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EM-TEES
HNAI, NOTHK
We haven't heard anything about
the ' J.ulju" thai went south with our
"10111110" soino time aito. Not that
we miss the overcoat so iimcli, hut
there was a four-hit piece, a meal
ticket and a elmir culler, I'or which
we saved ui cotiiuim for six month,
all 111 the iiiHide pocket.
' j "
. IHI VOl' KNOW THAT
Very few hardware dealers Hell
Imminent by the pound.
Jii the dry stales It Isn't llio eus
tonie to treat the druuKisl!
Could anybody tell uh who it was
wrote Grey's Kleity?
SO.MIO SHillT
About the most astoiiiiiliiiK sluht
In tho world is to see Xew York's sky
lino Kolni! across the Hudson river In
a ferry boat. Cornell Widow.
Some of tho movies around the
land are charuliiK a potato for admis
sion. Wonder If they're kooiI for a
box?
A Seattle, man has Invented a
butcher's scale with a uroove In It
that holds the butcher's thumb more
comfortably than the old kind.
CIIIHSTMAS HINTS
To make a lilt with the wile's folks
buy the mothor-lii-lnw a nice set of
poker chilis.
The. janitor ought to bo tlckeled
with' a' coal' shovel. ' llo'll never use
It nni! it can he dragged over tho
basement ' floor to make noise and
Keep tho tetiaments uwuUo.
. For Her A corncob pipe.
For lllm A tlddlede-wlnks set.
MOMK niltlSTJIAS KlfitiKSTIONS
For Harney Dreyfus Hiihuneil
portrait of Georno SIsler.
For Jawn .Mctlraw A maxim sl
loncer. i
llobblo Wallace An old ago pon
idon. Jess Wlllnril "How to Spend My
Money' by .lawn l.
Connie Mnck Nice mnrblo tomb
stone. The baby would appreciate u goon
razor.
TO ID SECRETARY
SANTA ItOSA. ' al., Pec. 20 Luth
er Hurbiink, bolauical cvolutionlsl,
announced here today that he will
mnrry Miss Kliznbeth Waters, his
secretary, tomororw lu Hall Francisco.
Iturbauk Is 67 years old. The bride
Is a unlive of Hastings. Mich.
Iturbuiik was divorced Irom his
first wife 20 years hk. He met .Miss
Waters two years ago i)i New York
and Induced her In come to Calllorula
and become his secretary.
JU'SK in Hie newspapers, attacks upon tin- Canal com
liniiv. defamation of the citv's water simply, are till
herrings drawn across the trail to divert attention from
the main subject the creation of an irrigation district.
It is hoped by the appeal to prejudice and personality to
influence voters against th only practical means whereby
irrigation can he secured.
Those who oppose the formation of the district do so
because they are opposed to irrigation. They would oppose
any and all other projects that forced the use of water upon
them, just as bitterly. Many of those opposing are large
property owners who have opposed every public improve
ment ever proposed and are born reactionaries. Many of
them do not begin to realize in yields what, they should
from their holdings because they lack water and have not
foresight enougji to understand that water will enable
them either to least! or sell out at high prices, if they are
too unprogressi ye to utilize the water themselves.
It would he much better for the valley and i'or the prop
erty owner as well, if the large farms were cut up into
small tracts, with a family upon each twenty or forty
acre farm. With water this can be accomplished. Without
water, it is an impossibility.
The selection of a source of water supply' is up to the
directors elected by the various districts. I opposition
tickets, candidates opposed to irrigation in any form, it is
hoped to confuse the voters and kill the prospects of irri
gation. This, like the venomous appeals to passion, are
simply part of the politics played by the reactionaries.
A board of directors opposed to irrigation would simply
vote to exclude all the laud in the district and thereby kiil
the project. And this is the probable intention.
The best answer to vicious and uncalled-for attacks
upon the city's water supply, raised as a far-fetched polit
ical argument against the creation of an irrigation district,
is the fact that since its installation there lias been no
typhoid or other malignant disease due to bad water, in the
city, where previously there were annual epidemics. The
health of the city has been materially improved since the
completion of the water svstein, as anv phvsician will
testify. ' . ' '
As to possible pollution of the source, through infec
I ion of the drainage tu'ea by its use as a cattle range during
the summer, the answer is the creation of a federal re
serve, including all the drainage area and prohibition of
grazing within its limits. A bill should be drawn up by the
city find presented the Oregon delegation in congress, and
the land now in the forest reserve and in the (). it C. rail
road land grant will be set aside, as in the case of the Dull
Jfun reserve for Portland.
As to the question of the city's title to the water, there
is not the slightest doubt. . .ruder the Oregon laws, the title
rests in the state, but the right to use it belongs to those
who develop it and use it beneficially, as long as they use
it and no one puts water-to a more beneficial use than the
city, and no court will ever question its title.
i!ut the city's water supply has nothing to do with the
creation of an irrigation district a necessary preliminary
to placing the valley under water.
'
There seems every prospect that we are to have an
other dry year. The total seasonal rainfall since Septein-
Tlie average rainfall at this time of
-a 'Seasonal deficiency of two-thirds
A dry fall and winter always has
Vet with the experience of three drv
years and the prospects of a fourth, there are those who
still assert that irrigation is not needed.
There are none so blind as those who will not see, none
so deaf as those that will not hear and none so stupid as
those who will not learn.
GEORGE'S REPLY
10 PEACE OFFER
LONDON, Dec. 20. Premier Lloyd
George's reply to Germany's peace
proposal meets with a chorus of ap
proval In the British press and the
Kenerul comment Is that if Germany
really wants peace she will, when the
joint reply of the allies Is received,
state terms which can form a basis
of discussion. The .Manchester Guar
dian says:
"Premier Lloyd Georue has not
shut tho door on peace with the re
sounding clung for w hich some of his
less balanced supporters in the press
have been listening. It Is true he
insisted on tho Impossibility of ac
cepting the German invitation as it
stands. In this he was ably second
ed by Mr. Asqulth and will bo ap
proved by the country. Tho
German chancellor must be both
more modest and more explicit before
he can expect any favorable answer to
liis invitation. Hut tho real danger
in the situation which is offer creat
ed was that the allies, this country In
particular, might be led into an
abrupt and sweeping refusal, not
merely of tho actual invitation but
of any proposal to discuss peaco
terms. This snare Lloyd George has
avoided."
The Guardian says that as the
speech Invited Germany to be moro
explicit "we do not then cast out
every idea of settlement and the neu-
bcr 1 is :i.-l I inches,
year is 10. I I inches
the normal amount.
meant a dry spring.
quence.' The closing of the river
would ho a great Injury and ft great
injustice to the southwestern Oregon
coast.
Willi tho Brookings mill practically
closed down it is the only payroll that
Curry county has from the northern
border to the California lino and
many, even hundreds, depend upon
this industry for their living.
Loth shipping business of Coos Day
and the biisiness,.of Coos county mer
chants will suffer if the lower river
Is closed and for this reason the re
cent efforts or .the sportsmen has
caused much consternation among the
Coob county people.
Would Ruin Curry County
(From tho Coos Hay Harbor.)
The movement starled by tho
sportsmen of the state to bring about
tho closing of the lower Hoguo river
to commercial fishing becanso they
iielleve, incorrectly, that It affects
the angling In tho upper river. Is
scarcely a fair one. Merely Tor the
sake of angling they would destroy
one of the big industries of the south
ern Orege'i coast. Hut anyway the
commercial fishing does not Insure
the angling as It is steelbeads that
1 tho angler wants nnd those fish tho
commercial fishermen are not allow
. ed lo catch.
If tho lower Rogue river is closed
jto fishing it will he tho greatest blow
I that the people of Curry county havo
ever received. About $200,000 is ex
pended In the shape of wages and pay
I for fish every year In that locality.
, If the Industry is ruined in order to
satisfy tho sportsmen of .Inckson and
.loseplilno counties, the families of
Curry county must suffer in conse-
TWICElPROVEN
If ou suffer backache, sleepless
nights, tired, dull days anil distress
ing urii.ary disorders, don't experi
ment. Read UiIh tw-ice-told testi
mony, it's Medford testimony
doubly proven.
Mrs1.. Win. Charley, SOS N. Grapo
St., Meilford,, says: "The kidney no
tion was too frequent and the kidney
seeretiohs were unnatural. Ilesides
this, I had much pain in my back
and sometimes, I could hardly bend
or straighten up'. At night, It both
ered me, too, and often I couldn't
sleep. 1 tried plasters and liniments
for my back and medicines for my
kidneys, hut none of them helped mo
any. It was while I was feeling ill
and discouraged that I heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills and began taking
them. In less than two weeks, I felt
better. I took In all tour boxes w hen
1 felt well." (Statement given Sep
tember 14, 1907.) '
On March IB, 1916, Mrs. Charley
said: "I recommond Doan's Kidney
Pills just as highly today as I did
several years ago. I still consider
them a medicine of merit and when
ever It is necessnry for me to take
a kidney remedy I use them, tor I
know they are most reliable."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills thp same that
Mrs. Charley has twice publicly rec
ommended. Foster-Milburn Co.
Props.. Duffalo. N. Y.
IN TEXAS 221 .000
AI STIN, 'iVv, 1 )(M i:u. Vrt'siili'iu
WIIsuh'h pliiiuHly in TV mis tit Uu No
vember election was 2-O.iUlu, ac-conl-iiii;
to Hie ntrit'lMl count nuiiouneetl
toduy. Tlie nte Mnmi; Wilson HT. 1
!(&; Unfiles ii I. !!!. The lirolillii-1
tiou vote was Km:.', nml the socialist
(M-)SUITSfp
Victory f miyi
TO ORDER $25.00 UP
Also Cleaning, Pressing and Altering
128 E. MAIN. UPSTAIRS
JOHN A. PERL
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Automobile Hearse barvlre.
Imkulwac SorTlt. Csrontr
CHRISTMAS JOY
Every day in the year with a .
Dodge Brothers Motor Car
or a
Hudson Super-Six
GET IT TODAY
BERNARD MOTOR CO.
tral world cannot take exception to
this attitude."
The Guardian notes that the speech
contained no hint of the crushing of
(ierniany, but says discussion of any
matter is conditioned on restitution
in the truest farm, It continues, rep
aration is Impossible for the deepest
wrongs cannot be undone.
I while the (hiialia wealher bureau gave
'die llieiiuomcler reading al ! o'clock
j:is 1(1 below mid going down.
SWELLS 10 MANAGE
E
OMAHA. Xeh., Dec. 'JO. lieconl
breakiiif; temperature ' f-tr the pres
ent seuson were experienced through
out this section today. Valentine,
Neb., reported the coldest as 'Jli de
grees below zero, Sioux Fulls 22 de
grees below, Sioux City l.'i below,
Norfolk ." below, Lincoln (i below,
The county court Wednesday
muruinx appointed V. X. Wells su
perintendent of the county poor farm
! for the ensuing year, vice Dr. J. 1''.
iliart, reined. Mr. Wells lias been
assistant superintendent "t Hie in
stitution for several years.
The county court io authorized
the combining of the offices of coun
ty health officer unit county physi
cian anil appointed Dr. Theodore J.
Miilmgrcn of I'lu ix to occupy the
office i'or the ensuing year. The
move is imule in the interest of economy.
Tlie aniiuiil Christmas frolic of the
University club is announced for
Saturday evening-, December 23, in
the following notice:
"Attraction, Extraordinary, tyke
club's freshly watered stock coot
puny will present a dramatization of
the bone dry act, entitled, 'Over the
Hump to llornbrook,' followed by
travel picture dealing with George
Boone Carpenter's fearless pursuit of
tlie African fauna (the Jlcdford
Dianm leugue has dammed this pro
duction, which insures a crowded
house).
"Tlie frolic will be preceded by the
club's nnuuul Christmus dinner."
I With Medford trade Is Medford made
To You -Whoever
You Are
Wherever You Are
erry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
A
M
To our Patrons and to those who are to become
our Patrons, we offer
Long Experience
Strict Management
Burglar Proof Vaults, Protected by Electricity
Able Service
Sound Advice
Net Wealth of Our Stockholders
Over One Million Dollars
DELROY GETCHELL, President
R. F. ANTLE, Cashier
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Hardware
Herald
Published Seml-Occaslonally by Crater Lake Hardware Co.
Written With
Double-Bitted
Brood Az. .
VOL. 6.
MEDFORD OREGON", 323 MAIN ST., DKC. 20. 1916.
NO. 9
Our Loss Is Your Gain
JLWS
CHRISTMAS
Big Shipment of Casseroles,
Ramekins, Custard Cups,
etc., slow in arriving
Stock was oi'ilered for holiday season. In order to soil at onee, wc are going to sell
them at actual cost. See Window Display.
You can buy a (Jenuinc Ivoseville Pottery Co. Casserole from 90 up. See them.
Ivaniekins in half dozen lots, 50c4; or 10c1 each.
Custard Cups in half dozen lots, SOt4: or 10? each.
Tea Puts in novel shapes, oOd and 60c1.
Special for the Pabies A beautiful P.ahy Plate fur Sot1. Also Mugs. 25-.
"We carry complete line of Velocipedes, Coaster W:i-ons, Sleds. Hand Cars, TJoller
Skates, Foot balls, Sporting (ioods. etc. (let ("ir prices. Store Open Evenings.