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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1915)
do'?' ft rn E no V&r i SWI f ! III! fc Hfi 4: co oX n.SA ur ! in OBI s& rg l tic Iff Iq, ft ok n U oils' PC U u Hi; H m" R.t ' W 9 V0J !1 ilc OK X fi ini rafc i tot. , PAGElTOtm MEDFORD MATTJ TRFBUNE, MEDFORD, OREO ON, SATURDAY. DEO EMITTER 11. 1015 BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN INDnPUNDHNT NIJWSPAI'Ell PUULiKiino i:vi:iiy aktkknoon KXCHI'T HUNDAY HY TIII5 MKDFOHU IMUNT1NO CO. Offlco Mall Trlbun Ilulldlnjr, SS2729 North Fir atreoti tolcplionf) 75. The Democrnllo Time, Tim Medford Mnll, Tho Medford Trbun, Tho Houth cm Oresonnn, Tlio Aslilnnd Trbuno. SUBSCRIPTION SATES One year, by mal ...-.-..............5.00 Ohn month, by mail... ........... ........ ,C0 IVr month, delivered by carrier In Mrdfonl, Phoenix, Jacksonville nml Central Point ...... .60 Rntuiday only, by mnll, per yenr 2 00 Weekly, per year 1.B0 'iflclal Taper of tho City of Medford. Official Paper of Jnckfton County. Entered na nccond-clnaa mat tor at Medford, Oregon, under the net of March 3, 187. Sworn Circulation for 19H, 258. Full tenRcd wire Associated Press dlfi-atclien. PI .j. Subscribers falling to rccelTO papors promptly, phono Clrcu- 4 4 Ifttlon Mnnagor nt 2D0-R. HONG KONG KOLUM 1 mm wmmw THE LAND GRANT DECISION THE derision of Judge AVolverton in the Oregon land grant case, holding' the railroad entitled to an equity of $2.00 an acre and no more, confirms the interpretation of the supremo court decision made hy the Mail Tribune which was Uatly contradicted by the Portland Uregon ian and other organs of predatory privilege striving to protect the railroad and enrich it with something belong ing to the people under court decree. Governor Withycombe, in order to help the railroad, called a land grant conference of representatives of vari ous sections and industries and recommended agreement upon a program whereby the railroad would be able to secure, in addition to the $2.50 an acre, a division of tho proceeds from the sale of the property at its present value. The conference failed to make a single demand to protect the interests of the state. Its entire efforts were to aid the railroad. Notwithstanding Judge Wolverton's decree, Governor Withycombe is still striving to present the railroad with soino'$8,000,000 more than itis entitled to under the de cree. A report of the proceedings of the land grant confer ence held Friday reads: It wiib decided to submit to representatives of the Southern Pacific railroad n proposition that the company should receive J2.50 an acre for tho grant lands, plus tho amount of tnxos In oxcobb of l-'.r.O per aero that has been paid. This excess Is between l!.UUU,O0U and $2, .,00,000. Various propositions wero discussed, tho most liberal one being that or (lovcrnor withycombe, who thought that tho company should ho reim bursed for Its administration expenses In connection with the lands, excess taxes and the cost of carrying troops In tho past, and that there should be a sinking fund of $2,000,000 to rclmburso the company for carrying troops In the future. Tills would glvo tho company about $8,000,000, and, as the governor figured It, would lenvo about $12,000,000 for tho state. Why give the railroad anything more than it is en titled to under tho court's decree lias not the refusal of tho railroad ,to live up to the terms of the grant already cost the state tremendously by retarding development? Why rob the state to reward the railroad for breach of faith? Again wo ask, does Governor Withycombe represent tho people of Oregon or tho Southern Pacific railroad? MAY PAY AS YOU IE UPON MAXWELL Our corner druggist la very pollto to our fnmlly. Wo want to give him a Christmas gift what shall It bo? Horace. (Glvom something Jlust as Reed.) Ouo In Cnoimli Visitor (to Ring Sing) yy poor man, what uro you In hoiu for? Unfortunate Digamy, sir. I had eight wives. iVIsltor Seven loo ninny, eh? unfortunate No, sir eight too manyt "One loiiuli of IiIh personality brought the house riowiir-" From a current news story. (Maybo ho was nua mmuiiltlon plotter.) A I'nlry Tnlo Once a man who had a baby that didn't cry and a dog Unit didn't bade ur bile, went to live In a suburb where theru was no mosquitoes, In Which llenijV Wife U AtUlM'il lo "(ilo 1 1 fin tho (into!" (From Clarksvlllu, Ark., Herald) Henry Hruughtou has most all of his fence torn down by stopping over It. Ills wlfo Mill have to build a fonco higher, or got Ilunry some glasses, so ho can find tho gate. TiMho'h Uelli'lnger CongroMiiiun Claud Kltehln, the utiw democratic leader In tho house, tplil that other day of a (turkey who nppllod nt tho Kltehln homo for work. The oook asked him what ho could do. "If yo' gib mo vomo washlu', 1 klu Ink it home lo uinh wife " replied tlm dusky applicant. Stella' I taiga In ("-outlier Some tlmcM a man loses all his money when his wUV spends It, ot'it miwsii; SCISNAHIOS Scientists digging lit California, find fcoro of timid horses. Invostl. tk (jnUon pioves hors hne three loon! llo'iitMi diixl 1,000,000 itnrH iiko. Man rlugluK cane at ottuMH, Kau hos. ItltiKH three, (Ioon home uud mIviw two lo fiinnds. Carried third one eight oars. FnlU down and luyaks on no thta wook One hmulied 1 dollar bill eaneoalud lu Us head was ' liroujtht to IlKht. A A'ai'iiln (Vroin 0ilneIIK na.. ItogUlet) "Ilools for women." Olrls, don't ir (how; thoj will destroy the view of those prott) silk hoo. . "A Clilrkcn" MUt Hlttl Wof I holds a place lu the wclsl llfr bforfn Itay, Wis t Our Own nins lllnt Ilora'n a kuKktln for a Xma Bid. No that intr Mays uro here J u suit of Iklg klul sun Id wtif kit ter Su( ftwftKth l.ogknrt om old lNir. Uiii Wy in ,MhI.i ii 'IVini'li ' JAAli turn kuitMNrsttituutr1 6' Ul rKkt. I. ou iu- II;;," ACREAGE IN SIGHT A SAMPLE of the aeouraey of Grants Pass news is shown by tho following dispatch in the Portland Oregonian of December 10: (ill ANTS PASS, 0r Dec. !). (Special.) -It Is almost a certainty that the ItogtiQ rver valley will get a sugar factory. '.More than 3U00 acres of nccoptablo beet land has heun signed up and tho local beet committee Is still nt work, tho slogan being "get tho acreage first, tho location later." 0 the 3GQ0 acres already signed up, tho Grants Pass district has nioro than 2700 acres. Aside from this tho Itoguo Itlvcr, Merlin, I.oland, (Jlon dale and Wolf Crook sections, all of which are directly tributary to Ci rants Pass, mill over 200 acres, leaving approximately uso acres to the credit or Gold Mill, Central point and Medford combined. On December 0 the Oregon-Utah Sugar Co. published a list of accepted signcd-up sugar beet acreage in both Grants Pass and Medford papers, showing !l(if)il acres in approved contracts, of which 102(5 (lary between IWogue K'ivcr and (Herniate, the Grants Pass 'district, and 1727 between Gold Hill and Ashland, the Medford district. In addition, the Medford beet committee submitted contracts enough to bring the total up to 15200 acres of ap proved land for this section, contingent upon the factory being located between Gold Kay and Ashland, which were rejected because the company required unconditional con tracts. There is no question but that the available acreage is in sight to justify a sugar factory in this end of the valley, and perhaps am whore in the vallev HOPEWELL SECURES AI If LINER PASSES l'lrratSIH lid, i., Dee. 11. While Hopewell w- lieitinniiiK In ne fioui ilv nolle- llnv it ei.mmittco ap plied Tur ii town elmitei. Although Die eommuuilv luul u population esti mated lit '..'7,1)00 bel'oie Hie fito on Thurtlnj, it never liu been meot HU--jili'il. llOlMiWKMi, Vn., Don. II. Tho Dul'onl wiiii'Hinn iirieleil the day liel'oio the file ou Ihr Mitpieioii that he un. Uit t itifc to blow up (lie plout, lino been fined $'J,i uud plueod tuulei lioml to keep tile peiieo. I'ltulojjinph SANTA BARBARA SANTA HAIMlAltA. (.'!., IU-. 11. The Hill liner .Minne-ola pasM'd hero kliorlly liol'oio 10 o'eloek lodnv, liemled noitli in tow of tho lug I)auntle uud Sett Koer uud the wiuekiiiK lenmer luiiia. The ot-el w.Ms oul a mile and a half or two iiiiIhx I'linn aIioiu and making between si. and kien Ktiutn, appari'iitlv u lnx it own ent;iiiti lo mhiio extent. A pile remedy that Is eutlroly dif ferent from an) thing olso, used both oxtorually and Internally, acting on tho blood an well as tho disease, a lemedy without a superior. It U and iliHWingh of tlm plant woie lound .Mrltol IMlo Itomody, mado and guar- on him. hut it wk not etahliluHl unteed by tho American Drug and that lie earned nit rol. rerun, as with . I'rcM Association. Prlco $1 00. leporteil. The man sa- he is a Pole. Agents, Uuaklnn Drug Store.Adv. Acting on the soiiuil principle (lint miloiiiobileH can nml will eu'iittinllv lie gGiii'rnlly -iolt1 on llie Hame banw lis pianos, leal etale and oilier com modities of vitltii', Jtr. Powell, of the Powell Auto Co., local Jlnxwell rep resentative's announce' in thin intu it tiinu-piijiiiont plan liv which the prospective mi)toris(n of tliii eily uud vicinity can secure .Maxwell curs .without any npprecinbli' encroiicli incnt on their finnneiiil reiourcex and invcstniuiitf. "1'av iik You Wide' in the coneUe wnv in wliieh Mr. Powell Miminur ies the details ol the plan. "Modem conditions often demand tlint a man make two of his entire eapilal in his himine-M or in his pro fessionnl eiiuipment," declares Mr. Powell. "Often, even the relatively small amount needed to pay the cash down price of even it Maxwell auto mobile in larc enough to keep him from taking his moiii'V fioui the ehnii noli in which it is at woik. "The automobile Inisilii'ss mist rec pgiiixe this condition. I have work rd out a' plnu which I inn puttim; into effect hcie, for the benefit of my customers who inny be so situ ated. "This plan enables the man of uv erage means to mv a car nml enjoy it while he is pa.iug for it, and en ables him, us well, to pav for it out of his regular income. Thin plim I nm iniltiiiL' nt work todav. It will m eligible in the ease ol every ear I can secure from the Detioit fac tory, mid my schedule calls for more Maxwell curs than have ever brcn delivered here in tinv cold-weather jnontli. At present I can make iin- medinte delivery nadir this "pay as you lidu' plan." Tho experiment is being o.iluincd lo buyers friijiklv uud without re serve, nml the local Maxwell Miles room was crowded today with inter ested motorists. NKW YOIMC, lice. 11. Tic Trims Atlantic company, owners of the steamship Hocking, todav received it telegram from Captain Fable H tho I Hocking announcing that the ship had (been reipii-itioned. I The line oriiciu'l-, on receipt of tin' Iiiicssiibc, Iclcgraphi'd Sccirlnry of State Laiisiinr, uiiodiig Hie lelfgiam 'from Cnptnhi Kabto and aihling this I nrotesl : "We proti-s'l asrninsl this action. Xo charges hn"ve been Hied and no evi dent) submitted giving eniM' tor lioldmg of this ship lor ptixc court." Flat ' t OIiIa. rilr nt Tilnli. Ijic fountr. " t'r.nk J. rbrhry tnako oh that li l "nl'T t'irturr of tlir Drill ef ' J, Ch.nry A Co., ii Int hulnn In tli Cltr of ToifUn. Coiinir n.t Clitf .forrtilil nuil ihl !! firm will pr (bo tun of ONK III'Mllll.li IXHJ.MtH for rucli unit rifrr of C'Mnrrh that cannot l rurrd It His u vt llill't CiUrrb 1'urr, HUNK J. CIIDNGV. Sworn In Wforc rsr ni mlicrllil In ir frrarnrf, ttila (ItU itijr uf lipfrml"-r, ,. ) ISSU. SCfl. .V. W. ni.KAKON. Nonrjr 1'ubllc, Halt' Catarrh Cure l takrn Intrniallr mi'l rt dlrrfilr uin III" lll ! imiroiia aiif fam of lb. .jKlrW. bruit fr ttatloionlala, '"' V. J rilll.MJV & CO., TolciR O, Hol.l lr all Prujrtna, 7V Tak Hall' I'auilljr I'llla for conatlpatlon. THE PAGE .Medfoitl's l,cjtdlug .Motlun I'll line Theatre. Dally Mntluco 2 p, m Kvcnlug 7 p. m, Prlct'8. Matineo B-lOc. Eve. 0-10-15c TONIGHT ,4To Cherish nnd Protect" A Vltagraph l-act drama, produced b) the lllue Itlbbou Urand under di lection of Willlnm lltimphrev, fen ttuliiK Hobble Connolly and Kstello Mardo. "Love and Law" Ono-act Vltagraph Comedy "The White Lijjht of Publicity" A novel one-art Scllg, fcatutlng lleMtlo 1C)(0II. "Only a Country Girl" Kalem one-net comedy COM1NC. SCNDAV Oreater I.ovo lluth No Man," with Einmott Corri-Rati, Wow! Here's Speed! PIEDMONT Cigarettes swing In to big favor nt top speed. And they did this WITHOUT help and BEFORE they were adver tised. You bet they're good J Just try 'cm: nrhlim CiijurTztfe of Sjiuiiujf Another lf , . . j m Aft .,' "Citant bwing" l ne coupon t 5s- ""Ss V iVm C? o j jgr c y sf j Also packed 20 for 10c fsjartjffi Seifei'Mf7J4SJJJfe. &M P .';''p,hlg" " t"L L- 'j z&n &r- w ii. 4 'Lilir TODAY FATTY ARBUCKLE In a hldo-spllttlng KKVSTON'U Coin ed) In two parts. KATTY Is al wavs full uf tun. Mr. Win. S. Hart Tho Wfitfiu actor who )iut no rival See Inn In a ! part K II "The Viviscctionist" ;t-t'i -torv told in one I'OMINii vi me DmMier n Ttllte'is Tonmto ti ,rle JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKER jnly AsUt.mt JS h. II.UlTl.iriT IMiiiihk M, 17 ami IT-I'J . AlllbulalMfl' H-Hire CHIOMrT SUNDAY An Affair of Three Nations A stupendous Five-Part Putlu GOLD ROOSTER PLAY Featuring ARXOLD DALY SupiKirtt'd by Louise lviittcr and an all-star cast, from tho I anions stories by .John T. Felntyre. This wonderful subject is different from any Sunday program we have of fered of late. Ve also have Charlie Chaplin in His New Profession COMlNd MONDAY Vic tor Moore in "Chimmie Fad den." TU K.S1)A Y Marie Dressier iu "Tillie's Tomato Sur prise," a U-part Luhiu liig-l feature. No eomedy was ever better. TlimvKDAY Mary Pick ford in "Little Pal." VINING THEATRE ASHLAND ONE NIGHT ONLY-TUESDAY, DEC. 14 NOT COMING TOIMEDFORD Tut. nor. r COML.I" If It'll k.fr isk m . rx .. iiaj' ju:ti LU ''OCIN atino K THC DAV $k WSlL V .ay Jean Webster W,'t RENEE KELLYas JUDY MEMRY MILLER Mattutftzr "T MAIL ORDERS NOW BEING RECEIVED PRICES: Lower Floor, first 16 rows $ I .HO, last 4 rovys $ I ; Balcony uircie $, second uaicony, 4 rows yc, oaiancc 50c. Box Seats $1.50 Tho InteruilMii Auto Car will leave tho Medford Hotel at 7:15 direct to thu theater ami return Immediately follow Iiik tho pcrrorm a nee. OPENING of the NEW YORK PARLORS At their new location, 210 West Main Street SATURDAY December 11 From 9 to 12 a. in., 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. Everybody. cordially invited to call. Clood music during opening. Wo carry a nice line ol! Toilet Preparations, llair Goods and Ornaments, etc. Catholic Ladies' Bazaar AT DAVIS BUILDING Sixth and Ccnlrul Avu. Dec. 15-16-17-18 MONEY Saved hy lotting mo do your work. Wntcluw and Cloths elonnod $1.00. Main Springs $1.00. Agate GrJiulliiK H0c nnd tin. Diamond Sottlm;. All kind of .Icwolry repairing. Special cut on finished agates. Dargalns lu watches. I will envo you nionoy ou nil work, liver) thing gunrnnteed sat isfactory. Clockx Called for nnd de livered any plnco In tllo city. 121 K. I-'AV 1-5. DIA.MOMl, Main St. l'hoiio S7S-Ii FOURTEEN DAYS TO CliRISTfVlAS Only Two Week, Ara Left In Which to IJn Vmi- riir,,tm. .ISopplnrf. J5K13 TUK NCW TinRer Toys and Erectos lIKi STOt'lv IIOI.IOW (JOODS The Wonder Store Money Saved Is Money Earned AT THE DAIRY DAISY Oh say! Meet me the at BIG DANCE at the Armory, Thurs day evening, Dec. 16th Music furnished by 7-piece orchestra TICKETS Sl.00 On sale at Ilaskin's Druj- Store BUTTER, PER ROLL 65c Golden Rod Butter, per roll 60c Good Cooklna Butter, ner roll 50c , Guaranteed Fresh Eqys, doz. 45c n.ijf. t ii.-t ,ij iniiiu Uk-, Itiiiti-itniik. wnu -Milk, I'tiffa and AM.iji i nam. l.- t rwmi at ull tu. ! t i fii-i Si-i.iii', luii IwJi ntl l ! tiidt-r. NV inr U. 4 H. Onwu Tr.nliiitr Stiiiiii-. WhitejVelvetlec Cream Co. I'IK'SK H. ,UKAnT MAIS