MEDFORD MATT, TRinrXE. MEDFORD, OTfWiON'. SAT'tT).V. .TANTARY 20. 1017
PA HE KIT
DRASTIC ORDERS
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0 RELIEVE COAL
E
Interstate Commerce Commission
Acts to Relieve Fuel Famine and
Lower High Prices Return to
Original Owners of All Cars Or
dercJ Result of Investigation.
WAHHI.VGTO.V, .Ian. zo. ftraatlc
regulation!) (JfMlgrutr! to relievo tlifi
tirlcfrH of f-oal were prfK'rllj'-il today
by the lnter-tate rornrn'irre commltt
alon. The r';KUlatlonH r'i'ilr? re
turn to original oanftm of all coal
cam & fant an iinfna'J'-d and give lh
rallroailn ton Ia to (k'vlHf; methoda
for relieving the sliortuKe In other
If fit of ar.
The coinmtHalon'ft order also re
C iilren the railroad to apply the same,
regulations to refriKenitor, heater,
vontllaterl and lnniilatcrl cars.
Kffixtlvo l eln uiny 21.
The new ordera heroine effective
Knhruary 21. The commutes whkli
the rallroada are called on to appoint
ahould he vealed, the order ntaten,
with plenary pownrn and ahould co
operate with the communion In acek
InK relief for tho KhorlaKO of other
type of earn. I.'nlena mieh a rout
mlttce la appointed within ten (lava
the coiiiuiIkhIoii declaren it will act
fndctiendently and consider the lttau
nncn of U( h ordera aa it deems necea
ary to relieve the situation. In la
dling today's order, the commission
was divided. Commlssloneres Clark,
Clements and Hall dissenting from
the majority view.
The new regulation continue in
effect until Jley 1.
Issuance of the order in a culmina
tion of the iuventlKntlon which the
commission has been coiiiIiiiIIiik for
several months, the last hcarlnc hav
ing been held hero December 2S. The
hearing was attended by the repre
aentntlves of a large number of rends
nnd shippers nnd by department 0r
Justice officials Investigating I he cost
of living who had been In frequent
consultation with officials of the com
mission. I lipariilellcd 'on III ion.
"Tho present conditions of tar dis
tribution throughout the Culled
Htntcs have no parallel In o n- h,H
tory," said the commlsHlon' decis
ion. "Mills have shut down, prices hur
advanced, perishable articles f gn-ut
value hnvo been destroyed and hun
dreds of cni'londx oT food productr
havo been il dayi d l;i ie:ichlug their
natural mnrliin. ' In some leriltorlea
thcro have '"ii no n-.iny chit on the
lines of the carriers am! in t ! i -i i- tor
mlmilH that transportation sim-vIcc
has been thrown Into uiiprei edented
confuslnu, long delays In transit have
liecu the rule nil her than the excep
tion ami opcrnllon .or established In
dustrial activities htm been uncer
tain nnd dlfrii'iill. These conditions
have made necessary a fur-reaching
Investigation by the commission and
now urgenlly demand prompt deci
sive action."
VON DER HEWN IS
POLITEST OF SENATORS
(Krom Cottage tirove Sentinel.)
Senators (iurlnnd and 'on der Mel
lon are recognized hh the lo most
courteous iik-iiiIm-ih or tile li gl,,latui i'.
Kennior llnrlaml's l that pleasing
Hoiilbern chivalry which Is n part or
111" llf" of the men of I he soulh. Till'
seualor conies from TenneHsei'. Seii
lltor Volt ller llellen's coui'li'K l that
.von would expert to find lu those ot
loyal lineage among the louitl. is
around some old-world I In one.
Thin courtesy came near hecoinliig
emhai Tanning ut the lime the scnntois
marched over to the house for Un
join! Hcsilon. As It happened ihese
lo senalorn were p,-iin.(. When It
became iiecensary to Hutiu-.o to single
file, each stepped hacli to courtesy
the ether ahead, lint courtesy also
consists In performing a favor for
mother, one uulilily felt In behind
the other, the procession proceeded
and the break In the line was scarce
ly noticed.
MARRIED
In Mcdford, .laniiiny 19, 1 H 1 7 C.uv
Clnrrett ami Mlis Inn llompli. The
rereniony wns tierformed by I'ev. II,
K. Tuclier at (he Christian church
parsonage. Th- grnoni Is a sou ol
Wni. Oarrelt. living nt :iui! Soulh
Fir street, and t!ie bride In a uui
at tlin Sacred Heart ho-pllal. Uotl
are popula-- "'noug the ouug iei,b
of the ell :' 'not coiirnt'ilniious ave
beluK lavl hly liestowcd upon ih'i.i
They W'lll M":de on West .luiit'ui.
si reel, this i Ii .
CAR SHORTAG
E
BEGINS THIS YEAR-
Crater lake ln'!ivv;v mutter arc
fissumiri very definite rutTuiH,
Will (i. Steel hiii j.i-.t returned from
Wahinton and Salem, where lie
was eminently wueee.n-ful In the in
terest of that road. His work is not
yet complete, hut he has Miffieiently
profresefl to nnnourwe tliat tiie rond
between I'rosjx-et and tlie park line
will be built llils Mirnmrr, nnd tie
liopo tu a'H'oiapiith eoniidernble
more.
While in Washington .Mr. Meet was
sick for homo, tim, under tlie care ot
it physician, but, arnon other things,
li managed to attend the national
park rotifer nee, which he irunounees
the most intere-tirii' anil effective
ever held, of whieli he lias attended
every ses-ion. Manv ouestions iter-
taininK' to national pinks wen; ilis
cnsseil hy eminent men awl women,
and eon.iidernble interest was awak
ened in eonures.s. One of these mut
ters h;t 'A already home fruit, in the
paHtffi hy the senate of tlie hill ere
atinjf tho Mount McKinley National
jark in Alaska.
Strong pressure is hrinu drawn on
eonures.s to ereale the fjrand CY.nyon
National park in Arizona, and to
jrrefttly increase in size the Sequoia
National park of California, making
it one of the rent parks of the coun
try. Crater hike claimed and received it-s
full fhare of attention and will re
ceive many new visitors this year as
a rcHitll of the conference, amonu
w horn may he mentioned Orvillc
Wright, why expects to come here
with his nephew, and Dr. Jleik of
dohtiM Hopkins university, who litis
cejtninly the last work on color pho
tography, who will visit the park with
Frederick V, Coville, chief botanist
"I the atrrictiltiiral department, to
prepare in color a work oti the hot
any of Center lake.
Mr. Steel visited Salem in the in
terest of htatc legislation and speaks
enthusiastically of tho Jackson coun
ty delegation, all of whom arc deeply
interested in everything pertaining to
the welfare of Houthern Oregon.
lu ii commiiniciilion iinilcr flute ol'
.liinitii ry III I lie loin Hi ni,lmit nisl-mn-ter
genernl ninkes the lollowing
ruling regnriliiifr the lociilion of rnnil
uiiiil lnie :
'li' tile triitl'ie regulation-. rciUire
nil eiinvevanee- lii travel on the right
side ol' Ihe higliwiivs, it is necessary
llnil Ihe iiiimI eanicrs shall he gov
erned accordingly, and Ihe jcili-ons
of the rii rn I sen ice should he iliree).
cd to erect tlicir ho.es in such n nuin
ncr lliat llicy mav he scr'cil without
rciiiriug the in i ii I currier lo drive
on Hie left side o' the road.
Patrons who fail o heed your no
tice wilhin n rctiso'iKihlc tinic sliouhl
not hi' sii.iln, with inn i In- rural
c.'irricis, mid llieir mail nuitler hoiihl
he let ii l mil to the ios,,'t'icc to he
called for until such lime as lliev
choose to properly relocate their
mail hoxes."
In coui)ti:iiice with the above ml
inc. 'oslmu-lcr .Minis mnkes an urg
ent M'iucs 1 1 1 : t ell hocs he located
to tiici'l Ihe ilc)artiiiciil's rciiuirc
nieiils by l''chiuiiry 1.
Aniioiiii iient is made of the pur-
chife by the I'licit'ic -'rni I'loiluce
i'iimiIHI1V ol lh Mltl'olling illlcrest
of the Oregon l-'riiii eoui'aiiy, luixint;
a biaiicli ul Mcdford. The con-olcr-nt
ii m is in (lie neighlioi liood of .MI,
ihili ami cotii-ls of ihe iuicha-a' by
Ihe Pacific Fruit Co. of the slock
hold by S. ('. I 'alien, secret II rv -
1 rcasiiicr nnd gcneial niannuer of the
Pill'cgon I'rilil, and lhal held hv Pa-'e
Son. There will be no cliaue m
the ninnnccnu'iit of the Oregon I'rmt
or in its policicH.
The (iregoii l''niit cointjinv i only
a little more than n year old and re
cently celebrated its lii'sl birthday. It
begun willi a single hon-e, hut now
owns n n, controls I, iimch houses m
1 1 i state numberiii!! clccn. 'I he Pa
eific Kruit own- iiiul conlrols a tuialj
ol lellt-llM liun-.es, scallcieil nil
over a-hllH'ton. California and lr
cgoii, mid the iidditioh n the eleven
hoc-.cs of llic IIii'i;,mi 1'iuii coinjan
n ill v.ivo ii -nil :n .iter pic-lu-,.. To-
llll lllC P.MCl ic l-'lllll I- ill,' .'ccs
eoi;i-ern In ihe Pncili' noilime-l ell
glided ecil--lM'lv ill !hc loiMic: and
-clinic ,. ft int.. and w-ci.iMc-,
SAYS HE CAM TALK MONKEY
ks A
t, :
NEW
Robert
VOKK. Jan. 20.
.. fiarner, v.'j
Professor
studies
monkey talk and nature, Is going tojof Afrlca have made oarner espcc.
Africa again to bring back more tally fitted for the new expedition.
specimens of his favorite subjects.
Ho says he knows 20 words of the
PAGE 10 BUILD
I)r, !'. ('. Page has had plans made
for the erection of two business
blocks on Kast .Main slreel, near
Uivcrside iivenue. One of these will'
he on the southeast corner of Main!
and Kiveisidc and will have a front-!
age of MO feet on Main street and j
HH feet on Hivi'i'side, to be built on!
Ihe concrete foundation already in. j
This building will be of brie!;, one I
story high, and will be so divided us
to he suitable for store buildings. !
Tin' ut her building will be on the'
southeast corner of .Main anil l(iver-
side. I Ins will have a frontline of
"ill feel on Mai,, street and 1 III feet
on Kiverside. It will be of brick, one
story high, ami uill be for store and
thealer ii e. The theater uill have
a sealing capacity of lillO. This will
l.e given up mo-tly to moving picture
shows and lor public gulhorinys
such gal lieiiugs as would not feel
iustilied in renting so large a room
as ihe Puiio theater.
"I hale been conleuipliitin the
conslruciion of Ihces buildings lor
several yeai's," said Dr. Page, "but
no lime during the past three years
have 1 felt I would be iustilied in
making Ihe expenditure. 1 believe
that now is the opportune time, and
unless sonielhing iinfoi'soen happens
along I uill build this spring. I have
A CHILD HATES OIL,
CALOMEL, PILLS FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
(Ivc "Culirmniii Svrup of 1 if
Oos.,, sirk, I Vv.-rlsh, .'.mMlnU.'i.,
Look I'iu l; at oiir chilillioori dns.
ItrtiH'tnli'' llic "dose-- niolhtT nuistt'd
on- CHStor oil, raloincl, r;i( hurt its.
How von hitled them, how wni tomtit
iHuilnM taking I h . nt.
With our chlldr.'n It's .liffpvrnl.
MoIImth who .iintf lo tho old form of
pin air ..Imply don't reaU.o uliu! Ihiy
"lo, Tlie rhlhlfi-n's nu-oll Is iM
lounilcil. Thrli- liMidi-r little "insides"
an- injured by them.
If your rhlld'H r-tonuirh, Uvr ;iiid
hovK-h nee, eleanslna. lve onlv dell-
. Ions ' ( dliioi nla Syrnji of KiR! ' Its
notion is poMive, hut gentle. Millions
nf mothers Keen this hiirmlesH "fruit
laxative' handy; they Know children
love to take ll; tlmt it m-ver falls to
ilean the liver nnd ho wet tnid sweet
en tho stomach, and that a teaspoon
ful given today naves a hIcU thilil to
morrow. Auk your i)rum;lst for a .u rent
hottlo of "California Syrup of Kits."
whirl! has full directions for haWr.
children of nil a,;-- and for crown
uin plainly on each bottle. Heware
of counterfeits Bold here. See that
it Is made Uy "falilornia KU Srup
t'onanv.' Itefuse any other kind
uHh contempt.
Hltthp.it quality, jewetry rei'alrlng
diamond setting, atih
rnalrlnff
Martin J. Roddy
Tho quality Store tut
Hi'liul'lo CIoimIs.
Main St. M.'.lf.ird, Ore
212 K
LANGUAGE; GOES TO JUNGLE
I monkey vocabulary with which h
will talk to the apes in the jungle
( and learn more about them than any
I of her man could.
I Garner says the ape has a lan
! guage somewhat like man's, only ft
: has less sounds. We have 120
i groups of sounds, while the ape's lan
jguage Is built only on Beven groups,
he says.
' . . , iKine has been put in place and another
;after studying the ape in a large, " .... ' , . t.
i . - u i. u j u .w"np wi'l he brought down from Ilutte
! himself in the jungle awav from any
! other humans.
He lived in this cage with his!
monkey subjects and found it gave
him every advantage to study the
apo's language and habits. This is
t. . , . . '. ',
how he learned
I talk.
I Years of study alone in the iuneles
I He will explore western and central
' Africa for his collection.
had plans made and contractors liuvej
submitted estimates on the construe-i
lion of the buildings, so you will sec!
tli.-it I mean business."
These stores employing lady clerks
will close on Saturday nights begin
ning Jan. 20, at 3:30: The May Co.,
and J. C. Mann. These stores will
close at 9 p. m.: The Toggery, Dan
iels for Duds, The Model, M. M. De- j
partmcnt Store, Hcllbronner, Kldd,
Schmidt, Golden Rule and Dehllng.
257 I
Announcement.
I desire to announce that I have
resumed tho general practice of law
at rooms 209 and 210, first National
Hank building. Medford, Oregon.
' Prompt and careful attention will be
given all egnl business intrusted to
!me. Mr. Orlin Bell, a painstaking
j stenographer, jointly occupies these
: rooms and solicits stenographic work
from the general public.
Very respectfully,
B. E. KF.LLY.
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EXTENDING RAILS
10 LUMBER BELT
V. G. Laidlyt who U loin-.' tore
man for the Appleirate Lumber corn
pany, wa in MedforJ Friday ni.yht
on b'jsines. He udU us that the I02- j
L-inic eanip 1. well eMahli-hcd and he:
has men at work v'Mtin; out railroad
lie-s and bridge timla-r for the eiten-j
sion of the railroad into the timber. -There
are now over 5OU0 tifs cut j
and ready to be laid, while the bridge!
timber i-, nearly oil out and on thej
sround ready for the bridge buildint;
t:anp. There arc several thousand
feet of mill lors now cut ready tor
,!..!;,..... ,. .1, ,:n 1 ....
, V'"S ,? I' ,0;d i
; tl,e tm)V A',"t ,h.e. "rSt f
ruarv a large ;.'nn; ot loggers will be
i put to work fulling timber for the
! sawmill. ;
I The railroad construction work is ;
: progressing as rapidl vas eould be
j hoKd for during the bad weather.
sion, three of which arc completed
and the track laid over them, and.
four more to be completed as soon as '
the bridge gang can make them. One '
uf these is 300 feet in length and
.sonic of them arc seventeen feet liigli.
Knights Templar.
You are urgently requested to
j meet at .Masonic Hall at 2:45 p. m.
j Sunday to attend the funeral of the
j late Sir Knight William H. Stewart.
Full Uniform without sword.
By order of tho Kmlneiit Com
mander. Attention .Masons. ,
All Masons are equested to meet j
at the Masonic Hall Sunday after-1
noon at 2:30 p. m. for the purpose j
of attending tho funeral of Brother
W. H. Stcwajt. 1
J. K. WOODKAFID,
W. M. !
. 1'. & A. M.
fi Spec
V Ifedl
AA purp
Special communication of ,
Medford Lodge 103 for the
purpose of attending the fun-.
eral of Brother W. II. Stewart. j
By Order of the W. M. '
Notice
All Elks are requested to be at
Klks Home Sunday afternoon. Janu
ary 21st. at 2:30 p. in., to attend
funeral of Brother W. A. Stewart.
By order of
C. W. HElLIillONNKU,
Exalted Kuler.
D. I,. Jacobs, Secretary. 136
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The Home
A complete, comfortable, everyday home where Elec
tricity is a willing servant.
Electricity lights, heats and cools every room, prepares
and cooks the food, pumps and heats the water and does
all the hard work and drudgery about the house.
Electricity plays the piano while doing the washing and
ironing and at the same time washes the dishes and sweeps
the floors.
Electricity takes care of the automobile and is the mas
ter mechanic in the workshop.
Electricity sews, makes ice and ice cream, keeps away
burglars, runs the children's toys, pumps the water, sep
arates milk, churns, washes bottles and does a hundred
and one other everyday tasks about the house and barn.
Our representative will be glad to call and give you an
estimate for installing and operating any of the appliances.
California -Oregon Power Company
216 West Main Street
rbone 168 MEDFORD, OREGON
i A Mothers WishSr
la that she
trying ordeal
little pain a possible this can be ,
reality when
has been used regularly preceding I
confinement Get
Mother's
'iiemifatar Co.
ZblJar'BldjJhfauioba.
Geo. L. Treichler
Bernard
Dealers in
Hudson Super-Six
and
JJ0DG&Q
Two Cars that are leaders
in their class
A Stock of United States Tires
always on hand
Salesroom 128-130 N. Front, opposite S. P. Depot
The Portland Hotel
PORTLAND, OREGON
The Rose City's -world-famed hotel, occupying an
entire block. All outside rooms. Superior dining
and grill service. An atmosphere of refinement, with
a service of courtesy.
European Plan, $1.50 and Up .
RICHARD W. CHILDS, Manager
Electrical
may go through the
of motherhood with as
"Mother's Friend,"
Friend" at your
druggist.
Van R. PiersonJr.
Motor Co.
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