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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1911)
;rv 7T'f7i6$f .iNtEWORD'MAIT. TRJBUNig; MTCDitCtoD, OKTitfON." STTNMAWAiry; 1, 1911. S., P. FEATURES VESSELS LOST FPltfff CDFFT3 tl-Moin.j ua n y fc MEOFOROS ON COAST FEW 1911 Railroad Acknowledges Increased Importance of City by Fcaturinp. Name In New. Folder Is Shasta Route City in January Book. U. S. Lifesaviiifl- Service Report Shows Excellent Work Done Dur irtrj Year Only 53 Lives Lost Out of 66GI Persons in 1464 Disaster Big Time Had in San Franclsw List Evening MostElalibVate Farads in History of . City Fully 150,800 Visitors on Hand. i . i i 'I I i - ..." I 'MM r .. ..Ml IIIM.UU lUHLLIUl A . ' ! 'f i x t i o-y , i u u nn'C JH IllUt Bvis" " "" tnn - " " t"7"." C.l.Ifc HAfflt SBkffJ,! .. & ." --.. i. '"- .-.,. law v 'wl The increased importance, of tho city of Medford and its growth dur ing tlio la'st year lids impressed the Southern Pacific railroad officials to such an extent that the name "Mod-, , ford" In bold typo Is featured In , that company's folders for January"? 1911. Desldes being Included with Port land, Tacoma and Seattle in tho list of cities mentioned as being on tho "Shasta Route," tho word Medford in the body of the tlmo table I3 made ,, prominent and is tho only name printed in black faced type on tho lino between Montague, Cal., and Roseburg. ' (In order to formulate plans for tho holding of a musical festival hero next spring tho Oratorio society will hold a meeting next Tuesday night in the nNtatorium building. T8lio intentions of tho leaders of the movement for a festival aro to arrange UiO'dato so that tho services of tho Minneapolis Symphony or chestra can bo secured. This organ ization, concoded by musical critics to bo the third finest of Its kind In the world, will make a tour of tho Pacific coast durlug tho coming spring. JAP SPIES ARE, CAUGHt AT WdRK m Federal Officers Said to Have Shad owed Them While at Work in Isl and, But Were Powerless to Stop Them Under the Present Laws. MANILA, Dee. Ul.WnpaifoV.c bpies in the Philippines are not onl aclive in Manila bay and on Corra ucrior ihlnnd, but the United Press if inl'onncd today they, are cuK"Xcd in mapping out the entile iuclii.)ehigo. The military authorities, it ih learned, are i'ully aware of the ac tivity of the little brown nion and have been .secretly watching them a their work, Thcw know exactly! ' what maps have been drawn, but they are powetlcbs to slop the work because there is no law by which spies can bo interfered with. The only Inw under which the secret agents of Nippon could bo checked -is trespass, and this law, it is learn- ed, they havo been caiefpl not to vio late. i Tho maps that have been made, il is. ascertained, aro not ouUunry nmps of tho island. They contain much greater detail and aro drawn with enro and aci'iiruey. They show rcjjuls, l'ortifiuatious, the general I'onfoimuti'oii of the country and. in hliorl, contain nil the e-sential infor mation that would ho useful in ease of an invasion of the Hands. "OLE OLSON" COMING ' SOON TO MEDFORD Ben Hendricks' comedy, "Olc Ol son," is joining Thursday, Janunij .nt the Bedford theater. '"Olc OJson" is tho play in which the Swedish dialoct was first made life of for stago purposes. This picoo has taken its placo as a fun inaker by tho side of the Gemma, Ipsh and) Yankee dialect pluy-, and "Olc Olsqn" is equally us inteiesi iiig and pleasing as any of this style of dramatic woik. The storv of course centers around "pioy and tl' ool and unruffled manner in which lie baffles' the schemes of the villain I nqver fails to get round of applause, H dcalinsr. us it does, with tnc i Intions of a voitnc widow and the fq'rts of faithful young SwcdMi jnan a hopt she has befriended. ( lighten liar burden, N told with the Jiutural simplicity that is heart-appealing. Mrs. Jqnlon, the widow, has almost overcome tho schemes of an Jiiihcrupulous brother-in-law tihon Jmr first husband. Jetferson Hut, whom she has long behoved dead. niukcs hii nppearanco and co-oper- makes Iih appearance ana "',u'' tcs with.the scoundrel to secure a fortune left her by her fir-t busbaiu. In the pursuit of this plot tl,oy run ...Miiiap fr the voung Swede, who. intiuctive)y dislikes the two niscnm 'and becomes Mr. Jordan's selt-a.v pointed guardian. Tito development e i,o fiu'nilisli immigrant from. the ' '" '-"-- , , c.,l uncouth and awkvvara io Wiu i Mi-American Hliron is earned along on line- of mingled comedv I....1 palhos. Seals on sale Monday. BBTlTrSiBLllSfc? ft J BUNGALO CHURCH BEIHGERECTED ' Christian Scientists Arc Ercctinn n Splendid House of Worship ' cli North Oakdaic at a Cost of $9000 Uni(uc in Architecture. Construction is under way ointhe fir.st "bungalow" church in the northwest, First Church of Christ, Scientist, now being constructed by the Christian Scientist on North Oakdaic at a cost of $9000. The church is unique in arehilec tnre and resembles a country club houso more than a reliirioun edifice. It is built for use and comfort ami the stately stiffness and foiltiddiiur barrencss of church architecture iu blrangely missing. The church wdl contain, beside tho assembly room, a library, read ing room and other usable featmes. MAY MAKE LAW . TO BUST TRUST U. S. to 'Commence Suit for Dissolu tion of Electrical Trust Octopus Charflcd With Using" Patents as Club to Make Prices Soar. . WASHINGTON. I). ('., Dec. 31. tlio proposed suit against the "cli'o tiicul trust" to bo iilcd in January by the attorney general will bo somowlmt singular to thut now be ing proseeutcd in Canada against tho United States Shoo Machinery com pany, according to tho plans as now outlined. It will be alleged by the government in tho coming suit that the electrical trust has restricted competition and advanced prices, through the protection- grunted it under patent rights, as well as through triiht ngieumonts and con tracts. - i It is intimated heio that if .tin government fails to iivaidato Iho patents held by r tho oleqtricnl cor porations, a low'sinulnr to that en acted in Canada will bo piosented in the next congress. v v i HENRY FARNUM FLYS, 384 MILES IN FRANCE L'TMAPK. Kranif. U'i-. :U. Hcnrv Fauiwii " Fniim liiplum today smithed pievnm u-couN aid won the Mieholm inx for ditaucu HvIim. M84 miles. ThU break-' tin- :""', mlirk wtttbliBhed vot rt'a uM Kjord J , TAuleuu, h-. li,w' Buo bj Mmco JB-.00 mile Medford Theater. Saturday. Juuuary 7, I H. WOlttnl offers the play iih ,ol -."'', ",V'"! Time, tho I'laeo and the Girl." few iimbei, three scenic n " " ,,,, S(, f , "V,,,,,,.,,,,, j.n.u.n 1 Clir- .. AX AXGL1J JX TUK KOGVK UIVI2 STERLING MINE SHOWN ON SCR "The Widow of Stcrlinn Mine" Is Title of Picture at Savoy, Showing Jackson County's Famous Placer Picture Taken Last Summer. A moving picture showing the fa mous Slci'ling mine of this eouniv has been roccibed by 15. ('. Hubbard, manager of tho Savoy thcaler. lie will show (he film tonight. The mine was iiiado tliu Hutlhnr of u comedv enacted by a company im- ported last summer by the nioviti- piclnio company, winch was inter- estcd in locnl scenery by Mr. Hub bard. mm ?m is Lilfb REPLArJTED . IS. 1. Shannon, acting supervisor of tho Crater Lake losorvo will will loavo tho city early no.t weel; on a tour of Inspection. Ho will vIhR tho Cat Hill section, about HO miles of which was burned over last Hummer, to report on tho in ogress of tho le-scedlng of a por-, tlon of tho burned area now being done, Owing to tho bhow now on tho ground there, tho seeding party aro "broadcasting" tho seed. ' Norway spruce, Kuropoan larch N ...... wraivii. )nu ,..". u. .- ,,oaa)lo t(, g(jl a CO,J0,0 r(;c,onl r letles being planted. j tho saino from any sonicu. Tho map Theie mav be better opporlnuilios' "Hon which tho systom Is shown has for tho onUipiising and progutesivo boon scaled, and tho same shows than those offered in the Hog'io u,,0,,t G-8:J ,,lllert of 4 G 8 J0 "(1 Kncr allcv, but if Iheio iiie, thev 1-' l'"--'' 'l"- Tho distributing sys havo necr been pointed out tem to'iulred U',000 ubovo tho bond i i i,,.... ..i.... ..... it... ...... p!rrz.k rsz' iaaaSyg: y', .,,, JlLoG'u E Y. valleh 'figaB vA BK-aalaJi."U.iJf-J'iiJeR ': tjj . txrjrJiw mvjntitmu KtiwyiarrnruwawmimKmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmfmrammmmm IBI 11 .ORCHARD DISTRICT. ROOT TO BUILD BUNGALOW STORE Promoter Will Erect Bungalow Store for Bunjjalow Patrons' in 'Bunga low Neighborhood Will Vcntuir. $G0QO on Novel Idea. i John M. Root Is having tho plans, diawn up for it "bungalow store" wlich he Intends to build soon on tho corner or Main and Oiango streets. ,( To bo localwl' In neighborhood given up ulnioHL"hotlreIy to buIldlngH ()f tho "bungalow" ty galow lypo, tlio struc- 1 1 m . ture, which WlU houso a grocery and drug store, will conform In ovory way i ) J with tho oiltectural lines of Its ulghbors and whon completed will have necessitated ai outlay of ap pioxlamtuly ?t!QUV, , 'O00.000 w public v;ork (Continued from puko 1.) li acting firms, Hnkor & Vincent, ami tho Jacobson Undo Co., at u total cost of $1)0,159. til, In addition to this amount, the city has Jald from Its stock of second-hand pipe. $2,292.23 feet of ! and C Inch water mains. . Wo might hero compare tho cost of water inula construction during 1909-10 with that as previously laid. Tho part of tho city distributing sjHtcni that wus put in under tho $05,000 bond Ih.suo, is not recorded in our office, In fact it bus been Ini- CT7?fi-DFQlD. GRANTS PASS. . ' 1ASV0TE0WET By Majority of 49 Votes Neighbor ing City Votes for License new Yoar Will Sec Saloons in the City. GRANTS PASSVMco. HI." Uy i' mn.joiily of -ID voles link city totlu.v voted "we!." The ounrpiugu Art a voiy quiel one. Only it light vote was cast. i Issue, to bo completed, limiting tho ti.S3 miles of mains a total coRt of $77,0li or ?1j,275 per mile. Tho VA.'iA (lnllos contracted for 'during tho presonL admlnlatratlon cost $(!8I!l per mile plus cost of engineering or .022 or $0971 per tulle. This shows u reduced cost of $l,.'!02 per mile of main notwith standing vtholucrcnscd cost of mate ria! and labor . daring theso two years. . . . ?08ToprT8? c. .' HHKDLU U V -,Mn c da m olCiuls. Tho West Main nuicadani road, joining (ho pavomout with tho coun ty's work, contains 2110 skunio yards, tho cost or which Is $1590, 50. Recapitulation f total Improve meats: 1. Street pavements ... ?:J77,G 15.08 2. Sidewalks 74,0'0J.G0 II. Sowers 110,412.00 I. Water nmhis 90,159.13 5. .Macadam roads 1,590.50 (J. Giavity water supply. 275,000.00 (baud Iota) $934,789.00 This amount doua not Include tho cost of tho gravity water systom which lias been iustullQd during the Piosont city administration, nt a cost of upproxliiiKtcly of $275,000.00. Tho detailed report of this water OK..GOYl WASlIINaTON', 1).' C' Dee1.' t)i. Only u'J lives' out Of OllGi persons itivolved in 1HM disastei's tovtssrls of all clashes within tho sooo of the United States lifesavnig service were lost, and but 74 vessels wcro practically destroyed during Iho fis cal year ended, Juno 00, just, accord ing to tho Tepul-t of S. T. Kimball, geiicral superintendent of tho Serv ice. ; The report shows operations in the iHlh district, embracing the coasts of Alaska, "Washington, Ore gou and California, as follews: Ves sels involved, 136; vessels losl, P: pei'xoiiH on hitnnl, 070; lives lost. 37; porsons slidcored at stations, 24' number of days succor afforded, 20; valuo of vessels, $1,000,1)75; valti? of cargoes, $238,(100, Tptal value of property involved, 1,320,505; value of prdportv saved, $onil,153; value of proper! v lovt, $301,110. system Is being proparod' by Mt "V, .r. ltoberls, coiiHiiltlng englnoeV, un der whose direction the, myopic wa8 done. With tho cost or tho gravity jiyn torn, tho total oxpondlturo for tho two years amounts to $931,789.00. VI. Cost of Knglnecrliig. With tho oxpondlturo f v$Gq0, 789.00 for improvement within tho confines or tho city, wo may toko this opportunity of jnnMng a com parison of tho coBlq of our engineer ing with that or other cIUch. ' Tho entire amount of tho pay rolls of this department for tho ,tw,o years last past is $11,001,11 or .022 Of tho cost of tho entire work dono undor the dlicctloa of tho city englnoncnr, Tho writer has written to tho on gineorlng departments or several Ictles, asking for their cout of cn meuts as wo havo had In hand hero for the last two yoais., Although wo havq, not, latyon (tho tlmo to compnro Mcdfpr'u.r0si to all tho cities ubovo referred to, wo will hero give tho comparison with thouo of tho city of Seattle and thoir lot- tor follews: , Seattle, Dec. io, loio. J!r. Harry 13. Koalor, lUty Kagtucor, Medford, Oio. Dear Sir: Hopljlng to tho request of your AT, V. 10. Soaniuu 1 would say that tho porcoutago or, our flxod cstlmutes to tho total cpst of t)io work for paving, sowers, water ninlha and planking contracts averages 5 or (i per cent for grading add concrete sidewalks contracts 11 or 12 per cent: the extra cost of tho latter is largely duo tq the fact that nl pre liminary surveys, sqch au contour maps, the riming of secljoa lines, lo cation of streots, running ot levels unud pioparatlon of preliminary pro files, and other miscellaneous work of this character Is ull chargod up In tho first contracts let, .which aro , of course tho grading Jobs. Our fixed estimates include engineering ex penses Incurred by, Iho treasurer and comptroller in tho collection of as sessments and cost of advertising and pi luting, which under our .method Is considerable. Tho avorago cost of ongliieorlug propor will run about 4 por cent for paving, sewers, water HHHH I HI SAN IWANtJlSC'OVCal., Jan. l. (Sunday.) "Freddoln 'for all, blit license for liono" is ho "way "San Francisco colbbVatcd 'tlib new yhir. It "was in accord -with instruction issued to his nicn' by Chief of Po lice Seymour Saturday. Jloodluin ism was strictly tabooed, but-'otlicr-wiso ''go as fur as you Jike, ' stud tho chief. Nearly 800 policemen wcro on tho ptrcpts. o sce.thnt his dt'ders wore enforced. ConTolti, ticklers, bolls and' other itnpleiUenJs of torture, wore pisrynit ted, with certain , rcqtri&tionq, ,x plniucd to the patrolmen Ju aJcngthy document ,postc'd iu all !fe slntions. Mnking, also wriBVcnnitted, but ntty tendency to "rough-house" offasH se verely 'dealt -wilk.v , 44 Vrfr''V The feature pf tho merjrynfeHig was tho .miduigbt promeimde iutMtfr J;et street, at which, time street'c'tir traffio wa biisppidc()nil jUw Sn lirc .lliai-ougnfaro tuniedocrto the nierrymakei. Tho'pnra,a6wiliS 'tho largeit qycif tyfld, Ijl '$i't JjrancisJc,o. All day visitors sfrom neigubonug cities poured in mid .railroad statis tics nro oxpocli'd to sboY jth'st least 150,0)0 pCoplo caiuo )iqro ex pressly to spend NoMj Xetiifp, pve., Vhilo M"arkct- stroet and Ha neighboring cafes y1as Jliie center of attraction, eelobrntions in other parts of the city woro Jialtf. Bandstands Avcro erected, (qn tlio principal corners and IconjrM woro features. Othpr bands paraded ta bles in tho downtown oafes void as high as $lf aa hour. .9 . mains, planking and, concrete .walks, and about 8 per cont for grading, the extra cost for tho grading being ex plained above. , . , , , Very respectfully, i. u. rtoMsloKr, tClty;"fchgiHcpr. ,Dy A. IT. Dlmoclc, sTgttod),kU Acting Principal Ass. Engineer. AIID D y , Paving, $377,015.00 Seattle's cost, $15,104.60; 2. 1-2 jior cent, ATedford's cosh' $8,307.53. Dlffor- onco''Mcdrord,a favor, $0,797.07. Sidewalks. $74,00C.0(' 4 por cont SoattlO's cost, $2,9G0.24; 2.2 por cont.AIedford's tost. '.028.13 Df foroucb Alcdford'B fu r, $1,32.11. Sowers,. $116,4 lS.tfO ,4 por cont Seattlo'o cost, $4,050.48; 2.2 per coat Alodford's cost, $2,561.00. Df forenco Modford'a favor, $2,095.42. Wator mains, $00,159.004 per cont s'oattlo's cost, $'300.36; 2.2-por cent Alcdford's's cobj, $i98a.50, Dlf foroncO Modfprd's favor $l,622.6(f. Alacadam roads, $1,597.004 por cont Seattlo'H cost,$68.88; 2.2 per coijt, Alodford's eot, $35.13 . Dlffor onco Modrord's favor, $68.75. Total Improvements $659,789.00; dirrorenco Alcdford'B favor, $11, 870.20., Kroiji tbp above It will bo seen that ottr cost of engineering, cover ing tho amount of work dono In tho last two yeurs,jH $11,876,20 cheap er than that ot Seattle for a lfko amount, or work. This amount la 81 por cent of our onilro payroll for tho two years. It might bo further stated that tho Inst three months iob acconipHshcd mtich In tho way of offko and Hold work.. M.at has beon dono, on tho plans, etc., for tho work to bo dono tho coming yoar, and for which tho .022 por cont should bo reduced, . With this amount qf work coming as It did,, mqstly durjng tho proseat year, tills offico has been placed iu an embarrassing position no'thav liig plans and estimates completed bodoror starUnE tho work. Thla.jH truu, , particularly In, regard to rftjjo laying of water mains and street im provements. Tho wator main and paving contractors woro asked tof bid on work to cover a half million dol lars, without having tho plan ot a single street. Wo might be likened unto an architect who wquld. start tho Immedlnto construction of a, half million dollar building wlth.qnty?i slnglo nlaa, drawn, .Yet wo ro4?to start and start wo did, yvith tho ex cavating contractor working on-lmo uut ol.WoJtt TicuthfstrpeJf,ano; PUr field, cpw ou .tljp ,nthor end, utaktflg Cf9a ctou U9ter tq detormJno, !l)o .cpiantlWes, So It wa iorth mot part, throughout tho soasou; go?,dvo( flco and field men woro scarce, as .hq,.soaou. has la)eaf,,a f n8jrH;Hlarly busy pnopr all clago oL,eaKmeers; some dolays wore occasioned ,tl) cqpf tructors, and much dltwatlsfactloit re- sulteyl In UJ,, ow,,out JuvUt).Ue aU;ept iHjiurviywueU b.ajbeen 04. not m ait eases perhaps, in tne ihhk possible manneri hu It uo, la tkern not a reason? , , , HANY K. KOTHR, lOty Hktwr, 1 ti 1 1