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THE MEDFORD MAIL TIMBPjEHS, ACEDffORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, FlfiKKUAKY , .1910. Medford MailTribune 1UUL1SIIUU IAU.Y UXOHIT SATURDAY. A eonsotUUllon of tn. ModforU Mat I, cstnbtlshvd IJS9; tho Southern Ori'Kon. too, cttlnbllalKHt 190S; the Democratic Times, atnl)Uahcd tSJS; thn Aahtaiul Trib une. witabllMicd 18, and the Modford Tribune, cauuiianea its. - I Official Paper of the City of .Medford. nv.nnOR PUTNAM. Editor and Mtuiairor. nit wond claaa matter November 1, 10. M the r-oitlotflce. at lcdfont Oregon, undor the net of March 3, 1S7. oe year, by matt. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: tj.OO On month br mall or carrier....! .SO SOUTHERN OREGON SETS THE PACE. Southern Oregon sots the paee for Oregon. Tt is devel oped far ahead of any other section of the state outside the metropolis. It has more enterprise, more uusne ami more orocrrcssiveness than any other section. In municipal improvements and growth, Medford has .... I -' If! . 1 . set a pace hitherto unequauca. us pose oinco uiiuu showed an increase, of over thirty-three per cent in .1909 and in January, 1910, the gain was 54 per cent. In hank deposits, the increase in 1909 was 49 per cent and in Jan nary, 1910, was 4S per cent over that of the previous Jan uary. In 1909 three-quarters of a million-was spent in public improvements in Medford and in 1910 nearly as much will he spent for paving, approximately lf miles of street paving having been petitioned for. . , . The buildings planned for Medford in 1910 include two four story hotels at a cost of $75,000 apiece, a $75,000 four story office building, a $50,000 three-story department j store, a $60,000 apartment house, a $40,000 Masonic tem ple, a $50,000 railroad depot, a $40,000 hardware store and numerous smaller structures. The year 1910 will see the completion of the Pacific Jc Eastern to the timber belt and the extension over the ( 'as cades underway. It will see timber manufacture com menced upon a large scale. Construction will be begun upon an interurban trolley line to connect the various cit ics of the valley. The erection of a smelter for the Blue Ledge mine will be begun and construction commenced upon the projected railroad to the mining district. Work will be started in earnest upon the Crater Lake boulevard. The famous old orchards, whose products have won world-wide fame, are being subdivided and sold in small tracts, so that many families will have their homes where a few now live in luxury. An immense irrigation enter prise .is under construction to bring into cultivation thou sands, of acres of uncultivated lands. Coal mines are being developed within sight of the city-and a revival of goldj mining is under way. .... . . In puhlifspii'it-anrl enterprise, the citizens, of southern Oregon lead the state. Ashland started the movement for a greater commercial club by securing a membership ol 412. Medford followed with a membership of 572. Rose burg has caught the fever, and is aiming at 500. From the energetic south spreads the fever, inoculating the north ern mossbacks as it travels. From Medford has come an initiative petition to amend The obsolete constitution so that counties may issue bonds for a good roads system. Ashland and Grants Pass have each mapped out a paving program for the coming year, setting an example for the rest of the state. hi every line of improvement and development, south e'rn Oregon leads, and is far ahead of the rest of the state. "A PETITIONER" TELLS OF HIS SIDE OF THE SHELL RECALL . ASHLAND, Or.. Feb. 4.-r(To the lion projects which would put Ash laud at tho head of the civic im provcmcul column unions all the cit ies of Oregon. IIo has made such egregious blunders along these line the past year, and by tho apioiii( mcnt of committees lias outlined so much more destructive policies for Editor.) It would be hardly fair to tho current year, that all that scum tax the patience of your excellent cd left to be done was to take step paper to air the grievance of tho KJt rid of his incumbency. He citizens of Ashland touching the pro- J" tho means of antagonizing eeedings of Mayor Swell's recall, but or discharging the most competent inasmuch as your correspondent -supervisors placed in charge of theHc from here has not taken the pains miuneipul improvements, and in sov to inform himself of the fueU, or has f nil instances has secured ho sory wilfullv discarded them, it seems ' "hH '! incompetent help only proper that the matter should hut cost the city hundreds of dol be presented u it it. because their work had to be The statement that a "large num- t" P 'lo,,, "' " nt Uo" ber of Socialists, every welllmeau- hlo tho expense ing but unenlightened raossback and It is not SoeiuiU.. "'iiiokwm every avowed obstructionist" signed or lack of proirre- ' ,n0 thn netitinn ih far from the truth. part of these petit!- it i f A SMALL INVESTOR AND STOCK IN LIFE INSURANCE ' f f f . Under the caption, "Your Savings, the Suturdiiy Evening Pot in its last issue gave some very valuable tulvioo concerning life insurance, lu umt it follows; Nearly wory man with any sort of income carries some to rot if life in surance. If ho is uninsured it is not the fault of tho agent, who is every where. During the past 'J, yoitm vu rious great life iliMira'tleo companies have become rich and powerful and have piled up vast reserves nun ur pluses. Here, then, is a business, that touches all the people and is, neoord ing to tho general belief, very prof itable. The question unturaJlyifisc.s, tt, - .1 I I .. ! Vk. I. vuy suouiu i no iiisimincfntuooK be a good investment T 1 no answer not only explains a somewhat un common mcnijs, of employing money, but 1o provides, in view of certain develoiniienls of tho past five years, a helpful les.-ou for thu small invest or with nivviin. Von cannot measure the life insur ance company as ait uivestmentfine dium hv most of the standard foritrs, ueh a. railroads and industries. An insurance company is a sort of pub- lie institution suxrviscd by tho state. f . I!l , . ' ii cannot earn oiuucv use an (inn-. nary corwration because in many) states its investments are restricted by law. Likewise, it is unable to dis- tribute widely its profits because tatntes provide that funds be. laid aside for the protection of the policy-holder. In addition to these di- tinetious there is still another impor tant one, namely, that there tire ilif fctvnt types of companies; the inu tunl companies, like the Mutual Lifcj of New Vork. the N'ew York Life or the New Kushuul mutual, whiftjl nre' conducted for the profit of the policy-holders; the stock companies, like tho Prudential, the Metropolitan or the Travelers', which are conducted for the stockholder, and sonletimcs apportion a share of their earnings ninoiiir policy-holder: and the ' com bination stock and mutual companies,) like the Eciuitable. with charters pro-1 vidinir for nuitunlixation. Uefore takini: up the stocks of the: long-established companies it is more' important and timely to consider lho( present wide snle of stock in jnow companies. The approach to it il in teresting. Everybody remembers the celebrated insurance investigation of inO.", when abuses of oownr niiili al liances -between certuiu old. coiupau-1 ies and Wall street interests were.. n vealcd. These revelations provided, an opportunity for the slick exploiter of stock. He immediately began to form or project life insurance com panies and to unload the stock on the public. Itetween lflOfi and 1008 near ly 100 now companies were organ ized, mostly in the west and south. The apeal of the majority of the promoters was the same, and it was ycry effective. They ointcd to the immense nmounts of money nmassod by the old companies, to their stocks which were selling nt bis prices and ' paying large dividends, and to the' disclosures of the Armstrong hear-, iuirs, mid aid: "Why send your good money east to be abused in Wall street? Keep it at home; have vour own insurance company and gather in us tu n in.- iney lioil out thei promise ol dividends n the stock which milled from l." to Id per cent. Men and women with savings began to buy this stock, and they arc still bnyinng it. They have not. in most cases, stopiwdl to investigate the kind of company that was being formed, il prospects or its field for making money, or the charaoter. ln- leirrity and experience of the men; behind it. They have only seen thei luring tiiitinisc of dividend, and lhus they have violated a fundamental in-1 vestment rule. i Now, when tho promoters of the new companies used the argument i that tho old companies hnd waxed fut they were, of course, speaking the; truth. Hut they did not and do not 1 say thai their present prosperity and 3 Telephone Service Wo have let I he contract for the erection of a brick building in Medford, which will he used to serve our uh seribors in Medford, Central Point, Jacksonville, Phoenix and the territory adjoining. We are ready to make contracts in the vicinity of I'laglo Point, Hutte Palls or any part; of the Koguo River valley on a definite payment basis, giving night and day service, including Sundays and holidays. I t will uot be necessary for subscribers to purchase telephones, build lines or care for same. We do all that for a iow monthly charge, We shall be pleased to explain our system, which is modern, up-to-date, and of tho selective ringing typo, so it is unnecessary to listen Tor signals, as tho bell rings only for the party wanted. Call or drop us a line, and we will gladly explain full details. The Home Telephone 8 Telegraph Co. OP SOUTHERN OREGON. Tomporary Office, No. 18 N. Grape Stroot, Medford. J Arriving Daily New Spring Suits and Cloaks FOR LADIES AND MISSES Also select lines of Silk and Lawn Waists and Silk Petticoats. In fact our Suit Department is full of good things to -wear while our shelves and eounters tire groaning under their weight of the choicest selections t)f "Wool, Silk and Cotton Dress Fabrics and Novelties, with suitable trimmings for each and every line. Embroideries We are selling more Laces and Km broideries than was ever before sold in Medford. Why liccauso the line is complete ami prices are right. Come and see for youi'self. Pest goods at lowest prices. MADAME ROOT Portland - SPECIALIST - Oregon Demonstrating tit our store every day next week, one of the greatest preparations for beautifying the. .skin Ploom of Roses the skin beautificr of the age. Madam Uoot has met with great success while staying with us. ' Invitation is cordially extended to all. Pull line of hair goods always in stock. H.i C. Kentner Co. The Big Department Store. their rich record of dividends are the I remit of long years of upbuilding; tho major leagues Younir wan at tho l'ulaeu hotel here This correspondent had nocesH to ttie unprogressiveness unu incapacity (hat innnv of the neonln hcl'ine he Was discovered tho petition nnd should hnve inform- i the present mayor to take up andjbir blocks of this very valuable old His name on the rog'iHtor, "D, T. HoHton," coupled with hi six two hundred-odd pounds, statements open to tno eiiarge 01 noxious provision, hwwh 10 nave.ment. in other words, liko nil oilier really good things, tho nverago man tho petition nnd should nnve iniorm- 01 me proem mayor to tune up anujini; inooks of this very valuable old His naini ed himself without going to Muyor carry forward hi a practical way any stook got in at tho ntnrt. had faith ' Young, H Snoll's friends for hih information, improvement of magnitude. in the company nnd hacked it through fet and This of iuclf would surely lay his Tho recall. iiiBtond of being an ob-(years of loss or financial embarrass- suggested statements onen to tho ehnrce of noxious provision, seems to haveiment. In other words, lit-n nil n... i,nu,.i,r.n prejudiee. Ie n blessing in disguwe, obtruded, The writer has been in Ashland s it wero, upon the citizenship of fiovornl years and personally known Oregon. While the petitioners and did not get in on it, and it was not hawked about, Tho rmmn fl.!,... every signature on the petition. There those interested in tho movement ro-jmibht happen in time with n corn nra three sin.' Lures of mon who grettcd to hnvq to resort to this ox-'pnny nroioctcd todav; l.ni ; iu elniiii to bo Somlisfs on tho petition tremo measure, thoro is no fear en-'speculation at the present time ....) und either one of them owns more tertained as to the successful tonn- taxpayiug property than your cor- mntion of it, nnd there is no doubt respondent, nnl his chaveos as to expressed but that Ashland citizen- the remainder tnt the petitioners bo-.ship will put in his plnco a mayor ing mossbiickrf md obstructionists .whoso conduct of affairs .will soon nro no more truthful than his statu- jenuso the pcoplo to bury these rocol nient us to ihe Socialists. ;leotioiiH with the dond thin of tho As to the atritude.of tho people . Int. Yours respectfully, opposing Mayor Snell, thoy are not A PETITIONER. only favorable to substantial and permanent improvements, but ' their Just received a complete lirje.of on chief chargo uguinst him is his lack amol ware, and kitchen furnishings', of disposition and ability as an ex-' Compare our prjnes. Medford Ilard coutive officer to carry to comple-; ware Co, , " " ' 277 the man or womnn with savings can not nrtonl to tako this ehaneo. cy young otfmmy FRISCO TO PORTLAND j BAN FRANCISCO, Pal,, Feb. r,. -- Donlon "Cy" Young, votoran of vet ernn pitchers, loft San Frniieisco o day for Portland, Or., whom ho will visit a farmer brother who lives near McCrcdie's town, before starting for Hot JJprijijM, Ark., to got his arm info shape for his twenty-second soasou in suggested something to a scouting baseball fan, and tho old man was raked into tho limelight, Cy foolB ns well as hu over did ut any time in his baseball life. lie pre dicts, with his usual modesty, that he is going to have ono of tho most huo (uthHfjil seasons of his extraordinary career, CORNERED BY POLICE, MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF WALKER, Minn., Fb. . Aftor being besieged in a fortified house for two days, Walter McDonald, who shot and mortnlly wounded Howard Sexton, committed suicide today Just as a posso of deputies wore prepar ing to storm his ha'rrioadeu. The defenso of McDonald was hpoctucular, Pursued by deputies and police, McDonald fled to his home, in which he took refuge. After barricading doors and win dows, hov stationed himself noar one of the openings and kept his pursuers at bay. For morn than '18 hours the desperate mini fired nt every head that appeared in range of hia gun. Finally, driven almost insane by lack of sleep, ho turned his weapon upon himself, The hesiogors, who had adopted a plan for storming the bar ricades, heard a shot and reuonuoi tered. Thoy diseoverod tho body of McDonald. , McDonald is reported to havo shot Boxlnn for refusing to buy him n drink. GARDEN HOSE SAVES THE LIVES OF ENTOMBED MEN SAN IlIOIt.VAItDINO, Oil., Fob. C. -A gnrdon hoso which had boon uRod In syphoning water from tho Rhyollto mine noar Doblo, wan tho direct nioanH of navJng tho Hvos of notion Wade, aoorco Phllllns nnd Henry OiimmliiKH, minora, who woro entombed In tho mluo by a envo-ln, according to iiowh reaching hero to day. Tho men were ro-tlmborlug tho uliaft whon several tons of oarth foil niul bloekod the tunnol. Denth from surfocutlou would havo boon only tho matter of an hour hud not tho work men outside forced fronh air through tho hoso, Tho men woro rescued uftor bolus linprlBonod seven hours. Don't fall Into tho rut or "tublo monotony" In your homo, Nino tontlis, of tho "grouches" or your homo olrelo can bo pormnnnutly cured by Introducing now Ideas and now variations In "oatubloH." Study tho ads lor a while, Tho woman's auxiliary of St. Mark's church will moot Friday aft ernoon nt 2:30 nt 8t. Mark's church. Vnlontinos, big and littlo, elaborate and simplo, nt Tho Morrivold Shop. 274 f