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Medford Mail Tribune
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Offlcn Mail Tribune RnlMinir. 15-27-28
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. Tile Uemocmtlo Timet, tin Mcdfurd
Vail. Tim .Meuford Tilliim. Th Koulh
rn Oregonisin Tilt! Aslilanu Tritiumi.
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Meilford, OrcKOn, under ttio act of Murcti
' 187S'
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ftttclits. EM-TEES
AIN'T IT?
"Wliut kiitda pi ' Kot?"
"Apple, peach, lemon, piiii'iikitt,
ntlnce, eocountit, custard, pineapple,
blueberry, blackberry, chocolate and
ruUIn!"
"liiMMK A PIKCB OK A!'PL::"
Freddie Welsh ilkhcs out the a!U i
tliat the 'idtii showing wllh MItrteil
v:ns because ho was Hick. If I. rwi
timloiif, he rot It from the ati j cine
Yea. Iio:
Who j'ltokcd Sleep Kuo:kon:s
when mother sent little B-nJ.tiiiin
over to Sfra. Mocir'o lo boi-cw :n
egg Don't ask Krau'pap, t!ii; was
not no loim uko.
We sect they've pol perfume, scent
ed md named after the different
movie atars. If they make It after
lighters anil wrestlers it would Iio it
pipe. Only ono scent. Kou tie cheese
Gentlemen on O't' right.
. About litis leak Investlsatlon- Tho
investigators have tj bo careful.
Kokoos of a feat trr nil sit in on u
poker same.
Let's go!
"
JOHNXVK I.KTTI'lt.
n.' y., fridy you cunt beet some
peepcl when it comes to making the
test of things & not mlsainic a cliaiu l
to Krab off a few piece or coin.
a ship canto In the other day that
met with a accident It- the. ocean ft
comes' peer Rettinrt sunk to llto bot
tom of the see
!.? of the orflsers told about It the
nltc they sprung n leek it the captain
says all hands to the Hie botes &
Krab ten preservers around yourselfs
; that ment that there was .little
clinnette (tit out alive liecaus the
stOnn was very bad & It wootl have
recked manny of the botes
then while they wits all prnyinK r
fixing on there lil'o preservers 1 man
comes up to the captain says, just
before 1 saled on this bote 1 boimlit
a fine gold watch for .1' dollars
. I shood worry, the captain snys,
1mt I do, t lie other feller replytl.
It looks like wo was going to got
drowned, don! It, & the cnptnln snys
It Bitro does, thurcs about I tlianct
in a mlllyun of tiding a life bote
thi'ou this storm.
well, i will tell what I will do, the
feller kept on, I will sell you tint!
watch for haff of what I paid for It.
then I wont be loosing so much when
1 get drowned Johny
FLOOD CONDITION IN
MONTANA GROWS DANGEROUS
LOO AX, Mont., Jan. 2 1. There
bus been no improvement in flood
conditions In Madison valley where
ice sorties in the Madison river have
spread the water over the valley for
several miles. Tito water rose sev
eral Inches today and tho -Northern
Pacific and Chicago. Mllwauker- and
St.-Paul tracks are under twelve
Inches of water and ice. Overland
trains which ordinarily run through
Butto are being detourcd by way of
Helena. Kttst of Three Forks the
Tlver has overflowed to n width of
threo miles. Railroad men hae gone
to Threo Porks to attempt to bioak
tho Ice Jam with dynnmlte hut would
make no predictions as to when they
expect normal conditions to be re
stored. lteporln from Madison valley
points said several ranchers hud dif
ficulty reaching places of safety. Hen
"Wilcox and his wife carried their two
small children hair a milo through
wator wnlst deep to the home of
Peter Dtinville, whom both families
now are marooned.
Announcement.
I dosire to iinmmnrc that I have
resumed the general practice or law
at rooms 209 and 210. First Nntiou.il
Dank building. .Medford, Oregon.
Prompt and careful attention will he
Riven all cgnl business Intrusted to
me. Air. Orlln It'll, a painstaking
stenographer, jointly occupies the e
rooms and solicits stenographic wot';
from the general public.
Very respectfully.
J2. B. KJSM.Y.
JOURNAL VENTING ITS SPLEEN
Tllh metropolitan Port. and .Journal lias licen venting
its Slllef'll (111 tile cnlllltl'V lll'cKs If !le.!lt:r..i tlx.
county newspapers of "graft" in the publication of the
(leliiHIiicnt tax list. It seeks the repeal of the publication
law and a return to postal card notification, which pro
vides a harvest for the tax sharks, who are enabled to bin
tax titles without the property-owner's knowledge and
pocket the usurious interest charged instead of the county,
if not securing the )roperty for a song.
Publication of t lie delinquent tax list is not paid for by
the taxpayers, but by those who do not pay their taxes.
Publicity has proven one of the most effective measures
of securing the payment of these taxes. It involves no
extra expense lo the taxpayer, but is a penalty to the de
linquent, and far less of a penalty than insufficient notice
of delinquency has proven.
The .Mail Tribune has always printed this delinquent
tax list for one-half the legal rate, making the reduction
voluntarily. Surely there was no graft, there. At the
same time, the Journal has always collected full rates for
its publication of the delinquent list. If publication in
volved any grafting, the .Journal was the grafter.
.Multnomah county, alone among the counties of Ore
gon, has made the publication burdensome to the delin
quent, by printing the list at maximum prices, in all four
(tail v newspapers, and now the
tated to pocket the profits
tries to smear all the other
own count v ami itsell.
J.Jut the .Journal's opposition to the county press does
not stop with seeking to aid the tax sharks in securing a
monopoly and a belling their greed in preying upon unfor
tunate victims, but. it is also opposing by misrepresenta
tion and abuse the bill drafted by the State Editorial asso
ciation, defining a newspaper and establishing the present
legal rate, charged now by all reputable count rv papers
except a lew rate-cutters of meager circulation. ' The bill
is merely an effort to place legal advertising upon an es
tablished business basis, for unless a Paper is trovei-ned bv
sound business methods it cannot creditablv exist.
Does the .Journal know of any country newspaper men
that have ever grown wealthy in Oregon Does it know
of any that do not work hard and p.-itrioticallv for their
communities and devote much eneruv and snace for the
development of the cities and counties, that do not print
better-papers than their support warrants, and that do
not deserve well of their constituencies?
Of course, t here are a few rascals among the newspaper
publishers tbere are in every industry, but newspaper
men average high in honesty and integrity, in morality
and ideals, in civic pride and patriotism,' with anv class.
But it is, of course, to the .Journal's interest that the
country press be starved and dwarfed so as to increase the
field for the metropolitan sheet, with its endless columns
of twaddle and tittle-tattle and scandal, its paresis Sunday
sections and its pharisaical parade of virtue and its hvpo
critical, maudlin pretense of love for the masses.
DESERVES CO
M
1. 13ULEIS deserves commendation for his action in
voluntarily rescinding
of iMedford and the Southern
illtr f, ,i T lii, i l'.-ii , ...... . , C J."tt I it
...,S .... i. lonn.uii L- in .r-.mw.www litmus l)r lllC COllStl'lK't 1(111
of the JJlue Ledge railroad. Even though the higher courts
eventually invalidated the issue, he could have hampered
the city in its efforts to refinance the outstanding indebt
edness. Mr. Hullis has enabled the city to expedite matters and
given a demonstration of good 'citizenship that justifies
the confidence reposed in him by the people of .Medford.
iiati ne ncen a tour I lush promoter seeking to capitalize
his advantage, he would have hampered instead of assisted
i ne city.
-Mr. liullis is one of a very few among us who are ear
nestly seeking to develop our resources and therein- up
build the community. In hard limes lie has liciviiv i,.
vested his money in enterprises that mean much to Mcd-
ioki aim id tne valley, and at the present time is endeavor
ing to start the development of the neglected lumber in
dustry juitl create needed pay rolls. jl, has earned the
nearly co-operation ol the people and should
BILL PROVIDES FOR
STATE FIRE MARSHAL
KAI.KM, Ore.. Jan. 2 1. A bill
providing for a slate lire marshal
will be introduced In the legislature
tomorrow by A. C. Callau of l'ort
lattd. The measure proposes that the
insurance companies operating in the
Mtatti should support the otfice to
the ctcnt til about :!0.tino n y.-nr.
LEAK PROBERS ADJOURN
(Continued From Page One.)
names of some ol the customers were
kept In branch olfli-es In Chicago,
Itosion, Sen I'ram lMii and other .it
i.'s. The witness- w.is then taken in
ham! bv Whipple, who finally got him
lo (t'tirt-ile that sonu- of the inioruia
tlon wanted could be produced more
litlcklv than he bad uuili-ipalcl, pos
sihlv in tvwi or ilui-e das.
"I untitle lo thiol.." concluded
the attiirmv, "that the length of
time ran be reduced b etfi.lent he'n
on the p.irt of ihc i oiuinitttVs c
pcrts. Plans will l- made to i-vc
the Inrormal leu pro'uuth aaila'-h' "
To tiie siirpll-c o( the i oiMnilt'" ,
Slreit, conliarv tu the opinion Li i v u
1'V President N'oMe Cult the lit-.' re
sponses I t iilu I he l'U!.el a'.;e iir.l.M -i
tnicjil be evei ted in a d.lv m ,!,
il.iiai.d tiial tin lii.la ioai, .ml i.e
furnished Inside n' I vmi uee'n ap.l
Ihltl same of the lamer 1; jiiMts
could not do it In a moiu.i
MEDFOTCD MATH TRTnTTKE, MEDFOTJD, OTiFsOX. AVF
.loin-n.-i . wlm-h li.-w nut It,.;.
reaped, conscience-stricken,
counties with the taint of its
- OPERATION
t he contract between the citv
Oregon Traction Co., provid
11 I 1 . i- ..ii
.1-
receive it.
ECCLES INTERESTS
BUY TIMBER TRACTS
l'OUTLAN-p. Jan. 2 I The Oregon
; Linmhor company headed by it ho
i F.cclo sintercsts with headquarters in
lOgden, t'tah. today purchased 2t5,-
000 acres of timber rroin tho Dubois
! lumber company of Oregon and
i Washington. The timber land lies in
Columbia, Clatsop, Tillamook and
j Washington counties In Oregon and
; cruises about -i ,.-i(iO,Ouil,uOu feet.
J David Kccles is directing head of the
pun basing company and it Is nn
inotiuced the new owners will begin
cutting operations In tho near future,
i This will necessitate the building- of
a logging road and at least one large
'mill either on the Columbia river or
'op Tillamook bay.
I INSURANCE COMMITTEES
TO PROBE EXISTING RATES
S.W.F.M. nr., .leu. 'J-l. - T pri.ln
; ml.i m-unnu-e rale, ami .ieii-nninr
inv niev -niiiii.i mu iiu unib'f state
; -"i -crM-inn. a joint meeiiti-.- i.f tin
I in i lii u.-c -..n: in it t.'i - i, ' Oregon
. '.-liaw- itinl iiou-e of tepiv-enlalivc-nu-
rolled today for .latriarv
- Bell-am s
Absolutely Removes
: Indigestion. One package
! proves it. 25catulldrutT2ists.
OF
L
IS
(Continued From Page One). -
wide poww fo enforce tin ubsorvuine
of trt'iitifs,
Somitor Galliii'ji'f iifki'ri lnw tli
lir-roiK of tlu trilnmnl would be uf-
ftMtfll.
'Hv fnice."
'Then," siti.l SciuUnr Onllinor.
''you would ;o to w:ir to secure
pence
"This pript.-.nl is, of (Miiu-c, revo
lutionary," snid Senator Shnfroth,
"but you've ot to have something
revolutioimn if we are to stop re
currence of these awful wiirs'
"Don't you think we would have
pretty entanliii" nlliancps if we got
into that?" nsked Senator Oal!'mj;er.
International Trilmiuil.
'Xo, yon would have your treaty
defining the power o" tho interna
tional tribunal, ii-tcnd of the .Mon
roe doctrine alone protecting the
South American renublies, tho trib
unal would turn over n greater force
for enforcement of their territorial
integrity."
"Does tho senator realize he is do
ing now the very thing aimed at in
my resolution discussing tho presi
dent's message?' Senator Cummins
interrupted.
"1 il id not provoke discussion of the
merits of the address, "
Senator Shnfroth replied, amid
subdued lauhter, that the resolution
should Lio to the committee for con?
sideration in extraordinary session
after March 4.
Amendment Xeeded.
Senator Tall, republican, inquired
whether the I'nited States eotdd join
an international court without a con
stitutional amendment.
"F doubt if it could; in fact, 1 have
a resolution now of that very kind,"
replied Shnfroth.
"Then you would practically vest
in this court the power to declare
war?" suggested Senator Tall.
"To have a peace enforcing trib
unal,' Senator Sha troth answered,
"you must have that power some
where and not in each individual na
tion." Interrogating Senator Xorris, Sen
ator Sherman, republican, said:
"I'll ak if there i any definite,
concrete proposition in a stump
speech from the throne made in this
chamber by the president when the
senate is vested with the sole treaty
making power? Is there any issue
presented in this address. Was it not
rather intended to forestall action by
the senate by appealing to public
opinion before the senate had n
chance to discuss the ouestion? Was
it not a move to forestall and prevent
action and make us accept any treaty
considered in advance?"
I's4'l its Magujihone.-
Senutnr Xorris answered Senator
Shennan by saying he did not wisli
to discuss the motives behind the
president's address.
Senator Weeks, republican of Mas.
saehnsetts declared the president in
addressing the senate "either was
using the senate as n megaphone
through which to address the world
or he exported some notion
If action is not taken before
!Unrch ! Senator Weeks continued.
"what position would the I'nited
States be in if a victory in tho pre.
ent war should occur between Maich
t and next December, when congress
would meet again? The president
says that there muM be peace without
victory m the proseni war. Are we
to sit in extra session to watch the
course of events in Kurope to see it'
there is to be a victory V
"The only real issue involved hero,"
said Senator Ludge of Massachus
etts, ranking republican member of
the I'oreiiiii relations eomniirtee, '
COLD
will be easily relieved by taking
a spoonful of
after each meal It fortifies
the throat and chest while
l& it enriches the blood to
help avoid grippe, bron
chitis and even pneu
monia. Scott's is well
worth insisting upon.
JOHN A. PERL
UNDERTAKES
S 8. nAKTI.ETT
PhoiH M. 'r nil 47-1-1
Automobile HerM 6rtlc.
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PXFsDAY. JAXFATtV 21
a limitation ol' time !"t' debate on
ll,,.,,. isue-. Any -elialor cull c-i-e-s
his viewi- ull llii- subject at any
time anil 1 think tor that reason the
Cummin-; resolution would save time
in-teuii of waste it."
Senator l.mle added that il wa
perfectly obvious that the only re
port the foreign relations committee
could make on te tc-oliillon would b
lo recommend time for the debute."
$15,000 IS APPROPRIATED
TO FIGHT $17.50 TICKETS
SALEM, Jan. 24. Hy the provis
ions of a house joint resolution Intro
duced today in the senate of the leg
islature, $ t.l.UOO is appropriated to
be used by the public servire commis
sion of Oregon, If necessary to carry
to a termination the fight for the
elimination of the JlT.aO passenger
fare differential now charged eastern
tourists, who come to California by
way of the Pacific northwest or who
return from California this way. The
Interstate commerce commission re
cently made an order eliminating the
differential but the railroads arc
fighting it.
DAKOTA SUFFRAGE
EFFECTIVE ON JULY I
rilSMARK, X. a, Jan. 21. Lim
ited woman suffrage will become ef
fective In Xorth Dakota July t next,
in the presence of a group of prom
inent state suffragists Governor Lynn
J. Frazler late today signed the stat
utory measure recently passed by the
legislature.
Modeled after the Illinois law, the
measure gives women the right to
-vote on all but constitutional offices.
Xorth Dakota is the thirteenth to
give women at least limited priv
ileges of franchise.
SCIENTIFIC PLAN
(Continued From rage One.)
lure, as it should be, since no such
department can ever oporatelirectly
on matters affecting prices and busi
ness.
"Congress has already passed the
rural credits act, and this winter con
gress will also, be called upon to con
sider this German remedy for the
high cost of food. The rural credits
ict by Itself will not vastly benefit
the farmer unless he is further aided
to get equitable prices for his pro
ducts by the adoption of the other
and eoplementary act. By this cre
ation of nn official farmer's organiza
tion the farmer will be turned into
nn efficient merchant, and the people
in California will, say, should they
be lacking in food plentiful in Xew
York state, be able to buy that food
at prices helpful to the Xew ' York
fanner and not prohibitive to them."
OLD-TIME COLD CURE i
DRINK HOT TEA I
Oct a fmnll package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or its the Otnuan folks
eull it. "Hamburger Urust Thee," at any
pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of the
tea, put a cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through a sieve and drink a
teucup full at any time during the
day or before retiring. It is the must
effective way to break a cold ami cure
grip, as it opens the pores of the skin,
relieving congestion. Also loosen 8 the
bowel, thus breaking up a cold.
Try it the next time you Buffer from
a cold or the grip. It is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
RUB RHEUMATISM ROM
STI
F. ACHING JOINTS
Rub Soreness from joints and muscle
with a small trial bottle of
old St- Jacobs Oil
Ptop "dosing" Rheumatism.
It' pain only: not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub south
ing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil" right
on the "tender spot," and by the time
you nay Jack Kubinson out comes the
rheumatic pain. "St. Jacob's Oil1' is
a harmless rheumatism cure which never
disappoints and doesn't burn the skin. It
takes pain, poremus and s:ifTmss from
aching joints. must'Ua and bones; stop
sciatica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia.
' LimtxT up! Oet a li5 cent bottle
of old-time, honest "St. Jaeobb Oil"
frum any drug store, and in a moment
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer J Hub rheuma
tism ttwav.
SUITS()j
TO ORDER $25.00 UP
Also Cleaning, Pressing and Altering
?A Z. MAIN. UPSTAIRS
ITKUl"ltn.X AUTOCAR CO.
TIMK CARD.
Leave Medford for Ashland, Talent
and Phoenix dally extent Sunday, at
S:00 a. m.. 1:00, 2:00. 4 : 00 and S: IS
P. m. Also on Saturday at 10:15 p.
m. Sundays leave at 10:30 a. m. and
2:00, 5:00 and 9:30 p. m. Leav
Ashland for Medford daily, except
Sunday, at 9:00 a. m 1:00, 2:00,
4:00 and 5:15 p. m. Also on Satur
day nlKlits at 6:30. Sundays leave
Ahland at 9:00 a. m. and 1:00, C:0C
and 10:30 p. m.
LEIN
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LOintS i
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mi:
NKW YtiUK. .Ian. :4. The vesti
bule of St. i'atriil 's cathedral on
l-'lllh avenue was -be scene today of
a holdup. A you'-g woman wasj
about to enter ediflie in ioin t.te wot-j
shripers within when two young :i:ei
i.-'zed her, one sumcping her pui-o
wi'ile the olbcr choked her. Tney
f(n threw her to li e floor and es
caped. After a cb.tse In the struct
a policeman arrestei two youths who
said they were Charles S. Ward of
fnn Francisco and K.lv.ard Malheu-
.m of this city, ".'iny were char'-i.
v ill. assault and 1 ol.'.ety.
SNOW DRIFTS OVER
TRACKS IN WYOMING
LAtiAMir:, YVyo.. Jan. 2-1. Tun
neling under giant snow drifts with
snow plows, workmen today opened
one track of tho Vnlon Pacific rail
road between Laramie and liawlings,
thereby breaking a nine-hour block
ade. Fifteen trains today were re
ported unable to move unless pre
ceded by snow plows. Xo freight
trains were moving. The worst storm
in years was raging near llanna,
'.vo.
POTATOES ON HAND
SHOW DECREASE
WASHINGTON". Jan. 24. A de
crease of 44 per cent from last year
in potatoes held by producers on Jan
uary 1 In the HI important northern
potato growing states is shown in fig
ures announced tonight by the bur
eau of crop estimates. The decrease
from two years ago was G.'i per cent
and the amount held this year was 54
per cent below the average of the last,
five years. From the figures avail
able the bureau estimated that tlte
For Skin Irritation
There ia one sate, dependable treat
ment that relieves itching torture and
fkin irritation almost instantly and that
cleanses and soothes the skin.
Ask any druggist for a 25c or $1 boitlc
of zemo and apply it as directed. Soon
you will find that irritations, pitnpU-s,
bl.ick heads, eczema, blotches, ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear.
A little 7emo the penetratimr. satis
fying liquid, is all that is needed, for it
banishes all skin eruptions and makes
the skin poft, smooth and healthv.
Th R. W. Rum- Vu., CU v. laud, 0.
Good Travel Insurance
Every foot of the UnionPacific
System between Portland and
Chicago is protected by Automatic
Electric "Safety" Signals.
Go EAST via the famous Columbia River
Koutc and enjoy the security from delay ,
and annoyance these sentinels assure.
WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, PORTLAND
The Portland Hotel
PORTLAND, OREGON
Tho Tioso City's wnrkl-fnin(.d ln.itl, oc-iipying nn
nit ire hWk. m oiitM.le rooms. s,,rprior dining
and grill scrvi.-r. An atuwsphoro of rorincnicut, With
n service of enurtosy.
European Plan, $1.50 and Up
RICHARD W. CHILDS, Manager
total held January 1 last for li(
whole country was 59,9 :i s.uurj biui,
els. A year ago It was 1011.225,0(1
bushels and two years ago 129 9 4 j
000. ' ''
Try TIUm! Your Hair (lets VtJ
t.lossy uml Abundant
at Once.
To ho possessed of n head of hfaty
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fluty'
wavy and free from dandruff u
merely a matter of using a Hide Dan.
derine.
It Is easy and Inexpensive to have
nice, soft hair and lots of it. j,1!t
get a 2."-eent bottle of Kaowltnti'i
llandorino now all drug stores Tee.
omniend it apply a little as directed
and within ten minutes there will b
an appearance of abundance, fresh.
ness. flufl'iness and an ineonipuraW
Kloss and lustre, and, try as you Vn
S3
you cannot find a trace of daiulniil
or railing nair; mu your rem smr.
prise will be after about two weeW
use, when you will see new hair
fine and downy as first yes but
really new hnir--sproutlng out all
over your scalp I)undnrine Is, w
believe, the only euro hair grower,
destroyer of dandruff and cure or
itchy scalp and It never falls to stop
falling hair at onco.
If you want to prove how prelt?
and soft your hair really is, moisten
a cloth with a little Danderine and
carefully draw it through your hair
taking one small strand at a time.
Your hair will be soft, filossy aii'l
beautiful in just a few moments
delightful surprise awaits everyone
who tries this.
MEDFORD
Vulcanizing Works
All work guarnriteed.
Auto Tiro Repairing.
We sell Fisk and Mich
elm Tires.
36 South Grape St.
Medford
The Many Needs
of an Auto
enn all be had at tills depot of auto
accessories. Xo matter whether It
be a new motor, some new batteries,
tools or a set of tires, extra shoes or
tubes, we have what is wanted ready
for your Instant use. Keep our ad
dress in mind.
C. E. GATES