HfEDFOTtP MATL TTITBTTNT), MTCDFOIW, OKTCOOK, SATURDAY, MARCn 8, 1019
PAOE TTTTIFjTI
I TO
On Krlduy Juiltto Citlklns hiinrted
(town u decision mi tlio iiupuitl to t1i
circuit court, nfflrmliiK nil tlio ordors
iimilo Inst summer by tlio director
of tlio Mud ford IrrlKiillon District on
tlio question of excluding land from
tlio district. ,
In Muroli, llUR.'forty-uliilit ownurs
lind potltlonm! for' tlio exclusion or
fi200 itcron or liuid from tlio dint Net,
which comprised nil told 20,000
noron. Tlio Kroumlti aliened ly the
liolltlonors woro nix In number. Tlio
chuo wan tried before tlio directors
nnit then niiiiinluil to thn circuit
court.
. In tlio first plnco tlmy ittluckoil tbo
coiutltiitlnmillty or Ilia luw hocutisii
tlmy insisted lmt It took prlvnto Inml
for prlvnto purposes, unci Hint tlio
Inml win assessed liy tlio iicro nnd
not ni'CordliiK to benefits. JiiiIhc
Cullrins hold Hint tlio law wus cotinll
tutlonnl, iinil Hint u did not attempt
to tnkn niiythlnit nwny without glv
IliK Imck nt Uuinl un oiiiul vnluo, itntl
further Hint I ho ninniuir provided for
lovylnu tlio assessments wus fair nnd
roniioiinhld.
AvIh lli'UI ItrRiilnr
Tlio S'tce.id Kroiiml wnn Hint the
proceeding ItujIliiK up to tlio orKim
Isutloit mid I ho tulisuiiuont acts or
tlio dlrecios hud bu jrroKulnr, lint
thn petitioners fulled to point i.ul uny
defects, iyi;l on I his iira inil Ihcru w.'
notliliiH for (ho court to pars upon.
An n third reason why I hoy should
ho excluded I ho petitioners ssserto I
Hint they woro ulrondy ontilled to ho
lrrl;;nlod hy thn ItoKiln Itlvcr Volley
Cnnnl coinpiitiy, Tlio court hold, how
ovor, tltut as none or tlio petitioners
hnd a contract with thn riinal coin
puny, It could not ho mild Hint nny of
thorn woro oiillllud tj bo IrrlKiitod
by Hint system, nnd refund to ox
cludo any of ilium on Hint ground.
In tlio fourth plnce I ho iotlilour
argued Hint llta law win noior mount
to apply to Inn (In llko Hio In II' o
Hiikuo Itlvor vnlloy, whora thoro In n
, certain nmoiiiit ot molitu.-o. nnd wnn
only 'ntri. (ml to nrfo . iirld tr r"':ie
arid lnilils. JudKO Calkins imnlii
avarrulod thn petitioners, holding
Hint lha Inw IliolU I ho rornuitloi: ot
dlntrlctn to Inndn which enn bo Irri
gated from a cominoii source- mi'uro
suscoptltilo or Irrigation.
Ilotmrit liw-rwls Cost " "J
Tho JikIko overruled tlio fifth
ground. Hint tho rant oxcoedeil Hi?
bonatlt, hncuuso thoro wu no ivl
tlonno to support tho contoiilliiu
Klnnlly tho petitioners alleged n a
sixth (.-round Hint noma or tho Inndn
woro Mtlh-lrrlgatod, hut It wnn held
that thn Inw cpvorod thin pilnt nnd
that tho polltlonors could not provnll
on thnt ground,
Tho court thought that tho ho.ir.l
hnd tho right to connltlor whether It
wnn for tho brat Intercut or the dis
trict to exclude any purtlculur parcel
of land, but thnt tho bonrd muni
found tholr Judgment on Hint mnlter
on somo evidence, In other words the
bonrd could not ho nrbltriiry, and tho
court found Hint tho board had not
nbiinod In dlncrotlou, Thoro wnn
nothing In tho ovldonco to show that
In calling Profossor 1'owors to Inform
thorn on tho truth. Hie bonrd . hnd
cnllod A binned witness, other thnn
tho fact that tho ovldonco win In tlio
mnln ngnlust thn pntltlnnorn.'
An to tho ndvlnnblllly or tho dir
ectors rotulnliiK In tho district Inndn,
tho owners ot which donlrod to bo
oxeludod, tho court ntntod Hint thnt
wnn n question or expediency for the
bonrd, nnd not for tho court.
Huniiinu-y of Decision
Tho opinion concludes: "I have
Bono over tho tontlmony twlco, hnvj
cnrofillly segregated mid classified
It, nnd wlillo I hnvo not In thin opin
ion Kono Into tho tontlmony or ouch
particular cuno, I hnvo glvon It caro
ful coiiHlderiitloii, nnd nil to tho Inw
counsel hnvo riled very oxhniistlvo
hrlofs nnd It nooma unnecessary for
Hio court to discuss' It further than
to Rtnta Itn coiiclunlonn."
Whon nskod this mornlncc as to
why tho bonrd had thought it oxpo
dlont not to dxoludo thoso who do
nlrod to withdraw, ono or tlio officers
ntatnd, Hint, whllo tho board had no
doalro whatovorto force ' anyono
. ngnlnst hl will to romnln In tho dis
trict, novorthaloss existing conditions
us to thn post of brliiKliiR water to
the district woro such thnt to obtain
Irrigation for nny district, It was a
-vital nacosslty that tho district should
.'comprise nt leant 20,000 acres. If
ono ninu wns oxaluded, nny other man
would hnvo a rlRht to bo exoludod,
and tho roHUlt ot such .oxoliislnns
'would lio n district so snmll that
water could only bo suppllod nt a
prohlbltlvo price, . .
FOR COMING WFEK
WASHINGTON. D. C. irarcli 8.
Wontlior prcilictimiH for tlio week lio
ninninir Moiidnv isnuod by tlio wontlior
' rnnifio Blntos: Fronuont ruins
Tirolmlilfl in Wilshitnrlon, Orouon nnd
northern Onlif'orniii, ' nnd fnir in
.' HOiilliorn (.'iilil'oriiin. Teniciiornliivos
will nvornKo soincwluit holow noiiniil,
I
:0 k ., :
, Tho IMilHir'nl coined v uliioll will IW
(ho vcliiolo iinciI I) v tlioluird Curio
iluriiur IiIh vmu'uiu ciiiiiiiiiiuciiL iit tint
I'liiiii. TiivniIiiv. Muroli 1 J tli. in ''Vur
and Frilln," The iiiiHium ICdwiinl
Clink mid S:lvio llvin, linvo mwei'cd
uil iiiliiiimblv it it niiid in Xittini
Mr. Oiirlo with u roln wliieh rurni1irf
LON'OON'. (COrrospondonco or
Asuoclntod I'rans.) On tho hankn of
tho Thames, lens than twonty in lion
from London, (liero In un Amorlcnn
town of tlio mushroom kind such an
you mlitlit Ilnd In a now Culirornlu
oil field, Its population consists of
moro thnn 200 white men and about
ISO iioktoi'S. It covors 35 acros
which nlnoi months aito woro fallow
limns Innd. Tho bun In ens or the town
Is to' rorelvo, sort and stnro wnr ma
larial. It Is tho ureal Amurtcnn sup
ply depot In ICiiKlaud.
There Is a street or woodon huts,
anollivr or corrupted Iron huts,
liuKn.lron sloro sheds n 'quarter or a
rnllo lonx. office hulldliiRS, wntor
supply nnd olectrlo HkIiIm, tho wholo
siirrauiidod by a heditn, a few armed
sentries nnd much mud. All day lonK
tho khukl-chid nottroos pushtind haul
railway trucks full of war material.
- KiiKllnhmen peer over tho heduo
and nsk snrrastlrully If Ilia I'nllod
Hlules doi-sn't know thnt tho war Is
over. If they ask an officer for on
IlKlitenmont about this strnnnu camp,
his oxpliinnttnii Is soniathlng like
this:
"America enmo Into tho wnr with
but li feet, bnnklnic on nt least three
yours or It, which was tho imfo HiIiik
to do. Our government made con
tracts with llrlilnh manufacturers to
supply our army with tons or wnr
material from a tin tack to a steam
roller. Tho. Drltlnh factories built
now plants mid took on now hands
to moot our needs, nnd dollvorlas
woro going smoothly when- tho armis
tice was slguod.
"If wo hud scrapped our contracts
then, somo British firms might hnvo
been driven Into bankruptcy, putting
thousiinds or man out or work nnd
leaving? the factories will! tons or
useless material on tholr hands. Sd
the United Suites govoruiuont merely
riincollod orders for miiterlul thnt
hnd not bean actually started on, and
told the factories to go ahead with
what thoy had In hand."
TO IKE CANDY
110STOX. Mm roll 8.- llrowcm or
this f-itv ore iiluniiiiiir to become can
dy miikum lifter July 1. Offii'ura of
one coiiiiiniiv Hiiid toilnv Ihcv tlun
chnnues in their iilunt in Hoxburv to
eqnin it for enndv iiiiinufiieliiro nnd
officers of two other browinc firms
hnvo filed- ccrtil'ientcs of iiniormirn
lion n k n elineoliita (omiuiiiv.
low Manu of
"Your Neiql&ors
uruiK. ,
POSTUM
Ycu knovof some.bul
trAy o iheij drink it ?
H 3 because coffee
. disagrees with them. '
Next timo a wajceful
night or nervous
ness, heart-flutter or ,
, stomach dislurBahce
fellows ooffeermkirrc
Thirikof Fbslum
There's a Jsson"
I
MUSICAL COMEDY COMING TO PAGE TUESDAY
him with llin fiilloHt onnorliuiilv for
tho miiMt olTeclivo work of Jim eiircor
us' n' I'oiiieiliiin, Mr. Curlii will no
iloiibt be r'eiiieinbereil lis the conicdinn
slur of "The Teiiderfood," "The Mnv
or of Tokio." ''Tim Muid iinil the
Mummy." "Mnrv's IjiiiiIi." "Jiiiiii
inir Juliiler." "Tho Snrinif Cliii-kun."
"The Colinn Heviie," nnd iiinnv other
liiir Now York urniliielioiis. Tim tier-
AMERICANS FILE
LOST IN AUSTRIA
WA8HINQTO.V. Mar. 8. Clnlms
filed by Amerlcun cltUons and con
cerns with tho Btuto department
ugulnst Oermnny and Austria-Hungary
total about $750,000,000, tho
statu department announced titday.
Additional claims aro expected.
Tho claims, which will run Into tho
thousands, nro divided Into two
classes, those arfshig from submnrlno
atrocities and those duo to other acts
or tho central emplros. Tho state de
partment for several months has had
a largo forco engaged In compiling
Amorlcnn losses.
Included In tho Items' comprising
claims growing out of aubmarlno
warfaro are losses alleged for death
and Injury of American cltlzonB;
losses sufferod In tho destruction or
or dumago to American vessels:
losses sufferod In connection with
Amorlcnn cargoes, both In American
and foreign bottoms; and the loss of
much vuluablo personal property oth
er than cargoes. Losses also include
destruction anil, requisition of Amer
ican properties both In enemy terri
tory and territory occupied by enemy
forces.
Tho stato dopartmont's statistics
show that Amorlcnn cltUens at. tho
outbreak ot war had about $.100,000,
000 worth ot property In enemy coun
tries and In those which havo been
under enemy occupation. Heavy
losses havo resulted In' connection
with this proporly.
FIVE BOYS ACCUSED
OF
NKW YORK. Mnreli 8. Fivo Ijovb.
riintiinir in into from 1(1 to. 20, uro mi
ller arrest toiluv churned with nssnnlt
and robbery followinirtlie durine hold
up vestordnv in the finniu'iiil district
of Milton Strolim. n broker's messen
ger, of bonds nnd other securities vnl-
u cd nt $1)3.000. The boys, three of
whom nro brothers, nnd all nicssen
Kor for brokerage houses, tlio police
siiv, woro nssoeiuted in tho robbery.
Slrolun was struck on tho head nnd
hi bin; coiiliiiiiinir tho Liberty bonds
nnd securities seized. Ho was so se
verely injured Hint he lind to bo taken
to the hospital. The Liberty bonds
linve been recovered.
The Tanlac Store
. FOR '
Service and Reliability
frfy A Strong,
jl$u ' Service Giving Bank
II ) ft -., ;' Tlio nccurnulntod business oxper. Hi
ll-Tll ionco of our officers is found useful . ' Hll
jlpnMI to our customors. lilr ll
i llpssb 1 This is n Strong Ilnnk nnd renders U!3'l
llrTl ' oxooUont service .:--S JJ-ilj
JY.V ' Checking Accounts nro Invited. ifill
Consult us fi-ooly. . ' Jl 'll"
i WrfSw. 4 I'or Cent Interest ' JK ll '':
3'6ES paid on savings j7
7-
foriiiiinee rcomrcH n full orchestrn,
nietornl scttinim mid a nunieroiiH
coiniuinv, which includes licMidcH Mr.
Curio. Iliit'lio Kox, Murtliu C'rnver.
C'liiru I'lilmcr. fleorce liou'iies. Milt
IbiWHon, Jnv Klwootl. Wiilinm Wolff.
Kilwurd Mcridith, I'eu'irv Arthur, five
violin girls nnd Hie famous Carle
chorus of noted stui.'e bounties. Keats
are now on sulo.
NAVAL APPRENTICES
WAKIIINOTON. Muroli . 8. Uni
forum rcscmbl'mr those worn by tho
rouiilnr navy sailors, hut huviiii! dis
tinctive iiihiu-nin. have beert desicnejl
hv the Hhiiminir board for the uiinrcji-
tiecs triiinintr nt the 'various school
Hhis. An embroidered anchor under
the national shield, worked, into the
cloth of the blouse pocket, nnd tw
hromt white stripes on collar ond
cul t inntend of threu narrow ones, an
worn by the nuvv. wiU.nonstitute the
iiifcitmiii of the merchant sailors.
Daily Health Talks
(food ilonltlt Is In Your Own .
llnnds "
HY SAMUEL HAMILTON', M. D.
Tho mnn who snld "People dig
their graves with tholr teeth" uttered
a truth that goes clear to the bottom
of tho health queslon. Suppose you
should take everything you eat and
drink for breakfast, everything you
oat and drink for dinner, everything
you cat and drink for supperr ond
mix all together in one mass. It
would surely be a dreadful mixture
to look upoiC And yet your stomach
is obliged to dispose of that unsightly
mass each day! .Is It any wonder so
many people have indigestion, dys
pepsia, backache, neadacne, oaa
blood, liver comnlainl. skin diseases.
norvdusnoss, coughs, colds... catarrh,
bronchitis and goodness knows what
else? Yes, people dig their gravesJ
with their teeth, and bofore tne ena
comes thoy pass through, one sickness
or trouble after another. You should
ho glad to know that Dr. Pierce, or
Buffalo, has placed In the drug stores !
a medicine called Golden Medical
Discovery that can tie depended upon
to overcome many of the diseases
named above. It may seen Impossible
for ono medicine to do so much, but
really the whole thing is as simple as
tho figure 1. Dr. Pierce's Oplden
Medical Discovery corrects the disor
dered conditions In a sick stomach,
aids digestion, acts, as a tonic and
purifies the blood. When this Is
dono. away go the diseases that are
caused by a sick stomach. If you
aro digging your grnvo with your
toeth, stop today. Correct your stom
ach disorders right now with Golden
Medical Discovery, .and henceforth
eat for your health's sake. If you
don't know whnt foods are best tor
you, write Dr. Pierce, Pres. Invalids'
llotol. Buffalo, N. Y.. and receive
confidential medical advice without
charge. ' r
Golden .Medical1 Discovery 1b made
without alcohol or opiates, so any
body tyid evorybody can take ft with
safety. It1 Is put up In liquid and
tablet form. Sond Dr. Pierce 10c for
a trial pkg., and see tor yourself how
good It Is. Try It now. Adv.
TO
GALLONS LEFI
WA8IIINOTO.V, Mar. . 7. National
prohibition next July 1 will find only
about 50,000,000 gallons or liquor In
bonded warehouses, barrod from dis
position for beverage purposes, ir tho
present demand for whiskey contin
ues during Intervening months. Of
ficials who have observed the effect
of high taxes in tho past believe, how
ever, that wlthdawals from bond
will decrease undor tho new revenue
law, and that between 60,000,000
and 75,000,000 gallons will be left In
warehouses July I.
, It is conceded that It' Is Impossible
to foresee the effect of approaching
prohibition on the demand for liquor
to be stored away by consumers, and
officials say a big movement of buy
ing even under the Increased tax.
may develop and leave the quantity
of liquor left In bond smaller than
the advance estimates.
Tho estimates do not take into
consideration liquor which may be
stored In cellar or attics of prospec
Automobiles Are Necessities
Rather Than Luxuries Now
'And when you buy a BUIOK you are geting the necessary value for your money.
We have just received a Carload of BUICK SIXES r
And can save you money if you buy from this bunch now. ' You will have" to pay
more on the next shinrnqnt. ; ; ; - -
If you have not seen the 1919 BUICK you have not seen what is coming to
you. "If you see and ride in it you will want it." , .
While they last the price is $1740.00 P. O. B. Medford. . . ,
F. C. ELLIOTT,
Salesman
"When Better Automobiles 'axe Built Buick will
Is Your Home Really Modern?
Perhaps you have a housQ.wdth strictly modern plumbing
and heating. , Do you realize that unless it is wired for an
Electric Range you have neglected the most valuable and
up-to-date feature of all? '
Our combined Lighting, Cooking and Heating Rate is not
expensive. This is an itemized statement of ono o four
customers with five children and two adults, whose install
lation consists of a Standard Electric Range and Lights:
Jiuyy 1918 t.:..:.:.:...;.:...-.....,
August, 1918
September, 1918 ..:
October, 1918
November, 1918 .......................
December, 1918
January, 1919 ......
Pcbruary, 1919 ........::.....153 ' 11
Compare this with the bills that you arc now paying.
T, ,,, MAKE YOUR HOME MODERN j
California
Phone 168
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tive consumers. Nor do they In
clude any stocks which wholosnle or
retail denlors may not sell before, tho
prohibition wave catches them. These
are not measurable by any official re
ports. -'
Revenue bureau officials calculate.
that at present bonded warehouses
connected with dlstlllorles, but under
lock and key of government agents,
hold less than 90,000,000 ot the.
200,000,000 gallons In stock when
manufacture ceased Sept. 0, 1917
under the food conservation act. i
Withdrawals la January and Knhru-
ary havo been less than the 10,000,-
000 or more gallons In December,
according to Indications based on
preliminary reports from revenue
agents.
On January Ilrst. 112,000.000 gal
lons of distilled spirits were reported
In bond. Including 6,600,000 gallons
not available for beverage purposes.
About 15 per cent of those figures
must he deducted as allowance for
leakage and evaporation from bar
rels. On Dec. 1, the latest date for
Which Itemized figures are available,
the stock of distilled spirits In bond
was distributed as follows: 'Whiskey,
108,846,000 gallons; rum, 606,000;
gin, 2,338,000; alcohol. 5,760,000;
refined alcohol or "bteh wines," 3,
744,000; and brandy, 2,316,000. '
Legal size typewriter paper SI. 50
per box of 500 shoots.' Good quality
Bond. Med ford Printing Company, tf
Yajcve-in-head means BUICK
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Power -&uto
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XWH Consumed.
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298 i
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- Oregon Power Company
Medford, Oregoii""
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Eases Quickly When You Apply
. . a Little Musterole.
And Musterole won't blister like tho
old-fashioned mustard plaster. . Just
spread it on with your fingers. It pene
trates to the sore spot with m gentle
tingle, loosens the congestion and draws
out the soreness and pain.
Musterolo is a clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. It is fine for
quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis,
tonsihtis. croup, stiff neck, asthma, neu
ralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy,
rheumatism, lumbago, paina and aches-w
the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds on
the chest (it often prevents pneumonia).
Nothing like Musterole for croupy chtt
dren. Keep it handy for instant use.
jug ana wjc jars; Hospital size $2.50,
Hlghatt quality Jewelry repairing
Diamond letting, watch repairing
Satisfaction assured In
quality and price. J.
. MARTI?? J. REDDT
Hall os your wanta. -
Co.
42-44 S. FIB ST
Phone 21
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