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MEDFORD MAIL TRTTIUNK MIDFOOT. OIUWON, SATURDAY, W,niNTA1?V 10, 101'J. GOV. WEST MAKING AGGRESSIVE FIGHT FOR GOOD ROADS BILLS BEST- BOXING Will Battle for Lightweight Championship Tuesday Evening I P. ogressivc PREVENTION PAGE T3TGTTT Aggressive Ml II . BOUT STAGED x x i n Ji v v i. f b 1 G a n t h f t t 3 t a A h v c S J, 1 a u n II P c C a sj J ) A in Ji A ei It S 1c tc II k in K Si It! M 111 Hi W n Governor Campaigning With Sired throuk the winter, or the mrmor eouiti wniru wio innrKei, win mini Talks ami Stcreopticon Views to Secure Signatures for Initiative - Measures. GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION FOLLOWING UP HIS EFFORTS Executive Wants Rock Quarries Es tablished Throughout State and Convicts Kept Busy in Them. lisr.ked tyy the aUt kooiI road nnsoclntlcm ami by progressive neu- )lo ovqr.vVhore, Governor West Isfttlo governor shall curry tho apimln- ninkliiR an onorRotlc cmnn-Ripn for tlio good nmils tnltlntlv 11M, now .ready for signatures at the Mtdtord, Holland and Ntteli hotels and at tho aiall Trlhutio oKleo. In daily street talks, at halls and nt theaters, with storeontleon Illus trations, the governor 1ms been busy nt Portland all wook. And this Is tlio speech the govoruor iur1:ms: "Tho former Is not so inuch Inter ested In econtc ro litis as he Is In n good road from his homo to tho school, church mid to market. Ho is when he could obtain tho most for his Krnln or other rrapa. "The load that can bo hauled ovor a road la measured by tho worst lilec of the road. A team can haul two ton over a good road, hut only 0110 ton over a itoor ono. The bad road taken twice as ninny homos and men, and thereby costs tho avoraxa fartwr $X.Att a itay or $750 a ear. "The sueceaa which has eome to the railroad la from watrhhtK the leak. Bo It will Ik with the farmer. "Some may not favor these hills beeause they glvo ho aniiolntlve fcower to tho governor. 1 bvltevo it hou)d ro. to tho governor bccHUto tWat places the responsibility. The sae constitution coiitotilt9 that ilSK,.li"saUtfl. lay ?1-2S to SI 60 :i1oh man, so that it 1, ovon undor yard for crushed rock and gravel. Tlio dlitrlct spreads this on sparing ly, and obtains poor results, because Uho material Is so expansive. Per !haps the material is not of the right 'kind. Rock which appears to the 'Inexperienced to be well adapted to .road building might crumble Into powder or mud, as the enso may be. 'In a few months. Hock Quarries Wanted. " "Itock quarries ought to be,oetab llshod at central points whero the right kind of rock way be obtained. They should ' be operated with, cou ylct labor, and the rock should be sold to the farmers at cost. These 'quarries should be accessible to the 'railroads, so that with a cheap rate the rock can be haulod in this man ner. This will relievo the peniten tiary of the expense of maintaining , those convicts. We are establishing a quarry at Oregon City now. For D0 miles between Portland and Sa ,lem the wagon road follows the rall- vroad. "Tho grading of tho road Is a small matter. If tho rock Is available it 'can bo distributed during the rainy season, at such times as the farmers' "teams are not busy with otlior work, because tho rock can be laid and the teams can then haul over it. Be&l Legislation Sought. I "A to good roads legislation, it doosu't make a particle of dlfforonoe to ane whose bills I support. All 1 ask Is that I be allowed the privi lege of supporting tho beat bill. If any ono else has a bettor bill than ourB, and will show me wheroin It Is bettor, I will glndly support it. The bonding featuro of these bills is ob jected to. In the last six years the counties of Oregon have spent $11, 000,000 for roads. The bill pro vides for tho Issuing of $2,000,000 bonds each yoar for 10 years, or $20,000,000 -all told. "I believe the bonding systom a 'good one, because otherwise the im proved property is obliged to boar the hoaviost burden of taxation. Tho bonding system distributes the cost over a number of yeras, so that those who purchase land after the road Is In U80, and who Improve the land, nro callod upon to share tho tux bur don. Solons Illumed for Tav. , "Complaint U being made about -the high taxes. They wero caused by the largo appropriations made by the legislature in its resent session. Many of the expenditures wero abKofutuly MmiiQcobsary, many wero necessary. The tax burden this year was about all the people could stand, and any attempt to put upon tho people an additional burden would bo fought. In vlow of tluit, the question comes up: Who uro tho' roads to benefit? '1'ljQX will certainly benefit the now comor, thoso who purchnso tho laud or Improve, it after the iouils nro .built. Thoy will also benefit the fulmars who already lino homos throughout tho state. Thoreforo tho burdim ought to bo shured. Under tho bonding system you will havo 10 porsous to bear tho budren, whoro now you havo but ono, "At present, in intorlor points, crops must be rushed to rnarkot as soon as harvostod, or put in a ware house under storage charges. If tho farmer waits tho roads become im passablo on account of tho rainy sou eon. j. Winter Work" Urged. "Tho,tlmo wha" Uio crops must bo 1 uuilctl is tho time whan all tho teams nro busy In tho luirvost field, and when tho farmers can loaat af ford to sparo thorn. With good roads tho hauling could bo distributed the lHiwer. Appointive Plan l?ded. "Porsonally 1 would rather It would be with somebody else, for I havo work enough. Hut tt the np nointivo jover were given me I would devote every possible effort to see that the now law was successfully carried out, because if It were not the KQvernW would be the first to have the finger pointed at him. "Some say the appointive power should be in the hands of a board, but a board acts on the suggestion of '"" . Hobble H:nw Northwest's UkIu weight champion. Voting Mum Of Kanans Hi. Challenger. Ten round bout creates Interest llli? contest .-heuld cllMlc. Iloh men oxonly mutthed -Pretty box- HOPE OE WHITES CM BEAT SNAKES ! l.os ANUKLKS, ChI.- "Texas i riuiiiv 'lias iimuletl tho Union ' l.viUMie club. At a -moker laat nilit ijiiiuu-olnd yirl from a loc.il entoitaiiu'd the Ukro-iloiued tiien, win- villi'd for more. this system, a one-man appointment. If the appointee is appointed by tho governor, he knows he Is responsible for the appointment, aud he knows the governor can discharge him to morrow. It puts a stop to a lot of red tape, and fixes the reaixmstbll Ity. "If tho Orogouktn has a better bill than the one we have, let the Ore goniau -put it forth, and if it Is as good as ours, I will support it. If thto granges have a better bill, let them trot it out. We want the host there Is. Prize Offered Postmen. "I want to get the rural carriers throughout the state Interested in good roads, and to do it I have offorcd a prbte of a rural mall de livery wagon to the carrier sending in to me the best letter telling of tho need of good roads and accom panied by a photograph of tho worst piece of road he has to travel ovor, showing the mall wagon in the plc turo. Thoso will be available to the press, llural carriers, and those on star routes, In tho United States travel over 400,000.000 miles a year. Some districts are denied rural mail Mtrvico because the roads are so Itoor. "I shall also offor a prizo later to the farmer boys of- the statu who will manufacture split log drags and use them on a half mile or so of road, and who will then write about their experiences. State's ProgrusH Cited. "We havo progressed rapidly in this state; wo havo good bunking laws, good forestry protection, a good railroad commission law, good laws for fisli preservation, and good laws conserving our water power. The growth of Portland has been phe nomenal, but the tlmo is coming when tho city will become tophonvy, and we can't ask the nowcomer to go 'back to the land' If ho hasn't roads ovor which to haul his pro dllco to market after he has put forth tho labor to raise It. "I have traveled ovor most of the roads of Oregon, and over many of them on a saddle horse, because I couldn't go over thorn with a wagon. Whon ,my term expires I shall still be ablo to go over them with a sad dle horso, bocauso 1 havon't sold my homos yet, although I couldn't af ford an. automobile. So you seo I ahull be ablo to put up with Oru gou's poor roads Just us well as any ono else." Jim Flynn, That Pueblo Fireman, Touted as a World Beater Hun dred Thousand Offered for Match at Albuquerque. llasklus for health. i Local Fans Looking Forward to Match Between Buliblo Evans and Young Dixon. Scheduled (or Next '3 , Tuesday. ' i i l.eeal Tims mm in Ihairgloiy er.-p more tuul Hie Aiix.oiihIn uuaiitnu Tuesduy night's Iiii.vIhk bouts at llu Niiluliiriiim Atliletiu elub's Mim-ker. ulueli troiuio lo lie (lie hcxt iii;tii I boxinjj (he club liux eer stuped. New taltmt ami new lutes will lie seen. The eluli Iiiih seemed lb-bine I'.wuih to mue Young )iuu m a to rmiml bout us n ini4 in event. The twi Ihi.nh Mo well known, Mviuts lnu Hilt defeated the liest liuv !' he weight in (lie imi'lliwesl and !r . time ueled in l'acke.v Mel'iirhmd' snnriiiiu iiarluer. Dison has d.uic ihn uf liis lioiiufili the middle we. I mill Iiuk held liin own against goed men. Several good fonr-iound prelim liiniicx will pieeedo llie inuiu eent, To iieeiiiiiiiindiite what should ln . reeoid breakiuu house (lie large -kill- j iK link tlilor of the ".Vut" will h- ilseil. Seats on sale al the N'lish hotel Twfts a (laugovous cliff, aa thoy fi'Qoly con- LVWuvti ALKUQUKItgrK. X. f.. I-Vli. 10. Pivdietiou that .liiti i'lyiin, the l'lieblo llremiiu, would di-Me of ('limiiiion Jack J(ihiuoii liv a knockout iu their July battle v made today here li I .lack Ciirley. manager f M.mih. t'ur ley, who is promoting the a I lair, de clared s that liitsines-. men of I .us Yegns IihiI ol'lorwl him ?100.0t)U to staae tho bout there. In disclosing the eomintr innteh t'urley sHid: "There is no doubt in my mind but that Mynii will win. He has wu 1J straight light ! am! has diswsfd of every heavyweight of iuiHrtniiee ex cept .lohiirtoii. Hviih jk a wonder fully improved lighter, ami lie will ffl cuter the ring against the weighing nearly '2(H) pouiid.- negro i 1 doi not believe Johnson would light if he could get out of it, hut he must do , so to maintain hi reputation, which is earning hiui .f-JOU weeklv " UNIVERSALLY REQUIRED The expression "You can bu it exerywhere" im uy aiiollier way of sayiiij; "It is wanted everx where." (iorhnm SiUerwai-e is Mauled eer where, and eoimcquentlv it w far snh by jeweler everywhere. The one pionniliiiii is the iiadirnl eorollarv of the other. (iorhnm Siherwaiv is I lie lending itilverwnro of Uiih couiiIm, nml the lending jewelcrn tif this eoiintry are nalui'iilly llie mu through whom the dnnainl is expressed. CONSIDER THESE THREE FACTS! I''irl: Then t- no city or town of any sue in tho thlltvil States where you cannot buy (lorliam SlUorwiire of jewelerx. SeeeHilly: It costs no umre than other olid silverware and often the )riee are lowrr than those asked for wan if lens merit. Thinlly: (Sorham Sil.eiware i alwas available wherever u may lie, and pirn--, alieadv owned can be matehed or milled to. Iiok for the tradtni.uk MARTIN J. REDDY THE JEWELER Near Postottlce Mod ford Uaaklns for hoaltu. In connection with our complete line of feed and poultry supplies, we have added a complete line of WHIPS for retail and whole sale trade RUSS MILL Medford Theatre, Monday February 12th The Wagenhais & Kemper Company PRESENT Eugene Walter's Play of Contemporan eoiis American Lifo PAD THE GREATEST PLAY OF THIS GENERATION FULL WITH A SPECIAL NEW YORK CAST AND PRODUCTION FROM THE ASTOR THEATER Seats at Haskins Prices $1.50, $1, 75c, 50c Enthusiastically Applauded by FOUR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE As the Most Popular i'lay ol! the Past Twenty Years ,.,4ff ,. It Page Woven Wire Fence All sizes of Page Steel Gates Garden and Poultry Fences Economy Lawn, Fence First class R. p. D. Mail Boxes ILnd and corner posts , Northern cedar fence posts Call on or write us for Everything in the fence line. GADDIS & DIXON "TUB IA(1K SJ'i&CE MEN" PHONE 2081. Distributors for Koiilliera Oregon n fid Northern California. MAIN OFFICE, 134 NORTH RIVERSIDE AVENUE,, MEDFORD, PRE. Though to walk uonr its orost wan ho iHousant, But ovor its torviblo ocIko thoro has slippod A duko and full many a pouannt. So thb )co)lo said .somothivg would havo to bo dono, And thoir projects did not at all tally. Some said, "Put a feuco round ,Uio odjro of thooliff." Somo, "An ambulance down in tho val ley." "For tho cliff is all right if you'ro careful," thoy said, "And if folks ovon slip or arc dropping "It isn't tho slipping that liurtn thorn so much As tho shock down below whon thoy'ro stopping." Thou an old sago romarked, "It's a marvol to mo "That people givo far moro attontion To repairing rosults than to stopping tho cauao, Whon thoy'd much hotter aim at pro von tion. (Acknowlt'dtfiiH'iils lo llio author) Watch tho paper ovory day, Fact you want. That's all wo advortiao. Now idea. JNTaw methods. CtiNSri.TATION' itlaN l.'ltr.lS. Claike I!. S.iiniderM, M. I). If. I!. (Iieen, St. U Drs. Saunders & Green Prnrtiee limited ti KYK, KAI, NOKi: AN'U THIJOAT. MKIi!''QI.U,' UHUGOX. OAKNirKT-COKKY 11I.IK1. IIIC8T WOUIC LOWKBT IMtlC'IJS INVICHTUSATU i Reliable Ethical Nearly a quarter of a (Tiilury under tho sauio liiaiiMcinciit THE Jackson County Bank Medford, Oregon t has siu'cccdcd because of Soundness of principle Economy of management Safoty of investment Courteous and liberal treatment CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $175,000.00 W. T. Vawter, VroKitlent fl. I?. Liudloy, Vice Pros. 0. W. Afc Donald, Cashier A GOOD INVESTMENT 30 ACRES ONE AND ONE-HALF MILES FROM MEDFORD $150 per Acre See B. H. KIRBY . Oil W. 0TH. HOME I27X Monthly Blooming and Climbing Roses, Troo Rosos, Shado Troos, Small Fruits, Strawberry Plants and a , Gonoral Assortment of All Kinds of Fruit Troos H. B. PATTERSON OCfleu lu NiikR Hotel (.oliliy Iiitldo lOntiniico Next (o lwirIier-Klii HnleHyard lU fioulli I'lr HUeet (Xflco Phono Milu Mill Itehlilciict) I'lioun IMjiIii l!lt:t Helloa Illinois The I Minora Society will hold ils annual gathering on Lincoln's Birthday amu'versai'v, evening of b'ok 12th, at iloose hall, lill) West ilain St.. Knl.ortaiu nient, anl relieHhinentK will he provided by (ho com mittees. All Illinois people are cordially invitefl, 1 f if f000?tt4tttt0''"""'""