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BOFIAi-r-(Corrcsnonde!iee of the
Associated Press.) Bulgaria is iu
the throes of a political crisis which
will reouirc the trreutest wisdom for
its solution. She must linuidatc the
military and political disaster anil the
bad effects of the personal regime, .of
Kmc Ferdinand which extended thru
a period of some 25 vettrs. She must
restore her standing with her alienat
ed foreign friends, and bv wise con
cessions and reforms forestall the
spread of extreme doctrines anions a
Inhre and Somewhat susceptible poimr
lnlioh. Ilcartv cooperation of nil
political parties is evidence of thier
earnestness to meet the situation
wisely. . ;
'", The. conntrv now has a coalition
aovcrnmcnt, the cabinet lieina com
posed of men from six dilfercnt par-
tics.' This is the third cabinet ehnnec
since last June, and each elinnse has
Seen an increasing number of factions
represented in the official1 family. To
an American the 'popular character of
the . Bulgarian government is some
thing of a revelation, no less than a
dor.en 'diffcrent'parties beine forinnl
lv . represented in parliament. ,:
Bulfraria: has taken precautions
oaainst internal troubles through rep
resentatives and parliamentary dis
cussion rather than in dictatorships,
street outbreaks or other forms of
social f: 'upheaval.--:: The conntrv
breathes freer in the absence of Fer
dinand, even thoush it is occupied bv
entente troops. - '
-:The old chamber has bcen-retnined
in: office to avoid unnecessary risks
and' the ncitatioh always attendant
upon national elections. Premier
Iiddoslavoff. 'who was looped upon
e. Germany's dupe, had at no time
more than a bare majority, .and that
majority consisted of Turks, who, in
Bulearia; have eaual rishts with the
Bulgarians. -
"Since Ferdinand's exit, the eond be
havior, of the people has been in' tc
murkable contract to the situation
provnilinc in Russia. This is exulain-
ed- bv the usscrtion that Bulgaria is
a virtual democracy and bus laid the
basis for popular contentment., There
is eauituble distribution pi the land,
povenunent ownership of public utili
ties, legislative control of the execu
tive,; micorruptcd courtst and eolcial
Icfrislation.' Universal sjilffrase has
been enioved since the creation pf the
state, and tbp people have proportion
ate representation. There is also the
Australian ballot system and Buur-
aptees of popular rights.
BILL TO TAX MINES
k ' PASSES THE HOUSE
'"'.- SALEM. Feb. 15.-4linorai:nnd oil
richts in Oregon arc to be. assessed
for taxation purposes separate from
the real estate, according to the pro
visions of a bill which passed the
houso Wednesday. - ' ;
. Hcnrcsentntivo Burnaueh. who in
troduced the bill, explained that it was
designed to correct a condition which
obtained at the present tune in Colum
bia county and other counties in the
slate wherein the title to land has
been impaired bv reservmz the rights
to mineral and oil in previous trans
fers. These holders, it was slated,
either refuse to dispose of their rights
or else demand a prohibitive price and
at the snm time pay no taxes to the
slate. The bill ns passed Wednesday
provides that where the holders of
such mhls refuse to set a valuation
upon (heir holdings the nsscssor may
fix sa valuation not; in excess of .10
liciveent ol the value of the real cs
-lutii. ' . ... .. . '
'THE PEOPLE
T ASS A (IE bv 'the Oregon
i- tlie Kogtte river fish bill designed ' to cripple the
cannery interests und givt? a monopoly of salmon fishing
to the Bolshevik gill-netters, shows how little the legisla
tors regard the expressed verdiet-of the people, though
loudly proclaiming tlieir devotion.
, The people voted to -close the Kogue Hivev to com
mercial fishing iu 1910, by an initiative measure invoked
by Medford anglers, because the Humes, then having a
Snonopoly bf eonnneinial fishing, refused to censo It he
taking of steelhead tixut.
1 - Two years later, the eannerv changed hands, the now
owners agreed t close the
steelliead, and inasmuch as the object lor which the river
had been closed, the protection of steelhead, had been se
cured, those who fathered the closure bill consented to
the reopening of the stream for salmon upon their own
terms, in order not. to deprive the state of a profitable in
dustiy and the lower river community of a rwee of
livlihood.
Instead of one eanne'ry, with a monopoly, paying small
wages, two have been in operation paying big wages, but
the Vloscst vigilance has failed to show any violation of
the law prohibiting the taking of steelhead," thoujrh many
violations of salmon restrictions by gill-netters. 1 , .
, At the hist legislature, some of the Medford sportsmen
joined hands with the law-defying gillnetters and forced
a bill through, the legislature making seining illegal- un
der the supiHisition that seining destroyed steelheads.
As the steelhead do not run in any number during tin:
salmon season, few are ever caught in the seino and those
thrown out.; Not a fraction as many are destroyed as
arc slaughtered about Medford in winter and spring when
the steelhead are spawning. To force the measure
through, the gillnetters fishing season in the upper river,
was lengthened from GO to 107 days and inasmuch as
the anti-seiniug measur was referended, the sole efforts
of the sportsmen was to make the lot of the ascendiug
steelh6ad more difficult in dodging gillnets, ; ' , : :
The cannery invoked the referendum because 'without
the right to use 'the seine in-competition, tlie gillnetters'
union having a monopoly, placed the price of fish so high
that it became prohibitive. The cannery entered into an
agreement with the union not to use the seine, provided
the gillnetters supplied the
lnis price was lixed bv the
while a substantial advance upon the previous season, was
hot high enough to suit the fishennens' union which vio
lated then." agreement with the government and cannery
and went out on a six weeks' strike in the height of the
seasou. The eannerv claims, and experience proves the
justice of the claim,' that without the right to use the
seruc m competition, the exactions ot the fishermen would
make -operation imprae.heal
people, by a majority of over
endum upon the bill.
But the recently expressed wishes of the people are
flagrantly defied by the "legislators, who have, in the
house, passed the popularly repudiated measure over the
peoples', veto. " , ,;- -,
RESENTED BY
NEWS OP the adoption of
ras received with loud
diers of the American Expeditionary Force in France and
Germany, states the "Stars and Stripes," the official pa
per of the A. E. F., which devotes a section to the subject,
treating it in humorous and sarcastic maimer though the
soldiers indicate their resentment.
"The only group on which the news has had no ef
fect," says the Stars and Stripes, "is a batterv of Maine
artillerymen who merely asked: 'What of prohibition?
What has it to do with the
The soldiers protest that
the. world safe for liberty, their own personal liberty has
Deen taKen away m an autocratic ettort to regulate their
personal habits and customs and that they as citizens
had nothing to say in the
unseemly haste to rush the
return. - "
In this respect they are no
at Lome.' Many of the states
overwhelming!' against prohibition, but this did not deter
the legislatures of those states, under coercion of the hand
of fanatics comprising the Anti-Saloon League, from rati
fying the prohibition amendment, and abolishing state
rights. .-.'-.-
' A jSimenteenth amendment to the constitution' is
needed that conferring the
endum upon the people so that a minority cannot en
force its will upon a majority without light of appeal to
the nation. There is as much need of popular government
m the nation as in the municipalities and states. :
TOTAL WAR COST
FIXED AT 1 79 BILLIONS
" i i . ( - M .. ; i ' "Jjhi
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Exclu
sive of expenditures bv Belgium. Por
tugal. Rumania, Austria-Hunsnrv and
Bulgaria, tbo totul cost of the Euro
pean war was fixed at $179,000,000,
000 in . an official statement made
public hero today and based on data
in the hands, nf the federal reserve
board, tlie secretary of tlio treasury
and the bulletins of the Swiss Social
of Banks.
Card of Thanks . '
Wo deslro most gratefully to ex
tend our heartfelt and lifjloni;
thanks to tho dear friends of .Med
ford who have so kindly and thought
fully tried to lessen our burden of
sorrow, .and assist -In the last sad
rites of our loved one.
JAMES MJSl.rH.
279 ai. ii. onn.
BE DAMNED.'
House of Representatives of
river to commercial fishing. of
fish at tlie price agreed upon.
government last season, and
and unprohtalae and the
5.000, sustained their refer
BOYS OVERSEAS.
the prohibition amendment
touts of derision bv the sol
hcker question?' " -
while they are abroad inakimr
matter indeed there was an
matter through before. their
worse off thaji the citizens
only last November voted
right of initiative and refer
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
-TO MAKE
i
WESTEHVIIXK. Ohio, February
15. National hcudotiurtcrs of the
Anti-Saloon League here iodav an
nounced that the league had sent a
delegation to the pence conference at
Paris to ask that, the United Slates
"be protected in its prolrliition by
such trad:; ,TT-rcr"nN rs wilt not cni
bnrriWM it when ils mils prohibition
into effect."
! r i'rjc officials also announced
liiat Ilia work of the Anti-Saloon
Ijcaguo is to be extended to all the
hiracr countries of the world.'?
are beginning to talk about
Colonel Itoosevclt's probable sueccs-
iors. but the number required to take
"lis nliiee Is not mentioned. Toledo
Hindu.
Tin' vnler w agon is a soil of Car of
Jug-or-liol. Lowell Courier-Citizen.
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PEARS IN "THE KAISER'S
i FINISH" LAST TIMES TONIGHT
' AT THE RIALT0.
AT THE PAGE
"The CiJuiitrv Cousin''" with
Miss
Ale.var.drm Carlisle playing the htclh.r
hole, cuinc.s to 1 tho . Vuae Monday.
Kebrunrv H. 'iiis comedy is pre
cisely what the Into Col. Itnoscvelt
ailed it. "a first class American
play. It reveals in vivid and intense
ly nmusiii' fashion, the best and
worst traits of our compatriots, and
brings into sharp dramatic i-ontrust.
the fictitious nnd artificial life of a
certain spendthrift class iu the cities
and the saner lil'a of those of the
smaller communities who keep burn
ing tho fires of true Americanism.
Booth Tarkington; from whose pen
came the famous plav "The Han from
Home and other notable successes,,
and Julian Street, writer of many
delightful books und stories, are the
uuthorS of'i "The Country Cousin."
AT LIBERTY THEATER.
LAST TIME TODAY
If , fl , hi 4
MAliGU.ER.ITE CLAUK -uSOv-l
oi i Clear SKy'- .
Jlarguerite Clark has never np
pciircd to belter -udvanlugo than in
the role she has in her latest screen
success "Out of a Clear Skv," which
was shown at. flic Liberty yesterday
and for the last time tonight.
As im added attraction Mr. John 0.
Mack, hanjopl, formerly with the
lending minstrel companies, will ren
der a number of ban jo solos. Tomor
row Und Alondnv a return engagement,
of Fully Aibueklc in "The Cook."
This picture was only shown in Med
ford for one night and that at the
Liberty when it opened on Novem
ber. :i0lh, last. :
Tho new l'ai'aiiiiiiiut slar,,r,ilhi Lee,
formerly of Ziegfeld's r'ollies, will be
seen in a splendid storv, "The Cruise
of the Muko Believes,"
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ON MONDAY
t iWi
''.t'HU
. ".- '' !" ii.
The plav is not n rural drama ns it's
name might imply, hut is a smart sa
tire on soviet v.
The iiiiibiirs have told the story
of a youitg girl iu an Ohio town, who.
anxious to see life, leaves her home
ami mother and joins her father, who
has been divorced from his Wife nnd
married again. The ghl has nil in
heritance of her own nnd docs not
realize that this is the imiin reason
whv her tntber nnd his spendthrift
wife are so iiuious to entertain her.
When Comin N'anev arrives on tll
scene, thinsis arc in prcttv had shape
and the girl's money is going- rapidlv.
Niincv however, is count to the oc
casion and things begin to batmen.
There urn several strong dramatic
climaxes nnd humorous situations and
the stoiv holds tint interest from
stmt to f-nisli.
AT PAGE SUNDAY
The. town Of lielnht,-town, t pro
vincial lo a decree and cpntulmi tho
diversified types Invuriiiliiy found In
such communities. The son of the
hoiiHO of HemlnKWuy, ' ouo of the
leading fumilleH, a manly und ambi
tious young fellow, linn boon .abroad
for some tlmn studying. architecture,
in Willi h profession ho shows unusual
promlno. . Thero lin meets Inez dc
Picrrefond, n nlrl In her middle ttten
tle.i, who tho horn In America has
spent most of her Ufa Iu continental
Kurnpo. : . '
The young couple find they have
much In common and their engage
ment, ipilckly follows; Inez stands
for Iho last word of the woman of
Intellect, of thought, charm and hrll
llancc. Hho Is the iipoittlo of the now
est iihllosophy and jiewost vlows of
modern life, particularly whoro the
great (piostlon of munlago Is con
ccrneil. Hhc Is not a suffraf;li',t nor Is
she a "new woman" In the generally
accepted sense Of tho term, but she
Is opposed to taking a binding, lira
long marriage vow.
To Delphi as tho play opons, John
Homlngway brings Inez nnd Intro
dunes her ns his Intended lirUle, Tho
1 JOHN A. PERL
Undertaker
IMiono M. 17 and 47-13 ;
Aiiloniobllo llcurso Sen'lco
Iwidy Assistant.
113 -OUTIf ISAItTTytiTT '
Auto Aiubulauco Service, Coroner
SIX IViORE STATES
ADOPT PRINCIPLE
SlOF'COfENSAIION
ii. Mi. in 1
' W A PI 1 1 NflTt IN, Fob. I Klend v
progress of tho movement to compen
sate for iudustriul accidents without
units lo prove th noitliticiicc of the
employer is noted in a bulletin issued
bv the bureau of labor statistics,
showing that six new stales adopted
compensation legislation tu ID IT unil
HUH and that oulv ten stales of the
union have not accepted the princi
ple. "The dav seems not far distant
when tho obsolete system of tliuuugv
suits and charges and ooniilcr
churgcn tit' negligence and contribu
tory negligence- will no humor bo used
in Iho disposition of industrial injury
claims," the bulletin eavs,
I'Var that such legislation would en
tail undue burdens on imUcitrv kv
said largely to have eliminated us ii
result of satisfactory c.pericue un
der compensation laws mid been line
it is becoming better understood thai
lliu laws do not cause injurv losses
but oulv distribute the burden of them
on tho iudustrv u a whole, instead of
ou the weakest element of Iho ss.
Iviii the injured W"l"liel'. This leul
balion has ncucd the wnv fur
aiueiidiuents lihcrali.iiig tho awards
allowed.
Advances noted in tbo bulletin lire
the shortening of Iho waiting lime,
fur which as a rule no compensation
is allowed and the increase of the
allow uie e of medical mid surgical aid.
A notable departure in this connection
is the provUiou of Iho Washington
statute for local funds, supported and
administered bv employers and rm
ploves jointly, lor Iho more otl'eelive
and eouitahlc administration of niedi
Cim benefits.
Among important court devisiotoi
on the laws was cited (he eitpremc
Court ruling which denied tin) tipnliea.
tiou of state compensation lawn to
employes of inler-liite carriers.
The stales which have- tint adopted
tho prinejple of industrial compensa
tion are North Dakota. Missouri. Ar
kansas. Tennessee, North Carolina.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida and (leorgiu.
play renult.i front this womuu and
lionj Ideas tinlpK lauded In tho some
what narrow and hum-drum commu
nity, and tho outcome Ir. entirely nil
ipcctud. Kor tho tlllu rolo Olmlyn llrock
wull Is mild to have mnilu of Inns one
of tlio Kitesl screen vhariutors.
Ktin Is siipporPsl hy a largn und typ
ical Kot rjiii t and the production, la
mtgnlNcomly staged. .Ml ts Itiimlllnn
and Mr. Klelrhi r Flub III latent sonK
lilts both afternoon and oven Ins.
rr-.9,'.:. L '. 1 "
Tir ts mors fuiarrh In Ihlt twciton
uf (Ii country than ftll utler iIIsouvl-s
put (osellts.-, bad tot yonls II was it
Imv0 la b Incurslili. Ivoclort prcNrlti0
locul rvinllcii, nnd liy eonttunity fnilins
to curs wliti local In atnmnt. pioneuis-od
II l.'-ttrullo. C'4l.'.rtli Is a lurul Ulsatt,
crsiily l"1unco,l by oitstliuilunnl enn
dttloiis anil lli0rQira iiiuItus runniltti
llonsl trvsimrnt. Ilnll'ii Cmarrln hvCtU
clns, iitLintifttciured by r. J. ctinsy A
Co.. Tolr.lo, Ohio, - Is a constitutional
reniody. Is Inkqii liiturnnlly suU nvts
thru tha UIoqU on th J4ti.aiiii Surritcea
of tlio System. On Hunilmd Unllars r
wrM Is ollvrrd for sny cimo tlmt Hull's'
Cstnrrti Mo'llctno falls lo curs. Send fur
circulars niM t'rilmcnlals.
1'. J. (Mil'.Nny u c.o Tolodo, Ohio.
fl'ilil hy lottcaiftit, r.e.
Hull's l-'jinll i'llla fur constipation.
HOLLAND
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A TA CARTE !
From 32 M. to. 2 P. M.
. Troiri 5 to 7iH0 P. AT.
If von were here Inst Sunday, von
will be here nualn. If von were not
here last Strntiav. try our Dlnnor this
Siiiitlav.
Sulphur, Wizard and Land
v Plaster.
Wliitc and Red Seed Oats.
Sptoltz and Barley.
Alfalfa, Clover, Timothy and
. Grrasa Seeds. .
Full Line of Garden Seeds.
Monarch Feed & Seed Co.
MEDFORD IRON WORKS
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP
AIko agont for Fairbanks nnd Morno
EngincH. . ;
17 South Rlvurslrin.
Vulcanizing
AH our worlc strictly (riiiminloed to
he tirst class. IS N. Kir HI., Mcilford
IMioiio dill-J '
MEDFORD -VULCANIZING WORKS
Sunday
G00DBY,
WOMEN'S
n vi TROUBLES
Tbo torture nicl ulMui!urta uf :
wfnii. tiur.f mill si'lilim lutcU. awnllml
(fi'l oiu hui In, wfikiu, ,iH1ikiij,
iiaaaca. aa u l illclluH thi'lrj (if ih(ii. ill
Itnhiey triullilo, lint "(eiiinln cOiiiplaililK."
'I'lM'pe kihiithI ayinpluuia u( Sidney and
tilailihu' (liuenKO am writ knowu-rtu il
lin1 rriheily 1
Next Ulan you trill a iwIiim ttt'imlli
In Urn bui lt oV nro troulihid with' liraii.
ht'he. ImlliteHltcil, IlivianlUa. IITltltlloll
III ii.a tiimlili'r or pniu In I lit Imna nml
tow cr iiliiliiiiii ii, viii will Ihnl ipili k ami
Mil n-lier iu 001,1) MIltiAl, llurirlno
tin rnpioih's, Tliln old nuil tried ram
fl y tin- klilney Ii uilil" ami alllad tic
rniiBi'inf nil hint alioil Urn teal tof lain
drrili. of yitticM. It tt'ica Ilia ark.
I'iiiiih mid iruulilna viinl.U nml netr lit
nail lii'iillli will fount y cinithuiil
tln'lr unit, Wlu'ii (lUuplrHy tunlerfil
In yeur ii.iiiiI vliMr, conlliuia tiitlldt a
i-uii.ul" or i wo i-iivli il.iv.
lilll.l) MDIi.Mi lluwrh-m till Tnii
aidra arc hunm-tcl trmu llii luhfoato
rli'a at tlmiill"!, IIhU iiiiI. I net ne
(lit it iiImiiiuU, In Imli'il butt,
llui'a K'H.
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If lit lloulit, Wori'l.Hl or IVridcvcd,
('oii.ult.
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know It; your prenvul aa It tu, mid
your ruiiito exuetly na II will Im. Hlia
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i'Piifldnllul liiformntton, on avory
ttiibirvt of life rotatoria tha wak
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. Cull on tlllu .wonderful paycltoU
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