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A petition is bcine signed bv tlie
members of C'uiiipi'nv Ii. Tliir.l Ore
con infantrv. which has just been.
transferred ni;ain!-t the uiiuninioti
wishes of tiie command to the new
battalion of the state coast artillery
service, for presentation to Adjutant
General Straffin, reaue.stinj: that th
command cither be transferred back
to the infantrv service, or ele be bon
ornhlv discharged frmn service.
Thi petition was .-iinf-d bv "iO of
the 80 members t last ni.'ht's inieo
tion of the companv. and is in circu
lation todav. beini: signed liv the oth
ers. It will probablv be signed bv
every member of the companv.
The Ashlund companv of the Third
Oreeon has also been transferred to
the coast artillerv service battanion.
but bv its own reouet. The other
members of the battalion are the
llnrshfield companv ami a companv
vet to be organized at Newport.
The petition which the Jfedfonl
company is siL'tiinir is dated at the
headonarters of the companv. Jan
uary 14th, and which is directed to
the adjutant L'cncral, reads as fol
lows :
''We. the undcrsiirnod enlisted men
and officers of Company I).. Third
Infantrv. X. (I. ().. Mcdford. Oregon,
hereby respectfully submit the fol
lowing petition and reuuest.
"We see bv orders from the office
of the adjutant L'cncral that we have
been transferred from the Third reg
iment of infantrv to the Coast artil
lery. This is not with our consent
and we object from any transfer from
the infantrv to const arrillerv. We
have, never enlisted in the coast ar
tillerv and are opposed to doinu' so.
Had the enlistment in the first place
been for coast artillery we would
have refused to enlist. We therefore
respectfully reuuest the adjutant gen
eral to transfer us from the coast
artillerv tn our former status as an
infantry company, or if there is no
place for us in the regiment of in
fantrv. then we respect fullv rcnuest
that wc bo civen honorable discharge
from the service.
"Very respectfully submitted."
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. PORTLAND. Stato School Su
uerlntendcnt Churchill has Bent an
appeal to the Portland Chamber of
Commorco to lend its assistance In
filling 140 vacancies In rural nrhools
of the state. Tbo vacancies are the
result of lew salaries, It Is said.
Tho situation Is hcroniiiiK critical,
bocauso In somo rural districts no
aehool has been held for moro than a
year, the appeal says.
President H. II. Vancluzcr, of the
chamber, will present the matter be
fore the local chamber at tho mem
bers' forum next Monday and will
also request the Oregon stale cham
ber to load its aid.
rOIlTLAM), .Ian. fi. With the
cost of maintaining a child in Institu
tions of OroRon increasing ?." pet-
cent a tremendous drivo on the public
for funds will be necessary, unless
an increaso of slato nid Is authorized
at tho special session of the leglsla
ture, according to' V. I). l)o-
varney, member of the child wel
faro commission, and chairman of
tho newly organized child caring
league of Oregon, composed of repre
sentatives from every Institution In
the state that cares for dependent
toml-depemleut it delinquent chil
dren.
BAND PLAYS FRIDAY AI
Tomorrow afternoon the liia!
scnooi itumi will l'ivc Ilie tojiovvui','
program durinir the assembly pcriuil
trom 1 :1. to 1 :W:
Floral Parade a.Mrch
Overture )vuamie
Serenade Kveninir Shadow
(iarde.s Du Corps March...
y.xidierance Overture ..
New Colonial March .' ...
Jlain Festival March
Huff
Hull
I (nil
Hall
The members of Ihe band arc
working diligently ami they would Ik
pleased to have the parents and all
others interested in the schools to
come to this exercise Friday.
Old papors for bunding fires and
bouse cleaning. 10c bundle.
.'Get the Genuine
and Avoid
.Waste
Football and
According to Mr. Kipling, east Is
east and west is west, and never the
twain shall meet, and that may be
true In the sense that he intended.
But the twain certainly met at Pasa
dena on New Year's day, when Har
vard played the University of Oregon
at fociball, and thirty-five thousand
spectators from at! parts of the coun
try flocked to witness the match.
There have been many objections
raised to long athletic journeys cf
th sort the Harvard team was com
pelled to take In order to compete
in the Tournament of Hoses. And
pessibly an event of this sort does
put a disproportionate emphasis on
undergraduate rivalry. But on the
other hand, it is worth a good deal
for the people of the Atlantic sea
beard to get, through the medium of
the game and its attendant incidents
new plimppo of tho Pacific coast,
and for the Pacific coast in return to
hear "Fair Harvard" sung to the ac
companiment of a lusty band in the
Pasadena grandstand, to listen to the
cheers of the Crimson adherents and
tc be brought into touch, if only for
a day, with the athletic and academic
liff of the east.
ilow much did the east know about
the University of Oregon before this
garhe? Perhaps it does not know
very much now. The fact fa that we
have been very provincial in this part
vt the country, just as the people hi
other parts have been. Wc know n
good deal, here in New England,
about Cambridge and New Haven,
but practirally nothing of the college
towns of the far west, or the colleges
themselves. j
The i Diversity vt Oregon was
founded in 187G. It is a fctnte Insti-i
Why Not Raise Rabbits?
Tn inn lie prosperity come and re
main pcnmtm'iitlv in nnv community
is tn develop its resource, and to
produce ns mueh as possible from
the surrounding aren of lnnd. As the
rain sped pat the barren hills and
land on tuv way to Mcdt'nrd, I no
ticed that apparently the hills, pur
tieiilnrlv, wen' devoid of nnv im
provement, and I was wondering why
heep and Lroats and rabbits could
not find lots of life suMninim; brous-
on these same hill sides.
You have mi ideal climate for rnis-
incr fur hearintr rabbits, and when one
enlies talit mic-thinl of the popula
tion of the United States wear furs in
winter, and wild timmul.s are fast be-
enmintr extinct, fur mnt be produc
ed from tame ones. At leat three
iiibbit skins tire necessary for the
ordinary fur piece, and about 15 are
noecssarv to line a man's coat.
About 1 5.0(10,0110 skins eould be
marketed per Year and Inst year it
The Benefits of Corporation
and of Co-operation
(Hv Caldwell. Stcffens & Co., WV.1
Street. New York.)
IteneftN ( a ) Corporation : Hv
brinuini: a number of men together in,
the advancement of n single enter
prise. (b) Kfficiencv: Hv ereatimr an
organization st nmir enouudi to enirnue
in biL' business.
( c) Eeonomv : Hv eliminating
many of the wasies incident to "in
dividual or partnership enterprises."
(d) Limited Liability: Hv which
many individuals may become part
ners in nn enterprise without risking
more than they individually put itit ;
it.
(e) Continuity: Hv establishing
n corporation, the continued exist
ence of which does not depend upon
the life of nnv one enunircd in it.
(ft Diffusion of wealth: Which
is mnde possible bv the shares of
stock so issued as to make invest
ment easy, even for persons of small
means.
(lO Concentration of control: Hv
which it is only possible to secure tin
highest effectiveness of administra
tion. ( h) Democracy : Hcenusc the
stoek companv is organized like a re
public, and is based upon the riL'ht
of suffrage, stockholders licimr the
citizens of the corporation and be
cause in a stock company everybody
is an employer : and t beret ore with
the rapid substitution of stork coin
panics for individual and partnership
business, the old distinction between
the capitalist and laborer is cradullv
eliminated, for everybody heenmcs at
onec capitalist and waue earner.
(i) Mobility of capital: Hv the
ease, com enienre. and safctv, with
Not h o
I wish to inform my friends and
the general public that I have mi Id
my business km .wn as The Valley
Kuet Co., to James Stokan and James
Taylor who will continue the busi
ness as usual under the same name
These men come to our city well rec
ommended and I trust and hope my
patrons will patronise the new com
pany in the future ns they did me
in the past, and I feul assured that
they will receive tho best of treat
ment and consideration that van be
given.
Thanking tho general public for
all favors they have shown me.
c. r. kkichstki.
lioMK. .Lin. 1:1. The Yati.'un li.i-
Mili.rilinl Jii.iiimi.Oihi 1 i re tn tliv
-.ith naliotuil !t;tii, ai't'iinhn to tlic
Mi-HL'u'i'ru. Tins i- tlie firt tnm'.
Ilii" iipi:iicr -t!ili', tlmt the v;ition
lia I ' :i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . I hi niii h it l.iiin.
National Unity
tution, with a student attendance of
two thousand. Kugene, the seat of
the university, was settled in
and at the last census was the fourth
city in size in the state. One gazet
teer thus describes it:
"Kusene. a banking city, capital of
Lane county, Oregon, on the Willam
ette river, at the head of steambcat
navigation, and on the Southern Pa
cific railroad, forty-five miles south;
of Albany. It has iron works and
machine shops, tanneries and manu
factures of wagons, furniture, leath
er, woolens, excelsior, sash and
doors, etc. It is the seat of the Uni
versity of Oregon and is partly sur
rounded by an amphitheatre of lew
mountains."
To most people In New Bngland
these facts are perhaps uninteresting.
A good many of us flatter ourselves
that we care only fcT the things
"worth while." and remote college
towns do not come within thai cate
gory. Hut at Eugene a great host of
young Americans are being prepared
for their lifo work, as others are at
Seattle, Portland, Berkeley, Palo
Alto, Los Angeles and Claremont.
And we are narrow-minded if we fail
to develop a healthy interest in the
higher education of that section of
the country, even if it is three thou
sand miles away.
Kvery intersectlonal game like the
one at Pasadera on Thursday helps
to Btronymen our spirit of national
unity, to make us consclcus that we
are socially, industrially and politic
ally bound to the people of the far
thest Htates, and that , in spite of
neighborhood prejudices and inter
ests what affects one part of the
great republic affects every other.
Providence (It. I.) Journal, .'an. 3.
was officially reported there were
only about l2."0.000 skins marketed.
So it should appear that there should
he a biir opportunity for the small in
vestor here to cni;Hi:e in the above
business, and it is our opinion, that
the more citizens who trv to improve
their condition the more prosperous
a community can become. Figura
tively speakinir the United States is a
L'reat cooperative nation, I buy some
thing you trrow or produce, vou do
the same in return. Therefore we
should he united in helpintr each oth
er, thereby helping ourselves.
We have the area of land, climatic
conditions for i'nr' bearing rabbits,
etc., and we should encourage fur
tMMinifaeturer p place their branch
houses here, thereby also nivimr em
ployment to several people and there
is no reason why one can not increase
our population 3,'tOO or 2,000
through this. one industry alone.
A 100 PKK t'KXT AMKKICAX.
which capital can be transferred
from one owner to another, by means
of the negotiable stock certificate and
by the admirable simplicity of stock
market methods.
(i The standard or measure of
ulue: The market price of a stock
certificate constitutes the best at
tainable method of valuation, and
every owner of a listed security
knows what he ran ;ct for it bv sale,
or security for a loan.
(kt Cooperation: The power of
cooperation is boundless. The ines
timable benefits of cooperation are
enireriy desired by all enunced in hie
business. Cooperation is the cinnt in
ihe world's nnlit't.
"SYRUP OF FIGS"
CHILD'S LAXATIVE
Look ' nt tongue: Itrinovo poisons
from Moniucli, liver ami
iMHvels
Accept "California ' Syrup of Kic
only look for the name California
i,x ihe pack:ii;e. t hen you are Kure
your child is having the best and
most harmless laxative or physic for
(lie little stomach, liver and bowels.
Children love it s delicious fruity
taste. I'ull directions for child's close
on oah boit!v Give it without fear.
Mother! Y..u mu.-t
"Califor-
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Telephone 1 1 N. Riverside. Apple and E. Fifth Streets
The Dow Hospital
Special attention given to surgical aud obstretical
eases.
Xo extra charge for graduate nurses services.
The most important person iu this hospital is the
patient.
MEDFORD OREGON
ENDORSES r " : 1
YJ.aH DRIVE
STARTING TODAY
At 9 o'clock this mornine the cap
tains and hcluers for the V. W. C. A.
work met at room 21," Liberty build
intr to hold a short meeting of in
struction and in-piration before be
ginning the campaiini.
.Mavor Gates addressed the ladies.
fBviriir of nil the drives this was the
most important. It was for Med
fonl"s women and cirls. He said
nothing was so badly needed in led
I'ord as a Y. Y. ('. A. where girls
could come at any time to rest, work I
or bring their friends. He urged the
workers to work and all citizens tn
respond.
iiev. Mr.- Hamilton said in part that
the work done tor the Young Wo
men's Christian association was as
near following the commands of our
Master as any work done bv any or
ganization. He said our young peo
ple were I'ncle Sam's chief asset and
thev should be our first considera
tion and he made an appeal to the
(ommunity to keen this asset up to
par. He ended by sending the work
ers on their way with a word of
prayer.
The following women are captain
of the districts:
Chairman. Mrs. K. It. Hard:
Mcsdumos Williams. Taylor. Ilinton,
Wakefield. Kre Cummings, Harnett.
Maud Anderson, Tnvlor, Heinie,
I'ricc. Bessie Medley. Willis. Maddo.x.
H. H. ( lark. Hovle. Wormian, I'latt.
I. indley. I.aunspach. llanby and Miss
I.eah Walters, anct Miss L. Jane Wil
son. Announcement
The socalled "23-12" dance that is
to be given tonight at the .Nat, is not
sanctioned by or given under the
management of the 23-12 club.
The next 23-12 dance will be given
Jan. 23.
(Signed) CEO MANSFIELD,
LELAND BROPHY,
Managers.
MINCE PIES CAUSE
STOMACH TROUBLE
Mineo Pies, 'Tlot Bread, Biscuits,
Rich Cake- and- Salad DrossinK cause
no end of stomach miseries to people
with' poor digestion. , ,
There is absolutely no need of your
experiencing any difficulty with your
stomach or what you eat or when you
eat, 'or should, your stomach distress
you after eating any rich food, take a
little Jo-to and iu Two minutes
your distress -is gone. Jo-to is sold
in Mmlfcrd by. Heath's Drug Store
and the Medford Pharmacy.
Good Shoes"
SHOE TIPS
"Women's Button Shoes,
sizes 2 '.n to 41-0, at
only .li.ri.S a pair.
"A man may be well heel
ed i'inancially and still
hunt 1'iir bargains in
footwear.
Tf you believe thrift is
the key to saving you
will buy your next pair
of shoes at Schmidt's.
The High Cost of Living
to a great extent is tho
result of the low down
cussedness of a few mil
lion swivel chair specu
lators who reap with a
pen what the fanner
plants with the aid of a
plow.
When you need shoes
and want "( iood Shoes"
at "Right Prices'' come
to Schmidt's where "A
Fit or 'No Sale" is the
first consideration.
Fresh air and sunshine
are not ipioted on Wall
street just yet.
"Good Shoes"
Id 8 U"
SLASHING IN j ? C Wwl 'MT
ITS BOLDNESS! ,.H?r7HKt?
ELOQUENT IN . fmL 'I
ITS BASING! ! .... jgJV 0
GIGANTIC IN I 11'
ITS THEME ! ! ! V--C tJA I iM 4
AND' ABOVE ALL ' lv ? . y jf 81
. TERRIFIC IN 0 . 'H'l'lt - rmW
ITS PUNCH! ! !! 1
KSSK5S0H BOY! -The filnisical Comedy Sunday. ' ,J'
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SrPHKMKI.Y
Trices $1.50 to 50c, Plus Government Ta.
Scats Xnw Soiling. Hot Office On V2 tn 4, 5 to 7 p. in.
at the
Big Auto Supply Sale
2 Quart
4 "
6 "
8 "
c
C. E. Gates Auto Co.
. i
SATISFYING
: Tonight
CANTEEN
Reg. Price
$1.10
1.50
1.75
2.00
Sale Price
$ .70
1.05
1.30
1.35
CORN
! Just received
A Car of ' 1
i Eastern Shelled Corn, i
Oct your supply now
Before Corn goes up. In-)
quire for prices.
MONARCH
Seed & Feed Co.
! 317 East Main Street
! scavenger;
Licensed City Scavenger.
All refuse Immediately removed oa
short notice. Weekly visit in reil
i dcni-e districts. Imily buslnesi dit-
trict. Phones 277-.I.