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UMTKI) CUKS8 ASSOCIATION Full Leaned Wlro Itoport. SEOOND SECTION PAGES 9 TO 16 Tfao only paper in the world published In a city the alie ef Medford having a 1qm4 wlr. ITIFHl YEAR. MEDPOKD, ORKCION, SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1910. No. 71. IN MEDFORD'S SOCIAL REALM j& Medford Mail Tribune Mrs. McGowuu mill Mrs. Ilamiltoit luivo gonu lo Portland (o ullciid tho (Irami lodge of tho KiiHlorii Star, which convenes in Unit oily (IiIh week. Thoy will iiIho attend tho convention of tho Pythian Sisters, which inuotH .liino 20, in which order liotli Indies lira grand offlcurri. MrH. Joliti Butler will also iittund tho I'ythimi Sisters' convention, and will louvo tit n later date. Tho young Indies of St. Agues' Guild gnvo an ice cream Hoeinl Thurs day evening at tho residenco of Miss Agnes Ihiiiiuh. Tho affair wuh a great success, and tho liuvy of young lailloH of tho guild wore very ul traotivo and inadu delightful host esses. ItefruHlnnuiitH, consisting of ico crown, sherbet mid cake, were Nerved on tho lawn and (lie tahloH wore well patronized by tho many frieudH of tho young Indies. The Wednesday Study club hold tho litHt meeting of tho koiihoii .it tho residence of Mrs.W. !. Vnwter liiht week. Tho following officerH were elected for the coming year: President, MrH. W. I. Vawlor; scoro tary, Mrs. II. II. Tuttlo; treasurer, Mrs. M. L. Alford. The proHident will ai)oint tho oomiuitteeH for the coming year at a later date. A iiiohI enjoyable t rip wiih taken lust week, when McsdnmcH Olwell, Ilnrvey, Ilaiuil and Fiero, and Misses Kinilio Piero. Mnruorv and Dorothy Harvey loft early Thursday morning for u trip up AnIiIuihI oauyoii. After exploring the eanyoii and pnrtnkitig of a boitiiteou lunuheoii, the party left for the Sulphur Paths in Ash land, where all had a refreshing dip. Tho Misses Dorothy and Margery Harvey arrived in Medford Wednes day and are tho quests of (heir aunt, Mrs. P. V. Ilamil. Tho young ladies have been attending Mrs. Som ei' school in Washington, I). C. and will spend their vacation in Ore gon. Later Mix. Ifnrvuy anil hut daughters will visit Seaside. Mrn. A. S. Stewart, neo Mablo Jones, and little daughter, accom panied by her mother, MrH. Jones, passed through Medford last week on her way to Portland. Mrs. Stewart was formerly a resident of Medford, but now lives in Oakland. Shu will visit hero on her return from Port laud. Mrs. Wnkeinon entertained at bridge Thursday afternoon at hor , residence on Oakdnle avenue. Dainty refreshments wuro served during tho afternoon. Those present wore Mosdnmos Muudy, Page, Christy, Knight, Doggott, Pan, rContnor, Budge, Hollis, Noff and Wnkouuin. Tho Ladies' Aid of tho Presby terian church will meet with Mi's, Fnrrar at Qold Hay Tuesday. Tho ladies will leave on tho 8 o'clock train, returning on tho 11 :ItO o'clock train. Mrs. J. F. Heddy left Wednesday for Siierninento. After n short visit with J'riendH, who will return with her little duughtaiKilooii, who has been attending school at (bo Sacred Heart academy. Going in Debt (Tho following is from various ad dresses made by Mr. Eldredgo, who is connected with tho bureau of good roads, U. S, dopartmout of agricul ture.) Until tho people nro convinced that good roads nro worth moro than they cost tho funds for such improve meat will not ho forthcoming, Wo often bear one say (hut ho is for good roads, but when you discuss the matter with him you find that hu is not i'oV good roads ut till. If be wero roully in favor of good roads bo would listen to reason and ugrco that some of tho progressive nionri ures which huvu proved so success ful in other states and communities should ut least bo tried in his own community. This kind of a person often insists that unless his put sohoiuo or hobby is adopted that ho will vote against any proposition which mtiy bo presented. An a mutter of fact, this class of oiti.ous is not roally in favor of bailor roads, and ho must bo convinced that good roads pny and (lint tho ways and moans of raising tho pionoy with A great event for tho ShrinorM look place Saturday evening in AbIi laud, when 18 new candidates "walked the burning sands." The oiiturtniiimonl started at 5 o'clock and at 8 o'clock tho initiation took place, after which a sumptuous ban piol wuh served. All the Shrincm from (ho Hiirrouuding country took part in tho performance, and several of tho now membei'rt were from Med Tho Guild of St. -Mark's church hold tho last meeting of tho season Thursday afternoon at the residence or Mrs. W. I. Hi-own. The Guild will hold its next meeting the first Thursday in October. Tlia ladies are planning mi ieo cream social which will bo held next week at the resi dence of MrH. Horry. MrH, Mury It. Hogue of Klaamth Falls, tho grand record keeper of the Pythian Sisters, will meet with the Palisman temple, No. -10, Wednesday evening, Juno 1ft. Mrs. Hogue is on her way to the grand lodge in Port laud, and will bo the guest of Mrs. Al Perrv while in Medford. Mr. C. A. Caldwell and family, P. P. Hutler ami family, P. C. Elliott and family and L. A. Clark and fam ily are camping in the Upper Ashland ea Hi iu. The men own and operate the Pauatorium and make the trip back and forth from camp every day. 0 Mr. nud Mrs. John D. Oiwcll left Saturday night for Corvnllis, whore they will nttond tho commencement of tho 0. A. C. From (hero they will .'. i.. Portland for u short visit. Tho Ladies' Aid of tho Methodist church will meet in the basement of tho church Tuesday afternoon at 1:110 o'clock for work. All the ladies are requested to be present. w w Mr. W. C. Murphy and daughter. Miss Catherine, are attending the lloso Carnival in Portland. From there lhoy will visit Spoknno, Ynki- iiiii and tho Hood River volley.. Mrn. Henry, wife of Mr. Samuel Henry of the Clarke-Henry Construc tion company, has arrived from Ran Francisco and will spend the sum mer in Medford. Mrs. Clarke and child, wife of Mr. Clarke of tho Clarke-Henry Con struction company, of Sail Francis oc, have arrived in Medford to spend the summer. Mrs. Poter Elmen, Mrs. T. T. Shaw, Miss Josepbiuo Holf and Miss Mablo Henry of Jacksonville have gone to Portland to the Mtoso Car nival, Mr. and Mrs. A. Couro Fiero re lumed from their wedding trip Thursday and are at their homo at Woodlawn Orchard. Miss Mollio Towuc, the deputy county clerk, is attending tho Roso Carnival in Portland. Mrs. J. E. Enhnrt left Wednesday for Portland, where she will attend the Hose Carnival. For Good Roads which to build them, as well us thu , methods of constructing them, uru mutters of progression based largely upon the failures, and successes of others. If ono will sit down nud figure tho cost of moving a load of farm pro duce from his farm to markot or the nearest shipping point, ovor a bad road, nnd compare that with the cost of moving it over a well graded, macadamized road, or a good gravel road, and then estimate the total saving to himself and his neighbors resulting from such improvements he will bo convinced that good roads pay, For instunoe: Assuming Ajo be tho farm whoro a shipment of wheat originates, and H to bo tho railroad station or shipping point. Assuming thu distance from A to ft is leu miles; that twenty bushols of wheat mako n good load for u two horsu team, and thnt it takes one day to make tho trip, estimating the cost of man and toam at $3 per day, thou tho cost per buhol would bo Ifi conts, and tho cost per ton por inilo would bo GO coutsl Tho long haul Hundreds of Delegates Sail For Important Religious Conference In Scotland. V J W . IG&EDIHBURGH CfSSTLE ANObmi i Jl -f VJ NATIONAL GALLERY fe N'J?S ' "fj -sasy a mv-L-y "yZm.J. BRYANSK nHjmi Five hundred delegates to the world's missionary conference ure on their way to Edinburgh from the United' Stntes. The convention 1.4 one of the most Imiwrtiint of religious gatherings. Every ten years a conference is held, nnd papers aio submitted on almost uvury phase of Clirlstlnu work. The Duke of Argyll Is to bo chairman of the meeting Sixty American societies, representing seventeen denominations and eleven unalllllnted or Interdenom inational bodies, will be represented. In the speakers' list the urchuNhops of Canterbury and York lead, but Silas HcISec. John It. Mott, Sctli Low, Itobcrt K. Speer nnd others will represent America on the plntform. The num ber of American delegates nccredlted Is about "joo, iind they represent missionary expenditures each year of nearly 510.000,000. Fully i.000 will bo In attendance, It Is expected. Including the delegates, members of commissions and Interested churchmen. Delegates of piomluence are "W. J. Ilryau, Miss Helen 31. Gould, Miss Grace II. Dodge, Dr. J. 11. Calvert. Dr. II. 11. Grose, Harry Wnde Hicks, Dr. J M. Huckley, Dr. It. J. Cooke, J. E. Lcaycraft, Mrs. J. E. Lenycraft, Dr. Henry Slonne Collin. Mrs. John S. Kennedy. Dr. W. Morle-Smlth, Dr. William Jay Schlcffelln, Dr. .! Mr Inlm (i Vnaa mid Dr H , '"Mumnn THE PRINTER'S DEVIL RUNS The printers devil is running tbe Central Point Herald this week in ICditor Pattison's absence, and here's the way ho gloats over it: Itun up "Old Glory" to tluMip-top of the Liberty Pole, climb on tho house tops and shout to the bill tops, for tbe boss is absent and Satan reigns for a brief season on the edi torial throne of this sc'iuestcrod vale. This is our only chance for a sum mer vacation and we are going to graps it, nud while tho editor and chief is away enticing shad from the shady poolB of tho Wilametto and bathing his brow with cool Hull Kim water, filtered by Weinbnrdt, we are going to turn looso tho bald-headed bird of editorial freedom and let her scream until the lust. remaining moss back prays for tho rocks and tho mountains to fall on them. Hip, hip, hurrah 1 Wo nro living in u good country and aro not afrnd to say so. This old world can't boat us for peaches, pears, sour krnut and applo suss. Wo raiso tho finest strawberries you over lopped a lip over, and tho cher ries my stars alivo and apples as big as ostrich eggs and as mellow as n lovo-siek "skulo marm." Orchards! Wo have tho finest this side of old historic Kdeu, and they boar the best fruit in all tho known world. Wo raiso peaches that cannot bo im peached, and pairs Hint aro boyond freight rate in the United Stntes is about three-fourths of a cent per ton per mile. It, therefore, costs tho farmer as much to haul his twenty bushels of wheat ten miles to the railroad as it docs to haul it four hundred miles by rail; nud for the same outlay he could haul it six hun dred miles by water. Now lot us assumu that this road is graded and macadamized, so that 50 bushels of wheat may bo lutuled with tho same wagon and team and that tho trip can be mudo in two thirds of a day instead of a whole day, at a total cost for tho trip of $2. It will, therefore, bo seen that tho cost of hauling bus been out down from 15 conts per bushol to ! cent por bushol, and tho cost por ton por niilo down from 50 cents to 13 cents, By using theso figures as a basis,, for thoy uru real nud not im aginary, one may estimate the tro mondous loss caused by bud roads so far ns tho cost of hauling is con cerned. It has boon ostimntod by Yimous investigators that tho annual loss compare with any other poars this side of paradise. Berries I We raise all kinds; 'in fact, we can bury any other kind of berries thnt were over hurried in theso rock-ribbed bills. Wo don't care a strawberry who produces u Logan berry and wo aro not bitch a gooseberry as to dis pute our elderberry over a black berry, but it is actually a wonder berry to see tho big dewberries and wo'll just take u raspberry at any old huckleberry that ever blossomed in or out of the Hogue Hivcr vnlley. Lot tho boss fish, let him wado belly deep in the rose petals of tho Port land carnival, wo shall busy our selves up to our knees in tho alfalfa patch of re-construeted journalism and the scream of the editorial bird shall bo iniiMO in our ears music ns soft and sweet as the song of a siren mother. "Hooray I" Let all the snakes of tho Siski yous wake up nnd uncoil. Wo are after them. Let every mossbnek and miorobatio muttonhond of retro gression come to tho mournors' bench and be rebuilt this ordor is compulsory. Wo nro hero to take the sluggard by the heels and bold him for a brief period over tho sul phuric flames of perdition. Wo are aftor tho human porrywinkle, who crawls so slow ho runs over himself and tiro injecting now blood into the veins of men whoso cobweb car sustained by bad mads is at loast $1 por acre for tillable land. If this loss could bo capitalized ut 5 per cent por nunum it woidd give $20 ner ticre, which would represent tho total increased value to bo expected from improved roads. This estimate bus been confirmed with reasonable ox netness in all parts of tho country. If tho building of n good road will enhance the value, of the land $20 por acre, thou $12,800 will bo added to tho vnlnp of ovory square milo of good laud adjacent to that road, which amount would bo sufficient in most cases to build n good road en tirely around each section of laud. This indicates the vnstness of tho t'inanncial advantage to follow road improvements. To prove (hut this is no mere theory attention is culled to the fact that u 100-acro farm on tho old mud road between Hrisl.il and Blouulsvillo, Tonn., was threo yoars ago offorod for sale at $15,000, but u purehasor could not bo found. Tho road has siuco boon mnoadnin izodd, and Inst fall this farm sold for $25,000, un ndvanoo of $25 por THE HERALD casses have for years been stagnat ed with tbe slimy ooze of retrogres sion. Oar time is short. In just itnojher day or two we will bo forced to lay down tho editorial tripod of this great religious weekly, but while we wield her hurrah our ink well shall bo Crater Lake, and our pen n tail feather from the untamed bird of cditorinl liberty, tho which wo in tend to enjoy while the boss is nwny. Trot out your best revival meet ings and baseball games; turn loose tho prize fighters nnd the sinful trip pers of tbe fantastic too. Let Med ford boast and Ely aviate, tho shark, shells and little fishes are contend ing with our boss while wo aro con tending with the kicker, the croaker, the mossback and the imillcthend, who leaves Centrnl Point to do bis trading or goes to Hood River to find fruit. Our country is tho best country thnt over wore swaddling clothes and was cradled in n moun tain cradle and mndo plentiful by naturo' lavish horn. Whoop her up! We want uioro hotels and restau rants, moro dry goods and grocery stores, moro clothing stores, more of everything, nnd also moro vaca tions for our boss, that we may grasp tho editorial scissors and clip tho fottors which binds tho journal istic bird to tho old junk henp of conservatism. lucre, or 00 per cent; and this en hancement was caused entirely by tho improvement of the rond. AfSiuniug that this farm wns ns sessed at the full vnluo three yoars ago (i. c, $15,000), and that tho taxes wero increased 2 mills io pay interest nud principal on tho bonds, then the increased taxes uoly tvuounted to $37.50 per annum, and this gradually decreases from year to year u the principal is reduced. Lot us assume that (his tux of $37.50 will extend for twenty vein's, nud that $20 more is added for tho en hanced vnluo of the farm, which would mako $57.50 a year, or a total of $1,150. Subtracting this amount from tho $10,000, which represents the enhanced vnluo of tho farm, thoro still remains a clear profit of $8,850. In othor words, tho good road oost this farmer only about $1,100, but tho improvement of tho rond added $10,000 to tho vnluo of his land, not to mention tho other advantages re sulting from the improvement, At this sumo rate of taxation 'it would tnko nbout 180 yoars to pay out in Tho ladies of tho Greater Medford club have prevailed upon tb local tal ent of -which Medford is justly ! proud to give un opera for their ' benefit. The performance will take plncc Friday, Juno 18, at tbe Med ford opera house, and will consist of the kitchen scene from "Martha" and the gardn scene from "Faust." Tho old numbers of the Andrews Opera company will tnkc part and they need no introduction to a Medford audi ence. The Chrysanthemum Circle. Wom- cn of Woodcraft, will observe Dcco- I ration day today, when services will be held at tho cemetery at u o'clock, and the graves of the departed mem bers will be decorated. During the services a monument which has been erected in memory of Mrs. Stewart, one of tho pioneers of the country and nn early member of the circle, will be unveiled. Tho Indies of the Swasticn club will give a lawn social Thursday evening, June 16, at the residence of Mrs. i Ben-y, corner of Eighth and Laurel streets. Ice cream and cako willl bo srved. A beautiful Japanese cup nnd saucer will be given to each person j buying refreshments for the small price of 35 cents. Everyone is cor dially innvited nnd all are promised n good time. The tribe of the Pocahontas will give nn entertainment at the Red men's hall Friday evening, June 17. A very good program has been pre-' pared of music and recitations nnd a pleasant evening is promissd. Ev eryone is cordially invited. The J small admission fee of 10 cents will ' be asked. - ! I The Olive Rebokah lodge, No. 28,! and the Odd Fellows will hold memo rial sen-ices today at tho Methodiat church South at 11 o'clock. In thej afternoon at 2:30 o'clock services j will be held at the ceeratery under tho ' auspices' of the Odd Fellows, when! the graves of tho departed members will bo decoratedd. The Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church cravo a so cial Friday cveninng. Plans had been mnde to hold a lawn social nt the manse, but on account of the threatening weather th young peoplo spent n very pleasant eveniiiff in the church pnrlors. Tho Modern Woodmen 1ft on a spo- j cinl car Saturduj' morning on the Pa-' cific & Eastern to hold a picnic on. tho Little 'Butte. About 25 .members: left dull care behind and had ti most J glorious time, spending the day "near, to nature's heart." I I Mr. nnd Mrs. W. I. Vnwter, Dr. ! nnd Mrs. Pickel nnd Carter Bran-j don left Friday morning for n most enjoyable outing through Yosemito vnlley. The party will motor tho entire trip, nnd expect to return about Juno 27. i . I The Chrysanthemum Circle of. tho Women of Woodcraft will entortnin the Woqdmen ne.t Tueday evening. Mr. Budinot Conner returned from an eustern trip Thursday. taxes ns much ns the farm has in creased in value. Iu Durham county, North Cnro liuu, all the main roads have boen macadamized to the county lino, nud, while the soil is not ns fcrtilo tns that of Oregon, tho Inuds have iu creused in value since tho improve ment was mndo from $10 and $23 to $50 nnd $100 per acre. Lands lying on tho ranendamizod roads in that county are worth throe or four times as much ns those located on tho earth roads. Furthermore, the lauds lying along the good roads nro boing brought undor a high state of cultivation, but on tho mud roads thoy are uegfoeted nnd untilled, Dur ham county built its roads from a bond issue ($150,000), nnd, ns in many othor counties, tho enhnnoad vnluo and tho increased citizenship has been sufficient to pay tho inter est on tho bonds nnd to cronto the sinking fund with which to liquidnto tho dobt without increasing current taxation for this purpose If this county hud waited until it could have paid for tho good roads out of cur Mr. John II. Allen ontertnined a number of tho younger sot Thursday evening at bis homo at Snowy IJutto Orchard. Quito a numbor of younR peoplo went down in autos, nud n very pleasant evening was spent in dancing. Mr, nnd Mrs. John Root and Miss Josephine Root returned Snturduy from a trip to Portland, whoro thoy went to attend tho Rose Carnival. The Misses Esther and Ruth War ner entertained tho Junior Biblo class nt their home on W. Main street Snt ui day nftcmoon. Miss Weeks left Thursday to at tend the graud lodge of tho Eastonj Star, which will be held in Portland this week. Mr. and Mxs. John M. Root and Miss Josephine nro spending tho week in Portland attending tho Roso Carnival. Mrs. C. R. Ray nnd Miss Mnblo , Ray left Thursday for Portland, where they will attend tho Rose Car- n'tvnl. Mrs. Harry Foster left last week for Portland to attend tho Rose Cnr- nival. Sho will bo away two weeks. Judge nnd Mrs. Mahlon Ptirdin are now at homo in their now resi dence. 1024 N. Central avo. Mrs. W. H. Brown entertained at bridge Tuesdoy afternoon ut her rcsi-. dence on Siskiyou street. Mrs. Chas. Prico of Jncksonvillo is in Portland attending tho Roso Cnnivul. Col. C. E. S. Wood of Portland was n Medford visitor Inst week. Mrs. E. E. Qoro has returned from n visit in Portlnnd. Judge Win. Colvig is spending tho week in Portland. JUDGE CANON FINES TWO I AND SHIPS TWO M0I1L" The 7 o'clock police court re vealed four offenders against tho pence and dignity of tho state of Oregon and tho ordinances of tho city of Medford. Wm. Snckville nnd Chester Stouo plcndcd guilty to having indulged in an exposition of fistio art. They wero assessed $5 each. Sackvillo paid his fine nnd Stone was allowed to go out with tho chief' nnd rustle for his assessment. Martin Doylo had been drunk and couldn't deny it. Edward Qanley was in tho same fix. Qanloy works on the I'nlmer ranch nnd his job is ready for him, so ho said. Doylo wanted to go to Eagle Point to work on the rond. "I will fine you fpllows 5 each," said his honor, "nud will givo you mi opportunity to start for your jobs at once. The first time you conio to town you will como to this offico nnd pay your fines. If you do not you can work them out on tho tsreets." By Maurice Eldridge rent revenues, it would not havo hud tho road for tho uso of tho prgsqut generation. Tho plan, which is boing so nbly advocated by Judgo Wobstor through out this state, of having tho consti tution of tho stato so nmonded ut to permit imy county to " borrow mouoy with which to improvo its roads is certainly worthy of tho highost commendation, Uniou county, Now Jorsoy, in 1803 spout $-100,000 in bonds for macad amized roadjS. This was oiiq of tho first counties in tho Uuitod SUtM to adopt such a plan. Tho bond issuo wns bitterly contested by many well inteutioued but misinformed citi zens. The opponents of tho measure claimed that tho county would bo ruined, nnd that tho farms would havo to bo sold to pay tuxes; that farmers and real estate owners would be driven into bankruptcy; thnt tho whole project va unsound nnd crazy. In spito of this bitter opposition tho bond issuo carried by a small mu- (Continuod on Page 10.) -l ; -'?i i ' I I i ffi . I iMf.lHn I , .. ,.- - - r .:--., ,...-.,- r-i,a... riii 1 1 ii mm in '