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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1908)
OREGON LEADS i.HDEH ir YOU WANT TO Raise Fruit, Grow Stock 111 tbt production of Flo Fralt The Rogue River Valley Lead. OREOOX sad Medtor4, it. m.tropoll, and trade osotsr, 1. Da.t represented by THE MIDrOM MAIt, Ss it to vena usrasa ranaos Mine or Lumber. Or enftre In eny oreupatkm In tbl. iwerle,". awcltoo ul ft lard u( a-tuo.1 aallntted otitKrtunltlc THE MEDFORD MAIL MEDFORD. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21- 1908 NO. 8 will nu VCD U Ittot IT VOL. XX. 0 JffotL eCa0eexl4HSe Tbe Famous W. B. Corsets ; Modeled Aftei the Finest Models Id point ol saler, the W. B. corseis have record that ts hard to beat. Once a woman finds the style of corset that Is be t suited to her figuv, nhe immedi atnly adopts the W. B., and will have no ether. They are built nlong the same lines as tbe famous French corsets but costs fraction of nhi othrr corsets cost. From 50c up to $3 The New Hosiery Ladle-. Mio.-es end Children Wo can tt.-tinty nlwus y.m li. hoi. lery. miuni.t., a-MTiou-tits I CMbrnert-. u -. -uii LlMc ' i,i l.lanu. Uu and whit.;, uini k- la,-a aud ui. brotcl.ilrd -tyl,-. A.iv i-alr ol lu.-a bousbt ai ml. Attn tua. it not five MtLlitcliim will be rvplu.'.tt witb a ' new pair or your anuut-y l-1-i..uili-tl. Till, avijl'c. oulT l:t the ft-al and uot to lace or to .ai.zail.le boi fy.iu aa WW luut.v. .-..; c I'.I, i'..rc, tOe to ft. 75 ptr pair Heather bloom Skirts Medford'. Modern WW SKLfi:. Baker-Hutchason ComDany First Room North of Jackson County Bank CrSrea04ae0QOwCre OWE MORE CHANCE ONLY To get a good-sized tract of Good Land Near Hedford Cheap Only $75 per acre. Many are looking for TRACTS to DIVIDE. This is by far the best chance at the RIGHT PRICE. Dou't wait until some other fellow buys- this and then scold your wife because you did not Seiza the Opportunity FOR SALE BY C. H. Pierce 8 Son, Medford . . . We Want Ycur . . . CHICKENS W Ttman Try au "Ad." The Lawn Waists Exceptional Values Think of M! Klvo pH(tf Ui4 41a tlnct linen of Iiwd waiMr. to lttctfrum. Ve buy from aianywii-t unuiufni'lur rt ktiiit ly l.tuufe mi wanted 1 give rued U-ly ut Ue.fn. and viciaiir Jiliem n myw . ucily i wo wHifti aliite, in our a,otto auA you mil flud thU literally true of our wa'.tut ovur a..'iO. Coiuu ttud aeej tbe beautiful tnj-iei .;) ilr.e raluti Vo will tjr tlmlevt. y (; ,ttt i-artftlu. &rom $ to $f5 , Big Assortments ,( Low Prices ' Do you like to buy any tliiug where tfcey show you one style of price? We don't and we wen't. If a manufac turer comes to us with a half dozen samples we turn him down and buy from tbe other man with the big assortment because we can hare our choice. Id our line of petti coats we offer you a wide range of styles from two to five styles of a price. We ; fool that we are t ffeiing you values yeu could ntt get in Southern Oregon. All we ask ia for yon to look at them. tor tbe skirts speak tor mem- ' selves. 'Wash Skirts from 75c if . to $1.25 - V Mercerized Skirts $1 !'j tO $3, r-wnnwi , .. $1.65 to $3,50 Ladlee Store b Gore in The Mail. That fault and vegetable cannery will be Installed tbls season In the old Medford distillery building at toe north end ol O street, eeo bo el- moot autboratlvaly stated. Negotia tions to that end hart been going'00 for some time, and It Is simply a question with those behind the moTement o the puiobese or ma chinery at a reasonable price end In stalling tbe same. One ot the pro jectors of toe eannsty in talking with a Mall reporter Wednesday, declined to commit blmaelt furthsr than to ea that snob an Institution wai Deeded, Indeed was almost a nscee- sit bote, and that he and nls aieoo latee were working to tour end. He would give "at no particulars at this time, as the plans bsd not Lecn lolly matured, tint wss ol tbe opinion tbat In a very few days mutters would tBo) fared vsocea that? full, details could "tie given onUTiCcZZZ. "HSr" iTFat o cannery of s""goodly cars- city. would-be notonly s.eood tblng lor tbe country but a paying business for the owners, goes without .nylng. In a Motiou growing asijmnoh ifrolt as doa thlp"part ot the Rogue Klver V'sIleT, and tnefaniountrwUl .Increace aa rbu;-ycaie'g'o;by, there wlll always be fruit eouslly as good as the but bnltrom romedefeotgofycolorliig or foroi, not ocb as to brtag t!:etop vnarket price. Thla fralt:icoaid be handled by aXesnnery to the advan tage of thegrower and the cannery man. Besides the; vegetable growing poailbllltlea of ths valley: have I not even been -partially eisanded. Tbe Bear oreek bottomfMs capable of growing all klndijof vegetables salt able for eanning, and with a certain market many more would be grown, ,We Doa't Need Him. Thelfollowlng from tbe Weoatuhee Kepnb 1o nnder tbe caption of "No Medford for Him," ebows one point where a oonsldeiable Improvement could be made, bat as Mr. Capin was not bare six months, bs Is not capable of psaaing a erltloism on the duration of tbe time of bad roads. We have to admit oar roads are bad, but they are being Improved and will ue more Improved later: "H. A. Cbaptn returned raseday from a trip to tbe Uedtord and Hood River countries. He Is better aatu fled now than ever with tbls valley. He field tbat a great many of tue loaua leading ont or aieaiora art im passible now on account of tbe mad end ere In that condition alx montna in the veer. As far as the fruit eon- I dltlon Is oonoersed toe says tbat tbey raise floe fruit there but tbe yield from a live acre orchard here wlU i more than equal that- from a flfteea ' acre orchard in tbe Hedford country. ' Mr. Chapin pat In -a row days at Hood River, and,i as no expressed It, ' I wonld not live there under any olroamstaooes.' " Now about Mat trait yield propo Isitlan. Have there -been any eight ; acre oroharda in the Wenaohse conn. try lately tbat have produced 116,000 worth of Newtown apples In one sea son? We bavsn't beard of tbem. If there ate such. Tet we ean "show the goods" In tbe A. O. Helms or chard, near Ashland. .. Got ny places op there that have paid for themselves -In two veers from roe frnt grow upon therat We are 'listening for the - answer. One and three-foaitos eeres of Spltz.n bargs In 1906 predneed 687 boxes. tl... mm ui, (vau.ta nt-tAlM ka ma ai-a , -- 1 1 ll'n..h.hu .ka. ar!! ,.,-n nff 17fil boaesf 'Have " you any three acre traota of .Newtowns tnrning off 23t0 boxesT We have tnem going 780. No, Mr. Chspln, tbe -throe to one proposition wont work. It may be true tbat the Wenatcbee country may produoe mors to tbe acre -than Rogue ! River, but not three times as much. We haven't notioed tbat Wenatcbee has been oarrylnff off any oaiload price records, bnt ours have climbed so high that we don't dare mention them unless we have the docnmenla to show.. Wenatcbee is undoubtedly a great fruit growing section. No one can deny that faot, bat so Is the Kogoe Klver Valley. Mr. Cba pina' oplnioa to the contrary, not withstanding, bnt we don't like to hare auoh things ss the above clip ping published About as because there miiibt be some people who would believe It. We save you mooey on American prints at 5c. l)res gingliam.,All stand ard brands, at fiHc, bte, 12o. 16c and 2Uo. 86 loch Percales at 124c and lie. Best bleached I'eqoot shirting, 84 for 30c, 9-4 (or 83o, 104 lor 30c. Fine SA-lecb blearhed muslin at 7c, Bio, 10c, 12to and 16c Brum muslin, 6c, 7c, 74c, 8ic and lue. Baker-Hutchason Co. Taxes New Payable l The aasessmsnt roll for 1907 was turned over to tbe shsrlff for collec tion Saturday evociujt. Sheriff Jack- l eon is now ohsrged as sbsrlff with ta,se amounting to 1271,701.07, dlvld- sd aa follows: . State and county tax SUl.3M.65. Special school tax tC6.8M.66 Road tax r a Special City tax t JV.OM.44 Street al sewer liens t67&,67 The Oregon Granite Company, of thla olty, Hioks and Keiebaw, pro- prleturs, has been Inoorportated un der the laws of Oregon for 130,000 Tbe newly Incorporated ! company aiopoaee to start work - developing their propertlee at onoe. New fsoill tlea are to be Installtd both In tbe quarry and In tbe shops, and a huge force of mechanics put to work. Tbe Oregon Granite Company was Instituted In 1900 by K. A, Hicks and A. H. Walker, both granite cut ters. Although handloepped by lack on funds tbe two young mi saooeeded In doing a business tbe first year ot over 13,000. Since that time the ' bus'ne.s baa oonstantly grown, although a laok of funds has kept It confined to a letall trade, P. M. Karsnaw purchased Mr. Walk er's Interest In 1905, and has devoted his time since then exclusively to salea. . T.ij new oompany had little dltfl colty In disposing of tbelr .took to local capital' Mr, Hicks will coo tinae to superintend toe prnotlcal side of the business while Mr. Her sbsw will devote his attention to salss. The company owns 80 acres of quarry land four milee west ot this oity. Tbe granite Is blue grwv, re sembling Barre, the famous Est tarn prodaot, although darker. Tbe spar and quartz closes np readily, taking a high gJoss with little ailfflcnlty. Eastern experts have pronounced tbe oeel granite tbe finest found west of tbe Mississippi and no leee than five wboleaale dealers have sent their representatives to thts city, In the past, to try and make arrangements for the bendling of the product of the local company. The oompany, however, haa been forced to oootloe their attention to the retail trade and have not been able to oover this as they wonld have liked, With more oapltal at their disposal this field win be entered and both bnlld log and monumental stone will be supplied to dealers. During 1907 tbe oompany erected a new building tor tbelr abope on tbelr property at tbe oorner of blxtb and D streets. They Installed con aiderable new machinery, Inolndlng an air ooompressor and pneumatic drills, a Right polishing machine and other -necessary implements. Their quarry was developed to a consider, able extent. . A tiavelleg orane, a steam hoist and power derrick are ?to be Installed at onoe and srora start. ed. Oregon granite will be exten sively advertised aa another onexoel ed product of the Rogne Klver Val ley. The location of this oity and the ease with whlob tbe granite may be plaeed on tbe market, makes It possible for the local company to fur nlsh building and monumental atone to dealers from Baa Francisco t Seattle. The future Is bilabt for tbe new corporation. MEETING OP CITY COUNCIL-' A meeting of the city oounotlmsn was held Tuesdey evening at which there were present Mayor Beddy, Oounollmen Trowbridge, Elfert, Mer riok and Wortman and Reoorder Col Ine. r'oor bids were reoelved for tbe purofasse of the 840,000 water bo ads. A. J. Hood A Co., of Detroit, Mloblgan, offered a premium of t&10; Moms Brothers of Portland, Oregon, $166; Jobn Nueen, of Chicago, t40t; Otis Hough, of Cleveland, till Aotlon was deferred nntll the next meeting of council. Reoorder Collins was directed to request tbe Telephone Company and tbe Condor Water A Power Company to paint tbe poles used in carrying Lhelr linee about tbe olty. Tbls to be done as soon aa possible. The oity scavenger, O. M. Jonei, was directed to be regularly sworn in as a speoial polioeman with all anthorlty and power ot a polleemao. Tne 826,000 general fund bonde were old to E. II. Rawlings A Son, ot Chioaco, at a premium of $1200. Petition of T. W. Wasohau tor lloense to sell liquors was laid over until an Investigation could be made as to whether or not the issuance to him of a license would not be In conflict with an ordmanae now In force limiting tbe number of saioens to one to each 600 population. There ere now ten saloons, but when ' this ordinance was passed there were two appiloatlons pending and these two applicants having fitted up their places of business and deposited rlielr lloense fee the oounollmen amended the ordinance fixing a date upon whlob It would become opera tive later than tbe date of rh : ap plication.. The ordinanoe, limiting tbe number as above stated, is now in foroe, end by It no further licensee can l-e 'ned nntll tbe clty'a population sh .ii bet. reached 6,fl unless some ot tno .teenaes now in foroe should be Invaituaujd. Clarence D. Kelloga-, In traotor oa piano, Laasooa.76.oeni . . tf, FOR SIDE STREETS Speaking about "coming through" and "making good," oaa anyone see anything wrong with tbe kinks tbe present eoancllmen are taking out ot Medford's progress chain! Now what do yon think of thlo? Several years ego onr city bought a rook crasher, bat after It wee pur obased the discovery was made that tbey bad no lock to ornsh and since then nary a rock has that rook crusher crushed -bnt It has oansed more heated arguments and crushed more hopes for psaoe and Joy la tbe world beyond than any piece of ma chinery ever purchased uy the city but It remained for the present olty oounoll to make Its parcbsso a bless ing. Here Is how it is all going to work onr, Tbe oity needs crushed rcok on some of Its streets got a crusher, but no rook , down at Uold Ray there are mountains of rook, the crusher is to be tsken to that point ; tbe Condor Water A Power Com panys' electrlo plant will furnish the power and oiushed rook wiU roll tram that crasher otto Soatbern Pa olUo flat care ;' these will be hauled to Medford and teams will oonvey the rock first to O 'street and when this is oompleted other streets, save Seventh, which Is to be paved, will be similarly treated. Now tbat work, ant all right and looks easy and It Is easy when one considers tbat the 8. P. Company haa agreed to haul this rook to Medford for twenty oents a ton, oi about M a oarload and there Is no .limit to the amount they will haul at these figures. Now these are not shadows, or pipe dreama, but the city eoancllmen bave tbe project under consideration and will undoubtedly carry out tbe plana as above outlined. THINK THEY HAVE A SURE WINNER The "Berkeley Oroharda" la the name given by tbe new owners to tbe old DeRoboam ranoh, four miles from Medford, wbloh was purchased by Qeroge Osgood and others several months ago, and they are oommeno Ing opeietlone whlob In time will make the name good. In a talk with a Mail representative City Engineer Osgood, one of the owners, eald "We will est out this year 1600 Newtown apple trees, and next year will plant a block of Spltxenberga, and pears, Tots yar ws are Just oommenoing to shape np things for the future, and are seeding luO to alfalfa and wheat. "Ultimately we intend planting tbe whole 'farm to frnita, and expect to make It one of tbe best properlee In .be vaHey. We believe we bave wiener In that farm, and one reascn I think so Is that within a few weeks after we bought we were offered $6,000 tor our bargain. We bave every thing we need to make an Ideal or- ohard soil, location, ter, timber what more do we went . Aftprores Medferd's Coarse. W. H. Shipmen, wilting to H. T. Hull from New York bas this to say oonoernlng business conditions here and of what be has heard ot Med, ford's progress. t "Business doee not aeem to Im prove much, end 1 am afraid tbat It will remain in about this oonditlon until after tbe presidential election in November, although I am In hopes tbat It wlll'lmprove. "I see by your paper that they were to bave a meeting In tne Opera House at Medford, to try and quit knocking and help to boost, and I bave tuld this story to a number of people and everyone seems to think tbat It la a fine idea to quit knooklng and start boosting, and if everyone would do tbat of course business would Improve at once." . A Former Medford Boy. A. A. Wigle, a Spanlsn-Amerlcan ear veteran and a native of Uregon, was killed In an explosion In e oosl mine near Hawk's Nest, Va., last week, eocordlng to advice received by bis father, J. L. Wlgle, of this city, from the postmastsr at tbat plaoe, Young Wlgle wns a member of tbe Ssoond Oregon fc.rs and served with that n gi .v'i . 'i 'the Philippines. On his return uiiao he lei. soon after to go to Pennsylvania an, I ' . 'S secured employment tbt oilne. rfce t time ego be went . WtJt Virgiula, wheie he met tie death. The tody will probably bs brought to this city for burial. Pmt- and Oregonlan. Tbe yoong tuen wae turn urlya (evi dent of Medford, and tuft here Ser ena years ago. NEW SAW MILLS When Edgar Hsfsr. manager of tbe Iowa Lumber A Box Company, mixed himself np with the Psolflo A Eastern railroad, a taw weeks ago this paper said la "loud type" that things were shaping themselves for a successful termination In railroad and lumber matters In this neck of tall Sugar pine vastnesa, and we were correct In oar deductions. Listen to this: Mr. Hafer Is now in Portland arranging for an exten sion of the Pacltlo A Eastern to tbe timber belt i tbe Iowa Lumber A Box Company bas two sawmill plants now en route to tbelr timber Inter, sets, near Uerby ; several wagon loads of carpenters and laborora It ft this week for that locality to put np the buildings newoeasary for properlly equipped logging oamps, and surveys on the railroad extension will eoon be In tbe field. One of the saw mills to be put to use In tbe Butte creek country le the one the oompmy previously oper ated near Jacksonville, and the other Is an entirely new outfit, shipped directlly frcm Poitland. Thee, will be located about five miles soatb ead east from Derby. It may be given out, with reasonable aasuraaoe, tbat tbe railroad will reach tbls point this coming season and that next winter tbe lumber sawed by these mills will be brought to Medford by rail. The capacity oj tbeee mUla la 30,000 feet eeoh per day. Qood Roads. "How are your roaas In Calif ornia?" That was about tbe first question that 1 was aekea when I ar rived In Medford h few daya ago, by a prominent citizen, who wae vie w- lng the Main street ot Medford, My answer was, "I have ran my auto all winter." He said, "Yon would have a oloe time running It here," I agreed with him. . It looks to me aa if tbe road ques tion in Jaokson county abonld be the paramount Issue In your eomlng county else ton ic oomparlng Jaokson county to Humboldt county, Calif,, jou have no road, except a few miles that bave been built tbe last two years, The people and ofHolala of Jaokson oounty would gain valuable know ledge it tbey would go over tbe roads of California and note the rut that tbey ere in at home. They would come home and be asbamsd to look tbe pablio In the feoe until tbey bed started a movement of eucb dimensions that yon would have good roads Inside of two yean. You have! tbe rioheet and moat prosperous community that I bave visited and bave tbe rotten est roads. It is not only ;in Jackson . county, but tbe fiurce conditions exist In every county in Oregon. ' la It any wonder tret the Oregootana are dub bed "Mossbaoksf" For in.tanoe yon atart from here and go to Creaoent City and even though you do not have anyone In ycur party that bas ever been over tbe road, you know when you oome of tbe California line by the abrupt ness tbat tbe oonditlon of the road changes from rooks to smooth road bed, with tbe rocks and stamps re moved. In California the clearance of your ear Is of no moment, as all the obstructions In the oenter of the road have besn removed, Humboldt oounty Is a poor example of tbe ever- age counties of California, as it la very thinly settled, being covered with heavy forests, but the roeas of Humboldt county-even tbe roads snub aa the road to Butte Falls are equally as good as .the piioe of road between Pboenlx and Talent, But tbe oounty otliolale are not satisfied, but are now bonding the oounty for $000,000 to bnlld better roads. Tne law being auch that the Incorporated cities and towns pay an equal rate of taxation with tbe timber owners and farmers to- the payment of bonds and Interest. Now If Humboldt oounty with its smsll population and the good roads it now haa oan afford to bond Itself for $600,000 for better roads. Wbat had Jacaaon oounty ought to Ce eble to do, with the re sources It has? Ibis Is a subject tbst tbe people of Jack on oounty shonld .tod;-, and when you oome to narpi yo'ir county officials you should kno wbst tbey propose to do to b.lp jou O'l of tbe mm. And tf they will not oomintt Themselves to give you the relief that you should have, then turn tbem down at tbe primaries. ,- 1 cennot see where It would be any great burden to carry, to bond your ti'ioo'" ard get your roads built in two yei.re end hsve the use of them wblob pays b ip'--i-v-then it will to drag along r I .. .. a few miles eaob year and by ue time the roods are built over the e tunty, the present people who are paying tbe taxes now will be gone or uswl, anil ' t new people will reap tbe lm ' . if the burden that the tax payers now HAVE GONE HUNT ING FOR WATER Oooacllmsn H. U. Wortman, W. W. Klfert and V. E. Merrick and City Engineer Osgood left Medfora Wednesday morning for the Butte creek country to make a search log water for tbe clty'a nee. These eooncllmen were appointed a few weeks ego to Investigate this matter of water ssupply and they ere making tbat Inveetlgatlon with a determination whlob will auiely terminate In the oity'a aeo tiring the beat water possible and la qnentlrjr eatfiolent for ell purposes ead for decades to oome. Toe Mail haa oon tldeoce in tbeee gentlemen's judg-. nient and we believe the people gen erally are equally as well satisfied that tbey will do ths right thing, and this being the oase when they shall bave made their report we believe onr People will ecoept it and at onoe dsoide to pat Into exeoatloa tbe plans wblob tbey will outline. The Los Angeles Excursion- - The exoursion which left here Sua-. dav for Loe Angeles and California points, carried forty residents of Medford and vicinity, who will enjoy a few weeks In Southern California. The excursion wae in obarge of Agent A. S. Roaeubaom, and tbe excursion ists are ell prepared to talk Southern Oregon at every opportonity and have the printed matter and faota at hand to baok np tbelr aeaettloaa. Tbe, oars are deoorated wltn bap aero telling who the excursionists are and the object thereof and word oomee back that tbey are making themselves known all along the Una. The Uet com prises: Lewis Warner, Jobn F. White, Court Hall, Mr. MoWIUIama. C. Orr, A. Hopsoa, C MltoheU, Mr. Frsnols, Mr. Ureham, Mr. and Mn. J. D. Olweil, Mr. and Mrs. ud, ' Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. L, E. Hoover and son, Mr. and Mrs. Thos Kahler, My. and Mrs. H. L. Wbited, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Amy, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wolff, Mr. and Mia. roes, Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner, Mr. and Mr. - W. P. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. MoDonough, Mr. -and Mrs. A. a. Rosenbanm, Mrs, Ohas. Palm, Mrs Uodlove, Mrs. T. H. Moore and son , Mrs. A. Patrick, .. Grants Pats Has New P. H. The Grants Pass postoffloe ts "co der new mmanagement" tbls week, Q. W. DonneU having taken np tbe reins Monday morning. We do not look for any startling changes in tbe eetvloe, for the reason that tne work of the office has been carried on In a aa.lafM.nrw man. n.H.. U 11.. moo and ble assistants. We anal naturally expect a oontlnuanoe of this and an Improvement If that la possible, nnder the management of Mr, DonneU, for he brings o the office not ooly an equipment of in bred courtesy, but of natural capa bility and long txperlenoe In execu tive work la the - railway service, I T 1 J . , Yl . 1 . . glad bend, both because of hla good fortune In scouring tbe appointment hua... ,kt. M.IHM I . I. oontlnned residences of blmeclf and hla aotlmahla famllw In .hla Al. racino outioos. . Special Sermon Ibe pastor of the Baptist ohorob annonnoes that on Sunday evening March 1st, he will deliver a sermon on. "Why I do not Plsy Cards." It might be of some Interest to know the reasons for not doing this. Tbe pastor doea not preach tbls sermon for the purpoee of pnbllo notice or newspaper notoilety. but because be bas been asked by parent, to do so. You are Invited to oome. HftlfE YOU ALL BEEN COUNTED? Tbe Mail has had men at work dur ing tbe past two weeks taking a cen sus nf the olty ot Medford. We bave endeavored to oatob all of onr towns people. It la barely poaatble tbat some of tbem bave been overlooked. The work will be completed tbla week end after tbat time sbonld there be any persons In the city who has not been counted we would be pleee- ed to bave them call at thla orllae. We bave been vory careful la mak ing thla enumeration and we do not think we bave overlooked any but If we have won't you plaaee report. carrying. Wake up and build roade wbloh is tbe best advsrtieement you can get. Yours veiy truly, George F King. Read oarelully the new real estate list of a H. Pleroe A Son, la tbla Is sue.