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SECOND SECTION Medford Mail Tribune UN1TKD VRWm ASSOCIATION Full Ivcwioa Wlro Report. PAGES 9 TO 16 The only paper In the worli publlahed In a cliy the iIm of Medford having u loaned wlni. lOTTI! YEAR. MEDFORD, ORKQON, SUNDAY, .TIJLY 24, 1910. No. 107. A - IN MED FORD'S SOCIAL REALM V W Thu Htoiuly uxodiiH for tliu moim taliiH and thu Houahoro that gooH on during tliu inontliH of July, was more marked this wcok than any previous, booaiiHo of thu added attraction of thu Chautauqua itHHuinhly at AhIi laud, which closed Friday night. Many availed thoiiiHulvoH of thu op portunity to hoar Ex-Governor Folk of MiHHouri Monday night, while u largo representation attended thu two concerts Thui'Hday and Friday ovoniugH liy thu PnsmoruH. Anions tliOHo Hoon weru: Mr. and Mm. F. W. SlrcolH, MiHH Urauu Calhoun, Miss Myrtlu Calhoun, MIhh Welch, Mihh ,,. no Wt.ek) ruUirning to Portland Clare Gibbony, Mm. h. M. Janney, for t!l0 ,mM f kcIiouI, where Mihh Mr. and Mrs. J. h Worlinnn, MiHH. Marion 5h n Htudent in the Joffcrson Faiiuiu Niinnti, M!hh JoHiipliIue Huh Hell, Mr. and Mm. C. L. IteanieH, Mr. and MrH. Porter Neff, Mr. and MrH. J, 0. Gore and daughters, Mrs. II. 0. Wortmun and Mr. Carl Glasgow, Mr. Sam Glasgow, Mihh HumphriaH and Mihh Agnes Isaacs. ( Prohahly no hook of Hummer fic tion in itHked for moru often at thu local hook HtoroH and tho library than "A Modem Chronicle," by Win Hton Churchill. TIioho who have followed tho lofty ideals of codtict and eharaetor in "Tho Cristo" and "Richard Carvel" doubtless lay down this lateHt hook with a feeling of diHappointuieut not akin to diHgtiHt at thu surprising du volopmcntH of vverHatility of emo tion diHplnyed by the heroine. If tho modern American woman Ih entirely without rusourcoH within herself for growth and divot-mon, thin woman of Mr. Churehill'H may bu a type, but 'tis hard to maku sober-minded, thoughtful people believe it. The book in easy rending, fascinating in interest and as a Htudy in modern so cial conditions affords food for ihoiiKht. Mrn. A. S. Hliton and children lmvo K.u in newpori lor an outing ol ... xt .. several wcokh. Tho lawn Hocinl Friday evening at tho homo of W II. Meeker, lm-mi liv tho IndicH of tho Methodist Epiwro pnl church, wuh well attended and no of thu moHt enjoyable affairs of the week, being liberally patronized by friendH from all the churohoH. Icon woru nerved by Mrn. Clarence Mcokor, MIhh CryHtal McNury, Mi'hh Clara Wines. Misses Ewbanks and Mordoff, and tho Indies felt verv much gratified by tho huccchh. A plenHnut foaturo of tho evening was tho muHio furniHbod by Mr. Whotsol with a Victrola. Handling HT HE HANDLING of a million dollar job is no Hiucuure. Fow thuro aru who roaliro tho hard work, thu worries and thu troubles which heHot "tho boss" on every side, or tho immeiiHo amount of vitality and driving jwwor that is required to keep things moving. It is no job for a winner, and uppoaln to mo an an incoHHaut gamo of football; a utraight danh to tho goal would bo a happy incident touchdowns aro Bel dom made in ono sprint it tnkoH six feot of pluck as well as two foot of Bpecd to hammer and hatter through tho opposition. And yet today in Medford thoro is a young man, bare ly paHt 30, who h HUceoHHfully hand ling a million-dollar job, And ho will win nut, but thoro will bu no lino and cry about it. lie renlirx-H that it would bu fatal to cry for help, and hu is too hiiH.y doing big things to pay any attention to thu comments of thu crowd. It wuh my good fortune to be nl lowod to Hpond n half day "on tho job" "with tho boHH." Ordinarily ho ih too busy to bo burdened with a sightseer, OHpocially ono who knows nothing hut tho asking of (iiestiouH. Yet I found that ho was never too busy to toll of tho work, for hu is mightily intoroHtod. I approached him on a fricndHhip basis and ho did not know that I intended to tell thu story of how hu was handling a million-dollar job to thu rondoi-H of tho Mail Tribune Indeod, I dared not ask him quustimiH about himself, for I know that friendship or no friend ship, ho would soon find some ox oiiso for gotting rid of me, for hu in too lniB.y to talk of himsolf. His job is another mutter, Regarding it and Hov. W C. Itoutor, I'll. D former pimtor of tho FirHt Methodist church of thin city, now of Nowburg, Or., Iiiih ruttirnud to liin home, after a IhihIiiuhh trip through the valley. Whilo here ho occupied the pulpit of tho 1'ruHhyturian church .Sunday evo nine, where liu wuh greeted hy a largo audiencu or l'oiinor friendH and an- ho oi at oh. MrH. Susie Turner Neil, daughter Marion and Hon Tumor, of Portland, are viHiting relatives and friendH in tliu valley, iiiey expect to be in Jacksonville and .Medford August 1 high school. MIhh Faucher, who ban been thu Kiu'Hl of MiHH Helen Watt for a mouth, Iiiih returned to her home near RoKohurg. Minn Fannher is an accompliHhed iniiHiciau mid old Hchoolinatu of Mihh WattcH and madu many friendH during the weeks of hur visit. Mr. and MrH, J. D. Cochran, who wore quietly married in Redding, Cnl., Juno 120, aro now at home at Klamath FiiIIh, Or. It will be re membered that MrH. Cochrnu wan Mi'hh I.utwiii Ulrich and one of the opulnr teaeliors liiHt year in the city hcIiooIh. Mrn. F. II. Farrar of Gold Ray lea.vofi thiH week for an extended eiiHtern trip. Sho will visit in Min upapoliH and Chicago and then go to her old home in Toronto, where many relatives reside. Sho will he abHent about three montliH. I . B. Drown nnd family are mak ing a tour of Klamath comity and KaHtcnt Oregon in their automobile. Thoy expect to rotuni by way of Al liany, where they will visit Mr. nnd .:... ' I MrH. Roberts, fonner residents of Medford. Mi'hr Nellie McNeil, who completed her course at tho University of Ore gon last yoar and Iiiih been taking a year of poHt-grnduuto work, will leach Latin and Gennnn in the Me Minnvillo hiuh school, entering upon her duties in September. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Kline left Fri day for a visit to thoir fonner homo in Columbus, O. Thursdny evening thoy wcro guests of honor at an clnb ornto dinner Riven at the Nash prill bv Colonel F. L. Ton Velio. a Million Dollar Job all of its details, ho is willing to talk and ho is enthusiastic over its possibilities. When tho Clark & Iloncry Con struction eompniu,' last winter secur ed n contract for paving in this city totaling $000,000 the men who direct thu destinios of tho firm, which has handled somo of tho largest con tracting jobs outside of railroad building on tho const, began to look around for a man thoy could put in Medford. Thoy decided upon Arthur V. Clark, a young member of tho firm, who hud done a great deal of work and who had hnudled somo fairly lurgo-sieod jobs in a satisfac tory lnnunor. Tho firm realized that tho lotting of a contract in Medford for .fflOO.000 wuh but a starter thut a groat many more streets would bo added to tho original contract. They know that tho contract would nearly, double, and thoir faith will in all probability ho justified, for already $200,000 worth of work additional has boon ordered and petitions aru nut for mora streets. So Arthur W, Clark, a young man of barely 30 years, but old in respon sibility, full of driving forco and iu itiativo, was sunt to direct tho work. Mr, Clark was given but one brief erder: "You go to Medford, do a good job and comu homo." Mr. Clark camo to Medford; ho is doing a good job (I quoto tho city engin eer) and ho will probably go homo in a year or two, only to bo given ,i still larger job. For no man can stay on tho job with him hnlf a day and fail to sou that ho is making a Hiioooss of his work. Fow of Medford's residents real ize tho immousity of tho work now Monument Unveiled and Museum Opened In Honor of Thomas Paine, Author-Patriot. it -V.nBCMVHHHHHBBB'C4BVCWsB799BVCSBl 'iAffiESJHHBHwHHfiKae0H N-W'44H'36SaWr?aaBiM 'l3j& WKSkoSP1 BS? E VM' WKBKM:WKSSSSo&m!m 'wvB- H'hoioii hy AnK'tlemi l,rir-Aiioclntoiij Tho Thomas I'atuo HIatorleal nssocluUon has completed It plans for making the home of the uutbor und Hevo lutlouary war hero ono or tho most Interesting historical spots In tho United States. The house which was given to Paine by tho government for his services during tho Hcvolutionary yrar has been turned into a museum, and after years of search original manuscript, drawings nnd pictures havo been placed in tho home, which Is located at New Itwhollit. N Y. n Huliurh of Now Yorlc citv. going on in Medford. . In order that they may grasp this in a concise manner here aro a fow facts and figures: Two hundred and fifty men are employed, all, for tho most part, be ing export workmen, Ono hundred and oicjity horses aru owned by tho company, and they arc constantly trying to-obtain more. Fourtcon cnrloads of material ar rives and is used each day on tho streets. Tho largest size of any asphalt paving plant is in operation. A rook screen is in operation which loads -100 wagons daily, scooping tho material from tho creek bed. Three steam rollers arc in constant operation. Ono largo grader is in uo, which plows up thu streets and loads the dirt onto patent dump wagon. Eighty patent dump wagons are in use. J Ten thousand Micks of cement aro piled about on tho streets of tho citv. Fifteen thousand saoks aro held as a rosorvo forco in tho warchouu in caho a freight tio-up should occur, so that tho work uood not ho delayed. Three barges aro stationed at Gold Ray and aro usod for pumping sand' from tho river bed onto cars.) From .$10,000 to $15,000 is paid monthly to tho Southern Pacific compnny for freight charges. Fiftcon thousand dollars is thu average monthly payroll, or over $000 n day. A largo conmoto mixer and a sec ond ono ordered. Tho company has already com pleted tho paving of West Tenth By tho first of August thu com pany will havo completed South Riv erside, South Holly and South Cen tral. On thoso three utreots the con crete hnso is already laid and In ready for asphalt surface. The concrete ha-o is now being laid on South Central. Cuius and gutter- havo been plac ed on Laurel, Eighth and North Riv erside and curb is now being laid on North Central. So great will be the amount of ce ntred, Genesseo street and En.it Main street, inont used in tho citv that Mr. Clark estimates that the sacks which he will return nnd on which ho is al lowed 10 cents each will amount to $20,000. In other words, 200,000 snoks of cement will bo used on Medford's streots. Thoso aro tho figures wliich will give you somo idea of what it means to handlo a million-dollar paving job. A second large couoroto mixer ha, been ordered, for tho pavers aro crowding tho cement gang too close ly. Mr. Clark's office is in his auto mobile. From one part of tho city to another he is constantly traveling, seeing that all parts of tho work is progressing as it should. East side, west side, north and south 1 was hurled in his auto Friday afternoon, until 1 began to think that there was not a street in the city that had not somo part of his crow upon it. So long has Mr. Clark beei driving over torn-up streots that ho thinks noth ing of hurdling sower trenches, plowing through heaps of grnvel and dodging henvy wagons and telegraph polos, It is an education for a man From a Layman's Point to ride with him, although it seems at times ns if yo"r education would he brought to an abrupt end. As ho drives his auto ho is driving a big job with all of tho vim and vitality that six feet of brawn at 30 can muster. First wo shot down North Central to where tho huge grader, operating like a hugo harvester, was tearing up tho roadbed and piling tho dirt onto dump wagons. Fifty men are at work in this crow and they nre tearing up tho streets in fast shape. After a word or two, there with tho foreman Mr. Clnrk hurried mo down to North Riverside, whoro a largo I gang was engaged in putting in tho concrete curb arid gutter. This gang is spread out for somo distance and comprises 120 men. Next wo visited tho concreto lay ers on South Central and thero wo found 2o men employed. These men aro all experts with tho exception of a fow muckors. A small rail track runs up an incline to the top of a huge mixer, run by a largo gasoline Migine. Up this track are hauled cars of material, which is dumped into the mixer. From tho mixer it passes into largo carts especially constructed and is hauled off to where it is being laid on tho streets. Hero is a crow of six men, who are experts at spreading thu concrete o that a uniform grade is maintained. This is put down rapidly. Then in threo or four days tho crew handling tho bindor follows. From tho couoroto "hiixers wo went to tho south end of Central, whoro tho largo paving plant is in opera tion. Hero is a plant that represents tho latest ideas in tho art of paving. Miss Alice Streets, who leaves for Ucrkclcy in the near future to re sume her studies at the University of California, visited in Ashland during tho week, the cucst of Miss Dorris Bayly. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. C. Stoddnrd, who havo been enjoying a two weeks' trip to Los Angeles, have returned and will begin nt once the construction of a modern residence on Queen Anno Heights. Mrs. K. K. Kubli of Portland has been in tho valley, tho guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Miller of Ash land, nnd Mr. Kubli's mother, Mrs. G.J. Kubli of Jacksonville. Mrs. William Langdon nnd daugh ter, of Clear Lake, S. D., who arc guests of Mrs. II. E. Gudhucs, were Ashland visitors during Chautauqua. Mr. nnd Mrs. F. E. Merrick nnd family are nmong thosc making the auto trip to Crater Lake, driving their own machine. 3Iiss Laura Reamcs of Berkeley, Cnl., sister of Mrs. John White, is in the city on n visit to relatives and friend?. Mrs. Helen Hnskins nnd Mis Fan nie Hnskius, accompanied by a mnid, aro occupying the Hnskins cottage nt Newport. o Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meeker were among those attending Clinu- tauqun nt Ashland during the wdek. Mr. nnd Mrs. Claud Miles, accom panied by Mrs. Robert Tc'fcr, aro enjoying an onting at Butte FalN. Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Shields have returned from Abhlaud. where they attended tUe Chnutanoua assembly. Mrs. C. R. Ray nnd daughter. Miss Mabel, are spending a few da3-s dur ing the heated term at Prospect. Mrs. Lou D. Jones nnd daughter, Miss Mnude. were Ashland visitors the first of the week. e Mrs. F. II. Raj and her mother, Mrs. Gage, of Gold Ray, nre among the guests at Seaside. Miss Agnes Conlon of Seattle is the gnest of Miss Emily Janney for the summer. Mr. Joo Lecget has gone to South ern California to spend his vacation. Huge vnts of boiling asphalt aro scon ns well ns groat ovens in which tho material with which tho asphalt Is mixed is heated. There is a A-ast amount of noise and grcnt clouds of dust. Men grimy with dirt peer" at you from all parts of tho huge plant and it is with relief that one com pletes u tour of inspection and gets out into tho sunlight again. Crude oil is burned and is kept in a huge concreto tank beneath tho plant. Thero is nothing of a temporary or a makeshift order to bo seen here. The asphalt wearing surface is put down by a gang of 15 men, all of them -burly negroes. This gang is one of tho most expert in tho em ploy of tho company and has beou with them for a number of years. Thoy spread tho material and do tho finishing. Ono could write columns about tho big job of tho stables, of tho black smith shops, of tho oil room, of buy ing axlo grenso hy tho barrel, of the firo department, of tho thousand and ono countless details which aro in cluded in this hugo job. That Mr. Clark is prepared for an emorgency of nearly ovory kind is shown hy tho fact that ho has oven erected a tank at the plant in which ho keeps sovor.il thousand gallons of wator for use In caso tho citv supply should fail. It would bo something entirely unex pected indeed that would catch him napping. So thorough is tho system to which tho work is reduced that if a foreman should stop a mnii for a half hour from hauling gravel in order that ho might haul a bit of lumber the offico force would know it that ovoning. System is tho key note of tho whole affair. Every man Drs. Carlow & Carlow leave July 20 for Portland, whoro thoy will taka the steamer Roso City foe dan" Fran cisco, to nttond the national con vention of tho American Osteopathia association, which moots thoro Aug ust 2 to 6, inclusive. Thoy expect to return about, August 0. Mrs. Claud Jones of Sams Valley was in Medford Friday on a shopping, expedition. M. M Taylor of tho Nunau-Taylor company of Jacksonville, was a Med ford business visitor Friday. Judge W. D. Fontou passed through Medford Friday afternoon on his way south. Daniel Kelly of El Paso, Tex., ar rived in Medford Friday night and will look over the valley with a view to locating. Mr. Kelly has heard wonderful things of the Rogue River valley in general and of Medford in particular and intends giving the section a thorough investigation. As he expressed it, "I don't want to in vest without thorough information, nor do I intend to take a hasty look and go away with a wrong impres sion. As far as I have gone, it looks good." Mr. nnd Mrs. W. H. Stewart and a party of friends left by auto Sat urday morning for a trip to Crater Lake, Fort Klamath, Klamath Falls and other points. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Palm and Trove Lumsdcn left Saturday morn ing in Mr. Palm's car for Crater Lake and tho rest of the scenic points. S. W. McClcndon of Gold Hill was in Medford on business Friday after noon. Word Whiteside of Central Pout was n Medford visitor Friday even ing. Agent Roscnbaum was a visitor at Ashland Friday. Tho Ladies' Aid society of tho Methodist church meets Tuesday af ternoon at tho church for work. Mrs. E. M. Lumsdcn has gone to Seattle and other Washington points for n visit. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Stine havo joined tho Medford colony at Cole stiu. of View is timed on his trips between tho plant and tho street and over' load of material is checked up. Thero arc no leaks. It is n big job that Mr. Clark has on his hands a job that many a man would fall down on. But ho will drive it to tho last ditch, for he is full of tho optimism of youth and is not afraid of hard work. II1X. REJECT ALL OFFERS TO ARBITRATE RAIL STRIKE TORONTO, Ont., July 23. Tho of for of tho minister of labor to fam ish a hoard of arbitration to sottlo tho dispute between the Grand Trunk railroad and its striking employes, has been rejected. Vico-Presidont Barry of tho con ductors declared tho men wore "arbi trating in thoir way and doing a good job of it, too." Tho strikors' committee, replying to the minister's offer, accepted, but only on torms that they bcltcA'od would bo rejected. Tho strikers wanted to name two of threo arbitrating board, mention ing P. II. Morrissoy of tho switch men and E. E. Clark of tho inter state commorco commission, former ly head of tho Order of Railway Con ductors, as thoir choico for tho two places. Presidout Hayes of tho Grand Trunk replied, rojcctjng tho offer mado by tho minister. Offtco workers nearly .-.lways se cure thoir poaltlons through adver tising or answering want ads, For "business" la done most .-.Iwaye In a. "business way",