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Office, Mall Tribune Hullillng, 2t-27-23
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The Democratic Time. Th Mrdfnrd
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OEOHOE PUTNAM. Editor.
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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
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'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.)
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