Trr,DFORn matt; TftrniTNrrc, MKnrorm, oftrcaoy, Monday. "xovkmtif.tj. . 27.' ioir,
LI ATTACKED BY
SAN '1(A.'IS('(), Nov. 27. 'J'lio
.ustituliuunlily of tlio lo.Unil in
heritance lux law wus nttacl.ed to
iluy in the I'nitcd Stales district
court liy Kdtturd F, Treadwdl, rrp
rcsentiiiK (no eslulc of Henry Miller,
cattle and In ml king-, who socks the
di-inissnl of the ut'tiou of Gusture
Keinliold of Portland, Or., nmiinst
" Ihi' MillT heirs.
lieinlicilil iiitilnleil his suil n few
') ' ihiys ii... asking that the heirs nnd
trustees of the Miller estate be com
pelled lo pay the federal inheritance
tux. He ileelareil that a delay in the
payment of this tax would subject
the slate to u line by the government
and that his bequest under the will of
Henry Miller, Hiiiouutine; to if'.'iu'u'O,
mijilit be endangered.
Treaduell moved the dismissal of
the l!en,boliI suit before Judge Wil
liam ('. Van Fleet on the ground that
the federal inheritance tax law is un
constitutional, and further, (hat the
trust deed to the Miller holdou;
made by Miller lo J. l.cl!oy 'Niche!
and Xcllie Miller Nickel in 1013, is
lint subject to an inherilnnco tux.
The estate is suid 1o total sf-10,-000,000.
11F.KUX, Nov. 27. Arabs under
Chief Ilalif Ben Asker have defeat
ed n force of Italians near IJcnhilmt,
on the frontier of Tripoli nnd Tunis,
iiccordinjr lo a dispatch from Con
stantinople to the Overseas News
njroncy.
The Arabs then peuelrafed Tunis
and enguped the French forces, the
message adds, the battle bcinjr still in
progress. The losses of the Italians
arc estimated at 20,000 men, says the
ncssaife, without includins; prisoners
;laken by Ujo Arabs in the iuterKir of
(he country.
f The Conslunlinoplo ndvicc says
jthc Tiirldsh, administration in Tripoli
has now been completely re-eslab-lishcd
as it was prior to the Turkish
Jlaliim war. The Italians', it is de
clared by I he dispatch to the Over
seas News agency, duru.nol abandon
,1he five cities which Ihey still occupy
I'll the Ti'ipolilaiiiaii coast.
NKW YoltIC; Nov. L7, Further
imports of jold from Canada were
announced today, J. 1'. Morgan & Co.
depositing $7.."i00,(MKI at the nssuv
office. This makes a total or .f l!)fi,
000,0110 in gold imports since Ihe be
ginning of the year.
Another yohl export to South
America ambunling to $1,000,000
was announced. 'There were also do
mestic leh'grauh transfers to Xew
Oilcans and San Francisco.
TURKEYS BRING 35 CENTS
A POUND AT PORTLAND
I'lll.'TI.AND. dr., Xov. 'J7.
'I'liank.gi', ititr lin keys went on sale
hcri' today at .'j.) cents a poaml, the
highc-.! price in years. f.ust year they
were "J7 cents. Ilealers said the price
wouid probably be lowered, as there
iire plenty of birds for the holidays.
MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION
(Continued From Page One.)
f'onipi-olicnsivc Plan.
Through lh work or Colonel llau
pon the. council presents to the citi
zens a definite comprehensive plan.
The. ipiestiull of vhlll .shall be Mod
ford's future finaiiclul policy rents
wltli the decision of the voters of
Jledford at the coming election. The
matter Is In the hands of Hie people
for decision.
I urge upon all citizens to give this
fuhject most careful study to the end
that there may be adopted by the
Voters of this city at tlio coming
election a sound, sane financial pol
icy for the city of Medford.
V. J. EMKKIC'K,
Mayor.
Medford, Oregon, November 27,
1 SI 0.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
RELIEVES SORE, TIGHT CHESTS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The
joint congressional committee In
vestigating transportation problems
resumed Us sessions today with Al
fred f. Thorn, ciimsel for Hie rail
road executives advisory committee
again u witness, lie had completed
his direct testimony and was ready
to be cross-examined. This was the
fourth day of Mr. Thorn's appearance
before the committee
Sir. Thorn was questioned at length
by Chairman Xewlnnds, with particu
lar reference to federal Incorporation.
Railroad managers of the country, he
said, are virtually agreed, although
there is some dissent, that it is the
best solution tor many of their prob
lems. -
'"I have no doubt." he said, "that
congress can pass a law forbidding a
railroad company to engage In Inter
state commerce unless It is licensed
or chartered by the federal govern
ment." Police power of the state. Including
the question of grade crossing, sepa
rate cars for different rates and other
questions should he left as fur as pos
sible undisturbed.
Taxation of physical properties, he
said, should be left to the states. Gov
ernment ownership "would not he
impeded" it the plan were adopted,
he believed.
"Government ownership," ho said,
is easy If you have got the money to
acquire the property." Ho added
i:ome men were getting anxious for
government ownership.
Limitation of G per cent on rail
road dividends with a 3 per cent an
nual surplus rate, unless a minimum
dividend was also fixed nnd in effect
guaranteed ho opposed on ' the
ground that it would frighten away
the investing public, which put up
the money to build the 2o0,000 miles
of railroad that now crosses tho Unit
ed States.
CAPTURE OF BUCHAREST AIM
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Fighting on the Macedonian front
has been less general on account of
had weather, but continued progress
for the-Italians,, who i nro driving
northward west of Monastir, is re
ported by Paris. Sofia declares Ihe
Italians were repulsed in this region.
A Jiulgarian eonntei'-iitlnek north
east, of Monastir in Ihe Cerna river
region was repulsed, according to the
French war. office.
Quiet Along SoniimO
Seemingly Ibere is no disposition
on tile part of either the liritish or
French to attack in force in Ihe
Somme region just at present. Kx
Ireinely bad weather has been re
ported us prevailing on Ibis front,
and such attacks as llerlin has re
corded apparently have been local in
character. London today in its re
port on operations along the Franeo
ilclgiau front, ignores the Soinmc and
the Auere region, mentioning only
artillery activity in the neighborhood
of I. a ilassce to the north of Amis.
Berlin today in its report on Ihe
liiimiininu campaign announces the
capture of Alexandria, forty-seven
miles southwest of Hiicharest. It
also reports a further advance of the
Teutonic forces which crossed the
llannbe aiol declares the Knmaninu
resistance In the advance is break
ing. The Kuinaninu army from Orsova
lias not escaped, as had been report
ed, according (u llerlin, which reports
the retreat southeastward blocked by
Teutonic furecs, and reports tbe cap
lure of more than UUO ' men nnd
three cannon, besides large quanti
fies of war inalerial. F.lscwherc mole
than -MO prisoners were taken.
Important captures of llannbe
river craft, totalling a hull' dozen
steamers und eighty barges with val
uable cargoes, ore announced in the
(jennan headquarters stalement.
EAGLE POINT EAGLETS
By A. C. Howlctt
We have been having trouble on
our railroad during Ihe past lew
days. There was some mishap to the
locomotive up in Ihe neighborhood of
Unite Falls, and they had lo phone
to Medford lor anolher, with the re
sult that on Tuesduy Ihe train did
not reach here until late in the af
ternoon and our mail was consider
ably behind lime at night, greatly to
the disappointment of most of the
readers of the Mail Tribune in th's
section, as we all look for that live
W'ire as regularly us we do for our
supper.
.lames Jordan, who lost his wife
last summer, has Joe Croft and wife
stopping with bini so ns to have
company and someone lo keep house
and look after his interests.
Charles Wonnel of Derby was a
business caller tho middle of the
week.
Henry French, uiie of our rustling
funnels and stockmen, makes his
regular I rips to our depot every few
days. 1 have noticed -when I am out
collecting lor the .Mail Tribune and
the Sun Ibal whenever I call on u
person who keeps a" few cows and
sells cream that they always have the
cash to pay, and it is often Ihe ease
that they hunt me up to settle up be
fore Ihey become delinquent. The
creamery business is getting lo be
one of the leading businesses of this
pari of the country, especially in the
upper JJutte and along Iiogue river,
where the farmers can use water and
raise alfalfa or clover.
I omilled to state in Ihe ' proper
place that Miss Marian Shaw and
William Galloway were visiling Pro
fessor W. (). Wheeler and wife, and
while here the four took simper at
tbe Sunnyside together. Mis's Shaw
is counted uniong the prominent
teachers of the county. I .djd not
meet Mr. ():, nnd so do not know if
he is a teacher or nol.
Ji. K. Hank, one of (Mir1 successful
fnrniers and orehnrdists, shipped
small lots, a few boxes, of extra
choice apples to Pennsylvania and lo
Michigan, and about a dozen boxes to
his brother, in Portland last Thurs
day. He sent the apples to Pennsyl
vania and Michigan by express, and
the charges to Hie latter slate was $"
a box. so the agent at the depot told
me, but they were marked "extra'
anil of course were some of Mr.
Hank's best.
Since the state voted "bone dry" 1
notice that there is an unusual
amount of liquor being shipped in
here by express. There weie nine
packages came in on Thursday's
train. Those who must have booze
sccui to be laying in a good supplv
before the new drv law goes into ef
fect. II. K. Webb of Derby brought in
u'-.l pounds of live turkeys to our
I'uilroud agent, Amos Ayres, Thurs
day, and at the same shipment the
agent sent out it-."i pounds of live
chickens.
Errr !
Chilly, changeable
weather? A good
oil heater will keep
you warm andcosy.
A gallon of Pearl Oilgives
9 hours of smokelcss.odor
lcss, cheerful heat.
Prices: $3.75 to $7.75
Perfection Oil Heaier
For Sale by
Garnett-Corey Hardware &
Plumbing Co.
Medford Furniture Co,
IP .Sa 'J
Mrs. A. S. lllilon. wife of the edi
tor of the Mcdl'ord Mail, before the
conolidntion of the Southern Ore
gonian, Ashland Tribune, Medford
.Mail, etc., Has out Ihe middle of the
past week visiting Ihe family of F. M.
Stewart.
Kalph liiebelslcdl of lirownsboro
was doing husiues wilh our mer
chants Thursday.
Thursday some id' our enterprising
citizens look a notion to give some
of the school children an opportunity
lo see that, wonderful play, "The
Mirth of a Nation," so, headed by
Professor V O. Wheeler, with his
auto, and assisted by quite a num
ber of our heads of families with
their autos, the following- pupils' in
Ihe high school and eight grade de
partments were taken in to Medford
and treated lo the sigh!. The last
live named are iu the intermediate
dcpai liuent :
Nellie Coy. F.lhyl llilcn, Adin lias-
eltou, Vcrla tlrowr, Minnifrcd llaak. I
.May llrcb, .Margaret liib-y. Kuiuia
McCaslin, Wade Logan, Frank llrnu
don, Harold Van Scoy, Freda Lcubo,
Nora Chihlretb, Uuth (irover, Joyce
von der llcllen, Hugo von der Helleu,
ibister McClelland.
Our school is progressing finely
and Ihe pupils eeui lo be getting
along very well. They have organ
ized an industrial club for the boys
and girls and held their regular
monthly meeting Friday and elected
the officers for the ensuing year. An
account id' the meeting will be given
In my next, as it would make this
letter loo long to put it iu this.
!. W. Meyer of Ttrowusboro came
oul Friday with a lid of cream to be
shipped to Modt'ord. He has a small
f ii i iu on Butte creek, keeps u few
cows', raises alfalfa, sells cream and
occasionally a veal, is happy and
contented, enjoying life.
Mis. Loin )'hile of Derby came out
on Marshall Minler's jitney Friday,
went lo Medford and returned this
far, spent Ihe night wilh us and Sat
urding morning toed; the P. & F. for
her home.
Harvard Hall, Ihe business man
ager of Ihe Hull & Wiley Amusement
Co., was u passenger on the P. & F.
Saturday on his way to Unite Falls,
and W. L. Kdmondsou and wife, J. F
(iood of Derby, Frank Xclherland id'
Unite Falls, Miss lllanehe Miller of
Lake Creek und several olln-rs were
op their way to Ihg hills.
There was n box " social al the
llccso creel; sehoolhouse Friday eve
ning and a large attendance. There
were twenty boxes sold, and the re
ceipts for I hem ii.niountcd to and
some cents. A,ttcr .the, boxes were
soUl :nnil Ihe contents disposed of
Ihe company went lo Mr. Kouiullree's
nnd engaged in dancing for a while,
ami Ihe receipts from the dance was
to. Alter tbe musician was paid Ihe
whole nuiouiil was placed iu Ihe
hands of a committee lo purchase
he necessities (or a Christmas tree.
My informant reports having bail a
very pleasant time, although he was
chcalcd out of his box, but not his
girl.
It. A. Tucker of Hrow nshnro
brought in and shipped Saturday
over 400 pounds of dressed turkeys.
There was also anolher lot of live
chickens shipped at the same lime.
Miss Anna Kobiusoii, whose par
ents live about four miles norlb o'
here, bill is now living iu Mrdford,
ciiiiiu out lo a I lend the box social on
Saturday night.
The good, old-fashioned rain has
come at last.
,suiucd his duties at Ihe power plant j Tho linotype artist made us say
during his ab-ence. Jim Kmbrv had bc6n - cheeking up
Chief F.ugineer P. A. Crawford ! "tran-porlalions" on the higlr-ten-und
(icucraliiig Superintendent T. (I. ! iou line. Jim denies Ihe charge,
liiadb'.v, both of t upco, Cal., were at ; "Tiviiisposilions'' is the word, Mr.
the power plant Wednesday, oversee- j l.inotypcr. We have already explain
ing necessary repairs. They stopped i ed to Jim that our rotieu handwrit
at the hotel over night and returned ing was no doubt responsible for the
lo Copeo Thursday. mistake.
Joe Sinnotl and Hob .Medley, hav
ing nothing to do last Sunday, decid
ed to surprise their Medford friend:
by bringing home a bear skin. Thci
bad gone about one-half mile from
me noici on llieir qucl ol Ihe bear
thai was ti- funii-h the skin when
Hob discovered the Hacks of a gimin
tie cougar. There was miow enough
for gooil Irackin and the hoys de
cided lo track the beast ,i his lair
and slay him. l!ob was (o colled the
bounty and Joe was In get ibe skin,
which he decided would make a hand
some rug. The tracks led them to
the open door of the hotel woodshed.
where the ( gar turned out to be
Jim (Irieve's (Ircaf Dane, Kowdn.
Friends an- requested to refrain
from discussing rugs and homilies iu
the presence id' liob and Joe.
C. A. Lower, who has severed his
connection wilh Ihe 0. I). P. Co.,
moved willi his family lo Medford on
Friday. Mr. Lower has been chief
operator at the power jilnut for the
last lour years, lie is succeeded by
O. L. Irwin, who has been long in the
employ uf the company. Frank Siin
son has been t ruusl'crrcd from Mod
I'ord to Pro-peel end will become an
opera I or. II,- move.i up with his
family und household goods Thurs
day. Miss Winnie Walker is laid up with
a sprained ankle, but expects lo be
oul again iu a lew days.
The Waddell boys were visiting al
the power station Thursday. They
have about completed llieir house.
Pal Walker drove to Trail niter a
load of apples Thursday, return!!":
the nexl day. Charles' Walker as-
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A FEW NEW SPECIALS
China Cabinets $23.85
Buffets ( - - 17.95
Combination Desk
and Bookcase 15.85
Portierres, per pair,
$1.92 and up
Linoleums, per yard,
$1.10 to $1.36
Carpet P.emnants
60c and up
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Granite Dish
Special
12c 17c 23c
Values up to half ,
a dollar
MONDAY-Watch the
Windows
The Modern
Breakfast Cup
is served to all the family.
no denying the children for fear
of harming them. ,
no hesitation on the housewife's
part lest it make her nervous.
no doubt about the wisdom of a
second cup for the husband for fear
of disturbing his digestion.
This snappy flavored drink, so
popular nowadays, is
Instant Postiim
Well worth trying by those
who value health
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VOU can still get wonderful bargains at the Big Furniture
Sale. The crowds Saturday cleaned out some of the
lines, but so! vast is this wonderful stock that no one in
Merlfnrrl
selves.
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