T.c.r. ram
MEDTOnn matt; TrcimTXK, hikhforti, ortErioy, WBltXRsnAV. hkcemheb ti. mm
f OCAL AND
J PERSONAL
.li'lnv !:. Cooper, n. K. Kiilli-r and
.Iik. 1 1 u I lu 111 uro Moilfuril visitors
I t out Sun HU'Ko, 1'nl.
t84 l'houe lioatu's Drug Storo.
(!inri: S. Kofiluiba of llolse, Ululio,
In ximmiiIIiii; u few UuSH III tho oily.
Rwcot door t De Voo'i.
". S. 'Noll of tirunts Pnffl Is hPOIiiI
lni: n f'W ilnvft In tlw lity on buslms.
Old juniors for ante at thli office t
20o for 100.
V. I). Miixson of Portland lu
hik'ihIIiik n tow ilny I" Modford at
liMiilIni; In luminous in u 1 1 c i n.
Tor your old lioinn frlmiila. "Tlio
Vnlloy of tlio Uogno," 15c. 2&3
I,. It. Klwood la now In tlio employ
of tlio A. W. Wnlkcr Anto Co., In Uu
rap:iclty of siili'miinu.
Siilto naya: "Tlioro will bo no ro
durllon 111 prices on nrtli'li's at tho
.lapanoso emio atoro liulwtmn Clirlst-
lium and Now Year's liurutiao thy aro
iilioiuly low enough."
.1. Mitchell has nurrhased a
Maxwell touring cor from the A. W.
Walker Auto Co.
nr. Heine, phylsclan and surgnon
Bpeclalty, eyo) car, noao, throat. Of
Uro over Meolior'a. Olassoa fitted. '
Ciunrgo Trannn, forinor Medford
water aupoiintendcnt, now located at
lOiiKeue, Is xpouillng a few ilu.vs In
tlie clly.
Soe Dave Wood anout that firs In-
miriinco policy. Office, Koom 404 M
V. & II. llldg.
11. Von der Helen of Wellen Bpcnt
Weilnesdny In tho city.
I'lioao 92 7 lirownleea tor groceries
Dr. K, KlrchKoBBiier of Klvcrdnlo
was a huslnesa visitor In tho city
Wednesday.
Seo tho stock lnliets carried by tbo
Medford Printing Co., If you are In
a hurry.
Charles Zimmerman has purchased
a Dodiio car from tho Human! Motor
Co.
Buttermilk, 1l)o gal. Ixi Voe'l.
.1. It. Ulekert, Medford. Is register
ed nt the Carlton Hotel, Cortland.
Mrs. I. each Ilarcley, corsets. I'hone
0S.1-.I. i)2il X. Ilnrtlett.
.1. Percy Wells Is reslstered at
the Portland Motel. Portland.
Onsollne. and oil nt De Voe'a.
A. llownmn of Phoenix was a
lmslncss visitor In the city Wednes
day morning.
llnth 2So. HotoV Holland.
lletirv Stevenson of the lllue
l.etl;;e district is spending a few days
in tho city. Sunday, ho stated, there
was 1 :i Inches of snow at the mine.
Ilnkery goods at De Voe'.
'l'. tim lteall of the Central Point
district was a Medford visitor Wcd
nesilny. Ontca sella Ford cara 3 00 down
and J25 a month.
The funeral of Krcd Kliner Cere
will tie held Thursday afternoon et
2:50 at Perl's chnpel. The services
v III l.e In charge of the 1. O. O. V.
ln'ei:nent will ho In the I. O. O. fc
ceiivtery. Medford.
Pig to milk shakes at Da Vos's.
"Tho Valley of tho Koguo," Words
and niiislc. lSc. a 3 7
S. C. Slianklnnd of Portland Is
spending a few days in tho city
ti an--:ictlng business.
Ktcfh Craliam at tho Uuss Mill.
Cot my prices on Olympic flour.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. C. Manu left Wrd
neMlav niornitig for Long Peach. Col.,
to t petid the remainder of the win
ter. Per the heM Insurance e Holmea
J he Insurance Man.
.l.nues Campbell left Wednesday
luoniliii: for Uosehurg, where he will
t-pem! a few dais on business.
Kresh chocolates at le Voea,
The KoKue Hirer Krult and Pro
dme Association slilpped their last
vurs of ai'p'es to Kastern markets
i dnesday.
K;tni;e for sale, ft-hole reservoir
Oool rimditiou. 21 1 Knl::ht M. :' I i
The price of dl-llllate lias been
.r.tmi'ed to Kt1 cents per gallon Hi
tke local market.
The Closing Out Sale (or real har
g.iins in ready to wear. These bar-
tt.iln will not last or ever. It ts
a aiinji of many dollars to vtt
Abreus. 2;ir
M. K. Klnc is a business visitor In
the oitj for a few dais from Chl-
I'.'l to.
V.iin Hie t:limncd hats arc n;t In
lviot oii can now choose iu.m
the cntiie ste.k, 5 1 Oil, Jl and
$ '.!. Keal values lip to Jl.V'HV
Ah if mis. 2;;7
1 S. ITetcher of Portland s;ent
Tuesday and W ednestLiy in do t iiy
airtndini: to business n. alters.
P.trpaius? PrAtns! Yon nee:
saw s.-h b.i-iai.is as tbere is horv
at the Closii-.i Out S!t Mirens ::
Kdwsid I'eriy was a business vis
itor in the tiiy Tacsdav ftvmi Ash
land. I'verMhlni: 1 coitit Neihir.c re
servtst at the Closine O il Sale i
r.v, Pick llance left Mec.'si 'or Poor. a.
Ill . when he has a po-,:ion uh i'.',
Unit Vannfar'ttrln Co I;.
lo le seise a cr.
Unofficial checking of votes cast
up until curly this ufloiuoon Indi
cated that the election for tho forma
tiou of tlio Irrigation district will
probably win by a comfortable mar
gin nil eleventh hour swing appar
ently being In progress. Divisions
one, two ami three, according to
checka of voters, will show a malor
lly In favor of tho creation of the dis
trict. Tho voln in division No. four
Is very light and the division Is placed
In tho doubtful column. Division No.
five. It Ib thought Will return a smull
majority for tho district.
Tho pro-dlstrlet voto was out
bright and early this morning, u fair
voto being cast In divisions one. two
and three by noon. Tho opposition
voto Is slow lu reaching the polls and
tho strength of this voto Ih difficult
to guage.
Workers for both sides have been
busy getting tho voters to tbo polls,
and it Is thought Hint most of those
now In tho district, who aro eligible,
will cast their hnllots.
An attempt has been made to bring
about an agreement between pro and
nntl-lrrlgntlon forces to provont the
voting of holders of lots outsldo of
tho city limits. However, tho opposi
tion forces wero around early in the
morning rounding up these voters
and Inking them to the polls. Soon
nfter, to counteract this move, the
pro-Irrigation forces followed suit.
Complete returns from tho election
aro expected by ten o'clock tonight.
Tho heavy snow fall In the after
noon will cut down the total voto.
There nro 1.000 property owners en
titled to voto and It Is estimated that
half of tho number will vote the
other being non-resident.
FORECLOSURE SUIT
Kliner Foss, Hob Dueiil and A. J.
Vanco will leave Wednesday evening
for Kugeno, whero they will attend
the Stata National Cuanl conference
Kprnguo Hcigal of tlold Hill was a
Medford visitor Wednesday.
(ieorge Vllns has returned to Med
ford to spend the holidays from the
O. A. C.
A part of tho Blore building for
merly occupied by DeVoe's Grocery,
adjoining tho Medford hotel was
londed this morning on two wagons
and drawn, to a new location by
teams.
John Parkins of Kugene Is spend
ing a few days lu tho city visiting
university friends.
Mr. nnd .Mrs. J. T. Johnson of
Hosebitrg are spending tho holiday
season with friends near Jackson
vllle.
H. llosivcll of Holnnd. Ore., Is n
business visitor In the city for a few
days. .
Dress Skirts, J2.9S, $J.9S, and
your choice of the slock values to
IKl.r.0. Now $t.!S. Ahrens. I."
H. Hay of Hitch Is spending the
holiday season In the city vlsllln
friends.
Choose one of those silk dresses
or wool dresses at $7.!S and $ 10 58,
or your choice of the entire stock vsl
ue to M- e0. Now $14.00. Ahrens.
Claire Soely has returned to Med
ford to spend the holidays with his
parents.
The A. W. Walker Auto Co. has re.
celved a carload of Maxwell cats,
which they are unloading today.
A. 1.. Potter of Hilt. Cat.. Is a
business visitor in llie city for a few
davs.
Charles Hoeffler of Klamath Kails
is among the out of town men spend
ing the week In tho city on business.
Harry Helms of tho Cpper Apple
sato is spending ihe ChrUtmas sea
son with Medford friends.
Charles Campbell of Yreka. Cal..
formerly of Medford, is spending a
few da s in the city.
Mrs. Claude Miles and Mrs. Mollie
Cady are spending the hol;da sea
son at San Pram isco. Cal.
Mr. and Mrs. Prod H. Cowles have
returned to Medford from a month's
trip to Middle Western points.
John Hallev of Walkins. Ore . is
spending a few d.is in the eit on
business.
The heaviest miiuw of the vcttr fell
over Medford licgiiininj,' about li
o'clock, this ( Wednesday ) afternoon.
Dunne: Ihe fir.it fifteen minutes ot
Hie storm, nceordiiii: to n measure
ment made at Ihe local weather of
fice, eighl-lenllis of an inch ol snow
fell. The total snowfall during the
storm of the unit few iliivs lias been
five mill Ihrce-tenlhs inches. Heavy
snows have I alien in Ihe MsUi;.")iis,
Cascades, l'iiiiiiia nml liiiguo Hiver
mountains, and pro.-peets tire lor in
terrupted railroad and eiirlniled elee
tiie service. The snow sloriu is gen
eral lliruiigliiftit western Oregon nnd
northern California.
.Medford wns entirely without elec
tricity fur short periods during the
mortitn;; and iiltornuon and dunnjf tnc
rest of Ihe day Ihe supply of juice lias
been very low. 1 lie I allure oL the
supply, neeording lo Ihe t'.'ilifornin
(Iregon Power Co., is due to the snow
liming broken down the power lines
from the Proipect nnd Fall creek
nhuits. there bciiiL' at least three
breaks in Hie line over the .Siskiyous.
The electricity supplied to tlio city
diirinu- Ihe ilav has come from the
emergency ilunt nl Kay Hold station
and has been insul liciciit lo turn
many of the indu-driii! motors of the
city. Klevnlors in the buildings were
compelled to eease running. The Mail
Tribune had great difficulty in publishing-
Wednesday's paper.
' At Prospect yesterday there was
three feet of snow when Ihe wires
went down, and the full has contin
ued steadily since. In the Siskiyous
at lust reports there was over six
feet of snow, nnd the depth is hourly
increasing.
Raise Tax on Booze
WASHINGTON, Doc. 27. Isstl
nnco ot $125,000,000 of Pnnamn
cnnnl bonds. Increased lncotno nnd
state tnxos, additional taxes on whis
ky, beer, cigarettes nnd bottled wat
ers and high tariff duties on coffee
and ten are. proposed in a tentative
program to be considered by the
house ways and means committee
when It begins framing revenue leg
islation to meet the prospective defi
cit of $1170.000.000 nt the end of the
next fiscal year.
SAN FUAXC1SCO. Dee. 'J7.
Holders of SS 1 ,800.000 ill IxMlds of tile
Market street entile ruilwny, now part
of Ihe I'nited liailways of Son Fran
cisco, filed suit for forwlosure on
the properties of tho company here
today.
The suit was filed by the Auglo
l.ondon Put-is National batik of this
city, which holds most of the bonds
represent hi'.; an iitulei lying lien on the
heart of the I'nited Railway Kystviu
which is now in the process of ivor
uni.ution. President Jesse W. l.il
ieiithul, president of the Cnitcd liail
ways, suid the suit was simply u part
of (lie plan of reorganization; that it
was to hold in leg-ul validity the lien
of the bonds which expired in llllll
and w-ere extended.
Tiie reorganization platLs provide
for Ihe tukinj,' up of the bonds involved.
E
(Continued From rage One.)
WASHINGTON", Dee. Q7. Heavy
damage to the equipment ofalajov
(ienerul Pershing's command in Mex
ico wns reported today in dispatches
to the war department tolling- of the
storm which swept his lines Christ
mas day. Masts of the wireless uta
tions nt Coloniu Dublan nnd El Vnllo
were blown down and field hospital
No. 11 was demolished. The commis
sary storehouse nnd many oLher
structures were badly damaged At
least 7." per cent ot the tentage ut
Colonia Dublan was destroyed and
telegraphic, communication wns inter
rupted ulong the line.
MILITARY INSTRUCTORS
FOR CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL
CHICAGO. Deo. 'J7. -The youth of
Chicago nnd suburban high schools
are soon to lie provided w ith military
instructors, according to information
received today by John D. Shoop, su
perintendent of public schools. The
course is not compulsory.
W. V. Uariiuiir of Phoenix spent
Wednesday In the city on business.
cd to be designated us the headiUur
tcrs of u bank nnd were heard
through representative committees
and individuals."
The banks will be e-tahlished ns
soon ns practicable. Pnder the law,
each will have u capital of .f 7,"U,IM)0.
Applications for loans have been
pouring into the board in great vol
ume recently, and it is estimated that
a sum more than twenty limes in ex
cess of the combined capital stock
could he used in making loans.
Insurance of I-'ni-m Ixniiin.
Almost the first w ork of the banks
after approving nnd issuing loans will
be tlie issuance of farm loan bonds,
n new form of security in this coun
try. The bonds will be issued in de
nominations ns small as $-J3, it is ex
pected, and will bear interest nt n
rate per cent less than the interest
rate charged fanners on their loans.
What this interest rate will be has
not definitely been determined. It is
limited by law to a maximum of li per
cent. The expectation is that it will
not exceed 5' j per cent at first and
subsequently may be lowered.
I.onns on farm laud are limited by
the law to "ill per cent value of the
land nnd iniiy be payable in from five
to forty years. As fast ns loans arc
made bonds will he inncd to cover
them, so that nt no time, under the
present plan, will u bank's entire cap
ital be tied up ill loans to the detri
ment of other applicants.
Kxpcricnccil Kniployes.
One of the chief tasks confronting
the board is to find experienced em
ployes for the new banks. More than
tiOtlll applications for positions have
been received. The nppointiuents will
be exempt from civil service regula
tions, but the hoard intends to assem
ble a corps of men experienced in
hanking.
The head of each bank will he des
ignated as the registrar. They prob
ably will be only residents of the dis
tricts involved and preferably attor
neys. Five Districts Chosen.
The banks will be organized tem
porarily by the appointment by the
board of five directors for each bank.
who shall b residents of the district
iu which the bank is located. The di
rectors will select from among their
number the hunk's officers. The cap
ital stock of each bank will be open
o public subscription for thirty days.
If it is not entirely subscribed at the
cud of that time the government is
anlhoii.ed under the law to take the
Uliilllisel ibed amount.
Tlirouuh a nrocess of havintr bor-
i-iiwors subscribe iu small ninoillits to
the eatiitiil stock, it is e.xuectcd that
the banks not long nfter beginning op
erations will be virtual v co-operative
institutions. The permanent organ
ization of the banks provides tor nine
directors, six of whum shall be se
lected by associations of farmer bor
rowers, the other three being ap
pointed by tho federal board. The
tonus of these directors will be three
years and they will elect officers
from among their number.
LONDON. Dec. 27. Formal dis
cussions and consultations are pro
ceeding for settlement of tho Irish
question, says the Manchester Guard-Ian.
New proposals which tire bein.5
considered, provide for something In
the nature of equal representation
for unionists nnd nationalists in an
Irish parliament. Home rule for all
of Ireland is tho basis of the sugges
tions, which do not contemplato t!i
exclusion of Ulster.
ERECT PAPER MILL
WASHINGTON, .Dec. 27. Kreo
tiou of a government pulp uud paper
mill to assure the government a pa
per soipply at reasonable- price was
recommended to the Joint congres
sional committee on printing tW'ny
by tiro committee which annually
draws specifications for government
paper.
The government uses approxi
mately .'10,000,0110 pounds of prim
paper a year, which Is sufficient to
absorb tiie output of a fifty ton mil:.
The report says water power and ex
tensive forests and mineral deposits
to supply such a mill can be found oil
many government reservations. The
house committee on prlutiog has also
recommended a mill..
PERSUADES GERMANY TO
REPATRIATE BELGIANS '
I.OXDOX, Dee. 27. Kinc Alfonso
of Spain hns persuaded the German
government lo repatriate a large
number of Belgian workmen who were
deported into (lennany, according to
a Madrid dispatch to the Iiadio '
Study Food Values
Food provided for the family table de
serves the careful thought of every house
wife. Do you use thought when buying
baking powder?
The quality of cake, biscuits and all
quickly raised flour foods depends largely
upon the kind of baking powder used.
Royal Baking Powder is made from
cream of tartar derived from grapes. It is
absolutely pure and has proved its excel
lence for making food of finest quality and
wholesomeness for generations.
Royal Baking Powder contains no alum
nor phosphate.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.
New York
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$1 Sale of Waists
f)0 r.rajul New Lingerie Waists. Jill sizes,
beautiful styles, cheap at stile price, ea
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14-22 NORTH CENTRAL
MEDFORD, OREGON
$1 Sale of House Dresses
Made of the best grade of gingham and
percale, values up to $1.50, sale price, ea..
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Three Big' Bargain Days in Suit Dept.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Every
Ready-to-Wear Garment Must be Closed Out at Once
25 Coats $5
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$35 Suits $5
An odd line nl Suits, made of ihe
'$ best materials, just a little out i f
hue. values up t &?".W. ffT A A
h. close out iiuick. eaeh... VW"v
A few Coats carried over from
last year, made of heavy all-wool
materials, real values up to fJ-3.
to close out uick at. J
All New Coats
Reduced in Price
$20.00 Coats now S15.00
t'UK) Coats now $20.00
s:;o.(K Coats now S22-50
$:.".00 Coats now 27.50
All New Suits
Reduced in Price
s2-".00 Suits now $1S.9S
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:;.".(0 Suits now
S25.00
sMO.OO Suits now $32.50
."0.00 Suits now $3o.00
HK'S a iy r-.n w ho
tmotrs hf OWL Vi
a lfv-.iiiwirK, iv.n-fcciiv.rg
im. i.t.
Il is fiiarar-.;l lo h. tn
t i. n-ii.ion i.-.:r mpp'r
il !,; Ul tVt v?
tl.t i'ivm C4 the MUiivn Do!
l.i OWL
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25 Off on Splendid Stock of Fur Muffs and Scarfs 25
i
lfThe Million
"fr- Dollar Ci?ar
4 : ;. tvV
NT v a c. n-: .t ..x
All - li'O Muffs now S2.25
All $(Ui0 Muffs now $1.50
All $10.00 Muffs iii.w $7-50
20 Off on Sweaters
All o.iHt Sweater now S3.9S
All $ o00 Sweaters now S i. SO
All s S. 0 Sweaters now S6.40
All 10.00 Sweaters nw SS.00
All $12.00 Sweaters now $9.60
Big Sale of Ribbons
liXVi vds. Wide Flr
;tl Kibhon. all silk.
t-4V values
this sal.
i ;ird .
25c
UH vds. extra AVido
All Silk K.in. v Rib
bons, worth t-Vt,
."'. a vard. this OT
s.iic. var-l..
33c
All $12.(H) Scarfs now $9.00
All :?2.-.00 Scarfs now.... $18.75
All $10.00 Scarfs now $7-50
$5 Silk Petticoats $3.98
100 lira nd New Silk Petticoats, in the much
wanted shades of ldue. hrown. green: also a
fine raime f two-t..ned colors. a reallPO QC
$-"..00 value, for this sale only 9010
After Xmas Sale Hkfs
Men's ai.d Women V.
Plain and Fancy
Handkerchiefs, vah
u-s up to IV. JAp
wry - 1, (,i.."v
All $l.".00 Muffs now $11.25 .1
All 10.00 Muffs now $22.50
All 12.00 Muffs now $9.00
.VK doz. fine urade of
Plain and Fancy
Handkerchiefs. v;d
msuptoVV Zs
ta i. vt IV si.-'i.tlV
Underwear Bargains
for This Big Sale
Children's fine trade Vests and Pants.OQ
values up to ;Ve. this sale, each UvX
Wo'i.en's Heavy Fleeced Lined Union Suits,
all styles and shu s. cheap at T-V, this CQ
sale onlv. each tlwV
Women's extra fine urade of Fleeced Lined
98c
I'nion Suits, all styles, real $1.2)
values, sale pri'-o. vach
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