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'mmw' YlF -jwn TT TT -r.'wwT'Wt"'" 5Kj5Ba A' Tiiv Hi rEDFOT?T) MAIL TKTBtTNTS, TOPFOtttt, OEOON. SUNDAY, .TANTTARY 1, 1911. 5 Medford's Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Gravity Water System Finished 14 f MEDFORD WATER SYSTEM "M Wnler liKlit ilnily How, ( 1,8(10,000 pillions. ' Diverting dam on Untie ) creek. 1 23 milci: Ill-inch pip? line. 2,000,000-gnllon reservoir, 210 feet above city. 20.07 miles cnstiron (lis- ' tiibuting system. ' (Hy W. J. ROHKHTS, Consultiig ; Engineer.) There nib three points in .the gnuio til" municipal wnter supply: QuantiU. ipinlity and coh). Bedford won on nil three point. The (pinnlity delivered ;it the eit leservoir exceeds the oiigiuul esti mnto ty a third; the quality is het tor than was originally proposed, ad finally, the total cost of the gravilv portion was $32,000 less than tl $300,000 allowed. An issue oi' $3(;,00() of honds was authorized in May, 1!)08, o which .$(15,000 was to he used in. cast iron pipe within the city propel for distribution, hydrants .nnd a. cessories, and $300,000 was nlniwcd 1'o.r the gravity sii))ly and reservoir Tlie report which was tilt basis oi the bond ifsiio estimated the snpplv at .'1,000,000 gallons daily, diveitinl: the supply from the north l'otk ni little Unite ahoe the Fish Lake company's intake to their canal. A darried out, the supply was actualh diverted at a point thiee miles fur ther up the creek, assuring hett. water for having tone above the twi lnrgc stock ranches of llanley ninl Slineer, and more water for thr added 4(10 feet of elevation. By (hi betterment the "gindient" become1 2.'1 feet fall per mile, against 111 feet per mile proposed. Tjie expenditures on the grnvil.v wntqr system are as follews: Water rights $ lf,000.0 Higit, of way 2,300.8 Telephone line 2,!)30.4: Reservoir site (i acres). 2."0.()( Litigation (right of way) 1,."2!).7 Hamilton construction contract 2.'l!),800,0( Extras 4 1.0.7. Engineering, surveys, etc. !),.'i8.".2 Investigations, Apple gate, etc J 22.(1' Inspection 1,8(1.0. Administration .iIMI.'i .Miscellaneous, printing, etc 307.HI Total 8274,7:1 8.2 Deduct 0.200. j0 I'D' fost, of graity system....(i8,5J8.J. .' LAVIXO 18-IXCII MAIXtrHKOl'OII MOKXTAINS. Tho not pioceeds of the sale o $3."i!j,000 giavity bonds amounted t $$337,408.20. Ten thousand dollar wore never issued, the bonding coniA pnny rdefusing that much as neces sar.v to coTer interest during tho thin of construction. The distributing system paid fo' out of tho so-called gravity wate Honds amounted to $(18,070.03: gm ity system, as above, $208,518.27 total. $337,408.20 nroceeiis.- of th bonds, What did Medford get for th $3o'),000? Water right A perpetual wate right to a daily flow of 4,8(10,00' gallons from a pure mountain strean whoso minimum flow is at least to times this amount, and further guar nutoed by tho stored wnters in Fisl Lnke and Four Milo lake, on Hi summit of the Cascades. Pipe lino 23 miles of lO-in.4 pine line, constructed of iniichiiu handed wooden stave pipe having carrying en pacify of 4,100,000 ga' Inns daily. Distributing reservoir A resor voir about a milo oilst of town bin ing ir capacity of 2,000.000 gallon at an elevation 210 feet above th business center of Medford. Heservoir site and park -Fi acres. of ground for future enlarge UBdMiBlMLAiMSBL 2 ViE?,f'"W8!f xv i. .-w lialilBBr wwftl r i" n riinwIM JHnHSHr.-T j.i-:i',-rr "''- n Tim ilBnOWhilTTniM ii'Ti' ifnl inent of reservoir or for city park Distribution Pipe: U121 feet 12 inch pipe, 14(12 feet 1 0-iuch pipe, 2010 feet 8-inch pipe, 2:i,()l.r feet 0 inch pipe, 823(5 feet 4-inch pipe; to tal, 37,877 feet, including hydrants, gates, hlowoffs and other fittings, mil (1.83 miles of cnstiron maijis. During 1010, 13.24 miles of addi tional mains were laid,. making a to al of 20.07 miles of cnstiron mains actually laid. Contract has been awarded for a mile additional and petitions are in lor several miles nore of extensions. ( To the !f(18,!)7!).!)3 from the gravity vu ter fund expended for distribution vas added the amount rebated on reight by the Southern l'aeitic company, a total of $73717.88. Thus here was actually received and ex tended out of gravity water bonds or "distribution," !r7(i,3.")1.81. Tlie citizens of Medford may well e proud of their water supply. No elter water is furnished any city in ho state. The supply is adequate for 20,000 icople without restrictions, and" fig ircd upon such aveiagcs as apply vin he middle west, the nunntilv daily 'elivcred to the distributing loservoirf sufficient for 2.',(I(I0 to 30,000 ieople. In this connection it may bo in- eresting to note that the average ost of a municipal water supply foi cities of this class is not far from .f.lO per capita. Pumping systems go a little lower, and gravity sys- terns a little higher. ModfonlV gravity supply has cost less than $( per capita of present population and when it is known that tho siippl.x is sufficient for thrico tho pieseu; oopulation the indebtedness per cap ta is among the lowest of the towie 'lining a system as good as ours. BEST THEATER TOWN. , v 4.4-AfT-r 4 In one re-i)i'ct al least, Medlord' laiuis to superiority aie not quos lioned. As a "show town," in the lineal parlance, Medford is known is tho best "one-night stand" west '. ho Hoekj mountain., when popula io mind renting capacity of its the ater are considered. This i duo in part to tho marvel ous development of tho surrounding country, but most of tho orodit miwl to to tho liusllint,' local maiiagor. "Iiailos I). Haolrigg. Hunmlf " dd nhowuiuii. he U kuown to man gers all over tho country jind ovor a the lookout to protect hn pnt ons, oancoU many a show that u. W.l mi In Ilia wtillldald. A U'sllll 'io poor shows (wo lime had had" ones) that have played Med rd in tho past tw seiiM.iis can In' ,in.i .. ti,,. t;,..rf.r i.f line hutid. lill-( III 111 .!- . . 1 .Hid being cmlidiot ot g-H.it i.nr.- CITY'S INTAKK OX IIUTTK CKKKIC 25 MIMCS IiAKH.McliAUOIIIJX (KISII liAKK), O.N'K OK Till? SOriU'KS OK MKI). KOKD'S WATrJH SI'PIMjY. , ('s Medford theatergoers " 1, the hoiiso" almost eery tune H - - 4.- opens. Medford veceives much excelleiM adveilising from these people and a number of them have bought prop erly here; t The one thing that has been lack ing is a suitable theater building, toi the present one is sadly lacking ii size and accommodations for ou-n the piesent Medford. While Hi' stage is fairly large and the tra cl ing companies are enabled to liaiig most of their scenery, yet at best it ,s but a makoshitl. Hut belter things are in store and by the opening of next season theie seems no douht but thut Mr. Ilazelrigg will have it theater that will be a credit to him and his city -Medfoid the best ,how town o lc' coast. ' Rogue River Valleys Health Giving Climate "What is the character of the cli mate of Hoguo Hivcr valley?" is a (piestion asked by ovary iij-wcnmei and prospective lesidcut of Medfonl and vicinity. , What aie the pievailiug diseases, the source ot your water, supply, mid, above all, is it healtlitiilT Do yo.i have electrical storms or -wind storms i Is (ho valley a good so eluded section for senii-invalids? There aio ninny faotois which must obtain if one is seeking climate tor ro&idontial, health, comfoit oi business purposes. Those factois aro temporal are, humidity, atmos pheric pressure, purity of air, inti tude, altitude and local condition, i. o., iicaruoss to main tnu, piituic if soil, irrigation, cultivation, popu lation, smoke, etc. Tho amount oi Miiishiuo, so important in the con sideration of any cliniate, i gov ernod largely by the humidity. As the Hoguo Kivor valley oniuyv about 300 days of sunshine yenily. and as the sun's rays aie one of the most iioworfiil diainfootants kuoun to science, it imtwrally follow, that this boetion is free fioin many of the diseiifcos which nio commoii to esr favored Kootioiifc. Tho valley i froo of the muWi changws of temperature so coinmui oabt uf fho Hockv nuiuntains. Dm ing tho winter tho tlipriiiouiclir ' often goo below froozing and lb huUrit tauiumwr day nirely bini. tho meniurv to 100 dogroos. Tim heat i toinjwrinl bv colu.. northwest bre'. msking tin- (" iiihIh H most (Wight fid one fn Hi iihkI delicate patient-. While the liuiiuiliU i- -r. l il in . . . 1 .. ...... I li.fll.fll tic -ll'il - no - KKOM MKOrOHl). VKwi yuuu ,AKK OVK OK TIIK SOL'IU'KK OK MKDKOIOVS WATKU sl'IMMiV KKI) HV TIIK MKIriNO HNOWK OK MT. JMilAUOIILIX, KMCXATIOV 10,000 KHIiT, SHOWN' JX Til 1-3 HACKOHOCXI). Hint season, the lack ol high winds of this section, is very onthiisiaHti'j mid eipiitable temperature uiakc the nnd icfors Io its mild winters an. I winter mouths as oujoynhlo iim tho 'cool suniiners, without extremes ol lemainder of the yoar. ' . j heat or cold, umking an ideal health ClimatologisU wouhj place Him idiiimle. section in the category, of climates (Jiving to the iiiilduess of this cii iih iiiland, medium altitude, both a mate, the absence ol extreme .degrees sedative and stimulant, froo from of bent and cold, Hoguo Hivcr valley winds, eloeiiK-nl atoruis and middoa I is suitable for a greater variety of changes of tiiaponiluii), a ujont ido.il invalids than is any other of similar combination of conditions, one which j size hi the woild. There is no cli is tiuoiiiialed in tho United States. , mate in the world which has not its The pin si., logical offoeU of this drawbacks, hat fewer climatic dis section on the nowuotnor consistH id I advantages nio found hero than anv inereao in roopiration and oardiae other countrv in tho world, functions, incroiibo in appotilo and i For pulinoiinry disoases this sec stimulation ot the n'orvoiw system, J tion cannot bo surpassed, and it and in an ioeieae hf both (iuuilily piediclcd that the lime is not far hind oiialilv or bjood. , Miiuney Yen, a fpiinoi-piotessor ot King' collcgeJAirdoti, in upeakiug ltll l Ollt, ON MI.IMOKH ( ll .Social Progress By Hattie Warner Gore ; That man is a giegarious animal, eer seeking tlie companionship of lus kind, has furnished poets nnd 'philosophers a theme over since the KiM Adiun'rohined, lonely, in the Guidon of Kden, seeking an Evo o lenliMii liis solitude. The hermit , meditating in his isolation is not a J oinial human being; to he deprived nl companionship is regarded by the (stale as a punishment suited to the j most ullniuous crimes; while to live in the world of affairs, absolutely UMiorcd bv his fellow-men, has pro vided an entanglement for the psy . chic novelist which enabled him L 1 dne Ids hero to the. insane asyluiii, 'I Ins social -instinct, which beneath the surface lies deeply ingrained in l ho heart of man, is in no small de gree responsible for the organisation land consolidation of gieat commer cial and industrial enterprises. It woman is engaged in cake, baking, .dressmaking, rearing children or in following one of the fine arts as a prolcssiou, sue. sleeks intuitively tlie association of others engaged in u like occupation; inun display the same tendency not only in the form ation of labor and trades unions., but also hi their organization of lodges and social clubs. The prin ciple is capable of well-nigh endless application and amplification, ae coiding to individual characteristic and environment. Seventy years sneo tho first resi dent pioneers, threading the daik finest of u well-nigh trackless wil derness, pushed their way oyer the Siskiyous jnlo the wagon road skirt ing the foothills above Ashland, and beheld the fair jewel of the Hogue Wiwr alley, girt lound with a set ling of emerald forests, spread out before tho'jn. Seventy yea is J And the slow, lumbering ox toiim as n motive power has been superceded by the steam engine, the gasoline mo tor and tho storage battery; the prai rie schooner is replaced by the pala tial Pullman car, the luxurious tour ing car and the automobile; the straggling cat,tlo trails have been trodden deep bv tho foot of progress nnd are transformed into well-built macadipiii.ed roads; the dusty high i dislanl. when a sanatorium lor lie i treatment ol diseases ol tlie lungs will be established in the southern III.IC.UTK Al 1T U.OOO.OOO way of summer and the well-nigh bottomless roads of winter are now paved streets. Instead ol the log cabin barrieaded to afford proteetiou from a lurking foe, the modern bung alow, with latticed pergola and giounds aid out by a landscape gardener, is the accepted style of living; instead of tho sanded floor of the pioneer, highly polished oak, velvet carpets and hand-made Turk ish rugs make the modern house hub- liable. Tho table is resplendent will ohiua, out glass and silver, while th dolieaeies of the world's markei take the place of the wild.gunie, bee without salt and course bread of a early day. Instead of the hourglne and the cheap wall clock, a $300 m.t hogan.V clock, showing the phases t. the moon and the process of th slurs, in silvery voice chimes out th hour,, Tho cheap factory mat. clothing has, given place to raimei of costly material and elaborate d( sign, and luxury of which our lore lathers did not so much as dronm i eagerly sought by their descoudniilt With all this expansion the social 'oi der(also has changed. Whereas th neighbors would gather around th pen fire of liu ovenim' ten year ago, eat apples, crack nuts and en joy social converse ami amateur mu siu, now, a strong tide is sweepin away such infoinuil evenings as th basis of society. Few faiinll cities can boast th cultivated musical and artistic tasi of Medford. To satisfy Hi'ih fasti plays, lectures, concerts, grand op era artists of the highest typo ha been engaged from time Jo time am are liberally supported. Lilorar, clubs formed for the study of art science and literature are eiithusias lically sustained, while dancing par ties, bridge clubs and a round o dinners, luncheons, basilars and in formal socials provide recreation fo various tastes. The first extensive and altruist! charitable work undertaken by Med ford lades was at the time tho Pen warehouse was completed and before its occiipancy,'when an elaborate In followed by a musical program wa giu'ii for the benefit of the fundi. iuiffor.i)rs, of India. That;tho affai was an overwhelming success, social V and fiiiiiucially, bespeaks the o. tculivo ability and laot of the Iodic in charge. That 4ho saino vivid pot lounlitios still wield tho social scut) ter in Medford is to explain tluv oi "iinizatioii and success of the wor if municipal improvement, iindei taken by tho Greater Medford clul Ltho delightful teas and musicals e.i a by tho Wodnohday Study cjnb, am also the viii ions lahois for tho yoiiu "arried on with unflagging energy I tho churches of all denominations While tiltru-pnigrcsHivo in man ways, socially Medford is inclined I he somewhat consorvativo; while i welcome in cordially extended t newcomers, an unrestrained freu am sonry among women does not pi'f vail; while full-diess and dccolleti are considered conventional, a de j& By end of the valley. Pneumonia, the gioat killer of the eastern stales, is neither common oi very fatal in this section. Ilhoum.t tism, another disease which in the cold, wel sections of the cast claim its yearly quota of victims, is rathci uncommon, The wnler supply of Medford iv one of. the niiiest in the win Id, be ing derived from Fish I.nke, a spark ling body of water at tho foot ol Mount MoLnimhlin. No human habitation is near t contiimiiiuto lake or liver flowing therefrom. While there hnve been some cases of tvphoid fever in Medford, wit hoi.t an exception almost the source ol infection can ho (raced to numerous old wells from which the water sup 0AIMXH. KI.KVATIOX tilO FI3I3T tniled description of dress is not the most important part of tho reports of social affairs. The value of ie- crei)lion, adapted to individual needs, in oiling the rather complex machinery of everyday life cannot be denied, and what better men is than the columns of tho local papeis win be employed to inform tho woihl that as a community wo are not given over to a spirit of absorbing com mercialism, but arc considering a uioro or loss easy, leisurely and aes thetic method of promoting social in tercourse. It is hinted that, while umosiug popular amusements ami iffocling a certain scorn of the Va ietie.s and frivolities of tVininiuih, lien are the first to grab the Sun lay paper and feverishly scan the ooinj column to inform theniselve-i is to what their neighbors have leen doing and as to how they did I. Possibly thoy are attempting to range the real valuo of "society" as i commercial asset that they may 'now how to shape future, wholosnlo rdors for silks, laces, out glass, sd or, jewels, razor clanm and wafein. I'hoy are. sly eiiouoh and shrewd uouuh, too. to make tho most of an ipporl unity. No doubt, oven in this dvaneed ige, human nature Is still susceptible o improvement, but woman has a atural bent toward decoration and idornmeiit that extends, beyond her personal pleasure in dress, to her 'louse and to all with which she comes u contact. While certain seriou.i- liniied individuals may deplore this H a very serious Htate of nffnirrf. ti)j these .worthy peoplo should ex- roisn a nraiseworthy natience when hoy refloot how infinitely inore.so- ious mallei's would bo if woman and 'ier frivolities wore suddenly olim noted from the selntino of things. 4 - t NATIONAL WONDERS. ----4- Medford is the gateway fo two of tho greatest natural wonders in tho world Crater lake and tho Oregon caves, commonly known ns tba 'marble halls of .Oregon.'' Crater ako is situated on the summit of ho Cascades, 80 miles from Mod ord, filling the deep howl of a gi gantic volcano. It is circular in hnpo, six' miles across aid its blue waters aro 2000 feel deep,' the doep 'fit body of fresh water with one or eption in tho world. Two hundred iiul eight sipiaro miles of scenic vonders around the lako have bee.i el aside as a national park and uiblic phiygroiu by congress, ami irobably powhero in tho world . hero such it wonderland. Tho Oregon caos aro easiest Vached from Medford, though looalr d in Josephine countv near the Ap- legiic river. A complete survey of the caves have never been made, 'nit explorations conducted show hem to bo the greatest cayes in the vorld. far greater in extent add of more wonderful construction than I he famous Mammoth caves ' Dr. E. H. Porter ply of many families was secured before the advent of the present wa ter system. In many Instances a few led from these wells' was 10 bo found the family nuthouses, l-on-lamiiialiou from one to tho other was an easy matter and very couiinoiilv occuricd, piodiiciug intestinal dis eases. Adcuunlo advertising frank in forming, factful. frequent being a part of a .store's service to you, it follows that a good store is neces sarily a well ad vol lined store. Waiit-advejtiso for a now clerk or office-woikor mid Your business routine will scarcely bo interrupted bv the exit ot tho other one. AI.OVI3 ni!HiNr.sHr.crios OF CITY. ' WlJIJ iKinK