PAOFi FOUR.
MFDFOTiD MATT, TUTPJTXF MFPFOKD, OTtEfiONT, SATURDAY, MATifTT 31, 1917.
Medford Mail Tribune
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IHCOHOH IMJTNAM, K.lllor.
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Kworn Circulation for 1916 2,4I1.
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A PATRIOTIC PRESS
F,
TO CO-OPERATE IN
Mr. Farmer: Aro you taking nd
vantiiKO of tho opportunity to got tho
ground floulrrel pent under control
offered by tho cooperation of tho
XI. S. biological survey, county pnth-
ologlHt, county court and local far
mers organizations? Every eommun
ily In the county not organized should
do so at once and thus get every fur
nier and orchnrdlst who has a single
squirrel on his place to help'klK ofr
this dostructlvo pest. Cooperation
and united effort Is tho only way the
pest can bo properly controlled. Do
not Bay or think, "Lot tlcorgo do it"
but vatlier say, "It is a good niove
niont and I am going to bo public
spirited and will do my Bhnro by bitv
I lug enough poison to kill tho squir
rels orf my own plirco and moro If
tho circumstances warrant." If such
a spirit should bo maintained through
out tho spring, summer and fall there
; would bo a great reduction In the
number of squirrels. Continue an
other year and tho following your
you may rest from such labors, llui
keep at It, everlastingly keep ut It
and tho ground squirrel pest will
soon bo an Incident of tho past.
Tlireo and one-half tons of this
barley, poisoned according lo tho for
mula which tho government has lined
to eradicate tho pest from ono million
! acres of national forests, lias boon
I prepared and is now ready Tor distri
bution. Over half of this tins ulready
' gono out. It will kill tho squirrels ir
properly put out! It Is sold you nt
cost which Is six cents per pound tl
tho mixing plant at tho Itoguo Itlver
Fruit nnd l'roduco association. Those
I living in a community not organized
t should tuko steps to form a post club
in. once, inn in mo nieanilnio, can
secure poison at cltlior tho centra
Plant III Slmlford or the nearest local
t organizations. Following uro names
of clubs formed and tho distributors
of each:
Kogno Itlver club, Itoguo Itlver
Mcnruutllo Co.
Cold Mill. Martin's Drug Store.
S 'l'hoenlx, Phoenix Mercantile Co.
f Eaglo Point club, Ceo. Drown &
Son.
Talent Hub, llrov n llros. Store.
Kuril club. Kd Smith.
Central Pulnl, Khlcii's Seed Store
Fast Side Coiniulinily club, I lurry
e Meriiman.
Valloyvlcw Farmers club, A. II.
l nvcnhlll.
d llollvlow Farmer's club.
I' (Iriffln Creek cluh, J. li. Wilson.
Now in the 1 1 int. to put out the pol
1 son when the squirrels are hiingr..
m and tho young aro not born. W hen
tho green feed comes on they will
I" slacken a little but keep somo out and
they wiit soon be taking as nnuli as
I" usual ngain. Home who have already
1,1 tiled the poison bailey report excel
lent results, letter than with any poi
i" son they have ever used. Ileiailse of
j ils low cost everyone should tako :il-
vanlage of UiU opportunity. For rr-
ther information and assistance- In
' this work call nt the County Pathol-
II Oglst Office, County Aerlelillllrnl
Ai!ent.
PUKiia.M) papers pronounced M-nator Harry Jane s
efforts to reveiit the president from iein empower
ed to protect American rights at sea, as most unpatriotj
The same papers, however, are selling their space to
the liernian propaganda in its 1 mal el lort to divide the na
fion and prevent action by congress to protect American
rights.
Lane probably acted from conscientious motives the
sole motive of the newspapers is pursuit of the dollar. Of
the two, thev arc more to be censured than the senator.
The Portland Journal and the Portland Telegram Fri
day night carried lull page appeals Irom the " iMiiergency
Peace Federation" of .New York urging people of the west
to wire the president and congress protesting the taking of
any action to protect American lives and property.
If Tarty Lane and his eleven companions who, in the
words of the, president "rendered the great government of
the United States helpless and contemptible" before the
world, what can be said for these newspapers, which for a
few paltry. dollars, lend their columns to the Cierinan prop
aganda to keep the country "Helpless and contemptible
so that the brutal murder of Americans may continue and
the nation take its orders ironi t he Prussian lugger?
"Why should these journals protest treasonable utter
ances til the bought and paid lor hypenated press, when
they, themselves, for a miserable pittance, aid and abet the
same program.
. AVhal kind of patriots are Ihey when they joint the
ranks of the kept press of the kaiser, in an effort to make
America helpless and impotent'?
Similar advertisements have appeared or are appear
nig in all the large papers of the country, whose pocket
nooks ont-weigli their patriotism. Jt is part and parcel ot
the joint campaign being waged by Aniercan pacifism and
i'russian militarism.
Who is paying for these advertisements? "Who is pay
ing to keep the powerful peace lobby at Washington? Who
is paying for the franl it; "drive" to be made upon congress
Who pays the piper
national humiliation
Mondav in the interests of neacc?
for these strange tunes in behalf
and surrender?
The question is easil v answered. Who has paid all alontr
for the propaganda to divide the American nation in the
face of German aggression? Who paid for the destruc
tion of our munition plants I Who paid for the campaign
igainst the export ot munitions, and the agitation for an
embargo on food? All have been traced directly to the
doors of the German embassy at Washington and investi
gation will probably prove that the hune'reds of thousands
now being spent in the final drive to manufacture public
opinion through newspaper advertising, comes from Ger
man agents ot the imperial exchequer.
Ju printing these advertisements, the Portland press
arouses the suspicion that their patriotism is on a coninicr-
lal basis. I hey do much to coin inn the world's opinion
that Americans place the dollar above national honor.
Alexander Peer of Mystics
At Page Theatre Three Days
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Tho attrr.ction nt tho Page theater
for three days commencing Tuesday,
April 3, Is Alexander. As this at
traction has never before played In
Medford a little advance matter per
taining to Alexander and his com
pany is forthcoming.
Since the retirement of the Great
Hermann, Thruson and Embeigo,
greatest Hindu magician America has
known, but one, Mathama, or crystal
seer, and but one great magician,
Alexander, who not only has mas
tered all that was ever offered by his
predecessors, but offers the highest
class attraction of this kind ever put
upon an American stage.
Tho first part of tho performance
is a series of the most perplexing, as
tounding and wholly mystifying and
entertaining feats of magic, illusion
and 'disappearances ever staged at
one time by any exponent of the
black art.
The second part of the perform
ance termed the Simla Seance, is ar.
offorlng so unusual, weird, and baf
fling that the most learned scientists
and professional men in the largest
cities In the United States, have pro
claimed Alexander to be a brain rrar
vol and the performance an occult
phenomenon.
The attraction will hold the board
for thrco days In Medford, playing
ono ladles matinee, clay to be an
nounced from the stage after the
first performance. The ladies mati
nee is for ladies only and Is a special
show greatly out of the ordinary In
a theater attraction.
tors nnd packages passjn2 through
their hands for evidence of plots
against the nation. Virtually nil gov
ernnient employes are expected to re
port suspicious incidents or even
scraps of conversation reaching them
which might bear investigation by
trained government agents.
JOHN A. PERL
IDTDESTAKEa
Lady Assistant. '
28 SOOTH I1AKTLETT.
Phono SI. 47 and 47-J-3.
Austomoblle Hearse Service.
Ambulance Sorvlce. ' Coroner.
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WASHINGTON1, Jh.rel, :i I. Quiet
prevailed in Spain yeslerd.-iy, m ril
ing lo an iil'l'ieiul dispatch received
today liy Ambassador liiiino from
Madrid, A workmen' meeting in
Viillmloliit was dissolved hv Hie au
thorities. The dispatch saiil :
"Absolute I raiKiiilily reigns nil
over Spain. A meeting which was
organized today ( Friday) al Vullado
li.l was dissolved by the civil guard
without any consciiiouccs.
LONDON, March 31. nritish
forces in Mesopotamia, advancing to
tho north of Bagdad, liavo oocu;ie.l
the town of Kaluat Felujsb and the
areas of Ooltawah and Siudlyah and
Shorabun, according to nn official
statement Issued today by the llrltisb
press bureau.
Tho llrltlsh troops, tho stutemcnt
adds, were now confronted by Hie
reiuiinnls of tho Turkish army which
retreated from Kut-cl-Aniaru, which
were reinforced by fresh units near
lleltawali and '.indyah.
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WASHINGTON'. Morcli 31. A
half million postmuMers, letter car
riers and field agents fur various fed
eral deportments have been set on
the trail of spies or conspirators
against the United States, under gov
ernment orders, it was known today.
These are in addition to tho multi
tude of municipal police and detec
tives who are being organized into n
single big machine to gather infor
mation on agents of foreign govern
ments. At least .'lOtl.tKIt) city letter carriers
and rural free delivery employes
alone are under orders to scan let-
If:
GET AN .
Iron Age Seeder
and Cultivator
to work your garden wth
You can plant the seed more evenly and you can
cultivate as much in an hour with Iron Age Culti
vator as you can hoe in a day with a hoe.
HUBBARD BROS.
Select your inner tubes as
carefully as you select your
casings.
Mountain type tubes are of
strictly pure gum the best
you ever saw. .
A good inner tube bag free
with each tube.
C. E. GATES AUTO CO.
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L DEFENSE
WASIllNtlTAN, .March .'t I .--Tin
inllr membership r th,. ,-aniull of
national dcfcii'-c and Its :i tvisoiy
commission, th.. imnc-y thnnu-h
which national rconn.x will mobll
Ir.o for war. atsi-mMul here today for
reports on what has lucu etf.-itcd.
Tentative plans luno been r.u-mu-lnted
by tho lounill, howeicr, to
govern tho ill-'ti Ibiitlmi of war orders
ho an to provide for the maxl-niim
fpeed of deliveries an 1 the minimum
dlsnrnngeiiient cf peace lime to-tivi
ties.
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The Stage Coach Was Useful
In the early fifties when men traveled across the continent to
plant new cities and towns, they..found the stage-coach a very
useful means of transportation.
The cities grew and thrived, the railways came and the stage-coach
disappeared. The people wanted a way to get from place to place
quickly, and the locomotive provided it.
To the early settlers of this land,
tallow caudles, dipped laboriously by'
hand, were good enough until some
thing belter came along. And just ns
the railways brought better transpor
tation, the electric light has brought
belter lighting nnd the old methods
are f,i-t disappearing.
Tlirouuli the enterprise of central sta-tti-n
lighting and power companies
now located in nearly every city, ham
let, larye and small, from coast to
const, electric lighting in its perfect
ed form lias been brought within the
means ot the most humble of cot
times. 'I'll mm: h the untiring zeal of Ihe men
wlio headed these companies, elec
tric sen ice has been steadily im
pi'voed. s,, that, of all the home ex
penses iiH.dcru man has to meet, it is
the one thing that has eo-t not more,
but lc-- and le-s to secure.
The electric lamp of today not alone
I'or full information concerning
our offices.
gives more light for less money, hut
the companies have consistently an
ticipated the demands of the people
for belter lighting facilities by pro
viding them even before they were
asked for.
What this company lias accomplish
ed for the good of the community if
serves, ranks with the work of the
schools, the hospitals, the banks, even
the churches in ministering to the
public food. Indeed there is no side
of public welfare that has not been
vitally affected by the influence of
electric service.
I.ook about you today tomuM
upon the highways, in the amusement
halls, in the lecture rooms, in the
stores and factories in the homes nnd
see what electric service lias done
nnd is doing for this community. .
Then stop and consider w hat electric
ity in home, office or factory might
mean to yotl.
any cquipinenl, call at anv of
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CALIF0RNIA-0REG0NIP0WER COMPANY
PHONE 168 MEDFORD, OREGON
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