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i 9 P3X3B FOUR arBDFORD MAIJJ TRTBUNE, , fttEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1910 "U ?;'; ftr MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AM INDRPKNDRNT NEWflPAPRn. PUUMHIIRD BVK11V AKTRIINOON lUVUBIT uunuat iir Tina MEDFOHD I'MNTJNQ CO. J Office Mall Tribune Bulldltiif, 2B.27.2 North Fir atreeti telephone 76. The Democratic Time, the Mcdford Mall, The Mcdford Tribune, The South ern Orcgonlun, The Aahland Tribune. OKonan putmam, Editor! SUBSCRIPTION BATES I One year, by mar. ... 8.00 One month, by mall ,C0 Per month, delivered by carrier In Medrnrd. I'boenlx, Jacksonville and Centrnl Point - . .60 Pnturdny only, by mall, per year too Weekly, per year. . 1.60 Paper of tho City of Mrdford, Official Official Pannr of Jackson County. Entered na Bocond-clnn matter at Medrord, OrPKon, under tho act of March S, 187. Sworn Circulation for 1916 4E. Pull teased wire Associated Press dispatches. "WHO TURNED THE SWITCH?" THOSE who lack orighiulity or creative ability must perforce appropriate the ideas of others. This ac counts for the liberal use of articles from the Mail Trib une favorable to a railroad to the Blue Ledge mine per verted to appear as arguments for the ratification of the Bullis contract. The Commercial club placed in front of the Exhibit building a sign, "Who Turned the Switch?" underneath which appeared editorials from the Mail Tribune favoring a railroad to the mining district. With a black border of mourning followed the editorial from the Mail Tribune calling attention to the deficiencies of the Bullis contvaet and advising a thorough study of the contract by voteis to determine whether the city was sufficiently safeguarded, tho club's intimation being that the Mail Tribune. haliiir EM-TEES advocated the railroad, had at tho eleventh hour, from some ulterior motives, been switched, because it did not ... ...1! Pi .11 .! A.1 " 1 1 li ujHjusiiuiuuiy inuorse me uuius contract. The inference was unjustifiable and false, but in keep ing with the steam-roller of bluster, intimidation and slan der iiBcd by the advocates of the contract. The Mail Trib une favors, and always has, a railroad to the mines. The Mail Tribune did not indorse the Bullis contract because it did not believe that it sufficiently safeguarded the city's interests. The Mail Tribune made no campaign against the con tract, because assured by the best legal talent in Medford KELLY SUGGESTS BONDS BE VALIDATED BY POLICE COURT Tlio Wnr Fun I road (io wur noVR (ivory day. 1 drcntn wnr In my sloop. I tnlk wnr with my friends nlwny Wnr books I'vti rond a heap. I'm wine to how tlio tmltleH go, Cun locate each redoubt. Tim only thing 1 do not know ,1h wlint tho war'H about! Poet's ftcenso. lie I'rolxilily HjM'iit .Many Iron Mm Hmiunorninri J, Junk of tho I'onn- m'lvnnla blacksmith shop, spent thn Fourth of July In 'Chicago.- Ft. Vnyno Jotirnal-Gazotto. A letter to Doc Urnns of tho Chi cago Trlbuuo Is headed, "Lonn a Light Eater." Well for our part we'vo found n light enter doesn't llvo long nnd a long eater doesn't ntay light, so why arguo about It? 1'rotty soon wo'll hear that they'ro arresting girls In prohibition towns for wearing chnnipagnu colorod uhoes. tfpenjtlni: about florninny'a food dictatorship, how about tho cook In tho average Amerloan hoinoT Ho Rot tho UiuliigM A now milliliter In a rural, district who wished to mnko tho hcfjualn- tnupo of Oio inomuora of hU.cougrn- gn.tlout ami also to discover whether tluvy ware plonsed with his dlficoursos, mot an old farmer whoso faco ho rec ognized as ono who hnd attended tho oj I u roh tho previous Sunday, and, stopping him. enld: "Mr. Ilrown, how did you llko my surmon Inst Sunday?" "Wtill, parson," roplled tho old mail, "you son I didn't hnvo a fair chance to Judge, Wight In front of me was oh Miss Hmtth and the rust of their gang vlth their mouths wldo opuu Just a Hwnllorln' down nil tho host of your sermon; V what reach ed mo, parson, was party poor stuff, party poor stuff." . .ViK)iiiiwiiliy om man have no hearts." said tho tramp. "I'to boon a lellln' that fuller I urn to (load hrako thnt I have to slutp outdoors." "Didn't that fetch him?" "Nuw. Ho tol' me ha was n-daln' tho tamo tiling, and had to pay tho dootor for tellln' him to do It " mat tne contract was illegal. It questioned the wisdom of needlessly creating fresh enmities and bitter antagon isms in a hopeless cause. At the same time, it did not want the public to understand its advocacv of a railroad us ml- WAY TO CUMBAT T voeacy of an insufficient contract. It seems that the Mail Tribune's efforts to avoid flm slings and arrows of outraged boosters were unavailing. Becauso it voiced the honest convictions of its editor and roiuscu to permit its policy to be dictated, it lias, along with others who voiced their honest onininnfi on n public, issue, been the target for recrimination, misroprc- muiiiiuuu, imiiwmti uuu aouse. it nas even ucen threat ened with boycott by advertisers which is to laugh. The Mail Tribune has- managed to live through numer ous boycotts, including the boycott of merchants because of its campaign that secured the public market. Evory time that it refuses to act as a catsnaw to mill I'hoHtnntH out of the fire it is boycotted. After every political cam paign ana every election somebody is conducting a boycott against it. It is one of the penalties for publishing an in dependent, aggressive newspaper in a small town. But it will bo worth the cost of another boycott if it preserves the right of free speech on public matters that affect com munity welfare. There are two sides to overy question and each side is entitled to a hearing. Only by discussion can the pro and con of a subject be brought outr-uiul it is a confession of inherent weakness to attempt by threat and abuse to silence discussion. To answer the Oommyrcial club's query as to "Who tunmd tho switch?" There has been no swijch.in the Mail Tribune's policy! It never indorsed the Bullis contract. But there Was a switch in the Commercial-club's program which provided that the contract was to ho approved by tho club's railroad committee and by the Bar association bofore submission to the council. The switch came after the charter amendment elec tion, which showed such a strong sentiment for a railroad unit mum any kuki 01 a contract would go. The railroad committee of the Commercial club was never called together after tho clmrtoi nlm.Hnn ..,,,1 ,w To ibo Kditer: Now thut the railroad election La been carried, let us Lope that a citi zen may express hi1) honest opinion on a nintter of grave import io the municipality without being called u linr and thief, or threatened with a firing- squad nt sunri.se, or deported or boycotted out of town. For ft number of vcurH I huve been interested iu tho Hlue Ledge dis trict in a sinnll way nnd bare hoped tbnt a railroad tnif.'ht bo bnilt into that section, nnd 1 was heartily in favor of a bond isuc on the part of the city to bring ubout tbnt end, but when the contruct presented by Sir. IJullin was called to my attention I exprcsHcd tho opinion that it did not Iro)xrly safegnnrd the city's inter est nnd thnt it was vulnerable to injunction proceedings. I took no part in the campaign against tho contract, if it can be said that there wan a campaign against it, but because I expressed an hon est opinion concerning- the fairness and legality of the instrument the Sunday morning Sun accused me, with others, of opiwsing it for tho sinister mid ulterior purpose of get ting the "jront of Chnrlie Thomas." It is true tbut the article pretended to ho n contribution from "K. L. 1).", but I have something more than u premonition that tho article was in spired by tho serious-minded .Air. Thomas. Let me sny now that I nm not in terested iu politics, or concerned iu tho fauna or flora that inhabit the Thomas political epoch iu Jackson county. I oin, however, concerned In tho attitude of the morning pujer uud its insinuation thut those who make liunest opposition to the contract in tho courts better leave town or be boycotted. Tho suggestion thnt the action to test the validity of tho contract bo so friendly as to not im pair its integrity in the courts is a suggestion thnt u fnle suit be "brought nnd the issues disguised. This Vould bo entirely in keeping with the whole rneeedinits. from the euphonious nnd intHlundiui: ballot 'title down. With due respect to Judge Gov nnd the jurisdiction of bis celebrated court lot. ion sugeest that it have original uud final, jurisdic tion of this .case, .as tho only court Ijkel.T to validate the' proceeding. Very truly, E. E. KELI.Y. LOU AND GERALDINE HAVE FIVE SERVANTS AND TWO AUTOS J9&titow ' Tjfa&eSJ' AUSTIN CRUISER SINKS FIVE BRITISH ARMORED PATROLS Mr. mid Mrs. Iaih Tclletfon on porcliof their California bungalow. HEAVY FIGHTING ON ITALIAN FRONT LOS ANGELES, Oil., July 8. Gcrnldinc Farrnr, now .Mrs. Lou Tcl legcti, is back in tliis city with her husbnud for her annual summer en gagement, in pictures. It bns not been defiuitol" decided whut films Miss I'nrrnr will take part in, but they will undoubtedly bo spectucular productions such as she was featured iu last year. She will ngain play ut the Lnsky studio. Her husband iiImi will play before the camera, hut not iu the same company with his famous wife. Ujmiii ller srrival in this city Miss Knrrnr wih offered n chance to name her own figure to sing in the grand ojicra company plnyniw a summer season here. Tho celebrated diva de clined the offer, however, replying that "the voiee-box is closed for tho season." "I have been singing nil winter," Miss Farrnr said, "and I am out here for u rent first, to be followed by n Jot of hard work. I am not going to sing again until next winter." Lou Tellegeu is one of the most dis tinguished actors on the .American stnge. DccnuHc pf the popularity of his previous inctures, it has been de cided to put him ut the head of a compnuv of his own. The Tcllegeus were nceomunnied to California by five servants, a dog nnd two automobiles. They will live in Hollywood. "I am glad to be hock for another dip into pictures," Minn Farrnr an nounced, "back where my romance began." BERLIN' .Tuly 11. The Austrian admiralty announced today thnt an Austrian cruiser, had Mink four or five Hntish armored patrol bonis. Only nine men from the British ves sels were rescued. v The announcement follews: "Our cruiser Novnrn met n group of four or five, according to the dec larations of prisoners, armored Brit ish pntrol boats off Otrmilo road (at the lower end of the Adriatic). All tho putrol bouts were destroyed by ortillery fire. All the steamers sunk in flumes, throe of them after the explosion of their boiler's. The No va ra was able to rescue only nine members of the British crews." The Xovarn is n scout cruiser of .1384 tons displucemeut. She ban figured in several engagements in tho 'Adriatic. The Candid Grouch MFAN PARALYSS WAttfltNOTON, July 11 Instruc. tie Hit for statu and city authorities oeiieornlng means of preventing tho spread of Infantile. parnlvhlH were uouiHlntsd by the public health hot vluo today to bo mallod throughout tho United Htntu. it rinjonuiioiids Isolation of patients for three or four wokjit and of persons coining; In QoutaQl with them, and u general MtroijtsthQnluK of all sanitary precau tions. Honoris to the health service to day Indicated that lufniitllo paralysis In not ompldttiule uxcont Iu Now York City. UlMwhore tho number of oastM J Iwroly above normal. The general board of tho puulle luiHlth top-Ire tuvt aualu to complete plum for fighting Infantile paralynU, CungrtNM will b urged to liwUu ap propriation of too, ooo for the pur pose. ooiiHiilti'd rognnlinjf tho contract. The Bar association which had volunteered its services, was not nslv-oil t upon tho contract. Xot even the city council hnd n chance to consider it. Tho contract was suhinittoxl n Tew hours hetore the council met and was steam-rollered throuirh ltlHwilli lUVtlll! ,1 fa.j. I i .,,... P 1 I " vim"!" rininimwjimm in incni, against tlio protests four eouncilmen, who did not wish, however, to stand tho way of a popular vote udoii the cnnf.ivmt Who altered tho program Was it tho president of the Commercial club, who is heavily interested in mines and owner of the proposed townsito for the Blue. Lottec dis net Or was it the vice-prosidont of tho Commercial club, who, since he appointed hiuiHolf chairman of the rail road committee, has become attornoy for Mr. Bullis and is muiior iu ino uoniraotT Who turned the switch i The Great Russian Drive PflESICrBttr RETURNS FflOM DETROIT TRIP WASHINGTON, jiv , rffHl. di?,t Wjlon relumed at Suit) H. iu. today fitnii Detmit, whttrt he Mjuk yosturduy Iwfoie the worldV huIi-s-innni.hip ttongreos H wnt direftl.t to tho whito linu-M- Tin- riiilrout' journey u vutliuut in- idtnt. Not since the Hussiaiis were de fwtiNl on the Diiuujee has there beeu o urest h victory won by either side thut which erovvnoil jtuxsian anus in the intMt luonth. Kvon now, after two weeks of fighting, it is still ini Msi,iUle to set h limit to tho ltuMHii triumph or decide whether or nt the defeat of the Austrian will have con swpu'ii(ie. approaching thone of the omlisr Austrinn lefet at Lemberg pr the Ister Kussiau disaster at Dun- WIihm thw eouiineut is writtwi, Juno 20, it is HMnihle to see that the Itus siftu Mdvnuee has kohs fsr enough to MtiKril the wliulv front of the ceu trl Miwrs ti-im the llaltie ut tl gulf of Itiirn to the KuuiHiiiHii Iron r. It i MWMllde to dts'lare that NuMMiji mm slrnady ndvuiusd some forty mil nt sowie pin I&J fr,tl, twenty to thirty in iuu; klul Wir itdvituetf is now spprimchin iat1 ou Uie north, Ilnwly iu th center and bn iiMtnuntMl fwrnowiti t I He south and at least temporarily hru koa tiw cuiuiwtioij IwIwhu the Buko vinu m.v uud the othr Austrian flrr'. fi.uld the liuiHiun 4idvnnii be pn-Mtl i.r ..u..t(. r v.uk .it On- i.rcs iiit rule, nlmu it iiUojitihtr uuiikelij" u"th ugo, uud ti K'onoJ would fall, Lenders would be iu danger and the Buwan front would. approHoh tho Carjmthiaus fouth of the Dnivsiur. So fur as ono can judge by the outward evidences, such an ivdvunce would compel the Clenmiiis to retire behind tho Nicnion and the. Bug, resign their fotirlnud and Volhynlan eon.iuy.ts and stand mi the eastern frontier or Russian I'olmul, thus giving np about half of the territory eomplcred in thegrest campaign of IsM Miminer. Such a rv treat would not involve tho surrwidor of any Oennsn territory; it would leo above nO.OOO sipiHiv inihw of Kiimuhh land to tho kHierj hut it would yield .-.owe Xfi.dOO square miles of AuktrisM tomtory in Oslioia mid ItukoviuM to the cutr. U the st ten dsys ntwriv n.OOO J.untrtHU Imvw hn iwptred by the Jtuvu. totiier ith hu euoriuuus booty of supplies, uumtioHs sud ar tillerv. A the AustrtNu killetl and wounded cannot be W than iaft.000, (he blow huh already eot the Ham burg tats .-laO.Ol. Add to this fig ure 1U0.000 Aa-tnan- killed, wound ed aiul I'nlrtlirvd crv Tnw i-uitturml in tlie li.ili.ii. tt vo that begun a BKKL1N, July 11. -The official Austro. Hungarian btatemrnl of Monday repoits the continuance of heavy fighting on the Italian front. Monte Conio was captured by the ltuliauH, but was won back by Aus-tni-Hungurian troops, which took prisoner -jM lUiliuns. An Italian at tack In the sector of Monte Inter roto foiled. Austro - Ilanearisn acmidunes again have bombarded the Italian military establishments at Adria. The foregoing was not included in the Austrian statement of Monday, ns cabled from Loudon last night. GRAND LODGE OF ELKS AI BALTIMORE BALTIMOHB, July 11. The first business m-moh of the grand lodge, of the Order of Elks was hld this morning. The records of the regis (ration bureau showed that 7600 js'oplo had registered and officials estnnnted that twici thut number ne- tuolly Hrnved in t)ie city. According to Grand Kxulted Buler James It. Nicholhon of Boston, the totuj num. her of Klks now iu the order iv IM, 000, uud there are 18 ID lodges. (From E W. Howe's Monthly.) Notice I like tq be let alone. And I practice, whut I pieuch; I let others iilouc. You muy. scrauiblo, and hoiyl, uud he. funny und noisy;- that is your, privilege,' but let me but. of it. I've seen it all. nnd do not' cure for it. '."; f I paid a good stiff nrice for peace, and, by the eternal, I propose to have it. I do not go where the fools are, and demand that the fools do not hunt mo up in iny retirement. I enjoy tho respectable amenities of life and object to nothing expect ed of a mnu of my age, but I seri ously object to the fool who comes along and wants to play with me. 1 don't like his jokes; 1 don't like hie talk; I don't like his schomos. 1 have tired of it all and demand the peuco I am fairly entitled to. Clarion notes, when sounded prop erly, do not disturb mo; if it is an nounced iu tho newspapers that h thousand marchers are desired to mnko n demonstration I will appear at the placo and hour appointed, icudy to innroh, If sufficiently inter ested; but 1 object-iV (ho organizer of the Durudu calls on mo, nuif in nil impudent wa'v urguos Hint it is niv duty to turn out when I do not think it is. If n committee decides thnt it is importnut to raise a fund, let an an nouncement be mude iu the newspa pers, with tho name and address of the treasurer; if interested, I will send my contribution, but I give no tice thut I do not personully wish to see the nut linger of the collection, or auv of his assistants. I cannot miitoli in nil of tho par ados suggested; I cannot give to all the funds suggested, and wish to miilo my decisions in private. Mr. and Mrs. n. I). Klllott, and Mr. und Mrs. A, II. Charles of Bantu Ilosa, and S. W. Klllott, of Santa Anna are spending the day with Med ford friends. They expect to start tonight for Crater Lake. HO CANADA FOR TRIAL PHIGAQO, III., July 11. Federal Judgo Carpenter today entered th mandate of tho United Slates Su premo Court, ordering John Bingham sent back to Canada for trial on charges of complicity In tlio robbery of the branch of the. Bank of Mon treal at Westminister, I). C, of mora than $200,000, two yeara ago. Bing ham Ih now in tho county Jail horw. Today And AH Generation Hencs Tho fllcht of tlmo makes us think of tho future. Tho baby of today reflects want crcatnew may M acquired w U o n ha amn-a uv. And an, influence that brim relief to tho expectant mother Li tbe tint andj greatest of obligation. There la a (pleuOlil remedy len o w n as 'Motber'a Friend" that hoi been a safeguimfa a ticlptut ilallr Influ ence, to a boat of women. Applied exter nally to tlio mmcle tliev becorna nllant. they stretch wllliout undue pain, tlicra U an ataence of dlitress, tlio ncrrcn uro Bootlittl If taltlnc awar tho burden of leatlng all to lust natural conditions. Tkero l In "Mother's Friend" tbo dlrecC and Immediate help that all expectant moth ers rrculrc. Used by their own hand, guided It their own ulndu, they learn at once tbo Mewed relief from rooming itlelncxi mult Inr from unduo itrttcblnr. Tbcy expcrlenca dally calm and nightly rest. It Is Indeed "Motber'a Friend." (let a bottlo today ot any druntlst. Then rrrlto Dradfleld Iteculaton Co.. 410 Lamar Hide., Atlanta, Co., for ona of tho most entertaining and valunblo llttla boobs orcr procntcd. It U yi-orlh writing fflj? Bri.Tu'Jr if I lohs for recent wqek is at least 400. 000, Hourly threc-ipinrterii certainly a peniisnent Iom. Hen is a mtms. uro of the ltussiuii blow nnd the Aus trian disaster that is easily to be gmspod. for we Jiuvtv nt nil times roeogntied the jnon, rather than jhwj tioivs or towns, were (ho rent element m this war f attrition. Frofii "KW sia Com Buck A flrwit SUv Vic tory,' by FrHk U. Simmouds, Iu the American Heviow of Ileicws for July, lyitl. JOHN A. PEKt TTHDERTAMB Ijidy VKUtnt uh s. luiiTitiirr IHjodo .M. 4?m ud 47-J-'J AlllnninMlii 1lnra pvirn totul Austrian Ambulauc Serrlco, Coroner,1 Intmirtiafl Motor Car Co Why shouldn't the Stand ard Oil Company make the best oil-with over 40 years experience in refining with un equalled plant equipment? And Zerolene is scientifically refined from selected California crude asphalt-base. Prominent authori ties have recently declared that an oil correctly refined from asphalt base crude can be made not only equal but superior to paraffine base oils. Next time you empty thecrank-caserefillwithZerolene. Dealers everywhere and at service stations and agencies of the Standard Oil Company. ZEROLENE 1fo:n(hrd Oil for Notor Cars tternard Mtr Car Cs. Crater Lake Motor Car Co. Garnett-Corey Hardware Co. C E. Gates Pacific Highway Garage Vounp. L Ha Motor Co. Young's Garaoe A. W Walker Auto Co. BHHP"'BBMP"PIWIMI I iflv nVHKiiiiiiiiiiiiH iijlk vol ja ru tiioight How stronR a connection there Is between Kycache and Ileadacho? Many pcoplo suffer unnecoasarlly from Headaches tbnt could bo entire ly cured by wearing proper Glasses to rellove oyo strain and leaaon tho ner vous tension. If your Hoad or Uyoa ache, try Glasses fitted by UL. iN.lCtt.eit Siecaist Hullo t and 2, Over Muy'a .ItMlfonl, Oregon Within city limits, outildo halt mllo zone, 1 or 2 paaseneara, 2Sc, 3 passengorB, 0c, 4 passengers, COc, Country ratos, 16o mllo. Spooial rates alone paved highway. VAX It. IMKRSO.V, lKOl. Stand at llrowu's, NEAREST TO I.Vr.KYTIIING Hotel Manx San Francisco nn-eJSt-dWomff Orrgonians Head- 'Xteetmeat ouaittrs while in thsAlanx V V Sm F;ancisco moderate rates RMMIlftll duilLVd A ice water .it very i room. Sjvft-ia! aili tfon ivw to loJiet Irawloii uiKfc-or. 11, A la i urfe diiuHj room. m l fH vjVw 1 1 ,V:C YatHL' I VvAxVJiV j y v - y of Cnester W, KtlUy l.. 1 hull isaig eHfSSiir- h '0 T-A-X-I PHONE 300 J j First half mllo from atand, I paa- " V senKor ISc, two pnsaeneori 25c. j .. t . Ri P ', i t.