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MEPFOKtt MATTi TRTBUNE, MTCDffORD, CRIOTON. SUTrKDAY, ,TAUrARY 20, 1012. .1 lags which carry their many pcoplud foitiinvtt noon! to point, in estlmatlug tlio piufi'Hnlonnl character tit Geuernl Hmllh, an emi nent I'ligluoorlug initlioflty lumen this tosllmeiiy: "ll oxcchi In unllliig boldnvRH with priidenro, nlut In bp lectlng what Is vnluublb mid rojf'Ct lug tho visionary uud imprnctlcnblo among tho many uW thlunn which arise conuucled with tlio onglucorlug sclouco uud prncllce. And to thiifco pecullatltlos nnd to hlit until lug In dustry Is duo tlio largo inonsuru of success Hint lie him won tin a civil engineer." In hlH life us u (Itlson tlio gciieiiil Is nn nctlvo imillrliuillt 111 whatever In 1 S8 ( lio iiiuriled MIhh .liiHcplilnu Hart well of St. CittliKiluo'ii, Oittuilo, An only mm of thin niari'liigo In (Ici nlil Cnniplidll Hooy Kinllli. NOTHM3 TO MINK OWNKHN, All porfluiin who aro doMtiouii or securing npiTco In tho Modtord Mining Juhllno Hook mi tlio inliiernl roiiouro cit of iioiitliOrii Oregon mill uortliiiiii Cnllrorhln, to ho IhhikmI Kohy. 1, 1U', Miould lininedlatoly cull upon or ad dross V. W, Pnttoi'Boii or Guy T. Thratihor, Nnnh hotel, Mudford, Ore. Picturesque Hero of the Civil War Resides Oil Beautiful Orchard Tract Near This City floors Tor 15 to 30 storlen into tho utr in Chicago, General Smith linn boon consulted and has devised n sjh tent ot resting their foundations upon piers and piling footed upon rucks which will givo to thorn iho ponnu iicnro and stability of tho solid earth. Ho tins llkowlso devised a triple system of thoroughfares through tho already congested streets of his city which, though at pronont thought premature, will ho lit Iho future In dlDpensablo if Chicago attnlnn tho metropolitan inngultudo to which its ! In undertiiUcii for tho pulillt' khimI ami a liberal contributor to bciiovolunt LlllHtltUtlOllH. In Genoral "William Sooy Smith, now living upon nn orchnrd near the. city, Medtord possesses ono ot tlio most iilcturrsqno heroes ot tho civil war, who won fnmo ns n dashing cavalry lender nnd rhlof ot cavalry under Grant In his Vicksburg cam imlfjii, ami later under Shormnn, Benntor George K. Chnmbcrlnln bus recently Introduced a bill to restore General Sooy Smith, now in his 82nd MtftH Hnven r lluffalo who bocauio tho wife of Mr. Smith in 1KB I, iiiir vlvod only k yoni-s, leaving nn only Htm, Cliarlo Hooy tinilth, an Olillneiit civil onglnetir and contractor, living In Iho city f Now York. (Ictiornl Smith miuTlcd, In Ii?fi2, Mlmi Auuft Durham, ilnimlitcr 'f H V V Durlmni, ot Howling Green, Kentucky, who died In 1KSS without Imiim. t . ,J,,' AtvtL vit . ' Z . tj,t.t '""' r MGTC EIGHT SHssEf SsBBBHsBBBk iHfll hM. H9A. SISBBBKBBBBnBBW JtSFtf. ifc,M"s,i IjKXT;aLL J , fiilrff rTBITiiliBBfl A. yenr, to tlio rotired list or uto rogu Inr nrmy a fitting recognition of a career at onco eminent and success ful. Genoral Smith Is nn Ohlonu by lilrth, TnTlton, 'Pickaway county, be ing tlio ltlaco ot his nativity. His parents wero Judgo Sooy nnd Ann (Hedges) Smith, tho father a native of tho etato of New Jersey and the tmothcr ot Maryland. Although of Irish llnoago, tho first American nn reslor of tho patornal lino of the fam ily was ono of tho colonists who ac companied William Penn, and like him was allied to tho Society of Friends. Notwithstanding tho peace ful and non-resistant tenets of tho Quaker sect, martial blood flowed in the veins of tho nncostors ot General Smith add warmed his own hqart, for his grandfather, while yet a lad. earned tho commendation of Goneral Washington for his daring in carry ing dispatches through tho enemy's lines in New Jersey, and his fathor organized and equipped at his own expense- nnd commanded a company 'of volunteers In tho war of 1S12. With a largo faintly and only mod crato moans, tho father could do no Cnoro for his children than nurture their infancy and give them the ele ments of instruction which tho Echools ot tho vicinity afforded. In theso William Sooy learned all that was taught, especially distinguishing himself by his ready mastery ot arith metic, many ot whoso intricate prob lems ho solved mentally, and became recognized as a mathematical prod igy. While these studies were going on he worked at tho bonch, having learned tho cordwalner's trade of his father- At tho ago of 14, thirsting for a hotter education than the local schools -afforded, ho accepted the of fer of his time from his fathor all that ho was ablo to give him and set out in a wagon for Athens, the Beat of the Ohio university, GO miles distant, whore ho arrived absolutely penniless. He was introduced to tho teacher of a private school, after wards Prof. James M. Safford, the eminent geologist, by his brother. "This is my brother Dill, a piece of raw material. Seo what you can mako of him." He was recolved into tho .family, doing chores as compensa tion for his board. Aftor six months his instructor was appointed to a pro fessorship in tho university, and his pupil remained in his servico and un der his instruction. Including his preparatory studies, ho spent five years in tho institution. Later in the course ho became a member in tho family of Profoseor Williams of tho university, whoro ho was treated with kindness and con sideration. To payMils tuition and board and to defray his othor ex penses ho acted as Janitor of tho col- lego buildings, ddlug the laborious work with his own hands, bolng con stantly engaged with his work and studies from G in tho morning until 9 at night, while he occupied tho tlmo in vacations In caring for tho college campus. For his labor ho received a fixed compensation of eight cents per hour, and earned tho sobriquet of "Professor of Dust and Ashes." Dut ho studied as well as worked, keep ing up with Ills classes, and grad uated with distinction as a scholar in 3 849, having paid all nig bills, and with an accumulated capital at grad uation of $50. Tho train of circumstances which led to his recolvlng an appointment us cadet at tho West Point military academy would bo doomed by gome an accident; but by othors rocognlzod as a providonco. A young compan ion of his youth, who was a cadet, Teturned to die. IIo urged his friend William Sooy to apply for tho vacan cy. Perceiving his opportunity to continue hIs(mathomutical nnd scien tific studies, ho obtulnod recommen dations of college faculty nnd frionds, made application to Hon. Samuol V. Vinton, tlib member of congress with whom tho appointment lay, and among a list of'numoroiis and form idable competitors, backed by influen tial friends and political influences, lie, a friendless and uii unknown youth, wus gratlflod with receiving tlio appointment. Aftor cureful con sideration, Mr. Vinton said: "I will givo you tho appointment; now mako a man of yoursolf." Ho entorod tho military academy in June, 1849, and in duo courso of four ycara graduated tho sixth in a chtbs of G2, Ho was tho aaost export horseman of bis fallows and secpnd to nouo in tlio small sworcl exeralsq, Amou.fi nls cluBsmnjos who became distinguished In subsoquont years woro Generals McPhorsou, Schoflold, and Shorldan of tho Union army, and General Hood ot tho Confodcrato B5m3&M' m&MrSiSM MKSmsssH I HH jSBf&StSKSmk UMBBBBBBBBmiBBBBBBH t IHH$lil &mSKSm r wm mm 4 1111" V IT HIHIr f X flWswlkjilysiHHF t AM'$WS '3if " V '. Z' t. t . . t 'whar" .smjmm&amvwtm GUARANTEED FOR L1PE There's style and strength in every Jinc of the Hupmobile. Better style you cannot buy at any price. You can buy more power and larger size, but do you need it? ? General William Sooy Smith. service. Ho was commissioned as second lioutonant by brevet, and as signed to duty In the Third regiment of United States arMllery, at Gover nors Island, Xw York, and after ward was promoted as second lieu tenant and assigned to the Second artillery, stationed in New Mexico. In the "piping times of penes" llfo headquarters in tho city of Chicago, though often called lit execution of Important engineering works to dis tant parts ot the country. Ho lias been entrusted with gipintlc engi neering works, both by the govern ment and by corporations and by pri vate individuals, and brought to their plans and oxecutlon boldness, a safe tn n military ivnt on ttio frontier, to anil nrrnratn mlrmant --uit In,,,. an officer whose mind has beenjulty of invention, and careful scrut qulckoned into intense activity byiiny of details, so that nut a single years of study, becomes almost in supportably monotonous. Ambitious to become something moro than a martinet, and to lead a life .more stir ring than that of a iiolyp, Lieutenant Smith threw up his commission and resigned from the army and entered engineering work. While engaged upon the Savannah bridge, the guns trained upon Fort Similiter" bad beon fired from south ern batteries, and the engineer, de ciding that the flag of the union wus entitled to his services as a soldier In the dread arbitrament of war, made good his escape through the well guarded lines. lie at once ten dered Ills services to the authorities of his native state, and was commis sioned oolonol of the Thirteenth reg iment of Ohio Volunteer infantry. He commanded this regiment in the West Virginia campaigns under Mc Clellan aud Itosecrans, twice wlnnhiK meritorious mention for gallant con duct, and then proceeded with it to Kentucky where he Joined tho forces organising undur General Iluell as the army of tho Ohio. At tho battle of Shiloh he com manded a brigade, captured Standi ford's Mississippi battery, and by his gallantry won his promotion to the rank of brigadier general. After the battle of Stono river, he was trans ferred to Grant's army in the rear of Vlcksburg He participated in the movement against Joseph B. John ston's nrmy at Jackson. He was made chief of cavalry of the military division of the Mississippi, attached to Goneral Grant's staff, and whs also on staff duty -with Genoral Sherman in tho same capaslty. Ills engineer ing qualities wore called into requi sition. A correspondent , wroto from the frent: "On the advance ot Genoral Diioll's column' from Uowllng Groan, tho railroad destroyed by the retreat ing robols wns rebuilt under tho su perintendence of Cornel W. S. Smith. Three bridges were rebuilt: two of 90 foot spun each, aud a mile of track built in ono day. General ISuell was so pleased witu tlio onergotlc per formance of this work that lib placed Colonol Smith id charge of all the roads loading into Nashville." That ho was highly apprsciated by tho officers associated .with him Is utlestod by tholr pro anting him a magnificent gold mountod sword, jowoieu witn procioiiB gems, upon whioh Is ongravod tho werds: "Pro scntod to Gen. Win, Sooy Smith by tho officers of tho 13 O. V. I.," and tho memorial words "Shiloh" arid "Carnifox." In Soptomber, 18G-1, Gonoral Smith having been prostrated by a sevoio attack of inflammatory rheumatism and disabled from actlvo service, doemlng it inconsistent with duty to Ills country ,to ocoupy a position of liljjh imnortanca wljilo unahlo to per f.orin its duUes, thus keenhij; from actlvo service others qualified, to ron dor it, roslguod his commission. With returuliiK hoalth, Goneral Smith rosumod professional llfo with J failure is found among his great un dertakings. Tho class of work in which ho has had tho groatost em ployment Is that of brldgo piers nnd" caissons of ponderous structures, ren dering necessary subaqueous and sub terranean excavations. His first engineering work nfter the war was the protection built about tho Waugoshance lighthouse, at tho western entrauco or the Straits of Mackinac. TIiIb is in some respects the most w-ondorful engineering work in America. This caisson, designed in 1S07, was the first pneumatic cais son sunk in this country, and it is thought to lie the first sunk in the world. Its design was ontiroly orig inal with General Smith, and for it he received an award at the Centen nial exposition (one of tlio two awards given to American engineers) ami conferred by a Jury composed of some of the foremost engiuoers of tho world. About the same time ho was engaged In opening the approach to the harbor of Green Hay by cutting a straight channel through a grassy Islam, instead of deepening the old tortuous channel around It. The construction of great railroad bridges over tho shifting current, nnd treacherous sands of the Missouri river lias occupied much of his tlmo and Ingenuity. Tho first of these was the brldgo at Omaha, thon thut at Loavunworth, aud later ho built, or helped to build, tho bridges at Boonovlllo, Glasgow, Plattsmouth, Sibley and Kansas City. IIo con structed the screw pllo piers for bridges over the Mobilo river, on tho line of the Mnbllo aud Montgomery railroad, and two of the same kind across Suit cruok, In Nebraska. Ills great engineering work was tho preparation of plans for a tunnel under the Detroit rivor. For bold ness, originality and. thorough provi sion for overy difficulty that tlio work can present, theso dosigns aro acknowledged to bo unsurpassed: thjoy have boon approved by a board of ongineers assembled to consider thetot. and Indorsed by dlstiuglilslied memboi-H of the profession In this Jjouritry nnd Kuropo. Ho also partly excavated a tunnel under tho rivor at Port Huron, which was only dis continued when tlio railroad company narty to tho contract failed to comply with Its ugroomonfj. Ho was mainly instrumental in getting a board un pointed by tlio government to mako tests of tho properties of American Iron arid steol, and was a mombor of this hoard during its entire exUteuco, His study and observation convinced him of tho very great advantages possossod by stool over all othor kinds of mntorlnl for bridge building. Ho designed and constructed tho great stool bridge at Glasgow for tho Chi cago & Alton railroad company, tho first all staol brldgo ovor built. Tills magnificent struoturo commands tho admiration of all who hoo it, not only by its symmetry and strength but ttlit by tho architectural bounty of its design. ' In tho planning of tho great build- f f f r r v v t f T T T f T t T T T T T T f T t T T t T T f f y T T T f T T T t r r X f t t f f f f T SkV 10 II. P. Runabout Fully Kq nipped $873 l' O. 15. Medl'onl Specifications of 20 h. p. Chassis MOTOR Four (I) cylinder (lO horso powor water cooler 3 Vi Inch bora by 3-lnch stroke. TRANSMISSION -Selcctlvo alldlug goarstwo (2) forward speeds and reverse. CLUTCH -Multiple Disc type touslnn adjusting plugs on clutch springs ten (10) plntua used enclosed In gunr oasu and run nine In oil. . ItKAIt AXIK Shaft drive propeller shaft onclotwd within steol tube which tnkos all torsion dlffereuUnl housing wall ribbed Hyatt roller on outer end of nxle nxle ends tapered. llitAKKS Two (2) foot brakos acting 'In roar' whe.jls Two (S) emergency brakes In rear whools both Internal ux pa mil u go ID" Inch drums non-burn lining. FltONT AXLC Drop forging "1" beam soot Ion Integral spring seats, STHHItlNG (IRAK Rack and pinion typo. SPRINGS AND i'RAMIC IVame pressed stetil .nhannel four (I) crow member Hprltign two (X) Heml-olllplUtal front one pat onttiil cross spring In nwr dl run nttacliod to all spring Iwita. r', RIH'R WTO R Float feed automatic. IGNITION HinhjIi High Tension Maguoto Klxtl rk. COOMNO YIITHM Merowies type mdiatiir thnrmomyphon sys tem of circulation using S gallon's of wator. FINISH IIUI'P blue body white striping gmy wheels. TlltlCSaOxU inches all around, nxcnpt rear of RAadster and ('iiih, .11x3 K. V I lit HI, IIAS1C Klghty-slx itirhes. Tread Standard or goutntrn. RKGIH,AR KQIHPM14NT With Runabout nnd ltoadstitr For dmirs, standard high grade top (not Including dust cover), xlg zo g wludshluld mirror luuso headlights, uioiiutml on MpDclnlly diMlgucd headsets, gas neiTurator, .1 oil lnmM, horn, tools, tiud couipleto repair kit. Special Coupo liiliiiitmt. , Specifications of 32 h. p. Touring Car MOTOR Four (-1) cyllndor 32 II, P. wntor coolod 3" boro x 5 stroke cylinders cast on bloo vnlvos on mo sldo inlet nnd oxhanst mnnlfolds cast wlth cylinder block thrno (3) bearing crank shaft. TRANSMISSION Sliding selective systom tiiroo speeds forward and ono roverso universal Joint of tho trunnion block typo. CLUTCH Mulllplo disc adjustable flprlng tonsion 13 Inch dlsos. RKAIl AXLn Full floating prop'ollor shnft enclosed In tubular hoiiHlng axlo casing built from central casting and tttool tubes two Howcr roller bearings on nxlo tube for the roar wlieols. MIAKKS Two (2) by 'twelve (12) InchoH faced with nsbnslos service braku cdntructlng pedal emurgenoy brnko oxpaudlug hand. FRONT AXLK "I" Hcctlon ono )loco, wliooln tmuintcil on nowor high duty roller bearings. BTKHRINO GUAR Steering Gear worm and nut Irrovofslbhj. SPRINGS AND FRAMF. Frnnio pressed chnnnol steel on sflinl olllptlc springs of alloy steel with hrouxu busliud oyit t oiited croiH spring In roar, CONTROL Control lovers In cuntor of car. IGNITION' lloseli High Tension Magneto varlablo advtuirn. COOMNC1 SYHTH.M Thornio.syphon cillular radlalor-bclt dilveii fan. LUHRICATION Oil feed by pnwesiiro to all botirlugs and cylinders. CARIll'RKTOIt Automatlo dash adjustment fed from tnuk un dor iIiimIi, TIRU8 30x3 j liichott clincher all itrotiud. WHICKL II ASK 100 tiKihos. TRIOA I) Standard or Southern. RHGULAR HQUIPMI6NT Ono ploco ndjiislablo windshield gun liondllghtH goiiorutor" complete repair kit, WHIGUT 1S00 pounds.' throo oil lainpHfhoruploolHi niiil Valley Auto Company vrs?' J. W.. KEYES, Manager North Holly Street MEDFORD, OREGON 'A?jAt V t t Y. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y f Y Y Y t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y' .Y t i Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y