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I . i " PAQjft FOXJH iifEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OHKfiOX, THURSDAY, TlKCEMHKR 11, 101(5. BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AN !NnKlKNIKNT NKWSPAIMCIt V v u u rf h k i J : v k k y A FT i-: 1 NOON KXCKI'T Kt'M'AV HY TliK aiKUKOltU I'UINTINQ CO Office Mull Tribuiio ltulldlnK, NuitU Fir slicfl; lel-iliune 7.0. The Democratic TtnmH. iho Mi-tlford Mull, The Mi-ufoni Tribune, Tli' Koulli cra Oretfomuu The Auhlaml Tribune. OBOKdli PUTNAM. Kdltor SUBSCRIPTION RATES i One year, by until ..$5.00 One month, by mull 0 Per month, deltvt'i'i-il by currier fn Med l ord, I'ho.mlx, Jacksonville and Central 1'oint 50 Balm-day only, by mull, per yeur.... 2.00 Wei'kly, per year I SO Official l'aper of the Ctly of Med ford. Official Paper of Jackson County. Kntfied ub BHcond-ehiKH nmlter at Medford, Oregon, unuor the act uS March 8, mt. Sworn Clruulullon fr 191524.16 Full leased Wire Asttuciatcd Press dis-patchen. EM-TEES OVR OWN' TIMVKM'rtiri'X. (By PROP. M. T. CKANIL'M.) While in Hawaii, I had Iho pres ence of mind for onro to vittit the Uulabeefustewia region. In this queer territory there's a volcano the only one of its kind in tho world, includ ing Wisconsin. It's a boiling water volcano and lias tea hushes crowing on tho sides. It only erupts when a fish falls into tho mouth of the volcano and a bone gets caught 111 the volcano's neck. Then It hurls the boiling water out which falls all over tho tea bushes. Tho nntives all gather around at tho baso of the volcano and have an after noon lea party that luBts for ninny moons. HID YOU KNOW Villa's bandits havo a clever Bcbomo fo r disguising themselves, should they escape after being made prisonors. They would keep their faces washed. . (TTU'UI A.l I'Xt Sl'AI,. Wo see ono of tho popular movie actors got his lialr cut. AUSTR0 REGIME QUITS. FORMS NEW CABINET LONDON", Dec. M. Tho Austrian government lias resigned. This an nouncement is made in a Router dis patch from Amsterdam. Tho emperor has accepted tho res ignation of tho Austrian ministry, according to a Vienna dispatch receiv ed by neuter by way of Amsterdam, and has cntrustod Alexander Spttz- mucllor with tho formation of a now cabinet. Horr Spltzmueiler, who has been asked to form tho new Austrian mln lsiry is a termor minister or cora merco and a former director of the Credit Anstalt. Tho ministry of llr. von Koerber, who lias resigned, succeeded that of Count Karl Stcurgkh, who was ussas Blnated in Vienna, October 21. Tho conquest of Rumania by tho Teutonic allies continues all along the front of the Rumanians, who nro in retreat northeastward, and tho ninth Gorman army is nearlng tho Impor tant railway Junction town of llii.nu. In tho Carpathians and along the Moldavian frontier tho Russians nro still nt grips, Willi the ltusslans the aggressors at most points. There is little, if any, chango In the situation in theso regions, however. Heavy artillery fighting is In pro gress north of Monustlr, Serbia. Oth erwise calm prevails. . A now feature in tho HalUan situation Is a report from Sofia that 0000 Albaulnns have defeated a force of Italians near Kas ueslna Kpirus. the' Italians fleeing. On tho front In Franco nud Hoi glum and in the Russian and Auslro Ilalla theaters there Is Utile activity, Iisldo from artillery duels. ALCOHOL AS A MOTOR FUEL 'doubtless, if asked, have done so. 1 1 Mr. Iteamcs put himself up as having j the public will agree with mo that j Catarrh Cannot Co Cured more-correct Information on the sub-; 8U(.n B the case. Again let me state know we would -have made no objec- p,,,,,,,,,,. , , l l . x i , tlon to such an action. Hut Mr. Ject than I have, when he has no noa-'tnat because the district is lain out i,aiii J Wiu, iiiuw in.mn, iu intra uu-ncin iucu. mil, Reamcll was before the county court slble means of ascertaining tho facts c "not T 1 H"" '- . ,' """""" ' ....... ...... v. " -. Beanies was before the county court siuie means or ascenuuiiiiB mo .a--.-. dj , , llr system, it does not -- fir IllsllH'SS IV lil'OllllilTlon TO cr'iisp ;iin('lir;itloiis iilif 0i,i., .1,0. rrm. whiMi m.ii.i he other than through our records, or, convert tlicil- establishments into manufactories for llUlk- benefitted by irrigation be eliminated, by a thorough canvass of tho entire follow that the epople i are c .. 6 i..g alcohol, which lie predicts the future fuel for autoino- "ut never aBked thui thcso ,rb-dlv"i-;Valley? i,!Titar.ctorrtn'in. do so. I M it - ! il I . 1. ,1 11 1 .1 lions ne taaen out. f liu..fllif.'A fn Kullllsll unter. ,. . I'lil O. t 'WUH H lli- I 1 a 11(1 t U ItlJ-k. 11 L11U llIJ tl'l".l Hll-. l"S will probably lollow. Mr. Reanies would have tho public believe that I have tried to convey Ciuiirautee to Furnish Wtr. The canal company Is not at all The election of December 27 th does nothing more than to elect a oouy 01 1 .. - Wnl- -litllt. in J U " ... There are three million automobiles and trucks in nse';n ,. ,h- r.n .hirh ... ..aid a.vu.K . " .l" ... . directors, who will make a fa.r mves ill the United States, and their nuinlier is aniiuallv increas- bim by this company was paid - . . HI. II 1 Ml II I 1- 1 IaIIia. V.,.n Imrlllmnln n Ml II 1 .1 V Ml I MVS. , .furnish the full quantity of water, for nf th. w,.tor sBply, terms of y tins company was pum m 1 whlch wo wm contract, and to allay i ...,,,,, , Jlore thai! a billion iralloilH of L'iisolilic is eolisnmed iot"er lbaa lesltimate cmploj ment. n Kroudless fears, which have I t0"lru"" u , E. M. BROWN, But would our prohibition friends permit the manufac ture of cheap alcohol for fuel purposes 'i Since prohibition arrived, alcohol is the only drink available in many sec tions, and its effects are worse than those from any other liquor. AYhy refuse a brewer the right to make a 4 per cent alcoholic beverage and then permit him to make the 100 per cent article as fuel ? We uro, afraid that our dry friends will see to it that gasoline is the only legal fuel for motor vehicles in Ore gon and that we must continue to pay tribute to Rockefel ler lest jags accompany autos. HEALTH INSURANCE I SPIRITS WILL TREAD BOARD AT THE PAGE SUNDAY NIGHT (Veil 1 1 si lence and the Orient aro al ways associated together, anil If there Is a counlry whero the learned men have really found the means of com munication wlili those who have pa-eil "1m'oihI the bourne," It Is probably In India, since the diiuion strallmis inaile there are sufflilenlly niyMIOiiiK, It Is said to leave the scoffer undecided as to whether or not hero can be "anything In spirit ualism." That there Is something in spiritualism, Or. IMdy, who bus re cently returned from India mys that lie will demonstrate hcyouil the point of contradiction at a seance at the l'ngc theatre Sunday nlKht. Among the features which ho proposes to givo in his BCanro Is that of summon ing spirits among coniiulttceir.ru from t he audience. Ho suyg that the 'forms will appear and disappear at - ills command upon tho stage, which will be well lighted. At the com lnnnd of the medium, tho forms dis appear, but appear again In the au dience. The nii'illum says thaliie Is glad to have his teats investigated. Other demonstrations Include slate writing, floating tables aud chair... superhuman theories, etc. N twenty slides of the Union, including Oregon, a cam paign will be Wiiged before the coiuinir legislative ses sions for compulsory health insurance bills. The bills, if made into law, -will make health insurance universal for all manual workers and for others earning less than .$100 a month. The benefits to be provided are medical, surgical and nursing attendance; a cash benefit beginning on the fourth day of illness, equal to two-thirds of wages, and given for a maximum of twenty-six weeks in one vear; and a funeral benefit of not more than $f0. The cost of these benefits and their administration, aiuount ing to about 3 per cent of wages, is to lie borne two fifths by the employe, two-fifths bv the emplover, and one fifth by the state. ' The administration is to lie vested in mutual associa tions of employers and employes organized according to localities and trades, and managed jointly by employers and workers under the general supervision'of a state social insurance commission. 1 l,...NI, :.. ii. . i ... I. . -....mil iii.-Miuiin-i; jm i ue oasis ior uerman caicienev. and is a most vital subject, for the amount of suffering aiidS ri,,,.,.ii:,, 1... I 1 I ...I . . n ...iiwimiv, ivi.-.b iiiuiucii i iy woiKing men and women on account of sickness is seven times that endured because of accidents, now relieved by compensation acts. 'are fill estimates reveal that li.OOO.OOO persons in the United States are sick at anv one time; that each of our .".0.000.000 W.'l ;'e-iM riini's lnvnu r.n .in ..,.i.., ..... : . ,' . " ,. .... .. ...lKi: .l!(UO.- mately nine days Iroin this cause yearly; that the cost of inciiicai ireaiinent is !f ini.uimmkiu aniiuallv, and that the resultant annual wage loss totals $."00,00()"000. Provision for maternity benefit is included in the bills Inlaiit; mortality is high, about 52,000 deaths aniiuallv in early infancy, mostly preventable. Insurance against sickness has been successfully Iried out in many older countries, (lermanv, (Treat :rit'.in Austria, Hungary, Russia and several other European na tions have been for years reaping the benefit of this method of meeting their sickness risk. ' enter into a provisional contract I mentioned, that Mr. Reanies was ain loyed by us as we would employ any other counsel, but that he did ap provo something which ho now sccb fit to decry as improper and unjust. As to Hear Creek Water. Mr. Reanies has seen fit to bring into the discussion in a most flippant jtily we can furnish. Does this propo manner the matter of the waters sitloti give the impression that wo are from Bear Creek. Does the public making an effort to defraud the peo- realize that Mr. Reanies was reslionsi- ; pi0t or does it indicate, as does every which will Insure the public against paymont for something which they do not erccivo. In other words, If wo are unable to furnish 30,000 acre feet of water for the district of 20,000 acreB, we will agree to reduce our prlco in accordance with tho quan- Fotits Grocery Co. ,,,.nino,i fresh ranch eggs 3.1c dozen. Wo sell for cash and no de livery each year 111 their operation. Jt IS becoming more difficult i b, ,ha""u?"'rm..n ""r T mlar'r: Manager Rogue River Valley Canal to supply the demand, and this is reflected in the increased ;illnd; , wa8 ;lmply Bllbmlttlng ev,-, w wii.inB to uuni. j- ui mm unnuii, cneiucnn ure turning to luconoi, incidence, wnen tne cancelled cnecK was suitability or which is not questioned. Only the cost ot raw materials now used and its limited use prevents its being a universal fuel. Raw materials are abundant and cheap. Most anything that contains starch, cellulose or sugar can be utilized, in cluding the waste of the lumber industry, containing cel lulose, and t lie waste Iroin the sugar industry. A ton ol dry sawdust yields troin twenty to tweutv-iive gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent pure, and from this source alone half a billion gallons could be manufactured annually. A series of tests by the United States bureau of mii'cs proves the higher efficiency of alcohol compared to gaso line is due to the following causes: 1. The volume of air required for complete combustion of alcohol Is only one-third that required by gasoline, and thus much less energy goes away In tho exhaust. Moreover, this smaller dilution with air en ables a more perfect mixture to be formed with conseauont morn iierfnet combustion. 2. Tho nlcohol-alr mixture can be safely subjected to pressures of 200 lb. per square Inch without sp ntancous ignition, whereas the safoty limit for gasolluo is 80. 3. All mixtures of alcohol and air containing from 4 to 13.6 por cent of alcohol are cxploslvo, where as the explosive range for gasoline is from 2 to 5 per cent, necessitating much more careful carburetor ad justment. 4. Tho combustion products of alcohol are smokeless, almost odor less, and do not clog up the cylinders and valvcB. Trill! LOCAL AI'PLK'.vrt- N:-. m ri-ih tue fcnt .( lii" Ul.- . C.i : ar ciDlUUlluaill dll'.li.. 111. 1 111 Ufi full UiU.l t..k IllU-lilill IL'UJi'iik.. l..iir CuliUTll lure is tulivil I11U1111.U.V, iti.il i.ctp il.ifvlly limy llio btotMl mill uniCt'il. null. ii' .. liuU'M l iitiiirli euro m nut a l I: liinli.l.i', II wui j.ru. irlbi'd Ii. o:; of tl'i! I.1 I 1 liysli'liins In iLii coumrr t'-r J'ur uul I. u rivui.vp .r. i-vrlj-.tlijn. It li conn o.i-d f f'.iv lt't ti.til, k.ioivn. cum. tlnM Willi Hi.. l"'t 1K.-J riirlj.-r'. utCi.i; iti rtcllr on Ito mii'Mui. siirrn.'-i.. Th... .rd'0 cimiilnail.'U if tlm i" im ii-'Ci'-i.!. U wli t ir.j. iliu.i. fcUili wun.l.Tful ri'Mill. lu tminj catrrU. tSvDd Ut l,.tliiiilul. fnc. F. J. Cll.KNKY 6c CO., rra;m., TolttW, 0. flolil by nriifc.fe.Htn, (irK-il 7ji Tuka Hull's 1'auilly Vl'.U fur cunstluatU. JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKE Ijcdy Asslstlint H 8. harti.ktt Clionft M. A'm nd t7-.l-i Autnmoblle Hearse Service. imli'iliin". ?rvl.. " blo for the delay of two years In the construction ot the Phoenix ditch. which was operated for the first time during the past spring and summer, and which ditch alono was responsible for doubling the fruit output o this entire section of tho valley? Mr. Reanies insisted that wo could not furnish tho land owners water from Hear Creek when they would need it, and caused them to hold off for two years, during which time tneir crops were drying up for want of water, which at all times, was avail able at a very low prico. Wo are sure that somo of the land owners undor this particular ditch fully rcal 17.0 what a lasting service Mr. Rcumos rendered them, and we haven't heard of any of them thanking him for the service cither. Asked to Cite Misquotations Mr. Reanies accuses mo of misquot ing government reports, Will tho gentlemen kindly bring to tho at tention of the public one single In stance where I havo misquoted a re port of any kind? I am not aware of such an instance, and if such there bo I shall most willingly and gracious ly acknowledge such fault. I be lievo lie will be unable to make good on his assertion that I have done this. Mr. Reanies still harps on the sup posed fact that this company has sold water for 10,000 acres of land. Will any committee of ,mon whom lie or others may appoint! call at our office and go over our records to ascer tln whether Mr. Reanies or myself are telling the truth? Wo shall gladly put our records at the disposal ot such a committee. Why should other part of our proposal, that wo are making the land owners a (air offer Wluit Other AVuter Supply? 1 would ask Mr. Reanies and the entire public whether or not there is any likelihood of any other company having an availablo water supply to furnish to the land owners of this part of the valley, and why any other company would venture into the field in view of the attitude which hns been encountered by this company; and, further, where would they ob tain the water for such a project" Knowing tho facts with reference to the availablo water supply, why not lay out the district along the lines of the only available water supply? is not this the most logical and common-sense thing to do? I believe that 22S i ;t!lT""':"r ill mm Get the Grippe On three or four dol lars and buy a pair of those High Top Shoes at BIG SALE JEWELRY As Christmas Gifts Never before lias this store been so well prepared to serve your every want so satisfactorily. All departments of our stock have been especially prepared to meet the approval of the Christmas shoppers. A point to be noted with us is, at what ever price you buy, you pay no prem ium for the'exclusiveness of design and originality of style. Come early. Your selections will be cheerfully reserved. JOHNSON, The Jeweler ijli' m ml Ik5i! Ik COMMUNICATION. ,vVlth Medford t-nrti in Mertford mad To the Editor: Kindly permit me to make a brier reply to Mr. Reanies' letter appear ing in your Issuo of tho 13th inst , which letter purports to be a reply to mine appearing In your paper of the 111th Instant. Mr. Reanies says the charges con tained in my former letter aro un true, but ho falls to specify wherein they are untrue. Mr. Reanies says our company hasn't sufficient water for JO.OuO acres. I rhargo that two years ngo Mr. Hcnniei, then knowing as much about our water supply as he docs now. prepared and sent out with the stamp of his approval, for tho signa ture of the land-owners affected, a petition for an Irrigation dlstric: of .'.."..OOO ni res to be supplied w ith llice same waters. I charge that titlicr Mr. Realm's is Insincere now or his conduct then was reprehensible. Is this charge true or false? I charge that Mr. Reanies made the boundaries of tills 5r,O0-aer dis trict correspond with our canals fo that no other water supply would fit It. and 1 say that if to do this is dis honest now it was dishonest then. Is this rhargo truo or false? I rhargo that Mr. Reanies accepted our money to prepare a water con tract that would bo fair to the land owners, and ono which ho could ad vise them to enter into, and that this contract ns approved by him, pro vided for one and one-half acre feet of water per acre. I contend that It this amount of water Is ridiculously insufficient, as Mr. Reanies now claims that his conduct in approv ing and endorslLg such a contract os J fair lo the land owners was repre hensible. Is this charge true or false? I Willing to Kllmlruite Snb-DlvUiuni Again, Mr. Kennies complains be i ramus somo platted sub-divisions out side the ctly were not eliminate J from the district. In the petition for the !.ri5.P00-acro district, which Mr. I Kennies prepared, none of theso sub (IMslons were eliminated. If to leave them In now is unfair, it win unfair then. Moreover, the county court had j authority to eliminate all these 'platted subdivisions and would Knox Hats, $4.00 and $5.00 Mallory and Stetson Hat3, ,$3.00 to $-4.00 Buy a Mais Present in a Man's Store Be Sure His Christmas Gift Is Right Ylicn vou make vour Christmas purchases for the men go to a man's store for them. 'We are iii a position to know just what men prefer their taste, their every want. Our salesmen arc here to give you their service and good judgment. They know exactly what men buy for themselves. Make Our Store Your Headquarters for Men's Wear Here is a list of the many articles to select from: Stein Block and Benjamin Suits and Overcoats $20.00 to $40.00 TV 1 fa iMa J ill House Coats and Lounging Kobes at 5 to $12.50 Suitcases and Handbags 6 to $20 Jlcautiful Silk Neckwear, hundreds of pat terns to select from 50? to $2.50 Interwoven Lisle Hose, pair 25? Interwoven Silk Hose, pair 35?, 50?, $1 Holeploof Lisle Hose, pair 25? Holeproof Silk J lose, pair 50t? Arrow Shirts $1.50, $1.75 andS Mocha and Cape Cloves, pair..$1.50 to $2 Canes and Umbrellas $1 and up to $5 Silk Reefers A $1.50, $2, $2.50 Handkerchiefs, 6 in box, with or without initial, per box $1.50 Linen Initial Handkerchiefs," per box of six $1.50 Reiser's New Crepe Silk Handkerchiefs $1 Sweaters $2 to $9 Suspenders 50? to SI. 50 Union Suits $1.25 to $5-00 Night Shirts and I'a jamas $1 to $3.75 Belts 75t? to $2 Individual Holiday Boxes if Desired. Merchandise Orders for Any Amount Daniels for Duds MEDFORD'S LEADING EXCLUSIVE MEN'S ST0EE MAIN AND CENTRAL