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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910. Medford MailTribune J l l m m l f l J I "' PUBLISHED DAILY KXCEI'T 8ATUUDAY. A coniolldntlon of tlio Medford Malt, established 1SS9; tho Southern Orison. In. entobtliiheil 190J; the Democrntlo Time, established 1S7S; tiio Ashland Trlb unooitnbllBhod 1886, and the Ncdford Tribune, established 1906. " Official Paper nf tho City of Medford. QKOKGE PUTNAM, Editor nnd Manager. CntArml on nocond class" matter November 1. 1909. at the postofflco nt MednlrT. Oregon, under the not of March 5, 1S"9. ne year, by mall. SUBSCUIPTIO.V UATRS: ,.$5.00 One month by mall or carrier....! .50 INCREASE IN DIVORCES. only moans of transportation for tho Konernl public in and out of Sacra mento and the towns of tho valley 1 i 1 t . l A In government statistics ot marriage and divorce, it i una iooibui oouon. o ... " . . . Tndnv seven electric trams leave HE LESSON RAPID TRANSIT TEACHES J. Earl Lnnndon, In Sacramento Oce. Tho untomolnle. the motor ear, tlio , Hues kept pushinc; out, nnd soon a motor boat and tho trolley havo rev- perfect network covered tho name olutionired the mode of travel in tho territory served ly tho pront railroad ! Sacramento valley and territory t rib- systems which traverse these states.! utary thereto. Time was and 1. a The first year or two it was hard J resident of Sacramento .six weeks making ends meet, lint tho traction less than three years, can .rometn- companies aro paying hg profits ( l.Ap.vlimi the locomotive, the stage, now. The rennsylvania, ls and n daily river stoamor were thol aiid outer tho city, oonueetin tho capital with Marysville, Cluco, Oro ville and intomftdinte points. Six or eight gasoline motor cars make daily trips between Sacramento and eight or ten valley points. Two new compnnios operate fast power boat is stated that the number of divorces granted in 1S70 in the 'United States was 10,902.. In 1900 there were 55.700. The increase per 100,000 population was from 2S to 73. j-' The ratio of divorces in the countries of the world per lbo.OOO'iiopulation is stated as 215 in, Japan, 73 in United States, 32 in Switzerland, 23 m France and 2 m England. i,0tWon Sacramento and down-rivr Thomrh ranking next to Japan m divorces, the United i pomts, and s enmboat and also mo- , , & , . , i u i. 4. i tor-boat service is mamtninod at States has the highest marriage rate of any nation except , ,CMt n part of tho yoap buUvomi s... Hungary, Saxonv ;tnd AVest Australia. There are more ramen.to and points up the river, carriages 'in fho'sOHth fei' eapit than elsewhere and tl.e- '" West leads the east. mento, Fairoaks, Folsom and other Eightv-five per cent of the (livorVes are not contested , vs'- Other automobile stages give , - . , , quick service between points up . the and three-quarters of the applications are granted. JJe-ivaey mu towns the mountain sertion leads as the cause civen. though of course it covers I region. . ,. v , . . i: . .i , Thousands are ndmg today where amUitUUCie OI reasons, urueifcy is nexi, ou uw "S-""s lmmifeds rode vesterdnv, and exist- lnarital infidelity next. - , . . ig lines are, finding it hard to keep . i'our i and other steam roads which wore paralleled have boon paying tho sainu handsome yearly dividends, and em ploy today moro men and operate more trains, both freight and pa etigor, than before the traction lines began competing. The hoflrlv and half-hourly sched ules and the local service givou by the t motion companies caused thou sands to ride where luuulreds rode before! Like tho subway in Now Yorlc, tho, new lines simply created new business and handled it, s. "The higher education and more systematic devejop inent of women will result in the better training of the pace with the rabidly growing de mand for moro and better service Increased transportation facilities' 70Uth, but tho home Will continue to be the OUlv school jfilld the people ever ready to travel . - ... . more. Business is better, and the adequate for the development of strong personality and j Cry is for more speed. The new Ihc attainment of life in all its highest manifestations: routes and the faster time have cre- : ,.. , , , , , -J. ated new traffic. Old linos nre still . . The ultimate effect will be, not to increase di- d?ins biR business, whiio the new forces, but to make them more rare," states Dr. James P. lines arc taxed to capacity. Rapid OMcMenberger of the University o Pennsylvania, who X?7i,i JJSSTK has made a study of divorces in the United States for the j creasing tho voiumo of traffic; past forty, years. He believes that divorces will be still j Thero ,vcro thoso who ,miKhc,i nt easier to secure and should be for mismated couples. He promoters of the Xcw York subway Continues ' C!lrs nR0 wuen plans were drawn " . . for a system which could hnudle a "The reactionary attempt in our day to increase eccle- j billion passengers a year. That was siastical and legal restraints . . . is misdirected cner-. Jnost as many people as rode on , . .. , . . - ., . ....... 'all surface and elevated lmes rom- gy and invites moral disaster. Arbitrarily to dimmish the . bined. a year after the tube was in number of divorces, under existing conditions, would be operation the system was taxed to vtn iTiProi5P iminnrilitv nnrl orhnp " ! caPacit3t n"d tho same gangs of men vto mciease nnmoiauty ana ciime. that cons(ructei the original tube The future of the American familv may not be threat-; kept on extending the system to make "ened by the increase in divorces, though the abuse of di-!ft T? com.p?hons;c- Th,, Sl,rfnc y, . i , . . and elevated hues still handle record Torce Jaws cans tor radical rerorm. Tne spectacle or tne crowds. The subway has simply irich being afforded protection from publicity denied to the ' "eatcd its own business. poor by the courts of the eastern states and the ease with) j remcmbor a fow. yCars-ngo the which divorces are secured in Nevada and other western i amo cry went up when companies of nAMn c,!,,! e ,i,;t, i local capitalists began building trol ' i lev SVStemS and intnmninn Iinoa nnr. be' remedied. MAKE IT SIX HUNDRED. So hero in tho Saoramento valley the trolley, the automobile, tho gaso line motor oar and the power boat are creating their own markot. Bus-, incss is bettor. Tho Northern Electric had not reached Sacramento three years ago. Today it, is operating novum daily passenger trains each way otween this city nnd poinfs up tho vnlloy. Hundreds of people eomo nnd go ovor this line, yet the Southern Pacific i hauling as many passengers between points touched by tho Northern Electric as it was threo years ago. The eldctrio lino has simply created a new market. Thero is just th.it much moro business. Threo years ago tho Southern Pa cific oporated a daily steamor serv ice between this city nnd down-river points. An independent lino ran steamers nt irregnlar intervals both ui) and down tho river. Today tho Southern Pacifio steamers moke faster tirao nnd maintain a bettor schedule. The California Trnnspor tntion company, not hero threo years ago, operates fast power boats daily between this city nnd down-river points. Other independent lines have steamers two or threo days a week and at various seasons of the year a regular dailv service is maintained between the M-strcet wharf and points im the river. At fruit pirkiug time a dozen' boats ply up nnd down seeking freight. . . Traffic by Southern Pacific steamer is 'just as heavy as it was threo years ago. Tho now stonmers have created their own business. Rapid transit has revolutionized river traffic. Business is bettor. Gasoline motor cars, a compara lively recent invention, have rocoivod their first real tost in this valley. nllcling the steam roads in Indiana. , There are today more motor cars in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Skeptics ( operation here than in any other declared it was folly for the trae-1 section of the United States of twi?e tion companies, with n few hundred! the population. Yet not a single . i dollars capital stock, to enter into 'regular train has boon annulled by Membership in the Medford Commercial clllb is near- i comPcMion with tho steam roads, J reason of the business hnndled bv ii p-nn T i ,,,1,. rn u , i backed by millions. Yet there wero1 these cars. They havo revolution- ing the 500 mark. It IS hoped to make it 600 by noxt;mcn ho were "fools." Tho trolley ized the passenger traffic on the m.. ,i i. :n 1 i i i; j.uuauu, viii;.u tne uuu wm.iiuiu its uuuiiiii uuiuurjuiuii i and jinks in the Aledford theater. .Tliis will give the clubj the largest membership of any club in Oregon outside! Portland the largest, strongest body of public-spirited citizens that any community has, and provides the b6st! possible guarantee for tho future growth of Medford and continued develojjment of the valley. Every merchant, every property owner, every pro gressive citizen in or near Medford should enroll under the banner of progress and be proud to be a member. With a membership of 600, three times as much can be done as has been done in the past. Not only this, but it is the strongest kind of an advertisement in the world at large of the progressive character of our citizenship and the fact that thero aro no mossbacks in Medford. Six hundred boosters! There is nothing they cannot accomplish, working unitedly for a common purpose, co operating in the npbuildinig of a city. They will make Medford unrivaled among the cities of Oregon, the mid way metropolis of the coast. Six hundred is anumber to conjure with. It was the number of the famous light brigade that made the gallant charge at Balaklava, celebrated in song and storv. Time and again tlnyougk the pages of history come accounts of 4 battles and glory won against overwhelming odds by va- liant bands numbering six hundred. Medford 's six hun dred will face no such odds, "but peace hath her victories, no less than war," and it is for such a victory, the creating of a city out of a small town, that Medford needs its six hundred and must havo them. This is the last call for volunteers to enroll themselves, in something worth while, and every patriotic citizen is expected to respond, and become one of a to be famous brigade that will win this victory of peace. Southern Pacific. Speed and ability to maintain 'a fast schedule with many wtops havo canned them to be come popular on tdiort runs, They havo added hundreds of dollars to tho passenger .receipts of tho loon division, On oilo run traffic liecaiuo so heavy after tho inauguration of the motor car service that a regular fast train hud to bo installed to bun dle tho increased business. Tho faster service nnd closer schedules have Inuronsod tho number of faros. Business Is better. Three years ago the automobile, Htago was a novelty in Suporior Oal-' ifornia. Today a doon regular linos aro in operation, nnd ninny moro nre talked of. Thero are .Mill many sec tions where tho horso stage is a much of a fixture as in tho old day of old, hut hill-climbing automobiles aro rapidly displacing horses on the route capable of development. Somo months ago u local man o-i tablunhod an automobile stiijse line, botwoou Saoramento and Folsom. lie used an ordinary fivo-m8ongor oar. ' Today threo lino are running, and one of these carries ton or twelve IMKxttugors each trip. All make threo to five trip a dav, and each has all the business it can handle. ! An automobile stage lino was in i operation during the summer months lust year between Plaoervillo and j Lako Tahoe. Thoso who baekod tho enterprise clnim it was a success, , and say a faster and close schedule will be maintained during the coming , ununor. Automoiweij imvo uikoh tho placo of roculnr Mrnres between 11VUU11IK HH UVtllWIMHVt - , ami Jiauoview. iviamnui rnus nun I.nkoview, Boyle and Susanville. 'Marysville and Hnmmontou. Davis ; and Winters, nnd other places in tho t upper valley nnd foothills. A lino is talked of from Mnrysvillo to Colusa, and other ptojocts connecting other towns nre under wny. j In Nevada n dozen nuto linos nre( operating regularly hctwucn old and now mining camps, and travelers find' these lines the best and fastest means of transportation in 'that state. Ouo mail, who conducts an automobile stage line between Sliurz and llnwhide. spends $15,000 a year for new tires, yet ho is reaping big profits from his six. big machines. During tho summor mouths auto mobile stages operate daily between vnrious railroad stations nnd points in Lake and Nana counties. Tltcj furnish a faster servloo thnn was of fered bv tho old horse stages. The illustration could bo carried ou nnd on. The automobile, tho mo tor boat, the motor car and tho trol ley, onoh In it way, hits lunated it own' market nnd its own trade. Each has been n factor in development, ni:d each will nrovo of grentor benefit ns tho population of tho vnlloy grows. Faster service and closer schedules have, croated new opportunities. The new opportunities have oiiusod in creased trade. Business is better. 1 "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS" SOON ... I nun i ' . mrjjiniwl I I : : : -t ' Discount Rnto Reduced. LONDON, Jnu. 20. Tho Bank of England todnv re J need the discount rate to ptr cent from 4 per cent. LOUISE SANFOUD, WITH ROYAL TRACY IN J'HREVrTER'S LIONS," MEDFORD THEATER. WEDNESDAY EVENING, J ARY 20. ' TO PAVE OR NOT TO PAVE. f To pave, or not to pave, that's the quostlon; Whether it bo better for us to pave, : Aiid by such paving cleanse our streots, t Or, still bespattered, must we truile along, Thro' thick nnd thin, as we've oft done before; A poor, deserted town would bo oxoueml, But for one fast thriving wliould not thus appear. To pave, I know, 'twill cost wuuo pounds; but thiMt, Cuu monoy o'er bo put :o bettor iuo7 My house, my lot, in value be enhanced; They'll ho worth moro, 'tis .plain, by nil tho cost. And I will see and feel its good of foots Throughout my life whene'er I walk tho atrcelM.; It must ho so I'll jirvp, but whore's tho oajdif Ah, thero'rt tho rub! But not to pave, my friends, (Ah, there's the mud I) Tho want of cash, no doubt, will mako soma pause, But they will meet with aid in suah n catilic; 'Tis not for ns to trample in the tnivof Turtles and swino such olemonts retpiiro. Pin now resolved, tiud cliaorful will unite To pnvo our streets and havo some lumps to light, That I may walk socure by dny or night. 4 f'f4f -f44 f t AUTO RECORDS MADE DURIMG THE PAST YEAR --4 ITALIAN AND HAYES TO RUN MARATHON AGAIN SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 20. Johnny Hayos and Piotro Do rkndo are both pretty well fit for n tbe Marathon race in which they are to try conclusions Sunday for tho third and last time. The result of the race will settle once and for till which of tho pair is tbe better over tho classio course. The winner will bo matched with the champion of all Marathoners, Henri St. Yvea. v , SPEEDWAY DISTANCE TIME DRIVER OAR PLACE Quarter mile 0.QS.38 Christie Christie Indianapolis.. Kilometer 0:20.20 Oldficld Bens? 120 Indianapolis Mile 0:37.71 Strang Plat 120 Atlanta Five miles 3:17.70 Strang Flat 120 Indianapolis Ten Miles 7:01.94 Strang Flat 120 Atlanta Twenty miles 15:31.80 TCobcrtson Flat GO Atlanta Fifty miles 40:14.03 "Robertson ..: Flat GO Atlanta One hundred miles....! :22:35.35 ..Robertson Flat GO Atlanta ? fr &s' TWO HUNDRED MILES. 2:46:48.47 .'.. .CHEVROLET BTJICK 30 ATLANTA ROAD RACING EVENT DISTM MILES DRIVER CAR AV. MILE HOUR Vanderbilt cup 278.08 .Grant Alco Six G2.80 "Wheatley Hills , 189.G0 Tlarroun Marmon 09.70 Massapequo cup .12G.40 Matson Chalmers-Dotroit 'JO f)8,00 Lowell Ironhy 318.00 Jiobortson Simplex .'. 54.20 COBE CUP 395.60 CHEVROLET BUIOK 40,90. Indiana trophy 232.70 Matson Chalmers-Detroit 51.40 Fairmoimt Park cup 200.00 Robertson Simplox .........55.40 Riverhead ('lass 1 227.50 De Palma Fiat 62.40 RIVERHEAD CLASS 4 113.75 CHEVROLET BUICK 30 69.60 Porlola Class 3 , 254.1G Florning Pope-Hartford 03.72 LOS ANGELES-PHOENIX 480.00 J. &L. NIKRE NT.. BUICK 30 24.80 . -- -------- 1 Price Of Buicli $1150, others from $1450 to $6000 MEDFORD BUCK CO. TOl VELLE, Manager MIL- 4 Vf If f 4 4 Y ' 4 4-4-4-4- 4-