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Newspaper Page Text'''.' PXQE FOUR HeDFORD MAlt, I3IBUNE AN INDEPBNDBNT NKWHPAI'KR PUlil.ISHKD KVBItV AITKItNOON BXOKl'T KUNHAT I1V THE MEUKOKU 1'lllNTINO CO. Office, Mall Tribune Hullillng, 2t-27-23 North Kir mice I. 1'liono 16. The Democratic Time. Th Mrdfnrd Mall, the Mcdroril Trlhunn, Tho South ern Oregonlftn, The ABllland Tribune. OEOHOE PUTNAM. Editor. BUBSOHIPTIOa TEKM8J - One year, by mull One month, by mull - Per month, delivered by carrier In Medford, ARhland, Phoenix, Jack sonville and Central Point Baturday only, by mall, per year 2 Wneklv. tier vear J Official paper of tho City of Medford. Official paper of Jackson County. Entered ea aecond-rlantt mutter at Medford, Oregon, under tho act of March 8, 1879. worn Circulation for April, 3.973. .MBMHUn OP TUB AMSOC1ATKI) PltKHS Pull leaned Wire rvlee. The An Boclated J'rcNB in exclusively entitled to tho una for republication of ull neWH dlapatchcK credited to It or not other WIho credited in this paper, and nlfto the local ncwH published nereln. All rfRhta of republication of apecial dispatches herein are also rcKerved. 2 HOTIOE TO BUB80BZBEB8 4 Tf you fall to receive tho Mall Tribune promptly and on time A Phono 60S-J The report for April of the county visiting nurse is as follows : v Number visits to patients, 50; to new patients, 24; to old pnticna, 2(1; Number visits to schools, 27; number visits, miscellaneous, 18. Total num ber visits mnilo, 90. Number putients April 1, 28; num ber new patients during1 month, 24. Total number patients, h'i. Number patients discharged, 18; other care, 1; nurse not needed, 4; improved, 11; to sanitarium, 1; died, 1. . Number patients May 1, 34. Number school children inspected systematic, 4.2; town, :i.'i7; rural, 05. Number school children inspect ed rapid, 1,1 1(1. Number talks to schools, 13; num ber talks to parent-teacher associa tions, 2; number other talks, 2. Total number talks given, III. Number school children reached by talks, 3!)1 ; number other people reached by talks; 174. Total number pcoplo reached by talks, 5(15. CENTRAL POINT PUPILS SELL $2400 I S. S. During the three months ending April 30, the children of the Central Point school sold War nnd Thrift Htnmps to th amount of $2,4110. The children who sold .;25 or more worth, are: Winnie Stewart $421.5(1 Morvyn (lleuson 121. nil Charles Cowley 225.55 Italian Wright 108.25 tiomieo Heitll (1(14.00 Arleno Htty 385.75 William Lyons I0.05 .Mary Hebb 25.011 The $5.00 War Stamp given by the high school student body to the high school boy or girl selling the most stumps up to May 1, was awarded to Winnie Stewart. Hcv. Hamilton of Medford delivered an excellent ad dress to the boys and gills following the awarding of the prizes. HOOVER IS GIVEN GREATER POWER WASHINGTON. May 1 5..- Presi dent Wilson today Issued it prorlamu tlon extending tho tlienslng author ity of the food iil mliilttiritt Inn so as to slvo It wider Inllhnlit In tho con trol of fond dlsirl! rl -a. l inler the I ..,, ,u r-mitiae : . . ; .. r other 'nmentcit beverage, , (lui.iuilug less iun ono-balf o one percent nlrohul i ro Iirought under llcm-o. Others erfocted lueliiilo pnrkim of canned tina fish; packers of nny form of romirvcd mi I in on; operalors of pout (:y and egg packing plants not al . fatly under license; tinners, buyers, emits, dealors or other handters'of eittonsecd not already licensed who liendlo ntoro thnn twenty tons of cot ' i.nsocd a yoar; Importers, mnniiCac j.irors or distributors of cottonseed and owners of elevators; warehouses other places In which they ar i.'orod. Tho proclamation does not affect ' ' nl tors doing n business of less than i 00,000 a year, farmers, gardener'". p-soclatlons or others with re. ;" i to the products of any farm, tardi n or land owned, leased or by Ihom. cultivated I FOR COUNTY JUDGE. THE most important office to fill in Jackson county is that of county judge, which requires the legal know ledge oi a lawyer tor probate court business, the executive and financial ability to manage county affairs find the practical knowledge and experience of the road builder. There is difficulty of securing all these qualifications com bined in one man for the salary paid. In the interest of efficiency, the office should be abolished, Jhc probate business given to the circuit court and the executive duties bestowed upon a chairman of the board of county commis sioners a procedure followed in nearly all states and justified by results. We are still in the stone not be voting for local candidates because they arc mem-bei-s of national political parties. To secure efficiency we must eliminate the prejudice of partisan politics. The part' affiliations do not modify the capacity of the indi vidual. It is just its sensible to vote for a "man for local of fice because oi the color or his hair as the color of his.na tional politics. Instead of partisan primaries, we should have a general primary for county office and the two high est fight it out at the election, unless one had a clear ma jority over all opponents. However we have the party primaries and the best we can do is to select the best candidates in our parties and if they do not measure up to the man selected by another party, we can choose the best in November. There are many applicants at the primaries for the of fice. Some have legal training, some are successful busi ness men, sonic have had road building experience, and some are neither lawyers, business men, financiers or road builders. There arc four republican anu mrec democratic candidates. Their merits are duly set forth in their advertisements. Let us consider their in dividual investments in the county as taxpayers. The tax rolls shows the amount of taxes paid bv each is as follows: Gardner, .l'(l.8t; Leever, ifcWii.Ni; Ta'vlor, .7l.:!0; Alle n. $10.50; Purdin, ,$110.70; Davis, .$w.8r;"lW(l('ii, $1.01. VI the republican candidates. Mr. Leever alone has served as county commissioner and had experience in coun ty management, tlio lie Juts had no legal'traming. He is a successful business man. When elected commissioner, the county was in debt over $(500,000, and county warrants were selling at a heavy discount.' lie helped put the county on a cash basis, restorewarrants to par and materially re duce indebtedness. I le devoted a great deal of time to road work and proved himself progressive in policy. In our opinion he is the best qualified of any of the republican as pirants to act as business inanagcr for the county. County Clerk Gardner has and seeks another si years on made an ellicient clerk but clerical qualifications are sel dom those of mi executive. Jlany a good clerk finds him self hopelessly muddled when he' tries to run affairs him self, vt ithout legal, execut ivu Winding experience, by nature takings small and narrow view of affairs, he would be badly handicapped as couutv judge. Ul the democratic candidates, Judge Purdin possesses 4 1. 1 i. lie; - a ' t . .... ! tut: nci, qiiaiiucauons. ; praci icing lawyer for many years, he has served with honor in the legislature, while me experience acquired as mayor bt Aleulord 1 it hnu for executive position. He has a better knowledge of the county and its needs than his op ponents and his road building experience is equal to thai or his competitors. In Mr their strongest candidate. An echo of the old Ashland fight against the county's assistance m Winding the'. Medford bridge is seen in the fight over the republican nomination for county comuii.-v-sioncr. Moth J. Frank Brown and James Owen 'were com missioners at the time. Mr. Drown voted for the bridge and Mr. Owen against. Hence those who fought the bridge are fighting Mr. Brown's nomination. Women Point the Way In every home the principal purl of lh.c buying is made or influenced by the woman of that home. In reality she is the pun-busing agent who emit rolls 80 or till per cent of all Ihc food products mid wearing apparel that is bought for the members uf l lie family. How many women realize their power for progre.-s ami uplift for their home city and stale f If we can build up our factories by our cmitimicd demand for Oregon uunle ooiU- - ll means that your boy and thou sands of oilier boys ami girls will, alien finishing their school, be able to step from the school room to a lu craluc position in a I'uctury; that is it" you do our part in building up "re. on iai lory pay roils by buying Oregon made produi-ts. If you are iui-otisioiTale and buy without regard lor the future, then it may be your Isiy and other boys must leave the home stale and seek employment at big factory centers H bt. Ji your help caused (o be built up in some far away stale. For every dollar oit spend for Ore gon made goods the principal and profit remain in Ori gon. Hut when you buy out f state gods, 7,'i cents tif every 'dollar goes away and stays away forexer. Whenever you insist upon Oregon factory products oii help to maintain some Oregon man, woman, boy or i'l ro-ilioii (hat helps them to ''p" ! ''' e iletclldetit upon them. I-.vcia lioiisewile thin bits n ilecn i.m n in'iiM'n iir 1 1 ,, ,;,., rt,M,ilI, matter of bigger fact. ponsibility in tins lories nnd bigger MEDFOKD MATTJ TRTBIJNE, age of democracy or we would candidates for county judge served three terms as clerk the.countv payroll. He has or business training, or road postmaster and afterwards Purdin the democrats will find payrolls lor Oregon, ami it everv one will i her part, Oregon is bound to go ahead and stay Ihere. CONGRESS PASSES OVERMAN DULL WASIIINtlTON, May 15. The long fight In congress over tho Overman hill giving tho president power to ro organlzo the government depart ments nnd agencies, ended Into Tues day with tho passago of the measure unamended by the house. It goes now to President Wilson for his signa ture. Tho vote was 2 85 to 2. Repre sentatives Stirling of Illinois and Oillett of Massachusetts casting the negative voles. An nmendmciit to exempt tlio In terstate commcrco commission from tho operations of tho measuro was deCor.led to '7. .' f i-i! S s. "7s WW . -1 O DELL-ANS Hot water Sure Relief - r I 'FOR INDIGESTION JOHN A. PERL tNIH-:UT.KKIt. lyiity Assistant, M 80VTU llAltTl.KTT. Phone M. 4 7 and 47-JJ, Automobile Hrarse Sortie, luto Ambulance 8orrlc, Carcser. fEDFOTlD,. ORFiOX, WEDNESDAY. MAY ir, 1918 10 OUST POLITICS By MH.TOX' IiKON-NKK. WASHINGTON', .May 13. Big business men, labor leaders and po litical captain of prominence are quietly at work on a program that has been often discussed and derided, viz.: that or having a political truce, during tho war. I am Informed by a well-posted man of affairs Intra in the capital that a movement is roally ob oot at last! to assure the .election of a loyalist ronrcrcss. Tho Idea Is to nlve no opposition to any man who has loyally support ed tlio conduct of tho war nnd has not tried to throw bricks at tlio ad ministration when no doing was cal culated to help the kaiser rather than A .erica. The result of this, ,if carried out, would be that there would be no rad ical change in tho political or per sonal makeup of either the houso or the senate except that both parties would unite in ait effort to beat those men who had voted against measures designed to mako America offectlvo in the war. It is tho Idea of the leaders in this movement' that redhot politcal fights in various closo states would serve to distract the American pub lic from the biggest business before them that of winning the war. They also know that all such fights involve the expenditure of great sums of mon ey which might bo put to better, use such as tho purchase of Liberty bonds, A great many Informal exchanges of opinion by mall and by wire have already been made and my informant said that a working basis would sure ly bo agreed upon. It was even hinted that very short ly a conference might quietly be held in this city. Tho names of; thoso be hind tho present movement aro kept secret. It is feared that premature publi cation ccDcernlng thoso interested might lead ,io unpleasant pressure boing.broiight to bear upon tlicm by politcal and other selfish interests. Catarrh is a Real Enemy and Requires Vigorous Treatment Di .Not Neglect It Wlien you uso medicated sprays, atomizers and douches for your Ca tarrh, you may succeed in unstopping the choked-up air passages for the time bcinp, but this annoying1 condi tion returns, and you have io do tho same thing over and over again. Catarrh has never yet been cured by these 'local applications. Have you ever experienced any real benefit from such treatment? For Governor. ;rs. c. tosi:it Republican President Oregon State Senate. ror a vigorous prosoc ; !r . I s A f L..t:--.-.!l i torious conclusion. 'Yr strict business princi'iiVs in management of State affairs. For lt'ural Credits Extension, Irrigation, Drain age anil Development f all our resources. For assistance liy Portland Capital and business to every sect ion of our great State. For tlie rights of both Labor and aCpital under a scheme of mutual eo-operation. FOR GOOD ROADS, BUT FIGHTING THE PAVING TRUST. AVe are paying about sjtf.OOO more per Ifi-foot mile of r.itulithic Pavement in Oregon than is being paid in Washington. Let us build good roads in everv count v in the State li LYE EYEL1Y COUNTY A SrAl.KDKAL. Elect MOSKlv and you will forever banish tho subtle influence of the I'aving Trust from Oregon Politics. AGGRESSIVELY INDEPENDENT. (1'aidAdv.) Frank W. Huhhard, who is on the firing line in France ns 'a marine, writes as follows to his parents, Sir. and Mrs. II. T. Iluhbard, regarding his experiences with the llun: France, April 10, 1918. Dear Folks: ' 1 received three .letters yesterday nnd was verv glad to get them as our mail only comes a couple of times u week. I told some of the boys that I would not take any uwiibcr of francs for my letters. Well, I have had some quite excit in limes. Wo were shelled on the road a. couple of limes nnd had to scatter. When the hifr boys came whistling through the nir it gives you a funny feeling and you want to hunt a hole. 1 have been up to the front and there- was also excitement enough there. Am now at rest billets. We bail ,a very nice place to stay at the front while the big shells were whistling over our heads. We lived like Our company, the rats and coot ies. We would be on duty all night and in the daytime wo would get in our dugouts and sleep. Our dugout was, very nice; wo hud a fire to keep warm with and eight bunks for four teen men, but could double up and sleep very week The rats would run all around but did not bother us ex cept at. night, ami then when I would be standing on post they would run around and one would think it was a I'oche. in the wire and not know whether to throw n boinb, fire a riflf or ju-t listen, but it always proved to be a rat. Several times the machine gun fire got too hot for us and we would have to duck while they were rattling around us. One night there was a bombardment of the fellows back of lis. It was a. very pretty sight as well as dangerous as some of the shells might, have fallen short, but nothing happened. This bombard ment started at midnight and lasted an hour and-a iptnrter. Nature's storms arc not in it when it comes to u bombardment. All kinds and col ors ol lights- flashing up over Xo Throw thoso mnkprshifr. rpmorHos tho winds, and get on tho right treat ment. Go to your drug store to-day, get a bottle of S. S. S., and commenca a treatment that has been praised by sufferers for nearly half a century. S. S. S. gets right at tho source o? Catarrh, and forces from the blood the germs which cause the disease. You can obtain special medical advico regarding your own case withou; charge by writing to Medical Direc tor, ii Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga. A r.VTltlOTIO AMIIIUCAX. A NATIVE OF WISCONSIN. AK -47. KOIt -7 YKAKS A ni-:Sll)ENT OF OHIXiON. The Man who put the H Rogue River Fish Bill through the Senate ution of (he war to a vie- Man's Cuml. then . the hi; whistlitifi overhead, and the noise like nil h was let loose. Tho boys back of us were bombarded only a few minutes, then our 'iins let loose and put on this show that 1 am telling you about. - Our rest billets tire very ni"e, but we were also comfortable lit the front. Thank yon for the tobacco which hasn't arrived yet, but suppose it will soon. We can (ret tobacco here (From the WHO WILL GET THE BIG JOB? t A candidate for public office la an applicant for a Job. At least The News refuses to regard him in any other light. When an applicant comes for work to Tho News, we don't ask him what church he attends, or whether ho belongs to any clubs. His lodge affiliations do not Interest us. His ability to make a speech is not important Ho may be a friend of a dear friend or ours: wo don't care a tinker's cuss.- We would not permit him to litter up our desk with literature tolling how good he Is. If he brought a band along to play "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" outside our window, we wouldn't pt him thru the door. When he hlro a man wo want to know Just one thing about him and that is, can he do the work? -.i. 'Si.isfmi There are seven applicants for the lob of governor of Oregon. Two of them, alas', aro democrats and have no chance ot elec tion; so whether cither would be a good man for the job need not be discussed here. There are five republican candidates for the office, and you, tho-employcrs, must choose one of them. Theso republican candi dates are i . Withycombe, veterinary, and a mighty good ono, He has had one term as governor and wants another. Ho is a better veterinary than he Is a governor; Olcott, who is now employed by you as secretary of state. He has been a good secretary too good to lose. And his. contract with you has three more years to run. Moser, lawyer and habitual politician. Ho is at the moment a friend of labor, but ho has not always been one. Harley, mayor of Astoria, promoter and likable clown, who lias a one-plank platfprm ot "light wlno and beer." Not to be takon seriously. , Simpson, business man. , .' Lot's try to bo businesslike in this matter of hiring a governor Let's decido which ono of the five is the best man forthe Job. Let's run over the list again: Withycombe, veterinary; Ol cott, already usefully employed under contract in another depart ment of our establishment; Moser, lawyer and politician; Harley, mountebank; and Simpson, business man.- We of The News believe that Simpson Is the best man for the Job. Check off his qualifications for the position. , ,'. Ho ts young and vigorous. lie has made a success of his own business. Ho has the reputation of being a straight-shooter. Ho does not know much about politics, which Is to our mind a point In his favor. Simpson's has been a constructive career He made tho Coos Hay country what H Is today. He built tho town of North Bend. Ho is that rare bird, an on-the-levrl lumberman. He comes ot good Yankee stock. His father, the late Cap'n Simpson, was the original ot "Cappy Ricks," that wholesome, eccen tric soul whom l'otcr B. Kyne, the author, created, and whom mil lions laugh at and love. Twenty thousand men have worked for Simpson, the son, in tho Coos Bay country He has ' ' - never had a striko or any kind of labor trouble. He has kept thru tho years the friendship of every man who ever had dealings with him. Tlioso twenly thousand men aro now scattered thru tho camps and mills of Oregon, and every last mothers' son of thcra is an unpaid worker In tho Simpson campaign. Politically, Simpson is probably tbo least known of any of tho gubernatorial candidates. Wo are going to sec to It that he Is bettor known between now and election day. ; " (Tatd Advertisement.) Judge Thos. F. Ryan IVrsent AsslMnht State Tivnstirrr State Treasurer "The voters of this stato need men who understand tho work which it is their duty to do; and men with ca pacity to do the duties which devolve upon them; men who are honest, fearless and patriotic; men who are Americans. Such a man Is Judge Thos. F. Hyan." Canby News. j "For seven years be has served Oregon as assistant Stato Treasurer with exceptional efficiency. To him Is largely duo tho present high standing of the treasury de partment Tho national examiners have given the de partment credit for performing more work with less monoy than any other treasury in the Union, and also with hav ing tho best regulated and most efficient office.". Evon Ing Telegram. 1 'Thos. F. Ryan. P. G. M. candidate for tho office of Stato Treasurer, has been the efficient deputy for tho past seven years and has made good In that position. He possess es an intimate knowledge of the duties It Involves, is ca pable, honest and courteous. We have an abiding faith In llro. Ryan's ability, experience and superior fitness to till this Important position'.' Pacific Oddfellow. As an active member of the grange, he has workod consistently for tho building ot good roods from farm to market; for horticultural and agricultural legislation; and for practical drainage. Irrigation, and rural credits laws. iiTfront.'biit ho sweets, so if you get u .chance better send some cnoco hite bars. It is a beautiful country here, but Oregon for mine. I am well and feel fine, so don't worry. l'HANK W. 11UHUARD. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Scott and daughter and Mr. Scott's mother are an auto party visiting In tho city from Alhamhra, Calif. They are guests at the Hotel Holland. Portland News.) hi.kwv cammiutf,