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Official Paper of tho City of Medford.
Official Papor of JtickBon County.
Entered as HtM-oinl-c'lims ?nni t'-r at
Medford, Oregon, undor Iho acL at March
8, 1878,
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Full loaned wiru Annotated Preen dis
patches. EM-TEES
The Ki'i-ious (iuy.
Ilcwarc of tho serious guy! The
bird who smiles about us often as a
century plant blooms and bh though
lio'd been chewing a 'inline.
Steer clear of the old satchel faco.
Helng serious lias Bent nioro wolfs to
the reason refinery than golf. He's
all wrong!
Tho "deep slurp (uih OH like
nn egg. He can't sco eoniedy or
uuything foollnli. Ho'n all tlieorles,
analyzing and all that bunk, lie's
about as Interesting and humorous
as a time table.
Put lil in In tnotli balls, folbs. We
have grip, toothache, rheumatism,
corns, politics and other ills to give
us gray hair and mnko us gloomlsh
without hunting and doping things
to inako life miserable tho way the
serious guy does.
Grin! Customer!), grin!
Don't he a hangnail. Wear a iin
that'll tiuike the grand canyon look
like a split hair.
licnieinbcr -the old adage: Krln
and tho world grins with you, rrowu
and you're an empty house.
1)11) vnr KNOW
That.. when nrnelli-liiK on tho piano
for three or four hours tho hani'i
become tired. 1 hm fin bo overcome
by holding the humus rigid while
snmeone I'fts the piano up and do'A'ii.
A true diplomat will always
laugh at tho gray haired Jokes bin
boss springs and say, "they're now
ones on mo."
Tho tightest guy in tho world Is
the lellu who shot bis dob helot"!
lutakfast so bo wouldn't have to
feed it
t
The nerviest guy In Iho world Is
the fella who had a seat lu a street
car and flirted with a wren hanging
lu front of U I m on u strap.
IXSOLVKII l YSTI-'.ItllCS.
Why do those phoney patent mc.l-
lclne ads guaruntco one bottle lo
euro you at a dollar a bottle, then
end up with offering H bottles lor !i
bucks.
YOU CANT KICK ON THIS.
The price or ammunition has gone
up on account of Iho war.
Whoso deal?
COMMUNICATION.
To the Editor:
.Abolish the state legislature and
rid ourselves or that menace to our
social, financial, material and spirit
ual welfare; and even to the very
Hie of our phHlcal being. We hear
they aro about to sterillzo a lot of
us.
When rats or vermin Inlest a coin
munlty an organized effort Is made
to exterminate them.
When plague and disease Invades
a city or state we are at once alive
lo tho ract Unit heroic efforts must
bo made to slum)) them down and
out.
People are queer. When self
seeking pettifoggers alight in a
community and deliver themselves
of streams or unmitigated, verbal
bunk, occasionally, we send them to
the. legislature, supposedly because
they have gall and egotism.
IWlth Ihe legislature abolished, 11
Iheso self-seeker's abnormal procliv
ities passed the danger line e might
havo a chance to house tin in In Inn
utlc asylums, or i! their talents were
not equal lo the effort of making an
honest living we could at lra-t
bunch them off In Hie peer bullae,
of lr they perpetrated any lll.giti
mao acts, construed as stealings, we
could locally crack them into jail,
any one of which p. riot malices
would be preferable and less expen
sive, lo Ihe taxpayer limn seudii.b
them to the leKfsial are. lo our ex
pense and shame and their own ridi
cule. .Abolish the legislature? Why mil?
UKVtlLITIONIST.
.Medfoid, Oregon, fob. 1.
Old papers ror Piilo nt this otilc
at 2 or ror inn.
l.GT)TORH
AEOLISHING THE RECORDER
A RILL has licf-ii inti'odiiccd in the legislature by IU'
ri'si'iitiitivc !(ii'( callinc for the abolition of the
count v recorder's office in Jackson count v.
The hill was fathered hv
ganization formed early last
to meddle more or less ollirioiislv and equally ignorantly
and fiitilely with public affairs. The real purposes of the
organizers was disclosed shortly after the formation of the
league, when the prime movers all became candidates for
office at the primaries.
The abolition of the recorder's office is sought on the
grounds of economy lo the taxpayers, but the economy to
be thereby secured is not so
The office of recorder, alone among the county offices,
has been self-sustaining. Despite the lack of activity in
real estate during the past few years, and the consequent
tailing oil in revenue, it is still a moneymaker, in 193.1
14 the profits of the office above cost of operation, were
sa:wn.LL in lf)15-l(, the profits were 0G7.9i), with nearlv
$2000 smaller income.
The office, under the present incumbent, is most econ
omically and admirably administered, a convenience and
accommodation to the public. The salary of the recorder
is !f!20!)) a year, and ot his clerk, p7.j a month, it is claimed
that abolition of the office would make a small saving in
the salarv of the depuiv employed to do his work but a
competent clerk would have
would be juunitisnial. ihe
justify the countv clerk in
that would absorb the saving.
vaults to connect would entail an expense ot $ 1000 or more.
Then, the county clerk pockets his fees, while the recorder
turns his over lo the county.
It is proposi d to make the county clerk the recorder.
Why not also make him the tax collector and t reasurer and
effect still more economy ? The reasons are just as potent.
'While we are on this fake economy stunt, we might as well
go down the line.
The bill to abolish the recorder's office bears the ear
marks of personal spite.
ARCTOMYS
WE are supposed to have with us today Mr. Arctomys
Monax. who for twenty-four hours at least is the
most influential citizen of these Tinted States.
.Mr. Monax is a member of the well-known Marmot
family of South Carolina and all points north. 3 1 is rela
tives, in fact, are scattered all the way from Savannah lo
Lincoln, Neb., and to Aliwiski island, which is somewhere
in Hudson Hay.
"Chuck" Monax, to give him his more familiar name,
is the continent's weather dictator from February 2 to
March ot even the combined, decrees of President
Wilson and i'reinier Lorden could rescind the weather or
ders which Chuck will issue on this day.
"(iroundhog," we call him at this time of year, but all
the rest ol the days he's known to most of us as "wood
chuck," and to the highbrows of scientific mind as "Arcto
mys Monax, the American Marmot."
Chuck, understand, isn't a mere prophet, he doesn't
prophecy ; he dictates. 1 1' he sees his shadow when he ven
tures front his hibernation Hole on February 2 he scoots
back and sends word to all Ihe wild things and the tree
roots and the tiny blades of grass and the waves and the
windlets: "Six. more weeks of winter shall there be."
And all the faithful who believe in Chuck's omnipot
ence,"ga,e from their kitchen windows at sun-up, and thev
say: "The gi'oundhog'll see his shadow today; no hope for
an early spring."
But if the groundhog is wrong? Tut, tut, friend; lie's
never wrong.
If you look out of your window on February 2 and
think the groundhog will see his shadow, and nevertheless
it turns out that there is an early spring, do you think that
proves the groundhog wrong?
Xot at all. "
It simply proves you can't see straight.
THE BLUE LAW
TXT E are a nation of hypocrites and make a pretense of
t virtue that docs not
our secret sins under an outward coat of respectable white
wash. Everybody wants to dictate to his neighbors and regu
late others' personal Habits as well as public conduct. And
each repression legally secured is but the precursor of
future intolerance.
Half of the llienibei s! nf thii li.ii'isil.if nn votnil fm- tlie
bone-dry bill against their personal convictions. Of these,
only half a dozen had nerve enough to voice or vote their
honest convictions cowed by t he sentimental craze ot pur
itanisni rampant throughout the country.
The people voted for prohibit ion and the "voice of the
people is the voice of Cod." and the edict is unquestioned
in our legislative Hallsi Hut at the same time the people
,iUo voted out t he blue law.
Yet we have Represent a! ive ( lore, at the instance of the
lii tail ( Iroceis' association, i, it roduc ing a bill re-establishing
the Sunday blue law, remodeled to suit the grocers and
Seventh-Day Advent ists.
If the people's mandate is so imperative in the case of
the bone-dry law. why is it not equally impi'rat ive in the
case of the archaic blue law? If the people voted intoler
antly upon prohibition, they voted more tolerantly upon
permitting people to observe (He day of rest as they see
til. Why not observe the mandate I
If a fair trial proves the necessity of bine laws, there
will be plenty of lime lor them another legislative session.
The only excuse for re-enacting this obnoxious law is that
this is an aire of intoleration and nersonal tvrannv.
MATTi TRTBTTNE, MEDFORD, OREO OK. FRIDAY. FERRTTARY 2. 1017
the Taxpayers' league, an or
year, which has since Bought
apparent.
to lie secured, and the saving
added responsibility would
asking an increase in salary
Remodeling the ofhees and
MONAX
abide within us concealing
Mill WIFE
SALE?!. Feb. 2. The House has
passed a bill Introduced by Thomas,
providing that husbands must pay
wives maintenance sums during di
vorce suits. The bill (II. II. 232)
reads as follows:
Section 1. That Section 512- of
Lord's Oregon Laws be and the same
Is hereby amended to read as fol
lows: Section fj 1 2. Alter the com
mencement of a suit, and before a
decree therein, the court or Judge
thereof may, In its discretion, provide
by order as follows:
1. That the husband pay, or se
cure to be paid, to tho clerk of the
court, such an amount or money as
may be necessary to enable the wife
to prosec.uto or defend the suit, as
the ease may be, and also such an
amount of money as may be neces
sary to support and maintain the wire
during the pendency of the suit;
2. For the care, custody and
maintenance of the minor children
of the marriage during the pendency
of the suit;
3. For tho freedom or the wife
from! the control or the husband dur
ing the pendency ol the suit.
ELK DIGNITARY PAYS
VISIT TO MEDFORD
Judge P. H. D'Arcy of Salem, dis
trict grand exalted ruler or the Elks,
paid an otriclal visit to Slodford
lodge 11 (IS, giving an address. He
will vitlt the Ashland lodge Satur
day night.
Judge D'Arcy delivered a memor
ial day address to the O. A. R. iu
.Jii
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3f a
4 i?
Judge I'. II. D'Arcy
this city twelve years ago, and Is
well know n to a number of Medford
people. "It's a different city Troni
the one then" said Judge D'Arcy.
'It 13 to be commended ror its enter
prise and progress. The F.Iks Tem
ple is a credit lo a city five times as
large."
JikIro D'Arcy ill his early life was
a newspaperman, and knows the
game trom "devil'' to editor.
OBITUARY
.Miss KlijilH-th Nuttall
Died At Sacred Heart hospital,
Thursday. Feb. 1. lfllT, Miss Eliza
beth Nuttall, ago 74 years. She lived
nest ot Medford. She has been a
resident hero twelx'o years. She
was a native or Kngland. She leaves
a nephew. F. J. Helllwell or Talent.
Funeral Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m.
front l'erl chapel, tho Rev. A. J. A.
Hogg, officiating. Interment I. O.
0. F. cemetery.
Mis. lain II. storm
Died At her home. 220 East
Ninth street, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1917
Mrs. Klia H. Storm, wile or James 11.
Storm. Deceased was 50 years old,
and a native ot California. She has
been a resident ot Medford six years.
She Is survived by husband, and
three sons and three daughters, W.
II. Storm, l'lintrnnry, Ariz., J. C.
Storm, Williams, Arlr., Jesse Storm,
Medford. Mrs. J. M. Kilgore, Hogue
Kiver. Mrs. Nell tlnunyaw. Oazellc,
Cal., and Miss Mao Storm. Medford.
Tbe funeral services will be held
this iFrldaj) afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The body will -be sent to Portland
for crein:tlio:i.
m um in I'Assivt;.
The ladles of Mcdtord have pome
very interesting news to talk about
now tb.it M. 1'. & H. Co. Aluminum
Club is under way. Seme sa they
don't see bow such high grade alum
inum can be oifered en such attrac
tive tenes-.
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Otiopackagc
proves it. 2ocatalldrurjjjists.
E
S.U.KM, Keli. 2. Senator Smith of
Grants Pass lias introduced a bill in
the senate (S. II. 120(1) extcmlins the
open season l'or commercial fishing" in
Josephine county from the present
season, from June 1 to July III, to
from April lo to August 1, thus giv
ing1 a lO.'i-day season for gillnellers
in the upper river.
There is little likelihood that Itep-
rosontntive Thomas will succeed in
having his bill eliminating seining nnd
set nets reconsidered favorably by the
house. Most members are tired of
the Itoguc river fish squabble nnd
glad to get rid of it.
Quite a sentiment is in evidence,
iaiticularly iu the senate, against the
portsmen, whose demands anil activ
ity have created the impression that
thev have gone too far and ask too
much in their efforts to restrict es
loblished industries badly needed by
(lie slate.
T HOUSE
Reported by Jackson Countr Ab
stract Co., Sixth and Fir Sti.
Circuit Court. .
Stato vs. Guy Spencer, transcript
from Ashland Justice. Court.
Chas. 1). Colby vs. City of Med
ford, et al, summons, notice, stipu
lation. Chas. H. Magoon, (ex) vs. S. F.
Hicbardson, demurrer.
Karl Tucker vs. W. II. LVuding,
demurrer.
I.lda Meadows vs. Mathciv I.
Meadows, stipulation.
Warner, Wormian & Core vs
Evely Cnldwell, summons.
Hruce Locks vs. E. B. Crouch, et
al, order.
W. 1". Fuller & Co., vs. Royal In
surance Co., order dismissing.
W. F. lllackert, vs. J. A. Robin
son and James U. Hayes, decree.
Probate.
Joseph W. M. Dougall, estate, 'ad
ministrator's bond and oath.
William Robinson, estate, ad-
mittted to probate.
Ileal Estate Transfers.
Delia Cave, et vlr to C. A.
Hamlin, W. D. to lots In
blk. 2. Tutlle's 2nd Add.
Medford 10
Matthew Lee Meadows, to
.I.Ida Meadows, deed to lot
12, blk. 2, Whitman Park,
.Medford' 1
Will or llyron T. Randall.
Lewis Dooms, et ux, to Wm.
Moore, W. I). lot 0, bik. 13.
llutle Falls 10
Van Scbuyver Investment Co.
to 1. A. Peters, W. D. to SE
ecc. 30, T. 3S S., R 2 E. W,
M : 10
Harriett Sllsby Johnson, et vlr,
to Howard jr. Shaw, W. 1).
to SE or sec. 2S, T. 40 S., It.
2 W . 10
GOVERNMENT INCREASES
PRICE ON ENVELOPES
WASHINGTON', Feb. 2. Increase
in the price for all sizes of stamped
envelopes, effective February 1, was
announced today by the postoffiee
depai Inient. The raise was made nec
essary by the increased cost of pa
per. The increases average -lit cents
per lOlill envelopes.
BAD BREATH
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets Get at
the Cause and Remove It
Dr. Kd wards' Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute lor calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
I'eople afflicted with bad brratti find
quick relief through Dr. Edwards'
Ulivc Tablets, The pleasant, siifcar
coatcd tablets arc taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act gen
tly but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any of
the bad after effects,
Alt the benefits of nasty, sickening,
pripinf? cathartics are deriel from Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets without Rrip
inp. pain or any disagreeable effects.
Dr. E. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac
tice amonjf patients afflicted with bowel
and liver complaint with the attendant
bad breath.
Dr. Edwards' OHve Tablets are pure
ly a vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil : wn will know them bv their
olive color. Take one or two every
nitrht for a week and note the effect.
tPoand 25c per box. All drosts.
JOHN A. PERL
UXDERTAKEl
Laity A-xIstant
B8 8. nARTt.KTT
rtione M. 4? ltd 47-J-l
Automobile Heart brttc.
tmluluiM ftarTlf, Cerent.
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BILL WITHDRAWN
N OREGON SENATE
SAI.EM, Or.. I-Yb. 12. Oregon's
anti-alien land bill was withdrawn
from Ihe legislature liere Unlay by
Senator George R. Wilbur, democrat,
Hood ltiver, who introduced il, be
cause, as he said, he did not want to
handicap President Wilson with pos
sible Japanese complications during
the present international crisis.
Senator Wilbur said nothing about
receiving requests irom Washington
to withdraw the measure. "I have
noted by the press dispatches the de
sire is that these bills should not be
pressed at this time in view of the
present grave diplomatic situation.
he said.
'If tiiese were normal times I would
not withdraw this bill, hut on account
of existing conditions I wih to leave
the government nt Washington free
to handle the situation.
"I have not lost faith in this bill,"
he added. "I. think the time is com
ing when members of the Oregon leg
islature will be sent here with instruc
tions from their constituents to pass
such n law."
In spite of
high prices
on all food
stuffs NONESUCH
HlNCEfMEM
continues to sell for
12c to 15c
A Package
The best and cheap
est pie is a NONE
SUCH Mince Pie.
MERRELL-SOULE CO., Sjnnie, N. Y.
SUFFERING CATS'
GIVE THIS MAN
J THE GOLD MEDAL j
Let folks step on your feet hereafter;
wear shoes a size smaller if you like,
for corns will never again send electric
sparks of pain through you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
lie Kays that a few drops of a drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn, instantly re
lieves Borenoss, and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts riUt out.
This druij is a sticky etber compound,
but dries at onee and simply shrivels
up tbe corn without inflaming or even
Irritating the surrounding tissue.
It Is claimed that a quarter of an
ounce of freezone obtained at any drug
tore will cost very little but la suffi
cient to remove every hard or soft corn
or callus from one's feet. Cut this out,
especially if you are a woman reader
who wears Jjigh heels.
Medford, Oreson, Jan. 1R, 1917
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This Is to certify that I, the un
designed, had very sereve stomach
trouble and had been bothered for
several years and last August was not
expected to live, and hearing of Glm
Chung (whose Herb Store is at 241
South Front street In Medford) I de
cided to get herbs for my stomach
trouble, and I started to feeling bet
ter as soon as I used them, and today
am a well man and can heartily rec
ommend anyone afflicted as I was to
see Olm Chung and try his Herbs.
(Signed) AW It. JOHNSON,
Witnesses:
M. A. Anderson, Medford.
S. B. Holmes, Kagle Tolnt.
Frank Lewis, Eagle. Point.
Wm. Lewis, Eagle Point.
V. L. Childreth, Eagle Point.
C. E. Moore, Eagle Point.
J. V. Metntyre, Eagle Point.
Geo. n. Von der llellen. Eagle Point.
Tho?. K. Nichols, Eagle Point.
John S. Orth, Medford.
MEDFORD
Vulcanizing .Works
All work guaranteed.
Auto Tire Repairing.
"We sell Fi.sk and Mich
el in Tires.
36 South Grape St.
Medford
"Kie-Yis-Yie ! Get
2 Drops Make Corn "Fall" Off!
'Tve Joined tlio Never- Apaln Club.
Kv.r ruinlll 1 ue anylhiiiB for
iV ?(. it- on. and from that sec
ond iho corn begins to ennvei.
"Oh. llnn't Tnueh II! It ', 0,''l
i,o "Uru-it" nud Jt will ver
lie Sort! 'A,
Instead of nwclllnp: up like a little'"
white nijonire. Then it I""""''1'! '"m
your too anil, Kloiy hallelujah! lha
torn comes orf ns ihoimli you a tak
a Klove on your hiuui:
Yes 'lets-li" Is the corn discov
ery of tho ago. More "tteta-lf Is
joid by many limes than any otner
corn remedy in enlsli-nce. Try it
and you'll know tho reason why. It
takes two siH-oiids in apply it. and
il dries nt onee. That's all. Hon t
experiment follow the expene.'.eo
of millions and use "tlets-lt."
"flets-It" Is sold everywhere. ?.ro n
bottle, or sent on reeelpt of prlco by
E. Uiwrence & Co., Chlcaeo, 111.
Sold In Medford and recommended
as the world's best corn remedy by
I-eon n. Iliisklns, Medfoi'il riiai inacy.
and Ili'alli's DniK Stupe.
Your Breakfast
as well as every other
meal will be highly
appreciated if you use
'Medford Creamery'
Butter
It is made from Pas
teurized cream, the
modern method. In
sist on having your
grocer send you this
brand.
SAL'SiSHNE FOR
MS. QUIT MEAT
Fliuh the Kidnoys at once whon E.ick
harts or Bladder bothers Meat
forms uric acid.
No man or woman who eats meat ri
lorly oan inuke a mistake by llusliliip
the kidneys occasionally, says a well
known authority. Meat' forma uric acid
which clogs the kidney pores bo they
sluggishly filter or strain only part of
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then you get sick. Nearly all rheu.ua
tism, headaches, liver trouble, nervous
ness, constipution, diwincss, sleeplessness
bladder disorders come from slu""ish kid
nc.l a.
'iTie moment you feci a dull ache in tho
kidneys or your back hurts, or if tho
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi
ment, irregular of passage or attended
by a sensation of scalding, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable,
pharmacy and take a tnblesp'oonful in
a glass of water before breakfast for a.
few days and your kidneys will then act
fine. Jhis famous salts is msdc from
he acid of grapes nnd l.-nmn juice, com
bined with hthia and has been ued for
generations to flush closgod kidaevs and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu
traliznthe acids in urine so it Eo lon-air
causes irritation, thus ending bladder dis
orders. Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful effer
vescent lithia-water drink which all r-cr-ular
meat caters should take now nfcl
then to keep the kidneys clean and tha
blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kid
ney complications.
LNTEItUnilAN AlTOCAIl CO.
TIME CAHD.
Leave Medford fnr i.vi..j
..uu.auu, luieac
and Phoenix dally, except Sunday at
SOOa 1 . Aft '
-v . X.UUi ;UUj 4.00 5.15
p. m. Also on Saturday li.ii
m. Sundays leave at 10:30 a. m. and
0;uu ana S:30 p. m. Leav
Ashland for Medford dally, except
Sunday, at 9:00 a. m., i:0o, 2-Ou
4:00 and 5:15 tv m ai. '
-on ca in r
day nights at 6:30. Sundays leave
Aihland at 9:00 a. m. and 1:00. 6 00
and 10:30 p. m.
Attention, Farmers
MEDKOHI) JI XK COMPACT
81-33 N. Bartlett St.
Pay Highest Prices for
1IIKKS!
Green hides per lb i7o
Dry hides, per lb j-.
Green calf hides, per lb." 5.
Dry calf hides, per lb Zi'itOo
We Also ltjr Sheep Telt, nnd Coat
Skins.
Phone 2S3-J.