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TT ' V.-'w.-T"- t w-i llff HWW '7- csJ NEW YEARS EDITION Medford Section MEDFORD, THE WONDER r.iTv Medford Mail Tribune 1)4i, The city of Medford during the past year hns mode grcatc growth, uncording to her size than nny cily in tlio United States. J V-i FIFTH YEAR. IEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1911. No. 242 AND ITS imOFHG BUILDING Tr5fp;s!V"wr '.v --(J!"f"""" Thriving City Millions of Dollars Is Being Invested This Year in Substantial Structures Jaiuuuy li 1011, finds Medford maintaining its lead as the banner Mnnll""teity of the northwest. Postal receipts show a gain over a year ago of over 00 por cent. Bank clear nnccs and depjsits are nearly 50 per cent greater. More and costlier buildings liavo been completed and arc under way than ever in the city's historv. Railroad business has in creased in proportion. The heaviest jiear crop in tho valley's history wa shipped, realizing the highest prices oV iuiv fruit in the eastern markets. Double the quantity of apples pro duced a year ago were sent easl. while the (15,000 acres of voung or chard, show a most thrifty growth, and 20,000 additional acies are be ' ing planted in tho valley. The new year iinds the Pacific Eastern completed to Unite Fulls and the track laid into Medford Other contractors arc rushing the extension of the Oregon Trunk down Hie Deschutes, across the Klamath country and the Cascades to a junc tion with it, thus giving Medford two transcontinental railroads and open ing up an innuciiHO timber district to lumber manufacturing. The new year finds Medford with tho best municipal water supply o imv oitv in life west, with a gravity System bringing water '25 miles from itb Borneo in Uio show-capped senti nels of the Cascades, with pure wa ter ample for a citv of 25.000 people. It finds Medford with a completed distributing system exceeding 20 miles of cast iron mains and with! work begun on nine miles of main extensions. The now year finds Medford with nearly ten miles of bitulithic and a& .phalt paved streets. New contracts totaling over 280,000 square yards of pavement, with curbing and gut inriinr iiiitiiiiutiuir to over u million dollars, the largest contract over inadu on tho coast, is but 50 per cent, ...,!(.,. 1 VVIiitu i-onintclcd. Med- ' ford will bo the best paved city of its size anywhere. The now year sees phenomenal building activity in the business and residenco districts.' It sees a com pleted palatini! new depot of the Southern Pacific, costing $50,000, the laigest in Oregon outside df Portland. It sees the grounds around it being -graded preparatory to parking. It witnesses tho comple tion of tho $00,000 nutatoritun and its galaxy of amusements, the finest institution of its kind north of San Francisco. Tho new year finds completed the four-story brick block erected by tl e Gnrnctt-Coroy Hardware company, of tho granite block erected by the Episcopal church, of the three-storv concrete buiidiii" erected by tho Hnv brothers, of tho three-stoi'y whole sale store erected by tho Medfoid Grocery company and of the ,now pressed brick Davis block. The now year finds construction well under way on the Medford Fur niture & llardwure company's four- story reintorced concrete woes costing over $100,000, occupying n quarter of u block; tho basements completed for tho six-story $100. 000 Medford hotel, for tho four-story $100,00u Page hotel, giving Medford two lirst-dass hotels and the best hotel accommodations of nny Oregon city, and tho construction of tin Hoot building, of the two-story 80. 100-foot Mail Tribune building, and several other, structures, as well as innumerable residences well uiidoi wny. , . The new year will see the selection of a fto and construction piepura tions under way for tho new federal building, for which congress has ap propriated $110,000; the erection oJ a $100,000 hospital at Medford bj the Sisters of Providence, the erec tion of a $50,000 Masonic temple an J completion of a $80,000 Odd Felloe block. Tho now year finds the completion Where Five Ea xmiJtELE NEV 2WTAT0BIUM COST 460,000 &&i?r-''' of surveys, under supervision of the government good roads engineer, for mi automobile boulevard to Crater lake national park, the scenic won derland of the world, and constrii" tiou work under way on the most difficult portion o It lie road. Medford is growing by leaps and bounds. Yet, rapid as the improve ments aie, thev cannot kev pace with the demands. There is not now and has not been in five years a vacant building or a house to let. And Medford's future is brighter this New Year's dav than ever. Medford looks like a cily .put built, torn down and rebuilt again. Streets are retorn up in every direc tion, huge piles of building material block the way and hundreds of men and horses nro at work on various, privnie ami puiiliu I nprovu men ,. Frame structures stand astride the, thoroughfares iu the cause of their i .i removal, from the business district, and cause a still greater detour ol traffic, la every quarter building are going up. either for business or residence purposes. Oarages are t be seen on all sides. More than 400 niilomobiles arc to be cared for, and additional sales are being made daily. Energy and activity are ram pant. The Medford spirit, after the tremendous operation, of 1000, merely took the second breath and went at it again. Two and u halt millions of dollars wero spent in 1000 for building-; this was thought enough for a city just passing th-' 7000 mark, bat IV record for 1010. just closed, is marvelous. Ovor $5,000,000 was expended for various improvements. Truly an era of new building has been reached, more be fitting the ordinary city of 25,00(1, than epic that has increased from 2000 to nearly 10,000 in les than three years. Tho aggregate cost for the busi ness blocks completed and started during 1010 is not less than $750t 000. Nearly $1,000,000 is being ex pended in dwellings, and public im provements represent over $500,000 more. Hecrcntion is not lost sight of. One of tho largest natatoriuiiis in the United States is completed. It cost $00,000, and its composite features are complete iu evorv de tail. The swimming pool. 50x100 feet, required more than ten carloads of cement. Twenty carloads of Inui bor uio used in this huge building and n whole carload of sash atid doors was necessary to givo lighi. access and egress. The dancing pa vilion takes a solid ear of iohpIo lumber for floors nlono. Startling .Statistics. The building of a city upon sopd iiii&a. Mn'Tvvl BUSINESS -BLOCK. 3U5T QUliVLZTVD COST $60,000 modern lines presents some start ling statistical facts. Over 1000 cars of lumber were necessary in tho construction of buildings in Medford iu 1010. More than 800 cars of ce ment was ucd. Sixteen carloads of nails were used, aim I the cost of building hardware and nails iu the construction of residences alone will exceed $:i()0,000. Tho transforma tion of tho rough land into lawns of green caused tho sale during 1010 of nearly six miles of guidon hose. Uno store alone sola over 2,000 feet. It is safe to say that the solidity of Medford, as well as its futii'o piospeets, were never more assured than at'tho present time. Tho 500, 000 acres tributary to Medford of themselves constitute nu area ca- piIjIo ()f MI))or,i1, a ci,y oC .J5.00I , ... ,. (i , ..i.,..,.... 5,000 ,'"". .-... - - laud stand inoro than 22,000,000,000 feet of fir and pine. A great portion of this limber is on level laud, mak ing logging inexpensive, and aftei being cleared will provide hundred UJinl t1()UKllll(ih f acres suitable foi all kinds of cultivation. One thou sand men working every day for ! years will bo insufficient to nianii facturo this vast amount of timbci into lumber. This ono great resourci will support a city of 0000 people. The timber is within tho range ol vision from any part of tho vnlloy. The Pacific & Eastern building b;, the Hill interests already pierces the heart of tho forests and commands 8,000,000,000 feet. The empire builders ofticially uniiouueed that tho Pacific & Eastern must and will o to a connection with the Oregon Trunk, now building, regardless of cost', and as fast us men can do the work down the Deschutes river. The Hill' line crossing tho state east and we-t will connoct with tho Trunk system nlso, and Medfoid will bo the terminus of two great transcontinen tal systems ami the most important city between Portland ami hnoia mnnto along the Southern Pacific. The acquisition of iheso railroads is of immeilsureablo bonofit to Medfoid and indelibly stamps its future prog ress. The Hill people, appreciating its great resources, nro already pre paring to adu-itise tho Hogue River valley far and wide. Local products, including tho highest quality of ap ples and penrs produced, are being shipped to tho Great Northern peo nle at Poitland for their Oregon ex hibit ear. which will cover the entire efletoro portion of tho United State.. rlnt-inir the next fall, winter nut spring months The problem of se - curing equipment tor the more than 25,000 cars o t fruit that will be, shinned in less than ten years fr om Medford and vicinity, is disposed o. by tho completion of these poworfu railroads. ' Population CSnmtli. Tho fruit and agricultural re sources of the valley liuvo been fully deinoust rated. More than (15,000 acres of apples and pears arc now growing, -and over 20,000 acres aie being added now. Two mill a half million dollars will bo expended iu irrigation purposes, which will cover ovory ucro in tho valley and enable nearly every acre to bo placed under cultivation. Upon each ten acres a family will be supported. Twelve months ago Medford had an estimated population of b'OOO people. Eiyit thousand was the ad vertised population ul the first ol tho year, but the census disclosed nearly 0000, Dining the past niin Months newcomers have settled in Medford and the immediate vicimt it the rate of one person ovory hour, day and night. Hunk deposits which increased 50 per cetit in 1000, again increased 50 por cunt in 1010. Pos tal receipts iucicuscd U!l per cent ii 1000, but for 1010 about (10 per cent. The fluctuation of stocks iu Wa'l street huvo no el feet here. Confi dence is supieiue and utmost faith ii tho city's giowth is evident from the public improvements and building construction. Evory, accessory to tho need of a modern city is being displayed heie. The water system, costing, with the city mains, neaily $500,000, is second to none. The nef' sower system is completed. The three miles of asphalt pavemeip completed iu 10'0 were increased bj six miles inoro this year. Asphalt will cover even street iu tho busi ness district and the larger portion of the lesidence section. 'The main t ho rough f nro wiill be paved for n distance of more than two and a hall miles long. Anothor year's work is contractor for. A second telephone system is in operation. A gas plant under construction is perving the oitv for illumination mid cooking pur poses. The ohub of Mudford's rosidencus is verv artistic. Hungalows gener ally prevail in the smaller struc tured. Colonial and many other stvlos nro prominent. Moro than two ; score of rosulowoH aireauv occupied represent a cost of from $5000 P $12,000 each (lieat core and pride p fcr ! &tZ.A -A.." F.i 9JG '. ' ij) jpss EXCAVATING FOB STORY HOTtl msxf$&& iljr. - tm m srswjvs2-H!i' 8&w i -rYASj ti ". t'iy - ??A "v. S", it NEW SOUTHERN TACIFIC DEPOT COST 130,000! is being displayed iu the surround ings. .Natural groves of great oak trees have been selected iu tho loca tion for maiiv of the most beautiful residences. Civic pride, following iu the wake of construction, predicts a citv of unusual beauty. Shade trees and roses that bloom nearly every mouth iu tho year are being set out, mid tho landscape is rapidly being transformed into magnificent, foot work of velvet green. Cluster lights are being placed on the main streets and tho acquisition of parks and beautificatiou iu general is the or der. Ilulldlng Progress. The business district presents al most a solid mile of frontage. Tin structures mo new, neat and mod ern. Orauite and piessed brick pre vail. Keiuforced concrete is coming into use. The buildings now under erection will nearly all bo of class A type. Tho now Medford hotel, six stories iu height, will cover an area 50x120 feet. The four-story Page hotel will cover 88.x bid feet, with basement. Hoth of these will be quipped with steam healing plains and telephones and elect rio lights elevator system and modem grills. Muildiiig structures now range from four to six stories iu height, with one contemplated at eight stories. Steel, granite, concrete, brick and stone i. boiqg used. The new poulhoin Pa cific depot, costing $50,000, is the largest one in the Pacific northwest outside of Porfliiud, and iudieutes the confidence of tho railroad peo ple in the future of the city. Interest from all parts of (he Union continues iu the great (rait in dustry iu tho Koguo IMver valley. The typo of iiowcomors are of the highest class. Chicago New York and other great eastern cities are represented in the wealthy capital ists now taking up orchards. The man qf menus is apparent on overy side, and building improvements in the orchil r ds nro keeping stride with hose iu tho city. Every newcomer is a booster, man and woman, and .no untiring in thoir efforts to sur round themselves with their own pee mini friends from their former sc lion Heal e-iiiic nbics in Medfoid t ' ft 5 cA:ut ?; ; A, .:Ukiij WBBEEw ..?;7Y Sl... JB. -WiT. itt." . MXKf . 1- i ' -" evyv,2ifl xU-VV il wfj Lf .t-ri - s QYX. TO COST ovtR. JHOO.000 Wrtma ?a n m m r.f.'.' wm X&f.V,'f, tfvsssv,t ; - : vf ;.'. 'WM, Bus m - wsi2?3S n. ?,$ IkJJL and the orchard districts have been largest on record during the past 12 months and an immense influx of people is .expected nftor harvest. Carrying out iln regular practice, the itoguo river again Htands pie eminent iu high-class production in 1010. More fruit was shipped than iu nny previous year, and the quality (his year was unsurpassed. All these conditions more than justify what Medford is doing, Medford spells progress and mu nicipal advancement. It is the most metropolitan small city in the world and its population tho most cosmo politan, a citizenship that has the ut most faith iu the city's future and woiks as a unit to realize its des tiny the metropolis of that vast re gion between Portland and San Francisco. Tho picturesque vnllc.1 of tho Itoguo, hemmed in by vordurj clad hills, is the greatest niitiir.il fruit hell in tho world, where soil elevation, climate, combine to pro duce tho perfect product. Here uw iKi.wuu acres oi commercial nrcn aids that cannot ho equaled on tin globe, whose apples win tho sweep stakes prizes at world's apple shows, whoso pears sell to England's opi cures at $10 a box, whoso poiche lake first awards at world's expos. -tions, whose products command tho highest prico in tho world's markets -orchards xhh yield $1000 an acre annually to the grower. Tho planted orchard aeon is increasing at the rate of 15,000 acres aniiuly, and will eventually comprise a quar ter million acres or more. Medford is tio railroad center of the present and the fatuio. Within two yours it will bo tho only city in Western Orogou, oxci-pt Portlapd, to. have a computing railroad, and will bo connected by trolloy with nentby cities. Already its railroad business, both passenger an d freight, execods that of any other place iu tho state oxcept Portland. With the comple tion of the railroads under eonstru -tiun and planned will come the lum ber mills and the smelters, the pay rolls and iMipulation. Medford hns moro natural ro soiircoK than any place iu the conn tiv,' and the Commercial club otfers $ iiltlO inr pr-ol' t the (outran y K'tfMflLvj uMifl .ETOCOPALIAN BLOCK ALLGTWNITM casr75,ooo V 1 V v M .HI I i &n ' SSI rW V : m '. s.'j . v v.;. .jA:,,?y.v-i W! . - -'. TJioso resources nro many and di-! versified. Few nro developed, oth ers urc iu process of development Any one df a dozen that might be namod, properly dovclopod, justify the existence of a city larger than Medford. All together promise a certain future and tho future has arrived. Medford oity proporiy today is a better investment than many of our own people realize. For the past few yours each yoar has been li grea't bound upward in values within; tho city limits. A conservative real cstato iiian has fixed the allvanco each year during tho past five at 25 per cent. Fuurther, this annual increase U assured coutinuuiico for years to come. Its foundation is solid, for it is laid in tho peerless resources that surround this city, the conserv ative business of tho community ami tho buoyant spirjt of Medford's strong, healthful, happy people. Medford's prosperity and growth will not "pinch out." There will bo no now plan of duvolopment to tube up, as tho present wealth is realized. This city is just entering upon the poriod of growth that has no visibh limit. It is joining hands with the country to aid iu development of the, coming orchlird of the world, of (ho greatest mining district of die world, of the finest timber region over dis- covered, tho greatest scenic atli'iiu-' tion in tho world. Medford realty is ono of tho bust investments an easterner can make iu the state. This city has illimitable' natural resnurcos yet iu the shell. ; If anything more were needed to assure of tho pormnnonoy of growth, ho.ro, of tho .enhancement ovory yoai; of realty values, of the influx ot' population, wo have hut to look over the past. Thuro has been steady in orenso from the primitive group of huts that wero roared by pioneers, to tho present time, tho oiiwuid movement has been steady, unob trusive, strong. If history gives no comfort to the, doubter, thore is a remaining study which should. A uuiiuiitiw that can feed an immense number of men and furnish them with healthful, equable climate, while doing so will be densely populated. .v. ""M rL 'U -. i , m .l t , JS 1: ' 7 4 tkM