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Official paper of Jnckuori County.
Kntt-rfl lis fl(rnnl-cl:iH8 matter lit
Medford, Ore yon, under the act of Murcb
I, 1879.
Hworn Cirnulullon for ml C 2,4'Jt.
MHMUHIl OK THK AKSOfMATKD
PICKS.-!
Km II T.riiwrt Win- S-wire, Th Asro-Clni.-d
pr- ss In xfluslvfly i-iitlth-d to
tli tif fur r' polilirn i inn of n 1 1 iipwh
crvlit-rt to it or not o'h'iwis'1 rredltiil
In thin p.'tfi'T, iiiul :iImu tho loi'iil IH WH
iml.lisli.rt It. j' ln. All rlirh'H of n-pub-ilfittinn
of Hjitclnl dlt;p:tlclit'H hurolii an;
npi j'li'TVtil.
union ',)J"la6c
NORMAL COURSE
Hint nf ir popular courses in the
Iii-ili Hcnt')l of iIi'll(ii'il is (Iik nurhinl
cntirstt for icjn-luM'. This oVparl
mont is provided i'or by law find is
uivcii to hike the place o" 1 Im Iniin
usually -'ivi'ii in J 1m sltiti iiurm;il
H 1 1 1 j ( j I s of litis liite, now rdo-rd.
J.ast vi'iu twi'iily-lniir stndnils
elect i'iI this cntir-e and run tinned
lliriioiil. the yc:tr. Twelve of these
t;.iln;ies w ere eli-ctcd t pusil ions in
Jneksoii couiily, while others obtain
ed positions in various places thrti
ont tlif Mute iind adjoining stales.
Tlie law entitles each student I'urn
ichih"; the course to a slate certifi
cate, renewable, for one year,
, thnro eniir-e is tven in methods
in teaching Oiee.on seliocd law. lie
views are f-iven in American history
and civics. In nddition to this, a
eoiirM in rural sociology and ele
inenlary psychology is piven. Kaeh
student is expected to spend one year
in observation and teaching practice.
The hitler extends over a period of
fifteen weeks.
Miss (Hive Hood will be at Ibe head
of this denniiiiient. for the eotuinir
year. Miss Hood is a e,Tiidunle of
the I'nivei'sily of Denver ami bus had
several years' successful Iciieliin.ir.
Mho conies as a rural specialist.
Inasiuucdi as the course is intend
ed to fit teachers tor country
schools, much time will be spent in
studying the rural conditions of tins
slate. In the spring students will be
iiti;iicd lo rural sclioids for obser
vation and teachim,' practice. Ilvcry
effort is hcin made by the board and
superintendent to make this course
both popular and Worth while to student-;.
Those taking this course are nred
to enroll cither r'riday afternoon or
any time Saturday.
ASHLAND A FROST
i'lmililioiiM ni (o propitious wr;il her j
iinit a I'l'ouni in u ni'Ni'i'lli tl. tho at - j
'iilaiir jil I ho mass, t! Km.l con-1
cort. CliaulaiMiiiii Auditorium, on
Tliuisihiy ovftiin wii;-, u fioM, lui
mil. aim:; alike to pri I'onnors ami'
palroii;:, iinlwIllo.taiMilii!', the fad j
(hut llio merits ol Itir cnti-iiuinmcnl
voio Mip-'iM ami tho prico of mltnis
m!oii a niot'o pillamo. Atinllior in-Htaiu-o
tit' i'ailhl'ul ol'l'oit j;olu
waniiMl, not only in a financial way
hut in lli la i i siuiso of iloscrvoil
a Pl'in i,ii iim not hoi nr. fori In niniii
w tn p.itronai.o. Sonii' oT tho faltiiful
I'hv wlm tlhl ath'ml vi'iv oM'ihoanl to
ob:('r(. ih.it thi1 iuiiol inoii;i,r onuht
(n ivprat iho i iiti riaiiunrnt at .Mril
loi'l, litiphiui; a vclml.o to the apa-
lll )M'V;itUh;; hi i O.
Flow's This?
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JOHN A. PERL
UKDUkTASSa
l.iiily .wuinnt.
UH HOI 1 II II AIM I, I. IT.
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Austome-Uo lluar.u SorTtca.
Ambulftaoa Srtc. Corcnu
THE AUSTRIAN REPLY
TIN"; reply of 11m Austrian emperor to the pope's pf-;iee
'proposal differs from that of Germany in that it
dwells inueli upon I'Yeedom of the Sea," long elamored
lor by Germany, but now abandoned in favor of control
of Ibe seas by Germany.
It has alwavs been a puzzle just exaetlv what the Teu
ton rulers meant bv freedom
they certainly had all the freedom they could legitimately
expect. Ships flying the Gentian flag rode in every har
bor. They competed Avith the British all over the globe.
There were sections of the seas where thev had prac
tically driven out all opposition. They had carried German-made
goods to everv port in the world. There was
no attempt by any nation to deny them every right they
could expect.
It remained for the Germans themselves to deny the
freedom of the seas to other people. .The kaisers boldly
assumed the Atlantic and the Mediterranean were their
seas, and that no one could
obtaining roval permission.
When Kaiser Karl speaks
and the rule ol international
fl'ronterv is even more monstrous. There has never been
a time in the past fifty years
observed by the German and
empire. They have substituted might for right. They have
cruelly oppressed all the so-called subject races.
The 'zeclis, the Slovaks, tho Serbs, the Croats, the Slo
venes, the K'utlienians, the Rumanians have all sent up
the same despairing cry. They have seen their schools
closed, their business ruined, their rights flouted, justice
denied them in the courts, adequate representation in the
parliament; s'.olen from them,
tlie army demanded out ol
The jails and prisons of the
been filled with those unfortunates who were foolish
enough to dream of independence! for their subject nation
alities. The gallows have been busy.
The United States, which stands for tlie square deal
which believes government should exist only by the con
sent of the governed, which
makes right, which has taken
lie peoples oi me earin, eaniiiii; anoru io enter into any
peace negotiations at the present time which would be a
mere Teutonic, peace trap.
The two kaisers have so
peace on tlieir own terms. J
would mean a dire defeat for
As the New York World
language of repentance or of
cation ol: trickery and trueulence. Jn so many words 1
pope is told that the red-handed coterie which everybody
Knows decreed tlie war is now graciously moved tor rea
sons ol its own to bring it to
in the same imperious wav
shed.
"As Dr. Holmes said of
many tools, but a lie is the
tocracy is its handle, and it is
(MIDGE OF BOSTON
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WASHINGTON', Pel. 2!).T.miis
A. 'iliilirt of Itiistnn was niuilo
niemliiT if 1 lie sliiiliuilliii" labor ml
j 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 hoaiil luclav, siiciM'ciliii
Kihvanl F. Carry of Chirairo. Mr.
Cooliilu'c will Inki up liis ilulics, in
linn- In li-aw Washington with tlie
a I i n 1 1 1 1 1-11 1 lioanl to investigate
strike eomlitions in the west.
Load Up the Pipes of the Soldier Boys
Tear ThLs Out, l-'ill It. In and Send ns Much Money ns You Can Sparc
to liny Tobacco for Our Fighting .Men.
i:cu koi, i, u urvs i-'oriu'ACK.;i:s or touacco.
TOIIACCO F1N1,
MFDroltl) MAIL TltllU'NI-::
lOaclosed find to buy
packages of tobacco, Ihru Ihe Mall Tribune Tobacco Fund, for
American fighting men.
1 understand that each dollar buys Tour packages, each with
n retail valuo ot forty-five cents, and that In each of my packages
will be placed n postcard, addressed to me, oir which my unknown
friend, the soldier, will agree to send me a mesage of thanks.
Name
Address.,
More Than a Rental .Battery
It's moro than a round button that you K't
when you hrini; your hatttuy to us for ropidfs.
It s mom (Ui'ii than a fully charni'd W'illanl
Hatiory to fit your car.
What wo nrtiinlly ntvo you is tho iw of your
nir wlillo a Hal, nH''sary pail is Itoliin i-opaiixMl.
Thai Is what WUlard Sorvito dors for you. That
Is on,' of liio t Ilium that inakos illaid llutlory
Si'ivice comdrto.
Ni't tinu you ro In. us ahont tho Still IW't
tor illard w ith Throad.-d K'ut'l.or Insulation. It
Is of inloiost to rorv (.ar owuor who wants tho
most oi'ottomioal hattory ho urn buy.
The Electric Shop
105 S. Central Phone 22-J
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of the seas. Before the war
float a vessel there without
of the moral force of right
justice and legality Ins
when the force of right was
..Magyar rulers ot the dual
taxes multiplied, service in
all proportion.
dual empire have for years
has never thought might
its stand m lavor of the Jit-
far shown only a yearning for
Jut peace on their own terms
the democracies of the world.
remarks: "Their's is not the
peace. It is the self-glorifi
an end, dictating a truce today
that in .1914 it dictated blood
sin, Prussian militarism has
handle that fits them all. Au
autocracy that must go."
W'A Kill NCTON', Sept. 2!). Clins.
If. Vnge of Sun Franeisro has heen
ehosen to be a member of the ship
ping itoartt, sueeeeihn lheodore
llrenl of New Orleans, who resieju
at the time of the Denman-Coethals
row. Mr. I'aire's nomination prob
ably will t:o to the senate soon.
..Street
OF CITY TO OPEN
Incidental to the opening of the
public schools Monday the enroll
ment of studentH which besan Fri
day was still on today, and of course
will be continued Monday.
All of the teachers who reside out
of town have arrived In the
city ready for duty with the excep
tion of K. E. Wahrenbrock of Los
Anseles, who was elected early last
summer as head of the science depart
ment. He is a graduate of southern
California university, but was caught
In the soldiers draft and will have to
report for duty at the American Lake
cantonment.
This unexpected vacancy in the
teaching staff has not yet been filled,
tho Superintendent J 1 1 1 lis has a man
in view whom he hopes to soon have
on the ground.
Men teachers in science, tho never
plentiful in number, are now exceed
ingly scarce because ro many have
enlisted and others were drafted.
For the benefit of the parents and
students newly arrived in Medford,
Supt. IIIIIIs announces the district
boundary lines of tho various schools
and directions for all students as to
where to enroll. The district boun
dary lines are as follows:
Washington school: lleglnnlng at
tho west end of 4th street cast on 4th
to Grape, south on Grape to Main;
cast on Main to Central, thence south
on Central to city limits.
Jackson school: lieglnnlng on a
line north following the S. P. H. R.
to Main street, west on Main to
Grapo, north on Grapn o 4th street,
trenee west on 4th street to the city
limits.
Lincoln school: Beginning with the
The Oregon
Agricultural College
Where trained specialists with modera 1V
oratories and adequate equipment fire In
truetion leading to celle(iate dafnes la to
fellourinc schools:
AORICULTURE, with 15 departmental
COMMERCE, with 4 departments;
INUINEBRINQ. wito 0 departments, 1b
hiding Civil. Electrical, Hlghwaj, Industrial
Arts, lrrifatUaa, and Meebanleal Enf Ineerioj ;
rOKESTSY, tncludiof Lottlnf Snfiaeer
lot; HOME ECONOMICS, with 4 major depart
nents, Including training In the fraetle
House;
MINI WO, with three departments, laelrnd
rng Clirmicnl Kirgineeriug;
THARMACY.
THE SCHOOL OF MU33. offers initme
tlon fn the principal departments of Tocal
and initrumentol music. '
TUB MILITARY DEPARTMENT, enrolled
10S5 cadeli in 191617, and won recommen
datToo for O. A. C. from the Woitcro Depart
ment of the V. S. War Department aa one of
the fifteen "distinguished Institution" of
higher learning. All cadets will be furnished
oniplete uniforms by the U. 0. (joverninent
and the junior and senior cadets, enrolled in
the R. O. T. C, will be given commutation for
subsistence, aa well as all transportation and
Subsistence at the six woeks' Hummor camp.
REGISTRATION 3EQ1NS OCTOBER .
1017. Information on request. Address,
Registrar, Oregon Agricultural College,
Cor t alll s. Oregon. '
BUICK
Power Auto Co.
We are offering the following Used Cars for sale
come in and look them over:
One 1916 Dodge,
Tho best puller in Medford.
One 1917 Chevrolet
lvuns like a wateh.
Two Studebakers
1014 and lf)l". The lest values for the prk-e
in town.
One Chevrolt . '
Run only l."00 miles. This ear is just like new
and is in jterfeet shapo. The priee is very low.
AVe will he pleased to demonstrate the above
ears to anyone interested. Terms will be given.
W. R. De LAY,
Chevrolet and Velie Agent.
jsA 1 1. 1'I)ATT"??T,I K U
S. P. K. R. as a western boundary,
south to Main, thence northward fol
lowing Bear creek. .
Roosevelt school: All territory ly
ing east of a line begldnlng jat the
city limits north along Gear creek;
thence west to Central, thence south
on Central to the city limits.
All 9-A'b and pupils of sophomore
standing reported for registration at
the high school bujjdlng Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
The seniors, juniors, sophomores
and freshmen A's register at the high
A.
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IS K W- w A v ' A M ci
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school building. The freshmen It's
from Lincoln, register .at L.lnco.ln, au.d,
all fre'shnicn'.Vs and H's register at
Washington school. uj j
Thost-fhoai,wlv ll4j reK
Istef Friday and Saturday ciiirbnrofl
at the indicated places on Monday.
The hours ot enrollment are from J
a. m. to 4 p. ni.
FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS
WITH MINOR GAMES
ClIK'AflO, Sept. 2!). The football
season will open in the initlilie west
The Maxwell actually earns a profit for
you.
Webster defines profit as follow . ' '
"Accession of good; valuable results; . useful
consequences; benefit,'' ,
An automobile sas your time and energy.
And a Maxwell motor car accomplishes
that saving on an outlay of only $2 a week
to run the car. '
We know of no more profitable method
of investing $2 a week,
No man in ordinary circumstances can
afford not to own a Maxwell.
Touring Car $743
Roadster j 745; Coupe $1095; Berime $1095;
Sedan $1095. All pricet (. o. b. Detroit
W Walker Auto
Medford, Oregon
GASOLINE DRA(
SAW "V
It saws fast and it is light work.
It is easy to move. Only weighs 2S0 lbs.
Come in and buy
wood.
HUBBARD BROS.
today with u seiitteriutf of games of
. v, . . . i. , i. t:.
minor' imirortnnoe.-"in one oi uiu uiK
T.,-n.eivcnswjth;th(t cjjcHtin of
(jjiii-HlJle !nad lnltfiim.viJI K ifo
action:.' " ''I'.-- t I-'
PHICHESTER S PILLS,
diHi s& saw
1 WfoND li.VM I'll-IA I" Hi
n known aBt.Safest.Alwyi 11 elliM
SOLO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
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