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-H- W' ?! n . w turn ' - i v Medford Mail Tribune UNITED I'ltKSS ASSOCIATION Full Lcncd Wlro Report, SECOND SECTION PAGES 9 TO 10 Tho only pnpor In tho world 2 publlshou In .1 city tho Hire Medford having n leased wire. iottjiybab. MED1TORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEP'HSMBER 4, 1910. No. 143. IVIedford's Building Activity Is Breaking AH Records Tho Hooming insatiable tluiiiiintl for office room, Htoru Hpuoo and hotol aouoininottiitloiiH which Iiiih continu ully confronted Medford in hur rapid gnfwth from u iifiiKll town to a runt ling city hIioiiIiI hooii Iiu tumporurily relieved. With tho uomplution of the business blocks now under vonutruc tion, 128 ruouifi will bo thrown iiMn tho miirkut for mho iih officer gueHt chambers itiitl storerooms. Of these, 212 nro designed for IiiihIiiuhh of fices, whilo 210 will ho for tho no commndntiou of guoHtH in tho two now IioIuIh that uro'undor construc tlon. Tho inujority of tlio office rooms liuvo nlroiuly boon ronton! to business finnri who nro now holding forth in huuk alloy iipartniontH or in luully oranipod quarters in Home of Mcdford's present modern businosH lilockn. Thoro aro over $000,000 worth of solid, ponnanont buildings undur construction in .Medford at tho proH out timo. BosidoH tho buildings not- nnlly being built, tho architoctH Hay that they aro now negotiating with a numlior of prospective builders who havo not yut inado dofinlto plaiiH, but who will build in tho nonr future. In addition to tho stone, brick, iron and concrete HtructuroK being built in tho downtown firo restricted dis trict, .Medford in witnessing an un prcccdcutud rush" in tho homo-building line. The business blocks under con struction number twelve Althmmh none of thorn aro skyscrapers in (lie. Now York uso of tho term, if piled together they would iioho away the cloud), at the height of 3(1 stories. Tho two hotels and the Howard building aro to havo five stories, the Garnet -Corny four stories mid the rest twn and three stories. A proper cstimatu of the extent of construction work being douo in Mcdford's downtown section can bo gained by tho knowledge that if all tho huildiiiL's being erected were 0110 story high I hoy would cover 112,301) square feet, or two and one-third acres. A wall miido of the material that is being used in the huildiugH would havo mado an admirable pro tection for homo medieval town. Robert Slowing, a Califoruian, is tho last man to have plans drawn for the erection of a business block Mrs. T. E. Daniels and Mrs. Bert Harmon entertained at cards Thurs day afternoon at tho homo of Mrs. Daniels. The decoratioiiB used woro largo huuolujH of roses and aHtors, Punch was served during tho after noon and at tho conclusion of tho game refreshments woro served, Miss Banks, Miss Ely and Mrs, Miles assisting tho hostcaos. There woro oven tallies of players, four of bridge and three of five hundred. Mrs. Dunlop won tho first prize at bridge, a pair of silk Iiobo, and Mias Gladys Hoard tho first prir.o at five hun dred, a pair of silk Iioho. Tho lucky number prize, a box of perfume, .was carried off by Miss Ely. Tho invit ed gitoHts wore: Mosdnnics Fitch, who was tie guest of honor, Purdiu, Carey, Budgo, Stokes, Hai'or, Chas, Brown, Dunlop, Mundy, E. B. Davis, Root, Fogor, Schermerhorn, Ran, Perkins, Mntildou, Hoyden, Ilaruo burg, Lawlor, Heard, Milos, Foster, HolmoH, Trowbridge, McGowan and Warner; Misses Suodlcor, Banks, Heard and Ely, Mrs. Boydon nnd Mrs. MoGownn entertained moHt 'onjoyingly Tuondny nftcmoou at Mrs. Boydou's attrac tive home on North Central avoiuio. The color scheme was red, which was carried nut in all tho rooms. Five hundred was played. Punch was sorved during tho afternoon and later very delicious rofreshmontH woro sorved, Tho gnosis of honor of tho afternoon woro Mrs. Wallace of Chi cago, a Histor of Mr. Perry j Mrs. Walcott, Mrs. Scott Davis' sister, and Mrs. Fitch of San Francisco. Tho invited guests were: Momluinos Purdiu, Fitch, Daniols, Harmon, Orr, HoliUOH, Heard, Goble, Merrick, Pol tingcr, Page, Foster, Watt, Wright, Bingham, Summorfield, Sohonuor horn, Bnrnohurg, Hargravo, Antlo, Ilouok, Kenluor, Scott Davis, Wal cott, Perry, Wallace, LmiiihiIoii, Hal Couroid, Hood, Misses Weeks, Ely and Gladys Hoard, jz? IN MEDFORD'S SOCIAL REALM j& in .Medford. Clark k Poster have jtiHt drawn plnim for a two-story proHhod brick structure, which is to bo built by Mr. Slowing at 217 West .Main street. Tho now building will be 2 feet wide, with a depth of 120 feet. Both floors will ho used as HtorerooiiiH. Clark X Foster also havo just finished plans for tho now Christian Science church, which is to he erected on Oakdale avenue. Tho church is to be a frame structure, costing $3300. .Modford'H lino now $30,000 depot, which is, the most expensive struc ture built by the .Southern I'acifio between Portland and Sacramento, will become the permanent abode of the Medford coterie of Ilarrimau of ficials on the first of next month. Tho new depot resembles in every de tail tho one iccenlly constructed at Walla Walla, a town of 30,000 peo ple. Contracts havo been let for John M. Hoot's now $30,000 building and will be completed in 121 days. The structure will have an enameled brick front. The first floor will bo occupied bv stores, whilo tho second will contain offices. Both tho Garnet -Corey and Rogue Ifivcr Electric buildiuus will bo ready for occupancy by the first of next month. Tho (larnel-Corcv building, four stories high, will ro,t THE OAHKET-COUKY UUILDIN'O. .MedfordV first four-story building. Iluilt of n handsome brick and trimmed with Southern Oregon granite. Courtesy Itoguo Mngnzino. A jolly crowd of tho younger sot gave a farewell picnic Thursday for Miss Eugenia Towiibcud. Three autos carried tho young people to Iloliuan baths, and after a plunge tho party motored to Kingsbury Springs. On their return to tho baths supper was served under the trees. Later tho party drove to tho country homo of Miss Towuboud, whore all had a feast of watermel ons. Those present were: Misses Eugenia Towuseud, Jean Aiidortxan, Josephine Hoot, Irene Smith, Caro line Andrews, Mario Eifert, Hutu Woodford; Messrs. William Vawtor, Ralph Pierce, Howard Shearer, Mor ris Leonard, Leonard Ewbank, Wal ter Brown and Gerry Gnrrott. Miss Bertha Pierce chaperoned iho party. The Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church gave a mott enjoyable hayrido last week. After going to Jacksonville and Griffin creek, tho party returned to tho hoom of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Goro and spent the lemainder of tho ovouiug under tho oaks. Chinese lanterns lighted tho lawn and delicious re freshments woro served, including a feast of watermelons provided by Mr. Gore. Those present were: Missos Fern Jerome, Agues Isaacs, Loraiuo Blitou, Jessie Purdy, Lou Campbell, Gertrude Humphrey, Opal Daly, lone Flymi, Gonoviovo Wort man, Laura Trooklor, Putney, Min nie Jackson, Mary Goro, Edna Goro, Esther Harrison and Borthu Bron denburg; Messrs. Hammond, Harri son Harvey, Field, Charles Weaver, Sani Glasgok and Arthur Hose. Mrs, W. F, Shields chaperoned tho party. Tho Eastern Star hold a mooting Friday night, when the arrangomoul of tho work to bo "done was definite ly settled. Mrs, Hiiiehart, the worthy grand matron, was prosont; also Mrs. Matthews, tho past worthy matron of Indiana, and Mrs. Low, jhJH ill aJ-ftSllSlllHB Thin building has past worthy matron of Illinois. Af ter the business mooting n social evening was spent. About one hun dred people were present. ' Tho Mohodist Brotherhood have planned a series of Icoturos and con certs which will bo given during the winter for the benefit of the new church building fund. Tho first con cert will be given Tuesday evening, September (1, at tho First M. E. church. On that occasion Miss Talma-Zettu Henry will make her first appearance before a Medford audience. Miss Henry is a dramatic reader of rare ability and the Broth erhood was very fortunate to bo able to secure her. Tho first largo dancing parly or tho season was given Friday night in tho hall of the Natatorium by Misses Bess Kentuer, Ruth Merrick and Hazel Enynrt. About 25 cou ples wore present. Punch was, serv ed by Miss Jean Budgo and Miss Laura Page, on tho roof giydon, which was lighted by Chinese lan terns. Tho patronesses wore: Mos dames Mouldou, Kentuer, Daniels, Harmon nnd Budgo. Mrs. Porcivul Shao and daughter, Miss Kathorino, leave for Boston Sunday evening and Mr. Shao has been extensively entertainod this past wcok. Friday morning Mrs. Snodicor gavo a ft o'clock breakfast in her honor. Among tho guosts were Mesdamos Schenok, Fabric, Putnam and Hartzell. Mrs, Rinohart, tho worthy matron of tho Eastern Star, Is tho guest of Mrs. W. II. MoGownn on Oakdale avenue. Mrs. Rinohart met with the Medford Lodgo Friday night, and with the Jacksonville lodgo Saturday night, and Monday will ho in Central Point. TUB QCKBX ANNK SCHOOL. been pnu'ected ni d work will start .3S,250 when completed. The first floor will be occupied by the Gar- net-Corey Hardware company, while ' tho upper three floors will bo di vided into 00 offices. Powers & ' Hoove's are the architects for this b tiding. The first floor of the Homio River Valley Electric building, on West .Main street, ii already tfcciipied by . the company owning it. Tho second and third floors have been divided by the architect, Melntobh, into 30 office. There will $fa cftfo in tho basement connected by elevator with a roof garden on top of the building. l'owern ic Ileeves report that the A. A. Davis building, which is being erected on North C street for tho South Hend Milling company at the cost of .45,(I00, will bo completed within the next two mouths. Tho ' furniture store of Cuthbcrt & Co. ' will occupy the entire two floors of this buildinc. which ha the dimen On noxt Tuesdny ovening, Sep tember G, a dramatic concert will be given at tho First M. E. church, cor ner North Bartlett and Fourth streets, in which Ms Tnlmn-Zotta Henry, a professional reader, lato of San Francisco, will inako Iter first appearance in Medford uudor tho auspices of the Mchodist Brother- hood. Tho foremost metnbors ot Medford's musical cirelo will assist Miss Henry. The program is excel lent and will bo as follews: Piano, "Fourth Mazurka" (God ard), Mrs. C. Walker; comedy skotoli, "Engaged" (Livingston Russell), character represented, Sally Saun ders, Ralph's "angel," Miss Tnlma Zotta Henry; monologue, "In linmi nont Peril" (B. L. C. Griffith), Miss Talma-Zetta Henry; song, selected, Mr. Hoy; (a) selections, comedie; (b) quaint, child dialect ohnraotor izations, "Seein' Things" (Eugene Fiold), "Elf Child," "Hnggedy man," "Almost Boyond Endurance" (James Whitcomb Riley), (o) drnmatlo loading, "The Minister's Black t MISS 1IBNHY. upbn it in the gpring. lBSWFS'-W ia.. S KHanKAanR'iimA . . - . THE NATATORIUM. Mcdford's now amusement palncc. i : which over 500,000 feet of timber was used nnd several carloads o." f-teel. Courtesy of Rogue Magazine. Nnnco" (Paulino Phelps), Miss Tnl-ma-Zetta Henry; song, selected, Mrs. Van Scoyoo; dramatic pathos char acter sketch. "How tho Church Wns Built at Kehoe's Bar" (John Ben- nott), Miss Tnlnm-Zettn Henry, Mr.. C. Walker at the piano; humorous acting monologue, Difficulty" (Puuline Tnlma-Zetta Henry. 'Dumb Waiter Phelps), Miss A picnic dinner wns given on tho banks of tho Roguo river, beyond Gold Hill, Saturday ovening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Trapp, who havo been tho guests of Dr. and Mrs. Wal ter Stokes. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Trapp, Mr. nnd Mrs. Chas. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop, Mr. nnd Mrs. Edgar Hafor, Dr. and Mrs. Stokes and Howard Dudley. Tho B. G. club wns ontertnincd Thursday afternoon at the home of Miss Opal Daley. Contests were played and Miss Leola Eubank car ried off the prizo. The club intends giving a progressive party next Tuesday. In honor of Mr.. Fitch of San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. Hnrry Fos ter gavo a delightful dinnor Snturday night. Pink carnations wero artis tically used as decorations. Tho guests wero Mrs. Fitch and hor daughtor, Miss Ely, and Judgo and Mrs, Purdiu. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend and Miss Eugonio leave Monday for a trip to Soattlo and Minneapolis. Later they will go to Lou Angeles, Cnl where they oxpect to inako their fu ture homo. Mr, and Mrs. Lux will spend tho winter in Medford. Mrs. T. E. Daniols entortainod Weduosday with u bridgo breakfast whou u most delicious breakfast was sorved. Tho gitosts wore Mos damos Mouldou, Harmon and Caroy, sions of00xl80 feet. The first story of this structure is extra high, hav ing u meantime or balcony for stor ing goods. The five-story Howard building, being erected on Central avenue across from the postoffiec, will be Mcdford's largest business block. The first two stories will be occupied by a department store, consisting of an nmnlgamntion of the Medford Furniture company and Nicholson Hardware company. Johns & Tur ner, tho architects, have divided the upper three floors into 70 offices. The building will cost $85,000 ind will be completed by the first of the year. The Page nnd the Medford hotels being erected at each end of the town both have their basement ex cavations finished. Within the next week contracts will be let for the buildings proper. The Medford hotel will be six stories high and will contain 110 guest rooms and six sample rooms, besides a dining room and appurte nances, parlors, a lounging room for men, a store, a barber shop and a billiard room. The building will be pressed brick, costing $80,000. The Page hotel, located on East Main nnd Riverside streets, is to J cost $100,000 and is to be five stor ies high. The fifth floor, however, t mZt Mrs. Helen Sncdicor, assisted by Mrs. Roscnbaum. entertained at bridgo Wednesday afternoon. Tho guests were Mesdnmcs Shao, Scher- merhom, Daniels, Harmon, Mnnloy, Perry, Wallace nnd E. B. Davis Mr. Ed Andrews has taken chnrgo of the emigrant and sales department of the' Rogue River Canal company. Mr. Andrews is very-much interested in tho work and will devote nil his energy and timo to it. The members of tho Lndies' Aid of the Christian church nro urgently re quested to attend tho meeting to bo held at the church Wcdncsdny after noon nt 2:30. Mrs. White and daughter, Miss Zclia, havo returned from an outing nt Colestin nnd leave Sunday with tho K of P. for Klamath Falls, whoro thoy will spend some timo with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Olwcll gavo a cirous party, followed by a luncheon Monday. Tho invited guests wove, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hnndloy, Mr. audi Mrs. George Daggett, Messrs. Tron- son and Astbury, Mr. Howard Riglcr of Portland is visiting Mr. Vernon Vawter. Mr. Riglor is a noted athlete and Jias carried off many honors nnd modnls nt his university. Thoro will bo n spocial meoting of tho Ladies' Aid of tho Methodist ehurch Tuesday nftornoon. All metnbors nro roqnosted to bo pres ent. Mr. nnd Mrs. C, A. McArthur aro receiving congratulations on tho nr- rival of a daughter August 2, Mr. D. B. Russell is sponding his vaontion on Trail creek. : : will not bo finished immediately. This hotel will contnin 100 guest rooms and will have n grille in ths basement. Both hotels will be steam heated and will have elevators. Bo tween the Page hotel nnd Boar crook will be erected a theater as soon as the first building is comploted. The Episcopalian building, next that of the Rogue River Valley Elec tric company, is neanng completion under the careful superintendence of , Archdeacon Chambers of Portlund. Tho building will contain two floors. Three stores have rented the ground floor, while the npper floor is being divided into eight offices. A large meeting or dance hall and a recep tion room to serve at times as a dining room. Tho building is being erected at n cost of $32,000. The now St. Marie's church, noxt door, is not being built at present oa account of lack of funds. Porter J. Neff, and J. A. Wester lund have started work upon a busi ness block 100x130, where tho resi dence of J. E. Enynrt stands on the corner of Sixth and Fir. This build ing is to be the new home o tho Mail Tribune. In addition to these, a very fine new home has been erected by the Medford Grocery company, just south of the present Southern Pa cific depot, at a cost of $40,000. Buildings planned for tho spring include a new opera houso by Dr. Page, a Masonic temple and several apartment houses, aside from a large store on the east side. Big Debut for Ethel Croker. BURLTNGAME, Cal., Sept. 3. In an effort to outdo Eugene do Sab- ' la's entertainment on tho coming-out of his daughter, William C. Croker will erect a $20,000 temporary Pa vilion as a setting for tho debut o Miss Ethel Crocker, which is to take place next Thursday night. The erection of tho coatly temporary buildings bids fair to become quite a fashion in the smart set of Bur lingame. Hundreds of guests havo been in vited and tho spacious rooms of tho Crocken mansion, one of tho most elaborate in the stnte, wore deemed insufficient for their accomrooda- jtion, so n brand-new one, no raat- ter what it cost, was decided on. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Handley enter tained at dinner last Sunday. Their guests wero Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ol wcll, Mr. and Mrs. Daggett, Mossrs. Tronson and Astbury. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Garrotson of Washington arrived in Medford last week and will locate here. Mr. Gar- retson will bo in charge of tho jig Pinos planing mill. Mrs. J. T. Roberts of Albany, who has been tho guest of Mrs. A. C. Allen and Mrs. L. B. Brown, left Sat urday for hor home. Miss Helen Whitney and Miss Holon Morrow, who have been .the guests of Miss Watt, left for their home in Portland last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Trapp anil family of Lincoln, HI., who havo boon visiting Mr. Trapp's sister, Mrs. Waltor Stokes, loft last, week for their homo. Mrs. Ed Andrews will opon her studio in tho small hall of tho Nat atorium a week from Tuesday atid will bo thoro two days each week, Tuosdays and Fridays. Mrs. Clara Moulden, who has been sponding tho past week in Medford, loft Saturday for the Enyart ranchj on Roguo rivor. Tho K. O. P. loavo Sunday for Klamath Falls, whoro they will bo royally ontortained by tho ordor thoro until Wednesday. Mrs, Montgomery rotumed to Medford. last week, whoro sho will spoud somo timo with hor sister, Miss Pnintor. Mrs. V. B.'Pickol.loft for a short trip to Portland Saturday evening. (Continued on Page 13,) t4 w 1 M "i