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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MATT; TRTTUTXF, MFDFOTID, OREGON, WFPNFSDAY. PF,PEMr.F,T? 27, 1910 IIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE: AN' 1NM 'KPKNIM'.NT MAVS'PArKIt rriil.isnr.it k i.uv ai n:i;NMN KM 'KPT SI Nl'AY IIV TMI-: iii:srJia I'UiNTi.ws o Offloo Miiii Trilxnu' HuMtlh Konii l'tr niivt-i; i Uinui-.- Mull. Tl. M, .!.!. 1 Tuiiim.-. Th- S-mui-(111 Or- oiiiiLU Thi' As) i.unl Ti ituiiu'. gkoiuh: im tnam, K.nior EUBECRtPTIOW RATESr One. war. tv tniui $"-.m One nu'iitli. bv tmiil, . 0 l'tr ituml'i. l.j!,n-tl hv r.irn-r in iiini f.Mitnil I'l-ini f PatnM-iy niilv, i.v lua.l, i t y.u..,. "1 Vf kiv, i- r war 1 "'1 Official of tlut t'i;y tit Mfifonl. Official l'np. r of J.H-kvim foiiMty. lCntii-.-.l as si'c'nil-t':i!"H mittt.r ii Mt-df.ml, Oi 1,-0:1. utui r t!u- iwt "t M.iiYll , urn. Full Iras.-u win A.fi.H I'nss itis- ER BACK OF Now War Secretary Has Failed to Clean Out Deuarcmtn Cliques. But Plays In With TI.em Mail Rub bery of 8th Ohio Letter Only One of Many Damaging Situations. l'.Y (ill.SOX (i.MMiNKH. Washington', a:. inviw inn of the privuey of I he mails in time of pence by army officer or at the instigation of the nnny i-. .pist ns criiiiiunl 11 performance i it- snrli mi net wore, performed by a eomiu.'ii highwayman. To lrube IJilreiiiiarcy. This i- tlu' opinion of tilt' post office department titl'li-iiil-. and it is this aspect of tin1 trouble over the seizure of tin' "round robin' sent by the Koi$:hih Ohio regiment that has stirred congress. It is tlu- vt';ii reason for Senator l'oiiicrcnc's resolution de umndiug ait impi'ify. It is intended, hove cr, that tlu investigation shall t j 1 V: broad line nml shall cover tlu whole mailer of press censorship and bureaucracy in tin war deparlmcnt. I'oniei-ono i not ph-hiut; a ipinm-l with tile war dopn 1 1 uionl. hut there nre ineinlh'rs in couvtcss who are in tensify stirred and interested in the Plotter of oftieinl u.nrpuiiou umh'r the oui-o of war powers in tunc of peace. A lot of t rt-spa---m has nl reaily taken ilaee tei the rights ol eiiiians witn tne sam-tion ol rcie- tarv of War Newlon Itaher. ltaker l-s Illumed, The si-iTi-larv has ilniiicl to !v tiounee lite ivjmii l'i -i-i.tnv f mail nn,l will no; rven tiis,-Mss a inpoihct iea! i.ie-tti'ii. nor sir.p. iIkii sMrli sfi- lliv vouhl lie in propi r. In-le:i,l ol uis it n iujj an iion-petoh-itt tii.pin f"r his own infniii'.aiioii ami lor i!o cnlihlellllieilt ol t'.e puhli,- he ha tolloucil tlir nuiilai y r'ailition of in-; upon lin- army ol!inr nmh-r ae eusation lor a r. po-t. Sm h it orl. eolllse, m!1 iminaU ll.c ol'.t.ir in iptest am. In s, (loin-, ltaker U i!!ni,t; hi nsual i toii-r. Mn.-U t" l'o' if -ai'O.'i-it -leen! of hi- lra'o':- atol ao'iiii.-is 1'akor has p(ui'i!t.-t! hiin-i!i 1.1 taM ll'uh'r I'll- .lo:nilial;oii ,; tlic war h -pa:lie.e';i ciiijiir. i, ih,- a alp r ol llu l.t'Mls lino lillli- ;;:in M';nil:ti ins a. ti- iiie- Iumc :-.!! In . n im I lim 1 n il ..: lii;e asirln- ri'i-'Hi ali'l Ilic oiil'. name li..ail. W'liy linker Is Popular ltak r is W 1 1 . . I x r ' et v poo ;l;u nilh the ('i.i.i.r r. !,v ,!, .on. stn-h li.ii!.- --liai .-! vvllii-ll T. -to,.-V e'.'nrio-l 1 1-1 h: 1.1 I'sllol onun, to! r. 11 her mana; .-. i oral I, or 1,1,. 11 o, 1,1. I For Thin , Nervous MEN AND WOMEN nothing equals or compares with Ihe rich food propcrtica in SCOTT'S It makes olher foods do good. It gharpens the npi-tite; stimulate Ihe circulation ami helps over, come catnrrh.d troubles. Il you are rundown, atint-niic or fi."v nervous, Ihe benefits you f. Emulsion will surprise you. SivcSi b,, jiks.u.'". j .i , J BAK BUREAUCRATS WAR SCANDAL ON THE WRONG TRACK C 1!KN"S()N' nf I'ui'lliuul. ks' aniii I'acii'ic cxjmsiiioa as tlu- iVuvtnost citi.cK (if CtivMi, aiiiioii in cs that !w will Imihl a niaiiirii cut t'il' tci ii-stdiy hold as au annex to tin; lionson hotel built siiue years atn by liini, the new -structure t be bn-atc-l mi the ccruer ili;io(inall' across the street and coiinecied by sub way. The iri)iisi-d strurturc will involve au i-ivcstnicut 1 !' a niillitiu dollars. The iiiiiiouiicenieiit is followed by (iuon l)ii, the Chin ese owner of the Hotel Oregon, adjoinino lint lieiison, that he will also erect it palatial fifteen-story hostelry on the site of the jin-scnt hotel, involviiifj a similar investnient. These annouiieeinciits may be bluffs to force tin' sab- ol jnojierty, out 11 woulil he if lliev actuallv materialized. si r.'.iicr. loiiu; on holds and them. Instead of invest iui; needed resources and industries uf Oregon, the money has been poured into needless structures that scarcely pay taxes. Xonc of the laroc Port land i'.-1'tion. have paid dividends (he hotels have been forced i-o'iciied, hotiinn that improved conditions will juslifv operation. New hotels are st ruct tires are half cmpt v. hand'u-aiipd by prohibition, catches up with the growth trrowin or I tuiiaini catciies More structures simply perpetuate present unpr'fii tblc conditions and are not needed. Portland millionaires should realize by this time the cause of the malady throttling tin? city. They should rt-al-'e that the undeveloped country needs development and use idle money for it, instead of trying to build up an over built city. They should change the selfish policy of the past, which sees only Portland, developing tributary territory. I hey lack loresight, en ergy ami faith in their own country, for if half of the hun tireil millions spent in hig iiu:liii,igs 111 ilic past live or six years had been spent in opening up and increasing the pro duction of the state, both Portland and Oregon would l far better off. Jf Mr. Benson will take the lead and induce others ti follow in upbuilding Oregon, he will have done soinethin- toiiistifv the honor awarded gon. THE CHRISTMAS TREE HPHK Christmas tret - (cresting as the tree itself Christinas trees here are principally young Douglas fii whose wood is known in the lumber markets of the world as "Oregon pine.' hi the east they arc balsam fir. This whole evergreen tribe is of aristocratic lineage; its ancestors lived in 1he ancient forests which made the 1. -. .... 1 . . . . , . 1 . , , . can 11 s coai measures, aim us representative is the gigantic wood. The white pine which for lumber kings is a cousin while the 1niy dun mosses and common cat-tails belong to the same ancient stock. Others of its kin grow deep in southern swamps, or climb up mountain heights, or crei along sand dunes, or hide beneath the Arctic snows. the use ot the pine family for providing the special kind of living green required oaies tile uirui ol the mriM written: "The glory (if Lebanon tree, ihe pine tree, and the place of my sanctuary." -1 -1 . . . 1 . .' 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 in- -iii-ecus ourucd rue wood oi im- ariior vitae 111 sacn- I lcial fires because of its agreeable odor. In Oriental art the pine tree appears as the svuibol of everlasting life. It is for this reason that the Japanese develop those choice specimens of horticulture, dwarf pines a hundred wars old and I ..(..1.. ;.. : .. , 1 - i . 111 -tiii i';i, c (iy used as garden garnishments, lint even fashion cannot vulgarize the evergreens. Whoever cherishes one of this family is serving humanity. Although we treat our Christmas tree as an honored s"- M. - - oil, iiii iiowiitiiiiM, . I, 1 1... .... i.-.i; i.i. . . .no i mc ,ue Hastening lis (test ritel a. n cail- not In- grown trom the rois si.ii,,., IV..... t',.. - .. t.:..l. I -j . .iS .si i ii o, i no 1 1 lioi'iu- liy the wnn! is often flung on sterile I .overs o evi ('green w ho ( 'hrist mas T fees aiol spring. It is a pi ctt set them list "in. Joy ui ei'lis, r I green trees ale all earth's anioiig t a, i! Iii.n.l- !o nil ,1 ;, OH' I, ill.; i I .an. 'mi 'an, mi'.v ;,i pii.v y -i .:. . V- .1. 'ii j'li. !..; Akl-i.n M i i o. Aki-i il ,.,nlv. A- i. . pve- !-. a U::.r na IriT'-n ii. .oi t The Pi, ss m ,!,.!i a.'.'oi.im sl l ' . Mi A :', lo 1 ,-r.l. i lO .111!. .! rov.--ti.. i Wi vlii was lionm-cd at the l'.-i.ii- in line with rortlrnd s lust Portland is lont; oi: skv- short on industries to support millions in developing the hotels, with perhaps one cx the past few vears. Manv uf to close. Sonic have rcceiillv not needed the pre-cut fine None are lilcelv to pa v l rofit j. until the growth of the stiie of the metropolis and the up witn Her cnnitv huiuiiuos. and spend their million in him as thei'irst citizen of Ore s valuable fruit is not half as in most iiistingiusiieil modern sequoia, or California red lias made millions of dollars of the little Christmas tret for festival decorations ante clllLd. In Isaiah Ix :!. it is shall come unto thee, the fii box together, to beautify tin , .. . , , a few im hes hiuh. : ... . .1 aneiy 01 I lie I a llll iv lias oeen 1 1 s eiiemx . i oe loll ' To a :. i ' . 7. nor from cuttings. It lmt: ... ..). . .:. i:.' i i is eaiv in nam v. and Wlien can a I fori i It hiiv pi tcd in their gardens in part of man's new and i tin reat beauties, of whi.'ll the ever- icest. ofti. .-pi a i. ttev or aan n !u,'!iiva.. 'i r i T i-' r-'C-irr. of h nun'i'er of l't.i , i o; Oregon anil O. A. ". .stu.ti to !h-- . it v :or Cif l.oli'lay feasoii stiriiM! I.ntioual inorest in com- to I f piave.l ' tt t'r.iv, r ot (in:,in seal I'tmersity of r-n:: .n;i. foot'ail teams at Paa.!i ("h- . NVm Vi ar il;: . AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT Star MAE MURRAY In a Story vt Hare Avr-a! "THE BIG SISTER" eaiiiis S.-.t -r.ui . ISt.nl) iu lloiiiihl ami I .i I ur EIGHT HOUR DAY UNIVERSAL FEW CENTURIES AGO Long Workday Means Nothing But Toil and Sleep to Worker Detri mental to Society and Humanity Short Day Existed Until Increase ir. Pressure of Production. liy ( HAS. KPWAliP l.-t'SSKI.r.. WASHINGTON. I)i-e. 27.--1 hear and reail the oiitiiivinj: of many omi aont niinils ahont an h-hotir tlay, anil they all -eem to pro.-oi'il upon (lie iheorv that eijjht hom-s i'ur a tlay's work is a recent invt-nlioll, a leap in lin dark, a daring; experiment ami noliotly knows what laay eonie of it. As a mailer of fact il is old it make- i'.nnker Hill monument look like a ihinu of yestorilay. It existed In-fore the ten-hour day. (he tivclve liotir day or the fonrteen-hour day. four hundred vents aijo fiinotej: our lorefalhers an eiirlit-honr working day was the rule and standard! . . Old Time Staniliuil. If there had heen no ehamio in tile way we prodme thiin:-, rihi honrs would prohahly he the standard (o dny, and anyhody that wanted to -horien it would he looked upon as a denio.'.-oi:iie and revolntionist. It was only heean-e we had an enormous in.-rease in ine pressure for prodnelion, parlienlavly sineo the in trodnelion of faetories and steam, that Ihe workin;.- ilay was i-ver len-lh-ened urn il Iii e enine lo mean for ihe worker nothing hut toil and sleep. In inoil.-rn times tin- increase in hilior saviiiir maehiiu-ry should have offsi-t all that. The nvcraiie fnetmy hand or transportation worker now is -jiiii or :tuil times a efficient as ihe avi-ra.u'e worker of "." years ivl-o. lmt he is no hetier vii. The hniri inei't-ase in his nmpnt ol effeetive-lii-ss hasn't shortetietl his hours. , itnl to Sm let) . This i- plainly wroiiu. It is rotten ly and intolerahly wrotiir. It is dan uaronsly wr.mir for the community, fhe iML-hl-hotir movement sin-ks to set it i iy!:. The eiaht-lioar iiea means some thing" lo the worker, lint a lot more to the re-l of soeiotv. See how iliis is. I'p to 1S1T women ami children worki-d Id hours a day. or something like that, in the Welsh (Mini mines. Women, Iiarnes-rit l,ke ealtle. drauirt-.l from the uiines .reat lia-kets of coal. lliere was a board m tao ri-nier of the railway with cleats nailed upon it. Uent far over, their heads aimo-t to the , ground, the women hraee.l their feet nain-t the-e cleats and tie'i;ed at their h.lllls. Most of them wcri- unseM.1 hv their loll. Nature n.el'eil ally made them in- apab'e of hearuiir ehildr.-n. The rtt, if they had of fsprim:. l.roah! forlh idiots: The liltle e'.iiidvi-n that v.-ork.-.l in ihe miiii's were -.. injured or brutal WHY IT SUCCEEDS IVutiix It'" fur One Thinj Only, and 1Hlfoi-.l IVoplr AiMHialo Tills. Noihinc c;m !e yootl for t vi-ry-thing. Uoin; one thing well l-riitu stiv- Doan's Kiihiey i'ills. nro for on i iiim; oil . For w'cai; llt-rt' is M oi' dionloretl i.l!itVS. to prove their wori'.i: .1. II. Alw haiiu'i'. 1 ; i fortl. S.V.?: - V. i:i.'r-nth m.. Mfl .i.i t it i Uil of tn in Iu -oi- biu. tn-vfr (n;t;ir ta rvoniiUv ni! aity-thin-; 1 be uf on- ::i to otin-r.. 1 h'.o taken Uoan's Kiiinej IMU-s on ii f ' er :it LH-caion w hen i h.tvt- had i.ti troihle with my i-uck or Kitiiu! an tl-. hav--1 a.w;'..'..- tier.-- ho w ork. A lnv dos? ii--' v ird ihu kp v..-- UiC.iii- in -;ood ,.ur: ia order." Tr;vP .""0 ai ail ile:i'r. Ivn't simply ak fur a kidnex rmvd ml Dnn'-H Kitln-y 1'iiJs ti-i saine thr.t Mr. Vtw! h.t I. 'ostor-.V.ill-urn Co . !rin . M'lff.o. N. V. Ec km an's ; Alterative tony uv ai t K v-r'-: ii.- JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKER I-aily A-l-(flTit 2 S. B.IRTI KTT rhnne M. 4; a J 4 7-J-S j ActomoMl l!ar Strvlr. ized that they -jrew lip either crim inals of strange typo or imbeciles, Sui-iety had to pay lor all this, nnd pay appalling rusts. It is payiin; for them still. Yet when it wa- prnposed to d" no more than to mii'mate some of its w-oi-si lVature-. mine owners violentlv , .... t i ..: i .i i.i i, ! piOlCsUMI ailll s.llll i'O.V ... 'lull ... ruined. In this ease of the Wel-h coal mines the uovori.tisen! delerniined to risk the ruin, mid redueed the hours of labor. Alter a lime observers were aston ished to see that social conditions im proved, general illtclUeenre lose, "ood onler increased and the sener.tl wel fare iin-w in proportion as the work- in:; hours were shortened. There has been the same expel ienee wherever the thiiii: has been tried, l-'uittciiin;: tlu- Soul. In the olden days, when one man made a pair of shoes, let us say, he could exeii ise his mind and plon-c his taste in dt-iuiuj: and erenliiii; them. In tlioe days, to slaud all day turning a piece of metal hack and forth, or tinilim." a machine that cuts out leather hi-eis is to flatten the mind, pervert the -on! and darken tin life. I 'fhe more people you have workitcr Ion:.- hours at those deadly employ ments the w-.u-e for ihe average eon dilion of Ihe population, which is the onlv national siren.Lith. Kverylhini; that reallv counts lollies nut of the ina-ses, the common M-opIe. the general run of mankind. All the inventions that amount to anything' come from that sonj'ee. All the ideas that really help come from what ihe snobs call piehian sources. It's only the nvi-nuii' that oounts. and there isn't much chance for a hih average on intelliucuee where tl.e workers toil lomr hours. 11. seems slran-e t-' he si 'i u ili-jr these th'niLis iu America. Sixty years nave passed since Aus tralia adopted tin- eiuhl-hour day. luffed Page yh rerieciion SEATS NOW SELLING l.cwcr Flinir. first li raws, 7-V; liiilaiK-c. "xh-. . fii-st lows, "Hi,-; lial.-iiice. 'J-'ic. SKOVGAARD Denmark's Greatest Violinist AND NEW YORK METROPOLITAN COMPANY Of iistn;meiit;il Artists and fJrand Opera Sin-ps. Greatest Variety in Music Classical Music, Cham ber Music, Popular Music. , In I-act. AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR EVERYBODY FIEND WITH AX SLAYS WHOLE SOUTHERN FAMILY MIXliKX. l.r., Dee. 2). The iino with vbieh .lobn Nelson lliicvna, bin wite and their two children nro be lieved to have liven murdered In their home near here Christinas nlht wan found today bv searehei'H about halt a mile from the Kcene of the. crime. It was covered with blood and matted hair. The nherilf anil hi depntleH who searched the homes of bouio ol' Iho nesroeu held in jail aa suspects reported they hud found bloody clothing therein but the belief Is strong here that a white man was involved In the crime. Nine negroes are being held in jail as suspects. .Mlntlen is quiet and the sentiment here fs that the law be permitted to take its course. It is said .Mrs. Reeves recently re ceived $:i.".0ii in the settlement of all estite and this, with the $."U0 which her husband kept in Ihe house is sup posed to have furnished the motive for the murders. None of the money has been found. WEDDING BELLS I llooscy-Trier Anne H. Hoosey of Jacksonville and .Marion E. Trier of Talent, were married at the home of Hay II. Toft in this city londay, by the Ilev. Paul II. Handy of Jacksonville. The groom os a pioneer merchant of the Itogue Kiver valley, and former mayor of Talent. April '.'l. ISoll, was tin; day. In Au stralia it is celebrated now as a kind of Fourth of .Inly a day of national freedom and grcalness. !n the I'nited Stales we are still j laikini: about it. more or less. '"The ! glorious spirit of American progress'' ijoes rather lame when you ihmk of that. With Medford trade is iledford made CGBlfoff When the rain3 and cold weather come, be comfort prepared with a good oil heater. Agallon of OIL gives 9 hours of intense, odor less heat. Prices : $3.75 to $7.75 Oil Heater For Sale by Garnett-Corey Hardware & Plumbing Co. Medford Furniture Co. Get the Auto Supplies you need before New Year, In fact. you had better come here for them now. Then you won't start out need-x-z a new horn, new lamps, the kit of tools, a supply of spark plug-?, etc V.V. have all these -and everything t:se your car need?. Stop in todiy. Tho longer you delay, hte more likely you are to for::et. ' C. E. GATES TONIGHT l?aK-(Uiv GIM CHUNG China Herb Store Herb euro for caraetie, ncadtche,- calarrah, diphtheria, soar throat. luiiK trouble, kidney trouble, stomach trouble, heart trouble, chllls-and fev er, cramps, eotirhs, poor circulation, carbuncles, tumors, caked breast, cures all kinds of goiters. NO Ol'Ji- lt.VTlOX. To whom It may concern: I am free from Iho rheumatism. Yoii can bo the samo by taking trea nient from (Jim Chung, the herb dJP tor. My rheumatism was so bad that it made me bo weak I could scarcely get up when I was down and the pain I suffored one could hardly know un less one had the samo disease. I was truly dlsatlsfied and disgusted with life in my condition and trying to live. Now to any friends that care to be cured and would like to be free try the herb doctor, lie can certain ly relieve In n very short time. Very truly yours,, MRS. M. I.. K0I.E. Mrs. Bertha Remington, Wester lund orchard, had stomach trouble. The doctor said she had dead bone in her Jaw and that nothing but an operation could save her, so she came to the Chinese doctor and he cured her in two weeks. Mrs. Fannie Mil ler. A guaranteed Cure for Piles. No operation required. 241 South Front st. Medford Ore. Dennis Eucalyptus Ointment AT ALL DRUG 6TORCS Tubes 25c Jars soc ASK YOl'li (iltOCKB FOR SNOWY BUTTE FLOUR Considering price and quality it has them all going. A Kogue liivcr Valley Product ItliANDOX liltOS., Eunle Point, Ore. Medford Phone S33-X, MEDFORD Vulcanizing Works All work guaranteed. Auto Tire Iiepairing! AVe sell Fisk and Mic-h- elin Tires. 36 South Grape St. Medford lsTravel on Low Round Trip HOLIDAY FARES C!o homo for Xnias. Stay for New Years Day. Our low round trip Holiday tickets allow you plenty of time. All points iu OUKOOX CALIFORNIA' WASHINGTON' and IDAHO Holiday Sale Dates l.etween Oregon points Dec. 22 to 25 inc.-. Dec. 30 to Jan. I inc. Keturn Im. ii Jan. 3. 1917. To California poinis DcC. 21 to 23 im-.: Dec. 25 to 23 inc. lteturu limit Jan. 15. To ra.-ific Northwest points in Washington and Idaho Dec. 22 to 25 inc. Iicturn limit Jan. 3. 1917. A-k l-i. til Aient for lia.e of trains, fares, etc. John M. S.-ott. C. P. A., rort'.and, Ore. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES FOOTBALL Oregon vs. PeniKylvaiia Pasadena. Cat, Jan. 1st WITH MEDFORD TRADE IS MEDFORD MADE PP CROUP
