grapes according to Mr. Young, nro Htiperlor to thoso grown in Callfbrnla. IN DRYEST YEAR .September, lUlfi, wns the dryest September in th'cdiistory of the Hoguo litter valley since 1889, when no rain fell ut all. . The deficiency in moist ure forCt licVcnt -jMbt. by montlis is as foliew's: November, 12.80 inelies; December, :i.(J3; ,tanuary( 3.PJ; Feb ruary, J. 10; .March, 1.51; May, .42; June, .07; August, .34, and Sep tember, .! .inch. The rainfall wiw in excess in April .50'iticlt,' July .02( ami October ..r)0, a total of .79. Tho months thai -11010 been (generally marked by heavy rainfalls were shy. Never was a community, considering the installation of irrigation, pre sented with more irrefutable argu ments in its favor. The rainfall for September was .0:1 inch, a deficiency of .92 inch.- All the rain of the mouth fell upon one day the Hill). There wcro traces of moisture on four other days. The average rainfall for the month is .Oft" inch. The mean maximum tcuiperuturo for the month was 86 degrees, nnd the mean minimum 43 degrees. Tho hottest days wcro on tho 3d nnd 4th, when the mercury rose to 92, mid on tho 17th nnd 18th, wheu the tcmiwr attire rose to tho same point. The unusual conditions recorded were n thunderstorm on the 11th and a light' frost ground Mcdfoid opjihe niorning'bf the 28th. . iii The rcportfor the month ,feljb3: ite. Mnx. Min. Prcc. 18 vA'TATAA'TAt . ar Ae 4lXA. 1 I 4 'A I 4 ID Adjustments on the Basis of 4,500 Miles You will very likelv get greater uuicugu ns most Savace Tires give more many is' I)nt 1. ... o 3. ".. 4. ... r.... 0 7.... . 8 ..... II .... 19 11 . J. 79 85 92 ...;.. 9'2 90 80 81 83 78 ""WiTW TT xoTiri-: All trespassing and hunting strict ly forbidden on tho 100 l'Hiri'S OHCHAHD. 23. 24... 2i"i " . jti 27 28 ' 29 .'in .7(1 idd. 70 .80. 8H - aa ..- 92 , ill 911 79 -- .- 77 .. ; ..'. -. 71 . --i 77 M . ..70 . 78 . 80 85 43 45 47 ftl . 45 40 42 42 38 38 .42. T , 45 .03 39 13 . 45 4H. -. 48 47 45 39 40 50 38 43 40 4z T. T, t I I 4 t t 4 IK I eV give more than 10,C00 miles of service No road too Savage for smsE TIRES ' Direct from factory to you Manufacturing costs us no more than it costs others. We deal direct with you so it costs us less to sell. We give vou the saving in added quality. Savage 1 ires are unequalled values. Ask for Tire Book THE SAVAGE TIRE C0.,San Diego,Calif. FACTORY DISTRIBUTOR C. E. GATES 1 Medford ...! . EDUCATE FOR BUSINESS at tho "SCHOOL OF BEST RESULTS" Knter Xow and Make Your Tlmo Co nt for Something Worth While. Coin plctc Iliisincsfl, Stcnogmphic, Civil Service, and English Courses Taught by Teachers Who Know How to Get U10 Hc.t Itcsults. Medford Commercial College Day and Night School. 31 X. Grnpo St. Taste Tells DAISY BUTTER Has a superior flavor over other Butters. Insist on tyAISY of your Grocer. Mado in MedL'ora. Milk and Cream, Butter Millc, Cottage Cheese, Ice Cream, Fresh Eggs fjt our Store. White VelvetlceCreamCo. Phone JSl 32 South Central WW'WWWWWWWWWHHHHWWi These cool evenings suggest Robes and Gloves Imported Shawl Robes $3.25 up Plush Robes . . Women's Gauntlets Men's Gauntlets . 6.00 up 1.00 up 1.75 up $ C. E. GATES t ? ? ? T 5 ? V ? ? ? Y t t ? y f r ? ? r r r r t ? T t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? y y V JJv5l Cook With Electricity J o ., - . :ii- J ilOiip ' 'H J ir Ly Electric heat is fuel without waste, ashes or dirt. The ELECTRIC RANGE cooks evenly and thoroughly, is Cleaner, Better and Safer than other methods of cooking. Will bake, boil, roast or fry. All the latest models of electric ranges 6ri display at our office. California -Oregon Power Company 21(1 West Main Street. Phone IGS MEDFORD, OR KG OX ''V . f y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y 4 t y y y y t y y y y y y y y y y y A - M A A Hi"J&&&