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MEDF01HV MAIL TT?TBU1E - MEDFOBB, OREfKW, TTlTTTiSDAY, APT7TT; 2(, 1fH7
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The liogiie River Baptist Assoclu
tlon will hold Its annual meeting at
the First Baptist elturcli ot this city,
beginning at 10 a. m., Friday, April
27th.
The programs for the morning, af
ternoon, and evening sessions are as
follows:
Morning Session.
10 a. m., devotional service, con
ducted by Rev. W. F, Smith.
10:30 a. m Greetings from the
pastor of the Medford Baptist church,
Rev. Frederick W. Carstens.
11 a. m., Introduction of new pas
tors and ministers, by Hon. II. C.
Garnett.
, 11:30 a. m., annual sermon, by
Tiev. S. A. Douglas, pastor Baptist
church, Grants Pass.
Afternoon Session.
1:30, devotional service, conducted
by Rev. C. H. Fredenbnrg.
2:00, reports from committees and
reading of church letters.
2:30, address by Rev. Frederick
W. Carstens on "Our Association; Us
Needs and Opportunities."
3:30, address by Rev. A. M. Potty,
D. D on "The Fivo Year Program
and What Is Coming of It."
Kveuiug Session,
7:15, song service, conducted by
Rev. Jlr. Oliver.
7:45, address, "State Convention
Work," by Rev. C. C. Wright, D. D.
8:15, address, "Home and Foreign
Missions, or Watchman, What of the
Night," by Dr. A. M. Petty.
Each session ot the day promises
to be highly Interesting and profit
able. Hon. H. C. Garnett, of thoGar-nett-Corey
Hardware store, is the
moderator of the association.
Lunch and dinner will be served in
the tent back of the church to all
delegates. All who are not delegates
are invited to bring their lunch with
Jliem. Fresh coffee, without cost,
will be furnished to ail who lunch at
the church.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend and hear the big,
bright, and brainy men talk.
FREDERICK. W. CARSTENS,
Tastor.
ARGENTINE WOULD BRING 200,000 SOLDIERS AND
m 10 WAR AGAiNST SHUNT
PRESS CONDEMNS
ESPIONAGE BILL
XKW YOKK, April 2(5 Tile press
censorship clause of the espionage
hilt now before congress is eoniieinniMl
by the American Neivi'nper VJublisli
crs association on (lie rtohuiI llint il
imperils free institutions and strikes
Ht the fundamental rialits of the peo
ple. A resolution unanimously adopt
ed at the association's annual con
vention yeslerday, reipiesl.s congress
to eliminate this clause.
''A volnnlary censorship, sjiircst
cd by the government is hcim; care
fully observed by the papers of the
Vailed fslales,-' says the resolution,
'"ami lii loyal newspaper will know
ingly print that which would (live aid
to the enemv.'
GOVERNOR WITHCOMBE TO
BE IN VALLEY MAY I5TH
Governor James Wlthycombe will
spend three da.vs in southern Oregon
next month. On tho evening of the
14th he will be guest of honor and
speak at a commercial club luncheon
at 7 p. m. at Grants Pass and will
como to Medford on the morning of
the 15th, spending the forenoon driv
ing over the city and visiting some
of the orchards. He will he a guest
of honor and make a short talk at n
non day luncheon at the Hotel Aus
tin, given by tho Ashland commercial
club. In tho afternoon ho will be
taken for a drive over tho Siskiyou
highway and will visit soma ot the
towns in the comity If time permits.
In the evening an Informal reception
will be held for the governor to meet
Ills many friends. On tho lfith he
will attend and address Ihe Tri-stules
Good Roads meeting In this city and
will return to Salem on tho morning
of the 17th.
MAXWELL CARS INCREASE
IN PRICE FIRST OF MAY
The price of Mexwell cars will in
crease in price $30 each on May 1.
"This is necessary because of Ihe rise
in steel and other materials entering
into the manufacture of the cars and
the company's determination to keep
bp tho high standard of th lr cars."
says A. V. Walker, the local acent.
"We have several of the cars on hand
that we will sell prior to May 1st at
the old price and 1 would advise those
wanting a Maxwell to come before
thev are all gone."
WASIIlNOTON, April 20. South
America is cimuns gradiiallv into lute
in (lie war ngmnst Germutiv. Arux'ti-
m is on me verjrc or eiileting, and
if Areiitmu gets in it will menu the
addition of JIM.OW) soldiers, more
than AO warships and (he exportation
of vast quantities wheat, beef
and other products to (he nliies.
Argentina enn feed J().t)l)l,t)l)l) per-
. - . I ::.?" i$
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sous a year on wheat nloiie. Willi
her animal food there would lie
enough tor (lie. whole wesfrm liemis
pliere, cxi-lmling the L'mted States.
Argentina's nren is about 3,153,
000 square miles; its population is
nearly 8.000,01)0.
Shipments to Argcniinn Inst ypnr
amounted to about $220,000,000 wtiile
exports from (lint country rose to
.".-) 0,000,000, leaving a buluuea of
!f320,000,0()0 in Argentina's favor.
Between JU15 niul 3(11.5, Oenniin
trade with Argentina increased three
fold, while (ireut. livit urn's imports
only doubled. Kvurlv .$100.1)1)0,01)0
in German (rude, has been cut olt by
1 tie war.
Argent inn's entry mnv nienn the
transfer of tins trade to the United
States, knglnnd and Iranee.
The Argentine army is based on
compulsory service tor men between
20 and 4.) years of line. Iir the iirst
10 years the men arc m the active
army, the next ien vein's in the na
tional paard and the lust live years
in the (crriloriai pnnrtl.
Of Amcndim s 40 ships, (wo are
modern dreadnaughts, the Moreno
mid Kivadiivin, each cnriyins twelve
12-iitch fruns, tivelve 0-inch and. six
teen 4-inch guns. ;
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sirKmifino soMi(n iimk liKe tfie tiormun stuotovs Xttvy may mgut-. ri
hi jiD.s ivrtir, Ihoy also nso ihe Herman gwtso stei... Aintrox tho iwivcsl
At'fCutltto tlrwwluuj;lif Moivuo, ami IjUtlvut mjHH Iflj;.V'.
BALFOUR REACHES
AGREEMENT M
SEiEIAffllOO
WASHtXCTOX, A)i! 26 Pvitish
Fwveiirn Ji'mister iinlfny niiii Sveve
try McAlo bve arrived fli n com
jdete wndcrsdviuUuj; s iwestiaii wf
feeting i'mann trade, shipjnotTj
liunkini:, cxclmnne, nnd kindred )ro?i
lems, it wns announced liny.
The wurUinc; out f details of the
brmid riiic)(ie.s int lined wili form
the tiuijor futrtton of the next teu
days' work of the commission.
The foremost 5uutit of dtfferetice
bciwcci) ih Amwica)) ml the nliirii
pu'crtiiuetits rehttes to tcticic both
villi (he enemy nm! wiili iipiiivni pv
erameiits. There in a pp between
(he esireme vcbirb (!iis sovrrameni
believes justified under 'iutertuitton
al faw niiii (be )nie(ives of (lie nl
iies. As a result the Vti'ded States
will mss ns s(vie( iws tvs jwssible
and nllomr the entente t rarry out
(!ier vesfvictiuins whivb they lmv
found necessnry.
The Uritisls eumndssUmer received
!i !e))er of greet inj; from if. Vivian).
Mr. liilfot luticlied t the British
cinbussy am! pniii nil officiiil rail o
the French eoniiuissecui, T.atcr lie. ra-ci-ivei!
n cull from I bo Chinese jnin-isler.
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WASHINGTON April 2fi. Coi-
to tfoimimnd the North Pac'tfuf vaaai
t Seattle ,a'coivhnir to unnouuci'.
mvnt mmto (otiny by the wnr ticjwnl-
jiiciit. The order is effective Slay
1. Six mnjnrrt ami n scove of ')-
tains in the newly ereaiel quarter
master officers reserve tovjw were
summoned to active diity.
RAPIDLY RECOVERING
MOW YOKK, Atirlt 2fi. Tho (rhy
Iriana aHoinUnK Sarah J5PThartJt,
apparently rerorerttiR from uti oper
ation performed last week because of
an Infected kidney, eaid today her
improvement was so marked that
they would reduce the ntimher of con
sultations each day from three to
two.
EDiTED W CENSOR
COPKXUAtiKX, April 26. The
protasis of a Bociallst rfprcseii((it(vo
In the Relch.itai? eommlttee yesterdny
rpvpaleil the fart (hat (ievninn news
papers must now snlimlt to censor
ship hcfoio bciiis pirm(t(pil (o loaw
the country an as to block the channel
throiixli whlrh ilisagrecalilc nc ban
reached foreign ears.
AMSTKR1IAM, Arll !. The
Deriin Vorwprt, ioinllim out (hat f
is (he turn of the Sodal-lemocra!l
parly to appoint a chairman of the
constituent committee of the Jteich
slns, fay lliat I'liiliipp Scbciiiciiiann,
leader of the majority Socialist.-!, will
he seiecteil. The VorwaerO reganli
tlils an a hopeful beginning for the
reform r( Ihe roiis'liliiilon.
COtlKGffl
20 FERCEHT UREASE
XKW YOUK, April 2i. Cm Mien
estimate that the twenty per cent.
,vaire increase jrnmttut to 1 min
ers in the anthracite fields wilt raise
the retail jiricc of hard coal an nver
tifce of (10 cents a (cm. The irrec
nient signed last niyht hy rejircsenta
tives of the operators nml ihe t'nit
ed Jlitte Wttrkers iC America adds
approNimalely ,;i(if0(10,(HM yer to
the miners waires atid is the largest
inwease nwariini in liie history of
the anthracite indastrv.
GERMANS GONTSNUE
LTQ WI ROSSURS
PKTROGH.Sf), April 2ft. A tele
gram received here from Risa Indi
cates that the Germans are rontinw
ing nreH(Htinf;iy tlieir attempts to
par toy with the Russian soldiers. Ot
one place tlie Germans displayed a
placard on which was written: "Kns
sians: lo not attack. We also will
not attack."
STREETS OF WISCONSIN
TOWN MADE GARDEN
ONAKASKA, Wis., April The
cuntu'it has decided U allow )Uwinjr
np n' the city's hark streets i'ttr the
cultivation1 of Jl(H'S. The. high
ways will he cultivated hy high school
(kvs.
MUNITION 1PMIS
HERiSED MEXEO
l X t A flftTO X, April 2 , Asen ts
of tJie Southern Iaet?lc lines have
tteeu tUHtnu'ted U refuse siiinments
of war munitions of any character !or
Mexican Iiordev dentin at tons oxc.cnt
on government hi))n ot )attis on
reqttep.t of Major (ieneral t'ershins.
SI. PAUL WOMAN
MYSTERIOUSLY SLA!N
ST. PAVU Mti !. MVs. Mii-o
M. IJimti, farmt'i- wife of Feiitilc 3.
Dunn, was n!rrci ci'iy iiiis ini'
ig by a matt wlt brake tttio tito itttt
oi' ht-r jnvtiiHf rnhvwl i(t yfn in
ti liiclt she ottd a yatmsji'r t-isiet' were
sifp), siiot bey Jvsiro snii finniiy
eluliliecl her to i((!t uith hi !
The sprenms of Jsw sisirr, Jui!i
ei'tne, (iirohe her parents and a hroth
(r loo ine !ic mm cspnjwi?.
Her sisler is said to have tl(t the
jioiU'c thai v,lwn iw !nn 'uf;rl iwr
room he commanded her hi 'It
foul; diuCi wuttt vow. 1 v-'imt
to i!i n iiliip !!)!;."
Fntttk 3. Utitttt, front !tm M.
J)n )i)jye ihan n yf-nr ngo vj.s
fCt'ttttteil st'stitmte ttuttcttcttttttfc nttct
t Kilh-e licttl(uartcrs httt re!escl
a 11 it !w ini's("jlii.
soeiiisK
WASHINGTON, Apr!! 26. The
tlcstntction without ant!tts tty ssh
marino Rnnflra of Did American
echooncv Percy !iir!tttl of New York
was reported toiiay to liio stale i!i
parttticttt. Tima and jiiacc were not
; announced.
I Tito fiutrmarlite tired ten ghats, scf
: en ot wbSrb strm-k lf mliounw bff-
j tax" the water titte, soma at them
while the captain anil crew of nine
Here taking la the haats. Tho stir
vlvoia were rei rij ly a ISrKlsb pa
trol lioat after hetn In the baa to
a!ot on hour ami a half.
Tho ttlrdsall hvik ot 112? tons
Kvoro, foisllt In W1I)1hrIob, Hut., In
li, and was owned hy Edward 1-.
llol!e.
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Stamped Good hy
Old Man Avera&o'
Just as you are most likely to be
stamped good for a long life by an
insurance company, if you have
good antecedents and respectable
Cy the earn tofecn "Old Man Av
aQ" ana v.e have locked behind the
scenes and are convinced that Dia
monds are bound to have tesjiect-
aole ttaucts oiid long ma.
We know that 5W0 mileftpM Dia-
jnond vira la Condon m:te
than not a good deal tnote. Vet
thcii ptice itt .oui.
Every DininoTt6 Tre must at
liver fuSJ value in rrvice. If
ever a Diamond Te filr a
theerfuj, willing adjuttmrnt
will be jTompy naoe
i..u mm.,M,iru,
It! ft
Oft the hebh of tloiiphte at ourgioettor tow tif.gaaaUne.accesiorics
aaU life advit.
Garnett-Carcy HIwe Co., Medford, Ore,
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THE
-SMOOTHEST
.51KINJJIPMOOO
jyOME wasrtt
Jtv built in a
day, neither was
anything else
worth while. It
takes mo' than
two years to
build a tin of
Velvet.
VELVET
isn't "the
smoothest
smoking to
bacco just be
cause we call it so
It is the smoothest
smoking tobacco be-'
cause of its two years
meiiowing in wood
en hogsheads.
But don't take our word i
or it. Try VELVET '
and take your own.
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This Bank is Receiving Subscriptions
FOR
IL S. Government Bonds
We will be pleased to handle your
subscription without any profit or
commission on our part.
The Jackson County Bank
KSTAm.KttlKti !
Ladies in Southern Oregon Should Reahze
the Saving on Low and High Shoes at
VAU PEL'S
ASHLAND
at 98cf $1.98 and $2.50 a pair
MEDFORD
WEDNESDAY, May
2000
ANIMAL.
ACTORS
IHCLUBtftQ
! Elephant
: Kangaroo
: Bear
Lion
Tlr,
La(tanr .
S Lton
; Vog
I Costa
Monkey
Etc..
150
ANIMAL
E TRAINERS
30 -lions- 30
)H ONI ACT
Mcst StmsDontl Wild Animal
Spcacl EvarWUaad
ONLY REAL WILD kHMkl CIRCUS V MOTH
EVERV ANtMAI. A PEBFOfiMEB
Hew (Sii8-l85g Street Paratie at t0:38
7 qJerformancKt Dally, 2 anJ
't ) Ooora Ofian," I and T, 4
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Amazing.
Amatinc
TbriHin
WfSi Animal
Acts tf
550
Pramlam
Nar n
Evcy Oa'
Aa Actor '
506
PEOPlt
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ANf MAI
C tO WH
4 Good reasons why
iftf " J Union Pacific System;
Automatic Safety Signals
Pratixttcg every fuot of this w,ir to Chicago,
1240 Miles of DoubleTrack
Higfw-tt type of ruutl fcaf conjtruction.
Top'Notch Trains
1 ftrougfi bsceping -Cars and Diner
Columbia River Route East
Parallels Amtrica's Creates Highway
through the Umaus gtirge, between tai itvi tvvcr.
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
JiMNJ WE1T AXO tAST WITH A BOULCVARO aFSTCO.
TORTLAND CITY OrFJCE,T(.o .TWANaTOH
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